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T O BE SOL D,
AF INE large bay COACHHORSE, has
a star and snip, is between fifteen and sixteen
hands high, trots exceeding well, and is fold for
no other reason than that be has too much spirit
for the use that is made of him : The price is col.
Enquire of Mr. Benjamin Davids, at the George
tavern, the corner of Arch and Second-streets.
CAME to the plantation of the fubferiber,
in Springfield township, Philadelphia coun
ty, some time ago, a middle tized dark brown
C O W. The owner is desired to come and prove
his property, pay charges and take her away.
HENRY &EWE E S.
SARAH HUSSE Y,
Tambour Worker and Embroiderer, in Se
cond-street, between Chefnut and Walnut-streets,
at the house lately occupied by M'Elroy and
Finley, nearly opposite the Golden Fleece ;
WH ERE (he teaches Ladies the Tambour
and Embroidery in gold and silver, fheneal,
silk and cotton ; the open work in muslins and ele
gance o' fliading; to spangle and pearl, &c. for
Twenty Shillings per month. Ladies may be taught
at their own houses for the fame. She returns her
sincere thanks to those Ladies that have experienced
her judgment in (hading, and hopes for their re
commendations.
Ladies gowns, ruffles, aprons, work bags and
fire screens worked very cheap ; also (hoes worked
in gold, for one dollar a pair. Likewise Gentle
mens mourningcloaths embroidered, and waistcoats
worked in Tambour, from 31. to tel. in gold, and
without from 31. to 15s. hat-bands, buttons and
loops, and buttons for Gentlemens cloaths em
broidered with gold and silver, to any design that
they chufe.
STR- DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the fubferiber in Phila
delphia, on the 2 3d instant (January) an Iri(h
servant man named DANIEL CLANCHY,
by trade a sawyer, about 23 years of age, five feet
fix or seven inches high, of a fair complexion, short
dark brown hair, very thin, has a down look, is
very flow spoken, has the palsy very much in his
hands; had on a fhoit brown cloth coat with rips
rou^d the sleeves, an under fwanfkin jacket, with
stocking sleeves and regimental buttons, with the
letters rubbed off, one striped lincey ditto very
much worn, one white (hirt, two check ones much
worn, a red and white (potted silk handkerchief, a
pair of (heepfkin breeches, two pair of knit worsted
stockings, one pair rib'd and the other plain, one
pair of drab colour ditto much worn, a pair of
shoes not much the worse for wear, an old pair of
ditto with steel buckles, and an old felt hat. Who
ever takes up said Servant and secures him in any
of his Majesty's gaols, (0 that his master may have
him again, (hall have the above Reward and rea
sonable charges, paid by
RICKARD BRODERICK.
N. B. All matters of velfels are forbid to harbour
or carry off said fellow at their peril.
WATCHMAIN-SPRINGS,
MADE in Philadelphia, are fold by the ma
nufaaurer; MATTHIAS EYRE,
Spring-maker, from London, at his house in Third
ftrvCT below South'-ftreet, and by JOHN WOOD,
Watch maker, in Front-street, at the corner of
Ch^nut-ftreet, Philadelphia, where watch-makers
and others may be supplied with any quantity of
firings much cheaper than can be afforded when
imp ur^d from England ; from which circumstance,
and th? good quality of the springs, the maker
hopr. c for the encouragement of the watch-makers
in this and the neighbouring provinces, whole 0r
..i1l be gratefully received and faithfully ex
ecuted.
IThirty (hillings by the dozen, and three
fb brg, the single spring.
CHOICE old Jamaica Points and
Wert-India rum, by the hogshead or gallon ;
conric brandy; cherry ditto; Holland Geneva by
the case or gallon ; old Madeira, Lisbon, Moun
tain and Tenerufe wines, by the quarter calk or
gallon ; excellent white wine and cyder vinegar;
frenchindigo; cotton by the bag; English double,
middling and tingle refined loaf and lump sugars;
muscovado ditto in hogsheads and barrels; molasses;
Florence oil by the chert or bottle; lamp oil;
mackarel by the barrel; citron; almonds, j^r and
keg railins; powder, foot and barlead ; gun flints ;
excellent Cheshire and 'Gloucester cheese; ginger
by the keg; nuitird, starch, oatmeal, pearl bar
ley and ^rots; katchup, olives, capers and picked
cucumbers; pepper and allspice ; coffee and cho
colate ; Spermaceti candles by the box or pound;
a fewca&s of rice; corks by the groce, with eveiy
other article usual in the Wet Goods business; to
gether with a general assortment of scales, weights
and measures, as nfual: Likewise Cordials drilled
and fold at the lowrft rates, by
GARRIGUES AND ROBINSON,
The south fide of Market-street, directly opposite
the Meal Market, and third door from the Indian
King, where all orders from town or country will
be thankfully received and duly executed.
