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State  OF  New  Jersey 


FIRST     SERI ES 


Vol.     XXVI. 


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  following  Committee  of  the  Society  : 

William  Nelson, 
Garret  D.   W.   Vroom, 
Austin  Scott, 
Francis  B.   Lee, 
Ernest  C.   Richardson. 


DOCUMENTS 


RELATING  TO  THE 


COLONIAL  HISTORY 


State  OF  New  Jersey. 


EDITED  BY 


WILLIAM  NELSON 


VOLUIVIE    XXVI. 


Extracts  from  American  Newspapers,  relating  to 
New  Jersey, 

VOL.    VII.     1T68— 1769. 


PATERSON,  N.  J.: 
Thk  Call  Printing  and  Publishing  Co. 

1904. 


PREFACE,      j^ 


Within  the  five  hundred  and  ninety-three  pages  of  this  volume 
the  attentive  reader  will  find  a  vast  amount  of  information  concern- 
ing conditions — social,  economical,  religious  and  political — in  New 
Jersey  in  the  years  1768  and  1769. 

The  newspapers  of  the  day,  though  still  innocent  of  any  expres- 
sion of  opinion  by  the  printers — editors  and  editorials  being  as  yet 
unknown  even,  in  American  journalism — ^became  more  than  ever  the 
vehicles  of  public  sentiment,  expressed  in  communications  from  "A 
True  Patriot,"  "Independent  Freeholder,"  "Taxpayer,"  and  their 
confreres  of  the  ready  pen,  eager  to  discuss  at  intolerable  length  the 
great  questions  filling  men's  thoughts.  It  will  be  observed  that  most 
of  these  letters  relate  to  economic  subjects,  indicating  that  they  were 
the  principal  causes  of  discontent  among  the  Colonists.  New  Jersey 
was  growing  fast.  Trade  and  commerce  were  seeking  new  outlets. 
New  stage  routes  were  being  established,  there  being  two  between 
New  York  and  Philadelphia  much  of  the  time,  a  stage  setting  out 
daily  each  way.  A  new  line  between  Newark  and  New  York  con- 
sidered that  the  traffic  between  those  places  would  be  accommodated 
by  four  trips  a  week,  probably  carrying  four  or  five  persons  at  a 
time.  The  people  had  become  so  used  to  these  vehicles  that  it  was 
no  longer  necessary  to  seek  custom  by  advertising  them  as  "flying 
machines,"  as  formerly.  The  increase  of  travel  was  naturally  fol- 
lowed by  a  multiplying  of  taverns,  which  were  evidently  of  a  better 
quality  than  formerly.  The  growth  of  commerce  led  Governor 
P'ranklin  to  urge  upon  the  Legislature  the  importance  of  better 
roads. 

But  the  growth  of  the  Province  caused  a  demand  for  more 
currency;  and  the  lack  of  it  was  followed  by  a  rise  in  the  cost  of 
living,  and  to  some  extent  a  falling  off  in  trade.  The  writers  for 
the  newspapers  had  their  several  explanations  and  as  diverse 
remedies  to  offer.  The  pessimist  ascribes  the  "hard  times"  in 
1768-9  to  the  scarcity  of  money  (the  experience  of  most  people  from 
the  earliest  ages  even  to  the  present  day)  ;  to  the  increased  cost  of 
living,  greatly  swollen  from  1755  to  1768;  but  chiefly  to  the  "expen- 
sive diversions  and  sins  of  dissipation  unknown  among  us  until  of 
late" — a  remark  which  has  a  familiar  sound  in  the  year  of  Grace 
1907.  This  writer  estimates  that  the  people  of  New  Jersey  actually 
expended   as    much    as    i40,ooo,    or    say    $100,000,    annually    in    tea, 


VI  -  PREFACE. 

obviously  a  waste  of  good  money  for  a  needless  luxury.  The  decay 
of  trade,  he  somewhat  inconsistently  assumes,  was  due  to  the  same 
cause.  Others,  however,  lay  the  grievances  the  people  were  supposed 
to  have  groaned  under  for  some  years  past  to  the  oppression  of  the 
lawyers,  who  were  "rioting  in  luxury,"  having  "acquired  estates 
from  the  toil  and  labor  of  the  necessitous."  The  remedy,  then,  was 
to  reduce  the  fees  of  the  legal  fraternity,  and  to  increase  the  juris- 
diction of  the  justices  of  the  peace  in  actions  of  debt,  from  £6  to 
£io,  or  from  $15  to  $25.  So  easily,  it  was  thought,  could  the  rich 
be  made  poorer,  and  the  poor  richer,  by  a  simple  act  of  the  Legis- 
lature. 

It  is  evident,  however,  that  the  popular  irritation  was  largely 
due  to  the  interference  of  the  British  King  and  Parliament  with  the 
internal  affairs  of  the  Colonies.  The  Stamp  Act,  passed  in  1765, 
though  repealed  in  1766  was  not  forgotten ;  nor  the  distinct  assertion 
by  the  British  ministry  of  the  right  of  Parliament  to  tax  the 
American  people.  The  New  Jersey  Legislature  more  than  once,  in 
obedience  to  the  popular  demand,  had  passed  bills  for  a  large 
emission  of  paper  currency,  well  secured,  only  to  have  the  acts 
disallowed  by  the  King.  Similarly,  bills  to  increase  the  civil  juris- 
diction of  the  justices  of  the  peace  had  met  a  like  fate.  This  feeling 
of  resentment  was  greatly  heightened  by  the  measures  taken  by  the 
ministry  to  punish  the  people  of  Boston,  and  the  merchants  and 
traders  and  citizens  generally  of  New  Jersey  enthusiastically  entered 
into  the  agreement  with  the  other  Colonies  to  import  no  British 
goods  until  the  embargo  should  be  lifted  from  Boston  port, 
denounced  the  merchants  and  traders  of  New  York  for  proposing 
even  a  modification  of  the  boycott  which  was  ruining  their  com- 
merce, and  dealt  mob  law  out  to  any  unfortunate  individuals  so 
much  as  suspected  of  opposing  the  Non-Importation  agreement. 
These  views  were  reflected  in  the  speech  of  Hendrick  Fisher,  on 
being  re-elected  to  the  Assembly  from  Somerset  county,  in  1768. 
Cortlandt  Skinner  presented  them  fairly  and  plainly  to  the  home 
government  in  the  same  year;  and  the  Assembly  boldly  addressed 
the  King — with  profuse  avowals  of  reverence  and  loyalty — remon- 
strating against  the  acts  of  Parliament  interfering  with  the  Colonies, 
and  especially  protesting  against  Parliamentary  taxation.  Again, 
the  Assembly  declared  that  "no  transaction  of  theirs  tended  in  the 
least  to  widen  or  continue  the  unhappy  differences  subsisting 
between  (ircat  Britain  and  the  Colonies."  but  at  the  same  time 
(October  wS,  1769)  they  voted  their  thanks  to  "the  merchants  and 
traders  of  New  York  and  Pennsylvania,  for  their  disinterested  and 
public  spirited  conduct  in  withholding  their  importations  of  British 
merchandise   until   certain   acts  of   Parliament  laving  restrictions  on 


PREFACE.  Vll 

American  commerce  for  the  express  purpose  of  raising  revenue  in 
America  l)'e  repealed."  Yet  there  has  been  a  tendency  in  recent  years 
to  question  the  importance  of  the  issue  of  "No  taxation  without 
representation,"  as  one  of  the  causes  of  the  American  Revolution. 

Another  burning  question  of  the  day  was  the  proposition  of  the 
Bishop  of  Landaff  to  have  Bishops  appointed  in  England  to  super- 
intend the  affairs  of  the  Church  in  America — a  project  regarded 
with  intense  disfavor  by  the  Colonists,  at  least  by  those  not  con- 
nected with  the  Church  of  England,  who  regarded  it  as  another 
scheme  to  place  the  American  people  under  English  control,  in  a 
matter  very  near  to  their  consciences.  The  character  of  the  argu- 
ments on  this  question  is  indicated  in  the  letters  abstracted  on  pages 
77-86,  94-120,  125-6,  infra. 

Business  troubles  were  doubtless  accelerated  by  the  unsettled 
political  condition  of  the  times.  It  is  melancholy  to  see  so  many 
advertisements  of  insolvent  debtors  in  "goal."  Perhaps  these  cir- 
cumstances account  lor  the  large  number  of  farms  offered  for  sale, 
most  of  them  well-cultivated,  with  many  improvements,  choice 
orchards,  etc.  Perhaps  for  the  same  reasons  many  iron  mines  and 
iron  works  were  seeking  buyers,  the  minute  descriptions  of  such 
plants,  as  set  forth  in  the  advertisements,  being  of  great  interest  and 
value.  On  the  other  hand,  the  non-importation  agreements  en- 
couraged domestic  manufactures,  glowing  accounts  of  which  were 
exultantly  published  in  the  newspapers  of  the  period.  The  attrac- 
tions of  Sussex  county,  as  captivatingly  advertised  herein,  indicate 
that  population  was  drifting  into  that  comparatively  new  region  for 
settlement. 

Still  another  cause  of  controversy  between  the  people  and  the 
royal  authorities  was  the  robbery  of  the  treasury  of  the  Eastern 
Division  of  New  Jersey,  at  Perth  y\mboy,  July  21,  1768.  This  unfor- 
tunate circumstance  was  promptly  and  with  avidity  seized  upon  by 
the  Assembly  to  bait  the  Governor,  who,  however,  met  the  attack 
squarely  and  with  much  skill;  but  the  quarrel  smouldered  for  years, 
and  was  used  as  another  argument  in  favor  of  having  the  Provincial 
officers  appointed  by,  or  at  least  responsible  directly  to,  the  Assem- 
bly, as  the  people's  representatives. 

A  pleasant  episode  was  the  attendance  of  Governor  William 
Franklin  and  Chief  Justice  Frederick  Smyth,  of  New  Jersey,  at  the 
Congress  of  the  Six  Nations  and  their  tributaries  at  Fort  Stanwix, 
New  York,  where  our  diplomatic  young  Governor  conducted  himself 
so  ably  that  he  received  from  the  admiring  savages  the  compli- 
mentary title  of  Sagorighwiyoghsta.  or  "Great  Arbiter  or  Doer  of 
Justice,"  which  style  he  cleverly  devolved  upon  the  Province  of  New 
Jersey. 


VIU  PREFACE. 

