re they are situated; being almost, if not
altogether, river bottoms. The smallest of these tracts is actually sold
at ten dollars an acre, but the consideration therefor not received. The
rest are equally valuable, and sold as high; especially that which lies
just below the Little Kenhawa, and is opposite to a thick settlement on
the west side of the river. The four tracts have an aggregate breadth
upon the river of sixteen miles, and are bounded thereby for that
distance.

(_k_) These tracts are situated on the Great Kenhawa River, and the
first four are bounded thereby for more than forty miles. It is
acknowledged by all who have seen them (and of the tract containing
10,990 acres, which I have been on myself, I can assert), that there is
no richer or more valuable land in all that region. They are
conditionally sold for the sum mentioned in the schedule, that is,
200,000 dollars; and, if the terms of that sale are not complied with,
they will command considerably more. The tract, of which the 125 acres
is a moiety, was taken up by General Andrew Lewis and myself, for and on
account of a bituminous spring which it contains, of so inflammable a
nature as to burn as freely as spirits, and is nearly as difficult to
extinguish.

(_l_) I am but little acquainted with this land, although I have once
been on it. It was received (many years since) in discharge of a debt to
me from Daniel Jenifer Adams, at the value annexed thereto, and must be
worth more. It is very level; lies near the river Potomac.

(_m_) This tract lies about thirty miles above the city of Washington,
not far from Kittoctan. It is good farming land; and, by those who are
well acquainted it, I am informed that it would sell at twelve or
fifteen dollars per acre.

(_n_) This land is valuable on account of its local situation, and other
properties. It affords an exceeding good stand on Braddock's Road from
Fort Cumberland to Pittsburgh, and, besides a fertile soil, possesses a
large quantity of natural meadow, fit for the scythe. It is
distinguished by the appellation of the Great Meadows, where the first
action with the French in 1754 was fought.

(_o_) This is the moiety of about 2000 acres, which remains unsold of
6071 acres on the Mohawk River (Montgomery County), in a patent granted
to Daniel Coxe, in the township of Coxborough and Carolina, as will
appear by deed from Marinus Willett and wife to George Clinton, late
governor of New York, and mys