Mary Randolph Receipt Book Inspires Canning Peach Preserves
Peaches from Carter Mountain Orchard near Monticello inspired canning peach preserves, similar to a receipt by Mary Randolph, cousing of Thomas Jefferson.
18th Century Virginia Musings
Category: 18th Century Virginian Thomas Jefferson
Campeche Chair: Rome to Spain to Mexico to Thomas Jefferson
Recently I sent my mom a postcard of the Colonial Williamsburg Thomas Jefferson relaxing in a campeche chair on the porch at Poplar Forest.
If Walls could talk at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest
After Jefferson’s death, Poplar Forest fell into the hands of other families who made the octagonal-shaped private retreat more utilitarian.
Lafayette Sighting at Monticello
Visiting Monticello gives one a glimpse into Thomas Jefferson, Renaissance man of America: statesman, architect, inventor, scientist, horticulturist…
