Thomas Jefferson was a Founding Father, primary author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States ...

A new biography maps out the moral tensions that tormented his mind and tainted his legacy. Thomas Jefferson continues to inspire and divide Americans. Even though he still ranks in the top 10 in ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Our third president, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), was not much of a public ...

"This book is based on volumes 1-19 of The papers of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Julian P. Boyd and others, published by Princeton University Press." ...

At a 1962 dinner for Nobel Prize winners, John F. Kennedy declared the event the greatest collection of talent ever brought together at the White House, “with the possible exception of when Thomas ...

Opening Shot: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,” narrator Devin E. Haqq recites from the Declaration of Independence as we see a shot of Independence Hall in ...

Late one afternoon in May, a large group of people wearing name tags gathered under the shade of a giant tulip poplar tree on the south terrace of Monticello. As the last of the day’s tourists were ...