Jefferson Collection

View of the University of Virginia
M8R5N4 View of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville & Monticello. Taken from Lewis Mountain, 1856

The Declaration Committee. Benjamin Franklin
DECLARATION COMMITTEE. The Declaration Committee

Library of Congress - The Mosaic Minerva - Minerva of Peace
Washington DC, USA - Mosaic - The Minerva of Peace by Elihu Vedder (1836-1923). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Date: 1920

Declaration of Independence
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE The first page of Thomas Jeffersons rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, written 11-28 June 1776

Thomas Jeffersons Rotunda at the University of Virginia
Rotunda of the University of Virginia, designed by Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville. Digital photograph

Monticello, Thomas Jeffersons house, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Virginia, United States of America, North America

Monticello / West Front
Thomas Jeffersons home at Monticello - the West Front

Washington DC, USA at the Tidal Basin during spring season at night

CONFEDERATE GENERALS. The Generals of the Confederate Army. Jefferson Davis, with red cloak, is at center left; Robert E. Lee, standing with saber, is at center right. Contemporary American lithograph

Americans gaining French alliance in the Revolutionary War
American and French representatives signing a Treaty of Alliance at Paris, American Revolution. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Washington and Jefferson College and Campus, Pennsylvania
Washington and Jefferson College and Campus, Washington, Pennsylvania. Date: 1937

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. The burning of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1896

3rd President of the United States. Stipple engraving, c1801, by Cornelius Tiebout
THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826). 3rd President of the United States. Stipple engraving, c1801, by Cornelius Tiebout

Thomas Jefferson reading his rough draft of the Declaration of Independence to Benjamin Franklin
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Thomas Jefferson reading his rough draft of the Declaration of Independence to Benjamin Franklin, 1776. Painting by Clyde O. DeLand

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, 1888. Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman as the Democratic party candidates for President and Vice President on a lithograph campaign poster by Kurz & Allison, 1888

SHOELESS JOE JACKSON (1889-1991). Joseph Jefferson Jackson. American baseball player. Photographed c1920

CIVIL WAR: CARTOON, c1865. The Question Settled. White cat labeled Old Abe kicking out a grey cat labeled Jeff Davis. Behind Old Abe is a black cat labeled Contraband. Color lithograph, c1865

Survivors of the Battle of Balaklava, 1875
Series of engraved portraits showing the surviving British participants of the Charge of the Light Brigade of the Battle of Balaclave, Crimean War, pictured in 1875

Library of Congress Mural - The Occupation of the Day
Washington DC, USA - Mural - The Occupation of the Day by Charles Sprague Pearce (1851-1914). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Religion. Worship before an altar of Fire

Map drawn by Thomas Jefferson of Milford Haven on Chesapeake Bay and vicinity
CHESAPEAKE BAY, 1776. Map drawn by Thomas Jefferson of Milford Haven on Chesapeake Bay and vicinity, showing camp on Gwynns Island and enemy fortifications, June or July 1776

G Jefferson fails at pole vault, 1932 Olympics
A falling American pole-vaulter grips the cross bar as he makes his descent at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, failing to make a height of 13 feet 9 inches. Date: 1932

Washington DC, USA - Library of Congress Mural - Orpheus
Washington DC, USA - Mural Painting - The Greek Heroes by Walter McEwen (1860-1943). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Orpheus. Slain by the Bacchantes. Date: 1920

Joseph Jefferson in his bicycle Chair (The Palm Beach Coach) - Florida, USA. Joseph Jefferson, commonly known as Joe Jefferson (18291905) - American actor

Thomas Jeffersons plan in his own hand
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. Thomas Jeffersons plan in his own hand, of the front elevation of the Rotunda of the University of Virginia, 1821

VARINA HOWELL DAVIS (1826-1906). Second wife of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America. Miniature, c1845

Thomas Jefferson. Hand-colored engraving by A. Desnoyers

Third President of the United States
THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826). Third President of the United States

Brooksville, Jefferson County Pennsylvania, 1895. Date c1895 Sep. 3

Mexican American War. Battle of Buena Vista, Feb. 23-24, 1847. Mississippi Rifles by Ken Riley

