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A JERSEY MAN. -N. Y. Journal or General Advertiser, No. 1439, August 2, 1770.
RUNAWAY from Trenton Forge in the county of Burlington, New-Jersey, a SERVANT LAD, named Alex-
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ander Campbell, about 24 years of age, short in stat- ure, thin visage, sharp nose, grey eyes, fair skin, light brown hair which he usually clubs; he chews tobacco, is very fond of rum, and quarrelsome in his cups, has been about ten days ago seen at North East Works in Maryland. Whoever takes up the said servant and secures him in the gaol of Cecil county in Maryland, or in the gaols of New-Castle or Sussex, shall have THREE POUNDS Reward, or his time, which is supposed to be two years and a half, will be sold for Twenty Pounds. He writes toler- ably well, and may forge a pass or a discharge.
CHARLES READ. -Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1443, Aug. 2, 1.770.
A LIST of LETTERS remaining in the POST OFFICE PHILADELPHIA, Fuly 5, 1770.
B. John Booth (2), Manington.
E. William Egan, Bordentown.
F. Michael Fisher, Gloucester ; Daniel Fenelly, Cumberland ? Co.
R. William Roach, Egg-harbour.
FIVE DOLLARS Reward.
STOLEN from the subscriber, living in Piscataway, Middlesex county, New Jersey, on Saturday night, the 21st of July 1770, by a certain William Mur- phew, a light brown surtout coat, basket buttons, 2 beaver hats, about half worn, 4 white linen shirts, middling fine, 2 or 3 pair of stockings, one pair of blue cloth trousers, and sundry other things; he is
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about 6 feet high, a well set fellow, wears his own black hair, has a scar on the right side of his neck, which he got by the cut of a sword, as he said. Whoever takes up the thief, and secures him in goal, so that he may be brought to justice, shall have the reward, paid by me.
NATHANIEL FITZ RANDOLPH. -Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2171, Aug. 2, I770.
WANTED to hire for twelve months, a single man that understands the farming business in its different branches ; to be employed in New-Jersey, twenty miles from Philadelphia. Any person properly, and well recommended (and none else need apply) may hear of reasonable encouragement, by inquiring of the Prin- ter of this paper .- Pennsylvania Chronicle, No. 187, Aug. 6-13, 1770.
WOODBRIDGE, (in New-Jersey,) July 23. W HEREAS several Merchants of the City of New- York have, contrary to their own most sol- emn Engagement, most shamefully and perfidiously broke thro' the general Non-Importation Agreement to the Encouragement of a corrupt Ministry, as well as in Violation of the sacred Rights of every true born British Subject of North-America.
WHEREFORE, we the Freeholders and Freemen of the Township of Woodbridge, in New-Jersey, have, at a General Meeting, convened for that Purpose, unanimously come into the following Resolves, viz.
I. RESOLVED, That we owe and maintain all due Allegiance to our rightful Sovereign GEORGE the
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Third, King of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, &c.
2. RESOLVED, That we, as free-born Subjects of the Dominion of Great-Britain, claim an undoubted Right to all the natural Privileges of our happy Con- stitution, and that any of the least ministerial In- fringement thereon, is manifest Injustice and Oppres- sion.
3. RESOLVED, That altho' the Duties may be whol- ly taken off of every Article whereon they were im- posed, we will not, unless they make ample Confes- sion of their Crime, directly or indirectly, hold any Kind of mercantile Connection with any of those Im- porters, so violating the said general Non-Importa- tion Agreement, nor with any Person that may purchase Goods of any of them, in order to carry on a retail Trade among us.
4. RESOLVED, That we will treat every such Im- porter who shall in Case pass through our Town, with the utmost Contempt and Disdain, and stigma- tize him in whatever Company he may happen among us, with the opprobrious Name of the Enemy and Betrayer of his Country.
5. RESOLVED, That all and every of these Reasons be strictly adhered to, and remain in Force until the same shall be duly altered by a general Town-Meet- ing, of the Freeholders and Freemen, to be called for that Purpose.
