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PHILADELPHIA, January 26. | At a Meeting of the AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, on Friday, the 21st Instant, the following new Members were elected, viz. Dr. WILLIAM BRYAN,1 Dr. JONATHAN ELMER, of New-Jersey.
To all whom it may Concern.
WHEREAS ARENT SCHUYLER, Owner of the Land on the East Side of Assessiunk Creek, hath signified his Willingness for the erecting a Bridge over said Creek, from Broad-street, near the Barracks, in the City of Bur- lington; and as the erecting said Bridge will be of Public Utility, these are therefore to give Notice, that Applica- tion will be made to the Legislature of the Province of New-Jersey for that Purpose, at their sitting in February next.
January 18, 1774.
The noted HORSE LIBERTY,
IS in excellent order, rising 9 years old, will cover this
1Bryant.
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season, at the subscriber's, in Gloucester county, West New-Jersey, half a mile from Mantua Creek Bridge, 13 miles from Philadelphia, at the low rate of Three Pounds the season, or Five Pounds Eight Shillings to warrant a foal. LIBERTY covered upwards of an hundred mares last season, at the Black Horse, in Burlington county, which are near all with foal. Mares will be taken in at 2s. 6d. per week, and good pasture provided for them, both up- land and meadow, by
SAMUEL SHREVE.
N. B. Liberty is a blood bay, 15 hands and an inch high, very lengthy and strong, and allowed, by all good judges, to be as handsome a horse as any in America, and superior to any in moving, both for beauty and ease for the rider, and excellent spirits; at four years old was entered to run the four mile heats on Hempstead course, and was allowed by a number of Gentlemen present, to run it in as short a time as any horse ever run it in America, at that Age; he started twice since, once a mile, the other race two miles, both of which he took with ease; his dam was old Milley, a beautiful thorough bred mare, originally sprang from Childers, in England, and got by that noted running horse Dove, imported from the north of England, got by Cade, out of the Gardiner mare, who won six royal plates of 100 guineas each; Dove was en- tered at Tyne, with six capital colts of the same age, he distanced one, and beat the rest with ease .- The Pennsyl- vania Gasette, No. 2353, January 26, 1774.
November 1, 1773.
TEN POUNDS Reward.
Run away this morning, from the Subscriber, living in Tawny town, Frederick county, Maryland, an Irish ser- vant MAN, named HUGH M'KAIN, by trade a taylor,
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about 5 feet 4 inches high, small and slender, of a middle age, the fore-part of his head almost bald, black hair, pale visage, a great snuffer, much given to liquor, and has a mark or scar under his left nostril; Had on and took with him, a half-worn beaver hat, a light-coloured half-worn Wilton coat, the hind parts and the left fore-part of a newe green duroy jacket, one white-shirt, one check ditto, a brown pair of half-worn cloth breeches, a green pair, a ribbed pair, and a plain pair of grey stockings, old shoes with buckles; he is known almost all over Maryland, Vir- ginia, Pennsylvania and the Jerseys. Whoever takes up said Servant, and secures him in any of his Majesty's goals, shall have the above reward, and reasonable charges, paid by me
CONRAD BONER.
Philadelphia, December 1, 1773.
TO BE SOLD,
EIGHT Hundred and sixty-four ACRES of LAND, situate on the river Delaware, at Monongochunck, in Oxford township, Sussex county, in the province of West New-Jersey. This tract consists of as good land as any in that part of the country, and has on the part of it which lies on the river a quantity of rich bottom land. There are three settlements in proper parts of the tract, accom- modated with log-houses, barns, orchards, and other con- veniences; so that the whole may be divided into three plantations. It is well watered, Pequest-creek, Beaver- brook, and several other constant streams running through it. Part of the tract is lime-stone land. The situation is very convenient on account of water-carriage, as wheat may be transported to Philadelphia at little more than Seven-pence per bushel. The subscriber attends at Easton, in the province of Pennsylvania, every court,
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where, or in Philadelphia, he may be treated with as to. the terms of sale. The whole will be sold together.
Also, to be sold, a tract of 150 acres of land, situate on Codorus-creek, in the county of York, in the province of Pennsylvania.
Apply to Samuel Johnston, Esq; in York-town.
