Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-06-17 00:00:00, page 1

OR
GENERAL
City of Philadelphia, June it, 1776.
The AS S'l Z E of -BREA D.
Fi'n e Flour at Fourteen Shillings and Sixpence per Ct.
Middlings, at Twelve Shillings per Ct.
Rye, at Nine Shillings per Ct.
While bread, lb. oz Mid. do. lb. oz. Rye do. lb. oz.
id.loaf is o. 8; id.loafis o' 10 id.loafiso 11^
2d. ditto, I i £ 2d. ditto, 1 4 2d. ditto, 1 7^
4d. ditto, 2 3 4d. ditto, 2 8 qd. ditto, 215
Bd. ditto, 4 6 Bd. ditto, 5 o Bd. ditto, 514
izd. ditto, 6 9 lizd. ditto, 7 8 izd. ditto, 8 13
Set by SAMUEL POWELL, Mayor.
. SAMVEL SHOEMAKER,]
JACOB DUCHE, jAldermen
BY virtue of sundry writs to me dire&ed, will be fold
by public vendue, on Friday, the 21st clay of June
ihft. at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the plantation of
Just Martin, in Marlborough Township, sundry house
hold furniture, horfe#, 'cows, swine, &c. also sundry
implements of husbandry. Likewise, at two o'clock in
the afternoon of the 21st day of June aforefaid, at the
place aforefaid, will in like manner be fold, a certain
meffu^e or tenement, and three tracks or pieces of land,
situate partly in the township of Marlborough aforefair,
and partly in the township of Salford, containing in the
whole about 180 acres, with their refpe&ive appurte
nances, bounded by land late of Dietrick Welker and
others—and a quantity of grain in the ground; the
whole late the property of Joft Martin ; seized and taken
in execution by
WILLIAM DEWEES, Sheriff.
BY virtue of a writ to me directed, will be fold by
public vendue, on Thursday, the 27th day of June
inst. at fix o'clock in the evening, at the City Tavern,
a certain meffuage or tenement, and lot or piece «f
ground, situate on the east fide of Second-street from
the river Delaware, and between Walnut and Sprure
ftreets, containing in front on Second-ttreet aforefaid
19 feet 5 inches, and in length or depth 98 feet, bound
ed northward with ground of Samuel Powell, Elq;
eastward with ground of Laac Vannoft, Southward with
ground of Jonathan Evans, and westward with Second
ftreet, together with the appurtenances; late the estate
of John Ingiee, deceased ; seized and taken in execution
by WILLIAM DEWEES, Sheriff.
Talbot County, Maryland, June 5, 1776.
TH E Subscriber will attend at the Court-
House of the said County, on the Tuesday of eve
ry wfek, for the purpefe of giving in exchange bills of
'credit emitted by the Provincial Conventioimtfcenth
day of December [775, for those emitted «^^^rc&in
cial Contention the twenty-sixth day of
WM. HINDM AN, T^afurer
±6 of the Pattern Shore.
WANTS TO ENGAGE,
As an. ASSISTANT in any School or Academy in
the province of Pennfylvaniadh New-Jersey,
AGENTL EMAN who haM^en bred at an Eu
ropean Univerfify ; can be well recommended, and
is well acquainted with the Greek and Latin languages,
as well as federal other branches of polite literature.—
For particulars enquire of the Printer. §
INTELLIGENCE OFFICE,
JOHN M'C LU R, living in Water-street, a few
doors above Market-street, has opened an Intel
ligence Office, whereany Gentleman or Lady, want
ing servants, may hear of£ich as will suit them :—And
any women of good charters, that want places, may
be immediately supplied.
SIX DOLLARS REWARD.
DESERTED on Monday the i®th instant (June)
in the city of Philadelphia, from Captain James
Grier's company, of the firft regiment of the Conti
nental Regulars, commanded by Colonel Hand, a cer
tain RICHARD PARKER, a native of Ireland,
about 28 or 30 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high,
black curly hair, and pitted with the small-pox; had on
buckskin breeches, a whitish coloured cloth jacket, and
coarse shirt. Whoever takes up laid deserter and brings'
him to the regiment at Long-Inland, cr puts him in any
gaol on the Continent, shall have the above Reward and
reasonable charges, paid by
1 JAMES GRIER, Captain.
CAME to the plantation of the fubferiber,
living in Kennet Township, Chester County, on
the 3d of June instant, a white M A. RE, with wall eyes,
neither brand nor ear mark, about twelve hands high,
a trotter, and mod all round ; herage is unknown. The
'owner is defined to come, prove bis property, pay charges
and take her away. % ROBERT BARR.
