July to Dabney Carr.[21] Both had moved to their husbands' residences, leaving younger siblings Elizabeth, Lucy, and the two toddlers as his companions. Jefferson was not comforted by the presence of Elizabeth or Lucy as they did not provide him with the same intellectual stimulation as his older siblings had.[21]
Jefferson would go on to handle many cases as a lawyer in colonial Virginia, and was very active from 1768 to 1773.[22] Jefferson's client list included members of the Virginia's elite families, including members of his mother's family, the Randolphs.[22]
Jefferson's Home Monticello
Monticello
In 1768 Thomas Jefferson started the construction of Monticello, a neoclassical mansion. Starting in childhood, Jefferson had always wanted to build a beautiful mountaintop home within sight of Shadwell.[23][24] Jefferson went greatly in debt on Monticello by spending lavishly to create a neoclassical environment, based on his study of the architect Andrea Palladio and the classical orders. [25]
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