The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1776-02-05 00:00:00, page 4

Fer ibe Emourdgeme^ of a Milker of
gold indufiricus Farmers,
THE meft advantageous t^rms will be given to such
as may incline to fettle on NEW LAND, about
So or 90 mics above Albany, near Hudfou's River.—
lucfe lards are diversified with hills and valleys, are in
ee^ral exceeding rich foil, and will produce ail kind of
grain, flax and hemp.— -There is no better grass country
of new land in this province ; it abounding with beaver
dams, which are good dry clear'd meadow, suitable for
corn, flax or hemp.---The land is well cloathed with
woods, but not so heavy timber'd as on Connecticut
River.---The ponds, creeks, firings and rivers, abounds
with fiSh : There isplenty of deer, wild fowl, &c.
Fet farther particulars enquire of Edward or Ebenezer
fefl'up, Esquires, in Albany, or Thomas Franklin, Jacob
Watson, William Backhoufe, Frederick Rhinelander,
or Benjamin Huggett, in New-York.
Peck's-Slip, has on Hand a few
Enghjb Garden Seeds,
Of last Year s importation ; none of which will be of
fer'd fcr Sale, but such as upon Trial, he is sure will
vegetate properly.
EARLY Sugar Loaf, York, Batteififa, Russia, large
11 t Head and red Cabbage; Scotch Cale, green and
yellow Savoy, broad Leaf and prickly Spinnage ; Cab
bage; brown Dutch, Silesia Imperial, Capachine, green
arid white cofs Lettice ; Batavia, green and white curl'd
Endive or Sicory; Strafburgh, white Spanish and Silver
Skin Onion,CornSallad orFaticous, white Muflard, Cress
or Pepper Grafs'; broad Leaf, curl'd and Hamborough
Parsley.
Also a Collection of
American Garden Seeds,
Well fared from the best Plants of the different Kinds,
and of the Growth of the last Season.
A few early Chariton and Dwarf Marrow Peafe, broad
Beans, yellow andfpeskled Dwarf Kidney do. early and
late Cabbage Seed, long prickley Cucumber, Salmon and
ihort Top Radiffi, Lettice of different Kinds, Spinnage,
red and white Onion, Parinip, Carrot, red Beet, Turnip,
Parsley; Sallad, Stalk and Italian Cellcry, &c. &c.
Red Clover and Timothy Grass Seed.
Likewise a Parcel of handsome Patterns of
Paper Hangings,
Which he will fell at firft Cofl, with the few remaining
G O ODS he has on Hand.
'[TIE Co-partnerfllip of Robinson
g and Price, being now dissolved, those who
have any demands agairff fail partnership, are desired to
fend in their accounts, &c. to Michael Price ; and those
who are indebted unto said copartnership, either by
bond, note, or book account, are requeued to make
fpecdy payment unto Michael Price.
ROBERT ROBINSON,
MICHAEL PRICE.
Nenv-York, jar, 29, 1776.
NEwR r,
C'° "" " e "^ ofr February)
The Schooner POLLY,
parage only apply to SMITH
, R AMA DG E : She has excellent
accommodation, for passengers. __
R UN-AWAY, a fortnight ago, from the fubferiber,
a "-d fuppefed to be lurking about the city, an En
glish lad nam/d JAMES BIXTON: He has been pretty
regularly brought up to the apothecary's business, with a
flattering knowledge of phyfick and surgery ; a fair com
plexion, near lighted, and wears his hair Short ; his ap
parel when he went off, a suit of brown cloaths, that
has been turned, a beaver hat, new shoes, and pinchbeck
buckles : he is much addicted to drinking and keeping
low company, confrquently will be likely to borrow some
money if he can find any persons that will trust him.—
Whoever takes up the said James Bixton, and secures
himin thp work-house of this city, Shall have Twenty
Shillings paid them, by
DONALD M'LEAN.
