Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1799-05-11 00:00:00, page 4

r r!I A r fepartte proposals will l)e received at
X the Hii.e of the Secretary of the Depart
ment of War, uutil the expiration of the 15th
of July next tnf ing, for the supply of a'.l ra
tions, w'veh may lie required for the use «f the
United States, from the firll day of O&ober,
1799, to the thirtieth day of September, 1800,
b th days imlulive, at the places and within the
two diftriils herein after firft mentioned ; and
also that separate proposals will be received at
the said office until the expiration ot the 25th
day of July next ensuing, lor the supply of all
rations which may be required as aforcla.d,
from tl>e firft day of January m the ye*r 1800,
to the thirty .firfli day of December in the fame
year, both days inclufive,at the place and witU
in the several llates herein after mentioned, viz.
Fir/l —Propolala to- supply all rations, that
may be required, at Of«o go i at Niagara ; at
Prefqu'ifle ; at M'cbilimacltinac ; Fort
Franklin ; at Le Bceuf ; at Cincinnati ; at
Picque and Luramies stores ; at Fort
Wayne; at Vort Defiance ; at any place below
Fort Defiance, n ifce Miami river to Lake
Erie , at Fort Knox, and Ouatanon on the
river Wabafti ; at Maflac ; at any place or
places on the ea'.l fide of the river Mississippi,
above the mouth of the river Ohio, and upon
the Illinois river.
Second —Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required, at any place or places, on the
ea! ; f.de of the ifliffippi river, below the
mouth of the river Ohio to the southern boun
dary of the state of Kentucky and withiu the
said state ; 'at Knoxyille ; at'all other posts and
places «i;hin the state of Tennefiee ; at South
Weft Point ; at Tellico Block-house, at St.
Stephens on the river Tombigby and any place
or places within the Cherokee boundaries ; be
low the foutnern boundary of the state of Ten
nclTee and within the boundary of the United
States.
Third —Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required, at Point-fetre; at Coleraine ;
at Savannah, and at any other place or places
where tro. Ps a r i or may be stationed, marched
or rscruited within the state of Georgia ; at all
forts or flatjonßon the-Oconneeand Alatamaha,
and at all other places in the Creek Nation,
within the limits of the United States, whare
troops are or may be stationed.
Fourth —Propolals to supply all rations that
may be required at Fort Johnson, at Fort Pinck
ney, at Charleston, or at any other place or
places where troops are or may be stationed,
marched or recruited in the state ps South Ca-
It i? expefted the proposals will ilfo extend to
the funply of rum, wntfkey, or other ardent fpi
ru.s at'th rare of hal' a jjill per ration, and Vine
gar at tH$ rato of two quarts tor pvery hundred
rations. The prrjofals w.ll fp.cify the price of
the fevera! component parts of th- ration, as well
as thole of iuMtiiutei or alternatives lor parts
thereof.
.
Sixth- -Vropo&U to supply all ration* that
may be required at Norfolk, at Portsmouth, at
Ktmpfville, at at Wincheller, at
Sta'rt-in, at Richmond, at Alexandria, at Leef
burg, at FreHerickfburg, at Carterfville, or at
any < ther place or places where troop# are or
rn.'v be liatioiiect, marched or recruited, in the
slate ot'Virginia.
Seventh —Proposals to supply all rations that
maybe required at fort M'Keßry, at Baltimore,
at Annapolis, at Frederick town, at Leonard
town, at Hagers town, at Blacenlburg, at
Gt'o r i;e town. at. Harper's ferry, at Eiftown, at
the of Elk, ind at any other place or
pi.. <■<>, u here troops a/e or may be ilationed,
marched or recruited within the limits of the
gate ■ f Maryland.
} igbtb —Fr pofals to supply all rations that
may be required at Fort Mifflin, at Philadel
phia, at Darby, at Lancaftet. at Wilkefbarre, at
Heading, at Bristol, at Yorktown, at Carlisle,
at Leu-ni i«n ( Mifflin county) at Bedford, at
Gieenfb-rg, at Walhington, at Eaftown, at
Wilmin b > >'.ij at Christiana, at Dover, or at,any
ntf.er place or places where troops are or may
be IHtioned, marched or recruited within the
limits of the states or Pennfylvanii and Dela
ware, exGept the polls within the state of Penn
fv vania, enumerated in thefirft proposals afore
faid.
rolina
Fisth —Proposals to supply all rations that
mav'be required at the Fort at Wilmington,
Cope Fear ; jt Beac n Island, Ocracock ; at
CiacfSfte; at Fayetteville, at Sahlbury, or at
any other place or places where troops are or
may he Itationed, marehed or recruited in the
ftste of North Carolina.
