Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1796-1800, October 15, 1796, Image 4

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    For Sale,
A Three-dory BRICK HOUSE and Lot, in CJirfnut
*■ street, between Front and Sccond in which f-
MefTrs. James Calbraith & Co. have for many years (and
aow do) carried on buGnefs. 4
Poffefiion will be given in one month, or fooncr.
For terms apply to WILLIAM BELL, or
HECTOR CALBRAITH.
Jipril »i. § 1
A Manufactory FOR SALE.
A Valuable SOAP and CANDLE Manufactory, filuste
;n a convenient part of the city ; the' works almost new,
oo an entirely original conftiu&ion, and built ot the Left
materials, and may be set to work immediately. Persons
ttho : wfthto purcnafe, are reqti'efted to apply at No. 27q,
South Second Street. d
" September 13. fttf . tf e
Brokers Office, and
COMMISSION STORE.
Na. 63 South Third ftrqet,opp«fite she national new Bank. 1
SAMUEL M FRAUNCES and JOHN VAN REED, J
have entered into co-partnership, under the firm of c
FRaUNCES & VAN REED, in the business of Brokers,
Conveyancers and Commiflion merchants. They buy and
;«11 on comatitfion every species of stock, notes of hand,
bills of'exchange," houses and lands, &c.
Money proenred on depolits, &c. kc.' all kinds c<
writiags in the conveyancing line, done with neatnefsand
dispatch; accounts adjyfted, and books fettled, in the
riioft'correa manner. Constant attendance will be given. %
rhey solicit a Hi are of the public favor; they are deter
mined ta endeayoi% to deserve it.
N. B. The utmost fefcrecy observed. j
S AMUEL M. FRAUNCESy 4
JOHN VAN REED.
fhllad. August 27, 1796. m&wtf 6
Valuable Real Estate,
Forfait at studion by Casper Thtell, of Hamburg, »
late l/)9property of James and William Kinnear. t .
For sale by public ancSion, on the 9th day of November
next ensuing, at the sigh of Gen. Washington, Wood's
tavern, borough of Reading, Berks county,the follow
ing 'teal estate, viz.
No I A TR ACTof land containing 465 acres with n
■il allowance for roads,called the Purchase, f (
fiuated in Brunfwick township, Berks county, patented, c
18th o> Jan. This tradt, of which about 25 acres
are cleared, is of good foil, fjtuated on the Tomagua, or
Little Schuylkill, well watered and timbered, on which is
erefled a good log dwelling honfe and liable.
No. 2. A tradl of unimproved l«nd, containing 284 a
cres, with allowance &c. called Hopewell, patented 28th -
October, 1790, situated in Brunfwick township, ,Becks
eounty, foil good.
No. 3. A trad of unimproved land, Containing 376 a- 1
cres with allowance, &c. called Hillfburg, patented 28th J
' Oflober l79o,Tltuation, &c. as No, 4. -j
No. 4. A tra£t efunimproved land, containing 388 a- c
" tres, with allowance, &c. patented 28th of Oiftober, 1786,
situation, &c. as No. 2 and j. t j
No. 5. A trail' of land, containing 268 acres, and 57 ti
ferches, with allowance, &c."iituated in Brunfwidk town- n
ship, Berks county, on Tomagua, or little Schuylkill, j a
rhiles above the town «f Hamburg, on which is erefled a
well finifhed two story squared log dwelling house, 22 o
feet by 35, within the Pittance ofioo perchesfrem a forge, v
with the advantage of a ferry Tind public houfe'j these ad
vantages render this trail very valuable. t
No 16. A town lot in Hamburg, enclosed with a post a
and rail, or board fence, Containing in front, 60 feet, and
in depth 18s feet, fubjeit to a ground rent of 7/6 per an- j
suto.
