[44] This servant had made himself invaluable to Mr. Jefferson; and in a previous letter he wrote to Mrs. Randolph, "I have been made happy by Petit's determination to come to me. I did not look out for another, because I still hoped he would come. In fact, he retired to Champaigne to live with his mother, and after a short time wrote to Mr. Short 'qu'il mourait d'ennui,' and was willing to come."
[45] A former residence of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph.
[46] At Mont Blanco, a place near Petersburg.
[47] Mrs. Adams's letters, vol. ii., p. 239.
[48] See Appendix to Tucker's Life of Jefferson.
[49] Milton was a thriving little town four miles from Monticello.
[50] This little grand-daughter was now twelve years old.
[51] Mrs. Randolph's sixth child.
[52] The reader will remember that the purchase of Louisiana was made in Jefferson's administration.
[53] The original of this letter is now in the possession of Jefferson's grandson, Colonel Jefferson Randolph.