Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power (110 page)

STOOD
AT
TH
E
DRAWING
ROOM
DOOR
Ibid.

CROWDED
WITH
CARRIA
GES
Ibid.

A
HALF
HOUR
'
S
W
AIT
Ibid.

J
EFFERSON
SAW
M
A
RGARET
B
AYARD
S
MITH
Ibid.

R
EACHED
FOR
HER
HAND
Ibid., 58–59.

“R
EMEMBER
THE
PROMIS
E
”
Ibid., 59.

M
RS
. S
MITH
,
OF
COURS
E
,
REASSURED
HIM
Ibid.

“Y
OU
HAVE
NOW
RESIGNED
”
Ibid.

“Y
ES
INDEED
”
Ibid.

TOLD
THAT
“
THE
LADIES
”
Ibid.

“T
HAT
IS
RIGH
T
”
Ibid.

HE
JOINED
CELEBRA
TING
R
EPUBLICANS
Ibid., 60–61.

“T
HE
CROWD
WAS
EXCESSIVE
”
Diary of John Quincy Adams,
58.

“I
AM
FULL
OF
PLANS
”
TJ to Charles Thomson, December 25, 1808, Charles Thomson Papers, LOC.

H
E
HAD
SUGGESTED
Martha Jefferson Randolph to TJ, March 2, 1809, Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts, Massachusetts Historical Society.

“A
S
TO
A
UNT
M
ARKS
”
Ibid.

ORDE
RED
AN
ABRIDGMENT
MB,
II, 1242.

SENT
A
GERANIUM
PTJRS,
I, 29.

ARR
ANGED
PAYMENT
MB,
II, 1242–43.

B
ACO
N
HAD
COME
TO
W
ASHING
TON
Bear,
Jefferson at Monticello,
104–8. See also
MB,
II, 1243.

J
EFFERSON
R
EACHED
M
ONTICELLO
MB,
II, 1243.

J
ULIEN
CAME
TO
TEACH
Ibid., 1244.

FORTY
·
MY BODY, MIND, AND AFFAIRS

“I
STEER
MY
BARK
”
Cappon,
Adams-Jefferson Letters,
467.

“A
MIDST
THE
DIN
OF
W
AR
”
PTJRS,
I, 359
.

R
ED
BED
CURTA
INS
HUNG
James A. Bear, “The Last Few Days in the Life of Thomas Jefferson,”
Magazine of Albemarle County History
32 (1974): 63–79. See especially page 68.

THE
ROOM
S
WERE
PEACEFUL
Author observation. My description of Jefferson's quarters and his routine owe much to the kindness of the president, the trustees, and the staff of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. At my request I was granted unusual access to Monticello in the overnight and early morning hours in order to observe as closely as possible the material culture in which Jefferson lived and worked, including the sounds he heard and the possible play of light as he awoke in the mornings. I am particularly indebted to Susan R. Stein for her counsel and for her “Notes on Jefferson's Bed Chamber,” Memorandum to author, November 10, 2011.

A 1790
CL
OCK
MOUNTED
BETWEEN
TWO
OBELISKS
“Notes on Jefferson's Bed Chamber,” Memorandum of Susan R. Stein to author.

HUNG
A
SWORD
Bear, “Last Few Days in the Life of Thomas Jefferson,” 68.

“
A
LONG
FORG
OTTEN
A
RABIAN
PRINCE
”
Ibid.

J
EFFERSON
'
S
UBIQUITOUS
MOCKI
NGBIRDS
“Notes on Jefferson's Bed Chamber,” Memorandum of Susan R. Stein to author.

O
VERNIGHT
T
HE
SILENCE
OF
THE
CH
AMBER
Author observation.

T
HE
TICK
-
TICK
-
TICK
OF
THE
TALL
CL
OCK
Ibid.

HIS
WIFE
'
S
WALN
UT
DRESSING
TABLE
“Notes on Jefferson's Bed Chamber,” Memorandum of Susan R. Stein to author. I am also grateful to Elizabeth Chew of the Monticello curatorial office for showing me the dresser.

J
EFFERSON
HAD
HIS
OWN
PRIVY
JUST
STEPS
AW
AY
Ibid.

H
E
USED
PIECES
O
F
SCRAP
PAPER
Ibid.

