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TO BE SOLD, | A tract of land, in the county of
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Hunterdon, and province of New-Jersey, lying on Delaware river ; it extends about 140 chains along the river, and contains about 960 acres, a consider- able quantity of which is low land, and capable of be- ing improved to great advantage; the brook Nesha- sackaway, which runs through the tract, and empties itself into the Delaware. affords plenty of water for a mill, which may be advantageously built on the bank of the river .- It is a very convenient place for a country store, (one having been kept there for sev- eral years) it being so situated, that it is the natural market for a great part of Hunterdon and Sussex counties, as well as Pennsylvania, it being without exception as good a landing, both for the farmer and merchant, as any on Delaware river, above Trenton. The road from the eastern parts of Jersey to Penn- sylvania runs through it, and a considerable ferry is kept on the premises, for which a patent was ob- tained some years ago ; it is very well calculated for a gentleman's country seat, the land being very fer- tile, and its pleasant situation on the river Delaware, affording the amusements of fishing, fowling, etc. in the greatest perfection. The premises will be shown by Mr. John Imley or Jeremiah Thatcher, who lives in the neighbourhood, and those who incline to pur- chase may apply to JAMES PARKER, at Perth-Amboy, for the terms and conditions of sale.
N. B. There is a stone house, and three settled farms, on said tract.
Perth-Amboy, February 16, 1771. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2201, February 28, 1771.
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PHILADELPHIA. | ARRIVALS. Sloop Herring, Rich- ards from New-Jersey.
TO BE SOLD or LET. On very reasonable terms, A DWELLING HOUSE and LOT of Ground in Princetown, New-Jersey, fronting the college, very convenient for a merchant or tavern-keeper. There are ten rooms in the house with fire places, besides a large Kitchen; there is also on the premises, a large stable sufficient for thirty horses ; with a very convenient garden spot. Any person inclining to purchase or lease the same, may know the terms by applying to the subscriber, in Elizabeth-town, or to RICHARD STOCKTON, Esq ; at Princeton.
ELIAS BOUDINOT.
- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1473, Feb. 28, 1771.
WHEREAS the plantation formerly possessed by Thomas Clawson, lying in Piscataway, in New Jersey, is advertised for sale at public vendue, on Tuesday the 19th March instant, at the Merchant's Coffee-House, New- York ; the proprietors of said plantation, for the convenience of such persons as may become purchasers, whose business may not permit them to come to New. York to attend the sale, have postponed the sale thereof to the first Tuesday in April next, when it will be sold at public vendue on the premises. Any person inclin- ing to purchase before the day of sale, may apply to Tobias Van Norden, at Bound Brook, or to the sub- scribers in New- York.
LUDLOW and HOFFMAN, LEWIS PINTARD, ANN HAMERSLEY.
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The sale of the lands of Walter Erwin, an ab- sconding debtor, is adjourned till Wednesday the Ioth of March, then to be sold at public vendue, by the Auditors, at the house of Thomas Kenny, in Morris-Town, at twelve o'clock.
NEW-YORK, March 7. | Capt. Goodridge sailed from Falmouth in Company with the Lisbon, Carolina and West-India Packet, and had a Prospect of a short Passage, being up with Madeira in 8 Days, and was within 3 Leagues of Sandy-Hook, the 13th Ultimo, but was beat off in a violent Gale of Wind, and could not again come in with the Land before last Thursday.
Capt. Kennedy from St. Eustatia, last Monday Week spoke with Capt. Alboy, about 15 Leagues from the Capes of Delaware, bound to this Port, from South- Carolina; he had been once near Sandy-Hook, but was beat off.
Between twelve and one o'clock of the Morning of the 28th Ult. a terrible Fire broke out in the Barn of John Dennis, Esq ; of New-Brunswick, in New-Fer- sey, occasioned by Water getting to a Hogshead of un- slacked Lime, that had accidentally been stored therein: The Barn was soon consumed, with every Thing it contained, notwithstanding the Activity of the Inhabit- ants, greatly assisted by his Majesty's Troops under the Command of Captain French. The Flames soon reached Mr. Dennis's Store, and also consumed that, with all his Goods therein, to the Amount of upwards of a Thousand Pounds.
'Tis hoped Mr. Dennis's Misfortune will be a Cau-
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tion to the Public in general to be careful where they deposit unslacked Lime.
-The N. Y. Gazette ; and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1010. March 4, 1771.
