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Do be SOL D by Public Vendue,
At the house of the fubferiber in Arch-street, above
Fourth-street, on Tuesday the seventh day of Sep
tember,
fj '' whole Stock in Trade, confiding of a large and
! 1 valuable aHortment of all kinds of brass furniture
'and trimmings of the best qualities, for coaches, chaises
and hirnefs ; also a number of finished, unfinished and
second-hand carriages, with harnesses of every kind; a
hr,e quantity o? coachmakers tools, three compleat feta
of imnhs tools, a large quantity of scrap iron and steel,
part of ^hich is very suitable for nail-makers, and the
remainder for many other purposes. The falf to begin
at nine o'clock in the merning, and to continue until
all is fold off; after which will be fold in the fame man
ner, all the (hops, stores and thedr where the fubferiber
formerly carried on business.
And on Wednesday the eighth of the fame month,
will be fold by Public Vendue, on the premises, at fix
o'clock in the evening, in three separate lots, a lot of
ground situated at the corner cf Race and Fifth-ftreets ;
it contains co Race ttreet eighty feet, and on Fifth-
Urert fifty-fix feet, on which are erected five well finished
tenements. The conditions will be made known at the
time and places of fate. Any person inclining to pur
chase before the day of sale may be informed cf the
terms by applying to
A^ 27. WILLIAM TOD.
'lO be SOLD at Public Vendue,
On the premises, on Tuesday the seventh of September
inst. at Ten o'clock in the forenoon, by the fub
feriber, v
^ LEASE of a frame House adjoining the Harp
21 and Crown Tavern, in Third-street, Philadelphia,
during the natural life of a Lady now upwards of fifty
years of age, fubje& to a yearly rent of Twenty Pounds
Pennsylvania currency ; a 1 rge front room of said house
has been lately fitted up for a store, and has a good cellar
U'dr the whole. Also to be fold, some trifling remains
of Shop Goods, among which are several thousand
Needles of the kft quality.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennfykania, ff.
T C >AL L whom it may concern.
<IOTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admi
'* ralty will be held at the State-House in the city of
Philadelphia, on the twentieth day of September next, at
Ten o'clock in the forenoon of thefame day, then and
thare to try the truth of the fa&s alledged in the bill of
George Geddes, &c. (who as well, &c,j against the
armed fluop or vdfel called the Sall, &c. lately com
manded by J fi ih Hunt; and also against the Negroes
Antonio, Jack, Will, Jacob and Joe, found and taken
on board laid fl)op: To the end and intent that the
owner or owners thereof, or any person concerned there
in, may appear and (hew cause, if any they have, why
the fame flwuld not be condemned according to the pra' er
of the Lid bill.
By order cf the Judge,
August 26. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
Port oj Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
T O A L L whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admi
=' ralty will be held at the State house in the city of
Philadelphia, on the twenty second day of September
next, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day,
than and then to try the truth of the fads Pledged in
the bill of George Geddes, &c^(who as weN, &c.) against
the snow or vessel called the Diana, &c. To the end and
intent that the owner or owners, or any person con
cerned therein, may appear and (hew cause, if any they
have, why the fame (hould not be condemned according
to the prayer of the said bill.
By order of the Judge,
August 30. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennfyvania, ff.
TO ALL whom it may concern.
XT OTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Ad
° miralty will be held at the State-house in the city of
Philadelphia, on the twenty-third day of September, at
Ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then and
there to try the truth of the fads alledged in the bill of
James Gamble, (qui tain, &c.) against the sloop or ves
sel called the Terrible, her tackle, apparel, furniture
and cargo: To the end and intent that the owner or
Owners, or any person concerned therein, may appear
and (hew cause, if any they have, why the fame (hould<
not be condemned according to the prayer of the said
silh By order of the Judge,
ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
Philadelphia, Augu, io,
'io be SOLD by Public Vendue,
At the Coffee house, on Tuesday the seventh of Septem
ber, at Twelve o'clock,
ATANYAR D and lot of ground, eighty feet
front on Seconcl-ftreet continued, and near three
hundred feet in depth, bounding on Cohockfink Creek;
the buildings thereon confiding of a good brick mill
houfe and carrying (hop, thirty-fix and a half feet font
and twenty deep, with a large loft over the fame for
drying of leather ; a brick beam house, fifteen feet by
fourteen and a half, with a good loft, a frame (table
and chair-house sixteen feet by twelve, with a good loft
fufficient to contain near two tons of hay, twenty one
Vatts, fix a ndlers, three bates, two limes, and a spring
water poou, a pump, &c. the whole in good order and
as compleat as any yard in Pennsylvania: The lot clear
of ground-rent. Any person inclining to purchase may
view the premises by applying to the fubferiber, living
at the upper cud of Second street, in Campington.