To be SOLD,
TWELVE years unexpired term of a Imall firm in
the Bowery, lately occupied by the fubferiber 1 It
contains nearly 25 acres, three of wh ; ch is now in wheat,
and the rest meadow ground in excellent heart, divided
into convenient lots, in good fence and well watered.---
There are on the premises two houses, with a capacious
barn, stable, chair-house, and other out-houses, anexceed
ing good garden well flock'd, a young orchard, and a va
riety of thriving fruit trees—the whole pleasantly laid
out. The dweilisg-houfe, which is as convenient and
heat as its size will admit of, is most agreeably Situated,
and commands an elegant view of the north river, &c.
Possession will be given immediately ; apply to
WILLIAM SFTON.
fofe P U BLI C.
WHEREAS the Committee of Safety in this City
have taken into consideration the utility of
putting into execution as speedily as possible, the plan
proposed in the New-York Journal, No; 1715, for pro
moting and establishing a Manufactory here, for the pur
pose of employing cur industrious poor : They have
therefore ordered a certain sum for that laudable purpose,
and have appointed JOHN RAMSAY, of this City,
to the prefenl superintendency thereof. The present serves
therefore to request, That all hatchelers, and spinners of
flax, and weaves of linen yarn, who incline to serve in
these different branches, do immediately, as soon as con
venient, apply to said John Ramsay, who will treat with
them accordingly.
,4, Any person having flax, or linen yarn to dispose
of, may apply as above.
JOHN ARTHUR,
Diredly opposite Mr. William Walton's near
/I, For C O R K,
The Ship POLLY,
Thomas Kennedy, Wafer;
"' "" "' '" °' ""'h :
& V▼ " r paflage only, apply to
Smith Ramadge, or laid Mailer.
° FI) HE SU L I),
A Houfe and lot of land, in Raway, containing about
17 acres, (3 of which is good mowing ground) plea
santly Situated on a public road, between Amboy' and
Elizabeth-Town, eight from the former, and fix from
the latter, ard fronting a pleasant navigable river, within
fightof four public landings, frem which, boats have
frequently failed to New-York, in three or four hours.---
The house has been lately built, contains three rooms
on the lower floor, with two fire places, three rooms
above, a good cellar, a piazza in front, a well of the bcft
water, an excellent garden plot, a barn and chair house,
a convenient woik /hop, about forty apple trees in their
prime, some peach and pear trees. Also, another lot,
lying near theother, containing about eight acres, is an
excellent piece of meadow Also, a small house and
for, about fifty feet in front, and two hundred deep,
filtered near two of the landings above mentioned. Tht
h n ufe is in good repair, contains two rooms with fire
places in each. The whole te be fold together or Separate
ly, as bed fuhs the purchasers. For further particulars,
enquire of Isaac Shotwell, living on the premises, who
will give an indisputable title for the fame, or the Printer
Ui eof.
To be LET T,
A CONVENIENT HOUSE the lower end of Wall-
Street, near the Coffee-Houfe, and next to Mr.
Samuel Van Horne's. Enquireof Mr. Cornelius Tiebour,
in the Bowery Lane.
w-ant-ed;
A Young Woman that understands House-Work
and Cookery, and can be well recommended.
Apply to the Printer.
For falmouth;
^V^I CORK, and NEWRY,
The SHIP
Duke of Manchester,
Nicholas Mogul, Ma,er;
be ready to fail the
—loth March : For pafLge
apply to Templeton and Stewart. %#. 27, 1776.
_, To be SOLD,
|^3Za!^^ HOUSE where the
@ A I A fubferiber lives, in Eliaa
£ betb-Town, being % Tories high,
I^ 0] ll^ U with two rooms and a large hall
lon the lower firor, and three
rooms above, with a convenient
^^^ct_^^'— kitchen, stable, chair-house, and
garden well deck'd with a variety
of fruit-tree's, &c. Whoever in
clines to purchase the 'fine, will apply to the fubferiber,
who will give a good title.
GEORGE ROSS.