All 46 US Presidents from 1789-2021
All 46 Presidents of the United States of America from George Washington (top left), who was inaugurated in 1789 to the current encumbent, Joe Biden (bottom right) in 2021

Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company building, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA Date: 1943

Greetings from Greensboro, North Carolina, USA Date: 1943

Greensboro, North Carolina, USA Date: 1943

Home of Geo. C. Boldt, Heart Island, Thousand Islands, NY
Home of George C. Boldt, Heart Island, Alexandria Bay, Thousand Islands, Jefferson County, NY State, USA. Date: circa 1902

Jefferson Davis's House at Beauvoir, Mississippi

Jefferson Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Date: circa 1906

Thomas Jefferson, 13 April 1743, 4 July 1826, one of the founding fathers of the United States, from 1801 to 1809 the third American president, historical

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Third President of the United States 1801-1809. Colour lithograph of a half-portrait of Jefferson sitting at a desk, ca. 1845

Thomas Jefferson (born 13 April 1743 in Shadwell near Charlottesville)
Thomas Jefferson (born 13 April 1743 in Shadwell near Charlottesville, Colony of Virginia, died 4 July 1826 on Monticello near Charlottesville)

The Committee of Five drafting the Declaration of Independence From left Franklin Jefferson Adams Livingston Sherman After Alonzo Chappel from Life and Times of Washington Volume 1, published 1857

Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826. 3rd President of the U.S.A

The Declaration of Independence July 1776, USA, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, North America

Jefferson Davis, 1808-1889, first and only President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826, Third President of the United States, Primary Author, Writer of Declaration of Independence, After a painting by Alonzo Chappel, Historic

Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826, Third President of the United States, Primary Author, Writer of Declaration of Independence, After a painting by Alonzo Chappel, Historic

Thomas Jefferson, 1743 to 1826, American statesman and founding father Signer of the Declaration of Independence Nineteenth-century engraving by JB Longacre after a portrait by FIeld after Stuart

Jefferson Finis Davis (born 3 June 1808 in Fairview)
Jefferson Finis Davis (born 3 June 1808 in Fairview, Kentucky, died 6 December 1889 in New Orleans)

Jefferson Finis Davis (born 3 June 1808 in Fairview)
Jefferson Finis Davis (born 3 June 1808 in Fairview, Kentucky, died 6 December 1889 in New Orleans)

Thomas Jefferson, 1743, 1826, the third President of the United States, the principal author of the American Declaration of Independence, Historical

Child Labour, Children of the Emigrants, Newsies in Skeeter's Branch, Jefferson at Franklin, all smoking, 1910, Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, 1874-1940, Historic

Thomas Jefferson, April 13, 1743, July 4, 1826, was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, the third American President from 1801 to 1809, Historic

Jefferson Finis Davis, 3 June 1808, 6 December 1889, a US politician

Engraving of Confederate politician William Lowndes Yancey (August 10)
Engraving of Confederate politician William Lowndes Yancey (August 10, 1814 - July 27, 1863), a journalist, politician, orator, diplomat and an American leader of the Southern secession movement

Engraving of Confederate General Braxton Bragg (March 22)
Engraving of Confederate General Braxton Bragg (March 22, 1817 - September 27, 1876), a career United States Army officer

Engraving of Confederate politician Judah Philip Benjamin, QC (August 6, 1811 - May 6, 1884), an American politician and lawyer

Jefferson Davis, 1808 - 1889, President of the Confederate States of America and leader of the South in the Civil War, historic woodcut, circa 1880

Thomas Jefferson, 1743 - 1826, the third president of the United States

Thomas Jefferson, 1743 - 1826, the third president of the United States

Portrait of Thomas Jefferson, 1743 - 1826, third president of the United States and principal author of the Declaration of Independence, Portrait von Thomas Jefferson, 1743- 1826

Historical scene, US-American history, 19th century, view of the town of Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA, about 1862, North America

Historical scene, US-American history, 19th century, Inauguration of Jefferson Finis Davis, 1808 - 1889, in 1861, an American politician

Historical drawing, US-American history, 19th century, portrait of Jefferson Finis Davis, 1808 - 1889, an American politician

