The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-09-04 00:00:00, page 4

WHEREAS the estates of Joseph Galloway,
Nathaniel Vernon, Gideon Vernon, David Daw
foTa, Richard Swanick, William Maddock, Alexander
Bartram, Curtis Lewis, Philip Marchinton, and Jofliua
Pro&or, late of the county of Chester, having been by
(foe course of law, forfeited and seized to the use of this
State, We, the subscribers, Agents for the said county,
do hereby give notice, That the eftate# of the said Jo
seph Galloway, Nathaniel Vernon, Gideon Vernon, Da
vid Diwfon, Richard Swa^ck, William Maddock,
Alexander Bartram, Curtis Lewis, Philip Marchinton,
and Joshua Pro&or, consisting of the following trafb of
Land, viz. Joseph Galloway's, No. r, Two hundred
and ten acres of marsh on Hog-Island. No. 2, Two
hundred and twelve acres of marsh on Tinicum Island,
all of the belt quality. Nathaniel Vernon's, Two hun
dred and forty-four acres and buildings ; a good con
veniency for erecting a mill on Ridley Creek on said
plantation. Gideon Vernon's, No. 1, Sixty three acres
and buildings. No. 2. Fifty acres and builings, lying
about one hundred perches from the other. The whole
of these three plantations are adjoiningeach other,about
three and a half miles from ths borough of Chester. Da
vid D iwfon's, Four hundred and fifty acres in two plan
tations, and good buildings, in Weft Caln, fubje& to a
widow's thirds. Richard Swanick's, Three hundred
acres, buildings and saw mill in ditto, lying n^ar Co
neftogo road, ab ut 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
Fox Chace, 'feven miles from Philadelphia. Curtis
Lewis's, No. 1. One hundred and forty-four acres and
buildings. No. 2. Two hundred and nine acres and
ditto. No. 3, Fifty acres and ditto in East Caln, lying
on Conoftogo road near the Ship tavern. Philip Mar
chinton's, Four hundred acres and buildings in Weft-
Bradford. And Joshua Proftor's, Eighty acres and
buildings in New-Garden. The above plantations are
well wooded and watered. All which will be fold by
Publit 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 uif. Oue fourth part of the purchafe-mcney 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
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 premises, or any of
them, and creditors of the said Joseph Galloway, Natha
niel Vernon, Gideon Vernon, David Dawson, Richard
Swanick, William Maddock, Alexander Bartram, Cur
tis Lewis, Philip Marchinton, and Joshua Prodor, to
exhibit thrir 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.
^/fr, THOMAS LEVIS,] A
1779 . JOHN HANNUM, ] ^ en ":
Fine and coarse Hatters Bow-Strings,
TO BE SOLD BY
ANDREW TYBO UT,
In Chcihut-ftreet, between Second and Third streets,
Philadelphia.
TO BE SO L D,
A VARIETY df English and French GOLD
WATCHES, several articles in the Jewellers
and Watch-makers way, &c. &c. As the owner of the
above Goods intends to quit business in a short time,
they will be fold A moderate prices. Enquire at Mr.
Sewell's in SecoAd-ftreet, three doors below Chefaut
ftreet, Philadelphia.
N. B. A good Saddle Horse would be taken in ex
change for Watches.
TO BE EXCHANGED,
For a FARM within four or five miles cf Philadelphia,
AP LANTATION beautifully situated on the
river Delaware, about fifteen miles from Philadel
phia, with an elegant house near fifty feet front, a
kitchen, barn, and other cut-houses, the place healthy,
the land extraordinary good, with a large proportion of
meadow and woodland, a very fine orchard, with a
great variety of other fruit trees. Possession will be
given immediately. For further particulars enquire of
the Printer. Stf.
Philadelphia, August 20.
To be SC LD by Public Vendue,
At the Coffee house, on Tuesday the seventh of Septem
ber, at Twelve o'clock,
A TANYARD and let of ground, eighty feet
front on Sccond-ftreet continued, and near three
hundred feet in depth, bounding on Cohockfink Creek;
the buildings thereon consisting of a good brick mill
hdufe and currying (hop, thirty-fix and a half feet front
and twenty 4rp> with a ' ar £ e '°ft ° ver the fame for
drying of leather ; a brick beam house, fifteen feet by
fourteen and a half, with a good loft, a frame stable
and chair-houle sixteen feet by twelve, with a good loft
fufficient to contain near two tons cf hay, twenty one
vatti, fix handlers, three bates, two limes, and a spring
water poole, a pump, &c. the whole in good order and
as compleat as aay yard in Pcnnfylvania: The lot clear
of ground-rent. Any person inclining to purchase may
view the premises by applying to the subscriber, living
at the upper end of Second street, in Camp'ngton.
