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Obediah King, Andrew Herriot, Nathaniel Higgins, Joseph Drake, jun., Samuel Drake.
Albany, December 29, 1769.
Five Pounds Reward.
STOLEN in the Night preceding the 28th Instant, from Col. Bradstreet, a strong well made black HORSE, fifteen hands high, with a good Saddle and Bridle, and supposed to be taken by a dark Mulatto or Negro Man, who made his Escape out of the Goal a Day or two before, where he was confined for run- ning away from his Master Mr. Nathaniel Richards, of Newark, in New Jersey. Said Mulatto or Negro, is about 5 Feet 10 Inches high, thin made, large flat Nose, with curled Hair down each Cheek, had on a long grey Surtout Coat. Whoever takes up said Horse, with or without the Negro, shall have the above Reward, with reasonable Charges, on bring- ing him to Col. Bradstreet, or securing him, and send- ing Word thereof, and if the Negro is taken it is re- quested that he be secured in some Goal, and Infor- mation thereof, given to Col. Bradstreet. His Name is said to be BEN, and that he has changed it to BON or BOND.
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N. B. An Irishman commonly called TOBY QUIT, absconded the same Night from Albany, and perhaps might have taken the Horse. He is about 5 Feet 9 Inches high, fair short Hair, tied behind, had on an old Hat, with a blue half worn Soutout Coat, with brass Buttons on each Side, and a double Cape .- New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1410, January 8, 1770.
New York, January II. In the hard Weather we had last Monday Sennight, we are apprehensive much Damage has been done on our Coast ; we have already heard that Capt Ryker, in a Sloop from the West-Indies for this Port, is ashore at Squan Beach, the Crew and Cargo will be saved, and the Vessel may be got off again .- N. Y. Journal or General Advertiser, No. 1410, January 11, 1770.
Gloucester County, January 3, 1770.
By virtue of a writ to me directed, on Monday, the 29th instant, at the house of Benjamin Rambo, Inn- keeper, in Woodbury, at I o'clock, in the afternoon, will be exposed to sale, by public vendue, a planta- tion and tract of land thereunto belonging, contain- ing 250 acres, be it more or less, situate on the North Branch of Great Timber Creek, in the town- ship of Gloucester ; on which is a dwelling-house, a very good barn, a large and thriving orchard, about 50 acres of upland cleared, and nearly the same quantity of excellent meadow, now in timothy and clover. There is also on the said tract, a valuable saw-mill, on a never failing stream of water, within 5 miles of a landing on Timber Creek aforesaid. Also,
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at the same time, will be sold, near 1000 acres of pine land and cedar swamp, very convenient to the said mill ; the whole being late the real estate of An- drew Newman ; seized in execution, and to be sold by
SAMUEL BLACKWOOD, late Sheriff.
To be SOLD by the SUBSCRIBER,
On the first Day of February next,
FIFTY Acres of excellent good Land, abounding with Hickory and Oak, and a Quantity of good Ship- Timber, with a constant Stream of Water running through Part of said Land, and within about Half a Mile of a good Landing, lying in Newtown Town- ship, Gloucester County, New-Jersey, about five Miles from Philadelphia. Any Person inclining to purchase the same, may know the Conditions by ap- plying to ISAAC BURROUGH, living upon Newtown Creek, within about Half a Mile of Gloucester. Also, a likely Country bred bay Gelding, rising 3 Years old, and is upwards of 14 Hands and a Half high, well gated, promises well for either Saddle or Car- riage.
Salem Goal, January 3, 1770
The subscribers hereof give this public notice, agreeable to an Act of Assembly of the Province of New Jersey, lately made, to all their creditors, to meet them before two of his Majesty's judges, for the county of Salem, at Salem, on the last day of this instant January, and then shew cause, if any they have, why they should not be discharged from their present confinement, as the said act directs. EDWARD
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TONKINS, WOODMAN RAWSEY, ABRAHAM LORD, JOHN WALTER.
