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WILLIAM DOWELL.
TO BE SOLD,
By way of public vendue, on the 25th day of April next on the premises,
A Valuable plantation situate in Evesham, in the county of Burlington, in the province of West New-Jer- sey, containing 330 acres of land, 80 whereof good clover meadow, and about 40 acres more may be made, about 100 acres of upland cleared, the remainder well timbered; the meadow and upland divided into convenient fields and lotts, with a stream of running water in each meadow lot and field; the most part of the upland is exceeding good
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for any sort of grain; whereon is a frame two story dwelling house, with a cellar under it, a large frame kitchen, a well of water near the door, a large barn thirty by forty feet square, with stables, stalls and sheds for feeding cattle, a stream of water running through the barn-yard, a small orchard of old apple trees, and a large orchard of young thriving trees. The said plantation is situate about ten miles from Philadelphia, and about three miles from an English church, and near the same distance from a quaker's meeting-house; about one mile and a half from a good grist-mill, and is a convenient situation for a gentleman's country seat, for a dairy, or grassing cattle. Any person inclining to purchase, may apply to the subscriber on the premisses, or to John Cox in Moore's town, who will shew the lines, &c. The condi- tions will be made known at the time and place of sale, where attendance will be given by
DANIEL HOPEWELL.
-The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1219, April 17, 1766.
Last week was committed to the goal of this city one David Duncan, of Marcus Hook, for counterfeiting New- Jersey, and altering Pennsylvania bills of credit.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY William Franklin, Esquire,
Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over His Majesty's Province of New-Jersey and Territories thereon depending in America, Councellor and Vice- Admiral in the same, &c.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS I have received Information from one of principal Officers of the County of Sussex, that a most
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inhuman Murder and Robbery has been lately committed near Minisink, on the Body and Effects of an Indian of the Oneida nation, who had come there to trade, and had behaved himself soberly and discreetly; and that one ROBERT SIMONDS, alias SEAMONS, had been charged with the same, and was on the second day of April Instant com- mitted to the common Goal of the County aforesaid, from whence he was rescued in the Night of the same Day, about ten o'clock, by an armed Mob of twenty-five Men. And whereas it is the indispensible Duty, and for the Honour of every Government, to punish the Perpetrators of such atrocious Crimes, committed against the Laws of God and Man, and in manifest Violation of the solemn Treaties subsisting between his Majesty and the Indians, which have hitherto been inviolably kept by them, with respect to the people of this Colony. And as the Murder and Robbery aforesaid may greatly endanger the Peace and Security of the Frontiers, and introduce all the Hor- rors and Calamities of an Indian War, I Do therefore, hereby strictly charge and command all Officers, civil and military, within this Colony, (particularly those residing within the County of Sussex) to use their utmost En- deavours to take, and in goal secure, the said SIMONDS alias SEAMON, and such other Person or Persons whom they have sufficient Reason to suspect guilty of the afore- said Murder and Robbery, or of the Rescue of the said SIMONDS alias SEAMON, from Goal, and on their Com- mitment, to raise and keep up a sufficient Guard, to secure the Goal from being broke open, or the Prisoners rescued. And in order to encourage his Majesty's liege Subjects to exert themselves in the Pursuit and apprehending the said SIMONDS alias SEAMON, and every Person or Persons concerned in the Murder and Robbery aforesaid, I DO promise, that the Person or Persons who shall, after the Date hereof, apprehend the said Robert SIMONDS alias
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SEAMON, or any Person guilty of the Murder and Rob- bery aforesaid, shall, upon conviction of the Offender, receive from the Treasury of this Province, ONE HUN- DRED DOLLARS Reward. And I Do likewise in the most earnest Manner recommend it to the Inhabitants of this colony, to behave with Kindness, Humanity and Justice, to such Indians who shall visit the Frontiers in a friendly Manner, as such a Conduct will have a tendency to per- petuate the Blessings and Advantages of Peace.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal at Arms, at the City of Burlington, in said Province, the fifteenth of April, in the sixth year of his Majesty's Reign, Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and sixty Six,
WILLIAM FRANKLIN.
By his Excellency's Command, CHARLES READ, Secretary.
-The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1220, April 24, 1766.
CAME to the plantation of the subscriber, living in Hopewell township, Cumberland county, about the 25th day of October last, a bay MARE, about 13 hands high, paces and trots, about 7 years old, branded on the near buttock R, a star in her forehead, and shod before. The owner is desired to come and prove his property, pay charges, and take her away.
JOHN M'CLEAN.
