The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-10-28 00:00:00, page 1

By His Excellency WILLIAM GREENE, Efa; Go
vernor, Captain General and Commander in Chief of
and over tbe State 0, Rhode- Ifand and Providence Plan
tations
BE it known unto all whom it may concern, That
Henry Ward Efo; who hath certified that what is
written up®n the other half of this Iheet of paper, purport
ing'an A& of the General Assembly pardoning Samuel
Casey is a true copy, is Secretary of the State aforefaid,
duly elected and engaged according to Law. WHERE
FORE unto the said Henry Ward's certificate of that
matter full Fith and credit is and ought to be rendered
in Judgement Court and without.
GIPEN under my band and tbe Seal of tbe said
State this twentieth day of September, A. D. 1779,
an^ in tbe Pourtbyear of Independence
W. GREENE.
By His Excellency's Command,
Henry War d, Sec.
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Just published 2nd to be Sold by JOHN DUNLAP,
ALL THE
L A W S
Ena&ed in the Third Sitting of the Third
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Of the Comm>nwealth of PENNSYLVANIA,
Which commenced at Philadelphia, on Monday the
thirtieth day of Au,ift, A. D. One thohfdnd seven
hundred and ftventy-nine.
SIXTY DOLLARS REWARD.
CTRAYED or STOLE N from th, (table of the
fubferiber, living in Thiid-ttrect, above Arch rtreet,
Philadelphia, on the fifteenth iift. (O&obei) aBA Y
MAR E, four years old, a natural pacer, low carriage,
white in her forehead and bind feet, a foie on her back,
and fcveral saddle spots; the was a little lame in her
right Shoulder, food before, and has neither brand or
ear mark. Whoever takes up said mare and delivers
her to the fubferiber, Shall have Thirty Dollars
reward, and all necessary charges p-id; rind for tbe
mare and thief, if stolen, the above reward, paid by
EBENEZER COWELL.
N. B. Said Cowell buys and fells the belt country
made SALT.
At the GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the Gover
nor and Company of the State of Rhode- Island and
Providence Plantations, begun and holden by adjourn
ment at Eafl-Greenwich, within and for the said State,
on the second Monday in September, in the year of
our Lord One t^oufand (even hundred and feventy
nine, and in the Fourth year of Independence.
WHERE AS Martha Casey wife of Samuel
Casey, late if South Kingstown, in Kings county
silver-smith, pretented unto this Assembly, a Petition set
ting forth that her said husband was, at a Supreme Court
of Judicature, Court of Assize and General Goal Deli
very, begun and holden in South-Kingstown, in and for
the county of Kings county, on the firft Monday of Oc
tober, A. D. 1770 indited for making and paring cer
tain pieces of metal in likeness and form of Spanish Sil
ver milled Dollars; that the Grand Jurors found the bill
against him, and he for tryal put himfelf upon the coun
try; and a jury being called sworn and charged with the
case returned a verdict that he was not guilty; and the
said Court being diffatisfied with the said verdi&, sent the
said jury out a second time who returned a special verdid,
and thereupon the court proceeded to pass fenten!e of
Death against him. That upon said sentence being passed
asaforefaid, the said Samuel Casey, her said hulband,
fouiid means to escape from the Goal of South Kingstown
wherein he was confined, and hath wandered in wretched
exile for nine years forlorn and forfaken, and prayed that
this Assembly would graciously be pleated to grant unto
him an Ad of Amnesty and Pardon ;
WH EREFORE, Be it enacted by the General As
sembly, and by the authority of the fame it is hereby enacted.
That rhe said Samuel Casey be and be is hereby declared
to be fully freely and absolutely pardoned, released and
dis harged, of and from all treasons, misprision of treasons,
felonies and other offences, by him had, done or moved
before the nineteenth day of April, A. D. 1775.
A true copy^
CAM E to the plantation of George Canady,
between German own and York roui, a sorrel
HORSE, with a white mane and tail, a blaze in his
forehead, no brand or ear mark. The owner is defined
to come, prove his property, pay charges and take
him awa%
September 21. ADAM ENGE R.
