The New-England chronicle — Boston [Mass.], 1776-05-23 00:00:00, page 4

EBENEZER WARNER,
HEREBY informs the public, that he drives a STAGE
COACH between Salem and Charleftawn Ferry. He
fete out from Sdem every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and
returns the fame day, or the next, at may suit the paflengem—
He puts up, when in Boston, at Mr. Lobdell's, late the sign of
Admiral Vernon, in King-street ; and when in Salem, at Mr.
Ruft'a, in School-street.
FUBLIC'^ is hereby given,
That the Committee of War will continue to set in the Council
Chamber, in Boston, until the meeting of the next General
Atfembl, of thia Colony , where any Person or Peifon# having
Bufioefs to tranf^a, may apply-
May tfh, 1776. THOMAS CUSHING, Chairmen.
WANTED immediately, for the use of the Cui* ny,
A QUANTITY of LEA D.
Whenever he; au, to dispose of, are desired to leave word at store
N, 2® ou the Ing Wharf, at Boston, or at the Comm^ffaiy
C-nerri's Office, at Watertown. Also wanted, a number of
ARMOURERS, to repair firelock#. An, perfon# disposed to
engage in that business, are defied to call at cither of the above
place#,
To be Sold at the Continental Commissary's
store, on Green's wharf, choice barrel beef, Hogs fat, Ship bread,
Wtt f,dia rum, geneva, &c.
Agreeab etoi dettee of the Court or Admiralty, will ^c SOLD
at Pu-Dck A^&ion, on Tuesday the 28th day of this instant,
May,at tea o'clock, A. M, at Ctpt D.nicl Marquand's wharf,
in Newbury-Port,
THS flup FRIENDS, and Lading, viz.
86 -ut a porter, 30 a glheads uittn, 20 hogsheads vinegar, 16
hog/h ads four cr~ut, % dozen good hat?, butter in half firkins,
loaf fuger, candl s io boxes, hard so-p, Hyfon tea, painters colors
and oil, 1 tufts, 1 fiver Silted fwotd 1 pair brafi barreled pistols,
a quantity of whi t . ak fit k 0 hogsheads and iron hoops,# quan
tity of ne# cordage, 1 new 11 and half inch eeble, and anchor for
ditto, sundry fails, via 1 mtaeo, I cou.fr, 1 jib, 1 main topsail,
- I fore topsail, 1 mizen topsail, 1 wind fail ; a quantity of New
castle coal, beef, pork, flour, (hip bread, peas, horse beans, barley,
leather th >es, Duch caps, fearnought great coats and jackets,
trowfci, frock-, shirts, 4 bolts duck, 3 swivel guns, sewing
twine, and mailin, and fund y other articles.
A so, the fliip FRIENDS, burthen about too tons, with
tackle end appurtenances, as per inventory to be fan at any time
before the sale. Newbury-Port, May 8, 1776#
Colony of the Maffaebufetu-Bay, Essex, ff.
LIBELS are filed before me against the
brigantine named the Jane, burthen about one hundred and
twenty tons, commas ded by James Fulton ;—-and against the
brigantine named the William, burthen about one hundred tons,
commanded by Richard Pine :*--Which vcffcli arc said to have
been improved in carrying fuppli&, the fleet and army employed
against the United Colonies, ana n, , and brought into the county
of Eff x. And the court ercace it, and condemn all vessels
that sh II be found infeftingthefi ft of America, and brought
into either of the counties of Soft Middlefix or Effrx, will be
held at Salem, on Tuesday the sci . .1 day of June, 1776, at the
hour of ten in the forenoon, to try the justice of the said captures.
Of which this notice is given, pursuant to the laws of the colony
aforafaid, that the owners of said veff^s, or any perfon# concerned
therein, may appear and ffiew cause, if any they have, why the
said veffris, with their cargoes and appurtenance, fhouffi not be
condemned.
TIMOTHY PICKERING, jun. Judge of said Court.
