The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-03-18 00:00:00, page 4

Tobe SOLDfor Continental Currency,
T HAT neat and convenie, t new Hnie in Second.
I street, the corner of New-Mirket, on Pine-street ;
it is a well accufto-ned Hire and dwelling, new occupi
ed by the fubferib'er, from which bis ill Rate of health
renders it neceflry for him to retire to his habitation
in the country : The said Hore and dwelling is pleafaat
ly situated for a private f mil'/, and for bufinels not it -
ferior to any jarr of this cit<. At said store there are
for fate an assortment cf Ironmongery, Cutlery, &c.
For terms apply to the Proprietor at his said dwelling.
JOHN M'NEAL.
TO BE SO L D,
A COMPLEAT covered Waggon, and very neat
let of Harness as good as new, fit for a stage or a
fam ly. Also tvo go>d Hories, with the Waggon or
without it. Enquire of the fubferiber, living below the
Draw ri g-. MARTIN PENDERGAST.
ASH LE^ and GI LL,
Have for sale at their store in Second street, above kace
ftreet, and opposite Col. Farmers,
BLUE and black broadcloths, kerfeys, eatings,
drawboys, camblet f ees, ffi Boons, flannels, linen,
ftiped Maneh fter woollen, werfted and this d ftcck
ings, mns (hues; gilt, filveied and mrQ.i buttons ;
foue trimmings, sewing fi,k, ribbands, ferfet and bind,
ings, White-chapel and common need'es, pins, barlow
and other penknives, feiffa s, pipe heads and reeds,
bes-wax, soap, mould candles, wafers, chest locks,
a/h and tacks ny the groce ; also a chest containing a
compleat ft of joiners and carpenters tools, and nary
other articles too tedious to roe t on.
TO BE SOL D,
On reasonable terms for c sh,
THE fallowing Lots of LAND, viz three undi
vided twen y fifths of twenty five thousand acres
cf land, 'yinz in the township of Meath, on the east
fide of Lk ChampAine. Also four thousand five hun
dred acres of undivided land in the township of Smith
field, in the county of Cha I )tte. Likewise three lots,
No. 1. containing one thousand and forty five acres ;
No. a. eleven bundled and twenty-one acres; No. ~
One thousand and sixty four a cre°, in the township of
Belvidere, and county of Tryon, near Cherry Valley.
Al the above mentioned lots of land are in the State of
New York. Fur father particulars apply to Mr.
Adrian Rfnandet, Merchant, in Philadelphia, or
Cornelius P. Low, near Somerset Caurt-houfe, in
New-Jt rfey.
W ANTS A PLAC E,
A YOUNG MAN who can be well recommends
ed, and writes a good hand. Enquire of the
Printer.
t & SOLb by Public fadue,
At Mr. Clifford's store, on his wharf, on Friday next at
Ten o'clock,
AL ARGE quantity of heft V rginia TOBACCO,
and a final! quantity of I NDIGO.
Philadelphia, Ma cb 16.
TWO ^t well firifhad DWELLING HOUSES and
VENDUE-STORE, lituate on the corner of South
and Front-fte ts, containing forty feet on Front street,
and thirty five feet cn South-llrect, with a paved yard
forty feet long '.nd twelve feet wide, and the privilege
of a pump of good water near the back gate. For par
titulars enquire of said Freeman, at Afheton Hum
phrer, Efq?^ Attorney at Law, in Second-ftrcer near
Spruce Street. 4
'^'beSOL D by Public Sale,
TO BE S O L D,
At the Coffee house, on Saturday next, the twentieth ih
ftant, betwixt the hours of Twelve and One at noon,
T.'IV E excellent GUITTARS: They are of
different fixes, are well firung, and very tuneable.
They will be fold separately.
To be SOLD at Vendue,
OA Saturday the twentieth instant, precisely at Four
d'clmk in the afternoon, on the premises, by Mark
Freeman,
On Saturday the twentieth irift. at (even olluck in the 5
evening, ^t the Coffee-houfe,
THE Dogger RISING SUN, as the now lays
at Stamper's wharf, with all her tackle and furni
ture, as per inventory to be seen at the Coffee-1 euk.
