Laws of the United States.
Bp Zutfyotitv*
Sixth Congress of the United States
At the First Session, begun and held
at the City of Philadelphia, in the
State of Peitnfylvania, on Mon
day, the second of December,
one thousand seven hundred
and ninety nine.
AN ACT
To amend the act, intituled, " An act pro/
vidtng fir the sale of the lands of the
United States, in the territory nortb-iuest
of the Ohio, and above the mouth of
Kentucky river.
Sec. i. T~l E it enae'eiby the Senate and
J3 House of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Congrssss
assembled, That for the dilpofal of the
lands of the United States, dire.fted to be
fold by the aft, intituled, " An aft provi
ding for the sale of the lands of the United
States, in the territory north-weft of the
Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky
river," there (hall be four land»offices efta
blilhed in the said territory : One at Cincin
nati, for lands below the Little Miami
"which have not heretofore been granted ;
one at Chilicothe, for lards east of the Sci
cta, south of the lands appropriated for fa
tisfyintj; military bounties to the late army
of the United States,and weft of the fifteenth
range of townfliips ; one at Marietta, for
the lands east of the sixteenth range of town
fliips, louth of the before-mentioned mili
tary lands, and south of a line drawn due
weft from the nerth-weft corner of the firft
of'the second range, to the said
military lands ; and one at Steubenville,
for the lands north of the last mentioned
line, and east or north of the faid'military
lands : Each of the fjid offices shall be un
der the direftion of an officer, to be called,
,l The Regifler of the Land-Office," who
shall be appointed by the President of the
United States, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, and fliall give bond
to tilt United States, with approved fecu
nt/, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, for
the faithful dilcharge of the duties of his
office ; and fliall relide at the placfe where
the land-office is direfted to be kept'.
Sec. 2. And it it further enacterL That
it shall be the duty of the Surveyor-General,
and he is hereby expressly enjoined, to pre
pare and trail fin it to the Registers of the
fevcral land-offices, before the days herein
appointed for commencing falt's,gener;J plats
of the lands hereby direfled to be fold at
the said offices refpeclively, and also to for
ward copies of each of the said plats to the
Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 3. And he it further enacted, That
the Surveyor-General shall cause the town
ships weft of the Mufkingum, which by the
above-mentioned a£t are direiAed to be fold
in quarter townships, to be sub-divided into
naif legions of three hundred and twenty
acres each, a? nearly as maybe, by running
parallrl lines through the fame from east to
weft, and from south to north, at the dil
tance of one mile from each other, and
marking corners, at the distance of each half
nille on the lines running from east to weft,
and at the distance of each mile on those
running from south to north, and making
the marks, notes, and descriptions, prrfcribed
to surveyors by the above-mentioned a£t :
And the interior lines of townships Tnter
tflcd by the Mufkingum, and of all the
townships lying east of that river, which
have not been heretofore aftoally fob-divi
ded into feftions, shall also be run and
marked in the in .nner prescribed by thefaid
a£f, for running arid marking the interior
lines of townships dire&edto be fold in fec
tiori of fix hundred and forty acres each:
And in all cases where the exterior lines of
the townships, thus to be sub-divided into
ftdlions or half fettions, shall exceed or shall
not extend fix miles, the excess or deficiency
shall l? r specially noted, and added to cr de
<hi<f*ed from the weflern and northern ranges
of l'e&ior.s or le&ions in such township,
accor ing as the error may be in running
the lines from east to weft, or from south to
north ; the feftions and half feftions bound
ed 011 the northern and western lines of such
tow 11 mips shall be fold as containing only
the quantity exprefied in the returns and
ylats refpettively, and all others at contain
ing the complete legal quantity : And the
President ef the United States shall fix the
comuenfation of the deputy-surveyors, chain
carriers, and axe-men : Provided, the whole
expepce of surveying and. marking the lines
(hall not exceed three dollars, for every mile
that shall be a&ually run, surveyed and
marked*
. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,'V hat the
lands thus subdivided (excluding the fecli'ons
I'eferved by the above-mentioned J (hall be
offirf-d lor sale in fettions and half fettions,
sub-divided as before direfted at the follow
ing places and times, that is to fay; those
below the Little Miami (hall be offered at
public vendue, in' the town of Cincinnati,
on the firft Monday of April on" thousand
eight hundred and one, under the direftion
of the Regirter of the land-office there eftab
liflied, and of either the Governor or Secre
tary of the north-weflern territory : The
lands east of Sciota, Couth of the military
lands, and weft of the fifteen range of town,
/hips, (hall be offered in like mannerfor sale
at Chilicothe, on the firlV Monday os-May, j
one tfcouf.tnd eight hundred and one, under
the direction of the Hegifter ol the land
office there eftabliflicd, and of either the
Governor or Secretary of the" said territory :
The lands call of tlie sixteenth mn;;e of
townfliips, fputh of the military lands and
weft of the Muskingum, including all the
townfliips interfered by that river, lhall be
offered for sale in like manner at
on the lall Monday of May, one thousand
eig-ht hundred and one, under the direction
of the Governor or Secretary, or Surveyor-
General of the said territory. The falcs
mail remaii) open at each place for'three
weeks, and no longer. The fuperintendants
(hall oljferve the roles and regulations of the
above mentioned ad, in duffing, and felling
fraftional with entire feftions, and in keep
ing and transmitting accounts of the sales.
