VIRGINIA. 
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and had, it seems, removed from some town or 
other to the plantation on w hich I found him 
but a short time before. The Virginians in the 
lower parts of the state are celebrated for-their 
politeness and hospitality towards strangers • 
beyond the mountains, there is a great differ- 
ence in the manners of the inhabitants. 
LET T E R XL 
Of the Northern Neck of Virginia.—Fir si settled 
by the English.—-Houses built byihem remain¬ 
ing.—-Disparity of Condition amongst the In¬ 
habitants.—Estates worked by Negroes .— 
Condition of the Slaves.— Worse in the Caro- 
Unas .— Lands worn out by Cultivation of To¬ 
bacco.—■Mode of cultivating and curing To¬ 
bacco.—Houses in Virginia.— Those, of Wood 
preferred.—Lower Classes of People in Vir¬ 
ginia .— Their unhealthy Appearance. 
Stratford, April. 
THIS part of Virginia, situated between 
the Patowmac and Rappahannock rivers, is 
called the Northern Neck, and is remarkable 
for having been the birth place of many of 
the principal characters which distinguished 
themselves in America, during' the \war, by 
their great, talents. General Washington at 
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