The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-09-04 00:00:00, page 4

SCARLET, brown, I
purple, black, green, !
blur, light coloured, fu- I
par fine and second Broad-j
cloths,l
Scarlet, brown, blue,
light and coloured fu
perfine Knaps & Coat
_ in ^'
Blue, grey, light and
Irarlet Duffih & Frizes,
White, buff and fcarlel
Caffimets and Wiltons,
Crimion, brown, blue,
Griped, black, spotted
and corded- Velvets and
Velverets,
Olive & white Corduroys,
Ticklers and Duroons,
Barragons,
Childrens worded Hose,
Pink, blue, black and
cloth coloured Dureys,
Prunellas and Durants,
Tammies arid Sattinets,
Crimion, green, sky-blue
Ind pink Ruffe's, Mo.
reens and Caliimmrot#,
Jeans, Fufthns and Beav
ers,
Camblets and Hairbines
of all colours and fine
nL,
Corded Worsteds and
Everirftings,
Serges and Serge de Jeanr,
Blue ard while Plains and
Fa!ithicks,
7-8, 3 4, and apron-wide
cotton & linen Checks,
An ifl>rtment of Irish
Lncm,
Fine and coarse Hollands.
Yrfd and baltyard and
3 8 brown and white
Sheetings,
Britunnus and Piattells
royalt,
Lavals, Penturies, Ozna
bigs and Ticklenburgs,
Sail and Dock Cloth,
Marseilles Quilting,
Plain and corded Dimities
and Diapers,
Wide and narrow Russia
Sheetings, Dowlafs and
Finders Ticking,
Jaconet and book Mufins,
Tapes, Bobbins & Laces,
Plain and figured Kmt
ings, kerfing Handker-1
chiefs and Catgut,l
Plain & millions Lawns, I
Cambick;
Said NIC HOLS returns his best
Thanks to thole who have heretofore fa
voured him with their Custom, and hopes,
in future, from his Attention to-Business,
and Willingness to Please, that it will be
the Interest of his Customers to continue
their Favours.
To be Sold by Public Vendue,
On FRIDAY, the 28th Day of September next, at
One o'clock, in the afterncon, at the house of Catha
rine Schneider, in New-Hanover township, A
Certain Plantation, or Traci of
Land, situate on San^togue creek, in the said tewrfhip
of N^w^Hanoter, containing about 120 acres, on which
is erefted a Frame Dwelling Houle, Grist-mill, Barn,
Stables, and other Out boufes; to acres whereof are
excellent Meadow, and about 15 acres of Upland clear
ed, the remainder is Wood Land. At the fame time
and place will be Sold, One undivided Third Part of
a Saw-Mill, and 50 Acres of Ground thereto belong
ing, adjoining the above defcrihed Plantation. Any
person defrou, to view the premiss, will please to ap
ply to JACOB KROUS, in Limerick township: The
terms will ba made known at the time and nhce of sale ;
where attendance will be given, by HENRY DERING,
Executor of the last will and testament of Henry Dering,
fcnior, late of New-Hanever township, deceased.
New-Hanover township, August 28.
N. B. If NICHOLAS DERING, Son of Henry Der
ing, late of New-Hanover township, Philadelphia cot n
ty, is alive, and will apply or fend to his Brother,
Henry Daring, at Lancaster, he may hear of femething
to his Advantage.
JUST IMPORTED,
In the last Veflels from Europe,
AND TO BE SOLD, By
WILLIAM NICHOLS,
At hit STOkE, on the Ncrh Side of Market street,
oppcfite the Indian King,
A Large and General Assortment of the
Following Articles, viz.
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by DATID C. CLALPOOLE.
