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There is also an old gig stored in the house . In this gig Jefferson used to ride from Monticello to Washington in a day . This is untrue , but it goes with the place . It takes from 8:30 A. M. until noon to ride this distance on a fast train , and in a much more direct line than the old wagon road ran . Mr. Jefferson was the father of the University of Virginia , one of the most historic piles I have ever clapped eyes on . It is now under the management of a classical janitor , who has a tinge of negro blood in his veins , mixed with the rich Castilian blood of somebody else . He has been at the head of the University of Virginia for over forty years , bringing in the coals and exercising a general oversight over the curriculum and other furniture .