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dence and Resolution to put the Laws in Execution .- In his private Character he eminently possessed the social Virtues,-as a husband most attentive and affectionate, as a Father most tender and indulgent, as a Friend most cordial, open and sincere .- -
NEW YORK, June II. On Tuesday the 9th Instant, a Purse of £. 90 was run for over the Course at Powles- Hook, which was won by Mr. Water's Horse Liberty, beating Mr. Cornel's Horse Tulip, and Capt. De Lancey's Horse Poppet .- And on Wednesday the Ioth, the Purse of £ .50 was won by Mr. Water's Horse Auctioneer, beat- ing Mr. Cornel's Horse Richmond, Mr. Elsworth's Horse Silverheels and Mr. Horse .- The New York Journal; or The General Advertiser, No. 1536, June II, 1772.
KINGSTON, in JAMAICA, April 21st 1772.
To the HUMANE and LIBERAL, FRIENDS of LEARN- ING, RELIGION and PUBLIC VIRTUE, in the ISLAND OF JAMAICA.
The MEMORIAL and HUMBLE ADDRESS of HUGH WILLIAMSON, M. D. one of the TRUSTEES of the ACADEMY of NEW-ARK,1 in Behalf of that IN- STITUTION.
EVERY friend of humanity must take pleasure in ob- serving the amazing rapidity with which the North Amer- ican colonies have increased ever since their first settle- ment. When we consider the generous encour- agement that other Seminaries have lately received on similar occasions, we have little reason to doubt of suc- cess. The Colleges of New-York, New-Jersey and Phil- adelphia have collected 15,000 1. or 20,000 1. sterling in Great-Britain alone, besides what they raised in the
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neighbouring colonies; but we are aware that some respite is necessary from the frequent repitition of such appli- cations. .- The Pennsylvania Packet, and the General Advertiser, No. 34, June 15, 1772.
New-Jersey. ss. June 7, 1772.
Notice is hereby given to the respective creditors of William Brittain, Peter Hull, Jonathan Pitney, John Vanlet, and Cornelius Cole, that they appear at the Court- house, in the county of Sussex, before Nathaniel Pettit, . and Thomas Vanhorn, Esquires, two of his Majesty's judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county, aforesaid, on Wednesday, the 15th day of July next, to shew cause, if any they have, why assignments of the above several debtors estates, should not be respectively made to some person to be appointed to receive the same, and the said debtors discharged from their confinement, and be free from arrests in civil actions for any debts heretofore contracted, agreeable to an act of Assembly of the province aforesaid, lately made, intituled, An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2269, June 18, 1772.
PHILADELPHIA. By a letter of the 13th of June, from Newport, we are informed, that the drawing of the Third and Last Class of the New-Ark1 Land and Cash Lottery, will positively begin the 23d instant, at that place .- The Pennsylvania Journal; and The General Advertiser, No. 1541, June 18, 1772.
THIS is to give notice to all the creditors of Thomas Allen and Lawrence Van Orden, insolvent debtors, under confinement in the gaol of the county of Bergen, that they appear before Rynier Van Gieson and Peter Zabriskie, Esqs; two of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common
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Pleas, at the Court-House in New Barbados, in and for the county of Bergen, on the 31st day of July next, to shew cause (if any they have) why the said Thomas Allen and Lawrence Van Orden may not be discharged pursuant to the late act of the Governor, Council, and General Assembly, passed at the last sessions thereof, for the relief of insolvent debtors, they having taken the oath, and delivered in Schedules of their debts and estates.
THOMAS ALLEN, LAWRENCE VAN ORDEN.
June II, 1772.
SCHEME of a LOTTERY.
For raising the Sum of Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds, New-York Currency, for the Benefit of Christ Church, in New-Brunswick.
I Prize of 1000 Dollars, is 1000 Dollars :
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3750 Tickets, at 2 Dollars each, are 7500 Dollars. The Congregation of Christ Church, being under the Necessity of proposing this Lottery, in Order to assist
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them in erecting a Steeple, and making some Necessary Repairs to their Church; hope it will meet with a favor- able Reception from the Public, as well on Account of the Benevolent Purposes it is designed to promote, as because the Scheme is calculated so much to the Advan- tage of the Adventure, there not being two Blanks to a Prize.
The Drawing will peremptorily begin on the Second Wednesday in September next, under the Management of several Gentlemen of undoubted Probity.
Lists of the fortunate Numbers will be sent to such Persons as have Disposal of the Tickets, who will also pay the Prizes, subject to a Deduction of 15 per Cent.