E
XAMP
LES
WERE
COLLECTED
F
ROM
HIS
PRIVY
Ibid.

FIVE
TO
EIGHT
HOURS
OF
SL
EEP
A
NIGHT
Randall,
Jefferson,
III, 450.

READI
NG
FOR
HALF
AN
HOUR
Ibid.

DIFFICULTY
HEARING
DIFFE
RENT
VOICES
Ibid.

SUFFERI
NG
FROM
EXTREMELY
RA
RE
FEVERS
Ibid., 451.

“
NOW
TO
H
AVE
LEFT
ME
”
Ibid.

H
IS
BED
TIME
READING
Ibid.

IN
THE
SUN
'
S
DIRECT
PATH
Author observation.

M
UCH
OF
HIS
FIRST
SE
NSE
OF
LIGHT
Ibid.

ELEVEN
-
THOUSAND
-
SQUARE
-
FOO
T
,
THIRTY
-
THREE
-
ROOM
HOUSE
TJF, http://www.monticello.org/site/house-and-gardens/monticello-house-faq#rooms (accessed 2012).

TEN
OTHER
ROO
MS
IN
THE
PAVILIONS
AND
UNDER
THE
S
OUTH
T
E
RRACE
Ibid.

W
ALKING
INTO
THE
ENTRANCE
HALL
My descriptions of the rooms in the house are the result of my observation; Stein,
Worlds of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello
; and the very fine digital records and accounts at http://www.monticello.org/site/house-and-gardens (accessed 2012).

THE
FLOOR
Stein,
Worlds of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello,
63. Her complete account of the entrance hall is on pages 61–71.

WHITEWASH
ED
WITH
A
YELLOW
-
ORA
NGE
DADO
TJF, http://www.monticello.org/site/house-and-gardens/entrance-hall (accessed 2012).

ANTLERS
OF
MOOSE
AND
ELK
Ibid.

THE
UPPER
JAWBONE
OF
A
M
ASTODON
Ibid.

FORTY
I
NDIAN
OBJECTS
Ibid.

CARVED
STO
NE
SCULPTURES
Ibid.

SMALL
PORTRAIT
OF
A
YOUNG
SACK
CHIEF
Ibid.

THE
F
RY
-J
EFFERSON
MAP
OF
V
IRGI
NIA
Ibid.

OF
N
ORTH
A
MERICA
, E
UROPE
, A
FRICA
,
AND
A
SIA
Ibid.

WAS
A
SCALE
MODEL
OF
THE
P
YRAMID
OF
C
HEOPS
Ibid.

A
SCULPTURE
,
A
RIADNE
Ibid.

LO
NG
MISTOOK
FOR
ONE
O
F
C
LEOPATRA
Ibid.

S
T
. J
EROME
IN
M
EDI
TATION
AND
J
ESUS
IN
THE
P
RAETORIUM
Ibid.

“J
ESUS
 … 
STRIPPED
OF
THE
PURPLE
”
TJF, http://www.monticello.org/site/house-and-gardens/jesus-praetorium-painting (accessed 2012).

T
HE
RE
WERE
PORTRAITS
TJF, http://www.monticello.org/site/house-and-gardens/entrance-hall (accessed 2012).

T
WO
ENGRAVINGS
Ibid.

AND
B
USTS
OF
Ibid.

“
MEMORIALS
OF
THOSE
WORTHIES
”
TJ to James Bowdoin, April 27, 1805, Thomas Jefferson Papers, LOC.

A
PLASTER
RELIEF
OF
A
N
EAGLE
TJF, http://www.monticello.org/site/house-and-gardens/plaster-eagle-and-stars (accessed 2012).

UNDER
A
BRA
SS
ARGAND
-
STYLE
LAMP
TJF, http://www.monticello.org/site/house-and-gardens/entrance-hall (accessed 2012).

FLOOR
OF
CHERRY
AN
D
BEECH
TJF, http://www.monticello.org/site/house-and-gardens/parlor (accessed 2012).

J
EFFERSON
P
ERSONALLY
DESIGNED
Ibid.

THE
PARLOR
IS
EIGHTE
EN
FEET
,
TWO
INCHES
Ibid.

CARD
TABLES
,
CHAIRS
,
SOFAS
,
A
CHESS
SET
Ibid.

“P
ORTRAITS
—24”
Ibid.