FOR SALE,
Jiy the Sutjcriber, at Walnut-Street Wharfs
BILL or EXCHANGE
Madeira Wine,
Fit for immediate ule, in pipes & quarter caflcs,
TENE7UFFE WINE, in pipes,
SHERRY WINE, ill quarter eafks,
WEST-INDIA RUM. 2. 3 onr! 4 prool,
OLD CRANDY, OI.D SPIRIT,
COPPERAS, BRIMSTONE, ALLUM,
Two Bal s 10-4 BLANKETS, and
A Bale of MUSLINS.
A new 13.4 Inch CABLE, 120 fashoms long.
GEORGE MEADE.
Philadelphia, Jjb. 19, >793- ep2m
TO be SOLD, OR LEASED
FOR SEVEN OR T f. N YEARS,
THE FOLLOWING
HOUSES.
ONE on Walnut-flreet, near Fourth-Href t,
23 feet front, has two parlours below, the
front onr by feet, the back parlour is
18 by 14 feet. The front room up (lairs is 26J
byi7gteet. There are five good chambers in
this house, betides the ferret is divided inio
three rooms, in two of them there are lire-
places.
The Other House is 27 feet uprtn Walnuf
ftrect, and 52 feet upon 4th ftrcet; there are twa
good parlours below, one of them 25 by 20 1-2
feet, the other 25 by 181-2 feet, and seven com
pletc bed-clumbers; betides the garret is di
vided into 4 rooms, 3 of which rooms have fire
places. The kitchens are good ones, and are
under the houses ; the largest house has also a
house-keeper's room. It is intended 'herefhall
be a communication from bothofthefe houses
to a neighbouring ice-hoiifc, fufliciently large to
supply 3 houses. Within 50 yards of these
houses, there will be compleat (tables and coach
houses, for both houses ; thev will be finiOied
in the most compieat manner, ana the keys
ready to be delivered early in the summer.
On paying half the money down (if fold) the
oth<r half may be paid bv inftalmems, or the
whole may remain for 5 years, paying intercft
and giving security on the premises.
For terms of sale or leafc, apply to the Sub
fc fiber,
GEORGE MEADE
Who has for SALE,
Sundry Ground Rents,
In this city, amounting to twenty-five pounds
sixteen (hilling* and lix-pfrnce, per annum.
Also, a quantity of BAGS, that will contain two
and a half and three and a half bushels.
Philadelphia, fan. 19, 179?. epQm
BY the Corii mi (lionets appointed 10 prepare
the Public Buildings, &c. within the City
of Waffhington, for the reception of Congress
and for their permanent rcfidence after the year
1800—
A LOTTERY
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE
Federal City.
50,000 Tickets at 7 dollars, are 350,000 dollars.
LIST OF PRIZES, vz
1 «Supe«b Hotel, with baths. )
out houses, &c.&c. to cost £
1 Cafii Prize
1 ditto
l ditto
1 ditto
2 ditto
10 ditto
£.000 9T€
1,000
5 00
JOO
s°.
*5
20
10
20 ditto
100 ditto
200 ditto
400 ditto
1,000 ditto
15,000 ditto
16,737 Prizes
33,263 Blanks
50,000
The sole design of this Lottery being to facili
tate other im prove incnts together with the Public
ii i&lhe panirujar d<Tire of the Conv
m ; flioncrs that thele may be effeftcd with as
few deductions from the Prizrs as pofTible—how
far their endeavors may be answered, the Scheme
of the Lottery will d- rnonftrate. The keys of
the Hotel, when compleat, will he delivered to
the fortunate poflcir.jr of the ticket drawn a
againft its number.
All the other prizes will be paid, without
deduction, in one month after the dtawing, by
the City at Walhington, or at such
Bank or Banks as may be hereafter announced.
The drawing will commence on Moiid'av the
9«.h of Septerr.bei next, at ihc City of Washing
ton.
Tickets had of Col. IV?n. Dicker,*, Citv
Trrafurrroi ; of Mr firs. ~jameslVejl
& Co. Baltimore ; ot Mr. Pctct Griivan., ftoftou ;
end at jftjch cthir places as will be hcscaftcr
pubiiHie;!.
X. B. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS will
be-given Cor the bed .Plan n( anelegant and con
venient HOTEL or INN, with hot and roki
Baths, vSrables, and other out houses, if presented
on or bejorf the \oth oj April next) and a pre
ference will be giv n 10 the Arcift for a Con-
provided he be duly qualified to
compleat h's pljn. The ground on which
Trie Kotcl snii a*.. t«> be < te&ed, v ill
be a corncr lot of about go by 200 feet, with a
back, avenue to ihe ftablcs, &c. Sections and
estimates of the expense will be cxpe6led
•with.the elcvayops. See, ; and 50,000
dollars mud be regarded by the Architect as the
ntmoft itmit in the expense intended for this
purpofc. ' S. BLODGET,
A orn: f(,r i lie afun i> of ihe Citv.