Eliubeth-Town, ^•!, 26, J7ZL
'AT RICHARD SAUSE's
Jewellery, Cutlery, Hard-Ware and HA
brrdaih'ery Store,
Near the F L Y-MArke t,
May be had the Following Articles, vm
SILV ER handled table
and defect knives anc
forks,
Silver tip'd and ferril'd
green ivory ditto,
Plain green and white ivory
ditto,
Camwood arid black ebony
ferrifd ditto,
Capt flag, camwood, ebony
horn, split buck ditto,'
bone and brass handled
knives and forks, with 0;
without cases,
Carving knives and forks,
to match,
Shoe, butcher, oyster, minc
ing and chopping knives.
Bed and common razors
knives, fcirtbrs & lancets
Taylors, glovers and ftee|
(hears,
Ox and horse fieami;
Surgeons infttuments,
Shagreen lancet cases, Silver
mounted,'
Silver mounted cutteau de
chafe,
Morocco 2nd common belts,
Chains and swivels,
Elegant lace and silk sword
knots,
Silver and toy watches,
Left cane firings, with 'taf
fels,
Gold lace, tinsel and com
mon watch braids;
Silver corals, and a variety of
fashionable lilver buckles,
A neat aflortment of Mo
rocco pocket-books, with
and without instruments,
locking-glaffet, &c.
Sword canes, with film
and gilt caps and collars,;
Double and tinglejoint canes,;
with gilt and plain mount
ing,
Oak and varniffied flicks,
Bullet-head rattans, &c.
Silver mounted, common
hunting and half hunt
ing, chaise, jockey and
twig whips,
Plated and silver swan
necked spurs, with and
without chains,
Very neat steel watch chains,
seals, keys and trinkets,
Gold scales, and a variety
1 of pinchbeck and common
buckles,
Double spring, bow and bar
rel cok screws,
Black lead pencils and tops,
for pocket or pockti
bpakr,
Kerby and common fill
hooks,
Girdle flint pouches and
powder flanks of various
forts,
Pierc'd and plain dog-col
lars,
Locks and hair pins,
Silver, pinchbeck, white
brafr, iron and taylori
thimbles,
Sigging irons, gun-worms
turn screws, curling tongs,
tupee and pinking irons,
Common and chamber bel
lows, with brass mount
ing,
Green, white and common
With a variety of other gu
N, B. Cash for old gold an
To be LET from theist of May next,
T"E HOUSE in which Mr. Peter Eking now lives,
fronting the Dock near the Custom-House. Fer
particulars apply to Samuel Bayard, jun.
To be SOLD,
A Negro man about 29 or 30 years of age, a thorough
bred farmer, and of good character ; also a lad of
18, a house servant, has a turn to cooking, is a tolerable
heftier, and will be warranted sober and honest. The
above Servants are fold for want of employ. Enquire of
Patt. M'Davitt, or Hugh Gaine.
ALL Persons indebted to James De Lancey,
El'fy are desired to make immediate Payment
Unto the Snbfcriber, who is fully impowered to
receive the fame; or in Default thereof, they may
expeft to be prosecuted without further Notice.
_THOMAS JONES.
COPARTNERSHIP.
THE Co-partnership of SHAW and LONG, being
J now dinblved, this is to request all those who are
indebted to them by bond, note, or book debt, to be as
speedy as possible in difeharging the fame, either to John
Shaw or James L®ng, ahd all those to whom they are
indebted, are desired to bring in their accounts, that they
may be adjusted.
