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N. B. The Mills are not to be lett until the first Day of April next .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1511, December 8, 1757.
Capt. Bolitho, left Cork the 23d of October under Convoy of the Norwich of 50 Guns, having with her, 16 sail of Transports with about 2000 Troops bound to New-York. And 1000 more were to follow soon.
By the New-York Post we have Advice, that the above Troops were arrived at Sandy-Hook.
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Stray'd or stolen from Samuel Harker1 at black river in Morris county New-Jersey, a natural pacing bay mare 14 hand high, 3 years old, branded I H on the near shoulder, a star in her forehead with a streap down about 6 or 7 inches, one white foot behind. Whosoever shall secure the said mare so that the owner may have her shall have Twenty shilling reward and reasonable charges paid by me,
Samuel Harker.
-The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 783, December 8, 1757.
Boston, December 1. The Corps of his Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq; late Governor of New-Jersey, was bro't hither last Week from New-York, and depos- ited in a new Tomb built for that Purpose at Cambridge; agreeable to the Desire of his Excellency before his Death.
1 Samuel Harker was brought up to manual labor, and grew to be a man of remarkable size, vigor and strength. He is said to have grad- uated from the College of New Jersey, but this is probably an error. He may have matriculated there, however. On Dec. 6, 1749, he was taken under the charge of New Brunswick Presbytery, to pursue his studies for the ministry. He was licensed Nov. 6, 1751, and on Oct. 31. 1752, was ordained and installed pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Roxbury, on Black River, Morris County. He was aggressive in his
beliefs. On one occasion he challenged the Rev. Abel Morgan, a Bap- tist preacher, to a public debate on the subject of infant baptism, and they enjoyed two days of discussion at Kingwood, Hunterdon County. A neighbor near Roxbury having offered $20 reward to any one who could produce a scripture text sustaining the doctrine of infant bap- tism, Mr. Harker rode over, produced a text to his own satisfaction, and when the other was not satisfied sued him for the $20. He finally got into trouble with his own denomination about some abstruse ques- tions of doctrine, and as he persisted in his views with great perti- nacity, even publishing a statement of them without the assent of the Synod, after a controversy extending from 1757 the Synod of New York and Philadelphia, on May 27, 1763, voted, though apparently with great reluctance and by no means with unanimity, do declare him "disquali- fied for preaching or exercising his ministry in any congregation or vacancy" under their care. In 1757 he went as Captain of a company on the expedition against Canada. He was lost at sea, by the founder- ing of a vessel in which he was sailing to England with his son, who was on his way thither to receive Episcopal ordination. Traditions of his vigorous personality are still preserved in the Black River region .- Ilist. of the Presbyterian Church in America, by Richard Webster, Philadelphia, 1857, 622; Ilist. Morris County, 213; Records of the Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, 1841 329: Materials for a Hist. of the Baptists in New Jersey, Philadelphia, 1792, 17; N. J. Archives, IX., 184.
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JUST PUBLISHED,
And to be sold at the Printing-Office at the Bible and Crown, in Hanover-Square,
ON
THE REVEREND Mr. AARON BURR
Late PRESIDENT of the COLLEGE of NEW-JERSEY
By WILLIAM LIVINGSTON. 1
Of Comfort no Man speak !
Let's talk of Graves, and Worms, and Epitaphs;
Make Dust our Paper, and, with rainy Eyes, Write Sorrow in the Bosom of the Earth.
SHAKESP.
-The New York Mercury, December 12, 1757.
Philadelphia, December 9, 1757.
Run away last Monday, from the Subscriber, living at Cranberry, in the County of Middlesex, in New Jer- sey, a Spanish Negroe Man, named John Juster, about 5 feet 7 or 8 Inches high, a well built Fellow, of a yellow Complexion; had on when he went away, an old Felt Hat, and Worsted Cap, an old brown Coat and blue Jacket, old blue Plush Breeches, Yarn and Worsted Stockings and old Shoes. Whoever takes up and se- cures said Negroe, so that his Master may- have him again, shall have Thirty Shillings Reward, and reason- able Charges, paid by
John Reid, junior.