Another  important  event  chronicled  herein  was  the  appointment 
by  the  King,  of  Commissioners,  ii;  1769,  who  settled  the  northern 
boundary  of  New  Jersey,  between  this  Province  and  New  York. 

Princeton  College  seems  to  have  maintained  a  well-managed 
liureau  of  publicity,  by  which  the  affairs  of  the  College  were  con- 
stantly kept  before  the  community.  A  preparatory  school  was 
established  at  Princeton,  which  was  soon  followed  by  stricter 
requirements  for  matriculation  in  the  College,  students  entering 
being  obliged  to  have  a  knowledge  of  vulgar  arithmetic.  The  ex- 
penses of  students  were  preposterously  low.  (See  pp.  p69,  304,  427.) 
The  very  prosperity  of  the  College  drew  upon  it  the  animadversions 
of  the  envious.     (P.   195.) 

Here  we  note  the  beginnings  of  Queens,  now  the  flourishing 
Rutgers,  College,  at  New  Brunswick.  Schools  of  a  higher  grade 
than  formerly,  teaching  the  learned  languages,  are  advertised,  at 
New  Bridge,  Hackensack,  Elizabethtown  and  New  Brunswick,  indi- 
cating a  development  in  intellectual  culture.  More  books  are 
announced,  by  New  Jersey  authors. 

The  New  Jersey  Medical  Society,  established  in  1766,  is  flourish- 
ing in  1768  and  1769,  and  holding  regular  meetings. 

Other  incidents  herein  chronicled  may  be  briefly  noted:  A  man 
torn  to  pieces  by  a  panther,  at  Shrewsbury.  Mob  law  checked  in 
Morris  county  by  the  judicious  use  of  a  gun,  in  determined  hands. 
A  disastrous  fire  at  New  Brunswick,  destroying  several  buildings, 
and  records  of  great  importance.  The  board  of  justices  and  free- 
holders of  Middlesex  County  indicted  for  illegal  expenditures,  but 
acquitted — a  history  repeated  one  hundred  and  thirty-eight  years 
later.  More  runaway  servants  advertised  than  formerly,  but  better 
clad,  and  evidently  in  better  circumstances. 

Such  are  some  of  the  topics  touched  on  in  these  Extracts  from 
American  Newspapers,  relating  to  New  Jersey.  They  are  all 
referred  to,  and  many  besides,  in  the  copious  index  at  the  end  of 
the  volume. 

February   id,   1907. 


Newspaper  Extracts. 


Extract  of  a  Letter  from  Princeton, 
dated  January  5,  1768. 

'7  take  litis  Opportunity  to  acquaint  you  of  sci'cral  un- 
fortunate Events  that  Jiave  lately  happened  in  this  Neigh- 
bourJiood,  zvhich  may  he  of  Service  (by  Way  of  Caution) 
to  publish  in  the  Pennsylvania  Chronicle.  TJiey  are  as 
folloz^':-— 

"On  Thursday  the  ^ist  of  December  iilt.  Obadiah  IVil- 
kins,  a  Constable,  having  executed  a  Warrant  on  one 
Crozv,  for  Debt,  attended  him  to  a  neighbouring  House 
in  order  to  obtain  Security  -  -  -  but  the  Prisoner  being 
disappointed,  zvatcJied  an  Opportunity,  and  made  his  Es- 
cape to  his  Waggon,  tJien  in  the  Road,  and  drove  azvay, 
zi'hiich  jnikins  discozering,  called  to  him,  and  charged 
him  to  stop,  being  his  Prisoner  -  -  -  This  being  disre- 
garded, he  pursued  and  overtook  the  JVaggon,  and  en- 
deavoured to  stop  tJic  Plorse;  but  Crozv  still  determined 
to  proceed,  told  him  if  he  did  not  desist  he  should  driz'C 
over  him  -  -  -  zchich  happened  immediately  after,  poor 
Wilkins  being  entangled  in  the  Geers  of  the  Horses.  It 
is  said  the  Wheels  dragged  him  thirty  Yards,  then  run 
oT'c  ar,d  killed  Iiini,  notzvithstanding  a  Person,  present 
called  out  that  Wilkins  zvas  under  the  IVhcels,  and  did  all 

in  his  Pozver  to  stop  the  Horses. /  am  informed  the 

.fur\  of  Inquest  liaz'c  brought  in  their  J\v'dict,  "An  Acci- 
dent, ozAng  to  CrozC-:  driz'ing  the  Horses." 


2  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

''The  same  Day  as  a  Man  in  Hopewell  zvas  driving  a 
Team.,  in  jumping  off  his  Waggon,  he  slipf,  and  the 
JJlieeh\s  went  over  and  kiUed  him." 

"And  on  Monday  A^iglit  last,  the  Barn  of  Air.  Steel, 
near  Somerset  Court-House.  zvas  burnt  down,  zvitJi  a  eon- 
siderable  Quantity  of  Provender,  &e.  but  providentially 
all  flie  neighbouring  Houses  z^'ere  preserved,  tJw'  tJie 
Barn,  I  believe,  was  not  twenty  Feet  from  tJie  Court- 
House,  ami  said  Steel's  DzveUing-House  -  -  -  There 
zvere  also  several  other  Houses  eontiguous.  In  the  Hurry 
and  Confusion  on  the  Occasion,  a  Negro  Child,  about  six 
Months  old,  Zi'as  smothered  on  a  Bed,  being  coz'ered  over 
inadvertently  with  Bedding  and  other  Goods. 

Philadelphia,  January  4,   1768. 

Tpie  Creditors  of  Thomas  Lawrie,  late  of  Allen  Town, 
are  once  more  requested  to  bring  or  send  in  their  De- 
mands against  his  Estate,  on  or  before  the  27th  Instant, 
to  James  and  Drinker,  Merchants,  in  Philadelphia. 
Samuel  Allinson,  Attorney  at  Law,  in  Burlington,  or 
Marien  Lamar,  at  Allen  Town  that  they  may  be  ad- 
justed by  the  Trustees,  who  expect  to  be  prepared  for 
paying  said  Creditors,  their  first  Dividend  of  his  Estate, 
by  the  loth  of  February,  in  Burlington,  where  they,  or 
their  Representatives,  may  ai)ply  for  the  same.-^ 

Those  who  neglect  to  deliver  in  their  Demands,  by  the 
Time  abo\'ementi()ned,  must  necessarily  be  excluded  a 
Share  in  the  first  Dividend. 

Extract  from  a  Letter  of  Attici'S. 

To  the  Printer  of  tJie  Pennsylvania  Chronicle: 
The  letter  sent  to  me  some  months  ago,  without  a  name 

or  signature,  dated  from  Mansfield,  in  Burlington  county. 

USeo   N.   J.   Archives.   XXV.,   (iSU. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  3 

Nciv-Jcrsc\,  contained  an  instance  of  greatness  of  sonl, 
which  deserves  pnbHcation;  and  the  reason  of  its  being 
hitherto  delayed  was,  that  I  might  be  fnhy  assured  of  the 
truth  of  the  fact,  and  having  lately  seen  several  persons 
of  credit  from  that  way,  who  tell  me,  it  is  to  be  depended 
upon,  I  now  gi\x  it  in  my  correspondent's  words,  "An. 
"earlv  settler  in  this  neighbourhood,  acquired  a  large 
"estate — he  had  h\-e  farms  or  plantations,  and  as  many 
"sons;  and  for  each  sen,  he  intended  one  of  the  places, 
"and  his  mind  in  that  respect  was  well  known  in  his  fam- 
"ily;  he  however  neglected  to  get  his  will  reduced  into 
"writing,  and  died  without  one,  so  that  as  the  EnglisJi 
"laws,  in  regard  to  descents,  take  place  in  this  province, 
"the  whole  landed  estate,  liecame  the  property  of  the  eld- 
"est  son.  This  he  knew,  but  tho'  he  had  then  a  family  of 
"children  of  his  own,  he,  without  hesitation  or  delay,  or- 
"dered  deeds  to  be  drawn,  and  cheerfully  executed  them; 
"to  convey  to  each  brother  the  plantation  designed  for 
"him  by  their  common  father:  "The  name  of  this  just 
"man  was  Willimn.  Black,  and  as  he  has  been  deceased 
"several  years,  its  hoped  that  the  mentioning  of  it,  can 
"give  no  offence  to  any  body,  nay,  rather  may  it  not  be 
"called  a  tribute  due  to  such  virtue,  and  the  more  neces- 
"sary  as  his  privite  way  of  living  prevented  him  from 
"being  much  known,  and  his  religious  profession  from 
"directing  any  marble  monument  to  be  erected  to  his  mem- 
"ory!" 

The  opportunities  of  shewing  such  disinterested  acts 
of  justice,  such  proofs  of  real  goodness,  beyond  the  obli- 
gation of  human  laws,  happens  to  few,  and  when  those 
to  whom  the  trial  is  permitted,  acquit  themselves  with 
honour,  the  recital  of  their  conduct  affords  great  and 
heartfelt  jov  to  the  best  of  mankind,  and  e\-en  such  as  are 


4  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

too  selfish  and  degenerate  t(j  have  behaved  thus  in  the 
Hke  circumstances,  cannot  but  outwardly  applaud  those 
who  have  done  so. — 

Philadelphia,  1768.     No.  22. 

Atticus. 

— The    Pcjiiisyli'aiiia    Chronicle,    No.    52,    January 
4-1 1,  1768. 

New-York,  December  28. 

It  is  said,  that  the  Merchants  of  this  Town,  trading  to 
the  West-Indies,  are  about  applying  to  the  Corporation, 
to  pass  a  Bye-law,  that  no  White-Oak  Hogshead  Staves 
shall  be  deemed  merchantable  by  the  Cullers,  but  such  as 
are  Three-quarters  of  an  Inch  thick  on  the  Heart  Edge, 
and  l)road,  clear  of  Sap,  which  we  hope  will  restore  the 
Credit  of  our  Lumber,  and  enable  us  to  share  that  Branch 
of  Trade  with  Pennsylvania,  and  other  Provinces,  that 
have,  for  some  Years  past,  rivalled  us  in  it  at  the  West 
India  Markets.  The  North-River  Lumber  is  remarkably 
good,  which,  from  the  great  Plenty  of  fine  Lumber  on 
each  Side  that  River,  it  is  hoped  will  so  continue :  Indeed 
the  Thing  most  likely  to  hurt  its  Credit  is,  the  permitting 
the  Stave-Getters  from  New-Jersey,  and  other  Parts  (who 
have  been  used  to  get  very  ordinary  Lumber)  to  work 
our  good  Timber. 

