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A HUNTERDON FREEHOLDER.
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To the Honourable the REPRESENTATIVES of the FREEMEN | of the Province of NEW-JERSEY, in GENERAL ASSEMBLY met The MEMORIAL of STEPHEN SKINNER, one of the | Treasurers of the said Province,
Sheweth,
THAT your memorialist, being very uneasy at the dissatisfaction which has happened on account of the robbery of the eastern Treasury, and being also sensible that the speedy determination of that matter will greatly tend to the public utility of this colony, doth request that some equal1 measures may be speedily fallen upon to adjust the same and the Honourable House may be assured, that your memorialist is ready and desirous to agree and comply with every practicable method to have a trial at law in the usual way. Should some other method more salutary be thought ex- pedient, and not over prejudicial to your memorialist, he will cheer- fully comply therewith.
December 6, 1773.
STEPHEN SKINNER.
To the Honourable the House of REPRESENTATIVES of the | Province of NEW-JERSEY.
The MEMORIAL of STEPHEN SKINNER, Treasurer of | the Eastern Division of the said Province,
Humbly Sheweth,
THAT it gives your memorialist great uneasiness to find the House have come to no resolutions on his last memorial ; he there- fore begs leave to renew his application, and intreats that this Honourable House will direct a suit at Law to be brought against him, to which, as he has before declared, he will appear, put in bail, or enter into recognizance, as shall be required; and should the verdict of his country be against him, he will without delay resign his office. This his just and reasonable request, your memorialist relies, will be granted by the Representatives of the people of this province, and he expects from the justice of the House, that nothing will be done by them that may in the least tend to affect the minds of the people, as he wishes and begs that he may have a just determination of this matter by a verdict of his country.
Burlington, Dec. 17, 1773. STEPHEN SKINNER.
RUN away, the 31st of January last, from the sub- scriber, in Salem county, New-Jersey, a likely Dutch
1Equable [ ?].
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servant LAD, 17 years of age, named JOHN JACOB MODER; had on, when he went away, a light cloth coat and jacket, old leather breeches, old shoes, ribbed stock- ings, half-worn beaver hat, old great coat, short brown hair, and of a fair complexion; it is thought he has other clothes with him. Whoever takes up said servant, and secures him in any of his Majesty's goals, so that his master may get him again, shall have THIRTY SHILLINGS reward, and reasonable charges, if brought home, paid by
JAMES MASON.
The Noted HORSE LIBERTY,
Is in excellent order, rising 9 years old, will cover this 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;
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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 entered at Tyne, with six capital colts of the same age, he distanced one, and beat the rest with ease .- The Pennsyl- vania Gazette, No. 2355, February 9, 1774.
Trenton, February 3, 1774.
Public Notice is hereby given, to the creditors of the subscribers, that by an order of the inferior Court of Common Pleas, held at Trenton, in and for the county of Hunterdon, the fourteenth day of March next, is ap- pointed for the said creditors to appear before William Clayton, and Micajah How, Esqrs. two of his Majesty's Judges of the said county, at the Court-House in the said county, to shew cause why an assignment of the sub- scribers estate should not be made, and the subscribers discharged, pursuant to a late Act of Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey. JACOB SWOLLOW, HUGH M'CLAIN, JOHN VANSICLE, EDWARD WILMOT, SIMON HARDER .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1627, Febru- ary 9, 1774.
To be Sold, at private Sale
On or before the 20th day of April next, at the house of WILLIAM WRIGHT, in Perth-Amboy.
A YOUNG Negro man about 29 years old; he was bred a farmer, is an excellent hostler, and also fit to wait on gentlemen. Likewise a healthy, strong Negro wench, who is fit for city or country; they have both had the small-pox and meazles. Also horses, cows, calves, hogs, a riding chair, waggon, sleigh, plough, and houshold
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furniture, viz. beds and bedding, looking-glasses, chests of drawers, an eight day clock, tables, chairs, and sundry sorts of kitchen furniture; a very good jack, dripping pan, spits, &c. As the subscriber intends removing from this place the first of May next, all those that are indebted to said William Wright are desired to settle their accounts with him before that time, as there will not be any further notice.
WILLIAM WRIGHT.
PERTH-AMBOY, Feb. 4, 1774.