1 Afterwards Governor of New Jersey, 1776-1790. Livingston's bio- grapher says of this pamphlet (which was republished at Boston in 1753): "As a proof of the high merits of Mr. Burr, it may still be con- sidered valuable, but as a literary production it is not in any wise re- markable, and deserves no particular notice."-Sedgwick's Livingston. 114.
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N. B. He served Four Years at Lawrence's Farm, in said County, and has his old Indentures with him, which may be made use of for a Pass. All Masters of Vessels are forbid to carry him off at their Peril .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1512, December 15, 1757.
New- York, December 19. Wednesday the 7th Inst. in the Night, a Sloop from Maryland, bound to this Port, was cast away, on Morbaway1-Beach, on the South Side of Long-Island, near the Place where Captain Ben- nit was lost about two years ago.
[It is surprizing that a Light House has not been built long before this Day at Sandy Hook.] 2
One Day last Week, John Anderson a Cooper, fell out of a Canoe, in Hackinsack River, and was drown'd: A few Hours after, he was found in a Place where there was hardly three Feet Water .- The New York Mercury, December 19, 1757.
NEW-YORK, December 26.
Thursday last a Number of Rangers, raised in New- Jersey, passed this City on their Way to the North- ward .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 786, December 29, 1757.
BOSTON, December 5. Yesterday Capt. Cushing ar- rived here from Philadelphia, by whom we hear, that Capt. Woodbury in a Schooner bound hither from that
1 Query: Rockaway.
2 Steps were taken by the New York Legislature in 1761 for the erec- tion of a lighthouse at Sandy Hook, See Proceedings N. J. Hist. Soc., XXIII., 72.
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Place, laden with Flour, &c, parted her Cables in a Gale of Wind and was drove ashore on Cape-May last Sat- urday was Sen'night; the Mens Lives all saved, the Ves- sel bilg'd, but 'tis thought Part of her Cargo will be saved .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1514, December 29, 1757.
Arrived at St. Christophers, . Rich- ardson from Perth-Amboy .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1514, December 29, 1757.
S CHEME of a LOTTERY erected, and to be drawn on Biles's Island, intended to convert into Money, an improved Tract of Land of PETER GORDON'S, Esq; in the County of Middlesex, situate amidst a well-settled and thick- inhabited Part; yet has a good Out-let, and not far off a large Range for Cattle, which will always remain. The whole Tract contains 497 Acres, and by a late Survey and Draught thereof, is divided into three Lots. No. I, is a neat Farm, containing 140 Acres, and has on it a good Dwelling-House, Barn, Orchard, Garden, with all other Things convenient and necessary. No. 2, con- tains 217 Acres; and No. 3, 140 Acres. Said Lots have a suitable Quantity of Timber and Meadow Land ad- joining, and belonging to each of them. The two Lat- ter, as well as the first, are or may be made good Liv- ings, valued at the lowest Computation, and capable of much Improvement. Said Lottery to consist of 2520 Tickets, at 30s. Proclamation each, 560 of which are to be Prizes, out of which there is to be no Deduction, as £. 180 is to be taken off from the whole Lottery, for managing thereof, before the Drawing commences, be- ing not quite 10 per Cent.
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Land Prizes, No. I, I of £750, is
£750
2, I of 500, is 500
3, I of 250, is 250
Cash Prizes,
2 of 24
are
48
3 of
I8
are
54
5 of
12,
are 60
6 of 9, are
54
174 of
4:10 are 783
367 of 3, are
IIOI
560 Prizes £3600
1960 Blanks, 2520 Tickets, at 30S. each, 3780
Deducted for Managing, 180
£3600
Said Lottery to be drawn the 26th of September next, if full, or before if filled, of which public Notice shall be given.
Tickets to be had of Robert Cummins, William Ouke, and Henry Moore, Esquires, who are appointed Man- agers; where may be seen exact Draughts of said Lots, as they are lately laid out, and above described, accord- ing to which good and sufficient Deeds will be drawn, with general Covenants to warrant and defend the same; besides, that any Persons who desire it, may be satisfied that the Title to the Premises is in itself clear and indisputable.
