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ADVERTISEMENT.
NOTICE is hereby given, That the Com.
milfioners appointed by the Board of
Tiuflees of the Univerlity of Norih-Car4lina,
will attend at the (own of HilHborough, on the
sßth v and 20th days of April mxt, for the
pur pore receiving; propofaU from such per.
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City of Washington.
January 7th, 1793.
A NUMBER of Lots in this City will be of
fered for sale at au£hon, by the Cdmmif
fioners, on the 17th day of September next.—
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ments With yearly iritrreft on the whole princi*
pal unpaid.
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Extrafl of an A6l of the General Aflfembly
Maryland, concerning the Territory of Co
lumbia, and the City of Washington.
u Be it ena&rd, That any foreigner may by
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F O R SALE,
By the Suhjcribtr, at Walnut-Street Wharf,
BILL OF EXCHANGE
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TENERIFFE WINE, in pipes,
SHERRY WINE, in quarter calks,
WEST-INDIA RUM, 2, 3 and 4 proof,
OLD BRANDY, OLD SPIRIT,
COPPERAS, BRIMSTONE, ALLUM,
Two Bales 10-4 BLANKETS, and
A Bale of MUSLINS.
A new 13-4 Inch CABLE, 120 farhoms long.
GEORGE MEADE.
Philadelphia, Jan. 19, 1793. epim
70 BE SOLD, OR LEASED
FOR SEVEN OR TEN YEARS,
THE FOLLOWING
HOUSES.
ONE on Walnut-street, near Fourth-street,
23 feet front, has two parlours below, the
fiontone 215 by 17J feet, the back parlcur is
18 by 14 feet. The front room up stairs is 26J
by 17J feet. There are five good chambers in
this house, besides the garret is divided into
three rooms, in two of them there are fire-
places,
The other House is 27 feet upon Walnut
ftreet, and 52 feet upon 4th street; there are two
good parlours below, one of them 2£ by 20 1-2
feet, the other 25 by 181-2 feet, and seven com
plete bed-chambers; besides 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 there (hall
be a communication from both of theffc houses
to a neighbouring ice-house, Sufficiently large to
supply 3 houses. Within 50 yards of these
houses, there will be compleat stables and coach
houses, for both houses ; they will be finiftied
in the moil compleat manner, ana the keys
ready to be delivered early in the summer.
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whole may remain tor $ years, paying interest
and giving security on the premises.
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GEORGE MEADE
Who /ids Jor SALE,
Sundry Ground Rents,
In this city, amounting to twenty-five pounds
sixteen (hillings and fix-pence, per annum.
Also, a quantity of BAGS, that will contaih two
and a half and three and a half bushels.
Philadelphia, Jan. 19, 1792. ep 2 m
Insurance Company.
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? Insura nce Company of North-America,
on Wednesday the i6ih instant,
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"THAI the Instalments which, according so
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Monday of Jijly arid January next, or either of
them, may be paid by any Stockholder at an
earlier period ; and any Stockholder so paying
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proportionate (Weofihe Dividends thereafter
to he made, calculating such (hare from the firft
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flectively, Extract from the Minutes,
EBEN. HAZARD, Sec'ry.
Philadelphia, Jan. 23.
TICKETS
In the FEDERAL CITY LOTTERY,
May be had at SAMUEL COOPER's Ferry.'
332
By THOMAS JOHNSON, DAVID
STUART,St DAN lEL CARROLL,
Efquirei,
Commission rrs appointed by Government to
prepare the Public Buildings, See. within the
City of Wajhiugton, tor the reception of Con
gress, and lor then permanent rciidence 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, viz
l Superb Hotel, with bathsj )
out houses, &c.&c.to coll J
l Cacti Prize
l ditto
l ditto
1 dmo
2 ditto
5,000 arc
1,000
500
iod
5°
2 .5
20
16
10 ditto
20 ditto
100 ditto
200 ditto
400 ditto
V,ooo ditto
15,000 ditto
*6,737 Prizes
33,263 Blanks
50,000
By this scheme at feajl the amount of the tick
ets will return to the fortunate adventurers, and
yet the federal City will gain its objefl thereby,
in a magnificent building designed both for pub
lic and private convenience.
Although some expence must neceflarily at
tend the conducing of the lottery, (which fir
pence will be taken from the principal prize) the
Commiflioners having agreed to present in re
turn a fufficicnt quantity of excellent free-ftone,
together with the bed adapted lois for the hotel
and for the out-houfes, the value of the lottery
entire may be fairly rated at something more than
far: In this important indancc it will be found,
on examination, to excecd all the lotteries rhat
have ever been offered to the Public in this or
perhaps in any other country. The keys of the
Hotel, when compleat, will be delivered to the
fortunate pofleflor of the ticket drawn aagainft
its number.— AH the other prizes will be paid,"
without dedufl ion ,in one rf/onth after the drawing, by
the City Treasurer at Washington, or at such
Bank or Banks as may be hereafter announced,
for theconveniency of the fortunate adventurers.
The drawing will commence on Monday the
9th of Septcmbei next, at the City of Waibing
ton.
Tickets mav be had of Col. Win. Dickens, Citv
Treasurer of Wafnington ; Thayer & BartUi, of
Charleston, South-Carolina ; Gideon Denifon, Sa
vannah ; MefTis. James Wejl & Co. Baltimore;
Mr. Peter Gilman, Boston; and at such other
places as will be hereafter published.
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be given for rhebefl Plan of an elegant and con
venient HOTEL or INN, with hot «nd cold
Baths, Stables, and other out houses, if presented
on or be/ore the toth ej April next; and a pre
ference will be given to the Artist for a Con
tradl, provided he be duly qualified to
compleat his plan. The ground on which
the Hotel and out houses are to be erected, will
be a corner lot of about 90 by 200 fret, with a
back avenue to the stables, &c. Se&ions and
estimates of the expense will be expe&ed
with the elevations, See. compleat ; and 50,000
dollars must be regarded by the Archifett asthe
utmost limit in the expense intended for this
purpose. S. BLODGET,
Agent for the affairs of the City.
March 6, 1793.
War Department,
January 28, 1703.
INFORMATION is hereby given to all the
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irig thai the person pofleifing the lame it in lȣk
an Invalid, and ascertaining the sum to which,
as such, he is annually intitled.
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of the county of in the slate of and
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en, of which the following is a copy (the ccr
tificate given by the state to be recited) That
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time he was disabled, and that he now resides
in the and county of and has resided
there for the la ft years, previous to which
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*v -my penfmn for fix months, ai an Invalid
•of the United Slates, from the 4th day of Sep
tember 1792, and ending the 4th day of March
»793-.
Signed and Sealed'
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Acknowledged before me,
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mult lie accompanied with legal evidence of
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