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/■X)h J)QA', JatiMfJ a, 1799
500 Guineas Reward.
LOS i' i' 'c evening, between five and fix
o' lock in ;he nrigbbouibood of Grace
chutcbj}reetj a BLACK CASE, containing the
following
Bank Notes and Drafts,
with sundry Kills of Exchange, not due :
jC'Oco No.igiq,dated i Dec. 179$
100 8641 a 6 Nov. Ditto
1000 284, »2 Dtc Ditto
Jo~o I7U< 17 Ditto
sooo t/i4i ay Ditto Ditto
A Draft on MefT. Hankey and Co. £53 13s.
Diuo Dorien and Co. 367 7
Ditjo Carnet and Co. 30 16
Ditto Stephenfon and C<*. 52 4
Ditto R .ger« »nd Co. 33 16
Ditio Piefcot and Co. 37 18
Ditto liarcourt and Co. 17 16
Ditto Smith, Payne and Co. 10 15
Ditto Dorien and Co. >£4s 71 6d
Ditto LeFevre&Co. iij 11 6
Ditto Ditto - - 820 o o
A bill drawn on Fleming & Wake.Bow Lane,
by Fleming, & payable to Ormord,dated Nov.j,
two months after date, value £2O. —One ditto
on Fell, No 31 O'd Change, by Hall, and
payable to Smith, dated Nov. 30, at two months
after date, for£i.ji ijj—One ditto on Saywell
& sons, »Vood street, by Ball, and payable to
Braddotk, dated Dec. 19, at t vo months, for
£jO. One ditto on E<)en, Wood ftrect, by
payable to order, dated Nov. 1. at
ehree months for £3O 2s —One riitto on Neale
& Co. St. Paul'# Church Yard, by Adams, and
payable to dated Dea. 7th, at two
months, for^"i4 —Ore ditto on Stewart, Red
CrofsSquare, by Young, and payable to Mar
shall, dattd Nov. 22, it two months, for £33.
is. gd.- One ditto oft Royd's, Baklerfbury, by
Lord, and payable to Jackson, daied Dec. 3
at two months, 'or —One ditio on Miller
and Co. Gracethurch street, by Redway, and
pryable to Hartley, dated Dec.6, at two months
f° r £to- One ditto on spitta & co. Lawrence
Pmintney Lane, by Lange, and payable to Hwyle
dated Nov. 6, at two months, for £l6l.
Whoevrrmay hare found the above, and will
bring them to Miiflh Atkinfon & Robfon, No. *
VVeft End of Royal Exchange, shall immediate
ly receive Five Hundred Guineas Reward with
out .riy furt»t*r Trouble.
N. B. No greater Reward will be offered, as
payment of the whole is flopped, and the loss
m de known throughout thts Country and Con
april 19
NOTICE.
r J , HE creditors of TODD & MO'fT arc requeu
ed to leave their account* calculating interest
to the nd of November, 1798, the date of Todd
?.ad Motts's alligi ment. with W. Mott, no. 145,
Market ftrett, on or before the fird of July nexc,
as a dividend will be immediately made after that
time; those who negrleA to fend in their accounts
will be excluded from that dividend*
Jobn Waddington, ~J
yt>bn Rbofcs, I Affigntes.
y#6n Allen J
FOR SALE,
50,000 Acres of LAND,
IYING in t-he county of KufTel, state of Vir
ginia, bounded on the east by the riv«r
Clinch, on the fonth by the river Guest, and
t'p the weft by Sandy river. Thisfr-a<s\ (situate
fix miles from the Courlhoufe of the above
county, 15 fro/a the town of Abin too, >« *eH
fettled, and has likewise the advantage of a Mrag
pon road) is divided into tradls of 10, 5 aiyJ
1500 acres eath, and will be fold, altogether,
or in lots, a* it may fait the puAhafers, by one
of the owners who Will reside theie during the
months of May, June and July next, in order
to put them who may become purchasers in pof
ftfiion.
iThe ploti duly aufkenticated and certified by
the surveyors, are in the hands of the fubferi
ber*. Every firiifaAion will be given wi'thrlf
pe<a to therrglvt, to which the patents give full
jbcl ample testimony. Great aceotamfldltiofis
<yitl he made rcfpedling payment, and every
neccilary information maybe had, by applying
to F. & A. TUBE#.
aaw^in
Peterfturj;, Feb. I i.