Philadelphl\,  January  7.  Captain  Eastwick.  from 
St.  Eustatia  is  got  into  Cohansey-Creek. 

On  Friday  Night,  the  first  of  this  inst.  January,  was 
broke  open,  the  House  of  John  Delong.  at  the  new  Fur- 
nace at  Badston,^  near  Little  Egg-Harbour,  and  surdrv 
(ioods  taken,  viz.  a  new  Suit  of  brown  Saggathv.  with 
gilt  Buttons,  two  Blankets,  two  Sheets,  a  Sett  of  China, 

1  Bat.^to. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  5 

and  several  Handkerchiefs.  The  said  Robbery  was  com- 
mitted by  one  WilHam  M'Coy,  a  short  set  Man,  stoop 
shouldered,  a  little  Pock-marked,  and  has  sandy  curled 
Hair;  he  was  seen  with  the  above  Clothes  on,  in  Com- 
pany with  a  short  well  set  Woman,  of  a  dark  Complexion, 
and  black  Hah;,  who  wore  a  Damask  or  striped  Silk  Gown, 
white  Stockings,  and  Leather  heeled  Shoes;  they  crossed 
Cooper's  Ferry  on  Tuesday  last.  Whoever  apprehends 
said  Thief,  so  as  he  may  be  1)r(^ught  to  Justice,  shall  have 
Five  Pounds  Reward,  and  reasonable  Charges,  paid  by 

John  Belong. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2037,  January  7, 
1768. 

New-York. 
Jan.  4.  Friday  night  came  up  from  Sandy-Hook,  Capt. 
Young  in  a  ship,  in  12  weeks  from  Bristol;  On  the  30th 
of  December,  he  spoke  with  capt.  Inglis  in  a  brig  bound 
from  New-York,  for  Dominica,  about  135  leagues  from 
Sandy-Hook;  and  on  the  22d  of  December  spoke  a  brig 
from  Philadelphia,  but  it  blowing  very  hard  they  could 
not  learn  the  master's  name :  She  had  chairs  lash'd  on 
her  quarters,  and  supposed  themselves  to  be  about  ninety 
leagues  from  the  Capes. — The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No. 
1309,  January  7.  1768. 

Mr.    GODDARD, 

We  hear  grievous  complaints  of  the  languishing  con- 
dition of  these  provinces,  arising  from  the  scarcity  of  cash, 
and  loud  cries  for  Money!  Mone\! — Money,  it  seems,  is 
to  do  everything  for  us,  to  clothe  the  sluggard,  provide 
bread  for  the  indolent,  support  the  extravagant,  and  sup- 
ply the  luxurious — In  short,  it  is  to  help  those  who  will 
not   help  themsehes.      In   order  to  put   my  countrymen 


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upon  an  inquiry  whether  tliis  is  likely  to  be  the  case.  I 

beg  you  would  give  the  following  hints  a  place  in  the 

next  Chronicle,  which  will  oblige  your  constant  Reader. 

Hunterdon.  JVcst-Jersey,  A  Ploughman. 

7(7//.  7,  1768. 

The  Seven  United  Provinces  were  formerly  a  part  of 
the  Spanish  empire,  till  the  inhabitants,  rendered  desper- 
ate by  oppression.,  and  impelled  by  a  thirst  of  freedom, 
after  a  long  and  obstinate  struggle,  purchased  to  them- 
selves a  state  of  independance,  and  carefully  estal:)lished 
that  freedom  which  had  cost  them  so  dear.  This  |)ei)ple. 
possessed  of  a  small  barren  territory,  incapable  of  sup- 
porting one  tenth  of  its  inhabitants  one  tenth  of  the  year, 
destitute  of  every  article  of  trade  and  themselves  reduced, 
l)y  the  war,  to  extreme  poverty,  rose  to  a  state  of  opu- 
lence and  po^^•er,  with  an  ama.zing  rapidity;  it  may  then 
be  useful  for  us  to  inquire  into  the  cause  which  produced 
such  surprizing  effects.  AA'as  it  freedom  only?  Not  so, 
that  gives  the  government  of  the  will,  but  reaches  no 
farther,  happiness,  and  things  desirable,  are  obtained  by 
the  prudent  use  of  freedom ; — it  was  their  industry,  ac- 
companied with  frugality,  that  raised  them  to  the  height 
they  now  stand;  it  was  tliis  produced  those  effects  then, 
and  will  do  the  same  now,  it  is  the  true  magnet  that  at- 
tracts riches. 

Let  us  apply  the  foregoing  to  ourselves,  and  impartially 
examine,  whether  the  complaints  we  meet  in  every  street, 
and  from  every  (piarter,  for  want  of  monev.  I^e  real  or 
only  imaginary,  /'.  (•.  ^vhether,  attended  with  that  indus- 
try and  ceconomy  which  ought  to  obtain  under  our  cir- 
cumstances, there  is  not  a  sufficiency  of  cash  to  gi\'e 
strength  and  \igor  to  trade  and  improvement?  T1ie  lat- 
ter, 1  am  persuaded,  is  the  case,  and  that  the  extreme 
])lenty  of  money,  m  the  latter  part  of  the  late  war,  hath 


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pro\ecl  the  greatest  mischief  that  ever  happened  to  these 
provinces;  it  relaxed  industry,  promoted  idleness,  en- 
couraged running  in  deht,  opened  a  door  to  profusion  and 
liigh  living,  luxury,  and  excess  of  every  kind,  that  the 
mcist  sujierficial  ohserver  must  be  surprised  at  the  differ- 
ence in  living  and  dress  between  1755  and  the  present 
time,  besides  the  expensi\'e  diversions,  and  scenes  of  dis- 
sipation, unknown  among  us  till  of  late;  and  now,  the 
ebb  tide  not  floating  lis  where  we  used  to  swim,  it  occa- 
sions loud  complaints,  charging  all  our  distresses  to  the 
scarcity  of  cash.  Whether  that  is  really  the  case,  may 
appear  from  the  following  computation. 

In  the  year  1754,  A'Czv-Jcrscy  had  not  £.  20,000  in  bills 
of  credit;  she  hath  now  near  £.  220,000,  and  I  suppose 
the  state  of  Pcimsylvaitia  may  be  near  similar;  and  there 
is  certainly  a  much  greater  plenty  ()f  gold  and  silver  now 
than  at  that  period.  I  therefore  conclude  I  am  within 
bounds  in  judging  there  is  four  to  one  more  money  now 
circulating  in  these  t\vo  provinces,  than  there  was  in  1754. 
Judge  then  from  whence  the  source  of  these  complaints. 

To  make  money,  with  many  other  appendages  of  free- 
dom, we  find  is  dispensed  to  us  at  the  will  and  pleasure 
of  others;  but  frugality  and  oeconomy  is  wholly  in  our 
(3wn  power,  and  is  tlie  only  means  that  will  yield  us  sure 
and  lasting  relief,  and  is  a  resource  that  cannot  fail,  for 
it  is  evident  our  expences  will  greatly  admit  of  being  re- 
trenched, so  as  for  the  savings  soon  to  pay  all  our  domes- 
tic debts.  To  demonstrate  which,  the  following  partic- 
ular may  serve  for  a  sample. 

From  a  critical  and  ingenious  calculation  there  appears 
to  be  expended  in  Nciv-Jcrscy  upwards  of  40,000  1.  an- 
nually in  tea,  and  allowing  four  times  that  quantity  for 
Pennsylvania,  together  makes  200,000  1.  per  annum,  to 
these  two  pro\-inces,  for  this  single  article  ( which  I  need 


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not  inform  my  readers  we  conld  do  without)  ;  what  an 
amazing  sum  then  must  all  our  superfluous  and  unneces- 
sary imports  cost  us,  and  with  what  propriety  do  we  com- 
plain of  the  scarcity  of  money,  when  we  thus  wantonly 
lavish  away  such  immense  sums  for  meer  articles  of  lux- 
ury !  Having  mentioned  tea,  I  may  add  that  the  bare 
purchase,  though  no  inconsiderable  sum,  sinks  to  a  trifle, 
scarce  worth  a  thought,  when  compared  with  the  cost  of 
its  equipage,  and  consequences  attending  the  use.  .  .  . 
— The  Pcmisylrania  Chronicle,  No.  53.  January  11-18, 
1768. 

A  Mistake. 
On  Friday  the  6th  Instant,  tzi'o  Pieces  of  Dowlas,  and 
one  Piece  of  brozvn  Shalh^n,  tied  together,  and  directed 
to  Ji^illiani  Graham,  Taylor,  at  FJizahciJi-Toivn,  were  put 
on  board  of  a  Boat  at  JVhite-Hall  IJ'liarf,  which  was  then 
supposed  to  be  the  P^.oat  commanded  by  Capt.  Dobbs,  be- 
longing to  ElicabetJi-Toivn:  But  as  said  Graham,  has  not 
received  the  said  Goods,  and  as  Capt.  Dobbs  denies  that 
they  were  put  on  board  his  Boat,  and  carried  elsewhere 
by  Mistake:  Tlie  Person  therefore  who  has  them,  will 
please  to  deliver  them  to  the  Printer  hereof,  or  to  said 
Graham,  at  ElizabetJi-T own ,  and  he  will  be  thankfully 
rewarded  for  the  same. 

New-York,  January  8.  1768. 
Major  Pullene,  and  Mr.  Kelly,  have  been  kind 
enough  to  collect  a  Sum  of  Money  for  the  Relief  of  Moses 
Sears,  a  Poor  Man,  that  lives  in  the  Highlands,  who  lost 
his  Sloop  in  the  late  Storm,  by  which  Accident,  himself, 
and  Family,  were  real  Objects  of  Charity.  The  Money 
is  lodged  in  the  Hands  of  the  Mayor,  for  the  Use  of  the 
said  Moses  Sears.  And  we  are  desired  by  the  Major,  to 
uivc  this  Notice  of  it,  that  the  poor  Man  may  have  the 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  Q 

Money,  whenever  he  will  call   for  it. — The  Nczv  York 
Mercury,  No.  845.  January  11,  1768. 

Hackensack,  at  the  New-Bridge. 

