United States oracle and Portsmouth advertiser — Portsmouth, N.H., 1803-09-17 00:00:00, page 4

''Life of Washington.
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tlemen of New-Hamplhire, who have not al
ready become fubferibers, to call or fend their
names to their Book -Store, corner of Buck
and Court Streets, PortfmOuth.
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PROPOSALS
for publishing it by subscription.
THE work will be faithfully com
posed under the infpe&ion of Judge
Washington himfelf, principally from
the ORIGINAL PAPERS bequeathed to
him by the deceased General. Ou its
corrednefs the molt entire confidence
may be placed.
CONDITIONS.
The work fnall be handsomely printed,
with a new type, on vellum paper, to
be comprised in four or five o&avo vo
lumes, of from 450 to 500 pages each,
and embellished witha variety of plans
and charts of those parts of the coun
try which were the feenes of the most
important events during,the Ameri
can revolution.
The firft volume will contain an elegant
Portrait of the deceased General, en
graved by one of the bed artists in
this country, from an original painting
by the celebrated Stuart.
The price to Subscribers will be three
dollars each volume, in boards ; and
the price of one volume to be paid at
the time of fubferibing ; this advance
to be continued with each volume un
til the whole is completed. The price
to non-fubferibers will be three dollar/
and fifty cents per volume, in boards.
A few copies will be hot-pressed, price
three dollars and fifty cents per volume
to fubferibers, payable in advance, and
four dollars to non-fubfcibers.
An edition will be printed in three vol
umes quarto, hot-pressed, elegantly
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dollars per volume to fubferibers,
payable in advance, and twelve dollars
to non fubferibers. k
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, made.
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{hall be entitled to one copy for his
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received after the publication of the
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"valuable hiftory, will do well to tran/mit '
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one letter several names may be forwarded.
Specifying the number of copies, and encloj
CTP the requisite advance money.
W. & I). TREADWELL
Poetfmoutb, September 13, xßc>3 ---
Patent Window Springs.
TH^ inhabitants of Wells,
Kennebunk, Berw,<}.and Sanfor
are rdpeafuily informed that the Sub
fcribtr has purchased tie right of ufiog,
and vending to others, to Cc used in the
above named places
Leonard Kennedy's Patent Win
dow Springs.
The great ut : iity of the invention is'
approved by all Who have feeo it used
By the affiftan^e of this Spring, either the
Upper or lowe^ fufh is completely faflen.
ed wherever you place it. It is !mp<dh
ble for a carelcfs servant to (but down
3 Window without its being completely
fafteoed.
The expence Is so very trifling it would
hot be an nifra with a Person in moder
ate circumstances. The Spring may be
set in old Windows as well as new, and
ho fear of their getting out of repair.
No person but the Subferiber has any
right to use or vend said Springs within
the above location.
Abie! Hamlinton.
Berwick. September 9, 1803.
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at his Store, Corner of Buck.ftreet.
BEST London Particular Ma
deira,Sherry, Red Port, & Malaga
WIN ES,
Also a few dozen bottles of Excellent
FRONTIG NTAC ditto.
FLAX-SEED:
Robert harris, gives
Cash for Flax Seed, at his Store,
No. §. on Langdon's Wharf.
Pmt,mouth, Sept. 10, 1803. (ts)
Barley & Flaxseed
WANTED.
FOR which Cath and the high
est price is given by
WILLIAM SEAVEY,
at bis STORE on Mad^m Moffat's
Wharf. Portfmou h, Sept. 10, 1803.
Barley & Flaxseed,
Wanted by %
WILLIAM & CHA's NEIL,
'T,OR which a generous price will be
[ given at their Store, Rock Street.
removed:
~ ——o
Langley Boardman
INFORMS his Friends and
A the public that he has removed from
his Shop he occupied in Ark lane, to his
new Store, corner of Vaughan and Con
gress-streets, where he carries on the
Cabinet Making Bufaefs,
in all its various beanch.s, with ncatnefs,
f^ithfulnefs, and punctuality, and the
fmalieft favours will be received with
gratitude.
W'M. DAME,
Jlawdty()''EßS his pleaf
''ant'y ' tuate 4 com
nodiopfly .contrived and
° m pl et cly finished Duel
&E&fati,iog Houle, which flandson
iio'i^m, Cross Greets, for its equivalent
in Cadi. Any person defirpus of the
purchase, by early applying may view the
premifts and know c the price.
Portsmouth. Sept. 3, 1803.
Just arrived and jor J ale by
Th: & E. D. Brown,
Nd. 10, Portsmouth Pier.
6oohhds. Liverpool SALT, .
& 10 Tons COALS,
r^w Landing from on board the brig Fe
licity August 27.
Boots & Shoes.
. fa —o—
— SALE BY
S. LARKIN,
Broad-flree:, — A handsome assortment of
Gentlemen's fine Cali-skin and
Morocco SHOES ; —also — A few pair
of Suwarrow wool's, of the latett fafli-I
on—all well made and suitable for the
season. September ^.
A Barn Fiame
43 by 33 feet near New-Castle
Bridge, now standing on the land of 'he
fubicriber, to be fold cheap for Cath or
Weft India Goods.
