The Kentucky gazette — Lexington [Ky.], 1791-02-26 00:00:00, page 2

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0 ingten (Scntu-'ky) l his friend In this
- City dit:l OSibtr 20 1 790
M left Charleiluii the Thirteenth
of February for the purpofeof pi til
ting a numerous colony now about
f move ont to the South Carolina
Ir
adja--cnt yaioa Compmy’s Territory
to the Natchez and cn the
ItTiifippi river This territory is
bounded by that fameus river on
the Weft : by Coal’s creek which
falls into the fame river and a line
to be extended due eail from the
main fpring or fountain head of faid
creek to the Hab-lle cr Tombegbee
liver on the Souths by the aroreiad
' Mobille or Tonibegbeei until-it”
reaches northward by the latitude
ra! point of 33 degrees on the eail
-thence on the north running due
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try is well watered abounding in
fine fprings — the woods replenillt
ed with game and the rivers creeks
nnd'brociks with fith of all kinds
The whole territory i well timbered
and without a lirtgls mountain al
though the land is uneven and Ho
ping It abounds with walnut ce-
dar white and red oak a(h elm
maple fycamore fugar maple and
'Riulberiy trees and is interlperfed
w ith natural meadows or lavanrahs
(Tnee'deep' ih"cIov and ' timothy
and with cane brakes whofe reeds
are from thirty to forty feet high
and as thik at the roots as any muf
cuTar man’s armi It is therefore
Weft along the parallel line of tsat
fame latitude until it snterfeils the
jjiffifippi
“ The country from this lall ri
vT? to the Tombcgbee is about
al4 miles at:d above to from the
mouth of Con’s creek to the 73 i
degree of northern latitude and u
confefledly the very garden of Ame
The foil is fuperior to the very
btft in K-ntucky the climate fa!u
brious and far more temperate
and cool than that of the fame
latitude i on the Atlantic and
ihcvho!e fjee of thisextenfiv- court
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cjjrnjwf acre on an
midlands-between the Mnlibppi and
Tombeglce are excellent for Imad
grain Theie lands abound with
pitch pine trees although no pm?
Darren Its ftaples wili therefore be
Itives heading 1 amber tobacco
cotton corn indigo ft lk naval
ftores provilicns of la ted iltffh ard
lilh coarfe liner cordage fail due
Indian meafand four - hs loti fifty
miles eait the M lliiippi is
foapy loam m xed with a little land
an-i much i-‘— a Hack J a niait’S
hat-- and without a ttoni or even a
pebble 1 is interieded by various
navigable rivers and from the bay
of M abide the tide wa'cr runs up
into the grant ang the Hjblie or
Tmibegbce river twenty five nislcs
Any merchant ihi p or fiiga:c can
by this ricr nr tnc WdSlippi pus
lroin the Mesiciti pupn into th:
company’s - t e 1 run y —a n d a ti ch
the finft country on earth for hor
ned cattle horfes (heep and hog?
and deemed the very bell for corn
tobacco indigo cotton hemp and
fit A plant of tobacco when cu-
red of the growth of that country
will we’gh a pound i and the laad
produce from 100 to 3S bulheU of
btdorc ihe town the A-n! rui
rsl is now tlhifcldvrg on :hef: riv
ets— —:h? o V n 1: r larer on vhit
is cal'cj the IPainu 1 HAit near t lie
nu-utli efthe Ysa-u the other on
ihe former :t its confnie'ice vit'j
try is acceilible to and from the lea
by o:her navigable rivers but of
Icifcr note which pervade it— nrcli
as Fearl liver arid those of the Pai
cigoula the Hatchs the Hollup
Hatcha the Athiia c-anJ it is
tr-anfseriely cut by other rivers na
vigable -to sloops and tchooners for
many hundred miles v the White
plutf and llixbury rivers which fall
into the Tnmbegbee and the Yuzou
the Big B ack the Biapia and Coal’s
creek the great dreams wh:ch emp
ty themi'elves into the Miiliilppi
In this country the company owns
upwards of one-million of acres
the While piufr’ river Tfiis coun
avrage: — Tdrc — obtarneJ not nly-thc-ftatc-rigli
'and p:: Civil out of the wayth
con pan v his ailed under thef:
grants pji:--ae!e for r'icy -have taken
p ill: vi cf the gu u:d wi h
one - hundred-faxtiilier (ent -doan
Ijftlim ii 'he Agent G'tir11 !
wli! cx rtio 3 tii t Spi an 1
lndiiis ale vr folly ic vij-d t
birrs i j n yis c ips is a mescr
defer live and pro ecfuntr 01 n
guard the Savouring Coloiufts and
liirp UVV-tVfan will fo"cw liarfrirv
with 10c 3 fhl!RC nrnbjr Chritrsis wh
their fiir-iiCf and Gen Savior wif me
down a naiilar nunhir Gea M'Dowtl
icjcoipaa es the Kranaiioeri from the lorx
lilsnJ vhere hey ae 10 em’jark wi'h
300 from the bickpsits of Nvih Caro
lina arJ zoo wth Cpt Airtoi f:om Com
bciUnJ 'I he comp it jr are a! foaVoui fen
ding jrsa: rurnhera frost Af Ciuivraj r
country (who 11 one of the proprietors)
frcfii South Carolina anJ Georjia In
Oioit I do not ezagrera’e when 1 tlyoa
that in all human probability ih s wu! m
five’ yean he themoft foariftin itoleucnc
lot the iiae ever leimcd"
crtzrinfs
the l::i!enr:r nd t’'cy hue :y ? 11
agency lent down wiii the f::!tT
baiki'i iiii gTids m the airi"::t 4 f
tin ii iiffid p-K' i t-i ciiiiv' f-s
tiie linli ir r dc ur!l aic-i:imla:i'
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inmeiu'rl' t'on die Qpio’rvls f r
ibe new letdsment uc :jfat:i r i
wit-t- a regaily d
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of civr flrf''V'r and"
re-e-:f:ri rfi?trm — Tec lic e b-:
-vh’i 1 he frMef 1 irtn -r
eio'1 f ir o :k?
f vi Ih’ i lied families w :u l i:
IPs frri is a i -ireni'il of ho fr in is
under a legislative “ail "and patent
but that al:o uf the Ciatlawr-iuder
anoher Hate ait of G ’orgu--al
generously paid for botli t
itrerigthen tlitfe rights Hill furilv::
along the Wnlifippi eb ove the Ta
xouand more than half a million
on the Tombegbtre of prime land?
fit for Rice Tnefe lands are a con
siderable object with the South Gi
rina and Georgia planters of opu
lence
For this country the company
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