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'TO BE SO L D,
By JOSEPH HART & Co.
Attbeu Scare a few Rods North of the Courc-Honfe-on
the most reasonable Twins for Cash.
CHOICE Rum, by the Hogshead or Barrel.
Brown Sugar, by Do. or Do.
Bett shitc Do. by the Box.
Rock Salt.
Bohea Tea, b, the Hundred or less Quantity.
Coffee.
White Lead.
Hartford, April 1783. —
fr EFT in the custody of the Subscriber, by John Lewis,
a the 2d of Aprilieft, about 50 yards of white woolen
cloth fulled—-who by examination made his efeape, laid
doth is supposed to be itolcn from some fulling mill in
Rhodc-lfland State. The said John Lewis is about twenty
years of age, dark completion, short hair,dark brown coat
lad veit, a mixed coloured loose coat, an old felt hat, rode
away a small bay horse; trots and paces, an old fiddle.
Whoever will take up said thief and secure him, shall be
handsomely rewarded and charges paid by,
J ELIJAH HASKEL.
N B. The owner may have the cloth, by proving his
property and paying charges.
Tolland, April xx, 1783. _ _
WE the Subferibers being appointed Commissioners,
by the Hon. 'Court es Probate for the diltri& of
Farmington,to examine the claims of the creditors to the
estate of Amafa Gaylord, late of Southington, deceased, re
presented insolvent, do hereby give notice that we shall at
tend said business at the Dweliing-Houfe of the deceased, in
Boutbington, on the last Monday in April instant, and last
Monday in May next, from one o'clock to fix in the after
noon. No accounts will^c allowedunlefs properly attested.
JOSEPH BEACHER, ) Commiffi.
JESSE ALLCOX. ) oners.
April ih 1783 s
WE the Subferibers being appointed Commissioners,
by the Hon. Court of Probatefor the county of Berk
shire, to receive and examine the claims of the creditors to
the efface of Nathaniel Heufe, late of Sandisfield, deceased,
rcprcfented insolvent, do hereby give notice that we shall
attend said business at the Dwtllirg-Houfe of Mr. Ripley
Torrey, innholder in said Sandisficld, on the firft Wednes
day of July, August, September and November next, from
two o'clock till Tcvcn. No accounts will be allowed unlcfs
properly attested.
JOHN KELLOGG, )
DAVID DEMMING, )Commiffmncrs.
RIPLEY TORREY. )
April r, 1683.
WE the Subferibers being appointed Commillioners,
by the Hon. Court of Probate for the diftridof Nor
folk, to adjult the claims of the creditors to the effaces of
Eliakim Seaward and Reuben Seaward, both late of Nor
folk, deceased, represented insolvent, do hereby give no
tice that we shall attend said business at the Dweliing-Houfe
of Giles Pettibone, jun. in said Norfork, on the fiift Mon
days of June and July, and the Utt Monday of August next,
from one o'clock till fix in the afternoon on each of said
days. HOSEA WILLCOCKS, ) Commiffi-
ASAHEL HUMPHREY. ) oners.
Norfolk, April 2, 17 8 3> ^
THE Hon. Court of Probate tor the dillrift of East-Wind
er has allowed seven months from this„date, to the
creditors of Mr. Hezekiah Hubbard, jun. late of Glaftenbu
ry, deceased, to bring in their claims against said cftate,
the Subscriber, Administratrix to said estate, hereby notifies
said creditors, that unless their claims are exhibited within
die time limited aforefaid they cannot be allowed.—All
performs indebted ta said estate arc requested co make imme
diate payment, to , . .
PRUDENCE HUBBARD, Administratrix.
Glaftenbury, April a, V^
TO BE SOL D,
And entered upoanext May,
A FARM oflandflying in Washington, in Boston State,
Berkshire county, containing 200 acres of lad, 133 of
it fir to make excellent mowing, cuts now yearly twenty
tons of hay, about ten acres of pattaring, seven acres of
plowing and about eight, -three nrore fit for pasturing if
cleared, with a new eroded fawrcill thereon, which is in
good demand in the town, with a comfortable log House
and Barn. For further particulars enquire es the Subferiber
living on the premises.
SILAS HOWARD.
Washington, Match 28, ¥7B;.
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER.
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TUESDAY, May 6,' 1783.
Tranflationof the Preliminary Articles ofPeace,
between His Britannic Majesty and the Most
Christian King ; signed at Versailles the 20th
of January, 1783.
In the Name of the Most Holy TRINITY.
THE King of Great-Britain and the Most
Christian King, equally animated with a
desire of putting an end to the calamities of a
deftru&ive war, and of re-establishing union and
good underftahding between them, as necessary
for the good of mankind in general as for that of
their refpe&ive kingdoms, itates and fubje&s,
have named for this purpose, viz. on the part of
his Britannic Majesty Mr. Alleyne Fitz-Herbert,
Minister Plenipotentiary of bis said Majesty the
King of Great Britain; andon thepart ofHis Most
Christian Majesty, Charles Cravier, Comte de
Vergennes, Counsellor in all his councils, Com
mander of his Orders, Counsellor of State, Mini
ster and Secretary of State, and of the Com
mands and Finances of hia said Majesty, for the
department of Foreign Affairs ; who, after ha
ving duly communicated to each other their full
powers in good form, have agreed on the follow
ing Preliminary Articles:, 1
Art. I. A S soon as the Preliminaries shall be
x signed and ratified, sincere friend
fhip ffiall be re-established between his Britannic
Majesty and his Most Christian Majesty, their
kingdoms, Rates and fubjeutsyby sea and by land,
in all parts of the world. Orders shall he sent to
the armies and fquadrons,as yell as to the fubje&s
of the two powers, to ftopall hostilities, and to live
in the most perfea union, forgetting what is paf
fed,of which their Sovereigns give them the order
and example, And, for the execution of this arti
cle, sea passes shall be givenon each fide for the ships
which shall be dispatched to carry the newsofit
to the possessions of the laid powers.
