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VOLUME VII, of
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Jan. 23.
War Department,
January 28, 1793.
INFORMATION is hereby given to all the
military Invalids of the United States, that
tne sums to which they are entitled for fix
months of their annual pension, from the 4th day
of September 1792, and which will become due
on the sth day of March 1793, will be paid on
the said day by the Commiflioners of the Loans
within the dates refpeftively, under the usual
regulations, viz.
Every application for payment mud be ac
companied by the following vouchers :
iff. The certificate given by the, Hate, fpecify.
ing that the pcrfon poffefling the lame is in fafi
an Invalid, and al'certaining the sum to which,
as such, he is annually intitled.
ad. An affidavit agreeably to the following
form :
A. B. came before me, one of the Justices
ofilhe county of in the date of and
oath that he is the fame A. B. to whom
the original certificate in his possession was giv
en, of which ihe following is a copy (the cer
tjficate given by the date to be recited) That
he served (regiment, corps or vessel) at the
time he was dilabled, and that he now resides
in the and county of and hssnfided
there for the lad years, previous to which
he resided in
In cafe an Invalid Ihonld apply for payment
by an attorney, the said attorney, befides'.he
certificate and oath before recited, must produce
a special letter of attorney agreeable to the fol
lowing form :
I, A. B. of county of (late of
do hereby Conftittue and appoint C. D. of
my lawful attorney, to receive in my behalf of
my pension for fix months, as an Invalid
of the United States, from the 4th day of Sep
lembcr 1795, and ending the 4th day ot March
'793- .
Signed and Sealed
in the Presence ef
AclSow'edged before mr,
Application! of exectitorj and aclminiftrators
jnflft be accompanied with legal evidence of
their refpeftive offices, and also of the timt the
Invalid died, whose pension they may claim.
By Command <Sf the Prrfident
of the United States,
H. KNOX, Secretary at War.
{[3" The Printers in the rcfpeOivt States are re
quejiei to publijh the above in their Neoifpapert jer
tkt Jpace «J 2 nenthf.
BANK OF THEUNITED STATES.
Feb r vart ift, 1793.
WHEREAS foreigners holding Stock in
the Bank of the United Slates miy pre
fer receiving (heir Dividends in Europe, to re
ceiving 1 Hem in America,
RESOLVED, That any proprietor of the
Capital Slock of the Bank ofr the United States
residing in Europe, fhal! be entitled to receive
either in London or in Amsterdam, the half
yearly dividends which may be declared there
on—in London at the rate of one pound sterling
for every four hundred and forty-live cents, or
in Amsterdam at the rate of 011 c guilder current
money for every forty cents and four mills—ihe
dividend declared in January of each year, to
be paid in London or in Amsterdam on the fr
cond Monday of July following—and the divi
dend declared in July of each year, to be paid in
London or in Amsterdam on the {econd Mon
day of January following.
Provided, That every such Proprietor (pre
vious to the declaring of any Dividend, so to be
paid in London or in Amsterdam) shall give au
thentic notice to the President and f)ire£tors of
tlie Bawk at which of the said Cities he will re
ceive the said Dividend,
By the PrCfident and Dire&ors.
JOHN KF. AN, Cafkier.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
Resolved,
THAT the Cashier be auihorifed to receive
from the proprietor of any number of com
pleat (hares, such Certificates, not in his own
name, as he may be the proprietor of; and after
cancelling the fame, to issue a new Certificate or
Certificates in lieu thereof, in the name of such
proprietor.
Resolved, That in all future transfers of
compleat shares in the capital flock of the Bank,
the Certificates of the (hares transferred be can
celled, and a new Certificate or Certificates be
issued in the name of the transferee or purchaser.
Resol v ed, That the Certificates in
ilTued, be for one Or more {hares, as the pro*
prietor may request ; and the new Certificate or
Certificates (hall be of correspondent numbers
with those in lieu of which they arc issued.
JOHN UEAN, Cashier.
ep3w
Insurance Company.
AT a grneral meeting (by adjournment) of t
the Insurance Company of North- America,
on Wednesday tfce 16th instant,
It was Resolved,
THAT the Instalments which, according to
the Constitution, will become due on the second
Monday of July and January next, or either of
them, may be paid by any Stockholder at an
earlier period ; and any Stockholder so paying
such instalment, or inftalmftnts, shall receive a
proportionate (hare of the Dividends thereafter
to be made, calculating such ftiare from the firft
day of the month succeeding luch payments re
fpe&ively. Extract from the Minutes,
EBEN. HAZARD, Sec'ry.