Ninth —Propi fall to supply all rations that
may be required at Hackeolac, at Elizabeth
town, at New-BrunTwick, at Burlington, at
WoodUi.ry, at Trenton, and at any other place
or places where troops are or may be Rationed,
rriarchcd e'recruited within the limits of the
ftati of Jersey.
<T en th—Pr-.'}!ol'ah to supply all rations that may
ht r. mured at New-York, at Well-Point, .it Fluia
in ", at Hacrlcm, at West-Chester, at Poughkeep
f. atK -n lurliook. at Stillwater, at Newburg, at
Albany*. «t onejoharie. at Cherry Valley, arniar
a - ■■-■ - place or places, where troops are or
ma-- Hi" tioni-d, matched or ! tcmited within the
limits ol the tiate of New York, except the pods
v.-' ;-i the said state enumerated in the firft pro
p. u: a'c/rel'aid.
Eleventh —Prepofals to supply all rations that
may be required at Hartford, at Hebron, at New
London, a' Bro klynn, at Wyndham, at Litchfield
at Guilford, at New-Haten, at Fairfield, at Dan
bury, at Midrtletown, and at any other place or
places where troops are or may be Rationed,march
ed or recruited within the limits of the State of
Coaneilicutt.
Twelfth —Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Fort Wolcott, at Brinton's
Point, at Newport, at frovidenca, and at any
place or places where troops are er may be station
ed, marched or recruited withia the limits the of
ftatfe of Rhode-Island.
TbirUmtb —Proposals to supply all rations that
maybe rtquued at Portlandin the Difcriiftof Maine
Oloucaitcr, Cape Ann, Salem, Marbl«head, Bos
ton, at Springfield, at Uxbridge, and at any other
place or pl.iccs where troops are or may beftation
ed, marched or rccraited within the limits of the
state of Massachusetts.
fourteenth—Propofals to supply all rations that
diay lie required at Porcfmouth. at Exeter, at
Wmdfor, at Bennington, at Rutland, or at any
Fort, place or places, where troops are or may b&
ftationc i, marchcd'or recruited within the States of
New-Hampfhir and Vermont.
i he Ration to be supplied, is to consist of the
following article?, viz Eighteen ounces of bread
or flour, or when seithercan be obtained, of one
quart «f rice, or one an •' a half pound of lifted or
boulted indian meal, one pound and a quarter of
frdVi beef, or o,;e pound of ialted beef, or three
quarters of a pound of lalted Pork, apd when freih
meat i» iflued, f It, at the rate of two quarts for
evrey hundred rations, f< at the rate of four
ptiuru's, and candles at the rate of a pound and a
half for i very hundred rations.
The rations are to be";)urr.illied in such quantitie
us that there ibill at all times, during the term c"
H«e • pmpofWl contrails, be fulficiei>' or the con
f urn ritioii ot the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit
Hia"!ra aud for fix m»rths in advance
and'at ci(h of the other pods on the western wa
ters, for at least three monthHfcadvancs, of good
Notice is hereby given.
• t: ■mn <
and w'tiokfomc ,jrcwtfiops, if th« Tame (hall be re
quired. it i- alio l*j be permitted to all -ndevery
of the coir.mand.4Bts of fortified places, or polls,
to call lor at season* when the lame can be trans
ported. or at anytime in cafe of urgency, such tup
plies of li'ie provisions in advance, as in the dlfare
tion of the commandant lhall be deemed proper.
It is to be uwdcrftood that the contractor is to be
at the expesice and rifle of ifluing the supplies to
the troops, and that all losses, sustained, by the
depredation, of an enemy, or by rveans of 'he
troops »f the United States, fliall be paid for at the
price of the article captured or deftro'yed, on the
depositions of two or more perfans of creditable
ehara&ers, and the certificate of a commiflioned
officer, afeertaining the circumstances of the loss,
and the amount of the article?, f6r which comp«n
fation (hall be claimed.
