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JOHN WOOD.
N. B. Friend take care of your meat, Your cellar secure, He'll have a hungry gut, Which he ne'er could endure.
Burlington County ss. PURSUANT to an order of Robert Smith and Thomas
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Rodman, Esqrs; two of the judges of the court of Com- mon Pleas for the county aforesaid, upon the petition of James Cobson, an insolvent debtor, and the major part in value of his creditors. Notice is hereby given to all the creditors of the said James Cobson, that Saturday the 28th instant is appointed for his discharge, pursuant to the late act of assembly for the relief of insolvent debtors, he having given in an inventory upon oath according to the said act. All persons who have any thing to object to the discharge of the said insolvent debtor, are at the time above mentioned, desired to attend at the Court-house in Burlington, and shew cause, if any they have, why an assignment of his estate should not be made, and he there- upon discharged .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1187, September 5, 1765.
Salem County, ss.
August 22, 1765
PURSUANT to an Act of General Assembly, of the Prov- ince of New-Jersey, lately passed, intituled, "An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors; Notice is hereby given to the respective Creditors of Sceley Keen and Job Stow, insolvent Debtors, now confined in the Goal of Salem, that the said Debtors intend to take the Benefit of the said Act, in order to their Discharge; and Saturday, the 14th Day of September next ensuing, is appointed by the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the Creditors of the said Sceley Keen, and Job Stow, to receive the effects of the said Debtors or shew Cause, if any they have, why the said Judges should not give them the Benefit of the said Act.
SIX POUNDS Reward.
RUN away, on the 17th of last Month, from Benjamin Harris, of Bound Brook, in Somerset County, East-
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Jersey, an Apprentice Lad, named James Teeple, a Shoe- maker by Trade, about 19 Years of Age, five Feet seven Inches high, round visaged, smooth Face, black Eyes and black Hair: Had on and took with him, a new Castor Hat, brown Broadcloth Coat, with white Metal Buttons, three Jackets, one of white homespun Linen, another of Nankeen, and the other red Cloth, without Sleeves, two New Check Shirts, three Pair of Stockings, one of brown Thread, another Worsted, and the other Yarn, two Pair of blue Cloth Breeches, a Pair of half worn Shoes, with Silver Buckles, and Knee-buckles of the same. He also took a Sett of Shoemaker's Tools. Whoever takes up and secures said Apprentice, so as his Master may have him again, shall have the above Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by
BENJAMIN HARRIS.
WHEREAS Abraham Dyson, Writing Master, in Moore's Town, has thought proper to inform the Public in his Neighbourhood, that several Schoolmasters in the Country, particularly Jonathan Peat, Henry Glass, and John Reily are all ignorant, and incapable of their Under- taking, namely of improving the Youth of the Country, and chiefly the said Peat and Glass, whom he pleases to term by the Names of Ass and Fool: Therefore we the undernamed Persons think proper to inform the Public, that we have appeared in Moore's Town, on the 24th Day of August, 1765, to vindicate our Cause, and make our Ability appear to this extraordinary Judge of Literature, as he affects, who would not appear on any Account to shew his Sufficiency, or any of our the Subscribers Suffi- ciency or Insufficiency: Therefore we the said Sub- scribers think proper to inform the Public, that the said Dyson, in our Opinion, is neither as able, or as capable, as any of us the said Subscribers to inform or instruct Youth,
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as we think, by a general Meeting, can be made appear. JONATHAN PEAT, HENRY GLASS, JOHN REILY, DANIEL CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, JOHN LYNCH.
Hunterdon County, ss. Trenton, August 10, 1765
NOTICE is hereby given to the Creditors of Thomson Price, an insolvent Debtor, in the Custody of the Sheriff of the County of Hunterdon, that he hath made Applica- tion to two of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Com- mon Pleas of the County aforesaid, and complied with the Terms prescribed in and by an Act of Assembly of this Province, intituled, "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors," and the said Judges have appointed Monday, the 23d Day of September next, for the Creditors of the said Thomson Price to meet at Trenton, to choose Assign- ees, and shew Cause, if any they have, why the said Thomson Price should not be discharged, according to the Form and Effect of the Act aforesaid.
Gloucester County ss. August 27, 1765.
