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• SALES BY AUCTION. . JEFFERtON AND ADAMS.
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FREEHOLD AND PART --COPYHOLD FARMS, NEAR The following sketches of the Lives of these distin.
RICKMANSWORTH. gnished men are taken from a New York Paper of the
TO BR SOLD •BY AUCTION, 13th tilt. ' JEFFERSON.
By Mr. HOGGART, Jefferson was born on the 2d of April, 1715, in the
At the Mart, on Fairuse, August 25, at Twelve o'clock, county of Albemarle, at Shadwell, a country seat which
IN SEVEN. LOTS, now belongs to his grandson, within a short di-lance of
LOT 1. ONG LANE FARM, containing altogether
Monticello; and within half a mile of his Rivannah
'1"
.1.4 ONE HUNDRED and TWENTY NINE ACRES mills. He wa; of course in the 84.11 year of his age.
or Rich Arable, Pasture, and Meadow LAND, on the road from lie received the highest honours at the College of
Rickmansworth to Denham, with a Farm House, Barn, Stabling, William and Mary, and studied law un ler the cele-
and Out.buildings, let to Mr. Thomas Wild, at £l6l per annum. braced George Wythe, late Chancellor of Virg:nia. Be.
Lae 2. BURY LANDS, all FREEHOLD, at the back of the fore he attained his 'lsth year, he sea. a distinguished
town of Rickmansworth, consisting of ONIC HUNDRED and
FORTY-ONE ACRES, TWO ROODS, and T W ENTY.FOU ft Member of the Virgitria Legislature, and took an active
PERCHES, of Ilia Arable LAND, of superior quality, let to S. part in all the measures which they adopted in flows-
Salter, Esq. and Co. at £l9O per annum. siiion to the usurpations of Great Britain. In 1775, he
Lor 3. The HILL FARM, all Int F.F:HOLD, containing to.
getbrr TWO HUNDRED ACRES, TWO ROODS.of Rich Ar-
is
said to have been the author Of. the Protest against
ble, Pasture, and Orchard LAND, with a Farm House,l3arn,aud ill, prepositions of Lord North. :He was snbsequently
Out-beffslings let to Mr. Jobs Sedgwick, at £l3O per annum. transferred to the General C ingress, of Philadelphia,
Lot 4. CIA RLEY WOOD EOTTO %I, with THREE COT %%lel. he distinguished. hiniself •by the fi 1-finest-of his
TA G ES, Barn, Stabling, Orchard and Garden. containing EIGHT - • •
e ttsdatts and the energy of his compositions. Of these
ACRES, THREE ROODS, THIRTY-FIVE PERCHES, let
to Mr. Joseph Abbey. at 4'25 per annum. qualifications no other evidenciecould be requiletelbstn
Lot s. MOUNT Fircuerrs, with a COTTAGE, Barns, the imperishable decument which declared us "free;
Garden, and Land, containing TWELVE ACRES, TWO sovereign, and independent Staes:' '
ROODS, THIRTY-THREE PERCHES, let to Mr. Richard From 1777 to 1779 (for certain proninns of those
Taylor, at £2l per annum.
Lox 6. A FREEHOLD BRICK KILN, with about EIOH- years), he was occupied with•Wythe and Pendleton in
TEEN ACRESof LAND, Farm House, Barn, Garden, and Or. revising the laws of Virginia. In 1779. he succeeded
chard, let to Messrs. Abbey, at £4O per annum. Patrick Henry as Governor of the State.. In 1781, he
Los 7. A COPYHOLD FARM, at Norwood, •with a COT composed his Notes on Virginia ; than which no work
TAGIL, Barn, and Buildings, and TWENTY-NINE ACRES ot
LAND, let to Mr. Josh. Lawrence, at £5.5 per annul.... of equal dimensi ins has ever attaiiied to greater repu•
May be viewed and Particulars bad, Twenty-one [bye prior to cation. In the summer of 1732, he was in Congress at
the Sale, of John Line, Esq. Solicitor, Goldsmiths'-hill; of Mr. the momeet when the Virginia Legislature were framing
Taylor, Moor House Farm, who will direct pers•yas to show the a Sate Constitution. 'fne draught ot the instrument,
Lauds; at the Essex Arms, Watford; at the Mart; and of Mr.
Hoggart, 62, Old Bread-street, Royal Exchange, where Plans Ahich he transmitted on that occasion, was not received
may be seen. • till the day when tie Committee wete to report the re-
• suit of their labours. They were ‘o much pleased with f
VALUABLE FREEHOLD MEADOW LAND, AND the preamble, that they adopted it as a part of their
FARM, near the TOWN of RICK MANS WORTH, HERTS. Repart ; so that it is now well understood, our Bill of
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, &ports and the C'onstiteliOn were from the pen of
- By Mr. HOGGART, George Mason ; the preamble was Thomas Jefferson's.
