The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1770-12-21 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES
Friday Dec. 21, 1770.
Vol. XV. GAZETTE CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
NUM. 740 } Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd.
To the Printers of the New-Hampshire Gazette. Please to insert the following, and you will oblige a number of your Customers. Observations on the late Law of the Province, in- tituled, "an Act for the Ease and Relief of Prisoners for DEBT." "Nihil humanum a me alienum puto."
AS I think it the Part of every good Subject, when he sees any Thing in the Laws likely to be prejudicial to the Community he lives in, to point it out, and warn the Public against it; I shall make very little Apology for these Remarks on the late Act for the ease and Relief of Prisoners for DEBT, which I humbly conceive, may be liable to more Objections, than appear at first view. I had, at the first Appearance of this Act, made some Remarks which I designed for the Public;—but considering it was a Temporary Law, and that no great Inconveniences would probably arise from it in Three Years, laid aside my Purpose. But since I am well informed a Proposal is a foot for giving it a new Existence, nay, that it would now have actually been in Force, had it not been for a very important Branch of the Legislature, who for ought I know, has the same objections to it, that to me appear so forcible: However that may be, considering the great Credit this Law has obtained, and that it has a second Time passed the House, who are a most respectable Body, and whose Transactions demand the highest attention; every fair and candid Remark upon it, ought to meet with Indulgence.
I shall not be very particular in quoting the Act, as it will be in the Power of any one who will be at the Trouble of perusing these Remarks to have it before him; and to multiply Sentences, in a Piece designed for the Gazette, would be inconvenient.
Let our first Inquiry be then, to whom this Law (supposing it to be in Force) will extend? In order to determine which, it will be necessary to quote the following Words of the Act "When any Person shall be committed to Prison, or now is detained there, upon Execution for Debt, who has not at the Time of such Commitment &c."—Which are the Hinges upon which the whole Matter turns.
Any Demand that One Person has against another for Damages founded upon a Judgment obtained in a Course of Law, is, in the most legal and proper Sense of the Term, a DEBT: Money due on Contracts, Obligations &c. which in common Patience are called Debts, the Law gives another Name to * and strictly and properly confines the Term Debt to such Demands for which Execution can issue. Thus if A. assaults and beats B. and disables him for Labour for Twenty years, and puts him to Expence in Curing his Wounds to the amount of a Hundred Pounds sterl. and B. brings his Action against him and recovers his Damages, and takes out his Execution,—this is an Execution for Debt, and the Debtor is clearly within this Law, provided he can take the Oath. It is the same Case if A. cuts B's Trees or kills his Cattle, and Execution issues for B's Damages, and A. is committed he will be within this Law, being otherwise qualified as to Estate. Suppose A. maliciously prosecutes B. and B. brings his Action against him for the Vexation, and recovers his Damages, and A. is committed on the Execution, A. if he chuses it, must be heard upon this Law. I will put one Case more: A. prosecutes B. in An Action which he is unable to support, such an one however, as does not amount to a malicious Prosecution (in which Case no Action will lie for the unjust Vexation)
and B. recovers Costs against A. whereupon Execution issues, and A. becomes a Prisoner, he is in this Case, a Prisoner for Debt, & claims an equal Right with any other Subject, to the Benefit of this Act.
These Instances may serve to give us a clear View of this Law, and to shew, that it extends to a variety of Cases, where, both the Debt and the Discharge of it depend entirely (except the Two months Imprisonment) upon the Will of the Debtor, the Sufferer not having it in his Power to have a Voice in the matter. Thus, for Example, it is not in the Power of any Individual to restrain a malicious ill-disposed Person from committing any kind of Trespass upon him vi et Armis ; nor is any one sufficiently armed against Frauds; nor is it in his Power to bridle the Tongue of the Slanderer. I am a Merchant perhaps, in large Trade, my prospects good, my Industry unwearied—One takes it in his Head to slander me in a very tender Point—I am a "pitiful broken fellow, unable to pay my Debts"—I am ruined;—my Family thrown into Distress; my just and reasonable Prospects all blasted; a useful Member of Society lost; a Mind, capable of noble Exertions, contaminated and thrown into the most excruciating Dejection, heart-felt Pain and Anxiety. Does not every Heart, possessed of the Feelings of humanity, burn with Indignation at the Villain?—But hold, ye Sons of Humanity! cries the Law, you have placed your Compassion upon the wrong Object, it is the Slanderer ye ought to pity, it is a great Hardship that he should lie in Goal—besides, in the Way of Labour he might be useful.—I am very sure I have not set this Matter in too strong a Light. Innumerable are the Instances wherein one Individual may oppress and injure another without his Consent,—in all which the wrong-doer has only to observe, to be duly qualified for the Ease & Relief the Law proposes, and he may bid defiance to those who would call him to an account: Nay, I may venture to affirm, that in Trespasses and Frauds of one Kind and another, one possessed of any good Degree of Adroitness, might get a tolerable Subsistence by the Trade, without even runing the Risk of being prosecuted; or, at worst, he can only be kept in Goal Two Months; and he may very justly flatter himself, that the Sufferer settled with this Law, will not be so much of a Madman as to add to his Loss without any Prospect of being bettered by it.
Here then, we may safely affirm, that a Law, of this kind, ought not to extend to Frauds, Trespasses vi et Armis , Slanders; nor to such Torts whereon Actions of Trover will lie; nor to any other Case, where the first Act depends entirely upon the Will of him who is to receive the Benefit of the Law.
This Matter may be illustrated if we attend to the Nature and End of Imprisonment for Debt, compared with the above Law.—Imprisonment for Debt may be considered in Two Points of View; either as a Force or Punishment laid upon the Delinquent to induce him to pay his Debts; or as a Spur to urge them on to Labour and Industry, and thus becomes doubly beneficial to Society; and no One will, I think, pretend to say that no such Motive is necessary; whether it is the best that could be, is not, now, my Business to inquire. Let us then call it a Force or Punishment laid upon delinquent Debtors to induce them to pay their Debts. It is highly reasonable that every Man receive of his Debtors his just Dues: This motive, Force or Punishment the Law has imposed, is, from the Nature of Things, necessary, and tends to make Men just, to compel them to fulfil their Contracts, pay their
Debts, and become industrious. A Law then, that takes off this motive, Force or Punishment, or whatever you cause to call it, is contrary to wise and well established Law and Usage, and must be founded in some other Principle, and not on the Promotion of Justice; for it is in Fact a Suspension of Justice, as it has obtained Time-out-of-mind. I will then presume to say, the Law we are animadverting upon, is founded in humanity, and the tender Feelings of the Heart; and if you Please, according to the Preamble, on the Utility derived from the Labour of those it relieves; tho' I confess, I do not think the latter worthy to be named with the former; neither do I conceive it to be, by any Means, a Ballance for the grand Principle, it has before been said it counteracts in the present establishments of Things, common Justice. It is the noble Principles of Humanity and Compassion that to me seem, alone, a sufficient Foundation for such a Law as this.