PURSUANT to an Order of Alexander Randall, and Samuel Harrison, Esquires, two of his Majesty's Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Glou- cester aforesaid, upon the Petition of Spencer Fisher, and Christopher Zimberman, insolvent Debtors, now confined in Gloucester Goal, together with the major Part in Value of their Creditors; Notice is hereby given to the respect- ive Creditors of the said Spencer Fisher and Christopher Zimberman, that Thursday, the 26th Day of September next is appointed for their Discharge, pursuant to an Act of Assembly, intituled, An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors; the said Debtors having given in Inventories, upon Oath, according to the said Act. All Persons who have any thing to object to the Discharge of the said Debtors, are desired to attend at the Court-House, in
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Gloucester, at the Time above mentioned, and shew Cause, if any they have, why they should not be admitted to the Benefit of the said Act .- The Pennsylvania Ga- zette, No. 1915, September 5, 1765.
Burlington Goal, September 6, 1765
On the 31st Day of August last, was committed to my Care, the following described Person, upon Suspicion of being a Runaway, or a dishonest Person, viz. a certain Man, who calls himself George Grimes, about 5 Feet 9 Inches high, of a pale Complexion, strait brown Hair, cut short on the Top of his Head; he says he was born in Kent County, in Old England, and came into Boston in April last, in the Pitt Packet, John Dickson Master, but has since been some time in Philadelphia; as there has nothing appeared against said Person, if any Body has any Manner of suit against him, let them appear in two Weeks from the Date hereof, otherwise he will be sold out for his Charges, by me
EPHRAIM PHILLIPS, Goaler.
N. B. The above described Person is very meanly drest, and wore a brown cut Wig, when first committed.
Rariton, August 29, 1765.
Stolen from the Subscriber last Night, a light bay Geld- ing, 4 Years old last Spring, 14 Hands high, a very short Duck; has been galled with the Collar, short bodied, nat- ural Trotter, a small Star, about the Bigness of a Shilling Piece, some white on the Left Side of his Forehead, full- eyed, no Brand; likewise the Saddle and Bridle, the Sad- dle has a Hogskin Seat, double welted, one Lap made of indifferent Leather, very pliable towards the Tree. Who- ever takes up said Horse, shall have Twenty Shillings
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Reward, or more, and if with the Person that stole him, Five Pounds and all reasonable Charges, paid by me
ARTHUR JARVIS.
TO BE SOLD,
A Tract of Land, containing upwards of 100 Acres, lying on Woodberry Creek, one Mile from Woodberry Village, in Deptford Township, Gloucester County, 5 Miles from Gloucester, with a Frame Barn, and Log- house, a Well of good Water at the Door, an Orchard of near 150 Apple Trees, and 4 or 500 Peach Trees, newly set out, and of good Fruit; 40 Acres of cleared Land, 25 Acres of Upland, and near 15 Acres of Meadow, and more may be made, the rest Timber Land; some extra- ordinary good. Any Person inclining to purchase, may apply to the Subscriber on the Premises, who will make a good Title for the same.
MOSES WARD.
-The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1916, September 12, 1765.
Philadelphia, September 5. We are informed that William Coxe,1 Esq; has sent a resignation of the stamp- office for N. Jersey, to the Lords commissioners of the Treasury, and assigned his reasons.
New-York, September 12. We hear from Woodbridge, in New-Jersey, that Mr. Jonathan Kinsey, died there, very
1 William Coxe, appointed Stamp Distributor for New Jersey, under the obnoxious Stamp Act of 1765, was doubtless of Burlington, and hence probably owed the appointment to Gov. William Franklin, who resided there. Both belonged to St. Mary's Church, of that place. William Coxe was a son of Col. Daniel Coxe, 3d, who died at Trenton in 1739, and was buried at St. Mary's Church, Burlington. The fact that the Stamp Distributor promptly resigned as soon as he perceived the temper of the people shows him to have been a man of excellent judgment, and apparently in sympathy with the American sentiment on the subject. He was probably the father of William Coxe, Jun., of Burlington, the author of a work on fruits, the first of the kind in America.
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suddenly, a few Days ago, after eating freely of Mush- rooms, among which, it is imagined, poisonous Toad- stools were intermixed. Several Misfortunes of the same Kind have recently happened in other Parts of America.
The Printer is desired to insert the following in his next News-Paper, and thereby oblige several of his New- Jersey customers.
