CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE THIRD SESSION, Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the Hxth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety. AN ACT for granting Lands to the Inhabitants and Settlers at Vincennes and the Illinois Conn- try, in the Territory North Weft of the Ohio, and for confirming them in their Poflefllons. BE it ena&ed by the Senate and houfeof Representatives of the United States of America in Congr fsaflcmbled, That four hundred acres of land be given to each of those persons, who in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, were heads of families at Vincennes or in the Illinois country, on the Miflifippi, and who since that time have removed from one of the said places to the other. And the Governor of the territory north-weft of the Ohio is hereby dire&ed, to caufc the fame to be laid out for them, at their own expense, either at Vincennes or in the Illinois coun try, as they (hall severally elett. And be it furtlv r ena&ed and declared, That the heads of fa milies at Vincennes or in the Illinois country in the year one thou sand seven hundred and eighty-three, who afterwaids removed without the limits of the said Territory, are notwithstanding, en titled to the donation of four hundred acres of land made by the ltfolve of Congress of the twenty-ninth of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight ; and the Governor of the said ter ritory, upon application to him for that purpose, is hereby di rected to cause the fame to be laid out for such heads of families or their heirs ; and Ihall also cause to be laid off and confirmed to such persons the several tra&sof land which they may have pos sessed, and which before the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three may have been allotted to them according to the laws and usages of the government uuder which they had refpedively fettled : Provided neverthelcfs, That if such persons or their heirs do not return and occupy the said lands within five years, such lands shall be considered as forfeited to the United States. And be it further enacted, That one hundred and fifty acres of land, heretofore in poffefiion of the Piankefhaw Indians, and now under actual improvement, and conllituting a part of the vil lage of Vincennes, be given to the persons who arc severally in poffefiion of the said land. And be it further ena&ed, That where lands have been a&ually improved and cultivated at Vincennes, or in the Illinois country, under a supposed grant of the fame, by any commandant or court claiming authority to make such grant, the Governor of the said territory be, and he hereby is empowered to confirm to the per sons who made such improvements, their heirs or assigns, the lands supposed to have been granted as aforefaid, or such part thereof as he, in his discretion, may judge reasonable, not exceed ing to any one person, four hundred acres. And be it further enacted, That atraft ot land, containing about five thousand four hundred acres, which for many years has been fenced and used by the inhabitantsof Vincennesas a common,alfo a t a&of land including the villagesof Cohosand Prairie du Pont,and heretofore used by the inhabitants of the said villages as a com mon, be, and the fame are hereby appropriated to the use of the inhabitantsof Vincennes and of the said villages refpe&ively, to be used by them as a common, until otherwise disposed of by law. And be it further ena&ed, That the Governor of the said ter ritory be authorilcd to make a grant of land not exceeding one hundred acres, to