Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-05-20 00:00:00, page 1

° R I <4fiLX.il THE
G E NERA L E"E E RTISER.
Just imported in the brig Little Julia, and to be fold by
FRANCIS D AYM ON,
At his flor? in Water street, near Market-street, in the
house where Matthias Apkn formerly lived,
WEST-INDIA rum, French brandy, gin in
cases, annifeed in nottles, old claret, fait in bar
rels, sugar, coffee, sweet almonds, fweeted chocolate,
green tea in cannisters, fyruo, preferred fruits in bottles,
shirt and filtering linen, muslin, cambric^, handkerchief,
ribbonds, calicoes, velvets fuperfine blue cloths, great
coats, fine and coarse Shirts readv-made, Ccftile foan,
sheet tin in boxes, nails, writing piper, cordage, a good
assortment of m Micine*, &c. &?
hi 0 PICE is hereby given, by order of the
Quarter Matter General, That on the 2d an 1 gd
of June next will be fold at public file, at Province
Island, fix miles below Philadelphia, a number of
HORSES, for cash to he paid on the foot. —Those that
loft Horses in the retreat last winter, are fcfired to appear
before the day of sale with a written description of their
Horse or Horses, and qualified to the fame, that by meet
ing with their property, and paying One Shilling a day
keeping for each Horse, may have them delivered bv
t JACOB HILTZHEIMER.
AV ERY good repeating Gold Watch,
and Several SILVER ONES, to be fold by
THOMAS HO W A RD,
In Second fireet, between Market and Chefnut-ftreets ;
where all kinds of Clock and Watch Work are done as
usual. He has likewise for sale, womens and mens
watch-chains, seals, ftrinys, keys, &c. f
Nevj Providence To c wnjbip, Philadelphia County, Ma, 14.
WH E REAS the fubferiber has given a
bond to Patrick Gordon for Nineteen Pounds,
date- 1 +he ^4 c f terror, : 77. Th : si§ to f.^-rn T
persons from taking any ^ffi nr„4n-on said bond, -s the
above-mentioned Gordon has not complied with his
agreement. J PAUL KUGLA R.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLE N out of ihz. Italics of Thomas and James
Hay, in the night of the Seventh inlt. (May) Two
HORSES, one an iron grey gelding, about fourteen
hands three inches high, five years old, shod all round,
in good order, branded on the flhoulser with letters un
known, had a fore under his jaw of the difemprr, his
face whiter than his other parts, paceschiefly, has seve
ral curls and feathers on his neck. The other a light
brown or dark bay, five years old, thirteen and a half
hands high, has a star and snip in his face, trots and gal
lops well, not shod, nither brand norear mark. Who
ever takes up said horses th ill have THIRTY DOLLARS
Reward if brought home, for the grey alone TWENTY
DOLLARS, and for both horses and thief the above Re
ward, paid by the Subferibers, living in Greenwich, Sus
sex County, New-Jersey.
JUDIAH ^CHOLEY.
§ JAMES HAYS.
DESERTE D,
From Capt. Roger Stayner's Company, of the Second
Pennsylvania Regiment,
JOHN FORBES, about five Let ten inches high,
Ann made, down look, wears a dh brown cloth
coat, and a flop'd hat : He was some time past in one of
the New-York regiments. THOMAS LINSEY,
about five feet nine inches high, a stout well-built fellow,
much given to liquor; had on when he went away, a
dark mixed homelpun coat, and a new regimental hat
without button or loop. PATRICK BRANNON,
about five feet fix inches high, dark curley hair, dark
complexion, new regimentals (brown and green) and
sometimes wore a hunting (hirt over them. The above
men are about 25 or 26 years of age. JOHN WIL
LIAMS, of the fame company, about go years of age,
well made, light brown hair, five feet eight inches high,
pitted with the small-pox, very fubje& to liquor, often
wears a blanket coat, and speaks good Dutch. ENOCH
DAVISON, 2haut2§or 26 years of age, an Englishman,
five feet eight inches high, stoops in the moulders, long
dark hair, thin visaged, wore a light coloured coat, and
is much given to liquor. PATRICK COLEMAN,
an Irishman, about five feet seven inches high, speaks
much on the brogue, well made, often wears a hunting
fhirt, and generally very clean. THOMAS SISK,
this country born, about 18 years of age, five feet seven
inches high, film made, very talkative, a very effeminate
voice, fair complexion and ver, light hair. WILLI
AM KEPPLE and FREDERICK BROWN,
who cannot be described. Whoever takes up the above
deleters and confines them, so that they may be brought
to their company, or brings them to the Barracks at
Philadelphia, and lodges them in the barrack guard, (hall
receive EIGHT DOLLARS Reward for each.