Here then we shall agree, that some such Law, restrained to its proper Bounds, is eligible, upon the Principles of Humanity only. But let me ask, to whom ought such a Law to be extended? Most certainly to the honest and fair Dealer, who becomes unfortunate.—But is it consistent with the public Good, or with Justice, to put the honest unfortunate Man upon a Foot with the Trespasser, the fraudulent Dealer and the Slanderer? are they to be relieved from their Frauds and Abuses of Law in the Face of Justice herself, and to her almost utter Demolition? Is it an Honor to Humanity, blindly to grope on uncertain, whether she shall afford her Relief to an honest Man or a Knave? Let no one flatter himself that the Art of defrauding under the Protection of this Law, will not be found out; Instances may now be produced, notwithstanding the short Duration of this Act: I know a very considerable Trespass committed with a fixed, settled Purpose, to take the Relief of the Act,—and the Trespasser answered his Design, tho' not by going through all the Formalities of the Law.
It is true, this Law guards against Fraud in the Disposal of the Debtor's Estate, after the Commencement of the Action, so far as the Force of an Oath is a Guard. But how many Frauds are there, which it requires Time to discover? And the Wrong-doer will always have from the Time of the committing the Fact, to the Commencement of the Action, to qualify himself for the Relief the Act affords; and if he has not had Time enough, he has only to keep out of the Way for the Space of three Months, or Six, as his Circumstances shall require, and the Plaintiff must alter the Date of his Writ, and allow the Trespasser the Time requisite for his Purpose; the Commencement of his Action must move forward from Court to Court, very much at the Will of the Person, of whom he seeks recompence. What Havock might be committed among the respectable Body of Merchants by Slander uttered in England, which it would be impossible for them to get Intelligence of suddenly? What extensive Trespasses might be committed on Lands in the remote Parts of the Province, owned by Gentlemen in Portsmouth, who would not probably once hear of it, till the Trespasser had spent his Booty? Is a Leg or an Arm, struck off by an enraged Assailant, (a Misfortune to be felt through Life) to be recompenced by two Months Imprisonment; Who can trace the Foot-Steps of Fraud? A Game at Cards, or perhaps a Horse-Race, or something less reputable, may make the Knave, who defrauded me of a large Sum, unable to

refund, and he takes Shelter in the Act for Relief.
I might go on to Instance in a Variety of Cases, Cases of great Weight and Importance; such as Frauds in Bills of Exchange, Frauds committed by Executors and Administrators, who often get large Estates into their Hands;—but I should exceed the Bounds of a Piece designed for the Gazette.
One Thing more however, I can not forbear to mention,—and that is the Retrospect of the above Act:—This I conceive is a Grievance much to be complained of by Individuals; and for this plain Reason, that it is taking them at great Disadvantage; they have trusted large Sums when there was no such Law, that they would by no means have done, had it been in Force, or had they foreseen that such Relief would have been held out to their Debtors.
Here permit me barely to mention the Statutes of Great-Britain relative to Bankrupts:
How much the reverse is this Law to the Wisdom and Circumspection there to be found? Those Statutes extend only to Merchants, a set of Men distinguished by their Probity and Honour, to Scriveners and to those who get their Living by Buying and Selling; this Law equally relieves the Merchant, the Man of Probity, and the fraudulent Oppressor; Those distinguish the fair and Good mind; This affords Protection to every Species of Corruption of Heart; Those guard the Property of the Delinquent, injoin the most unreserved Punctuality, Probity and Honor, at the same Time that they distribute with an Equality of Justice, Tempered with Generosity and Humanity; this, void of Benevolence, contaminates it's own Humanity, by setting an equal Price on the just Man and the Knave, while it leaves the Estate of the Debtor at his own Disposal, without distributive Justice, and wanting in every Point of Punctuality and Honour; those present a Halter to the Man who dares be guilty of a non-observance of their just, cautious, and equitable Rules; this, leaving the Arrangement of Matters at his own option, tempts the Prisoner with an Oath, assuring him, if he is detected, the worst that can happen to him is to remain in his present Situation.
I know very well there is some Apology to be made for this Law;—that it probably travelled over from a neighbouring Government, (which, till the late Times, had some claim to Respectability) to take up it's Residence here, but I sincerely wish, it may never gain a new Settlement, till it comes properly adorned with the true Principles of Humanity, and is possessed of a Discernment capable of distinguishing the real Objects of Benevolence, from those of Contempt and Detestation.
Dec. 19th 1770. CIVIFERENS.
By Capt. Watt who arrived at Boston from Bristol, the 13th Instant, we have London Articles down to the 13th of October.
L O N D O N, October 6, 1770.
We hear that a convention is actually signed between the Turks and the Russians, by the mediation of G.-Britain. Died at his house at Whitehall, the Right Hon. Thomas Robinson, Lord Grantham, K. B. and F. R. S.—At Chelsea, Sir Richard Lyttelton, K. B. Governor of Jersey, &c.—died in the 13th year of his age, the most noble George, Marquis of Tweedale, Earl of Gifford.
On the death of Sir Richard Lyttelton, the King immediately ordered a letter to be wrote to Sir Jeffery Amherst, offering him the government of Jersey—As in this he has Rewarded a brave & generous Man, and did not consult his ministry, we may hope better days in other appointments. Sir J. A. immediately answered the letter with thanks, and acceptance of the office.
October 9. Yesterday morning, at three o'clock, Mr. Potter, one of his Majesty's messengers, who was sent with dispatches from hence to the court of Madrid, arrived at Lord Weymouth's office in Cleveland-Row from that place; his Lordship came to town in the afternoon, and on receiving the dispatches, brought by Mr. Potter from Spain, his Lordship immediately set out to Richmond, to wait on his Majesty.
