The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-09-12 00:00:00, page 1

%/be Freeholders and others, Electors of the
Confit, of Philadelphia.
Gentlemen,
1A M very fenfire of the honor done me, by your
rising me one of your Representatives in Alfcmb.y
the tail year, and I hept I than never ihrink from the
favice of my country whenever necuffity and the com
muriity reqire it. But as there are others muon more
gapibri, aadit being inconvenient for me, therefore re
"te ft, thatat the coining els&ion you win be pleased to
Clwle fo^ othe person to occupy the feat I haw the
'iohort^hl £ im, & hikmen, w&h the utmost grati
tude and rdp.% your molt devoted and very humble
servant, ' EDWARD HESTON.
Four Hundred Dollars Reward.
TA N AWAV on WFdp'&F'X 'be 6 h instant, a
/A. ^GfIOE ^^N, named Duke, about 35 years
. old, R,merJ oci%ing t^M. D,Linton, now the pro
perty of .he Miuliier Ok F>anye. He is about five feet
four inches high, Itrong .ndlofty, has in cad fhoifidriri,
is remarks: y thick lipped and hJ led almoftall his fore
teeth ; had on 3 c^arfe yellow linen jacket and tiowfert,
the jeke# quite flatr, is luopofec to have taken with him
a pair of (trey cloth overalls, al®od ne^, and* a Drge
lininTock.' Whoever apprehends ' Aid N -groe, lball, bn
delivering hilm to M. CAERE, at the house of theMi
nift-r of France, receive the above repaid.
Four Hundred Dollars Reward.
WAS STOLEN lad aw^^ut of the fable.of
the iublcAb^r in Moorland townffiip, Philadelphia
county, near the Crooked Billet, „ oro^nifo way lie,YE,
four years old, a natural trotter, neither brand nor car.
mark, tiarfa long tv^hY not been do ked, food Wore,
and has been lately g^l-d with the cobar on both Ib&ul
oers and neck. Who^vertakev up fa^ 3-Je, ^ n< ! brings
him w the fuSfaiber, and fecorcs the thief, so that he
may be brought to ju&ice, ^li have toe above rewaid,
or Two Hundred Dollars for the Horie only, and all
reifoucharges pri; by
September .RIVARD EATON.
Two Hundred Dollars Reward.
11 AN- A WAY from the subscribers, twoap
[ prentice buys, one named Robert RrLinfor., a
rope maker by trade, 17 years of age, 5 feet 6 r 7 inch
es high, fair smooth face, frefh coc-p cxiun, ii 6 ht co
loured hair, luben lodk, ^<uks ciumiy, may piotefs
himfclfa barber and hair-driller,and is thought t@ h ve
goneon board feme outwore b^und veil-1 : Fuck with
him orte brown cloth and one red.corded round &rud
upper jacket with lleeves, a white rioth pest, a pair of
white cloth overalls, 4dme<;oarfe@irts, linen tropin,
two hats, &<:.
The other named Casper Fitoner, aged 19 year#, by
trade a collar and darnels ranker; 5 feet 5 ct 6 inches
high, pitted with the fnall pox, a tu'.l freckled face,
bro^n hair, wtD made : Took with him, a wool hat, a
brown jacket with trieves, lincey vest, wo pair of trow
feY, one almost new. a pair of new flu>e. c , a pair of
square pinchbeck buckles, &::. Whoever takes up Did
Ws;'and Retires them in goal, or firings them to the
fubferibers, living in Marker street, Pnilartelphia, ffiail
" have rhe above reward, or One Hundred Dollars lor
each, and rtafonable changes, peal by
lAMES LANG, Roper Maker, and
peter cress, staler.
N. B. All nu&rs o' vebe^, are. forbid to enter, har
bor, Of ci ry'them off at trek peril.
P.il driplua. September 8,? 1780.
TO BE 8 O L D,
r^ WO LOTS,cf GROUND dj^ept to each
& other, and me on? thereof adjoining St. Fern's
Church lot in Third-fret, fQuthwarTul Pin/ftrett.
On one of these lots a Brick Tenement is u redUd,
and on the other a Black-Smith', Shop, the former
Clear of ground rent, the latter fubjed to a ground
rent of four pounds hajd. per annum. The lots are
each 20 feetfront on Tbird-ftreet, and extend wefta^r 1
in depth 198 fee,t. Apply to the fubtenber in Third
ftreet, between Pine and Spruce ftree+s,
ANDREWDOZ.
Three Spanish Milled Dollars Reward.
CTOLEN hit night out ol the paßure of the fub
' scriber; living in Richland tow.nfhip, Bucks county,
a likely pale red C OW, three years old lit spring,
with a white face, white belly and legs, with a short
flitch tail, a little crooked note, and no ear mark. Who
ever feeurea Did Cow, so that the owner mayget her a
gain, shall have the above reward.
