The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-11-25 00:00:00, page 1

Philadelphia, November *.
NO TICE is hereby given, That on
Thursday the second of December n xt, at Ten
o'clock in the forenoon, at the Continental Y & id the
cottier of Chefnut and Seventh-streets, will be fold t
Public Sale, for C # sh only, a number of H ORSE S,
the property of the United States.
B, order of the Quarter Wafer General
JACOB HILTZHEI -ER.
TO BE S O L D,
AN elegant and commodious LOT, containing
near two acres of ground, whereon thr family of
the fabferiber lately dwelt, fituam near th* Market
house in Trenton, hording ab ut zeo feet on M^ket
ftreet, and commanding a beautful view of the Dela
ware for a considerable extent, including the F fs;
together with the buildings and improvements heiron,
t #ie, a framed dwelling h dr containing fix rooms on
toe lower floor a^ l t^o ahov„ besides the kitchen and
ethe? room, back odd ngs ; 3 brick building fronting
on the Afreet, ^dl calculated for ;n office or any public
bufi^fr, having two r^oms on fl or with a fire-place
in each, w>d a cellar under the whole ; alaie and com
madious carriage-house also fronting on the (Leet ; fait
ab^ buddings cn the rear of the lot for stables and fo
rage non ^, with an out-let the back way; two wells
of exceeding good water, with a pump in e?ch ; end a
large garden well stored with excellent fruit trees, aspa
ragus beds, and other conveniences adapted as well to
please the eye as to furnidi the table. The purchaser
may have pofleffion immediately. For terns apply to
Major Gordon in Trenton, or to the fubferiber in
Philadelphia. CHARLES PETTIT.
N. B. Loan-Office Certificates of an early date would
be preferred in payment, and a suitable advance allow
ed on them, especially for thole bearing date before the
firft of March, 1778. 6
Philadelphia Manufacture.
TO BE SOLD >y the tub^nor, ^ ins Mznu
-1 factory in South-Ai ey, e ween Meker and Arch
ftrects awd between Fifth and Sixth Itreets, on Hudson's
Square, an afortment of Coatings, Blanket ng, Saga
thres, Jeans Evmathngs, &c.
SPINNERS employed * usual by
iz. SAMUEL WE THE ILL, Jun.
WOOD W ANTE D.
AN Y person having a quantity of WOO D with
in 5 miles of Philadelphia and defiles ffo difpble
thereof, are requested to communicate hei <terms to
GIBBS JONES, at hs offic in th. barracks.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A NUMBER of good WOOD-FLATS, to
engage for two months, or longer, if the navigati
on in Delaware is not impeded. Apply to G. JONES,
at his office in the Barracks.
To be SOLD 6, Public Vendue,
On Monday th- 29! o N>v- b r :nMan v , at ten ,’cb>ck,
on be flace whr th obkriber now lives, in Paff,uak
twnfh o, for c#£h only,
U ORSES th ee v r likely Milch Co^s, a qumr
y o'the Hi so trdP ^t , & n be ween «n and
two bund ed wfeeG of Indian-corn and o ts, ten or t^er e
tons of ex bn ntf .njf cone cop Hay, the growth of
tb p' . Aioav^y good frame building, 26 f^t by
ro v, th gj and fitomov r , he shingles and weath r
be a dar. Attendance w I <be given, by
BENJAMIN HEMING.
h H. The Indian corn ano Potatoes will b*fold in
fmv lent of five or ten befhe $ each, and will b< det.
7 ta moderate expence to such as require it at their
re' aive dwellings.
Nov 20.
TO BE SOLD,
two pair of elegant GREY HORSES. En-
A quire of Jacob Hiltzhkimer,
li^lrtit'tf,/''^'^"^^^^^^^
A CERTAIN LOTT ot GROUND, laying in Paf
fyunk o^nfhip, conta ing ntwclv^ acr«s and fifty
p" che« of good land, a rmail wooden tenement thereon
er^a ; a very good well cfwter at the dour, the hole
well fenced, and Dyng abou 3 miles from he.ty, and
a quarter of a mile from Schuylkill, and join ng 1 1 ds of
C" r Ut n Derick For further paroeulais apply to Ma
ry BROWN, in M^rket-fh^et.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
At the C ffee-Haufe, on Wrunefday the fir* day of De
cemo-r n^xt, at hx c'Joek in th? evening.
