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In the Court of Admiralty of Pennsylvania.
Supplemental Bill
Nicholas Mirtin qui tam,&c. Iby Benjamin Allen
vs. land others part of the
The Schooner Dolly and Cargo. Grew belonging to the
Jp ivateer Brigantine
N (bit.
December 18th, 1781. Ruh taken by content in this
Cufe—
'THAT if any person named in the libel ot fupple
' mental bill in this cause will on or before the firft
day of January next produce to fits honour the judge
any further evidence to prove that any individual of
the crew belonging to the privateer brig Nribitt did de
sert from ths said brig or if any person belonging to the
said crew against whom desertion is alledged will on or
before the said day offer to his Honour pof that he did
not desert from the said brig such pro< f will be received
and confidereJ—otherwife a decree will pa's upon the
evidence now before the court.
Publ shed by order of the Judge,
JAMES READ, Register.
Will be wanted in eight or ten
Days from this date, Twenty good TE A MS, to
go to Carolina ; they will be engaged by the Trip or
Mile; to find their own Provisions and Forage. En
quire of SAMUEL MILES, D. Q. M.
Philadelphia, December 17, 1781.
Charles Pettit,
jit the heufe of the late William Allen, enquire, in
Water-ftrest, a few doors southward of Market
street, hath for SAL E, by the Bale or Piece, for
Ca(h, Bills of Exchange, or Bank Notes,
A FEW bales of low priced Blankets,
Ten pieces of light Sail Duck,
Low priced blue and brown Cloths,
Coatings and Swanikins,
jA small Assortment of Linens, from fine shirting linen
to dowlafs,
A few pieces of Cambrick,
Some Ribbons, ilk Laces, &c.
At the fame Place may also be had,
A few pair of Cannon, 9 and 6 pounders,
Cannon Shot from 6 to 24 pounders,
Grape Shot,
Rolled Iron suitable for caboofss,
Which he will fell to the firft applierr, os moderate
terms, in order to close the falcs.
A Further SALE of the
Public Lots of this City,
For the redemption of the Bills of Credit
of this state, dated April the 29th, 1780, will be held
at the Coffee-houfe, on THURSDAY, the 3d of Ja
nuary next, at TEN o'clock in the forenoon. A
Plan of the Lots may be seen at the Coffeehoufe, and
at the Surveyor General's Office. The conditions the
fame as the lift files.
^4dam Zantzinger,
At his STORE in Market-street, between Third and
Fourth.ftreets, hath for Sale, by the Invoice ;r
smaller Qiantity, 00 reasonable Terms,
AVERY large Assortment of fuperfine and com
mon Broadcloths, coarse Coatings, Shalloons and
1 rimings, Flanells, Surges, silk and worsted Hose,
Chintzes and Calicoes, Brittannias and other Linens,
fairing Silk and Thread, silk Ribbons and Umbrellos ;
and many other Articles too tedious to enumerate.
N. B. Likewise a Pair of stout Carriage HORSES,
in good order, and a PHOTON, with Harness, which
will be fold mfonable, or exchanged for belt Virginia
Tobacco,-
The highest Price is
given for clean Linen
and Cotton RAGS,by the
Printer of this Paper.
VOL. XI.l
TU ES DA Y, ' D ECEMBER 25, i,so
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GENERALADVERTISER.
Published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
Michael Morgan Obrien,
At his Store on the weft fide of Front-street, five doors
below Che nu'-ftreet, will dispose of the following
GOODS for Ca(h, Bii's of Exchange, or the Pro
duce of the Country :
Nonbatcu and Laval Linens,
A great Variety cf Sheeting,
Fine Erttannias,
Printed Cot'oi s and Chintzes, dark ground,
Flanders Bidticks, comphat,
First and second Broadcloths,
Superfine white Flannel,
Coatings,
Poland Starch,
Jamaica and cane jiric 2 Spirit,
Rum and Mufeovado Sugar in barrels.
Just Imported, in the Ship Anne, from France, and
to be SOLD, By
Mifflin and Butler,
At their Store on South street Wharf, A Variety of
DRY GO ODS suitable to the Season: Among
which are the following Articles.
FINE and coarse Blankets,
Blue Halfthicks,
Second Cloths;
White Flanells and S^aifkias;
Camblets,
Striped and checked Cottons,
Naps,
Fine and coarse Flanders Sheeting,
White and brown Britagne, Picardy, Nonbuttu, anl
Roya Lav'l Linens,
Sail C-nvis, No. I, 2,3, and 4,
A 12 and a half inch Cable, and 6 inch Shroud Hau
ler, both excellent, and a Quantity of sheet Lead.
JONAS PHILLIPS,
At his STORE, the South fide of Market street, be
tween Frontand S^ond-ftreets, Phil>e p lphi-,
A LARGE Assortment of DRY GOODS, of vari
ous KINDS, which he will dispose of ny whole
sale at a very realonable price, either for geld ot filer,
Pennsylvania state money, tobac o or fl uir, &.
He takes the liberty to a,quant his friends an I cuflom
ers, that he has op ned his (tore for the reeption or all
kind for merchandize on comraiffian ; where c nftint u
endance will be friven, and the utmost care and diligence,
will be used in dilpofiny of the good, foor, and to the
belt advantage, ani the money paid on demand. Cap
tains of veffrls, with their fupercirgocs, who dai
ly arrive in this citr, being (tenders and not knowing
where to dispose of their goods, if they will phase to
call at the comm ff an (tore, they will always find
storage and a ready sale for their goods —for wh r h they
may receive gold or filver,ftate money, fid* of ex r hsrg s ,
Virginia and Maryland tobacco, flour, and other coun
try produce, &:. Nov. 26, 1781.
