The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1783-05-06 00:00:00, page 1

On Wednesday Evening next,
at eight o'clock, will be fold by public
anaion, at the Coffee-houfe, the Ichooner
DELAWARE, as she now lies at Plum
ftead's Wharff; quite new, and compleat
ly fitted. An Inventory may be leen at the
place of faje, John Bayard, auctioneer
At the City Au&ion, on
FRIDAY Next,
The 9th of May, 1783.
At NINE o'clock in the MORNING,
WAI Commence the S A L E
Of a Lar k ;,.nd very General ASSORTMENTS
MERCHAND I Z E,
(Par iculars o' which will be published by the Bell on
the Morning of the Dav of Sale)
With a QUANTITY of
Hou^oid Goods, Kitchen Furniture,
WEARING APPAREL, &e.
I !KE %ISE,
A Quantity of TWINE, suitable for Sail
makers.
JOHN BAYARD, Auctioneer
Philadelphia, May 1, 1783.
Office of the Consul General of France.
THE GUNS of the King's Frigate DANE, hav
ing been thrown overboard when (he ran ashore
within the Capes of Delaware, the Consul
General dial! receive every Propofai which may be
made to him, to get them out of the water and bring
them on ihore ; and (hall give all the necessary infor
mations to facilitate that operation.
By direction of the Consul General,
OSTER, Vice-consul.
For Cape Francois,
The ship Hibernia, Roger Scallion, master.
WILL tail in eight days. For passage, having good
accommodations. Apply to the said master, at
James & Drinker's Wharff, He has a number of Iron
bound WATER CASKS for sale.
PUBLIC Notice is hereby given, to all
those Inhabitants or Holders of Lands within the
weft part of the Northern-liberties, who are in arears
for Taxes, levied in the year 1782, that unless they
pay up the said Arears, on or before the ^th of this
instant, the CoUeßor will be under the disagreeable
^eceffity of proceeding according to law, to save his
own property, by distress, where personal roperty can
be found, or to return such Real Estates (the arears on
which cannot be otherwise obtained) to the Commis
sioners for file, to fatify said Taxes and necessary Ex.
pences. DUNCAN STEWAR T, col t&or.
Philadelphia, April 15, 1783.
NOTICE is hereby given to the MILITIA of the
City of Philadelphia, and Diftrifts annexed
thereto, that they are to meet on the Days of Exer
cife, as follows, viz.
In Companies on the 21st and 28th instant,
The Artillery and First Battalion on the s th May
Second Battalion on the 6th ditto,
Third Ba;talion on the 7th ditto,
Fourth Battalion on the Sth ditto,
Fifth Battalion on the 9th ditto,
Sixth Battalion on the wh ditto,
Agreeable to a Supplement of the Militia Law of
this State, passed th^ 21st Dav of M>rch, 1783,
WILLIAM HENRY, Lieutenant
of the City of Philadelphia and D:ftrias.
TO BE SOL D,
A ""ELY, healthy, NEGROBOY, 19 years old;
has had the small-pox, and is registered accord
ing to law ; he is well acquainted with taking care of
horses and driving a carriage; is a good cook and
waiter ; and is fold for want of employ. Enquire of
the Printer. April % 1
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TUESDA Y,
VOL. XII.I
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Sixpence.
TUESDAY, May 6, 1783.
^u^ion of Books,
Coafifting of excellent English and French
A u T ho r s,
ILL commence this Evening, at BELL's Book-
Store, near S. Paul's church, in Third street ;
and will be continued 'or fever^l Evenings luce ffively.
H urs o' Sale, each Evening, fr■m half after S ven to
„ ° c '' c ' Con triou of Sa ! e —The Books to be
"• # r ri rificd, according to the Fafte of the Com
pn. Th: Books to be paid for and taken aw y the
Morning after the S le. Printed Catalogues of the
Books to be had at the Place of Sale.
Onfray Painniere,
At his Store in Watcr-flree , below Walnut-tact, has
for Sale,
A Variety of Dry Goods,
lately imp rich in the rift V ffeh from France.
WHEREAS Mr. Guillerde Mondoucet,
V a French gentleman son Nugent le Rotrcu,and
fuppo;ed to be now on the continent of North-Ameri
ca, is become heir to a very considerable Fortune in
France, b, the demise of hi? parents : Thu is to de
sire any person or prfons who may have heard of the
Mr. Guilder, to inform Mffrs. LACAZE and
MALLE r, merchants in Philadelphia, by letter or
otherwise, what is become of him, whether he be dead
or living. All information concerning the laid Mr.
Guiltier will be thankfully received, by
Philad. Feb. 4. LACAZE and MALLET.
Lacaze and Mallet,
At their STORE in Water-street, between Arch and
Race-streets.
Have for Sale, an Elegant
A ffortment of Dry Goods,
Lately Imported in the last Vifferi from France :
Also, Good English Mufquets.
TO BE SOL D,
A Lot of ,Ground in Fifth
ftreet, about half w;y between Market and A-ch
ftreets, containing on Fifth-ftreet thirty feet, extend
ing eighty feet back: the Lot is now incumbered with
two wooden Tenements. For Terms of Sale enquire
of the Printer. April 15.
TO BE LE T,
For the Summer Season or one Year, to a genteel
Familv,
A Large and convenient HOUSE, with fix rooms,
kitchen, garden, stable, chair-house, &c. about
four miles and a half from town, pleasantly fitted in
a lane, leading from Nice-town towards Schuylkill, in
the Northern liberties, late in the tenure of do&or
Bond, junior. Enquire of E. LEWIS TREICHEL,
the upper end of Second-ffreet, opposite the barracks.
