Viewing the Town,
which is laid off in squares of an acre each, streets 80 feet wide, several
good brick buildings, and when it is completed according to the plan, will be a
beautiful and regular town. Their chief trade is Wheat, Flour and Tobacco. Mr.
Kirk tells me they exported 100,000 bushels of Wheat and 14,000 barrels of
Flour from this Port, the last year. Here is
as good Wheat as I ever saw, brought to this market from the back country. I am
told the land is very good about eighty miles to the Westward of Thiston. I
have told Mr. Kirk of my scheme, he approves of it, and advises me to take a
tour into the back country as soon as I am able to travel on horseback.
Promises to give me every assistance that lies in his power. In the afternoon
introduced me to Capt. William Buddecombe, a Gentleman from Liverpool, and
several other gentlemen in town. Am very glad to find him so well esteemed
amongst the people.
SOURCE: Nicholas
Cresswell, The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell 1774—1777, p. 27
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