Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-24
REALTY COMPRISED
EXECUTIVES RICHES
Advertisement of Washing
toms Land Offer
7----
Is Quoted.

George Washington was real estate
man as well as a heroic figure In Amer
lean history and the Father and First
President of his country, and 1t seems
reasonable to assume that large part
of the wealth he accumulated came
from real estate, according to an ar
ticle in the New York Herald Tribune.
The paper quotes the following pro-
suect,ls or advertisement OF one OF
Washington's offers to his fellow coun-
trymen, who then were subjects OF the
British crown:
"The subscriber having obtained pat
ents for upward of 10000 acres OF land
on the Ohio and Great Kanhawa
10000 of which are situated on the
banks of the aforementioned river, De-
tween the mouths of the two Kanhawas,
and the remainder on the Great Kan
hawa. or New River, from the mouth,
or near it, upward, in one continued
survey proposes to divide the same
into any fixed tenements that may be
desired and lease them upon moderate
terms. allowing a reasonable number OF
wears rent free, provided within the
space of two years from next October
8 acres for every so contained In eacn
lot, and proportionately for lesser
quantity, shall be cleared, fenced ana
titled; and that by or before the Time
limited for the advancement OF the nrsL
rent 5 acres for every hundred. ana
proportionately, as above, shall be In
closed and laid down in good grass Tor
meadow: and moreover that at least %
good fruit trees for every like quantity
Of land shall be planted on the PREM
ises. Any persons inclinable to settle
on these lands may be more fully In
formed of the terms by applying to the
subscriber, near Alexandria. or In MS
absence to Mr.. Lund Washington, and
would do we'll in communicating their
intentions before the LIST Of october
next, in order that a sufficient number
of lots may be laid of to answer the
demand.
"As these lands are among the first
which have been surveyed in the part
of the country they lie in, it is almost
needless to premise that none can ex-
coed them in lnxuriance Of soil, or con-
venience of situation, all of them lying
upon the banks either of the Ohio or
Kanhawa, and Astounding with fine f1sh
and wild fowl of various kinds, as also
in most excellent meadows, many OF
which (by the bountiful hand of ma
ture) are. in their perfect state, almost
fit for the scythe. From every part OF
these lands water carriage Is now had
to Fort Pitt by an easy communication
and from FortsPitt up the Monongahela
to Redstone vessels of convenient bur-
then may and do pass continually, from
whence, by means Of Cheat River and
other navigable branches of the Monon-
gahela, 1t is thought the portage to Po-
towmack may and will be reduced with
in the compass of few miles, to the
great ease and convenience OF the set
tiers in transporting the products OF
their lands to market. To which may
be added that as patents have now &C
tually passed the seals for the several
tracts here offered to be leased, settlers
on them may cultivate and enjoy the
lands in peace and safety, notwith-
standing the unsettled counsels respect
ing a new colony on the Ohio; and es
no right money Is 10 be paid for these
lands, and quit-rent Of shillings ster-
ling hundred, demandable some years
hence only, 1t Is highly presumabie
that they will always be held upon q
more desirable footing than where both
these are laid on with very heavy
hand. And 1t may not be an1iss further
to observe that If the scheme for es.
tablishing a new government on the
Ohio, in the manner talked Of, should
ever be effected, these must be among
the most valuable lands In It,, not only
on account Of the goodness Of the sol
and the other advantages enumerated
but from their contiguity to the seat OF
Government, which more than probable
viii be fixed at the mouth Of the Great
Kanhawa.
GEORGE WASHINGTON"