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tie of distributive justice, is very unequal; and that it is more
than an equivalent for the Cervices and Offerings of the officers,
when compared with the reward, which nas been given to others,
for their Cervices, fuffermgs ©d losses, in the common cause :
And, I am afraid, it is bu^julrice to lay, that the general diCon
tent and uneafihefs of the officers, which were the proper ground
ofthe measure, were,under alc^rcumftances, unjulhfiable; and
though these feelings originated partly from the fault of the times
and the inability or the public to make paymentaccording to the
original cont.ad, yet, the general gravity of the human heart,
which prompts men to abuse power and opportunity for the f ur
pofes of private iritereft, I doubt, had its share or influence in ex
citing them. And, perhaps, the officers of the Connecticut 1 ne,
to whom the greatest attention was paid by the State, had legs
occasion ofunehfinefs, than those of any other State in the Union.
In this view of the matter therefore, justice teems to require of
the officers to consent to a r^afonabl^cpmpofifyion with,the State,
upon the ground of the original ftipuiation, and to resign up
their securities, for such sum in money, as shall be mutua'ly latis
fadory, to be improved by the, State, in their account with the
United States. Sich a measure, could it be happily concluded,
would be fate and honorable —woul^, at once, remove the molt
material objection against funding the national debt, purfuan't to
provisions recommended by Congress : And though it may be
doubted, whether such acompoiition wo Rd, in a pecuniary v ? ew,
be beneficial to the State, yet, as it would, on the part of this
State, avoid a precedent eheemed ofdangerous consequences,---
probably restore harmony and good understanding among the
citizens, and pave the way for the establishment of public faith,
it,is an event molt devoutly to be wished. But if the wisdom of
Congress, or of the Legislature, can devise Any other measure,
though none at present occurs to me, that should be equally fate
and honorable, it would meet with my most hearty concurrence,
as an individual.---Yet certainly, all such proceedings as have a
manifest tendency to weaken government —to bring into con
tempt men of influence and althority---to difaffe& a valuable
pan of the citizens, --to set us at variahce with many of our filter
States—-to diflolve the confederacy- -to violate national faithand
honour— to bring on a general bankruptcy—to diiaffe& our
friends and Allies by the moitoffenfive ingrat tude—-and to throw
ourselves into a State of war with the world will be rejeded with
indignation, by every one, who regards the fafety and welfare of
his country.
(For the Remainder fee the last Page)
To Col. THOMAS SEYMOUR, and Col.
GEORGE PIT KI N, Representatives for
the Town of Hartford, in the next General As
sembly.
The Address and Inftruaions of the Inhabitants of
the Town of Hartford, assembled in legal lown-
Meeting, September 16, 1783.
^, ^7 Behave committed to you the mod sacred
7y trust, whic§ a free people can repose in any
oftheir fellow citizens, the care of cur mod im
portant interests, and the protection of our rights
and liberty. And although we confide in your in
tegrity, yet we conceive it expedient at this critical
period, to communicate to you, our sentiments,
and to inftruCt you, as our immediate representa
tives in the Legislature.
And firft, gentlemen, we desire and exprefdy in
ftrua you strenuously to oppose all encroachments
cf the American Congress upon the Sovereignty
and jurisdiction of the fepe fate Rates, and every
assumption of power, not exprefsly b veiled in them,
by the articles of confederation.
And in particular we desire and in&ruCl you to
move and pursue a RriCt and thorough investigation
of the great and interesting question, viz. Whether
Congress were authorifed by the federal confiitu
tiori, to grant half-pay for life, to the officers of
the army, or five years full-pay, as. an equivalent,
and how, and in what manner it. was obtained ;
that if upon due enquiry, and examination, the
measure ffiall appear to be unfounded, and come
into by furprize, that then you attempt, every con
stitutional method for its removal.
We desire and infirua you to promote a Urich
enquiry into the expenditure of public tyney., and
the bringing to speedy account and punifynent, all
public delinquents and de fruiters.
We also direct an,inftru& you, that you ufeycur
utmost endeavours, that the vacant lane's u ithip the;
territorial claims of any of the United States or
elsewhere, be ceded and appropriated, for the ge
neral benefit of the United States.
That you do also pay a particular attention to the.
regulation and encouragement of commerce within
this State; to agriculture, arts, and.manufactures,
that you Support order and good government, and
endeavour by every means in your poster, fu to pro
portion the public burthens., that if pebble alb
group'd of jealousy and complaint may be remov
ed.
