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To BE SOLD,
A Good PLANTATION, in the county CUT OF of Morris, township of Hanover, con- sisting of 160 acres of good land, whereon is a good dwelling house, and kitchen, with five fire places, a good PLANTATION 1 store house and cellar under the same, a large new barn, with a fine young orchard, with other good fruit trees. The plantation is well watered and timbered; wherein is thirty acres of good mowing ground fit for the scythe, consisting of English and timothy grass. Sixty acres of said plantation in good fence; there is still a large quan- tity of low land to be cleared, which will make good mow- ing ground. The Plantation is most pleasantly situated on the country road, 7 miles (east ) from Morris-Town court house, 3 miles (south west) from William Kelly's farm. 2 miles (south) from Mr. Ogden's refinery, one mile from Pissipenny meeting house. adjoining to the farm of Revd. John Darby. Any person having a mind to purchase said plantation, may know the conditions, by applying to Willian Kelly, at New-York; or to Daniel Peirson, Esq; at Newark; or to the subscriber, on the premises. An indisputable title will be given, and time of payment allowed for one half of the purchase money, if desired.
LEMUEL BOWER. -The New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury, No. 849, February 8, 1768.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber,
A Handsome well finished brick house, two stories high, four rooms below stairs, and four chambers above stairs, besides garrets; the rooms above and below stairs are
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genteelly papered, a large dry cellar under the whole house, properly divided; a convenient kitchen adjoining, with chambers above for servants, situate in King-street in Trenton; the lot contains about 3 quarters of an acre, and extends through to Queen-street, on which are placed the stables. Also several five acre lots of meadow, orch- ard and pasture lands, each good of their kind, near and convenient to the town; as also a good house, and new large framed barn, with 17 acres of excellent land, 8 acres of which is garden, meadow and orchard of best grafted fruit; the remaining 9 acres good woodland. Its situa- tion renders it convenient for a shop-keeper, tradesman, &c. The purchaser may have any of the above, on very moderate terms, and reasonable credit given, with inter- est.
WILLIAM PIDGEON.1
SIX POUNDS Reward
Salem, February I. 1768.
RUN away, last night, from the Subscriber, living in Elsenborough, Salem county, West New-Jersey, the fol- lowing servants. WALTER LINDY, an Englishman, born in Wiltshire, about 24 years of age, about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, a thick, well set fellow, fresh coloured, mark- ed with the small-pox, strait black hair, speaks somewhat on the West country dialect, and is a still, sly fellow; had on, and took with him, a new light-coloured homespun cloth jacket, with metal buttons. lined with white half- worn blanketing, a short blue sailor's jacket, with the
1 William Pidgeon lived in King (now Warren) street, near the pres- ent State street, and was a man of some substance. He advertised land for sale at Trenton in 1758 and 1760, as acting executor of Daniel Coxe, and also advertised land from 1751 to 1761. Gov. Franklin ap- pointed him. March 31. 1774, a justice of the peace in the counties of Burlington and Monmouth. In 1756 he was one of the managers of the Trenton lottery for finishing and completing the church in that place. He died at Stafford. Monmouth county. January 5. 1780, from burns in getting out of his house when it was on fire. He left £50 to the Methodist Society of Trenton. for the repair of their meeting house, and $3,000 to his executors, to be used for charitable purposes.
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sleeves taken out, blue half-thick trowsers, linen ditto, good shoes, with strings, new footed stockings, two old great coats, with metal buttons, and an old check shirt; he came in with Captain John Simons, from Waterford, last fall. MARY BRIAN, an Irish girl, born in Dublin, middle sized, fair complexion, dark brown hair, pretty full mouth, very talkative and apt to get drunk, and very impudent when in drink, is about 18 or 19 years of age, and has been in the country some years; had on, and took with her, a blue and white striped short gown, striped camblet skirt, old blue quilt good linsey petticoat, check apron, straw hat, half-worn shoes, good calf skin pumps, and brass buckles. They have sundry other things, not known, and it is likely may offer something for sale, to get money to travel with. Whoever takes up said ser- vants, and secures them in any of his Majesty's goals, so as their master may have them again, shall have the above reward for both; or Five Pounds for the man alone, and Twenty Shillings for the girl, paid by
JOHN FIRTH.
N. B. It is likely they may change their names, and pass for man and wife, or part, and forge a pass, as the fellow can write; all masters of vessels, and others, are forbid to harbour or carry them off at their peril.
Philadelphia, February 1, 1768.
