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ANDREW JOHN HOPPER.
JAMES AND ALEXANDER STEWART.
On Cruger's Wharf, have for sale, Andover bar-iron, neatly drawn and warranted genuine ; likewise Andover pig iron, any quan- tity of which can be delivered on the shortest notice. Also a quan- tity of the best white lamp oil by the barrel, with a large assort- ment of cordage and ship chandlery: paints of all sorts in oil and powdered ; linseed oil by the barrel ; window glass, 6 by 8, 7 by 9, 8 by 10, 9 by II, and 10 by 12, brimstone and whitening by the hogshead, &c.
From The Pennsylvania Gasette, No. 2375. June 29, 1774.
Gloucester County, June 24, 1774.
Public notice is hereby given, that there is now in the custody of the subscriber, one of the overseers of the poor of Waterford township, in the said county, a stray sorrel mare, she is about 13 hands high, about 5 years old this spring, hath a kind of long star down between her eyes; the said stray came to the plantation of Thomas Holmes, of said township, some time in April, 1773, where she hath been until the 17th instant. The owner coming, proving his property and paying charges, may have her again, otherwise she will be disposed of by public sale, in three months from the date hereof, and the monies arising from such sale, will be applied as the law in such cases directs, by
SAMUEL BURROUGH, junior.
SIX DOLLARS REWARD.
Run away, the 19th of June, 1774, from the subscriber, in New-
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town township, Gloucester county, West New-Jersey, an Irish ser- vant man, named Daniel Creamer, about 20 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, marked with the small-pox, remarkably squint- eyed, and has light brown straight hair, has a down look, and ap- pears to be a simple fellow; had on [etc.] Whoever secures the said servant, so that his master may have him again, shall have the above reward, and reasonble charges, paid by
WILLIAM FLANINGAM.
FOUR DOLLARS REWARD.
Run away, on the 18th of June, from the subscriber, in King- wood, Hunterdon county, New-Jersey, an English servant lad, named James Blackaler, about 20 years of age, about 5 feet 4 inches high, of a fair complexion, light coloured brown hair; had on, when he went away [etc.] He came in last fall with Captain Cook to Philadelphia. Whoever takes up the said servant, and secures him in any of his Majesty's goals, so that his master may get him again, shall have the above reward, and all reasonable charges, paid by THOMAS STEVENSON.
LAND TO BE SOLD.
Two tracts of land, at the Mouth of Conegocheague, contain- ing five hundred and thirty-three acres and three-quarters, which I purchased at the sale of the manor, whereon Mr. Minor keeps public house, and where my brother George lived; whereon is a house two stories high, with brick chimnies, three fire rooms below, and three above, with cellars, barns, outhouses, &c. a good meadow, and plenty of timber to support it for many many years. But it is so well known to every Jersey or Pennsylvania man, who ever went to the southward to look out for land for his children, that there is no occasion to say one word in praise of it. Whoever buys it shall have possession of it next fall. Time enough to put a crop of winter grain in the ground. DAVID ROSS.
At a meeting of the Freeholders and inhabitants of the county of Essex, in the province of New-Jersey, at Newark, in the said county, on Saturday, the IIth June, 1774.
This meeting taking into serious consideration some late alarm- ing measures, adopted by the British Parliament, for depriving his Majesty's American subjects of their undoubted and constitutional rights and privileges; and particularly, the act for blockading the port of Boston, which appears to them pregnant with the most
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dangerous consequences to all his Majesty's dominions in America, do unanimously resolve and agree :
I. That under the enjoyment of our constitutional privileges and immunities, we will ever cheerfully render all due obedience to the Crown of Great-Britain, as well as full faith and allegiance to his most gracious Majesty King George the Third; and do esteem a firm dependance on the mother country essential to our political security and happiness.
2. That the late act of Parliament relative to Boston, which so absolutely destroys every idea of safety and confidence, appears to us big with the most dangerous and alarming consequences ; es- pecially, as subversive of that very dependance, which we would earnestly wish to continue, as our best safeguard and protection : and that we conceive, every well-wisher to Great-Britain and her colonies is now loudly called upon to exert his utmost abilities, in promoting every loyal and prudential measure towards obtaining a repeal of the said act of Parliament, and all other subversive of the undoubted rights and liberties of his Majesty's American subjects.
