Monticello

Monticello is the mountaintop home of Thomas Jefferson and his family. Located just outside of Charlottesville, Virginia, Monticello is physically stunning from the layout of its gardens to the architecture of the main home. Monticello is where Thomas Jefferson, Patsy, and the majority of their family spend most of their lives, considering the place both a duty and home. Monticello also becomes a refuge for the family in times of trouble, though great financial strain is put on the place by so many residing there, and by the taking on of debts of other families by Jefferson. Only William Short provides perspective for Patsy at the end, after the place has been sold to pay off those debts. He reminds her the place was not her father. He tells her that the place was one of wrongdoing, namely slavery. He reminds her that the place has been a...