Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-08-12 00:00:00, page 1

WHEREAS in confequehce of my application of
the 7„ays and *^^ left at a time when there
was no regular administration of justice, to secure or re
cover a debt due me, by a certain Mr. John Lynch, a
native of Connomorow, in the mountains of Connaught,
in Ireland, who was then about to depart these States,
and in contequence of an awa^d made b, Messrs. James
Craig, Willem Smith, (Broker) and Caleb Emlen,
there appears in the Pennsylvania Packet of the 29th
July, No. 298, sundry affections by the said Lynch, let
ting forth that " he did not Owe m& a large sum of mo
ney," and that " all my proceedings again it him were
unjust, cruel and persevering; to destroy bis chara^er,"
&c. In justice to mvfelf and the Public I have to o^'er a
few fa&s reipe&ing the truth of said aflertions.
ift. Where he lays, " ten months before I male ap
plication to the AHembly that he had applied to tie to
have our accounts left to men ;" " that he would readi
ly P a J an y balance due me, and that I refuted it." I
told him sundry times and in the presence of several,
that I would leave our accounts to men provided he gave
a iecurity to perform their award ; afi^ my reasons for
infixing so icretuoufly upon this point, was his flying
from, or not complying with an award given by Meffs.
James Cheston and John Flanagan, Merchants, in Bal
timore, upon a difference between him and Mr. Daniel
Carrol! there, which award I have now in my poheffion,
and said Carroll was obliged to sue him at common law
afterwards
zJly. He fays that I objected to the firft award made
by the Gentlemen in availing myfelf of its not being an
indented . le, '•*and that he, finding me inclined to
praaices of this kind unworthy the charter of a mer
chant, procured a second ore ;" in aniwer to which, I
defy him or mankind to preve I ever few from any award,
yr, M= LymY? : L^ :<,% :^ u^gY^
n Baltimore, shews him belt suited for the charrtUr he
would willingly fix upon me, and I think more entitles
him to the designation of a scow-banker, rather than
that of a regular fair merchant.
The aw,rd of those Gentlemen then was as follows :
"WE the arbitrators chosen by Walter HUI and
" John Lynch, to fettle every account and dispute be
" tween them, after fully hearing both parties and exa
* raining their refpeaive accounts, do award and find
" due from the said John Lynch to Walter Wall, Sixty
" fix Pounds Three Shillingsand Seven Pence H ilfpenny,
" current money of Pennsylvania, which, when paid,
" will be in full of every matter whatever, except what
6< may appear on a supposed affumpton from the said
" John Lynch to the late partnership of Ewing and Hall,
“ of a debt due them from a certain Chrirtopher Limes.
Philadelphia, 34b J. CRAIG.
,&% 1777. W. SMITH.
CALEB EMLEN"
On receiving this, I requeued th?t Ma. Smith, one of
fti? Gentlemen, would be pieafed to give me a (ketch of
the accounts as then fettled, 1 b<% c-rfiir th-.t there
biurt be an error to my prejudice; but Mr. Smith an
swered, hr could nit unlafs the other arbitrators were
agreed to in I then applied to Mr. Emlen, who told
me, he would procure a (ketch for me, which he did in
a few days after the second awa;d was delivered me, and
upon wv examining it, I Viewed them there wr, an error
to my prtj idice of 71. 43 8b of which Mr. Smith ac
quainted Mr Linch and b.s Lawyer, and he engaged to
pay this fam, together with the fun of 661. 3s. yd. half
penny, all which fail Lynch he, paid me in presence of
a Gentlemen and had my recent accordingly, and uot
for the sum of 661. 3s. yd. halfpenny ofy, as set forth in
Mr. Lynch's agertitns.
On the 28b June last, the Gentlemen arbitrators give
a second award as as repeated by Mr. Lynch, (materially
differing from their former) wherein they awarded 1 shall
give s he vouchers for certain outstanding debts as therein
fpecified—This Mr. Lynch took care to put cut of my
power, he having last Fall received Wall's bond from
my friend in whole hands Ileft it, and passed it at Balti
more without my knowledge or consent, as well as 71. 10$.
he received on account Pat. Murray ; likewise he recei
ved William Winchester's and Daftor Stephenson's order
before either awards was given, and he well knew that
the latter had a demand against h;m bang before he hid
drawn an oi:der, for * dor+^&t, oJ ^ t>vxicv< tire Doctor
did it with no other intent than to secure the debt due
him by Mr. Lynch. After this, only two vouchers re
ordefl ' n 0 y friend's hands, which Mr. Lynch had my
n vm.^e my e on paying co " s °' ' uit brought for the
,Rutlidge, as returned by me #n out
tag debtor L fyebarged in Baltimore Count,
Court, where Mr. Lynch brofo fg ^ bim ^
no other vouchers were eve, obtained T
had nothing left in my hands tho' Mr. Ly nc ' h wantonly
b °*'f l fufficient to indemnify myfelf for any de
mands I had against him, were ne to go to the Weft.
Indies.
