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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
THOMAS JEFFERSON-STUDENTS' BENEFACTOR AND EXEMPLAR
Early knowledge of him and that gained through various conversa-
tions with Mr. Wertenbaker, who remembered him well, as he
did his younger friend Edgar Allan Poe; personal character-
istics of Mr. Jefferson as outlined by Randall, Webster, Ran-
dolph, Smith, and himself; estate-depreciation of; hospitality,
financial troubles. Students' surprise and appreciation; his
principles and epigrams, etc.
CHAPTER II
THOMAS JEFFERSON-AMBITIOUS YOUNG MAN and StatesmAN
Father's characteristics and prominence; his own early life, educa-
tion, experience at William and Mary College; personal sorrows;
lawyer, member of the House of Burgesses, Continental Congress,
and Congress; Shadwell destroyed; marriage; death of Dabney
Carr and its episode; Patrick Henry's great speech; John Adams'
eulogy; Declaration of Independence-when, where, and how
composed; religious liberty, public reforms; diffusion of knowl-
edge; Governor, Northwestern Territory; Minister to France,
Secretary of State, etc.
CHAPTER III
THOMAS JEFFERSON-IDEAL Parent and PRESIDENT
Retires to Monticello; daughter Martha-Mrs. Thomas Mann Ran-
dolph-becomes its mistress; Rochefoucauld-Liancourt's visit;
Excise Law, revolts in Pennsylvania; Curtius and Camillus; Jay
Treaty; Vice-President, Talleyrand, Alien and Sedition Acts;
President-Burr Vice-President; inauguration, address, princi-
ples; death of daughter Mary; Judge Samuel Chase, John Ran-
dolph; Embargo Act; administrations compared; retirement,
declines public reception; reconciliation with Adams; employ-
ment, advocate and user of machinery; correspondence, etc. .
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embarrassment; Cabell's continued efforts in the Legislature for
education; Mr. Jefferson's letter to the President, John Quincy
Adams; last visit to the University; letter to Weightman; final
week, and death; Madison's letter of condolence; funeral and
burial; Andrew K. Smith's letter recounting his student days
and recollection of Mr. Jefferson's sickness and interment; re-
flections upon Mr. Jefferson's life and abilities.
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CHAPTER VIII
CONDITIONS DOMINATING THE SELECTION OF THE UNIVERSITY
Luther M. Reynolds-academic and professional education-Pro-
fessors Allen, Horsford, Norton, Porter; his trip to Pennsylvania
and Kentucky, where he frequently saw and heard Henry Clay
make impressive speeches; other experiences related and person-
ages encountered that enthused my youthful mind; his high appre-
ciation of college training, and estimate of various institutions,
including the University of Virginia; factors that led me to select
that University, etc.
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CHAPTER IX
MAIDEN TRIP TO WASHINGTON AND VIRGINIA
Leaving home for the University; visit in Baltimore at my uncle's;
short stop in Washington; first inspection of the Capitol; view
of the White House, Arlington; made a friend of the brakeman;
Alexandria-its seeming antiquated appearance; Orange and
Alexandria Railroad; Henry Knox, the courteous and obliging
brakeman; Fairfax, Bull Run, Manassas-Confederate cemetery
-Bristoe, Catletts, Warrenton Junction (Calverton), Bealeton,
Rappahannock, Brandy, Culpeper, Rapidan, Mitchell, Cedar
Mountain, Orange, Madison (Montpelier), Gordonsville, etc. . 173
CHAPTER X
ARRIVAL AT THE UNIVERSITY-MR. JEFFERSON'S CHILD AND PET
Last twenty-one miles-Gordonsville to Charlottesville; Lindseys,
Keswick, Rivanna River, Shadwell-Mr. Jefferson's birthplace-
Monticello, his home and place of burial; Charlottesville-
friendly greeting of students; arrival at the University; meeting
the Proctor, Major Peyton, and the Chairman, Colonel Venable,
with whom I dined; letter from Colonel Charles Marshall; select-
ing room; passing of the first few days; first letter home; Uni-
versity work selected and begun-its character; meeting students;
mass meeting in the Court House, etc.
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CHAPTER XI
FIRST VISIT TO MONTICELLO-MR. JEFFERSON'S HOME AND GRAVE
Monticello-visit to Lawrenceville and Princeton; Aaron Burr's
grave and tomb contrasted with those of Mr. Jefferson's; pilgrim
students journeying on foot to his home and tomb; description
and dilapidation of both; now happily restored-the one by
Jefferson M. Levy, the other by act of Congress; his tomb in-
scription, also that of Dabney Carr; home-letter to grandmother;
secret fraternities; literary societies-Jeff and Wash; method of
electing officers, etc.
