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A Very Respectable Bird
With the coming of Thanksgiving comes stories about Founding Fathers and turkeys.
Personal Life
Articles about Jefferson's personal life and interests outside of his public life as a politician, diplomat, and statesman.
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EncyclopediaAllycroker
A look at of one of Jefferson's favorite riding horses, Allycroker, an early generation Thoroughbred who foaled several other of his horses.
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Story“And when I meet Thomas Jefferson”
Angelica Schuyler Church, a star character in Hamilton the Musical, maintained friendships with both Jefferson and Hamilton.
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EncyclopediaArthritis
Jefferson first recorded arthritic pain at age 51 and suffered through periodic bouts of arthritis -- and attempted cures -- for the next 30 years of his life.
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EncyclopediaBathing
Apart from Jefferson's "habit of bathing my feet in cold water every morning," little is known about bathing practices at Monticello.
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EncyclopediaBilliards
Find out how Jefferson felt about the game billiards and its role at Monticello during the Levy ownership of the property.
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EncyclopediaCandles
Read a collection of references to candles in Jefferson's letters and records.
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Captain Wyatt St. Barbe
Captain Wyatt St. Barbe commanded the Ceres, the ship that Jefferson and his daughter Martha sailed in to Europe in 1784.
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EncyclopediaCaractacus
Learn more about the lineage of what was perhaps Thomas Jefferson's most well-known riding horse.
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EncyclopediaCarr Family
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EncyclopediaCause of Thomas Jefferson's Death
Learn about the health issues that plagued Thomas Jefferson during the last year of his life and the likely medical causes of his death at the age of 83.
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Charles Everett
Charles Everett, was a Charlottesville doctor who attended to Thomas Jefferson and his family as well as James Monroe and his family.
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Charles Lewis Bankhead
Charles Lewis Bankhead was the abusive and alcoholic husband of Jefferson's granddaughter, Ann Cary Randolph.
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Charles Wingfield, Jr.
Charles Wingfield Jr. was an Albemarle sheriff and minister who officiated at the funerals of several people close to Thomas Jefferson.
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EncyclopediaChess
Learn about Jefferson's passion for chess and read a selection of references to the game in Jefferson's correspondence and records.
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EncyclopediaChildren's Nursery
The second-floor Nursery at Monticello was a bedroom and caregiving space for a number of Jefferson's grandchildren.
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![Profile of Francis Wayles Eppes as a young boy facing to his right with blond-brown hair, pink cheeks, and a slight overbite wearing a pink and purple garment with a wide white, frilled collar.]()
EncyclopediaChristmas
Despite differences in specific traditions to later times, Christmas for Thomas Jefferson was a time for family, friends, celebrations, and "merriment."
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EncyclopediaClocks and Timekeeping
Discover Jefferson's fascination with clocks and their role in time management and scientific inquiry.
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EncyclopediaCoat of Arms
Thomas Jefferson used of a coat of arms similar to one long used by the Jeaffresons of Dullingham House in Cambridgeshire, England.
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EncyclopediaCoin Collection
Learn about Jefferson's coin collecting efforts through this selection of quotes from his letters and records.
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Craven Peyton
Craven Peyton was a merchant in Albemarle County, Virginia, with financial and familial connections to Jefferson.
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Dabney Carr (1743–1773)
Dabney Carr was Thomas Jefferson's closest childhood friend and brother-in-law through marriage to Jefferson's sister, Martha.
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Dabney Carr (1773 - 1837)
Dabney Carr was the son of Thomas Jefferson's sister Martha and his boyhood friend Dabney Carr (1743–1773).
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StoryDiagnosing TJ
Did Jefferson really have Asperger's Syndrome? Nope.