' Samuel Odiorne.
AFEW, puncheons high
, proof Jamaica RUM, &
CORDAGE of all sizes for sale
by DANIEL WALDRON.
For Sale,
THE brig HOPE, burthen
110 Tons, if applied for imme
diately. —ALSO —
gco Hhds. White Turks'
Island SALT for country use.
SUGAR & RUM per hhd.
barrel or less quantity.—Apply to
Joseph Chafe,
No. 7, Long Wharf.
^rHE Subscribers, a Comir.it-
X tee- appointed by the Hon. Na
thaniel Rogers, Judge of Probate
for the County of Rockingham, to re.
ceive, examine and adjust all the claims
of the Creditors to the Estate of Joseph
Stoodley, late of Portsmouth, in said
County, Mariner, deceased, and fix
Months from the date hereof being al
lowed for that purpose, give notice, that
we will attend said service at the Dwel
ling House of Edward Sargent in
laid Portsmouth, on the third Tburfday
of December, January, and February,
next, from 2 to § o'clock, in the after
noon of said days.
Edward Sargent,
Nathaniel Marlhall,
John Raynes.
Portsmouth, Sept. 7, 1803.
■fot= n.. ^ . .-^ - •^ ••+OT_tQCc
Partnerflip Difehed.
The Co Partr.erfhip between Charles
and Noah Ranlet was dissolved by
mutual content the 3d inst. those who
have demands against said firm are re
quested to call on Charles Raniet, jr. for
fettiement who continues the CLOCK
BUSINESS as ufnal.
GilflantenScpt j, ifo.
THE Subscribers have again
entered into Copartnership un
der the firm of
John & Jonathan Goddard,
^nd recommenced bufin^^at tj e i r
former Stand on Market-f^^.^
inhere they have fir 1
Ruflia and Swedes IRE.
Heart & Club, Halback's $l blifter'd l
STEEL. NAILS of all sizes /
cut and wrought.
Spikes, Sheet Lead, Shot.
6by 8, 7 by 9, Bby 10, 10 by|
12, 11 by 14, & 12 by 17
Window glass.
Painter's OIL & COLOURS.
Glue. Rottenftone.
Brushes of all kinds.
Gilt and Mahogany framed
LOOKING GLA S SES.
Best Cogniac 8c Alicaht BRANDY.
Holland Gin.
Maderia, Sherry, Red ")
Port, Vidonia, Lisbon, > WINES.
and Malaga J
Hyfon, Young Hyfon,o
Hyfon Skin, Souchong, > TEAS.
and BoheaJ
Philadelphia double and single refined
LOAF SUGAR.
Hogsheads & Barrels of
BROWN SUGAR.
Spices. Boxes of GLASS WARE.
Hollow IRON WARE.
CORDAGE cf all sizes.
/ —ALSO-'
t. A general assortment of
HARD-WARE GOODS, &c.
JOHN GODDARD,
, JON'A. GODDARD.
Portsmouth, August 15, 1803.
Samuel Larkin,
Keeps conjiantly for sale at hit Store in
Broadfireet, a general assortment of
GROCERIES
all of <which he warrants of the best
;quality, viz.
ALMONDS, MUSTARD,
(hell'd & unfheil'tyMace.
A^',, NUTMEGS.
BRANDY, OATMEAL,
best Cogniac, Olives,
do Spanilh, f^eet,
Basket S, PEPPER,
ttle Pick te Pots,
''""''> Preserve Pots,
Blue Paper, p^ c^^
Brown Soap.
Chocolate RUM ^ ° ld >
CHOCOLATE m , ica & other kinds,
r 1 "™ *• . Raifius, Mufcatcl
do. by calk;
Candles,
Cinnamon, SUGAR, ]
Capers in bottle, Spanish Segars,
Caftile Soap, Salt Petre,
Cassia, Starch,
Cloves, Split Pea,;
Cayenne, ofGunpowder,
Corks,. u v
Currant, best Zant. |Xh'/"' c""°
' ? Hyfon, Sou-
ELIOT's best > choog, Hyfon
SNUFF. i" (Skin, & Bohea
rNPI 2Turkey Figs,
G I LK, Tobacco,
Gin, best Holland's. A D
India SUGAR, V , £GA ,
Indigo, Wrapping! aper
Jugs, stone, all fixes, Vhite Soap,
r r — f Maderia,
Loaf SUGAR, Li(boo,Sherry,
Lorillard's Mac'co- ^ IMalaga, and
boy Snuff, ^ 1 Long cork'd
Lemon, f [Claret
BOSTON
Window Glass
of any size may be had as above,
in large or small quantities,
cheap as at the Manufactory.
Portsmouth, Aug. 20, 1803.
Hosiery Store,
Sign of the Spinning Wheel, Buchfreet.
CAZNEAU BAYLEY ac
quaints the Public that he has im
ported in the Galen from London direa
from the Manufaaurer, a general assort
ment of HOSIERY, viz.
