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PROPOSALS,
BY THE
Injur ance Company of North America.
•' For Ixsukas'Ce jgiitiil Fiwi, on Dwclting
... . Houifs, Wwe-Houfei, and oiher Buildings (and
Q* <# ui>4» cont'«HiuThi/d cK B«il<ijngs) diflaat from
' PhJladelphia , in the United srates.^
I. Common lufurancei, hazards of the firft
clals, '■ ;ii und r: ... lat a premium of ahout
halt per c nr j.er a'num. For extra hazardous
r.fqucs a lar .-er <>-cr iiai will be required, which
Will Way. ctrcutiftances, seldom ex-
one per cant. per inmnv ; but in ft>tne in
flate-'*. whsre the property infored if not only iji
itfelf cxtra hazardous, V ut rendered (til) more so
by the vicinity of extra hazardous building" and
occupations, the premium demanded will be raised
according to circUniftar.ccs.
Hou(«s and Ware- Houses, the * alls and parti
tions of wMoli are wholly of ftonc or krick. ivell
conftruftetl, so a, to b guarded as well as may be
agamft fires from wilhi.., and tree from extra ha
tardous buildir js .1 : cccupations fn their neigh
borhood, will lv; . ■ "Pied hazardous of the tirft
tji lis, and may he mfnre ' to their full value.
Alfn an.i ierr.lundize, not o an extra
hazirduu k nd, in calks, bales, or packages, de
posed in fach buildings, to an amount hot ex
cteJing 4000 dollars ; hut if more than thisfum
is required to be insured in one tenement, an addi
tional premium will be required, in proportion to
circumstance .
II ■ lnfurances will alfe he made on buildings and
goods extra hazardous, at oremiums proportioned
to thn'rifque. But it is not easy to arrange these
under particular heads < r claiTes, so as to describe
each with the iiecrlliry accuracy. Each cafp mud
therefore be decided upon according to the circum
stances a-t?nding H ; ar.d these circumftanccs wili,
in general, appear from the defcripticn accompa
nying t'<eapplication.
Buildings partly conflructcd of brick or (lone,
are preferable to those wholly wooder. And in
both cafe-, the 'tile of building, how they are oc
cupied, how they are fituited, the neighboring
buildings, and how occupied, arexofcfiderations to
be taken into view. And with refoe-Sfc tagopds,
their tendency, whether from their nawe, or
from the manner in which they are exposed, eith r
to commence or to increaie an accidental fire, ai«.d
their liability in such Hate to receive damage £y
wet, or by fud ien andhafty removal, or to be sto
len in time of confuGon and hurry, are all cir
cumftancesof Weight; and the premiums must be
proportioned accordingly.
111. The follo .vingr conditiont are to be under
flood by the parties.
ift. The Infurancc is not binding till the ftipu
lated premium be raid ; but it ihall be deemed ef
fe&ua 1 irom the time of such p.i>ment and accep
tance tr.eteof, whether the policy be immediately
signed or not.
2d. Insurances may be renewe.l at the expira- i
tion of the term of the policy, without further ex
penfe< than the payment of the premium of the re
newed term, the Mrvumftancrseimti' uing the fame
a? they were undertlood by the ijwfurtrrs at the time
the former isfurance w:s ma le ;b 11 h * payment
of the premium is efTential t© such renewal ; and
it the party infuredfuffert any time to elapse after
the expiration of the former insurance, before he
pavs a premium for the renewal, he is not insured
during such time ; vor can the insurance berenew
ed or the forme:* policy but by computing the
com.;l' nccm at of the renewal from the expiration
ol "he .'ormer inf..:.!.. e. i'he fubjeel of jnfur
ance may ne verfhelds he open to treaty for a new
insurance
y other insurance bemadeon the fame
prop rrv • lie made known at the t/me ol
application, +thrrwile the policy fljadcpn fudi ap
p!u v.'i'l b<* voiJ.
4th luld in trull, or 011 consignment,
T "ay \,c ini.it ■ v'. .i f.jcli ill a feoarate policy ; but
tUej are not t*»be confiiiercd as iiifutedetherwife.
