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formed me the people of Philadelphia were in great want of
four, and isl had any to (pare it would be gratefully recei
ved. I then asked them what price would be allowed for
it? The answer was, flour waare ulatej at twenty pounds.
I then informed them I had done my share, as I sent a (hal
lo? load up two days before the regulated price took place,
which was principally fold at £2O.
JOSEPH TATNALL.
N. B. J ones Marshall informed me he was never applied
t@ in any fort by the Committee or any oneof them even
to fend upany flour. J. T.
July 28th, 1779-
Having laid before the public the above certificates, an.
tmenticated copies of which have been transmitted to the
Hon. Coogrefs, and to his Excellency the President and
Council of this State, I judge it proper to inform then.-,
that notwithstanding the weak foundation of their suspi
cions, the most violent measures have been pursued tocar
ry the purposes ofthe Committceof Philadelphia into ef
fcß, contrary to law, decency and the public welfare.
Mr. George Read, ph eminent Attorney, and formerly
a Member of Congress, for toe State of Delaware, being
applied to by me, for a replevin, in order to prevent the
flour from being carried our of the State, and having -de
livered me the fime, annexed thereto a letter t® Mr Pi
ttick O'Flinn, C-airmanof the Committee, remunerating
to them the manifei limpropriety of their condu^ which
he deemed derogatory both to themselves and the State ;
and desiring them to refer their proceedings to the Gene
ral Committee of the county, urging them not to give so
gross aninfult to the Agent of his Most Chriflian Majesty,
and not to impede the prpgrefs of public business of so
great importance; yet they obflinately perfi fled, even
with arms, to seize the flour, and to deter the Sheriff from
tht) legal execution of his office.
I shall conclude with a certificate cf Mr. John Littler,
that ftron^ly aft& therharaHer of Nicholas Sellers, who
wa brought before the M wifirite, and sworn in my ab
fence, from which the public may learn, what kind of men
have been called on in this affair.
W iat the m my attacks rn^de solely on the Agents aft
jpg under the Hon. Mr. Holker, contrary to all decorum,
not to fay the gratitude due to a Prince who is our bene
faHor, andthe interafls of these States in cultivating the
alliance, may mean, what the^r intentions, and by whom
Simulated, I know not. How f^r the Committee have
added for the interefis of t: eir cunftiruents, sr ofour allies,
by pubhihing to the world, that the Hon. Mr. HNkrrand
Mr. Robert Morris, by their conduct in pu/cbafinc flour,
and by the price given for the fame, had d®ne what ''tends
" to depreciate the- currency of this country, as well as to
" put our good allies to an unnectffary expence of pur
" chafe and e^cre^dcommiffions," and that they enter
ed into revolutions, in order " to prefervethe former from
''' depreciation, and the latter from impofition,-' it is not
for me to determine, nor can I pretend to mil, what the
consequences may be ; but Lam informed Riat many an
ancient and reputable union anions nations has been brok
en by less violent and more indirect effects.
T O ALL whom it may concern. Ti efe are to cer
tify, that I, John Littler, of the county of Newcastle,
and State of Delaware, Merchant, being as a volunteer
under General Potter, w;s on the irh day of December
1777, taken prisoner by the British army then out under
the command of General Cornwallis on the Gulph read,
as near as I can recollect about thirteen miles from Phila
delphia, and by the said British army was brought to
Philadelphia, on the 13th following of the fame month,
and was confined in the new jail near fix weeks, when I
was enlarged on account of my bad state of health. In
the month of March following, being at the house of Mr.
William Hunter, Tallow Chandler, (who kindly during
the time I was a prisoner uffifted me with money and pro
visions) there came in a certain Nicholas Sellers, Book
maker, and a resident formerly in f ,e boron, hos Wil
mington, who Dys to me, Mr, Litt.er you have brought
yourfeif to a fine pads; and further far 4 , Iquitted you in
good time, and am now in his Majcßy's service and get
Three Pounds Ten Shillings sterling a month, and am
now going down the river with a fleet on a cruize; and
he also told me that he had been some time before in the
Jerseys, and purchased four cattle, by which he informed
me I had cleared (in Philadelphia) by them, Seventy
Pounds, hard money. Tfhe the above mentioned John Lit
tler, merchant, Should be called on by legal authority, I
am ready and willing in the most solemn manner to attest
the above fads. As witness my hand this twenty-eighth
day ®f July, in the year One thousand seven hundred and
fevemty nine. JOHN LITTLER.
fritnefs, George Evans.
