Thomas mann randolph biography books
Thomas mann randolph biography books
The virginia magazine of history and biography 1966: vol 74 index.
MARTHA JEFFERSON RANDOLPH (1772-1836)
Martha (“Patsy”) Jefferson was born at Monticello in Albemarle County, Virginia, one of the six children of Thomas and Martha Wayles Jefferson.[1] Her mother was the daughter of a wealthy lawyer and her father served numerous functions in the emerging republic, ultimately becoming the third president of the United States.[2] When Patsy was ten years old her mother died, and over the following years she became increasingly close to her father.
Due in large part to his influence, Patsy, along with other woman such as Dolley Madison, would come to represent the epitome of social and intellectual womanhood in the young Republic.[3]
In 1784 Patsy accompanied her father to Paris where she attended the prestigious Abbaye Royale de Panthémont convent school.[4] During these years in Paris, she emerged as a cultivated young lady, well educated and experienced in the arts[5]; in 1789 she was brought out into Paris society, surrou