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PHILA DELP HIA: Printed by JOHN DUNLAP, at the Newefl Printing-Office in Market-Street, where
Subfcnptions at Ten Shillings per Annum, Advertisements, &c. are thankfully received for this P; r < r .'
To to Printer of the Pennsylvania Packet.
SI R,
As the inserting the undcr-tcritten extrafl of a letter
from a Gentleman in Philadelphia to bis friend in
Norfolk, cannot fail of being acceptable to the great
est part of year readers, as containing some things
which have not yet been touched upon, 1 therefore
tq cjou will give it a place in your paper.
Yourjrtend and bumble servant,
T. B.
Fbiladelpbia, February 4, 1775.
SI R,
it TMAKE ne doubt but you as well as me
I have seen the King's Speech to the present
Parliament, and inasmuch as we have nothing to
expert from its contents but hard blows, it is evi
dent the English Colonies of America have no al
ternative left now, to right themselves in a consti
tutional manner, but by being true to the resolves
of the Continental Congress, refpe&ing hon-im
portation ; and I am confident we can easily make
fhi't, with the remains of the stores and shops, for
some years, only with this difference in the end,
that if people cannot get what they would chufe as
formerly, tney must put up with what they can
get ; and if it continues a series of years, we can
gradually supply the place of the principal articles
by our own manufactures, especially by establish
ing a fund to allow a bounty or premium, less or
more, to the makers of the different articles, as
they shall exceed in quality and quantity, as it has
been wifely hinted in some late papers, and has
been the practice for many years past in Ireland,
to difeourage such burthenfome foreign imports,
which used to exhaust them of their currency: this
will be a mortal blow to Great-Britain, and make
them at length grievously repent of the present
proceedings with refpc& to us.
" I am glad to hear that the different township
and city Committees, are to go about with pro
miffary fubferiptions, to every family in their re
fp^tive diftridts, and endeavour to prevail upon
them, and such as are of age in each family, to
fubferibe, promising never to use any riiore India
Tea of any fort, whether the dispute be accom
modated or not : lam glad for divers reasons—
In the firft place, That it is what the India Compa
ny justly deserve, from their repeated and obstinate
attempts to cram it as it were down our throats—
In the second place, That it will be a saving of at
least one hundred thousand pounds fteiling to the
Colonies, and soon occasion silver and gold to be
come plentiful among us, which is now at times
so grievously scarce (particularly the former) be
ing often so entirely drained away, to pay for Tea
and innumerable other articles, that we have but
very little left—ln the third place, That most au
thors (at least those I have read) agree that they
are herbs of pernicious consequence, bringing pa
ralytic tremors on people in years, and nervous
fevers on the young, which we know of late years
have greatly prevailed among the youth ; anj the
entire disuse of it wil only introduce us to such
breakfads in its head, as wer£ universally used
throughout English America about twenty or thir
ty years since, of which I could enumerate at least
ten forts, every one much more wholesome than
India Tea, and neither cf which ever had the name
of producing such nervous complaints—and in the
afternoons Coffee and Chocolate might |?e ufql.
" If the nun-importation continues so long % to
entirely exhaust us of European cloathin,,'l can
f & e no ill consequence attending, but that we shall
be reduced nearer to the Simple date of our abori
gines, that is, to make use of garments of a more
coarse and simple kind, of our own fabrication, by
which means silver and gold will perhaps i:f%
end, become much more plentiful than,in (freat,-
Britain ; and in a Continent where the coumti^rh
parts ofcloathing (such as wool, flax, hemp, cot
ton, &c.) may be had so plentifully as in this,
there will be no danger of fuffering by tlVir,cle
mency of the weather; and our parsons tell us,
that such a state will be the molt confident with
primitive Christianity, as partaking of a much
greater degree of felf-denial.
" I believe, with you, that if we were to submit
to such abatement as to be liable to be taxed ac
cording to the diferetion ofthe Parliament ot Great-
Britain, which would be without end or limitation,
we should be in as abjeft a rtate as those Shawanefe
are which you have lately reduced, and appear,
in every refped, only as a conquered people, and
our Assemblies hereafter addressed only as such ;
the present oppositions, therefore, have been high
ly expedient and well timed, otherwise they might
gradually attempt (if possible) to make us pay the
greatest part of their national debt, besides having
forces put upon us.
