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' 1 his diftin&ion between legislation and taxation, is
' essentially necessary to liberty. The crown, the peers,
' are equally legislative powers with the commons: If
' taxation be then a point of simple legislation, the
' crown, the peers, have rights in taxation as well as
' yourselves ; rights which they will claim, which they
' will exercile, whenever the principal can be fuppotted
' by power.
' The commons of America, represented in their fe
' veral assemblies, have ever been in possession of the
' exercise of this their constitutional right of giving and
' granting their own money, they would have been slaves
' if they had not enjoyed it ; at the fame time, the
' Kingdom, as the supreme governing and legislative
' power, has always bound the Colonies by her laws, by
' her regulations, reflriftions in trade, navigation, in
' manufactures, in every article whatsoever, except that
of faking their monies, out of their pockets without
•heir c^nfent. Here then I would draw the line,
9u&m ultra utraq ; mequit confiftcre return.
The following Vote expressive of the Gratitude of the
Town for the benevolent Assistance received from the
other Colonies under our present Calamities, and the
kind Recommendation of the late refpefbible Conti
nental Congress for future Support,—paffed Nem. Con.
WHEREAS the Town of Boston is unfortunately be
come the most striking Monument of Ministerial
Tyranny and Barbarity, as is particularly exhibited in tbe
sudden putting up this Port, and thereby cruelly depriving
the Inhabitants of this Metropolis of tbe Means they have
hitherto used to support their Families, and thereby reduced
them to a starving Condition. And whereas our Brethren in
tbe other Colonies, well knowing that we are fuffering in tbe
common Cause of America and of Mankind, have from a
generous and brotherly Difpoftion contributed largely towards
eur Support in this time of our general Distress (without
which many worthy and virtuous Citizens must have been
in imminent danger of periling with Cold and Hunger.)
And whereas the Honourable Members of tbe Continental
Congress have kinkly recommended us to our Sifter Colonies as
worthy of further Support from them, while the Iron Hand
of unremitted Oppreffon lies heavy upon us : Therefore voted,
that this Town, truly fenjible of tbe generous Assistance they
have received from tbeir Sympathizing Brethren, return
them tbeir warmest and most sincere Thanks for the fame,
and pray God, whose Beneficence they so gloriously imitate,
may bestow upon them the Bleffng he bus promised to all tbofe
who feed the hungry and cloatbe the naked : And the Thanks
- of this Town are accordingly hereby given to our Benefactors
afore-mentioned, and to tbe Honourable Members of tbe Con
gref f or tbeir Benevolence towards us expressed as aforefaid,
which Support, if continued, cannot fail of animating us to
remain fedfaft in the Defence of the Rights of America.
Tbe Town then made Choice of tbe following Gentlemen
for tbeir Delegates at tbe Provincial Congress designed to be
held at the Town of Cambridge, on or before tbe firft of
February next, viz.
Mr. GAINE,
THE repeal of the Stamp-Ad forms a diftinguiffied
aera in the annals of America. The principles
of the constitution, as applied to the relation subsisting
between the Mother Country and her Colonies, had till
then been little investigated, and were understood by few.
A case not less marked by its novelty than its importance
presented itfelf for a decision, and fortunately the British
Senate, from the patriotism and abilities of its Members
at that period, Shone with a luftre adapted to so great an
occasion. The event was, that the cloud which hung
over the colonies was happily dispelled, and peace and
harmony were again restored to the different branches of
the empire. What happened at a time so memorable
must command attention ; but what was said by the ad-
vocates of America, those arguments which procured her
the wished tor repeal, and were used with such peculiar
Strength of reason, as to silence all opposition, must ever
command deference, refped and gratitude. The present
fituatjon of public affairs cannot but powerfully remind
us of the unhappy effects which were produced by the
stamp-ad. From whatever sources our disorders have
flowed, they are certainly now arrived at a magnitude
which deserves our most serious attention. The extreme
of despotism and parliamentary tyranny on the one hand,
and on the other, anarchy and confufion, are held forth
as the dreadful alternatives; one or other of which, it
is , said, we must embrace, according to the part we Shall
take. Choice of difficulties indeed! God forbid that
the situation of Americans Should be thus desperate and
deplorable !