3. That it is our unanimous opinion, that it would conduce to the restoration of the liberties of America, should the colonies enter into a joint agreement not to purchase or use any articles of British manufactory; and especially any commodities imported from the East-Indies, under such restrictions as may be agreed upon by a general congress of the said colonies hereafter to be appointed.
4. That this county will most readily and cheerfully join their brethren of the other counties in this province, in promoting such congress of deputies, to be sent from each of the colonies, in order to form a general plan of union, so that the measures to be pur- sued for the important ends in view may be uniform and firm; to which plan, when concluded upon, we do agree faithfully to adhere. And do now declare ourselves ready to send a committee to meet with those from the other counties, at such time and place as by them may be agreed upon, in order to elect proper persons to repre- sent this province in the said general congress.
5. That the freeholders and inhabitants of the other counties in this province, be requested speedily to convene themselves to- gether, to consider the present distressing state of our public affairs, and to correspond and consult with such other committees as may be appointed, as well as with our committee, who are hereby directed to correspond and consult with such other committees, as also with those of any other province; and particularly to meet with the said county committees, in order to nominate and appoint deputies to represent this province in general congress.
6. We do hereby unanimously request the following gentlemen
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to accept of that trust; and accordingly do appoint them our com- mittee for the purposes aforesaid, viz. Stephen Crane, Henry Gar- riste, Joseph Riggs, William Livingston, William P. Smith, John De Hart, John Chetwood, Isaac Ogden and Elias Boudinot, Es- quires.
From The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1647, June 29, 1774.
BORDEN-TOWN, June 20, 1774.
Whereas on Tuesday night the 14th instant, the store house of the subscriber at Borden-Town, was broken open and robbed of the following articles, viz. one striped pink and white tobine robe and petticoat ; one blue and white lutestring gown; one brown mantua ditto; one pink coloured ditto; one green India chintz ditto; one purple and white callico ditto; one blue sattin quilt; four muslin aprons ; three muslin handkerchiefs; five pair of cotton stockings; one pair of blue sattin shoes ; six shifts; two linen aprons; one lawn ditto; two red silk handkerchiefs; one black and white linen ditto, and sundry ribbonds and lace. If any person will secure the per- petrator or perpetrators of his robbery, so that he or they may be brought to justice, they shall be handsomely rewarded by Elisha Lawrence, Esq; of Monmouth county, the owner of the said goods. Should any of the aforesaid articles be offered for sale, it is re- quested that the vender may be stopped, and due enquiry made.
JOSEPH BORDEN.
TO BE SOLD,
By the Subscribers, Executors of the last will and testament of Joseph Reed, merchant, late of Amwell, in the county of Hunter- don, deceased : A small farm, situate in Amwell aforesaid, fronting the great road leading to Union Iron-works, about one mile from Ringo's tavern, and sixteen from Trenton, containing 48 acres of land, on which is a large two story dwelling-house four rooms on a floor in excellent repair, and where a store for the sale of all kinds of merchandize has been kept with very good success for upwards of forty years past ; there are on the premises a store-house, smoak-house, chaise-house, large new barn, stables, barrack, a good bearing orchard, a well of good water that never fails in the driest seasons, about 6 acres of good meadow watered by living springs, the whole in good fence except about 8 acres of wood land, the remainder cleared and divided into proper fields ; a garden pailed in with a variety of fruit trees of several kinds, the situation high and pleasant. Also to be sold, about 27 acres; 3 acres thereof cleared, the remainder woodland, situate one mile and a half from the afore-
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said small farm, fronting the aforesaid great road, well timbered. and would be very suitable to accommodate the farm with firewood and rail tinyber. Also a lot of land in Trenton, fronting King street. sixty feet, adjoining the lot of Charles Axford, junior; containing { of an acre more or less; the title to the whole is deemed indis -- putable. Any person inclining to purchase the whole or any part. may be further informed by applying to Joseph Reed, Esq; in Phila- delphia, Charles Pettit, Esq; in Burlington, Bowes Reed. Esq; in Perth Amboy, Mr. James Kirkpatrick at Basken Ridge, John Hart Esq; in Hopewell, or to Samuel Tucker. Esq; in Trenton. All persons who have any demands on the said deceased estate, are desired to bring in their accounts to the subscribers, who will dis- charge the same; and all persons who are indebted by bond, bill, or book account, are to make speedy payment to
JAMES KIRKPATRICK. JOHN HART, and SAMUEL TUCKER, Executors.