temple fpefUeles,
Chini, enamelled, paper
and japanned fnuffarid to
bacco boxes,
Tea canhifie s, tea-tones
arid nutmeg graters, of
various colours,
Candle fkreens,
Watch fpringv,
Locket, filvei, gilt, China
and common fleevi but
ton's,
Neat bannister sa ws, ,
Whetand set fret Work ditto,
Pinchbeck and Bath metal,
White and yellow Stock
buckle o ,
Neat spring steel fours, and
sets of marking instru
ments,
Ivory and wood handle tooth
drawers
Ben< h and hand vices,
Tinder boxes,
Mouse traps,
Plated candleftickr,
Brass, japaned and iron ditto,
Sconces, cloak pins, band
candletiicks, fnufters and
extinguishers,
Clothes, weavers, hearth
and buckle brushes,
Gilt, bone and wood Smelling
bottles and tooth-pick
cases,
Wainfeot, mahogany and
iron coffee-mills,
Shaving boxes and brushes,
Gilt and common rings,
Table and house bells,
Guns,
Shoe, knee, stock and boot
buckles, plated and dis
, ferent metal,
Bed screws and covers,
Brass knob, chest, cup board
and pad-locks,
Very neat hair pins and ear
rings, of different forts,
London jacks, With iron
barrels and Shovel pars,
Brass head, common Shovels
&tongs, gimblets, smooth
bastard and rough files,
Hard metal, pewter, table
and sea spoons & Strainers,
Brass scales and weights,
Crewet stands of various
forts,
Very elegant japanned trays
and tea boards,
\py glelEs, machines and
powder bags,
Parte Shoe, knee, stock, hat
and Shirt buckles,
Garnet broaches,
Ditto hop rings, with a
variety of set and plain
gold ditto,
Set and plain gold and gilt
hairlockets and necklaces,
)teel fnuflers and stands,
Plain, thumb and fluted
mds, too tedious to infert*
id silver.
locks,
Tortoise Shell, ivory and horn
combs,
Warming pans,
Frying pans,
Iron Novels and spades,
?ewter, chest, brass, leather
and paper ink-pots,
Morocco ard Sham Shagreen
razor cases, complete,
Razor hones, Strops and oil
bottles,
TO BE LE T,
~ (Arid 'entered on the loth of April next)
THE pleasant, healthy, and convenient house arid
five lots of ground, Containing 26 acres of land, in
fix hclofUte's, at Greenwich, where Lietit, Col. John
Maunfel's family now lives: Also a house in Bridge-
Street, the corner of Whitehall-Street, to be poiTHTed
the firft of May hekt :----Alfo fur.dry lots of land at
Greenwich, cn leases of 31 years. For conditions apoly
to OLIVER DIE LANtEY.
fifi pubtybed, torn to be fold by W. Green.
Bookbinder, in Maiden-Lane:
COMMON SENSE;
ADDRESSED TO THE
Inhabitants of North-America,
On the following interesting Subjects.
I. Of the Origin and Design cf Government in general,
with concite Remarks tin the English Conftitutioft.
11. Of Monarchy and Hereditary Sucteffirim'
111. Thoughts on the present State of American Affairs;
IV. Of the present Ability of America, with some raif
cellanecus Rerte&ionf.
Fan knows no Maftcr save creating HYaven,
Or tbefe whom Choice and common Good ordain.
Thomson.
JOSEPH HALLETT,
Has for SALE; at the House of Debtor Burnet, in
Newark, New-Jersey:
AN Assortment of DRY GOODS and IRONMON
GERY ; amongst which are; Bath 2nd common
Coatings, Htnters, Forrest Cloths, Broad Cloths, Rib
bands, Shalloons, &c. Also, Whitechapel Needles,
Knives and Forks, Locks, Hinges, Tacks, &c. &c.
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 Store or tavern ; the house almost new, with fourrooms
and a kitchen on the firft floor, three rooms, a lobby and
a large lintcr 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 cf the house, is excellent land, containing
eight acres, whereon is a good orchard; there are eight
acres of good wood land about a mile from the houfeftead,
and eight acres of salt meadow about two and a half 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 therfubferiber, living on the
premises. [AMES HUGHSTON.
Walter and Thomas Buchanan, & Co.
Have still remaining on hand, a few goods that were
imported agreeable to the Pefehes of the Congress,
which they will fell on moderate terms for caffi.
