The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-01-29 00:00:00, page 3

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N E W-Y O R K, January 19. ,
Yesterday her majefly our moss gracious queen s
birth day was celebrated with all the deference due
to the happy ocCafion, at noon the guns of the fort
and on board the men of war; were fired, an elegant
dinner was given by the hon. admiral Digby, and in
the evening a bal and a grand enternainment by his
excellency general fir Henery Clintou.
Last Wednesday arrived here the brig Admiral Rod
ney, loaded with provisions, &c. from Cork, fr m
whence she failed the 29th of October last, in compa
ny with the fleet of viduallers which lately arrived
at Charleftown, and this port. She was separated from
the convoy in a gale of wind.
Yefterd^y was brought in here by the privateer schoo
ner Shark, of this port, a rebel brig, from Boston
bound for Virginia, loaded with bombs a variety of
valuable ordnance stores &c.. ~ . h
The brig Potowmack, from Virginia, loaded with
contrad tobacco, for this port, was two day ago drove
ashore on Bedlow's island. The vessel is wrecked, and
great part of her cargo damaged. , .„
By a gentleman arrived in the the last vessels
from Charleftown, we are informed, that upon the ar
rival there of his excellency the earl of Dunmore, gover
nor of Virginia, in his majesty's ship Rotterdam, from
England, all the loyal inhabitants, remembring his
lordship's magnanimous endeavours in support of the
British constitution before he left Virginia, and his
munificence to the loyalists in America, and refugees
in England, determined to shew <their gratitude and re
fped by attending to receive him on his landing, and
conducing him to a house prepared for his reception,
which this did, much to his lordship's fatisfacrion, who
thanked them for their attention in the politest man
ner
Tan. 21. A fchooneer from New England for Por
to-Rico, was sent in here last Friday, by his majesty's
frigate the Amphitrite, Robert Biggs, efq ; comman
der. She is loaded wilh Cyder and Onions.
, T a- r Turors and others, are hereby au^ repealed, in case this An had never passed, any Law, Usage or Custom t®
And all Judges, Juices of the Peace, J ^^ ^ e above T F contrary Dot wuhftandmg. Passed at Trenton, December 25, 17^
thorized, required and direded, to take rece r;e ana or jf A true Copy from the Original,
in all Cases whatever in as full of Depreciation hereby M 'EWING, jun. Clerk of the General Assembly.
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WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A young Man who will wait
on a single Gentleman : A white Servant would be
prefer&d^ but a Black, who is smart and handy, would
anfwtr. Enquire of the Printer.
Philadelphia, Jan. 29.
Neither the Eastern nor Southern Mails were arriv
ed when this paper went to press; so that we cannot
present our readers witli any thing new, from those
quarters.
*t* This morning, at ten o'clock, two Purveyors
Compasses, with their chains compleat, will be fold at
the City Audion.
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TO BE •< 0 LD, .
By the Subscribers, livirgin Philadelphia, the following
Plantations and Trails of
Land, viz.
ONE Plantation near Potters Town, in the coun.y
of Hunterdon, in the state of New-Jersey, con ;
taming about 420 acres of ver, good land >0 wheatand
other grain, or grass; now occupied by and rent'd to
Joseph Everett; whereon are a dwelling house, a I'rge
barn, an apple orchard and other huit trees, &c. with
a suitable quantity of said land cleared, and the re
mainder well timbered.
One other Plantation, adjoining the ^bove and Pot
ters Town, containing 183 acres, the greatest part of
which is cleared, with a (efficient quantity of woodland
remaining; an apple orchard, &c.= Both the above pla
ces lay cn a gre^t public road.
One other Plantation near the ahov*, rented to and
in the poss ffion of Chriftopber Teet<, containing about
223 ac:es, on which are a log d#e ling benfe, barn,
orchard, meadow, &c. and a fuffiient quantity of
woodland well t mbtr d.
One other Plantation, within two or three miles or
Pitts Town, in the county a'orefaid, containing about
261 acres, with meadow and other improvements there
on, now under rent.
One other place, near the last described, containing
68 and a halt acres: with force improvements thereon
and under rent. All the above ma) be entered on the
2ddy of April next ensuing,
Abo, three Lot>(No. 3,4, and ri,) of excellent bot
tom land, capable of making th- finelt meadow, laying
in the Great Swamp, near Morris town, in Morris
connty, and state afo etaid; each Lot containing 98
acres. Thete may be entered on at any time.
All the above defcrihed Plantations and Trp&s of
land are situated in a fine healthy, thick fett'led part
of the count y have every advantage of mills, stores,
markets anft good neighbourhood, &c. &c. and are to
he Sold at Privite Sale; but P 'h?y or any of them,
should not hz dipof-d of by the 12 h day otMarch next
enfuinp, then th-y will be Sold at Public Vendue, on
or near the premii 8 on the laid 12th day of said month
of March.
Also one ether Tra& of Land in the county of
Sussex, in Lid hate of New- Jerley, near Hacketts-town,
containing upwards 01 300 acers of unimproved Land,
ar d will be Sold very cheap.
Out Lot of excellent rich land, fit for the feythe, in or
near the city of Perth Amhoy, with about 8 acres which
produces the best of grals and hay.
Two Tra^s of Land, nearly adjoining each other,
in the township of Plumfted, in the county of Bucks,
and itate of Pcnnfjlvania, containing about 49 acers.
Will be Exposed to Public Sale,
At the Nothern Liberty Vendue-^tore, on
THURSDAY, the gift instant, at
Ten o'clock in the Forenoon,
AN elegant Assortment of European GOODS, con
fining of Linens, printed Cottons, white Cordu
roys, Thicksets, corded Dimities, fuperfine Broad
Cloths, Rattinets, Hosiery, Buckram, Saddles and Sad
dlery, bandit Hard Ware, Cutlery, Cotton-and
Wool-Cards, Window Glals in Boxes; and a Variety
of other Articles, too tedious to mention.
To be fold for Cash by
WILLIAM will, sheriff.
Philadelphia, January 26, 1782.
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Also, one other Tr,ft of excellent good unimproved
Land, called Manheim, in the tewnfhip of Muncy, in
count r ° f Northumberland, in Pennsylvania, on
Muncy-creek, within 20 or 30 miles of the town of
Sunbury, containing about 300 acres,
The purchasers paying one third of the money down
may have a reasonable length of time to pay the re
mainder, with interest, by giving security if required.
For all which indisputable titles will be given.
PETER & ISAAC WIKOFF.
Philadelphia, January 26, 1782.
By Virtue of sundry WRITS of Venditi
oni Exponas, to me directed
To be Sold by Public Vendne,
On the 23d day of the Second mon^h next, beingthe
seventh of the week, on the premiffes,
A CERTAIN plantation and tr^a of land fitnate iri
Upper Mrktfield township, in the county of Bucks,
now in rhe tenure of Benjamin Pidcock, bounded by
the rivar Delaware, and lands of Peter Blaker, Joseph
Howell, and Benjamin Taylor, containing one hun
dred and thirty t*o acres and a half, the greater part
wherer' is cleared.
The foil of the arable land is good, being chiefly low
lan^ on the river, with a good proportion of meadow
a dwelling house, barn, and orchard.
VK^AS loft, on Saturday last about 4 o'clock hi the
afternoon, between Arch-fleet and Frankford,
a fiIver,WATCH, maker's name George Cleves, Lon
don, (number forgot.) Whoever has found the fame,
and will deliver it to the printer, shall receive the aboyrf
reward.
For farther particulars inquire of William Lewnes
near the premiffes. First Month 23, i 7 Bz.
Four Dollars Reward.