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Harfora County, Maryland, Feb. 16,
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
On the nineteenth day of Mai ch next, on the premises,
AVERY valuable traft of LAN D, containing
sixteen hundred acres, lying near the mouth of
Deer Creek, which dream runs through it, and within
one and a half mile of tide water on Susquehanna,
where any veflfels may come. The situation is healthy
and pleasant, the foil rich and fertile, well adapted, for
the growing of wheat, barley, rye, corn, hemp^ fl x,
and tobacco, and produces blue grass and clover in
abundance ; the whole well timbered, and watered
with four fine streams running through it, Efficient to
water a very great quantity of meadow which may be
easily made. There are several settlements on the land
with convenient farm houses, barns, stables and or
chards; about ninety bushels of wheat growing in diffe
rent fields: As the tract can be eafil; divided into imall
farms, it will be told in lots of about two hundred and
fitly acres eacb^ The title is indifpntable, and imme
diate possession will be given after sale to the greatest
part, and the remainder in time to put in a spring crop.
The emissions of Continental currency called out of cir
culation will be taken in payment. On this trad of
land, at the old forge formerly belonging to Mr. Tho
mas Harrison, are most excellent feats for merchant
mills, there being water fufficient from one dam for four
mills, and two dams may be made to work the water,
twice. It may be very justly said, this land has as ma
ny conveniences to recommend it as an, off red for tale.
Any perlon inclinable to purchase before the day of
sale, may know the terms by applying to Richard
Dallam, in Harford County, or John Stump, Jun.
in Caecil County. 4.
Evefcam Twwnfoip, Burlington County, W. Nev-JPfy,
February 1.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY yesterday morning from rhe fyty
fcri&er. a Dutch fervent man named JOHN
GEORGE WANNER, about twenty one years
es age, five feet eight or nine inches high, well built
but somewhat clumsy, and (peaks broken English: Had
on and took with him, a felt bat half worn, a light
thrown bearskin upper jacket almost new, with wooden
buttons, and button holes bound with leather ; a striped
upper and under ditto, one coarse shirt and one check
ditto, buck (km breeches almost new with pewter but
tons, two pairs of yarn stockings, one pair light blue
and the other blue grey, and a pair of hob-nailed shoes
with strings. As his father, Jacob Wanner, lives near
Allens-Town, in Northampton County, Pennsylvania,
itis supposed he is gone that way. Whoever Apprehends
said fertant and secures him in Philadelphia gaol, fall
receive the above reward, or S IXTY DOLLARS
if brought home to the fubferiber.
JOSHUA DUDLEY..
TO BE SOLD BY
JOSEPH TATE M,
At his store in Water street, fix doers below Vine
ftreet, on the bank,
A FE W [toolheads of excellent Weft India R U M;
' likewise COFFEE and RICE by the tierce or
barrel
'To be SOLD at Public Sale,
At the Coffee house, on Wednefdav the twenty-fourth
of February inst. at Five o'clock in the evening,
'DOUR frame tenements, fituHe in Front street,
Southwark, nealy opposite the Blue Anchor, each
of which are two stories high, bounded on the south by
a four and a half feet alley, of which they have the pri
vilege, with a well of water; on the east by ground of
George Mifflin's, near 24 feet, on the north by ground
of ditto, and Enoch Flowers's estate, and on the weft
by Front street: The whole one hundred and fifty feet
deep ; fubjed to a ground-rent of 71. zs. 6d. currency,
per annum. Due attendance will be given at said time,
by WILLIAM M'M ULLIN.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
On Thursday the fourth of March next, in Edt Nant
mell Township, Chester County, near Warwick Fur
nace,
A VALUABLE Plantation, or Trad of one hun
dred acres of Land, with twenty acres of good wa
tered meadow, and more my be made, whereon are
two dweiling-houfes, and an excellent large stone barn
fifty feet long and twenty-five feet wide; about one half
cleared land, the rest well timbered. Attendance will
be given on said day, by
JOHN BOYERS.
Bills of exchange- on France
for SALE. Enquire of the Printer.
SATURDAY,
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GENERAL
[Price Fifteen Pence single, One Shilling by the quantity. Published every Tu&day, Thursday and Saturday.]
Philadelphia, February 17.