A great personage has been observed to be in uncommon high spirits since the first rumour of a war.
On Friday and Saturday nights there was a shot press on the River, every ship that came in was cleared of her hands, except the Capt. mate, and apprentices.
October 11. Tuesday night summonses were issued for the Parliament to meet as soon as possible; and it is thought they will be assembled this week: it is not certain whether this unexpectedly early meeting is occasioned by the evasive answer from Spain, or by the plague having broke out in France. Expresses were immediately sent to the members of both Houses of Parliament in all Parts of Great-Britain.
The last answer from the court of Madrid, according to a private letter from thence, was to the following purport:—“That his Catholic Majesty had ever looked upon the reciprocal friendship between Spain and Great-Britain as a proper object of attention, and worthy the consideration of the respective powers, and which he, for his part, was desirous of cultivating with every mark of confidence and good faith; and if any of his ships, either of war or others, had done any thing destructive of the mutual harmony that ought to subsist between them, immediate orders should be sent to the governors for redressing the same.”
We do not hear that any messenger has been sent off for Madrid since the arrival of Mr. Potter. The truth is, more intelligence concerning the Spanish dispute, is expected Saturday or Sunday
next. If nothing satisfactory is received, final and conclusive dispatches will be sent off (perhaps by a messenger of greater importance and character than the last) to Madrid, who will be instructed to demand a categorical answer within a few hours. Thus much has transpired from a very respectable quarter.
The Spanish ambassador has absolutely refused to answer any questions concerning the present disputes that may be put to him by the ministry, till he receives instructions from his court, which are expected every hour.
It is the opinion of all the politicians, that if hostilities are commenced between Great Britain and Spain, America will be the grand Scene of the War.
Yesterday Lord Mansfield, with the Heads of the Ministry, had a private conference with his Majesty.
We hear the Earl of Chatham and Lord Camden, are both summoned to attend the grand Council on the Spanish Dispute.
We are assured that there is yet another messenger at Madrid, waiting for the answer of the Spanish court to our last dispatches.
It is certain, that the Spaniards have a fleet of between forty and fifty ships of the line at Ferrol.
In case of a war with Spain, we shall have all the privateers of France poured upon us, with Spanish commissions; which will be a great annoyance to our trade; while we can take nothing from the Spaniards, for they have nothing to take, now their galleons are come home.
Two regiments of foot are ordered to hold themselves in readiness to embark, on the shortest notice.
This Day the following Promotion of Admirals took Place; Sir Peter Dennis; Captains Buckle, Montague, Shuldham, Spry, and Lord Howe. No other Promotions will be made till the war is declared, which seems inevitable.
The Plague rages at Constantinople....at Bender, which obliged the Russians to abandon the siege. Also at the Levant....It is also said to be in France.
SAVANNAH, in GEORGIA.
Commons-House of Assembly, November 5, 1770.
The House being informed of the much lamented death of the Rev'd Mr. George Whitefield, which lately happened at Newbury-Port in Massachusetts-government, and taking into consideration the many and uncommon instances of his friendly disinterested regard and attention to the welfare of the inhabitants of this province; as well as his benevolence to mankind in general, and unwearied assiduity in preaching the gospel wherever he had opportunity; and this House being desirous to transmit to posterity the just sense they entertain of the Deceased's Works, and to perpetuate the commemoration of them, have unanimously come to the following resolutions, viz.
Resolved, That this House will provide a sufficient sum to defray the expence of bringing the remains of the Rev'd Mr. Whitefield from Newbury-Port, in the Massachusetts government, to be deposited at the Orphan-House in this province.
Resolved, That the House will provide a sufficient sum to defray the expence of putting the church in Savannah in mourning, on account of the death of the Rev'd Mr. Whitefield.
Ordered, That Mr. Ewen and Mr. Crooke, do wait on the Rector of Christ's Church, in Savannah, and request he will preach a funeral sermon, in memory of the Rev'd Mr. Whitefield, next Sunday.
Accordingly they withdrew, and being returned Mr. Ewen reported they had waited on the Rector, and that he answered, he would prepare a sermon accordingly.
Ordered, That a committee be appointed to enquire what will be the expence of putting the foregoing resolutions into execution, and report their opinion thereon to the House.
PHILADELPHIA, December 3.
Monday last a Number of Sea Vessels in our Harbour was taken by two Gentlemen, for their own Amusement, and found to be as follows, viz. 46 Ships, 48 Brigs, 9 Snows, 9 Schooners, and 16 Sloops in all 128 Sail.
Extract of a Letter from London, October 3.
“Various are the opinions about what the fate of America will be next sessions. Our friends do not even guess upon this subject. It appears to me however, that unless the East-India company interest themselves on our behalf, the Tea-act will not be repealed. Parliament is composed of men who are out of the way of being affected by the distress of America, and unless it can be proved that the repeal of that obnoxious Act will be for the interest of this kingdom, most certainly it will remain for the present.”
Extract of a Letter from London October 4.
“There is great reason to apprehend a rupture with Spain, which will probably bring on a general war. The spirited conduct in Administration, treating with sword in hand, has met with universal applause, and cannot fail of either producing an honourable adequate submission, from the court of Spain for their insolent behaviour, or a declaration of War from ours.”
“It is said that restitution of Falkland Island has not only been peremptorily and immediately required, but also payment of the Manila ransom; and all the charges of the present naval preparations, &c. of which I hope soon to speak with more certainty, as the express which carried the ultimatum of the demand made by our Court is daily expected from Madrid.”
N E W - Y O R K, December 6.
Letters from West-Indies say, That on the Arrival of a Frigate from France at Martinico, the French immediately went to work to put their Islands in a State of Defence, as they daily expected a War.
It is said, that the late Richard Hufsey, Esq; attorney general to the Queen, and member for East Looe in Cornwall, died worth 400,000l. most part of which he had acquired by his mines in Cornwall.
Capt. Lightburn from Santa Cruz, informs, that there is no truth in the account of part of that Island being destroyed by an Earthquake.
A letter received by the last Packet mentions, that it was tho' the differences subsisting between the courts of Great-Britain and Spain would be made up, through mediation of the court of France, whose finances would not admit of her entering into a war at Present.