THOMAS'CHAPMA N,
COACH and Chaise Maker, woul/inform his friends, cuf
turners and the public, that having returned to town, be
now carries on his bufiiefs, in its various branches, at his ffiop
near the head of Long-Line, Boston, May 1, 1,76-
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscri
ber has removed the TURK'sHEAD TAVERN in Danvers, te
about one mile farther in said town, upon the cross roads leading
to Salem, Ipswich, Topsfield and Boxford ; where Gentlemen
Travellers aid Ladies, who will plcafe to favor him with their
company, will meet with the best of accommodations and enter
tain ment. by their vary humble servant, J.PIEMONT.
ALL perlons indebted to, or that have any
demands on the estate of William Pool, late of Danvers,
Lea'der-Dreffer, deceased, arc d«fi cd to bring in their accounts
to Elizabeth Pool, administratrix on said estate, or to Sa
muel Ward, her attorney, in order foe a fpecdy Settlement.
ALL persons having any demands on the
estate of the Hon, James Pitts, Esq; late of Boston, deceased,
arc defined to bring in their accounts to Joh# Pitts, adminis
trator, and receive t heir ballances ; and all indebted to said estate,
are to make as fpecdy payment as may be,
STOLEN out ®f the barn of]ofhuaSimonds
of Medford, on the 13th of April, a brown HORSE, fix years
old, a white stripe in his face, and fame white on his iff hind
foot, and gauled on the iff Moulder with the traffes. Whoever
Shall difeover the thief, so as he may be brought to justice, foil!
have Four D Bars reward, or the charges paid, on returning said
Horse, by me, JOSHUA SIMONDS.
JUST PUBLISHED,
DEAT H, the last enemy, deftrpyed by
Chrift,a sermon preached March 27, 1776, at Philadelphia, be
fore the Hon. Continental Congrefi, on the death of the Mon.
Samuel Ward, Esq; one of the Delegatee from the Colon, of
Rhode-Ifland.
By SAMVEL STILLMAN, M. A.
A few of^em to be fold by P. Freeman, at the Blue
Glove, in U lion-Street.
To be SOLD, pursuant to an order of the Centra! Court,
A good Farm, of 130 acres, with a large
hour rod barn, belonging to the estate of Mr. Joffiua Richard
fen, late of Woborc, deceased, for the most it will fetch, on the
17th of June next. The sale to be on said farm. For further
particular, inquire of Capt. Jonathan Fix, of Woborn, or of
N" e ^~! RLSird^r, if Salem, administrator of said estate.
To be 3.1 k.' Public Venouc, t Cipt. Salomon Pollarc's, mn
holder. : n Billerica, on the 30th infant, at one o'clock, P. M.
DRUGS and Medicines, mostly capital
articles, a set of Surgeon's capital instruments. a set Midwifery
ditto, a set cf pocket do, also a final! colle&ion of borks, on
M^cf-rv, pbyfir r d Surgery. Per JOHN MARTIN.
ALL persons having any demands on the
estate of C pt. Edward Attwood, late of B ft>n, Mariner, de
ceased, are defined to bring in their chime to the widow Sufinnah
Atwood, executrix tc hid estate, and all perfonv indebted to fiid
estate are defied to make (peed, payment to said executrix,
Boston, May 15, 1776 a
ALL persons who have any demands on
the estate of Capt. Elihu Adams, late of Braintree, decesfed,
arc desired to bring in their accounts to Thankful Adams,
of Braintree, administratrix ; and all those indebted to said eflare,
ere desired to make fpecdy payment, Braintree, ^ril 30, 1776.
To be SOLD, by
JOSEPH HALL,
At bit sh p in Cold-Laoe,
NEW-ENGLAND RUM, spirits, mo
losses by wholesale and retail.
To be LET, 6 uated near the Punch Bowl io Roxbury,
A genteel House, with a good Barn & three
Areca of Land. Inquire of Dr. Eliphalet Downer, living
near said house.
Loft in B ookl'ne, by said Downer, on the 16th of April, a va
luable set of Surgeon's Inftrumentt. A handsome reward will
be given for returning them.