On W EDNESDAY next, at Nine o'clock in the
forenoon, will be exposed to SALE by Public Ven
due, at the house of Thomas Nevell, at thefign
of the Carpenters- Hall, in Chelnut-itreet, nearly op
posite the Widow Norm's,
SUNDRY HOUSHOLD FURNITURE,
and,fome CARPENTERS TOOLS.b
1 he above-mentioned Sign-board will be fold at the
fame time, and taken down gratis.
To the P ÜBLI C.
WHEREAS there are great quantities of dirt
and filth (which does not ariie from common
haute-keeping) now lying in many of the ftreeta and
adeyaof this.city, which if not removed may (at the
approaching leafon) be of dangerous conftqoence to .the
health of the inhabitants. The Street Comro^ffioners
therefore enjoin and request the inhabitants of this city
'° ! ia ' e . ' u ch dirt and filth afoelaid removed from their
respective dwellings, &c. by the firft of April next—
And W hereas many ot the foot pavements are very de
fective, the CommiHioneus afrrefaid enjoin and rtqueft
that they be repaired as fcon as may be. And as divers
porters are ufiug carts (which carry a great burthen)
with narrow felled wheels, to the great damage of the
pavements, all such are hereby desired to delilt from
such injurious practices, or the Commissioners will be
under the necessity of dealing with them as the law di
re&s. And lor toe better convenience of cleaning and
keeping clean the said streets and alleys, the city is di
vided into the three following diftri&r ,
I lie Southern division to begin at the south fide of
Ch<f.aut-flreet, and from the river Delaware as far
southward and weltward as paved.
I he middle division extends from the south fide of
Chefaut-ftreet to the south fide of Arch street, and
ficin the river afurefaid as far westward as paved.
The Northern division begins at the south fide of
Arch street and continues to the north fide of Vine
^reet, and iroin the river atorefaid as far westward as
paved, including the several alleys that are paved with
in each division.
Any perlon inclining to undertake the cleansing either
0 the aforefaid divisions, may bring their prosfals in
writing to the Chmmiffioners at the Court-hcufe, on
kriday evening the 26th instant. And also any person
who will undertake the duty of a weekly Scavenger
may apply as above.
By order of the Street Commissioners,
—PETER LOHRA, Clerk.
state of P ENNSYLVANIA.
'[ "^ Honorable the House of Assembly havihg^appoin
-0 te .' ""° fettle the accounts of the late Committee and
Council of Safety of this state, We do hereby give Notice
to ali those, “ <u. % b9 have been entrufed withpublic money,
" °; I^ bave demands upon the late Committee or Coun
cil oj Safety, or any othertvife intererted in the accounts
unsettled, to attend at our Office in Front-street, a few
doors below Walnut- street, between the hours of 9 and
12 o'clock in the forenoon and 3 and 6 in the afternoon.
As there is a necessity that these accounts be speedily
adjusted, in order to enable the state to fettle with the
honorable the Continental Congress, it is therefore expec,
ted that all those who are comprehended in the above
Notice, do render in their accounts, and fettle the fame
or !' e f° re the I ft of April next, or they may expect to
be call'd on, as the law directs.
JOHN NIXON,
r JOHN M. NESBITT,
BENJAMIN FULLER,
WT N T £
For the Continental Ship-Yard,
AQU AN rIT Yof Masts and Spars of different.
?! fixes; also, a quantity of Oak and Pine Flank,
Logs, fifing timbers and Knees. Any person having
any of the above articles, or willing to procure any, may
meet with good encouragement by applying at the Con
tinental Ship-Yard, of
HUMPHRY YS and WHARTO N.
N.B. Two sober hoaeft JOURNEYMEN BLACK
SMITHS will meet with good encouragement by apply
ing as above. J j
Philadelphia, February 7.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Richard
Brown, late of this City, Tobacconist, deceased,
are requested co pay the fame to th, fubferibers within
two months from this date, otherwise their accompts
will be put into an Attorney's hands for prof.cutio^ :
And these who have any demands against said estate are
d'efifed to bring in their accompts, property proved to
JOHN RUDOLPH, Administrator.
ELIZABE TH BROWN, Administratrix,
THE
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FEBRUARY 20, J77T
THE
ADVERTISER
To the P ÜBL I C.
