The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 13

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 13This volume's 598 documents span 22 April 1818 to 31 January 1819. Thomas Jefferson spends months preparing for a meeting to choose the site of the state university. He drafts the Rockfish Gap Report recommending the location of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville as well as legislation confirming this decision. Jefferson travels to Warm Springs to cure his rheumatism but instead contracts a painful infection on his buttocks. His enforced

Jefferson adds to the collection of the American Philosophical Society

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rumors of Thomas Jefferson's sexual involvement with his slave Sally Hemings had circulated for two centuries

most recently Charlotte Moss: Garden Inspirations

Publication date:  September 8

Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing

The bold leaves of this species inspired the ornamental capital of Corinthian columns

Virginia Speedwell (Veronicastrum virginicum) arrives in a 1 quart pot

Each of the remaining rows of letters on the cylinder represents a different encryption of the message

’ It also goes by the names of 'Sweetheart Rose

As Benjamin Wallace unravels the mystery

Habit: Grows to 12-15’ high and wide