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That a lift of the prisoners in each Colony be made out
by the Committees of the counties, towns or diftridts,
where they reside, and trapfinitted to the Assembly, Con
vention, or Council or Committee of Safety of such Co
lony refpe&ively, who shall fend a copy thereof to Con
grtfe.,,
That the said Assemblies, Conventions and Committees
or Conrods of Safety, be impowered to central with
proper performs -for the most reasonable terms for supply,
mg such Hf the prisoners, their wives ..and children, in
their re fix drive Colony as are not supplied by Mr. Franks.
That the said Assemblies, Conventions, and Commit
tees or Councils of Safety, be authorised and requefte^
to take the paroles of the officers, and to cause a ftri@
bSfervarice of the terms on which they are enlarged, and
afro to .take especial care that none of thofc confined by
Order of the Congress be fuffered to escape; also to ad
vance the allowance of Two Dollars a .week to each of
the officers.who cannot draw er fell trir bills,.and to
craw for the famc.cn the President of the Congress.
That the said Afl'embHes, Conventions, Committees or
Councils of Safety of the Colonies refpe&ively in which
prisoners are or shall chufe or he appointed to reside, be
empowered to remove such prisoners from place to place
within the fame Colonies, as often.as to such Affumblies,
Conventions, Committees or Councils of Safety, it shall
seem proper, having regard to the former resolutions of
Congress concerning prisoners.
Extracts from the Minuter.
Puh@ed 3 Order of Congress,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
In CCNGRES S, Ma, 30, 1776.
Whereas it hath been represented to Congress, that
avaricious ill designing men have taken advantage of the
resolve of Congress, palled the 30th of April (for with
drawing from the Committees of Infpettion the power
of regulating the price of goods) to extort from the peo
ple a most exorbitant price for SALT.
Revived, That it be recommended to the Committees
of Observation and Infpe&ion in the United Co onies, so
to regulate the price of Salt as to prevent unreasonable
exadions on the part of the feller, having due regard to
the difficulty and rifle of importation—Subject however
to such regulations as have been or shall hereafter be
made by the.legi6 stores of the reipedtive colonies.
Extract from the Minutes,\
CHA R LESTH'O MS CTT;'Wr^ary;
Refolded,
T HAT all persons taken in arms on board any price
1 be deemed prisoners, to be taken care of by the
supreme executive power in each colony to which they
are brought, whether the prize be taken by vessels fitted
out by the Continent, oh by others.
That such as are taken be treated as prisoners of war,
but with humanity, and be allowed the fame rations as
the troops in the service of the United Colonies; but
that such as are officers supply themfeives, and be allow
ed to draw bills to pay for their fubfiftance and eloathing.
That officers made prisoners in the land service be al
lowed the fame indulgence.
That the officers be not permitted to reside in or near
any sea-port town, nor public post rohd, and that the
officers and privates be not fuffered to reside in the fame
places.
That in case the officers cannot draw or fell their bills,
the Congress will allow for each of them Two Dollars a
week, for board and lodgings, to be repaid by said officers
before they are re) Ad from their captivity.
That no tavern-keepers supply any officers who are
prisoners, on t pcrecit of the Continent.
That the capitulations entered into with prisoners at
the time of their surrender be punctually observed.
That such officers as surrender prisoners of war be put
on their parole, unless Congress shall Qtberwife direct.
That the F ORM of the PAROLE be as follows:
I being made, a prisoner of war, by the army
of the Thirteen United Colonies in North-America, do
promise and engage, on my word and honour, and on
the faith of a gentleman, to depart from hence to —-—,
in the province of ~, being the place or my deftina
tion and residence, and there, or within fix miles there-
Qf, to remain during the prefect war between Great-
Britain and the said United Colonies, or until the Con
gress of the said United , Colonies, or the Assembly,
Convention, or Committee or Council of Safety of the
said Colony shall order qtberwife; and that I will not
directly dFuidife&ly give any intelligence whatsoever to
the enemies of the United Colonies, or do or fay any
thing in oppofiticu to, or in prejudice of the measures
and proceedings of any Congress for the said Colonies
during the preterit troubles, or until I am duly exchang
ed or discharged. Given under my hand, this
day of A. D. 1776.
