The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-01-06 00:00:00, page 1

At their STORE in Front-street, a few door# above
Market-street,
For Cash or Bills of Exchange on Europe
or the Weft Indies,
The following ARTICLES, viz.
pIN E and coarse Cloths,
Several bales of Blankets,
Broad and narrow white Swanskins,
White and bl,u^ Halfthickr,
Mens, womens and childrens worsted Mose,
Dittc, ditto cotton and thread Hose,
A few pieces of fine Holland,
Black Lace,
A Urge quantity of 1 rown and white coarse Threads,
Mens and womens white kid Gloves,
Cambricks and Lawns,
Fine Threads and sewing Silks,
A variety of Hard Ware,
And a number of fine Wire Sieves for meal.
SEVERAL
Chests of Carpenters Tools,
Imported in the last Vessels from Europe
and the Weft Indies, and
TO BE SOLD, BY
Budden, Lawrence & Co.
At 1 EN o'clock in the Forenoon,
At the Marshal's Office, in Water-Greet, between
Market and Arch-streets,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
Twelve dozen and fix pair Mens Leather Shoes,
Thiee dozen pair Womens ditto.
Thirteen dozen Stockings,
One dozen Stays,
Fourteen dozen Griped Cotton Shirts,
Six pair of Troffer', fix Frocks, fix pair Boots,
Eleven pieces printed Cottons,
Eleven doz n and ten Silk Handkerchiefs,
Twelve Womens Petticoats,
Nine Blankets, fix Rugs, fifty-three yards Flannel,
Fvedcz~n Woollen Gleves and Mitt:, one groce Laces,
One whole chest and two half cheft* Bohea Tea,
Twenty-four dozen Filling Lines, 12 pounds Twine,
Twelve Loaves Sugar, nin^ b^gs Shott,
Three barrels Flour, nine barrels Beef and Pork,
Seventeen bags Bread, nine calks Butter,
Three coils Rope, one Foiefel, one Mainsail,
Two Topsails, one Fcre-ttay Sail,
One Main topmast Stay-fail, two Top-gallant Sails,
One Hawser, twocoil# Ratling, one coil Lanyard Stuff,
Twelve Gun Tackles, two Crow-bars, twelve Blocks,
Three old small Sai's, twenty-two Broad Axes,
One piece Linfey-woolfey, seven Gunlocks,
Two Swivels, five Mulktts, five kegs Powder and two
pounds Thread.
Being Prize Goods, taken at sea by the Letter of
Maique Brigantine Duke of Leinfter, Capt. Sowdsr.
By order of the Court of Admiraltv,
CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marlhal.
Philadelphia, Jan. 1, 1781.
A Gardener is wanted, immedi
ately, to work and manage a Garden a little way out
©f town. Any person delirous and capable of such an
undertaking, will meet with good encouragement by
applying to the Printers, or at the Houle of the French
CONSUL, in Anh Greet.
TO BE HA D, GENTEEL
Ready furniffied Lodgings,
Suitable for a Imall Family, agreeably situated. En
quire of the Printers.
Any such may meet with Encouragement, by applying
to Mr, JACOB HILTZHEIMER, in Philadelphia,
or to SAMUEL MILES, D. Q. M.
For Pennfylvaxia.
WANTED Immediately, in PUBLIC SERVICE,
A Number of Good
Waggon DRIVERS.
of the brft kind, very neatly assorted.
Ditto, ditto of Cooper's ditto,
A chrft of coarse Hate, bound,
Several chefti of Medicines, very neatly assorted.
VOL. X. ]
SATURDAY,
^i^^^^^^^
On Tuesday Next,
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Published every TUESDAY and SATURDAY.
N. B. Gentlemen who have fubfoibed for the above
Pamphlet, are requested to fend the amount of their
Subferiptions to Mr. Davidlon.
TO BE SOLD, BY
Peter and Jacob Kuhn
At their Store the north fide of Market street, midway
between Fourth and Fifth streets.
To compleat Lieut. Col. Lee's Legion.
The sum contracted for by m ? , agreeable to an a& of
the legislature of Mania* d, will be paid by the Trea
surer of that state, in specie, or the value thereof in
current money at the tme fixed when the bargain is
made, with interest from the day of purchase.
A. M'L AN E, Capt. Partiz. Legion.
December 10, 1780.
(CROSSCUT, whip,
~ pannel, tennon and
compass laws,
R fr,
Fiirs,
Chiffels,
Gouges,
Plaining Irons,
Desk, pew, chest and HL
Hinges,
Square nob'd Latches with
Bolts,
Thumb ditto,
Belt Ipring Stock-Locks,
Chest and Padlocks,
Screws,
Augers,
Spike Gimlets,
Tap and bung Borers,
Hammers and Pinchers,
Carpenter's Squares and
Compasses,
Saw Setts,
Cooper's Vices and Com-
prises,
Dawling-Bitts,
Marking and pincking
Irons,
Caftors,
Hooks,
Cheese Tafterg,
Piaiftering Trowels,
M?n and womens swivel
Stirrups,
Sniffle Bitts,
Common ditto,
Spades and Shovels,
Iron Candlelticks,
Bellowfes,
Shovels and Tongs,
Chaiffing Dishes,
Raizers and Sciffars,
Ivory Combs,
To be applied as a Fund for carrying on the War, or
redeeming the national Debt.
By the Author of Common Sense.
Being an Examination into the
Claim of Virginia to the vacant western
Territory,
And of the Right of
The United States to the Same:
To which is added,
Proposals for laying off a new State;
At the north-cart corner of Market and Second-ftreeta,
In Chefnut-Greet, a few Bags of Allspice, Madeira
Wine, Weft India Rum, Sugar, &c.
