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RICHARD READING.
Cumberland, April 24, 1766
PURSUANT to an Order of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, held in and for the County of Cumber- land, Notice is hereby given to all the Creditors of Henry Carll, an insolvent Debtor, that on the Petition of the
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said Henry Carll, with the major Part in Value of his Creditors, the Judges have appointed Monday the 19th Day of May next, for the Creditors of the said Henry Carll, to meet, at the Court-house of said County, at One o'Clock in the Afternoon, to show Cause, if any they have, why an Assignment of the said Insolvent's Estate should not be made, and the said Debtor discharged, agreeable to the late Act of General Assembly, made and provided for that Purpose.
FIVE POUNDS Reward.
RUN away from the Subscriber, living in Gloucester County, West Jersey, on the 25th Day of March last, an Irish Servant Man, named Matthew Morrison, but sup- posed he will change his Name; he is about 5 Feet 5 In- ches high; had on, when he went away, a half-worn Cas- tor Hat. a white Vest, with black Spots in it, Woollen Trousers, half worn Shoes or Pumps, with square Silver Buckles in them; took with him a Frock made of Ticken, an old blue Coat, with large Metal Buttons; he is very talkative, and forward in Company, and on examining his Head close, you will find a soft Place on the Top, oc- casioned by a Blow; he can counterfeit his Voice to Cats and Dogs, and served his Time in Chester County, Penn- sylvania. Whoever takes up said Servant, and secures him in any Goal, so that his Master may have him again, shall have the above Reward paid by
JOHN RAMBO.
To BE SOLD,
A Lot of Land, situate on the Great Road, adjoining Mantua Creek Bridge, Gloucester County, containing 30. Acres, 4 whereof is Tide Meadow, banked in, and fit for the Scythe, a Dwelling-house, with a good Stone Cellar under it, a Pump at the Door, a young Orchard, contain-
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ing about 100 bearing Trees, a Conveniency of fishing with a Sean for Shad, and its lying on a fine navigable Creek, renders it very suitable for a Merchant or Shop- keeper, as a Vessel that draws 7 or 8 Feet Water, may pass to and from the same to the River.
Also a Plantation, situate on Oldman's Creek, in Penn's Neck, Salem County, about three Miles from the River, containing 124 Acres, between 40 and 50 thereof Tide Marsh, all banked in, with about 25 Rods of Bank, 20 or 30 Acres thereof cleared, and 12 of Upland, a Dwelling-house, with a Spring of excellent Water, handy to the Door, a young Orchard of good bearing Trees, &c. Any Person inclining to purchase, may apply to the Sub- scriber, living on the last mentioned Premises, or to Thomas Rambo; or John Brown, living near the first mentioned, and be informed of the Title and Terms of Sale.
DAVID ALDRIDGE.
-The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1950, May 8, 1766.
At a Meeting of near 1000 of the Sons of Liberty, at the Court House in the County of Sussex, and Province of New-Jersey, on Tuesday the Ist of April 1766.
It was' Unanimously Resolved,
I. THAT we yield unfeigned Obedience to his Maj- esty King George the Third, we acknowledge him our lawful Sovereign, and will protect and maintain him in all his just Rights of Government.
II. That we will Support and abide by the Constitu- tional Laws of our Mother Country, to which we have an undoubted, and indefeasable Title.
III. That the Stamp-Act is Unconstitutional, and Arbitrary, and deem'd by us destructive to our Civil Lib-
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erties, and as such, will oppose the same to the utmost of our Power.
IV. That we were born a free People, and had from our Ancestors the advantage of English Liberty handed down to us; which we will by all lawful Ways and Means, endeavour to transmit to our Posterity.
V. That disposing of our Properties, without our Consent, in an unconstitutional Way, is in Reality, claim- ing a Right to deprive us at Pleasure of all Property.
VI. That it would be the highest injustice to poster- ity, should we neglect the Means divine Providence has put in our Power, of preserving inviolate, our just Rights and Privileges.
VII. That a Committee be appointed, who shall make these Resolutions publick, that we are steadfastly deter- mined to stand in defence of our Liberties and Properties, at the risk of our Lives and Fortunes, if the glorious Cause requires it.
