The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1786-06-26 00:00:00, page 4

Gloucester county, state of New-Jersey, May I,
Anno Domini 1786.
Publick notice is hereby given to all per
sons whom it may concern,
THAT the subscriber John Porch, of the county of
Gloucester, in pursuance of an ad of the legisla
ture of the state of New-Jersey, made and passed at
Trenton, in the county of Hunterdon, on the eighth
day of October, in the year of our Lord one thouland
seven hundred and eighty-two, intitled, ' an aft for
the relief of perlons who have loft their deeds and
other instruments of writing containing the title of
their lands ;' intends to apply to the supreme court
of judicature, of the state of New-Jersey, to be held
at Trenton aforefaid, on the firft Tuesday in Septem
ber next, or where-ever the fame court shall at that
time be held, to remedy the loss of the following deeds
or instruments in writing, concerning his title to a
trad or tracts of lands, containing by estimation two
hundred and fifty acres of land, lying and being in the
township of Deptford, in the county of Gloucester
aforefaid, one hundred acres of which were formerly
surveyed unto Thomas Langley, deceased, on or about
the 16th February, Anno Domini 17x4, or thereabouts'
and is recorded or supposed to be recorded in the sur
veyor general's office at Burlington, in a book called
Bull's Book, folio 22 ; the remaining one hundred and
fifty acres whereof, were surveyed unto a certain Wil
liam Arrell, on or about 17th March, Anno Domini
1737, and recorded in the fame office, in book M.
folio 343, that is to fay,
I. A deed from Andrew Jones to his son John Jones,
in fee for one hundred acres, part of the tract so iurvey
cd as aforefaid, unto Thomas Langley.
2. A deed from Richard Arrell, son of the aforefaid
William Arrell, for fifty acres (part of the aforefaid
lands so surveyed to the said William) unto John
Jones in fee.
3. A deed from John Jones, for the one hundred
and fifty acres atorefaid, unto John Porch in fee.
4. A deed from the said Richard Arrell, for one
hundred acres (residue of the one hundred and fifty
acres so surveyed as aforefaid, unto William Arrell)
unto Jonathan Williams in see-simple.
5. A deed from the said Jonathan Williams, unto
William Kidd, for the fame one hundred acres in fee.
6. A deed from the said William Kidd, for the
fame one hundred acres to John Porch. All which
said deeds have been loft by the devastation of the
enemy, or other unavoidable accident.
3m* JOHN PORCH.
Notice is hereby given,
To all persons concerned, that the lubfcriber, hav
ing, by unavoidable accident, loft the deed of
conveyance, executed to him and his wife Frances,
by Abraham Duboys, deceased, father of the said
Frances, for two hundred and sixty-sour acres of land,
situated in the townlhip of Hillfborough, and county
of Somerset, means to apply to the supreme court of
the state of New-Jersey, in September term next, in
order to have the said lands assured to him, accord
ing to an aft of the legislature of this state, in such
case made and provided.
BROGUN HUFF.
Hillfborough, May 22, 1786. 3 m
Three Pounds Reward.
(STOLEN out of the liable of the subscriber, on the
° night of the tenth instant, a sorrel mare, near fif
teen hands high, nine years old, trots and canters,
grey mane, has loft her near eye, and has a rupture
on one fide scarcely perceivable. Whoever secures said
mare, and returns her to the owner, shall be intitled
to the above reward if taken above forty miles from
home, if within that distance, one guinea, and all
reasonable charges, paid by ISRAEL CLARKE.
Stony-Brook, April 12, 1786. 4w * t. f.
DRUGGIST STORE.
THOMAS FALCONER,
Is now opening for sale at this place, wholesale and
retail,
AT the house of doctor Bellville, next door to mr.
Joseph Milnor's, a large and general assortment
of frelh medicines, which he means to dispose of so
as to merit the attention of the inhabitants as well as
the gentlemen of the faculty. He makes bold to as
sure those who may honour him with their commands,
that nothing on his part shall be wanting to render
fatisfaftion.
Trenton, June 3, 1786. 4 w*
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^of Intelligence are thankful,y received % all Manner of printing Work ^^ and by whom E ^^ nd ^
A GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
UNDER the direction of the Rev. Andrew Hunter,
is now opened at Woodbury, nine miles from
the city of Philadelphia, where the Greek, Latin and
English languages are taught with great attention to
quantity and pronunciation ; also several other ufeful
branches of science.
