The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-05-01 00:00:00, page 4

Real Eflate for Safe.
On WEDNESDAY the Ninth day of May next, at
Seven o'clock in the Evening, will be Sold by Public
Vendue, at t'le Cefte-houfe, the following
Ground-Rent, Tenements, and
Lots of Ground, viz.
No. I. A. Ground-Rent of Forty-four
Spanilh milled Dollars, per annum, or so much current
money as will purchase 44 fitch dollars, payable half
yearly out cf two Lots of Ground, the corner of Mar
ket and Sixth-streets ; bid lots are 39 feet 9 inches on
Market firmer, and z 66 feet on Sixth ftreer. Thereon
are er^aed an elegant Brick House, Stables, &c. now
in peffe ffion of hi; Excellency the President of the fate.
The laid Ground-rent to be fold with the Arrears du#
from the ill of March, 1776, amounting to 228 Spa
nifli Dollars,
No. 2, A Lot of Ground, situate on the
north tide of Vine street, about midway ktwien Thitd
and Fourth-ftieets, 17 feet front on V n: street, and in
depth 90 feet, whereon is ere&ed a two ftorv Brick
Kitchen, placed at a prefer distance from the ftr^t to
fferd room for a b^it; Lid kitchen is no» in the
tenure of John Bufhcll, and lets fcr 14b lawful money
per annum. The owner of the hwafe adjoinirg, cn th?
weft fide of this lot, has left out cue foot of ground to
wards an alley; and ul. i„. has been paid towards
party wall.
No. 3. A vacant Lot adjoining the
loft, on the north end thereof, and fronting on Wood
ftrett 17 feet, in depth it is 56 feet.
No. 4. A Lot of Ground on the south
fide of Ca? arm; street, b@iwro Front and Water
ftreb; 20 feet front cn Catharine-street, and in depth
85 fret ; (a this lot is erea.d 1 two story Brick Tene
ment, 18 feet front, and r Framed Kitchen adjoining ,
new in the tenure of Warwick Hale, fubjeft to a
Ground rent cf 50s, currency p*r anrum.
No. 5. A Lot of Ground on tie east
file of Second Street, a little distance below Almond
Street, 17 feet and a half on Second fafit, and extend
ing in depth 22c fret. On this let is errand a three
Kory Brick Hsufe, the width of the lot in front, twa
rooms on a floor; also a Kitchen, two Rories high, con.
ne&ed to the house by a hm p;szz%an4 cellars under
the whole; now in the tenure of If»ac Morten. It it
accommodated with a 3 feet alley, and a pump cf ex
cellent water at the doory fubjeft to a Ground-rent ,f
339. currency per annum. This building it now out
of repair, having been demoed by the Iritilh troops
while they la, in Philadelphia.
Good and fufficient Titles will be made for the abovr,
immediately on the purchase Manty being paid, which
must be within Three days after the Vendue, or the
Sale to be void, at the Choice of the Subscribers.
JOHN KAIGN,
WILLIAM ATTMOR!.
To be Sold by Public Vendue,
On SATURDAY the Fifth of May next, at Twelve
o'clock at N^on, at the Coffee-houfe in this City,
(If not dipofed es before at private Sale,)
THAT
Commodious Dwelling House,
Situated in Market-ftreef, on the south-west corner of
Strawberry-alley, containing 14 feet in front on Mar
ket-street, and 3a feat on Strawberry-alley, fubjeft to
a Ground-rent cf ,1. Pennsylvania currency, per and
num ; The House is three ftorirs high, and complete
ly finifh^d ; with many oth^r convenienciei and ad
vantages of Vaults, Cellars, Neceflary-houfe, fr, No
thing need be Aid relpe&iog the geednefs of the Stand
for Business, it being, b, every p+rfan allowed, one of
the best Situations in this City, The House may be
seen, and Conditions of Sale made known, by applying
to the Subferib^r on the premifa; who will give a
good Title and immediate Possession after the Sale.
JOHN LEVINS.
