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JOHN POOL.
THE subscriber begs leave to inform the public, that he still continues to teach the Grammar School at Freehold; he has procured a house, in which five and twenty persons may be comfortably boarded: The peculiar advantages boys must be under, when the master is thus constantly with them, are too obvious to need mention. This house is situated about one mile from Monmouth court-house, and about three quarters of a mile from the Revd. Mr.
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Tennant's. The subscriber pays a special attention to the pronunciation of his pupils: Reading English and writ- ing letters, are established exercises in his school, and these letters are to be on any subjects of business, diver- sion or friendship. Writing is also taught, together with psalmody, a much neglected though desirable accomplish- ment, in this last mentioned article, a skilful teacher is employed, under whom the scholars have made rapid progress. A healthful air, a pleasant situation, a degree of retirement, which invites to study, while it is very free from vicious examples, are characters for which this place is remarkable. Articles of any kind may be conveyed to this place from New-York or Philadelphia, with the utmost conveniency and speed. The price of board, in- cluding fire-wood and washing is Fifteen Pounds: The price of tuition Five Pounds. Those gentlemen who shall think fit to intrust the subscriber with the care of their sons, may depend upon his giving steady attention to their improvement and good behaviour.
MOSES ALLEN.
-The Pennsylvania Journal, and The Weekly Ad- vertiser, No. 1609, October 6, 1773.
NEW YORK, October 7.
Tuesday last being the anniversary for the meeting of the corporation for the relief of widows and children of clergymen in communion of the Church of England, in America, a sermon, suitable to the occasion, was preached at Trinity Church, by the Rev. Dr. PETERS, to a very numerous and respectable audience: and afterwards a very handsome collection was made for the benefit of the fund.
Although it is positively asserted, in some parts of
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New-Jersey, that Ford, Budd and King have made their escape on board a vessel, bound to the West-Indies, there are few here that give credit to it. The counterfeit specie lately put off by them amongst the Indians, on Susque- hannah, is an incontestible proof of their flight towards the Ohio, as they were exactly described to the pursueres by the very Indians who had received the bills in pay- ment from them.
T HE THIRD class of the lottery for the benefit of St. John's Church, in Elizabeth-Town, is drawn, and the fortunate numbers will be published in our next paper. The fourth class will begin drawing on Monday the 25th instant, and the adventurers in the third class, who are desirous of the same numbers in the fourth, are requested to apply for them with all convenient speed .- Rivington's New-York Gazetteer; or The Connecticut, New-Jersey, Hudson's-River, and Quebec Weekly Ad- vertiser, No. 25, October 7, 1773.
To be SOLD,
And entered on the first Day of May next,
A FARM in the County of Monmouth, in East Jersey, containing 250 Acres of Land, about 100 of which is cleared and in good Fence, having a small young Orchard and a small fram'd House; the rest is good Swamp and Timber Land, situate about four Miles from Allen Town, where there is an English Church and Pres- byterian Meeting House, a fine Set of Mills and fulling Mill; it's a good Market for all Sorts of country Produce.
Said Farm lays adjoining the Lands of John Ely, for- merly owned by Nicholas Stephens.
The whole of the Farm is remarkable for Wheat Rye and Indian Corn. For farther Particulars apply to Wil-
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liam Claroson living on the Premises, or Jacob Watson in New-York, or to Joseph Skelton, Esq; at Princetown, by whom a good Title will be given.
NEW-YORK, October II. | Last Monday died at Mount-Hope, in New-Jersey, Daniel Wriesberg, Esq; he was formerly a Lieutenant in the Royal American Regi- ment.
