The Pennsylvania gazette — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-06-12 00:00:00, page 4

Lancaster Goal, June 6, 1776.
WAS committed to my custody, the following Deserters,
viz. Abraham Flora, who fays he belongs to Capt. Weft,
and for apprehending whom Three Pounds and reasonable charges
is offered in the Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1746- Henry Neal,
' and Philit> Neal, both brothers, and fay they deserted from Cap
tain Herbert's company, lying in Chester. Allo a certain Iho
was Leiaran aged about 35 years, 5 feet 5 inches high, datk
hair and complexion ; had on an old blue coat, much patched,
ftanikin jacket, coarse shirt and trowfers, and leather apron;
he has loft the left thumb, and is supposed to be a deserter.
The Aid Captains Weft and Herbert are desired to fend for fa:d
Defies, pay charges, and take them away. And any perlon
or perfohs having any claim to said Thomas Lalaran, are desired
to bring in the fame, in 3 weeks from the date hereof, other
wise he will then be difeharged, on paying his fees, by
Peter Riblet, Coaler.
^ t'N away, on thurMay roght Idft, from the Fubferiber,
,'( an English Servant man, named John Badger, aged
about 19 yeais, 5 feet 3 or 4 inches high, of a ruddy complexion,
his eves gtey, his face a little pock-marked, and his hair of a
brown colour, curled behind, aad turned up before ; he had, on
a lighten coloured Ihort cloth coat and waistcoat, with white
metal traitors, buckskin breeches, blue and white worked ftock
fnos, a p!r cf new ffi es, a white fluit, an EngEfli cocked
hat, with small gold twist round the crown, and pinchbeck ihoe
Ind' knee buckles. It is probable that he will change his dress,
having carried away with him a claret coloured fuperfine cloth
coat and waistcoat, a whitish coloured cloth coat and waistcoat,
Lid dark coloured ditto, several white shirts, a pair of English
bots, almost new, a pair of speckled silk dockings, with linen
foals to the feet, two pair of white thread ditto, a pair of black
worsted ditto, a blue and white silk waistcoat, and a red and
white old linen ditto. It is thought*ie intends to inlift himfclf
either in the army or on boar 4 some of the mips or gondolas.
Whoever takes up the said servant, and secures him, so that his
matter may get him again, ffiall have a reward of Three Pounds,
if brought home, reasonable charges.
"Philad. June 8, !776. II BENJAMIN CHEW.
BY virtue cf a writ to me directed, will be fold by public
vendee, on the ztft day of June inst. at one o'clock in the
afternoon, on the premises, a certain tra& or parcel of land,
situate in Weft-Calk township, Chester county, containing 287
acres; bounded by land of Robert Gambell, Alexander Roger,
and Willjam D^vifon ; late the estate of James Martin ; seized
and taken in execution by Nathaniel Vernon, Sheriff.
Philadelphia, June 4, 1776.
rr'HE Creditors of F 0 RBES and PATON, late of
Middletown, in Lancaster county, Storekeepers, are re
quested to fend in their refpedfive accounts by the 2 Ift instant,
to the fubferibers, in Philadelphia, in order that a dividend may
be made of their estate. All persons indebted to the said estate,
by book debt, are desired to pay the fame to Cob James Burd,
of Middletown, on or before the 31st instant; and all those per
sons indebted to the said partnership, by bond or note, are
requeued to pay the fame to the fubferibers, by the time above
mentioned, btherwife they will be sued, without refpe& to per
sons. Mark Freeman, William Semple, Robert
W: lson, Assignees..
Mount-Holly, New-Jersey, May 24, 1776.
JOHN SHIELDS
HAVIN G now finished the fates of his goods, and re
moved to the country, once more begs all those indebted
to him in the provinces of Pfennylvania, Maryland, &c. whose
accounts are due, to make immediate payment to Mr. George
Douglass, in Second-street, Philadelphia, who only is ap
pointed to give them proper difeharges; and all those indebted to
nim in this province, are requeued to discharge their refpe&ive
balances with himfelf. He also takes this opportunity of bee
fog those who have any demands against him to fend in their
counts, as above for payment.
N. P. Those who neglect this notice, may erped their ac
counts to be put in fait a few weeks. 670.
York-Toum, May 7, 1776.
FOUR DOLLARS Reward.
