The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-07-12 00:00:00, page 1

On l 4 R ID A r Next,
At TEN o'clock in the Forenoon,
On Bright's Wharf, between Race and Vine-streets,
Will begin the Sale by Public Auction,
OF THE
CAR GO
Of the Ship RESOLUTION, taken by the Privateer
Brigantine ARIEL: Consisting of
Two Hundred Ninety one Hogsheads, Six Tierces and
Four Barrels of
Mufcovado Sugar,
Forty eight Tierce?, Four Barrels and Ten Bags of
c 0 F F E E,
And Twelve Pieces of
SANDERS WOO D.
By Order of the Cou 't of Admiralty,
JJy 7. CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marshal.
On Saturday next,
At X o'clock in ths forenoon, at meffieur# James and
Drinker's Wharff, between Arch and Race-streets,
Will be Sold by Public Au&ior^
6ohogfheads of Weft-India Rum,
ig hogsheads and go tierces of
Mufcovado Sugar.
And at VII o'clock in the Evening of the fame day, at
the Coffee-Houle, Will be SOLD,
The Brigantine Mineiva,
With all her Tackle, Apparel and Furniture; agree
able to an Inventory to be seen at the Place of Sale:
Beinga Prize taken by the Privateer Ship Congress.
By Order of the Court of Admiralty,
July 7 th. CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marlhal.
O^MONDAr Next,
fit TEN o'clock in the Forenoon, at Soutluftreet
Wharf,
Will be Sold by Public Audion,
Six Pipes, Twenty-three Hogsheads, and Fifty-feven
Quarter-calks
Liibon and Port Wines,
Nine Casks Raisins,
Eight Frails Figs, &c.
Being G'ods, taken by the Let er of Maique Ship
Franklin, out of the Schooner Dolphin.
By Order of the Court of Admiralty,
July 10. CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marshal.
The Loan - Subscribers
TO THE
Pennsylvania Bank,
Who did not attend the Mating at the City-Tavern
on the Fourth instant,
Are requeued to Call at the Houle of
Mr. BENJAMIN FULLER,
In Front-ftrert, relow the Draw b idge.
Tuesday, GEORGE CLYMER,) A
July 10. JOHN NIXON, ) Duedors.
TO be SOLD by the Subscriber,
A PLANTATION ard trad ot land, iu the tenure
of Daniel Dunham, Containing two hundred and
fx^en acrc, situate in the tornfhips of Bethlehem and
Ringwood, in Hunterdon county, Waft New Jerfer.
The upland is good, and as idies contiguous to a traa
of hraeffone land, tee purchaser will have it in his
power to manure it, when neceff^y, at a moderate ex
pence. There is in said Tra& between 39 and 4.9 acres
of meadow, 20 acres wher ot, on the iouth branch of
the Rariton, is an extraordinary rich bottom. Three
fourths of the purchase mency to be paid at the time of
Sale the remainder in one \ear. For further parti
culars, apply to EDWARD PENINGTON.
THURSDAY, J ULY 12, 17%;
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GENERAL ADVERTISER.
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Published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SA 1 URDAY. —Price Six-Pence.
ALL pe forts indebted to the eftat% of JOHN CA
REY, enquire, late of the city es Burlington^ At
torney at Law, deceared, by bonds, bills, notes of
hand er bills of cod, are requeued to make speedy pay
ment ; and thofethat have just demands against the fail
estate are deffred to fend them in to the Executory, in
order to be fettled and adjusted. As many bonds, ac
counts, and other papers, upon which actions have been
commenced but are undetermined, remain in the hands
of the fubferibers: those persons concerned are requeu
ed to pay the fees already due, and receive their pa
pers, &c.
To BE SOL D,
A genteel House and Lot, plea
fanly situated on Green-Bank, in the city of Burling
ton, commanding an extensive and agreeable profpe&
of the river Delaware; the house has every convenien
c 7 for a gentleman's retreat from bufineis: The Lot
contains about an acre of ground, and extends from
low-water mark to a ba<k ftieet, wi.h a hantfome Gar
den well stocked with the belt fruit and vegetables;
good Stables and Carriage-house : The situation and
converiencies equal to any in the city. Also, to be
Sold, Seven Acres ot good MEADOW, near tae town
of Salem, within the town-bank. Any perfan inclin
ing to purchase may apply to Catherine Carry and
John Lawrence, in Burlington, or to John Mitchell,
in Philadelphia, and know the terms. The payments
will be made easy.
CATHERINE CAREY, Executrix.
July i. JOHN MI CHELL, \ r
JOHN LAWRENCE, ) Exec utorg.
One Guinea Reward.
TRAYED from a (table in this ci y, on the zg'h
day of the 6th month, last, a da>k Brown HORSE,
about 14 hinds high, a natural trotter, carries well^
5 years old, has a switch tail, short man, which ap
pears to have been badly trimed, an old brand mark
on one of his buttocks, the letters not diftinftly known,
shod all round. Whoever has found said Horse, and
wol deliver him to the subscriber, at the Bull's-head, in
Strawberry al ey, (hall receive the above Rew rd, 2nd
all reafonabh charges. BENJAMIN MYERS,
Four Hard Dollars Reward.
STRAYED cut of the pafiure of Samuel Richards
in the Neck, on Monday the 23d of Juns, a brigh
bay HORSE, about 14. hands high, food all round
branded on the near thigh H, but not very e asy :o b
seen; trots and cantes veil. He was seen in' the Botch
tr's Arm's Ln, on Wednesday last. Whoever wil
bring the said Herfe to Davis Bevan, in Second street
one ooor abov Pinc-ftreet, or to Samuel Richards, in
Fnn-ftreet n^ar the Dr rat-bridge, fliall have the abov
R<ward-and tealonable Charges."