That the said Parole be finned by the officers.
That such .as refufe to fubfaribe the parole be com
mitted to prison.
That David Franks, Esq; agent to the contractors for
victualling the troops of the King of Great Britain, be
permitted to supply the prisoners with provisions and
other necessaries, and to fell-hip bills.for such sums of
money as are necessary for that purpose.
And to enable him to .do this to the fatisfadtion of his
Employers; that a commissioned officer be permitted once
a month to visit the prisoners so victualled and supplied,
in order to court their numbers and certify the rolls.
- That such of the prisoners as are not supplied by Mr.
Tranks be fwrnifhed with provisions, not exceeding the
rations allowed to privates in the service of the Continent.
; That the women and children belonging to prisoners
be furnifhed with fubfiftance and supplied with firing and
other things abfdlutely neceffaryfar their fuppert.
That no prisoners be enlisted in the Continental
Army.,
Tea' the prisoners be permitted to exerclfe their
tracks, arid tc labour in order to support themfclves and
families.-
- That the Committees of Infpe&ion and Observation,
for the counties, dißridts or towns, assigned for the reti
dehce of prisoners, be empowered to Superintend their
conduct, and io cases qf gross mifbehaviour to confine
them, arid report to their refpedtive Assemblies, Conven
tions or Committees or Council of Safety the proceedings
had on such occasions.
T O B^ h„OL D, . . -
• LIKELY NEGROE B 0 Y, 14. Years of Age.
2)1 Enquire of Aaron Leaming, at Cape-May. q
-- ■ iwom Mjwgrmzy«•ltjwwiy.wnnria>^x^yr^vo>»^gg«j«B
PHIL AD ELPHI/.: Printed by HALL and SELLERS, at the New Prating-
Office, near the Market.
IN dONGR^ 3 S, ^ at, I^6.
FOUR DOLLARS Reward.
RUN away from the fubferiber, living in Hopewell town
ship, Cumberland county, West-Jersey, on the 9th of May
inst. an apprentice lad, named John Langley, about 17 years of
age, about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, has red hair, pretty much
freckled, has been fubje& to fore legs, ard a number of fears re
main ; had on when he went away, a lead coloured upper jacket,
and a homespun claret coloured under ditto, a pair of leather
breeches, and pair of homespun tow trowfers, homespun ftock
ingr, a pair of thick shoes, with strings in them, and a halfworn
felt hat. Whoever takes him up, and secures him so as his
master may have him again, shall hare the above reward, and
reachable charges, paid by Nathan Shepherd. ^
- -May 1776.
W.H E REAS JOSIAH SEIFERS, of the t%ip
of Waterford, in the county of Glorcefter, on the 7th inst.
fraudulently obtained from the fabfoiber a note for nine pounds, fix
pounds thereof payable three months after the date, and three pounds
at five months pfter the date' ,and as the value I received for this
note was fafly defbribed, tbefe are to forwarn all persons from taking
an alignment of fail note, as I will net pay is, unless. compelled by
law. SAMUEL EASTLACK q
1 %J publifoed, and to le joU by
JAMES HUMPHREY S, junior,
Front-freer, Corner of BlacCHorfe- Alley,
THE true INTEREST of AMERICA
impartially , stated, in certain Strictures
on a Pamphlet intituled COMMON SENSE.
By an American.
" You have been told that we are seditious, impatient of go
« vernment, and desirous of Independency. Be allured that
“ these are not Falls, but Calumnies—Fermit us to be as free as
<c yourselves, and we mail ever eiC^n a union with you to be
“ our greatest glory and our greatest isfynefs. —Place us in the
“ fame situation we were at the cldfe Cf (he last war, and our
"former harmony will be restored." Continental Con
gress's Address to the People of Great-B'dain.
" Obtre^atio et liver pronis zuribus accipiuntur." Tacitus.
