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LOXD Jy, "January 2, 1799.
rOO Guineas Reward.
If GST tlis evening, between five and Gx
JL-j oMotk, in the neighbourhood of Grace ■
chu) ch Hreti-, a BLACK CASE, containing the
following
Bank Notes and Drafts,
with sundry Hills ot Exchange, not due :
£IOOO No. 19J9, dated 1 D(C, 1798
10 o 864, 26 Nov. Ditto
jv o 284, 22 Dec Ditto
jo-.o I?I3> 270 a. Ditto
100 a 1 /14, 27 Ditto Ditto
A Draft on Mess. Hinkey and Co. £53 13s
Ditto Dnrien and Co. 367 7
Ditto Carnet and Co. 3° *6
Ditto Stephenlon and Co- 5» 4
Ditto KigersandCo. 33
Ditto Prefcot and Co. 37 18
Ditto Harcourt and Co. 27 '6
•
- Ditxo Spiitli, Payne and Co. zo Ij
Ditto Dorieii and Co. £.45 7'
Dittrt • LeFevre&Co." ua .»» 6
r Ditto Ditto - - B*o o o
A bill drawn on Firming & Wake.Bsw Lane,
toy payable to Oro) ort^>^ Nov.s,
two momhs after date, valufe^io. —One ditto
on Fell, No 31 O.d Cbinge, fry Hill, and
"<■*payabte to Smith, dated Nov. 30, attwo months
after date, forjfin 19J —One ditto or Saywell
& lon 9, Woiadfter-t, I>y Ball, and payable to
UradiJock, dated Dec. 19, at two months, for
£3O. —Ore ditto on Eden, Wood-street, by
WilliJmi, payable to order, dated Nov. I. at
ehree months /or £i° aj —One ditto on Neale
& Co. St. Paul'* Church Yard, by Adams, and
-piyahle to Kencoriglf, dated Dec. 7th, at two
months, for —One ditto 011 Stewart, Red
' CrofsSquare, by Young, and payable to Mar
shall, dated Nov. i», at two months, 'tor £33.
tj. gd.-~One ditto nn Royd's, Buklerfbury, by
Lord, and payable to Jackson, dated Dec. 3.
at two months, for £lß.—One ditto on Miller
and Co. Gtacechurcn street, by Redway, and
bryahle to Hartley, dated Dec.6, at two months
for jo.—rOiie ditto on Spitta & co. Lawrence
l*oiintney Lane; byLange, and payable to Hovle
dated Nov. i, at two months, for £l6l.
Whoever miy have found the above,'and will
bring'tliem to'MUfirs. Atkinfon & Robfon, No.»
Welt End of Royal Exchange, 'hall immediate
ly receive Fhr Hundred Guiaeai Reward with
out anv furthtr Trouble.
N. B'. No greater Reward will be offered, is
payment of the whole is flopped, and the loft
made known throughout tMs Country and Con
tiu'ent
ipril 19
N, 0 1 ICE.
npHE creditors of TODD MOTT are requeft
«d to leave fheir accounts calculating interest
te the izd of November, date of 1 odd
and TvTotts's .iffignment, with W. Mott, no. 145,
Market fttttt, on or before the firrt of July next,
ap a wividfi d will be immediately made after thatf
time ; thoie wfc*> neg e«ft to fend in their accounts
will be excluded from that dividend.
Jobn Waddingtjn,
'John Rhodes, I Aflignees.
John Allen J
april 13,1709
l-'OR SALE,
50,000 Acres of LAND,
LYI NO 111 the roupty ai' Ruflel, state of Vir
ginia, > ounded an the eait by the rivir
Ciinth. 011 the fruit h by the river Guest, and
to tlit- wrft by Sandy river. This trafl (situate
fix miles from the Courlhoufe of the above
i -'Uirtv, 15 from the town of Abin, ton, is well
fettled, and has likewise the advantage of a wag
gon road) is divided into trafts of 10, j and
1500 a< res ear-li, and will be fold, altogether,
or in lots, as it may suit the purchasers, by one
the cwvners who will reside thete during the
months of May, June and July next, in order
to put them who may become purchasers in pof-
f.flion
I he plots duly authenticated and certified by
the furveyora, are in the haods of the subscri
bers. Every fatisfarflion will be given withref
peft to the right, to which the patents givt full
and ample teltimony. Great arcommodations
Will be made refpetfing payment, and ev'ery
necefiary information may be had, by applying
to ' F. &A. TUBEOT.