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G EN E RA L
TH URSDAY,
Witnefa HENRY WARD, Sec.
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[ Published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ]
Manufactured and Sold by
JACOB KICKLI NE,
At the boufe of Samuel Gross, in Race-street, between
Second and Third-streets, Philadelphia,
, LL kinds of White Glass. Imported Window
Girts of all fiz-s.
bn B. Broken Flint Glass wanted, for which the belt
price will be given if brought to the house above-men
tioned.
W A NTE D Immediately^
To go to Wdlianfborg in Virginia,
A JOURNEYMAN CURRIER. Any fitch
perlon inclinable to go gill hear of good encou
ragement by applying to Joseph North, at his Tan
yard near the Barracks.
T G BE SO L D,
, GOOD CHARIOT, with barnefs for two
/^ hordes. "Also a light W AGGON. Enquire of
Alexander Quarrier and Co. near the Indian
Q^een in Fourth-street, Philadelphia.
Just imported and to be fold by
JOHN DONNALDSON,
In Wanut street, Philadelphia,
_ NEAT assortment of Cottons, Chintzes and
Cailicoes. Also a few barrels of Buff. ts
I O B E S~O LD,
A FEW BARRELS of
PIPPIN APPL E S.
Enquire es the Printer.
TO B E — s'o'l7
A PAIR of strong GREY HORSES, between
fi teen and sixteen hands high, fix -years old lal
fpr ng. Enquire of the P inter.
N. B Wanted, a Child's Mud that can be well rc^
commended. Enquire as above.
Father Abraham's ALMANACKS,
For tbe YEAR 1780,
TO BE^SOLD BY
JOHN D U N L A P.
GERMAN ATMA NACKS,
For the YEAR 1780,
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN DUNL A P.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
At the Coffee-houle, on Wednesday the fourth of No
vember next, at Six o'clock in the evening, (if not
fold before at private sale)
O N E hundred acres %% twenty-five perches of good
arable Land, exceedigfy well timbered with hicko
ry, Spanish oak, black oak, and the greatest part white
oak, furtable for fhipwright,' making ftaves and (hin
gles; about fix acres of te whole are cleared and fit
for the plough, whereen is nade and remaining about
500 bufliek or good coal, w ich the purchaser may have
at a reasonable price. The land is almost level, has a
fine run called the Black Run, about which fix or ten
acres 0; meadow may be made; situate one mile and a
half from Martin's Landing-place, about a quarter of a
mile from the Fronton road, and twenty four miles
from Philadelphia, in the reputed manor of Pennfbury,
in Bucks county. For terms enquire of LEWIS
WEISS, Scrivener, in Aich-dreet, near Second
ftreet, Philadelphia.
I ancafer, September %3, 1779.
LAST night broke out of the gaol of this
county, seven Deserters from General Burgoyne's
troops, viz, Jeremiah Sampson, about five feet nine or
ten inches high ; John Branon, about five feet eleven
inches high; Thomas Reed, about fix feet high; Mi
chael Dennison, about five feet nine inches high ; John
O'Bryan, about five feet ten or eleven inches hi,h ; and
Wilbarn Mullai; all Irishmen, committed lor defer ion
and other crimes. Also Thomas Bale, about five feet
seven inches high ; and Peter Deval, a Frenchman,
about fie feu ten inches high, committed for horfe
ttealing. Whoever secures tbe said fellows, or any or
either of them, so that they may be brought to du?
punishment and returned to their refyfaive corps again,
(ball have a reward of Three Hundred and Twenty
Dollars for the whole, or for each Forty Dollars,
and reasonable charges, paid by
HUGH CUNNINGHAM, Gaoler.
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T H E
ADVERTISER
Philadelphia, October 21.
Stop a Thief and catch a Horse!