O TAYED or ftoleo, out of Greenwich meadowi,
0 near the Point house, the latter end of loft month,
Two Black HORSES; one a likely hmfe, a cu ! 15
hands high, with a star and fore of his feet white, with
a long tail, 4or 5 years old, natural trotur; the other
about 14 hands and a half high, crooked hind 1&,
paces mrftly, about 5 or 6 years old: Also, an old
Black COW, with feme white on her belly, branded
on the horns J. Penrofe. The fubferiber hss a stray
Bay HORSE, about 14 hands hi,h ; he came into the
above meadows with a rope about his neck. The owner
is desired to come, pay charges, and take him awa%
Four Doll rs will be given for each Horff, Eight if
stolen, and Two Dollars for the Cow.
JOHATHAN PENROSE.
Philadelphia, Dec. 15.
IMPORTED in the ship Ann, Captain Jafiah, from
i'Qrient, and to be Sold by
Andrew Tybout,
In Chefnut-ftreet, viz.
fI^HITE Coatings, Swarfkins, Blankets, Chintzes
and Calicoes, wide and narrow Brittannias,
Nonbattu and Laval Linens, Sail Twine, wide and
narrow Velvet Binding, Hat Linings, Looping, Bow
flrinzs, Oil of Viterol, Verdigreafe, &e. &c.
Said TYBOUT also has lor Sale, a Quantity of
Beaver and Jesuits Bark.
Twenty Pounds Specie Reward.
WA S broke open, last nighi, the house of Levi
Hollingtworth, and the following ARTICLES
stolen ;
6 silver Table spoons, marked H P.
5 ditto Tea-spoons, ditto.
4 dito, ditto, LH.
1 ditto Cream-pot, C A H in a cypher.
i ditto Sugar-Tongs, HP.
2 pound Cannift^r Tea.
2 half-gallon Bowls of enamelled China.
x quart Decanter of Wine.
3 Razors in a case, Razors marked A, B, C, and Case
L H.
I large dam^fk Tablecloth, L H.
1 small ditto, ditto, ditto.
A PPREII ENDED.
s drab Great-Coat, with cloth Cape, half worn, let
ter V. in the c^pe.
2 m&ns Beaver Hats, one cocked the other round,
bound with edging.
1 pur mtns Boots.
3 pair and one odd mens worsted Stockings new, and
run in the heels.
11 ditto, old.
4 ditto, yarn, ribbed, 3 pair of which was white, the
the other mixed blue.
x ditto womens worsted ditto.
Silversmiths and others are requested to fop said
Goods if offered for sale, for wh'ch they fhail be re
warded, and if the Robbers (ball be apprehended nd
br< u-ht to justice, the above Rewrd and ^ : r^a ena
ble Charges, naid by LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH,
Philadelphia, December 21, 1781.
To the TRADING PEOPLE of AMERICA.
M. M. Ceulougnac, and Co.
MERCHANTS in Lyon, a City in France,
Will have opened and ready fur
niched with all kind of dry goods, the firft of January,
1782, a store-house as well in Nantes as in L'Ortenfon
which ary one may have a general ass rtment of Clothe,
Coatings Siks, Linens, &c. &:. &c. proceeding from
their own manufactures in St<!w, Louvers, Elbccuf,
Lodeve, Caic^ffonne, Laval, Calma, Caftrsi, French
Flander, Lvon, Paris, &c. &c. &c.
M. M. Ceulougnac, and company, will treat of those
goods for money, ct suitable bills of Exchange on every
place in Ei rope, er in Tobacco, Indigo, Furr, Skint,
or any other produdion, either of North America, cr
Weft India Islands, at the rate then current in those two
cities.
By the means of those proposed exchanges, the mer
chants who will fee the iHtu^ fen< Icarfoes there may
fp. re the commission, and forage experts, by apply
ing to the aforefaid gentleman, is f'on as thrir (hips ftr?
arrived there; and by finding in M. M. Ceulougnac
and company's S:ore, ail ths goods fhe:r captains or
agents may prffibly define; their voyages will 'or the
time to come be much fhorier than 16 m rly. Theatoe
faid gentlemen will likewise accepted ths direction either
of the fllips and cargo's, or of pyt °' them unlr, that
one will chufe to trull their carein Nartes or L'<>rierf.
J >'eph Mercier, rheir rigent in Pl^lrelphia at Pet;r
Le M-rigr? and company',' store, io W^ter-ttaci, be
tween Market and ,rch-fce#ts, oil tpke upen himfrlf
to receive and cause any one's cr^er• and comm flions to
be carefully and in the : eh manner executed ^ Franc.
The Chiefs of the French nanon in all continents ft 1
ports will makeclea r ^ll tint one could wife to know n
the, good nams and Solidity of M. M. Coulougcac uid
company.
A Negro Woman to be Sold.
SHE is a good house and chamber servant, ca, w sh,
iron, milk, and few plain work, is very hand nd
likely, and is tree from the faults of ftea!ing and #rmh
ennefs.
To the Contractor for tupplying the Ar
my with Rations for the Poit of Phila
delphia, during the Year 1782.
AS the article of B^f is a'm rerial part of the Ra
tion above, I have thought proper to n^ks you
the Proposal of lurnKhing that Article, vhich I
will issue at my fi^ughter houf#, at <ss, per hundred
weight, to be paid monthly,
PE PER SUMMERS.
Philadelphia, Dec. 17, 1781,
[NUMB 824.