We  the  snbscrihers,  being  encouraged  by  the  favour- 
able notice,  and  approbation  of  many  gentlemen  of  char- 
acter, both  in  city  and  country,  to  pursue  our  present  busi- 
ness, do  hereby,  from  an  expectation  of  further  encour- 
agement, inform  the  public,  that  it  is  our  honest  design  in 
conjunction  with  each  other,  in  order  to  extend  our  use- 
fulness to  mankind  in  general,  to  continue  to  teach  the 
learned  languages.  A  necessary  and  beautiful  accomplish- 
ment for  young  gentlemen  who  desire  to  make  any  con- 
siderable iigure  in  life,  as  they  are  the  proper  foundation 
of  all  other  ad\'ances  in  speculative  knowledge,  in  the  ap- 
l)roved  method;  with  the  same  accuracy  and  care  as  for- 
merly, and  hope  our  good  intentions,  together  with  our 
diligence,  and  assiduous  labour,  will  always  be  such,  as 
to  merit  the  assistance  and  approbation  of  all  gentlemen 
of  letters. 

Strangers  may  have  satisfaction,  as  to  the  character  of 
the  school,  by  applying  to  a  number  of  competent  judges, 
in  New-York,  whose  sons  are  now  under  tuition;  and  as 
another  inducement  the  situation  of  the  place  is  almost 
sufficient  of  itself  to  recommend  it. 

It  is  healthy,  pleasant,  and  in\'iting;  it  abounds  with 
innocent  and  necessary  pleasure  and  amusement :  But. 
at  the  same  time,  youth  are  very  little  exposed  to  vice,  or 
dangerous  examples  to  corrupt  their  morals. 

The  neighbourhood  is  exceedingly  well  calculated  for 
boarding  children,  and  is  heartily  dispused  to  encourage 
so  public  a  utility.  Board  may  be  procured  in  the  best 
families,  at  the  usual  price :  All  possible  care  is,  and  will 
be  taken,  for  good  accommodations.     There  is  sufficient 


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[1768 


room  for  boarding-  twice  the  number  of  schfjlars  that  are 
at  present  in  the  scliool.  without  exposing  them  to  any 
inconvenient  distance. 

There  is  also  a  third  person  to  teach  English,  writing 
and  arithmetic,  'who  instructs  the  latin  scholars  in  those 
branches  of  education,  such  a  p(jrtion  of  time  every  day, 
as  not  to  interfere  with  their  stated  studies,  for  a  small 
additional  consideration  per  quarter. 

We  are  the  publick's  much  ol)liged,  and 

Most  obedient  humble  servants, 

Stephanus  Voorhees, 
Francis  Barber.^ 

N.  B.  We  will  esteem  it  greatly  to  our  honour,  ^^•hen- 
ever  any  gentleman  shall  think  fit  to  come  and  inspect  our 
school,  and  be  informed  as  to  our  manner  of  instruction, 
and  shall  be  glad  to  receive  instruction  ourselves,  as  to 
the  method,  or  any  thing  else  that  tend  to  promote  the 
public  good. 

To  Be  Sold. 

A  Farm  of  223  acres,  lying  about 
two  miles  to  the  northward  of  Prince- 
ton, of  which  there  are  10  acres  of 
meadow  and  70  of  wood  land.  At  a 
little  distance  from  the  house  runs  a 
constant  stream,  which  di\'iding  into 
se\eral  little  brooks,  waters  the  wh(»le.     Also, 

A  g(.()(l  convenient  house  in  Princeton,  fronting  the 
college.  Those  who  incline  to  purchase  either  the  fanu 
or  house,  may  know  the  terms  of  sale,  bv  aii])lvinL;-  to  Mr. 
josei)h  (  )ulden,  at  i'rincelon.  the  Rev.  Mr.  Munro,  at 
I'hilipseburgh,'-' (ir  John  Jay,  in  New  York. 

'The  fact  that  Fraiuis  Harbor  tauRht  school  at  Mackciisack  lia.s  gen- 
erally escaped  the  attention  of  his  bioKiaiihers.  He  taught  for  several 
years  in  the  academy  al  i-Mizaliethtown,  until  the  Revolution,  when  he 
I'ntei-ed  the  aitny.  attaining  the  rank  of  Major. 

'-'Now   in    Wairen   connty. 


Cut 

OF 

Farm 


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Six  Pounds  Ten  Shillings  Reward. 

Stolen  out  of  the  house  of  John  Bordan,  at  Wehawk 
Ferry,  on  Sunday  the  12th  of  January,  1768,  a  silver 
watch  and  pocket-book,  with  about  Nine  Pounds  in  cash, 
and  several  papers  of  value,  of  no  use  to  any  one  but  the 
owner.  The  Thief  had  on  when  he  went  away,  a  white 
coloured  broad-cloth  coat,  with  laj^els,  a  black  everlasting 
jacket,  check  shirt  and  trowsers;  half  worn  beaver  hat, 
blue  stockings  and  old  shoes :  He  is  of  a  fair  complexion, 
light  brown  hair,  commonly  clubb'd  up  behind,  he  is  about 
5  feet  8  inches  high,  and  has  a  slow  low  voice.  Said  thief 
is  suspected  to  be  one  that  went  by  the  name  of  James 
Thomas,  and  was  turn'd  out  of  Hackinsack  jail  the  day 
before  the  above  goods  were  stolen.  Whoever  takes  up 
said  thief,  and  secures  him,  so  that  he  may  be  brought 
to  justice,  shall  have  Six  Pounds  Ten  Shillings  reward 
from  us. 

John  Bordan,  and 
James  Curren. 

N.  B.  He  very  likely  may  change  both  his  name  and 
apparel. — The  Nczv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser, 
No.  1306,  January  14,  1768. 

Five  Pounds  Reward 

Newcastle  County,  December  30,  1767. 
Absconded  yesterday,  a  certain  man,  who  called  him- 
self Hugh  \\'n,soN,  was  born  in  Ireland,  and  appears  to 
be  about  30  years  of  age;  he  is  a  tanner  by  trade,  is  about 
5  feet.  3  or  4  inches  high,  well  set.  has  black  hair,  marked 
with  the  small-pox.  a  pleasant  countenance,  lived  some 
time  ago  in  the  Jerseys,  near  Haddonfield  :  Had  on  when 
he  went  away,  a  new  blue  surtout  coat,  blue  broadcloth 
close-bodied  coat,  snuff-coloured  waistcoat,  leather 
breeches:     ard   had   some  other   half- worn   clothes   with 


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liim.  ?Ie  took  with  him  a  brown  Gelding,  4  years  old. 
abont  14  and  a  half  hands  high.  ])aces  some,  but  most 
natural  to  trot;  and  a  new  saddle,  with  a  hogskin  seat, 
and  plad  cloth  housings.  It  is  thought  he  took  with  him 
a  quantity  of  money,  chiefly  gold.  Whoever  takes  up  the 
said  Hugh  Wilson,  and  secures  hiuL  so  that  he  may  be 
bad.  shall  receive  the  above  reward,  paid  by 

Harmon  Yeats 

P'rederick  Shlemb.  born  at  Longen  Condto.^  in  Ger- 
many, and  wlio  came  into  this  country  last  fall,  wants  to 
know  where  his  brother  Peter  Shlemb  is;  he  has  been 
in  the  country  13  years;  if  alive,  he  may  hear  of  his  broth- 
er, iw  enquiring  of  Deterick  Taub.  shoemaker,  in  Sec- 
ond-street, Philadelphia. 

N.  B.  Said  Peter  Shlemb  lives  somewhere  in  New- 
Jersey. 

To  be  Sold,  a  Farm  belonging  to  the  subscriber,  situ- 
ated at  Long  Branch,  in  the  town  of  Shrewsbury,  con- 
taining no  acres.  There  is  on  the  place  a  gocKl  new 
dwelling-house,  with  two  rooms,  and  a  large  entry,  below, 
and  four  rooms  above,  with  very  convenient  out-houses. 
It  is  well  wooded  and  watered,  and  in  very  good  fence, 
has  good  fresh  and  salt  meadow,  sufificient  for  any  stock 
a  judicious  farmer  would  keep  on  it.  Its  situation  is 
healthy,  and  commands  a  fine  prospect  of  the  Western 
Ocean,  and  as  fine  a  country  view  as  any  the  county  of 
Monmouth  affords;  it  is  within  a  mile  and  a  half  of  a 
fine  ri\er,  that  alK)unds  with  fish  and  wild  fowl,  and  where 
there  is  a  public  landing.  The  sea  bass  banks  lie  before 
the  door,  which  afford  fish  of  the  best  kind,  winter  and 
summer.     The  adwuitagcs  of  such  a  situation  must  rec- 

1  r)inilitl('ss    Lanafiikaiulel.    in   Kheiiish   Bavaria. 


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ommend  it  to  those  who  want  a  farm  for  profit,  and  the 
pleasantness  of  it,  to  tliose  who  want  a  cool  air,  and  fine 
prospect.  It  is  very  conveniently  situated  for  any  person 
that  would  take  lodgers,  or  keep  a  tavern ;  or  any  gentle- 
man that  has  an  inclination  for  a  summer  seat  on  the  sea- 
side, where  he  will  Ije  troubled  with  no  mosquitoes  or 
other  vermin,  that  render  most  places,  near  the  salts,  dis- 
agreeable. Any  person  inclining  to  purchase,  may  know 
the  terms,  by  applying  to  the  subscriber,  living  on  the 
premises,  or  to  the  printers  hereof. 

John  Morris. 


All  persons  having  any  demands  against  Luke  Gib- 
son, late  of  Deptford  Township,  Gloucester  county,  New- 
Jersey,  deceased,  are  requested  to  bring  them  in  forthwith, 
in  order  the  better  to  enable  those  concerned  to  know  what 
quantity  of  land  to  dispose  of  for  the  payment  thereof; 
and  those  indebted,  to  make  speedy  payment,  in  order  to 
prevent  trouble  from 

James  Cooper  and  Joshua  Lord. 

