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Stamford, Was broke open and-goods Rolen to the amount
of near Two Hundred Pounds, among which were a
number of black Barcelona handkerchiefs, a number of
linen do. a large number of worked flockings of various
colours, broad cloths, blue, brown, and other colours ;
velverets, black and brown ; Irish linens and apron
checks, with some calh, &c. Whoever shall take up
the thief or thieves, and bring them to the fubferiber,
or secure him or them in any of his Majofty's goals,
flail have Ten Dollars reward, and all neceflary charges,
prid by Danlel or ay.
To be SOLD or LET,
And entered upon the firft Day of M AY next,
A Good house and small farm of land, situate in the
town of Jamaica, on long Island, opposite theCourt-
House, and within 40 yards of the Presbyterian Meeting
House. Itis a pleasant situation, and is a good stand for
a stoic or tavern ; the house almost new, with four rooms
and a kitchen 011 the firft floor, three rooms, a lobby and
a large linter on the second floor, with a large garret:
There are two good cellars under the house, feperate from
each other; a good barn and garden. The houfeftead
lot, aback of the house, is excellent land, containing
eight acres, whereon is a good orchard; there are eight
acres of good wood land about a mile fiom the houfeftead,
and eight acres of salt meadow about two and a ^alf miles
from ditto, all belonging to said tenement. Whoever
may incline to treat for the above, shall have an indis
putable title by applying to the lubferiber, living on the
premifes.'
JAMES HUGHSTON.
Jamaica, iith Sept. 1775.
IN purfuarice of an a& of the legislature of the colony
of New-York, entitled, " An A& for relief against
absconding and absent debtors," we do hereby give notice,
that we have been duly appointed trustees for all the
creditors of Jolin M'Lean, of rhe county of Charlotte,
an abfeonding debtor ; and pursuant to the directions of
the flirt act, do require all persons who are indebted to
the said John M'Lean, to pay unto us the said trustees,
b\ the second day of October next, all such sum and
funis of money which they owe to him; and also to
deliver unto us, all otheretfeas of the said John M'Lean,
which he, ihe, or they may have in their hands, power,
er custody; and further, we do hereby desire all the
creditors of the said John M'Lean, by the said second
day of Oftober, to deliver unto us the said trustees, or
ie, or two of us, theii refpe&ive demands against the
said John M'Lean. Given under cur hands, at Albany,
she 2oih day of August, 177 $'
ABRAHAM C. CUYLER.
CORNELIUS GLEN.
STEPHEN LUSH.
Just arrived from Phildelaphia,
DOCTOR hill's new imported great Stomatic
Tincture, being a "very excellent medicine for
all queak flomachs, as it procures a good healthy appetite,
anda found digeflion ; for as m# dfeafa have their origin
cor.tr&aed by the use of this Tin&ure they may be prevented.
Alfoa frefe quantity of Dr. Hilrs Amevi^n koijam
v,h(ke great efficacy is Jo quell known to .ove themes inve
terate disorder, in the breast, as f^rnfs of breaks, colds,
coughs, and whooping-cough^ in children. Many^perfons,
from a proper use, and contin rg tt' fan a r.w.'o^D
time, have received great bereft ard roff, rt pQ ra^
. been effectually cured cf tie ref / krfdrbeev.ems, : I. • ...,
gravel, ar.d c r n, CT^tton. —Dr. /If s swrff-r:k er: .prmtea
in London, v s,t ac<ut eckh t ~ '.. ,/ de therein
mention*' v:%. , ' ",'""s money*,but
for the or and ...gent it ri .. . '0 be fold at New-
Yurk < 4s. 1 •'• per bottle, or 4;. 4. by the douser. To
Erevan ;..%..% boththe L dfarn and tinflure are (by
adjoint :st) to be fold he Titcbacl Hoffman, foe,-keeper,
living n IDcadTlny, near tbe Ofwq,o-Market, ar.d by
,xQ ^Tn § MICHAEL HOFFMAN.
TEN DOLLARS Reward.
RUN-away from Die. fubferiber, early on Taelday
morning tne ^n irfmt, a negro man named
Tl'l US, about ? § year: old, aid about 5 feet 8 inches
high, well m l crod proportioned every way, and is very
likely for : oe^roe : he had on when he went away, a
short br>wu r^t^made of coating; an old hotnelpun
blue and white flriped linen jacket with Beeves; and a
blue and white ftiiped homespun trbwfers, almoll new.