All lands, remaining unfold, at the closing
l of either of the public files, may be disposed
j of at private sale by the Regiiters of theft
[ refpeftive land-offices, in' the manner heVeiii
after prescribed ; and the Rc£>ifler of the
land-office at Stevbenville, after the firft day
of July next, may prcceed to fell at private
sale, the lands situate within the diftrift
afligned to his direftion as herein before
described, disposing of the fame in feftions,
and chilling fraftional with entire feftions,
according to the provisions and regulations
of the above-mentioned ait and of this aft :
And the ltegift.-r of the {land-office at Ma
rietta, after the said firft day of July next,
may proceed to fell at private sale, any of
the l lands within the diftrift assigned to his
direftion as aforefaid, which are east of the
river Mnlkingum, excluding the townships
interfered by that'river, disposing of the
fame in feftions, and classing fraftional with
entire feftions as aforefaid.
- Sec. j. And be' it further enacted, That
no lands fliall be fold by virtue of this aft,
at either public or private sale, for less than
two dollars per acre, and payment may be
made for the fame by all purchefe'rs, either
rti specie, or in evidences of the public debt
of the United Ststes, at the rates prescribed
by trie aft, intituled, " An aft t» authorize
the receipt of evidences of the public debt
in payment for the lands of the United
States and (hall be made in the following
manner, and under the following conditions,
to wit:
i. At the time of purchase, every purcha
ser (hall, exclusively oi the fees hereatter men
tioned, pay fix dollars for every feciion, and
three dollars for evjrry half fettion, he may
have purchased, for surveying expenses and
deposit one-twentieth part of the amount of
the purchase money, to be forfeited, if with
in forty days one fourth part of the purchase
money, including the said twentieth part, is
not paid.
3. One-fourth part of the purchase money
shall he paid within forty days after the day
of'fale as aforefaid ; another fourth part
(hall be paid within two years ; another
fourth part within three years •, and another
fourth part within four after the clay of
sale.
3. Interest, at the rate of fix per cnt,
a year, from the day of sale, shall be char
ged upon each of the thiee last payments,
payable as they refpeftively become^due.
4. A discount, at the rate of eight per
cent, a year, fliall be allowed on any of the
three last payments, wl ich fliall be paid be
fore the fame shall become due, reckoning
the discount always upon the futn, which
would have been demandable by the United
States, on the day appointed for such pay
ment.
5. If the firfl payment of one fourth part
of the purchase money (ball not be made
within forty days after the sale, the deposit
payment'and fees, paid and made by the pur
chaser, (hall be forfeited, a'nd the lands (hall
and may, from £nd after the day, when the
payment of one fourth part of the purchase
money (ball have been made, be disposed of
at private file, on the fame terms and con
ditions, and in the fame man -rr as the other
lands direftcd by t'is aft to be disposed of
at private sale : Provided, Tliat the lands
which (hall have been fold'at public sale, and
whicn (hall, on account of such failure of
payment, revert to the United States, lhall
not be fold at private sale, for a price lels
than the price that (hall have been'offered for
the fame at public sale.
