Download or read book Thomas Jefferson's Scrapbooks written by Thomas Jefferson and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While in office from 1801-1809, Thomas Jefferson created homemade scrapbooks of hundreds of poems about national pride, family, and romantic love. He gave the books as gifts to his granddaughters and for nearly 200 years it was believed the girls had compiled the collections themselves.