WHEREAS JACOB DECAMP, servant to John Beale Boardley Esq; of Baltimore town, Maryland; George Jack, THOMAS WILKINSON, alias SOUTH, ser- vant to Cornelius Robbins, of Amwell, New-Jersey ; being confined in the public goal of this county, as runaway servants, public notice is hereby given to the masters of the said servants, that I intend to apply to the court of quarter sessions, to be held in the city of Phila- delphia, for the county of Philadelphia, on Monday, the
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7th day of March next. for an order to sell the said ser- vants for their fees, unless their masters redeem them before that time.
JEHU JONES, goaler. Gloucester county, New-Jersey Feb. 13. 1768. TEN POUNDS Reward,
Broke out of the goal of the county of Gloucester. this morning, the following prisoners, viz. HUGH WILSON, born in Ireland, about 30 years of age, a tanner by trade, 5 feet 3 or 4 inches high, well set, has black hair, a pleas- ant countenance, marked with the small-pox, has lived lately in Chester and New-Castle counties;1 had on, a good blue surtout, a light coloured broadcloth jacket, and swanskin waistcoat with black spots, a pair of good leather breeches, and a good hat. It is thought he has a large quantity of money with him, chiefly gold. And DAVID COCHRAN, born in Ireland, about 25 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, has a freckled face, and red short hair, a fuller by trade, and has lived in Allentown and Haddon- field; had on, a light coloured homespun cloth coat, a striped jacket, cloth breeches, a pair of half-boots, and an old hat; also took a pair of shoes with him; it is supposed he is gone towards Lancaster. They are both much in- clined to strong liquor, and apt to be intoxicated. Who- ever takes up the above prisoners, and secures them in any goal in New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, or the lower counties on Delaware, and gives notice to the subscriber, so that he may have them again, shall receive for Hugh Wilson, Six Pounds reward, and for David Cochran, Four Pounds, and reasonable charges, from
SAMUEL BLACKWOOD, Sheriff. -The Pennsylvania Gasette, No. 2042, February II, 1768.
1 See page 11. ante.
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To the PUBLIC.
WHEREAS an advertisement has been inserted in the Chronicle, No. 50, and subscribed by John Hatton; in which the said Hatton, conscious of the badness of his own cause, has endeavoured to impose upon strangers, [for none else can he deceive ] by supporting his assertions with the grossest falsehoods and calumny-I therefore think it necessary to submit to the judgment of the Public, the particulars of the dispute subsisting between us, in vindi- cation of my character [for I have a character to lose], which has been attacked by said Hatton, with all that vir- ulence and disregard to truth, for which he is so univer- sally distinguished.
I have thought it most prudent to proceed, in this affair, in a manner the most public and legal, and before magis- trates have evidences examined, whose testimony would invalidate his assertions, and expose him to that censure so total a deviation from the truth justly deserves .-- I went to his house, on the 9th instant. with Edward Test, Esq; to notify to him my intention, and require his at- tendance, that he might have an opportunity of confuting any untruth, if advanced, in the course of examination, and to convince him that my design was to proceed in a fair open way; and then I named the 15th instant for the day-His wife told me he was not at home, and was certain he would not attend-He did not, but went to Philadelphia, on the morning of the appointed day -- The reason will appear very evident from the purport of the following depositions, by which it will be proved that the said Hatton has most industriously avoided relating the truth, lest it might appear an inconsistency with the character he has acquired.
By the first deposition it will appear, said Hatton as- serted that the boy was not subject to fits ;-- an asser-
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tion he was conscious to be false, at the time he made it, being a fact known in his own family, and confessed by the boy, when questioned about it-That said Hatton consented to take him back again; received the bill of sale from me and promised to surrender up the bond, upon the return of the boy, without any of those conditional compensations he mentions so equitably to have made, in his advertisement : And I apprehend his chief reason for omitting the receipt of the bill of sale was, that his argu- ments would appear absurd, and that it was a fact he did not care to reveal to the Public-
-I have been represented, by said Hatton, as a con- tentious man, a character my neighbours will acquit me of; but if a perpetual state of litigious cavilling, or the universal voice of a people can give a just title to that character, I am sure no man can, with equal demerit, claim it as JOHN HATTON, Esquire, Collector of his Majesty's Customs, in the port of Salem.
Salem, Jan. 19, 1768.
JACOB SCROGGIN.
Salem, ss. JACOB HOLLINSHEAD, of the town of Salem,
watchmaker, of full age, personally appeared before us the subscribers, three of his Majesty's justices of the peace, for the county of Salem, who being one of the people called Quakers, on his solemn affirmation, which he took according to law, did declare and affirm
[signed ] JACOB HOLLINSHEAD.
