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Meffi'rs P RINtER S,
LATELY perusing some of Parnassus's Numbers, t could
not but think, from the spirit, (not to fay spite) With
which he seems to write, that he muff have received some
great provocation from the Reverend Body of fuperanuated
dotards, whom he treats in so illiberal a manner, however
he stroke the Piefident ; whose worth and importance in
deed, is well knownto'the Corporation, and refpeded ac
cordingly ; though, alas I he happens to border as near upon
fuperanuation, as most o's the rest. But be this as it may,
for I have no defignto enter into the controversy; would
Query, whether it might not be expelled that he give some
ether proof of what he asserts with fuch,pofitivenefs, than
his bare word ; at least, till we know who he is, and conse
quently, how far his word is to be relied on ; particularly,
that he point out or shew,
X. When and by what a& the General Assembly, asJuch,
ever lignified their desire ofan alteration in the government
and management of college, it not being yet come to my
knowledge.
a. How ip appears that the annual grant of too 1. was or
has been withheld, solely, if at all, on account of public
diffapsfaaion at the present constitution of college, the Af
fcmbly having never declared any such thing ; and other
reasons being alledged by many ; also that there is fufficient
ground to expe& a reftoral of said grant, upon allowing the
legislature an infpe&ion or direaion of the College.
3. What evidence there is that it is the general voice, or
long and fixed sense of the "whole community, that the alteration
pyopofed should take place—-the contrary being aver'd by
numbers.
4. What reason there is to believe that the officiating gen
tiemen in civil life with the Corporation, was engaged, when
the latt charter was given ? President Clap (I am told)
ever absolutely denying it; whatever any might hope.
5. How he knows that the Corporation have been averse
to any conceffiohs, which confidently with fidelity and con
ference they could make, or ever declined the introduction
of as many Prose fforships as the Anembly should think pro
iters to be under their sole direction —which, 1 am told,
they peremptorily deny.
6. How it appears that the governors of college affeda
full independency, while they readily allow their a&s and
laws co be wholly under the controul, and liable to the re
peal of the General Alfembly—which seems a manifeft
©confiftency.
Whereupon 'tis queried, whether the public ought to ad
mit these things for truths, upon the meer credit of the un
known asserter, till some shadow of evidence be produced ?
fid,ft, quit vult decipi, decspiatur. I pretend not to an ac
quaintance with the state of college funds ; which yet are
laid to be much lower chan those of any college on the con
tinent; nor with the annual expenditures ; but have been
informed by good authority, that beside House. Lot, &c. the
President's fallary is 1801. and the Proftffor's x6o 1. Rated
on the articles of life, computed old way, as tis commonly
exprelled; which would perhaps now amount to 600 1. or
more, co which are to be added the salaries of four Tutors,
about 80 l. each, making 320 1.---the whole 920 1. which is
fomechihg more chan 605 1. Besides, I undferftand the Cha
pel wasfuppfied by hire, during the vacancy of the Profef
forship, at, probably not ids than 70 or 80 1. cost; for
which no credit is given by Parnaffis ; any more than for
necessary expences, arising from corporation meetings, loosing as
ter the Collegofarms, colle^ing rents, grants to the Treasurer for fer
vce,&c. (natto bringintocheaccountthe buiidi gth kitch
en and dicing room, a work of ablolute neccffity)--wbich
things confidetedj'iisea&y apprehended the Treasury can't be
sverftocked ; and chat Painuffus need not fear very hasty
ffriles cowards independency, on that account ; nor the
Rudents have cause to complain of being unduly fpunged
byany, unless by the inhabitants of the town, in the matter
of board ; their tuition being less (I suppose) then that of
any othercollege Would only further obfe ve, that it be
ing general!, allowed,that learning with good or der, never
flourished more in college than at present, upon the footing
the General Assembly saw fit to place it, nor perhaps, in
any other College or University in America ; and no com
plaint of maladministration, or misapplication of monies,
being exhibited, it can't eafil, be conceived what occasion
there is, at present, for any overture or alteration with re
fpe& co it ; any more than for digging at the roof of a thri
ving, flourishing hill ofcorn, in search after a worm.
^ Well-wisher to College and the Community
TH £ Proprietors of the" Townships of PITTSFIELD and
H^NCOCIQ in the State of VERMONT, ate hereby
Notified, That at a Proprietors Meeting, in December, 1781, a
Tax of Twelve Shillings on each Proprietor's Sharein said towns
was granted to defray the expences of alloting said towns ; and
„ October, 1782, another Tax of Twenty Shillings on each Pro
prietor's Share was granted for the some purpose, and that the
said Taxes were committed to ns the fubferibers to be collected —
The delinquent Proprietors are therefore requeued to pay their
Tefpeaive Taxes to us at our dwelling houses in Northampton
And Mdaths, on or before the last day of March next, otherwise
zheir lands will be advertifedfor sale as theTaw directs.
