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Ju GENERAL ASSEMBLE of Pennfylva&a,
Saturday, March 20th, 1779.
T 11 £ petition of James Martin, .and the report of the
' Committee appointed to confider his case, were again
read and conferred, .and thereupon
Refolded, Teat the said fames Martin have league to
bring in a bill the next feihon of this Assembly, for the
purposes of divorcing himfrom his wife Elizabeth Martin :
And that the said James Mat tin be required to publilh this
^efdlutiqn in the Pennsylvania Packet, or some other pub
lic newspaper of this/ftate, two months before he brings in
the hid'bill. Extract from the Minutes,
JOHN MORRIS, Junior,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
- Philadelphia, June 2^.
At Ten o'clock this morni-ng, will be fold by Public
AuXion, at the late d„Bin,ko f e pf'PATR ICK
Meade, dece.ifed, in Waier-ftreet, the corner of
Qieen ttreet, South^uk,
ALL his Houlhold Good^ and Kitchen Furnr*< c ;
eonfifting of tables, chairs, andirons, (hovels and
tongs, beds and bedding, a ftdvp and pipes, a, choice
good filter watch, feveffi articles of silver ware, toge
ther with 'ome Wearing Apparel.
N. B. The money to be paid at the time of fa!^.
AL L those who are in any wife indebted to the efface
of Patrick Meadz, deceased, are hereby requested to
m?.ke immediate payment to the fubferiber ; and those
who have demands upon the laid estate are also requeu
ed to bring in their accounts, properly authenticated,
that they may be discharged, by
DENNIS DOUGHERTY, Administrator.
id be SOLD by Public Vendue,
On Wednesday the 30th, ink. at ten o'clock in the
forenoon, at the Ccffee-hvufe,
AH ANDSOME young NEGRO MAN, named'
Louis, about cigtheen yeais old, born in Martini
eo, five feet and fix inches high, well (haped, very
healthy, and has tad the (mall-pox. The calk to be
paid or delivering the fame.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennfyhvania, ff.
T O A,L L whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Ad
miralty will be held at the Cpurt-hpufe in the city
of Philadelphia, on the fi'th day of July next, at Ten
o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then and there
try the truth of the fa&s alledged in the bill of James
*Hmtgemery, Efaj &-. (who as well, &c.) against the
prig or veil'd called the Impertinent, lately commanded
by Jatob Getchecs; burthen about seventy tens, and
mounting fourteen carriage guns, &c. To the end and
intent that the owner or owners, or any person or per
lons concerned therein, may appear and (hew cause, if
any they have, why the fame fliou.d not be condemned
according to the prayer of the said bilk
By order of the Judge,
June ft. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
L Port of Philadelphia, Pennfyhvania, ff.
TO ALL whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admi
ralty will be held at the Court-house in the city of
Philadelphia, on the fifth day of July next, at Ten
o'clock in the forenoon of the tame day, then and there
to try the truth of the fads alledged in the bill of James
Montgomery, E'q; (who as well, &c.) against the
fchobner or veflbi called the Humming Bird, lately com
manded by • To the end and intent that the
owner or owners, or any person or perlons concerned
therein, may appear and (hew cause, if any they have,
why the fame should not be condemned according to
the prayer of the said bill.
By order of the Judge,
June xx. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennfyhania, IT.
TO ALL whom it may concern.
XT O TICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admi
ralty will be held at the Court-House in the city of
Philadelphia, on the eighth day of July next; at Ten
o'clock in the forenoon of the lame day, then arid
there to try the truth of the fafts alledged in the bill of
Samuel Tucker and Seth Harding, Ef^ires, (whoas
well, &c ) against the (hip or vessel c%ed the Pole,
lately commanded by John Maddock : To the end and
intent that the owner or owners, or any person concern
ed therein, may appearand shew cause, if any tAy
have, why the fame should not be condemned according
to the prayer of the said bfrll.
By order of the ]udge,
ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennfybuania, ff.
