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New-York, April 13. We hear that col. Peter Schuyler who has been for some Weeks past greatly indisposed here, and in the greatest danger, is by the Physicians, thought to be vastly better.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Brig Friendship, Joshua Titcomb from Piscataway. Schooner William and Mary, Benjamin Underwood from Ditto .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 958, April 16, 1761.
PERTH AMBOY, APRIL 10
Tuesday last the General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, waited on his Excellency the Governor, and presented to him the following Address, viz.
To his Excellency THOMAS BOONE, Esq, Captain General, and Governor in Chief in and over his Majesty's Prov- ince of New Jersey, and Territories thereon depending in America, Chancellor and Vice-Admiral in the same, &c.
The Humble Address of the Representatives of the said Province, in General Assembly met.
May it please your Excellency,
WE the Representatives of New-Jersey, in General Assembly conven'd, with the rest of his Majesty's duti- ful Subjects nearly affected by the Decease of our late gracious Sovereign, beg Leave to mention it with the sincerest Condolance. His distant Subjects felt the In- fluence of his Virtues. We gratefully commemorate his mild and benevolent Reign: And animated by the Pros- pect of the same being continued in his Royal House, most heartily congratulate his present Majesty's Acces- sion to the Throne of his Ancestors, "Whose acknowl- edged Virtues," as your Excellency justly remarks
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"forbode us Happiness, and have been received with uni- "versal Exultation of Joy and Gratitude."
Though we differ in Opinion with your Excellency, that our "Taxes bear no Shadow of Proportion to the "augmented Prices of our Commodities." Yet as the Management and Success of the present War, afford the glorious Prospect of future Ease and Quiet, we do not repine; tho' our Debt is great, and we are exposed to extreme Difficulties respecting common Labour. Under these Considerations, we hope the additional Assistance we have now given to the common Cause, may yield full Satisfaction, and intitle us to the future Favour of his Majesty.
By Order of the House, SAMUEL NEVILL, Speaker.
To which his Excellency was pleased to return the fol- lowing Answer.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representa- tives,
I Return you many Thanks for your Address, and sin- cerely wish, that the Aid you have given, may be accepta- ble : To deserve his Majesty's Favour, Gentlemen, is the most certain means of procuring it.
THOMAS BOONE.
His Excellency was then pleased to give his Assent to the following Bills, enacting the same, vis.
An ACT for raising Six Hundred effective Volunteers, Officers included, for his Majesty's Service, and making Provision for the same, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.
An ACT for obviating Doubts respecting the Acts of Assembly passed last Session, and for confirming the Proceedings of the Courts of Justice in this Province, since the Demise of his late Majesty.
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An ACT for the Relief of Francis Goelet,1 and a Nat- uralization Act.
After which his Excellency made the following Speech to the Council and House of Assembly.
Gentlemen of the Council, Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the General- Assembly.
IT would have given me great Pleasure, to have re- ported to his Majesty's Ministers, that you had fully complied with the King's Requisition and Expectations: What you have done, as it approaches so very near to what was required of you, will, I hope be of Service. I have done every Thing in my Power upon this Occasion that my Duty to the Crown requires; my Regard for
1 The act recites: "Whereas Francis Goelct, of the City of Perth Amboy, hath, by his Petition, set forth, that he is under unhappy circumstances, and by misfortunes, rendered incapable of discharging his Creditors just Demands: that he is possessed of sundry Bonds, and other Effects, to a considerable Value, which he is ready and very desirous of assigning and delivering up into the Hands of Trustees justly and fairly, for the Use of his Creditors, or such of them as shall apply for that Purpose, praying the Aid of the Legislature therein." The act then provides that he is to advertise in the New York Gazette that he wants to compound with his creditors, vesting his estate for that purpose in certain trustees, namely, John Ogden, Andrew Smith, Samuel Kemble, William Bryant and James Neilson. For the benefit of his creditors beyond the sea, said trustees shall "use their utmost Endeavours to notify the foreign Cred- itors" of having Goelet's estate in their charge, and wait until May 1, 1762, before giving notice in the New York and Pennsylvania Gazette and Mercury when and where Goelet's property will be sold for the benefit of such creditors as have handed in their claims; after which time no creditor who has not done so shall be entitled to receive anything. The effects of Goelet are not to be taken out of this Province before sale, nor Goelet to be freed from arrest till surety be given. "Provided always, That in case it shall thereafter appear, that he the said Francis Goelet, on the Oath to be administered to him by the Trustees aforesaid, respect- ing his Estate delivered them, hath secreted any Part thereof, he shall not be intituled to any Relief by Virtue of this Act, and every Clause, Article and Thing therein contained, shall be void and of none Effect."