THOMAS HUMPHREYS.
PHIL ADELEHIA: Printed and Sold by JOHN DUNLAP, in Market-street,
Philadelphia, August 21.
LESTER AND POYNTELL,
Have for sale at their (hop in Second ftreer, three doors
below Market street, and dire&ly opposite the Friends
Meeting,
BEST Writing Paper,
Best red Sealing Wax,
Leather pocket Ink-stands very convenient for carriage.
Wafers in small boxes,
Clarified Quills,
Middleton's Pencils,
Socket Books of all forts,
Blank Books of all forts,
Slates and Pencils,
Copper-plate Copy books and flip Copies,
Bonnet Pasteboards,
English Cartridge Paper by the ream,
Spelling-books and Primmers,
An assortment of Childrens Bocks,
An assortment of Phys and Magazines,
Reed's Maps of Philadelphia,
About thirteen hundred volumes of valuable and well
afforted Books,
A great number of Caffical Books, with a number of
other things in the Stationary way.
At said (hop may likewise be had, Lester and Dar
by's PLAYING CARDS of the best quality,
wholtfale and retail, where traders may be Applied by
the groce or dozen at the firft hands.
To be SOL 1) by Public Vendue,
At the house of the subscriber in Arch-street, above
Fourth-street, on Tuesday the seventh day of Sep
tember,
HI S whole Stock in Trade, consisting of a large and
valuable assortment of all kinds of brass furniture
and trimmings of the best qualities, for coaches, chaises
and harness; also a number of finished, unfinished and
fecon.i-hand carriages, with harn<ffes of every kind; a
large quantity of coachmakers tools, three compleat sets
of smiths tools, a large quantity of scrap iron and steel,
part of which is very suitable for nail-makers, and the
remainder for many other purposes. The sale to begin
at nine o'clock in the morning, and to continue until
all is fold off; after which will be fold in the fame man
ner, all the Diops, stores and sheds where the subscriber
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 of Race and Fifth-ftreets ;
it contains on Race street eighty feet, and on Fifth
ftreet fifty-fix feet, on which are ere&ed five well finifhed
tenements. The conditions will be made known at the
time and places of sale. Any person inclining to pur
chase before the day of sale may be informed of the
terms by applying to
Augufl „. WILLIAM TOD.
FO R S A I, E,
A COMMODIOUS three-story brick House and
Lot of Ground, situate on the weft fide of Second
ftreet, between Arch and Race- streets, in the city of
Philadelphia ; the lot is thirty-one feet front (including
a nine feet alley over which the house is built) and ex
tending in depth two hundred and fifty feet to Moravi
an Alley, with a kitchen, wash-house, coach-house, Ha
bles, &c. erefted thereon ; let in April last at 100 L
sterling per annum. For terms of sale apply to Bonsall
and Shoemaker, at their office in Fourth-street, be
low Spruce street, where houses, plantations, &c. are
fold, and business tranfa&ed as usual.
TO BE S O L D,
A TRACT of LAND in Northumberland coun
ty, containing four thousand five hundred acres.
It is situated on one of the branches of Bald Eagle Creek,
where it interlocks with Penn's Creek, and is distant
about fix miles from General Potter's estate. The coun
try around it is fitted for forming the largest settlement
in Northumberland county. It is lime stone land of an
excellent quality, and a very great quantity of watered
meadow may he made upon it. For further particulars
enquire of ANDREW ROBESON, Esq; at his
Office in Chefnut-ftreet, between Second and Third
ftrerts, Philadelphia.
Superfine, fine, middling and coarse five-quarter and
fix-quarter
BOULTING CLOTHS,
TO BE SOLD BY
FRANCIS C. HASSENCLEVER,
In Second-hreet, between Race and Arch-streets,
6 Philadelphia.
H EREAS the subscriber, who came into this
country about the year 1768 with her parents,
John and Ann Rudy, and was bound to Mess. Baldaim
and Rose, not having heard from her said parents since,
begs them if they are yet living to enquire for her of
the Printer hereof.
CA ME to the plantation of the subscriber,
near Germantown, on the 16th instant, a black
MARE, fourteen and a half hands high, twelve years
old, branded on the near buttock X. The owner is de
fined to pay charges and take her away.
A STEEL SWORD was left about a
month ago at the house of the Minister of France.