I ROGER STAYNER, Captain.
VO L. VL
D U N. L A P's
TUESDAY, M Y 20th, 1777.
Just public and to be told by JOHN DUNLAP,
in Market fireet, Philadelphia,
LA w s
ENACTED IN A
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Of the Representatives of toe Freemen of the
Common Wealth of PENNSYLVANIA;
Begun and held at Philadelphia the 28th day of N>vem
er, A. D. 17-6, nd.ontuiu^l by adjournments to
the 2#ft day of March, A. D. 1777.
TO BE SOL %
ra^ H E House and T nyard belonging to
with two Lors adjoining, on which are several wood
en tenements, all in the hands of gmd tenants. The
front on Second ffret is 84 feet and in hap through to
the Dock. The front on Dock-freet is as valuable as
that on Second. To be i°ld altogether or feoarate. En
quire of * ISAAC SNOWDEN.
Baltimore^ 6, 1777.
To be SOLD by PUBLIC VENDUE,
at the London Coffee house in Philadelphia, on Wed
nesday the 28h in't. if not fold before by private sale,
FOUR valuable tracts of LAN D, belonging to the
lubcriber, all adjoining each other, contairin^n
all one thousand acres, lying.on the drains of Opokan,n
11 kcly County, Virginia, within one mile of the land
fold by Col. Hite to his Excellent General Le.% and
within five or fix miles of Generals Gates and Stephen's
land, situate in an excellent neighbourhood; Middle-
Creek runs nigh a mile through the land, on which there
is a good mill-feat, and there may be a considerable quan
tity of meadow made. There are three fmalj fertirments
on said land, to each of which there is some cleared l?,d,
and good springs of w?ter. The above lands re fubje&
to a proprietary ground-rent of Two Shillings fterhng
per hundred nrreL
Locewife a valuable FAR. M, fitnate in Deer-Cf^ek
Hundred, Harford County, IVlaryland, within five miles
of Harford Town, and one mle of the lower Cross Roads,
known by the name of Pea's Enlargement, containing
leg acres, about 70 of which are cleared. It is rented
for three years, from the firft of January, 1776, at 121.
per year ; the tenant is obligated not to cut or deaden
any of the timber, or clear any more of the land, to keep
the fences and leave them in giod order, and to leave
some wheat sown in the ground n hen he leaves it. There
is a good log-house, with out-hcafos, and an /xtraordf
nary good spring within fifty yruds of the boufe. Any
person inclining to purchase, 'may apply to Mr. Blair
M'Clenachan, merchant, in Philadelphia, or the lub
fcriber in Baltim re. Continental Loan-Office Notes will
aniwer as well as cash.
t THOMAS EWING.
TO BE SOLD by Public Vendue,
on Thursday the 29th instant, (M .y) at One o'clock in
the afternoon, Pv tne fubferiL , at his dwelling.houfe
on Rock Creek, Montgomery unity, Matv
AP ARCEL of LAND, containing 436 acres, go
miles from Georgetown, the fame ddtarce from
Rixleniburg, 40 miles from Baltimore, and about 17
from Frederick Town. The farm is in good order, the
fencing chiefly new, and the lots laid out in a manner
very convenient for pasturage of stock. There is on the
premises a large young orchard, a comfortable dwelling
house, kitchen, barn, &c. About 100 acres is well situ
ated f r meadow, some of which is already chared and
in grass. Themain branch of K ck Creek runs through
said land, and affords a valuable mill feat. Continei cal
or Convention currency will be received in payment, and
two years credit given for one third of the purchase mo
ney, on giving bond on interest; with approved security.
* JOHN KENNEDY.
To be SOLD by PUBLIC VENDUE?
on Monday, the second day of June next, at Ten
o'clock, on the premises in Morris-Town, two miles
from the Court-house,
TH E very commodious feat of John Ayres, Esq;
deceased, confiding of .Tout 52 acres of land,
whereon is a good dwelling-h<.,ife and barn, grid-mill,
iron-works, faw-mili, and a good young orchard ; about
half the land is meadow, &c.
SILAS CONDIET,
I BENJAMIN PIERSON,] Executors.
Philadelphia, Mav 2, 1777.
This is to notify the relations and
friends of Bagwel Custis, of Accomack coun
ty in Virginia, lately deceased, that some or one of them
do come to the house of the fubferiber, at the sign of the
Old Blue Ball in Marcus Hook, Cheder county, and le
gally claim their right to his efFe&s, which are left in my
hands, they paying me for my trouble and expenses which
accrued whilst he lay sick at my house.
* ISAAC DUTTON.