As to Mr. Lynches inference that there were al
lowed me by the arbitrators for himfelf and his brother's
diet while at my house on an invitation, I beg leave to
V ° L ° VL .NUMB. 300.:
D L A p's
iwi^i^^r^
GENERAL ^O lib A D V'ERTISEF.
To the PUBLI C.
TUES DA Y, AUG US T 12th, 1777.
It is with regret lam 0 : dto take feme notice of
Mr. Lynch's complaints a; 0 me; the more so when I
find him running into e^^^gant and unjust exclama
tions in accusing me of &c. when my conduct
towards him had been 1 : that to a brother than a
stranger, as be was to in & firft acquaintance in the
)'" '773, which will appear by the following facts.
In tie year 1773 a certain'Captain Brice brought suit
against Mr. Lynch and James Brown, of Galway, in the
Provincial Court of Maryland, for 80L oJg, Irith money,
and at Mr. Lynch's request I enteied special bail to this
a&>en without having the least appearance or profpe& of
a counter security.
idly. In February, 1774, on Mr. Lynch's leaving Ma
ryland for Ireland, he was indebted to Messrs. Mackie
and Brereton 83L 17s. which he requeued I would gua
rantee to them and which I did accordingly, and paid
them said sum.
gdly. In January, 1775, Mr. Carroll, of Baltimore,
took an Exit and four County Writs against him for the
sum of 6001, currency, and for a protested bill of exchange
for 2301. Herliug, all which writs were served on him at
Annapolis, where he being am entire stranger, I applied
to a friend of mine there, and promised to guarantee him
from all damage, who joined me in bonds and became
his fecuyity.
4thly. in March, 1775, at a County Court held at
Baltimore, Captain Wiluam Jones brought the follow
ing suits, viz.
Against him and James Brown, of Galway, for wages
and difourfements on the brig Prince of Wales.
Against himfelf. for wagis and di<burfcroe*«: an Aid
veiled then known by the nvme cf the Friendship.
And at laid Court he was iued by William Hays, a
Block-maker ; to all which suits, at his request (he fay
ing be bad no other friend to apply to) I entered Ipecial
bad.
In May, 1776, observing his conduct much fubje& to
diputes and law suits, and being informed by his parti
cular friend of his intentions of shortly leaving this coun
try, I requested he would disengage me and my friend
from the lecurities we were under for him, which he
promised to do. I waited till the latter end of July fol
lowing, when finding he had no regard to that promise,
I was necessitated to take out sundry Bail pieces in Balti
more County against him, all of which I shewed a friend
of his for the purpose of prevailing on him the more im
mediately to extricate us, but instead of this producing
tay, I knew nothing of or birther's coming to my house
until I received Mr. Lyt .'s letter, dated Galway, nth
June, 1774, wherein he - q^fts I would receive b's bro
ther, who was the bta - t ereef, under my care till
himfelf arrived, which $ ,^ &v<mber following, and
he net then having a nc/ od not charting to return to
Mrs. Ralph's, his formal ^fa^ at Baltimore, (for rea
sons best known to him^i ; he come to my honfe and
remained till the May fell wag. A charge of diet never
entere d my head againK 1 % until he was pieafed to fey
to different people in tl ^ ty that be bad pend me for his
and his brother's diet. t in h^ account exhibited
against me to the arbitr?t< therein he brought me in
debt a balance of 39. rid '%he der'/t
valued 20!. is zol. 3s. 0 + uciu f me in f^ Re
count 4tL for his and hi^ Cher's diet and lodging, but
tire Oentlemen arbitrators, uonfigerin yas I fuppo't Mr.
Lynch s indigence, th<%ht g$L Efficient for 38 weeks
diet and lodging, whichb „ the su m only allowed me.
. " r ° Lvneh not ftoppna oere in his pretensions of be
ing independent, tells me h^did not want, or desire any
favours from me, and d^ ed I ffibuld make out my ac
count and charge every t. ,g ¥ had against him, which I
accordingly did, where , ,urged him fc he ufeal com
mission for tranfaain^ ft >mt. r cantile f ufin.fs, but Mi.
Lynch thought proper mainly avail himfelf in the
evidence or Mr. John Ic. 1, who swore that in 1774 he
heard me fay that I looker' era] Mr. Lynch as m. friend,
and that I did not meant berge any commissions for
tranfeaing his Mfinefr, Abb, together with ,he hare
words of a certain Michie Connor, who appeared hehne
the arbitrators and declvt to the fame efat, the Gen
tinmen arbitrators cor%qfy*btlv Judging, ert me off
*„'• 5 s * yd. -halfpenny. <he amol nteffundrye.m
mi cns charged the f*id n for bufiaefs tranfrfted ;
this, nith the sum of <: §. 4,1. his assumption so
Ch/iftepher Limes, (. < ± tuft ~^Am & ,,r . ,j „
the rcqueft of Mr. Lyr; < a promise of immediately
giving a fecurit, to abr ^ award of two Gentlemen
to be chosen in Bdtimc v. h promise is not yet fa!
