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Find out what the Thomas Jefferson Foundation as well as Monticello staff members and guest bloggers have to say about Jefferson and Monticello.
A discovery of Jefferson’s hand-written annotations in a copy of his Manual has led to new findings...MORE »
One of the most poignant of Jeffersonian artifacts is a 1782 scrap of paper with a quotation from the...MORE »
In 1804 when Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr took to the "field of honor" to settle their...MORE »
Imagine a world where life moved at four miles an hour, and the most one could readily travel in...MORE »
October is Virginia Archaeology Month. It offers an opportunity to learn about and celebrate archaeology in the state --...MORE »
Thomas Jefferson once wrote, “Whoever intends to live in a country must wish that country well, and has a natural right...MORE »
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Visitors to Monticello recorded memories of late afternoon dinners at Monticello “served in half Virginian, half...MORE »
Thomas Jefferson found an enemy in Alexander Hamilton, a frenemy in John Adams and his BFF in James Madison....MORE »
In 1805, a remarkable shipment was dispatched from a sizable Indian village near what is now Bismarck, North Dakota. A large hand-hewn boat...MORE »