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At twenty-nine years of age he married a beautiful young widow of twenty-three. After the wedding festivities, he and his bride started out in a four-horse carriage to drive to his home, Monticello, more than 100 miles away. It was in the month of January, and a heavy snow-storm overtook them, compelling them to abandon the carriage and continue the journey over the rough mountain roads on horseback.

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Project Gutenberg's American Leaders and Heroes, by Wilbur Fisk Gordy Published 1907

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Tuesday 17 March 2020

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