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Also a tract containing 500 acres of wood-land con- tiguous to the above described tract.
1These words are in the advertisement as published in The Pennsyl- vania Chronicle, No. 264, Jan. 27-Feb. 3, 1772.
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The titles are indisputable, and the land clear of quit- rent. Any persons inclining to purchase the whole, or any part of the above described lands, may know the terms, by applying to BENJAMIN CHEW, CHARLES RIDGELY, or BENJAMIN WYNKOOP.
To be SOLD, by way of public VENDUE, on the 16th day of March next, on the premises,
Two tracts of Land, situate in East-Jersey a quarter of a mile from Prince-Town, adjoining lands of Richard Stockton, Joseph Horner, and others, containing 261 acres; on said premises are a frame dwelling-house, barn and orchard; there are near 200 acres thereof cleared, near 15 acres whereof are good meadow, part whereof may be watered from a good spring, the remainder of said land is well timbered; late the property of Samuel Cary and to be sold by SARAH CARY, executrix, SAMUEL CARY and DAVID TWINING, Executors.
N. B. The conditions of sale will be made known the day and place of sale.
January 27, 1772
Last Thursday Morning, between One and Two o'Clock, a Fire broke out in the House of Mr. Dunlap Adams, at Trenton, which together with all his Goods, was entirely consumed; as were also the houses of Mrs. Merseilles, Mrs. Cumings, Mr. Howe and Mr. Moore, some Stables, and several other Buildings; and Mr. Pink- erton's House, where the Fire stopped was a good Deal damaged. The Wind carried the Flakes of Fire to some Distance, whereby the Roofs of eight or ten more Houses were set on Fire, at the same Time, by which Means the necessary Help could not be collected to assist at those Houses that were burnt.
Mount-holly, January 27, 1772. All Persons indebted to the Estate of Joseph Smith,
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deceased, late of Crosswicks, in New Jersey, and who formerly dwelt at Kensington, in the Northern Liberties of the City of Philadelphia, are requested to make imme- diate Payment to the Subscriber; and those who have any legal Demands against the said Estate, are desired to bring them in, properly attested, to
RUTH SMITH, Administratrix
Salem, West New-Jersey, January 24, 1772
On the 17th instant was committed to my custody, a certain DANIEL M'ANITINIE, as advertised in the Penn- sylvania Gazette, No. 2247, who run away from his mas- ter the 15th of December last, and answers the descrip- tion given of him in said advertisement, but will not ac- knowledge he has any master. Also a Negroe man, who calls himself Jacob, and came from Snow-Hill, in Mary- land (as he says) but has been detected in several fals- hoods concerning where he lived, and is a smart active lively Negroe, of about 22 years of age, and has a pass with him, which is supposed to be a forged one. These are therefore to request their said master or masters to come and take them out, and pay the costs, within six weeks from the date hereof, or else they will be sold out for the same.
BATEMAN LLOYD, Sheriff -The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2250, February 6, 1772.
Philadelphia. Extract of a letter from Trenton, dated Friday, Jan. 31.
"Yesterday morning, between one and two o'clock, a fire broke out in Mr. Adams's store, which soon made its way into the house, burnt that down, together with Mrs. Merseillus's house, Mrs. Cummine's and Mr. How's, where it stopt that course: Mr. Morris's stable and a
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little house Job Moore lived in, adjoining Mr. Pinkerton, are also burnt. Never had a fire a more terrible appear- ance in so small a town: I believe, for a considerable time, we expected nearly the whole town to have been destroyed. Mr. Morris's house, Mrs. Wright's, Mrs. Brittain's, Mr. Higbee's were all, at several different times on fire; and so was Mr. Reed's kitchen, Mr. Coxe's office, &c .- When the fire was first discovered, the wind was north ;- it presently blew from north east: Had it con- tinued from the north as it was at first, Mr. Hunt's house and stores must have shared the same fate with the other sufferers; he was obliged to move chief part of his most valuable effects, expecting the house to go: Mr. Clayton moved every thing too. Mr. Pinkerton's house was saved in a most extraordinary manner; had that been destroyed, there is no telling where it would have stopped. Poor Adams lost every thing. I believe all he saved is not worth ten pounds. Mr. How saved every thing. All the others are considerable sufferers."
