The Pennsylvania journal, or, Weekly advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-01-17 00:00:00, page 4

Now SELL! G, By
ROBERT E L L,
Bookseller in TRird-Street,
Av/ELL chosen LAW LIBRARY, containing all the
latcft, with some of the earliest, among the mod ex
cellent reporters of the law : Also, common and flatute law
bocks, with a variety of miscellaneous works, relating
thereunto. , A O T
N. B. At said BELL's may be had, Chrfterfieid s Letters,
4 vols. Burgh's Political Disquisitions, 3 vols. Cullen's Lec
tures on the Materia Medica, Jones on Wounds, Fractures,
Capp and Military Hospitals, &c. &c. &c.
This Da, is P^l^ed, and to be S 0 L Db,
R. A IT KE N, Bookseller,
Opposite the London Coffee-Houfe.
Printed on a Large Sheet of Demy Pap t r (Price two Swings.)
A Correct MA Pof the great River St. Lawrence,
Nova Scotia, New-Found and, and that part of New-.
England, in which may be fern the March of Co!. Arnold,
from Cafcu Bav to Quebec, by the way of Kennebec River:
Ornamented with small Plans of Quebec, the Town of Hali
fax and its Harbour, and a small P.ripe&ive View of the City
of Boston.
Fine M ACCUBA SNUFF to be had of said Aitken,
(Price Ten Shillings per little.)
General Port-Office, New-York, December 25, 1775.
YYrHEREAS the Provincial Convention at Annapolis has
W palled a Resolve, “ That the Parliamentary Port (as
they are pleased to term it) shall not be permitted or fuffered
to travel in, or pass through that province with any mail,
packages or letters;" and in ccnlqmnce of that Resolve,
have taken his Majesty's mail from th Port Office at Balti
more, with the letters contained therein: Ih< Committee at
Philadelphia, having also taken th mail containing all the
lart packet letters to the Southward, opened many of them,
to the great hurt of individuals; and lignified to the Port
matter their intention of flopping all others for the future:
And other of his Majerty's mails having been taken and ob
ftru&ed, notice is hereby given to the public, that the Depu
ty Port matter General is obliged, for the present, to flop all
the ports. They are also hereby defined , take notice, that
for the fafety of the letters coming by the next or any future
Packet, they will be kept on board, and the names of those
who shall have letters will be advertised, that they may either
apply themselves, or write to their friends in this city, to take
them Up —An order in waiting, from the person to whom any
letters may be directed, will b necessary.
FRtNCIS DASHWOOD^^cretary^
"TO'B ESO L D,
TWO Negro men, both under thirty, healthy and (bong;
one of them a valuable and compleat farmer in all its
branches, to which he has been bred from a child, and is
very ft ut.— The other a genteel footman and waiter, undcr
fhnds the care of horses well the management of a carriage,
drives ethe on the box or as postilion, and in every tefpe&
suitable for a genteel family, or single Gentleman, and is
fond of farming.—Both have had the small-pox. Enquire
of Mr. Coxe at Trenton, or of Do&or Redman at Phila
delphia.
To be I ett, for a Term of Years,
n HE HOUSE and STABLES, at the hgm of the Indian
J Qne<n, in Fourth-street, near Market Rreet, Philadel
phia; it is a, h^e convatito: Irrtf, bui t for :he purple of.
,3tF^ hvel g- rTfo on th- WHbor to entertain compa
ny. t*o larg tchen cellars pride the whole, sixteen lodg
ing rooms on °\e fee md and third ftbries, besides four large
garret rooms for servants ; tour rooms in the house can 5e
made into two, which will entertain from eighty to an hun
dre ^ piemen.-—The stables which will hold eighty-three
horses have all p'ank floors, and laid in to four feet flails.
Neve' % than from fifty to sixty constant horses in the (tables,
the In) „ill hold from eighty to one hundred tons of hay,
no uses and (beds for carriages ; the granaries will hold
^ hundred to fifteen hundred bushels of grain, a large
:, straw-house, a large flat for drying cloaths, the
^ui&g all in the bed order. The tenant may have pof
feßion in one month, or as soon as it is convenient for him.
rterms applv to JOHN LITTLE, living on the pre
' January 3. gw.
/^QtaPtPßtE^—--—^-— —m^^ t
Philadelphia, January a, 1776.
