Even though severely Loves Pains I feel: }
Xerxes that great, was't free from Cupids Dart,
And all the greatest Heroes, felt the smart.[69]
[69] The poetical effusions of George Washington are neither numerous nor notable. The specimens here given are found on the spare pages of his memoranda mixed in with his notes of surveys. Some leaves are missing at this point and the concluding lines of one poem, at least, are lost.
A List of the Peoples Names that
I have Warrants for[70]
| Acres | ||
| Richard Arnold Frederick C | 400 | |
| before the 25th Day of April | ||
| Barnaby McKannary | Do | 400 |
| on the Lost River[71] | ||
| Silvenus Smith | Do | 400 |
| John Wilton | Do | 300 |
| James McKoy | Do | 400 |
| James Kinson | Do | 400 |
| Ann Dunbarr | 400 | |
| Andw Vincy of Augusta | 400 | |
| Robert Denton | Do | 400 |
| John Stackhouse of Fredk | 400 | |
| Saml Kinsman | Do | 400 |
| Thos Wiggans | Do | 400 |
| George Horner | Do | 200 |
| Darby McKeaver | Do | 400 |
| Josh Howt: frm New Eng | Do | 400 |
| Jno Ellwick Senr of Augusta | 400 | |
| James Hamilton Jr | 400 | |
[70] Land warrants were granted by the Crown, by the Legislature or its authorized agent, and by the governors of the provinces. A warrant had the character of a commission and guaranteed title. Land warrants issued in accordance with law were negotiable, and when laid and the survey plotted by a licensed surveyor and recorded in the land office, were maintained by the courts as against all other claimants.
The following is an exact copy of an order from G. W. Fairfax, agent of Lord Fairfax, for the sale of unseated lands in the "Northern Neck of Virginia" to George Washington a licensed surveyor in Virginia as his warrant to survey a particular parcel of land. The original document was in the possession of J. A. Russell, Esq., of New York city, in 1869, and is published in the Historical Magazine for March of that year, p. 197:—
"To Mr. G. Washington
"Whereas, Barthalamore Anderson, of Frederick County hath Informed that there are about Four hundred 50 Acres of Waste and Ungranted Land in the said County, formerly granted to Thomas Morgan by Jost Hite as p. Bond for the same & by Assignment to the sd Anderson, on Arnold's Run a branch of Shenandoah.