"Proposals for concerted operation among the powers at war with the Pyratical states of Barbary" was the title of an identic note written by Thomas Jefferson...

Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States. Evidence from a 1998 DNA test showed that a descendant of Eston matched the Jefferson male line...

The domestic slave trade within the United States was not affected by the 1807 law. Indeed, with the legal supply of imported slaves terminated, the domestic...

four children born before those of Wayles'. All the Hemings family members gained privileged positions among the slaves at Monticello, where they were trained...

and the pursuit of Happiness" is a well-known phrase from the United States Declaration of Independence. The phrase gives three examples of the unalienable...

"Proposals for concerted operation among the powers at war with the Pyratical states of Barbary", a 1786 letter by Thomas Jefferson All pages with titles...

1835) was a female slave with one-quarter African ancestry owned by president of the United States Thomas Jefferson, one of many he inherited from his...

in the War of 1812, President Madison expanded the national army for the duration. Territorial expansion of the United States was a major goal of the Jeffersonians...

the Union Army in the Civil War: one in the United States Colored Troops and one who enlisted as a white man in the regular army. Among Madison and Mary...

set of wheels or disks, each with letters of the alphabet arranged around their edge in an order, which is different for each disk and is usually ordered...

historically best known as the father-in-law of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States. Wayles married three times, with these marriages producing...

The Corps of Discovery was a specially established unit of the United States Army which formed the nucleus of the Lewis and Clark Expedition that took...

for being the father of the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. The "Fry-Jefferson Map", created by Peter in collaboration with Joshua...

Ambrose, pp. 107-108 "The Senate Approves for Ratification the Louisiana Purchase Treaty". senate.gov. Art & History, United States Senate. October 20,...

parents at their wedding. She was the daughter of Mary Hemings and the granddaughter of Betty Hemings, who was held by the Jeffersons at Monticello. Among his...

aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. Formerly bodily powers gave place among the aristoi. But since the invention of gunpowder...

was born into slavery at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, in the first year of his presidency. Most historians...

drafted the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776 while sitting on a swivel chair of his own design. Swivel chairs may have wheels on the base...

He served the local militia for about ten years, making captain of the local militia in 1794. He also served during the Revolutionary War. Randolph,...

appears on the United States two-dollar bill. In January 1938, the United States Mint announced an open competition for a new design for the American nickel...

American businessman and Union Army officer in the American Civil War. He is believed to be a grandson of Thomas Jefferson; his paternal grandmother is...

"dean of the assembly." He has been honored as the first person of African-American descent to be elected to public office among the states on the West Coast...

childhood and Maria as an adult, was the younger of Thomas Jefferson's two daughters with his wife who survived beyond the age of 3. She married a first cousin...

seriously examined the evidence of Jefferson's relationship with Sally Hemings and was a bestseller. Together with articles about the issue and Jefferson-Hemings...

Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, owned more than 600 slaves during his adult life. Jefferson freed two slaves while he lived...

a slave of his father-in-law John Wayles for five shillings. Birds were Jefferson's favorite animal and Dick was the favorite from among at least four...

of its distance from his public life. The octagonal house may have been the first of its kind to have been built in the United States. The house at Poplar...

number of visits by physicians and periodic convalescence with Thomas and Martha at Monticello. Her final years were lived under the strain of the American...

and shipmaster. He was the maternal grandfather of United States President Thomas Jefferson. Isham Randolph was born on the Turkey Island plantation...

Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, was involved in politics from his early adult years. This article covers his early life and...