The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1783-02-11 00:00:00, page 4

BEGS leave to inform the Public in general, and his
Frerd In particular, that he has opened a COM
MISSION-STORE and BROKER's-OFFICE, at the
mo.ttw-ft corner of Arch and Water-ftreeis, where he
receives to fell on Coinmiffion, all kinds or Meichan
dize : Also buys and tells Bills of Exchange on
France, Spain, Holland, and other parts of Europe -
the Weft Indiesand Inland Bil's, Loan-office, QiarteJ
master Generals and othe< Certificate:, buys and fells
Houses and L^nds, gets Notes and Bills difecunted,
and procures Money on loan for a week, month er
year, and %nia&s every other kind of Lufinels as a
Broker. Those who may peafe to favour him with
their custom, may depend on having their business done
with the greatest secrecy, c^re, and dispatch.
N. B. He has for sale—A Pair of Six-pound Can
non, two failing Boat , an Anchor, White and Brown
Hivinna Sugars, Madeira Sherry and Port Wines,
Ticklenburgs, Buckram, &c. Odo. is. 1782.
NOTTINGHAM WARE.
Quart Muggs and Juggs, pint and half-pint ditto and
Porringers,
Japanned TIN WARE.
Gentlemen and others, refi ling in this state, or any
of the united states, by fending their orders to this Os
sie, may depend on having thrir business tranced
with as much fidelity and expedition, as if they were
th-mfelves piefent.
He receives Tobacco, Sugars, Tea, and every other
fort of Goods to Sell on C mmiffion ; for which pur
pose h- has provided proper Stores.
He flatters himfelf, his affidu
it<, punctuality, and < xtenfive connection: in his bufi
r'fr, as a Broker, is well established in various parts of
Europe, and in the united states in particular.
All perlons who (ball please to favour him with their
bufinefi, may depend upon his utmost exertion fcr their
inereft, and
TE A Pots, Sugar Dishes and Cream
j^s,
Enameld and Plain QUEEN WARE.
Tea and Coffee Pot:, ditto Cups and Sauce >,
Sugar Dishes an! C earn Juggs,
Oval And hking D Ite* in setts or Angle,
Soup, Shallow and D'fart Plates,
Tureens ml Sauce Boats,
Pepper and M^ftirl P >tt and S'lt Cellars,
Guion, brif-gatm, quart, pint and half pint Bowls,
Q^r;, pint an d hal.pi it Juggs and Maggs,
Wath Bafors with Boite r , and Chamber Pots,
nr firm
RANK Stock, Bills of Ex
change on France, Spain, Holland, and other
parts of Europe, the Weft Indies, and inland bills, at
the usual comm ffion. He Buys and Sells
Loan-Office Certificates, Con
tinentl and State Money, of this or any other state,
Pa,matter and Quartermaster Generals Notes ; thele and
every other kind of paper tranfa&ions (rills of ex
change excepted) he -via charge his employers no more
than ONE HALF PER CEN F on his Commission,
Part of the Money advanced, if required.
N. B. Paymaster-General's Notes taken
as Cash for Bills of Exchange.
In Second-ftreer, opposite to Jonathan Zants's, the
following ARTICLES, viz.
CHINA
Tea and Coffee Pots,
GLASS WAR E.
Rest double flnt pint and half pint Tumblers,
Ditto Mu Rs with handles,
Ber and jll Glasses,
Sdt Cellars and cyder G!aff # s.
CUTLERY and HARD WARE.
Kniv s and Forks,
Cuttem, pißol cap'd, batchers and childrens Knives,
Tortoise (hell, buck and buffalo handled and Barlow
Penknives,
Belt cift steel Razors, Sciffir# and Cork-fcrewi,
Ditto pdifhed tteel Watch Chains, spring Snuffers and
hoik phlemes,
Ditto White.chapel £ha„, Blunts, darniig and other
Needles,
Gilt, plated, pinckbeck, steel, white-metal, brass and
copper Shoe, Knee, and Stock Buckles,
P@e, pinchbeck, tiee-topT, white-metal, steel and
brass Thimbles,
Pewter Table and Tea Spoons,
Paper and japanned tin Stuff and Tobacco Bcxe r ,
Tortoise-shell, ivory and horn Combs,
Six, 4 and a h:P, and 4 pouad Pios,
Pocket Looking Glass s,
A Variety rs Sleeve Buttons,
Rest Scarf Twist, Tapes, Bobbins and Bindings,
Ditto cut, letter, post and other Writing Paper, &c.
BROKER to the Office of Finance, to the Consul Ge
neral of France, and to the Treasurer of the French.
Army, at his Office in Front-street, between Mar
ket and Arch-ftreeti, BUYS and SELLS on Com-
He procures Money on Loan
for a (hort time, and gets Notes and Bills difeounred.
