Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-03-11 00:00:00, page 1

O R,
GFNERA L
^to.-,# XL 4.X
TO BE SO L D,
,Y°sWO cool Dwelling houfe# in ißE^ir,
^ eachwth a fi^e ,rh n Gt, stables, &.. h
to acu^u n te a^e reel ( all f nib, or trade!,
man, and n^v be tutored into the firri of April
next. If nut fold Sv that day, or the fi;ft of Mav,
tar, ^u h ? Irt for one year. Apply to Daniel
CoYR Vo: at Triton. t
1 j BE SOLD BY
DAN T EL BENEZET.
At his STORE in Arch Areer, four doors below
corner f SeC^nd-Prept,
3 VERY hr.- allotment of German Scythes,
/' Flitting of fevers deferent marks and sizes,
alto a qen^y of suitable whetrioces; Dutch draw
knives, sickles, iron l^ows camp locking , tads;
hod kettrs in nefL, ferted, from the fmaUeft hz?
to 24 . and 34 gallons; Beffian line melting pots,
&- r # t.„ : , amber bends, ben leather soles,
pewter dishes and bafe>n c , black paduaf.y, blue
fatrin, black flowered mode, drab coloured ma
zet., fi!k and hair tvift; nonfopretties, five
buckle, &%
TEN POUNDS REWARD.
STOLEN ut el the cl- Ik of the fubfcr ber, in
the N arth<rn Liberties 0 Philadelphia, ntuc
night / ^ 4.'h ndtant, (Mid) A SUM OF
MON EY, confiding of seventeen Half Jo^.an
mefes, btveen Seventy and Eighty Pounds, chiefly
Mvyhnd Money, abb Nine PoumU C< ntinectal
inoney. Whoever will ddcover the vi for thi-ves
concerned in the bove robbery, io that thv mav
bp brought to j lice and the money recovered,
mail have the above R.^arJ, paid by
f WILLIAM WOODROW.
THR EE DOLLARS REWARD.
~ : A N AWA Yon rie 20L 0 February lac,
i on the fubferLer, living in Hepewellrow -
sh, York county, Pennsylvania, a servant trim
n,d JOHN SWENEY: He came fiom Ire
land anoutt ive years ag^, has traveled a great
deal through this province is n : u hgiv n todri^k,
a ) ut twenty-fire yea of age, and about fiefeet
and a half high, a trick weli-se' fellow, has mail
pr«y tees, bl ck brows, middling (hurt ' lacked
hair; bad on whe^ .eAeuta a*, an id fir hr
without oiling, trcm L eirou"d the edge, an old
blue coat with fiat nirtal buttons, an old light co
loured fhallaon jacket mtn pen ter buttons, a calf
fen apron, a pam of white twilled blanket breeches
Mitu two brass butrot s at the knees, wi:te coarle
yarn Norkin , halt worn (hots tied with firings,
with ini^ nails in the oals, and an, old patched
fh^rt. Wh >ever takes up the laid servant and fe
cur<s him, so that his matte, ma) have him again,
fliall h.vcthe above leward and reasonable charges,
paid by f WILLIAM SMITH.
Philadelphia, March 5, 1776
FOUR DOLLARS REWARD.
RA NA WA Y from the Inbfcriber, a fervent
in nironed ROBERT WILSON, about
five feet ten inches high, well ade, about twenty
fix years old, long black hair tied behind; had on
when he went away# an outside llriped lincey jack
et, old felt lot, <ld leather breeches, and old blue
Lockings: He is fuppoed to be one towards Vir
ginia. Whoever takes ip and secures said servant,
so that his matter may have him again, fhT have,
if taken in this count,, the abuve Reward, and if
out of tiie county, EIGHT DOLL AR S, paid
by ELIJAH PARKHILL.
T C) B E L E T,
TH AT large convenient IN N, where the
fubferiber lives, lately occupied by Robert
M Rian, pieafantb situated on the banks of the river
Schuylkill, about four miles from the city of Phila
delphia, together vrith the lot of ground thereto
belonging, containing about two acres, on which
are erected a good bpn, stables, sheds, &c. Abo
aa ther houle and lot near the above-mentioned
premiles, containing about fix acres of well im
proved land. Also to be let 011 reasonable terms,
upon a long lealc or leases, about 1200 acres of
good, rich, unimproved lard, veil watered, and
divided into four tracts, fitua e on Wicmefco
Creek, in Huffman': Valley, in Lancaster ( ount,.
