Personal Life

Articles about Jefferson's personal life and interests outside of his public life as a politician, diplomat, and statesman.

102 Entries

Allycroker
Arthritis
Bathing
Billiards
Bone Walking Stick
Candles
Captain Wyatt St. Barbe
Caractacus
Carr Family
Cause of Thomas Jefferson's Death
Charles Everett
Charles Lewis Bankhead
Charles Wingfield, Jr.
Chess
Chess Set (English)
Chess Set (French)
Christmas
Clocks and Timekeeping
Clothes Rack
Coat of Arms
Coin Collection
Craven Peyton
Dabney Carr (1743-1773)
Dabney Carr (1773-1837)
Debt
Dinner Etiquette
Dumbbell
Elizabeth Hemings
Elizabeth House Trist
Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge
Exercise
Eye Color
Eyeglasses
Field Jefferson
Firearms
Fourth of July
Francis Wayles Eppes
Fraternal Organizations
Gambling
George Carr
George Gilmer
George Wythe Randolph
Harriet Hemings
Hats
Headaches
Honorary Degrees and Memberships
Hore Browse Trist
Horses
Humor
Hunting
Jane Randolph Jefferson
Jefferson and Tools
Jefferson in Conversation
Jefferson Lottery
Jefferson's Ancestry
Jefferson's Birthday Celebration
Jefferson's Clothing
Jefferson's Formal Education
Jefferson's Funeral
Jefferson's Grave and Tombstone
Jefferson's Height
Jefferson's Last Words
Jefferson's Middle Name
Jefferson's Red Silk Waistcoat
Jefferson's Religious Beliefs
Lafayette's Visit to Monticello (1824)
Lamps
Languages Jefferson Spoke or Read
Last Will and Testament
Marbles
Maria Cosway (Engraving)
Martha Jefferson Randolph
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson
Medicine
Mockingbirds
Nicknames
Old Style (O.S.)
Personal Seal
Peter Jefferson
Physical Descriptions of Jefferson
Pocketknife
Public Speaking
Relatives
Right-Handed
Sally Hemings
Septimia Anne Randolph Meikleham
Smoking
Soap
Spanish Language
Teeth
Thomas Jefferson Randolph
Thomas Turpin
Toys
Vegetarianism
Violins
Visit to Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania (1819)
Watches
Whalebone and Ivory Walking Stick
Wigs
Wrist Cushion
Wrist Injury (1786)
Wrist Strap

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