ALL Persons who have any demand against the Estate of
Mrs. Ann Bayard, late of this City, d ceased, are dffired
0 bring in their accounts proved according to law, to u^ the
ioftribers who will pay the fame, and those who are indebted
id cftite are reqiv:fted to snake immediate payment to us,
J&HN BAYARD, 2r
ANDREW HODGE, Junr. f Executors.
„. cii^ —- |c^t - -_= .-—•.— ^P— —ttemCTmflflramq
Y virtue of a writ to me duechd, will be fold by public
, vendue, on Tuesday, the 9th day of January, 1776, at
g o'clock it the afternoon, oh the premises, ficuate about
he mile frun John Porter's in, in the township of Whit
lin, a certain mCffuige or tenement, and trad or piece of
and, situate in he township of Whitpain atorefaid, contain
n, 14% acres' and 74 perches, bounded by lands of George
%rttor and others; late the estate of Robert Porter, deceaf
-I g^ and taken in execution by
WILLIAM DEWEES, Sheriff.
CASH will be given
.AT THE
NUFACTORY,
• In Market-Street, for a quantity of
LAX, HEMP, and WOOL.
TO BE LETT,
)MMODIOLS Plantation, with good buildings there
-I}lituate at or near Frankford, ab ut five miles and
from the city of Philadelphia part thereof being
-, now occupied by George Hyfell, and may be co
py the firft day of March next.
a large dwelling boule and, (lore, situate on the
If Delaware, Water Street, in the city of Pliiladel
occupied by Col. Daniel Roberdeau, Esq; and
-ed upon the fi ft day of April next.—For terms
printers hereof.
TLi IIA: Printed and Sold by William and Thomas Bradford, at the Corner of Front and M ket-ft: ehere
« Persons may be supplied with this Paper at Ten Shillings a Year—And where Advertisements are taken in.
TH E fobferibers to the American Manufactory of Li
nens, &c. who (intend but) have not yet paid in their
fubferiptions, are earnestly requested to call, for that pur
pose, on JOSEPH STILES, Treasurer, in Arch-street, near
Second-street, in order that the capital of the Company may
be afeertained. Dec. 17. 3 w.
WHEREAS James Coftile and Jeremiah Sullivan, left in
the hands of the fubfeiiber, a number of skins to be
drafted and made into breeches, which they were to call for
in Aogud I,ft ; this is therefore to desire the said Coftile or
Sullivan to call for th fame in two weeks, or they will be
fold, by * NICHOLAS WALTER.
C\A ME totht plantation of the lubferiber, in Mart.uk
towafhip, Lancaster county, about the firft of Septem
ber last, a black HORSE, about 12 years old, 14^ hands
high, has a small Bar, is marked with the saddle, paces and
trots. The owner is desired to come, prove his property,
pay charges, and take him away. THOMAS ROBESON. *
"WAN T S lE^
A Person who is very capable of taking care of Horses, and
who undefftands breaking them, cither for the fiddle
or,carriage ; allo, nicking them in the campleateft manner;
likeunfc, cures them 0. any disorder that is curable; and can
bring a fufficient recommendation from the gentleman who
last employed him. Any person wanting such a one, will
pitafe to enquire at the erofs keys 10 Chefnut-Sheet, ,he
corner of Third-Street; or of Michael Green in Front-Street,
near the Drawbridge.
Anettes—THlS is t.l?ve Notice. That the SHIP
ELIZABETH,
Robert Campbell,
COMMANDER,
WILL fail on the astir of January
next, wind and weather permitting,
FOR
Cork, Falmouth, and London :
AL L persons who intend to go paffeugers in h^ laid
fliip, are desired to apply as fo<n a- possible to he
Commander on board at Mr. Bickley's wharf, the upper fide
of Market street wharf, or at he Loudon Coffee-Houf, to
pay their passage money and'choofe their births, that provi
sion may be made accordingly. Dec. 27.
T 0 bTTo L D,'
BY
GEORGE MEADE, and Co.
TtNERIFFE WINE, by the Pipe or Quarter calk;
PORT WINE, by the Quarter-calk or D zen; OLD
BARBADOS SPIRIT, by the Hogshead or Quar er-calk;
WEST-INDIA RUM; MUSCOVADO SUGAR; MOLIS
SES, COFFEE and COTTON.
