The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-01-20 00:00:00, page 4

— S&fib':rib?r hai k%,t a public h^f, in this
“ p'ac^, fcmire than twenty year?, thsfe may ia-
Ern the public that he cannot fsrve any longer ia that
ch^aarr. Asahel Holcomb.
Tubk^yHilb (S^fbury) Jas. io, 177.7
& US ,6* Fnca; jalt, between Land&o Buck
land’, tavern in East Hartford and Hartford
Weft Dirfiin, a small piece of parchment, contain
ing om 17s. bill, Boftoa money, one 6s. ditto, conti
nental, and o^e is. ditto, Conneaicutcurrency. Any
pmoa toat may hav, found the fame, and .will leave
it w'rh ihe printer in Hartford, or Daniel Hofmer of
Weft-Dirifim, shall ba handsomely rewarded.
Har ford, J <n. 11, 1777,
^pOUNDjume im: in November daft, nrai Lieut.
[ Hicock's tavern in Socffiela,a small packet book
containing fomeca/h, and a pass from Capt. Dtephen
Hall at firt ledeperdence, to Old Guilf rd. The
owner may have it on making application to
Aaron Loomis.
Sheffield, Jin. to ,777.
J be leafed to th^ hightft bidder, by public vx^oue,
fcr the term of 999 v^ars, at the houfyuf Natha
lie! Chaur„cev, Esq; o^he ioth day of February next
at I o'clock afternoon, About 30 acres of parsonage
land, in federal allotments, bciug iiMiddletown north
society, by us, J ared Shepherd, ) Agents for
Hugh White J said society.
Middletown, Jan. 10,1777.
LOAN "OFFICE
WHEREAS the railing and (applying the Conti
nentai army with the quota affign'd to this'
State, requires our utmost exertion; and not having
monies from the Continental Congrefi in any manner
adequate for that purpose, a Loan Office is eftab
ilhed, by order cf Congreh, in this State, to receive
iifuch monies at may be iffsr'd fir loan. JOHN
LAWRENCE, Esq; Treasurer of this State, is ap
pointed Comraiffioner to superintend said office ; but
proper certificates art being received to enable him to
fecurs such persons who may lodge the fame; it is
resolved by theAffembly that the said John Laurence,
Esq: be impowered to issue his proclamation, giving
notice to all perfo^s disposed to bring in such monies
*; tuey ma, be inclined, and lodge the fame in his
Lo^n Office aftfaid ; thereupon to give hit receipt
in behalf of vhL State, for such monies as ha iha'll
«tc^ive.---Prcmifioo and affixing such peifon or per
fom, so lodging their mcniea. to predict to him or
them, such continental certificates,or Trainees, as by
them ordered. Oihcrwife that this state will stand
liable, a^d aecounable, toeach and every petfoe, for
the refpe&ive fumr, by him or them so lodged, with
the interest thereof, at the rate of four per cent annu
ally, till the principal be paid.—Agreeable to which
rfefelve, Did Loan Office is now opened for th* re
ceiving cf monies, at th, Treasurers Office in Hart
ford, this l,h day of Jzßusrr, 1777.
Stolen from the fubferiber on the
third day of inst. January, a MARE, 3 years old past,
In colour between a bay and a sorrel, main and tail
&f the fame colour with her body, natural trotter, ihod
before, branded on the left Moulder with the figure 7.
Whoever lh~." take up and return said MARE to th,
owner at New-Torn, shall have three dollars reward,
end all charges paid by AMOS HURD.
N. B. The MARE was vktn by two foldirrs, be
f'Rgi'g to the State of Maff^chuf^tts- Bay, on their re
turn from the array, they said their names weer,
— F a, and Foster.
Taken up by Joseph Hofkins, of
Winchester, .three 2 years old STEARS, one black
with a white face and tail, the others red, with a white
face, marked with two half-penny# on the right ear,
and a flantirg erop the underside the other ear. Tae
owner is desired to pay charges and take them away.