5 tn. Tftis comp.-ny will not be liable or accoun
i a hit i<jr any Ipf-s or damage occ3£or.'-u by any for
en in .-alion,' or by any military or usurped force
f■' . y i-eafoH of any civil commotion ; or occalion,
( r \)f gunpowd< r, aquaiortis or other thing of th
iliie kind kept in the building, or amonglt the pro
perty iufured.
6th. Bills of Exchange, Bonds and other Secu
rities, Title Deeds, Money, Sank and other pror
miifory Notes, are not included in any insurance ;
nor are paintings, -medal*, jewels, gems, antique
ouiiofities, or mirrors exceeding the value of tweo
<y-lJv« dollarscacU, to be considered as inluredune
less particularly mentioned and by fpecialagree
ment.
7th. No insurance will be made for a fiiorter
term than one year, ira for a long«r term than fe
vch years. Persons choosing to infHre for Teven
yur- (hall b c allowed one year's premium by way
of dileount: One third of a ycarspremium shall
be abated in like manner on an insurance for
three years.
Bth. Losses fuflained by fire on pro; ;rty insured,
(halt be paid in thirty days after due prouf and li
quidation thereof, without deduction.
A djlciiption of the property to be infurod will
be expected with each application, to be made by
a master carpenter and signed by him, as well as
by th« owner of the building ot applicant for in
surance, and attested oeforc a Notary or principal
Magiflrate, who will certify his knowledge of the
parties and their credibility.
With respeCt to Houses and otner Buildings.
ift. The lite and position; describing the
street or toad on or near which the building
stands ; its contiguity to water, and other cir
cumstances relative to the extinguilhment of fire
in cafe of accident; and particularly whether
any and what fire companies are established, and
engines provided, in the place of neighbourhood.
iA- The materials of which it is built, whe
ther of brick, stone or wood, and what part of
each, as well as to the outside walls as inside or
partition walls, and their refpediive height and
thicfcne's ; the style of the roof and of what
materials ; , how secured by battlements or par
ty wall* ; what kind of acocf# tq the top of the
hoiife a".d to the chimnies ; whether any and
what eleCtrk rods ; the number and kind of
fire places ; and the kind of deposit for ashes.
3d. Ihe dinaenlions of the building and how
divided, and the fivlc in which it is fmifhed so
as to enable indifferent persons to judge in what
manner it is to be repaired or rebuilt in cafe of
injury ; the age and condition of the building,
and how occupied, whether merely as a dwel
ling house, or for any other, and for what pur
pose , also an cQimate of the value of the house
or building independent of the ground.
4th. fituation withrefpedl to other build
ings or back buildings, whether adjoining or
not, comprehending at lea ft one hundred feet
eaqh way : what kind of buildings are within
that dillasce, how b; i|t, of what materials,and
how occupied or improved, whether as dwtl
lii ;s for private families or otherwise : whe
ther any aw} what trade or manufactory is.car
ried os, and particularly whether thsre be any
rvtra !r 2ar<lo»is articles nfed, or ufr illy depo
sited in the h<>'>fe,or within the distance afore
fjid/and of what kind.
Hefpeiffitig gon/ii in Honfes, Wlrehonfes, -it
l, A general defrription of trie building in
which they ;ir> kept will be expe'fled, l-niitar in
HI refpei'.s, its to the danger from si's, with
ttiat required for Insurance on the buildings
Uiemftlvet.
i. A dtfcript'on of the Icings and nature of
t'. e ijnnd-;, whether in ca(k* or nther package 0 ,
or opened ; and whether displayed m whole
pie; (ib or iu the usual form for retailing. And
if tli*vary matt..- "lly in kin. 4 , aj,;eneral
efKmate ot the value ot each kind proposed 10
be inlund ; but In the last particular miuutenel's
of ddcrigiW. is not cxpe'ted.
.V Article* of the following kinds aredeem
cd extra hazardous, though in \arious degrees,
in vv.natcver building they itiay be placed, viz.
pitch, tar, turpentine, rolln, wax, tallow, oil,
inflammable spirits, sulphur, hemp, flax, cot
ton, dry g-ods of an inflammable kind, open
ed.—Glal's, china ware or procelain, efpecialiy
unpacked; Looking glafies, jewelery ; and all
other articles more than commonly inflamma
ble, or more than commonly liable to injury by
sudden removal orbv nmiftures, or particularly
obnoxious to theft on an alarm of fire.