IMillionet Handkerchiefs
and figured Apron Pat
terns,
IPlain1 Plain and figured Gauzes
and gauze Handker
chiefs,
Women# Gloves of all co-
Icuu,
Ditto silk Mitts,
Mens silk Glover,
A beautiful Assortment
of dark, and light
Chintzes,
Elegant chintz Bed-pat
terns, 1
Fine and coarfa Calicoes
and Cottons,
Ginghams and Bengalis,
Nankeens and Damascus,
Ducapes, Pad uafoy,Man
tua#, Luteftringfj Bro
cades, Modes and Taf
fities,
Green, blue, claret,
bloom, orange, and
white 2-4 and 34 ell
Persians and Sarinet?,
Peking, Mexicans and
Mufflemans,
Elb wide Persians, black
and coloured,
Mens, women and child
rens cotton and thread
Hole,
Elegant Tambour Waist
coat Patterns,
Belt Sewing.filk,
Black Thread,
Coloured ditto,
Silk and linen Handker
chiefs,
Black and coloured Bar
celona ditto,
Best scars Twiff, Mohair
and Buttons,
Black and white Blond
Laces and Edgings,
Thread ditto,
Painted, figured and plain
Ribbands,
Superfine, second and
coxrfe Bolting-Cloths,
Plated Buttons,
Skelleton and hoop Wire,
Best Tully Gartering,
Cotton Cord and Toffelt,
Bandana, silk and cotton
Romalls,
Quality and narrow Bind
ings and Ferrets,
Snuff Boxes,
With many other Arti-
Ides, too tedious to enu
merate. '
Port of Philade'pbi% .Pennsylvania, ff.
To ALL whom it may concern.
NJ OTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Ad
miialty will be held at t e State house, in the city
•f Philadelphia, on Tuefdav, the 4th of September
next, at 9 o'clock in & forenoon, ter the led of the
armed Schooner or vtffl, called the Fame, buithen
about 80 tons, lately commanded by Captain Nellon,
taken at fee on her cruise from New-York, lent into
this port, and libelled against as prize, by Roger Kean,
(qui tarn, &c.) To the end, th*t all persons cone rned
may appear and (hew can e, if any there be, why a
decree (hould not pass pursuant to tie prayer of the
libel, &e. By older of the judge,
August 30. JAMES READ, Register. .
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
To ALL whom ic may concern.
N° T ! C E is hsieby given, That a Court of Admiral
ty w.ll be held at the State house, in the'eity of
Philadelphia, on Tu^fday, the 4th of September next,
at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, for the trial of the S'cop
or Vessel called the Betsy, burthen about So tons, for
merly commanded by Moses Palmer, tak<n at sea from
him by the Brjt sh privateer Farce, on her palfsge (rora
Virginia to Boston, and retaken by the Privateer, Ho|.
kerand Hope, sent into this port, arid libelled against
as prize, by Roger Kezn and Christopher S'm th, (qui
tarn, &c.) To the end, that all perlons concerned may
appear md (hr w cause, if any they have, why a decree
should net paf# pursuant to the prayer of the libel, &c,
By order of the Judge,
August 30. JAMES READ, Rtgifhr.
A further SALE of the
Public Lots of this City,
For the redemption of the Bills of Credit
of this state, dated April the 29th, 1780, will be held
at the Coffee-hcufe, on THURSDAY, th? 6:h of Sep
tember next, at TE M o'cock in the forenoon. A
Plan of the Lots may be seen at th* Coff.-e-! oufe, and
At the Sufveyo General's Office. The conditions the
fame rs the iaitLies. August 31.
Notice is hereby given to the
Officers and Seamen now in town, belonging to the
brig Holker, that Skellenger's boat, appointed to take
them to the Cages, will fail on TuHdav next, the 4. h
of September. They are therefore requeued to repair on
board her at that time, otherwise they will forfeit their
fliares of all Prize Monty srifing from the present
cruize. Friday, Aug. 31st.
Philadelphia, Aug. 27, 1781.
Three Dollars Reward.
STRAYED awav, on the 19th ult. a small dark brin
die COW, has tour white feet, white belly, :nd
white flanks, a small head with (mall horns turned in.
who ever takes up laid cow, and brings her to the sub
scriber, in S^anfon-ftreet, ftearly opposite codore!
Knox's, (hall receive the above reward, and reasonable
charges paid by JAMES STEWART.
