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STATE OF NEW JERSEY

FIRST SERI ES Vol. XXV.

This volume was prepared and edited by authority of the State of New Jersey, at the request of the New Jersey Historical Society, and under the direction of the follow- ing Committee of the Society :

WILLIAM NELSON, GARRET D. W. VROOM, AUSTIN SCOTT, FRANCIS B. LEE, ERNEST C. RICHARDSON

DOCUMENTS

RELATING TO THE

COLONIAL HISTORY

OF THE

STATE OF NEW JERSEY,

EDITED BY

WILLIAM NELSON.

VOLUME XXV.

EXTRACTS FROM AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS, RELATING TO NEW JERSEY.

VOL. VI. 1T66-1T6T.

PATERSON, N. J.: THE CALL PRINTING AND PUBLISHING Co.

1903.

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PREFACE.

In the opening pages of the present volume are chronicled the final struggles for the repeal of the Stamp Act, which was carried through the House of Commons in March, 1766, by a majority of one hundred and eight. The "Sons of Liberty" mean time kept up their agitation, holding meetings in the principal centers of population, whereat they adopted resolutions avowing their unalterable loyalty to the king, but their independence of parliament; denouncing the Stamp Act, and demanding and compelling the resignation of the stamp distributors. Men suspected of a willingness to render obedi- ence to the law were not only ostracised, but openly threatened as public enemies. A creditor who tried to enforce the collection of a debt by due process of law quickly had the tables turned on him by his debtor denouncing him as one wrho favored the obnoxious act. inasmuch as the execution must needs have the tabooed stamps af- fixed. At Elizabethtown hanging was voted to anyone taking out stamps. The lawyers and magistrates of the Province quite generally ignored the law, and transacted legal business without stamps. The thoughtful reader will herein discern in many ways signs of the irre- sistible onward movement destined to culminate within ten years in the assertion of total independence of the mother country. The reso- lutions to use no British importations were so generally observed throughout the Colonies that soon the ministry found themselves vigorously attacked in the rear, by the London merchants engaged in American trade, who publicly protested against any legislation by parliament that would anger the Americans and cause them to with- draw their trade from England ; and with no uncertain sound these merchants demanded the repeal of the Stamp Act, in order to save their commerce. Governor Franklin's acquiescence in the measure, lukewarm though it was, angered the people of the Province, and was perhaps the origin of the assertion that his father — Benjamin Franklin — was the author, or at least the suggester, of the hated legislation, this story being given out in explanation of the Governor's attitude. William Franklin's manly denial of the report in 1766 ought to have satisfied every fair-minded man that there was no foundation for the slander. But nevertheless it survived for scores of years. When the Stamp Act was finally repealed, the popular exultation was tempered by a feeling of exasperation that such a measure should ever have been enacted, by apprehension at what might be attempted next by the angered ministry, and by a grim

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realization of the indomitable power of a united American people.

Moreover, the discussion over the law just repealed had led men to a study of the broader subject of the rights of the Colonists generally. The first Book of Blackstone's Commentaries, issued in November, 1765, was finding its way into American libraries, and thoughtful men, stirred by the pending danger of further parliamen- tary legislation for the Colonies, took a new inspiration from that pregnant definition of the civil rights of British subjects : "The right of personal security consists in a person's legal and uninterrupted enjoyment of his life, his limbs, his body, his health, his reputa- tion." True, it was but a broader assertion of the principles contain- ed in the Bill of Rights asserted by the liberty-loving subjects of Charles I. a century and a quarter before ; but the idea fell upon new soil, under newly-fructifying influences, and within a decade was to be crystalized into the famous Declaration : "That all men are cre- ated equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator, with certain un- alienable rights ; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." An article asserting the dependence of the Colonies on the mother country, their obligations to her, and need of her protect- ing care, led to an able reply in the London Chronicle, in 1767, here- in reproduced. Richard Stockton, of New Jersey, was in England or Scotland about the time this reply appeared, and there are some internal evidences that he was the author, rather than Benjamin Franklin.

Hardly were the passions of the Colonists allayed by the repeal of the Stamp Act, than their apprehensions were once more aroused by the untimely sermon of the Bishop of Landaff, deploring the "heath- enism" of the Americans, and urging the appointment of American Bishops to supervise their assumed spiritual needs. William Living- ston, of New York, and the Rev. Dr. Charles Chauncy, of Boston, leaped to the defence of America, and attacked the Bishop, in whose suggestion they professed to discern a new and most insidious design on the liberties of the people. The Rev. Dr. Thomas Bradbury Chandler, of Elizabethtown, replied with his "Appear to the Public in behalf of the Church of England," advertised in the newspapers of November 23, 1767, which instead of allaying but increased the popular alarm.

While the Americans were gradually winning their way toward greater political and religious liberty they were likewise steadily progressing toward economical and industrial freedom. Especially in New Jersey was there a marvelous development of the iron indus- try, particularly in the northern counties, where new mines were opened on every hand, and new forges and furnaces set up. The bog iron in the more central and southern counties still supplied material to the furnaces in those regions. The repeated references to iron

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works indicate the great strides the industry was making in the Province. Even Newark, remote as it was from the sources of sup- ply of the raw material, had its iron furnace, and by way of London we are informed of the successful manufacture of steel at Perth Amboy in 1767, news not otherwise confirmed, however. Under the circumstances, the restrictions imposed on American manufactures by the British ministry, and their inquisitions concerning the indus- tries in Morris, Sussex, Warren and the upper part of the present Passaic counties, were deeply resented, provoking annoyance and fears.

The copper mines near New Brunswick and Rocky Hill are oc- casionally mentioned in these pages, their operations appearing to be rather sporadic.

Other evidences of industrial activity are the inventions herein referred to : as of an iron furnace that by the use of a current of hot air was to run the ore directly into pig metal or castings, provided just a little more capital were forthcoming to perfect the scheme. Was this an anticipation of the Bessemer process? A "Metalline conductor" — Franklin's lightning rod — on the Sandy Hook light- house was believed to have saved the building from destruction when struck by lightning, in 1766. Henry Guest, a tanner and currier, of New Brunswick, naturally believing there was "nothing like leather," proposed to roof houses, churches and other public buildings with sole-leather, which he was confident would last a hundred years, and be impervious to fire and water. And so far back as 1767 we have a description of that perennial contrivance, which has never come into use, for detaching runaway horses from a carriage.

We learn that in 1767 the population of New Jersey was estimated at 90,000.

A curious view the English had of America in that year is given us in an extract from a London newspaper, which describes the Colonies as occupying a low and narrow strip of unfertile land, stretching a short distance from the ocean to the Alleghany mountains, beyond which was a still more unattractive region inhabited only by hostile savages.

Meanwhile this "narrow strip" was developing prodigiously. In New Jersey the agricultural resources of the Province were advanc- ing by leaps and bounds. The farms and orchards were increasing in value. There was "dollar wheat" in 1766. Hemp and flax were more generally cultivated, under the double stimulus of the bounty offered by the Legislature in 1765, and the increased demand for household consumption. The silk culture was also attracting some attention. "Burlington pork" had a name in the public markets, and a hog weighing 850 pounds, raised in New Jersey, spread abroad the fame of her farmers. Fish, oysters, clams and wild fowl of all

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sorts were among the valued features of a farm offered for sale at Middletown. "Trenton sturgeon" were still a prized delicacy of the Philadelphia markets. Attention was called to the possibilities of the culture of the carrot, which had "been found growing wild for a hundred years in an old Indian field." Much interest was manifested in the improvement of the breed of horses, to which end, perhaps, horse races are announced to be held at Powles Hook, Newark, Elizabethtown, Woodbridge and New Brunswick. The value of the forests is recognized in the advertisements of oak, bilstead, poplar, ash and nut trees.

Gratifying is the evidence to be found in this volume of the pro- gress of education in the Province. The College of New Jersey, at Princeton, is increasing its number of students, despite the criticisms of the irascible steward by a dissatisfied butcher purveyor. The College mourns the death of President Samuel Finley, whose effects are advertised to be sold, "among them two negro women, a negro man, and three negro children, household furniture, horses, English cattle .... a choice collection of books, religious, moral and historical." The friends of the College are cheered by the news that Richard Stockton, its emissary to Edinburgh, has succeeded in per- suading the Rev. John Witherspoon to accept the vacant Presidency. The commencements of 1766 and 1767 are described at length, with the names of the participants and of the graduates. Here we have, also, the story of the beginning of Queen's College, in our day anchored firmly in New Brunswick, and known as Rutgers. These colleges undoubtedly gave an impetus to the growth of secondary schools, which were now multiplying. Among the advertisements we notice that a Latin school is to be opened at Princeton. The gram- mar school at New Bridge, near Hackensack, for the teaching of Latin, etc., finds a rival in a new school opened in the village of Hackensack, by Dr. Peter Wilson, afterwards a distinguished member of the faculty of Columbia College, in New York. The grammar school at Elizabethtown is to be opened "upon a more enlarged plan." The Rev. Samuel Kennedy's school at Baskinridge is steadily improv- ing in fame and influence. We are informed that for pupils attending the grammar school in Lower Freehold, "the whole Expense of Board and Tuition will not exceed Twenty Pounds," or about fifty dollars per annum. The "Mattisonia grammar school," at Freehold, is continued. The boarding school at Burlington, in 1767, is said to have been the first co-educational school in America.

The character of the schoolmasters employed appears to be im- proving. Most of these grammar schools are under the tuition of Princeton graduates. The ordinary schools were not so fortunate in the character of their teachers. We find that one former schoolmas- ter had also been in his Majesty's army, and afterwards in service,

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apparently as a redemptioner, from which he ran away. He must have been quite a presentable figure in his "blue broad Cloth Coat, blue spotted swanskin Jacket and blue Breeches." Another instruc- tor of youth, who was advertised as being "abroad," in the literal sense, had broken open and robbed a store near Salem. Still another was one Thomas Gordon, who broke out of Elizabeth goal ; he had "frequently taught school, but nevertheless was a notorious felon." The public are informed that an English servant who ran away from Change Water Forge "might perhaps say he has been a clerk or schoolmaster, as he writes well and talks good English."

The Trenton Library Association was holding meetings in 1766.

The New Jersey Medical Society was engaged in the occupation of trying to suppress quackery. A surgical operation for lithotomy, performed at Newark, naturally attracted wide attention from the physicians and surgeons of the day, it being perhaps the first operation of the kind ever performed in the province.

The chalybeate spring, near Gloucester, was proving to be such a favorite resort for invalids, that a boarding house was established near by for their acco.mmodation.

New Jersey loses in 1767 her most promising poetic genius, in the person of the Rev. Nathaniel Evans, whose untimely death is mourned by a far wider circle than his little congregation at Gloucester.

The intelligent population of New Jersey presents an attractive field for newspaper publishers, and the rivals of James Parker's "New York Gazette and Weekly Post Boy" naturally resent his exercise of his authority as comptroller of the post offices of America, to obstruct their circulation, to the advantage of his own paper.

Other evidences of improvement are the efforts made to afford in- creased facilities for travel. Newark at last rejoices in a stage line once every day to Powles Hook, which is made possible by the com- pletion of the new road across the meadows. Salem and Cooper's Ferry (now Camden), have a stage line communication once a week in 1767. "Flying Machines" must have made the passengers between Philadelphia and New York dizzy, by the rapidity of their journey, the time being now reduced to two days, between April and Novem- ber, and three days, during the rest of the year, starting from each end of the journey at sunrise, and charging twenty shillings for the whole journey, or three pence per mile for any shorter distance. The fare has not been so greatly reduced in the last one hundred and forty years, but instead of two or three days, it now takes only as many hours, the cost of five or six meals on the road has been eliminated, and there is considerable difference between traveling in those old fashioned stage coaches over precarious dirt roads, and riding in a luxurious railroad car over level steel rails. Even the swift rate

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of travel in 1767, between New York and Philadelphia, was not en- tirely satisfactory in those days, and a lottery was set up for shorten- ing and improving roads between those places. The drainage of the meadows along the upper waters of the Passaic river was still occupy- ing the attention of the property owners in that region, as it has more or less ever since. The example of the Burlington county authorities, who set out mile stones for a distance of seventeen miles from Mount Holly, is noted favorably in the newspapers of the day, and com- mended to the people of other localities in the province. Wrecks on the low Atlantic beaches of New Jersey are reported from time to time, with occasional accounts of plundering by local land pirates.

The letters sent home to England from settlers in the new country naturally gave glowing accounts of the great prosperity and good fortune of the writers, as well as of the rapid growth of the new country in wealth, and these in turn as . naturally gave rise to a yearning on the part of many in the mother country to lay claim to a share of this wealth through traditionary accounts of vast estates in the Colonies which had belonged to their ancestors. So we are not surprised to see it reported that certain credulous people are coming over from England to America "to claim land given to their ancestors almost a century ago, including the City of Elizabeth."

Contrary to all these reports of prosperity are the advertisements of something like eighty debtors claiming the benefit of the insolvent act of 1765. Occasionally these debtors were able to settle, and so we find Samuel Allinson, the famous Burlington lawyer, advertising for a client, or his representative, for whom he had unexpectedly re- covered a debt of long standing. It is reasonable to supose that all the other lawyers of New Jersey in that day — as in this — were equally honest, and would have gladly advertised for missing clients to whom to pay over moneys unexpectedly recovered, under similiar circumstances.

The barbarous character of the penal and slave laws of the day are indicated by many of these newspaper extracts. A negro slave who ran away from his master in Trenton, had an iron collar about his neck. Two horse thieves were sentenced to be hanged, and, no doubt, the sentence was carried out. Two Indian women were murdered near Moorestown, under circumstances of peculiar atrocity, and their murderers speedily paid the penalty of the law. The promptness of Jersey justice in 1766, in Sussex county, was striking- ly exemplified in the trial of a white man for the murder of an Indian; he was arrested and arraigned on the i8th; tried and con- victed on the ipth ; sentenced on the morning of the 20th, and hanged the same afternoon. Grand larceny was punished by burning in the hand. A negro suspected of having murdered his master, near Hack- ensack, was compelled by the coroner to touch the corpse, in com-

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pliance with an ancient superstition, the truth of which was verified to the satisfaction of all beholders when blood immediately issued from the dead body, thereby establishing beyond peradventure the guilt of the accused, who, accordingly, was promptly tried by a jus- tice of the peace and three freeholders, convicted and sentenced to be burned alive, the sentence being carried into effect forthwith. A negro who killed his master at Hopewell escaped this torture by hanging himself, but the savagery of the people of the neighborhood was only sated by having his dead body cut down and burnt the day after. A foot traveler was murdered on the road between New York and Philadelphia, apparently from the "back settlements," and his murderers seem to have escaped.

The paper money of the province was so badly printed as to in- vite counterfeiting, which appears to have been quite generally prac- ticed. This, perhaps, is the foundation for the presumption which was subsequently acted upon by the State, immediately after the Revolution, that all outstanding paper notes were counterfeits, and,, therefore, were not a valid claim against the treasury.

As in former volumes, the advertisements of runaway servants are not only instructive as throwing light upon the character of service and of slavery in those days, but are diverting from the descriptions of persons and clothing of the runaways, some of whom for example were clad in a "light colored sagathy coat;" "a gray and red jacket, brown breeches and ribbed blue stockings ;" "buckskin breeches, blue yarn stockings, checked shirt, beaver hat, black silk handkerchief about his neck ;" "light colored plush breeches, silver buckles in his shoes ;" "hair tied behind and blue Surtout red Jacket lapelled, light colored Cloth breeches ;" "on examining his Head close you will find a soft Place on the Top occasioned by a Blow;" "he can counterfeit the Voice of Cats and Dogs ;" "he wore blue broad cloth coat and breeches, and a red vest;" "a Felt Hat with a narrow brim; red Jacket made of an old regimental Coat, with a Piece put in down the Back, and half worn Oznabrigs shirts, Petty-Coat Trousers, blue Yarn Stockings and Old Shoes." A German who ran away from the iron works in East Jersey "had been engaged by contract for three years and four months, and had been brought to this country from Europe at a very great expense." A "Dutch" runaway servant man could "talk the German, French, Spanish and Portuguese languages, had on and took with him a reddish brown Cloth Coat, double breasted, without Lining, with white Metal flat Buttons, a blue and white striped Linen Jacket, without Sleeves, a pair of Kersey Breech- es, Sheep's natural black and white, and a pair of linen Ditto white, two Linen Homespun Shirts, a half worn Felt Hat, two Pair of white Yarn Stockings, a pair of strong Shoes, half worn, both run crooked to the left Side, with strings to them." A Mosquito shore Indian

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who ran away from his master at Whitehall, in Burlington county, perhaps resented the published assertion that he "took with him a fiddle, but plays badly on it." Another runaway servant carried a "hogskin knapsack, with the hair on." A man who escaped from his bail wore a "blue Broadcloth Coat, with a black Velvet Collar, Claret colored Velvet Jacket and Breeches, plain Silver Shoe and Knee Buckles."

What a fine old seignorial mansion must have been the stately residence of Robert Lettice Hooper, at Trenton, with "a handsome orchard of English cherry trees" leading up to it.

The thoughtful reader, glancing through these pages, with their infinite variety of news items, advertisements, controversies and speculation, will find the society and the events of the day depicted with marvelous fidelity, and will receive new and indelible impres- sions of the actual state of New Jersey and its people in 1766 and 1767, as he could from no other source.

By way of correction it should be remarked that the foot-notes on page 277, identifying the captain of a merchant vessel at New York in 1767 with Horatio Nelson, England's greatest admiral, are obviously incorrect, as Nelson was then but eight years old. FEBRUARY 10, 1906.

Newspaper Extracts.

To BE SOLD,

A Valuable Farm, containing 260 Acres of Land, situ- ate in Hunterdon County, West Jersey, about 150 Acres thereof cleared, and in good Fence; it is excellent Wheat Land, and a sufficient Quantity of Meadow, in good Grass; there are on the Premises, a large new Brick House, two Stories high, genteelly finished, with other convenient Buildings and Out-houses of Brick; a large Frame Barn, with Barracks, Cow-houses &c. all in good Repair ; a large Stone-Grist mill, with two Pair of Stones, on a never-failing Stream of Water, in a plentiful Wheat Country conveniently situated for Philadelphia or New York Markets.

Also 500 Acres of Land in Sussex County, near Dela- ware River, whereon are two Improvements; it is good Wheat Land, and has a considerable Quantity of Meadow cleared thereon.

Likewise 240 Acres of good Wheat Land, situate in the County of Sussex aforesaid, within a few Miles of Dela- ware River, with considerable Improvements thereon. And 300 Acres of Land, situate in the County of Morris, near Black River, near 100 Acres of good natural Mead- ow, capable of producing Hemp or Flax, with some Im- provements made thereon.

And also One Fourth Part of an Iron Forge, situate on Musconetcung River, in the County of Sussex afore- said, with about 2000 Acres of Woodland ; well timbered.

For further Particulars, apply to HENRY BURNET, Conveyancer, on the West Side of Third-street, the first Door above Market-street. Philadelphia.

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Hunterdon County, ss. Trenton, December 21, 1765.

PURSUANT to an Act of General Assembly of the Prov- ince of New- Jersey, lately passed, intituled "An Act for the Re1ief of insolvent Debtors," Philip Atkinson and John Erwin, now confined in Trenton, in the County of Hunterdon, hereby give Notice to all their Creditors, that they intend to take the Benefit of the said Act, and that the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, for the County aforesaid, have appointed Tuesday the I4th Day of January next, for the Creditors of the aforesaid Debt- ors to meet at Trenton, at 10 o' Clock in the Forenoon, to shew Cause, if any they have, why an Assignment of the said Debtors Estates should not be made, and the said Philip Atkinson and John Erwin discharged, according to the Form and Effect of the said Act of General Assembly.

THREE POUNDS Reward.

RUN away from the Subscribers, living at Brown's Mills, in Nottingham Township, Burlington County, West New-Jersey, a Mulettoe Servant Man, named John Johnston, but it is likely he will change his Name; he is about 25 or 26 Years of Age, about 5 Feet 8 or 10 Inches high, has a Lump on his Lip, thought to be his under one, and has a down Look : Had on, when he went away, a half worn Castor Hat, a light coloured Broadcloth Coat and Vest, half worn, ribbed Worsted Stockings, new Shoes, and has with him a Pair of double-soled Ditto, also a large Buckskin Jacket lined with white Flannel, a red half worn Great Coat, Leather Breeches, and sundry other Things. He is a very talkative Fellow, given to Drink, and lived some Time ago with Jos. Biddle, then with James Smith of Burlington, afterwards with Richard Brown, and lastly with the Subscribers. Whoever takes up said Servant, and secures him in any of his Majesty's Goals on the Continent, so as his Masters may have him

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again, shall have the above Reward and reasonable Charges, paid by us,

ABIA BROWN, Jos. CLAYTON.

—The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1932, January 2, 1766.

On the First of November last, Mr. John Allen, of Trenton, contracted a Debt with me the Subscriber, of Twenty Pounds, for Security whereof he pledged with me a brown bay Stallion, and engaged to pay the Money and redeem the Horse by the 27th of November last; which Engagement Mr Allen has not yet performed, and the Horse now, and ever since his being pledged as afore- said, has been at the Inn of Charles Jenkins, in Market- street, on Expences ; and as it is possible an Accident may happen to the Horse, I take this Method to acquaint Mr. Allen, that unless he comes before the i8th Instant, and pays me my Debt aforesaid, with the Expences of keeping the Horse, the same Horse on that Day will be publickly sold, for Payment of the same. This Method I would have avoided, had Mr. Allen been complaisant enough to have answered my Request to him by Letter, for the Pur- pose aforesaid.

JOSEPH MITCHELL

Trenton, December 30, 1765

THERE is now in our Possession four Kegs, without any Direction, that were delivered on board one of our Boats at Philadelphia, about nine Months ago; therefore any Person that proves their Property to said Kegs and pays the Charges, may have them again.

FURMA^AND HUNT.2

1 Moore Furman.

2 Abraham Hunt, b. 1740; d. Oct. 27, 1821. He was appointed Post- master of Trenton, Jan. 10, 1764, for three years, and again, Oct. 13, 1775, for a like term. It was at his house that the Hessian Colonel Rail spent Christmas night, 1776, in such hilarious festivities as to make him neglectful of Washington's approach.