New-York, December 13, 1775.
TO THE PUBLI C.
SAMUEL LOUDON
Begs lqave to inform the Public, that on Phurfday the 4th
day of January ntxt, he will public No. I. of a NEW S
PAPER (to be continued Weekly) entituled the
NEW-YORK PACKET;
OR THE
AMERICAN ADVERTISER.
HE is encouraged to undertake this arduous work, by
the advice, and promised literary assistance of a ntr'
menus circle of warm friends to our (at present much difbef
fed) country.
In rhe course cf this publication, the Editor engages to do
every thing in his power to render it a valuable and accurate
News-Paper, in order that the public, through its channel,
may receive the Wr'kft intelligence of the Bate of public af
fairs, and of 'he feOerH interesting occurrences which may
occasionally happen, whether at home or abroad.
He has possessed himfelf of a neat and fizeable assortment
of types, together with every other necessary, for carrying on
a splendid News-Paper; and the bed hands shall be procured
to perform th mechanical part.-
The New-York Packet will he printed in Folio, on a
large paper, of a good quality, and equal in size to the other
News-Papers published in this city; the Price TWELVE
Shillings per Annum: Advertisements will be inferred .4t
the usual price of Five Shillings, when of a moderate
length, and continued four weeks; longer Advertisements
to be charged accordingly.,
The Publisher flatters hirafelf, that the New-York Packet
will be conducted 011 such principles, as will influencesevery
lover of real merit, who may encourage th- work, to preserve
it in volumes, as a faithful Chronicle of its own time, fl JI :
Subscriptions, Advertisements, &c. are tharA ufl.
ly received by SAMUEL LOUDON, at his house in D^ck'-'
Street, near the Coffee-Houfe, New-York; where the Printing,
Bafinefs is carried on with neatness, and on the most reason
able terms.
*f" '‘■' , -u-Q;
CAME to the plantation of the fubferiber living in Chiten
ham township, a young red COW, about five or fix
years old. Whoever owns said Cow, may have her again
by proving their property and paying charges
% Dec. 6 ISAAC JONES.
NOTICE is hereby given to such person or persons as
would undertake to deliver in some short convenient
time, ONE HUNDRED GOOD FIRELOCKS, made in this
or any neighbouring Colony; that they do make known their
proposals as speedily as possible to us the fubferibers,. who
are duly authorized to contrast for the fame, for the use of
this County.f
JAMES LATIMER,
JOHN EVANS? ,
New-Castle County on Delaware, aoth Dec. 1775. ' ;
0 - ^..CT, / == -_#
Trenton Ferry and Plantation,
WHEREON Mr. Rcu<rilear Williams now dives, to be
Lett for a Term of one or more - years ; together w<th
the Tavern &c. usually rented therewith, and to be'enteted
upon the firft day ot March next. — Any person of proper ac
tivity and spirit, incline-able to leale and able to give-goodle
curity for the rent, shall, upon application receive every rea
sonable encouragement ; none other nped apply.—-For terms
apply to Daniel Coxe, Esq; at Trenton, or Doctor Redman,
at Philadelphia. tbetf. Trenton, Dec. rB, 1775,
^1 -3. iqq# .
MARY MEMMINGER,
At the sign of the Go den Peua> and aifhllery in Second
ft et, between Arch and Race-ftretts ; Sells by whole fa^
and retail,
PH French Bilndy, Geneva, Cherry Rum,
CINNAMON,")/ Alfow's,
Clove, 1 Wine Bitters,
Orange, A Spirits of Wine,
Snake-root, r Spirits of Turpentine,
Calamus, ™ Spirits of Lavender,
Penny royal, > ' Lavender Compound,
Tar fey, Wine Vinagcr,
Annifetd, 1" Syrup Capilair,
L< uvage, ^ Nutmegs,.
Pepper Mint, & Cinnamon,
Common Mint J Cl< ves, Mace, Oatmeal.
Verdigrlcfe, Jur iper Berries, and genuine Harlem Oil.
LIKEWISE,
PATENT MEDICINES,
Imported fror- London, viz.—
Bateman's Drops, B, tiO Oil, Turlington's Balsam, Godfrey's
Coidia, Daffy's Ebxer, Ho per's and Anderson's Pi; s.
