Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-10-29
g. 0ecoquan Mails.

SEsHE proprietors offer tor Sale thls ou-
4 luaSle Estate, consisting OF LANDo'
MILLS, MILL-SEATS, DWELLlNG-
HlUSES, STORES & other valuable FRO
terfy--a.l upon navigation and convenient 10
market. :,
To those who arc unacquainted with the
nre,,;scs i, NAV be stated that they are ST.
tuatcd at the Falls of Occoquan RIVER IN
Virginia, which emptes into the Potomac
Is miles below Alexandria and about or ~
below Mount Vernon, the seat OF the late
General Washington.
Al no one spot, probably, can there be
united more advantages for flour mills, OF a
nv kind of mandatory or mechanical ope'
rations REQUESTING the agency OF water; the
stream is large, generally ahordlng enough
for twenty water wheels at time, contigu-
Gus to several Of the finest wheat couares IN
Virgins, and being upon navigation has' De
aides, the whole range OF the river ro-olsae
n both sides TO its mouth dlstanc q q,
east 100 miles. The great mail stage foa.
from north to south passes thro' 1t, post Of
fce at the SPOT and daily nail throughout
,be year Affords early and constant iniofma'
,ien of the state of markets and whatever
else may be interesting. The buildings here
in after described, with several others bum
and owned by Id ferent people, gives TO tire
place the appearance OF an handsome ntlie
village, remarked by strangers Tor the TO-
mantle scenery around it, and by Its inhab'-
t,nts Tor the unequalled salubrity OF It's air
First in importance OF buildlngs IS
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 i Country Toll Mill,
which has given annually three TO tour bum
dred barrels of Indian Corn and other grain
from its toll alone there is also Mill Ter
pounding and grinding Plaster Paris, an ar
ticle in much request throughout the nelgn
borinsr countrie, a we'll constructed Saw Nli.'
in uood repair; and Toll. Bridge that pro-
duces twelve hundred and fifty to htteen
hundred dollars year besides which the's
are several we'll fitted Siore-houses' SIX or
eight Dwellings suitable for trat.ssmen eE-
elusive of their rk.shops, and otaHlage
for at least fifty head OF horses and Cattle =
The whole is overlooked by large cornmo-
dions Stone Mansion house, with every ottit'
smt,ble for the residence of a genteel !arnl-
w; and at the door Is neVer-ialilhs spring
Of fine Water. 49,,
Un;mprovcd, are several valuable Mil
Seats. two of which Immediately adlsln &c
present and are suppliable with water iron
tbe same race and dam; beside these "a
tbcre is nearly thirty feet more head ard !.i'
of water than has ever yet been ioand heces-
sary to use in the present works. o'her MUS
NAV he erected Sc much above, as not 10 IN
,erf.re with those already mentioned. In
daed "a feet fall. which there is here woui"
admit Of all the water being worked twice O.
yer if desired.
There is, belonging to tbs estate near one
thousand acres of LAND, some adJninlhE
and none of it very distant from the mills,
mostly in wood and some P rts pretty wei1
timbered; thoughimmedlately ad loinlng' arc
some we'll improved productiv> Meadow ah'
Grain Land, & several enclosed Town LOIS
iii, be asked why so desirable and produe'
tive nroperty should be offered for sale, II
NAV he answered 8: that the advanced a8s
O. and distant residence of two OF the partners
g make a narrower circle of concerns deslra
e rable to m--snd al the parties are de-
" s;rous to paw off their debts :
ANY person inclinable to purchase VIII mo
,be price reasonable, and the time ct pay :
men, for large proportion of the purchase
money will be made as easy as the purchaser
conld expect or wish.
Fo, further particulars application may os
made 10 JAMES CAMPBELL, at Petelsours
S,unRL C. Gr1rFIrH, Esquire. of Balli-
t;more: JAMES TAYLOR, Jun Esq, of Nor
folk: or on the premises 10 NArHANIEL IL
11corr and LUKE WHEELER, the latter o.
whom will remain few weeks at this place
to assist in effecting the object oftsis adver-
tisement.
Ellicott, Campbell s Wheeler.
Sertember 81 dtlStNoV