The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-04-10 00:00:00, page 4

A LOTTERY,
Of a large and compleat sett of INSTRU
MENTS of Surgery, of steel and silver, for all forts of
operations in that art; together with 28 volumes oi the
memoirs and premiums of the Royal Academy of Sur
ge>y of Paris.
, Tho^ Instruments may be depended on for their be
ing good, and well made, having been ordered by a
fnrg on for his own use. The number of Tickets will
be one hundred, at fix hundred dollars each.
Since this Lottery has been advertised, the Owner
of the Inftrurrents and Books, thought pro; er to add
to it the following Articles, without the halt alteration
in the number or price of the Tickets :
One good Silver Watch,
One Stock Buckle set with Stone,
One Gold Hat Band,
One Pair ~ Knee Buckles set with Stone,
One Go'd Ring with a Stone in it,
One very brge Manteau of fuperfine Cloth#
Those gentlemen who choose to fee the above Articles,
will apply to Mr. Matthew le Mtrre, fiiver-fmith, in
Front-ft eet, the corner of Chefnut-Greet, next door
to Mr. Wood, watch maker.
The T eket smay be had of the Keeper of the Coffee,
house, who will hnfwer far the Monty in case the Lot
tery is net filed up. The Dry of drawing will be ad- #
verti fed in th i paper. There will be as many Lots as
it will thought proper the moment of drawing it.
"ALLUM-SAL
TO BE SOL D,
Or Exchang'd for fuperfine or common Flour, By J
Nelson and Fox,
In Water-street, above Walnut Greet.
-JOHN ro UNG^fa
At his Book-store, in Market-street, has
for sale,
AVERY elegant collection of new
BOOKS (London editions) in History, Law,
Ph,lie, Divinity, M^thematicks, and Architecture :
with a collection of the most modern French and mili
tary Book', and Cliffes.
Also some pairs of neat four pound HDW
ITS on Carriages, and good Weft-India RUM by the
hog(herd.
Four Hundred Dollars Reu ard.
A pair of Swivel Guns,
Was stolen from the d*or of the fubferiber, on cr
about the rrQt of the 26th or 27th of March. Who
ever takes them up, and returns them to the owner,
(hall have Two Hundred Dollars Reward for the Swi
vels; and if the Thief is taken up and convicted, the
above Reward of Four Hundred Dollars, paid imme
diately, by EDWARD POLE, in Market-street.
N. B, The above Swivels are not a match, one being
much larger than the other, and the largest one has not
got the swivel part that fixes in the swivel stock. Any
Smi h, to whom such Swivels are brought for repairs,
is desired to stop them.
Wanted in the Univerjity,
a third TUTOR for the Latin School ; an
ASSISTANT for the Mathematical School, and one
WRI lING MASTER. Those who are qualified and
cl^ f# to be employed as above, may apply to Mr.
JAMES DAVIDSON, at the Univ rfity,
Twenty Four Hard Dollars
REWAR D.
RAN-AWAY, on the nineteenth Inst.
from the tubfcriber, a NEGRO MAN, named
HARRY, h s very black thick lins, with a red spot on'
the inner fide of his lower one : Had on when he went
away, 1 coarse homespun shirt, a black cloth waistcoat,
yellow breeches, blue fto kings mended wi h ohite
yarn, coarse trowfers and a fnlor, frock ; he is about
5 fee 10 inches high Whoever brings heme said Ne
groe ffiall have the above Reward.
JA MES COCHRAN.
N. B. All matters of vessels and others are rrquefted
not to harbour said Negroe.
Five Hundred Dollars Reward.
VOHEREAS the (table of the fubferiber
was broke open, on the night of the 26th inst.
and T#o SADDLES and BRIDLES were stolen away:
The ma ks of one unknown ; the other, a new fiddle
with a hogfkin feat, the flaps stamped, and resemble
ho^fcn, a little sullied with use, the pad fluffed with
wh at-chaff and dem-hair, the bosses iron hid over
with pewter, a thick laddie-cloth with white, blue and
red stripes, and fringed with white and blue round the
hind part and part of the sides, (ewed to the pad in
four places, and tied to the faddie with deetfkin firings ;
the Bille a fmaffle, made at the fame time, the reins
a little damaged by being chewed. Whoever secures
the lame, with the thief, so that he may be brought
to justice, shall have the above Reward and reasonable
charges, or Two Hundred Dollars for the Saddle and
Bridle above described, paid by
MARY BOGART,
Cross-keys tavern, corner of Third and Chefnut.Greets.
