I enjoyed listening to this very much. I’d love to hear a podcast on his younger brother Randolph Jefferson sometime. Susan Steins book “The Worlds of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello” is among my favorites.
1834, it was bought by Uriah P. Levy, a commodore in the U.S. Navy, for $2,500, (~$81,513 in 2023) who admired Jefferson and spent his own money to preserve the property. His nephew Jefferson Monroe Levy took over the property in 1879; he also invested considerable money to restore and preserve it. In 1923, Monroe Levy sold it for $500,000 (~$6.96 million in 2023) to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation (TJF), which operates it as a house museum and educational institution. Levy Sr. was the first Jewish Commodore of the Navy and stopped the practice of flogging. His great grandfather was Dr. Samuel Ribeiro Nunes, a fascinating man with reading about. He was tortured and escaped the Portuguese inquisition and helped found savannah GA as a Jewish Dr.
I enjoyed listening to this very much. I’d love to hear a podcast on his younger brother Randolph Jefferson sometime. Susan Steins book “The Worlds of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello” is among my favorites.
1834, it was bought by Uriah P. Levy, a commodore in the U.S. Navy, for $2,500, (~$81,513 in 2023) who admired Jefferson and spent his own money to preserve the property. His nephew Jefferson Monroe Levy took over the property in 1879; he also invested considerable money to restore and preserve it. In 1923, Monroe Levy sold it for $500,000 (~$6.96 million in 2023) to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation (TJF), which operates it as a house museum and educational institution.
Levy Sr. was the first Jewish Commodore of the Navy and stopped the practice of flogging. His great grandfather was Dr. Samuel Ribeiro Nunes, a fascinating man with reading about. He was tortured and escaped the Portuguese inquisition and helped found savannah GA as a Jewish Dr.