Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence

Jefferson wanted his authorship of the Declaration of Independence engraved on his tombstone. In the early days of the American Revolution, his contribution was not widely known. Richard Dixon, editor of Jefferson Notes, sets the stage for the emergence of this great document of individual freedom from the pen of Jefferson in the essay Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence.

Jefferson and Slavery

No area of Thomas Jefferson's life has aroused more controvery than his views and actions on slavery. Richard Dixon, Editor of Jefferson's Notes, traces the evolution of Jefferson's thought in the article Jefferson and Slavery.

World of Thomas Jefferson

Jefferson's life is framed by the Declaration of Independence and his founding of the University of Virginia, but it was played out against the sweep of political and social upheaval throughout the world. Richard Dixon, Editor of Jefferson Notes, presents in Part One and Part Two, a chronology of Jefferson's world.

Jefferson Resolution by Virginia General Assembly

On April 13, 2009, a joint resolution by the Senate and House of Delegates of the Virginia General Assembly was presented to W. McKenzie Wallenborn, President of the Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society, by Senator John Watkins.

Law and Thomas Jefferson

The talents of Thomas Jefferson reached into so many fields it is easy to overlook that he was educated as a lawyer and that was the activity of his early years. Richard E. Dixon examines Jefferson's eight years as a lawyer in the article Law and Thomas Jefferson.

Jefferson and Medicine
Thomas Jefferson, truly a man for all seasons, was deeply involved in medicine. How he found time for this interest is truly amazing considering that he spent over 35 years in service to our young country, and put much effort into his many other fields of expertise, which included architecture, scientific farming, botany, archeology, paleontology, and astronomy, to name but a few.
Thomas Jefferson and the Medicine of His Day by White McKenzie Wallenborn, M.D., was published in the Medical Alumni News, University of Virginia, Spring 2002, Volume 1.

Jefferson and Poetry
"I was at the Jefferson Memorial Library in Monticello to write a book about Thomas Jefferson's interest in Romantic poetry, but I had little to go on. The library was daunting, filled with volumes on Jefferson and gardening, Jefferson and architecture, everything, it seemed, but Jefferson and poetry."
When Jefferson Dined Alone, by Jonathan Gross. Mr. Gross is a professor at DePaul University and author of the forthcoming, Thomas Jefferson's Scrapbooks (Steerforth Press, May 2006).

Jefferson and Architecture: The University of Virginia
"Among the many groups which look to Jefferson as the model of their purpose and embodiment of their ideals, American architects especially can attribute the roots of their profession to the "Sage of Monticello." Although never formally trained in architecture, Jefferson had studied the structures of Europe and read extensively on the great architects of Europe. Possessed by a penchant for masterpieces in a community he would establish as the ideal American village: The University of Virginia."
Jefferson and the Politics of Architecture, by Joshua Johns.

Jefferson and Intellectual Thought
"In recent years it's also become fashionable (for no better reason than simple iconoclasm) for people of all political persuasions - left-liberal, conservative, and libertarian - to bash Jefferson, who's been denounced, variously, as 'anti-capitalist,' 'atheist,' 'democrat,' 'Jacobin,' 'racist,' and 'utopian idealist,' among other things." Did Jefferson agree with any of these systems of thought, or perhaps did he draw from them all? Various concepts of Jefferson are examined by the noted Jefferson scholar, David Mayer in Thomas Jefferson: Man versus Myth.