The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1778-12-02 00:00:00, page 4

On Wednesday, the 9th day of De
cember next, at io o'clock in the forenoon, will
be fold to the highest bidder, at the house of Ren
falaer Williams, Esq. in Trenton, the Library
Books, late the property of Daniel Coxe; a cata
logue of which is as follows, viz.
COOK's reports, 6 vol. crown,
Law of executions, Bacon'sabridgment,s vol.
Lex testament. Lilly's register, 2 vol.
Law of executors, Cooke's institutes, 3 vol.
Trials per Pais, Lilly's entries,
Infant's lawyer, Raftal's entries,
Law of mortgages, Clift's entries,
Returna brevium, Brigman's conveyances,
Law of evidence, Role's reports,
Law of errors, Reports in the time of
Gilbert's devifees, Holt,
Gilbert's evidence, Cases in equity,
Gilbert's ejectments, Dargen's memoirs, .
Buller's trials, Shepard on deeds,
Crown's circuit compa- Hubbard's reports,
nion, Seville's reports,
Compleat attorney's prac- Lutwick's reports,
tice, 2 vol. Keble's reports, 3 vol.
Historical law tracts, Crook's reports, 3 vol.
Barn's notes, 2 vol. Modern reports, 10 vol.
World displayed, 2c voL Shaw's Justice, 2 vol.
Pope's works, 10 vol. Prussian laws, 2 vol.
Holden's paraphrafe,' Readings upon the statute
Fitzherbert's natura bre- law, 5 vol.
vium, Modern conveyance, 3 vo.
Fool of quality, 2 vol. Jacob's conveyance, 3 vol.
History of New-Jersey, Attorney's pocket com-
Pattoon's navigation, panion,
Brown's estimates, 2 vol. Pocket conveyance,
Modus intrandi, 2 vol. Swift's works, 14 vol.
InftruCtor clericalis, Smollet's history of Bug-
Clerk's vade mecum, land, 13 vol.
New medical French Robertson's history of
grammar, Scotland, 2 vol.
Practical register in chan- Home's history of Eng
cery, land, 7 val.
Barnardifton's reports, 2 Attorney's 'practice at
vol. King's Bench,
Burrow's reports, 2 vol. Ditto, at Common Pleas,
Andrew's reports, Young's works, 3 vol.
Strange's reports, 2 vol. Nature displayed, 4 vol.
Wilson's reports, Guther's Cicero, 3 vol.
Lord Raymond's reports, Harrison's chancery,
2 vol. Principles of natural law,
Coymin's digest, 5 vol. Charron on wisdom,
Viner's works, 19 vol. Lock's essay, 2 vol.
Blackstone's ^commenta- Analifis of the laws,
ries, 4 vol. Cato's letters,
Collection of trials, Pollnitz's memoirs,
Universal history, 19 vol. Wingot's maxims,
Wood's institutes, Smollet's constitution,
Jacob's law dictionary, History of New-York,
Salkeld's reports, Duhamel's husbandry,
Modern entries, 2 vol. Cicero's Cato Major
Hawkin's pleas of the Latin dictionary, &c. &c.
Besides a variety of others on Law, History and
Divinity; with a number of Pamphlets, &c. &c.
Attendance will be given by
Jared Sexton,
Nathaniel Hunt, ? Commu-
Peter Brunner, 5 loners.
N. B. Also at the fame time and place will begin
the sale of a variety of valuable H OUSEHOLD
FURNITURE, late the property of John Barns.
November 23d, 1778. 2w§
r rHE inhabitants of Sussex county that have any
demands agaihft the late Quarter Master Gene
ral's department, are directed by the Honourable Ma
jor General Miffiin, to apply to me for payment. —
They are therefore requested to apply at my office,
in Eafton, or to Captain William Stephens, A D< QM.
at Newtown, in Sussex county.
ROBERT L HOOPER, jun. D. QM. G.
Eafton, Nov. 14th, 1778. 2\v*
THE lectures on ANATOMY, and other branches
of medicine, will be opened in Philadelphia, on
Thursday the third of December.
A Coach,
With HARNESS compleat, for two horses, very
little worse for wear, to be SOLD at a reasonable
price. Enquire of Mrs. Gertruyda Rutgers, at New
ark in New-Jersey. 3f
Two Hundred Dollars Reward.
LAST night the house of the fubferiber, living in
Dover tewnfhip, Monmouth county, was robbed
by some persons unknown, of the following articles,
viz. one piece of reddish brown ,omefpun worsted
ftuff, one ditto worsted and woo), one ditto fine
brown linen,a homespun new great coat of a light blue
colour, with some leather and sundry other articles:
Also between 30 and £.40 in hard money, and near
(. 1000 in Continental Money. Whoever apprehends
the robbers so that they may be convicted, and the
goods and money recovered, shall have the abdve re
ward, and for the robbers only One Hundred Dollars,
and reasonable charges paid by
Nov.lß, 1778. BENJAMIN JOHNSON.
