JEFFERSONS BARB MARE M, BARB, ~1800
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Barb mare sent to the President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, by the Bey of Tunis in 1806. She went to Jefferson's son-in-law John Eppes who was also a member of Congress. She was sent to Virginia where she foaled Sultana (f. 1807). This Barb mare was then bred to *Citizen and produced a foal (f. c1810) that would become know as The Citizen Mare, the taproot of American Family A30.
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