GENERAL
TH U RSDAY,
O R
[ Published every Tuelday, Thursday and Saturday. ]
Father Abraham's ALMANACKS,
For the YEAR 1780,
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN DUNL A P.
GERMAN ALMANACKS,
For th* YEAX 1780,
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHNDU N L A P.
J it ptfol filed and to be fold by Joseph Cruxshank,
POOR WILL'S
POCKET ALMAN AC K,
For the YEAR 17S0.
Just pubifb# ^nd to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP
FATHER ABRAHAM's
POCKET ALMANACK,
For the YEAR 1780
ALL persons indebted to the estate of William
Lewis, late of Haverford townflup, Chester
county, deceased, by bond, note or bock debts, are
once more desired to make immediate-payment, to
prevent further trouble, otherwise they may expe& to
be dealt with according as the law direds, without
refpe& of persons: And all persons having any de
mands against the (aid eftare, are desired to bring
them in immediately, that they may be fettled and
paid by
WILLIAM LEWIS, Administrator.
Nov. 10.
AL L per.uns wro ba^v any demands against the
eftare of John Duffy, late or the Northern Li
berties, deceased, ar^ equeOed to bring in their ac
counts, properly attested, to the fubferiber, that they
may be fettled: And all those who are indebted to the
fa?d eft' r e are desired to make immediate payment to
the fuTcriber in the Northern Liberies, to prevent
further trouble.
DUNCAN STEWART, A 1 . Orator.
W A N T E D.
In a Public Office in this Cty,
PERSO N who un rftan s Book-keeping, *nd
' 1 writes 1 0 d hand: Genteel pay wll . e g ven. In
quire of the P nter.
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN fLAIAVAN and Co.
In Second street, n:xt to the F iends Meeting house,
by wholesale and retail,
LA RGE assortment of fuj^fine broadcloths,
5 with r^ttinets and fluriloons Suitable , fp tied,
ftriptd and plai velvets, corduroys end thickfrts; stri
ped and p : air d:moih>s ; Mwebles quitting and Ir:fh
lin-ns Lkwife a few hogftuads of rum, and a com
pleat meaicine chest.
TO BE SOLD BY
WILLIAM SITGREAVES,
At his store in Market street, opposite the Indian King,
wholesale ?nd retail,
AL A RGE and neat ^ff rtment of Merchandize,
confiding of India chintz:.?, cottons and calicoes,
cainbricks, frk, cotton am. linen handkerchiefs, Irish
linens. Britannias, Roffia ih^etmgs, apron wide checks,
nankeens, silk, worfcd and thread flockings, black
breeches patterns, brown and drab serge, corderoy,
brown and green I ^thicks, a large assortment of knives
and forks and other cutlery, ivory and horn combs, pins
and needles, byLn and bohea tea, loaf and mufeovado
sugar, coffee, and a variety of other articles.
N. B. Said Sitgreaves continues to take in Goods
of 11 kinds to fell upon Commission, as usual. 4
CA ME to the pasture of the fubferibers, about the
27th of September last, an old red CO W, with
lorn, .white fpo's, and a lump under her chin. The
owner is desired to apply to James Hartnett, near the
New Chapel in Fourth ftrcet, Philadelphia, prove pro
perty, p.y charges and take her away, otherwise flie
will be fold in two weeks from the date hereof, by
N v. 17. EDWARD M'C OY.
1779. JAMES HARTNETT.
T O B~E ro LiT
A PAIR of well broke and genteel COACH
WORSES, and an elegant CARRIAGE and
HARNESS. Enquire of the Printer.
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ADVERTISER
NOVEMBER 25, 1779.
An ACT for the more effectual fugply and honorable
reward of the Pennsylvania Troops, in the service of
the United States of North America.