Petersburg, Feb. it,
FOR SALE,
/It the two milt Pone, on the JVeJahickon, or
Ridge Road,
APhce containing about eighty acres, in parts'
or the .whole t'-gether, as may suit the pur
chaser. There is on the pretnifes ahoufe47l-a
feu irjfiti, by 43 1-1 deep, a scullery, milk house,
pump, ice houfu. atid farm house, a farge barn,
65 feet by 31, with ftailsfor and cows,
a carriage house, and a pump of good water in
the barn yard, and a second milk house supplied
by a spring- The grounds are well matiured, and
laid out in good (lile, with an abundance of orna
mental, and fruit trees, the situation healthy and
hi"h, commanding a view of the city and Dela
ware. There is alio a small distance from the man
sion "house a farm house in good repair, with
kitchen, liable, &c. and a pump of gopd wa
ter: For.tcrms ajplv to
SAMUEL MEREDITH
No. 171 ,Chefnut Street,
March t%
ALL PERSONS,
tNDKBTED to tbe Estate of Abraham
I Dicks, Ei(i_lsre Sheriff of the Qownty of
Delaware, are requefled t<. make immediate pay
mr.it, and all ihnfe who have demands against
said Estate to anihentirate and present them for
fct'lement. Also, all thofc who have depoSted
writings with lard deceafi-d to apply for them to
WILLIAM PENNOCIi. Adm'r.
Springfield, Delaware county, \
ift mo. Bth, r799. )
jail. 8
THE COMMISSIONERS,
X. PPOINTED by the Corporation to open
_£ 1. Books of Subscription for a Loan to intro
duce WHOLESOME WATER from the River
p< Iviylkill by means of Steam Engines (already
trtrfiraSed for) to the Center Squire and from
»fcence to be distributed through the City, give
NOTICE,
TH 4T a book will be opened »t the City HaH
t morrow, the i.vh inflant, and will becon
-1 nue ' iw m day to day, until the Loan is com
pii-atei:, .here the c-mmiffioners wi'l atte.nd
from 10 o'clock in the rooming until one, tore
eeive iVhf'viptiops.
Bv ort'er of the B^ard,
Jacob Shoemaker, sec'y.
id inn. u
N. 15. Ten dollars to be paid on each share at
the ri'Ti .* of Si.bfcriHine, '
3 o dollars «'.he expiration of .
rwomonfns c c
■ - dirto, ditto, 4 months C , . .
. ,r.o, ditto, 6 montiis) r^f"'b.ng
TJ-nfi'r,' ;? Jh-rphv rrmi'tt quind. Ir i* also to be pernii'fd to alUn-' evty [
1 ' 5 1 of the commandants of fortifu-d peaces, or port?) '
r I "'HAT fepante propol'als will tie receivf (1 at to call for at season': when the lame tan !>e tranl-
X thg office of the Secretary of the Depirt- ported, or at any time m cafe of urgency fuchrup
ment of War, until the expiration of the a?th plies of like provifloni in advance, as in the difere
oi' July next enfij'wg, for the. supply of a'.l ration of the commandant fliall lie deemed proper,
tions, wheh may be required for the use ftf the' It is to be und<rltood that the cpntra&nr is-to be
United States, from the firft day of Oaober, j at the expence and rifle of iffuiuj; the fnpplie., to
1799, to the thirtieth day of September, iSoC) j troop, and that all lolies, fuflained, by the
both days inclulive, at the places and within the I depredations ol an enemy, or by r.cans o tie
two dillrias herein after firft mentioned ; and I troops.l the United States (hall be pa.d fur at the -
also tint separate proposals will be received at P"« » ««« "t.cle «P cure<l or on the
the said office until the expiration of the ajth depofu.cns ot two or ™-epcrfons of creditable
, ,• T | r . 5 , r , p 11 characters, and the certificate ot a conmiiiiioned
day ol July next enfulivg, tor the supply of all akcr£ainj the circumftatlces of thc lofSi
rations which may be required as aforelaid, [lle am(iunt of the art icle P , for which comp«n
from the firft day of January 111 the year 1800, fa;ion (ha „ b( . claimC(i
to the thirty* fir ft day of December in the lame The privilege is to be understood to be refervecT
; year, both days inclusive, at the place and with United States of requiring, that none of the
;in the several ilates herein after mentioned, viz. f U ppli e « which njay be furnifhed under any of the
First —Proposals to supply all rations, that proposed contra&sfhall be illued, until the supplies
may be required, at Ofwego ; at Niagara ; at which have or may be furnilhed under contrads
' Prefqu'ifle ; at M chilimackinac ; at Fort now in force have been con fumed, and that a fup
j Franklin ; at Le Bceuf ; at Cincinnati ; at ply in advance may be always required at any of
Picque -town, and Loramies stores ; at Fort the fixe.: p«3s on the Sea-board or Indian frontiers
Wayne ; at Fort Defiance ; at any place below not exceeding three months.