VIII. That the Committee do correspond with the Committees of the Sons of Liberty in the different Coun- ties of the Province, or elsewhere, whereby we should have immediate Notice of what they conclude on, that we may be in readiness when call'd upon to give our Assist- ance in opposing the illegal Proceeding that have been taken against us.
IX. That the Magistrates of this County, do proceed in Business as usual without Stamp Papers, and that we will bear them harmless in execution of their Office.
At a Meeting of the Sons of Liberty of the Township of Upper Freehold, in the County of Monmouth and Eastern Division, of the Province of New-Jersey, assem- bled at Imley's Town, this Twenty-Eighth Day of April, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Six.
WVe the Subscribers who deem ourselves Sons of
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Liberty, being free and natural born Subjects of GEORGE the Third, true and lawful King of Great-Britain, and all its Dependencies, (whom God preserve) being animated with Zeal and Love for the good of our Coun- try, and at the same Time paying due Obedience to, and having the highest Esteem for their aforesaid rightful and lawful Sovereign King GEORGE the Third, and all the illustrious House of Hanover; with Pleasure acknow- ledge, and Glory in our Loyalty and Fidelity to the best of Kings; whose Sacred Person, Crown and Dignity, we are ready and willing, at the Expence of our Lives and Fortunes to defend-Being fully convinced of the Op- pressive and Arbitrary Tendency of a late Act of Parlia- ment, imposing Stamp-Duties on this and the neighbour- ing Provinces, fundamentally subversive of the Liberties and Charters of North-America; truly sensible of the ines- timable Blessings of a free Constitution, gloriously handed down to us by our brave Fore-Fathers, detesting Rebel- lion, yet preferring Death to Slavery, well knowing that one Day, nay one Hour, of virtuous sacred Liberty, is worth Ten Thousand Years of abject Slavery and painful Bondage, do with all Loyalty to our most gracious Sov- ereign, with all deference to the just Laws of our Coun- try, and with a proper and necessary Regard to ourselves and Posterity, hereby mutually and solemnly plight our Faith and Honour;
That we will at any Risque whatever, when called upon, unite ourselves, truly and faithfully assist this and the neighbouring Provinces in opposing all Attempts that hath arisen, or shall or may arise, to deprive us of our Rights and Privileges, as by Charter have been handed down unto us, and will at all Events oppose the Oppres- sion of that most unreasonable, most unconstitutional, most horrid and detestable Thing, call'd the Stamp Act, within this, and the neighbouring Colonies.
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SECONDLY. We do Resolve, that we will by all Means in our Power assist all the Officers of Government in this Colony, in shewing their Loyalty to our Sovereign, by the executive Part of their Office; on the other Hand, those that will not do their Duty as by Law required, meet with our Disapprobation; and we account them as Men who have not Minds capable of receiving the exalted Ideas of Liberty.
THIRDLY. That we will in all Cases behave ourselves peaceably, and far as our Influence extends, will preserve his Majesty's Peace and good Order, as far as that may be done without suffering any Infringement or Imposi- tion on our just Rights and Liberties.
FOURTHLY. That we will do all in our Power to aug- ment the present happy Union now subsisting between the American Provinces, and more especially the universal Harmony that flourisheth in this Colony, and that those that act upon sinister or selfish Motives, shall be treated with Contempt."
New York, May 8. Last Saturday, a Poor Man who had been seen about the Bowery for ten Days before, was put in a Cart at the Request of the People of that Neigh- borhood, in Order to be sent to a Magistrate for Relief, he appearing very Sick; but the Driver of the Cart being a Boy, who did not find the Magistrate, to whom he had been ordered to apply, at home he tipt up his Cart, near the Fresh-Water threw the Man out, and drove off. The Neighbours coming up, found the unhappy Man, who was Dead, and having stopt the Boy, they made him carry the Corpse to the Work-House, where it was buried. The Coroner's Verdict was natural Death. The Deceased's Name could not be known; all we can learn of him is, that he said he came from the Jersies, where he left a Wife and
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nine Children, and that he was going to Boston, where his Brother lived, in very good Circumstances.
