James Hemings’s recipe for “Snow Eggs” written out by Jefferson’s granddaughter, Virginia Randolph Trist. Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc., Papers of Trist and Burke Family Members, MSS 5385-f, on deposit...
Thomas Jefferson spent countless hours studying the flora and fauna of the world around him. People often sent him seeds, and he would frequently gather seeds on his own to...
The practice of medicine in Jefferson's time was based on time honored theories that often did more harm to the patient then good. Depending on one's station in life, medical care by...