STOLEN on the night of the 17th April,
from a stable at Ames's tavern in Dedham, a brindled COW,
with a red CALF. Whoever will give such intel.igence that
the said Cow and Calf may be returned to the place from which
they were taken. flull be well rewarded for the fame- _
DEnZßlTDfrom Col. Edn/und Phinney's
regiment, and Capt. Nathan Wa kina'# company SAMUEL
G AG E, belonging to Haverhill, about 5 feet 8 ir-thes high,-
well set, of a red completion, light coloured ffiort curled hair,
took with him a new gun and bayonet, which was drawn from
the province store, marked on the breech No. 18. Also, CAL
VIN HOLLEWAY, belonging to Malden, of dark cempb&ion,
about 5 fact 8 inches high, had on when he went away, a cloth
coloured regimental coat,faced and cuffed with white, pewter but
tons on the fame. Whoever shall take up said defertefs, or either
of them, Ball have FOUR DOLLARS reward for each, and all
nreefrry charger, paid by NATHAN WATKINS, Capt.
TAKEN up between Boston and Milton
bridge, a small BUNDLE, of value. The owner by inquiring of
Mary Gray, near Hancock's wharf, and oppofitethe King's Head,
Boston, may be informed thereof.
DESERTED from my company, in Col.
Clover's regiment, Robert Hooper, Corporal ; he is ab. ut 5 feet
7 inches high, and of light complexion. Whoever will take up
f-iu Hooper, and convey him to said company sne regiment, fhail
have Four Dollars reward, and all necessary charges raid.
Beverly, May 13, 1776. JOS. LEE, Capt.
ALL persons indebted to, or that have any
demands on, the estate cf Mofea Davis, late of Dorchester, de
ceafad, are desired to bring in their account# to Ebenera Wales,
edminiftratoe to said estate, in order for fcttlement.
WANTED, a quantity of Pot-Ash Salts ;
those made out of ashes burnt the prefect year will be meft ap
proved of, and the price given according to the quality, by RO
BERT GOULD, at hi, store in Back-Street, near the Mill-
Bridge, or at his Pot Affi Works by Gharleftown Ferry ; where
may be had, by wholesale or retail, the best of Pot and., arl
Ashes, foft soap by the barrel, barred ditto by the hundr.d or
fmallsr quantity, the best white table and butter fait, manufac
tured at said works, and to be. fold by the hogffiead or buffitl, by
JOHN KENNEDY, who is the manufacturer, and has the care
of said works.
N. B. To be fold at said Gould's store, the bast of pot-a/h
and pot-alb lees, by the small quantity, for making foft soap, and
pearl affi ; a few barrels of mackrel, pickled and fmoaked filmon,
foif, lump and brown fugir, acffse and chocolate, cups & faveers
by the crate or smaller quantity, wine ghffee, decanters, faits and
cream jugs, cream coloured diffies and plates, a few groce of com
mon quart bottles, knives and forks, cuttoe ditto, and sundry
rher articles in the goods way, &c. &e.
RAN away from Amafa Davis, of Marl
borough, a Negro boy, named JACK, about 18 years of age, 5
feet 4 or 5 inches high, well set, speaks good English; had on
when he went away, a red mill baize jack »t, the Sleeves newer than
she body, nankeen waistcoat and breeches, white worfttd ftc<k
ings; the w^lonhia head tombed in taftr. Whoever tikes up
Said Negro Jack, and brings him to Marlborough, Shall hive
FOUR DOLLARS reward, and all necessary charges, paid by
AMASA DAVIS
IMPORTED in the course of the last Winter, and to be fold by
THE public is hereby informed, that the
Vankey Hero Stallion, will cover, for this season, at Dorchester,
at the house of Mr. Benaiah Davenport. The prise will be na
fobable, and whoever brings their Marts (hall be well used.
ALL perlons indebted to, or that have any
demands upon, the estate of Mr, Samuel Ge driege, late of Be
aarly, deceased, are desired to bring in their accompt# to Robert
Goodridge, administrator on said estate, in order for a fpecdy fet
flemeat.
