The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-12-19 00:00:00, page 4

F UHLI SHED, and to be S 0 L D by
David C. Claypoole,
Ta Market-flreet, Philadelphia,
Father Abraham's
ALMANACK,
For the Year of Our LORD
• 17 8
Best Holland Quills and Sealing
Wax, Irish Wafers, Writing Paper, Ink
powder, Inkholders, Penknives, Account
Books, School Bibles and Testaments,
Dilworth's Spelling-Books ^nd Schoolmal
ters Assistants, .Boyers French Grammars,
Surveyors Compasses, Slates and date-
Pencils, English Playing Cards, Wrapping
Paper, Parchment, &c. &c. &c.
TO BE SOLD BY
DAVID C. CLAYPOOLE,
In Market street, Philadelphia
Who gives the best price for clean Linen
Rags.
TO BE SO L D,
Sundry Trads of Timber Land
in the mvnur of Pennfbury ; foraeof which are elegant
ly fituaiel on the riv^r Delaware, and all within a mile
of a good landing on laid river, on cn: cr two small
improvements have been made, the premises will be
shewn and the terms of sale made known by the fobfcri
ber in F^Hs township, Buiks county, near said miner,
in state of Pennsylvania.
THOMAS RICHE.
phia,
A Smart, likely, healthy WOMAN, about 23
years old, n nv e in the Pennfylvinia hospital for
about eleven pounds expences, which they have been
put to on her account: the is to be fold for any term
rot exceeding three ^ears. For terms apply to ABRA
HAM SHOEMAKER, one of the O/erfem of the
Poor of said city, - Dec. 6.
William Jones, Organ Builder,
from Ciarleftown, South Charolina, begs leave to ac
quaint the public, that he will undertake the cleaning,
repairing, quelling and tuning of Hirpfichords, Piano
fortes and Spinners, in the cdmpleateft manner or r-a
fonable terms. Thof# ladies and, gentlemen who m^y
please to employ him, may depend on his utmost Endea
vours to render them perkß fatisfaaion. Enquire at
Mrs, Kees' in Strawberry-alley.
Laprafttr county, Leacock townfliip, Nev. 26.
CA ME to the plantation of the fubferiber, about
the middle of August last, A Red Brindle HEI
FER, marked with a crop in the right ear and a flit in
the other. The owner is defined to coma and prove
his property, pay charges and take her away.
WILLIAM MCAUSLAND.
PETER WALDEN is requeued to
' comeand take away the Horse that he left in the
fuhfcriberL stable some time ago, and pay the expen
ces accrued for the keeping Did horse andhi mfelf, or
he will be fold in fix days from the date.
Dec. 11. THOMAS PALMER.
BROKE into Mr. Hamilton's Pasture, at the wood
lands, in the towrfh p of Blockley, early in the
fumm^r, a stray Dun HORSE. If no owner appears
within three weeks from the date, the Horse will be
fold to pay charges, by
Dec. io. RICHARD WHITEFIELD, overseer,
Horses and Chairs to Let.
THE fubferiber continues his STABLE in Church
alley, where he proposes still Replying those
gentlemen who may chore to favour him with
their custom, with as genteel HORSES and CHAIRS
as any to be let in the city : He also propoles taking in
a few Horses at Livery ; and such gentlemen as chufe
that their horses fhauld stand at livery, may depend on
the greatest justice being done them. A sign is oppo
site the (table.
N. B. I have for Sale a Quantity of HAY ofth,
firft qua'ity; and also a Quantity o f an inferior kind.
Sept. 11. ANTHONY WALKE.
ra AKEN up by the fubferiber, about the middle
£ of July last, a Black HORSE, between 12 and
13 hands high, 4 years old, has a small star, no brand
nor ear mark. Whoever has loft the said Horse, by
applying to WILLIAM FIELDS, in Ridley townfliip,
Chester county, proving property and paying charges
mav have him again. GEORGE YOCOM.
December 3, 1782. , -
TO BE'S O L D,
By the Ovrrfeers of the Poor of the city of Philadel-
Philadelphia; Printed and Sold by DAVID C. CLAYPOOLE, in Market-Street.
William Prichard,
BOOKSELLER and STATIONER,
Between Front and Second-ffreets, in Market-flreet,
opposite Letitia- court,
Is happy tp inform the generous encoarager# of Lite
rature, tbit he hasjuft publithed an additional Ca
talogue to his CIRCULATING LIBRARY ; and
begs leave to affurr them, that his belt endeavours
will be used, to provide Food for the mind the en
suing Winter:
Among many other valuable Books for sale, he has the
following, viz.
F OLI O,
CIAI ESBY's Natural History of the Carolines, Ba
j hama Islands, &c. with 200 elegant copper plates,
masterly executed, and beautifuhy coloured from life,
in 2 voh.