PUBLIC GOOD,
Wanted Immediately,
A few strong, able-bodied
H O RS E S,
Also, A Quantity of Gunpowder.
Just Publithed, and to be Sold
By James Davidson,
Imported and to be lold, By
Josiah Hewes,
O R, THE
THE
Penknives,
Corkscrews,
Shoe, knee and waistband
Buckles,
Elegant plaited Candle
flicks,
Ditto, Snuffers with cases,
Ditto Salts,
Jappaned Tea Urns,
Ditto Salvers, &c. Sc. &c.
AL S O,
Broadcloths and Caffimerr,
Cambricks and Lawns,
Coarse and fine Linens,
Chintzes and chintz Coun
terpains,
Humhums,
Painted Silkt and Taffe
ties,
Mantuas, Peelongs, Per
sians and Sarfnet.
Sewing Silk,
Threads and Tapes,
Black Lace and Edging,
Spriged lawn Aprons,
Black and white Gauze,
Mens and womens Gloves,
Cane Hatts,
Toweling Diaper,
Jeans and Dimities,
Bandana and cambrick
Handkerchiefs,
Silk and worsted Breeches
Patterns,
Hair for Chair Bottoms,
Brass Nails for d tto,
Yard and half-yard wide
Carpeting, &c. &c &c.
ALSO, Madeira Wine,
Spirits and Rum by the
Hogshead or Quarter
ed.
Sect. 3. Be it therefore enabled, end it is hereby en
abled, by the x eprefentatives of the freemen of the com
monwealth of Pencfylvania, in g neral aIT mbiy met,
and by the authority of the fame, That all flour-cafa
used in the trade of exportation (hull after the publicati-^
on of this a&, be made of found and thoroughly season
ed ftaves of the length of twenty-seven inches, well
tightened with ten hoops fufficiently nailed, and with
refpe& to the width or circumference to be diftinguilh
ed by the denominations of number One, Two and
Three ; that is to fay, the calk of number One shall have
heads of a diameter of eighteen inches, the calks 06
number Two, heads of a diameter of sixteen inches and
a half ; and the calks of number Three, heads of a
diameter of fifteen inches and a half. And that the
millers or bolters when they brand their calk with their
usual brand mark, as is directed by the law to which
this is a supplement, (ball hkew fe brand the fame calk
with the character or mark cf its size, to wit, the calc
measuring a diameter of eighteen inches ; cn its head
they shall brand number One ; those of sixteen inches
and a half, number Two; and those of fifteen inch
es and a half, number Three. And the said millers
and bolters iball put in the c?lk cf number One, and
well pack the full quantity or weight of two hundred
and twenty four pounds cf flour; in the calk o' num
ber Two, the full quantity or weight of one hundred
and ninety-fix pounds ; snd in the calk number Three,
the lull quantity or weight of one hundred and sixty
eight pounds of flour.
Sect. 4. And be it enacted by the authority afore
faid, That if any miller or bolter fhal use or pack with
flour for exportation, any other calk than of the three
several sizes and dimensions aforefaid, branded or not
branded with a number, and sh dl fell, or offer to fell,
•the fame as merchantable, he shall forfeit the value or
charge in h ; s account of such calk to the purchaser cf
the flour. And if the miller or bolter shall pack any
fort or size of calk, as aforefaid, short of the quantity
or weight of flour which, by the dri&ions of this
a&, he (hould have put in the fame, such miller or
bolter shall forfeit such defective barrel or barrels, and
the flour therein contained, to the overfters of the poor
of the place where the forfeiture shall happen.
Sect. 5. Provided always, That the millers and
bolters shall be a'lowed, during the space of fix months
from the publication cf this a&, to fell and dispose for
exportation, their flour in barrels of any other dimer li
ons which are already made and on their hands, or the
fluff to make the fame, fitted before the pissing of this
a&.
is an amendment thereof.
Section 1. W HE RE AS, often in ihe fap
'' ping of flour for exportation, a
number of pcr'onr, others than the owns sos sh ps in
which it was exported, have put each his own private
adventure in one and the fame v 11 1, and the efficer
appointed for the execution es the Lid s&*, having
charged the owners of inch flhips or vefels witu the fees
due to him for the trying of the whole cargo of floir,
has loft the greater part of his said fees w:en alter the
departure of the vessel it remained unknown who were
the right owners of the flour lad<n therein.
Sect. 2. AND WHEREAS by reason of the inde
finite size of flour-calks, aid the discretionary methods
of packing the fame, as hitherto used by millers and
bolter:, our flour trade has been greatly perplexed,
which, in the general opinion of the merchants, mil
lers and other persons using that trade, might otherwise
be carried on with greater e fe, and less fubj.a to
frauds and abuse, if, as well the demenfiohs of the
calk as the quantity or weight of the flour to be pack
ed therein, according to its different sizes was by law
reduced to a certain ft ndard. For remedying of which
said inconveniences to the officer and difficulties of the
trade :
A SUPPLEMENT to the A&, intitled “ An Aft to
'' prevent the exportation of BREAD ard FLOUR
NOT MERCHANTABLE, and to the Ad whuh
The following Law, intitled "A Supplement
to the a& to prevent the exportation of
unmerchantable Flour, is re-publilhed,
that those perlons whom it may concern
may regulate themselves accordingly.
Sect. 6. And be it further enaßed by the authority
aforefaid, That the matters of ships and other vessels
lading flour for exportation from this date, shall after
the publication of this a&, in their manifests (which in
ourfuar.ee of an a& of general affemhly, intitled, “ An
a& for regulating navigation and trade in this ftafe,'°
they are obliged to exhibit and deliver to the naval
officer thereof) expressly and diftin&ly declare how mV
ny barrel! of flour are (hipped on board their refyeftity
JANUARY 6; 178 G
{NUMB. 696.