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GEORGE CREED.
N. B. The subscriber has likewise for sale, another house and lot, in the said township. containing 7 acres, part of which is exceeding good meadow, watered by a
1 For a sketch of John Reading see N. J. Archives, LX., 5-7, note. The fullest account of President of the Council and Acting Governor Reading is in that sumptuous work, "Genealogieal and Biographical Memorials of the Reading. Howell. Yorkes, Watts, Latham. and Elkins Families." by Joslah Granville Leach. L.L. B., Philadelphia. 1898, 4to. pp. 286.
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constant stream, situate on a public road, and has been a tavern for many years, and very convenient for a store, a brewer or tanner. There are on the said lot (besides a good house) a new barn, a good orchard, and garden. This will likewise be sold, at public vendue, on the said 25th of February, if not sold before at private sale.
Burlington County, January 9, 1768.
NOTICE is hereby given, that whereas JOHN BURR, ju- nior, an insolvent debtor in said county, did assign all his estate, both real and personal, unto me, for the use of his creditors : Now these are to desire the said creditors to meet me at the house of Mr. Daniel Jones, innholder, in Mount-holly on Saturday, the 9th day of April next, in order to receive their dividend of the monies in my hands.
JOHN GOLDBY, Assignee.
To be SOLD, by the Subscriber, on very reasonable Terms,
The valuable INTEREST where he now lives, in Trenton, consisting of
A LOT, 67 feet front on King-street, and 168 feet back, but as it is a corner lot, it also fronts on Market street, on which is a genteel brick dwelling-house, two stories high, completely finished, with three rooms below stairs, and four chambers, besides apartments above for servants ; most of the rooms are handsomely papered, and fit for any gentleman's family; to this there is a brick kitchen and wash-house adjoining, with a pump in the latter, and under the whole there are excellent cellars; adjoining to this is a frame house, which has four good rooms, besides the garret and places for servants, a very convenient store room, and country house back, together with a large store house, built for keeping wet goods and country produce,
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and properly fitted for that purpose. with a pork cellar under it.
Also a LOT, fronting on Market-street 55 feet, and runs through to the lower street, on which is a large stable, and a good carriage-house that holds five carriages; the lot contains about a quarter of an acre, and is but a few rods distant from the other lots. The whole is very convenient for any gentleman inclining to carry on Trade in Trenton. as it is the best situation for that purpose in the town, and has heretofore been a place of great business; or to any gentleman inclining to live in a pleasant country town. Any person disposed to purchase, may apply to the sub- scriber, and know the terms, which are very moderate, and reasonable credit will be given.
JOSEPH REED, j111.1
Gloucester, January 23, 1768.
RUN away from the subscriber, on the 21st instant. an Irish servant man, named James Flannigam, about 5 feet II inches high, a slim fellow, a little knock-kneed, fresh coloured, with short black or brown hair, and has some- thing of the brogue on his tongue; had on, and took with him, a new light coloured nap short coat, double breasted. with two rows of basket buttons, red under jacket. blue duffield trowsers, a pair of buckskin breeches, and one or two pair of ozenbrigs trowsers, a new Russia sheeting shirt, and one or two ozenbrigs ditto, a pair of light blue ribbed steckings, one pair of black ditto, a pair of good neats leather shoes, with square carved silver buckles in them, an old beaver hat, which has been bound; he also took with him an axe. Said servant went away in com- pany with a man, who has been a soldier in the Royal Am- erican regiment; the servant is inclinable to drink, and
1 For a brief note on Adjutant General Joseph Reed. see N. J. Archives, X .. 5. And see Stryker's "Battles of Trenton and Princeton," 75-78.
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very quarrelsome when in liquor. Any person that will take up and secure said servant, so that his master may have him again, shall have Six Dollars reward, from JOSEPH HUGG.
-The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2040, January 28, 1768.
Whereas, a certain tract of land hath been lately ob- tained in the province of Nova Scotia, lying on the north side of the Bason of Menis, called Philadelphia Township, whereon some good families are now settled and many more engaged to go: This is to give notice, that any person inclining to become settlers on the said land, will meet with very good encouragement, the particulars of which, will be made known, by applying to James James, at Piles Grove, Daniel Lethgow, at Salem Bridge, James Thomson, at Hancock's Bridge, Benjamin Davids, at Crosswicks, John Jones, in Germantown, or to Nathan Shepherd. William Ball, John Lukens, James Haldane, and Benjamin Armitage, in Philadelphia. And as a proper vessel will be provided to carry families and goods to the aforesaid lands, early next spring, those who pur- pose to become adventurers, are desired to be speedy in their application, and enter into articles with some of the above-mentioned persons.