Men's white and fancy Cotton
Hose, Men's plated do. Men's white and
brown Thread Hose; Men's brown
Thread and white Cotton half Hose ;
Men's white silk Hose ; Women's white
and black silk Hose; Women's white
cotton Hose from 3/4 to 11/6; Youth's
cotton do.
Black, white and color'd Cotton
Glovesand Mitts; Black, white and co
lor'd silk Gloves and Mitts of the extra
length; Men's black and white silk
Gloves.
Cotton and WorftedPantaloons,
A large assortment of WorfledHofiery.
A pleasing variety of Ladies fancy silk
Handkerchiefs, at 8 and ioj.
A few pieces of embofled color'd Mus
lin, newest falhion, with a variety of eth
er articles in the ENGLISH GOODS
line.
BARGAINS for ready money.
Portsmouth, Ma, ^B, 1803. (t. f.)
House & Store,
For Sale at fusion.
Q .
ON Monday the 26th day of
September instant, at 2'oclock,
P- M. at the house of Capt. Joseph
Richardson, will be fold at Vendue,
I the House and Store owned and occupied
I by Ebenezer Thompson Esq —alf,
I bis right in a Wharf, a Wall Pew io
IDurham Meeting House, a Gondola,and
I all the loose Materials in his (hip-yard,
I confifting cf Way-Logs, Bilge-Ways,
I Launching Plank; Saw-Pit, &c. &c.
Conditions of file will be lib
eral, and made known at the time and
place of tale, by said Thompson.
I)tgha%%pt. 3, 1803.
NOTICE 7
THE President and Directors
of the NEW-HAMPSHIRE
FI R E and MARINE INSURANCE
COMPANY, hereby give notice that
the amount of their Capital Stock is
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars, of
which Fifty Thousand Dollars, being the
firft Inftalment, is already paid and de
posited. That they have power and
authority on behalf of the Company, to
make Insurance aga ; nft Fire on Hou
ses, Stores, Goods, Wares and Met.
chandife ; also on VeffeL, Freight, Mo
ney, Goods and Effects ; and against
Captivity of Petfons ; and on the Life
cf any person during his absence by
sea ; and in case of Money Lent upon
Bottomry and Refpondentia.
The Officers no^ open in the
East end of Mr. Billings' house, near
the Parade, where they are ready to
receive Proposals for and issue Policies
in the name and behalf of the aforefaid
Company, to any amount, on any one
rifle not exceeding fifteen thousand
dollars.
By Order of D^reßors
SAMUEL HAM, President.
Portsmouth, N. H. August so, 1803.1
NOiICE ,
IS hereby given to the creditors of
Doctor GODFREY WALDO, of
Gilmantoc, in the Ditirid of New-
Hampshire, igainit ,whom a Commif
non of Bankruptcy hath been awarded
.and issued, that the Commissioners of
Bankruptcy and the Assignee of said
Waldos e ate and effeds, intend to
meet at the office of Charles Cutts,Efq.
in Portsmouth, on Tuefday the 12th
day of Odober. next, at ten of the
clock A. M, then and there to make the
firft dividend of the e ate and effeds of
said Bankrupt, .When and where the
creditors who have not already proved ;
their , debts, mud come prepared to
prove them, or they will be excludedl
the benifit of said dividend. l
, STEPHEN MOODY, Affignee.|
September X, 1803. |
THE Subscribers hereby noti
fy all whom it may concern that
they intend exhibiting the account of
heir adminift ration on the Eflate of the
ate Martin Parry of Portsmouth,
merchant, deceased at the Probate office
in Exeter, on Monday the 19th of Sep
tember instant.
Mark Simes,
Samuel Sparhawk.
Portsmouth, September 3, 1803.
THE Cummiffioners appoint
ed to receive and adjust the claims
against the estate of
STEVENS SMITH,
late of Epping, yeoman deceased, give
notice that fix months longer, from the
17th day of May last, being allowed by
the judge of Probate for that purpose,
they will attend that bufintfs at th- Dwel
ling House of Dr. Nathan Batch
ellor in said Epping, on the Ift Mon
day of November next, from one to fix
o'clock P. M,
Ezekiel Godfrey,
Nathan Batchellor.
Epping, Au,ft 20, ISO 3.
THE Subscriber having been
duly appointed Adm niftrater of
the Estate and effeds of
JOSEPH STOODLEY,
late of Portsmouth, marhar, deceased,
requests all perlons indebted to s aid es
tate to make immediate payment —and
all those who have any demands against
the eflate are desired to present their ac
counts for immediate adjustment.
L. Spalding, Ndmixfb ator.
Port/mo^h, Aueuf 20, 1803
Wanted to Hire,
r,Part of a House to accommo
date a small Family— Enquire of the Pritts
ten. Auguft2o.
LOST,
ON Greenland road a GOLD EAR
RING, with Beeds, ifany one ha,
found it they shall be rewarded, if they
will leave it at Treadwell's Book-Store. 1
RAGS ! RAG S'!
THE proprietors of this paper having
•undertaken to supply a paper mill,
call on all ranks of people in Portsmouth,
nd its neighborhood to
Save their RAG^,
and help the manufacture of this ufeful l
article in New-Hampfliire, where the
mills are starving for the war# of flock.
Pro tao Publico,