" Certainly the Ministry at home must be igno
rant of the condition of the Colonies, with refpe&
to the current specie among them ; for we well
know all the silver and gold is transported over to
them sooner or later, in payment for Dry Goods:
and if, by the lowness of exchange, there is some
times some of it retained a while, yet the rife of
exchange, which often happens, presently sweeps
it all away, except a trifling quantity made into
plate by the more wealthy: Now if they get it all
for Dry Goods sooner or later, of consequence there
remains nothing to pay taxes, and it is well known
that in payment of duties and taxes they will take
nothing but silver and gold. Now I would bet,
that there would not be found a Parliament and
Ministry, composed of the most illiterate old wo
men, but would unanimously agree that it is much
more eligible to get our money by manufaaures
than by imposts, inasmuch as by the firft, such
infinite numbers of poor people are employed in the
fabrication thereof; and if they get it all for goods
how can they also expeft it by taxes ? surely the
more the one increases the other must diminish, un
less they expert us to make brick without straw or
stubble.
“ And as you justly observe, the King's quit
rents alone will amount to such an enormous sum,
when the immense extent of lands whereof English
America now consists are let out, that that alone
will Efficiently drain the Colonies of their silver
and gold, so that there will be no great quantity
left to pay for English goods, much less duties and
taxes fefides, especially as we are under the thral
dom of being obliged to take all those innumerable
articles from Great-Britain alone.
“ I agree with you, that if the non- importation
continues, so as to raise numerous articles in their
price, which cannot yet be had here, that it will
tempt the other nations of Europe to supply us by
fwift running small craft, made on purpose, witb
fiat bottoms, to run up the innumerable creeks and
inlets that abound along our very extensive coasts,
where there are neither Officers of the Customs nor
Guarda-coftas, and thus the Colonies will continue
to be supplied with many indifpenfible articles, at
the fame time very few knowing by what channel.
If this becomes the cate, as it looks at present very
probable, how mult the numerous forces be main
tained, which will be necessary to keep the Colonies
in fubjeaion, from one end of the Continent to the
other: surely their pay, eloathing and diet must
amount to at lead one million sterling, including
the pay of ail the Custom-house Officers, and crews
of men of war guarding the chief rivers : and in
asmuch as very little will be got from the Colonies
to contribute towards this sum, if reduced to the
condition a'ortf id, at present but too much dread
ed, of consequence it mifft be wholly sent over from
Great-Britain, and I imagine they have debts
enough at prelent to fatisfy, without any such griev
ous additions, therefore so frightful a profpea of
things mutt disarm the very hands of corruption
itfelf, and induce them to refill all ministerial bribe
ry, unless they are determined, like Sampson; to
crush themselves to atoms if accompanied with the
deftruaion of their enemies.
" I shall conclude with two observations—The
firft is, That I wish there had been some public of
fer made before now, by the inhabitants of the
Massachusetts-Bay, jointly to pay for the firft colt
of the Tea, exclusive of any duty : By several
hints that have been published by General Gage,
he seemed to insinuate that this would be a good
ffep towards a reconciliation : But with all my en
quiry I cannot find that any such motion has been
made, at least not in a Provincial manner, or as
the joint act of the city, altho' I think, at firft,
such an offer was made both at home and in Bolton
by some individuals, either on account of their
trade being so much affected, or compassion for the
fufFering Colony. But it looks as if these were not
the let of people which they want the payment to
come from, but in a Provincial capacity; the
tranfa&ors of the thing would then seem to be in
cluded among the paymasters ; and if such a com
pliance a$ this would tend to cement such a grievous
division as now subsists between us and the Mother
Country, I think it a thousand pities it had not
been offered before now, for in so doing; our united
brethren of Massachusetts-Bay would but seem to
aft the more confident with themselves, for you
know they justly reflected upon the seizure of the
gun-powder, on account of it's being private pro
perty, and turely such was the case with the Tea,
not belonging to the King but a Company at home,
who doubtless would have sent it quite clear of du
ty if they could.—The other is, I hope the next
Continental Congress will moderate their resolves
with refpe& to exportations, which is Did and be
lieved here to be what they intend, or else it will
greatly distress innumerable multitudes along the
Continent and Islands at least. Britain should co.i
fider that two millions loft by the cessation of trade,
and one million, as above observed, for the main
tenance of the forces to keep the Colonies in fub
jedion, would in effeft add three millions per ann.
to the already enormous weight of their national
debt, which additional sum cannot be supplied but
by a numerous chain of frefli taxes.
I am, Sir, your humble Servant,
I. P.”
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Chefer, January 20, 1775.
