The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-11-06

Several months ago in my column
l told you about an old paper, THE
Maryland Journal and the Balti-
more Advertiser" dated August 20,
ITS. The paper is the property Of
Paul, W. Shank.
Looking through it again the
other day, came across the follow
ing article, written by George
Washington.
Mount Vernon in Virginia,
July Is, 1773.
The Subscriber having obtained
Patents for upwards of TWENTY
THOUSAND Acres of LAND on
the Ohio and Great Kanbawa 90, 900
of which are situated on the banks of
the aforementioned river, between
the mouths of the two Kanbawas,
and the remainder on the Great
Kanbawa, or New River, from the
mouth, or near it, upwards, in one
continued survey proposes to di-
vide the same into any sized tene-
ments that may be desired. and
lease them upon moderate terms,
allowing a reasonable number of
years rent free, provided, within
the space of two years from next
October, three acres for every fifty
contained in each lot, and proper
tiOnably for a lesser quantity, shall
be cleared, fenced, and titled; and
that by or before the time limited
for the commencement of the first
rent, five acres for every hundred,
and prOportionably, as above, shall
be enclosed and laid down in good
grass for meadow; and moreover,
that at least fifty good fruit trees
for every like quantity of land shall
be planted on the Premises.
Amy persons inc1inable to settle
on these lands may be more fully
informed of the terms by applying
to the subscriber, near Alexandria,
or in his absence to Mr. LUND
WASHINGTON; and would do well
in communicating their intentions
before the LIST of October next; in
order that a sufficient number of
lots may be laid off 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 exceed them in luxuriance
of soil, or convenience of situation
all of them lying upon the bands
either of the Ohio or Kanbawa, and
Astounding with fine fish and wild
fowl of various kinds, as also in
most excellent meadows, many of
which (by the bountiful hand of
nature) are, in their present 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 Fort Pitt, up the Monongahela,
to Redstone, vessels of convenient
burthen, may and do pass contin-
ually; from whence, by means of
Cheat River, and other navigable
branches of the Monongahela, it is
thought the portageto Potowmack
may, and will, be reduced within
the compass of a few miles, to the
great ease and convenience of the
settlers in transporting the produce
of their lands to market To which
may be added, that as patents have
now actually 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, notwithstanding
the unsettled counsels respecting a
new colony on the Ohio; and as no
right money is to be paid for these
land, and quitrent of two shillings
sterling a hundred, demandable
some years hence only, it is highly
presumable that they will always
be held upon a more desirable foot