The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-10-22 00:00:00, page 4

TO BE SO L D.
fl Two story Brick HOUSE and LOT Of GROUND
situate on the east fide of Fourth-street, near Wal
nut street, in the city of Philadelphia, containing in
breadth i 6 f eet, and in depth 49 feet 6 inches ;it has a
Kitchen in the cellar and one room below and two a
bove flair o , besides the garret, fubfc& to a ground-rent
of 6 dollars per annum. Any person inclining to pur
chase the above House and Let, may know the price by
applying to ABRAHAM SHOEMAKER, at his Of
fice in Sprucc-Pr^et, the second door from Mr. Whar
ton's garden wall— Where he continues, as ufoal, to
draw Deeds, Mortgages, Leases, Wills, Letters of At
torney, Agreements and all other Kinds of Writing.
He also continues felling Real Estates. O&o. 14.
Eight Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY last Sundav, the 6th instant, from
his master, an APPRENTICE, named MAT
THIAS HOLRAISN, a Dutchman, (peaks very little
English, about 5 feet high, short curly hair: had on
when he went awry, a brown coat, linen trowfers ;
took with him two jackets, one red, the other blue,
two pair linen trowfers; the buttons of the brown coat
are like a quarter doll r, and a coattee. Whoever se
cures the laid Apprentice, and brings him to his mas
ter, fh.ill have the above Reward and reasonable charges
paid. ADAM LAPP. Ofto. 7.
Wilmington, October 1, 1782.
One Dollar Reward.
RAN-AWAY f rom his master, an Apprentice
BOY, named MATTHIAS VANDIVER, about
5 eet 4or 5 inches nigh, down look, short curly hair :
^1 on when he went away, a striped linfey coat, li n .
ei trowfers, good shoes, with plated buckles. Who
ev,r ferur-s bid Apprentice, and brings him to his
matter, Hull have the above reward.
WILLIAM NASH.
To be Sold for Specie,
At Middleton's TAVERN, is th^ City of Annapolis,
on the goth Day of October next, in two or three
hundred Acre Lots, or the Whcl: together, as may
belt fob the Purchaser nr Perchafert, A
\7 ALUABLE Tra& of LAND; containing about
I One Thousand Eight Hundred Acres, and gene
rally kown by the name of Kent Fork Mannor,
(the exa& quantity shall be fpecified on the day of salt)
beginning at the lower end of Kent island, about ten
m'l $ from Annapolis, and 25 or 30 from Baltimore;
the annual rents amount to 26,950 weight of crop to
bacco. The land has many natural advantages; fitch
as fifh, orfters and wild fowl, in abundance ; the foil
is very fine and remarkable level, and the tra& so ad
vantageoufly interfeßed with small creeks, that differ
ent and convenient plantations or farms may be laid
off with very little fencing: there are Several good
dwelling houses with brick chimnies on the land. Any
person inclined to purchase may be (hewn the land, fy
applying to Dr. ROBERTS, on the island. Five years
credit will be given; bond, with approved security, will
be required. WILLIAM BRENT
N B. Thegreateft psrt of the lend is under lease,
which will expire in November, 1784. The plantati
ons are to be delivered up in good order, under the
penalty of a heavy forfeiture. I have great reason to
expert thit the Icafes will be given in before the da,
of fal-. WILLIAM BRENT.
~MO U N t'al-rT
To be L ET the above COUNTRY SEAT, near
Germantown, for one or more Years.
T H E improvements are, a large commodious (tone
4 bcufe, kitchen and piazza, a milk-b&de, grana
ry end frame ft^ble ; also, a very large stone barn in
complete orde r , containing, under one roof, a thresh
ing floor, coach boufe, and ftahles for 10 horfet, with
very I?fge lofts. There i$ a very valuable colleaion o'
fruit, a large and excellent garden, with hot-beds,
glaffss, &c. and 60 acres of arable l:nd and meadow.
For particulars amly to TENCH COXE, Front street,
one doer below Union-street. 0&\ 7.
An English and Mathematical Academy,
BY JOHN HEFFERNAN, f rmerly o' the College,
; and latterly of the Univerfiry of Pennsylvania, is
jolt opened, in a commodious apartment, on the north
tide of Cvpfe<,-ftreet, b^een Third and Fourth-ftreefs,
Philadelphia—Where Children, Youth and Foreigners
m 3, fpredily be perfected in the rudiments of the English
Frottage and all the practical branch,, of mithema
trr%; particula ly Evgiilh grammar, reading, writing,
atif~ meric, book-keeping, geography and use of the
ri^v^—Fraaiont, decimals, duodecimals, logarithms
ard ix^fiion of roots —Mcr/urabon, gauging, fur
vtynr and nivigatt m of every kind—The elements of
,-ometry, pbne and Spherical trigonometry, algebra
^ °fi : x : oro ; with their ocesfi nut application to a'ti
ir-.tr?, lobginrtrv, civil anti military arclrt^&u<e, co
nic-Uaions, proj^aihs, dalling and affrenomy:—to
grther with the conftruamn and use of all such tariffs,
scales, tables, plans, maps, charts and defign*, as may
be thought an) wife necef,a;y to embePifh or illuftrhtc
the whol?.
