tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post6093614907229555815..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Lucia Stanton, Thomas Jefferson, and George Granger Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-62388214443721551362013-05-31T08:26:56.557-05:002013-05-31T08:26:56.557-05:00I was recently at an architectural conference wher...I was recently at an architectural conference where it was noted how much effort Jefferson had put into designing his dining room in a particular way. He had planned things so that instead of saying (or thinking), "Thank you, Joseph, for cooking the meal in a hot cabin, carrying it many yards along a concealed dark tunnel running under the main house, climbing a steep spiral staircase with the tray, placing it into the back of a certain clever cabinet, and turning the cabinet shelves around a half a revolution, without disturbing me or my guests," he could step to the cabinet, pull open the door, and say, "Voila! The dinner is here!" This fits right in with Ms. Stanton's remarks on agency and who Jefferson thought did what. (And, now that I think of it, he wouldn't have stepped to the cabinet himself. Silly me.)Chauceriannoreply@blogger.com