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At a Meeting of the SONS OF LIBERTY of the Town- ship of Piscataway, in the County of Middlesex, and Province of East New-Jersey, the 11th of March, 1766.
It was unanimously Resolved.
I. THAT we will cheerfully to the utmost of our Power, defend all our just Rights and Privileges, as they have always been heretofore allowed us.
II. That we will oppose all Attempts to deprive us of our Rights and Privileges as Englishmen, and therefore will at all Events oppose the Operation of that detestable Thing called the Stamp Act in this Colony.
III. That we will in all Cases behave ourselves peace- ably, and as far as our Influence extends will preserve the publick Peace, so far as that may be done, without suffering any Imposition on our just Rights and Liber- ties.
IV. That we will by all Means in our Power, assist and protect all the Officers of Government in this Colony, who act consistent with their Duty and the Good of the Public.
V. That we will always hold ourselves in Readiness, and with the utmost Cheerfulness assist any of the neigh- bouring Provinces, in Opposing every Attempt that may be made to deprive them and us of any of those Rights and Privileges we have heretofore enjoyed as English- men, and therefore do hold most sacred.
And lastly, that we do bear true Allegiance to his most sacred Majesty King George the Third, acknowledge him as our rightful Sovereign, and will at all Times faithfully
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adhere to his Royal Person, and just Government, and heartily oppose every Attempt to injure his Person, Crown, or Dignity .- Supplement to the New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, March 27, 1766.
NEW-YORK
March 24. A certain Gentleman, who goes by the Name of John Davis, alias Joseph Daniels, and lately brought into this Government a large Quantity of New- Jersey Bills of Credit, printed in England, was, a few Days ago, apprehended in Orange County, and commit- ted to Tappan Goal; and upon searching, it was found he had about him not less than 3500 1. of that Cash, all signed by himself, but he declared he never passed any of it.
PHILADELPHIA, March 27.
Saturday last Captain Campbell arrived here from Providence in 20 Days; he met with very hard Gales on our Coast, and on the 18th Instant, about 12 Leagues from our Capes, fell in with Mr. Cornelius Bowne, one of our Pilots, who had been blown off, and had sprung a Leak; Captain Campbell took him in Tow, and brought him into Cape-May; but was afterwards himself blown off, with his Anchor ahead, he was then obliged to take the People (five in Number) out of the Pilot Boat, and cut her adrift, as there was no Probability of keeping her above Water.
At a Meeting of the SONS OF LIBERTY of Hunterdon County, in West Jersey, held at the House of John Ringo, in Amwell, on Tuesday, the 18th of March, 1766, it was unanimously declared,
Ist. THAT we profess ourselves to be influenced by Sentiments of the greatest Loyalty and Affection to His
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sacred Majesty King GEORGE the Third, and him will de- fend to the utmost of our Power, in his just and legal Rights of Government.
2d. At the same Time we conceive it the indubitable Right of British Subjects, to be taxed only by their own Representatives, and of Trials by Juries : We are there- fore of Opinion, that the Stamp Act is an arbitrary and tyrranical Imposition, that robs us of those inherent and darling Privileges, and as such, we are determined, in Conjunction with the Rest of the free born Subjects in America, at the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, to give effectual Opposition to its Intrusion.
3d. We will likewise endeavour to support all Persons that proceed in Business as usual, without paying any Regard to said detestable Act.
Trenton, March II, 1766.
Hunterdon, ss.
PURSUANT to an Order of the Hon. Frederick Smyth, Esq; and the Hon. Charles Read, Esq; Second Justice of the Province of New-Jersey, Notice is hereby given to all the Creditors of Joseph Burwell, an insolvent Debtor, that on the Petition of the said Joseph Burwell, with the major Part in Value of his Creditors, the Judges aforesaid have appointed Wednesday, the 16th Day of April next, for the Creditors of the said Joseph Burwell to meet at the City of Perth-Amboy, at Ten of the Clock in the Fore- noon, to shew Cause, if any they have, why an Assign- ment of the said insolvent Debtor's Estates should not be made, and the said Debtor discharged, agreeable to the late Act of General Assembly, made and provided for that Purpose.
