Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-07-29 00:00:00, page 1

EIGHTEEN POUNDS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the Antietam furnace in Fre
derick County, Maryland, the following servants:
J AMES MA RR, a stout well set fellow, about
go years of age, 5 tert 10 inches high, black complexion,
short curled hair, born in Ireland: Had on a ihirt and
tiowfers of country made linen, short jacket, and some
other cloaths unknown.
EDWARD M'C ANN, about 25 years old, 5
feet 5 or 6 inches high, fair complexion, short hair tied
behind, a wheelwright by trade : Had on a country made
shirt and trowfers, old blue jacket, old leather breaches,
blanket legings, and old shoes.
JAMES WALKE R, born in Ireland, about 5
feet 5 inches high, dark complexion, fliort grey hair,
about 35 years old, squints very much, and when he is
looking ftraigbt forward is obliged to hold his head as is
he was looking at the fun, the Ikin rough his chin is
whiter and Imcother than the rest c,f his face: Had on, a
coarse blue jacket, and country made ihirt and troffers.
WILLIAM PRIMROSE borni E%U,d,
about 5 feet 10 inches high,, ftou'and well built, appears
ta be between 4.0 and 50 years old, dark complexion,
short black hair, a failmaker by trade, and has been used
to the sea: Had on a coarse, shirt apd troffers and white
waistcoat.
JAMES KIDNEY, born in Ireland, about 5
feet 7 or 8 inches high, well made, finboth faced, ftaight
black hair : Had on a blue cloth coat, and coarse ihirt
and trowfert.
JAMES STEEL, a ftlut well set fellow, about
5 feet io inches high, brown complexion, short brown
hair, about 28 years old, wa, borp in the Weft of Eng
land and freaks in that ciale&, Rad on a country made
shirt and trowfers, half worm hat and flioes.
DANIEL SAUNDERS, about,^ feet 6 inches
high, b'. - #: ^ < I#v.{o1 # v.{o ^ort black
Jrnr, about 30 years old, lookifickly: Had on a country
made ihirt and nowfers, white under jacket, silk hand
kerchief, and old hat and shoes,
Marr and M'C'ann ran av ay about the 17th June last,
and Walker, Primrose and Kidney on the 30th June ; —
these three stole two waistcoats, One pf brown cloth, the
other of light "colored Kerfey lapell'd: James Steel and
Daniel Saunders ran away on the ,th inst. Kidney be
longs to Mr. William Baird of Frederick County. Any
perlon securing the above servants, fnall have the above
Reward, or Three Founds for each.
t 4-w. D. & S. HUGHES, and Co.
June Wb, 1776.
ADVERTISEMENT.
ABSCONDED from my bed and board, MAR~
THA HEMERSLy, the wife of Jacob He-
MERSLy, in Turbot Townihip, Northumberland Coun
ty. She went away with one AN DREWROBI N
-80 N, a Scotchman, @f the aforefaid township; they
took with them a strawberry roan Horse, with a white
mine and tail, no brand or ear mark, paces fall, about
sixteen hands high, and ten years old ; ano a bay Mare,
with a large star in her forehead, two hind feet white,
fourteen hands high, trots and paces, branded with a D
on her neir^ older. The laid man had on, when he
^ slight-colored broadcloth coat, red waistcoat,
buri;? breeches, thread flockings coloured blue, new
par iocs, half-worn hat, fire feet eight inches high,
well let, smooth face, has thin brown curl'd hair, and is
£ good scholar : it is fupocfed that be had a difeharge
and pals from Col. Wm. Eunckit, and a pTs from Col.
James Morrow in the fame battalion, as he served as en
tign in Captain Will. Morrow's company; likewise took
with him a ftrai^ht rifle half fleck'd, thin barrel, with
an iron guard, and is thought to have gone into a&ual
service. The said woman had on and with her, when she
went away, a black calimanco petticoat, a pair of half
worn primps, one check and ©re white-apron, two calico
ffiort gowns, a man's hit, a red furtout coat, and a striped
blanket, about five feet eight inches high, smooth face,
with four or five of her teeth out before. Whoever takes
up the said thief (Andrew Robinson) and Martha He
merfly, and confines them in any goal, shall receive Se
ven Pounds reward, and for the horses Three Pounds,
and all reafonablp charges, paid bv
*,ACOB HEMERSLY.
PHa.lelpb;, t , June 14, 1776.
WH EREAS the fubferiber hath fixed a
connexion to carry on the Woollen Manufacle
ry in all its branches, as Ifoe as it 'an be made to an
swer, and as it may be of very great service in the pre
sent filiation.
