. Album of history and biography of Meeker County, Minnesota . non. His hospi-tality toward his numerous friends, indul-gence of his slaves, and misfortunes to hisproperty, etc., finally involved him in years his home resembled a fashion-able watering-place. During the summer,thirty-seven house servants were required !It was presided over by his daughter. Mr. Jefferson did rnuch for the establish-ment of the University at Charlottesville,making it unsectarian, in keeping with thespirit of American institutions, but povertyand the feebleness of old age preventedhim from d
. Album of history and biography of Meeker County, Minnesota . non. His hospi-tality toward his numerous friends, indul-gence of his slaves, and misfortunes to hisproperty, etc., finally involved him in years his home resembled a fashion-able watering-place. During the summer,thirty-seven house servants were required !It was presided over by his daughter. Mr. Jefferson did rnuch for the establish-ment of the University at Charlottesville,making it unsectarian, in keeping with thespirit of American institutions, but povertyand the feebleness of old age preventedhim from doing what he would. He evenwent so far as to petition the Legislaturefor permission to dispose of some of hispossessions by lottery, in order to raise thenecessary funds for home expenses. It wasgranted; but before the plan was carriedout, Mr. Jefferson died, July 4, 1826, at 12:50 P. M. ;6 PRESIDEXTS OF THE VSITED STATES. ^i- » -.^ :-^ iLC,:Qi c^oic;!.o;C; ic,: l-f J4Mii MillS®S« J^fSi-* !JS -■■ * m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^i^^m^^^s^^^m^A i?^ *---if^. yAMES MADISON, the =: fourth President of the i^ United States, 1809-! 7. Y was bom at Port Con- wav, Prince George „-/ County. Virginia, March 16. 1751. His father. Colonel James Madison, was a wealthy planter, residing upon a verv fine estate called ■■ Montpelier, only twentv-five miles from the home of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. The closest personal and political at- ^ tachment existed between these illustrious men from their early youth until death. James was the eldest 01 a lamily of sevenchildren, four sons and three daughters, allof whom attained maturity. His early edu-cation was conducted mostly at home,under a private tutor. Being naturally in-tellectual in his tastes, he consecrated him-self with unusual vigor to study. At a vervearly age he made considerable proficiencyin the Greek, Latin, French and Spanishlanguages. In 1769 he entered PrincetonCollege, New Jersey, of which the illus-trious Dr. Weat
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