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Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello

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pp., x , 30 halftones,1 map, 1 family tree

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Awards & distinctions

Julia Cherry Spruill Prize, Southern Association for Women Historians

Finalist, George Washington Book Prize, Washington College, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and George Washington's Mount Vernon

Slattern Award for Virginia Biography, Virginia Historical Society

As the oldest and favorite daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph () was extremely well educated, traveled in the circles of presidents and aristocrats, and was known on two continents for her particular grace and sincerity.

Yet, as mistress of a large household, she was not spared the tedium, frustration, and great sorrow that most women of her time faced. Though Patsy's name is familiar because