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purple, fuperfine Broad
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London brown, buff, fear
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Caffimers.
London brown, striped,
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Plush
Green, fcailet, blue and
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A variety of spotted,
brown, claret coloured
and black Velvets, plain
and cut,
Buff, brown, Claret, olive,
black, preen, white and
purple Corduroys.
Grey, white and striped
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Back Everlaffings,
Serge Denims.
Serge Dejean.
Prunellas,
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A variety of corded and
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A variety of fi'k Jacket
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Corded Dimities.
White, brown, olive, blue
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Embeffed Flannels.
Minorca Serges.
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Callimancors, of vari
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Blue and brown Baizes.
White Swanfkin.
Shalloons of every colour.
Mw* and womens worst
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of various colours.
Purple, green and cloth
coloured Crapes.
^ beautiful assortment of
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Whitechapel and Common
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Twelve and 1$ cz. fadlers
Tack^.
Pound Pins,
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Imported in the Franklin, and other Vessels
form Europe, and arrived by Land from Boston, at
large and elegant ASSORTMENT cf
MERCHANDIZE,
Now opening for SALE, by
JOHN K EAN,
Attht SPINNING-WHEEL, on the Corner of Maker
and Thir^ Greets, viz.
VOL. X.l
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GENERAL ADVERTISER.
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Skilleting and Cap Wire.
Large fine Blankets.
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ticks of the best quality,
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Black and fcailet Princess
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Olive, white, buff, blue,
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Tablecloths and toweling
Diaper.
Damascus.
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Seven-eight and yard wide
Ticklenburg.
Sail Duck.
Mens, womens and child
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Shoes.
Ladies Stuff Ditto.
A large affirtment of l^ne
Thread Lace, Edgings
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Silk Stockings, Gloves &
Mits,
Purple Gloves and Mits.
Ccarfe and fine Cambricks
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Silk, kenting, linen and
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of every pattern and co
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Beautiful tiffany Handker
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Irish, Dutch and French
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Bag Holland.
Broad and narrow Russia
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Dowlas.
Lavals.
White and brown Sheet
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Flowered & milnetLawns.
Mil net lawn Handkerchiefs
Sowing Silks of allcolours.
Thread of every colour &
Finrneft.
Long Lawn.
Plain and striped Muffins,
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Thrift of different colours.
Mens coarse Hole & Mils.
Snuff in bottles.
C.mblets,
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% attinets.
Venetian Poplins, &c.
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From the St. James's Chronicle, or British Evening
Post, of July 31, 1781.
ran HE vißory which our Gazette some time since
$ announced to be gained by earl Cornwallis
(whose merits as a military officer however are unques
tionable) puts me in mind of the Scotch soldier, whe
called out to his captain, "Plaife yare honour, I hae
taen a prisoner." Then bring him along, replied the
captain. " Nay, but he woana Cum." Why then
come yourfelf. “ Au, but he wonna let me." In
short, fir, as I have uniformly announced, from the
infancy of the American war to this day, that we are
just like the boys who endeavour to catch waterwag
tails, by putting fait upon their tails ; we Cannot
doubt but our ministers give us the best and mod fa
vourable extracts from their American general ' let
ters, and that they fink the worst ; yet, it is very evi
dent, by what they have given us, from lord Corn
wallis's dispatches, that his army lias fuffered gr ev
ouffy, that his wounded have died for want of such
comforts as could not_be obtained, and that he was
obliged to retire an hundred and fifty miles from the
feene of affion ! nor do we hear one word of that ONE
Arnold, whose rapid successes were of late so trum
peted here, and I will venture to pronounce, from a
thorough knowledge of that country, that lord Corn
wallis's victory was not very unlike general Burgoyne's
defeat ; and if it be true, as is said, that twelve ships
of the line are failed from old France, to cruise be
tween New York and the capes of Virginia, lord Corn
wallis's army must be starved, as he can only be sup
plied from New York. Yet such is the condition of
this poor devoted country, that no man can now fay,
which, would be most fatal to us, giving up the contsit
Silver Locket Batons of
various patterns.
Ink Pots.
Hanover Laces.
Marseilles Quilting.
Whitt, blue, black, gar
net, crimson, pink and
striped Sitting.
Black, white and blue
Half Sattins.
Azure, blue, green,wh ; t%
pink, and black M des.
Dove coloured Faduafon.
A few pieces of beautiful
Brocades.
Green, brown, dove, cloth
colour, blue, black,
white, green, and crim
son ell-wide Pe, fians.
Pink, blue, black, green,
white an 3 crimson Sati
nets.
An elegant affrtment of
the most fafhionable silk
Gauzes, Kentings and
Catgut.
J. KEAN returns lis most grateful Thanks to thole
who have generouflj favoured him with their Custom,
and begs Leave to affaire them it will he his constant
Study to merit a Continuation of their Favours.
The Commissioners of the city
and county of Philadelphia, propose to I ET, for the
term of 4 years, the PUBLIC LANDING PLACES
belonging to the county; one of them fituatp at the
east end of Callow-hill-street, the other on the raft fide
of Front-ftrect, continued in the Northern-Liberties,
together with the PUBLIC SCALES, for weighing of
Hay. The Tenant to Repair the Wharf and keep the
whole in good Repair, and deliver them so at the expi
ration of said Term. Any person inclining to Rent the
above-mentioned Premifrs, may deliver their Propos
als in writing, at the Court- House, the 16th of this
instant. November 1, 1781.
