The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-11-27 00:00:00, page 1

Father Abraham's ALMANACKS,
For the YEAR 1780,
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN D U N L A P.
GERM A~N Tl^Tna CK S,
For the YEAR 1780,
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN D U N L A P.
O9ober 23. 1779.
SA LE of Forfeited Efates.
WHEREAS the estates or Joan Roberts,
Samuel Shoemaker, Joel Evatu, Christopher
Sower, Joseph Grilwald, and Oswald Eve, late of tie
county of Philadelphia, having been in due course of
law forfeited and seized to the ute of thi* State, We,
the subscribers, Agents for the laid county, do hereby
give notice, That the eftate# of the said J ihn Roberts,
Samuel Shoemaker, Joel Evans, Chriftpher Sower,
Jpfeho GrUwald, and Oswald Eve, unfitting of the fol
lowing tra&s and parcels ofland, viz. John Roberta's,
No. t, Three hundred acres iu Lower Merion townflrp,
one large and sundry other dwelling h utes, two grist
mills, a saw mill and a paper-mill, with barns, ftabiet,
and a great number of other buildings of divers kinds,
all in excellent order. No. 2. Seventy-eight acres ad
joining the above; a dwelling boule, barn, &c. there
on. Samuel Shoemaker's, One traa of land on Feint
no Point road, in the Northern Liberties, containing
about seventy acres, sixteen of which is banked meadow
on Delaware; two brick houses, one large barn, and
other improvements. Joel Evans's, about fi ty acres,
lying on Cobb's Creek, in Blockley township; two
dwelling- houses, a barn, ft^bie, and other improve
ments; one m iety only of the above to be fold. Chris
topher Sowers's, A'out eleven acres cf woodland on
Schuylkill, in Roxborough town ship. Joseph Grif
wald's, No. i, About fifty-eight acres on Gcrm?nto,n
road and Turner's lane, in the Northern Liberties ; on
laid place is a brick house, a gocd orchard, and about
ten acres of watered meadow. No. 2, About thirty
acres of wood-land near the above. Of^ald Eve's,, Or e
tra& of land at Frankford, containing two hundred and
two acres ; a powder mill, dwell irig-houfe, and other
improvements; a good orchard and a large quantity of
meadow. All which will be fold try Public Vendue, at
the Cou t-house, on Wednesday the fifteenth day of
December next. The sale to begin at Ten o'clock.
The terms of sale will be according to law, as follows,
to vuit, One fourth part of the purch^fe money to be paid
in ten days after sale, or the premifcs again to revert to
the State, and the bidden liable to forfeit the said one
fourth of the purchase money. The remainder thereof
to be paid in one month ; and on a certificate being
produced from the Agents, or either of thm, of lull
payment of the purchase money, a deed wi,l be given,
as by law directed.
And we the Agents, do also pursuant to law, hereby
notify all the claimants of the laid premises, or any of
them, and creditors of the said John Roberts, Samuel
Shoemaker, Joal Evans, Christopher Sower, Joseph
Grifwald, ana Ofw»ld Eve, to exhibit their claims a. d
demands to the Justices of the Supreme Court, within
the time limited by law, or they will be for ever barred
from the recovery thereof.
Nov. st, GEORGE SMITH, ].
1779. THOMAS HALE, j^nts.
TO BE SO L D,
AVERY valuable PLAN T ATION or tra&
of LAND, containin' three run red acres,
in Cumberland county, about ightgen miles from
Carhfle, Ty one township, and fi teen miles from Suf
qu^hanna river; there is on said premises a very good
dwelling houle, about eight or cen seres of clear 1 nd,
upwards of forty acres of exceeding rood watered
meadow can be made, the remainder very good timber
land. Said plantation lays in a vary pieaCnt fetrlement,
and within one mile of a grist and law mill, well known
by th? name of Robin fon's mill. The above mention
ed estate will be fold by public vendue, at the Coffee
house, in the citv of Philadelphia, the twenty seventh
of December nxr, if net told before by p ivate file For
further particulars enquire at Caspar Singers, in
Market-free:, next dor to the King of Priflia.
'T'O BE SOLD by the fubfenor, at his Manu
-1 factory in South-Al'ey, be weer Marke* and Arch
ftrecrt aad between Fifth and Sixth-streets, on HudUn's
Square, an assortment of Coatings, Blanketing, Saga
thies, Jeans, Everlastings, &c.
SPINNER S employed as usual, by
12. SAMUEL WETHERILL, Jun.
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GENERAL
SATURDAY,
Philadelphia Manufacture.
O R
[ Published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ]
Philadelphia, November 23. 1779.
Two Hundred and Forty Dollars Reward.
