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again, shall have the above Reward and reasonable Charges, paid by us,
ABIA BROWN, JOS. CLAYTON.
-The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1932, January 2, 1766.
On the First of November last, Mr. John Allen, of Trenton, contracted a Debt with me the Subscriber, of Twenty Pounds, for Security whereof he pledged with me a brown bay Stallion, and engaged to pay the Money and redeem the Horse by the 27th of November last; which Engagement Mr Allen has not yet performed, and the Horse now, and ever since his being pledged as afore- said, has been at the Inn of Charles Jenkins, in Market- street, on Expences; and as it is possible an Accident may happen to the Horse, I take this Method to acquaint Mr. Allen, that unless he comes before the 18th Instant, and pays me my Debt aforesaid, with the Expences of keeping the Horse, the same Horse on that Day will be publickly sold, for Payment of the same. This Method I would have avoided, had Mr. Allen been complaisant enough to have answered my Request to him by Letter, for the Pur- pose aforesaid.
JOSEPH MITCHELL
Trenton, December 30, 1765
THERE is now in our Possession four Kegs, without any Direction, that were delivered on board one of our Boats at Philadelphia, about nine Months ago; therefore any Person that proves their Property to said Kegs and pays the Charges, may have them again.
FURMAN1 AND HUNT.2
1 Moore Furman.
2 Abraham Hunt, b. 1740; d. Oct. 27, 1821. He was appointed Post- master of Trenton, Jan. 10, 1764, for three years, and again, Oct. 13, 1775, for a like term. It was at his house that the Hessian Colonel Rall spent Christmas night, 1776, in such hilarious festivities as to make him neglectful of Washington's approach.
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City of Burlington, 26th 12th Month Dec. 1765.
WHEREAS, in the Year 1761, I was applied to by Hugh Doran, of Baltimore County, in Maryland, to recover a sum of Money, due to him from a Person then resident in the City of Burlington, in New-Jersey, and in pursuance thereof, I commenced an Action, but finding very soon that the Debtor was incapable of Payment, I desisted from further proceeding, and, by Letter, informed my Client thereof. About the Beginning of the Year 1764, I dis- covered that the Debtor's Circumstances had changed, and apprehending a Recovery possible, I resumed the Prosecu- tion. The Effect was, by giving some Time for Payment, I obtained Security for the Money, which I since received; and having wrote several Letters to my Client without Effect, I have lately been informed he is dead; I therefore take this Method of communicating the Matter to his Rep- resentatives, as I am ignorant who they are, and where or how I shall direct for them, hereby informing all con- cerned, that I am ready to pay the Money on Demand, to any one who shall appear legally authorized to receive it. SAMUEL ALLINSON.
And whereas the following Deeds or Conveyances have been lately left in my Hands by Rebecca Scattergood, Widow and Executrix of Joseph Scattergood, late of the City of Burlington, Esq; deceased, many of them being for valuable Tracts of Land, and other real Estates, which the Possessors may now, or in future, be in Danger of losing, for want of a compleat Chain of Conveyance, and without those Conveyances mentioned (many, or most of which are not recorded) they may be utterly unable to make out such Chain, and their Titles consequently will
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prove defective; the Owners are therefore hereby in- formed that I shall be glad to deliver the said Deeds, which for the Security of their Estates, I think expedient for them to call upon me and receive.
Conveyance from Thomas Gardner to John Hugg, junior, Ditto from Richard Haines to John Wetherill. Ditto from William Barnet to Thomas Stevenson. Ditto from Thomas Stevenson to Hugh Huddy. Ditto from Robert Ridgway to William Haw. Ditto from John Van- sciver to Charles Read. Ditto from Thomas Middleton and Samuel Stokes, Executors of Mary Eves to Isaac Kay. Ditto from Anthony Elton to Lawrence Morris. Ditto from John Beaumont to John Prickett. Ditto from Thomas Moore and his Wife to Samuel Wickward. Dit- to from Revell Elton (the Father) to Revell Elton (the Son). Ditto from John Clarke to John Horner. Ditto from Lemuel Oldale and his Wife to William Hess. Ditto from William Hyes to John Vansciver. Ditto from John Burr to Benjamin Springer. Ditto from William Murrel to John Woolston. Ditto from Martha Huddy to William Patterson. Ditto from John Wetherill to Joseph Wetherill. Ditto from Thomas Raper to George Willis. Ditto from Joshua Humphries to Lawrence Morris. Ditto from Hugh Sharp to Peter Bard. Ditto from Rob- ert Ridgway to John Vansciver. Ditto from John An- trum to William Pancoast. Ditto from Joseph Richards to Job Lippincott. Ditto from Samuel Morris to John Wetherill. Ditto from William Purdy to Richard Bor- den. Ditto from John Pancoast to William Pancoast. Ditto from William Biddle and Wife, and William Bid- dle, jun. to Joseph Shreve. Ditto from Martha Dummer to William Bustill and Isaac De Cow. Ditto from Aaron
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Beswick to Benjamin Moore, jun. Ditto from Paul Wat- kins and his Wife to Benjamin Lucas.