Prizes to be paid by the Managers at their respective Dwellings, if demanded within Six Months next after the Drawing is finished.
Tickets for the above Lottery are to be sold by Jos- eph Furman, and Samuel Rogers, in New-York.1
1 Advertised on January 9 to be drawn February 26. A new lottery for disposing of the same property is advertised under date of Decem- ber 21, 1758, post.
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SCHEME of BILSES'S-ISLAND LOTTERY,
Consisting of 2500 TICKETS, at eight Shillings each, of which 700 are to be Fortunate, viz.
Prizes
Value of each
Total Sum.
3
of
£50
are
£150
I
of
24
is
24
I
of
23
is
23
I
of
22
is
22
-
I
of
2I
is
2I
I
of
20
is
20
7
of
IO
are
70
IO
of
5
are
50
I2
of
3
are
36
24
of
2
are
48
54
of
I
are
54
585
of
I6s.
are
468
Prizes
700
First drawn 8£
Blanks 1800
Last drawn 6
2500 Tickets at 8 Shillings New-York Money, is 1000 £. 8 Per Cent. being deducted from the Prizes.
T HE three highest Prizes, each of them a Lot of Land, lying in the City of Perth-Amboy, joining to Market-Street near the Court- House; which would be very Convenient for a Merchant or Tradesman.
The five next highest Prizes, are likewise 5 Lots of Land, lying in the County of Monmouth, in the Town of Shrewsbury, on Little Silver-Neck: All of them join- ing to each other, and joining to the South-River; where there is a very convenient Place for Landing.
The Drawing of this LOTTERY, to begin on the first Day of March next, and to be drawn at Bilses-Island,
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under the Inspection of Joseph Throckmorton, Esq; and Mr. Josiah Halstead.
Mr. John Williams and Mr. David Knott, who are appointed Managers of the said Lottery, and are to be under Oath for the faithful Management of the same; where, a good Title may be seen for the aforesaid Lots of Land. Public Notice will be given before the Draw- ing, when the Numbers and Prizes are to be put into the Wheels, that such Adventurers as think fit, may be present. The fortunate Numbers will be published in the NEW-YORK MERCURY, and the Benefit thereof, paid by the Managers, immediately after the Drawing is finished .- The New York Mercury, January 2, 1758.
Trenton, (in New Jersey) 21st Dec.
This Day in obedience to his Majesty's Command, Letters Patent passed the Seal of this Province, consti- tuting and appointing, WILLIAM AYNSLEY, Esq ; Chief Justice, in the Room of Robert Hunter Morris, Esq; and we hear that Mr. AYNSLEY intends to reside in New Brunswick.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner Fyall, Wm. Langden from Salem.
Ran away the 2d Instant (January) from Joseph Burr of Burlington County, a Molatto Servant Man named Jack, about 30 Years of age, goes stooping in his Shoul- ders and is a well made fellow. Had on when he went away a new felt Hat, grey Coat with Pewter Buttons, and strong Shoes, and had sundry other cloaths with him. He has a soar on the right Side of his under Lip. Whoever takes up and secures said Servant so that his
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Master may have him again, shall have THREE Pounds Reward, and reasonable Charges paid by
JOSEPH BURR. 1
-The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 787, January 5, 1758.
Arrived at Antigua, Captain Foster from Salem. At St. Christophers, Lyell from Perth Amboy.
All persons indebted to the estate of Elias Cotting, 2 Esq; late of Cohansie Bridge, in Cumberland County, deceased, by Bond, Bill, Book Debt, Note of Hand, or otherwise are hereby desired to make speedy Payment to the Subscribers: And those that have any Bonds or Bills against said Estate, are desired to bring them in now directly, or by the first Day of May next at far- thest, in order that they may be paid by the Subscrib- ers, as far as the said Estate will go; and if none are brought in within the said limited Time, it will be taken for granted that there are none to be brought in against said Estate, and then the Subscribers will proceed to dispose of the said Estate according to the last Will and Testament of said Elias Cotting, Esq; deceased, as far as it will go.
ELIZABETH COTTING, Executrix and Benjamin Mul- ford, Executor.
