Thomas Jefferson Facts
Thomas Jefferson Facts
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| It has often been said that Thomas Jefferson was addicted to learning. He learned to speak four languages and to read an additional two. |
| Thomas Jefferson was a member of the Committee of Five and the Second Continental Congress. The group included Jefferson and Roger Sherman, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Robert Linvingston. |
| Thomas Jefferson was tasked with writing the Declaration of Independence in 1776, which declared the 13 colonies to be free of rule by the King. |
| Thomas Jefferson was considered a sort of Renaissance Man due to the fact that he was an author, educator, architect, philosopher, lawyer, and inventor, in addition to being the 3rd United States President. |
| Thomas Jefferson was a science buff who kept drawings of plants and animals in the state of Virginia. |
| Thomas Jefferson was an archaeologist and had the bones to a 40 million year old mastodon. He would often lay them out - it was similar to an elephant. |
| Thomas Jefferson loved books so much that he had a collection of 6,487 in his personal library alone. When the Library of Congress burned down in 1814 by British troops, he offered his own collection as a replacement. |
| Thomas Jefferson is believed to have written 19,000 letters in his lifetime, with copies as he used a polygraph machine. |
| Thomas Jefferson developed a taste for French cuisine when he visited France. He then offered to free his slave James Hemings if he learned how to cook it. |
| Thomas Jefferson was the designer/architect of his Monticello home, which took 40 years to complete with four floors and 33 rooms. Most rooms were an octagonal shape. |
| Thomas Jefferson liked to keep mockingbirds as pets. |
| Thomas Jefferson was responsible for the University of Virginia, including its design. |
| Thomas Jefferson was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase which more than doubled the size of the United States. |
| Thomas Jefferson was married to his wife Martha Wayles for only 10 years as she died at 33 from unknown causes. |
| Thomas Jefferson was involved with a slave named Sally Hemings, who is believed to have given birth to his children (as many as 6). |
| Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on the same day, five hours apart. |
| Thomas Jefferson died on July 4th, 1826, on the 5th anniversary of the day the Declaration of Independence was adopted. |
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