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worth remain implanted in their breasts; and long as
ter this little, inadequate tribute of affection, which a
friend pays to his memory, ffiali have been entirely for
gotten.
THE Council taking into confederation the Aft of
Assembly intitled, " An Ad to fettle and adjust the
Accounts of the troops of this state, in the service of
the United States, and for other purposes therein men
tioned ;"
Resolved, That the following gentlemen be ap
pointed auditors, to fettle the depreciation of the pay
of the officers and soldiers of the federal army, be
longing to the line of this slate, who will meet and
proceed to business at the feverai times and places
hereafter mentioned, viz.
JAMES STEVENSON and JOHH NICHOLSON,
who are appointed auditors in general, and will pro
ceed separately to each of the places of rendezvous of
the regiments, and there meet the auditors appointed
for each county, as follows, viz.
At Newtown, Bucks county.
ABRAHAM DUBOIS, and WILLIAM GOFORTH,
esquires. To fettle with the regiment of artillery,
commanded by colonel Thomas Pro&or, from the
twelfth to the fifteenth of March inclusive.
At Eafton, in Northampton county.
Robert LEVERS, and JOHN'RALSTON, esquires.
To fettle with the third regiment of infantry, from the
seventeenth to the twenty firfl of March inclusive.
At Reading, in Berks county.
HENRY CHRIST, and HENRY HALLER, es
quires; To fettle with the fifth and ninth regiments
of infantry, from the twenty-third to the twenty
feventh of March inclusive.
At Lebanon, in Lancaster County.
ROBERT CLARKE, and JOHN THOM, ef]uire<.
To fettle with the sixth and eleventh regiments, from
the twenty-ninth of March to the second of April
inclusive.
At Downing's Town, Chefler county.
JOHN HANNUMS, and JOHN BEDLOW, es
quires. To fettle with the second regiment of infan
try and the late German regiment, from the twelfth
to the fifteenth of March inclusive-
At Lancafler.
WILLIAM FULLERTON, junior, and SAMUEL
BOYD, esquires. To fettle with the regiment of ca
valry, commanded by colonel Moylan, from the se
venteenth to the twenty firft of March inclusive.
At York-Town, in the county of York.
MICHAEL kWOOP, and HENRY SLAGLE, es
quires. To fettle with the firft and tenth regiments of
infantry, from the twenty third to the twenty seventh
of March inclusive.
At Carlifle, Cumberland county.
SAMUEL LAIRD, and WILLIAM LYON, es
quires. To fettle with the fourth and seventh regia
ments of infantry, from the twenty-ninth of March
to the second of April inclusive.
And all paymasters of regiments are required punc
tually to attend, with their pay rolls and accounts/
at the feverai times and places abovementioned, and
all officers and soldiers,, claiming benefit under the
Aft of Assembly, passed at Philadelphia, the eigh
teenth day of December last, are expected to attend
Until a stated account of their depreciation,, as they
will be in danger of being excluded.
State of New-Jerfty, February 20, 1781.
Wanted to compleat the Fires
ar BLOOMSBURY FORGE, nine milei from Durham
Furnace, SIX FORGE MEN, that can bz well recom
mended for their judgment and fteadirefv; and as the
Juhfcribcr intends driving on said Forge, double handed,
>n the most feirited manner, the greatest Encourage
ment wifi be given, by proper application made agunft
the lit day of May next : Forge-men without families,
or wrh irn^ll ones, wl) be most acceptable : Also,
TWELVE good M OOD-CUTTERS, who fhA! be
& ployed for any time agreed on, with their refpe&ive
baLoecs difebarged moatblv, if required, by
WHERE AS by an A&: of General
Afferhbly, passed the twenty-taird
day of December last, the Supreme Exe
cutive Council are impowered and required,
from and after the firft day of February
last, to Publilh in the several English
and German News-papers, printed in the
city of Philadelphia, in the firft week in
every month, the Rate of Exchange be
tween Specie and Continental Money, which
exchange so published in each month, the
said Aft declares, shall be the Exchange be
tween the laid Continental Money and the
State Money, thereby made Legal Tender.
Resolved, That the said Rate of Ex
change be continued at Seventy-five for
One, as by the resolution of the firft of Fe
bruary last.
TIMOTHY MATLACK, Secretary.
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PHILADELFHIA, MARCH 3d, 1781.
In Council,
Extracts from the Minutes,
MA RCH s th, i 7 Bi.
GEORGE ross, junr.
For further particular# enquire of WILLIAM
BINGHAM, or DANIEL BENEZET, in Ph ladelph a.
