----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin Gabriel" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 9:32 AM Subject: hiero's (hero's) fountain > OK, so I know that this is not directly a VA history question, but you all > have been so helpful in the past and I am truly stumped on this one, so > hopefully someone will know the answer. > > I got a letter recently from someone asking about Thomas Jefferson's Hiero's > Fountain at Monticello. Not having any idea what a Hiero's Fountain is, > makes this a difficult question to answer. Can anyone tell me what one is > and how it works? My gut tells me that TJ did not have one of these since > there were no fountains that I know of at Monticello. > > Thanks, > Robin > > - - - > Robin H. Gabriel > Director of Education > Monticello > P.O. Box 316 > Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 > [log in to unmask] > (804) 984-9854 > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html. To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html.