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Arbis Pifture, Jewellery, and Dry Goods Shop, tie
fourth door above BlabtHorfe Alley, in Second
ftreet, Philadelphia.
KEYSERS 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 balsam of honey, Har-,
laem oil, cripple curing oil. Also,
Elegant paste and stone buckles for ladies, gilt and
paste (hoe and knee buckles, Hone and palle Hock
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 set 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 of '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 strings, fifes, blank
music books, cards of history and geography, also
a journey through Europe or the play of geography
invented by Jefferies, for the inftrudive entertain
ment of young gentlemen and ladies; a few ena
meled lamps, pump lamps, and a ball lamp for a
Hair case mounted in brass, cork fkrews, decanter
corks, boot Hraps, tooth powder and tooth brushes,
general atlafft-s containing 36 new and correct maps,
by Pularet and others in one large book, garden
flleers, silver pinchbeck and steel watch chains, sword
knots, cards of trinkets for watch makers windows,
watcli springs, waffi 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 iiititled the Comet of 74, being a political
peace done in New England, also the very best
copper-plate writings done by the greatest marters
in Europe, also a curious collection of the most ap
proved pictures, such as hunting, views of towns,
landfkips, sea fights, land battles, scripture pieces,
flower pieces and a great variety of japan prints,
and many other forts in and out of glass, &c.
The best Price and ready Money
Is given for
Clean Linen Rags,
By the PRINTER hereof.
ASSIZE of B RE A .D,
Set for the City of Philadelphia, the Northern Li
berties and Dirtrici of Southwark, June 12, 1776.
Fine Flour at fourteen Killings and fix-pence per Ct.
Middlings at twelve (hillings per Ct.
Rye at nine (hillings per Ct.
Whits Bread, The penny loaf to weigh eight ounces
and three quarters.
The twopenny ditto qne pound one ounce and a
half.
The fourpenny ditto, two pounds three ounces.
The eightpenny ditto, four pounds fix ounces.
The twelvepenny ditto, fix pounds nine ounces.
Middling ditto, The penny loaf, ten ounces.
The twopenny ditto, one pound four ounces.
The fourpenny ditto, two pounds eight ounces.
The eightpenny ditto, five pounds.
The twelvepenny ditto, feveh pounds eight ozs.
Rye ditto, The penny loaf, eleven ounces and three
quarters.
The twopenny ditto, one pound seven ounces
and a half.
The fourpenny ditto, two pounds fifteen ounces.
The eightpenny ditto, five pounds fourteen ozs,
Th,e twelvepenny ditto, eight pounds thirteen ozs.
Samuel Powell,9
Jacob Duche, y Justices.
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Or the Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New-Jersey
S A T U R DA Y, June 29, 1776.
By an A M ERIC A N.
" You have been told that we are (editions, im
" patient of government, and desirous of Indepen
" dency. Be affixed chat these are not Facts, but
" Cqlumnie^ —Permit us to be as free as yourselves,
'• and we (hall ever esteem a union with you to be
" our greatest glory and our greatest bappinefs.
" Place us in the fame Situation we were at the close
" of the lad war, and our former harmony will be
" restored." Continental Congress'/
Address to the People of Great-Britain.
" Obtre&atio et iivor pronis auribus accipiuntur."
Tacitus.
" Nihil est, Autipho,
" Quin mali narrando poffit depravarier. Terence,
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PHILADELPHI A.
Proceedings of the Provincial ConferrencTe of
. Committees of the Province of Pennsylvania, held
at Carpenter's-Hall. +'
Tuesday, June 18, 1776.
THIS day a number of Gentlemen met at Car
penter's-Hall in Philadelphia, being deputed
by the Committee of several of the counties of this
province, to join in Provincial Conferrence in con
sequence of a circular letter from the committee of
the city and liberties of Philadelphia, inclofing the
resolution of the Continental Congress of the 1 §th
of May lad.
Col. M'Kean, as chairman of the city committee,
declared the motives which had induced that com
mittee to propose the holding the present conference,
and then laid on the table a certificate of deputies
appointed to attend on the^p^rt of laid committee.
Returns were also given in from the counties of
Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, LancaHer, Berks,
Northampton, York, Cumberland, Bedford, and
" eftmoreland, by the deputies of laid counties.
A quorum of the members from the above coun
tjes being met, except that only two appeared from
Chester county; proceeded to the choice of a Presi
dent, Vice-President, and two Secretaries: and
Col. 1 homas M'Kean was chosen President.
Col. Joseph Hart, Vice-Prcfidenr.
