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PHILADELPHIA. November rs.
By the UNITED STATES in CONGRESS al
fembled, Odober 28, 1783.
RESOLVED, That two pieces of Field Ord
nance, taken from the British army at the Cow
pens, Augusta, or the Eutaw, be presented by the
Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United
States, to Major General Greene, as a public testi
monial ofthe wisdom, fortitude, and military skill,
which distinguished his command in the Southern
department, and of the eminent services which, a
midst complicated difficulties and dangers, and a
rainft an enemy greatly superior in numbers, he has
efsfully performed for his country ; and that a
lorandum be engraved on the said pieces of ord
:e, expressive of the substance of this resolution.
Resolved, That the Commander in Chief be in
formed that Major General Greene hath the permis
sion of Congress to visit his family at Rhode-Bland.
Extract from the Minutes,
GEORGE BOND, Dep. Sec.
By the UNITED STATES in CONGRESS as
sembled, October 19, 1783.
ON the report of a Committee, to whom was re
ferred a letter from Major General Lincoln.
Resolved, That the resignation of Major General
Lincoln, as Secretary at War for the United States,
be accepted, in consideration of the earnest desire
which he expresses (the objeds of the war being so
happily accomplished) to retire to private life ; and
that he be informed, that the United States in Con
gress assembled, entertain a high sense of his perse
verance, fortitude, activity and meritorious services
in the field, as well as of his diligence, fidelity and
capacity in the execution of the office of Secretary
at War, which important trusts he has difeharged to
their entire approbation.
Resolved, That notwithstanding the foregoing ac
ceptance, it is the intention of Congress, that Gene
ral Lincoln (hall continue to exercise the duties of
Secretary at War until the 12th day of November
next.
November 4, 1783.
Resolved, That Joseph Carleton, Secretary in the
War-Office, be continued in office until the further
order of Congress.
By the UNITED STATES in CONGRESS as
sembled, November 1, 1783.
Resolved, That all Lieutenant Colonels Command
ant in the army of the United States, shall rank as
full Colonels from the date oftheir repeUivecommif
fions, and that new commissions issue accordingly,
the resolution of the 27th May, 1778, notwithstand
ing.
W AR-OFFIC E, November 4, 1783.
In pursuance of the foregoing resolution, corn
millions will issue to all officers who by the said aft
are entitled to them, on their returning to this office
their names and time of appointment to the com
mand of regiments.
B. LINCOLN.
BOSTON, December 4.
Last Saturday night about fix minutes before
eleven o'clock, a small shock of an Earthquake was
felt in this and the a djacent towns.
HARTFORD, December 9.
We hear from Windsor, that on Friday last as
Mr. Benjamin Loomis was chopping wood at his
door, he was seized with a fit, which instantly put a
period to this mortal state, in the 87th year of his
ag e °
In the night after the 22d ult. a large tan house
belonging to Mr. Thomas Noble, of Weftfield, con
taining a considerable quantity of bark, skins, &c.
took fire by accident, and was entirely consumed.
Receipt of Continental Taxes from the State of
Connecticut:
For the Month of November, 1783, Received
3139 Dollars. H. MERRILL, Receiver.
Meffi'rs. PRINTERS,
FINDING an article inserted in the Boston pa
pers, and republished at New-London, pur
porting that Capt. George Church, of this place,
was allowed to fell part of his cargo at Jamaica;
and fearing it might serve to delude some incautious
adventurer to try that market ; herewith fend you
for publication, a statement of the fa&s refpe&ing
Capt. Church's voyage to Jamaica.
He failed from New-London with a cargo of Hor
ses, Lumber, &c. bound to Jamaica ; but having
an uncommon long passage he put into the Cape
and there fold his horses, (their provisions and wa
ter being nearly expended) and proceeded to Ja
maica with the residue of his cargo. Unfortunately
for the concern he arrived a few days after theKing's
proclamation of the 2d of July had been received
and published—was not fuffered to go up with his
vessel to Kingston, or enter her at the custom-house.
