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PENNSYLVANIA LEDGE R:
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A few Copies of the Second Edition of
Strictures on Common Sense,
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A few Copies of the
Military Guide,
FOR
YOUNG OFFICERS,
By THOMAS SIMES, Esquire,
In Two Volumes, large O&avo, embellished
with a Number of Copperplates,
(Price Three Dollars)
May be had of the PRINTER hereof.
DESERTED from the Ranger armed vtffel,
the 13th of September, THOMAS WARD,
a Seaman, born in Dublin, about 22 years.of age,
about 5 feet 7 inches high, fair complexion, freih
coloured, little pitted with the small pox, is pretty
fat and much given to drink and swearing. Wore
when he went away a red jacket, striped trowfers
and a round hat, he was seen two days ago at
Chester.
On the 17 th inst. ANDREW HANCOCK,
country born, about 5 feet 9 inches high, has a
sickly look, and black curled hair. Wore when he
went away a thickset waißcoat without fleev.es. Gri
ped shirt and oznabrigs trowfers. Whoever secures
laid deserters and puts them on board any of the
armed Gallies or in gaol, shall have FOUR DOL
LARS Reward for each. , ROBERT HUME.
Philadelphia, Bth Month 30, 1776.
AL L Persons that have any demands against
the Estate of ELLIS LEWIS, late of this
City, deceas'd, are requeued to bring in their Ac
counts that they may be adjusted and paid; and
those that are indebted to laid Estate, by bond,
note, or book account, are desired to pay the fame
to the Subferibers.
TO BE S O L D.
Agreeable to the last Will and Testament of fax!
Ellis Lewis, deceas'd, a MERCHANT MILI> and
SAW MILL adjoining, in good repair, together
with 100 acres of land, situated in the County of
Chester and Township of Kennet, difont from
Chester 20 miles, and from Wilmington 10 miles;
the County of Lancaster lies about 25 miles back of
said Mill, where a fufficient quantity of Wheat may
be procured, the Mill house is built of stone and
brick, about 40 by 35 feet, also a stone addition
adjoining 30 by 25 feet; there are in said mill two
pair of mill-stones, one of French burrs the other
Cologn, three boulting reels, and hoilling works
that go by water. A two story stone dwelling
houfe, three rooms on a floor, a hone kitchen, and
a pump of good water in the yard; the barn is one
story of stone and a frame upon it, with Cabling
underneath, there are about ten acres of very good
meadow, that is watered out of the mill race, and
two apple orchards; the place has always been
deem'd a healthy situation and in good neighbour
hood. Any perlon inclining to purchase the above
described premises, by applying to JOSEPH
MUSGRAVE living near the fame, may know
the terms and veiw the place. An indisputable title
will be made to the purchaser by the fubferibers,
MARY LEWIS,?.
JOHN MORTON,
r r° BE SOLD by the fubferibers, a likely
Negroe BO Y, between 14 and 15 years of
age, is a compleat farmer for his age, remarkable
Prong and healthy and has had the small pox; he
is fold for no fault whatsoever, but is a part of the
estate of Jojeph Secerns deceas'd, for further parti
culars enquire of Benjamin Severns in Benfaleih,
Bucks county, near the new Presbyterian Church.
John and Benjamin Severns, Adminiitrators.
Bucks County, September ,4, 1776.
September 28, 1776.
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'SATURDAY, September 28, 1776.
Just published and to be fold, by
JAMES HUMPHREYS, junr.
The corner of Black-horse Alley, Front-street,
The compleateft Edition yet published of
The WORK 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.
The Life and Opinions of Triflram Shandy, Gen
tleman.
Yorick's Sermons—Forty-five of the belt 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 publilhed in any
Edition of his Works.'
Just published, and noon felling by
ROBERT BEL L, in Third-ffreet,
(Price One Dollar and a half in neat binding)
The ART OF WAR.
CONTAINING
I. The duties of all Military Officers in actual ser
vice; including necessary inftrudions in many
capital matters, by the knowledge of which, a
man may loon become an ornament to the pro
teffion of Arms. By Monsieur De Lamont,
Town-Major of Toulon.
IL The duties of soldiers in general; including
necessary inftrudions in many capital matters, by
remaining ignorant of which, a man who pre
tends to be a loldier will be every day in danger
of bringing dilgrace upon himfelf, and material
injury to the cause of his country.
