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.
Alexandra Hudson is the author of “The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves.” ...
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 ...
Yet perhaps no founding father was as passionate about the sciences as the Declaration of Independence co-author and third ...
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 ...