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Frequently Asked Questions
- House FAQ
- What does "O.S." Mean on Jefferson's Grave Marker
- What are some of Jefferson's Inventions
- Moldboard Plow of Least Resistance
- Spherical Sundial (.pdf article)
- Wheel Cipher
- Was Jefferson a Vegetarian?
- Did Jefferson Free His Slaves?
- What did Jefferson consider his three greatest achievements?
Agriculture and Gardening
- Agriculture (Jefferson Quotations)
- Jefferson and Sheep (Streaming Feature)
- Moldboard Plow of Least Resistance
- Twinleaf Online an archive of essays on Jefferson-related plants
- What's in Bloom
(a searchable database of over 175 plants)
- Selected Books on Agriculture and Gardening
Art and Architecture
- Frequently Asked Questions about Monticello
- Monticello (Jefferson Quotations)
- Monticello After Jefferson: The Stewardship of the Levy Family (an article from Preservation Magazine, posted in another section of the site)
- Monticello's Privies
- the Name "Monticello" (includes pronunciation)
- The Story Behind
the West Portico Steps (.pdf article)
- Selected Books on Art and
Architecture
Books and Letters
- Books
- Bookmarks
- Jefferson's Library of America: Exploring the West from Monticello
- Polygraph (copying machine)
- Reading (Jefferson Quotations)
- "Drudging at the Writing
Table" (In "A Day in the Life" Section)
- Selected Compilations
of Jefferson's Writings
Education
- Education (Jefferson Quotations)
- Family Letters
- the University of Virginia (Jefferson Quotations)
- West Point: Jefferson's Military Academy (.pdf article)
Food and Wine
- Coffee
- Dinners
- English Muffin Recipe
- Ice Cream Recipe
- Monticello's Dumbwaiters
- The Philosophy of Beer
- Was Jefferson a Vegetarian?
- Jefferson Cups
- A Culinary Independence: Jefferson for July 4th (podcast)
- Selected Books on Domestic Life at Monticello
Inventions and Innovations
- Great Clock in the Entrance Hall
- Image Gallery of Inventions and Innovations at Monticello
- Moldboard Plow of Least Resistance
- Spherical Sundial (.pdf article)
- Wheel Cipher
- Selected Books on Jefferson and Science, Exploration, and Travel
Music and Entertainment
- Chess (Documentary Sources )
- Guitars
- Music (Jefferson Quotations)
- Music (Quotations about Jefferson)
People
- John Adams
- Maria Cosway (highlight on Jefferson's engraving of Maria Cosway)
- Abbé Correia (scientist, frequent visitor to Monticello)
- Getting Word Oral History Project, an online exhibition of findings from interviews with descendants of Monticello slaves . . .
- James Hemings (Monticello slave and cook)
- John Hemmings (Monticello slave and carpenter)
- Sally Hemings (Monticello slave -- posted in the "Plantation" section)
- Wormley Hughes (Monticello slave -- posted in the "Plantation" section)
- Martha Wayles Jefferson (Jefferson's wife)
- Thaddeus Kosciuszko: 'Son of Liberty' (.pdf article)
- John Paul Jones (online video in streaming media format)
- Marquis de Lafayette
- James Monroe Levy and Uriah P. Levy
- The Levy family (a brief piece located in "Day in the Life," within the "Jefferson" section)
- Levy family's stewardship of Monticello (an article from Preservation Magazine, posted in another section of the site)
- Recognition of the Levy family's contributions today (an article from Preservation Magazine, posted in another section of the site)
- Meriwether Lewis (Jefferson's West article)
- James and Dolley Madison
- Philip Mazzei
- Bernard McMahon (Twinleaf Journal article)
- Bernard McMahon's Republican Seeds (streaming video)
- William Orr (Monticello workman)
- William Short
- David Watson (Monticello workman)
Personal Life
- Thomas Jefferson: A Brief Biography
- Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology
- Birthday and the "Old Style" Calendar
- Children and grandchildren with Martha Jefferson
- Children (Jefferson Quotations)
- Christmas at Monticello
- The Family Letters Project (letters to and from Jefferson's children and grandchildren)
- Family Tree of the Jefferson Family
- Martha Wayles Jefferson (Jefferson's wife)
- Smells, Perfumes, Odors, and Fragrances (Jefferson Quotations)
- Physical Descriptions of Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson in Conversation (quotes from contemporaries)
- Thomas Jefferson and Eyeglasses
- Selected Biographies of Thomas Jefferson
Plantation and Slave Life
(See also the "Plantation" area of the Monticello Web site, where most of these reports are posted.)
- Burial Ground Discovered (.pdf article)
- Cook's Room Restored (.pdf article)
- Coopers
- Getting Word Oral History Project
- Sally Hemings (Monticello slave)
- Wormley Hughes
- Nailmaking
- Ploughing
- Textile Factory
- Monticello Slaves
Who Gained Freedom
- Selected Books on Slavery and African-American History
Politics, Philosophy, and Religion
- The Barbary War (streaming video)
- The Declaration of Independence (in .mp3 format)
- Great Britain (Jefferson Quotations)
- Jefferson's First Cabinet (.pdf article)
- Jefferson, Hamilton, and Burr (streaming video)
- Jefferson's Inauguration (.pdf article)
- Jefferson's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (.pdf article)
- Jefferson's Religious Beliefs
- Jefferson and Religion (streaming video)
- Jefferson's writings on Religion (podcasts of selected readings)
- Liberty (Jefferson Quotations)
- Louisiana Purchase
- The "Revolution of 1800" (.pdf article)
- Service and Charity (Jefferson Quotations)
- Wall of Separation: Analysis of Jefferson's 1802 Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association
Quotations
- Agriculture
- Albemarle County, Virginia
- Chess
- Children
- Education
- the Environment
- Great Britain
- Liberty
- on the Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C.
- Monticello
- Music
- Smells, Perfumes, Odors, and Fragrances
- Reading
- Service and Charity
- the University of Virginia
- A Guide to Jefferson Quotations (compiled by the Jefferson Library)
The Sally Hemings Controversy
- Jefferson-Hemings DNA Testing: An On-Line Resource (posted in the "Plantation" section)
Science, Exploration, And Travel
- Highlights from the Collection: Jefferson's Theodolite
- Jefferson, Advocate of Inoculation (.pdf article)
- Jefferson, Buffon, and the American Moose (.pdf article)
- Jefferson and Currency
- Jefferson and Eyeglasses
- Jefferson and Isaac Newton (streaming video)
- Jefferson and Maps
- Jefferson's West (Jefferson and the Lewis and Clark Expedition)
- Louisiana Purchase
- Natural Bridge
- Selected Books on Science, Exploration, and Travel
- Selected Books on Virginia