Prologue: Monticello Letters of Correspondence Pale Columbia

With special permission from Thomas Jefferson’s estate, we reproduce here for the first time a wonderful trove of correspondence from the days immediately leading up to the Fall of Monticello.This group of letters gives us insight into the minds and dealings of Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin in the days prior to their harrowing adventure on Jefferson’s mountain top plantation. However, it also sheds light on others who were part of the tale, namely the bounty hunter Lillian Method and...