The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-01-27 00:00:00, page 4

r ,E[g fubferiber takes this opportunityto acquaint
4 the public, that he has ft ^p Clock & W^ch
making and mending, ip Middletown, ncx; south of
^Bigelows av^rm, all puffins favouring him with their
custom, may dQ^d on being served in the bast and
^oft r^afonab's meaner; ih^ (mailed favours will be
n&nkfaliy ac^owl&Gf cd by their humble servant,
JOEL ADKINS.
Mid eto^n, Jan. 18, 1776.
ty^AN rs ^ purchaih & quantity of FLAX-SEED,
for which he will pay caih, if brought in 3 or 4'
weeks from this date,
M^ret^w^TJ a. 18. 1777,,
fd( fucfcnb? ^.eo, gives nonet to thcL indebt
erf to him f:3: his accents are reidy for fettle
m&u , *id unhA the, take thii opportunity to fettle
them ^ h myfclf, the, mey ^xpea to fittle them with
fo^.e body else th? very next tim^ I ihall be call'd in
to the service. As my accounts ate old, and every
onekaorc that! never meant to give long credit, an
immediate payment is but just and reasonable, and
will much oblige theirhumble fervent,
SELAH NORTON.
N. B. I give thirty minings c&fh for new tobacco
---Have a few hundreds of b<ft old for chewing, by
detail. E^Hmf:rd, fen.ls, 1777-
^ sithe fubicriber. Ibeing appointed by tne hon.
vw court of probate for the diftriA of Woodbury
to &x2mi^e the clevis of the creditors to the estate of
John Blakley, late of Waterbury decented, rendered
infolvenr, do hereby givi notice that ^ Pull attend
on said bufiaufs fl ^^houfa of the Widow Biakle,in
N^rthbury, the left Wedn#fd@ys in J muary,F#bruafy',
March x:d April next, at car o'clock in the afternoon
on ^c^. * ,o N. 3. No account will be accepted
urLL mopcrly £tteftel
Nathaniel Barns, fun.)
Charles Cook. | CQfo.
TAKEN up, ~d now in thw coded, of he fubferi
ber, a ye^'i^g BULL, red colour, hi^d legs
white up to th< ga^brila, whitetinder Mis belly, some
white ca hi? sere cgs, filar i^ his forehead. The
o^mt ma, have.him agaia if he will apply to
Joseph Moore.
W" ffar, J^pv, Is, 1777.
1 ED Ir>m U'pt. Autos Rathbone's cem
^u„ C 1. darn's regiment, or the 17th of
„ :über Lift, ^. Jonathan Weston and Ifiar,Pxk,
pu. b^th 0! P#.yG^Tt in the county of Berkshire.
Whoev & - (hall w,kc up Lid foMieti and return them
to ©dß.^oone or the committee of said town of
Ib^fi/.d 111,11 have ten dollars reward for each man,
',U n«o fihr, charges paid by friri committee.
B# ^r ?r of the fcß£t men, cormiiho&ad officers,
X; 0 ,3 ^A. ^ MA'.?own nt rL^fi^^. , |,
josia h ArhG MT, /s:'cci-
Stephen Crofoot, j Miu.
John Strong, Captain.
William Francis, Captain.
Valentine Rathbone, Chairm,re.
_ mm ^—^^mrafafatapfe -A^rt^^M^,——..t^-^— —re.
% A j E buag appoin^a 10 receive rise examine tne
'q claims ^d demands of the creditors to-the <.
f Aj-fC:kb P.in.er late cfEarmingtcn deceased,
reprrfrnted infahent, Bull attend the bufineft cfonr
%,4r. lurr.ent a? the dweliiig-houfe cfßice Lewis, inn
k Ider in said Farmibgwu, on the 2d tuefdays ofFc
brua^y and March rex?.
Simeon Hart, )
Joseph ByingTon, > CemmiffioEerr.
Asahel Barns. )
N. B. No accou: ta allowed but r.fofe properly &t
---"fed° ^""" r LFL x 777-
oTRAYED or ftulen t 0 u u^ labldriber at Nort&
° Cute, Stue of Niw York, on the 29hef Novem
ber lift, a large black MARE, about fourteen hands
^ll half high, prc^ and trots, about thirteen years
old, a small br in her forehead, and a fear on the to,
of h-r fore ffiouldm made by a thiflelow, not cf white
Fair;, bur in the ficin and flelh, branded Xon her left
iho^idr, though fomrwhat dull. Whoforver ffiall
take up said mare and return to to the fubferiber
fhUl receive for a reward three dollars, and all neces
sary charges paid, by Abel Peck.