The hat he is supposed to have took with him is very
remarkable, (unless since changed) having no brim round
it, it is very much worn. He can play a little both on
the fiddle and file. Whoever takes upland Secures said
servant, so that his matter may have him again, shall have
the above reward if toolc out of the colony of Conoeaicut,
and Eight Dollars if within the colony, and all reasonable
charges paid by HENRY VAN DYCK.
R O~M A N's
MAP of BOSTO N,
Isjuft printed, published, and to befool
By RICHARD SAUSE,
At his Store near the Fly-Market, Little Dock Street,
Where Subferiptions pre taken in for any number.
rg^RIS Map of Boston, &% is one of the mod cor
reft that has ever been published, The draught
was taken by the most fkilfhl Draughtfman in all Ame
rica, and who was on the spot at the engagements of Lex
ington and Bunker's- Hill. Every Well-wiflier to this
country cannot but delight in feeing a plan of the ground
on which our brave American Army conquered the Ihitifh
ministerial forces.
Price plain 5% Coloured 6s and 6d. Pennfylvahia cur
rency.
*, Swords and Cutteaux de Chafe, with a variety of
Jewellery, Hardware and Cutlery, to be fold at the above
Store."
A Jase retreat hi theft times of dflrefi and
impending danger.
To be fold or exchang'd for a house in New-York,
A SMALL farm containing 50 acres, situate in
Orange County, about fix miles from Hudson's
River, on the road which leads from New-Windfar to
Golhen : there is on the premises a commodioUsdwelling
houfe, well finifh'd, 46 feet by 30, cne fiery and an
half high, with dormer windows, containing eight rooms
with proper entries, a convenient kitchen, milk room,
and cellar underneath, a yard in front of the beufe, with
'a large garden adjoining, both of which are neatly in
clos'd, a done well of excellent water, a barn with con
venient halls for horses, a pidgeon and poultry house
inclos'd in a proper yard, a large alh-houfe and Works
convenient for carrying on the pot-Rh business, with
several thousand bushels of allies which have been leach'd,
a good saw-mill, a small flone house, a blackfihith's
ffiop with two foe-places; also sundry ufeful out-houses,
the whole of which are newly built and in good repair.
There is hkewife on the premises between 2 and 300
young apple trees, betides sundry other fruit trees, fuck
as pea&> pear, plumb, English and other cherries, many
of which are beginning to bear. The dwelling house is
very agreeably situated on a rising ground, fronting a large
and beautiful water course, withffi a few rods of |he
fame, (which affords fveral kinds of frefh water fi!h
in plenty) in a convenient fland for a merchant, or any
public business; and as few places equal it for pleasant
ness of situation, it would make an agreeable feat for any
Gentleman. For further particulars apply to Remfen
and Peters, Merchants, New-York, or the fubferiber
living on the premises.
JAMES PETERS.
ON the night of the 6th day of
September, 1775, the ^op of Daniel Gray, of
The Flying Machine
Still continues, and sets out every Monday and Thurs
day Mornings from Powles-Hook Ferry, opposite New-
York, and from the Sign of the Croft-Keys in Philadel
phia, at the Corner of Third and Chefrrut-Streets, and
meet at Princeton the fame Nights, exchange Ballengers,
and return the next Day to Powles-Hook Ferry,°and
Philadelphia, so as to perform the Journey in two Davs
The Price for each Paflenger Twenty-one Shillings, and
Goods as usual, only each Passenger allowed j^b? The
Passengers are desired to cross over the Ferry to Bowles-
Hook the Evening before, as the Stages set off early.
It is hoped that this very expensive Undertaking will
meet with Encouragement from all Ladies ana Gentle
men, as they may depend upon punctual Peformanre, by
The Public's most obliged Servant
John Mercereau.
FOUR DOLLARS Reward.
rf^@ erift D UN-AWAY from the fubferiber,
' : ^jng in the borough of Elizabeth-
Il',°' New-ferric a negro fellow named
X STEYE, near 6 feet high, has a sower
l°°k, and is a fuple spry fellow : He for-
W^ merly belonged to one Mr. Ludlow, up
# "' '°"' 'R' ver , an d it is thought he is
^° n ° ''" wa y> an d taken a mulatto wench
with him. Any perlon that may take up
either or both of the:, and secure them in goal, or
; bring them home, ffiall have the above reward, and all
reasonable charges, p^ by CORBET SCUDDER.