JiT2 DAVIS BEVAN.
Came to premises of the fubferi
ber, living near the middle 0 Germantown, a Yellow
Brindle COW, a>out the middle 0, June last. Toe
Owner is defrd to com, prove hs prp-rpay
charges and take her away. JACOB STROUSE.
THOMAS TEPPER;
TOBACCONIST,
UA s removed Horn Space and Water-fleets, to
&4 the east fide of W.t rstreet, the seventh door above
Market.-street, where benas for Sale, Scotch SNUFF
and Manufactured TOBACCO of the fiift Quality.
JUNE goth, 1781.
IN pursuance of an Aft ot the United States in Con
gress assembled : Notice is hereby given, that pro
pofais will be received in this office, ftom the date here
0? until Srinday the fourteenth of July n x', for Ap
plying by contrast, the r tiors to be dshveied by the
public to the troops, prif ners, &c. which are or may
be in the town of Lancafth from the day of signing
such contrast, until the fi ft day January next.
The ration to consist ot one pound of bread, one
pound of beef or three quarters of a pound of pork,
and one jii of urn.
The payments to be ra^de in Gold or Silver, at the
times to be Ji uiated in the contrc&.
The proposals to be sealed, and to contain the lowest
prices and longed terms of payment o t which the par
ties refpeßiyely will contrast.
Office of Finance,
KEPT by ABRAHAM SHOEMAKER, is re
moved from Fourth-street to the North fide of
Walnut.ftieet, the second door from the East fide of
Third street, where he continues, as usual, to draw
Dcds, Mortgages, Leases, Wills, Letter# of Attorney,
Agreements, and all other kinds of Writings: he also
continues Selling Real Estates, and has now entered in
his Ossie, a large number of Houses ard Lots in dif
ferent parts of the city and suburbs, Plantations in
the country, and a great quantity of unimproved lands
in the different back counties, to be disposed of very
cheap for caffi ; and among the fame are the following,
viz.
A PLANTATION fituafe in Lower DubPri and A
bington ao^ihips, about 10 miles from Philadelphia^
adjrirring lands of Jaccb Taylor and Joseph Miles,
containing n a 60 acres, whereon is a good stone house,
four rooms on a floor, a ftcnc spring house with an ex
cellent spring, a waggon house, a log barn and Tables,
a new cyder-mil) and press, a large apple orchard, a
garden with various kinds of fruit, about 9 acres of
excellent meadow, and as much woodland, the rest ar
able, and the whole under good fence ; it is new occu
pied by Adrm Wafs, who has a lease for two years
from March last, cn the fibres ;,the purchaser to be
intitled to one half of the produce and other articles
mentioned in the lease.
Also, A piece of 20 acres of LAND, adjoining the
above, whereon is good log house, and spring-house
near the door, between 3 and 4 acres of good mea
dow, andan apple and peach orchard ; the purchaser
to be intitled to the owner's part of the grain now in
the ground.
Also, Another piece of 20 acres of LAND, about
half a mile distant from the last, lying on Paffyunk
creek, and adjoining Robert Thomas's old mill, with
a log house, barn, and a good spring, about 4 acres
of good meadow, with a garden of various kinds of
fruit, and an apple orchard; it is under good fence,
and rented for a year from March last, the tenant to
pay a rent of 151. and all tax:s; the purchaser to have
the benefit of grain which the tenant is to leave in the
ground at the end of the term.
Also, A well finished, two story brick HOUSE and
lot of GROUND, fituae on the weff fide of Fioht
ftreet, between Almond and Catherine ftrrets, now
occupied by captain CEffion, the lot is 16 feet 8 inches
front, and in depth 106 feet, fubje& to a ground-rent
of zl. 16s. 6J < 3 4#. per annum.
Also, A two story brick TENEMENT and lot of
GROUND, situate on the feu h file of Catherine
ftrett, between Front and Swanlon streets, now occu
pied by Mr Thomas Tnomfon ; the lot is 18 f ee t
front, and in depth 87 feet ; fubjed to a ground rent of
451. per annum.
Also, An elegant three story brick HOUSE, with
a piazza and Kitchen, fiiuate at the north east corner
of Market a^d Sixth-streets; the lot is 2 © feet on
Market-ftrtet and 100 feet on Sixth-street, lubjed to
a ground rent of zol. per annum.
Also, Three brick HOUSES, each three ffories high,
situ re on the east tide of Front street, near South
ftreet ; the lot on which they stand is 42 feet 6 inches
front, and in depth 70 f et. They will he fold separate,
cl^r i f incumbrances. For terms of sale pieale to ap
ply as above diceßed.'
Philadelphia, June 21, 1781.
To be Sold, by Private Sale,
AVERY valuable TRACT of LAND, contain
ing 500 acres situate on the river Lcheigh (a
branch of th^ Delaware) about four miles from Bethle
hem • ,the foil is excellent, and is capable of being im
proved to great advantage.
L keuife, A Brick HOUSE, in Second-ffreet, one
door fiom the corner of Chemut-ftreet, 15 feet in
front and 20 feet deep, now in the tenure of Thomas
Bre-n. For further particulars enquire of WILLIAM
BINGHAM, in Philadelphia.
Mary /Irmbrtfer,
trAVING removed to this city, begs le?ve to inform
" ihe Public, hut (he plaices MID WIFE RY;
and ft b^n favour d with great Succris in thirty
yean Experience in Albany, in the hate of New York.
She will, with alacrity, attend the Calls of those who
piers: to favour her with thrir Cuftoni, and is to be
seen at her house, on the south fide of Race-firm, be
tween Front and Second fincte, oppofireChriftiaa Sni
de/di July 4,
Office for Conveyancing,
and Sale of Real Estates,
[NUMB. 754.