The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1798-05-01 00:00:00, page 4

India Cottons, Cheap.
Rt
Received, and jfor sale at
Bayley’s Variety-Store,
_SIGN OF THE SPINNING-WHEEL,
- QUANTITY of India Cottons, which
Atnﬂ be fold very low for READY
MONEY. Beverly Cotton Bed-Ticks, war
‘santed not to shed Feathers.
Portsmouth, April 28, 1798,
- Treasury Department, March 1, 1798,
' Public Notice is hereby given,
IN pursuance of the A& of Congress pafled on the sixth day of July one thou.
sand seven hundred and ninety-seven, entitled « An a& laying duties on
Stamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper,” and the A& pafled on the 15th
day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, entitled,
“ An A& to postpone for a limited time the commencement of the duties
imposed by the A&t entitled “ An A& laying duties on Stamped Vellum,
Parchment and Paper,” that from and after the firft day of July ensuing,
the several Stamped Duties hereafter enumerated, will be levied and collec
ted throughout the United States. L '
L
For every skin or piece of Vellum or Parchment, or sheet or piece of paper,
upon which thall be written or printed any or either of the instruments or
writings following—to wit : olls|Cents.[ms
Any Certificate of Naturalization, 5
Any License to pradife, or Certificate of the admiflion, enrol
ment or registry of any Counfellor, Solicitor, Attorney, Ad- |
vocate or Proéor, in any court of the United States, 10
Provided, that a Certificate in any one of the Courts of the
| United States for one of the said Offices, shall so far as :
relates to the payment of the duty aforefaid, be a fuffi
. cient admiflion in all the Courts of the United States,|
for each and every of the said offices. :
Any Grant or Letters Patent, under the seal or authority of the
United States (except for lands granted for military fervices)| 4
Any exemplification or certified copy of any such grant or let- |
ters patent (except for lands granted for military services) 2
Any Charter-Parter, Bottomry, or Refpondentia Bond, t-1
Any Receipt or other discharge for or on account of any Le
gacy, left by any Will or other testamentary instrument, or
or any share or part.of a personal estate divided by force
any f{tatute of distributions, other than to the Wife, Children
or Grand Children of the person deceased, the amount where
of shall be above the value of fifty dollars, and shall not ex
ceed the value of one hundred dollars, ' 25
When the amount thercof shall exceed the value of one hundred|
dollars and shall not exceed five hundred dollars, §0
And for every further sum of five hundred dollars, the addi
tional sum of : - 1
Any Policy of Insurance or instrument in nature thereof, on any -
{hip, veflel or goods insured from one diftri® to anothet in |
the United States, 25
¥rom the United States to any foreign port or place; when|
the sum for which Insurance is made shall not exceed five _
hundred dollars, & | 2§
When the sum insured shall exceed five hundred dollars, 1 i
Any Exemplification, of what nature soever, that shall pass the
seal of any Court, other than such as it may be the duty o
the Clerk of such Court to furnifh for the use of the United
States or some particular state, ' 59
Any Bond, bill single or penal, foreign or inland bill of ex- |
- change, promissory note or other note, other' than any recog
nizance, bill; bond, or other obligation or contra&, made to
or “lrith the United States or any fßate, or for their use refpec- '
tively, °
1f above twenty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars, 10
If above one hundred dollars and not exceeding five hundred| - ;
dollars, oA 28
If above five hundred and not exceeding one thonfand dollars,| 50
And if above one thousand dollars, 75
Provided, that if any bonds or notes shall be payable at or ‘
within sixty days, such bonds or notes shall be subject to
only two fifth parts of the duty aforefaid, viz.