6. If any traft lhall not be completely
paid for wi' hin one year after the date of the
last payment, the traft shall be advertised
for sale by the Regiller of the land-office
within whose diftrift it may lie, in at lead
five of the mod public places in the said dif
trift, for at lead thirty days before the time
of sale : And he (hall fell the fame at public
vendue, during the fitting of the court of
quarter feflions of the county in which the
land office is kept, for a price not less than
the whole arrears due thereon, with the ex
penses of sale ; the surplus, if any, (hall be
returned to the original purchaser, or to his
legal representative ; but if the sum due,
with inteieff, be not bidden and paid, then
the land (hall revert to the United States.
All monies paid therefor (hall be forfeited,
and the Register of the land office may pro
ceed to dispose of the fame to any purchaser,
as in cafe of other lands at private sale.
Sec. 6. And'ke it further enacted, That
all and tvfcry the payments, to be made ty
virtue of the preceding fedlioh, be made
either to the Trenfuref of the United States,
or to such person or pfficer as (hall be ap
pointed by the President of the United
States, with the advice and consent of the
Senate, Receiver of public monies for lands
of the United States, at each 0/ the places
refpeflively where the public and private
(ales ot the said lands are to be made ; and
the said receiver of public monies (hall, be
fore he enters upon the duties of his office,
give bond, with approved security, in the
sum often thousand dollar!, for the faithful
dil'chargc of his trust j and it (hall be the
doty of tW.ft'uJ Treasurer 4'ni 'Receiver, of
public liriofifcsto give receipts tor the monies
by them received, to the pcifons refpeftivcly
pay ng the fame ; to tranfniii within thirty
d'.iys in cafe of public lale, arid quarterly in
cst'e of private file, an accoutit of"all the
public monies by them received, fpetifying
the amount received from each person, and
distinguishing the funis received for futvey
in« expenses. and these received for purchale
money, to the Secretary of the Treasury,
and to the Registers iof the land offici, as
the safe may be. The said receivers ®f pub
lic monies (hall, within three months af
ter receding the fame, tranfinit the monies
by them/received to the Treasurer of the
United States ; and the Receivers of
public monies for the said sales, and
alto the Receivers of public monies for the
sale which have taken place vat Pitt/burg i)n
der the aft, intituled, "An a<3 providing
far the sale of the Unds of the United States
| in the territory north-weft ot the Ohio, and
above the mouth of Kentucky river," (hall
receive one per cunt, on the money received,
as a compen&tion for clerk hire, receiving l ,
fafe-keepincr, and transmitting it to the
Treasury of the United States.
Sec. 7. did be it further enaded, That
it (hall be the duty of the registers of the
land offices refpeftively, to receive and en
ter on books kept for hat purpose only, and
on which no blank leaves or space (hall be
left betweeA the different entries, the appli
cations of any person or persons who may
apply for the pu chafe of any feftion or half
ieftion, and who (hall pay him the fee here
after mentioned, and produce a receipt from'
the Treafttrer of the United States, or from
the Receiver of public monies appointed
for that purpose, for three dollars for each
half feftion such person or persons may ap
ply for, and for at - least one twentieth part
of the purchale money, dating carefully in
each entry tht date of the application, the
date of the receipt to him produced, the a -
mount of monies fp'ecified in the said receipt,
and the number of the feftion or half
feftion or half feftion, township and range
applied for. If two or more persons (hall
apply at the fame time for the said traft,
the Register (hall immediately determine by
lot. in prefencr of the parties, which of them
(hall have preference. He (hall file the re
ceipt for monies produced by «the party,
and give him a copy of bis enti y, and if re
quired, a copy of the description of the
traft, and a copy of the plat of the fame,
or either of them ; and it (hall be his duty
to inform the party applying for any one
traft, whether the fame has already been
entered, purcbaffd, or paid for, and at his
request to give him a copy of the entry or
entries conce 1 ning thefame. He (hall, three
months after the date of each application,
if the par:y shall not have within that time
produced to him a receipt of the payment
of one fourth part of the purchase money,
including the twentieth part above-mention
ed, enter under its proper date, in the said
book of entries, that the payment has not
been made, and that-the land has reverted
to the United 'States, and he (hall make a
note of the fame in the margin of the book
opposite to -the-.original'entry. And if the
partv (hall, either at the time of making the
original entry, or at any time within three
months thereafter, produce a receipt to him