January 19,
A large Cellar to Let,
Sujpciciitly capacious to 'fiore ftveral hundred barrels.
Enquire oi the- Printer.
Mr. JJSIIUA HARM'S,
Si r,
YOU will plrafc to take notice, that I intend
to file a Bill in the High Court of Chancery,
in the St ite of Maryland, to compel you to con
vey the following Trafls of LAND, to wit—
Harbin's Lot, <ontatn:ng one hundred acres of
Unci ; Evans's Chance, containing fifty acres of
land; Pincy Grnt% containing ftvemy»tV» *»nd
one half acres of land ; and part of James' f TraEt,
containing twenty-five acres ; in the whole, two
hundred and fortv-feven and one half acres of
land ; situate, lying and being, in Montgom-ry
County, in the State of Maryland ; agreeable to
your Bond of Conveyance, entered into by yoo
to me the twenty-sixth day of November, 1781.
1 am, with due refoeft. 'hv friend,
'JOSEPH EVANS.
Ann Arundel Cmfnty, State of Maryland,
February sjl, 1792. (ep iow)
BANK OF THEUNITEO STATES
WHERF.AS foreigners holding Slock i.
the Bank of the United States may pre.
fer receiving their Dividends in Europe, tp re
ceiving thcni in America,
RESOLVED, That anv proprietor of the
Capital Stock of the Bank of the United States
residing in Europe, shall be entitled to receive
either in London or in Amflerdam, the half
yearly dividends which may be declared there
on—in London at the rate of one pound sterling
for every four hundred and forty-five cent?, or
in Amfterdain at the rate of one guilder current
money for every forty cents and four mills——the
dividend dfeclared in January of each .year, to
be paid in London or in Amflerdam on the se
cond Monday of July following—and the divi
dend declared in July of each year, to be paid in
London or In Amsterdam on the lecoud Mon
day of January following.
Provided, That every such Proprietor (pre
vious to the declaring of any Dividend, so to be
paid in London or in Amsterdam) (hall Rive au
thentic notice to the President and Directors of
the Bank at which of the said Cities he will re
ceive the said Dividend.
B ANK OFT HE UNITED STATES.
THAT the Cashier he authorised to receive
from the proprietor of any number of com
plcat (hares, such Certificates, not in his own
name, as he mav be the proprietor of; and after
cancelling the fame, to ilTue a new Certificate or
Certificates in lieu thereof, in the name of such
proprietor.
Resolved, That in all future transfers of
corrtpleat (hares in the capital (lock, of the Bank,
the Certificates of the (hartfs transferred be can
celled, and a new Certificate or Certificates be
idued in the name of the transferee or purchaser.
Resolved, That the Certificates in fwtuie
iflncd, he for one or more (hares, as the pro
prietor may reqoeft ; and the new Certificate or
Certificates (hall be of corrcfpondent numbers
with those in lieu of which they arc iflued.
c-p3w
War Department,
JANUARY 28, 1793.
INFORMATION is hercbv given to all the
military Invalids of the United States, that
the sums to which they are entitled for fix
months of their annual pension, from the 4th day
of September 1792, and which will become due
on the sth day of March 1793, will be paid on
the said day by the Commiflioners of the Loans
within the states refptflivcly, under the usual
regulations, viz.
50,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
lOjOOO
10,000
10,000
10.000
10.000
Every application for payment mnft be ac
companied by thr following vouchers:
10, coo
SO.OOO
1 ft. The certificate given by the Hate, fpecifv
irig that the person poffcfling the fame is in fa£l
an Invalid, and alcertainihg the sum to which,
as such, he is annually intitled.
J50.000
Dollars 350,000
2d. An affidavit agreeably to the following
form :
A. B. came before me, one of the
ofjihe county of in the ilate of ' and
made oath that he is the fame A. B. to whom
the original certificate in his pofiefiion was giv
en, of which {he following is a copy (the cer
nlicatc s'ven by the ftatc to be recited} That
he fcrvrd (regiment, corps or ve(IVl) at the
time he was difablcd, and that he now resides
in the and county of and has r< Tided
there for the la!l years, previous to which
he resided in
In cafe an Invalid should apply for payment
by an attorney, the said attorney, besides the
certificate and oath before recitcd, mull produce
a fprcial letter of attorney agreeable to the fol
lowing form :
1, A. B. r»f county of state of
do hereby conffitute and appoint C. D. of
my lawful attorney, to receivc in mv behalf of
inv pension for fix months, at an Invalid
of »he United States, from the 4thdayofS?p
tnhbrr 1792, and ending the 4th day of March
as-
Applications of executors and administrators
must. be accompanied with lepal evidence of*
their refpeftivc offices, 2nd alio of the time the
Invalid djed, whose pen Hon they may claim.