IN PURSUANCE of an Order of
Orphans Court, will be fold by Public Vendue,
, on the 24th day of February next, at two o'clock
in the afternoon, on the premises, the valuable
MERCHANT MILLS and SAW MILL
of the late Jqhn Cox, deceased, with a half-bread
water wheel 1 1 feet head and fall, two pair of stones,
one whereof is burrs, 4 feet and an inch diame
ter, ofthe very Left quality, double geared ; the
other is good country stones, 4 teet diameter, fin
' gle geared, with three boulting chests and cloths
which go by water, two whereof are new, one used
and answers exceeding well for grists and country
work, the others for boulting fuperfine, and are
proved to be of the best quality ; the chest for fu
perfine will eafrly contain 25 barrels of flour; and
an excellent meal loft large enough to cool 600
Bethels of meal, with a Dutch fan and screen that
turns by water; the whole in good order to manu
fafture wheat to the best advantage, having been
lately repaired, and a good conveniency for ano
ther water wheel and pair of stones: The saw-mill
lately rebuilt, and near the mills, having water
out of the fame race, going with a flutter wheel
and strikes at least 100 ftrok.es per minute, and in
a plentiful place for timber; there is two-thirds of
the year water plenty for three mills, and in the
dried seasons enough for two; situate within four
miles of the borough of Chester, and one and a half
of a landing on Chester Creek. Also a large done
dwelling-house, two Stories high, with three rooms
on a floor and fire places in each : Likewise a good
stone kitchen, two dories high, and a well of water
at the door; also a barn, stables and good coopers
shop, near the mills, with about 53 acres of good
and, whereon is a good bearing orchard, and 10
acres of meadow, all in very good order, being plea
antly situated in a healthy part of the country.
Also will be fold the fame day and place, a done
mefluage or tenement, wharf, and lot of ground,
situate in the borough of Cheder, bounded by
ground of Joseph Afhbridge, and by Front-Street
and Chester Creek ; has been lately occupied as a
store, and will contain 600 barrels of flour below
and 4000 bushels of wheat above stairs ; was built
for, and is a convenient dwelling-hofue: The
wharf is found and good, 33 feet in breadth. The
title indisputable. Any person inclining to view
the premises before the day of sale, may apply to
Mary Cox, living at said mills.
MARY COX, Administratrix.
JOHN LEWIS, Administrator.
N. B. To be fold at the fame time and place, a
good, pair of Timber Wheels and Screw.'
Ne^wcaflle, December 9, 1774
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the fubferiber, the sth
instant, a negro man named PORTROYAL
forty-one years of age, about five feet seven inches
high, a comely well-looking man, of a good coun
tenance and pretty black, one of his wrists a little
crooked, but he does not complain of it in any
work : He is well behaved, not given to liquor, ap
pears religious, and can read and write; had on a
good beaver hat with silk lining, a blue woollen
cap, but had with him two white ones which he
mostly wore ; took with him allo a furtout coat of
a cinnamon colour, a light coloured cloth jacket, a
fwanfkin ditto stained with tar, a good white Dirt
bucklkin breeches, new pale blue ribbed dockings;
plated buckles in his Does, and money in his pock
et: He was seen last Saturday in Philadelphia.
Whoever takes up and secures Did negro, so that
his matter may have him again, shall have the above
Reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
ROBERT FURNISS.
TO BE SOLD BY
PHILIP BENEZE T,
At his Store the corner of Market and Third-streets,
BEST Englifligun flints by the thousand, bar
lead, needles, feahng wax, mace, fahron,
Turlington's balsam by the dozen, black silk cra
vats and silk handkerchiefs, sewing silk, black gauze
handkerchiefs, ribbonds, blue long cloths, red paint
ed looking-glafier, Chapmans books, ferrits, and
a large assortment of Inoia callicoes.
Philadelphia, February 10, 1775.
For B RI S T" O L,
The SHIP
UN I T Y.
LI AVING three-fourths of
" lier cargo en g a ged, uid
^fofril^ fail with all convenient speed.
F° r freight or passage apply to
^^foJ AMES Stuart and Samuel
Jackson; in Front-street, or
on board the ship at Hamilton's wharf.
Februarv 9, 1775.
TO BE'L'E T,
For a term of years, and may be entered on in the
Spring,
AT ANYARD compleat, with a dwelling
houfe, garden, &:c. and some meadow : Aifo
two Farms, with a considerable quantity of very
fine meadow to each. For terms apply to the fub->
scriber, who proposes to be on the premises, at the
head of Chester, Kent county, Maryland, from
the 15th of this month until the 20th of March
next. THOMAS GILPIN.
