Lives of the presidentsTold in words of one syllableBy Jean SRemy .. . one of the hard-est things he had to do, af-t6rhe went home to Mon-ti-cel-lo, when he left the White House,was to sell all his books to Con-gress in or-der to get mon-eyto live on. To his own home hosts of friends and stran-gerscame to see the great man, just as they had when he was inWash-ing-ton. But he sold his books so cheap that themon-ey did not help him much ; and, at last, it seemed asif he must sell his dear old home. But now the peo-ple forwhom he had done so much helped him, and a big fund wasraised, so that he c
Lives of the presidentsTold in words of one syllableBy Jean SRemy .. . one of the hard-est things he had to do, af-t6rhe went home to Mon-ti-cel-lo, when he left the White House,was to sell all his books to Con-gress in or-der to get mon-eyto live on. To his own home hosts of friends and stran-gerscame to see the great man, just as they had when he was inWash-ing-ton. But he sold his books so cheap that themon-ey did not help him much ; and, at last, it seemed asif he must sell his dear old home. But now the peo-ple forwhom he had done so much helped him, and a big fund wasraised, so that he could keep his home and live there incom-f ort un-til his death. He lived to be a ver-y old man, and e-ven when he wasso weak he could not rise from his bed, his great, strongbrain was still clear. You know that he died on the 4th ofJu-ly, 1826, just a few hours be-fore the death of his oldfriend, John Ad-ams. Next to the name of George Wash-ing-ton, there is noname a-mong the great men of our land, of which the peo-ple are so proud, as that of Thoni-as THOMAS JEFFERSON.
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