Event: Visit to Woburn Farm

Dates: 1786-04-04 - 1786-04-04

Short 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 People
Adams John
Connected Evidence
John Adams Diary
Connected Places
Woburn Farm