JI UN away from the fubferiber, on the evening of the 6th
\ instant. an apprentice boy, named Peter Bair, a ihoe
maker by trade, about 16 years of age, of a pale complexions
and has olack short hair ; had on, when he went away, a brown
cloh coat, a white jacket, a pair of blue ftripd trowfers, a lit
tle round hat, bound with worsted tape, a pair cf new pumps,
with white rretal buckles, and a home made linen fhit.M. Who
ever takes up the said apprentice, and secures him in ay goal,
so that his master may have him again, flull have the above re
ward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Conrad Leatherman.
FORTY SHILLINGS Reward.
RUN away the 29th of May last, at night, from the sub
scriber, living in Edgmont township, Chester county, in
the province of Pennsylvania, a servant man, born in England,
named Jacob I'erb, about 30 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches high,
well set, of a sandy complexion, speaks rough English, has
straight hair, and a mark in his right cheek, occasioned by a
burn; took with him an ax, a half-worn felt hat, two homespun
flaxen ifiirts, two pair pf tow trowfers, two jackets, one of them
made of new cloth, with metal buttons, the other of white
cloth, lined with striped lit cey, and had metal buttons, some of
them marked No. 16, a pair of pumps, a pair of shoes ; he is a
tolerable I'ch:hr and will probably forge a pass, and endeavour
to get into the ministerial army, as he has been a soldier. Who
ever secures the said servant, so that his master gets him again,
shall have the above reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
t Jonathan Hunter.
TO BE SOLD BY
WILLIAM SITGREArE S,
In Market-street, near Third-street,
Y, USSIA ffieetings; brown and white Dutch Meetings ;
ozehbrigs ; Britahnias; , and f checks and stripes; bag
Hollands and white yard wide linens; hair plulh; check
handkerchiefs ; tammies; mens and womens worsted flockings ;
writing paper; Dilworth's spelling-books; paste-boards; pewter
bafons; table and tea-fpoohs; damages ; camblets; cloth co
loured fattii t s; peelings ; striped silk mozeens ; | yard perfians ;
laces ; needles, and a variety of other goods.
Also meters in hogsheads, coffee, cocoa, sugars, a few calks
of choice Jamaica fpifit„ and some old ratifia in cases.
York-Town Goal, May 12, 1776.
WA S committed to my custody the following perlons, viz.
Joseph Bone, who has been guilty of felony, and fays
he is afervant to John Tremble, in Maryland. Matthew Camp
bell, who confefled he was a servant man to Samuel Moore, in
Lancaster county; had on, when committed, a brown Menift
coat. A Negroe man, named John, who is a slave to a certain
Mr. Bogle, of Cumberland county, formerly belonging to Joseph
Simons; of the borough of Lancaster. Also a Negroe woman,
who calls herfelf Sally, and is fufpe&ed to be a runaway, having
loft her left eye. Their matters are desired to come in three
weeks from the date hereof, pay charges, and take them away,
otherwise thefwill be discharged for their fees.
q Michael G*ay bitl, Goaler.
PHILADELPHIA: Printed by HALL and SELLE RS, at the New Printing-
Office, near the Market.
Tins is io give notice unto ill persons whom it may con
cern, that the fubferiber intends, on Thursday the ,13th
day of June next, to exhibit a petition to the General Assembly
of the Counties of Newcastle, Kent and Sussex, on Delaware,
to pass an aft for the erecting a bridge over the main branch of
Deck Creek, from Robert Holliday's public wharf (on the
south fide of fdid creek) in Kern County, unto land, row the
property of the fubferiber (on the north fide of said creek) in
Newcastle County, for his conveniency, as well as the public's
in general. Any person or perfohs having objections to such
law puffing, are desired to attend and make them known.
May 2, 1776. f 4 w, CHARLESPOPE.
JOSE'P H STANSBURY,
At his store, opposite Christ-Church, in Second-street, Phila
delphia, is felling off his large and elegant STOCK of China,
Glafi and Earthen Wares, consisting of the following articles,
C H I N A.
BLUE and white, and rich enamelled bowls, from an half
pint to two gallons and an half; namquin, and common
dining-table setts compleat; rich enamelled tea-table setts com
cleat ; nanquin, and common table and desert plates ; rich
enamelled table plates; blue and white soup terrin es, two sizes ;
blue and white, and enamelled sauce terrines,, two fixes ;
nanquin bottles and bafons, and chamber-pots; blue and white
round di/hes, very large ; blue and white oblong diflies, in sizes;
enamelled round soup diffies, large ; blue and white pieces for
deserts, in setts; enamelled pickle-shells and mustard-pots;
blue and white, and enamelled sauce-boats, in sizes; blue and
white butter tubs and mustard-pots; blue and white artichoke
cups and spitting-pots ; enamelled sugar-dishes, very small ; blue
and white oval baking-dishes and pattypans ; blue and white,
and enamelled mugs and jugs, fevetal sizes; blue and white,
and enamelled jarrs and beakers, of all sizes; rich enamel
led myrtle-pots \ud ftauds; images, groups, icepails, urns,
chandiliers, slower-vases, in great variety, highly finifhed, and
from the most beautiful models ; chocolate, coffee arad tea-cups
and saucers, bell-shaped and common, plain and with handles,
blue and white, and enamelled, a great choice of patterns;
sugar-dishes, spoon-trays, and beef-plates; tea-pots, cream-pots,
and tea-jarrs.