Art. 2. His Majesty the,King of Great-Bri
t?in shall preserve in full light the island of New
foundland, and the adjacent inlands, in the fame
manner as the whole was ceded to him by the
thirteenth Article of the Treaty of Utrecht, save
the exceptions which shall be stipulated by the
fifth Article ofthe present Treaty.
Art. 3. His Most Christian Majesty in order
to prevent quarrels which havehitherto arisen be
tween the two nations of England and France,
renounces the right of fifhing, which belongs to
him by virtue of the said Article of the Treaty
of Utrecht, from Cape Bonavifta to Cape St.
John, situated on the eastern coast of Newfound
land, in about fifty degrees of North Latitude;
whereby the French fishery fh?@ commence at
the said Cape St. John, shall go round by the
North, and, going down the western coast ofthe
island of Newfoundland, ffiall have for boundary
the place called Cape Raye, situated in 47 degrees
50 minutes latitude.
Art. 4. The French fifhermen ffiall enjoy the
fifhery assigned them by the foregoing article, as
they have a right to enjoy itby virtue of the Trea
ty of Utrecht.
' Art. 5. His Britannic Majesty will cede in full
right to his Most Christian Majesty the islands of
St. Pierre and Miquelon.
Art. 6. With regard to the right of fifhingin
the gulph of St, Lawrence, the French shall con
tinue to enjoy it conformably to the sth Article
of the Treaty of Paris
(Art. 7. Tpe King of Great-Britain shall re
store to France the island of St. Lucia, and shall
cede and guarantee to her that of Tobago.
Art. 8. The Most Christian King .shall reftorc
to Great-Britain the islands of Grenada, and the
Grenadines, St. Vincent, Dominica, St. Christo
pher's, Nevis and Montserrat; and the fortreffes
of those islands conquered by the arms of Great-
Britain and by those of France, shall be restored
in the fame condition in which they were when,
the conquest of them was made, prpvided that,
the term of eighteen months, to be computed,
from the time of the ratification ofthe difinitive
treaty, shall be granted to the respective fu§je&s
of the Crowns of Great-Britain and France, who
may have fettled in the said islands, and in other
places which shall be restored by the definitive
treaty, to fell their estates, recover their debts A
and to transport their effe&s and retire without
being retrained, on account oftheir religion, or
any other whatever, except in cases of debt or of
criminal prosecutions.
Art. 9. The King of Great-Britain ffiall cede
and guarantee in full right to his Most Christian
Majesty the riverof Senegaland its dependencies^
with the forts of St. Louis, Podor, Galani, Ar
§uin, and Portendu. His Britannic Majesty
shall restore, likewise, the island of Goree, which
shall be given up in the condition in which it was
when the British arms took possession ofit.
Art. 10. The Most Christian King shall, on
his fide, guarantee to his Majesty, the King of
Great-Britain, the possession of Fort James, and
of the river Gambia.
Art. 11. In order to prevent all difeuffions in
that part of the world, the two Courts ffiall agree,
either by the definitive treaty, or by a Separate
a&, upon the boundaries to be fixed to their re
feaive pofleffions. The gum trade shall be car
ried on in future as the English and French nati
tions carried it on before the year 175
Art. 12. In regard to the rest of the coasts of
Africa, the fubjeas of both powers shall continue
tofrequent them, according to the custom which
has prevailed hitherto.
Art. 13. The King of Great-Britain shall re
store to His Most Christian Majesty all the esta
blishments which belonged to him at the com
mencement of the present war on the coast of
Orixa, and in Bengal, with liberty to surround
Chanderrragor with a ditch for draining the wa
ters; and His Britannic Majesty engages to take
such measures as may be in his power for Secu
ring to the fubjeßs of France, in that part of In
dia, as well as on the coast of Orixa, Coroman
del and Malabar, a fafe, free and independent
trade, such as was carried on by the late French
East-India Company, whether it be carried on by
them as individuals or as a company.
Art. 14. Pondicherry, as well as Karical, shall
likewise be restored and guaranteed to France ;
and His Britannic Majesty shall procure, to serve
as a dependency round Pondicherry, the two di
ftrids of Valanour and Bahour; and as a de
pendency round Karical, the four contiguous
Megans.
Art,. 15. France fnallagain enter into possession
of Mabe, and of the comptoir nt Surat ; and the
French shall carry on commerce in this part of
India, conformably to the principles laid down
in the thirteenth article of this treaty.
Art. 16. In case France has allies in India,
they shall be invited, as well as those of Great-.
Britain, to accede to the present pacification;-
and for that purpose, a term of four months, to
be computed from the day on which the propo
sal shall be made to them, shall be allowed them
to make their dicifion : arid in case of refufal ou,
their part, their Britannic and Most Chriftiffl
(No. 954.]