Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-10-09
g. Oeeoquan Mats.

| -HE. proprietors offer for Sale this pa
Mo6ze Estate. consisting of LANDS,
| MILLS, MILL-SEATS, DWELLING
| HOUSES, STORES s other valuable Pro-
terty--all upon navigation and convenient TO
market.
To those who are unacquainted with the
premises it may be stated that they are ST.
tuated at the Falls Of Occoquan KiVer' In
Virginia, which empties into the fotomac
l6 miles below Alexandra and about O! 10
below Mount Vernon, the seat OF the late
General Washington.
At no one spot, probably, can there De
united more advantages for Hour mills, OF d.
ny kind of mandatory or mechanical ope'
ration. requiring the agency OF water; the
stream is large, generally affording enough
for twenty water wheels at tiine' eoi'is
Gus to several of the finest wheat counties III
Virginia, and being upon navigation has De-
sides, the whole range of the river Potomac
on both sides to its mouth dlstanc OF az
least 100 miles. The great mail stage road
from north to south passes thro' 1t, post Oh
fee at the spot and a daily mail throughout
the wear affords early and constant lnfofma'
ton of the state of markets and Whatever
else NAV be interesting. The buildings here.
in after described, with several others Quilt
and owned by Id: ffsrcnt people, gives to the
Mace the appearance of an handsome little
village, remarked by strangers ior inc TO-
mantle scenery around it, and by It's hhaoi'
tants for the unequalled saIubrlty OF It's ar.
First in importance of e buildings is a
very complete Merchant Mill with all the
most approved modern machinery TOT the
mandatory of -four, Of which article 1t has
and can make twenty thousand barrels year
with ease. Next is u Country Toll Mill,
which has given annually three to tour hum
dred barrels of Indian Corn and other gram
from its toll alone there is also Mill Tor
| pounding and grinding Plaster Paris an ar
! ticle in much request throughout the neign n,
.hha,iae, countries a we'll constructed Saw MIL
! in good repair; and Toll Bridge that pro-
tIuces twelve hundred and fifty to fifteen
| hundred dollars year besides which there
are several well fitted Store-houses' SIX VI
| eight Dwellings suitable for tradeSmen OK
elusive of their Workshops, and otaHlase
for at least fifty head of horses and cat'ie -.
The whole is overlooked by large commo-
dion. Stone Mansion house, with every otilce
suitable for the residence of a genteel tamil
Hv. and at the door is never.talling Spring
Of fine Water. ,,.,
| Unimproyed, are several valuable Mill
Seats, two of which Immediately adJein the
present and are suppliab!e with water from
the same race and dam l,eside these las
there is nearly thirty feet more head ana lsii
of water than has ever yet been found neces-
sary to use in the present works. other mills
NAV he erected so much above, as not TO IN
terfere with those already mentioned: In.
deed So feet fall, which there ls here, Wouid
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 plrts pretty well
timbered; though Immediately adJolnlng' are
some we'll improved productive Meadow and
Grain Land, & several enclosed Town LOIS
! fit be asked why so desirable and produc'
| tive a property should be offered tor sale, II
may be answered s" that the advanced ase
/" and distant residence oftwso OF the partners
/" make narrower circle of concerns desira
d" rable to them--and all the parties are 10
I" sirous to paw off their debts
ANY person inclnable to purchase Will nno
the price reasonable, and the time OF pay
ment for large proportion Of the purchase
money will be made as easy as the purchase
could expect or wish.
Fol- further particulars application may DC
made to JAMES CAMPBELL, at PETERSBURG
SAMUEL c. GRIrFITK, Esquire, OIL pau
timore JAMES TAYLOR, Jun. Esq. OF NOR
| folk; or ON the premises 10 NATHANIEL IL,
L1corr and LUKE WHEELER, the latter o.
,, whom will remain few weeks at TINS piace
to assist in effecting the object OF this adVer-
tiscment ~,
Ellieott, Campbell s. Wheeler.
i September 81 oels.-.o.
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