The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-03-03 00:00:00, page 4

^ALI'SDURY FURNACE.
r r ANTED immediately for the purpose cf cast
- i.igcannon for the continent, a large qr-xtity
K -dr's, fjr which a most generous pri^c will be gi
^ , ano crih paid ca the delivery of them at the for
}.- r. Ali r ,ertlen% farmers end others, wHI-viffi-
A- < • ti>. fymd caaf^ of liberty, that will repair to
b. ilhury ^ # u cor wood for Did furnace, will not only
r-rd : ri:: m^aflcßtial Drvice to their Country; but
iridl.receive the great price of two fhillihgs and fix
^„c, lawful money, Dr each cord they cut and cord,
r: i may if they ch^fe, receive a part of their pay in
% it, sugar, mol?ffm, &c. or all in cash, paid £, the
ift-igm at Did furnace.
N. B. Etch man must find himfalf with boarding,
Bx. and blanket—the price of boarding Dis preluded
- on': exceed one dollar per week.
F^r^^v 18. 1777.
.iib lu^curerjb^:. t Appointed by the how.
"'^ jdge of probate for :ht d^rid cf Hartford,
c m^ifhoze s^ sdjutt the claims cf the creditors to
/^ ^ia^ of C,m#iW3 Flower, late of Hertford, de
rent'd, m-de^d i.fjv-mt; do hereby give notice,
l.i;ta wJ.sxtdtoujuilfiidchimtor the DRmen
d^^fM;rch and Apwl flex; at ore o'clock or each
</ f.^ (lays, at ths hocfa of John S:cH, in Hartford
VvDb^fi Eo^^z^ Rett, 1
F bunry 24 1777.
'THIS may certify ^auh juti^eif fe court cl ,10-
b-.n in th? diflria of Fa>l:ll4 ten, has lengthened
/'.• firebar De creditors to bring ba thrir chirrs to
t it com^dffimeD appointed to fettle and acjuft the sc
'<ounts oi the eftaie cf Rev. Samuel Claris, late cf
t olbi£ ton deceas'd, until the 29th da, cf M lyrexi;
..-nJ w^ the co^miffijners h^e aud do kerria warn
• *1 creditors to birg i, their claim: to as, aswa shall
fr^er'ib examining th: rtme c;: the 2d Thuifday if
iriiich nrx , nt i o'cl .ck afitreoen, at th!dwelling-
Lo^D of Mrs. Goeika Clark, in Famingten,
Isaac Leejuo.l
Selah Hart, > ComnDffioners
Stephen Norton.)
F rmi^gto^. February 10, 1777.
^LL perfont jn^bted to *b& fubferiber by hock cr
not*, are earnestly desired to make im^dDte
p^m^nt. Aaron Austin.
N^w. Hertford, 22d February, 1777,
nN Tuesday the ißh inst. t^wfen Wethersfield e*d
' M ddktown, a large red Morocco leather POCK-
E T-BOOK, containing sundry papers of cenfequence
^ Jie owner, wiD about forty pounds in paper mo
r^y, and on^ fifty pounds note cf Henry Gardner's.
V^hoever finds Did Pocket Book and will deliver it i®
Hr Jofepb Webb, Merchant at Wathenfitid, Mr.
E Draim F v nno, innholder, a; M ddfetowm Mr. Wat-
G?^ Primer, at Hart£%d, or the fabferiber at New
-IH^a, with the papers and money it contained, shall
rcciva $ rewardrtf SikTY DOLL 'RS, cr rs much
cfue cadi fraud in said Pocket-B^ ok as they choefe io
r'^io. Jeremiah Platt.
February 20, 1777.
A LL perlons o:%t L^n an? armxuus on the rilate of
Edmond B^G, late ts NraH^rtford, deceas'd,
un Diked t; bri % g taeir ..cecum to Thomas Bhfs,
nd: bdllrncr, at re bo^fe of M^fthiw Gillet, Est;
es { id New H&rJerd, or the h ft tuefday of April
c xt; And ihofe : ?m arc indebted to said cfate are
DEcd tc t't^ d c: f id d^y rind fettle their accounts.
Fri ru^y zb 1777
C A LEB B U L ju.n,
^ Sf^ir^us th^ his accounts may be civs d. Such
X of his cuium^rs 2$ are corLcirus it is time, and
h.^djt cilh to fpaie at this prefers fc^city, he begs,
h- ,rivi'c„, of their notes oniateicfl.
[Urif.id, Frhrn,ry 22. 1777.