I am, Sir, your most obedient
and very humble servant,
JONATHAN RUMFORD.
P. S. Since T had prepared the above for the press, Col.
George Evans, Esq; one of the Justices of the Peace, in
jollification to himfelf and me, has appeared before the
Bon. Mr. Holker, and several other reputable perlons, and
declared that the passage in the report of the Committee,
in which it is said, Wiat " Rum,ord bad been guilt, of fe
deral dirt, tricks before," is abfelutely falfe ; and that he
knew nothing whatever against me, but the single deposi
tion of Sellers,
Extras of a letter from Charlefo^n, S. Carolina, Jury 3.
" The British troops began their retreat the 23d of last
month. Taey are going frcra sea island to sea island, but
what their intention is God knows. If they go to Georgia
they'will certainly all get fick---half of them get buried.
'' They have at lead loft one thousand men by sickness,
desertion, and what we killed, firace they came into this
State. We shall be so strong by the fall that lam certain
if they should bring 7000 men we should beat them ; but I
don't think they will give us any more trouble. However,
we are hard at work on our fortifications, and are deter
mined to be fully prepared for them."
Extract of a letter from the Laflern-Sbore Maryland, July
" The wheat with us this year is so excellent, that I ne
ver saw any equal to it in any part of America before."
*** The COMMITTEE who were appointed by
unanimous consent, on Monday the 26th instant, for the
particular purpose of prosecuting the plan for flopping the
emissions ; are requested to meet at the City Tavern this
evening at seven o'clock.
PHILADELPHIA, July 31.
27th, 1779.
SILAS DEANE, John Nixon, and James Wilson,
Esquires, having called on Capt. Peale, and left with
kirn a letter figped Silas Deane, dated the 27th infiant, re
fpeaing intimations used by him, Capt. Peale, at the Cof
fee-noufe on the morning of the'zdth instant, relative to
some pecuniary offers made to me, and Ca,t. Peale having
shewn me that letter, which, together with my and his
answer thereto, were published in the Pennsylvania Packet
of Thursday last, in which answer of mine I engaged to
g^e the information required in this day's paper.
On exartlining Mr. Deane's letter, a second time I fee the
request is for the name or names only, and not for circum
stances of tue affair in question. Togive the one without
theother, might be made an ill use of, and to give both in
the present situ tion of things, withold, firft referring the
matter to Congrfs, might, as far asT am able to fore
fee, produce confiderabiG inconvenience
So far as refpe&s the three gentlemen in question I shall
give such answers as ought to fuffice them, and that part
which may ^e supposed to belong more generally to the
public, I entreat them to leave to my diferetion. Had
there been no peculiar nicety in this affair, I undoubtedly
should for my own fake have published it before now, be
cause in any light in which it may be viewed, it will add
to my reputation.
Therore, it is fufficient on my part that I declined the
offer; and it is fufficient to Mr. Nixon and Mr. Wilson
that they were not the perfops who made it, or, I believe
knew any thing about; and on the part o' Mr. Deane,it is
some what extraordinary that he should stir about this only
who has taken every thing else so quietly. It is likewise
more extraordinay that he should stir at this particular
time, because I cannot suppose he is ignorant of a letter of
mme to Congress dated so long ago as the 23d of April
when I mentioned the fame affair to which, I piefume,
Capt. Peale alluded; and I give my consent that Mr.
Tkomfon should shew Mr. Deane that letter, upon condi
tion that he does not commence a quarrel with Mr. Car
michael for dubbing him at Nantz with the title of a •
After informing Congress that an offer had bee made to
me,l added "that however polite the proposal might be, or
" however friendly it might be designed, I thought it my
" duty to decline it, as it was accompanied with a condi
" tion which hada tendency to prevent the information
" I had since given and fliould .Dili give on public affairs."
