The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-05-04 00:00:00, page 4

Pbi'aElphia, grille, 1,7^
§^ H E Public are hereby advertised, that th! real es
tates late of Joseph Galloway, and Andrew Alien,
'fares, late members of the Congress of the Thirteen
United Colonies, now States, of America, for Pennsylva
nia; William Alien, the younger, Esquire, sometime a
Captain, and afterwards a Lieutenant Colonel of a regiment
or battalion of foot, in the service of the said United Colo
nies, how States, of America; James Rankin and John
Rankin, both late of the county of York, yeomen ; Jaeob
Duche, the younger, late of the city of Philadelphia, ' late
Chaplain of the Congress; ot the said United States; Gil
bert Hicks, late of Bucks county, yeoman ; Samuel Shoe
maker, late Alderman of the city of Philadelphia; John
Potts, late of Potts-grove, in the county of Philadelphia,
yeoman ; Nathaniel Vernon, late Sheriff of Chester county;
Christian Foutts, late Lieutenant Colonel of militia, in the
county ofLancafter ; John Biddle, late of Berks county,
yeoman, late Collector of Excise for the said county, and
late a Deputy Quarter Mafl^r of the army of the United
States ; John Roberts, late of the county of Philadelphia,
miller ; Abraham Carlifle, house-carpenter ; John Par
rock, yeoman; Philip Marchiaton, trader; Alexander
Bartram, trader; Joel Evans, merchant ; John Hender
son, mariner; Alexander Smith, blacksmith; and William
fouftin, yeoman, late keeper of the New-jersey Ferry;
all of the city of Philadelphia: Christopher Saur, the
elder, late of Germantown, printer; DavidThompfon,
shipwright John Tolly, mariner; both late of South
wark ; Henry Hugh Ferguson, Esquire, (late Commissary
of prifonsrs for General Howe,) heretofore of Graeme-
Park; all late of the county of Philadelphia : John Ell
wood, late of Bristol townihip, in Bucks county, water
man; Samuel Biles, late Sheriff of Bucks county; Mi
chael .Witman, and Henry Skyles, husbandmen; and
George Reine, miller ; all late of Lancaster county : Cur
tis Lewis, blackfntith; and Richard Swanwick, hereto
fore of the Custom-house of Philadelphia ; both late of
Che ft er county, yeomen, and Joseph Romich, late of
Northampton county, yeoman ; and John Young, here
tofore of Graeme-Pirk, in the county of Philadelphia, late
of the city of Philadelphia, gentleman: And Peter Camp
bell, gentleman, arid Isaac Allen, Esquire, Attorney at
law, both late of Trenton, in the State of New Jersey ;
and' Andrew Elliot, Esquire, now or late of New York
city, in the State of New-York, and others, lituate,
lying and being within divers counties of this State,, for
feited to the use of the Commonwealth by the attainder of
the said persons and every of them, for high treaNn, rill
be speedily fold by public auction or vendue, to the best
and highest bidders, exonerated and difeharged of all for
mer claims or demands made under any of the said trai
tors ; the said real estates to be assured to the buyers, by
deeds or conveyances, under the seal of the St ite, signed
by the Prefideat or Vice President in Council, upon pay
ment of the purchase money.
- And all creditors and others are hereby informed, that
by an Aft of Assembly entitled " An Aft for the attain
der of divers traitors if they render not themselves by a
certain day, and for vesting their estates in this Common
wealth, and for more effedu lly difeovering the fame,
and for ascertaining the lawful debts and claims thereupon,"
three months are allowed to all creditors and others, having
claims and demands on the personal estates, late of the
traitors aforefaid, to exhibit the fame; the said three
months to be reckoned from and after the date of the
entry of inch estates in the register kept by the Secretary of
the Supreme Executive Council; and in fix months for all
claims on the real estates, late of the traitors aforefaid, to
be reckoned from and after the date of the entry of such real
estates, on the register kept by the Sheriff of the county
where such forfeited real eflatedies: All such claims and
demands to be made before the Judges of, the Supreme
Court in term time; or in the vacation, to the Chief Jus
tice, written on parchment or paper signed by the parties
making the fame, or by their attorneys, or other represen
tatives; teftified by two or more fubferibing witnesses, the
fame ; or in default thereof, every such claim or demand,
te be void.