Such Prizes as shall not be demanded in Twelve Months after the Drawing is finish'd, will be deemed to be generously given to the Church.
Lists of the fortunate Numbers will also be publish'd in the New-York and Philadelphia Papers.
New-Brunswick, May 10, 1772.
-The New York Journal; or, The General Adver- tiser, No. 1537, June 18, 1772.
TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC VENDUE, on Thursday the Ioth Day of September next, at the House of Mrs. Mercer, in New Brunswick, the following
MILLS, TRACTS OF LANDS, &C.
B EING part of the estate of doctor William Mercer, deceased, viz. A large and commodious store and lot of ground in the town of Brunswick, fronting on the river, being a leasehold estate; also a tract of land con- taining about one hundred and thirty acres, in Piscataqua, directly opposite the town of New-Brunswick .- The said lands are good; there is a fine young orchard of about 150 flourishing apple trees in it; and a very fine mill carrying
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two pair of stones, and all the necessary materials for grinding, bolting, &c. A stone dam the best in America, has sufficient water to grind full three parts of the year, and in a wet season the whole year; it is so situated that boats can (by clearing a channel from the Raritan river, that has been heretofore cut out.) load and unload along side the mill-house: There is a cooper's shop adjoining the same.
A good convenient dwelling-house and store, with a large lot of ground adjoining the same, very advantage- ously situated either for a store or publick house, being very near and almost contiguous to the mills commonly called Mercer mills, in Quibble Town, in the County of Middlesex. Also about 33 acres of good land, one half being cleared and the other wood land; together with a piece of swamp or low land, containing about 15 acres, and commonly called the Wolf Swamp, and is within a few yards of the before mentioned 33 acres; the whole lying and being near Quibble-Town aforesaid, and not half a mile from the said mills. Also a very valuable and exceeding good tract of land or farm, containing about 13I acres, lying and being within about two miles of the mills and Quibble Town aforesaid, between Green and Bound Brook, and adjoining James Harreck's land, about 90 acres of the same being cleared, 10 acres of meadow in good English grass, and the remainder 30 acres in very good wood and timber: The whole land is as good as any in the county of Middlesex; upon which said last mentioned tract is a good new framed dwelling- house of about 30 feet by 26, but not quite finished within.
Also to be sold at the same time and place, sundry valu- able men, women, and children slaves, one of them an ex- cellent miller, and another a cooper, the rest of them house and farm slaves. Any person inclining to purchase at private sale may apply to the executors in New-Bruns-
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wick, (where a person will attend there to view the premises) where they may know the terms and conditions, LUCY MERCER, New-Brunswick. ANTHONY WHITE,
G. HARRISON, New-York, Executors. -The New-York Gazette; and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1078, June 22, 1772.
To be SOLD, by way of public VENDUE on the 15th day of July next, on the premises,
A TRACT of well-timbered LAND, containing 1064 acres, with allowance for highways, situate on both sides of a branch of Great Mantua Creek, called Chestnut Branch, in the township of Greenwich, in the county of Glouce- ster, and western division of the province of New Jersey; bounded by lands late of William Gerrard, Samuel Shivers, John Ladd and James Wood; in which there is a good saw-mill, almost new, on a large and constant stream, which affords sufficient water in the driest seasons; distant from a Landing on Mantua Creek about 5 miles; there is also on said tract a convenient dwelling house, near the mill, an orchard, and about 30 acres of land cleared, fit for tillage. The timber on said tract is chiefly pine, inter- mixed with large black oak and white oak trees, and in many places suitable for farms.
And on the 20th day of July next, will be sold by public vendue, at the house of Jeremiah Chew, Innkeeper, in the township of Gloucester, a Plantation and Tract of LAND, containing about 205 acres, situate on the north- erly branch of Great Timber Creek, in the County afore- said; on which is a good dwelling-house, barn, orchard, and other Improvements; about 60 acres of cleared land, 7 acres of banked meadow, and considerable more may be made; the residue of said land well timbered. Several years credit will be given for the purchase money, on giv-
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ing good security, and paying interest for the same. The whole late the estate of Michael Fisher, junior, de- ceased; and to be sold, in pursuance of his last will and testament, by SARAH FISHER, and ROBERT FRIEND PRICE, Execut.
All persons who are indebted to the estate of the said Michael Fisher, junior, deceased; are desired to make speedy payment of the same; and those who have any demands against it, are desired to bring them in, that they may be settled. June 19
STRAYED or stolen from the Subscriber, in Bordentown, Burlington County, New-Jersey, on the 15th of June inst. a dark bay Horse, about six Years old, with a Star in his Forehead, branded on the near Shoulder 5 and on the off Shoulder I C, the Brand not very perceivable, about 14 Hands high, trots and paces, is in good order, and shod before. Whoever takes up and secures said horse, so that the Owner may have him again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by
. June 18, 1772.
