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Madison's tomb may be seen on the estate in an exquisite • of 



blue myrtle ami Kii^lish ivy, with roses in bloom on all sides duiin^' the 

 spring and summer. The present owner of Montpcllier estate is Colonel 

 William DuPont. 



Monticcllo, known throughout the I'niled States as the home of 

 Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, author of the 

 Declaration of Independence, champion of religious liberty, founder 

 of the University of Virginia and of a great political party, is afi- 

 of Colonial architecture. It was designed by jefkrs.m himself ai 

 siructcd under his supervision. It stands on the highlands of Ailx- 

 marle County, in Piedmont Virginia, not far fr<»m the in" ty 



of Charlottesville. This favored region held in the aft "Sage 



of Monticcllo" the place that Mount N'ernon had in the heart ot Cja»rge 

 Washington. The house happily endures today in much the same 



