The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-09-14 00:00:00, page 4

SALE of forfeited Efates.
WHEREAS the estates of John Potts, John
Butcher, Toomas Mackinefs, Chirittopher Sow
er, Christopher Sower, jun. Holton Jones, Samuel Shoe
maker, John Pairock, Joel Evans, John Tolley, George
Enfor, Peter Arthur, George Harding, W;l!iam Rhod
den, John Bartlett, and Reynold Keen, late <f the
county of Philadelphia, having been in due course of
law forfeited an I Seized to the ule of this State, We, the
fubfcribeu, Agents tor the Lid county, do hereby give
notice, that the est tes of the laid John Potts, John
Batcher, Thomas Mackinefs, Christopher Sower, Chris,
topher Sower, jun. Holton Jones, Samuel Shoemaker,
John Parrock, Joel Evans, Jolin Tolley, George Enfor,
Peter Arthur, George fri tting, William Rhodden,
John Bullitt, Rod Reynold Keen, cenfifting of the fol
lowing traa< and p reels of Land, Houses, viz. J,bn
Potts's ertate, in Prtts-T^wn, called Howe, containing
1,0 acres, gr*at pa t meadow, one (tone houfs, and
other improvements. John Butcher's, About 56 acres,
on Schuylkill, in Blackley townthip, with the buildings
2i.< improvements. Thomas Mackintf.'s, A lot, the
corner of Vine .nd T:3d Greets, with five houses and
a stable thereon. Christopher Sower's, Five lots in
Germantown township, No, 1. 6 acres and three quartos
on Bowman's Lt.n: and township line, part meauow ;
No. z, Anout one acre an 4 three quarters, near G rman
town, on laid Bowman's Lane; No. 3, where Christo
pher Sow^r formerly lived ; about 6 acres, a large done
hotre, ex entire lack buildings, and other improve
ments ; No. 4, One acre and a quarter, the corner of
Germantown main itreet and Bowui n's Lane, a (tone
house aidother improvements; No. 5, Six acres and a
half, part mellow, on Keyier's Lane, two lots in the
Northern Lr^fcs; No. 6, Half an acre at the Falls of
S huylkill, afapM-miil, saw mill, and other improve
ments ; No, 7, 3 ac<s and one quarter near the above,
a (tone houri arid other improveinents, two lots in Rox
borough township ; No, 8, Eighty-three acres and three
quarters of woodland, extending from Schuylkill to
Ridge Road, a final! log house thereon; No. 9, Three
quarters of an acre on Plymouth and Schuylkill Ferry
roads. Christoph r Sower, junior's, Nineteen and a half
acres, part meadow, in Brittol township, near the back
end of Pdtorious lands. Holton Jones's, Two lots in
Germantown; No. 1, About one and a half acrts on
the main flrelt, a hone house and other improvements;
No. a, Five and a half acres oi orchard near thr above.
Samuel Shoemaker's, No. 1, A ground rent of 421. los.
per annum issuing out of the effare of Thom s Brittain ;
No. 2, A bank lot, 20 feet front on Fiont 2nd Water
ftreets, and 4o»fert deep near Callowhill, iticct. John
Parrock's, No. 1, Forty-seven acres, about one half
banked meadow, adjoining the river Delaware ano Print
road, a houri, barn, and other improvements; No. 2,
About 5 acres, the corner of Fourth-ftrert and Hickory
Lane, a brick house thereon, both in the Northern Li
berties. Joel Evans's, Fifty acres on Cobb's Creek, in
Block'ey township, two houses and oilier improvements.
John Tolley's, No. 1, An unexpired leafeof fifteen years,
two three-story brick houris, th : corner of Catharine and
Front hrees, in Southwark; No. 2, A frame house and
lot of ground in Catharine Itreet, adjoining the above.