TO BE SO L D,
By the Subferiber, living in Little Britain town
ship, Lancaster county,
AV ALU ABLE Plantation, or fra& of pa
tent land, containing two hundred and two
acies, with the usual allowance : About one half
es said land is cleared, the remainder good thriv
ing timber ; there is about fifteen acres of meadow
made and mostly well watered, and as much more
may be made ; also a good log dwelling-house and
barn, a good done spring-house over a good spring,
and a young bearing orchard ; the whole in pretty
good repair, well watered and pleasantly situated.
Any person inclining to purchase, may know the
terms of sale by applying to the fubferiber, living
on the premises.
THOMAS PLUMMER.
TO BE SO L D,
A TRACT of valuable LAND, in Caroline
county, (formerly Dorchester) in the pro
vince of Maryland, containing 516 acres, lyin<r
between the north-east and north-weft fork of
Nanticocke River, about five miles from navigable
water, and twenty-two miles from Mufmelion
Landing, on Delaware : About 130 acrels of the
said traft are cleared, with good improvements
thereon, 50 acres may be made into meadow, the
remainder well timbered ; it lays high, and is ex
cellent for wheat. Time will be given for payment
if required, upon good security.
For terms apply to WILLIAM ENNALLS,
Junior, in Dorchester county.
Ciecil County, Maryland, Jan. 29, 1775.
(COMMITTED to my custody, as
J a run-away servant, JAMES BARTLEY,
an Irishman, about five feet five inches high, pit
ted with the small pox : He acknowledges himfelf
to be the person advertised by Robert Lee, of Mid
dletown townfllip, near Carlifle. His matter is
hereby requested to pay charges and take him away.
JOHN HAMILTON, Sheriff.
Vo BE: FO L D,
ABOUT thirty tons of choice upland HAY,
all of which is firft crop, apply to WILLI
AM STANDLEY.
N.B. All those that are indebted to said Stand
ley for earthen ware, longer than the usual cre
did, are eirneftly requested to make speedy pay
ment to prevent any further trouble.
IRISH LINE N S.
AVERY neat assortment of 3-4, 7-8, yard,
ell, and 9-8 wide brown and white Irish lin
ens, Meetings, tickens, &c. from 42c!. to ss. 6d.
Irish, per yard, lately received from the bleachers
in Ireland, now opened and will be fold at a rea
sonable rate, for Cash only, by
MARY EDDY and SON,
In Second-street, between Market and Chefnut
ftreets, Philadelphia.
Muscovado sugars, of the firft
quality, in hogsheads, tierces and barrels,
BARBADOS SPIRIT, fit for immediate
use, by the quarter calk or hogshead,
WEST-INDIA RUM,
OLD MADEIRA WINE,
PORT WIN E, in calks or bottles,
And a parcel of RHUBARB,
To be Sold by
GEORGE MEADE and Co.
T O B E L~E T,
AL AR GE brick House, situate on the corner
of Bridge-street and Front-street, in Balti
more town, near the upper bridge, with a cellar
un ler the whole, four rooms and a passage on the
firft floor, two convenient lodging and one large
assembly room on the second, and four on the
third, with a brick passage, kitchen and finoke
houfe, a large stable, yard, and garden ; the whole
in good repair ; fnitable for an innholder, or any
other public business. Any person inclining to
rent, may know the terms by applying to the fub
feriber. JOHN'GRIFFIT H.
TO BE SO L D,
A FINE large bay COACH lIORSE, has
a star and blip, is between fifteen and sixteen
hands high, trots exceeding well, and is fold for
no other reason than that he has too much spirit
for the use that is made of him : The price is <o l.
Enquire of Mr. Benjamin Davids, at the George
tavern, the corner of Arch and Second-streets.
TO BE BOUND cTu~t7
For a Term of Years,
ASTRON G hearty Negro Girl, about thir
teen years of age, has had the small-pox and
meifles, and can be recommended for honesty. A
place in the country would be most approved of.
Enquire of the Printer.
TO BE SO L D,
At the stables of the fubferiber, in St. George's hun
dred, Newcastle county, that famous Horse
PENNSYLVANIA FARMER.
HE is equal, if not superior in beauty, to any
horse imported to America ; full blood, bred
by Col. Taylor, of Virginia, got by that famous
horse Partner, and when in the pofftflion of Col-
Taylor, beat the most capital horses in the foutb
governments of Carolina. He is a daik chefnut,
fifteen hands high, eight years old, with a blazein
his face. He covered last season upwards of fxty
mares, in great character. For further particulars
enquire of WILLIAM CARSON.
