The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-11-18 00:00:00, page 4

«^ I N Q_U IRY has been made the week
£ pat for Mr. John Pigeon, who has some con
nedion or corrclponuencc with the house of Hepe and
Co. in Holland, and who was iuppefed to have been in
this city; but he is not yet found : If he is here, or in
any part of this or the neighbouring States, he is re
quested to give notice thereof to the fubferiber; or if
any person can give information of the said Mr. Pigeon,
he is desired to communicate the fame to me, at my
lodgings at Mrs. Robeson's in Chvfnut street. Business
of con sequence to Mr. Pigeon as well as the said house
of Hope and Co. occificrs this enquiry.
PAUL FOOKS, Notary. Public.
Philadelphia, Nov. 8.
Philadelphia County, IT.
PURoU AN I' io a writ to me direaed, under the
hand an I leal of the Honorable John Bayaid, Elq;
Speaker of the Honorable Home of Representatives of
the Commonwealth or Fennfylvania, dated at Philadel
phia the tenth day of November, one thousand (even
hundred and ieventy-nine, commanding me that I should
cause to be e'eftri cue fultable person for a Representa
tive in he Gcntr.l Afcmbly for the laid county of Phi
-1 delphia, in the room of the Honorable Archibald
Thompson, Eq; deceased. These are therefore to
give public notice to the Freeh deters and others of the
county of Philadelphia, qualified to vote, to meet on
Wednesday the twenty-fourth day of thia instant, (No
vember) at Ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the three fe
veval diftiias in the said county: And the Judges of
El&ion and Inspectors of the different townships who
served at the Lit general election, are hereby required
to attend at their respective places of election for each
dittria at the time aforefaid, in order to proceed to the
election aforefaid. Dited at Philadelphia the eleventh
day of November, 1779.
JAMES CLAYPOOLE, Sheriff.
Imported and to be fold by
HARMAN and LEWIS,
At their Store near the Drawbridge,
CHOICE CLARET in hogsheads, in prime
order for bottling; white and brown linens,
che ks, cambr/cks, lawns, lace, knives and forks, &c.
WANTED, a quantity of empty Caret Bottles.
~rT) B ERT C^-FK S,
Has iemoved from Second street to the caff fine of Wa
ter-hruet, below Walnut-ftieet, to the house lately
occupied by Abi am M{Uon, where he has for hue
on reasonable terms,
/> C) O D Mufeovado Sugars, coffee, tea, heft old
" pirit and rum; alio a few D y Goods, Such as fine
ft qed costings, whit flannels, fine l;fh ii. efts, cotton
anl bhun checks, plamgauzt and gauze handkerchiefs,
black prices stuff for breeches, black perfians, mens
fi k and th ead giov , & .&
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY num tue lubfaiber's pa,c. mill,
,n th N rth m Liberties, an apprentice a 1 m
ed JOHN BOWERS, between eighteen net nine
teen years of age, about Ave feet five or fix inches high,
brown complexion, round vilage, black hair tier, be
hind, te foie part of which lies been lately combed
ba.k; Had on when he went awa , two waiftco^ts, one
of which was of costing, with sleeves, and donble
breaite.) ; the other without Aceves,l which he wears
under; a homespun Ihirt and trowfers, round hut, and
fiace e went away has got a pai of blue woollen tiow
fexs Whoever tkes up laid fad and brings him to his
matter, fh;ll receive the above reward and . afonable
charges, paid by MORRIS TRUMAN.
JOHN BENEZ Er,
Has for SALE at the north-east corner of Front and
Pine Itreets,
A FEW pipes of Madeira Wine, of the fiiftqualit, ;
" also a quantity of Opium. Said Benezet conti
nues to purchase Loan-Office Certificates bearing inte
f:ft payable in France ; likewise Bills on the Commis
sioners for interelt due on such Certificates. He has to
difyofe of, a Bill on Annanolis for zg6l. zs gd.