Goryc Enfor's, Two twe-ftuy brick houses and a im
of ground, in Second freet, between South and Ship
pen itreets, in Southwark. Peter Arthur's, No. 1. A
frame house and lot of ground, in Second.ftreet, near
the above; No# 2, A lot in Plumb-ftjeet aqd South
wark aforefsid, 15 feet two inches front, arid 95 feet
deep to an alley. George Harding's, Three lots in South
wark, No. <, 19 feet, 4 and an half inches front on
Therd-ttreet, and 80 feet deep, one two story brick
house thereon ; No. 2, Twenty fix J,et front on said
fteet, and 80 feet deep, adjoining the fame, tvo-two
story frame hours thereon; No. 3, Twenty-tub feet
and a half front on Third and George's-streets, and ex
tending from street to street, 200 feet, four frame hou
se, thereon 1 The whole laying between South and Ship
perft.ets. William Rhoduen's, A lot in Southward,
^o feet front on Catharine-streets between Front arid Se
tond-ftreets, and 101 and a half eet deep, a two ft ry
frame house therein. John Tartiettl, One moiety of
an estate in Southwark, 36 feet front on Second street,
and 2co fe?t d^p, three two story brick houses thereon.
Reynold KeenN, No. 1, 212 acies, in the Northern Li
berties, three mil s from the city, a very elegant house,
and sundry other improvements; No. 2, Twenty-four
acres a- joining the above. All which will be fold by
Public V.ndwe, at the Court-house, at Philadelphia,
on the eighteenth day of September next. The sales will
continue from dav to day, till the whole be difyefed of.
The teuns of tale will be according to law, as follows,
to nvit, On* fourth part cf the purchase-money to be
paid in ten d^s after sale, or the premises again to re
vert to the State, and the bidder liable to forfeit thefaid
one-fourth of the purchase-money. The remainder
thereof to be paid in one month ; and on a certificate be
ing produced from the Agents, or either of them, of
full payment of the purchase-money, a deed will be gi
ven, as by law directed.
And we the Agents, do alfo' pursuant to law, hereby
notify the claimants of the said preraifes, or any of them,
and creditors of the said John Potts, John Butcher,
Thomas Mackinefs, Christopher Sower, Christopher
Sower, jun. Holton Jones, Samuel Shoemaker, John
Parrock, Joel Evans, John Tolley, George Enfor, Pe
ter Arthur, George Harding, William Rhodden, john
Bartlett, and Reynold Keen, to exhibit their claims and
demands to the justices of the Supreme Court, within
the time limited by law, or they will be for ever debarred
from the recovery thereof.
GEORGE SMITH,],
THOMAS HALE,
TO B E
A SECOND-HAND PHOTON, with Har
ness cumpleat. Enquire at toe house of John
frox, in Fourth-street near Race street.
PHILADELPHIA: Printed and Sold by JOHN DUNT A p • A
, j v nu uAI, A p, m Market-Arm,
TO BE SOL D,
BE A VER of a good quality, on reasonable terms,
in large or small quantities, by ROBE RT
CAMPBELL, in Water.ftreet, between Chefnut
and Walnut-streets, Philadelphia.
r 0 bT L~ E T,
AM ERCHANr MILL on Whiteclay Creek
tide, with a divelling-hcufe and several acres of
land, situate in Mill creek hundred, Newcattle county,
on Delaware, five miles from Wilmington, and about
fourteen from the Head of Elk. Any person inclining
to rent may know the terms by applying to JAMES
MARSHA L L, near Brandywine Bridge.
Io be SOLD at Private Sale,
A PLANTATION situated in Red Lyon hun-
Q drrd, N # w% (tie county, state of Delaware, seven
ria e$ from Chiiftiana Bridge, five from Hamburgh,
three from Port Penn, twelve from the Head of Elk,
two from two merchant mills, and three frem threedif
fer nt places of worship ; Adjoining lands of Mr. Antho
ny Dufhane and others; containing 234 acres cf land,
Ro wneieof is marsh and maplefwamo will banked, and
the grrateft part drained and fit for grass ; one hundred
acres of land cleared and divided into five fields, with
water r, each field; the land and marsh is very pood,
and well calculated for either grazing or farming;
acres of woodland well timbered. There are on said
premises a trama dwelling house, kitchen, granary.
bar% ,ble $ , and other out-houses in tolerable repair,
a small apple and peach orchard, and a well of excellent
'' ""' b '"° S '"d place is beautifully fitu
ateji between St. George's Creek bounding on the south,
and Dragon Run on the north, the meadow grounds
b in ^ ° n laid creeks, with the upland between. Any
per on inclining to purchase may know the teims and
have a view of the landw by applying to the fubferiber,
in (xcil county, near the Head of Elk.
u ISAAC THOMAS.
b the above place is not fold before the 24th
p, pt ; mber T " " ; " be fold on that day at
Public Vendue on the preraifes. j. T.
