Download or read book The Story of Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Dedicated to the Preservation of Monticello written by Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Dedicated to the Preservation of Monticello written by Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation written by Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation written by Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Saving Monticello written by Marc Leepson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-03-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete history of Thomas Jefferson's iconic American home, Monticello, and how it was not only saved after Jefferson's death, but ultimately made into a National Historic Landmark. When Thomas Jefferson died on the Fourth of July 1826, he was more than $100,000 in debt. Forced to sell thousands of acres of his lands and nearly all of his furniture and artwork, in 1831 his heirs bid a final goodbye to Monticello itself. The house their illustrious patriarch had lovingly designed in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, his beloved "essay in architecture," was sold to the highest bidder. So how did it become the national landmark it is today? Saving Monticello offers the first complete post-Jefferson history of this American icon and reveals the amazing story of how one Jewish family saved the house that became their family home. With a dramatic narrative sweep across generations, Marc Leepson vividly recounts the turbulent saga of this fabled estate. Monticello's first savior was the mercurial U.S. Navy Commodore Uriah Phillips Levy, a sailor celebrated for his successful campaign to ban flogging in the Navy and excoriated for his stubborn willfulness. In 1833, Levy discovered that Jefferson's mansion had fallen into a miserable state of decay. Acquiring the ruined estate and committing his considerable resources to its renewal, he began what became a tumultuous nine-decade relationship between his family and Jefferson's home. After passing from Levy control at the time of the commodore's death, Monticello fell once more into hard times. Again, a member of the Levy family came to the rescue. Uriah's nephew, a three-term New York congressman and wealthy real estate and stock speculator, gained possession in 1879. After Jefferson Levy poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into its repair and upkeep, his chief reward was to face a vicious national campaign, with anti-Semitic overtones, to expropriate the house and turn it over to the government. Only after the campaign had failed, with Levy declaring that he would sell Monticello only when the White House itself was offered for sale, did Levy relinquish it to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation in 1923. Pulling back the veil of history to reveal a story we thought we knew, Saving Monticello establishes this most American of houses as more truly reflective of the American experience than has ever been fully appreciated.
Download or read book Thomas Jefferson written by Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Visit Monticello written by Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc and published by . This book was released on 193? with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Free Monticello as Jefferson Freed You written by Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monticello Since 1826 written by James Adam Bear and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Levy Family and Monticello 1834 1923 written by Melvin I. Urofsky and published by University of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the Levys literally saved Monticello from ruin--not once, but twice--in the nineteenth century, and actually owned the property longer than Jefferson, the family's vital contributions to preserving Thomas Jefferson's home have been largely ignored or minimized. In a story filled with drama, irony, political wrangling, and legal battles, Professor Melvin I. Urofsky corrects the misconception that a "century of ruin and neglect" marked Monticello between Jefferson's death and the creation of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.
Download or read book A Message in the Spirit of Thomas Jefferson written by Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thomas Jefferson the Sage of Monticello and His Beloved Home written by Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monticello Viewshed Analysis and Protection Strategy written by Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report of a study to conserve and protect the scenic, historic, cultural, and environmental qualities of the landscape adjacent to and visible from Monticello, the historic home of Thomas Jefferson. Considers such strategies as acquiring key parcels of land, promoting conservation easements, and enhancing government regulations.
Download or read book Worlds of Thomas Jefferson At Monticello written by Susan R. Stein and published by Abrams. This book was released on 1993-05-15 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Jefferson was, by any reckoning, one of the most remarkable men ever to have crossed America's political stage. In 1776 he drafted the Declaration of Independence, and throughout the Revolution and in the posts he held thereafter - governor of Virginia, minister to France, secretary of state, vice president, and president - Jefferson's responsibilities were enormous and his accomplishments profound. Yet during those years he also was able to design his own house, Monticello, the magnificent Palladian mansion in central Virginia, and later to establish the University of Virginia and to plan its principal buildings. And, through all this, Jefferson made purchases for a lifetime. Needing to furnish not only Monticello but also the ministerial residence in Paris - the Hotel de Langeac - and the President's House in Washington, Jefferson bought with consummate taste and an extraordinary eye for the newest in American, English, and French styles. Fascinated by science and the growing field we now call "technology", Jefferson procured or had built devices for copying letters, telescopes for exploring the stars, and even dumbwaiters to minimize dependence on servants at mealtimes. He was keenly curious about his native land and devoted to promoting its virtues, and he acquired examples of its fossils, flora, and fauna and studied its indigenous peoples. Determined that the former colonies should both enjoy their cultural patrimony and preserve their own history, he purchased original paintings and had copied what could not be bought. He commissioned busts of his intellectual heroes, as well as of the heroes of the American struggle for independence. The Worlds of Thomas Jeffersonassembles more than 150 of the objects Jefferson acquired - the first time they have been seen together since the contents of Monticello were dispersed at his death. This astonishing collection reveals the limitless range of his curiosity and the acuteness of his taste, portraying not only Jefferson the statesman but also Jefferson the architect, amateur scientist, connoisseur, farmer, and historian. The articles pictured and described range from priceless historical treasures, such as the lap desk on which the Declaration of Independence was composed, to the personal and homely, such as the wrist strap and dumbbell Jefferson was obliged to use after an injury; from precious objects of art, such as Gilbert Stuart's portraits of Jefferson, to the shards of porcelain found in excavations at Monticello; from the finely worked silver tumblers known as the "Wythe-Jefferson Cups" to the Mandan buffalo robe that was part of his collection of Native American artifacts; from the great Entrance Hall clock he designed for Monticello to the silk damask-upholstered chairs he purchased in Paris. In all, it is a collection that mirrors both the mind of America's greatest statesman and the tastes and styles of the time in history when the American people secured their own independence and offered the world an example of a free people in a democratic state. The Worlds of Thomas Jefferson is written by Susan R. Stein, curator of Monticello, who provides an introduction placing Jefferson's acquisitions within the context of his political career, family life, and intellectual pursuits. In the catalogue each object is described individually with details about its history as well as its importance toJefferson.
Download or read book Thomas Jefferson written by Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Monticello Virginia written by Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thomas Jefferson the Sage of Monticello and His Beloved Home written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
