The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1783-06-28 00:00:00, page 4

The greatest Variety of SCHOOL BOOKS, both En
ghfh, French, Latin and Greek.
Reasonable Allowance will be made to thole who Buy
by the Quantity.
^ The Philobiblian Library
Is frill kept at the above Store, on the fame principles
24 heretofore. The Proprietor with pleasure informs
hs generous Cußomers, that since the p ? ace he has
purebred a very confil rible Addition of the most ap
proved Modern A ithors, anl is continually adding to
his Catalogue.— The utmost industry to keep the Bo>ks
in good order, and every endeavour to give general
Satiation, vriil always be obfirved to those who
ple (e to fvour him with their Subscriptions.
No Books, in future, will be let out of the Library
but on furicription ; and it is expelled, that thole who
are in arrears will make speedy payment.
A new Addition to the Catalogue is now handed to
th« Subscribers.
Imposed in the lad V dels from Europe, and to be
0 SOLD Whokfale or Retail, at
Thomas Laurence's
§TORE in Water-street, three doors from the corner
J"''?'' a vtr y ^ ood Assortment of DRV
GOODS: confiding of
LINENS, fatten Whitest Patterns rirkly flowered
wrwe and Coloured fi k Stockings and Hn'ker'
c^% plun and ribb'd cotton Stockings, corded I) mi
ts#..(.Linen, Gauze fur spans and gatze Hardker
erne s, Miftard in ho ties, Almonds in crates, a auan"
risers, Colougne Gm of the firrt quality, and
sundry other articles. June 10.'
Joyce Brothers,
"',2" E 'I Wate r ftteet near Pine-street, have
for 3ALE the following Articas, fre(h Imported
%::%%% -^ ^^
o^tra, win " in ^ ^^
Madeira in hogiheads,
,foa fouchong and boh. Teas in quarter chests,
F^s in barrels and Raisins in Jars,
Soairfh Olives, Black Pepper,
Ninkcens, a few pieces of grey Ticking
Barcelona Handkerchiefs, "'
Witha few hlf sides 0! ladlers Leather. June 10.
O NE or two Journeymen Hair Dressers
will meet with employment, by en
quiring of the Printer. June 11.
Kew Books & Stationary,
\ Just Imported from Europe, via New-York,
FOR SALE at
Wiliam Prichard's
Book and Srationary^Store, in Market
ibeefy opposite Laetitia court,
HI S TORY of the War, with cuts, % vos.
G^bens on the Decline and Fail of the Roman
Empire, 4 vols.
Guthrie's New Geographical Grammar,
Private Life f Lewis XVth, 4 voia.
M core's View of Society, 5 vuia.
Young's Tout, 2 vori.
Rryd oie's Tour, 2 vois#
Sriftirew on N tiunal Pride, Littleton's Lelterr,
D ftor Dodd's Thoughts in Friion,
Pope's Wok, complete in 8 vols.
Hervey's Works, complete in 6 vols.
L'hapone on the Improvement of the Mind,
Swift Wuks, complete in 15 vols. \
S e r ne's Works, complete in 5 vols.
Mra. Rowe's Letters, Fordyce's Adrefs to young men.
THE New North American Pilot, 2 vols. with Di
re&i4 n Book,'
Grat Britain's Coifrnz Pilot, in two parts,
The M diierraaean Pilot,
M ore, Wilton, and Aitkenfon's Navigation,
S<a Charts and Draughts, &c.
CECILIA, 3 vols.
S''ph, 2 vols.
Rmma Corbet, 3 vols.
Evelina, 3 vo's.
Sniri ual Qyxot^ 3 vols
Julia de Ron i ne. 2 v Is
ILftory of M<^M ria Br
|ow, 2 vols.
B tfy T houghtlefa, 4. vols.
Jalet Grenville, 2 vols.
STATI
WRITING Paper of
the best quality,
Shop Paper & Pasteboard,
Dutch 2nd English Quills,
l ifh Wafers and Wax,
Holman's Parent Ink-
Cake and Ink-Powder,
States and Pencils,
Blicklead Pencils,
Pewter Inkltands, large &
tmall,
Leather and j pan'd Ink
holders,
Barlow Penknives,
PbtoWii; Printed and Sold fa DA 71 n Crr
, ~ D G. CLAIPOOLL, .u Market-Street.
NEW NOVELS.
NAVIGATION.
3 NA R Y.
English Paper Hangings,
BackgamonTablu, fc.
Ojidrille Board,
Cribage Boxes,
Mathematical Inftrumentt,
Spying Gifts,
Files for Merchants,
Plated Buckles,
Wax Topers,
India Ink,
Camel Hair Brother,
Paints in Shells,
Prints and Mapa,
Ivory Pounce-Boxes, &c.
The Triumvirate, 2 vols.
Letters of Abelaiu and
Heloife,
Fool of Quality, 5 vols.
