![]() ![]() I should be glad mr Lilly or mr Dinsmore would count the faggots on hand, & inform me of the quantity by return of post as I have forgotten the state of the supplies on hand, when I left home." ġ801 April 11. (Jefferson to Mary Jefferson Eppes). "I am very glad indeed to find that Lilly has got so strong a gang, independant of yours & the nailers. I hope Lilly keeps the small nailers engaged so as to supply our customers in the neighborhood, so that we may not lose them during this interregnum." ġ801 January 29. (Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph). I had directed Lilly to make a dividing fence between Craven’s fields at Monticello, & those I retain. when I come home I shall lay off the canal, if Lilly’s gang can undertake it. after Lilly shall have compleated the clearing necessary for this year for mr Craven, I would have him go on with what will be wanting for him the next year. as they will be again under my government, I would chuse they should retain the stimulus of character. this therefore must not be resorted to but in extremities. it would destroy their value in my estimation to degrade them in their own eyes by the whip. "I forgot to ask the favor of you to speak to Lilly as to the treatment of the nailers. as I wish Craven's ground to be got ready for him without any delay." ġ801 January 23. (Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph). "t gave me real joy to learn that Lilly had got a recruit of hands from mr Allen tho' still I would not have that prevent the taking all from the nailery who are able to cut, as I desired in mine of the 9th. ![]() It was absolutely necessary to do something without waiting to consult you for the Nailery was all in confusion, Lillie without a hand and Craven in despair because the work to be done for him was standing still." ġ801 January 16. (Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph). I have directed Lillie to look himself to those who remain at the nailery, for their work. having abandoned all hope of Lillies hiring hands I directed him to take the lads from the shop, leaving 3 full fires of the boys with Burwell at their head. "Lillie has failed in hiring, except one single laborer they could not be had under 25.£ any where & difficultly for that: his exertions were what might have been expected of him but the great price in our neighbourhood & the impossibility of persuading them to come up from below, which the facility of hiring every where makes allways a condition, have rendered them vain. " ġ801 January 3. (Thomas Mann Randolph to Jefferson). if he does not I will Return direcly after Christmas. "I Carryed Mr lilley to the Shop this morning and told the Boys they was to Be under his direction and Joe to say when their nails was made tow Big or too small with this arangement they will go on till I see Mr powel or hear wheather he is a Comeing. "All goes on well at Mont’o.: what is under Lillie admirably." ġ800 December 22. ( Richard Richardson to Jefferson). ġ800 April 12. ( Thomas Mann Randolph to Jefferson). Soon thereafter, Lilly moved to Kentucky.ġ800. "Lilly" noted as Monticello overseer 1800 to 1805. In 1805, Lilly asked for a raise that Jefferson was reluctant to provide. Jefferson knew of Lilly's harsh treatment of the enslaved people he supervised but placed greater value on his ability to achieve results, telling his son-in-law: "certainly I can never get a man who fulfills my purposes better than he does." He had very little to do in the way of agricultural management, since Jefferson leased out the farm fields to John Craven. ![]() ![]() Lilly had responsibility for the nailmaking operation and for supervising enslaved men working at non-agricultural tasks such as building an ice house, digging a canal for the Shadwell mills, and constructing the Shadwell toll mill. George Granger, Monticello's only enslaved overseer, died on November 2, 1799, so it is possible that Thomas Jefferson hired Lilly soon after Granger's death. Gabriel Lilly was an overseer at Monticello from 1800 to 1805. ![]()
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