If above twenty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars, 4
If above one hundred dollars & not exceeding five hundred dols. 10
If above five hundred dollars & notexceeding one thousand dols. e
If above one thousand dolars, ; 30
Any Notes iflued by the Banks now established, or. that may
hereafter be established within the United States, other than
the notes of fach of the said Banks as shall agree toan annual] -
composition, of one per centum on the annual dividends mad
by such Banks, to their Stockholders respectively, according
to the following scale. |
On all notes not exceeding fifty dollars, for each dollar, 6
On all notes above fifty dollars, and not exceeding one hun
dred dollars, §0
On all notes above one hundred dollars, and not exceeding
five hundred dollars, 1
On all notes above five hundred dollars, 5
Any Protelt or other Notarial a&, ‘ ok e
Any Letter.of Attorney, except for an invalid pension, or to
obtain or {el Warrants for Land granted by the United States|
as bounty for military services performed in the late war, 25
Any Certificate or Debenture for drawback of Customs or du-|
ties, for less than five hundred dollars, 1
For five hundred dollars & not exceeding two thousand dollars,| 2
For more than two thousand dollars, e 3 :
Any noteor bill of lading for goods ormerchandize to beexported,
" If from one diftri@& to another diftrit of the United States,
not being in the fame State, _ 10
If from the United States to any foreign port or place, 25
Any Inventory or Catalogue of any furniture, goods or effedts,
made in any case required by law, (except in cases of goods
and chattels diftrained for rent or taxes, and goods taken in
virtue of any legal process by any officer) 50
Any Certificate of a Share in any Insurance Company, of a
Share in the Bank of the United states, or of any State or ~
other Bank,
If above twenty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars, 10
If above one hundred dollars, 25
If under twenty dollars, at the rate of zen cents for 100 dollars. |
11. . '
The duties aforefaid will be collefted and received by the Supervisors, In
{pe&ors and other Officers of Infpedtion, in the several Diftri&s, Surveys and
Divisions of the United States, and by such other persons as shall from time
to time be specially appointed and employed by &e Bupervifors of Diftridts
for that purpose. '
IIL. yaik i
The Supervisors of the several Districts will, prior to the firft day of July
ensuing, and as soon as may be praicable, mark or stamp, without fee or
réwarf, any quantities or parcels of Vellum, Parchment or Paper, with any
of the rates of duties before enumerated, on payment of the said duties 3
Or stamped vellum, parchment and paper may at the option of the Citizens
of the United States, be obtained at the rates prescribed by law, by applica.-
sion to any Supervisor, Inspector, Officer of Inspection, or other person ap
pointed for the distribution of Stamz:. by the Supervisors of Diftriéts.
Given under my Hand, at Philadelphia | -
tlre day and year abovementioned. . .
OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury.
Elegant Mulflins.
7@# Received by '
PETER COFFIN,
A great variety of »
Klegant Im%"a Tambor’d Muslins.
A few pieces neatly fprig’d with
Gold and Silyer,
April 18, 1798, i by
Treasvry DepafrTmexr,
- March 30th, 1798.
Public notice is bereby given,
THAT by an.a& of Congress
pafled on the Igth day of March
1798, the following alterations and
amendments have been ‘made to the
act pafled on the 6th day of July 1797,
entitlgd “ An ac laying duties on
“ stamped vellum, parchment and
¢ paper.” :
) I
The stamp duties on debentures or
certificates for. the drawback of Cus
toms or duties on Imports, are re
pealed. |
IL
A discount at the rate of seven and
one half per centum, will be allowed
by the Supervisors or Infpe&ors re
spectively, to any persons other than
Officers of the Revenue, who may
purchase at one time or procure to
“be stamped, any quantities of Vellum,
Parchment or Paper, upon which the
duties shall amount to Ten Dollars or
upwards,
TH. .
Stamped Paper, will be provided,
and fold at the rates prescribed- by
law, without any additional charge
or expense on account of the price of
Paper ; but for stamped Parchment
or Vellum, an additional price will be
demanded at the rate of Fifty Cents
for each skin of Parchment, or Two
Hundred Cents for each skin of Vel.
lum of mediym size, which may be
furnifhed at the expense of the United
States and proportionally for any les
ser quantity. l
Given under my bhand, at Philadel- ;
phia, the day and year above.
menticned, \
OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary
of the Treasury.
State of New-Hampshire.
To Ebenezer Thompson, % clerk of the
proprietors of the townfnip of Peeling,
in the county of Grafton, in said
State. |
T HE subscribers, proprietors and
owners of more than one six
teenth part of the township of Peeling
aforefaid, request you to call a meet- 1
ing of the proprietors and owners of
land in Peeling aforefaid, to meet at |
the dwelling house of Peter Russell,
in Peeling aforefaid, on Monday the
4th day of Junme next, at 2 o’clock in
the afternoon, to vote and a& on the
follewing artitles, matters and things,
viz. i
it. To choose a moderator to go
vern said meeting. :
2d. To choose a proprietors clerk.