N.B. If not fold before the fiift of March next,
he will be let to mares the ensuing season, at the
above mentioned place.
Wilmington, Jan. 26, 177 c.
THREE POUNDS REWARD.
S T ° LENhft ni ^ t? out
© '°' a ™'' e '" ''" P°ff e ffi° n
=°' "' e fubferiber, living in
Wilmington, a small B A Y
HORS E, with a few white
"bairson hisforehead, no brand
#ll ;j %144\' bat ' s known, not trimmed,
^^^^^ or verv little, has middling
fqunre hips, and a fpavinlunro
on the inside cf one cf his hind legs, which cauft's
him to limp, especially when he gallops, or after
riding, which it is thought will prevent the thief
from taking him far off; he trots, and paces a lit
tle, and is shod all round. Any person who will
take up the thief and horse, so that the former
may be brought to punishment, shall have the
above Reward, or for the horse alone, THIRTY
SHILLINGS, paid by
JOSEPH HEDGE.
A HOUSE, LOT and TANYARD,
in Wilmington, TO BE SOLD.
A NEAT brick dwelling-house, kitchen, fpring
h®ufe, a good garden, and meadow, plea
santly situated on a lot bounded 160 feet on Front
ffreet, the fame on Second-street, and 260 feet on
West-street. The Tanyard is furnifhed with a
spring of water that commands, or is higher by se
veral feet than needful to convey water to any part
required, and more than Efficient for that use.
The mill-house, curriers shop and beam-house well
built of stone ; a neat slaughter-house adjoining,
also of stone, furnifhed with water from the spring
aforefaid, almost all new and in good repair, with
sundry other buildings and improvements. On the
whole it may be justly said to merit the attention
of those concerned in that branch of business, as it
is near the two market-houses in a thriving town,
and bids fair for being an advantageous stand.
About 5001. of the purchase money will he expect
ed ; the remainder may lay in the purchaser's hands..
For further particulars enquire of
ZECHARIAH FERRISS.
N. B. The Stock in the yard may also be had at
a reasonable rate, and whoever purchafeth may
have possession in the Fifth month next.
Tobe SOLD by PUBLIC VENDUE,
on the fifteenth day of March next, at Two
o'clock in the afternoon, on the premises,
ALL that meffuage or tenement, public inn
or tavern, where Thomas Babb now dwells,
known by the name of Grubb's Tavern, fituate
in Brandywine hundred in the county of Newcastle,
on the great road leading from Philadelphia thro'
Chester to Wilmington, together with the planta
tion and tra& of land thereunto belonging, con
taining about 145 acres, of which 30 acres is choice
woodland, 18 acres of meadow ground, of which
3 acres is banked improved marih, the rest arable
land. Its front on Delaware river renders it very
convenient and easy to mud and improve the whole
at pleasure. The beautiful and extensive profpett
of the said premises, with its situation about mid
way between Chester and Wilmington, renders it
extremely convenient either for a Gentleman's feat
or for a tavern, or any public business, and is so
well known that it is unnecessary to fay more about
it. Attendance will be gi^en on the day of sale,
and the conditions made known by
ADAM GRUBB.
N. B. The premises may be entered upon the
25th of March next.
Limestone Run, Jan. 17, 177 c.
TENDOLLARS REWARD.
RA N AWAY from the fubferiber, living on,
the weft branch of Susquehanna river, about
twelve miles above Shamokin Fort, in the province
of Pennsylvania, on the 3d inst. an indented Irish
servant boy, named THOMAS COULTER
17 or j 8 years of age, smooth faced, fair hair,'
and trefh colored, his right hand and wrist remark
ably larger taan tne left : Had on and stole witli him
a lead colored coat, made furtout coat fafliion, but
the tail of it lately cut off foort, two fliirts, one of
them striped and the other tow linen, two pair cf
bucklkin breeches, halfworn, one pair of blue and
red dockings, all home made; an old wool hat,
half worn shoes, with large square brass Imckk%
a pair of green Indian leggings, patched vith red
cloth. Whoever takes up and secures said savant
in any of his Majesty's goals in this province flnil
have FIVEDOLLARS, and if taker, up out cf
this province, or brought home, shall have the
above Reward and reasonable charges, paid | w
n JOHN NELSON.
All masters of veffeis are forbid to carry
him off at their peril.'
TO BE DIS I>OSE D~(7f7
^ HE TIME of an English servant G I r'i.,
A who has about three years and three months
to serve, can be well recommended for he iLoneity
and fobrietv, and fold for no fault but want of em
ploy. Enquire of the Printer.