Eight hard Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or stolen from Springe fbury in the
Northern Liberties, on the ifth instant, a BLACK
HORSE, about 14 bands and an inch high, one white
foot, a final! fttr in the forehead; he has lately been
bit by a horse on the off loin, where the hair has
dropped off, and appears like a healing Wourd, he
trots and canters. Whoever brings him to JAMES
BROWN at Springe fb ry, or to the fubferiber in
Philadelphia, shall have the above Reward.
ROBERT MORRIS.
Philadelphia, October 30, 1781.
THE
Muffins tamboured.
Tapes.
Razors of the fi ft quality,
in cases, with Straps, &c
Watch Chryflala and
Springs)
Back and white narrow
and broad LacA
engals and Ginghams.
Ari sffjftment of Ribbands
Pots.
Tron Skillets.
Copper Coffee-pots MAd
Skillets.
Brass Candlesticks.
Cast Boxes.
Window Weights.
Bikeftones, &c. Alfa
Cinnamon, Raisins in jars,
Philberts, and Almonds
by the Bag.
Some hogsheads of extra
ordinary Indigo, wtih
numberless other articles
too tedious to mention.
Extrafl of a duplicate of a letter from admiral fir
George Brydges Rodney to Mr. Stephens, dated on
board the Sandwich, at sea, the 6th of May, 1781.
I MUST desire you will please to acquaint their lord
ships, that on the 4th current, his majefly's ship the Ruf
fe! joined me, the captain of which informs me, that rear
admiral fir Samuel Hood had an adion with the French
fleet arrived from Europe, and which confided of 21
fail of the line, and were, during the adion, joined by
four ships of the line that had been blocked up in the
bay of Fort-Royal. By captain Sutherland's account,
the French, as usual, kept at a cohfiderable distance,
an I seemed to bend their greatest force against the four
van ships of fir Samuel Hood's line, which muff have
fuffered considerably - ,the Ruffe! having several IhoC
between wind and water, was in danger of linking, the
water being above the platform in the magazine.
Upon receiving the news, I instantly dispatched th^
Convoys bound for Great Britain, Jamaica end Ame
rica- in fix hours repaired the damage sustained by the
Russel . -sent that ship to old road St. Christopher's,- to
Complete her water, which whs exhaufled, with orders
to her captain to join me without a moment's loss of
time; and put to sea myfelf, with the Sandwich and
Triumph, in order to join the fleet, with all the dis
patch possible, which I am now endeavouring to do.
N. B. Sir Samuel Hood's dispatches, giving an ac
count of his adion with the French fleet, on the 29th
of April, which accompanied the original of the date
above mentioned, were, with that letter, thrown over
board, when the Snake sloop, in which they were com
ing to England, was captured by a rebel privateer,
and no duplicate or copy of those dispatches have yet
come to hand.
ExtraH of a letter from admiral fir George Brydges
Rodney to Mr. Stephens, dated Carlifle-Bay, Bar
badoes, June 29, 1781.
SI R,
SINCE my dispatches of the 6th and 9th of May,
dated from Batfeterre road, Sr Christopher's, and sent
by captain Smith in his majesty's sloop Snake, I muff
desire you will please to acquaint their lordships, that
I put to sea with the Sandwich, Triumph, and the
ships that had received damage in their late engage
ment with the French fleet, using every endeavour to
get to windward with all possible dispatch.
Between the island of Montserrat and Antigua, fir
Samuel Hood, with the remainder of the fleet, joined
me - their necefitities obliged me to anchor in St. John's
road, Antigua, in order to relieve them: Having be
fore detached several final! and quick failing vessels to
St. Lucia, to acquaint general St. Leger and the com
manding officers of his majefly's ships who might be
at that island, that I was hafteoing to windward with
his majefly's fleet, and that they might depend upon
being fp edily relieved in case the enemy, encouraged
by his majefly's fret being to leeward, fhouid make
an attack upon it That general Vaughan, with a re
inforcement of troops, was on board the fleet, and
coming to their affi fiance.
Not a moment's delay was made at Antigua ; the
whole fleet put to sea, and in a few days weathered
the Island of Deceada. The day we left Antigua, the
or pursuing it, though at home we fee large majorities
supporting the men who have thus frittered, I had al
most said fettered the kingdom. But what do thefa
complaints fignify ? Have we not masquerades as ufual^
Are not the veftris brought here to teach us. that dex
terity of the heels is preferable to understanding in the
head? Have we not celeflial beds, Sunday routs, pe
tit foupees, and all the delicacies of the East intro
duced among us? Have we not senators who refine up
on the moftfenfual delights? and ministers who have
wit, if not wisdom? And if by taxing Port wine, they
tempt the wine brewers to poison the petit monde, what
need they care, who always drink the wine of our ene
mies ? If fallad oil be three Shillings a flalk, instead of
fifteen-pence, what need they care ? If groat sugar be
eightpence, this is nothing to them. And if gentlemen
and their sons, of two or three hundred pounds a year,
cannot Afford the necessaries of life, is not the army
open to them? Let them eat ammunition bre.d, or
starve. Keep the poor down, and you will not want
soldiers; as to our filers, we must fend to our ene
mies to know where they are.
June 16, M M.
From the LONDON GAZETTE.
Admiralty-office, August 3, 1781. #
DISPATCHES were yesterday received from admi
ral fir George Brydges Rodney, bart-knt. of
the Bath, and commander in chief of his ma
jesty's ships at the Leward Islands ; and from vice-ad
miral Arbuthnot, commander in chief of his majefty'e
ships in North- America ; of which the following are
extracts.
NOVEMBER^, 1784
[NUMB. 802.