To be SOLD, by way of public Vendue, on the 9th Day of April next, at 2 o'Clock in the Afternoon,
A House and Lot of Land, containing 3 Acres; lying in
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Mansfield, Burlington County, in West Jersey, adjoining and containing the Landing of English's Creek; the House new and finished, the Land fresh and very rich, and under good Fence, except about three Parts of an Acre, which is pretty sapling Timber; also a Garden, made with Chestnut Posts and Cedar Boards, and a never failing Spring, within a few Perches from the Door. It is a pretty Situation for a Gentleman's Country Seat, lying high, healthful and pleasant; or it may suit a Waterman or Storekeeper, being a Landing much used by both Land and Water, and is very convenient for tend- ing the Market, or almost any public Trade or Calling. It lies between 20 and 30 Miles from Philadelphia, 6 from Burlington, and 4 from Bordentown. The Title indis- putable. Any Person inclining to view the Premises be- fore the Day of Sale, may apply to JOSEPH ELLISON, near the same.
N. B. The said Plantation will not be sold till the Day appointed. The Conditions of Sale shall be made known on said Day, and Attendance given by
JAMES ELLISON.
NOTICE is hereby given, that William Morris and William Clayton, Esquires, two of the Judges of the in- ferior Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Hunter- don, have appointed Tuesday, the 8th Day of April, for the Creditors of Samuel Ketcham, of Hopewell, in the County aforesaid, to appear at Trenton, in the said County, and then and there shew Cause, at 10 o'Clock of same Day, why the Petition of the said Samuel Ketcham, and the major Part in Value of his Creditors shall not be complied with, and he discharged according to Law .- The Pennsylvania Gasette, No. 1944, March 27, 1766.
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To be SOLD by public Vendue, on the Ist Day of May next, at 2 o'Clock in the Afternoon, on the Premises,
A Lot of Land in Burlington, about Half a Mile below the main Street, containing near three Acres, with the burnt Buildings thereon (where Governor Belcher for- merly lived) pleasantly situated on Delaware, and com- mands an extensive View up and down the River. The Foundation of the Building is uncommonly good, and great Part of the Walls may be saved in rebuilding; there is a good Well and Milk-house in the Yard, and a Coach house, and other Buildings adjoining.
PURSUANT to an Order of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, held in and for the County of Sussex, upon the Petitions of James Anderson, Richard Lanning and Jacobus Brink, insolvent Debtors, confined in Sussex County Goal, in New-Jersey, for Debt, together with the major Part of their Creditors, Notice is hereby given to all their Creditors, to shew Cause, if any they have, be- fore the said Judges, on the IIth Day of April inst. at the Court-house, in Sussex, why an Assignment of the sev- eral Estates of the said Debtors should not be made to Assignees then and there to be appointed, for the Use of their Creditors, and the said Insolvents thereupon be dis- charged, according to an Act of Assembly intituled, "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors."
For COVERING this Season The HORSE ROEBECK,
To be kept by the Subscriber, at Mountholly, in Bur- lington County, New Jersey, at Fifteen Shillings the Season, Twenty-five Shillings a Colt, or Five Shillings a single Leap; he is a famous well-made Horse, a good Sorrel, with Blaze and Snip, three white Feet, about fif-
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teen Hands high, rises eight Years old this Spring, an excellent Trotter, and came of a good Country Breed.
GEORGE WEST.
The Owners and Possessors of the Meadows, on the South Branch of Stoe Creek, the Division Line between Salem and Cumberland Counties, in the Province of West New-Jersey, intend to Petition the General Assembly of said Province, the next Sitting, to pass an Act for the maintaining and supporting the Sluices, Dams and Banks, on the said Creek. Bradway Keasbey, David Long, Re- becca Daniel, Jeremiah Bacon, David Briggs, Thomas Padgett .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1945, April 3, 1766.
