Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-10-08
t. Occoqudn Mails.

THE proprietors offer for Sale this "a
luable Estate, consisting of LANDS
MILLS, MILL-SEATS, DWELLING
| HOUSES, STORES & other valuable Pro-
herty--al upon navigation and convenient tc
market
| TO those who are unacquainted with thu
premises it may be stated that they are ST.
tuated at the Falls of Occoquan River, III
Virginia, which empties into the Potomac
! Is miles below Alexandria and about or 10
below Mount Vernon, the seat OF the late
General Washington.
At no one spot, probably, can there be
! united more advantages for -four mills, or a.
ny kind of mandatory or mechanical ope.
rations requiring the agency OF water; the
stream is large, generally affordlng enough
| for twenty water wheels at a 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 distanc of at
least 100 miles. The great mail stage road
from north to south passes thro' 1t, post OF
fee at the spo! and daily mail throughout
the year affords early and constant lntorma'
ton of the state of markets and whatever
else may be interesting. The buildings here
| in after described, with several others built
and owned by Id: fferent people, gives to the
place the appearance of an handsome little
| village, remarked by strangers tor the ro-
mantle scenery around it, and by its lnhabl-
| tants for the unequalled salubrity OF its air.
First in importance of tie buildings is a
very complete Merchant Mill with all the
most approved modern machinery tor the
mandatory of -four, of which article 1t has
| and can make twenty thousand barrels year
with ease. Next is Country Toll Mill,
which has given annually three to four hum
dred barrels of Indian Corn and other grain
| from its toll alone there is also Mill Tor
pounding and grinding Plaster Paris, an ar
ticle 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 Workshops, and Stahlage
| for at least fifty head of horses and cattle -
The whole is overlooked by large commo-
| dious Stone Mansion house, with every office
suitable for the residence of a genteel taml-
"; and at the door is never-failing Spring
Of fine Water.
Unimproved, are several valuable Mill
| Seats, two of which Immediately ad]sin the
present and are suppliable with water from
| the same race and dam beside these las
there is nearly thirty feet more head and fall
of water than has ever yet been found neces-
| sary to use in the present works. other m!lis
may be erected 50 much above, as not 10 IN
terfere with those already mentioned. IN
deed So feet fall, which there is here, would
admit of all the water being worked twice o.
yer if 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 well
timbered; oughimmediately adjoining are
some we'll improved productive Meadow and
Grain Land, & several enclosed Town Lots.
Ifit be asked why so desirable and produc-
tive property should be offered tor saie' II
may he answered :: that the advanced age
(" and distant residence of two of the partners
I" make narrower circle of concerns desira
{. rablc to them--and all the parties are de-
" srous to paw off their debts
Any person inclinable to purchase Will ma
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 TO JAMES CAMPBELL, at PeteIsourg >
SAMUEL G.. GRIFFITH, Esquire. OF BALL
timore; JAMES TAYLOR, jun. Esq. OF NOR
folk; or on the premises to NATHANIEL FL
L1coTT and LUKE WHEELER, the latter OF
whom will remain few weeks at this pace
to assist in efecting the object OF tAis adVef-
tisemeBt
Ellieott, Campbell g Whseler.
September ~ atislSov