CONSISTING of mens black ribbed worked flock
ings from 60s to Isos per dozen, a large assortment
of carpets and carpeting, striped silk Damascus, green and
white peelong, green and white flowered modes, blue
Persian, black silk lace, thread ditto, ribbons, knee
garters of all colours, striped and flowered bordered lawn
handkerchiefs, striped and figured lawns, flowered silk
gauze, black catgut, Nuns thread from No. 36 to 60,
womens white and black silk gloves, buckles, buttons,
striped tapes, spelling books, aens leather Shoes, porter
and ale in calks of 6 dozen bottles each, oatmeal in bar
rels, indigo, butter in calks, jd. per Ib. a^. and god. nails,
two Ships Hearths, and fail cloth from No. 1 to 3.
N. B. All those indebted to them are desired to make
speedy payment, being out of their power giving longer
indulgence ; and those to whom they are indebted are
desired to bring in their accounts that they may be paid.
To -be SOLD at private Sale,
A FARM, situate at Newtown, Long-Island, con
taining between 70 and 3o acres of gdod land, 12
acres of wood-land, and 4 acres of fait meadow. Upon
the premises is a good dwelling-house and barn covered
with cedar, a garden and orchard with about 600 trees,
bearing excellent fruit, and is about 7 miles from the
Ferry. For further particulars enquire of Morris Hazard,
on the premises.
THIS ]IS TO GIVE NOTICE,
THAT there is to be fold in Spanktown, in East-
New-Jersey, a dwelling-house fronting the country
road, 2nd 'the rear joining Raway flyer, two stories high,
21 feet by 28, very convenient for a shopkeeper or any
pu blick business. Any petfon inclining to purchase the
said house, may apply to the fubferiber living on the pre
mises, who will agree on seasonable terras, and give a
good title for the fame. DANIEL THORP.
JOHN MORT ON,
HAVING remov'd his family and meft of his goods
out of town, and will be abroad most of the win
ter and spring, requests all those indebted to him to pay
their refpeftive debts to Mr. JAMES MORTON, at
his Acre in 'Qween,- ft reet, between the Fly Market and
Burling's Slip, and opposite Meffis. Robert and John
Murray's store; arid as many of his customers are Shame
fully backward in paying, he intends his books Shall be
put into a lawyer's hands the firft of March next.
COPARTNERSHIP.
THE co-partnerffiip of THOMHS and JAMES
ARDEN being expired, this is to requert all those
who arc indebted to them todifeharge the fame as speedy
as possible. All accounts that remain anfettled the firft
of March, will be put in the hands of an attorney ; and
all those to whom they are indebted, are defied to bring
in their accounts, that they may be fettled.
and TOWNSEND,
7"° *'" 1'" great encouragement to any person
VV that will prre& and comfleat the fame. Any
one that inclines tb undertake it, must give in their pro
posals before the 2 sth of January, as immediately after
that, it is intended to set about cutting and drawing the
timber. As the roughness of the country makes it neces
sary to collect the timber while the snow is on the ground,
the person that applies ought to be strong handed. For
further particulars apply to William Hawkhurft, in New-
York.
N. B. Good encouragement will be given to those who
understand making Steel frem Pig-metal, in the
German method, as the above Forge is designed to be
employed in that business, they having two fires at Ster
ling now making it, which steel they warrant equal to that
imported from Germany ; but Should the purchasers not
think so, they on returning the steel Shall have their mo
ney returned. Any cne applying to William Hawxhhrft,
in New-York, may be supplied therewith.
A Large house that has every convenience, with a
stable, now in the tenor of James Duane, Esq; the
corner of Dutch Church Street ; and also a House the third
from the corner of the upper end of Stone-Street, in the
tenoref Mrs. Qox.---A large commodious house, with or
without stables, or store house, the corner at Whitehall,
of which the tenant may have immediate pofleffien :---A
store house and stable, adjoining Mr. Sloover's, near the
Battery.
To be disposed of,
An excellent mill for grinding corn for horses, and a
large scale with beam and weights. For further particu
lars enquire of DAVID CLARKSON.