AND WHEREAS by a Supplement to the A«
of Assembly aforefaid, it is directed, that whenever such
intended sales, (the tales of the said real estates forfeited
as aforefaid) shall be advertised, public notice fliaJl be also
given, that the creditors of the said traitors, and all claim
ants upbn the said refpe&ive estates, shall exhibit their
Several claims and demands to the Justices of the Supreme
Court, for payment or fatisfadion, as is by the said Aft
directed, within fix months thereafter, if residents within
this State, or within twelve months, if residents within any
other of the United States, or be forever barred from the
recovery thereof; provided always nevertheless, that if any
creditor or claimant shall at the time of such notice given,
be within the age of twenty-one years, feme covert, non
compos mentis, imprisoned, or beyond sea, that then
such perf ns Ihall be at liberty to exhibit their claims or
demands, as other persons now may, within fix months,
or if residents within any other of the United States,
within twelve months after such disability is removed;
Wherefore public notice is hereby accordingly given ;
and all creditors and others concerned are hereby called
upon to make their claims, and proceed in the manner as
is in and by the said A&s of General Assembly direded.
Pnblijbed by otder of the Council,
TIMOTHY 'MATLACK, Secretary, and
Keeper of the Register for forfeited estates.
TREASURY OFFICE, Philadelphia, April 3 d, i 77 9.
Ordered,
CT' HAT all persons who have been entrusted with
1 public money before the 25th day of March last,
(and who are not accountable to the Auditors of the Ar
my, or the Commiffionerr of Accounts at Albany) im
mediately transmit their at counts to the Auditor General
for settlement, on failure wl lereof they will be prosecuted
without further notice.
By order of the i°oard of Treasury,
JOU N NICHOLSON, Clerk.
The several Printers throt ghout the United States are
requested to insert this notice, and continue it in their pa
pers fix weeks.
PHILig a DELPHI✓{• Printed and Sold by JOHN DUNLA P, in Market-fireet.
Dr GENERAL ASSEMBLY ^Pennsylvania.
Monday, April 5, 1779.
WHERE AStu^ Horn,raole the Continental Con
tgrefs have for various goad reasons called out of
circulation the whole of the emissions of May 20th, 1777,
and April 11th, 1778, under certain regulations as men
tioned in their relolve of January 2d, 1779:
AND WHEREAS the manner ot exchange as
therein mentioned would be grievous and burthenfjme
to many of the good people of this State by reason of
their very great distance from the place of exchange,
the fmallnels of the quantity many of those persons are
poffetfed ot, and the enormity of travelling charges:
Many under these circumstances had better late their
little all than fp:nd it in negotiating an exchange :
i herefore this Houle, ever desirous th relieve the dit
treffes of their constituents at much as in them lies, do
Refolwe, That Thomas Hyllop be and is hereby ap
pothttd a Commissioner of Exchange for the county of
Chester, John Hubley for the county of Lancaster, Mi
chael Hahn for the courft,of York, John Agnew for
the county of Cumberland, Joseph Heefter for the coun
ty of Berks, John Arndt for the county of Northampton,
David Efpie tor the county of Bedford, Robert Martin
for the county of Northumberland, and Edward Cooke
for the county of Westmoreland, under the regulations
herein after mentioned, viz.