By Command of the Prrfident
of the United States,
H. KNOX, Secretary at War.
$jT The Pt infers in the refpeflive State* are re
quejlrd to publiflithe above in their New [papers for
the Jpace of 2 months.
TICKETS
In the FEDERAL CITY LOTTERY,
May be had at SAMUEL COOPER's Ferry.
Advertisement.
February il>, 1793.
By the President and Dirc&ors.
JOHN KEAN, Cafliicr.
R E SOL VID,
JOHN KEAN, Cashier.
signed and Sealed
in the Pixfcncc of
Acknowledged before me,
292
City of Wafliington.
Januaxy 7 lb > 1 793-
A NUMBER of Lota in thi» City will be of
fered for t'slr at au&ioß, by the Commif
fioncis, on tl)4e 17th day of September . next -—
One fourth pan of 'he purchase money u to be
paid down, the refiduc at three equal annual pay
ments with yearly intcreft on the whole pnnci
.pal unpaid.
JOHN M. GANTT, Clerk to the Cm rs.
ExtiaS of an Ast of the Gcnrrai Affcmblv of
Maryland, concerning the l.erritoiy of Cu
lumbia, and the Citv ot Waihington.
" Be it mailed, That any foreigner may by
dee J or tall, hereafter to be made, take and hold lands
tv'thtn that part oj the laid Territory which ties with
in this State, in the f'me manner as if he was a citi
zen of this State ; and the fame landt may be con
veyed hy him, and transmitted to and be inherited by
his heirs or relations, as if he and they were citizens
of this State: Provided, That no foreigner J.'hall,
in virtue hereof, be entitled to any further or other
privilege 0f # citizen
Jsn. 19.
Federal City.
THE Subscriber will convey forever, by
good and fiifficient deed, Thirty Lots in
the City of Washington, situated on South
Capitol Street, to any man or company of
nien-—provided they will agree to erect there
in good and fufficient brick houses, within
three years from the date hereof.
DANIEL CARROLL, of Duddington.
City of Wajkington, Dec. 31,1792. 6t
A GREAT BARGAIN.
FOR Sale, a beautiful (ituation pn the Po
towmack, adjoining the town of Alexandria
and in a line of dire&ion towards the Federal
City and GeorgeTown,in full view of each place,
commanding a profpe£i of the river and adjacent
iountry of Maryland and Virginia, for many
miles; about 45 or 50 acres of Land, lyingdi
rc£Uy on the river, will be fold, with the im
provements, which are, a two-story framed
d welling-houfe, neatly finifhed, a kitchen, office,
buck, smoke-house 3nd dairy, two-story framed
barn, a well of excellent water, and an ice
houle, a yard and garden, neatly railed and
highly improved, with a number of other ne
ceflary improvements ; the whole of the land
enclosed with pods and rails, tenor fifteen acres
laid idown, with different kinds of grass. Its
contiguity to those three towns must render it an
objc6t worthy the attention of any person who
wishes to iiiveft money in a property that must
enhance in value, in proportion to the rapid in.
crease ol the Federal City, Alexandria and
George-Towii. This property !ics nearly in a
central (ituation to each place. The Fotowmack
at this spot has a fine deep (bore and harbour,
capable of receiving veflels of any burden. It
may not be improper to observe, that men of
judgment think a profitable and convenient
Ferry might be erc&ed here to the Citv of
Wafhingion and the Maryland (bores leading to
Baltimore aod Philadelphia.—Also to fell, 215
acres of Wood-Land, about three miles distant,
which will suit well to fuoply the above in
wood and timber. The title may be fcen to the
above property, which is indisputable, and terms
known by application to the fubferiber, living
on the premises.
December 12/ A, 1792,
/jo Dollars Reward.
RAN away on the 25th instant, a likely Ne
gro Man called Isaac, about twentv-three
years oid, five feet fix or eight inches high, a
well made fellow, fond of talking, has a large
mouth, and shows his teeth very much when
talking ; had on when he went away 1 , a brown
linen shirt, a short white kerfeyover jacket with
a very high collar and plain bnaft, with buttons
which appear to have been Very gay ; a pair of
White kersey breeches, a pair of white knit yarn
{locking*, a pair of shoes with firings in them,
and a coaife hat ; all the above clothes are al
mcft n.'w. Said Negro was fprmerly the pro
perty of Mr. William Thomas, lare of Kent
County, nrar George-Town Cross Roads, de
ceased, and has for several years been emploved
in th ft neighbourhood, and principally by a Mr.