To COVER this Season, The HORSE RAVEN,
To be kept by the subscriber, at the Black horse Tavern in Burlington county, New-Jersy, about eight miles from the city of Burlington, the same from Mount holly, seven from Crosswix, the same from Recklesstown, at a pistole
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a Leap, forty shillings leap and Tryal, and half a crown to the groom, his character is so well known there needs no further apology.
ABRAHAM CHATTIN.
-The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1220, April 24, 1766.
NEW-YORK, April 14
Last Week, Capt. Smith, bound to St. Kitts from this Port, was drove on the Point of Sandy Hook, and 'tis feared will not be got off.
To BE SOLD,
A Plantation, in the Township of Upper Penn's Neck, in Salem County, containing about 120 Acres, near a convenient Landing on Delaware River, well timbered, and a Conveniency for making good Meadows; late Part of the Estate of Cornelius Corneliuson, deceased. For Terms of Sale, apply to the Subscriber, in the Town of Salem, or to George Trenchard, junior, in Lower Penn's Neck, to either of whom every Person and Persons, hav- ing Mortgage or other Demands against the said De- ceased's Estate, are desired to give Notice.
Salem, April 11, 1766.
GEORGE TRENCHARD, Execut.
-The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1948, April 24, 1766.
London, February 8. On Thursday last the University of Oxford, in full convocation, conferred the following degrees by diploma, viz. The degree of Doctor of Divin- ity on the Rev. Mr. Thomas Bradbury Chandler, Mission- ary of Elizabeth Town, in New-Jersey.
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To BE SOLD, By Way of Public Vendue, on Thursday the 22d Day of May next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, on the Premises :
A Large genteel well finished House and Lot of ground, lying and being in Elizabeth Town, in New- Jersey, on the Main Street leading from the Bridge to the Church, and directly fronting the Road that leads from the Point, being the House in which Barnaby Shute, lately lived: The House is two Stories high, with four large Rooms on a Floor, and a spacious Entry. The Lot con- tains about one Acre and an Half of Land, on which is a new Barn, Stables, and Out houses, with a good Garden well fenced in; the Whole very convenient for a private Gentleman, Trader or Tavern-keeper.
Also, on the same Day, will be likewise sold,
The noted Grist Mill, and Appurtenances, situate at the Foot of the Bridge in Eliabeth Town aforesaid, known by the Name of the Town Mills, late the Property of said Barnaby Shute. Any Persons willing to purchase before the Day of Sale, may know the Terms, by apply- ing to the Subscribers, who will give an indisputable Title for the same.
WILLIAM HARRIMAN JOSEPH WOODRUFF, jun. and SILAS HALSEY.
RUN-AWAY from his Employers, the 12th Instant, one WILLIAM SERELS, of a small Stature, black curl'd Hair; had on when he went away, a blue Broad Cloth Coat, has been newly turned; a blue spotted Swanskin Jacket and blue Breeches : He has taken off Things that was not his own. He has taught a School, and has formerly been in His Majesty's Service. Whoever takes up said Serles, so that he may be brought to Justice, shall have FORTY
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SHILLINGS Reward, and all reasonable Charges, paid by us,
WILLIAM SPARLING, DAVID WILLIAMSON.
New-Brunswick, Middlesex
County, New-Jersey, April 12, 1766.
PURSUANT to an Order of the Hon.
New-Jersey { SS. Frederick Smith, Esq; Chief Jus- tice, and the Hon. John Berrien, Third Judge of the Su- preme Court of Judicature, for the Province of New- Jersey, upon the Petition of Thomas Leonard, an insol- vent Debtor in the Gaol of the County of Somerset : No- tice is hereby given by the said Petitioner to all his Cred- itors, to shew Cause, (if any they have) before the said Judges, on Tuesday the twentieth Day of May next, at Princetown, in the said Province, at Nine o'Clock in the Forenoon of said Day, why an Assignment of the Estate of the said Thomas Leonard, should not be made to per- sons then and there to be nominated by the said Judges pursuant to the said Petition, and the said Thomas Leon- ard be thereupon discharged from his said Confinement, agreeable to the Directions of an Act of the Governor, Council and General Assembly of the said Province of New-Jersey made in the Fifth Year of his present Maj- esty's Reign, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors."
Dated the 13th of March, 1766.
Philadelphia, April 24. On Thursday last, one David Duncan was taken up here, and committed to Goal, there being found upon him a Number of the Bills of Credit of New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania, altered from lesser to higher Denominations.