each person who hath not obtained any dona tion of land from the United States, and who, on the firft day of August, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, was enrolled in the militia at Vincennesor in the Illinois country, and has done militia duty, the said laud to be laid out at the expense of the grantees, and in such form and place as the said Governor shall dirett. Provided nevertheiefs, That no claim founded upon pur chase or othcrwile, shall be admitted within a tra£l of land here tofore occupied by the Kafkafkia nation of Indians,and including their village, which is hereby appropriated to the use of the said Indians. And be it further enacted, That two lots of lan') heretofore in the occupation of the priests at Cahok'a, and fituatcd near that vil lage, be, and the fame is hereby granted in fee, to P. Gibault; and that a tra£l of land at Kafkafkia, formerly occupied by the Jcfuits, be laid off and confirmed to St. Jam Bcouvais, who claims the fame in v irtue of a purchase thereof. And be it further enabled, That so much of the ast of Congress of the twenty-eighth of August, one thousand seven hundred and cightv-eight, as refers to the locations of certain tra&s of land di rected to be run out and reserved for donations, to the ancient settlers in the Illinois country, be, and the fame is hereby repeal ed, and the governor of the said territory is directed to lay out the fame, agreeably to the a£l of Congress of the twentieth of June, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the Houje oj Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Preftaent of the United States, and Prejident oj the Senate. Approved, March third, 1791 GEORGE WASHINGTON, President ojtheUnited States. Deposited among the Rolls ir» the Office of the Secretary of State. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary oj State. LOST, BETWEEN this city and New-York, on the port; road, two bundles containing the Gazette ot the United States—No. 82—destined for New-York and Bollon. As they can be of no use, but as w?fte paper, except to the Subscribers, many of whom keep files of that publication, any perlon who can give informa tion to the Editor, fothat the whole or any part of them may be recovered, shall receive a generous reward. The two bundles contained 300 papers. MACHINERY FOR SPINNING FLAX, HEMP AND COMBED WOOL. THE Subfciiber hereby gives public notice, that he has obtain ed a patent for a fltvcring wheel and'tableau movementfor wet ting the thread by conical doth coatcd thrumblers y and another for the fame purpoje, by a cloth coated ioiler, a leathern belt moved by rollers, for the purpose of the preparatory drawing of the slivers, and another leathern belt moved in like manner, by rollers'for the purpose of drawing the rov edflax, hemp andwo&l, being improvements upon the mill or ma chinery ofKendrew and Porthoufe of the town of Darlington in Great Britain. This machinery, with the original mechanism on which it is grafted,being of the utmost value to the United States, the fubferi ber hereby offers to make and erett a complete mill or mills, in cluding both the original works, and his above improvements thereon, for any individual or company, on terms to be bv them agreed on ; and to conduct the Manufactory either for a lhaieef the profits, or stipulated wages. GEORGE PAJIKINSON, Philad. No. 65, Chejnut-Strcet, March 17, 1791. [93 HENRY KUHL, HEREBY gives public notice that he discontinues to cesoti ate ill the Funds on Commiluon. Philadelphia, April 5. 