Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-30
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TSiiE subscriber intending shortly TO
"a. remove 10 the southwark, Offers for
sale to the highest bidder, on Monday
the 18th day Of October next, If lair, If
not, the next iair day, tact of LAND,
containing IA acres. it being a rart Of
! an undivided tract Of laDd called Buck,
iey's Tract. There is on this tract
dwelling house, with several rnnms, fine
springs and riyulcts of excellent water.
Al excellent apple orchard of early and
late fruit, also peach orchard, and about
IS acres of wood land annexed. This
farm produces exceedingly well, and is
divided into two fields.
Also. one other tract of LAND. con-
ta;nihg So acres. called Pritchart's Tract.
About one halt of this tract is in fine
thriving timer and wood land. with a
proportion of coed low ground suitable
for meadow.
Also, will lease for two lives. lsges
% and 81 years) or for term of YEAR,
one other tract of LAND, Oh which /
reside, containing, By actual survey, $50!
acres. The improvements are small
dwelling house, granary and corn house.
meat house, large stable not yet covered,
cabius FIR Negroes, &c. This tract a.
bounds with many pure and delightful!
SPRINGS and branches of water, which
never fail, with about so acres ofthrivins
timber anil wood land; also, an apple
! orchard, with number Ut bearing peach
trees Of the most delicious kind. About
AGO grated apple trees in nursery Of
tie choicest selected latter fruit. This
iarln Is under tolerable good fence. and
divided into two fields. These three
tracts lie adjoining. aud will be sold Sc
parate to suit purchasers, and it can be
prOfed these tracts were originally of The
I iirst quality high lands, with white fin,
and'g:ey s.oDe (mo.tiy piie,lO soil Of
chocolate color, and produces guod crops
If corn, wheat, rye, oats, tobacco, pota.
toes and vegetables, &c. &C. ahonndips
,in ora.s, Which affords fine natura! pas.
ture rar stock Of every kind. !! small
| lot Of his lard was sown IN clover, which
produced a fine crop without the aid OF
manure Or plaster. There is about 90
acres Of high and low grounds, well taken
in T;mohy, aud at least 40 more Of lew
grounds, Which might easily be converted
into meadow with but little expense
About % acres OF fallow will be sown in
rye, and any person who may purchase
shall have lIber y to seed about 70 acres
of corn land immediately, or Iallow and
seed any quantity they please On the
east and west side of these lands there
il very extensive range for stock. On
this ,ract there is an excelect seat !or
MILLS or other MACHINERY Oh II
never failing stream-the fail ~ great
having been leveled, the water may be
worked over t"ice. A part of the ma.
teriaIs for building mill has already
been ocureG. This year plaster has
been tried for the first time on this land
upon corn with admirable effect. One
OF my neighbors plastered clover lot
adjoining this land last spring, which
Produced very abundant and excellent
crop. 1t is now the opinion OF those who
have tried the plaster on lands in this
settlement, that it acts rs powerfully
here as OH the Lvudoun lands. Those
who may di'belieyc it | invite to come
aud see for themselves. These lands lie
about 2 l-2 miles south east OF Centre.
vile, Z miles only from the turnpike road
30 miles from Alexandria, George own
and the city of Washington. and is 80 ex.
tremely healthy, having no marshy land:
near little situation high and asreeably
dversliied-the air so pure ard saIubri
Gus, that during the five years past, tn,
time l have had this farm in possession
not one death by sickness has occur. ed II
my family OF more than thirty persons, o
white and black. Nothing but the want O
funds to improve these lands pos,essiu.
ST. sany natural advantages, inGuces INT
10 dispose OF them. Possession of III,
two last described tracts will be giyer
the purchaser on or before the first da,
oil November next; good and indis
putaD.e Ute will De made to the purCha
sci, ana Tie lands shewn to anv person
WIN nay wish IL view them before tn,
sale.
FERNS OF sale for the and, one hal
cash IN hand, the other hall IN 10 months
the purchaser giving bond with t"o ap
pro, I'll securities.
" ii be sold at the sane time ant
place To- CASH IN hard, upwards q
100 barrels VI good corn standing in tn
he.h-like.i,e he fodder also, seyera
yauau,e n GRnES, HORSES AID 81.