The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-10-24 00:00:00, page 4

Broker's Office,
^y ISAAC FRANKS,
In Second-fir^et, between Market and Chefnut-fleets,
who is acquainted wuh ever, species of the Broker's
Bufi>ft, a> d is correfant in the Lavs of Exchange
and Barter; A his OFFICE
Dir y Attendance ia given; Secrecy and the u'meft
P mtb^liry ar: obfe ve', in tranta&ing every kind
of B^firefA incident to this Office.
Bills of Exchange, &c.
YT)REIGN Bills of Exchange, either upon France,
[ Spain, Kalian i, Gettenburgh, or anv part ofEt
:r>^; ate Inland BUR, Notre anl Certificates arc ne
, o hAed, rirfcounted or fold with the gre^ft attention
to 'he mterert of the piriy concerned.
Oncers Notes and Certificates, I oan-Office
Certificates, and New-York Depreciati
on Notes,
Are ..negoci^d on thebdterras .• C^(h will be given,
at a very reasonable difeoont, for Officers Notea,
Money Put Out,
From time to tmr, upon such fe<u hy, interest or
allowance, as (ball be agreeable to the parties, either
for a week, month or year.
Merchandize of every Sort,
Where mone, is wanted to be raised immediately by
ftrsngers or other, F received, and fold upon commis
sion : in the tras'^&iag of which bufmefs Fidelity may
be depended on,
Houses and Lands
May be bought or fold by applying to this Office,
held either in fee ftmple, for life or years; in the difpo
fel of which, due regard will be paid to the legality of
title and the right of perlons to transfer.
N. B. As the Business of this Office is
become very extensive, and greatly exceed; his inoft
sanguine expectations, it will be tranfafted upon such
easy terms as cannot fail to ensure a continuance of Bu
fineh.
Negro Fellow, about 40 years
old, that has been iifed to plantation business : he is not
confined for any crime, nor fold for any other reason
than, that the owner has no employment for him. Ap
ply to Mr. SMITH, at the Work house, O&o. 1.
Haym Solomons,
BROKER to the Office of Finance, to the Confu! Ge
neral of France, and to the Traafurer of the French
Army, at bis Office in Front-street, between Mar
ket and Arch-streets, BUYS and SELLS on Com
mission
RANK 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
W Loan-Office Certificates, Con
tinental and State Money, of this or any other state,
Paymaster and Quartermaster Generals Notes ; theft and
every other kind of paper tranfa&ions (bills of ex
change excepted) he will charge hie employers no more
than ONE HALF PER CENT on his Commission,
He procures Money on Loan
for a short time, and gets Notes and Bills difeounted.
Gentlemen and others, refidin, in this state, or any
of the united states, by fending their orders to this Of
fice, may depend on having their business tranfa&ed
with as much fidelity and expedition, as if they were
themselves 'prefect.
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 assidu
ity, punctuality, and extensive connexions in hi# busi
ness, as a Broker, is well established in various parts of
Europe, and in the united state; in particular.
All perlons who fliall please to favour him with their
business, may depend upon his utmost exertion for their
interest, and——
Part of the Money advanced, if required.
N. B. Paymaster-General's Notes taken
as Cadi for Bills of Exchange.
TO BE SOL D,
A HOUSE, STORE and WHARFF, below South
ftreet, between Water-street and the river ; the
hcufeis 31 and a 1-2 feet deep, 19 feet in length, 3 fto.
ries high, a rooms on a floor, two large garrets ; the
store is 24 feet in front and 19 deep ; the length of the
wharffis 72 and a 2-1 feet from the house to to low wa
ter mark, and 19 feet broad ; the whole has the benefit
of an alley ; part of the estate formerly belonging to
Tames Pean. For terms apply to ROBERT STE
PHENS, living in Chefnut-ftrcet, at the sign of the
Kouli Khan.
Isaac Franks, Broker, hath for Sale
Twelve Lots of Ground in the City,
Philadelphia . 4 Printed and Sold by DAFID C. CLAPPOO LE, in Market-Street.