The offer was made both before and after I made my
resignation on the Bth of January. It was firfl put in gene
ral terms, afterwards in particular ones, was pressed on me
with a great deal of anxiety, and amounted to more than
twice my fahiry in Congress.
I cannot poss fs myfelf of the grind ofthe gentleman who
proposed it,, so as to declare what every intention of his
might be, but I well know that the acceptance of it would
at that time as effectually have prevented the publication
I gave in Mr. Dunlap's paper ofthe 16th of February, re
fpefting the supplies and the loss of the dispatches, as if my
fien.ehad been made the express condition of my accept
ance.
Having said thus much, I think it a prudent flep in me
to refer the affair firft to Congress. If they please to call
01: me for p rticulars, I will furnifh them, and I ai^ per
suaded .the honeri and well-willing part of the public will
rest fitisfied with this, as there are matters conueaed
with it which might, either by mistake or design, be made
a very ill use of.
There is not a man in the Thirteen States, so far as his
powers and abilities extend, that will go further or do
more in supporting the cause of America than myfelf, or
©f any country conneDed with her. This, every one knows,
who has any intimate acquaintance with me; and accord
ing to my opinion of th ngs and principles, a man needs
no pecuniary inducement to do that, to which the two
fold powers of duty and difpofiti®n naturally lead him
on.
Having thusfar fatisfied Mr. Nixon and Mr. Wilson,
I take the liberty of alking Mr. Wilson, if he is or was
not diredly or indirectly a partner in the Foreign Com
mercial Company, in which Mr. Deane with several Mem
bers of Congress at that time, and others were concerned.
And exclusive of all other questions to Mr. Deane, I
desire him to inform the public, for what purpose it was
that he remitted over to Mr Samuel Wharton, of Lon
don, 19,520 livres, eleven daysafter the Treaty of Alliance
was signed. I presume he will not undertake tocontradid
the fad, if he does, I cam prove it.
THOMAS PAJ NE.
I can fee theCommittee have had hard and difficult work
upon their hands; but France will thank them ; America
will thank and all good men will refpeH them. On the
part of France they have watched over her interest
with thelidelity of honest allies, and while on the one
hand they have taken care that she should not be over
charged, they have, on the other hand, taken care that
the trade of the country should not be carried away under
a pretence.
Had not the regulations taken place, it would have cost
France a most extravagant sum to supply their fleet in the
Weft.lndies with flour, and as we show our duty, so we
P. S. As to Whitehead Humphreys, I give him my full
and free consent to pubblh whatever and whenever he plea
ses, and under any fign^rure he likes best, promising, on
roy part, to make no reply thereto, if he, Whitehead
Humphreys, will, to each of his future pieces, add at the
bottom the following words, viz.
" This is published by the fame person who in ferted fe
" veral libellous productions under the signature of 'Cato,'
“ in Benjamin Towne's Evening Post, of July, 1779,
" which were so infamoufly falfe that the author or car
" rier of them, in order to avoid the shame and scandal of
" being known, tied the Printer down to fyh strong ob
“ ligations to conceal him, that nothing but a halt er
" could extord it from him."
Philadelphia, July 30, 1779.
For the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
THANK God the depreciation of our money is now
in a fair way of being flopt. And I confider this
one single circumstance of such amazing importance to A
merica, and will give such a new degree offtrength to our
glorious alliance, that the persons who have been at the
bottom of it, as the phrase is, deserve the love of both
the countries.
Mr. DUNLAF. Please to insert the following.
T P.
Philadelphia, July 29.
To be SOLD at Private Sale,
A BRICK tenement two stories high, with a lot
forty feet front and one hundred and fifteen feet
deep, with two frame tenements oh said lot, stabling
compleat for fifteen horses, and a pump of good water
in the yard; the said house and lot clear of ground
nut. Two small plantations situated in Lower Dublin
township, Philadelphia county, ten miles from the city
each containing twenty acres, with log houses, orchards!
and good meadow on each plantation. A compleat new
riding chair, harness and every thing compleat. Two
teams of good houses, all young, from fourteen to six
teen hands high, with two new waggons ; the horses
will be fold in the teams, or separate, as may beftTit
the purchaser. Also three good carts, three good milch
cows, two good fleys, and one fix plated flove. For
particulars apply to the fubferiber, living on the south
fide of Walnut-street, between Fourth and Fifth streets
SAMUEL BURMAN.'
