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Letter to Surveyor General of
Land Office for Commonwealth of Virginia, November 8, 1799 |
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TRANSCRIPT GLC 4013
George Washington. Autograph letter signed: Difficult Bridge
Wylie’s Tavern, to the Surveyor General of the Land Office
for the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1799 Nov. 8. 1 p.
Difficult Bridge Wylie’s Ta<vern>
Sir,
Since writing the enclosed, I have discovered [inserted: that]
a Mr. William Shepherd who was with me on the Survey, and who
has acted a very disingenuous part upon the occasion, either
has made, or pretends to have made, an Entry of the Vacancy
(if there be such) which I have therein requested you to enter
on my behalf, of land always reputed, and believed by the Neighbours,
to be mine.
I therefore request to be informed, if the first is the case,
whether he has compl<ied> with all the formalities of
the Law? For as much as I am resolved, to contest every po<int>
with him that justice & propriety will warra<nt.>
Of course, I request the Entry may be made agreeably to the
description with which I have furnished you; adding (altho’
I do not know that it is essential) the lines now, or lately,
of the Revd Mr. Fairfax’s tra<ct>, called Towlston
Grange. With respect
I am Sir
Your Most Obedt. Hble Servant
Go: Washington
P.S. The Entry of Willm Shepherd, as he gives out, was made
a year or two ago. If so, has he complied with the subsequent
requisites ?
Notes: Published with variations in Fitzpatrick, Writings of
Washington, 37: 422. |
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