"The Man Who Built Jefferson’s World: Yankee Sullivan and the Making of a Global System” was the 2023 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Lecture given by historian Patrick Griffin on May 12, 2023 at the University of Virginia's Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library in Charlottesville, VA. 

About the Speaker

Patrick Griffin is the Madden-Hennbry Professor of History and Thomas Moore and Judy Livingston Director of the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame. 

About the Lecture Series

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Distinguished Lecture Series is a collaborative effort between the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello, the University of Virginia Library, and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Chair in the Corcoran Department of History at the University.  The lecture was established to bring to the University eminent scholars whose research will provide fresh insights into topics related to Jefferson. The UVA Library is proud to be a sponsor of this event, continuing its mission of connecting people with resources and ideas as the center of the University's unique educational community.