Letters post paid, direftedto the Secretary of
the Board of Directors, will be duly attended
•to. An order for Insurance accompanied hv tile
means of paying the premium, will be imme
diately executed on the premium being paid.
■ t 'hr application contain an enquiry only, is
wiii be am'\vcTed v
By order of the Board,
Ebenexer Hazard, sec' ry.
Office of the Insurance Company of North >
America ; Phi!ad. Feb. I, :795. 5
feb 1
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
March i ith, f 799. •
PUBLIC NOTICE !S HEREBY GIVEN,
Purfuanc to the aft of Congr !> pafl'ed on the
ift day of June, one thoi'fand, fcvcn hun
dred and ninety fix, entitled "an aft regulat
ing the grants of land appropriated for mili
tary services, and for the society of United
Brethren for propagating the gospel among
the Heathen and the aft supplementary to
the said recited ail palled on the second day of
March, one thoitland seven hundred and nine
ty nine to <wit:
I.
THAT the trail of Land herein after de
fended, namely, " beginning at the North Weft
corner of the ftven ranges of townftiips, and
running thence fifty miles due south, along tne
wedtrn boundary of the said ranges ; thence
due Weft to the Main Branch of the ri
ver i thence up the .Main Branch of the said ri
ver to the place where the Indian boundary line
crofiYs the l'aroe ; —thence along the said boun
dary line to the Tufcaioras branch of the Muf
kingum river at hhe crofting p!»ce abi ve Fort
Lawrence ; thence donuti the said river, to the
point where a line run due weft from the place
of beginning, will interfefl the faiil river ;
thence along the line so run to the place of be
ginning has been divided into townships of
five miles square, and fractional parts of town
ftips ; and that plats and furvcys of the laid
townships and fraihionai parts of townships are
deposited in the offices of the Regitter of the
Treasury and Surveyor General, for the inspec
tion of all perlons concerned.
11.
The holders of such warrants as have bien
or ihall be granted tor military fervici« perform
ed during the late war, are required to prcfent
the fame to the Remitter of the Treasury, at
some time prior to the twelfth day of February
in the year, one thousand eight hundred, for
the purpose of being registered ; No registry
will however be made of any lef» quant : ty than
a quarter townfbip, or four thousand acres.
Th« priority of location of the warrants which
may be presented and rei;-ifttr«d in manner afore
laid, prior to the 12th day of February in the
year onethoul'and eight hundred, will immediate
ly after the said day, be determined by lot, in tlie
mode diefcribed by the ail firft recited.
The holdeis of regifl«red warrants, ftiall on
Monday the 17th day of February, in the year
1800, in the order ef which the priority of locati
on ftiall be determined by lot ps aforefaid, person
ally, or Uy th«ir agents, designate in « riting at the
office of the Regiffer of the Treasury, the particu
lar quarter town!hips ele&ed by them rcfpeSively,
and such of the said holders as (hall not dsfignate
their locutions on the said day, shall be postponed
i« locating such warrants to all other holders of
registered warrants.
V.
The holders of warrants for military service»
fufficirnt to cover one or more quarter townfbips
or trails of four thoufahd acres each; shall, at any
time afrer Monday the 17th day of February, 1800
and prior to the firft day oi January, 1801, be al
lowed to register the said warrants in manner a
forefaid, and forthwith to make Iscations therefor
cm any tract or trails of land not before located.
All warrants or claims for lands on account of
military ftrvices, which (hall not be registered and
located in fore the firft day of Januar-y, 1801, are by
the fupplem.-ntary ail of Congress herein before
recited, parted on the second day of March, 1799,
declared to he forever barred.
Given under my hand at Philadelphia, the
day and year abo-?e mentioned.
OLIVER WOLCOrr.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
June 17, 1.798. 1
Notice is hereby given, That by vir ;
tue of 3n a&, pafledduring the prefentfcf- j
Con ef Congress, so much of the ail entituled j
" An Ail making further provision for the sup- 1
" port ot public credit, and for the redemption
" of the public debt"—parted the third day of
March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety
five, as bars from settlement or allowance,
Certificates, commonly called Loan Office and 1
final settlement Certificates, and Indents of In
ferefts, is suspended until the twelfth day oj
June, which will be in the year one thoaland levcn
hundred and ninety ninj.
