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New Jersey, July II.
WHEREAS, the Legislature of this province, at their meeting in June last, did allow one month and twenty days pay to the officers and soldiers of the New-Jersey regiment, commanded by Coll. M'Donald, in the year 1764, for being detained on duty longer, than provided for by law; and have appointed me, the subscriber, for paying the same. These are therefore to give notice that I purpose to attend at Elizabeth Town the Ist, at Bound Brook the 3d, and at Trenton the 6th day of August next, for the purpose aforesaid.
HENDRICK FISHER.
N. B. I am not warranted to pay any orders unless properly attested before a magistrate.
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We hear from Northampton, Burlington-county, New- Jersey, that, in the night of the 18th inst. between II and 12 o'clock, three men armed with guns, with their faces painted, entered the house of Joseph Burr, and by threats forced from his wife the keys of the drawers, &c. from whence they took money, plate, and sundry other things, with which they made off on three horses which they had stole. The country being alarmed they were pursued and overtaken on Sunday the 20th, in the woods, about ten miles from Crosswicks, where two of them had fell asleep, being overcome by the liquor they had drank the night before; the other, whom in a quarrel that morning they had beat in a shocking manner, was sitting near them. They were all secured before they had time to make any resistance, and in the evening were safely lodged in Bur- lington goal. The horses and all the other things, except some of the money, was recovered. They confessed the facts, and say they belonged to a large gang, many of whom were in Philadelphia and New-York.
As Iron Works where the ore is good and the carriage easy, with sufficient wood and water, are esteemed as valuable and permanent estates as any in America.
CHARLES READ,1 of Burlington, gives notice to the public, that he is possessed of several tracts of land, having in them streams of water, as constant and as governable as can be wished, and the following conveniences;
A PLACE for a furnace, remarkable and advantageous in situation, the stream sufficient in the driest time. Two stone hills at two miles distance from the place for erect- ing the furnace. Ore sufficient, to be drawn at three miles and an half, and flux if wanted easy to be come at: The portage to his landing on the side of the south west branch
1 For sketches of Charles Read, see N. J. Archives, IX., 151; X., 426. A much fuller sketch is given in "Members of the New Jersey As- sembly, 1754," by William Nelson, Paterson, 1895, pp. 14-16.
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of Ancocas five miles and an half: And to this work he will allot the Coal Wood of eight thousand acres of land, and if that is not esteemed sufficient he will add more. A place for a forge on a plentiful and steady stream thought sufficient to carry four bellows and two hammer wheels not three miles from the furnace, which will have great command of wood, and not interfere with the furnace tract, the portage from the forge nearly the same as from the furnace; this work will be within twenty miles of Cooper's ferry, opposite Philadelphia, a boat comes up within 2 & 1-2 miles of the furnace and forge, and carries equal to eleven tons of iron down the stream, and has done it in June, 1765, although the season is dry and the boat not well constructed for the purpose; an offer has been made to clear out the creek, so that she may perform it at all times, for Fifty pounds. Another place for a forge or bloomery with four fires and two hammers: The stream esteemed sufficient all the year, and in winter it has water to spare : The cartage of the ore one mile or thereabouts : To this work will be allotted the Coal Wood of four thou- sand acres, and more may be had: The cartage of the iron eleven miles to a cheap water carriage to New-York or Philadelphia. Another constant stream capable to drive four bellows and two hammer wheels, where also a furnace may be erected, the ore very handy and a scow of ten tons may come to the works and carry the produce two miles to vessels frequently going to New-York, New- England, and Philadelphia : To this work will be allotted the Coal Wood of eight thousand acres; it is thought the ore may be raised for one shilling a ton, and that a team of six oxen will draw two tons, as the roads are good and country level. There is at all these places plenty of food for the cattle from the middle of May to the middle of October. Each stream will raise a considerable head of. water, so as to enable them to turn off a great deal of
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work, nor are any of them very hasty and ungovernable. The ore has been viewed by two judicious iron masters, who have followed the business many years with reputa- tion and success, and their opinions of it may be seen by a letter in the hands of Mr. Bradford, who has also cer- tificates of the quality of the iron from competent judges. The iron may be seen at Capt. Burnet Richards's in Phil- adelphia, who was also present at the trial made of it.