N. B. A stable and chaise house to be let, in
Cartei's Alley.
4 fO B E SO L D,
ABOUT thirty tons of choice upland H A Y,
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 earnestly requested to make fpcedy pay
ment to prevent any further trouble.
_ ft^f S Q LiN E N S.
AVERY neat assortment of 3-4, 7-8, yard,
ell, and 9-8 wide brown and white Irish lin
ens, sheetings, tickens, &c. from 4%d. to 5s 6d.
Irifli, 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-rtreet, between Market and Chefnut
ftreets, Philadelphia.
Muscovado sugars, of the firft
quality, in hogflieads, tierces and barrels,
BARBADOS SPIRIT, fit for immediate
u r e, by the quarter cask or hogshead,
WEST-INDIA RUM,
OLD MADEIRA WINE,
PORT WINE, in calks or bottles;
And a parcel of RHUBA R B,
To be Sold by
GEORGE MEADE and Co.
T O BE S O L D,
By the Subferiber, living in Little Britain town
drip, Lancaster county,
AV ALUABLE Plantation, or tract of pa
tent land, containing two hundred and two
acres, with the usual allowance : About one half
of said land is cleared, the remainder good thriv
ing timber ; there is about fifteen acres of meadow
made and meftly well watered, and as much more
may be made; also a good log dwelling-house and
barn, a good (tone 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~ 1)7
A TRACT of valuable LAND, in Caroline
county, (formerly Dorchester) in the pro
vince of Maryland, containing 516 acres, lying
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 acrets of the
said trad 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.
February 15, 1775.
CT^HESE are to give notice to the Creditors of
1 William Wills, and Jorn Fort, Junior,
prisoners confined for debt in the gaol of Burlington,
that they be and appear before Robert Smith and
Thomas Rodman, Efauires, two of the Judges of
the Court of Common Fleas for the Count, of Burling
ton, at the house of Jofepb Haight, on Saturday the
15th of March next, to few cause wk, the said
debtors fbould not be difekarged, agreeably to an afl
of the legislature, entitled " An AEI for the Relief, &c.
of insolvent Debtors."
S OLDBY
Doctor D A Y,
In Vine-street, between Third and Fourth-Greets,
Philadelphia,
T II E right and genuine Scotch Pills, at
Eighteen Shillings per dozen Boxes ; he hath
also by him a seldom or never failing bottle of
drops for the asthma or consumption, price One
Dollar: He continues felling his seldom or never
failing pills for the ague, rheumatics, or scurvy in
the blood, and many other disorders.
TWENTY~S hTiZInG^REWaRD
STRAYED AWAY, on the s th of Janua^
laG, from the fubferiber, living in Spring Gar
den, in the Northern Liberties, a red CO W, big
with calf, has a small white spot in her forehead"
horns turning upwards with holes bored in the
tips, part of her left ear cut, some white on her
belly, white teats, and one white foot behind
Whoever brings the said Cow to the fubferiber
(hall receive the above Reward, with all reasonable
charges. JOHN BAGWELL.
TAKEN UP as a stray, by the fub
fubferiber, living in Mount Pleasant town
flrip, Weltmoreland county, on the 27th of Decem
ber last, a dark roan FILLE Y, with a small
bell, two years old, branded on the near buttock
thus, D. about twelve hands high, a natural trot
ter, has not been docked, nor broken to ride or
draw. The owner is hereby desired to come and
prove his property, pay charges and take her away.
JOHN M'KEE.
ToteSOLI )by PUBLIC VENDUE,
on the premium, on Monday the 27th instant,
(March) if not before fold at private sale,
A VALUABLE Plantation and tract of Land,
situate in Southampton tow nfliip, Bucks coun
ty, containing about 140 acres, whereof 20 acres
or more is woodland, and about 10 acres meadow,
great part of which is watered ; with a good bear
ing orchard.. On the premises is a good grist and
merchant mill with two pair of stones, pfeafantly
seated on the public road leading from Wrights
town to Philadelphia, from which city it is distant
eighteen miles and an half, and about ten miles
from a landing and store house on Delaware. The
dwelling-house, mill-house, barn, and (tabling, of
which there is fufficient, are all of (tone. The
whole is in good repair, and now in the occupation
of Jo(cph Walker, who, on application, will (hew
the premiles.
