Personal Life
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Articles about Jefferson's personal life and interests outside of his public life as a politician, diplomat, and statesman.
- Allycroker
- Arthritis
- Bathing
- Billiards
- Bone Walking Stick
- Candles
- Captain Wyatt St. Barbe
- Caractacus
- Carr Family
- Cause of Thomas Jefferson's Death
- Charles Everett
- Charles Lewis Bankhead
- Charles Wingfield, Jr.
- Chess
- Chess Set (English)
- Chess Set (French)
- Children's Nursery
- Christmas
- Clocks and Timekeeping
- Clothes Rack
- Coat of Arms
- Coin Collection
- Craven Peyton
- Dabney Carr (1743-1773)
- Dabney Carr (1773-1837)
- Debt
- Dinner Etiquette
- Dumbbell
- Elizabeth Hemings
- Elizabeth House Trist
- Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge
- Exercise
- Eye Color
- Eyeglasses
- Field Jefferson
- Firearms
- Fourth of July
- Francis Wayles Eppes
- Fraternal Organizations
- Gambling
- George Carr
- George Gilmer
- George Wythe Randolph
- Harriet Hemings
- Hats
- Headaches
- Honorary Degrees and Memberships
- Hore Browse Trist
- Horses
- Humor
- Hunting
- Jane Randolph Jefferson
- Jefferson and Tools
- Jefferson in Conversation
- Jefferson Lottery
- Jefferson's Ancestry
- Jefferson's Birthday Celebration
- Jefferson's Clothing
- Jefferson's Formal Education
- Jefferson's Funeral
- Jefferson's Grave and Tombstone
- Jefferson's Height
- Jefferson's Last Words
- Jefferson's Middle Name
- Jefferson's Red Silk Waistcoat
- Jefferson's Religious Beliefs
- Lafayette's Visit to Monticello (1824)
- Lamps
- Languages Jefferson Spoke or Read
- Last Will and Testament
- Marbles
- Maria Cosway
- Martha Jefferson Randolph
- Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson
- Medicine
- Mockingbirds
- Nicknames
- Old Style (O.S.)
- Personal Seal
- Peter Jefferson
- Physical Descriptions of Jefferson
- Pocketknife
- Public Speaking
- Relatives
- Right-Handed
- Sally Hemings
- Septimia Anne Randolph Meikleham
- Smoking
- Soap
- Spanish Language
- Teeth
- Thomas Jefferson Randolph
- Thomas Turpin
- Toys
- Vegetarianism
- Violins
- Visit to Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania (1819)
- Watches
- Whalebone and Ivory Walking Stick
- Wigs
- Wrist Cushion
- Wrist Injury (1786)
- Wrist Strap