RUN away from the Subscriber, living in Haddonfield, Gloucester county, yesterday morning, an apprentice lad, named ALBERT WILSON, by trade a wheel-wright, about 20 years of age, about 5 feet 10 inches high: Had on and took with him, a homespun grogram coat, of an orange colour, a striped lincey jacket, a home-spun silk and worsted jacket, brown and white, leather breeches, trvo pair of trousers, one of which homespun tow, the other blue and white striped cotton, two shirts, three pair of stockings, one of which is mixed worsted and silk, a half- worn beaver hat, calf-skin shoes, and silver buckles. Whoever apprehends said Apprentice, and secures him in any goal, so that his Master may get him again shall re- ceive THREE POUNDS reward, paid by GEORGE HEN- HOLD.
Nov. 29, 1773.
N. B. All Masters of vessels are forbid to carry him off.
FIVE POUNDS Reward.
STOLEN from the Subscriber, living in Salem, West New-Jersey, on Friday night, the 10th of this instant December, a dark bay horse, 6 years old, near 14 hands high, branded M. H. on the near shoulder and off thigh, shod before, paces and trots, several white spots on his back occasioned by the saddle, also one white spot under his belly, occasioned by the girth; the upper part of his
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fore-hoofs, near the hair, are dented or broken in, sup- posed to be by foundering. Whoever takes up said horse, so as the owner may have him again, and the thief brought to justice, shall be entitled to the above reward; or Forty Shillings for the horse only, and reasonable charges, paid by
DAVID AMBLER.
SUPPOSED to have strayed from the plantation of JOEL CLARK, in the township and county of Gloucester, in New-Jersey, the 2d or 3d of this instant, a bay MARE and her COLT, which was foaled last spring; the mare about 14 hands and a half high, heavy made, a star or white spot in her forehead, one of her hind feet white, and the other part white, trots and paces, and supposed to be with foal. The colt a bay, a natural trotter. Also a grey MARE, nearly white, about 13 hands high, a natural trotter. Whoever informs the subscriber, living in Haddonfield, in said county, where said mares and colt are, shall receive Twenty Shillings, and in proportion for any of them; and if they should be stolen, whoever appre- hends the thief, so that the owner may recover his mares and colt again, and the thief brought to justice, shall receive for the said bay more, Thirty Shillings, and each of the others, Fifteen Shillings, paid by
December 10, 1773. JACOB BURROUGH.
THREE POUNDS Reward.
STOLEN on the 3d of this instant December, in Eves- ham township, from the subscriber, in Springfield town- ship, Burlington county, a bright bay MARE, about 10 years old, 15 hands high, one hind foot white, a few white hairs in her forehead, is a natural pacer, &c. She was taken with a bridle and saddle. Whoever takes up
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the mare, so that the owner may have her again, shall have the above reward, and reasonable charges; and for the thief and mare, so that he may be brought to justice, shall have FIVE POUNDS reward, paid by
WILLIAM STOCKTON.
-The Pennsylvania Gasette, No. 2353, January 26, 1774. Supplement.
PURSUANT to a decree of the high Court of Chan- cery in England. William Rumbold, Mary the wife of Alexander Laing, both of the province of Maryland, Mary the wife of Garrett Blackford, of the province of New-Jersey, in North America .- Rumbold, of Coshell in Ireland; Rodolphus Rumbold, of Tipperary in Ireland; William Rumbold, of Jamaica; and William Rumbold, of the Bay of Honduras, and all other persons, claiming to be Heirs at Law of Thomas Rumbold, late of Long Alley,
ncar Moorfields, in the county of Middlesex, or I'illiam Rumbold, of the same place, his brother, who were the sons of Thomas Rumbold, formerly of the same place, stocking trimmer, deceased, who was the son of William Rumbold, late of King's Clerc, in the county of South- ampton, yeoman, deceased, are to come in, and enter into proof of their respective claims, of being Heirs at Law of the said Thomas Rumbold, and William Rumbold, before John Eames, Esq, one of the masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Symond's Inn, Chancery Lane, London, within twelve months from the publication hereof, or in default thereof, they will be absolutely excluded the Benefit of the said Decree.
J. EAMES.
-The New York Journal; or The General Adver- tiser, No. 1621, January 27, 1774.
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Morris-County, Jan. 15, 1774.
SIR,
AS I have a just sense of the great obligations my in- jured husband lies under to you, for the unmerited favour you have conferred on him, I cannot but think myself under an indispensible necessity of offering to you, in his absence, that tribute of gratitude, which ever flows from a susceptible mind; and although I am convinced that the reflection of your having lightened the load of ills, with which one of the unhappy sons of adversity has been un- justly depressed, affords you that heartfelt satisfaction which no other consideration could possibly give; yet, Sir, my duty requires it, the good of my country calls on me, to hold you up to the world as one of its most shining ornaments, and an example that many will gaze on, and few attempt in vain to imitate.
