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Philadelphia, Augu.fi 25.
FIFTY POUNDS REWARD,
w AS STOLEN from the fuhferiber at Mud-
V V Illand Fort, on the 20th or lift inst. a single cased
Fr each silver W A;T CH, no maker's name or num?
be,r, china faced, with a chryftd on the back, the hours
are* marked with arithmetical figures, winds up in the
sac e, nearthe figure 6, part of which is broke off; it
shews on the back the month and length of the month,
wit b the days of the months, and days of the week oppo
site p it also (hews the signs, planets, ^nd length of the
day& and nights, the words on the back are French ; it
had a steel chain with a black seal, marked with the iet
tere DJ in a cypher. Whoever delivers the Watch to
the fmbfcriber, and secures the thief, so that he may be
cenvifted, shall have the above reward, or TWENTY
PO UNDS for the Watch only, paid by me
JEREMIAH FISHER.
Philadelphia, August 24.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
(O N E of the Continental Stores on Carpenter's wharf
was broke open between Saturday the 21st and Mon
day the 23d inst. and robbed of two barrels of BEEF.
1 Whoever can difeover the thief or .thieves shall, upon
1 lis or their being duly convi&ed, receive the above re
ward. , GEORGE A. BAKER.
A. D. C. G. es Iffuea.
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GERMAN ALMANACKS,
For the YEAR 1780,
TO BE SOLD BY
JO H N D U N L A P.
Twe HIGHEST PRICE
IS GIVEN FOR
CLEAN LINEN RAGS,
BY
JOHN D U N L A P.
TO BE S O L D,
A VARIETY of English and French GOLD
WATCHES, federal articles in the Jewellers
and Watch makers way, &c. &% As the owner of the
above Goods intends to quit bufinefi in a short time,
they will be (old at moderate p ices. Enquire at Mr.
Sewell's in Second,trtet, three doors below Chefoui
ftreet, Puibdrip ia.
N.B. A god Saddle Horse would be taken in ex
change tor Watches.
Fine and cowrie Hatters Bow-Strings,
CO BE SOLD BY
ANDREW TY BO UT,
In Chefnut street, between Second and Third streets,
Philadelphia.
TO BE S O L D,
A VALUABLE Plantation made in two furveyr,
both deeded, on the great road leading to Fort
OPiit, in Bedford cunty, ft te of Penni Jvania, well
-w&'ered.and timbered, eighteen acres 0: cleared meadow
.and mole may be mate, a good mill-fen and plen yof
water; allo a tenyard begun, where the tanning bt.fi
nefa may be carried on to goo? effect, a "new orchard,
several bearing trees, a dwelling house, stone fpring
houfe, a newban 60 by 30 fret, hath four stables each
20 by io feet, two ether tables, hemp-hcufe, waggon-
Hied, and faith Ihop: The whole in both surveys are
cne hundred a c d sixty-sour and one third acres, and
commanding a great quantity of land fcarte of timber
adjoining, which is an advantage to this plantation in
an especial manner. Any perion inclining to purchase
the said plantation, may oe informed of the terms and
receive other information by applying te Col. Ephraim
Blain, at his office in Market Street, Philadelphia, to
Benjamin Harbeson, Copper fmi'h, in Market ftrett,
or to General William Thomon, in Cumberland
county. , THOMAS URIE.
August 15, i 77 9.
WAS F OU N D,
At Mrs. Kehone's, fuppofrd to be stolen,
N E cloth calamanco fkirfy one blue fhalloon cur
~ tain, and a woman's white beaver hat. Whoever
lias loft the fame, by applying to Alexander Carlisle,
proving property and paying charges, may have them
again.
