The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1783-03-05 00:00:00, page 1

Ringwood Iron-Works, Dec. 20, 1782.
TO BE SOL D,
'The remaining stock of the American Ringwood
Company, consisting of the following articles, viz.
REFINED bar iron, several tons of hoop iron,
suitable for the flitting-mill, to be made into
nail rods; a large quantity of old iron, suitable for
blackfmiths’ use, to be fold cheap, do. of forge and
furnace plates, forge hammers, anvils, &c. of the
belt quality, several pair of furnace and forge bel
lows, a large assortment of all forts of furnace and
forge tools, do. of blackfmiths’ tools, consisting of
bellows, anvils, vises, bickhorns, hammers, &c. &c.
several complete sets of nailers' tools, a quantity
of miners' 'tools, do. of cart and waggon boxes,
do. of saw-mill plates, whip saws, cross-cut, hand
and frame saws, a large assortment of carpenters’
and joiners’ tools, two pair of grist-mill stones, a
quantity of well seasoned pine bellows plank, a few
articles of household furniture, consisting of feather
beds, dieets, blankets, &c. Application to be made
to the subscriber at Ringwood.
EBENEZER ERSKINE.
N. B. Best steel scale beams, fit to weigh from
seven pounds to half a ton, cast metal weights, from
7 to 112 pounds, two good eight day clocks. . gw
T~O BE SOLD,
BY the subscriber, a plantation, containing 216
acres, lying in Upper Freehold, Monmouth
county; there is on said place a comfortable dwel
ling-house, a good barn, an excellent well of water
at the door, with a good orchard, and a number
of other fruit trees, about thirty acres of meadow
ready made, and thirty or thirty-five acres of ex
ceeding good wood-land, the rest of the land pro
perly divided into fields, with a living stream of wa
ter running through each field. The title indisputa
ble, and may be entered on immediately. For fur
ther particulars apply to
GILBERT LONGSTREET,
Feb. 5, 1783. c. t. f. near the premiles.
r r HE subscriber takes this method to inform
I the publick, that he has taken a convenient
house near the bridge at Frankfort, live miles from
this city, where he has provided every thing neces
sary and comfortable for the entertainment of tra
vellers and others, as well as stabling and provender
for horses. Those who will be kind enough to fa
vour him with their custom may depend upon the
best usage and attendance in his power to give. Al
- to be LET by the fame person, at the fame
place, a brick house and garden, with near twenty
acres of good land adjoining, part of which is newly
cleared; this may be entered upon the 25th of
March or theist of April next.
JAMES MARTIN, .Post-rider.
Philadelphia, Dec. 16, 1782. c. t. f.
DANIEL VAN-VOORHIS,
GOLD-SMIT H,
HAVING removed from Philadelphia, takes this
method to inform his friends in particular, and
the publick in general, that he has now opened ihop
in Princeton, a small didance to the eastward of the
College, where he intends carrying on his business
An all its branches, and shall always be happy to re
ceive the commands of those who choose to employ
him, and they may rest assured that their work ihall
be executed with dispatch, in' the neatest manner,
the newest fafliions, and on the most reafeaable
terms, he being enabled to execute bis work at a
lower price than it can be done in Philadelphia.
He MAKES and SELLS
URNS, Punch drainers,
Coffeepots, Table fpobns,
Teapots, Tea spoons,
Sugardifhes, Sugar tongs,
Slopbowls, Desert spoons,
Tankards, Shoe and knee buckles,
Candlesticks, of a great variety of
Sauceboats, patterns,
Pint, and half-pint cans, Sciffors : chains,
Milkpots, Pinc^don-hoops and
Water do. chains,
Soupe ladles, Gold and silver fieeve
Casters and stands, buttons,
Salts, Gold and silver broaches,
Punch ladles, „ Gold beads and chains.
N. B. lie ltiewii c gives the highest price for old
gold and diver, 3m im
[Vol. Vl.] THE [Numb. 27l.]
