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Agreement, even in a commercial View, and it was rather early to give over, as soon as these commer- cial Advantages were at an End. But the Die is cast ; and we have only to chuse, whether to unite in maintaining an Agreement of a more restricted Nature, or to go on disputing about a Shadow, which cannot longer be realized It is indeed possible to drop all Trade with England, and it is possible for us to go naked too, but it cannot be expected. We may go on reproaching and complaining of each other, we may widen still more the Differences which already prevail amongst us, and we may per- haps forever destroy all Hopes of recovering that Union, on which our Safety depends ; but we cannot possibly maintain so extensive an Agreement for any Length of Time. Is there not reason to hope that we might all unite once more, in maintaining an Agreement not to import dutiable Articles? Most People are of Opinion that it had been better to have made this Agreement at first ; but they would not seem to relax from their Resolution's : It would look as if all our Agreements would come to noth- ing. But surely it would be better to correct our Mistake, than to persevere, or rather to pretend to persevere, beyond what we are able. Whilst we are attempting something which is within the Verge of Possibility, we may be feared ; but when we offer to go beyond this, we shall really be despised, for our Enemies are sensible that we shall do nothing. What I fear, and I think I have Reason to fear it, is, that our intestine Divisions will grow so high, as to drive some through Party spirit to import even duti-
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able Articles ; and then adieu to Liberty ! We have not yet bowed our Neck to the Yoke, but the Instant we consent to pay these Duties, we submit to Slav- ery Because the Outworks have been deserted as untenable, let us be the more cautious, that we be not driven from the Fortress ; and let us be exceed- ingly careful to unite as one Man in its Defence.
Yours, &c.
CETHEGUS. New-Jersey, September 25, 1770.
New-York, October 8. We hear that the Rev. General Convention of Delegates, from the conso- ciated Churches of Connecticut, and the Synod of New-York and Philadelphia, met at Elizabeth-Town, on Wednesday, the 3d of this Month, to consider the general State of the Churches under their Care. The Convention was opened with a Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Nathaniel Taylor, of New-Milford, from Ezek. XXXVII 9-II.
THE Subscriber begs leave to return his hearty Thanks to those Gentlemen who were pleased to favor him with their Votes and In- terest at the present Session of General Assembly, now sitting at Perth-Amboy, for the Business of the Province, altho' it was not successful to him.
NOTWITHSTANDING, it gives him singular Satisfac- tion to think, that by his losing that Business, it has preserved his Opponent from inevitable Ruin.
SAMUEL F. PARKER.
Woodbridge, October 6, 1770.
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Mrs. JOHNSON, (formerly Mrs. CHETWOOD)
NFORMS the Publick, that she keeps a House I of Entertainment in the large and commo- dious House next adjoining the Court-House in Elizabeth-Town, (formerly Mr. Shute's) Also good Stabling for Horses, and Conveniences for Carria- ges.
N TOTICE is hereby given, the Trustees of Queen's College in New Jersey, are de- sired to meet at the House of the Rev. Mr. Harden- bergh, at the Raritan, on Wednesday the 3 st Day of this Instant, October, by me,
DAVID MARINUS, Officiating Clerk to the Trustees of said College, for the Time being.
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THIS is to give Notice to the Creditors of
John Mecom, Jeweller, who died on Sunday the 30th of September last, That Catherine Mecom, his Widow, declining the Administration is ready to deliver the Effects and Estate he died possessed of, to the Creditors, or to any one that shall administer on the same; and that she would be glad to hear from them soon.
CATHERINE MECOM. New Brunswick, October 4, 1770.
To be SOLD,
A Large White-Wood PETTIAUGRE, 5 years old, now in good Order, with a new Suit of Sails. She is 32 Feet long and 7 wide, suitable for
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a Miller or Farmer. For Particulars enquire of John Van Winckle, in Bergen
She now lies at Prior's Mill, in Bergen, where any Person may view her .- N. Y. Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1449, October 8, 1770.