FOR SALE,
dt the two mile [lone, on the Wejahickon, or
Ridge Road,
A Place containing about eighty acres, in parts'
or the whole togethsr, at may fait the pur
chaser- There is on the preniifes a house 47 l-»
sett. ii" :nt, hy 43 I-% deep, a scullery, ir.ilk house,
pump, i:e houfu, and Patm house, a large barn,
60 feet by 32, with ftallsfor 15 horses and cows,
a carriage house, and a pump of good water in
the barn yard, and a second milt house supplied
by a spring. The grounds are well manured, and
laid out in good (lile, with an abundance of orna
mental, and fruit trees, the fituaiion hcal'.hy and
high, commanding a view ol the city and Dela
ware. There is also a small dillance from the man
(ion 'house a farm houit in good repair, with
kitchen, stable, &c. and a pump of good wi-
ter: Forsterms apply to
SAMUEL MEREDITH.
No. iji.thefniK Street.
March il».
ALL PERSONS,
INDEBTED to the EOate of Abraham
Dicks, Ei<ijat<t Sheriff of the Coanty of
Delaware, are requested t" make immediate pay
ment, ond all those who have demands against
said EUate to mthentirate and present them for
fcttlement. Alio, all those who have d«;pofited
writiniis with fai'l deceffed to apply for them to
WILLIAM PENNOCK. Adm'r.
Springfield, Delaware county, )
ift mo. Bth, r 799. 5
j«i. 8
THE COMMISSIONERS,
APPOINTED by the Corporation to open
Books of Subscription for a Loan to intro
duce WHOLES®ME WATER from the Ritfer
Schuylkill by rheans of Steam Engines (already
contra&ed for ) 10 the Center Square and from
Ikence to be diltriboted through the City, give
NOTICE,
THAT a book will be opened at the City HaH
11 morrow, the i,jth instant, and will be con
tinual from-day to clay, untHthe Loan is com
pleated, •* hc-rr the c •mmiffiorei * will attf.nd
from 10 o'clock in the morning until one, tore
ttive fuWcriptions.
. Bv order of the ft ard.
Jacob Shoemaker, sec*y.
id mo. i -
{g B. T< n dollars to be paid on each (hare al
the tiin« of Subfcrilvinnr.
•SO dollars a .he expiration of> Ff#m ( , ie
two montiis L Qt
io ditto, ditto, 4 months C fcbfcribinc
«i-:tto, ditto, 6 months J fc
Pl.'i!ad: lpbia, M/fch 1799-
.? K OP OS A L
By THOU AS DOB S0 K
At theStune Houfc, No, 41, South Second flrffet,
fur furnifliing Uy fubfcriptinn
E N. C%T C L 0 P E D I A";
OR A
DICTIONARY
OF
ARTS, SCIENCES,
AND
miscellaneous I.ITERArORE ;
On a plan entirely NEir :
By which the different Sciences and Arts are di-
gefted into the Form of diftiniSt
TREA'i'ISES or SYSTEMS,
I~TIE History, Theory, and Pra&lce, of each,
1 according to the Latest Pifcoveries and
improvements : and full Explanations given oi
Various Detached parts if Knowledge, whether
Relating to Natural ami Artificial Olijeils, or
to Matters Ecclefiail : al, Civil, Military, Com
mercial, &c. Including Elucidations cf the
most important Topics relative to Religion,
Murals, Manners, and the Oeconomy of.Life :
together with a description of allth<- Countries,
C>ties, principal Mountains, Sea?, Rivers, (Sc.
throughout the World; a General History,
Ancient and Modern, of.the dilTcient Empires,
Kingdom ,and States; andan account of the
Lives of the must Eminent Person» m every Na
tion, from the earliest ages down-to the present
times. Compiled from the Writingsof the belt
Authors, in several Languages ; the most ap
proved Dictionaries, as well of General Science
as of Partimlar Branches; the Tranfaflirms,
Journals, and Memoirs, of learned Societies,
both at home and abro.'d ; the MS. Ledlures of
eminent Profeflors on different Sciences ; and
a variety of original Materials, furniihed by an
extenlive Correspondence.