To be SOLD, by the Subscribers,
In such Parcels, as may best suit the Purchasers,
A valuable Tract of Improved Land, in the township of Alexandria, in the county of Hunterdon, and province of New-Jersey, commonly known by the name of BYER- LIE's Tract, containing about 8000 acres, now in the pos- session of a number of tenants, whose leases will expire the 25th of March next. It is situate on the rivers Dela- ware and Musconecong, about six miles below Easton, ten miles from Union Iron Works, is contiguous both to Mr. Hughes and Mr. Johnson's forges and grist mills, and in the neighbourhood of several other grist and saw mills. The land is extremely well watered and of an ex- cellent quality for raising of wheat and grain of all kinds. The tract is accommodated with a very good fishing place
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on the river Delaware, where a great quantity of shad and other fish are taken in the proper seasons. The buyers, on paying down one third of the purchase money, will have time given to pay the rest. For further particulars appli- cation may be made to ARCHIBALD STEWART of Andover Iron Works, who will attend on the land from the Ist to the 25th of March next.
ALLEN and TURNER.
RUN-AWAY from the Subscriber at Bladensburgh, in Maryland, a Negro man, EZEKIEL, born in the Jerseys, 30 years old, 5 feet 10 or II inches high, thin faced, slim made, and very active, speaks good English and Low Dutch, is very plausible in his discourse, and crafty in his behaviour, that whoever apprehends him, must take great care, or he will give them the slip: He can make coarse shoes, and for five years past worked at his former master's Starr Forge, on Still-Water, in Sussex county, New-Jersey, where he has been many times seen since he ran away. Whoever apprehends the said Negro, and secures him in any goal, shall receive FORTY SHILLINGS; or if delivered to me, or Mr. JAMES MACCUBBIN, Mr. JAMES WHITEHEAD, in Philadelphia, shall receive FIVE POUNDS reward, paid by
Feb. 6.
JAMES MILLER. -The Pennsylvania Journal; and The Weekly Ad- vertiser, No. 1522, February 6, 1772.
Mr. Holt,-Please to insert the following in your next paper, and you will oblige Amor Justitiae.
Freehold in New-Jersey January 15, 1772.
Pulchrum est, benefacere Reipublicae
At a Court of General Sessions of the Peace, held at Perth-Amboy I. W-1 a man in power and a strenuous assertor of the rights of the subject, was indicted by the
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Grand Jury for no less a Crime than that of Usury .- It is hoped that Gentleman will endeavour to exculpate himself by a public enquiry from so heavy a charge, before he attempts to offer himself as a Candidate at any future Election for representatives, and not get the matter hush'd up as I. V-d-n of this County did, who was also lately indicted here for Usury, The very man who bawl'd out so much against extortion in our late disturbances here.
New-Castle, October 7, 1771. The NEW-CASTLE LOTTERY, On Delaware,
For raising the Sum of Three Thousand Pounds, New- York Currency, for the United Presbyterian Churches in the City of New York, and the Presbyterian Churches of New-Castle, and Christiana Bridge.
The SCHEME.
And the Prizes will be paid, subject to a Deduction of Fifteen per Cent. by Messrs. David Vanhorn, John Mur- ray, Joseph Hallet, William Neilson, Walter Buchanan, and John Morton, Merchants, in New-York, Mr. Abra- ham Hunt, Merchant, in Trenton, Mr. Enos Kelsey, Mer- chant, in Princetown, Doctor John Cochran New-Bruns- wick, Robert Ogden, Esq; and Mr. John Blanchard, Mer- chant, in Elizabeth-Town. -The New York Jour- nal; or, The General Advertiser, No. 1518, February 6, 1772.
The NOTED TAVERN
I N the Town of Woodbridge, East New-Jersey, most agreeably situated, and now in the Possession of Capt. Nathaniel Herd;1 with 40 Acres of Land, IS TO BE LET : For Terms, apply to said Herd.
1For a sketch of Capt. Nathaniel Heard, see N. J. Archives, 2d Series, 1., 9.
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Monmouth,
New-Jersey, S { ss. B Y order of the Hon. John Ander-
son, and John Taylor, Esqrs, two of the judges of the court of common pleas for said county, Josiah Halstead, a prisoner for debt in the goal of said county, having been duly sworn and filed his schedule pursuant to the late act of assembly of said prov- ince, entitled, An act for the relief of insolvent debtors, made in the tenth year of his majesty's reign, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty- nine: Now these are to give notice to the creditors of said debtors, that they be together at the court-house of said county, on the eleventh day of March, annoq; domini, 1772, to shew cause before the said judges, if any they have, why the said prisoner should not be discharged from his confinement pursuant to the said act.
