1Enclosure: Executive Order to Thomas Beall and John Mackall Gantt, 10 November 1796 (Washington Papers)
Whereas in and by certain Deeds executed by Amos Smith and others, whereby the whole Land of the Said Amos Smith and others, situated in the Town of Carrollsburgh and also of Hamburgh (now included in the City of Washington) is vested in you, subject to the Trusts in the said Deeds mentioned; and whereas all the Lands belonging to Minors, persons absent out of the State, married women, or...