WHEREAS Justus Walker, an insol- County
Middlesex SS. vent Debtor and the major Part in Value of his Creditors, did some Time ago Petition Stephen Skinner and Thomas Gach, Esquires, two of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, for the Benefit of the insolvent Act, and at the Day ap- pointed for his Discharge, one of the said Judges did not attend, and in Consequence thereof, the said Insolvent could not be discharged.
Now these are to give Notice to all the Creditors of the said Insolvent, to shew Cause, (if any they have) before the said Judges, or any two Judges of the Court afore- said, at the House of Elijah Dunham, in Perth-Amboy, on Saturday the Nineteenth of April next, why an As- signment of the said Insolvent's Estate should not be made to Assignees, agreeable to the Prayer of the afore- said Petition, and he thereupon discharged accordingly. March 14, 1766.
NOTICE is hereby given, that there will be exposed to
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Sale, by Way of public Vendue, on Tuesday the 15th Day of April next: The Plantation of William Hamton, an insolvent Debtor, lying in the County of Monmouth, within about 5 Miles of Middletown Point, containing about 500 Acres, about 100 Acres thereof cleared, a con- siderable Quantity of good Meadow, and a vast deal more may be cleared, and an extraordinary good Outlet for Cattle. There is also on said Plantation, a very good Grist-Mill and Saw-Mill, and other good Buildings. The said Plantation is to be sold altogether or in Lots, at the Choice of the Bidders, as it is a very suitable Place for Trade and Tradesmen. The Vendue to be held on the Premises, and to begin at Ten o'Clock, at which Time and Place the Conditions of Sale will be published, by us,
John Van Cleaf and Assignees. Samuel Forman
Freehold, 29th March, 1766.
THIS will inform the Public, that it is the Design of the Subscriber to open a GRAMMAR SCHOOL, on the 20th Day of April, at Hackensack, under the Inspection and Direction of the Rev. Mr. Goetschius. All Gentlemen who are disposed to have their Sons instructed in the learned Languages, as being very necessary and useful to a farther Progress in the liberal Arts and Sciences, may depend upon a constant Attendance, a strict and ac- curate Instruction, by their humble Servant,
STEPHANUS VOORHEES, A. M.1
N. B. The Terms of Admission, will be as moderate as in any Latin School perhaps to be found, viz. Twenty Shillings entrance, and Twenty Shillings per Quarter.
1 For a sketch of the Rev. Stephen Voorhees, see N. J. Archives, XXIII., -.
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It is supposed by Gentlemen who are well acquainted in the Place, that Board and Tuition, will not exceed Twenty Pounds per Annum. The agreeable Situation of the Place, together with many other Conveniences, I hope will be a considerable Motive to engage the Atten- tion of such Gentlemen as are disposed to have their Sons educated.
To BE SOLD,
At public Vendue, on Saturday the 19th Day of this Instant April, at the House of David Williamson, Inn- holder, on the York Road, between Cranbury and Amboy Ferry.
A Certain Tract of Land and Plantation containing about 260 Acres, situate and lying on the East Side of the said York and the Stage Road, and within the Cor- poration of New-Brunswick, opposite said Williamsons. There is about 50 Acres cleared, and within Fence, the Rest well wooded, and is about 7 Miles from Brunswick, and 5 from South River Landing, to which there is an excellent Road for carting Wood for the York Market, which frequently sells at three Pounds or more a Cord. Its Situation on so Public a Road, makes it very conve- nient for a Tavern, Store, &c. besides the Advantage of having a good Farm. The purchaser may have Time given him for Payment of the purchase Money, and an indisputable Title.