for the fourth part of the purchale money,
including the-twentieth part afoiefaid, he
(ha.l file the reteipt, make an entry of the
fame under its proper da;e, in the said book
of entries, make a note of the fame in the
margin of the book, cppcfice to the original
entry, and give to the- party a certificate,
describing the land fold, the sum paid on
account the balance remaining due, the time
and times when such balance, (hall become
due, «tnd that if it (hall be duly diftharged,
the purchaser ot his affigner or other legal
reprefentativ'', (hall be entitled to a patent
for th- said lands ; he (hall also upon any
subsequent payment being made and a re
ceipt front the receive being produced to
him. site the original receipt, give a receipt
for, the fa met to: thepvrty, and inter the
fame to the credit'of the party, in a book
kept for that putpofe, in which he (hall o~
pen an account- in the name of each purcha
ser, for.eaeh feftion cr half feftion that may
be fold either at public or private sale, and
in which he shall charge tl.c party for
the whole purchase money, and give
him credit for all hi 6 payments ; making the
proper charges and allowances for intcreft
or difconnt, as the cafe may be, aecording
to the provisions of the fc urth feftion of
this aft ; and upon the payment being com
pleted and the account finally fettled, he
(hall give a certificate of the fame to the
party j.and on producing to the Secretary
of th* Treasury the fame final certificate,
the Prelident of the United States is hereby
authprized to grant a patent for the lands
to-the said pur:hafer, his-heirs or affignu ;
and all patents (hall be countersigned by the
Secretary of State, and recorded in his
office.
Sec. 8. /id be it further enaded, That
the Rcgiftert tof the iafid officers refpe&ive
ly, (hail also note on the the book of iur
veys, or original plat transmitted to them,
every trail *h ch may be f"ld, by insert
ing the letter A on the day when the fame
is applied for, and the letter P. on the day
when a receipt'for one fourth part of the
pur<-hafe money is produced to them, and
by crossing (he said letter A oh' the day
when the land (hall revert to the United
States, on failure of the payment of one
fourth part of the purchase money within
three months after the cale of application.
And the said book of surveys or original
plat (hall be open at all times, in pretence
of the R'egifltr," for the infpe&ion of any
individual, applying for the lame arid pay
ing the proper fee.
Sec. 9. [And be it further cnaßed, That it
(hall be the duty of the Regillers of the
lard offices to trai fmit quarterly- to the Se
cretary of the Treasury, and to the Survey
or-General, an account of the several trails
applied for, of the several trafts for which
the payment of one fourth part of the pur
chase money has been made, of the several
trails which ha«e reverted to the United
States ob failure of the said payment ; and
alio an account of all the payments of mo
nies by them entered, according to the re
ceipts produced to ihem, fpecifying the
sums of money, the names of the persons
paying the fame, the names of the officers
who have received the fame, and the trafts
for which the fame have been paid.
Sec. to. Jnd be it further enaded, That
the aforefaid (hall be precluded
from entering on their books any applicati
on far'laiids in their own name, and in the
name of any other person in trust for them ;
and if any Remitter (hall wi(h to purchase
any traft of land, he may do it by applica
tion in writing to the Surveyor General,
who (hall enter the fame on books kept for
that ptirpofe by him, who (hall proceed in
refpeft to such applications, and to any pay
ments made for the fame, in the fame man
ner which the Regiflers by this aft are di
refted to follow, in refpeft to applications
made to them for lands by other persons.
The Registers (hall, nevert'nelefs, note on
the book of surveys, or original plat, the
applications and payments thus by them
made, and their right to the pre-emption
of any ttaft (hall bear date from the day,
when their application for the fame (hall
have been entered by the Surveyor-General
in bis own book. And if any person ap
plying for any traft (hall, notwitbftanding
he (hall have received information from ihe
Register, that the fame has already been ap
plied for by the said Register, or by any
other person, insist to make the application,
it (hall be tht duty of the Register to enter
the fame, noting in the margin that the fame
traft is already purchased ; but upon appli
cation of the party made in writing, and
which he (hall file, he may and (hall at any
future time enter under its proper date, that
the party withdraws his former applica
tion, and applies in) lieu thereof for any
other traft : Provided always, That the par
ty (hall never be allowed thus to withdraw
his former application, and to apply in lieu
thereof for another traft, except when the
traft described in his former application (kail
have been applied for previous to the date
of that hit former application.
