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That it be recommended to the fcveral Assemblies
or Legislative Bodies of the United States of Ame-,
rica, to appoint some person or persons in their
refpe&ive States, who shall receive and examine all
such certificates as may be presented to them, and
regiffer the fame in a book, and also what support
is adjudged by the Assembly or Legislative Body of
their State, to those whose case requires but a par
tial support, and also of the payment from time to
time of every half pay and other allowance, and of
the death of such disabled person, or ceasing of such
allowance, and shall make a fair and regular report
of the fame quarterly, to the Secretary of Congress,
or Board of War, where a separate record shall be
kept of the fame.
That it be recommended to the Assemblies, or
Legislative Bodies, of the several States, to cause
payment to be made of all such half pay, or other
allowances, as shall be adjudged due to the persons
aforenamed, on account of the United States.
Provided, That al! such officers and soldiers that
may be entitled to the aforefaid pension, and are
found to be capable of doing guard, or garrison
duty, shall be formed in a corps of invalids, and
fubjed to the said duty, and all officers, marines,
and seamen of the navy, who shall be entitled to the
pension aforefaid, and shall be found capable of
doing any duty on board the navy, or any depart
ment thereof, shall be liable to be so employed,
Ry Order of Congress,
JOHN HANCOCK, Prefdent.
In CONGRESS, AuguJi 26, 1776.
WHEREAS in the course of the present war,
feme commissioned and non-commissioned
officers of the army and navy, as also private sol
diers. marines, and seamen, may lose a limb, or be
otherwise so difabjed, as to prevent their serving in
the army or navy, or getting their livelihood, and
may hand in need of relief,
'Refolved. That every commissioned officer, non
commifiidned officer, and private soldier, who shall
lose a limb in any engagement, or be so disabled in
the service of the United States of America as to
render him incapable, afterwards, of getting a live
lihood, shall receive during his life, or the continu
ance of luch disability, the one half of bis monthly
pay, from and after the time that his pay as an officer
or soldier, ceases; to be paid by the committee as
hereafter mentioned,
That every comu^ndet of any ship of war, or
armed velfel, commifhoned officer, warrant officer,
marine, or seamen, belonging to the United States
of America, who shall Joie a limb m any engagement,
in which no prize shall be taken, or be therein other
wise to disabled as to be rendered incapable of get
ting a livelihood, shall receive during his life, or the
continuance of such disability, the one half of his
monthly pay, from and after the time that his pay
as an officer, marine, or seaman, ceases, to be paid
as hereafter mentioned. Butin case a prize shall be
taken at the time such loss of limb, or other disa
bility shall happen, then such sum as he may receive
out of the next profits of such prize, before a divi
dend is made of the fame, agreeable to former or
ders of Congress, shall be considered as part of his
half pay, and computed accordingly.
That every commillioned officer, non-commidi
oned officer, and private soldier, in the army; and
every commander, commission officer, warrant offi
cer, marine, or seaman, of any of the ships of war
or armed vessels, belonging to the United States of
America, who shall be wounded in any engagement
so as to be rendered incapable of serving in the army
or navy, though not totally disabled from getting a
livelihood, shall receive such monthly sum towards
his subsistence, as shall be judged adequate by the
Assembly, or other Representative Body of the State
where he belongs or retides, upon application to them
for that purpole, provided the fame doth not exceed
his half pay.
Provided, That no commission officer, non-com
miflioned officer, and private soldier, in the armv,
commander, commission officer, warrant officer,
marine or seaman of any of the ships of war, or
armed vellels, belonging to the United States of
America, who shall be wounded or disabled as
aforefaid, shall be entitled to his half pay or other
allowance, unless he produce to the Committee, or
officer appointed to receivee the fame in the State
where he resides or belongs, or to the Assembly or
Legislative Body of such State, a certificate from
the commanding officer who was in the fame en
gagement in which he was so wounded, or, in case
of his death; from some other officer in the fame
corps, and the surgeon that attended him, or a
certificate from the commander of the ship of war,
or armed vessel engaged in the action in which any
officer, marine, or seaman, received his wound, and
from the surgeon who attended him, of the name
of the person so wounded, his office, rank, depart
ment, regiment, company, ship of war or armed
vessel to which he belonged, his office or rank there
in, the nature of his wound, or in what action or
engagement he received it.