SCHEME
OF THE
POWLES HOOK CASH LOTTERY,
SUBJECT to a deduction of Fifteen per Cent, on the prizes to be given for purses to be run for at POWLES HOOK.
Prizes.
Dollars.
Dollars.
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500 Prizes,
1000 Blanks,
1500 Tickets, at two Dollars each, is 3000 Dollars.
The Lottery has two blanks to a prize, will be drawn as soon as full; after the drawing printed Hand-bills of the
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fortunate numbers will be distributed among the adven- turers, and the prizes regularly paid at Powles Hook. There are a few Tickets on hand, to be had at Powles Hook.
BY virtue of sundry executions to me directed, I have taken and seized all the goods and chattels, lands and tene- ments, of Mr. James Banks, that are within my bailiwick, which said goods and chattels, lands and tenements, I shall expose to sale at public vendue, according to law, on the second Tuesday in March 1774, on the premises, between the dwelling house of said James Banks [and the court house] in Newark. The sale of the goods and chattels will begin at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and the sale of the house and land, with the improvements thereon, will be between the hours of twelve and five in the after- noon. The land lies on the main road in Newark, bounded South on the Rev. Mr. M'Wortens,1 and North on the land belonging to the Court-House. More par- ticular articles of said vendue will be published at the time and place of sale, of which all those concerned are desired to take notice.
MATTHIAS WILLIAMSON, Sheriff.
Monmouth County - BY order of the honourable court New-Jersey, of Common Pleas for said county :
Whereas Joseph Webb, a prisoner for debt in the gaol of said county, and two thirds of his creditors in value, did this day petition the said court, that said prisoner should be admitted to apply for the relief of the, late in- solvent act, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors."-Now these are to give notice to the creditors
1MacWhorter, pastor of the Presbyterian church, Newark. The property here advertised for sale was located on the west side of Broad street, about 200 feet north of William street, more or less.
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of said debtor, that they be together at the Court-House of said county on the 18th day of March next, at two o'clock of said day, to shew cause (if any they have) why the said prisoner's estate should not be assigned for the use of his creditors, and his body be discharged from his present confinement pursuant to said act.
January 27, 1774.
-- Rivington's New York Gazetteer, No. 43, Febru- ary 10, 1774.
TO BE SOLD.
ABOUT five hundred acres of good LAND, situate in Deptford Township, Gloucester County, ten miles from a good landing on Timber Creek, and about twenty miles from Gloucester Town, laying on the main road leading to Cape May, Egg-harbour, &c. on which are two good dwelling-houses, out-houses, orchards, &c. exceedingly well timbered, with a very fine stream of water running through the whole tract, about eighty acres of which are already cleared, twenty acres thereof being good meadow, and much more may be made. It may be divided into tracts to suit the purchasers. For particulars apply to THOMAS PATTERSON, adjoining the premises.
Princeton, January 24, 1774.
THE SUBSCRIBER intending to leave Princeton
WILLIAM HICK.
P. S. He begs leave to acquaint his friends and cus- tomers, that he has taken the tavern at the sign of the King's Arms, in the city of Perth-Amboy, where they, and the public in general, may be assured of his utmost endeavours to merit their future favours.
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Philadelphia, 2d Month, 1774.
TEN POUNDS REWARD
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, the first of last month, a certain JAMES MOONEY, a native of Ireland, arrived here from Belfast in the ship Friendship, Capt. William M'Cullough, last fall; by trade a blacksmith, has worked in Liverpool and Bristol, appears to be about 38 or 40 years of age, six feet high, dark complexion, round visage, and a full black beard, loves strong drink to excess, and when in liquor is very talkative, says much of his abilities as a ship and anchor smith, takes tobacco, wears a cut wig of a brownish colour, small round hat without stays or loops to it, had a remarkable long blue coat and waist- coat; both much worn and very greasy and dirty, white ticken breeches, white coarse worsted stockings, check shirt, good shoes, square brass buckles; and sometimes wears a blue and white cotton cap; has worked since he left this place with-Williamson, coachmaker, at Eliza- beth Town, and is now supposed to be gone to the iron works in the Jerseys, or to New York. Whoever takes up the said MOONEY, and brings him to the subscriber, living in the district of Southwark, shall receive the above reward; or secures him in any gaol within one hundred miles of the city of Philadelphia, so that his master may have him again, shall have FIVE POUNDS, paid by
WILLIAM CLIFFTON.
-Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet, No. 121, Febru- ary 14, 1774.
LETTERS remaining in the GENERAL POST-OFFICE, NEW-YORK.
(C) Ann Chard, Charles Coleman, Shrews-
bury.
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To be sold or let for one year or more, and entered upon the first of April next, the noted publick house, for public entertainment that hath been kept for upwards of 20 years, in the township of Shrewsbury, in Monmouth county and East-New-Jersey, in a pleasant place in said township, near a great landing, and very near an English church, the Friends and Presbyterian meeting houses; on the premises a good two and a half story house, out house, good orchard, large garden and thirteen and a half acres of very good land. Any person inclining to purchase or rent, may apply to Stephen Tallman, on or near the premises.
ALL persons whatsoever are hereby forwarned not to credit my wife Elizabeth Cameron, as I will not pay any debts she may hereafter contract.
New-Jersey, Somerset County,
4th Feb. 1774.
his HUGH + CAMERON. Mark.
To be Sold.
A Dwelling-house and small farm of about 55 acres, situated at Pacquanack in Morris county in the province of New-Jersey, formerly belonging to Lewis Stewart, and now in his possession; there is a good barn, orchard, and a quantity of meadow ground on the premises, and more can be made at a small expence; its situation is on a public road and very advantageous for a tavern keeper, merchant, or tradesman. Also to be sold, another tract of valuable wood land, containing about 70 acres, within about two miles of Morris Town, that formerly belonged to the said Lewis Stewart. An indisputable title will be given to the purchasers of either farms by the subscribers;
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the terms may be known by enquiring of Benjamin Kissam, Esq; attorney at law, at New-York, or the sub- scribers.
ELIZABETH VAN DYCK, HENRY VAN DYCK.
-The New York Gazette; and The Weekly Mer- cury, No. 1164, February 14, 1774.
HIBERNIA FURNACE.
MORRIS-COUNTY, NEW-JERSEY.
THE late Hibernia Company at this place is dissolved, and the works are now carried on for account of the Right Honourable the Earl of Sterling, the present sole pro- prietor thereof .- A number of wood-cutters are now wanted at these works, also some good miners. A plenti- ful supply of all kinds of necessaries for the workmen, is now laid in, and will constantly be kept up. Three shillings per cord will be allowed for wood-cuttings Whoever inclines to work at this place, may depend on meeting with civil treatment, honest dealing, and punctual pay, from
JOSEPH HOFF, Manager.
January 26, 1774.
-Rivington's New York Gazetteer, No. 42, Febru- ary 3, 1774.
TO BE SOLD,
THE valuable Farm, Otter Hall, pleasantly situated on the Jersey side of the river Delaware, 2 miles below Tren- ton (in an agreeable neighbourhood) suitable either for the Gentleman or the Farmer, containing 350 acres, 130 of which are good meadow, 120 acres plowland, the remainder woodland; there are on the premises a very
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convenient two story frame house, with a kitchen adjoin- ing, on a high situation, which commands a fine extensive view of the river and grounds adjacent, a barn with a leanto, five large hay barracks, a waggon and corn house, sheds for cattle, 180 feet in length, a stable and coach house, also a good stone milk-house, a large garden, with a variety of grafted fruit trees, and a good nursery; like- wise a young bearing orchard, of 600 of the best sorts of grafted apple trees. Apply to
SAMUEL MEREDITH. Philadelphia, Feb. 7, 1774. -The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1627, February 9, 1774.
PHILADELPHIA, February 16.
We hear from Princeton, in New-Jersey, that the Officers and Students of the College, have unanimously agreed to drink no more TEA.
TO BE LETT,
And entered upon the 25th of March next,
A COMMODIOUS BRICK HOUSE, and LOT of near four acres adjoining the house, with a garden, stables and smoke-house, a pump with excellent water by the door, and cellars under the whole, situated in New Mills, Burling [ton] county; a store is now kept in the said house, and hath been for several years, being every way convenient for that business, especially for one who would chuse to deal in the board or lumber way, having connec- tion with a great number of saw-mills. For terms, en- quire of the subscriber, living in the said place.
THOMAS REYNOLDS.