Farmington, .^ n# i2CT%_ „
R" U&Tway from Liichf&u, on the 12m ir ftaat, a
fmaU, ^di^, taw^ey, talkative Negro boy, na
med EBED MELECK, about 20 years old, fpeska
and reads English well. HM on ar tonk with him a
blue broad c(6th coat, red plush jacket, and berx^in
breeches, and one brown ham.fpur . so, one grey
^mt coat haif worn, federal fuirts woe?en and facer,
with white feemtd and brown yarn ftockinge ; rede off
a fprrel horse with white face and feet, 14 hands high
feveh years old, formerly branded J. S. on the left
thigh, trots and paces, and is well fhdd. Whoever
will return them ffiall be gen^roufly rewarded by
Jedediah Strongs
latch fi^d, J^Y-— ZZL—
F-'OUND^^ Wmersfr Id°a raw uays fiaee, & leather
PC}iCK.ET BOOK, containing some cash, and
some inltttmum, fippofed to belong to feme person
in th, province of the Maffachu&tts By. The own
er may have it by applyingto James Mitchell.
W^<he^sfidd, Jan. 18,1777-
r%&sT^^ forCALVE's-PAT LS, at the
' Printing Office and Paper-Mill, Hart
ford.
Strayed from the subscriber, some time in
August UR, two STEARS, one a lighi brindle, with
some white about him, 3 years old past, the other a
r^d cokur, withe wnite face, one ytl old pift, both
marked with aflit i^ the upperfide of the right ear,
a^d & crop offthe left ear and & flit in the upper fide
ts the fame. Whoever will take up and return f,id
ftears fall be haadfomely rewarded and all necessary
charges paid by Daniel Sacket.
Wgflfield, Jan. 16 1777.
C'r&LEN from file subscriber of Hartford, cut of
° the liable of Samuel Lord of Saybrook, th^ night
after the iz;h inst. a black HORSE, white face, feme
white feet, long tail, good,carriage, paces and trots
w^b about fourteen hands and a half high, fix years
eid, Whoever ihail take up the above horff and
thief, ft^'d bring tlum to the subscriber, shall have
TEN DOLLARS regard, if only the horse is re
turned, five dollars, and all charge; paid by
Jonathan Bull.
Ha? ford, Jan. 20. 1777.
DESERTED from Capt. Phineas Lovejoy's compa
ny, in Col. Eull regiment, Richard Dale, Ben
pti Hamblin, and jefeph Turner. Said Turner is a
fillo# of a middling Nature, Dale is a tall, slim fal
low, and Hamblin is of midling size. Whoever ffiall
take vp and return to their regiment, the whole, or
either of the above def.:rteu, ffiall hav^ 5 dollars re
ward for each, and all charges paid by
Abner Granger, Lieut.
Svffirld, Jan. 15, 1777.
ONE Thousand Bulhils of, good, merchantable
WHE AT, for which Cash, and the beRBoHEA
Tea will b^giv-n. Iq^uire of th? P inter.
A" parkas of ths New Levies,';ailed in thnS@e
in June lad, who may have sustained any inevi
table losses of cloathihg, blankets, arm, and accoutre
meats, or been at efyeace by reason of ficktrefs going
to or returning from the army, or for medicines while
qhere which could nos be had bat of the public stores,
for which th^y exped to bi reimbursed, pursuant to
a late Rcfolve of the General AfLmhly, arc reqjofc
id to make oat accounts of their icflis, mentioning
particulars, andtft*ii just value, and the time, place
and ocesfien of them ; arid also Lpera c accounts cf
th^ir cost of finkreG, mentioning particular!, time,
place and circumßancea, and thtD accounts to attest
upen oath. And ina Captains are hereby reqyafl&d
to receive in she accounts so made out for their r«f
pe&ive companies, and bring them to the Pay-Table
when they cpm^ for a feulenient of the monies that
have been advanced them.
Hartford, William Pitkin, ] h
.c I Committee
Jan. 17, 1777. I hos Seymourl ,
Ezek. Williams. ( „
r I Table.
Oliver Ellsworth,J '
NT' ^? o^, > %'.<e^ cf new? pare % in this State,
P^_ ^' __
TWENTY L^LLARS REWARD.
