Gentlemen,

Agreably to you request I have herein drawn up a Description of the Country lying between the northern boundaries of this State and Lake Erie, west of the State of New York, viz.

The soil will come under the description Tolarable good. The Countary is clear of Mountains and but very little broken with Hills. In many part of it are very rich Tracts of land, and some parts are rather wet &swampy. It abounds with a great variety of Timber, such as, Sugar Trees, Beech, Ash, Hickory, Black Red and White Oak, Chesnut, Cherry, Hemlock, White Pine, Sycamore, Elm, Cowcumber, Aspen, Birch, Poplar, Walnut, &c.

From the north west Corner of this State the general direction of Lake Erie is North 65° East for upwards of sixty Miles, so that the angle made with the northern boundary Line is 25°.

The Bay of Presque Isle is a safe Harbour for shipping and the only one (on this side) from Gayahoga to the lower end of the Lake. The distance from Presque Isle to La Bauf, on the French Creek is about 15 miles, and the ground sufficiently firm to a dmit of a good Road the whole way with little or no Bridging.

The western boundary of the State of N. York has not yet been ascertained, probably it may fall a few miles East of the Canawango River. This River is boatable to the upper end of Chadaghque Lake, from thence there is a portage of about 9 Miles to Lake Erie.

The above described Tract of Country may contain between 7 and 800,000 Acres. I am with Respect, Gentlemen, your obedient Humble Servant