The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-11-14 00:00:00, page 4

Said KEA N's indulby 'nd attention will be di
r^aed $0 the procuring the b^ft roods, to keep a gene
rai effortmeat, and to fell at thejoweft prices the fitua
fen ofihe tinus will 'dm:t. Performs having golds to
diipoe of cheaps for cash, in h m may sod a purchaser.
At the floe conftan! attendance will be given, the ffr &-
est puniudity o^ferved, and'every endeavour extr.i ed
'° g"' general iatisfaaion.
To be Sold,
A Forty-eight inch French Burr MILLSTONE,
A and a SHARE m the Cit, Library, very cheap.
Enquire of William Van Phul, in Story-street, near
Vin'e.ftreet, Philadelphia. November s .
TTO ^ E SOLD,
„A v^y go° d fscond hand 7 inch CABLE, 120 fathom
" long. Also a 9 inch ditto, 1,0 fathoms long ; and a
quantity of BLOCKS, iron hoops ^nd Junck.
,Appy to William Budden.
-F-Q-R S A L E,
A PHOTON and a Pair of BAY
' HORSES.
Require of the Printers.
To be Sold,
A healthy NEGROE W®MAN, about <2 years of
age: the is fit for either town or country. En
tynrte of the printers.
% be SOLD by the Subscriber,
One door above Waluv^ftreet in Water-street, the
following GOODS, viz.
WE STINDIA Rum by the boghead or gallon.
Sherry Wine by the quarter calk or gallon. Gin
in cases, Box Sugars, Mufcov&do ditte in barrels, Cof
ft-, Bohea Tea, Chocolate, Pepper, B*ft No r Sail
Duck, Britannia#, mens heft Leaden wool hats, En.lifh
cloth, hearth furniture, buckle and scrubbing brumes,
fwee'ping ditto home made, powder boxes, pouch bar
rels for privateers, end a variety of ether Goods.
DAVIS BEVAN.
N. B. A large quantity of plain and jappaned tin
Ware of all kinds, feme Pewter, English Cheese, Must
ard of an extraordinary quality, Scotch Snuff manufac
tured in Gbfgpw; all to be fold cheap for cash. gm.
Twelve Hundred Dollars Reward,
STOLEN or frayed from pff the Commons, three
' M ARES; one a dark brown, about 13 hands high,
riling 7 years old, with a long switch tail, was loft
force time lift March. The other a black, 9 years old,
about 13 hands high, has a f'w white hairs on her fore
head, had a lock on one of her fore feet, with a log or
wood hanging to it; was loft left June. The other
white, about 14 hands and a half high, with a (witch
tail, riling 7 years old; wrs loft about the roth of Oc
tober. Whoever gives intelligence of any of said Mares,
so as the owner may have them again, fall ha~ ? One
Hundred Dollars for each of them, and if stolen, Three
Hundred Dollars for each one, paid by me, JAMES
DURAN T, Butcher, living near the New Play-boufe,
or WILLIAM WESTON, Butcher, at the corner of
Walnut nd Filth ftreet#, Philadelphia.
WHEREAS by a late Refolds of the Honourable
the Executive Council of the State of Penn
fylvsnia, Th^ S^bferiber is appointed PUB
LIC AUCTIONEER for the Northern Liber
ties of the Ct, of Philadelphia; and has opened a
STOR E, in Second street, a few doors above Vine,
street, formerly occupied by Mr. James Lougheed,
as a Vendue-Stere, where all kinds of Goods, Wares
and Merchandize will be received for Public Sle
Any perlon favouring him with their Business, may ex
ped the utmost and Ready Attention paid to r, by their
humble Servant, ALEXANDER BOYD.
Imaged in the lift veffeh from Europe, and to be fold,
wholesale and retail, by
JOHN KEAN,
At the formerly occupied by Mr. James Cunning;
<n the north fide of Market-street, just opp Ute the
Meal market. .