TO ALL whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Ad
miralty will be held at the Court-house in the city
of Philadelphia, on the eighth day of July next, at
Ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then and
there to try the truth of the fa&s alledged in the bill of
Charles Alexander, (who as well, &c,) against the
schooner, or ve&l called the Nancy, lately commanded
by Nathaniel Butterfield, her tackle, apparel, furniture
and cargo : r To the end and intent that the owner or
owners, or any person concerned therein, may ap
pear and (hew cause, if any they have, why the fame
should not be condemned according to the prayer of the
said bill. By hder of the Judge,
June 16, ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
WN~T-S A P~ L~ C-Er
To serve in the character of a Child's %id or Cham,
ber Maid,
AYOWNG WOMAN who can be well recom
mended. Enquire of the Printer.
PHILADELPHIA: Printed and Sold by JOHN DUNLAP, in Market-street
C V D E R,
TO BE SOLD BY *
J O H N H A R I; A N D,
At his store the corner of Walnut and Second-streets.
EXCELLENT bottled CYDER, fit for imme
diate ule, by thegroce or dozen ; Madena WINE
by toe quarter-calk or gallon.
N. B. Tavern keepers in the country are desired to
bring empty bottles in exchange for the Cyder they may
wane
Philadelphia, June 13,
TO BE S OL D,
A HEALTHY ikely Negro Wench, sixteen years
of agej enquire of rue fir Briber in Union-street,
Who has for sale, a Sextant with brass arches, three
dark glaffeaand adjusting sere, to indexes, a Telescope
and Magnifying Glass in a mahogany box, and a com
pleat Manual Orrery; Emerich's Algebra, ditto Trigo
nometry, ditto Conic Sections, Martin's Optics, ditto
use of the globes, Keii's, Natural Philofopuy, Cotes's
Hydrostatics, Payne's Architecture, Conn's Euclid,
Martin's Mariners Mirror, Mair's Book keeping, Dil
worth's Assistant, GjifgbC Grammar, &c. &c.
Was take« out of the house of Capt. Andrew Porter,
when the B itifh army w^s in this city, an elegant pair
ot fifteen-inch Globes, mounted on best mahogany claw
frames, compais boxes, flower circles at each pole, en
tire brass ribs to support the horizon, and green covers
to each, prisms, two feet Gunter's fl:ding rules, (gales
and dividers, with a number of mathematical books.
Whoever has them in poff^ffion is requited to return
them; nd any person giving information where they
may be had will be bandfomt rewarded, by
ELIZABETH PORTER.
STRAYED about ibe z^h of May ^ft, two
COWS; one a black, with t'hort wide horns, looks
much like a bull about the head ar/ ark ; the other
red, with the tip of her horns sawed off, a star in her
forehead, a white belly, white feet, and form white
about her udder. Whoever takes up said Cows and
returns them to the owner, shall have Twenty Dol
lars reward, $r 1 en Dollars for each, paid by the
6 fubferiber in Union-street, near Third-street, Philadel
phia, ELIZABETH,PORTER.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
CTRAYED or STOLEN from the fubferiber,
, living in Blockfey township, within two miles of the
Middle Ferrv on Wednesday the g r h of June infant, a
grey florfe, %out thirteen hands high, rising fix years
old, with a Switch tail and thick mane, branded with
the figure of 8 on the off shoulder, paces and trots, but
pretty dull to ride, being more ufe'd to the gfrs, had no
shoes on when he strayed away. Any perlon that brings
fid horse to Mr. Joseph Ogden's, at the Middle Fer
ry on Schuylkill, (hall receive the above reward and rea
fenabfe charges, from
JOSEPH TURNER.
CA ME to the plantation of the fubferiber,
in Bjockley Township, on Lancaster road, on the
fi^h instant, (June) a dark brown HORSE, with a
blaze in his face, a^out fourteen years old, ne; r fifteen
hands.high. The owner is desired to come, prove his
property, pay charge and take him away.
DAVID MALIN.
One Hundred and. Seventy Dollars
r ewar d.