New Jersey - PURSUANT to an Order made by Essex County ss. Daniel Pierson and Jonathan Hampton, Esquires, two of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Essex, upon the Petition of David Frazee, an insolvent Debtor of said County, and sundry of his Creditors: Notice is hereby given by the said Petitioners to all the Creditors of the said David Frazee, to shew Cause (if any they have) before the said Judges, at the Court-House at New- ark, in the said County of Essex, on Monday the second Day of June next, at two o'Clock in the Afternoon of the same Day, why an Assignment of the Estate of the said David Frazee, should not be made to the Assignees then and there to be appointed by the said Creditors, for the Use and Benefit of all the said David Frazee's Creditors, pursuant to the Prayer of the said Petition, and the said David Frazee discharged from all his Debts, according to an Act of the Governor, Council and General Assembly, passed in the fifth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors. Dated May 6, 1766.
ALL persons indebted to the Estate of William Thom- son,1 of Millstone, in the County of Sommerset, and Prov- ince of East New Jersey, Attorney at Law, deceased; either in Bills, Bonds, Notes, Bills of Costs, or otherwise, are desired to pay the same on, or before the first Day of
1 William Thomson was admitted as an attorney and counsellor of New Jersey, May 11, 1758. His will is dated September 14, 1765. In it he speaks of his wife Margaret, and children, whom he does not name. He devises real and personal estate, and names as executors his father, Benjamin Thomson, and his brother-in-law, Edmund Leslie, and Peter Schank. The will is witnessed by James Leslie, William Millan and Hugh Thomson. It was proved October 2, 1765 .- E. J. Wills, Liber H, page 551.
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June next, to the Subscribers, Executors of the last Will and Testament of William Thomson, Esq, deceased, in order to prevent their being sued; and those Persons that have any demands against the said Estate, are desired to bring them in, properly attested to
BENJAMIN THOMPSON, PETER SCHENCK, Executors.
EDWARD LESLIE, - April 25, 1766.
-The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1218, May 8th, 1766.
On Wednesday, the 21st of this inst. May, will be sold by ยท public vendue, at the London Coffee House in this city, to be struck off at 7 o'clock in the evening,
THE wreck of the Snow Nancy, as it now lies on Here- ford Bar, near Cape May, where the said snow was cast away; and as it is believed the said wreck may be got off by those who can attend to it in warm weather, the pur- chaser will probably find himself possessed of a very good bargain .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1222, May 8, 1766.
New-Jersey, PURSUANT to an Order of Reune Middlesex County, SS. Runyon and Jonathan Frazee, Esquires, two of his Majesty's Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Middlesex, upon the Petitions of Justus Walker and John Sparling, insolvent Debtors, and the Majority of their Creditors in Value : Notice is hereby given to all the Creditors of the said Jus- tus Walker and John Sparling, to shew Cause (if any they have) before the said judges, on the Seventh Day of June next, at two o'Clock in the Afternoon, at the House of John Ross, Inn-Keeper, in Woodbridge, why an Assign-
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ment of the Estates of said Justus Walker and John Spar- ling, should not be made according to the Prayers of the said Petitioners, to such Persons as shall be appointed, and the said Debtors discharged, pursuant to an Act of Assembly of this Province, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors."
Dated May the 12th, 1766.
WHEREAS Samuel Little, an insolvent debtor, and the major part, in value of his creditors, have presented their petition to us, Daniel Pierson and Jonathan Hampton, Esqrs, two of the judges of the inferior court of common pleas, for the county of Essex, praying that the estate of the said Samuel Little, may be assigned to such persons as shall be appointed, by said petitioners to dispose of the same for the benefit of said creditors, &c 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 demands on him the said Samuel Little, to appear at the court-house at Newark in said county of Essex, on Monday the 9th day of June next, at three o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, (to shew cause if any they have) why the said Samuel Little, should not be admitted to the benefit of the said act, and thereupon discharged according to the directions thereof.
Dated May the 12th, 1766.
DANIEL PIERSON, JONATHAN HAMPTON.
THESE are to give Notice, that Simon Lamberson, a Prisoner now in the Goal or Prison of the City of Perth Amboy, in the County of Middlesex, and Province of New-Jersey, hath applied unto Thomas Gach and Stephen
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Skinner, Esquires, two of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Middlesex, by his petition, in Conjunction with the major Part of his Creditors in Value, for the benefit of the Act of Assembly of said Province of New-Jersey, lately made, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," and hath taken the Oath by the said Act prescribed : Therefore his Cred- itors, and all Persons concerned, are hereby appointed to attend at the House of Elijah Dunham, Tavern-Keeper, in Perth-Amboy, on the fifth day of June next, to shew Cause (if any they have) why an Assignment of the Es- tate of the said Simon Lamberson, should not be made, and the said Simon Lamberson discharged, pursuant to the said Act.