3d. To choose and appoint asses
sors and a colle®or with necessary
powers, »
4th. To ratify and confirm any
former votes or grants heretofore
made by the proprietors.
sth. To pass all necessary votes to
confirm or to regulate all or any for
mer pitches made upon certain lots
or parcels of land, or to fever and di
vide the common and undivided land,
or fell and difpafe of any or all the
common and undivided land, as they
think best for the interest of the pro.
prietors. :
6th. To fettle with the former
colle&er, treasurer, or any other per
son who may have money in their
hands belonging to the proprietors ;
also, to fettle and adjust all demands
against the proprietors. :
7th. To fettle with any perfor ei
ther by compromise or otherwise, as
they may think proper, who have ta
ken up or fettled on any land in said
town without leave of the proprie
tors. : \
Bth. To appoint am agent or a
gents with full power to fettle and
adjust any dispute relative to the lines
of {aid town, either in law or other
wise ; also any controversy in which
~ the proprietors may be concerned.
gth. To fee if the proprietors will
open any new roads in said town.
loth. To fee what sums of money '
-the proprietors will raise to defray the
expenses of dipropriety.
- THOMAS COGSWELL,
JONA. CILiEY. ,
- Gilmantown, March 10,1798,
- State of New-Hampthire.
April 10, 1798.
Pursuant to the above request, Ido
bereby notify and awarn the proprictors
- and owners of land in said Pecling, to
meet at the dwelling koufe of Peter Ruf-
Jelly in said Pecling, on Monday the 42h
day of §uhe next, at 2 o’clock in the af
2ernoon, then and there to vote and alt on
the several articles before mentioned.
- EBEN. THOMPSON, Prop’rs Clerk.
e g ettt e e e
'~ JUST RECEIVED,
AND T 0 BE SOLD BY
Joleph Bals,
At bis Shop in Portsmouth,
| AF INE affortmeng of Eng.lifh and
- American new GardenSEEDS;
- with a variety of Flower Seeds, toge
iber with 24 dozen beautiful Tus
. N. 8.,. A. few pounds warranted
- Dedham Turnip Seed. 'The Uphol
sterer’s business carried on at the above
Young Traveller -
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‘ N JILL §tand the entuing {eafon for the
purpose of covering, at the flable of
the {ubleriber, in Greenland, on the follow-
Ing terms :— Four dollars the single leap ;
eight dollars for the fealon, and ten dollars
to warrantacolt. YOUNG TRAVELLER
is four years old this {pring, and is about
154 hands high. He was fired by Traveller,
20 imported English horse of the firlt esti
mation, and came out of a mare that is ex.
cellent for every kind of service ; he is a
very handsome bay, firong built, and well
proportioned ; and is thought by good
Judges, to be one of the most clegaat ftep
ing horses now upon the flage.
SAMUEL AYERS.
Greenland, April 26, 1798.
——
State of New-Hampshire.
. Strafford, .
NOTICE is hereby given to the
proprietors and owners of land
in the town of Conway, in the county
aforefaid, that the proprietors of said
Conway, at their legal meeting held
at Conway on the 1t day of Sept.
1796, voted a tax of two dollars on
each original right or share in said
town,.and committed the fame to me
the subscriber to colle&, and that un
less the fame is paid to me with inci
dental charges, on or before Wednes
day the 6th day of June next, so
much of the undivided share of each
original right as will pay the fame,
will be fold at public audtion, at-my
dwelling house in Conway, at ten
o’clock, A. M. on said day.
No. Dis.
