61Thomas Jefferson to Tristram Dalton, 2 May 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Jerusalem artichoke best for winter, & the Jerusalem artichoke far exceeds the potato in produce, and remains in the ground thro’ the winter to be dug as wanted.
62To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 21 March 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
Onion, Tomato, Beets, Lettuce, Artichoke, Radish, Parsly, Turnips—
63To James Madison from John Vaughan, 21 May 1825 (Madison Papers)
had tried in vain to introduce viticulture in Virginia. We had a good, neat little dinner at noon, with artichokes and other vegetables. In the evening I observed how the attractive negro families peaceably divided among themselves the pork that they had received.
64List of Groceries Wanted from Marseilles (Jefferson Papers)
pounds of dried artichokes on their stalks.
65Cipher for Meriwether Lewis: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
). In that endorsement he also identified “Artichokes” as a key for the cipher. That word forms a direct connection between the manuscripts, for in Document , “artichoke” was the key (he used “antipodes” in Document ...letter’s position in the message, he decided on a key word—“artichoke”—and aligned the letters of the message to be encoded with the letters of the key, repeating the key word as...