Also, Will be Sold by Public Vendue;
©n SATURDAY, the hid Fifth es May, at the Cof
to h^ule, at Twelve o'clock, at Mosn,
(If net Sold by private Sale before,)
That Elegant House, known
by the Name of the BUCK TAVERN, on the Five
Mile Round, two and a half miles from the City of
Philadelphia, with about three Acres of choice Land,
with Kitchen, Sheds and Stables, &c. all of which are
in good Repair 1 Most of the Land la made into Gar
den ; the whole abounds with Fruit Trees of ameft
every kind, well inclefed with a fence made of two inch
Plank, five feet high. The House it pleasantly situ
ated, and commands a fine holprft of the River De
laware. The whole clear of any Incumberanre, being
fee simple. Possession and a good Title will be given
as soon as the purchase Morey is paid. Fcr Conditi
ons, &e. apply to said LEVINS, in Market-street.
N|B, The Policy of Infurunce has been renewed two
years ago; the Sum in.uied is Five Hundred Pounds
in Specie. April 4, 1781.
Wants a Place,
A Young MAN, to wait on a finale Gentleman.
He writes a good hand, underft^nus corking,
marketing, &c. and has no objection to the country
A Line, dire&ad for A. B. and left w'th the printer of
this paper, Gull be duly attends, to. 1
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by DATID C. CLALPOOLE.
Middle Ferry, on Schuylkill, April 1% 1721.
That Elegant Horse
AMBASSADOR,
COVERS Marts this feafen, at the fubfexiberß fta
hle, the brid,e arrofethe Middle-ferry, on Sc uyl
krU, at ON! GUINEA the tingle Lea,, or TWO
GUINEAS the feefen, and Half a Dollar, specie, to
the Groena; the money to be ,aid at covering. Heis
a fine Bay, 6 years old, 16 hands hi,k, has a beauti
ful star and frdp, black main, til and legs, is remark
ably lengthy and ftreny made, and is allowed by good
j u °ir^ that bare fern him, to be the belt boifo in this
date,forgetting ftaek for both carriage and fiddle. Atr
bfifider was get by the noted horf* Lofty, imported
from Great Britain in the year 17731 ids dam by Nor
thumberlind, out cf a three quartered blooded mate.
JOSEPH OGDEN.
To be Sold by Public Vendue,
On Monday the &h th, of May next, at 11 o'clock,
09 the Premise#,
A Plantation in Mill-creek hun
drM„ Newcastle county, 6 miles from Wilmington, 3
miles from Newport, and 5 from ChrifEa^a-hriri„,
on the ^rest raid leading from Newport to Lanca&r;
containing about a, acres, about too is cleared, in
closing about 17 acres of meadow, an apple and peach
orchard; the woodland is yell timbered, a fquaja Leg
dwelling Rbuf% a weavers Shop that will contain 4
loom?, a large fart two Stable# and a H^y-houfe, a
Draw well of good Water; it is healthy, and is c pa
ble of much improvement; this place is ±llknown
thereabout, ne numbers of people resort there to
bathe and drink at the Mineral Spring, hte!y found
on said land; there is a lively stream cf water runs
through the premises, on. which may be crafted either a
Grist or Falling-Mill. The terms of pay will be made
known at the time of sale.
ARCHIBALD GARDNER,
TO BE LET ScTl^
And Prffeffion given immediately,
A valuable Plantation on Penny
pack cteelr, 11 railed from the city, near the Bnrtal
road, one and quarter milts from the river Delaware,
containing 105 acres, about 65 acres cleared and un
der fence, including , or % acres of good meadow, and
many more may be eifily made, as it lies very conve
nient to be watered, and 4, acres of good woodland,
malty white-oak, chefnut and hickory, with fufficient
buildings for a tenant % one or more mills may be
erected on it, as there is always fufficient water on the
creek.
Also, 1 Lot or Piece of Land on Mount
Airy, near the late Mr. Allen's house, in German
town ; containing about 20 acres, including about 3
acres of woodland, most cf it under fence of pests and
rails, except the front, which is a stone-wall, wii
a good garden and young orchard ; with feme other
lifeful convenience*?; a House hands on it entirely cut
of repair. Far Teran apply to Messrs GEORGE
MBADB and Company, er JOHN O'CONNER, in
Philadelphia. March a,.
TO BE LE
A Brick House, Garden and
Orchard, with a Barn, Stable, and grass Lot adjoining
to it, in the main street in Germantown. The Houle
is 38 feet front dn Lid fret ; it has two rooms on the
firft floor and three on the second story, with good
garrets; also, a piazza back of the house, a very large
and commodious Kitchen, with a good pump in the
yard 1 Toe Garden is stocked with a great variety of
the heft grafted cherry, pear and pumb Trees of diffe
rent forts. The Orchard consists of about 100 trees of
the best kind of Apples. For terms apply to JOSEPH
SHIPPEN, in Front- street, Philadelphia.