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by DAFID C. CLAFPO 0 LE.
Philadelphia, March 26, 1781.
The Province or State
ISLAND'
TO BE SOL D.
IN Pursuance of an order of his Excel
lency the President and the Council of this State
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Th;t bort the be
ginning of May next, the public estate, kno n y the
name of the Province Island (now out of l<a ) fixated
in the township of Kingfeffing, and counts of P ila
delphia, at the mouth of the river Schuylkill, ontain
ing upwards of 300 acres, almott all ma (h taea ov of
the heft kind, will be fold by public awAion t # he
highest bidder, to he paid for in the bills of credit <f
this state, dated the 20th of April last, o r equivalent
sums of gold and silver, after the rate of Even (hillings
and fix pence for a Mexican dollar ; in order to redeem
and fink, in part, the said bills of credit, together with
irtereft thereon, on solid and honourable tfrms. The
Island will be immediately caff into convenient Lets
to suit purchasers; and the precise time of sale, the
place and conditions of payment will be published with
out loss of time, by
JOHN BAYARD, ,
GEORGE BRYAN, , Truflecs
ROBERT KNOX, J
N, B. The purchasers will have deeds under the
State Seal, as directed by A& cf Assembly, and im
mediate p< ff.ffion given.
TO BE LET or SOLD,
And P.frffion given immediately,
A valuable Plantation on Penny-
Pck creek, 11 miles from the city, near the Biftol
road, one and quarter miles from the river Dela vare,
containing 105 acres, about 65 acres cleared and un
der fence, including 7 or 8 acr^s of good meadow, and
many more may be easily made, as it lies very conve
nient to be watered, and 40 acres of good woodland,
mostly white-oak, chefnut and hickory, with Sufficient
buildings for a tenant : one or more mills may be
erected on it, as there is always fufficient water on the
creek.
Also, a Lot or Piece of Land on Mount
Airy, near the late Mr. Allan's boufe, in German*
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 a flone-wall, with
1 good garden and young orchard ; with feme other
ufeful convenirncier; a House hands on it entirely out
of repair. For Terms apply to Mefrs GEORGE
MEADE and Company, or JOHN O'CONNER, in
Philadelphia. March 29.
Henry Lalor, Hatter,.
REGS leave to inform the officers of
0 the army of the United States, in particular,
and his friends and customers in general, that he has
removed from between Cbefnut and Market Greets, to
the house in Second-street, formerly known by the sign
Golden-Fleece, between Walnut and Chefnut
ftreets; where he continues to carry on the Hatting
Business in the most extensive manner. Gentlemen of
the army, clergy, and others, may be supplied with
Hrts in the newest and most fafhionahle t fte, on the
shortest notice, and on as reasonable terms as the times
will admit. He begs leave to inform the gent!em,n of
the army, that he has a compleat affurtment cf Gold
and Silver Trimmings for Hats, folel, calcul ted for
the military. He also Cocks Hats in the newest t;fte #
He take this opportunity of returning his most grateful
acknowledgments to the public in general, the gentle
men of the armj, and bis friends in particular', fo r
their great encouragement Gnce his commencement of
business; and hopes, by his care and assiduity to please,
to merit a continuance of their favours.
N. B. The highest price, and ready money,given for
Beaver and other Furs.
A quantity of choice Claret,
In Hogsheads,
To BE SO L D, BY
Mordecai Lewis'
In Second-ftrett, near Spruce-Street.
To be Sold by Public Vendue,
At the Coffee-h,ufe, on Saturday the 14th of April
nexr, at fix o'clock in the evening.
A very valuable Trad of Land, contain
ing 5' 0 acres, situate on the river Leheigh (a branch of
the Delaware) about four miles from Bethlehem : the
foil is excellent, and is capable of being improved to
great advantage.
Likewise, A Brick HOUSE, in Second Greet, two
doois from the corner of Chefnut-ftreet, 15 feet in front
and 40 feet in depth, now in the tanwe of Thomas
Bryan.
For further particulars enquire of WIT LIAM
BINGHAM, or DANIEL BENEZET, in Phila telph a.
TO BE T-O-lT;
^ handsome Photon, with
good HARNESS. Enquire of Mr. J. Hiltzheimer.
Southwark Auction-Store,
FEBRUARY 26, 1781.