GENERAL
TUESDAY,
[ Price 2s. 6d. single, 2s. by the quantity. Published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ]
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WHEREAS the estates of Joseph Galloway,
Nathaniel Vernon, Gideon Vernon, David Daw
son, Richard Swanick, William Maddock, Alexander
"Bartram, Curtis Lewis, Philip Marchinton, and Jo(hua
Pro&or, late of the county ot Chester, having been by
due course of law, f rfeited 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 Jo
seph Galloway, Nathaniel Vernon, Gideon Vernon, Da
vid Dawson, Richard Swanick, William Maddock,
Alexander Bartram, Curtis Lewis, Philip Marchinton,
and Joftiua Pro&or, consisting of the following tracts of
Land, viz. Joseph Galloway's, No. 1, Two hundred
and ten acres of marsh on Hoglfl&nd. No. 2, T*o
hundred and twelve acres of marsh on Tinicum Efland,
all of the best qn/ity, Nathaniel Vernon's, Two hun
dred and forty-four acres and buildings ; a good con
veniency for erecting a raill on Ridley Creek on said
plantation. Gideon Vernon's, No. 1, Sixty- three acres
and buildings. No. 2. Fifty acres and buttings, lying
about one hundred perches from the other. The whole
of thele three plantations are adjoiningeach other,about
three and a halt miles from the borough of Chester. Da
vid Diwfon's, Four hundred and fifty acres in two plan
tations, and good buildings, in WettCalr, subj.& to a
widow's thirds. Richard Swanick's, Three hundred
acres, buildings and saw mill in ditto, lying near Co
neftogo road, about forty-three miles from Philadelphia.
William Maddock's, Eighty acres and buildings in Af
ton, four miles from Chester. Alexander Bartram's,
Ninety acres in Haverford, known by the name of the
Fx Chace, seven miles from Philadelphia. Curtis
Lewis's, No. 1. One hundred and forty-four acres and
buildings. No. 2. Two hundred and nine acres and
dittr .No. 3, Fifty ceres and ditto in East Caln, lying
on Coneftogo road near the Ship tavern. Philip Mar
chintonl, Four hundred acies and buildings in Weft-
Bradford. And Joshua Pro&or'a, Eighty acres and
buildings in New-Garden. The above plantations are
well wooded and watered. All which will be fold by
Public Vendue, on Saturday the fourth day of Septem
ber next, at the Court-houle in Chester. The tales to
continue from day to day until the whole is disposed of,
Sunday excepted.
The terms cf sale will be according to law, as follows,
to wit. One fourth part of the purchase-money to be
paid in ten days after sale, or the piemifes 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
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 we the Agents, do also pursuant to law, hereby
notify all the claimants of the said premiles, or any of
th-m, and creditors of the said Joseph Galloway, Natha
niel Vernon, Gideon Vernon, David Dawson, Richard
Swanick, Wiliam Maddock, Aexandei Bartram, Cur
tis Lewis, Philip Marchinton, and Joshua Pro&or, 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 barred from the recovery thereof.
Augu, i, THOMAS LEVIS,]
1 779 ' JOHN HANNUM, ] A ^ ents -
Philadelphia, August 16.
NOTICE is hereby given to my friends
and acquaintance in the Army of the United
States, and the public in general, That I have taken,
(and now occupy) the noted Livery Stable in Se^venth
itreet, between Market and Arch-ftieets, where an,
perfen applying may have their Horses taken the belt
care of, and receive forage agreeable to their refpe&ive
orders, either by the year, month or day, &c. having
laid in a quantity of the best hay and oats. Terms of
keeping will be as low as the present and future regula
tions will admit of, by
The Public's humble servant,
THOMAS CRAIGE.
Germantown, Aug 17, 1779.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,,
On Saturday the 11th day of September next, at one
o'clock in the afternoon of the fame day on the pre
mises;
A Certain stone MESSUAGE or TENEMENT, two
dories high, and lot or piece of ground, contain
ing about an acre; on which is a good well of water,
some stabling, a good garden, and orchard, &c. there
to belonging, situated on the northeasterly fide of the
main street of laid Germantown, and near to the house
and lot of John Wiftar. Late the estate of Eye Fry,
Widow, deceased, and to be fold according to the di
re&ion of her Last Will and Testament. by the Execu
tors, who will make known the conditions at the time
of sale. JOHN FRY,'
GOTTLIEB FRY.
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DEPOSITIONS- (Continued from our last.)
