Which US president had more influence over the life of James Monroe than any other human being, including the designing of his home?

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Thomas Jefferson May 12 00, 12:10 PM

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With the serene Blue Ridge Mountains on the horizon to the west, the rolling hills of central Virginia reveal a scenic pastoral landscape. No wonder Peter Jefferson, coming here to survey the land, decided to settle and amassed hundreds of acres. His son Thomas Jefferson, America's third president, inherited not only his father's property but an abiding attachment to the land where he, too, spent much of his life, and where his friends included James Madison and James Monroe, two other future presidents. His presence is very much felt today in what the locals call "Mr. Jefferson's Country." It was in Charlottesville that Thomas Jefferson built his famous mountaintop home, Monticello; selected the site for and helped plan James Monroe's Ash Lawn-Highland house near Monticello; designed his "academical village," the University of Virginia; and died at home. "All my wishes end where I hope my days will end," he wrote, "at Monticello." http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/193b5/d8096/ Feb 27 04, 4:34 AM

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