The privilege is to be understood to be reserved
to the United States of requiring, that none of the
supplies which may be furnithed under any of the
proposed contrails (hall be ifTued, until the supplies
which have or may be furniihed under contracts
now Ift force have been cohfumed, and that a fup
p!y in advance may be always required at any of
the fixe.l posts on the §ea-board or Indian frontiers
not exc«eding three months. '
March '!/&» 1799.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
Pursuant to the ail of Congn ii pafl'ed on the
ift day of June, one tjiaufand, seven hun
dred and ninety fix, entitled " an a<fl regulat
ing the grants of land appropriated for mili
tary services, and for the society of United
Brethren for propagating the gospel among
the Heathen and the a<£l supplementary to
the said recited ail palled on the fecoud day of
March, one thonfand seven hundred andnine
ty nine to wit:
I.
THAT the trail of Land herein after de
scribed, namely, " beginning at the North Weft
corner of the seven ranges ef tawnfhips, and
running thence fifty miles due Couth, along the
weftcrn boundary of the said raagss j—thence
due W.eft to the Main Branch of the Scioto ri
ver i thence up the Main Branch of the said ri
ver to the place where the Indian boundary line
erodes the fame ; —thence along the said boun
dary line to the Tufcaroras branch of the Muf
kingura river at thecroffing p! ice above Fort
Lawrence ; thence Jo<wn the said river, to the
point where a line run due weft from the place
of beginning, will interfeA the faitl river;
thence along the line so run to the place of be
ginning has been divided into to\*nfhips of
five miles square, and fractional parts of town
(hips ; and that plats and furvays of A* (kid
townihips and fraflional parts of townfljips are
deposited in the offices of the Rirgifler of the
Treasury and Surveyor General, for the inspec
tion of all perfons^concerned.
11.
The holdert of fijch warrants as have been
or fliall be granted for military services perform
ed during the late war, are required to present
the fame to the Regifler of the Treasury, at
some time prior to the twelfth diy of February
in the year, one thousand eight hundred, tor
the purpose of being registered ; No regiflry
will however be made of any less quantity thaa
a quarter townlhip, or four thousand acres.
111.
The priority of location of the warrants which
may be presented aad regiflcred in manner afore
faid, prior to the ilthday of February in the
year one thousand eight hundred, will immediate
ly after the said day, be determined by lot, in the
mode dreCcribed by the act firlt recited.
The holderi of registered warrant*, (hatl on
Monday the 17th day of February, in the year
1800, in the order of which the priority of locati
on (hall be determined by lotas aforefaid, person
ally, or by their agents, dcGgmate in writing at the
office of the Register -of the Treasury, the particu
lar quarter townfliipt ele&ed by them refpedtively,
and such of the said hslders as (hall not dsOgnaf
their locations on the said day, (hall be postponed
in locating such warrants to all other holders of
registered warrant*.
All warrants or claims for lands on account of
military Services, which lhall not be rrgiftered and
located before the firft day of January, 1802, are by
the supplementary ail of Gongrefs herein before
recited, passed on the second day of March, 1799,
declared to be forever barred.
The holders of warrants for military fervUes
Sufficient to cover one or more quarter townihips
or trails of four thousand acres each; (hall, at any
time after Monday the 17th day of February, 1800
and prior to the firft day ol January, 1801, be al
lowed to register the said warrants in manner a
fbrefaid, and forthwith to make lecations therefor
on any tract or tradts of land not before located.