_T"—L. 9 ' l7 . 7 7: - —
We the fubferibers being appoint
ed, by the hon. judge of probate, for the diftrit tof
Farmington, to examine th* claims cf the creditors to
the efta^e of Ifriih Poaft, lateof Farmington,deceas'd,
rendered infoivynt; do hereby give notice that we
/hall attend that bulnefs on the 3d Tueflay in March
next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the house of
Jernes Lulk, and on the 3d Tuesday of April at the
&oufe cf Phineas Lewis,innholder in said Farmington.
James Judd, ) Commif-
John Fuller, J fionere.
January 13, 1 777*
Taken up by the fubferiber, a red heifer,
two years oid; hae a crop in the near ear, a^d two
halfpenny cuts the under fide cf the fame, The own
er may have her by applying to
Ezekiel Bascom.
Greenfield, Jan. 2, 1777
p/ohn/rom the fubferiber at Portlands Manar, a flora
° borfe,abut 14 bande high, paces and trots 'well, a black
foot on his left buttock. Whoever takes up the thief and
borfe. and brings them to & fubferiber, frail have 10 dol
lars, for the borfe only 5 dollars, and charges paid by
%*. 13. 1777. Samuel Delavan.
Taken up in Barkhemftea^ woods, in afuf
lering condition, two ihoiTs coloured STEARS, rank
ed witha flit in the nc£f ear, fappofed to be two year,
old, they were taken up in Nev. last.
Stephen Richardson.
Barkhemfttad, Jan- 6, 1777.
Thomas TTTty,
P EQUESTS as manyof his kind cult mers^s c4n
IN witfl coaveniency to suspend their f vois veil
S f r.ng, as his Lufinefs crouds too much & prefect fir
either thrir or hi# benefit, in which time h, mean, to
be as diligent as possible to clear off wh^t work re
mains on hand, that he may be mor^ puii&al f, the
future. Hrfr', J'n. 13,1777.
^lLTl^irf—CL-ARK;
GOLD.SMITH AND JEWELLER,
CRAKES this method to inform the public, that be has ft
up his bufaef in New Mitford, near the Mseting-
Houft. where be makes and fells Ladies Necklaces, Lock
ets, Ear Rings, and Hair Sprigs^ — Silver Shoe and Knee
, Buckles, Stock Buckles, Stone Sleeve Buttons, Stone and
Silver Broaches, and a variety of other articles Officers
filter mounted HUNGERS, with either lions, eagles, pain
ters, or plain heads, made in the neatest manner on thefort
cf notice. Those gentlemen and ladies who ma, favor him
with their cufiom may depend on having their work done
vsith fidelity and dijpateb, and ever, favor thankfully ac
knowledged.
N. B. Said Clark bat for file neat polifdfeel
Sword Hilts, feelfword hangers with chains and Jwivels,
feel swivels for hangers by the down or fegle pair.
RUN .w.y fom th* fubferiber th. 41 if D..c.
amegro man Ranted BOSTON, 5 feet 4 or 5
ibengs high, had an an old brown camulet coat mixt
blue and white woolen jacket, check'd woolen shirr,
blue and white mixt ftucki^gs, calf Ikin pumps an old
beaver hat, speaks very quick and polite, and plays
well on iht fiddle. Whoever takes up said negro and
returns him to me, ffiaM have ten dollars reward, and
all charge paid by Josiah Smith.
Great Ba-rington, Jan. 6, 1777
TO B A —
WAG G O N.
Enquire of Mr. John Stuart, of Wiedfor, or the
% Printer hereof fan. 13, 1777
As Alexander Fraser, of Wethersfield,
will soon remove trom this to a neighbouring St^te,
and bring unwilling to put any of his former good
culftomaers to trouble„h%fe art to desire all perfnns, who
are indebted to him by note or book, to make pay.
inert of the fimc as soon as possible.
Wethersfield, Jo. 9 1777,
y^LL perfuns n^vnig any demands on tn# estate of
Lteut.Samue Fibres, lateof Windsor,dec^efed,are
desired 10 bring thera in immedi^tly, in order for set
tlement; and these indebted to said estate, are desired
to make speedy payment, to
LOIS FIERCE, Adminiffratrix.
January 1 1777.