From The New York Journal; or the General Advertiser, No. 1643. June 30, 1774.
There was to be a meeting of the Inhabitants of the County of Morris, at Morris-Town, in New Jersey, on Monday last. -
On Saturday last there was a numerous meeting of the Free- holders of the County of Bergen, in New Jersey, when they entered into resolutions similar to those passed by the Town of Newark. And the town of Freehold. in the county of Monmouth, in New Jersey, has also passed the like resolutions but neither of them are yet come to hand.
BOSTON, June 20.
The present aspect of public affairs is highly favourable to the liberties of America. The whole continent seems inspired by one soul, and that soul a vigorous and determined one.
Virginia is all in motion ; and Maryland has made amazing pro- gress for the short space since they have taken this fresh alarm from the Boston port bill. -
Besides the doings of Annapolis and Baltimore, those of Chester are deserving our warmest acknowledgments. Subscription papers have been set on foot in that county, and considerable sums already subscribed for the relief of our poor in that devoted town. Phila- delphia is following the generous example. as well as the Jersies, New York and Connecticut. New Jersey is very forward, and
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are on the point of choosing their deputies for the Congress by a very regular method, viz. of meeting in towns and neighbourhoods, sending deputies from those meetings to county meetings, and others from those to a provincial one. - -
From Rivington's New-York Gazetteer, No. 63, June 30, 1774.
The heirs of the Widow Arnold, late of Shrewsbury in East Jersey, are desired to apply to the Printer on some business rela- tive to her estate.
NEW-YORK, June 30. | On Sunday the 19th instant, Thomas Turner, Esq; Ensign and Adjutant of his Majesty's 47th regiment, was married to Mrs. Mecom, a very agreeable widow lady, and sister to Mr. Voorhies, of New-Brunswick.
The county of Bergen have entered into resolves, agreeable to the spirit of those we have published, but the Printer has not been favoured with a copy of them.
From Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet, No. 141, July 4, 1774.
SIX DOLLARS REWARD.
Ran away on the 27th instant (June) from the subscriber, living in Princeton, a servant boy named Peter Murphy, about five feet ten inches high, brown curled hair, of a reddish complexion, speaks good English, and very little upon the Irish, his native language ; had on a brown sagathy coat, and a pair of white drilling breeches ; also had with him, a rough beaver hat, and a half worn castor ditto. Whoever takes up and secures the said fellow, if within this pro- vince, shall have thirty shillings reward, and if out of it, the above reward, and all reasonable charges, paid by
JONATHAN BALDWIN.
OFFICE FOR THE SALE OF REAL ESTATES.
Any person inclinable to purchase the whole or any part of the above, previous to the day appointed for the public sale, may treat with Stephen Watts, Esq; in Arch-street, or with
MATTHEW CLARKSON, EDWARD BONSALL.
TO BE SOLD,
A tan-yard at Gloucester, N. Jersey, has 34 vats, 2 water pools,
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2 pumps, a bark-house ; currying shop and beaming house, contains about half an acre of ground, and will be sold cheap.
From The New-York Gazette : and the Weekly Mercury, No. 118.4, July 4, 1774.
This is to give notice that leave is given by the Assembly of New-Jersey, to bring in a bill at their next session, for raising the monies advanced by the managers in building the bridges over Rariton River, at the Landing, and Bound Brook, no reasonable objects [objections] appearing thereto.
June 10, 1774.
NEW-YORK, July 4. | Thursday last the Brig Betsy, Capt. White, arrived at Elizabeth-Town, New-Jersey, from Jamaica. in whom came Passenger Capt. Archibald, of the first Battalion of the 60th Regiment of Royal Americans
At a Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Bergen, in the Province of New Jersey, convened agreeable to Advertisement, at the Court-House of said County, on Saturday, the 25th of June. 1774. Peter Zabriskie, Esq: Chairman.
This meeting being deeply affected with the calamitous condi- tion of the inhabitants of Boston, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, in consequence of the late Act of Parliament for blocking up the Port of Boston; and considering the alarming tendency of the Act of the British Parliament for the purpose of raising a revenue in America, do resolve,
Ist. That they think it their greatest happiness to live under the government of the illustrious House of Hanover, and that they will stedfastly and uniformly bear due and faithful allegiance to his Majesty King George the Third, under the enjoyment of their constitutional rights and privileges.
