The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-04-14 00:00:00, page 4

WILLIAM STEARNS,
APPOINTED Deputy POST-MASTER for the
stage of Worcefler, by the him Richard Bache,
Esq ; POST-MASTER GENERAL of the United
States of North-America, hereby notifies the public,
that the Continental Po£ Office for the said ftage,will
it future be kept, and the duties thereof performed,
with all poffiblt fidelity.
Wo:crft,r, March 13 1777.
^ SMALL farm ofland, containing about 30 acres,
with a good dwelling houf# and barn end other
buildings thneon Handing, situate tin Stratford, at a
place celled Orineke, about 4 miles from Stratferd
Rueting-how fa, upon the public iced to Derby, ccn
fi3in% of meadow, pafturc, and plow land, with a
good o.ckard, said farm lying near Stratford river,
is ple&fantij situated, atd very convenient fcr keep
ing a tavern, &c. For particula s enquire of H^ze
kia^Fitca, Esq; of Salisbury, ore Abraham Tomfafon,
Esq; fS - f.rd. March 28 1777.
q^U be f^id rt public vendue, at the hcufe of Lieut.
Peieti^h Mi'% U Windsor, on the 17th of April
instant, at 2 ^Lork afternoon, the home lot (witha
houf^, barn and weaver's ffivp thereon) of Solomon
Clerk's, late of Winufur deceafvd A quit claim
deed will be gi^en to th* high&ft bidder ; half a years
credit will be given, on good Security, by
ODIAH LOMI3.
Windfjr, April 2, 1777.
Lite fi~iu and
Simfbury, an old leather POCKET BOOK, con
tain 120 dollars in paper bill, most of ,h^m 5 dollars,
and a few papers, cue of which was a permit from the
hod. Jabez Haralim, of Middletown, to traafpert sun
dry articles oat of the State. Whoever has found
said socket book, and will return it to Dr. Conklin
of Middletown, or the Printer in Hartford, or the
owner, withies contents, ih^l have fifteen dollars re
ward, and all charges pa d, by Benjamin C on klin,
late of Long Iflaid, neff of Lime.
A P ri '4 9 f 77-
TO be I*l g^u torn ut land, lying in julhe a,
1 containing about ico acre#, with a go d hsuf^,
barn, cow-house, and oxh&d thereon; also a fn^,
in Simfbujy, with a small hrufeon it, in the woods,
there is about 50 acres cleared,and he may clear more
if he please, as there is 2, 0 acres. For terms ap
ply to Sylvanus Griswold.
N. B. Slid Griswold wants <0 purchaL a good
negriman, about 25 years of age, that n^d^ftands
Ltr: i'% IT hicb he will give caffi.
Windsor, April 4, '777"_ .
appointed by the hen.
" j^geofpreb^u ft: the dik ia of Hartford,com
miffioners on the data .f Zack'u: % Scot, lata cf Hart
ford, decrafed, (rendered infrlvn ) de hereby give
notice that we Ihall attend said bufin^s at the dwell
ing house of Nathaniel Olcott, in East ^a tford, inn
hoder, % n the firft and left m^ncay's cf Mey next, at
2 o'clock, P. M. Daniel Marsh, jun.
Nathaniel Olcott.
Hartford, April 4, 1777. _
TiESkRTED bom Ca,i. BJ's company, Col.
' Shepard's reci^ent, one Duvid Brown a soldier,
.belonging to the continental army, he is about 24
years of age, § fee! 10 inches high, ^ell fz>, dark
hair had on a light brown broad c'oath coat and
waiftcoati a p&ir of new walk leather Betches. Who
ever will take up said defatcr avd return him to his
regiment, fh^i have eightdollais reward and all ne
cessary charges paid, by
Martin Smith, Lieut.
WfflfiJd. M^H\3l, 1777. _ _
Tk^foliOAiag Adeertifement, taken from a B^cn
Paper, is inferred by the Desire of several of the
Field Officers of •his State.
An ADVERTISEMENT for the Encouragement
of the ARMY of the United States of Amr.