M, B. Said HEFFERNAN will wAt on young L^-
diss and Gentlemen, between school hours, 2$ usual ;
and pay th p ntmeft attention to the florals ard man
ners of the Youth and Children committed to his tui
tion and care
Doctryna sine Moribus vana.
Philadelphia, Sept. 3, 1782.
Philadelphia; Printed and Sold by DAFID C. CLAYPOOLE, in Market-Street.
Stafford, (Virginia,) Augoft 2, 1782.
Just opened and to be SOLD, by
ran rleck and Barton;
At their Store in Market flreet, three doors above
Laetitia-Court.
SUPERFINE and second Cloths, and a large
° assortment of coarse do. also dark ground Calicoes
and Chintzes, fine twilled Swanfkins, Flannels, cotton
Hose, fine and coarse Sheetings, Laval and Royal do.
Linens, Cambricks and Lawns, Muslins, cotton Checks,
Bedticks, silk and linen Handkerchiefs, rich India Taf
faties, Tablecloths, enamelled, plated and yellow
Buttons, black Feathers.
They have likewise on hand,fome Looking-glasses
and a few hogsheads of Virginia Tobacco.
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Ijames n ewportl
9 DISTILLE R,
g At his STOR E in Front-street, above Arch- :«
0 street, the second building above the Bank- *
# Meeting,*
* Has by Wholesale and Retail, on very ®.
reasonable Terms,s
U,EST- India Rum, Aniseed Water,g
§ Country ditto, Clove dit 0, 0
n Brandy, Orange ditto,9
@ Gin of excellent quality, Cinnamon ditto,
& Peach, Apple and Rye Pepper Mint ditto, &
^ Spirits, Allfours,g
3tt And SPIRITS of WINE, proper for railing i^
^ the proof of rum or any other Spirits; and is $
also fit for medecinal uses. a He has fine flavoured ^
* Rum Colouring. *
N. B. He makes good Allowance to Country •
§ Dealers and Town Store-keepers, who may ai g
^ ways depend upon the Goodness 0: his diftilkd 0
© Liquors.^
* Philadelphia, June 18, 1782. §!{
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Best Holland Quills and Sealing
Wax, Irish Wafers, Writing Paper, Ink
powder, Inkholders, Penknives, Account
Books, Testaments, Dilworth's Spelling-
Books and Schoolmasters Assistants, Boyer's
French Grammars, Surveyors Compasses,
English Playing Cards, Wrapping Paper,
Parchment, &c. &c. &c.
SU P ERFI N E broad
cloths of various co
lours,
Superfine erffimerr,
Coatings of different co
lours,
A neat assortment of fine
corduroys,
Shalloons and rattinets,
Mens and boys felt hats,
Mens worsted, thread, cot
ton and silk hose.
Superfine black fattinets
and ruffelf,
Calamancoes of different
colours,
Black prunellas,
Durants and tammies,
Scarlet, crimson and blue
plush,
Worsted ofall colours,
Quality and shot bindings
of all colours,
Bast scars twist,
Sewing filkt,
Bast coloured threads,!
White fetching ditto,
Cotton and linen checks, |
Augers, gouges and chif
fels, sorted,
Chest and other locks,
Hinges of different kinds,
Tin in boxes,
Sciffars, sorted,
Cuttoe & Barlow penknives
Knives and forks,
Tinmens wire,
Steel fours,
Pin bins,
Horn fUms,
Brass nobs,
Wood ferews,
Saw plates,
An assortment of Hard Ware,
AS FOLLOWS,
Also
Old Madeira Wines, and a
few chests best Hyfon Tea.
Lamb and Checkley,
In Second street, one door above the north-eatt co r rer
of Market-street, halve frr sale the following Articles,
WHOLESALE and RETAIL,
TO BE SOLD BY
DAVID C. CLAYPOOLE,
In Market-street, Philadelphia.
Brass skillets.
Curb and fntffle bitts,
A few gross white set,
F sh hooks,
Gun locks,
Rox irons,
Iron ladles,
Brass scales,
Snuffers,
Marking irons,
Cork fcrewty
Nut crackers,
Shoe jacks,
lAnI An assortment of the best
I haftard files, &c. &-.
Striped cottons,
Chintzes and calicoes,
ILinens,
Sheetings,
Oznaburgh,
Raven's duck,
Pins of different kinds.
Silk and linen handker
chiefs of all kinds,
Figured and plain ribbons,
Hanover lace,
Blond ditto,
Best Bruffris ditto,
Bbck paduafoy and floren
t:ne,
Silk for men! wear,
Mantuas of different co
lours.
