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Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Situated on the bluffs high above the point where the Dan and Stanton Rivers converge in Southside, Virginia, is the family house of Sir Peyton Skipwith. Built at the end of the 18th century in a post revolutionary Georgian style, Prestwould Plantation prospered to become one of the wealthiest properties in America.

In the Company of Gardeners:
The Flower Diaries of Jefferson, Skipwith, and Faris

Skipwith Family Papers, 1760-1977,
Mecklenburg County, Virginia

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