To be Sold, or Let, And entered on immediately,
A Very good grist-mill, together with about 70 acres of land, lying on Mattawan creek, within about half a mile of Middle-Town Point, in East New-Jersey; the said mills consists of two pair of stones, and three bolting boxes, all which go by water, which makes it extreamly easy to tend the mills; an extraordinary and large mill- house, well calculated for taking in large quantities of grain. The said mills, mill-house, mill-dam, and flood- gates, were all lately put in new and good repair. There is on said land two dwelling-houses, one of which is large and convenient, with a good, large and convenient shop added to it, suitable for a trader, as the place and situation is well calculated for that business; there is also a barn and sundry other out-houses on said land. The quality. of the land, as follows, viz. About 45 acres of wood land, about 7 acres of salt meadow, the remainder clear'd land, on part of which is a good young bearing orchard of about
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60 apple trees, all grafts, also some peach and plumb trees. It is a noted place for conveniency to fowling, fishing, oystering, clamming, &c., as the land lays on both sides of the creek; and further, the boats that frequently fol- low coasting between Middle-Town Point and New-York, can go up the creek within a few rods of the mill. For further particulars, and conditions of sale, enquire of Mr. John Burrows, at Middle-Town Point, or Nathaniel Marston, merchant, in New-York, who will agree on reasonable terms, and give an indisputable title for the same .- The New-York Gazette; and the Weekly Mer- cury, No. 1059, February 10, 1772.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 17. Extract of a Letter from Salem, (New-Jersey) February 10, 1772.
"Talbert, the Shopkeeper, at Quintent's1 Bridge, is in Gaol for the Murder of his Wife. She had been burried three Days, when she was taken up by the Coroner. The Inquest brought their Verdict in "Guilty of shortening her Days." He is to remain in Prison till the Chief Judge comes down to try him for his Life. She was a Sister of Edward Keasby, Esq's Wife.
"A few Days ago our Gaol was broken open and four Prisoners escaped."-The Pennsylvania Chronicle, No. 266, February 10-17, 1772.
Extract of a Letter from Mr. DUNLAP ADAMS, Mer- chant, of Trenton, to his Friend in New York, dated Feb- ruary 2.
"About Two o'Clock in the Morning of last Thursday, I awoke, hearing the crackling Noise of Fire; I desired my Wife to arise, for that I thought the House in Flames ! I ran to the Store Door in the Hall, from whence the Noise proceeded, and on opening it, the Smoke and Flames
1Quinton's.
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issued out in a Torrent. . passing up the Stair-case, it pre- vented my ascending to the Relief of the Rest of my Fam- ily : I then made all the Noise in my Power to awake them, which succeeded, but the Smoke and Flames pre- vented their descending; Providence inspired them with Presence of Mind and Courage to retreat to the back Win- dow .. My second Daughter jumped down, with her younger Sister in her Arms, who, with the Rest of the Children, a young Lad and Servant Girl, all escaped un- hurt. . Thanks be to God for opening my Eyes at the In- stant he did! in a few Minutes after, we must all have awoke in Eternity! I can scarce muster Spirits to write to my Brothers, but request you will do it, and inform them that I saved neither Book, Paper nor any Thing, except one Bed, and a few Trifles. The Inhabitants came to our Assistance as quick as they could, with Fire En- gines, &c. but the Flames spread so rapidly, they could not be stopped, till the following Houses were destroyed, viz. Micajah How's, Esq; Mr. Cummins's, Mrs. Mer- ceiles's, Mr. Job Moore's, and a Stable belonging to Will- iam Morris, Esq.
Mansfield Township, Burlington County, Feb. 7, 1772. FIVE POUNDS Reward
SUPPOSED to be taken out of the Subscriber's drawer this morning by [a Person who calls himself William Morlan, but supposed not to be his real Name] WILLIAM MORLIN, two joes and II half joes, one milled pistole, and about Twenty Pounds in paper money. Said Morlin is about 5 feet 10 or II inches high, aged about 27 years, a well set fellow, pitted with the small-pox, has lightish eyes, and dark curled hair; had on when he went away, a coarse hat, a blue [Lapraskel or] surtout with cross pock- ets, a blue tight bodied coat, and blue double breasted vest, fine shirt marked H. R .; a striped silk handkerchief about
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his neck; and had four more of the same piece; buckskin breeches [rather ]1 too short for him, redish brown and white mixed worsted stockings, new pumps, with yellow carved buckles in them. He calls himself this country born, but, from his dialect, is supposed to be a West-coun- try man. Whoever takes up the said fellow, and secures him in any of his Majesty's goals, so that he may be con- victed of the theft, shall have the above reward, and all reasonable charges, paid by
WILLIAM SHREVE.
NOTICE is hereby given to Messieurs HESLOP and BLAIR, of Fredericsburg, in Virginia, that their two Convict Servants, THOMAS HENRY ENMAN, and WILL- IAM MOOR, advertised in 2249 of the Pennsylvania Ga- zette, are now confined in Trenton Goal, New Jersey, where they are desired to come or send for them.