Philadelphia, Jan. eg.
Advertisement.
Mr. JOSHUA HARRIN,
SIR,
YOU will pleafc to notice, that I intend
to file a Bill in the High Court of Chancery,
in the State of Maryland, to compel you to con
vey the following Tracts of LAND, to wit—
Harbin*s Lot, containing one hundred acres of
land ; Evans's Chance, containing fifty acres of
land ; Piney Grove, containing seventy-two and
one half acres of land ; and part ot James's TraEl y
containing twenty-five acres ; in the whole, two
hundred and forty-feven and one half acrcs of
land ; situate, lying and being, in Montgomery
County, in the State of Maryland ; agreeable to
your Bond of Conveyance, entered into by you
to me the twenty-sixth day of November, 1781.
I am, with due refpeft, thy friend,
JOSEPH EVANS.
Ann Arundel County, Slate oj Maryland,
February ijl, x 7 'g 2 . ( ep 10w )
A New Post-Road.
HAVING been deftred to edablilh a poll,
road from Reading, in the date of Perin
fylfcania, to Williamlturg, at the Great Forks of
the Gefiefee river, Notice is hereby given, that
proposals will be received at the General Pod-
Office, for carrying a weekly mail between
Reading and Williamfaurg aforefcid, by the
following route, to wit : the Great Road now
improving between Reading and the town of
Northumberland ; trom the laiter place to Loyal
Sock creek j thence to Lycoming creek ; thence
in the new road to the Painted Pod, on Tioga
river; and thence to Williamihurg.
The proposals will be received until the ljth
of March next, inclusively ; the carriage of the
mail to commence within one month after
wards.
Necessary Pod-Offices are to be eftabliflied on
the route, and such petfons aDpointed Poll
maders as the Contractor fha 11 name, and the
Podmafter-General approve.
Within three fnontbs after the carriage of this
mail is commenced, the Contra£lor is to (late to
the Podmafter-General the days and hours of its
arrival and departure at and lrom the principal
Poll-offices, which experience lhall prove to be
moll convenient; and thereafter the mail is to
be delivered at the refpe&ive Pod-offices at the
kours so fixed, unavoidable accidents excepted,
on penalty of one dollar for each hour's delay ;
and for the nonperformance of a trip, the Con
tractor to forfeit twetrty dollars.
The term of the coi.trafl cannot exceed eight
years. During its continuance the Contractor is
to receive the rates of podageby law edablilhed,
and to have the exclusive privilege of carrying
letters and packets for hiie, such excepted, as
(ball be sent by a special mefTenger, or which are
or lhall be by law declared free.
TIMOTHY PICKERING, P.M.G.
Gtrural Pojl Office, Jan. 22, 1793.
TICKETS
In the FEDERAL CITY LOTTERY
May be had at SAMUEL COOPER's Ferry.'
304
A GREAT BARGAIN.
FOR Salt, a beautiful situation on the Po
towmack, adjoining the town of Alexandria
and in a line of direction towards the Federal
City and GeorgeTown,in full view of each place,
commanding a profpc& of the fiver and adjacent
country of Maryland and Virginia, for many
miles; about 45 or 50 acres of Land, lying di
re&ly on the river, will be fold, with the im
provements, which are, a two-fkory framed
d welling-houfe, neatly finifhed, a kitchen, office,
brick smoke-house and dairy, fwo-ftory framed
barn, a well of excellent water, and an lee
houfe, a yard and garden, neatly railed and
highly improved, with a number of other nc
cpflary improvemenis ; the whole of the land
enclofcd with posts and rails, tenor fifteen acres
laid down, with different kinds of grass. lis
contiguity to those three towns must render it an
object worthy the attention of any person who
wishes to invest money in a property that mull
enhance in value, in proportion to the rapid in
■creafc of the Federal City, Alexandria and
George-Town. This property lies nearly in a
central situation to each place. The Potowmack
at this spot has a fine deep fhdre and harbour,
capable of receiving vessels of arty burden. It
may not be improper to observe, that men of
judgment think a profitable and convenient
Ferry might b» eretted here to the Citv of
Washington and the Maryland shores leading to
Baltimore aod Philadelphia.—Also to fell, 2*5
acres of Wood-Land, about three miles distant,
which will suit will to supply the above in
wood and timber. The title may be seen to th*
above property, which is indisputable, and terms
known by application to the fubferiber, living
on the premises.
December 12th, 1792
BY the Commissioners appointed 10 prepare
the Public Buildings, See. withig the City
of Waftiingrow, for the reception of Congress
and for their permanent rcfidence after the year
1800—
A LOTTERY
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE
Federal City.