That on the liquidation and settlement of the 1
said Pcrtificatcs, and Indents of Interest, at the I
Treasury, the Creditors will he entitled to receive !
Certificates of funded Three Per Cent. Stock equal
to the amount of the said Indents, and the arrear
ages of intcrcft due on their said Certificates, prior
to the firft day of January ene thousand leven
hundred and ninety one.
That the principal sums of the said Loan Office
and final fetricment Certificates, with the incerelt
thereon, since the firlt day of January, one thou
sand seven hundred and ninety one, willbedif-'
charged after liquidation at the Treasury, by the
paymont of interest and reimbursement of princi
pal, equal to the sums which would have been
payable thereon, if the said Certificates had been
fubferibed, pursuant to the Aits making provision
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 thfc remaining
Stock, which would have been created by such
fubferiptions asaforefaid, which market value will
be determined by the Comptroller of theTreafury.
OLIVER WOLCOTT,
June s8
Notice.
I 'HE subscriber, having been appointed ad
miniflrator of the estate of Mr. John Lup
ton, lat • of this city, merchant, dtceafed, re
queflsthofe who are indebted to said eflatc, to
make payment, and th fe who have demandi
:ijrainrt the fame to exhibit them to him with
out delay
W. MEREDITH,
No. 16, south Foujth street.
April iS doim
Sec. of the Treasury.
Secretary of tbc Trenfury
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REAL ESTATES
■: BVSSCgfDe*, _
Offcrsfor fait tbtf following defcriV.ecf i roperty,
viz.—
ON MiOH-SfRhF.-ry
A LOT of gr-und on the fou.h fijt: thereof,
between 7th and Bth llreets, contanang i.i
front 23 feet 8 inches and extending in depth
southward faet.
The improvements on this lot ar.* a fubfiartial
Brick Dwelling House, three floncs high, with
garrets and an rxtenfive range of back buildings
also of three Tories—the whole iomprifing two
genteel parlours—aXpacious drawing room—back
p-rlflyr—kitchen—walk house, &c. and a great
number of ted chamber*. It has the p/iv.lege of
passage into Mafket-ftreet, through a 3 feet wide
alls} communicating with the yard.
Another lot 011 the fame ficuation and next ad
joining, weft ward to the one above defer ibed, ton
t, Ini g in front, on Market ilreet, to f'->et S-inch
cn l.y 3C< fee: in depth, 0:1 which are treated a two
ory fiame dwelling hoefe kitchen wc!; calcu
latsd t.i accommodate a 'mall fami'y.
The back ground of both theCc lot* U rendered
healthy aed plcal'ant by gravel walks and graft plats
and a nu:nber t>f fruit and forefl trc->.s growing
thereon. Each lot hath the privilege of a passage
into Eighth*- a .reet through a 15 feet wide alley ex
tending to the fame from the back ends.
One othrr Lot of ground adjoining to andeaft
wardof the fubferiber% Dwelling House, contain
ing in front 33 feet andextending Ibuthward to the
depth of 306 feet—on which are erefled a fubftan
tia Brick Dwelling House, 18 feet front, with
garrets and very «onvenient back buildir.g, of the
fa rue height and materials- Also a Carriage House
and Stablea built of wood.
ON eiiMSNUI" aVRZEf.
A Lot of Groun d on the north £de, and be
tween Seventh and Eighth Streets, containing in
front 104 feet, and extending in depth northward
178 feet. This Lot isalfo accommodated with a
pafiage into Eighth Street, through the above de
scribed alley.
In the town of Dover,
KENT COUNTr, DELAWARE SfAfE.
Eigkt Lets of Ground adjoining each other, on
the weft lide of King ftreec, containing in froßt
on the fame 50? feet, and extending in depth west
ward about 4CI feet, on which arc ere&ed a two
flory Brick Dwelling House, and another Brick
Building adjoining, suitable for a Store or Office
together with several frame tenements —a stream
of water runs through the louth part of the lot,
where a tan-yard might be improved to advan|ag«.
Payment of a part of the purchase money
will be required—the remamder may be at in
terest for a number of years by giving the pre
mife6 in feeurity, &c.
RICHARD BUNDLE.
diMr 4twtf
jan it
7he Subscriber offers for Sale,
THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY.