Scyllam atque Cbarybdim,
Inter utramque viam, letbi difcrimine pravo.
Amidst these difficulties, in a Situation so arduous,
every good citizen must wilh for some Skilful hand to
gude him. Every good citizen will wiffi to adopt such
principles as he will dare to avow in conversation, and
as he can support in practice; an abjeCt submission to un
conhitutional power, and a wanton opposition to govern
ment, will be equally his abhorrence. The pure and
unadulterated principles of the constitution will alone
form the line of his conduct.
With these reflections, Sir, I was led to examine those
arguments which gave success to our cause in Parliament
on the repeal of the Stamp-aft: ; it is in them we may
hope to find some standard to direct us in the present
variety of opinions. On this occasion the venerable
name of PITT claims the firft attention of every genu
ine Son of America. The extent of our rights, and the
nature of our dependence were supposed to have been
clearly delineated by that distinguished patriot, upright
statesman, and good man. Permit me therefore to re
quest of you, to publish the following extract from his
Speech, which has been commemorated by a public mo
nument, ereCted by our legislature as a testimony of their
gratitude for his exertions on that occasion.
PHILO LIBERTATIS.
< It is my opinion, that this Kingdom has
' no right to lay a tax on the Colonies ; at the fame
' time, I assert the authority of this kingdom over the
' colonies, to be sovereign and supreme in every cir
' cumftance of government and legislation whatsoever ;
6 they are fubjeds of the kingdom, equally entitled with
' yourselves, to all the national rights of mankind, and
' all the privileges of Englishmen, equally bound by its
6 laws, and equally participating of its constitution.
' The Americans are the sons, not the bastards of
' Englishmen ; but according to the constitution of this
' free country, taxation is no part of the governing nor
' legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and
' grant of the commons alone : in legislation, the three
' estates of the realm are alike considered, but the con
' currencc of the.peers and the crown to a tax, is only
' necessary to clothe the form of law, that which is the
' gift and/grant of the commons alone.
We wife th General bad given vs feme particular In
fiances concerning ft the Menaces of Blood and Slaughter,
•which be intimates made it bis Duty “ to alarm and difrefs
" :br P ogle in the Manner be has already done." We
doubt net that we Jball be able to answer bis Excellency,
wherever be is pleased to descend to Particulars ; we can
< by, fay at present that cue conceive bis Excellency to have
been d jcry ill advised in the Measures be has pursued, and
that ice ardently wife for an Opportunity to meet our Ac
cusers upon equal Ground.
'tve above Report having been duly confdered, it was
Vrted, Nem. Con. that the fame be accepted ; and that the
Moderator of this Meeting be defied to transmit a Copy of
the Report to the Hon. Peyton Randolph, Esq; by the firft
Opportunity,
Tbe Hon. THOMAS CUSHING, Efa
Mr. SAMUEL ADAMS,
Tbe Hon. JOHN HANCOCK, Eta
Dr. JOSEPH WARREN,
Dr. BENJAMIN CHURCH,
Mr. OLIVER WENDELL,
Mr. JOHN PITTS.
The Meeting was then adjourned to tbe firft Wednesday
of February next, at Eleven o'Clock.
Attest, WILLIAM COOPER, Town-Clerk.
"I have heard that the Ravages which are daily com
mitting through the Country, are foftened down by the
Name of Infatuation : Yes, my Friend ! It is Infatuation
to rob Men on the Highway: It is Infatuation for a
Villain to burn down his Neighbour's House maliciously:
It is Infatuation to commit Murder: but every infatuated
Wretch who perpetrated such atrocious Crimes ought not
to be pitied so far as to have the arrears of Justice pitied
away, to the deftrudion of Society. ---Were those Plun
derers to patrole the Country by the mere impulse of
Paflion only, there might be a trifling Plea of Infatua
tion, and the Crime might be lessened down, as the
Lawyers fay, to Manjlaugbter ; but to deliberate by
C^refes Committees, Sub-Committees, Town-Meetings,
Tavern and Temple Afociations ; and from thence make
their Excursions to prey upon the Lives and Properties
of their Fellow Subjects; this discovers such Depravity
of Heart, as fixes the Crime to Murder, which is inex
cusable, not only by the Laws of God and Man, but by
the firft dawnings of common Sense.
