The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-05-22 00:00:00, page 1

THOMAS LEIPER,
TOBACCONIST,
TT A S removed from Spruce and Water-streets, to
-" the call fide of Wat^r ftieet,the feveinkdocr above
Marker.-Street, where hehis fn Sale, Scotch SNUFF
and Mmuri&.red TOBACCO o' the firft Q^hty.
One Guinea Reward,
CTRAYED from Subscriber; about four
weeks finer, a low and Write COW, with a fld
and hole cut in earn ear, and if rear calving. Any
person who t&s up Die laid Cow, and returns her to
the futferioer in Arch ftr^t, fa : receive the fbee
Reward. ANDREW RCEESON. May 14.
A TH HL I OT,
Almost new, m^hef the best Materials, with H^rnefs
for a pc-ir of Dorics coc^ hat, T MO Sold. Acquire es
the Printer. Mar 5
T O BE I. ET,
A three flory b.ick House, Gru
ated in Woec.ftrt ne3f.WCHut then. For terms
enquired SAMUEL MEEEDM B.
Sixty head of Lean Cattle to
be folri; ccnfiltn: o* CO "AS mm STEAKS, Like
wife two Fair of Smiths dELLOWSES. Enquire of
the Printer.
Very good and agreeable Ac
commodtins for a few Families, may be had at
Mount Airy, late the country k?t of WiT?m Allen,
Enquire, deceased. The pieaiantfitu.rtion of the place
renders it an exceeding fine Summer Retread; being
only eight miles and a half from the city, and yet per
fe&ly recinfe. For Terms apply to WILLIAM
CROSS, living on the premises.
Wants a Place, a finale Man,
in a genteel Family, to Wait at Table, or an Affilt
ant Writer. PuaL 10 enquire of the Printer, or at the
morth-weft corner of F.fth ^riArcb-ftreets.
TO BE SO L D, by
William Harris, at his commis
sion store, in Strawberry alky, three new 6 inch Cables,
fail Canvas, and a tew hall hogfhe^ds of choice Claret.
TO BE SOL D, A
Mulatto Wench and her two
CHILDREN; file is fit for town or country Bufnefs.
Enquire of tin Printer hereof.
All Sorts of Taylors' WORK
done in the 'toted and modfashionable manner, by
JOHN REEDLE, at the Taylors Arms, in Arch-
Itreet, the corner of Ch>nc^ry lane, Phi!a ^phi>.
BOOKS POSTED, ACCOUNTS
Adjusted and S tfi-d, and other Writing done with the
greatest care and dilpaxch;• by the Subferiber, living
a few doors below Chelnut-ftreet,un second ftre*t.
GEORGE MOORE
A young Woman, that understands Needle
Work, may hear of constant employ at the
Taylors business, by applying to the Printer.
One Shilling Reward.
R AN away from the fubicriber, on the
' T'nth of April, an apprentice lad, named bmo
thv Qaten, about eighteen years of age, findr made
Aright hair, sout five set fix inches high-. H-d
on end trak wth him a round ( k hat, a bvom co
loured coat; hvhtr Erie hc% w-o^n ftxkin&s. old
flues with b/O; buckles. Wioe-er takss up said up.
prentice, and b logs him home to bis m ? k<r, th T have
the above reward, HENRY KUSH,
Pkiladelpbi.-, M 2, 3 173;
A
TUESDAY, MA Y 22, i,si.
U THE
llWillli^
O R, THE
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
VOL. X. 1
Published every TUESDAY and SATURDAY.
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Perkins ' and Coutty,
At the corner of Second and Spruce-ftrects, Philadel
phia,
I? EG leave' to acquaint their Friends
?„d the Pu*Tc in general, t atih.7 carry on ths
GUN and PISTOL making in all its branches, where
gentlemen may be fupphed with Guns and Piftu. ; : o' the
neabh and iK.fi quality, on the ih^ruit notice unimak
reasonable terms.
Th<y alio blue znd brown Gun Barrels in the neatest
man,er.
,N. B. A fmal' quantity of Ship MufquGsto fell.
Just Bubbled, ^nd To be S 4d, by JOHN DUNLAP,
in Market-rtrect,
All the L A^S
En^a^d in the Second titling of the Fifth General
Assembly, ot the Commonwealth es Ptßnfylvani„
Which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the
sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord Die
thousand seven hundred eighty and one.
A Conveyancing Office,
AND
Office for Sale of Real Estates,
ff 8 kept by the Subferibtr, at the corner of Black
£ horse-alley, in Frunt-ftreet : Where Deeds, Mort
gages, Bounds, Letters of Attorney and Agency, Wills,
M<m # rials, Petitions, and all other Instruments in
Writing, are drawn with accuracy, care and dispatch,
up.n the meft reasonable terms. From the experience
the Suofcriber has had in this branch of law bufmefs,
he flattzis himfelf he is able to give general fatisfadicn.
The Favours he has already received from the Public
merit hit Thanks, and lead him to expect a continu
ance of them. He has now for SALE; riverai Planta
tion* in the country and Lots of Ground near the city.
Any Person desirous of purchasing ma: be acquainted
with the Term's, upon application to his Office.
May 10. ASSHETON HUMPHREYS.
