Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-10-30
o. 0ccoqaan Mills.

TsHE proprietors offer for Sale this pa
laa5!e Estate, consisting OF LANDo'
MILLS, MII-L-SEATS, DH hLLlN,'-
HOUSES, STORES other pafaaos e ff ''1
se-ty-- all upon navigation and convenient %
market, :, :,
10 those who are unac9uainted with the
,rsr,,;sss !, may be stated that they are ST.
mated at the Fails of Oocoquan River, In
Virginia, which emPties into the fotomac
rs miles below Alexandria and about or ~
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 kiad of mandatory or mechanical oPe
ration, requiring TIE agency of water the
s,ream is large, generally afording enough
for twenty water wheels at time, coniisu-
nus n several of the finest wheat counties IN
Virginia, aud being upon navigation mas DC
aides, the whole range of the river Potomac
N both sides 10 its mouth distanc OF at
east 100 miles. The great mail stage roao
from north TO south passes thro II, post Oh
zee at the spo. and daily mall throughout
ina wear affords early and constant latorma
ton Of the state of markets and whatever
el.e may be interesting. Tse buildings here
IN after es2rihed, with seversd others buiil
and owned by ri: ferent people, gives to the
place the appearance OF an handsome mute
village. remarked by strangers Tor the TO-
msn, ic scenery around it. and by Us iuhacl-
,a,,s for the uneosalled salubrity OF us ar
Firs, in importance OF ouiicihss Is :
very complete Merchant Mill with all the
mos, approved modern machinery Tor the
mandatory of -four, OF which sruete il mss
o,a can make twenty thousand barrels year
xv,,b ease Next is i Country Toll Mhi'
which has give, annually three TO Tour hu.'--
,,reI hsr,e,. OF Indian Corn and other gram
from ;ts toll alone; there IS also Mill Ter
pounding and grinding Plaster Paris, an ar
i;cle i, much request throughout the heiSh
borinu countric. aweil constructed Saw Ni'
in good repair; AMI . iof.bsiass ina. P'o-
duces twelve hundred and nifty TO hi,eeA
hundred dollars ysar; b sues waica ,hefe
are several we'll 6,,ed S'ers-aouses' SIX o.
eiph, DWELLINGS suitable Tor tracesmen eS-
cInsive Of their Wors shops. and Sta Mage
for =, least city head OF hoFSes and cattle
tn. whole j. overlooked by : tsrge eommo-
dion, Stone Mansion houss, with every ofhcs
suit.b,e for toe residence OF Ssnseei ':lni-
lv. and 81 the door is neyer-!ailing Spring
of 6ne Water. ~,
Unimproved, are several valuable Mill
Seats, two of which immediately sdlsia TIC
nresent and are suppliabie with water iron
The same race and dsm heaide these tas
.here Is nearly thirty feet more head ana Va
nj " ser than has e,eryet been found neceS-
.ary to use in toe pressnt works. othef mus
may he erected Sc much above. as not 10 Ia
tsrfrre with those already mentioned. Ia
Seed = feet FIJI, which there is here wou.o
admit ,f al! the water being worked twice O.
We II desired.
There Is, belonging to the estate, near enc
thousand acres of LAND, some sdJnihiNs
and none of it very distant from the mills.
mostly in wood and some P IT'S pretty wei
,;mssrsd; thoaeh Immediately adjoining, are
,o-ns well improved productive Meadow ahis
Grain Land, s. several enclosed Town Lois
Iii, ne asked Why SO desirable and produe-
tive property should be offered Tor sale, L
nav I've answered that the advanced age
6 and distant residence OF two OF the partners
g make narrower circle of concerns ussiF"
.s rab,e TO ,hem--snd all the parties are &c
.s sisous 70 paw off their debts
Any person inclinsble TO purchase VIII hho
,he pricr reasonable, and the tine OF pay
raeat for large proportion OF the purchase
r,oAey viii be .nade as easy as the purchaser
could expec, or wish.
Fo, further particulars application may DC
made 10 JAMES CAMPsELL, at FetersoaFg ;
S.xrsL G.. Gk1rFIrs, Esquire, OF baiti-
timore: JAMES Tay,oR, Jun ESQ. OF Nor
Folk; or on the premises 10 NATR ASIfL IL
.,corr and IukE WHISTLER, the latter OF
sh.u, viii remain a few weeks at this place.
to assis. in effecting the object OF ssis adrsr-
tisement.
Ellieott, Campbell 8 Wheeler.
StlstNoy