G L A S S.
Weft-Whiteland, Chester County, April 15, 1776.
TWELVE DOLLARS Reward.
RAN away from the Subferiber, on the 14th instant, a Ser
vant man, named JOHN CUNNINGHAM, about 24
years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, of a fair complexion,
with Short black hair, well Shaped, talks much on the native
IriSh dialed, and net marked with Small-pox: He had on, and
took with him, a White coat and jacket home-spun, and lined
with dark Shaken, half-worn bucklkin breeches, 2 Shirts, I of
which horrre-fpun, 5 pair of Dockings, 1 of which almost new,
2 pair half-worn milled, and 2 pair worsted, strong Shoes with
white metal buckles, a half-worn fur hat and a cross barred Silk
handkerchief; he also broke open a de/k, and tock therefrom
his indentures, dated about the 20th of July last past, and 1
eight dollar Continental bill, 1 fifteen Shilling bill, and some
small money. Whoever takes up and secures the said fervan ,so
that his mailer may have him again, Shall have the reward of
eight dollars, and if the money is found with him and Secured,
twelve dollars. J George Thomas.
CAME to the plantation cf the fubferiber, living in
Abington township, Philadelphia county, on the 72th of
May instant, a brown MARE, with a star in her forehead,
about 141 hands high, a trotter, supposed to be about 4 years o^.
The owner is desired to come, prove his property, pay charges,
and take her away. § Isaac Knight, junior.
Rich cut candlesticks, 3 sizes, and several patterns ; rich cut
sugar-dishes, jelly glasses and essence-bottles ; rich cut pint and
half-pint decanters ; two-quart decanters, labelled Madeira ;
quart, pint, and half-pint decanters ; fallad-bowls, butter-tubs,
and lemonade-cups; pint, half-pint, gill, and half-gill tum
blers ; vinegar-cruets, fait-cellars, and muflard-pots ; hyacinth
glaffes, and fleck stones for silk flockings; plain and labelled
goblets, and white gluts beakers; cyder-glaffet, proof- bottles
and wine-glasses ; painted, flowered and plain mugs, in sizes ;
crewet-frames, ink-stands, and pocket bottles ; Window-glass
9 by 7, ii by 9, 17 by 12^, and 18 by 13 ; SHEET-GLASS,
in crates; oval bottles that hold a full quart.
EARTHEN WARE.
Egyptian, Etruscan, embossed, red China, agate, green, black,
colliflower, white and blue and white stone, enamelled, striped,
fluted, pierced and plain Queen's ware tea-pots; red China,
black, white, blue and white, enamelled ffone, colliflower,
enamelled, striped, fluted and plain Queen's ware sugar-dishes ;
enamelled and handled Queen's ware, white, blue and white,
and enamelled stone tea and coffee cups and saucers; enamelled
and white stone half-pint brils and saucers ; plain, blue and
white, and enamelled white stone, black, agate, colliflower,
plain fluted, striped and enamelled Queen's ware bowls, of se
veral sizes ; plain, gilt, fluted and enamelled Queen's ware cof
fee-pots, of the urn shape ; cream-pots, salts, mustards, pepper
caftors, egg slices, cufta 1 d cups, blamange moulds, cheese-toasters,
cream-buckets ; Italian lamps for the chambers of the tick ;
garden-pots, flower horns, jarrs and beakers, sauce-boats, ter
rines, butter tubs and hands, egg-cups, bottles and bafons, water
dilhes, fifh drainers, cream-cbeefe difhas, chamber-pots, patty
pans, baking-dfhes, compotiers, pudding dishes, pap-boats, fallad
dishes, plates, oblong dishes, mugs, jugs, childrens tea setts,
whittling birds, &c. Delf bowls, ewers and bafons, chamber
pots, plates and diflies, of several sizes. Bristol stone butter-pots,
pickling jarrs, jugs, bottles and mugs, from a pint to fix gallons.