Fort Defiance, on the Miami river to Lake JAMES M* HENRY
Rrie, at Fort Knox, and Ou at anon on the J'" " Secretary of War.
river Wabafl) ; at Maflac ; at any place o<
ptaces on the eafk flde of the river Mtfliflippi,
above the mouth oi: the river Ohio, and upon
the Illinois river,
Second—Proposals to supply ail rations that
may be required, at any place or places, on the
ealt fide of the Miffifljppi river, below the
mouth of the river Ohio to the southern boun
dary of the state of Kentucky and within the
said state ; at Knoxville ; at all other ports and
places within the state of TennefTee ; at South
.Weft Point ; at Tellico Block-house, at St.
Stephens on the river Tombigby and any place
or places within the Cherokee boundaries ; be
low the southern boundary of the state of Ten
neflTee and within the boundary of the United
States.
Third—Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required, at Point-Petre; at Coleraine ;
at Savannah, and at any other place or places
where troops are or may be stationed, marched
or recruited within the ttafe of Georgia ; at all
fort» orftitionson the Oconnee and Alatamaha,
and at all other places in the Creek Nation,
within the limits of the United States, where
troops are nf may be Rationed.
Fourth —Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Fort Johnson, at Fort Pimk
*ey, at Charleston, or at any oiher place or
places where troops are or may be stationed,
marched or recruited in the state of South Ca-
rolina,
Fisth —Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at the Fort at Wilmington,
Cape Fear ; at Beacon Hlaud, Ocracock ; at
Charlotte; at Fayettevillej at Salilbury, or at
any other place or places where troops are or
may bt stationed, marched or recruited in the
state of North Carolina.
21WJUI
Sixth' —Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Norfolk, at Portsmouth, at
Kerapfville, at Charlotteville, at Winchester, at
Staunton, at Richmond, at Alexandria, at Leef
burg, at Frederickfburg, at Carterfville, or at
any other place or places where troops are or
may be stationed, marclaed of recruited, in the
state of Virginia.
Seventh —Proposals to supply all rations that
may he required at Fort M'Henry, at Baltimore,
at Annapolis at Frederick town, at Leonard
town, at Hagers town, at Bladenlburg, at
George town, at Harper's fetry, at Eaftown, at
the Head of Elk, and at any other place or
places, where troops are or may be stationed,
march*) or recruited within the limits of the
state of Maryland.
taw tijy
Fightb —Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Fort Mifflin, at Philadel
phia, at Darby, at Lancaster, at WTlkelbarre, at
Reading, at Briflol, at Yorktown, at Carlisle,
at Lewift iwn ( Mifflin county) at Bedford, at
Greenfbarg, at Washington, at Eaftown, at
Wilmington, at Christiana, at Dover, or at any
other place or places where troops are or may
be stationed, marched or recruited within the
limits of the states of Pennsylvania and Dela
ware, except the polls within the (late of Penn
sylvania, enumerated in the firft proposals afore
faid.
