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Articles on Jefferson's political career and public life.
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![Digital recreation of three wooden slave dwellings in front of a tall wooden fence; digital image by Rendersphere, LLC]()
EncyclopediaThe Practice of Slavery at Monticello
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![A full-length portrait of Thomas Jefferson body angled slight proper left with his head angled toward proper left on a mottled gray and gold background, wearing a high-collared white shirt, a black coat with a portion of a red under waistcoat visible, a brown overcoat with wide, fur-lined lapels, and dark pants, stockings, and shoes.]()
EncyclopediaUnited States Military Academy at West Point
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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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![Printed version of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom]()
EncyclopediaVirginia Statute for Religious Freedom
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![Wilson Cary Nicholas by Gilbert Stuart, 1805]()
Wilson Cary Nicholas
1761 - 1820
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![Miniature oval portrait of Thomas Paine as a middle-aged man with a long nose and ruddy complexion wearing a wig or longish gray/powdered hair and dark green jacket with a tan waistcoat and simple white neckerchief, facing slightly to his right.]()
Thomas Paine
1737 - 1809
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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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![James Hoban's 1793 North Elevation for the White House (President's House) in Washington, DC.]()
Thomas Claxton
Unknown - 1821
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![Profile bust-length portrait of William Burwell with light-colored short hair wearing a dark coat and white neckerchief; mezzotint and engraving in black on wove paper mounted to brown wove paper.]()
William Burwell
1780 - 1821
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Sidi Soliman Mellimelli
Visited the United States, 1805 - 1806
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Thaddeus Kosciuszko
1746 - 1817
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![Fry-Jefferson map of Virginia]()
EncyclopediaSurvey of the Coast
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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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![Engraving depicts fires and panic as people of European descent run toward ships during from the 1791 slave revolt in the Haitian port of Cap Haitien.]()
EncyclopediaSt. Domingue (Haiti)
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EncyclopediaPortrayals of Jefferson in Folklore
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![Physiognotrace profile portrait of William Short, one of Jefferson's personal secretaries.]()
William Short
1759 - 1849
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![A table in Monticello's Dining Room is set for six guest with a white cloth, white china with light green detail, Jefferson cups, and silver cutlery, with two dumbwaiters flanking on opposite corners.]()
EncyclopediaSenatorial Saucer
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![The official seal of the United States of America]()
EncyclopediaSeal of the United States
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![Bust of Tsar Alexander I dressed in Roman-style robe over an early 19th-century collar and neckerchief.]()
EncyclopediaRussia
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![Statue of Thomas Jefferson in the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC.]()
EncyclopediaPursuit of Happiness
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![Jefferson's handwritten notes for his second inaugural address to Congress.]()
EncyclopediaPublic Speaking
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EncyclopediaPostal Service
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![An image of the first page of Thomas Jefferson's January 18, 1803 letter to Congress proposing funding of what became the Lewis and Clark Expedition.]()
EncyclopediaPolitical Origins of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