WHEREAS a certain JOSEPH HIXSON, as he called himself, obtained a BOND of me, for the sum of Ten Pounds, West-Jersey currency, bearing date the 27th of November, 1769, for a HORSE ; and it hath ap- peared since, that the horse was stolen, at the time of my purchase, out of Pennsylvania, and the said Hixson hath left these parts; I desire that no per- son, or persons, may take any assignment on said bond, for I will not pay any part of it.
VALENTINE ARNETT.
STOLEN out of the stable, the 30th of December last, from the Subscriber, living in Mannington, in Salem county, West New-Jersey, a black HORSE, about 14 hands and a half high, between 8 and 9 years old, neither brand nor ear-mark. has remarka- ble long hair, a star in his forehead, trimmed at the head-stall, a short mane and tail, shod before, he paces and trots very well, and has some white upon one of his hind feet. Whoever brings said horse, and secures the thief, shall receive EIGHT DOLLARS reward, and for the horse alone Three Dollars, and reasonable charges, paid by
SAMUEL SMITH.
-The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2142, Janua- ry II, 1770.
New- York January 15. We hear from Bound- Brook that one William Daniels, near that Place, having beat his Wife some Time last Week, which he had frequently done before, she left him, and went
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to reside with a Daughter she had at some Distance, and on Monday Night last a Number of Persons, who are term'd there Regulators, went to Daniels, and taking him out of his Bed, whipp'd him very se- verely ; they then left him to himself, and the next Morning he was found dead in his Bed.
Monday Night last, a dreadful Fire happen'd at Newark, when the Barn, Stables, and some Out- Buildings, belonging to the Hon. David Ogden, Esq ; were entirely destroyed, with every Thing that was therein : They were thought to have been set on Fire by some evil-minded Persons.
Perth-Amboy, December 23, 1769.
WHEREAS by Virtue of several Writs of Fieri Facias, issued out of the Supreme Court of this Province directed to James Brooks, Esq ; late Sher- iff of the County of Middlesex, against the Goods and Chattels, Lands and Tenements, of Thomas Leonard, jun. deceased, whereby he levied on, and sold several Lots of said Leonard's Lands : And whereas by Virtue of an Act of Assembly, passed the last Sessions at Burlington, to vacate the Sale of the Lands sold by James Brooks, as aforesaid : And also by Virtue of a Writ of Venditiona Exponas, to me directed, I shall expose to Sale, at the Suit of Thomas Watson, Esq ; the Tract of Land called the Neck, situate and being in the South Ward of Perth- Amboy, lying between Deep-Run and Tenant's Creek, supposed to contain 300 Acres, be the same more or less. And also a certain Tract of Land ly- ing on the West-side of said Deep Run, opposite to
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Lands of Peter Buckalew's, supposed to contain One Hundred Acres (be the same more or less) on Wed- nesday the 28th Day of February next, at the House of the Widow Lott, in said South-Ward, where the Conditions will be made known.
ISAAC BONNELL, Sheriff.
Perth-Amboy, December 22, 1769.
New Jersey,
THIS is to give Notice,
Middlesex County, SS. that the Lands of Henry Longfield, which was advertised for Sale the 18th of December Instant, is adjourned to Monday the 26th Day of February next, on the Premises. But as most People are unwilling to bid for said Lands, not knowing what Incumbrances may be thereon ; it is requested of all the Creditors of said Longfield, that they meet on the said Premises, or inform me, at or before the Day of Sale, what Demands they have on said Lands, the better to enable me to ascertain the Incumbrances, and the Creditors to recover their Debts.
ISAAC BONNELL, Sheriff. -N. Y. Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1411, January 15, 1770.
Arrivals at Dominica. Snow Endicut, Ward from Salem.
Captain Darby in a ship from Salem, for Granada, touch'd at Dominica about the 11th of December .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1415. January 18, 1770.
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PROPOSALS
For publishing by SUBSCRIPTION, All the POETICAL WRITINGS and some other PIECES, of
The Reverend NATHANIEL EVANS, A. M.1 Late Missionary in Gloucester County, New Jersey.