Ninth—Propofali to supply all rations that
may be required at Hackenfac, at Elizabeth
town, at New-Brunfwick, at Burlington, at
Woodbury, atTrenton, and at any other place
or places where troops are or may be flationed,
marched er recruited within the limits of the
state of Jersey.
aaw3m
Tenth—Proposals to supply all rations that may
be required at New-York, at Weft-Point, at Flush
ing, at Hacrlem, at Well-Chester, at Poughkeep
fie, atKenderhook, at Stillwater, atNewburg, at
Albany, at Oonejoharie. at Cherry Valley, and at
any other place or places, where troops are or
may be flationed, matched or recruited within the
limits oi the (late of New York, except the polls
within the said state enumerated in the firft pro
pafah aforcfaid.
JUevcntb—Propofals to supply all rations that
may be required at Hartford, at Hebron, at New
London, atßrooklynn, at Wyndham, at Litchfield
atOuiliord, at New-Haven, at Fairfield, at Dan
bury, at Middletown, and at any other place or
phces where troops are or may be flationed,march
ed or recruited wichin the limits of the State of
Conneflicutt.
T-welfih —Proposals to supply all rations that
1 may be required at Fort Wolcott, at Brinton's
Point, at Newport, at Providenca, and at any
place or places where troops arc or may beftatiou
,ed, marched or recruited withiß the limits the of
{late of Rhode Island.
Thirteenth—Proposals to supply all rations that
maybe required at Portland in the Diftri<st of Maine
Gloucester, Cape Ann, Salem, Marblehead, Bos
ton, at Springfield, at Uxbridge, and at any other
place or places where troops are or may be station
ed, marched or recruited within the limits of the
date of Massachusetts.
Fourteenth—Proposals to supply all ratiens that
may be required at Portsmouth. at Exeter, at
Windsor, at BeHnington, at Rutland, or at any
Fort, place or places, where troop* are or may ba
flationed, marchcd'or recruited within the States of
New-Hamplhirs and Vermont.
The Ration to be supplied, is to consist of the
following articles, viz. Eighteen ounces of bread
or flour, or when neither can be obtained, of one
quart of rice, er one an J a half pound of filtedor
lioulted indian meal, one pound ar.d a quarter of
frelh beef, or one pound of faked beef, or three
quarters of a pound of salted Pork, and when frelh
meat is ifliied, fait, at the rate of two quarts for
evrcy hundred rations, soap at the rate of four
pound*, and candles at the rate of a pound and a
half for every hundred rations.
iawtf
It is expefted the proposals will also extend to
the supply of rum, whilkey, or other ardent spi
rits at the rate of half a gill per ration, and Vine
gar at the rate of two quarts for every hundred
rations. The profofal6 will fpecify the price of
the fevei al component parts of the ration, as well
as thole of (üblHtutei or .alternatives for parts
thereof.
The rations are to he furnified in such quantities
a< that there fflall at all timet, during the term of
tke proposed contra&s, be fuflicient lor the con
sumption ot the troop? at Michilimackinac, Detroit
Niagara ar.d Ofw«go, for fix moi'ths in advances,
and at each of the other polls on the wefierfi wa
fers, for at lead three months in advance, of good
and wholesome provisions, if the fame shall te re
mcpch n
Collector's Office.
Philadelphia, April 6, I 799.
For sale at public au3ion>
AT the Cuflom House, on Tuelday the ?th
May, 1799, the following Merchandize,
which remain in the Custom House Stores more
than nine months unclaimed by the owners or
consignees thereof.
RS No. 16 una trunk containing linen, muslin
and dimity
4 one cafe containing plush
I one box containing tapes
FIW
C&Cco
one box music books
one box lowing needles
four thefts of Chinese curiosities, tw»
large paintings
Mrs.Boulton.otie box indigo
IM one box containing .(Hots and cotton
JolhuaGilpin one box garden feeds
one box containing cotton (lockings,
(hirti, pocket handkerchiefs & (hoes,
three boxes containing fix hundred
and sixty one numbers of Winterbo
tham's general ddcripr.ion of Ameri
ca
I<»T
one box soap
9)2
W
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four hhds. beans
one bag coffee
two barrels walnuts
one barrel peminto
one box sugar
iaß eight cases guns
P&C
PD
1 one cases containing a forte piano
one box artificial flowers.
