The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-04-17 00:00:00, page 4

Fifebig Tackle
Of all f^rts, for U^ ci either SEA or RIVER,
M ADE AND SOLD
By Edward Pole,
In Mailt ftr<et, near the Court house, Philadelphia,
viz.
Red ceder, dogwood, hickory
and other fifliing Rods, of various forts and fizet, either
plain or ringed; hair, frlk, and hemp Lines of any
length, either for fly, trolling or bottem tithing, all rea
dy fitted; Drepfeas, for sea or r ver, compleat; Trim
mers for pike tithing; a variety of cork Floats, with
either furan or goose Qills; silk worms Gut, Weed
and Indian-grass; Leads of various patterns; best
watch spring, kerb, and common Fishing Hooks of all
sizes, either loose or ready bung on fi;k, hair, or Indi
an-grafi; carting Mennew, landing and scoop Netts,
with a great variety of other Fitting Tackle.
Any Gentlemen going, on parties of fifhin,, either
to Black-Point, sea, river, or any other place, may be
compleatly furntflied, or have Tackle made of any
particular kind or pattern, on a very short notice.
N. B. As be has a very general and compleat Af
fortirent of the ver, best kind of Falling Tackle, be
fattens himfelf hi tis able to serve the Public with bet
ter Tackle, and on as low terms as any other in the
city.
AL S O,
Two fifhing Seines to be ex
changed for Wood or other Country Produce.
Also, to be Sold, a Variety of
Military Stores,
For Privateers and other armed Veff'lc, such as,
Rammers, Sponges, Worms and Ladles,
Sbeepikins, Prim lig-wires and Bitts, rounded double
headed Cannon Shot, musket and cannon Cartrigdes,
musket and cannon Cartridge Boxes, Budge Barrels,
Cariaftes, Boarding Pikes, Poll Axes, Formers Grape
Shot ready made up, Linftockt, Fjlfe-fire Stocks,
Mtch Ropr, Sponge Nails, Powder Horns, Lantherns,
Handcuff's, Spiking Mallets, Gunners Handspikes,
Brimstone, Boathook, Mariingfpikes, Padlocks, Lamp
bbek, Linseed Oil, Loglines and Reels, Mufketa and
Pirtoh, Oil Flints, Drums and Fifes, Twine, Marling
and Sail Needles and Palms, hand and deepfea Lines,
Hand Pumps, Tallol, Tar, and Paint Brufhei, Mops,
Tinder Boxes, Tin Quarts, Pintv, Halfpints, &c.
Black Jacks, Coffee Pots, Tea Kettles, Sauce Pans,
Spoons, Dries, Bowls, Platters, Meli Kite and Cans,
Fryingpans, Gridirons, Fleftiforks, Ladles, Knives
and Forks, Steelyards, &c. of all forts, &c. See. &c.
ALSO, Carpenters, Coopers, and Ar
mourers TOOLS of all forts : Wita a great Variety
of other Articles suitable for (hipping.
All Orders, for any of the above Articles, will be
carefully attended to and pußdually complied with.
N. B. Was cut loose and set a
drift, out of Clifford's dock, a large LOG of Poplar
Wood, ten feet long and three feet ever, cut at the
fmali end with a croffeut, and the other end, being the
but of the tree, is cut with an axe. A^y person hav
ing taken it up, and will deliver it to the owner again,
will be rewarded for their trouble, by applying as
above.
"ALT U^TATT7
TO BE SOL D,
Or Exchanged for foperfine or common Flour, By
Nel/on and Fox,
In Water-ftrfeet, above Walnut- street.
Wanted in the University,
a third TUTOR for the Latin School ; an
ASSISTANT for the Mathematical School, and one
WRITING MASTER. Thole who ars qualified and
choose to be employed as above, may e'ppiv to Mr.
JAMES DAVIDSON, at tha University. '
Twenty Four Hard Dollars
REWARD;
RAN- AWAY, on the nineteenth Tnft.
from the fubferiber, a NIGRO MAN, named
HARRY, h & very black thick lips, with a red font on
the inner fide of his lower one: Had on whan hr went
away, a coarse hora^pun Chirt, a black cloth waiftcon,
yell, w breeches, bin# ftocki%s mended w h white
yarn, coarse troffers ar' a felloes ?r>k; he is about
5 feet so ibebshigh. Whoever brings heme laid Ne
groe (hall h-rc the above Reward.
JAMES COCHRAN.
N. B. All martyrs of veffe/s and others are requeued
not to ha: hour laid Negroe.