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City of Burlington, 26th I2th Month Dec. 1765.

WHEREAS, in the Year 1761, I was applied to by Hugh Doran, of Baltimore County, in Maryland, to recover a sum of Money, due to him from a Person then resident in the City of Burlington, in New-Jersey, and in pursuance thereof, I commenced an Action, but finding very soon that the Debtor was incapable of Payment, I desisted from further proceeding, and, by Letter, informed my Client thereof. About the Beginning of the Year 1764, I dis- covered that the Debtor's Circumstances had changed, and apprehending a Recovery possible, I resumed the Prosecu- tion. The Effect was, by giving some Time for Payment, I obtained Security for the Money, which I since received ; and having wrote several Letters to my Client without Effect, I have lately been informed he is dead ; I therefore take this Method of communicating the Matter to his Rep- resentatives, as I am ignorant who they are, and where or how I shall direct for them, hereby informing all con- cerned, that I am ready to pay the Money on Demand, to any one who shall appear legally authorized to receive it.

SAMUEL ALLINSON.

And whereas the following Deeds or Conveyances have been lately left in my Hands by Rebecca Scattergood, Widow and Executrix of Joseph Scattergood, late of the City of Burlington, Esq; deceased, many of them being for valuable Tracts of Land, and other real Estates, which the Possessors may now, or in future, be in Danger of losing, for want of a compleat Chain of Conveyance, and without those Conveyances mentioned (many, or most of which are not recorded) they may be utterly unable to make out such Chain, and their Titles consequently will

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prove defective; the Owners are therefore hereby in- formed that I shall be glad to deliver the said Deeds, which for the Security of their Estates, I think expedient for them to call upon me and receive.

Conveyance from Thomas Gardner to John Hugg, junior. Ditto from Richard Haines to John Wetherill. Ditto from William Barnet to Thomas Stevenson. Ditto from Thomas Stevenson to Hugh Huddy. Ditto from Robert Ridgway to William Haw. Ditto from John Van- sciver to Charles Read. Ditto from Thomas Middleton and Samuel Stokes, Executors of Mary Eves to Isaac Kay. Ditto from Anthony Elton to Lawrence Morris. Ditto from John Beaumont to John Prickett. Ditto from Thomas Moore and his Wife to Samuel Wickward. Dit- to from Revell Elton (the Father) to Revell Elton (the Son). Ditto from John Clarke to John Horner. Ditto from Lemuel Oldale and his Wife to William Hess. Ditto from William Hyes to John Vansciver. Ditto from John Burr to- Benjamin Springer. Ditto from William Murrel to John Woolston. Ditto from Martha Huddy to William Patterson. Ditto from John Wetherill to Joseph Wetherill. Ditto from Thomas Raper to George Willis. Ditto from Joshua Humphries to Lawrence Morris. Ditto from Hugh Sharp to Peter Bard. Ditto from Rob- ert Ridgway to John Vansciver. Ditto from John An- trum to William Pancoast. Ditto from Joseph Richards to Job Lippincott. Ditto from Samuel Morris to John Wetherill. Ditto from William Purdy to Richard Bor- den. Ditto from John Pancoast to William Pancoast. Ditto from William Biddle and Wife, and William Bid- die, jun. to Joseph Shreve. Ditto from Martha Dummer to William Bustill and Isaac De Cow. Ditto from Aaron

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Beswick to Benjamin Moore, jun. Ditto from Paul Wat- kins and his Wife to Benjamin Lucas.

SAMUEL ALLINSON *

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1933, January 9, 1766.

To the PRINTER,

Sir, You are desired by a Number of your New-Jersey Customers, to give the following Account, a Place in your next Paper, which will oblige them, and particularly your

humble Servant

D. S. L.

Woodbridge, in New-Jersey, 31 December, 1765. On Saturday last, the 28th Instant, the Sons of Liberty of this Place and the Parts adjacent, had a Meeting here, and not being sufficiently assured that Mr. Coxe, of Philadelphia, who was appointed Distributor of Stamps for New-Jer-

i Samuel Allinson was a member of the Society of Friends. He was licensed as an attorney and counsellor-at-law of New Jersey, No- vember 9, 1760, and was commissioned one of the Surrogates of New Jersey, March 22, 1762. In 17o9 numerous petitions were presented to the Legislature, complaining of many lawyers, for exacting extor- tionate fees. Among those accused was Samuel Allinson, but he produced certificates, signed by the Justices of the Supreme Court, and three of the most distinguished members of the New Jersey bar —Messrs. Richard Stockton, James Kinsey and John Lawrence— to the effect that they had carefully inspected the bills of costs complained of, and found them to be in every particular correct. The Assembly thereupon dismissed the complaint. On October 25, 1769, James Kinsey and Samuel Allinson were permitted to appear before the Assembly and address that body in behalf of their fellow members of the bar, who had been so generally accused, and with so little justice. In 1773 he was designated by the Legislature to prepare a new edition of the laws of New Jersey, which he completed and submitted to the in- spection of that body in January, 1775. and it was printed in 1776 by Isaac Collins, at Burlington, in a handsome folio. Samuel Allinson was Clerk of the Burlington Preparative Meeting in 1779, and was by that meeting in that year appointed one of the first trustees of the Friends' School in Burlington. He married, 1st, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Smith, junior, of Burlington, and 2d, Martha, daughter of David Cooper, of Woodbury. She died in 1788. He died 6 mo. 2d, 1791. He left him surviving his second wife and two children by his first wife, and seven by his second wife— four sons and three daughters. Seven of his nine children lived to be seventy-five years of age: by his first wife— William, 75; Elizabeth (blind from birth), 81; by his second wife— David, 84; Mary, 91; James, 33; Sibyl, 70; Margaret, 76; Samuel, 75; John Cooper, 26. James was the father of Samuel Allin- son, the distinguished philanthropist, b. Dec. 20, 1808; d. at Yardville, N. J.. Dec. 5, 1883.— Supreme Conn Records, passim; N. J. Archives, IX., 359; XVIII., 395, 482; Friends in Burlington; Fie Id's Provincial Courts, 167-8; 2 N. J. Hist. Soc. Proceedings, VIII., 72; Penna. Magazine of Hist, and

oy., X., 33; XVI., 467; The Burlington Smiths, 115.

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sey, had resigned that Office, they deputed and instructed two of their Number to wait on Mr. Coxe, with a Letter, praying a satisfactory Account of his Resignation. In- structions were fortwith made out and delivered to the Deputies, together with a Letter to Mr. Coxe, which were as follows, viz.

Instructions given by the SONS OF LIBERTY, to their deputies to Mr. Coxe, who is appointed distributor o<f stamps, for the province of New-Jersey.

First WE command and strictly enjoin it upon you, upon pain of our high displeasure, that you do immedi- ately, with the greatest expedition possible, repair to the house of Mr. Coxe, our stamp distributor, in Philadelphia, or elsewhere, and into his hands deliver our letter, praying his resignation, according to the tenor of said letter, &c. which if he comply with, you are to bear the same to us, and in the name of every Son of Liberty in the province o>f New-Jersey, to return him your thanks therefor.

Second Upon said Mr. Coxe's refusal, we command you to return immediately,and make report to us of the same.

Third We command and strictly enjoin it upon you, that whether said Mr. Coxe, resign his commission, &c. or not, you do treat him with that complaisance and deco- rum, becoming a gentleman of honour.

Copy of a letter to Mr. Coxe. ,'

Woodbridge, East New- Jersey, December 28, 1765. SIR,

WHEREAS you have been appointed to the most odious and detestable office of Distributor of Stamps for the gov- ernment of New-Jersey; and whereas the former resig- nation, (said to be yours) is no way satisfactory to the inhabitants of the same : We the SONS OF LIBERTY in said Government, hereby desire your resignation, in as

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ample form and manner as possible; expressing and sol- emnly declaring, upon the veracity of a gentleman and man of honour, that you will never, directly or indirectly, yourself or by deputies under you, ever distribute said stamps, or be any ways accessary in putting said Act in Force, in the government aforesaid; whereby you will not only endear yourself to the inhabitants, but prevent such methods as may be taken through necessity, to oblige you to the same. And whereas it is publicly reported, and generally believed, that you have already nominated and appointed deputies under you, to distribute Stamp Papers in said government, whereby we are, and shall continue to be in the utmost danger, by reason of said declared enemies to their country, notwithstanding your said resig- nation. Now, Sir, we desire and insist, that you, without reserve, aqnaint us, of all such deputies, (if any there be) that they may be dealt with in a proper manner. It is ex- pected that you do, in the presence o<f our deputies, com- ply with every of our aforesaid requests, and deliver the same (signed by yourself) to them, to be brought to us. If Sir, you refuse our very reasonable request, it will put us to the trouble of waiting upon you, in such a way and manner, as perhaps will be disagreeable both to yourself and us ; which we hereby notify you, we shall do', on Sat- urday the 4th of January next; and it is expected you will be then ready to answer us.

SONS OF LIBERTY, in East-New-Jersey. This Day, the 3ist of December, the Deputies returned and reported, That they had waited on Mr. Coxe, at his House in Philadelphia, and delivered him the Letter afore- said : That after reading it, and being informed of their Business, they were treated with the utmost Civility and Respect both by him and his Lady, and he delivered them in Writing the following Copy of his genteel and ample Resignation, viz.

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I Po hereby resign into the hands of the right honour- able the lords commissioners of his majesty's treasury, the office of distributor of stamps for the province of New- Jersey. Witness my hand and seal, this third day of Sep- tember, in the year of our Lord 1765.

WILLIAM COXE. (Seal) Sealed and delivered in the presence of WILLIAM HUMPHREYS TENCH TILGHMAN.

Philadelphia, December 30, 1765.

HAVING received information, that my resignation of the office of distributor of the stamps, for the province of New-Jersey, not having been fully inserted in the public papers, is a matter of uneasiness to the minds of the good people of that province, I do hereby certify and declare upon my honour and veracity the above to be a true copy of my resignation of that office, which I sent to England on the 3d of September last : I also do hereby further de- clare, that on receiving the commission for the said office of distributor of stamps for New-Jersey, on or about the first of this instant, December, I returned the said com- mission to England the seventh inst. I do further declare upon my honour, that I have not appointed any officer or officers for the distribution of stamps in the said province, nor done any other acts towards carrying the stamp act into execution, and I do upon my honor, assure the gen- tlemen of New- Jersey, that they may depend, I never will accept of any office whatsoever under the stamp act, nor will I directly or indirectly, be accessary to carrying the same into execution.

WILLIAM COXE

That they the Deputies, being entirely satisfied by these

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Papers and Mr. Coxe's Declaration, addressed him as fol- lows:

SIR,

WE being appointed to wait upon you, by the Sons of Liberty of New-Jersey, for a more satisfactory resigna- tion of your office of distributor of stamps in said prov- ince, are fully satisfied of your early resignation by the copy which you have favoured us with, as also your pres- ent chearfulness in farther fully satisfying us We do in the name of every Son of Liberty of New-Jersey, return you our hearty thanks, hoping your example may influ- ence those to do the like, who yet hold that detestable office.

The Deputies further reported, That on their Return Home, they were met by the Gentlemen of New-Bruns- wick, who gave them their hearty Thanks, which also was given them in Piscataway, and Woodbridge, where long Life and Prosperity were drank to His Majesty, and also to Mr. Coxe; and Confusion to every American Stamp-Master, unless he resign his abhorred and detest- able Office. *

Whereas the one Moiety or equal undivided Half Part of the Grist-Mill, Fulling-Mill, Stamping-Mill, Dwelling- House and other out Houses, together with one Moiety of an equal undivided Half Part of about Fifty Acres of Land, situate at Rocky-Hill in the County of Somerset, in NewT-Jersey, late the Property of Nicholas Veghte, de- ceased, were advertised to have been on this Day, by Vir- tue of several Executions, issued out of Somerset Inferior Court, and no bidders appearing, I do therefore adjourn the Sale until Friday the 24th of January next, between the Hours of Twelve and Five in the Afternoon, on the

iThe same account was published in the Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1204, January 2, 1766.

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Premises, when and where Attendance will be given, by

JOB STOCKTON, Sheriff. Rocky Hill, 3ist Dec. 1765.

—The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1 20 1, January 9, 1766.

NEW-YORK, January 2.

The Stamps, we hear, are by a military Power forced upon the inhabitants of Canada, Nova Scotia; and the new conquered Settlements in America, as also upon the Islands where a sufficient Military force is maintained to enslave the Inhabitants, viz. Jamaica, the Grenades, Bar- bados and Antigua; and by the same Means it may be enforced upon all America, when the Military Power be- comes superior to that of the united Colonies of New- Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Vir- ginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia, as well as several of the Islands, which will never submit to it so long as they have the Power of Resistance.

Where will the money come from to maintain Forces to enslave so great a Part of the British Nation !

IN Pursuance of an act of general assembly of the province of New-Jersey, and by an appointment of Alex- ander Randall, and Samuel Harrison, Esqrs; two of the judges of the inferior court for the county of Gloucester, NOTICE is hereby given to the creditors of Francis Red- cap, an insolvent debtor in the common goal of said county, that they meet at the house of John Camron, at 1 1 o'clock, on the third day of February next, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Francis Redcap should not be discharged, according to the above recited act. — The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1205, January 9, 1766.

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New- Jersey, / Middlesex County j ss PURSUANT to an Order of

Thomas Gach, and Stephen Skinner, Esquires, Judges of the court of common pleas for said county, upon the peti- tion of Justus Walker, an insolvent debtor, and the major part in value of his creditors, now in the gaol of the said county; notice is hereby given to all the creditors of the above petitioner, to shew cause (if any they have) before said judges, at the house of Elijah Dunham, inn-keeper in Perth- Amboy, on Tuesday the 2ist day of January in- stant, at 12 o'clock of said day why an assignment of said petitioners estate, should not be made to assignees then to be appointed for that purpose, and he thereupon be dis- charged of his debts agreeable to the directions of an act of the governor, council and general assembly of the province of New-Jersey, made in the fifth year of his pres- ent majesty's reign, entitled, "an act for the relief o<f in- solvent debtors."

Perth-Amboy, January 3, 1766

Mr. James Ramsay,

WHO came from the County of Armagh in the North of Ireland, to this Country, Ten or Twelve Years since, and settled at Little-Britain, in Lancaster County, Penn- sylvania, where he usually had his Letters directed to the Care of Samuel Scott, Esq ; a Magistrate for said County, from which Place the said Ramsey removed to some Part of the Jersey's about a Year ago ; Will hear of something much to his Advantage by applying personally to Mr. William Gilliland, Merchant in New-York, the sooner he applies, the better for him. New-York, 7th. Jan. 1766.

East-New-Jersey, Monmouth County, October

Term, 1765. WHEREAS Nehemiah Smith, Corbitt Smith, and Mat-

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thew Anderson, did make application to said court, and Thomas Neelson, did also make application to John An- derson, and Robert Montgomery, Esqrs. two of his maj- esty's judges of said court, for the benefit of the late in- solvent act (made for the benefit of insolvent debtors) did take the oath, and file their schedules according to said act, these are to> give notice to> the creditors of said debt- ors that they meet together at the court-house of said county, on Tuesday the 4th day of February next, to shew cause, (if any there be) why the said debtors estates should not be assigned, and their bodies discharged from their now confinement, pursuant to said act, of which this is the public notice given.

Salem County, January 13, 1766 PURSUANT to an Order of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Salem, Notice is hereby given to all the Creditors of Mary Lock, that on the Peti- tion of the said Mary Lock, with the major Part in Value of her Creditors, to the Judges aforesaid, the 8th Day of February is appointed for the Creditors of the said Mary Lock to meet at the Court-House in Salem, to shew Cause, if any they have, why an Assignment o<f the said Debtor's Estate should not be made, and the Debtor dis- charged, agreeable to the late Act of Assembly, made and provided for that Purpose.

Hunterdon County, ss. January 3, 1766.

Pursuant to an Act of General Assembly, lately passed intituled "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors," James M'Adams, an insolvent Debtor, hereby gives No- tice, that he intends to take the Benefit of the said Act, and the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, for the County aforesaid, have appointed Saturday, the 8th Day of February next, for the Creditors of the above

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insolvent Debtor to meet at the Court House in Trenton, to shew Cause, if any they have, why an Assignment of the said Debtor's Estate should* not be made, and the said Debtor discharged, according to the Form and Effect of the said Act.

JAMES M'ADAMS.

—The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1934, January 16, 1766.

Trenton, January i, 1766.

Whereas Hugh M'Can, late of Tewksbury, in the County of Hunterdon, Merchant, an insolvent Debtor, did on the 27th Day of November last, make an Assignment of all his real and personal Estate, both in Law and Equity unto us the Subscribers, for the Benefit of his Creditors : And on the same 27th of November the Hon. Frederick Smyth, Esq; Chief Justice and the Hon. John Berrien Esq; third Justice of the Supreme Court of the Province of New-Jersey, did confirm us the Subscribers, Assignees of the said Insolvent's Estate; in Consequence of which, we desire all Persons that are any Ways in- debted thereto, on Bill, Bond, Book Account, otherwise howsoever, to discharge their respective Debts to us at Trenton, on or before the first Day of March next ensu- ing, as Actions will be commenced against all those that delay a Compliance after that Date, by SAMUEL TUCKER, SAMUEL HENRY, and JOSEPH PHILIPS, Assignees.

Trenton, January i, 1766

WHEREAS Robert Rutherford, of Trenton, in the County of Hunterdon, Innholder, an insolvent Debtor, did on the 27th Day of November last, make an Assign- ment of all his real and personal Estate, both in Law and Equity, unto us the Subscribers, for the Benefit of his Creditors : And on the same 27th Day of November the

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Hon. Frederick Smyth, Esq; Chief Justice, and the Hon. John Berrien, Esq; third Justice of the Supreme Court of the Province of New Jersey, did confirm us the Subscrib- ers, Assignees of the said Insolvent's Estates; in Conse- quence of which, we desire all Persons that are any Ways indebted thereton, on Bill, Bond, Book Account, or other- wise howsoever to discharge their respective Debts to< us at Trenton, on or before the first Day of March next en- suing, as Actions will be commenced against all those that neglect a Compliance after that Time.

SAMUEL TUCKER, ISAAC ALLEN, SAMUEL HENRY, NATHANIEL PARKER, Assignees.

To BE SOLD,

A Valuable Plantation, situate in Amwell, in the County of Hunterdon, and Province of West Jersey, con- taining 85 Acres of Land, adjoining the Lands of Nicho- las Signe, Asher Morgan, and the Road leading to How- ell's Ferry, on which is a good Stone Dwelling-house, well finished, a good Barn, and two overshot Grist-mills, one Pair of Stones in each Mill, two Boulting Mills that go by Water, one other Boulting Mill for the Country, that goes by Hand; also a Saw-mill on the same Dam, which is supplied with constant Water from living Springs, about 10 Acres of watered Meadow, which produces the best of English Hay, a good young Orchard that produces Plenty of the best Fruit, with a Number of Peach, Cherry and Pear Trees; also a Cooper's Shop. The above Buildings are almost new, and in good Repair, and are near the Center of one of the best Townships in the Prov- ince for raising of Wheat. Whoever inclines to* purchase, may have easy Terms of Payment, by applying to< SAM- UEL KETCHIM living on the Premises, or SAMUEL TUCK- ER, Esq; in Trenton. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1935, January 23, 1766.

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Essex County, ) PURSUANT to an Order of Daniel

New-Jersey ) * Pearson, and Jonathan Hampton, Esquires, Two of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Essex, upon the Petition of Joshua Petit, an insolvent Debtor, and the Majority of his Creditors, Notice is hereby given to all the Creditors of said Joshua Petit, to shew Cause, (if any they have) before the said Judges, on Monday the Tenth of Febru- ary next, at 9 o'Clock of the said Day, at the House of Mrs. Johnston, Innkeeper in Elizabeth-ToAvn, why any Assignment of the Estate of said Joshua Petit should not be made according to the Prayer of the said Petition to such Persons as shall be appointed, and the said Debtor discharged, pursuant to an Act of Assembly, made this present year, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors." Dated January the I5th, 1766. — The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1204, January 23, 1766.

Borough of Elizabeth, December 23, 1765. BY virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias to me directed, against the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, of Henry Lane, at the suit of Jonathan Higgins, I have taken and seized a lot of land, containing about six and a half acres, lying and being within the said Borough, near Raway Meeting House, on which the said Lane now lives : On the Premises are the following improvements, to wit, a good new dwelling house, with four rooms on a floor, and a fire place in each, a cellar under one half of it, a genteel court yard, with a good pal'd garden, a good well and a small barn, all well finished, and in good order. It is within half a mile of a good landing, a quarter o*f a mile of a good mill, on the post road from Elizabeth Town to Woodbridge, and all which makes it very convenient for a merchant, tavern-keeper, or a tradesman. There-

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fore this is to give notice, that the said house and prem- ises taken as aforesaid, will be exposed to sale at publick vendue, on Monday the 24th day of February next on the premises, between the hours of twelve and five of the clock in the afternoon of the same day. At the time and place of sale the conditions of the vendue will be made known, by me

MOSES OGDEN, Sheriff.

Perth- Amboy, January 6th, 1766. New-Jersey, ss. BY virtue of several writs of fieri facias, to me directed, issued out of the county court of Middlesex, against the goods and chattels, lands and ten- ements of James Johnston, at the suit of Stephen Skinner, and others; 1 have taken and seized a tract of good land, within seven miles of New-Brunswick, and five from South-River landing, containing four hundred and fifty acres; some part of it good meadow, and more may be made, as there is a fine stream runs through the land ; the upland is good for producing of wheat, and part of it is good wood land: There is on said premises a framed house and kitchen, a large new barn, and other out houses, an orchard, and a good garden, There will also be sold at the same time, a lot of salt meadow lying at the Round- Abouts, containing about ten acres. Now these are to give notice, that I shall expose the aforesaid lands and premises to sale, at public vendue, on Friday the seventh day of March next, on the premises, between the hours of twelve and five in the afternoon : At which time and place, the terms and conditions of sale will be declared and made known, by me,

JAMES BROOKS, Sheriff

N. B. If the purchaser will pay one third of the money next May, he shall have a reasonable time for the remain- der. The creditors of said James Johnston, are particu-

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larly requested to be present, with the demands that each of them may have against him, in order that they may be delivered in to the assignees.