TO BE SOLD,
On reasonable terms by the Subscriber, ETNA FURNACE,
IN Burlington county, 19 miles from Philadelphia, situated on a tract of near 9000 acres of well wood- ed land, in a plentiful and healthy country, furnished with all houses and buildings necessary, 7 miles from the present landing on Ancocas Creek, & one may be made at five miles distance, or the produce may be transported in a pontoon to carry six tons at two miles, whence boards are daily floated in rafts of 2500 feet. The land carriage to New York market is 17 miles. Together with a small stamping mill and a grist mill close to the furnace, and convenien- ces therein to grind and polish iron ware by water ; there is in the furnace a variety of nice patterns and flasks for casting ware, for which as well as barr iron, the metal of this work is very fit, and is in very high esteem at foreign markets, as will appear by the ac- counts of sales. There is also on this tract a swift going saw mill which for some years past & to come is under a rent of near £200 per year, with a provis- ion for doing the owners work. There is plenty of ore at different distances, and the roads so remarka- bly good that the carriages will last many years with very little repair.
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Also TANTON FORGE, two miles and a half nearer Philadelphia, on an extraordinary stream, and a com- petent quantity of wood, having all buildings neces- sary. The teams used about these works are chief- ly oxen, the maintenance of which costs very little during the coaling season, and they are wintered abro id at 28 s. per pair. The portage of the iron is IOS. per ton to Philadelphia, and the advantages these works have in this respect, over the works far back, amounts to many hundred pounds a year.
Also to be SOLD, ONE HALF of ATSION FORGE or BLOOMARY of four fires and two hammers, very large and commodious, on a large stream of water, having all necessary buildings erected, the wood and ore handy, the portage of its produce to Philadelphia 17 s. per ton, and to New York 15 s. The loads at all these works is one ton and a half, and machines on the plainest construction are erected for weighing them if suspected. There are at the works several servants and negroes who understand different branches of the business, teams and carriages. One managers clerk, one carpenter, and one smith do the business of the furnace and Tanton forge with ease. The only reason for selling them is that it is neces- sary to have a person concerned in the works resi- dent at Philadelphia, and a man of activity at the furnace. The present owner is very infirm, and not able to stirr much. The premises will bear examin- ing. Any person or persons inclining to become purchasers of a part or the whole, are invited to view them and examine the calculations made for carrying them on, and to stay at the works a proper
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season to see the exactness of those calculations demonstrated. If the persons be strangers, introduc- tory letters will be expected.
CHARLES READ. -Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1453, Oct. IT, 1770.
NEW-YORK, October 3
On Tuesday last, The Corporation for the Relief of Widows and Children of Clergymen in the Commun- ion of the Church of England in America, met in this City : And on Wednesday a well adapted Dis- course, warmly recommending the Charity, was preached in Trinity Church, to a very large and res- pectable Audience, by the Revd. Dr. AUCHMUTY, one of the Members of the Corporation, from 2 Kings IV. I, 2.
As it is presumed that there are many charitably disposed Persons, who would be desirous to know in what Manner they may convey their Benefactions, we are desired to give Notice, that Donations to this laudable Charity will be thankfully received by Ja- cob Le Roy, Esq; of this City ; the Revd. Dr. Chand- ler, of Elizabeth-Town, and Francis Hopkinson, Esq; of Philadelphia, the Treasurers ; and, in general, by the Clergy and the other Members of the Corpora- tion, in each of the three Provinces.
The Beginning of August last departed this Life, at Pilesgrove, in West New-Jersey, Mr. Mounce Keen, aged 105 Years and 8 Months. He was born of Swedish Parents at Chester, in Pennsylvania, and al- ways enjoyed his Health and Understanding well, till
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within the few last Years of his Life. About three Years before his Death, he rode alone three Miles, and home again.
Elizabeth-Town, East New Jersey, October 4, 1770.
STRAYED Or STOLEN, from the subscriber in Eliza- beth Town, East New Jersey, last night, a brown horse, about 14 hands and an half high, has a star in his forehead, is well and strong made, has a brand on one thigh, but scarcely visible, about 9 or 10 years old, both trots and paces, but neither well. Likewise a strawberry roan horse, 3 years old last grass, about 14 hands high, has a star in his forehead something like a half moon, natural to a trot. Whoever takes up the said horses, and returns them to the subscriber, or gives notice where they are, shall receive a reward of Twen- ty Shillings, if taken in the province, or Forty Shil- lings, if taken out of the province, and all reasonable charges paid ; if stolen, and the thief be stopped with them, so as to be brought to justice, double the above re- ward will be paid by JOHN HALSTEAD.
-Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2181, Oct. 1I, I770.
