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Jefferson made detailed entries about plantation accounts and recorded information about his farming and industrial operations, including many references to the dozens of people who lived on Mulberry Row, what they did, and how Mulberry Row changed over time.

Image of Jefferson's Farm Book cover showing the lineage of some of his horse Caractacus


Massachusetts Historical Society

Thomas Jefferson Farm Book 1774-1824