The Ptihlilhtr having been Solicited to fur
nifh lets of th-is valoible and important work hy
one volomn at a time, which by dividing the
payments, might make the acquisition of the
work mere convenient to purchasers, proposes
to dispose of the few remaining copies on the
following:
CONDITIONS.
The Work being already completed in Eigh
teen large Quarto Volumes in boards, Elegant
ly printed on Superfine paper, illuflrated with
five hundred aud forty tuo Copper plates :
I. A volume in boards will be delivered to each
Subscriber in the firfl week of every month till
the whole be delivered, which will take a peri.
od of eighteen months.
11. Every Subscriber on receiving the firft Vo-
lume, to pay Twenty Dollars.
On receiving the Second
The Third,
The Fourth,
The Fifth,
2a warn
The Sixth, 8 Dollars
and Five dollars for each as the succeeding vo
lumes, till the whole i* delivered, whieh will
amount ip the whole to One Hundred and Thir
ty-five Dollars, being the prefest price for com
plete sets.
Any fubferiber wbo may chufe to have the
whole in a (horter time than j8 months, may
haAe any number of volumes that may be agree
able at the fame time at the above prices.
To prevent any misunderstanding it is proper
to express that no volume will be delivered to
any per.fpn without the money, and as the sets
on ha(s jre but few in number, it will he requi
site that such as choose to become foblcribers
should apply a 9 early as poflible to prevent dif
apporntmerits.
taw tijy
Complete Sets may be bad as above, or
bound in various (Banners.
march 6
INDEBTED to the cftateof Mokdbcai Lewis,
late of this city, merchant, deceafcd, are de
sired to ipske immediate payment, and thofc who
have demands against it to produce them for pay.
mem to
Thomas Morris
Samuel Coates, > executors.
1 JoM Morris, j
at the Counting Heuli- of
march s.;
7he Subscriber offers for Sale,
THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY.
AM Excellent three story Brick House, situ
ate the corner of ?th and Race-streets;
the house is (tbout 15 feet front and well finilh
ed in every refpedt ; the Lot is 76 feet front ori
Race-flreet and 88 feet deep,the lituation remar
kably airy, having a public fquareopen in Front
of it.
Two three story Brick Houses, Brick Stores,
and good Wharf, situate in Water-street, be
tween Arch and Race-streets, the lot on which
rtiefe buildings are, is fifty four feet front on
Water-street, and continues that width about
95 feet, then widens to the south 13 feet 6 inch
es, fothatthe front on the water is sixty seven
feet fix inches, this lot adjoins John SteinmeU
esq. on the south, and haß the advantage of a
public alley 0* the north, and is a very desira
ble fituatiow for the bufineft of a Flour Factor,
or Merchant
A large elegant two story Stone House, situ
ate on the Point no Point road, being the firfi
house to the Northward of the five mile stone;
this house is about 60 feet front and 40 feet deep
finittied in a ne»t manner; there is a good gar
'den and choice colle-&ion of the best fruit trees,
Ice-House and other conveniences with about
nine acres of ground—or if more agreeable to
the purchaser, thirty two acres of upland and
meadow may be added toi'.