We recommend it to you, to use yonr. influence
to obtain an inftru&ion from the General Assem
bly to the Connecticut delegates in Congress, a
gainst fending Ambassadors to the Courts of Eu
rope, it being an expence which (in our present
circumstances) wo esteem unnecessary and insup
portable,,
And finally, we desire and inftruCt you, that you
exert yourselves---That place-men and pensioners,
and every other fuperfluous officer of Rate, may be
difcountenancedandremoved,--and thatthe,^ and
nays be taken and published upon every important
question that shall be decided in the house of re
presentatives.
Having thus, gentlemen, given you our opinion
.and inßruftions upon such fubje&s as we deem at
this time mod important, we remain with esteem
your friends and fellow citizens.
Signed by order of the inhabitants of the town of
Hartford assembled in town-meeting, Sept. 16,
1783.'
GEORGE WYLLYS, Register.
A true Copy,
Examined, by
GEORGE WYLLY S,
Register of the town of Hartford.
FOODfor we HUNGRY,)
DRINKfor ^ THIRSTY,
And a Refb^-P/ace for the|
Wear, TRAKELLPR,
A RE furnißed on the most reasonable Term's,
2X at the Sign of th., d&ORE, about sixty Rods
North of the Court House, in Hartford ; where
also a Livery Stable is opened, by
COTTON MURRAY.
N, B. The long neglecto? : fe indebted to him,
makes it neceflary for rn to i. iR on their making
immediate payment.
Hartford, September 23, 1783.
PETER COL T,
Has received a large consignment of
r^freft, different Colours.
Qi Single folded Do.,
Cadiz and serge Ellings, suitable for linings or Sad
lers use.
Black and coloured Bilboa Handkerchiefs.
Which he i,s now opening for sale by the piece at
Col. WADSWORTH'S Hore.
He has also fcr sale, on commission,
Barbadoes Spirits, )
Ditto Rum, > per Hogshead or Barrel.
St. Kitts Ditto, )
English and French Sugars, per Ditto.
Beit St. Martin's Salt, in exchange for Flaxseed.
N. B. All kinds of Grain, Pork, Beef, Flaxseed
and Pot or Pearl Allies,will be received ill payment.
Hartford, September 17, 1783,
Forty Dollars Reward!
LAST Night the House of the Sthfcriber was broke epen and
the following Articles ftulcn, viz, one liver Tankard
L L
marked T. M. fix silver table Spoons part of them marked C. E.
C ° •
and pirt I. L. 27 Spanish milled Dollars and feme small Silver,
one pair cf sane Ear-Rings fee i^gold, 3 or 4gold Rings, two
continental Loan Office Ccrsificytis,No. 1112 and 1113 for 1000
Dollars each, taken out by the Subscriber at the Loan-Office in
Hartford, November 27, 17,7 —one Do. No. 1908 for 1000 Dol
lars, taken out of^d Office by Jacob Perkins, March 23, 1779
— one Dp. No. 5661 for 300 Dollars, dated August 20, 1778 —
afmali sum of Connecticut ' State Money, &c, Whoever will
secure the Thief or Thieves and Goods, so ttiat the Subscriber
can recover his property, shall bave the above reward, or for the
Thief or Thieves only Twenty Dollars and all neceff^ry charges,
paid by, CHRISTOPHER LEFFINGWELL.
Norwich September 17, 1783.
v^= J _____ __
To be SOLD by the Subscriber who intends to remove to New?
Yok next Spring.
THE one half of the DISTILL-HOUSE at Middle-Haddam
landing, on Conne&rcut river, 25 miles from Say-Brook,
arid fix miles from Middletown. hfclQnguumatbe Sg@fe<ib©,
with ill itUSt^rcs, Buildings, Cifetni, Stencils, Toofsnkc. be
longing thereto,; the other hrlfeffiid Diltillmy, &,c. belongs
eg Mis. Alsop, wiiow of.the Rte rcfpr%d Richard AKop,;£fq;
of Middletown. The Buildings a$ well as the different Coppeis,
&c. are in good, repair fit for immediate use, there are four
Kettles with their Worms,two of which contain 800 gallons each,
one of 3§o gallons, and one of 120 gallons, which Kettles have
been used but little during the war. This manufactory is situa
ted molt advantageous, in being provided with water by a fall
which supplies it, without being obliged tp pump, wood is plen
ty here, and'with an addition of some more Citterns, for which
a near building is already ere&ed. Two Hogsheads of Rum
may be distilled per day; tefidef carrying on the making of Ge
neva.
Also to be SOLD** Brg e elegantcommodious HOUSE, 40 feet.