We hear that two or three nights ago, an elderly man, living on Golden-Hill, in this city, fell into the fire in a fit, and was burnt to death.
[About the 20th ult. a son of Elihu Hall, Esq; of Maryland, was baptised by the name of George Whitefield.
Alexander Colden, Esq; of this city, is appointed Secretary and Comptroller of the General Post-Office for the North-American District of North-America, in the room of J. Parker, Esq; Printer, deceased.
We are told that the Mails for Falmouth for the future will be made up at the Post-Office in New-York on the first Tuesday of each month, instead of the first Saturday. And that the fifth packet from Falmouth, was added to that station, and will sail in her proper course.
Saturday last the Lord Hyde Packet failed with the Mails for Falmouth.
N E W - L O N D O N, November 30.
By a Letter from a Gentleman in London, we learn, that his Majesty has proposed to send a Clergyman of Dignity to North-America the next Spring in order to look into the State of the Episcopal Churches on this Continent, and may probably be a Step preparatory to the establishing a Bishop on this Continent.
B O S T O N, Thursday, December 13.
At the Superior Court now holden in this Town, came on Yesterday the Trial of Edward Manwaring, Esq; an Officer of
the Customs, Mr. John Munro, Notary Publick, Hammond Green and Thomas Greenwood, who had been charged with firing Guns out of the Custom-House on the Evening of the 5th of March, and indicted by the Grand Jury for the Murder of those Persons that were killed at that Time, and for which Manwaring, &c. were imprisoned.—The Evidence against them not being credited, the Council for the Crown gave up the Cause, and the Jury acquitted the Prisoners without going from their Seats.
It is certain that at the Time when the Soldiers fired in King-Street there were only two or three Women and several small Children, besides a Son of Mr. Green's in the Custom-House, nor was there a Gun in the House.
We hear from Machias at the Eastward, that some Time last Month a Number of Persons, displeased at having a civil Officer appointed among them, waylaid the Justice, beat him severely, & threatened him hard if he offered to act in his Office; and that some Time after they broke open his House and did him considerable Damage; and being apprehensive his Life would be in danger if he went out, confined himself.—The Magistrate and a Number of the Inhabitants have sent to the Authority here for Assistance and Direction.
Last Lord's-Day died at Hingham, Doctor Ezekiel Helsey:—We hear he has left One Thousand Pounds Sterling, for the Founding a Professorship of Physic at Harvard-College.
Last Week as one John Rumrill of Enfield about 66 Years of Age, was returning home from a Neighbour's House in the Evening, he fell down and died instantly.
[His Honor the Lieutenant Governor, with the Advice of his Majesty's Council, has issued a Proclamation, offering a Reward of One Hundred Pounds, for discovering the Author or Authors of a certain Paper found posted upon the Door of the Town House, “wrote in a feigned hand, tending to inflame the Minds of the People against the Judges of the Superior Court now sitting in Boston, for their Proceedings in the Administration of Justice, and to excite to Acts of Sedition and Violence.”]
Dec. 17. A few Days ago a Deserter from one of the Men of War in this Port, was apprehended and tried by a Court Martial, and sentenced to receive 300 Lashes; and on Saturday last he received part of his punishment, being whipped along-side all the Men of War in the Harbour, 3 in number.
Whatever may be the Opinion of the People in general, relative to the late Trials, our Enemies themselves are desirous to point out a single Instance of Indecency either in or out of Court, through the whole. We mention this, not because such Instances are common here; far from it: On the contrary, without Disparagement to any County in the Province, there is as much Respect paid to Courts of Justice in this, as in any other:—We pretend not to excel any:—The posting up a Paper of Scurrility, if it was such; may have been a Piece of Craft in our Enemies, to bring an Odium upon the Town:—If by this Means they could lay a Foundation for a Proclamation, they might think it would be sufficient Ground upon which to form some false Representation to those on the other side the Water, whose Interest, as well as Inclination it may be to believe or say they believe every Word of it:—We should be glad, however, if we might see the Piece, that the Public, who are to advance the Reward, may form their Sentiments of it. The Soldiers were discharged from Court in high Day-Light; and went their Way through the Streets, with little, if any, Notice.
A very abusive Paper, which was said to be posted upon the door of a public Building a few Mornings ago, we are told was taken verbatim from a Play called Venice Preserved; and that Mr. Otway was actually the Author. He and his Accomplices have been dead long ago, and can never be punished for it in this Life, unless the Doctrine of Transmigration is true. The impertinent Man who posted it up, deserves all the Punishment which the Law can inflict, for so heinous a Crime. We will not dive into the Heart of this imprudent Man; but if he really intended, as some say, to reflect upon the Powers that be, and to inflame the Minds of the People against them, he has missed his Aim; and always will, while every one so clearly sees, that they are, if we may be allowed to quote the Scripture Language, “Terror to Evil Doers, and a Praise to them that do WELL.” It will be the Wisdom of the People, as it is their Duty, to have a Guard upon their Passions, & be peaceable.
Friday last Kilroy and Montgomery, who were convicted of Manslaughter, at the late Superior Court held here, were branded in the Hand in open Court, and discharged.
L O N D O N, Oct. 5.
Extract of a letter from Gibraltar, August 20.
“We have just received advice here, that the Danish squadron before Algiers has been reinforced by three ships of the line, three large frigates, and several bomb ketches; that they soon after began to bombard Algiers afresh; that they had made a breach, had knocked down some battlements, and dismounted several of their guns; that the Dey had sent to the Admiral fresh propositions, on which account they ceased firing, and called a council of war to deliberate upon them, and after a short time rejected them; on which the firing was again renewed very briskly, and continued so when the advice boat came away.”
Extract of a letter from an Officer at Gosport, October 6.