JURYAH VANARSDALEN NEW-JERSEY
To BE RUN FOR,
At the City of Perth-Amboy, on Thursday the Ist Day of May next, being the Day appointed by the Charter for holding the Fair:
A PURSE of TWENTY POUNDS, free for any Horse, Mare, or Gelding, not more than half Blood, carrying 9
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Stone, the best of 3 Heats, 2 Miles to each Heat; the Horses to be entered with Elijah Dunham, or William Wright, on or before Saturday the 26th of April, paying 2 Dollars Entrance, or 4 at the Post, to run according to the usual Articles. The Entrance Money will be run for on Friday the 2d May. Not less than four Horses will be allowed to start for the Purse.
Perth-Amboy, March 24, 1766.
PURSUANT to an Order of
Middlesex County. New-Jersey, Thomas Gach, and James Par- ker, Esqrs. two of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Middlesex, upon the Petitions of Arthur Denniston, and John Voorhise, insolvent Debt- ors, and the majority of their Creditors, in value; Notice is hereby given by the Petitioners, to all the Creditors of said Arthur Denniston and John Voorhise, to shew Cause, if any they have, before the said Judges, on Sat- urday the 26th Day of April next, at 2 o'clock of the same Day, at the House of Thomas Gach, in Woodbridge, in the County of Middlesex aforesaid, why an Assign- ment of the Estate of the said Arthur and John, should not be made, thus to be appointed, and the said Dennis- ton and John Voorhise be thereupon discharged, agree- able to the Directions of an Act of the Governor, Council, and General Assembly of this Province, made in the Year of our Lord 1765, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of in- solvent Debtors." Dated the 26th day of March 1766 .- The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1213, April 3, 1766.
New-Jersey, April 3. At a Meeting of the Sons of Liberty of the Township of Freehold, in the County of Monmouth, and Province of East New-Jersey, this 2d Day of April, 1766. Animated with Zeal and Love for
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the Good of our Country, at the same Time paying due Obeyance to, and having the highest Esteem for, the Honour of the British Parliament, &c. In Order to shew our public Disapprobation to the late Act of Parliament, to wit, The STAMP ACT; therefore, We, the Sons of Lib- erty, do unanimously enter into the following Resolves :
I. WE acknowledge King George the Third, to be our rightful and only Sovereign, and we will, to the ut- most of our Power, support, maintain and defend, all his just and legal Rights of Government.
2d. That we will to the utmost of our Powers, sup- port, maintain and defend, all our Rights and Privileges, as English Subjects.
3dly. That the Act, called the Stamp Act, is by us deemed unconstitutional, and destructive to our sacred Rights and Privileges; and that we are resolved to oppose it to the utmost of our Powers, if the glorious Cause of Liberty requires it.
4thly. That we will, with all our Might, join with the several Towns and Counties, in this, and the several neighbouring Provinces, and all others, who are the true Sons of Liberty, to uphold, and ever maintain that near and dear Friend Liberty, as far as our Might, Influence, and Power extends.
5thly. That a Committee be appointed to correspond with the Committees of this, and the neighbouring Prov- inces, to consult on the properest Measures, to prevent the said Stamp Act from taking Place; and that these our Resolves be made Public.
6thly. That we will from Time to Time, as much as in our Power lies, keep and maintain his Majesty's Peace and good Order in our respective Stations.
7thly, and lastly. That we do hereby proclaim our selves the true Sons of Liberty, and firmly join our selves
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in the solemn Union with the Rest of our Brethern in this and the neighbouring Provinces, to hold and maintain our dear Friend, Liberty.
New-York, April 10. We hear from New-Jersey, that on the 25th of March last, a barbarous Murder was com- mitted there on the Road between Woodbridge and Pis- cataway, upon a Man who was travelling on Foot from New-York to Philadelphia, and by a Paper found in his Pocket, appeared to have been one of the back Settlers whose Habitation and Effects were destroyed by the Indi- ans, on which Account he had been recommended to the charitable Assistance of the Public.
