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CAT ESBY's Natural Hattori of th^ Carolines, Ba
ham Blands, & . ^h 200 Ctgant copper plates,
matter!? executed, and beaut Jun, coloured num life,
in 7 vol#.
Complete colh&ions of S Me Trials, 6 v.
Rushworth's Historical Collection", deluding his Trill
of L-rd Stafford, 8 v.
Howard's History of the World, 3 v.
Rolle's Abridgement, 6 v.
Bacon's Abridgement, 3 v,
Perre William's, Cooke's, Saunders's and Hebbart's
Reports, &-. with a general collection of the most
modern authors in law.
Chambers's Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 2 v.
Miller's and Gardiner's Dictionary on Botany, &c. 2V.
James's Media! Dictionary,
An Italian Dictionary,
Salmon's Natural History of Plants, with plates, Ware's
Architecture, in four books,
Hornius's complete Body of ancient Geography,
Natural Hiftorv of B rbadoes, with cuts,
QU A RTO and OCTAV O.
Gravefend's Experiments of Natural Philosophy, 2 v.
Defagalier's ditto, ditto,
The London Chronicle for 1757,
Monsieur de Blainville's Travels through Europe,
Philosophical Tranfa&ions, 37 v.
Literary Magazines, or the Works of the learned, 12 v.
Monthly Reviews, 31 v.
Universal History, gilt, 20 v.
Universal History, half bound, 20 v.
Cullen's Materia Medica,
History of England complete, by Smollet, 15 v.
Robertson's History of Scotland, 2 v.
Charles the Vth, 3 V.
— History of America. 2 v.
Locke's Essay on Human Understanding, 2 v.
on the Epifties,
The Preceptor, or a general Course of Education, 2 v.
Orrery's Pliny, 2 v.
Butler's Remains,
Gnt,'s Lectures, 3 v.
Sharp's Surgery,
Van Swielen's Commentaries,
Quincet's Lexicon, 2
Potter's Antiquities of Greece, 2 v.
Potty's Chirurgical Works, 4 v.
Complete B dy of Hudandry, 3 v.
Smith's History of New Jersey,
Raleigh's Works, 2 v.
Franklin's History of Pennflvania,
Salmon's Geographical Grammar,
French,Englifh, Latin, Italian, and Dutch D'Rionaries,
With a very general Collection of Divinity, Law, Phy
fie, Mathematics and the Classics, not inserted.
NOVELS and BOOKS of Entertainment.
Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, Rambler, Peregrine
Pickle, Tom Jones, Roderick Random, Don Q^xotte,
Gil Bias, Female Quixotte, Roufellt's Letters, Perlin
and Peruvian Letters, Pamela, Prince of Abyffini-
Bellefarius, Guiphantia, Ward's Nuptial Dialogues,
Triumph of Truth, Ovid's Art of Love, Madame de
Granton, Vicar of Wakefield, Longsword, Earl of Sa
lisbury, Viaud's Voyage, Triftram Shandy, Hawks.
worth's Telemachus, the Ladies Travels through Spain,
Sterne's Works complete, Muse in Good Humour, Ju
lie de Robigne, Deferred Village, Magazines, Plays,
Periodical Pamphlets, &c.
*, The above is part of Four Thousand Volumes,
of a very fearer and valuable Collection, many of
which are not to be met with in this City, or on the
Continent of America, and arc now felling on the
leweft Terms, for Cafn.
SCHOOL BOOKS.
Bibles, Tritaments, Spelling Books, Louth's and
Buchanan': English Grammar, Croxal's and Dodfley's
^Efo?\ Fables, Pantheon, Ait of Speaking, Oecono
of Human Life, Primers, Battledores, &c. &c.
' STATIONAR Y.
Best Writing Paper, ditto gilt and mourning, Quills,
Bnknioes and Sciftars, Wafers red and black, Wax
ditto, Pencils, leather and pewter Ink-frauds, Ink-pow^
d :, Ink-Kicks, &c. ivory Pounce Boxes and Folders,
Bonnet and Hat Box s, Geld Scales, silk Purses, Cork
fere vs, Jones's genuine Powders lor taking out Rains
and pot., Pocket-books, Pi&urcs, Merchants Ac
cou> Ru^s ruled and plain. Receipt and Copy Books,
Germ at Flutes, and Music Paper ruled and plain.
G^eat Allowances, in the above Articles, will be
made to Country Traders, by the Quantity.
BOOKS bought, fold, or exchanged.
F O UN D,
On Monday, the 28th of October, near Soutb-ftreet,
zipWO remnants SATTIN and one yard GAUSE.
I Whoever has loft the fame, may have it again by
applying to the fubferiber, living in Third street, near
Market-street, proving property and paying charges.
Nov. 1. HANNAH ESTEY.
TO BE SOL D, A
Very large, handsome Caipet;
also One or T*o smaller Ones. Enquire of the Printer.