Has for Sale, in Walnut-street, near Second-ttreet,
Old Sherry, English Cheese, Bottled Porter,
Spanish white Sugar, Brown ditto, Spanish Snuff: Also,
some fine shirting Linens, Cimbricks, Lawns, Nan
keens, Broadcloth, Bindings, Pnk and Skj-biue
Gauzes ; and a Quantity of Indian Corn.
Twenty Pipes, Twenty Hogsheads, of the fined old
Madeira WINE,
Thirty Pipes, Ten Hogsheads, Twenty Qiarter-ca&s
o' Loudon market ditto,
Seventy Pipet, Ten Hogsheads, Twenty Quarter calks
o Nev-York market ditto,
Stventv-five P pcs, One Hundred H^ffieads, One
Hundred Quarter calks of belt Crgo ditto
And Nineteen Boxes of Poland Starch :
Being the CARGO of the Prze Brigantine D O U(=-
LASS, taken by the Sh ; p of War SARATOGA,
John Young, Enquire, Commander!
And at Six o'Clock in the Evening of the
fame Day, at the Coffee-houfe, Will be SOLD, the laid
Prize Brigantine Dou^lafs,
With all her Guns, Tackle, Apparel an $ Furniture,
a reeable to an Inventory to be seen at the Pl.ce oi
S-k
By Order of the Court o' AArh r Ity,
March 6. CLEMENT BIDDLE, M^rfhah
TO BE SOL D,
0^ WEDNESDAY,
The Seventh Instant, at TWELVE o'Clock, at the
Coffee-houfe,
Four French Brass Cannon,
Four-pounders, with a Quantity of round "hot to suit
them.
JOHN BAYARD, Auctioneer.
To be Sold by Au&ion,
At the Southwark Auction-Store,
On THURSDAY the Fifteenth Initaht, March, be
twixt the honfi of Twelve and One o'clock,
A two story brick House & Lot of
GROUND, thereto belonging, lituate in Third-street,
betwixt South and Shippen-ftreet ; the House is in good
repair, has a good Cellar with a boarded floor, a
Pump of good Water very convenient to the door, with
the privilege of a four foot alley The Lot is 24 feet
in breadth on Third-street, and go feet deep. The
premises are now in the tenure of Mrs. Elizabeth Paik
infon, who keeps tavern therein, it being well fitu^ted
for that purpose. A good add Efficient title will be
giver , the purchaser. .and it is free from ahv incumb
rance, save a final! Ground-rent of 61. 7; 6d. curren
cy, per annum.
WILLIAM BROWN, Andicneef.
Stolen, the last Evening, from a
LADY's Chamber, a handsome enamelled WATCH,
with Dutch Paintings at the bottom, a small Gold 6-al,
Steel Chain, and enclosed with a Shagreen Case. Tae
Lady hopesit will be doped if offered for file. A con
fiderabie Reward shall be given if the Watch is deliver
ed to the Printer, and no queffions asked.
Allo, a large Reward will be given for a TRUNK of
worn SILKS, LINENS, &c. which were plundered
during the lass summer, from a New-York flag going
to Virginia, by a vessel from Egg harbour. The Silks,
&'. Belonging to the Family of a Member of Congress
from Virginia. A Prosecution will be commenced against
the piratical Commander of this Fend, who is known,
if tne Trunk, &c. are rot speedily difeovered to the
Printer, that the Ownermay get them. March 5.
A very valuable Trad of Land, contain
ing 5 0 acres, situate on the river Leheigh (a branch of
the Delaware) about four miles from Bethlehem: the
toil is excellent, arid is capable of being improved to
great advantage.
Likewise, A Brick HOUSE, in Second fireet, one
door from the corner of Chefnut-ftrert, 15 feet in front
and 20 feet in depth, now in the tihure of Thomas
Bryan.
TENCH CO XE,
On MONDAY Next,
To be Sold by Public Vendue,
At the Coffee-houfe, or; Saturday the 14th of April
nexr,
Amohgft which are, Three 6 pound Cannon (lying on
the wharf below South-street) one large copper Boiler,
twelve M fleets, twenty Cutlasses, Handfeikef, Pump
geer, Lanthorns, Trumpets, Crow-bars, Blocks, Junk,
and loose Iron, &c. &c.
WILLIAM BROWN, Auctioneer.