« Nihil eh, Antipho,
« Q^in map: narrando poffit dejayarirt^^ Terence.
LIS ircrN and other tow priced Wines, Claret,
old Jfl MAICA Spirit, and Coffee,
TO BE SOuD BY
PHILIP WILSO N,
At his Store, opposite the Crooked Billet Alley, in Water-street,
between Market and Cheftnut-ftreets.ff
& LL Peifons who have any remands againftthe Eriate of
fl RICHARD ROBINSON, late of this City, de
ceased, are requested to bring in their Accounts, properly proven,
to the Subferi ber, who is now paying off said Demands.
L S W 1F T-
A'Hk Creditors of WILLIAM RAY (who kept Store
J in Eaft-Pennfborough, on Susquehanna, and failed about
the Year 1750) are desired to bring in their Accounts, properly
proved, to the Subscribers, they having a small Sum to divide
amongftthem. § Jeremiah Warder, and Sons.
To be S O L L> out cf the Province,
A LIKELY firing and healthy NEGROE MAN,
about 30 Years of Age. He is a cornpleat .Farmer, and
well understands Ditching in high as well as low Lands.
Enquire of the PRINTERS.ff
A' 'LOS T, on the 28th of May instant, on the
VW road leading from MarAul'r mill to the city of Phi
ladelphia, r in the city, a black Leather Pocket-Book, with a
brass Spring clasp, containing about Six Pounds Continental cur
rency, Three Pounds Ten Shrainga Fennfylvania, and Two
Dollars Maryland money ; also a Receipt from the Continental
Treasurer, for 8000 Dollars Continental currency, and fandry
other papers. Whoever has found the fame, and will deliver it
to the Printers hereof, shall receive Forty Shillings reward. §'
TO RESOLD,
THE Times of two Servant MEN, who have two Years
five Months and upwards each to serve ; one can work at
smithing or farming, the other at tayloring or farming. For
terms, apply to Thomas Apty, in Thiid-ftreet, Philadel
phia.- May 22, 1776. q
New-fefey, May 23, 1776.
FOUR DOLLARS Reward.
RU N away, on the zoth inst, from the fubferiber, living
in Chester townflrip, Burlington county, an Engliih fy
vant man, named James Momis, abput 5 feet. % inches high,
dark complexion, with black bifhy hair, talks in the weft coun
try dialed ; had on and took with him a striped linen jacket,
with Beeves, a striped home m\Je ditto, without sleeves, a cloth
coloured furtout coat, leather ketches, gßty flockings, old Ihoes,
a new felt bat, two Ihirts, one homespun the other white, and a
red fill handkerchief with yellow (pots, It is supposed he took
more clothes with him. Whoever takes up arid secures said ser
vant in any goal in this proyirre, shall be entitled to the above
reward, and reasonable charge, paid !ty
AT ' ' Edmund Hollingshead.
London-Grove, Fifth-Month 22, 1776.
^f^' „ 1AZ AS STOLEN out of the
'){"{s' liable of the fubferiber, about
the. MH end of the.Third-Month last,
^^^ a black Ml AR E, or rather inclined to
a ^ ar k brawn, with a blaze in her face,
which extends to one tide of her nose
I , more than the other, fix years old this
^'’ &t '4 hands, paces and trots,
carries low, was low jn fteffi and very dull
to ride, except with a fpnr, and is somewhat inclinable to take
the. stud when rode,- but draws pretty kindly ; she is somewhat
cat hammed or crooked hind legs. There is good reason to fuf
peQ the was stolen- by a man who hath been known in divers
parts by the name of John Dobbins, or Robins, who passed for
a horse-jockey. and as it is supposed that, he hath confederates,
it is desired that any who may now have said mare in possession,
as they regard their credit, may speedily give notice to the owner.
Any p-rs n feeuring said mare, and giving notice, so as the owner
may have her again, shall he entitled to Forty Shillings reward,
nd reason bie chargee, if brought hoqie, or Fifty Shillings for
the mare and thief, if prosecuted to conviction.
q Thomas Milhous.