As I am determined to keep a constant supply of the above
articles, all of which I shall be careful to have the best of their
kinds, the public may depend on being served on the mod
reatonabh terms, and my friends in th county may depend
on heing as well supplied by letter as if they were prefcut.w
"wTI LIAM fFfCKET T,
.TIT.ONER and BOOKBINDER in Fr < nt-ftreet, freeing
Baek-loffe Alley, Philadelphia:
"^ ' -RS and fells all forts of Merchants Account Boks,
1' aund i n leather or i vellum, with or withou' Ruflil
1. < and ruled to any pattern.
ff&r'tmeiit 01 Family Bibles, small Pocket Almanacks,
bi- in vellum or parchment, wi-h clasps; bed Scaling Wax
.. A VAfeis^Lidies and Gentlemens Etwee Cases, mounted
wt^ fee] or,filver locks; States, large and small ; Children's
Painted Picture Books; and ail kind of Stationary Wares at
the most reasonable rates. ~
ASSES sfaN cut to any Pattern.,
N. B. VIRGIN WAX, yery little inferior to what is Im
ported from England, mauufaßwed by said TRICKETT, to
be told wholcfale and retail.
Money, for white Linen Rags.
/, Philadelphia, December 16 1775.
TWF NTY SHILLINGS Reward.
RA NAty: a few weeks ago, from the Widow Stout's io
Front-ffree; An Irilh servant man, named PETER
MEA G.H^R, about 5 few 9or 10 inches high pitted a
little a ith the small pox, long black hair and rather swarthy,
has an ulcer, fanqjfa§ formed in his leg, and walks a little
lame: Had on when he ranfyw iy, a light blue coat, a short
white RiffiaMeeting jacket and black breeches, linen flockings
and half worn fho^; he has .some Imall difficulty in his speech,
and taJks§rnuch ju the weft of Ireland didle&. Whoever
secures ot apprehend, said fervent, so that his master may.
have him again, Hull receive the above reward, and all rca«
fonable changes paid by,
.1 'GEORGE DAVIS.
&.;£. Allmafters of. vcffeJs and others are forbid to harbour
said Peter Meagher at their peril.
ON Tttfday the 12th irift. ' was ran away with, from Cape
: Hcr/cpcn, (btr g bound out) by the under mentioned
fe^ffi?^^rforebg the fubferiber afherc, who was thesi
Maflff:'\A Sloop,- called the BETSEY: She is double
decked, buib in Philadelphia; H about four years old; fhcaih
ed, black fid<sher decks paid with tar and bcre. Had on
board-li ttigfheads of Turn, 39 barrels of flour, 2 hogfliead, of
loaf fdgar, ico pounds of chocolate, and 600 pounds of
cheese.
GEORGE BUCHANAN, Mate; is about 5 feet 9 or ro
inches high, a native of Scotland, very talkative, imooth
faced, long placte hair tied behind, about 30 years of age, and
has remarkable long legs.
JAME) H ERDMAN, about 25 years of age, about 5 fee
10 inches high; from the North of Leand; a little pock
marked, flout well made, black completion, and short hair.
JAMES HENDERSON, about 5 fee 5 inches high, a na
tive of Scotland; very thick and clumfey, pock-marked has
black curled hair, with some white hairs in his neck has
remarkable ftubb'd nose, and speaks on the North ot England
dialed.
PETER M CALLUM, about 22 years of age and al IP 5
feet s inches high, bn in the Hi/hlauds of Set tland, 1, th
faced, with dark brown curled hair, speaks very oken
Eog'iih
Wh ever will flop the vcffel and goods, fi that owner
may have th m again . IhOThav, TWO HUND! ; HOL
LARS REWARD, and FIFTY DOLLARS tot , of the
seamen on conviction, paid by PHILIP - Y.
AMERICAN STEEL,
To be had, at the new store of JEREMIAH WARDER
and SONS, equal in quality to the best English Reel,
made by JOHN NANCARRON, Reel-maker from England.
2V. B. They have also for sale, T. CROWLEY's
Steel, No. 3.
"T 0 F~E L E
A THREE dory brick house with a liable and other back
-buidings, in Second-street, opposite the Barracks, it is
remarkably well situated for any kind of business, especially
at prefect, and during the time the troops remain in the bar
racks. For further particulars enquire of LEWIS 1 REI
CHAL, on the premises.