NEW-YORK, October II. | On Tuesday last being the anniversary Meeting of the Corporation for the Relief of the Widows and Children of Clergymen in the Com- munion of the Church of England, most of the episcopal Ministers of Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, and New-York, assembled at Trinity Church, where were present, his Excellency the Governor, his Excellency the General, the Gentlemen of his Majesty's Council, the Mayor, Alder- men, Sheriff, and a very large Audience of the Principal Persons in Town, both civil and military, when a Ser- mon, suitable to the Occasion, was preached by the Rev. Doctor Peters of Philadelphia; after which a handsome Collection was made for the truly laudable Purpose of the Charity. During the service several solemn Pieces of Music were sung by male and female Voices, accom- panied by the Organ.
GAINE'S MARINE LIST. PORT of RHODE-ISLAND.
Arrived. Donaldson, Egg-Harbour;
PETER HULICK, STAY-MAKER,
Nearly opposite Jacob Walton, Esq; in Hanover-Square. New-York; BEGS Leave to acquaint the Ladies of this City, and
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the Country round about it, that he makes on the shortest Notice, Stays of all Kinds turn'd and plain, Packthread and Straw cut, after the newest, neatest and best Fashions, and will dispose of them on reasonable Terms. He has had the Honour of being employed by many repu- table Ladies of this City, Philadelphia and New-Jersey, &c. (who have been pleased to testify their Approbation of his Work) therefore all those who may be pleased to employ, shall find him ever ready to serve them to the utmost of his Ability, and that with Integrity, Gratitude and Dispatch.
He returns his grateful Acknowledgements to those who have already favoured him with their Custom, and assures them, that it shall be his chief Study to merit theirs and the Public's Esteem.
PRINCETON, Sept. 30, 1773.
On Monday last the 27th Instant, the GRAMMAR SCHOOL here was examined in Presence of the President and Officers of College, and several other Gentlemen of Letters; when after a full Trial of all the Classes, seven of the Senior Class were approved and admitted into the Freshman Class in College. Judgment was passed upon all the other Classes, and Prizes distributed to the Victors in each. In the Evening the Ladies and Gentlemen in the Neighborhood, and Strangers who came to Commence- ment, were entertained in the College-Hall with three Orations, two in Latin, by DANIEL TENIFER, of Port Tobacco, in Maryland, and JAMES BAYARD, of Phila- delphia; and one in English, by JOHN JORDAN, of Port Tobacco .- All Members of the Class admitted into College.
The Day following was spent in a voluntary Compe-
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tition among the under Graduates, for Prizes, on the fol- lowing Subjects.
I. Reading English with Propriety and Grace; and answering a Variety of Questions, (the same Questions being put to each Candidate) on Orthography, and on the Grammar and Construction of the Language.
2. Reading Latin and Greek properly and justly; with a particular Attention to true Quantity.
3. Writing a Latin Version.
4. Speaking Latin.
5. Pronouncing English Orations: The Preference was determined by seven Gentlemen chosen by the Presi- dent, for each Competition.
The Orations were pronounced in the Evening in the College-Hall, in the Presence of a very crowded and polite Audience.
On Wednesday the 29th was held the ANNUAL COM- MENCEMENT for conferring Degrees: The Exercises were conducted in the following Order.
I. Latin salutatory Oration by JOHN BLAIR SMITH, of Pequea, Pennsylvania, On the Excellence and Benefit of Lazes.
2. An English Oration by AARON OGDEN, from Elizabeth Town, On true Honour.
3. A Latin Dispute on the following Thesis : Argu- menta a Priori, ut vulgo dicitur, et a Posteriori ducta non debent distingui ut diversa Ratiocinationis Genera, codem enim Fundamento nituntur. Respondent, SAMUEL WAUGH. Opponent, HUGH CRAIG, both of Pennsylvania.
4. An English forensic Disputation on the following Thesis : The Corruption of a State is not hastened by the Improvement of Taste and Literature; but by the In- troduction of Wealth. Respondent WILLIAM SMITH, of
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Pennsylvania. Opponent, WILLIAM EUGENE IMLAY, Imlay's Town, New-Jersey.
