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460 APPENDIX.
W (Summe tton ad)t{)unt»ert ^funt) (Sterling, mlä^t bann öuf
bte ßrben biefeä SJZannes übergingen.
31 tt m e r f u n g.—3n einem »on $oüocf an (Sjraffenricb gerichteten (Sc|irct=
bcn öom 16. (Februar 1716 trug er tt)m bie fünfjeijntaufent» Slcfer Joieber
an gegen 9{ücfja|)lung beö Äaufpreifeg.
X>k ^fiiljer, bie inbeffen baö au^gebe^nte unb fcitligc Sanb
fleißig bearbeiteten, nahmen an Slnja^I ju unb erttiarfcen ftc^
S3eft0tt)um. 9lac^ öielen 3a6ren mürben fie auf eine Sitte an
ben MniQ burc^ eine (Sc^enfung yon jel)ntaufenb Slder, bie auf
je^n 3Ä^re frei öon Srbjinfen twaren, gemiffermapen entfc^äbigt."
No. XII.
GEKMANNA.
" Beyond Col. Spotswood' s Furnace, above the Falls of Rappahannock
River, within view of the vast mountains, he has
founded a town, called Germanna, from some Germans sent
over by Queen Anne, who have now removed further up the
river. Beyond this is seated by Germans from the Palatinate, with
allowance of rich land, who thrive very well, and live happily,
and entertain generously. These are encouraged to make wines
which by the experience, particularly of the late Robert Beverly,
who wrote the History of Virginia, was done easily and
in large quantities in those parts ; not only from the cultivation
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of wild grapes, which grow plentifully and naturally in all the
lands thereabouts, and in the other parts of the country, but
also from the Spanish, French, Italian and German vines."
Hugh Jones' Present Condition of Virginia, published 1724.
Col. B^rd, writing of Germanna in 1732, says : " This famous
town consists of Col. Spotswood's enchanted castle on one side of
the street, and a baker's dozen of ruinous tenements on the other,
where so many German families had dwelt some yeai's ago, but
have now moved ten miles higher up, in the forks of Rappahannock,
to land of their own." Iloioe's His. Col., pp. 475, 476.
Rockingham and Shenandoah Counties are inhabited by many
of German origin, who still speak the language of their ancestoi-s.