6. And lastly, RESOLVED, That we do hereby ap- point Jonathan Frazee, Samuel Barrow, David Alston, George Brown and Nathaniel Heard, Esqrs. Joseph Shotwell, Axford Burt, William Edgar,
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George Everson, John Ross, Jeremiah Manning and John Thorp, jun. Merchants ; Reuben Evans, Rob- ert Clarkson, Henry Force, Ebenezer Foster, David Edgar, Mathias Baker, John Moores, Moses Bloom- field, Richard Wright, Esek Fitz Randolph, Daniel Shotwell and William Smith, Farmers, to be standing Committee to correspond with the several Commit- tees of this and the neighbouring Provinces, as Oc- casion may require, by a Majority of those who shall from Time to Time, meet on proper Notice by Ad- vertisement, to be exhibited by at least three of our said Committee for that Purpose.
Dennis Combes, Charles Jackson,
Barnaby Kearney,
Ezek Fitz Randolph,
John Moores,
John Dobbs,
Jackson Bunn,
George Brown,
Daniel Donham,
Robt. Fitz Randolph,
Nathaniel Heard,
Thomas F Randolph,
Lewis Evans,
Moses Bloomfield, M. D.
Ebenezer Foster,
Samuel Bloomfield,
Nathl. Fitzrandolph,
Samuel Stone,
Thomas Brown,
Reuben Evans,
Ichabod Bunn,
John Brown, Stephen Chandler,
Joseph Bloomfield,
Isaac Tappen.
We conclude the above Signers sufficient to be inserted, tho' we would inform our Friends, that we expect Copies to be signed universally by our Inhab- itants.
ADVERTISEMENT.
W E hear from ours and the Country's Friends in Woodbridge, that they Keep in Readiness in some convenient Place near the Centre of the Town (to wit, near Execution Dock, and not far from Lib- erty Oak,) a sufficient Quantity of Tar and Feathers, in order to ply those atrocious V -- s, those vile Miscreants, who have violated their so often plighted Faith, and through the avaricious Humour of raising
Joseph Shotwell, jun.
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a private fortune on the Ruins of the Public, have perfidiously broke through the general and salutary Non-Importation Agreement. It is said ducking in Execution Dock will be added as Occasion may re- quire .- N. Y. Gazette . or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1440, Aug. 6, 1770.
NEW-BRUNSWICK.
On this August, 1770, a respectable Number of the Freeholders, Freemen, Merchants aud Traders of this City, met a! the Court-House of this City, and after having considered the present danger- ous and Critical State of public Affairs in Amer- ica, unanimously agreed to the following Resolu- tions.
Ist. T HAT the Non-Importation Agreement, which was generously and uniformly en- tered into by the Merchants and Traders in the sev- eral Colonies, is the best and most reasonable Scheme that could have been fallen on, to prevent the direful Effects of the Act of Parliament of the 7th Geo. IIId, imposing Duties on Tea, Paper, Glass, &c. calculated to enslave this Country.
2d. That preserving said Union and Agreement without the least Infraction or Violation, is of the highest Consequence to secure our Liberties from Ministerial Invasion, notwithstanding the partial Re- peal of that Act, which seems not to carry the Ap- pearance of a real Intention to remove the Griev- ances complained of, and to continue to us the free Enjoyment of our natural Rights and Privileges.
3d. That notwithstanding our hopes center'd with
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the New-Yorkers, to make a noble Stand in this grand Concern, They have treacherously broke their Non-Importation Contract, and for their Part have dissolved this Union, whereby they have not only given a dangerous Wound to the common Cause of their Country, but have administered Joy, Comfort and Strength to the grand Enemies of our Liberties.
4th. That as a Testimony of our Abhorrence of this detestable Breach of Faith, by a Party in New- York, We as an Individual do agree to break off all commercial Intercourse with them, when the Inhab- itants of East-Jersey in general, shall have adopted and agreed to this Measure, which, in Conjunction with our Brethern, we shall endeavour by every Means in our Power, to promote and execute.