IX7 HERE AS the Honorable the Congress o' the
United States, did on the 15th day of May, Anno
Domini 1778, resolve and provide in the words and manner
following, viz. '' That al! military officers Commission
“ ed by Congress, who now are, or hereafter may be in
< the service of the United States, and shall continue there
“ in during the war, and do not now hold any office of
profit under the said States, or any of them, 'fhall after
“ the conchifion of the war, be intit ed to receive annual
" ly, for the term of seven years, if they shall live so
" long, one half of the prefect pay of such officer, pro
“ vided that no General officer of the Cavalry, Artille
“ ry or Infantry, ffiall be entitled to receive mere than
“ the one half part of the pay cf a Colonel of such corps
“ respectively, and provided that this refohmon shall net
“ extend to any officer in the service of the United States
“ unless he shall have taken the oath of allegiance to, and
shall actually reside within some one of the United States
AND WHEREAS the military commiffoned offi
cers in the federal army of the United S afrs belong
ing to this State, have not only diftmgmfh d
selves in the field by their courage and bravery, but
have exhibited extraordinary proofs of patriotifin, dif
inrereftednefs, and facrifice of private conficerations so the
public good : AND WHEREAS the continuance of
the war, and the signal services and fufferin/s of the
said Troops, since the puffing the above Resolve have
made it highly proper to enlarge and extend the bene,
fits thereof: and the Legislature of this State being defir
ous to manifeft a just sense of the important services which
have been rendered by the said officers and soldier., and
in future to supply them with such nectaries as may ena
ble th^m to support and perform the duties of their fevers
Rations with cheerfulnefs and alacrity:l
Be it enacted by the Representatives of tke Freemen of
the Commonwealthef Penafylvauiarria, in General Affem-_
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY, November 16, 1779.
The Bill infilled “ A Supplement to the Aft for the
reliefof the Poor," was read a second time, and being de
bated by paragraphs, was ordered to be tranfribed for
a third reading and publithed for cty federation.
ExiraA ir.nithe Minutes,
THOMAS PAINE,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
A SUPPLEMENT to an Ad intitled “An AR
for the relief of the PooQg
VCT HEREAS the rate or assessment diref! d by tie
A& of Assembly, intitled "An AQ for tire rof
the poor passed on tkeagth day ofM rrh 1 71, cor exceed
ing Three Pence in the pound, on all eflnes %I and per
foual, and Six Shillings? r ead, on every Freeman ot
otherwise rated, for his est te within the fevered counties of
this State, is found to be very inadequate to t : e support
of the poor of the (aid counties, diftrids and townships,
and the frequent repetition thereof, would be ery incon
venient to the Overseers of the Poor, and very troublesome
to the inhabitants : For remedy whereof.
Be it therefore enabled, and it is hereby enabled by
the Reprrfentatires of the Free oen of tie Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and by the
authcri y of the fame, That it ih di and may be la . ul,
for any two of the Justices of the Peace, of any county,
difir& or township, upon the cornea nt of t e Overseers
of the Poor, that afv 4 of money is wanted or likely 1 > to
be, for t< e support of .at Poor, to issue taeir warrants un
der their hands and seals, directed to the OveTeers of the
Poor of the laid county, diftrift or towrih p, reeu ring
them forthwith, to levy, co!h & and r.i f e, by an equal rifeff
ment upon the yearly value as they shah reafonab y esti
mate the fame, of all. real and p<rfoiw elates within toe
said county, diftrias or townfh.ps refpe&vely a rate or
tax not exceeding Seven Shillings and Six Pence m the
Pound, upon all taxabtes, arm a fam not ex.ceding Six
Pounds per head, nor lets th.m Three Pounds, on all Free
men oot otherwise rated, *r fu h tax, for the relief 0 the
poor and the said rate shall be repeated, as often as the
said JufVces and Overfeeds shall find the fame nrcrffiry.
And be it further en^ded by the authority aforef d
Tbat tke said recited AH fer tile relief of the poor, paffd
the 2, th day oi March 1771, except so much as t> herein
before altered and repealed, mrilcontimit be and remain,
and is hereby declared to be m full force and tff ft.
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY, November 16 17/9.
The Bill mtitled ''An As lfor the more effectual! sup
ply and honorable reward of the Penofylvarrii Troops, m
the service of th® United States," wss read the second time,
and being debated by p?ragraphs, was ordered to be tranfo
cribed and publilhed for cenfiderarion.
Extract from he Minutes,
THOMAS PAINE,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
PHILADELPHIA.
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