Whereas  in  pursuance  of  an  Act  of  General  Assembly 
of  this  Province,  intituled,  "An  Act  for  granting  the  sum 
of  Sixty  Thousand  Pounds  for  the  King's  use,  and  for 
striking  Fifty-five  Thousand  Pounds  thereof  in  bills  of 
credit,  and  to  provide  a  Fund  for  sinking  the  same,  the 
following  tract  of  located  and  unimproved  lands  was  duly 
valued  and  rated  by  the  assessors  for  the  County  of  North- 
ampton, at  Five  Pounds  by  the  Hundred,  the  property  of 
Richard  Goodwin,  in  the  Jerseys;  to  wit.  a  tract  of  land, 
containing  about  150  acres,  situate  in  ]\Iount  Bethel  town- 
ship, in  the  County  of  Northampton,  bounded  by  land  of 
Amos  Strettell  and  the  Blue  Mountains.  And  whereas 
the  owner  of  the  said  tract  of  land  hath  neglected  to  pay 


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the  collector  of  the  said  township  the  sum  of  Eleven  Shil- 
lings and  Threepence  which,  according-  to  the  said  valu- 
ation, was  assessed  and  laid  upon  said  land,  as  the  propor- 
tion thereof  for  one  year  for  said  tax  by  the  act  imposed; 
We,  the  Commissioners  of  the  County  of  Northampton 
aforesaid,  in  pursuance  of  the  said  act.  do  hereby  give 
notice,  that  on  the  twelfth  day  of  February  next  at  the 
house  of  John  Long,  in  Mount  Bethel  Township,  we  will 
■expose  to  sale,  by  public  vendue,  the  above  mentioned  tract 
of  located  unimproved  land,  or  such  part  thereof  as  will 
be  sufficient  to  answer  the  said  tax,  and  all  charges  accru- 
ing, by  reason  of  the  non-payment  thereof,  to  the  highest 
bidder.  The  sale  to  begin  at  lo  o'clock  in  the  forenoon. 
Gi\'en  under  our  hands,  this  Twenty-seventh  day  of  Octo- 
l3er.  1767. 

Harman  Shnyder,  Caspar  Doll,  John  Wetzel. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2038,  January  14, 
1768. 

To  be  SOLD,  by  Jonathan  Hampton,  of  Elizabeth  Town. 

in  Xew-Jersey,  the  following  Tracts  of  Land,  in  said 

Province,  viz. 

Five  hundred  acres  of  land  and  marsh,  in  Salem  county, 
bounded  l>y  Delaware  river,  Stow  creek,  and  Muddy  run. 
Inquire  of  Ebenezer  Miller,  Esq;  near  the  same. 

One  thousand  acres,  at  Great-Egg-harbour,  hue  up- 
lands, cedar  swamps,  and  salt  meadow.     Incpiire  of  Mr. 

b'ew,  who  li\-es  on  the  same,  or  Mr.  Leeds,  surveyor. 

"These  tracts  were  recorded  to  John  Rudd.  Esq;  of  Morris 
County  deceased. 

Five  thousand  acres  of  exceeding  fine  uplands,  swamps 
"imd  meadows,  in  llardwick,  Sussex  C(ninty.  having  twen- 
ty-two farms,  already  tenanted,  whose  leases  ex])ire  in 
two  years,     l^ach  farm  has  a  (|uantity  of  bjiglisli  meadow. 


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and  one  hundred  apple  trees,  with  other  fruit  trees.  Paw- 
lin's  kill  runs  through  the  track,  where  are  fine  conve- 
niences for  iron  works,  or  mills,  having  plenty  of  water, 
good  falls,  and  plenty  of  timber,  which  can  be  carried 
from  this  tract,  by  water,  down  the  kill  about  six  miles  to 
Delaware,  and  then  to  Easton,  Trenton,  and  Philadelphia. 
Andover  furnace  is  about  ten  miles  from  it,  and  a  good 
road  all  that  way. 

Two  thousand  acres  in  Newtown,  joining  to  and  all 
round  the  New  Stone  Court-House,  in  Sussex  county 
aforesaid,  whereon  is  a  new  town  regularly  laid  out,  and 
already  begun  to  be  built;  the  land  is  good  and  well  tim- 
bered, having  exceeding  fine  swamps,  and  meadow,  con- 
venient for  the  town.  There  are  fine  stones  for  lime  and 
building,  which  hammers  well,  and  good  sand,  all  within 
a  mile  of  said  town  and  Court-House. 

Six  hundred  acres,  at  the  head  of  Pohatconk,  in  Mans- 
field, Sussex  count3^     Inquire  of  Thomas  Newman. 

Three  hundred  acres,  on  Pawlin's  kill  aforesaid,  about 
four  miles  above  the  said  Court-House,  joining  the  land 
of  the  honourable  John  Stevens,  Esq ;  with  a  fine  conve- 
niency  for  a  mill,  or  forge,  good  land,  meadow,  and  tim- 
ber. 

Seven  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  in  Mendon,  Morris 
county,  in  three  parts,  having  three  tenements,  well  tim- 
bered, and  good  land.  Inquire  of  James  Lossey,  near  the 
same. 

Five  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  excellent  upland  and 
fine  swamp,  in  Morris  Town,  and  county  of  Morris,  join- 
ing the  seat  of  the  Right  Honourable  the  Earl  of  Stirling, 
about  ten  miles  from  Elizabeth-Town,  capable  of  verv 
great  improvements.  Any  person,  who  shall  incline  to 
purchase  any  of  these  tracts,  or  any  part  thereof,  may  in- 
quire of  the  aforementioned  persons,  of  Ephraim  Darby, 


l6  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 7^'^^ 

Esq;  at  Sussex,  Xew-Town,  or  of  the  Subscriber,  who 
will  give  an  intlis])utable  title  t(j  the  same,  and  on  receiv- 
ing a  small  part  of  the  money,  at  signing  the  deeds,  will 
stay  for  the  remainder,  three,  four,  or  six  years,  on  hav- 
ing the  interest  yearly  paid.  Jonathan  Hampton. 
Elizabeth-Town,  Jan.  15,  1768. 

—  llic  Pniiisxli  aiiia  Cliroiiiclc,  No.  54,  Jaiiuarx  18- 
25,  1768. 

To  be  Lett,  for  a  Term  of  4  Years, 
The  House,  Farm,  and  Ferry,  called  Weehaken,  in 
the  Township  of  Bergen,  opposite  to  Greenwich,  within 
three  Miles  of  the  City  of  New- York,  from  whence  a  con- 
stant Ferry  is  kept.  Any  Person  inclining  to  hire  the 
same,  may  apply  to  William  Bayard,  the  Owner  thereof, 
who  will  agree  for  the  same.  The  Possession  to  be  given 
the  2 1  St  of  A  larch  next. —  The  New  York  Mercury.  No. 
846,  January  18,   1768. 

Nezv-Vork,  January  21.  As  a  further  Specimen  of  the 
Practicability  of  manufacturing  our  own  Clothes  in  this 
Country,  we  can  assure  the  Public  of  the  following  Per- 
sons in  Woodbridge  in  New-Jersey,  making  in  their  re- 
spective b^amilies,  within  the  Year  past,  both  \\'oolen  and 
Linen  of  their  own  raising,  the  Quantities  following,  viz. 
Mr.  Isaac  Freeman,  599  Yards,  Mr.  James  Smith,  567 
Yards,  and  Mr.  Nathaniel  Heard,  414  Yards. 


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The  subscriber  intending  to  remove 
to  Xew  York,  in  May  next,  ])roposes 
to  sell  on  reasonable  terms,  two  fine 
lots  of  land,  (advantageouslv  situate 
for  a  gentleman,  a  merchant,  or  a 
tradesman,  in  the  pleasant  town  of 
Princeton,  the  dimensions  of  each  of 


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the  said  lots  being  abuut  55  feet  in  front  and  200  long) 
with  the  houses  and  improvements  on  one  of  them,  which 
lies  on  the  corner  of  the  Hopewell  road  directly  opposite 
to  the  college,  and  are  as  follows,  viz.  A  large  house  two 
stories  and  a  half  high,  four  rooms  on  a  floor,  with  a  fire- 
place in  each,  all  neatly  and  completely  finished,  with  a 
cellar  under  the  whole  house,  a  stable  and  gardens,  a  small 
yard  between  the  garden  and  the  house,  neatly  paved  with 
brick,  with  a  well  of  excellent  water  within  four  feet  of 
the  kitchen.  The  other  lot  adjoins  to  Mr.  Taylor's,  is 
almost  opposite  to  the  college,  and  the  best  in  the  town 
for  any  gentleman  inclining  to  build.  Whoever  inclines 
to  purchase,  may  apply  to  Mr.  John  Ramsey,  merchant, 
in  New- York,  near  the  Fly-market,  or  to  the  subscriber  in 
Princeton,  and  agree  upon  terms :  It  will  be  required, 
that  one  quarter  of  the  purchase  money  be  paid  down,  and 
good  security  given  for  the  remainder,  for  which  any  rea- 
sonable time  of  payment  will  be  allowed. 

John  Forrest. 

Bromley,  ^oth  December,  i/6y. 
To  Be  Sold,  by  the  Subscriber, 

A  Tract  of  Land,  containing  sev- 
eral Hundred  Acres,  situate  in  the 
Township  of  Bedminster,  and  County 
of  Somerset,  in  New-Jersey,  adjoin- 
ing the  Mills,  late  Andrew  Leake's. 
vSeveral  very  excellent  Farms  may  be 
made  on  the  Tract,  as  the  Soil  and 
Situation  are  inferior  to  none  in  the  Province.  Wood, 
Water,  and  Meadows  abound  in  great  Perfection,  and  the 
Lands  capable  of  any  Degree  of  Improvement.  One  Third 
Part  of  the  Principal  to  'be  paid  down.    Bonds  with  Secur- 


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1 8  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

ity  will  be  taken  for  the  Residue,  and  very  reasonable 
Terms  allowed.     Inquire  on  the  Premises,  of 

John  Carey. 

— The  Nezv   York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser, 
No.  1307,  January  21,  1768. 

On  the  first  day  of  March  next,  at  10  o'clock  in  the 
morning,  will  begin  the  sale,  by  public  vendue,  at  Cun- 
ningham's tavern,  in  Allen-town,  New-Jersey,  the  follow- 
ing Houses,  Lots,  Tracts  of  Land,  and  Plantations, 
late  the  estate  of  Thomas  Laurie,^  viz. 

A  Lot  in  Allen-town,  containing  about  fifteen  acres, 
on  which  are  a  large  commodious  well-finished  dwelling- 
house,  with  a  kitchen  and  store,  having  extraordinary 
good  cellars  under  them,  a  garden  adjoining,  with  a  vari- 
ety of  roots  and  flowers,  and  a  young  apple  orchard  of 
the  best  grafted  fruit. 

One  other  good  dwelling-house,  pork  and  grain  store. 

A  plantation  and  tract  of  land,  now  in  the  tenure  of 
John  Huggins,  within  one  mile  of  Allen-town  in  the  town- 
ship of  Upper  Freehold,  containing  about  200  acres,  a 
considerable  part  of  which  is  improved  low  and  upland 
meadow,  with  a  good  dwelling-house,  barn,  orchard,  and 
a  spring  of  excellent  water  within  a  few  yards  of  the  door. 
The  place  is  well  watered,  and  esteemed  a  very  good 
farm. 