" Indeed, I can excuse some ignorant People whose
Teachers have told them, that killing tbofe who are called
Tories, is no Murder ; and would set them in the fame
View as I would a deluded Roman Catholic, whose Brief
tells him, that the injuring an Heretick in any Form, is
doing Ged good Service and will fend him to the Devil
for the Salvation of his Soul : This is only piteable Case ;
but what shall we fay to Men of Education ? To preachers
of the Gospel, whose sole designation is to inculcate the
Doctrines of a Maser who taught fubjedion to civil Go
vernment and every other moral Virtue ? What to Men of
the firft Rank in civil and military Departments, when
those can take the Rank of Captains of Fifties, of Hun
dreds and of Tboufends, and lead on a Banditti to distress
Families, to frighten the tender Sex and the Infant, and
drive from his Home the Guardian of a Family, divesting
him of the Pleasures he was solacing himfelf with by an
agreeable Fireside, and depriving the Family'of the Fruits
of parental Tenderness ?---Gracious God! are such
Wretches to be pitied? My Blood almost Chills in my
Veins at the Ihocking Scene. May God forgive them,
for I am sure they can never forgive themselves ; neither
is there any Place for Forgiveness in the mild and lenient
Walks of the Englifo Law, save in the Heart of that
Sovereign who never will strike the vengeful Blow, until
the fatety of his Crown and his Subjeds compel him
to it.
" What can my Fellow Countrymen mean by the ex
ertion of the wantonness of their Revenge ? Is there any
Thing, manly in the parading of two or three Hundred,
sometimes of fifteen Hundred to attack one unarmed
Man ? Is this the immortal Prowess to be exerted against
a provoked Empire ? Is their dragging a single Man to the
Gallows to hang him ; to the Water to drown him ; firing
the affaflinating Ball at another ; almost bruising out an
other's Life upon a iharp Rail ; carting another in the
Belly of a dead Ox, covered with its Offalls and robbing
him of his Money to pay them for their diabolical
Abuses; forcing Money from others to treat the riotous
Mobs; breaking Windows; robbing them of their Pro
perties; and all this done by hundreds against one helpless
Person ? Advert to the Case of the honest Constable of
Hardwick, who in compliance with his Oath to God and
his obligations to Society, refufed to pay his Collection
to the rew Receiver General, and in Reward of his Fidelity
was seized by a set of rapacious Wretches, who bound
him, kept him in durance about thirty-fix Hours without
fuffering him to he on a Bed, and after tlyeatning him
“ I forbear particularly to inquire into the Causes of
our Misery : A Writer, under the Signature of Maf
faebufetenfs, hath, to his great Honor, and I trust, to
the Emolument of his Country, entered upon the dis
agreeable Talk, and who, I hope will develope the whole
Mystery of Inquiry : From what I have seen and heard,
he exposes himfelf to the Resentment of those who gave
him Occasion to write : They have already thrown about
their Squibs and Crackers; but, surely a Person who
dares embark in a Cause which must expose him to the
malevolence of a Faction, must be unfeeling to the sor
did Attacks which naturally flow from the Corruption
of Malice and Envy.
' I am no courtier of America, I Stand up for this
' kingdom ; I maintain that parliament has a right to
' bind, to retrain America : Our legislative power over
' the Colonies is Sovereign and supreme.