Perth-Amboy, May 10, 1766.
New-Jersey, - PURSUANT to an Order of Ben-
Somerset County, ss. jamin Thomson, and Philip Van Horn, Esquires, two of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Somerset, upon the Pe- tition of Joseph Hussey, an insolvent Debtor, and the Ma- jority of his Creditors: Notice is hereby given to all the Creditors of said Joseph Hussey, to shew Cause (if any they have) before the said Judges, on Thursday, the Fifth Day of June next, at Two o'clock in the Afternoon of said Day, at the House of William Mellen, at Somerset Court House, why an Assignment should not be made to such Persons as shall be appointed, and the said Debtor discharged, pursuant to an Act of Assembly made in the Year of our Lord 1765, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors."
Millstone, April 30, 1766.
-The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1219, May 15, 1766.
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Hunterdon, ss. Trenton, May 6, 1766.
PURSUANT to an Order of William Morris and William Clayton, Esquires, two of his Majesty's Judges of the County of Hunterdon, upon the Petition of George Erwin, now confined in Trenton Goal, Notice is hereby given to the Creditors of said Erwin, that Saturday, the 7th Day of June next, is appointed for the said Creditors to meet at the House of Richard Coxe, Innholder, in Trenton, to show Cause (if any they have) why an As- signment of said Debtor's Estate should not be made, and the said Debtor discharged, agreeable to an Act lately made for that Purpose, intituled, "An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors."-The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1957, May 15, 1766.
MR. BRADFORD,
That duty incumbent upon every honest man, to vindi- cate his character (when maliciously and unjustly as- persed) obliges me to beg you will take the trouble of giv- ing the annexed, a place in your next paper.
LAST Monday, while a horse of mine was standing at Mr. John Moody's shop, (which I had sent there to be shod) Mr. Samuel Garrick coming along, stopped and asked whose horse it was, Mr. Moody answered, the horse belonged to me, upon which Mr. Garrick told him, that some time ago, I had taken up a very fine horse, which I wanted to conceal; he said it was true I had advertised him, but that I had pasted the advertisements on the tops of trees, with design they should not be seen. At this time one of my servants was standing by (unknown to Mr. Garrick) who said it was not so; that I had adver- tised him at the Robin Hood tavern, and also in the public papers. Ay, Ay, replied Mr. Garrick, he did advertise him in the public papers, but it was by a false colour, upon which my servant said it was a damned lie; Mr. Garrick
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replied poh, poh, I know better; and immediately left Mr. Moody's shop. As soon as my servant came home, he in- formed me what had passed. Early next morning I went to town, to be more fully informed about this affair, and found what my servant related, to be strictly true. I was really surprised to find a person entirely unknown to me (for till this moment I never saw him) taking so much pains to injure me. As soon as my business permitted, I sent him the following letter, which this great man (now grown proud by an office he unworthily holds) has not condescended to answer. 1
"Extract of a Letter from an American gentleman in London, to his friend in New-Jersey.
London, February 25, 1766.
I most joyfully congratulate you on so unexpect- ed a delivery from slavery and civil dissention by the repeal of the stamp act; which was carried in the com- mons the 21st inst. by a majority of 108 votes, and as a supply bill must pass the lords of course. The providen- tial change of the M-y, from the most abandoned and execrable, to a set of as honest, upright, and amiable per- sonages as were to be found in the nation, seemed to be the foundation for our deliverance. But their power would have proved equal to the task, had not our glorious 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 reasoning 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
1 Here follows the letter, signed John McPherson, and nearly a col- umn besides on the subject.
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favour, popularity, 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 T's. If there be an exception, I believe yours is the man : But he has not power to do it, and therefore deserves no thanks. It is beyond descrip- tion (to me as well as to many others astonishing) that the colonies should, as they have hitherto done, trust their most IMPORTANT INTERESTS with SUCH PERSONS. Do you imagine the people of England possessed with a spirit of divination or intuition, so as to discern truth from falsehood, 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 interest or mal- ice 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 col- onies to use his utmost influence, for the appointment of able persons, who have natural attachments and connec- tions in the colonies; and that they may be sent as such men ought to be, . . INDEPENDENT, . by allowances sufficient to make them so."
