The Pennsylvania ledger, or, The Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, & New-Jersey weekly advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-11-16 00:00:00, page 1

PENNSYLVANIA LEDGER:
Philadelphia, October 29, t??''
THE Publishers of the several weekly NEWS
PAPERS in this City, are under the disa
greeable Necessity of informing their Subscribers,
that the extraordinary Advance in the Price of Pa
per, and other Materials in the Frmt^g Business,
has obliged them to raise the Price to FIF I
SHILLINGS per Annum; and they hope their
Customers will not take it amiss to find that Price
charged from and after the First Day of January
next.—Those who should not incline to have the
Papers sent after that Time, are desired to call and
discharge their Arrears; such as do not, we shall
conclude they agree to the advanced Price, and
shall continue to fend them accordingly.—Persons
subscribing for -he Papers after this Date to be
charged Fifteen Shillings per Annum, and to
pay 6d Entrance.
HALL and SELLERS.
Wm. and THOMAS BRADFORD.
JOHN DUNLAP.
JAMES HUMPHREYS, junr.
CT Philadelphia: Printed by James Humphreys, junr. in Font-Jlreet, at the Corner of Blacks
horse Alley:—Where Essays, Articles of News, Advertisements, &c. are gratefully received and impartially inserted. And
Where Subscriptions are taken in for this Paper, at Fifteen Shillings per Year.
A Few Sets of
Lord Chefterfield's Letters
May be had of the PRINTER.
Those Subferibers who have not yet compleated
their Sets of the following Work are requeued
to do it immediately, or perhaps they may be
too late.
Just published and to be fold, by
JAMES HUMPHREYS, junr.
J The corner of Black-horse Alley, Front-Rreet,
The compleated: Edition yet published of
The W ORKS of the
Rev'd. Laurence Sterne, A. M.
Prebendary of York, and Vicar of Sutton on the
Forest, and of Stillington near York;
In Five Volumes ;
containing:
The Life of the Author.
The Life and Opinions of Triftram Shandy, Gen
tleman.
Yorick's Sermons—Forty-five of the best moral
Discourses ever delivered from the Pulpit.
Yorick's Sentimental Journey through France and
Italy.
The History of a Watch-coat, —a Political Ro
mance.
Yorick's Letters to Eliza, and
Sterne's Letters to his Friends, on various Occa
sions; which were never before published in any
Edition of his Works.
THREE DOLLARS Reward.
STRAYED or stolen out of Hugh Watt's pas
ture, Hanover township, Lancaster county, A
bright bay HORSE, eleven or twelve years old,
with a speck on the right eye, branded on the left
shoulder and right buttuck with the letter M, a
saddle mark on his wither that the hair has not yet
grown on, newly Ihod on the fore feet and trots all.
Whoever takes up the said horse and fends him to
Hugh Watt abovementioned, or to the subscriber
living in Connogochicg, Cumberland county, or
to Col. Potters old place, shall have the above re
ward and all reasonable charges
11 JOHN GIBSON.
RA N away the 18th instant, a Negro man na
med DICK, by trade a blacksmith, about
twenty two years of age, near five feet fix inches
high. He had on. when he went away, aLondon
brown short coat with yellow buttons, a scarlet
jacket which had been turned, with yellow buttons,
striped ticken trousers, an old beaver hat. new
pumps, and plated buckles. It is supposed he is in
or near this city, working at his trade. Whoever
brings the said Negro 10 the subscriber, shall have
TWENTY SHILLINGS reward.
November 16, 1776.
Philad O&ober 19. ALEXANDER TOD
in Front-street, two doors above Chefnut-Greet,
WEEKLY ADVERTISE R.
Or the Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New-Jersey
S A T U R DAY, November 16, 1776.
Just Printed, published, and now felling By
ROBERT BELL
In Third fireet, Philadelphia (price half a dollar.)
THE BATTLE of BUNKER'S HILL. A
dramatic piece of five a&s, in heroic measure.
By a Gentleman of Maryland.
. Pulchrumque mori fuccurrit in armis. Virg.
'Tis glorious to die in battle.
N. B. At said Bell's may now be had all the
new publications on the Military Art; also a con
siderable variety of books in Navigation, and other
branches of the Mathematics.
Middletown Township, Cumberland County Nov. q.th.
On Monday, the 2d day of December next, will be
SOLD at public vendue, by the fubferibers, ex
ecutors of the IaJI will and testament of Robert
Callender, of the township aforejaid, deceased,
upon the premises,
AL L the valuable plantation and trad of about
1200 acres of excellent Lime flone Land, lately
advertised to be fold at private sale, situate in East
Pennfborough township in the County aforefaid,
about ten miles Eastward of the town of Carlifle,
on the great road leading from Harris's ferry to the
said town; whereon are erected and built, one ex
cellent merchant mill and law mill adjacent, both
in very good repair and now in the tenure of Mr.
Francis 'Silvers, at one hundred and forty pounds
per annum on a never failing dream of water, known
by the name of Silvers spring, the head of which
is not one mile distant from the said mills, and
abounds with the fineft of trout, is in a plentiful
Country for wheat and all kinds of grain; the mill
house is built of lime done, two dories high and
has in it two pair of stones, two boulting cloths
and hoisting works, the whole of whicli go by wa
ter; together with a new two dory done dwelling
house and large done barn, now, with part of the
land, in the tenure of Mr. John M'Curdy, who
keeps a public house of entertainment, for which
business it is mod advantageously situated; —allo
one other very large two dory done dwelling house
and frame barn, with other tables and out houses,
which is with another part of the laid land, in the
tenure of another person, this trad may be conve
niently divided into three plantations, each getting
a fufficiency of water and timber ground to turn
into meadow, and is by those who know it deemed
as valuable an estate, according to the quantity of
land, as is now to be fold on the Continent, and
will be fold either together or in leparate trads; a
clear and indisputable title will be given for the fame
and credit for part of the purchase money, on pay
ing interest for the fame il required, by
FRANCES CALLENDER,Executrix.
WILLIAM NEIL, )
WILLIAM IRWIN, (Executors.
MATTHIAS SLOUGH.)
THREE POUNDS Reward.
7 TAKEN out of a house in this city in the af
ternoon of the 29th of lad month, a bellied
SILVER PINT CANN, marked on the bottom
Y
T M. Three Pounds reward will be given, and
no quellions asked, to any person who will either
produce,it to the Printer of this paper, or give in
formation, whereby it may be and is obtained. If
it should be offered for sale, or otherwise come to
the knowledge of any honelt person, the favour of
their informing the Printer will be gratefully ac
knowledged, besides paying the above reward to
any perlon who chufes to accept it.
Chambers Town, OCober 18, 1776.
FIFTY POUNDS Reward.
WAS taken out of the fubferibers Store, at the
Warm Springs in Virginia, on the 18th of
September last, a large parcel of PAPER MONEY,
and about Thirty Pounds in GOLD & SILVER;
tis supposed the above money was stolen by a Robert
Armstrong, who was a Clerk in the said Store, he
is about five feet three inches high, about 24 years
of age. Whoever apprehends the Thief, and se
cures the Money so as the owner gets it again, shall
receive the above reward, paid by
/ JAMES ELLIOT
THE
Sir, For the benefit of others labouring under the
fame misfortune, / define that you may publish the
cure you made of my wen which was growing on the
back of my neck for eighteen years, during which time
I applied to all the Surgeons in our parts, and had
also a consultation of most of the eminent surgeons in
the city of Philadelphia, but all agreed that if 1 had
it cut I should loose the use of my neck or bleed to
death; thinking then there was no hope but to drag
this much aficted load with me to my grave, and
which had already rendered me incapable of turning
in bed but with the greateJi difficulty, in this condi
tion I applied to you, who in a few months took out
the wen with very little pain, and soon healed up the
wound, and lam now returning home whole. I am,
yours Casper Singes, tanner in Lancaster.
To Dr. Yeldall.
DOCTOR YELDALL may be consulted
at his Medicinal Warehouse a few doors above
Archftreet in Frontftreet, in all cases of Phyfc and
Surgery. Those who may want his assistance in the
city may be waited on at their houses; those who
live in the country, may, by fending an account of
their disorders, have advice and medicines sent, and
the cure compleated in as short a time as the cir
cumstances of complaint will admit and if not cure
able they will be inform'd of it, so that they need
not put themselves to further trouble or expence.
Any poor person wanting his assistance may have it
gratis by applying every Monday.
The Doctor thinks it needless to fay any thing of
his abilities, his well known travels throughout most
of the United States, the great number of operati
ons performed by him, and the many furprizing
though well attested cures already published speak
more powerfully than any thing that can be here
inserted.
Sir. Having a cancer in my lip which made such a
rapid progress, that in one year it had confirmed great
part of it, l applied to an eminent Jurgeon, but he
told me it had gone too far; hearing that you had
cured feme of the like, although I am now in the 76th
year of my age, 1 applied to you, who in half a
minute took out the cancer and in a few days healed
up the place, so as scarce to be observed from whence
the cancer was taken. 1 def:re that this may be made
public. I am, Sir, yours, J. Menges, living in
Amwell township, New-Jersey.
Sir, For the benefit of other persons you may make
my cure public. 1 had a wen growing on my neck for
four years which you took out without much pain, and
when out, weighed one pound and an ounce, which I
left in your ware house for the infpeflion of the curi
ous. / am, Sir, yours John Rouse, Manington
township, Hefl-New-Jerfey.
Sir, For the benefit of others I desire that you make
my cure public. 1 was growing blind for seven
years, and totally blind for one, and being in my 73d
year, I dejpaired of ever recovering my fight, but my
children being willing to do all they could for me re
queued me to apply toyou, who in one minute brought
me to fight, and I am now returning home with that
inefimable blessing once more to behold the face of my
children and acquaintance. 1 am, Sir, your's,
Peter Gotten, Providence township, Pennsylvania.
Sir, As I am recovered to fight I think it my duty
to publish it that those who want that ineJlimable
blessing may know where to apply for a cure. I was
blind for two years, a. I as my brother was in the
like condition and had applied to many but without
success I made myfelf as easy as possible under my af
ficlion, but hearing a news paper read wherein my
brother's name was inserted, setting forth he was then
refiored to fight, I ca,me to town, and my brother who
was brought to fight by you had the pleafare of feeing
me rejiored in one minute, and I am now going home
to carry the news of it to my family and acquaintance,
remaining, Sir, yours, John Beil, living in Sher
man's valley, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania.
,* To set down the many furprizing cures
performed this summer by Doctor Yeldall would
take up too mucli room. Those who would be
further fatisfied are desired to apply to him at his
house, a few doors above Arch-fired in Front-ftreeG
Genuine Keyfer's Pi!ls,
To be had of the Printer
Numb. XCV.