The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-04-21 00:00:00, page 4

T® BE LET,
'That large and well accuflomed
INN, in Chester, lately occupied by VALENTINE
WEAVER. Immediate puff flion will be given. For
terns apply to CHARLES THOMSON.
To be Sold by Public Vendue,
On Monday the 6th day of May next, at n o'clock,
on the Premises,
A Plantation in Mill-creek hun
dred, Newcastle county, 6 miles from Wilmington, 3
miles from Newport, and 5 from Chriftlana-bridge,
on the great read leading from Mew^rt to Lancaster;
containing a^out 351 acres, about ieo is cleared, in
cluding about 17 acres of meadow, an apple and peach
crcb^d; the woodland is well timbered, a Square Log
deeding House, a weavers Shop that willgcontrin 4
looms, a large Bant, two Scabies and a Hay.houfe, a
Draw well of good Water; it is healthy, and i, capa
ble of much improvement; this place is well known
thereout, as numbers of people refer) there to
bnhe and drink at the Mineral spring, lately found
on (aid land ; there is a lively ftrtam of water runs
through the premises, on which may be ereftd either a
Grist or Fulling. Mill. „ The terms of pay will be made
known at the time cf (ale.
ARCHIBALD GARDNER.
TO BE LE T,
A Brick House, Garden and
Orchard, with a Barn, Stable, and grass Lot adjoining
to it, in the main street in Germantown, The Houle
is 38 feet fronton said street ; it has two rooms on the
firft floor and thr^e cn the feco&d story, wi<h good
garrets; also, a pirzz.l back of the hcule, a very large
and commodious Kitchen, with a good pump in the
yard : The Garden is flocked with a great variety of
the bell grafted cherry, pear and pumb Trees of diffe
rent forts. The Orsherd confits of abjit 100 trees of
the best kind of Apples. For terms apply to JOSEPH
SHIPPEN, in Front, street, Philadelphia.
TO BE SOL D,
Eight thousand acres of Land,
In Kentucky county, in Virginia, for twelve hundred
pounds in this state currency. It is lorn, of the firft
lands taken up in that county, and is the choice of it.
The person who firft surveyed if is still upon it and has
charge of it. For further particulars enquire of the
Printer. April ift.
TO BE SOL D,
At the fubferibers Farm, on the river Schuylkill, near
ly opposite the Valley. Forge,
A Pair of large Bay Horses,
a§ hands high, and upwards, natural and faft trotters,
firtab'e ter any carriage, one 5 the oilier 6 or 7 yem
old. warranted found, in hefh and good order, and
have been used in a Phaeton ; they are good for rideinte,
stable well, are very gentle and easy kept. For further
particulars enqu : re at JEREMIAH WARDER'S, in
Third-dim. JAMES VAUX.
N. B. If the Horses are not fold at home b.fore the
aoth of April, they may be fetn on that day in Philadel
phia, at Jeremiah Warder's.
Whereas complaint has been
made to the commlffiont.s far the city and county of
Philadelphia, by the calleßor# of the continental taxes
in Dock-ward, that they cannot procure or obtain the
taxes due on sundry lots, situate an the north fide of
SCTth.&;e<t, in said Ward, the property of Barron,
Murif, and Company: NOTICE is therefore given,
that ualefs the above named perlons, or their certain
.teenies or agents, discharge and pa, the taxes justly
due on Gid elates, on or before the 13th day of June
next, enfufog the d^e hereof, (• much of the premife#
will be fold as may be fuffirient to ditcharge bid taxes,
with cell, agreeable to the laws of this commonwealth.
Given under our harfa, thia ,th day of March, 17^1.
JOHN BROOKE,
PRESTLEY BLAKISTON, 1 Commifenm.
GUNNING BEDFORD, J
We, the fubferibers, being ap
point d AUDITORS, by the Court of Common Pleas,
to uTt he accounts ofull ^he creditors of HANNAH
LEFEVRE, late of this city now absconded, whole
CuHi a< nler an attachment, at th# suit of THO
ht iS NEVfL, hereby give Notice, That the Salt of
so G o^ l c afi^ng of china Caps, Saucers and
Pita, ^ t^kCT;*-Giafs, Be&Quili, Chairs, silver
T -floors, and sundry ethvr rim(hold Furniture,
vil it the Meal-Market, in this C'ty, on
SATURDAY, 'he cßth 0 April n*xt, at Ten o'clock
in ih^ I ^o^^; and Notice is alto, hereby, given.
Tbit aSa 6, the sth Da, of May next, we will
attend ^ B fr'6 of adjuring the Accounts and De
sn?nd>, nat = of the said Thomas Nevil, but of all
the Ii t f th. Jrf,ndent's Creditors, and fettle their
Su res. ^cepotiona of the Defendant's Estate, at the
Geerge Tavern, the corner of A'ch and Second-streets.