At the Mart, slanders'', the 25th of August, at Twelve o'Clock, In 1784., he left the United States, being associated
IN FIVE LOTS. in a plenipotentiary commission with Frank'in and
Ler 1. A
VERY VALUABLE FREEHOLD Adams, aduressed to the several Powers of Europe, for
ESTATE,comprising NINETY-TWO ACRES, the potpose Of concluding Treaties of Commerce. In
and THREE ROODS of Rich WATER MEADOW, including Octoher,.l7B9, he ohta ned leave to return horn?, and
ELEVEN ACRES of WOODLAND, bounded on one side by „n's,- • ' •
:seal was tisede the first Secretary of State on.
the River Colne, and on the other side by the Grand Joidction 7. "" at -
Canal, in the occupation of Messrs. Hone, Mercer, Cafttil, and sw General Washington. His correspond. nce with the
Payne, at Rents amounting to One Hundred and lighty Pounds French end English Ministers is a Proud monument ot
per annum. his genius; he afternately rebuked the cold cunning of
lan 2. A FREEHOLD 'MEADOW of FOUR ACRES, r •
THREE ROODS, and TIIT lITY.S! X PERCHES, let to 31r. ...Ist* and therash A at-our ot Genet. His reports on
Davey, at £ll 10s. per Annum. naoney,and weights and measurer, on die fi.heries, and
Los. 5. MILL-END MEADOW, a FREEHOLD and on the restrictions of commerce, are ample attestations
COPYHOLD ESTATE, containing together FoRTY.THREE of the enlarged views of the philosopher and financier.
ACRES, let to Messrs. Hone and Wild, at £7O per annum.' In 1797, he was elected Vice President, and lour
fax 4. MILL-END FARM, containing together SIXTY- , .
EIGHT ACRES, TWO ROODS, with a valuable Fishery on years after President of the Unifed,States. for eight
the Colne, Farm Hnu.e, Barn, and Out-buildings, let to Air. years he ci,nducted the Government with a. strength of
Matthews, at Lai per annum. talent, a purity of purposes, a respect to Constitutional
Lot 5. A NURSERY GROUND, let to Mr. Greene:, at 'principles, which might serve as a model to his succes-
-412 per annudt
i .t. f Louisiana alone now calls down
May be vlcired, and printed particulars had, twenty-one lays 14rit His acqu-%.'-'qu.." —• • , ..
prior to the Sale, of John Lane, Esq. Solicitor. Goldsmiths' Hall; tile loudest praises from every °ire.
of Mr. Taylor, Moor House Tarns. who will direct persons to 'hew But what is deficient in the preceding narrative must
the Lands; at the Ease: Arms, Watford; at the Mart; and of be made up from a curious and authentic memoir now
Mr. Hoggart, No. 62, Old Broad-street, Royal Exchange; where •
Plans may be seta.
lying before us, in the hand writing of Mr. Jefferson.
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He was called on by a particular occasion to state some
VERY VALUABLE FREEHOLD AND COPYHOLD
ESTATES, NEAR RICK NIANSWORTH.
TU BE SOLD BY AUCTION,By Mr. HOGGART,
Loa. I. WOODWICK'S FARM, a very Valnahle of' the circumstances and services of his life—and from
this curious document, for which we are indebted ti the
kindness of a friend, we lay the following extract hp.
fore our readers. It furnishes some information, in elm
At the Mart, on FRIDAY. August 25, at Twelve o'clock,
touching style for %% Web the author was so remarkable,
IN TWO LOTS,
which, now that the great man has descended to his
tomb, it may not be improper to lay before the public :
FREEHOLD PROPERTY,containingTHREE " I came.of age in 1764, and was soon pet into :he
HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINE ACRES of rich Arable, domination of Justices ot the county in which I use,
Pastore, Wood, and Orchard Land. adjoiniec to Long Lane-Farm, and at the first election following I became one of its
with FIFTY-FOUR ACRES of LA ND'in hand ; and the adjoin.
ing Farm, called PULLING SPIT. containing SIXTY ticßess Representatives in tie Legislature. I was thence sent to
with excellent Farm House, a brick built Residence, Cottages, the Old Congress. Then employed two years with Mr.
