Jefferson at Forty-six Photogravure reproduced from the Bust by Jean Antoine Houdon, in the Rooms of the New York Historical Library Jefferson paid Houdon, on July 3, 1789, one thousand francs for the original marble bust, which was destroyed at Monticello during Jefferson's lifetime, by the carelessness of a workman. Fortunately there are two signed plaster casts of this bust, owned respectively by the New York Historical Society and the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia. THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON Library Edition CONTAINING HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, NOTES ON VIRGINIA, PARLIA- PUBLISHED IN THEIR ENTIRETY FOR THE FIRST TIME INCLUDING ALL OF THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS, DEPOSITED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND PUBLISHED IN 1853 BY ORDER OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AND A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYTICAL INDEX ANDREW A. LIPSCOMB, Chairman Board of Governors EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALBERT ELLERY BERGH MANAGING EDITOR VOL. II. ISSUED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D. C. |