Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-05-27 00:00:00, page 1

W A N T E D,
g LARGE quantity of W OOL, for which a g^od
/L price will be given: A!fo SPI NNER S employ
ed in all branches of (pinning, and go^d prices given
them, by the fubferiber, at his manufactory in South
ftrett, between Fi th and Sixth streets and between Mar
ket and Arch streets. oh Hudson's Square. Philadelphia.
SAMUEL WETHERILL, Jun.
N. B. He has a number of empty Hogsheads to ciipefe
of, both new and old. f 5
FirwLrO-pTES of Do&or PRI C h's
OBSERVATIONS on CIVIL LIBER
TY, to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP.
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For Continental Currency,
AT RAC Tof LAND, abo*r fix mie* from York
Town, Windsor To&nfhip, York County, P^n
fvlvania, adj doing lands of Thomas M Cork; Philip
Albright, and others; containing ONE HUNDRED
and FTF FY ACRES, forty or fifty of which is e eared,
and dirtied into fix fibis—a lug hoofe, with a good
feme chimn? ; barn and foring-houH; a fine Ar, c ap
pe orchard, befirDs cherry and peach t^s ; a out two
acres of meadow chared and more to clear. Any pel ri
inclining to pc chafe the Cid find, maw know the terms
by applying to D &>r Wisenthall, ir, Baltimore, or
Thomas Pzatt^n, Tavern-keeper, on the main road ?
leading from Baltimore to Frederick. X 2
M?, 1% '777.
A M E to the plantation of the subscriber,
lining in Bleckley Township, Philadelphia CCvr t,
a brown CO W, with tome white in her face, about
four or five years old. The owner is hereby desired to
come, prove his property, pay chairs and rake hr
away. § M AHLON H A LL.
NO I'l C E is hereby given, by order of the
Quarter Master General, Fuat on the ?.d an 1 3d
oz June next will be fold ar ,<l'be sale, ar Province-
Jfland, fix miles below Philadelphia, a number of
HORSES, for cafli to he paid on the foot. —Ihole that
jolt Horses in the retreat last winter, are d fired to appear
before the day of fele with a written description of their
Horie or Hories, and qualified to the fame, that hy meet
ing with their property, and paying One Shilling a day
keeping for each Horie, may have them delivered by
} JACOB HILTZHEIMER.
1? journeyman paper-maker|
IL ^A Y have constant employ and rood waff, byi
Applying to JOSEPH CPUS'GASC Price;
io Philadelphia, or MORRIS TRUMAN, near the'
Falls of .Schulkib. !
fr H E fubferiber reque^s J] persons having ;
& any demands against him to orb 7, the r accounts
in to him at his hone the north fide of Muket itree',
near the Court-boule, Philadelphia, or at his sh p the
corner of King and Qjeen-firsts, Lancaster, that they
may receive their more,. He aifo requells all persons
indebted to him either by bond, note or book-dsbt, to
make fpetdy payment, which wi'l oblige him v*ry much.
He would dispose of bis houte in Market -dreet, a,d a
fnall farm in Parfyunk Township, containing ten acres
and some perches ofland; on this place is a brick house,
a frame barn and Kahle/ a good veil of water at the door,
and a great variety of fruit trees of the left kinds; it i b
about three miles from Philadelphia. Any pedon want
ing ro purchase one or both of t: cm places may apply as
above, and the terms will be m^e known, by
BENJAMIN HARBESON.
N. B. He has a number of S T]LLS ready made,
and can supply any persons with &ny fixes they may want,
as he carries on the copper-fmirhs business as usual at his
ffiop in Lavrafter. _ _
Bucks County, Ala, 6, >777.
T O B E SOL D,
A PLANTATION in Tinicum Township, 35
miles from Philadelphia; containing 320 acres, 30
of which is good meadow, and fame mote n^y be made,
near or about 100 more clear and fit for plow hnd, and
the remainder wood-land ; a good orchard, dwelling
honfe and barn. The terms will be made known by the
lubferiber on the premifa.
ROBERT M ( F A.RLAND.
N. B. Was left with said M'Farland, by Paul
Dudley, Serjeant in General Sullivan's army, rhe i,tn
of December last, a black HORSE, near 15 hands
high, with three white feet, a Kar in his forehead, no
brand mark. Said Dudley was to lend for him in two
months: If alive he is desired to take him away by the
firftof June, or he will be fold to pay colb. §
A LL persons indebted to Dr. William
M'Mecmen, of Chriftana, by bond, noteorbook
account, ar, desired to call and fettle the fame with Mrs.
