1To George Washington from James Welch, 24 November 1797 (Washington Papers)
Sir, I will lease Your Land on the Great Kanawa for 99 Years (Viz.) 23,000 Acres for which I will give You £50 ⅌ Thousand Yearly which will amount to £1150 ⅌ Year[.] Total amount 113,850. AL , DLC:GW . On this day James Welch came to Mount Vernon with a letter from Daniel Morgan dated 30 Oct., introducing him as a man “in trade at greenbrear court house” who had come to him with “letters from...
2To George Washington from James Welch, 29 November 1797 (Washington Papers)
I will lease Your Land on the Great Kanawa (viz.) 23,000 Acres in the Manner following (to Wit) I will give You Annually $9583.34 C. The lease to Commence in the Year 1800 And I will pay you in the following Manner[:] in the Year 1801 $19,166.68. the next payment to be made 1807 [$] 47,916.70. In the Year 1810 [$]28,750.[0]2. And after that time I will pay Annually [$]9583.34 for 30 Years &...
3To George Washington from James Welch, 9 December 1797 (Washington Papers)
I am Satisfyed to lease your Lands Agreeable to Your proposition in part that is I am Willing to comply with your first proposition I’ll give You $5000 for the first year the lease to commence in Ja[nuar]y 1st 1798 & $8000 for the 2nd Year—$11143 After that Yearly for the Term of 30 Years at the Expiration of which time I will pay You Annually $22286 untill the Expiration of 99 Years with the...
4To George Washington from James Welch, 24 January 1798 (Washington Papers)
I take the liberty of sending to you for Copies of the Plats of the Land I leased of you[.] Doctor James Craig informs me you have Copies of the Plats. I’ll take Particular care of them & return them to you as quick as I get them Copyed, a few days ago I happened in Company with Mr Joseph Massey Surveyer in the North Western Territory he mentioned that You wou’d not hold the Lands you claim’d...
5To George Washington from James Welch, 9 August 1798 (Washington Papers)
No Doubt but you have charged me with Neglect for not Writing you before this time but being so far Distant from a Post Office has deprived me of that Previledge, I have Surveyed the 10990 Acre Tract of Land & find it wants 610 Acres to make out the Compliment called for in the Original—but I am determined to have it run over again for fear there may be some mistake made, I have also Surveyed...
6To George Washington from James Welch, 10 March 1799 (Washington Papers)
No daut You Expected to have seen me sum time ago; I do ashure you that Sundry disapointments has been the cause that I have not cumplied with my contract I am prapereing as fast as posable to Start 20 Famileyes from this county on to the Kanawa by the time I get thrue that Bisenes I Expect the young Jentelman from Kentuckey that I sent there Last June in order to Sell my Lands for the porpos...
7To George Washington from James Welch, 25 April 1799 (Washington Papers)
Sir I Re[ceive]d yours of the 7th instant and Take notes to the contents; it gives me much uneseness To think that I am to Suffer by the Miss Respresentathon To you (by I know not hwo) you Say you have herd To much of my character Lately not To Expect Sundry disapointments; hwo it is that is desposed To inger me I know not nor am I abl to prevent pepel from asarting things that is falce; I...
8To George Washington from James Welch, 16 May 1799 (Washington Papers)
I find it out of my power To Rise the money in this place that I am at this time in debted to you; money is Verry Scarce among the marchanes of this place; the[y] cannot be temped to advance money for paper that has Longer then 60 dayes To Run; the paper that I have will be Due on the 25th day of Novembr Next it is Well Securd and will be Puntuelly paid that you Shall have I Start this day for...