Square, almeft finished, with additional Buildings, a good Gar
den and four acres of Land in which the House hands, fixated
about 30 rods distant from the piitill-Hpufc, and commands the
! moft exterfiye and belt profpe& or the river. Also a STORE
and part of a Wharf, fi slated between the Hpufcand the Dillibe
-Iry very commodious for navigation. For terms apply to the
ISubfeuber living in the a,ovementioned Dwelling-House, who
Iwill give attention to any one whois willing to make a purchase,
lon every Wednesday and Thursday in the week ; anQthe Sub-
Iffriber, wishing to entourage the benefit of the Marmfad,ry,
Iwill be willing, if defied, to aid andaflift the purchaser to his
bast advantage till next Soring.
G. ERKELENS.
ON the,light of the 6th inftaiß, lodged.at the house of the
/Sui>fcri&r, a young m^n who went.out. in the morning
p ciending that he should return fomeime next day, he heth not
farce been heard of, he left with the Subscriber, an old dark
I b^own MARE, about 14 hancis high, with a Itar in her forehead ;
this is to give notice thatunicfs theowner appears to take herand
;pay expenses for keeping, &c. she will be fold for the fame,
; at PUBLIC VENDUE, at the fign-poR in thisplace in four weeks
from this date.
AMASA JONES.
Hartford, September 1^1,83.
WE the Subferibers being appointed Commissioners by the
Hmv Court of Probate for the diftrid of Sharon, to re
ceive and examine the.claims of the creditors to the estate of
HENRY FITCHJAREELS, lace of Salisbury, deceased, represent
ed irfoivent, do hereby give notice that we shall attend on said
bufficfs at the dwelling-house of Daniel Grinnels, innholder, in
Salisbury, on the second and third Tuesdays in O&nbcr next,
: from two o'clock to fix in the afternoon of each day.
DANIEL GRINNELS, )Commiffi-
ELIAS JACKSON. ) oners
Salisbury, September 6, 1783.
WE the Subferibers being appointed Commissioners by the
Han. the Judge of the Court of Probate far the diftrift
of Hartford; to examine and adjlift the claims of the creditors
to the estate of HUMAN WAY, late of Windsor, deceased, repre
sented insolvent, hereby give notice that we shall attend the bu
siness of our appointment, at the dwelling-house of George
Griswold, jun. innholder, in said Windsor, on the lift Monday
of O&ober and firft of November next, from one o'clock till four
afternoon on each of said days, after which time no claims will
be received or accompts allowed.
JOAB GRISWOLD,
ELIHU GRISWOLD,
winder, September 17, 178;,
The fubferiber withes to inform
the public, his customers in particular, that he is once more in
pefleffion (legally) of materials fufficient to carry on his bull
nefs arpufitcly, therefore continues to repair WATCHES, in a
perfect and durable manner, and warrants them to perform one
year, gratis, casualties exempted, on the fame terms as before
the war. He has for file a campleacaffortmcnt of warranted
Watches and Time-Pieces, alfe, a great variety of Watch Fur
niture, viz. Gilt, Pinchbeck and Steel Chains, Hooks, &c.—
Silk Braids., Cain Ditto, Cornelian and ether Scene Seals,Com
pafs and common Ditto ; fcveral forts of jointed Steel Keys;
Gilt Ditto of common fashion ; silver, steel, gilt, inlaid and
b.rafs Ditto ; Crystals and Main Springs, silver and gilt Pen
dants; gold, gilt and Reel Hands; Pcndelum Wire ; Screw
Keys; Pfiars, &c. &c. These Gentlemen in the Watch bufi
neis, who chufe to purchase any ofthc above articles, are in
vited to try whether they cannot be supplied as cheap as in New-
York or Boston, or if they plpafe to fend their orders per Post or
otherwise, they may depend on the fame treatment as if pre
sent, by THO's. HILLDRUP.
Hartford, September 18, 1783. 74
WHEREAS the General Assembly in their session in January,
lalt, granted to the society of Barkhemfted a Land Tax
of Six Pence on the acre of all the land lying in laid focicty, to
be improved for the purpose of building a Meeting House in
said Barkhemfted focicty, and notice having been given to the
non-resident proprietors, in case of non-payment to the Col
lector, that their Lands would be fold at Public Vendue, as the
law dire&s, on the 21st day of August iaft; and the said Vendue
being adjourned to Tuesday the 141 b day of Odober next, at the
dwelling house of Landlord Calc, in Taid Barkhemfted, on
which day the lands of thofc persons hereafter named will be
fold and deeded as the law dire&s in, the case, unless prevented
by payirg their taxes, viz. Henry Allyn, Silyanus Griswold, of
Windsor, Amafa Loomis, East-Windsor, John Cross, Stanford,
Samuel Bannin, Hartland, Seth Smith, New-Hartford, Elihu
Hall, Wallingford, Mary Wooster, New-Haven, Joseph Moore,
Windsor, Erastus Wolcott, East-Windsor, Samuel Stoughton,
Windsor, Ashbel Enoe, Do. Dr. Samuel Mather's heirs, Nor
thampton, the heirs of Azariah Pinney, Simfbury, Samuel and
Elijah Chapman, Tolland, the heirs o' Timothy Dwight, Nor
thampton, Oliver Spelman, Granville.
