A Guide to Thomas Jefferson's Virginia by Laura A. Macaluso PhD

Author:Laura A. Macaluso PhD
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Published: 2018-10-09T16:00:00+00:00

The James River near Scottsville, Virginia. Author’s collection.

MILE 39.05

Having travelled on what are now county routes 627 and 602, the equipage arrived at the Raleigh tavern, kept by Daniel Guerrant, just west of Buckingham Courthouse. Halfway through this long day on the road, one might have expected the travellers to take some refreshment there, but it is evident from the memorandum books that Jefferson stopped at inns during the day only for breakfast or to feed his horses. He was no exception to the rule observed by one of his Monticello visitors, Mrs. William Thornton, that “Virginians do not stop more than is absolutely necessary at taverns in travelling.” Jefferson himself said that “cold victuals on the road” were “better than any thing which any of the country taverns will give you.” One of his granddaughters described their roadside picnics: “Our cold dinner was always put up by his own hands; a pleasant spot by the road-side chosen to eat it, and he was the carver and helped us to our cold fowl and ham, and mixed the wine and water to drink with it.”

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