Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-02-26

nit tIs f5llo4cing Ysp9rt OH ne elai1ns n1gae
By lenle,s and air, te5lons; tela1ds Fg'f0-
in tie tsrrito,y fluate susa IF ne 'rvfr
Gba!absucjee, and Joatb Of tie e1Jfoa
mode to The Uuited Sta.ts, b, Sou'b ca
,oiina.
(Coutixed.J
Upon full view Of me fubJfct, the
commifioners do not perceive that ihcic
companies have any equitable ciaim either
for the land or for colnpenf4ii ton from the
United States.
On the 7tl day of February, 1926,
the fate of Georgia paaed an act, hefsan-
to annexed, * authorizing the iale OF
four tracts Of land therein defcribed, ard
compromising the greste& part OF the
country lying welt Of the river Ala
bama, 10 four companies, called the Geor
gia, the MgEGpt5 the Upper NM
lp9i, and the Teu.Dse companies, tor
which they were TO pay five hundred thou
land dollars.
To tic Georgia Miaiaippi company
was aGgncd all that t'aa lying between
the Mlilimppi and Ton:bigbee rivers,
aad bounded by the parallels of latitude,
81 deqees s minutes, and 81 degrees 40
minutes for which they were TO pay
$4,000 dollars.
Tie trace dehgnated for the Georgia
company was bounded On tie north by The
34th degree of latitude, On the eatt by
the Alabama river, on the weif and ionih
by the Mobile OF Eombigbee, from the
Spanilh line TO the north eah corner OF
the lands aligned to the Georgia Mifiiiip-
pi company, by the northern boundary OF
the faid lands, and by the MiGil1lppl; for
which they were TO pay $50, 900 dollars.
The Tennsfee company were to pay
SO, 900 dollars, tor tract lying between
the northern boundary of The fate, and
tie parallel of latitude paaing by the head
FIRING Of Bear creek, ard bounded on the
welt by Tenneaee and Bear creek, and
on tie eaR by meridian crofing the lait
mentioned parallel, 40 miles eat from
tie fource of Bear creek.
And the Upper Midti7pi company
were, in confederation Of $1,000 dollars,
to receive tract OF Is miles in breadth,
adjoining the northern boundary ct. the
fate, and extending from the MilidipPi
TO Tennedee and Bear, creek, It's bounda-
RES on the eah.
Two millions ofacre, were relesysd cut
of thele leveral tracts, for the ule Of fuch
citizens Of Georgia. as chofe TO flblcribe
on,hc original terms Of the Purchafs; the
monies paid by thole citizen. to the fate,
being coniiiered as part of the rur-
chaie money OF the companies, in whole
territory they fubicribed The quantities
thus rciesyed out ofeach tratt, being one
million ofacEes in the Georgia company;
$40, 900 acresin the Georgia MldiGp-
pi company; $4,000 acres in the Ten
neGee company and $4,000 acres in the
Upper Mihillippi company. The price
paid by the citizens who did iublcribe,
was two cents and one third, per acre, it
being the price then fuPpoled to have been
paid BY the companies which 900, 600
dollars, being the purchafe money! would
give about IL 5oo,oo acres for the eff
mared Quantity Of land in the four
traas. 1t was further declared by the
aa thar the lands lying wefward of the
eafward boundary of the feveral compa-
MES purchafc, were eRimated at enc third
of the lands within the purcha!- and
were fuppofed to contain 7,z5o,ooo acres,
which would give 78,75o,oo acres, for
the quantity intended 10 be fold. The
land contained within thofe purchafeS
amounts, however, too near s. millions
Of acres !; and the pre{ent claimants etti-
mate the quantity at near 20 millions OF
acres.
The feveral companies did, it is under
food, pay the purchafe money, and obtain
Grants from the governor Of Georgia, for