Richmond Daily Dispatch: Sale of Monticello, November 25, 1864

Single-sheet Confederate newspaper, the Richmond Daily Dispatch (Virginia), dated November 25, 1864. The front page features a headline and a half-column report detailing the sale of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home. The article discusses the sale of Monticello by the Confederate government and the involvement of Uriah P. Levy's brother, Jonas Levy, who was present at the sale. Following Jefferson's death in 1826, Monticello was inherited by his daughter, Martha Jefferson Randolph, who faced financial difficulties and sold the estate in 1831. It passed through several owners before being seized by the Confederacy and sold to F.B. Ficklin in 1864. Uriah Levy's estate eventually recovered the property after the Civil War, and his nephew, Jefferson Monroe Levy, secured full ownership in 1879.

Associated People/Businesses

• Levy, Joshua

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Monticello (Va.)
• Civil war
• Levy family

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Oversize Box 3, Folder 3