| A plantation in Bibirry Township, Philade
lphia county near the Red Lyon, about 13 miles
froi|i thi» city ; bounded, by the Northampton
ißoad and Poquefiin; Creek, this farm contains
jabotlt 140 acres of land, a proportion of \yj}ich
iis woodland and meadow , a, brick dwelling
houfe, frame barn, and other out-houfes, and
there is said to be a good stone quarry on part of
•t, although it has not yet bees opened, a fur ;
ither description is deemed unneceflary as no
iperibn will purchafa without viewing the pre
! mifes,
lawtf
A fimall plantation in Horfham Township,
Montgomery county, nineteen miles from Phi
ladelphia, adjoining to Grime Park, on which
is an excellent tusw Stone House and Kitchen,
with i large Stone Shed for the accommodation
of traveller's horses ; the house is now occupi
ed as a tavern, and is suitable for any kind of
public bulinef', the land is good in quality, a
good neighborhood, and a remarkably healthy
situation : there is fifty acres of land and mea
dow in this farm Alfoforfale. several tra<fb
of land in different counties of this slate
§5" The House inßace-ftreet firft mentioned
and ene cf the Houses in Water-street, are now
And immediate p flefiion given. For terms
-pp!y at the Soulh-eaft corner ef Arch and
.lixth-fireeis, to
feb j
CWMI'REHKNMNG
ALL PERSONS,
JOSEPH S. LEWIS,
no. %s, Deck-ftraet.
jawim
TO BE LET,
JOSEPH BALL.
th&f tf
Collectok's Office.
Philadelphia, April G^'jgQ.
For sale at public auchon,
AT rim CJuftom Houle, on Kuflday the 7th
May, 1799, foilowing 1 Merchandize,
which remain in the Custom Houfj Stor s more
than vine months unclaimed by the owners or
consignees thereof.
RS No. 26 ona trunk containing linen, muslin
and dimity
1 one cafe containing plufti
I one box containing tapes
FIW
C&Co.
four chests of Ckin*»« curiosities, twe
large paintings
VTrs.Bouhon,one box indigo
I'vl one box containing (hots and cotton
Joftm„aGilpin one box garden feeds
i<*r
9*l
W
two barrels walnufcs
one barrel peminto
one box sugar
laß eight cases guns
P&C
PD
I o::ii cases containipg a forte piano
oii«e box artificial flowers.
April 8
A Summer Retreat.
For Sale,
Sixteen Acres of Land,
About half a mile from the city of Philadelphia,
r | "HERS are on the prrniifes a one ilory brick
i liouie 38 feet front, a liable and corn crib,
a well of excellent water, and a few fruit trees, the
situation is perhaps superior to any within the
fame ditlance of the city, and commands one of
the moll beautiful and pitfurefque profpedls oftht
city, Kensington, the Delaware and Jerseys,
Enquire of
march 4
ALL Persons having any De
mands against the estate of the late Robert Hardif,
mariner, deceased, are hereby requelled to present
them for fettkment, and allthcfe indebted to laid
estate, to mako payment to either of the fubferibers
ij Dollars
is Dollars
10 Dollars
10 Dollars
J*"- »4*
Thomas Clayton, Haflter,
HA? removed to No. 126, south Front street,
where h« intends carrying 011 his business as
formerly, and bns oe hand a complete afforttrcnt
of his own manufactured ladies, guitl«men and
childrens*
CanadaEtaverts Mujk-rat Skins,
With a complete atfortmenc of FURS, always
for sale.—He has received per the late arrival*
from London, a complete assortment of
Fajhionable English Hats,
Which he now offer# for i'aie at vciy reduced
w ? 'i6w
jr.,.. 29
Library Company of Philadelphia.
The Annual Ele&ion
FOR Dirc£t«rc aud a reafurer of the Library
Company of Philadelphia, will be held at the
Library, in Fi th Greet, «n Monday the sixth of
May next, at three o'clock in the afternoon, when
the Trcafurer will attend to receive the annual
payments.
As there are fevtrsl (hares on which fine are
due, the owners of them, or their representative?,
are hereby notified, that they will be forfeited,
agreeably to the laws of the Company, unlel, the
arrears are,paid off on the said sixth day ot May,
or within ten days after.
