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Tuckahoe
Tuckahoe was a plantation owned by William Randolph, a fast friend of Peter Jefferson, and was the site of Thomas Jefferson's earliest education.
Travel
Jefferson traveled far more - both domestically and internationally - than the average person in early America.
“ Travelling is good for your health and necessary for your amusement”
Jefferson's Early Travels
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![Modern black-and-white map of Virgina by Rick Britton]()
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![Credit: Stephen Salpukas/The College of William & Mary]()
EncyclopediaWilliamsburg, VA
Thomas Jefferson lived in Williamsburg as a student at the College of William and Mary and later as a member of Virginia's House of Delegates and Governor of Virginia.
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![Scene of Jefferson's Wedding Marker in Charles City County Virginia; Photograph courtesy Richmond Regional Planning Commission (note: the marker is no longer extant).]()
EncyclopediaThe Forest
The childhood home of Jefferson's wife, Martha Wayles Jefferson.
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![A reconstruction of Jefferson's four-wheeled phaeton carriage, the seat of which he designed himself.]()
EncyclopediaStaunton, Virginia
Thomas Jefferson's travels to Staunton, Virginia
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![Second Street, North From Market St. to Christ Church Philadelphia. Drawn & Engraved by W.Birch & Son, 1799.]()
EncyclopediaPhiladelphia
Thomas Jefferson resided in Philadelphia as a member of the Continental Congress, as Secretary of State, and as Vice President.
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![Modern black-and-white map of Virgina by Rick Britton]()
EncyclopediaElkhill
Elkhill was a relatively small plantation owned by Thomas Jefferson, located near Elk Island, at the mouth of Byrd Creek in Goochland County.
“ Behold me at length on the vaunted scene of Europe!”
Jefferson's Travels in Europe
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![Painting of the construction of the Hotel de Salm.]()
EncyclopediaParis
Thomas Jefferson lived in Paris from 1784 - 1789, serving as American Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Versailles.
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![Map of London from 1642.]()
EncyclopediaLondon
Jefferson spent six weeks in London on diplomatic business but found time to visit many of its sites, shops, performances, and famous buildings.
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![Aaron Arrowsmith's 1798 map of Europe, engraved on four sheets, courtesy the David Rumsey Map Collection.]()
EncyclopediaMediterranean Journey (1787)
Thomas Jefferson's journeys in France and Italy in 1787 took him along the Mediterranean coast of France and over the Alps into Italy.
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![A modern-day map of France and Italy with stops marked along the way.]()
EncyclopediaJourney through France and Italy (1787)
Information about Jefferson's travels through France and into Italy with a map marking each stop of note.
On his visit to England, Jefferson spent an entire day seeing the sights, shopping, entertaining friends and missing a dinner in his honor hosted by Abigail Adams
Jefferson's Travels as Secretary of State, Vice President, and President
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![Plaque marking the location of Jefferson's residence in New York at 57 Maiden Lane.]()
EncyclopediaNew York City
Learn more about Thomas Jefferson's visits to New York City and his time living there as Secretary of State to President George Washington.
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![Second Street, North From Market St. to Christ Church Philadelphia. Drawn & Engraved by W.Birch & Son, 1799.]()
EncyclopediaPhiladelphia
Thomas Jefferson resided in Philadelphia as a member of the Continental Congress, as Secretary of State, and as Vice President.
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![Portrait of James Madison by Gilbert Stuart circa 1805-1807; image courtesy Bowdoin College Museum of Art; Bequest of the Honorable James Bowdoin III.]()
EncyclopediaNorthern Tour of 1791
A look at Thomas Jefferson's 1791 trip with James Madison through Connecticut, New York, and parts of New England with a list of primary sources references.
“ I leave this within a week for my occasional home at Poplar forest near Lynchburg”
Jefferson's Travels in Retirement
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![Jefferson's retreat home Poplar Forest, a neoclassical octagonal house which he designed.]()
EncyclopediaPoplar Forest
Discover Thomas Jefferson's other house, Poplar Forest, the architectural gem he designed as a retreat outside of Lynchburg, VA.
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![Peaks of Otter - Sharp Top rises over Abbott Lake; image courtesy National Park Service]()
EncyclopediaPeaks of Otter
A look at Thomas Jefferson's interest in the Peaks of Otter in western Virginia and his excursion to measure and calculate their heights.
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![A view of Warm Springs, Bath County, VA circa 1840: New York Public Library; Public Domain]()
EncyclopediaWarm Springs, VA
In 1818, Jefferson traveled to Warm Springs in Bath County, Virginia, where he hoped the springs would provide relief from painful joints and inflammation due to rheumatism.
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