As Mr. Read's situation renders it inconvenient to him to take upon himself the expence or care of works so ex- tensive, he notifies to the public that it will be agreeable to him to let the conveniences to any gentleman of credit reserving a share of the produce, or to enter into a part- nership with any persons of good dispositions, fortune and integrity. He may be treated with on the subject at Philadelphia, or at his own house at Burlington. Thomas Asheton at said Read's mill on Ancocas, or Emanuel Straton at Pricket's mill, will shew the ore and situation, to any person who inclines to view them. The goodness of the Iron, the visible quantity of the ore, the extraordi- nary situation, joined to the very easy land and water car- riage, and its vicinity to Philadelphia, and easy carriage from the two last mentioned works to New-York, give works erected here a preference to any on the continent.
RUN-AWAY, on the 21st instant, from the subscriber, living in the town and county of Gloucester, and province of West New-Jersey; A servant man named Daniel Min- uvet, aged thirty-one years, about five feet five or six inches high, pretty thick set, and has a down look, gray eyes, one tooth out before, has D. M. marked on his right hand between his fore finger and thumb, he will get drunk if he can get liquor; wears his own hair of a brownish col- our, had on and took with him, an oldish light coloured cloth coat, a black callimanco Jacket, a fine and brown
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homespun shirt, with a pair of striped and a pair of tow trowsers, an old felt hat, a pair of blue gray worsted stockings, half worn shoes run down at the heel, with large square brass buckles in them. Whoever takes up the said servant and secures him so that his master may have him again shall have THREE POUNDS Reward and reasonable charges paid by me
JOHN MICKLE.
All Masters of Vessels are forewarned carrying him off, as they may expect to answer it at their peril.
IN PURSUANCE of an order, made by the honourable Charles Read, Esq; one of the justices of the supreme court of Judicature, of the province of New-Jersey, upon the petition of Rowland Ellis, an insolvent debtor: No- tice is hereby given by the petitioner, to all the creditors of the said Rowland Ellis, to shew cause (if any they have) before the said justice, at his house in the city of Burlington, on Monday the 29th day of July instant, at four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, being the day and place appointed by the said justice for that pur- pose, why an assignment of the said Rowland Ellis's estate should not be made, and the said Rowland Ellis be thereupon discharged from his imprisonment, according to the directions of an act of the governor, council, and general assembly of the province of New Jersey, made and passed in the fifth year of his present majesty's reign, entituled an act for the relief of insolvent debtors .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1181, July 25, 1765.
New-York, August I. On Monday last came to Town from Canada, Charles Stewart, Esq; Surveyor-General of the Customs for N. York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania and Canada.
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TO BE SOLD,
O NE half of a full share or patentee right in Minisink patent; any person inclining to purchase, may apply to David Jamison, living at a place called New-Market, near the mills, formerly called Mercer's mills, now belong- ing to Mr. Jacob Dunn, in the upper part of Piscataqua township, in the province of East New-Jersey; or to James Duane, Esq; in New-York.
N OTICE is hereby given to whom it may concern, That Thomas Williams, David Griffes, Hendrick Hendrickson, Daniel Tilton, Robert White, James Kelsy, John Boltinghouse, Micajah Ketcham, John Shepherd, Benjamin Beears, Humphry Mount, Thomas Potter, John Davison, Samuel Layton, and Nicholas Vandervert, pris- oners in the gaol of the county of Monmouth; having exhibited their several petitions and schedules to the court, and took their oath according to the late act of assembly; upon which it is ordered by the said court, that the said petitions and schedules be filed, and that the said prison- ers do give notice, pursuant to the act of assembly, for their creditors to appear at the court-house of said county, on Tuesday the 10th day of September next, to shew cause why the petitioners should not be assigned, and the said debtors discharged according to law.
July the 25th, 1765.
-The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, August 1, 1765.
The three Men, mentioned in the Hue and Cry in our last, for breaking into the House of Joseph Burr, are all taken, and secured in Burlington Goal; they have con- fessed the Robbery, and say that they belonged to a numerous and dangerous Gang, some of which were in New York, and others in this City. And last
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Week several Men and Women were taken up here, and committed to Goal, supposed to be Part of the same Gang; one of whom, named Brown, was reprieved under the Gallows at Burlington some time ago.
To the PUBLIC, !
