Miracle On Chestnut StreetThe Untold Story of Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence

""Miracle on Chestnut Street reminds us that the creation of our nation was indeed—and still is—a miracle." –From the foreword by Bill Barker, premiere Jefferson interpreter.

Tom Jefferson, a young plantation owner from Virginia, was the least likely member of the Second Continental Congress to make a name for himself. When he arrived in Philadelphia in 1775 it was by default; he had been sent as a substitute for a distant cousin. He resented having to leave his sickly wife and young daughte...