This plat of an antebellum plantation shows the "Great House," the slave quarters, the barn, the orchards, and so forth. It was the home of the Blow family for over two hundred years. Drawn in the l890s for a history of the family, it depicts life on a
vigorous Virginia plantation.

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Last updated October 28, 1998