The beginner's American history . sianafor us was Thomas Jefferson. 184. Who Thomas Jefferson was; Monticello; how Jeffer-sons slaves met him when he came home from Europe.—Thomas Jefferson was the son of a rich planter who livednear Charlottesville in Virginia.^ When his father died, hecame into possession of a plantation of nearly two thousandacres of land, with forty or fifty negro slaves on it. 1 A bale or bundle of cotton is usually somewhat more than five feet long, and itgenerally weighs from 400 to 550 pounds. The cotton crop of this country in 1891amounted to more than 8,650,000 bales
The beginner's American history . sianafor us was Thomas Jefferson. 184. Who Thomas Jefferson was; Monticello; how Jeffer-sons slaves met him when he came home from Europe.—Thomas Jefferson was the son of a rich planter who livednear Charlottesville in Virginia.^ When his father died, hecame into possession of a plantation of nearly two thousandacres of land, with forty or fifty negro slaves on it. 1 A bale or bundle of cotton is usually somewhat more than five feet long, and itgenerally weighs from 400 to 550 pounds. The cotton crop of this country in 1891amounted to more than 8,650,000 bales; laid end to end, in a straight line, thesebales would extend more than 8000 miles. 2 See page 139. ^ See map on page no. 44 THE BEGINNER S AMERICAN HISTORY. There was a high hill on the plantation, which Jeffersoncalled Monticello, or the little mountain. Here he builta fine house. From it he could see the mountains andvalleys of the Blue Ridge for an immense distance. Noman in America had a more beautiful home, or enjoyed it.
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