CHAPTER XXII.

Letter to Namesake.--To John Adams.--Declining Health.--Dr. Dunglison's Memoranda.--Tenderness to his Family.--Accounts of his Death by Dr. Dunglison and Colonel Randolph.--Farewell to his Daughter.--Directions for a Tombstone.--It is erected by his Grandson.--Shameful Desecration of Tombstones at Monticello 419

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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THOMAS JEFFERSON (From Portrait by Stuart) } _In Front._ MONTICELLO (The Western View) } JEFFERSON'S SEAL _Title-Page._ JEFFERSON'S COAT OF ARMS _On Cover._ JEFFERSON'S MARRIAGE LICENSE-BOND (Fac-simile) 42 PART OF DRAFT OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (Fac-simile) 52 MARTHA JEFFERSON RANDOLPH (From Portrait by Sully) 65 JEFFERSON'S HORSE-CHAIR (Still preserved at Monticello) 289 MONTICELLO (Plan of the First Floor) 334 THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA (In 1850) 386 JEFFERSON'S GRAVE (Near Monticello) 432

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DOMESTIC LIFE OF JEFFERSON.