' A great deal has been said without doors, of the
' power, of the Strength of America ; it is a topic that
' ought to be cautiously meddled with ; in a good cause,
' on a found bottom, the force of this country can crush
' America to atoms; I know the valour of your troops,
' I know tbe Skill of your officers; their is not a com
' pany of foot that has served in America, out of which
' you might not pick a man, of fufficient knowledge and
' experience to make a governor of a colony there : But,
' on this ground, on the stamp aCt, when so many here
' will think it a crying injustice, I am one will lift up
' my hand against it : In such a cause your success would
' be hazardous; America, if She falls, would fall like a
' Strong man ; She would embrace the pillars of, the state,
' and pull down the constitution along with her ; is this
' yourboafted peace, not to Sheath, the sword in its
' Scabbard, but to Sheath it in the bowels of your coun
' trymen ? While France disturbs your Newfoundland
' fisheries, embaraffes your African trade, and with-holds
' from your fubjeds in Canada their property Stipulated
' by treaty ! While the ransom of the Manillas is denied
' by Spain, and its gallant conqueror basely traduced into
' a mean plunderer! A gentleman, (Colonel Draper)
' whose noble and generous spirit would do honour to the
' poudeft grandee of the country. Say the Americans
' have not aCted in all things with prudence and temper,
' they have been wronged and driven to madness by in
'juftice ; will you puniSh them for the madness you have
' occasioned, rather let prudence and temper come firft
' from this fide ; I will undertake for America, that She
' will follow the example : These are two lines in a bal
' lad of Prior's, of a man's behaviour to his wife, so
' applicable to you and your Colonies, that I can't help
' repeating them,
' Be to her faults a little blind,
' Be to her virtues ever kind.
' Upon the whole, I will beg leave to inform the house
' what is my opinion, it is, That the stamp ad be repealed
' absolutely, totally, and immediately ; that the reason
' for the repeal be assigned, because, 'twas founded on an
' erroneous principle ; at the fame time, let the sovereign
' authority of this country over the Colonies be asserted
' in as strong terms as can be devised, and be made to ex
' tend to every Point of Legifation whatever, that we
' may bind the trade, confine their manufactories, and
' exercise every power whatsoever, except that of taking
' their monies out of their pockets without their consent."
From the Maffachufett's Gazette, Jan. §.
A Letter from a Friend in tbe Country, to one in Boflon.
December 30, 1774.
'' (^INCE I last saw you in Boston I have trod the
O ordeal Plow Shares; I have been obliged to cant
and recant, and have Signed the fatal Paper : had I sub
scribed it voluntarily, I Should have deserved the severest
Punishment which the Law can infliCt; but as the Rabbit
must be bought, so must all the Money I have about me
be Surrendered to pay the Highwayman for it. What
could I do in such a Situation? Why, as it is the FaShion
of the Times to pay great Regard to what the Devil fays
so I thought to be fashionable to® and recollected and
pradifed upon the truest Word that he ever spake, viz.
Skin for Skin and all that a Man bath will be give fir
bis Life. & J
" I am now, my Friend, upon furlow, and have fre
quent Opportunities to view the diftrefsful Situation of
% c ° un ,y> and Id ° w ith Horror fee it chained down
":' h 2° e Shackles of Anarchy :It is really Shocking to
reflect on the Transition from a State of Happiness
we enjoyed a few Years ago, to a feene of Misery, which'
we plunged ourselves into, and in which we are now
deeply immerged.
with being plunged in the Mines of Sbtfury, and dis.
trefling his Wife, who had just lain in ; the poor Man out
of Compassion and concern for her distress, was obliged
to Sign any Thing they ordered him to sign, and also to
pay a Sum of Money before he could be liberated from
the Jaws of Tyranny and Oppreflion. Are these the
Ways of making Proselytes to Sentiments deftru Ctive of
Order and Government ?---Shame to human Nature !---
Is this English Liberty ? Rather let me hord it with Hot
tentots ; rather let me be enrolled among the Savages of
the Monongobela : Is this Christianity ? if it is, let me
hereafter pay my Devotions at the Temple of Febi, ot
make my Pilgrimages to the Tomb of Mahomet.---But it
is not Christianity § it is an Apoftacy from Virtue itfelf;
and I will not exchange for any other Religion, till I can
find one which exceeds it in moral and social Ties :
Although I have with regret seen and heard Tenets, ab
horrent to Christianity, advanced from the facred* Delk
which were fufficient to rouse indignation itfelf. 1
thank God that the Minister of my Parish, hath behaved
like a Minister of Jejus Cbrif ; and more such I trust
there are ; he hath not busied himfelf with Politicks ; he
hath preached the Gospel and that only, and had all others
of that Character done the fame, it would have rendered
the Character trul y venerable, and they might have aided
Religion to have controuled the Outrages of Licentious
ness.