WHEREAS I have, by an Advertisement, offered a Re- ward of One Hundred Dollars for taking up and securing Hugh M'Can, alias Johnson, and as the said M'Can was at St. Eustatia, out of my Reach, and returned to Phila- delphia of his own Accord, where, finding that he was ad- vertised, he shut himself up, in order to save the Reward that I had offered, and sent me a Letter by an Express, desiring that I would send him a Protection, that he might safely surrender himself to me, which he voluntarily did, and has convinced me, that he had no Intention of de- frauding by the Voyage he had taken: I therefore, in Justice to Mr. M'Can's Reputation, think proper thus pub- licly to acquit him of what I then thought him guilty of, as I shall not suffer one Forthing by his Voyage to the West Indies.
SAMUEL TUCKER, Sheriff.
To BE SOLD,
A Well finished Brick House, Kitchen and Lot of Land, containing about three Quarters of an Acre, with Barn, Stables, &c. together with several Lots of Meadow and Pasture Lands. Also one other House and Barn, with 17 Acres of excellent Land, 8 Acres of which is Or- chard, Meadow and Garden, the Remainder good Wood- land, all situated in Trenton. For further Particulars, enquire of William Pidgeon, who will give any reason- able Time for Payment of the Purchase Money .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1910, August 1, 1765.
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FIVE POUNDS REWARD.
MADE his Escape out of Philadelphia Prison, a certain Cornelius Clark, on or about the Month of September, in the Year 1762. It is thought that he is near Elizabeth Town, in East New-Jersey, as he has a Brother and other Relations living at, or near, a certain Place called Ash Swamp; he is a thin spare Man, long sharp Nose, thin visaged, and about 5 Feet 10 Inches high; his Age about 35 or 36 Years; when he went away he wore long Hair, of a darkish brown Colour, and used to live in a Swamp, and followed the Weaving Business with a Brother he had there, but in New-York followed the Ship Carpen- ter's Business. Whoever apprehends the said Runaway, and secures him in any of His Majesty's Goals, till Infor- mation be given to James Alexander, Turnkey, shall be entitled to the above Reward, and if returned to Phila- delphia Prison, shall receive said Reward, and all reason- able Charges, from WILLIAM PARR, Sheriff, or JAMES ALEXANDER, Turnkey.
STOLEN, on the Night of the 27th of July last, from the Subscriber of Alexandria, Hunterdon County, West- Jersey, a pale brown Horse, about 14 Hands high, trots, well made, but something Hip-shot on the off Side, brand- ed P on the near Thigh, about 18 Years old, but looks young, some grey under the Mane, the fore Part of his- Mane short, and some white in his Forehead, likewise in the Middle of his Face, and on his Nose. Whoever se- cures the Horse, so that the Owner gets him again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, paid by
HENRY STOLL.
Burlington, July 20, 1765.
IN Custody of the Subscriber, a certain Alexander Mosley about 16 or 17 Years of Age, confesses himself to
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be Servant to Captain George Nickelson, in Philadelphia. His Master, if any he has, is desired to pay Charges, and take him away in two Weeks, otherwise he will be sold for the same, by me
EPHRAIM PHILLIPS, Goaler. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1911, August 8, 1765.
Perth-Amboy, August the 5th, 1765.
I N the Custody of the Subscriber, two Negro Men, the one a yellow Fellow, named Jack, the other black, named Ezekiel, They say their Master's Name is JACOB STARNE, and that he is Owner of a Forge on Mus- kenecunk. Their Master is desired to pay Charges and take them away.
RICHARD CARNS, Goaler.
-The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, August 8, 1765.
New-York, August 15. On Tuesday the Week before last, one of the Borden-Town Stage Waggoners, named Bliss, on returning home from Amboy Ferry, endeav- oured to get before one of the other Waggons, and turn- ing out of the Road for that Purpose, run against a small Stump, by which he was flung out of the Waggon, and the Wheel going over his Head, crush'd it instantly, and kill'd him, without his speaking a Word-Ambition pro- duces ill Effects in all Stations of Life !
And the next Day, a Waggoner going thro' Arney's- Town in New-Jersey, fell out of his Waggon, and the Waggon pass'd over his Breast; He was taken up alive; and an Attempt made to bleed him, but he died in less than Half an Hour. These Instances are inserted as Cau- tions to others.
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Province of New-Jersey, August 8, 1765.
