Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia

Young Gardener

First person Jefferson interpreter Bill Barker in Monticello's Garden Pavilion; photographic image (c) Thomas Jefferson Foundation.

"but though an old man, I am but a young gardener."
- Thomas Jefferson to Charles Willson Peale, August 20, 1811[1]

Footnotes

  1. Short Title List PTJ:RS, 4:93. Transcription at Founders Online