A first book in American history, with special reference to the lives and deeds of great Americans . re simple way of living and transactingbusiness. He was much opposed to pomp and is said that when he was inaugurated he rode to theCapitol on horseback and hitched his horse to the account has it that he walked there in companywith a few gentlemen. At any rate, he would have no dis-play, but lived like a simple citizen. When Jefferson became President the United Statesextended only to the Mississippi River. President Jeffer-son bought from France a great region west o
A first book in American history, with special reference to the lives and deeds of great Americans . re simple way of living and transactingbusiness. He was much opposed to pomp and is said that when he was inaugurated he rode to theCapitol on horseback and hitched his horse to the account has it that he walked there in companywith a few gentlemen. At any rate, he would have no dis-play, but lived like a simple citizen. When Jefferson became President the United Statesextended only to the Mississippi River. President Jeffer-son bought from France a great region west of the Mis-sissippi, larger than all the United States had been beforethat time. This is known as the Louisiana purchase,because all the country bought from France was thencalled Louisiana. It has been cut up into many Statessince its purchase. JefTerson was elected President a second time in 1809 he retired to Monticello, where he lived the re-mainder of his life. He was once riding with his grandson when a negrobowed to them. JefTerson returned the bow, but the boy n,2 THOMAS did not. Jefferson turned to his grandson, and said, Doyou allow a poor negro to be more of a gentleman ., than you are ? While he was Presi-fjdi:%i^ dent, Jefferson was once^^^^^^yfMf Iiding on horseback with some friends. An oldman stood by a streamwaiting to get acrosswithout wetting his most of the othershad passed over, he askedJefferson to take him on? behind and carry himacross, which he did. When hehad got down, a gentleman, com-ing up behind, asked him, Why did you ask him, andnot some other gentleman in the party? I did not like to ask them, said the old man; but the old gentleman there looked like he would doit, and so I asked him. He was very much surprisedto learn that it was the President who had carried himover. After Jefferson retired from the presidency so manypeople desired to see him that his plantation house wasoverrun with company, until he was made poor
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