It appeared that he had changed or shewn 4 or 5 seven Pound Bills upon the Road, and that 2 Men dressed like Sailors, who were likewise travelling on Foot the same Way, sometimes before and sometimes behind him, had often joined his Company, and from Woodbridge, at their Request travelled with him. That they called at several Taverns, and went from the last in the Night. He seemed inclined to stay there all Night, but was persuaded by the Sailors to go on to Brunswick. It is supposed they mur- dered him soon after. A considerable Quantity of Blood was found in the Road, and a bloody Stick near it: The same Night these two Sailors called up the Ferryman at Brunswick, and crossed the Ferry, and as they went over, were quarreling together about the Division of some Money. The Body of the murdered Man was dragged out of the Road, over a Fence, and covered with Leaves, &c. where it lay a Week, and was discovered by a Man who accidentally crossing the Fence at the same Place, jumped upon the Body. The Murderers are not yet taken up.
Monmouth County, in New-Jersey. THIS is to give Notice to the Creditors of William
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Lawrence, an Insolvent that they show Reasons, if any they have to offer, why his Estate, real and personal, may not be assigned for the Use of his Creditors, according to the Directions of the late insolvent Act, and he be dis- charged, by the Honourable John Anderson and Robert Montgomerie, Esquires, two of his Majesty's Judges of said County Court, for holding of Pleas, on Thursday the Ist Day of May next.
March 17, 1766.
William Lawrence.
FOR SALE,
AN Estate in New-Jersey, in Morris County, and Township of Mendham, known by the Name of Hercules Yeng's; containing Two hundred and Twenty-seven Acres, 80 of which (if not more) are good cleared Land in Fence; the Rest good Timber Land, with a large Brook through the Middle of the same, a good spring Well 20 Yards from the Dwelling House, which never freezes, a good Dwelling House with a good Cellar under it. 3 Rooms on a Floor, with 2 Fire Places, a good Kitch- en and Barn, a Garden, an Orchard, a great many Cherry and Peach Trees, a good Iron Mine, the best Outlet for Cattle in the Jersies, on Suckesana Plains; the public Road runs past the Door that leads up to Sussex County and Court House, it is a Mile from a Meeting House, and 12 Miles from Morris Town and Court House: If not. sold soon, it will be let for six or seven Years, as it may suit; or bartered for any Place in New-York. A Third of the Purchase Money will be required, with Security, &c. Inquire of Joseph French, at Mr. Christopher Sweedland's, at White Hall, New-York.
N. B. There is a Market for every Thing at the Door, as the County abounds with Iron Works, and is thick settled.
April 4, 1766.
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To BE LET,
THE noted Tavern in Elizabeth Town, known by the Name of the White House1 (lately belonging to Col. Peter Schuyler). There are 8 good Rooms besides a Kitchen, good arched Cellars, a fine large Garden, well laid out, and stored with Peaches, Pears, Rasberries, Currants, and a fine large Bed of Asparagus, with a Barn and Stable, a good Wharf, that Craft of 20 Ton may come to. Any Person that Rents the above, may have a good Pasture, the other Side of the Street, on easy Terms.
Likewise there is to be sold in the Center of said Town opposite said White House, sundry Lots of Land, very suitable for building upon, and a large Tract of salt Meadow in Raway Meadows, near said Town; also the said White House and Premises. Any Time of Payment required, will be given, having Interest yearly paid, and an indisputable Title given for the same, by
Jonathan Hampton Elias Dayton
Elizabeth Town, March 5, 1766
TO BE SOLD OR LET,
A Large House, Lot and Stables, pleasantly. situated in the City of Perth-Amboy, with a good Garden well stored with the choicest Collection of Fruit-Trees. The Person inclining to purchase or hire the said House and Lot, may be accommodated with seven Acres of extreme good mowing Ground. For further Particulars, inquire of Mr. James Thompson, Merchant in New York, or David Johnston, at Greenwich.
