The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson Compiled From Family Letters and Reminiscences
CHAPTER XV.
Results of Presidential Election.--Letter to his Daughter.-- Balloting for President.--Letter to his Daughter.--Is inaugurated.--Returns to Monticelllo.--Letters to his Daughter.--Goes back to Washington.--Inaugurates the Custom of sending a written Message to Congress.--Abolishes Levees.-- Letter to Story.--To Dickinson.--Letter from Mrs. Cosway.-- Family Letters.--Makes a short Visit to Monticello.-- Jefferson's Sixtieth Year 271