NEW-YORK, March 4, | We hear from New- Brunswick, that about 12 o'Clock on Wednesday Night last, a Fire broke out there, in a Stable belong- ing to Mr. John Dennis, Hatter,-The Fire had got to so great a height before it was discovered, that it communicated to an adjoining Store-House which is entirely consumed, together with a great Quantity of Furrs, Logwood, Salt, Sugar, &c. that was in the Store .- It is imagined the Fire was occasioned by a Hogshead of unslacked Lime that lay in the Stable catching on Fire .- The Loss is computed at about £. 1000.
Woodbridge, February 28, 1771. To be LETT,
THE NEW-BLAZING-STAR FERRY, with all the Appurtenances belonging thereto ; together with a good House, Barn, Shed, and Thirty-five Acres of good Land, all conveniently situated. The Sub- scriber will rent the Whole or Part, for one, two or three Years ; It is very convenient for a Tradesman. Any person it may suit, may agree with the Sub- scriber, living on the Premises.
REUBEN FITZ RANDOLPH. -The N. Y. Gazette, or, The Weekly Post-Boy, No. 1500, March 4, 1771.
BOSTON, February 18. | DIED. At East Windsor;
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Mrs. Esther Edwards, aged 99 years, mother of the late eminent and learned Jonathan Edwards, Presid- ent of New-Jersey College.
SIX DOLLARS Reward.
Sy (or Cyrus) a Negro slave, of a yellow or copper- coloured complexion, 16 years old, about 5 feet high, well-set, this country born, chews tobacco, and loves strong liquor, having been run away from the sub- scriber, his master, in Philadelphia, for about eight weeks past, part of which time he has been sweeping chimnies, or lurking about Burlington, and since in other places in the Jerseys, and was at Trenton about the 9th or 10th of February last, at the house of Rich- ard Tennant, innkeeper, from whence he proceeded on towards New- York, and said he would go to New- Brunswick, having with him a forged pass, setting forth his being free born, and consequently a free Negro : Therefore the above reward, with reasonable charges, shall be paid to any person or persons that will secure the said slave in any one of his Majesty's gaols, or otherwise send him to his master in Philadel- phia.
All persons are forbid to harbour him; and masters of vessels and others are forwarned not to carry him off at their peril.
ISAAC COATS, BRICKMAKER, living in Vine-street, Philadelphia.
March 6, 1771.
-The Pennsylvania Chronicle, No. 217, March 4, I771.
Custom-house, Philadelphia. Cleared. Sloop-
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Hope, C. Alexander to Amboy.
-The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1474, March 7, 1771.
PHILADELPHIA, March 7. | From New-York we learn, that the Duke of Cumberland Packet, which arrived there last Friday Night, in 10 Weeks from Falmouth, was within a few Hours Sail of the Hook on Tuesday. the 12th of last Month, when a hard Gale of Wind came on at Northwest, which drove her off; 'she has been beating on the Coast ever since, and suffered some Damage in her Sails and Rigging. We hear she is not to sail for England till the Re- turn of the next Post from this Place.
PHILADELPHIA, March 7. | On Tuesday Night, the 26th ult., the House of David Brailow,1 Esq ; At- torney at Law, at Allentown in New-Jersey, was en- tirely consumed by Fire, together with all his Books and Furniture; the Family with Difficulty escaped with their Lives.
ON Saturday, the 6th day of April next, will be ex- posed to Sale, at public vendue, a tract of land, a little below the bounds of the city of Burlington, and nearly opposite the mouth of Neshaminey creek, late- ly conveyed by William Hewlings, the elder, in trust for the use of the creditors of his son William Hew- lings, late of Trenton, shopkeeper .- The tract con- tains 100 acres, hath a fine front on the river Dela - ware, and an extensive prospect of the creek, about
1 David Brearly, junior, admitted to the New-Jersey Bar, May 15, 1767. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1778-1789.
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one half woodland. The creditors of William Hew- lings, junior, are requested to send in their accounts, properly attested, to Abraham Hewlings, of the city of Burlington, and are desired to attend the Sale, that they may fix on such terms as they may judge most conducive to their interest.
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons that have any demands against the estate of DANIEL JONES, of Mount holly, in the county of Burlington, to make the same known unto us, the subscribers, trustees for the creditors of said Jones, on or before the 16th day of May next, in order that a dividend may be made at that time, of such part of said estate as may be in our hands, amongst the creditors of said Jones, otherwise they will be excluded ; and all those that are indebted to said estate, are desired to discharge the same, without further notice. Attendance will be given by us, at the house of Thomas Shinn, in Mount-holly, on every Seventh-day in March inst- ant, in order to settle the accounts of said JONES, when all persons that are concerned are desired to give their attendance. HENRY PAXSON, JOHN CLARK, JOHN BISPHAM, Trustees.
-The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2202, March 7, I771.