A  plantation,  and  tract  of  land,  in  Upper  Freehold  tcnvn- 
ship  aforesaid,  near  Allen-town  containing  100  acres,  or 
thereabouts,  about  12  acres  \\hercof  is  very  good  improved 


iThoma.s  I.uuiii'  was  a  .storekeeper  at  Allentown.  His  grandfather. 
Thomas  Laiirio.  Inother  of  Gawen  I*Turie,  came  to  America  in  16S;5. 
with  two  cliildrfn.  .lames,  who  probalih-  married  Sarah,  dau.  of  William 
Redford.  of  Freehold,  and  Anna,  who  married  John  Hehron.  His  will. 
dated  Maich  fi.  171:!-13.  was  proved  Aiif^nst  2,  1714.  His  son  James 
bought  land  neai-  Allentown  in  1705.  and  tliere  spent  the  remainder  of 
his  da.vs.  He  had  two  sons.  William  and  'I'homas. — Snltcr's  Uif<t.  Mon- 
mouth and  Ocean  VountUa,  Appendix,  xxx\i;  N.  J.  Ai'Chives,  XXIII.,  28G. 
377. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  I9 

meadow,  part  of  the  remainder  cleared,  and  is  good  wheat 
and  corn  land. 

A  tract  of  land,  called  Spring-Garden,  in  New  Wind- 
sor township,  within  two  miles  of  Allen-town,  containing 
102  acres,  with  a  small  dwelling-house,  and  young  apple 
orchard;  a  few  acres  of  this  land  is  cleared,  and  the  re- 
mainder remarkably  well  timbered  and  watered. 

A  lot,  containing  6  acres  cedar  swamp,  on  Davenport 
Brook,  in  Monmouth  county. 

One  ditto,  containing  seven  acres  ditto,  purchased  of 
the  executors  of  Jonathan  Thomas. 

One  ditto,  containing  12  acres,  in  company  with  Will- 
iam Lawrie,  on  Union  and  Wrangle  Brooks,  in  Mon- 
mouth county. 

One  ditto,  containing  12  acres  of  pine  land,  in  said 
county,  on  a  stream  of  water,  suitable  for  erecting  a  saw- 
mill, and  near  the  mill  formerly  Jonathan  Thomas's. 

Four  acres  of  pine  land,  on  a  bank,  called  Maway 
paqua. 

A  tract,  containing  400  acres  of  good  land,  on  Otter 
Creek,  near  Crown  Point. 

A  right  for  one  third  of  500  acres  of  pine  land  ( part 
of  which  is  taken  up)  and  saw-mill  erected  on  the  same, 
at  Wading-river,  in  Burlington  county. 

A  right  to  50  acres  of  good  land,  to  be  taken  up  in  the 
Eastern  Division  of  New- Jersey. 

A  right  to  30  acres  of  ditto,    ....    ditto 

ditto. 

A  small  Proprietary  right  in  the  Western  Division  of 
ditto. 

A  store  house  and  landing,  on  Crosswick's  Creek,  in  the 
township  of  Nottingham  and  county  of  Burlington. 

The  conditions  of  purchase  will  be  made  known,  on  the 
day  of  sale.     For  further  particulars,  enquire  of  Samuel 


20  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

Allinson,  Attorney  at  Law,  in  Burlington,  or  James  and 
Drinker,  Merchants,  in  Philadelphia. — 

To  Be  Rented. 
The  Ferry  over  Delaware,  commonly  called  Dunks's 
Ferry,  near  the  mouth  of  Neshamminy,  in  Bucks  county 
Pennsylvania,  about  i6  miles  from  Philadelphia,  on  the 
great  road  to  Burlington.  It  is  a  very  good  situation  for 
a  tavern,  there  being  a  great  number  of  travellers  passing 
that  way,  both  by  land  and  water.  There  is  a  good  house 
for  the  purpose,  and  lOO  acres  of  good  Land,  with  proper 
ferry-boats  in  good  order.  To  be  entered  on  in  May  next. 
For  further  particulars,  enquire  of  John  Kidd,  near  the 
premises. 

To  be  Sold  by  the  subscriber,  the  following  tracts  of 
land,  lying  in  the  county  and  township  of  Gloucester,  west 
New-Jersey,  and  may  be  entered  on  the  ist  of  March  next. 

Chestnut  Grove,  being  a  plantation  containing  200  acres 
of  land,  situated  in  the  forks  of  Great  Timber  Creek, 
within  three  quarters  of  a  mile  of  a  good  landing,  whereon 
is  a  dwelling-house,  bam,  stables  and  other  out-houses, 
about  80  acres  of  cleared  land  in  good  fence,  20  whereof 
is  meadow,  with  a  constant  stream  of  water  running- 
through  the  same;  8  acres  of  young  bearing  orchard,  the 
land  is  fresh  and  good,  having  lately  been  cleared,  about 
a  mile  from  a  good  grist-mill,  and  about  the  same  distance 
from  a  Presbyterian  Meeting-house,  9  or  10  miles  from 
Philadelphia. 

Also  a  tract  of  wood-land,  within  2  miles  of  the  afore- 
said plantation,  and  alxnit  2  miles  frdm  a  landing,  con- 
taining 275  acres,  about  half  a  mile  from  2  saw-mills. 

Also  about  5  or  6  acres  of  cedar  swani]).  bclwecn  o 
and   10  miles  from  the  aforesaid  j^lantation. 

Likewise   a   lot   of   ground    in    riiila(!el])liia.    in    Fifth- 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  2  1 

Street,  between  Arch  and  Race-streets,  being  14  feet  front, 
and  50  deep,  whereon  is  a  two  story  brick  house. 

Also  a  lot  of  ground  adjoining  the  same,  14  feet  front, 
and  50  feet  deep. 

For  terms  of  sale,  apply  to  Lazarus  Pine,  senior,  living 
on  the  aforementioned  plantation,  or  to  Lazarus  Pine, 
junior,  in  Fifth  street,  Philadelphia. 

N.  B.  Likewise  a  young  hearty  Negroe  wench,  18 
years  old,  has  had  the  small-pox  and  meazels,  and  is  fit 
for  town  or  country. — The  Pennsylvania  Ga::etfe,  No. 
2039,  Jcif^'U'dfy  21,  1768. 

Lately  Published,  and  to  be  Sold  by 

WILLLAM  and  THOMAS  BRADFORD, 

At  their  Book-Store,  adjoining  the  London 

Coffee  House, 

SERMONS 

ON  THE 

Alost  Useful  and  Important 

SUBJECTS 

ADAPTED  TO  THE 

FAMILY  and  CLOSET 

By  the  Rev.  SAMUEL  DAVIES,  A.  M. 

Late  President  of  the  College  of  Princetown  in 

New  Jersey.  In  THREE  VOLUMES. 

N.  B.  These  Sermons  were  published  for  the  Benefit 
of  the  Author's  Family,  and  have  been  so  acceptable  in 
England,  that  a  second  Edition  was  soon  called  for;  and 
the  Editor  has  been  encouraged,  by  the  Value  set  on  these 
three  Volumes,  to  prepare  another  Collection,  which  he 
purposes  to  favour  the  Public  with,  in  two  other  Volumes.-^ 
— Tlie  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  131 1.  January  21,  1768. 

1  The   three  volumes   were  printed  and  published   in  London,   in  1766. 
The  two  additional  volumes  were  published  in  London  in  1771. 


2  2  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

Boston,  January  i8.  The  mortal  Distemper  which 
lately  prevailed  among  the  Horses  at  New-York,  Xew- 
Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  &c.  is  now  very  prevalent  with  the 
Horses  in  this  Province. — TJic  New  York  Journal  or 
General  Advertiser,  No.  1308,  January  28,  1768. 

New- York,  January  18. 
Tuesday  last  Capt.  Harrison  arrived  here  in  1 1  Days  from 
Ocracock,  in  North  Carolina;    by  whom  we  hear  of  the 
Arrival  of  Capt.  Moon,  in  3  Days  from  Philadelphia,  and 
Capt.  Spinning  in  7  Days  from  Elizabeth-Town. 

One  of  our  Correspondents  from  the  Country  writes 
us  as  foUozvs,  viz. 

Amwell,  in  Hunterdon  County,  New- Jersey. 
Messieurs  Hall  and  Sellers, 
Altho'  I  am  one  of  your  constant  Readers,  yet  I  have 
been  a  little  surprized,  that  I  found  no  Mention  made  in 
any  of  the  public  Papers  of  the  Death  or  Character  of 
John  REy\DiNG,  Esq;  late  of  this  Place,  especially  as  his 
Station  and  Character  was  eminent.  That  God,  who  has 
said,  "The  Righteous  shall  be  had  in  everlasting  Remem- 
brance," no  Doubt  expects  that  we  should  actively  concur 
in  accomplishing-  that  sacred  Declaration.  And  besides, 
as  Example  teaches  more  powerfully  than  Precept,  so, 
illustrious  Examples  of  Virtue  being  set  before  us,  excite 
us  to  a  noble  Emulation.  These  Considerations  have  in- 
duced me  to  give  you  the  following  Strictures  of  his  Char- 
acter -  -  -  The  God  of  Nature  endowed  Mr.  Reading, 
with  good,  natural  Powers  -  -  -  a  Genius  above  the  com- 
mon Level.  His  Judgment  was  clear  and  manly;  his 
Thoughts  under  good  Command;  his  Expressions  ready 
and  pertinent.  He  justly  supported  the  Character  of  being 
a  strictly  honest  Man;   one  of  unshaken  Integritv  and  I'p- 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  23 

