Venerate the Plow, a medal of the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, 1786. American like Jefferson and Madison believed that agriculture must remain the foundation of American Life.
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An engraving of Washington, D.C., in 1801, when Thomas Jefferson assumed the presidency. It was clearly a small community.
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The Taking of the city of Washington, an 1814 engraving produced in London, portrays the assault during which British forces captured the undefended city and burned the White House, the Capitol, and several warships.
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