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Amaranths, Garden Pests, and Ginkgos

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The Election of 1800

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The Room Where It Happens

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A Brief History of the Turkey

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Tale of a Cockade – Thomas Jefferson's Daughter in Revolutionary Paris

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Revolutionizing Archaeology at Monticello

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"Like a shock of electricity": Jefferson and the Intolerable Acts

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When News of Independence Travels

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Robert Hemmings's Signature

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Games at Monticello

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Hamilton vs. Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson's Health Habits

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Restoring Monticello's Flower Gardens

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Family and Freedom: Critta Hemings and Zachariah Bowles

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Roses, Strawberries, Tulip Poplars and Fringe Trees

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The President and The Naturalist: Humboldt's Trailblazing Travels

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Object(-ive) History at Monticello

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Dome Rooms, Cat Holes, and Fairy Palaces

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Fruit Grafting and Jefferson's Favorite Garden Nurseries

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The Great Eclipse

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The Life and "Happiness" of Martha Wayles Jefferson

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Jefferson and His Gardens

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Thomas Jefferson's Grand Day Out in London

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Gardening Granddaughters, Hyacinths, and Tree Clumps

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The Edgehill School for Young Ladies

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Free State: The Legacy of Amy Farrow

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Gardens of Enslaved Families, Pruning

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The Fantastic Tale of Selim the Algerian

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A Mythological Figure at Monticello

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The Fiery Arch: Celebrating the Treaty of Paris

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A Love-Hate Relationship: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

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Restoring an American Icon

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Greenhouses, Historic and Modern

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But What About Montalto?

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Winter on the Mountain

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The Corps of Discovery Celebrates the Holidays

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Winter Interest, Holiday Decorating, and Wreaths!

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Who's Who in Jefferson’s First Presidential Cabinet

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My Essay in Architecture

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Bulbs, Pumpkins, and Woody Plants

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California’s First Black Legislator: Frederick Madison Roberts

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Mammut Americanum

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Monticello Macabre

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Asters, Squash, Fall Foliage, and Wine

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Benjamin Banneker Challenges Thomas Jefferson

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George Ticknor Visits Monticello

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Restoring Jefferson's Reputation

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Seed Saving and Fall Planting

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The Horses of Monticello

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"The Delight of Every Hour"

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Thomas Jefferson's Polygraph

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Paying for Monticello

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Tomatoes, Shade, and Honey

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What Were Thomas Jefferson’s Favorite Books?

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"That Evil Genius": Ellen Wayles Randolph

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"These are grounds of hope for others": Declarations Since 1776

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Who Owns Monticello?

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Water, Lewis and Clark Plants, American Chestnut

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Margaret Bayard Smith, "A Mind So Active"

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John Locke and the American Revolution

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Vining Plants, Weeds, and Summer Flowering Trees

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"Get free or die in the attempt": Monticello's Enslaved Community and the Underground Railroad

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Hamilton and Burr: The Duel

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Edit Hern Fossett and Her Family

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James Hubbard Escapes Monticello

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Bees, Peonies, and Warm-weather Vegetables

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Thomas Jefferson and Religion with History As It Happens

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Edward Coles Challenges Thomas Jefferson on Slavery

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Big Bone Lick: Birthplace of American Paleontology

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April Tulips and Flowering Trees

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How an Interracial, Interfaith Family Became Tied to Monticello

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"The Ravages of the Small Pox": Jefferson and Inoculation

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The Education of Martha Jefferson Randolph

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March Traditions - Bare Root Plants and Spring Ephemerals

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"The Interests of Science!": Thomas Jefferson and Dr. Benjamin Rush

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Thomas Jefferson and the Founding of the University of Virginia

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"One of the Most Estimable Characters on Earth": Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson

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"A better man cannot be" - Jefferson and Monroe

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A Rich Spot of Earth — Sowing

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John and Priscilla Hemmings

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An Excellent School of Humility

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Introducing A Rich Spot of Earth — Seeds

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The Almost-death Life Mask of Thomas Jefferson

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Impressment and War

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Sacajawea

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A Washington Fish Tale

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Fort Mandan

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Those Other Western Expeditions

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Thankful for Education: Stories of Learning and Empowering from Monticello

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The “Calamitous” Citizen Genet

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Turkeys as National Birds? Benjamin Franklin and the Great Seal of the United States

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Music and Monticello's Enslaved Community

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The Grangers of Monticello

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"Atoms of Life"

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"Knowledge indeed is a desirable, a lovely possession”: Thomas Jefferson’s Education

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The Getting Word African American Oral History Project

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Fire! at Monticello

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Jefferson's Cabinet Curiosities

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Madame de Tessé

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A Crusade for Monticello