The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-11-26 00:00:00, page 4

Imported in the Ship Nonfuch, and now OPENED
for SALE, by
John Shields,
At the northeast corner of Chefnut and Second-streets,
A large and compleat ASSOR TMENT of the best
Superfine CLOTHS:
Among which are the following Colours—
Scarlet, Nut,
White, Pea Green,
Purple, Grass Green,
Pearl, Sea Green,
Light Drab, Dragoons Green,
Friends Drab, Light Blue,
P rit Drab, Middle Blue,
Queens Drab, Kings Blue,
Alh, Uniform Blue,
With BROWNS of all Shades.
^e TUBLISTIED, and tote SOLD by
David C. Claypoole,
In Market-flreet, Philadelphia,
Father Abraham's
ALMANACK,
For the Year of Our LORD
17'3-
Lamb and Checkkey,
In Second fbeet. one d.or above the north-^ft corner
a M^'t-^e , ha^ f r sale the following Articles,
WHOLESALE an: RETAIL,
£ UPERFINEb r< aL
3 clothe of various co
lour:,
Superfine caffimere,
Coatings of different co
lour#,
A near assortment of fine
co duroys,
Shalloons and rattinets,
Mn^a^d hoys felt fats.
Mens worsted, thread, cot
ton and 0k hose.
Superfine black fatting
and ruffes.
Ca^ancoes of different
co ours,
Bhck prunellas,
Durants and tammier,
Scarlet, crimson and blue
plush,
Worsted of all colours,
Qualify and (hoe bindings
of all colours,
Best scars twist,
Sewing silks,
Belt coloured threads,
White Hitching 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 (purs,
Pin bitts,
Horn flems,
Brass nobs,
Wood ferews,
Saw plates,
Also, an Assortment of Shalloons and Rattinets, with
Mohair, metal, enamelled and elegant gold and silver
spangled Buttons to match most colours. O&o> 15.
An assortment of Hard Ware,
AS FOLLOWS,
ALSO
Old Madeira Wines, and a
few chests best Hyfon lea
Fan Fleck and Barton,
Via Baltimore, and to be Sold by them, at their flore
in Market-street, three doors above Laetitia court.
YARD wide Britannias, of different qualities, Flanders
I Meetings, black fittins, white do. paduafoy, Ba
tivia, bedticks, royal linnens, gauze, book muslin,
flowered do. striped do. callicoes and chintzes, mitts
and gloves, Kentings, cambricksand lawns, white and
yellow buttons, &c. &c.
They havealfo coarse woollens, fine Meetings, armo
zeens, Barcelona handkerchiefs, linen do. twilled
fwanikins, checks, cotton hose, black feathers, look
ing glasses, &c. &c.
And feme excellent VIRGINIA TOBACCO.
A good Plantation Waggon.
♦ Enquire of the Printer. N 0.15..15.
Philadelphia; Printed and Sold b,DA7 I D C. CLAYPOOLE, in Market-Street.
TO BE SO L D,
Just Imported by
Br?fs skillets.
Cura and fnrffle bitts,
A few gross white set,
F sh hocks,
Gun locks,
Box irons,
Iron ladles,
Brass scales,
Snuffers,
Marking irons,
Cork screws,
Nut crackers,
Shoe j cks,
An aflorim^nt r s the best
bastard files, &-. & .
S riped cohods.
Chintzes and Calicoes,
Linens,
Sh-enngs,
Oznaburgh,
Raven's duck,
Pins of different kinds,
Silk and line handker
chiefs of all kinds,
Fluted and plain ribbons,
Hanover lace,
Blond ditto,
Best Bruff Is dittr,
Bl ck paduafoy and floren
fne,
Silk <r mens wear.
Martu^s of different co
leus.
Mod * and far(nets,
Persians,
Book, j. conet, and striped
muslins,
A beautiful assortment of
metal and enameled but
tons.
Pinchbeck and plated (hoc
and knee buckles,
Ivory and hern com be.
Books by Auction.
At BELLI Book-Store, near St. Paul's Church,
Third-street, Philadelphia,
On Wednesday the 20th of Nov. 1782.
precifell at Half after Six o'Clock in the Evening,
Will commence by Auction,
The SALE of a Large and Valuable
Colleaion of B OO K S;
Confining of the most ufeful, elegant and vivifying
ancient and modern Authors in dl the Arts and Sci
ences, many of which are un-come-at-able every
where eife on this Continent.