5thly and lastly. We do further agree and resolve, that if any Scheme or Plan already proposed, or hereafter to be formed, properly calculated for our common Safety or commercial Interest, shall be duly attended to ; And with Respect to the proposed Plan published in Gaine's Paper of the 30th July, and in the Philadelphia Chronicle of the same Day, for ren- dering Perth-Amboy a Place of Trade, has our par- ticular Suffrage, tho' at present partly Ideal, or seem- ingly at a Distance, depending upon the Suffrage and Aid of other Colonies, yet when put in Practice, we shall join Heart and Hand to promote the same, not only by our Example and Persuasion, but by every other act in our Power.
DIRCK VAN VEGHTE, Chairman.
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New-York, August 9. Last week Mr. Applegate and Mr. Abrahams, of this City, went to the City of Brunswick, in New-Jersey, having with them for Sale, a Quantity of Pine Apples, Limes, &c. The People of Brunswick finding them to be Subscribers for Im- portation, treated them so roughly, that they judged it not Safe to appear publickly, and being unable to sell their Fruit, a great Part of it spoil'd upon their Hands ; they were glad to get off privately to avoid the Effects of the People's Resentment, which Mr. Abrahams was not so luckly to escape at Wood- bridge, on his Return, where he was much insulted, and duck'd in a Creek, and was likely to have been much worse used if he had not made his Escape. We hear that two Merchants of this City, Subscrib- ers for Importation, who a few Days ago set out on a Journey to Philadelphia, at Woodbridge were both heartily duck'd, but the Particulars we have not heard .- N. Y. Journal or General Advertiser, No. 1440, Aug. 9, 1770.
We hear that one of the New-Yorkers, who had signed for Importation, passing through New-Jersey, was stopped in his career at Woodbridge, and was there genteelly ducked to cool his courage : On his re- turn to New-York he made a most piteous story, which, we hear, so sensibly touched the humane and generous hearted Importers, who would sell their coun- try for gold, that on this lamentable occasion they had some thoughts of raising a subscription for to en- able their brother to prosecute - perhaps the whole country.)
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ALL PERSONS indebted to JOSEPH REED, Esq ; of Trenton in New-Jersey, lately gone to England, are requested to make speedy payment to JOHN Cox, jun- ior, merchant in Philadelphia, or CHARLES PETTIT, at- torney at law in Burlington, who are duly authorized to receive and give discharges for such debts.
Such of Mr. REED's clients who may have occasion to give any directions about their suits, are desired to apply to CHARLES PETTIT, who is, by rule of court, appointed in the room of Mr. REED, to prosecute and defend all actions in the courts of New-Jersey, in which Mr. REED was attorney .- Pennsylvania Fournal, No. 1444, Aug. 9, 1770.
Burlington, August 10, 1770. To the PUBLIC.
THE Subscriber, having met with great Encour- agement, from a Number of the most respectable GENTLEMEN in New-Jersey, has removed his PRINT- ING-OFFICE from Philadelphia to Burlington, where he has set up his Business .... He has furnished him- self with a new and elegant ASSORTMENT of PRINTING MATERIALS, at a considerable Expence, and hopes his Friends in other Places, whose Countenance he gratefully acknowledges, will still continue their Favours, as he flatters himself that he will perform PRINTING in as correct, expeditious and reasonable a Manner, as those of his Profession in the adjacent Colonies .... He will not presume to expatiate upon the Utility of the ART of PRINTING, nor willingly tire the Patience of the PUBLIC, with a long Detail (as is usual upon such Occasions) of what he can or will
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do, .... and only venture to say, that no Care or Pains shall be wanting to give Satisfaction, and, to the utmost of his Abilities, will endeavour to merit the Approbation of those who may please to favour him with their Commands.
ISAAC COLLINS.
A small Assortment of Books and Stationery may be purchased on reasonable Terms, at the above Printing-Office.