FIVE POUNDS Reward.
, UN-away August the 12, 1775, from -b e fubferiber,
rlk living in Philadelphia, . indent: Irilh servant
I bo, named John Perrey, about 5 feetfor 7 inches high ;
fair complexion, red checks, black ha.r, walks a little
stooping and clumsy, looks pleasant when talking, is a
l tolerable handsome lad ; has served part cf his time
I to the rope-making business, and has been seen in New
§ York ; it is supposed he is gone to lea from that port,
( and is likely he may return there again: Whoever fe
-1 cures said lad, in any of his Maj^fty'a goals, so that his
f master may have him again, ffiall have the above reward,
j and all reasonable charges paid, by
' Richard Tittkrmart,
^ OUND along the furf fide, a
X small pleasure boat, with fix pieces of pig-iron in
her ; branded in the stern, Peter Arrell. The owner by
proving his property and paying charges, may have her
again by applying to the fubferiber at Flat-Lands, in
King's-County, on Long-lfland.
GERRIT KOUWENHOVEN.
SPRAYED from the yard of the fubferiber, near the
Fly, a BLACK COW, with a white head, black
ririgs round her eyes, left fore-foot white, and the end
of her tail white. Whoever takes, up said cow and se
cures her, that I may have her again, shall receive T W()
DOLLARS reward, and all reasonable charges, paid by
GEURT SP. DE WINT,
T(7 Bi E'
By the executors of Jord-Duryee, late of Jamaica South,
in Queen's-County on Naffau-ffland, deceased, the
following parcels of land and meadow at Jamaica South,
aforefaid, near OH Town Neck, being a part of the
e.ftateof the said Jorft Duryee.
Ty^Hr. dwelling-house and homestead of the said Jerft
£ Dufyee/asit is now in fence, containing 72 acres,
an half and io square rods, or thereabouts, An excellent
grist water mill, with one pair of mill-denes, mill-house,
and bolting-house adjoining to the fame; together with
bolting-mills, clothes, a large, pair of teaks, weights,
mill-picks, iron crows, and every other implement to
the fame mill belonging. Twenty four acres of excellent
salt meadow land, lying contiguous to the said mill. Ten
acres and 20 square rods of wood land, in three separate
lots. The sale to be on Monday the 16th of C'&ober'
next, at Jamaica South aforefaid, on the premises, at
11 o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, when the
articles and conditions of sale will be made known, or
if required, at any time before, by the fubferibers, who
will give an indisputable title 1 A fine negro boy .about
ten years old, to be fold at fame time.
JACOB DURYEE, ?_
ALBERT TURHUNER, £ Executors.
LEFT at the house of the Subscriber, living on the
south fidemf Staten-Island, on the 9th of July last,
a grey horse, fiddle and briddle. The man parted by
the name of Charles Lloyd, said he was master cf a
vessel, and that he came from Philadelphia, and was
going to New-Vork. The owner may nave the horse,
&c. paying charges, and proving his property, by apply
ing to SAMUEL WARD.
The New STAGE COACHES,
THAT conftantlyply between New-York and Phi
ladelphia, the one sets cut from Powles-Hook
Ferry, opposite New-York, and the other from Mr,
Little's, in Fourth-Street, between Marketand Chefnut-
Streets, at the Sign of the Indian Queen, in Philadel-,
phia, every Tuesday and Friday Morning, at sr before
Sunrise, and meet at Princetown the fame Nights, where
they exchange Ballengers, and return the next 'Day to
Powles-Hook Ferry and Philadelphia,' so as to perform
the Journey in tvro Days from New-York to Philadel
phia. The Price for each Ballenger in the Coach, is
Thirty Shilling, and out PaTengers Twenty Shillings.
Proc. Each P. ffenger allowed to take 141 b. Baggage, and
above that to pay t wo Pence per pound.
TOT ST-INDIA RUM, high proof
VV nd fra flavour, in puncheons, and Mufeovado
sugar in h ^fheads, just land rd and to be fold by
ROBERT ALEXANDER, & Co.