She is a new European built veffrl, sixty five feet keel,
twenty-three and a half feet be m, and eleven feet hold;
her Landing and running rigging all new and good,
with two large and one small nebors and cables. For
further particulars apply to said inventory, or Samuel
Read, cn said wharf.
at fix o'clock in the evening,
ONE undivided feu th pat of Martick Forge, and a
like p oportion of twelve hundred and fifty ac:es
of good land belonging thereto, lituate in Marti k town
ship, and within ten m les rs the borough of Lancaster :
The forge is supplied by hit never-failing stream Pequea:
The house is hurt of flone, has four fires and two h.m
mers, and in the heart of a fine country for timber as
well as every other necessary: As the works have not
been carried cn for some years past, the timber on the
land is now well gr b wn, and judged to be fufficient for
the support of the land and woiks foi many years. The
advantageous filtration of the woks are very obvious,
having the advantage of both the Philadelphia and Bal
timore markets for the iron, and conveniently fi uate for
obtaining piggs. A rood title will be given, and attend
9n,~* at h * ti r * of 'at 9 h the ,refen* owners. 8,
Philadelphia, March 6.
TO BE S O L D,
On Saturday the third of April next, at the Coffee-huufe,
PHILADRL PHIA: Printed and Sold by JOHN DUNL AP, in Market-street.
To be 30 L D by the Subscriber,
In Second-Sheet, five doors above Race-street, Phila
delphia,
AL ARGE quanti y of Peach and Apple Brandy,
Cder-Royal, and Rum o' a good quality; also a
quantity of Lamp da k, S ffron, and Soap by the box,
together with molt kinds o' Groceries, &c &c,
DANIEL SUTTER.
THIRTY DOLLARS REWA-RDT
WAS STOLEN out of the fub'eribe's Stable,
in FrOnt-ftreet, near Poole's Bridge, on 1 the
flight of the 25th of February, a black Horse, fi teen
hands high, four years old this Spring; he has along
tail whi h never has been docked, the hair Short on it
having been rubbed off, both bind feet white below the
fetlock joints, has a small liar in his forehead about the
bigness of a half-penny, his mine hangs on the off fide,
he paces and trots, and gallops easy. Whoever t kes
up said horse and brings him to the fubferiber, Shall
receive the above reward, and THIRTY DOLLARS
for the thief, paid by JEHU EYRE.
Just o^nea and to be fold ty
JOHN YOU N G, Junior,
In Market stet, Philadelphia,
A VERY elegant collection of new aril London edi
" tion BOOKS, by the most appr red authors in
History, Law, Phytic and Divinity, corfiiling of about
nine hundred volumes, among which aea grand edi
tion of Albinus'sTables, two fiet wide b/ two feet four
inches long; Pope's Works, Blackstone's Comm ntaries,
Wood's Inst totes, Burkett on ihe N.w Trft^ment,
Cinder's Concordance, Attorneys P a&ice, Sydney on
Government, Locke on Toleration, Window's Anatomy,
Bradley's Housewife, G affe'e Cookery, Rotertfin's
H-ftcry of Charles the Fi'th, di'to Navigation, dit j o
Astronomy, Hilt's Hufondry, Young on Agriculture,
Shaw's Chemiffry, Northcott's Anatomy, Rollin's Arts
and Sciences, Entick's History of the War; Bailey's,
Bowyer's, Dyche'% Stone's ?na Forming's Dictionvies ;
Smart's Horace, Smiths Formula, Martyn's Virgil,
Latin Teftamehts, di to Grammars.
TO BE SO L D,
For the emissions of the toth cf May 1777, and 11th of
Ap 4 1775, or any other ;
SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED and FIFTY
ACRES of LA D, that s to fay, five thousand
acres yi ^, ortweeb Kats and Katers kill, on the weft
fide of Hud's 's-River, in tie county of Albany and
Rate of Nw York, between orty and fifty miles beh w
the city cf Albany, fix to ten miles from the birding on
tie said river, and in the micft of a full fettled country
This traft, b fita the great advant ge cf cut drift for
cattle forever in the mountains adj cent, is exceedingly
well watered ly Katers-kill, which affords several falls
of waer, on which grist and law mills may be ere^.d
at a small ,:pcrce ; ?nd as be lard is well timbered with
oak and pint, gr-at advantages may be made in time of
p ac, b, tr n'poring the i wed timber anti oardsto
the city of New Yrk, upon much caller ierms than
from any oth r landing place 1 p the said river. The 0-
tner Twelve Hundred and Fifty acres ire also in the
county of Albany, in the patent of Shenondehowah, a
lias Clifton Park; from twelve to sixteen miles above
the city 0 Albany, four to eight miles above the
Cohoes, or Great F. 11, fix to ?en from the township
of Schenksidy, and in the midst of delightful, plenti
ful and full fettled country. For terms aptly to the fub
ferfhC* at Bvfvyck, n%r Morris Town, New-Jersey;
or to M ffis Meade ?nd Co. in P dad Iphia.
