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I noticed that too!
Joyce Hann 

    On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 03:04:54 PM EST, Jon Kukla <[log in to unmask]> wrote:  
 
 The serpentine walls at UVA have always seemed to be one of Jefferson's
innovations, but I just stumbled upon this website documenting a slew of
earlier (as well as more modern) examples of what 17th-century Dutch called
slangenmuur—snake walls. . . .  Wonder if Jefferson was aware of them?
https://hasanjasim.online/15-illustrations-of-british-crinkle-crankle-walls-which-require-less-bricks-to-construct-than-straight-walls/?fbclid=IwAR12m1o6we_hdvQZm4QpR7UBw0aPoYxVIY6ufE3hLQ10kGWqI2PnwDm73H8

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