The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1781-11-27 00:00:00, page 1

To be SOL D, by WHOLESALE,
At the House of Mrs. Edwards, near rhe Court-House, Hart
ford, for Cash or Bills of Exchange, a large Assortment of
English and India PRIZE GOODS, among which
are the following Articles, viz.
BANDANO, Romall, Pullicat, and Printed Linen Hand
kerchiefs, Callicoes, Chintzes, Irish Linens, Persians,
Taffaties, Cambricks, Lawns, Sewing'Silks, Blank Books
bound and ruled, Scotch Threads, Pins, Needles, Silk, Cot
ton and Thread Hose, white and coloured Janes and Dim
mity's, a great Variety of Ribbons, black Modes, Writing
Paper, &c. &c.
Also, English Loaf Sugar, Weft-lndia Rum, Paints, Pep
per, Spades and Shovels, Plate Iron, Iron Stock Anchors,
from 48 to 170 lb. Plough Share Molds, and a variety of
other articles.
_ Hartford, Odober 8, TySr.
' T — o -g —p — s 0 L "D,
By NEHEMIAH STREET,
Rock Salt, by the Hog(head or
Bushel, Liver Oil, Welt-India Rum, French Brandy, Buq
and Tea."
Farmington, November, 1781.
'TUfE Linseed Mill in Hartford, is now in repair. Those
I inclined to supply with Seed to work on shares, may
receive One Gallon ofOil for one and half bushel Seed de
livered ar the Mill. Those inclined to fell, may receive 3s.
per bushel for good feed delivered as above, one half paid
in money, and the other half in goods, or as. 8 d. at the,
itore of C A LRB BULL, in Hartford ; where any fort of
Grain, or Flax-Seed, will be received for book debts due to
said Bull, which he hopeswill be attended to, at this time
of great plenty.
TO BE SO L D,
Opposite tht South Meeting House, Hartford.
GO 01) Welt-India Rum Mufcovado Sugar, Spanish
Indigo, Cotton Wool, belt of Raisins, Writing Pa
per, Wrapping Ditto, Bickerftaffs Almanacks, Candles,
Iciper's belt Snuff, Awl Blades and Tacks, Homemade
Earthen, Various Striped Gauze, Spotted and plain Ditto,
Knit Lawn Kenting Handkerchiefs, Barcelona Ditto, Neat
bordered Ditto, beautiful Ribbons, Black and other Shoe
Bindings, Pins large and small, Needles, Thread of all co
lours, Ivory Combs, Corr.monDo. Cap Laces, Edgings, &c.
CASH, or any of die above articles given for clean Cot
roti Or Linen RAGS, coarse or fine, by
ABIGAIL BROWN.
November 5, i,Br.
Just Published, and now Selling by the Printers
hereof, and by the several Foft-Riders from
this Office,
An Agronomical Ephemeris, Calendar, or
ALMANACK,
For the Year of our L ORD,
1 7 8 2.
Containing all things necessary to fiich a Compofitiom
The Agronomical parts performed by N. S.
Profeffor oGMathematics and Natural Philo
sophy in Yale-College.
*, Great Allowance to those who buy to fell
again.
WEEKET INTELLIGENCER.
The Printers of this Paper once
more most earnestly reqiteft those indebted to
them to pay up their several ballances. Those
whole accounts are more than one year Land
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.
Tnofe Papers delivered the Pofcßiders from
this Office will likewise be discontinued at the
fame time, unless their accounts are difchar^ed.
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.
HAR TFO RD: Printed by H UDSO N and GOODWI N, near the Great Bridge.
LINSEED OI L.
TUESDA Y, NOVEMBER 27, 1781.
RETURN of ordnance and military ftorcs taken at York
and Gloucester in Virginia, by the surrender of the British
army, on atf 19th of O&ober.
TOTAL of brass ordnance, different fixes, 75
Ditto of Iron Ordnance, 16,
A large quantity of cartridges, loose, round and grape
Shot, shells, &c.
~ , FIRE ARMS.
Muskets, with bayonets 5743. Ditto without bayonets;
,1, ditto damaged 1136.
Carbines 31, Fuzees 3%,Piftols 137, Blunderbusses, brass 11,
ditto iron 9, bayonets 688, bayonet scabbards 2140, bayonet
belts 1777, cartridge boxes 6444, tin carinifters 860, pouches
for Yagers 350, grenades match pipes 86, musket cartridges
2,66274 fixed with ball, powder 83 barrels,B9 half barrels.