SAMUEL ALLINSON 1 -The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1933, January 9, 1766.
To the PRINTER,
Sir, You are desired by a Number of your New-Jersey Customers, to give the following Account, a Place in your next Paper, which will oblige them, and particularly your humble Servant
D. S. L.
Woodbridge, in New-Jersey, 31 December, 1765. On Saturday last, the 28th Instant, the Sons of Liberty of this Place and the Parts adjacent, had a Meeting here, and not being sufficiently assured that Mr. Coxe, of Philadelphia, who was appointed Distributor of Stamps for New-Jer-
1 Samuel Allinson was a member of the Society of Friends. He was licensed as an attorney and counsellor-at-law of New Jersey, No- vember 9, 1760, and was commissioned one of the Surrogates of New Jersey, March 22, 1762. In 1769 numerous petitions were presented to the Legislature, complaining of many lawyers, for exacting extor- tionate fees. Among those accused was Samuel Allinson, but he produced certificates, signed by the Justices of the Supreme Court, and three of the most distinguished members of the New Jersey bar -Messrs. Richard Stockton, James Kinsey and John Lawrence-to the effect that they had carefully inspected the bills of costs complained of, and found them to be in every particular correct. The Assembly thereupon dismissed the complaint. On October 25, 1769, James Kinsey and Samuel Allinson were permitted to appear before the Assembly and address that body in behalf of their fellow members of the bar, who had been so generally accused, and with so little justice. In 1773 he was designated by the Legislature to prepare a new edition of the laws of New Jersey, which he completed and submitted to the in- spection of that body in January, 1775, and it was printed in 1776 by Isaac Collins, at Burlington, in a handsome folio. Samuel Allinson was Clerk of the Burlington Preparative Meeting in 1779, and was by that meeting in that year appointed one of the first trustees of the Friends' School in Burlington. He married, 1st, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Smith, junior, of Burlington, and 2d, Martha, daughter of David Cooper, of Woodbury. She died in 1788. He died 6 mo. 2d, 1791. He left him surviving his second wife and two children by his first wife, and seven by his second wife-four sons and three daughters. Seven of his nine children lived to be seventy-five years of age: by his first wife-William, 75; Elizabeth (blind from birth), 81; by his second wife-David, 84; Mary, 91; James, 33; Sibyl, 70; Margaret, 76; Samuel, 75; John Cooper, 26. James was the father of Samuel Allin- son, the distinguished philanthropist, b. Dec. 20, 1808; d. at Yardville, N. J., Dec. 5, 1883 .- Supreme Court Records, passim; N. J. Archives, IX., 359; XVIII., 395, 482; Friends in Burlington; Field's Provincial Courts, 167-8; 2 N. J. Hist. Soc. Proceedings, VIII., 72; Penna. Magazine of Hist. and Biog., X., 33; XVI., 467; The Burlington Smiths, 115.
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sey, had resigned that Office, they deputed and instructed two of their Number to wait on Mr. Coxe, with a Letter, praying a satisfactory Account of his Resignation. In- structions were fortwith made out and delivered to the Deputies, together with a Letter to Mr. Coxe, which were as follows, viz.
Instructions given by the SONS OF LIBERTY, to their deputies to Mr. Coxe, who is appointed distributor of stamps, for the province of New-Jersey.
First WE command and strictly enjoin it upon you, upon pain of our high displeasure, that you do immedi- ately, with the greatest expedition possible, repair to the house of Mr. Coxe, our stamp distributor, in Philadelphia, or elsewhere, and into his hands deliver our letter, praying his resignation, according to the tenor of said letter, &c. which if he comply with, you are to bear the same to us, and in the name of every Son of Liberty in the province of New-Jersey, to return him your thanks therefor.
Second Upon said Mr. Coxe's refusal, we command you to return immediately,and make report to us of the same.
Third We command and strictly enjoin it upon you, that whether said Mr. Coxe, resign his commission, &c. or not, you do treat him with that complaisance and deco- rum, becoming a gentleman of honour.
Copy of a letter to Mr. Coxe.
Woodbridge, East New-Jersey, December 28, 1765.