RUN AWA' I Am one subscriber the 5 h <.f Sep
tember I^L. / Negro man named-DICK, about
22 years old, „'%: ; fcet 9 or 10 inches high, a
!%:« fc?.r ono^c v U^feet -Had on when he went
aw&y. 3 hrme nW coat us a redifh colour, and a pfo
beckfkin braechri Whoever will uke up Aid Ne
gro and return > ; to his master ffiall hive Twenty
Delias reward, x; ; charges paid, by
* Francis Clark.
MUd^town, J <uary 14, 1777<
TWl^n^^^ IN FO£TER,
and THOMAS UFKHAM, being appointed by
the State of Ngr.Jwrk, to receive, *x.-juihe and re
port, on the fever' claims agrinh. ik ; d S^te,for trans
porting families, ' ok, aadircas, fr m LengUfl^ud
to CoßA*&icat, al :grfon# who have a-y futh account
unbilled she rtefc i to b ing them in for fr^k^nt
to Mr. EphrUm 1 ^o'„ irahuider in MU<L<owa,
th? third W#o*stT ~ Thursday and F ^y in January
and the fird Wedwfiay, Thurfdty ana Friday, toge
ther with the t«.rJ Wedaefday, Tmu fda, e^ FE^a,
in February rex?, where artend^ce will be so
adjust the fam.'. They are r^qu^fted to give parties
lar account of tex names, number of families, and
owners of effit*, ud the places from nud to which
they were rem*r and to be certified by the commit
tees of the fiv^;. owns where they live.
Middletown; D*^ 31, 1776.
A §'Ec fub'erio^ has kept a puohe h^u x* this
" place, f^r in e than twenty years, th^fe may in
firm the public L *1 he caßitot fefv# any longer in that
charader. Asahel Holgomb.
Turkey.JT> (Simfhury) Jan. 10, 1777-
LOS L, or Frw.u, fait, Between L^.^^d Buck
landl U'/ern in East Hartford ^d Harvard
Weft-Divift^, a frail piece of parchment, contiia
ing oae 17s. rll, Rffloa money, on? 61. ditto, eonti
nentil, and ^c 1, ditto, Conne&icutcurrency. Any
pvrfoa that uty ^.v^ found the fame, and will leave
it wi h the printer in Hartford, cr Daniel Hufmer cf
WefFDi/iiion, ffiall ba handsomely rewarded.
r ford, E Q -
J-foUNB ware am# in November last, n&ar Lieut.
'Hicuck's tavern in Sheffield,! final! packet btx^
containing font c/Jh, and a pass from Capt. Stephen
Hall at for' :Lid,indenes, to Old Guilford. The
owner m^yh^ve it on making application to
Aaron Loomis.
Sheffield, Jan. 10, 17^7.
■lbfrmas ^i/a^fo
REQUES TS 33 many of his kind culLmers as can
with convenitney to fufpe^d their favors until
Spring, as his bufisuL crouds too much nt „ef,nt ferf
either their or his ber:fiz, in which time hi faun, to
be as diligent as possible to clear cff what work re
mains on hand, that he may be mere pu^ajal fir the
fu^re, H^rtfid, Jin. 13,1777,
WILLIAM- CLARK,
GOLD SMITH and JE WELLER,,
^'AKES this method to inform the publics that be basfa
up bis bufo:o in New Milford, near the Mmiff,,
Houfa cohere be makes and fells Ladies Necklaces, Loc'k-.
its, tar-Rings, and Hair Sprigs ...Silver Shoe e&fyj-
Ruckles, Stock Bucrlcs, Stone Sleeve Buttons,' Stone aJ
Silver Broaches, and a variety father articles. :Offiter£'
fever mounted HUNGERS, vcitb either boss, eagles, pain-,,
tors, or plain beads, made in the reate# manner on thefart
eft notice. Ibo,e gentlemen and ladies dubo may favor biirt
<wttb their cufom may depend on having their work dcA?
with fidelity and dijpatcb, and every favor thankfully as
knowledges.
A. B. Said Clark bat for sale neat foliJh'dfe^
gwora H:lts, foeljword banners with chains and swivels,
feel faivels for dangers by the dozen or Jivfe pair.
QUN # way f^ & fodiu^bw Q< 4~hvf De.'
Ka^egro ^am a^med BOSTON, 5 feet 4 0 5
i..c us high, had on an old brown camolet coat mixs
„bluc ahd white woolen jacket, check'd woolen flint,
bine and waite mix ftocki gs, calf fltin pumps an old
beaver hat, iperiks vyr,^u<ck and polite, and play#
wen on the fiddle. Whoever takes up Lid negro and
ret: 'Ri Lira to me, fh^ 1 have ten dollars reward, ral
allch^rg&s paid by Josiah Smith.