Salem, West-Jersey, February 9, 1772 SIX POUNDS Reward
BROKE out of Salem Goal, last night, the three follow- ing persons, to wit, JOSEPH BELDEN, born in Cumberland county, a well set fellow, about 25 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches high, a fair complexion, lightish brown hair, tied; had on, when he broke goal, a blue jacket, old tow trowe- sers, and old hat, one of his little fingers crook'd in his hand. EVAN GRIFFITH, a Fuller by trade, about 35 years of age, a down looking fellow, of a swarthy complexion; had on, when he went away, a lightish coloured jacket, under plush ditto, blue trowsers, old hat. Also a Negroe, who calls his name Jacob; committed on suspicion of being a runaway, about 25 years of age, a sly artful fel- low; had on a blue jacket, a white under ditto, blue trowe- sers, and old hat. Whoever takes up and secures the said
1The words in brackets are from The Pennsylvania Chronicle, etc., No. 265, Feb. 10, 1772.
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persons, or either of them, so that they may be had again, shall have Forty Shillings for each, or Six Pounds for the three, paid by
BATEMAN LLOYD, Sheriff
Gloucester County, January 20, 1772 SIXTEEN DOLLARS Reward
RUN away from the subscriber, on the 16th instant, an indented servant man, named PETER WOODFORD, about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, appears to be about 21 or 22 years of age, of a darkish complexion, straight hair, thin visage, very much addicted to liquor, a great boaster, and very quarrelsome, chews tobacco to a great excess; had on, when he went away, an old felt hat, black silk neck- cloth, brown waistcoat, almost new, old blue woollen trow- sers, old ozenbrigs shirt, old stockings, with half boots; it is very likely he may change his name and dress, and, call himself Benjamin Davis; it is probable he may pro- duce a pass. Whoever takes up the said servant, and se- cures him in any of his Majesty's goals, or brings him home, shall have the above reward, paid by
URIAH PAUL.
On Monday, the Ioth Instant, in the Evening, a Fire broke out in the House of Mr. Thomas Lowrey,1 at Am- well, in Hunterdon County, New-Jersey, which entirely consumed his Dwelling-house, and Store adjoining, with a great Quantity of Dry Goods. We hear Mr. Lowrey's Loss amounts to between Three and Four Thousand Pounds.
Gloucester, West New-Jersey, February 17, 1772.
PURSUANT to the Act of Assembly, entituled "an Act for the relief of insolvent debtors" lately made and pro-
1For notices of Col. Thomas Lowrey, see N. J. Archives, 2d Series, I., 33: II., 131.
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vided; this is to give notice to the creditors of JAMES MORFORD, now confined in Gloucester goal, to shew cause, if any they have, on the 19th day of March next, why an assignment of the said James Morford's estate should not be made to his creditors, and his body discharged from confinement.
FOUR DOLLARS Reward.
RUN away from the subscriber, living in Upper Free- hold township, East-New-Jersey, on the 16th day of this inst. February, a servant lad, named WILLIAM BIRD, aged 21 years, about 5 feet 4 inches high, of a fair complexion, red hair; had on, when he went away, a new felt hat, ozenbrigs shirt, a new homespun suit of drugget, of a dark brown colour, with large white metal buttons on the coat, and wooden ditto on the jacket, new buckskin breeches, yarn stockings, footed, blue and white, calf-skin shoes, with buckles, of a yellowish colour, somewhat carved. Whoever takes up said servant, and secures him in any of his Majesty's county goals, so that his master may have him again, shall have the above reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
JAMES LAWRIE1
Gloucester, February 3, 1772
BY virtue of a writ to me directed, will be exposed to public sale, on the 4th day of May next, between the hours of 12 and 5 o'clock, on the premises, a valuable plantation, containing 210 acres, situate on Woodberry creek, 971/2 thereof is as good meadow as any in the province, and in excellent order, being chiefly in timothy and green grass, and is secured from the tide by a dam at the mouth of the creek, which is maintained at the expence of a number of proprietors; there is a good orchard thereon, a good two story brick house, with 3 rooms on a floor, and a cellar
1See N. J. Archives, XXVI., 18, note.
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under the same, a good kitchen adjoining the same, a good barn and stables, a granary, and divers other necessary out-houses, which renders it both commodious and con- venient; the whole adjoining lands of James Whitall, William Snowdon, John Hopkins, and others; late the property of Abraham Chattin, deceased, seized in execu- tion by
JOSEPH HUGG, Sheriff.
