The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1783-04-03 00:00:00, page 1

John & William Montgomery,
have FOR SAL E,
At their SiORE in Water-street, betwen Market
and Architects, and neatly opposite the Old F-rry.
9 by It )
'? '° !English Window G'afs,
6by D
WtftTndia Rum,
Mola(fes,
Wh ; te and brown Havanna Sugars,
Muscovado ditto,
Coffee, Tea,
Also, A quantity of Firkin Butter and Burlington
Poik. April, 3.
Southwark Au&ion.
THIS
MORNI N G,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
MERCHANDIZ E,
As USUAL: ALSO.
Houfliold Furniture & Wearing
APPARE L, &c. &c.
WILLIAM B?OWN, A.Pioneer.
N. IL Hand-Bils will bedfmtn f e^ f.r the future,
except on particular 0 cafions.
TO BE SO L D,
At Southwark Auction Store,
THIS DAY,
( Bing the ,1 of April )
Between the h ursof TwH e and 0> P o'clock,
A compleat, well made and fall failing
B A R G E,
With three Sails, four Oars, &c.
In good Order.
WILLIAM BPOWN, Auflioneer.
The beautiful, high-blooded, bright-bay
STA L L I O N,
ECL I P S E,
WILL COVER th's season, at Point-no-Point,
on the farm, fare the property of Robert Hop'
kin I, deceased He is full fifteen hands and an | inch
high, entirely free from blemdh, and well marked •
bred from Fearnought and Herod, and out of a Juni^
per mare. For beauty, carriage and speed, it is fup
pof d that no borfe on the continent excels him ; now
rising fix years old, and in fine order. His pedigree
will be given to thole who fend their mares. The
price is Tin Pounds and a Crown for each m^re.
Good gras and careful attendance given to mares on the
farm. Th^ money to be paid when the mare is covered.
„ . JACOB BATES.
B. He will be fhtwn on market days (if the wea
ther proves finr) at the Coffee house. Eclipse w s al
lowed to cover only twenty mares las tfeamn, all of
which are with foal except one. March 3 0.
W ANTE D,
To go to Maryland in the Month of June next,
AMILLE R, who underloads the Management
of a Merchant Mill. A single person, or one
with a final! family, would be preferred. He
must bring good recommendations of his character and
^ c j ty f ° r the undertaking. Enquire of CLEMENT
BIDDLE, in Philadelphia, March 25,
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VOL. XII.]
THURSDAY,
GENERAL. ADVERTISER.
Published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Sixpence.
TO BE SOL D.
TH E time of a servant Negro MAN,
who has fix years and four months to ftrve.
He is about thirty years o' age, well made, (Long and
verv capable of doing any kind of country work nr at
tending on a family in town. Any perlon desirous
of purchasing such a fervent, may hear any further par
ticulars they may wfh to know refpe& nr h ; m by ap
plying to the fuhferiber- J. SWANWICK.
Philadelphia, March 24/1783.
To be Rented for one Year from the firft
of April, 1783,
^r<HE FAR M called Graeme-Park, 19 miles frem
1 Philadelphia, containing 550 acres, a proper
proportion of woodland, arable and meadow, a large
hone firm house, barn, cow-hcuf, milk house, and
other conveniences. For other particulars apply to
Mr. GEORGE MEADE, in Philadelphia, or ELL
Z^BETH FERGUSON, living contiguous to the
premiers ; the tenant to pay the taxes. One-third of
the rent will be taken in good Produce on the spot.
No person need apply but such a# can be well re
commended. March 5.
To be Sold or Rented,
Ard may be entered on immediately,
A WELL finifhed two story Brick HOUSE, two
rooms on each floo^, an elegant Piazz 30 feet by
12, floored : Also, a small Frame BUILDING, suita
ble for a small family, with a Stable and Chrir-bouf,
two large G rdens well fenced, with feme fruit Tree/
pleasantly situated on the river Schuylkill, be^een
the mi We and upper ferries, in the city ol Philadel
phia, and command# a beautiful profpeft of the river.
Also, several LOTS, in the city, from one to four
Acres. For particulars enquire of the Printer.
Philadelphia, Feb. 7.
W ANTED to HIRE
A Good STEWARD and 2 good COOK Av p? v
fen answering either of the abcve de criptier s,
and who can be well recommended, w II met with
good Encou-agemint by applying to the Printer.
March 25.
Wanted for a term of years, a
BOY 0 GIRL, white or black, between the age o'
ten and fifteen, capa l I? of running errands and tend
ing young children, in a small family. Any person hav
ing on. to difoofe of, will be generou/ly treated with by
app^ing to the printer hereof.
Nicholas Perree,
BEDS leave to inform the Public, and his F lens's
in particular that he will open, at his house, t
° f Th ' r , d "'' Arch-streets, . FRENCH
L 'r" A ° m . 4 "' 8 o'clock in the Evening, on
the Aft of April next. He will likewise ^ctend those
Gentleman and Ladies who will favour him with thrir
co ,", ce , ' or teaching them that Language at their
'^'r'^fv^ homes, and at the hour they will be pleased
to fix in the morning. Murcbaj.
At the City Au&ion, on
FRIDAT Next,
The 4th of April, 1783.