filled) together with th' L / szi,l4s. 31 . 3 farthings,
being a debt due to Ma Brereton, of Baltimore,
which was obtained on ^ < dit as per their account,
dated 2d January, 1^75 id which sum, together with
intcreft, c 0.%, &•. Mr. a -ehlad privately paid to those
Gentlemen last Fall in 0 telLn my balance against
him, of which tran faai gained unacquainted until
our accounts appeared the arbitrators: These
films together making ..s. 3d. and the sum of
73L 85. 3d. paid me, m iuk, fufficiently account
for the sum of my dem' nft him, fh)' he would
willingly intimate I had unj / sued him for a sum he
did not owe.
the expeSed effeft, I ;m wall informed he direEHy arm
ed himielf with a fiord with sn intent to dlloy me if
he bad then met mt ; and not before last Fall was I dis
engaged from all the fecmitiee I was in for him.
As these and the like t<Wa&ions, together with ad
vancing sundry sums of money to him at a time when he
was in the utmost necedity, were my principal ; ogdia
towards mm, I would therefore appeal to the imparrii!
Public to judge of those fa&s between us, and whether I
^^%" he ^ B ' " cru?l % ^i'^ 2 ^ r^f^rfr
to d^roy hi + character,” or whether this mv conduct
merits the dearie of ingratitude Mr. Lynch is fond cf
extending towards me.
^h " A ~ L
^^W^M^WW^
hff V . , Fi ft' Mmtb z6 ^ % Y 7^7
p £to the plantation of the fubferiber
Tdrtn( hip, Berks County, a lik-ly
h' y A /""'' 3 tar in her forehead,' one white
hind .oct, and shod al! round. The owner is desired to
come and prove his property, pay charges and t,^ her
SCARLET.
A M E to the house of the fubferiber, in
Germantown, Philadelphia County, a baj MARF
bnween fourteen and frte„ hands high, about eleven'
years old. The owner is desired to come, prove proper
ty, nay charges and tike her away.'
^fr § JOSEPH KEYSER.
ELEVEN DOLLAR^hwARD
Deserted this dat °
60) M^rvJtnd Regime n
tiicgaCTc, .j,|tih@fimiaßi :
an Infhman, about thirty years or a % five feet ten inches
h ^ h , b ,^ ,;? brown complexion, a well set fellow,
and fond of ipm,^ liquors: Had on and took with
him, a regimental coat zn4 waistcoat of grey cloth faced
^th green, a hatst dwith whit, f crret i%, tow ft
iers, and a pair of new breeches of grey cloth. He in
lifted with the fubfaiher about the middle ,<
near Winter's Run, Harford County, M.
is feppofid will make forthat place, as h
living there. He received the Continent; ? r..tica
al bounty of 30 dollars allowed by a late aft of Affemhiy
of the State or Maryland: Whoever apprehends said de
serter and givrs information thereof either to Lieut Col
Ford, at Annapolis, Capt. Harris, i n Harford, Coun-'
„, Maryland, or to th* fubteriber at Cam-, shall be
entitled to rhe above Reward and all re?
BENJAMIN SCOTT '
N. B. All maftezs of vrffels and others are i o iLa
harbour or conceal said deferter.§
SIXTY I) CELLARS R~E W A R D.
DAN AWAV fro,j on beard tie Franklin at
galley, under mv command, the following mer
William Burkitt, an Englifhmar, z 5 years ot > .
5 feet 6 inches high, formerly lived between Cheft^ ' ™
Marcus-Hook, by trade a taylor. William Den
born in America, 23 years of age, 5 feet 4 inchesl
black hair, dark complexion, down lock, and serve
time near Morris River. James Nagle, born ij
Welt of Ireland, 23 years of age, 5 feet 5 inches 1
speaks much on the brogue, and is freckled in the &-
John Lann, horn in Ireland, 24 years of age, 5 fiAt
inches high, ftcu^ made, supposed to be gone toc^ u
Lancaster or Baltimore in company with James N
Edward Rigeway, bom in Philadelphia, 24 y^,
age, 5 feet 7 inches high, by trade a houfe-carpe
has a wife and child living in Fourth street, Philadel
but supposed will move his family from thence to Cer
mantown, or elsewhere. Whoever takes up the
deserters and secures them in any gaol, so that the,
be had again, (hall have the above Reward, or TWEaVi
DOLLARS for each, paid by
:% 29 , ,777. NATHAN BOYS, Cap
N. B. All matters of vessels, or other persons, av . :
bid at their peril to harbour them, as they may exp &
be dealt with according as the Law direds.
TH E interest in a ieafe of 9 § years, renewab
ever, for one Lot of Ground on Fell's Point
timore Town, containing 1215 feet in length, ai
feet in breadth, fubje& to a ground rent of 9!. ft
per annum ; whereon is ere&ed a Dwelling-how
Rope-walk, with every house and utensil neceffa
the business of Rope-making.—Also the nnrxpirec t
of two indented servants from London, brought
the business. Enquire of
7^29, THOMAS BRERETON, Brok
( 1777. W. SMITH, junior, on the pre
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TY, to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP.