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The PENNSYLVANIA EVENING POST.
milies.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the feve
lal Assemblies and Conventions, in the United
Colonies, that they immediately establish public
works in each and every county in their refpe&ive
Colonies, at the expence of such Colonies, for the
manufacture of Saltpetre, and appoint Committees
of their own members immediately to set up such
manufactures.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the As
semblies, Conventions, or Councils of Safety
of every Colony, forthwith to ereCt POWDER
MILLS, in their refpeCtive Colonies, and appoint
Committees to build such mills, and procure per
sons well (killed in the manufacture of powder, at
the expence of such Colonies.
Resolved, That a Committee of this Congress,
to consist of one member from each Colony, be
appointed to confider of farther ways and means
of promoting and encouraging the manufactures of
Saltpetre, Sulphur, and Powder in these Colonies,
and to correspond with the several Assemblies and
Conventions, and Councils or Committees of Safety
in the several Colonies, that this Congress may be,
from time to time, truly informed of the progress
made in these manufactures in all the Colonies,
The members choftn ,Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Paine,
Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Huntington, Mr. L. Mouris,
Mr. Sergeant, Mr. Humphreys, Mr. Read, Mr.
Paca, Mr. Braxton, Mr. Hewes, Mr. E. Rut
ledge, and Mr. Bullock.
Ordered that the above be published.
Extract from the minutes,.
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary:
RESOLVED, That it be recommended to
the several Assemblies, Conventions, Coun
cils or Committees of Safety, and Com
mittees of Correspondence and Inipeftion, in the
United Colonies, to exert themselves in deviling
farther ways and means es promoting and encou
raging the manufacture of SALTPETRE, and
of° introducing that manufacture into private fa-
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In CONGRESS, February 23, 1776.
Price only "T^o Coppers.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1776.
Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evenings.
95
TWO DOLLARS Reward.
YJ7AS taken out of a necessary-house, on Hamilton's
YV wharf, yesterday morning between the hours of nine
and eleven o'clock. A SILVER WATCH, with a chinaface,
the maker's name William. Senwood, No. 706 or 607. Who
r ever has found the said watch, and will bring it to the prin
ter, or to JAMES ' HANEY, coppersmith, near the Draw
bridge, Front-street, ihall receive th^ above reward.
LOST, on Saturday the third inst. in Dock-street, be
tween the dock and the hospital, a marble covered folio
ACCOUNT BOOK, containing about a quire of paper,
with a small coarse check handkerchief tied about it. Who
ever has found th,e fame, and will bring it to the printer, ihall
receive FIVE. SHILLINGS reward.
Philadelphia, February 10, 1776.
AS ROBERT STEVENSON, who lately lived with Mr.
DAVID BEVERIDGE, proposes very soon to depart
this province, all persons having any demands againlt him,
are desired to bring in their accounts immediately, to his house
in Front-street, five doors below Spruce-street, that they may
be paid. And all persons, indebted to said Stevenson, are
likewise desired to make immediate payment. *
TO BE LET, a three story BRICK HOUSE, with two
rooms on a floor, a kitchen, a pump of good water
before the kitchen door, a good stable, chair-house, hay
loft, stable-yard and garden, to accommodate said house. It is
situate at the entrance of the Pafl'yunk road, opposite Mr.
Drury's rope-walk, a little below the Play-house. For terms
inquire es ROBERT HARDIE at his house in Spruce-street,
who has for sale, MOROCCO LEATHER, oil-cloth,
silk umbrellas, coffee, men, women's and boy's Genoa white
leather gloves, &c. &c. *
TO BE SOLD, the PLANTATION whereon the sub
scriber now liveth, situated in Abington townlhip,
Philadelphia county, and ten miles from the city of Philadel
phia, containing upwards of ninety acres, with a frame house,
some stabling, and a milk-house, has a spring of never failing
water, about ten acres of meadow, and sixteen acres of wood
land, the rest plow land, some apple, cherry, and peach trees,
and is pleafanly situated on the Lime Kiln road, a quarter of a
mile from the York road, 3 quarters of a mile from the Friends
meeting-house, and half a mile from Mathers's mill. Any
person inclining to purchase the fame, by applying to the sub
scriber on the premises, may know the terms, which will be
made easy. * WILLIAM GWIN.
TO be SOLD, and entered upon immediately, a neat
and elegant HOUSE, with a small PLANTATION
beloningto it, situate in West-Jersey, twenty miles from town,
and a convenient distance from the river Delaware. Inquire
of Mr. Robert Dove, currier, near the corner of Market
and Fourth streets, Philadelphia.
[Num. 171.