THAT most famous and noted Horse TRUE BRITON,
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formerly kept by Captain HERD,1 of Woodbridge, East- Jersey, now belonging to JEHU WOOD, in Woodberry, will cover Mares this season, at JOHN IMLAY's, at the Black Horse, in Burlington county, about 8 miles above Burlington, from the first day of March till the last of July, at the low rate of Four Dollars the single leap, or Eight Dollars the season, or a Doubloon to ensure a fual for each Mare. Where good pasture will be provided for Mares, and particular care taken of them, by
JOHN CHATTIN.
N. B. The money for covering, the single leap and the season, must be paid at or before the expiration of the season to
JOHN CHATTIN.
The True Briton is a fine brown bay, full 15 hands high, very handsome, strong and well made in every respect, and a most noted fine and sure foal getter, either for the turf, saddle, or gears. He was got by Col. Tasker's Othello, and came of Melly, got by Old Spark, full sister to Col. Hopper's Pacolet; her dam was Queen Mab, got by Musgrove's grey Arabian, a most beautiful horse, for which he refused 500 Guineas; he was set up at 10 Guineas a leap; her dam by the Hampton Court Childers, her grandam by Governor Harrison's Arabian, her great grandam by the chestnut Arabian, her great great gran- dam by Leeds, her great great great grandam was a barb, brought over by Mr. Marshall, and was the dam of Mr. Croft's Greyhound.
February 7, 1774.
PHILADELPHIA. The piece signed a New-Jersey Free- holder, came to nand too late for this week's paper: And the Printer would be glad to speak with the Author, be-
1Captain Nathaniel Heard.
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fore the publication of the next paper .- The Pennsyl- vania Journal, No. 1628, February 16, 1774.
THE Sale of the FERRY
between the City of New-York and Powles-Hook; and also of the FERRY between the said City and Nassau- Island, is put off to the first Day of March next, at two o'Clock in the Afternoon, at the Common Council Chamber, in the City-Hall, of the said City.
By Order of the Common Council,
AUGUSTUS V. CORTLANDT, Clk.
THE Purchasers of Tickets in Mr. Youngs Weed's Hackinsack Lottery, which, according to the Proposals and Advertisements, they suppose to have been drawn about a Fortnight ago, not hav- ing seen any List of the Prises, are desirous of knowing the Fate of their Tickets, and receiving their Money, if they have drawn Prises : And are surprised that they are kept so long in Suspence by the Managers.
New York, 16th Feb. 1774.
-The New York Journal: or, the General Advertiser, No. 1624, February 17, 1744.
New Brunswick, Feb. 12, 1774.
SIR,
HAVING formerly had the honour of an acquaintance with and friendship for you, I look upon myself bound in duty, to acquaint you in this public manner, with the sentiments and opinions of the most respectable persons in this part of the province, upon the last message for the Governor, drawn and presented to the House and Assembly, by you, under the title of the report of the committee, &c. That you may have an opportunity of vindicating yourself, as publicly as the charges are, and have been, exhibited against you.
In performing this friendly task, I shall mention to you the sub- stance of some of the most censured parts of the report. And as I go along furnish you with the strictures and observations which I have heard thereon.
It has been said by some of the representatives of the Eastern Division, and by others who heard the report read in the House-
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That it is long and laboured, consisting of eighty folio pages- That the general purport and design of it, is to exculpate SAMUEL FORD (the most dangerous villain ever known in this country) from the imputation of having robbed, or been concerned in robbing the Treasury of the Eastern Division of this province- - That instead of being wrote, in the cool, dispassionate style of a sen- ator, eager for the investigation of truth, it savours strongly of an artifice of an ATTORNEY AT LAW, pleading the cause of his client, under the strong bias of a large fee; on the one hand exaggerating every minute circumstance in the villain's favour; and on the other, extenuating and evading the most striking circumstances offered and produced against him-That particularly, in order to take off the force of the several examinations, and depositions of Reynolds, Cooper, Haines and Budd, charging Samuel Ford with the rob- bery of the Treasury; you have roundly asserted-"That the tes- timony of them is wholly to "be disregarded, and that no faith or credit is to be ever hereafter given, to what they have, or may say on oath." It is acknowledged on all hands, that their oaths ought never to gain belief, unless supported by strong corroberating circumstances, to strengthen and confirm the facts declared by them; but when thus corroberated, strengthened and confirmed, it is the opinion of many, that their oaths ought to be deemed sufficient to convince every impartial person of the truth of the facts so attested by them: However, if you are convinced that your doctrine is founded in truth, and upon the laws of the land, in the general and unlimited sense in which it is delivered: Then it is submitted to your consideration, whether, as the Governor has informed your House, that there is no other positive proof against Samuel Ford, (and none other was offered and laid before the House) for counterfeiting the paper currency of this, and the neighboring colonies, except the three survivors of those persons (convicted on their own confessions) and as the striking circum- stances to prove this charge, are not so full as those, to prove his having robbed the Treasury; I say, you are desired to consider, whether it is not your duty to move the House of Assembly to address the Governor, requesting him to for
apprehending Ford? By which from the payment of the
your constituents
promised by such
proclamation, made in pursuance of a vote of your House. Because it can never be expected, that if brought to trial, he will be con- victed; when in his favour, he may shew your opinion, adopted by the House, in which you aver-that the only witnesses (Budd, Haines and Cooper) to be produced against him, are illegal, and void of the least credit.