A r ' "ladelfebia, Auouft 1770.
SIXTY DOLLARS REWARD.
S T Q YED °:1d OLE N fr ° m offthe Commons,
R , SE> branded GD on the near
moulder several white foots on hi, back, c n hi, right
?°1 ^ f ? r Larger than a round dollar, about
fi teen hans high, seven or eight years old. Whoever
takes up said h®rfe and delivers him to Jacob Hiltz-
HEIMER Efa; D. W. M. Gen. in Philadelphia ihall
receive tne above reward, or if stolen, and the horse re
"'nrrd and 'n i^ es b , u ^ ht to justice, One Hundred
and Twenty Dollars, from ^icu
Philadelphia, Seple^l^ ^
SIXTY DOLLARS REWARD.
QTR AYED or STOLEN about two weeks ago,
d from a pasture belonging to Peter Rose, about cue
role from the Middle Ferry, in Blockley to^nßup, a
bay M ARE, used to the laddie, four years old, about
fourteen hands high, a natural pacer, one of her hind
feet white, a (brand white foip in her face, her m?ne
bangs cn each fide, and on her back a saddle spot.
Whoever takes her up and nil! deliver her to the tub
fetwer, living in Third street, nearly opposite Cherry
Alley, or to laid Peter Rufe, (lull have a reward of
Twenty Dollars, besides nec'ffuy charge', and if ftoleQ
(hall have for the rare and thief the above reward of
Six'v D^hr,. EBENEZER COWELL.
T^l i l'le r wan Te d.
A SINGLE MAN who understands the Mi'lering
bufioefs (or can a& as second hand in a mill) and
can bring a recommendation of his honesty and lobriety,
will meet with good wages and constant employment,
in a healthy part of the country, within twenty miles
of Philadelphia. Apply to the Printer hereof. 3
Artillery Park, Augufl 10.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
DESERTED from my company cfCol. Crane' 3
regiment of Artillery, about the firtt of Aurnft,
CHARLES HEWIT, a native of ireland, a shoe
maker by trade, about five feet five inches high, dark
complexion, a little marked with the small pox, black
hxir tied behind which inclines to curl. It is supposed
he is gone to Philadelphia, as ha has a wife living in that
city. Whoever will secure him in any gaol and give in
formation to Major Coren in Philadelphia, fhali be en
titled to the above reward, and receive the thanks of
JOHN LILLIE, Capt. Artillery.
TO BE SOL D
A VALUABLE Plantation or Tra& of Land,
adjoining to St-ney Creek, in Upper Paxton town
fhin, Lancaster county, containing three hundred and
thirty acres of land, with an allowance of fix per cent,
for roads, &c. a small part of said place ri cleared, on
which part is ere&rd a log house, &c. the remainder is
very well wooded, and a considerable proportion thereof
may be made meadow.
Alb to be disposed of, a two story brick Meffuage or
Tenement and Lot of Ground, in Coates's street, be
t^ern Second and Third-street:; the lot is eighteen by
sixty eight feet, clear of groundrent. For further par
ticulars and terms of sale enquire of WOODDROP
'I MS, in Water-street, between Spruce and Pine
ib^. Philadelphia.
T 0 ' BE 3 () r.'T),-
m NEGRO MAN about twenty-five years of age,
is a good farmer, understands driving a carriage,
end can take care of horft-s Enquie of Frederick
Hitner, Currier, in Wrinut-ftreer, between Second
and Third ftrects, Philadelphia.
PATRICK M'CARTEY.
. Philadelphia, July 28.
WAN T E D,
^ ° f the Public Offices in this city,
A C LER K who writes a good hand, can be well
A recommended, and understands book keeping and
f"°"?", Very genteel wages will be gi,en toanfo.
son whose charader and ablities are adequate to th^
above description. Enquire of the Printer.
To the Gentlemen, Freeholders ^Freemen of
the County of Newcastle, in the State of Dela
ware.
Gentlemen,
NEAR feventten years have expired fi ,ce you firft
chose me to repretent you in Gemrrl Assembly.
