The Jefferson Library's "Serpentine Walls" file confirms the use of
"Jefferson fence" for brick serpentine walls.  the file contains information
on various prototypes and precendents, some of which TJ may have seen.

-- jack

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-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Bergstrom [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 11:00 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Fence--just wondering


Isn't a Jefferson fence the official name for the serpentine brick walls
that started at UVa and now are found all over the place?

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Watkinson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, 24 May 2001 9:58 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Fence--just wondering


List members:

I ran across a memorandum of agreement for the sale of some land in
Rockbridge County, ca 1852.  The final sentence of the agreement asserted
the the buyer would "agrees to put up a good and lawful Jefferson fence."

Any ideas as to what a "Jefferson fence" looked/looks like.

Thanks,

Jim Watkinson

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