Bv, & k, Fer.,, ABRAHAM LOTT.
r T*HOMAS TAYLO R, matrofs, five feet ten
1 inches high, fwarth, complexion, listed wiih the
small pox, hng black hair Wi line Mahone, filer,
about five feet three or four inches high, fair complexion,
Ihort fair hair, about fixte n jears o' age, born in Ne/-
Jersey. Charles Calloway, matrofs five eet fcven in li
es high, dark comph xion, b.m in Virginia, tveuty five
years of age. James Scarbo ough, ferjean, five feet
seven inches high, fair complexion, long brown hair, a
few red pimples in his face, an Engl fhm n born, j hn
Dicks, matrofs, five feet seven inches high, full round
face, fair complexion, fhert brown curled hair. Willi
am Alhton, matrons, five feet seven inches high, by
trade a bricklayer, fair complexion, fhert brown hair,
remarkably fond of fnuff, born in New-Jerky. Jesse
Rice, drummer, five feet two inches high, fair com
plexion, country born. John Chub, matrofs, five feet
nine inches high, brown complexion, dark blown hair,
by trade a shoemaker, born in Pennsylvania. Phineas
Pagent, matrons, five feet ten in hex high, brown com
plexion, daik brown hair. Charles Plank, matrons, five
feet fix incl es high, I y trade a barber, fho<t black hair,
a Frenchman born, freaks very bad English. Peter
Cra ge, matron, five feet Sevt n inches high, long black
hair, swarthy c< mplexiqn. James Gordon, QgroQ
five feet ten inches hi^h, Short brown hair. Richard
Kenedy, drummer, five feet five inches high, full face,
a little freckled, Short curled hair, nineteen years of age,
born in Ireland. William Totton, fifer, about five feet
three inches high, Short curled hair, a little freckled,
seventeen years old, bern in Ireland. Francis Barba
roofe, matrons, five feet seven inches high, black hair,
dark complexion, a Frenchman born, speaks but indif
ferent English. Whoever takes up the aforefaid desert
ers and secures them in any gaol, or brings them to the
Barracks in Philadelphia, Shall receive TWENTY
DOLLA RS repaid for each.
DESER T E P,
From the First Pennfilvanh Regiment of Artillery,
commanded by Col. Thomas Proder, now lying at
Philadelphia,
WANTE D,
A WOMAN who will undertake tocking and house
^0 k in a'imuif mil% Enq tire of the Printer
Catalogues of the whole to be had gratis at said store.
THOMAS FORREST, Mjor of Artiller
T— j ADEIRA Wine by the p^pc; Sugar
by the hogshead and barre'; Coffeeby the bar
rel, and two ca^es of best Jesuits Bark, to be SOLD by
JOHN BE NEZ ET,
Who gives the highest price for B Is of Ex hanre drawin
oa the Cmnmiffianers at Paris, for interest due on Loan
Office Certificates.
TT)SOLD BY '
JOHN M A R I E,
In Norris's Alley, the firft door upon the right hand
going in from Second-street,
EST Coniac Brandy, by the quarter-calk or gal
lon ; Bordeaux Claret of the fi ft quality, by the
tierce or dozen; Port Wine by the tierce or dr zen;
White Wine Vinegar, by the gallon; Florence Oil of
the best quality, in cases : G.ern and Souchong Tea in
cannisters ; fuperfine bh:<, parlous grey and drab <^
loured broadcloths; 6-4 wide naps, coatings and bear*
fkini; a few pairs of the best kind of silk flockings, ^fd
milled worsted ditto.
N. R. Twelve Shillings per dozen will be given for
empty Wire Retries.„
N B. A good strong four or five horse Waggon, al
most new, to he fold: Likewise a genteel full fit of
Horse-Bells, fitting for a team of fix horses, almost new.
Enquire as abov*
r A 'H h conduce and behaviour of Ann Piper,
(who is called ny wife) in embezzling and waft
ing my eff-As, puts me to the difagreeaole ueceffity of
forwarni^g all peifons not to haibour or trust her at
their peril, as I am determined not to pay any debts of
her cont r a&ing. Given under my hand the Sixteenth
day of February, 177,.