JOHN RMKER, ) Proprietors
JOHN LESURE ) Colle&orors.
Northampton, February ay, 17.83.
N. B. The Proprietors living in the county of Berkshire are
to pay their Taxes to John Lefave, and the remaining part to
John Baker.
WE the Subferibers being appointed Commissioners,
by the Hon. Court of Probate, forthe diftrid of East-
Windsor, to adjust the claims of the Creditors, to the efface
of ALEXANDER CAMBELL, late of Enfield deceased (repre
sented insolvent) do hereby give notice, that we shall attend
said business at the dwelling house of Mr. Zachariah Allen,
innholder in Ealt Windsor, on the laftMondays of May June
and July next, from one o'clock till fix in the afternoon of
each of said days.—No accounts will be allowed unless pro
porly aiceftcd. EBEN. WATSON, jun.
,DAVID SHAW.
Haft-Windsor, Feb. 15, 1783.
ALL Perlons that have open accounts with Lieut. OTH
NIEL CLARK, late of Middletown, deceas'd, in the
army, are desired forthwith to adjust them, with Phebe
Clark, Executrix, to said estate.
Middletown, Feb, 10, 1783#
T-O R ESOL D,l
By the Subferiber, at his Store in Lebanon,
A Variety of Broad Bloths, Coatings, Lamskins, Baizes,
Serges, Forest Cloths, Kerfimers, Serge Denims, Shal
loons, "Durants and Tammies, Callimai c& Cambists, Mo
reen, Corduroys, black Velvet, Ladings, Sattin BeaYer,
plain and corded Fustians, Princeis Suff, silk and worlted
Waistcoat and Breeches Patterns, silk, cotton, worsted and
linen Hose, Irish Linens, black and white Gauzes, Sewing
Silk and Twift,a variety of Buttons, Knives and Forks, Iron
Candlcfticks, Pins, Pewter, Crockery Ware, Tea Cups and
Sauceis, Iron Hollow Ware, Window GDfs, White Lead,
German Steel, Beaver and Felt Hates, black Mode, white
figur'd Sattin, Rum by the hogshead, brown and white Su
gars by the barrel, Brandy, Geneva, Wine, Tea, Chcolate,
Indigo, Hard Ware, with a great variety of Piece Goods,
too numerous to mention ; all which wil be told on very
reasonable terms tor Cash, Bills of Exchange, Country Pro
;duce, Massachusetts State Notes, Connecticut and New-
I York Loan-Office Certificates, Pay Table Orders, or Certi
[ ficates given by Col. Pickering, Quarter- M.ftet General of
the American army, atthc different exchange, by theirmolt
humble servant, EBENEZER GEARY, jun.
February 4, 1783.
N'ONK£SIL)EATo
||Pl|^%^^ is hereby giv
' en, t 0 the non-resident pro
'prietors who have ,landsin the parish
of Winftcad, in the town of Win
chester, and Barkhamltead in Liteh
once twicethk^l field county, That their Lands will
. be fold at Public Vendne, at the dwelling house of Eleazer
Kellogg, innholder in Barkhamftead, on the firft Monday
of May next, at ten of the clock forenoon, so much as will
[pay their several taxes assessed on their Lands, with other
lincident charges and fees, viz^Samuel Talcott, jun. Richard
I Lord's heirs, Daniel Edwards's heirs, John Hazleton, Ti
' ,mothy Skinner, Joshua or Jacob Merrill, John Butler's hr irs
i Richard Goodman's heirs, Gideon Butler, Moles Wright,
IJames Stevens, Abel Beach, Nehemiah and Elijah Gaylord,
I Thomas Burnham's heirs, John Pratt jun. heirs, Isaac Pratt
IJoshua Hale's heirs, Zachariah Sanford's heirs, Philemon
I' Sanford, Thomas Dickinson's heirs, Joseph Bellamy, Jo
seph Richards, Titus Johnson, Uriah Seymour, John Potters
heirs, Henry Brace jun. Matthew Gillet, Stephen Chubb,
Abraham Kellogg, Ebenezer Moody, Abraham Kellogg
;and Ebenezer Moody, Elias Hopkins, Samuel Richards,
I Thomas Pallets heirs, Jonathan Bidwell, John Roberts heirs
Samuel Roberts heirs, Henry Allyn, Timothy Thralls heirs,
Thomas Griswold, Israel Stoughton, Eli Holcomb, John
Griswold, Benjamin Holcomb, David Ellsworth, Eliakim
Mather, Job Drake, David Ellsworth, Stephen Chubb, Pe
letiah Allyn, J®b,Loomis, Ebenezer Read, Ebenezer Moore,
Benjamin Newbery, John S^, Thomas Gideons, Samuel
Grant's heirs, William and Oliver Stoughton, Nathaniel
Day, Timothy Dwight, Noah Smith's heirs, Peleg Meaker,
Ebenezer Rowley, David Root, Benjamirt Henshaw, Aaron
,Person jun. heirs, Jeremiah Wilcox heirs, Abijah Peck,
James Porters heirs, Peletiah Allyn, Ebenezer Crane, ®lmf
ted and Menter, Samuel Cook, Elihu Hall, Joseph Hubbert,
John Hartill, John Cross's heirs, Nathaniel Pinny's heirs,
Levi Pinny,Luke and Sarah Noble's heirs, Oliver Spellman,
David Sanford, Philip Spencer, Samuel Talcott, jun. John
Hanes Lord and Mary wife of Charles Caldwell, Abraham
C Klin, Edward Dodd's heirs, Elijah Ga,lord, Jabez Bacon.