To be &CLD by Private Sale,
AN excellent FRAME STABLE, in Cypress
1 Alley, ne<t the Scots Prelbyterian Buryin. Ground,
measuring 42 feet by 12, more or less ; one part of it has
been formerly occupied as a dwelling.houfe, ne rly 15
feet by 12, would suit well the front of a vacant lot ; the
other part covered with cedar diinglts, would mike a
large commodious stable and chair hcufe tor the other
P^ of the lot. F r further particulars enquire of
ROBERT AITKEN, B ok.^r.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
TV A" STOLEN from the fubfenh^r, on the Bth
inst. (N & emb c! ) eight vards er LINSEY,
two threads, striped brick nd blur. Whoever takes
up and secures trie thief. 0 that the ioc^y may be re
covered, Ihall receive the above rer md, paid by
FOR FY DOLLARS REWARD.
IV ' S LOST by the fubferiber, on the 4th pit.
(N ive^ ber) a red Morocc.POCKET-BOOK,
e< <ed with silver and a silver lock; fuppUed to have
d pped ,ut of his pocket between Col Farmer's house
an 4. tert ft ret There was therein a comrdffion,
aid some p pers ^hich can be of no us. to any person
but? e owner. Whe ver brings said pocket-book to
C Earn ,' house, or to the fubferiber, ihall receive
the a ove reward.
PHILADELPHIA: Printed and Sold by JOHN DUNLAP, in Market-freer;
FRANCIS SWAINE.
mary peters.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
Wp'A ^IOLEN ft the neck of a small pyed
,_,""'' '°"LAR, with a ftecl staple and
bras hide. Whoever will secure the thief,oh con vision,
recede th r above reward, or for the Collar only.
1 hree Dollars.
„ " JONATHAN ZANE.
Nod. 4.
Elizabeth Town, Lancafler County, Pennfyhvania,
.October 1770.
W", E , R E II S ™° fubferiber did, in the month
0/ June give a bond or obligation in writing
untoa certain Daniel M'Curtin, in Philadelphia,
for Twenty five Hur d, ed Pounds, or thereabouts, which
writing was obtained by undue influence, I being in
custody of toe Sheriff of said city, and without a friend
to becoine my ozil, thereupon I signed said obligation
without knowing what it was for. This is therefore to
forward all and every person or persons not to take any
alignment on said bond or obligation, as I am deter
mined not to pay the extorted sum unless compelled
thereto by course of Law.
ft HE MEDICINAL STORE lady
I Kept by GODAR^US VAN SOLIN
GEN debated, next door tut two to the Friends
M.etin .-t oui, in S- on i-itrect, is removed to the house
latch , cupied by M. Robert Cocks, in S^ond ttreet,
n^ r Ar -ftfe t and oppose to the sign of the ieoige,
wc.e.e a., ^oc may be applied with ti general affort
mcm DRUGS an MEDICINE; of the
belt q. 10, ;md at the molt moderate price. Aifo a few
ooz^ T -it Lan etts, and an Ointment that will cure
any k>nd of itch or bieking out in the skin, may be
ha ^s bove. '
N. B. Al parsons indented to the estate of the above
denied, are <.fired to m ke imm Jiate payment, accor
ding 0 their contr. &s. And any persons hi vinz any de
mands agiinft th fame, .re lequrfted to apply to
SARAH VAN SOL!NGEN, Executrix.
A WOMAN with a freffi breast of milk,
id can be wed recommended, would be glad to
take : Nure Child out of a genteel family. The dis
tance she lives f,om the cit, obliges her to take this me
tbv „; acquainting the Public that she m , be h^d
of at M Will.am Forbes'-, or at the Printer's ^err f.
A R 088 E R~Y!
SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
WHERR AS the houie of the fubferiber, in the
• wn 0 Reading, was entered in the night of
t^. 28th nut. by some rhain or villains, by breaking
through a thirty-inch stone wail, and taking away
C-sh .nd Goods to above the amount of Sx Thousand
Dollars. Whoever will secure the said robber or rob
bers, so that he or they may be brought to justice and
the money wd goods restored, fliall receive the above
reward, or in proportion for any part, by
Oaober,. JOSEPH WOOD.
N B. The Goods ttolen were chiefly English manu
fa&ure, part Barcelona handkerchiefs, and one piece of
cross barred fi k romal.
LINEN^ONTrN-G—"
THE lubicrioers beg l^v to inform the public, that
they have removed to Kensington, on yurpofe to
carry cn the business at the original fa&ory, joining the
glafs-hou=.The savage foe of Britain have made such
dehrufti. n of their works and materials, that renders
them unable to carry on the business in all its branches.
The branch of tufin fi they mean to carry on, is the
printing of blue handkerchiefs, with deep blue grounds
and white spots ; alio very neat gown-patterns of the
Lmecolour, which they will warrant to be as durable in
their w dhmgana colour, as any imported from Europe
or elie ^here, or they will have nothing for doing them.
Lit le need be f id as to the abilities of the fubferiber^
as there are numbers of yards now in wear, done by them,
equal to any done by the boasted Britons. The works
wll oe ridy this week, and work received at the & o .
ry> bfr HEWSON and LANG.
N.B. A quantity of Pot-ash is wanted.
Leathern ink-pots, for the Pocket,
with receptacles firPENS, iny nted by the fa
mous artist Clarke, of Edinburgh ; tney are of great u
tility to all, but especially to travelling Gentlemen in
the military, naval or commercial departments; may
now be had at BEL L\ Book-store, next door to St.
P.u.'s Church, in Tnird-ltreet, Philadelphia.
N. B. Dilworth's Spelling Books by the dozen, with
a variety of books in all forts of literature, may alio be
had at said Beil's Book-store.
Philadelphia, November 8.
TO BE SOL D,
FOUR likely NEGROES; two of them, An.
thony, and John Fame, are about twenty years
old; the other two, Simon and Will, are about four
teeff years old. Anthony is a ship carpenter having
worked at the trade five years. John Fame has been a
gentleman's servant Simon and Will are handy lads,
and capable of learning any trades, or making good
house servants. All of them have been a voyage or two
to sea, and having been taken on board the enemy's
yeffels, were last Saturday, at the Court of Admiralty
in # his city, found to he slaves, and condemned as law
ful prize. They may be fern on board the brig Hope,
near Mifflin's wharf, just below Vine street. Apply to
Mr. CO TTON, on board the said brig.
TIMOTHY CONNOR.
Philadelphia, October 27.
FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD.
LAST rhurfday night was broke open, the house
of the fubferiber in Penn-street, at the comer of
the alley leading to Meffis. Willing and Morris's wharf,
and the following articles taken out, viz. Ten half Jo
hannefes, sixteen guineas and three half guineas wrap
ped up in a piece of blue paper and indor^d on the back
^'Hamilton, 75°'* "> Continental money wrapped up
1" * news-paper, org light coloured cl nh coat, one pur
ple cloth ditto, a narrow red and v.hite drip d linen coat
and waistcoat, a scarlet cloth jacket and breed es edyed
with white, with silver buttons, on- scarlet ditto w att
coat with worsted back and yellow metal buttons, one
buff cloth waistcoat and breeches w.ch platen silver but
tons, one white cloth waistcoat and breeches, one white
cloth waistcoat with a belt, one pair of brown cloth
breeches, one elegant large cotton countcrpainc, two
morning gowns, one single, the other double, two wo
mens I ng cotton gowr , one white Holland Polanee,
one pair of scarlet ink velvet breeches wito gold knee
binds, one black doth coat, waistcoat and breaches,
one black fok waistcoat ano breaches, one elegant cloud
ed fiik gown and petticoat, two pink mantua gowns,
one pink m<ntua Police, one nankeen riding dress,
one long icarlet cloth clo.k, a quantity of inched
rtnen, among which were a quantity 0: bed linen, and
a number or other articles which cannot be afeertained.