New-Jersey, Perth- Amboy, Jan. 7th, 1766. NOTICE is hereby given, that the vendue for the sale of the commodious, pleasant, and well-situated stone house, in Perth-Amboy, late the property of Samuel Isletine, is adjourned until Saturday, the first day of March next; and to be held at the house of Elijah Dunham, Inn-keeper in Perth Amboy : The said vendue to begin at two o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, where attendance will

be given, by

JAMES BROOKS, Sheriff.

—The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1204, January 30, 1766.

PURSUANT to an order of Abraham Van Campen, and Richard Gardner, Esqrs; Two of the judges of the in- ferior court of common pleas, held in and for the county of Sussex, Upon the petition of Robert Clement, Gersham Mott, James Hyndshaw and Daniel Sherror, insolvent debtors, confined in Sussex County Goal in New-Jersey, for debt, together with the Major part of their creditors, Notice is hereby given to all their creditors to shew cause, if any they have, before the said judges on the I7th day of February next at the court house in the county of Sus- sex why an assignment of the several estates of the said debtors, should not be made to assignees, then and there to be appointed, for the use of their creditors and the said insolvents thereupon discharged according to an act of assembly intitled, an act for the relief of insolvent debtors.

Hunterdon | Pursuant to an act of General Assem-

County \ bly of the province of New Jersey,

made in the fifth year of his Majesty's reign, entitled,

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"An Act for the relief of insolvent debtors;" Christopher Traxellor, of the county aforesaid, together with the greater part of his creditors, having petitioned the judges of the inferior court of the said county to be admitted to the benefit of the aforesaid act, hereby give notice to his creditors, that the said judges have appointed Saturday the fifteenth day of February next, for the creditors of the aforesaid Christopher Traxellor, to meet at Trenton, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause (if any they have) why an assignment of the said debtor's estate should not be made, and the said debtor be admitted to the benefit of the said act. Trenton, January 23.

—The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1208, January 30, 1766.

THIRTY DOLLARS Reward

Broke out of the Goal of the County of Hunterdon, in the Province of New Jersey, and made their Escape, on the Night of the 2ist Instant, Samuel Pelton, and John Moore, committed upon an Accusation of Felony; Sam- uel Pelton is a Joiner by Trade, about 30 Years old, 5 Feet 6 or 7 Inches high, well built, much Pock-marked, black Eyes, black short curled Hair, has lost some of his upper Fore-teeth, and has a bold impudent Countenance; had on a mixed blue homespun Coat, red Jacket, light Col- oured Great Coat and Buckskin Breeches. . . . John Moore is about 25 Years old, 5 Feet 5 or 6 Inches high, smooth Face, black Hair tied behind, and sandy coloured Whiskers; had on a blue Surtout, red Jacket lappelled, and light coloured Cloth Breeches. Whoever shall appre- hend the said Samuel Felton and John Moore, and secure them in any of his Majesty's Goals upon the Continent, will be paid the above Reward, or Fifteen Dollars for either of them. The above Pelton and Moore being two Persons of infamous Character, and Disturbers of the

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Peace in general, it is hoped that all his Majesty's liege Subjects will be aiding and assisting in bringing them to Justice.

SAMUEL TUCKER, Sheriff of said County.

LETTERS remaining in the Post-Office, Philadelphia. Henry Couper, Gloucester County. John Johnson, Al- lenstown. George French, Salem.

To be LETT for a Term of Years, A Plantation and Tract of Land containing 187 Acres, with a Frame House thereon, an Orchard of good Fruit, about 12 Acres of Meadow in good Order, and about 14 Acres cleared, and ready for sowing with Grass seed, sit- uate within the Town Bounds of Gloucester, in the Prov- ince of New Jersey;, the said Plantation is very conve- niently situated to attend the Philadelphia Market from, especially since the Bridge is built over Newtown Creek, the Distance being but between 3 and 4 Miles from said Plantation to Cooper's Ferry. The Place may be entered on immediately. For further Particulars apply to the Subscriber, living in Front-street, Philadelphia. 1" ?s, 6d. THOMAS WHARTON.

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1936, January 30, 1766.

RUN away on the 2ist of November last, from the Sub- scriber living in Trenton, a Negroe Man, named Toney, about 36 Years of Age, five Feet four Inches high, has lost the first Joint of one of his Thumbs, and speaks pretty good English; had on when he went away, a light col- oured Kersey Coat, a Flannel Shirt, Plad Jacket and Breeches, white Yarn Stockings, and old Shoes, and had an Iron Collar about his Neck. Whoever takes up said Negroe, and secures him so as his Master may have him

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again, shall have Thirty Shillings Reward and reasonable

Charges, paid by

Elijah Bond.

To BE LETT,

The noted Tavern at Black Point, in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, in East Jersey, and may be entered on in March next. EOT further Particulars, enquire of John Saltar, at Pool's Pr^ge, Philadelphia, Hugh Harts- horne, Esq; at Bristol, Joseph Saltar, near Trenton, or to John Hartshorne, near the Premises.

Sussex Court-house, January 23, 1766. James Anderson, an insolvent Debtor, confined in Sus- sex County, New- Jersey, desires his Creditors to shew Cause, if any they have, before the Judges, on the I7th Day o>f February next, at the Court-house of Sussex, why an Assignment of the Estate of the said insolvent Debtor should not be made to' the Assignees, then and there to be appointed, for the Use of his Creditors, and the said In- solvent thereupon be discharged, according to an Act of Assembly intituled, "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors."

JAMES ANDERSON

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1937, February 6, 1766.

To BE SOLD

A very convenient, profitable and agreeable Farm, ly- ing along Rariton River, about two Miles from New Brunswick, in New-Jersey, containing 236 Acres, on which is a good dwelling House, out Houses, a Barn, 120 Acres cleared Land, and 15 Acres of English Meadow. It is plentifully supplied with Water in the driest Sea- sons, and affords a very convenient Place for a Grist Mill.

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Any, Person inclining to purchase, may apply to Jaques Vantine, on the Farm, or to John Vantine at Rariton Landing.

This is to give publick Notice to all Persons, that there is to be Sold at private Sale.

A Plantation situate lying, and being in Middletown East New-Jersey, Monmouth County, containing be- tween Two and Three Hundred Acres, about One Hun- dred and Sixty cleared, and the rest Timbered, with the best of Timber of all Sorts; such as Oak, Bilsted, Poplar, Ash, Nut, and all other Sorts of Timber, with some Meadow, and Forty Acres more may be made, of the very best : On the same is a very good Dwelling-House, with Three Fire Places; the one as yet not finished. Also a large Dutch Barn stood about Twelve Years, Forty odd by Fifty odd Feet; on the land is a very good young bearing Orchard of all Sorts of Fruit whatsoever, of the very best, and bears plentifully; the Place being exceed- ing well watered with Brooks and living Springs has never, failed yet. It lies about 3 Miles from the publick Landing; where are to be had Fish, Oysters, and Clams; plenting of fowling of all sorts of Fowls, it lies about i Mile from a very good Grist Mill, and 3 more within 3 Miles. A Saw-Mill joining, formerly belonging to the same. Any Person having a Mind to purchase the same, may apply to* CORNELIUS SWART, in Freehold County aforesaid, shall have it on very reasonable Term, and Pos- session shall be given immediately if required.

FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD.

RUN- A WAY on Wednesday the 25th day of December 1765, from us the subscribers, living in Freehold and county of Monmouth, in East New-Jersey, an indented Negro man named Benjamin Moore, about forty years of

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Age, five feet six inches high, a likely spry fellow. He took with him a grey and a red jacket, i pair of brown breeches, i pair ribb'd blue stockings, and a good hat. He has taken with him sundry other clothes, and it is sup- posed he will change his dress. He was formerly an in- dented servant to Job Throckmorton and George Rhea, at Freehold and has taken those old indentures of said Throckmorton and Rhea with him, and shows them for a pass, pretending to be a free Negro. Whoever takes up said Negro and secures him, so that his master can have him again, shall have the above reward, and all reasonable charges paid by us,

Henry and Joseph Robinson.

N. B. All masters of Vessels and other persons are forewarned not to harbour, conceal, or carry off the said Negro*, at their peril.

Pursuant to two Writs of Fieri Facias, to me directed, on a Judgment obtained by Matthew Van Alstyne, and others, against the Goods and Chattels, Lands and Tene- ments of Adrian Bennet, at Griggs Town, in Somerset County, New- Jersey, I have levied on a Tract of Land, lying at Griggs Town aforesaid, containing 125 Acres, bounded westerly on Millstone River; also* the Grist Mill, Shop, and Dwelling House, a good Barn, two very good Orchards, plenty of Timber Land, and a good Quantity of Meadow belonging to the same; It is a very good Place for a Store Keeper, in a fine Wheat Country, within 1 2. Miles of New-Brunswick. The Buildings are extra- ordinary good and convenient. Two Months Credit will be given on certain Conditions, which will be made known at the Day of Sale, which will be at publick Vendue, on the Premises, on Monday the 3d Day of March next, be-

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tween Twelve and Five in the Afternoon; of which all Persons concerned, are desired to take Notice.

28th October, 1765. JOB STOCKTON, Sheriff.

CAVELIER JOUET, Of ELIZABETH-TOWN,

INTENDING to improve a larger landed Interest else- where, will sell or let the House in which he now lives, with some Land, and other Accommodations. The House is built of Brick and Stone; and is about forty seven Feet front and thirty six deep, with two handsome Wings ad- joining; the one a Kitchen, the other an Office or Study. Each about twenty eight Feet front, and twenty deep. Said House is so well known for its Conveniency, Situa- tion, and handsome Appearance, that it needs not any Recommendation.

There is about twenty, or twenty two Acres of the Land of a good Soil, with an old Orchard of fifty odd Trees; and also one which just begins to bear, of an hun- dred. The Land fit for ploughing or Grass. The Terms of Sale or Renting, may be known by inquiring of the Owner; or of Mr. Bernard Lintot, of the City of New- York.

To BE SOLD OR LET

A large house, lot and stables, pleasantly situated in the city of Perth- Arnboy, with a good garden well stored with the choicest collection of fruit trees. The person inclining to purchase or hire the said house and lot, may be accommodated with seven acres of extreme good mow- ing ground. For further particulars enquire of Mr. James Thompson, Merchant in New- York, or David Johnston, at Greenwich. — The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1205, February 6, 1766.

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New- York, January 30.

Saturday last sailed out of Sandy-Hook, captains Allen and Montgomery, for Belfast; captains Semple and Wal- lace for Dublin; capt. Dorset, for Lisbon; capt. Jauncey, for Pensacola; capt. Deal, for South Carolina; capt. Johnson, for Coracoa; and the capts. Lash and Young for the West Indies. — The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1209, February 6, 1766.

NEW- YORK, February 10.

A frigate that sailed from Portsmouth, for this place, in November, with some dispatches, is put into South- Carolina, having been off the Hook many days, but could not get in, and was obliged to bear away.

This is to give NOTICE to the PUBLIC,

THAT the Stage Waggon kept by JOHN BARNHILL, in Elm-street, near Vine street, Philadelphia, and JOHN M ASH ERE w, at the Blazing star, near New- York, intend to perform the Journey from Philadelphia to New-York in two days, and from there to Philadelphia in two days also, commencing the 1 4th day of April next, and to con- tinue seven months, viz to the I4th of November; and the remaining five months of the year in three days, (the waggon-seats to be set on springs. ) They purpose to set off from Philadelphia and New- York on Mondays and Thursdays as they now do, punctually at sun-rise, and change their Passengers at Prince Town, and return to Philadelphia and New- York the following days: The price each Passenger Ten Shillings to Prince-town, ten shillings to Powle's Hook, opposite New- York, Ferriage free; and three pence each mile any distance between. Gentlemen and Ladies who are pleased to favor us with

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their custom, may depend on due attendance and civil

usage,

By their Humble Servants

JOHN BARNHILL, and

JOHN MESHEREW.

— The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1210, February 13, 1766.

NEW- YORK, February 3.

The Publick are cautioned to beware O'f false Jersey Money now passing in this City, viz. Bills of 3!. April 23, 1761, Thirty Shilling Bills of April 8, 1762, and April 1 6, 1764.

PHILADELPHIA, February 13.

l^lPThe Public are cautioned to beware of Counterfeit New Jersey Thirty Shilling and Three Pound Bills ; there are three Emissions of them, two of Thirty Shillings, dated in 1762, and 1764; the first are badly done, and may be discovered from the whole Face of the Bill, the printing Letters running into the Escutcheon; but those of 1764 are so well done, that they are very difficult to be discovered; the only sure Mark is, that on the Back, at the Stem o<f the Sage Leaf, in the true Bills, is 305. but the false Bills have only the s. 30 is left out. . . . The Counterfeit Three Pound Bills are dated in 1761, and not so well printed as the true Ones ; the Impression is deeper in the Paper, and in the Word Plate the P is right over the A of April, in the false Bills, which is not so in the true Ones. . . . It is supposed these Counterfeit Bills came to New York in one of the last Vessels from Eng- land, and that a large Sum is already passed there. . . . One of the Accomplices, we hear, is in New York Goal, and another of them, one Michael Smith, is said to be

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gone into New Jersey, with a large Sum of false Money, to purchase Cattle. . . . The above Description is the best we can give at present, from the Information we have received, not having seen any of the Counterfeit Bills.

Hunterdon County, New Jersey, ss. February 3, 1766.

PURSUANT to an Order of William Morris, and Will- iam Clayton, Esquires, two of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Hunterdon aforesaid, Notice is hereby given to all the Creditors of William Foue,1 an insolvent Debtor, now confined in the Goal of Trenton, that on the Petition o<f the said William Foue, with the major Part in 'Value of his Creditors, the Judges aforesaid have appointed Tuesday, the 25th Day of Feb- ruary inst. for the Creditors of the said William Foue, to meet at Trenton, to shew Cause, if any they have, why an Assignment of the said insolvent Debtor's Estate should not be made, and the Debtor discharged, agreeable to the late Act of General Assembly, made and provided for that Purpose.

Hunterdon, ss. Trenton, February 8, 1766.

PURSUANT to an Act of General Assembly of the Province of New- Jersey, lately passed, intituled, "An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," Joseph Arbour and John Calvin now confined in Trenton, in the County of Hunterdon, upon their Petition, and a Majority in Value of their Creditors, that they intend to take the Benefit of the said Act, and that the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid, have appointed Friday, the 28th Day of February Instant, for the Cred- itors of the aforesaid Debtors to meet at Trenton, at Three o' Clock in the Afternoon, to shew Cause, if any

i In the Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1939, for Feb. 20, 1766, this name is given as William Force.

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they have, why an Assignment of the said Debtors Es- .tates should not be made, and the said Debtors discharged, according to the Form and Effect of the said Act of Gen- eral Assembly.

To be SOLD, in the City of Burlington, a little above the

Court-house.

A Large commodious Brick House and Kitchen, with a Pump in the Yard, and one Acre and a Half of very good Land, 20 Fruit Trees thereon, several Stables, and a Shed, 40 Feet long, very suitable for an Inn-keeper, or any Person inclining to live a private Life. Whoever in- clines to purchase, may apply to EDWARD BROOKS, living on the Premises, or to JOHN MILNOR, Cooper, near the Bank Meeting-house, Philadelphia. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1938, February 13, 1766.

MATHEMATICAL QUESTION.

SUPPOSE in an Oblique Angled Triangle, whose Base and one Side is unknown, the Length of the other Side 25, the Angle included by the known Side, and Base 41 Degrees, and the Area 275 ; thence to find all the unknown Parts, without reducing it to two right angled Triangles. — The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1206, February 13, 1766.

To BE LET.

THE noted Tavern at Black-Point, in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, East New- Jersey; for further Par- ticulars, inquire of John Hartshorne, near the Premises.

To be sold at Public Vendue, on Monday and Tuesday

the Third and Fourth Days of March next. Two Plantations belonging to the Estate of James Abraham,, deceased, in South Amboy : The First contain-

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ing about 270 Acres, the greatest Part whereof is clear'd, and near the one Half of the clear Land mowable Mead- ow, mostly good Clover Grass, and therefore is famous for Stock : Having also an excellent Range and Outlet for the same. The said Plantation is well water'd, and very convenient to Church, Meeting, Mill and Market; also a good bearing Orchard, and extraordinary Build- ings of every Sort, necessary for a Farmer, &c. The Second Farm lies adjoining to Lewis Johnston, Esq; on Matchepenex, containing by Estimation 400 Acres or up- wards, 200 of which is cleared, and Part of that will af- ford near 40 Loads of good Hay yearly; the cleared Land in good Order, and well fenced, and Water in every Field; a large young Orchard of good Fruit, a large dwelling House quite new, a good Kitchen, and a large convenient Barn, and every other necessary Building; advantageously situated for fencing, two thirds being well secured by Brooks and Creeks, &c. The Conditions will be made known on the Day of Sale, by

John Combs }

and > Executors

Nicholas Everson )

February 13, 1766.

Essex County ( PURSUANT to an Order made by

New-Jersey ] S Samuel Woodruff and Stephen Crane, Esq; two of the Judges of the inferior Court of common Pleas for the County of Essex, upon the Petition of John Graham, an insolvent Debtor, now confined in the common Gaol of the said Borough of Elizabeth, and sundry of his Creditors : Notice is hereby given by the said Petitioners to all the Creditors of the said John Gra- ham, to shew Cause (if any they have) before the said Samuel Woodruff and Stephen Crane, at the dwelling House of Mrs. Johnston, on Thursday the Thirteenth

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Day of March next, why an Assignment of the Estates of the said John Graham should not be made to Edward Thomas and Nehemiah Wade, Assignees appointed by the said Creditors, for the Use and Benefit of all the said Creditors, pursuant to the Prayer of the said Petition, and the said John Graham discharged from all his Debts, and from his Imprisonment, according to an Act of the Gov- ernor, Council, and General Assembly, passed in the Fifth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors." Dated February, 1766.

THREE POUNDS REWARD, and all reasonable Charges.

RUN-AWAY from Samuel Henry, of Trenton, in West 'New-Jersey, the 2Qth of January last, a Negro Man named TOM, aged about 24 Years, 5 Foot 5 Inches high, had on when he went away, a short brown Coat, the Sleeves of which of a lighter Colour, with flat metal But- tons; Buckskin Breeches, blue yarn Stockings, check Shirt, an old Beaver Hat, and a black Silk Handkerchief about his Neck. It is supposed he made for New- York, as he formerly belonged to Mr. Gerardus Beekman, late of that City, and has his Mother living there. If appre- hended, it is desired he may be secured in any Gaol, and Notice given to his Master, at Trenton, or Mr. John Beekman, of New-York, either of whom will pay the Re- ward.— The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1207, February 20, 1766.

We hear from New-Jersey, that the gentlemen of the law in that province, met last Thursday, at New Bruns- wick, to consider of the propriety of resuming their prac- tice, which they have discontinued since the ist of No- vember, where they were waited upon by a deputation of

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the Sons of Liberty, who* expressed their uneasiness at the suspension of law proceedings, and it was determined by a majority of the lawyers then convened, "That they would resume their practice the ist day of April next, whatever accounts may be received from England, or sooner if earlier intelligence arrives of the determination of Parliament respecting the Stamp Act;" . . . which being communicated to' the deputies who then attended, they appeared to be satisfied therewith. And

At the same time deputies from the Sons of Liberty of the county of Hunterdon, waited on Mr. White, prothon- otary of that county, with a request that he would open his office to transact business as usual, who received them politely; and they received assurances that the office should be opened the first day of April.

We likewise hear from the same quarter, that a certain person being duned for a debt, he gave his creditor to un- derstand, that as there was no law, he would not pay him, whereupon the creditor seized him by the shoulder, and called out here is a man that wants stamps! he was in a little time surrounded by a number of people, who would make a sacrifice of him, who dar'd to take the advantage of the distressing situation of his country, had he not im- mediately paid the money, and made an acknowledgement o<f his fault.

To be sold by the subscriber, living in the town of Dover, in the County of Kent, upon Delaware, A tract of land, situate in Salem county, in the province of West Jersey, adjoining to the town of Salem, extending two miles o-n a navigable creek, that ebbs and flows near 6 feet perpendicular, having several landings belonging to the premises on the said creek, and does not exceed thirty miles from thence to Philadelphia by land, and 36 by water, as generally computed from whence the markets

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at Philadelphia may be conveniently attended, and about 5 miles to a glass house,1 where are settled many German families. The title is indisputable. The said tract doth consist of sundry sorts of land, and has many valuable improvements thereon, to wit, 295 acres of upland, excej- lent for farming, and very natural to English grass, large quantities of hay being cut therefrom annually, having thereon a large brick house, two stories high, two brick kitchens, a large framed barn covered in with cedar, and sundry other outhouses &c. One hundred and seventy acres of banked meadow, most part proper for hemp, the whole producing fine grass for mowing. One hundred and seventy-six acres of marsh, having a fall of five or six feet, which may be banked and drained at a small ex- pence, and converted into meadow. And one thousand two hundred and eighty four acres of very valuable wood land, well timbered, including a white oak swamp contain- ing 60 acres, or thereabouts, not more remarkable for the fine timber of several sorts, such as white oak, ash, maple, &c. which it produces, than for the excessive richness of the soil. The whole contains 1925 acres, and will make two, three or four fine farms for cultivation or grazing, with a sufficient quantity of meadow and wood-land to each farm. Any person or number of persons inclining to purchase the whole may have the payments made as easy as can be reasonably desired, upon securing the same, and paying interest. The premises may be entered upon the 25th of March next. For further particulars enquire of Benjamin Wynkoop, merchant, in Philadelphia, or the subscriber.

JOHN VINING.

—The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1211, February 20, 1766.

i Established about 1738 by Caspar Wistar, a German from the Pal atinate. See N. J. Archives, VI., 9S; VII., 108-9; X., 29-31.

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PHILADELPHIA, February 20.

