The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-11-06 00:00:00, page 3

cartridges.
, 4 pounders 20
6 278 I
9 18 > Cannon.
12 4 0 1
Flannel filled, ^24 226'
4 2-5 inch 341 7
5 i-2 dit. 386 > Mortars.
8 dit. 33'
- 5 1-2 dit. 87 ) Howizers.
( 3 pounders 417")
| 4 236
r 6 836 1
Paper filled, { 9 696 } Cannon.
112I 12 . 8701
.18 900:
124
( Swivels, 185)
f 6 pounders 193'
19 260
! 12 10 ? Cannon.
Flannel empty, fog 502
124I 2 4
; si2inch 93) Howitzers.
18 175)
( 4 pounders 425)
_|6 7°2:
Paper empty, {l2 902 r Cannon,
| lB 53
,24 250 1
(Swivels 2880'
Cylinders, ( 9 pounders 380 )
S H O T.
( ( 3 pounders 50
|4 250
13965
I Loose, < 9 1671
| j 12 1635
j 18 2927
Round, , C 24 750
Fixed with ( 3 pounders 516
flannel cart. ( 6 530
Strapped § I ^ fr ^
• ) 12 712
t cartridges, (
Fixed with ( 3 pounders 287
flannel cart. (6 83
177
6 255
9 54
Case, \ 12 817
Without ~'
cartridges, \ 24
42 ginch 315
5 i-2 dit. 90
t 1.8 97
/ 3 pounders 17
14 33
^I9 ^
[l2 13°
^77
GRA P E.
3 pounders 51
4 52
Round] 6^
80
'24 86
Boxes of loose grape 26
Barrels dit. 1
Rounds of langrel 24
4 pounders 230^
Wads,? 6 ^ 7% Cannon.
1 18 do. 635 )
SHELL S,
42 5 inch, 213 fixed.
512 do. 777
8 do. 150 C unfixed.
13 do. 25 J
Carcasses, 8 inch, 6 fixed.
Handgranades, fixed 602.
Fuzes (512 inch, 5 ! 4 ) ~
fuzes, 8 do. 2o ) fixed.
I pounder 8
3 35
Sponges, 4 8
Ladles, j 6 69
and 1 9 25
Wadhooks, | 12 33
: l8 23
I 24 2
Different sizes, without ftaves, 58.
FIRE-AR M S,
r 5743 with bayonets,
Muskets, j 915 without bayonets,
' 1136 damaged.
Carbines 31
Fuzees 32
Piflols 137
Biunderbuffes brass, ir
Do. iron, 9
Bayonets 688
Bayonet scabbards 1140
Bayonet belts 1777
Cartridge boxes 6444
Tin cannisters 800
Pouches for Yagers 350
Grenad's. match pipes 86
Musket cartriges 266274 fixed with ball
Powder 83 barrels
89 half-barrels
Sabres 1925, and damaged 100—Total 2025
Horseman's swords 273
Halberts good 32, damaged 14—Total 46
Pikes 210
Fort of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
To ALL whom it may concern.
Regimental flandarfo
German 18<
. < 43d 2 ) (
British 1 76th 2 > 6 r
C 80th 2 J
British union flags 4
Camp colours,
German 32, British 41 —Total 73
Drums good 62, damaged 19— Total 81
Drum flings 18, fife-cafes 10, fife-flings 7, trumpet 1.
Bugle-horns 18, French horns s—Total5 —Total 23
Musket ball 29 boxes, roolb. each.
Lead in pieces igolb.
Musket flints 34200.
Slow match 4245 lb. fire balls 28, fire rings 12, ful
phur 50 lb. faltpetre 50 lb. flax 7 lb. fpelter % lb. emo
ry 41b. kitt 321 b. meal powder gib. junk 600 lb.
I coil I inch rope.
2 2 do.
3 21-2 -
2 3
14
18
8 lantborns, viz. 3 tin, 1 horn and 4 dark.
Signal rockets 36, tubes of sizes 6705, tube boxes 62,
port fires 787, port fire flocks 28, lint flocks 16, lead a
prons 90, fleel spikes 80, powder horns 260, shell scrapers
8, kit brushes 5, hand bellows 2, sets for fuzes 7, kit la
les 6, fufe engines 2,cannon haversacks 30, powder bags
23, oil cloths 17, hair cloth 1, budge barrels 4, punch
es for cannon 12, large brass callibers 2, shot guages
2 sets, elevating screws 2, priming wires 26.
Apparatus for hot shot 1, sets brass scales and
weights 3.
Copper funnels 4, powder flafks 4, copper powder
measures 29 sets.