A FORGE with fix Fires,
To be built near Stirling, for Meffs. NOBLE
TO BE LETT,
(And entered upon the firft of May next)
To be LETT,
THE Farm at Paquaxock, row inpfffcn of MrJam
neway, ir. Morris count,, Nra-tyerfey, and la:el,
occupied by Mr. Lewis Stewart : There is a good house and
barn cn the premises, and the farm confifls of 55 acres, m<ft
part of which is meadow. For particulars apply to Mrs.
fan Dyck, at fohn Woods, Efq's, in New-1 ork.
New-Goal, January 13, 1776.
NOTICE is hereby given to all
the creditors of we the fubferiber^, now confined
in the goal of the city of New-York, that we intend te
petition the honorable the House of General-Assembly,
at the next fe^ions, for an a&, entitled, " An Aft for
the relief of in solvent debtors within this colony, with
refpe& to the imprisonment of their persons." Edward
Barden, William ByVanck, Ellis Jones, John Willis,
William M'Tear, William Phipps, Archibald Thompfen,
Thomas Jeacock, Hannah Beekman, Thomas Ryal,
Daniel Ryan, Anne Field, Mary Kingfland, Elizabeth
Ham, Mary Anne Kendrick, Mary Elley, Robert Folliot,
Elizabeth Noble, Jude McCarty, Mary Lewis, Mary
Ireland, Richard Debevois.
Georgia, Nov. I, 1775.
To all Men in all civilized Kingdoms, States, Pro
vinces, Colonies and Inlands :
PATRICK MACKAY, Ffa; fthe Island of Sap
pello, in the Province of Georgia, hereby gives Notice
of a mos daring and flagitious Robbery and Piracy, Cd
requefs their -Lidand flflihance to seize, fop, and bring to
Punishment the Perpetrators f the Crime to be set forth at
large in this Advertfenrent, for the public Good of all com
mercial Countries, as well aS for the Recovery of his own
Property.
About Elrohn o'Clock on the Night of Tuesday the thirty
frf Day es OtLbtr, 1775, nine aimed Men came on board
a Schooner, then lying moored of the Point of Sape^-o, in the
Province of Georgia, cat both her Cables, (which wereall
that were on board) and proceeded immediately to Sea. Of
the Perpetrators of this Piracy two only are yet known, viz.
SAMUEL PRICE and SAMUEL WELLS. Pricejs
a foort, firn Man, rather well made, about thirty five Years
'f 4Z'' '"" was lately Mafler and Owner of a Coafing
Schooner in this Province : Wells is a tall, fender, young
Mar., about twenty-five Years of Age, and was born its
Rhode- Island.
There were oh board the Schooner, at the Time when the
Pirates boarded her, a white Man, John Bacon, and three
Negro Men ; when they got near the Bar, they put cn board
a Boat belonging to the Schooner, the above-mentioned John
Bacon, and two of the Negroes ; the other Negro Fellow,
named Jack, (who is about five Feet eight Inches high) they
carried with them.
The Schooner is fifty-three Feet Keel, twenty-two Feet
Beam, and about nine Feet in the Hold ; fee is yule new,
built in Soktb-Carolina, may carry about three hundred Bar
rels of Rice, her Stern fauare and painted light blue, bad
bright Sides, and fix Port Holes and two Quarter Lights
on each Side, The Ports and Deadlights were not painted,
nor tee Windows sashed; neither was there any Joiner's
M ork done in her Cabin, being just out of the Builder's
Hands. She is taunt rigged, with Topmajls sanding, but
had to Yards acroft ; ber Foresail new, and her Mainsail
and Jib half worn, The Hock over her B&wferit bad been
carried away, and Was fixed with a Hawser. She was
lately purcbafed by the Subfertber at the Marfeal's Sale, irt
Savannah, in Georgia.
When the Schooner was boarded by the above-mentioned
Pirates, fee was in Ballafr; the only Provisions then on
board wire, about f^e BuJhels of Potatoes, and a few
'efts &f Water. From tbe;r being so scantily provided,
the, may be obliged to put into some Port or Inlet on the
°--f cf North America, in order to procure, by Theft, a
frejh Supply J it Will, therefore, behove all Persons on the
Coast to keep a good Lock out, in order to prevent their ac
complishing any such Purpose ; or they may probably offer
the above-mentioned Negro Fellow Jack fcr Sale, that they
may, with the purchase Money, procure Necessaries.