They have yet ori hand, course and fine muslin ; and a
few pieces of India thints, the figures and colours cf the
latter are very elegant.
Somerfet)^ T) Y order of the inferior court of common
County, )''_{, pleas in and for Hid county, notice is
hereby given to all the creditors of Zebulon Compton,
insolvent debtor, confined in goal of the said county for
debt, that they be and appear before any two of the
judges of said court of said county, at the court-house of
said county, on Tuesday the, 3d day of October next, at
ten of the clock in the forenoon of said day, to shew
cause (if any they have) why an alignment of said
debtor's effate should not be ihade to such persons as shall
then and there be appointed for that purpose, and he the
said debtor to be released from his confinement, pursuant
to the directions of an aft of the Governor, Council,
and General Afenbly of the province of New-Jersey,
lately made and palled, entitled, " An Aft for the belief
of insolvent debtors.
-Dated June 20, 1775.
DESERTED from the provincial service in the co
lony of Connecticut, on the 23d day of August,
atoldier belonging to the Sth company in the 7th regi
ment, commanded by Charles Webb, Esq; Colonel, a
well-set fellow, about 28 years of age, 3 feet 8 or §
inches high, understands the manual exercise well, has
been a Gilor, triksmuch of his honesty ; he call'd his
name when he infilled Eli Betts, but his proper name is
Eiiphalet Sturdavant ; had two suits of cloaths, the
one short blue, the other striped red, and a white small
caftor hat, half worn, with a black ribbon and a carv'd
fiiver buckle round the crown. Whoever shall take up
said fellow and secure him in any of the provincial goals,
or return him to thecamp at Greenwich, in Conrieftic t,
shall have a reward of One Dollar, and all reasonable
charges, paid per me,
WILLIAM G. HUBBELL,
Captan of said Company.
A few large and small Carpets, &c.
Wbxb he will fell on reafonabk Terms,fir&(bw~ty.
ROBERT HYSLOP,
REQUESTS all Performs indebted to him, to make
immediate Payment, that he may be enabled to
discharge hisjuft Debts; and desires all Accoutre against
him may be brought.in, th,t he may fettle them, as he
is under a Necessity of going to Britain as loon as possible.
He HAS YET ON Hand,
A pretty large ^mment of feafonabic GOODS,|
Genuine Scotch Snuff,'
SAIL CLOTH, '~
N A I L S.
BLACKSMITHS wanting employ and willing and
able to make hails, may find encouragement by
applying to
GARRET ABEE L,
Who has for sale nail rods, Sweeds, refined and
bloomery iron, ftcel, anvils, beck irons, vices, fledges,
and hand, hammers, rubbers and files, pots, kettles,
waggon and cart boxes, muiket balls, bar lead. ALSO
°n*"°!' t ment of ironmongery and cutlery.
IF William Searles who' about five years ' ego kept a
school at or near Hackinfack, be yet alive, he is
desired to inform the printer hereof, where be render,
that an application may be made to him, which will pay
him for the trouble of giving that information.
August 22d, 1775.
W'HEREAS'the file of the goods and chattels,
lands and tenements, of the Right Honorable
William Earl of Stirling, within my bailiwick, have
been often adjourned for want of buyers ; avd the file of
the goods and chattels are now fi,td for Thursday the
31st of August, inflant, at io o'clock in the forenoon
of the fame day, and that of the lands for the eth day
of Odober next. The vendue to be held on the pterui'
fes. These are therefore to notify the publick, that the
sales will certainly come on at the rimes appointed, and
that they will continue from dav to day, until the exe
cutions! have in my hands are Satisfied/ The conditions
of the vendue will be made known at the days of sale.
ROBERT STOCKTON, Sheriff,
Somerfer County, Aug. 2, 1775.
Dr.SER.TED from the 7th Regiment of the Con
neflicut Troops, commanded by Col, Charles
Webb, and Capt. Halt's Company, on Thursday Night
last, a certain James Parsons, who said he. was born at
Amboy: He is about 25 Years old, 5 Feet 7 Inches
high, aod well made : Had on when he went away, 2
green short Coat with Brass Buttons, an old black Vel
vet Jacket and Breeches, pretty good Shoes, and white ;
Stockings, with a white Linen Shirt : He is of a black
Complexion, with black Beard, and Hair, is very talka
tive, Two Dollars Reward will be given, and all rea
sonable Charges paid on delivering the said Deserter to
the commanding Officer at Horse-Neck, or by me,
_ Joseph Hatt, Captain.
