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COMMONjW EALTH of MASSACHUSETTS.
Worthington, November 30, 1781.
IN conformity to an Aft of the General Court, and an or
der of the Inferior Court ofCommon Pleas for the coun
. ty of Hampshire, will be fold ac PUBLIC AUCTION, upon
the 2%d or January next, being the fourth Tuesday in said
month, so much of the real estate of the Rev. Jonathan Hun
tington, late of said town, deceased, as shall be fufficient
to raise the sum of three hundred and twenty-seven pounds
ten shillings, lawful money ; the sale to be held upon the
premises, and to begin at one o'clock P. M. and to be con
tinued until the whole be compleated. The estate which
will be offered for sale, consists of one half of a good Saw-
Mill, newly built and standing upon a full and constant
stream in Chefterfield, within forty rods of Worthington
line. Also, so much of the land of the deceased as will
raise the remainder of the proposed sum, which land is part
of the excellent farm on which the deceased lived,and which
is adjoining the meeting house in said town, and has its
front upon the great road from Connecticut to Bennington,
through Weftfield. The proposed sale will contain an ex
ceeding good farm for a huibandman or tavern keeper, be
ing well watered and the greater part cleared and under im
provement, suitable for mowing, plowing and paffuring,
with a due proportion of woodland. Good and fufficient
titles will be given to the purchasers j one third of the mo
ney will be expeded in hand, and obligations upon good se
curity taken for the remainder, one half to be paid in three
months from the time of sale, and the Other half within a
At the fame time and place will be fold, unless previously
disposed of atprivate sale, one good yoke of fat Oxen, two
Cows with their Calves, and one yoke of yearling Stears ;
also, sundry articles of farming utensils, for which ready
money will be expe&ed.
SARAH HUNTINGTON,) A
JOSRPH L^lANq___)A± „
THE fubferiber begs leave to inform his customers, that
thenegledof work at the flocking business, has been
owing to the unsteadiness of journeymen ; but he has now
procured one that proves faithful—Thofe gentlemen and
ladies, that will still continue to favour him with their cus
tom, may depend on punctual performance, and the thanks
of their humble servant,
DEODAT WOODBIDGE.
N. B. All those whose ftuff has been upon hand more
than a fortnight, are desired to fetch away their ftocklngs.
Eaft-Hartford, December 3, 1781.
The Printers of this Paper once
more most earnestly request those indebted to
them to pay up their several ballances. Those
whose accounts are more than one year stand
ing and unpaid, may depend that their News
Papers will be flopped at the close of this year,
unless prevented by a settlement, and the most
summary and effectual measures taken to enforce
a payment.
Those Papers delivered the Post-Riders from
this Office will likewise be difeontinued at the
fame time, unless their accounts are discharged.
As this line of conduct has ever been the dilate
of prudence, and is now more strongly enforced
by necessity, it will (though with reluctance) be
invariably adhered to, by
The PRINTERS.
Just Published, and now Selling by the Printers
hereof, and by the several Post-Riders from
this Office,
An Agronomical Ephemeris, Calendar^ or
ALMANACK,
For the Year of our LORD,
'l7 8 2.
Containing all things necessary to such a Competition.
The Agronomical parts performed by N. S.
Profcffor of Mathematics and Natural Philo
sophy in rule-College.
Great Allowance to those who buy to fell
again.
CASH given for clean Cotton and Linen Lags
by the Printers hereof.
era hiltom^Q ^^^^
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER.
HARTFORD : Printed by H UDSON and GOODWIN, near the Great Bridge.
TUESDA Y, December 18, 1781.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 24.
The following are exact Copies of Letters found
on board the Lord Lorth Packet, taken on her
passage from Charleftown to England by Capt.
L'Ailement, from Cadiz.
Charleftown, S. Carolina, 6th October, 1781.'
SIR,
I WROTE you a very long full letter under the
pth August lad, by our friend Captain Clark
in the Charlotte Packet ; and to pay my debt to
yo u, sent eight wedges of silver, weighing 209 oz.