BRO KE out of the old gaol in this city, on the
night rs the 9th inst. the following prisoners, viz.
John Montgomery, 2 mulatto fellow with long hair,
five feet five inches high; had on when he made his
efc.pe, an old brown jacket, and blue halfthick trof
fers. John Leonard, about five feet ten inches high,
barn in Germany, £ four lo.km^ fellow ; had on along
blue coa and buckikin breeches : He was committed for
ftcaling a watch from John Beeching. John Bryan,
a likely fellow, a^out five feet eleven in he# high, a
matrons in Capt. Iliac Coren's company of Artillery ;
had on a blue coat faced with red, and new burkikin
breeches; has light brown hair tied behind. Isreal
Phillips, a Jew, has a tour look, five feet fix inches
high, about fifty years of age ; had on a grey doth
coat, jacket ami breeches ; noted for Reeling 2nd break
ing feyeral gaols. Edward M'Hugh, five foot fix or
seven inches high, about twenty-four years of age, a
good looking fellow, with short brown hair; had on a
blue tailor's jacket, a pair of ofnabrug trowferr, and a
round hat; digged with deferring from Capt. Thumbs
Houftn. James Jones, five feet seven inches high,
has a fair look, ipaaks very mild, and is about twenty
one years of age; had on a short blue coat and buck
skin breeches. Whoever apprehends the above prison
ers and (retires them in an> goal, and gives infermotion
to the High Sheriff of the city and county of Philadel
phid, or to the lublcribrr, so that they may be brought
to justice, (halt receive the above reward, or F^rty D 1-
lars for each, and reaiornble charges, paif by
STOKELY HOSSMAN, Gaoler.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
At the C ftc-Houfe, on Wednesday he firri day of De
cemh r nex 4 , st nx o'Jo kin the evening,
A CERTAIN LOTT of GROUND, laying in Par.
fyunk to nfhop, conta ing ntwelve acres and fifty
perches of good land, a Im 11 wooden tenement thereon
ere& d, a very good well ofw-te: at the door, the whole
well fenced, and l#vng about 3 miles from 'be city, and
a quarter of a mile from Schuylkill, and joining lands of
C rift n Detick For further pirticulais apply to Ma
ry Brown, in Market-street,
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
On Monday the 29th of Novemb r inttanr, at ten o'clock,
on the lace whr? the fubferioer now lives, in Paffyunk
t wnlh , for cash only,
LT O RSES, th ce ver< likely Milch Co* # s, 3 q>anti
•y of the heft fort of Poetoes, an, between on- and
two hu: deed bufhe's of Indian-corn and o ts, ten or twelve
tons of eXcelbn fi fl »ndf cond crep Hy, the growth of
th pbci. Also a very good fram # building, 26 fvet by
20, Very firing, and fit to move, he fhinglet and weath r
boards all > edar. Attendance wH be govern, by
BENJAMIN HEMING.
N. B. Th, Indian corn nd Potatoes will b ibid in
small lo t- of five or ?eh bushels each, and will b deli
vered rt a moderate expence to such as require it at their
refo^aive dwellings.
Nov. 20.
Philadelphia, November 21, 1779.
CHRISTOPHER R E E D.
H s opened his (hop at the corner of Vine and Fourth
fleets, where he has for sale
A VARIETY o:Qen'sware ar,7 glafe, Castor
" stands, 0 1 cruets, D canters, Wine-g^fln, bu
gar-bafons, S> ert Meat fencers. Tumblers, Oval djfh
es, Turioe, Batons, Coffee-pots, Mugs, Su ar dish
es, Milch jug>, Water-pots, tea-pos, Piatts of all forts
and fiz% and a variety of other articles too tedious to
mention.
TO BE SOLD
A Genteel O PEN STO V E.
E quite of the Printer.
Just imported and to be fold by
JOHN DONNALDSON,
I Wa nut street, Philadelphia,
AN EA T assortment of Cottens, Chintzes and
Callicocs. Alio a few barrels of Beef. ts
Just pubLfhed and to be fold by Joseph Crukshank,
POOR WI L L's
POCKET ALMANAC K,
For the YEAR 1780.
Just published and to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP,
FATHER ABRAHAM's
POCKET ALMANACK,
For the YEAR 1780,
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THE
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ADVERTISER
NOVEMBER 27, 1779.