SIR,
WHEREAS you have been appointed to the most odious and detestable office of Distributor of Stamps for the gov- ernment of New-Jersey; and whereas the former resig- nation, (said to be yours) is no way satisfactory to the inhabitants of the same: We the SONS OF LIBERTY in said Government, hereby desire your resignation, in as
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ample form and manner as possible; expressing and sol- emnly declaring, upon the veracity of a gentleman and man of honour, that you will never, directly or indirectly, yourself or by deputies under you, ever distribute said stamps, or be any ways accessary in putting said Act in Force, in the government aforesaid; whereby you will not only endear yourself to the inhabitants, but prevent such methods as may be taken through necessity, to oblige you to the same. And whereas it is publicly reported, and generally believed, that you have already nominated and appointed deputies under you, to distribute Stamp Papers in said government, whereby we are, and shall continue to be in the utmost danger, by reason of said declared enemies to their country, notwithstanding your said resig- nation. Now, Sir, we desire and insist, that you, without reserve, aquaint us, of all such deputies, (if any there be) that they may be dealt with in a proper manner. It is ex- pected that you do, in the presence of our deputies, com- ply with every of our aforesaid requests, and deliver the same (signed by yourself) to them, to be brought to us. If Sir, you refuse our very reasonable request, it will put us to the trouble of waiting upon you, in such a way and manner, as perhaps will be disagreeable .both to yourself and us; which we hereby notify you, we shall do, on Sat- urday the 4th of January next; and it is expected you will be then ready to answer us.
SONS OF LIBERTY, in East-New-Jersey.
This Day, the 3Ist of December, the Deputies return'd and reported, That they had waited on Mr. Coxe, at his House in Philadelphia, and delivered him the Letter afore- said : That after reading it, and being informed of their Business, they were treated with the utmost Civility and Respect both by him and his Lady, and he delivered them in Writing the following Copy of his genteel and ample Resignation, viz.
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I Do hereby resign into the hands of the right honour- able the lords commissioners of his majesty's treasury, the office of distributor of stamps for the province of New- Jersey. Witness my hand and seal, this third day of Sep- tember, in the year of our Lord 1765.
WILLIAM COXE. (Seal)
Sealed and delivered in the presence of
. WILLIAM HUMPHREYS
TENCH TILGHMAN.
Philadelphia, December 30, 1765.
HAVING received information, that my resignation of the office of distributor of the stamps, for the province of New-Jersey, not having been fully inserted in the public papers, is a matter of uneasiness to the minds of the good people of that province, I do hereby certify and declare upon my honour and veracity the above to be a true copy of my resignation of that office, which I sent to England on the 3d of September last : I also do hereby further de- clare, that on receiving the commission for the said office of distributor of stamps for New-Jersey, on or about the first of this instant, December, I returned the said com- mission to England the seventh inst. I do further declare upon my honour, that I have not appointed any officer, or officers for the distribution of stamps in the said province, nor done any other acts towards carrying the stamp act into execution, and I do upon my honor, assure the gen- tlemen of New-Jersey, that they may depend, I never will accept of any office whatsoever under the stamp act, nor will I directly or indirectly, be accessary to carrying the same into execution.
WILLIAM COXE
That they the Deputies, being entirely satisfied by these
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Papers and Mr. Coxe's Declaration, addressed him as fol- lows :
SIR,
WE being appointed to wait upon you, by the Sons of Liberty of New-Jersey, for a more satisfactory resigna- tion of your office of distributor of stamps in said prov- ince, are fully satisfied of your early resignation by the copy which you have favoured us with, as also your pres- ent chearfulness in farther fully satisfying us We do in the name of every Son of Liberty of New-Jersey, return you our hearty thanks, hoping your example may influ- ence those to do the like, who yet hold that detestable office.
The Deputies further reported, That on their Return Home, they were met by the Gentlemen of New-Bruns- wick, who gave them their hearty Thanks, which also was given them in Piscataway, and Woodbridge, where long Life and Prosperity were drank to His Majesty, and also to Mr. Coxe; and Confusion to every American Stamp-Master, unless he resign his abhorred and detest- able Office. 1
Whereas the one Moiety or equal undivided Half Part of the Grist-Mill, Fulling-Mill, Stamping-Mill, Dwelling- House and other out Houses, together with one Moiety of an equal undivided Half Part of about Fifty Acres of Land, situate at Rocky-Hill in the County of Somerset, in New-Jersey, late the Property of Nicholas Veghte, de- ceased, were advertised to have been on this Day, by Vir- tue of several Executions, issued out of Somerset Inferior Court, and no bidders appearing, I do therefore adjourn the Sale until Friday the 24th of January next, between the Hours of Twelve and Five in the Afternoon, on the
1 The same account was published in the Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1204, January 2, 1766.
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Premises, when and where Attendance will be given, by JOB STOCKTON, Sheriff.