The Lords of Trade advised the King to disapprove this Act, on these grounds: 1. "As this Act is in the nature of a Bankruptcy Act, with re- spect to the Single Case of one particular person, it appears to Us to be of an Unusual and extraordinary nature," and therefore should have contained a clause suspending its operation until His Majesty's pleasure should be known. 2. The provision for giving notice to foreign creditors is "altogether nugatory and ineffectual." 3. The punishment for his concealing any part of his estate and effects is "much too light and trivial."-N. J. Archives, IX., 333-4. The Act was repealed January 14, 1762. Letters of administration were granted, Sept. 4, 1767, to Elizabeth Goelet, widow of Francis Goelet, late of the city of Perth Amboy, de- ceased. The inventory. signed by the widow, with Jona: Deare and John Griggs as appraisers, amounts to £137, 12s., 7d., all personal property, and mentions: 2 volumes of the "Universal Traveller," 15s .; 2 volumes of Coettogon's Arts and Sciences, 15s .; Sir Phil. Sidney's Arcadia, 5s .; Doc- trine of Morality, 7s .; Netleton on Virtue and Comforts, poems. 2s .; Collincby's Memoirs, 4 vols., 4s .; 3 volumes of Shakespeare, 4s .; 2 vol- umes Telemachus, 1 volume Seneca's Morals and Sermons, Geometrical History, 7s .- E. J. Wills, Liber I, f. 152.
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you now prompts me to set your Conduct in as favour- able a Light as I can, consistent with the real Truth; and you will not do me Justice, if you doubt my being at all Times solicitous for your Credit and Reputation. I shall now, Gentlemen, detain you no longer from your Do- mestick Concerns, but prorogue this Assembly to the 4th Day of May next, then to meet at Burlington. Perth-Amboy, THOMAS BOONE.
April 7, 1761.
New York, April 20. The Schooner Delight, Thomas Wallace, Master, from South-Carolina, for Philadelphia, run ashore the 8th Instant, in the Night, at Little Egg- Harbour; the Vessel and Cargo will be entirely lost, as the Men went on shore, and left her to drive to Pieces: The Captain could not be found, neither will the Men give any Account of him. The Register of the Vessel was in Capt. Wallace's Name, though the People say one Burns was then Master.
AT a commodious House, pleasantly situated, near the Banks of the River Raritan in Bound-Brook, Province of East New-Jersey, young Gentlemen are educated and boarded on reasonable Terms, by
WILLIAM HADDON,
Professor of ab, eb, &c.
New- York, April 20.
We have advice from Roxbury, in Morris County, East New-Jersey, that in the Night of the 25th of March last, Mr. Constant King,1 of that Place, Hatter had his
1 Constant King was among the early settlers of Morris county, from Southold, L. I. His wife was Phebe Horton. Their children were: 1. Joseph, b. Dec. 13, 1735; m. 1st, Prudence Howell, of Southampton; 2d, Rhoda Carter, of Chatham, 1768; d. May 19, 1794; 2. Frederick, b. Oct. 6, 1738. at Southold; m. Mary Ayres, of Morris Plains, Nov. 23, 1762; d. April 4, 1796; he was the first postmaster at Morristown; 3. Catharine, b. Feb. 15, 1740; m. William Walton, who was killed in the British attack on Charleston, S. C .; she d. Oct. 4, 1805; 4. John, b. March 10, 1742; 5. George, b. Sept. 15, 1745; m. Esther Dickerson, Oct. 2, 1774; d. July 3, 1780 .- Registers First Church, Morristown, 127. He was a Judge of the Morris county common pleas, Feb. 15, 1771, and a Justice of the Peace in 1776.
