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.