Historic Gardens of Virginia 



The slave quarters, which always prove of interest to visitors, 

 lie some distance from the house, and the stories told of the old 

 darkies who have dwelt in them would fill a volume of eighteenth 

 century lore. To the right may be seen a spring-house sheltering 

 a small pond of bubbling water, and farther on, racing merrily 

 towards the river, runs the old Cool Spring from which Patrick 

 Henry lifted many a gourd filled with fresh, cool water. 



Walking about the grounds in the sunshine and in the shadows 

 of the trees, one can almost visualize the scenes of former days, 

 when the patriot, with his family and friends, trod these same box- 

 bordered paths. 



Elise Thomson Clark. 



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