5th. An English Disputation on this Thesis: The Sense of moral Obligation is as much distinct from and superior to the finer Powers of Perception, which are the Principles of Taste, as these are distinct from and superior to the Gratification of the external Senses. Re- spondent EBENEZER BRADFORD, of New-England; Op- ponent STEPHEN COOKE, of Philadelphia.
6th. An English Disputation on the following Thesis: The Virtues of uncultivated States are not greater, nor their Vices less, than those which prevail in polished Life. Respondent RICHARD PLATT, of Long- Island; Opponent, JAMES M'CULLOCH, of Philadelphia.
7th. A short philosophical Dispute on the following Thesis : Matter is not in any Sense infinitely divisible. Respondent. WILLIAM GRAHAM, of Pennsylvania ; Opponent, THADDEUS DODD, of Elizabeth-Town; Repli- cator, ANDREW KING, of North-Carolina.
8th. An English Oration, by BELCHER PEARTREE SMITH, of Elizabeth-Town, on Eloquence; which con- cluded the Exercises of the Forenoon.
The Exercises of the Afternoon were as follow :
I.st. Latin Oration, by JOHN DUFFIELD, on the future Glory of America, containing a particular Panegyric on Pennsylvania, the Place of his birth.
2d. An English Oration, by MORGAN LEWIS, of New-York, on Ambition.
3. A Latin Dispute on the following Thesis: Testi- monium Fidem integram parit aeque ac Perceptio et Ratiocinatio. Respondent, JOHN WITHERSPOON, of Princeton; Opponent. JAMES DUNLAP, of Pennsylvania.
4th. An English forensic Disputation on this Thesis : Every human Art is not only consistent with true Re-
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ligion, but receives its highest Improvement from it. Respondent, JOHN M'KNIGHT, of Pennsylvania; Op- ponent, JAMES FRANCIS ARMSTRONG, of Maryland; Rep- licator, WILLIAM BEEKMAN, of New-York.
5th. An English Oration on the Liberal Arts, by HENRY LEE, of Virginia.
Then followed two English Orations by two of the Candidates for the Degree of Master of Arts.
Ist. By MATHIAS WILLIAMSON, of Elizabeth-Town, On Language.
2d. By ROBERT STEWART, of New-York, On the Rise and Fall of Empires.
After this the following young Gentlemen of the Senior Class were admitted to the Degree of Batchelor of Arts, James Francis Armstrong,1 David Bard, William Beekman, Ebenezer Bradford, Stephen Cooke, Archibald Craig, Hugh Craig, Thaddeus Dodd, John Duffield, James Dunlap, William Graham, Hugh Hodge, James Hasbrouck, William Eugene Imlay, Henry Lee, Andrewe King, Morgan Lewis, John Linn, James M'Connell, James M'Culloch. John M'Knight, Aaron Ogden, Richard Platt, William Smith, Belcher Peartree Smith, John Blair Smith. Samuel Waugh, Lewis Feuilleteau Wilson, John Witherspoon, John Mauritus Goetus,2 of
2John Mauritius Goetschius.
1The following sketches of the class of 1773 are for the most part condensed from S. D. Alexander's "Princeton College in the Eight- eenth Century":
1JAMES FRANCIS ARMSTRONG was a native of Maryland. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Castle in January, 1777, and ordained in January, 1778. He was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton, 1786-1815. He died January 19, 1816.
DAVID BARD received his license to preach from the Presbytery of Donegal, about 1777. In 1778 he was ordained and installed by the same Presbytery, pastor of the Church in Bedford, Pennsylvania. He was afterwards settled at Frankstown in the same State. Mr. Bard was a representative in Congress from Pennsylvania from 1795 to 1799; and again from 1803 to 1813. He died in 1813.
EBENEZER BRADFORD was born in Canterbury, Connecticut. After leaving college he studied theology, and from April, 1777, to No- vember, 1779, was stated supply of the First Congregational Church in Danbury, Connecticut; from August 4, 1782, he was pastor of the Church at Rowley, Massachusetts, until his death in 1801.