That each of the laid Cemmiffiohers of Exchange be
fore named shall give public notice in their relpeftive
counties of their appointments to that duty, and shall,
upon appliedus made, receive such sums of money of
the d:tes before-mentioned as may be offered for ex
change by every inhabitant of this State before the hist
day of June next and pals his teceipt for the fame, and
shall make fair entries in a book prepared for that pur
pose of the names and firnames of each perlon depositing
mohey, as also of the ;um of money To deposited, keep
ing each man% money in a bundle by itfelt and indorfed
with the owner's name and the number of dollars con
tained::
That c ach pfbhe Commissioners aforefaid shall, before
the fi it day of June next, deposit all the money by him
received for the purpole of exchange into the Conti
nental Laan-Offie of this State, taking the Continental
Loan Officer's receipt for the fame, agreeable to the re
fclution of Congrt is:
I hat the laid Commiffionefs of Exchange shall receive
from the Commissioner or Loans new bills to the amount
of the lum hep sited for exchange, and (hall asHqon as
convenient prepay the persons and cancel his receipts,
referring to himfeif out of each man's money at the rate
of two and a half dollars for every hundreu dollars for
his trouble and expenses in negociaung said exchange.
Ordered, That the Clerk of this Mouse he directed th
publish these resolutions in all the German and Englilh
news-papers once every week for one month.
Extract from the Minutes
JOHN MOR RI S, Junior,
Clerk vs the General Alfembly.
*v++4 % *+* **Hs4-++to#++
Philadelphia, April n, 177 g.
BY virtue of a writ of Venditioni Exponas,
to me directed, will be exposed to sale by public
vendue, at the heufe of John Reading, the fi^n of the
Blue Bell, th, corner of Front and Almond streets, in
Southwa-k, on Wednesday the fifth day of May next,
at-Six o'clock in the afternoon, one moiety or half part
of sundry gitund-rents, amounting in the whole to the
sum of Twenty-ei^ht Pounds and Sixteen Shillings,
chargeable and issuing but of fix several lots of ground,
situate in the diftria of Southwark aforefaid, fubjed to
the dowtr of the widow of Mr. John Riely, the elder,
deceased ; seized and taken in execution as the estate
of John Riely, at the suit of Charles Meredith, by
JAMES CLAYPQOLE, Sheriff.
To be SOLD at Public Auction,
On the thirteenth day of May, at Ten o'clock in the
morning,-
A LL the Houfhold Goods late the property of Wil
" iiam Austin, such os feather beds, bedheads, chairs,
tables, chests of drawers, looking-glaffts, and a great
variety of Kitchen Furniture, &c.
And at Five o'clock on the fame dry will be fold,
sundry Houfhold Goods; formerly the property of Hud
son Barr, at by late dwellinp-houfe in Fourth-street, by
WILLIAM WILL, 7 Agents for
ROBERT SMITH, ,confifcated
CHARLES W. PEALE, J Estates.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD;
RAN AWAY on the 24th instant, (April) from
' the house of Mr. James Hunter; a dark Mulatto
Wench commonly called HETT, late the property of
Dunnin Irwin, and formerly belonged to Mr. David
Franks ; fuppefed to be about twenty years old, of low
stature but well made; she has a remarkable fear on the
right fide of her neck. Any perlon who will deliver
the said Wench to the Agents for seizing Confilcated
estates in Philadelphia, shall receive the above reward.
LOAF Sugar, Bar Iron, Lignum Vite,
coarse Shoes, Sail Needles, Edgings, &c. &c
TO BE SOLD BY
COXE, FURMAN and COXE,
Who want Bills of Exchange on any part of Europe.
WAS F OY Vd7
Near Egg-Tfland,
AN ANCHOR, supposed to weigh about 300 wt.
Whoever has left the fame, by applying to Samuel
Dewees, at his store on the next wharf below Chefnut
ftreet, may have it on proving his property and paying
charges.
To be SOLD ^ Public Vendue,
On Tuesday the fourth of May inst. at eleven o'clock
in the morning, on the prem'fes, if not before fold by
private file,'•
A LOT of ground situate on the east fide of Third
ftreet, opposite Benjamin Chew, Esquire's, con
taining sixty fert in front and one hundred feet in depth,
on which is crated a stable and coach house, being a
corner lot to York street, and fubje& to a ground-rent
of 61. sterling per annum.