The Cause, my Friend, that calls for the aids of
Licentiousness to support it must be a Cause abhorrent to
every virtuous Mind ; it must be a cause abhorrent to
tha^ Being who hath declared Himfelf to be the God of
Oraer ;. and all Subterfuges, from the necessity of the
Times, to maintain it, can be retorted by those Minds
only, who think the Diftindions of Right and Wrong are
mere arbitrary Ideas ; and are contrary to that Divine
Maxim, not to do Evil that Good may come of it ; such
who apologize by such Arguments, have been told (whe
ther they believe it or nut) that tbeir Damnation is just.
" What are the mighty Advantages we have reaped
from our past Riots : We have funic a large Sum of Money ;
we have funk our Morals in tbe depths of Disgrace ; we
have exposed our Trade to Ruin, and our Persons and
Efates to the Vengeance of a provoked Parent; and what
is worse flill, we hand as devoted Victims to the Anger
of that Being, whose moral Government requires the
exertion of vindictive Justice : May it be averted !---For
my own Part I dread the Consequences ; and if the deluded
will still follow the desperate Designs of their Leaders, let
them fortifie their Minds against the Day of Adversity.
" The impending judgment of an incensed Nation are
to be feared; The Weight of that Ire which hath fre
quently humbled the Insolence of France and Spain weighs
more than a Grain in my Balance ; and I doubt hot is
more than equal to the light Talk of humbling those who
have, here, run upon the thick Beffes of her Buckler.---
The much boasted of unanimity is not so great as is talked
of: Many, who are now obliged to put on the mask of
Union, through fear from the cruelties of anareby will
drop it on the Appearance of Safety, and fliow'themfelves
real Friends to Government ; and it mav furpize many to
find themselves deferred by those whom ' they leaned upon
for Support.
“ I wiffi you Joy my Friend, on your Asylum in that
City of Refuge which is protected by one who hath it not
only in his Power, but in his Inclination to refeue every
one of His Majesty's Subjects from Tyranny and Op
pression.
" Farewel for the present, as Opportunities offer you
ma, hear from your Friend X. W."
Sail Cloth, from No. I, to 8,
THOMAS LYNCH,
Albis Store in Bread fireet, has for Sale, on Reasonable Terms,
for Case or Credit,
A G^antity of tbe best kind of fail cloth, from No. Ito
JI 8, wbicb be imported in thefoip Daniel, Capt. Casey,
from Liverpool, and will be fold together or by tbe bale or
bolt, as tbe purchaser may incline.
He bas, as usual, a large assortment of yard wide Irifb
, 3 d ; to 4 ss per yard ; checks, silk handkerchiefs
of tbe very best kind, table diaper, cambricks, lawns, cam
blets, and London Madeira wine^
To be SOL D,
A Good FARM, pleasantly situated at the south
fide of Staten-Island, near Prince's-Bay, Richmond
County, and province of New-York, formerly in the
possession of Mr. John Garrison, deceased, containing
120 acres of land, well watered and wooded ; also a good
house and barn, a young orchard containing 70 bearing
trees of the belt fruit; and 13 or 14 acres of mowing
ground, but much more may be made with little labour.
Any person inclining to purchase said farm, may apply to
Hannah Garrison, living on the premises, or Henry
Perine, adjoining the premises, who will give a good title,
to the purchaser.
4 To be SOLD;
- And entered upon the firft May next,
irHE commodious house and lot of
I A ground wherein Dirck Lefferts
lives, nearly opposite to the store of
iGrove Bend, in Smith^ftreet ; for con
aveniencies and stand, few houses ia this
'city exceed it. Likewise one other
house and lot of ground in Montgomery Ward, in the
occupation of Thomas Davis. Any person inclined to
purchase them, or either of them, may know the terms
by applying to Aug. V. Cortlandt.
N. B. If the above houses are not fold before the firft
of February, they will be then to be LET,
To be fold at public vendue, at the merchants coffee-houfe,
on Wednesday the 2 sth instant,
THE house wherein the Widow
Ihompfon now lives, that was formerly the
property of Mr. Elias Degruffie, with the half the wharf
known by the name of Degruflie's wharf, and all the
property of the water belonging to the said House. A
good title will be given for the fame.