Rocky Hill, 31st Dec. 1765.
-The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. I201, January 9, 1766.
NEW-YORK, January 2.
The Stamps, we hear, are by a military Power forced upon the inhabitants of Canada, Nova Scotia; and the new conquered Settlements in America, as also upon the Islands where a sufficient Military force is maintained to enslave the Inhabitants, viz. Jamaica, the Grenades, Bar- bados and Antigua; and by the same Means it may be enforced upon all America, when the Military Power be- comes superior to that of the united Colonies of New- Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Vir- ginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia, as well as several of the Islands, which will never submit to it so long as they have the Power of Resistance.
Where will the money come from to maintain Forces to enslave so great a Part of the British Nation !
IN Pursuance of an act of general assembly of the province of New-Jersey, and by an appointment of Alex- ander Randall, and Samuel Harrison, Esqrs; two of the judges of the inferior court for the county of Gloucester, NOTICE is hereby given to the creditors of Francis Red- cap, an insolvent debtor in the common goal of said county, that they meet at the house of John Camron, at I I o'clock, on the third day of February next, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Francis Redcap should not be discharged, according to the above recited act .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1205, January 9, 1766.
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New-Jersey,
Middlesex County S SS PURSUANT to an Order of Thomas Gach, and Stephen Skinner, Esquires, Judges of the court of common pleas for said county, upon the peti- tion of Justus Walker, an insolvent debtor, and the major part in value of his creditors, now in the gaol of the said county; notice is hereby given to all the creditors of the above petitioner, to shew cause (if any they have) before said judges, at the house of Elijah Dunham, inn-keeper in Perth-Amboy, on Tuesday the 21st day of January in- stant, at 12 o'clock of said day why an assignment of said petitioners estate, should not be made to assignees then to be appointed for that purpose, and he thereupon be dis- charged of his debts agreeable to the directions of an act of the governor, council and general assembly of the province of New-Jersey, made in the fifth year of his pres- ent majesty's reign, entitled, "an act for the relief of in- solvent debtors."
Perth-Amboy, January 3, 1766
Mr. James Ramsay,
WHO came from the County of Armagh in the North of Ireland, to this Country, Ten or Twelve Years since, and settled at Little-Britain, in Lancaster County, Penn- sylvania, where he usually had his Letters directed to the Care of Samuel Scott, Esq; a Magistrate for said County, from which Place the said Ramsey removed to some Part of the Jersey's about a Year ago; Will hear of something much to his Advantage by applying personally to Mr. William Gilliland, Merchant in New-York, the sooner he applies, the better for him. New-York, 7th. Jan. 1766.
East-New-Jersey, Monmouth County, October Term, 1765.
WHEREAS Nehemiah Smith, Corbitt Smith, and Mat-
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thew Anderson, did make application to said court, and Thomas Nelson, did also make application to John An- derson, and Robert Montgomery, Esqrs. two of his maj- esty's judges of said court, for the benefit of the late in- solvent act (made for the benefit of insolvent debtors ) did take the oath, and file their schedules according to said act, these are to give notice to the creditors of said debt- ors that they meet together at the court-house of said county, on Tuesday the 4th day of February next, to shew cause, (if any there be) why the said debtors estates should not be assigned, and their bodies discharged from their now confinement, pursuant to said act, of which this is the public notice given.
Salem County, January 13, 1766
PURSUANT to an Order of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Salem, Notice is hereby given to all the Creditors of Mary Lock, that on the Peti- tion of the said Mary Lock, with the major Part in Value of her Creditors, to the Judges aforesaid, the 8th Day of February is appointed for the Creditors of the said Mary Lock to meet at the Court-House in Salem, to shew Cause, if any they have, why an Assignment of the said Debtor's Estate should not be made, and the Debtor dis- charged, agreeable to the late Act of Assembly, made and provided for that Purpose.
Hunterdon County, ss.
January 3, 1766.
Pursuant to an Act of General Assembly, lately passed intituled "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors," James M'Adans, an insolvent Debtor, hereby gives No- tice, that he intends to take the Benefit of the said Act, and the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, for the County aforesaid, have appointed Saturday, the 8th Day of February next, for the Creditors of the above
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insolvent Debtor to meet at the Court House in Trenton, to shew Cause, if any they have, why an Assignment of the said Debtor's Estate should not be made, and the said Debtor discharged, according to the Form and Effect of the said Act.
