Prologue : The eulogies -- Contrasts -- Careers, wives, and other women -- The imperial crisis -- Independence -- Missions abroad -- Constitutions -- The French ...
Thomas Jefferson was a contradictory character: the Virginia aristocrat known as the "man of the people"; the president who simplified the office yet never denied himself a luxury; the slave owner who ...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — I called my brother, Kevin, to ask if he would spend Independence Day with Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and me. Monticello has a new tour focusing on the fond and fractious ...
Election eve, 1800 -- An affection that can never die : Adams and Jefferson -- Dark and menacing evils : creating the new national system, 1786-1792 -- War on our own citizens : partisanship, ...
Monticello will soon offer a guided tour experience to learn about the complicated relationship between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Through the story of these two founders, the tour examines the ...