AN Excellent three story Brick Hoofe, litu
ate the corner of 7th and Raee-ftreets; —
tile house is about 15 feet front and well finifh
ed in every refp«sl ; the Lot is 76 feet fronton
Kace-Qreet and 88 feet deep,the situation remar
kably airy, Having a pubjic iqnare open in Front
Two three Brii k Houfcs, Brick Stores,
and good Wharf, (ituate in Water-street, be
tween Arch and Race-streets, the lot on which
these buildings are, is fifty four feet froiat on
Watcr-ftreet, and continues that width about
9 j feet, then widens to the fnuth 13 feet 6 inch
es, so that the front on the water is fijity seven
feet fix inches, thii lot adjoins Jafia Stcinmetz
esq. on the foutli, and has the advantage of a
public alley on the north, and is a very efira
ble fituatiuu for the business of a Flour Factor,
Or Merch»i>t
A large elegant two ftnry Stnne House, situ
ate on the Point 110 Point ro-ad, being the firft
house to the Northward of the five mile stone ;
this house is about 60 feet front and 40 feet deep
finittied in a neat manner; there is a good gar
den and choice culle&ion of the belt fruit trees,
and ortier conveniences with about
nine acres of ground—or if more agreeable to
the purchaser, thirty two acres of upland and
meadow m>»y be added to it.
A plantation in Bibirry Townftip, Philadel
phia county near the Red Lyun, about 13 miles
from this city ; bounded by the Northampton
Road and PoquelTing Creeli. thi> farm contains
about 140 acres of land, a proportienof which
is woodland and meadow , a brick dweljing
houfe, frame barn, and other out-Jioul'es, and
t here is faiil to be a good stone quarry on part of
it, although it has not yet beea opened, a fur
ther description is deemed unnecefl'ary as no
person will purchase without viewing the pre
mises.
A small plantation in Horfham Towsfhip,
Montgomery county, nineteen miles from Phi
ladelphia, adjoining to Grame Park, on which
is an excellent n?w Stone House and Kitchen,
with a large Stone Shed for the accommodation
of traveller's horses ; the houfei* now occupi
ed as a tavern, and ie suitable for any kind of
public business, the land is good in quality, a
good neighborhood, and a remarkably healthy
situation : ttiere is fifty acres of land and mea
dow in this.farm Also for sale, several tracfU
of land in different counties of this slate
The House ;n Uace-fireet fir(t mentioned
and ene of the in Water-street, are now
TO BE LET,
A»d immediate p< fleffion given. For terms
apply at the South-east corner of Arch and
Sixth-flreets, to
feb 7
Valuable Property for Sale,
In Ghefwut, near Sixth street, dire<sl|y oppofit
Congress Hall,
A LOT of ground, about ii feet front in,Chef
nut tlrect and 73 feet in <!epth, whereon is a
good frame house, now in the tenure of Samuel
Benge, (uhjeS to a ground rent of irs. per annum.
The advantageous fituatioß of this property re
quiies no comments, for it mud be knowu, there
are few in this city to equal it, an unscceptiona'ole
title will be made to the rurchafer. Apply to
JAMES GIRVAN,
no. I9S, Chefnut street, next door to the pre
mises.
march 5
Valuable Lands for Sale.
ON Tuesday the 20th of August n«xt, ( fliall
expose to public sale, at the town of New-
Msiket, in Dorcheller county, all that valuable
trail or puree! ot land commonly called the Chop
tank Indian Lands, situated on the south fide and
bindingon the Choptank river several miles,fup
pofed to contain about fix thouiand acres, to fee
divided into lots to contain from 100 to ;oo acres
eaeli: The terms of sale as follow, viz. Purciafers
to give bond immediately after the sale with ap
proved fecnrity, conditioned for the paymeat of
the purchase money, with mtereft from the day of
faie, in four equal annual infialmcnts, agreeably
to an a£l, entitled, tl An adl appointing rommii
fioners to contrail for and purchase the lands com
monly called the Choptank Indian Lands in Dor
chafler county, and for appropriating thef?meto
the use of this flare, and to repeal the a& of aflem
hly therein meptionedpalled at November ses
sion, 1798.
Wm MARBURY, Agent
for the (late of Maryland.
d3nj
April rg,
!