IRENTON: Printed by Isaac Collins. Advertisements of a moderate Length are inserted for Ten Shillings each
the Lift Week, and Five Shillings for every Continuance ; and long Ones 'in Proportion.
One Hundred Dollars Reward;
' H E house of the fubferiber, living at Middle
' Brook, township of Bridgewater, county of So
merset and state of New-Jersey, was broken open
and robbed, on the night of the 15th of October last,
of a suit of twilled fuperfine blue broadcloth with
polished steel buttons and a star in the middle of each;
a deep blue coat, fine broadcloth, with flat pinch
beck buttons ; a pair of mixed red and white fuper
fine broadcloth breeches; with silver plated buttons,
remarkable for having a three-square darn on one of
the knees ; a light coloured wilton coat, with light
coloured binding and basket buttons ; a great coat,
brown coloured, with basket buttons, the cape lined
with pale blue (balloon, about half worn ; a beaver
hat fcolloped, with a piece gnawed out of the rim by
the rats, with a large gold button with the shape of an
anchor in the middle, and a gold loop ; a dark silk
purple and brown jacket, moulds covered with the
fame for buttons ; a pair of Russia duck overalls ; a
purple and white streaked long gown ; a new white
petticoat, small diamonds: Supposed to be stolen by
some person acquainted in the neighbourhood.
Whoever takes up and secures the thief and articles,
so that the owner may get them again, and the thief
brought to justice, shall have the above reward and
all reasonable charges, paid by me
,John Louderback, or
Benjamin Harris.-
N. B. All Justices of the Peace, Constables, and
other officers, are requested to have a look out, so
that the thief may speedily be brought to justice.
United States Lottery Tickets,
For the S ECON D CLASS,
Are to be fold by William Gamble, Esq. in
Bordentown. 2wf
JOHN
At Bottle-Hill, 4 miles from Morris-Town,
1 NTENDING soon to remove to Philadelphia, will
A dispose of the place where he now lives, with 18,
25 or qoacres. There is on the place a great variety
of fruit, a barn, stable, and other out-honfes; a good
well at the kitchen door, a tolerable garden, &c.
The purchaser by paying one half or a third of the
value, may have what time it belt suits to pay the
balance.
. Also a strong healthy NEGRO FELLOW, about
23 years old, brought up to the blackfipith and farm
ing business ; a good horse, a few barrels copperas,
and some excellent old Geneva in hoglheads.
STRAYED or stolen from the fubferiber at Bruns
wick, in the State of New-Jersey, the night pre
ceding the morning on which the fecund division of
the continental army marched from said place in the
month of July last, a sorrel MARE, five years old,
about 14 hands and a half high, had a blaze in her
face, branded on the left shoulder with the figure 9,
a natural pacer. Whoever (hall give the fubferiber
information where hie is, or to Nathaniel Lewis at
Morristown, shall have Twenty Dollars reward and
all reasonable charges, paid by me
Nov. 12, 1778. 3[ Nath. Lewis.
R OBERT HUTNT;
Has for SALE at his STORE in Elizabeth-Town,
GOOD spirits, rum, and whifky, by the gallon,
tea, sugar, chocolate, alfpice, pepper, indigo,
red-wood, log-wood, and a'.lum, brimstone, tobacco,
fnuff; salt by the bushel or less quantity, coatings
and velvet, worsted flockings, plated shoe buckles
and brass ditto, belt needles and pins, jack knives ;
also writing paper and ink powder; li!swife hard
soap and melaffes. 4/1
STOLEN from the fubferiber, near Piuckemin,
Somerset county, township of Bedminfter, the
27th of September last, a brown MARE, near 14 and
an half hands high, four years old, dim lighted in her
left eye, has a star in her forehead, her left hind foot
lock white, has a hard lump upon the outside of her
left fore leg below the knee, mostly inclining to pace.
Whoever secures said mare, so that the owner may
have her again, shall have Thirty Dollars reward, and
all reasonable charges paid, by
4' Cor. Pov/elson.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber,
A Small FAR M, containing between 40 and 50
acres, situated half way between Morristown
and Chatham, on a very public r< ad, nearly opposite
Mr. Stephen Rufe's cyder mill ; it lias on it,a good
house with three rooms cieled, and an entry on the
lower floor, a small building adjoining with a cellar
under it, and one under the house; a barn and
new bark house, a pond that is never dry, in the
fame lot ; a firing of good water near the house, an
orchard that affords 70 or 80 barrels of cyder, a
garden pale'd in, English and red cherries, peaches
and plums; some wood-land and meadow. The pur
chaser by paying one half the money, and good secu
rity for the rest, shall have an indisputable title from
4f JAMES TOMPSON.
