The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-01-02 00:00:00, page 4

To be Sold, by £ Pirkefon,
At the sign of the Three-tuns, in Third-street, be
•'tween South and Shippen. streets, «
Best Spanish Segars,
Made by FRANCIS SMITH, from Italy. Dec. 6.
Chester, December 11, 1780.
r rHE Person who left a Brown MARE
' at the fubferiber's, the fitft day cf August last, is
desired to come and difeharge the expences lor her
keeping, oth^rwife (he will be fold in ten d;ys from the
date hereof, as this is the second time of advertising, by
JOSEPH BRINTON.
- TO BE 4 E T,
And entered upon the firft day of March next,
A SMALL PLANTATION, on the weft fide of
Paffyunk road, about one r.bla and three quarters
from the city, adjoining to the plantation belonging to
Israel Pemberton, deceased, now in the possession of
Conrad Sheller. There io therein, a good House and
Kitchen,, a Well of good Water, and Stables. For
Terms enquire of JACOB DUCHE, in Front Greet
next to the corner of Chelnut-ftrett.
GENTEELY FURNISHED,
TdBE LETT:
Also, A ST ABLE behind it;
In Front-street, a few doors above the Coffee-houfe.
Enquire of the Printers.
A Woman that can be well recommended.
Just PUBLISHED and To be SOLD, by
JOHN DUNLAP,
At hit Printing-Office in Market Greet,
FATHER ABRAHAM's
ALMANAC K,
• For the YEAR of Our LORD, 1781.
Imported and to be told, By
Josiah Hewes,
In Chefaut-ftreet, a few Bags of Allfyice, Madeira
_ Wine, Weft India Rum, Sugar, &c..
A Gardener is wanted, to work
and manage a Garden three miles out of town. Any
person capable of such an undertaking, may hear of an
employer by applying to the Printers.
Wanted immediately, at the Glafs-Houle
in Kenfingtcn,
A number of Workmen,
That undtrftand the Making of white and green Glass:
ALS O,
Labourers, Cordwood and Wocd-Afhes.
For terms apply to THOMAS LEIPER, Tobacconist,
the corner of Spruce and Water-ftreets^
WHO HAS FOR SALE,
A general Assortment of Green Glass,
Maryland Tobacco in hogsheads, Scotch Snuff in bot
tles, bladders and c?dks, and Manufactured Tobacco,
as ufuah
The Front Part of a House,
MADE and S O L D,
Wholesale and Retail, by
JOHN BATES,
Near Church-alley, in Third street,
FRYING-PANS of all sizes, Dripping-pans,&c. Tin
' Ware of ail forts : Also, to be lold, Stoves, Stove
pipes, &c,
N. B The highest price will be riven for old frying
pan Handles. Nov. 3b, 178%
Two Writing Masters wanted
AT THE UNIVERSITY:
Persons well qualified, and who can bring with them
good Recommendations, will please to apply to
Mr. James Davidson, Re&or of the Academy.
BOOK-KEEPING.
Wants Employment,
A PERSON whs writes a good hand, underft^nde
account - and can be well recommended. Enquire
of the Printers.
A PERSON wh. understands BOOK-KEEPING,
and can be well recommended, is desirous of en
gaging to tend a store or cempting-houfe. Enquire of
the Printers-,
WANTS A PLACE,
As a Wet-Nurse,
Philadelphia; Printed and Sold by DAVID C. CLAYPOOLE.
Enquire of the Printers.
TUAS taken up trespassing in the Garden
' of the fubferiber, living near the Robinhood
Tavern, on the rath of O&ober last, a Red COW with
a white face, is crept in the right ear, and has a bullet
hole in the left. The owner is desired to come, prove
his property, pay charges and take her away. §
Nov. 18, 1780. HENRY YOUNG.
OF HIS EXCELLENCY,
George Washington, Esq;
A New Impression in Metzotinto;
From the original Pi&ure belonging to the State of
Pennsylvania ; •
Poster size, i. e. >4 inches by 10 inches, exclusive of
the mar n;
Price Two Dollars, or the Value .thereof in current
Money, or Six Pound per Dozen to Shop-keepers,
or Perlons pfoing abroad.
Any Perlons wanting the laid Prints,
Will apply to CHARLES W. PEALE, at the corner
Extract from the French Gazette, 1780.