A S all appeals and narratives offered to the public, re
<2. lative to things merely of a private nature, general
?P ea 7? recitals rather tedious and unimportant,
the fuojad in dispute only affected individuals in their
domestic capacities, the writer of this would not have
taken a pen in hand, to have investigated the matter But
it is humbly apprehended that the point in question is
look a upon as of confequeace enough to claim feme de
gree of attention. Sincerely forty is the fubferiber that it
has fallen to the lot of so infignificant a person as herielf,
to develope the affair in debate , but in order to avoid any
ambiguity of expressions, the means now to drop writing
in the third person, and speak plainly ^ her own charac
ter.
Much has it been canvassed of late I understand in this
State, whether Governor Johnftone ever had any conver—
sation with a lady about politics in general, and General
Reed in particular: Much has it been doubted by some
whethera lady ever had any conversation with General
Reed, as relaxed in Town's Evening Post j n July : And
much has it been disputed who the lady was, and if the r e
really was such a perfon.All these doubts have been fugrefc
ted and informed, according to the political fentimefts of
the persons who hinted them, as the inclination too often
givesa bias to the judgment.
fl he many parties which it is but too notorious and me
lancholy a truth, prevail at this time in this city, render it
necessary for the fubferiber most seriously to declare, that
file is not influenced or directed by any person or perfens in
office, or expecting t® be in office in the free and indepen
dent States or America, or in the kingdom oFGreat-Bri
tain. Andthis present account now humbly presented to
thepublic, has never one line of it been seen by or read
to an individual of cither sex. Had it been submitted to
the perusal or two. or three judicious friends who honor
. 4 er with theii countenance, it doubtless would not have
appeared so destitute of every ornament of style and polifa
of the pen, as it does at present: But as it was meant aj
a plain detail of fa&s,fhe chose rather to wave all these lit
tle embellifiiments, as to the manner, in order to have it
in her power confident, with truth, to make theabove de
claration.
As the hcufeof a very particular friend of mine, Mr.
Charles Stedman, happened to be the place appointed for
Governor Johnftone s residence during his flay in this ci
ty, I was in it the greatest part of the time the Commiff
oners were here. I came to town to take leave of my hus
band in consequence of a pass granted me by the Comman
der in Chief of our army.
Three times I was in company with Governor Johnftone
^° e xp re "ed great desire to have been admitted to have
pafled the lines, or that his Secretary should have had
some interconrfe of a liberal kind (as 'he termed it) witli
people in power I own that I did at that time look on
Governor Johnftone as a friend to America, who wished
some person would ste p forth and aft a mediatorial part,
and fug^ft something to fiop the effufion of b ood which
was like to ensue if the war was carried on in its full vi
^? ur % The tw ° former times of the three that I talked
with Governor Johnftone, the cohverfation was so general
and his declaration so warm in favor ®f the interests of A
merica, tuat I regarded him as an estimable charaffer,
and mod sincerely wifked he could have had a free inter
course with force of the sensible Whigs without the lines=
But from firft to last of these. conventions I unTorml^
told him that I thought he cherdh'd a delusive idea, name
r° <,^ re ' s kept the true sense of the people from
tae public, and. that if that was fairly to be come at inde
pendent would lose ground.
ul am ' ure I . can "y, speaking within bound's, I repeated
half a dozen times to him that I believed if the votes of
the people were or could be impartially taken, they would
give thedecifion in favor of independency ; but this Senti
ment he never coincided in.
At this time my mind was much engaged with the
thoughts of presenting a memorial to the Supreme Exe
cutive Council, then at Lancaster, as I thought it of some
confluence to get it laid before that Honorable Body,
previous to the time my hufbahd was cited to appear, June
the 24th, he was there summoned as guilty ofHigh-Trea
fon, on the idea of his being a subject of the States : Now
as ne was by birth a Briton, and left this near a year be
fore the declaration of independency, I was encouraged by
some gentleman, learned in the law, to point out, that
he could not with propriety come under the description of
the bu.k of the proscribed. But I beg pardon for wander
ing from noy fubjeft in this seeming digression.
Governor Johnftone Irea'rd me fay I was going on this
errand; and the converiation Mr. Reed more particularly
refers to in his recital, passed between Governor Johnftone
™ykT, about a quarter of an hour before Governor
Johnftone left Mr. Stedman's house. In Mr. Stedman's
tea-room, to the Left of my memory on the i6tA of June,
between the hours often and eleven in the morning, Gov.
Johnftone font me a manuscript book to read the morning
he went off, but in so hasty a way that he asked three or
our times tor it before it was pufflble to have read it a
quarter thru'; the general vein that prevailed in it was