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Bartram Trail). He and his wife (Sophia Fatio) tended orange groves and other crops on their plantation. George Fleming named his plantation Hibernia, the Latin word for Ireland, in honor of his island home country. The 1,000-acre (4.0 km) island property was gained by a land grant
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