To BE SOLD, by public vendue, in Cranbury town, on Thursday, the first of November next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon,
THE noted GRIST MILLS in said town, all newly repaired, with two pair of stones, and three boulting cloths in good order, a small frame house, stable, and a three acre lot of English meadow, adjoining said mills.
Also about two hundred and twelve acres of good 19
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land two miles from the mills, on which are a good frame dwelling-house, barn, waggon house, and a large orchard, all in excellent repair, together with 19 acres of meadow, lying along Pinotipine brook, late the estate of Michael Reynolds, deceased.
The mills lie on a good stream, extremely well sit- uated for country or merchant work, and for a store, being on the stage road to New-York; in the county of Middlesex, and province of New-Jersey, within 20 miles of Bordentown, and JI of South River Land- ing, in a healthy country, and remarkable for produc- ing as good wheat as any part of the province. From the convenience of situation, the miller or merchant may send their produce to, and receive goods from Philadelphia, New-York, &c. at a very small expence. To be sold together or separate, as may best suit the purchaser or purchasers, to whom shall be made an indubitable title. Conditions to be made known at the time of sale.
GRACE REYNOLDS, Administratrix. JOHN REYNOLDS, Administrator. Cranbury, October II.
BURLINGTON, September 24, 1770.
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED AND TO BE SOLD, by ISAAC COLLINS, At his printing-office in this city, the BURLINGTON AL- MANACK ; for the year of our Lord 1771. Contain- ing, besides the usual astronomiccal observations, the following useful and entertaining matters, viz
I. SOME hints, extracted from a late approved treatise on health. 2. The true history of the gold-
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en age ; a poem. 3. An essay on emulation. 4. Riches and poverty ; an Athenian allegory. 5. The female choice : A poem. 6. A point of law relative to wills explained. 7. The bachelor's supplication : A poem. 8. A list of his Majesty's council of New- Jersey. 9. A list of representatives of Assembly for New-Jersey. 10. A correct table for the more ready casting up coins in this province, and Pennsylvania. 11. A table shewing the interest due, from 5 shil- lings to 100 pounds, at 6 and 7 per cent. I2. A ta- ble of the value and weight of coins. 13. Quakers general meetings. 14. A method to take honey and preserve the bees. 15. A receipt for a sore throat. 16. An infallible cure for the stone and gravel. 17.
A cure for the bite of a rattle-snake. 18. Receipt for an asthma. 19. Several approved receipts for the cure of disorders incident to horses. 20. De- tached reflections. 21. Courts, fairs, roads, &c., &c. Where also may be had, wholesale and re- tail, a variety of books and stationary-and the best price for clean linen rags .- The above alma- nack may likewise be had of Jonathan Dane, jun. in Third-street, between Market and Arch-streets, the fifth door above Church-alley, and nearly opposite John Raser's tavern, Philadelphia .- Pennsylvania Chronicle, No. 197, Oct. 15-22, 1770.
W HEREAS on the 23d of August last, Sarah, Wife of Joseph Searing, of the Scots Plains, in the County of Essex, has without any Just Cause, eloped from her said Husband's Bed and Board ; These are therefore to forewarn all Persons
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trusting her on his Account, as he will not pay any Debts of her contracting, after the said Date.
JOSEPH SEARING.
-N. Y. Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1450, October 20, 1770.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in Prince- town, to his Friend in Philadelphia ..
"In the last Week's Paper you have an Account of the Commencement annually held here, and al- though you are already acquainted with the Particu- lars, yet I cannot help adding, that the Grandeur and Decorum with which the whole was conducted, re- flects Honour on the Seminary from which they grad- uated .- That truly noble and patriotic Spirit which inflames the Breasts of those who are real Lovers of their Country, seems already implanted in theirs .- I have the Pleasure to inform you, their united Efforts to appear in Cloth manufactured in America, suc- ceeded to their Wish .- May I not then say with the young Gentlemen, that the gayest Butterfly in all the Assembly, in all its borrowed Plumes, did not appear more brilliant than his Classmates, who were that Day honored with their Attendance .- What too san- guine Hopes can we then have of those Gentlemen, and such Principles so early instilled in them ?"
