The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-10-23 00:00:00, page 4

Imported in the Franklin, and other Vessels
form Europe, and arrived by Land from Boston, at
large and elegant ASSORTMENT cf
MERCHANDIZE,
Now opening for SALE, by
JOHN KEAN,
At the SPINNING-WHEEL, on the Corner of Market
and Third Greets, viz.
SCARLET kipnfire
Broad Cloths.
Blue, brown, green,
purple, fuprmue Bread
clotiis,twihed andknap
ped.
Brawn, claret, cinnamon
aad cloth coloured fe
c©nd Cloths.
Grey and browns A:ro&g
Eng^fh Knaps.
London brown, buff, fear
let, white and &iped
Corners.
Lcadoa brown, Griped,
purple, and a variety of
Forrest Oaths.
Buff, blue, green, doth
flowed and „hiM
Plaft.
Green, fcat^ety blue and
doth coloured fine Pluih
faffiionabiy libbed.
A variety of flatted,
brewer, daret coloured
and black Velvets, plaint
and CM.
Buff, bro^, claret, olive,
. black, green, whits and
Purple Corduroys.
Grey, white end Griped
Coatio gs.
Black Evnlaffi^gfy
Serge Denies.
Serge Dejean.
Prusell&fy
Durcons.
A wariet, of corded and
g^^ Worfieds, furta.
5U for gentlemen*yack
eta and brcechfL
A variety of ^k jacket
aad Breeches Bitterns.
Carded Dimities.
White, brown, olive, blue
and emboffbd Serges;
Btebc&d Flannels.
Minorca Serges.
White Flam octo
Corded, plain and Spotted
CaLbwancoes, of vari
ous o®l@r&
Blue aad brown Baizes.
White Swan&in.
Shalloons of every colour.
Mens and womens worst
ed, cotton & fill: Hole
off various colour*.
Purple, green and doth
cokiurerf Crapes.
A beautiful assortment of
Chintz and Calicoes.
Whitechapel and common
EngtiA Needles.
Twelve and 14 oz. fadlers
Tacks.
Pound Pins.
Plated and gilded Buttons,
Silver Locket Batons of
various patterns.
Ink Pots.
Hanover Laces.
Marfeillcs Quilting.
White, blue, black, gar.
net, criuifon, pink and
Griped Satti^s.
Black, white .and blue
Half Sattins.
Azure, blue, green, white,
pink, and black Modes.
Dove coloured Paduafoys.
A few pieces of beautiful
Brocades.
Green, brown, dove, cloth
colour, blue, black,
white, green, and crim
foni ell-wide Fe^fians.
Pink, blue, black, green,
whiteand crimlon Sarf
nets.
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by DAKID C. CLATP 0 OLE.
Elegantditto do. Apron.
Skillcting and Cap Wire.
Large foe Blankets.
Yard wide and 7-8 Bed.
ticks of the belt quality,
Six-quarters, yard, , %
yard wide and 7-^ cot
ton Checks.
Black and fcailet Princess
Stuffs.
Olive, white, huff, blue,
brown and spotted Jeans
Tablecloths and toweling
Diaper.
Damascus.
Blue, white and green In
dia Taffeties.
Seven-eight and yard hide
Ticklenb&rg.
Sail Duck.
Mens, womens and child
fens English Leather
Shoes.
Ladles Stuff Ditto.
A large assortment of fine
Thread Lacty Edgings
w and Trolly.
Silk Stockings, Gioves &
Mits.
Purple Gloves and Mils.
Coarse and fine Cambrick#
and Lnwns.
Silk, kenting, linen and
cotton Handkerchiefs
of every pattern and co
lour.
Beautiful tiffany Handker.
chiefs.
Irife, Dutch and French
Linens.
Bag Holland,
Bread and narrow Raffia
S heetinge.
Dowlas.
Lavals.
White and brown Sheet
ing.
Flowered & milnetLawns.
Milnetlawn Handkerchiefs
Sowing Silks of ailcolours.
Thread of every colour &
Fineness.
Long Lawn.
Plain and ftrfyed Mullins,
corle and fine.
Twist of different colours.
Mtns coatfe Hose & Mils.
Snuff in bottles.
C mbletc
Durants.
Rattineft.
Venetian Poplins, &c.
Cinnamon, dove colour,
black and cloth concur,
ed, blue,brown,change
able & clouded Man
tuas, of different p-t
---terns.
Mullins taoiboured
Tapes.
Razors of the firft quality,
in cases, with Straps, &c.
Watch Chryftaia and
Springs.
Black and white narrow
and broad Lace.
engals and Ginghams.
An assortment of Ribbands
Pots.
Iren Skillets#
Copper Coffee-pots and
Skillets.
Brass Candlcfticks.
Cast Boxes.
Window Weights.
Bike Roues. .& . Also,
Cinnamon, Rarfics in jars,
Philberts, and Almonds
by the Bag.
Some hogflieads cf extri-
Office for Confifeated E,ftates, Annapolis,
August 27, 1781.