Let not the object vanish from your sight, . . Remember, 'tis your country's safety.
VOLTAIRE.
-The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1223, May 17, 1766.
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FIVE POUNDS Reward.
LAST THURSDAY NIGHT was stolen out of Charles Gand- owen's shallop, at the Crooked Billet wharf, a small bale directed to Mr. James Sterling in Burlington, con- taining the following parcels and pieces of dry goods, viz.
SEVEN and a quarter yards of double purple calico, 8 yards of ditto, 13 yards of single purple ditto, I piece of double purple ditto, 5 and 3-4 yards of double purple cot- ton, 8 yards of ditto, 4 pair of men's brown thread hose, 20 yards of white half yard persian, 3 1b. of coloured thread, 2 1b. of white ditto, No. 8, 1 1b. of ditto, No. 12, I piece of brown quadruple Silesias, No. 31, I piece of ditto, No. 32, I piece of yard wide lawn, No. 1813, I piece of ditto, No. 281, I piece of long lawn, No. 141, I dozen of Kenting handkerchiefs, I dozen of chip hats, and I piece of Irish dowlas containing 43 yards. .
Whoever will apprehend the thief or thieves, so that he or they may be brought to Justice, shall have the above reward of FIVE POUNDS Of THREE POUNDS for the goods only, by applying to JOHN LAWRENCE, Esq; of Burling- ton, or to JOSEPH WHARTON, Junior, of this City.
TO BE SOLD,
By public vendue, at the London coffee house, on Satur- day the 31st of this instant, May, at six o'clock in the evening.
THE wreck of the ship Ellis as she now lies on Abse- comb Beach, near Egg Harbour; And as it is believed that sundry things of value belonging to said wreck, may yet be saved, especially at this moderate season; it is hoped that those who are acquainted with her situation, will give their attendance.
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Mr. Garrigues's answer to Captain M'Pherson's piece in our last, is come to hand, but, for want of room, must be deferred till our next .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1224, May 22, 1766.
Burlington, May 17. Yesterday our Chief Justice pas- sed Sentence of Death upon 2 Criminals, one a Girl for the Murder of her Bastard Child, the other a Fellow for Horse Stealing.
New-Jersey PURSUANT to an Order of the Somerset County SS. Hon. Frederick Smyth and John Berrien, Esq; two of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature, for the Province of New-Jersey, upon the several Petitions of George Remar and James Willson,, insolvent Debtors in the County of Somerset: Notice is hereby given by said Petitioners to all their Creditors, to shew Cause (if any they have) before the Judges afore- said, on Thursday the twelfth Day of June next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon of said Day, at the Dwelling House of William Wright, Innholder at the Sign of the King's Arms at Perth-Amboy, why an Assignment of the Estates of the said George Remar and James Willson, should not be made to Persons then and there to be nom- inated by the said Judges, and the said George Remar and James Willson be thereupon discharged from their Con- finement, agreeable to the Directions of an Act of the Governor, Council and General Assembly of this Pro- vince, made and passed in the fifth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of in- solvent Debtors."
Dated May 20, 1766.
-The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1220, May 22, 1766.
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PHILADELPHIA, May 22
The Right Honourable Lord Viscount KILLMOREY has appointed the Reverend NATHANIEL EVANS,1 M. A. Missionary for Gloucester County, in New Jersey, his Lordship's Chaplain.
Captain Wainwright, from Turk's Island, on the Tenth Instant, in Lat. 36, Long. 73:40, parted with Captain Wood, who sailed in Company with him, bound to Vir- ginia. ... On Wednesday, the Fourteenth Instant, about twelve at Night, a little below Marcus Hook, Cap- tain Wainwright took the Owner (Mr. Hough) another Man, a Boy, three Women, and a Girl, out of a Shallop then lying at Anchor, from Port Penn, loaded with Tim- ber, that had been run down by a Schooner going down the River, by which she received so much Damage, that she could not be kept above Water. Just after he got them on board, a very heavy Squall of Wind and Rain came on, and next Morning the Shallop was drove on a Bank on the Jersey Shore.
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