VALUABLE MERCHANT AND GRIST MILL AT PUBLIC SALE
10.10.1854 American Republican
A Valuable Merchant and Grist Mill at Public Sale. - The subscriber will offer at public sale, on TUESDAY, the 14th day of November, on the premises, his Mill property, situate in Tredyffrin township, Chester county, 20 miles from the city of Philadelphia, in the Great Valley of Chester, 2 1/2 miles from the Columbia railroad at Paoli, about the same distance from the Reading railroad and Schuylkill Navigation at Valley Forge, and within half a mile of the Chester Valley railroad at Howelville [sic] [Howellville]. This property is very handsomely located, consisting of a Stone MERCHANT AND GRIST MILL, 51 by 41 feet, 3 1/2 stories high, built in the most substantial manner with two water-wheels, three run of French Burrs, and all the necessary machinery, (all nearly now,) completely arranged for doing merchant and country work, without interfering with each other; a large and substantial dam near to the mill with 12 feet head and fall; the stream is ample, and less effected by drought or ice than any stream in the county. The mill has a good country business and has always commanded a large share of the grain produced in the valley and surrounding district. The Dwelling is commodious and finished in the best manner, together with out-kitchen, wood house, smoke house, cistern with bath house over, and well of excellent water with pump therein near the door, and also a good spring convenient thereto; a large stone Barn, wagon house, cooper shop, and other outbuildings. 23 Acres of fertile land divided into convenient fields, under a high state of cultivation, a good Apple Orchard and a variety of other fruit and shade trees. This property has desirable local advantages seldom met with in mill properties, it has always been remarkably healthy, is easily accessible by public improvements, convenient to places of worship of different denominations, and is well worthy the attention of the business man or capitalist, and would be a desirable summer residence for a citizen, and will be sold on accommodating terms. - Persons wishing to view the property will please call upon the subscriber residing thereon. Sale to commence at 1 o'clock on said day. SAMUEL BEAVER, Jr. Chester Valley Mills, Oct 10-ts
Found by Herb Fry. Digitized by Heidi Sproat 6/2/2022.
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