The Subscriber begs leave to acquaint the'
PUBLIC in general a^d cis FRIENDS in particular,
THAT A
Public Auction will be held,
on
TH U RS D A Y,
In every Week, beginning at TEN o'clock in the
Morning, where all kinds of Goods,Wares, Merchan
d ze, Hopfes, Lands, V+fftls, Horses, Carriages, Houf
hdd Furniture, Weiring Apparel, &c. &c. &c. will be
Sold totbe best Advantage.
Hit Employers may depend upon every Attention
being paid to their Interest, and wi 1 always Experience
tb^erra est Punctuality and Expedition in the fettling
their Accounts.
WILLIAM BROWN, At^cneer.
N. B. As it conduces very much to the
Interest of his Employers in the Sale of their Goods,
that the Public should be informed of the particular
Sort or Kind fcr Sale on each Vendue Day, it is re
quested that all Perlons who mean to favour his Store
with thrir Commands, would find th in as'eajly as
convenient, that the Bell-man may have an opportu
nity of making them as public as peflibk.
Philadelphia, Feb. 28th, 1781.
The gentlemen acting as Lieu
ten it s in thr State, will observe that a considerable
penalty is i fifUJ by the prefect Militia Law, on those
who neglect to return their accounts for fcttlem n: in
a certain limited time therein mentioned ; they are
likewise informed that no accounts will be passed at the
Auditors office unless the captains returns, by which
the -Sub -Lieutenants made their ccllrfhons, are produ^
ccd ; and also returns of all the c'affs in the r refrac
tive diftrifts, in order to afeertain, that the fines -m
---posed by the a& of M rch 20th 1780, are duly collect
ed and accounted for. The Lieutenants ^nj S b-Lieu
tenantt, whose accounts prior to the p ffin the present
Militia Law, remain unsettled, may be assured, that
effiSual steps will be taken to oblige an immediate fet
tled nt.
F OR SA L E,
A valuable piece of Upland and
Meadew GROUN D, situate in Paflyunk township,
containing 54 lefts, 33 of it good meadow and 31 up
land, with a voting orchard on it. Also, a piece of 8
acres of LAND, in Paffyunk, fronting the read lead
ing the five mile round. Also, a small piece of one
acre and 100 perches of LAND, situate on Hickory
lane; about a mile from the city. Also, a two story
Brick HOUSE, on the weft fide of Third-street, above
Race-street. For terras of sale apply to ABRAHAM
SHOEMAKER, at his Office in Fourth-street, below
Spruce-street, Philadelphia; who has a great number
o' other Estates tor sale; and where Deeds and other
Writings are drawn, as usual.
TO BE LET T,
A large convenient Brick
HOUSE, with z Let and good Stabling, fit to ra ry <n
pub ir bufn^E, particular for a Gore, at the cc/ner cf
Callow-hil and Second - Greets, for one, two, or more
yut, as may seem fu'table. For particular* please
oenquhe of Mt CHRISTIAN KUNCKELL, oppo
site the Barracks, in Second Greet, Philadelphia.
TO BE SOL D,
By Daniel Sutter,
In Secord Greet, a few Doors above Race Greet,
Lisbon Wine, Jamaica Spirits. Weft India
and Philadelphia Rum, Souchong end Bohea Tea,
Cofte, loef. white and brewn Spanish Sugars,'-Pepp-r,
Alfpicc, Ginger, Lampblack, G ue, Chalk, boiled
and raw Pinfeed Oil, Sweet Oil, Cotter, cotton and
wool Cards, mens and womens Leather Shoes, a Quan
tity of Writing Paper, &c. &c. &c.
Madeira Wine,
By the pipe and quarter-cask,
TO BE SOLD, •
Reasonable, for Cath or Bills of Exchange on Europe, b,
Adam Zantzinger,
in Market-street, nearly opposite the old goal.
State of New-Jeriey, February 20, 1781.
Wanted to compleat the Fires
at BLOOMSBURY FORGE, nine miles frem Durham
Funa e, SIX FORGE MEN, ti^t can be well recem#
mended for their judgment and Peadireft; and as the
fuhferiber intends driving on fei; Forge, double handed,
in the most f,irited manner, the preateft Encourage
ment w|lbe given, by pr<pdr application made egamft
the iff day of May next: Forge-men without fam her,
or with dnal! ones, wit tie mon acceptable :, Also,
TWELVE good WOOD CUTTERS, who shall be
Employed for ary tune agreed on, with their rcfp<aive
bal acs difebarged monthly, if regirred, by
GEORGE ROSS, jumr.