Poplar Forest
A mile and a half south is Poplar Forest, Thomas Jefferson's Bedford estate. He came here in June, une, 1781, 1781, after his term as governor expired, and while here was thrown from a horse and injured. During his recovery he wrote his "Notes on Virginia".
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
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Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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