E VERY real friend of liberty, who understands the constitution of the American colonies, must receive great pleasure from the accounts lately published in the News-Papers respecting the resignation of several of the stamp officers. The apparent necessity of their conduct, must be a sufficient excuse to the authority by which they were appointed; and the important effects which such a step may have upon the liberties of America, in its present alarming situation, will make it appear meritorious in the eyes of their countrymen: it is therefore much to be wished, that this laudable example may be universally im- itated. The advice given in the New-[York] Gazette, of last week, to all the stamp officers, who have not yet re- signed, is certainly very wholesome, and appears to be given in the spirit of Christian Orthodoxy; but I view this resignation in so important a light, that I cannot but subjoin another argument to those made use of by my friend; and it is this, if every stamp officer, upon the con- tinent of North-America. does not take example by those who have already resigned, it will inevitably produce a disunion among the colonies, which, of all things, must be the most fatal; for let it be depended upon, that hereafter the conduct of the stamp officer will give the true political complexion cf every colony; if the stamp officer cannot execute his office with any degree of comfort and reputa- tion, and thereupon resigns, then it will be evident that
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the inhabitants of that colony are sensible of the imposi- tion, and spurn at it; if on the other hand, they supinely submit to the unconstitutional exaction, and suffer the un- righteous taskmasters' to live at ease, it may be certainly concluded, that the inhabitants of such colony are insensi- ble, and see not, or at least regard not the difference be- tween freedom and slavery; this will necessarily create contempt and hatred : the submissive colony will not only appear to the others, in the most groveling and despicable light, but also, with great propriety, will be esteemed amongst its most formidable enemies; no possible means can be devised so effectual to enslave the whole, as for a part servilely to put their necks to the Yoke. It is there- fore evident that every stamp officer, who does not wish the total subversion of the present constitution of North- America, ought immediately to resign his office. I am more especially interested in the prosperity of the colony of New-Jersey, where I live, and have the happiness of · some property. And altho' I glory in being a member of a community so submissive to government, and which has such loyalty and affection for the person, family and gov- ernment of his present most gracious majesty king George the third; yet it would pain me to the Heart, to see this hitherto happy province, tamely submit to be enslaved by its fellow-subjects. It is true, our legislative body did not judge it expedient to come into the measures proposed the last year, by some of the provinces, for petitioning the parliament of Great-Britain. What was the reason of such omission, I cannot determine, as I am not a member of the legislature; but I have always commended their conduct in that instance; for it is to me a plain and evi- dent absurdity to petition any body of men against the passing a law to bind me, when at the same time, I con- ceive that such law, if passed by them, cannot bind me. If the inhabitants of the moon, for instance, should hap-
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pen to hear that the commons of Great-Britain had re- solved nem. con. that their vellum should be stamped; no one would expect them to petition the said commons against it. And the fate of the petitions which were sent, is quite sufficient to shew our brethren of the other col- onies, that they, in the form they were sent, might better have been spared, or at least, that our omitting a step in New-Jersey, which was of no service to those who thought proper to take it, ought to secure our Assembly from some unkind insinuations which have appeared in print on that occasion. I am not for silence, or slavish submission; no, let us act like Freemen, like Englishmen, who, know the limits of their freedom. Let us petition our gracious sovereign, whose paternal regard, is equally extended to his American, as his other subjects; his au- thority we glory in submitting to; he is king of Great- Britain; and blessed be God, king of America too: but the parliament of Great-Britain is not the legislature of America; we have by our constitution complete legisla- tion independent of the lords and commons of Great-Brit- ain, of which the king, by his several governors, is the head. I hope all the Provinces will unite in sending their several humble petitions to his majesty, without delay; whose royal heart, I doubt not, will be touched with the reasonable complaint of so great a body of his faithful subjects, and that ample redress will be given us; but in such petitions let all submission to, dependence upon, or connection with, the commons and lords of Great-Britain, in a legislative way, be carefully and absolutely dis- claimed. In the mean time, all ye stamp officers resign; resign, as you will answer the contrary at your Peril, to your sovereign lords and masters, the incensed mob.
September 3, 1765. CÆSARIENSIS.
-The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, Sep- tember 12, 1765.
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We received a letter signed a New Jerseyman, express- ing his fears of the reality of the Report in our last, con- cerning Mr. Coxe's resignation. We would now assure our New-Jersey correspondent, and all other our New- Jersey costumers, that we had Mr. Coxe's express leave to publish his resignation of the Stamp office in New-Jer- sey, as published in our last paper.
TAKEN up, by the subscriber, living in Hopewell town- ship, Cumberland county : A black horse 10 Or II years old, with a star and snip, and a bell about his neck, his hind feet white, branded on the near shoulder I. The owner is desired to prove his property, pay charges, and take him away.