Historical scene, US-American history, 19th century, view of the town of Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, U.S. state of West Virginia, United States of America, 1859

Historical drawing from the U.S

Jefferson Finis Davis, 1808, 1889, an American politician (U.) S. Representative and Senator from Mississippi, the 23rd U

Jefferson Finis Davis, 3 June 1808 6 December 1889, was an American politician who was President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, Historical

Plum of the Jefferson Plum variety, digitally processed reproduction of a watercolour drawing from 1856

Joseph Jefferson III, commonly known as Joe Jefferson (February 20) 1829 (April 23) (1905), was an American actor, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Mountainous landscape in the background and the railway line along the Jefferson Canon in the state of Montana, ca 1880, America, Historic

The Jefferson Davis mansion, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, USA, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, record date not stated, The Jefferson Davis mansion

United States, Washington D.C. The White House. Designed by James Hoban (1758-1831), in Neoclassical style, its construction took place between 1792 and 1800

View of West Point. The United States Military West Point. Washington selected Thaddeus Kosciuszko, one of the heroes of Saratoga, to design the fortifications for West Point in 1778

Benjamin Franklin - American scientist, inventor, politician
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American scientist, inventor and politician. In 1776 he wrote, with Jefferson and John Adams, the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). 3rd US President
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). Third president of the United States of America (1801-1809), one of the Founding Fathers. He was the author of the Declaration of Independence. Portrait

Benjamin Franklin - American scientist, inventor, politician
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American scientist, inventor and politician. In 1776 he wrote, with Jefferson and John Adams, the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America

United States, Washington D.C. The White House - Arnout
United States, Washington D.C. The White House. Designed by James Hoban (1758-1831), in Neoclassical style, its construction took place between 1792 and 1800

Virginia, Charlottesviile, USA - University of Virginia
United States, Virginia, Charlottesviile. The University of Virginia. It was founded in 1819 by the United States Declaration of Independence

View of West Point. The United States Military West Point. Washington selected Thaddeus Kosciuszko, one of the heroes of Saratoga, to design the fortifications for West Point in 1778

Portraits of presidents and politicians from dollars

Confederate Postage Stamp
The first Confederate postage issues were placed in circulation in October 1861, five months after postal service between the North and South had ended

General Lee Before the Battle of Gettysburg
Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) was the general in chief of the Confederate armies during the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865). He was the military advisor to Jefferson Davis

Street in Jefferson, Texas, USA

Jefferson Street, Texas, USA

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Jefferson: A Legacy of Leadership, Knowledge, and Controversy" From the hallowed halls of the Library of Congress to the majestic Rotunda at the University of Virginia, Jefferson's influence resonates through history. As one of America's founding fathers, his impact on our nation is immeasurable. The Declaration of Independence stands as a testament to Jefferson's profound belief in liberty and equality for all. His vision shaped the very fabric of our democracy, inspiring generations to fight for their rights and freedoms. Monticello, with its grandeur and innovation, reflects Jefferson's brilliance as an architect and inventor. From its iconic West Front to its meticulously designed gardens, it embodies his pursuit of beauty and harmony. Yet amidst these accolades lies controversy. The Confederate Generals' depiction reminds us that even great men like Jefferson Davis were entangled in a dark chapter of American history – the Civil War. This conflict tore apart a nation he helped build. However, not all was lost during those turbulent times. Americans gaining French alliance during the Revolutionary War symbolizes how alliances can be forged even in dire circumstances. It demonstrates that hope can arise from unexpected places. Washington & Jefferson College serves as a reminder that education was dear to Jefferson's heart. He believed knowledge was vital for progress and enlightenment – values still cherished today. Through artistry such as "The Occupation of the Day" mural or political campaigns like Grover Cleveland's presidential bid in 1888, we see how Jefferson's legacy continues to shape American culture and politics long after his time. Lastly, let us not forget Thomas Jefferson himself – a complex figure who left an indelible mark on our nation’s history. His map-drawing skills showcased both his intellect and strategic thinking during times of war. Intriguingly multifaceted yet undeniably influential - this is what defines "Jefferson. " We must grapple with both his triumphs and flaws, recognizing the complexities of his legacy.