Beautifully written and with interesting insights. Would love to see what you come up with at lovely Monticello. A privilege to read these essays, and look forward to your new book.
Thanks for the kind note, Stephen, and for reading. I think I should definitely schedule a trip to Monticello - I love it there, and now I am so curious to know more about what these young women were writing to Patsy. When I do, I will be sure to post about it!
Thanks, Margie, aren’t these letters fantastic? Patsy enthralls me and now I want to know more. But I always love seeing these old letters up close. Somehow they seem to tell us things about the people writing them that we wouldn’t have guessed.
Thanks for reading, Kim! Hearing Patsy’s voice through her letters, and seeing those pages of Jefferson’s handwriting brought them alive for me. That’s why I love the old stuff, the actual letters. So many micro-stories waiting to be told.
Beautifully written and with interesting insights. Would love to see what you come up with at lovely Monticello. A privilege to read these essays, and look forward to your new book.
Thanks for the kind note, Stephen, and for reading. I think I should definitely schedule a trip to Monticello - I love it there, and now I am so curious to know more about what these young women were writing to Patsy. When I do, I will be sure to post about it!
This is so coooool!!!
Thanks, Margie, aren’t these letters fantastic? Patsy enthralls me and now I want to know more. But I always love seeing these old letters up close. Somehow they seem to tell us things about the people writing them that we wouldn’t have guessed.
This is so interesting! It's a period of history I haven't been really enthralled with, until now. Thanks so much for this lovely and insightful post!
Thanks for reading, Kim! Hearing Patsy’s voice through her letters, and seeing those pages of Jefferson’s handwriting brought them alive for me. That’s why I love the old stuff, the actual letters. So many micro-stories waiting to be told.