In our last we cautioned the Public to beware of Coun- terfeit New Jersey Three Pound Bills, dated in 1761; and Thirty Shilling Bills, dated 1762 and 1764; since which we have seen the following Counterfeits of that Money, viz. Three Pound Bills, two different Sorts of Twelve Shilling Bills, and a Six Shilling Bill. They are all badly done on Copperplate, the Letters being very ir- regular, and standing much out of Line; whereas the true Bills are neatly and regularly done, in the common print- ing Manner. In the first Line of the Face of the Coun- terfeit Three Pound Bills, the O in POUNDS is shorter and thicker than the other Letters in that Word; and in the third Line the last E in JERSEY is not like a Printing E, but is made in the Manner commonly used in Writing. . . . The Twelve Shilling Bills are both dated April 12, 1760; one Sort may be discovered by having a black Line about the Flowers which are round the T, in the Word THIS; also in the Arms the lower Part of the Unicorn's Body appears naked, and the Words in the Garter, and of the Motto, are p^iner than in the true Bills; and at the Back, instead oi the Printer's Name, Parker, it is made Parke. . . . The other Sort is printed on Writ- ing Paper; in the third Line, after the Word Ounce, in- stead of [• •] Fifteen, is made s««] Fifteen. . . . The Six Shilling Bills are dated December 31, 1763; in the Escutcheon, in the Word JERSEY, the J is made bottom upwards; in the third Line the S in JERSEY is smaller than the other Letters of that Word; and in the next Line, after Grains, is os, which should be of. . . . The above Counterfeits are all printed on three Folds of Paper, pasted together (except the last of the Twelve Shil- ling Bills) but the true Bills are only on two Folds. In short, they are all so ill executed, that we think, after this

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Notice, no Body can be imposed on by them. The Three Pound Bills are dated April 8, 1762.

There have likewise appeared some New-Jersey Three Shilling Bills altered to Twelve, by having the Word Twelve pasted over the Place where Three should be, which may be discovered by its looking fresher than the other Part of the Bill.

New- Jersey, Hunterdon County ss.

PURSUANT to an Order of William Morris and William Clayton, Esquires, two of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Hunterdon aforesaid, Notice is hereby given to all the Creditors of David Cock, jun. and Tobias Nevies, insolvent Debtors, now confined in Goal, that on the Petitions of the aforesaid David Cock and Tobias Nevies, with the major Part in Value of their Creditors/the Judges aforesaid have appointed Monday, the tenth Day of March, for the Creditors of the aforesaid David Cock and Tobias Nevies, to meet at Trenton, to shew Cause, if any they have, why an Assignment of the said Debtors Estates should not be made, and the Debtors discharged, agreeable to the late Act of General Assem- bly, made and provided for that Purpose.

To BE SOLD

A Valuable Plantation, situate in Penn's Neck, in Salem County, West New-Jersey containing by Estima- tion, 294 Acres, 20 Acres thereof good Meadow Ground, 7 Acres cleared, and has been mowed several Years. Also near 40 Acres more of a Mill Pond, 20 Acres thereof cleared, and has been mowed sundry Times, and 10 Acres more almost cleared. As this Meadow Ground lies on the Head of the Tide, it will never require Dung, and a few small Drains will keep it in Order. One Half of the Mill Pond may be kept in Meadow, and the other Half

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will afford a very advantageous Mill Seat, as no Mill can be built near it; and as this Place has been long accus- tomed to a Mill, one is much wanted. There is also 70 Acres of Upland cleared, three Orchards, a good Dwell- ing-house, Barn, and Stables, two paled Gardens, and three other Tenements, with Tenants in them; and as this Place lies in the Middle of the Parish, and two public Roads through it; the one a Landing Road to Delaware River, distant from said Landing 4 Miles, and 30 Miles Water Carriage to- Philadelphia makes it suitable for a Store and Tavern, besides the Mill; and neither so near, as the one to hurt the other. The Purchasers, paying one Half, may have Time for the other, giving Security, if required. For further Particulars, enquire of the Sub- scriber, on the Premises.

WILLIAM MILLER.

N. B. There is Plenty of good White Oak Timber to be had reasonable, which would be profitable for a Saw- mill.— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1939, February 20, 1766.

\VI-IEREAS BROUGHTON REYNOLDS, of Elizabeth-Town, in New-Jersey is desirous of corresponding with one WILLIAM FROMSTONE, who came from North Wales some Years ago, supposed to be settled in the Province of Pennsylvania, or some Place adjacent, if the said William Fromstone will be so good as to favour the said Reynolds with a Line, to inform him of the Place of his Residence, it will be esteemed a particular Favour.

Hunterdon County, New- Jersey, ss.

Trenton, February 18, 1766.

Pursuant to an Order of William Morris and William Clayton, Esquires, two of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Hunterdon aforesaid,

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Notice is hereby given to all the Creditors of John Rob- erts, an insolvent Debtor, now confined in Trenton, that on the Petition of the said John Roberts, with the major Part in Value of his Creditors, the Judges aforesaid have appointed Monday, the I7th Day of March next, for the Creditors of the said John Roberts to meet at Trenton, to shew Cause, if any they have, why an Assignment of the said insolvent Debtor's Estate should not be made, and the Debtor discharged, agreeable to the late Act of Gen- eral Assembly made and provided for that Purpose.— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1940, February 27, 1766.

New York, February 27. A large Gallows was erected in Elizabeth-Town, last Week with a Rope ready fixed thereto, and the Inhabitants there vow and declare, that the first Person that either distributes and takes out a Stamped Paper, shall be hung thereon without Judge or Jury.

We have certain Intelligence from Elizabeth-Town, in New-Jersey, that the Magistrates and Lawyers carry on their Business in the Law as usual without Stamps.

We have received Solutions of the Mathematical Ques- tion in our 2 last Papers, from 4 different Persons; but as we have no Algebraical Figures, and the angled Fig- ures could not be had without considerable Expence we hope such Matters will not be expected to appear in our Paper, unless the Persons who send them will procure the Mathematical Figures, and send Money to pay for their Insertion, as the Gentlemen did who proposed the Ques- tion. We shall however for this Once, insert, gratis, One O'f the Answers, which is more easily expressed than the rest viz.

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Elizabeth-Town, Feb. 24, 1766. To the PRINTER.

The Mathematical Question proposed in your two last Papers, is to be perform'd as follows.

1. As the Radius is to the given Side, so is the Side of the given Angle, to the Perpendicular.

2. Divide the Area by half the Perpendicular, gives the Base. The Question will then be reduced to the 4th and 5th Cases of oblique Triangles in Trigonometry; having two Sides and their included Angle given, from which the others are easily found.

A. C.

[This Gentleman (and some of the rest) in their Turn propose Questions in Mathematicks, which if they please shall be inserted.]

To BE SOLD.

By the Subscribers, Executors to William Covenhoven,

deceased,

A Valuable Plantation on Penn's Neck, in the Town- ship of Windsor, and County of Middlesex, New- Jersey, within two Miles of Princeton; containing 250 Acres of good Wheat Land, on which is a good new. Dwelling House, 30 Feet square, well finished, and a good Cellar under the Whole; a large Dutch Barn, 50 Feet by 38; a large Waggon House, and other out-Houses; 15 Acres of good Meadow, and about 20 Acres of Swamp to clear : A good Orchard that will make 100 Barrels of Cyder. Also, a wood Lot of 1 50 Acres, and a white Oak Swamp, containing 60 Acres, contiguous to the Plantation : Easy Payment and a good Title will be given to the Purchaser, by

Jacob Schenck }

and > Executors.

John Covenhoven )

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Perth-Amboy, February 12, 1766. To be let to any gentleman for a term of years, A very convenient House in Amboy, on Rariton River, opposite to Mr. Stevens's Ferry, with a large garden, stored with a variety of fruit, and many kinds of useful vegetables, a small orchard, convenient stables, and as much pasture land and mowing ground as will be thought necessary. To be enter'd upon the first of May or sooner : For fur- ther particulars apply to John L. Johnston, on the prem- ises.

To BE LET,

And enter'd on the ist of April next. A HOUSE and Lot of Land, situate in Woodbridge, in New -Jersey, opposite to Capt. Nathaniel Heard' s, being the House where the Widow Heard formerly kept a Tav- ern, which is now kept by Mrs. Elves. There is about 80 Acres of Land in the Lot, with a good Orchard, Gar- den, Out-houses, Barns, Stables, &c. The House has six Fire Places, and every Convenience necessary for a Pub- lic House, and is well situated for that, a Merchant, or almost any other Branch of Business. For Particulars, inquire of Capt. Ephraim Terrill, near Elizabeth-Town, or Capt. Nathaniel Heard, near the Premises.

City of | PURSUANT to an Order by Will-

New-Brunswick \ iam Ouke and James Neilson,

Esq; two of the Judges of the Mayor's Court of Common Pleas for the said City : Notice is hereby given unto all the Creditors of George Young, an insolvent Debtor, con- fined in the Gaol of the said City, that they appear before the said Judges, on the I2th Day of March, at Two o'Clock in the Afternoon, at the Court-House in the said City, to shew Cause (if any they have) why an assign- ment of the said Debtor's Estate should not be made to

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such Persons as shall be appointed, and the said Debtor discharged, pursuant to an Act of Assembly made at Bur- lington the last Session, entitled "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors." Dated February 22, 1766.

ALL Persons who have any demands against the estate of John West, of Elizabeth-Town, an insolvent debtor, are desired to attend at the house of Miss Mary Johnson, in Elizabeth-Town, the third Tuesday in April next, in order to prove their accounts ; that the Assignees may be enabled to make a dividend of the said insolvent's estate amongst his Creditors, and all persons who are indebted to said estate, are desired to make immediate payment to prevent trouble.

Robert O^den, and ) A .

Elias Dayton \ Asslg"ees

New- York, February 26.

' — The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1208, February 27, 1766.

BOSTON, Feb. 13.

Extract of a Letter from London, dated Dec. 22, 1765.

"I am now at the Court End of the Town, and have the pleasure to inform you, that the city and country are all in your Favour: I make no doubt the Stamp-Act will be repealed."

On the i $th of December a Deputation from the Mer- chants of London, trading to North- America, waited on the Ministry, to request their Countenance and Support, in the intended Application to Parliament, for the Relief

of the Colonies, and of the trade to these parts

A List of the deputation is as follows. For Canada, Mr. John Strettel; Mr. Anthony Vialars, Junior . . . New- foundland, Mr. Grey Olive; Mr. John Merry . . . New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island and Con-

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necticut, Messieurs Bernard,, Debert, Hayley, Lane, Har- rison and Trecotheck . . . for New- York and New- Jersey, Messieurs Neale, Neave, Harris, Chambers and Ray . . . for Pennsylvania, Messrs. Barclay and Mil- drid . . . Maryland, Messrs. Buchanan and Stewart . . . Virginia, Messrs. Athawes and H anbury . . . North Carolina, Messrs. Franklyn and Brigen . . . S. Carolina, Messrs. Greenwood and Crokatt . . . Geor- gia, Mr. Charles Ogilvie and Mr. Clark . . . Florida, Mr. Alexander flanney.

We hear from Cumberland county, West New-Jersey, that the courts there were open, and all business went on without regard to stamps.

We are assured that the Court of Sussex county, in New-Jersey, was opened last week, and business trans- acted as usual, without regard to stamps. — The Pennsyl- vania Journal, No. 1212, February 27, 1766.

Saturday last, in a violent gale of wind, the brig Nancy, capt. York from Jamaica for this port, was drove ashore at Great Egg Harbour, the sails, rigging, and most of her cargo will be saved.

When Capt. York went ashore, he saw a ship close in with the surff, which he thinks must have gone ashore; and it is reported that a schooner is ashore at Barnagat. — The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1213, March 6, 1766.

NEW-YORK, February 27.

We have certain Intelligence from Elizabeth-Town, in New-Jersey, that the Magistrates and Lawyers carry on their Business in the Law as usual without Stamps. The same is done in many other Places, viz. in some Parts of Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New-Jersey,

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and the Massachusetts, in which last Place, New- Jersey, &c. they intend, whether the Stamp- Act is repealed or not, in a few Weeks, to proceed in all Kinds of Business, with- out regard to any unconstitutional Acts; and in the Gov- ernments of New-Hampshire, Rhode-Island, St. Chris- tophers, Antigua, &c all Kind of Business in Courts, &c. is already got into its usual Course, without Stamped paper.

To be Lett or Sold, in the Borough of Bristol, in the County of Bucks, a commodious Dwelling-house, with a Kitchen and Shoemaker's Shop adjoining thereto, and a good Pump by the Door. Likewise three Acres of mow- ing Ground, on which is a fine bearing Orchard; also a Tanyard. The above Tenement is advantageously situ- ated for public Business, and may suit a Shoemaker, Tan- ner or Shopkeeper. Whoever inclines to rent or purchase, may know the Terms, by applying to> the Subscriber, liv- ing at Burlington, in West New- Jersey.

REBECCAH ALLEN.

To BE SOLD,

A Large Lot of Land in Philadelphia, situate on the North Side of Chestnut-street, and on a Street running East and Wrest through the Square, on each of which Streets it hath a Front o<f 237 Feet. There is a good Dwelling house, and convenient Stables, and other Out- houses thereon. It is now under a Lease to Dr. Thomas Graeme, three Years of which, from the first of Sixth Month (June) next, will be unexpired. For Terms of Sale and Payment, enquire of said DR. GRAEME, or of JOHN SMITH, in Burlington. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1941, March 6, 1766.

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To the PRINTER. Sir,

Please to insert the following Resolves in your next Paper.

AT a Meeting of the SONS OF LIBERTY, of Woodbridge, in New-Jersey, they have come unto the following RE- SOLVES.

I. RESOLVED, That we yield hearty and unfeigned Obedience to His Majesty King GEORGE the Third.

II. RESOLV'D, That we maintain and abide by all and singular the Constitutional Laws of our Mother Country ; but no other Laws or Impositions whatsoever.

III. RESOLV'D. That as we are of the unanimous Opinion of our Countrymen, that the STAMP ACT is un- constitutional, we will pay no Sort of Regard to it; but are resolv'd to oppose it to the utmost, with our Lives and Fortunes, if the glorious Cause of Liberty requires it.

IV. RESOLV'D, That a Committee of five Persons be immediately chosen, to act in Conjunction with the several Committees of our neighbouring Townships in the County of Middlesex, in Order that the respective Com- mittees of the several Townships may form a Committee out of their own Body, to act in Conjunction with the sev- eral Committees of the neighbouring Counties in the Province of New-Jersey, that we may be in actual Readi- ness on any Emergency.

V. RESOLV'D, That our Committee are hereby author- ized to transact all Affairs relating to the Stamp Act, any Three of which acting, shall be decisive.

VI. RESOLV'D. That we commit these Resolves to the Press, without any Design to Dictate to our neighbouring Towns or Counties, but only to communicate our Senti- ments, for them to improve upon ; and shall be ever ready to hear other Proposals that they shall think more con-

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ducive to the public End aim'd at, namely, the Union of the Provinces throughout the Continent.

P. S. We have taken the above Measures, in Conse- quence of a Letter from a Committee of the Sons of Lib- erty of the City of New- York, recommending such a Step as a necessary Precaution against the Stamp Act.

Woodbridge, February 26, 1766.

New- Jersey, February 18, 1766.

Somerset ) PURSUANT to an Order of Benjamin

County j Thomson and Philip Van Horn, Esqrs.

two of the Judges of the inferior Court o<f Common Pleas, held at Millstone, in and for the County of Somerset aforesaid, upon the Petition of Thomas Sanders, an insol- vent Debtor, and the Majority of his Creditors. Notice is hereby given to the Creditors of Thomas Sanders, an insolvent Debtor aforesaid, that they be and appear at the Court House at Millstone aforesaid, on the fourth Tues- day in April next, at two of the Clock in the Afternoon of the same Day, to shew Cause (if any they have) why an Assignment of the said Debtor's Estate shall not be made, and the said Debtor be discharged pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly of the Province, aforesaid, in such case made and provided.

WHEREAS a Petition was presented to the House of General Assembly, for the Province of New-Jersey, at their Sessions in the Month o-f May last, by a Number of the Inhabitants of Essex and Morris Counties, praying a Law to> enable them to' alter the present Course of the River Pasaick. by cutting a strait course for the River to run in through Horseneck, in the County of Essex; And whereas Leave was given to said Petitioners, to bring in a Bill for that Purpose, at the next Session of said House, in the Words following, to wit. ''Ordered,

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That the Petitioners have Leave to bring in a Bill for that Purpose, at the next Session, provided notice of their Ap- plication and this Order be inserted in the New-York Gazette, and affixed at three adjoining Churches, at least six Weeks before said Sessions, and no reasonable Objec- tions shall then appear against the same. . . . Notice is hereby given to all Persons concerned, that a Bill will be presented accordingly at the next Sessions of the Gen- eral Assembly of the Province of New- Jersey for the Pur- pose aforesaid. Dated this 5th March, 1766.

STOLEN out of the Stable of MAHLON WRIGHT, of Windsor, in the County of Middlesex, and Province of New-Jersey, on Thursday the 2Oth of February at Night, a brown Mare, with a Saddle and Bridle, about fourteen Hands high, four Years old, a Blaze in her Face, one walled Eye, three white Feet, three Curls on her Fore- head, paces a Travel, and natural to a Trot. Supposed to be taken by Jabez Clarke, a young Man, about 20 Years of Age, five Feet eight Inches high, well sett, round Vis- ag'd, full fac'd, dark Complection, sundry black Moles in his Face; had on a brown cloth Coat and Vest, both double breasted, bound with black, black Breeches, pitch'd on the Knees with blue, a Pair of blue ribb'd Stockings, new Pumps, and an old Hat. Whoever takes up and se- cures said Mare, Saddle and Bridle, and Thief, so that he may be brought to Justice, and the Owner have his Mare again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward for both, or for the Mare, Saddle and Bridle only, and all reasonable Charges, paid by

MAHLON WRIGHT.

— The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1209, March 6, 1766.

New-York, March 13. Saturday, the first Instant, the

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Ship Ellis, from London, bound for Philadelphia, was cast away on Absequon Beach; and one Mr. Wilson (lately appointed Comptroller of the Custom-House at Amboy) and one of the Seamen, were drowned. As soon as the Vessel struck, great part of the Cargo was thrown over board to lighten her, most of which drove ashore: The Ship with Part of the Cargo, will be lost.

New-Jersey !• ss.

Perth Amboy, I2th of March, 1766. WHEREAS, pursuant to the Orders of the Judges of the several Courts in the Province of New-Jersey, the Persons herein after named, were appointed Assignees of the following insol- vent Debtors, and have accordingly received Assignments of their several Estates, viz

By Order of the Judges of the Supreme Court, Charles Rhodes, j

and > Assignees of Robert Johnson.

Thomas Skinner, )

By Order of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Middlesex,

Charles Rhodes, /

Elijah Dunham, ] Assi^es of Peter Ten Eick

Charles Rhodes, ) James Patten,

David Goslins, ) * Patrick O Hanlon, Charles Rhodes, ) George Davison,

Richard Carnes, Jun ) c t Jonathan Shepherd,

Charles Rhodes )

John Griggs, [ of William Callender,

David Gosling, do of John Cowlay,

Therefore we the said Assignees give this public Notice of our Appointment, and desire all Persons indebted to the said Insolvents, to come and settle with us, at the House of Charles Rhodes, in Perth-Amboy, on Monday the 7th of April next, that we may be enabled to make a

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Dividend of the Estates of the said Insolvents among their Creditors, pursuant to the Directions of an Act of the Governor, Council, and General Assembly, of this Province, for the Relief of insolvent Debtors

Charles Rhodes, &c.

To be Sold, by Public Vendue, on Tuesday, the I5th of April next, at Ten o' Clock in the Forenoon.

THAT Valuable Estate in Kingwood, in the County of Hunterdon, New Jersey, late the Property of CHARLES HOFF, Esq.

ist. The Mansion House, an Overshot Grist-Mill, Barn, Orchard, &c. with 97 and a half Acres of Land.

2d. A New Stone House, a Grist-Mill, a Saw-Mill, Barn, Orchard, &c. with 36 Acres of Land.

3d. A House with 67 Acres and three quarters of Land in working Order, which may conveniently be joined to' Lot No. 2.

4th. A Stone House, Fulling-Mill, Dye-House, &c. with 1 5 Acres of Land.

' 5th. A Wood Lot, containing about 22 Acres and lies convenient to either of the above Lots.

The above Buildings, are all within the Compass of about one Quarter of a Mile, in a pleasant healthy Situ- ation, about 30 Miles distant from Trentown, and the same from New-Brunswick, in the midst of a fine Wheat Country and is a good Place for Trade.

Credit will be given to the Buyer giving Security. The Purchase Money divided into three Payments ; One Third Part, to be paid in six Months, One Third, in twelve Months, and the other Third, in eighteen Months, with interest from the Day of Sale. Attendance will be given by JOSEPH REED, THOMAS WHARTON, and MOORE FUR- MAN. Vendue to be held on the Premises.

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Will be Sold Reasonable, to raise Money by the Subscriber :

A Valuable Farm, containing about 260 Acres of Land, situate in the Township of Amwell, County of Hunter- don, West New-Jersey, about 150 Acres thereof cleared, and in good fence and repair, the remainder well tim- bered, is excellent kind land for wheat, with a sufficient quantity of good natural meadow in clover and spear grass; great part of which with a small expence might be westward. The farm is well watered, there being con- stant running streams in every field. There is on the premises several bearing orchards, consisting of a large selection of the best sorts of fruit: Also a large brick house 48 by 33 feet, two stories high, genteely finished in a fashionable manner; there are four rooms on a floor, below, a fire place in each, with a large entry through the house, and in the same form in the second story, a cellar under the whole, conveniently partitioned off. A brick kitchen and store room joining the house, wash house &c. joining the kitchen, and a good well of water by the door; and within a few rods of the house is a brick shop, compt- ing room &c. Also a good frame barn 46 by 36 feet, cover'd with cedar, cow house, barracks for wheat, hay, &c. mostly new and in good repair. There are also on the premises, a stone grist mill 50 by 40 feet (the stones laid in lime and sand) with two pair of stones, in good repair, bolts, hoisting jack &c. all goes by water. It stands on the south branch of Rariton River, a never fail- ing stream of water, in the midst of a plentiful wheat country, where any quantity of wheat, may be bought at a reasonable price. It is situate within 25 miles of New- Brunswick, and the same distance from Trenton, and an excellent waggon road to' each place; so that it is equally situated to answer New York and Philadelphia markets.