The fubfmber is authorifed to make known in this
1 public Manner, That no Expence Hull be spared
in future, in racking the most ample Ptovifion for the
Sick and Wounded ofthe Army. Hospitals, Nerfe,
knd all Kinds of Necessaries, are now preparing in
different Places in Cosnedicut. A large Hi fpital is
now building at Fiffi Kills. And like Preparations
are making on the South Side cf Hudfon': River, by
the Diredor General, and his Surgeons. Proper Ml
dicing viU be prepared; not only by General Hofpi
tais, 7u by R'gimehtal Surgeons. All nectffar, Hos
pital Seres a * now providing, to be delivered to
Regimenal Su ^o^s as Occasion shall require. The
Difficultly the Sick ^ d W unded met with the last
C^paign, ^ ft from the nr fettled Suteoftke Army,
mud the bounce Medicines, and othw Neceffariee us
ed to be fen. ; but all poffib e Care will be ttken to
prevent every Thingofthat Nature for Time to come.
The General Hos, Lal will be Free for the Infp'ftion
of all officers who hive nay of their Mtn therein.
granted immediately, for the General and
bthei H fpita's, a Number of Ready Women ar Nvr
ies at 0^ Dollar per Week: Likewifs large Quan
tities of Baum, Oatmeal, Tammarines, old Lmnen
Rags or Lieut, Beef^ax and Oyl, fcr which, Cath will
beoivea by the Subferiber, Jiving up Williaras'a
Court, Boston. THOS. CARNES, ^ M.
(and Steward of the American Holpital.
Jan. 25 1777.
*„ The Printers in the several States will do an
iffential service to their country by inferring the a
have Advertiftmenh
Hertford, (in Connecticut) Aprif „ 1777,
'pHECommiffidnerr, appointed by the Honourable
Continental Congress, for adjusting the Accounts
of the Army, under his Excellency General Wash
ington : the Flying Camp, and :rith the different
States, to the Eastward and Southward of this State :
Do hereby Notify, that they have opened their Office,
in the said Town of Hartford,where daily Attendance
will be given, agreeable to the Purport of their Ap
pointment : All Perfoms therefore concerned, are re
quested to pay due Attention to this Neficatian, by
personally attending themfilvci, or by fending their
Accounts with the icquifile Vouchers, te the said Of
fice for Settlement.
Inoculation without Mercury.
T HE S ubfeiber has opened a hafpiial, at Lanelbo
rough, where he inoculates with extraordinary
success, having never loft one patient, out es almost
600. The method he pia&ices is entirely new, as
n kind cf mercurial preparation is used, they have
the disorder very light, end the whole expence (tx
traordinaries excepted) will not exceed fix dollars;
good accommodations and conffant at^rdance by the
public's humbie fervent, Reuben Garlick.
April 5, 1777-
THE luDicnber hereby gives notice to qc company
who went under his command to New-York, in
August and September last, to meet him at his hdufe,
or M. David Bull's tavern, in Hartford, on thurfday
and fiday next, and receive their wager, travel and
sauce money. Ebenezer Bernard, Capt.
Hartford, A pril 5, 1777.
To tuu.PUBLIC.
JN consequence of Mr. Wm. Erie y's r< figuring the
lift-Office, it is now kept by ih^ fulfcriber, a few
rods north ofth^ SweHouffywhorequeft such persons
as dispatch their letters on mondays, to fend hem by
8 o'clock in the morning, as the mail rill thin be
cloftd. Tho' s Hilldrup.
§*§ There are a few letters remains for pcifens
adj gen . Hertford, April 3, 1777.
J)ESER)kDfrom Hartford, on the night after the 21st
of March last, from Capt. Bernards company, in Col.
W,g'' regiment, tiunfoldiers : fames 7ffft r ,h a native
ofI eland about 5 feet 10 inches high, dark fart firait
bair a fear over each eye on his forehead and right cheek,
qyore or carried voith him, agre, Surtout, one brows fart
ceat three waifcoats, a light brown, a red, and cue fri,
ed, green breeches, and a light brown regimental coat with
out /actings. William Davidfa, a Scotchman, about 5
feet 6 inches high, dark complexion, brown hair then club'#,
carried off a light brown regimental coat with red facein,,
one blue ^cat, luff coloured wai/coct, buck fin breeches
Wheruer will apprehend either of said dejerters and return
them to the regiment fall have five dollars reward for
each, and all expeam paid, hr
CHARLY MILLER, Lieut.
