Arms, Armament & Artifacts of War

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	Powder Horn, 1764 by Richard Skidmore (1738—1820) Horn, wood, leather. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. » view »
	USS Philadelphia, 1776 National Museum of American History (Smithsonian), Washington, DC. » view »
	George Washington’s Sword and Scabbard, c. 1778 American History Museum (Smithsonian), Washington, DC. Washington wore this battle sword during his years as general in… » view »
	Hamilton & Burr Duelling Pistols, c. 1797 Walnut, brass, metal. J.P. Morgan Chase Historical Collection. On exhibition at the New-York Historical Society… » view »
	Flintlock Rifle » view »

The Farm Book, plus the elaborate chronologies made by Jefferson scholars which document almost every day of his life, demonstrate that contrary to what Martha [Jefferson] Randolph told her sons, Jefferson was not only not distant from Sally Hemings but in the same house nine months before the births of each of her seven children, and that she conceived no children when he was not there.

— Fawn M. Brodie

Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History (1974)