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VOLUME I.
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War Department,
May 30, 1 79T.
INFORMATION is hereby given to all the military Invalids
of the United States, that the sums to which they are entitled
for fix months ot their annual pension, from the 4th day of Mareh,
1791, and which will become due on the 4th day of September
ensuing, w 11 be paid on the said dav by the Cotnmiflionersof the
Loans within the States refpeftively,under the usual regulations,viz.
Every application lor payment must be accompanied by thefo]-
lowing vouchers.
lft. The certificate given by the (late, fpecifying that the person
poflVfling the fame is in fact an invalid, and ascertaining the sum
to which as such he is annually entitled.
2d. An affidavit, agreeably to the following form :
A. B came before me. one of the fuflices of the county of in
the Jlate of and made oath that he is the fame A. B. to whom the
original certificate in his pofjeffion was given, of which the following is a
copy (the certificate given by theft ate to be recited) That he served ° (re
giment, corps or vejfel) at the time he was disabled, and that he now re
sides in the and county of and has resided there for the lafi
years, previous to which he resided in
In cafe an invalid (hould apply for payment by an attorney, the
said attorney, besides the certificate and oath before recited, must
produce a special letter of attorney agreeably to thefollowing foim :
I, A. B. of county of Jlate of do hereby constitute and
appoint C. D. of my lawful attorney, to receive in my behalf of
rny pension Jorfix months, as an invalid of the United States,from the
fourth di\ of March, one thoifindfevsn hundred and and
ending the Jauith day oj September of the fame year.
Signed and r ealed
in llie presence of
JVitncffcs.
Acknowledged before me,
Applications of executors and adminiflrators must be accompa
nied with legal evidence of their refpeftive offices, and alfp of the
time the invalids died, whose pension they may claim.
By command of the Prefid-nt of the United States,
H. KNOX, Secretary of War.
Philadelphia, 20th July, j791
THE Commiflioners appointed to receive Subscriptions to the
Bank of the United States, do hereby, agreeable to law, in
form the Stockholders of the said Bank, that an eleftiorifor twenty
five Dire&ors will he held at the Citv-Hall in Philadelphia, on
Friday the 21ft day of O£tober next, at 10 o'clock in the morning
THOMAS WILLING,
DAVID RITTENHOUSE,
SAMUEL HOWELL.
Charleftown (MafT.
CLASS XXII
THE MANAGERS of said Lottery present to the Public
the following
s
CHE M E
Of the Twenty-Second Class,
Confifling of 7000 Tickets, at 1 hrz £ Dol laks each, 21 ,cco
1 Prize of
t
'5
20
20
20
40
60
70
80
2008
2335 P"zes,
4665 Blanks,
7000 Tickets, Amount, 21000
ps This Class will commence drawing on or before the id of
September.
Tickets may be had of the several Managers in Charleftown,
and at the ulual places in Boston.
THOMAS HARRIS, ~)
MATTHEW BRIDGE, £ Managers.
SAMUEL SOLEY, )
Charleflon, May 25, 1791.
Hazard and Addoms,
No. 173, Market-Street,
HAVE Tickets in the above, and in the MaflTachufetts Second
SEMI-ANNUAL LOTTERY, for Sale.
MASSACHUSETS SEMI-ANNUAL LOTTERY
CLASS II
THE MANAGERS of the STATE-LOTTERY afTure the
Public, thjt the second Class of the SEM I-ANNUAL LOT
TERY will positively commence drawing on the day appointed,
viz. On Tkurfday the 13th of October next, or Jooner, if theTtckets
shall be disposed of. As the Managers have in their several
monthly Lotteries commenced drawing at the hour afligntd, so
they are determined to be equally as pun&ual in this.
SCHEME.
NOT TWO BLANKS TO A PRIZE
25,000 Tickets, at Five Dollars each, arc 125,000 Dollars, to
be paid in the following Prizes, fubjeft to a dedu&ion of twelve
and an half per cent, for the use of the Commonwealth.
Prizes. Dollars. Dollars.
1 of
2
3
6
10
30
80
90
100
120
161
200
7585
8388 Prizes.
16612 Blanks.
25000 Tickcu.
(J3f" TICKETS in the above Class may be had of the several
Ma nag e rs, mho will pay the frizes on demand; of the Treasurer
of the Commonwealth; of James White, at his Book-store,
Franklin's Head, Court-street—and at other places, as usual.