JOSEPH STILES,
March v. WILLIAM HOLLINGSHEAD,
ANDREW BURKHARD.
Wanes a Place, an elderly Wo
man, has lived many years as a Dry None, angl can
have a good Recommendation. Enquire ofthe P inter
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by DAEID C. Cl,Arp 00 LE.
Phfr:Wi\ Mrrch 26, 17*^ 1
The Province or State
ISLA ND
TO BE SOLD.
IN Pursuance cf an order of his Excei
, leocy the Pr^fid^nt aR j the Conned of this State,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Tent . bo t the be
ginning of May next, the public eftac, kno n by the
name cf the Province Illwd (now tutor ItaQfituated ,
in the tCMßlblp cf Kingfeffing, and count? 01 Fda-1
delyhia, at the mouth of the river Schuylkill, contain 1
img upwards cf 300 acres, almoin all na<hmea ow of 1
the best kin!, will be fc'd by public suaion to the ,
highlit bidder, to be paid for in the bills of credit of §
this flats, datid tie 20th of April lift, cr equivalent (
fumy of gold and silver, aft^r ih* ratcot seven (h Jlirgs {
and fix-pence for a Mexican dollar ;in order to rede.m 1
and fink, in pert, the said bills of credit, together with
fatereft thereon, cn felid and honourable terms. The
Ward will be immediately cell into conven'eat Lpts
to suit purchsfrrs ; and the precise time of talc, the 1
place add conditions of payment will be pubLlhsd oi.h 1
outing of time, by,
JOHN BAYARD, -
GEORGE BRYAN, LTruftas)
ROBERT KNOX, >
N. B. The purchasers will have detds under the
State Seal, ,< dirked by Aft cf Assembly, and im
mediate pr ffeffien given.
The Contributors to the Penn
sylvania HOSPITAL, are requeued to meet at the
faic Hospital, on Monday, the, seventh dry of May
next, between the hours of Th-ee and Five m the Af
tiraacn, in order to ele& Twelve Managers and a
Treasurer for the year thence ensuing, according tol
law. April 7.
TO BE SOL D,
r4%i elegant Country House,
And LOTof LAND, pleasantly fitmted in the town of
Germantown, on a road which lesds from rhe market
place to the fail; of Schuylkill, bound'd by th? Schrol
boufe and Quaker meeting lots, and by ground of Sv
rah AfhmeaJ ; containing two acre!; aud thirty two
perches of Innd :
Also, A three ftorv Brick House and
Lot of Lard, on the wt fttrly fide of Front-ftrert, a lit
tle absve Vine- street; contain ng in breadth 17 feet 3
inches, and in length t. 35 feet, or thereabouts, bound
ed by ground #f Chitlst Weft and others. For terms
enquire of LEWIS WEISS, Scrivener, in Arch- street,
eppofite the Church Bury ng-ground.
TO BE SO L D,
By Peter and William Wikoff,
la Front-street, between Arch and Race-ftiest!,
Old Weft India Ram. Ma
dtira Wine es ?he heft quality, Red Port Wine, Gin
in cases, ths best bottled Cyder, Wool-cards, &c. &c.
^ Quantity of Opium,
TO BE SOL D, BY
Benezet, Lewis, and Company,
At their Store in Sscoud-ftre,\ near Spruce first:.
TO BE SOL D,
A quantity of excellent Chalk,
Incalks, either tqe whole together or by the tingle
cafle, as may belt suit the purchaser, at a reafciuble
rate. EAqniie of the Printer.
To be fold, for wants of Employ,
A healthy Negroe Man,'
About 29 years of age; he ts an excellent Cook,
Waiter, Barber and Oiler. Enquire of the Printer.
TO BE LE T,
A commodious Stable, in
Church-alley, which will be convenient for eighteen
Herfes; the Loft is Efficient to contain 10 tons of hay.
Enquire of JANE CORREY, in Third street.
To be Sold by Private Sale,
A valuable bank. House, situate
between V ne and Race-Streets, adjoining on the up
per fide of the alley leading from Front to Water
ftrert, new in the tenure of the widow Gray. Ths
house it feymteen feet and a half front and forty feet
dety, five ftori?s high in Water-fleet, and three in
Front street, with t*B rooms on a floor and two ftab
cafes ^ it would readily accommodate two families, but
may as well fui< one, as the Itair cates have doors to o
pen a communication to both. Th? .whole to be fold
Cheap t 9 any that will enquire ^bhm two days, at
JOHN WALL'S in Walnut ftfett near Front-street.
