| Show LETTERS BY GEORGE BOW the great virginian attended to 1 1 details or hid affairs the new evening post of a deceu date printed a number of letters from gen era lGeorge washington heretofore asbed among them were the following TO cea IX Vm arsiA 26 april 1763 MH ba pleased to send me a suit of deaths made of superfine broadcloth handsomely chosen I 1 should have you my measure but in a general way they are so badly taken here that I 1 am convinced it would be of very little service I 1 would have you therefore take measure of a gentleman who wares well made deaths of the following size to wit 6 fees agh and made if any thing rather slender than thick for a pe son of with pretty long arms ac thighs you will take care to make the breeches longer than those you sent me last and I 1 would have you keep the measure of the you now make by you and if any alteration is required in my next it shall be pointed out note for your further and knowledge of my also I 1 have sent the and you must observe that from the coat end to no 1 no 3 is the size over the brease and hips no 2 over tho belly and so 4 round the arm and bronx th breeches end to no a is for waistband b thick of the thigh c upper button hole d and c for length of breeches it you take measure of a person about I 1 feet high of this bigness I 1 think you caal RO amiss you must take notice the is the exact size without any allow abuce for seams ac SELLS A BOGL BOGLE E AND 2 july to captain job thompson sir with this ater comes a negro tom which I 1 beg th avor of you to sell in any of the islands you ay go to for whatever he will fetch and rin g me in return for him one had of best molasses one ditto of best rum one barrel of lymes if good and cheap one pot ot tamarinds tama rinds ibs two small ditto of mixed sweetmeats sweet meats about 5 ibs each and the residue much or little in rood old spirits that this fellow is both a rogue and a runaway abo he was by no means remarkable tor the former and never practiced the latter till of late I 1 shall not pretend to deny but that he is exceedingly healthy strong and good at the hoe the whole neighborhood can testify and particularly mcjohnson Mr Johnson and his son who have him under them as foreman of the gang which gives me reason to hope he may with your management mann gement sell well if kept clean and frimd up a litus when offered for sale I 1 shall vary cheerfully allow you the cus ternary commissions on this affair beg the favor of you lest he should attempt to escape to keep him handcuffed till you get to sea or in the bay after which I 1 doubt not but you may make him very useful to you I 1 wish you a pleasant and prosperous is sage and a safe and speedy return I 1 n OBJECTS TO HIS CLAIM JUMPED letter to michael cresap MOUNT verdoy 1773 BIB in my passage do wn the ohio la the fall of this year 1770 I 1 made choice of place of land being the first bottom on the so east side tho river above as also a little above a place where the effects of a hurricane appear among the trees and opposite to a creek on the other side near the upper end of the bottom calad pipe creek tho next spring when capt crawford went down the ohio to survey I 1 desired him to run out this land for me which he accordingly did returned me the plat of it as you may see by the copy intending as soon us a patent could be obtained to apply foi me the summer following hearing that doctor brisco had taken possession of this bottom altho informs of my claim to it I 1 wrote him a letter of which the ic closed is a copy and within these few days I 1 have beard the truth of which I 1 know not that you upon the doctors quitting of it have also taken possession of it if this information bo true I 1 own I 1 can conceive no beason why you or any other person should attempt to disturb me in my claim to this land as I 1 have not to my knowledge in j urd or attempted to in jure any other man in his pretensions to land in that country it is a little bard therefore upon me that I 1 can not be allowed to hold this bottom which is a small one in peace and quietness till a legal right can be obtained which I 1 always have been and still am ready to pay for as soon as I 1 know to what office to apply I 1 would feign hope that my information respecting your taking possession of abia land is without foundation as I 1 should be sorry to enter into of this matter ath you or any other gentleman but as I 1 conceived conce ivd that I 1 had as good a right to make choice of this bottom as any other person bad as lam suro that I 1 am the first that did so and have had it sur feyd so as to ascertain the bounds up of two years ago I 1 am resolved not to relinquish my claim to it but if you have made any improvements thereon not knowing of my claim I 1 will very readily pay you the full value thereof being A r sir your most humble servant y g G |
