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Women Battle To Make Monticello a National Memorial
Washington activists led by Mrs. Martin W. Littleton press to seize Monticello from Jefferson's heirs and place it as a national memorial. Representative Levy opposes sale citing decades of restoration work and legal title, while a Senate resolution and House rules committee move toward action in December.
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Jefferson M. Levy
New York
Daughters of the Confederacy
Washington
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Martin W. Littleton
Levy
House of Representatives
Congress
House Rules Committee
Forman Association
Laura Littleton
Jefferson
Commodore Levy
Mrs. Littleton
Uriah Levy
Senate
House Committee On Rules
Littleton
Congressman Levy
James M. Beck
Jefferson-Monticello Memorial Association