JAMES WILLIAMSON.
-The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1188, September 12, 1765.
New-Jersey, ss. By order of the judges of the inferior court of common pleas, held at New- town in and for the county of Sussex, Monday the 14th day of October next, is appointed for all persons being creditors of the subscriber, insolvent debtor, to appear at the court house of said county at 12 o'clock the said day, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said debtor's estate may not be assigned and the debtor discharged, pursuant to a late act of general assembly of said prov- ince, entitled, "an act for the relief of insolvent debtors."
WILLIAM MORRISON.
-The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1189, September 19, 1765.
Elizabeth-Town, New-Jersey, Sept. 14, 1765. On Wednesday evening last, died here, after a severe illness,
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Thomas Clark,'esq; one of the judges of the county court; who has been unanimously elected a magistrate in this corporation ever since we had a charter; and Friday was decently buried, in the plain manner, by his own direction, according to the new mode, none of his relatives or friends appearing in mourning, tho' he was universally lamented by all who knew him, as he left the character of an honest man. We flatter ourselves that this laudable example, so very seasonably set by people of fortune, will be imitated by all; especially by those in slender circum- stances, (no liquor was given at the funeral.)
Borough of Elizabeth, Sept. 10th, 1765. Yesterday was committed to goal, John Priestly, of this place, for a debt of SIX PENCE, and the fees. Hard times!
City of New- Brunswick, ~ { ss. P URSUANT to an order made by William Ouke and James Neil- son, Esqrs; two of the judges of the mayor's court of common pleas for the said city, notice is hereby given unto all the creditors of Joseph Huff, an insolvent debtor, confined in the goal of the said City, that they appear be- fore the said judges, on the tenth Day of October next, at two o'clock in the afternoon, at the court-house in the said city, to shew cause (if any they have) why an assign- ment of the said debtor's estate should not be made to such persons as shall be appointed, and the said debtor discharged, pursuant to an act of assembly made at Bur- lington, the last sessions, entitled, an act for the relief of insolvent debtors.
Dated September 14, 1765. JOSEPH HUFF. -The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, Sep-
tember 19, 1765.
1 Thomas Clark, born 1701, was the oldest son of Thomas Clark, whose father, Richard Clark, was settled in Elizabethtown as early as 1678. He died Sept. 11, 1765. He was the father of Abraham Clark, Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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Pursuant to an Act of General Assembly, lately passed, intituled, "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors," Jonathan Reeves, an insolvent Debtor, now confined in Salem Goal, hereby gives Notice, that he intends to take the Benefit of the said Act, in order to his Discharge; and the Judges of the inferior Court of Common Pleas, for the County aforesaid, have appointed Saturday, the 28th Day of this instant September, for the Creditors of the above insolvent Debtor to meet at the Court-house, in the Town of Salem, to shew Cause, if any they have, why an Assignment of the said Debtor's Estate should not be made, and said Debtor discharged, according to the Form and Effect of the said Act.
To be sold, on one of the Branches of Stow Creek, in Cohansey, Cumberland County, a Mill, about four Years old, the lower Story of Stone, a good Pair of Bucks Coun- ty Stones, and Boulting-box for the Country, a large Dwelling-house, and a bearing Orchard; with 80 Acres of Land thereunto belonging and a good Stone Quarry. For further Particulars enquire of Samuel Elwell, in Pilesgrove, Salem County.
To be sold by Way of public Vendue, at the Market house in Trenton, on Tuesday, the 24th of this Instant, at Two o'Clock in the Afternoon, two likely large breeding Mares, with Foal by a full-blooded Horse; also several Horse and Mare half-blooded Colts of one Year old. Six Months Credit will be given.
FIVE DOLLARS Reward.
RUN away from Greenwich Forge, in Sussex County, West New-Jersey, a Negro Boy, named Castello, about 20 Years of Age; had on, a white Shirt, half Silk yellow Jacket, yellow knit Worsted Breeches, red and white
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speckled Worsted Stockings, new Shoes, with square Brass Buckles, and a good Beaver Hat; the Colour of his Coat unknown; wears a Truss. Whoever secures said Negro in any Goal, so as he may be had again, shall have the above Reward, by applying to JOHN HUGHES, in Phil- adelphia, or to HUGH HUGHES, at said Forge.
Sussex County, New Jersey, ss. September 7, 1765.