A Legendary Tale,
To be bad of the Printer; Also a few of the
Man of Real Sensibility.
Armine and Elvira,
PHILADELPHIA MANUFACTURE,
SUCH as Woolens, Linnens, and Cottons,
particularly Corded Dimity's, To be Sold by
SAMUELWETHERIL L, junior, at his
Manufactory in South-street, between Filth and
Sixth-streets, and between Market and Arch-streets.
The fubferiber, (at a great expence) has,made an
attempt to improve manufactures among us, and
hopes for the public encouragement. He has also
a quantity of good Vinegar to dispose of, either by
the barrel or smaller measure, *
4 S ™ UEL WETHERILL.
Genuine Keyfer's Pills,
To be had of the Printer.
As a proof cf the superior efficacy of Maredant's drops (prepared
by Mr. Norton, Surgeon, of Golden Square. London, to any
medicine, hitherto known, for the cure of the Scurvy, Leproly,
Ulcers, the Evil, Fillula, Piles, long continued Intbmations
of the eyes, and every other disorder arising from a fchiefs in
the blood, the following extraordinary cures are refeusd to.
Mr. HENRY TRENCHARD GOODENOUGH, Steward
of the Magdelen Hospital, cured ofan inveterate Icurvy of 22
years standing.
MARY COPSON, of Brompton, cured ofa scorbutic humour
on her head and face, attended with a violent hoarienels and
shortness of breath. Witness, Mr. Orton, Coal Merchant in
Whitcomb-street, near Leicester Fields.
Mr. JOHN FOSTER, at the Role at Welling, in Kent, cured
of a Leproly, attended with violent rheumatic pains.
Mrs. MARY RUI E, at Mr. Field's, in Caiile-ftreet, Leicester
Fields, cured of the Evil, or Schrophula : her bones were greatly
enlarged, and fcveral pieces separated and came away. Witness,
Thomas Field. Castle-street, and Henry Hyde. Butcher in St.
James's Market.
To Mr. NORTON, Surgeon, in Golden Square,
SIR,
AB OUT two years and a half ago, I was seized with a
violent hoarseness and shortness of breach. 1 sent for a
physician, who ordered me to be bled. I also took a great
many medicines, but grew worse inHead of better. My head
ached so violently, that it prevented me from getting any rest ;
my face and head broke out in large blotches, which spread so
much that I was in daily fear cflofing my eye-fight. The hu
mour which difeharged from my face was so verv offenfive, that
I could hardly bear it myfelf? but by the use of your Maredant's
Drops, am effectually cured. Any person doubting of this, may
be convinced of the truth,by calling on Mrs. Co )fo»,at Brompton ;
or by enquiring of Mr. Orton, Coal merchant 1 Whitcomb-Hreet,
near Leicester Fields. I am, with great ref est,
Sir, your mod numble fervanr,
Mary Copson.
To Mr. NORTON, Surgeon, Golden Square.
AFTER having been afflicted with a mod violent Icorbutic
humour of 13 years standing, which rendered me incapable
of business ; 1 have the fatisfaftion to inform you, 1 am
now perfectly cured, by the use of your Maredant's Drops. You
have my leave to publish this, hoping it may be the means of pro
curing benefit to others afflicted as I was, I am, Sir,
Your humble servant,
George Langdon.
No. 57, the North fide of St. Paul's
church yard, July 19th. 1775,
Witness to the above cure, Francis Litey, No. 3, Finch
Lane, Cornhill, Sarah Rand, Trunk-maker, No. 57, Sc. Paul's
church yard.
These Drops are fold by Mr. Notion's appointment, by Mr.