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New-York, May I. Extract of a Letter from an Amer- ican Gentleman in London, to his Friend in New-Jersey. London, Feb. 25, 1766.
- "I most joyfully congratulate you on so unex- - pected a delivery from slavery and civil dissention by a repeal of the Stamp Act; which was carried in the Com- mons the 2 1st instant, by a Majority of 108 Votes, and as a supply bill must pass the Lords of course. The provi- dential change of the M-y, from the most abandoned and execrable, to a set of as honest, upwright, and amiable Personages as were to be found in the Nation, seemed to be the foundation for our deliverance. But their power would have proved unequal to the task, had not our glori- ous HERO, our former deliverer, stood forth; and almost alone, supported our feeble unfashionable dying Cause. He struck at the Root; he openly denied the right of Par- liament to impose internal taxations on the Colonies. With the eloquence of a Demosthenes,-with the cool rea- soning of a Hambden,-with the warmth of an American enthusiast, did this Great Man plead our desperate cause, and that of Liberty, in defiance of R-1 favour, popu- larity, friends, relations, dangers and disease. For hours could I expatiate, in heaping encomiums upon this Saviour of our Country; but you will hear them from all quarters .-
Tho' private friendship would be a sufficient induce- ment for me to address you at present; yet I have now another Motive, which is, and ever ought to be esteemed the greatest, I mean,-the good of my Country. Know then, that we have been sacrificed and sold by our Ag-s. If there be an exception, I believe yours is the Man: But he has not power to do it, and therefore de- serves no thanks. It is beyond description (to me as well as to many others astonishing) that the Colonies should, as they have hitherto done, trust their most important
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interests with such Persons. Do you imagine the People of England possessed with a spirit of divination or intu- ition, so as to discern truth from Falshood, by hearing only one side; which is, and always will be the case, so long as the M-y can silence the Ag-ts, while our enemies roar against us at leisure, and represent us in such colours, as their interests or malice suggests. I say nothing but what falls infinitely short of what might be said, perfectly consistent with truth. It is certainly the duty of every leading man in the Colonies, to use his ut- most influence, for the appointment of able persons, who have natural attachments and connections in the Colonies; and that they be sent as such men ought to be,-INDE- PENDENT-by allowances sufficient to make them so"-
Let not the object vanish from your sight .- Remember, 'tis your country's safety.
VOLTAIRE.
FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD,
RUN-AWAY from the Subscriber, on Monday the 21st of April last, a yellowish Negro Fellow, named Bill, for- merly belonging to Mr. Cornelius Clopper, at Rariton Landing, in New-Jersey, appears to be about 20 or 22 Years of Age, about 5 Feet 6 Inches in Height, speaks good English and Low Dutch fluently, had on when he went away, an old red Cloth Jacket, a Pair of old Home- spun Trowsers, and an Iron Collar; which last it is sup- posed he has found Assistance to get taken off. Who- ever takes up and returns, or secures him so that I may get him again shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward for their Trouble, besides all necessary Expences. All Mas- ters of Vessels and other Persons, are warned not to carry off, conceal or harbour the said Run-away, as they would avoid a Prosecution in the Law.
New York, May 1, 1766. JOHN KLEIN.
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WHEREAS John Ashton, Jases Hanes, and Moses Brown insolvent Debtors, and the major Part in Value of their Creditors, have presented their Petitions to John Anderson and Robert Montgomerie, Esquires, two of his Majesty's Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Monmouth, praying, that the Estates of the said John Ashton, Jases Hanes, and Moses Brown, be assigned to such Persons as such Petitioners shall appoint, to dispose of the same for the Benefit of their Creditors, pursuant to an Act of the Governor, Council and General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors." These are therefore to give Notice to all Persons that have any De- mands on them, the said John Ashton, Jases Hanes, and Moses Brown, to appear at the Court House in said County of Monmouth, on Monday the 24th Instant, to shew Cause, (if any there be) why the said John Ashton, Jases Hanes, and Moses Brown, should not be discharged according to above recited Act.
John Anderson, Robert Montgomery.
PURSUANT to an Order of the Hon.