JOHN WINTHROP, jun. at Ipswich, and STEPHEN
BRUCE, at his store in King-Sheet, Boston,
CHOICE new rice, Surinam and Island
mobffes, cocoa, coffee, cotton of a Superior quality, fugart, Weft-
India and New-England rum, lemmone, laifint, Malaga and
Lisbon wine, jar oil, Russia and Ravens duck, ticklinburgs,
Spanish Indigo, and Philadelphia flour ; also, a few pieces fine
whUr striped dimity ; butter by the firkin, eheefe, &c. &c,
WANTED, a wet Nurfc te fuckleaChild,
one in the family would be most ageeable. Inquire of the printer.
WILLIAM PAYNE,
BEGS leave to acquaint the public, that he has just opened
a SCHOOL in King-street, near the State House ;
where he thill constantly, and carefully attend the business of
intruding youth, in the most sffcnthl branches of common
education ; and in which he hopes to merit the approbation of
such ae may plcafis to intruft him with the care of their children :
At 11 o'clock in the Moning, end at 5 P. M. the School will
be open for young Ladies who may incline to be acquainted with
the French language,—to be perfected in English Didion,
Ipiftolary-Writing,---Arithmetic, or Penmanship ;-—ilfo, at 5
in the Morning, if a fufficient number Shall appear,-----Such as
chufe to be attended at home, may be waited on at such hcere
as Shall be most convenient— -and Vifite repeated as requisite.
He may be spoken with at Ma. BENJAMIN GRAY's,
in King-Strict-
LISBON, Teneriffe, Malaga and Fyal
WINE; feme choice old Madeira wine in bottles ; Weft-Indie
and New-England rum, and fine old Spirit.
N. B. A second-hand chaise and chair to fell, at Mr. WJliani
Hawfes', chaise-maker, opposite the Qo&ksrmeeting.
JOSHUA BLANCHARD,
At hit WINE-CELLAR, on Dock-Square,
Hath for file,
To im )ULD at eUEIIC VENDUE, on the Sixth day of
June next, at Nine o'clock, P. M. at the house of Mr.
Jeremiah Whittemore, innholder, in Spencer,
AFAR M, being in the North part of
Spencer, containing 1% acres of land, with a house and barn, and
cyder-mill house thereon, with a good orchard, well accommo
dated with mowing, ploughing,pifturing end wood land ; plea
santly fitusted, one mile and a half from the meeting-house
Enquire of Bkulah Ball, administratrix on said estate.
Spencer, April 30, 1776.
TO BE SOL D,-
A Thousand wt. of good FLAX, well
packed in hogffierds, if applied for soon, by
LEWIS ALLE N,
in Shrewsbury.
ALL performs indebted to the estate of
Jamis Fosdick, late of Boston, paver, deceased, are desired to
nuke payment ; and all re whom the said estate is indebted, are
dr fired to apply to Nathaniel Fosdick, of Boston, and
Ebenezer Foster, of Marblehead, executors of the fame.
Boston, Mey 2 1776 _______
NEW fuperfine FLOUR in halt barrels,
also common Philadelphia flour,to be fold. Enquire at EBE N
BZER STO R.E R' sft^e, Union-Sheet.
Wanted immediately,
A MAN fervent in a family in Boston,
who understands taking case of hot fee, a garden, and to tend
table, &c. Such an one may hear of a good place, by enquiring
of the printer. Also wanted, a Maid-Servaati# the fame family.
None need to apply unkf sthey can be well recommended foe
their honesty, good nature and cleanlincf„ ^
DRUGS and MEDICINES.
Just arrived from Philadelphia and New,York, end to be fold
wholesale and retail, for cash only, by BRIMMER and
JONES, at their shop in Marlborough-street, Boston,
AN assortment of Drugs and Medicines',
Also, allum, copperas, madder, argill, ground redwood, red fen
ders, oi! vitriol,Clt petre, flalk oil, ground ginger, rotten flops, &c,
,THEODORE DAVIS,
INFORMS his friends and the public, that the STAGZ
COACH from Boston to Portsmouth will arrive at Boston
every Wadnefday evening, and set out again on Friday mornings
He puts up at the Sign of Admiral Vernon, in King-ftrect.—~
Peffingen willbe well accommodated, and ,11 bufineft committed
to his care, Shall be faithful, performed. Boston, May g.
ALL persons indebted to, or that have an,
demands on the estate of SAMU^LEMMES, late of Boston, black
smith, dreerfed, are desired to bring in their accounts to Susan
nah Emm es, administratrix on said estate.