BOOKSELLER and STATIONER,
Between Front and Second-streets, in MrrkdJt'cet,
opposite L^titia-court,
la happy to inform the generous encourager# of Li'e
nature, that he has just publith ^i a^ additional Ca
talogue to his CIRCULATING LIBRARY ; and
begs leave to allure them, that his belt endeavours
will be used, to provide Food for the mind the en-
suing Winter:
Amon% many other valuable Books for falc, he has the
following, v z.
Philadelphia ; Printed and Sold by f)^VID C. CLAYPOOLE, in Market-Street.
William Prichard,
FOLIO
Forty Dollars Reward.
RA N-A WAY last June fiom the fubicriber, A
NEGRO WENCH, named PHOEBE, i, about
28 or 30 years of age ; she is lofty, remarkably full faced,
has a forbidding countenance, and most people tnke her
for a Mulatto: she took with her a lusty, fat Female
Mulatto CHILD, between two and three years old,
named FLORA; flie was teen the day after fne went
away near the Draw-bridge; it is needle fs to defer* it
her eloathing, she having different changes of her own,
betides heeling many things belonging to the family ;
it is very probable she will get conveyed to the Jerseys,
as she was brought up part of her time near Salem, or
feme place on Salem creek, and lived last in Spring
field, Burlington county ; no doubt she will attempt to
pals tor, a free woman, part wi h her child and change
their names, in order to effect her escape ; there is
great region to imagine that file and the child hs been
ferreted by some people in this city, in order that they
might eicape ; she has been advertised ever since she
went off, with only Eight Dollars Reward, imagining
that The ^ould have been secured in a few days- The
above Reward will be paid to any perlon that will only
give information wh^refhe and the child is, so that
they may be had,or Thirty Dollars for the Wench and
Ten for the Child, paid by
THOMAS CULLEN.
Philadelphia, Nov. 7th, 1782.
N. B. The Cuild, when it was taken off, had a fear
down its right chces, close by it ear, occasioned by its
falling on a andiron.
Thirty Dollars Reward.
RAN-AWAY on the 9th September, from the
lutferioer, a negro Fellow named STAFFORD,
about 18 )*3is of age, thin visage, with pretty
large lips and fm.ll legs, and in general does not look
very pleasant. He is very artful and no doubt will en
deavour to pzfs as a free mar. : had on when he went
away, a (mail black hat with a small black feather in it,
short brown cloth coat with a red velvet cape, scarlet
waiftcoar, bro^n breeches with thread flockings, 2nd a
pair of pumps with pinchbeck buckles in them. Who
ever will deliver the laid Negro to the Warden of the
Work-house or the fubferiber, living in Philadelphia,
in Third street between Vine^d Race ftieets, (hall have
the above Reward and all reaforable Charges odd. by
O&o. 18. EDWARD NORTH.
N. B. The coat and waistcoat has been turned,
which is visible by the button holes
TO BE SO L D,
THAT elegant, healthy and pleriart PLACE fr
merly owned by Mr. John Rouse, situate in
Pafiyunk township, near the Butchery-arms,
being within one mile of the Soutb-ftreet of the <it%
containing in the whole 33 acres, 16 of which lying on
the weft fide of a road or lane, commonly called Roufe'*
lane, chitfl, upland meadow, on which is an elegant
frame dwelling houf: exceedingly well finifhed, two
stories high, 32 feet bv 30, four rooms cn a floor and
two good garrets, with a pafUge through the whole
lined with a four inch brick wall, with a good dry cellar
under the whole divides in three parts, with a kitchen
and piazza adjoining, &c. &c. with a pump of good
water near the kitchen door, and a variety of fruit
trees, such as apples, cherries, pears, plumbs, quinces,
&c. a garden, &c. and two large button-wood trees in
the yard that aft,; r, &f rceable shade in the season,
&c. the whole in ^ < coder; and also 17 Acres lying
on the east fide of he road, right opposite, divided in
lotts, each having a front on laid road, as following
No. i, Fourteen perches front, containing 4 acres
and odd perches; three acres of which is orchard,
chiefly good winter fruit, on which is a good barn
with a cellar under it walled with stone, 43 feet by 21
stable, &c. &%
No. 2, Thirteen perches, containing 4 acres and odd
perches, three of which is orchard of the fame fruit,
with fomecherry arid peach trees.
No 3, Eleven perches, containing 4 acres and odd
perches, of which one and a half acres is upland mea
dow, one acre now in potatoes, the remainder stubble
ground.
No. 4, Ten perches, containing 4 acres and odd
perches, of which the fame proportion it meadow, po
tatoes and bubble ground as lott No, 3 The whole
now in good fence and good oider, wit;, a thorn hedge
fronting; 'be whole of tl^ lots lies tc the fun and is a
pleasant place to build. The whole will h e fold toge
ther or fcp>rate as it ; s dfcribed; the title indifputa
ble. Tut terms of iari will be male easy to the pur
chasers or purchaser that it may suit to take the whole.