PHIL ADEL PHIA: Printed and Sold by JOHN DUNL AP, in Market-free^
THOMAS HUMPHREYS.
ANDREW CARSON.
SALE of forfeited Estates.
V (THEREAS the estates of John Putts, John
V Butcher, Thomas Mickinefs, Chiriftopber Sow
er, Christopher Sower, jun. Holton Jones, Samuel Shoe,
meker, JoiA Parrock, Joel Evans, John Tolley, George
Enlor, Peter Arthur, George Harding, William Rhod
den, John Bartlett, and Reynold Keen, late of the
county of Philadel; '.l, having been in due course of
law forfeited and seized to the use of this State, We, the
fubferibers, Agents for the said county, do hereby give
notice, that the estates of the said John Potts, John
Butcher, Thomas Mackinefs, Christopher Sower, Chris
topher Sower, jun. Holton Jones, Samuel Shoemaker,
John Parrock, Joel Evans, John Tolley, George Enfor,
Peter Arthur, George Hording, William Rhodden,
John Bartlett, and Reynold Keen, cenfifting of the fol
lowing tracts and parcels of Land, Houses, viz. John
Potts's estate, in Potts-Tewn, called Howe, containing
170 acres, great part meadow, one done house, and
other improvements. John Butcher's, About 56 acres,
on Schuylkill, in Blockley township, with the buildings
and improvements. Thomas Mackinefs's, A lot, the
corner of Vine and Third Greets, with five houses and
a liable thereon. Christopher Sower's, Five lots in
Germantown township, No, 1. 6 acres and three quarters
on Bowman's Lane and township line, part meadow ;
No. 2, About one acre and three quarters, near German
town, on said Bowman's Lane; No. 3, where Christo
pher Sower formerly lived ; about 6 acres, a large stone
house, extensive hack buildings, and other improve
ments; No. 4., One acre arid a quarter, the corner of
Germantown main street and Bowman's Lane, a stone
house and other improvements; No. 5, Six acres and a
half, part meadow, on Keyfer's Lane, two lots in the
Northern Liberties; No. 6, Half an acre at the Falls of
Schuylkill, a paper-mill, (aw mill, and other improve
ments ; No. 7, 3 acres and' one quarter near the above,
a stone house and other improvements, two lots in Rox
borough township ; No. 8, Eighty-three acres and three
quarters of woodland, extending from Schuylkill to
Ridge Road, a (mail log house thereon; No. 9, Three
quarters of an acre on Plymouth and Schuylkill Ferry
roads. Christopher So &er, junior's, Nineteen and ahelf
acres, part meadow, in Bristol township, near the back
end of Paftorious lands. Holton Jones's, Two lots in
Germantown; No. 1, About one and a half acres on
the main street, a stone house and other improvements;
No. z, Five and a half acres of orchard near the above.
Samuel Shoemaker's, No. 1, Aground rent of 421, ion
per annum issuing out of the estate of Thomas Brittain ;
No. 2, A bank lot, 20 feet front on Front and Watcr
ftreets, and 40 feet deep near Callowhill-ftrect. John
Parrock's, No. 1, Forty-seven acres, about one half
banked meadow, adjoining the river Delaware and Point
road, a house, barn, and other improvements; No. 2,
About 5 acres, the corner of Fourth-street and Hickory
Lane, a brick house thereon, both in the Northern Li
berties. Joel Evans's, Fifty acres on Cobb's Creek, in
Bleckley townffiip, two houses and other improvements.