21 reams musket cartridge paper.
11 hanks marline, catgut and twine,
21 hammers, 1 pincers, 33 tennant, hand, whip and
Crosscut saws.
4 mallets, 5 rasps, 3 paring and drawing knives.
I coopers adz, 2 drifts, 15 axes, 14 pickaxes, 25
hatchets.
26 tomhawks, 12 spades, 63 crowbars, 14 3 handspikes.
2 shears for iron, 2 gins, with falls and blocks com
pleat.
6 brass sheaves for tackle blocks, 44 tackle falls and
blocks.
4 cannon flings, 8 padlocks, 11 flock locks.
2 calks of nails, 36 b^ds of steel, 7 sheets of iron,
921 brass hoops, 22 sets of drag ropes. 50 sets mens
harnes.
60 dressed calf skins, 22 hides tanned leather.
2 boxes combuflibles for fire ships, 2 kegs tallow.
9 ammunition waggons, 4 powder carts.
39 cart faddies, 205 collars, 234 hems, 215 bridles.
123 pair trace chains, 33 breech bands, 73 cruppers.
10 laboratory chests.
4 chests with tools for fadlers, carpenters, coopers
and blacksmiths.
(Signed) H. K N 0 X, commanding
the artillery of the United States.
RETURN of Waggons, Horses and Stores, delivered
by the quartermaster, and found in York and Glou
cefler.
40 waggons, with horses and harness.
40 do. without horses, broken.
260 horses, 339 faddies, 88 blind bridles, 15 collars.
30 breech bands, 18 back bands, 18 belly bands
18 sides harness leather, 4 calf skins, 2 doz. bridle bits'.
3 sets of 'collar and harness makers tools.
3 pair smith's bellows.
4 anvils and tools for three blacksmiths.
4 sets of carpenters tools, old and rufly.
57 French saddles, 40 French bridles.
105 lb. tent cord, 14 balls spun yarn.
3 pieces girt web, 1 hemp hackle.
i cask tent pins and hatchets.
60 crosscut saws, and some carpenters and coopers
adzes.
20 files. 20 chiffels, and 20 small hammers.
5 Ib. lampblack, 100 waggon boxes.
roolb. twine, 1 ton oakum, 3 tons hemp.
, bolts fail duck.
29 calks nails assorted, 3 tons iron.
A quantity of fails and rigging.
I barrelturpentine, 2 1.2 barrels tar.
4 grind- flones.
9 kegs paint, 3 jars oil.
2 boxes window glass, about 1000 sand bags.
3 or 4 tons of coal, and a few plank.
s°° ""f'' °' ""^delivered to the comm, forage.
62 do. meal) °
23 boxes of candles, delivered to the comm, of issues.
400 flieets,
68 pillow cases, / delivered for. the hospitals.
300 bed cases, ('
70 old blankets, )
2 old rugs.
3 floves, 182 narrow axes, 4 iron pots.
100 knapsacks and haversacks.
150 soldiers coats, 100 pair breeches, damaged.
70 pair trowfc-rs, 70 sailors jackets, with sleeves.
61 2 groce buttons, 5 lb. thread, 15 pair shoes.
I marquee, 450 soldiers tents.
200 shovels, spades and picks.
(Signed) TIMOTHY PICKERING, QM. G
A RETURN of Cloathing taken in the towns of
York and Gloucester, the 19th day of October, 1781.
187 coats, 126 woolen breeches, 16 pair of shoes,
116 hats.
70 blankets, 17,0 Jinen overalls, 153 scotch bonnets.
108 leather frocks, 3 pair mills, 279 bed-cases.
154 pillow cases, 436 flieets, 150 sailors jackets.
CLOATHING received from captain Girlock, October
26, 1781, and acknowledged to be British cloathing,
fubjed to the articles of capitulation.
283 coats, 241 breeches, 25 hats, 19 caps 12 yards
buff cloth, 2© yards red cloth, 71 and a half yards
oznabrigs, damaged, 24 packing sheets.
NTOTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admi
" ralty will be held, before the honourable Francis
Hophinfer, esquire, judge of the said court, for the
CLOATHING received from captain Girlock, deputy
quartermaster, ORober 26, 1781, who was in a car
tel vessel in York river, and whose effects, in confe
quer.ee of his violation of the right of flags, were
adjudged to be forfeited, and were consequently
seized for ;übiic use.
77 uniforms for non-cemmiffioned officers.
i? ditto, drummers..
420 ditto privates.
12 ditto Servants.
537 pieces linen.
27 ditto Ribbon.
899 and a half e Is blue cloth.