To be SOL D,
A HOUSE, and the lease of a LOT OF GROUND,
upon the Albany Pier. The house is two stories
high, and has five fire-places in it; it is a good strong
framed house, and the situation is as advantageous for
any kind of trading business as perhaps any in this city.
For farther particulars enquire of Henry Brinckerhoff,
living upon the premises.,
- The ,PUBLIC
ARE herebyfyformed that an approved Likeness of
the late ^Revd. Do&or OGILVIE, will in a few
Days be sent to London, in order shat a Mezzo-tinto
may be made from it. As the Undertakers would be glad
to know what Number to get printed, they have opened
a Subscription, and left Proposals at Mr. Rivington's,
Mr. Gaine's, and Messrs. Noel and Hazard's; where
those who choose to encourage the Design are requeued
to leave their Names. The Size of the Plate will be
15 Inches by 11, and the Workmanlhip will be done by
one of the belt Artist's in London, under the Infpe&ion
of the celebrated Mr. West. As the Expence of the
Plate is not known, the Price of the Print cannot be
afeertained, but it will be fixed as low as possible.
A Quantity of very good
HERRINGS in Barrels ;
Black-eyed Peafe, of two Kinds ;
A few Thoulands of tbe very best
PIPE STAVES,
To be fold by William Lowther,
Near Peck's-Slip; who has for Sale, a Negro Man
about 32 Years old, who can be well recommended, and
understands the Business of Chocolate Making, and ma
nufafluring Tobacco.
Fresh imported, to be fold wholesale and retail by
JOHN RICHARDSON,
At his hardware and jewellery store, in Cortlandt-ftreet.
opposite Mr. John Leary's, senior;
A Large and elegant assortment of jewellery, jewellers
materials, watch materials, gilt shoe and knee buck
les, gilt,|plated, and steel watch chains, steel and brass watch
keys of different forts; silk firings, plaited shoe, knee and
stock buckles, on pinchbeck, copperand steel; mens, boys
and children's shoe and knee chapes ; plated spurs, some
French plated do. plated fnaffle and Pelham's bridle bits,
polished and tinned do; bridlehead buckles, plated stirrups,
polished and tinned do. japanned waiters and trays, guns
mounted with silver, ditto with tooth and egg, brass mounted
do. holster, duelling and pocket pistols ; neat chafed silver
corals, silver thimbles, gold jointed wires, mother of pearl
tea tongs, labels for bottles of do, gold scales and weights
in wood and japanned boxes; cases of razors, with four
razors, &c. cork screws, temple fpe&acles, pinchbeck,
steel and metal buckles ; brass candlesticks, womens hair
combs, curry combs, plated coat and breast buttons, chil
drens shoe clasps, spurs for fighting codes, buckle patterns,
a great many forts of common sleeve buttons and stone
rings; chariot and chaise axeltrees, iron work for carriages,
and a great assortment of materials in the coach, chariot,
and chaise way, on the lowest terms for cash or short
credit, &c.
To be fold on very reasonable terms,
A House and lot of ground in Smith-street, on Pot-
Baker's Hill, near the New Dutch Church, a lit
tle below judge Horfemanden's. The house is very con
venient, with a good dry cellar under the whole, and a
good stand for any kind of business. For particulars,
enquire of Henry Uftick, on the premises, who will
give an indisputable title for the fame.
±*| Bonds, with good security, will be taken in pay^
ment.
To be LET,
And entered on the firft of May next,
THE house of Mrs. Lyne, in Smith-street, now
occupied by John Tanner. For particulars, en
quire at David Seabury's, in Hanover-Square,
PURSUANT to an order of the inferior court of
common pleas held at Newark, in and for the
county of Essex, Notice is hereby given to the refpe&ive
creditors of John Under Pool, an insolvent debtor, now
confined in the goal of the county aforefaid, that the said
creditors be and appear before John Ogden, and Daniel.
Pierson, Efqrs, or any two of the judges of said court, on
Monday the 20th day of February next, at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon, at the court house in Newark aforefaid,
to ihew cause (if any they have) why an alignment of
the said infolvent's estate should not be made, and he
discharged from his confinement, agreeable to the di
rections of an aft of the Governor, Council and General
Allembly of the province of New-Jersey, passed in the
12th year of his present Majesty's reign, entitled, “ An
aft for the relief of insolvent debtors.