JUNI 1798,
Notice is hereby given, That by vir
tue of an a&, paffedduring the prefentfef
fion ef Conerefs, so much of the aS entituled
" An Ail making further provision for the sup
" port of publii credit, and for the redemption
" of the public debt"—parted the third day of
March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety
five, as bars from settlement or allowance,
Certificates, commonly called Loan Office and
final settlement Certificates, and Indents of In
ferefts, is fufpcnded until the twelfth day oj
June which will be in the year one thousand seven | Valuable Property for Sale,
hundred and ninety nine. 1 J J m 9
That on the liquidation and fettlementof the Ghelnut, near Sixth et i dire<stly oppofit
' said Certificates, and Indents of Interest, at the ' _ r Congress Hall,
Treasury, the Creditors will be entitled to receive A LOT of ground, about feet front in Chef-
Certificates of funded ThrccPerCent.Stockequal ' , ° ut '^ r f cr 18 ?3 ' n <epih, whereon isa
to the amount of the said Indents, and the arrear- a 'e House, now in the tei.ure o( Samuel
ages of interest due on their said Certificates, prior Benge, Subject to a ground rent of lot. per annum,
to the firft day of January one thousand ieven ' The *dvanta ? eous fltuat,o« of this property re
hundred and nißety one. <l ulr " no comments, for it mud be known, there
That the principal fumsof the said Loan Office a . r< ; fcw . j° this cit y t0 ct i ual an unecceptionaMe
and final settlement Certificates, with the interest e w ' )e ma^eto *J®j porchafer. Aptily to
thereon, since the firft day of January, one thou- JAMES GIRVAN,
sand seven hundred and ninety one, willbedif- no. 19S, Chefnut street, next door to the pre
charged after liquidation at the Treasury, by the mifes.
payment of interest and reimbursement of princi- mareh s
pal, equal to the funis which would have been
payable thereon, if the said Certificates had been
fubferibed, pursuant to the Ails making provision
forthe debts of the United States, contracted dur
ing the late war, and by the payment of other
sums, equal to the market value of the remaining
Stock, which would have been created by such
fubferiptions asaforefaid, which market value will
,be determined by the Comptroller of theTreafury.
OLIVER WOLCOTT,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
mcrch 19
THE subscriber, having been appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of Mr. John Lup
ton, latr of this city, merchant, deceased, re
quests those who ire indebted to said eftite, to
make payment, and those who have demands
airain't the fame tc exhibit thejn to him with
out dfjliyk
junr a 8
April »5
Given under my hand at Philadelphia, the
day and year above mentioned.
ASURY DEPARTMENT
JAMES M'HENRr,
Secretary of War.
W. MEREDITH,
No. 16, Couth Foujth street.
doim
OLIVER WOLCOTT.
Notice.
Secretary of tit Treasury.
lawtt
Sec. of the Treasury.
AI ,OT of gr-und on the south fide thereof,
between 7th and Bth Rreets, containing in
front 13 feet 8 inches and extending in depth
southward 306 feet.
The improvements on this lot ar? a substantial
Brick Dwelling House, three (lories high, with
garrets and an extensive range of back buildings
alio of three Dories—the whole comprising two
genteel parlours—a ipacious drawing room—back
parlour—kitch<n—waiVhoufe, &c. and a great
number of bed-chambere. It has the privilege of
palTage into Market-street, through a 3 feet wide
allay communicating with the yard.
Another lot on the fame situation and next ad
joining, weft ward to the one above described,
[aim g in front, on Market flreet, to-fe-'t 8 inch
es by 306 feet in depth, on which areereited a two
ifory frame dwelling house a n id kitchen well calcu
lated to accommodate a (mall family
The back ground of both thefc lots is rendered
healthy and plealant by gravel walks and grass plats
and a number of fruit ajid sorest tress growing
thereon. Each lot hath the privilege of a pafiage
into Eighth--reet through a 15 feet w ide alky ex
tending to the fame from the back ends.
One other Lo* of ground adjoining to andeaft
wardof the fubferibor's Dweliing House, contain
ing in front 33 fe«t and extending southward to the
depth of 306 feet—on which are ereCled a fubftan
tia Brick Dwelling House, 18 feet front, with
garrets and very convenient b.ick buildings of the
lame height and materials* Alio a Carriage House
and Stables built of wood.
mt. SUBSCRIBER,
Offers for sale thu following described property,
A Lot of Ground on the north fide, and be
tween Seventh and Eighth Street", containing in
front io» feet, and extending in depth aorchwajd
178 feet. This Lot isalfo accommodated witlfla
paKage into Eighth Street, through the above de
scribed alley.
Eight I.ots of Ground adjoining each other, on
the weft tide of King ftreec, containing »n front
on the fame 50? feet,and eiten'ding in depth well
ward about 401 feet, on which are ereited a two
story Brick Dwelling Ho«fe, and another Brieve
Building adjqimug, suitable fe" a Store or Office
together with several frame tenements—a ftrcam
of water runs through the south part of the lot,
where a tan-yard might be unproved to advantage.
Payment of a part of the purthafc money
will be required—the remaiuder may be at in
tertft for a number of year# by giving the pre
mises in security, &c.
THE FOLLOWING -PROPERTY.
AN Excellr.t.t three story Brick House, situ
ate the corner of 7th and Race-streets; —
liie house is about 15 feet front and well finilh
ed in every refpeil ; the Jx>t is 76 feet front on
?nd 88 feet deep,the fit ;ation rertiar
kably airy, having a public Apiare open in Front
of it.
Two three ftor\ Houses, Brick Stores,
and good Wharf, li'nutf in Warp flreet, be
tween Arch and Ui' < tree's, ,tl>e mt on which
these buildings are, is fifty four fret fro«t en
Watcr-ftreet, snti continues that width about
95 feet, then widens to the foutfl 13 feet 6 inch
es, so that the front on the water is ftxty seven
feet fix incites, 'hit lot adjoins Jaha Stcinmetz
esq. on the south, and 4ias the advantage of a
public alley on the north, and is a very detira
blc lituatioi> for the bufinel's of a Flour Factor,
or Merchant
A large elegant two flnry Stone House, fitu
at« on the Point no Point road, beiag the firft
house to the Northward of the five mile flor.e ;
thi6 house it about 60 feet front and 40 feet deep
finithrd in a neit manner; there is a good gar
den and choice tolle<2ion of the best fruit tree 6,
Ice-House and other conveniences with about
nine acres of ground—sir if more agrocible to
the purchaser, thirty two acres of upland and
meadow may be added to it.
A plantation in Bibirry Townfbip, Philadel
phia county near the Red Lyon, about 13 miles
from this city ; by the Northampton
Road and Poqueffing Creek, thi* urmcontajus
about 140 acres of land, a proportionof which
is woodland and meadow , a brick dweJling
houfe, fr»me barn, and other out-houfc«, and
there is fai) to be a good stone quarry on part ot
it, .although it has not yet been opened, a fur
ther description is deemed unnecefary as no
person will purchase without viewing the pre-
A small plantation in Horftiam Township,
Montgomery county, nineteen miles from Phi
ladelphia, adjoining to Grame Park, on which
is an excellent n«w Store House aßd Kitchen,
with a large Stone Shed for the accommodation
of traveller's horl'es ; the house i» now occupi
ed as a tavern, and is suitable for any kind of
public bufineft, the land is good in quality, a
good neighborhood, and a remarkably healthy
situation : there is fifty acres of land and mea
dow in this farm Alf> for file, several trails
of land in different counties of thia state
mifesj
The House inßace-ftreet firft mentioned
and sne of the Houses in Water-flreet, are now
And immediate p-(Teffijn given. For terms
apply at the Ssuth-eaft corner of Arch and
Sixth-ftreets,to
ONTuefdaythe loth of Augult n«xt, I {hall
cxpofe to public fiile, at the town of New-
Mai ket, in Dorchefler county, all that valuable
trail or parcal of land commonly called the Chop,
tank Indian I.ands, situated on tha south fide and
binding on the Choptank river several miles, sup
posed to contain about fit thousand acres, to i»e
divided into lots to contain from 100 to 500 acres
each: -The terms of sale as follow, viz. i'urchafers
to give bond immediately after the sale with ap
proved fecority, conditioned for the payment of
the purchase money, with interest from the day of
sale, in four equal annual inftalmcnts, agreealily
to an ail, entitled, " An adl appointing rommM
fioners to contrail for and purchase the lands com
monly called the Choptank Indian Lands in Dor
cheficr county, and for appropriating the fame to
the use of this state, and to repeal the a& of nfferu
bly therein mentioned;" paffedat November lef
fion, 1798. (
jan 11
feb 7
*7 he Subscriber offers for Sale,
In the town of Dover,
KENT* COUtrfr, DEL AIV ARE STATE.
apiil 19.
REAL ESTATES.
Valuable Lands for Sale.
ON CHESNU'f SVBEEtf.
ON HICH-SrsfiE-r,
TO BE LET,
Wm. MARBURY, Agent
RICHARD RUNDLE
for the slate ot Maryland.