Now compiling, and speedily will be published, The BURLINGTON ALMANACK, for the Year 1771 ; con- taining besides the usual Calculations, &c. a Variety of useful and entertaining Matter, in Prose and Verse.
RUN away, on the 5th Instant, from the Subscriber, living in Evesham, in the County of Burlington, a Dutch Servant Lad, named Peter Mennel, about 18 Years of Age, of a swarthy Complexion, black Hair, about 5 Feet 2 Inches high ; had on, when he went away, a blue and white striped Jacket, Ozenbrigs Shirt, Tow Trowsers, and a half worn Beaver Hat, with a white Band, and white Loops; had the first Joint of the fourth Finger of his Left Hand cut off, and it is supposed he went towards Philadelphia. Whoever secures said Servant, so that his Master may have him again, shall receive THREE POUNDS Re- ward and reasonable Charges, paid by
DANIEL LIPPINCOTT, junior.
RUN away, the 2d day of this instant August, from the subscriber, living in Elsinborough, in the county of Salem, West New- Jersey, an English servant man,
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named WALTER LINDY, about 26 years of age, about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, a thick well set fellow, of a dark complexion, marked with the small pox, speaks somewhat on the west country dialect, has strait black hair : had on, and took with him, an old homespun jacket, very much worn, of a light colour, lined with flannel, a good homespun skirt, two pair of trowsers, one pair of tow cloth, the other striped linen, old shoes, with buckles, and a good felt hat ; he is an ungrate- ful fellow, this being the 9th or 10th time he has run away, so I desire any person or persons that have an opportunity, to secure him in any of his Majesty's goals, so as his master may have him again, and if in this county, shall have Twenty Shillings, if out of the county Thirty Shillings, if out of the province Forty Shillings, for their trouble, and reasonable charges, paid by
JOHN FIRTH.
Cumberland County, August 3, 1770.
WHEREAS Thomas Maskill, Esq; High Sheriff of the County of Cumberland, in New Jersey, by Vir- tue, and under Pretence of having an Execution, at the Suit of one Richard Mills, of the County afore- said, against the Goods and Chattels, Lands and Tenements, of John Jarman, of the same County, hath presumed to levy the said Execution, not only on two Negroes, legally our Property, but also on a Tract of Land, situate in Hopewell Township, in the County aforesaid, now in the Possession of, and belonging to us the Subscribers; for which said Land, we have, severally, good and sufficient Deeds
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of Conveyance, in Fee Simple. This is therefore to forewarn all Persons whatsoever, not to purchase the Premises, or any Part thereof, from the said Sheriff, as we are determined to defend our Right and Title to the utmost, by every legal Method in our Power. REUBEN JARMAN BERIAH JARMAN.
EIGHT DOLLARS Reward.
RUN away, on Sunday, the 29th of July, 1770, from the subscriber, of Lower Penn's Neck, Salem county, and Western Division of New-Jersey, an Irish ser- vant man, named William Karragan, about 21 years of age, has redish hair, and is of a sandy complex- ion ; he is marked with the small-pox, a well made fellow, about 5 feet, 5 or 6 inches high, stoop-shoul- dered, by trade a smith, speaks on the brogue; had on, when he went away, an old felt hat, a waistcoat, without sleeves, the fore parts of it whitish broad- cloth, and the back parts fustian, of the same colour, an old patched tow shirt, and narrow tow trowsers ; he went away barefooted. Whoever takes up said servant, and secures him, so that his master may have him again, shall have the above reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
ANDREW M'CULLAM.
N. B. All masters of vessels are forbid to carry him off at their peril .- Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2172, Aug. 9, 1770.
New-York, August 13. A few Days since died at his House in Perth-Amboy, John Barberie, Esq ;
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Collector of that Port ; a Gentleman well respected in that Office.
We hear that Stephen Skinner, Esq; Treasurer of the Eastern Division of the Province of New-Jersey, is appointed one of his Majesty's Council for said Province.