The S^le by Auction will be Continued for several
Evenings lucce ffively (Sunday and Thanksgiving Eve
niops excepted) at which periods cf time, viz. from
&ls after S x till Nine o'Clock, Retronalifts and £en
timen+alifts may improve these g^and Opportunities:
hecaule excellent Books ate functor to anv pecuniary
Value. JOHN, BAYARD, A dioneer.
N. B. A Catalogue of the Botks .s now ready at
(aid BELL's Book-Store, for all Gentlemen who are
pleaded to call or fend for it.
Hannah Barker, Milliner,
At her SHOP in Second ftrlet, between Market and
Chefnut streets,
INTENDS to carry on the Milliner, Business• ,where
LADIES may be supplied with eveiy Article of
Dreis in the most elegant Tafte—Tambour Work and
an kinds of Embr<id ry ye formic to any Pattern.
A Variety o GOODS, of the bteft Importations
from Europe, far Sa eat moderate Prices. Nov 18.
Brißol, OR. 18, 1782.
WHEREAS the creditors of D rrick Lukens, de
ceased, have been called on by public ad
vertifement, prior to this, to exhibit their ac
counts to the fubfcr;bers executors to the estate of the
said Derrick Lukens : Public Notice for the lafi time
is hereby given to all those who hive any claims or de
mands whatsoever against the said estate, to render
their accounts, properly proved, to the said executors,
on Friday the 22d, and Wednesday the 27th inflant, at
the dwelling house of the said Derrick Lukens, in Brif
tol township, in order to receive pay, as the said ex
ecutors are coming to a division of the said estate,
those who negled complying with this advertiftmeut,
(hall ever be precluded from payment.,
DANIEL LUKENS, 7
JAMES LUKENS, > Executors.
MATHIAS LUKENS, )
N B On FRIDAY the 29th infant, will be Sold
by Public Vendue, 20 acres of the best WOODLAND,
to be divided in two acre lots, about eight miles from
the city, on the Lime-Kill road, adjoining lands of
enjamin Armitage, deceased. Those who chufe to
become purchasers, may be shewn the land by applying
to J^met Lukens, on the premises. The vendue to be
gin at one o'clock precisely, where and when the con
ditions of sale will be made known by the executors.
A Variety of ?uper and |
fupci fine B oadcloths
Scarlet, bare, green, brown
and cloth coloured Rat
tinetts,
Blue and cloth coloured
Shalloons,
Brown and doth coloured
Durants,
White, gree, brown,pur
ple, light cloth coloured
and lay lock fi!k Serges,
An aflortment of best fcarff
Twist,
Dark and light ground
Chintzes,
B ak ball ell Sattin,
White half-eil Sarinet,
Cambrhks and Lawns,
Womens purple, plain,pd
fleered 1 mo M tts,'
Womens best white kid
Gloves,
Black and green c?ath
head Buttons,
Gold and silver spangled
ditto,
White and orange colour
ed farmer Ribbons,
Shirt Buttons,
Silk Knee-garters of vari
ous colours,
A few pieces of Jeans,
Low priced courtry Cloths
Mens brown thread
Gloves,
Whitechaple Needles,
Fine book muslin Hand
Kaighn and Attmore,
In Front ft^ , a few d<o s below Arch-street,
HAVE FOK SALE,
TO BE SOL D, A
New SHALLOP,
With her Tackle and Apparel, now lying at Almond
ftreet wharf, burthen about 25 tons, fit for carrying
either gain or flour. Any person inclining to purchase,
may know the terms by applying to the fubferiber, liv
mg at said wharf. WILLIAM SIDDONS. Nov. 15.
kerchief,
Cinnamon,
Camphor,
Epsom Salts,
Jesuits Bark in bottles,
Black and cloth coloured
bindings,
Laval Linens,
Bordered gauze Handker
chiefs,
Straw coloured fewine
Silk,
Black Serge Denim,
White Dimities,
Royal Rib,
Black glass beads,
Stamped, waistcoat Pa
terns,
Brass hanging Compasses
for fhip# cabbing,
Five and fix quarter book
Mullins,
Yard wide and fix quarter
jaconnet, ditto,
Yard wide, plain fnd£rip
ed French Mullins,
Logwood hy the ton,
A copper Still of 51 gal
lons, with worm com
plcat,
Burlington Fork in bar
;rcls,
I Hogs Lard in kegs,
I Gammons by the barrel or
unpacked, as may suit
the purchaser,
Coarse .Salt in barrels,
Bur Middlings.
Philadelphia, November 18, 1782.
A ROBBERY.
