Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-10-17
O. 0ctoquaa MsAs,

HNHb 'rcprletors oucr ioi JAY s.ts.,,ssss
4 luasie Estate, consisting OF LANlSS
MILLS, MILL-SEATS, DWELLING ".
HOUSES, STORES * other valuable FRO
herty--all upon navigation and convenient 10
market.
To those who are unacquainted with the
PREMISES il may be stated that they are 81
tuated at the Falls of Occoquan River, II
VIRGINIA, which empties into the Potomac
l6 miles below Alexandria anda Scr 10
below Mount Vernon, the seat of the late
General Washington.
At no one spot, probably can there &c
united more advantages for Hour mills, or "a
nv kind of mandatory or mechanical ope'
ratiens requiring the agency OF water; the
stream is large, generally afiordlng enough
for twenty water wheels at time, contiSu'
Gus to several of the finest wheat counties III
Virgins, and being upon navigstlon has, oe
sides, the whole range OF the river Po:olHac
on both sides TO It's mouth dIatanc 81 "a
least 100 miles. The great mail stage roat
from north to south passes thro' 1t, post OF
fee at the spot and daily mail throughou
the year ar ,rds early and constant lnforma
ton of the state of markets and whatever
else may be interesting. The buildings here
in after described, with several others huil
and owned by ID fferent people, gives to The
place the appearance Of an ham s"me llttlt
village, remarked bv strangers Tor the TO-
manic scenery around it, and hy It's inhab'.
rants tor the unequalied sa!ubrity OF It's alr
First in importance OF buildings IS
very complete Merchant Mill with ill the
most approved modern machinery tor tbs
manuEactory Of -four. of which article 1t NJ
and can make twenty Thousand b:rre'sa yea.
with ease Next is Country lol NJ"
which has given annually three 10 tour nut
dred barrels of Indian Corn and other grail
from its toll alone; there Is also Mil is'
pounding and grinding Plaster Paris, an ar
ticle in much request throughout the nei9h
borino countries /; a well construc ted Saw Nil
in good repair; and Toi'-BrItise that pro
duces twelve hundred and fifty to titteei
hundred dollars a wear b sides which thers
are several well fitted Storc-houses, six o.
eight Dwellings suitable for trldesmen ex-
elusive of their Workshops, and Sta'lage
for It least fifty head of horses and Cattle
The whole is overlooked BY Urge comn.o-
dious Stone Mansion house, with every Otis
suitable for the residence OF genteei tami-
w and at the door is a never.tailing SPIN:
of fine Water.
Upimnroved, are several valuable Mill
Seats, two of which immediatel. adJsln tie
present and are suppliable with water iron
The same race and dam; beside these l'>
there is nearly thirty feet more head ara tai
of water than has everyet been found neceS
sary TO use in the present works. other MIL
NAV he erected so much above as not 10 IL
.erfere with those already mentioned. III
deed sc feet fall, which there is here voui'
admit IF all the water being worked TWICE o
yer if desired.
There is, belonging to the estate, near on
thousand acres Of LAND, some sdJ lnii'
and none of it very distant from the mills
mostly in wood and some parts pretty
timbered; though immediatey Adjoining, II
some we'll improved productiv Meadow a'''
Gr.in Land, s. several enclosed Town Lot
I'll, he asked why so desirable and produt E
five property should be offered tor sale
may be answered = that the advanced a.
IS and listan, residence of two OF the partne'
make a narrow CIR circle of concerns desire
a. rabie to them -snd all the paraes are &c
" sirous to pa, off their debts
Any person inclinable to purchase VIII hoe
the price reasonable, and the Tune OK pay
ment for a large proportis OF the Purch"s'
money will be made as easy as The purchase
could expect or wish.
Fo, further particulars application may b
made 20 JAMES CAMPBELL. at Petetsourg
SAMUEL G.. GRIrFITR, Esquire. ct bai'i-
timore; JAMES TAYLOR, Jun E>q OF NOR
folk: or on the premises 10 NATHANIEL IL
IIcorr and Luxe WHEELER, the latter o.
whom will remain few weeks At this p ace
70 assist in effecting'the object OF this adSer-
tisemert ~,
.EA,cott. Campbell g Wheeler.
September 81 CUSHION