Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-10-11
60 Oceoquan Mus,

THE Proprietors offer for Sale this %
liable Estate, consisting OF LANDS
MILLS, MILL-SEATS, DWELLiN0-
| HOUSES, STORES s. other Ualna6ie FRO
terty--alI upon navigation and convenient 10
/ market
| To those who are unacquainted with the
premises it may be stated that they are ST.
tuated at the Falls of Occoquan River, IN
Virginia, which empties into the fotohaC
Is miles below Alexandria and about CT ~
below Mount Vernon, the seat OF the late
General Washington.
| At no one spot, probably, can there DC
united more advantages for Hour mills, OF d.
nv kind of mandatory or mechanical ope'
rations requiring the agency OF water; the
stream is large, generally afiording enough
! for twenty water wheels at time, contlgu-
| Gus to several of the finest wheat counties IN
Virginia, and being upon navigation has, be
sides, the whole range of the river Potomac
| on both sides to its mouth dlstanc OF at
least 100 miles. The great mall stage road
| from north to south passes thro' 1t, post Oh
flee at the spot and daily mall throughout
the wear affords early and constant lntorma-
ton of the state Of markets and whatever
else NAV be interesting. The buildings here
in after described, with several others built
and owned by different people, gives to the
place the appearance OF an handsome little
village, remarked by strangers for the ro-
! mantle scenery around it, and by its lnhabl-
tants for the unequalled salubrity OF Its ar
First in importance of t e buildings is
very complete Merchant Mill with all the
most approved modern machinery Tor the
| mandatory of -four, of which article 1t mas
and can make twenty thousand barrels year
with ease. Next is Il Country Toll Mill,
which has given annually three to four hum
! dred barrels of Indian Corn and other gram
from it's toll alone; there Is also MIL LOT
pounding and grinding Plaster Paris, an ar
ticIe in much request throughout the neigh.
boring countries awell constructed Saw. Mill
in good repair; and Toll-Bridge that pro-
| duces twelve hundred and fifty to fifteen
hundred dollars year besides which there
are several we'll fitted Store-houses, six or
eight Dwellings suitable for tradesmen ex-
elusive of their Work shops, and Stablage
for at least fifty head of horses and cattle =.
The whole is overlooked by large comn1o-
dious Stone Mansion. house, with every office
suitable for the residence of genteel iami-
Iv: and at the docc is a never.lailing Spring
of fine Water.
Unimproved are several valuable Mill
Seats, two of which Immediately adJen the
present, and are suppiiabie with water from
the same race and dam beside these las
there is nearly thirty feet more head and tall
of water than has ever yet been found neces-
sary to use in the present works. other mills
NAV be erected so much above, as not to IN
terfere with those already mentioned. In
deed Sc feet fall, which there Is here, would
admit of al. the water being worked twice o.
yer il desired.
There is, belonging to the estate, near one
thousand acres of LAND, some adjoining
and none of it very distant from the mills,
mostly in wood and some p rts pretty we'll
timbered; thoughimmediately adjoining, are
some well improved productive Meadow and
Grain Land, & several enclosed Town Lots.
fit be asked why so desirable and produc-
tive property should be offered tor sale, 1t
may be answered Is that the advanced age
{" and distant residence Of two of the partners
4" make narrower circle of concerns deslra
" rable to them--and all the parties are de-
Z" sirous to pay off their debts
Any person inclinable to purchase will Ind
the price reasonable, and the time OF pay
ment for large proportion of the purchase
money will be made as easy as the purchaser
could expect or wish.
Fol- further particulars application may be
made 10 JAMES CAMPBELL, at Peter sburg !;
SAMUEL G.. GRIFFITH, Esquire. OF BaItl-
timore JAMES TAYLOR, Jun. Esq. OF Nor
folk; or on the premises TO NATHANIEL Ell
L1coTT and LUKE WHEELER, the latter OF
whom will remain few weeks at this place,
| to assist in efecting the object of this adver-
ttisemert
EAicott, Campbell g Wheeler.
| canta-,har OF dt1stNoy