Tightness.  He  was  under  the  Advantage  of  an  early  hb- 
eral  education;  and  had  his  Mind  enriched  with  an  use- 
ful Store  of  Knowledge  -  -  -  all  which  Things  conspired 
to  qualify  him  to  act  with  Dignity  in  the  several  important 
Stations  in  which  he  was  placed  in  Life;  and  he  had  the 
deserved  Honour  of  being  entrusted  with  some  of  the  most 
important  Offices  in  the  Government.  He  was  early  ap- 
pointed a  Member  of  his  Majesty's  Council  in  this  Prov- 
ince, and  was  twice  the  President-Governor  of  it.  which 
important  Offices  he  executed  with  a  becoming  Dignity, 
Judgment  and  Fidelity.  And  though  distinguished  with 
such  honorable  Trusts,  he  did  not  appear  at  all  elevated 
by  them,  but  behaved  with  that  Meekness  and  Gentleness ; 
that  Evenness  and  Agreeableness,  that  happily  marked  his 
whole  Character;  and  with  Condescension  and  Respect 
to  the  meanest  and  poorest,  as  well  as  to  the  greatest.  He 
was  remarkably  inoffensive  and  cautious  in  his  Conduct, 
and  steady,  solid  and  grave  in  his  Deportment;  yet  he 
was  not  morose  or  sullen,  gloomy  or  impolite.  It  might 
be  said,  without  flattering  Panegyric,  that  he  never  un- 
dertook any  Trust,  to  which  he  was  not  eminently  faith- 
ful, nor  sustained  any  Relation,  whether  of  a  Husband, 
Parent,  Friend,  Counsellor  or  Ruler,  but  he  was  consci- 
entious in  the  Discharge  of  it.  And  he  had  the  rare  Art  of 
doing  worthily  without  appearing  conscious  of  it.  He 
was  temperate  in  his  Enjoyments,  and  charitable  to  the 
Poor;  was  far  from  being  vain  and  showy  in  his  Appear- 
ance ;  on  the  contrary,  it  was  plain  and  unaffected ;  when 
he  spake,  it  was  with  a  natural  Guard  and  Prudence;  sel- 
dom did  an  unguarded  Word  drop  from  his  Lips  -  -  - 
He  did  not  love  to  deal  in  Calumny  or  Detraction,  or  en- 
gage in  Party  Quarrels,  but  was  a  quiet  and  peaceable 
Member  of  Society;  was  scarcely  known  to  speak  to  the 
Disadvantage  of  an3^  even  though  their  Conduct  was  dis- 


24  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

agreeable;  but  prudently  concealed  his  Sentiments  in  his 
own  Breast,  and  suffered  their  own  Actions  to  be  the 
severest  Libel  on  their  Fame.  He  manifested  an  high 
Regard  to  Religion,  and  was  a  constant  Attendant  on 
public  Worship;    was   Catholic  in  his   Sentiments,   and 

loved  good  Men  of  every  Denomination  of  Christians 

He  had  a  strict  Regard  to  Truth,  and  was  punctual  to  his 
Word  -  -  -  Was  universally  beloved,  and  died  lamented 
on  the  Fifth  Day  of  November  last."^ 

To  Be  Sold, 
At  public  vendue  (if  not  sold  1)efore  at  private  sale)  on 

Thursday,  the  25th  of  February  next. 
That  noted  and  long  frequented  tavern  formerly  belong- 
ing to  Samuel  Fleming,  in  the  township  of  Amwell.  county 
of  Hunterdon,  and  province  of  New  Jersey.  There  are 
belonging  to  the  premises,  an  extraordinary  good  house, 
barn  and  stables,  a  new  large  horse-shed,  a  new  pailed 
garden,  a  good  orchard,  and  30  acres  of  good  land,  part 
of  which  is  exceeding  good  meadow,  sufificient  to  supply 
the  tavern  with  plenty  of  good  hay;  the  whole  is  exceed- 
ing well  watered  by  a  constant  brook  running  through  it. 
It  is  situate  in  the  most  public  part  of  the  country,  and 
the  whole  in  the  best  repair  for  the  conveniency  of  a  public 
house.  Any  person  inclining  to  purchase  the  said  place 
before  the  day  of  public  sale,  may  know  the  conditions  by 
applying  to  the  subscriber,  living  on  the  premises, 

George  Creed. 

N.  B.  The  subscriber  has  likewise  for  sale,  another 
house  and  lot,  in  the  said  townshi]),  containing  7  acres, 
part  of  which  is  exceeding  good  meadow,  watered  by  a 

1  For  a  .sketch  of  John  Ri-adins  see  N.  .7.  Afohixe.s,  IX..  5-7.  note.  The 
fulle.xt  account  of  I'l'e.sident  of  tlie  Oouncil  and  Acting  Governor  Reading 
i.s  in  that  .suniptnoiis  work.  "Cicnealosical  and  Biographical  Memorials 
of  the  lleatlinK.  Howell.  Yerkes,  Watts,  Latham,  and  Elkins  Families." 
by  Joslah  Granville  l.eaeh,   l.L.   1^,   l'liiladel|ihia.  1S9S,  4to,  pp.  286. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  2$ 

constant  stream,  situate  on  a  public  road,  and  has  been 
a  tavern  for  many  years,  and  very  convenient  for  a  store, 
a  brewer  or  tanner.  There  are  on  the  said  lot  (besides  a 
good  house)  a  new  barn,  a  good  orchard,  and  garden. 
This  will  likewise  be  sold,  at  public  vendue,  on  the  said 
25th  of  February,  if  not  sold  before  at  private  sale. 

Burlington  County,  January  9,  1768. 
Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  whereas  John  Burr,  ju- 
nior, an  insolvent  debtor  in  said  county,  did  assign  all  his 
estate,  both  real  and  personal,  unto  me,  for  the  use  of  his 
creditors :  Now  these  are  to  desire  the  said  creditors  to 
meet  me  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Daniel  Jones,  innholder,  in 
Mount-holly  on  Saturday,  the  9th  day  of  April  next,  in 
order  to  receive  their  dividend  of  the  monies  in  my  hands. 

John  Goldby,  Assignee. 

To  be  Sold,  hy  the  Subscriber,  on  very  reasonable 

Terms, 

The  valuable  Interest  where  he  now  lives,  in  Trenton, 

consisting  of 
A  Lot,  67  feet  front  on  King-street,  and  168  feet  back, 
but  as  it  is  a  corner  lot,  it  also  fronts  on  Market  street, 
on  which  is  a  genteel  brick  dwelling-house,  two  stories 
high,  completely  finished,  with  three  rooms  below  stairs, 
and  four  chambers,  besides  apartments  above  for  servants; 
most  of  the  rooms  are  handsomely  papered,  and  fit  for 
any  gentleman's  family;  to  this  there  is  a  brick  kitchen 
and  wash-house  adjoining,  with  a  pump  in  the  latter,  and 
under  the  whole  there  are  excellent  cellars;  adjoining  to 
this  is  a  frame  house,  which  has  four  good  rooms,  besides 
the  garret  and  places  for  servants,  a  very  convenient  store 
room,  and  country  house  back,  together  with  a  large  store 
house,  built  for  keeping  wet  goods  and  country  produce. 


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and  properly  fitted  for  that  purpose,  with  a  pork  cellar 
under  it. 

Also  a  Lot,  fronting  on  Market-street  55  feet,  and  runs 
through  to  the  lower  street,  on  which  is  a  large  stable,  and 
a  good  carriage-house  that  holds  five  carriages;  the  lot 
contains  about  a  quarter  of  an  acre,  and  is  but  a  few  rods 
distant  from  the  other  lots.  The  whole  is  very  convenient 
for  any  gentleman  inclining  to  carry  on  Trade  in  Trenton, 
as  it  is  the  best  situation  for  that  purpose  in  the  town,  and 
has  heretofore  been  a  place  of  great  business;  or  to  any 
gentleman  inclining  to  live  in  a  pleasant  country  town. 
Any  person  disposed  to  piuxhase,  may  apply  to  the  sub- 
scriber, and  know  the  terms,  which  are  very  moderate, 
and  reasonable  credit  will  be  given. 

Joseph  Reed,  jun.^ 

Gloucester,  January  23,  1768. 
Run  away  from  the  subscriber,  on  the  21st  instant,  an 
Irish  ser\ant  man,  named  James  Flannigam.  about  5  feet 
1 1  inches  high,  a  slim  fellow,  a  little  knock-kneed,  fresh 
C(jl()ured,  with  short  black  or  brown  hair,  and  has  some- 
thing of  the  brogue  on  his  tongue;  had  on,  and  took  with 
him,  a  new  light  coloured  nap  short  coat,  double  breasted, 
\\  ith  two  rows  of  basket  buttons,  red  under  jacket,  blue 
dufficld  trowsers,  a  pair  of  buckskin  breeches,  and  one  or 
two  pair  of  ozenbrigs  trowsers,  a  new  Russia  sheeting- 
shirt,  and  one  or  two  ozenbrigs  ditto,  a  pair  of  light  blue 
ril)bcd  stockings,  one  pair  of  black  ditto,  a  pair  of  good 
neals  leather  shoes,  with  square  carved  silver  buckles  in 
them,  ail  dd  beaver  hat,  which  has  been  bound;  he  also 
took  with  him  an  axe.  Said  servant  went  away  in  com- 
pany with  a  man,  who  has  been  a  soldier  in  the  Royal  Am- 
erican regiment;    the  servant  is  inclinable  to  drink,  and 

1  For  a  brief  note  on  Adjutant  General  Jo.seph  Reed,  see  N.  J.  Archives, 
X..  U.     And  see  Stryker's  "Battles  of  Trenton  and  Princeton,"  75-78. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  2/ 

very  quarrelsome  when  in  liquor.  Any  person  that  will 
take  up  and  secure  said  servant,  so  that  his  master  may 
have  him  again,  shall  have  Six  Dollars  reward,  from 

Joseph  Hugg. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2040,  January  28, 
1768. 

Whereas,  a  certain  tract  of  land  hath  been  lately  ob- 
tained in  the  province  of  Nova  Scotia,  lying  on  the  north 
side  of  the  Bason  of  Menis,  called  Philadelphia  Township, 
whereon  some  good  families  are  now  settled  and  many 
more  engaged  to  go :  This  is  to  give  notice,  that  any 
person  inclining  to  become  settlers  on  the  said  land,  will 
meet  with  very  good  encouragement,  the  particulars  of 
which,  will  be  made  known,  by  applying  to  James  James, 
at  Piles  Grove,  Daniel  Lethgow,  at  Salem  Bridge,  James 
Thomson,  at  Hancock's  Bridge,  Benjamin  Davids,  at 
Crosswicks,  John  Jones,  in  Germantown,  or  to  Nathan 
Shepherd,  William  Ball,  John  Lukens,  James  Haldane, 
and  Benjamin  Armitage,  in  Philadelphia.  And  as  a 
proper  vessel  will  be  provided  to  carry  families  and  goods 
to  the  aforesaid  lands,  early  next  spring,  those  who  pur- 
pose to  become  adventurers,  are  desired  to  be  speedy  in 
their  application,  and  enter  into  articles  with  some  of  the 
above-mentioned  persons. 