To be SOLD,
A Plantation, situate in the township of Mannington, within a mile of the town of Salem, containing by estima- tion, about sixty-one acres, whereof twenty-five are cleared upland, with a good log house upon the same, eleven of drained meadow, all under good fence, and twenty-five acres of woodland : For further particulars inquire of the subscriber in Salem, aforesaid.
JAMES GARDINER.
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FIVE POUNDS Reward.
MADE his escape from the sheriff of Monmouth county New-Jersey, -a certain Nicholas Williams, a Dutchman born; about five feet and a half high, well set, of a swarthy complexion, wears his own strait brown hair, says his mother lives near Germantozen, and is supposed to be thereabouts, or else at Charles Read, Esqr's, or some of the country iron works. Whoever takes up and secures the above person in any of his Majesty's goals, shall have the above reward, by giving notice to
THOMAS LEONARD, Sheriff.
January 27, 1768.
BORDENTOWN, (N. Jersey) Jan 23, 1768. Departed this Life, greatly and deservedly regreted, (being the Day on which he entered his twentieth Year) Mr. PETER IM- LAY, son of JOHN IMLAY, Esq; of this Place, after a long and painful Illness, which he underwent with the Forti- tude of a CHRISTIAN .- He was remarkable for his early Picty, and steady Course of Life, frequently expressing a grateful Sense of the DIVINE GOODNESS towards him. When Death approached, he calmly resigned his Breath to him who gave it, and with the utmost Composure of Mind waited the Period that was to relieve him from all the Embarrassments of human Nature.
TO BE SOLD,
ONE hundred acres of land, about twenty of which are cleared, part meadow, and more may be made, situated on Delaware river, between Trenton ferry and Lamberton, and on which there is a valuable fishery, and is a pleasant part of the country for a gentleman's seat, is also well sit- uated for any person to follow the boating business be- tween that place and Philadelphia .- There is likewise a constant stream of water through the whole, which will
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be sold in lots of fifty acres, or together, as best suits the purchaser. For terms apply to the subscriber on the premi- ises, by whom an indisputable title will be given.
Jan. 26, 1768. JOHN DOUGLASS. -The Pennsylvania Chronicle, No. 55, February I, 1768.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at Reedy Island, dated the 4th Instant.
"-The Vessels now here, are the Hercules, Capt. Ham- met, and the Henry Dawkins, Capt. Appleton, from Lon- don; the Betsey, Capt. Caton, from Liverpool; the Molly, Capt. Simpson, from Antigua, and, the Lark, Capt. Peel, from Cork .- Capt. Appleton, on the 27th Ult. the Day before he got into our Capes, spoke the Ship Belfast-Pack- et, Capt. Robinson, from Belfast for this Port, with sev- enty Passengers, who had been out sixteen Weeks, and were in great Distress for Want of Provisions and Water, with which Capt. Appleton supplied them."-The Penn- sylvania Chronicle, No. 56, February 1-8, 1768.
To the PUBLIC.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a School is erected at New- Brunswick, in New-Jersey, under the inspection of the subscribers, in which the learned languages and mathemat- icks, are carefully and accurately taught, by Caleb Cooper, recommended from Nassau-Hall, an able and well accom- plished tutor in these and other branches of literature. The conditions are 20 s entrance, and £. 4 per annum, for tuition, proclamation money. Boarding may be had in this town, as good and cheap as can be expected, and to satisfaction, sufficient to accommodate a large school; which, including tuition, will not exceed £. 20 a year.
This town, besides its pleasant rural situation. has the
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superior advantage of a pure wholesome air, and its con- comitant, health, to recommend it: Properties evinced from long experience, by its inhabitants, and the suffrage of gentlemen strangers acquainted with it, of the best judgment and observation. It is also surrounded by an extensive fertile country, from which it draws constant supplies of every necessary of life in great variety and plenty: and from the sea, in the season, has plenty of fish, oysters, &c. To which may be added, the ready and easy conveyance of letters and goods, by water or by land to New-York, Philadelphia, and all other parts, as another peculiar advantage it enjoys. And in a religious view, exceeds any other place in the province, having divine worship performed in the English episcopal, the Dutch reformed, and presbyterian churches, and as to the inhab- itants with regard to their manners and other social vir- tues, compared with other places, without prejudice, may be said to be irreproachable. The inspection above pro- posed, is to consist in visiting the school at least once a quarter; to enquire into the deportment of all concerned, and to assist the master and scholars in all necessary reg- ulations with respect to decency and good order, as well as the advancement of learning.