A Reward of FIFTY DOLLARS is hereby offered to
any Person who fball apprehend and bring to Justice the
above-mentioned Samuel Price, Samuel Wills,,and their
Accomplices ; also a Reward of FIFTY DOLLARS for
the Recovery of the Negro Fellow Jack; and likewise a
reasonable and generous Salvage for recovering ana de
livering the said Schooner to Mr, Alexander Rose, Merchant,
in Cbarlefewn, South-Carolina, or to me, in Georgia ; to
be awarded and determined upon by any three Merchants or
indifferent Persons, or otherwise according to Law or Cufira.
PATRICK MACKAY.
What Amendment in the Constitution, and what
Incrcafe of neighbourly Love there would be, it greater
Regard were paid to that so truly valuable Rule " Do
AS YOU WO'd B^ DONE UNTO."
IT concerns me in a very particular Manner, to be
under the Necessity of thus addrefiing you, but flatter
myfelf the visible Caute will in part plead my Excuse :—
When I let out to eftablifo this Office in Jane 1764, it
was upon the flri& Principles of doing Justice to ry
Employers, and rendering them every Service possible,
within my Power and Ability ; my chief Object in view
wis that Support which, through your confederate Favours,
1 have hitherto obtained, and by wh : ch I have received
your greatest Approbation of the Undertaking. I indeed
had it in my Hopes that an experienced Conduct, added
to the approving myfelf a ufeful Member to Society,
would one Day be the Means to restore, that the greatest
Liberty a dependent Individual can enjoy, " the full
Exercise of his regular Frofcffion ;'' but in this I have,
hitherto been disappointed, and now, from the increasing
Difficulty of the present unhappy Times, I feel the want
of that Liberty ina Manner! never expected :--Still to be
kept in a disfranchis'd state, after living so many Years
a decent Inhabitant of this refpeaable City, is, with great
deference, an uncommon Hardship, especially considering
(unless firft attached) I have never said, or done ought,
to give Offence. That ! have rather too closely pursued
the impolitic Maxim of letting the Morrow take care
for itfelf, may be true, but none can fay I have afted as
the bad Tenant who carries the Manure from off his
Lord Ship's Farm, for I have chearfully distributed my
little Earnings on the Spot, and ever gloried in your ena
bling me to Support the Character of a Gentleman, in
difpite of all my Enemies: Of whom ! let the most
invidious and designing, call mo by what Nick-name the,
may, Whig or Tory, or urge what their own Wiekednefa
can invent to my Difadvantage,—until I Shall be put into
possession of my last Six-Feet Freehold, this will be my
Principle, and this ray ever fervent Wish, " That ths
Crown and Dignity of my Royal Sovereign may be Sup
ported, and a speedy Peace, both lasting and honorable,
reftered to America, without that Effufion of Blood
which may endanger a Division of this fine Country, in
any Manner Similar to that of the Polish Plumb Cake.*”
As a Brother from Adam, &c. nearly returning into
Mama's Lap, I ctave your occasional Remembrance of
this Office, upon a firm Dependance that the Business
thereof will be effectually executed, and that I remain
with great Truth,
Your affectionate Friend and faithful Servant,
Broad-Street, JOHN C. KNAPP.
15th Jan. 1776. Attorney at Law, de B. R.
* See the Westminster Magazine for August, 1764,
Page 416.
SIX DOLLARS Reward.
RUN-AWAY from the fubferiber living near Al
c lea's Town, an English servant man named William
Newman Loxford, about 5 feet 8 inches high, full fac'd
and brown complexion : Had on and took with him, &
brown coat, two striped futamer vests, greasy buckfkia
breeches, and felt hat. Whoever secures said servant,
so that his master may have him again, Shall have the
above reward, arid reafona^le charges, paid bv
ROBERT WRIGHT.
SCRIVENER'S OFFICE,
NEW-YORK.
To the PUBLIC.