JOHN LANCASTER.'
9th month, 6th day.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 178 c;
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OR EtfO^l THE
GEN ER A L ^^B^iOl ADVE R'TISER
[ Published every Tuesday, and Saturday.
To f^e Freeholders and other; Electors^, the Covn.
t, of Philadelphia.
Gentlemen,
I A M gratefully sensible, and return you my sincere
thanks for tha honor you have dofie me, in return
ing me as one of your Reprefentaiive* in General As
sembly, fcr three years pass : But as the office cf Lieu
tenant of the County engross the whole of my tint,
I request you will ddd to the f-vor already cons rred cm
me, by leavirtg; my name out cf the ticket at the enduing
election, and oblige your humble fetvaht,
WILLIAMCOATS.
To be S OLD, by Public Auction,
At the Coffee-Houfe on Tuesday the 12th instant, at
Twelve o'clock.
The BRIG DELIGHT,
Now lying at Hamibpa's Wharf.
Agreeable to an Inventory to be seen at the place cf sale.
Philadelphia^ Aurnft 59, 1780.
To GERMAN DESERTERS.
N OTiCEis hereby given, That all GERMAN
'" DESERTERS from the armies or Gi&t-Bri
tain, wifi me:t wFh proper encouragement for striking
in the R.-yal Regiment of D&nx-Poms, and of th? Dirice
u. r Lauan's IL,ffrrs, both which corps ate no^ ferying
in America under the command of Munfieur le Conue
de Rochimbaau.
Application must b? made to Col. Nicola, at the
B^rgks; or at Mr. Peter Hays's, in Third-ttreet,
n a: Racc-ftreet, wheie an Officer of each corps will be
lound.
N. 3. The advantages of all kind granted to those
wbo will CTifc tile of this opportunity, whether With
r^,€& or the bounties or of visuals and deaths, have
already cbfe&d a large number of deserters in Phila
delphia, 1 hey bare tbe ch6i?e of erdilting in the Buf
fers, commanded by the Duke of Lauznn who is in
Rhode-luand at the head of a legion, or in the German
hgimont called ' Zweybruck, or Royal Deux Ponts,
com&nded iy the Count of D:ux Ponts.
1o be SQL D by private Sale,
? T W 6 Trafy of Land lying in Chefffr roun y, about
1 .forty tl,ee m:les from 'Phikyril/hia, rear ihe',fcn
o' the Waggon, on Lancaster ruidj the one contains
on: bunded find tlx^-two amta h#U acres, sixty clear
e, teri of 6hich is good watered meadow, and ten moic
may be made; the remainder good woodland. There
isa Jog b°u'° %ndban, and a goty bearing etched on
the pumifrsj tile other contains sixty-two and a half
acres of ri^y ^opdiandy twenty acres cleared, add ten
acres pi excellent meadow may be, made. Any perfun
inclining to view the premises, may, by applying to
Cape HEN RY, at she sign ofthe Red Hoile on the
above road, ^d near the premises ; half the purchafe
money mud be paid down, fc remainder in fix months,
credit, and to.be paid in specie erfbe exchange at the
time of payment. Fcr Further particulars enquire of
WILLIAM DEAN, at the George tavern, at the cor
ne: of Second and Arch-ftretts.
A good H rfe and Chair to be fold. Enquire as above-
Philadelphia, September 5, >7BO.
Newtown, Backs county, September 5, 1780.
V£7 °A S committed to niv cullody on the twenty-fe
" venth of August, a NEGROE MAN, who was
committed by the narn^ of Abraham,but now fays his
name is I'E RO, about twenty-kven .years of age, five feet
fix or (even inches high, speaks Dutch and broken
Engidh, but a pood deal onthe Negroe tongue. He fays
he belongs to George Elder, a Mugi fixate in or nem
Paxton. Likewise a NEGROE WENCH, who was
comhiitteri by the name of Bitty, but confefles her
nimt-to be Susannah,ibout twenty three years of age,
Ipcaks Dutch And'broken Englith.' She laysthe belongs
tithe Widow Smith, or her son Samuel Smith, near the
fame place. The Man fays he was bought out of New
jerfey, the Wench out of Efopur, in the State of New-
York. But their dotf^ffi in was with so much reluctance,
and (peeking bad English, that no cleft description can
be given of the place they came from. The owners are
desired toeome, pay charges, and t^ke them away.
JAMES GREGG, Goaler.