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It is a good place for trade, there having been a store kept for a number of years past. There is near the mill a good frame house, with two rooms on a floor, for a miller, a house for a carter, coopers shop £c. The house is as pleasantly situated for a Gentleman's country seat, com- manding an agreeable extensive prospect, as most in the province. If it should suit the purchaser, the mill will be sold separate from the farm, and accommodated with meadow, upland, timber, &c.

Also near 500 acres of land in Oxford township, Sus- sex county, within a mile of Delaware river, on a creek commonly called Beaver-dam creek, at a well known place called Manungachung; it is kind land for grain: There is about 30 acres of excellent bottom or meadow ground along the said creek, great part of it cleared, and in tim- othy and spear grass, and produces a large quantity of hay yearly. It is divided into two convenient farms, and considerable improvements made on each.

Also, 224 acres of land, lying at a place commonly called Scots Mountain, in the township of Greenwich, in said county of Sussex. It is good land for wheat, and some meadow might be made thereon, there is a good part of the land cleared, and considerable improvements made thereon.

Also one. equal undivided half part o*f 600 acres of land, situate at the head of what is called the Little Pond, which is the head of the South Branch of Rariton River, being in the county of Morris. There is about 200 acres of nat- ural meadow and cripple swamp, the soil is as deep and good as any of the kind in the county, being very natural for hemp and flax. There is a number of acres thereof improved and in good grass. There are two settlements on the premises, part of the upland cleared, and produces good wheat, Indian corn &c.

Also one undivided fourth part o»f a forge situate on

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Musconnetcung River, in the county of Sussex aforesaid, with about 2000 acres of wood land well timbered ; being the same forge which was advertised sometime ago in the Pennsylvania Gazette.

It is expected that one third part 'of the purchase money will be paid down, one third part at a year, and the re- maining third part at the end of two years from the time of purchasing. For farther information apply to Theo- dorus Van Wyck, Esq ; near Coenties Market, New- York, or the subscriber living on the first mentioned premises, who will give an indisputable title to all, or any of the above described premises.

GEORGE READING

— The Ne^v York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1 2 10, March 13, 1766.

The Ship Ellis, Capt. Egdon, from London, for this port, with dry goods, was drove ashore on Abescomb * Beach, in a hard gale o>f wind, on the first instant. Soon after her masts were carried away, and she fast aground; the Captain, Charles Willson, Esq; appointed Collector of his Majesty's Customs at Amboy, and a sailor of the name of Willson, got into the boat to try for the shore, but the fast breaking from the ship, the boat soon overset, the two Willson's were drowned, and the Captain with much difficulty got on shore ; the remainder of the people stayed on board that night, and in the morning, the tide being very low, they easily got ashore : The vessel is en- tirely lost, the goods all damaged, and some of them lost, being thrown overboard to lighten the vessel.

Last Saturday night, one of the sailors of the above ship was stopped at the Ferry opposite the City, with a waggon load of the goods, which he had plundered, and

i Absecom.

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Avas bringing- to this city. He has since been provided with a secure lodging, and storeage for his goods.

We hear that a sloop, said to be from Teneriff, and a Schooner unknown, are ashore, near Egg-Harbour.

Friday Night last, a flat loaded with staves and fire- wood, coming up the river, was overset near Gloucester, by a squall of wind, by which accident four men, (one of them named James M'Gill) were drowned. The flat drove on the Jersey-shore, in which was found the bodies of two o>f them, said to be the owners of the wood, &c.

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Schooner Su- sanna, R. Alberson to New-Jersey.

By His EXCELLENCY WILLIAM FRANKLIN, Esquire, Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over his Majesty's Province of New- Jersey, Chancellor and Vice-Admiral in the same, &c.

A PROCLAMATION,

WHEREAS it is represented to me by Mr. RICHARD FOOTMAN of the city of Philadelphia, Merchant, that the ship called the Ellis, whereof Samuel Richardson Egdon was master, did lately in a violent storm drive ashore on Abescomb Beach, in the county of Gloucester in this prov- ince, whereby the vessel was lost; that some part of the cargo by the care and vigilance of the master is landed, and that the owners of said vessel have suffered damage from some evil and wickedly disposed persons plundering and secreting part of the said cargo. AND WHEREAS such practices are highly criminal and tend to reflect dishonour on his Majesty's government of this province, THESE ARE therefore in his Majesty's name to charge and command

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all Justices of the peace, Sheriffs, and all other civil and military Officers within this government, that on this or any like future occasion, they do* to the utmost of their power assist and protect all persons under the misfortune of shipwreck in saving and securing the goods and mer- chandizes in such wreck contained, and that the said civil officers do apprehend and commit (or cause the same to be done) to the goal of the respective counties, all and every person or persons who> shall be found plundering o>r steal- ing any of the effects belonging to such vessels or cargoes, and to search any places which shall be proved to> be sus- picious, for any goods or effects so* plundered or stolen, as they will answer the contrary at their peril. GIVEN under my hand and seal at arms at the City 01

Burlington the eighth day of March, in the sixth year

of his Majesty's reign, one thousand seven hundred &

sixty six. By his Excellency's command

WILLIAM FRANKLIN.

CHARLES READ, Secretary.

Burlington, New- Jersey, March 13. RUN- AW AY last night, from Doctor Thomas Ware, in Burlington, an Irish servant girl named JOHANNA DUNA- GAN, aged about 20 years middle stature, brown complex- ion, grey eyes, and a down look, short black curled hair, much like that of a molatto, pretty much pock marked, has a very short walk, and is given to liquor; had on and took with her, an old camblet and two callicoe gowns, one marked with spade and club, a quilt petticoat, one side callimancoe, the other linsey woolsey, a pair of shoes that has been cap'd and scaled, white worsted and other stock- ings, a white straw bonnet, with a green ribbon round the edge and crown, a short red cloth cardinal much worn, also a black silk short cloak, two coarse and one fine shifts,

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a black silk handkerchief. She has several other things out of the house. Whoever takes up said servant, and secures her so that she may be had again, shall have FIVE POUNDS reward, and reasonable charges paid by

THOMAS WARE.

N. B. It is suspected she is gone off with some sol- diers.

FIVE POUNDS, Reward. Made his escape from the Subscriber, constable, of the

town of Gloucester.

A CERTAIN John Holland, an Irishman, about 5 feet, 9 or 10 inches high, well set, wears his own black hair curled, he is of a ruddy complexion very low spoken, Had on when he went away, a brownish nap't jacket, with a cuff to it, a red under jacket double breasted, a check shirt, light coloured, plush breeches, light yarn or worsted stockings, and old shoes with silver buckles: he mostly wears a silver watch. It is very likely he may change his cloaths, as he has sundry other good cloaths. Any person that will take up and secure said prisoner, shall have the above reward paid by

JOHN CRAWFORD, Constable.

To cover MARES the ensuing Season, At Mr. ROBERT RHEA'S, in Freehold, near Monmouth Court-House, East-New-Jersey, at THREE POUNDS Jer- sey proclamation for each mare;

The famous black HORSE called

FREDERICK.

Imported two years ago from ENGLAND.

HE is full fifteen hands high, and is allowed by good

judges to be the most compleat made horse in America.

. . . . He was got by a son of Hobgoblin's, out of

Lord Godolphin's golden-lock mare. His dam was the

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famous Fire tail mare, belonging to Mr. William Croffts, of Suffolk. Good pasture for mares, and proper care taken of them, at one shilling and six pence per week.

N. B. As sundry persons in Pennsylvania have ex- pressed a desire of sending mares to- said horse, if they could have convenient opportunity; these are to* inform them or any others that will bring their mares to Phila- delphia by the first day of May, that they shall be sent down to the horse without any expence to them, more than the ferriage and grain upon the road, and when they have done with the horse, shall be returned to Philadel- phia again in the same manner, accidents excepted, by applying to JOHN RHEA in Market-street, opposite the Indian King tavern.

BY virtue of a writ to me directed, will be exposed to sale on the fifth day of April next, between the hours of twelve and five o'clock on the premises; a plantation, sit- uate in the township of Waterford, bounded on Cooper's creek, about four miles from Philadelphia, containing three hundred and fifty acres, be the same more or less, twenty acres of which are meadow, and a large quantity mo<re may be made with ease, as the whole are included by a very short bank, likewise a good dwelling house, kitchen, barn, outhouses, a good orchard and other im- provements on the same, it is very convenient to attend Philadelphia market, & the soil extream for producing market truck. The whole late the property of Charles Day, deceased, taken in execution by me.

ROBERT F. PRICE, Sheriff.

To BE SOLD,

By the subscriber living in Princeton, New- Jersey; A Commodious and well finished GRIST MILL, standing on the river Millstone, about two miles and a half or three

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miles from Princeton, and within a quarter of a mile of Kingstown on the New- York road, with two pair of stones, merchant and country bolts all new; a convenient small dwelling house, two rooms, a cellar, and a store room shelved, and ready to receive goods. There will be sold with the said mill and house, about twenty acres of land, sixteen or eighteen of which is improved meadow, and very good ; the stream on which the mill stands never wants water in the driest season; the country round about very good for wheat, and a very good stand for a shop of goods. The title is indisputable.

EZEKIEL FORMAN.

— The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1214, March 13, 1766.

West New-Jersey, Gloucester County, ss.

Whereas on the sixth Day of March instant, a certain Negroe Man, named Cato, was taken out of the Custody of one Theophilus Kellum, of this County, and brought before me the Subscriber, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said County, on Suspicion that said Kel- lum had illegally taken him from the proper Owner; and on Examination the said Negroe says, that he was pur- chased by the Widow Plowman, some Time this Winter, from one William Baker, both of South-Carolina, about 100 Miles from Charlestown, towards the Indian Settle- ment ; that the said Theophilus Kellum, who* then passed by the Name of John Rhoads, was a Manageer or Over- seer for the Widow Plowman, when she purchased him, and that some Time after, by Consent of his Mistress to look out a young Negroe Wench, for a Wife for the said Cato, Kellum and he set out for Charlestown, but instead of going there, they made for this Province, where Kel- lunrs Family lives, and brought the Negroe with him, who refuses to live with him, and is desirous of returning

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to his Mistress. This is therefore to notify the said Wid- ow Plowman, or whoever has a Property in the said Ne- groe Cato, that he is now in the Custody of Richard West- cote, on Little Egg-Harbour River, in this County, and that they are desired to make their Claim known as soon as possible.

JOHN HINCHMAN.

N. B. The said Kellum has a Bill of Sale for the Ne- groe, made to him by William Baker, in the Name of John Rhoads.

To be SOLD, by Way of Bargain, A Plantation, situate in Evesham Township, Burling- ton County, about two Miles from a navigable Landing, on Rancocus Creek, about 12 Miles from Philadelphia, containing 160 Acres o<f exceeding good Wheat Land, about 100 Acres cleared, and divided into convenient Fields; the whole under good Fence, Part of which is Cedar; all the rough Land is well timbered, with a good Dwelling-house, a large Kitchen, and new Barn, a well of good Water near the Door, a young bearing Orchard of exceeding good Fruit; there may be about 8 Acres of good Meadow made near the House. Also to be sold with the Premises, about 6 Acres of drained Meadow, within good Bank, within two Miles of said Plantation!. Any Person inclining to purchase may know the Terms, by ap- plying to1 the Subscriber, living on the adjoining Planta- tion, or to John Coxe, in Moore's Town.

JAMES BORDEN.

WHEREAS the Sale of Joseph Borden's Plantation, in Pilesgrove, Salem County, has been several Times ad- journed; now this is to give Notice, that the said Planta- tion, containing 300 Acres of good Land, situate in a fine Wheat Country, with a good Dwelling-house, Barn and

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Orchard thereon, will be sold in the Town of Salem, on the first of April next, between the Hours of 12 and 5 in the Afternoon. Any Persons having Mortgages on the same are desired to send an Account thereof at the Day, where Attendance will be given by me.

EDWARD TEST, Sheriff.

Burlington, February 28, 1766.

THIS Day was committed to the Goal of this City, a certain Lad, who goes by the Name of John Gallahan, alias M'Daniel, alias Read; he says he belongs to one Daniel Gass, who lives on the Forks of Brandywine, and that his Master is a Tanner by Trade. Said Servant is about 1 8 or 19 Years of Age, has on a light homespun Jacket, with round Cuffs, and Metal Buttons, old Leather Breeches, with Brass Buttons at the Knees, old blue Stockings, and old Shoes, with Pieces o-f Leather on the Out-sides of the Quarters. Whoever owns said Servant, is desired to come and pay Charges, and take him away, otherwise he will be sold out for the same by me.

EPHRAIM PHILLIPS, Goaler.

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1942, March 13, 1766.

Trenton, March 15, 1766.

PURSUANT to an Order of William Morris, and Will- iam Clayton, Esquires, Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hunterdon, upon the Petition of Charles Hoff, of said County, and the major Part in Value of his Creditors, Notice is hereby given to all the Creditors of the said Charles Hoff, that Monday, the 1 4th Day of April next, is appointed by the said Judges for the said Creditors to meet at the Court-House in Trenton, at 3 o' Clock in the Afternoon, to shew Cause, if any they have, why the said Charles Hoff should not

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assign over all his Estate and Effects, and be admitted to the Benefit of an Act of this Province of New-Jersey, lately passed at Burlington, intituled "An Act for the Re- lief of insolvent Debtors."

Trenton, March 10, 1766.

WHEREAS William Morris and William Clayton, Es- quires, two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, for the County of Hunterdo<n, and Judges of the inferior Court of Common Pleas for the said County, have granted the Re- quest of a Petition and Recommendation of Robert Tay- lor, jun. and Samuel Smith, and the major Part in Value of the Creditors of the said Robert Taylor, jun. and Sam- uel Smith; this is to give Notice, that the said Judges have appointed Wednesday, the 2d Day of April next, for the Creditors of the said Robert Taylor, and Samuel Smith, to appear at Trenton, at 10 o'Clock in the Fore- noon of the said 2d of April, and shew Cause, if any they have, why the said Debtors Estates should not be as- signed, and they discharged, according to Law.

County of Salem, March 7, 1766. The Subscriber hereby gives Notice, that he intends to make Application to the General Assembly of the Prov- ince of New-Jersey, at their next Sessions, for an Act for the more effectual keeping up, supporting and maintain- ing the Tide Banks, Dams and Sluices, belonging to the Meadows lying on the South Side of Alloway's Creek, between the Lands of the Subscriber and Stretch's Land, to include all the said Meadows, as far up as the Bank that goes from the Land of William Adams to Richard Moore's Point, called Wolf-Pit Point, including the said Bank.

WILLIAM HANCOCK.

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1943, March 20, 1766.

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New-York, March 20. At a Meeting of the Society for promoting ARTS, &c. held at the Exchange the 3d of

March, 1766 A Letter was communicated to

the Society, by Mr. Bayard, from John Berrien, Esq; of New-Jersey; and the several different Samples of home manufactured Stuffs produced with it, were look'd upon by the Society, as a considerable Improvement in that Branch, which deserves to be enco-uraged.

) PURSUANT to an Order of the Hon.

New- Jersey j- ss. Frederick Smyth, Esq; Chief Jus- tice, and the Hon. John Berrien, third Judge of the Su- preme Court of Judicature, for the Province of New- Jersey, upon the Petition of Thomas Leonard, an insol- vent Debtor in the Gaol of the County of Somerset : No- tice is hereby given by the said Petitioner to all his Cred- itors, to shew Cause (if any they have) before the said Judges, on Thursday the tenth Day of April next, at the City of Perth Amboy, at Nine o' Clock in the Forenoon of said Day, why an Assignment of the Estate of the said Thomas Leonard, should not be made to Persons then and there to be nominated by the said Judges, pursuant to the said Petition, and the said Thomas Leonard be thereupon discharged from his said Confinement, agreeable to the Directions of an Act of the Governor, Council and Gen- eral Assembly of the said Province of New- Jersey, made in the Fifth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, entitled "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors." Dated the 1 3th of March, 1766. — The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 121 1, March 20, 1766.

TO BE SOLD Or LET,

by the subscriber,

A Fine grist mill, with two pair of stones, fit for coun- try or merchant work, together with sixty acres of ex.-

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ceeding good rich lands (the greatest part of which may be mowed) a dwelling house, kitchen, barn and stable, orchard, &c. with the advantage of having an opportunity of purchasing a fine improved tract of land adjoining the same, and may be entered upon immediately, situate in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, on Stony brook, a branch of Millstone which empties into Raritan river, being about 12 miles from Trentown, three miles from Pennington, and 20 miles from Brunswick, lying in a good and plenti- ful wheat country, convenient for either the New-York or Philadelphia markets For further particu- lars apply to Henry Woolsey, Esq; at Pennington, Abra- ham Cotnam, Esq ; at Trenton, or to John, Peter, or Isaac Wikoff in Philadelphia.

New-Jersey, Gloucester, ss. March 20. PURSUANT to an order of Alexander Randall and Sam- uel Harrison, Esqrs; two of the judges of the court of Common Pleas, for the county O'f Gloucester aforesaid; .Notice is hereby given, to all the creditors of FRANCIS REDCAP, an insolvent debtor now confined in Gloucester goal, that on the petition of the said Francis Redcap, with the major part in value o<f his creditors, the judges afore- said have appointed Friday the 4th day of April next, for the creditors of the said Francis Redcap to meet at the Court-house in the town of Gloucester, to shew cause, if any they have, why an assignment of the said insolvent debtor's estate should not be made, and the debtor dis- charg'd, agreeable to the late act of General Assembly made for that purpose. — The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1215, March 20, 1766.

LOST ON Tuesday the 25th Inst. a large silk wrought Pocket-Book, ty'd with a Black Ribbon, and has the Owners Name wrought on it; in the Book there were

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Three Six Pound Bills, One Three Pound, One Fifteen Shillings, and One Six Shilling Bills, all Jersey Money, and several Notes of Hand and other valuable Papers, of no Use to any but the Owner. Any Person that has found the above Book, and will leave it at the Printing- Office, at the Exchange, with the Papers, shall have what Cash was therein, and no Questions ask'd.

On the seventh Day of April next, will be sold on the Premises at publick Vendue, or at private Sale

any Time before.

A Plantation belonging to' the Estate o>f William Mel- van, of the southern Ward of the City of Perth- Amboy, deceased, containing about four hundred Acres, of which sixty Acres is good salt Meadow, joining the said Planta- tion; and about seventy Acres of Upland cleared and in Fence. A good dwelling House, two Rooms on a Floor, a Fire Place in each, Lentoes, and a Cellar under; a young bearing Orchard, well watered, a large quantity of Tim- ber on the Land; convenient to Landings for Transpor- tation to Amboy or New- York. Title good, the Payments may be made easy, as several o>f the Legatees are very young. For further Particulars, inquire of the Subscrib- ers, living on and near the Premises, which joins the Creek of Chesequakes and the Plantation of Nicholas Everton, Esq; the Vendue to begin at 10 o' Clock. South Ward of Perth- Amboy, the 1 8th Day of March, 1766.

Nicholas Everton, ) ^ James Melvan.

WHEREAS John Ashton, an insolvent Debtor, and the major Part in Value of his Creditors, have presented their Petition to John Anderson and Robert Montgomerie, two of his Majesty's Judges of the Court of Common Pleas,

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for the County of Monmouth, praying that the Estate of the said John Ashton be assigned to such Persons as such Petitioners shall appoint, to dispose of the same for the Benefit of said Creditors, pursuant to an Act o>f the Gen- eral Assembly, &c. of the Province of New-Jersey, en- titled, "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors." These are therefore to give Notice to all Persons that have any Demands on him, the said John Ashton to appear at the Court House in said County of Monmouth, the 22d Day of April next, to shew cause, (if any there be) why the said John Ashton, may not be discharged according to the above recited Act. John Anderson,

Robert Montgomerie.

Essex County. ) PURSUANT to an Order made by

New-Jersey, ) ss' Jonathan Hampton and Daniel Preston, Esquires, two of the Judges of the inferior Court of Common Pleas for the said County, upon the Petition of David Frazee, of Ash-Swamp, in the said County, an insolvent Debtor, now confined in the Gaol oi the said County, and the Majority of his Creditors, Notice is hereby given to all the Creditors of the said David Frazee, that they appear at the Court-House of the said County, on Friday, the nth Day of April next, at 2 o'clock in the Afternoon, before the said Judges, to show Cause if any they have, why an Assignment of the Estate of the said David Frazee should not be made to Trustees to be then appointed for that Purpose, and the said David be there- upon discharged from his Confinement according to Law. Dated March 18, 1766.

To BE SOLD At public Vendue, the ninth Day of April next, on the

Premises. THE whole Estate, real and personal, of Hendrick

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Voorhees, late of Monmouth County in New- Jersey, de- ceased, except 50 Acres given to his Son William, and about 60 Acres now in Law with the Craigs : The Re- mainder of the Tract of Land, containing by Estimation 370 Acres, situate in the County and Province aforesaid, 2 Miles from Freehold Court-House, and 10 from the Landing, where Boats go and come to and from New- York. There is on the said Tract upwards of 200 Acres, clear'd, and in good Fence, with a sufficient Quantity of Meadow, clear'd and much more may be easily made; two very good Orchards, a good House, a Barn, and other out Houses; the Rest of the Tract well timbered, and the Whole well watered, as there are several Brooks running through it: Also a Lot of Salt Meadow, and Upland, situate at Barnegat, containing 30 Acres. The personal Estate to be sold, consists of Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Hogs, Waggons, farming Utensils, Household Goods, and about 70 Acres of green Grain on the Ground. ALSO

To BE SOLD

The 1 5th Day of April next, on the Premises, Another Tract of Land in the said County, 2 Miles from Cranbury Mills, containing 200 Acres; of which 1 20 Acres are cleared, and in good Fence, some clear'd Meadow, and 20 Acres more may be made. There is a good Orchard and a new House on the said Tract, and the Remainder O'f it is well timber'd. The goodness of the Whole, which may be seen, is such as to make any other Recommendation unnecessary.