H E annual meeting of " 2%
& corporation for tbt relief of the loidras end children
of clergymen in the communion of the church cf England, in
America," is to bc,held at Philadelphia on the fourth of
October next, being tire firft Wednesday after the feaft of
St. Michael. THOMAS COOMBE, Secretary.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, pursuant to an ad
of the Governor, Council, and General Assembly of
the province of New-Vork, palled the 19th day of March
now last pest, entitled, “ An at? for the more effectual
registry of mortgages, and for securing the purchasers of'
mortgaged estates;" that on.,the 10th day of October
next, at ten o'clock in the morning, there will be fob! on
the premiles, by the fubferiber, at public auction or ven
due, to the highest bidder, A L L that certain hum or
parcel of land situate, lying, and being in Rumbout's
Precinct, in the county of Dutchefs, beginning at the
east corner of a lot of find now, or late, in the poflellion
of William Edwards, try an elm sapling marked ; thence
54 degrees and 30 minutes east, 37 chains and 40 links,
to a white oak tree marked on two sides ; thence north
31 degreesand 30 minutes weft, 24 chains, to a stake and
fiones round it; thence south 54 degrees weft, 23 chains,
to, or near, the middleof a pond of water; thence north
24 degrees and 30 minutes weft, 12 chains and 40 lir.l<s,
to an island on the north fide thereof) to a white ash
fipling marked ; thence weft ward along the creek, as the
said creek runs, to the land now in the possession of
William Edwards, to the place where it firft began, con
taining 108 acres and a half of land, whereof 7 acres and
a half are allowed for pond; with all and Angular the
appurtenances to the fame belonging.-—Which said farm
and parcel of land, and premises, were, by deed bearing
date the firft day of January, in the year of our Lord
1772, mortgaged by Peter Davifon, since deceased, to
the fubferiber, for securing the payment of £. 25c, with
interest, on or before the firft day of October then next.
I he conditions of sale will be made public on the day of
the vendue, before the sale begins, and title deeds execu
ted by th'/ fubferiber, to the purchasers, fubjeft to the
proviso in the said aft of assembly in favour of other
mortgages, judgments at law, a^d decrees in equity, prio
to the said sale, by
March 14, 1775. CHARLES LE ROUX.
FR AN CiF^VANd! ALE?'
From OLD FRANCE,
Now living at Mr. Rapalje's; in Queen-Street, near the
Fly-Market:
BEGS leave to acquaint the public, that he purposes
to teach the French and Italian languages, in New-
Y ork, and will readily attend any young ladies and gentle
men'at their dwellings; and as he is a protestant, and
recommended by many gentlemen on this continent, he
doubts not he fhal.l meet with encouragement equal to his
abilities. If a fufticient/ number of young gentlemen
will engage to attend an evening or day school, lie will
inftruft them at a reasonable rare. He doubts not, on
trial, he ffiall give fatisfa&ion, and will be greatly obliged
to all those who will please to employ him.
Anatomical Prelections.
Dr. CLOSSY,
Anatomical prelect ions, will begin on
Monday October the second, at three o'Clock
in the Evening, as ufuak
King's College,
Ne,v-York, Sept. 2, 1775.
STOLEN out of the store of Abra
ham Hubbell, merchant, of Newfield, inFairfield,
in Connecticut, on the night of the Bth inst. August,
the following particulars, (to wit) one piece of black
Manchester velvet; one piece of black silk do. one piece
of blade fatten ; one piece of black India taffety, a few
yardsof English do. one dozen of grey worsted stockings,
half a dozen cotton do. a piece of yard wide holland ;
two dozen black Barcelona handkerchiefs; one dozen of
brown check'd silk handkerchiefs; two dozen of red
Ramped linen do. Also, a large affattment of sewing
Elk of divers colours, and about fix pounds in caffi, the
chief part coppers and small silver, and many other goods
not yet known. 'Tis supposed he was a transient fellow,
about 6 feet high, dark coloured hair tied behind, deep
marked with the small pox, straight made ; he wore while
he was about these parts, a blue furtout coat, arid a blue
bodied coat almost as long as the other, and a pair of
striped trowfers. Whoever apprehends said thief, and
brings him to the fubferiber, so as the fad can be proved
against him or any other person, Ihall receive a reward of
TEN DOLLARS, arid all other reasonable charges from
ABRAHAM HUBBELL.