1 About 1760 Joseph Burr, jun., of Northampton, Burlington . County, erected a saw-mill and dam on the south branch of Ancocas creek, called Eyre's Mill creek. He petitioned the Legislature, May 31, 1765, not to permit his rights to said mill and dam to be interfered with.
2 He was Surrogate from 1748 until his death, in 1757.
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Trenton, December 18, 1757.
Run away last Night from Robert Rutherford,1 of Trenton, in the County of Hunterdon, and Province of New Jersey, an Irish Servant Woman, named Barbarys Ager, of a middle Size, takes a great Deal of Snuff, and speaks pretty good English: Had on when she went away, a red and brown Manchester Cotton Gown, a Pair of half worn green Cloth Shoes, with Buckles in them, a half worn black quilted Petticoat, and a striped Linsey under Petticoat. Whoever takes up said Ser- vant Woman, and secures her, so that her Master may have her again, shall receive Forty Shillings Reward. and reasonable Charges, paid by me.
ROBERT RUTHERFORD. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1515, January 5, 1758.
1 Robert Rutherford was of a family living in the North of Ireland. Having quarreled with an elder brother, the father took the latter's part, and chastised Robert, who thereupon ran away from home, and shortly after enlisted in Ligonier s troop of Black Horse, a famous regiment in the British regular army. Subsequently he went to Eng- land, but he soon left that country and came to America, settling at Trenton, where he opened a tavern, at the northwest corner of Broad and Front sueets, which he called "The Ligonier or Black Horse," after his old regiment. He is first mentioned as of Trenton in March, 1756. (See p. 15, ante.) Having married, he became the father of four daughters-Margaret, Sarah, Nancy and Frances Mary-who were all grown up in 1770, or thereabout. In or about that year there one day drove up to the tavern, in a coach and four, Colonel Fortescue, an English officer. He dined at the tavern, and after dinner had a con- versation in private with the youngest of the girls, Frances Mary. Less than two hours later she, notwithstanding her sisters' entreaties, quit the house in company with Colonel Fortescue. They went to Paris to- gether, where they lived several years, when he died, leaving her, it was supposed, a considerable sum of money. On his death she left Paris and went to England, where she married a well-to-do gentleman, named Shard. In 1799 she conceived a great desire to ascertain what had become of her father's family, and through her confidential solic- itor inquiries were made of the Rev. James F. Armstrong, a Presby- terian clergyman at Trenton. He advertised in the New Jersey State Gazette, of Trenton, July 9, 1799, asking for information as to what had become of Robert Rutherford and his three eldest daughters, named above, "who were, previous to the American Revolution, living at or in the neighborhood of Trenton, whether they are yet living . . . This information is most earnestly entreated by a gentleman of re- spectability and fortune in England." The inquiries were fruitless. The family had removed from Trenton soon after the disgrace brought upon them by the youngest daughter, and were supposed to have died. It is understood, however, that some of them returned to Trenton early in the present century, and asserted certain rights in the old tavern property. Mr. Shard died in 1806, and in 1819 his widow died, childless and intestate. Her property went to the Crown. In 1846 it was claimed by a distant relative of Mrs. Shard, and in 1856 the matter was still pending in the English Court of Chancery.
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Mr. GAINE,
T HE following Lines were wrote by a young Lady1 of the Province of New-Jersey, during the few Minutes Col. SCHUYLER staid at PRINCE-TOWN, the last Week, in his Way to Trenton, and presented him in the most agreeable Manner. As they discover so fruitful and uncommon a Genius in their fair Author, I doubt not that their Com- munication to the Public, thro' the Channel of your Paper, will be acceptable to all, but more especially to your female Readers.
To the Honourable Col. PETER SCHUYLER.
D EAR to each Muse, and to thy Country dear, Welcome once more to breathe thy native Air: Not half so cheering is the solar Ray, To the harsh Rigour of a Winter's Day ; Nor half so grateful fanning Breezes rise, When the hot Dog Star burns the Summer Skies ; CESARÆS Shore with Acclamation rings, And, Welcome SCHUYLER, every Shepherd sings. See for thy Brows, the Laurel is prepar'd, And justly deem'd, a PATRIOT, thy Reward; Ev'n future Ages shall enroll thy Name, In sacred Annals of immortal Fame.
