LEARNING VIRGINIA
Thomas Jefferson, Martha Jefferson Randolph,
Isaac Bee, and Elizabeth Van Lew
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF AN EDUCATION IN VIRGINIA?
The Big Question ...
as THEY WALKED THE FIELD ...
JEFFERSON COULD PICTURE IT
... An academical village
JOSEPH C. CABELL
- Jefferson's man
in Richmond
[Stern and inflexible]
Stern and inflexible
EDMUND BACON
- Jefferson's man
at Monticello
[Look at that face!]
Look at that face!
IT WAS ALL ABOUT DESIGN
DESIGN
THORNTON & LATROBE
&
[Not the Best of Friends]
Not the Best of Friends
THE PANTHEON COMES TO VIRGINIA
PANTHEON
LATROBE
LOGO
S
IT'S THERE IF YOU LOOK FOR IT
IF
EMMET
TUCKER
KEY
BONNYCASTLE
DUNGLISON
BO
LE
GROUNDS
PARIS, 1784
ABBAYE ROYALE DE PANTHEMONT
ROYALE
Photo by Catherine Kerrison
CATHOLIC ...
GRANDEUR
AND ... NUNS!
U
PHILADELPHIA, 1782
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from 8. to 10 o'clock practice music
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from 10. to 1. dance one day and draw another.
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from 1. to 2. draw on the day you dance, and write a letter the next day.
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from 3. to 4. exercise yourself in music.
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from 5. till bedtime read English, write &c.
TJ to MJ, November 28, 1783
PRACTICE MUSIC
DANCE
DRAW
EXERCISE YOURSELF IN MUSIC
READ ENGLISH
WRITE
DRAW
DANCE
the chance that in marriage she will draw a blockhead i calculate at about fourteen to one ...
TJ to Marbois, December 5, 1783
blockhead
The acquirements which i hope you will make under the tutors i have provided for you will render you more worthy of my love ...
TJ to MJ, November 28, 1783
Nature Display'd; Being Discourses on the Particulars of Natural History
sister germaine
HERCULES
VIRGINIA GAZETTE, September 8, 1774, page 3
VIRGINIA GAZETTE
Meet
ISAAC BEE,
about whom
we know ...
ISAAC BEE
NOTHING
VERY LITTLE
- Mulatto
- Free father
- Short
- 18 to 19 years old
- Blair / Burwell
- Able to read
Mulatto
Free father
Blair / Burwell
Able to read
Short
18 to 19 years old
... thinks he has a Right
to his Freedom
Digges House
546 Prince George St.
Williamsburg
THE ASSOCIATES
OF DR. BRAY
the ass
of dr.
WRITING
Reading
SLAVE PASS,
AUNT JEMIMA JOHNSTON
JOHNSTON
SLAVE PASS
THE VAN LEW MANSION
2375 E. Grace ST., Richmond
HILARY BAKER
VAN LEW'S GRANDFATHER
HILARY BAKER
SENT TO PHILADELPHIA FOR HER EDUCATION
PHILADELPHIA
RICHMOND, 1830s
Miss
VAN LEW
&
MARY JANE
CONFEDERATE WHITE HOUSE
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF AN EDUCATION IN VIRGINIA?
The Big Question ...