The Papers which are to compose this small Vol- ume, were committed to the Care of myself, and a Lady (to whom several of them are addressed) soon after the Death of Mr. EVANS, agreeable to some of his own last Directions ; and so sacred is the Trust consigned by a deceased Friend, that I scarce know how to excuse my long Delay in offering them to the World. Want of leisure to review the different Papers, hath contributed partly to this Delay ; but the main Cause, was a desire first to secure a suffi- cient Countenance to the Undertaking, and especial- ly from the Clergy .... Brethren of the Deceased .... at their late Meeting in this Place.
To those who were acquainted with Mr. Evans, and have read such of his Pieces as have appeared in Print, it will be needless to give any Recommenda- tion of his Writings. Those who knew him not, may form some Idea, how high and rapturous were his Conceptions of true POETIC GENIUS, from the fol- lowing PREFACE, intended for his Pieces and un- doubtedly written by him in the short interval be- tween his dangerous Illness, and that fatal Relapse, which put an End to his Life. This PREFACE I shall give literally as he left it, for here the least Varia- tion would be criminal.
The Profits of the Work (if any) after defraying
1 For a notice of the Rev. Nathaniel Evans, see N. J. Archives, XXV., 121.
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the Expence of the Publication, is to be for the Use of his disconsolate Parents; who, in him, have lost the Prop and Comfort of their Old Age .... their ONLY SON AND CHILD.
The Work will be published in a neat Octavo, Price FIVE SHILLINGS bound ; one Half to be paid at Subscription, and the other on Delivery of the Book. The Subscribers Names to be prefixed.
WILLIAM SMITH.
N. B. Subscriptions to be taken in by all the EPISCOPAL CLERGY in Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, New- York and Maryland, and by the different PUB- LISHERS of the NEWS-PAPERS in the said Provinces.
On the I Ith Instant, were interred, in the Quakers Burial place, in Evesham, Burlington County, New- Jersey, the Remains of JOSIAH FOSTER, who died at that Place two Days before, in the Eighty-eighth Year of his Age. Till the Springs of Action wore out by Decay of Time, he was always an industrious Man, studying for Quiet, and minding his own Business, and, with the Blessing of Providence, provided care- fully for his Family. He was religiously uniform, and very unexceptionable in his Conduct .... Such the Regularity of his Life, and Temperance, that he never took a Vomit or Purge, nor was ever overcome by strong Drink .... Such his Humanity, that he never sued any Person at law, nor was ever sued himself.
BENJAMIN RANDOLPH
TAKES this method to inform his customers, and the public in general, That he has for sale, at his ware room of carving and cabinet work &c. at the
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Sign of the Golden Eagle, in Chestnut-street, a quan- tity of wooden BUTTONS of various sorts, and intends, if encouraged, to keep a general assortment of them.
The people of New-Jersey (in general) wear no other kind of buttons, and say they are the best and cheapest can be bought, both for strength and beauty, and he doubts not but that they will soon recommend themselves to the public in general.
ON Third day, the 20th of February, will be ex- posed to sale, by way of public vendue, a plantation, containing 450 acres, about 100 acres whereof is cleared land and meadow, with a dwelling-house, a good new barn, and a young bearing orchard, situ- ate, lying and being, on the south branch of Raccoon- Creek, near Jacob Spicer's, in Woolwich township, Gloucester county, where attendance will be given by JOSHUA LIPPINCOTT and JOHN TEST.
Made his escape from the subscriber, living in Cecil county, in the province of Maryland, at Bristol in Bucks county, in the province of Pennsylvania, on the 24th of October last, as he was bringing him home, from Somerset county goal, in East New Jersey, a Negro man, named Pen, but had changed his name, by a forged pass, and called his name James Pember- ton, it is likely he may pass by the same name ; he is about 25 years old, a chunky and well set black fellow, very talkative, and pretends to be very religious ; he had on, when he made his escape, a brown jacket, with a blue cape, blue cloth trowsers, white yarn stockings,
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old shoes and buckles, and an old beaver hat, cocked on two sides.
