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The Nevis Botanical Garden is more or less centrally located in the parish, as is the hotel, Montpelier Plantation Inn. In the southernmost part of the parish is the Nevis deep-water port. Most of the coastline of this parish consists of small cliffs and coves with small beaches, many of which are not easily accessible from the land.
A third plantation hotel in the parish is Montpelier Plantation, which is situated not far from the Botanic Garden. The island's racetrack is located in the area near Red Cliff, and the well-attended Nevis horse races take place at approximately monthly intervals.
James Madison's Montpelier, located in Orange County, Virginia, was the plantation house of the Madison family, including Founding Father and fourth president of the United States James Madison and his wife, Dolley. The 2,650-acre (1,070 ha) property is open seven days a week.
Monticello – The plantation home of Thomas Jefferson, located in Virginia [1] Montpelier (Orange, Virginia) – The estate of James Madison, fourth President of the United States [2] Mount Vernon – George Washington's plantation home in Virginia; Naval Air Station Pensacola – A major training base for the U.S. Navy in Florida
Frances and Ambrose Madison's share of land was the basis of their plantation, which they called Mount Pleasant (later to be known as Montpelier (Orange, Virginia). To clear the land to secure title, Madison bought 29 African slaves, likely Igbo, who worked under white overseers for five years before the Madisons moved to the property.
They were married at Montpelier Plantation, with Prince William Henry acting as best man. [1]: 100–103 [2]: 149–152 In 1799, USS Constellation engaged the French commerce raider L'Insurgent off Nevis during the Quasi-War.
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Born John Pretor in Chard, Somerset in 1740, his parents were Michael Pretor (d.1744) and Alicia Clarke (d.1759). [1] [2] His mother had a distant cousin, John Frederick Pinney, who had no children, so in 1762 at the age of 22 John Pretor was the key beneficiary of John Frederick’s will, inheriting land in Dorset and several plantations worked by enslaved people on Nevis.