Born on a frontier estate in Albemarle County in 1743, son of a surveyor strong enough to lift two hogsheads of tobacco at once, Jefferson is followed here through his education, the Virginia of his youth, the household at Monticello, the Revolution and the long contest with Hamilton over whether the new nation should lean aristocratic or democratic.
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