For terms apply to BENJAMIN HEMINGS, in Fourth
street, between Lombard and South hr-cu. Pufleffion
may be bad H any time.
N. B. A hand tome half-blooded MARE to h Sold,
riling four years old, fourteen hands and ah 1 high',
prettily marked with snip and star, and one hind loot
white and moves.well. Enquire as above. O&o. 30.
Four Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or flolen from the Rising-sun tavern, in
Second street above Vinc-ftreet, Two HORSES;
the one a light bay, between 12 and 13 hands high, is
branded T. A. on one of his buttocks, had on a rope
halter. The other a brown, between 13 and 14 hands
high, ha: no brand, is hip-shot in his off hip; had on
likewise a rope halter. Whoever has taken up said
Horfer, and wdl delver them at the above tavern, (ball
have the above reward and all lealonablt charges paid -
or if taken up in the country, it is defined they may be
delivered to Mr, JACOB APP, tavern-keeper tn Eaf
ton township, Northampton county.
Odv. 31. I THOMAS BEER.
Isaac Franks, Broker, hath for Sale
Twelve I ots of Ground in the City.
Haym Solomons,
BROKER to the Office of Finance, to the Corfu! Ge
neral of France, ^ud to the Treasurer of the French
Arm), ^t his Office in Front-fact, between Mar
ket and Arch-ftreett, BUYS a^d SELLS on Com
mission
DANK Stock, Bills of Ex
change on Fran e, Spain, Holland, and other
parts of Europe, the Weft Indies, and inland bills at
the usual commlffion. He Buys and Sells
Loan-Office Certificates, Con
tinental and State Money, of this or any other state.
Pa matter and Quartermaster Generals Notes ; these and
ever/ ether kind of paper tranri&ions (bills of ex
change excepted) he wil charge his employers no mote
than ONE HALF PER CEN T on his Commission,
He procures Money on Loan
for a short time, and gets Notes and Bills difeounted.
Gentlemen and others, Hiding in this state, or any
of the united hates, by fending their orders to this Of
fice, may depend on having their business tranfaded
with at much fidelity and expedition, as if they were
themselves prefect.
He rectty?s Tobacco, Sugars, Tea, and every other
fort of Goods to Sell on Commission ; for which pur
pose he has provided proper Sjores.
He flatters himfelf, his assidu
ity, punctuality, and extensive conneaions in his busi
ness, as a Broker, is well established in various parts of
Europe, and in the united bt^ in particular.
Al! perlons who (ball plc # f to favour him with their
bufineft, may depend upon his utmost exertion for their
interest, and
Part of the Money advanced, if required.
N. B. Paymafter-Generai's Notes taken
as Cash for Bills of Exchange.
Best Holland Quills and Sealing
Wax, IrilE Wafers, Writing Paper, Ink
powder, Inkholders, Penknives, Account
Books, School-Bibles and Testaments,
Dilworth's Spelling-Books and Schoolmal
ters Assistants, Boyers French Grammars,
Surveyors Compasses, Slates and slate-
Pencils, English Playing Cards, Wrapping
Paper, Parchment, &c. &c. &c.
TO BE SOLD BY
DAVID C. CLAYPOOL E,
In Market-ftreet,' Philadelphia.
Who gives the belt price for clean Linen
Rags.
Broker's Office,
By ISAAC FRANKS,
In Second- street, between Market and Chefnut.ftreets,
who is acquainted with every fpeciei of the Broker’s
B^fincfi, and is conversant in the Laws of Exchange
and Barter: At his OFFICE
Drily Attendance is given ; Secrecy and the u'moft
Pun&uality are übleived, in tranfa&ing every kind
of Bufinefe incident to this Office.
Bills of Exchange, &c.
FOREIGN Bills of Exchange, either upon France,
Spain, Holland, Gottenburgh, or any part oi'Eu
rop,; also Inland Bilk, Notes and Certificates are ne
gofated, difeounted or fold with the greatest attention
to the interest of the party concerned.
Officers Notes and Certificates, I oan-Office
Certificates, and New-York Depreciati
on Notes,
Are negotiated on the best terms . •Ca(h will be given,
at a very reasonable difeount, for Officers Notes,
Money Put Out,
From time to time, upon such Security, interest or
allowance, as (hall be agreeable to the parties, cither
for a week, month or year.
Merchandize of every Sort,
Where money is wanted to be railed immediately by
strangers or others, i, received, and fold upon cornmil
fion ; in rhe trarifafting of which business Fidelity may
be depended on. - ,
Houses and Lands
May be bought or fold by applying to this Office,
held either in fee Ample, for life or years; in the dilpo
fal of which, due regard will be paid to the legality of
title and the right of persons to transfer.
N. B. As the Bufineis of this Office is
become very exterfive, and greatly exceeds his most
sanguine expe&ations, it will be tranfa&ed upon such
easy terms as cannot fail to ensure a continuance of Bu
siness.