As no person has fiace applied for it, this is to inform
the owner where he may find it again.
August 18.
WILLIAM M'CULLOH.
ANN RU DY.
Weaving done and Spinners employed.
THOSE industrious matrons, and others, who
have a quantity of yarn which they want wrought
into cl&h, are hereby informed, That the subscriber
has now in his service a number of good workmen, and
proposes to employ several looms in town and country
work. They may depend on care and punctuality.
He has for sale, a variety of Goods of his own manu
faaufe, such as coatings, fagarhies, jeans, linens, &c.
at his house in South street, between Fifth and S xth
ftreets, and near Sugar alley.
5 SAMUEL WHETFRILL, Jun.
CAME to the plantation of the subscriber,
in Chrlftiana hundred, Newcafre county, on the
27th of June last, a grey MARE about thirteen hands
high and about fifteen years eld, a short tail, is food all
round, trots and hand gallops, has a small cross on the
near buttock. The owner is desired to come, prove his
property, pay charges and take her away, otherwise sh,
will be fold in one month from this date, as the has
been both cried and advertised heretofore, by
August 16. ANDREW CRIPS.
Philadelphia, July 28.
W A NTE D,
In one of the Public Offices in this city,
A CLERK who writes a good hand, can be well
recommended, and understands book keeping and
accounts. Very genteel wages will be given to any per
son whose chara&r and abilities are adequate to the
above description. Enquire of the Printer.
Philadelphia, Jul, 13.
ALL persons who may meet with Itray Continental
Horfes^are desired to fend them to the subscriber,
where they (hall receive reasonable pay for their trouble ;
And it is expected that all persons who have Horses pur
chased of the Continent, have certificates to (hew from,
the person autborifed by the QM.G. to fell such pub
lic Hories, and without such certificate, tke Horse or
Horles will be taken from them, unless they can prov 6
the purchase from a person authorifed as above.
B, order of the ^ M. G.
12 JACOB HILTZHEIMER.
Marcus-Hook, August 18, 1779.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on the fifteenth
infant, a servant woman named HANNAH NEW
HOUSE, about twenty fix years of age, five feet four or
five inches high, swarthy complexion and hard of hear
ing; had on a lincey petticoat and short gown. Who
ever takes up and secures said woman so that her matter
may have her again, shall receive the above reward, and
If brought home all reasonable charges paid by
Two Hundred Dollars Reward.
STOLEN from the subscriber, living in Oxford
township, within five miles of Philadelphia, on the
28th of last month, a bay HORSE, fifteen hands
high, trots and canters well, low in fl sh, shod before
with steel toes tomething the woife for wear, his mane
hangs on the left fmle, which is bla k as well as bis tail,
he is a rigilen; together with a bridle and bridle little
the worse for wear. They were taken by one John
Arthur, an oftler then in my service, about five feet
eight or nine inches high, faridy complexion with Qin
hair; he has been a soldier in the Continental service,
and has, a discharge to return to his native abode in
Charlotte county, Virginia. He allo took with him a
white blanket, furtout coat which is tap large for him,
a pair of tow trowfers, old fres and plated buckles, an
eld round hat very greasy, and a ny rßuffia sheeting
fhiit. As the owner has heard that he is bound home
wards, it is likely he may offer the horse for sale. Who
ever fecurcs the thief and horse (hall have the above re
ward, paid by
6 SAMUEL DAVIS.
Published ever, WEDNESDAY morning, by
STYNER and CI SL, Printers,
In Second-ftrect, four doors above Race street,
Philadelphia,
A German NEWS-PA P E R,
INTITULE D,
QX)ilabe(pf)iftf)c ^
&taatßregifa.
Advertisements for the above Paper will be carefully
tran dated and inserted.
N. B. Said Styner and Cist have for sale, German
Almanacks for the year 1780, by the hundred, dozen,
or smaller quantity j also English and German School-
Books, Stationary, &c. &c.
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN D U NLA P,
AFE w sets of CHESTERFIELD'S LETTERS,
in four volumes.
Leland's History of Ireland.
A few sets of Josephus's Works, neatly bound.
A number of odd volumes of Blackstone's Com
mentaries.
Rural Oeconomy.
Dilworth's Spelling-Book,.
AL S 0,. ,
Admiuiculum Puerile; Or, an Help for School-Boys.
By P. Davys.
Greece Grammatics Infiitutio Compenctaria. In ujum
Scbolarum. Autbore Edv. WetteinHal, D. D, Nuper
Kilmor, Epifcopo & Ardag.
ISAAC DUTTON.