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Hackinsack, in this Province, was also admitted to the Degree of Batchelor of Arts, upon proper Certificates be- ing produced of his Character, and his being found on Examination, duly qualified.
The following Gentlemen, Alumni of this College, be- ing present, were next admitted to the Degree of A. M.
Samuel Baldwin, John Blydenburgh, Nathaniel Erwin, Frederick Freylinghuysen, Joshua Hart, Azariah Hor- ton, Nathaniel Perkins, George Smith, Robert Stewart, John Taylor, Mathias Williamson, and James Wilson.
Then the President from the Pulpit announced the fol- lowing Degrees conferred on
The Rev. SAMUEL WILTON, of Lower Footing in Surry, near London, D. D.
The Hon. PHILIP LIVINGSTON, Esq; one of his Majesty's Council, in West-Florida, an Alumnus of this College, A. M.
ARCHIBALD CRAIG is believed to have been a native of Monmouth County. He studied medicine and removed to Albany, New York, where he practiced his profession for many years; dying at an ad- vanced age.
THADDEUS DOD was born near Newark, New Jersey. He became one of the founders of the Presbyterian Church in the West. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New York in 1775. In 1777 he made a missionary tour through Maryland and Virginia, arriving in the autumn of that year at Fort Henry, at the mouth of Wheeling Creek. Mr. Dod was a fine mathematician, a classical scholar, and had an exquisite taste for music. He labored faithfully in building up the Church and the cause of higher education till his death. Mr. Dod had not been long at his post before he started a classical school under the very walls of the fort, his neighbours turning out and erecting a building for him. On the 20th of January, 1789, he was appointed the first Principal of Washington Academy, at Washington, Pennsylvania, which had been incorporated in 1787. This academy, under a new charter, became Washington College. Mr. Dod died in 1793.
JAMES DUNLAP was born in Chester County, Pa., and after graduating, acted as tutor for two years. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Donegal, sometime between 1776 and 1781, and ordained by the Presbytery of New Castle, August 21, 1781. Shortly after his ordination he removed to Western Pennsylvania and settled first at Little Redstone and Dunlap Creek; afterwards he became pastor of Laurel Hill Church, where he remained until 1803, when he was elected President of Jefferson College. This post he held until 1811. He died in 1818.
WILLIAM GRAHAM was licensed by the Presbytery of Hanover October 26, 1775, and immediately began teaching in the Valley of Virginia; also became pastor of a church at Timber Ridge. In 1782 the school was incorporated as "Liberty Hall," which name it re- tained until it was endowed by General Washington, when his name
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NATHANIEL TTACEY,1 A. M. and DANIEL MURRAY, A. B. both of Cambridge College, in New-England, were admitted ad eundem in this College.
The following Gentlemen, Alumni of this College, and necessarily absent, were admitted to the Degree of A. M. viz.
The Reverend THOMAS JOHN CLAGGETT, of Maryland.
The Rev. JOHN M'CREARY, of White Clay Creek, in Pennsylvania, THOMAS M'PHERRIN, ISAAC SMITH, THOMAS TREADWELL, and JAMES WITHERSPOON.
PHILIP STOCKTON, an Alumnus of this College, was admitted to the Degree of A. B.
The Assembly was informed that the Prizes in the Competition were distributed as follows, the Number of Prizes being in Proportion to the Number of Competitors on any Subject.
1Tracey.
was substituted for that which it had before borne. Mr. Graham died June x, 1799.
HUGH HODGE, a younger brother of Andrew Hodge of the class of 1772, after graduating studied medicine with Dr. John Cadwalader, of Philadelphia; and when the Revolution broke out he offered his ser- vices to his country. He was appointed Surgeon of the First Bat- talion, Cadwalader Brigade. He served a short time, and was cap- tured by the British at Fort Washington, New York. He resumed the practice of his profession about 1788 or 1789, and rose to eminence in connection with Drs. Rush and Wistar. He was the father of Dr. Charles Hodge, of Princeton He died in Philadelphia.