Compete collections cf State Trials, 6 v.
Ruthweyth's Historical Collections, including his Trial
of Lrl Stafford, 8 v.
Howard's History of the World, 3 v.
Rolle's Abridgement, 6 v.
Bacon's Abridgement, , v.
Peere William's, Cooke's, Saunders's and Hobhart's
Reports, &^ with a general collection of the rnoft
modern authors in law.
Chambers's Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 2 v.
Miller's and Gardener's Dictionary oa Botany, &c. 2 v.
James's Medical Dictionary,
An Italian D ftionary,
Salmon's Natural History of Plants, with plates, Ware's
Architecture, in four bonk#.
Hornins's complete Body of ancient Geography,
Natural History of Barbadoes, with cuts,
QU A RTO and OCTAV 0.
Gr^vmfend's Experiments of Nitural P./pfophy, 2 v.
Defagalier's ditto, ditto,
The London Chronicle for 1757,
M^nfieur de Blainvillt's Travels through Europe,
Philosophical Transactions, 37 v.
Literary Magazines, or the Works of the learned, 12 v.
Monthly Reviews, 31 v.
Universal History, pi l !, 20 v.
Universal History, half bound, 20 v.
Cullen's Materia Mzdic;.
Hiftorv of England complete, by Smollet, 15 v.
Robertson's History o' S:oriand, 2 v.
Hiftory o f C x-Ls the Vth, 3 v.
. Hiflorr of America, 2 v.
Lorke's Effiv op Hum?n Uriderftanding, 2 v*.
on the Fplft'es,
The P eceptor, or a general Course of Education, 2 v.
Orrery's Pliny, 2 V.
Butler's Remains,
Gentv's Lectures, 3 v.
Sharp's Surgerv,
Vin Sw>len's Commentaries,
Quince,'s Lexicon,
Potter's Ant : quit ; es of Greece, 2 v.
Pottery's Ch ? rnr,id Works, 4 v.
Complete B idy cf Hu^'andry, 3 y.
Smith's History o' N w Jersey,
Raleigh'# Work*, 2 v.
Fnwklin'e H ffory of P-nnf !v?nia,
Salmon's Geographical Grammar,
French, English, Litn, Italian, and Dutch D Ctionaries,
With a very general Col'eaion of Divinity, Law, Phy
fir, Mathematics and the CUffict, not inferred.
N 0 V E L S and BOOKS rs Entertainment.
S^cit tor, TaSer, Guardian, Rambler, Peregrine
Pirkle, Tom bn's, R drfck'Random, D-n Qrxotte,
Gil B'a% Fern 1c Quixott?, Roufelb's Letters, Persian
and Peruvian Letters, Pam'l, Prince of Abyssinia,
BcileOrius, Gulphintia, Ward's Nuptial Dialogues,
Triumph of Truth. Ovid's Art cf Lore, Madame de
Granton, Vicar of Wakefield, Longfoord, E?rl of sa
lifbnrv, Viaud's Voyage, Triftram Shandy, H<wkf
worth's Triemaehis, the Ladies Travels through Spain,
Sterne's Works complete, Muse in Good Humour, Ju.
lie de Rohign*, Deferred Village, M^,zin:s, Plays,
Periodical Pamphlets, &c.
, *, The above is part of Four Thousand Volumes,
of a very scarce and valuable Coßeaion, many of
which are not to be met with in this City, or on the
Continent of America, an: are now felling on the
lowest Terms, for Cath
SCHOOL BOOKS
Bibles, T'ftaments, Spelling Bo 1 3 Loath's and
Buchanan'* English Grammar, Croxal's and Dodfly's
^foo'* Fibles, Pantheon, Art of Sneaking, Oecono
my of Human Life, Primers. Battledores, &c; &c.
STATIONARY.
Bed Writing Paper, ditto gilt and mourning, Quills,
Penknives and Sciftars, Wafers red and black, Wax,
ditto, Pencils, leather and pewter Tnk-lbnds, Ink-pow.
der, Ink-sticks, &c. ivory Pounce Boxes and Folders,
Bonnet and H^t Box's, G 11 Scales, silk Purses, Cork
screws, Jones's genuine Row era for taking out stains
and spots, Pocket-books, P &urrs, Merchants Ac
count Books ruled and plain, Receipt and Copy Books,
German Flutes, and Music Paper ruled and plain.
Great Alowances, in the above Articles, will be
made to Country Traders, by tie Quantity,
BOOKS bought, fold, or exchanged.
Charleftown, Chester countv, Dec. 8, 1782
THIS is to forwarn all persons from trust
ing my W ; fe, MARTHA TOMKIN, as lam
determined to pay no debts of her centraang from
the date hereof. RICHARD TOMKIN.
