The writings of George Washington; being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes and illustrations. By Jared Sparks.

APrENDIX.) WASHINGTON'S WILL. 577
Mount Vernon, then less extensive in domain than at present, should
become his property,) I give and bequeath all that part thereof which
is comprehended within the following limits, viz. Beginning at the
ford of Dogue Run, near my Mill, and extending along the road,
and bounded thereby, as it now goes, and ever has gone, since my
recollection of it, to the ford of Little Hunting Creek, at the Gum
Spring, until it comes to a knoll opposite to an old road, which
formerly passed through the lower field of Muddy-Hole Farm; at
which, on the north side of the said road, are three red or Spanish
oaks, marked as a corner, and a stone placed; thence by a line
of trees, to be marked rectangular, to the back line or outer boundary
of the tract between Thompson Mason and myself; thence with
that line easterly (now double ditching, with a post-and-ral fence
thereon) to the run of Little Hunting Creek; thence with that run,
which is the boundary between the lands of the late Humphrey
Peake and me, to the tide water of the said creek; thence by that
water to Potomac River; thence with the river to the mouth of
Dogue Creek; and thence with the said Dogue Creek to the
place of beginning at the aforesaid ford; containing upwards of
four thousand acres, be the same more or less, together with the
n-house, and all other buildings and improvements thereon.
SECOND. In consideration of the consanguinity between them
and my wife, beingr as nearly related to her as to myself, as on account of the affection I had for, and the obligation I was under to,
their father when living, who from his youth had attached himself to.
my person, and followed my fortunes through the vicissitudes of the
late Revolution, afterwards devoting his time to the superintendence
of my private concerns for many years, whilst my public employments rendered it impracticable for me to do it myself, thereby
affording me essential services, and always performing them in a
manner the most filial and respectful; for these reasons, I say, I give
and bequeath to George Fayette Washington and Lawrence Augustine Washington, and their heirs, my estate east of Little Hunting
Crelying on the River Potomac, including the farm of three
hundred and sixty acres, leased to Tobias Lear, as noticed before,
and containing in the whole, by deed, two thousand and twent y- seven
acres, be it more or less; which said estate it is my will and desire
should be equitably and advantageously divided between them,
according to quantity, quality, and other circumstances, when the
youngest shall have arrived at the age of twenty-one years, by-three
judicious and disinterested men; one to be chosen by each of the
brothers, and the third by these two. In the mean time, if the terVOL. I. 73 WW