April 8
A Summer Retreat,
For Sale,
Sixteen Acres of Land,
About half a mile from the city of Philadelphia,
r I are on the premifesa one (lory brick
X house 38 feet front, a liable and corn
a well of excellent water,and a few Iruit trees, the
situation is perhaps superior to my within the
fame distance ol the city, and commands one of
the mod beautiful and piSurcfque profpe&s of the
city, Kenflngton, the Delaware and Jerseys,
Enquire of EDWARE) BONSALL & Co.
march 4 oedtf
Removal.
Thomas Clayton, Hatter,
HAS removed to No. ia6, south Fronrftreet,
where ha intends carrying on his bufiaefs as
formerly, and has on hand a complete aflortment
of his own manufa<stured ladies, gentlemen and
childrens'
HATS.
Canada Beaver&Mujk-rat Skins,
Witb a complete assortment of FURS, always
for sale.—He his received per the late arrivals
from London, a complete assortment of
Fajhionable Englijh Hats,
Which he now offtrs for sale at veiy reduced
prices-
jc... 19
Mahogany.
THE fubferiber, intending to leave off, the
Mahogany and Lumber Business, offers for
sale at his yard, the corner ef Queen and Water
streets, Southwark, all his flock on hand, lonfifting
of a great variety of
St. Domingo and Bay Mahogany Boards,
Plank and Scantling,
All well seasoned and fit for immediate life
Also a few thousand feet fsafoned half-inch and
inch White Pine lloards, and a small quantity of
two feet ctdar Ihingles.
All that (hall remain unlold, will be disposed of
at public sale, at 10 o'clock on Thursday the 18th
instant The terms of payment will be cafti fop
purchafcs under roo dollars, from 100 to 50c dol
lars at 60 days, and all above \o® dollars at 60
and 110 days, for approved indorsed notes, with
the discount. The sale to be continued until the
whole is difpofeJ of.
N.B. rhe subscriber will fell or Ist the above
yard, wharf and dwelling house, which he now
occupies.'
march 4
Valuable property for Sale.
FOR SALE,
THAT well known Estate, called
SHREWSBURY FARM, formerly the residence
of General John Cadwaladar, fituata on Saflifras
River, in Kent county, Maryland—containing a
bout 1900 acres of prime LAND, upwards of too
of which are in woo.ls. The Building? are all ex
cellent, andconfift of a handsome Dwelling House,
two large Barns with Cow houses, Stables for fifty
horfes.a'Tpeeiwistreadiiig floor under cover,a gra
nary, two Jverfeer't houses, two ranges of two sto
ry buildingsfor Negroes (one of them new and of
brick), Corn houses a Smoak hoofi», &«. &c —The
whole Estate being nearly surrounded by water it
requires butUttle fencing. a»d has a good Shad and
Herring filhery. It is conveniently situated for
both the Philadelphia and Baltimore markets, with
two landings on a navigable river but a short fail
from Baltimore There is a large Peach, and two
large Apple Orchards on the preniifes;a]fo, a Yarie
ty of excellent fruit* ol different kinds. The foil is
rooftly a rich loorr-.—The whole will be fold togc
therordividedtintofniallerfarnis(lor which the buil
dings are conveniently situated) as may fuittbepur
hafer. The Stock on said Farm, co»li«li»g of Hor
des, Cattle, Sheep &c. will also be disposed of.
For further partituhrsapply taGEoBCEHAsTiNGs
on the premises.or to the fubferiber, in Philadelphia
ARCHIBALD M'CALL, Jun.
18. tf.
December u.
THE S-UliSCilnnß,
Offers for sale the following (klcribed property,
■■ '-viz. —
dt7M
iaw6m
JOHN M'GULLOH
est aßMay
REAL ESTATES.