Janies Rivington, and Mr. Hutch Gaine, Printers, at New-York ;
and Mr. JOHN AIREY, in Market-street, Philadelphia, at
12s. per bottle. Also,
KEYSER's GENUINE PILLS.
Those Subscribers 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 puffed and to be fold, by
JAMES HUMPHREYS, junr.
Ilie coiner of Black-horse Alley, Front-street,
I lie compleateft Edition yet published of
File W O RK S 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.
1 he Lite and Opinions of Triftram Shandy, Gen
tleman.
Yorick's Sermons—Forty-five of the best moral
, Dilcouries ever delivered from the Pulpit,
roricks Sentimental Journey through Fiance and
Italy.
The Hidory of a Watch-coat,—a Political Ro
mance.
Yorick's Letters to Eliza, and
Sternes Letters to his friends, on various Occa
sions; which were never before published in any
Edition of his Works.
N AIL ROD S,
Of different sizes, to be had of
JOSEPH POTT S,
At his Store in Sixth ftreet,mear Market-street, and
at the Slitting-Mill in Cheder county.
Also S HEET IRO N.
Fifteen Hundred weight of F L A X.
Six Hogsheads of choice St. Croix Sugars.
One Hogshead of old Jamaica Spirits.
.A Quantity 'of ,'plit Whale Bone,
and Spermaceti in boxes.
TO BE SOLD BY
JOSIAH HEWES in Chefnufrftreet.
M A R E D A N T S's
ANTISCORBUTIC DROPS.
Dr. R TANs incomparable WORM defraying
SUGAR PLUMB S,
Necessary to be kept in all Families.
SO exceedingly valued by all people who have had of them in
Great-Batain and Ireland, for their tranfeendent excellency
in the destroying Worms of all kinds, both in the bodies of
men, women and children, by not only breaking the knots of the
Duodenum or guts next the stomach, but they p.fs through the
smallest passages of the body, and purge aw y those ropy and slimy
humours which are the cause of those pernicious vermin, and the
source of many other disorders: they are one of the belt purges in
the whole world for gross bodied children that are apt to breed
worms, and have large bellies; their operation is mild, fafe and
pleasant, they wonderfully cleanse the bowels, of all ftiff and
c ', m y,? mours > which flop up the parts, and prevent the juice
of food being conveyed to the liver and made blood, which is
often the case with children, and is attended with a hard belly
Hinking breath, frequent fevers, rickets, and a decay of Hrength
r°Tr P arts: Likewise fettled head achs and pains in the
head, fuellings, old lores, scabs, tetters, or breakings out, will
)e petredly cured, and the blood and skin, restored to its origin
-1 purity and Imoothnels; they purge by urine, and bring away
he gravel, and elTe£hi.dly cure all obilruftions of the urine, or ul
cers in the kidneys. They at once Hrike at the true cause of the
Icurvy and entirely deflroy it, and all scorbutic humours and cf
feds, root and branch, so as never to return again; and what
makes them more commendable is, they are full as agreeable to
both take and light as loaf sugar.
I have by these plumbs cured a great many children of whoop
ing or chin coughs, and agues, which distempers are very com
mon and troublesome 0 families, and the want of these plumbs
are the ruin of many childrens constitutions.
These plumbs enrich and Iweeten the whole mass of blood, car
ry off all grols, corrupt and putrid humours, and create a frefhand
health complexion in such as are affected by any putrid matter.
# The plumb is a great diuretick, eleanfing the reins of fume;
it expels wind, and is a sovereign medicine in the cholic and
griping of the guts. It allays and carries off four vapours which
occasion many disorders in the head. It opens all oblfruftions in
the stomach, lungs, liver, reins and bladder; causes a good appe
tite dnd helps digeflion. It hath been found wonderfully success.
ful to such persons as are going into chronicle distempers, as afth
mis, phthises, or foortnefs of breath, dropsies and yellow jaun
dice. Now I hope all impartial persons are fatisfied, that the me
dicine which works upon such humours, will almost reach any
distemper if not too far gone, since corruption and putrefaction
are the forerunners of all diseases; therefore no better physic can
be taken for all ages, sexes and confutations, from infancy to old
age. These plumbs are highly serviceable to the female sex,
from the age of fourteen to twenty years, and from 40 to 50.