Stolen from the fubferiber on the night fol
lowing the 23* ium/,out cf a hogshead ^i gfcds,
which was br r kr opan, sundry ftrip^d cotton Ihirts,
several pair of /hoes, one pair of pale blue yarn Back
ings, and two cheefet. The thief is one James M'-
Lean, a prisoner belonging to the 51st regiment in the
British service, is of a middling stature, a well f*tt
m^, red coirpUxlaa, has light hair Something pitted
with the small pox, flow of fyach, wears his regi
roental coat and Scotch bonet,and long plaid tre^fen.
Whoever will apprehend and ficure the said thief,
and give information to the fubferiber., Ihall have two
dollars reward end all necessary cha &es
Weftfitld, D^c. 25^, 1776. MOSES ROOT.
All perlons that have any de
mands on the edate of Titus Buck, late of Wea
tb«rsfie!d,d<ceafed, are dtfired to bring their accounts
to the fubferiber in order for settlement; and those
indebted are desired to mskr speedy payment to
Caroline Buck, Adrainiftratrix.
Dec. 27. 1776.
THE public are defiled to five their HOG's BRIS
TLES, for which they will receive Eight Pence
per lb. fir thole of a good quality, and Six Pence for
those of an inferior fort, of MARTIN GATTER,
Brv sh maker, living on the Common, just above Mr.
Burr's flora in New-Haven.
Said Gutter makes and fells hearth, fl or, cloaths
brushes, &c. also butter'd BISCUIT.
Jud printer, and to be fold by
NATHANIEL PATTEN,
Book-binder and ftatioaer under the printing office,
Hartfor d,
F REBETTER's New. England Almanack, for the
year of ou, L^rd Christ, 1777 ; besides what is
ufa&l in others, adorned with an accurate plate of the
prefnt fat of war at aid near New York, viz. Gene
ral Washington's lines on New-Yoik iflsnd, fork at
Powels Hook, Barker-Hill near New York, the
Sound, King's- Bridge /Hell Gate,, fort Washington,
fort Conflitution, Governor's- Inland, &c. &. &c.
CT Great allowance made to those who buy to fell
again.
Strayed from the fubferiber of Hartland,
some time in Sept last, two fraall year o/d HEIFERS,
one a black, the other a red pide, both marked with a
fawliow tail in the peer ear and a crop in the off ear
and a halfpenny underside the fame. Whoever has
the above heifers in keeping, and will return them to
the owner shall be havdfomely rewarded, and neceffa
ty charges paid, by ALEX, BUSHNELL,
HattbaA Jan. z, 1777.
Dr. P R I ^
''/?,' frum '^£ ifand h^ open'd z fzify near
XA ^ wiry. Porter's r* 17 otherfill, where be propo,
Ls tu ^raaice Pbjfc. Stegery, & Midwifery, whkh left
has, for ^ namb^r ofyefo, best hi# principal employ
meat. He is Grry &.; bridg e forger, hi is oblig'd
to taks this method of at once folliciting the public
notice and favor, and undectiviAg the mif-informed;
who, it seems, consider him merely as an &thcarf.
He therefore hopis he fh^.l not br chargeable with,
vanity, in laying in hi# own behalf-- That he has beea
almost 30 years a fiudeat in his profiffion, and abov@
20 a practitioner--- that, after 6 yors p'ra&tce, he tra
varied for improvement, and spent mo^e than 2 years
in England, France and Holland, for ?h^t purfofiqj
attending th% p:aa& and operations of some of the
principal bofrisa's, frequenting the leaures cf rhe most
celebrated proLiLrs iu London and Paris— Ihit in Lon
don he teas f u r more ihand y^ur principal afiftant and
differ to the eldest fargoon of Guy's hefpiui---that
in Midwfr, particularly, he had his iri/L uctijn# in
part from the great Dr. Hunteßq phy-^cian extraor
cm&, to the ^CTO, rod war fr acmfiderable time,
senior pupil to ,^ celebrated Dr. brK^zie : A^d that,
after finishing his ftudiesaT^ad, he I:<kis degree in
ph/ficat the univ^fir, gs Leyaen. Tho' : ^ an Apo
thecary, he has always kept A ihop, and has Avid f/oaa
the earmy a parcel of medicines, pa;t of ^hich he
would carter for such articles at h^ want-#, cfecially
fop uutefo, of which he hay unionu^ri, bit foe raoft
of his own: And such areally was, §di ' fr supplied
with f.ch things as he can foare, :t the current prices.