To be LET for a term of years,
A HOUSE and LOT in the Northern Liberties,
lituate at the corner of Second and V n,-ftr ets, a
good stand fit business, having been lately occupied by
Messrs. Footman and Jeyes as a vendue.li re, until the
Brit ill army get poffefton of Philadelphia, when they,
the said Britilh, loan became tenants by f rcible entry,
and not only ran away paying no rent, but h^th greatly
damaged said premises, like the rest of their unjnft and
ty annical proceedings, so that any person applying may
expert to be at some expence in repairing, and the rent
will be laid accordingly. For terms apply to John
Holmes, cn B iftol Road, near the ten mile stone, or
to Christopher Baker, at the opposite corner of the
above streets.
J A MES IN LWrOKI, Oilfiller,
Within the next gate-way below th< Bunch of Grapes
tavern; in Third-street, (being the D (tiling for,
marly occupied hv Mr. Samuel Burge) has for Sal'%
MEAT plain BRANDY,
RASBERRY diito,
GENEVA,
ANISEED WATER,
SPIRIT'S of WINE, (proper for railing low proof
liquors.)
N. B He in'orms his customers that he keep, a con
stant lupply of the above arti let, which may at art
times be depended on as excellent in quality; and at
the lowest rate, poffi de, 24 t
'^ ROBBER rt
FIFTY POUNDS REWARD.
BROKE into the house of the furicriber, at the
sign 0 the Bu,k, in the town o' B rln, in Ber
wick township, Ymk county, and ita'e of Pennsylvania,
on Friday night the eleventh of December last, feme
person or perlons unknown, who took away about One
Hundred and Fifty Pounds in gold and silver, and Two
Hundred and Eighty one Pounds in paper money, to
gether with Deeds, Mortgages, and the following
B nds and Notes, viz —A Bond on George Meal for
24.1. on Frederick Sherer for tool, on Samuel Nce ! y for
19. 10s. on Valentine Fickis, jun. for gol. on Laac
Fickes for 25=. on John Albert for 121. sn citto for 30!.
on Philip Shriver for j©l. on ditto for zol. on Henry
Chronift r for 71. ,os on Daniel Yotheifor iool. on
ditto for 25!. on Henry Kribert for sol. on Muhael
Snider for 601. or John P cher for 61 cn Michael Coal
for 81. on John Overholtzer for sol on ditto for 201.
on An ho y Koifely for 5 01. op John Drardorie for
tool, on ditto for 81. 0 Peter Myers hr ,1. on ditto
for rol. on George Ma ch for 19!. 16. on John
Aughiobough for sl. on John Frankeberger, ten for
20.. on Henry Fr^nkeberger for iol. on ditto for |6l,
on Philip Haberftock for 4.01. on John K.li tor ? 5 1,
on John Lene, fen. for gol. on John Lan^ jum tor
zol. on Conrad Henery for tol. cn ditto for Bi. on Sa
muel B?wfer for igo!. on P^er L ne for zol. or ditto
for 9'. 9:. on P trSewthibaker f or 401 cn David
Ste vtneb ker for 15. on Anthony Dardorfe for i&
c^ Cirftian Rafeulparger for 101. A bond from Ea r neft
Ra ffniebr for joob ft om ditto tor 01. tr< m ditto for 81.
A Bond on E lenck Looker for 10'. on George White
for 601. on ditto for 301. Eleven 8 mdty each yearly, oh
David Myers for 6001. in all ufcthei, wiha Note on
Peter Vernum for 31. A Note on H,ny Mu'l tor 61.
on Martain Blackford for rs. on Ge frge H iks tor
11. 10s. on John L ne, jun. for 5 1. on B riet Augbin
bough for 51. on Peter Pdl,y for s'. on William Mum
mart for 11. 10*. on Chrifban Himes fo< gl on Valeria
tine Fickes, jun. for 31. on Isaac Fickes 'or 3 or Day
niel Yother for 61. on ditto f>r sl. Four Notes on Mi
chael Snider for 51. each : Two Nbtes on Peer My c rg
for 4!. 105. each : A Note on John Overiu I zer fur s!^
together with sundry other B nds, N< tea and Faptra
which cannot be remembered at present: Therefore all
perlons are hereby warned not to take an assignment of
ay of thefame ; and whoever takes up and secures the
thief or thieves to that he 01 they may be brought to
justice, ffidl receive Twenty Fve Pounds reward, and
reasonable change , or the above reward for the thief or
thieves, and money, bonds, notes, &c 3rd will f, e f u /_
ther handsomely dealt with, by HENRY SEALEY.
DANIEL PIPER.