In: continuation of that choice, especially during the
bat five,ears (when I refined cut of your State) exhibits
the strongest proofs of your approbation of my political
conduct, and mud manifest to the world, that'the fi nu
nients of the representative and he represented, particu
larly refpe&ing the great and important content with
Great-Britain, and the meafurefradofted to obtain aacr,
liberty and fafety, were the fame." Your affairs new
wear the mod promising afpe& both at home ?i d abroad;
and, as I find it to be absolutely imp:a&:cable for mt io
dttcharge my duty to you as I wifn in my present firths,
I must reiterate my request, that at the enduing aim. # T
election you will be phari4 to choose some other f^cn
to occupy the feat I have the honor to fill in your Legis
lature. I am, Gentlemen, with the utmost gratitude
and refpea, Your most devoted,
and very humble firvant,
THOMAS M-KEAN.
Philadelphia, Sept. 3, 1779.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
STR AYED or STOLEN the night of the 26th
of August last, a bright bay HORbE, 7 vea.s cld,
14 and a halfhands high, a star in his loieh^d, ene
of his bind feet white, and branded or , one of his dG ks
with a kind of aK. Whoever biings said Horse to the
fubferiber, (hall have the above reward, and teafor.able
charges paid. w. WILL.
One Hundred and Ffo Dollars Regard.
DAN AWAY on the 3 oth of August, from the
Schooner Committee, Captain Briffon, two French
sailors, one named Jouane Antoine Mory, of Leg
horn, ofen ordinary Nature, about thirty-two years of
age, and brown complexion. The other named Fran
cois Figaro, of G^nna, about twenty years of age,
(mail size and brown complexion. Whoever will an
prehend the said men so that they may be delivered to
the Corfu! of France, Shall receive the above reward,
and Fifty Dollars over and above.
J PROCT, A MATIO N.
WH EP.E AS the Honorable Thomas M-Kfan,
Esq; Chief Justice, Wiliam Augustus at-
T,ER, Esq; second Juitice, and John Evans, E:q; thud
Justice of the Supreme Court and of rhe Coutts of Oyer
and Terminer and General Gtol Deliver, for the Coin
monwealth of Pennsylvania, have ifoert their precept,
bearing date the zift inftaft, to me d'lt&cd, dor hold
ing a Court of Oyer and Terminer and General G-ol
Delivery at the State-hcufe in the city of Piibdelphia
for the city and ceca, of Poilad&lpir, cm Monday the
twentieth day of September next: NOTICE is here
by given to all justices of the Peace, the Cefoner, Ef
^heator and Constables, within ?he fddci(y and county,
that they be then and there in their ^rr perfens, ^itm
them rolls, records, indiftmentf, ayr.lother remem
brances, to do those things which to their offices in that
behalf appertain to be dore. Arid e!l they who will
prosecute against the prisoners thrt ate er then shall be
in the gaol of the fold city and county, ore to be then
and there to prosecute against them as shall b< ~d; and
all others whom it may concern are dtihed to t^ke
notice hereof, and to govern thcmfelves accordingly.
Dated at Philadelphia, the thirtieth day pt Augoh, in
the year of our Lord One thousand riven bundled and
seventy-nine.
JAMES CLAYPOOLE, Sheriff.
GOD SAVE THE PEOPLE.
TO BE SOL D,
A NEAT four wheeled Phaeton or Chaise, with
steel Springs, iron axel-trees, and brass caps, with
Harness comphat, not much the worse fer wear ; a light
four wheeled Waggon, with a covered top, alra ft new (
a tingle horse Chair, with Hamefs complex. Enauire of
the Printer.
Two Hundred Dollars Reward.
STOLEN from the fubferiber, living in Oxford
township, within five miles of Philadelphia, on the
28th of last month, a bay HORS E, fifteen hands
high, trots and canters well, low in firth, died before
with steel toes Something the worse for wear, his mane
hangs cn the left fide, which is black as well as his tail,
he is a rigilen; together with a fiddle and bridle little
the worse for wear. They were taken by one John
Arthur, an oftler then in my Service, about five feet
eight or nine inches high, sandy complexion with thin
hair; he has been a soldier in the Continental service,
and has a difeharge to return to his native abode in
Charlotte county, Virginia. He also took with him a
white blanket, furtout coat which is too large for him,
a pair of tow trowfers, old (hoes and plated buckles, an
eld round hat very greasy, and a new Russia fheetm^
As the owner has heard that he is bound home
wards, it is likely he may offer the horse for sale. Who
ever secures the thief and horse (hall have the above re.
ward, paid by
6 SAMUEL DAVIS.