No. 17. A town lot in Hamburg, enclosed as no 16, to a
which it adjoins, being of the fame dimensions, andfubjetS h
to the fame ground rent, on which is eredted a log liable, r
16 by 18 feet ' a
No. 18. A town lot in Hamburg, adjoining to No. 17,
a corner lot, fronting-oti Main and Schuylkill streets, di- t
mtnfions the fame as No. 16 and above described, sub- r
je<sl to 10/0 per annum ground rent. On this lot "is er
eiled a large 2 story dwelling house, 45 feet front on Main e
street, by 34 feet ii; depth on Schuylkill street, pleasantly 1;
and advantagconfly situated for a (tore. 1
N. B. The above described three town lots will be fold f
<?parately or together, as may best fu't the purch fers. ji
Conditions of sale— One third of the purchase money
to be paid to the fabferibers, or either of them in Philadel- .
phia, at or bef are the expiration of one iiionth frem the
day of sale, when .a deed of conveyance will be executed ;
the residue payable in 2 equal paymants, at 6 apd 12 months
with intereft,the payment whereof to be secured by mort
gage on the premises. c
' I" 1 "'/ ■ H , en £ er - r °"'„ 1 Affigneesto f
Frederick Montmollm, (the estate of 5
Thomas Rogers, 1 James &Wm. a
Jtfeph D. Drinker, J Kinnear. r
September 26. m & th. {
Treasury Department, ]
September 28, 1796. <
NOTICE is hereby given, that proposals wdl "be re
ceived at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury | «
until the expiration of the firft day of March next en- '
suing, for the supply of all rations which may he required «
for the use bf the United States, from the firft day of '
june, 1797, to the thirty-firft day of May, 1798, both <
days inclusive, at the peaces and within the diftriils here- '
after mentioned, viz. At Ofwego; at Niagara; at '
Pjefque Isle; at Sanduiky Lake, and oil Sanduflcy <
Rivsr.; at Detroit; at Michilimaikinac; at Fort-Frank- '
lin; at Pittsburgh ; at Cincinnati j at" Fort-Hamilton • '
at. Fort St. Clair; at Fort-Jifferfon ;at Gresville; at !
Piequr Town and Loramies Store; at Fort Adams'; at
Fort Wjiyne; at Fort Defiance; at any place below Fort
Defiance on the Miami River to Lake Erie; at Fort
Steuben ;at Fort Mallac ;at any place from Fore Maffac 1
to the south boundary of the United States on the river 1
Mlffifippi ; at Tort Knox ; at Ouiatanon. '
■If Supplies Ihall be required lor any posts or placw not i
mentioned in this notice, all such supplies shall be fur
nilhed at prices proportioned to those to be paid at the
posts before recited, or as may be hereafter agreed on
between the United States and the Contrailor."
The rations to be fupplicd are to consist of the fel
loving articles, viz. 1
One pound two ounces of brea<f*or flour. * '
One pound two outlets of beef, or fourteen ounces of
pork or bacon.
Half a gill of rum, brandjr or whiftey.
One.quart andhaJf pint of falt."S
Two quarts ef Vinegar,' (
pounds of Soap, f P er hundred ration?
One pound of Candles, j
1 jie rations arc to be furuiHied in filch quantities, as that
there shall at all t'.fjc, during thefaid term, be fuflicient
for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, De
troit, Niagara, and Ofwego, for the term of fix months in
advance, and at each of the other posts, for the term of
at ltaft three months in advance, iw good and wholesome
provlftons, if the fame flftll be required. It is to be un
derload, thai the Contra&or is to be at the expence and
rifl: of lffuirgtl.e supplies to the troops ateach post, and
that all lofTes sustained by the depredations of an enemy, or
by means cf rbe troops of the United States, shall be paid
for at the price of the articles captured or destroyed, on
»he drpofitions of two or more persons of creditable cha
racters, and the certificate of a commiffioncd oflicer af
certainin;, tha circuniftances of the loli, aijd the amo'ur.t
ef the »ititles foi which con-.penfation {ball be claimed '