Each box contains one dozen of these plumbs, price seven shill
ing . and fix pence with printed direction Sold by Nicholas
Brocks, Philadelphia.
Diognoftic Signs of Worms.
PALENESS in the face, itching of the nose, hollowness
of the eyes, grating of the teeth when asleep, dulnefs, pains,
and heaviness in the head, a dry cough, and itching in the
fundament, white and thick urine, unquiet lleep, often Harting
loft appetite, fuelled belly, knawing and biting about the sto
mach frightful dreams, extreme thirds, the body decayed and
lean, fits, often vomiting, (linking breath, &c.
Directions for taking them.
A child from 1 to 2 years may eat one plumb from 2 to 4 one
and a half; from 4 to 6 two; from 6 to 8 two and a half; from
Bto 12 three; from 12 to 15, and all ab^ve the age, may eat four
plumbs, one hour or two before up riling, not to drink during
that time, hut afterwards drink warm tea, whey, or water gruel;
in taking them, the patient muff Hay two or three days betwixt'
each dose.
In agues, the fame quantity muff be taken, two, three or four
houis before the fit comes on, and be repeated three times. In
whoopmg or chin-coughs give the quantity above mentioned.
NICHOLAS BR O O K S,
At bis Picture, Jewellery, and Dry Goods Shop, the
fourth door above Bla^k-Horfe Alley, in Second
ftreet, Philadelphia.
KEISERS pills, Maredant's drops, worm cakes,
Anderson's Scotch pills, Hooper's female pills,
Turlington's drops, Bateman's drops, Stoughton's
bitters, blue dye, Dr. Hill's baliam of honey, Har-
Jaem cil, cripple curing oil. Allo,
Elegant paste and done buckles for ladies, gilt and
pafle ihoe and knee buckles, stone and paste stock
buckles, gold earrings, gold and garnet broaches,
gold and garnet rings, gold and moco-ftone sleeve
buttons, a variety of chriftal and paste sleeve but
tons, a beautiful assortment of earrings let round
with marquifet and in pearl, silver thimbles and
broaches, a variety of bottle Hands, figured seals
mounted in gold and other forts, fine set combs,
black led pencils, a good assortment oi tooth pick
cases set in silver and mounted in gold, belt razor
metal feiffors, cases of razors, a very elegant assort
ment of ladies lockets in gold and real garnet and
other forts, the celebrated jubilee knives and forks,
a few very elegant ladies pocket books, tobacco and
fnuff boxes, key rings, japan wares, a variety of
new music, good Roman fiddle firings, fifes, blank
music books, cards of history and geography, also
a journey through Europe or the play of geography
invented by Jefferies, for the inftru&ive entertain
ment of young gentlemen and ladies; a few ena
meled lamps, pump lamps, and a ball lamp for a
ftaii case mounted in brass, cork fkrews, decanter
corks, boot straps, tooth powder and tooth bruihes,
general atfuLs containing 36 new and correct maps,
by I'ularet and others in one large book, garden
sheers, silver pinchbeck and fleel watch chains, tword
knots, cards of trinkets for watch makers windows,
watch springs, wash balls and pomatum, gentlemen
and ladies twist and silk horse whips mounted in
silver, view of the battle of Charleftown, Romans's
map of the feat of war, a view of the engagement
between the Row-gallies and two men of war, a
piece intitled the Comet of y^, being a political
peace done in New-England, also the very belt
copper-plate writings done by the greatest masters
in Europe, also a curious collection of the mod ap
proved pictures, fucli as hunting, views of towns,
landfkips, lea fights, land battles, scripture pieces,
flower pieces and a great variety of japan prints,
and many other forts in and out of glass, &c.