I am at a loss whether most to admire the goodness of your heart, in undertaking the defence of my absconding husband, charged with the robbery of the Treasury of New-Jersey, unsolicited, or the great knowledge, un- parallelled wisdom, profound judgment, and astonishing elocution, that are so very conspicuous in every part of it; as a senator amazingly wise, and a lawyer beyond all bounds of credibility persuasive. The credulous will scarce be made to believe, that thine was the laborious and arduous task to convince a majority of thirty of the most learned senators of the age, that facts which had the sanctity of oaths, added to the solemnity of their being declared and confirmed with the last breath of one of the deponents, to support them, and other concurring cir- cumstances that rendered them uncontrovertable, so much so, that two branches of the legislature and the whole country where they were known, declared their full assent to, and belief in them; and that you so far suc-
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ceeded, as to induce twenty-one of them to acknowledge their conviction, and to deny even the existence of these facts.
Other patriots and great senators may boast of their noble exploits, for the service of their country, but thou alone art the man, who can sacrifice his most intimate friend, who can willingly resign all right and pretension to the society, and intercourse of his acquaintance and companions, who can trample under feet, cast into disre- pute, and strip of all dignity and authority, GOVERNORS, COURTS OF JUSTICE, AND MAGISTRATES; and all this for a person with whose character (I believe) you are only acquainted : Oh! unbounded goodness; here is friend- ship without interest, who can survey thy conduct! O thou more than good man! and not cordially join their earnest endeavours, with mine, in suppressing that most wicked report which malice and envy could only propa- gate, to wit, "That upon the removal of the "present Treasurer, you have engaged your interest to obtain the office for one of your own relations"; but let not this damp your pious zeal; go on great Sir, in the good work you have undertaken, and you will soon be exalted, be- yond even the reach of calumny.
One favour more added to these already conferred, will eternally unite one to you in the strongest bands of love and esteem; this is the acquitting my injured husband also from the charge of counterfeiting the paper curren- cies. Was I not conscious to myself that the task will be less difficult than the one you have already so gloriously succeeded in, that the facts and testimony you will have to encounter are less stubborn and positive, and that the exertion of the same INFLUENCE AND POWER will be abundantly sufficient to ensure success, I would not pre- sume to ask it. If you should think this request impor-
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tunate and unreasonable, forgive me, and let a woman's weakness plead my excuse; but suffer me to urge, as an incentive,-that you will herein have an opportunity of convincing the world of the falsity of the above report, that your actions spring from a pure fountain, and that they are merely the benign effusions of a generous heart.
I cannot in justice to you, conclude this letter without declaring that I neither by myself, or through any other person whatever, have retained you, or promised you any reward for your services.
I am,
Your sincere friend,
GE F- --- D.1 To J- K-, Esq:2 -Rivington's New York Gazetteer, No. 41, Janu- ary 27, 1774.
SCHEME
OF A
LOTTERY.
THE members of the Church of England, of Freehold, in the county of Monmouth, New-Jersey, finding them- selves unable to raise, by subscription, a sum of money sufficient for the completing and decent finishing of said church, are therefore obliged, by way of Lottery, to raise a sum for that purpose; and humbly offer the following SCHEME to the public.
Prizes
I of Dollars 600
is 600
Dollars
1Grace Ford, wife of Samuel Ford, then a fugitive from justice, charged with being at the head of a gang of Morris county counter- feiters.
2James Kinsey.
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I First drawn
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I Last drawn
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1334 Prizes
2666 Blanks
4000
12000 Dollars
subject to a deduction of 15 per cent.
Lottery, in preference to most other eing not two blanks to a prize.1
The drawing to commence the first Tuesday in April next, or sooner if full, on the Fishing-Island, opposite Trenton. Every person desirous to become an Adven- turer, may be supplied with Tickets, by a speedy applica- tion to Messrs. Henry Waddell, Thomas Leonard, John Covenoven, John Campbell, Elisha Lawrence, and John Long t, jun. of Freehold; to Daniel Hendrickson, of Shrewsbury, and Elisha Lawrence and Samuel For- man, of Upper Freehold; under whose inspection, as managers, the lottery will be drawn.
Orders left for any of the aforesaid Gentlemen, will be carefully forwarded by the Printer.
N. B. The fortunate numbers are to be published in the Philadelphia and New-York public papers .- Riving- tou's New York Gazetteer, No. 41. January 27, 1774. Supplement.