1.0 BE S O- 1. D,
A very fine Saddle HORSE,
full sized and elegantly farmed, five years old next
June Enquire at Mr. HODGDON's Livery.ftable,
behind ,the City-tavern^ No% 13.
TO BE SO L D,
THAT elegant, healthy and pieplant PLACE for
merly owned by Mr. John Rouse, situate in
Faflyunk township, rear the Butchere-arms,
being within one mile of the South-street of the city,
containin? in the whole 33 acres, 16 of which lying on
the weft fide of a road-or lane, commonly called Roufe's
lane, chiefly upland meadow, on which is an elegant
frzmt dwelling bouf: exceedingly well finifh?d, two
Rories high; 32 feet by 30, four rooms on a floor and
two good garrets, with a passage through the whole
lined with a four inch brick wall,with a good dry cellar
under th* whole divided in t^ree parts, with a kitchen
and piazza adjoining, &c &c. with a pump of good
water near th- 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 afford an agreeable (hade in the feafen,
&c. the whole in good order; and aft 17 Acres lying
on the east fide of the road, right opposite, divided in
lotts, each having a front on said read, as following—
No. i, Fourteen perches front, containing 4 acres
and odd perches; three acres of which is orchard,
chiefly good winter fruri, on which is a good barn
with a cellar under it walled with fione, 43 feet by 21,
stable, &c. &c.
No. 2, Thirteen perches, containing 4 acres and odd
perches, three of which is orchard of the fame fruit,
with some ch,ry and peach trees.
No. 3, Eleven perches, containing 4 acres and odd
pitches, of i*feb 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 is meadow, po
tatoes and stubble ground as lott No. 3, The whole
now in good fence and good order, with a thorn hedge
fronting ; the whole o' the 1& s lies to the fun and is a
pleasant plane to build. The whole will be fold toge
ther cr fep-rett as it is d-scribed; the title indisputa
ble. The pros of sale still be made ezfy to the pur
chasers or purcbafer that it rra, feit to take the whole.
For terms apply to BENJAMIN HEMINGS, in Fourth
street, between Lombard and South streets. Pofliffion
may be had u. wy time.
N. B A handlorne half blooded MARE to be Sold,
rising four years old, fourteen hands and a h.lf high,
prettily marked with fniu and fta-, and one hind foot
white and moves wdl. Enquire as above. O&o. 30.
ft . ——
Haym Solomons,
BROKER to the Office of Finance, to the Consul Ge
neral of France, ?nd to the Treasurer cf the French
Army, at his Office in Front-street, between Mar
ket and Arch-ftrest#, BUYS and SELLS on Com
miffinn
BANK Stock, Bills of Ex
change on France, Spain, Holland, and other
Parts of Europe, the Weft Indies, and inland bills, at
the usual commission. He Buys and Sells
Loan-Office Certificates, Con
tinental and State Money, of this or any other state,
Paymaster and Quartermaster Generals Notes ; these and
evtry ether kind of paper tranfa&ions (hills cf ex
change excepted) he will charge hit employers no more
than ~ONE HALF PER CENT on his Commission,
He procures Money on Loan
fra short time, and gets Notes and Bills difeounted.
Gentlemen and others, residing in this state, or any
of the united ftate#, by fending their orders to this Of^
fice, may depend on having their business tranfaded
with as much fidelity and expedition, as if they were
thrnfelves prifent.
He receives Tobacco, Sugars, Tea, and every other
fort of Goods to Sell on Commission ; for which pur
pose he has provided proper Stores.
He flatters himfelf, his affidu
itr, pun&uality, and extensive connexions in bis bufi
refs, as a Broker, is well established in various parts of
Europe, and in the united states in particular.
All persons who Hull please to favour him with their
business, msy depend upon his utmost exertion for their
in ereft, and
Part of the Money advanced, if required.
N. B. Paymaster-General's Notes taken
as Cash for Bills of Exchange.
Hart r rd cou^'v, Rate cf Maryland, Nov. 17, 1782.
ABSENT ED from t : s bail, and likewise stole a
B"d|% cr. the 1 sth instant, a certain WILLIAM
ROWAN, S boolmafler, of a black complexion, ahi ut
5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, pitted with the small pcx ft
long black hair tied behind, of a middling flature a
had on when he went away, a blue coat and white jac
ket, with boot# ; bis horse of a chefnut colour, about
14 bands bteN has a star in his face. Whoever takes
up and secures laid person, shall have the above Re
ward with reasonable charges, paid by me
ROBERT GLENN.
10 BE LET,
SEVERAL ELEGANT
Ready Furnished Apartments,
and two large convenient Stores;
Also, AST ABLE that can contain four horses; a
(ml Ihiu and a Hay-Loft. Enquire of the Printer.
Nine Pounds Reward,