Any person inclinable to rent any part of the said
premises may know the terms, by pphi r g to
LEVY MARKS.
As the said Levy Marks intends to leave the
province by the fill day of April next, all perfcns
who have any demands against him, are desired to
bring in their accounts, and receive their iefp<ai\e
balances ; and thole who are indebted to him, ide
Hereby desired to make im mediate payment to Wil
liam Lewis, of the city of Philadelphia, Attorney
at Law, in whose hands the fubferiber's books are
lodged, with directions tq^bring actions againri
those who do not comply herewith.
LEVY MARKS.
"THE WEEKLY VOTES
Of the present fitting of the Honourable House of
Assembly of this Province, are published and
fold by
HENRY MILLER, in Race street.
AID the YEARLY VOTES of tkelad ((lion.
' And the Fourth and Fifth Volumes of the Col
lection of Votes; the foimer from the year 1744
to 1758, and the latter from 1758 to 1767, im
clufive Where afo may be had,
BACHMAUCs GERMAN GRAMMAR.
cTIUrRID GE PAPE R,
By the Ream or Quire, to be SOLD by
j O HN D U NLA P.
VOL. V.
M O N I) A Y,
tuft Fublifoed and io be Sold by
J O HN D U N L A P,
In Market Street, Philadelphia,
A N
O R AT I O N,
In M EMORI of
•General MON : GOYIERYf
Anh of tr OFFIC EKS nd ouDIERS
whof U wit ' hi• before Q'J E LfC
Drawn up (and delivered Febrna: <y^;^6) ar the
dt^re of the Honourable CONTI CENTAL
CONGRESS,
By WILLIAM SMITH, D. D. Preval of
the Coliige T Philadelphia.
O Thou, auho bad'/ them bad wtb honor crown'd,
loon make the bloody ;ride o fr mar to ce^je !
May the, the only faerfce be pound
To frudiefi eedom, and .heir country's peace.
,* S I aho lay M ff:. lal id eFers, Pint
ers, i<iMuk^ttu^eb and 'James Rumpbrefl Jun.
Rint^r, in Front-street
Ceecil County, Maryland, March 8, 1776.
WILL COVER tins ieafu, at A : ex nlet's
Mill, on Big Elx, the beautiful HORSE
P U T N A M.
PU TN AM is a genuine country-bred horse,
of the New-Englund breed, a dai k bay, with
a miill itar, live years old this grass, full sixteen
hands high, every way well made, moves cao and
gav, paces fall and trots equal to any sass pacing
horte whatever, and is allowed by good judges to
be a compbat hackney. He is well recommended
for a lure foal-getter, and the colts he g•t when
three years old are laid to be equal to any that has
been in that neighbourhood. Ary gentlemen that
would chufe to bre d from so valuable a horse, may
hive him at the low rates of TEN shillings the
frr^e leap, Fiventy Shillings the ^ : fon, or
Forty Shillings to insure a foal.—Gentlemen
that live ar a dittance, and fend their. mates, may
depend on having juhice done them, by their very
humble servant,
WALTER ALEXANDER
BY virtue of a writ to me directed, will be fold
by public vendee, on Thursday, the 14th day
of M rch inst. at seven o'clock in the evening, at
the L ndon Coffee house, that convenient and well
situated medbage or tenement, with the appurte
nances, and lot or piece of ground thereunto be
longing, situate o n the well fide of Se<ond-lbeet,
between Arch and Rwe-ftreets, in tire city of Phi
ladelphia, cont ining in front 30 feet, and in de th
220 fert, bounded by ground now or late of Joleph
Redman, and others, late the estate of William
Cliffton, Gent seized and taken in execution by
WILLIAM DEWEE S, Sheriff.
Annapolis, February 20, 1776.
Tobe SOLD at PUBLIC VENDUE,
by the fubferiber, on the second Tuesday in April
nex L (on the premile) by virtue of a power ot
attorney from Mr. John Russ Key, eldeftfon
and heir at law of Francis Key, late of Caecil
County, Esq; deceased,
AV ALUA &LE Plantation, containing^boiit
three hundred acres, being part of a tra& of
land called and known by the. name of Anne Ca
tharine Neck, or Carpenter's Point, lituate, lying
and being in Ca eil County aforesaid, at the head
of Chesapeake Bay, near the mouth of North-East
River, and about three miles from Charles Town.
