The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1783-03-20 00:00:00, page 4

Wanted, a Lad that can write
tolerably well, as an Apprentice to a Merchant. En
quire of the Printer. March 18,
BROKERS OFFICE,
By Isaac Franks,
In Front street, two doors below the C ffre House,
Where all foreign and domestic Negociations, incident
to the various branches of this Office, are tranf^aed
upon truly moderate and liberal terms. The ut
most (ecrecy, candor and fidelity to the interest of
his Employers, will be found (u usual) the leading
principles, on which he means to tgabhfh the confi
dence and approbation of a discerning Public.
H, BUYS and SELLS
Bills of Exchange upon France,
Spam, Holland, or any pit of Europe, the continent
of America, or Weft-lodes.
Offices Notes, Loan Office Certificates, negotiated
on the btft terms.
Money procured upon such interest and fecmity as
fhvi be agreeable to the parties, either for a month or
year.
Promifary Notes anJ -Bonds difrounttri or fold.
Merchindife of every fort disposed of upon the most
advantageous terms, for which he has proper stores
provided.
Houses and Lands bought, fold or mortgaged.
Continental and State Money, of this or any other
stat% bought or fold.
Whenever sudden Emergencies require Money to
be raised upon any paper Security, Merchandise or
Produce, every effort will be used to accomplish it on
the best terms, by applying as above : where the ut
most attention will be paid to the interest of all those
who may favour him with their bvfi^efg, and nothing
left undone that can possibly be effe&ed by Fideliiv,
Care and Difpateh. Jan. 2.
Haym Solomons,
BROKER to the Office of Finance, to the Consul Ge
neral of France, and to the Treasurer cf the French
Army, at his Office in Front.freer, between Mar
ket and Arch-fbeets, BUYS and SELLS on Com
mission
BA X K Stock, Bills of Ex
change on France, Snain, Holland, and other
parts of Europe, the Weft Indies, and inland bills, at
heufual cemmiffim He Buys and Sells
Loan-Office Certificates, Con
tinen:l and State Money, of this or any other state,
Pa m Her and Qiartermafter Generals Notes ; these and
ev-r, ether kind of paper transitions (pills of ex
change excepted) be will charge his employers no more
than ONE HALF PER CENT on his Commission,
He procures Money on Loan
for a short time, and gets Notes and Bills difeounted.
Gentlemen and others, refiling in this state, or any
cf the united fates, by fending their order# to this Of
fice, may depend on having their business tranfa&ed
with ^ much fidelity and expedition, as if they were
tirmfelves present.
He receives Tobacco, Sugars, Tea, and every other
fort of Goods to Sell on Commission ; for which pur
pose be has nrovided proper Stores.
He flatters himfelf, his assidu
ity, punctuality, and extensive connexions in his bu 6.
rest, as a Broker, is well established in various parts of
Europe, and in the united states in particular.
AU perlons who fliall please to favour him with their
bufinefy may depend upon his utmost exertion for their
irteeft, and.
Part of the Money advanced, if required.
N. B. Paymatter-General's Notes taken
as Ca(h for Bills of Exchange.
;,T.UE, brown, laylock,•
*>' blutlbm, grey, hazel,
-n, chefnm, white,
*. faun, boue de, Paris':
^"l anti light coloured
r:^ne, middling and
- Cloths.
^ttu and royal Lin
>-- quarter and yard
Je Britannias,
I bick, and Lawns,
^b?d and bordered lawn
'handkerchiefs,
''d^n^t Lawn,,
r sCTed linen Handker
chiefs,
Marseilles Quilting,
/lain and corded Dimities
and dyed J-ans,
Womens white & colour-
Kdd Gloves,
Dean & Purviance,
re just Imported in the (hips Con^refs and In
\;p<d from France, a d^re now opening the follow
up GOODS, at their fTQRE in Wafer-ftrert, the
%'fad Door below the Draw-bridge, which they will
. .11 on very reasonable terms.
Philadelphia ; Printed and Sold I,DAVID C. CLAYPOOLE, in Market-Street.
A great Variety of plain
and printed broad and
narrow Ribbons,
Striped, flow red and plain
French & Italian Gauze,
A large Assortment of
white and black blond
Lace,
Mui and womens silk
Hose,
Black, white, cinnamon,
role, filter grey, plumb,
and Paris mode coloured
Sattins and black Taffi
ties,
Black Paduafoy and Pru
nellas,
Crimson, pink and light
blue Persians,
Striped Tickings,
Pins,
Silk Shoe Patterns, Jan. 9
A N assortment of Broad
cloths, Coatings, Durants,
Blankets, Plains, Flannels, work
ed, cotton, thread and silk
Hole, Bedticks, Linens, Cam
bricks, Lawns, Chintzes, Cali
coes, Silks, &c &c.
