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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M4I_robert-edward-lee-sculpture_Charlottesville-VA.html
Robert Edward Lee 1807 - 1870
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J6S_nail-making_Charlottesville-VA.html
Jefferson set up a nail-making operation in 1794 to provide income until he could "put my farms into a course of yeilding profit." He calculated the nailers' daily output, the waste of nailrod, and profits. In its first years, the "…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J6R_discovering-mulberry-row_Charlottesville-VA.html
Mulberry Row's buildings have all but disappeared—only the remains of four survive. Before re-creating lost buildings and roads, we look at information from many sources. How do we know about this important place and the history of its peopl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J6N_wood-trades_Charlottesville-VA.html
This chimney and foundation are all that remain of the "joiner's shop", of the first structures on Mulberry Row. From about 1775, free and enslaved workmen produced some of the finest woodwork in Virginia. Sawyers and carpenters felled o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWF_dedicated-to-you-a-free-citizen-in-a-free-land_Charlottesville-VA.html
This reproduction of the Liberty Bell was presented to the people of Virginia by direction of The Honorable John W. Snyder Secretary of the TreasuryAs the inspirational symbol of theUnited States Savings Bonds Independence Drivefrom May 16 to July…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AGL_textiles_Charlottesville-VA.html
Panel 1Jefferson introduced mechanized cloth production to his plantation when trade embargoes and looming war cut off the supply of imported British cloth. In 1811, he hired William McLure, a free white artisan and "a very ingenious man," to buil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AGK_ice-house_Charlottesville-VA.html
Master carpenter James Dinsmore oversaw construction of this Ice House to Jefferson's design in 1802. Enslaved and hired workers filled it each year between November and February with ice cut from the nearby Rivanna River, shallow ponds, or snow c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AGI_the-levy-legacy_Charlottesville-VA.html
After Jefferson's death in 1826, his heirs sold his property, including his slaves, to pay his debts. Naval officer Uriah Phillips Levy, who admired Jefferson for his support of religious liberty, purchased Monticello in 1834 to preserve it. This …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AGH_mulberry-row_Charlottesville-VA.html
Every article is made on his farm; his negroes are cabinet makers, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, smith, etc.Duc de La Rochefoucauld Liancourt, 1796 You are standing on Mulberry Row, a road once lined with more than 20 dwellings, workshops, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1880_monticello_Charlottesville-VA.html
Three miles to the southeast, Thomas Jefferson began the house in 1770 and finished it in 1802. He brought his bride to it in 1772. Lafayette visited it in 1825. Jefferson spent his last years there and died there, July 4, 1826. His tomb is there.…
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