After much trouble and delay, by the advice of
some merchants friendly to the American trade,
Capt. Church prefered a petition to the Governor,
stating his situation, and requesting leave to land
his cargo, as it was periling and his vessel in no
condition to return to windward, &c. To which
)the Governor was pleased to return for ans wer, that
he had refered the petition to the Attorney Gene
ral, whose decision he (Capt. Church) must abide
by. In eight days Capt. Church received the At
torney General's answer, (a copy of which is here
with sent you) with a letter to the officers of the
Guftoms, who immediately ordered Capt. Church
to sea. Ore other vessel had arrived there from
North Carolina, which was ordered out of port also.
N 0 doubt therefore can remain that our trade to the
British Weft-Indies is wholly at an end. Whether
this will induce our government to exclude Britifli
vessels from our ports, time will difeover. But, if
we may judge of the future by the pa,, noting will
be done to encourage the trade and navigation of
this State, but our supplies must be had of flrangers.
Whether this will make the articles of^onfumpti
on come cheaper to the citizens—increate the value
of our extorts, or lessen the taxes, (the burthen of
which creates so much clamour) is worthy of the
serious consideration of the Farmers, Tradfmen,
and Aflemblymen of Connecticut.
Hartford, Dec. 2. 1783. P. C.
(Copy.) Kingston, Bth October, 1783.
" I have this morning received your Excellency's
letter of the gth instant, inclofing the representation
andpetition of George Church, master of the brigan
tine Chance, and have attentively weighed them
both.
" On the heft consideration I can give to their
contents, I think the only way of preventing the
difficulty there will otherwise be, to draw a line for
the admission or non-admiflion of American tra
ders (which must be fixed fomewhere 1 is, by allow
ing the fulleft effect to the King's order in Council
of the 2d July, and to your Excellency's circular let
ter of 26th September, to the several officer's of the
customs in this island, founded on that order.
" As to the encouragement given by the order
made in Council here on the 3d June last, it cannot
be understood to extend beyond the terms in which
it is conceiv'd; and as the indulgence thereby grant
ed is expreily limited in this duration " till the ar
rival of particular orders from government upon this
fubje& ;" and as your Excellency's circular letter of
the 10th April, to the several officers of the customs
here, is exprefiy calculated to remove obftruaions
to American intercourse with this island only " un
til full and positive infractions Should be received
from England on that subject," no American trad
ing here, under the fanUion of those authorities can
have been ignorant of their import, nor can any one
complain of fuffering by terms of which he has him
felf been aware.
" I think that less embarrassment and difficulties
will arise from denying the prayer of Mr. Church's
petition, than from granting it under any qualifica
tion ; and as such denial seems also necessary to the
consistency that should be found in the measures of
government here, and the dignity of it at home, I
do most humbly advise it accordingly.
With due submission, &c.
Robert Sewell, Attorney-General.
His Excellency Archibald Campbell, Gov. &c.
fomm&M#^^ ;
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the
State of Connecticut.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the Legislature of this State, by their
Resolutions passed at their Sessions holden at New-Ha
ven, on the second Thursday of October lafl, did de
clare, that this State has the undoubted and exclufae
right of jurifdiaion and pre-emption to all the lands ly
ing weft of the State of Pennsylvania, and erf of the
river Miffifippi, and extending throughout from the
latitude 41°. to latitude 42°.2"< north, by virtue ofthe
charter granted by King Charles the lid. to the late
Colons, now State f Connecticut, bearing date the 23d
day of April, A. D. 1662 : Which claim and right
they are determined to assert and maintain.
IDO therefore, at the desire and request of the
said Legislature, hereby publish, proclaim and
make known this their resolution, assertion and de
termination to all people whomsoever it may con
cern. And, Ido also, by this my Proclamation,
ftriUly forbid all persons whatever, from entering
upon or fettling within the territory so claimed and
asserted, without special licence and authority there
for, firft had and obtained from the General Assem
bly of this State ; as they would wish to avoid the
pains, penalties and forfeitures to which they may,
in such case, expe& to be exposed.