1The omissions indicate where the newspaper has been torn.
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LIST of LETTERS remaining in the Post-Office, | PHILA- DELPHIA, January 5, 17774.
C. James Colven, Hattonfield.
H. Mr. Hendrickson, 46 miles from Burlington.
K. Nicholas Keen, Penns-Neck, Salem.
P. Joseph Peck, Cumberland County, W. Jersey.
R. Richard Renshaw, Gloucester Point.
S. Joseph Sharp, Jersey.
V. Joseph Vanmeture, Salem County.
TO BE LET OR SOLD,
A VALUABLE PLANTATION, containing near 600 acres, lying on Ancocus River, about 5 miles from the mouth, or where it empties itself into the Delaware, 5 miles from Burlington and Mount-Holly. and about 15 miles by land and 17 by water from Philadelphia, to which place many of the farmers in the neighborhood go every week to Market. It formerly consisted of two large and one small farms, and might easily be divided again in the same manner, there being on it two good farm houses, and two small tenements : One of the farm houses stands on a fine healthy spot, has been lately enlarged, new roofed, and put into thorough repair. There is near to it an exceeding good dairy, stables, barn, stalls and sheds for cattle; an orchard, garden, fish pond, some valuable fruit trees, and every conveniency that can be wanted on a farm. It would make altogether an exceeding good grazing farm, there being, besides a large range for young cattle, several fields of upland meadow, and about 30 acres of banked meadow, which yield a considerable quantity of good hay. This meadow has a double bank round it, so that the inward one is secured from being hurt by freshes and storms. The whole is in good fence, and divided into proper fields, having upwards of 20,000
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cedar rails in the different fences. It would make an elegant COUNTRY SEAT for a Gentleman who chooses retirement, having a fine situation for a mansion-house, with a PARK containing about 175 acres, in which there are between 30 and 40 deer. There are several pleasant shady walks, particularly in a young grove of pines, where many more might be easily made at a small ex- pence. A valuable breed of cattle, sheep, hogs, goats and poultry, oxen and horses used to the plow, household furniture and implements of husbandry, may be had with the place. On the river side is a wharf or landing place. to which vessels of considerable burthen might come, and where formerly a large ship was built. This, it is thought, would be a good situation for a Country Store, and that near it there might be a good Fishery for Shad in the season. Great part of the farm formerly belonged to the late Honourable John Smith, Esq; one of his Majesty's Council for New-Jersey, and the whole now belongs to his Excellency Governor Franklin, who being about to remove to Amboy, has impowered me the sub- scriber to either let or sell it. The title is indisputable, and time will be given, if required, for part of the pur- chase money. For terms apply to
DANIEL ELLIS, AT BURLINGTON.
-Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet, No. 119, January 31, 1774.
TO BE SOLD, By JOHN DENNIS, In the city of NEW-BRUNSWICK,
ONE house and lot in the city aforesaid, on the south side of Albany-street; the house has four rooms, suitable
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for a tradesman; the lot about 30 feet front, and upwards of 100 back, on which is a good garden: The house is now in the tenure of Mr. Robert Grime .- Also one other house and lot adjoining the other before described, having two rooms, about 20 feet front, and upwards of 100 back, with a good garden now in the tenure of Mr. Josiah Vallaew .- Also one other small house in the city, and upper end of the street aforesaid, with a garden, now in the tenure of Mr. George Wry .- Also one other house, with three rooms, and a good garden, on the east side of Queen's-street, opposite the English Church, in the city aforesaid, now in the tenure of Mr. Thomas Hortwick .-- Also one other house and lot in the city aforesaid, on the west side of Burnet-street, with a garden, now in the tenure of Mr. William Applegate, merchant .- And also one other new shop or house, with a lot adjoining the last described house and lot. All the above lots and premises are subject to a small annual ground rent to Mr. Philip French .- Also an excellent piece of meadow-ground about four and a half acres, almost in the center of the city aforesaid, which has produced for years past from 12 to 15 tons of hay of the best kind, and may with proper care be made to produce more, on the west end of which there is an extraordinary garden, containing about half an acre, inclos'd with red cedar posts, and best Albany boards, on three sides, and genteelly pailed in on the fourth side .- Also one other good improvement on the west side of Burnet-street in the city aforesaid, two stories high, well inclos'd with shingles, suitable for a dwelling- house or a wholesale merchant's store-house .- Also one other dwelling-house in the street and city aforesaid, opposite the last described improvement, containing eight rooms, five of which has fire-places in them, a good cellar under the whole house, a good yard paved with bricks,
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in which is a cistern that contains 40 hogsheads, by which a family is always supplied with rain water; adjoining the yard is a good garden, about 100 feet long, and 40 wide, thro' the middle of which is an alley, pailed in on both sides, paved with bricks, with all necessary out-houses .- At the lower end of said garden is another paved yard, a large new good store-house, two stories high, inclos'd in the best manner, is sufficient to hold near 100 hogsheads on one floor, and many thousand bushels of grain in the upper stories, the front of which is within twelve feet of the river where boats of burthen can load and unload; this lot, with all the improvements, is well situated, and cal- culated for a merchant to prosecute a very extensive course of mercantile business on. For the last described meadows, lots and improvements, a good title will be given. Any person or persons inclining to purchase the above-mentioned lots and improvements, or any part thereof, may apply to the subscriber, in the city aforesaid, who will sell the same on easy terms, and give the pur- chaser or purchasers time to pay the money in, by their giving bond and security, if required.