New-Jersey ( ss. Frederick Smyth, Esq; Chief Jus- tice, and the Hon. John Berrien, Esq; third Judge of the Supreme Court of the Province of New-Jersey, upon the several Petitions of Henry Crusee, an insolvent Debtor, in the Gaol of the County of Somerset, James Leonard and John May, both insolvent Debtors, in the Gaol of the County of Middlesex, Samuel Romine, an insolvent Debtor in the Gaol of the County of Monmouth, and George Rhea, of the County of Monmouth, an insolvent Debtor, together with the major Part in Value of his Creditors : Notice is hereby given to all the Creditors of the said Henry Crusee, to meet at the House of Thomas
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Leonard, at Princetown, on Tuesday the Twentieth Day Instant May, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon of said Day; and to all the Creditors of the said James Leonard, John May, Samuel Romine and George Rhea, to meet at the House of Samuel Horner, of Princetown, on the same Twentieth Day of May, at Eleven o'Clock in the Fore- noon of the said Day, to shew Cause (if any they have) before the said Judges, why an Assignment of the Estates of the said Henry Crusee, James Leonard, John May, Samuel Romine, and George Rhea, should not be made to Persons then and there to be appointed, pursuant to the said Petitions, and the said Henry Crusee, James Leon- ard, John May, Samuel Romine and George Rhea, be dis- charged from Confinement, and be admitted to the Bene- fit of an Act of the General Assembly of this Province of New-Jersey, made in the Fifth Year of his present Maj- esty's Reign, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors."
N. B. The abovesaid James Leonard, by Reason of his becoming Security for several Persons, for large Sums of Money, which Persons have since broke, by which Means said James Leonard has had sundry Writs served upon him, for such Debts, and is obliged to take this method to disengage himself from his present encum- brances, and particularly from those Debts that he has made himself liable to pay for other Person of which he has no Benefit.
To be sold at Public Vendue, on the Premises, on Tuesday the 17th Day of June next :
THE noted Mills of Andrew Leake, at Bromely, in New-Jersey, with a commodious house, store-house, barn and other out-houses, and about 300 acres of exceeding good land thereto adjoining, which will be sold together, or in parcels, as may best suit the purchaser. The situa-
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tion is in the heart of the best wheat country in the prov- ince, healthy and agreeable. The mills may be kept con- stantly employed, as they never want water in the driest season; for trade none better, surrounded with wealthy farmers, very thickly settled.
Likewise a tract of Land lately belonging to said Leake, near the Falls of Lamaton, together with a house and lot at New Germantown. The conditions of payment very easy, one-third in ready money, one-third in a year, and the other third in two years. At the same time and place will be sold, a quantity of dry goods, plate, house- hold furniture, farm utensils, waggons, Negroes, horses, horn'd cattle, sheep, hogs, &c. Good title will be given by the assignees, the Subscribers; and as they are deter- mined to collect all debts due to the said Andrew Leake, as soon as possible, they desire all Persons so indebted, to make payment to them, who will attend for that pur- pose on the aforesaid 17th Day of June next, or on fail- ure thereof, they may depend on being sued.
WILLIAM AXTILL, JOHN TAYLOR, JAMES M'EVERS CORNELIUS Low, Jun. New-York, April 26, 1766.
Assignees.
-The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1217, May 1, 1766.
The following are copies of the several Petitions agreed on and transmitted from the late General Congress at New-York, to the King's most excellent Majesty, and to both houses of Parliament, agreeable to the instruc- tions given the commissioners from the several colonies. To the KING'S most excellent MAJESTY.
The petition of the freeholders and other inhabitants of the Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island and Providence
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plantations, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the govern- ment of the counties of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex upon Delaware, province of Maryland, &c
[The petition is omitted, as it can be found in the his- tories of the Stamp Act Congress. It is signed in behalf of New Jersey by Hendrick Fisher and Joseph Borden, Commissioners from this Province. Similar petitions to the House of Lords, and to the House of Commons, were similarly signed.]
N. B. The commissioners from Connecticut; Eliphalet Dyer, David Rowland and William Samuel Johnson Esqrs. From New-York, Robert R. Livingstone, John Cruger, Philip Livingston, William Bayard and Leonard Lispenard, Esqrs. From South-Carolina, Thomas Lynch, Christopher Gadson and John Rutledge, Esqrs. were not empowered to sign at the congress, and therefore reported to their respective assemblies, who have since each nearly by a unanimous vote approved of the proceedings, and seasonably transmitted their petitions in the same words, under the hands of their several speakers. Some of the other provinces, particularly New-Hampshire, have done the same. Robert Ogden, Esq; from New-Jersey, and the Hon. Timothy Ruggles, Esq; from Massachusetts, for reasons best known to themselves, if they had any, refused to sign, and abruptly left the congress before the business was compleated. John Dickinson Esq; was necessarily called home a few days before the congress finished, but there was no doubt in the minds of any but he was a sin- cere friend to his country. His province have the highest opinion of him, as all who knew him must. To avoid all disputes about precedency, and promote harmony, it was agreed in voting, and in the proceedings, to begin at one end of the continent and go through, only as Massachu- setts first proposed the measure, the compliment was paid them by the gentlemen of the other colonies, of plac-
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ing them first; but it was merely a compliment, and it is to be hoped that on all future ocasions as on this, the col- onies will consider themselves as on the same footing, without the least claim of pre-eminence one over the other.
