CHAPTER XVI.

Returns to Washington.--Letters to his Daughters.--Meets with a Stranger in his daily Ride.--Letters to his Daughter.--To his young Grandson.--To his Daughter, Mrs. Randolph.--Last Letters to his Daughter, Mrs. Eppes.--Her Illness.--Letter to Mr. Eppes.--Goes to Monticello.--Death of Mrs. Eppes.--Account of it by a Niece.--Her Reminiscences of Mary Jefferson Eppes.-- Letter to Page.--To Tyler.--From Mrs. Adams.--Mr. Jefferson's Reply.--Midnight Judges.--Letters to his Son-in-law 288