The Conditions of Sale will be published at the Time, and a good and indisputable Title given to the Purchas- ers, by us,

Peter Voorhees, )

David Williamson, V Exctrs.

Dirick Zutphin, )

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N. B. One Negro Woman and Child, to be sold at private sale.

If the above Tracts of Land should not be sold, they will be let for i Year. — The Nezv York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1 2 12, March 27, 1766.

At a Meeting of the SONS OF LIBERTY of the Town- ship of Piscataway, in the County of Middlesex, and Province of East New- Jersey, the nth of March, 1766. It was unanimously Resolved.

I. THAT we will cheerfully to the utmost of our Power, defend all our just Rights and Privileges, as they have always been heretofore allowed us.

II. That we will oppose all Attempts to deprive us of our Rights and Privileges as Englishmen, and therefore will at all Events oppose the Operation of that detestable Thing called the Stamp Act in this Colony.

III. That we will in all Cases behave ourselves peace- ably, and as far as our Influence extends will preserve the publick Peace, so far as that may be done, without suffering any Imposition on our just Rights and Liber- ties.

IV. That we will by all Means in our Power, assist and protect all the Officers of Government in this Colony, who act consistent with their Duty and the Good of the Public.

V. That we will always hold ourselves in Readiness, and with the utmost Cheerfulness assist any of the neigh- bouring Provinces, in Opposing every Attempt that may be made to deprive them and us of any of those Rights and Privileges we have heretofore enjoyed as English- men, and therefore do hold most sacred.

And lastly, that we do bear true Allegiance to his most sacred Majesty King George the Third, acknowledge him as our rightful Sovereign, and will at all Times faithfully

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adhere to his Royal Person, and just Government, and heartily oppose every Attempt to injure his Person, Crown, or Dignity. — Supplement to the New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, March 27, 1766.

NEW-YORK

March 24. A certain Gentleman, who goes by the Name of John Davis, alias Joseph Daniels, and lately brought into this Government a large Quantity of New- Jersey Bills of Credit, printed in England, was, a few Days ago, apprehended in Orange County, and commit- ted to Tappan Goal; and upon searching, it was found he had about him not less than 3500 1. of that Cash, all signed by himself, but he declared he never passed any of it.

PHILADELPHIA, March 27.

Saturday last Captain Campbell arrived here from Providence in 20 Days; he met with very hard Gales on our Coast, and on the i8th Instant, about 12 Leagues from our Capes, fell in with Mr. Cornelius Bowne, one of our Pilots, who had been blown off, and had sprung a Leak; Captain Campbell took him in Tow, and brought him into Cape-May; but was afterwards himself blown off, with his Anchor ahead, he was then obliged to take the People (five in Number) out of the Pilot Boat, and cut her adrift, as there was no Probability of keeping her above Water.

At a Meeting of the SONS OF LIBERTY of Hunterdon County, in West Jersey, held at the House of John Ringo, in Amwell, on Tuesday, the i8th of March, 1766, it was unanimously declared,

ist. THAT we profess ourselves to be influenced by Sentiments of the greatest Loyalty and Affection to His

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sacred Majesty King GEORGE the Third, and him will de- fend to the utmost of our Power, in his just and legal Rights of Government.

2cl. At the same Time we conceive it the indubitable Right of British Subjects, to be taxed only by their own Representatives, and of Trials by Juries : We are there- fore of Opinion, that the Stamp Act is an arbitrary and tyrranical Imposition, that robs us of those inherent and darling Privileges, and as such, we are determined, in Conjunction with the Rest of the free born Subjects in America, at the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, to give effectual Opposition to its Intrusion.

3d. We will likewise endeavour to support all Persons that proceed in Business as usual, without paying any Regard to said detestable Act.

Trenton, March n, 1766. Hunterdon, ss.

PURSUANT to an Order of the Hon. Frederick Smyth, Esq; and the Hon. Charles Read, Esq; Second Justice of the Province of New-Jersey, Notice is hereby given to all the Creditors of Joseph Burwell, an insolvent Debtor, that on the Petition of the said Joseph Burwell, with the major Part in Value of his* Creditors, the Judges aforesaid have appointed Wednesday, the i6th Day of April next, for the Creditors of the said Joseph Burwell to meet at the City of Perth- Amboy, at Ten of the Clock in the Fore- noon, to shew Cause, if any they have, why an Assign- ment o>f the said insolvent Debtor's Estates should not be made, and the said Debtor discharged, agreeable to the late Act of General Assembly, made and provided for that Purpose.

To be SOLD, by way of public Vendue, on the Qth Day of April next, at 2 o' Clock in the Afternoon,

A House and Lot of Land, containing 3 Acres, lying in

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Mansfield, Burlington County, in West Jersey, adjoining and containing the Landing of English's Creek; the House new and finished, the Land fresh and very rich, and under good Fence, except about three Parts of an Acre, which is pretty sapling Timber; also a Garden, made with Chestnut Posts and Cedar Boards, and a never failing Spring, within a few Perches from the Door. It is a pretty Situation for a Gentleman's Country Seat, lying high, healthful and pleasant; or it may suit a Waterman or Storekeeper, being a Landing much used by both Land and Water, and is very convenient for tend- ing the Market, or almost any public Trade or Calling. It lies between 20 and 30 Miles from Philadelphia, 6 from Burlington, and 4 from Bordentown. The Title indis- putable. Any Person inclining to view the Premises be- fore the Day of Sale, may apply to JOSEPH ELLISON, near the same.

N. B. The said Plantation will not be sold till the Day appointed. The Conditions of Sale shall be made known on said Day, and Attendance given by

JAMES ELLISON.

NOTICE is hereby given, that William Morris and William Clayton, Esquires, two of the Judges of the in- ferior Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Hunter- don, have appointed Tuesday, the 8th Day of April, for the Creditors of Samuel Ketcham, of Hopewell, in the County aforesaid, to appear at Trenton, in the said County, and then and there shew Cause, at 10 o' Clock of same Day, why the Petition of the said Samuel Ketcham, and the major Part in Value of his Creditors shall not be complied with, and he discharged according to Law. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1944, March 27, 1766.

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To be SOLD by public Vendue, on the ist Day of May next, at 2 o' Clock in the Afternoon, on the Premises,

A Lot of Land in Burlington, about Half a Mile below the main Street, containing near three Acres, with the burnt Buildings thereon (where Governor Belcher for- merly lived) pleasantly situated on Delaware, and com- mands an extensive View up and down the River. The Foundation of the Building is uncommonly good, and great Part of the Walls may be saved in rebuilding; there is a good Well and Milk-house in the Yard, and a Coach house, and other Buildings adjoining.

PURSUANT to an Order of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, held in and for the County of Sussex, upon the Petitions of James Anderson, Richard Lanning and Jacobus Brink, insolvent Debtors, confined in Sussex County Goal, in New- Jersey, for Debt, together with the major Part of their Creditors, Notice is hereby given to all their Creditors, to shew Cause, if any they have, be- fore the said Judges, on the nth Day of April inst. at the Court-house, in Sussex, why an Assignment of the sev- eral Estates of the said Debtors should not be made to Assignees then and there to be appointed, for the Use of their Creditors, and the said Insolvents thereupon be dis- charged, according to an Act of Assembly intituled, "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors."

For COVERING this Season The HORSE ROEBECK,

To be kept by the Subscriber, at Mountholly, in Bur- lington County, New Jersey, at Fifteen Shillings the Season, Twenty-five Shillings a Colt, or Five Shillings a single Leap; he is a famous well-made Horse, a good Sorrel, with Blaze and Snip, three white Feet, about fif-

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teen Hands high, rises eight Years old this Spring, an excellent Trotter, and came of a good Country Breed.

GEORGE WEST.

The Owners and Possessors of the Meadows, on the South Branch of Stoe Creek, the Division Line between Salem and Cumberland Counties, in the Province of West New- Jersey, intend to Petition the General Assembly of said Province, the next Sitting, to pass an Act for the maintaining and supporting the Sluices, Dams and Banks, on the said Creek. Bradway Keasbey, David Long, Re- becca Daniel, Jeremiah Bacon, David Briggs, Thomas Padgett. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1945, April 3, 1766.

Middlesex ( WHEREAS Justus Walker, an insol-

County \ ss' vent Debtor and the major Part in Value of his Creditors, did some Time ago Petition Stephen Skinner and Thomas Gach, Esquires, two of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, for the Benefit of the insolvent Act, and at the Day ap- pointed for his Discharge, one of the said Judges did not attend, and in Consequence thereof, the said Insolvent could not be discharged.

Now these are to give Notice to all the Creditors of the said Insolvent, to shew Cause, (if any they have) before the said Judges, or any two Judges of the Court afore- said, at the House of Elijah Dunham, in Perth- Amboy, on Saturday the Nineteenth of April next, why an As- signment of the said Insolvent's Estate should not be made to Assignees, agreeable to the Prayer of the afore- said Petition, and he thereupon discharged accordingly.

March 14, 1766.

NOTICE is hereby given, that there will 'be exposed to

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Sale, by Way of public Vendue, on Tuesday the I5th Day of April next: The Plantation of William Hamton, an insolvent Debtor, lying in the County of Monmouth, within about 5 Miles of Middletown Point, containing about 500 Acres, about 100 Acres thereof cleared, a con- siderable Quantity of good Meadow, and a vast deal more may be cleared, and an extraordinary good Outlet for Cattle. There is also* on said Plantation, a very good Grist-Mill and Saw-Mill, and other good Buildings. The said Plantation is to be sold altogether or in Lots, at the Choice of the Bidders, as it is a very suitable Place for Trade and Tradesmen. The Vendue to be held o>n the Premises, and to begin at Ten- o' Clock, at which Time and Place the Conditions of Sale will be published, by

us,

John Van Cleaf )

and > Assignees.

Samuel Forman ) Freehold, 29th March, 1766.

THIS will inform the Public, that it is the Design of the Subscriber to open a GRAMMAR SCHOOL, on the 2Oth Day of April, at Hackensack, under the Inspection and Direction of the Rev. Mr. Goetschius. All Gentlemen who are disposed to have their Sons instructed in the learned Languages, as being very necessary and useful to a farther Progress in the liberal Arts and Sciences, may depend upon a constant Attendance, a strict and ac- curate Instruction, by their humble Servant,

STEPHANUS VOORHEES, A. M.1

N. B. The Terms of Admission, will be as moderate as in any Latin School perhaps to be found, viz. Twenty Shillings entrance, and Twenty Shillings per Quarter.

1 For a sketch of the Rev. Stephen Voorhees, see N. J. Archives, XXIII., .

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It is supposed by Gentlemen who are well acquainted in the Place, that Board and Tuition, will not exceed Twenty Pounds per Annum. The agreeable Situation of the Place, together with many other Conveniences, I hope will be a considerable Motive to engage the Atten- tion of such Gentlemen as are disposed to have their Sons educated.

To BE SOLD,

At public Vendue, on Saturday the iQth Day of this Instant April, at the House of David Williamson, Inn- holder, on the York Road, between Cranbury and Amboy Ferry.

A Certain Tract of Land and Plantation containing- about 260 Acres, situate and lying on the East Side of the said York and the Stage Road, and within the Cor- poration of New-Brunswick, opposite said Williamsons. There is about 50 Acres cleared, and within Fence, the Rest well wooded, and is about 7 Miles from Brunswick, and 5 from South River Landing, to which there is an excellent Road for carting Wood for the York Market, which frequently sells at three Pounds or more a Cord. Its Situation on so Public a Road, makes it very conve- nient for a Tavern, Store, &c. besides the Advantage, of having a good Farm. The purchaser may have Time given him for Payment of the purchase Money, and an indisputable Title.

JURY AH VANARSDALEN

NEW-JERSEY

To BE RUN FOR,

At the City of Perth-Amboy, on Thursday the ist Day of May next, being the Day appointed by the Charter for holding the Fair:

A PURSE of TWENTY POUNDS, free for any Horse, Mare, or Gelding, not more than half Blood, carrying 9

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Stone, the best of 3 Heats, 2 Miles to each Heat; the Horses to be entered with Elijah Dunham, or William Wright, on or before Saturday the 26th of April, paying 2 Dollars Entrance, or 4 at the Post, to run according to the usual Articles. The Entrance Money will be run for on Friday the 2d May. Not less than four Horses will be allowed to start for the Purse. Perth-Amboy, March 24, 1766.

Middlesex County. ) PURSUANT to an Order of

New- Jersey, ) Thomas Gach, and James Par-

ker, Esqrs. two of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Middlesex, upon the Petitions of Arthur Denniston, and John Voorhise, insolvent Debt- ors, and the majority of their Creditors, in value; Notice is hereby given by the Petitioners, to all the Creditors of said Arthur Denniston and John Voorhise, to shew Cause, if any they have, before the said Judges, on Sat- urday the 26th Day of April next, at 2 o'clock of the same Day, at the House of Thomas Gach, in Woodbridge, in the County of Middlesex aforesaid, why an Assign- ment of the Estate of the said Arthur and John, should not be made, -thus to be appointed, and the said Dennis- ton and John Voorhise be thereupon discharged, agree- able to the Directions of an Act of the Governor, Council, and General Assembly of this Province, made in the Year of our Lord 1765, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of in- solvent Debtors." Dated the 26th day of March 1766. — The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1213, April 3, 1766.

New- Jersey, April 3. At a Meeting of the Sons of Liberty of the Township of Freehold, in the County of Monmouth, and Province of East New-Jersey, this 2d Day of April, 1766. Animated with Zeal and Love for

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the Good of our Country, at the same Time paying- due Obeyance to, and having the highest Esteem for, the Honour of the British Parliament, &c. In Order to shew our public Disapprobation to the late Act of Parliament, to wit, The STAMP ACT; therefore, We, the Sons of Lib- erty, do unanimously enter into the following Resolves :

I. WE acknowledge King George the Third, to be our rightful and only Sovereign, and we will, to the ut- most of our Power, support, maintain and defend, all his just and legal Rights of Government.

2d. That we will to the utmost of our Powers, sup- port, maintain and defend, all our Rights and Privileges, as English Subjects.

3dly. That the Act, called the Stamp Act, is by us deemed unconstitutional, and destructive to our sacred Rights and Privileges ; and that we are resolved to oppose it to the utmost of our Powers, if the glorious Cause of Liberty requires it.

4thly. That we will, with all our Might, join with the several Towns and Counties, in this, and the several neighbouring Provinces, and all others, who are the true Sons of Liberty, to uphold, and ever maintain that near and dear Friend Liberty, as far as our Might, Influence, and Power extends.

5thly. That a Committee be appointed to correspond with the Committees of this, and the neighbouring Prov- inces, to consult on the properest Measures, to prevent the said Stamp Act from taking Place; and that these our Resolves be made Public.

6thly. That we will from Time to Time, as much as in our Power lies, keep and maintain his Majesty's Peace and good Order in our respective Stations.

7thly, and lastly. That wre do hereby proclaim our selves the true Sons of Liberty, and firmly join our selves

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in the solemn Union with the Rest of our Brethern in this and the neighbouring Provinces, to hold and maintain our dear Friend, Liberty.

New-York, April 10. We hear from New- Jersey, that on the 25th of March last, a barbarous Murder was com- mitted there on the Road between Woodbridge and Pis- cataway, upon a Man who was travelling on Foot from New- York to Philadelphia, and by a Paper found in his Pocket, appeared to have been one of the back Settlers whose Habitation and Effects were destroyed by the Indi- ans, on which Account he had been recommended to the charitable Assistance of the Public.

It appeared that he had changed or shewn 4 or 5 seven Pound Bills upon the Road, and that 2 Men dressed like Sailors, who were likewise travelling on Foot the same Way, sometimes before and sometimes behind him, had often joined his Company, and from Woodbridge, at J:heir Request travelled with him. That they called at several Taverns, and went from the last in the Night. He seemed inclined to stay there all Night, but was persuaded by the Sailors to go on to Brunswick. It is supposed they mur- dered him soon after. A considerable Quantity of Blood was found in the Road, and a bloody Stick near it : The same Night these two Sailors called up the Ferryman at Brunswick, and crossed the Ferry, and as they went over, were quarreling together about the Division of some Money. The Body of the murdered Man was dragged out of the Road, over a Fence, and covered with Leaves, &c. where it lay a Week, and was discovered by a Man who accidentally crossing the Fence at the same Place, jumped upon the Body. The Murderers are not yet taken up.

Monmouth County, in New- Jersey.

THIS is to give Notice to the Creditors of William

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Lawrence, an Insolvent that they show Reasons, if any they have to offer, why his Estate, real and personal, may not be assigned for the Use of his Creditors, according to the Directions of the late insolvent Act, and he be dis- charged, by the Honourable John Anderson and Robert Montgomerie, Esquires, two of his Majesty's Judges of said County Court, for holding of Pleas, on Thursday the ist Day of May next.

March 17, 1766. William Lawrence.

FOR SALE,

AN Estate in New-Jersey, in Morris County, and Township of Mendham, known by the Name of Hercules Yeng's; containing Two hundred and Twenty-seven Acres, 80 of which (if not more) are good cleared Land in Fence; the Rest good Timber Land, with a large Brook through the Middle of the same, a good spring Well 20 Yards from the Dwelling House, which never freezes, a good Dwelling House with a good Cellar under it, 3 Rooms on a Floor, with 2 Fire Places, a good Kitch- en and Barn, a Garden, an Orchard, a great many Cherry and Peach Trees, a good Iron Mine, the best Outlet for Cattle in the Jersies, on Suckesana Plains; the public Road runs past the Door that leads up to Sussex County and Court House, it is a Mile from a Meeting House, and 12 Miles from Morris Town and Court House: If not sold soon, it will be let for six or seven Years, as it may suit; or bartered for any Place in New- York. A Third of the Purchase Money will be required, with Security, &c. Inquire o*f Joseph French, at Mr. Christopher Sweedland's, at White Hall, New- York.

N. B. There is a Market for every Thing at the Door, as the County abounds with Iron Works, and is thick settled.

April 4, 1766.

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To BE LET,

THE noted Tavern in Elizabeth Town, known by the Name of the White House1 (lately belonging to Col. Peter Schuyler). There are 8 good Rooms besides a Kitchen, good arched Cellars, a fine large Garden, well laid out, and stored with Peaches, Pears, Rasberries, Currants, and a fine large Bed of Asparagus, with a Barn and Stable, a good Wharf, that Craft of 20 Ton may come to. Any Person that Rents the above, may have a good Pasture, the other Side of the Street, on easy Terms.

Likewise there is to be sold in the Center of said Town opposite said White House, sundry Lots of Land, very suitable for building upon, and a large Tract of salt Meadow in Raway Meadows, near said Town; also the said White House and Premises. Any Time of Payment required, will be given, having Interest yearly paid, and an indisputable Title given for the same, by

Jonathan Hampton Elias Dayton

Elizabeth Town, March 5, 1766

To BE SOLD OR LET,

A Large House, Lot and Stables, pleasantly situated in the City of Perth-Amboy, with a good Garden well stored with the choicest Collection of Fruit-Trees. The Person inclining to purchase or hire the said House and Lot, may be accommodated with seven Acres of extreme good mowing Ground. For further Particulars, inquire of Mr. James Thompson, Merchant in New York, or David Johnston, at Greenwich.

i Supposed by Hatfield to have been the first Government House in East Jersey. See Hatfield' s Elizabeth, 212, note. But see paper by Ernest L. Meyer, on "The Site of the First Government House in East Jersey," in 3 N. J. Hist. Soc. Proceedings, III., 52.

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FIVE POUNDS REWARD.

ON Wednesday Night last, was stolen from the Town Dock at Newark, a Petti-Augre, about 30 Feet long, and 5 Feet wide, 2 Masts, Booms, Sails, Lee-Boards, Rudder and Tiller, with all necessary Rigging and Furniture: Had on Board in the Forcastle, a Fowling Piece, Brass- mounted, mark'd on the Lock thus I J U, a Pair of Ticken Trowsers, a Basket of Eggs, i Basket of Provision, a Bag fill'd with Hay, and some loose Hay in the Forecastle, and a Barrel of fresh Water.

The Forecastle is pretty long, painted with Spanish Brown, the Rudder has a Piece nail'd on the Head, to strengthen it, the Masts cased with Leather, where they enter the Deck. Five Dollars Reward for the Craft, &c. and Three Pounds besides if the Villains are taken, will be paid by Jqseph Riggs, Esq; at Newark, John Ute, or the Printer in New- York. — The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1214, April 10, 1766.

NEW YORK, April 7.

Last Tuesday was found, a few yards from the road, between Woodbridge and Brunswick, in New- Jersey, the body of a man covered over with a little earth, and some leaves; and upon examination, it was found that he had been murdered but a few days before, by receiving many violent blows on the skull, by sticks or stones : 'Tis sup- posed to be a poor man that lived in Philadelphia; was formerly in his majesty's service; had been to the north- ward among his friends for a little assistance, and return- ing home about ten days since, was seen in company with two sailors, \vithin a mile of the place where the body was found, at a tavern, where he unfortunately pulled out some of the cash his friends had supplied him with.

On Sunday night an express arrived here, dispatched

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by the Sons of Liberty of Baltimore in Maryland, to the Sons of Liberty here, with the following glorious news.

Baltimore, April 3, 1766, 8 o'clock at night. "About a quarter of an hour ago Mr. Ploughman came here from Lower Marlborough and brings a letter from Mr. George Maxwell, of Benedict, on Patuxent river, to Mr. Charles Graham, of Marlborough, advising him of the arrival of Capt. Brook from London, and his receiv- ing by him a letter from Messrs. R. and J. Day, merchants in London, dated the 8th of February, in which they say, "We congratulate you on the repeal of the Stamp Act, "which, thanks to God, is just now resolved here by a "very great majority in parliament." On which I sin- cerely congratulate you and all lovers of Liberty." . . . . This account, it is thought, there is great reason to be- lieve, as all the gentlemen mentioned in it are persons of

the highest credit And what seems to strengthen

the above intelligence is, that a gentleman o<f this place, ten day's ago, met another from Virginia, in the Jersies, who told him, that he left York Town the 27th of March, that the day before a vessel arrived there from London, in 43 days passage, which brought letters to the tenth of February, one of which to Colonel Ayres, and which the gentleman saw, wherein the writer tells him the Stamp Act was REPEALED, whereof he gave him joy.