ROBERT LIVINGSTON, | Will dispose of the following Tracts of Land very cheap, | for ready Money, if required, one half thereof, Bonds will be taken, viz.
A Farm in Aimwell, in the County of Hunterdon, New-Jersey, formerly occupied by Martin Ryerson,
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containing 300 Acres of choice Land, about 20 or 30 Acres of it fine Meadow Land, Woodland sufficient for the Farm ; a good fash'd House, 5 or 6 Rooms on the first Floor, Out-houses, a good Barn, very pleasantly situated. Enquire of James Hude, Esq ; in New Brunswick, Thomas Atkinson and Thomas Lowrey, in said Aimwell, about 22 Miles from New -. Brunswick.
All the above mentioned Premises, if not sold be- fore the first May next, then they will BE TO LET.
-The N. Y. Gazette, or, The Weekly Post-Boy, No. 1501, March 11, 1771.
To be lett, and entered upon immediately,
A Farm whereon the subscriber now lives, situate in Hanover, in Morris County, being well known to be equal to any in said county for hay, pasture, grain, &c. There is a good orchard ; great variety of Eng- lish and common cherries, plumbs, peaches, and other fruit. It will be advantageous for any person who leases this farm to purchase the stock, as they have been used to the meadows, and will be sold very cheap; they may also have carts, plows, harrows, and other farming utensils ; it will be leased for three, four or five years. Also a farm situate near Budd's Valley, of about 300 acres, 100 of which is cleared and in good fence ; there is yearly mowed 20 or 30 loads of good English hay ; there is a good young bearing orchard of about 100 trees. Also 100 acres on the west side of said valley, about 20 acres clear- ed. Also 200 acres on Schooly's Mountain, with several other small tracts; the three last will be
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leased for a number of years. Any person choosing to lease any of the above farms, may have them on very advantageous terms, by applying to
JOHN SCOTT.
To be sold, at public Vendue, on Wednesday the 10th of April next, on the Premises ;
The farm of Capt. David Griffith, at Second-River, in the province of New-Jersey, containing in the whole about 200 acres, 75 acres of which are wood- land, about the same quantity fit for tillage, and as much meadow ground as produces yearly 100 wag- gon load of English hay ; and with this singular ad- vantage attending it, that (as it may be laid under water every tide) two crops of grass in a season are always certain. There is on the farm a convenient stone dwelling-house, one story high, with a conveni- ent kitchen adjoining it, a commodious barn, an or- chard of about 70 full grown apple-trees, and as many young ones ; and the whole is enclosed in a good fence. It is delightfully situated on the banks of Passaick River, 9 miles from New-York. One third of the purchase Money will be expected immediate- ly, and good Security with Interest will be taken for the remaining Sum.
N. B. The title is indisputable.
To be SOLD.
A Lot of Land at Brooklyn Ferry, 100 Feet Square, with two Dwelling Houses thereon, belong- ing to the Estate of Christopher Emens, deceased : The Situation is very convenient for a Shop-keeper, one having been kept there for 30 Years past. Who-
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ever inclines to purchase the same, may apply to Jane Emens, living on the Premises, Executrix ; or to Joachim Gulick, Executor, near Ten Mile Run, in New-Jersey.
-The N. Y. Gazette ; and the Weekly Mercury, NO. 1011, March 11, 1771.
Imlay's Town, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, March 12, 1771.
To be SOLD by the SUBSCRIBER, Living on the premises,
ONE half of the MILLS in said place, the mill- house large, and as commodious as any in the prov- ince, 2 pair of stones, the bolts all going by water, and in good repair, situated in a very good wheat country ; together with a neat dwelling-house, two stories high, a cellar under the whole, a kitchen ad- joining, also a merchant shop, 30 feet by 16, a good pork-house, smoke-house, cooper's shop, a new barn, with 10 acres of very good cleared upland and mead- ow. The person owning the other half of said mills, will also sell his part, with about four acres of meadow.
Also a plantation in Lower Freehold in said coun- ty, containing 250 acres, more or less, about the half of it good meadow ground, and as much of it cleared as will make 40 tons of good English hay the first crop, about 80 acres of the upland cleared, on which there is a good dwelling-house, barn, waggon-house, cooper's shop, framed corn crib, and barracks for hay, a good orchard, distant 5 miles from Middle- town Point, a public landing, where the produce of the country is carried to New York.
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Also two plantations, situate upon Middletown Point Creek, in said county, adjoining each other, containing 200 acres apiece, each having erected thereon a good dwelling house, barn, and other out- houses, all in good repair ; also a quantity of good clover and salt meadow upon each ; the upland good for raising wheat, and conveniently situated for oys- ters, clams and fish. For further particulars, enquire of JOHN HENDRICKS, at one of the two last mentioned places, or of the subscriber, at his house,
ABRAHAM HENDRICKS.