VOL. V.
MONDAY, JUNE 17th, 1776.
D U N LA 'P's
Just publiflied and to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP,
in Market-street, Philadelphia^
R E M AR K S
On a late P A MPHLET entitled
P L A I N T RUT H.
BY R USTI C U S.
WHEREAS Alexander Smith, of Fannet
Township, in Cumberland County, Pennsylva
nia, Weaver, obtained four bonds of me the fubferiber,
of the aforefaid place, dated some time in May, 1772,
conditioned each for the payment of fifteen pounds,
Pennsylvania currency; the firft payable the 25th day
of December, 1775, the other three in yearly-gates after
the firft upon the 25th of December successively : And
whereas the laid Smith hath not fulfilled his part of the
agreement upon which I granted said bonds, I am de
termined not to pay them, and therefore forwarn all
perfens from taking alignments of them.
f JOHN WITHER OL.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Dennis
Lynch, late of Welt-Cain Township, Chester
County, Shop-keeper, deceased, either by bill, bond,
book debt or otherwise, are desired to make immediate
payment to the fubferiber, to prevent trouble, otherwise
they may depend on being prosecuted according to law
without further notice : And those who have any just de
mands against said estate are desired to bring in their
accompts, properly proved, in order that they may be
adjusted and fettled by
: PHILIP LYNCH, Administrator,
THREE POUNDS RE W A RD.
R" ™A' from the fubferiber, at Dunk's
r^^Lon Delaware, on Saturday the Bth instant
(June) fy|rant man named DANIEL HOLLIS,
born in Ireland, by trade a weaver, about 25 years of
age, 5 feet 4 inches high : had en when he went away,
a light brown cloth coloured coat, home-made linen
ribbed jacket and breeches, homespun shirt, a pair of
half-worn worked flockings, a pair of new pumps with
white metal buckles in them, and a new caftor hat; has
black hair tied behind, a fair complexion, is very talk
ative when in drink, has a remarkable black mole and
a fear on his left cheek, the fear between the ear and the
mole. Whoever secures the said servant so that his mas
ter may have him again, shall have the above Reward,
and reasonable charges if brought home, paid by
§ JOHN BENNET.
FOURDOLLARSREWARD.
RA N AWAY from the fubferiber, living
at Duck Creek Cross Roads, in Kent County on
Delaware, on the Bth of May lad, an frith servant girl
named ELIZABETH BUCKL Y, about twenty
feven years of age, five feet fix or seven inches high,
much marked with the small-pox, fair hair and com
plexion, long nose, a good set of teeth, grey eyes, and
was born in Corke; had on and took with her, along
purple calico gown, two Griped linen short gowns and
one lincey ditto, two old black quilts, two lincey petti
coats, one flowered lawn apron, one old check ditto, a
black bonnet with lace round the edge, a pair of leather
shoes and plated buckles, and a red cloth cloak with a
cap: She is supposed -to have followed the foidiers to
wards Philadelphia. Whoever takes up the said servant
and secures her in any gaol, so that her master may have
her again,, shall receive the above Reward and all rea
sonable charges, paid by
t 4 JOHN FOUDRAY.
TWENTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
STRAYED AWAY on Monday the 10th inst.
(June) out of the paft'ure of Mrs. Rees, Tavern
keeper, at the sign of the King of Prussia in Market
ftreet, Philadelphia, a fofrel MA R E, three years old,
fourteen hands high, branded on the near Ihoulder with
M, her mane hangs on both tides, has a short fwitdh
tail, some white on her hind feet, pices and trots. Who
ever takes up said Mare and brings her to Mrs. Rees, or
to Mr. Michael Krehl, at Jones's Town, in Bethel
Township, Lancaster County, shall have the above Re
ward, and reasonable charges paid.
t JOHN MILLER.
May 36, 1776.
TWENTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
STOLEN or STRAYED, out of the fubferiber's,
lot the upper end of Market-street, a well made
HORS E, of a brown colour, about fourteen hands
high, both ears cropped, with a bright star in his fore
head, a small snip near his nose, a few white hairs on his
back near his shoulder, and a short bushy tail ; he paces
and trots. Whoever gives information, or brings the
said horse to the fubferiber, living in Market-street, shall
have the above Reward and reasonable charges, paid by
RICHARD YORKE, Pest-Rider.