N. B. 'Tis supposed he went to the Weftward#
T& all Perfai inietsd in theTownfos
cf Strat,ton,
WHEREAS his Majesty, by his Utters patent un
der the great leal of the province of New-York,
bearing date the twenty second day of August, now last
past, hath granted to certain persons therein named, all
that certain craft or parcel of land, situate, lying and,being
on the weft fide of Connecticut River, in the county of
Cumberland, within the province of New-York, com
monly called and known by the name of Stratton : Begin
ning at a beech tree marked S. S. standing at the south
west corner of a tract of land known by the name of
Windhall, and running thence along the south bounds
thereof south, eighty degrees east, four hundred and eighty
chains ; then south, ten degrees weft, four hundred and
eighty chains ; then north eighty degrees weft, four hun
dred and eighty chains ; and then north ten degrees east,
four hundred and eighty chains, to the place of beginning:
Containing (inclusive of a certain lot within the fame,
referred to his Majesty, and four other lots within the
fame, granted in trust for public uses) 21,9 g; acres of
land, arid the usual allowance for highways; and hath
ere&ed the fame into a township, by the name cf Strattons
And whereas a grant of the fame tra& of land was here
tofore pretended to be made by a certain instrument under
the great seal of the province of New-Hampshire, unto
Isaac Searl, Sohn Lyman, Job Seerl, Nathan Lyman.
Eleazer Hannum, Charles Clap, Daniel Lee, Esq; Elilha
Mather, Martin Philps, Caleb Strong, Spencer \Phcl6s,
Martin Phelps, jun. Affael Clap, jun. Oliver Lyman,
Joel Lea, Nathaniel Cudworth, Nathaniel Noyfe, Au
gustus Clap, Esq; Charles Mather, Ruggtes Woodbridge,
Elias Lyman, Nathaniel Burt, Samuel Blodgst, Caleb
Bledget, Rev. John Searl,Daniel Lee, jun. Capt. Benoni
Danks, James Hill, Joseph Hill, John Hill, John Hal
den, Josiah Brewer, Jonas Cuttier, William Rawson,
3d. John Smith, Rev, Jonathan Judd, Lieut. Thomas
Sweat, Nathaniel Phelps, Na^anid Pnelps, jun. John
Smith jun. William Lyman, William Bloat, Gideon
Clark, Jonathan Baffeemb, Cutis Leumis, Oliver Wen
dal, Caleb Blodget, Benjamin Cudworth, Joel Hunt,
Seth Babbit, Kichsyd Stater, Joseph Brown, Joseph
Pincheon, Esq; Mon^Q Bunbury, William Pearibn,
Henry Aptborp, Jacob Wendel, Esq; William Brattle,
Esq; Thon & Hubbard; Esq; Richard W&u ! , Esq; J^hn.
Downing, Esq; Samuel Wentworth, an Ben tag Went
worth, and to be erected into a towuihip of that province
by the name of Stratton. And whereas it is intended
that all persons interested in any of the said lands, under
the said pretended grant (except as hereinafter excepted)
fbouid upon the termsand under the provisoes hereinafter
mentioned, be enabled to obtain a good title to their
several shares and intcrefls therein, under the grant thereof
issued under the great seal of the province of New-York :
Public notice is therefore hereby given to all persons above
named, to whom the said pretended grant was originally
made as aforelaid, and to all other persons refpe&ively
possessed of, or incerefted in any of the said l?uds, by,
from, or under any of them, that all and singular their
several interefa refpeftively in the said tra& of land,
under the said pretended grant, ffiall be confirmed to
them respectively; under the laid grant thereof made
as aforefaid, under the great seal of the province of New-
York (except the fiare formerly referred to Bending
Wentworth, Esq; containing the quantity reserved to his
Majesty as aforefaid) provided they apply for the fame
refpedively to the fubferiber, Edmund Fanning, of the
city and province of New-York, within one' year after
the date of this notification, paying to him their respec
tive proportions of all fees, charges and Zifburfements,
with the lawful interest thereof, which hath, or ffiall
arise, or grow due, by reason of the ifluing out of the
said letters patent, together with the costs and charges of
the deeds and conveyances to be made to them refpe&ivelv.