And on the fame day, at Three o'clock in the after
noon, will be fold on the pr?mif%, if wot before fold by
private file, one half of a lot of ground situate on Pegg's
Run, containing ninety feet in breadth and two hun
dred feet in depth, (adjoining Mr. Howarth's tan-yard)
with the valuable improvements thereon, consisting of a
dwelling-houfc, bark-house, curriers ihop, leather
houfe, and about one hundred tan-pitts or vattr, toge
ther with every other necessary improvement for carry
ing on the tanning business in a very extensive manner,
and allowed to be one of the mofi: commodious tan-yards
on 'the continent.
And on the fame day, at Six o'clock in the evening,•
at the Merchants Coffee house, if not before fold by
private sale, two plantations or tracts of land, lituate in
Warrington town (hip, Bucks county, twenty miles from
Philadelphia, a Joining Mrs. Ferguson's plantation
called Graeme Park; one of laid plantations is now in
the tenure cr occupation of Mr. John Bogart, and con
tains about two hundred acres a very great proportion
of which is meadow, with a farm henfe, barn, stables,
and other neck ff^ry improvements ; the other plantation
is now in the tenure or occupation of Mr. Henry
M'Kinftrey, and contains about one hundred and se
venteen acres, a great proportion of which is meadow
with a farm house, barn, (tables, and other necessary
improvements. The abeve described plantations will
be fold together, as they adjoin each other arid are ca
pable of very great improvements, one third of said
trads being very well calculat'd to be made i to meadow
at an easy expence. For further particulars enquire of
Mark Freeman, at Afheton Humphreys, Esquire's
in Second-street, near Spruce ftieet.•
N. B. Any one chufing to view said plantations, will
please to call on Mr. James Paull, who lives conti
guous thereto, and will shew the fame.
To be SOLD by Private Sale,
A QUANTITY of SHIP PLANK, from
two to three inches thick. For particulars enquire
of Mr. William Ralston, nsar the Drawbridge.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWAR DI
ABSCONDED from his matter, a few nights ago,
a Hessian deserter, named CHARLES
(his firname not recolleaed) a handsome young fellow!
about twenty-one or twenty-two years of age,"five feet
fix or seven inches high, fair complexion, and dark
brown hair: He took with him a light blue fhoit cost,
a jean coatee lined with Persian, fix or seven ruffled
Shirts, the fame number of stocks, four pairs of fi!k
stockings almost ne^, a few pairs of thread stockings,
a white cafimer waistcoat, apair ofßuffia freeing trow
lers, four pocket handkerchief, znd a pair of boots.
Th< foirta, stocks anJ rtCTvkfngs 3T*e roaTKira—D/
Whoever will lecure the said servant in any gaol on th:
Continent, shall receive the above reward from
Printer.
Philadelphia, April
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD,
rTRAYED or STOLEN on Wednesday after-
O noon, the twenty-firft instant, from the Barracks in
this city, a dark brown HORSE, near fourteen hands
high, trots, paces and hand-gallops, no brand or ear
mark, remarkably chearful and spirited when under the
saddle. Whoever will return said horse to the fubicriber
shall receive the above reward, on applying to
JOHN B. WEBSTE R,
Quarter. Master of Pennl. Artillery.
r^'*^ii^
The FULL BLOODED HORSE
B AB RA HA M
Will be kept for Mares the ensuing season, at Jacob
Hiltzheimer's stable, in Seventh street, near Mar
ket street, at Forty Dollars a Mare the season, Twenty
Dollars a single leap, and Two Dollars to the groom,
BABRAHAM is a fine bay, fifteen hands high,
seven years old, and was got by old Juniper, im
ported by Colonel Syme, of Virginia ; Babraham's dang
was got by Samuel Galloway, Esquire's horse Selem, hie
grandam by the late Colonel Hoper'shorfe Pacolet, hi#
great grandara by old Spark, his great great grandam
was Queen Mab, and great great great grandam wat
Miss Calwell.
The money to be paid at the Mere's fi r ft coming to
the Horse. J. HILTZHEIMER.
Philadelphia, March 6. 12 ,