Sabres 1925, and damaged 100, total 2025. Horfemen's
fiords 27, Halberts, good 32, damaged 14, total 46.
Pikes 210.
Regimental Standards.
German it British 43d regiment 2,76 th 2, 80th 2.
British union flags 4. Total of Standards, %. 28
Camp Colours;
German §2, British 41. Total 7?
Drumsgood 62, damaged if Total 81
Drum flings 18, fife cases to, fife-flings 7, trampet 1
Bugle horns 18, French horns 5. Total 23
Musket ball 29 boxes, icoib. each.
Lead in pieces ijolb.
, Musket flints 34200. ~
Slow match 42451 b. fire balls 28, fire rings 12, fulpherjolb.
Saltpetre ,olb. flax ,Ib. fpelter alb. emory 41b. kite 321 b.
Imeal powder glb. junk 606. to coils of rope from one to 8
inch. 8 lanthorns, viz. 3 tin, 1 horn and 4 dark.
Signal rockets 36, tubes of different fixes 6705, tube boxei
62, port fires 787, port fire stocks 28, lint Rocks 16, lead
aprons 90, steel spikes 80, powder horns 260, shell scraper,
8, kitt brushes 5, hard bellow# 2, setts for fuzes y, kitt ladles
6, fuze engines r, cannon haversacks 30, powder-baggs 23,
oil cloths 17, hair cloth 1, budge barrels 4, cannon punches
12, large brass calliberi 2, shot gauges, 2 sets, elevating
ferews 2, priming wires 26.
Apparatus for hot shot 1, sets brass foaled and weights 3.
Copper funnels 4, powder flasks 4, copper powder measures
29 sets,
21 reams musket cartridge paper.
11 hanks marline, ca^ut and twine, it hammers, f
pincers, 33 tenant, hand,whip and cross-cut saws, 4 mallets
<rafps, 30 paring and drawing knives, 1 coopers adz, 2
drifts, 15 axes, I4pick-axes, 25 hatchets.
26 tombawks, 12 spades, 63 crowbars, 143' handspikes.
2 shears for iron, 2 gins, with falls and blocks compleat.
6 brass sheaves for taele blocks, 44 tackle falls and blocks.
4 cannon flings, 8 padlocks, 11 stock locks.
2 casks of nails, 36 bars of Reel, 7 sheets ofirori.
921 brass hoops, 20 sets of drag ropes, 50 sets mens har
ness.
60 dressed calf skins, 22 hides tanned leather.
2 boxes combustibles for fire ships, 2 kegs tallow;
, ammunition waggons, 4 powder carts.
59 cart saddles, 256 collars, 234 hems, 215 bridles.
123 pair trace chains, 33 breech bands, 73 cruppers
10 laboratory chests.
4chefts with tools for fadlers, carpenters, coopers and
blacksmiths
(Signed) H; KNO% commanding the ar
tillery of the United States.
RETURN of Wagghns, Horses and Stores, delivered by the
Quarter-matter, and found in York and Gloucester;
40 waggons, with horses and harness.
40 do. without horses, broken.
166 horses, 339 saddles, 88 blind bridles, 15 collars;
30 breech bands, 18 back bands, 18 belly bands.
18 fities of harness leather, 4 calfskins, 2 dot. bridle bits.
3 sets of collar and harness makers tools.
3 pair smith's bellows.
4 anvils and tools for three blacksmiths.
4 sets of carpenters tools, old and rusts,
§7 French faddies, 40 French bridles.
150 Ib. tent cord, 14 balls fpnn yarn;
3 pieces girt web, 1 hemp hackle;
I cask tent pins and hatchets.
60 crosscut saws, and some carpenters arid coopers adis.
20 files,2o chirfelsand id small hammers.
$ lb. lampblack, too waggon boxes.
toolb. tWine, 1 ton oakahi, 3 tons of henip;
, bolts of fail duck.
29 casks of nailsafforted, 3 tons of irbri.
A quantity of fails and rigging.
I barrel tiirpentirte, 2 1-2 barrels tar;
4 grinefftones.
9 kegs paint, 3 jars oil.
»b^es window glass, about iaoi fund bags.
3 or 4 tons of coal, and a few plank.
500 bushels corn, 62 ditto meal, delivered to the commis
sary forage.