13 dwt. which I calculated would fomethin^
more than balance my account— the packet is
unluckily taken by the grand French fleet off Vi
rginia,: and my silver I suppose loft, but there was
one chance in its favour, as food as I know whe
ther or not it fails, shall as occasion may require,
remit you a bill, mean time pray fend me fix pair
of flioes, made large by my pattern.—The fate of
America and the dominion of Britain over any
part of it, depends much on the said French fleet;
its success must be fatal to us, and hitherto I am
sorry to fay it has been too fuceefsful, in an en
gagement with our fleet about a month ago : we
came off, notin a manner I would will) an Eng
lish fleet to take leave of an enemy. Reinforce
ments are expected by us; when they arrive we
are taught to believe' that great matters will be
done, and we are here in daily expectation of
hearing at lead that fomethirig is dbne--~mean
while in this province our army though numer
ous, is a body without a head, and in a late adi
on, had the American General Greene but fol
lowed his blow with the fame vigour it was at
firft made, the whole must have been cut off; as
'tis, we call it a victory, but Providence, who
surely fought for us Ori this occasion, guard us
from such another victory, which would entirely
destroy us I^Whether the commander in chief
is playing at push pin, or some Other such manly
employment, I know not ; but unless a diversion,
little to be hoped for from his activity or ability,
is made, the truly great Lord Cornwallis is in
the most critical situation, exposed I fear to more
than he will be able to bear up against.—l know
you will call this picture one of my own draw
ing, a mere cynical representation ; but when all
is at stake, and that trifled with daily, in a man
ner obvious to the most fuperficial observer, who
can forbear complaining I My most sanguine
wish is that I may shortly have foundation to
write you better things: mean time give me leave
to refer you to Mr. Kinlock, who has undertaken
to deliver this letter, for a true and particular
state of this province, and when you have heard
him, thank your good fortune that you are not
in it, and at lead with me and all your friends out
of it.
With the most perfect esteem I remain, Sir,
your most obedient and most faithful servant,
JOHN STOPTON.
Robert Levid, Esq; at the house of
Mess. Greenwood and Higginfon,
merchants, London.
Charleftown, S. Carolina, October 1, 1781.
JHAVE wrote a number of letters to dear
Miss Wells, and also one to Mrs. Wells, but
as we have an account that most if not all the ves
sels that went from this place, are taken, I cannot
expect that you have received any of my letters
since June. Mr. Russel and many others went
in the William Henry Packet, which we hear is
taken and carried to Boston. I wrote you by
Dr. Spence who went in the flag -that carried
Governor Chester from Pensacola, who had per
mission to flop here ; the Governor left his secre
tary here and took Major Benson, (who married
Miss Garden) as his secretary, and we hear the
flag is taken in consequence of Major Benson's
being on board/ I was in hopes my letters would
have got fafe, as flags are reckoned sacred; but:
when their is a breach of faith on one fide the
other will take the advantage of.it. lam sorry
for the trouble it gives Mrs. Garden who was
loth to part with her daughter:
, Miss Philp you have heard married a Captain
Camel, who uses her father, mother, and herfelf
most cruelly.
I suppose you will have a particular account of
the state of thing's in this province. The action
at Eutaw between Colonel Stuart of the guards,
and General Greene, though the former at last,
by the assistance of Colonel Cruger, got the victo
ry, it does not redound much to Stuart's credit :
the numbers of the dead and wounded are not
known—an officer was heard to fay in town,
another such victory would ruin their army, 1
suppose you will hear the particulars firft in Eng
land : The British army certainly had a most pro
vidential escape, which in fa& may be attributed
to the ram which the Americans found in the
British camp, and the timely arrival of Colonel
Cruger, with five hundred men from a foraging
party ; The dying officers that were brought to
town spoke hard things of their Colonel. People
in general seem difTatisfied, they think there is
not that countenance and proteaion given to the
foyalifts as they had a right to expert, many who
had taken proteaion are gone to the Americans,
not altogether from choice but neceflity ; they
were threatened by the Americans in the coun
try, if they did not join them they would destroy
their property, and those who had families and
no way of subsisting them but upon their planta
tions, went with them rather than have their fa
milies starve, as the' Americans at present have
the command of the country and can go where
they please; The army that was at Eutaw are
now at Fludds, twelve miles beyond Eutaw.
Gen. Gould with some men, are gone up; he is
to have the command, being higher in rank than
Stuart; whether he will do any great good is a
doubt, his chara&er is not the most amiable, his
conduct does not promise much. The plan of
the Howe's seems to have prevailed too much in
America ; at New-York they cannot stir twenty
miles from the city, and here we cannot go rive
miles with any certainty of fafety; John Lining
was taken from his plantation last week, three
miles below ours at Ashley river. Mr. Skottow
at Mr. Billinger's was obliged to lie the greatest
part of a night in the marih at the landing.
You cannot, my dear Miss, form an idea of
this place think what we must have fuffered this
summer which is a remarkable hot one, jn this
small dusty town, no fruit but water melons and
mush melons, both extravigantly dear. I have
not seen a tolerable peach, strawberry or apple
this year, and it is very disagreeable wa'king fro a
the alhes of the burnt houses, which almost
choaks one. Happy are all that are in England,
let them be truly thankful and not complain for
trifles,
Mr. Saxby, I hear, has loft thirty of his best
negroes who are dead, his crop remained at the
plantation when his attorney Mr. Godfrey went
to Bermudas, but as both armies have been there
it is reasonable to think that he has loft some.
When the British left George-Town, the Ame
ricans fold what they found in it for 25,0001. fter.
(No. 882.)