To be Sold cheap for Cash,
By William Nichols,
On the north fide of Market
street, opposite the Indian King
Just Imported and to be SOLD, By
John Shields,
At the northeast corner of Chefnut and Second-street,
A large and compleat ASSORTMENT of the best
Superfine CLOTHS:
Among which are the following Colours —
Scarlet, Nut,
White, Pea Green,
Purple, Graft Green,
Pearl, Sea Green,
Light Dr?,, Dragoons Green,
F ieud, Drab, Light Blue,
Pris Dre's Middle Blue,
Queens Drab, Kings Blue,
Ash, Uniform Blue,
With BROWNS of all Shades.
Also, an Assortment of Shalloons and Rattinetr, with
Mohair, metal, enamelled and elegant gold and filter
spa n gled Buttons to match most colours. 0&01 15.
BROWN Russia Sheetings, German Ornabrigs and
Dowla fs, Long Lawns, Flanders Bedtieks; with
a General Assortment of DRY GOODS, just Im--
ported, and to be SOLD by
Mordecai Lewis, & Co.
In Second-ffreet, near Spruce-street.
Who have also for SAL E,
White and brown Hsvanna Sugars.
Weft.lndia Rum,
Souchong Tea, &c. &c.
AN ELEGANT
Assortment of Dry Goods,
Imported in the lift Vessels from France, By
"John Richard & Co.
And Opened for SALE at their STORE, the second
door above Vine-street, in Front street:
Consisting of the following ARTICLES—
BROAD and narrow Mantuas of all colours, plain
striped and figured,
Sattincts and Persians of all colours,
Pafuafay and rich figured Silks,
Plain and painted Riobons in bases,
Black hair Ribbons,
Plain and figured Sattins,
Black and white Modes and Peelongs,
Plain and assorted Sewing Silks,
Artificial Flowers in bunches and wreaths,
Plain, striped, painted and embroidered Gauzes,
Tiffany Handkerchiefs and Aprons, and in the piece,
Black, white and coloured Ostrich Feathers and Plumes,
Kid Gloves,
Silk, cotton and thread Hose,
Chintzes, Calicoes, Britannian and Checks,
Cotton and linen Handkerchiefs,
Yard wide and 7-8 Linens,
Superfine and second Cloths, Naps, &c.
White and coloured Threads,
Batavia and Chinese Patterns,
Cambricks and Lawns,
Rich and common Fans,
Calimancoes cf all colours,
A few patterns of elegant Quilt for ladies petticoats,
Moroco Pocket Books,
An Assortment of down Puffs ,
WAS Stolen out of the stable of the fubferiber, in
the night of the twenty-fifth instant, a bright
bay HORSE, about eight years old, fourteen hands
high, round body, ftreight limbs, white feet, white
face, food all round, a white speck on one es his eyes,
lately trimmed behind his ears, cut somewhat high,
lowering towards the ear, paces a flow travel, trots and
canters; the morning I miffed my hoife, there was a
brown horse at the stable door, supposed to be left by
the chiefs whoever secures said horse and thief, so that
the thief be brought to justice, and the owner get his
horse, ihall have the above reward, or forty killings
for the horse only, paid by the fubferiber near, the sign
of the Waggon, on the Lancaster road. W. CLINGAN.
Chester county, Feb. 26, 1783.
„ With many other ARTICLES too tedious to men
tion, which will be disposed of on reasonable Terms
for Cath, Tobacco, or Bills on any part of Europe.
Four Pounds Reward.
To be Sold or Rented,
And may he entered on immediately,
A WELL finished two story Brick HOUSE, twa
rooms on each floo, an elegant Piazza 30 feet by
12, floored : Also, a small Frame BUILDING, suita
ble for a small family, with a Stable and Chair house,
two large Gardens well fenced, with some fruit Trees'
pkafantly fituatfd cn the river Schuylkill, between,
the middle and upper ferries, in the city of Philadel
phia, and commands a beautiful profpea of the rivers
Also, several LOTS, in the city, from one to four
acres. For particulars enquire of the Printer.
Philadelphia, Feb. 7.