7<) iT, lull 4ccH<flay ai er„uoa, bet; era e.e
'He D.ilil woikt at Middle Haddam and Wrights
K^rn, a pair; f SADDLE.BAGS, containing 3 ruf
^ ^ shirts 3 Gek% rouked W D 3 pocket hand
L^chfrD, % p^ir ft chines, a pair garteis, a pair
dises, &^d aGi,„.CT w p. Whoever hrs f. und the fame,
!M ?ft, riiD^'bcm to'Gostjir bus Erkelens, Esq;
^ ~ pi^il, or to RD. Durie at W:d. Niches in
bril ^^^H, O^B be h^ dfumciy rewarded.
Fbu.rr 20, 1777.
' A'M 7rS°A'ro-N~E~s7
'L^EEPS PRIVATE LOGGINGS fo> Gentlemen
.Q i crimed to favour him with treir Custom—A
: Rds f. uhth. Court H>nfe, Hartford.
, .rivtii^ u,£. # fJKru^g CdDCirinn, :he 2d u^ us
FJ>. ir.G d b,: HORSE, shout 10 yea;s old,
f w-^cn binds Ggh, prees all. Th? owner is desired
• • ^to him & we* Led pa, charges.
:™v 'v>,€?%• Feb. 14 1777. Elisha peck.
I N LIsTE 0 -i^ m* the fubferiber, and rhea
4fco,d ¥ d, ere J.hi G:aha:6., n#d cn blue r^gi
n* t/s^rred r, ^ th whi : ^,,he is 32 years of eg%
1 oat g fret 6 inches high, brown complexion, blue
.inack hair, one 1 g Shorter than the other by
-dfe? of ft being broks Whoever fnall trike up
?i1 Gr/orth, &H ettun him to me, fotH h^vr FIVE
DOLLARS u\va d a^d all . erefLry charge tnid. by
JOHN CHIP.NAN. Lieut.
,"fb^v, F-,. r%, 1777
TiJ-'T c;m^ to '-gnd, a^d to hr fold by NATHA-
G'.'L PVFTLN, undpr ?hz Printing Odica
r , choice good INDIGO, by krge,or final!
Athol, Jirniary jo, 1777.
STRAYED from J^ fibferiber Hft July, loSheep
mark'd thus a under fid^ of th off car, and feme
with a crop off the fame, § of them ewes and slambs,
all white marked withied u^on the head. Whoever
will tike up fid sheep and convey me werd fall be
reward d by me Daniel Ellinwood.
POUND by John Ca^e /Hie we&ks fi^cv, an old
SADDLE, in the street a little north cf Capt. Sc-
Icroon Cowles. The owner rcoy have it by applying
tc ftid Case, and p„i^g for this Adfrertifement.
Firmi%toa, Februar, 15, 1777.
S FRAYED from tuc lubicn.cr in Stumper a
two yeays old Stear, deep red, ranked wiha
c r op effthe near ear, and a ba'f-pepn, the under tide
of the fame, a flit in th* to, cf the oft ear, and a half
penny the under fide of the ferae. Whoever hath said
'fleer end will fend me Word, ffiall have all charges
paid, bv J^mes Ward.
a LL ihe nuh-cemmifficneo offices a&d foLi# s be
' landing to the company of the fubferiber, as well
those who & e newly infilled as those who are absent
on furlough, whole time of abfe^ce is expired, are
hereby ordered immediately to repair tn Ticonderoga,
and join taemfelves to the company at that place.
Stephen Buckland, Capt.
Hartford, Feb. 15, 1777.
Mqfobujetti-S a&,)
MamffiH, ff. ).
•p^E the fubferibm being appointed by the hon.,
Samuel Mather, Esq; judge of probate, &c. for
said county, cemmifficitra on rhe estate cf Alhar
Grainger, late cf Grar.ville, in said couny, Gentle
man, deceas'd, reptefemud irfolvot, hereby give no
tice that we shall attend upon the bufi^cls of cur ep
appeintraot on the firft Mondays cf March, April
and May ^<x # , at 4of the deck in the afternoon at the
houfa of Samuel Leonard, innholder in W&ft Spring
field. Eliphalet Leonard,)^
Justin Ely. J
Wefl S,ri%fi<l : ; , 8 Fb-u r y, 1777. .
A" perlons who have any de^nc^oo the oftate of
Mr. Joseph frosrs, late of Stafford, deceas'd, are
desired to .bri^g in accents to ho fubfcriher in order
fir settlement - And ihcfe who are indebted to said
eikte either by not? or boo^ are. requeued to make
immediate pv font, to * /
HULDAH STORRS, Administratrix.