133 m
JOSEPH BALL.
"thief tf
d ? 2-!
tu.th fa-tf
Thomas Clapton, Hatter*
HAS removed to No. 1 li, south Front street,
where he intends carrying ™ his business as
formerly, and has on hand a complete alfortmeot
of his own manufactured ladies, gentlemen and
childrens'
With a, complete aflorcmenc of b'URS, always
for sale.—He lias received pi*r the late arrivals
from London, a complete affortmcnt of
C'anadaßeaveri€ Mujh-rat Skins,
Fajkionable Englijh Huts,
Which he now offers for sale at vciy reduced
IYI NG in the county of Knficl, ii.ite of Vir
-J ginia, hour„dcd ,0:1 the eal! by the r':v»r
Clinch, on the louth by the river Greft, and
to thawed by Sandy river. This trail (situate
fix miles from the Courthouse of the above
«oni»ty, ij from the town »r is well
fettled, andlias likewise the advantage of a wag
gon road) is divided into trails of 10, 5 and
1500 acres ed h, and will be fold, altogether,
or in lots, as it may suit the purchasers, by one
of the owners who will reside there during the
months of May, June and July next, in order
to put them who may '/tecomepurchafersinpof-
session
I he plots duly authenticated and certified by
the furvryors, are in the ha=ds of the fubl'cri
bers. Every fitisfacJlion will be given with ref
pe<sl to the right, to which the patents give fall
and ample testimony. Great accommodations
will be made refpefling payment, and every
necefiary information may be had, by applying
to F. & A. TUBEUF.
At the two mile stone, on the JVeJfahickon f or
Ridge Road %
A Place co<ntainiug about eighty acres, in part® 4
or the whole together, a* may fwit the pur
chaser. There #on the premises a house 47 i-a
xrorit, by 43 i-i de«p, a scullery, milk house,
pump, ice houf(?, and farm*houfe, a large barn,
60 iect by ?>*, with !ta:lsfor 25 horses and cows,
a carriage house, and a pump of good water in
the barn yard, and a second milk house supplied
by a spring. The grounds are well manured, and
laid out in good stile, with an abundance of orna
mental, and fruit trees, she {ituation healthy and
high, commanding a view pi the city and Dela
ware. is also a small diftancefrom the man
fiun [house a farm house in good repair, with
kitchen, (lable, Bcc. and a pump of good wa
ter: Foraterms apply to
A Certificate of one fliare of Bank Pennsylva
nia ftoch, No 715, in my name, having
been loft or miflair, application is made at the said
Bank for renewal of the fame ; all persons con
cerned are deiired to take notice.
JOHN VAUGHAN.
ty of excellent fruits of different kinds. The foil >6
mostly a rich loon . —The whole will he f old toge
then rdivideiiintcfmallsr farms( tor which the buil
ding? are convi niently fitua ed) as may fuittbe pur
haler. The Stock on hid Farm, coslifltHg of Hor
cfes, Cattle, Sheep c. will also be difpofedof.—
For further p-.riicul jrsapply to George Hastings
on the prcmifei.or to the fubferiber, in Philadelphia.
ARCHIBALD M'GALfc, Jun.
m. tf.
Patent Ploughs,
TO be fold for eafli by Joseph Salter at Atfion
Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry—Jonathan
Marker. Woodbury—and Jefl'e Evans, Lumber
ton, Tt'ofe who have used them give them the
preference to any other kind, as they require
id's team, bre-.K the ground better are kept in
urder at less expence and are fold at a cheaper
rate —the plan i« much fimplifiod and confiftsof
but one piece of cast iron, with the handles and
beamef
lays and coulters to be put on with fcreus and
taken off atp'esfure
Pi tent lights fir*'ending with inftruftions for
making them may be had by applying to John
Newbold, or she fubferiber No. North
Fiont-flrset.
A number of valuable tnfis of Land, well I
situated for Mills, Iron iVorksor Farms, moft
lyi:uproved, lying chiefly in the county ot Hun
tingdon slate of Penr.fylv.mid. Those who may
incline to view tl-:cm will please to apply to
joha Canan eliq.near Huntingdon.
Claries Ntwhold*
THAT well known Estate, called
SHREWSBURY FARM, formerly the residence
ot General John Cadwaladar, situate on Saffal'ras
River, in Kent county, Maryland—containing a
bout 1900 acres of "prime LAND, upwards of 500
of which are in woods. The Buildings are all ex
cellent, andconfift of a handfoaie Dwelling House,
two lage Barns with Cowhouses, Stables for fifty
horses.a fpeeioux treading floor under cover, a gra
nary, two Jverfeer'shoules.two ranges of two fie
ry buildingsfor Negroes (011 c of them new and of
brick), Corn houses a Soioak hoafe,&«. &c —The
whole Estate being nearly furrnunded by water,it
requires butiittle saucing, aad has a good Shad and
Herring fifhery. It is conveniently situated for
both the Philadelphia and B?ltiraorc markets,with
two landings on a navigable river but a short foil
from Saltimorp. There is a large Peach, and (w»
hrre ipple Orchards on the pteniifes; also, a varie-
THE Following certificates of
share* of the stock of the Bank of the United
States have been loft or ddtroyed at sea, to wit
13 shares in the name of Peter Blight, of which
5 (bares No 4185. 5 shares No 4186. and 3
{hares No 4187, and 6 shares in the name al
John Barker Church, No' 2058. which were
forwarded by the Countess of Leicester packet
ircm Falmonth for Ne*-York—and ten (hares
of said stock in the name Stadnitfki & Son,
of Anifterdam, No 1796. which were forward
ed by the Packet from h'a'mouth for New-York
in November 1794 ; and for the renewal of
which application is made at the said Bank,and
al) perlons concerned are desired to take notice
CLEMENT BIDDLE.
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A SITUATION in a Mtrchant's Compting
House is deGrqd, for a Yf>uth, of the age
of 17, of reputable connexions, an 4 pofleffinj;
the requisite acquirements. Apply to the
printer.
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Peterftiurg, Feb. II
March 11
April 20
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December iz
V aiuable Property for Sale.
march ia
April £4
FOR SAL*E,
50,000 Acres of LAND,
IVho hat for Sale;
Or to Lcafe fur a term of tears,
SAMUEL MEREDITH.
NOTICE.
FOR SALE,
HATS.
A Place Wanted.
NOTICE,
Ritncval.
FOR SALE,
prices.
No. 17i,Chefnut Street.
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NOTICE.
r I 'HE Pilblic 3re ri*qutlled not to receive a y '
L drafts, noV', obligations or bills of any iiaa
jiuwu in ia«or of oriudorfed by
Abijub Hunt.
J. A. Hunt.
Jesse fsf Abijub Hunt.
Jeremiah cl" Abijab Hunt.
Abijab isf J no. IV. Hunt.
Snodgrass, is" Co.
rhofe on whom they are drawn are also deflrcd to
fufpenl acceptance, until reference be had to the
fubferiber.
A)iout twenty thousand Dollars of bills of the
ab.ive description having been taken from the car
rier near the month of TennefTee river by a tartv
of Indians. SAMUEL MEEKER,
arril 16. tu th&f tf
TWO HOUSES,
*.o. 151 and No. 155, oil the fcaft fide of Se
rond street, near Spruce street, and three Grass'
Lots near the city. For terms, apply to
Tvo. 156* South Second ftreet-.
Who has for Sale,
Five boyej of Lenaws ,
One hundred boxes of Tea Chirwr
Black, blue and colored Luteliringj
Silk Umbrellas, &c. &c.
THE COMMISSIONERS, ""~
l PPOINTED by the Corporation tc open
-A- Books ofSubfcription for a Loan to intro
duce IVr.'OLESGME WATER from the l<iv«
oontraiSled for) >o the Center Squire and from
tkence to be di'.tribmed rhrourh theCitv i»iu.
NOTICE, 8
THAT a book will be opened at the City H a l|
to-morrow, the 13th iaitant, and will be con
tinued from day to day, until t.'ie Loan is com"
pleated, where the c«mmiffioners will atte.nd
CMve fubfcriptto<;s.
ad mo. is. 1 " j,
N. B. Ten dollars to be paid on each flu re if \
the time of Subfcrfbine,
30 doßars zt the expiration of "J_
two months / t*IH the tiijie ,
30 ditto, ditto, 4 mpbtto C . , .
jo ditto, ditto, 6 months J ;
To be Sold at Private Sale,
T wo '""S S of Land, being the estate of doctor
1 Samuel Cooper, lately deceafrd, lying in
Talbot county on the Waters of Tuckaboc Creek
in the state of Maryland.