This is to give notice, That one EDWARD GODFREY, advertised in the Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2180, for stealing a watch, and other things from Nicholas FAIRLAMB, of Middletown township, Chester county, is apprehended, and confesses the crime, and is now in Burlington goal, in New Jersey ; the said FAIR-
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I.AMB is desired to come and pay the reward, and charges, and he may have his watch, by applying to THOMAS FENIMORE, near Burlington aforesaid - Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2182, October 18, 1770.
BOSTON, October 18.
At South-Carolina they are very warm against the New-York revolters, as they stile them, and it was proposed that their worthy committee write to Phil- adelphia, New-Jersey and Connecticut, exhorting them to withdraw their whole trade from New-York, particularly their flax-seed, the great staple of the Irish factors at New-York ; also to write to the land- holders farmers and mechanics of Albany and Long Island &c &c &c
The Hon. JOHN FOXCROFT, Esq; one of the D. Postmasters General of the Northern Distrist of America, with his Lady, and JOSEPH READE, Esq; of Trenton, and his Lady (a Daughter of the late DEN- NYS DEBERDT, Esq; the worthy and faithful Agent of the Province of Massachusetts Bay) are safe arrived here, with Capt. Osborne, from London, to the great Joy of their numerous Friends.
DEATHS. At Mansfield, New-Jersey, Mr. Henry Delatush.
THREE POUNDS REWARD.
RAN away from the subscriber, living in Mans- field, on the 25th of this instant, (October) in the evening, a certain Levi Eldridge, about 23 years of age, thin favoured, light hair ; had on when he went away a brown coat, striped jacket double breasted, a
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pair of ozenbrigs trowsers, old shoes with pinchbeck buckles in them, yarn stockings, an old castor hat ; but as he had other clothes in the neighbourhood, he may possibly change them. Whoever takes up the said Levi Eldridge, and secures him so that the sub- scriber may get him again, shall have the above re- ward, and reasonable charges, paid by
SOLOMON IVINS, jun. Constable. -Pennsylvania Chronicle, No. 198, Oct. 22- 29, 1770.
W HEREAS Elizebeth, the Wife of William Denniston, hath eloped from her Hus- band, and he is suspicious she will run him in Debt : This is to give Notice to all Persons not to trust her for any Thing, for I will not pay one Penny that she contracts from the first of October, 1770.
WILLIAM DENNISTON. Raway, October 18, 1770.
To be sold at public Vendue on the Premises, on Saturday the 24th Day of November next, at two o' Clock in the Afternoon.
THREE HUNDRED Acres of good LAND, most of
T it cleared, and a Grist-Mill with two Pair of Stones, lying and being within two Miles of the City of New-Brunswick, the Property of Henry Longfield, deceased. The Conditions. or Terms of Payment will be made known at the Time of Sale, by
JAMES NEILSON, EXECUTOR OF HENRY LONGFIELD. October 15.
-N. Y. Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1451, October 22, 1770.
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[ The following piece which we were desired to publish a week or two ago, was then omitted for want of room. But as the publisher of this paper makes it a point to give every one free and equal liberty to declare their sentiments, especially when the public good is the end proposed, it is now inserted, though there is some alteration of circumstances, since it was written.
New-Jersey, October 2, 1770. Mr. PRINTER, Please to insert the following.
T this critical conjuncture when the liberties A of America are at stake, every head should be thinking and every hand active for the public good. The greater part of the colonies are still united in adhering to the non-importation agreement, notwithstanding the Punic perfidy of many of the inhabitants of New-York, in spite of all their en- deavours to scatter the seeds of discord among their neighbours, by their repeated publications of letters said to be from England, but which carry evident marks of forgery with them, and in spite of their idle accusations of the Bostonians, which they have so frequently and carefully retailed, from a pamphlet drawn up by those enemies of American freedom, the Commissioners, and published by their printer Mein, as inveterate and active an opposer to the agreement as there is perhaps on the continent. The Philadelphians, notwithstanding the short-lived triumph of the New-York importers, are adopting, in concert with Boston, the Maryland agreement, so that there will be but one member of the great con- tinental body that we could wish to see amputated.
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Interest will operate upon those deserters of the pub- lic cause, tho' the cries and execrations of their coun- try may not : And I hope the few hints I shall pro- pose will be received with all the warmth of men glowing with the love of freedom, and improved and pursued with resolution and constancy, as containing the strongest proofs of our abhorrence of the meas- ures of those men, and being the most likely to touch them in their tenderest part, their interest.