Al'o at the fame time and place will be fold, a
goad Hour waggon, with a valuable team of horses
andtbiir geers. The sale to begin at one o'clock,
when due attendance will be given, and the terms
made known, bv JOSEPH HART.
Tobe SOLBb^F ÜBLIC~V EN DUE,
at the London Coffee-houfe, on the 1 sth day of
the Third month (called March) at fix o'clock
in the afternoon,
A SMALL brick meffuage or tenement, and
A tract or piece of land, (late part of the effate
of William Bettle, Tanner, deceased) about three
miles distant from the city, situate on Turner's
Lane, in the Northern Liberties of the city of Phi
ladelphia, andon another lane lately laid out 33
feet wide, containing 8 acres and 76 perches, ftri&
measure, whereon is a young orchard, a well of
choice water by the door, and sundry other im
provements. The above described premises are
very furtable for a Gentleman's country-feat. Any
person inclining to purchase the fame may have
credit for the greatest part of the purchase money,
giving fatisfa&ory security and paying interell.—
For further particulars apply to
SARAII BETTLE, Executrix.
SAMUEL BETTLE,?,
JOSEPH HOWELL, J Executors.
Philadelphia, February to, 1775.
TO BE SOL D,
Or exchanged for a House and Lot in this city,
A PLANTATION containing one hundred
and sixty odd acres of land, part cleared and
fit for plowing, and part hath good oak wood on
it, a small dwelling.houfe, some fruit trees, good
water, and the inhabitants may be supplied with
fi(h all the year : It is situated about twenty miles
from this city, and there is a good road to it. The
title is indisputable. Any person may know the
terms by applying to the fubferiber, at the corner
of Second and Lombard-streets, near the New-
Market. SARAH BROUGHTON.
N. B. If it suits the purchaser the money may
lay in his Hands, on giving security and paying
interett.
thirty shillings reward.
IX7" A SLOST on Saturday the 25th instant,
(February) between the five and nine mile
stones, on the Frankfort road, a GOLD WATCH,
with a chafed case, maker's name S AMUEL
COXE, London ; the number not certain, but
supposed to be 126 or 1026. Whoever finds the
fame, and wilLbring it to the bar of the London
Coffee-Houfe or the Printer hereof, (hall receive the
above reward.
THE TIMES of a few hearty young Servant
' Men, that lately arrived from England, to be
disposed of by
JEREMIAH WARDER Arn SONS.
Also, a general assortment of DRY GOODS.
—W A N T E dT
A JOURNEYMAN MILLER, at Sche
" ne&ady, in Yo # k government, who can be
well recommended for his knowledge in the busi
ness, and is qualified to superintend the building
of a mill. Apply, to OwEN Jones, Junior.
ANTHONY FORTUNE,
Late Keeper of the Fountain Inn, in Chefnut
ftreet,
HAVING experienced extraordinary marks
of the public favours during his residence
there, esteems it his duty to return his molt grate
ful acknowledgements to every individual who has
been pleased to favour him with bis custom: And
while he pays the tribute of gratitude, he begs
leave to acquaint his friends, and the Public in ge
neral, that he liath removed into Shippen street,
next door to Third-ttreet, near the New Market,
where he hath erected elegant and commodious
buildings, and provided every requisite for stabling
horses after the belt and most approved manner.
In addition to his (tables, hay, grain, &c. he hath
an excellent grass lot contiguous, in which the
horses that may be committed to his care may be
occasionally turned, for the benefit of air, exercise,
&c. As he hath taken great pains, and put irim
felf to considerable expence to serve his friends and
the Public in the way of a Livery Stable, he flatters
himfelf that his labours will not be in vain, but
that they will, with their usual generosity; reward
his earnest endeavours to serve them, with further
instances of their good will, which he will be equal
ly ready to acknowledge as studious to deserve.
TO BE S O L, D,
AFI NE large BAY HORS E, fit for a car
riage and trots very faft, is full i 6 hands hi h,
and 7 years old lalt fall ; is fold for no other i:Ton
than the owner having no use for him ; he will he
inlured found wind and limb ; forty pounds is bis
price. Enquire of Mr. Hemings, keeper of the
livery liable in Lombard-street, Philadelphia.
February 3, 1775.