50,000 Tickets at 7 dollars, are 350,000 dollars.
LIST OF PRIZES, vi E
1 Superb Hotel, with baths, )
out houses, &c.&c. to cost )
1 Caih Prize
1 ditto
1 ditto
1 ditto
2 ditto
10 ditto
20 ditto
soo ditto
200 ditto
40© ditto
1,000 ditto
15,000 ditto
5,000 are
1,000
500
100
5°
2 5
20
10
16,737 Prize!
33,263 Blanks
50,000
The sole design of this Lottery being to facili
tate other improvements together with the Public
Buildings—it is the particular desire of the Com
miflioners that these may be effected with as
few dedu&ions from the Prizes as possible—how
far their endeavors may be anfwefed, the Scheme
of the Lottery will demonstrate. The keys of
the Hotel, when compleat, will be delivered to
the fortunate poffeflor of the ticket drawn a
againft its number.
All the other prizes will be paid, without
deduflion, in one month after the drawing, by
the City Treafuret at Washington, or at such
Bank or Banks as may b« hereafter announced.
The drawing will commence on Monday the
9th of September next, at the City of Washing
ton.
Tickets may be had of Col. IVm. Dickens, City
Treafurrr of Washington ; of Messrs. James Weft
& Co. Baltimore ; of Mr. Peter Gilman, Boston ;
and at such other places as will be "hereafter
published.
N. B. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS will
be given for thebcft Plan of an elegant and con
venient HOTEL or INN, with hot and cold
Baths, Stables, and other out houses, if prejntei
enor bejore the 10tk oj April next; and a pre
ference will be given 10 the Artifl for a Con
trafl, provided he be duly qualified to
cnmpleat his plan. The ground on which
the Hotel and out houses are to be erefied, will
be a corner lot of about go by 200 feet, with a
back avenue to the stables, &c. Seflions and
estimates of the expense will be cxpr&ed
with the elevations, &c. compleat ; and 50,000
dollars must be regarded by the Architect as the
utmost limit in the exprnfe intended lor this
purpose. S. BLODGET,
Agent for the affairs of the City.
January 19.
City of Washington.
January jth, 1793.
A NUMBER ©f Lots in this City will be of
fered for sale at auflion, by the Commif
fioncrs, on the 17th day of September next.—
One fourth part of the purchase money is 10 be
paid down, the rcfidue at three equal annual pay
ments with yearly interefton the whole princi
pal unpaid.
JOHN M. GANTT, Clerk to the Com'rs.
Extract of an Ast of the General AlTembly of
Maryland, concerning the Territory of Co
lumbia, and ths City ot Washington.
" >t enaftcd, That any foreigner may by
. deed or will, hereafter to be made, take and. hold lands
within that part 0} the said Tet ritory ifihich lies with-
I IB this State, in the fame manner as if he was a citi.
L ten *fthis State j and the fame lands may be con
, veyed by him, and transmitted to and be inherited by
I h [ s h '"i or "'"''"is, as if he and they were citizens
of thi, State; Provided, Thai no foreigner {hall,
in virtue hereof b, entitled to any fu, the, or other
privilege of a citieen."
' Ja"- l - tf
BALDWIN DADE.
epam
50,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10; 000
lOjOOO
10,000
20,000
150,000
Dollars 350,000
F O R S A t E,
*> **' s *bf<*ihtr, at W,l„^.s trrtl
BILL ot EXCHANGE
Madeira Wine,
Fiffor immediate ul<\ in pipes & *
'pENERIFFE WINE,"
A SHERRY WINF., m quarter raft•
west.l NH, A RUM, 3
OLD BRANDY, OLDNPUUI
COPPERAS, BRjSsTONE, All L'W
Two Bale ,o 4 BLANKETs, and
A Bale ot MUSLINS.
A new ,3-4 Inch CABLE, .iofa W,
W.W/M" 7 GEO «ge MEADK
Pfiuaielfiia, Jan. .9,1793. t^m
TO BE SOLD,-or LEASED
►o* lIVIK on Tin Vlld,
THE FOLLOtrjtfC
houses.
on W'lnmt-ftirtt, nrar Fmmhkftrrf
W 23 fprt front, ha, lwp»„l„ utlhc j 0 £
fioniiouc t,t by ~J fc, the bjck
18 by 14 feeu The from room i.p (!*»,« l6 t
S t7 J C V in *"■"> '•""beri ij»
this houfr, besides the glrrtt is divided inl.