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CHAPTER XII
LITERARY SOCIETIES; DEBATES AND CELEBRATIONS
Became a member of the Jeff; recorded many of the debates, excerpts
from a few-Wickes, Saunders, Smith, Herron, Brent, Green,
Clark, etc.; trip home at Christmas; excerpts from diary; sick-
ness and death of Professor McGuffey; accident to room-mate—
Pearce; closing weeks of the session; remained for Commence-
ment; sermon by Rev. J. William Jones; Wash Celebration-
Richard H. Maury, John W. Stephenson, Fergus R. Graham;
Jeff Celebration-B. Chambers Wickes, William R. Alexander,
John Sharp Williams, etc.
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CHAPTER XIII
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES AND BANQUET-SESSION 1872-73
Commencement of 1873 continued; memorial address on Professor
Gessner Harrison, by Rev. John A. Broadus; Joint Celebration
-Hon. Thomas F. Bayard; Commencement or Final Day-
alumni address by Ex-Governor Thomas Swann; alumni ban-
quet-to which a few of us students were invited to enjoy the
good things and speeches; escorted two of the honored guests,
Senator Bayard and Ex-Governor Swann, to Professor Venable's
home; death and funeral of Mr. Swann, etc.
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CHAPTER XIV
INCIDENTS AND COMMENCEMENT OF SESSION 1873-74
Session of 1873-74; democratic set of students; Professor Noah K.
Davis; excerpts from home-letters; Gen. Wade Hampton's lec-
ture; death of Mrs. Venable, also Dr. Henry Howard; Jeff and
Wash interests; Episcopal Convention; Commencement-sermons
by Revs. T. D. Witherspoon and James A. Duncan; Wash
Celebration-T. L. Raymond, R. A. Saulsbury, J. St. Clair
Brookes; Jeff Celebration-F. F. Reese, M. W. Ransom, Jr.,
J. A. Powell; Joint Celebration-Hon. John Goode, Gen. Jubal A.
Early; alumni address-Judge J. H. Kennard; session 1874-75;
Semi-centennial; Bayard Taylor, Daniel B. Lucas; Jeff and
Wash changes; Rev. Dr. Steel's marriage; Mrs. Cabell's death,
etc.
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CHAPTER XV
INCIDENTS AND COMMENCEMENT OF SESSION 1874-75
Session 1874-75 continued. Address of Rev. Dr. Randolph H. McKim;
Selection of Jeff. and Wash. officers. Sermon by Rev. Dr. Robert
L. Dabney. Sermon by Rev. Dr. R. N. Sledd. Typhoid epi-
demic; Baseball games. Commencement-Semi-Centennial Cele-
bration: Sermon by Rev. Dr. W. T. Brantly; Wash. Celebra-
tion-Geo. Ben. Johnston, Henry C. Stuart, Charles E. Nicol;
Jeff. Celebration-Benj. Fitzpatrick, A. M. Robinson, Leo N.
Levi. Alumni Celebration-Daniel B. Lucas, Gen. Jubal A.
Early, Robert M. T. Hunter; Commencement Day-Gen. John S.
Preston; Alumni Banquet; Final Ball, etc.
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CHAPTER XVI
INCIDENTS AND COMMENCEMENT OF SESSION 1875-76
Session 1875-76: Sickness, death and funeral of Thomas Jefferson
Randolph. Home-letters-another visit to Monticello; failure
of the Charlottesville National Bank; Bible classes. Former and
present_chaplains; Davis becomes business editor of the Maga-
zine. Professor Thornton succeeds Professor Boeck. Election;
Christmas; Earthquake; social pleasures, dancing. Edward H.
Squibb Gymnasium. Literary Societies. Davis-Sunday School
Supt. at Chapel. Visit to Rev. John T. Randolph's. Religious
meetings. John Jasper's sermon; Commencement-Ralph Waldo
Emerson, etc.
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CHAPTER XVII
INCIDENTS AND PLEASURES OF SESSION 1876-77
Session 1876-77; Professor Gildersleeve missed. Sons of Confucius.
Tilden and Hayes campaign—dangers experienced. Dr. Dame's
sermon. Students' Minstrel Troup. Christmas, Dr. Wither-
spoon's sermon. Literary Societies. Boat Club. Trip to Staun-
ton. Baseball with Washington and Lee. Lexington as a seat of
learning-visit thereto; her noted personages, living and dead.
Observance in Baltimore of Gen. Lee's death and burial-our
regrets that he and Jackson had not been connected with the
University; Jackson's ambition to succeed Professor Courtenay
in mathematics, etc.
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