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
WEDNESDA Y, March 5, 1783.
TO BE SOL D,
The following tracts of land, lying in Middlesex
county:
A Plantation lying near George’s road, adjoining
Swego mill, known by the name of Saplin-
Ridge, within seven miles of Brunswick; there is
on it a good new frame house, a new English frame
barn, a young bearing orchard, about ninety acres
of the said tradt cleared, and a fufficient quantity
of meadow may be made on it ; the land is very
fertile and well timbered.
Also five hundred acres of land adjoining the
Crossroads, whereon Richard Slover now lives ; this
trad: will be fold altogether or separately, as may
best suit the purchasers: On this place is a good
convenient house, a good barn, and as fine an or
chard for bearing as any in the date.
Also a trad tof land containing one hundred and
twenty-seven acres, adjoining lands of Jacobus Sni
decker and Thomas Wetheiill, on which a great
deal of meadow may be made ; this trad is unim
proved. For terms of sale enquire of Samuel Tuck
er, Esq. at Trenton, or Thomas Lawrence, Esq. at
Princeton.
State of New-Jersey, February 11, 1783. 3m
Notice is hereby given,
r rHAT a court will be held at the dwellinghoufe
l of Ephraim Harris, Esquire, on Thursday the
13th day of March next, at ten o’clock in the fore
noon of the said day, then and there to try the
truth of the facts alledged in the bills of Captain
William Low, against the armed boat Blacksnake,
her tackle, apparel and furniture, lately commanded
by Andrew Gillis, and bound from New- York on a
cruize in the river Delaware, and captured by the
said William Low in a small creek of the said river,
on the 31st day of January last: Likewise against
a small Hoop, her tackle, apparel and furniture,
name unknown, burthen about ten tons, said to
have been late the property of Amos Irelan, cap
tured by the said armed boat in the afertfaid creek,
and re-captured by the said William Low in the
river Delaware, on the day aforefaid : Likewise
agaiuft an oyfterboat, her tackle, apparel and furni
ture, name unknown, said to have been late the pro
perty of Daniel Taylor, captured in the f,id creek
by the armed boat aforefaid, and re-captured by the
said William Low on the day aforefaid : And like
wise against a certain schooner, name unknown,
burthen about 28 tons, her tackle, apparel, furni
ture and cargo, consisting of a quantity of wheat
and corn, bound from Duck-Creek to Philadelphia,
and captured by the said armed boat in the river
Delaware, and re-captured in the said river by the
said William Low on the 3d of February, inst. to
the end and intent that the owner or owners, or
any other person claiming the said vessels, or any
of them, or any part of them or their cargoes, may
appear and shew cause, if any they have, why the
said vessels, &c, Ihould not be condemned to the
captors, agreeably to the prayer of the said bills.
WILLIAM LOW.
Cumberland, Feb. 10, 1783. jwf
To be fold or rented,
To be rented at publick vendue, on Wednesday the
12th day of March next (it not rented or fold at
private sale before,)
^rHE noted and well situated tavern-house, barn
L and stables, with forty-four and a half acres of
good meadow and paftnre land, and fix acres of fait
meadow, now in possession of Cornelius Baker, inn
keeper at Woodbridge, Rahway.
Also a house and-barn, with about 30 acres of
good meadow and pasture land, and 5 acres of fait
meadow—There is on said tenement an excellent
young bearing orchard of about 150 apple-trees,
part of which are of the best grafted fruit. —The
above premises lying in two corners of the Crols-
Roads, the one leading from Bound-Brook to Rah
way landing, the other from New-Brunswick to
Elizabeth-Town, which divides the said tenements,
which road the Philadelphia and Elizabeth-Town
Rages constantly drive. Any person desirous of buy
ing or renting before the firtt day of March, may
know the terms by applying to the subscriber at
Middle-Brook, near Bound-Brook; and if not dis
posed of by the firft day of March, the vendue will
be opened the 12th, at one o’clock in the afternoon
on the premises, where the conditions will be made
known by MATTHIAS BAKER.
