The fact that Thomas Jefferson had children with Sally Hemings was denied by Jefferson's family for almost two centuries–until DNA evidence confirmed it. A descendent of Sally Hemings learns the ...
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 44: 1 July to 10 November 1804 Thomas Jefferson Aaron Burr fells Alexander Hamilton in a duel in July, but Jefferson, caring little for either adversary or for ...
Shortly before leaving... This volume opens on 4 March 1803, the first day of Jefferson's third year as president. Still shaken by the closing of the right of deposit at New Orleans, he confronts the ...
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