DARK, blue, buff,
^hite,tcarkt,brown,
flop HlOL,claret and cloth
coloured fuperfiht broad
cloths.
Brown, claret, blue and
clo r h coloured seconds.
Blue, brown and light
coloured naps.
Velvets of all colours,
jibbed plain, spotted and
flowery
prawboys.,
Fine and coarse cambricks
and la^ns.
^ Bread and narrowßuffia
fheeti^g.
Checks#
Worftc.d.and silk hose.
. .A beautiful affpriment
'of chintz and calicoes.
Figured and plain mini
-onet lawns.
Mmionetlawn handker-
PHILADELPHIA: Printed and Sold by JOHN DUNLAP and DAVID C. CLAYPOOLE.
White, blue and brown
serges.
Fine and ccarfe linin'.
White p, Jongs, fartnets
and perfins.
Black mode.
W- mens white gloves.
Ta, es.
White and coloured
threads.
Silk gauze.
Corded dimities.
A large qa ntity of the
belt feeing silk.
Rihlpns.
Silk hankerchiefs.
, Ivory combi.
A quantity of coarse
billed bole.
Writing paper.
Snuff in bottles.
ALSO, Excellent claret
in bogheads and bottles.
Four Thousand Dollars Reward.
THE fubferi>er hzvng, st sundry t m sjufteted con
siderable damage from force mahco ent perlons, of
fers the above reward ta any one who shall give infor
mation, so that the offender or offender, be brought to
' U T'he°injures be has fuffeiel, have been committed at
the following times, viz.
In January, 1779, the lining cf his choice cut out,
which was afterwards ideated. In March, the chaise
again damaged, one of the wings taken away aim the
curtains cat; the windows of his doling houfc oroke
leveral times, by large ftooes, and his wife and family
ver? mu h terrified; the gates unhanged, and th- co
vering or the wain defrayed; Ir. May, the ba 11 and
ftabks broke o,>n, one of the horffa *^6 cut off, and
the utenfi's in th, ian destroyed and hroks. And on
the 23d ofO^ober, 1780, a hogihrad cf good cyder fteve
in. GRIFFITH ONES, Tanner in Germantown.
N. B. At it is probable the abe ve intuits were com
raitt'ed in the preface of others, not immediately con
cerned, it is hoped they will give information, that
such disturbers of the public peace may be brought to
tempter, pnni&mta. O^o^er 25, 1780.
Would take charge of a School,
A Young GENTLEMAN, whole inlticlicks in
A Enghih Grammar, the Latin, Greek and French.
' 1 Languages , also, Writing and Arithmeti k,
have been umvcrblly approved of in several p&<s
where he has had the tuition of Gentlemen's Children.
Gentlemen who foul'd employ inch a-perim in the city,
•r any county contiguous thereto, they may filed, fee
him, with tr&d-ntils of his education, abilities and
char^aer, by leaving their names and 1 femes of abode
with the Printer#. P ih^bhia, o^6. 25, 1780.
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TO BE SO L D, BY
Townsend White and Company,
At their Store in W^ter ft eet, next door to the late
William Allan's,.
CHOICE old London particular MADEIRA
WINE, by the pipe, quarter-calk or gallon, fit
for immediate use. Lkt wife, Rum, Sugar, Tea,
Cosset, Indigo, &c. wholesale or retail.
p,lh mk w^nfnip, 26 of thou Month, 1780.
WAS taken up, tuffpaffi% about three weeks ago,
Three ftrsy COW S, viz. One fpott^l black
and white, with a star in her forehead, and fandry ear
marks difficult to dricribe. Also, me other, brindle,
with white leVey, white tail, white stroke *cr.ofi her
Moulder and rump, and a star in her forehead, marked
with a Ait in the under fide of each ezr. The other a
red, with a white belle, and tail, and white stroke on
her rump and acrefs her (holders. The owners of fiid
CATTLE are defined to ©time, prove property snd pay
charges, and take them awry within three weeks from
the date hereof, er etherwife they will be fold for the
fame, by ISAAC WILLIAMS, living uesr Gray's ferry.