ON HIGH-STREET,
\ I.OT of ground on the south fide thereof,
r\. between 7th aHd Bth Ureets, containing in
frort 23 feet 8 inches and extending in depth
southward 306 feet.
The improvements on this lot arc a fu!> r :antial
Brick Dwelling Houfej three ftoriev high, with
garrets atfd an extenfivt range of back buildings
alio of three stories—the whole tomprilirg two
genteel parlours—a ipa< ious drawing room—back
parlour—kitchen—wafii house, &c. and a great
number of bed-chambers. It has the privilege of
palTage into Market-flreet, througlra 3 leet wide
alley communicating with the yard.
Another lot on the fame situation and next ad
joining, westward to the one above described, con
taining in front, on Market street, 50 feet 8 inch
es by 306 feet in depth, on which are erected a two
tfory frame dwelling house aid kitchen well calcu
lated to accommodate a small family
The back ground' of both thei , lot* is rendered
healthy and plealant by gravel walks and grass plats
and a number of fruit and sorest trees growing
thereon. Each lot hath the privilege of a palTage
into Eighth * reet through a T5 feet wide alley ex
tending to the fame from the back ends.
One otlv.-r Lot of ground adjoining to andeaft
wardof the subscriber's Dwelling House, contain
ing in front 33 feet and extendingfouthward to the
»)epth of 506 feet*—on which are ere&ed a.fubltan
tia Brick Dwelling House, 18 feet front, with
garrets and very convenient back burldifig* of the
fame height and materials- Also a Carriage House
and Stables built of wood.
O.Y CHRSHur sritEEr.
A Lot of Ground on the north fide, and be
tween Seventh and Eighth Streets, confining in
front ioi seer, and extcruHng in depth northward
178 feet. 1 his Lot is affo accommodated with a
passage into Eighth Street, through the above de
scribed alley.
In the town of Dover,
KENT COUUrr, DELAWARE sfATE.
Eight Lots of Orosnd adjoining each other, on
the weft fide of King street, containing an front
on the fame 50? feet, and extending in depth wcil
ward about 40a feet, on which ire erected a two
Itory Brick Dwelling H.iufe, and another Brick
Building adjoining, suitable' for a Store or Office
together with several frame tenements—a dream
of water runs through the south part of the lot,
where a tan-yard might he improved to advantage.
Payment of a part of the purchase money
will be required—the remainder may be at in
tercft for a number of yearn by giving the pre
mises in security, &c.
RICHARD RUNDLE.
jan 11
ALL PERSONS,
INDEBTED to theeftateof Mohdecai Lewis,
late of this city, merchant, decealed. are de
sired to make immediate payment, and tliofe who
have demands against it to produce them for p«y-
ment to
Thomas Morris, "1
Safnurf Coates, ; executors.
Jj>feph Morris, J ' 4 ' :
at the Counting Haiifs of
• - . -|osefh S. LEWIS,
Dack-ftrcat.
march
FOR SALE, .
BY THE SUBSCRIBER,
On Willingi aud Francis's Wharf,
200 Gin Cases, 1
AHo, a few bales of Bengal Goods.
G. WILLING.
3taw.
Feb. 18.
7be Subscriber offers for Sale,
THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY.
AN Excellent three story Brick Howie, situ
ate the corner of 7th and Race-ftjeets;—
tile houfeis about J5 feet front and well finifh
ed in every refpeifl ; the Lot is 76 feet front on
K»ce-ftreet ar.d 88 feet deep,the situation remar
kably airy, having a public fquafe open in Front
of it.
Two three story Brick Honfes. Brick Stores,
and good Wharf, situate in Water-street, be
tween Arch and Race-streets, the lot on which
these buildings are, is fifty four feet from on
Water-street, and continues that width about
95 feet, then widens to thefouvh Ifeet 6 inch
es, so thai the front on the water is sixty seven
feet fix inches, this lot adjoins John Steinmetz
esq. on the south, and has the advantage of a
public alley on the north, and is a very desira
ble fituatioi" for the business of a Flour Factor,
or Merchant
A Urge elegant two story Stone House, situ
ate on the Point no Point road, being the full
house to the Northward of the five mile stone ;
this house is about 60 feet front and 40 feet deep
finitoed in a neat manner; there is a good gar
den and choice colle&ion of the belt fruit trees,
Ice-House and other conveniences with about
nine acres ps ground—or if more agreeable to
the purchafcr, thirty two arret of upland and
meadow inav be added toi f .