To be SOLD, or exchanged for Houses or Lands, in or near the City of Philadelphia.
A CERTAIN TRACT of LAND in Gloucester County, West-Jersey, directly opposite Market and Chestnut streets, in Philadelphia, containing 100 Acres, 70 whereof is Woodland ; bounded northerly by a Street 100 Feet wide, southerly and easterly by Lands of Daniel and William Cooper, and westerly by the River Delaware, on the Front of which its Breadth is about 900 Feet; which Tract, from its Situation, is capable of great Improvement, as it is a suitable Place for erecting another Ferry, and in all Probability may, in a few Years, be disposed of in Lots, to great Advantage, in erecting a Town,1 as it will suit for many Persons to reside there, and carry on different Occupations, as in Philadelphia. Any Person inclining to purchase, or exchange, is desired to apply to the Subscriber, in Philadelphia.
JACOB COOPER.
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THIS is to give notice to the public, that there is now a man committed to Trenton goal, Hunterdon county, by the name of Richard Gallaher, about 25 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, fair complexion, short fair hair, and a scar on his right cheek, wants a tooth under the said scar; the above said Gallaher has on a blue broadcloth coat and jacket, a short jacket, the fore parts snuff-coloured, and back parts winestone, black callimanco breeches, new shoes, and brass buckles, not fellows. He is thought to be the property of fames Patterson. His master, if any, is requested to come and take said Gallaher out of confinement, otherwise he will be sold to pay cost and goal fees.
PETER HANKINSON, Goaler.
February 27, 1771.
BY virtue of a writ to me directed, I advertised for sale, on the 21st of February last past, a certain messuage, tenement, plantation, and tract of land thereunto belonging, situate on the north branch of Timber Creek, containing 169 acres of excellent land, under good cedar fence, partly cleared, and partly wood ; but as the inclemency of the weather prevented the Sale at that time, notice is hereby giv- en, that on the 28th of this instant March, the same will be exposed to sale, it was late the property of Richard Price, deceased, seized in execution by JOSEPH HUGG, Sheriff,
N. B. Time will be given for the payment of the money.
TO BE SOLD, | For CASH, or good BONDS on Interest, |
FIVE valuable tracts of valuable lands, on the
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branches of Little Cæapehon, in Hampshire county, in Virginia, containing in the whole 1250 acres, which being situated in a very thriving country, now sett- ling by great numbers of industrious farmers, from the Jerseys and other provinces,
For terms, apply to JOHN Cox, junior, Merchant in Philadelphia ; SAMUEL PURVIANCE, junior, in Balti- more-Town; or JOHN STEELE, Tavern-keeper, at the red house, 12 miles from Watkin's ferry, on Patow- mack. Mr. Steele will shew the lands to any person disposed to purchase. Sept. 3, 1770.
To be SOLD, by the SUBSCRIBER, And entered on the 25th of March,
A SMALL but valuable plantation, situate in Al- loway's creek township, in the county of Salem, in West New- Jersey, adjoining a public road, leading from Salem to Cohansey Bridge, and two miles from a noted landing on said creek, called Quinton's Bridge, where abundance of staves and cord wood are transported to Philadelphia, and not above 5 miles from Salem, 4 from a glass-house, and near several Grist and Saw-mills, and near sundry places of worship, and a school-house settled on one corner of the land, containing 86 acres of land, about 30 whereof are cleared, and about 17 or 18 acres of good rich swamp meadow, the greatest part in good grass, and a great quantity more might, with small expence, be made, all in one entire body, and ad- joining the upland; the improvements are, a good dwelling-house, almost new, 27 feet by 20, two rooms on a floor, with fire places in each room, good stone
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cellar under the whole, kitchen, barn, apple and peach orchard, and an excellent well of water at the door, stoned up. For further information, and terms of sale, apply to LEWIS OWEN, Shop-joiner, in Salem. Feb. 5, 1771.
-The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2203, March 14, I771.
Mr. PRINTER.
SIR,
By inserting this in your next Paper, you'll much oblige your constant Reader,
STUDENS MEDICINÆE.
THE impartial Public, will not, I dare say, expect that I would expa- tiate on the excellency of Physick, nor bestow Encomiums on those wor- thy Gentlemen of the Faculty who are of the greatest Utility to Society; abler Pens have better and more fully discussed this Subject than I can pretend to undertake to do, especially when I am contracted within the narrow Limits of a News-Paper. But I hope my injured fellow Citizens will not take it amiss when I expose to their view a few melancholy In- stances of the deadly Effects, that arise from the Application of the Sick, to illiterate, ignorant, boasting Pretenders.
