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Highboy, c. 1770

Highboy, c. 1770
Crafted in Philadelphia, PA

Mahogany, tulip, poplar, white cedar, and brass; h. 238.5 cm., w. 109.5 cm., d. 60.5 cm. (93 7/8 x 43 1/8 x 23 13/16…

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Lowboy, c. 1770

Lowboy, c. 1770
Crafted in Philadelphia, PA

Mahogany, tulip, poplar, white cedar, and brass; h. 74.5 cm., w. 87.5 cm., d. 55.0 cm. (29 5/16 x 34 7/16 x 21 5/8…

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Thomas Jefferson's Desk, 1776

Thomas Jefferson's Desk, 1776
Crafted in Philadelphia, PA

National Museum of American History (Smithsonian), Washington, DC. This portable writing box was designed by Jefferson…

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The most inadvertently prophetic words that Adams ever uttered were his last: Thomas Jefferson survives. For it was the Jeffersonian image that broke free of the aggregated anonymity, the founders or the fathers, and eventually ascended into heaven with Washington. During the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the Jeffersonian legacy became the most adaptable and all-purpose political touchstone in American political history.

— Joseph J. Ellis
Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams (1993)