B Y a Law passed the 20th of June last, Commission- ers were appointed to run out straight public Roads. leading through said Province, between New-York and Philadelphia, and empowering them to raise a Sum of Money by a public Lottery, not exceeding £. 500, towards. defraying the Charge thereof; and agreeable to said Law, the Scheme of a Lottery is now advertiz'd, consisting of 2222 Tickets at 4 Dollars each; 662 of which are to be fortunate as follows :
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750
is 750
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500
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250
250
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200
200
3
IO0
300
6
50
300
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40
480
20
30
600
30
20
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1000
485
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Ist Drawn
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662 Prizes
1560 Blanks
2222 Tickets, at 4 Dollars each, are 8888 £. 3333
From which a deduction of 15 per Cent. is £. 499, 19. 0, and is proposed to be drawn on Tuesday the 3d Day of December next, at Perth-Amboy, or sooner if full: The fortunate Numbers are to be printed in the New-York and Pennsylvania Gazettes, as soon as possible after the Draw-
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ing, which will be directed by John Stevens,1 James Par- ker?of Perth-Amboy; John Wetherill of the Township of New-Brunswick; Daniel Ellis of Burlington, and John Edwards of Bordentown, who are appointed Managers and Commissioners for the Road leading from the Ferry- house, opposite Perth-Amboy, to Burlington; and John Berrien, of Rocky-hill; Daniel Coxe,4 of Trentown; Az- ariah Dunham, of New-Brunswick; Ephraim Terrill,5 and Abraham Clark, jun.6 of Elizabeth-Town; who are like- wise appointed Managers, and Commissioners for the Road leading from Newark and Elizabeth-Town, to Trenton and Borden-Town, agreeable to said Act; and are to be under Oath for the due and impartial Perform- ance of their Duties.
The shortening and improving the public Roads through this Province, will be a great Advantage to the commercial Interest and general Convenience of the In- habitants thereof, as well as a very general Advantage to the Neighbouring Province, particularly to Pennsylvania and New-York; and as it is the first Thing of the Kind that has been attempted on the Continent, it is not doubted but every public spirited Person in this, as well as the Neighbouring Provinces, will generously contribute to an Undertaking, tending so greatly to the Advantage and Ease of Men of Business and Pleasure; as it is judged the Distance between New-York and Philadelphia will be shorten'd 12 or 15 Miles, and the Roads all made more passable and convenient for Travellers in the Winter Sea- son than the Present.
Tickets are to be had of Daniel Ellis, of Burlington,
1 The fullest sketch of John Stevens will be found in the N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, XV., 145-150.
2 For a sketch of James Parker, see N. J. Archives, IX., 446, note.
3 See N. J. Archives, XIX., 390, note.
4 See N. J. Archives, X., 226-7, note.
5 See N. J. Archives, XX., 527, note.
6 Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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Daniel Coxe of Trenton, James Parker of Perth-Amboy, and Abraham Clark, jun. of Elizabeth-Town, and of all the other Managers in Jersey, at their respective Dwell- ings
W HEREAS Samuel Provoost, George Tearman, Peter Van Norden, and John Johannisse Banta, insolvent debtors, in the common goal of the county of Bergen have presented their several peti- tions to us, Rynear Van Giesen, and Peter Zobris- ko, two of the judges of the inferior court of com- mon pleas for the county of Bergen, praying the benefit of a late act of the governor, council and gen- eral assembly of the colony of New-Jersey entitled, An act for the relief of insolvent debtors; notice is hereby given, to the several and respective creditors of them the said Samuel Provoost, George Tearman, Peter Van Nor- den, and John Johannisse Banta, that they be and appear before us, the judges, or any two of the judges of the said court, at the court-house in New-Barbadoes, on Saturday the 3Ist inst. at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, to shew cause, (if any they have) why an assign- ment should not be made of the several estates, rights, and credits, of the said Samuel Provoost, George Tear- man, Peter Van Norden, and John Johannisse Banta, for the use of the respective creditors; and why they, and every of them, should not be discharged from their im- prisonment, according to the directions of the said act.
Dated the 6th of August, 1765.
New-Jersey, Middlesex, SS.
N OTICE is hereby given, to whom it may concern, that John War- den, Philip Kelly, Robert Marten, John Jobs, John Col-
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lins, John Radley, Jonathan Shepard, Gilbert Barton, James Johnston, Briant Smith, John Lott, Joseph Bar- ranger, Matthew Iselton, John Carr, James Patton, Charles Artope, and Daniel Britton, all prisoners confined in the goal at Perth-Amboy, having exhibited their sev- eral petitions and schedules to the court, which are lodged in the hands of Stephen Skinner, esq; and took the oaths according to the late act of assembly; it is ordered by the said court, that the said prisoners do give notice, pursu- ant to the act of assembly, for their creditors to appear at the court house aforesaid, on Saturday the 3Ist day of this inst. August; to shew cause, (if any they have) why . an assignment of the said prisoner's estates should not be made to assignees appointed for that purpose, and the said prisoners be discharged according to law.