A '
JOSEPH BALL
tli&f tf
tu.th fatf
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' ;• iZi'mova}.
: -)Th 0 to* s : t- a on ; l4aMer,
H'&FJtt moved to So. l aG, fjutb jTroct ftraet,
where,hSi«tou4» carrying on his bujjoefs as
formerly,, and HM on Kand .a, coinpkte aCbrttnettt
of hU ov ii niaafa'faSureci lajiies, gcntienicxj and
•cWiMrco*"
H A r s.
Canada Beaverltf M ujk-rat Skins,
Wirt a complete affortmer.t of FUKS, always
for sale.—He has received per the Jate arrivals
from London, a complete aflbrtment of
FajhionaUe Enghfb Hats,
Which he now offers for (ale at very reduced
prices.
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FOR SALE,
50,000 Acres of LAND,
I" YiNG 111 tl.e oiuiityoi i<uiK-!, lUte of Vir-
A a ginia, hdui\rtifij- on the eafl by the river
Cliiich, 011 the fnuth by the river G-eft, and
: to the weft by Sandy rivjr. This trail (fitnate
. fix miles from the Cotirthoufe of the above
liouniy, 75 from the town of is well
fettled,andhss likewise theadvantage of 2 wag
gon road) is divided into tr;<fls of 10, 5 and
1500 acres eath, and will be fold, altogether,
or in lots, as it may suit the purchasers, by one
jof the owners who will reside there during the
months of May, June and July nex-t, in order
to put them who may become purchasers in pof
fefiion.
The plats duly authenticated and certified by
the surveyors, are in the haeds of the fuhlcri
beis. E very fatisfadl ion \vi!l be given withrtf
pe&to the right, to which the patents give full
and ample tefliruony. Great accommodations
Will he mads refpctSliog payment, and every
necessary information may be had, by applying
to ,• F. & A. TUBEOT.
aawgm
Feb. it
FOR SALE,
/It the two mile /lone, on the We/fahickon, or
Ridge Road,
A Place containing about eighty acres, in parts'
or the whole together, ar may suit the pur
chaser. There is oa the premifcs a houie 47 1-2
feet front, by 43 1-* deep, a scullery, milk house,
pump, ice houfs, and farm house, a large barn,
60 feet by 31, with ftajlsfor 25 horses and cows,
a carriage house, and a pump of good water in
the barn yard, and a feconJ milk house supplied
by a spring. The grounds are well maßurcd, and
laid out in good stile, with an abundance of orna
mental, and fruit trees, the fituatiou healthy and
high, commanding a view of the city and Dela
ware. There is alio a small didai,cc from the man
sion [house a farm house in good repair, with
kitchen, ftabje, &c. and a pump of good wa
ter: Fortttrms apply to
SAMUEL MEREDITH.
No. 171,Chefuut Street.
March 11.
N O T 1 a £,
A Certificate of one share of BankiPennfylva
nia Hock, No. 72J, in my name, having
been loft or miflaifl, application isijiade at thefaid
Bank for renewal ot the fame ; all perfoi.s con
cerned are desired tp take notice.
JOHN VAUGHAN.
April ao
Patent Ploughs,
nPC be fjld for eafh by Joseph Salter at Atfion
-L Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry —Jonathan
Harker, Woodbury—and Jefit Evans, Lumber
ton, Ti 1 ofe who have used them give theijn the
preference to any other kind, is Haey require
lefstcam, break the ground better, artkept in
wrder at less »xpence and are fold at a cheaper
rate —the plan is much Amplified and confiltsof
but one piece of calt Iron, with the handles and
beam f>f wood ; they may beiixed with wrought
lays and coulters to be put on with screws and
i taken off at pleasure
Patent lights for vending with in(lrw<?linns for
miking them may be had by applying to John
tscwbeld, or the fubftriher No. 112 North
Front-Jtreet.
Who has for Sale;
Or to Lenfe for a term of Years,
I A number of vaiuabte trjiSl# of Land,, we.ll
i lltnated for MLils, Iron iVorksor Farms, pn.il
! !y improved, lying chiefly in the county of Hun
| tingdon Hate of Pennsylvania. Tltcfe who may
incline to view thtm will please to apply to
John Canan el'q.ncar Huntingdon.