Whoever takes up Pen, and secures him in any goal, or brings him home shall have Fifty Shillings, and reasonable charges, paid by me
THOMAS SAVIN.
N. B. All masters of vessels are hereby forbid to harbour or take them on board, at their peril.
The Piece signed A Jersey Farmer, will be in our next .- The. Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2143, January 18, 1770.
We hear from Mount-Holly, that on Thursday last, Mr. ISAAC WOOD, son of Henry Wood, Esq ; was married to Miss POLLY ROSSELL, Daughter of Zacha- riah Rossell, Esq ;- a young Lady eminently quali- fied to render the Nuptial State agreeable .- The Pennsylvania Chronicle, No. 159, January 22-29, I770.
New- Jersey, By Order of Stephen Skin- Middlesex County ner, Jonathan Frazee, and James Parker, Esqrs ; three of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, the follow- ing Persons, viz. Christopher Derrick, James Job, Richard Job, Alexander Black, Daniel Marford, Samuel Bunnell, Abraham Rikorn, John Collins, John Smith, Samuel Walker, and Thomas Anton, all Prisoners for Debt in the Goal of Perth-Amboy, in said County of Middlesex, do hereby give Notice to the Creditors of said Debtors, that they be together at the House of Elijah Dunham, in Amboy, on Thursday, the 15th Day of February next, to shew
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Cause, if any they have, why an Assignment of the said Debtors Estate should not be made, pursuant to a late Act of Assembly, entitled, " An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," passed this present Tenth Year of his Majesty's Reign ; and their Bodies be discharged from Goal, pursuant to said Act.
THREE POUNDS Reward.
RUN-AWAY on Friday the 12th Inst. from the Sub- scriber at Hunterdon County, in New-Jersey, an Ap- prentice, named DAVID Cox, about Twenty Years of Age, a Carpenter and Joiner by Trade, but its likely he may pass for a Mill-Wright, as he has two Broth- ers of that Trade, that works near Albany. He is about 5 Feet 10 Inches high, large bon'd, knock knee'd, of a dark Complexion, down Look, black Eyes, black Hair, and wears it tied. Had on when he went away, a grey coloured Coat and Jacket, pretty much worn, with Horn Buttons on them, new Leather Breeches, with black Horn Buttons, Russia Shirt, black Yarn Stockings, new Shoes, also a rusty Castor Hat, wears it cock'd: It is also suspected he has stole his Indentures, and will very likely show them for a Pass, as he is near of Age. Whoever ap- prehends said Apprentice, and secures him in any Goal, so that his Master may have Notice thereof, shall have the above Reward, paid by me.
JAMES TAYLOR.
N. B. Perhaps he may change his Cloaths, that he may not be discovered .- The N. Y. Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1412, January 22, 1770.
New- York, January 25. We hear from Piscata- 2
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qua, in New-Jersey, That about ro Days since, three Men that lived near Bound Brook, named Harris, Buskirk, and Howell, who called themselves Regu- lators, took the Liberty of flaggellating a certain William M'Donald, who lived near that Place, for having some Words with his Wife, to such a Degree, that he died in less than 24 Hours after. Howell, we hear has fled, but Harris and Buskirk surren- dered themselves to Justice, and are now confined in Brunswick Gaol.
New Jersey, November 24, 1769.
RUN-away the 22d September, from the Subscriber, living in Monmouth County, in the Township of Shrewsbury, in the Province of East New-Jersey ; an indented Servant Man, named Walter Clark, born in the Jerseys, about Twenty-four Years of Age, a Black-Smith by trade, and understands farming Busi- ness ; he is about six Feet high, has black curl'd Hair, and keeps his Mouth much open : He took several Suits of Apparel with him, all of a brownish Colour, some Broad-Cloth, and some thin Stuff; also one striped double breasted Jacket. Whoever takes up the above said Servant and delivers him to me the Subscriber, shall have Three Pounds Reward, and reasonable Charges paid, by me.
BENJAMIN JACKSON. -The N. Y. Fournal or General Advertiser, No. 1412, January 25, 1770.
December 26, 1769. TEN DOLLARS Reward.