By an express arrived yesterday from Cape-May, we have the following

Letter from Cape-May, dated April 7th, 1766.

"I am persuaded the following lines will relate distress and sadness to you : However I am bound to< rehearse and to tell you, that on the 6th day of this instant, on Hereford Bar, which is about 4 leagues N. E. of the pitch of the Cape of Cape May, the poor unfortunate snow Nancy, Capt. Carr, from Bristol, was, by a violent gale

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of wind at E. N. E. forced on shore and is become a for- lorn wreck, which proved a watry coffin to all, except four persons, who only escaped out of a crew of 27 in number, the captain and mate are of the drowned, and some others of note and distinction : many of their dead bodies are drifted on shore, and some goods also.

''Humanity would teach me to exert myself, and use the utmost of my care, which I purpose to do without any other licence 'till I receive further orders, or see some of you; by all means let some interested person or persons come down immediately on sight hereof, with the bearer; the dead I shall keep till the bearer returns, and not suf- fer to be cramed in the sand I saw them, poor

hearts, in the height of their distress, where wind and sea had no pity, but could do no more than regret and sym- pathize with my fellow mortals, while overwhelm'd with calamities in the raging waves."

Yesterday arrived Captain Whitemarsh from Boston, who informs us, that at 4 o'clock P. M. on Sunday last, he saw a ship or snow ashore on Turtle-Gut Bar, 7 miles east of Cape-May; her masts and bowsprit were gone, and nothing but her ensign staff, with a waiff in the en- sign, as a signal of distress, was standing; he could see the surf break over her, but the wreather being thick, and the wind blowing hard, he could not venture near enough to learn further particulars : To the leeward of the wreck, at the same time, he saw floating a great quantity of pipe and hogshead staves, a Windsor chair, and a trunk,

supposed to have come from her About two miles

from the above vessel, he saw a small vessel, bottom up- wards, which he took to be a pilot boat.

[We suppose the above vessel to be the snow Nancy, Captain Carr.]

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/

A certain Richard Richards alias Richardson, who came passenger in the ship Ellis, capt. Egdon from Lon- don (lately cast away on Absecom Beach in New -Jersey) did when in England, as likewise since his arrival in this city, put o>n and assume the dress and appearance of one of the people called Quakers, and so far succeeded as to impose on several humane, benevolent persons in London, for which end he there took, as is supposed, a false affir- mation, and by many notorious falshoods and artful stories prevented his being detected.

These are therefore to inform the public, in order to prevent his imposing on them in future, that the said Richard Richards or Richardson, is a young man about twenty one years of age, remarkably small, smooth tongue'd, and very insinuating address, had on a suit of plain drab coloured cloaths, wears his own hair, and a plain hat. At present he is fled or secrets himself to pre- vent his being taken and brought to justice.

The Sloop Squirrel, Capt. Taylor, from Antigua, for this port, was cast away, in the storm, on Sunday last, near Egg harbour; The People and greatest part of the cargo are saved.

PURSUANT to an order, of Robert Smith and Thomas Rodman, Esqrs; judges of the court of common Pleas, for the county of Burlington, aforesaid, upon the Petition of John Burr, Junior, of said county, with the major part in value of his creditors, Notice is hereby given to all the creditors of the said John Burr, that the second Day of May, next, (being the sixth day of the week) is appointed by the said judges, for the said creditors to meet at the house, of Lambert Barns, in the city of Burlington, at two o'clock, in the afternoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said John Burr, should not assigne over,

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all his estates to the use of all his creditors, and be admit- ted to the benefit, of the late act, of assembly, of this prov- ince, of New Jersey, for the relief of insolvent debtors.

TEN POUNDS Reward,

RUN away from the subscribers, living in Mansfield, Burlington county, on the 2Qth of this inst. in the even- ing, two Irish servant men, who came into this country last Fall, in a ship consigned to> Baynton and Wharton : the one named Francis Flood, about 5 feet 7 inches high, well made, fresh coloured, remarkable red hair, tied be- hind, dark eyes : had on when he went away, an old blue sailor's jacket, bound with white, with horn buttons, a red under jacket without sleeves lined with white, good buckskin breeches, yarn stockings, and a pair of strong shoes, lately soaled, with brass buckles in them. The other named James Nayland, about 5 feet 7 inches high, of a pale complexion, smooth faced, has a very flat nose, wide mouth, m> beard, light long hair, tied behind, and very knock knee'd : had on when he went away, a light- ish coloured bearskin jacket lined with white flannel, brass buttons, a striped camblet under jacket, good buckskin breeches, white yarn stockings, and a pair of pumps, too large for him ; each of them had felt hats about half worn. They took with them a dark coloured broad cloth jacket, an old bearskin great-coat, a pair of check trowsers, and a short musquet mounted with brass. Whoever takes up and secures the said servants, so that their masters may have them again, shall have Five Pounds reward for each, and reasonable charges paid by

MOSES IVINS, and WILLIAM SHREVE.

N. B. Said James Nayland stole a pass from Israel Bunton, which was signed by magistrates of Burlington

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and Philadelphia to Maryland; and stole several things from his said master William Shreve.1

All masters of vessels are forbid to carry them off, at their peril. — The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1218, April 10, 1766.

LETTERS remaining in the Post-Office, Philadelphia. B. Thomas Benny, Elizabeth Bates, Greenwich Town- ship. H. John Hasset, Alexander Hamilton, John Hat- ton, West Jersey.

NEW-YORK, April 7

Last Week a Sloop from Egg Harbour, brought up to Town, a small Bundle of stamped Paper, that had been found in the Wreck of the Ship Ellis, lately cast away on her Voyage from London for Philadelphia, at Absecom Beach, as mentioned in a former Paper : As soon as it was known, they were seized by the Sons of Liberty, and purified at the Coffee-house last Friday, before a Thou- sand Spectators.

On the First Instant, the Body of a Man was found murdered, at a small Distance from the Post Road, in Piscataway, New-Jersey, about three Miles from New- Brunswick. By some Papers found about him, it is thought his Name was Stanley, tho' it is said he was called Fisher, had been begging about the Country, and was seen a few Days before he was found, in Company with two other Men, who had the Appearance of Sailors, and were going to Philadelphia ; and that at a Tavern he had shewn some Money which it is conjectured brought him to his deplorable End. The Marks of Violence were con- spicuous on him, and the Coroner's Jury brought in their Verdict, wilful Murder by Persons unknown.

i The same advertisement appears in the New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, April 17, 1766, No. 1215, where the name of the second servant is given as Nallon, instead of Nayland.

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Trenton, April 7, 1766.

The Members of the TRENTON LIBRARY COMPANY are desired to meet at the House of Isaac Yard, in Trenton, on the 1 4th Day of this instant April, at Two o' Clock in the Afternoon, to choose a Treasurer and Directors, and make their Sixteenth Annual Payment, agreeable to their Articles. And as it is expected the Company will order the Shares of the Delinquents to be disposed of, the Mem- bers are requested generally to attend.

Per Order, STACY POTTS, Secretary.

West New- Jersey, April i, 1766. The Horse SWAN Covers Mares this Season. He is a jet black, with one white Foot, a small Star, and a Snip, full fifteen Hands high, an exceeding gay, bold Carriaged Horse, a fine Trotter, and swift Pacer, full half blooded, and very handsome. The Price Twenty Shillings the Season each Mare, to be paid to the Subscriber, living in Wood's Town, Salem County.

JECHONIAS WOOD

RUN away from Benjamin Hegeman, of Somerset County, in New Jersey, the 25th of March last, an Irish Servant Man, named James M'Grady, of a short Stature, fair Complexion, and has brown curled Hair; Had on when he went away, a light brown Jacket, the Sleeves of another Cloth, an old homespun Linen Shirt, Leather Breeches, made of Sheepskin, blue Yarn Stockings, has near three Years to serve, and has been Servant before in Pennsylvania, near Lancaster. Whoever takes up said Servant and brings him to his said Master, shall receive Fifty Shillings Reward; if secured in any Goal, and No- tice given thereof to his said Master, shall have Thirty Shillings Reward, paid by

BENJAMIN HEGEMAN.

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New Jersey, Sussex County, ss.

PURSUANT to an Order of the Honourable Frederick Smith and John Berrien, Esquires, Justices of the Su- preme Court of the Province of New-Jersey, upon the Petition of Robert Patterson, an insolvent Debtor, and the Major Part in Value of his Creditors, Notice is hereby given, by the said Petitioners, to all the Creditors of the said Robert Patterson, to shew Cause, if any they have, before the Justices aforesaid, at the Dwelling-house of Lambert Barnes, Innholder at Burlington, on Wednesday, the 1 4th Day of May next (being the Time and Place appointed by the Justices for that Purpose) why an As- signment of the Estate of the said Robert Patterson should not be made to such Persons as shall be appointed, for the Use of all the Creditors of the said Robert Patter- son, pursuant to the said Petition, and the said Robert Patterson be discharged from all his Debts, according to an Act of the Governor, Council, and General Assembly, passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of his present Maj- esty, George the Third, intituled "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors." — The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1946, April 10, 1766.

Hunterdon, ss. Trenton, March 2, 1766.

NOTICE is hereby given, that William Morris', and William Clayton, Esquires, have assented to the Petition of William Reynolds, an insolvent Debtor, in Trenton Goal, and the Majority in Value of his Creditors, by ap- pointing Friday, the 25th Instant, for the Creditors of the said William Reynolds, to appear at Trenton, at n o'Clock, and shew Cause, if any they have, why the said Debtor shall not be discharged according to Law. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1946, April 10, 1766.

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Piscataway, April i, 1766. SIR,

I Send you a true Copy of the Petition of the North- American Merchants to the British Parliament, which was inclosed to me by Messieurs Stewart and Campbell. I dare say you will give it to the Public, through the Channel of your Paper, as soon as you can. I am, SIR,

Your most humble Servant,

WM. RUSSELL.

To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament

assembled.

The PETITION of the Merchants of London, Trading in North America. Humbly Sheweth,

THAT your Petitioners have long been concerned in carrying on the Trade between this Country and the British Colonies on the Continent of North America.

THAT they have annually exported very large Quantities of British Manufactures, consisting of Woollen Goods of all Kinds, Cottons, Linens, Hard ware, Shoes, Household Furniture, and almost, without Exception, every Species of Goods manufactured in these Kingdoms, beside other Articles imported from abroad, chiefly purchased with our Manufactures, and with tne Produce of our colonies ; by all which many Thousand Man- ufacturers, Seamen and Labourers, have been employed, to the very great and increasing Benefit of this Nation.

THAT, in return of these Exports, your Petitioners have received from the Colonies, Rice, Indigo, Tobacco, Naval Stores, Oil, Whale Fins, Furs, and lately Pot-Ash, with other Commodities, besides Remittances by Bills of Exchange and Bullion, obtained by the Colonists in Payment for Articles of their Produce not required for the British Market, and there- fore exported to other Places.

THAT from the Nature of this Trade, consisting of British Manufac- tures exported, and of tha Import of raw Materials from America, many of them used in our Manufactures, and all of them tending to lessen our Dependance on neighbouring States, it must be deemed of the highest Importance in the commercial System of this Nation.

THAT this Commerce, so beneficial to the State, and so necessary for the Support of Multitudes, now lies under such Difficulties and Discour- agements, that nothing less than its utter Ruin is apprehended, without immediate Interposition of Parliament.

THAT in Consequence of the Trade between the Colonies and the Mother Country, as established, and as permitted for many Years, and of the Experience which your Petitioners have had of the Readiness of the Americans to make their just Remittances to the utmost of their real Ability, they have been induced to make and venture such large Expor-

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tations of British Manufactures, as to leave the Colonies indebted to the Merchants of Great- Britain in the Sum of several Millions Sterling.

THAT at this time the Colonists, when pressed for Payment, appeal for past Experience in Proof of their Willingness, but declare it is not in their Power at present to make good their Engagements ; alledging that the Taxes and Restrictions laid upon them, and the Extension of the Jurisdiction of Vice Admiralty Courts, established by some late Acts of Parliament, particularly by an Act passed in the 4th Year of his present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for granting certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America ; and by an Act passed in the Fifth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for grant- ing and applying certain Stamp-Duties, and other Duties, in the British Colonies and Plantations in America, with several Regulations and Restraints, which, if founded on Acts of Parliament for denned Purposes, are represented to have been extended in such a Manner as to disturb legal Commerce, and harrass the fair Trader, has so far interrupted the usual and former most fruitful Branches of their Commerce, restrained the Sale of their Produce, thrown the State of the several Provinces into Confusion, and brought on so great a Number of actual Bankruptcies, that the former Opportunities and Means of Remittances and Payments, are utterly lost and taken from them.

THAT your Petitioners are, by these unhappy Events, reduced to the Necessity of applying to this Honourable House, in order to secure them- selves and their Families from impending Ruin— to prevent a Multitude of Manufacturers from becoming a Burden to the Community, or else seeking their Bread in other Countries, to the irretrievable Loss of this Kingdom— to preserve the Strength of this Nation entire, its Commerce flourishing— the Revenues increasing— our Navigation, the Bulwark of the Kingdom, in a State of Growth and Extension, and the Colonies, from Inclination, Duty and Interest, firmly attached to the Mother-Coun- try.

Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray the Consideration of the Premises, intreating such Relief as to the Wisdom of this Honourable House shall deem expedient. And your Petitioners shall for ever pray.

To BE SOLD

A Valuable Plantation, situate in Newtown Township, Gloucester County, on a Branch of Newtown Creek, con- taining 112 Acres, 40 of which are cleared, and under good Fence, 14 Acres of good Meadow, and more may be made, the Remainder well timbered; a good Frame House and Kitchen on the Premises. It is very conve- nient to Market, being but 2 Miles from Cooper's Ferry.

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For Terms, enquire of the Subscriber, on the Premises, or of Aaron Oakford, in Philadelphia.

HANNAH HAINES.

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1947, April 17, 1766.

WHEREAS James Magee and John Limming, jun. two insolvent Debtors, and the Majority of their Creditors in Value of their Debts, having presented their Petition to John Anderson and Robert Montgomery, two of his Maj- esty's Justices, Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the county of Monmouth, and also their sched- ule of all the Debts owing and the Debts due, with the goods and chattels of the said Debtors and has qualified to the same: These are therefore to give notice to the creditors of the said James Magee and John Limming, to appear the twenty third day of April next, at the court house in said county, to shew cause, if any they have, why the estate of the said debtors shall not be assigned to per- sons by said petitioners to be appointed to be disposed of for the benefit of their creditors, and that they may be discharged, pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of the province of New- Jersey, made in the fifth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord King George the third, entitled, "an act for the Relief of insolvent debtors."

James Magee, John Limming, jun.

The following account, received since our last. NEW JERSEY.

Piscataway, April 3, 1766.

ON the first instant the body of a man was discovered laid under leaves and some old wood by a fence, on the side of the great road leading through this place to New-

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Brunswick; upon the Coroner's being sent for, and the body uncovered, it appeared to be the body of one Charles Fisher, who had frequently been seen in the province beg- ging from place to place. His head was broken in a shocking manner, and it appeared that he had been bar- barously murdered eight days before. On the 25th of March in the evening, it appeared by evidence, the de- ceased went into the house kept by Ebenezer Ford, with two men dressed like sailors, one of them tall, the other a short man ; the tallest was frequently called Dick by the other : Here they had liquor, and the deceased shewed a good deal of money, and drank freely, as did the tall sailor until checked by the other, saying, "Dick, you know what you have to do to night."

The sailors had on both lightish colour'd jackets, lined with white, the tallest had a sailors cap, the smallest, a hat. From this tavern they proceeded to Ross's, on their way to New-Brunswick, here they drank freely, and the deceased shewed a considerable quantity of silver, and offered to give silver for a six pound bill : Here the little sailor was called Johnson; and the tallest talking of his writing, took a pen and writ on clean paper, these words, "Evil communications corrupts good manners," and signed his name, Richard Clark. He was observed to have remarkable short ringers; and soon after, about 10 o'clock in the night, they went on their way to New- Brunswick. The tall sailor appearing a little flushed with liquor, and the deceased so* much in drink, that the tavern keeper told him he thought it was too1 late for him to go. It appeared that they traveled on about a mile and a half, and there committed the murder, and hid the body as above related; and it is thought the discovery must have been made the next day, had not the great fall of snow the next morning prevented it by covering the ground, so

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as to hide the blood, as it appeared very plain light after on two stones that were certainly made use of in destroy- ing the unhappy man; altho' the villains had also taken the precaution to throw sand from the road on the place where the most blood was ; but this would have led to the discovery, had not the snow fallen. At a little distance from the corps, in a field adjoining, were found the de- ceased's wallet, which was known by and sworn to, by the tavern keeper. It appeared to have been rifled, and that the villains had shifted themselves, leaving in the field, one shirt, and sailor's frock, both bloody; two* pair of trowsers, one bloody, and two small marling spikes. Their tracts from the deceased to this place were plain, and from thence easterly out of the field ; from whence it was judged that they returned immediately with their booty towards New- York, especially as no intelligence can be had of them at any of the ferries to the westward. As this murder is the most barbarous and daring, that has ever been known here, being committed on the public road, in an open place, and clear night, within three hun- dred yards of two farm houses. It is hoped that all per- sons will be industrious in discovering and apprehending them, especially as they are said to be known at New- York, towards which they certainly went after the mur- der. As they are strangers, no further or more particular description can be given, only that the tallest had on at Ross's, a red watch coat; the other a brown one, half worn; their jackets both of a lightish colour, and lined with white. — Supplement to the New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, April 17, 1766.

A murder and robbery was lately committed near Min- isink, New-Jersey, on the body and effects of an Oneida Indian, who had come to trade there, supposed, by one Robert Simonds or Seamon, who was taken up and con-

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fined in Sussex goal, but was rescued, and has since fled. Governor Franklin has issued a proclamation, offering a reward of One Hundred dollars for apprehending said Sinionds.

The snow Nancy, Walter Kerr, master, mentioned in our last, left Bristol the i/th of January, and King Road the 3d of February following, bound for this port : About the beginning of March they fell in with the sloop Ann, John Jones, master, of and from Rhode Island, bound for Jamaica, but being in great distress, Captain Kerr took said Jones and his people on board the snow, and pro- ceeded on his voyage untill the 5th inst. when he got soundings in 25 fathom water at 6 o'clock in the evening, and by observation had that day he was to the southward of Cape-Hinlopen, and stood a N. N. West course untill 12 o'clock, when he laid the snow too in 15 fathom water. . . . . At four o'clock in the morning she struck on Hereford Barr, about seventeen miles to the northward of Cape-May, being carried thither, as is supposed, by a strong current, for the captain and others on board judged they were on the Overfalls in the mouth of our Bay, and endeavoured, by filling the sails, to press her over, but soon found their mistake by feeling the land very near to them. On this some of the people, contrary to the cap- tain's orders, cut away the masts, and others got into the boats, cut the gripes and the sea soon washed them over- board, then cutting or slipping the fasts drove to the shore, where four men landed, viz Hutchinson the car- penter, Magnus Sinclair, John Gowens, and John Stans- bury, which were all that were saved out of twenty eight persons, for the wind blowing a violent hard gale by this time, at N. E. and N. E. and by N. no assistance could be given them from the shore, the vessel unfortunately heeled off towards the sea, which broke over her 30 feet high,

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and the distressed people obliged to continue on her deck untill 4 o'clock in the Afternoon, hanging by the quarter deck, rails, and upper gunnel, &c. as she lay on her beam ends; but at low water they made a raft, and, as is sup- posed, all got on it, expecting the tide of flood to drive them on shore, the raft came there well secured; and a hen koop lashed to the upper part, with their cloaths stuffed in it, coming ashore underneath the raft, shewed it had overset, and the people all perished; twelve of their bodies have since been found, and decently buried. The persons drowned by this unfortunate wreck are, Captain Walter Kerr, John Oliver, his mate, .... Fortescue, an apprentice, and five others of the ship's crew. John Jones, master, Andrew Mason, mate, John Brown, David Muttony, and Peleg Wood, all of the sloop Ann, taken up at sea. Captain William Willson, his wife and child, Cap- tain John Corser, Mr. Robert Smith (a young lad brother to the Revd. Doctor Smith of this place). The Revd. Mr. Willson, The Revd. Mr. Giles of New- York, Mr. Mott, a tanner of Connecticut, and the master and two mates of a Rhode-Island brig, that was sold in Bristol, names for- got. No letters or papers have been found, and very little of the vessel or cargo saved ; upon the whole, the circum- stances of this affair make it one of the most melancholy losses that ever happened on this coast.

The sloop John and Jane, Captain Giles, from Antigua for this port, was drove ashore about twelve miles to the southward of our Capes, in the gale of wind on Sunday the 6th instant; the people, rigging, and all the cargo are saved.

The schooner Phoenix, Captain Gardiner, of and from Boston, who ran ashore on Peck's Beach, near Egg-Har- bour, in a gale of wind on the 9th of March is got off

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without any damage to the vessel, and arrived here last Tuesday.

The Circuit Courts in the Western Division of New- Jersey, will be held as follows :

For the County of Cape May, on Tuesday the 22d of April Instant.

For the County of Cumberland, on Tuesday the 2Qth Instant.

For the County of Salem, on Thursday the ist of May next.

For the County of Gloucester, on Tuesday the 6th of May next. — The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1219, April 17, 1766.

STRAED AWAY from Peel Hall, about the 5th of this inst. a dark brown horse, has no white on his feet, his sides chaffed a little with the harness; he was bought at the London Coffee-House about a fortnight ago, and came from Salem. Whoever will bring the said horse to John Lukins, at the sign of the George, shall receive Thirty Shillings for their trouble

WILLIAM DOWELL.

