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United States (United States) (search for this): article 5
he confiscation act. The letter says a large crowd was present, and--. "Among them was Captain Jonas P. Levy, brother of the deceased owner of Monticello. After the deputy marshal had proclaimed the decree of the District Court, Confederate States of America, and the terms of the sale, Captain Levy stated that he did not come there to interfere with or prevent the sale in any way, and that while he, for the present, waived his rights in the premises, he intended to bid for the property hit of Mr. Jefferson, which stood in the hall on a fluted Corinthian pedestal, brought only $50, and will still retain its place, as Mr. Ficklin repurchased it. The piano- forte brought $5,000; sideboard, with marble top, $510; the model of the United States frigate Vandalia was bought by J. P. Levy for $100; a washstand, $200; cows, from $500 to $900 each; yoke of oxen, $2,500; shoats, from $80 to $100; threshing machine, $600. The bust of Voltaire was sold, but what it brought I do not know; it
Monticello (Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 5
The sale of Monticello. A correspondent of the Lynchburg Republican sends that paper an account of the sale of Monticello; the former residence of Thomas JefferMonticello; the former residence of Thomas Jefferson. It was sold under the confiscation act. The letter says a large crowd was present, and--. "Among them was Captain Jonas P. Levy, brother of the deceased owner of Monticello. After the deputy marshal had proclaimed the decree of the District Court, Confederate States of America, and the terms of the sale, Captain Levy s was also interred on the place, and he hoped whoever became the purchaser of Monticello would let her rest in peace.--Monticello was put up, and the first bid was $2Monticello was put up, and the first bid was $20,000, the last $80,500, and Lieutenant-Colonel B. F. Ficklin the purchaser. "The land at Buckeye, nine hundred and sixty-one acres, was bought, it is said, for body of a chair or one-horse sulkey which Mr. Jefferson used to ride in from Monticello to Philadelphia when he was Secretary of State. Standing in front of the hou
Lewis (search for this): article 5
mother was also interred on the place, and he hoped whoever became the purchaser of Monticello would let her rest in peace.--Monticello was put up, and the first bid was $20,000, the last $80,500, and Lieutenant-Colonel B. F. Ficklin the purchaser. "The land at Buckeye, nine hundred and sixty-one acres, was bought, it is said, for the Confederate Government at eighty-eight dollars per acre--$81,685--by J. H. Parker. The first negro man, Fuke, brought $7,000; the next, Fleming, $7,450; Lewis, $7,850; John, sold to Captain Jonas P. Levy, for $5,400. A negro woman, with seven children, one at the breast, $23,100, to B. B. Ficklin; three girls, from five to nine years old, $11,000, and two smaller girls, $3,200. An old man and wife was put up and withdrawn, as the marshal would provide privately for their support. "The bust of Mr. Jefferson, which stood in the hall on a fluted Corinthian pedestal, brought only $50, and will still retain its place, as Mr. Ficklin repurchased it
Randolph (search for this): article 5
oxen, $2,500; shoats, from $80 to $100; threshing machine, $600. The bust of Voltaire was sold, but what it brought I do not know; it was said to have been Mr. Jefferson's. --The amount of sales was $350,000. "In one of the rooms in the upper story was the body of a chair or one-horse sulkey which Mr. Jefferson used to ride in from Monticello to Philadelphia when he was Secretary of State. Standing in front of the house, a piece of land of two hundred acres was pointed out to me by Mr. Randolph, which Mr. Jefferson purchased for a bowl of punch, and several hundred acres for five cents. "Visitors have defaced the walls of the house by scribbling their names over them. Hundreds of them can be seen and read on each side of the front entrance to the hall; pieces of the bust of Mr. Jefferson were chipped off; chairs, tables, mirrors, vases broken and destroyed, and in some cases mementoes of rare virtue and art have been purloined, while the family resided here as well as in t
B. F. Ficklin (search for this): article 5
e sale in any way, and that while he, for the present, waived his rights in the premises, he intended to bid for the property himself. The deputy marshal then stated that one acre of the place — the Cemetery of Thomas Jefferson — was reserved in the sale, and Captain Levy said his mother was also interred on the place, and he hoped whoever became the purchaser of Monticello would let her rest in peace.--Monticello was put up, and the first bid was $20,000, the last $80,500, and Lieutenant-Colonel B. F. Ficklin the purchaser. "The land at Buckeye, nine hundred and sixty-one acres, was bought, it is said, for the Confederate Government at eighty-eight dollars per acre--$81,685--by J. H. Parker. The first negro man, Fuke, brought $7,000; the next, Fleming, $7,450; Lewis, $7,850; John, sold to Captain Jonas P. Levy, for $5,400. A negro woman, with seven children, one at the breast, $23,100, to B. B. Ficklin; three girls, from five to nine years old, $11,000, and two smaller girls, $