JOHN LAIGHT, JACOB G. HARDENBERGH, JOHANNIS M. VAN HARLINGER. ABRAHAM BEACH. JOHN COCHRAN, WILLIAM OAKE.
FIVE POUNDS Reward, and all reasonable CHARGES.
RUN-away from the subscriber, living in Chesterfield, Burlington County. West New-Jersey, an Irish servant man named Francis Nevill, about 20 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high. is pretty talkative, and has much of the
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brogue; fresh complexion, with yellowish brown hair; by trade a wool-comber : Had on when he went away, a brown homespun coat, with cat-gut buttons, and pewter tops; a snuff colour'd cloth jacket, with mohair buttons and white lining; blue everlasting breeches, blue-grey stockings, and a new castor hat; a pair of shoes with hob- nails in the heels. He took with him a purple flower'd flannel jacket, one fine shirt, and two of ozenbrigs; two pair of yarn stockings, and about three or four pounds in money. Whoever takes up and secures said servant, so that his master may have him again, shall have the above reward, paid by SAMUEL SYKES .- The New York Mer- cury, No. 848, February 1, 1768.
New-York, February 4. By a written Account from Richmond County on Staten-Island, and by a Gentleman who brought it, and was himself a Sharer in the Calam- ity, we are acquainted with the following Scene of Dis- tress, viz.
On Thursday Night, the 28th January, between 7 and 8 o'Clock, the Weather extremely cold, and the Ground cover'd with Snow, the following Persons went from the Blazing Star, in New-Jersey, to cross the Ferry to Staten- Island, (the Wind being moderate and fair, and the Pas- sage judged to be very safe) viz. Mr. William Cornelius George, supposed to belong to Rhode-Island; and Col. Kalb, a German Gentleman; both lately arrived at Phila- delphia from London. Mr. Robert French, lately arrived at Philadelphia from St. Kitts. Mr. John Kidd, of Phil- adelphia, Merchant. John Thomson, (who has a Wooden Legg) Stage Driver. William Bury, and a Lad, belong- ing to the Ferry, ( the Lad was lately Cabin Boy to a Ship from London to New-York, where he left the Ship, al- ledging that the Captain had misused him). A Negro Man, belonging to Mr. Newry of the Jersies, and a Negro
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Man, belonging to Mr. Provoost of this City, in all 9 Per- sons, and 4 Horses. As they were crossing the Ferry in a Scow, a violent Wind suddenly arose at N. W. whereby they were driven a considerable Way down the River, and ashore on a Mud Bank, where the Scow was half filled with Water; but as it was impracticable to land at that Place, they were obliged to put off again, and in their Ef- forts to gain the Land broke two of their Oars, and were soon driven ashore upon a small Marsh Island, in the Mouth of the Fish-Kill Creek, about half a Mile distant from the Ferry-House, where the Scow immediately fill'd, and the People and Horses were obliged to get out. The Mud was so soft, that the Men sunk in it to near the upper Part of the Thigh, and were not able to pull out their Feet, without lying down on the Water and Mud, and assisting with their Hands; but with great Difficulty they at last all got to the highest Part of the Marsh : The poor lame man was rendered more helpless, by breaking his Wooden Leg. Three Horses not being able to disengage them- selves from the Mud, stuck there and perished. The Peo- ple on their small Portion of Marsh, deep cover'd with Snow, had not the least Shelter from the freezing Blasts of the Wind, nor could they make themselves be heard by the People on Shore, the Wind being against them. They had no other Resourse than to huddle as close together and give themselves as much Motion as possible. It was then about 9 o'Clock, the Boy soon gave out and sunk down, but the Men took him up, shook him, and did all they could to exercise and heat him; but at about Eleven he expired. At one o'Clock, Mr. George, who had till then seem'd to bear up as well as any of them, began to faulter, and not- withstanding the best Assistance his Fellow-Sufferers could give him, he expired at about three o'Clock. the Rest lived out the dreadful Night, and at last, almost quite
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spent and hopeless, at about nine o'Clock in the Morning, were discover'd, and with proper Help, for they had all nearly lost the Use of their Limbs, they were carried to Mr. Mersereau's and all possible Care taken of them. Col. Kalb, after taking off his Boots immediately put his Feet in cold Water, where he held them near half an Hour, dur- ing which he took some Refreshment, and then went to Bed and slept soundly till the Afternoon: And he was the only Person that escaped without Hurt. The Rest sat up, round the Fire, and are terribly frost bitten; it is fear'd they will all lose their Toes, and that the Feet and Legs of some are in Danger; an Ear of one of the Negroes seems entirely perish'd. Mr. French, Mr. Kidd, John Thomson, Wm. Bury, and the two Negroes when this Ac- count came away, were at Mr. Mersereau's Ferry-House, opposite to the Blazing Star, unable to travel. The two dead Bodies were carried to the same Place for interment; the Coroner's Inquest having first sat on them. Mr. George, (said to be a Man of good Family and Fortune) was buried on Sunday last, with proper Solemnity. His Effects are in the Hands of the Coroner, till claimed by his Friends. Col. Kalb, proceeded on his Journey, and arrived here on Monday last. The Horses belonged to Mr. Mersereau.