Gloucester County
WHEREAS HENRY DAVIS, and JOHN GEORGE DAVIS, languishing prisoners, now confined in the common goal of said county for debt, do intend to apply to the Judges and Justices of the said county, at the next Court of Com- mon Pleas, to be held in and for the said county, in order to crave the benefit of the Act of the General Assembly of the province of New-Jersey, entituled "an act for the relief of insolvent debtors :" If therefore any of the cred- itors of the said Henry Davis, and John George Davis, or either of them, have any objection against the said Henry Davis, and John George Davis, or either of them, why they should not receive the benefit of the aforesaid Act of General Assembly, they are desired to appear at the Court aforesaid, to allege such objections, if any they have
JOHN GEORGE DAVIS, HENRY DAVIS
NOTICE is hereby given to the public, that there are two men committed to Trenton goal, Hunterdon county, viz. THOMAS HENRY ENMAN, he has lost one of his eyes, and has a large scar near said eye, long light hair, fair com- plexion, near about 5 feet 9 inches high. The other is committed by the name of ROBERT JACKSON, alias WILL- IAM MOORE, about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, well set,
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and full faced with black curled hair. Their cloathing for the most part is answerable to two men that are adver- tised in the Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2249; likewise they confess themselves to be the same men. Their mas- ters, or owners, are hereby requested to come, and de- liver them from their confinement, otherwise they will be sold to pay cost, and goal fees.
Peter Hankinson, Goaler. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2251, February 13, 1772.
PHILADELPHIA. We hear that the begining of last week a farm house, inhabited by some persons who took care of the farm, about two miles from Princeton, belong- ing to the Rev. JOHN WITHERSPOON, D. D. President of New-Jersey College, took fire and was consumed.
We hear that on Tuesday last, a brig coming up the river, ran ashore near Red Bank, where she is since de- tained by the Ice .- The Pennsylvania Journal; and the Weekly Advertiser, No. 1523, February 13, 1772.
Mr. HOLT,
Please to insert the following extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in New-York to his Friend in New-Jersey, dated January 30th, 1772, and you will much oblige one of your customers A. B. Sir
On perusing the votes of your last Session of Assembly held at Burlington, I could not help applauding the profound sagacity of sundry of the worthy members, in opposing a motion of bringing in a bill for a law to regulate the practice of physick and surgery in the province of New-Jersey, agreeable to the petitions of some thou- sands of the freeholders, and principal inhabitants. A law which would have been replete with many evils, to the utter subversion of the useful society of quacks, empires, mountebanks, tumblers, fools and merry Andrews; and manifestly tending to the encouragement of the injurious tribe of honest physicians and surgeons, whose knowledge of their profesion has been gained at no trifling labour
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and expence; and whose candour and integrity would procure them the love and esteem of every good man .- Had the same glorious disposition animated the souls of the infamous house of Burgesses of the colony of Virginia when they gave up the liberties of their constituents in barely1resisting the stamp-act, by which all America would have been secured to her, her freedom; or had the ninety-two Massachusett's non rescinders acted on the same noble generous principles, with those of your representative body, then might Amer- ica rejoice in the protection of her sons, and bid defiance to minis- terial vengeance. When they meet with a dissolution (which I am sorry to hear is soon expected) I hope the electors will have virtue enough to return the particular members who so remarkably dis- tinguished themselves in rendering the most essential piece of service to their country, by which they have transmitted their names to the latest ages as patrons and supporters of the arts and sceinces of which they are complete masters.
yours
INOCULATION.
The Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Public, that he has opened a very convenient House in a remote tho' pleasent Situation, within three miles of New-Brunswick, for the Reception of such Persons as propose taking the Small-Pox by Inoculation. The best Attendance will be given, and every Thing proper for their Accommodation shall be furnished, at a very low and easy Rate.
Many are detered from being inoculated, on Account of sore Arms, Boils and large Abscesses, often attending the common Method of treating the Disease; but more particularly from the ill Effects of the too free and indis- criminate Use of Mercury, by which, many (tho' they recover the Small-Pox, yet the Constitution being in- jured,) soon fall Victims to some other Malady.
All these Inconveniences are avoided by a particular Method of preparing the Patient, the most efficacous and the least detrimental to the Constitution, by the Manner of conveying the Infection, and by the subsequent Treat- ment of the Disease, without the least Confinement; the
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Advantages of which have been fully and clearly demon- strated in upwards of 400 Persons under the Subscribers Care in the space of a few Month's, last Winter and Spring, without the Misfortune of losing any; nor has there died more than one of that Number since, which plainly shews the singular Advantages of this Method.
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