Youur source for the information used in the immersion sessions at Monticello.
Sources for Jack Jouett’s Ride
Dear Sutherland Videographers,
I enjoyed spending time with you to share the story of Jack Jouett’s ride when you were at Monticello earlier this month. I had fun and hoped you enjoyed it as well. I am posting here, for you and your teachers, the handouts that you read and used to share with your classmates. Included in these handouts are internet links to the sources that I used to share this story with you and that you can use to tell this story.
Colonel Tarleton’s account of the raid on Charlottesville
(see notes under Tarleton’s portrait for a helpful weblink)
Thomas Jefferson’s acount of the raid on Monticello
Here you can download the a longer description from Jefferson. The Library of Congress has many of Jefferson’s papers. Check out Jefferson’s hair in the portriat that is at the end. You can find more information using the “Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia” on Monticello’s website.
Henry Randall’s account of Jefferson and of Martin Hemings
As we discussed, this is a secondary source (even though it was published a long time ago, in the 1850′s) that is based on details told to Randall by some of Thomas Jefferson’s grandchildren.
More on Jack Jouett’s ride:
Thanks to Anna Berkes, our reference librarian, here are links to two secondary sources that will be of assistance. The first is Randall’s biography (mentioned above) and the second is to a history of Virginia written by Louis Girardin (who was Thomas Jefferson’s neighbor and he used Jefferson’s papers to help write the history) published in 1816. The links below each title should take you to the Google Books online edition of the books. You can then search to find Jouett and Jefferson. For Randall, you want volume 1 and for Girardin, you want to select volume 4. It’s called Burk’s History because the first write was named John Burk (but he was killed in a duel, another story for another day) but was finished by Louis Girardin, with an assist from Thomas Jefferson.
