The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-04-27 00:00:00, page 4

TREASURY-OFFICE, Philadelphia, April 3d, 1779.
Ordered, . 1
'7 HAT all persons who have been entrusted with
I public money before the 25th day of March lafi,
(and who are not accountable to the Auditors of the Ar
my, or the Commissioners of Accounts at Albany) im
mediately transmit their accounts tQ the Auditor General
for settlement, on failure whereof they will be prosecuted
Without further notice.
By order of the Boatd of Treasury,
JOHN NICHOLSON, Clerk.
The several Printers throughout the United States are
requested to insert this notice, and continue it in their pa
pers fix weeks.
Philadelphia, April I<>, 77-91
TH E Public are hereby advertised, that the ml es
tates late of Joseph Galloway, and Andrew Alien,
Esquires, late members of the Congress of the Thirteen
United Colonies, now States, of America, for Pennsylva
nia* William Allen, the younger, Esquire, Sometime a
Captain, and afterwards a Lieutenant Colonel of a regiment
or battalion of foot, in the service of the Said United Colo
nies, now States, of America; James Rankin and John
Rankin, both late of the county of York, yeomen ; Jaeob
Duche, the younger, late of the city of Philadelphia, hte
Chaplain of the Cengrffs of the Said United States; Gil
bert Hicks, late of Bucks county, yeoman ; Samuel Shoe
maker, late Alderman of the city of Philadelphia ; John
Potts, late of Potts-grove, in the county of Philadelphia,
yeem'an ; Nathaniel Vernon, late Sieriff of Chester couuty;
Christian Foutts, late Lieutenant Colonebof militia, in the
coupty of Lancaster ; John Biddle, late of Berks county,
yeoman, late Collector of Excise for the Said county, and
late a Deputy Quarter Master of the army of the United
States ; John Roberts, late of the county of Philadelphia,
miller ; Abraham Carlifle, house-carpenter ; John Par
rock, yeoman; Philip Marchi^ton, trader; Alexander
Bartram, trader; Joel Evans, merchant ; John Hender
son, mariner ; Alexander Smith, blacksmith : and William
Austin, yeoman, late keeper of the New-Jersey Ferry;
all of the city of Philadelphia: Christopher Saur, the
elder, Ute of Germantown, printer; David Thompson,
Shipwright; John Tolly, mariner; both late of South
wark ; Henry Hugh Ferguson, Esquire, (late Commissary
of prisoners for General Howe,) heretofore of Graeme-
Park ; all late of the county of Philadelphia: John Ell
wood, late of Bristol townflrip, in Bucks county, water
man ; Samuel Biles, late Sheriff of Bucks county ; Mi
chael Witman, and Henry Skyles, husbandmen; and
George Reine, miller ; all late of Lancaster county : Cur
tis Lewis, blacksmith; and Richard Swanwick, hereto
fore of the Custom-house of Philadelphia ; ,both late of
Chester county, yeomea; and Joseph Romich, late of
Northampton county, yeoman ; and J®hn Young, here
tofore of Graeme- Park, in the county of Philadelphia, late
of the city of Philadelphia, gentleman : And Peter Camp
bell, gentleman, and Isaac Allen, Esquire, Attorney at
law, both late of Trenton, in the State of New-Jersey;
and Andrew Elliot, Esquire, now or late of New-York
city, in the State of New-York, and others, situate,
lying and being within divers counties of this State, for,
feited to the use of the Commonwealth by the attainder of
the said persons and every of them, for high treason, will
be speedily fold by public auction or vendue, to the best
and highest bidders, exonerated and difeharged of all for
mer claims or demands made under any of the said trai
tors; the said real estates to be assured to the buyers, by
deeds or conveyances, under the seal of the State, £gned
by the President or Vice Prendent in Council, upon pay
ment of the purchase money.