N. B. To be entered upon at any time. April 3.
TO BE L E T,
A genteel convenient House,
W : th a Urge Garden, Stables and Coach-House, and
a few acre, of Priture Ground : it is pleasantly fixated
about 4 milts f om this c»tv, in a healthy part of the
country. Enquire of the Printer. April 3 d, 1783.
TO BE L ET, A
Handsome Heufe in George
ftreet, beiw^r Second and Third-rtreets, ?ith a Gar
den, SWI. niC^rh house, Enquire of Dr. SAM
UIL PRES ON MOORE, in Thiri-ftrect. Apnl 9
Warts Employment,
A Young M A N who writes a good Hen', and is
" wel: acquainted with th? Italian Method of Book-
Keeping, and who can be wril recommended. Any
Gentleman wanting such a Peifon, by leaving their
Addins with the Printer &11 be waited cm April 28.
O R, THE
THE
Fauquier county, Virginia, March n,
To be Sold by the fubferiber, to the hih
est Bidder, in L OTS from two to three hundred
Acres, at 12 months credit, upon bond with approv
ed (ecurity,
AV^ry valuable TRACT of LAND, containing
about 3000 acres, in the county cf Safford in
the commonwealth of Virginia, upm Raoniharn'-rk
'",' a bout 6 miles above the tewo o' Frlmofth • a
difrount at the rale of 1; per centum will be allowed
for ready money, and the bonds taken +0 bear in+ereft
from the date, unless punaurily dis harmed on or be
fore the day of payments The land i. well watered
and timbered, and the foil good, with a large propor
tion of fine meadow ground ; there are upon it two va
luable mill- feats, one of them upon the main fiver,
and nine plantations fettled; on which are common
planters and farmers houses, and fo m ^ orchards of a p o
plea and peaches. The rile will he ?t 'he house of
JAMES STR INGFELTOW, living on the premises
on TUESDAY the 20th day of Mrv n*xt. A good
title with general war:antee will he made to the ru^ha.
ters ; and no part of the land will be difoofed - f before
the abovementioned dqv of rile. HANCOCK LEE.
In pursuance and by order of the < rphans court of the
citv and county r s Philadelphia, ^p |,, exposed to
SALE by PUBLIC VENDUE, on ^ P^mifo, i n
Germantown, on the 9th cay @t May next, -t 2
o'clock,
A LOT, HOUSE 2nd TAN YARD, finite on the
north.ezft-ly fide ot M in #rm , in G fr , n2 „_
town, adjoining lands formerly of Benjamin Shocm?.
ker and Thomas Rose, an! n ^r the markrt^oufe •
the house is two ffori s high, four room^ on the lower
floor, with a good kitchen, a good garden, a large
stone bark and mill house, a ftene curryinr-fhop front,
ing the street 23 vats, htyerg and limes, a pump
rear the kitchen door, and % ftr<am of water running
through the yard, that w%r,rs a final! pier- o f mea
dow behind the bark-houri ; no - n tie r fl ffio.n of
Moore, enquire. The Lm contains neir 0^ sere -
fubj^a to a ground rent n f nine poun It and fix-p n ce
per annum, (" Samuel Ariu^jd, eqda?.
L-kewife n©^ our acre: cf good LAND, on the north
writ fide c', a lane, leading from Main-trim to Van
deren'b mill, a few poles a..eve the/choo! home ; there
is about 30 apple tree-son this lot ; itis a hgh, healthy
spot, suitable for a gtrrLm^n'* count < feat.
For further information and con irons cf sale apply
to WILLIAM PUSEY, Admmiftrator, Philadelphia,
qrHF fubferiber has for Sale, the PLAN.
1 TAripNwh^reonh- now lives containing 686
acre!, lying in H,mn(hire county, Virginia, on the
south branch of Potowmac, adjoining a place known
by the name cf Fort Pleafint, and inducing part of
J, called Fort Pleasant Old Fields, 3S o -cr^
of which are excellent bottom, all cleared a d under
good fence. 60 of which arc good meadow, th-r- jg a
good dwelling house, kitchen, barn, ftab|,B and other
convenient out-houses, a (till houA and bhrkfmi t %
(hop, a good bearing orchard of , 5 o tr*es. Th. re
Ifcwife Three other small Tra&s of LAND a join
ing, amounting in the whole to 1183 •{-"•. For terms
a pp'y to the fubferiber, living on the nr>mif•
A P fil 26. ABRAHAM HITE.
Pilot Bread to be fold by
_ CLEMENT BIDDLE & Co.'
Office for Confifeated t dates.
_ „, Annapolis, J? u ry
T)"„"ANT to an & aff^mbly pad 4 hft
r AUCTION ^rre^ to SALE, b wy of
„MON, at Baltimore town on the 10 H day
of Mar next, several Thousand Acres of LAN D
, e property of the Principle comp-nv The lands
will be surveyed and laid off in convenient farms nd
feats for gentlemen ; the quality of the lands and their
contiguity that flourilhing town, from whirh tl are
distant but afw miles, render th m *xr <eh valuable
One or more persons OTI attend on the pr-mife, },;
Kingsbury furnace stands, for thr> edays before the day
01 rile, to (hew the different lots to any p son vhj
inc '"" '° v '° ew " e fr ' One-third cf the p ur .
chafe money to he uald in 30 days ; another third in
two years, the reminder in three year ; bond and fe.
curity will be required on th* rby of Ale.
B' ° rd ' r i J. DORSEY, cl rk.
A N '^ r ° F ^ OT > ^ n excellent founder, fy
his Wife, a good house wench, will be fold at the
fame time and price.
MAY 6, 1783;
[NUMB. 1037.