A CYDER-PRESS,
An Iron Screw 7 inches diameter, 1 with or with-
One ditto, 4 ditto. > out the
One ditto, 3 ditto, 3 Freffes,
Two Iron Doors and Bars for Furnaces, and a number
of Iron Plates. Enquire of Richard Wells, in Arch
ftteet.
To the Independent ELECTORS of the City and
County of Philadelphia.
Gentlemen,
Ik ETDR N you my hearty thanks for your vote-,
^nd placing me on the Return ,or Sheriff at the two
I dt General elections, and once thore requeit the favor
of you? votes at the ensuing elusion, for the laid office,
which (hall be ^rUteftify icknwoledgvd by
Your obedient hirmble i^tvant,
JAMES CLAYPOOLE.
To SOLD,
4 VALUABLE ira& of LAN D, lying on
" Jin:% Riv^r, in Virginia, about 35 miles *bove
Richmond,, lately the piat© or hfi'dcriceof Col. William
Fleming, and known n, me name of Mount Pieafont.
It contains fomewhaf more tha'n 1400 acres, about ico
acres of.whith are rich low grounds; rod the remainder
upland of he^firh quahty. It h presided with a dwel
!,tg house, ^^llo,;b,rns and ©ut-houfes, together
»ith sn ?xcelrim t»,chard, and is esteemed in proportion
toita fiz adh aaron, onboCrn'e mod value 'le estates
foghat country. For tepns apply to Mrs. Byrd, at
Weftov^r, on Jtmes River, Virginia, or to
ROBERT HARE.
TO BE SOIL'D;
Anew well finished BRICK HOUSE, with
a convenient a Joining KITCHE N, being plea
santly situated on the river Schuylkill, being one hundred
and two tert on SaffafrAs or Race-street ; and one hun
dred and fourteen feet fix inches on Athlon street, well
adapted for a gentleman having a small family. For
'tetmsappiy to WILLIAM DELLAP, in Water-street
near Chefaut street,
'Who has for SALE,
COFFEE by the barrel,
VIN EGAR by tne cafl<, and
SPERMACETI CANDLES.
Pmladeipriia, September 9, 1780.
Imil.j. .1.- t -CTB __~_c.«„__„—^ WWMOTWl terßPrahetßPQ
f, R OKE into the pasture of the fubferiber living in
, Little' Britain Township, Lancaster Count,, the
15 b cf Juriehft, a'l^rge Strawberry Roan HORSE,
p^ces and trots, thod ad bound, has neither b;.ud nor
bar mark, he is about 6 years old. The owner is oefi
red to come, p ove his property, pay charges, and take
him away. JOHN ATCHISO N.
A Gold-headed C A N E,
%%T AS left in feme Gentleman's house in this city,
VV, about.tae beginning of May last. The owner
requefa, that the person in whefe poffefen it may be,
would be so obliging a# to fend it to the Printer.
Diftrid cf Southwark, September 2, 1700.
Five Hundred Dollars Reward.
CTOLEN out of the fobfrribei's field, on the night
U o' the ill intt. a dark brown HORS E, 8 yearsold,
between 14. ^nd 15 hands high, paces, trots and hand
gallons, marked oh the near (boulder and off buttock
witbii. Whoever takes up Did horse and thief, so
that the owner may get bis horse, and the thief convic
ted, (hall hdve the above reward, or for the horse alone
Four Hundred Dollars, and reasonable charges.
JOSEPH JOHNSON.
Four Hundred Dollars Reward.
(STRAYED or STOLEN from off the Commons of
O Wilmington, Newcastle county, about the 18th inst.
(July) a black HORSE, 5 years old, with a small
star in hit face, and a few vbhite hairs on the top of his
back, neither brand or ear mark, a natural treter, (hod
all rc und. Whoever takes up-said Horse, (hall hav4
.Three Hundred Dollars, and if stolen, and the
tpiei brought to Justice, the above reward and all rea
fouable charges, paid by
FRANCIS ROBINSON.
Two Hundred Dollars . Reward.
STOLEN off the fubf-ribeis hot fe, at tie house of
Robert Adu's Inn keeper, at tit F ur La ?;-^n%
Bucks c uvry, on the noth day U August last % ^ft,
Mah'^ SADDLE almost new, withblue and w],!c bou
fin stripes, running lengthways the Saddle. Tne thief
Lippof d to h^ve taken the Saddle, also Hole a MARE
from Samuel Mitchell, which by information; left the
Aid Mare near the Forks of B wndywine,which theown
erialm pofftffiob again. Any perlon or perfpns th,t will
deliver the fuddle to Mr. William Dean, Inn-keeper, at
the sign of the George, at the corner of Arch and
Second -streets, Philadelphia, or to the owner in Brif
toi, (hall receive the above repaid.
September 4, 1780. DENNIS DAILY.