Pbil a delpb. G; Printed and Sold by D^TID C. CLAYPOOLtte
TO EE SOLD, By
William Lindsay,
Haym Solomons,
Peter Lohra,
Imported in the last Veflels from France, By
John Richard & Co.
And Opened for SALE at their STORE, the Second
door above Vine-Street, in Front street:
Confiding of the following ARTICLES
BROAD and narrow Mantuas of all colour?, plain
Striped and figured,
Sattin'ts and Persians of all colours,
Paduafay and rich figured Silks,
Plain and printed Riobons in boxes,
Black hair Ribbons,
Plain and figured Sattini,
Black and white Modes and Peelongs,
PUin and ass rted Sewing Silks,
Artificial Flowers in bunches and wreaths,
Plain, striped, painted and embroidered dauzes,
Tiffiny Handkerchiefs and Aprons, and in the piece,
Black, white and coloured Ostrich Feathers and Plumes.
Kd Gloves,
Si k, cotton and thread Hose,
Chintzes, Calicoes Britannias and Check:,
Cotton and linen Handkerchiefs,
Yard wide and 7.8 Linens,
Superfine and te^ond C^thr, Naps, &c.
White and coloured Threads,
Batvia and Chines- Patterns,
Cambricks and Lawns,
Rich and common Fans,
Calimancoes cf all colours,
A few patterns of elegant Quilt for ladies petticoat!,
Moroco Pocket Books,
An Affortmqnt of do^n Puffs ,
A new Copper STILL, containing 51 gallons.
*'*&t&£)cte<ei*«» Q %'**aH^H»e
•JAMES NEWPORT,!
• DISTILLER,
At his STORE in F r cnt-ftreet, above Arch- *
^ street, the fecund budding above the Bank- ^
# Meeting, g
Has by Wholesale ant Retail, on very
O realizable Tim., +
0 W EST-India Rum, Aniseed Water,
Country ditto, Clo-e ditto,g
^ Brandy, Orange ditto,^
@ Gin of excellent quality, Cinnamon dire, *
$ Peach, Apple and Rye Pepper Mnt di.to, "
* Spirits, Amours,±
0 And SPIRITS of WINE, proper for raffing g
the proof of rum or ary other spirits; a; d^ <f
also fit for medecinal uses. He has fine ilavoured *
Rum Colouring,
ft N. B. He makes good Allowance to Country A
* Dealers ard Town Store-keepers, who may al g
X( ways depend upon the Goodness of his diltilled %
3 Liquors fl
O The highest Price given for empty GIN CASES |
^^^^•^X^l&^^^&^fy
To he L E T, and entered on ImmeriMelv.
A Large, convenient three Rory brick H O US E
an d ' '"° fterp frame House adjeining with a
Lot of Ground 240 feet in depth, situated in Second
street, a little above the barracks. For terms enquire
of HENRY GURNEY, in the Northern- Lifo?
Philadelphia, October 11, i 7 £ 2 .
BOHEA Tea in chests,
P pper in bales,
3-4 Coatings,
Coarse Broadcloths,
supe ifine ditto, of various
colours,
Brown, purple, green,
white and light coloured
silk Server,
Black Sattins and Modes,
White half-ell Sarfnet,
Black Paduafov,
Strong black Silk, Suitable
for mens wear,
A Variety of striped, flow
ered and plain Lute,
firings and Mintuai,
Mens white Silk Shocking*,
White, black, buff, ft r -w
colour and light colour
ed Sewing Silks,
White and coloured
Threads,
Scarf Twist hv the pound,
Gold and silver ip-ngled
Buttons,
With many other ARTICLES too tedious to men
ticn, which will be dilpofed cf on revocable Term#
for Cash, Tobacco, or Bil's on any part of Europe.
At their STORE in Front-street, five door: below
Arch street, have for tALE, Imp r^d in the Ships
C ngrefs and Intriped, and oth-r Veffel# late from
France, the following ARTICLES, viz,
Affbrtmenc of Dry Goods,
Kaighn & Attmore,
The Rainbow Tavern
AL S O,
Burlington PORK in barrels,
LOGWOOD b. the ton
EPSOM SALTS in barrels,
Cowrie SALT,
TRAIN OIL,
AN ELEGANT
Britannia—
Laval Lirenr,
Ya r d wide (hirting Linens,
Womens best white Kid
Gloves and coloured
Mitts,
Cambricks and Lawns,
Plain, striped and flower
ed Gauzes,
A large Assortment of
flowered and painted
Ribbons, broad and nar
row,
Black, white, pink and
orange coloured ditto,
Jaconet and book Muffins,
A neat Assortment of
Chintzes,
Bordered Gauze Handker
chiefs,
Barbers buckling Combs,
Camphor by the pound,
Jesuits Birk in bottle-
Cloth coloured worsted
Bindings,
To be Sold by the Subferibers,
I'WO-Fifths of seven hun
dred Acres of LAND in Cumberland county
"Ith a valuable Iron Ore Bank, equal to any in the
state, with a small ftteam of water fufficient for a fur
nace, with thirty feet fall, and a feat for a forge on a
large stream fufficient for that purpose; both feats
within hrif a mile of the ore bank ; most excellently
situated for timber and or supplying the backwoods,
as 18 lies in the month cf the Path-valley, on the great
road to Fort-Pitt. There is a large body of the ore
and it has been tried a?d found to he of the b±ft qua-
Ore half the pinchafe being paid in hand, there
will he time given for the remainder. Any person in
dining to purchase may know the terms and view the
premises, by applyin~ to th# fubferihers in Chambers
burS- BENIAMIN CHAMBERS, junr.
