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"Jefferson was an inveterate collector of objects and materials" amazon.com/gp/product/188…? ie=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393177&creativeASIN=1882886194&linkCode=shr&tag=jmhv-20

"Monticello, his mansion in the making just outside Charlottesville" amazon.com/gp/product/030…? ie=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393185&creativeASIN=0307701220&linkCode=shr&tag=jmhv-20

@AdeleCulp Didn’t know that.

@Monticello360 For whom Carr’s Hill was named.

The first person buried in Monticello's graveyard was Thomas Jefferson's friend Dabney Carr, who died in 1773.

With dining room dumb waiters and revolving doors, Jefferson frequently served food himself.

"Jefferson's landscape aesthetic framed visitors' views of the man himself."

"As 1793 ended, Jefferson resigned, retiring to Monticello"

"Mr. Jefferson's great house, Monticello, was assessed at seventy-five hundred dollars"

Before leaving for Paris in 1784, Jefferson sold James Monroe some of his chess books.

"Jefferson stands alone, as the most distinguished native architect of the Early Republic" amazon.com/gp/product/081…? ie=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393177&creativeASIN=0813903289&linkCode=shr&tag=jmhv-20

"For the particular geography of our mountains I must refer to Fry and Jefferson's map of Virginia" amazon.com/gp/product/094…? ie=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393185&creativeASIN=094045016X&linkCode=shr&tag=jmhv-20

Jefferson and Dabney Carr agreed as young men to be buried under an oak tree on Monticello's graveyard site.

Thomas Jefferson and Dabney Carr were friends and school mates, Carr was also married to Jefferson's sister.

The letters O.S. on Thomas Jefferson's grave obelisk stand for "Old Style", a date before the calendar was adjusted in 1752.

Monticello's two wings with octagon ends needed almost 100,000 bricks, and the central block about 180,000 bricks.

Smithsonian Books has published a facsimile edition of The Jefferson Bible amazon.com/gp/product/158…? ie=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393185&creativeASIN=158834312X&linkCode=shr&tag=jmhv-20

"Dutch bankers opened an equity line backed by Jefferson's slaves for $2,000." amazon.com/gp/product/037…? ie=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393185&creativeASIN=0374299560&linkCode=shr&tag=jmhv-20

Thomas Jefferson's notebooks show that the South Pavilion and the first house used around 310,000 bricks.

"this winter is employed in getting framing, limestone, & bringing up stone for the foundation" T Jefferson, November 12, 1792.

During the winter, masonry work couldn't be done at Monticello, so materials were assembled for spring.