At NINE o'Clock in the MORNING,
Will Commence the SALE
Of a Large and very General ASSORTMENT of
MERCHANDIZE,
Suitable for the approaching Season,
(Particulars of which will be publdhrd by the Bell on
the Morning of the Day <f Silt)
With a QUANTITY of
Houfhold Goods, Kitchen Furniture,
WEARING APPAREL, &e-
JOHN BAYARD, Audi neer.
B. T^e City Au&ion will be constantly held
every MONDAY ; and as the Store is always open for
the Reception of Goods, it is desired (when not incon
venient) that the Goods may be font before the Day of
Sale.'
O R, THE
THE
Dyed at Philadelphia, the seventh day of March/
in the year of our Lord, one thousand fzven
hundred and eighty three, and in the seventh
year of American Independence.
WILLIAM WILL, fheriff.
GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.
—. Philadelphia, M r ch 22,
Y virtue of a Writ of Levaria F i.s to me
ed, will be exposed to S A L E, at the Coffee-
Htu e, on SATURDAY the sth of April next, at
12 oclock at noon—The one undivided sixth Part (the
fix H" al P"ts to be divided) of a MES
' ,' AGE and Piece of LAND, situate in t? e Northern
liberties, in the county of Philadelphia, containing
59 acres and 48 perches, bounded by lands of George
Emlen, William Ball, esquire, . Rawle, and Gun
ner-run.
^^4°r A ° T ' n a ^ in 2 ce " ain MESSUAGE and Lot of
GROUND, situate on the weft fide of Fifth-ftreet, be
™"n„ Market and Arch-streets, in the city of Flila
delphia, containing in breadth on said street 15 feet,
^nd in length 78 feet, bounded by ground of Robert
May, Wiliam Anderson, and Fifth-ftrset
An: a so of and in a certain Lot of GROUND, situ
ate in the Northern liberties aforefaid, near or adjoin
i"% to the north bounds of said city, and on the east
fide of a lane or street 30 feet wide, called Spring-
Lreer, containing in breadth on said street 100 sees,
and in depth 100 feet, bounded westward by Did
street, foutbward hy Adam Burches's ground, north
wid hy Anthony Willard's ground, and eastward by
ground . f Richard Gerrard.
To be Sold at Public Sale,
At the Coffee-boufe, at 12 o'clock, on WEDNESDAY
the 9th of April, infant,
^^HIR FY-fire acres of LAND, about 9 miles from
, Philadelphia, on the Ridge road, adjoined hy
I nd cf Mr. Jernes Pewell. Likerrife three LOTS of
GROUND, fitted near Race-street, each 33 feet
front and 316 deep. April 1.
And *Ho of and in a certain yearly Rent Charge or
film cf 161. 13s. issuing, arising an paya de out of and
f m a certain lot or piece of ground, situate on the
writ fide of S cond-ftreet, and the north fit, of Vine
ftrtet, adjoining rhe city of Philadelphia, containing
in b e?dth on Second.ftreet aforefaid 3 5 feet, and
in length or depth on V n e street aforefaid 50 feet,'mom
cr Lfs, now or late in the tenure of Se, mour Hart.
And alfa of and in one other y arly Rent-Char r °e or
sum of 16! ijs 'ffuing, arising and payable out cf
and fr m a certain lot or piece of ground, situate cn
the weft fide of Second street, near'y adjacent to the
r iv of P iladelphia, containing in breadth, north ^ n d
sou h, on Second- street aforefaid 36 feet, and in length
or depth 5° feet, be the fanie more or kft, now or 1? e
in the tenure of John Kling: late the estate cf Jbn
Ford, deceased, and to he fold hy WM. WILL she iff.
PROCLAMATION.
\,,ttEREA s the honorable Thomas M'Kean, e&'
. v chief justice, the honorable William Auguftua
e>, e.fyeconJ justice, the honorable John Evans.
,' r ° l„ uft % and the honorable George Bryan
°'' rth ''"'" °' ' (u P re me court, and the courts
Oyer and Terminer and general jail delivery, for
the commonwealth of Pennfvlvania, have issued their
p to pt, bearing date the fifth day of March, instant,
tome directed, for holding a court of Oyer and Ter
miner and general jul delivery, at the State-house,
'd'l', i''’'. 0 ' Philadelphia, for the city and county of
Fh a clphia, on Monday the seventh day of April next.
NOT ICE is hereby given, to all justices of >he peace,
t^e coroners, efcheators and constables within the fail
city and count, that they h e then and 'here in their
o^n performs, with their to Is, records, india m en<s and
other remembrances, to do those things which to their
o,c s, in that behalf, appertain to be done : also, alt
they who will prosecute against the prisoners that are
or then flball be in the jail of the said city and county.
^ e to be then and there, to prosecute against them as
shall he just.
[\ O ^ 1C E is hereby given,
To such of the inhabitants of the city and
county of Philadelphia, who have not yet rendered ac
counts of damages they have sustained hy the British
troops, or their adherents, that they makeout hich ac
count or eftim^t^, according to law, and deliver the
fame to toe Assessors of their retpeELve tewofhips,
wards or diftritis, on or More the tenth day of next
month. By order of the hoard of commissioners.
March 21, 1783. GEO. HONEY, jun£ .clerk.
A PRI L 3, 1783;
[NUMB. 1023.