Last Week two New-York Importers, in crossing a Brook in New-Jersey, on their Way to Philadel- phia, the Bridge sunk under them, and they both were handsomely ducked. How enormous must be the Guilt of those who would betray the Liberties of the Public, to advance their private Fortunes, when even a public Bridge is not able to support the Weight of their Eniquities ? May this be the Fate of every Wretch who would sell his Country for a Mess of Pottage.
New-York, July 13, 1770. FOUR DOLLARS Reward.
S' ATURDAY last was lost, between Waters's Ferry and Powles-Hook, a Pair of set STONE SHOE BUCKLES, wrapped up in a coloured Silk Handkerchief: Who- ever finds them, and will bring them to the Printers hereof, shall receive the above Reward .- N. Y. Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1441, August 13, 1770.
Mr. HOLT,
Be pleased to insert the following in your next.
HE public is desired to take Notice, that tho' the
T Brunswick Resolves, inserted in your Number I 440, were agreed to without a negative Voice, yet 15
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Direk Van Veghte, Chairman was inadvertently add- ed without his Knowledge, for which the Transcriber begs Pardon.
[Mr. Applegate denies that he was insulted or obliged to conceal himself in Brunswick, and by that Means hinder'd from doing his Business, as men- tioned in our last.]
T THIS is to desire all Persons indebted to the late Partnership of John Hamersley, &c. by Bond, Note or Book Debt, to discharge the same by the first October next without fail, to the subscriber, who has a pretty Assortment of Goods on Hand, which will be sold very reasonably for Cash or short Credit. The Business carried on as usual, by
ANN HAMERSLEY.
Also to be SOLD,
A New House and Lot of Ground, with a good Barn, about 5 Miles from Middletown-Point, very convenient for a Shop-Keeper or Tavern, now in the Tenure of Mr. Cornelius Swart. The Lot contains eight Acres, of which one Acre is in a good Garden, in which are some of the best Fruit Trees, the remaining seven Acres are in good Wood Land, of which none has been permitted to be cut for three Years past. For further Particulars apply to the Subscriber, who will give an indisputable Title for the same.
ANN HAMERSLEY. -N. Y. Fournal or General Advertiser, No. 1441, August 16, 1770.
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To BE SOLD, by the SUBSCRIBER,
A VALUABLE plantation and tract of land, situate in Lebanon, in the county of Hunterdon, in West Jer- sey ; containing 615 acres ; there is a good grist-mill and saw-mill erected thereon ; the grist-mill is large, and well built; has two pairs of stones; the boult- ing reels, and hoistings, go by water; there is a good frame dwelling-house, with four rooms on the lower floor ; it is a convenient place for a store, be- ing a good wheat country, and thick settled ; there is a large barn and a hay-house, a large quantity of good watered meadow, and more may be made at a small expense, upwards of 100 acres of cleared plow land, and a young orchard on the premises. The said tract of land may be divided into two planta- tions, and leave a sufficient quantity of land and meadow to accommodate the mill ; it will be sold in parts or altogether, as may best suit the purchasers. Any person or persons inclining to purchase the whole, or any part thereof, by applying to the sub- scriber, living in Bucks county, near the Falls Ferry ; or to David M'Kenny, on the premises, may be in- formed respecting the title and terms of sale.
MAHLON KIRKBRIDE.
To the PUBLIC.
T THE Business of this Printing-Office having de- volved by the Death of JAMES PARKER (the late Proprietor of this Paper) on his Son SAMUEL F. PARKER, who finding the Prosecution of it at present inconvenient, has leased the Office for a Term of Years to the Subscribers, who propose to carry on
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the Business in as extensive a Manner as it has hith- erto been done. .
The Public's humble Servants
SAMUEL INSLEE, ANTHONY CAR.
-N. Y. Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1442, August 20, 1770.
Custom-house, Entered In,
Schooner Happy Return, N. Stilwell from Egg- Harbour .- Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1446, August 23, 1770.
Allen's-Town, in New-Jersey, August 15, 1770.
THIS is to give Notice, to those whom it may con- cern, That the Subscribers intend to petition the As- sembly of New-Jersey, at their next Sessions, to pass an Act for making the Bridge over Crosswick's Creek, below Richard Brown's Mill, a County Charge.