“I have received orders from the Admiral to stay here to command our ship's crew, the Captain being gone to town to solicit a ship, having unfortunately lost the Swift on the 13th of last March, in Port Desire, in South-America. We had three men drowned, the rest got on shore, but lost their all, and we must all have perished had not the providence of God conducted that boat you went on board the Swift in, back to Port Egmont, in Falkland Island, where we had left the Favourite Sloop of war, and in 25 days, to our unspeakable joy, she appeared off Port Desire. We went on board and soon got safe to Port Egmont; on the third of June arrived one Spanish frigate; on the 5th, 4 more, with 600 land forces on board, and demanded the place, Capt. Farmer declared, that if the whole navy of Spain was there, he would not surrender without shot being fired; accordingly they drew near the shore in order of battle, and began landing their troops under the fire of their fleet, we returned two discharges of six guns we had on shore, and then hoisted a flag of truce, and sent an officer and drum to speak with their General, who had landed, and was advancing with a good train of artillery, and proposed articles of capitulation, which were accepted; they agreed to pay for the King's stores, and allow the Favourite to carry us to England, but unhung our rudder and kept it 23 days that their express might arrive in Spain before we should reach England. Your papers are wrong which say they sunk an English frigate; there was no ship there but the Favourite nor any people but the Favourite's crew and the remainder of the Swift's crew; there were no inhabitants on Falkland Island, except a small Spanish settlement which is called Port Solidsade, about thirty leagues from Port Egmont. The distance between Port Egmont and Port Desire, is 312 miles.”
T HE Estate of Capt. Joseph Hixon, late of Portsmouth, Mariner, deceased, being represented Insolvent, and six Months Time allowed the Creditors to bring in their Claims, the Subscribers appointed Commissioners, to receive and examine said Claims, give Notice that they will attend said Service on the last Thursday of this and the following Months, from 6 to 9 o'Clock, at the House of Captain Jacob Tilton, in Portsmouth.
December 5th, 1770. William Whipple, John Parker.

PORTSMOUTH, December 21, 1770. THE Post from Boston informs, That the Evening before he left that Town, a Cape-Fear News-Paper came to hand, in which was the following most important Paragraph, viz. Wilmington, November 21st, 1770. Captain Callender, on his Passage from Boston, spoke with a Schooner, which a few Days before that, had spoke with a Ship from London, bound to Charles-town, South-Carolina, out 18 Days; the Captain of which informed, that WAR had been declared ten Days when he left England."
The Post further informs, That just before he left Boston, being in a Printing-Office, a Gentleman came in, and said an Express had a few Minutes before come to Town from Newport, with Letters brought by a Ship arrived there in a short Passage from London. These Letters were for the Commodore and other Officers, and said to be on Account of the War with Spain.
Last Saturday between 7 and 8 o'Clock in the Evening, as one Mr. George Fernald, his Wife and Son about Ten Years of Age, was going from this Town to Newcastle, in a Canoe, which accidentally overset near Henderson's-Point, whereby the Woman and Boy was drowned. The Man was providentially saved.
Wednesday Evening was Married, by the Rev. Mr. BROWN, MICHAEL WENTWORTH, Esq; to the Honorable Madam MARTHA WENTWORTH, the worthy Lady of the late GOVERNOR WENTWORTH.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, PISCATAQUA, Dec. 20.     FROM: TO:     Inward Entries, Outward Bound,   Brig Charlotte, William Sweat, Newfoundland.   Schooner Abigail, George J. Osborne, St. Vincents.   Schooner Merriam, Robert White, West-Indies.   Ship -----, Thos. Simpson, Ditto.   Brig Elizabeth, Samuel Briard, Ditto.   Brig Dianna, Supply Clap, Ditto.   Clear'd for Departure:   Schooner Rye, Matthew Bell, Virginia.   Sloop Conway, Newton Cannon, Ditto.   Sloop Polly, David Mitchell, North-Carolina.   Sloop Hannah, Amos Tappan, West-Indies.   Sloop Abigail, Moses Brown, Ditto.   Brig Elizabeth, David Coats, Ditto.   Brig Merriam Joseph Noyes, Ditto.   Brig Greyhound, James Garven, jgmt; Ditto.   Brig Brittannia, Samuel Gerrish, Ditto.   Brig Dolphin, Monsieur Bunbury, Ditto.   Brig Charming Betsey, John Patrott, Ditto.   Brig Stork, William Coombs, Ditto.   Schooner Hawke, David Jones, Ditto.   Schooner Squirrell, Joseph Simpson, Ditto.  
Ames's Almanack,
For the Year 1771;
Now ready for sale at the Printing Office.
Province of New-Hampshire, Portsmouth, Dec. 5.  ALL Persons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of the Honorable BENNING WENTWORTH, Esq; late Governor and Commander in Chief, of said Province, are desired to bring in their Accounts immediately, to MARTHA WENTWORTH, Sole Executrix of said Estate.
Province of New-Hampshire.  ALL Persons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of John Wentworth, Esq late of Portsmouth, Gentleman, deceased, and Son to the Hon. BENNING WENTWORTH, Esq; late Governor and Commander in Chief of said Province, are desired to bring in their Accounts immediately to MARTHA WENTWORTH, Administratrix to said Estate.
TO BE SOLD By Jacob Sheafe, jr.
At his Store on the Long Wharfe, cheap for Cash, A few Barrels of choice new, Common and superfine
Philadelphia Flour,
SHIP BREAD, per Cask. PORK, per Barreil. COFTON WOOL, per Bag. COFFEE, per Bag. LINSEED OYL, per Barreil. The very best of BAR IRON. STEEL. RUM per Hoghead. Molasses per Hoghead. SUGAR per Barreil, &c.
TAKEN up in this Harbour a few Days ago, an ANCHOR of between 80 & 100 wt. supposed to have been lost several Years ago: The Owner thereof, proving his property, and paying Charges, may have it by applying to James White, of New Castle.
TO BE SOLD in Londonderry
A valuable FARM, well improv'd, situated on the public Road leading from No. Four to Portsmouth; containing about Ninety ACRES, with two large Dwelling Houses and Barns, with two good Orchards, and a large Quantity of Stone Wall, about half Way between the Rev. Mr. M'Gregor's Meeting-House, and the Rev. Mr. Flagg's, in Chester. Likewise about One Hundred and Forty ACRES of Land, exceeding well wooded, about one Mile from the above Farm; and one Piece of exceeding good Meadow Land, which produces yearly about five Tun of good Hay. Any Person inclining to view the same, may apply to the Subscriber, or Mr. James M'Gregor of Londonderry, James Rogers.
Londonderry, Dec. 13th. 1770.
QUIT-RENTS,
THE Receiver of the Quit Rents, hereby gives NOTICE to all concerned, that 'tis expected the Quit Rents due from sundry Delinquents for the Years past, will be punctually paid up to the first of January next, after which Time a Process will be issued against the Lands of every such Delinquent, without Fail. Portsmouth, Dec. 1770.