New-Jersey, ff
ro AL L whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, That a Court qf Ad
miralty will be held at Haddonfield in the county
Glouctftep, on Wednefdav the 21st day of May next,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, (or as fu<a
alter as the said C nrt (hall dirta) then and tpere to t>y
the truth of the faffs alledged in the Rill of Rwh^rd S
mers, Esq ; (who as well, &c.) againd t e brigantine
called the DEFIANCE, burthen about eighty tons.
10 the end and intent, that the owner or owners of the
laid fliip, her cargo, &c. or any perform concerned therein,
ype^ and lhew cause, if any they have, why the
• fho.u!a not be condemned pursuant to the praver of
t' r lid Bill. By order of the Judre,
April i%,1, 77 . w. LIVINGSTON Jun. Reg^er.
New lersly, ff.
T 0 ALL whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Ad
miralty will be held at Haddonfield in the county
of Gloucester, on Wednesday the 21st day of May rex?,
at ten o'clock in rhe forenoon of the fame day, (^ asfoon
ater as the said Coirt sh Jj T<s) then and there to try
the truth of the fads alledged in the Bill of Joon Field
and John Monro, Efqrs. (who as wril, &c.) against the
febooner called the POPESHEAD, &c. burthen
about seventy tons, lately commanded by Hugh Mor
phy. To the end and intent, that the owner or 0
o' the said ship, her cargo, &c. or any perlon cent reed
therein, may appear and shew cause, if any they a^
why the fame (houid not be condemned, according to the
prayer of the said Bill. By order of the ,udge,
April zi, 1777. W. LIVINGSTON, Jun. Re: ifter.
New-Jersey, ff.
F C )ALL whom it may c~ rt r Brr >
NO TIC Eis Hereby given, ~That a Corri.L .
miraify wilbbe held at Haddonfield : n Up
01 Gloucester, on Wednesday the, 21st da
ar ten o'clock in the foreod on ef,xhc fame ;
after as the said Court (hall direa) thenc
the truth of the has alledged in the Bill 0, ; c,^
brook, Eiq; (who as well, &c.) againtt the brigantine
called the . R ABY, &c. burthen about sixty tons, I rely
in the pofilffinn and under the command of Captain El
pningl+on. To the end and intent, that th owner or
owners of the said (hi,, her cargo, &c. or any person con
cerned therein, may appear and (hew cause, if any they
have, why the fame fhotild not be condemned according
to the prayerof the said Rill. By order of the Judge, ™
Aprilzz, 1 777 . W. LIVINGSTON, Jun. Register.
The Noted Horse
NORTHUMBERLAND,
Commonly called the Irifb Horse,
WILL cover this season, at the stables of Mounce
Keen, Inn keeper in S weedfboiough, Gloucester
county, Weft New Jersey, and at William rhompfan's,
in Pottigrove, viz. from the sixth dayof April to the fix
teehth, at the (table of Mounce Keen, and 'r c --
teenth to the twenty-sixth of the lair.. .month, . ,"
ble of William Thompson, and for~<-;!;- .r,
each liable, till the firft of August next - d.LibeiLad
is a beaQ^ul grey, 15 hands one inch high; As to bia
shapes, q,d and performances, it is uraneceffary to dwell
upon them, as he is known to be full blood, his Shapes
and fijute most elegant, and his performances great ; he
is a noted good foal getter, and will cover at Three Pounds
Five Shillings the leafon, Forty Shillings the single leap,
or Six Pounds to enlure a foal ; the money to be paid when
the mares are taken away. Good pasture provided re
each place for mares, at 2/6 per week, and proper atten
dance given by ROBERT WHITTAKER and
* WILLIAM RIDDLE.
HIB ERNI A
WILL COVER this season, at the
stable of the fubferiber, in Red Lyon Hundred,
New- Castle County, at thirty-five killings the season, and
two (hillings and sixpence to the greom, the money to be
paid when the mare is firft covered. He is five years old,
fifteen hands high, a dark bay, has a small blaze, one
white foot, a black mare and tail, and is equal in beauty
to any horse bred on the Continent. Good care will be
taken of any Mares which may be sent, and pasture pro
vided at tkree Killings per week.
t JAMES M'CULLOG H.
Philadelphia, April 25, 1777.
TH E Subscriber returns his un
feigned thanks to those ladies and gentlemen who
have been pleased to favor him with their custom, —and
earnestly requests all persons indebted to him by bond,
note, or book account, will endeavor to fettle their ac
counts in two months at fartheft : And all who have any
accounts against him are desired to call immediately at his
house, and receive their just demands.
t, GEORGE CAMPBELL, Taylor;
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