3 edition of Thomas Jefferson at home found in the catalog.
Thomas Jefferson at home
Bernice-Marie Yates
Published
1981
by s.n.] in [S.l
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Written in English
Edition Notes
Bibliography: p. [35]-36.
Statement | by Bernice-Marie Yates. |
Classifications | |
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LC Classifications | E332.74 .Y37 1981 |
The Physical Object | |
Pagination | 36 p., [1] leaf of plates : |
Number of Pages | 36 |
ID Numbers | |
Open Library | OL3794926M |
LC Control Number | 81084480 |
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Inspired by Francis Bacon’s organization of knowledge. Thomas Jefferson supplied lists of recommended books in letters to Robert Skipwith 1 in and Bernard Moore 2 about the same time, to his nephew, Peter Carr, in 3 and4 to John Minor 5 inand to several others.
6 The following is a distillation and synthesis of his recommendations in classical studies -- history, philosophy, religion, and literature. The electronic version of the text of Jefferson's Garden Book featured on Thomas Jefferson Papers: An Electronic Archive was derived from The Garden and Farm Books of Thomas Jefferson, Robert C.
Baron, ed. (Golden, Colo., ) with the permission of Fulcrum Publishing. Jefferson's Farm Book includes lists of the names and locations of his slaves, also the cloth, bedding, and food (fish, bread, and beef) distributed to them.
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Thomas Jefferson was born on Ap (April 2,Old Style, Julian calendar), at the family home in Shadwell in the Colony of Virginia, the third of ten children. He was of English, and possibly Welsh, descent and was born a British subject. His father Peter Jefferson was a planter and surveyor who died when Jefferson was fourteen; his mother was Jane ed by: John Adams.
During this visit, Jefferson compiled much of the material for his only book, Notes on the State of Virginia, while he was probably staying at the overseer’s house. InJefferson traveled from Washington to supervise the laying of the foundation for the octagonal house we see today.
Jefferson became part of Fauquier’s circle and owed much instruction to the habitual conversations around Fauquier’s table.
How much that instruction revolved around Enlightenment poles can be seen from the first book list Jefferson compiled for a London bookseller, which ordered “Locke on Government” and Oeuvres de there was also a much longer reading list he drew up.
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As a student at the College of William and Mary he purchased his first book on the subject and later assembled one. Thomas Jefferson (), a statesman, Founding Father, author of the Declaration of Independence and the third U.S. president, was a leading figure in. While preparing to send his books to their new home in Washington, Jefferson was already planning a replacement library, his third and final one at Monticello.
Between andJefferson tapped booksellers in Europe and in metropolitan centers like Philadelphia and New York to. Fortunately, Meacham’s is a fine work, deserving a place high on the list of long biographies of its subject even if rivaled by such shorter ones as Richard B.
Bernstein’s Thomas David McCullough’s John Adams (to which it can be seen as a counterpart), Meacham’s book is a love letter to its subject/5(). This cube-shaped book stand was probably designed by Thomas Jefferson to hold five books and allow the reader to rotate the stand, thus changing the book in view.
The solid walnut stand, designed to sit on a tripod was made at the Monticello joinery, supervised by James Dinsmore and John Hemings. Search our FAQ, book a research appointment, ask a question, call or chat. Thomas Jefferson () first came to Williamsburg early in to study at the College of William & Mary.
He proceeded to read law under the tutelage of George Wythe, whose brick home on Palace Green was just a short distance from Jefferson’s lodgings at Market Square Tavern.
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As he worked, Thomas Jefferson pasted his selections—each in a variety of ancient and modern languages that reflected his vast learning—into the book in neat columns.
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