March 20 & 27, 1766 The Pennsylvania Gazette
To be SOLD by public Vendue, on the 1st Day of April next, A Plantation, situate in the Great Valley, in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, containing 100 Acres of Limestone Land, with a Stone Dwelling house thereon, with tow Rooms on a Floor, and a Cellar underneath, a young bearing Orchard, and some Meadow made, and more may be made with small Expence, it being Part cleared already, and has a constant Stream of Water running through it, wherewith the whole may be watered. The Vendue will be held on the said Plantation, at 3 o'clock in the Afternoon, where the Conditions of Sale will be made known by
ROWLAND RICHARD.
N.B. The Plantation is convenient to a Forge, several Merchant Mills, and Places of Worship, about 18 Miles from Philadelphia.
October 23, 1776 The Pennsylvania Gazette
To be SOLD by public Vendue, on the 7th Day of November next, A valuable Plantation, pleasantly situated in the Great Valley, about 20 miles from Philadelphia, in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, containing 100 Acres, about 90 acres cleared, the remainder well timbered, 12 acres of pretty good meadow, and more may be made; the whole may be watered by several springs; on the premises are a good dwelling house, with 3 rooms on a floor, and cellar under, with an excellent spring of good water and a spring-house near the door, a joyner’s shop, barn, and stables, a good young bearing orchard, of 140 trees, of good fruit, and some of them grafted, with other fruit trees, and a good lime kiln partly new, also a fine limestone quarry. There is likewise on said plantation a small tenement, with a good spring close by, and a parcel of good bearing apple-trees. The said premises are handy to mills and places of worship. For terms of sale, apply to the owners, who will give an indisputable title, and possession next spring. David and Samuel John. |