Whoever finds the fame, so that they may be restored
to the owner, and apprehends the thief or thieves, so
that they may be brought to jaftice, foall receive the
above reward, or TWO HUNDRED POUNDS for the
articles alone, and in the fame proporticrufor every ar
ticle found. ^
6. JACOB BA/ksON.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
C I RAYED AWA Y on the 20th of October,
from the lubfcriber, living on the plantation which
formerly belonged to Ihn Ciofoid, in Bucks county,
a brown MAKE, about fourteen hands high, a na
tural trotter, with a star in her forehead, a long twitch
tail, a dent in her let thigh near her tan, had no Ihors
on. Whoever takes up said mare and brings her to the
fubferiber, Ibah have the above reward and reafonabic
charges, paid by
JOHN RUDERFORD.
Baltimore, October 22.
Five Hundred Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the lubfcriocr's olant.rion,
seven miles from Baltimore, in May last, a Ne ro
man n.md PRINCE, net exceeding twenty, five
years of age, undei five feet eight inches high, stout,
or rather heavy hrab , somewhat knock-kneed, final!
face, flat nose, with a twist in his afpe& scarcely ap
parent but to the person on whom he looks ; he fpe, Is
bad Euglifh. His apparel is uncertain : He had on when
he went away, an old green broadcloth coat, le a er
breeches, tow linen Ihirt, a round wool hit, floes,
stockings, &c. He was last spring brought from Go
fhen, in th# itate of New. York, but there i> fbong
region to fuiped that Philadelphia was the place he in
tended to reach, in expiation of an employ thete that
Hugh, give him a chance of getting to the city of New-
York. Any person securing the said Negro ihall receive
the above reward, and reasonable charges if brought
bo WILLIAM BUCHANAN?
Five Hundred Dollars Reward,
WI L Lbe given by Capt. Sargent, of the third
battalion of Artillery, for apprehending and
delivering to his company, CORNELIUS BENGEN
a native of Amsterdam, very imperfect in his pronun
ciation of Enghih, about five feet eight inches high,
blue eyes, short and dark sandy coloured hair, with a
very red complexion, well made, and soldierly in his
gait. He wore when he went away a crimson light in
fantry coat and white overalls, a large round hat orna
mented with a fox tail. It is probable he may change
~ "', . as h ~ 1™ it very amply in his power by the
roo: ing his master of a variety of cloathing, money,
and other matters of value, amongst which are some
camp cups and spoons, silver, marked IP. Sargent, Ar
tillery, a fashionable gold watch, &c. &c.
In addition to the above reward, 2 very generous
price ihah be given for every article recovered with the
above described fellow.
Gen. Howe's Division, eafl of
Hudson's Ri<uer, Oct. 22.
Philadelphia, November s.
A S taken up on the gift of October,
VV on the Lancaftti road, fourteen miles from this
,ty, a HORSE and MARE; the horse of a d rk
iron grey, about fourteen bands high, and about three
years old, one white bind foot, and ihod before; The
ma:e is a bay, with a black mane and tail, about thir
teen and a half hands high, and about fix years old,
shod before ; no brand nor mark on either ; they both
pace. They were taken with a certain Richard Lud
gate, and luppofed to be itolen. The owner or owners
are desired to apply to the fubferiber near the Sorrel
Horse in Radnor township, Chester county, prove pro
perty and take them away. r
MANASSAH MILES.
WOOD WANTE D.
ANY ; erfon having a quantity of WOO D with
" in 5 miles of Philadelphia and drfires to djfpole
thereof, are requ< fted to communicate their terms to
GIBBS JONES, at hs offic in the barracks.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
△NUMBER of good WOODFLATS, to
engage for two months, or longer, if the navigati
on ir Delaware is not impeded. Apply to G. JONES,
at his office in th* Barracks