Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson, 1791

Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, 1791

OTHER IMAGES

Thomas Jefferson, 1800

Thomas Jefferson, 1805—07

Thomas Jefferson, 1786

Thomas Jefferson, 1821

Thomas Jefferson, 1789

Thomas Jefferson, 1796—97

QUICK FACTS

BORN:

13 April 1743 at Shadwell, in Albermarle County, Virginia

DIED:

4 July 1826 at Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia
Buried at Monticello

AUTHOR OF

A Summary View of the Rights of British America, 1774
Declaration of Independence, 1776
Notes on the State of Virginia, 1785

PLACES TO VISIT

LINKS

Jefferson Genealogy
Images of Thomas Jefferson
SITE: The Thomas Jefferson Foundation
SITE: The Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society
SITE: The Thomas Jefferson Hour

CONTENTS

Portrait to come. See entry in Wikipedia.

CONNECTED TO:
| Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Cosway, Maria | Hemings, Sally | Jefferson, Martha | Madison, James | Randolph, Martha Jefferson | Randolph, Thomas Jefferson | Wythe, George

Categories

American Philosophical Society

Anti-Federalist

Continental Congress

Declaration of Independence

Secretary of State

American artillery captain John Henry, the twenty-year-old son of Virginia governor Patrick Henry, had distinguished himself in battle [at Saratoga in 1777]. After the cataclysm died down, he wandered the field, staring at the faces, the blue lips, dead staring eyes and glistening teeth, of men he had known. The sight unhinged him. He broke his sword in half and went raving mad. He disappeared for months and never fought again.

— Jack Kelly

Band of Giants: The Amateur Soldiers Who Won America’s Independence (2014)