Sec. it. And be it Jurlher enaSed, That
the Secretary of the Treasury (hall and may
prescribe such further regulations, in the
manner of keeping books and accounts, by
the feveial officers in (his aft mentioned, as
te him may appear neceflary and proper,
in order fully to carry into effeft the pro.
v fions of this :<ft.
Sec. 12. And I it fur tier enaStd, That
the Kegifters of ihe land-offices, refpeftive
ly, (hall be entitled to receive fiom the
Treasury of the United Stales, one half per
cent, on all the monies expressed in the re
ceipts by ihem filed and entered, and of
which they shall hare transmitted an account
to the Secretary of the Treasury as direft
ed by this t aft } and they shall further be
entitled to receive, for their own use, from
the refpeftive parties, the following fees for
services rendered, that is to fay ; for every
original application for land, and a copy
of the fame, for a feftion three dollars, for j
a half feftion two dollars ; for every certifi- j
tate ftatirg that the firft fourth part of the j
purchase money is paid, twenty five cents • J
for every subsequent receipt for monies paid .
twenty-five cents ; for the final settlement ;
of account and giving the final certificate of
the fame, one dollar ; for every copy, either
of an applicatiou or of the description of any j
feftion or half feftior., or of th • plat of the
fame, or of any entry made on their books,
or of any certificate heretofore given by
them, twenty-five cents for each ; and for '
any general infpeftion of the bock of fur- .
v ys. or general plat, made in their presence,
twenty fi»e cents. (
Sec. 13. Andl&'tt father tnaded, That :
the fuperintendanta of the public sales, to
be made by virtue of this aft, and the fu
perintendants ot the sales which have taken
place by virtue of the aft, intituled, " An
aft providing for fale of the lands ot the J
United States in the territory north-weft of
the river Ohio, and above the mouth of
Kentucky river," shall receive five dollars a
day for every day whilst engaged in that
business } and the accounting officers of the
Treasury are hereby authorized to allow a
realonable compensation for books, Ration
ary, and cltrk hire, in fettling the acccunts
of the laid fuperintendanta.
Sec. 14. /md be it further etiaSc'.\Tha 1
the fee to be paid for each patent for half a
feflion (hall b>- four dollars, and for every
feftion five dollars, to be accounted for by
the receiver of the fame.
Sec. 15. And be ic further enaSed, That
the lands of the United States reserved for
future disposition, may be let upon leafcs
b» the Surveyor General, in fe&ions or half
fed! ions, for terms not exceeding seven year's,
on rendition of making fucb improvements
as be shall deem reasonable.
Sec. 16. -And It it further enaded, That
each person who b fore the palling of this
aft shall have erefted, or btgun to ereft, a
gri(t-«nill or saw-mill upon any of the lands
herein direftfd to be fold, shall be entitled
to the pre-emption of the feftion including
fnth mill at the rate of two dollars per acre ;
Provided, The person or his heirs, claiming
such right of pre-emption shall produce to
ihe Register of the land office fatisfa&ory
evidence that he i->r they are entitled there
to, and shall be fubjtfl to and comply with
Ihe regulations ai.d previsions by this aft
prescribed for oiher purchasers.
Sec. 17. yjndbe it urtber enaded, That
so much of the " aft providing for the sale
of the laptk of the United States in diei ter
ritory north-weft of the river Ohio, and a
bove the mounth of Kentucky river," as
comes within the purview of this aft, be and
the fame is hereby repealed.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the Honte of Representatives,
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
Vice-President of tbe United States, and
President of the Senate.
Approved, May io, A. D. ißoo>
JOHN ADAMS,
President' of tbe United States.
BY THIS DAY'S MAIL.
BOSTON, July 22.
A letter from captain' Crust, dated the
nth inft. Hates, that his schooner was re
leased, without trial, through the exertions
and Influence of Mr. Matthew Bridge, to
whom he very gratefully and properly ac
knowledges his obligations. The release of
these veffelswe conceive is a fact which de
stroys the rumcurs that the British govern
ment have iflued new orders to their naval
commanders {o depredate on the American
trade. This decilion "appears an acknow
ledgement of the right of neutrals, at leaft v
indire&ly, to carry the produce as the colo
ny of a btlligerent natron to its parent coun
try ; which right it has been supposed the
British were about to deny. We wish that
the honest Judges of the British Vice : A
dmiralty Courts, in the acquittal of American
vessels, carried in for adjudication .wyujd
aflefs, |s they ought to, the cods and dama
ges upon the captors. • If this was done our
trade would not b<-, as it now is, frequently
and wantonly interrupted. While the Bri
tish captains ran make their experiments at
the expence of the Americans, experiments
will frequently be ma.de.