Hartford April 1. 1777.
CTRAYED f " in :b fuefcriber, f>m& time 12ft
ftimm^r, two STEARS both one year old past,
cue a paleifh red with some white about him, marked
with a square crop off the right ear and a hole through
the fem ; the other a bright red, marked with a crop
off the left ear and two flits in the f&rce; also one
STEAR two years eld past, pale red colour, witha
crop efftheright ear. Whoever has taken up said
creatures and will return them to the fubferiber, or
find him word, fa that he may have them again, fhali
have a handsome reward and charges said, by
ABNER CONE.
Litchfield, M#'ch 13, 1777.
rpEN barrels of flour, left st the dwelling hruf< &f
'the fabferiber, in Mansfield, fomei^e in March,
±776. The owner who can describe the marks on
said barrels, or fatisfa&orily prove his property there
in, is desired to call for the fame and pay the cost of
storage and of thia advertisement.— -And as it is most
probable that said flour is the property of fame one of
th© United States, the several Printers might do well
to publish this advertisement in their ref eftive pa
pers. Enoch Pierce.
Maasfirld, M r<h 26. 1777.
IVE he fubmibcTs being legally appointee cummii
fiuners, roeg^mineand a:juft the claims of the
creditors to the estate of Brotherton Seward, late of
Norfolk, deceased, (repiefented infolveat) hereby
gva aotice^that we ihall attend said bufinsfs on the
I ft monday of April, aid fi ft and last Mondays of
May text, at ore of he clock on each of said days, at
the honfi cf Giles Pettibone Esq; ir Norfolk.
Giles Pettibone,l
ioBL Phelps, > Commiffioers.
SAHEL Humphry. J
N. B. All periods indebted to said estate, or have
any of the fame in their hands, are desired forthwith
to pay the fame, or make difeovery of such estate to
Dudley Humphry, Adotiniftrator.
Norfolk, April 4, 17777
T)EsEßTED"Trom"caps .Bab's company, in Col.
" Shepard's regiment, one Azariah Sweet, about 22
years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, dark complexion,
had on a brown homemade coat and jacket, a pair of
old leather breeches. Whoever will take up said de
serter, and return him to Weftfield, or confine him
and give information to the fubferiber Ihall have
FIVE DOLLARSreward and necessary charges paid,
by Martin Smith, Lieut.
Weftfield, April 4, 1777.
- TO BE SOLD
B, JOSEPH KNIGH T,
At bis House in Enfield.
Choice ladico, Pepper, Alfpice, Ginger, &c
ALL persons having any demands on th^ efto&f
Jams M'Clefter, late of Enfield, dec^afid, ^re
desired to exhibit the fame to th# fubferiber for fettle
rasnt..--All perlons indebted are requested to make
immediate payment..
John M'Clester, lAdmiirif-
ElizabethM'Clester, J trators.
Enfield, April 3, 1777.
A L " r* r '°^ th ^< have any accounts with the e
-4 ftite of Capt. Isaac Davis, late of Chefterfield, de
ceafeJ, are desired to bring the fame to fubferiber for
fetbement—Thofe indebted to said efface are requof
ted to make immediate payment, to
Elizabeth Davis, Adminiftraftix.
Chefterfield, April 4th, 1777.
AL' P, I '^* having any demands on the estate of
' John Lyman, late of Litchfield, deceased, are
desired to exhibit the fame for settlement ; and those
.indebted to make speedy payment, to'
Josiah Lyman, Administrator.
Litchfield, April 4, 1777.
A LL perlons having any jad demands against the
estate of Gerfham Smith, late of Wethersfield,
deceased, are desired to exhibit the fame for fettle
meat ; and thofis indebted to said estate are requeued
to make immediate payment, to
Amos Matson, Adminifiratbr.