BENJAMIN AUSTIN, jun. - )
DAVID COBB, |
SAMUEL COOPER,
GEORGE R. MINOT, |
JOHN KNEELAND, J
Bojltn, April 14, 1791-
Public Notice is hereby given,
to all whom these presents (hall come, or in any wile concern,
That JAMES GARDNER, late of Wilmington, North-Carolina,
deceased, did make four promissory noies payable to SAMUEL
JACKSON, of Philadelphia, Merchant, all bearing date the 19th
July, 1785, one for three hundred and seventy-one pounds, pay
able in fix months—one for seven hundred and forty two pounds,
in nine months—one tor fevenhundred and forty pounds,in twelve
months—and one for seven hundred and forty-five pounds thir
teen (hillings and three-pence, in fifteen months, amounting in the
whole to two thousand five hundred and ninety-eight poundsthir
teen (hillings and three-pence, and payable in produce at Wil
mington : —Which laid notes have been afligned by the said Sa
muel Jackson to THOMAS MACKIE and Co. and JAMES
HOOD, Merchants, Philadelphia, and have since, in the life-time
of the said Gardner, by him been accounted for and paid in part
to the amount ot two thousand and forty-feven pounds fifteen (hil
lings and fix-pence, to the said THOMAS MACKIE, and Co.
in proof of which the Cubfcribers have fufficiem vouchers.
These are therefore to caution all persons from purchasing said
notes as they will not be taken up.
THOMAS WRIGHT,)
ROBERT SCOTT, C Executors.
M. R. WILJLKINGS,)
U Umington, North-Carolina, 2jth Afay, 1791
A FINE CHANCE FOR A YOUNG PRINTER.
FOR SALE,
A Printing Press and Types,
together with Oie right of publifoing a PAPER, in good repute,
the fubferibers to which are continually increafins-The present
number of its patronsis between seven and eight hundred. The
types confifl; of Bu rgeois, Pica, and a fufficient quantity of lar
ger letter to display advertifem;nts to advantage. The Puliation
is in the interior part-ol Massachusetts, in the centre of a
populous and thriving community, and within 17 miles of an ex
cellent Paper-Mill, where paper of every quality and size may
always be had on ihort notice. Perhaps no country paper 011 the
continent has a larger Ihare of Advcrtifcments than the one offered
for sale. A very considerable profit also accrues from the faie of
Blanks of all kinds, which are much used in the place—from the
publication of Hand-BilU, &c. See. It is a good situation, also,
for a small Book-Store—and it is supposed the Book-Bindin» bu
nefs might be carried on in the fane place to advantage. °
For further particulars, enquire o r John Fen no, at his Office,
No. 69, High-Street, between Second and Third-Streets, phi.
!a(kl P hla - (taw Bw]
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Lottery.
Dollars.
250°
1000
1500
1000
800
600
800
600
560
480
Bo 3 i
2500 Dolls, is
1000
100 are
5° 1
40
3°
20
10
8
6
4
17872
Dcdu£tion, 3:28
10000 is
3000 are
2000
1000
500
200
100
.5°
40
3®
20
10
8
Public Securities,
Bought and Sold, n COMMISSION bv
SAMUEL ANDERSON, '
Chefnut-Street, next door to ;he Bank N,> Q
MASSACHUSETTS SEMI-ANNUAL,
[$T All perlons concerned will be pltaltd to uke notice ihatThi
foHowra; advertisement has been varied from that pi.blilhed in
our paper of the 23d of March.]
Treasury Department.
March 2?., 1701.
NOTICE is hereby given, that Propolals will be received at the
office of the Secretary of the Trr. furv, until ti, c fi r ft Mondtiv
in September next inclusive, for thefupply ot all rations, which
mav be required tor the life o» the United S-ates, from the ft,ft d av
of January to the thirty-firft day of December, 1795, both days in',
clufive, at the places, and within the diltnfls herein after memil
oned, viz.
At any place or places, betwixt Yorktown in the (late of Pcnn.
fylvania and Fort Pitt, and at Fort Pitt.
At anv place or places, betwixt Fort Pitt and Fort M'lntofli
011 the PJver Ohio, and at Foil M'lntolh.
At any placeor places, betwixt Fort M'lntofh and the mouth cf
the River Mufkingum, and at the mouth of the River Mufkingum.
At any placeor places, betwixt the mouth of the River Muf
kingum, and up the said River to the Tufcarowas, end at the Tuf
carowas, and thence over to the Cayoga River, and down the said
River to its mouth.
At any place or places, betwixf the mouth of the River Muf
kingum, and the mouth of tbe Scioto River, and at the mouth of
the said River Scioto.
At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of Scioto River, and
the mouth of the great Miami, at the mouth of the great Miami
and fromthenceto the Rapids, on the Fallsof tneOhio,and at the
said Rapids.
At anv place or places, betwixt the mouth of the great Miami
ud the said Miami, to and at Piquetown, and thence over to the
Miami Village, on the river of the fame name wfiicn empties into
Lake Erie.