436 dtto white cloth,
763 ditto red flannel.
iB6O ditto ribbon.
170 hats, 7 caps, 35 woolen breeches, 1100 pair hose.
1348 pair shoes, 68 shirts, 1030 black flocks.
55 pair leather gloves, 171 1-4 dozen buttons.
49 pounds thread, 10 and a half hides tanned leather.
3 chests, contents unknown, 2 bales foal leather.
I barrel red flannel, 1 chest medicines.
Signed, D. AMERMAN, aflift. to the C. G.
RETURN of Provisions and Stores in the polls of
York and Gloucester.
276 barrels of flour, weight 73,280 lb.
520 bags bread, 59,600
96 barrels beef, 20,190
36 5 barrels pork, 75,750
361 firkins butter, 79,870
58 calks oatmeal, 11,900
597 barrels peas, quantity 2,985 bushels.
13 casks liquors, 1,250 gallons.
16 bags of coffee, 2,500 Ib.
20 baps cocoa, 3,000
50 bags falf, 50 bushels.
3 hoarheads sugar, 3,000 lb.
5 calks vinegar, 300 gallons.
3 jars oil. 90
29 barrels rice, 1,500 lb.
i cask raisins.
THOMAS JONES, D. C. Issues.
(Signed.) JACOB WEED, A. C Issues.
ADAM DOLMAGE, D. C. Brit. Army.
A LIST of the Verfels taken or defiroyed at York,
in Virginia.
Vessels of War.
The Charon 44 guns.
Guadaloup 28
Fowey 24
Bonetta 14
Vuldan, a fire ship.
Transports. Mackrel, Success, Providence, capt.
Hunter, and Providence, capt. B rriman, Favouri e,
Harmony, Concord Aidborough, Selinca, Ocean,
Elizabeth, Diana, Emerald, Fidelity, Lord Mulgrave,
Robert, Racehorse, Houston, Sally, Two Brothers,
Present Suceeffion, Shipwright, Horfington, Neptune,
Lord Howe, Bellona, Andrews, General ?eidfel,Tartar.
Vessels belonging to the Army. Defiance, Formid
able, Rambler, Spitfiie, a considerable number of
small flops and febooners, and 12 or 15 gallies.
Private Vessels. The Cochran, North Britain, Su
fanna, Arno, Ennedert and Mathews, two Dutch
prizes.
A privateer of 20 guns, quite new.
Besides many other vessels funk, and a very great
number of fhallops and febooners.
The Naval Prisoners, exclusive of those belonging
to the private transports and other vessels, are 840.
Published by order of Congress,
. Charles Thomson, Secretary.
By the United States in. Congress
assembled,
Monday, November 5, 1781.
Congress proceeded to the election of a
PR ESIDENT, and the ballots being taken,
the Honourable JOHN HANSON was
elected. Extract from the minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
DIRECTORS for the NATIONAL BANK'
November 1781.
Thomas Fitzfimons, John M. Nefbitt, James Wil on,
Thomas Willing, Henry Hill, Samuel Osgood, Cad.
Morris, Andrew Caldwell, Samuel Inglis, Samuel Me
redith, William Bingham, Timothy Matlack.
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This Morning, at Ten O'Clock,
At the Marshall Whuff, between Arch and Race-streets
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
200 bushels of CpAL,
100 barrels of FLOUR,=
io hogsheads of LOAF SUGAR,
20 hogsheads of Shore's bottled POR
1 ER,
10 bales of BLANKETS, &c. &c. &c.
P rt of the Cargee of the P z- B igantines King
George, York, ano N nev
Nov. 6. CLEMENT BIDDLE, Mufhal.
On Wednrf^y next ar three o'clock in the afternon
at the city VENDUE-STORE in F ont ftiee(, will be
fold at Pu lick Au&ion,
A Large Law Library.
JOHN BAYARD, AuftiuneZ
state of Pennsylvania, at his Chambers in the city of
Philadelphia, or. Friday the 9th of November, instant
at nine o'dock in the Forenoon, lor the Trial or the
fliould pursuant Decree pafi, of the not the to a prayer
if (hew and cause, there wherefore be, may appear any
concerned all petfons &c.) To end that @i the Um,
James Byrne, and libelled agaiaft prize, by port, as
hundred thirty and thereabouts, lately tons, as or
^igantine vessel called The FREELAND, burthen or
Non 1781. fa
Libel, &c.
from bound New- Forfyth, and commanded by John
into thi; sea, Eroviden^e Liverpool lent taken to at ;
REAP,°Kegi&r, JAMES j
o' Order the Jute, By