WHEREAS the fubferiber iiitrufted
a certain Matthew Sullivan with the
keeping of a very valuable horse, which he after
wards fold without the knowledge or consent of the
fubferiber, and has since abfeonded from his usual
place of abode near the Cross Roads, in Chetter
county : This is to notify all persons, that a reward
of THREE POUNDS currency, besides rea
sonable charges, will be paid by the fubferiber for
the apprehending and delivering said Sullivan to
the fubferiber, in the hundred and county of New
castle, on Delaware. Said SullivaN is about
forty years old, five feet ten inches high, with
black hair, and a large flefh mark over the right
eye ; he speaks bad Englifli, is apt to get in liquor
and be very noisy. It is fufpe&ed that he will en
deavour to get on board some vessel going for
Great-Britain or Ireland, therefore the matters that
may be applied to are warned not to carry him off
JOHN REYNOLDS.
TEN POUNDS REWARD.
BROKE out of Gloucester county gaol, on the
night of the 26th instant (January) the four
following described persons, viz. William Col
lins, committed for felony, about 5 feet 3 or 4
inches high, of a sandy complexion, down look,
brown hair; bad on a fliort light coloured cloth
coat, blue trowfers, and a half worn beaver hat.—
John Mickle, a Dutchman, also committed for
felony, about 5 feet 6 inches high ; had on a brown
coloured cloth coat and jacket, buckskin breeches,
yarn stockings and haifworn (hoes.—Hugh Jones
Welsh, calls himfelf a Wellman, about 46 years
of age, 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, of a yellow com
plexion ; had on an old light coloured great coat,
a pair of linen trowfers, and old flockings and
(hoes.—John Rande^, a fervaut man belonging
to Samuel Hughes, Esq; of said coanty; an ^ng
lifhman, of a dark complexion, dim built, long
visage, about 5 feet 8 or 10 inches high ; had on
an old felt hat, red jacket with blue patches, buck
skin breeches, blue yarn stockings, half worn flioes,
and plated buckles. Whoever takes up the said
persons and brings them to Gloucester gaol, diall
have Three Pounds Reward for Collins, Three
Poundsfor Mickle, Forty Shillings forWelfh,
and Forty Shillings for Randel, paid by
THOMAS DENNY, Sheriff.
Cacil County, Maryland, Jan. 29, 1775.
COMMITTED to my custody, as
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 township, near Carlifle. His master is
hereby requested to pay charges and take him away.
• JOHN HAMILTON, Sheriff.
FLUNKET~ F LEESON,
UPHO L S T E R E R,
At the corner of Fourth and Chefnut-ftreets,
ONTINUES to carry on the Upholsterers
Business in the molt fashionable and ufeful
manner; and as he flatters himfelf he has been as
fuccefsful as any of the business here in giving fa
tisfaftion to his employers for many years, hopes
for the continuance of their employment, and will
not be wanting in the utmost endeavours to oblige
them, and others who may favour him with their
commands, by due care and on the most reason
able terms.
He likewise continues to make and prepare
DRUMS and COLOURS,
And other Military Instruments, of the most ap
proved kinds, and will endeavour to execute any
distant orders with all possible dispatch.
The Upholsterers Business is at present carried on
by PLUNKET FLEESON and SON.
PROPOSALS
For Printing by Subscription,
I. A TOUR through SICILY and MALTA;
H in a furies of letters to William Beckford,
Esq; from P. Brydone, F. R. S. in 2 vols. Bvo.
15s. the Englifli edition is fold at 275. 6d.
“ Within a few years the Public hath been fa
voured with various relations of the travels of men
of sense and observation, which are always ac
ceptable communications; they never fail to prove
extremely entertaining, and they will generally be
found to be as ufeful as they are agreeable.
" Of this happy cast are the travels of Captain
Brydone, whole letters prove him at once the gen
tleman, the scholar, the man of science ; a ration
al observer, a philosophical enquirer, and a polite
and pleasing companion, His ft, le is natural and
easy, his language free and flowing, and his man
ner cheerful and lively; yet properly varied to suit
the several fubje&s, whether gay or serious, as thev
occur in the course of the traveller's adventures."
Monthly Review.
2. The LIFE of the late EARL of CHES
TEREIELD; or the Man of the World. In
cluding his Lordship's principal Speeches in Parli
ament; his most admired essays in the paper called
the World ; his poems, and the fubftince of the
system of education delivered in a series of letters
to his (or. In two pocket vols. 10s. the Englifli
edition is fold at 14s.
3. The famous JUNIUS's LETTERS;
a compleat edition with notes, as printed by Wood
fall in London, in 2 pocket vols. i s s. the London
edition is fold at 255.
4. GOULARD on the effeas and various
preparations of Lead, and on Lues Venerea, 2 vols.
12s. the London edition is fold at 15s.
5. A Methodical Introduction to the Theory
and Practice of P HYSI C, by David Macbride,
M.D. Quarto 30s. the London edition is fold at 50s.
o This has a great character from the Monthly Re
viewers, is a work of undoubted merit, and ought
to be carefully read by every practitioner.