1 Supposed by Hatfield to have been the first Government House in East Jersey. See Hatfield's Elizabeth, 212, note. But see paper by Ernest L. Meyer, on "The Site of the First Government House in East Jersey," in 3 N. J. Hist. Soc. Proceedings, III., 52.
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FIVE POUNDS REWARD.
ON Wednesday Night last, was stolen from the Town Dock at Newark, a Petti-Augre, about 30 Feet long, and 5 Feet wide, 2 Masts, Booms, Sails, Lee-Boards, Rudder and Tiller, with all necessary Rigging and Furniture : Had on Board in the Forcastle, a Fowling Piece, Brass- mounted, mark'd on the Lock thus I J U, a Pair of Ticken Trowsers, a Basket of Eggs, I Basket of Provision, a Bag fill'd with Hay, and some loose Hay in the Forecastle, and a Barrel of fresh Water.
The Forecastle is pretty long, painted with Spanish Brown, the Rudder has a Piece nail'd on the Head, to strengthen it, the Masts cased with Leather, where they enter the Deck. Five Dollars Reward for the Craft, &c. and Three Pounds besides if the Villains are taken, will be paid by Joseph Riggs, Esq; at Newark, John Ute, or the Printer in New-York .- The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1214, April 10, 1766.
NEW YORK, April 7.
Last Tuesday was found, a few yards from the road, between Woodbridge and Brunswick, in New-Jersey, the body of a man covered over with a little earth, and some leaves; and upon examination, it was found that he had been murdered but a few days before, by receiving many violent blows on the skull, by sticks or stones: 'Tis sup- posed to be a poor man that lived in Philadelphia; was formerly in his majesty's service; had been to the north- ward among his friends for a little assistance, and return- ing home about ten days since, was seen in company with two sailors, within a mile of the place where the body was found, at a tavern, where he unfortunately pulled out some of the cash his friends had supplied him with.
On Sunday night an express arrived here, dispatched
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by the Sons of Liberty of Baltimore in Maryland, to the Sons of Liberty here, with the following glorious news.
Baltimore, April 3, 1766, 8 o'clock at night.
"About a quarter of an hour ago Mr. Ploughman came here from Lower Marlborough and brings a letter from Mr. George Maxwell, of Benedict, on Patuxent river, to Mr. Charles Graham, of Marlborough, advising him of the arrival of Capt. Brook from London, and his receiv- ing by him a letter from Messrs. R. and J. Day, merchants in London, dated the 8th of February, in which they say, "We congratulate you on the repeal of the Stamp Act, "which, thanks to God, is just now resolved here by a "very great majority in parliament." On which I sin- cerely congratulate you and all lovers of Liberty."
This account, it is thought, there is great reason to be- lieve, as all the gentlemen mentioned in it are persons of
the highest credit. And what seems to strengthen the above intelligence is, that a gentleman of this place, ten day's ago, met another from Virginia, in the Jersies, who told him, that he left York Town the 27th of March, that the day before a vessel arrived there from London, in 43 days passage, which brought letters to the tenth of February, one of which to Colonel Ayres, and which the gentleman saw, wherein the writer tells him the Stamp Act was REPEALED, whereof he gave him joy.
By an express arrived yesterday from Cape-May, we have the following
Letter from Cape-May, dated April 7th, 1766.
"I am persuaded the following lines will relate distress and sadness to you: However I am bound to rehearse and to tell you, that on the 6th day of this instant, on Hereford Bar, which is about 4 leagues N. E. of the pitch of the Cape of Cape May, the poor unfortunate snow Nancy, Capt. Carr, from Bristol, was, by a violent gale
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of wind at E. N. E. forced on shore and is become a for- lorn wreck, which proved a watry coffin to all, except four persons, who only escaped out of a crew of 27 in number, the captain and mate are of the drowned, and some others of note and distinction: many of their dead bodies are drifted on shore, and some goods also.
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