Given under my hand andfeal, at Lebanon, in the
State of Connecticut, this i^th day ^November,
A. D. 1783.
JONATH. TRUMBULL.
TO BE SOL D,
The LINSEED MILL in Hart
ford with all its Utensils, situate one mile weft of the Town-
Bridge (so called) with a complete grant of the town for the
benefit of the stream, and from individuals a fufficienc pass way
to said Mill; the dam is almost new, and all the running geer,
and on the newest and best conftruaion, one part of the press is
now broke but measures are taken to make the repairs complete.
This Mill is not offered for falc because the present owner thinks
his or the purchaser's interest cannot be served by owning said
Mill with good economy, nor is he alone in the belief that much
further improvements may be made on the premises in conjunc
tion with public utility ; but being far advanced in life wishes to
turn his small flock, hardly f.ved from the pillage of the times,
into a channel that may be less troublesome to an old man and
his connexions. Any one inclined to center their property and
further views in that way may depend the terms of sale shall be
made agreeable if they apply seasonably totheir bumble fervent,
Hartford, December I, 1,83. CALEB BULL.
N. B. A few hundred Oil Cakes to be fold at said Mill for
present pay.
*.* Public Auction on Tuesday and Friday of
every Week, at the Auction Room, Hartford.
TAKEN from a trarfient person who calls bis name John
Jones, five pieces of woman's wear, viz. one piece 6 yards
black and blue plain cloth, one piece of blue ditto 4 yards and
3 quarters, one piece brown worsted of nine yards, one piece of
blue ditto of 4 yards and a half, one piece of 7 yards and 0 half
with white selvage, one piece of man's wear daik brown fulled
cloth of one yard and a half, and one large sugar box with some
powder, said cloth may be found it JOEL MINER's.
Hartland, November 20, 1783.
TO B E S O L D,
At Salisbury in Conned icut,a few Rods Eaftwardly
of the Furnace.
A PLEASANT, convenient and profitable FARM, of about 70
acres, 15 or 20 tons of ha, may be cur in a fcafon with a
little improvement, some plow laud, and a fufficiency ®f umber
and pasture, through which a large stream runs efficient in the
dryeft time to carry a grist-mill, with a good Dwelling-House
standing thereon having three sticks of Chimneys and four
rooms on the lower floor, with a Store for dry goods, all well
finished and painted, a large and convenient cellar, an excellent
weil of water and a garden adjoining thereto, is a very good
Hand for a private gentleman or ftorc-keeper, a store of dry
goods has been kept in it for many years by Capt. Hernan Allen,
on the whole it is a proper place for a farmer, a good stand for
a tavern or any kind of business. The price will be low and
terms of payment made easy—produce, public fepurities of the
States of COancaicut or New-York or cven cash itfclf, rather
than break a bargain, will be received in payment. The par
ticulars may be known from the Subferiber, living at Red-Hook,
State of New-Yotk, Dr. Lemuel Wheeler, or Adonijah Strong,
Esq; living in Salisbury. All who are indebted te me by note or
book are defined to fettle the fame with the above said Strong,
immediately, or expert more rigourous proceedings. .Nothing;
but the greatest nece flity could have induced me to lodge my ac
counts with an attorney,! am Hill the public's most humble fer,
vant. WILLIAM WHEELER.
Red-Hook, November 22, 178;.
STRAYED or Stolen out of the failure ofthe Subferiber; on
the 11th of November last, two gelding HORSES, one a
sorrel, with a light main and tail, a small stripe in his face,
paces chiefly, about ten years old,---the other a light red rone,
about the lame age and size, paces all, both about 14 hands
high, artificial matks unknown. Whoever will take up said
horses and return them or either of them, shall be handfomeli
rewarded. ELI BUSH.
Enfield, December 2, 1783.
Secure your Property or never complain !