Many Horses having been stole in Pennsylvania within a few Months past, they got Intelligence lately, that sev- eral had been sold cheap at Whippany and Acquackonock in the Jersies, which were supposed to be stole, whereupon a Man from Bucks-County went thither a few Days ago, and found and recovered one that had been stolen from him, and 'tis supposed others might do the same.
New-Brunswick, 28th Jan. 1768.
THE Subscriber intending to remove with his Family to Great-Britain, in the Spring, desires that all those who
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are indebted to him, will immediately discharge their Ob- ligations. And if any Persons have any Demands upon him, they are desired to bring them in. He has to dispose of (to be delivered when he embarks, probably the Be- ginning of May) Two healthy, likely Negro Wenches, one about 29 Years of Age, unmarried. The other about 24 Years old, married, has a very likely Child (a Girl) about 4 Years old, and has had no Children since. The Wenches have both had the Small-Pox, and can be rec- ommended from seven Years Experience, as sober, hon- est, good Servants; also, a healthy, likely spry made Negro Boy, about 19 Years of Age; also, a very good Horse and Chair, and sundry Houshold Furniture. For further Particulars inquire of the Subscriber, or Capt. William Merceir, within a few Doors of the Coffee-House, in New-York.
WILLIAM DONALDSON. -The New York Journal or General Advertiser, No. 1309, February 4, 1768.
PHILADELPHIA, February 4
Last Friday Evening the Roof of the Court-House at Gloucester, took Fire, by a Spark from the Chimney, which greatly damaged the same; but by the timely As- sistance of the Inhabitants, the Building was preserved.
To be LETT,
A PLANTATION at Clemmell Creek, in Gloucester coun- ty, about 14 miles from Gloucester, containing 300 acres, all within good banks, 250 is in good order for grazing or mowing, with sundry utensils for farming, and may be entered on the 25th of March next. For further particu- lars, enquire of JOSEPH MORGAN, at Pensawkin, in West New-Jersey, or CHARLES WEST, in Philadelphia, near Vine-street.
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STOLEN from the subscriber, living in the township of Amwell, in the county of Hunterdon, in the night of the 25th of January last, a bay GELDING, 13 hands and 3 inches high, with a star on his forehead, has neither brand nor ear-mark, and has a feather on each side his jaws, has lately had the distemper, and has a scar on the under side of his jaws, another on the inside of his thigh, and is low in flesh. Whoever takes up the said horse, and secures him, so that the owner may have him again, shall have the reward of Twenty Shillings, and all reasonable char- ges; and for the thief and horse the sum of Three Pounds, paid by me
1136418 NOAH HIXON.
A LIST of LETTERS remaining in the Post-Office,
Philadelphia
A. James Anderson, New-Jersey.
B. Jonathan Bowen, Esq; Cumberland County, New- Jersey.
C. Hugh Creighton, Joseph Clemens, Haddonfield, N. Jersey. George Curtis, Little Egg Harbour.
H. Robert Hunt, Cole's Town, N. Jersey
M. George Middleton, N. Jersey; Thomas Miller, Ox- ford, West Jersey.
P. Thomas Perkinson, Evesham, W. Jersey.
R. Saunders Robinson, Gloucester, W. Jersey .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2041, February 4, 1768.
TO BE SOLD,
A Very valuable and well situated plantation and tract of land, in the township of Alloway's Creek, Salem county, and province of West New Jersey; containing about 600 acres, with good brick buildings, barn, out- houses, orchards, timber, wild-marsh, meadow ground. and clear'd land, in proportion; with every other con-
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veniency, either for producing grain or grazing. For par- ticulars inquire of William Hewlings, Esq; at Burling- ton, John Hart, in Philadelphia; Joseph Hart, at Port- Penn; Edward Test, Esq; at Salem, or Samuel Oakford, on the premises.
N. B. Any reasonable time will be given, for payment of the purchase money, giving security if required, and paying interest .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1313, February 4, 1768.
February 13, 1768.