The Quack is not only culpable for administring without a prospect of Success, or even the Probability of mitigating the Disease, but is rendered altogether inexcusable by those deluding Promises, which prevents the betrayed Patients, from demanding Succour from those whose Knowledge supply them with Means, and whose benevolent Hands are always ready to administer the Balm of Health and Comfort.
A young Woman, not long since experienced the fatal Consequences of a mercurial Antidote, exhibited by Dr. Van -- , who so artfully em- ployed the Bane, that it gave speedy Relief, reducing the Humours of this unhappy Patient, to a dissolved putrid State, which plunged her headlong to the gaping Grave. Admirable Presumptions ! Horrid Deed ! How dead must this insensible Monster be, to every Sense of Virtue and Hu- manity. Who can but Shudder at a bare Recollection of the dreadful Act. If his callous Heart was not obstinately fixed on his vile Purposes, he would have relinquished when an ingenuous Piece made its appearance in the New-York Chronicle, directed to this Empiric, by the Name of Blunderbuss, immediately after this dreadful breach of Humanity.
A young Man who had a diseased Leg, the Bone of which had been for a considerable Time carious and scaly; able Surgeons who attended
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him, after the nicest Examination, came into a Determination of amputa- ting the Limb, and declared it beyond the Power of Medicine to perform a Cure, without this manual Process; accordingly a Day was appointed for the Operation, but our boasting Van -- ensnared the unhappy Youth, (who was then like a drowning Man, willing to catch at a Straw) he prom- ised him that within a few Weeks, by the Application of an efficacious Poultice, he should be restored to perfect Health, and enjoy the free Ex- ercise of the diseased Member. But however, to the great Disappoint- ment of the Patient, after suffering this Empiric to tamper about half a Year, which instead of alleviating his Misfortunes, sunk him but the deeper in his Miseries, his Wound became intolerable, his body so ema- tiated, and his Blood and Humours so dried dissolved and Ichorous, that Death itself had nearly terminated the wretched Scene. Admidst this Sea of Confusion and Distress, the Sable Clouds shut up the Moon of Health, and scarcely a single known Star was left to guide his feeble Course; and while in the Billows of Death and Destruction dashed with Impetuosity against his shattered Bark, in vain he blindly sought the blest Harbour of Repose. The Impostor was at length cast off, and no sooner did the Man of Skill resume the Task, but the tumultuous Storm abated, Amputation after a proper Course of restorative Medicines, was per- formed, a pleasant Calm came on; the young Gentleman, by the Assist- ance of Art, is now in Health, and enabled to walk the Streets with little or no Inconveniency.
About a Year ago, a young Gentleman about five Miles distant from Powles-Hook Ferry, had the Misfortune of fracturing a Leg, proper As- sistance being immediately given, the Limb was properly extended, the Splinters extracted, and other Circumstances so regulated as to promise Success. But the inhuman Father of the Youth, thro' an avaricious Mo- tive, discharged a Gentleman both Skillful and experienced, in Physick and Surgery, and put him under the unskillful Directions of two imposing Villains, who within the Space of three Days, so conducted Matters, that the unhappy Victim became a Prey to their ignorant Presumption, and a Waste to the hungry Jaws of Death.
I shall not make any Observations on the above Cases, but leave those Gentlemen who have a tender Feeling for their fellow Creatures to judge of the great Danger that arises to Society from a Toleration of such igno- rant, knavish, lying and impudent Impostors. I would particularly beg of our Magistrates to take into Consideration the unhappy Condition of the poor Sick of this City; 'tis true we have a POOR. HOUSE, and we have a -- the former a laudable Institution, the latter a Scandal to the Community.
The Robber who plies the Highway, gives the Traveller a Chance of defending himself, but the Blood-thirsty Monster, who forces himself into the Confidence of the Sick, and pours down in secret, his poisonous 26
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Draughts, gives the betrayed Patient no Room for Relief; and is as just an Object of Punishment.
A List of some of these physical Pretenders, an exact Description of them, with a brief Summary of their murderous Exploits, will in a short Time be exhibited to public View.
'Tis not for me to make particular Observation on the above Cases, but I shall leave the feeing tender Heart to judge, what a rueful Train of Calamities must inevitably succeed- The Father destroyed, leaves to per- ish the poor Widow, and a numerous Offspring of helpless Children; Mothers torn away from their tender Babes, and Children snatched from their distressed and mourning Parents, by the fraudulent Deception of the venomous Quack.
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