NOTICE is hereby given that a Proprietors Meeting of the
Proprietors of the townships of Guildhall, MaidEone,
BrunfwicK, Minehead, and Lemingron, lying on Connecticut
river upon Cobs; asalfb Avcril, Lewes, Winlock, Fardinand,
and Granby, second tier Towns; allo the owners ofthe fix towns
lying on Lake Mumphray Magog adjoining the above towns,
granted by the State of Vermont to Truman Hinman, Joseph
Holbrook, and others, co hold a meeting at the house ofDr&r
Andrew Graham,junbo!dcr in Woodbury, on the 30th day of
December next, at 10 O'clock, A. M. co fee if the Proprietors will
agree to tax themfclves to locate, lot and fettle said townships
next summer, and any other business they shall chirk necessary co
be done in said Meeting. Dated at Woodbury, November 24,
i7 B ^
JOHN CHANDLER, )
NATHANAEL HAZARD,)
noah Benedict, )
TRUMAN HINMAN, )
INCREASE MOSELEY, ) Proprietors to
ANDREW GRAHAM, )thc above Towns;
THOMAS CANFIELD, )
JOHN WOOSTER, )
JEHU MINER, )
JOSEPH_HOLBROOK._)
Take Notice !
NOTIFICATION is hereby given, that there is to be a meet
ing of the Proprietors, who lately purchased a certain
township of land, named Durham, lying in New-York St te, said
land was purchased of Abraham Lett, Ea; late merchant of the
city of New-York, all concerned are desired to attend as it will
be to their advantage, as there isconfiderable business to be done,
said meeting is an adjourned meeting to the fourth Thursday of
instant December, at the dwelling-house of the Subferiber in
Durham in Connedicut, at one o'clock afternoon. All gentle
men inclined to purchase may attend and make their fortunes,
as it is an excellent trad of land; it has been the pradice in
that State that new settlers should not have any rates to pay un
der ten years, which will be greatly to their advantage. Also
the Subferiber has 300 acres of land, lying in Granville in Boston
State, which he will fell; any gentleman inclined to purchafc
said land may have reasonable times of payment allowed.
PHINEAS CANFIELD, Clerk.
Durham, December 4, 1783.
T'O BE S~O'L' D, ~
A goodFARM, lying in Pawling's
precind, in Dutches county, about three miles from Fredericf
burgh,in a thick fettled/part of the country,containing 124 acres,
with a Dwelling-House and Barn, there is a stream of water tun
ing through the whole Farm on which is an exerllent Grist-Mil!
in good order, with a small house near it for a Miller, on said
Farm is Meadow of the best kind fufficienc to cut between thirty
and forty tuns of good Englishhay yearly and more can be made
with little expence, there is a fufficienc quantity of wood land
for said Farm, and an Orchard that produces apples fufficienc to
make about fifteen barrels of cider yearly, the remaining pare
of said Farm is excellent good either for plowing or pasturing,
and the whole of said Farm is in good fence.
AL S O,
Steel Sleigh Shoes,
MA DE and to be fold at this place, very neatly drawn, drafted
on purpose, the quality superior to any manufactured here
before, I will warrant them to harden well or they shall be fold
for no more than iron, any person may try them in the smith's
shop before carried away ; will be taken in pay good corn fed
Pork, &c. Likewise for sale at the Forge neatly drawnßar Iron
bloomed or re fined,with an a ffortment of Carr-Tiers Sheer Molds,
and all ocher drafts fuitablc for farmers and blacksmiths.
JACOB OGDEN.
Forge at Colebrook, December 1, 1783.
Another FARM, lying in Westchester county about three miles
and an half below the White-Plains, on the main road to New-
York, late the property of Samuel Crawford, deceased, contain
ing 100 acres of good la nd, well meadow'd,timber'dand water'd,
with a large new Dwelling-House, Barn, Cider-Mill and a new
Cooper's Shop, a good bearing Orchard of apple trees, with a
variety of other fruit trees such as peach, pear and plumb trees,
said Farm is in good fence considerable of which is stone wall.
Any person inclining to purchase either of the above mentioned
Farms, may know the terms of sale by applying to the Subferi
ber, living at Frederiefburgh Dutches county, who will give an
indifputablc title co the fame.
JONATHAN G, TOMPKINS, Executor.
November 20, 1783.