LAST FRIDAY evening the HOUSE of the sub
scriber, about a mils above Kensington, w s rob
bed by a company of armed men, of the follow
ing ARTICLES, viz. A fine gold watch, chafed, cap
ped and jewelled, maker's name Thomas Wagftaff,
London, No. 6623, the chafing represents Abraham's
servant and Rebecca meeting at the well, with the ca
mels, pitcher, &c. had a steel hook and chain ; a strait
bodied silver pint mug, hammered foot and handle, with
the Hall and Tower damp (old plate ; ) a silver table
spoon, damped W. Gilbert, New-York, marked I E.M
B
in a cypher ; one' ditto, marked TE; fix silver tea
fpons; several pair of buckles, a light handy gun,
marked on the butt Z D. several remnants of fine Hol
land, linens, some men and womens eloathing, and
light articles of val ?e, also about thirty crowns and
dollars in specie. Their commander or captain was a
white man, about 5 feet 8 inches high, thin visage,
short brown hair, and wore a blue coating great coat,
and white vest ; another was a yellow negro or mulatto,
flout and well set, wore a bluo jacket and trowfers ; a
no.her was a black, big negro, with a blue j cket and
trowfers ; some o hers were white, but avoided being
much seen. Whoever apprehends the THIEVES, so
that they be brought to justice, fha!l have FIFTY
DOLLARS REWARD, and FIFTY more for the
Gooes, or in proportion for anv part, paid hy
Masters for Geography, Music and D awing, in all
their branched, are shortly expected to compleat the A
cademy.
The Ladies and Gentlemen who have already, or for
the future win p%fi a year at the French School of said
Academy, are welcome twice a verk, in the evening
school, to perf^a themselves in that language. The
Schools <or the future will be kept at the Academy,
in the different rooms furnished for that purpose.
A S broke open, on the night of the 10th in
stant, the Fusing Mill of the fubferiber, in
Dowding's.town, Chefier count,, and the following
ARTICLES taken away, viz. 9 yards of blue Cloth,
6 ditto ark oloured ditto 8 ditto ash coloured ditto,
4 and a half aih-coloured ditto, 6 ^od , ,half browndit.
12 nd a half dit.brown Linfeyng 1 adit red and green
W rfted, 21 dit. pale bfown C-mbtet, 25 ditto Cotton
and Lin^n, 7 and t half dit. blue Worsted and Linen,
2 womens Gowns, 1 ditto red and brown, 1 brown
Skirt. Whoever informs 2nd ffifl in getting the above
Articles and Thief, (hall receive the Reward propoud,
or a proportionable firm for any part.
Nov. x, 1782. JESSE EVANS.
WAS left at the door of the fubferiber,
Inn-keeper, at the sign of th. Green tree, in
Third-street, on the evenly of the 19th instant, No
vember, A SADDLE, BRIDLE, 2nd CLOTH. The
owner, proving ha property and paying charges may
have them again, by applying to
BEGS leave to 'inform the Public, that he has Jaid
th? Plan of the Academy now under his direction
for the fix following years ; during which time he will
do his utmost endeavour to be uleful to all those who
Shall be under his care.
Horses and Chairs to Let.
THE fubferiber continues bis STABLE in Church
alley, where he proposes still (applying those
gentlemen who ma, chufe to faveu. him with
their custom, with as genteel HORSES and CHAIRS
as any to be let in the city : He also propolis taking in
a few Boris at Livery; and such gentlemen as chufe
that their horfcs fhouhi stand at Every, may depend on
the yreattft justice being done them. A sign is oppo
site the liable.
N. B. I have for Sale a Quantity of HAY ofthe
firft quHtj, and also a Quantity of an inferior kind.
Sept. au. ANTHONY WAIKE.
Alexander Quefnay,
WE the fubferibers, do forwarn every and all
performs, not to purchase a NOTE of HAND
for Forty five Shilling,, to MATHIAS BUSH, for
we are determined to dispute the pay by l^w, as his
son hath taken it in a fr^udulen manner.
MICHAEL BRIGHT, jtfnr.
Nov. 18. JOHN G.ODMAN.
IMMEDIATELY WANTED,
An industrious Woman of good
character, to Ive on a fmill place at Frankford; her
employment w I be to take care cf two or three Cows,
Good Encouragement will be given by SAMUEL
HODGSON, on the d^k near Wanut-ftrect.
Philadelphia, November 13, 1782.
W A N T E D,
A Pair of elegant HORSES,
Enquire of the Printer. Nov,- 15.
A ROBBERY.
Twelve Dollars Reward.
ANDREW KESSLER.
WILLIAM BALL.