The mentioned prices are in Pennsylvania cur
rency, a dollar 7s. 6d. The utmost care will b&
taken to procure the belt American paper, and com
pleat the whole of the work in the neatest manner.
A few copies are intended to be printed on a fine
writing paper, and the price to be in proportion.
The names of the fubferibers to be prefixed to
each book.
Those Gentlemen and Ladies that may incline
to encourage any or all of the above books, are
desired to leave or fend their names, occupations,
and places of abode, soon as may be, to ^oha
Sparhawk, the editor, at his Bock-Store in Second
street, five doors below Market street, Philadelphia ;
to Mess. Noel and Hazard, booksellers, or Mr. Hugh
Gaine, printer, New-York ; to Messrs. Thomas a^d
John Fleet, printers, Bollen ; to Mr. William Aikman;
bookseller, Annapolis, Maryland; to Mr. William
Duncan, printer, Norfolk, Virginia ; to Mr. Robert
Wells, bookseller, Charleftown, South-Carolina.
As soon as two hundred fubferibers appear for
any of the above articles, the fame (ball be imme
diately put in hand and finifhed with all dispatch.
FIFTEEN SHILLINGS REWARD.
LOST on the 9th instant, (February) a red
Morocco P OCKET-B 0 O K, containing
sundry accounts, receipts, and many papers of no
use but to the real owner; together with one Tert
Shilling Bill. Whoever has found the fame, and
will return it to the Printer hereof, ihall have the
above Reward.
February 8, 1775.
TWENTY POUNDS REWARD.
RANA WAY last night, from the fubfriber,
in the Garrison Forest, near Baltimore, a con
vid servant man, named BENJAMIN THORP,
a taylor and day-maker by trade, about 34. years
of age, five feet four inches high, cf a fair com
plexion, short brown hair, has a remarkable fear
on his right cheek, which he fays was burnt, aboyt
as big as a penny ; the little finger on his left hand
stands crooked ; had on and took with him, ^
brown broadcloth coat, and jacket of the fame,
with silver twist run down before, good buckskin
breeches, ribbed flockings, and two pair of good
flioes, one Holland shirt, one oznaforug ditto, and
a half worn coarse hat with black binding round
the brim: It is thought he has forged a pass, as he
writes a good hand. Whoever takes up the said
servant, and secures him so that his master ma?
have him again, shall have a reward of Thrlk
Pounds, if 100 miles from hofne D'tE Pounds
if zoo miles Ten Pounds, if 356 miles Fifteen
Pounds, and if 400 miles the above reward, and'
reafbnable charges paid if brought home, I y'
WILL I AM COCKEY.
FIVE POUNDS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from his special bail, a certain*
ROBERT GILBRA ITH, bornin th,:,
country, by trade a cutler and blacksmith, about?
25 years of age, five feet nine or ten inches hi, h.
fair complexion, and brown hair; had on and
took with him, a blue cloth coat, red waiftcoav
blue plush breeches, and an old hat ;,he is ver^
much devoted to liquor, the fumes of which makes
him a hero, troublelome to every individual. Hr
had the molt infamous assurance to take away a
took of accounts, containing particulars about my
business entrusted to him. Whoever brings him
to me the subscriber, living at Back Creek, Hamil
ton township, Cumberland county, or secures him
in any of Iris Majesty's gaols, so that he may be
brought to conviction, shall be paid the above
Reward, and reasonable charges, by
PATRICK JACK.
WILL!AM DIBLEY,
}, EGS leave to inform his friends in particular,
, and the Public in general, That he has re
moved from the Cross Keys in Chefnut-ftreet (at
the corner of Third-street) to the Fountain ant
Three -Tons, lately occupied by Mr. Anthon,
Fortune, in Chefnut-ftreet, between Second and
Third Greets. As this old accustomed and com
modious tavern is considerably improved, parti
cularly in the ftahles, which will now contain
sixty ho-fes, and to which there is a convenient
passage either from Market or Chefnut-ffreets, and
has a htufe for carriages, he flatters himfelf he shall
be able to give fatisfa&ion to all t travellers and
other gentlemen; who shall be pleased to favour
him with their custom.
He takes this opportunity to return thanks to all
his customers, whose favours he gratefully acknow
ledges, and the continuance of which he will en
deavour to merit by the moll civil treatment, and
providing the best of liquors and provisions.
All persons indebted to said Dibley by bond,
note or book debt, are hereby requeued to difeharge
the fame.