Middle-Brook, Somerset county, December 10,
1782. 1 c. t. f.
IMPORTED
From France, in the ship Congress, late
ly arrived at Baltimore, and now fel
ling at the Printing-Office in Trenton,
A PARCEL of chintzes of the firß
quality, and most elegant patterns;
alio, cambricks and lawns, hair ribands,
and ladies best kid, and gentlemens bea
ver gloves.
Where also may be had,
Good Teneriffe wine, by the barrel or
gallon, rum and molasses by the hhd.
barrel or gallon, sugar by the box, hun
dred or pound, soap by the box, dozen
or pound, window glass by the box, &c.
E IG ^DC^ARSIIE WARD.
n AN away from the subscriber, living in Bucks
county, Plumftead townihip, on the 25th of
December last, a likely young negro man, about
23 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high ; had on
when he went away a scarlet coat, light coloured
jacket, buckfkm breeches, blue yarn flockings, and
it is most likely he will pass for a free man, as he
has been used to driving a carriage and tending rid
ing horses. Any person apprehending said negro,
and securing him in any gaol, so that the owner may
have him again, shall be entitled to the above re
ward, and reasonable charges paid by
WILLIAM HART.
February 22, 1783. gw±
, N. B. Said negro has been seen in Brenton fre
quently, and any person apprehending said man,
and delivering him to Mr. Nathaniel Burrows, near
the new ferry, fcall be entitled to the reward.
T O BE 8 □ ITT ~
The 20th of March next, on 'he premises, at pub
lick vendue,
A MOST valuable trad of land, in Lancaster
coumy, Donccdli towrd: ip, containing 560
acres, and ai allowance of fix per cent, far ro^N
about 150 .acres whereof are cleared, the timber on
the remainder is extremely large, cor filing chi-Tv ( f
walnut, hickory and oak. The fai :.
most the firft for goodness of any in that rici: nek
bourhood, and remarkable for sure crops, a very
healthy situation, and plenty of good water. There
are about 20 acres of watered meadow, which may
be encreafed to more than double the quantity, by
a few days labour, the stream being very plentiful.
The orchard is large, and remarkable for tne surest
and greatest quantity of fruit of any in the county,
which has been fully proved for a number of years
past. There is a large dwellinghoufe on the pre
mises, intended for four rooms on a floor, but not:
finifhed; also out-houses. Distance from the bc
rough of Lancaster 18 miles, and 3 from the river
Sufquehannah (where great quantities of shad and
other fifh are caught in their seasons) and very con
venient to different places of worship. This land
has always been occupied by the original locator,
James Allison, and his son, until my purchase. A
good title and immediate possession will be given,
and the terms of payment made easy, as three-fourth
parts of the money may be on interest.
JOHN MEASE.
Philadelphia. February tt, 1783. gwt
B S 0 171),
At publick vendue, on the premises, on Tuesday
the 18th day of March,
A Valuable plantation, containing 456 acres of
" good land, well watered and timbered, lituate
in that pleasant neighbourhood of Penns-Neck, with
in two miles of Princeton, and in view of the col
lege, in the county of Middlesex, and state of New-
Jersey ; about 40 acres of meadow, 30 acres of in
terval, which has been kept to grate, and suitable:
for a dairy, and applied to that use several years;
about 230 acres of good tillable land, suitable for
either grass or grain ; a good bearing orchard of
about sco apple-trees of grafted fruit, and many
other kinds of summer fruit ; a convenient dwell,
ing-houfe, with a well of good water at the door
a large barn and convenient out-hcufes, such a
waggon-houfe, cribs for storing Indian corn, &c. &<
Payments made easy by ? J OHN Schenck,
Joseph SCHENCK.
Windsor, Feb. 25, 1783. 3w ;|