A plantation in Bibirr/ Townftiip, Philadel
phia county neir the Red Lyon, about 13 miles
from this city j bounded by the Northampton
Road and Poquefiing Creek, thi» firm contains
about 140 acres of land, a proportionof which
is woodland and meadow , a brick dwelling
houfe, frame barn, and'other out-houfes, and
there is fai'J to be a good stone quarry on part of
it, although it has not yet beeis opened, a fur
ther del'cription is deemed unneceffiry as no
person will purchafa without viewing the pre
mises,
A small plantation in Horfliam Townlhip,
Montgomery county, nineteen miles from Phi
ladelphia, adjoining to Grame Park, on which
it an excellent new St*>ne House asd Kitchen,
with a large Stone Shed for the accommodation-'
of traveller's horses ; the house i-- now dccupi*
ed as a tavern, and is suitable for any kind of
public business, 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 form Also for sale, several trails
of land in different counties of fliie Rate
The House inßace-ftreet firft mentioned
and ©ne of the lioufes in Water-street, are now
TO BE LET,
And immediate p< flefiion given. For terms
apply at the South-east corner 6f Arch and
Sixth-fireeta, to
feb 7
Library Company of Philadelphia.
The Annual Eleftion
FOR Dire&ersiind a I reafurer of the Library
Crmpany of Philadelphia, will beheld at the
Library, in Fifth street, »n Monday the sixth of
May next, at three o'clock in th*- afternoon, when
the Trcafurer will attend to receive the annual
payments.
As there are several (hares on which fines are
due. the owners (T them, or their representatives,
are hereby notified, that they will be forfeited,
agreeably to the laws of the Company, unlefs'the
arrears are paid off on the said sixth day of May,
or within ten days after.
By order of the Direilors,
BENJAMIN R. MO xGAN,Secretary,
april 11. 3tuw tc
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
_fl JuNl 27, 1 7 ,>-
Notice is hereby given, That by ~r .
tut; of ?n ail, paffcd during the f.
[ion »f CongTefs, Co much of thg ait entitulti
" All A a making further provision forthefufl.
" port cf public credit, and for the redemptiov
" of the public debt"—palled the third day ol'
March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety
five, as bars from fettlenient or allowance
Certificates, commonly called Loan Office and
final fattlement Certificates, and Indents of lo
| fereds", is suspended until the twelfth day oj
June, which will be in the year one thouland fever
That on die liquidation and fettlementof the.
said Certificates, and Indents of 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 arrears
ages of interest due on their said Certificates, prior
to th* firft day of January one thousand seven
hundred and ninety one.
That the principal fumsof the said Loan Office
and final i'ettiement Certificates, with the interest
thereon, since the firft day of January, one thou
sand seven hundred and ninety oDe, yvill be dis
charged after liquidation at the Treasury, by the.
paymsnt of interest and reimburfitment as princi
pal, equal to the sums which would, have been,
payable thereon, if the said Certificates fyajl
fubferibed, pursuant to the Ails making provifen
for the debts of the United States, contracted 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 asaforefaid, which market value will
be determined by the Comptroller of theTreafury.
OLIVER WOLCOTT,
Hrw -v+f
1 a vv 1 hi
JOSEPH BILL.
' th&ftf
Secretary vf tie treafarj/t
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Weavers.
SEVERAL WEAVERS may find em
ployTnent by applying to Isaac T. Hop
per, No. 39, Pine-street.
3mo. ijth, 1799.
Valuable Property for Sale,
Its Cheftmt, near Sixth street, difeiflly oppofit
Congriss Hail,
A LOT of ground, about »i feet front iivChef
iiut street and 73 feet in icpth, wheraen is a
good frame house, now in the \c are of Samuel
Benge, fuhjeit to a ground rent of ids. per annum.