Welffi dishes and porringers; chequered and red ware of all
kinds; sconce, rich oval and drefling Looking-Glasses,
from 6s. to 281. per pair ; japanned cabinet and dressing boxes,
from 40s. to jol. each ; bottle-hands, labels and chains for de
canters ; watch-chains, fnuff-boxes, ear-rings, trinkets, plated
buckles, spurs, tea-tongs and tankards, rich India fans, antique
seals and gems, best black-lead pencils, sire-screens, India
table-marts, &c. A small parcel of damaged madder. A small
assortment of millenary.
APOTHECARIES FURNITURE.
Alembicks, boltheads, retorts and receivers; marble and glass
mortars, with peflles, 3 sizes ; federating funnels, nipple shells,
and specie bottles; Bateman's, Godfrey's, Daffy's and Turling
ton's bottles ; ointment, syrup and pillpots and caps; gallipots,
from pint and a half to four quarts; Apothecaries tyles, &c, &c.
New-CaJile County, Fourth-Month Is, 1776.
FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
RUN away last night, from the Subscribers, living near
Brandywine Bridge, two Irith servant women, one named
Margaret Ferguson, about 40 years of age, tall and lusty, hoop
Shouldered, with short light or sandy coloured hair. The other
named Mary Caulfield, 24 years of age, of low stature, but thick
and strong built, with black or dark brown hair; had on, and
took with them, one camblet riding habit, faced with blue'pee
long, one old taffaty gown, of a straw colour, one other cotton
and linen gown, of a light green colour, two calicoe and one
lincey Short gown, 3 striped lincey petticoats, a black quilt, a
grey coating cloak, without a cape, each a black bonnet, one
low the other high heeled Shoes, &c. Any person Securing the
said Servants, so that their matters may have them again, Shall
be entitled to the above reward, ano reasonable charges, paid by
q William Starr, and Joseph Tatnall.
Sa!e% Nrofyerfey, May 28, 1776,
To be fold, on the premises, at public vendue, on
Tuesday, the 18th day of June next,
AVERY valuable plantation, situate in Hains's Neck, in
the county of Salem, containing about 500 acres of land,
150 acres of which are improved marsh and meadow, the rest
is fine cleared upland and woodland ; there are a new frame
dwelling-house, and another building on the premises, and the
whole is in good order and repair. The estate bas an indife
putable title, and was late the property of Jofte Miller, deceased.
IT Charles Ellkt, Surviving Executor.
IWENIY DOLLARS reward.
RUN away, on the 28th of April last, from the fubferiber,
living in Eaft-Penn&rough township, Cumberland © un
ty, an Irish servant lad, named Harry Butler, about 18 years of
age, about 5 feet 5 inches high, well made to his heighth ; has
short black curled hair, a mark of a cut between his eyebrows
and two small marks on his right eyebrow; had on, when he
went away, a dark coloured bearskin coat, and took with him
two coarse shirts and a pair cl corderoy breeches mended in the
fuftian, one pair of half-worn pumps, one pair of
blue ribbed yarn flockings, and an old felt hat : He is supposed
", followed his mother, who is thought to be in Captain
Wilson s company that is gone to Quebec ; ffie advised him to
run away some time before. Whoever secures said servant so
that his master may get him again, shall have the above reward,
William Kelso. 6 W.
' There war a cleft broke spen the fame night he ran away,
at Mr. John Harris's, and one checkpoint, one pair of black breeches,
ard^tber clotbesjaker^ou; foppofed so so done by the frid servant.
FORT~Y SHIL L fN^-Re^rd."
RU N away from the fubferiber, living in New-Garden town
fmp, Chester county, on Firftday, the 28th day of April last
patt, a Spanish servant man, named Francifa de Herarra, abo„^
31 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, a well set fellow of
complexion, with long black hair, tied behind, speaks
bad hnglifh ; had on, when he went away, a half-worn wool hat
an old light coloured cloth jacket, much worn, an under ditto,
of a mixed brown and white colour, tow shirt and trowfers, a
hqgfon apron, a pair of blue and brown woollen yarn flockings,
and strong leather pumps or brogues, tied with firings; said
Servant has had a very bad cut on the fore finger of his left
hand, wbich # renders it useless; he likewise has a remarkable
mark on the inside of each arm, put in with powder or the like •
it is likely he is in ^ about Philadelphia. Whoever secures said
servant, so that his master may get him again, mall have the
above reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
" Jonathan Johnson.