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by DAFID C. CLAPPOOLE,
Just cerpe to hind, and to be fold, by
Robert Aitken,
PRINTER AND BOOKSELLER,
At Fops's Heas thr^ doors atuvu the Coffee houte, in
Ma ket-ftreet,
A new Map of the western Parts
cf Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and N ;rth-Caro
liinn Comprehending the river Ohio, and all the ri
vers which fill into it ; part of the river Miffifippi, the
whole of the Illinois river, lake Erie, part of the l^kes
Huron, Michigan, &c. and all the country bordering
on the lakes and rivers ; together with a large c&^vo
PAMPHLET, of 72 pages: Containing,
A Topographical Defcriprion of Virginia,|
Pennsylvania, Maryland and N^th-Carolina; Com-|
prebending the rivers Ohio, Ker.bawa, Sioto, Chare-|
kee, Wabash, Illinois, Mifhfippi, &c. The climate,{
foil and product, whether animal, vegetable or mineral ;j
the mountains, creeks, reais, dUtanver, latitudes, &c.
and of every part laid down in said M ~ by
Thomas hutchins,
Late a Captain in the 60th British reg mmt ot foat:
Witn a Plan of the Rapids of the Ohio, a
Plan of the several villages in th# 11 inois country, a
Table of the distances between Fort-Pitt and the mouth
es the Ohio; all engrave! oa copper: A ! 'o, An AP
PENDIX; Containing Mr. PaTr.ck Kennedy's
Journal up the Litres river, and a coned Lift of th?
°'' e ent nettops and tribes of Indians ; with the num
bar of fighting men, &c.
N. B. Ine Pu mfher has the heft authority for fay
!% That it is the met beautiful and cor^a Map, of 1
its kind, hitherto offered to the Public.
At the above Store may be had, Wholefalel
^nd Retail,
A general Collection of modern
BOOKS; together with Testaments, Watt's Palms'
and Himns, Art of Speaking, Croxahb Fa'd^, Dr.
Lowta's English Grammar, Ruddimn\ and Witun
hall's Larin Grammars, Baotift Cpnfiffi?,n of Faith,
and Catechifins of various kinds Di^ rib's SpelluT
Boek#, New-England Primes. Stationary, &.
Printing Work done, and Bocks' Bound, as
u f ud.
Tae highest PRICE given for any Quantity of clean
Linen RAGS.
Five Hundred Dollars Reward.
tyHEREAS the stable of the fub^criber
was broke open, on the night of the 26th iuft. I
and Two SADDLES -nd BRIDLES were stolen away:
rhe marks of one unknown ; the other, z new fiddle
with a bogfkin feat, the flaps ftzmped, and referable
hoglkin, a little fuUied with use, the ped fluffed with
wh^at-chaff and deers-hair, the hoffes iron l^id ever
with pewter, a thick Ddd^-cloth with white, blue and
red Gripes, and fringed with khite sind blue round the
hind part and part of the fid% lowed 10 the pad in |
'° ut P„,''"''' "*' to the fiddle with dee^ftin firings;|
the B idle a fnaffle, made st the feme time, the reins |
a Ihtle \amazed by being chewed. Whoever fecures|
th% fame, with the thief, so th<t he may be brought |
to jufiice, fhril have the above Reward and relentle
charges, or Two Hundred Dollar# for the Saddle and
Bridle above described, paid by
MARY BOGART,
Cress-keys tavern, corner of Thi.d and Chefnut-rtreets.
State of New Jersey, February 20, I7SI.
Wanted to compleat the Fires l
at BLOOMSBURY FORGE, nine miles from Durham
Furnace, SIX FORGE MEN, that can be well r,com
mended for their judgment and fteadireff; and r.s the
fabferiber i^nrs driving oh said Forge, dongle handed
in the rar,ft spirited manner, the greatest Eucou,#-
mer.t will be #;i™b by proper application made agamft
theist da, of Mat next: Forge-men without families,
or with rinri! omvr, will 00 mett acceptable > Also
TWELVE good WOOD CUT FERS, who fell be
Employed for any time agreed on, with their rtfptftive
b^ncts difebarged morrthlv. if rtqubed, by
george ross, junr.
TO BE SO L D,
By Daniel Sutter,
Tn Second-street, a few Doors abov# R^ce-fyet,
Lisbon Wine, Jamaica Spirits, Weft-India
and Philadelphia Rum, Souchong ? nd Bohea Ter,
I Coffie, foaf. white and br,wh Spaniffi Sugars, Pepper,
I Alfpict, Ginger, Lampblack, Glue, Chalk, boiled
and raw Linfeea Oil, Sweet Oil, Cotton, cotton and
wool Cards, mens and womens Leather Shoes, a Quan
tity of Writing Paper, &c, &c. &c.
TO BE LET T,
A large convenient Brick
FOU^F, with * Lot and good S abkng, fi to < a ry on
public business, particular for & ftor?, at tie coiner of
Callow-bill and Second- street,, for on?, two, or more
year?, as m#v kern Writable. Ror puti uhrs pl%>
to enquire of Mr. CHRISTIAN KUNCKELL, cppc
fite the Barracks, in Second iheet, Paiburipfoa.