NOTICE is hereby given to all Wool-growers and
Skinper/that may have Wool on hand to dispose of, ei
ther for the purpule of cloths or'fifths if they will either
bring or fend it by any conveniency that trey can make
agreeable according to their fituatior, they may depend
on having the belt prh;e according to the quality" , and
ready money as fonn as delivered; for any quantity great
orf.ua!!. PHILIP MARCHINTON, at his
Stoye No. 4, between Front and Second
-lAfreets, in Market-ftfeet.
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GENE RAL
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M O ND A Y, JUL Y 29th, 1776.
DU N L A P's
This day is f uplifted printed an d re be f.ld by
R. A I I KEN, Printer and Bookseller,
Oppohte.,!^ London Coffee-Honfe. Front street,
[Price ,„, hiding and fix ptnee]
E Dominion of Providence over the puffions of meg:
A SERMO N preached at Princeton,, on the
T7tb of M&y, 1776, being the General Fall appointed by
Cbngrefs through the United Colonies. To which is
added, An A DDRESS to the Natives of Scotland
raiding in America
By JOHN WITHERSPOON, D. D.
Prefidtnt es the Co l ege of New-Jersey.
PHILADELPHIA and FORT-ISLAND
S T A G E-WA G G O N,
KE P r by the fubferiber, goes from Mr. Riddle's
at the sign of Kuli Knan, the corner of Front and
Luproard-ftreets, at seven o'clock in the morning and
r our o'clock in the afternoon,' and from Mr- Rod.lph's
Ferry, near the Fort, abodt nine o'clock in the mining
and seven o'clock in the tuning, whieft he intends t&
continue every day. The fare is f or ^^ paf^uro.
Those that please to saver this undertaking may n-yend
on his bell endeavours to giv: fatisfa&ign. ~
DANIEL REYBOLD.
CT^HE Co-partnership of HAMILTON
and LE I°P ER, Toacedhifts, is dissolved :
Those that have any de hands againftthat concern are
requested to bring in their accompts as toon as pcffitle
to Hamilton and Son, in S rond-ftreet, fix goers be
low the Market, or to Thom s Leipcr, in the house
lately occupied by the company, the corner of Spruce
and Water-ftieets.
HAMILTON and S O N,
TO BACCONIS T S,
HAVE removed from the corner of Spruce and
Water-streets, to the house belonging to, and
lately occupied by Mr. John Wallace, in Second street,
fix doors below Market-street, where they continue to
carry on their Scotch Snuft' and Tobacco Manufe&ory
in all the several branches as usual ; they have l>id in a
large stock of the very best Virginia leaf tobacco, and
are confident of giving the utmost fatisfaftion to their
former customers and the public. Orders will be punc
tually answered with all possible dispatch.. They give
cafli for g^od empty fnuff- bottles.
T HOMAS LEI PE R,
TOBACCONIST,
TAKES this opportunity of informing the public
in general and his friends iq particular, that the
partnerflrip of Hamilton and Leiper is dissolved, and
that he (in the house occupied by the company, the
corner of Spruce and Water-streets, below the Draw
bridge, Philadelphia) manuf &ures in the belt manner
Snuff and Tobacco of the firft quality, equal, if riot su
perior, to any heretofore imported from Europe, which
he will be enabled to dispose of on as reafo'nable terms
as any Manufacturer in America, and execute all orders
on the Ihorteft notice; as the works he has lately form
ed are by far the molt complete not only for expediting
the bufixefs of manufacturing Snuff and Tobacco, but
also doing it in the greatest perfection, of any works
ever yet erected on the Continent.
N. B. Two Tobacco Spinners will meet with encou
ragement by applying as above,
WILLIAM BEDFORD, Saddler,
HEREBY informs the Public in general, and his
friends in particular, that he has removed from his
late dwelling near the Drawbridge, to the house lately
occupied by Mr. Thomas Weft, in Second-street, the
sixth door below Market-street, where he continues to
carry on his bufintfs in all its branches; abb makes, at
present, every kind of Military Furniture for the
Army.
May 30, 1776.
TWENTY SHILLINGS REWARD
CTOLEN or STR AYED, out of the fubferiber's
° lot the upperend of Market- street, a well made
HORS E, of a brown colour, about fourteen hands
high, both ears cropped, with a bright star in his fore
head, a small snip near his nose, a few white hairs on his
back near his shoulder, and a short bushy tail ; he paces
and trots. Whoever gives information, or brings the
said horse to the fubferiber, living in Market-street, fnall
have the above Reward and reafpn able charges, paid by
RICHARD YORKE, Post-Rider.