Claries Ncwholdt
2 3 W tf
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Valuable Property for Sale.
FOR SALE,
THAT well known Estate, called
SHREWSBURY FARM, formerly the residence
ol General John Cadwaladar, fitti it« on Saflafras
River,in Kent county, Maryland—cop.tain.ing a
b»ut 1900 acres of prime LAND upwards of ?co
of which are in woods. The Buildings are all ex
cellent, andconfiftof a handsome Dwelling House
two la.ge Bams with Cowhouses, Stables for fifty
horfes,a fpeeious treading floor under cover, a gra
nary,two Jvcrfeer's houses, two ranges ot twe fie
ry buildingtfor Negroes (one of them new and of
brick), Corn houses a Smoalc honfe,&e. &c The
whole Estate being nearly surrounded by water, it
requires but 'itrie fencing. a»d has a good Shada'nd
Herring filhcry. It is conveniently situated for
both the Philadelphia and Baltimore markets, with
two landings 011 a navigable river but a flsort fail
from Baltimore. There is a, large Peach, and two
Urge 4ppleOrchardscn the premrfes;al/o, a varie
ty of cx-ellent fruits of different kinds. The foil is
meftly a rich loon-—The whole will be fold togc
ther or divideduntofnisller f?.rn>s(for which the bnil
dings are conveniently fituatsd) as may fyit tbe pur
haler. The Stock on said Farm, coßfiittag of Hor
cfes, Cattle, Sheep Ike. will also be disposed of.
For further partitularsapply to Gforce ;Lsstincs
on the premifes,ortothe fubi'criber, in Philadelphia.
ARCHIBALD M'CALL, Jun.
December 12
NOT I CEr
THE Following certificates of
fliares of the stock of the Bank of (he United
States have been loft or deftroved at ica, to luit
i I 3 shares in the name of Peter' Blight, of which
5 lhares No 4185. 5 (haies No 4186. and 3
shares No 4187, and 6 (haret in the name of
John B.nker Church, No 2058. which vrere
forwarded by the Counted of Leicester packet
from l'afmouth for New-York—and ten shares
of fsid stock in the name of "Stadnitiki & Son,
of Amsterdam, No 1796. which were forward
ed by the Packet from Falmouth for New-York
in November 1794 ; and for the renewal of
which application is made at the said Bank,and
all persons cuHcerned are defned to take notice
CLEMENT BIDDLE.
march I *
A Place Wanted.
\ SITUATION in a Merchant's Compting
I X Houf'e is desired, for a Youth, of the ape
of 17, of reputable connexions, an.-i pofiiJDng
the requisite acquirements. Apply to the
printer.
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JL <irahs, 'htrtc t J , -ofo| {£2* ion>. or Mfe 9f wrt
oriH&rfcd fay \
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.JcsieAd' ydigcb Jluat.,
JeremiiJ} If AS^ibhHu^,
Snodgrats, is" Co.
rfcofe c»n whom they arc drawn are also deflrod to
iutpe-nJ acceptance, until reference be had to tl..
lybkrihcr. tlle
At out twenty thousand Dollars of bills 0 f th
ab *ve description having been taken from the car!
rier near the mouth of Teuntllee river bv a
of Indians. SAMUEL MEEK
apr.il 26. tu
To be Let, ~ " *
TWO HOUSES,
No. 15» ant! No - on the Ealt tide of
cond street, ntar Spruce street, and three Grjfe
Lots near the city. For terms, apply to
CHARLES WHARTON
No. 136, South Second street'
Who has for Salt,
Five boxes of Lenaws
One hundred boxes of Tea China
Black, blue and colored Luleftringj
Silk Umbrellas, &c. Ac.
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f eojf
THE COMMISSIONERS,
APPOINTED by the Corporation to optj
Hooks of Subscription for a Loan to ir,tr o
<l»ce WHOLESOME WATER from the River
Schuylkill by means of Steam Enginc» (already
contracted for) to the Center Square and fr»in
NOTICE,
THAT a book will be opened at the City HsU
to-morrow, the 13th inflant, and will be con.
tinned from day to day, until the Loan is com"
pleated, where the cammiffioners will attend
from 10 o'cjock in the morning until one, tore,
ceive fubferiptiona.
may i
By order of the Board,
Jacob Shoemaker, sec'y.
id mo, 12.