EDMUND FANNING."
WHEREAS William Wickham, and William
Beekman, did make, and with their hands lub
fcribe, a certain writing, bearing date the
February, in the year of uur J.^d one =i.fa, 4;
hundred and feventy-five, and pin f^ :th ^ tucNc
weeks fueceffively in Ilu^h Gainri , -3 ... , .
New-Vork O^ n: .n : • ?;.::, ri^ ; .„ v nd.^
James Riving rited, Tri Nev '. . •Ga
zetteer, or the Conn .Tricut- Hudson's f'ri % New. ferfe*
and Quebec Week!;. 1; twoef t::: p : .^
papers of this colony. Wnicb . and °
directed by the tenor thereof, To all p. rfona interchef 1
the land therein mentioned; containing „i er #
Ami recites, That whereas Abraham H^rook, iacobt
Bruyn, and Richard Edfall, pursuant to a law of the co
lony ot New-York, did divide ascertain trad of land,
commonly called the Wawayanda Patent, in the county
cl Orange. And whereas the said Cotnmiffioners did
let apart to the persons holding the undivided rights of
the town of Goffien (commonly called the Goffien towri
rights) a certain trail of land of about 300 c acres, situate
in the said patent, on the weft fide of tl e drowned lands,
and bounded as follows : Beginning a# a heap of hones,
in the line of the Jersey claim, fix miles from the Mini
linck mountains; thence south 54 degrees weft, 64
chains, to a white oak tree marked ; thence north 45
degrees and 15 minutes weft, 454 chains, to a traverse
line run along the loot of said mountains; thence along
the said line north-easterly, as it runs, to the aforefaid
Jersey claim ; thence south 45 degrees and 15 minutes
east, 480 chains, to the place of beginning; containing
3000 acres ol land, as by the proceedings of the said Com
miflioners, filed in the Secretary's Office of the said co
lony, and in the Clerk s Office of the said county of
Orange, will fully appear. And did thereby give notice,
that Jafhua Davis, Elnatha, Corey, and James Dolfon,
all cf the precinct of Gofhen, persons not interefled in
the said lands, were appointed Commissioners to make
partition thereof; and that they the said Commissioners
would meet on Monday the 15th day cf May last, at the
house of Samuel Gale, in the town of Gofhen, in the
said county of Orange, inn-keeper, to proceed to the par
tition of the said land ; and did then and there req lire all
persons interested therein, to attend then and there for that
purpole, by themtelves or by their attornies : Now there
fore, we the said Joffiua Davis, Elnathan Corey, and
James Dolfon, Commissioners so appointed as aforefaid,
do hereby lignify our said appointment, and do give notice
that we will meet on Tuesday the tenth day of October
next, at the house of the said Samuel Gale, in Goffien
aforefaid, to proceed dn the said partition ; and we desire
all perfuns concerned, to attend accordingly. In the
mean time, in order to prevent as much as possible any
doubts or difficulties that may arise from a chain of con
veyances, it is requeued of tee claimants to the premises,
that they will be pleaded to produce their title deeds to
William Beekman, in New-York, or to Daniel Everitt,
Henry Wimer, and Peter Clowes, in Goffien, to the end,
taat by examining and comparing them, the true propor
tions may be known, and their just proportions adjusted
accordingly.
Given under our hands at Goffien, the ninth day of
Augufi, Annoq; Domini, 1775.
JOSHUA DAVIS,
FLNATHAN COREY,
JAMES DOLSON.
VI/ HEREAS by an order of the
ic Central Affembiy of the province of New-
Jetfey, of the 28th of January, 1775, the proprietors
of the patent of Secacus have permiffian to get a law
pafibd by the said aflembly at their next session, to ap
point commissioners finally to fettle and determine said
allotments : Therefore this is to give publick notice to
all persons whatsoever any ways concerned therein, 0
lay in their claims before the next fitting of the said
assembly, in order to prevent any. further difoutes.
N^7'"™° tau ^t in 6 weeks, at one hour per
,' tyday, at home or abroad, by the fubferiber.
Specimens of improvement are to be seen at his lodgings,
at ths Lowa &@#s, nigh me Battery.
W, ELPHINSTON.