George Abbott, 45 2
Richard Ayers, 28 i 3
Jacob Ayers, 342
Daniel Foster, 46 2
Asa Kimball, 6 3
Joseph Eastman, jr. e 8
Henry Lovejoy, 6o 2
Moses Eastman, 40 2
Obadiah Eastman, o
Nathaniel Eastman, £ 3
Andrew Buntin, 7 2
Ephraim Carter, 28 2
Reuben Kimball, 3.3
Nathaniel Perly 23 2
Ebenezer Burbank, 49 2
Peter Ayers, 37 2
William Ladd, 36 2
Samuel Ayers, }
regrant 20 3
Samuel Colby,
Asa Foster, 64 2
Francis Carr, s 2
John Carr, 5§ 2
David Carr, 23 .3
Elias Heath, $ 3
Caleb Foster, . g% 8
John Marftin, 2.8
Wm. Ingalls, . 5y .2
Moses Foster, jt. 44 3
Samuel Ingalls, § 2
John Johnion, 30 2
James Burley, , 872
Jonathan Stevens, 24 2
Josiah Johnson, §3 2
Peter Parker, 48 2
John Temple, Esq. 61 2
Theodore Atkinson, 67 2
Nathaniel Barrell, - M
Peter Levius, Esq. 66 2
Jonathan Warner, Esq. 38 2
Clement March, Efg. 54 2
John Tufton Mason, 41 2
Henry Sherburne, Esq. = 15 2
Henry Young Brown for thc} 882
firft fettled Mimitter, _
The Glebe right, 51 2
School Right, g %
Daniel Warner, Esq. 69 2
Theodore Atkinson, jr. 83 @
Mark H. Wentworth, 80 2.
STEPHEN WEBSTER, Colle&or.
Conway, April 16, 1798.
PURSUANT to 2 requelt to me the
{ubfcriber, proprictors clerk for the
township of Concord, in the county of
Grafton, and State of New-Hawmpfhire,
from more than one sixteenth part of the
proprietors of said townthip ; I do hereby
notify said proprietors to meet at the house
of Maj. Samuel Young, innholder in said
Concord, on Tuesday the 2od day of May
next, at g of the clock, A. M, to aft on
the following particulars, to wit :
ift. To choose a moderator t 0 govern
said meeting. ‘ X
ed. To make such grant or grants to
such settlers as the proprietors may think
reaflonable.
gd. To fee if the proprietors will pro
ceed to make a division of their interest or
a part of it, agreeable to any allotments that
heretofore have been made, or proceed to
allot the township anew, and to divide the
fame as the proprictors may think best
when met. .
4th. To choose a committee to examine
into the‘bills of charge, and to allow the
fame. .
sth. To raise such {um or sums of money
as they may think best.
6th. To choose all such officers that shall
be neceflary for the g_ropricmu. ‘
JOSIAH LITTLE, Prop’rs Clerk
of. jﬁcd Concord.
"Newbury, April 3, 17¢8.
et et eet
~ TO BE.SOLD BY
Jeremiah Libbey,
o At kis flore in Market-firect; '
1 : Acquantity of .
Clower and Herds Grass Seed
- of a superior quality, -
- Portsmouth, April 21, 1798,
PWP Nk dusiiaim bl
FOR SALE BY
John Man,
Opposite the State-House,
_ Low for cash, '
RUM; Brandy 5 Gin ; Molasses 3
: Cotton ; Coffee ; Sugar; a quan.-
tity of Pollock Fish ; white Beans ;
Rye 5 Cheese 5 Iron Hollow Ware ;
. Nails ; Steel-pointed Iron Shovels g
Frying Pans ; Flat-Irons, with a ge
- meral assortment of Groceries, -
To the honorable FJokn Samuel Sherdurme,
Efg.one of the Justices assigned to keep the
Feace, in and throughout the State of
New-Hampshire.
‘ i‘ J E the fublcribers, owners of more
than one sixteenth part of the town
thip of Cockburne, in the county of Grafe
ton, and State aforefaid, do hereby requeit
you to notity and call a meeting of the pro.
prictors of the land in said townihip, to
teet at the dwelling house of Lt. Abel
Larnard, in said Cockburne, on Monday
the 28th day of May next, at 10 o’clock,
A. M. to confider of and aft apon the foi
lowing matters, if they shall think proper 3
Ift. To choole a moderator to govern
said meeting.
2d. To choole a clerk, assessors, collece
tor and treasurer.
gd. To cause a road 10 be laid out through
said town, have the fame efiablithed by legal
authority, and made fit for travelling.