111. Ihe rules and practice of the greatest Generals,
in the manoeuvres of encamping, marching, or
der of battle, fighting, attacking, and defending
strong places, with the manner of surprising
towns, quarters, and armies; exhibiting what is
molt requisite to be known by all who enter into
the Military Service.
By the CHEVALIER DE LA VALIERE.
TH E duties of Military Officers, was written
by Monsieur De Lamont, Town-Major of 1
Toulon, a poll of great trust, and which requires
much experience to recommend a man to it: This
experience he gained, by serving in the array for
twenty-three warm campaigns, and during that
time was personally engaged, in many of the most
considerable sieges and battles. Thus did he rife, to
that degree of knowledge in military affairs, which
is fufficiently teltified by this small but valuable
work. All his instructions are so regular, and Io
just, that they in a manner make a soldier of the
man that never saw a camp, and leads him that de
sires to follow that course of life, so fully into the
art of war, that a young officer has nothing to do
when he comes into the field, but only to put in
practice that theory which he has already conceiv
ed, concerning all the operations, belonging to the
Several posts, in an active and couragious army.
The Second and third parts of this work, were
composed by Gen.,La Valiere and another French
officer of great valour and experience in the art of
war.
Those Subferibers who have not yet compleated
their Sets of the following Work are requested
to do it immediately, or perhaps they may be
too late.
N. B. A considerable variety of Latin classics:
Also Greek classics ; Likewise English Spelling
Books, with Grammers in all languages may be
h id at R. BELL's, next door to St. Paul's Church
in Third-street, Philadelphia.
THE
To the Printer.
THE date of our Government I think is alarm
ing. I dont mean from our enemies of Bri
tain, l am lets afraid of them, than of our enemies
among ourselves They are the most dangerous
The tories are the perlons I most dread
All the government almost except our county are
tories— I hey, I mean the tories, are every where
crying out for a new government to make men pay
their debts—that was one objection we had to the
old government; and yet those unfeeling tories
would fain bring us into the fame state again—
Strange, that men ofcommon sense don't underhand
the nature of Liberty better. Who enjoys liberty if
he is obliged to pay his debts? The greater part
with us, if they were called upon to pay their debts
could enjoy no liberty at all, for they would be
shut up in prison—Let any body once be fhur up
in goal, and fee then if he ever desires the blessing
of such government again.
We of this county are the only true sons of liber
ty —We have put an end to our courts, I don't fay
of justice, but for compelling men to pay their
debts, and we thereby enjoy the sweets of liberty
and can trespass with impunity.
We now can have money in our pockets for
(pending or buying what we want, we can leave
good estates to our children, if these times of liber
ty continue, but if not, we shall be miserable all our
lives, and our children will curse us after our death
—lc is true we did not love to own our motives for
flopping the courts while we acknowledged the
tyrant of Britain, but made use of the word liberty
for a cloak, and because the tories have been so
numerous in all parts of the government, we have
been obliged to cloak our views ever since—accord
ingly, at another time when the tories were a going
to set up courts, the great pells of human society,
we pretended the fees were too high—when the
government had gratifie^us in lowering the fees to
the utmpft of our wiffies, we had no pretence then,
but that the courts should not use the King's name
Tile General Court were so good as to gratify
us in that matter by altering the stile—now the only
pretence is that we have not a good form of govern
ment, and we will not have courts till that is alter
ed—l suppose that will be changed very soon but we
shall then have one good pretence left, which is
that we do not like a form of government when
courts are fer up and men are forced to pay their
debts—ls our General Court does establish such a
form of government, we frail think th^m all to
ries—we iltfill never like it and for our own fakes as
well as for the fake of our pofterfcy, we are deter
mined never to submit 10 it,
Berlfßre Man
TO BE S O L I).
SUNDRY GROUND RENTS, iffiiing and
arising out of Several Lots of Ground in the
diftria of Southwark. Enquire of JAMES HUM
PHREYS, Notary Public and Conveyancer, at the
Corner of Black-horse Alley Front-street.
NA TT R-OVS;
Of different sizes, to be had of
JOSEPH POTT S,
At his Store in Sixth llreet, near Market-street, and
at the Slitting-Mill in Chester county.
Also SHEET IRO N.
The best Price and ready Money
Is given for
Clean Linen Rags,
By the PRINTER hereof.
Several Sums of Money,
To be Lent, at Interest, on good Security,
By JAMES HUMPHREYS,
Notary Public and Conveyancer;
In Front-street, Corner of Black-horse Alley.
From the BOSTON-GAZETTE.
Numb. LXXXVIII.