JAMES M'ADAMS. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1934, January 16, 1766.
Trenton, January' I, 1766.
Whereas Hugh M'Can, late of Tewksbury, in the County of Hunterdon, Merchant, an insolvent Debtor, did on the 27th Day of November last, make an Assignment of all his real and personal Estate, both in Law and Equity unto us the Subscribers, for the Benefit of his Creditors : And on the same 27th of November the Hon. Frederick Smyth, Esq; Chief Justice and the Hon. John Berrien Esq; third Justice of the Supreme Court of the Province of New-Jersey, did confirm us the Subscribers, Assignees of the said Insolvent's Estate; in Consequence of which, we desire all Persons that are any Ways in- debted thereto, on Bill, Bond, Book Account, otherwise howsoever, to discharge their respective Debts to us at Trenton, on or before the first Day of March next ensu- ing, as Actions will be commenced against all those that delay a Compliance after that Date, by SAMUEL TUCKER, SAMUEL HENRY, and JOSEPH PHILIPS, Assignees.
Trenton, January 1, 1766
WHEREAS Robert Rutherford, of Trenton, in the County of Hunterdon, Innholder, an insolvent Debtor, did on the 27th Day of November last, make an Assign- ment of all his real and personal Estate, both in Law and Equity, unto us the Subscribers, for the Benefit of his Creditors : And on the same 27th Day of November the
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Hon. Frederick Smyth, Esq; Chief Justice, and the Hon. John Berrien, Esq; third Justice of the Supreme Court of the Province of New Jersey, did confirm us the Subscrib- ers, Assignees of the said Insolvent's Estates; in Conse- quence of which, we desire all Persons that are any Ways indebted thereton, on Bill, Bond, Book Account, or other- wise howsoever to discharge their respective Debts to us at Trenton, on or before the first Day of March next en- suing, as Actions will be commenced against all those that neglect a Compliance after that Time.
SAMUEL TUCKER, ISAAC ALLEN, SAMUEL HENRY, NATHANIEL PARKER, Assignees.
To BE SOLD,
A Valuable Plantation, situate in Amwell, in the County of Hunterdon, and Province of West Jersey, con- taining 85 Acres of Land, adjoining the Lands of Nicho- las Signe, Asher Morgan, and the Road leading to How- ell's Ferry, on which is a good Stone Dwelling-house, well finished, a good Barn, and two overshot Grist-mills, one Pair of Stones in each Mill, two Boulting Mills that go by Water, one other Boulting Mill for the Country, that goes by Hand; also a Saw-mill on the same Dam, which is supplied with constant Water from living Springs, about 10 Acres of watered Meadow, which produces the best of English Hay, a good young Orchard that produces Plenty of the best Fruit, with a Number of Peach, Cherry and Pear Trees; also a Cooper's Shop. The above Buildings are almost new, and in good Repair, and are near the Center of one of the best Townships in the Prov- ince for raising of Wheat. Whoever inclines to purchase, may have easy Terms of Payment, by applying to SAM- UEL KETCHIM living on the Premises, or SAMUEL TUCK- ER, Esq; in Trenton .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1935, January 23, 1766.
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Essex County, PURSUANT to an Order of Daniel New-Jersey } SS. Pearson, and Jonathan Hampton, Esquires, Two of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Essex, upon the Petition of Joshua Petit, an insolvent Debtor, and the Majority of his Creditors, Notice is hereby given to all the Creditors of said Joshua Petit, to shew Cause, (if any they have) before the said Judges, on Monday the Tenth of Febru- ary next, at 9 o'Clock of the said Day, at the House of Mrs. Johnston, Innkeeper in Elizabeth-Town, why any Assignment of the Estate of said Joshua Petit should not be made according to the Prayer of the said Petition to such Persons as shall be appointed, and the said Debtor discharged, pursuant to an Act of Assembly, made this present year, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors." Dated January the 15th, 1766 .- The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1204, January 23, 1766.
Borough of Elizabeth, December 23, 1765.
BY virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias to me directed, against the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, of Henry Lane, at the suit of Jonathan Higgins, I have taken and seized a lot of land, containing about six and a half acres, lying and being within the said Borough, near Raway Meeting House, on which the said Lane now lives : On the Premises are the following improvements, to wit, a good new dwelling house, with four rooms on a floor, and a fire place in each, a cellar under one half of it, a genteel court yard, with a good pal'd garden, a good well and a small barn, all well finished, and in good order. It is within half a mile of a good landing, a quarter of a mile of a good mill, on the post road from Elizabeth Town to Woodbridge, and all which makes it very convenient for a merchant, tavern-keeper, or a tradesman. There-
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