The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . liant conversationalist, and hada warm and affectionate disposi-tion. With all these graces andvirtues, it is not remarkable thatshe was the belle of her sectionof the country, and
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . liant conversationalist, and hada warm and affectionate disposi-tion. With all these graces andvirtues, it is not remarkable thatshe was the belle of her sectionof the country, and not the lessso when she became a young andbeautiful widow, wealthy in herown right and residing in themansion of a wealthy besides graces and virtues,she had faculties and qualities ofa more practical character. It isstated that some of her householdYJ^ J account-books, which are still in/^ /yi-^ existence, show that she had aneat handwriting and kept heraccounts with accuracy. During the four years ofher widowhood, many sought her hand; ThomasJefferson was one of them. He was a lawyer at thattime in large practice. He married Mrs. Skelton in1773, and for. her he retained the most romantic de-votion during his life, illustrating this in one instance,by refusing important foreign appointments on ac-count of her failing health. The life of a planterswife at this period was one of constant labor and. anxiety. She had much of the care of the slaves,including their nursing when sick, and attention totheir clothing and general condition. The strainproved too much for Mrs. Jefferson and she grad-ually broke down, and died Sept. 6, 1783. BANDOLPH, Martha Jefferson, daughterof President Jefferson and wife of Gov. Randolphof Virginia, was born at Monticello in September,1773. She was the head of her fathers householdafter the death of her mother, and while he waspresident was the acknowledged mistress of theWhite House. Mr. Jeffersons edict against levees,receptions, and his
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