T O BE SOL D, ~
A PLAN TA TION, containing about 170 acres of land,
30 of which are very good meadow, with a frame house
barn, and stables, &c. is about 3$ miles from Philadelphia:
a,d near several market towns. For further particulars en
quire of the PRINTE R S.
TO BE SOLD by the Subscribers,
A Large, elegant and commodious new BRICK HOUSE,
on the south fide of Chestnut-street, between Third and
Fourth-streets, in which Joseph Pemberton now lives. The lot
on which it stands is 26 feet front on Chestnut-street, and 140
feet deep, and is accommodated with a piece of ground extending
from the rear thereof to Hudson's alley, about 26 feet, and
also the privilege of the 14 foot alley on the weft fide thereof
leading from Chestnut-street to Carpenters-Hall.'
A two story BRICK HOUSE adjoining the above, on the
east fide thereof, with the lot on which it stands, in front on
Chestnut-street about 17 feet, and in depth about 70 feet, with
the privilege of a 4 foot alley into Huron's alley, now in the
tenure of James Fulton.
A LOT of GROUND, on the north fide of High-street be
tween Seventh and Eighth-ftreefs, being in front 33 feet, and in
depth 146 feet.
Two GROUNDRENTS, of 26 Spani/h Dollars per annum
each, payable out of two lots on which good three flory brick
hbufes are built, extending from Union-flreet to Pine-ftreer, be
tween Third and Fourth-streets, now in the tenure of William
Green and Benjamin Worrell.
A LOT of GROUND, 20 feet front on Schuylkill Front
and Second-streets, and extending the whole depth between thd
said streets, being about 400 feet.
One thousand fix hundred acres of valuable patented LAND
situate on the Branches of Shamokin and Roaring Creeks, in the
county of Northumberland, about 15 miles rearer this ci'ty than
Sunbury, the county town, in a part of the country already well
fettled. It will be fold together, or in parcels, as may best fait
the purchasers.
A near four-wheeled COACH, or FAMILY CARRIAGE'
with a sett of harness for four horses; a four-wheeled and
two-wheeled CHAISE, with harness.
And a Quantity of OLD MADEIRA WINE, of the heft
quality, and some inferior, fit for immediate use, to be fold rea
fonaole by the pipe, hogshead and quarter-calk.
John Reynell, Samuel Miles,
JOSHUA HOWELL, Henry Drinker.
THOMA 3 TISDA L '
At the Sign of the Ropewalk, the South fide of the way in
Market-street, between Sixth and Sevesth-ftreets '
MAKES and fells the following GOODS, wholesale
and retail, viz. Bed cords, plow lines and traces mill
well, hoisting, and parbuckle ropes, halters, jack lines,' drum
cords, feme, fail and blocking twine, filing lines of all sizes
clothes lines of all kinds, hair and hemp lacings for Tacking!
bottoms, dressed hemp and flax, hemp and flax bv the pound or
larger quantity ; log lines, marlin, houfelin and whipping twine
Any Gentlemen may be supplied with any of the above article/
by calling at his house or Shop, five doors above Third-street
nearly opposite the old goal, where any merchant or ceuntrv
store-keeper s orders will be thankfully received and complied
with. N.JC He has a quantity of good HEMP-SEED on
hand, which he wiH dispose of for caffi oply. ,
CA ME to the plantation of the fubferiber, living in New-
Castle Hundred, some time in May last, a sorrel Horie
COLT, with a blaze in his forehead, one year old. The
owner is desired to come, prove his property, pay charges, and
take him away. § PETER STALCUP.
DESERTED frora the Cbatbam armed Boat, fames
Montgomery, Esq; Commander, JAMES BROWN,
about 5 Feet 5 or 6 Inches high, stout built, round ffiouldered',
sandy Hair, about 21 Years of Age, has a Scar on bis Face,
can beat the Drum, and is supposed to be gone to Maryland'
Whoever takes up the said Bro^n, and brings him to the Boat,
or Commander, or secures him, so that he may be had again,
shall have FOUR DOLLARS Reward, and reasonable
2^B, P a 2^y James Montgomery, fl
1o be L ETT, and entered on immediately,
TWO good HOUSES; one has three acres of LAN'D,
part meadow ; the other three quarters of an acre, fituaC
on Lancaster road, twelve miles from Philadelphia. The above
places wouldl fait very well for a storekeeper or tradeffnani Fq,
terms, enquire of Jacob Wynkoop, at the sign of the Seven
Stars, near the abovementioned places, or Robert Roberts.
in Philadelphia. May 16, 1776. J