Mart McMechen, as business of importance requires
his immediate attendance at Camp.
WILLIAM M'MECHEN.
VOL. VI.
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GENERAL
D U N L A P's
TUESDAY, MAY 27th, 1777.
DELAWARE STATE.
linno MiUeJimo Septinventefim Septuagefmo Sexto.
A SUPPLEMENT to the AC I', intituled,
“ An Alt for establishing a Militia in this State."
W fr HEREAS the fines imposed by the A&,
intituled, “ An Act for establishing a Militia
in this State," are m many instances toofmall,
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the
General Affbmbly of Delaware, and it is hereby coal
ed by the authority of the fame, That every perlon^
required by the said A& ro enrol himfelf in the Mili
tia and that hath hitherto negle&ed to comply there
with, who shall not enrol himfelf agreeable to the di
re^ons of the said A& on or before the tenth day of
June next, shall forfeit a 6 pay over a n d above the
I wenty Shillings mentions in .m= 'aid Arf an ad Ihi
onal sum ofTwenty Shiilc- : and if he is ass Led or
rated at Ten and under Tv..n/ Pounds in the County
of Newcastle, or Firee. a d under Thirty Pounds in
the other Counties towar s the public taxes for the
current year, he ihall for -it and pay, annually, an
additional sum of Thirty Shillings over and above the
said Twenty Shillings, and the loins mentioned in the
aforefaid Aft; and J he is assessed or rated towards
§he public taxes for the current year at Twenty Pounds
or upwards in the County <,f Newcastle,, or at Thirty
Pounds or upwards in he other Counties, he (hall
forfeit and pay, annually ar : additional tum es Fifty
Shillings over and abov the laid Twenty Shillings,
and the films mentioned in the afarelaid Ad. And if
such as are apprentices, or under age, flub be retrain
ed by their matters, parents or gpurdiars from enrolling
thernfelves as aforelard, t^.n arid in Inch rale the ad
ditional penalties mentioned in this Act (ball be paid by
the mailer, parent or gua/^an io retraining them re
fpedively.
nd be it further en/ufhd. That every male white
perlon of the age of firiy jears and upwards (except
ing as in the aforesaid is excepted) who doth not enrol
himfeif as aforefaid, ihal! annually pay an additional
fam of One Striding in the Pound in the County of
Newca be, and Eight Pence in the Pound in the other
Counties, to the ColltNor of the public levies of the
HiirJ cd in which he relides, over and above the sum
mentioned in the a'oietaid Ad and his other taxes.
find be it firtber enafted. That every perlon between
the ages of ei; h een and fifty years (excepting as in the
acteCid Ad is excepted) refuting or negleding to en
rol himfeif as afore aid, (hall forfeit and pay for every
day that thule wl 0 enrol are by the laid Ad obliged
to train and exercite, either in battalion or companies,
an additional sum of Three Shillings and Nine Pence,
over and above the sum mentioned in the said Ad.
Provided tbwav/, That it luch p^rfon so refilling or
neglediog, fhali at any time after enrol himfeif as be
fore dired^d, the above penalty shall o^y be paid for
the days he shall have ue/rleded to enrol and exercise,
and that he shall afterwards be fubjed to the lame rules
and regulations with other enrollers.
find be it further enabled, That every Captain and
Subaltern (having no reasonable exeufe) for negled ng
to attend on mutter days (not in battalion) and not
doing his duty according to his office and Ration, shall
be fined, the Captain an additional sum of Seven Shil
lings and Six Pence, and each Subaltern an additional
sum of Five Shillings over and above the sums menti
oned in the aforefaid Ad, to be adjudged as therein is
direded : And every Non commissioned Officer and
Private of Horse and Foot (not having a reasonable
exeufe) negleding to - attend at the time and place ap
pointed for their refpedive appearance for exercise and
accoutred as by the aforefaid Ad is direded, and then
and there to do and perform the several duties of them
required by the said Ad, shall forfeit and pay an addi
tional sum of Three Shillings and Nine Fence for every
such negled over and above the sum mentioned in the
said Ad.