And all creditors and others are hereby informed, that
by an Ad of Assembly entitled " An AH for the attain
der of divers traitors if they render not themselves by a
certain day, and for veiling their estates in this Common
wealth, and for more effectually difeovering the fame,
and for afeertaining the lawful debts and claims thereupon,"
three months are allowed to all creditors and others, having
claims and demands on the personal estates, late of the
traitors aforefaid, to exhibit the fame ; the said three
months to be reckoned from and after the date of the
entry of such estates in the register ke^t by the Secretary of
the Supreme Executive Council; and in fix months for all
claims on the real estates, late of the traitors aforefaid, to
be reckoned from and after the date of the entry of such real
estates, on the register kept by the Sheriff of the county
where such forfeited real effate lies: All such claims and
demands to be made before the Judges of the Supreme
Court in term time ; or in the vacation, to the Chief Jus
tice, written on parchment or paper signed by the parties
making the fame, or by their attorneys, or o,ther represen
tatives; teftified by two or more fubferibing witnesses, the
fame ; or in default thereof, every such claim or demand,
to be void. ,
AND WHEREAS by a Supplement to the" Aft
of Assembly aforefaid, it is directed, that whenever such
intended sales, (the sales of the said real estates forfeited
as aforefaid) shall be advertised, public notice fliall be also
given, that the creditors of the said traitors, and all claim
ants upon the said refpeftive estates, fliall exhibit their
several claims and demands to the Justices of the Supreme
Court, for payment or fatisfadion, as is by the said ACT
directed, within fix months thereafter, if residents within
this State, or within twelve months, if residents within any
other of the United States, or be forever barred from the
recovery thereof; provided always nevertheless, that if any
creditor or claimant (hall at the time of such notice given,
be within the age of twenty-one years, feme covert, non
compos mentis, imprisoned, or beyond sea, that then
such persons shall be at liberty to exhibit their claims or
demands, as other persons now may, within fix months,
er if residents within any other es the United States,
within twelve months after such disability is removed;
Wherefore public notice is hereby accordingly given ;
and all creditors and others concerned are hereby called
upon to make their claims, and proceed in the manner as
is in and by the said Ads of General Assembly directed.
Fnblijhed by order of the Council,
TIMOTHY MATLACK, Secretary, and
Keeper of the Register for forfeited estates.
PHILADELPHIA: Printed and Sold by .J OHN DUNL AP, in Market-street,
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY of Pennsylvania.
Saturday, March 2.oth, 1,79.
THE petition of James Martin, and the report of the
' Committee appointed to confider his case, were again
read and coufidered, and thereupon
Refolded, That the said James Martin have leave to
bring in a bill the next session of this Assembly, for the
purposes of divorcing him from his wife Elizabeth Martin :
And that the said James Martin be required to publish this
resolution in the PennfylvaifePacket, or some other pub
' lie newspaper of this date, two months before he brings in
the said bill. Extras from the Minutes,
JOHN MORRIS, Junior,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
At the Coffee h^ufe, on Fourth day the 28th irritant,
the sale to begin at Eleven o'clock,
ALL the Real Estate of James Young, Esq; de
ceased, confining of the following trails or parcels
of land; viz. One valuable plantation containing two
hundred and seventy-two and a half acre, lituate in
Northampton county, within three ' miles of Eafton, on
the Bush kill Creek, (a beautiful and never failing
stream abounding with a variety of fith) about eighty
acres of the land are cleared, the remainder remarkably
well-timbered, and the whole in quality exceedingly
good. There are on the premises a log house, barn, &c.
One traft of two hundred and ninety-nine acres and
three quarters, in the count, of Bedford, fimate on the
waters of Jacob's Creek. The titles are indisputable.
To be fold also, the Frights which the deceased had in
the following tra&, viz. One trad of three hundred
and ninety-one acres, on or near the forks of Kilhkima
natus River, where Loyal Hannan Creek falls into it.
One ditto of two hundred and feventy-five acres, situate
on the east fide of the Allegany River, being on'both
sides of the old trading path leading from the Kifhkims.
natus old town towards Chartres old town. One ditto
of three hundred and fifty-eight acres, situate near the
above, on the forks of Kifhkimanatus River.
One ditto of five thousand acres, in the State of Vir
ginia, in pursuance of his Britannic Majesty's proclama
tion in the year 1763, surveyed the 24th July, 1773, si
tuate on the waters of Saltlick Cretk, a branch of the
Ohio River. One ditto of two thousand acres, surveyed
in pursuance of the above proclamation, situate on the
waters of Salt Creek, a branch of the Ohio River, in
the State of Virginia.