At anv place or places from the rapids ofthe Ohio, to the mouth
of the Wabafh, thence up the said Wabafli to Post Sr. Vmcenncs,
at Post Sr. Vincennes, and thence up the said river Wabafh, to the
Miami village, *
At any place or places, fronf the.mouth of the Wabafh rivci to
the mouth of the river Ohio. •
At any placeor places, 01Y the eafl fide of the river Miflifipsi,
from the mouth of the Ohio river,to the mouth of thelllinois river.
At any place or places, ffom the mouth of the Miami iiver to
the Miami Village.
At any place or places, from the Miami Village to Sandufkv,
and at Sandufky, and from Sandufky to the mouth of Cayoga rivei.
At any place or places, betwixt Fort Pitt and Venango, and at
Venango.
lOQOO
6000
6000
6000
500 c
6000
80C0
45°°
400 c
3600
3220
20&O
60680
12500©
At any placeor places,betwixt Venango and Le Beuf, and 3t
Le Beuf, betwixt Le Beuf and Prefq'lfle, at Prefq'lfle, and be
twixt Prefq'lflc and the mouth of Cayoga river
At the mouth of Cayoga river, and at any place or places, on
the route from Fort Pitt, to the mouth of Cayoga river, by tbe
way of Big Beaver creek.
At any placeor places, on the eafl fide of the Miflifippi, between
the mouth of the Ohio and the river Margot inclusively.
At any place or places, from the said river Margot, totheii"er
Yazous inclusively.
At any place or places, from the mouth of the river Tenefee, to
Ocochappo or Bear creck, on the said river inclusively.
Should any rations be requited at any places, or wiihin other
diftri&s, not fpecified in these proposals, the price of the fame iv
be hereafter agreed on, betwixt the public and the contra&or.
The rations to be supplied are to consist of the following article*,
viz. One pound of bread or flour,
One pound of beef, or of a pound of pork,
Half a jill of rum, brandy or whisky,
One quart of fait, }
Two quartsof vinegar,(
rr 1 , r r > P er - ico rations.
Iwo pounds 01 toap, ( r
One pound of candles, 1
ALSO, That Proposals will be received at the said office un?il
th»firft Monday in September next, inclusive, for ihefupply of all
rations which may be required for the use of the United States,
f»om the fitft day of January to the thirty-firft day of December,
1792, both days inclusive, at Springfield, in the state of Maflachu
fetts, and the Poftof Weft-Point, in the state of New-York,
The rations to be supplied, are to consist of the fame articles as
are above mentioned.
ALSO, That proposals will be received at the said office, until
the lft Monday in September next inclusive, for the fapply of all
rations, which may be required for the use of the United States,
from the Ift day of January to the 31ft day of December, 1792,
both days inclusive, at the places, and within the diftri&s herein
after mentioned.
At the post onthe river Saint Mary, at present commanded by
Capt. Henry Burbeck.
At the post on the river Altama'na, at present commanded by
Capt. John Smith.
At thepoft on the river Oconee, at prefentcommandcd by Capt.
Joseph Savage.
Atthe poll on the river Apalachee, at present commanded by
Capt. Michael Rudolph.
At any place or places from the Rock Landing on the Oconee,
up to the mouth of the main south branch of the said river, from
the said mouth up to the source of theTaid main south branch, and
from thence to the Currahee mountain.
At any other place or places-within the state of Georgia which
may hereafter be occupicd as permanent posts by any troops of
United States.
And for rations deliverable on the march to such future pofls.
(e p. 3 m
The rations are to be furnifhed in such quantities as tbat there
shall at all times, during the said term, be fufEcient for the con
sumption of the troops at each of the said potts, for the fpaceofat
least two months in advance, in good and wholesome provisions.
The rations to be supplied are to consist of the lame articles, as
are abovementioned.
It is to be understood in each cafe, that all lofles sustained by the
depredations ofthe enem\, orbymeans of the troops ofthe United
States' shall be paid for at the prices of thearticlescaptured or de:-
troyed, on the depositions of two or more creditable characters,
and the certificate of a commiflioned officer, ascertaining the cir
cumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for whicn
compensation is claimed.
The contra&s for the above supplies will be made either for one
year, or for two years, as may appear eligible. Persons difpo e^
to contract will therefore confine their offers to one year, or t ey
may make their proportions so as to admit an election or t..-
term of two vears.
The ptopofals may be madr for the whole of theabove poi s w
gether,or separately for Sorinofield, for Weft-Point, for \ orktown,
and the seventeen places following it, and for the poftsin Georgtaj
and they must fpecify the lowefl price per ration, for prompt pa}
ment. -
£T The JOURNAL of the THIRD SESSION oj the SENATi
tftheUNir£& STATES, may be had of the Edittr hereof.
and NEW-HAVEN
LOTT E RT TICKETS,
To be had at the fame nlace.