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A Tribute to Thomas Jefferson

Air/Publish Date: 03/29/1962
Event Date: 1743 - 1826

NBC's Van Heflin profiles the life of Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States.

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Discussion on Thomas Jefferson's Presidency

Air/Publish Date: 06/28/2004
Event Date: 1743 - 1826

Time Magazine's Christopher John Farley discusses the election of 1800 and the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson's term in office is remembered for a war on terror, and the Louisiana Purchase, and a scandal.

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Thomas Jefferson's Personal Scrapbook is Discovered

Air/Publish Date: 10/02/1999
Event Date: 1743 - 1826

Thomas Jefferson's personal scrapbook sheds new light on his private life, including insight into his feelings about the loss of his daughter.

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Thomas Jefferson's Monticello

Air/Publish Date: 04/13/1993
Event Date: 1772 - 1826

NBC's Jamie Gangel gives a tour of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home. Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the United States.

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Tour of Monticello

Air/Publish Date: 06/06/1990
Event Date: 1772 - 1826

A tour of Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, reveals Jefferson's precious belongings. Jefferson designed the house, which he retired to after his presidency.

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Urbanization Encroaches Upon Thomas Jefferson's Home Monticello

Air/Publish Date: 08/13/2001
Event Date: 1772 - 2001

Urbanization encroaches upon Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, where the third president and author of the Declaration of Independence spent his retirement years.

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A Debate Over Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings

Air/Publish Date: 04/13/1993
Event Date: 1789 - 1802

Robert Cooley III claims he is a descendant of Thomas Jefferson and his mistress Sally Hemings. Cooley spars with Monticello research director Cinder Stanton over the legitimacy of the claim.

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DNA Evidence Shows Thomas Jefferson Fathered Children with His Slave

Air/Publish Date: 01/27/2000
Event Date: 1801 - 1809

The foundation entrusted with the legacy of Thomas Jefferson has acknowledged for the first time that Jefferson was very likely the father of one, if not all, of the children of his slave, Sally ...

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Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Wars

Air/Publish Date: 11/20/1965
Event Date: 1801 - 1805

The Barbary Wars, fought during Jefferson's presidency, asserted the United States as an emerging world power. The successful defeat of the Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean Sea re-opens shipping for American merchant ships and ...

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Bicentennial Anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase

Air/Publish Date: 10/07/2002
Event Date: 1802 - 1806

Author Douglas Brinkley discusses the Louisiana Purchase for its bicentennial celebration. Ambassadors Robert Livingston and James Monroe were sent to France to purchase the city of New Orleans. Instead they purchased the entire ...

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Thomas Jefferson and the Embargo Act

Air/Publish Date: 11/20/1965
Event Date: 1807 - 1809

President Thomas Jefferson institutes the Embargo Act of 1807 which is aimed at keeping America out of the war between Britain and France. The embargo ultimately hurts the American economy more than it helps it and is repealed by ...

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Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase

Air/Publish Date: 11/20/1965
Event Date: 1803

With the desire to control shipping on the Mississippi River, President Thomas Jefferson sends envoys to France to purchase the city of New Orleans for America. France offers the entire Louisiana Territory, an area that covers ...

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