ANDREW KING was born in North Carolina. In June, 1777, he was ordained and installed pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Wal- kill, New York, where he remained until his death, November 16, 1815.
HENRY LEE was a son of Henry Lee, of Prince William County, Virginia. He is commonly known as "Light Horse Harry." In 1774 he was appointed a Captain of Cavalry under Colonel Bland. His skill in discipline, and his gallant bearing, soon attracted the notice of Washington, and he was promoted to the rank of Major, and then advanced to that of Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1791 he became Governor of Virginia, and remained in office for three years. By appointment of Washington he commanded the forces sent to suppress the Whisky Insurrection in Pennsylvania. In 1799 he was again in Congress, and was selected to pronounce a funeral oration on Washington, in which occurred the memorable words. "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." He died March 25, 1818.
MORGAN LEWIS, a son of one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, was born in the city of New York. After graduating, he entered the army, and at the surrender of General Burgoyne, was a Colonel of one of the Continental regiments. In 1791 he was ap- pointed Attorney-General of New York, succeeding Aaron Burr; and in 1801 he was appointed to the Bench of the Supreme Court of the State, the next year being made Chief-Justice. Brockholst Livingston
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Two Prizes for reading English, &c. one to SAMUEL LEAKE, of New-Jersey, and the other to THOMAS M'CAULLE, of North Carolina, both of the Junior Class, who also obtained the two Prizes for reading Latin and Greek.
Two Prizes for Writing the best Latin Versions, were assigned to ISAAC KEITH, and DANIEL MARTIN, both of the Sophomore Class, and from Pennsylvania.
CHARLES LEE of the same Class, received the Premium for speaking Latin with the most Propriety.
The Prizes for pronouncing English Orations, were allotted to HUGH HODGE, of the Junior Class, from Philadelphia; CHARLES LEE, and JOHN R. B. RODGERS, from New-York, of the Sophomore Class.
HUGH HODGE of Philadelphia, then delivered a vale- dictory Oration on the Government and Policy of States. which he concluded with taking Leave of the Trustees, the Officers of College, and the Class.
and Smith Thompson, two graduates of Princeton, were appointed Judges of the Supreme Court at the same time. In 1804 he was elected Governor of the State-his opponent being Aaron Burr. Mr. Lewis died in New York, April 7, 1844, at the advanced age of 90.
JOHN LINN, a native of Pennsylvania, was born in the year 1749. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Donegal in Decem- ber, 1776. Shortly after, he was ordained and became pastor of Sher- man Valley Churches in Pennsylvania. He remained here till the close of his life, in 1820.
JAMES MACCONNELL was ordained by Hanover Presbytery, and was installed as pastor of the Presbyterian Church at High Bridge, Virginia, June 18, 1778. In 1787 he removed beyond the Alleghenies.
JOHN MC KNIGHT was born near Carlisle, Pa., October 1, 1754. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Donegal about 1774, and or- dained in 1775, when he removed to Virginia, and became pastor of a congregation at Elk Branch. He remained in this charge till 1783, when he removed to Adams County, Pennsylvania, and hecame pas- tor of Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Church. In 1789 Mr. Mc- Knight became colleague pastor with Dr. Rodgers in New York City, where he remained for twenty years. In 1809 he removed to the neighborhood of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. In 1815 he was elected President of Dickinson College, but resigned the Chair in little more than a year, returning to his farm near Chambersburg, where he died October 21, 1823.
AARON OGDEN belonged to a distinguished family of Elizabeth- town, New Jersey. His Autobiography was published in Proceedings N. J. Historical Society, Second Series. XI.
RICHARD PLATT served in the Revolution as a major in the New York line. He was at Quebec with Montgomery, and at the surren- der of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He died in New York, March 4th, 1830.