Affirmed before us the 15th
of January, 1768. A. SINNICKSON, ROB. JOHNSON, JOHN NICHOLSON.
Salem, ss. THOMAS ANDERSON, of Alloway's Creek, in the county aforesaid, personally appeared be-
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fore us the subscribers, three of his Majesty's justices of the peace, for the county aforesaid, who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, doth declare, that on or about six day's after Mr. Jacob Scroggin had purchased a Negro boy of John Hatton, Esq; and brought him home, he, this deponent, at that time lived with the said Scroggin, and that he was in the house when the said Negro boy had one fit or more.
his THOMAS X ANDERSON. Mark.
Sworn before us the 15th of January, 1768. A. SINNICKSON, ROBT. JOHNSON, JOHN NICHOLSON.
Salem, ss. JOSEPH THOMPSON, of the town of Salem, tanner, (of full age) personally appeared be- fore us the subscribers, three of his Majesty's justices of the peace, for the county of Salem aforesaid, who, being one of the people called Quakers, on his solemn affirma- tion, which he took according to law, did declare,1
[signed ] JOSEPH THOMPSON.
and justices as above.
-The Pennsylvania Chronicle, No. 58, February 15- 22, 1768.
To BE SOLD
By the subscriber, now living on the premises.
A Plantation, containing about 200 acres of land. (or more if required) there is about 100 cleared, the rest woodland, it is accommodated with a genteel brick dwell- ing-house, 40 by 48 feet, two story high, four rooms on
1This controversy occupies two and a half columns of the Chronicle.
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a floor, with a large handsome stair case and entry, with cellars under the whole building, and a court-yard on eachi front of the house, one fronting down the river Delaware to the ferry, thro' a large handsome avenue of English: cherry-trees, the other fronting up the river to Trenton. with a large brick kitchen, 30 by 20 feet, two story high, with a well in it, and four handsome apartments above for servants; also a good barn 40 by 38 feet, with a plank floor, and stables for ten horses; also a good stone smoak- house, chaise-house, poultry house, and all other useful buildings to accommodate the same, with a fine piece of meadow that yearly produces from 20 to 25 loads of good clover and timothy hay, with an orchard of about 350 bearing apple-trees of good fruit; there is also a fine col- lection of other fruits, viz. peaches, damesens, cherries, quinces, English walnuts, grapes, raspberries, &c. and a handsome large garden well boarded in. The above prem- ises lying in the county of Burlington, West-New-Jersey. and pleasantly situated on the river Delaware, at the head of the navigation, and opposite the falls thereof, between Trenton and the ferry; there is a great variety of fish that may be caught in the river by trolling and angleing, and plenty of duck and other water fowl in the fall and winter season. The whole premises are in good fence and repair. Also one handsome brick house, lately the property of Rob- ert Rutherford,1 and allowed the best stand for a tavern or a Gentleman in any part of Trenton; the house is two stories high, four rooms on a floor, and a cellar under the whole house, with a large kitchen, wash house, and a well of good water, four handsome rooms above, two large stables that will hold from 20 to 25 horses, a good coach- house, a handsome large lot and garden, well fenced in by a brick wall at the front, and large folding gates to enter
1 For a sketch of Robert Rutherford, see N. J. Archives, XX., 168.
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the yard; the stair-way, and three of the rooms of the house are handsomely papered, the whole in good order. Also one other house in Trenton, two stories high. three rooms on a floor, and a good cellar, with a large garden of near half an acre of ground, well fenced in, and front- ing King's-street, and at the rear of the lot in Queen- street. Also one other handsome house near Trenton mills in Kingsbury, in the township of Nottingham, and county of Burlington, one story and an half high, four rooms on the lower floor, and two on the upper floor with two other rooms for servants, and a cellar under the whole house a good well, a large garden well boarded in, a barn, stable, chaise house, poultry-house, all in good repair, and painted in the best manner. Any person inclining to purchase the whole, or any one part of the premises, by paying the one third part of the purchase money down may have any rea- sonable time for the payment of the remainder, with in- terest. For further particulars, enquire of the subscriber.
May II, 1767. ROBERT LETTICE HOOPER.
N. B. The Gentleman that purchases the plantation, may be supplied with three negro men and a wench, that understands all manner of farming, and was born and bred in the family, cattle, horses, a four-wheel chaise, fur- niture, farming utensils, twenty acres of wheat, six acres of rye, and may enter on any part of the premises in three weeks after agreement .- Supplement to the New York Gazette or Weekly Mercury, No. 849, February 8, 1768.