TO BE LA
House in Penn-street, a few
doors below Scuth-ftreet. Apply to John Lardnbr.
Philadelphia, April 21, 1781.
The Contributors to the Fund fcr the Re
lief of the poor and didireffid Widows and Children of
Preflyterian Minifies, are requeued to meet with the
Corporation, at the meeting of Synod, May next en
luing, in tins city, to consult with them upon methods
of paying tha annuities and preferring the fund.
By order of the bo^rd,
JAMES SPROAT, secretary.
TO BE SO L D,
A set of blue and white Table CHINA,
lately imported and never uled. Enquire
of the Printer.
TO BE SO L D,
At the Coffee-hcufe, on Tuesday the Eighth of May,
at Seven o'clock in the Evening,
A Plantation in Prpvi
dence township, Philadelphia county, adjoining Nor
ri igtop, bounded by lands cf John Baker and others,
on the Nortington road, about 19 miles from the city,
containing about 100 acres, 24 acres of which is good
woodland, the remainder cleared, about 7 acres of
upland meadow, a good stone barn, flableu and cow
houfe, fm^ll stone house with a milk house under it,
a log house, pump and fracak-houfe ; also a good or
chard and garden : now in the tenure of Francis Lalley,
who will mew the premises. a gocd title will be given
to the purchaser.
TO BE SO L D,
Eight thousand acres of Land,
In Kentucky ccunty, in Virginia, for twelve hundred
pounds in this state currency. It is feme of the firft
rinds taken up in that county, and is the choice of it.
The perlon w|o firft furve,ed it is fill upon it and haa
char ge cf it. For further particular., enquire of tha
Printer. April ift.
TO BE SO L D,
An elegant Country House,
And LOTjof LAND, plenfantly situated in the town of
Gernentown, on a road which leads from the market
price to the falls of Schuylkill, bounded by the School
house and Quaker meeting lots, and by ground of Sa
rah A/hmead; containing two acres aud thirty-two
perches ofland:
Aifo, A three Rory Brick House and
Lot of Lar% ° n "e writ rly fide of Front-street, a lit
tle abave Vine- itreet; cenrrin ng in breadth 17 feet 3
inches, and in length 135 feet, or thereabouts, bound
ed bt ground' of Charles Weft and 0.he.% For terms
enquire cf LEWIS WEISS.; Scrivener, in Arch-street,
oppose the Chu r ch Buryng-ground.
TO BE SO L, D,
By Pe^er and William Wikoff,
In Front-street, between Arch and Race-ftiest?,
Old WeJi-India Rum Ma
deira Wine of the heft quality, R#d Pert Wide, Girt
in cases, the best bottled Cyder, Wool-cards, &c. &c.
A Quantity of Opium,
TO BI SOL D, BY
Benezet, Lewis, and Company,
At their Stare in Sscond-ftreet, near Spruce street.
Madeira Wine,
By 'the pipe and quarter-cask,
TO BE SOL D,
Reasonable, for Case er Bills of Exchange on Europe, ty
Adam Zantzinger,
in Market-street, nearly oppafite the old goal.
Tll uILs A Tt?
TO BE SO L D,
Or Exchanged for fuptrrine or common Flour, By
Nelson and Fox,
In Water-ftrest, above Walnut - freer.
A quantity of choice Claret,
In Hoglheads,
TO BE SO L D, BY
Mordecai Lewis
In Second street, near Spruce- Street.
A convenient House, well fitu
atad for Business, is wanted. Enquire of the Printer.
A creditable Woman, with a good breast of
Milk, that can be writ recommenced, wants to take a
Child to nurse from a reputable Family. None other
need apply. Enquire of the printer.
A single MAN who is capable of manag
ing a Srore, and can be well recommended, may hear
of Employ by enquiring of the Printer.
*TO BE S O LD, A
Pair of handsome bay Horses,
Fur .years old, 15 hands high. Enquire of the Printer.
To BE ha d.
Genteel furnished Lodgings ;
Two Bed chambers, one Parlour, with the ut^ of a
Kitchen ; Chin?, Plate, &c. agreeably situated. En
q^ne of the Printer.