By order of the Directors,
BENJAMIN R. MORGAN, Secretary,
april 11. 3 taw te
r pHE fubferiber, intending to leave off, the
X. Mahogany and Lumber Bufinsfs, offers for
sale at his yard, the corner ef Qijeen and Water
flreets, Southwark, all his flock on hand, lonfifting
of a great variety of
St. Domingo and Bay Mahogany Boards,
Plank and Scantling,
All well fealoqed and fit for immediate use.
Also a few thousand feet faafoned half-inch and
inch White Fine Boards, and a small quantity of
two feet cedar fliingles.
All that (hail remain unfold, will be disposed of
at public fale,at 10 o'clock on Thursday the 28 th
instant The terms of payment will be cash for
purchases under 100 dollars, from 100 to 500 dol
lars at 60 days, and all above 50® dollars at (10
and 120 days, for approved indorsed notes, with
the difoouiit. The sale to be continued until the
whole is disposed of.
N.B. The subscriber will fell or Ist the above
yard, wharf and dwelling house, which he now
occupies,
march 4
Valuable Property for Sale.
THAT well known Estate, called
SHREWSBURY FARM, formerly the residence
of ®»neral John CadwaTadar, fituats on Saflifras
River,inKent county, Maryland—containing a
bout 1900 acres of prime L AND upwards 0(500
of which are in woods. The Buildings are all ex
cellent, and coriflfl of a hnndfome Dwelling House,
two la'ge Barns with Cow houses, Stables for fifty
horfos,a fpeeious treading floor undv cover,a gra
nary, )verfeer's houses, two ranges of two fte
ry buildingsfor Negroes (one of them new and of
brick), Corn houses a Smoak house, &6. &c —The
whole Estate being nearly surrounded by water, it
requires butiitdefancing,and has a good Shad and
Herring fifhery. It is conveniently situated for
both the Philadelphia and Baltimore markets, with
two landings on a navigable river but a (hort fail
from Baltimore There is a large }'r<tch. and twd
large Apple Orchards cn the prem'sfes; ajfo, a varie
ty of excellent fruits of different kind*. The fnili;
mostly a rich loon-.—The whole will be fold toge
therordividediintefmallei inrms(for which the buil
dings are convtnienrly fitua ed) as may suit the pur
hafer. The Stock on said Farm, coniirifng of Hor ■
cfes, Cattle, Sheep &c. will also be disposed of
For furtherpar:itiwl:>rsapp!y to CJt orgeHastings
011 the premifes,or to the l'ul fcriber, in Philadelphia.
ARCHIBALD M'CVUX, Jon.
m. tf.
Pecomi er 12
one box music books
one box sewing needles
one box c«rsaining cotton
shim prckfet handkerchief* & (hoes,
thr*.' boxes containing fix hundred
ani fixry one numbers of Winterbo
fham's general Uwfcnption ot Ameri
ca
one fyox soap
four hhds.. beans
one bag coffee
EDWARB BONSALL & Co.
ocdtf
PETER BAYNTON,
Walnttt-ftreet. / _
JOHN CRAIG, f
No. 12, Dock J\rect. J
Removal.
HATS.
price*.
Mahogany.
JOHN M'CULLOH,
est aBM»y
FOR SALE,
One Hundrel Dollars Reward.
f| AN awayJ'rom :hc fuMer/ber t!i s'lay, at noon,
iX two mulatto house Servant viz Nel.buc
commonly called Edward anoi u irs toiipvßstfuft,
known as the fubfcriWer'a c oachm?n and
waiting man for feviral years \ n tln- city and in
New-York—he is a tall (If ait ma J J mulatto with
a large busby head of hair, about yi years of age.
has a low forehead, with (mall eyes, a fulleii dark
look a«d is much inclined to be abrupt and info
lent, one of his legs fomerhing in aflter than the
other from a fra&urc in his y«uth ; he generally
wears a brown cloth coatee With red cuffs ai d
cape and red edging, or fuQian with red cuffs and
cape ; had on when he went away an oIJ lorcft
cUth furtout, mix'd brown and yellow, anil has a
box coat of light colored drab, with red and white
livery lace, but asl do not know what other clothes
he had on, may change hisdrefs.