-The New York Mercury, January 9, 1758.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Schooner Fyall, William Langdell to Salem. - The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 788, January 12, 1758.
1 Doubtless Annis Boudinot, b. July 1, 1736; married Richard Stock- ton. She had a fluent and graceful pen, and was a favorite daughter of the Muses. Much of her verse found its way into print, and was widely copied.
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LIST of LETTERS remaining in the Post-Office, in Phil- adelphia.
Jeremiah Baker, Salem.
George Bass, West Jersey.
Daniel Cooper, Gloucester Co.
Benjamin Davis, W. Jersey. Abner Doutey, Gloucest. Co. Thomas Donnell, Cumb. Co. Flavell Ewing, W. Jersey.
Wm. Hamilton, Baskin-ridge.
Thomas Jones, Salem.
Myer Levy, Salem.
David Logan, East-Jersey.
Samuel Mifflin, Jerseys.
Hugh M'Cann, West Jersey. Pab. Nixon, E. New-Jersey. John Porter, W. New Jersey.
Margery Rogers, New Jersey.
Archibald Silver, Salem Co.
John Sparks, do
Abralı. Schettwell, W. Jer. John Shepherd, Shrewsbury. Henry Silcock, E. Jersey. Mary Siding, New-Jersey. Hugh Torance, Cumb. Co. John Wright, East Jersey.
New Jersey, Gloucester County, January 7, 1758.
WHEREAS Elizabeth Chew the Wife of John Chew, of the Cole Landing, in the Township and County of Glou- cester, in the Province of New Jersey, hath eloped from her said Husband, and run him considerably in Debt, and also taken from him the Deeds of his Lands, as also sundry Bonds, Bills, Notes and Books of Account ; These are therefore to forewarn all Persons from taking any Assign- ment from her, the said Elizabeth Chewy, of any of the said Deeds, Bonds, Bills, Notes or Books of Account, or to pay any of the Monies due or to become due thereon ; if they do, they may depend on being proceeded against for the same as the Law directs. And also all Persons are hereby forewarned, not to trust her, the said Elizabeth Chew, on his Account, for he will pay no Debts of her contracting after the Date hereof.
JOHN CHEW.
FIVE POUNDS, Reward.
Last Night broke out of Cumberland County Goal,
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in West Jersey, one John Kelly, near 5 Feet 10 inches high, spair built, of a fair Complexion, and about 20 Years of Age: Had, on when he went away, an old light coloured Coat, dark Fustian Breeches, wears a Cap or Wig, and it is supposed will change his Clothes; he was born in the aforesaid County, and it is supposed he will go towards Carolina. Whoever takes up said Kelly, and secures him in any Goal, so that the Subscriber may have him again, shall have the above Reward; paid by Maskell Ewing,1 Sheriff.
Dec. 29, 1757.
1 The Ewing family of New Jersey is descended from Finlay Ewing, a Scotch Presbyterian, who left Scotland, with his wife Jane, during the religious oppressions, and settled in Londonderry, Ireland. For his bravery at the battle of Boyne Water, in 1690, he was presented with a sword by King William III. His son, Thomas Ewing, born in Londonderry, came to America, in 1718, on account of the troubles in Ireland, and settled at Greenwich, now in Cumberland County, N. J. He there married, in 1720, a granddaughter of Thomas Maskell, of England, who had married Bythia Parsons, in Connecticut, in 1658. (Thomas Maskell, 2d, their son, was one of the grantees, in April, 1717, of the site for the Presbyterian Church at Greenwich.) Thomas Ew- ing's oldest child was Maskell Ewing, born in 1721; he married Mary Paget, of English descent, in 1743. She proved herself a thorough housekeeper, and a helpmeet in every sense of the word. Maskell at- tained to much prominence in his neighborhood, being appointed to various local offices, and in 1757 was appointed Sheriff of Cumberland County, from which he retired in 1760. He was commissioned, March 22, 1762, one of the Surrogates for West Jersey, holding that office until 1776. He is said to have been County Clerk also, and Judge of the Com- mon Pleas. He died in 1796. He had ten children, among them
1. Maskell, 2d, born January 30, 1758. He was elected Clerk of the Assembly before he was twenty-one, and removed to Trenton for the greater convenience of attending to the duties of the office, which he retained for twenty years. He was Recorder of Trenton for some time. In 1803 he removed to Philadelphia, and in 1805 to Delaware County, Penn., representing the latter county in the State Senate of Pennsylvania for six years. He died August 26, 1825.