We understand thaj the schooner belong
ing to Mr. Hooper, Hill remained under
orders for trial.
On Friday lad a Carter was convifledby
a 'Verdid of the jury of the Municipal Court
in this town of cruelly beating and killing
a horse in Bowdoin's-Square to the injury
of the humane feelings of all the citizens
there inhabiting and passing. He was fen
tenee J to pay a fine of ten dollars with cofls
of prosecution.
SALEM July at.
Arrived Teh. Trial, Tate, 29 days from Mar- v
tinique, and 18 from St. Thomas's. Left
at the firll place, Capts- Lirdfay and Black
ler, of this port. June 15th, 12 maflers,
and 200 A mericaa Prifooers arrived at St.
K'tts, from Guadaloupe ; and had taken
i paflage in the different Ameiican vessels for
J their hotpei. The usage that the Araeri-
I cans meet with at Guadaloupe is very bad.;
, th«y are taken 6ut of their vessels pnd mar
' ched to prison like so many sheep, with a
guard of blacka to surround them. The
allowance tbey get is about 2 ounces of raw
pork, and 3 4 of a pound of bread, ior 24
hours.
Same day ; brig EfTex, Orne, from Bar
celona and Gibralter, 32 days fidm the
latter.— Left in Barcelona and on the Coast,
May 23, Ship Providence, Adams, of Pro*,
idence j Lucia, Meek, and brig I'henix,
Smith, of Salem ; Aurora, Bowers, Charles
ton ; Iris, Cafineux, New-York.— Gibral
ter bearing WNW 12 leagues, spoke brig
Liberty, Sianwood, 40 days from Cape
Ann for Leghorn, all well—Left at Gib
ralrer, i6th June brig Friendship, Rogers,
of Boston —Georgia Packet, Drummond,
New-York, taken 1 y the French, retaken
by an English privateer, and li filed for
salvage. |
The Amiable Matilda, Conckling of
Newyork, failed for Barcelono with the
British cor.voy on the 12th June.—Ship
Eliza, Barker, of Boflon for London, and
brig Commerce, Bowers, for Charleston,
failed in c». with the EfTex.- July 10, lat.
40. 2r, lon 52, ;o spoke brig Greyhrund,
Saunders, fn m Boston, f r Alicant, 6 day*
out, all well.
Arrived on Saturday, fch. Briton, Capt
Woodberry, of Beverly, 29 days from Tri.
nad^d—failed under convoy of the Hawk
British sloop of war, in company with 80
fail priucLally British—among them were
2 Americans, Capt. Pierfon o! Alexandria,
and Capt. Mudge of Boston —lu Capt.
Woodberry, came paflesger, Capt Smitfc,
of the privateers Coop Frances and Mary,
owntd by Collins f* G cf Liverpool,
N. S. who had been taken
and 2 schooners from Laguit a Left at
'1 rinadad, bark Galen. Afftby, who had Jo
days pafTage cut, making however a good
voyage, felling his fifh for 8, and lumber 48
dollars other articles in proportion, expec
! ted to fail in five or fix weeks, Also Cap
; tain Webster, in a brig belor.girg to New
. buryport, and a Portiroouth brig Captaia
I Pry.
A FEW COPIES
The Anti-Jacobin
Review & Magazine,
(VOL. IV.)
Have just been received and are now for file,.
By A. DICKINS, ■?
OppoGte Clifift Churclj.
July at.
notice: T"
B. P. Berckemeyer,
OF HAMBURGH., ~f ...
INFORMS his friends in the United States,
that the partnership of Berckemeyer & Co.
was dilT.ilved en r';e 3ift of December, 179*9,
and all sccoui<ts with laid fitm will be liquida
ted by him. For any tur>hertrai!fi<slif)n» he beg*
leave to rro rritisnd to them his Brother and
SurccfTbr, John Henry Hercktmeytrr.
Hamburgh, April u,'1799.
July dtf.