TO BE SOL D,
A Tract of Land, of that high
ly improved estate, commonly called G^mme Park,
fituae in th# county of Philadelphia, and ajout nine
teen mil's front the city, late the property of dp&ir
Thomas Gtmm% deceased, (md by him deviled to
bis daughter E izabeth Gimme, now Elizabeth Fergu
ton) Sud trs& contains an hundred and fifty acre.sof
excellent ground, about fifty acres of it fine timber,
twenty acres of it meadow, the remainder has been
highly manured with lime and dung, and yield'd lad
lumpier from twenty to twenty-five cufhels of wheat
per ac^. Titerc arc on it four springs of fine water,
and a (beam on it fufficLnt to turn a mill, being a
crunch of Nefhaminy. Toe money to be paid down,
on the c^icution of the deed. It will be fold for a
lealonabk pice, and An indisputable title given to the
purchaser: For terms and further inforn atton, apply
to Elizabeth Frrgufon, on the premises, Charles Sted
man, io PhiiaJelohia, and doctor William Smith, in
Muket-ftreet. No buildings to be fold.
Philadelphia, May 14, 1781.
Last Sunday was a week, my
Sin, on the other fee of George Gray's ferry, found,
in the middle of the road, tw@ Bundles of CONTI.
RENTAL MONEY, amounting to Eighteen Hundred
Dolla s. Any ration having loft the fine, by prev.
ing th# r property and paying the cost of this adver-
Gf>m<nt, m^y have it again, by applying to DAVIS
BEV AN, in Writer-firmer. ~
N. B. There is a piece of white paper round one
of the Bundles, m^ntionin^ the receipt cf freight 'cr
ent ; cKc of Gm and feme cth;r things net undufleo ri
Philadelphia, May 18, 1781.
Q# FR/DAr Next,
The 25th inflint, at Twelve o'clock at noor, at the
Coffee-Houfe,
Will be Sold by Public Au&ion,
ih" PRIVATEER BRIGANTINE
Rattle - Snake,
With all her Guns, Tackle, -Apparel, and
Furniture, zgreeablc to an inventory to be seen at the
p!a^ o' fair, being a priz-ta^en by the privateer /hip
RKInG SUN, Ca tain CASSON.
By Order of the Court of Admiralty,
CLEMENT BIDDLE, Matfh 1.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
To A L L whom it may concern.
\jo TIC Eis hereby fven, that a Court of Admi
-1 ™ rally will be beki, at the Stoohoufe, in the chy of
?d'a^+lphi?, on the second day of June next, at Tor
o' lok in the for -noon of tie fame day for the Trial
of the fliip or vGF:I, c/ded the R ESOLUTION,
l^y commanded by Captain WATERBURG H ;
re-trier, at fra, lent into this P'ft, and libelled agaioft
Av Ca ptain Miller of the Ariel Privateer (qui tan), &C.)
To the intern that the owner or owners, or any per
lons eonterbed Herein* o^, appear, and shew cause, if
any they hive, why a Decree fhbuld not pals, puriuant
to the prayer of be Libel, &c.
By Order of the fridge,
May nth, 17 1. Andrew Rcbeson, Reg.
Five Pounds Reward.
V\T AS LOST in themonth of April, 1781, between
Y the barracks and Market Street, Philadelphia,
A black leather pocket b&ok, with a certifi ate there
in, for ninety pounds sixteen Ablings Specie, signed
by Colonel Richard Butler, number forgot, belonging
to George Harris, formerly belonging to the Fifth Pem-n
---fylvania Regiment, now in Colonel Proacr's Artillery*
Whoever finds said pocket bock with the Certificate,
and brings them to Col. Ctley, shall receive the above
reward.
THE fubfer'iber begs leave to inform the'
public, her friends and tultimers in particular,
that fke his removed out of Arch-hreet into Second
ftreet, above Vme-'ftreet, next door but one to captain
John Kling's store. wife fare continue to carry on the
TOBACCONIST BUSINESS, in all its finches, in
a very extensive manner. She manufa&ures all forts
of the very belt Tobacco, - a*d can fnniffi Merchants
and Traders, cn the shortest Notice, with a^y quantity
c' the belt Rappee or Scotch Snuff, tidier in Bladders
or Bottler. ELIZABETH BROWN.
N. B. To be fold, by the laid Elizabeth Brown, an
excellent good HORSE, with Saddle and Bridle.
One Ton of Bar-Iron Reward,
(or the value thereof in Currency.)
P AN-AWAY from James Sharps, in
Sudbury township, Chester county, on the 10th
day <-fApril, 1779, a remarkably likely NEGROE
-MAN, very black, rained / BEL, about 24 or 25
years of age, 5 feet 10 er ir in~ e- li?h, with a mole
on out of his check*, his cioaths unknown , it is sup
posed he harbours between N#%cntt!e and St. George's,
, or about Apoquinimink; in Delaware state, as he has
feme friends, that are fteemeu, living in a cedar-swamp
in that neighbourhood.
Whoever fake® up fid Negro and secures him in any
gaol, or brings him to bis mdte:, living in Hopewell
for^e, in Lanc<fter county, Shall have the above Re
ward, paid by PETER GR.UBR.
N. B. It is probable he will r-as as a freeman, he
having got a pals frcni a free Negroe, named N'AT,
and may pnfs by tbit n 4 ur:'.
Three Hard Dollars Reward.
QTRAYED <ro>M ,he fubferiber, living in Harts rd
O to^rihif, C.;etirr county, or the 7th infrini, h%y,
a dark iron ©e- MARE, between 13 and 14 .h^mh high,
hm a short wane and trik cue v bit: root, quarter Gco:-
ed, a natural trotter, and on center vory neat. Whoever
takesup laid niafe and mings her to the tuofonn r, fpAl
have the abeve reward, and r*~CnA4~ <h^ +l., Id.d
by, rHiLIP SA'ACT
[ NUMB. 735.