2d. That we conceive it to be our indubitable privilege to be taxed only by our own consent given by ourselves, or by our repre- sentatives ; and that we consider the late Acts of Parliament declara- tive of their right to impose internal taxes on the subjects of America, as manifest encroachments on our natural rights and privi- leges as British subjects, and as inconsistent with the idea of an American Assembly or House of Representatives.
3d. That we will heartily unite with the Colony in choosing delegates to attend a general Congress from the several provinces of America, in order to consult on and determine some effectual method to be pursued for obtaining a repeal of the said Acts of Par- liament, which appear to us evidently calculated to destroy that
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mutual harmony and dependence between Great Britain and her Colonies, which are the basis and support of both. And we do ap- point Theunis Day [Dey], John Demarest, Peter Zabriskie, Corne- lius Van Voarst, and John Zabriskie, jun, Esquires, to be a com- mittee for corresponding with the committees of the other counties in this Province, and particularly to meet with the other county committees at New-Brunswick, or such other place as shall be agreed on, in order to elect delegates to attend at the General Con- gress of Delegates of the American Colonies for the purposes afore- said.
New-Jersey, Somerset County.
By order of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county aforesaid, notice is hereby given to all the creditors of John Tool, an insolvent debtor, confined in the goal of the said county, that they be and appear before any two Judges of the said court, at the county house of the said county, on Friday the twenty- ninth day of July next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the said day, to shew cause (if any they have) why an assignment of said debtor's estate should not be made to such persons as shall be then and there appointed, and he be released from his confinement, agree- able to the directions of an act of the Governor, Council and General Assembly of New-Jersey, lately made and passed at Bur- lington, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors."
Somerset, June 20, 1774.
TO BE SOLD.
Three improved farms, (being part of the estate of the Revd. William Mills, late deceased) one situate at a place called the Little Pond, in the township of Roxbury, county of Morris, and province of New-Jersey: this farm has on it two tenements; it contains 600 acres, and is in the tenure of William Throckmorton, and Martin Gates. Another situate in the township aforesaid, and at present in the tenure of George Wollfe and Francis Heasley: there are on it two tenements, and it contains 380 acres, besides allowance for highways. And another situate in Hardwick, in Sussex county, New-Jersey, at a place called the Great Meadow: it is now in the tenure of John Poyer.
For conditions of sale apply to Augustine Reid, Esq; at Rox- bury, near the premises, or to
MARY MILLS, at Jamaica, JAMES CALDWELL, at Elizabeth-Town, JONATHAN DAYTON, 2d, at Springfield, EBENEZER HAZARD, at New York, Executors,
By whom an indisputable title will be given.
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From The Pennsylvania Gasette, No. 2376, July 6, 1774.
PHILADELPHIA, July 6. | On Monday morning last departed this Life, after a short illness, in the 23d year of her age, lamented by all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance, Miss Rebecca Sinnickson, daughter of Andrew Sinnickson, Esq. of Penn's-Neck, Salem county, West New-Jersey.
The Freeholders and Inhabitants of Morris county, in East New- Jersey, had a meeting on the 27th ult. when they passed a number of spirited resolves, and appointed a committee of nine gentlemen to correspond, consult with, and meet the other county committees, in order to elect delegates to attend the General Congress. And the freeholders, &c. of Bergen county, had a Meeting on the 25th, and chose a committee for the above purpose.
SALEM, New-Jersey, July 1, 1774.
The inhabitants of the county of Salem, are earnestly called upon to attend a general meeting of the county, at the Court-House, in the town of Salem, on Friday, the fifteenth day of July inst. at I0 o'clock in the forenoon, to consider of some proper measures to be taken in support of American freedom, at this alarming crises.
From the New-York Journal; or the General Advertiser, No. 1646, July 7, 1774.
At a Meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants of the town- ship of Lower Freehold, in the county of Monmouth, in New Jer- sey, on Monday the 6th Day of June, 1774, after notice given of the time, place and occasion of this meeting,
Resolved, that it is the unanimous opinion of this meeting, that the cause, in which the inhabitants of the town of Boston are now suffering, is the common cause of the whole continent of North America ; and that, unless some general spirited measures, for the public safety, be speedily entered into, there is just reason to fear that every Province may in turn share the same fate with them; and that therefore it is highly incumbent on them all, to unite in some effectual means to obtain a repeal of the Boston Port Bill, and any other that may follow it, which shall be deemed subversive of the rights and privileges of free born Americans.
