By May 1826 Jefferson's health was so frail that he was virtually a shut in and spent most of his waking hours going over his finances and debts.

Ms. Jefferson's health took a turn to the worse, and Martha died on September 6, 1782, a few months after the birth of her last child, Jefferson was so distraught, he did not remarry and remained a widower for the rest of his life.

CBS began to adapt the popular novel as a miniseries, but the historians Virginius Dabney ( a direct descendant of Jefferson's sister Martha ) and Dumas Malone successfully campaigned against it directly with the network's president William S. Paley, and persuaded him to kill the project.

The Ohio Youth in Government program began in 1952 and reflects the idea that " democracy must be learned by each generation " and is based on Thomas Jefferson's belief that, " the purpose of education is to create good citizens of the community ".

Jefferson and Civil Liberties began the modern reconsideration of Jefferson's historical reputation.

Photo of cash found in William J. Jefferson | Jefferson's freezer in the August 2005 raid was shown to jurors on 8 July 2009

Jefferson's first marriage was to his first cousin Ann Jefferson Lewis on July 30, 1780, however, another account states that they were married in 1781.

Jefferson's earnings reputedly enabled him to buy a car and employ chauffeurs ( although there is debate over the reliability of this as well ); he was given a Ford car " worth over $ 700 " by Mayo Williams, Paramount's connection with the black community.

In the United States, Enlightenment philosophy ( which itself was heavily inspired by deist ideals ) played a major role in creating the principle of religious freedom, expressed in Thomas Jefferson's letters and included in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

In these cases, the position has been filled by a female relative or friend of the president, such as Martha Jefferson Randolph during Jefferson's presidency, Emily Donelson and Sarah Yorke Jackson during Jackson's, Mary Elizabeth ( Taylor ) Bliss during Taylor's, Mary Harrison McKee during Harrison's presidency, upon her mother's death, and Harriet Lane during Buchanan's.

Jefferson's expectation was that by assimilating them into an agricultural lifestyle, they would become economically dependent on trade with white Americans, and would thereby be willing to give up land that they would otherwise not part with, in exchange for trade goods.

Jefferson's Manual, which is integral to the Rules of the House of Representatives, states that impeachment is set in motion by charges made on the floor, charges preferred by a memorial, a member's resolution referred to a committee, a message from the president, charges transmitted from the legislature of a state or territory or from a grand jury, or from facts developed and reported by an investigating committee of the House.

Randolph attempted to block Madison's nomination by running James Monroe ; thus gaining the support of Federalists, since Madison was considered Jefferson's staunch political ally.

Madison sought to continue Jefferson's agenda, in particular the dismantling of the system left behind by the federalists under Washington and Adams.

The problems were worse due to Jefferson's and Madison's dismantling of the system built by Hamilton and the Federalists.

The newlyweds settled at Hurricane Plantation, owned by Jefferson's older brother Joseph Davis, at Davis Bend in Warren County, Mississippi.

The 1799 Resolutions used the term " nullification ", which had been deleted from Jefferson's draft of the 1798 Resolutions, resolving: " That the several states who formed Constitution, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction ; and, That a nullification, by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument, is the rightful remedy.

Construction was done mostly by local masons and carpenters, assisted by Jefferson's slaves.

In 1778, Jefferson's " Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge " and subsequent efforts to reduce control by clergy led to some small changes at William and Mary College, but free public education was not established until the late nineteenth century.

The book is Jefferson's argument about what constitutes a good society, which he believed was incarnated by Virginia.

With its return in 1806, it had fulfilled Jefferson's hopes by amassing much new data about the topographical features of the country and its natural resources, with details on the flora and fauna, as well as the many Indian tribes of the West with which he hoped to increase trading.

" With the colonial and native civilizations in collision, compounded by British incitement of Indian tribes and mounting hostilities between the two peoples, Jefferson's administration took quick measures to avert another major conflict.

In his second term, Jefferson's popularity suffered because the problems he faced, most notably those caused by the wars in Europe, became more difficult to solve.