Glaftenbury, April 4, 1777.
^HIS is to give public none# that all me loldier
in our companies belonging to Col. John Stank#
regiment in New-HamplhiQ State, that are now
absent are requeued on fight and notice hereof, im
mediately to repair to Chareftown, No. 4, and their
remain until further orders.
Isaac Farwell, Capt.
April 4 1777. Jason^Wait, Capt.
rpHOSE perlons who have any account agaruft the
ship Trumbull, are desired to prefect them to
the fubferiber at his house in Wethersfield, fir pay
ment, within ten days from this date.
Barnabas Dean.
Wethersfield, March 28, 1777.
—yE the fabferibeu, being by the non. court o'
probate for the difiri& of Middletown, appointed
coramiffioners on the estate of Simeus Cady, late of
Middletown, deceased, represented insolvent, do here
by give notice to all persons having any claims or
demands on said ©flue, that we fell give ear atten
dance to receive and ex^mihe all such claims and de
mands, and to fee how they will be mad# out and evi
denced, at the dwelling hcufe of Elijah Treadway,in
said Middletown, on the firft mondays of April, May
and June next, from cue o'clock, P. M. 'till night pa
each of said days.
Elijah Treadway, J Commif-
JoH¥ Rogers, § -*cm.
Middletown, March 22, 1777.
^pE the lubferibers being appointed by the hon.
judge of probate" for Sharon dittria, commiffioa
ers, to examine and adjust the claims of the creditors
to the estate of the Rev. Samuel Wood, late of Sheroa
deceased, represented infolveit, do hereby give notice
that we fhali attend on said bylnefs on the firft
mondays of April, May, and June rext, et the dwell
ing house of Mr. David Elmer, innholder ia said
Sharon. ONo accounts will be allowed unless pro
perly attested. David Elmer, f Cemmif-
CYPRIAN Walde. (ficners.
Sharon, March 22, 1777.
ff E the fubferibers being appointed by u^ hhn.
court of probate for the diftri& cf Hertford,com
miffionere, to aguft the demands of the creditors cf
the estate cf Thomas Hill, late of Hartford, deceas
ed (represented infolve„) do hereby notify the said
creditors, that we fell attend said business en the 3d
tuefday of April next, in the afternoon, at the dwel
ling house of Capt. Eliffia Pi/kin, in said Hertford.
Jonathan Stanley, § Cemmif-
William Forbes, [ ficnerr.
March 26, 1777.
Vf/'E the fubfciiben being appTinteu by the ner.or-,
able court of prebate for the diflri& of Sharon,
commiffionere to adjust the claims of the creditors to^
the edate of Richard Bilhop, late of Canaan, deceafed,'
(rendered insolvent) do hereby give notice that we
fall attend to adjust said claims on the 3d and 4 b
mendays of April next, at 1 o'clock afternoon, at the
house of Lieut. J^ccb Brewn, innholder in Canaan,
Thomas Hosmer, 7 Cemraif-
Nathanirl Lowrey, j fionerd.
March 22 1777.
W E& lublcribcra being appointed by the court of
prebate in Hartford, cemmiffioners to adjust the
claims of th# creditors to the eflate of Berj rain Kirg,
late of Enfield, deceased (rendered infelvent) do here
by give notice that we will attend on said bufinefi a<
the dwelling house of said deceased, on thi firil mom
clays of Miy, June, and Jul, next, at 2 o'clock cn
each da, of said months.
Daniel Perkins, ) Commif-
John Booth, jut. j fioners.
March 26, 1777,_
or RAY ED from th# fubferiber lometime lad
° fall, a middling likely sorrel horse colt, about 14
hands high, two years last spring ; also at the fam#
time a fatal! mere colt, three years old, cf a dark
brdwa colour, with a blaze in the face, has a long tail
and mane. Whoever will take up said colts .nd re
turn them to the fubferiber, shall have a handfem#
reward and all necessary charges paid, by
Palmer, Bth March, 1777. Thomasßlu%