OLIVER WOI.COTT, ' I
Secretary of the Treafery. |
t ' ■
y •%
1 JOHN MILLER,, fun.'& Co.
No. 8, CHESNUT STREET,
' Have Imported in the late velTels from Europe, &c. -
1 AND HAVE lOR SALE,
A general assortment of GOODS, suitable to the season— \
Atnongft which are,
BROAD and narrow CLOTHS,
Plain and twill'd COATINGS, i
Rose striped and paint BLANKETS,
FLANNELS and BAISES,
HATS assorted in cases,
IRISH LINENS, <
{ INDIA GOODS, generally,
, A Conligned Invoice of IRONMONGERY,
, f Comprising a capital assortment to open a store—inclu
ding Thirty Cafc of NAILS. This invoice will be fold
entire on very advantageous terms.
September 20. d
— 11 1 m a ——
Lottery
• TT'OR railing fix thousand fix hundred and fir.ty-feven
', I dollars and fifty cents, by a deduction of fifteen per
f cent from the prizes, and not two blanks to a prize, viz
•, I Prize of 5000 dollars is dollars 5000
d 1000 1000
1, i 500 500
5 ioo roco
' 20 roo sooo
d 9$ 50 495°
e 200 25 50 00
1. 2000 10 10,000
5 Last drawn numbers of rooo dollars each, 5000 .
2334 Prizes. 44,45°
4018 Blanks.
__ 63 jo Tickets at Seven Dollars each, 44,450 ,
By order of the Directors of the Society for eftablilh
;ng UftfulManufaitures, the fuperiotendaiits of the Pat- ,
erfon Lottery have requested the Managers to offer the 1
' Forsgcfing Stheme to the public, and have directed them
to refund the money to those persons who have purchased (
r in the former Lottery, or exchange the tickets for tickets, •„
s in this Lottery.
rhe lottery has aitually commenced drawing, and will
continue until finilhed. A, lift of the Blanks and Prizes V
1 may be seen at the office of William 'Blackburn, Nr.. 64 j
south Second street, who will give information where tick
ets may be procured. f
Dated this 17th day of June, 1796.
J. N- CUMMING, ")
JACOB R. HARDENBERC, > Managers.
JONATHAN RHkA, ) t
dtf eo ,
i — 1. — 1
8 Samuel Rfchardet,
- T) ESPECTFULLY informs the Gentletnen '
1 -TV Merchants, that he has this day opened the CITY ;
TAVERN and MERCHANTS O OFFEE HOUSE in the 1
- city of Philadelphia:
, The Suhfcription Room will be furnifhed with all the r
daily papers published in Philadelphia, New-York, Bos- 1
7 ton, Baltimore, together with those of the principal com- 1
- mercial cities of Europe—They will be rugularly filed
S and none permitted to be taken away on any account. 3
a Tea, Coffee, Soupes, Jellies, Ice Creams, and a variety c
2 of French Liquors; together with the ufaal refrefhments, T
will at all times be procured at the bar.
Gentlemen ifaay depend on being accommodated with 1
the choicest of Wines, Spirituous Liquors, and the molt '
1 approved Malt from London and other breweries. ®
1 The Larder \yill befupplied with the prime and earliest J
- productions of the Season. • •
Large and ftnall Parties, or single Gentlemen, may be J
0 accommodated with Breakfafts, Dinners, or Suppers, at
1 hours jnoft convenient to themselves—a cold Collation is !
rogwlarly kept for conveniency, the Eillof Fare to be had
at the bar. c
', The Lodging Rooms will be completely furnifhed, and c
- the utmost attention paid to cleanliness, and pvery other c
requiflte.
Samuel Rich aedet will be happy to receive, and
n execute the commands of his Friends, and the Public at J
y large; and with gratitude for their favours, he pledges c
himfelf that nothing on his part Ihall be wanting to pre- '
d fervethat patronage withwhieh hehasbeenfo diftinguilh
ingly fionored.
y Philadelphia, April ig. mwf
e . Treasury of the United States.