tWO 01 tktm "t fitt-
The other House „s? f ret llpon ty aln(|U
meet, and 5 % feet upon 4thftrret; there aretw.
good parlours below, one of them B c by to r .
vE' Ta 1 \" l S by V 8 r" • " ,d t"*" —
pfete bed-chambers; besides the garret is di,
vtded into 4 rooms, 3 of wfcieb rooms have fire,
places. The kitchcns are good onc>, and „ t
under the houses ; the largest house h»s alf„ ,
house-keeper's room. I ( ls intended there still
be a communication from bo'hofthefe houtes
to a neighbour,ng icc-houfe, fufficiemly b r «r i,
fiipply 3 houses. Within 5 o var d s of ? htfe
houses. there »4U be compleK ftnbtes and e*ae£
houses, for both houses ; they will be fimlted
in the mod complest manner, and the kets
ready to be delivered earty in the summer. '
On paying half the money down (if fold) the
oth.r half may be paid by inftilmems. or the
whole may remain for j years, paying inteiell
and giving security on the pretnifej.
For terms of file or lease, apply to the Sub.
Tcriber,
GEORGE MEADE.
Who has Jot SALE,
Sundry Ground Rents,
In this city, amounting to twenty-five pounds
sixteen fhilliiigs and fix-pence, per annum.
Also, a quantity of BAGS,that will contain tw6
and a half and three and a halt bulbcls.
Philadelphia, Jan. ig, 1792. ,p lm
40 Dollars Reward.
RAN away on the 25thinftant,i likely Ne
gro Man called Isaac, about twenty-three
years oid, five feet fix or eight inches high, a
well made fellow, fond of talltiog, Us 3 larg*
mouth, and shows his teeth very much when
talking j had on when he went away, a brown
linen shirt, a short white kersey over jacket with
a very |iigh collar and plain breast, with buttons
which appear to have been very ga'y ; a pair of
white kersey brecches, a pair of while knit yarn
(lockings, a pair of shoes with firings in them,
and a coarse hat ; all the above clothes are al
most new. Said N'egro was fprmerly the pro*
pchy of Mr. William Thomas, late of Kent
County, near George-Town Cross Roads, de
ceaftd, and has for several years been etn'plpveA
in that neighbourhood, and principally hy » Mrv
Maxwell, and lately by Messrs. John and Jame»
Carmack, as a waggoner, which bulinefs he is
well acquainted with, and is what he prefers j
and has been engaged in driving a waggon Trom
said Crofs-Roadj to Duck-Creek, &e. until
August last. I expefi he will make his way for
the neighbourhoods of George-Town, Duck-
Creek, Dover or Wilmington. The above re
ward will be paid if delivered to rtie in thi»
place, or Thirty Dollars if Cecuied in any goal,
so that I get him again. He is an artful fellow,
and when taken, will make his cfcape, unlcli
particularly secured.
Easton, OWF.N KENNARD.
Talbot County, Mary/and, Dec. bB, 1792. 'tn
RUN-AWAY
FROW THE SUBSCRIBEk, THE |2lh AFRVI.
A NEGRO BOY, named Zeb; Him and tail)
sixteen years old; came to Samuel Lipin
cot's at Bordentown on the 15th, said hii nam«
was Henry, and left that place the 27th May.—
On the 27th day of June, he was taken up m
Bucks County, and carried before a Magillrate',
said he was free, and that he lived on the Suf
q«eh»on*h—that a person by the name of Abra
ham PealJ, took him three days journey from
home, and turned him adrift with one dollar-
He asked the Justice for a pass to go to bis fa
ther, and nothing appeared to the contrary—
He lived with one Thomas Paxwell till the igtli
of this instant, and then made his escape from
him ; he called his name Peter Johnfion —had
on an old Grey Coating Round Jacket, lined
with redWze; an old pair Leather Breeches,
and an old Felt Hat. Whoever takes up said
Bov,and brings him to Jacob Mersereau,o»
Staten-Ifland, (hall receive TWENTY DOL
LARS, with reasonable charges, paid by
JACOB MERSEREAU, Lieut. Col.
taw 6^
Dec. 49.
NEW TEAS.
IMPERIAL, HYSON&SOUCHONG
Of the very firft quality,and latcft importatio*
from Canton, via New-Yoik, by retail,at
No. 19,
Third, between Che*"nut and Market Strre'f.
N. li. A Jew Boxei of the above HYSON tor fate*
A large Cellar to Let,
Sufficiently capacious to Jlortfeveralhundred kartell*
Enquire of iht Pri k t i*v
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