John 1 olley's, No. 1, An unexpired lease of fifteen years,
two three-story brick houses, the corner of Catharine and
Fiont-ftreets, in Southwark ; No. 2, A frame house and
lot of ground in Catharine street, adjoining the above.
George Enfor's, Two twe-ftory brick boules and a lot
of g r ° un d, in Second fleet, between South and Ship
pen-ftreets, in Southwark. Peter Arthur's, No. 1. A
frame house and lot cf ground, in Second street, near
the above; No. 2, A let in Pluinb-ftreet and South
wark aforefai^, 15 feet two inches front, and 95 feet
deep to an alley. George Harding's, Three lots in South
wark, No. 1, 19 feet, 4. and an half inches front on
Third-ttreet, and 80 feet deep, one two story brick
house thereon; No. 2, Twenty fix feet front on said
street, and 80 feet deep, adjoining the fame, two-two
story frame houses thereon; No. 3, Twenty-two feet
and a half front on Third and George's-streets, and ex
tending from street to street, 200 feet, four frame hou-<
fes thereon : The whole laying between South and Ship,
pen streets. William Rhodrtnb, A lot in Southwark,
20 feet front on Catharine-ftreet,between Front and Se
uond-ftreets, and 101 and a half ^et deep, a two story
frame house thereon. John Bartlett's, One moiety of
an estate in Southwark, 36 feet front on Second street,
and zoo feet deep, three two story brick houses thereon.
Reynold Keen), No. 1, 212 acres, in the Northern Li
berties, three miles from the city, a very elegant house,
and sundry other improvements; No. 2, Twenty-four
acres adjoining the above. All which will be fold by
Public Vendue, at the Court-house, at Philadelphia,
on the eighteenth day of September next. The files will
continue from day to day, till the whole be difpefed of.
The terms of sale will be according to law, as follows,
to =wif, One fourth part of the purchase-money to be
paid in ten days after sale, or the premises again to re
vert to the State, and the bidder liable to forfeit the said
one-fourth of the purchase-money. The remainder
thereof to be paid in one month ; and on a certificate be
ing produced from the Agents, or either of them, of
full payment of the purchafemonq, a deed will be gi
ven, as by law directed. 4
And we the Agents, do also pursuant to law, hereby
notify the claimants of the said premises, or any of them,
and creditors of the said John Potts, John Butcher,
Thomas Mackinefs, Christopher Sower, Christopher
Sower, jun. Holton Jones, Samuel Shoemaker, John
Parrock, Joel Evans, John Tolley, George Enfor, Pe
ter Arthur, George Harding, William Rhodden, John
Bartlett, and Reynold Keen, to exhibit their claims and
demands to the Justices of the Supreme Court, within
the time limited by law, or they will be for ever debarred
from the recovery thereof.
GEORGE SMITH,].
THOMAS HALE, j Agents.
N WANTE D,
A PERSON that can write a tolerable good hand,
''to tend Bar at a genteel house in this city. En
quire of the Printer.
^s7 HEREAS the estates of James Rafr
VV kin and John Rankin, bu cf t e county of
York, having been in due courie cf law forfeited and
fciz.:d to the use of this State, We, the fubferibers.
Agents for the said county, do hereby give notice, That
the elates of the said Jernes Rankin and John Rankin,
confining of the following tracts or parcels of land, viz.
James Rankin's, No. 1, Three hundred and feventy
feven acres, situate on the cast fide of Codorus Creek,
one mile from York, in Yoik township, whereon is a
grist-mill, and mill house built with stone, a dwelling,
house part wood and part done, a large barn, one hun
dred acres cleared and upwards of thirty acres or mea
dow. No. 2, Two hundred and seventy-seven acres,,
fime townfllip, adjoining No 1, with one dwelling
houfe of logs, twenty-five acres clear. No. 3 One hun
dred and fi'ty one acres at the mouth of Big Conewago
Creek, on Susquehanna River, in Newberry township,
whereon is a dwelling hoyfe and barn, about thirty acres
clear, and an accustomed ferry. No. 4, One hundred
and (event,-feven acres, lame township, with a good
dwelling-house and barn of logs, fifteen acres of mea
dow and fifty aeon of clear land and orchard. No. c,
One hundred and forty-five and a half acres, fame town
foip, adjoining No. 4, with a good log house and barn,
ten acres of meadow, about fifty acres clear, and an or
chard. No. 6, Three hundred and fifty acres adjoining
William Chefney and others, in fame township, where
on are some cabins and sundry fields cleared. No. 7,
Two hundred and eighty-leven acres and three quarters,
to be equally divided between William Rankin and
James Rankin, wood land, in Newberry township. No.