Province of New-Hampshire.  WHEREAS the Proprietors of East Town, have been duly Notified, that at sundry Meetings of said Proprietors, Taxes have been laid for clearing Roads, &c. in said Town; notwithstanding which, many of said Proprietors have neglected paying the same, which obliges the Collector to give NOTICE, that on Tuesday the Second of January, will be Sold at Public Vendue, at the House of Mr. Ephraim Hanson, Innholder in Dover, so much of each Delinquent's Right or Share of Land in said Township, as shall be sufficient to pay said Taxes, with all incidental Charges. The Delinquents are as follows, viz.
   £. s. d. £. s. d.     John Brown 4 11 Ebenezer Downs 2 5 6   Robert Hanson 2 5 6 Nathaniel Horne 2 5 6   Solomon Hanson 4 11 John Hanson, jr. 2 5 6   John Harford 2 5 6 Samuel Gerrish 2 5 6   Ebenezer Roberts 2 5 6 Samuel Randall 4 11   John Hanson, 4 11 Benjamin Austin 2 5 6   Elhu Hayes 4 11 William Downs 2 5 6   Thomas Miller 4 11 Dea. Tho. Nock 4 11   Isaac Hornes 2 5 6 James Kellic 1 2 9   John Cooks 4 11 Ichabod Caney, Col.   Thos. Miller, jr. 2 5 6 Dover, Dec. 14th 1770.  
Whereas Martha Brown, Wife to me the Subscriber, refuses to live with me, and conducts herself contrary to the Laws of God and Man, respecting absenting herself from me: This is therefore to forbid all Persons harbouring and crediting her on my Account, for that I will not pay any Debt or Debts contracted by her, after the date hereof. Plymouth, Nov. 7. John Brown.
ALL Persons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of Thomas Rust , late of Derryfield, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts to James Rust , of Derryfield, aforesaid, Executor to said Estate, in order for Settlement.
Province of New Hampshire.  Whereas the Proprietors of the Town of Acworth have been Notified according to Law, that Taxes have been laid on the Rights and Shares in said Town, for clearing Roads, building Mills, &c. notwithstanding which many have neglected to pay their Parts; Therefore the Collector is obliged to give Notice, that on Monday the seventh Day of January next, at one o'Clock P.M. will be sold at Public Vendue, so much of each Delinquent Proprietors Right or Share, or Interest, as will be sufficient to pay said Taxes with all Charges at the House of Nathaniel Gearfield, in the Town of Merrimac. The Delinquent's Names, are as follows and the Sums due on their Rights.
   Wickman Clagget, Esq; 3 12 0   Major John Wentworth, 3 12 0   James Nevin, 3 12 0   Col. Jonathan Greely, 3 12 0   Samuel Wentworth, Esq; 3 12 0   William Symes, Esq; 3 12 0   Benning Wentworth, 3 12 0   Jonathan Blanchard, Collector.  
A Mistake happening in a former Advertisement, makes this other necessary. Dec. 18 1770.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.  Whereas sundry of the Inhabitants of the Towns of ROCHESTER and SOMERSWORTH, have petitioned the GENERAL ASSEMBLY, That the BRIDGE lately built in the Town of DOVER, above the FALLS, over Cochecho River, may be established by the Legislative AUTHORITY, and testifying their Dislike of the Bridge built below the Falls aforesaid, for Reasons mentioned in the said Petitions:
THESE ARE THEREFORE to NOTIFY all Persons concerned, That a Hearing is granted on said PETITIONS on Wednesday the second Day of January next, if the General Assembly be then sitting; and if not then, on the third Day of their sitting next after; when any Persons may appear to shew Cause why the Prayer of said Petitions may not be granted. Portsmouth, Dec. 17. 1770. GEORGE KING, Dep. Secretary.
THE Proprietors of PIERMONT, are hereby NOTIFIED, that there is an additional TAX laid on each Right, of Eighteen Shillings, Lawful Money; THIS is therefore to Request said Proprietors, to pay the same, together with their former Arrearages, to the Subscriber, who is Collector for the same. Rye, November 17, 1770. Richard Jennett.
George Craigie
Hereby informs his Customers and others, that he has removed from his SHOP near the Market House, on Spring Hill, Portsmouth, to the Shop lately improved by Mr. James M'Donough, in the Pay'd Street, leading from the State House to the Market, where he has to Sell, a good Assortment Of English GOODS,
Suitable for the Season, exceeding cheap for CASH, The Particulars of which will be inserted in our next.
The Relhan Proprietors, are requested to be speedy in paying the Taxes due, or the delinquents Rights will be advertised for Sale, without Respect to Persons. R. Fowle, Collector.
THE Estate of Mrs. Sarah M'Bride, late of Portsmouth, Widow, deceased being represented Insolvent, and six Months being allowed the Creditors to bring in their Claims; the Subscribers appointed Commissioners to receive and examine the said Claims give Notice, that they will attend said Service on the last Thursday of this and the five following Months, from 6 to 9 o'Clock, at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, in Portsmouth. Dec. 5. Woodbury Langdon, John Parker.
WHEREAS in the Spring of the Year, 1769, I the Subscriber gave to Samuel Dyer, of Portsmouth, Cordwainer, my NOTE for £40 Lawful Money, which Note on a Settlement made with said Dyer, some Time after, was included in another Note I gave him for £54 L. M. and said Dyer was to have delivered me up the first Note, but pretending it was mislaid, and that he could not find it, Mr. Winter, Notary Public, drew a full Discharge from, and a Premise to deliver me said first mentioned Note, which said Dyer signed; but as said Dyer has lately offer'd the £40 Note in Payment, and I have Reason to think he has clandestinely got into his Possession, the said Discharge, and also the said Note for £54—THESE are therefore earnestly to Request, that if said Dyer should offer to endorse either of said Notes to any Person or Persons, that they would be so kind as not to accept them in Payment, or otherwise, as I have already paid them to said Dyer, and do not owe him one Farthing, on any Account or Dealings whatsoever. (Signed) JOHN FURBUR.