TO EE SOL D, A
Quantity of best James river
Tobacco,
Some very fine Hams, Shoulders and Fletch Bacon,
Madeira Wine by the quarter-calk or gallon,
Old Rum by the gallon,
A few barrels of very good Pork,
An Affertment of DRY GOODS, &c. &c. June 4.
THE fubferibers to tiw run of the
Lines and Fortifications at York-
Town, in Virginia, who have sub
scribed with the Printer of this Paper, are
requeued to call for their Copies before it
be too late. —And as many Gentlemen may
wish to be Applied with this beautiful Me
morandum of that great Event, they are
hereby informed, that a few Copies remain
to be disposed of. —It is scarcely neceflary
to mention cither the Excellency and Ac
curacy of this Work, or the Importance of
that mod glorious tranfadion in favour of
these States, in which the British General,
Earl Cornwallis, with his whole Army,
were made Prisoners of War.—A Map of
so intcreding a Nature, it is easy to pre
sume, every curious Person in these States
would wish to be possessed of, and leave
to his posterity, as a lively Representation
of one of the mod material Events which
contributed to the Establishment of the
Liberty and Independence of his Country.,
In Water-street. near Tun-alley,
SUPERFINE, second and coarse Cloths,
Coarse Woollens, Blankets and Flannels,
Serges, Coatings and Thickets,
Linens and Sheetings,
Light and heavy Sail Duck,
Calicoes and Chintz,
Tea, Pepper, and Spices,
Roll Brimstone, Lead and Tin, &c. &c. O&n. 1.
DAVIS BEVEN,
Has for SALE, at his Store in Second.ft re et, one
door from Pine street, A
Best Holland Quills and Sealing
Wax, Irish Wafers, Writing Paper, Ink
powder, Inkholders, Penknives, Account
Books, Tefbments, Dilworth's Spelling-
Books and Schoolmasters Assistants, Boyer's
French Grammars, Surveyors Compasses,
English Playing Cards, Wrapping Faper,
Parchment, &c. &c. &c.
TO BE SOLD BY
DAVID C. CLAYPOOLE,
In Market-street, Philadelphia.
Imported in the last vessels from France, and in the
Herr Adams, just arrived from Amfterdsm, and to
be Sold by the Bde or Package, at the STORE of
H. SHIEL D,
In Market ftr^et, between Sixth and Severith Greets.
SUPERFINE Broad Cloths, Flannels, Flanders
Sheeting, Britannia, Laval, Ponthias and Non
batteau Linens, clear Lawns, Cambr'cks, Checks, Sat
tins, Lutftrin%s and Mantuat of diherent colours, silk
tambour Waistcoats, faun and kidskin Glaves. Sept. 18.
Just OPENE D, a VARIETY of
Superfine CLOTHS,
Of the firft QUALITY and most fafhionable CO
LOURS ALS 0,
The north fide of Mmket-ftreet, between Fourth and
Fiftb-ftreets. Sept. 24.
With many other ARTICLES too tedious to
enumerate, which will be SOLD on reafonnble
Terms, for Cash, Bills of Exchange, or Country Pro
duce, By
Q ATTINS, Peelong &
Q Sarfnetts,
Plain and coloured
mens and womens silk cot
ton and worsted Bale,
Yard wideßarcelonaHand
kerchiefs,
Neat bordered linen and
check ditto,
Sewing Silk,
Silk waistcoat Patterns,
KUHN & RISBERG,
Peter Whitefide, & Co.
FOR SA L E, BY
Kidd Gloves, fine Linens,
Brown, crimson, flefh and
cinnamon colour'd Cam-
Callimancoes,
A neat Assortment of
Chintzes and Calicces,
Checks,
Bedticks,
Three-quarter and yard
wide Britannias.
Sotithwatk Au&ion.
THIS
MORNIN G,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
MERCHANDIZE,
As USUAL: ALS O,
Houfhold Furniture & Wearing
A PPA R E L, &c. &c.