Modes and Grfnets,
Perfian#,
Book, jaconet, and striped
muslins,
A beautiful assortment of
metal and enameled but
tons.
Pinchbeck and plated (hoe
and knee buckles,
Ivory and horn com bs.
Calicoes and chintz,
Cambricks & Lawns,
Kentings and Muslins,
Plain and coloured Nan
keens,
Irish, French and Flemish
Linens,
Dowlaft and Britannias,
Striped Ginghams,
Striped Bedeck,
Rnffia Sheeting,
Flemish ditto,
Ruffis Drilling,
Ditto Raven's Duck,
Ditto Sailcloth,
Tick lenburgs,
Oznabrigs,
Modes and Sattins,
Peelings and Mantuas,
Satinets and Petfi rns,
Thread and cotton Hose,
India silk & cotton Hand
kerchiefs,
A woman with a ^ood breast of
mlk wants to take a child to nurse. Enquire of the
Printer.
Thirty Dollars Reward.
RAN-AWAY on the gtb September, from the
fubferiber, 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 ver, artful and no doubt will en
deavour to psfs as a free man • bad on when hi went
away, a small black hat with a small black feather in it,
short brown cloth coat with a red velvet cape, scarlet
waiftcoar, brown breeches with thread Locking,, and a
pair of pumps with pinchbeck buckles in them. Who
ever will deliver the said Negro to the Warden of the
Work-house or the fubferiber, living in Philadelphia,
in Third- street between Vine and Race streets, shall have
the above Reward arid all reasonable Charges paid, by
Ofto. 18. EDWARD NORTH.
N. B. The coat and waistcoat has been turned,
which is visible b, the button-holes.
Eight Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY last Sunday evening from the fubferi
b#r, a Negro Wench, named PHEBE, is about
18 n r 3^ y^rs of age, the is very lofty, and most peo
ple take her for a Mulatto ; foe is full faced, and has a
forbidding countenance, the took with her a luffy, fat
female Mulatto child, between 2 or g years old, the was
seen lift Monday morning, between Second-street bridge
and the Draw-bridge, and is no doubt concealed by
some free Negroes, in or about the town. Whoever
secures her so that the fubferiber can get her again, shall
have the above ieward and reasonable charges, paid by
June 4. THOMAS CULLEN.
Just come to hand by the left vessels from France, and
to be SOLD by
Jonas Phillips,
At his STORE in Market street, between Front and
Second-streets,
A Quantity of goose, ducK
and pidgeon SHOT ; china dishes and plates,
tureens and soup diflies, blankets and rugs,
broad cloths, coatings, naps and flannels, creefe and
britannia linens, chintzes and calicoes, hair colour and
red image bed furniture calicoes, writing paper,
worsted fit for knitting flockings, ready made shirts,
fine lace ruffles and edgings, with sundry other dry goods;
likewise a few kegs of green foft Swedish soap, for fa
mily use, equally as good as Caftile soap, with sundry
drv goods of various kinds.
N. B. A vacant lot of ground in Race-street, near
Third, street, to be fold. Enquire as above.
Juit IMPORTED from France, Gottenburg and Sts
Thomas, and now OPENING, by
Horfa and Chairs to Let.
THE fubferiber continues his STABLE in Church
alley, w-ere he proposes still supplying those
gentlemen who may chufe to favour him with
their custom, with as genteel HORSES and CHAIRS
as an, to be let in the city : He also proposes taking in
a few Horses at Lavery ; and such gentlemen as chufe
that their horfrs mould stand at livery, may depend on
the greatest justice being done them. A sign is oppo
fne the (table.
N. B. I have for Sale a Quantity of HAY of the
firft quality, and also a Quantity of an inferior kind.
Sept. 11. ANTHONY WALKE.
RI D /N
With letters, dispatches or matters of trust, upon any
occasion, at an hour's notice, to every distance, will be
executed by a person of a fair and good chara&er ; rea
sonable security for performance of the undertaking wiu
be given it desired. Those persons who may chufe to
employ him will enquire of the Printer.
William Sitgreaves,
At his STORE in Market-street, between Front and
Second -streets, at the corner of Laetitia-court, A
large Assortment of DRY GOODS : Among which
are—
Check linen ditto.
Clouting Diaper,
Russia Linen for towelling
India Jeans and Dimities^
Plain & trimming Gauzes,
Callim^ncoes and Durants,
Jone's Spinning,
Superfine black Russel,
Camblets,
Velvets,
Superfine Broadcloths,
C^ffimers,
Seven-eights, yard and
apron-wide cotton Checks
Threads,
Thri ft,
Bobbin,
Tapes,
Pins,
Paper,
Black Pepper, &c. &c.
With a Variety of other
Articles.