4th. To cause the lines of the town to be
perambulated, and the land to be laid out
in one hundred acre lots, and to confirm
any surveys or lottings, that may or shall be
made, prior to the said meeting.
sth. To receive and adjust any accounts
that may be against the proprietors.
_ 6th. Toagree upon such meafuses as thall
be thought best to promote the fettlemene
of the townthip, and to confirm such settlers
in their lots, who have resided there more
than two years, on such terms as they may
think proper.
7th. To raise such sum or sums of mooey
from time to time by laxes, as shall be judg
ed expedient for roads or other expenfes,’
for promoting the interest of the proprictary.
Bth. To make division of a part or the
whole of the townthip among the proprie
tors by draught, when the fame is lotted oat,
gth. To agree on a method of calling
meetings of the proprietors in future. :
10th. To choole a commitice to carry
into cffe@ such of the above articles,
as shall be assigned them, and to give said -
committee authority from time to time, to
prosecute any trefpaflers, and defend any
attions, in which the proprietors may be
concerned.
Lattly, to tranfafl any other matters, re
lating to the interest of the proprictors, they
may thiok proper.
J. WHIPPLE, L
SAMUEL-SHERBURNE,
' JABEZ PARSONS,
JONAS MINOT,
State of New-Hampshire,
7 ‘Purfuant to the Joregeing aps
( L.S. ) plication, I hereby notify and
*\_ ¥ warn the proprictors of Cockburne
to meet at the time and place, and Jor the
purposes expreffod theren,
Given under my hand and seal, gt Portfs
mouth, the 23d day of April, 17¢8.
JOHN 8. SHERBU’R_‘\?E,
Jullice of the Peace, throughout aid Siate.
To the homrable Fohn Samuel Sherburne,
Lfquire, one of the Fuflices assigned te
keep the Peace, in and throughout the
State of New-Hampshire. . A
WE the fabfcribers, owners of more
than one fixreenth part of the town
thip of Colebrooke, in the county of Graf
ton, in {ad State, do hereby request you 1o
notify and call a 2 meeting of the proprictors
and owners of lands in fad township, to
meet at the house of Captain Hezekiah
Parsons, in said Colgbrooke, on Tuelday
the egth day of May next, st 10 o’clock,
A. M. to confider of and a& upon the fol
lowing matters if they shall fee fit :
Ift. To' choole a moderator to govern
said meering.
ed. To choose a clerk, afeflors, collec
tor and treasurer.
3d. To cause a road to be laid out
through the said town, have the fame eftab
lithed by legal authority, and made fir for
travelling.
4th. To cause the perambulating lines
of the town to be run, and the land to be
laid out into lots, or to confirm any surveys
or lottings that may or shall be made prior
to said meeting.
- sth. To receive and adjust any accounts
that may be against the proprictors.
6th. =To agree upon such measures as
shall be thought best 1o promote the settle
ment of the town{hip, and to confirm .such
settlers on their lots who have resided there
on more than two years, on {uch terms as
they may think proper.
7th. . To raise such sum or {ums of money
from time to time by taxes, as {hall be judg
ed expedient for roads or other expenles,
for promoting the interest of the proprictary.
Bth. To make division of a part or the
whole of the townthip, among the propries
tors, when the fame is lotted out.
oth. To agre¢ on a method of calling
meetings of the proprietary in future.
10th. To choole a committee to carry
into effet such of the foregoing articles as
shall be assigned them, and to give such
committee authority from time to time to
prosecute any trefpafles or defend any a&tion
in which the proprietors may be concerned.
Lastly, to tranfat any other matters, re
lating to the interest of the proprictary, that
they shall think proper.
J. WHIPPLE,
JABEZ PARSONS,
JONAS MINOT.
Bt
State of New-Hamplhire,
A Pursuant to the foregoing aps
( L. 8. )plz’cat:’on, I hereby notify and
#~_ s @arn the proprictors of Colebrooke
to meet at the time and_place, and for the
purposes thercin expressed. :
Given under my hand and fral at Ports
mouth, the e3d day of April, 1798,
jOHk S. SHERBURNE,
Fuftice of the Peace tAroughout said State,