1From George Washington to Charles West, 6 June 1769 (Washington Papers)
As you did not come down to our April Court according to promise, or according to your own expectation, I shoud be glad to know if you have considerd anything further of the matter I mentiond to you at your own House. The Slipe of Land which I then proposd to buy, is in my opinion, the most indifferent part of your Tract, because one half of it is cold wet ground, and the other half stony Hill...