Just published and to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP,
in Market-street, Philadelphia,
THOUGHTS on GOVERNMENT:
Applicable to the Present State of the
AMERICAN COLONIE S.
i^^Wt^CTXi^fT^^rc^^
THE
ADVERTISER
Just pubUfbed and so be fc/d by
JAMES HUMPHR EY Junior,
In Front street, (Price Two SfoLin s)
THE Second Edition of the TRUE IN I E REST
of AMERICA impartially stated, in c^ tain
Strictures on a pamphlet entitled C O MMON
SENSE. By an American.
" You have been told that we are Seditious, impatient
“of government, and desirous of Independ-ncv. Be
“ assured that these arf not faTs, but calumnies—Perirot
"ustobe as free as yourfelv,s, and ve (had eves est em
" a union with you to be our greatef glory ?nb our
"greatest ba„izejs. —Place us in the lame fitu^ion we
“ vere at the cloie of the rift war, and oweformer bar
" mon, will be restored.' 1 Continental Congress's
Address to the People of Great Britain.
" obtre&4tiu et liver pronis auribus accipiuntur."
Tacitus.
—Nihil est, Antipoo,
'' Qgin mali narrando peffit depfivarier." Terence.
1 *%* Times's Military Guide; Sterne's Works, &c, may
had bi said Humphreys. Alic# genuine Keyfefs
; ^ .Tdfbdard^ ^fold by. W I L L I A M AND
. TSOMAS' BXADFORD,
? R O CLiE D I N G S
:rUYccof COf/IMiTTEZS,
^^ P.T # .CE oi NNSYL^RN/A;
H ^ at E" '..."rj^xrrr. 'Halt, .tPriiLAPftLPH-TA.
JL'g^ June iSthg ^'a co^ir^d by adjournments to
'§ June zfh, 7776. :
• tX I;OEL,A3 ! A\ b De
S V ft" ?"I°' '"'", Tory's pafa:re, near
blacA ri ORS E, -ourtyn bands t^ree inches hi^h,
fix years old, hsa Khz in his forehead, his l^ s Mute
has long 1,7 on his u per rip winch may be ffi<d, and
a morr t.n winch ce carries very lofty. Lfowife *
brown M A R E; fourteen hands high,
a Ry in her toty, one of Ur ^ feet ^hte al2
tural pacer, and trots a litre : THy were fen cri^
past the. Riling San the fame day. Whoev r will b
them to the fubferiber sh 11 receive THREE DOLLARS
for each, and reafonahle charges.
CHRISTIAN RIFFETS.
FULLER and FI S HER
Have removed their store fiom Water-street to Benja 'in
Fuller's house, in Front Street, a little below the
Draw-bridge, the third doer above Union ft^t—
where they hav 7 for 8 ALE, for cash onlv,'
OZ NA BRIGS, Meetings, Britauma,' ddwl;:ff es ,
checks and fripes, worked and hair pluses, mens
" k hose ' ™ k ^'T^ters, and a few packets of
Juftprinted and now felling bv
ROBERT B°£ LL,
Next door to bt. Paul's Church, in Third-street
(Price Two Sbillincs)'
THE true interest of BRITAIN
forth in regard to the COLONIES; and the
only means of living in peace and harmony with them.
Including different pl,ns, for eff^ting this definable
ZT' % J ° S ; TUCKED D. D. Dean of Gl^
ceher, author of the essay on the advantages and disad
vantages which refp&ivcly attend France and Greats
Britain, with regard to trade..
To which is added by the Printer, a few more Words
on the Freedom of the Press in America
Philadelphia, June 17, i 7 76.
hh, Creditors of Bryan Roney are
1 hereby.notified that he is lately Tcerfed, and it
app eari ng . doubtful whether there will be efforts fuffident
to fatisfy the demands against the estate, they are desired
either to meet and divide the efforts, or feme one is're
to take out adihiniitr^tion, the Widow net chn
fihg to intermeddle farther than to take care of the eff.cU
until they arc disposed cf by pronei ^pthbrity
1 BRIDGET RON EY.
TO B E SO L D,
In Upper Makefield Town ffirp, Bucks Conntv,
AFAR M containing 14.5 acres, bounded by the
l & roads /eading to Yardly's and M'Cankey's Ferries,
about four 'miles from Newtown. There is on the pre
mises a good stone house with two rooms on each floor
a good done kitchen adjoining the house, excellent well
of water at the door, good orchard, old barn, a propor
tionable part of meadow mad,, and large proportion of
§°°d wood ^ in fliort the quality of the whole will f,eak
for itfelf. The terms of payment will be made ateatk
t@ the purchafcr.
1 ALEXANDER CORBITT.
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