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Within the high wall of the Blennerhassett estate's pleasure-garden lay a pond of unknown size, dug out, lined with clay, and maintained to provide fish for the mansion's table rather than for pleasure or style. The most famous 18th-Century American fish pond belonged to Thomas Jefferson and still exists today on the grounds of Monticello.
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