J "KTOTiCE is hereby given to all persons who are or
_LN may be Creditors of the United States, for any sums
of the Funded debt, or Stoci, bearing a present interef of fx
per centum per an nam.
° ift, That purluant to an A& of C#ngrefs pafl<ed on the 1
} f 28th day of April, I796,intitled an a& in addition to an 1
*• adt, intituled " An ad making further provision for the
support of public credit, and for the redemption of the
public debt," the said debt or ftockwillbe reimkurfed and
paid in manner following, to wit. " First, by dividends
u to be made on the last days of March, June and Septenv
ber for the present year, and from the year one thousand *
" seven hundred and ninety-seven, to the year one thou
| c< sand eight hundred & eighteen inclufive,at. the rate of
y <c one and \>ne half per centum upon the original capital.
1- >(< Secondly, by dividends to be made on the last day of r
d " December for the present year, and from the year one
>f " thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, to the year T
h " one thousand eight hundred and seventeen inclusive, at (
the rate of three and one half per centum upon the ori- c
it " ginal capital; and by a dividend to be made on the last j
y " day of December, in the year one thousand eight hun- {
> " dred and eighteen, of such Jum, St will be then
; " quate, accordifig to the c&ntradt, for the redemp
it u tion of the said stock."
t All diftin&ion between payments. on account of
't Iniereft and Principal being thus abolilhed by the eftablifh
•t ment of the permanent rule of reimbursement abov« de
iC scribed, it has become necessary to vary acc®rdingly thG ;
r powers of attorney for receiving dividends; the public
creditors will therefore observe that the following form
it is established for all powers of attorney wliich may be
r- granted after the due promulgation ol this notice, viz.
KNOW ALL MEN BT Ttf£SE PRESENTS, that
in /
do malic, conjlitute and appoint
of my trut and lawful At
torney,formey arid in my name»to receive the dividends ivbUb are,
or Jball be payable according to laiv, on the (here describing the
°f stock) Jlanding in my name in the both of (here defcribwig the
books of the Treasury or the Commiffioncr of Loans,
where the stock is credited) from (here* mfert the com
mencement and expiration of time for whieh the power of
n9 attorney is to continue) zvitb power aljo an attorney or attor- ,'
tzies under him, for that purpose to male andfubfitute, and to do all
lawful afls requijitefor tjfecling thepremifes, hereby ratifying and
at confirming all that my said Attorney or bisfubfitute ,shall lawful
nt [y do, by virtue hereof \ (
k C- In Witness hereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the
in day of intbeyear
of Sealed and Delivered ,
lie v prefenc^of,
in- BE l'T KNOWN,that on the day *f
nd efore meperfonally came
nd within named and acknowledged the above letter of attorney to be
or his aSt and deed.
lid In tefimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hani and affix
on *d Seal the day and year lap of errcjaid.
la " Given under my Hand at Philadelphia, thistwen
tieth day of July 1796, pursuant to diredliens
mt from the Secretary of the Treasury.
SAMUEL MEREDITH,
7reafwer of the United States.
For Sale,
A Complete Font of Brevier,
ENtirely new, and yet unopened. The weight of this
font is about 311 lb. It is from the Foundery of
WSlfon & Sons, Glasgow, and will be fold at col: & charges.
Also for Sale, a pair of Siiper Royal Chafes.
Enquire at the Office of the Gazette of the United
States, 119 Chefriut-ftreet.
September 27. . .. . ■ dtf
Cit\ of Waihington.
SCHEME 'of the LttTTERY, No. 11,
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT 0 t THE
FEDERAL CITY.
' . A magnificent ) 20,000 dollars, & £
dwelling-house, 3 caih 30,000, are j ' U
1 ditto 15,000 & cafe 25,000 40,000
I ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000
: I ditto 10,000 & cash 10,000 20,000
! 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000
1 ditto 5,000 & calh 5,060 10,000
I cafli prize of lo,oo'p
) 2 do. 5,000 each, are » 10,000
) 10 do. i,ooo' - - 10,000
> 20 do. 500 - - 10,000
> oo'do. ioo - % 10,000
' 200 do. 50 10,000
400 do. 45 - - 10,000
1,000 do. so - 30,000
' 15,000 do. Jo .*"• - 150,000
j
1T5,739 Prizes.