An examination of the scholars will be holden every
three months, when gentlemen who choose to attend
may judge of their improvement, and the method of
teaching. Convenient accommodations may be had in
the town, in families where regularity and good mo
rals prevail.
May 1, 1786. 3m
TO BE SO L D,
A valuable Trad of LAND,
CONTAINING 300 acres, situate within three miles
°f Trenton, in the county of Burlington, and
townlhip of Nottingham, and within 2 miles of Lam
berton, where it is expected the federal town will be
ereCted. On said trad there is clay and wood fuffici
ent to make brick for the building, it being all woodland,
except twelve acres; one hundred of it may be made
good meadow, which may be laid from fix inches to
one foot under water, or kept dry all winter, as the
purchaser shall please ; and contiguous to it there is
great range for cattle. Paper money, notes given to the
officers and soldiers of the Jersey line, and final settle
ment of their pay, loan-office certificates, and notes
given by Benjamin Thompson, Esq. will be taken in
payment. For further particulars enquire of Robert
Pearson, in Nottingham, Joseph Milnor or the sub
scriber in Trenton. JOSEPH HIGBEE.
N. B. The meadow-land is a deep rich foil, and not
fubjed to be flooded.
May 28, 1785. ts
1 0 ITE SO L D,
AT PUBLICK VENDUE,
ON Thursday the 6th of July next, the pleasantly
situated feat of the late doctor Lewis Johnson,
at Perth-Amboy, containing two hundred and nine
acres; it will be fold in two lots, as it is conveniently
situated to be laid off into two genteel feats. There
will likewise be fold, several commodious lots and wa
ter lots, part of the estate of Henry Cuyler, late de
ceased. Likewise, to be fold on the fame day, a com
modious water lot, extending in front on Water-
Street twenty-fix feet, and in rear to low water
mark; on which there is a new well built storehouse,
thirty-fix feet long and twenty-two wide, with an ex
cellent dry cellar under it. The conditions will be
made known at the time and place of sale, by
JAMES PARKER,
BOWES REED.
June 10, 1786. 4 w
A quantity of excellent
WRITING-PAPER,
To be fold, wholesale and retail, by the Printer.
Publick notice is hereby given,
THAT the subscriber intends to make application
to the supreme court of the state of New-Jersey,
in the term of September next, to be then held at Tren
ton, to supply the loss of the deeds for a trafl or tra&s
of one hundred and three acres of land and swamp, or
thereabouts, in the townlhip of Woolwich, in Glou
cester county, one hundred acres of which were sur
veyed for Samuel Shevers, of Gloucester county, de
ceased, on or about the 24th February 1737-8, and are
bounded, and luppofed to be bounding, on lands of
Hendrickson-John Ladd, Isaac Helm, and others, and
which fame one hundred acres were conveyed unto
William Watson, the father of the subscriber, in fee
by the fame Shevers, and now belongs to
WILLIAM WATSON,
of Woolwich, Gloucester county.
Ma y 15, 1786. 3m*
PURSUAN I' to the directi
ons contained in the aft, intitled, ' An ad: to
call in all contractors and surplus certificates, to issue
state notes to the holders, and to procure a more ac
curate estimate of the state debt :'
Notice is hereby given,
That the lubfcriber will open an office for the li
quidation and settlement of such of the above describ
ed certificates as shall be presented to him for that
purpole, at Daniel Halsey's, in Morristown, on the third
day of May next, and continue ten days; at major
Egbert s, in Bruniwick, on the fitteenth, and conti
nue two weeks; at John Anderton's, in Rahway, the
twenty ninth; and at William Scuddar's, in Weft-
Field, the fifth of June, and continue one week at
each place; at Samuel Mun's, Newark Mountains, the
twelfth of June, and continue two weeks; at Adam
Boyd's, in Hackinfack, the twenty-sixth of June; at
Garret Hopper's, in Paramus, the third of July; at
in Pompton, the tenth; at Phineas
Randolph's, in Suckafunna, the seventeenth; at Hoag
land's, in Sussex, the twenty-fourth; at Willis's, at
Sussex Courthouse, the thirty-firft ; at the widow Swa
zey's, in Oxford, the seventh of August ; at David
M'Pherfon's in Quaker-Town, the fourteenth ; at Tho
mas Bulman's, in Pennington, the twenty-firft; at
Skilman's, in Somerset, the twenty-eighth ;
at Samuel Annin's, the fourth of September, and con
tinue in each of these places one week; and at Daniel
Halsey's, in Morristown, the eleventh of September,
and continue until the firft day of October, at which
time his office will be closed. At the above times and
places he will fettle and adjust all such certificates as
Ihall be presented to him, which have been given by
the fuperintendant of purchases, contractors, collectors,
agents, and commissioners, for the payment of which
the state is accountable. All persons holding such
certificates are therefore requested to take particular
notice of the above times and places, as the law li
mits the time for tranfaCting this business to the
firft of October aforefaid, and all those will be
finally excluded which are not brought in before that
time. SILAS CONDICT, Commissioner.