_ -_„___=#■— #^^ =wow ■■>«■ ■■
rAME to the plantations the fubferiber, in Paffyunk
~ townfh : p, Philadelphia county, about two weeks
ago, a sorrel HORSE, rather inclining to a dun colour,
twitch tail, 12 or 14 hands high, branded on the near
hind leg wiih the letter O. The owner is defied to
ceme, prove property, pay charges ani take him away,
or he w ill be fold fcr his expences in three weeks from
this date. O&eber 27, 17S0. JOHN WHITE.
Four Hundred Dollars Reward.
WLi stolen from the loTe of the fubferiber, in Ply
mouth towr.fhip, Philadelphia county, ne>r the
Swedes Ford, on Sunday right, the 29th of October,
A light, two horse WAGGON, the fines boarded and
painted red, the fore wheel, on the off fide, has one
new fellow, and tvo /pokes lately put in the body, has
a considerable rife forward, it is abcut half worn, the
paint on the sides dull.
The fame Night was stolen frem Cephas Berthe on,
at S^edes-Ford, Upper Me-rion township, Two Blind
Halters, the one lately mended between the rings by
the bitt; two Leather Collars; two far of Qoiles
with iron traces, the traces traft'd links, with br^ft
chains and hemes. Whoever will secure the said Wag
gon and Gear#, and give information to the fubferiber, <
so that they may be raftered, shall hive the abate Re
ward. JOHN BAYARD
November 7, 1780.
JOHN BENEZET, intending very shortly for
Europe, rquefts all Ptrfcnt indebted te him to dis
charge their Accounts immediately, end those to whom
he is indebted to bring in their Accounts, that they
may be fettled and paid.
Said BENEZE T has for Sale, Wes-India Rum,
Sugars and Morifis ; Also, A few Pipes of excellent
Madeira, which he will difyofe of very low for Cash.
CAME to the plantation of the fuff-fiber, living in
Roxhorough townihip, the 14th ®f September (aft,
A BLACK HORSE, about 15 hands high, has a star
in his forehead and loft one of his eyes. Theouner is
defir dto come, prove hs property, pav charges and
take him away. BENJAMIN LEVERING.
Wanted immediately,
A number of WOOD CUTTERS, who will trader,
take to cut a quantity of wood in Penrfbury man
ner by the cord, ano find themselves. Any persons wil
ling to engage, will be informed of the prite by applying
to SAMUEL MILES, D. QM, for Pennsylvania.
Four Hundred Dollars Reward.
RA N-A WA Y from the fubferiber, living near the
Head of Elk, Cecil county, Maryland Sate, a
NEGRO MAN, named CATO, about 25 years of age,
5 fret 7 or 8 inches high, a strong made, impudent,
ic %r> down-looking fellow : said Cato has a black face,
l^rge mouth and eyes, thick lips, think beard and large
feet, fpeaka bad Eoglidi, fomeuhat on the Dutch dia
left, loves spirituous I quors, chews tobacco; said Ne
groe was seen near Branny wine-bridge, on the ,h inst.
dieffed as follows, viz. a red under waiftcrat, and over
that a fliort double breasted drab coloured doth jack
et, the body thereof much worn, the Grieves nearly
new, the buttons on the breast are feme cf them pewter
and tome old mohzi r , those underneath are turned
apple-tree, long tow irowferg, half- worn shoes, wool
hit. Whoever takes up fa d N^groe and secures him
in any ga rf l, so that hit master ftiall get him again, shall
have the above reward and reasonable charges paid.
Odo. I. ABRAHAM MITCHEL!,.
N. B. Matters of veffde are forbid, on their peril; to
take him on board.