Gardens, and Orchards. forming altogether a vary valuable Pro- 'Pendleton and Mr. Wythe, on the revis ii and reduction
pertyilet at Rents amounting to X5OO per annum. to a single code of the whole body of the British qa-
Lot 2. MAPLE CROSS FAR NIS, colltaining together ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE ACRES of excellent A. tutes, the Acts of our Assembly, and certain parts of
hie, Pasture. and Wood LAND, with two Fasni Houws, Baits, the common Jew. Then elected Governor. Neit to
Stabling, and Outbuilding., let to Mr..Plaistow at .8258 Fer ants. the Legislature, and to Congress again. Sent to Europe
May be viewed, and printed Particulars bad, twenty one days as Minister Plenipotentiary. Appointed Secretary of
prior to the Sale, of John Lane, Esq. Solicitor, Goldsmiths' Hall;
of Mr. Taylor, Moor House Farm, who will direct persons to State to the new Government. Elected Vice President
chew the Lands; at the Essex Arms, Watford; at the Mart; and and PteAdent ; and lastly, a visitor and rector of the
of mr.Hoseerr, 62, Old Broad-street, Royal Exchange, where a University. In these chfferent offices, with scarcely any
Plan may be MIL interval between them, I have been in the public set vice
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This day was published, in foolscap aro. price the time in foreign countries, or in other States.
THE WEFT of the WYE; a Poem, descriptive of "If legislative services are worth mentioning, and
the Scenery of that River. the stamp of liberality, and equality, which was neces-
By ARTHUR ST. JOHN, Esq. nary to be impressed on our laws, in the first crs s of;
London: Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-lane. our birth as a nation, was of any value, they will find
that many of the leading and important laws of that
day were prepared by myself, and carried chiefly by
Tbis day was published, in post iv*. price 10s. 6d.
' THE ODD VOLUME.— my efforts; suppotted, indeed, by ab:e and faithful
" Merry, or sad, shalt ber—Winter's Tale. coadjutors. The prohibition of the further importation
CORTAIHWO . of slaves was the fir .t of these measures in time. This
Emily Butler—The Mysterious Invalid—Legend of Number Nip was followed by the Abolition of entails, which broke up
—The Miller of Doune—The Black Knight—Mynheer Dodenius hereditary and high-h Inded aristocracy, .which by ac-
Donlittle—Uggero the Dane—The Hussar's Saddle—The Devil's cuniulating immense masses of property in single lines
Own—The Vow—The Lantern in the Castle Yard—The Out
of
Post—The Widow's Nuptials—Brame of what you Say before family, had divided our country into two distinct
Children. orders of nal,: and plebeians. But, turn er to corn.
Printed for D. Lizars, Edinburgh; T. Ogilvie, Glasgow; and plete the equality among our citizens, so essential to the
G. B. Whittaker, Loudon. maintenanceot republican government, it was necessary
- - to abolish the principle of primogeniture: I drew the
(OFFICIAL). law of descents, giving equal inheritance to sons and
TJE.STY'STREASIJRY, by Authority of PARLIAMENT, daughters, which made apart of the revised code.
"The attack on the establishment of a dominant
HE LORDS COMMISSIONERS of hit MA-
having peremptorily fixed, .-
religion was rust made by myself. It could be carried
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at first only by a suspension of salaries for one year, by
WEDNESDAY, the 18th of OCTOBER, hauling it again at the nest session or eno:her year,
For the positive conclusion of. all Lotteries, the Public are respect. and so, from year to year, until the public mind was
fully reminded this is the last of all opportunities that will ever
tioened for she bill for establishing religious freedom,
occur to gain THIRTT T U HOIPAND PONDS IN 0111 DAY, by the yen- •
lure of a mere trifle. And when the immense population of the which I had prepared for the revised code also. This
United Kingdom, added to all Foreigners (who have equal right to was at length established permanently, and by the efforts
gain a fortune by the Lottery as Englishmen), are considered—that chiefly of Mr. Madison; being myself in Europe at the
there are but a limited number of Tickets to meet the demand—
time that work was brought forward.
that in former Loueries, with but Two or at most THRICE Capitals •
of £20,000, the Price has risen to a Hundred Pounds a Ticket, " I think I might add, the establishment of our
whilst its' the present Last and Only Scheme that can ever be University. My residence in the vicinity threw of course
offered, there are the unprecedented number of SIX Prix.* of on me the chief burden of the enterprise, as well of the
£.10,000, all to be drawn in One Day. It is recommended to b- u
ildin4! as of the general organization and care of the
'every one to take, without delay, a farewell venture for one of the
whole. Die effect of this institution on the future fame,
Six Thirty Thousands before Lotteries end for ever.
Tickets and Shares are selling by Hasears and Co. Contractors, fortune, and prosperity of our country, can as yet be
Royal Exchaege Gate; 26, Corinne; and 524, Oxford-dttiet ; who seen but at a distahce. But 100 well educated youths,
Sold in One Lottery, Act. the Prizes of .030,000! and during a which it will turn out annually, will, ere long, fill
,bore period, Nom Prises of .00.000, IMMO, and iesompoi all its offices with. men of superrot qualifications, and,
antiin the Lottery drawn en the let dMarch last, Three Prizes
raise it froin its humble state to an eminence among its'
of £10,000! - . .