STOLEN out of the pasture of the fubferiber, irt
' Roxborough town(hip, Philadelphia county, ten
mites from the city of Philadelphia, on Thursday night
the twenty-seventh of May hft, two HORSES and
one COLT; one a black horse, twenty-one years old,
his mane h/ngs on the near fide, has a star in his fore
head, and is blind of his right eye: The other an iron
grey, with a snip on his nose, a star on his firehead,
part of one of his hind feet white, has (harp high hips,
between eight and nine years old rThe colt a bay, two
years old, not dock:d, t his two hind feet and one fore
foot white, with a star in his forehead. It is supposed
they are gone awards the camp, as they were fees on
the Skippack road neas the 41 mile Gone, and net far
from Maybury's Furnace, with two men that appeared
jo be soldiers. Whoever take? up and secures said thieves
and horses, so that the thieves may be brought to justice,
(hall hsve the abov^ reward, or Eighty-foe Dollars for
the horses alone.
NICHOLAS RAPEWINE.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD,
FOR a BATTEAU that broke adrift from
her chains in Schuylkill last Fall, in a frefh; (he
had about ten or twelve feet of chain with her, had been
lately repaired, has green painted quarters and stern,
with the letters MF on the stern.. Whoever has her arid
will bring her up to Peter Geqrge, near the Rpbin-
Hood, Falls road, or gives notice to the fubferioer so
that (he may be had, shall receive the above reward.
_ DAVID FRA N KS.
Kent County, Maryland, May 2.9.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
TV AS TAKEN, supposed through mistake, by a
' river craft, from Hellingfwortb's wharf, about five
or^ix weeks ago, a barrel dire&ed for Joseph Wilkm
fon, tanner, at the Head of Chefler, with red keel on
the head, containing 25 dressed calf (kins, one bu(hel
of fait in a bag, and 25 j lbs. sugar in 2 keg; also,
seven empty flour barrels marked M I on the head with
chalk. Whoever hath taken the above goods, or can
give information of the fame fa that the owner may get
them again, foall receive the above reward, paid<by
Levi Hollingsworth, in Philadelphia, or the fub
feriber at the Head of Chester.
6. JOSEPH WILKINSON.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
CTRAYED on the 25th of May last, 2 re^ C OW
' belongir , to the fubferiber : (he has a blaz^ in her
face, a white foot on her rump, and another at the end
of er tai!., Vv toever secures and drivers laid Cow (hall
have the above reward and all rerfohsble charffa, paid
by WILL JAM WHITE.
Philadelphia^ M'a, 2s,
SIXTEEN DOLLARS REWARD.
OTRAYED AWAY from Arch-street, a ndand
white COW, with the tips of her horns cur off, and
one half of her hind hoofs almost cff. Whoever takes
up said Cow and gives intelligence of her to the fub
feriber, in Chancery Lane, between Front and Second
ftreets,' near Arch street, shall receive the ^bove reward.
~ JAMES DURANT.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
'CTRAYED or STOLEN from the fubferiber,
' in Fifth- street, the corner of Spruce ftrett, Philadel
phia, on the 9th of June, a likely bright bay MARE,
about twelve or thirteen hands high, with a small star
in her forehead, and ber right hind foot white, branded
on the left shoulder with the letters HG. Fifty Dol
lars for the mare, if brought home, and One Hun
dred Dollars for both mare and thief, if stolen, will
be paid by JOHN STERKp.
Philadelphia, June 14
TWELVE DOLLARS REWARD.
OTRAYED AWAY from the Commons, a light
bay MARE r about thirteen hands high, ' with four
black feet about f a % inches each, and limps wi ll her
left hind foot; die has a few saddle marks. Whoever
takes up isM Mere and brings her to the sign of the
King of Prussia in Market street, shall receive the a
bove reward, paid by.
HENRY PETERS.
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TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN YOU NG, Jun.
