To George Washington from James Wilkinson, 1 December 1796
From James Wilkinson
Penn Street [Philadelphia] 1st Decr 1796
J: Wilkinson takes the Liberty to send the President, a rough draft & concise description of his 1000 Acre tract of Land on the Ohio a few Miles above the little Miami, as reported to Him by the Surveyor.1
AL, DLC:GW.
1. The enclosed document contains a hand-drawn map of GW’s tract near the Ohio and Little Miami rivers, accompanied by the following text: “The presidents 1000 Acre tract of Land on the Ohio is the greater part high rich bottom, with a high p[o]int of land running from the back line, almost to the Ohio, as Noted in the Scetch here laid down.” A note below the map reads: “Surv[eye]d by P. Dunlavy” (DLC:GW). See Fig. 1.
For a description of GW’s Ohio lands, which he offered for sale earlier in the year, see Advertisement, 1 Feb. 1796.