Justus Johnson, Joseph Richards, Justus Riley, Justus Hale's
heirs, Edward Howell, Moses Wright, Stephen Knowlton,
Thomas Hofmer, Zacberiah Sanford, William Cole's heirs,
James Stephenson, Nathaniel Day, Elias Hopkins, Abraham
Kellogg, Stephen Sanford, Windsor firft focicty, David Elf
, worth, Hezekiah Grifwould, Job Drake, Samuel Mather's
heirs, John Ladd, Ebenezer Mac, Samuel Grant's heirs, Eli
hu Hall, John Hertile, Mathew Gillet, Ebenezer Moody,
Noah Kellogg, Stephen Chubb, Elijah Flower's heirs, Henry
Brace, Thomas and Phineas Grifwould, Benjamin Newbu
ry, Phineas Wilson, Benjamin or Benajah Holcomb, Samu
el Robberts, Timothy Thrall's heirs, Eli Holcomb, John
Grtfwold,.William Phelps, Henry Allyn, Joseph Allyn,
Amafa Lomis, Daniel Grant's heirs, Ebenezer Read, Willi
am and Oliver Stoughten, John Lomis, Ephraim Bancraft's
heirs, Arivles Flint, John M'Kenfey, Elihu Tuder, Samuel
Cook, Nathaniel Pinney, Levi Pinney, Timothy Dwight,
Samuel Richards, Noah Smith's heirs, Joseph Hubbert, John
Cross, Oliver Spelman, David Sanford, Stephen Turner,
Thomas Giddens, Peletiah Allyn.
BENJAMIN PALMER, Collc&or ofland
and foeiety taxes.
Berkhemftead, February 24, 1783.
PAY TABLE OFFICE, March, 1, 1783
rrHE Sele&men of the several Towns in this State are once
more requested to make a Settlement of their Accounts in
this Office, for the delivery of Provisions, collected on the Taxes of
Six pence. One Penny-Halfpenny, Four- pence, and Two Shil
lings and Six pence on the Pound, the Expenditure ofPublicSalt,
and all other public Property received by them — They are also
requeued to procure Receipts for the Amount of all Supplies to
Soldiers Families, Jince the First of January, 1782, and also to
fpecify the Regiments towhich the Soldiers belong—no Accounts
will be pai^in future without such Receipts from the Soldiers or
Persons to whom delivered.
bill Persons having Orders for State Bills, which remain un
paid, are directed to return them to this Office before the 10th of
Mpril next, that they may bereduced agreeably to M& ofMffem
bij, for which they will receive Orders on the Tax of One Shilling
on the Pound. Those Persons who have Accounts unsettled in
this Office are informed that several Suits were commenced at the
last Court, and all who delay a Settlemen must expeft the fame
Treatment.
ELEMZER WHILES, )
FENN WADSWORTH, < ,
WILLIMM MOSELET, { ^mmittee,
OLIVER WOLCOTT, jun. >
The several Printers in this State are desired to inferfthe above
in their Papers for three Weeks.
CASH given for clean cotton and linen Rags,
coarse or fine, at the Store of Strong and
Graham, in Fittslield.
FOR SAL E, b
On board the schooner Swallow,lying at Hartford ferry, tw
puncheons of good Weft-India Rum, a few barrels of oil
blubber. The above may be had cheap for cash, flour, hr
Indian corn, by applying to JOSIAH SMITH, on board said
schooner,
N. B. Said Smith will give cash for indiancorn.
Hartford March id, 1782.
FOUND some time in J.mnary last, and now in the hands
of Cape. Hofmer in Canaan, Eight Pounds in Connec
ticut State tills The owner may have it by describing the
bills, and paying the cost of advertising, by applying to
, THOMAS HOSMER.
^Bfr
WANTED To HIRE,
A NUMBER of good Journeymen Boot and Shoe makers,
to make up a quantity of Boots and Shoes—Good en
couragement will be given to such by applying to my shop
in Wethersfield. Also wanted lome Journeymen to make
up a quantity of fluff Shoes.