' 35,26 i Blanks.
( 50,009 Tickets, at Eight DollafJ, 400,000 j
N. B. Tofavour those who may take a quantity of
iTickets, the prize of 40,600 dollars will be the last drawn
ticket, and the 30,ooothe last but one :
| And approved notes, securing payment in either tnoney
or prizes, in tqn days alter drawing, will be received foi
' any number not less than 30tickets.
, This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of the pri
vate buildings to be ere<sted in the City of Waihington—
' Two beautiful designs are already feledled for the entire
fronts on two of the public squares; from these prawings
it ispropofed to erect two centre and four corner buildings,
as soon as poillble after this lottery is fold, and to convey
them, when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in
the manner tkferibed in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery.
' A nett dedufiitm of five per cent, will be made to defray
the necessary expenses of printing, &c. and the surplus
will be made a part of the fond intended for the Natianal (
Univerlity, to be erscled within the city of Waihington.
The Drawing will commence is soon as the tickets are
fold off.—The money prizes Will be payable in thirty days
after it is finifhad ; and any prizes for which fortunate
numbers ale not produced within twelve mohths after the
drawing i» closed, are to be confnfered as given towards
the fund for the Univerfify ; it being determined to fettle
the whole business in a year from the ending of the draw
ing, and to take up the bonds given as security.
The real securities given for the payment of the Prizes,
are held by the President and two Directors of the Bank
of Columbia, and a're valued at mofe than half the a
mount of the lottery.
The twenty four gentlemdn who T;y appointment of
the late Commiflioners .assisted in the management of the
Hotel Lottery are requested to undertake this arduous talk
a second time on behalf of the public 5 a fulficient nnm
ber of thel'e having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the
friends to a National Unjverfity and the other federal ob
jects may continue to favor the design.
By accounts received from the different parts of the
Continent as well as from Europe, where the tickets '
have been sent for sale, the. public are assured that the
drawing will fpcedily commenic, and that the care and
[ caation unavoidably necessary to insure a fafe diffofal of
the tickets, has rendered the ftiort fufpe.nfion indifpenfable s
SAMUEL BLODGET.
Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia ; o
James Weft & Co. Baltimore ; of Peter Gilman, Boston
, of John Hopkins, Richmond ; and of Richard Wells
Cooper's Ferry. eo
Watson's Answer to Gibbon.
JUST RECEIVED,
And for sale by J. ORMROD, No. 41, CheTnut-ftreet,
Apology for Christianity,
' In a feriet qf 'Letters, addrejfed tt
Edward Gibson, Es<^.
Author of the History of the Incline and Fall of the
Roman Empire:
; Bv R. WATSON, d. d. f. r. s. Bilhop of Landaff. \
\ ' (Price 75 cents bouud.) *
Watson's Answer to Paine,
1 To be had at the fame place.
"The enemies of Religion are awake J Let not her
I friends Jleep.
I £e P t - *• mw&ftf
NOTICE.
TMK Subscriber, having been reduced in his circum
fiances, by funriry misfortunes, and being thereby
nuable to fatisfy his just debts, hereby gives notice to his !
■ Creditors and to all persons concerned, that he intends to ,
I a PP'T to the General Assembly of Maryland at their next ;
: feflion to be held on the firft Monday of November nest, i
for the benefit of an a<ft of insolvency. ,
WILLIAM EDMONDSON
Eafton, Tft of the oth month, 1796. XawtiftMN 1
[ Tobe fold,
A PLANTATION, in the town of Woodbury, coun
ty of Gloucester, and state of New-Jersey, contain
. ing about one hundred and fifty acres ; a suitable propor
! tion of which is woodland and improved meadow. A
; great part of the arable land is in a high state of cultiva
tion, -md very natural to the production of Red Clover.