2t * Matthew M'Connell, In Chesnut-Stkeet, No. 66, BUYS and SELLS ail kinds of THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNION' ; has frequently occasion 10 NEGOCIATE INLAND BILLS OF EXCHANGE—and will receivc Orders for making SUBSCRIPTIONS to the BANK, ot the UNITED STATES. Philadelphia, March 30, 1791 Pintard and Bleecker, PURCHASE and SELL all kinds of Certificates & Public Securities, On COMMISSION, at public and private sale, on the following terms : ON the specie amount of all sales or purchases at auction, one eighth per cent. On ditto of all sales or purchases at private sale, on all sums below 5000 nominal dollars, one-halj per cent. ; and on all sums above 5000 nominal dollars, one-fourth per cent. For receiving interest at the Loan-Office, one per cent. For making transfers ac ditto, one dollar each transfer. (£3" Such persons throughout the United States, as may be pleased to favor the fubferibers with their orders, may rely on their being executed with punctuality,fidelity and dispatch, as consi derable experience in the public stocks, together with extensive connexions in the city of New-York and different parts of the continent, enable them to conduct their operations with peculiar advantages. March 15, 1791 A CO-PARTNERSHIP having commenced between Joseph Anthony, and his Son, Thomas P. Anthony, under the firm of Joseph Anthony and Son, They have for Sale, at their Stores, (lately improved by Hewes and Anthony,) North fide Chefnut-Street Wharf, NEW-ENGLAND Rum, Molasses, Muscovado Sugars, Jamaica & Martinique Coffee, Pimento, CafTia, Old Batavia Arrack, Spermaceti & Wax Candles, Spermaceti, Right Whale, and Tanner's Oil, Bed pick'd Mackarel, FOR SALE, In the City of New-Brujjfwicky A Commodious TWO STORY HOUSE,almoft -*• ■*» new, pleasantly situated on the banks of the Rantan, to gether with a large Lot in the rear, and a very good Wharf im mediately in front of the House. Said House is thirty-four feet square has tour rooms on each floor, with entries between the fame, and a good stone cellar under the whole. Any person inclining to purchase may have poflefiion the firft day of May next, and know the price and terms of payment which will be made easy by applying to Lewis For man, in (aid city, or the fubferiberin Borden Town. J. VAN EMBURGH. N. B. If not (old, to be rented from lft day of May next. "YX/'HEREAS HENRY WEBB, put out appren ' * tice by the Greenwich School for the sea service, in or about the year 1776, who was then of the age of 14 years, 01 there abouts, and failed from England in that year to some part of North-America, in the (hip or veflel called the Artemijfa, and which said (hip or veflel was at that time a Navy Vidtualler, Capt. Lewellyn, and which (hip or veflel was also a Spanish Trader, and afterwards became such Transport in his Britannic Majesty's ser vice as aforefaid ; and whereas the said Henry Webb deserted and ran away from the said ship or veflel, and entered on board a cer tain privateer or veflel called the Revenge, or Vengeance Privateer, of which one John Deane was then master or commander, then lying at New-York in America; and the said Vengeance Privateer, on or about the sth day of November, 1779, failed from New- York aforefaid to Savannah, and arrived at such last mentioned place on or about the month of March or the month of April fol lowing, from thenccto some port or place in America, but to what port or place is not known; and in the month of May,i 780, was seen at Barhadoei in the Weft-Indies: but the said lienry Webb hath not since been heard of, and is supposed to be dead, it having been reported that the tender