Office for Confiscated Lftates.
Annapolis, July 26, 1781.
Pursuant to an A& of Assembly, §
Will be Sold at Public Auction,
On th^ Eleventh Day of September next, at the Lan
cashire Furnace, in Baltimore County, between 13
and 14060 Acres of
Valuable LAN D,
lying near Baltimore town, late the property of the
Pr:m ipio company, on which are ereaed two Furnaces
and two Grist-mills ; the Land will be chit fly parceled
out in'o final! and convenient Farms; that part on
^hich the Furnaces are erected will be fold firft, in or
der th<t any perfen or performs who may incline to put
chafe, with a view to carry on the Iron Works, will
have an opportunity of securing such other part# of the
Land they may think neceff r y. At the lame rime
will be fold, all the Utensils and Stock of every kind
belonging to the said Works, amongst which are about
One Hundred valuable SLAVES, of different ages and
sexes, sundry of them are excellent tradesmen, such as
Founders, Colliers, Blacksmiths, &c. The money to
be paid down if agreeable to the purcbafers, if not they
may give bond, with security, to pay one third of the
fura bid, on the iff day of September, 1782, another
third on theist day of September, 1783, and the re
maining third on theist day of September, 1784, with
interest in gold or silver, or the new b Ils of credit to be
emitted in pursuance of an a& of the lag session, at
their a&ual value at the time cf paym,nt. By Order
JOSEPH BAXTER, Clerk.
do be SOLD by Public Sale,
On Wednesday the sth of September n'xt, at Six
o'clock in the Evening, at the Coffee-Houle, if not
fold before at private sale,
AMeffuage or 1 enement and I ot of
Ground, lituate on the north fide of Walnut
ftreet, between F ont and Second- Greets, next door to
the house occupied by Joseph Price, containing in
breadth 15 feet, and in depth 48 Net; with a gocd cel
lar and vault under the yard : the whole clear of ground
rent. F6r terms enpuire of David Lapfley, in becend
ftreet, between Mnket and Chefnut- (treats, next deer
to Mr. Daniel Dupuys ; or to John Gray, in Uncn
street, near Second-ftieet.
PROCLAMATION.
Whereas the honourable Thomas
M'Kean, enquire, chief justice, the honourable Wil
liam Augustus Adee, esquire, second joftice, the ho
nourable John Evans, enquire, third justice, and the
honourable George Bryan, esquire, fourth justice of
the Supreme Court, and of the Courts of Oyer and
Terminer and General Gaol Delivery, for the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, have issued their precept,
bearing date the 27th day cf Anguft, instant, to me
dire&ed, for holding a Court of Oyer and Terminer
and General Gaol Delivery, at the State-Louse, in the
city of Philadelphia, for the city and county of Phila
delphia, on Monday the twenty-fourth day of Septem
ber next:
And whereas the honourable Francis Hopkinfon, tfq.
judge of admiralty, for Pennsylvania, and the honour
able William Au^uftus Atlee, John Evans and George
Bryan, rfquite<, juftice#, as aforefaid, cf the Supreme
Court, aforefaid, have issued their precept, bearing date
the said twenty feverth day of August, to me directed,
for holding 4 Court of Admiralty Sessions for the
United-Shares of America, at the said State-house, on
the said twenty fourth d^y of September:
And whereas the said honourable Thomas M'Kean,
Francis Hopkirifor, William ' Augustus Atlee, John
Evans and George Bryan, efquire#, have issued their
pie-COT, bearing dm the said twenty-seventh day of
August, t. )me dir a*d, for holding a Court of Admi
ralty Seflions far the S ^te of Pennsylvania, at the said
State House, on the said twenty fourth day of Septem
ber 1 NOT ICE i? hereby given, to all juftice# of the
retev, the coroners, efcheators arid constables within
the fail city and count:, that the, be then and there
in their, own p^rfonr with their rolls, records, indi&-
mnis And other remembrances, to do those things which
to their offices, in that behalf, appertain 0 be done;
also, all they who will pr fecute agrinft the prifonera
that aiecr iln n fheli b: in the gaol of the said ,ty and
county, "re to he %hcn and there, 10 profecyte against
them at Orl! be jut
Dated at Philadelphia, the twenty ninth day cf
Augntt, 10 the Ye*r of Our Lord O^ thouf
anu fevn hifnd.ed and eighty- ;r, ^dmilie
Sixth Year of American Independence.
