the memory palace

Episode 153: Dinner at Jefferson's

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Music


<a href="https://geo.music.apple.com/us/album/waveland/1440938688?i=1440938699&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Waveland</a> by Noam Pikelny.

Notes

I relied a lot on the extensive <a href="https://www.monticello.org/thomas-jefferson/a-day-in-the-life-of-jefferson/dinner-is-served/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">articles</a> on the Monticello historic home's site maintained by the University of Virginia.
As well as <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dining-Monticello-Abundance-Distributed-Foundation/dp/1882886259" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dining at Monticello: In Good Taste and Abundance</a> by Damon Lee Fowler.