STRAYED or Stolen away from me the Subscriber, about the 5th of November, a Bay HORSE, with a Star in his Forehead, one or two white Spots under the Saddle, gauled on his Hip Bone, by carrying double; about 15 Hands high, eight Years old: Whoever takes up said Horse and conveys him to me the Subscriber, or send me Word, so that I shall have him again, shall be well rewarded for their Trouble. Dover, Dec. 12. 1770. John Titcomb.
Lost about three Weeks ago, A large red CANOE: Whoever will give Information, so that the Owner may have her again, shall be handsomely rewarded. Roberton Trefethern.
Stolen, a silver Tankard, from Edward Ladd, of Exeter, supposed by a Person of a fresh Countenance, light Hair, middle stature, and carried a Pack. Whoever apprehends said Thief, and recovers the Tankard, which is mark'd on the Handle, S T A, and something old fashion, shall have 4 Dollars.
WHEREAS at a legal Meeting of the Proprietors of the Township of Monadnock, No. 4, in New Hampshire, a Tax was laid on each Lot to the Sum of Twelve Shillings Lawful Money: This is to give Notice to all the delinquent Proprietors, that unless payment of said Taxes be made to me, at my House in Holston, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, or to John Mellen, in Monadnock, No. 4, at or before the 6th Day of January next, then the said Rights or shares aforesaid will be advertised for sale. Sept. 26. DANIEL MELLEN, Collector.
THE Creditors to the Estate of Nathaniel Adams, late of Portsmouth, Merchant, deceased, are once more advertised, that Six Months further, are allowed them to bring in their Claims, and those that neglect to do it within that Time, will certainly be excluded. Those that have Accounts with said Estate yet unsettled, are desired to adjust the same immediately, as they would avoid the disagreeable Necessity of having said Accounts put into the Hands of an Attorney. Portsmouth, Nov. 22d. 1770.
To be Sold by the Printers hereof, THE Rev. Jonathan Parsons's SERMON, from Phil. 1. 21. For me to live is Christ, and to die is Gain---A most celebrated Discourse on the Death of the Rev. and renown'd GEORGE WHITEFIELD, Chaplain to the Countess of Huntington, &c. &c.

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AS the HOLY SCRIPTURES were originally written to teach Men the knowledge of the true God, to exhibit the plan of SALVATION by JESUS CHRIST, to point out to Mankind their true interest and to give an Account of the Glory and Excellency of the SPIRITUAL WORLD; and as these writings have been in the adorable Providence of GOD, handed down in their primitive Language and Purity, through much Blood and Persecution to these latter Ages of the World; it will undoubtedly be agreeable to every serious CHRISTIAN, to have an opportunity of acquiring so inestimable a treasure as the SACRED WRITINGS, printed in this beautiful and elegant Manner, with judicious and Explanatory Notes, at so easy a rate.
The learned and ingenious AUTHOR of these Notes, has met with the applause of many celebrated Divines,
The late Rev. and pious Mr. WHITEFIELD favoured the world a few years ago with his opinion of this work and a character of the Author in a preface which he prefixed to an edition then publishing: — His words are these.
“ — The grand lines of our christian faith and practice are written in such plain and legible characters, that he that runs may read; yet if we duly search the scriptures, we shall find many things both in the
old and new testament, into the due knowledge of which, we had need of some men, or some good men's works to guide us. — Various and abundant are the helps of this kind which the present age and people of this land are favoured with; but among them all, in my poor opinion, next to holy Mr. Matthew Henry's incomparable commentaries on the Bible, the Rev. Mr. Samuel Clark's old and new testament with annotations, seem to be the best calculated for universal edification. — For they contain tho' a short, yet (generally speaking) a full and spiritual interpretation of most difficult words and phrases. — A great many parallel scriptures, both as to matter and words are most judiciously inserted. To this is added, an analysis, or the contents not only of every book and chapter but almost every verse of every chapter in the whole bible. — It must be confessed indeed, that in the first edition a few expressions in the explanatory notes seemed not so unexceptionable; but then it must be observed that they were but few, and those in the last edition as I am informed are for the most part corrected. — It may be here or there the curious and very critical reader may meet with some few others that may have escaped present notice. But alas if we forbear reading any book or comment till we meet with one that will suit every taste, and is liable to no exception, I fear we must never read at all. — The best of mens books, as well as the best of men, are but men and the books of men, at the best: It is the peculiar property of thy life, and of thy book, O blessed JESUS, to be exempt from all real imperfections: Happy they, who both in their writings and conduct come nearest to thy divine copy, and most blessed example!
If it should now be enquired who this Rev. Samuel Clark might be? — Must I tell thee? — He was one of those worthies who were ejected by the black Bortholomew Act. But let not this startle thee, courteous Reader, for thou wilt here find no Disputes about Church Government, no Controversy about Rites and Ceremonies; but as far as I am capable of judging, the mind of the ever blessed God, opened and explained in a manner equally necessary and useful for all serious Christians of all denominations. As such, I have spoken of it, both from the pulpit, and in private conversation, many years ago; and if any thing I have said, hath been, or shall be, in the least instrumental in promoting its future usefulness, whatever exceptions may be made by persons of different sentiments, I shall look upon it as an honour conferred upon me, by our great and common LORD.”
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“ After such encomiums from such tall cedars in our Lebanon, any further recommendation from one of so small a growth, or such a shrub as I am, can be but of little weight. — I shall therefore detain the intelligent and religious reader no longer, than whilst I subjoin my hearty prayers, that whether he or I, or any other christian of any Denomination, read this or any other comment, or the pure SCRIPTURES without any comment, that we may in such wise read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them; that by patience and comfort of God's holy word, we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which he hath given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ;
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(New-Brittain.)
WHEREAS at sundry legal Meetings of the Township of New Brittain, in the Province of New Hampshire, several Taxes have been voted to be raised on each original Right or Share of Land in said Township, which has been advertised in the New-Hampshire Gazette, according to Law; yet notwithstanding, sundry persons neglect to pay the same, to me the Subscriber, Collector of said Township; This is therefore to Notify those who are thus delinquent, that unless they pay the following Sums in Lawful Money, annexed to each proprietors Name, by the first Day of January next, so much of each Right will be sold at public Vendue, at the Dwelling House of Capt. Caleb Sanborn, Innholder in Hampton Falls, at Two o'Clock in the Afternoon of said Day, as will pay the same, with incidental Charges, unless prevented by the payment thereof, at my House in Hampton-Falls, by the aforesaid Time.