TO BE SOLD, By way of public vendue, on the 25th day of April next

o<n the premises,

A Valuable plantation situate in Evesham, in the county of Burlington, in the province of West New- Jer- sey, containing 330 acres of land, 80 whereof good clover meadow, and about 40 acres more may be made, about 100 acres of upland cleared, the remainder well timbered; the meadow and upland divided into convenient fields and lotts, with a stream of running water in each meadow lot and field; the most part of the upland is exceeding good

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for any sort of grain; whereon is a frame two' story dwelling house, with a cellar under it, a large frame kitchen, a well of water near the door, a large barn thirty by forty feet square, with stables, stalls and sheds for feeding cattle, a stream of water running through the barn-yard, a small orchard of old apple trees, and a large orchard of young thriving trees. The said plantation is situate about ten miles from Philadelphia, and about three miles from an English church, and near the same distance from a quaker's meeting-house; about one mile and a half from a good grist-mill, and is a convenient situation for a gentleman's country seat, for a dairy, or grassing cattle. Any person inclining to purchase, may apply to the subscriber on the premisses, or to John Cox in Moore's town, who will shew the lines, &c. The condi- tions will be made known at the time and place of sale, where attendance will be given by

DANIEL HOPEWELL.

— The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1219, April 17, 1766.

Last week was committed to the goal of this city one David Duncan, of Marcus Hook, for counterfeiting New- Jersey, and altering Pennsylvania bills of credit.

BY HIS EXCELLENCY William Franklin, Esquire,

Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over His Majesty's Province of New- Jersey and Territories thereon depending in America, Councellor and Vice- Admiral in the same, &c.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS I have received Information from one of principal Officers of the County of Sussex, that a most

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inhuman Murder and Robbery has been lately committed near Minisink, on the Body and Effects of an Indian of the Oneida nation, who had come there to trade, and had behaved himself soberly and discreetly; and that one ROBERT SIMONDS, alias SEAMONS, had been charged with the same, and was on the second day of April Instant com- mitted to the common Goal of the County aforesaid, from whence he was rescued in the Night of the same Day, about ten o'clock, by an armed Mob of twenty-five Men. And whereas it is the indispensible Duty, and for the Honour of every Government, to punish the Perpetrators of such atrocious Crimes, committed against the Laws of God and Man, and in manifest Violation of the solemn Treaties subsisting between his Majesty and the Indians, which have hitherto been inviolably kept by them, with respect to the people of this Colony. And as the Murder and Robbery aforesaid may greatly endanger the Peace and Security of the Frontiers, and introduce all the Hor- rors and Calamities of an Indian War, I DO therefore, hereby strictly charge and command all Officers, civil and military, within this Colony, (particularly those residing within the County of Sussex) to use their utmost En- deavours to take, and in goal secure, the said SIMONDS alias SEAMON, and such other Person or Persons whom they have sufficient Reason to suspect guilty of the afore- said Murder and Robbery, or of the Rescue of the said SIMONDS alias SEAMON, from Goal, and on their Com- mitment, to raise and keep up a sufficient Guard, to secure the Goal from being broke open, or the Prisoners rescued. And in order to encourage his Majesty's liege Subjects to exert themselves in the Pursuit and apprehending the said SIMONDS alias SEAMON, and every Person or Persons concerned in the Murder and Robbery aforesaid, I DO promise, that the Person or Persons who shall, after the Date hereof, apprehend the said Robert SIMONDS alias

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SEAMON, or any Person guilty of the Murder and Rob- bery aforesaid, shall, upon conviction of the Offender, receive from the Treasury of this Province, ONE HUN- DRED DOLLARS Reward. And I DO likewise in the most earnest Manner recommend it to the Inhabitants of this colony, to behave with Kindness, Humanity and Justice, to such Indians who shall visit the Frontiers in a friendly Manner, as such a Conduct will have a tendency to per- petuate the Blessings and Advantages of Peace.

GIVEN under my Hand and Seal at Arms, at the City of Burlington, in said Province, the fifteenth of April, in the sixth year of his Majesty's Reign, Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and sixty Six,

WILLIAM FRANKLIN. By his Excellency's Command,

CHARLES READ, Secretary.

— The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1220, April 24, 1766.

CAME to the plantation of the subscriber, living in Hopewell township, Cumberland county, about the 25th day of October last, a bay MARE, about 13 hands high, paces and trots, about 7 years old, branded on the near buttock R, a star in her forehead, and shod before. The owner is desired to come and prove his property, pay charges, and take her away.

JOHN M'CLEAN.

To COVER this Season,

The HORSE RAVEN,

To be kept by the subscriber, at the Black horse Tavern in Burlington county, New-Jersy, about eight miles from the city of Burlington, the same from Mount holly, seven from Crosswix, the same from Recklesstown, at a pistole

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a Leap, forty shillings leap and Tryal, and half a crown to the groom, his character is so well known there needs no further apology.

ABRAHAM CHATTIN.

— The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1220, April 24, 1766.

NEW-YORK, April 14

Last Week, Capt. Smith, bound to St. Kitts from this Port, was drove on the Point of Sandy Hook, and 'tis feared will not be got off.

To BE SOLD,

A Plantation, in the Township of Upper Penn's Neck, in Salem County, containing about 120 Acres, near a convenient Landing on Delaware River, well timbered, and a Conveniency for making good Meadows ; late Part of the Estate of Cornelius Corneliuson, deceased. For Terms of Sale, apply to the Subscriber, in the Town of Salem, or to George Trenchard, junior, in Lower Penn's Neck, to either of whom every Person and Persons, hav- ing Mortgage or other Demands against the said De- ceased's Estate, are desired to give Notice.

Salem, April n, 1766.

GEORGE TRENCHARD, Execut.

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1948, April 24, 1766.

London, February 8. On Thursday last the University of Oxford, in full convocation, conferred the following degrees by diploma, viz. The degree of Doctor of Divin- ity on the Rev. Mr. Thomas Bradbury Chandler, Mission- ary of Elizabeth Town, in New-Jersey

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To BE SOLD,

By Way of Public Vendue, on Thursday the 22d Day of

May next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, on

the Premises:

A Large genteel well finished House and Lot of ground, lying and being in Elizabeth Town, in New- Jersey, on the Main Street leading from the Bridge to the Church, and directly fronting the Road that leads from the Point, being the House in which Barnaby Shute, lately lived : The House is two Stories high, with four large Rooms on a Floor, and a spacious Entry. The Lot con- tains about one Acre and an Half of Land, on which is a new Barn, Stables, and Out houses, with a good Garden well fenced in; the Whole very convenient for a private Gentleman, Trader or Tavern-keeper.

Also, on the same Day, will be likewise sold,

The noted Grist Mill, and Appurtenances, situate at the Foot of the Bridge in Eliabeth Town aforesaid, known by the Name of the Town Mills, late the Property of said Barnaby Shute. Any Persons willing to purchase before the Day of Sale, may know the Terms, by apply- ing to the Subscribers, who will give an indisputable Title

for the same.

WILLIAM HARRIMAN JOSEPH WOODRUFF, jun. and SILAS HALSEY.

RUN- A WAY from his Employers, the I2th Instant, one WILLIAM SERELS, of a small Stature, black curl'd Hair; had on when he went away, a blue Broad Cloth Coat, has been newly turned; a blue spotted Swanskin Jacket and blue Breeches : He has taken off Things that was not his own. He has taught a School, and has formerly been in His Majesty's Service. Whoever takes up said Series, so that he may be brought to Justice, shall have FORTY

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SHILLINGS Reward, and all reasonable Charges, paid by

us,

WILLIAM SPARLING, DAVID WILLIAMSON.

New-Brunswick, Middlesex County, New-Jersey, April 12, 1766.

1 PURSUANT to an Order of the Hon.

New-Jersey | s Frederick Smith( Esq. Chief Jus.

tice, and the Hon. John Berrien, Third Judge of the Su- preme Court of Judicature, for the Province of New- Jersey, upon the Petition of Thomas Leonard, an insol- vent Debtor in the Gaol of the County of Somerset : No- tice is hereby given by the said Petitioner to all his Cred- itors, to shew Cause, (if any they have) before the said Judges, on Tuesday the twentieth Day of May next, at Princetown, in the said Province, at Nine o'Clock in the Forenoon of said Day, why an Assignment of the Estate of the said Thomas Leonard, should not be made to1 per- sons then and there to be nominated by the said Judges pursuant to the said Petition, and the said Thomas Leon- ard be thereupon discharged from his said Confinement, agreeable to the Directions of an Act of the Governor, Council and General Assembly of the said Province of New- Jersey made in the Fifth Year of his present Maj- esty's Reign, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors."

Dated the I3th of March, 1766.

Philadelphia, April 24. On Thursday last, one David Duncan was taken up here, and committed to Goal, there being found upon him a Number of the Bills of Credit of New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania, altered from lesser to higher Denominations.

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Nezv-York, May i. Extract of a Letter from an Amer- ican Gentleman in London, to his Friend in New-Jersey.

London, Feb. 25, 1766.

"I most joyfully congratulate you on so unex- pected a delivery from slavery and civil dissention by a repeal of the Stamp Act; which was carried in the Com- mons the 2 ist instant, by a Majority of 108 Votes, and as a supply bill must pass the Lords of course. The provi- dential change of the M y, from the most abandoned

and execrable, to a set of as honest, upwright, and amiable Personages as were to be found in the Nation, seemed to be the foundation for our deliverance. But their power would have proved unequal to the task, had not our glori- ous HERO, our former deliverer, stood forth; and almost alone, supported our feeble unfashionable dying Cause. He struck at the Root; he openly denied the right of Par- liament to impose internal taxations on the Colonies. With the eloquence of a Demosthenes, — with the cool rea- soning of a Hambden, — with the warmth of an American enthusiast, did this Great Man plead our desperate cause, and that of Liberty, in defiance of R 1 favour, popu- larity, friends, relations, dangers and disease. For hours could I expatiate, in heaping encomiums upon this Saviour of our Country; but you will hear them from all quarters. —

Tho' private friendship would be a sufficient induce- ment for me to address you at present; yet I have now another Motive, which is, and ever ought to be esteemed the greatest, I mean, — the good of my Country. Know thejn, that we have been sacrificed and sold by our

Ag s. If there be an exception, I believe yours is the

Man: But he has not power to do it, and therefore de- serves no thanks. It is beyond description (to me as well as to many others astonishing) that the Colonies should, as they have hitherto done, trust their most important

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interests with such Persons. Do you imagine the People of England possessed with a .spirit of divination or intu- ition, so as to discern truth from Falshood, by hearing only one side; which is, and always will be the case, so

long as the M y can silence the Ag ts, while our

enemies roar against us at leisure, and represent us in such colours, as their interests or malice suggests. I say nothing but what falls infinitely short of what might be said, perfectly consistent with truth. It is certainly the duty of every leading man in the Colonies, to use his ut- most influence, for the appointment of able persons, who have natural attachments and connections in the Colonies ; and that they be sent as such men ought to be, — INDE- PENDENT— by allowances sufficient to make them so" — Let not the object vanish from your sight. — Remember, 'tis your country's safety.

VOLTAIRE.

FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD,

RUN-AWAY from the Subscriber, on Monday the 2ist of April last, a yellowish Negro Fellow, named Bill, for- merly belonging to Mr. Cornelius Clopper, at Rariton Landing, in New-Jersey, appears to be about 20 or 22 Years of Age, about 5 Feet 6 Inches in Height, speaks good English and Low Dutch fluently, had on when he went away, an old red Cloth Jacket, a Pair of old Home- spun Trowsers, and an Iron Collar; which last it is sup- posed he has found Assistance to get taken off. Who- ever takes up and returns, or secures him so* that I may get him again shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward for their Trouble, besides all necessary Expences. All Mas- ters of Vessels and other Persons, are warned not to carry off, conceal or harbour the said Run-away, as they would avoid a Prosecution in the Law.

New York, May i, 1766. JOHN KLEIN.

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WHEREAS John Ashton, Jases Hanes, and Moses Brown insolvent Debtors, and the major Part in Value of their Creditors, have presented their Petitions to John Anderson and Robert Montgomerie, Esquires, two of his Majesty's Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Monmouth, praying, that the Estates of the said John Ashton, Jases Hanes, and Moses Brown, be assigned to such Persons as such Petitioners shall appoint, to dispose of the same for the Benefit of their Creditors, pursuant to an Act of the Governor, Council and General Assembly of the Province of New- Jersey, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors." These are therefore to give Notice to all Persons that have any De- mands on them, the said John Ashton, Jases Hanes, and Moses Brown, to appear at the Court House in said County of Monmouth, on Monday the 24th Instant, to shew Cause, (if any there be) why the said John Ashton, Jases Hanes, and Moses Brown, should not be discharged according to above recited Act.

John Anderson, Robert Montgomery.

) PURSUANT to an Order of the Hon.

New-Jersey | ss. Frederick Smyth> Esq. chief Jus_

tice, and the Hon. John Berrien, Esq; third Judge of the Supreme Court of the Province of New-Jersey, upon the several Petitions of Henry Crusee, an insolvent Debtor, in the Gaol of the County of Somerset, James Leonard and John May, both insolvent Debtors, in the Gaol of the County of Middlesex, Samuel Romine, an insolvent Debtor in the Gaol of the County of Monmouth, and George Rhea, of the County of Monmouth, an insolvent Debtor, together with the majo>r Part in Value of his Creditors : Notice is hereby given to all the Creditors of the said Henry Crusee, to meet at the House of Thomas

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Leonard, at Princetown, on Tuesday the Twentieth Day Instant May, at Ten o' Clock in the Forenoon of said Day; and to all the Creditors of the said James Leonard, John May, Samuel Romine and George Rhea, to meet at the House of Samuel Horner, of Princetown, on the same Twentieth Day o-f May, at Eleven o' Clock in the Fore- noon of the said Day, to shew Cause (if any they have) before the said Judges, why an Assignment of the Estates of the said Henry Crusee, James Leonard, John May, Samuel Romine, and George Rhea, should not be made to Persons then and there to be appointed, pursuant to the said Petitions, and the said Henry Crusee, James Leon- ard, John May, Samuel Romine and George Rhea, be dis- charged from Confinement, and be admitted to the Bene- fit of an Act of the General Assembly of this Province of New- Jersey, made in the Fifth Year of his present Maj- esty's Reign, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors."

N. B. The abovesaid James Leonard, by Reason of his becoming Security for several Persons, for large Sums of Money, which Persons have since broke, by which Means said James Leonard has had sundry Writs served upon him, for such Debts, and is obliged to take this method to disengage himself from his present encum- brances, and particularly from those Debts that he has made himself liable to pay for other Person of which he has no Benefit.

To be sold at Public Vendue, on the Premises, on Tuesday

the 1 7th Day of June next :

THE noted Mills of Andrew Leake, at Bromely, in New- Jersey, with a commodious house, store-house, barn and other out-houses, and about 300 acres of exceeding good land thereto adjoining, which will be sold together, or in parcels, as may best suit the purchaser. The situa-

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tion is in the heart of the best wheat country in the prov- ince, healthy and agreeable. The mills may be kept con- stantly employed, as they never want water in the driest season ; for trade none better, surrounded with "wealthy farmers, very thickly settled.

Likewise a tract of Land lately belonging to said Leake, near the Falls of Lamaton, together with a house and lot at New Germantown. The conditions of payment very easy, one-third in ready money, one-third in a year, and the other third in two years. At the same time and place will be sold, a quantity of dry goods, plate, house- hold furniture, farm utensils, waggons, Negroes, horses, horn'd cattle, sheep, hogs, &c. Good title will be given by the assignees, the Subscribers; and as they are deter- mined to collect all debts due to the said Andrew Leake, as soon as possible, they desire all Persons so> indebted, to make payment to them, who will attend for that pur- pose on the aforesaid I7th Day of June next, or on fail- ure thereof, they may depend on being sued.

WILLIAM AXTILL, ] JOHN TAYLOR, A .

JAMES M'EVERS Ass.gnees.

CORNELIUS Low, Jun. j New- York, April 26, 1766.

— The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1217, May i, 1766.

The following are copies of the several Petitions agreed on and transmitted from the late General Congress at New- York, to the King's most excellent Majesty, and to both houses of Parliament,, agreeable to the instruc- tions given the commissioners from the several colonies. To the KING'S most excellent MAJESTY.

The petition of the freeholders and other inhabitants of the Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island and Providence

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plantations, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the govern- ment of the counties of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex upon Delaware, province of Maryland, &c [The petition is omitted, as it can be found in the his- tories of the Stamp Act Congress. It is signed in behalf of New Jersey by Hendrick Fisher and Joseph Borden, Commissioners from this Province. Similar petitions to the House of Lords, and to the House of Commons, were similarly signed.]

N. B. The commissioners from Connecticut; Eliphalet Dyer, David Rowland and William Samuel Johnson Esqrs. From New- York, Robert R. Livingstone, John Cruger, Philip Livingston, William Bayard and Leonard Lispenard, Esqrs. From South-Carolina, Thomas Lynch, Christopher Gadson and John Rutledge, Esqrs. were not empowered to sign at the congress, and therefore reported to their respective assemblies, who have since each nearly by a unanimous vote approved of the proceedings, and seasonably transmitted their petitions in the same words, under the hands of their several speakers. Some of the other provinces, particularly New-Hampshire, have done the same. Robert Ogden, Esq; from New- Jersey, and the Hon. Timothy Ruggles, Esq; from Massachusetts, for reasons best known to themselves, if they had any, refused to sign, and abruptly left the congress before the business was compleated. John Dickinson Esq; was necessarily called home a few days before the congress finished, but there was no doubt in the minds of any but he was a sin- cere friend to his country. His province have the highest opinion of him, as all who knew him must. To avoid all disputes about precedency, and promote harmony, it was agreed in voting, and in the proceedings, to begin at one end of the continent and go through, only as Massachu- setts first proposed the measure, the compliment was paid them by the gentlemen of the other colonies, of plac-

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ing them first; but it was merely a compliment, and it is to be hoped that on all future ocasions as on this, the col- onies will consider themselves as on the same footing, without the least claim of pre-eminence one over the other. (The- Resolves we inserted the 3d of April last.) — The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1221, May i, 1766.

Salem, April 20, 1766. THREE POUNDS Reward.

MADE his Escape, last Night, from Salem Goal, a cer- tain John Vernon, a Cooper by Trade, about 5 Feet 10 Inches high ; took with him when he went away, a light- ish coloured Saggathy .Coat, Bearskin Waistcoat, and lightish coloured Knit Breeches. Whoever takes up said Vernon, and secures him in any Goal, so that the Sub- scriber may have him again, shall have the above Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by

EDWARD TEST, Sheriff.

N. B. All Masters of Vessels are forbid to carry him off at their Peril.

Trenton Goal, April 28, 1766

PURSUANT to an Order of Frederick Smith, Esq; Chief Justice of the Province of New Jersey, the Creditors of George Bright are to attend at Trenton, at the House of Joseph Yard, on Saturday, the Tenth of May next, and then and there shew Cause, (if any they have) why the said George Bright, shall not be discharged, according to Law.

To BE SOLD,

A Plantation, in Greenwich Township, Sussex County, West New-Jersey, consisting of 178 Acres of very good Land; there is a living Stream of Water, with a good

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Grist-mill, on the Place, and Plenty of Business. There is a Log Dwelling-house, and good Log Barn, and about 90 Acres of the Land cleared, and all within good Fence ; about 100 bearing Apple Trees. The Title is indisputable. Any Person inclining to purchase, may apply to EDWARD MARSHALL, on the Premises, or JOHN HUGHES, in Phila- delphia, where they will be informed of the Terms of Sale.

Hunterdon, ss. April 22, 1766.

PURSUANT to an Order of William Morris and Will- iam Clayton, Esquires, two of his Majesty's Judges of the County of Hunterdon, upon the Petition of Christopher Liverton, an insolvent Debtor; Notice is hereby given 'to the Creditors of the said Insolvent, that Tuesday, the 2oth Day of May next, is appointed for the said Creditors to shew Cause, if any they have, why an Assignment of the said Debtor's Estate should not be made, and the said Debtor discharged, agreeable to an Act of Assembly, lately made for that Purpose, intituled, "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors."

Trenton, April 19, 1766.

AGREEABLE to Adjournment, will be exposed to< Sale at public Vendue, to the highest Bidder, on Wednesday, the 2 ist of May next, between the Hours of Twelve and Five of the Clock in the Afternoon, on the Premises, the noted Tavern House, and about 40 Acres of Land, be it more or less, situate in Amwell, and now in the Possession of Samuel Fleming, bounded by Lands of Richard Lan- ing, Thomas Lowrey, Gershom Lee, William Norcross, and the King's Highway; there is also a good Barn, a good bearing Orchard, and some excellent Meadow on the above Lot, also one Frame House, Blacksmith's Shop, and about three Acres of Land, be it more or less, in the Corner of two Roads, adjoining the above, and nearly

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opposite to Mr. Thomas Lowrey's. Also to be sold the same Day, to begin at Twelve of the Clock, Horses, Cows, Calves, Hogs, one Iron bound Waggon and Gears, one Plough, one Harrow, sundry Houshold Furniture, such as Feather Beds and Bedding, one Clock, Tables, Chairs, Writing Desk, Pewter, Iron Pots with sundry other Things too tedious to mention here; late the Property of Samuel Fleming, seized and taken in Execution at the Suit of Alexander Ray, John Smith, and others, and to

be sold by

SAMUEL TUCKER, Sheriff.

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1949, May i, 1766.

On Tuesday, the 2Oth of this instant May, will be sold by the Subscriber, at public Vendue,

A FARM, containing 120 Acres of extraordinary Wheat Land, two Thirds of it cleared, on which is a good Dwell- ing-house, pleasantly situated in the Township of Amwell, and County of Hunterdon, West New-Jersey, about 20 Miles distant from Trenton, and 3 Miles from the River Delaware. Also a Lot adjoining the above, containing about 38 Acres of Land, mostly of the best Meadow, well watered, whereon is a large commodious Stone Dwelling- house, four Rooms on a Floor, two Stories high, a good Barn, Stable and Cow-house. Any Person desirous of purchasing before the Day of Sale, may be informed of the Terms, by applying to

RICHARD READING.

Cumberland, April 24, 1766

PURSUANT to an Order of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas,