and and, of course, at fallen timbers in 1796 anthony wayne -- this, of course, is now ft.ayne, indiana, today. anthony wayne conquered the miamis and really destroyed the alliance with the british at the battle of fallen timbers in 1794. which you see unfolding on this map. so washington needed maps in his presidency, and then when he retired, he would need them to resolve his estate. and this map, his own survey of his almost 8,000-acre estate at mount vernon, was actually drawn in 1793 while he was in office. but it was an attempt to break up his farm by renting out, by keeping the manor house farm here where the mansion is and, but renting out to capable farmers the various or component farms -- various component preponderance farms. and his plan was to free his slaves. he had undergone a transformation, in his views, from being a run-of-the-mill slave owner with the worst attitude in his younger days to abhorring the whole institution. but he had a problem. his peers in virginia were still slave holders or and would have been shocked and felt betrayed if he had suddenl