M-n of F eling,
Cleora, cr Fir Inconstant,
Prince of Abiffiniz, 2 vo's.
Sydney Redulph, 3 volt.
Let era o* L-dy Cat.4by or
Lidy Campley,
Sixteen Dollars Reward.
S ^ N ^ of '^ P asture of the fubferiber, at
O CnrotianL bridge, in the night of the ,2th inftart
a Brown HORSE, nearly 14 hands high, about
13 years old, well made, (hod all round, his mane
r'T :° th ° r "#' ° ne of hi ' hind fe ^ "hitz, a
finall star in his forehead, he paces faft, trots and
handgaliops wed. Whoever takes up the said Horse,
^' "°^"r h | e "'''’ '° th " he m ^ be brought to
judice, Ihall have the above reward, and for the
frloife only Eight Dollars and reasonable charges if
brought home, paid by charges ..
J un * W WILLIAM M'CLAY.
Just arrived from DUBLIN, and now felling at the
SI ORE oppohic the Coffee- House, by
Henry Willey,
A neat ASSORTMENT of
PLAIN and printed Linens, Calicoes, Handker
chiefs, Checks, Cambricks, Lawns, mens Hats,
womens dit. womens Shots, Pins, Playing Cards
mens and womens Gloves, a Variety of Hard- Ware and
other dry Goods, too tedious to insert.
Soal Leather.
Jus r imported from South-Carolina, and to be Sold,
by SHOEMAKER and SHIRTLIFF, in Spruce-
Street three dots above Second-ftreft, a quantity of
f u,?' h " ° f the ''" 9 udli ty, which they will ditpofe
, Wholesale and Retail on much lower terms than
Tanne s f|| at.
Jult Imported and to be SOLD, at the STORE of
C. P. Raguet,
n Water-Kr^t, four doom below Walnut-oreet, a
central Assortment of DRY GOODS, suitable for
the I a^n : Confining of
CA L [COE d, Chintzes, Callitnancoes, Durants,
Britannian, Creas, rovl Linens, thre d and cot
ton Hufe, silk Stockings, silk Gloves and Mits, Kild
Gloves, Mantuas, Lutettring*, Modes, S^fn&s, Sat
tins, Prinrefs Stuffi, M ? fling and mufln Hankerchiefs,
Gauzs and gauze Handkerchiefs, Cambricks, Minio.
net,, lawn Handkerchiefs, boxes of plain and figured
Ribbands, box s of Flowers, Seeing Silks, Sewing
Threads, Straw Hats, Umbrellas, Fans, Pins, Needles,
white and brick Blond Laces, white and black Hrs,
men and womens Shoes, cholet and rouen Handker
chief , silk Jacket Patterns, an Assortment of Jewel
ry, Hrd Ware, Glass and Crokery Ware, Bedtick
ing, Bunting, Twine; ALSO, A Quantity of
Cloths and Wollens, Blankets, Sail Duck, Sadlery,
German Steel, barrels of Tin, Pewter Dishes and
Plates',Window Gla% Paints, Brandy, English Weights
a few boxes of the best Tea, Hard Soap, and Sweet
°i• June 17.
TO B™E L~E E T,
A LOT WHARFF and STORE on the Delaware
slime, adjacent to Samuel Cooper'd ferry, op DO .
fice this city.
A vacant LOT on Marko street, between Seventh
and Eighth-greets, 33 feet on Market street, and 200
feet in depth.'
Two imall Brick HOUSES on the north fide of
Walnut-street, between Fourth and Fifth-fleets.
Several vacant LOTS within the town-bounds of
Gloucester.
A vacant LOT on Fifth street, between Chefnut
and Walnut streets ; thia might tuit for a garden
T 0 BE SO LD,
A Quantity of LOGWOOD by the ton,
A large Screw Jack, for flowing (hips holds,
Two brass Hanging Compares for (hips cabbins
A Bay HORSE seven years eld, 15 hands high, fu'it
able for a carriage horse or a team ; he will be fold
or exchanged for a light, easy gaited Horse. Apply to
William Attmore,
In Froat-ftreet, a few doors below Arch-ftrect
Philadelphia, June 17.
RAN- AWAY from the fubferiber, living in Long-
Marsh, Car line county, state of Mar) land, on
the firft infant, June, 1783, a NEGRO MAN about
24 years of age, named CAESAR, about 5 feet 8 or 9
inches high, well set: had on and took with him, two
pair of tow rowlers and two shirts, one old waistcoat
of a ^rownilh colour, an old great-coat of a lightifh
colour, an 1 a wool hit. Whoever takes up laid N-~
gro, and feures him so that his master can have him
again, (hall have the above reward and reasonable
charges paid. THOMAS HALL. June 14
Also felling at fame Place, by
yohn Brown,
A large and well chosen ASSORTMENT of
PR IN TED Linens and Cottens, Handkerchiefs,
Checks, Diapers, Jeans, Shirts ruffled and plain;
alto a large Assortment of yard wide Linens : all'
of which articles said BROWN is enabled to fell on the
most eligible terms for the purchaser, having bought
said Linens himfrif in the belt markets for brown linen
in the North of Ireland ; and as this circumstance ena
bles him, so he is determined not to be undersold by any
perlon whatever. Jure 5.