, Ou said plantation there is a genteel two-story brick house",
with four rooms on a floor, and a good dry cellar under
the whole; together with a barn, corn-cribs arid carriage
haufe. rhe garden is large, and contains a good collec
tion of the belt kinds of grafted and inoculated fruit trees •
I the orchardconfifts of about three hundred grafted appie
; trees. Any person inclined to purchase said premises, may
be informed ef the terms by applying to
ANDREW HUNTER,
f J"'y *9 &
i To be Sold,
' At No. 128, Ncrtb Second-Street, and by several of
the Apothecaries in this City.
'"pRANSFERS of the right to remove pains and inflamma
'« *■ tion* from the human body, as seCured to Dr. ELISHA
PERKINS, by patent, with inftrumeatsand directions ne
celfaiy for the practice. This mode of treatment is particu
larly ufeful in relieving pains in the head, face, teeth, breast,
fide, stomach, back, rhcumatifms, recent gouts, &c. &a.
Notwithllanding the utility of this prafttce, it is not pre
(c fumed but there are cases in which this and every other
remedy may sometimes fail.
I llnc '• law
!_ To be disposed of,
is HPHE time of a healthy NEGRO WOMAN, who
X has hetween f»ur and five years to serve ; She
can be reconrlmended for her fobricty and hon;fly. For!
particulars enquire'at No. 131, Chefr.jt-tlre-t. * |
Augtft 3. w3tftf
Mr. FRANCIS,
{Of the Ne<w Theatre)
T A , K , E ? thlS 7P°" unit y ° f returning thanks to hi,
A scholar. and to the pubhe. Mr. Francis intends
on his return from Maryland, to open a public .y- '
demy tor dahcing, upon a plan entirely new He '
flatters himfelf that his attention to his pupils hi ■
therto renders any promises of conducting his future
ichemes on the molt liberal and ftrieleft terms, of wtJ
priety, totally unnecefiary.
N. B. Private tuition as usual. ,
June i
— TIW
No. 154.
Diflrid of Pennsylvania, to -wit :
C VR E ir r "nemr>ered tha: on the 26th dayofSe,.-
j C the twemy-firft year of the Inde
ed Ww. 3 pendence of the United Mates of America A
braham Bradley, junior ef the said Diftria,hath dewftrl
in this office the title of a Map, the right whereol ' h
claims as author in the words following to wit
"Map of the United States exhibiting the situation
» connexions & diftaricesof the Poll-Offices, .Stage
Counties, Ports of Entry and Delivery for Fori. 1 ; vei*
lcls, and the principal rivers, #
" By ABRAHAM BRADLE¥< W "
In conformity to the Ad of the Congress of the United
States intituled "An afi for the encouragement of learn
ing fey fecurmg the copies of maps, charts, and books ta
the authors and proprietors of such copies darinc the
times therein mentioned.'' * •
Samuel Caldwell, Clerk,
Ui/lriS of Pdflnjyltiania.
v> fl An: 6 map J ma " of the a «tTior at the General
Poll-Office, next door to the War-Office in Fifth-Street
and at his houf-, No. 78, corncr of Crown.Street and'
Brewers Alley between 4 th and uh, and Vine and Cal
_lowh.ll Sreets. Prices from 3ito 5 dollars each. accord
ing tol the manner -in which they are finifficd. TherPo
grefs (or arrivals and departures) of the Mail on the Main
Line may be had fepatetd for 3 7 f ceepts.
■*' '• iaw6w.
IV ANTED,
Jlr. AP P RENT ICE to the Prirting Bu/niefs.
Enquire atthis Office. Au()
Wafhmgton Canal Lottery.
'N°. I.
WnEREAS the State of Maryland has aathorifed
the underwritten, to raise twenty-fu thbufand
two hundred, and fifty dollars, for the purpose Of cutting'
a Canal through the City of Walhington, frosi th Po
tomac to theEaftern Branch Haroour.
