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AX the repeated Solicitations of feveral .Peifont, theOHIO Company have *f«tcd to lay off a Numberof LOTS for a TOWN at Fort Cumberland, near the Mouth of Creek, on Patrwmatk in tfcie ftbflaci mMaryland^ and that eaah Purchafer map have an Opportunity of attending, and chooftng the Lots he may judge mod convenient, they will be SOLD to the li * * Bl^*'L-a on Friday the ijth of April neat.Any one who will confult the Map* muft fee that FortCumber landt from it’* natural Situation and Contiguity to thateery extenfive and fertile Country on the Obin and its Waters, mud be the Key to all that valuable Settlement \ it highed and mod convenient Landing-place fpr the Inhabitants on the other Side the Allegheny Mountains, on all the River Fatewmack, which affords a Wator^erflage, that with a very inconsiderable Eipeoce, might be rendered fafe, certain and eafy, at all Seafons of the Year, from the Great Falls to the Spot now propofed for a Town. It is about 7c Miles Land-Carriage to the Mfonnaabela, which is navi-gable to the Ohio for flat-bottomed Boats or Battoes) and not more than 65 Miles to the Tauuaugaint, where tfc# Road, as it is at prefent cleared to Ptnfiura, erodes \ to which Place the Indian frequently, before the War, brought up their Battoes loaded with Skins 1 And ell who are acquainted with the Country agree, that a very good WaggonRoad may be made to that very Spot, or even a few Mileslower down the River, which would reduce the Duii -.cs from thence to Fort Cumberland at lead 15 Miles. The Land-Carriage from Pimmett'% Warehouse, at the Little Falls, which is the highed Tide Water of Paterwmack, to the Great Falls, does not exceed ra Miles $ and the Manufactures of Great-Britain may be tranfported by the Patrw-mack to the Obia, and k'g Produce or Furs remitted through the fame Channel, with only 90 Milts Land-Carriage at themod.Fort Cumberland is about IIJ Miles from Pitt/burg, 30 from Fort Bedford, 60 from Wiubefitr, Land-Carriage,good Waggon Roads, and 100 Miles Water-Carriage from the Mouth of Cenacoebeague Creek in Maryland.The Day the LOTS are Sold the OHIO Company willLET to the highed Bidder, fora Term of Years, Two very good Store-Houfes, oppofite to Fort Cumberland, in Firgimia, one 45 by 35, with a Counting-Room and Lodging-Rootn at one End, the other 44 by to, with proper Conveniences tor a Family to live in, two Stones high each, btfides Garrets, with good dry Cellars fit for ffonng Skins, the wbok Sue of the Houfes ; and a Kitchen, Stable for it Horfes, Meat'Houle and Dairy $ there are Two gong Hattoea, which wiU.be given to the Perfon who Rents the Houfes. The whole entirely new, and will be compleatly finished, and flt to enter upon immediately ; and the Perfon who takes the Store-Houfee, may alfo have e Leafe, for a Term of Yeert, lt;H M much Land adjacent to them as he ,ch*efes. Any one defirous to treat privately for the Store-houfes, AFc*before the Deg of Sale, or the Town Lott, may know ikeTerms by applying to the Subfcribcr, who will attend at Fort Cumberland on the 15th Day of ^/v#bdk«mcttilMl» to deliver the Hu chafets Deeds fm then Lots, Thrre is great Plenty of good Timber and Lira*-Stone on tht Leeds, on each Side of the River *od the Company are building a Saw and Grift Mil),* Within a M«lc of the Spot propofed for the Town. - • GEORGE MERCER.
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Annapolis Maryland Gazette
Annapolis, Maryland, US
Thu, Mar 03, 1763
Page 3
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