belonging to the said ship or veflVl called the Vengeance,with a number of her men, to the amount of 20, or thereabouts, and among whom the said Henry Webb it is supposed was one, were taken by an American veflel arid carried into Phi ladelphia. If any person or persons will give any information of the laid Henry Webb y or of the time and place of his death, to Sa muel Nay lor, Esq. N0..4, Great Newport-ftreef, near Long- Acre, London, or to the Rev. Mr.Joh nStanfor d, No. 33>John ftreet, New-York t they (hall be handsomely rewarded lor their trouble. (97 iaw 3W) PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING BY SUBSCRIPTION, A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS, Parity original, and partly already publijhed, Written by Mathiw Carey. CONDITIONS. I. HPHE Work shall contain 200 pages ; be printed on the JL fineft writing paper ; and be elegantly bound, edge rolled and lettered. 11. Price to fubferibers two thirds oja dollar, to be paid on the delivery of the book. 111. The work (hall be put to the press as Toon as 250 copies are fubfci ibed for. IV. The fubferibers names (hall be prefixed SUBSCRIPTIONS are received by Carey, Stewart, and Co. and all the other Booksellers in Philadelphia ; also, by the different gentlemen throughout the United States, whofupply fub feribers with the AmericanMufeum. Philadelphia, Feb. 23, 1791. tCT 4few copies of the CONSTITUTION of the United States, printed with Notes, ?nay be had of the Ed'tiof\ 812 PINTARD & BLEECKER, Netu-Yorky No. 57, King-Street. (97 law 6m) Hyson,") T £ AS of the filft Souchong > , & BoheaS Imh1 mhl y> Boston Sail Duck, No, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7, 6 by 8 Window Glass, Boston Prime Beef, A quantity of choice Carrot Tobacco. N. England Tow Linen. Philadcl. March 18. [c.p.gw.J PRICE CURRENT. PHILADELPHIA, APRIL B.—Dollars at 7_/"5. ANCHORS pr. lb. Allum, Enfflilh, pi.cwt. 33 s Ditto, Roch pr. lb. tod Arties, pot, per ton, 37/101 40/ Pearl, 50/52/ ioj Arrack pr. gall. ics 12s 6d Brandy, common, Cogniac 8f 4d Braziietto, pr. toil, ill a. 16/ Bricks pr. M 30/ Bread, ftiip pr. cwt. 17f ißj6 D:tto, pilot 35J Ditto, small water 40s 451 Beer, American, in bot. / pr. doz. > •' (96 tf) pr. bbl. 36* c/ 5 f Oak pr.M feet, 4/IOJ 4/181 0 j Merch. pine 4/1 os 4/ 15J < Sap, do. 21-.ys6d 3/ O I N. Eng. 2/5/ 2/ioj M t Cedar 4/ 4/ 5J The above are the Shallop prices ; for the Yard, pi ices add 1 $spr M. Brimstone in rolls pr. cwt. 28/ u- C IriQi pr. bbl, g <Boston M ( Country Butter pr. lb. in kegs g~d Cedar,red timber pr.foot 2S2s6d Chocolate pr. lb. 12d Coal pr. bushel is 8d i s 2 d .. IBJ aoi Caflia 5i Checfc, English Country 6d 7 kd £ fSper. pr. lb. 3s 3d 3s6d ►J | Wax 3s Q Myrtle Wax 12/ ) Mould,tallow O I Dipped Coffee pr. lb. Cinnamon Cotton is ij ßd Currants is 6 2s Cloves ios Copperas pr.cwt. 15J 17 s6d Cordage 6oj 6256 d Cocoa 62i6d 6js6d Duck, Ruflia, pr. piece Boj Ravens 6"jS"]2i6d Flour, Superfine, pr. bbl. 38*6 Common, 36* Bur middlings,beft 34J Middlings 26? Ship-ftuff pr. cwt. Bj6i i2j Flax pr. lb. 8d 9d Fustic pr. ton, 135 s 150s Feathers pr. lb. 2j 8d Flaxfeed pr. bufli. 