The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1782-12-31 00:00:00, page 1

cloths.
Blue and brown Serges.
Blue and brown Coatings.
Nap'd Frize, red Baize.
BlackLaftings,blackPrunclla
Olive colour'd Satinet.
Serge Denim.
Black Ruffe! & Callimanco.
Shalloons of various colours.
.Pink arfd Green Durants.
White, brown, ftrip'd and
check'd Linens.
Cambrick and Lawn.
Chintzes and Callicoes.
Black and white Gauzes^
White Milli.net and Cargut.
Gauze Handkerchiefs.
/Black and colour'd Silk Do.
ofvarious kinds.
& variety of Ribbons and
Tastes.
Black and blue Silk Ferret.
White Lace and Edging.
Black and sky blue Taffaty.
Black and Pink Mode.
Black Sattin.
Xlack and white silk Gloves
and Mitts.
White and colour'd silk Hose
Men's & Womens Cotton Do.
Purple and other colour'd
Leather Gloves and Mitts.
A large assortment of Lynn
Shoes.
Tapes and Thread.
Scarf Twist.
Sewing Silk, Crewel aborted
UI variety of white and yel
low Metal Buttons.
Quality and Shoe Bindings.
Skeleton and Iron Wire:
(Ink Powder and Ink Cake.
Writing and Bonnet Papers.
IrriqPots, Wafers, Penknives.
Raifors, Sciffars, Snuffers.
They have on hand a few H<
brown SUGARS, for Cale, ifai
DANIEL JONES, & Co.
Have for Sale arthe red Store opposite the Print
ing Office in Hartford, a good assortment of
European and India GOODS, suitable for
the season, among which are the following
articles, viz.
'A Variety es fuperfine, Te- Paundand other Pins.
A cond and coarfc Bread- Pocket Looking GLflcsj
TO BE S OL D,
By SAMUEL MA RSH,
At his Store in Hartford, the following articles,
cheap for Cash or Produce, viz.
SUPERFINE Broadcloths. Cambric & Holland Thread.
Forrest do. 6 4 and yard wide Check.
German Serge, Kruves and Forks,
Prize and Brizes. Cocteaus and Pen-Kivcs.
Flannels. Sci ffars.
Corduroys. Mettle andlnrn Buttons.
Shalloons. Bibles.
Callimancoes. Ink-Pots.
A variety of Chintzes and Ink-Powder.
Calicoes. Dutch Quills.
Irish andDatch Linens; Fuftick percwt.orlef; quan-
M.^ins; tity.
Cimbrick and Lawn. Rock Salt.
White and : brown Platri'dest French and country Bandy.
Dowlafs. Rum per barrel o gallon.
Romal, Pullicat and Bilboa Tea and Chocob r e.
Handkerchiefs-. White and b;otf^ Sagar.
India Taffaty. Ginger.
Sartins and Modes. Barr Lead and Shot.
Blank Laces. Hart- and club German Steel.
BVck mid white Gauze. &c. &c.
Sowing Silk.
'W ANTE D;.
One Hundred Bushels of Oats,
For.which Cash or good Tea will be gives, at Two Shillings
pea bushel, if delivered within three weeks, b, rt the Sulrfcri
berin Torringford. JAMES JOHNSON.
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Lead Pencils, Thimbles;
Watch Main Springs and
CUrvftals.
Court Plaifters.
Corks, Cork Screws;
Sieve Buttons, per Groce.
Iron rim'd Locks with Knobs
Do. Do. with Rings.
Stack Locks from 6 to 10
Inches.
Desk and draw Locks in Sets
Cheit and Cupboard Locks.
H and HL Hinges.
Cuttoe Knives.
Case Knives and' Forks.
Files,KieeChapes& Tongues
Placed and other Shoe* and
Knee Buckles.
Pegging and Sewing Awls.
Shoe Tacks, Tobacco Boxes.
Buckle Brushes,Curry Combs
Crown and Bar Soap.
Cowskin Whips.
Ivory and Horn Combs.
Women's crooked Do..
Men's Torcifc Shell Do.
Powder, Shot and Flints.
Bar Lead, Allom.
An assortment of Iron Hol
low Ware.
Do. &fTin Ware.
German and bliftcr'd Steel.
Welt-India Rum.
Nantz Brandy.
Shrub, Sugar.
Tea, Pepper, Nutmegs.
Cinnamon.
Linseed OyL
Bibles.
Edwardy'sHift. Redemption.
Psalm Books.
Spelling Books.
Leiper's bottle and bladder
Snuff.
Pigtail Tobacco, &c. &c.
Logsheads and Barrels of good
Ipplied for soon.
Printed by HU DS ON and GOODWI N, near the Great Bridge;
TUESDAY, December 31, 1782
; The following ' are said to be authentic copies of
two Letters respecting Capt. Afgill, a sritiih
; Prisoner of War, who, by lot, was to have
expiated for the Marder of Capt. Huddy, of
the New-Jersey Militia.
: Copy of a Letter from the Count de Vergennes,
Prime Minifler of France, to his Excellency 1
;General Washington.