Fleming (search for this): article 5
in Levy said his mother was also interred on the place, and he hoped whoever became the purchaser of Monticello would let her rest in peace.--Monticello was put up, and the first bid was $20,000, the last $80,500, and Lieutenant-Colonel B. F. Ficklin the purchaser. "The land at Buckeye, nine hundred and sixty-one acres, was bought, it is said, for the Confederate Government at eighty-eight dollars per acre--$81,685--by J. H. Parker. The first negro man, Fuke, brought $7,000; the next, Fleming, $7,450; Lewis, $7,850; John, sold to Captain Jonas P. Levy, for $5,400. A negro woman, with seven children, one at the breast, $23,100, to B. B. Ficklin; three girls, from five to nine years old, $11,000, and two smaller girls, $3,200. An old man and wife was put up and withdrawn, as the marshal would provide privately for their support. "The bust of Mr. Jefferson, which stood in the hall on a fluted Corinthian pedestal, brought only $50, and will still retain its place, as Mr. Fickli
J. H. Parker (search for this): article 5
Cemetery of Thomas Jefferson — was reserved in the sale, and Captain Levy said his mother was also interred on the place, and he hoped whoever became the purchaser of Monticello would let her rest in peace.--Monticello was put up, and the first bid was $20,000, the last $80,500, and Lieutenant-Colonel B. F. Ficklin the purchaser. "The land at Buckeye, nine hundred and sixty-one acres, was bought, it is said, for the Confederate Government at eighty-eight dollars per acre--$81,685--by J. H. Parker. The first negro man, Fuke, brought $7,000; the next, Fleming, $7,450; Lewis, $7,850; John, sold to Captain Jonas P. Levy, for $5,400. A negro woman, with seven children, one at the breast, $23,100, to B. B. Ficklin; three girls, from five to nine years old, $11,000, and two smaller girls, $3,200. An old man and wife was put up and withdrawn, as the marshal would provide privately for their support. "The bust of Mr. Jefferson, which stood in the hall on a fluted Corinthian pedestal,
Jonas P. Levy (search for this): article 5
confiscation act. The letter says a large crowd was present, and--. "Among them was Captain Jonas P. Levy, brother of the deceased owner of Monticello. After the deputy marshal had proclaimed the decree of the District Court, Confederate States of America, and the terms of the sale, Captain Levy stated that he did not come there to interfere with or prevent the sale in any way, and that whithat one acre of the place — the Cemetery of Thomas Jefferson — was reserved in the sale, and Captain Levy said his mother was also interred on the place, and he hoped whoever became the purchaser of negro man, Fuke, brought $7,000; the next, Fleming, $7,450; Lewis, $7,850; John, sold to Captain Jonas P. Levy, for $5,400. A negro woman, with seven children, one at the breast, $23,100, to B. B. Fiideboard, with marble top, $510; the model of the United States frigate Vandalia was bought by J. P. Levy for $100; a washstand, $200; cows, from $500 to $900 each; yoke of oxen, $2,500; shoats, from
B. B. Ficklin (search for this): article 5
lars per acre--$81,685--by J. H. Parker. The first negro man, Fuke, brought $7,000; the next, Fleming, $7,450; Lewis, $7,850; John, sold to Captain Jonas P. Levy, for $5,400. A negro woman, with seven children, one at the breast, $23,100, to B. B. Ficklin; three girls, from five to nine years old, $11,000, and two smaller girls, $3,200. An old man and wife was put up and withdrawn, as the marshal would provide privately for their support. "The bust of Mr. Jefferson, which stood in the hall on a fluted Corinthian pedestal, brought only $50, and will still retain its place, as Mr. Ficklin repurchased it. The piano- forte brought $5,000; sideboard, with marble top, $510; the model of the United States frigate Vandalia was bought by J. P. Levy for $100; a washstand, $200; cows, from $500 to $900 each; yoke of oxen, $2,500; shoats, from $80 to $100; threshing machine, $600. The bust of Voltaire was sold, but what it brought I do not know; it was said to have been Mr. Jefferson's. --
Thomas Jefferson (search for this): article 5
s that paper an account of the sale of Monticello; the former residence of Thomas Jefferson. It was sold under the confiscation act. The letter says a large crowd waas the marshal would provide privately for their support. "The bust of Mr. Jefferson, which stood in the hall on a fluted Corinthian pedestal, brought only $50,taire was sold, but what it brought I do not know; it was said to have been Mr. Jefferson's. --The amount of sales was $350,000. "In one of the rooms in the upper story was the body of a chair or one-horse sulkey which Mr. Jefferson used to ride in from Monticello to Philadelphia when he was Secretary of State. Standing ine of land of two hundred acres was pointed out to me by Mr. Randolph, which Mr. Jefferson purchased for a bowl of punch, and several hundred acres for five cents. read on each side of the front entrance to the hall; pieces of the bust of Mr. Jefferson were chipped off; chairs, tables, mirrors, vases broken and destroyed, and
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