AND WHEREAS it is reasonable, that when
the Militia of this State are called forth into adual ser
vice, in case of an invasion, or upon an alarm, or any
other oceafion, the persons who do not enrol themselves
in the fame ought to pay an equivalent for the expence,
fatigue and danger, which they are exempted from,
and their neighbours exposed to. BE IT THERE
FORE ENACTED, That every person between
the ages of eighteen and fifty years, refuting or neg-
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ADVERTisEId
leding to enrol himfeif as aforefaid, shall forfeit and
pay for every day Ipent in adual lerv^ce by the Militia
when called forth by authority, as follows, that is to
fay—When a sixth parr of the Militia of the County
wherein such Non-cnroller resides, is called forth as
aforefaid, Thtee Pence; when 2 fifth part, Four Pence;
when a furth part. Six Pence; when a third part,
Nine Pence; when one moiety or half part, One Shil
ling; when two thirds, One Shilling and Si# Pence;
and when a greater number, Two Shillings; to he col
levied and received by the Colje&ors of the public taxes
in the Hundred wherein such Non enro^er resides, in
the lame manner that other monies are to be levied on
Non-enrollers by the Alt to which this is a Supplement,
and that the said firms of money shall, on or before the
firft d-.y of November ia every year, be accounted for
and paid by the laid CoUeftor to the Military Treasurer
of his County, deducing One Shilling in the Pound for
bis trouble of collection. And that the said money
dial! be kept apart from other monies and appropriated
for the exclusive life of such of the Militia as shall be
called forth into actual service within this State, and
paid in the month of December in every year to the
Colonels or Commanding Officers as the battalions,
detachments, companies or parties so called forth, ard
by them to be distributed ju^Jy and equally amongst
the Non commissioned Officers and Privates aforefaid.
And to enable the Collectors to afeertain the films
of mo^y which they are by this Ad required to levy
and receive of Non enrollers for their exemption from
personal service when a sixth part of the Militia, or a
greater number, in any County is called out, BE IT
ENACFED, T hat the President and Commander
in Chief of this State shall, on or before the firft day
of September next, and on or before the twenty-fifth
day of January in every year 'thereafter, return an ac
count into the office of the Clerk of 'the Peace for each
County of the number of Militia in such County called
forth into actual service before the said days refpe&ive
ly; and of the time spent bythem in such service where
a sixth part or a greater number, on any one occasion
have been so called out; and such Clerk of the Peace
shall, within one month after the refpe&ive days afore
faid, afeertain the sum which each Non-enroller ought
to p a y> agreeable to the said return, and give a certifi
cate thereof to the several Collectors of his Count,
within the month aforefaid.
^nd be it further enabled, That a Drummer and Fifer
for each company (if under eighteen or above fifty
years of age, an^ not taught at the public expence)
shall be allowed for each day he shall be Dually em
ployed on the parade on the several muster-days direct
ed by the aforefaid Aft, the sum of Three Shillings and
Nine Pence, to be paid as other Non commissioned Of
fices are out of the Military Treasury of each County
refyeaively.
Signed by order of the House of JffembJ,
THOMAS M-KEAN, Speaker.
Signed by order of the Council,
GEORGE READ, Speaker.
Zrmo MPleJimo Septingentefim® Septuagefimo Sexto.
An ACT for the more speedily compleating the Qute
ta of Troops to be railed in this State for the Con
tinental Army.
WHEREAS it is of the greatest nfoment to the
c^ufe of American Freedom, that the army
should beJpeedily compleated, BE IT ENACTED
by the General Assembly of Delaware, and it is hereby
enabled by the authority of the fame, That any two
perlons who shall, on or before the firft day of July next,
furnifh one able bodied recruit to serve in the battalion
to be raised by this State in the Continental army, for the
term of three years, or during the present war, and shall
deliver such recruit to any officer of the said battalion
and take his receipt, whois hereby required to give the
fame, shall be exempted from actual service in the Mi
litia of this State, and from all taxes and fines im
posed by the Aft, intituled, " An All for eftabliffiing
a Milit : a in this State," gaffed the last session of the
General Affembiy, during the term for which such
recruit shall inlift.
ilnd be it further enißed, That it Ciali and may be
lawful for any officer of the battalion to be raised by
this State, or for any other inhabitant, to inlift any a
ble bodied apprentice or servant, whose term of fervi-
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