Nelly, calling herfelf Wife toths before named
Ned, (he is much above the middle fiarure, strait.
made with falling fboulcers, has a remarkable fe
rocious countenance and is very pafTibnate, quar
rell'omc, andnoify, (he is rather a fuir mulatto—
has loft one or two of her front teeth, which (he
supplies with wan, a®d has a large fear between
her shoulders occaTinned by a bUiler ; the is :ibout
forty five years of age, has a very ma(culice air in
ker walk, (be tarried away with her fevcraJgowns
of different colored cotton ; the above reward will
be given for apprehending and iecurlng them in
any jail in the United Stat36 and giving notice to
rhe fubferiber ; or fifty dollars for fccuri&g either
of them.- All persons are cautioned again!) har
boring, entertaining, 01 concealing the above ser
vants ©r either of them ; and all matters of vefleli
and others are warned againll carrying them from
the United Stntes,
dt7M
A Senator of tlve United States from the State
of South Carolina, corner of 4th and Union-ftrect
Philadelphia,,
apr.t 5
A FINE healthy situation on the Delaware
13 miles north of Philadelphia, with a
wo flory fram; house nearly new snd a klteh
on adjoining a piana in front of the house,
3 rooms on each floor, a good cool cellar, a
pump of good water, garden am-1 orchard.—
The land and water stage* for New York and
Turlington pass the premifrt every day. 10
acres of land will be allotted to the buildings,
and more may be had if wanted.
For further particulars enquire at No. 11
Dock-street, or 161 South Second-ftrest.
April 6,
A Capital Store
To I<KT,
Enquire of
JOSEPH S. LEWIS,
No. aj, Dock (Ireet
;. Mvtv
April 5
3»wtf
EAL ESTATES.
THE SUBSCRIBER,
Offers for (ale the following described property,
A LOT of ground on the south fide thereof,
between 7th and Bth streets, containing in
front 13 feet 8 inchei and extending in depth
fuuthward 306 tuot.
The improvements on this lot are a substantial
Brick Dwelling House, three {lories high, with
garrets and an extensive range of back buildings
also of three llories—the whole tomprifing two
genteel parlours—h spacious drawing room—-hack
parlour—kitchen—waih hotife, &c. and a great
number of feed-chambers. It has the privilege of
palTage into Market-street, through a 3 feet wide
alley communicating withtheyard.
Another lot on the fame situation and neat ad
joiuing, westward to the one above described, con
taining in front, on Market street, *0 feet 8 inch
es by 306 feet in depth, on which areeroStcd a two
story fram4 dwelling house aad kitchen well calcu
lated to accommodate a small family.
iaw6m
The back ground of both these lots is rendered
healthy and ulealant by gravel walks and grass plats
and a number of fruit and foreil trei-s growing
thereon. Each lot hath the privilege of a passage
into Eighth '\reet through a r 5 feet wide alley ex
tending to the fame from the back ends.
One other" Lot of ground adjoining to andeaft
wardof the fubferiber"* Dwelling House, contain
ing in front 33 feot and extending southward to the
Jepth of 306 feet—on which arc oredlcd a fubflnn
tia Brick Dwelling House, 18 feet front, with
garrets and very convenient back buildings ol the
fame height and materials- Also a Carriage House
and Stables built of wood.
OJf CKBSNUr ST RE sr.
A Lot of Ground on the north fide, and be
tween Seventh and Eighth Streets, containing in
flout 102 leet, and extending in depth northward
178 feet. This I.ot is also accommodated with a
passage into Eighth Street, through the above d«-
scribed alley.
In the town of Dover,
kb yr covNfr, Dxlaivare sTa<te.
Eight Lots of Ground adjoining each other, on
the weft fide of King ilreec, containing ui front
on the fame 50? fe«t, and extending in depth west
ward about 401 feet, on which arc ereited a two
story Brick Dwelling House, and another Brick
Building adjoining, suitable fer a Store or Office
together with fcveral frame tenements—a stream
of water funs through the fourh part of the lot,
where a tan-yard might be improved to advantage.