There is on the laid plantation, an exceeding fine
fifhery, part of which at present rents for near one
hundred pounds per annum.
ATo to be fold at public vendue, the houses and
lots in Charles Town, formerly the property of the
said Francis Key, the day after the sale of the
above-mentioned plantation.
||6 JAMES BROOKS.
January 20, 1776.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD,
p AN AWAY from the fubteriber, rope-m. ker,
" in Philadelphia, a servant man named R O-
B E R'T CRAFFORD, by trade a rope-maker,
about 33 years of age, 5 feet 4. inches high ; had
on when he went away, a light coloured cloth
jacket lined with green baize, light blue under
jacket, blue breeches, a pair of half worn y^rn
flockings, half worn (hues with tieel buckles, home
spun linen foirt not bleached, new felt hat, and new
red and white fdk handkerchief: He has a down
look, smooth face, and thort black hair; is fond of
strong drink, and boasts mtch ot being on board a
man of War last war, as he is an Englishman born.
Whoever secures him so that the fu Scriber may
have him again, mail receive the above Reward and
realisable charges, from
t'FINLY MCDONALD.
~T O SO L 1),
AN EA T and convenient Hone H OUS E, ele
gantly situated in Potts-Grove, with fifteen
and an half acres of good land, all under good
fence, fiye acres thereof good woodland and two
of meadow. The house is well finished, with two
good rooms below and three above flairs, a cellar
under the whole, a pump of excellent water at the
door, and a convenient liable. For terms apply to
the lubferiber on the prem<f~s.
t FREDERICK CLECKNER.
D U N L A P's
A QUANTITY of
NEW RED CLOVER SEED,
TO BE SOLI) BY
BENJAMIN' PO ULTNE Y.
At his Ironmongery Store, at the frn of the Crown
and Anvil, in Market street, the fifth coot abev
F tilth street, and opp de the sign of the Co
m Hugo W ig,ODj whe; bkewife may be had,
1 NE A I 'fhrtment of froi mongery, conlib
;%, in- of locks, bin es, in ob arid thum door
atches, th wOs and tongs; ruff, attard and smooth
Hies, f all Ilzes ; chillis, gouges, plane irons, au
e >, gimble ; mill, crob-ct t, jit, hand, pannel,
unint, fifh, dove-t il, cunpafs and key-hole laws;
nabs, tick, Ipris and firews of molt sizes ; bra's
an ;;, uit.o camlJOticks ; fconees, curi iers knives,
full* $ shears, tayliis ditto, ihoemakers strait am.
crooked kniv s aw\ ticks, size flicks, cramping
and comm 11 hammers; lar e e and small scale-beams,
sh card pu lies and weights, (hovels, spades end
oe , cart aid Waggon boxes of molt sizes, bake
pAo-i, fkillfti, fauce-pais, & c &c.
N. IT Glais cut or clock f:ce*, furveyinginftru
mints, window or door lights, either round or
ova), or to bny pattern or dimensions, at a very
leafonabie pr: e. |t
Pbdade/hia, Second Month 19'b, 1776.
TO BE SOL D,
« PIECE of excellent M dow Ground, lying
1 011 the road lending to Gloucester Point, be
tween Hay Cieak and this city, containing 6 acres ;
I lcs ich, and the fail is equal ir quality wi;h, if
not excee^in^ ,any es the adj ining meadows, which
are iai n comm>n to b ing 3 tons of hay in the
hrrt crop per a re, and 103 bushels of clean rye it is
laid has been had in one crop off rd about two acre :
J he meadow is divided into three parts for the
Conveniency of mowing and pasturage, and wib be
fold together or in (eparate pacts, as may left fui
file puulruer or purchalers. One hah the purchase
money being paid own, the rest may remain on in
terest, giving Lcuriti. Thre is a good elute h<y~
bur ck on the premofes, and a small wooden haute
for a shelter or tool house. For terms apply to
JER EMIAH CRESSON, in Ch friuriteet,
opp. lite Friends School in life. I it is not fold
by private lale before the 25th of March, it will
be let- or fold by pudie faln.