Gr>;tiLmngt ft, fan. 6, 1777
TO BE bULA
W A GG O N.
. Enquire cf Mr. John Stuart, cf Wi^dfor, cr ths
Prirver hereof j^ ^ 1777.
As Alexander Fraser, of Wethersfield,
will icon remove fi.m this to a neighbouring S^ts,
and being unwilling to put any of his former good
cuftonurs to troubk/h fc are to desire all peri, ns who
are indebted to him by note or bock, to make pay
zoetit of the Hm? as ioin ^ possible.
Wethersfield, Jan. 9 1777.
fr 5 be leafed tath: highift Dtader,by public vendue,
ft the t^rm cl 9'99 ,:zrs, at the houfeef Nath:.-
.aid Chauncey, Esq ; ^'hr zoth day ^February next
at i o'clock cf erteQ»., AF~ut 30 mm of p^rfon^ge
land, in fever&l allotments, bri ^ inMiddiatowanaiCa
fuciety, by us',Jared Shepherd, , Agents for
Hugh White j faidfociety.
MiddletownflJar. 10 1777.
feCTttoafetoo>A£=m^& ^Q^.Q^wre^—t^z -———^ —— _.-_„„„=—«_ ferat ■■>—■■!»«■ rafoftram
^§ , HEREAS th^ reefing and iuQ, ing Ac Centi
^, utnul ^.r^y ^riu the quota effign'd to thii
Sthfe, requires ovr*moft exertion ; aad no% hav: .g
monies f/cm the Continental CongieG fn :. rr^e^
adequate fie that purpefr, aLoAN Office is effab
ifhed, b, order cf CoNgrefs, in this Stare, o rrc@;v'i
in fetch monies 23 mav he offer'd fir lot.a. JOHN
LAWRENCE, Esq; Trcafurer of this Sue, is £,-
poin^d Commiffiom^r to superintend Lid office ; bst
proper certificates not being received to enable him to
secure futh peifans who may lodß'e the fame ; it is
refoiv*d by theAhumbly that the Lid fohn Lawmen,
Esq; be impower^ to i.%^ hi, proclai^atim, giving
nerice to all perfens difpe&d to briag in inch monies'
as they may be inclined, and lodge the f.m* ia hi#
Loan Office ^f rrfaid ; thereupon to give hi^ receipt
in behalf of this Sute, for f^h monks rs he fhUl
,<ftvß..--PrcmiSng ^ni effuri^g such person er pur
fens, fa lodging chair mente^, to predece to him or
them, fuca ce.'tirea'a! certificates,cr rffhran'% a^b,
them tf&^d. Oilierwife tlut ^k fti-^ will firn d
liable, sad accrunabk, ton^h ma % ny p<nca, for
the refpeftive fufy, by lim or thtra L lodged, whi
the inteteft thereof, at the r^tejf fur ,^r cent ar;? k -
ally-,till tFefrbrcioU b # = paid.-•--Ag^.^ble to which
izfolve, fuid Loan Office is now upcr^d fort: * re
ceiving cf monies, at th^ Treefern Office in Hart
ford, this 13. h dav of J^num, 1777.
- CT ,.Q__,. -^^^^.nTww**-!mto*o4•—-=---•-< tv.,„^rtCT_tc F «-^— —are
Stolen from the fubicriber 01. the
third -:., cf inti. J^awiry, a MAKE, 3 yec.soid pate,
her colour between a buy and a sorrel, m^r .and @1
cf the fame colour with her body, natural irctcer, shod
before blinded on a « left Ihoultkr with the figure /.
Wttdhva ffiall take up and return said MARE to tirc
o^nerat New-Town, ffiall have threa dol.&c ra^ ard,
arO all ch*rg,^ paid by AMOS LORD.
N. I 1%8 MARE was then by two fedaim, bs
b,vi*g to the Suit cf Massachusetts- B^y, on their re
tuia Oian the army, they Did their 11^.0 tirtfri,
-- F >7, ~«dFetter.
Taken up by Joseph Hoiking o '
WitcbefO.r, irs^ 2 years old ST. EARS, on# black
with a Hau fees and tail, the others red,with r^hiw
face, .ranked with twu half p^nrays cm th* right c^r,
and a Ilhntiag crop the underside the other ur. Xhe
owner is defied to pay charges and take th#a away.
January 9, 1777. __
7^ASH given for clean colton and linnen R/A^
' ^ the Printing-Office, Hartford.