CHAPTER III.

Happy Life at Monticello.--Jefferson's fine Horsemanship.--Birth of his oldest Child.--Goes to Congress.--Death of his Mother.-- Kindness to British Prisoners.--Their Gratitude.--His Devotion to Music.--Letter to General de Riedesel.--Is made Governor of Virginia.--Tarleton pursues Lafayette.--Reaches Charlottesville.-- The British at Monticello.--Cornwallis's Destruction of Property at Elk Hill.--Jefferson retires at the End of his Second Term as Governor.--Mrs. Jefferson's delicate Health.--Jefferson meets with an Accident.--Writes his Notes on Virginia.--The Marquis de Chastellux visits Monticello.--His Description of it.--Letter of Congratulation from Jefferson to Washington.--Mrs. Jefferson's Illness and Death.--Her Daughter's Description of the Scene.-- Jefferson's Grief 48