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North Terrace Wing Marker
Photographer: Michael C. Wilcox
Taken: August 1, 2012
Caption: North Terrace Wing Marker
Additional Description: Jefferson's drawing of a landau body, n.d.
Massachusetts Historical Society

Jefferson's sketch of a folding landau top, 1801.
Library of Congress

In 1815, Jefferson was obliged "to relinquish the use of the gigg in travelling on account of fatigue, for that of a 4 wheeled carriage." Jefferson then designed a third carriage, a landau. It was the only taxable vehicle in his possession after 1823.
Submitted: December 16, 2016, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p372281
File Size: 0.211 Megabytes

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