Fifth-Month 23, 1776.
EIGHT DOLLAR S Reward.
LAST Nigh was STOLEN out of the boufe of the
fubferiber, living ir Cheltenham tcwrjDty, Philadelphia county,
Six pieces of country made linen',four of flax, one of 10 yards,
one of io| yards, one of 13 yards, the other of about 9I yards ;
two pieces of tow, containing zQyards. Said, linen.has been out a
few days to bleach, and the end 0) each piece is whipped with white
coarse thread, the fringe on the end of one piece is mixed with blue,
All forekeepers and others are defred to take notice, if such linen Jhould
be offered for sale. Any perfonfecuring the linen, as the owner may
have it again, shall have Four Dollars, and fcuring the thief, as be
may be brought to justice, the above reward, paid by
% AlNtho°nyWjli,iams, junior.
Melchior Styner and Charles Cift
PRINTER s,
BEG Leave to acquaint the Public, that they have' removed
~ PRINTING-OFFICE to A to % M^^
Sec , d - ftreet > a little ab °ve Arch-street, next Door
° ay> and nearl y opposite to Michael Hillepas
Esq; where they carry on the PRINTING-BUSINESS i/im
different Branches in the English, German, and other
Languages, with Care, Fidelity, and Dlfpatch
^T^ HAND ^ S ^P^^^ arc ^ ^ the
''DOLLARS Regard.
R, r%! r '^ ^ fub fc riber i ^^ in Vpper-Merion
townffi,p, Phriadelphia county, a servant lad, named
Thomson, this country bpm, i 9 years o f age, brown
hair, about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, had on and took with him
a brown doth jacket, the under parts of the lleeves a differ-^
colour, totalfo brown, with wooden buttons, a striped linen ket
without sleeves, a white linen shirt, parched, white tow tr^wf-rs'
also patched, old shoes, tied with firings, and an old felt hat half
worn. Any person that will take up said servant and secure him
so that his master may have him again, shall receive the above
and reaf@nable charges, from John Roberts, Upper-
Meriun. ' May 77, 1776.. f
, , Tal bot County, Maryland, 1776.'
SIX POUNDS Reward.
RAN away from the fubferiber, on the night of the
instant, 2 convids, viz. WILLIAM MANLY
5 I"' 7 inches hi ^ 30 or 35 Years of
with black hair cut short, of a surly bad Countenance, is a fawner
or labourer, afd underfods horses; Ud on a so t blue c^t
much worn, spotted l, an f©n jacket and trousers. gone frog
na * ln the f ° als and heels, a
foal leather and painted blue, aud had an iitn-collar' a s
L , m °ft impudent infamous villain, this bei^
the third time he has run away, and once he broke jdl e
was taken up and committed. THOMAS PEARSON
flepder young simple fellow, with lights loured Sort foft fy
about 18 or 20 years of age, five feet 6 inches high, has larae
eyes and very small fingers, is a sawyer or labourer; had nn a
drab-coloured e ? t and jacket about half-worn, fitted fwanikin.
troulers, and a leather cap and Iboes the fame as Manlfs they
both speak the North of England dialed Whoever fakes u'u
and secures the said servants, so that I get them again, mail re
ceive, if taken in this province, Forty .Sbilfr for each, and if
taken up out of this province, Three Pounds for each, p? : d by
- JAMES BRADDOCK.
hen taken up, it is desired to be informed by an adverriO
ment ia the Pennsylvania Gazete. ' acvernfc-
N. B. Iris probable they will change their names, and per
haps some part of their cloaths, and it is likely they will lurk
'T Unl -iand travel in the ni^ht. i
May . 17761
EIGHT DOLL ARb Reward.
STRAY ED from Cornwall Furnace, about theist jnft.
a small black HORSE, 12 hands h.„h, ,1 years old, has
one white hind foot, no brand that can be recolie&ed. Also a
dark bay MARE colt, 3 years old, with a I ng black tail
and mane, no brand. Whoever secures laid borfe and mare,
so that the owners may have them again, Hull have the above
reward, or Four Dollars for either, and rea/unable charges,
paid by § Curtis Grubb, ard Company.