In 2007, Jefferson's two-volume 1764 edition of the Quran was used by Rep. Keith Ellison for his swearing in to the House of Representatives.

During the last hours of Jefferson's life he was accompanied by his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph and his doctor, Robley Dunglison and other family members and friends.

The next day Jefferson's funeral was held, performed by Reverend Charles Clay.

Jefferson's funeral by his own request was a simple and quiet affair.

Jefferson's remains were carried by " servants, family and friends " to the family grave site.

On June 28, 1776, Jefferson's draft including initial alterations of a Declaration of Independence was reported to Congress by the Committee of Five charged with the initial drafting ; Congress then " laid it on the table ".

Marla Gibbs ( born Margaret Theresa Bradley ; June 14, 1931 ) is an American television and film actress and singer, who in her four decades of television is probably best remembered for playing Louise and George Jefferson's sarcastic maid, Florence Johnston, on The Jeffersons and spinoff Checking In, who is also the series ' last surviving original cast member.

The Virginia Declaration of Rights adopted by the Virginia Convention of Delegates on June 12, 1776, adopted a few days before Jefferson's draft but written earlier, and written by George Mason, is:

Despite setting a Blue Jay franchise record with nine walks in a game against Baltimore on June 18, Jefferson's strikeout-to-walk ratio was also a career best 1. 37 as he struck out 114 batters versus 83 walks.

Jefferson's son-in-law, former Virginia Governor Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., said in 1826 that Jefferson had a " strong repugnance " to Henry Clay.

When Jefferson's slaves were sold after his death in 1826 to settle his debts, Mary Hemings Bell was able to purchase family members to help keep families intact.

Norvell did not publish this letter until after Jefferson's death in 1826, the original letter is now lost, but was in his son's possession as late as 1880.

By 1900, the family was farming southeast of Streetman, Texas, and Lemon Jefferson's birth date is indicated as September 1893 in the 1900 census.

The 1910 census, taken in May before his birthday, further confirms his birth year as 1893, and indicated the family was farming northwest of Wortham, near Lemon Jefferson's birthplace.

It was Jefferson's “ old-fashioned sound and confident musicianship that made him easy to market.

In 1927, when Williams moved to OKeh Records, he took Jefferson with him, and OKeh quickly recorded and released Jefferson's " Matchbox Blues " backed with " Black Snake Moan ," which was to be his only OKeh recording, probably because of contractual obligations with Paramount.

A Paramount employee told biographer Orrin Keepnews that Jefferson was a womanizing sloppy drunk ; on the other hand, Jefferson's neighbor in Chicago, Romeo Nelson, reports him as being " warm and cordial ," and singer Rube Lacy states that Jefferson always refused to play on a Sunday, " even if you give me two hundred.

Throughout Jefferson's presidency, much of Europe was at war, at first between France and Austria.

Madison asked Congress for a declaration of war, which was passed along sectional and party lines, with intense opposition from the Federalists and the Northeast, where the economy had suffered during Jefferson's trade embargo.

Because rising tensions with the British resulted in President Jefferson's embargo of British trade, Audubon's business was not thriving.

Jefferson's philosophical consistency was in question because of his strict interpretation of the Constitution.

Jefferson's son-in-law, Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr. was a lineal descendant of Pocahontas.

A significant portion of Jefferson's library was also bequeathed to him in the will of George Wythe, who had an extensive collection.

Jefferson's tenure in France was uneventful, partly because he found it difficult to fill the shoes of his predecessor Benjamin Franklin, who at the time was one of the most famous people in the world.

Jefferson's youngest daughter Lucy died of whooping cough in 1785 in the United States, and he was bereft.

During Jefferson's first term, Napoleon's position was relatively weak and as such negotiations were possible.

Jefferson's Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin was against the embargo, foreseeing correctly the impossibility of enforcing the policy and the negative public reaction.

In honor of Jefferson's contribution, the library's website for federal legislative information was named THOMAS.