T `O be sold at public vendue, the sixth day of Sep- tember next, belonging to the estate of John Lip- pincott, late of the town of Shrewsbury, deceased, a new, neat two story dwelling house, with about eight acres of good land adjoining, a barn, out houses, well, and other improvements thereon; situate a mile from the center of said town, at the meeting of two very public roads, and a few rods from a grist and saw mill. Also 20 acres of woodland near the above.
All persons indebted to the said estate, are desired to pay the same, and those who have any demands against it to bring them in, in order, that they may be settled.
JOSEPH POTTER RICHARD LAWRENCE Executors.
N OTICE is hereby given, to whom it may concern, That Mathias Van Horne, Matthew Roberts, James Vanhuyse and Joseph Harbour, prisoners in the gaol of
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the county of Monmouth, having exhibited their several petitions and schedules to Job Anderson and John Wor- del, Esqrs. two of his majesty's judges of the inferior court of common pleas for said county, and took their oaths according to the late act of assembly; upon which it is ordered by the said judges, that the said petitions and schedules be filed; and that the said prisoners do give notice, pursuant to the act of assembly, for their creditors to appear at the Court House of said county, on Tuesday the 10th day of September next, to shew cause why the petitioners estates should not be assigned, and the said debtors discharged according to law.
August 8, 1765.
New-Jersey - Middlesex SS.
P URSUANT to 'an order of the honourable Charles Reade, and John Berrian, esqrs judges of the supreme court of the province of New-Jersey, upon the petition of George Campbell, an insolvent debtor, confined in the goal of the county of Middlesex; notice is hereby given, to all the creditors of the said George Campbell, to shew cause, (if any they have) before the said judges; on Friday the 6th day of September next, at 12 o'clock of the same day, at the house of Pontius Stelle, in Trentown; why an assign- ment of the estate of the said George Campbell, should not be made to such persons as shall be then nominated by the said judges, pursuant to the prayer of the said peti- tion, and the said George be thereupon discharged agree- able to the directions of an act of the governor, council, and general assembly, of this province, made this present year, entitled, An act for the relief of insolvent debtors.
Dated August the 9th, 1765.
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TO BE SOLD,
T HE large and commodious dwelling-house of Bar- naby Stute, situated in Elizabeth-Town, in the prov- ince of New-Jersey, together with a fit and convenient garden, and about one acre of land adjoining the same, whereon is built a good barn and stable. The said house was built about 3 years ago, is two stories high, with four rooms on a floor, and a fire place in each room; is neatly and compleatly finished, together with a good kitchen and cellar.
Also to be sold or let, by the said Barnaby Stute the house wherein John Graham lately kept tavern, situated in the center of said town, near the stone-bridge, very handy to mill and market, together with a convenient garden and about one acre of land adjoining, whereon is built a large barn and stable; the said house contains 8 rooms with a fire place in each, besides a very large and convenient kitchen and cellar. It is thought to be the best situated house in town for a tavern, and is very conve- nient for a merchant or any other business.
The said Barnaby Stute will also sell several valuable lots of land, fit for pasture, plowing, and meadow, lying in and near said town, very handy for the purchasers of either of the above houses.
Any person inclining to purchase the above, may know the terms by applying to said Barnaby Stute, or to Thom- as Clark and George Ross, of the said town.
SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON, Bart.
gives this public Notice, That in Consequence of his Treaty in May last, with the Senecas and Delawares of Susquehanna, the following Twenty-five Persons have been sent to him, who will be delivered to their Relations on Application.
Names unknown.
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Two young Women about 16 or 18 Years of Age, taken about 8 or 9 Years ago, supposed to belong to New- Jersey. Two Children they had by Indians. -The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, August 15, 1765.
BOSTON, August 3.
LIST of persons appointed by Treasury Warrant Distrib- utors of Stamps in America.
Collin Drummond, Esq; Quebec.
John Makenzie, Esq; Montreal and Trois Riviers. Hienselwood, Esq; Nova Scotia.
George Meserve Esq; New Hampshire.
Andrew Oliver, Esq; Massachusetts Bay.
Augustus Johnston, Esq; Rhode Island.
Jarod Ingersoll, Esq; Connecticut. James M'Evers, Esq; New York. William Coxe, Esq; New Jersey.
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