Monticello
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Monticello was the primary residence and plantation of Thomas Jefferson, a Founding Father, author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third president of the United States. Jefferson began des
Monticello in 2013
Monticello and its reflection
Some of the gardens on the property
Under the dome
Sally Hemings
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Sally Hemings, whose given name may have been Sarah, was an enslaved woman, inherited among many others by the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, from his father-in-law, John Wayl
Monticello
…contain storage space. Jefferson's bed opens to two sides: to his cabinet (study) and to his bedroom (dressing room). In 2017, a room identified as Sally Hemings' quarters at Monticello, adjacent to Jefferson's bedroom, was discovered in an archeological excavation. It will be restored and refurbished. This is…
Thomas Jefferson in 1791
Colonel John Wayles Jefferson, a grandson of Hemings, through her son Eston