Payment of a part of the purchase money
will he required—the remainder may be at in
tertft for a number of years by giving the pre
mises in fecu/ity, &c.
jan 11
r T"" I HE Creditors of JOHN SHAVER, of Hope-
A well townniip.in t'le county of Huntingdon,
are hereby requested to produce the! i accounts ind
demands against him, duly attested, to the subscri
bers, at the court hoafe in the town of Huntingdon,
on Saturday the aoth day of April next—And all
persons indebted to the laid John Shavsr, are re
quired to make immediate pr.yment to either of thi
subscribers Oivsn under eur hands 23d Feb
ruary, 1799,
JOHN CADWAI,LADER,"> Aflig:iccs of
GEORGE BUCKANON, J John Shave.
march 15 _ iaw4w
On WiHiugs aud Francis's Wharf,
200 Gin Cases,
ALso, a few bales of Bengal Goods.
G. WILLING.
3taw
Fab. ag,
The Creditors of William Steedman
ot Northumberland county in the (Vate of Pennfylva
nia, are defiied to take notice, that he has applied to
the Court of Common Pleas of the county aforefaid,
or the benefit of the insolvent law*, and the said
Court have appointed the fourth Monday of Apjil
ncx:, at a Court of Common Pleas then to be held at
Sunbury the said county, for a hcanrg between
the said William Sceedman and his Creditors; at
which time and place thes may arend
WILLIAM STEEDMAN,
Northumberland, Maich 30. 1709 ' 1E.83r.
A Capital Printing Press.
April 13
JACOB READ.
OR SA
—VIZ.
w nisH'Sr#REr,
RICHARD RUNDLE.
diw Nivt-f
Notice.
FOR SALE,
THE SWBStCR.I BER,
lE,
Ba quire at this office,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
June 27, I?9li
NO riCE IS HEREBY GIVKN, That by „j r .
tut: of ?n aft, paff<-d during the present lef
fion el Congrel's, so mucli of the aft entituled
" An Ail making further provision forthefup.
" port cf public credit, and for the redemption
" of the public debt"—passed the third day 0 f
March, oae thousand seven hundred and ninety
five, a» bars from settlement or allowance
Certificates, commonly called Loan Office and
final settlement Certificates, and Indents of In
fei'e/ls, is suspended until the twelfth day 01
June, >vWch willbein the year one thoufend seven
hundred and ninety nfe£.
That on rfie liquidation and fettlementof the
said Certificates, and Indents o£ Interest, at the
Treasury, the Creditors will be entitled to receive
Certificates of funded Three Per Cent. Stockequal
to the amount of the said Indents, and the arrear
ages of interest due on their said Certificates, prior
to th* firfl day of January one thousand l'even
hundred arvd ninety one.
That the principal fumsof the fjid Loan Office
and final l'ett'lcment Certificates, with the interest
thereon, since thefirft day ol January, one thou,
land seven hundred ana ninety one, willbedif.
charged after liquidation at the Treasury, by tht
paymant of interest and reimburfVment of princi
pal, equal to the sums which would have been
payable thereon, if the said Certificates h3d been
iubfewbed, pnrfuant to the Ails making provision
for the debts of the United States, co&traftcd dur
ing the late war, and by the payment of other
sums, equal to the market value of the remaining
Stock, which would have been created by such
fubferiptions asaforeftid, which market value will
be determined by the Comptroller of theTreafury.
OLIVER WOLCOTT,
June a 8
Weavers.
SE\ ERAL WEAVERS may find em
ployment by applying to Il'aacT. Hop
per, No. 39, Pine-ftrcet.
3mo. 15 th, 1799.
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Valuable Property for Sale,
la CtiefMat, rear Sixth street, ctircftly oppofit
C'ofiGKESs Hall,
A LOT of ground, about ai feet front in jChef
mit street and 73 feet in depth, whereon is a
good frame house, now in the tenure of Sasatie]
Berge, iubjetl to a ground rent of acs. per annum.