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Dwelling House and Hatters Shop, in which was a con- siderable Quantity of Fur, new Hats, &c. entirely re- duced to Ashes by Accident. The major part of the Fam- ily had but just time to escape, with only such cloaths as they slept in; the wearing Apparel, Furniture, &c. being entirely consumed. The whole is valued at upwards of 500 1.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop Abi- gail, Peter Groves from Salem. Sloop Speedwell, Fran- cis Rust from Piscataway .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 959, April 23, 1761.
The Legislature of New Jersey have passed an Act for raising Six Hundred effective Volunteers, Officers in- cluded, for his Majesty's Service.
Strayed or stolen from Isaac Andrews, living in Had- donfield, on the 20th of March last, a likely dark roan Mare, about 14 Hands high, has a Star in her Forehead, and paces a good Travel. Whoever takes up and secures said Mare, and gives Notice thereof to Thomas Goodwin, living in Salem Town, West Jersey, shall be reasonably rewarded by said
Thomas Goodwin.
Run away from his Creditors one Samuel Beesley, a middle sized Man, wore his own short Hair, and has lost his upper fore Teeth: Had on when he went away, a light coloured Coat, black Cotton Velvet Waistcoat, and Snuff coloured Cotton Velvet Breeches. He sings a good Song, and commonly chearful in Company. Whoever takes him up, and secures him in any Goal, in New Jersey or Pennsylvania, shall have Three Pounds Reward, upon Notice given to ROBERT COOMBES, or JOHN THOMSON, both of Perth Amboy.
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N. B. He was taken with two Writs on the First of this instant April, but begged Leave to go to Salem, on Pretence that his Brother would pay the Money; but as soon as he got to his Brother's house, he made an Ex- cuse to go up Stairs to write, and immediately went off. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1687, April 23, 1761.
New-York, April 27.
Thursday the 16th inst. was sent in here by the priva- teer brig Mars, capt. M'Gillycudy, the snow Le Fortune, capt. Christ, taken the 16th of March from the Grenadas, bound for Marsellies in old France. Her cargo consists of sugar and coffee, and is estemed a valuable prize.
When Capt. M'Gillycudy took the above-mentioned Snow, he was but 24 Days from Sandy-Hook; and as he had Intelligence of Six other Vessels to sail soon from the Granadas, under Convoy of a Letter of Marque Ship of 24 Guns, he was determined to wait for their coming out, and try his Fortune with them.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop Rob- inhood, Adonijah Pike from Piscataway. Schooner Rye, James Gillmore from Piscataway. Schooner Dolly, Isaac Rundel from Piscataway. Schooner Rollo, Benjamin Lurvey from Ditto.
Outwards. Schooner William & Mary, B. Underwood for Piscataway.
Cleared. Sloop Abigail, Peter Groves to Salem .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 960, April 30, 1761.
R UN-away on Sunday Morning the 26th of April last, from the Subscriber, (who lives at Maid- en Head, New-Jersey) when at New Utrecht, on Long Island about Business, an Appren- tice Lad named James Nelson, born in Trentown, New-
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Jersey, 19 years old, but small and short: Had on when he went away, a Bearskin Coat with white Mettal But- tons, a thickset snuff colour'd Jacket, Leather Breeches, a homespun Linnen Shirt, an old Castor Hat, a pair of grey Yarn Stockings and Pumps; and is a Shoemaker to Trade. Whoever takes up and secures the said Appren- tice Lad, and will return him to his Master, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, and all reasonable Charges paid, by
SAMUEL LARGE.
A few good DITCHERS.