N. B. Ten dollars to be paid on each flui
30 dollars the expiration of
two months /From the ti.
30 ditto, ditto, 4 months { r ,°f
0 ditto, dittr 6mo ) 'ublgribing
To be Sold at Private Sa/e^~
{ VVO tra<Ai "f Land, beii g the eilate ol dodlor
I Sam;iel Cooper, lately doceafed, lying i„
Lalhct county < n the Waters of Tuckaho'e Creek
6W ar them immediately on th« said creek, is
>art oi a trafi called Hampton, and part of another
Hundred acits; there are on ihe said plantation x
ome ufiful outhouses, an apple orchard, and i
pring of excellent water; th e place, about five
ir fix miles from Tuckalct Bridge, and about four
inks from K:,:af.»iv„ } is bounded in part by lands
low or lately of William Sherwood, and of Hnek
Work, in the heart of the filberies. and convent
;mly fitnated for a person in the trading or vifftl
line.
lie other is a Plantation one or tw« miles di.tant
from t!:e irtove. brin? part of a trad called Dud
h> Choice, 3jd part ot a trad called Straw,triZe
(. o'itunuig about two hundred and thirty seven
acres— ! his pla.e well timbered, is bounded in part
by the lan J.< row or lately of WiJiiaiji Hcvward
and trtjfe of (ieorge Wilson—there is a swelling
houlethereon, and fomeother imurovemeutsnot
conquerable.
The pa> m.nf will be mode easy to the purclul
er, or purcbafers, upon fe/u i;y being given in a
fatisfaSory manner—For term, apply*
<l6w
SAMUEL CO ATE S, SBrviviug Kxecutor*
THOMAS MORRIS, I'? I;r,ate J of
elustox
Or to TRJSTAM NEEDttE, at King's Cro*/
in Talbot county, Maryland.
eoHiip
apri! 13
N 0 7 ICE.
TTHE creditors of TODD Is" MOT T are tequeft.
«d to leave their accounts calculating liKcrcft.
to the lid of November, 1798, i.he date of Tods
»nd Motts's alignment. with W Mott, n«. t'ifa
Market ilreet, on or before the firft of July WSti
as a dividend will be im-tted lately made a!tcrthat,
time ; those who negJeA to fcjic in their account
will be excluded fiom that dividend,
John Waddington,")
John Rhodes, I Afllgneee.
, ' John Allen J ,
april 13,1739
ALL PERSONS,
INDEBTED to the Estate Abraham
Dicks, Sheriff of tbe Coenty of
Delaware, are requested t'i make immediate pay
ment, and alllhofe who have demands against
said Estate to anthentirafr and present them far
fettlemeiu. Also, all thofc who have d'pofited
writings with fail! deceased to apply for them to
WILLIAM PENNOCK. Adm'r,
Springfield, Delaware county, £
"ft mo. Bth, 1799. )
jail. 8
A Store and Loft,
NEAR Market-flreet Wharf.—Enquire of
(ah it
ALL persons having any demands
oil the Chevalier de Freire, Miniltcr of Portu
gal, are defiled to prWent, without lofa of time,
their accounts to liii Steward, Mr. Kapin, that
they mjv be immediately paid.
Franklin Court,
the 16th April, 1799.
m. tf.
At a Court oj Comraon Ple-s, held at Grtenf*
burg, fhr the county of Weftrnoreland, the
second Monday in March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety
nine, present Alexander Adds<o«, Esq. Fre
fident, and his Aflociates, Judges of the fame
Court.
ON the petition of LUCAS S. GIBBS, an
inlolvent debtor, to the Court of Common
Pleas, for the county aforeOid, praying for the
benefit of the laws made for the relief of such
perions, and fubjoinirig a lift of his creditors
and effefls on oath, the Court appoint the se
cond Monday in June next, for hearing the pe
titioner and his creditors, and direst that notice
thereof be given in Fenno's daily paper of '!> e
city of Philadelphia, in one of the Ualtimore
papers, and in the Fayette gazette, by being in
fertsd therein, in three facceffive papers, at least
three weeks previous to the day of hearing.
d.;tn
Bv order of Court,
THOMAS HAMILTON, Proth'jr
april 26. ra»'3w—af.'d3t.
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