Safford. F^b. 19 1777-
-F0r —
FOR SAL E,
At Cheftter, in O angr :Cou^r, seventeen miles from
Naw Wiudfor, on the N^h-River, oppefite the
Fish Kill Lending, an# a:^h S^riGy Ir^ W^rka,
STERLING and JERSEY refined IRON,
hk wife STEEL, m nufeaured in th^ German way,
fem the Starlit ,pig, vrarra^ted to be get that is,
if it does not prove so, on trial, they will takeit back
and return th# purchafm their money. Loa and
Steel of the fame mtke and quality has been formerly
advertized for Die iu New York, by William Haux
hurft. Pork ii barrels, live fit hags, fh-eps wool,
good clean dreft flax, New-E^ghnd tow ctoh, white
checked flannel; and woolfey, and homespun woolen
cloth, will be taken in payment.
NOBLE and TOWNSEND,
Iron Masters at S erling.
Chester, December 13, 1776.
N, B. Th? above NOBLE and TOWNSEND,
are n & conftru&ing a St^el Furnace for the maau
fi&urieg flaring iron blifter'd Steel, and will soon
havxit tofelL Likewise they having completed the
work: (they advetifed lift year) for making steel in
the German way, have confideiable of it by them
now frla&
J EFT the houle of me fubfenber, on the night af
ter the 18 h iuft. a N ’gio grl named ROSE, a
bout 18 years ' oftf, very full bre&lled, ffiort cf fla
tare, Ja<ge full eyes, bern in Rhode Iflend.' As she
has not finer returned, it is fappofed she is gone off
with an intention to go to th^ British a.m, ; she h^d
on a blue woclen fhcn gown, brewn woollen petti
coat, a pair of white yarn fteckings arid a pair cf
sharp toe'd men'a (hoes; 'tri fappofed she took with
h:r a krapfack, made of a yellow wrapper, also, a
folder's cost of a b f ue colour, faced with green,
witha brown broad cloth tyaiftco^t, with spangled
buttons. Whoever fhsli takeher up and bring her to
her master, shall have Ten Dollars reward and all ne
ceffry charges paid, by Peletiah Pierce.
Hertford, February 22, 1777.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
IN .he Night o # -the 17th Inft^t, two Tory Prifcners,
viz. Joseph Scely,jun._cfNew-Miifatd.aad John
Sirith, a transient Person ; both committed to New-
Gate Prison, in Symfbory, in the State cf Connaai
cut, on the Pay aforefaid, by Order of the Superior
e<%t ; ——burnt the Prison House and made their
efcaps fine? which the said Seeley h^th been retaken
and commixed to the County Goal in Harts ord. The
said Smi h hath gene rff; h, is about 6 Fe?t high,
ruddy Complexion, hath a Wart cn his Nt fc, had on
when he went away a mix'd coloured Cloth Ceat black
red blue, bght colorrad clo # h Breaches very dirtv, is
between co ind 60 Years of Age. Whoever shall take
up Did Smith ead b ing h'm to the fubferiber at Did
Simfbury, er to tha common Gori in Hartford, and
deliver him to ^e keeper of Did Goal, shall have the
ab^ve reward, p^id by
PURCHASE. CAPON,
k^pr of fad Pr'.fes,
Sirs% : Feb, 22, 1777.
< '" "'£"' Dhjivzo thezgeb oFDeebe, hfr
' h , iu brcribff left his POCKET BOOK,
Picks Kdi, in which were four or fie TH,RI +
DOLLAR bills, Dm? other centinental bill,, od
number cf papers of great confeq^ence to him, arj
which would not be of the smallest advantage to aT
outer person ; any description of the book, & c . wow'd
be unnect IDry, ^s by an infpeaion cf the papers it will
th** they belong to Capt. William Kfo
cfCol. Jonathan Ward's regiment, but as th,
fabfenber, soon after quitted the service ; and as tho
perDn in waofe custody the book may be, mi^htnei
know wnere he (?he lubfcriber belongs) gives this in+
f^rm,% that he brings to Gre^Barrington. am?
that 1. th* book, money and papers, are returned to
le * w " h ° e Winter hereof, ffiril receive
I^ENTY DOLLARS reward, and rryfin&blg
°™^ s » Wm. KING.
Primary ig. 1777.
^ IIE partA&rjhip cl Dutton, isMASf fv Day iq
d^folved, all persons indebted to Did company aid
once more desired to fettle iheir refpeaivc accrues, ei
ther by ceD.l, produce, er notes cf hand, std that im
mt£lately, or else their accounts will be put in an at
torney s hand ; aifo these that owe said company by
note are ocfirtd forthwith to make payment.
Tol'and. Feb. 14 ^777.