IJ°HN COLLINty so: merly aa officer in the Con
tinental Navy, but for about nine months last past sick
and unable to help myfelf, at the house of Captain Thomas
Wooster in New-Haven, teftify and fay, That on the s th
day ° f July infant, soon after the Britdh army took pos
session of said New-Haven, a number of the British soldi
ers entered the house and demanded of Mrs. Mary Woof,
ter, relict of the late General David Wooster, her silver
and plate : She replied, she had none in the house. They
then demanded .her pockets, which she refufed to deliver
them. One of the soldiers seized her by the ftioulder,
swore she had plate, and that he would kill her unless she
would deliver it to him. Mrs, Wooster then took a watch
° u ' # ''a™ PO'ke'and gave them, and some other trifles
which she laid on the table, and attempted to make her
elcapifout at the door: They cried damn her, flop her ;
laid violent hands upon her, and one of them levelled his
gun at her breast, damn'd her, and swore if she mov'd a
hep he would Ihoot her @ead. They then demanded her
ear rings, and her handkerchief from her neck. She alked
them if they were not ashamed to treat a woman in such a
manner? One of them replied, damn you, .do you think
you muff wear a silk handkerchief wnen I have none?
They were about t^, use violence to obtain them, uoon
which Mrs. Wooster delivered them up. They then tinn
ed their attention upon me, and made me their prisoner,
fit which time Mrs. Wooster made her escape.) but find
ing m e unable to go with them, they took from me my
hat, flock and buckle, shoe and knee buckles: They then
seized me by the shoulder, threw me upon the floor, pre
sented a bayonet (then reeking with the blood, as I fup
poTe, of the aged Capt. English, who had just before been
murdered) at my breast, and fw®re they would kill me if
I did not immediately tell them where my money was: I
told them I had none, and that I was not the owner
of the house. They damned me, swore I lyed, and that
they would run me thro' if I did not teh them where it
was. They then searched my pockets, found a letter which
they swore was my commission, and swore I was a damned
officer In the rebel service, and teat they would kill me in
stantly; and further faith not.
u JOHN COLLINS.
New-Haven, July 26, 1779 . Personally appeared Jota
Collins, the above Deponent, and made solemn oath unto
the truth of the foregoing deposition before me,
SAMUEL, BISHOP, Jun. J. P.
nrFV'? 5 BEERS , oflawful age, teftifieth and faith,
That he saw his father Mr. Nathan Beers, late es New-
Haven, about g hours after he was wounded by the ene
my on th^ ssh of July inst. and received from his mouth
the following account of the treatment he received from
the enemy, viz. That upon their entrance into town, an
officer mortally wounded near his father's house was brought
in and dressed there, whom his father affixed with band
ages, &c. for dressing his wound, besides treating them
with kindness and hospitality, for which tire officer at his
departure returned him his thanks, and said he should not
be hurt but protested for his kindness. After this officer
was carried away, a party of soldiers came upon him as he
was peaceably Handing at his front door, and charged him
with firing out of his house, which he denied, telling
them he had not any arms in his house ; hefeeing by their
motions they intended to murder him, added, you fee I
am an old infirm man, I am not able to do you any hurt
and have done nothing to oppose you, all I have is
in your hands, why should you take away my life ?
unmoved by this remonstrance, they fnapt three pieces
with fixed bayonets at his breast, one ®f the pieces only
went off, which he struck down from his breast, and the
ball took place in his right hip; and & he fell they were
about to end his life with their bayonets, but he begged to
be spared, telling them he was mortally wounded. This
party then left him, and went to plundering the house.
After the loss of much blood, he got to the bed, and in
some measure ftopt the blood. Another party came in
soon after, howled him off the bed, demanded his money
kicked and otherwise abused and insulted him, and kt his
wound bleeding again, being deaf to all intreaties. Seve
ral parties, one after another, plundering and destroying
his furniture and substance, came at him with fixed bayo
nets, insulting, threatening and abusing him. Of these
wounds he languished, and died on Saturday the 10th in ft!
(July) in the 61st year of his age.
„ „ , ELIAS BEERS.
New-Haven, July 26, 1779. Personally appeared Elias
Beers, the above deponent, and made solemn oath
to the truth of the above deposition before me,
SAMUEL BISHOP, Jun. J. P.
ISAAC BEERS, of lawful age, teftifieth and faith
That he agrees with what his brother, Elias Beers, has re
lated in the foregoing deposition; and further fays, that
he himfelf was taken a prisoner from his own house; and
that while he was a prisoner, he heard General Garth tell
Mr. Israel Wooden, who was wounded, and also a prifo-
PHILADELPHIA.
AUGUSTA, 1779;
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