W ANTED for the ensuing season, and will find good encouragement, by applying to COR- NELIUS LOW at Rariton Landing, or to LOT & Low in New-York, who have imported in the last vessels from europe, a fresh assortment of goods to be sold on the most reasonable terms at their store in Smith-street, amongst which are Women's white cot- ton stockings, men's white silk, white and brown thread ditto, silk breeches patterns, silk caps, women's white and black silk mits, black worsted ditto, Irish camblets, tammies, calimancoes, poplins, missinets, silverets, bom- bazeens, cambricks, linnens, silk handkerchiefs, pewter quart and pint and I-2 tea pots, basons, dishes, plates, checks, hollands, &c. Have also to sell, best refined and bloomery IRON .- The New York Mercury, May 4, 1761.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Outwards. Schooner Rye, James Gillmore for Piscataway .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 961, May 7, 1761.
PHILADELPHIA, May 7.
"The extraordinary Account of the Loss of the "Schooner Delight, John Byrne Master, at Egg Har-
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"bour, was false in every Circumstance, except the Loss "of both Vessel and Cargoe. The Person who brought "the Account first, was one of the Villains who plundered "that Vessel: In order to give some Colour of Justice "to their Proceedings, they alledged that she had been "run away with, and on this Pretence apprehended the "Captain for Piracy, and the Murder of Thomas Wallace "(the Owner) who they said was real Master, and had "been killed by the Mate, who, with the People's Con- "sent, assumed the Command. The Captain is now in "Philadelphia, with the Gentleman he was consigned to, "who desires this may be inserted, in Justice to him."
The Transports, from New York, left Sandy Hook, on Sunday last.
April 22, 1761.
WHEREAS sundry Notices and Advertisements have been given to all Persons indebted to the Estate of Rob- ert Hartshorne, Esq; late of the City of Burlington, de- ceased, upon Book, or for Bills of Cost and Attorney's Fees, to come in and settle and discharge the same, which Notices have, in a Manner, been disregarded; this is therefore once more to request all Persons that are in- debted to said Estate as above to discharge and settle their Accounts with me, on or before the first Day of July next ensuing the Date hereof, or otherwise they may depend upon their Accounts being put into a Lawyer's Hands, for the immediate Recovery thereof.
Hannah Hartshorne, Administratrix -The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1689, May 7, 1761.
New York, May II. Extract of a Letter from Free- hold. Monmouth County, East New-Jersey, May 1, 1761.
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Samuel Corrlas of Shrewsbury, is now in our Goal for killing his Wife with a Gun .- The New York Mercury, May II, 1761.
Notice is hereby given to Henry Streter, alias Baker (said to be living in Sussex County, New Jersey) who came into the Province from Germany in the Year 1744 with his Father Hans Baker, and Sister Maria Catherina Baker, that his said Sister lives in Market-street, Phila- delphia, is married to Jacob Stuckke, Stocking Weaver, and would be glad to see him there, as she has long made Enquiry after him, but cannot find him. Any Person informing Henry Streter where his Sister may be found, will greatly oblige
Maria Catherina Stuckke.
NOTICE is hereby given, That whereas the Subscriber hitherto hath rode as Post, from Philadelphia to the sev- eral Stages in New Jersey, and delivered the News Let- ters thereat, directed to sundry Persons, who have not subscribed any Sum towards the Expence thereof: These are therefore to give Notice to those who have not sub- scribed, that their Papers will be discontinued for the future, unless they subscribe in three Weeks from this Date: and those who have subscribed, are desired imme- diately to pay, at the several Stages, where their Sub- scriptions were taken, in order to enable him to continue another Year; who is heartily willing to serve all Gentle- men, who will come, subscribe and pay quarterly.
Joseph Redman. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1690, May 14, 1761.
NEW YORK. May II.
Since our last, the Snow two Sisters, Capt. Pollard, of and from Liverpool, arrived here in 16 Weeks. The
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25th of April, in Lat. 37.53. Lon. 69, he spoke with the Nancy, Capt. Hooker, from Saltertuda, of and from Pis- cataqua, who informed him that he and two other vessels, all belonging to Piscataway, had been taken by a Letter of Marque Ship bound from Cape Francois to Old France; but that they were all ransomed.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner Matthew, Richard Kenny from Piscataway.
Cleared. Schooner Rye, James Gillmore to Piscata- way.
TO BE LETT.