One of them immediately on th« said creek ij
part of a trail called Hampton, and part ol another
tra<9 called Rich Hangc, containing about Two
Hundred aci«s; there are on the said plantation a
tolerable good dwelling house and kitchen, and
foroe ufeful outhouses, an apple orchard, and a
spring of excellent water; this place, about five
or Similes from 'Tuciahx Bridp, and about four
mikslrom Kimgjlrum, is hounded in part by lands
now or lately ot William Sherwood, and of Hugh
Work, in the heart of the fifheries. and conveni
ently Ctuated for a person in the trading or vcffcl
line.
The Other is a Plantaticu one or twe mile* distant
from the above, being part of a trad called Dud
leys Choice, al,i part of a trad called StrawhriJgi,
containing about twe hundred and thirty seven
a.res—This place well timbered, is bounded in part
by the lands now or lately of William Hcyward
and those of George Wilson—there is a dwelling
house thereon, and other improvement# not
cou IMerabte.
I'bc payments will fee m#<Jt cafy to the parchaf»
er, or purchasers, upoji
fatisl'aftory manner.—Fof terms apply
SAMUEL COATES, "i Sarvivin S Eiectorj
THOMAS MORRIS, l'° cfgamufl
&LLISTON PEROT, J ' *
Or to TRISTAM NEEBLE, at King's Cteek,
in Talbot connty, Maryland.
5 eodim
r I "HE creditors of TO DD 55" MOTT are retjuefti
-*■ cd to leave their account! tabulating
to the aid of November, 179$i,j:he date of I'odi
and Moits'a alignment, with W. Mott,
Market street, on or before the firft of July neiL
as a dividend will be immediately made after that
time ; thofc who negieit to f«Bd in their atcduift
will be excluded flora that dividend. /
John Waddingtw,")
John Rhodes, y Assignees.
John Allen ■ J
april »3,17V9
INDEBTED to the Ettate of AbkahaM
Dicks, Sheriff of th* Coanty of
Delaware, are requefled to make immediatep*y-'
ment, and.all ihofe who have demands again#
said Estate to anihentirate and preftnt them fpr
fetilement. Also, all those who hive dcpofited
writings with fai4 deceased to apply for them to ;
WILLIAM PENNOCK. Mm't.
Springfield) Delaware couny, )
ift mo. Bth, 1,799. 5
To be Let,
A Store and Loft,
NEAR M.vrket-Jlreet Wharf.—Enquire of
the Subscriber,
ALL persons having any demands
on the Che-vnlier de Freire, Minister of Portu
gal, are deflred to pre/cnf, without loJ= nf time,
their accounts to his Steward, Mr. Kapi", th Jt
they fiuy be immediately paid.
Franklin Court,
the a6th April, *799-
may i
At a Court of Common held at Grtewf
burg, for the county of Weftnadreland, the
second Monday in March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety
nine, prefect Alexander Addison, Efq» F' e "
fideat, and his Aflociates, Judges of the fame
Qourt.
ON the petition of LUCAS S. GIBBS, an
insolvent debtor, to the Court ot Cuivmon
Pleas, for the county aforeUid, praying I™'"*
benefit of the laws made for the reli?! o! fui: >
perions, and subjoining a lift of his creditors
and effedls on oath, the Court appoint the If*
cond Monday in June next, for hearing the ps
titioner and his creditors, and dir«£l that n ""' c
thereof be given in F*nno's daily paper c ' ' c
city of Philadelphia, in one of the Baltimore
papers, and in the Fayette gazette, by being in
ferred therein, in three fucccffive papers, at leal
three weeks previous to the day of hearing.
By ci der of Court, ,
THOMAS HAMILTON, Prat!, y
april 16. iaw^w—af.d.U,
April »•?
feb it
in). 8
By order of the Board,
Jacob Shoemaker, sec'y..
PRINTED BY J. H\ FENNO.
NOTICE.
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