Jonathan B. Smith,) ,
,Samuel C. Morris, § Secretaires.
Then die conference adjourned to 3 o'clock, P. M.
June 18, 1776, 3 o'clock," P. M.
The conference met, present as above, and
Adjourned to 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.
Wednesday, June 19, 1776.
The conference met, present 12 committees, 97
members.
A return was delivered at the table from North
umberland, and the deputies attended, being Col.
William Cook, Alexander Hunter, Esq; Messieurs
John Heitzel, Robert Martin, Matthew Brown, as
did those also from Chester.
On motion it was Resolved unanimously, That in
taking the lenfe of this conference on any question
which may come before them, the city and counties
refpe&ively (hall have one vote.
On motion, It was ordered that the resolution of
the Continental Congress, of 15th May lath recom
mending the total suppression of all authority under
the King of Greut-Britain, &c. be read, and it was
read accordingly, and is in the words following, viz.
(See this Paper of May 18.?
Resolved unanimously, That the Did resolution of
Congress of 15th May last, is fully approved by this
conference.
By special order the fame was read a second time,
and after mature consideration.
On motion, Resolved unanimoufy, That the pre
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7 hurfday, June 10, 1776.
J ne conference met, every committee present.
J he order of yesterday for resolving the confer
ence into a committee of the whole was read:"
Rejolved unanimoufo, That the conference will
now go into a committee of the whole.
The president left the chair.
The president relumed the chair.
Col. Hart reported from the committee of the
whole, that they had,corae into two resolutions,
whieh he was ready to report when the conference
would receive them.',
Ordered, f hat they be received forthwith ; then,
the laid resolutions being read and considered, were
agreed to by the conference, without one dissenting
voice, and are as follows, viz.
Resolved, I hat every associator in the province
fhal| be admitted to vote for members of the con
vention, in the city or county in which he resides;
piovicied fucli associator be of the a^e of 21 years,
and Ihall have lived one year in this province im
mediately preceding the election; and (hall have
contributed at any time, before the parting of this
lelolve, to the payment of either provincial or coun
ty taxes, or (hall have been rated or affixed towards
the lame.
Revived, # That every person qualified by the laws
of this province to vote lor representatives iq assem
bly, fhal| be admitted to vote for members of the
intended convention; provided he stall firft take the
following tert, if thereunto required by any one of
the judges or infpeffors of the election, viz.
' - do swear or affirm, that Ido
not hold myfelt bound to bear allegiance to George ti»
Third, King of Great-Fritair, \rc. and that 1 fol
not ditecily or indirectly o^t^oye tee eylaAchrinent of a
free government in this province by the Convention
now to be chfen; nor tie meeßt uRgtM hr the
sent government of this province is not competent
to the exigencies of our affairs.
On motion, Resolved, N. C. D. That it is neces
sary that a Provincial Convention be called by this
conference for the express purpole of forming a new
goveinment in tnis province, on the authority of
the people only.
Resolved unanimoufy. That a committee be ap
pointed to ascertain the' number of members of
which the convention ought to consist, and the
proportion of representatives for the city and each
county; and that two members from the city and
each county be appointed on laid committee, except
from Weftmoreland, which can furnifh but one^ &
the following gentlemen were appointed, viz.
Messrs. Bayard, Bull, Kidd, Davis, Atlee, Bird,
Mat lack, Mathers, Hart, Levis, Cunningham, Haller,
„ r % Smid bM c Clean,Efpee,Weitzel, Cook, Levers,
M'Alifler, Creigh, Piper, Hunter.
,Resolved, That the committee now appointed be
mftru&ed to fix upon some number, not kfs than
ninety, nor more than one hundred and ten, for the
whole province.
Then.the conference adjourned to half after 2
o'clock. 3
June 19, P. M. The conference met.
# A petition from the German Associators of the
city and liberties of Philadelphia was read, praying,
that all associators who are taxables, may become
entitled to vote.
Ordered, To lie on the table for perusal of the
members.
On motion, Resolved unanimoufy, That this con
ference will now enter into a confidcration of the
qualifications of electors, and of perlons who may
be elected.'
p Rejoined unanimoufy, That this conference will
immediately relblve itfelf into a committee of Qe
v.liole, to enter upon said consideration.
The president left the chair.
The president resumed the chair.
Col. Hart, from the committee of the whole rfe
ported, that the committee had come to no resolu
tion, and desired leave to fit again.
Ordered, That the committee of the whole, have
leave to lit again to-moftow morning at 8 o'clock.
The conference adjourned to 8 o'clock to-mor
row, A. M.
Numb. LXXV.