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![Sea Kale growing at Monticello with a clay blanching pot nearby.]()
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![Queen Elizabeth II in a white and green floral pattern dress and hat on the West Lawn of Monticello along with a crowd of people, including Prince Phillip.]()
EncyclopediaVisiting Heads of State
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![Bill Barker portraying Thomas Jefferson on horse with spyglass in the autumn woods]()
EncyclopediaVisit to Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania (1819)
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![A violin and sheet music sit on top of a harpsichord in Monticello's Parlor.]()
EncyclopediaViolins
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![A drawing of a slightly oval seal with ornate "TJ" initials taking up most of the center and "REBELLION TO TYRANTS IS OBEDIENCE TO GOD" written along the inside of the shape.]()
EncyclopediaUnrelated Jeffersons
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![One of the Bibles Thomas Jefferson cut from to create his own version of the Gospels turned to a page with four sections missing.]()
EncyclopediaThomas Jefferson and Religious Freedom
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![A modern-day portrait of Thomas Jefferson in early 19-century attire with a speech bubble next to his head that says, "I said what?!"]()
EncyclopediaThe Unknown Patriot
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![Antique books illustrating titles owned by Thomas Jefferson on a shelf in the Library at Monticello.]()
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EncyclopediaSmoking
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![Robert Hemmings's manumission]()
EncyclopediaPeople Enslaved at Monticello Who Gained Their Freedom
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![Map depicting Washington, DC, in 1802.]()
EncyclopediaRoute to Washington, D.C.
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![Modern black-and-white map of Virgina by Rick Britton]()
EncyclopediaRoute to Richmond
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![Detail from am odern black-and-white map of Virginia during Jefferson's retirement showing Poplar Forest near the bottom left and Monticello near the middle right]()
EncyclopediaRoute to Poplar Forest
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Room in which Martha Jefferson died
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![Close up of the hands of a modern-day Jefferson first-person interpreter sitting at a desk and writing on a document.]()
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Public Speaking
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![A view of Jefferson's Cabinet office focusing on his writing arrangement of revolving desk with Polygraph, chair with candlesticks, bench, and revolving stand.]()
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Patent Storage
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![A view of Monticello's brightly lit, yellow-painted Dining Room with a table set for dinner in the center and a tall, three pane window to the right.]()
EncyclopediaPaint and Wall Coverings
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![Monticello written out in cursive in Jefferson's handwriting.]()
EncyclopediaOrigin of the Name "Monticello"
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![Close up of Jefferson's obelisk gravestone show the dates of his birth in the "Old Style" on April 2, 1743 and his death on July 4, 1826.]()
EncyclopediaOld Style (O.S.)
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Nicknames
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EncyclopediaNumber of Letters Jefferson Wrote
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![A recipe for ice cream written out by Thomas Jefferson on a long strip of paper.]()
EncyclopediaMonticello Recipe Sources