JOHN DENNIS. -The New York Gazette; and The Weekly Mer- cury, No. 1162, January 31, 1774.
NEW-YORK, JANUARY 28th, 1774.
BY the MAYOR, ALDERMEN, and COMMONALTY of the city of New-York, public notice is hereby given, that on Tuesday the 15th day of February next, at the Common Council Chamber, in the City-Hall of this city, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the ferry between this city and Powles-Hook, as also the ferry between this city and Nassau-Island; together with the ferry-house, barn, pier, and all and singular the appurtenances to the said ferry
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and ferry-house belonging, will be let to farm by public auction or out-cry, to the highest bidder, for the term of three years, to commence the first day of May next .. The conditions of sale to be seen daily at the Town Clerk's office in New-York.
By order of the Common Council,
AUGUSTUS V. CORTLANDT, Clk.
-The New York Journal; or, The General Adver- tiser, No. 1622, February 3, 1774.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. I. The Brig Peggy, Capt. Mitchell. from Virginia for this Port, is drove ashore by the Ice, near Cohansey Creek.
NEW-YORK. Jan. 28. Jersey Bills are now in the gen- eral course of trade restored to the old standard at which they were ever current in this province .- Bills of one shilling, at thirteen pence; those of one pound ten shil- lings, at thirty-two shillings and sixpence, &c. At these rates they are freely taken, either for goods or the best bills of exchange in our city .- The Pennsylvania Chron- icle, No. 367, February 1, 1774.
PHILADELPHIA, February 2.
To the PRINTERS of the PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE. By inserting the following in your next, you will oblige a Num [ber ] of your Readers. The Heart, that bleeds for others Woes, Shall feel each selfish Sorrow less; His Breast, who Happiness bestows, Reflected Happiness shall bless.
ARMINE and ELVIRA.
NOTHING has exposed Man to the Ridicule of his
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Fellow-men, or lessens his Character and Usefulness more, than a partial Conduct, which confines itself to the narrow Circle of Self-love. Hence Avarice shuts up the Heart of the Miser, and renders the Wealth which. properly imparted, might bless Thousands, less beneficial than whilst it lay buried in the Mine; because it stupifies the Mind of the Possessor, which might otherwise expand in the Exercise of Industry, even in Quest of the unrefined Metal; hence also it is, that some of us look no further than our own Profit, the Care and Plenty of our Family, the Freedom and Good of our Kindred, or, in a larger sense, of our own Fellow-Subjects, Colour or Nation : The last of these Pursuits appears large and liberal; yet there is still a more enlarged and philanthrop Love, which warms the Breast, and leads us to consider Man- kind as one Family, however distinguished by Name, Colour or Situation, for we are Children of one common Father, who is in Heaven, "and he causes his Sun to shine on all"; he it is that commands, "love thy Neighbour as thyself," and has taught us, by the beautiful Parable of the good Samaritan, that he is truly a Neighbour, who sheweth Kindness: This is Christian Love; and on all Occasions strives, yea seeks Occasions to imitate its divine Original, who dispenses Benefits to the Evil and the Good, yet covets from none; in short, this truly refined Love "breathes Peace on Earth and Good-will to Men," and the more perfect we grow in it, the better we are en- abled to fulfil the Golden Precept, "do to others, as thou would they should do unto thee." Thus our Breasts glow towards every Creature, and in the just Sense of the celebrated Pope, "self and social here becomes the same."
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