BELCHER PEARTREE SMITH was a son of the eminent William
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The whole was accompanied with Music at proper In- tervals, and closed with Prayer by the President.
The Commencement was attended by a vast Concourse of the politest Company, amongst whom were his Excel- lency Governor Franklin, and several Ladies and Gentle- men of Rank and Fortune, from some of the most distant Provinces on the Continent. The Performances of the Scholars are left, without either Praise or Apology to the Determination of the Audience, who will also be able to Judge of the State of the Seminary .- The New-York Gazette, and The Weekly Mercury, No. 1146, October II, 1773.
Peartree Smith of Elizabethtown, one of the original Trustees of Princeton College. He studied law after graduation, and practiced in Elizabethtown. He died in 1787.
JOHN BLAIR SMITH was a son of the Rev. Robert Smith of Pequea, Pennsylvania, and was born June 12, 1756. He received a license from Hanover Presbytery, June 18, 1777. At the same meet- ing of Presbytery his brother, Samuel Stanhope Smith, asked leave to resign the Presidency of Hampden Sidney College; his request was granted, and John Blair Smith was immediately appointed to succeed him. In 1789. he resigned his office in order to give himself up wholly to preaching. In 1791, he became pastor of the Pine Street Church in Philadelphia, and in 1795, he was elected the first President of Union College, New York; but returned to his former charge in Philadelphia, and was installed in 1799. He died of yellow fever in Philadelphia, August 22, 1799.
WILLIAM R. SMITH, a brother of President Samuel Stanhope Smith, was licensed by the Presbytery of New Castle in 1776; was settled as pastor of the Second Church in Wilmington, Delaware, about 1786; resigned his charge in 1796, and became pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church of Harlingen and Shannock, New Jersey, in which relation he died about the year 1820.
SAMUEL WAUGH was a native of Pennsylvania. He was licensed by Donegal Presbytery in 1777, and was settled as the pastor of the United Churches of Pennsborough and Monaghan, Pennsylvania, in 1782; in which relation he continued till his death, which took place in January, 1807.
LEWIS FEUILLETEAU WILSON came from the Island of St. Christopher. After graduation, he visited London, intending to take orders in the Church of England. but, changing his mind, he returned to Princeton, and commenced the study of divinity with Dr. Wither- spoon. Being interrupted in his studies by the war, he studied medi- cine and acted as surgeon in the Continental army for several years. After the war, he again visited England, and on his return, settled as a physician in Princeton, but in 1786 removed to North Carolina, abandoned medicine, and was licensed to preach in 1791; and in 1793, he was ordained and installed as pastor of Fourth Creek and Concord Churches, in North Carolina. He died December 11, 1804.
JOHN WITHERSPOON, a son of President Witherspoon, studied medicine, and practiced for several years at St. Stephens Parish, South Carolina, and is believed to have died at sea between New York and Charleston in the summer of 1795.
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September 20, 1773. TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, living in Elsen- borough, Salem County, West New-Jersey, an Irish in- dented servant man, named DANIEL M'IMNIRY: Had on and took with him, one pair of velvet breeches, pieced in the seat with light coloured cloth, a light coloured fustian jacket, a green ditto of halfthick, about half wore, neither of them lined; a pair of speckled trowsers, a new dark brown sagathy coat, striped Bengal jacket, a pair of buckskin breeches remarkably thick, with wooden but- tons, almost new, black grain shoes, and thread stock- ings. He is about five feet eight inches high, well set, light straight hair and very bald; has a large scar on one of his heels, cut with a scythe, and lengthway of his foot, full face, redish complexion, small beard, is very apt to use the word really, talks very broken and backward, and is fond of strong drink. The abovesaid coat was plain, neither cross pockets nor folds. Whoever takes up said servant, and secures him in any of his Majesty's goals, so that his master may have him again, shall have the above reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
RICHARD SMITH, Junior.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, Philadelphia. INWARD ENTRIES. Brig Nancy, D. Van Voorhees, Burling-
ton,
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