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This motion properly supported, it is thought, will not only render your conduct in every instance consistent, but in some measure repair the injury. done to the ingenious Ford: Who may then without fear, return to his home, family and usual busi- ness with impunity.
It is also said, that in your report, in order to reconcile these seeming absurd adjudications, viz. Of exculpating Ford from the robbery of the Treasury; and at the same time of branding his reputation, with the infamy of having counterfeited the paper currency of this province. You first give your thanks to the Mag- istrates, who held the late court of oyer and terminer in and for the county of Morris, for the services done to their country, by discovering the counterfeiters of its paper currency: But then. so far as their inquiries concerned the robbery of the Treasury, you insinuate that they exceed their duty, "by taking great pains "in examining into, and procuring documents relating to the rob- "bery of the treasury, and every minute paper insinuating even a "suspicion on the subject." Upon what principles, to justify this reflection, they know not; nor indeed is it in my power to re- concile it, with the idea, that I have always .entertained of the duty of a magistrate; which I before thought enjoined him to inake the most strict inquiry into every offence and particularly ONE, which so much concerned the public, as the robbery of the Treasury. Besides. it is said, that the Magistrates of that court have already had the united applause of every well-wisher to his country. The Governor and Council (two branches of the legis- lature) have publicly offered them their tribute of thanks, for bringing to light the secret villainies so long and successfully perpetrated by that worst of villains, Ford, and particularly for their discoveries relative to the robbery of the Treasury. Whence it arises then, that in your opinion their inquiries, so far as they respect the robbery of the Treasury are censurable? And why, for the honour of a lawyer, deeply versed in the mysteries of the law, was reserved the glory of discovering "that too great pains had been taken by them in their searches "and inquiries after the robbery of the Treasury?" are said to be moot points and ques- tions. fit to be solved only, by the oracle of the committee.
It has been also represented, that in your report, you have im- plicitly charged Mr. SKINNER, with the atrocious crime of purgery,1 by frequently suggesting it as a matter of doubt whether the Treasury was really robbed or not! Although you previously mention his oath taken before the Chief Justice, wherein he positively swears, that the Treasury was robbed of 600ol. and up-
1Perjury.
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wards. Some pronounce this reflection uncharitable, and beneath the character of a gentleman; others alledge, that as you have been frequently and hospitably entertained by him, eat his bread and drank his wine, you may perhaps know him better than all the rest of the world, and thence be induced to dissent from the general belief . . . that he is an honest man.
It is also said, that you set out early in your performance, flushed (as you therein express yourself) with "a hope that you "should be able to make it appear to the House, that Ford was "not concerned in "robbing the Treasury .. "-From what secret source this hope should spring? Why you should wish to draw a veil over any one of the iniquitous acts of this villain? Are inquiries which have not only been subjects for conversation and conjecture, but of wonder and amazement to all .- Some are so cruel as to suppose that you are actuated by the Sine qua non which moves every brother of the fraternity to hope for the acquittal of his client, others perhaps, with equal injustice, ascribe to a private dispute, subsisting between you and the Governor, and a spirit of opposition and contradiction springing from thence to every senti- ment and opinion of his, the first cause that induced you, to under- take this arduous task, and to hope that your endeavors might be crowned with success.
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