At his Boqk-ftore adjoining Mrifrs. Hall and S Hers's
Printing office,
AVERY large and elegant colkaion of new (and
London edition) B O O K. S, of the most approved
authors in history, law, phytic and divinity; also a good
folleftion of the mol ± modern Military and French Books,
and some valuable Concert Mafic ; among which arc,
Hook's Roman History, ii vols._,London and us envi
rons, 6 volt. Tiilotfon's Sermons, izvels. Warburtch's
Shakefp&r, 3 vo's. Mills's Htfbandrv, 6 v/s. Six
Months Tour, 4. v Is. Hole's Hufbaocry, 4. vols. Tour
to London, 2 vcls. Don Quixote/ 4 vch. Shadwell's
Works, 4. vols. Rome's ditto, 2 vole. I ucas on Happi
ness, 2 vols. Milton's Paradise Left, 2 vols. Grangers
History of England, Kimbear's ditto, &efterfield's
Letters, 4 vol< Locke on Toleration, Knox's Ameri
can campaigns, 2 vols. Leland's Deleft tenes, Middle
ton's Cicero, 3 vols. Melmoth's Pliny, 2 vols. Bailey's
Bache's, Pennine's and Stone's Dictionaries; Patoun's,
WJlfon's, Atkinf^n's and Praaicsl Navigation ; English
Drama, 3 vols. Prideaux's Connexions, 4 vols. Fillars
of Prieftcraft, 4 vols. Gl e j's Parliamentary Debates,
iq vols. Handmaid to the Arts, 2 vols. Dignity of Hu
man Nature, 2 vols. Shaw's, Price's and Ware's Ar
chitect; Harvey's Dialogues, 2 vols. Sterne's Works,
5 vols. Euclid, and FtoXions; Astronomy, Geometry,
Mathematics, &c. &c. &c. Henderico's Lexicon, Mt
lin, Lift of the British army ; Blackstone's Commenta
ries, Oxford edition, 4 vols. Statutes at large, 32 vols.
Laws of the Admiralty, 2 vols. Bacon on Government,
Ltw of Evidence, Law of Bdls, Law of Arrtfts, Law
of Quibbles, Shaw's Parish Law, Williams 01 Govern
ment, 2 vols. Albinus's, Northcote's, Window's and
Monro's Anatomy ; Aftrue on the Venereal Disease,
Pomet on Drugs, Lewis's Materia Medica; Smith's,
Tomkin's and Turner's Surgfly; Smellie's Midwifrv,
3 vols \Rouppe on Diseases, Theory of Pharmacy,
Haller's Physiology," £ vols, Shaw's Chemistry, Brooke's
and Shebbeard's Plaice, 2 vols. Diseases of Infants,
Chambaud's and Boyer's French and English Diaiona
ries, Memoires et Militaire, 4 vols. Anecdote du Barri,
Hiftoire de Agothan, Le Parian Parvenu, Le Esprit du
Folard, Letties du Ganganel, 4 vols. Hiftoire |eune
Grec, 2 vols, Lettres de Rivres. Sime's Military Guide,
ditto Medley, Curhbertfon's System, Phipps's Military
Difcipl:ne, Bland's Discipline, Rudiments of .War,
Sixe'. Reveries. &c. &c. With a great variety of Chap
Bo)k§ and Cbflics, fifty dozens Fraying Cards, Trunks,
&c. &c.
Philadelphia, lune'ic.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STR AYRD AWAY from the edge of the Com
mons at the upper end of Third-street, on Wednes
day the ninth instant, a sorrel HORS E, about four
teen and a half hands high, with a small star in his fore
head, and no'other white about him; branded on the
left shoulder or left buttock L. 2D. but so faint as
hardly to be seen; pretty long bodied, and his mane
rather Charter than common. Whoever will bring said
horse to Henry Funk's stable, at the corner of Third
and Race-streets, shall receive the abore reward and all
reafonahle charges.
JONATHAN D. SERGEANT.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN from the fubferiber, in Oxford township,
° on Saturday night last, a bright bay MAR E, with
a white star, her left hind foot white, a natural pacer,
thirteen years old, and about fourteen hands high ; the
is apt to kick when any person mounts her. Whoever
taxes up said mare and the thief, and brings them to
the fubferiber, (hall receive Twenty Dollars for the
mare and ThirtyDollaKs for the thief.
GEORGE CASTER, Sen.