IT is not in quality of Mihifter of a King, thel
friend and ally of the United States, though|
.with the knowledge and consent of bis Majesty, 1
that I now have the honour to write to your Ex-1
cellency. It is as a man of sensibility, and as ai
tender father who feels all the force of paternal ;
love, that I take the liberty to address to your 1
Excellency my earned felicitations in favour ofl
a mother and a family in tears!—Her fituationl
feerns the more worthy of noticeon our part, a s it>
is the humanityof a nation at war with her own, 1
that fie has recourse to, for what ffie ought to?
receive from the impartial justice of her own{
general. I have the honour to inclofe your Ex
cellency a copy of a letter which Mrs. Afgill
has just wrote to me. lam not known to her,
nor was I acquainted that her son was the unhap-'
py victim destined, by lot, to expiate the odious
crime that a formal denial ofjullice obliges you
to revenge. Your Excellency will not read this
letter without being extremely affhaed—lt had
that effect upon the King and upon the Queens;
to whom I communicated it. The goodness of
their Majesties hearts induces them to desire the
inquietudes of an unfortunate mother might be ;
calmed ; and her tenderness I feel. There are|
cases, Sir, when humanity itfelf exacts the most ;
extreme rigour; perhaps theone now in question
may be of that number ; but allowing reprisals ,
to be just, it is not the less horrid to those who ;
are the victims ; and the character of your Ex
ency is too well known for me not to be persua
ded, that you desire nothing more than to be able
to avoid the disagreeable necessity : There is one
confederation, Sir, which though it is hot Ceci
five, may have an influence on your refolution.l
Captain Afgill is doubtlefsyour prifoner,buthe is l
among those whom the arms of the King contri-'
bated to put into your hands at York-Town.
Although this circumstance does not operate as
a fafe-guard, it however juftifies the interest I
permit myfclf to take in this affair. It is in your
power, Sir, to confider and have regard to it ;
you will do what is very agreeable to their Ma
jesties ; the danger of young Afgill, the despair
of his mother, effect them sensibly, and they fee
;with pleafare the hope of consolation fliine out
for these unfortunate people. In seeking to deli
!ver Ms. Afgill from the fate which threatens him,
I am far from engaging you to seek another vic
tim ; the pardon to be perfectly fatisfa&ory, must
§be entire. Ido not imagine it can be productive
iof any bad consequences. If the Ehglifh Gene-
Ihi has not been able to puniflithe horrible crime
Iyou complain of, in so exaniplary a manner as
I he ffiould; there isreafon to think however, he
Iwill take the most efficacious measures to prevent
ljhe like'in future. I finccrely with, Sir, my in
iterceffion-may meet with success ; the sentiments
Iwhich you have not ceafedTo nianifeft on every
loccafion, aflure me - thatyou will not be indiffer
§ent to the prayers and tears of a family which
Ihas recourse to your clemency through me : It is
[ rendering homage to your virtues to employ it.
I I have the honor to be. &c.
'' Court cf Fafailles, July 20, 1782.
The following is the letter mentioned in the
Count de Vergennes's letter to his Excellen
cy General Washington ; from Mrs. As
gill, to the Count.
JF the politeness of the French Court will per
mit an application from a Granger, there can
be no doubt but that cne, in which all the ten
der feelings of an individual can b@ in-terefted,
will meet with a favourable reception from a
nobleman whose character does honor, net only
to his own country, but to human nature.—The
fubje&, Sir, in which I presume to implore your
assistance, is too heart-piercing for me to dwelt
on, and common fame has most probably in
formed you of it.—lt therefore renders the pain
ful talk unneceflary. My fen, my only son ! as.
dear as he is brave, amiable, as deferring to be
so—only nineteen—a prisoner gn-der the arti
cles of capitulation of York-Town—is now con
fined in America, an object of retaliation ! Shall
an innocent man fuffer for the guilty ? Repre
sent to yourfelf, Sir, the situation of a family
underthefe circumstances, surrounded, as I am,
by objects of distress! diftraded with fear and
grief! No words can express my feelings, or
paint the scenes ! My husband given over by the;
physicians a few hours before the news arrived,
and not in a state to be informed of the misfor
tune—My daughter seized with a fever and de
lirium, raving about her brother, and without
one interval of reason! Let your feelings, Sir,
suggest and plead for my inexpreflible misery .
A word from you, like a voice from heaven, will
rfave us from diftra&ion and wretchedness ! I
am well informed General Washington reveres
your character : Say but to him, that you wish,
my son to be released, and he will restore him to
his deftra&ed family, and return him to happi
ness ! My fon's virtues and bravery will jullify
the deed. His honor, Sir, carried him to Ame
rica—he was born to affluence, independence,
and the happiest profpeas. Let me again sup
plicate ycur goodness : Let me refpeaiully im
plore your high influence in behalf of innocence,
in the cause of juftice—of humanity ; that you
would difpateb a letter to General Washington
from France, and favor me with a copy of it to
be sent from hence. Jam sensible of the liberty
I take in making this request, but I am also sen
sible that whether you comply with it or not,
you will pity the distressed, that suggests your
humanity will drop a tear on the fault arid efface
it. I will pray that Heaven may grant yeuzpay
never want the comfort it is in your power.fo
bestow. (Signed) A SGIL L.
L ONDO N.
The following epistle, written by one Qua
ker to another, we lay before our rea
ders as a curiosity.
" Friend John,
" 1 desire thee to be so kind as to go to
" cneof those finfol men of the flefh, cal-,
" led an attorney, and let him take out:
" an instrument with a seal thereunto, by
" means whereof we may seize the out-;
" ward tabernacle of Jonathan Doolittle,
''and bring him before the Lambskin
" men at Westminster, that he may be
« taught to do as he would be done by.
" I rest thy friend in the light,
“ ABRAHAM FOXCRAFT^
(No. 936,