# " Her Imperial Majesty of all the Ruffins, coafifer
ing that the navigation of the North sea, and the coasts
°' Rufi a > Denmark and Sweden, requires her immediate
P r °'°"'°'b a °d that of those two Crowns, especially as the
l ast year, an American privateer took several vessels bound
to Archangel, has determined to order a squadron of ships
of the line and some frigates, to cruize in those sea& They
fha.l be commanded to proted our commerce and naviga
tion effectually, and to expel from those parts, all cruiz
ing vrffels of any nation whatever without exception. Her
Majedy m making this declaration to the court of London
expeChand infift#, that to prevent any disagreement which
may arise from its execution, the British Court will express
ly forbid any of her ihipsof war, privateers or letters of mar
que to cruize in thole parts , or to chafe any vessel in the
'°, h wher e the three Crowns have the sole and ^x
clufive navigation Her Majesty flatters herfelf, that from
this n.eafure, the Court of London will derive advantages
to her ow n trade, 6
(Very flattering, truly, to Great Britain ! if (he can be
a t'° "Wioea fleet of the line and frigates inten
ded by to ®pp o fe two or three American cruizers.
It is equany flattering , and friendly as was the representa
tion mane to the Britilh Mimfler by France, of her having
made a treaty with the American States, upon the most ge
nerous principles and with the mos lfriendly inventions )
A privateer pf Marfailles, met four English flaps under
convoy of a frigate, whom (he fought some time and was
ab ° ut X° A re ? re ' when tbe French fri £ate Flora came up,
and assisted iu capturing the four fliips, which are valued
at five millions.
The French Ambassador at the Porte, has obtained for
the Armenian Catholics in the Turkift dominions, free ex
ercise of their religion.
The ill founded rumors which have been circulated for
y e, P" ft ° f pretended iff stance in mtn and (hips to
be furnidied to England by Russia, no longer have the least
credit. The Court of Russia has determined to follow the
example of Sweeden and Denmark, and to protefl their
In coideque^e of this reflation M.
de Mouffin-Poufchkm Minister Plenipotentiary of the
Empress at our Court, has L tely made toe following decla
ration to Lord Weymouth: “ That not with finding the
many friendly representations againf lthe r nghfh arroga
ting to themselves a right to detain and f arch all ve ssels
belonging to nations no ways int^refted in the differences
between France and England, the Court of London has
hitherto given no redress. On the contrary, every day
neutral ships are flopped on the high seas, and carried into
English ports, where they are detained tinker many frivo
lous pretexts, and fubj^ed to tedious and experfive procefe.
h ^ h| y P r %>cial to their owners. That therefore her Im
perial Mejefty, determined to put an end to this violence,
is neceffit/ted to follow the example cf the Kings of Swee
den ano Denmark by equipping a squadron to prote& the
trade of her fubjeds. And that if any Englil vessel at
to stop a vetfel carrying the Ruffian colours, her
^° r ' n e ', I'T? to be °PPofed to force, and th it
such Engliin vessel (hall be treated as a pirate. Such prob
£ e , ie bei °g contrary to the treaty of commerce fub
between the two Crowns, and by virtue of which
Great Britain enjoyed a freetr ids with t: e Ottoman Stated
du , n ^ thc tear^ between Ruffi, and the P< rte." & c .
she States General being informed, that some vessels of
force were fitting out in the port, of Zealand to cruize
E^bfh colons, have iffud an or .er forbidding this
practice, or tnat any Dutch fubjeds flmuld serve or be
concerned or interested in any such, or in any vessel of
war of any natiiob.
q ',,'% Minister Plenipotentiary from the United
S '? A ,Z lca > at the c ^rt of Fiance, has recom .
mended to all American cruizers, to abstain from every
kied of violences Capt. Cook, in an Englilh vessel, now
on a voyage From Britain to make difcoveriea in the East-
Inoies, and shortly expected home.
. We i]ear me courtof V^faita has confemed to agree
to the division of Poland, if the German powers consent to
% { ode P,' tac n e °' tne American United
T^'s will be a f. vere fl^ke to Britain, asit will
thorou hly difedgage Ruff, from her interefi, ata
in which it is mofi erf ntia to her welfare.
Fourteen thipsa arrived from Ferrol to join 8 mips
the line now at the Havanna, ,
TH E Ambassador of Great Britain to the States Ge
neral of toe Unite.!Provinces presented a spirite f me
to " ie ' r "''' 'Mighiieffes, complaining of the
publiffier of the Leyden Gazette. It was referred to the
State of Holland, and the publisher was fully juffified.
T< ey write from Amflerfam that great cohernation
prevails among all ranks of people who are interefled in the
English funds, which have fallen 5 per cent, many have or
dered their correspondents to fell out
Advices from good authority fay, that the Empress of
Russia has undertaken to mediate a peace between Bri
tain and France, and that in confequem e thereof Prince
Repnin will very soon proceed for London.
The following was preferred to tire Britilh Minifiry by
the Ruffian Ambassador at London
THE
LONDO N.