Thomas Jefferson chair - West Point Library

This is a chair and table desk used by Thomas Jefferson which they have on display at the West Point Library.  There is a swivel wooden box on the left side of the chair that is capable of holding four books.  It is said that Thomas Jefferson would put four books on that box and swivel it around.  He would read one book for a half hour or so, then swivel it around and read in the next one and so forth.  The wooden thing on top of the table is a writing pad.  He would write in long hand and there is another pen on the side that would copy what he was writing.  The wooden box on the end of the seat was his traveling box he used that carried his writing utensils.