BY Order of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, held at Newtown, in and for the said County of Sussex, the 4th Day of October next, is appointed for all Persons, Creditors of the Subscribers, being insolvent Debtors, to appear at the Court House in the said County, at 12 o'Clock in the Forenoon of the said Day, to shew Cause, if any they have, why an Assignment of the said Debtors Estates should not be made, and the said Debtors dis- charged, pursuant to an Act of Assembly of this Prov- ince, for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, lately made and provided. WILLIAM KENNEDY, JOHN HOFFMAN, JACOB SMITH.
To be sold at public Vendue, at the House of Joseph Morford, late deceased, on Monday, the 30th Day of this inst. September, Horses, Cattle, Hogs, and a Parcel of very good Hay, many Farmers Utensils, and all Sorts of China, Delph and Earthen Ware, Glass of all Sorts, such as Looking Glasses, Decanters, Wine Glasses, Bottles, and the like, a great Parcel of Pewter and Tin Ware of all Sorts, and many other Things too tedious to mention. Also a very good Negroe Wench, 26 Years of Age, born in this Neighbourhood, fitting for any Business. Like- wise to be sold the same Day, a very large commodious House, and a large Lot of Ground, where the said Mor- ford lived, lying in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, within 40 or 50 Yards of the Court-house, a
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House that has always been kept for a public House or Inn, which belongs to it, an extraordinary good Barn, Shed and Stables, fitting for a Tavern, besides many other Out-houses, which said Lot contains, about 25 Acres of extraordinary good Land, and in exceeding good Repair, with a large Orchard of all Kind of Fruit. Likewise to be sold the same Day at public Sale, to go with the said Place, a Piece of Timber Land, of about 75 Acres, lying handy to said Place. The Vendue to begin at 10 o'Clock the same Day. The Conditions of Sale will be made known at the Time and Place aforesaid, by JONATHAN FORMAN, and JONATHAN VANKIRK, Executors.
Shrewsbury Township, Monmouth County, East New- Jersey, September 7, 1765.
WHEREAS my Wife Ann has, by her Extravagancy, at sundry Times and Places, run me in Debt, to my Damage; I hereby forbid all Persons from trusting her on my Ac- count, for I will pay no Debts of her contracting after the Date hereof.
WILLIAM POTTER.
To be sold, by Way of public Vendue, on Saturday the 28th inst, on the Premises (if not sold before by private Bargain) A Plantation and Tract of Land, containing about 210 Acres of good kind fertile Ground, about 30 Acres of Meadow, and 70 Acres of Upland cleared, and within Fence, chiefly Cedar Rails, a small Frame House, good Orchard, and other Conveniences, situate on the South Side of the North main Branch of Ancocus Creek, about one Mile from Mountholly, in the County of Bur- lington, convenient to Church, Meeting, Mills and Mar- ket. The Conditions to be shewn, and an indisputable Title given, at the Time and Place of Sale, by
SAMUEL REEVE.
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The 14th of the 9th Month, 1765.
WHEREAS Abraham Dyson is accused of informing the Public in this Neighbourhood that several Schoolmasters in the Country, particularly Jonathan Peat, Henry Glass and John Reily, were all ignorant and incapable of their Undertaking, but that I Abraham Dyson doth Certify, that I never said any such Thing against John Reily nor Henry Glass, except I called him an Ass, and he called me what I never was. And as for Daniel Campbell, John Campbell, and John Lynch, I never saw till they appeared in Moore's Town, at the general Meeting of School-mas- ters, and the Reasons that I did not appear there, six to one is too great odds; and at the Conclusion of the Coun- cil, they brought it in that they thought I was not as able or as capable as any of them, but the said Dyson has Lib- erty of his own Thoughts as well as any of them, and thinks in his Opinion, that he understands Arts and Sci- ences as well as any of them, and Logick sufficient to ex- plain them to others, and can give a mathematical demon- stration of that.
ABRAHAM DYSON, Philomathes, &c.
Whereas Abraham Dyson hath taught at the said Place for the Term of six Months and eight Weeks, and we whose Names are under, doth hereby Certify, that he hath behaved himself as a sober Man, and hath given us Satis- faction in his Business, &c Joshua Bispham, Jacob Hol- lingshead, John Huestis, James Hammell, Samuel Atkin- son, jun, James Cattell, William Allen, Thomas Morton, John Coxe, John Risdon, George Matlack, William Cheesman .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1917, Sep- tember 19, 1765.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber,
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