MOSES SHEPARD, Colledor.
N. B. Notice will be given for the sale es the other non-re
sidents Lands, but it is hoped as they will pzy their taxes there
will be no need of advertising again.
Barkhernfted, September 17, 1783.
Mr. Samuel Talcott, jun.
OFFERS his thanks to all those, who formerly thought so
kir.dly of his mercantile capacity, as to favour him with
their cußom.
He defiles all those, whose accompts with him are unsettled,
and whife debts to him still remain unpaid, to call on him, ad
just their accompts, and pay up their debts, it they conveniently
can---if not, they may acknowledge their debts, renew their ob
ligations, and take a reasonable time to difeharge them.---He
will endeavour to be at leisure to wait upon them, on Wednes
days, at the dwelling-house of Samuel Talcott, Esq; about two
miles and a half weft of the Court-House.
He must think that such of those persons, who are desired to
call as above, and do not, have not seen this advertisement, or
cannot come, or have forgot their obligations, or do not intend
to difeharge them, or renew them, if they can avoid it.
Hartford, September 18, 1783.
A LLperfons indebtedto the Subscriber by book, are desired to
AL fettle the fame very loon (in cash, produce or by thejrnotes
or ^mu w , wi .ucy inay expect tore cancel upon in a more-3112-
grccabic way, without further notice ; also those by note arc
carnally lequeftcd to take them up.
JOHN REYNOLDS.
Enfield, September 18, 1783.
CT,HIS is to give notice to all persons indebted to the estate of
A GERSHOM WOLCOTT, late of Wethersfield, deccafed,
either by rote, book or rates, that we shall attend upon fettling
the fame, at the dwelling-house of the deceased, on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, the 7th, Bth and^th dgys of O&ober
next, from nine o'clock in the morning tillnine at night on each
of Laid day,, andall that negle& to fettle and pay the fame on or
before said days, we arc detenmined to put in suit or diftain as
fooffas possible ; and all the creditors of said effate are desired
to exhibit their accompts for settlement at said time and place.
ELISHA WOLCOTT. jun.) Admini-
JOSIAH WILLARD. ) Orators.
Wethe sfield, September 18, 1783.
Said Willard also warns all that are indebted to him for rates
to make immediate payment or expe@ trouble and cost.
JOSIAH, WILLARD.
THE Hen. Court of Probate for the diftrid, of Eaft-Haddam,
having allowed seven months from the date hereof, for
the creditors to the estate of Col. OBADIAH HORSFORD, late
of Hebron, decc afed, to brirg in their claims zgainfifaid estate,
the executors to the Will of f^id deceased, hereb, give notice
to said creditors that unless thrir claims are exhibited within
the time limited as aforefaid, theycarnot be allowed; and also
all peif ^s indebted to said estate, arc requeued to make speedy
pay meat an d save tbemfelves from cost and trouble.
TALCOTT HORSFORD, )
JOHN PHELPS, )Exccutors.
NEZIAH BLISS.)
Hebron, August 5, 1783.
ALL perlons that have any demands against the estate of
JOSHUA GARRIT, late of Litchfield, deceased, arc desired
to bring in their accompts to the Subferibers far settlement, on
the left Tuesdays ofO&ober, November and December next, at
the house of William Baldwin, innholder, in Litchfield, where
the Subferibers will give constant attendance on said days. All
persons indebted to said estate are desired to fettle to prevent
trouble and cost
'ROGER MARSH. )Admini-
ELON CRUMPTON. ) ftrators.
Litchfield, September 10, 1783.
THIS is to give notice to the inhabitants and all others that
are obliged to pay taxes to the town of Wetherfield, that
they meet me at the several placcs and times following, to pay
all their town and state taxes now due to me, on the lift 1781 and
1782, viz, at Capt. Martin Kellogg's on Wednesday and Thurs
day the Bth and 9th of Odober next, at Mr. David Beckley's on
Friday the 10th, at Mrs. Eunice Butler's on Tuesday the rfh,
at Mr. Joseph Selman's on Thursday the 16th, at Mr. Oliver
Robbins's, on Friday , the 17th, at Landlord Litre's in Haft-Hart
ford, from nine o'clock inthe morning till nine at night on each
of said days,-—and they that negledro meet me, as aforefaid,
may experts pay me my fees for coming to them.
JACOB RILEY, Collator.
Wethersfield, September 18, 1783.
PUBLIC AUCTION,
EVERY Tuesday and Friday, at the Au&ion
Room in Hartford.