All persons having any demands against the estate of
the deceased, are requested to produce their accounts
that they may be adjusted; and all those who are in
debted to said estate are desired to make speedy payment
to ISAAC HOWELL,
SAMUEL WETHERILL,r x " ut ° m
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY of Pennsylvania.
Monday, April 5, 1779.
WHEREAS tae Honorable the 'Continental Con
gress have for various go?d reasons called out of
circulation the whole of the emissions of May 201 b, 1777,
and April nth, 1778, under certain regulations as men
tioned in their resolve of January 2d, 1779:
AND WHEREAS the manner ot exchange as
therein mentioned would be grievous and burthenfome
to many of the good people of this State by reason of
their very great diftaace from the place of exchange,
the fmaiinefs of the quantity many of thole persons are
poffefled of, and the enormity of travelling charges:
Many under these circumstances h^d better loft their
little all than spend it in negociating an exchange :
J herefore this House, ever desirous to relieve the dis
tresses of their constituents as much as in them lies, do
Resolve, That Thomas Hyflop be and is hereby ap
pointed a Commissioner of Exchange for the county of
Chester, John Hubley for the county of Lancaster, Mi
chael Hahn for the county of York, John Agnew for
thercounty of Cumberland, Joseph Heefter for the coun
ty of Berks, John Arndt for the county of Northampton,
David Efpie for the county of Bedford, Robert Martin
for the county of Northumberlard, and Edward Cocke
for the county of Weftmoreland, under the regulations
herein after mentioned, viz.
Thflt each of the said Commissioners of Exchange be
fore named shall give public notice in their refpe&ive
counties of their appointments to that duty, and (hall,
upon applications made, receive iuch sums of money of
the dites before-mentioned as may be offered for ex
change by every inhabitant of this State before the (lift
day of June next and pass his receipt for the fame, and
shall make fair entries in a book prepared for that pur
pose of the names and firnamts of each person depositing
money as also of the sum ot money so deposited, keep
ing each man's money in a bundle by itfelf dud indorsed
with the owner's name and the number of dollars con
tained: , ,
That each of the Commissioners aforefaid fliall, before
the fidt day of June next, deposit all the money by hia
received for the purpose of exchange into the Conti
nental Loan-Offi e of this State/ taking the Continental
Loan Officer's receipt for the fame, agreeable to the re
folutioh of Congrels :
That the (aid Commissioners of Exchange shall receive
from the Commissioner of Loans new bills to the amount
of the sum deposited for exchange, and shall as soon as
convenient repay the perlons and cancel his receipts,
referring to himfelf out of each man's money at the rate
of two and a half dollars for every hundred dollars for
his trouble and expenses in negociaring laid exchange.
Ordered, That the Cl^rk of this House he directed to
publish these refolution# in all the German and English
news-papers once every week for one month.
Extras from the Minutes
JOHN MOR RIS, Junior,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
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Philadelphia, 0 month gth.
To be SOLD at Public Sale,
Philadelphia, April 22.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
On Wednesday next, the zß:h infant, at the Coffee
houfe, at Six o'clock in the evening,
EIGHT Trails of L A N D, warranted, fui veyed,
and returned in the Surveyor General's Ossie,
joining each other, containing two ihoufand fix hundred
acres, on Black Lets Creek, in Armstrong township, in
the county of Weftmoreland, known tov the name of
Wilson's Meadows. Its quality and filiation is so
well known, that it is unnecessary to, fay any thing in
its praise, being situated in the midst of a thick fettled
-fertile country, the upland thong a,nd level, timbered
cririefly with walnut, ash and tickoiy being well calcu
lated for making the belt flock firm in Pennlylvania.
The terms will be made known at the time of sale, by
ISAAC MELCHER,
JOHN VANDEREN, Jun.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
On Wednesday the twenty-eighth instant, at the house
of Col. Richard Wefcott, at the Forks of Little Egg
havbour, The following VESSELS, viz.