(The Resolves we inserted the 3d of April last. )-The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1221, May 1, 1766.
Salem, April 20, 1766.
THREE POUNDS Reward.
MADE his Escape, last Night, from Salem Goal, a cer- tain John Vernon, a Cooper by Trade, about 5 Feet 10 Inches high; took with him when he went away, a light- ish coloured Saggathy Coat, Bearskin Waistcoat, and lightish coloured Knit Breeches. Whoever takes up said Vernon, and secures him in any Goal, so that the Sub- scriber may have him again, shall have the above Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by
EDWARD TEST, Sheriff.
N. B. All Masters of Vessels are forbid to carry him . off at their Peril.
Trenton Goal, April 28, 1766
PURSUANT to an Order of Frederick Smith, Esq; Chief Justice of the Province of New Jersey, the Creditors of George Bright are to attend at Trenton, at the House of Joseph Yard, on Saturday, the Tenth of May next, and then and there shew Cause, (if any they have) why the said George Bright, shall not be discharged, according to Law.
To BE SOLD,
A Plantation, in Greenwich Township, Sussex County, West New-Jersey, consisting of 178 Acres of very good Land; there is a living Stream of Water, with a good
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Grist-mill, on the Place, and Plenty of Business. There is a Log Dwelling-house, and good Log Barn, and about 90 Acres of the Land cleared, and all within good Fence; about 100 bearing Apple Trees. The Title is indisputable. Any Person inclining to purchase, may apply to EDWARD MARSHALL, on the Premises, or JOHN HUGHES, in Phila- delphia, where they will be informed of the Terms of Sale.
Hunterdon, ss.
April 22, 1766.
PURSUANT to an Order of William Morris and Will- iam Clayton, Esquires, two of his Majesty's Judges of the County of Hunterdon, upon the Petition of Christopher Liverton, an insolvent Debtor; Notice is hereby given to the Creditors of the said Insolvent, that Tuesday, the 20th Day of May next, is appointed for the said Creditors 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, agreeable to an Act of Assembly, lately made for that Purpose, intituled, "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors."
Trenton, April 19, 1766.
AGREEABLE to Adjournment, will be exposed to Sale at public Vendue, to the highest Bidder, on Wednesday, the 21st of May next, between the Hours of Twelve and Five of the Clock in the Afternoon, on the Premises, the noted Tavern House, and about 40 Acres of Land, be it more or less, situate in Amwell, and now in the Possession of Samuel Fleming, bounded by Lands of Richard Lan- ing, Thomas Lowrey, Gershom Lee, William Norcross, and the King's Highway; there is also a good Barn, a good bearing Orchard, and some excellent Meadow on the above Lot, also one Franie House, Blacksmith's Shop, and about three Acres of Land, be it more or less, in the Corner of two Roads, adjoining the above, and nearly
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opposite to Mr. Thomas Lowrey's. Also to be sold the same Day, to begin at Twelve of the Clock, Horses, Cows, Calves, Hogs, one Iron bound Waggon and Gears, one Plough, one Harrow, sundry Houshold Furniture, such as Feather Beds and Bedding, one Clock, Tables, Chairs, Writing Desk, Pewter, Iron Pots with sundry other Things too tedious to mention here; late the Property of Samuel Fleming, seized and taken in Execution at the Suit of Alexander Ray, John Smith, and others, and to be sold by
SAMUEL TUCKER, Sheriff.
-The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1949, May I, 1766.
On Tuesday, the 20th of this instant May, will be sold by the Subscriber, at public Vendue,
A FARM, containing 120 Acres of extraordinary Wheat Land, two Thirds of it cleared, on which is a good Dwell- ing-house, pleasantly situated in the Township of Amwell, and County of Hunterdon, West New-Jersey, about 20 Miles distant from Trenton, and 3 Miles from the River Delaware. Also a Lot adjoining the above, containing about 38 Acres of Land, mostly of the best Meadow, well watered, whereon is a large commodious Stone Dwelling- house, four Rooms on a Floor, two Stories high, a good Barn, Stable and Cow-house. Any Person desirous of purchasing before the Day of Sale, may be informed of the Terms, by applying to
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