CALEB CARMAN
PHILADELPHIA.
The GENERAL ASSEMBLY of New-Jersey are to meet at Perth-Amboy on Wednesday, the 19th of August next.
His Excellency Governor FRANKLIN has been pleased to appoint and establish four Terms in the Year, for hold- ing the Court of Chancery in the Province of New Jersey, viz, Two at Burlington, and Two at Perth-Amboy, to begin on the Saturday next after the Opening of the Su- preme Court at each of the said Places, and continue from Day to Day, as long as may be expedient.
June 18, 1772.
THIS is to give notice to the creditors of James Maffett,
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that, pursuant to the Act of Assembly, for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, he has presented a petition to the Court of Quarter Sessions, for the county of Gloucester, and which has been signed by two thirds of his creditors in value, and the Court has appointed the 25th day of July, for the creditors to shew cause, if any they have, why an assignment of the said James Maffet's estate should not be made, and his body discharged from confinement.
JAMES MAFFETT.
RUN away from the subscriber, living in Penn's Neck, on Oldman's Creek, in Salem county, a Scotch servant man, named PATRICK BICKUM, about 23 years of age; he is a chunky, well set fellow, about 5 feet 8 inches high, and has short black hair; he wore a Scotch bonnet, a short jacket, the stripes goes round him, and has a lock on his leg. Whoever takes up said fellow, and secures him in any goal, so that his master may have him again, shall have THIRTY SHILLINGS reward, paid by
DAVID CLAYTON.
-The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2270, June 25, 1772.
THREE POUNDS Reward.
RUN AWAY the 21st inst. an Irish servant man, named DANIEL M'GIVERON, about 19 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, has a down look, long sharp nose, three of his upper teeth stick out farther than the rest, and has a clumsey walk: Had on when he went away, an old hat, two old jackets, the upper one of a light colour, rather in- clining to a buff colour, an old check shirt, purple coloured velvet breeches, almost new, thread stockings, marked R. J. and old shoes, tied with strings. Whoever takes up said servant, so that his master may have him again,
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shall have the above reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Salem, June 22. ROBERT JOHNSON. -The Pennsylvania Journal; and The General Ad- vertiser, No. 1542, June 25, 1772.
THREE POUNDS Reward.
WHEREAS the Store of the Subscriber, situated between Sims and Mease's wharves, was BROKE OPEN last night, or early this morning, and ROBBED of a quantity of Loaf Sugar, Cheese, Bacon in flitches, and Gammons, with sundry other Articles : The flitches of bacon are very re- markable, having the shoulders and middle together, and the cheeses are late made Jersey ones, of a pale colour.
ANDREW M'GLONE.
TO BE SOLD at private Sale,
The Whole or any Part of the following five Lots of Land, containing together 560 Acres of the most valuable Land in Hosick patent, in the county of Albany
The Patent of Hosick has many Settlers and daily increasing; in fine, these Lands are sufficiently known without further Encomiums, and a good Title will be given, by the Owner, Peter Schuyler, jun. in Elizabeth Town, or they may apply to John Schuyler, jun. mer- chant in New-York, or to Peter Sylvester, Esq; in Al- bany.
NEW-PORT, June 22.
Last Tuesday James Bud and Samuel Gustine, were apprehended and committed to Goal in this town, on suspi- cion of being concerned in counterfeiting and passing New York and Jersey paper money. About a week be- fore, they, with some others, came from Nantucket in a sloop, and anchored in Mackerel Cove, a little within our
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light-house, where these two left her and came to this town, and agreed with an engravor to cut them a plate for the escutcheon or border of a New-York forty shilling bill, for which purpose they cut out the printed part of the bill, and gave the engraver the other part cut into three or four pieces. But before the engraver had quite finished the plate, he accidentally saw a New York bill, which Bud had passed to another man, by which he dis- covered the real business he was about, and immediately informed Judge Hazard of the same. After Bud and Gustine were examined, the sloop was brought into this harbour, and being searched, upwards of fifty pounds of York and Jersey money was found, including a small sum Bud and Gustine had about them. They confessed but little on the examination : but it might be easily per- ceived that one Wills of Connecticut, one Smith of New- York, and number of others were concerned in this affair.
The money above mentioned consists of sixty, twenty, ten and five shilling bills, principally of New-York cur- rency, most of which are well known to be counterfeits; the Jersey bills doubtful, and may probably be some of those taken out of the treasury when robbed. There is one five pound bill not signed: The forty shilling bill, by which the plate was to have been made, is a true one.
