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Event: Visit to Woburn FarmDates: 1786-04-04 - 1786-04-04Short Description: Jefferson writes that he "Pd. at Woburn Farm (Ld. Loughborough's) to postilion. 18/ servants 3/6." He and Adams probably visited the estate based on the estate's reputation as ferme ornée. Jefferson wrote that the gardens there were "... intermixed, the pleasure garden being merely a highly ornamented walk through and round the divisions of the farm and kitchen garden." Adams noted "Woburn, Caversham and the Leasowes are beautifull." Event Type:'Tourist' Visit Record created by Chad Wollerton Connected PeopleAdams JohnConnected EvidenceJohn Adams DiaryConnected PlacesWoburn Farm |