PURSUANT to an a& of the general aflfembly of
Maryland, puffed at their iait feffin, will com
mence the lale of all property, both real, per
sonal, and mix'd, life belonging to Jam's Russel Ind
company, commonly known by the name of Nottingham
company, confiding of about 12,000 acres of va'uable:
land, ft uate in Baltimore county, arid about 12 miles
from Baltimore town; 160 flaws of different ages and
sexes, amorgtt whom are ftveral valuable tradesmen,
such as forgemen, colliers, blacksmiths, carpenters, &c.
flock of every kind, houfhold furniture, and farming
utensils. On the preinifes are two excellent forges, one
furnace, and two grist mills, all in good repair, that
part of the prerififes, catted the -Long-Caln, where the
forges ftahd, is in point of 6tu*tion perhaps equal to
any on the continent for water works,,the B and,wine
not excepted. Besides two mills which are already
built, eight or ten more may be erffkfyand from the
fame dam and fame race be Applied with a great ibun
danceof water in the driest feafone. The Iron-works,
together with a quantity of lands, negroes, and flock
of every kind, Efficient for carrying them on, will be
fold its undivided shares, not exceeding tenths^ or the
rinds and property of every kind will be divided into
• Imad and convenient parcels, and fold Separately, as
may appear at the time of file heft to fait the wiffisof
the purchasers, 2nd the invention of the Rate. Thefum
bid, to be paid in specie, or in bills of credit emitted
in this state, by the a& to enable the treafer^r of the
Weftera-fhore to draw and fell bills of exchange, and
for ari em ffiua of bits of credit, if neceflary. Credit
will be given to the purchasers to the firft day of Janu
ary 57.86, upon their giving bonds, with two good Se
curities, each having real property in this state, to the
value of the purchase money. The file will begin on
the £oih day of November next, at captain Phillipa's,
the noted tavern, about ## miles from Baltimore town,
which, being part of the premises, will also be fold.
By order of the commissioners,
JOSEPH BAXTER, C<k.
J. KEAN returns his most grateful Thanks to those
who have g'nerovfly favoured him with their Cohere,
and b?gs L-ave to assure them it will be his constant
Study to merit a Con inuation of their Favours.
TO BE SOLD,
A LOT of LAND, containing ibout nine arr s and
thirty eight perches, situate in Frankford, fivs
miles from Philadelphia city, bounded by Taccony
road, the meeting road and Taccony creek; being a
fine situation tor a country feat, in the neighs oarhood
of the manfian house of Edward Stites, E<q ; Al s o,
anoth v LO F, of near five acres, adjoining the above.
For terms apply to Mr. SAMUEL HUDSON, living
back of the city tavern in Philadelphia ; or to Mr JO
SEPH PAUL, in Frankford; or RICHARD WHITE
HEAD, ferrvener, at his office, the north-weft corner
of Vine and Water streets.
Wanted in the country an el
derly WOMAN, who can teach children reading and
mob kind or needle work, knitting, &:. Apply to the
Printer.
An elegant afferfment cf
the most fashionable silk
Gauzes, Keatings and
Catgut.
Birmingham township, Chefler county, Sept. 27.
A ROBBERY.
Three Hundred Dollars Reward.
LA S r Right the Public Inn of one of the fubferibers
was robbed by three armed villians, who called for
lome liquor, which whenfappiie I with, they presented a
pistol to his breast, and Liked if the e were not travellers
lodged there? he answered in the ©ffiimotive." They im
mediately rushed up flairs, where two others of the Tub
bribers lay, whom; afterabufing, they robbed to a con
fiderable amount. They alforob bed the Nottingham Poll
of his watch, money and papert, at the fame time and
place. Toe prepctrators of this atrocious crim^ were
persons of the following defcriprion, viz. One of them 5
feet 8 er io inches high, Him made, young look ; had on,
a brown jean colt, French trade, with a large cape, a
spotted jean wriftcoat and overalls. One other, a wed
made fellow, with a pale green coat, French ipade, Spot
ted jeam wailtcoat and overt! s, a rirge brim'd hit, and
light thort hair. The other one, a Aim made ferow, §
f-et 3 or to incht, high, dark ccmylexon; had co, a
dark blue cloth coat, French made, jean waiffcoat and
overall.—The articles which were fyten, voe four Siri,
ver Watches, four Silver Table Spoons, cypher dS P,
five Silver Tea fpbore, marked S P, a Pmcushion Hoop
and Chain, and about One Hundred and Fifty Ptunns
in gold and firmer money, and about Forty Pounds in
Pennsylvania State money. Whoever apprehends said
felbws, and secures them in any goal, so that they may
be brought to justice, and the zbove-menticßed articles re
covered, Ihall have the above reward, and for the articles
ftoltn, TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS, and in piopor
tion for any part of them recove ed.
S4MUEL PAINTER,
JOHN GARDNER,
JOSEPH WHEELER.
N. B. Two cf the perlons fuppMed to have committed
the above robbery are John Turner, and Howell,
both express riders when the army lay at the Valley
Forge, and were feen'in that neighbourhood on Tues
day t„he 25th of September, where they left Major Dick's
hoffeL
ordinary Indigo, wtih
numberless other articles
too tedious to mention.