GODOLPH I N,
A Full sized beautiful Bay, is inferior in
1 § blood and figure to no horse in Anderi a: He
stands atthe middle ferry on Schuylkill, from theist
of April to the Ift of June, and the remainder of the
season at Trovos, in Bucks county ; to cover Mares
at rwo Guineas the leap, or Four Guineas the feafow.
Godolphin was bred by old colonel Baylor, and was
got by old Fearnought cut of Jenny Dismal ; Fear
nought's fire was Regulus, a famous colt of the Go
dolphin Arabian's : Jeriny Dismal was got by Old Dis
mal, who won a sweep-stake of one thousand guineas,
and five king's plates/ without ever being beat. His
line was the Godolphin Arabian. Jenny Diftnal's
dam was got by lord Godolphin's Whitefoot, in 1774.
The only time Godolphin ever ran, he beat Travels
ler, a celebrated colt of colonel Lloyd's, a match
for four hundred guineas at Leed's Town. He fines
received forfeit, from fir Peyton Skipwith's ho:fe
Figure.
The money must positively be pa : d. before ths
Mares are taken away. J. WILKINLON.
n N. B. Good pafiurags may be had at Trovos, at
Seven Shillings and Six pence specie per week.
IHenryl Henry Lalor, Hatter,
}REGS leave to inform th^ officers of
{ , '?' army of the Uaittd Sates, in particular,
I and his friends and customers in gemr.l, that he hat
removed from between Chefnut and Market- streets, to
I th? hemfe in ^cond-ftreet, formerly known by ihe sign
G lden Fleece, batmen Walnut a:d Chefout
ftrem; ^h+re he centintro to carry on fh^Hatting
1 B ifinefi: in the muff txtenfive manner, &mti<meh,f
}the xibiy, clergy, ano others, may ire supplied vith
1 H ti in the newest znd meft Dihicnable t^fte, on the
thorieft notice, and on as reafonsbh tarns as the times
will adroit. He b€, leave to inform the gentlemen of
the aim,, that fee has a compleat afortment of Gold
/and S.lver Trimmings for Hats, felely calculated for
I the military. Haelfo Cocks Hats in the newest rtfle.
I He take tbis opportunity of returning his moss grateful
adkncwlfomnts to the public in general, the gentle.
I ra^n of th* arav, and bis friends in particular, for
their great encouragement since his commencement of
bu6neis; ^rd Lore, by his care and assiduity to picafe,
to merit a continuance of their favours.
N. B. The highest price, and ready money,given for
Beaver and other Furs.
_ . fa,_„&_a
A quantity of choice Claret,
In Hegiheads,
To BE SO L D, BY
Mordecai Lewis
In Second. Arte t', near Spruce-St rest.
TO BE L?f or" S~o1Td;
And Possession given immediately,
A valuable Plantation on Penny"
ptek creek, 11 miles from the city, near the Bristol
road, one and quarter miles from the river Delaware,
containing 105 acres, about 65 acres cleared arid un
der fence, including 7 or 8 acres of good meadow, and
m^ny more me, b. exfily made, as it lies very conve
nient to be watered, and 40 acres of good woodland,
mefty *h;te-oak, ckelnut and hickory, with fufficient
buildings for a tenant : cue or more raWs may be
erected on it, as there is always Sufficient water on the
cr:?k.
e Alf% a Lot or Piece of Land on Mount;
l Airy, near 0f Ute Mr. Allen's house, in German-
I town ; containing about 20 acres, including about 3
acres of woodland, most of it under fence of posts and
rails, except the front, which is 2 flone-wall, with
a good garden and young orchard ; with some other
nfeful cpnv&n^deies ; a House frauds on it entirely out
of repair. F^r Terms apply to Meffa GEORGE
MEADE find Company, or JOHN O'CONNER, in
Philadelphia. M^ch 2,.
F oif- ^A— l"e;
A valuable piece of Upland and
Meadow GKOUN D, situate in Pafiyunk township,
conbrnin. 54 acres, 23 of it good meadow and 31 up
land, with a ,0110 g orchaid tn it. Alfr, apiece c/3
acresot LAND, in Paff,unk, fronting the road lead
ing the five awe round. A <o, a f m £! piece o f one
, acte and 10® perches of LAND, fauafe cr .Hickory
;lane, abort a mile from the city. Also, a two ftaff
: BricK HOUSE, on the w ft fide of Third-frect, above
Racp.fbe t. Ported er Lie apply to ABRAHAM
SHOEMAKER, rt his Office id Fourth-ft^et,' below
Bp,uce.ftreet, Fuiladelphri; who has a fteat number
o' other Elbiea or f^c; and rhere Deeds and oilier
Writings are drawn, as ufusL