March is, 1786. t. f.
By the United States in Con
gress assembled,
NOVEMBER 2, 1785.
ON a report of the board of treasury,
to whom was referred a letter of the
24th Odober, from J. Pierce, commissi
oner of army accounts :
Resolved, That all persons having
claims for services performed in thel
tary department, be directed to exl
the fame for liquidation, to the cornu A
oner of army accounts, on or before the
firft day of August ensuing the date here
of; and that all claims under the descripti
on above-mentioned, which may be exhi
bited after that period, shall forever there
after be precluded from adjustment or al
lowance; and that the commissioner of
army accounts, give publick notice of
this resolve, in all the Rates, for the space
of fix months.
6m CHA. THOMSON, Sec'ry.
HEREAS John Ansley, esquire, of the kingdom
VV of Great-Britain, has been specially appointed
under the authority of an ad of the British parliament,
intitled,' an aft for appointing commissioners further
to enquire into the losses and services of all such per
lons who have fuffcred in their rights, properties and
profeffions, during the late unhappy diffentions in
America, in consequence of their loyalty to his ma
jesty and attachment to the British government,' to repair
to the United States of America, for the purpose of hear
ing, enquiring and examining into such fads and cir
cumstances, and collecting such information as may
be material, for the better afeertaining the several
claims which have been presented under the authority
of the above mentioned or any former aft:
Notice is therefore hereby given,
That the said John Ansley has opened an office in
Broad-Street, in the city of New-York, and entered
upon the execution of the trusts in him vested.
And whereas an inquiry has been accordingly insti
tuted into the cases of James Delancey, esquire, Fre
derick Philipfe, esquire, brigadier-general Oliver De
lancey, mr. Isaac Low, mr. Hugh Wallace, mr. Alex
ander Wallace, colonel Beverley Robinson, colonel
Roger Morris, Robert Bayard, esquire, and colonel
James Delancey, in the firft instance; all persons
therefore in any way interested in the enquiry above
mentioned, cither as friends, relatives or agents, to
prove the titles of the claimants, or as creditors hav
ing demands on the estates confifcated, either by way
of mortgages, bond debts or otherwise, are hereby re
quested to notify the fame at the said office, by let
ter directed to John Ansley, esquire, Broad-Street,
New-York, as soon as conveniently may be, fpecify
ing the sum or sums of money in demand, together
with the date thereof, to the end that justice may be
done in the premises, and that such further orders, di
rections and appointments may be made as the cir
cumstances of each case may require, and that the
fame may in due time be examined into and afeertain
ed accordingly.
Office of Claims, Broad-Street, New-York,
May 29, 1786. 3 w
TO BE S O L D,
Wholesale and retail by the subscriber, at his manu
factory, in Mount-Holly, a quantity of grass and
cradling
S CYTH E S.
HAVING been regularly bred to this business in
Philadelphia, and wishing only to succeed in his
sales by the goodness of his metal and workmanship,
he flatters himfelf he shall give fatisfadion to all per
sons who will oblige him with their custom. Retail
ers, to whom it may be more convenient to get them
at Trenton, may be supplied by the dozen, by apply
ing to Conrad Kotts, with whom a number will be
left for that purpose. JOHN DOBBINS.
May 13, 1786. 7w*
TO BE SOL D,
AT PUBLICK VENDUE,
ON Monday the tenth day of July next, at three
o'clock in the afternoon, at the sign of the col
lege in Princeton, two lots of ground, situate in said
town, on the north fide of the main street, as follows:
No. I. Containing in front, on said street, sixty-one
feet or thereabouts, and in depth five hundred and
forty-three feet, more or less.
No. 2. Adjoining of fame dimensions, No. i,
a two story frame house and small kitchen th
late the estate of Alexander Gaa, deceased.
conditions of sale, one third of the money dowi
third in a year after, the other third in two years
with interest and security on the premises. By order
of the orphan's court.
. ROBERT M'GEE, Admr.
Princeton, May 22, 1786. 6w*