FOLLOWING
SC A : R LET, brown,
purple', block, green,,
blue, ligtiffcoloured; fu- 1
perfine and second Bioad
cloths, „
f'Searfet, ' brown, blue,
lightaud coloured fu
perfine Knaps & Coat
ings,
Blue, grey, light and
scarlet Duffih & Frizes,
Whirs, buff and ('carlet
Caffimers and Wiltons,
Crimson, brown, blue,
striped, black, spotted
and corded Velvets and ,
Veltri rets.
Olive & white Corduroys,
' Titters and Duroons,
Barr^gons,
Childrens worded Hose,
Pink, blue, black and
cloth coloured Duroys,
Prunella and Durants,
Tammies and Sattinets,
Crimson, green, fky-bl.ue
and pink Ruffels, Mo
reens and Ca!!im>ncofs,
Jeans, Fuftianeaod Beav-
Camblets and Hairbines
of ail colours and fine
neri,
Corded Worffeds and
EveriHCngs,
Serges and Sergr de Jeans,
Blue and white Plains and
Halfthicks,
7-83 34, 2 °d apron-wide
cote n & linen Checks,
An afortment of Irtffi
Linen%
Fine and coarse Hollands,
Y*r4 and half yard and
3 £ browli and white
Sheetings,
Brittanni^s and Plauella
roy^ri,
Lavals, Peateries, Ozna
, brigs and Tickienburgs,
Sdl ^nd Duck Cloth,
Mireilles Quilting,
Plain ^ corded Dimities
a^d Diapers,
Wide and narrow Russia
Sheetings, Do^lafs and
Flinders Titling,
jaconet ^nd book Muflips,
Tapes, Bobbins & Laces,
Plain and figured Krnt
ing&,# k#nting Rurdker
chiefs and Catgut,
Pain & mill tonet Lawns,
Cambrick,
JUST IMPORTED,
In the last Vessels from Europe,
AND TO BE SOLD, By
WILLIAM NICHOLS,
At his STORE, on the Norh Side of Market, street,
opposite the Indian King,
A Large and General Assortment of the
Said NICHOL S returns his best
Thanks to thole who have heretofore fa
voured him with their Cuftorti, and hopes,
in future, from his Attention to Business,
and VVillingnefs to Please, that it will be
the Interest of his Customers to continue
their Favours.
And Spirits of Wine, proper for f
& Medicinal Uses, or for rating the Proof of ^
6 Low Liquors. Q
' N. B He gives particular Encouragement to 1
^ thole who Buy or him to Sell again. ^
^ Philadelphia, April 4, 1781.^
k¥^^W,^^W^X
The Justices of the Peace for
county of Philadelphia, at a meeting on the sth of Oc
tober, agreed that the price of Sweeping each Chim
ney in the laid city and county, &oald be ONE SHIL
LING and GX PENCE.
^WI%WeWWdW^ ^k^^^
^JAMES NEWPORT,#
^At his Distillery-Store, . ^
Q In Front-street, the second Door above the
Bank. Meeting, Has byo
, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, ,
h Of excellent Quality, &
JAMAICA Spirits
J Weft India Rura,
& Philadelphia ditto,
Plain Brandy,
^ R fbsrry ditto,
9 Geneva,|
ARTICLES, viz.
I Millidnet Handkerchiefs
and figured Apron Pat
terns,
Pla n arid figured Gauze#
and gauze Handker
chiefs,
Womens Gloves of all co
lours,
Ditto silk Mitts,
Mens silk Gloves,
A beautiful Affortmeat
of dark and light
Chintzes,
Elegant chintz Bed-pat
terns,
Fine and coarse Calicoes
and Cottons,
Ginghams and Bengalis,
Nankeens and Damafewfy
Duca pcs,Pad uafoys,Man
tua,, Luteftrings, Bro
cades, Modes and T^f
fities,
Green, blue, clareg,
bloom, orange, and
white 2-4 and 3.4 e#
Pcifians and Sarfhets,
Pekings, Mexicans and
Mufflemans,
Ell wide Persians, black
and coloured,
Mens, women and chiHL
rens cotton and thread
Hole,
Elegant Tambour Wai&
coat P Sterns,
Bift Soringhfk,
Brick Thread,
* Coloured ditto,
Silk and linen H&ndfct
chiefs,
Black and coloured Bate
celona ditto,
Best Icarf Thrift, Mohair
and Buttons,
Black and white Blond
Lac 7 s and Edgings,
Thread ditto,
Printed, figured and plata
Ribbands,
Superfine, second and
cowrie Bolting. Clothe
Plated Buttons,
Skeleton and hoop Wire,
Bett Tully Gartering,
Cotton Cord and To&lfy
Bandana, silk and cotton
Romalls,
Quality arid narrow Bind
ings and Ferrets,
; Sniff Boxes,
/ With many other Arf
icles, too tedious to era-
I merate. ,
Anniferd Water,
Clove ditto,
Orange ditto,—
Cinnamon ditto,
All Fours,^
Mint Cordial,,