To be SOLD, cheap for cash or ffiort ciTCit,
ONE hundred acres of land in the second
parish in Lancaster, or a left quantity, as the purchaser pleafee,
lying a mile and quarter north of the meering-houfe, upon the
county-road; fifteen acres under improvement for mowing and
pasturing ; a fine, large brook, that never fails, running through
the mowing ground, and the unimproved land, well wooded and
timbered, and near to a few-roili and grist-mill. For farther par
ticklers, enquire of the fubfetiber, in said parish.
Lancet Mey 4, 1776. JOHN MELLEN.
NOTICE is hereby given, that, agreea
ble to the 7 Ift article of the Regulations of the (Continental Army,
I have Secured all the cfi&r of Tarrant Putnam, late Ad
jutant of the 27th regiment, deceased, made an inventory of the
fame, and traufmitted it to the Secretary of the colony : There
fore, all persons who have any demands on, or are indebted to the
estate of said Putnam, being debts contrasted vihik in camp, are
desired to exhibit their accounts to me, on the 2sth or 29th of
May, ioftant, at my quarterMt Dorcbefler Point, so that all the
accounts may be fettled and discharged by the adminiftiatrix,wh®
will attend for that purpose on each of those days.
EZRA PUTNAM, Major of said regiment,
A LL the officers and soldiers belonging to
Colonels Read's, Stark's or Poor's regiments, of New-HampShire
province, that ate not marched with said regiment, are ordered
to m^rch for Crown-Point as soon as possible, to join their rc
fpeaive regiments, which are ordered to Canada.
May 7,1776. JAM ES REED, ColoneL
TTbiTSO LD aiWarchoufe No. if <m Lhr.g wharf, fotesffi
only, by MARTIN BRIMMER,
FAY A L, Lisbon and Malaga WINE ;,
new Philadelphia floor, coffee, chenille warranted good, lem
moni, choice New-Englund rum, 12 month# old, best H landgin,
sweet oil by the barrel, feeing twine, a few bundles of iron hoops.
French Brandy, Barcelona Handkerchiefs,
b* the dneen.
JOHN GRIFFITH,
INTENDS to open Sehrol at hi# usual place, in Hanoves
ftreet, on Monday next, where all those who choose to em
ploy him may fend their children. Bofla* May 9, 1776.
ww n tEb Immediately, °
SIX or eight Armourers, who can find
their own tools, for the Continental Service. Any perfon# who art
good workmen, ma, have good encouragement by applying to
Thomas Chace, Esq; A. QM. G. at hit Office near Liberty
Tree.\ Boston, May 8. 1776.
TO be fold by the fubferiber, administra
tor on the estate of Mr. Jonathan Heywood, late of Concord,
in the county of Hillfborcugh, and province of New-Hero,fhire,
deceased, by public auOioD, at my dwelling-house in New-
Ipswich, in said count, of Hillfborough, on Wednesday the sth
da, of June next, one 90 acre lot of land in said New-Ipswich a
5 or 6 seres into graft, capable of makings good pasture: Also
about 40 acre# more in the feme town, about 20 acres under
improvement. Any person having a mind to puschafe, may have
an opportunity cf feeing it the day before the sale. Articles of
sale, at time end place, to be fcen. SAMUEL HEYWOOD,
rote-I,fwieb, a»il 28, 17,6. ,]
ENTERTAINMENT for Gentlemen
and keeping for Hoifce, at the sign of the YANKEE HERO,k
Wing's- Lane, near the Market, Boston, by JOHN NEWELL,
N. B. A two meft Boat, a Chaifa s^d Mare, to Ft fold.—
Enquire of kid Newell,
A small parcel of pepper, cocoa,
ceffie, indigo, brown Sugar, allspice, choice seine twine and sew
ing twine, Dutch locking gleffes, field gliffes ; floor, health and
flair brushes; bolting clothe, oatmeal, redwood and logwood,
L'fbon oil; also, a few pounds cf mace, to be fold at flora
No. 1, Butler's-Row, near Kirg-ftrest, if applied for soon.