The Fulling-Mill, Dye-House and Utensils, with a good Shop and Dwelling-House at Trenton Mills; in- quire of Robert Lettis Hooper, living on the Premises.
Just PUBLISHED and to be SOLD by the PRINTER hereof, (Price Eight Pence.)
A SERMON DELIVERED AT NASSAU-HALL January 14, 1761 On the DEATH of HIS LATE MAJESTY KING GEORGE II. By SAMUEL DAVIES, A. M.
Late President of the College of New Jersey .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 962, May 14, 1761.
London, March 19. Josiah Hardy, Esq; brother to Sir Charles Hardy, Rear Admiral of the Blue, an eminent merchant of this city, is appointed Governor of New Jer- sey .- The New York Mercury, May 18, 1761.
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NEW-YORK, March 18. [May ?]. Extract of a Letter from London, dated March 15, 1761.
"There are within these 24 Hours great changes at Court; is is said many will kiss the King's Hand next Monday; the Chief are as follows, Lord Bute to be Sec- retary of State, in the Room of Lord Holderness; Lord Halifax to be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; and Lord Sands, to be first Lord of the Board of Trade; Lord Bar- rington, to be Chancellor of the Exchequer; Mr. Charles Townsend to be Secretary of War; several Peers to be promoted in their Titles, and many to be advanced in the Treasury and Navy. Gen. MONCKTON, to be Governor of New York, Mr. Hardy, (Brother to Sir Charles) Gover- nor of New-Jersey; Mr. Boone Governor of South Caro- lina, and some other Governments to be filled up, &c.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Schooner Mat- thew, Richard Kenny, to Piscataway.
Just PUBLISHED and to be SOLD by the printer hereof
[Price SIX PENCE. ] A VALEDICTORY ADDRESS TO The CANDIDATES for the Degree of BACHELOR OF ARTS, delivered in Nassau-Hall, September 21, 1760. The Sunday before the Commencement, by SAMUEL DAVIES, A. M. late President of the College deceased.
To be Sold by STOCKER and FULLER, and to be seen at Mr. Daniel Cooper's Ferry, West New-Jersey, opposite the City of Philadelphia, a Parcel of likely NEGROES .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 963, May 21, 1761.
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NEW-YORK, May 18.
Wednesday last his Majesty's Ship Greyhound, Cap- tain Francis, arrived at the Hook from South Carolina, from whence she was dispatched to General Amherst. 1
DESERTED from Lieutenant Jonathan Stout, of the New-Jersey Provincials, A certain William M'Guire, born in Pennsylvania, about 30 Years of Age, of a dark Complexion, five Feet five Inches high, bow legg'd. Whoever secures the said Deserter, and brings him to Colonel Hunt's, in Pennington, or to the said Lieuten- ant Stout's, near the Baptist Meeting, in Hopewell, shall have Five Pounds Reward, paid by me,
Jonathan Stout.
There is now in Burlington Goal a Negroe Man, taken up on Suspicion of being a Runaway, but will not tell his Name, nor that of his Master; he is about 25 Years of Age, and had on when committed, an old red Greatcoat, a blue Coat under it, and old Leather Breeches, all with Brass Buttons; and had with him a blue Coat with Hair Buttons on it; no Shirt nor Shoes, but a Pair of old Leg- gings; he has a Scar, like that of a Cut, over his Left-eye. His Master is desired to come and pay Charges, and take him away.
Ephraim Phillips,1 Goaler. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1691, May 21, 1761.
New York, May 25. On Sunday the 16th returned from the Hook, Capt. Richard Milihan, of the Sloop -, who on Thursday the 14th was under Sail out-
1 In a petition to the Legislature, dated April 20, 1771, Ephraim Phillips states that he has been Goal-keeper for thirteen years past, and asks for an increase in his daily allowance of sixpence per day for provisions furnished criminals, &c .- N. J. Hist. Soc. Proceedings, 2d Series, XIII., 74.