BROKE cu. of Litchhexu coumy goal in the even
'"g ^^ th€ 18:h day of February it.ft ant, th^
fading priforCT, riz. John Thomas. William
FoiLer, and 1 nomas Doyle- -Thomes was commit
ted byjudgment cf the Superior Court for burning
Mr. Jael Harveys barns fame time since, is a ffiort
thick ^ell set follow, &b?ut 5 Du 8 inches high, fair
complexion, light coloured hair, about 36 years of
*ge, ^ Weichman. Fub^s, Dnt to this goal by th#
Convention of the Sw^cf New Yok for tresfornble
practices aguinfE the American States, is a tall slim
built fellow, about 5 fret 10 inches high, black hair,
clear skin, about 34 years of age. Doyle committed
to this goal for bri>g a spy fi m the mimßerial fl%
is a Dilor, font built, r.b^t 5 feet 9 inches high,,
ligAt hair and coinpiextetr --their cluatuing unknown)
Whoever will apprehend and return them to feid goal
again Ihall heve 10 dollars for Thomes, 10 ditto for
Forbes, and 2 ditto for said Doyle, paid by
Lynde Lord, Sheriff.
Litchfield, 19, h February, 1777.
N. B. At the fame time two tailors that were pri
soners in this town taken left funner helGrgi,, to the
miniflerial fiset made their efc&pe, and 'us fjtpofed
went with the other prisoners, one named Chriffiae
B^tick, the other Benjamin Strickland. Whoever
win return Did Dilors to this tow^ again shall h%
the t^anty, of Lynde Lord. Com. for Prifcm^r#
'[AKEN up by Haman h^d or Farmington, in
November left, 2 bay Mare, about 12 ha^da
high, about 27 years old, with a Coit; ( ri he Maru
was formerly the property of Did Judd.) The owner
is defined to pay charges and take them away.
*9' *777-
tyE the mbfcribcrs being appointed by tri^ taxa
ble judge of probate for the diftria of Farming
ton commiffioatfs to examine and adjust the claims cf
the creditors to the estate cf Hernan Watson, late of
harmington deceas d, repr^fented i^folvent , do here
') g've notice that we shall attend on said bufi%efson
the 2I mondays of March, April and May next, at'
the dwelling house c f Capt. Solomon Cowles, inn
keeper ir Did town. ONo accounts will be al
lowed untefs properly attested.
Jonathan BuLL? h
Elijah Porter,j Cc mmi ffi o ners.
Farmington, F^b. 19, 1777.
A'"' P'i^ns having &R, demands on
Mr. Noah Bifell, D e of East Windfer deceas'd,
zre defied to bring i^ their accounts to ths fabferiber
At his dwelling honfe i B Did EafUWindfon, who viff
attend Dia bufiaefs the fin *nd second mondays in
March next. Noah Bissell, Administrator.
East Windfer, F h. 20 1777
THE lubicribet wifa attend at Lcid. Lewis's in Far
raington, next week, cn W<dnefday, T urfd#y
and Friday the z6th, 27th, and 28. )of irritant Fe
bruary, to pry the officers of the late 17th regiment
their sauce, ration, z^j tr&yel-mon°v.
n S. Newell, Quarter-Matter.
F^h^ry 19, 1777.
"y^E, being appointed by the mzurabie court of pD
ba<e for the diftri& of Simfhury, to examine th^
claimsand demands of the creditors to ths estate cf
Isaac Moore, jun. late of Did Simffitiry deceas'd, re
presented infoivent, shall attend the bufiacfs cf cur
appointment at the dwelling henfe of Lemuel Bases,
in Did Simlbury,od th^ firft manday# cf March,April;
July and August next, at 1 o'clock in the afiernedp.
^ No accounts mil be allowed ualtfs properly
attrited. Richard Gay 7 , "
Micah Moori, f ^^^
N. B. ThoD indebted to said chare are drfr*d td
rarke speedy payment to Lemuri Bates of Slmfbury,
"^LL'LZT '*'" e '"^- Feb. "20, 1777.
J,OUND 00 twt roao so Stqihingwa, a bill u Coa
nedicut money. The owner may hiva i; by prov
ing hu property avd payirg charges, by applying to
WILLIAM BARNS, cf Southington, ,'
g 1 Ou ^N Of lott, t::c 30^1 of fen. latt, between
Norfolk ard landlord Dewey's, in.Sheffield, dpil
l^'-caf^ with seven yard's of cambist narrow stripes cf
various colours, arid 9 yards of striped worGcf, pirpk,
gr^a and yellow coffad with wh';t^ Ft tha Dil©}
Whoever Drill Did Did cloth and rett^ ht^th^ new
er Drill be handsomely rewarded, by LIAR Y Alleu,
wife to Cri. Eathan Alleh.