STOLEN, this morning, out of Aaron Stathem's
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pilot boat, lying at Penrose's wharf, Southwark: A small worked POCKET BOOK, which contained about Twelve pounds in cash, among which were, two half johannes's, two twenty-shilling bills, two ten shilling bills, and the remainder small money, the particulars forgot. Likewise a plain bond for Seventy-six pounds, from Garret Houlskemp to Aron Stathem. The above pocket book, money, bond, &c. was stolen by one JAMES BRYAN, a lad about eighteen years of ' age, born in Dublin, fair complexion, and a little pock-marked : He is about five feet two or three inches high, and wore, while on board the boat, a half worn English castor hat, a check shirt, almost new, a blue double-breasted jacket, about half-worn, with horn buttons, a pair of white buckskin breeches, re- markably long, a pair of new dark grey yarn stock- ings, a pair of new neats leather shoes, with double soals, and a pair of carv'd white metal buckles. Whoever takes up and secures said lad in any of his Majesty's gaols, so that he may be brought to jus- tice, and the articles recovered, shall have the above reward, or if the thief alone, FIVE DOLLARS, and reas- onable charges, paid by AARON STATHEM, in Cohan- sie, or ARCHIBALD ERSKIN, ship joiner, in Front-street, Philadelphia.
N. B. All masters of vessels, and others, are hereby forwarned not to harbour or carry off said BRYAN, at their peril.
NEW-YORK, January 15.
We hear from Bound-Brook, that one William Daniels, near that place, having beat his wife some time last week, which he had frequently done before,
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she left him, and went to reside with a daughter she had at some distance ; and on Monday night last a number of persons, who are termed there Regula- tors, went to Daniels, and taking him out of bed, whipped him very severely; and then left him to himself, and the next morning he was found dead in bed.
NEW YORK, January 15.
Monday night last, a dreadful fire happened at Newark, when the barn, stables, and some out-build- ings, belonging to the Hon. David Ogden, Esq; were entirely destroyed, with every thing that was there- in: They were thought to have been set on fire by some evil minded persons.
Capt. Dorrel, arrived at New-York, the 11th In- stant, off our capes spoke the brig Parragon, Capt. Featherston, from Barbados for this port; who had lost his boom, foretop mast, & was in want of pro- visions. Capt. Dorrel could not spare him any, and left him standing in for our capes.
The ship Generous Friends, Capt. Ross, belong- ing to London, from Antigua for this port, in ballast, having arrived within our capes, and finding our river full of ice, was proceeding for New-York, when she unhappily ran ashore on Great Egg Harbour, the vessel is lost, but the people and materials are saved .- The Pennsylvania Fournal, No. 1416, Fanu- ary 25, 1770.
PHILADELPHIA, January 25.
The Ship Generous Friends, Captain George Ross, from Antigua, for this Port, arrived lately in our Bay,
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and being prevented from getting up, by the Ice, was proceeding to New York, but unhappily run ashore near Great Egg Harbour, where it is feared she will be lost .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2144, Fanu- ary 25, 1770.
Messieurs HALL and SELLERS.
Please to insert the following Piece in your enter- taining Paper, which will very much oblige many of your Country Readers. Yours, &c.
A JERSEY FARMER.