The advantageous (ituatioa of this property re
quire? no comments, for it n»u(t be known, there
?re few in this city to equal it, an unwcceptionalk
title will be made to the purchaser. Apply to
JAMES GIRVAN,
no. I9S, Chefmit street, next door to« the pre*
mifes,
march 5
JJWfcf
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
March T lib, i 705.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
Pursuant to the afl of Congrcfs pafFcd on the
Ift day of June, one thovfiind, seven hun
dred and ninety fix, entitled " an a<sl regulat
ing the grants of land appropriated for mili
tary fcrvices, and for the society of United
Brethren for propagating the gospel among
the Heathen ; and the a<2 supplementary to
the said recited aft pafFed on the fecoad day of
March, one thonfand seven hundred 2nd nine
ty nine to wit:
THAT the trafl of Land herein after de
ferred, namely, " beginning at the North Weft
corner of the seven , ranges of Jownftiipi, and
running thence fifty miles due south, along the
western boundary of the said ranges ; thence
due Wed: to the Main Branch Of the Scioto ri
vw j thence up the Main Branch of the said ri
ver to the place where the Indian boundary line
croffrs the fame ; —thence along the said boun
dary line to the Tnfcaroras branch of the Mufr
kinguni river at the crofting place abtve Fort
Lawrence; thence down the said river, to the
point where a line run due weft from the place
of beginning, will interfedl the fais rivtr j
thence along the line so run to the plane of be
ginning has been divided into townftiip? of
fcve miles square, and (rationalparts of town
ships ; and that plats and fnrveys of the said
townships and fraiftional parts of townships are
deposited in the offices of the Rrgifler of the
Treai'ury and Surveyor General, for the infpet
tion of all pcrfona concerned.
The holders of such warrants as have bees
or stall be granted for military fervicesperform
ed during the late war, are required to prtfent
the lame to the Register qf the Trealury, at
some time prior to the twelfth day of February
in the year, one thousand eight hundred, for
the purpose of beinp registered ; No registry
will however be made of any less quantity than
a quarter township, or four thousand acres.
The priority of location of the warrants which
may be presented and registered in manner afore
faid, prior to the lith day of February in the
year one thousand eight hundred, will immediate
ly after th? said day, be determined by lot, in the
mode drefcribed by the asl firft recited.
IThe holdeis of registered warrants, (hall on
Monday the 17th day of February, in the year
. 1800, in the order ef which the priority of locati
on (hall be determined by lotas aforcfaid, person
ally, or by their agents, designate in writing at the
office of the Register of theTreafury, theparticu
j lar quarter townlhips elefled by them rcfpeifively,
and such of the said halders as (hall not defignati*
their locations on the said day, ihall be poflponrd
in locating such warrants to all other hinders of
registered warrants
V.
The holders of wan-rants for military services
! fufficient to cover one or more quarter town(hips
or traSs of four thousand acres each; (hall, at any
time after Mo-'.iJay the 17th day of February, 1800
and prior to the firftday oi January, 1802, be aK
low»d to regiller the said warrants ia manner a
iforefaid, and forthwith to make locations therefor
en any trail or traits of land not bsfore loeated,
All warrants or claims for lands on account of
military services, which fhallnotbe registered an 4
loeaud brfore the firft day of January, 1802, are lijr
the lupplenientary afl ot Congress herein before
recitid, puffed on the second day of March, 1799*
declared to be forever barred.
Given under njy hand at Philadelphia, the
day and year above mentioned.
To be Let,
A genteel, convenient three ft'ory
BRICK HOUSE,
In Spruce Street, (no. 64)
THIS houfehas been newly papered and
and wa* not occupied during last fever.
Feb. 12. d.ft as. eo t f .
To be Let,
A Store and Loft,
NEAR Market-llreet Wharf. —Enquire of
the Subscriber,
feb 11
PRINTED By y. W, fEtyNQ.
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Secretary of the ¥reafury,
fawtf
1 tu .th f*tf
OLIVER WOLCOTT.
Sec. nf the Treasury,
CEO. DAVIS,
jig Hrgh-ftrret.
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