E define to acquaint LOUIS NOEL ANGIBAU,
enlisted in the King's Service, under the name of
BRIN DAMOUR, in the legion of Damas, in the
year 1768, then in garrison at Br<ft ; and who, ever
since that time has given no intelligence of his ptrfonj
that William Angibau, his father, deceased, in No--
vember, 1778, who left him a fucceffien. If any per
son, knowing the said LOUIS NOEL ANGIBAU,
fbould be acquainted with either his death or the place
of his residence, they are requested to give Notice of it
to the Sieur ANGIBAU, his brother, living at Mr.
Grand Jean, painter, in the street of FAUBOURG,
St. Martin, at Paris.
Philadelphia, Dec. 14, 1780.
Al, E persons who have any demands
against the estate of RICHARD BARRETT,
deceased, are requeued to bring in their accounts pro
perly attested, to the fabferibev, that they may be fet
tled; and all those who are indebted to said estate, are
desired to make immediate payment to prevent further
trouble. ELIZABETH BARRETT, Administratrix.
Baltimore, December 16, 1780.
TO BE SO L D,
STEVENSON'S
Grand Copper-Mine,
DE SERTED, the nth infant, from Captain
HENRY MATHEWS'® Company of Artificers,
a certain EDWARD REDGWAY, by trade a
Carpenter, about 5 feet 8 inches high, pretty ffraight
built, (hurt brown h ; r, down look, much given to li
quor. Whoever takes up and secures said Deferttr in
any gaol, or brings him to the fubferiber in Market
ftreet, between Sixth and Seventh ftr<eets, fliall have
the above Reward, and reasonable charges paid, by
HENRY MATHEWS, Captain of Artificers.
N. B. All matters of veftls, and others, are forbid
to harbour or carry him off at their peril.
D ES e' R- t'T^
From the Laboratory Company, under the command
of Lieutenant BENJAMIN HOEY, the following
SOLDIERS, viz.
WILLIAM HAMILTON, born in England, about
'' 6 feet high, fair complexion, wears his own hair.
NATHAN HIGHLANDS, born in Ireland, about 5
feet 6 inches high, swarthy complexion and black hair.
WILLIAM BUCKLEY, born in Ireland, about 5,
feet 8 inches high, fwauhy complexion, black hair.
NICHOLAS DIGNAN, born in Ireland, fair complex
ion and light hair, abut five feet fix inches high. JO
SEPH MATTHEWS alias JOHN BIRD, about five
feet twoinch?# high, very dark complexion, arid much
pitted with the fmalfrpox. JAMES BROWN, about
five feet fix inches high, dark complexion, and ack
h r. Whoever takes up and secures the above de
fe ters, stall receive fix hundred dollars reward, and
proportionally for any of them, with necessary char
ges, by applying at the Commissary General of Mi
litary Stores Office, in Chefnut-ftreet, Philadelphia.
N. B. All matters of vessels are forbid to harbour or
conceal any of the above Deserters, on penalty as by
law provided. December 6, 1780.
In FREDERICK COUNTY.
The purchaser will have an opportunity of feeing an
assay of the ore, and the exa& quantity of copper it
yields. The sheet-copper made from it is equal to
any ever imported. The drifts,- which contain ore,
may be entered on and worked immediately. The
blasting-vein frem 60 to So feet long, may be cleared
to work in two weeks. The level, one of the greatest
undertakings in North America, is compleat. There
are 230 acres of land, a good dwelling-house, aad sun
dry improvements. Many fatisfaaory difeoverie s will
be made to the buyer. For terms apply to
JOHN STEVENSON.
N. B. A few tons of ore can be spared, to keep the
furnace going- till more may be railed.
*, A person wey qualified to ere& a ROLLING
MILL, will meet with advantageous employment, by
applying to W ILL JAM HAMMOND mer
chant in Baltimore town, or to the MANAGERS ©f
the COPPER-WORKS in Frederick county.
Philadelphia, Dec. >6, 1780.
Five Hundred Dollars Reward.
of Third and Lombard-ft eets.
Six Hundred Dollars Reward.
"tf/AS loft, on the 4th instant, December,
between Market street and the White-lamb, on
Frankford road, a Black Leather POCKET BOOK,
with a fmali fam of ftper Money therein, five Lean
office Certificates of 400 dollars each, and ferae other
Writings, of no use to any person but the owner.
Whoever will deliver th-sfiid Pocket Book to the fub
feriber, in Camping-town, fiall receive the above Re
,ward, paid by JOHN KEITER.
Four Hundred Dollars Reward.