\.3. Allo?.: be fold, fundi\ Cabinet and Chat
mak isSruff ami W ik, and fume T.uls for Cab -
net and Chair-making. Also a Horse and Cart,
two Cows, and tome hay ; and a good Wmk-thop
tube ktt.l
T O B*E
By PRIVATE SALE, any time befoie the
Fifteenth of M rch inst.
q™i HA T uc„ed TAVERN known by the
& name of the Sign of the Boot, together with
the farm thereunto belonging, situated in Gofhen
l ownlhp, Chelter Count), on the great road lead
ing from Chester to Lancaster, the Iron works and
Philadelphia ; containing between two and three
hun red acres, about eighteen acres of good mea
dow made, near half the land is cleared, and the
wood-land is welt timbered. There is a good done
dwelling house thereon, with four rooms on a floor,
a large garret, and a cellar under the whole, a goo^
log building at the end which serves for a kitchen,
with one room and a garret, and a good pump
near the door ; likewise a good barn, stables, out
house, and sheds to feed 'even or eight teams, and
a good fpring-hbufe aid orchard. The above p:e
mifes lie on a ro?d much frequented by travellers
and waggoners. The title is indisputable; and 0e
terms .of lale may be known by applying to the sub
scriber, living on t e above place.
SAMUEL OLLIVER.
N. B. The premises will be tented, if not fold
before that time.f
Philadelphia, Feb. 26, 1776.
AL L Persons indebted to the estate of
James Whitehead, late of this city, Work
house keeper, de taled, by bond, note, or bock
account, are desired to make speedy payment, (as
a considerable sum is wanted to pay off several lega
cies) an..! those who have any demands against laid
estate are desired to bring in their accompts, that
they may be paid by
XMARY WHITEHEAD, Executrix.
Harford County, January 10, 1776.
AL L Persons indebted to the estate of
Nathaniel Giles, late of Harford Coun
ty, deceased, are hereby requeued forthwith to ap
ply to the fubferibers at Mount Pleasant, and fet
tle the fame, and upon failure thereof they may
depend upon being proceeded against as the law
directs : And all those that have any just demands
against the said estate are r<quefted to bring them
in, properly proved, that they may be auiufted by
JACOB GILES, Jun. ]. .
WILLIAM SMI TH, Jun.] Admi ”Uratorsi
AL L Perfoqs indebted to the estate of
. Eden Haydock, I te of this city, deceased,
are requeued to make immediate payment : And
those who may have any demands against said es
tate, are desired to bring in their accounts, in or
der that they may be adjulhd and paid by
t 6 ROBERT HAYDOCK, and
SAMUEL GARRIGUES, Jun.] Execut ° rs '
January 16, 1776.
CI AME to the plantation of the fubferiber,
, living in Minchefter Townfbip, York Coun
ty, a hray BULL, of a dar k brown colour, about
four years old, his head and horns referable a cow,
has three flits cut in his right ear, and has a white
tail. The owner or owners of the said bull are de
fired to pove their property to the fan e, pay
charges and take him away.
§ MICHAEL LA U,
^0
T H E
ADVERTISER.
M A R C H iith, I//6.
To be SOLD (for CASH ONLY) by
ANDREW CALDWELL,
Av A RIE TY of brown and white Raffia
drillings, striped Ruffin linen, oz lahur hs,
fil duck, and cinnamon of an ex el ent qualu-.—
He has also a few prices of SILKs icr fak.'
{' ° '.'' R A”' Allum, Brimflone,
1^ B aziletto, Cuffein tags, and I arrets, ex
ce ent Florence oil in chests, Pimento, Chocolate,
Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, &c.
TO BE SOLD BY
SAMUEL GARRIGUES, Jun. and Co.
At their Ware house in Market-ttreet, n^ar ike
London Coffte-houfe, Philade phia. § 6
T O H E'L E T,'
And entered upon the sixth day of ApM next,
i^HE noted St. George's GRIST Mil LB,
in Newcastle C umtv, row in the t-nure of
B ij min Hudson. The_Mills are well 6tuted for
the belt of wheat, and near two riages dm rm to
Philad Iphia every week ; theeG^ two pj r of
Rones, the one f ur fe t burrs, double gened , -the
other the bell country made ; boohing cl ths he
bed ; running gears all good ;" a three acre lot
dwelling house, cellar, kitchen, liable, coopers
Amp, garden, some orchard, and a rr ple fw'.mp
joining the . ills for fiewv-d. V." oev~r incomes
to take the fame, and is v. 11<ec..m:ra,iT.d for to
nefty, and undefftands miltein, ma)apdy 0 „
the premiss to
§ TSAACDUSHANA
THREE POUNDS REWARf\
p AN AWAY on Monday, the ,9th o+j^u
' ary id, from the fu briber, I ing in 101 rfh
ftreet, at the corner of Vin° dr ei, P^^Lir ia
a Dutch Truant man nam d PHILIP ThirBOUT,
us eJIs h m T c lf PI ILIP 3 ILLER; lie ipeaks
broken English and very good French, j. a butcher
by trade, between 25 and 26 years of a^e, ab mt t
feet io inches high, lias bla k : or, and a rid face
much marked with the fm!lp. x: Had on when
h e y-ent away, a grey doth jacket, leather fpecLT,
bluish yarn ftockirj, g< on (hues, and an old bit
hat. Whoever takes up and fe< "res the fa°< fer
vmt, so that his matter may have him ^am, find!