WHILE America, with the most laudable Ardour, is endeavouring to preserve her Freedom, I am sorry to see so many of her Sons, like the foolish Woman, pulling down, with her Hands, the House the Wise have built, exclaiming : We are so poor, it is impos- sible to bear the parliamentary Impositions, and, at the same time encouraging and promoting every Species of Luxury, Dissipation and Excess almost, that is practiced in our Mother Country. The same News Paper shall contain Pieces wrote to demon- strate our Poverty, and Advertisements of Stage Plays, Horse Races, &c. whereby vast Sums of Money are thrown away for no useful Purpose of Life ; and these are the People, that tho' they can spare so much to gratify their depraved Appetites would persuade their Superiors over the Water, that they are very poor, &c. How absurd, and at the same time injurious such Things are to the great Cause of Liberty we are engaged in, and how far it is in their Power to discourage such prevailing and corrupting Practices, I leave to the Consideration of
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the Judicious, while I address my Brethren Farmers, and request their Attention to a particular Species of Luxury that more immediately concerns us ; I mean Fox-Hunting, which is got to such a surprising Head within these few Years, that it is become dangerous, in some Places, for a Man to think himself so much Master of his own Land, as to attempt to hinder those Freebooters from ravaging every Part of it at their pleasure. Is it not very necessary then, to think seriously of a Practice which is likely, in a short Time, to become as rampant here as in England, where a Man shall see a Score of Horsemen with Hounds, driving over his Improvements, laying open his Enclosures, tearing up his Grain and Pasture, and dare not ask them why they do so ?.... For why? They are called Gentlemen. Many will say, we dis- like the Practice extremely, and should be glad to have a Stop put to it, but it is not in our Power, they are countenanced by Authority, and it is in vain to at- tempt it. I answer, nothing is more easy, especially in the Jerseys, where it is as unlawful to hunt on my Ground, without Leave, under my Hand, as to rob my House, and were a few substantial Men in a Neighbourhood to join, with a becoming Resolution to see themselves regarded, they would soon see those haughty Gentry, that now think it beneath them to ask Leave, very careful to keep off their Land, and to exert ourselves effectually in this Matter, before the Evil becomes too formidable for Opposition, is, I think, a Duty we owe to ourselves and to our Pos- terity.
In order to shew the Freeholders of New Jersey
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their Authority in this Case, here follows the third Section of their Hunting Law. "And be it further " enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Per- " son or Persons (native Indians excepted) after the "Publication of this Act, shall presume to carry a " Gun, or hunt or watch for Deer, or set in any Dog " or Dogs to drive Deer, or any other Game, on any " Lands not his own, and for which the Owner pays " Taxes, unless he have License or Permission, in " Writing, from the Owner or Owners of such Lands, " or such Person who hath the Possession or Care " thereof; such Person or Persons so offending, and " shall be thereof convicted, either upon the View of "any Justice of the Peace within this Province, or by " the Oath or Affirmation of one or more Witnesses, " before any Justice of the Peace, he shall, for every " such Offence, forfeit and pay the sum of Forty Shil- "lings with Cost of Suit."
As the Law is thus explicit, what have we to blame but our own Inattention and Supineness, for suffer- ing our Laws to be thus publicly and daily, insulted and trampled upon, and ourselves treated like Vas- sals by .... Fox Hunters. Nor let any be deterred from shewing their Dislike to this domineering Sport, from a Fear of being ridiculed and sneered at; for be assured you will have the Applause of the Virtu- ous, the Wise, and the Prudent, and the Sneers of them who are galloping merrily on in the Highway to Destruction, are not worth a Thought .- Pennsyl- vania Gazette, No. 2144, January 25, 1770.
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To BE SOLD.
A House and lot of ground in New-Barbados, (or Hackinsack) in the county of Bergen and prov- ince of New-Jersey, together with a grist-mill, newly erected, and outhouses properly situated : There are about three acres of very fine land, the back part thereof surrounded by a very pretty stream of water, on which the mill stands, it fronts on one side the plain or green, on the other side it faces the street ; the whole most beautifully situated, and capable of being made, at a small expence, a most agreeable seat for a gentleman ; plenty of small fish are to be caught in the brook, in the proper season, and is a , very convenient situation for a shop-keeper or trades- man of any kind. The house is large, built of stone, and may easily be made a genteel dwelling. The land is at present enclosed in a very handsome pole fence ; fronting the plain is a very neat house, fit for an office or a store : The mill house is large, and a boat of eight burthen may come up to the dock, along side the mill-house ; a few young trees, also are on the premises, of the best kinds of apples, peaches and plumbs ; and is universally allowed to be the finest place (for the bigness) in this country. There will be sold with the above said premises, about twenty acres of wood land, at the distance of one mile and a half. Any person inclining to pur- chase, may apply to SAMUEL B. LEYDECKER, on the premises, who will give a good title for the same.
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