RAN-AWAY, on Saturdav the ,th instant, a NE^
GROE MAN, named DUKE, a' out 35 years
of age, formerly belonging to Mr. DoHinfon, now
the property of the Minifler of France: Hs is about-f
feet 4 inches high, strong and lusty, has bread Ihoald
«,, i. r remarkably thick-lip'd, and has loft almost all
his fore-teeth ; had on a brown great coat, %n old round
hat ;is fuppofec ito have-taken with him a coarse yellow
liren jacket ^nd trowfers, a pair of grey cloth overalls
and a large yellow linen frock. Whoever apprehends
said Negroe, (hall, on delivering him to M. CARRE^
at the house of the Minister of France, receive the a
bove Rewards
QTRAYED or stolen, from the sign of the Unicorn,
'on Lancaster road, about fix weeks ago, a Black
MARE, about 5 or 6 years old, 14 or 15 hands high,
,(bod all round, has a small star in her forehead, one
white foot and rings round both fore feet, o-cafioned by
hopples. Whoever tak.es upfaid Mare and Thief, if
ftohn, and brings her to the fubferiber, near the 39
mile-itone, on Lancaster road, shall nave the above Re
ward,or Four Hundred Dollars for the Mare only, and
allreafonable charges, paid by ROBERT ELTON.
East Cain, December 21st, 1780.
Fight Hundred Dollars Reward.
UTAS stolen from the fubferiber, on the night of the
14th inst. Dec. two Bay MARES, one of thera
was 3 years old last spring, t§ hands high, (he has a
large star in her forehead, and one of her feet white,
and a brand on her near (houlder with the letters IL;
the other 2 years old last spring, has a little white in
her forehead, and branded on the near shoulder with
the fame letters ; b®th of them are natural trotters.
Whoever secures said Mares and Thief, (hall have the
above Reward, and for the Thief only Two Hundred
Dollars, and reasonable charges paid, by
T HIS is to give public Notice, that the
* fubferiber, GARDINER and NURSERY MAN,
intends following Pruning of Fruit-trees, of ..ny kind^
the remainder part of this winter, .from the seventh of
January until the fifteenth of MarchV He also propefes
following Gardening, during the summer season, in and
about the city of Philadelphia; , from the fifteenth of
March pntil tne fifteenth of November.
Any Gentleman^ or others^ that are inclined to em
ploy im, .may depend on being faithfully served, and
their favours gratefully acknowledged, by their humble
fervant^ CORNELIUS HEGERTY.
N. B. He may be spoke with at Mr. Dennis M'Car
ty's, at the White-horse Tavern in Elbow-lane, between
Second and Third-flreets, within two doors of Market
ftreet. December 26, 1780.
Newtown, Bucks county, December 19, 1783.
WA S committed to my custody, on the 16th in
ft^nt, December, a MAN, who calls himfelf
JOHN HARMS, on fuipicion of being a dangerou®
person, as he had no pass, and could give no regular ac
count of himfclfr he fays he lives in Lanrafter county,
and his friends there ; he is near 6 feet high, has black
hair, dark complexion ; had ona beaver hat,, light co
loured broadcloth great coit, a pale-blue linen coat, a
claret coloured waistcoat and breeches, odd buckles in
hit (hoe,i he had with him a young brown Horse, near if
hands high. If he has any friends that can prove him
to be an honest man, with 1 fufficient recommendation
from the place where he lived, it is requested they will
come and release him as quick as pcffiole, with paying
the charges. JAMES GREGG, gaolor.
Hard Money.
RAN. AWAY from the fubferiber, in Baltimore,-
state of Maryland, some time last faring, a Negrer
MAN, named WILL,: .He is a Rout, well marie, tail,
black tellow, about 24 years of ^gs ; he was lately tikent
up at Pluckemin, in the Jerfie®, by Mr. Gjicrift, of
Maryland, (to whom th- Negros once belonged,) and
pvt into Brunswick gaol; I lent tor him, And under
stand he had broke gaol and got off : He may probably
be gone for New York, come back to Philadelphia, r.c
be fill in Jerfies. I will give One Thhufand Pounds,
Continental Currency, or Twelve Pounds Hard Mo
ney Reward, and pay ail reasonable charges, to an,
person tha will deliver said N gre? to Mr. PETER
WHITESIDE, in Philadelphia; or if he has got into
New-York, I will give Twenty-Four Pounds, Hard
Money, and pay all charges, to any person that will de
liver the said Negroe, as afor/efaid.
Three Hundred Dollars Reward.
Baltimore, December 8, 1780.
One Thousand Pounds Reward,
CONTINENTAL; or TWELVE or TWENTY
JACOB LUTZ, living on Rd. Penn's place.
FOUR POUNDS
JONATHAN HUDSON.