Nov. it, i 7 S$. JOSEPH CHAMBERS,
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN-AWA/ from the fubferber, in Third-street,
between Market and Axh-ftreets, on the 26th
A "'" ft !a ^ A NEGRO MAN, named A
DAM, fays he was born in New York, by trade a
B ','? , vti exceeding well, is about 5 feet 6 inch
es h^h, stoops much when he walks, speaks very bad
En^lifli, much articled to I quor, may drive to pale as
a , recman: had on when he went away, a red and
wute mixture cotton lappalled coat, with white metal
outtors, a pair white linen trowfers, check shirt, a
rour.c felt nat, foots and dockings, with a pair steel
.LV '°" ' be m 'V ' ave changed hiicleath—
as dole a great deal of eloathing, and many other
articles which cannot he recollected, as he left my
h^fe between three and four o'clock in the morning.
Whoever takes up said Negro, shall have the above re
rc%rd _, aDd al) reasonable harges paid, byJOE N ROSSe
N. B He was ken next day in Germantown, and
is thought to be there now.. Philad. Jan. 20, 1783
In Front-street, two doors bek w the C ffe House,
Where all foreign and domestic Negotiations, incident
to the various branches of this Cffice, are tranfiaed
upon truly moderate and liberal terms. The ut
most recrecy, candor and fidelity to the interest of
his Employers, will be found (as usual) the leading
principles, on which he means to eftabhfh the confi
dence and approbation of a d* earning Public.
He BUYS and SELLS
Bills of Exchange upon France,
Spain, Holland, or any part of Europe, the continent
o' America, cr Weft-Indies.
Officer: Notes, Loan Office Certificates, negotiated
on the heft terms.
Money procured upon fitch interest and security 2$
shall be agreeable to the parties, either for a month cr
year.
Promiffary Notes and Bonds difrount d cr fold.
Merchandise of every fort disposed of upon the most
advantageous terms, for which he has proper ftwea
provided.
Houses and Lands bought, fold or mortgaged.
Continental and State Money, of th : s or anv other
stat— bought or fold.
Whenever sudden Emergencies require Money to
be railed upon any paper Security, Merchar rife or
Produce, every effort will be used to accomplish it on
the best terms, by applying as above : where the ut
most attention will be paid to the ?n 4 <reft of all those
who may favour him with their hifi, f B , and nothing
le't undone that can possibly be eff std by Fidelia"
Care and Dispatch. J an . J.
Likewise receives and fells on Commifficn at private
Sale, at the above Storey-Goods, wares, merchandise,
houses, lands, flipping, horses, carriages, hot flv Id
ind k tchen furniture, wearing apparel, &c. Thole
who please to favour him with their commands, either
by vendue or private sale, in the city, northern liberties
or country, (ball be ftri&ly and faithfully obeyed.'
By the Public's humble Servant,
JOHN ROSS, Front-street.
N. B. CASH wanted on interest, and good security
will be given by J. R. Philadelphia, Dec. a.
Broker's OFFICE & Commission STORE
kept by'
JOHN ROS S,
At his late V n?ue Store in Fron'-dreet, between
Market ^nrt Arch-streets,
HAS FOR SA LE,
SILVER mounted Pifto's, Swords, and elegant sil
ver Epaulet# and Watches; also three Houses
and Lotts, one a two Rory brick House and Lot of
Ground, floated cn the south fide of Vine ftreet,a
bout 71 feet eastward from Second street corner, con
taining in breadth on Vine street 16 and a half feet,
and 51 feet in length or depth, fubjeft to a ground
rent of 61. io. the other two are frame Houfe#, fitu
atd in Third-dreet, Southwark, containing in breadth
on Third- street 26 feet, and in length or depth 80 feet
fir jp& jr the lot, the two frame houses stands or, to
61 16s. per year; all in good repair.
S id ROSS Sells st Vendue, agreeable to law, the
Porrery of per or s deceased, by virtue of executors,
administrators, for debt or houfe-reßt, at their dwel
ling houses ; such as houses, lots, plantations, horses
carriages, hm (held furniture, wearing apparel, and
farmers utensils, &c.
BROKERS OFFICE,
By Isaac Franks,