1 he advantageous situation of this property re
quites no comments, for it mult be known, there
?re few in this city to equal it, an unccceptiiuialjle
title will be made to the purthafer. Apply to
JAMES GIRVAN,
no, 19$, Chefout street, next door to the pre
mifei.
mareh 5 tu.thfatf
TRKAStfRY DEPARTMENT.
March 11 tb, fjgm.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVSN,
Pursuant to the adl of Congress pafTcd oa tjj
Ift day of June, one thoi'fjnd, levro (iiin
'dred and ninety fix, entitled " an afl teguht
ing the grants of land appropriated for miM,
tary services, and for the society of Unittit
Brethren for propagating the gospel among
the Heathen and the a<sl fypplf memory to
the lard recited a <sl palled on the fec«sd day of
March, one fhoitfarid seven hundred andniM
ty'nint towki" '' 1 '
I.
THAT the trail of Land herein after de
scribed, namely, " beginning it the Nbrth Weft
corner of the seven ranges of townfhipi, and
running thence fifty miles due south, along tne
weftcrn hountlary of the said ranges ; —thence
dtle'Welt to the Main Brapch of the Scioto ri-»
vcr ! s thence up the MiiA Branch of the said ri
ver to the place where the Indian boundary line
erodes the fame ; —Thence along the said boun
dary line to the Tufcaroras branch of the Muf
kingum river at the crcffing pijee above Fort
Lawrence ; thence down the laid river, to the
point where a line run due weft from the place
of begfirthing, will iuterfeft the said Tiver ;
thence along the line fa run to the place of be
ginning hasbeeii divided into townships of
f«re miles square, and fractional parts of town
ships ; aHd that plats and furvcys of the laid
townships and fraftional parts of townships are
deposited in the offices of the Register of the
Treasury and Surveyor General, for the inspec
tion of all persons concerned.
The holders of such warrants as have been
or (hall be granted for military fervicesperform
ed'during the lare war, are required to present
the fame to the Register of the Treasury, at
foine time prior to tha twelfth d ;y of February
in the year, one thousand eight hundred, for
the purpose of being registered ; No regiftty
will however be made of any less quant'ty than
a quarter townlhip, or four thousand acres.
Th« priority of location of the warrants which
may be presented and registered in manner afore
fa iJ, prior to the i3<hday of February in the
year one thousand eight hundred, will immediate
ly after the said day, he determined by lot, in the
mode drefcribed by the adl firft recited.
The holders of registered warrants, (hall on
Monday the 17th day of February, ill the year
1800, in the order of which the priority of locati
on (hall be determined by lotas aforefaid, perlbn
ally.or fey th«ir agents, designate in writing at the
office of the RegiSer of theTreafury, the particu
lar quarter towndiips ele&ed by them refpeifively,
and fitch of the said holders as {hall not defignatr
their locutions on the said day, thall be poftponcd
in locating such wafrants to all other holders of
registered warrants.
The holders of warrants for military ferviees
fufficient to cover one or more quarter townlhipa
or tra&s of four thousand acres each; lhall, at any
time afrer Monday the 17th day of February, >Boa
and prior to the firft day ol January, 1801, be aU
! low»d to regifler the laid warrants in manner a.
i forefaid, and forthwith to make locations therefor
j en any tract or tra<fts of land not before located.
All warrants or claims for lands on account of
military ftrvices, which (hall not be rrgiflered and
located before the firfl day of January, lijoz, are by
the supplementary aft of Congrcfs herein befora
recited, paffcd on the second day of March, 1799.
declared to he forever barred.
Given under my hand at Philadelphia, tke
day and year above mentioned.
OLIVER WOLCOrr.
Sec. of the Treasury.
To be I^cty
A genteel, convenient three flrory
BRICK HOUSE,
In Spruce Street, (no. 64)
THIS houfehss been newly papered and painted,
and was not occupied during lafl fever.
Feb. 12. djt as. eo tf.
To be Let,
A Store and Loft,
NEAR Market-iireet Wharf. —Enquire of
the Subscriber,
fel> ii
PAINTED BY J. W. PENNO.
GEO. DAVIS,
3 ig High-ftrret.
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