W ANTED to hire by the months
ASM ART black or white BOY, about fourteen
or fifteen years of age. Enquire of the Printer.
Two Women Wanted,
IN a pleasant situation in the country, near several
' places of worship: One to do the work of a mail
daily and to fyin; the other to cook, &c. Appjly to
Mrs. Baynton in Archftreet, Philadelphia. Gcod
wzges wifi be given in cifh or eloathing, &c.
A Close STOVE wiih a pipe and trevit complect.
To be Srid. Enquire as above.
T O BE SOL'D;
A three dory BRICK HOUSE, io Front-street near
A Siuthftrerti AlO a HOUSE in Spruce-street
near Second - fir et; Enquire of the printers.
Kent county, State of Maryland, ©&o. 21, 1780.
TO BE SOL D,
Ford Hard Money or Contineatafat the Exchange,
SHIP on the flocks, at the fubferiber's (hip
)' r ' p ° n La^gford's-bay, of the following di
rcenfions, viz; 71 feet by the keel, strait rabbit,
26 feet beam, 12 feet in the hold, 26 inches dead-rife,
intended to have 4 feet and a half waifte, and is to be
pierced for 22 guns. She is built all of oak timber and
plank, the latter 2 inches and a half thick, and con
ftrua^d for faft failing: (he has a long floor and clean
run : the will be beamed and kneed in about two weeks
and ready for the caulkers. Any perlon ficlinabfe to
purcbafc, may know the terms by applying to the sub
scriber, ip Maryland, or to Mr. EZEKIEL FORMAN,
Philadelphia. THOMAS SMYTH.
—Vo B E S O L D,"
By the fubferibers, at their store, in Race-street,
CHOICE Loaf sugar, manufa&ured in this city; and
in a few days will he * ready for fate tingle refined
Loaf Sugar, Molasses, &c.
PENINGTONS and SCHAFFERS.
Seven Hundred Dollars Reward.
STOLEN or STRAYED, out of the pasture of the tub
fcriber, near this city, the night before last,
ONE bright bay FILLY, full fifteen hands high, has
a small blaze in her face, the brand mark HF on
her near butteck, the H and F united together is tome
thing obfaure, a black mane and tail, has never been'
docked, nor shod; she is gentle, but not broke, and
will be three years old next fprihg. She is 1 markabiy
strong a^d well formed for her age, being, acolt of the
horse Sampson, out of one of governor Penn's impor
ted mares.
Also, one Black HORSE, about seven rears old, and
fougeen and half hands high, branded HF on the near
buttock, he has a star in his forehead, and the near
hind foot white, has been used to the draught, and
trots altogether.
Whoever takes up the said Filly and Horse, and de
liver them to the fubferiber, shall receive four hundred'
dollars for the Filly, two hundred dollars for the horse,;
with rcafonable charges for the fame, and one hundred
dollars for the thief brought to cemv^icn.
OWEN BIDDLE.
Philadelphia, O&ober 4, 1780.
ALL PERSONS who have or may feon
have CATTLE, in fufficient goed order for
Beef, to difyofe cf, are desired to leave their proposals
with the fubferiber, in Second street near Race street,
who has orders to central for one thousand heads for
the use of the army.
JACOB MORGAN, Jun.
Germantown, Sept. 30, 1780.
Three Hundred Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or stolen, but supposed to be the lat~
ter, on the night of the 28th instant, from the Blue
tall tavern, in Nicetawn, a dark bay M A R E. trots
and paces, but mot^y the latter; between 5 and 6 years
cli; about 14 hands high; branded on one of her but
tocks with W, remark-ole low before: Lik>wife, had
rn a new 'addle and bridle. Whoever secures the
Mire and Thief, if stolen, and the thief be prosecuted
to conviobon, shall receive the above reward, or Two
Hundred Dolte s, with reasonable charges for the Marc,...
Saddle and Bridle only, by JACOB FIRNHAVER,