To George Washington from Thomas G. Johnston, 1 September 1796
From Thomas G. Johnston
[Philadelphia] Septr 1st 1796
Sir
I have been Informed this day Since I came to this Citty, that you have been receiving proposals for Some time past, for the Sale of Some Lands, which Lay on the Western Waters, which if you have not Disposed of, I wish to know the Lowest price that will be taken for the first, Called round bottom, about fifteen miles below Wheeling also of the three Other tracts Which Lay Lower Down in the Ohio, an Ansr to this letter Sent to my Lodgings at Mr Thompson Sine of the Indian Queen fourth Street1 this Evening or tomorrow will be Immedy Attended to2 by Sir Your Most Obedient Humble Servant
Thos G. Johnston
The Conditions of Sale I have been Informed of.
ALS, DLC:GW.
The correspondent may have been the Thomas G. Johnston who practiced law in western Pennsylvania during the late 1790s and early 1800s.
1. James Thompson (d. 1800) moved from Wilmington, Del., to Philadelphia in 1777. He operated several taverns before acquiring the Indian Queen (on S. Fourth Street between Chesnut and Market) in 1783. Thompson kept that tavern until his death.
2. No reply to Johnston has been found. For others interested in purchasing the Round Bottom tract, see Jeremiah Claypole to GW, 3 June, and Robert McLean to GW, 7 June.