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
At the Southwark Audion Store,
On THURSDAY the %th inftanfa at 11 o'clock in the
Remainder of the Materials belonging to
the Ship General Greene,
At TE N o'Ciock, in the Forenoon,
Near MefTrs. Willing and M^rrial Wharf,
To be Sold at Public Audion,
Morning, the
ABOU 1' five acres of Marsh Meadow
GROUND, situate in Paffyunk towsfhip, bounded
erftward by lands of Mr. Penrofe, southward by Daniel
Roberd au'-, welt and northward by Henry Elves's
meadow, nearly opposite said Elves's late dwelling
boufe, and near the road leading to the lowest new fer
ry on Schuylkill, late the property of Edward Lord
Chick and others, and fold by order of the county
CommUliuner for the payment of the public taxes, &c.
due thereon. WILLIAM WILL, Sheriff.
To be Let or Rented,
A large three story BRICK HOUSE,
and Ktchen, two root"' on a fluor, Charr-houfe, Stable,
Hy loft and Stable Y.rd, a large Garden and good
Well arid Pamp of Wat^r before the Kitchen door, ff
tuite at the entrance of Paff/unk road, a little below
the new Pla? house, Southwark. For particulars en
quire of the fu bferiher, at his house in Spruce-ftreety
between Fourth and Fitr street.
To be Sold by Public Vendue;
On Saturday the loth instant, March, at the Coffee
houfe, at five c'-lot k in the afternoon,
Also, to be Sold, at said Time rind Place,
AL 0 T or piece of GROUND, situate, lying and
beingin Northward, between Seventh and Eighth
streets, in the city of Philadelphia aforefaid, contain
ing in breadth twenty feet, and extending in depth 306
feet, or thereabout (it being the eaftermoft part of a
large Lot of 132 feet in breadth and 306 feet in depth)
bounded southward by High-street, eastward by a Lot
of Divid Scikel's, northward by ground of Christian
Shaffer's, and Weftwaid by the remaining part of said
large Lot, late the property of Peter Gafkel, beyond
sea, and fold by order of the county Commiitiorieri, for
the payment of the public taxes due thereon.
WILLIAM WILL, Sheriff.
Best Lamp and Tanners Oil ;
JAMAICA SPIRITS,
In Hogsheads;
Madeira Wine, arid Port Wine
By the Calk or Dozen;
Imported and To be Sold, By
Jofah Hewes,
In Chefnut. street.
TO BE SOLD OR LET,
In the Town of Carlifle,
That well known Tavern where
Mr. J imes Pollock formerly dwelt, and now poffeffei
by Mr. Samuel Poftithwait : the House is large and
Convenient ; the Stables arte eqU I, if not superior, to
any in the (Lie, having stalls, properly ere&ed, capa
ble of containing sixty horfys, all in ex ellent repair.
The Lot is large, and the Kitchen Garden well culti
vated. Any person inclining to treat for the fame, will
please apply to Mejor WILLIAM ALEXANDER,
now at Carlifb, 0 .WILLIAM M'CULLOH,and
Company, Philadelphia.
To be Sold by Public Vendue,
at the Pantition late of JACOB HARMAN,deceafed,
in Upper Derby towrtfhip, Chetter county, at 12 o'clock,
on THURSDAY the 15th day of March, instant,
sundry Hoiles and Cows, a Waggon, two Carts, a Rid
ing-cbair, a Sleigh, Ploughs, Harrows, and a large
Collection of other farming U er file.
William west, j
JONATHAN BROWN, , Executors.
MORDECAI LEWIS, J
A Woman qualified to
aft as COOK, or superintend <he Affairs of a Kitchen,
may meet with a place, by applying to the Printer.
WANTED to R EN T,
A three story Brick House,
Between Arch and Pine-streets, as near the Water al
poffi de, for which the Rent will be paid in Specie.
Enquire of the Punter.
N. B. If the house had stables, &c. it would be mere
convenient.
To be Let, a Plantation,
containing near 400 acres of Land, of which upwards*
of zoo re clefoed, and divided into 8 fields, mostly
frefh rinds, well watered; 40 acres of excellent Mea
dow, waterel by a never failing stream: the whole un
der good fence; a large Orchard of Apple-trees and
other fruit at full growth.
The Buildings, viz. Dwelling House, Barn; Spring
House, and oher Out-houses, commodious and very
Complex to accomodate the above Farm, which is a
bout five miles from London Grove Meeting- house, in
Chester counts, on the Nottingham road to Philadel
phia, adjoining lands of Lewis Pusey, John jackfon
and others, near feveralfii emerchant mills, A person
who is desirous and capable to manage such a Farm
will, on a bare view, be induced to fix on this spot,
which he may have for several years On easy Terms,
provided he comes well recommended to the fu hferiber
in Chefnut.ftreet, between Second and Third-streets.
Possession may be had immediately, with lundry farm
ing Utertfils and forne Stock, if wanted.
JONATHAN DAWES.
ROBERT HARDIE.