ROGER BROWN, Boot and Shoe makers
*4* Said Brown will be happy of all orders from his old
customers and others; the utmost punctuality and attention
will be given to make the genteelest work.
Wethersfield; Feb. 25, 178;.
WE the fubferibers being appointed Commissioners b,
the Hbn. Court of Probate for the diftrid ofEAT*
Windsor, to adjust the claims of the creditors to the eftat€
of Nathaniel Burnham, late of Baft-Hartford, deceas'd, re
presented insolvent : Do hereby give notice that we shall
attend the business of our appointment at thedwelling house
of Moles Burnham, in Eaft-Hartford, on the firft and last
Mondays of April, May and December next, from one
clock till five, on each of laid days.
JONATHAN STANLEY,
DANIEL CALL.
Hartford, March 7, 1783.
WE the fubferibers being ^ppointed by the Hon. Court
of Probate for the diltri& of Farmington, CommiG
Goners on the estate of Jennings Johnson, late of Southing,
ton, deceased, reprefenred insolvent: Do hereby give no
tice that attendance will be given to examine the claims of
the creditors to said estate, at the dwelling house of Stephen
Johnson, in said Southington, on the firft and last Mondays
of April next, at one o'clock afternoon on each of said days.
SAMUEL HITCHCOCK,
HEM AN ATWATER.
Southington, March I, 1783.
W ^ N T E D,
A NEGRO GIR L, from Ten to Fourteen years
of Age. Any Person having such a one to difpufe of,
that can be well Recommended, may find a Purchaser b,
applying to the Printers. If the Terms can be agreed on,
the Cash will be paid on Delivery.
Hartford, March lotb, 1783.
TEN GUINEASRE WARD.
BROKE open the Store of Zadoc Benedi&, in Danbury,
on the night of the 25th instant, and taken from the
fubferibers the following articles, viz. 1 piece of rich wide
black Mode, 1 piece black Everlasting, 1 piece olive co
loured Corduroy of the best quality, 1 piece of dark fnuff
coloured Velvet, 1 piece deep blue Moreen well watered x
and half dozen black Barcelona Handkerchiefs, 1 piece Pul
licat Romalls check'd red and white, 2 Ib. Sewing Silk va
rious colours, 6 dozen square plated Shoe Buckles, j dozen
Barlow Penknives, 1 piece of white Rattinct, xlb. Cambric
Thread, 1 piece of Cambric of common quality, 1 piece of
white Ribbon of yellow cast, 2 pieces black Hair Ribbon,
I and half dozen Cuttoe Penknives, 4 gross large yellow
and white plated Buttons, 3 and half gross fma^ Vcft do.
6 quart Jacks, black and red, 3 pint do. black, 5 pair grey
worsted Hose, 1 dozen papers Irkpowder, 20 yards black
Lace, 2 pieces purple and white one fine and the other
coarse fprig'd Caliico, 2 Ib. Knitting Needles, 2000 belt
White Chapel fewin Needles, 1 and half dozen pair Bridle
Bitts, y yards Forrest Cloth, 1 pig.ce Fiench Lincn, , large
brim wool Hats, 6 dozen Hat Lining, and a number of
small articles which cannot be afeertained. Whoever will
secure the thieves and goods that the owners may get them
shall receive the above.reward, and for a part of the goods
a proportionable reward and teafonablc charges paid, by
ZADOC BENEDICT.
SAM. B EEBE.
February 26, 1783.
THE person that borrowed the firft volum^f^m<& of
the fubferiber, some timcince, will be kind enough so
return it to him, or the printers hereof. Also,
TO BE SOL D,
By the Subferiber a strong fecund hand Riding CHAISE.
HUGH LEDLIE.
Hartford, February 24, 1783.
TH E public are cautioned agTinffpirchaTn gtwo State"
Notes for the fura of Nine Pounds Seven Shillings and
ten pence half-penny each, in favour of George Harris
Said Notes were lent from Camp in order to be delivered to
Mr. Joel Canfield of Saybrook, but the person who was ea
trufted with them has fold the Notes, whereby the fubferiber
is unjustly kept out of his property.
GEORGE HARRIS.
Saybrook, March % 1783.
WE the lublciiocis being appointed Commjfljonk, 3
the Hon. Court of Probate for the Drftri& of East-
Windsor to receive and examine the claims of the creditors
to the estate of John Pantry Jones, late of Hartford, de
ceas'd, represented insolvent ; do hereby give notice that
we shall attend the said business at the dwelling house of
John Jones, in Hartford, on the firft Monday in April, May,
June and July next, at one o'clock afternoon.
GEORGE SMITH,
JOSEPH TALCOTT.
Hartford, February 28, 1,83.
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