By what could be drawn out of these men, there must be a very considerable amount of New-York bills counter- feited to the Westward; as Bud confessed that he saw a great number lying on Wills's table the first time he went to see him.
NEW-YORK, June 29. Captain Brass arrived here last Week in 7 Weeks from the Bay of Honduras . on the 20th, spoke the Brig Franklin, Thomas Lyell Master, from Perth Amboy, for Madeira, 2 Days out, Lat. 38:39,
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To the PUBLIC.
T HIS is to certify, That there is a Stage again erected from New-Ark to Powles-Hook, and will set off from the House of James Banks, precisely at the Hours of half past Seven o'Clock in the Morning, and at Four in the Afternoon; and that on Tuesdays and Fridays, and the same Hours of Attendance will be punctually observed from Powles-Hook, where Gentlemen and Ladies who please to favour the Stage with their Custom, will be well used, at the usual Price of Is. 6d. for the Waggon from . Powles-Hook to New-Ark, and the same for the Return. Any Gentleman and Ladies, on a Party of Pleasure, may be accomodated with a Waggon and Horses, to any Part of the Country, by the Publick's
Most Obedient Humble Servants, JOSEPH CRANE, at Newark. PETER STIMESON, at Bergen.
The Second New-Castle LOTTERY, on Delaware,
For raising the Sum of Three Thousand Six Hundred Pounds, New York Currency, for the Benefit of the Uni- ted Presbyterian CHURCHES in the City of New-York, the seceding Church in said City, and the Presbyterian CHURCH in Richmond County
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the Prizes will be paid, subject to a Deduction of Fifteen per Cent. by Doctor John Cochran in New Brunswick, Robert Ogden, Esq; and Mr. John Blanchard, Merchant, in Elizabeth Town, Messrs. Peter Chevalier, John Bayard, and John Mease, Merchants, in Philadelphia, and by proper Persons who shall hereafter be appointed, in all the other capital Towns on the Con-
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tinent. .- The New-York Gazette, or The Weekly Post-Boy, No. 1524, June 29, 1772.
P URSUANT to an Order of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Somerset, Notice is hereby given to the Creditors of George Collins, and Adrian Manley, two insolvent Debtors, that having sev- erally filed their Schedules, and complied with the Direc- tions of a late Act of the Governor, Council, and General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, intitled, "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors;" that the said . Creditors be and appear at the Court-House of said County, on the 28th day of July next, at Two o'Clock in the Afternoon, before two of the Judges of the said Court, to shew Cause, (if any they have) why the said George Collins, and Adrian Manley, should not be discharged agreeable to the Directions of the said Act.
PHILADELPHIA, June 25.
We hear from Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, that on Saturday Evening the 13th Instant, as one - Runyon, was driving his Waggon, loaded with Boards, down a Hill, about two Miles from Pennington, his Foot slipped and he fell on one of the Horses, which so alarmed them that they set off, and threw him under the Wheels, which run over him and broke his Breast Bone; he was immediately taken up by a Negro Fellow, who was riding on the Road when this Ac- cident happened, and carried to a House near that Place, where he died in great Agonies about an Hour afterwards. He was a very industrious, sober Man, and has left a Wife and several Children.
P URSUANT to an order of the inferior court of common pleas, of the county of Essex, in the pro- vince of New-Jersey, notice is hereby given to the credi-
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tors of Peter March, Lewis Winans, Francis Elliott, and Samuel Beach, four insolvent debtors, that have severally filed their schedules, and complied with the directions of a late act of the Governor, Council, and General Assembly, of the province aforesaid, entitled, 'An act for the relief of insolvent debtors; that the said creditors be and appear at the courthouse in Newark, in said county, on Monday the 27th day of July next, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, before Daniel Pierson, and Joseph Rigs, Esquires, two of the judges of said court; to shew cause (if any they have) why the said Peter March, Lewis Winans, Francis Elliott, and Samuel Beach, should not be discharged, agreeable to the directions of the said Act. Dated 24th June, 1772.
AMERICAN STEEL,
M ANUFACTURED by John Zane, at Trentown, es- teem'd quite equal, if not better in quality than what is imported from England, may be had of
BOWNE and RICKMAN,
At their store in the house of Peter Clopper, facing the Fly-market, on reasonable terms, in half faggots, or blister'd, by the Ct. wt.
N. B. If on tryal any bar proves faulty, it will be re- ceived back, and the money return'd.
They have an assortment of DRY GOODS as usual.