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN out of the yard of the Bull's- head Tavern
in Strawberry Alley, on the morning of the 20th
i.lftant, a bay HORSh, with a saddle and bridle; the
horse is fifteen hands high, has a fear in his forehead,
neither brand nor ear mark, shod before, paces and
trot?, galled in the off shoulder with the collar, long
docked, and about fix years old : Supposed to be stolen
by a well-let fellow, pitted with the small-pox, dark
complexion and black hair; wore a round hat and brown
furtout coat; a taylor by trade, and favs he lived in
Charleftown townfhlp, Clietier county. Whoever takes
up said horse and delivers him to the fubferiber living in
Norriton township, Philadelphia county; or to Benjamin
Mires, at the sign of the Bull's head in Strawberry Al
ley, Ihall receive One Hundred Dollars reward, and
reasonable charges, and for the thief upon conviction
One Hundred Dollars more, pai# by
MILES EVANS.
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN DUNLA P,
In Market dree;, Philadelphia.
The followring BOOK S, in the German Language
elegantly printed, viz.
Large family bibles,
TESTAMENTS,
PSALM-BOOKS,
Marburg HYMN-BOOKS,
PSALTERS,
Lutheran CATECHISMS,
Calvinist CATECHISMS,
The above Books are also fold by Ludwig Laumaa
Esq; Lancaster; Mr. Bilmire, York Town ; Mr. Hower'
Frederick-Town, Maryland; Mr. John Spangenberh
Eafton; Mr. Joseph Heister, Reading ; and Mr. Chris.
topher Loughner, Philadelphia."
THE Sub or State Clothiers appointed un-
I der the ordinance of Congress of the 23d of
March last, are desired forthwith to join the troops to
which they belong, in order to receive directions for
drawing the quota of Cloathing refpeaively affixed
them. It is expected that punflual atientin will be
paid to this reqmfitian, as the season for the general
distribution is at hand,
J. WILKINSO N,
Clothier General.
(Tbe Printers in tbe different States are requefato in
sert this advertisement in their refpedive papes.)
Two Hundred Dollars Reward.
OTRAYED or STOLEN frem the lot of Henry
O Heines, in Poplar Lane, en the fifteenth of Septem.
ber latt, two HORSES; one a sorrel, about fourteen
and a half hands high, fix or seven years old, long bo
died, trots and canters, nas a very small star, and no
other white except a saddle mark on his left (boulder ;
branded L 2 D, but so faint that it cannot be observed
without looking very close and wetting the place- he
carries high. The other a dark bay, near sixteen hands
high, has four white feet, the hind feet more white than
the fore feet, has a star, and the upper part of his tail
has a tow of grey hairs across, and the tail very short;
his brtaft has the marks of a collar which has left feme
grey foots there; he is four years old, paces mostly,
but can trot, though vety seldom. Whoever will take
up the said hoifta (hall have the above reward upon de
livery to the owners, or One Hundred Dollars for
each, besides reasonable charges.
JONATHAN D. SERGEANT.
JACOB KEEHMLE.
Philadelphia, October 13.
Five Hundred Pounds Reward
ON Thursday the 30th of September last was cut
away from her anchoring off Cape Henlopen, near
the Light-home, the Prize Sloop RECOVERY
Bermudian built, Capt. Gerrald Forrester, Commanded
on her paff,ge from Egg-harbour to this city : Her cargo
confuted of thirteen hogsheads and twelve tierces ofMo
laffes, five hogfhea'ds and one tierce of good Sugar.
On laid morning the Commander went afoore at Lewis-
T< wn for a pilot, leaving only one man on board ; dur
ing his absence the vessel was boarded by a few men,
luppoud to be Refugees or Tories, who carried her 0/
The above Reward will be given for said vessel and
cargo, or ONE THOUSAND POUNDS for the
vtffel, cargo, and mates; and it is hoped that what
ever port on the Continent tbe said pirates should ar
rive at, they and the vessel and cargo will be taken pro
per care of till the owners have notice of her arrival.
GERRALD FORRESTER and Co.
OCTOBE R 28, 1779.
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