The following is the SCHEME of No. f.
Viz -I Prize of 10,000 dollars, ao,ooo
I ditto X 0,000 10,000
7 lad drawn 7 i
Tickets, each S' S, °°° 3J,00a
6 ditto 1,000 6,900
10 ditto 400 4>ooo
so ditto 100 4)000
55 ditto 50 3)7J0
5750 ditto iz 69,008
To be raised for the Canal, 16,150
5850 Prizes, IJSPoG
1x650 Blanks, not two to a prize/
17560 Tickets, at Ten Dollars, - 175,060
The Commifiioners bav» taken the Securities re
quired by the aforefaid ad for the pun&ual of
the prizes. *
The drawing of this Lottery will commence-, .without
delay, as soon as the Tickets are fold, of wiiidh timely
notice will be given.
Such prizes as are not demanded in fix months after tht
drawing is finifhed, ihiii fce considered as relinquifted for
the benefit of the Canal, and appropriated accordingly
(Signed) NOTLEY YOUNG, °
DANIEL CARROLL, o/D.
LEWIS DEBLOIS,
GEORGE WALKER,
Wm. m.duncanson,
THOMAS LAW,
> JAMES BARRY.
City of Walhingtou, Feb. 11. §
At a special meeting of the Board of Di
redors for eflabll/hing vfefut Manufacture], bottle.»
at Paterfon, 'July 8, 1796,
~P) ESOLVED, That a special meeting of the Stork
iv holders of the Society be called on the firft Monday,
being the third ',ay of October next, at paterfon, by ten
of the clock of the fame day; then land then; to t :ke
into confidcration the propriety of. dissolving the laid
corporation, agreeably to the law in such calc made and
provided—and the Stockholders are earner Iv requsiled
to attend the said ftieeting in person or by proxy.
August 27. dt^othO
FOR SALE.
A PLANTATION,
ABOUT 12 miles from this City, situate in Abiiig
ton Townlhir>, Montgomery-County ; containing
70 a&res, a new stone house, two Hories high, 2 rooms on a
floor, fire places in each, a Itone kitchen and stone fpiing
house, over an excellent spring of water, a barn, stables,
Iheds, barracks', &c. A large apple orchard, and a varietyof
other fruit, about 12 acres of good meadow well watered #
and wood fufficieot for fire, and fencing the prate. Polfcfli
on may be had the jft of April next. Propttfty in this city
will be taken in exchange, or NICHOLSONS
Notes in payment. Enquire at No. 37, Arch-Street.
Philadelphia, September 13, 1796. ttftf
FOR SALE/
A very Valuable Estate,
CALLED T IVITTENHAM, situate in the
township of Upper Derby, andcountyof Delaware,
7 1-2 miles from Phiiadelphia, and half a mile from tne
new Weflertiroad: containing 230 acres of excellent land,
45 of whichare good watered meadow, 9Cof'prime v. Goth
land, and thexeit arable of th« firft quality. Ihere are
on the preroifes a good two story brick koufe, with 4 rooms
on a floor, and cellars under the whole, with a pump-well
of excellent water in front; a large frame tarn, 1 tables,
and other convenient buildings; a smoke-house amHtorieJ
spring-house ; two good apple orchards, and one of P eaC
es. The fields are all in clover, except those immeiHm' y
under tillage, and are so laid out as to have the advantage
of water in each of them, whicfe renders it peculiar!) con
venient for grazing. . ,
The situation is pleasant and healthy, and from thc. i g
cultivation of theland* the good neighbourhood, an t e
vicinity to the city, it is very suitable for a gentleman s
country feat. „
The foregoing is part of the eilate of Jacoj H-rm 9
deceased, and ofered for sale bv
Mordecai Lewis,
Oft. 9. tt&r Surviving Exee« tar *
PRINTED BY JOHN J t N°*
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