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ward bound from the Hook, when a sudden Storm arose from the East, which drove his Sloop and 7 or 8 Coast- ers ashore, some of which were wrecked. He had Hopes of getting his Vessel off without much Damage. He ob- served the Fowey Man of War, and two Vessels with her in the Time of the Gale, but thinks they were so far off the Shore that they received no Damage.
The Packet was got no farther than the Hook on Tuesday Evening, but no doubt sailed on Wednesday Morning, as the Wind was then fair.
T O be sold at publick Auction at Elizabeth- Town, a neat Collection of Law Books, be- longing to the Estate of Ebenezer Bryant,1 late of Elizabeth-Town, deceased: They are a Set of the best modern Authors, most of them new, gilt and lettered, together with a few Articles of Furni- ture, viz. Two Desks, one Paper Case, some Chairs, &c. The sale to begin the 17th of June next, at 2 o'Clock P. M. at the late Office of the deceased, in Elizabeth-Town. ALSO, to be sold at private sale, a commodious Farm at Raway, containing 205 Acres of Land, with a House, Barn and good Improvements, being well situated for Business on the Country Road. Enquire of William P. Smith, Executor to the said Estate at Elizabeth-Town. -- The New York Mercury, May 25, 1761.
NEW-YORK, May 25.
The Weather on this Coast has been for some Time remarkably thick and hazy, and on Monday, off Cape
1 Ebenezer Bryant was admitted to the New Jersey bar March 25, 1758; dying in 1761, he practiced but three years. He was a son of Captain William Bryant, of Perth Amboy, who died July 14, 1772, aged 88 years. who, says his tombstone in St. Peter's churchyard in that ancient city, "in 55 voyages in the merchant service between the ports of New York and London, approved himself a faithful and fortunate commander." The captain's daughter Mary married William Peartree Smith, a distinguished lawyer of New York, afterwards of Elizabeth. It would seem probable that young Bryant studied law with his brother- in-law, who was executor of his estate.
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May, in about 12 Fathom Water, Captain Hoyt [Sloop Dolphin from New Providence] saw a Top Mast with some Rigging on it, and sundry broken Pieces of Trunks &c, and he took up a Cask of Currants, which had not been long in the Water, being not much damaged, mark'd S. G. on the Head; he saw no Vessels on the Coast.
Philadelphia, May 28.
On Saturday last the public Commencement was held in the College of this City, before a vast Concourse of People of all Ranks. Besides the usual Exercises (which gave great Satisfaction to the Audience) there was per- formed in the Forenoon, an elegant Anthem, composed by James Lyons, A. M. of New-Jersey College; and, in the Afternoon, an Ode, sacred to the Memory of our late gracious Sovereign George II written and set to Music, in a very grand and masterly Taste, by FRANCIS HOPKIN- SON, 1Esq; A. M. of the College of this City. A Sett of Ladies and Gentlemen, in order to do Honour to the Entertainment of the Day, were kindly pleased to per- form a Part both of the Anthem and Ode, accompanied by the Organ, which made the Music a very compleat and agreeable Entertainment to all present.
Philadelphia, April 23, 1761.
Public Notice is hereby given, that the Sale, by way of Auction or public Vendue, as ordered by Act of Par- liament of the Estate of the Pennsylvania Land Company in London, will begin on the 23d Day of October next; at which Time and Place, at Eight o'Clock in the Morning, will be exposed to Sale, to the highest Bidders, The following Tracts of Land, in the Province of West New-Jersey, viz. 2
1 For a sketch of Francis Hopkinson, see N. J. Archives, X., 426-8, note. 2 As on page 553, ante.
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N. B. The Advertisement of April 9, of the Sale of the London Company's Estate being inserted only in the Supplement to the Pennsylvania Gazette, it was afterwards apprehended that it might admit of a Dispute, whether the Supplement would fully answer the Purpose, as the Act required it should be inserted in the Gazette aforesaid; therefore to remove all Objections, it was thought best to have it inserted anew in the Gazette it- self, which, of Course, makes an Alteration in the Days of Sale; and it was also since thought proper to endeav- our to finish the Sales of the whole Interest this Fall, which, the Public may perceive by the above Advertise- ment, is intended to be done in November next.
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