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TH E
ADVERTISER.
WILLIAM BEDFORD, Saddler,
HEREBY informs the Public in gen<rd, and his
friends in particular, that he has removed f om his
late dwelling near the Drawbridge, to the house lately
occupied by Mr. Thomas Weft, in Second-street, the
sixth door below Market-street, where he continues to
carry on his bufintfs in all its branches; also makes, at
orefent, every kind of Military Furniture for the
Armv.'
TWO DOLLARS REWA~RD.
LOST between Philadelphia and Schuylkill, on
Monday, the 10th inst. (June) one beaver hat, one
om ditto, and two womans straw hats dressed eff with
pale blue ribband, bound up in brown paper. Whoever
finds the said hats and fends them to William Car
son's, Tavern-keeper, in Third-street, Philadelphia,
or to George Gray's, at Schuylkill Ferry, shall have
the above Reward, paid by
JOHN STURGIS, Virginia Post.
Wilmington, June 11, 1776.
SIX DO L L A R.S REWA R.D.
Si RAYED or STOLE N, on Friday the iff in
stant, from the fubferiber, a strawberry roan H r f e,
about thirteen hands high, nine or ten years old, well
made, and was in good order when loft; he pace , trots
and hind gallops, and was lately food round. Who
ever secures him so that the subs doer may have Gm
again, shall receive the above Reward, and reasonable
char.es paid by f D AVID Rtt sq.
A HOUSE and LOT fit^te in Germantown, < p
pofite the White Horse; the ho.ue is new, two
stories high, with a good garret, two rooms on a Boor,
and cellar under the whole, all well.finifh-d ; the lot is
55 ; feet front on the street, and iiß feet deep. For ttims
apply to the fubferiber, living in Geim^ town.
§ HENRY FRAILY.
Salem County, Neiv-Jerfey, May 28, 1776.
TO BE SO L D,
On the premises, at public vendue, on Tuesday the 18th
day of June,
AVERY valuable Plantation, situate in Haihs's
Neck, in the county of Salem, containing about
509 acres of land, about ics acres of which is improved
maifliand meadow, the rest fine cleared upland and
woodland. There is a new frame dwelling-lieu fe and
building on the premises, and the whole is in good order
and repair. This estate has an indisputable title, and
was late the property of Joste Miller, deceased, to
be fold by
1 CHARLES ELLD T, Surviving Executor.
May 23, 1776.
NOTICE is hereby given to the creditors
of JOSEPH LAN D, confined in the Gaol of
the county of Burlington for debt, that they be and ap
pear before Daniel Ellis and Thomas Rodman, E^qfs.
twb of the Judges of the inferior Court of Common Pleas
in and for said county, at the house of Joseph Haight,
Inn-keeper, in the city of Burlington, on Tuefdav, the
twenty-fifth day of June next, to shew cause (if ary they
have) why the said debtor fliould not be difeharged;
agreeable to an ASI of Assembly, intituled, “ An Aft
for the relief of insolvent debtors." J 4
TO BE SOL D.
THE Time of a Scotch servant Woman, aged 25
years; die is very healthy and strong, is hfed to
town or country business, and has three years and fix
weeks to serve.——Also the Time of an apprentice Boy,
who is to be taught the farming business, and has five
years and fix weeks to serve. Enquire of the Printer.
T O° BE SO L D,
THE TIME of two servant men, who have twd
years, five months and upwards each to serve; 611^
can work at smithing or farming, and the other at tay
loring or farming. For terms apply to Thomas Apty,
in Third-street, Philadelphia.f
a — e— —— _+— ——
AS the Boarding School at Burlington, in
the province of New-Jersey, has for many years
been kept by the fubferiber (and which, he Ratters him
felf, from the proficiency of the pupils cor r itted to hi^
care, has acquired the efteqm and attention of his friends
and the public) may be thought to be interrupted by the
death of Mrs. Powell, the fubferiber thinks proper to
give this public information, that he has engaged an el
derly Gentlewoman, whose experience and character will
enable him to continue it in the fame genteel manner ;
and his friends and the public may depend on the ftii&
est attention being paid both* to the improvement and
morals of the y^ung Gentlemen committed to his charge,
by t THOMAS POWELL.
N U MB. 243.