O SOLD,
A DUTCH servant GIRL, healthy, firing and good na
tured, has between 5 and 6 years to serve. The reason of
her master's parting with her will be honestly told to any person
inclining to purchase. Enquire of Jacob Hinkle, at the figa of
the Spread Eagle, or Philip Upright, at the sign of the Blue Ball,
both on Lancaster road. Fifth-Month 17, 1776.«
THREEPOUNDS Rewards'
RUN away from the fubferiber, living rear Frederick-sown,
in the province of Maryland, an Eng if, servant ran, rand
James Corlina King, about 23 years of age, 5 feet 6 or 7 inches
high, wears bis. own bair of a yellow colour, be it acquainted with
great part ts America, is an artful fellow, and as be is'a scholar new
probably forge a pajs; had on and took with him the following arti
cles, viz. A fashionable bat, a brown broadcloth cast, and breeches
of the Jame, a black jacket, a dirt coloured line, fulled jacket with
Jeeves, and breeches of the fame, yarn flockings, country linen Jhirts,
and a Surgeon's book, with the inErumeuL thereto telcr.gr - piffared
off. He is well known in Philadelphia, and went t§ t... 0 f
James Reynolds. Whoever takes up and secures said servant in
a "3 E° a '> f^ll have the above reward, paid y
May 14, 177-6. | | WILLIAM CRUM.
WH ERE,AS——the. the lubfcriber, passed a note to a certain
JAMES WALLACE, cf the county of Lan
caster, dated the 29th of April laß past, for the fam of £to
payable in fix months after date.,-This so therefore to forwarn a^
person from taking at assignment of the fad note, as I am de'-
termined to dispute the payment of the fame, the said W AL
LACE not having fulfilled his central tor which the said note
was given - ff ROBERT M NEIL.
Blackley oown/bip, Philadelphia countfojQ'ffi-ijj6
EIGHT DOLL A r's Reward.
RUN away from the fubferiber, an Lift servant lad who
has about 4 years to serve, named Tohn Ryan, about T 7
years of age, 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, well set, fair complexion
down look, light grey eyes, long visaged ; had on old /hoes, grey
ribbed worsted stockings, old cotton velvet breeches, of a f nu ff
colour, coarse tow trewfers, tow ffiirt, a k^fey cloth jacket
lined with flannel, half worn, and an old hat; is apt to
drunk and lie; was enlisted a few weeks ago, in Q o l. Sheets
battalion, but is fufpe&ed now to be got on board! of one of the
armed vessels in the river. Any person that will take up said
ervant and secure him, so that his master may have him again
shall receive the above reward, from Caleb Parry. '
- Salem, May 20, 1776.
AS committed to my custody yesterday, two LADS,
n 1 ^ ^ e ” an * belonging to Capt. Nicholas'
Deel, and Christopher Wilson. Their m ? .ft ers are delved to
cp^e, within three weeks, pay charges, and take them away,
otherwise they will be fold for the fame.
—IF L" '™T. 'Joseph Kayanes, Coaler.
ALL Perlons having. PROVINCIAI ARMS nuAht
for Service, are desired to bring them forthwith to the
GUN-LOCK FACTOR Y, in Ch err y. All% toC
put ^n good Order.
Laneaffier Gcal, May zj,
WA S committed to the goal of this county, as a deserter
-* ^ANDREW KULB. wh %, he
to captain Rees, of the fecund battalion of Penr-fyfoia forces.
Also was committed as a runaway servant, a certain JOHN
DEEN, who confeffes himfelf to be a servant to G E OR G E
PAINTER, brickmaker, in Vine-street, Philadelphia, The
master of the said servant is hereby defied to come or fend for
him in three weeks from the date hereof, oth-rwifi he will then
be ^charged on paying his fees; and ^ pqf on or persons im
powered to take said KULB are hereby notified of the fame, by
- RIBLET, Coaler.