“at best it is but the life of a mill-horse, who sees no end to his circle but in death. to such a life that of a cabbage is paradise.”
This week, we return with part two of the last three shows of the Jefferson 101 biography series, and continue our discussion of Jefferson’s final years in retirement at Monticello.
Visit Odyssey Tours to learn more about Clay's cultural tours and retreats, including Steinbeck's California, Shakespeare in the Wilderness, and To Live Deliberately.
Further Reading
- Thomas Jefferson: Summary View of the Rights of British America from Yale Law School
- Madison and Jefferson by Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg
- Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson by Gordon S. Wood
- The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams by Lester J. Cappon
- Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams by Joseph J. Ellis Ph.D.
- Founders Online: From Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 27 June 1822
What Would Jefferson Do?
“The diplomatic establishment often knows a great deal more about the actual issues.”
Tune in to your local public radio or join the 1776 Club to hear this episode of What Would Thomas Jefferson Do?
This week, Clay Jenkinson discusses Jefferson’s first inaugural address with regular guest Lindsay Chervinsky. The speech, inaudibly delivered on March 4, 1801, is regarded as one of the top five in American history.
This week, Clay Jenkinson interviews frequent guest Beau Breslin of Skidmore College about the most famous decision in Supreme Court history.
Professor Beau Breslin of Skidmore College returns to the Thomas Jefferson Hour to talk about important passages that were edited out of key American documents of the Founding Era, including the famous anti-slavery passage of the Declaration of Independence.
This week's episode of the Thomas Jefferson Hour was recorded live at Radford University in Radford, Virginia in February 2023.