TH E Sloop Hornet, burthen about frventy tens,
mounting 8 four poundes and 6 fwivris, a frit
sailer, being compleatly fried for a privateer, and now
ready for sea, per inventory to be seen at he day of sale.
The schooner Rattle Snake, burthen about fory tons,
mounting 6 two-pounders and 6 fivels, fails remarka
bly faft, and now ready for sea, being compkatly fitted
for a privateer.
The Slot), Chance, burthen about thirty-five tons,
her fails all rew, and now ready for in, being com
plexly fitted.
At the fame time and place will he fold, a quantity of
Goods, three g@od Anchors, a quantity of Sails, and
sundry other articles of Merchandize.
Forks, April 16. JOSEPH BALL.,
Philadelphia, April 9.
To be S OL D at Public Sale,
On Wednesday evening the twenty-eighth irritant, at
' the Ceftee-boufe, ~
THE HULLS of the Continental Frigates Wash
' INCTON and Effingham, as they now lie at the
lower fide of South-fret wharf.
FOR S A L
On the twenty-eighth pf April infant,
A VERY valuable Traft of Land, on Oftorata, con
" taining two hundred and nine acres, twenty of
which are exceeding good cleared meadow : There are on
it a commodious dwelling-house and all kinds of out
houses. The money to be paid on the day of sale, ts
at the time of conveyance,
JOHN HALL, Senior.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
At the Coffee-houfe, on Thursday the twentywiinth
infant, at Seven o'clock in the evening,
A THREE flory brick House and two story brick
Kitchen, Situated ort the weft fide of Front-fireet,
four do6r; above Vine-street, now in the tenure of Mr.
Lawrence Swarp; the lot is seventeen feet three inches
front and one hundred and thirty-five feet deep, clear
of ground-lent, with the privilege of an alley. The
emissions out of circubtion will be taken in pyment..
To,be SOLD by Public Vendue,
On Tuesday the fourth of May next, at eleven o'clock
in the morning, on the prem-fes, if not before fold by
private sale,
A LOT of ground situate on the east fide of Third
ftreet, opposite Benjamin Chew, Esquire's, con
taining sixty feet in front anti ore hundred feet in depth,
on which is er^aed a (table and coach house, being a
corner lot to York street, and fubje& to a ground-rent
of 61: sterling per annum.
And on the fame day, at Three o'clock in the after
noon, will be fold @n the premife^, if not before fold by
private file, one half of a lot of ground situate on Pegg's
Run, containing ninety feet in breadth and two hun
dred feet in depth, (adjoining Mr. Howarth's tan-yard)
with the valuable improvements thereon, consisting of a
dwelling-house, bark-house, curriers, (hop, leather
houfe, and about one hundred tan-pitts or vatts, toge
ther with every other necessary improvement for carry
ing on the tanning business in a very extensive mrnver,
and allowed to be one of the most commodious tan-yards
on the continent.
And on the fame day, at Six o'clock in the evening,
at the Merchants Coffee house, if not before fold by
private sale, two plantations or trafts of land, situate in
Warrington town(hip, Bucks county, twenty miles from
Philadelphia, adjoining Mrs. Ferguson's plantation
called Graeme Park ; one of said plantations is now in
the tenure or occupation of Mr. John Bogart, and con
tains about two hundred acres, a very great proportion
of which is meadow, with a farm house, barn, (tables,
and other necessary improvements ; the other plantation
is now in the tenure or occupation of Mr. Henry
M'Kinftrey, and contains about one hundred and se
venteen acres, a great proportion of which is meadow,
with a farm house, barn, (tables, and other necessary
improvements. The above described plantations will
be fold together, as they adjoin each other and are ca
pable of very great improvements, one third of said
tracts being very well calculated to be made into meadow
at an easy expence. For further particulars enquire of
Mark Freeman, at Afheton Humphreys, Efqdire's,
jn Second-street, near Spruce-street.
N. B. Any one chufing to view said plantations, will
plcafe to call on Mr. James Paull, who lives conti
guous thereto, and will (hew the fame.
TO BE SOL D,
BILLS of EXCHANGE on Charkftown,
South-Carolina. Enquire of the Printer