Philadelphia, April 16, 1781.
Notice is hereby given, to all
male white Inhabitants belonging to the city Philadel
phia and <bih'i& militia, from the age of eighteen to
fi ty-threc years ; to give the^r personal attendance un
der thei: reipe&ive cffi:ers, on the following Muster-
D^ys, agreeable to th 3 Militia Law of this State, viz;
Ou the 23d and 30th of April, in companies , on the 7tk
and 14th of May, in b^ttalien; and on the 21st the
First, 2%d the Second, 231 the Third, 24th the Fourth,
zyt'ithe Filth, and 28. h the £ix:h Battalion; and on
the 29th in Brigade. WM, HENRY,
Lieu elant of the city Philadelphia and dulria?.
mMmiraHr
YOUNG FIGURE
Will Cover this fenfon, at the Plaritatiora
cf the fubferiher, living in WelhMntmill townihip,
Cutter ebunt,, within a mile of Mordecai Peirfol’a
mill, at the low Rate of T^o Buforis and a Half of
Wheat the Season, or the current Price thereo, to be
pa d at the time of Covering, er brought to my H:nfe,
on or before the fir£ day ot August ntx. FIGURE
is a b, u:rful Bay, three quarters blooded, his Darn
was got by Bullyrccfc, near 15 hands and halt high,
tiling 5 years old this graft, long bodied and neatly
made ; and is allowed by good judges, to be as neat a
Horse, for Saddle or Carriage, as any in the state..
SAMUEL THOM AS.
Stolen from the corner of Black
Horse alUy,in Second-street, 28 yards of MARS IL
LES QUIL fING, 7 8 wide ; it is es a small diamond
Figure, without a Border. Whoever will give infor
mation of it (hall be handsomely Rewarded.
A~ TTER Y,'
Of a large and compleat sett of INSTRU
MENTS of Surgery, of tteel and silver, for all forts of
operations in that art; together with 28 volume 0 the
memoirs ^nd premiums of the Royal Academy of Sur
gery of Piris.
Those Instruments may be depended on for their be
ing good, and well made, having been ordered by a
furgton for his own ule. The number cf Tickets will
be one hundred, at fix hundred dollars each.
Since this Lottery has been advertised, the Owner
of the I^ffruments and Baoks, thought proper to add
to it the following Articles, without the Raft alteration
in the number or price cf the Tickets:
One good Silver Watch,
One Stock Buck's: set with Stone,
One Gold Hat Band,
One Pair of Knee Buckles set with Stone,
Out Gold Ring with a Stone in it,
One very large Manteau of fuperfine Cloth;
Those gentlemen who choose to fee the above Article,
will apply to Mr. Matthew le Mme, silver-smith, in
Front-street, the corner of ChUnut-ttreet, next door
to Mr. Wood, watch.maker.
The Tickets may be had cf th^ Keeper of the Coffees
houie, who will answer f@r the Money in case the Lot
tery is not filled up. Th^Day of drawing will be ad
vertised in the paper. There will be as many Lots as
it will thought proper the moment of drawing it.
Third Month, March, 25, 1781.
Three Pounds Reward.
STOLEN out of the ftahle 0! the futfcrib,,in Lea
cock. towalhip, Lancaster county, on the night of
the 24th instant, a likely Black HORSE, 4 years old
this spring, lengthy and firing built, foppofed to be
abuve 25 hands hiyh, paces and trots, is good for the
faddie or g¥trs, (though rather heavy for the former,
being of the dray bieei) hrs a bright star in his fore
head, no brand or natural mark, lately (hod before
with half worn (hoes, he is remarkable gent e and well
Matured. Whoever takes up and secures said Horse,
that the owner m^y have him again, shall have the
above Reward in hard money, paid bp
MOSES BRINTON.
Caroline county, Virginia, March 23d, 17S1.
One Thousand Pound Reward.
OAN-AWAY from Samuel Thorobuty,
of the county of Faquier county, state of Virginia,
a NEGROE FELLOW, named JAMES, about s feet
7 inches high ; he is a very black well ie- Fellow, has
a fmeoth fear under one of his eyes; be is African
born. I have been informed, s uch a Negree has been
sometime in the neighbourhood of Little-York; in
Pennlylvania; who p?fcs by the name of Leaver
James , he undeiftands fomethirg of that business and
ihoemaking. The above Reward will b^ paid, toge
ther with reasonable chai, is, if delivered to his laid
Master, or the Snhfcriber, Kving near Port Riyal, Vir
ginia, or Half the above Sum for securing him in any
Goal, so that his owner gets him again. H> went
away in. February, 1779. JOHN CATLETT.