As he h^s been above four months cut ^f any fettled
employment, aid a great ex^ence f-r d^ fu port of
his family, he would be glad to get into bufi ref'sin his
profeffion, which he would execu*t with c^rv, diligence
and fide : it%
Thomas DEICING, JOIINFORBES,
and THOMAS WIUKrJAM, being appointed by
the State of N#W-Yo:k„ to receive, dx^mite and re
port, on the feveraj claims afai^ft fsiU State,fir rranf
porting families, flack, aad effect*, ft m Long Island
to Co^n^dicut, all perfo 3 who have &^ such accounts
unfitted are dOir^i ic b ing them in for settlement
to Mr. Ephraim Feneo'#, innholder in Middletown,
the third Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in January
fieri Februriy next, where attendance will be given to
adjust the Dine. They ar& requited to give particu
lar account of the names, number of fenri?i*s, and
owners cf effeds, and the places from ^nd to which
they wer& removed, and to be certified by the commit
tee# of th^ 1 veral towns where they live.
M dciletown, Dec. 31, 1776
Strayed from the fubferiber, fornecime l'a&
summer, & yearling ted fc.r, has &L£ in : # sf r^iead,
a halfcrop the u&d rfide fc right ear ^ ah ^ thro'
the fame; also a heif ~ of ;h& ihrae »„, CTrnur sad
mark. Whoever will uk^ «, and return ui' ftray.r,
0 give information io the fubferiber so the he may
have than agei% fhril have a hand fpm? rrw^d and
necessary charges paid by Abel Gridley.
H wingtoii, Jan. 3 1777.
^i-L; priori hair. any tiemanns on the aftire cf
Capr. John Loveland; 'N^ of Middletown reced
ed, either by book, bond or note, &erefied to pre
fect th^i' accounts fir payment urto the ^/mniftra
tors in Middletown, by the 20 v cfj % i'-R, and all
that are indebted to said ciUte a e 1 qe^eri to mate
speedy payment Jam-s Jones.) Arfßinif-
Susannah Loveland.) traiors.
Jan^a-y 6, 1777.
Runaway from the fubferiber a few days
since a nmgro boy, named Cuff, about 20 , ears of age,
middling in stature, full eye, had on a blue coating
watch-coat, leather breaches, the rft of his cloaths
brown homespun. Whoever will take up and return
said N^gro, ffiall have Ten Dollars ras^d, aad.
neteffa y charge# paid by
NathanielOlcott.
East Hartford, Jen. 2, 1777.
Stolen out of the stable of Mr. Moles But
ler, in the might at'er the 31st of De. elf, a dark
ch^ftaut cilo^ed HORSE, about 14 hands high,
paces and trots, but chiefly inclines to pace, a her A
hi, forehead, thick mane,io% carriage, sh dal round.
Whoever will tale up Did horse a^d return him to
Mr. Butler, and Dcure the thief fa that he may be bro't
to justice, fall have ten dollars reward.--if Only the
horse, five dollars, and hecwffir, charges paid.
N. B. A bridge with large reins a^d the threat-latch
broke off, was stolen with the horse.
Hertford, Jan. 3,1777.
JAMES TILEr,
A little E^ft of the Court H^ufe, i^ Hertford,
STEEL Ihoe Chapes, fteciTwiveh f^r H^rgm, berf
hooks, chains sad Drivels for Hangers, and a ver
ty cf other Articles.
Stolen from the fubferiber in the night cf
Lveuth inst. a *rhi« M AKE ^hh gray mana ^ M t^h
about 14 hands high, 4 years old, a natural t. t^r and
lifts her Tore feet high, was formerly the prepe ty cf
Jere. French, jan. of ManeheW, Albany c^u.
Whoever will take up said ra*re and tbisf, end biug
them to the fubferiber (liv*^ i, Pauldings P^c ; c&
Datchefs County and State of N^w Yak,) Jh*ll hate
as a regard for .he mare fire dollars, and twenty
dolus ^ the <hei£ Isaac Talman.
D:c 9, 1776,