23 boxes candles, delivered to the commifTary ofiffues.
400 sheets, 68 pillow cases, 300 bed cases.
70 old blankets, 2 old rugs, delivered for the hofpitals#
3 Roves, 182 narrow axes, 4 iron pots.
100 knapsacks and haversacks.
1)0 soldiers coats, 100 pair breeches, damaged.
70 pair troffers, 70 sailors jackets, with Beeves.
6 1-2 groce buttons, § lb. thread, if pair shoes.
I marquee, 450 soldiers tents.
200 shovels, spades and picks.
, (Signed) TIMOTHY PICKERIN G, Q. M.O
A RETURN of Cloathing taken in the towns of York and
Gloucester, the 19th day of Odober, 1781.
187 coats, 126 woolen breeches, 16 pair shoes, 116 bass#
70 blankets, 170 linen overalls, i„ scotch bonnets.
108 leather stocks, 3 pair mills, 279 bed cases.
1,4 pillow cases, 436 sheets, 150 sailors jackets.
CLOATHING received from Captain Girlock, Odfober 26/
1781, and acknowledged to be British Cloathing, fubjeß
to the articles of capitulation.
283 coats, 24! breeches, z$ bats, f, caps, 12 yards buff
cloth, 20 yards red cloth, 71 and a half yards oznabrigs, da
maged, 24 packing sheets.
CLOATHING received from Captain Girlock, deputy quar
ter mailer, Odober 26, 1781. who was in a cartel veflel in
York river, and whose effeas, in consequence of his vio
lation of the right offlags, were adjudged to be forfeited,
and were consequently seized for public ufc.
77 uniforms Fur non-commissioned officers.
17 ditto, drummers.
420 ditto, privates.
12 ditto, Servants.
537 pieces linen. /
27 ditto Ribbon.
899 and an halfells bite cloth.
436 ditto white clock.
763 ditto flannel.
'"6O # ditto ribbon.
176 hats, 7 cups, 36 woolen breaches, troo pair hofa.
*348 pair shoes, 68 shirts, 1030 black stocks.
55 pair leather gloves, fyi 1-4 dozen buttons.
\ 49 pounds thread, io and a half hides tanned leather.
3 chests, contents unknown, 2 bales foal leather.
I barrel red Rahnel, 1 chest medicines.
„ , Signed, b, AMERMAN, tO. to the C. G.
RETURN of Provisions and Stores in the posts of York and
Gloueeffer.
276 barrels of flour, weight 73,280 Ib.
520 bags bread, 59,600
96 barrels of beef, 20,193
365 barrels of pork, 75'7)0
361 firkins of butter; 19 870
58 casks batmeal, 11,900
597 barrels peas, quantic, 2985 bushels;
13 casks liquors zfygallons.
16 bags coffee, 2500 lb..
2o bags cocoa, ' 3060
50 bags fait, fobushek.
3 hogsheads sugar; yoco lb°
5 casks vinegar, foogallonh
3 jars oil,, 9o
29 barrels rice, 1500 Ib.
1 cask raisins.
THOMAS JON^S, D. C. Iffueh
(Signed) JACOB WEED, A. C. Ifibes.
ADAM DOLMAGE, D. C. British.^
A LIST of the vessels taken or destroyed at YotK in Virgin
niz.
Veflfels of War.
Tire Charon 44 guns
Gaudaioupe 28
rowey 24
Bonnerta 14
Vulcan fire ship;
Tranfpprtt. Mackrel, Success, Providence, Capt. Hurt-'
ter, and Providence, Capt. Barriman, Favourite, Harmooy>
Concord, Aidborough, Selinca, Ocean, Elizabeth, Diana,
Emerald, Fidelity, Lord Mulgrave, Robert, Racehorse,
Houston, Sally, Two Brothers, Present Succeflion, Ship
wright, Hoilington, Neptune, Lord Howe, Bellona, An
drews, General Reidfal, Tartar.
Vessels belonging to the army. Defiance, Fortitude,
Rambler; Spitfire, a considerable number of fniall sloops
and schooners, and ii or 13 gallics.
Private Vessels. The Cochran, North-Britain, Susanna;
Atgo, Ennedert and Mathews, two Dutch prizes. A priva
trier of to guns, quite new.
Besides many other vefiels funk, and a very great num
ber of shallops and schooners;
(No. b 79 # )