Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-11-24
PUBLIC SALE.


SOME Of the Legatees Of the late
Mr. Wilton Triplcst, having nbjettcdto d.
vilion of The deccdan,'s efase, which he recon-
mended in his will 10 be done, We, shereforr, as
executors, will expofe TO public iale, at Round
Hill, his late retidence, on Wednelday the 18th
OF December next, ALL THE ESTATE, real
and perfonal, Of which the died iezed.
The ROUND HILL Tra6f, con-
tanning nearly four hundred acres, is a mott de-
firable and bcalthy iituation, on which is buils
brick houfe one tory high, fifty four feet long,
aal eighteen feet wide; four rooms on the lower
Hoor, with fire place and clofets IN each, and
pafTage eight feet wide; three rooms upaairs, two
Of them with fire places, good cellar and kit
chen under the hou(e: framed barn, dairy, TIA
bics for ten ho.es carriage houe, two corn houies,
one graaary, :Reat houie, and quarters, we'll cal
culased Cor the accommodation OF thirty negroes
an apple orchard of excellent fruit, aud a garden
paIcd in. This farm is well known to be one of
noa productive in The county, and now in high
and improved fate, being we'll fenced and divid-
ed into convenient fields for hrming; there ere
eighty acres of timothy meadow, producing from
eighty TO one hundred tons a ear; fifty acres OF
new meadow may be made and watered ar a fmsll
cxpence. The crops of fmalI grain have general
IL been from 500 10000 bulhsls, and Of cora
900 barrels.
Near this lies another Tract OF about
four hundred acres, heavily tinbered with pine,
oak and hickory, with good fprings and fine
high, healthy htuations for building; the pof
road, from north 10 fouth, paass thro' thofe two
tracts, which sfFords TWO excellent fanas for ia.
verns, and alfo for tan yards, being not more
a1an eight miles from Alexandria and hxfeen from
Wilmington.
ALTO, another Traa lying on the
man branch Of Iillos's creek, about two miles
from Colcbelaer, on which MIR. William TrPlett
now lives, containing upwards of 100 acres; the
building is a good farm houfe, 10 healthy fi;u
alton, good orchard and fine water.
At the fame time and place will be
fold, thirty valuable SLAVES, men, women and
children lome plate, watch, books, iamong
which are lone valuable cIsfacs1 houlehold furui-
tuse, and beds Of good quality, bed and table
linen, kitchen furniture, a coachee and harncfs,
one Wagon and cart, farming utenlls, hories,
mole, one yoke Of excellent oxen, catsle, iheep,
hsgs, sc.
The terms of fale for the land are,
one third payable on the day Of f4lr, atwhich
tine deeds viii be made the purchafsSl one third
in FIX months, and The other t,itd in'Ia months,
with iateFea rom the day OF falls. a deed Of
true Wit &c aiken to lecare the two Taft pay
merits. I he Negroes viii be fold at : months
credit, ard The othcS propessy al a credit ofnibe
montks: for all funs over twenty dollars bonds,
with approved ieeuri,y will be required Of the
purchafrrs.
MAJOR George Triplett, on the re
mics, viii ihsw the land, with correct plat
statvcy iaseiysna.e BY Col. VIM. Payne, Comfy
Surveyor, At tire isiasancc of III. executors. Ihe
tile pspes~il be exhibited on the DAY of lais By
caALES LITTLE,
AND Exegso7y.
GEORGE TRIPLETT,
The lale viii continue from Gay to
1sy, until the property is disgofed of.