And that it is also the opinion of this meeting, that, in case it shall appear hereafter to be consistent with the general opinion of the trading towns, and the commercial part of our countrymen, that an entire stoppage of importation and exportation from and to Great Britain and the West Indies, until the said Port Bill and
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other Acts be repealed, will be really conducive to the safety and preservation of North America and her liberties, they will yield a cheerful acquiescence in the measure, and earnestly recommend the same to all their brethren in this Province.
Resolved moreover, that the inhabitants of this township will join in an association with the several towns in this county, and, in conjunction with them, with the several counties in the Province (if, as we doubt not, they see fit to accede to the proposal) in any measures, that may appear best adapted to the weal and safety of North America, and all her loyal Sons.
Ordered. that John Anderson, Esq; Messers. Peter Forman, Hendrick Smock, John Forman, and Asher Holmes, Capt. John Covenhoven, and Doctor Nathaniel Scudder, be a committee for this township, to join with those, who may be elected for the neigh- bouring townships or counties, to constitute a general committee for any purposes similar to those above mentioned; and that the gentlemen so appointed do immediately solicit a correspondence with the adjacent towns.
From Rivington's New-York Gazetteer, No. 64, July 7, 1774. TO BE SOLD,
And entered on immediately, for the benefit of putting in a win- ter crop, and to take full possession the first day of November next. all that valuable farm or plantation, lying at Plumb-Brook, in the manor of Cortlandt; containing about two hundred and thirty acres, and now in the possession of Joseph Tud. The soil and improvements of this farm are so well known in the neighbourhood, and will be shewn by Joseph Tud, the possessor, to any person in- clinable to purchase, that little need be said in an advertisement. For terms apply to Hackaliah Brown, Esq; at Plumb-Brook, or to the subscriber at Perth-Amboy, by whom an indisputable title will be given. STEPHEN SKINNER.
From Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet, No. 142, July 11, 1774.
On Wednesday the 22d ult. departed this life, at Bridge Town; Cumberland County, New-Jersey, Ephraim Seeley, Esq; in the 62d year of his age.
From The New-York Gazette: and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1185, July II, 1774.
An apology of insolvent debtors is seldom expected, yet we think it necessary to make a kind of such, as the cause of our taking
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the above disagreeable step is principally owing to the behaviour and unexpected insolvency of our late partners Philip and John Van Horne, they being largely in arrears to our works, and having given us a lease of a piece of ground to erect buildings upon, which land had been incumbered above the value by their late father, be- fore we set foot out of Europe.
ANTHONY MOSENGEIL, JACOB RUBSAMEN.
Rariton Smelting-house, June 22d, 1774.
[Evidently the foregoing refers to something published, which we do not find in the copy in hand .- EDITOR. ]
From, the Pennsylvania Gasette, No. 2377, July 13, 1774. CAPE MAY, July 7, 1774.
TO BE SOLD,
Thirty steers and spayed heifers, of four and five years old each, seven oxen, and a few milch cows. Enquire of
AARON LEAMING.
The freeholders and inhabitants of Hunterdon county, in the province of New-Jersey, convened by advertisement. at the house of John Ringo, in Amwell, in said county, on Friday the Sth July, 1774, Samuel Tucker, Esq; in the chair, came into the following resolutions, without a dissenting voice, viz.
I. We do most expressly declare, recognize and acknowledge his Majesty King George the Third to be the lawful and rightful King of Great-Britain, and all other his dominions, and that it is the indispensible duty of this Colony, under the enjoyment of our constitutional privileges and immunities, as being a part of his Majesty's dominions, always to bear faithful and true allegiance to his Majesty, and him to defend to the utmost of our power, against all attempts upon his person, crown and dignity.
2. That it is the undoubted, hereditary right of an English sub- ject to give and grant what is absolutely his own, either by himself or his representative, and that the only lawful Representatives of the freemen of this Colony are the persons they elect to serve as members of the General Assembly thereof.
3. That any act of Parliament for the apprehending and carry- ing persons into another Colony, or to Great-Britain. to be tried for any crime, alledged to be committed within this Colony, or subjecting them to be tried by Commissioners, or any court con- stituted by act of Parliament, or otherwise, within this Colony,
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