5s Glue, pr. cwt. 7/1018/ Ginger, whiteracc 52s 6d Ditto, common Ditto, ground pr. lb. Ginseng, Gunpowder, cannon,pr. ) quarter cask, ) 3 OJ Ditto, fine glazed 35/ 6d Gin, Holland, pr. gall. 5s 9d Do pr. cafe, 30 s 33/ f Wheat pr. bufli 7s 6d r R y e 5* Oals \sßd2s6d Indian corn zsgd 71 Ba,le Y 4-* 9<i Bed flielled 20s Buckwheat 2 ?6 Hemp, pr.ton, 50/ 56/ HogHiead hoops, pr. M 5/ 6/ Herrings, pr. bbl. 22j 6d Hides, raw pr. lb. 9 d 10d Hops 2s 3 d ?j 6d Indigo, French, js 6d 12s • Carolina 4 s js 6d Irons, fad pr. cwt. 565 j" Callings 22s 6d 30J £ j Bar pr.ton, 29/30/ 2 pi s >o/ 5 | Sheet 60/ 6 5 l t Nail rods 36/ Junk, pr. cwt. 301 4os Lard, hogs gd 10d Lead in pigs 40J 42J 6d ——in bars 45 s 50s Lead, white 75J Boj red 4 5 s Leather, foal pr. lb. is 2d Lignum vit« pr. ton 42J 45J Logwood jl 5 s 8/ M<al, Indian, pr. bbl. lys Rye 25s Mackarel,bcft 63^ — Common 30* $8.» Gd Mace pr. lb. 70J Mullard 9s /\d Madder, bell tsd 18d MolaflTes pr. gall. 2sSd Marble, wrought, pr. foot, i3r Mart spars 2J 6d 6s Mahogany B</ 12 d Nutmegs pr. lb. 67s 6d Nails, l~ Linseed, pr. gall. 3J 6d I Train is lod 2s Spermaceti 35 yd I Whaie u iod 2s r <j Olive 6s 6d j Ditto pr. cafe sßj 30/ I Best sweet in ) CJC flafk.,pr.bo x ,ss"«6<» L —baskets 12 bottles 28* Oak timber pr.ton 40/ Porter in casks, pr. gall. 2s London,pr.doz.\2s 6d 15/ A TABLE of ihe COIN of the UNITED STATES, cftabliflird JC?* 7hc pricc of this Paper is 3 Dollars per ann, PER. QUANTITY. Porter, American pr. doz. Pitch, pr. bbl. ,g (1 Pork, Burlington, 77>oi Lower county 7oJ g. J Carolina g of Peas, Alb-inv M Pepper, pr. Ib. 2J Pimento ~ Rice pr. cwf. r. 2 "g Rosin pr. bbl. iaiiins, belt, pr. keg j 2jM >a ° P r -j- r 3 u Jirto pr. box y . r <" Jamaica pr. gall. s , fa | Anti;ua . j Windward S Barbadors , 11 Country, K.E. 3,3. LTaffia 2j g ( -a .a r js pr. ton 45 .. b0 Saltpetre, pr. cwt. 4 / 10j Sulphur, flour 4 0, Sh °' 5-6 j ( Wnnsn pr. cwt. 60(701 W )Englift, blittered 82J6d (_ J American pr. ton 40/4J C Crowley's pr. fag. ?5 , Snake root pr. lb. ij 6J 2 jjy Soap, Common Brown Caft.le & j >tarch is 6d 2s±d 3s 55' 45' lOd lid Spermaceti,-refined, Sail Cloth, English, ) r , pr. yard, .' [ *'U — ■ -Boston, No. I ' i\o. 11. 2J 'id ■ RulTia sheeting. pr. p. go* C Lump, pr. lb. si j Loaf, (ingle refined u Ditto, double do- IfiofrJ g I Havannah, white 9J « Ditto, brown', L. Mufcovada,pr.cwt. 60/78: Spirits Turpentine pr. gslf. 4, ( Allum pr. bulh. 2. _i ts ii < Cadiz 2J 2< / Ship build. W.O. frames ) gfcj P-lo», S IOOr Do. 1.0. & red C. do. 6/6/51 Shingles, (hort, p. M. 15.1 20/ long drefled gojioSr Scantling, heart, t)Cjijbj Sap 42s 4jj f Pipe pr. 1200 pieces it/ 2;W. O. hoglhead 7/ jr > R. O. do. 5/ < I Lcogaa 5 /1 5 , is) - Barrel 4/ iy L Heading 8/icx Otter, best pr. piece 301 Minks u6d p Fox, grey z*6d 6< -red 4^838 Martins 3/ 2 < Fifhcrs 2f 6d 5s Bears i?s6d?ss Racoons 2s 4/ Mu Ik-rats qd u 6-i Beaver, pr. lb. 51 101 _ De£r, in hair is6d9ssi Tar,N. Jersey, 24 gal. p. bbl. gr Carolina, 32 gall. 12s Turpentine Igs 2256 d . (- James R. new bell 30J £ 1 inferior 2QJ2« § old 35 , 3 8r jo 9 id 9 d 2s 2d Rappahannock 2256 d Colo. Maryland 40J 60/ Dark 20 s Long-leaf 20s Eaftem-fhore 153 16/ Carolina, new 23 s 25/ old 30X ( Hyson pr. lb. 7s B.«g</ or) ! Hyson {kin, 44 4* (vi Souchong, bed ys6dSs h I Congo, 2> 5 3 s 9;i 2s 6d Tallow, refined Tin pr. box, iOoj Verdigreafe pr. lb. Vermillion, 11*3^ Varnish, C Madeira, pr. pipe 40/80/ Lifoon 38/ I Tener iffe 22/IOJ 30/ W I Fayal pr. gall. 3< i Port pr. pipe 3b' \ OL Ditto pr. gall. V Do. in bottles, pr. doz. 30/ Claret 30J 4,5* Sherry pr. gall. 6s<sd 9 s 4 j Wax, Bees pr. lb. Whale-bone, long pr. lb. 253 d • -(hort, pr. lb. 1/ COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Bills of Exchange, London, 90 days, 70 Ditto 60 days Ditto 30 days 735 Amsterdam, 60 days, pr. guilder, 2s 11 d 30 days 3 s France, 60 days,pr.s liv. 6s Si 30 days 6s tod August 8, 1786. io® Mills ic Cents 10 Dimes 10 Dollars 2J 3 i 2s 6d t Cent. 1 Dime. 1 Dollar. 1 Eagle.
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