The Delinquent Proprietors are
   £. s. d. £. s. d.     Jonathan Sanborn 2 14 Tobias Lakeman 17   John Chapman 1 11 John Levitt, Esq; 15   Edmund Brown 1 4 Ebenezer Leveran 15   Israel Blake 2 14 David Lowell 2 14   Samuel Blake 1 4 Daniel Marston 18   Daniel Cram 1 4 David Norton 10   Aaron Cals 15 Samuel Bathrick 10   Robert Calf 15 Daniel Sanborn 15   Samuel French, jr. 1 4 Benjamin Shaw 5   Samuel French 2 14 Daniel Wears 15   Joseph Gove 5 Simon Marston 5   John Hoyt 5 Thomas Siley 7   Archelus Lakeman 2 14  
Hampton Falls, December 12, 1770
Samuel Prescott, junr. Collector.
Province of New Hampshire, S. Canaan, Dec. 14, 1770.
WHEREAS the proprietors of CANAAN aforesaid, have been legally notified to pay sundry Assessments levied on each Proprietors Right or Share to me the Subscriber, and several of said Proprietors have hitherto neglected, either in whole or in part. These are therefore to notify said delinquent Proprietors that there will be sold by Public Vendue, on the 3d Day of January next, at two o'Clock P. M. at the dwelling House of Mr. Thomas Wells, Innholder in Colchester, in Connecticut, so much of their Interest or Property of each delinquent Proprietors Right of Land in said Canaan, as shall pay the Sum or Sums that remain due, with all incidental Charges.
   £. s. d. £. s. d.     Amos Walworth 4 0 5 Lewis Loveredge 4 0 3   Allen Wightman 4 0 5 Nathaniel Cady 4 0 5   Abner Chamberlin 4 0 5 Phineas Sabins 4 0 5   Aaron Cady 4 0 5 Richard Sparrow 4 0 5   Aaron Cady jun. 4 0 5 Rufus Randal 4 0 5   Asa Daniels 4 0 5 Stephen Kellogg 4 0 5   Benj. Chamberlin 4 0 5 Samuel Dodge 4 0 5   Clement Daniels 4 0 5 Samuel Meacham 4 0 5   Caleb Whiting 4 0 5 Saveister Randal 4 0 5   Daniel Harris 4 0 5 Samuel Dodge the 3d 4 0 5   David Chamberlin 4 0 5 Thomas Gustin 4 0 5   Ebenezer Harris 4 0 5 Thomas Wells 4 0 5   Ebenezer Eames 4 0 5 Thomas Gustin, jr. 4 0 5   Ebenezer Peck 4 0 5 Thomas Gates 4 0 5   Ephraim Wells, jun. 4 0 5 Thomas Minor 4 0 5   Ephraim Wells 4 5 5 Thomas Gustin 4 0 5   Gibson Harris 4 0 5 William Peck, junr. 4 0 5   George Lamphear 4 0 5 Wm. Chamberlin 4 0 5   Joseph Badeock 4 0 5 George Harris 4 0 5   Joseph Eames 4 0 5 Rich. Wibird Esq; 2 15 9   Jared Spencer 4 0 5 Jam. Neven Esq; 2 15 8   Jedidiah Lothrop 4 0 5 Capt. J. Wentworth 4 0 5   John Chamberlin 4 0 5 Tho's W. Waldron 4 0 5   Israel Kellogg 4 0 5 George King 2 15 8   John Trible 4 0 5 William King 2 15 8   Isaiah Rathban 4 0 5 Wm. Wentworth 4 0 5   Josiah Gales, junr. 4 0 5 Thomas Parker 2 15 8   James Jones 4 0 5 Daniel Rogers Esq; 2 15 8   Jon. Bebes, the 3d. 4 0 5 J. Newmarch, Esq; 2 15 8   Jabez Jones 4 0 5  
GEORGE HARRIS, Prop's Collector.
WHEREAS Application in Writing, has been made to the Subscriber one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Province of New Hampshire, by the Owners of more than one sixteenth part of the Township of New-Grantbam, in said Province, desiring that a Meeting of said proprietors may be Notified, to be held at the Dwelling House of Benjamin Bellow, junr. Esq; in Walpole, on Tuesday the 15th Day of January next, at One o'Clock, P. M. To chuse a Moderator, Clerk and Assessors. 2. To see if the proprietors will chuse a Committee to lay out said Township, and what Sum of Money they will raise for that purpose. 3. To know what Method the proprietors will agree upon, to call proprietors Meetings for the future; I DO in Consequence of the above Application, Notify said proprietors, to meet at the Time and place above mentioned, for the above mentioned purpose.
Daniel Jones, Jus. Pac.
December 6th. 1770.
Province of New Hampshire
WHEREAS Application has been made to me the Subscriber, by the Proprietors or Owners of more than one sixteenth part of the Township of LANCASTER, in said Province, to warn a Meeting of said Proprietors, to be held at the House of David Page, Esq; in said Lancaster, on the second Tuesday in March next, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, to act on the following Articles, viz. 1st. To chuse a Moderator for said Meeting. 2. To chuse a Committee to examine the Collectors and Treasurers Accounts. 3. To see if the Proprietors will raise Money for Building a Saw Mill and Grist Mill, on Israel's River, (so called) in said Town, to be completed by the first of October next; and to agree with any Person or Persons, or chuse any Committee which may be necessary for completing the same. Said Mills when completed to be sold at Public Vendue, to the highest Bidder, and the Money to be for the use of the Proprietors, as they shall Order. 4. To raise such sums of Money, as shall be agreed upon for clearing Roads, hiring Preaching in said Town, or such other Charges, as by the Proprietors shall be thought necessary. 5. To chuse a Proprietors Clerk, Assessors, and Collector. 6. To chuse a Committee to call Proprietors Meetings for the future. I do accordingly Notify and Warn said proprietors to meet at Time and Place abovementioned.
Dec. 12. MESHECH WEARE, Jus. Pac.
To be sold by George Gains, At his House between Capt. Tilton's and Capt. Fols's, All sorts of Letters and Figures, Also, A few very neat Breast and Handle Plates, suitable for COFFINS, and a variety of Paper Liangings for Rooms, Decks, Tables, Chests, &c. as usual, cheap for Cash.
BLANKS of most sorts, together With a Number of Books, Sold at the Printing-Office.