Some weeks ago I read a piece in the New-York pa- pers, proposing some methods to improve Amboy as a place of trade. I was much pleased with the inven- tion, tho' I did not think the plan well laid, for how- ever advantageous the situation and harbour of that city may be, which indeed justly deserved all the en- comiums passed on them yet it would be absurd to suppose that any considerable number of merchants could be prevailed on to remove thither, from New- York or any other place where they are well fixed, and begin the world anew, as it were, merely to man- ifest their disapprobation of the defection of the New-York majority, especially as they could have no security that the traders of that province would give them the preference for any considerable length of time. Public spirit has often done wonders ; but a man's own interest is generally his most powerful motive to action. To make it the interest, therefore, of the inhabitants of New Jersey, and particularly the traders, will be the surest means for success in improving that city as a place of trade. I would therefore propose-That a number of rules and ar- ticles for carrying on business be framed, by some
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able hand, in the name of a company, to be styled the united company of New-Jersey. That the assem- bly be petitioned to pass an act, or the governor be prayed to grant letters of incorporation to the said company ; not for an exclusive trade, but to enable them to sue and be sued in that capacity. That di- rectors and other officers be appointed, in the man- ner of the East-India company in England. That a subscription be opened, inviting all who wish well to the province and American freedom, especially the traders, to become adventurers. That no person shall subscribe less than £50 or £100. That the subscription be closed and the trade commence on a certain day, after which no subscriptions to be re- ceived, at least till after the expiration of one year. That a settlement be made annually, and the profits or losses arising from the trade be carried to the debit or credit of the adventurers, in proportion to the sums they respectively subscribe, and-That at the end of 3, 5 or 7 years, when the joint stock grows more than sufficient to carry on the trade, dividends be made of so much per cent. as can be spared; and, in short,-That the whole be framed on the plan, and conducted on the principles of the East-India company, as near as may be, considering the different circumstances of the two companies. I am confident such a plan of trade would be attend- ed with success :-- for how could it fail when the ad- venturers themselves have it in their power, and would undoubtedly for their own interest use their influence to promote it? Such an united company would have a credit to trade far beyond their stock,
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and need not doubt of disposing of any quantity of goods, provided their assortments were laid in with proper care and judgment. This plan is attended with the greatest advantages to the country shop- keepers. As matters are now, the retailer in the country pays a very heavy tax to the New-York merchant, who besides the prime cost of his goods, charges the shop keepers with an advance of 20 or 25 per cent., whereas by subscribing to this design, he becomes a double gainer ; for besides his ordina- ary profits, he not only saves, but has his proportion of the profit of that very advance, which formerly he used to pay to the New-York merchant. The sub- scribers being spread about the country, would have a mighty influence in diverting the course of trade from New-York to Amboy, particularly the traders, who by purchasing up the commodities of the coun- try, and selling them to the company for exportation, would greatly increase the stock, and consequently each subscriber's profit. In every view the plan is highly advantageous as well as public spirited, and would no doubt meet with the encouragement of the other provinces. This united company would en- courage merchants from different places to settle at Amboy ; for in a few years, it may well be supposed, the demand for goods would so far exceed what it does at present, that it would be impossible to sup- ply it out of one store, however large or well filled ; which will undoubtedly draw others to open stores there-and give the united company occasion to en- large their trade still more. Would to heaven these few hints may excite some public spirited persons to
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push forward a scheme so profitable and patriotic, and convince the public, that by subscribing to it, they not only most eminently serve their country, but put their money out to the best interest.
NEO CAESARIENSIS.
New-York October 25. We hear from Elizabeth- Town, New Jersey, that on Saturday the 13th Instant, the following melancholy Accident happened near that Place, viz, A Boy of about 10 years of Age, Son of Mr. Richard Townley, being sent of an Errand, turned aside and stop'd at a Meadow on the Way, to look at another Boy who was mowing with a Sithe, a Business he was not used to, when he un- warily approached so near, that the other who struck irregularly, reached him with the Point of the Sithe, which penetrated the inside of the upper Part of his Thigh near the Groin, to the Bone, and beyond it, dividing the main Artery. Of this dreadful Wound, not withstanding all the Assistance that could be given him, he bled to Death in less than an Hour, and before a Surgeon could arrive .- N. Y. Fournal or General Advertiser, No. 1451, October 25, 1770.
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