WILLIAM BROWN, AuXioneer.
N B. Hand-Bills will be discontinued for the fu
ture, except on particular Occasions.
At the City Auction,
OttMONDAY Next,
The 28th of October,
At N TN E o'Clotk in the MORNING,
Will begin the SALE,
Of a GENERAL ASSORTMENT of
MERCHANDIZE,
Houfhold Goods, Kitchen Furniture
AND
WEARING APPAREL, &e.
JOHN BAYARD, AuXicneer.
N. B. The City AuXion will be held for the future
on every MONDAY. As constant Attendance is giv
en at the Store for the Reception of Goods, it is desir
ed (when not inconvenient) that the Goods may be
sent before the Day of Sale.
Lancaster, October 7, 1782.
Five Guineas Reward.
LO S Ton the roa 3 Lading from Lancaster to An
derson's ferry, on the Susquehanna, fupoofed
to be somewhere near the five mile stone, FIVE
LETTERS from Europe, directed for British officers,
prisoners of war at Yorktown, under an open cover,
addieffed to captain SAUMAREZ, of 23d regiment,
or R. W. F. Whoever has found such a Packet, ana
brings it to the Commissary of Prisoners at Lancaster
or Yoik town, or to any British Officer at either of
these posts, shall receive the above Reward.
Eight Dollars Reward.
RAN-AWAY last Sunday evening from the (übferi
ber, a Ne^ro Winch, nuned PHEBE, is about
28 or 30 yctrs of age, foe is very lefty, and most pro,
pie take her for a Mulatto ; die is full faced, and has &
forbidding countenance, he took with her a lofty, for
female Mulatto child, between 2 or 3 years old, file was
fern last Monday morning, between Second-street bridge
and the Draw.bridge, and is no doubt concealed by
some free Negroes, in or about ths town. Whoever
secures her so that the fubferiber can get her again, ffiali
have the above reward and reasonable charges, paid by
J 1 " 1 * 4. Thomas cullen.
Thirty Dollars Reward.
RAN-AWAY on the 9th September, from the
futferiber, a negro Fellow named STAFFORD,
about 18 years of age, thin visage, with pretty
large lips and small legs, and in general does not look
very pleasant. He is very artful and no doubt will en
deavour to pass as a free man : had on when he went
away, a small black hat with a small black feather in it,
short brown cloth coat with a red velvet cape, scarlet
waistcoat, brown breeches with thread Rocking#, and a
pair of pumrs with pinchbeck buckles in them. Who
ever will deliver the laid Negro to the Warden of the
Work-house or the fubferiber, living in Philadelphia,
in Third street between Vine and Race streets, fliall have
the above Regard and all reasonable Charges paid, by
Gao. 18. EDWARD NORTH.
N. B. The coat and waistcoat has been turned,
which is visible by ihe button holes.
Peter Lohra,
BEGS leave to inform the Public in general, and his
Friends in particular, that he has opened a COM
MISSION-STORE and BROKER's-OFFICE, at the
northwest corner of Arch and Water-streets, where he
receives to fell on Commission, all kinds of Merchan
dize : Also buys and fells Bills of Exchange on
France, Spain, Holland, and other parts of Europe •
the Weft- Indies and Inland Bills, Loan-office, Quarter:
master Generals and other Certificates, buys and fells
Houses and Lands, gets Notes and Bills difeounted,
and procures Money on loan for a week, month or
year, and tranfa&s every other kind of business as a
Broker. Those who may please to favour him with
their custom, may depend on having their business done
with the greatest secrecy, care, and dispatch.
N. B. He has for fide—A Pair of Six-pound Can
non, two failing Boats, an Anchor, White and Brown
Havanna Sugars, Madeira Sherry and Port Wines,
Ticklenburgs, Buckram, &c. Odo. 12. 1782.
Fanners OR to be Sold,
By RICHARD WELLS, in Arch-street, above Sixth
ftreet.