C 0 A C H,
THE fubferiber having furnifhed himfelf with a
compleat CHARIOT and a PAIR of excellent
HORSES, with a good Driver, begs leave to inform
his Friend# and the Public in general, that he intends
to appropriate it as a HACKNEY COACH ; and Gen
tlemen and Ladies, by applying at his Livery. Stabler,
behind the City-Tavern, may be conveyed to any part
of the city, or elsewhere, at as moderate a rate ^s the
times will admit. SAMUEL HODGSON.
Philadelphia, December 3, 1782.
Five Pounds Reward.
ON the 6th inflant absconded from his bail a cer
tain JAMES CASKEY, by trade a carpenter,
about 30 years of age, five feet 7or 8 inches high, Aim
made, and has a high nose, wore brown clothes when
the abfeonded, but commonly we^r# light coloured
clothes; his place of residence is Wilmington, but
went away from his bail in Philadelphia. Whoever se
cures said Cfky, so as the fubferiber may get him re
gain, (hall have the above reward, and reasonable
charges, paid by JOHN STEWART, living in South.
wa 'k. March 7, #783.
N. B, All m:fters of vessels and others, are forbid
to harbour or carry him off at their peril.
jfokn Toung, junior,
At his BOOK-STORE >n Market-street,
A large Collection of BOOKS,
(Best London Editions) Among which are—
-1 LBINUS's Anotimical Tables, with most elegant
cutts, and a Number of Medical Authors, viz;
Panfett, Lewis, S/Genbam, Aftrue, Gataken, Friend;
Gibson, Hrifter, Patcairn, Shebbeard, Shaw, Monro,
3 Imon, Ruffle, G-.bius, Tomkins, &c. &c. Bundy's
elegant Roman History, with cutts, 6 vols. folio; art
late edition of the Universal History, with cutts, 9 vote,
folio; Critical Reviews, rib vols. Rapin's History bt
England. 3 vols. folio; Baretti's English and Italian
Grammar and D & onary, 2 roll, quarto; an elegant
Marine Dictionary, with cutts, French and English ;
the best Military Authors ; about 200 Volumes of mo
dern French Books, and a Variety o Chili ', H story,
Architect, Sermons, Mathematics, Agriculture, Eflayt
Pamphieti, &c.
ALSO, To be SOLD cheap, or LET cn reason
able T rms,
Two Plantations in Bucks county
near Delaware river. J. YOUNG, junr.
FOR SAL E, BY
John O'Connor,
At his STORE in Second-street, three doors north of
Market street,
A large Assortment of Cutlery,
Hard-Ware, &c.
Of the best Quality : Confining of—
KNIVES and Forks, cast-steel Raizori, Cork
tcrews, Sciffars, taylot's Sheer#,, Cheefe,knives,
low priced Penknives, Snuffers of the fineft polish,
fnaffle Bitts, dotted Awls, fret and turning Saws,
firing Bolts. Knitting-needles, Phlems, Watch Chains,
gilt Stock Buckles, pewter Salts, pepper and mustard
Ditto, brass pepper and drudging B^xes, brafe
folder, brass Nails, enameled and metal Button?,
stone breast Ditto, horn Ditto, plated Shoe Buckles,
4 and a half and 5 and a half inch Combs, crocked
Ditto, leather Ink Stands, black lead Pencils of the best
quality, leather Shot Pouches and japanned Powdeb
Caonifters, ladies netting Vices, with and without
Reels : Also, thread Gauzes, Persians, Barcelona black
Handkerchiefs, ladies beaver and silk Gloves, black
ditto and Mitts, light coloured sewing Silk, Thread
of the best quality, No. 9 and 3 I ; black Ribbori,
muck Ostrich Feathers, Plumes and Ostrich Fox-tails,
blue Broadcloth#, Linfies, a few pieces Cambists and
Rattinets, a Variety of ready made Cloaths, fupeifine
cloth, some black and parfon' sgrey; Ditto of second
cloths ; an elegant Assortment of oval Tea Trays, 14,
by 22 inches ; Roman Waiters, 16 by 20 inches; ja
panned Tea Cannisters.
TOBE LE T,
A small HOUSE in Walnut-ffreet, near the corner
cf Fifth street ; a LOT of ri or re acres, well fenced
and new ground, on the Wfflabiccon road, 3 miles and
a quarter from the Court house, and another LOT,
containing 20 acres, on Mount-Airy, near Mr. Al
len's house, Germantown. For Term# apply to said
O'CONNOR. Feb. 8.
To be 3OL D extremely CHEAP, 2,