Who has found a saddle with the skirts cm off, sup
posed to be stolen. Any person proving property and
paying charges, fhaU have it again.
To be fold by the fubferiber,
r fr HAT valuable FARM formerly the property of
£ Mr. George Armstrong, within five miles ofMor
ris-town and three from Bafkinridge meeting-house,
pleasantly situated, containing 500 acres, one half of
which is improved, and well adapted either for graft
or grain, the remainder in good thriving young tim
ber; the whole is well watered, and the greatest part
in good new Arce ; an excellent orchard of the very
belt grafted fruit, containing upwards of 1000 apple
and peach trees. It is so well situated, that a late froft
in the spring never injures it, and yields a plentiful
crop every year; 60 acres of good meadow, which
produces plenty of good timothy and clover. On the
premises is a large convenient dwelling-house two sto
ries high, four rooms on a floor, with two kitchens
and a large cellar, commodious for two families ; al
so a good large barn, Hable, cyder-house, and every
other building, necetfary for a farm, all in good re
pair, together with the farming utensils and flock.
Also an elegant house and barn, together with.eight
acres of land, in the town of Newark, wherein Lewis
Ogden, Esq. formerly lived, and now occupied by Mr.
Henry Ten Brook ; the house is well finished, com
modious and pleasantly situated; also a lot of four
acres of land, opposite the Rev. Mr. M'Whorter's.
The whole will cither be fold separate or together, as
may belt suit the purchaser, by applying to the fub
feriber, iu Morris county, who will give an indis
putable title for the fame.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON.
Morris county, Nov. 13, 1778. -*
iHiRTI DOLLARS Reward.
WAS stolen, the night that the enemy left Phila
delphia, a white fieabiden HORSE, about 25
hands high, near ten years old, incline to pace more
than trot, canters well, lias no car mark or brand,
and is middling well made. Whoever takes up said
horse so that the owner may get him again, shall
have the above reward, paid by
Warminfter, Buckr Charles Garrison.
Q I KA 1 L 1) or stolen from near Elizabeth-Town,
O on Sunday night the 25th of October, a brown
MARE, about 14 hands high, half blooded, very
straight limb'd, a natural trotter, and thin of flefh.
Whoever takes up the marc so that the fubferiber gets
her, and the thief is Secured, shall have Forty Dol
lars reward, I wenty for the thief and Twenty for
the mare, with reasonable charges, paid by Daniel
Hunt, in Maidenhead. 6*'
STOLEN on the 30th ult. from the tail of a wag-
O gon at Paramus church, New-Jersey, a black
horse, 15 hands high, rising fix years old, has four
white feet, a small blaze in his forehead, and a snip
nose. Whoever takes up and delivers said horse to
the fubferiber, near Kington, in Middlesex county,
and secures the thief, shall have the above reward, or
fifty dollars for the horse only, and reasonable charges,
paid by Nicholas Brooks.
Nov. 1778.
STEPHENSON and Company-
Have for sale at their STORE, opposite Capt. Feter
Dickerson's in Morristown,
A GOOD assortment suitable for the ensuing sea
son ; such as, Coarse cloth, shoes, fait, flour by
the barrel, tea, fitgar, pepper, coffee, foot of the bell
kind, Irish linens, cotton checks, linen ditto, calli
coes, pelongs, sewing silk, fine thread by the pound
or smaller, Scotch fnuff in bladders, Irish fheetine
whisky and apple spirit by the barrel or gallon, pow
der, table linens, buckram, China ware of the belt
fort, best plated buttons, silk twist, basket buttons,
lawn, muslin, cambrick, gauze, silk and pocket hand
kerchiefs, hatters trimmings,fuch as bow firings, round
looping buttons, loops, buttons of the best kind, flat
silk looping; hollow wares of all kind, one brass
kettle that holds 36 gallons, which they will fell on
the lowest terms for Cafli or Country Produce.
N. B. They tabe York money.
RO C K S~AA7T,
Of the best quality,
And Philadelphia Earthen Ware, consisting ofdiffies,
bowls, cups, mugs, &c.
TO BE SOLD by John Thompson, at Bottle-
Hill, near Morris-Town.
Od. 26, 1778.
GRAYED or stolen, out of the pasture belonging
to Samuel Meredith, Esq. in Nottingham town
ship, Burlington county, some time in Odober last,
a small black OX, four years old ; he has a brown lift
all along his back; if he.is mark'd it is unknown.
Whoever takes up the above ox, and brings him to
the fubferiber, living near Trenton, shall receive tne
reward of Three Pounds, and all reasonable expenses
3* HUGH RUNYAN.'
ROCK SAL T,
Of the first Quality, will be exchanged by Mary
Moore, of Morris-town, for butter, pork, or any fort
of grain. 4 lj
Seventy Dollars Reward.