To BE LET.
AND entered on the first of April or May next, the house and lot wherein the widow Sarah Thomas now lives, in Elizabeth-Town, containing about three quarters of an acre of land. The house is in good repair, has seven rooms on a floor, and two good cellars under the same, and a
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good kitchen, stable, and other out-houses, and a fine garden; the whole pleasantly situated on the post road from New-York to Philadelphia, in the center of the town, and within six rods of a good grist-mill, and about eight rods of the court-house; and is a good stand for a store or publick house, as it hath been occupied for one or both for upwards of thirty years past. Any person inclining to rent the same for one year, or a term of years, may know the conditions by applying to Edward Thomas, liv- ing near the premises.
N. B. Said Thomas has two young negro wenches for sale, the one with or without two children; the other about fourteen years of age .- The New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury, No. 850, February 15, 1768.
New Blasing-Star, 4th February, 1768. To the IMPARTIAL PUBLIC.
WHEREAS it has been maliciously reported, that John Thomson, Stage-Waggoner, was the sole Cause of the un- happy Misfortune which happened on the 28th last, we who were at that Time in the Boat, and had come with Mr. Thomson from Princeton, cannot refrain from clearing an innocent, suffering Man, from that false Imputation under which he at present labours : We do candidly own, that he proffered staying at Woodbridge, but we not will- ingly consenting to that Proposal, set off; when we came to the Ferry, the Night appeared very agreeable, and we all with one Consent got into the Boat, when about the Middle of the River, a Storm came on, which drove us on a desert Island, where we staid till next Morning, when Mr. Mersereau came to our Assistance.
JOHN KIDD,
ROBERT FRENCH.
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To be sold, at public Sale, at Vendue, the 20th Day of April 1768, or at private Sale any Time before.
A Convenient House and Lot of Ground, situate, lying and being in CUT OF HOUSE Newark, and very convenient for a Gentleman or Tradesman: For fur- ther Particulars inquire of Mr. Will- iam Camp, in Newark, or of Henry Sickels, in New-York, who will give an indisputable Title for the same.
To be sold, at private Sale,
By the subscriber, on the Premises, at Hackinsack,
A Small convenient Farm or Lot. lying on a very public Road from the L - - CUT OF FARM back Country, Ringwood and Sterling Iron Works, &c. and on Hackinsack River, being the first Landing conve- nient to that Road, and very suitable for a Merchant or Trader. It adjoins to the River, and is dock'd off 300 Feet, and has upon it the following Improvements, Build- ings and Conveniences, viz.
A very good Orchard and Garden, a good Dwelling- House, with a large Passage and two Rooms on a Floor, five of the Rooms with Fire-Places, and all completely fin- ished, the Chimney Pieces tiled, &c. A good Kitchen, 28 Feet by 18, adjoining to one End of the back Part, a Stone Smoke-House, a small Store-House, near the Dwelling- House, with a Chimney; a fine Cider Barn, an excellent Spring with a Pump, near the Kitchen, and a large Store- House, three Stories high, on the Dock. The Dwelling- House is very pleasantly situated, fronting on the River on one Side, and on the other having a View of three large
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Roads to the Distance of near a Mile on each. Any Per- son inclining to purchase, may apply at the Place to
SAMUEL BENSON LEYDEKKER. -The New York Journal or General Advertiser, No. 1311, February 18, 1768.
To be LETT, for two Years, from the Twenty-fifth of March next,
A QUANTITY of good drained Meadow, at Clommell Creek, in Gloucester County, about seven Miles from Will- iam Cooper's Ferry, fit for mowing or feeding of Cattle. being mostly in a good Sward of Grass; together with some Upland adjacent, suitable for Plowing, or raising Corn, and foddering Cattle thereon, in the Winter Season. The Meadows are in good Banks, containing about 300 Acres, with Timber for Rails and Firewood. Likewise an Overseer, who has lived on the Place for some Years past with his Family, and for his Conduct can be well rec- ommended. An Agreement is made with him for one Year certain. For Terms, apply to JOSEPH MORGAN, at Pensawkin, in West New-Jersey; or to CHARLES WEST, near Vine-street, Philadelphia.
WILL be exposed for Sale, by public Vendue, on Third Day, the 22d of March next ensuing, at Clommell Mead- ows, in Gloucester County, about 17 Miles below William Cooper's Ferry, for ready Money, 109 steers. in good Or- der; and 122 Ewes and Lambs with them; a Quantity of Hay; sundry Houshold Goods; several Horses; a Wag- gon; Carts, and other Utensils, suitable for Farming; where Attendance will be given, at the Day of Sale, by the Subscriber.
