. Civil War officers. Confederate . **m. D own the ke Y ears Farming has been done on Stratfordacres, year in, year out, with scarcely ajog in the continuity, for more than twohundred years. Hand labor, typified by the old-fashionedgrain cradle, which still may be seen atStratford, gave place to the ox and themule. These in turn were supplanted bytractor and combine. Thomas Lee, first master of Stratford,had hundreds of slaves and indentured ser-vants doing a variety of manual work, fromthe hard labor of making bricks and plow-ing fields to skilled hand crafts. Under Thomas Lees eldest son, Ph

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. Civil War officers. Confederate . **m. D own the ke Y ears Farming has been done on Stratfordacres, year in, year out, with scarcely ajog in the continuity, for more than twohundred years. Hand labor, typified by the old-fashionedgrain cradle, which still may be seen atStratford, gave place to the ox and themule. These in turn were supplanted bytractor and combine. Thomas Lee, first master of Stratford,had hundreds of slaves and indentured ser-vants doing a variety of manual work, fromthe hard labor of making bricks and plow-ing fields to skilled hand crafts. Under Thomas Lees eldest son, Philip,Stratford expanded its scope, becomingnoted as a stud farm. In 1765, Philip im-ported Dotterel, thoroughbred stallion, ad-vertised as the swiftest horse in all England(Eclipse excepted). Dotterel stood atStratford for ten years. Under Philip wasbuilt the great tobacco warehouse. Light Horse Harry Lee, husband ofPhilips daughter, was more statesman thanfarmer. He leased his lands and was lax incollecting rents. When his sen Henry lo

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