2. James, the youngest son, married Martha Boyd, whose father came from the North of Ireland in 1772 and settled in Bridgeton, where he died the year after. James Ewing was a member of the famous "Tea Party" which, on the night of Thursday, December 22, 1774, de- stroyed a quantity of tea which had been landed at Greenwich, con- trary to the Articles of Association of the Continental Congress. He was elected to the Assembly from Cumberland County 'in 1778, and liked the atmosphere of Trenton so well that he took up his residence there the next year, 1779. He was the author of an ingenious "Colum- bian Alphabet," an attempt at a reformed system of spelling, which he explained in a pamphlet published at Trenton in 1798. He was Mayor of Trenton, 1797-1803. He died October 23, 1823. His only son, Charles Ewing, born in 1780, was Chief Justice of New Jersey, 1824-1832, dying in office .- Hall's Hist. Pres. Church of Trenton, 363; Genealogy of Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing, by Rev. Eli F. Cooley, Trenton, 1883, 64; Elmer's Cumberland County; Elmer's Reminiscences, 326; N. J. Archives, IX., 359; X., 532.
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To be SOLD, or LETT,
A New two Story House, 30 Feet by 25, four Rooms on a Floor, compleatly finished, with a Cellar under the whole, has four Fire-places, with a good Kitchen, and Stable that will hold 16 Horses, and three Loads of Hay over Head, and a Quarter of an Acre of Land, situated in Kingsbury by Trenton near the Mill, suitable for a Merchant or Tavern. Any Person inclining to purchase or rent the same, may know the Terms, by applying to the Subscriber, living near Allan-town, in Monmouth County.
Elisha Lawrence - The Pennsylvania Gasette, No. 1516, January 12, 1758.
To be LETT, for a Term of Years.
FOUR Farms in New Jersey, with the Negroes and Stock; two of the Farms lying in Middlesex County, one in Sussex, and the other in Morris. For Terms, enquire of John Lawrence, in Philadelphia. Any Person that has a Negro Wench to sell that is a good Cook, and can be recommended for her Honesty, may have a good Price for her .- The Pennsylvania Gasette, No. 1517, January 19, 1758.
Notice is hereby Given to the Proprietors and Inhab- itants of East and West New-Jersey, that the commis- sioners appointed by law, to enquire into the claims the Indians of New-Jersey may have on any of the lands within the same; have appointed a meeting with the said Indians at Croswicks, on monday the 20th of Feb- ruary next.1 All persons who have any Indian deeds respecting the lands in said colony, are requested to get the same proved and recorded, or to transmit them to
1 See N. J. Archives, IX., 356, note.
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clerks of the council of proprietors at Amboy or Bur- lington that they may be made use of by the commis- sioners at the conference.
By order of the Commissioners. Jan. 20th, 1758 Charles Read. -The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 750, January 26, 1758.
Philadelphia, January 19. We have Advice of a Sloop being seen about six Miles to the Northward of Cape- May, having lost her Boltsprit and Rudder, supposed to be Captain Pine, of this Place, bound in here from St. Martins.
TO BE SOLD
T PUBLIC VENDUE, on Wednesday next, being the Ist of February; the Tackle and Apparel, of the Prize Ship Favorite (lately Cast-away at Barnagat) now lying in Capt. Schermerhorne's Store on Canon's Wharff, where there will be exposed to sale as aforesaid, Anchors, Cables, Sails, standing and running Rigging, Blocks, Pump Geer, Compasses, Ten four Pounders, Musquets, Pis- tols, Cuttlasses, Powder, Cod-Fish, &c. &c. As also the Hull, Masts, Yards, &c. of said Ship, as they now are lying at Barnagat.
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