Extra Credit Questions

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Susan, please respond if we reach a point of no return answer.

Since we're on the subject of Thomas Jefferson, he had a favorite pet named "Jack." What was Jack (species), and what had Jefferson trained him to do?

P.S. Not related specifically to question, but one of the historic house museums in our agency is a magnificent mansion built in the early-1800s by a baron from Belgium who had fled the Reign of Terror on the European continent. His daughter, Rosalie, married one of the Maryland Calvert gentry descended from the Lords Baltimore, and they inherited the mansion when daddy decided to go back to Belgium. They were heavily involved in the early republic and its politics and often entertained Washington society. Rosalie's letters home to her parents were found about forty years ago and translated into English for publication. One gets the distinct impression that Rosalie's "royalty" shone through in her assessment of "little Tommy Jefferson" (her words) and his desire to stave off signs of America forming a monarchy as well as a central government that would defeat republicanism/democracy.

P.P.S. One of Rosalie Calvert's daughters (Julia) married Dr. Richard Stuart of Virginia and her family was staying at their summer home in the Northern Neck of Virginia (Cleydael, as in one of her family's castles in Belgium) when JWB and Herold were brought to them - and rejected...

Now, back to "Jack."