“It really upsets me that Jefferson should be anti-canine, but there you are.”
This week, we answer listener questions about Jefferson’s personality traits, Thaddeus Kosciuszko, the State of Jefferson, the Hamilton Soundtrack, fashion during Jefferson’s time, touring Monticello, and Jefferson’s distaste for dogs.
Further Reading
- Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson by Gordon S. Wood
- Principle and Interest: Thomas Jefferson and the Problem of Debt by Herbert E. Sloan
- The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution by Alex Storozynski
- Wikipedia: Wills of Tadeusz Kościuszko
- Monticello: Letter: Hostility to Dogs
- Founders Online: From Thomas Jefferson to Edmund Bacon, 26 December 1808: "the negroes dogs must all be killed. do not spare a single one. if you keep a couple yourself it will be enough for the whole land."
- 1776 Club: Have Another Brownie, Mr. Madison
- 1776 Club: Monticello: What to See
What Would Jefferson Do?
“Your vote is your power to control your destiny.”
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President Jefferson shares his core principles. During the out-of-character segment, Clay Jenkinson addresses some of the extreme contradictions between what Jefferson said he believed in and what he actually did.
This week, David speaks with President Thomas Jefferson as portrayed by humanities scholar Clay S. Jenkinson. Jefferson responds to listener questions about banning books, as well as citizens' rights and responsibilities.
We speak with President Jefferson about how the Articles of Confederation led to the creation of our constitution. Jefferson also answers questions from listeners about how money and credit worked during his time, and what the pursuit of happiness meant to him. Later in the show we hear from Lindsay Chervinsky and former ND Senator Heidi Heitkamp.
President Jefferson answers questions submitted by listeners on a wide range of topics including Monticello, West Point and the military, the three fifths clause, separation of church and state, and James Monroe.