SAMUEL ROGERS, ISAAC ROGERS, RICHARD BROWN.
-Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2174, August 23, I770.
WHEREAS there is a large quantity of swamp, or tide marsh, lying and being on the creek commonly called and known by the name of English's Creek, in the township of Mansfield, in the county of Burling- ton, which now lies useless for want of banking, which, to all appearance, if banked, would be of great value to the proprietors, and a benefit to the
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neighbourhood in general .- This is to give notice to the public, and all whom it may concern, that we the subscribers, intend petitioning the Governor, Council and Assembly the next sessions, which is to sit at Amboy, in order to obtain an Act for that purpose .-- Thomas English, Joseph English, fo- seph English, jun. Samuel English, John Suttan, Abraham English.
Mansfield, August 31, 1770.
-Pennsylvania Chronicle, No. 190, Aug. 27- Sept. 3, 1770.
New-Jersey, August 24.
T HE Inhabitants of the Town of Seacaucus, in East- New-Jersey, hereby give Notice, That a Meet- ing of the Commissioners by Law appointed for finally settling and determining the Rights of the Common Lands in the Patent of said Seacaucus, is desired to be held at the House of Abraham Dem- arest, in Hackinsack, on Thursday the 27th of Sep- tember next, in order that the same may be finally settled.
The Commissioners are Stephen Crane, John Smyth of Amboy, George Trenchard of Salem, John Taylor of Middletown, Daniel Ellis and Wil- liam Hewlings of Burlington, Samuel Tuthill of Morris, John Imley of Bordentown, and Azariah Hunt of Hunterdon .- N. Y. Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No 1443, August 27, 1770.
New- York, August 30. We hear from Hackin- sack that last Tuesday, Abraham Ackerman, of that Place, went out in order to shoot Pidgeons ; but not
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coming home as soon as expected, search was made for him, and in a little Time, he was found in a field not far from his House, shot thro' the Head.
To be sold at Public Vendue, at Perth-Amboy, dur- ing the Supreme Court, in the Term of September next,
The LIBRARY of LAW BOOKS,
B ELONGING to the Estate of the late Honourable Lewis Morris Ashfield, Esq ; by V. Pearse Ashfield, Administrator. Aug. 20th, 1770. -N. Y. Journal or General Advertiser, No. 1443, August 30, 1770.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, Philadelphia-OUTWARDS. Sloop Centurion, E. Gray, Amboy.
FOUR DOLLARS Reward.
RUN away from the subscriber, living in the town- ship of Deptford, in the county of Gloucester, in the Ferseys, on the 16th of August, 1770, an English ser- vant man, named Edward Clemons, about 23 years of age, 4 feet 4 inches high. middle stature, a good deal knock-kneed, sandy complexion, straight hair, sour look, and calls himself a pin-maker by trade ; had on, when he went away, an ozenbrigs shirt, tow trowsers, new felt hat, brown coat, with horn buttons, a white flannel jacket and new shoes ; as he has lately run away twice, once he was put in Chester goal, next he got to Burlington county, he had a horse lock on his leg, under his trowsers, tied up to the calf of his leg, but may have got it of. Whoever takes up and secures
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the said servant, so that his master may have him again, shall have the above reward and reasonable charges, paid by
JAMES HINCHMAN. Hunterdon county, New-Fersey, April 18, 1770.
WHEREAS the subscriber has been concerned in trade, and carrying on iron-works, for a number of years past, by which, meeting with many losses, and, by the hardness of the times, is unable to pro- cure money to pay the debts contracted at said works, whereby they, and the lands belonging to them, which cost several Thousand Pounds, have been sold, by execution, for only as many Hundreds, as also a large estate besides, sold nearly in the same proportion to its value ; I am therefore under the disagreeable necessity of giving my creditors no- tice, that in order to free my body from confinement, I intend to petition the legislature of the province of New-Jersey, at their next sessions, for relief in the premises.
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