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A valuable Farm,

06.19.1822 Village Record
Pursuant to the last will of Benjamin
Warner late of this City dec'd his
Executors offer for sale.
A Valuable Farm,
And Woodland, near the Eagle Tavern
Lancaster turnpike, fourteen miles from
Philadelphia, containing nearly 253 acres
about one third of which is well timbered.
The buildings on the premises are
a convenient stone dwelling house,
pebble dashed, divided into seven rooms
beside the kitchen and garrets - a two
story stone tenement with waggon house
and corn cribs attached - a frame barn,
a stone work-shop two stories high, at
present used as a smith shop, and a stone
spring and wash-house, over a fine spring
of water near the dwelling-house.
The land is of a good quality - nearly
the whole may be brought into clover
next year. - The farm is divided into 3 ?
enclosures with excellent fences.
There is an orchard of about 8 acres
stocked with young bearing apple trees
stocked with young bearing apple trees,
and of a variety of other fruit trees near
the house. Being well watered, and
having a large proportion of meadow, this
place is peculiarily [sic] adopted for an
extensive grazing farm, or may be conveniently
divided into two or three handsome
farms ; in which manner it will be sold if
acceptable offers are received. - From its
vicinity to the lime kilns, the woodland
presents to the capitalist a secure and
advancing investment. Possession will be
given either this season, or next spring,
as the purchaser may desire. The place
will be shown, by application to Robert
Petty, on the premises. For terms
apply to
JOSEPH WARNER, Acting Ex'r.
No. 171, Market street, Philadelphia.
5th mo. 29, 1822. tf44

This property is in Easttown. See Shardlow (east), table 5 for deed history. The attempted sale was unsuccessful and it was sold in a Sheriff's sale in 1827.

Found by Herb Fry. Digitized by Heidi Sproat 5/9/2022.


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