A later view of the original site of Schaeffer's farm showing 'Subiaco'
December 7, 1791, ... Went to Schaeffer’s farm. [see history of this site] I found him at home,
conversed with him, and walked with him over all his cultivated ground. He had
one hundred and forty acres granted to him, fourteen of which are in
cultivation, twelve in maize, one in wheat, and one in vines and tobacco. He
has besides twenty-three acres, on which the trees are cut down, but not burnt
off the land. He resigned his appointment, and began his farm last May; and had
at first five convicts to assist him: he has now four. All his maize, except
3 acres, is mean.
