Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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role

Collector

dates

1743-1826

city

Charlottesville

state

VA

sex

M

historical notes

Art collector, governor of Virginia, the third president of the United States, 1801-1809, and principal author of the Declaration of Independence.

When Jefferson left his diplomatic post in Paris and returned to the United States in 1789, he sent home 86 crates of French furniture, porcelain, silver, paintings, prints and books (Moonan, Wendy(2002, Oct. 11). Antiques. New York Times, http://query.nytimes.com (4/23/2008)).

decades
of activity

1780-1790
1790-1800
1800-1810
1810-1820

website

http://www.monticello.org/

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10/31/2024 13:33:18

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Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives	Morse family papers, 1779-1868.	see details...
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The Winterthur Library Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum	Peale family papers, 1784-1864.	see details...
American Philosophical Society Library	Charles Willson Peale Letterbooks, 1767-1827.	see details...
Library of Virginia 800 E. Broad St.	Letter: Monticello to Rembrandt Peale, 1813, August 11.	see details...
Library of Congress Manuscript Division	Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 1705-1826.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	American Philosophical Society selected records, 1784-1954.	see details...
The Winterthur Library Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum	Drawings and account books, 1751-1826.	see details...
The Winterthur Library Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum	[Photographs of drawings] [graphic].	see details...
The New-York Historical Society Manuscript Department	Thomas Jefferson, Correspondence and papers, [ca. 1790-1826].	see details...
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania Senator John Heinz History Center	James Waldo Fawcett papers 1847-1968 [manuscript] bulk 1963-1968	see details...
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