Fbr NEWR Y,
The Brigantine
A REE M A S °N,
JOHN SEMPLE, Master;
TV clear to fail in 15
0 yy days : For freight or pas
sage apply to the master on boa^ at Murray's wharff
or Templeton and Stewart.
To be peremptorily fold at public vendue, on Thursday
the 26th day of January instant ;•
A TRACT of 15 acres of excellent
, 1 land, with the buildings and improvements thereon
in the town of Jamaica, on Long-Iflnnd, late the property
of Lawrence Reade, of the city ofNew-York, merchant
deceased. There are two large brick dwelling-houses upon
the land, one in the occupation of Mr. William Betts,
tavern-keeper, and the other in the possession of Mr.
Joseph Robinson; two barns, and a large garden contain
ing a variety of plants and fruit trees. The house in the
possession of Mr. Joseph Robinson, was built but a few
years ago, is about 25 feet front, and 40 deep; and the
house in the possession of Mr. William Betts, is a double
house, and about 50 feet front. The above tra£ tis very
agreeably as well as advantageously situated for anykind of
business, or pleasure, the most so of any in the town,
being bounded south on the Main-street in the town of
Jamaica, weft by the road leading to Fiufhing, and at the
south-west corner fronting the said street, upon which
Part of the said tradt the said two dwelling-houses are
eroded, four cross-roads meet. The houfein which Mr.
Betts lives, has been used as a tavern for a great number of
years. The vendue will be held at the merchants coffee
houfe in the city of New-York, at noon, and possession
given to the purchaser, by the fubferibers, executors to
the said Lawrence Reade, the firft of May next.
JOSEPH READE,
John reade,
RICHARD YATES.
I, STEPHEN RAPALJE
: 4 ^as 5 1 ons refined and bloomery Iron
32 Barrels Beef, and
3 Tierces choice Copper and purple Indigo,
To dispose of reasonable.
.ALSO
To LET, immediately, or from the firft of May next
e A large S 1 ORE, CELLAR, and upper ROOMS
in as good a Stand for Business as any in the City.
Two Hundred Pounds
T° L ?h L rT^° r V°° d securit yi and a Pair of good
black HORSES, to be Sold. Likewise a ver)
handsome young Mare, coming four Years old, three
Quarter blooded. Enquire of Hugh Gaine.
To be'SOTTD;
A Negro man about 25 years old, brought up to farm
ing, also to kitchen or market gardening. Enquire
ot Hugh Game.
To Let or Leafed for a Term of Years,
And to be entered the firft of May next,
A Large, genteel, convenient three story house, very
proper for a gentleman in or out of trade, being
well situated for either. Enquire of H, Gaine.
notice is herebfgiven, in pursuance of an
order of the Hon. Daniel Horfmanden, Esq; chief
' c ft <T e °f, e f u P, eme court of judicature for the province
°f Ne w- Y °rk> given under his hand and seal, and dated
the 7th day of January 1775, That on application made
to the said chief justice by Thomas Stevenson, of the city
of New-York, merchant, a creditor of William Sheer
™an ' ° f New-Haven, in the colony of Connecticut, he
A ': d A h ' e !' L "' h r " has . d . ireaed allthe goods, chattels
and efteas of the said William Sheerman, of what nature
or kind so ever, and every or any part or parcel thereof
in whatever part of the city of New-York the fame ca {
be found, to be seized ; and that unless he the said Wil
liam Sheerman does difebarge his debts within three
months after this public notice given, that all the said goods
chattles and effe&s so seized, will be fold for the °fatis
fadion of his creditors, unless he the said William
Jbeerman, his attorney or attornies, factors or agents
do and shall, pursuant to the aft of the Governor the
Council, and the General Assembly of the province of
New-York, in such case made and provided, and the
°^ er ~of the legislature of the said province
of New-York for the reviving, continuance, alteration
and amendment thereof, give fufficient security to his
creditors to answer the value of the said goods so seized
with the costs. Dated at the city of New-York the 7th
day of January, in the year of our Lord 1775,