8, Two hundred and twenty two acres and one hundred
and twelve perches, adjoining Ann Noblit and others,
in the fame township, wood land. No. 9, About ninety
two and a half acres adjoining John Rankin, in the feme
township. Jatin Rankin's, No. 1, Sixty three acres and
three quarters, adjoining Abraham Noblit and others,
in two pieces bought of Richaid Peters at different
times under a patent. No. 2, One hundred acres, the
place known by the name of John Rankin's place, in
Newberry township. No. 10, Two hundred acres, part
of which James Rankin bought of Richard Peters, in.
Newberry township. No. 11, One hundred acres in
Newberry, bought of James Smith of York Town. No.
12, One hundred acres, farae township, near No. 3.
All which will be fold by Public Vendue, at the Court
house at Voile, on the thirteenth day of Odober next.
The sales will continue from day to day, till the whole
be disposed of.
The terms of sale will be according to law, as follows,
to <wit, One fourth part of the purcbafe money to be paid
in ten days after sale, or tile premises again to revert to
the State, and the bidder liable to forfeit the said one
fourth of the purchase money, The remainder thereof
to be paid in one month ; and on a certificate being
produced from the Agents, or either of them, of full
payment of the purchase money, a deed will be given,
as by law directed.
And wethe Agents, do also pursuant to law, hereby
notify all the claimants of the said premises, or any of
them, and creditors of the said James Rankin and John
Rankin, to exhibit their claims and demands to the Jus
tices of the Supreme Court, within the time limited by
law, or they will be for ever barred from the recovery
thereof. WILLIAM CHESNEY, 7
JAMES NAIIOR, ^Agents.
Augufi 23. WILLIAM MITCHELL,J
TO BE SO
AN elegant bright bay HORSE fit for fiddle and
chair, seven years old this grass. Likewise, a very
good riding CHAIR, and harnefe in goed and com
pleat order. For terms apply to Capt. Heydricks,
next door to Mr. George Schloffer's in Second-street;
between Race and Vine-streets.
TO BE S O 57-
A NEAT four wheeled Phaeten or Chaise, with
steel springs, iron axel-trees, and brass caps, with
Harness compleat, not much the worse for wear; a light
four wheeled Waggon, with a covered top, alm. ft new §
a tingle horse Chair, with Harness eompleat. Enauire of
the Printer.
One Hundred and Fifty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY on the 30th of August, from the
schooner Committee, Captain Briffon, two French
sailors, one named Jouane Antoine Mory, of Leg
horn, of an ordinary stature, about thirty-two years of
age, and brown complexion. The other named Fran
cois Figaro, of Genoa, about twenty years of age,
small size and brown complexion. Whoever will ap
prehend the said men so that,they may be delivered to
the Consul cf France, (hall receive the above reward,
and Fifty Dollars over and above.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
RAN A WAY yesterday morning from the fub
feriber, living in Berwick township, York county,
a Dutch servant lad named Martin Ockerman, about,
twenty years of age, and about five feet three inches
high; has dark brown hai r very bushy: He had on a
half worn lead ecloured cloth coat, a pair of hemp linen
trowfers with a yellow stripe, and an half worn shirt.
Whoever takes up and secures said servant so that his
m^fter may get him again, shall have the above reward,
paid by
August 6. GEORGE KUHN.
WA S taken up by the fubferiber, near the
Play-house in Southwark, an old sorrel MARE,
about fourteen hands high, with a streak of white on her
forehead, and four white feet. The owner of said
mare, by applying to the fubferiber and paying charges,
may have her again.
Auguft^, WILLIAM WALL.