receive the abwe Reward n.d>n .hr .charges,
paid b~ 1 MiCiIEAL BOW£R.
EIGHr DOLLARS kEW - ITE
DAN A WAY from hi> bail, acitdnWl L
'LIAM CALL WELL, a out 30 ,ears
of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 mcicshi^h, round raced, long
chin which he holds out considerably when /peak
ing ; he knits his eye-brows, which are arge, black
and heavy, with the hair continued over the nose,
and seems to iqueete the muscles of his mouth u hen
converting • has (hurt bl^ck cuily heir, a little
f fhionable hat, sometimes diaries well, at other
times mear, and often wears a broad belt with two
buckles : H,d on when he went awry, a blown
co.t with polished del buttons and silver rims
round them, bucklkin breeches, and yellow (hoe^
buckles: He has an old blue great coat, ardG
grey lurtout. He tells tea and crier things as a
chapman through the country, is very talkative, a
little on the hilh accent, end can (peek the lr (h
tongue well ; has two remarks ie fears of old
wounds, one on his face and the oil:1 :err be ro-t
of the thumb on h ; s left hand. He is fr,y e' to
be gone towards Maryland. Whoeve- ft cur s find
William Cldwell, and delivers him to the Sheriff
of Philadelphia County, (hall have the above R^
ward and reasonable charges, pai rt bv
WILLIAM MELVAIN, and
ROBERT KEINNEDY
Philadelphia^ February 14, 1776.
XXZ HEREAS Alice .A tki N^;
7, wife of the fubferiber, new hi this city, has
for Tome time part aof ud hericif frm n 1 bed
without any geafon :, This is thoiet re to caution
all persons not to trust her on no account, sI :@
determined not to pay snv debt the may cenb 8.
1 JOHN ATKINS.
FOUR D C) LLARS REWARD?
nAN AWAY friii the fubfer^er, living in
'' Sallbury Townfliip, Linratttr Con ty, on' the
ftcond u^y of Second month, 1776, a servant wo
man named MARGARET COLLATES, abort
30 years of age ; die is of, dark coir pleition, has
black hir, is above's fte high: She stole and took
with hr, two (Lifts ar.ri tore caps, a red, wide
and yellow ilripeo cotton and wot ft d gown, a yel
low and brown Itiaped lince, petticoat, ar, old ,C-'
Io v qui t, a half worn lue and brown petticoat, a
redith coloured wotted bonnet, a blu ^handkir
chie' with white fpbfs, a lincey ch© k apron, a ph
of high-heeled (hots, and a pair of blue deckings
with white feet and tops. Whoever rakes ip the
said servant and fecmes her, so that hqr matter may
have her again, Ihall have the above Reward 3rd
all reasonable charges, paid by ROBERT V OOI),
Parcbmept maker, in Fifth street, Pallid: Ipiii, or
f 6 WILLIAM CHAMBER LIN.
Hadenfeld, February 6, 1776.
FIFTEEN SHILLINGS REWARD.
QA N AW A Y yesterday, from the fubferiber,
an Enghfh servant LA D, about >7 years of
a g e $ pretty well ft, is marked with the (mall-pox,
and apt to life when he talks; had on when be
went away, a Frown cloth uppe ijacket, and light
cloth under ditto, woollen trowfeis, mixed blue
and white yarn ftmkings, old frees with, carved
biafs buckles, and ab <ld wool list corked up. —
Whoever apprehends the laid lad and lecuies him
in any gaol, so that the fubciibe; may get him a
gain, (ball have the ah,ore Reward, phi by
§ JOSEPH GAkWOOD,
NUMB. 229.