Wanted to purchase, a good plantation about forty
miles from town. Enquire as above.'
TO BE SO L D,'
A' E R Y valuable Plantation, situate in the town
ship of Gofhen, Chester county, containing one
hundred and forty acres of excellent good land either
for grain or pasture, it being all frefh land. There are
on laid premises a good log house and barn, a large
bearing orchard, ten acres of meadow part watered, and
as much more may be made, the wood land exceeding
well timbered, with a never failing stream of water run
ning through the fame whereon might he ereded water
works to great advantage, there being 25 feet of falll
The whole plantation in good repair. Any person in
clining to purchase may know the terms by applying to
the fubferibers, living on said premises.
July 29- JOHN JOHNSON,
JOSEPH JOHNSON.
Baltimore Toaun, July %§,
One Hundred and Thirty Pounds Reward.
STOLEN, or broke out of the fubferiber's stable,
last night, two dark bay GELDINGS: One bet
ter than half blood, near fifteen hands high, paces flow,
trots and gallops, about eight years old, has a fall
star, some white on one of his hind feet, branded on the
near buttock thus, IC, and is high carriaged. The
other about fourteen and a half hands high, a natural
pacer, well made, about eight years old, his off eye out,
branded on ths near buttock NI. Whoever secures the
Did Geldings, and delivers them to the fubferiber in
Baltimore Town, and secures the thief or theives (if
ttolen) so that he or they may be brought to justice,
shall have the above reward ; or Fifty Pounds for the
horses, or in proportion for either of them, and reafon~
able charges, paid by 1
GEORGE MATTHEWS.
GOOD encouragement for three or four
NAILOR S, and constant business, at eight
Shillings per pound. Apply to Sarah Robinson, in
Walnut street, between Front and Second-streets. Phi
ladalhia.p
Philadelphia, July
TXT HEREAS a certain George Douglass, for-
V V merly and late of this city, Merchant, did on the
25th of July 1777, obtain from the fubferiber a deed,
of a dwelling house, workshop and premises, situate
near Spruce-ftieet, and extending from Second to Dock
street, in depth 112 feet, at a time when the said George
Douglass was legally incapable of purdhafing; for which,
and other fufficient reasons, I am determined to dispute
Did Douglas's title to said premises, and therefore do
hereby forwarn all persons whomsoever not to purchase
from, nor deal with, the said George Douglass, nor an,
person for him, for the said premises, nor any part
thereof, as I am determined not to give up the possession
thereof until thereto compelled by law.
ROWLAND PRICHETT.
GERMAN ALMANACKS,
For the YEAR 1780,
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN DUNLA P.
manifeft out affection to them, by taking care that their
expences shall be as reaf®nable as possible. I believe we
have had a great deal of money wafted by some of our A
gents in Frai c , and feeling where the ihoe pinches, we
take care to make tbeir's fit easy.
AN HONEST SHOEMAKER.
fit New Advertifem^ts and several other matters are
deferred for want of room.
*** *4*44444444 44+4444-4
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
On Thursday evening next, being the fourth of August,
at the Coffee-houfe,
TH E Schooner JULIANA, with all her tackle
and apparel, as th* now lays at the upper fide of
Market street wharf. She is a fine vessel, either fit for
sea or river, will c rry abeut 1300 hufaeh of corn. An
inventory may he seen on board and at the time of sale,
N. B. Any Gentleman inclining to purchase at pri
v te file before the vendue, may know the terms by ap
plying to Alexander Tod.'
Philadelphia, July
NOTICE is hereby given, That on
Thursday the fifth day of August next, at Four
o'clock in the afternoon, will be fold at Public Sale at
or near the Public Wharf, in the Northern Liberties
aquantity of DUNG, for cash, supposed to be about
250 loads. By order of the ^. M G.
JACOB HILTZHEIMER.