Six Blacksmiths BELLOWSES,
O F the best construction, anvils, vises, steel of all kinds, refin'd and bloom'd iron, Newark POTASH KETTLES, and hollow ware are to be sold
By EDWARD and WILLIAM LAIGHT,
Who have, by the last vessels from Europe, received a fresh and universal supply of DRY GOODS, IRONMONGERY
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and CUTLERY .- Supplement to the New-York Gazette, and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1079, June 29, 1772.
PHILADELPHIA, July 6. On Saturday, Smart, alias William M'Cormick, was executed at Burlington, pursuant to his Sentence the Monday before, for the Mur- der and Robbery of Elizabeth Knight, at Evesham .- The Pennsylvania Chronicle, and Universal Advertiser, No. 286, June 29-July 6, 1772.
The Public are cautioned against Counterfeit New- Jersey THIRTY SHILLING BILLS, dated April 16, 1764. They are signed John Johnson, Richd Smith, S. Smith, but so unlike the signing in the true Bills, as to be easily discovered. The Impression carries a remarkably black- ish Appearance-the word New-Jersey, on the left Bor- der, is much plainer, also the Flowering on the Top, and right Edge, and very different from the true Bill. They are made after those Bills that have the Printer's Signa- ture G, but it is possible some Counterfeits, after this No- tice, may bear another Signature.
On Monday last a Court of Oyer and Terminer was held at Burlington, for the Trial of SMART, alias M'CORMICK, for the Murder and Robbery of Elizabeth Knight; when he pled guilty to the Burglary in Hopes of being admitted an Evidence against an innocent Per- son, one Shreeve, whom he impeached as the Murderer; but the Grand Jury, finding nothing to support the In- dictment against Shreeve, did not find the Bill. Upon which the Court proceeded, and pronounced Sentence of Death against Smart, who is to be hanged next Saturday.
To be SOLD,
A TRACT of WELL-TIMBERED LAND, containing 555 acres, with allowance for highways, late the property of
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CLARK RODMAN, situate in the county of Gloucester, in the Western Division of the province of New-Jersey, and is very handy to several Saw-mills, bounded by lands of the late JOHN LADD, Esq; STEPHEN WALTON, ROBERT STRETTEL, and SAMUEL POWELL, deceased. The tracts which belonged to the two last mentioned persons are now the property of JACOB FREES. For the conditions of sale, and other particulars, enquire of JOSIAH HEWES, in Phil- adelphia, or of AARON HEWES, in Woodbury, near Glou- cester.
Salem, June 20, 1772 FORTY DOLLARS Reward.
RUN away from their Bail, the 13th Instant, the fol- lowing Persons, viz. DANIEL WHEATON, an ill-looking Fellow, about 5 Feet 8 or 9 Inches high, of a pale, sandy Complexion, light Hair, a little curled, about 30 Years of Age, a well made Fellow, this Country born, is very fond of strong Liquor, is a little freckled in his Face; he took with him a light coloured Saggathy Coat, a Damascus jacket, old Hat, one or two Shirts; two pair striped Trow- sers, old. Shoes, and an old blue Bath Coating Surtout Coat, his other Clothes not known.
ISAAC HILDEBRAND, about 30 Years of Age, a well made Fellow, of a dark Complexion, black Hair, is about 5 Feet 7 or 8 Inches high; he very seldom drinks strong Liquor; he took with him a light coloured Wilton Coat and Jacket, almost new, a blue Broadcloth Coat, that has been turned, a Pair of white Fustian Breeches, Thread Stockings, an old Hat, a blue Bath Coating Surtout Coat, a Chocolate coloured Barcelona silk Handkerchief, I black ditto, a Pair of new Pumps; one or two white Shirts ruf- fled at the Breast, one or two coarse white Ditto, his other Clothes uncertain. He took with him a small Pine Chest, almost new; they have both followed the Water some
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Time, and it is likely are gone towards Carolina or Balti- more. The said Wheaton took his Wife with him; she is a small Woman of a dark yellow Complexion, her Cloaths uncertain. Whoever takes up and confines the above described Persons in any of his Majesty's Goals, so that the subscriber may have them again, shall receive the above reward, or TWENTY DOLLARS for either, from
CURTIS TRENCHARD
Greenwich township, Gloucester county,
June 24, 1772.
These are to give notice, to all whom it may concern, that a number of the owners and possessors of the Marshes and Meadows, adjoining Repapare Creek, in said town- ship, intend to petition the General Assembly, at their sitting in August next, for a law to stop said creek, and bank out the tide from overflowing said marshes .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2271, July 2, 1772.
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