Professor Joseph Ellis, author of American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson, says of the founding fathers: "They could imagine a nation-sized republic, which nobody else had ever done before.
The first American presidential sex scandal never went on trial, but rumors have persisted to this day that President and founding father Thomas Jefferson had an illicit relationship with his ...
According to reporting by Politifact's Tom Kertscher, being the owner of two plantations with about 150 to 200 slaves largely contributed to Jefferson's wealth. This Founding Father held multiple ...
More than any other Founding Father, Thomas Jefferson made his reputation on the brilliance of his writing. John Adams chose the 33-year-old Jefferson to draft the Declaration of Independence largely ...
The holiday will replace an annual birthday celebration of US Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, a slave-owner. The city voted last year to scrap the April Jefferson holiday. The third US president ...
A rare letter signed by three of the Founding Fathers of the United States is ... Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, the letter is addressed to the “Envoy Extraordinary of the King of ...