William Will; Sciff.
GOD SAVE the COMMONWEALTH.
TO BE SOLD, The following
Plantations, Hopfes, Lots, &c.
A PLANT ATIO N, lituate in Buck# ccu ty,
on the river Delaware, containing about 400 acres
of Land, having a.very good Fe ry, a!,out one mle and
a half below Trenton, a valuable Slud Fishery, two
dwelling Houses, the one brick, and a gocd Tavern,
with a large Orchard, the other a neai Log house, with
a frame Barn and Stables to each ; like^ife a frame
Birn, at a d&nce from either of the honfes, for the
convenience of thr farm ; good Meadow, and more may
b: made than fuffi-ient for the farmer.
A LOT of.GROUND, with a large stone House and
Kitchen, a frame Stable, a Well of good Water, and
other improvements on the fame, in Germantown, ad
joining the Friend's Meeting.houfe lot on the north fide;
it :$ „ feet front ind 192 feet deep, pltaf ntly situated,
and a good stand for bufioefs (being the place where
Moses Hall formerly carried on the retail trade in a
very ext'er, five way) and was lately occupied as a tavern,
by Nicholas Wiber,
A' Three ^tory B irk HOUSE and LOT, lituate in
VV4re,-tyeAntar .Race Greet, together with a large
Bakr.Mo'6fe ? Wharf, &c, Thi# place is very convenient
fu a m? c* # nt, diftber, b ewer or bifenit-baker.
A. fonf'SEAr, in the Northern-Liberties, about
three miles from the city, cn Nice's lune, which leads
froth Nice town, on the Germantown road, to the Fall's
<od; it adjoins that elegant feat n w occupied by Dr.
Bond, junior: This Place, 10 ac>es and a quarter of
Land, has a ImaU Terem-nt and a good Apple Orch
ard on it, an excellent Spring sf Water fufficient for a
milk house, at a convenient distance from the dwell
inr-houfe, betides the advantage of a conftint Stream
of Water running acrofi the P ace, which waters a piece
of meadow ; the foil is of a good quality for ad kinds
of fruit tree: or f^r a ca den, and the fittution and
other conveniencie# of this Place, m ke it well adapt
ed for forming a Summer Retreat for a Ciz n.
A LOT, containing 9 Acres of Lnd, on Shippen's
Lace, adjoining lands of Christopher and Charts Mar
shall, Joseph Stamper, and others, it is very convenient
for pifture or mowing, the foil being of a geed quali
ty, has the convenience of a Well, ami a fin alI Pond
extends within it whare cattle m 7 water; there is a-'
bout 40 grafted Apple trees thuecm.
Al'o, several HOUSES and LO I'S in and about the
city and country.
A neat, light, FAMILY WAGGON, made of the
best materials, with Harness for a pair <f herfe^
T he Subscriber continues felling Caroli
na Indigo cn Commiffim, and has no* so Sale, fame
of the firft Qualify, in tierces arid barrels; and has
just received, rrom New-England, a Fa cel ot Glauber
and Epfarn Salt#, Magnolia, &c. & . For Particulars
apply to THOMAS SHUTE, in Church-alley.
N. B. The Subferiber will face Specie and State
M ney, in payment, of every denomination , alio Bills
0 France.
WA S taken up, at cap aoißrace's, ii . D^by, 4
final! Bay HORSE, about 4. or 5 year# old, no
marks; has a lock on one ti# f re feet. The
owner is defined to ptove hi\ property, pay charges and
take him away, othciwiL he will be fold according to
law, by JOHN ERICE. Aug. 24.