Monticello Podcasts

Sam Waterston Calls New Citizens to Action 11.07.2007 ↓

Actor Sam Waterston welcomes seventy-six of the nation's newest citizens at Monticello's 44th annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturlization Ceremony.

Putting Jefferson's Debt in Today's Terms 01.06.2007 ↓

Professor Herbert Sloan talks about the difficulties in translating historic monetary values in today's terms.

Restoration of Monticello's Dependencies 13.04.2007 ↓

A report on Monticello's efforts to restore and reinterpet the areas around and under the main house where Jefferson's slaves lived and worked.

Thomas Jefferson to Madame de Tesse, March 20, 1787 07.03.2007 ↓

A reading by Bill Barker of a letter from Thomas Jefferson to Madame de Tesse with the Maison Carre, the Hotel de Salm, Louis XVI's summon of the French nobility to an assembly, and Roman antiquities.

Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, February 22, 1787 07.03.2007 ↓

A reading by Bill Barker of a letter from Thomas Jefferson in France to Abigail Adams in London with references to Shay's Rebellion and Louis XVI's summoning of the French nobility to an assembly.

The Monticello Plantation Database: Using Databases to Uncover History 01.02.2007 ↓

An interview with three historians -- Cinder Stanton, Marie Tyler-McGraw, and Henry Wiencek -- about how the databases they've created and used to get a better understanding of slavery.

The Merry Affair 04.12.2006 ↓

A short talk on Jefferson's interaction with Anthony Merry, Britain's newly appointed minister to the United States.

Broom of the Cowdenknowes 17.10.2006 ↓

A traditional Scottish tune favored by Thomas Jefferson.

Symphony No. 3 In G Major: III Menuet and Trio by Josef Haydn 12.10.2006 ↓

Performed by the Sugar Ridge Quartet

From Symphony No. 66 In B Flat Major: Finale by Josef Haydn 11.10.2006 ↓

Performed by the Sugar Ridge Quartet

Sonata #1 from XII Solos, Opus 2 by Antonio Vivaldi 11.10.2006 ↓

Performed J. Deal and L. Mackey.

Sonata #4, Opus 2, Allemande, by Archangelo Corelli 11.10.2006 ↓

Performed by the Sugar Ridge Quartet

Sonata #4, Opus 2, Giga, by Archangelo Corelli 11.10.2006 ↓

Performed by the Sugar Ridge Quartet

Sonata #4, Opus 2, Preludido, by Archangelo Corelli 11.10.2006 ↓

Performed by the Sugar Ridge Quartet

Money Musk 11.10.2006 ↓

Performed by Pete Vigour

Over the Hills and Far Away from 'The Beggar's Opera' 11.10.2006 ↓

Performed by the Sugar Ridge Quartet

Overture from 'Love in a Village: A Comic Opera' by Thomas Arne 11.10.2006 ↓

(Performed by the Sugar Ridge Quartet, approx. 1.75 min.)

Monticello Music: A Brief Introduction 11.10.2006 ↓

A brief introduction to an offering of music related to Jefferson and Monticello.

Environmental Hazards, Eighteenth-Century Style 01.09.2006 ↓

A look at how perceptions of the natural enviroment of North America influenced how Europeans viewed Americans and Americans viewed themsleves. Presented by Pulitzer-Prizing-winning historian Gordon Wood.

Jefferson and Eyeglasses 03.08.2006 ↓

A look at Jefferson's use of and interest in eyeglasses with Katherine Stebbins McCaffrey visiting fellow at the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies

"All eyes are opened . . . to the rights of man" 03.07.2006 ↓

A reading by Bill Barker of Jefferson's last public letter declining an invitation to attend celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in Washington, D.C.

Exporting Jefferson's Legacy 01.06.2006 ↓

A Introduction to the work of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies.

Jefferson revising Jefferson: two excerpts from the Notes on the State of Virginia 04.05.2006 ↓

An introduction to Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia with a reading by Bill Barker of two versions of part of Jefferson's argument for religious tolerance and free inquiry from Query 17, Religion, of the Notes.

Jefferson's April 21, 1803 letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush "on the Christian religion" 04.05.2006 ↓

A reading by Bill Barker of Jefferson's April 21, 1803 letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush in which he outlines the merits of the Christian religion and contrasts them with classical Greek and Roman philosophy and Judaism.

Jefferson's Jan. 1, 1802 letter to Danbury Baptist Association 04.05.2006 ↓

A reading by Bill Barker of Jefferson's Jan. 1, 1802 letter to the representatives of the Danbury Baptist Association