Five Dollars Reward.
Fifty Pounds Reward.
BR'^o 'J"" °" the ni ^ ht ° f the 23d i'nftant,
and Stolen from the fubferiber, the following
Sums of Money and other Articles, viz Between
three hundred and fifty and four hundred pounds
in gold, amongst which were two Jnhanntffes,
two milled Doubloons, and one half ditto the
remainder in Half Joes, Englif hGuineas, half
ditto, and a few French ditto, about seventy or
eighty pounds in Spanish Dollars and French
Crowns, together with some fmaU money, and
between twenty and thirty pounds State Money -
a Note given by Mr, Derringer, contractor at
Lancaster, to Martin Hendrick, for fourteen
pounds fourteen (hillings, directed at the bottom
to Thomas Buffington, collector, one large Look
ing Gift one silver mounted Hanger, one pair
silver Buckles new, three large silver table
'P'J"^’ , ark , ed S - H ' fix silver tea Spoons, mark
ed S. H. ditto new, the handles turned con
trary to the bowl, not marked, half a loaf of
Sugar and some Lemmons ; and sundry other
articles not yet disco vere d. The above Robbery
was committed by four men armed with pistols
one of which called by his companions by the
name of Brown, a thick well s et man, about for
ty years of age, fair completions short dark
hair, had on a short brown or claret coloured
:° a '’ were y^g Bender made men,
supposed between twenty and thirty years of age
about five feet eight or nine inches high, appear
ed to be brothers, from their re semblance to each
other, one of them had on a light blue coat,
wanting some of the buttons on the breast, cor
duroy breeches, his hair tied, the other of the
above deferred young men had on a jean coat
and white overalls, the fourth cannot be describ
ed, as he was not in the house.
Whoever takes up and secures the above Rob
bers, Money and Goods, shall have the above
Reward, or in proportion for any part of the
Money or Goods, and Thirty Pounds only for
the Rubbers upon conviction, by
JOHN HOPKINS.
Salilbury Township, Lancaster County, June
24th, 178%
A ROBBERY.
Black - Point.
The noted TAVERN at BLACK-POINT,
formerly kept by Mr. Henry Marsh, is now oc
cupied by the fubicriber, who inten Is providing
a constant fuppi, o f the best Fish, with Lobsters, Oys
ters and Clams; also Liquors of the firft quality. A
genteel Bathing-House, with every other convenience
for the accommodation of all Gentlemen and Ladies
who, from Philadelphia or elftwhete, may favour him
with their Custom.
Boats will attend at Black-Point twice a week, for
carrying Passengers, &c. to New-York, which is but a.
bout three hours fail.
The necessary Provision made for Horses, b, the
Public's most humble Servant, JAMES WHITE.
Shrewfbury, May 25.
N. B. The beautiful situation of Black-Point is tow
well known to make a defciiption necessary.
The Subscriber embraces this early oppor^
tunity of returning his most sincere thanks to the
public in general, and his friends in particular, and
takes the liberty to inform them, that he has moved
from the sign of the Conneftogo-Waggon, to that ce
lebrated, elegant and commodious tavern, well known
by the name of the
Indian Queen,
Situate in Fourth-Uieet, between Ch-fnur and Market
(tret, formerly kept bv Mr FRANCIS LEE.
'° £ fubferiber thinks it unneceflary to fay an,
I mere, than that nothing in his power shall be
wanting to render the utmost fatisfaftion to those Gen
iemen who may please to favor him with their custom.
N D A JAMES THOMPSQN.
1 he stables are large, excellent and commo
l" d h ° rfa "in be kept at livery by the year, on
the mott reasonable terms.§ June 9.
To be Sold or Exchanged for Merchandize,
A PLAN FATION of about 40 acres, 10 of whi h
are good meadow and 9 woodle.n l, with an ele
^a, House, four rooms on a floor, very gen
teely finished, suitable fcr a gentleman's country leaf
being, lofty fituatien, within fix miles of the city;
there is a young bearing orchard of 150 apple-tiers',
with sundry ohro fruit trees. The purchaser may have
immediate prißffion. For further particulars enquire
of the Printer. If not fold in three weeks it will be
Lett - June 12.
STRAYED or Stolen on the 12th inftan, June, afl in
Bay HORSE, with a st ar in his forehead, and a
white mark on bis left (holder, newly food all round
Any person having seen said Horse, by taking him
and returning him to the owner, fhJl receive TWO
DOLLAR^, and all reasonable charges paid bv me
ADAM PACK, in Arch street, oppofit Burns's tavern.