All Persons who are indebted to the Estate of ISAAC COOPER, late of Newton, in the County of Gloucester. West New-Jersey, deceased, either by Bond, Note or Book
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Debt, are desired to come and discharge the same: And those who have any Demands against the said Estate, to bring in their Accounts, that they may be properly ad- justed by
SAMUEL NOBLE, Executor. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2043, February 18, 1768.
On the same day [26th of last month] arrived the brig Phoenix, Capt. Watt, in 42 days' from Kingston, Jam- aica : And on the 8th inst. about noon, 15 or 16 leagues to the southward of our Capes, he fell in with the brig John and Richard, Capt. Collins, out 16 weeks from Liverpool, bound for this port, with whom he kept com- pany till evening, when they saw the Cape, but it coming on very thick Capt. Watt stood off, but Capt. Collins after making two attempts to do the same, not being able to put his vessel about, stood in for the land, after which Captain Watt saw no more of him.
Several vessels arrived here last week, saw a brig ashore about twenty miles to the southward of our Capes, which is supposed to be the brig John and Richard, Capt. Collins, from Liverpool for this port, who was spoke with on the coast as above .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1315, February 18, 1768.
New-York, February 20. By a Man from Shrewsbury, we are informed, that last Week, a Man of that Place, was killed and torn to Pieces by a Panther; that about an Hour after, two Men, knowing nothing of the Matter, went with their Guns into the same Wood, when the Beast leaped from the Branch of a Tree where he sat unseen, upon the Back of one of the Men, where the other Man immediately shot and killed him.
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They afterwards found the mangled Body of the dead Man, near the Place.
The same Week two Men of that Place, Mr. Cook and his Son, who had gone from home with their Guns, and had been missing five Days, were found drown'd, near the Shore, in Water not more than Knee deep. Each of them had a Bruise on the Forehead, over one of the Eyes, but whether by Accident or Design, or for what Reason they went into the Water (having no Vessel with them) was not known.
The same Week, a Barn in that Place, by a Person's going into it with a Candle, was accidentally set on Fire and entirely consumed, with all it contained, being full of Wheat and Flax. A like Accident happened there a few Weeks ago, when a Barn, with 500 Bushels of Corn was burnt.
From Middletown, in the Jersies, we hear, that the same Week, a Man hearing another had said something to his Disadvantage, went to his House seemingly with a Design to Quarrel, and after using some abusive Expressions, told the Man's Wife she was a damn'd Lyar, on which the Husband being provoked, snatched down a Gun and struck him with it on the Head; he immediately went away. swearing Revenge. Another Man who happened to be there went with him, as they went he complained of his Head, and concluded to go to a Neighbour's House hard by, where he also complained of his Head, applied some- thing to it, and lay down, but soon after grew delirious and died. The Man who gave him the Stroke surrendered himself, and is in Gaol, his Family much distressed. The Coroner's Inquest brought in their Verdict, Accidental Death .- Supplement to the New York Journal or General Advertiser, No. 1311, February 20, 1768.
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To be sold at publick vendue, on the premises, on the 12th day of April next.
THE equal one half of the house and lot of ground, (or the whole) formerly belonging to Hezekiah Johnson, de- ceased, situate about two miles from Newark, on the main road that leads to Elizabeth-Town. The lot contains nine acres of land, a house two stories high, with 4 rooms on a floor, a good orchard, and is a good situation for a tav- ern or store, there being a publick landing at the rear of said lot. The conditions will be made known on the day of sale, and an indisputable title given, by .
MOSES SCOTT. -The New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury, No. 851, February 22, 1768.
Springfield, February 25, 1768.
RUN away from the Subscriber, living in Springfield Township, Burlington County, and province of West New-Jersey, on the 24th of this inst. an English servant man, named JOSEPH MAYALL; he is about 22 years of age, of a fair complexion; has light straight hair, and white eyes : Had on, and took with him, a wool hat, one snuff-coloured coat, and a black broadcloth waistcoat, an old jacket with new sleeves, one striped flannel shirt, and two white ditto; a pair of good leather breaches, two pair of woollen stockings, and two pair of shoes; he also took with him a white mare, about thirteen hands high .- Whoever takes up and secures him and the mare, shall have FOUR POUNDS reward, and for the mare only, TWENTY SHILLINGS, and reasonable charges, paid by me
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