TAKEN up, adrift, about the eighth of January last, at the Mouth of Cohansey Creek, a Moses built Boat, about the Size of a Ship's Yawl. Whoever has lost the same, by applying to Benjamin Reeve, living in Greenwich Town, Cumberland County, West New-Jersey, proving their Property, and paying Charges, may have it again.
Captain Ashmead, who arrived here on Saturday last from Barbados, gives us the following intelligence, viz. That Capt. Singleton, in the Ship Patient Mary, was also arrived at Barbados from hence, but that three Days after he left the Capes, he lost fifteen Oxen, off of his Deck in a Gale of Wind.
ARRIVALS at Barbados - - - extracted from the Bar- bados Mercury.
Captain Hibbert, from Salem .- The Pennsylvania Chronicle, No. 57, February 8-15, 1768.
Philadelphia, February I. We hear from Amwell, in New-Jersey, that on the 5th of November last, the Hon- ourable JOHN READING, Esq; late President of His Mai- esty's Council for that Province, died there, in an ad- vanced Age, much lamented for his many great and emi- nent Virtues.
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THE creditors of Abraham Clark, Ter. late of Elizabeth- Town, an insolvent debtor, are desired to meet at the House of Broughton Reynolds, in Elizabeth-Town, on Monday the second day of May next, at 2 o'Clock, P. M. to receive a dividend of what money yet remains in the hands of the assignees.
RECOMPENCE STANBURY NOAH MARSH.
To be sold by the subscriber, now living on the prem- ises, (and if not sold by the first of April, then to be let, ) a PLANTATION, containing 335 acres, whereof there is about 250 clear'd, and in good fence, with about 25 acres of extraordinary good meadow, that yearly produces two crops; as also may be made 70 acres more of rich swamp meadow, at a very small expence. The remainder of the tract good wood land; There is also 125 acres of wood land may be further had, if required. There is on the premises a good new farm house, with four rooms on the lower floor, and four above, with a good kitchen 24 by 20 feet, and a leinter to the kitchen for servants, with good cellars under the whole building; there is also a good new barn, well finished and covered with cedar, 50 by 24 feet, with a good plank floor, and stables, compleatly done. Also two large fram'd corn cribs, made in the best manner, and other useful houses to accommodate the plantation. There is also a good young orchard of 260 apple trees of the best grafted fruit; the whole fields are well water'd and never dry; the land affords good pasture of clover, and spear grass. There is also on the said premises, a good grist-mill, with two pair of the best Esopus stones that could be had, and remarkable at New-York and Phil- adelphia, for making the best of flour. The houses is large, and well built with good stone and lime; the bolt- ing boxes, and lift jack for hoisting the meal, are all
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drove by water, and the whole running geers of the mill are done in the best manner. The mills are well contrived for holding wheat, and stands on Asanpunk, a stream never failing. The whole of the above premises being about one mile and an half from Trenton, 30 from Phila- delphia, and 30 from Brunswick, and from thence by water to New-York. The said mills lie in a fine wheat country, and may be supplied with any quantity that can be re- quired. The purchaser paying one fourth of the purchase money, in three months, may have ten years to pay the re- mainder, with interest. For further particulars, enquire of the subscriber.
SAMUEL HENRY.1
THE Creditors of Barnaby Shute, of Elizabeth-Town, New-Jersey, are desired to meet at the Sign of the Mar- quis of Granby, in Elizabeth-Town aforesaid, on Friday the eleventh Day of March next, by ten o'Clock of the Forenoon of the same day, as the Subscribers are author- ized then and there to deliver up, and assign over to the said Creditors, divers Bonds, Notes, and other Debts, due to the said Barnaby, provided the said Creditors will dis- charge the said Barnaby from their present Demands against him; otherwise, the Subscribers must then and there return to the said Barnaby, their several Bonds. Notes, and other Debts, agreeable to the Trust reposed in them by the said Barnaby.2
WILLIAM HARRIMAN. JOSEPH WOODRUFF. Jun.
I Samuel Henry was probably a native of Ireland. He was the owner of large tracts of land in Trenton and elsewhere, including "the old iron works" in that place. He was one of the subscribers toward the salary of the Rey. Elihu Spencer, of the Presbyterian church in Tren- ton and vicinity, but was probably an Episcopalian, as in his will he left a contingent legacy to the English Church of Trenton. and was buried in the yard of that church. He died May 10. 1784, aged 67 years. -- Hall's Hist. Pres. Church in Trenton. 257. Henry's iron foundry and steel works were on the Assunpink creek, where it is crossed by State street .- Trenton One Hundred Years Ago. by William S. Stryker. 4.
2 Barnaby Shute kept tavern in Elizabethtown for many years. He died there March 25, 1797, in his 70th year.
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