Maxwell, and lately by Mcfirs. John and James
Carmack, as a waggoner, which bulinefs he is
well acquainted with, and is what he prefers ;
and has been engaged in driving a waggon from
said Cross-Roads to Duck-Creek, &c. until
August lull. I expect he will make his way for
the neighbourhoods of George-Town, Duck-
Creek, Dover or Wilmington. The above re
ward will be paid if delivered to me in this
place, or Thirty Dollars if ftcuied in any goal,
so that I get him again. He is an anful fellow,
and when taken, will make his efcnpe, unless
particularly fccurcd.
Easton, OWES IiEXSARD,
>ttHol County, Maryland, Dec. 28, «7g«. 9.m
RUN-AWAY
"ON THE SUBSCRIBER, THE lSth APRIL,
A NEGRO BOY, named Zeb\ flimandtall,
fixtecn years old; came to Samuel Li pi n
cot's 31 Bordcntown on the 15'h, fa'd his name
was Henry, and left that place the 27th May.
On the 97th day of June, he was taken up in
Bucks County, and carried before a Magiltrate,
laid he was tree, arid that he lived on thr Slll
q^eb?nnah—that a petfon by the name ot Abra
ham Pi all, took him three days journey from
hntne, and turned him adrift with one dollar
He asked the Justice tor a pals to go to his fa
ther, and nothing appeared to the contrary-J-
He lived with one Thomas Paxwell till flic ,g,h
of rhis instant, and then made his elcane from
him; he called his name Peter Jo/in/lon—had
on an old Grey Coating Round Jacket, lined
with red baize; nn old pair Leather Breeches,
and an old Felt Hat. Whoever lakes up said'
Boy,and brings linn to Jacob Merser eau, 011
S'.aten-lfland,jhall receive TWENTY DOL
LARS, With reasonable charges, paid bv
. JACOB MEXSEREAU, Lieut. Col.
2 9- law6w
BALDWIN DADE
tP'm
Just published.
By Thomas Dobfon,
Bnkfcller, at the Stout-Hot ft, in Seiend Jlrttt,
PHI LADELFHI A, '
VOLUME VII, o»
.ENCYCLOPAEDIA:
or, A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES,
AND
MISCELLANEOUS I-ITFRATURE,
On a Plan c*tircl\ new :
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scribing, the volumes or half-volumes finifhed
to be paid for when delivered, thepriceofone
volume to be paid in advance, and the price of
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(£3T Those who wish to become po(Te(Tors of
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applications, as the fubfeription is nearly c o cd.
Jan. 23.
To the Public.
r pHE Subscribers having been appointed n
jL committee of the Board of the Trustees r>f
the University of North-Carolina, for the pur
pose of receiving proposals from such gentlemen
as may intend to undertake the iuftiu£Kon of
youth in that institution, take the opportunity
of making known to the public their wilh that
fucb gentlemen should fignify their inclination
to the fubferibers.
The objects to which it is contemplated by
the Board to turn the attention of the
on the firft eilablifhment, are—The study of
Languages, particularly the English—History,
ancient and modern—the Belle-lettrrs—Locis
and MofiJ Phiiofnptiy-—r'rrc the
Mathematics and Natural Philolophy— Agricul
ture and Botany, with the principles of Archi-
tenure.
Gentlemen converfnnt in these branches of
Science and Literature, and who can be well re
commended, will receive verv handsome encou
ragement by the Boaid. The exercises of the
institution will commence as early i s poflible
after the completion of the buildings ol tlie t'n<-
verfuy, which are to be cont rafted for immedi-
SAMUEL ASHE,
ately.
A. MOORE,
JOHN HAYF,
DA VI D STOXE,
SAM. M'CORKLES.
D 25 r f >2 " l
200 Dollars Reward.
LOST, at Providence, or between Provident
and Boston, a very (mail TRUNK, covcred
with fcal-lkin of a reddilh colour, with white
spots. It contained a quantity of Soiith and
North-Carolina State Notes, and a few of th.e
State of Rhode-lfland ; with other papers,which
can only be fernceablc to the proprietor. The
State notes are cht cked at the offices from whence
the\' ; ii\jcd. Any per foil producing the/TVo***
(with its conrt-nJs) to JOHN MARSTON, of
Boston, WILLIAM HALL, of Providence,
Messrs. PATERSON and BRASHER, tyew-
York, or Mr. SAMUEL EMERY, in PhiladeU
phia, (bail receive the above reward, or for any
part of the prftpcrtv, One Hundred Dollars.
Boston, Nov. 28,
PLANS
OF THE
City of Washington,
Sold t' v the Booksellers,
DOSSON, CAK~£Y, ) OUNG, & CRMKS&ANK-*
eptf.