To  be  SOLD, 
A  Plantation,  situate  in  the  township  of  Mannington, 
within  a  mile  of  the  town  of  Salem,  containing  by  estima- 
tion, about  sixty-one  acres,  whereof  twenty-five  are  cleared 
upland,  with  a  good  log  house  upon  the  same,  eleven  of 
drained  meadow,  all  under  good  fence,  and  twenty-five 
acres  of  woodland  :  For  further  particulars  inquire  of  the 
subscriber  in  Salem,  aforesaid. 

James  Gardiner. 


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Five  Pounds  Reward. 
Made  his  escape  from  the  sheriff  of  MoniiioutJi  county 
New- Jersey,  — a  certain  Nicholas  JVillimus,  a  Dutchman 
born;  about  five  feet  and  a  half  high,  well  set,  of  a  swarthy 
complexion,  wears  his  own  strait  brown  hair,  says  his 
mother  lives  near  Germantown,  and  is  supposed  to  be 
thereabouts,  or  else  at  Charles  Read,  Esqr's,  or  some  of 
the  country  iron  works.  Whoever  takes  up  and  secures 
the  above  person  in  any  of  his  Majesty's  goals,  shall  have 
the  above  reward,  by  giving  notice  to 

Thomas  Leonard,  Sheriff. 

January  27,  1768. 

Bordentown,  (N.  Jersey)  Jan  23,  1768.  Departed 
this  Life,  greatly  and  deservedly  regreted,  (being  the  Day 
on  which  he  entered  his  tzventieth  Year)  Mr.  Peter  Im- 
lay,  son  of  John  Imlay,  Esq;  of  this  Place,  after  a  long 
and  painful  Illness,  zvhich  he  underzvent  zvith  the  Forti- 
tude of  a  Christian. — He  zvas  remarkable  for  his  early 
Piety,  and  steady  Course  of  Life,  frequently  expressing  a 
grateful  Sense  of  the  Divine  Goodness  tozvards  him. 
When  Death  approached,  he  calmly  resigned  Jiis  Breath 
to  him  zvho  gave  it,  and  zvith  the  utmost  Composure  of 
Mind  zvaifed  the  Period  that  zvas  to  relieve  him  from  all 
the  Embarrassments  of  huuian  Nature. 

To    BE  SOLD, 

One  hundred  acres  of  land,  about  twenty  of  which  are 
cleared,  part  meadow,  and  more  may  be  made,  situated 
on  Delaware  river,  between  Trenton  ferry  and  Lamberton, 
and  on  which  there  is  a  valuable  fishery,  and  is  a  pleasant 
part  of  the  country  for  a  gentleman's  seat,  is  also  well  sit- 
uated for  any  person  to  follow  the  boating  business  be- 
tween that  place  and  Philadelphia. — There  is  likewise  a 
constant  stream  of  water  through  the  whole,  which  will 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  29 

be  sold  in  lots  of  fifty  acres,  or  together,  as  best  suits  the 
purchaser.  For  terms  apply  to  the  subscriber  on  the  prem- 
ises, by  whom  an  indisputable  title  will  be  given. 

Jan.  26,  1768.  John  Douglass. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  55,  February  i, 
1768. 

Extraet  of  a  Letter  from  a  Gentleman  at  Reedy  Island, 
dated  the  4th  Instant. 

" The  Vessels  now  here,  are  the  Hercules,  Capt.  Ham- 
met,  and  the  Henry  Dawkins,  Capt.  Appleton,  from  Lon- 
don; the  Betsey,  Capt.  Caton,  from  Liverpool;  the  Molly, 
Capt.  Simpson,  from  Antigua,  and,  the  Lark,  Capt.  Peel, 

from  Cork. Capt.  Appleton,  on  the  27th  Ult.  the  Day 

before  he  got  into  our  Capes,  spoke  the  Ship  Belfast-Pack- 
et, Capt.  Robinson,  from  Belfast  for  this  Port,  with  sev- 
enty Passengers,  who  had  been  out  sixteen  Weeks,  and 
were  in  great  Distress  for  Want  of  Provisions  and  A\'ater, 
with  which  Capt.  Appleton  supplied  them." — The  Penn- 
sylvania Chronicle,  No.  56,  February  1-8,  1768. 

To  the  Public. 

Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  a  School  is  erected  at  Xew- 
Brunswick,  in  New-Jersey,  under  the  inspection  of  the 
subscribers,  in  which  the  learned  languages  and  mathemat- 
icks,  are  carefully  and  accurately  taught,  by  Caleb  Cooper, 
recommended  from  Nassau-Hall,  an  able  and  well  accom- 
plished tutor  in  these  and  other  branches  of  literature. 
The  conditions  are  20  s  entrance,  and  f .  4  per  annum, 
for  tuition,  proclamation  money.  Boarding  may  be  had 
in  this  town,  as  good  and  cheap  as  can  be  expected,  and  to 
satisfaction,  sufficient  to  accommodate  a  large  school; 
which,  including  tuition,  will  not  exceed  £.  20  a  year. 

This  town,  besides  its  pleasant  rural  situation,  has  the 


30  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

superior  advantage  of  a  pure  wholesome  air,  and  its  ctjn- 
comitant,  healtli,  to  recommend  it :  Properties  evinced 
from  long  experience,  by  its  inhabitants,  and  the  suffrage 
of  gentlemen  strangers  acquainted  v^ath  it,  of  the  best 
judgment  and  observation.  It  is  also  surrounded  by  an 
extensive  fertile  country,  from  which  it  draws  constant 
supplies  of  every  necessary  of  life  in  great  variety  and 
plenty;  and  from  the  sea,  in  the  season,  has  plenty  of 
tish,  oysters,  &c.  To  which  may  be  added,  the  ready  and 
easy  conveyance  of  letters  and  goods,  by  water  or  by  land 
to  New- York,  Philadelphia,  and  all  other  parts,  as  another 
peculiar  advantage  it  enjoys.  And  in  a  religious  view, 
exceeds  any  other  place  in  the  province,  having  divine 
worship  performed  in  the  English  episcopal,  the  Dutch 
reformed,  and  presbyterian  churches,  and  as  to  the  inhab- 
itants with  regard  to  their  manners  and  other  social  vir- 
tues, compared  with  other  places,  without  prejudice,  may 
be  said  to  be  irreproachable.  The  inspection  above  pro- 
posed, is  to  consist  in  visiting  the  school  at  least  once  a 
quarter;  to  enquire  into  the  deportment  of  all  concerned, 
and  to  assist  the  master  and  scholars  in  all  necessary  reg- 
ulations with  respect  to  decency  and  good  order,  as  well 
as  the  advancement  of  learning, 

John  Laight, 

Jacob  G.  Hardenbergh, 

JoHANNis  M.  Van  Harlinger, 

Abraham  Beach, 

John  Cochran, 

William  Oake. 

Five  Pounds  Reward,  and  all  reasonable  Charges. 

RiTN-awav  from  the  subscriber,  living  in  Chesterfield. 
Burlington  Couniy,  West  New-Jersey,  an  Irish  servant 
man  named  Tnuicis  Nevill,  about  20  years  of  age,  5  feet 
8  inches  high,  i*^  pretty  talkative,  and  has  much  of  the 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  31 

brogue;  fresh  complexion,  with  yellowish  brown  hair; 
by  trade  a  wool-comber :  Had  on  when  he  went  away, 
a  brown  homespun  coat,  with  cat-gut  buttons,  and  pewter 
tops;  a  snuff  colour'd  cloth  jacket,  with  mohair  buttons 
and  white  lining;  blue  everlasting  breeches,  blue-grey 
stockings,  and  a  new  castor  hat;  a  pair  of  shoes  with  hob- 
nails in  the  heels.  He  took  with  him  a  purple  flower'd 
flannel  jacket,  one  fine  shirt,  and  two  of  ozenbrigs;  two 
pair  of  yarn  stockings,  and  about  three  or  four  pounds  in 
money.  Whoever  takes  up  and  secures  said  servant,  so 
that  his  master  may  have  him  again,  shall  have  the  above 
reward,  paid  by  Samuel  Sykes. — The  Nezv  York  Mer- 
cury, iVo.  848,  February  i,  1768. 

New-York,  February  4.  By  a  written  Account  from 
Richmond  County  on  Staten-Island,  and  by  a  Gentleman 
who  brought  it,  and  was  himself  a  Sharer  in  the  Calam- 
ity, we  are  acquainted  with  the  follovdng  Scene  of  Dis- 
tress, viz. 

On  Thursday  Night,  the  28th  January,  between  7  and 
8  o'clock,  the  Weather  extremely  cold,  and  the  Ground 
cover'd  with  Snow,  the  following  Persons  went  from  the 
Blazing  Star,  in  New-Jersey,  to  cross  the  Ferry  to  Staten- 
Island,  (the  Wind  being  moderate  and  fair,  and  the  Pas- 
sage judged  to  be  very  safe)  viz.  Mr.  William  Cornelius 
George,  supposed  to  belong  to  Rhode-Island:  and  Col. 
Kalb,  a  German  Gentleman;  both  lately  arrived  at  Phila- 
delphia from  London.  Mr.  Robert  French,  lately  arrived 
at  Philadelphia  from  St.  Kitts.  Mr.  John  Kidd,  of  Phil- 
adelphia, Merchant.  Johv  Thomson,  (who  has  a  Wooden 
Legg)  Stage  Driver.  IVilliani  Bury,  and  a  Lad,  belong- 
ing to  the  Ferry,  (the  Lad  was  lately  Cabin  Boy  to  a  Ship 
from  London  to  New-York,  where  he  left  the  Ship,  al- 
ledging  that  the  Captain  had  misused  him).  A  Negro 
Man,  belonging  to  Mr.  Newry  of  the  Jersies,  and  a  Negro 


32  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

Man,  belonging  to  Mr.  Provoost  of  this  City,  in  all  9  Per- 
sons, and  4  Horses.  As  they  were  crossing  the  Ferry  in  a 
Scow,  a  violent  Wind  suddenly  arose  at  N.  W.  whereby 
they  were  driven  a  considerable  Way  down  the  River,  and 
ashore  on  a  Mud  Bank,  where  the  Scow  was  half 'filled 
with  Water;  but  as  it  was  impracticable  to  land  at  that 
Place,  they  were  obliged  to  put  off  again,  and  in  their  Ef- 
forts to  gain  the  Land  broke  two  of  their  Oars,  and  were 
soon  driven  ashore  upon  a  small  Marsh  Island,  in  the 
Mouth  of  the  Fish-Kill  Creek,  about  half  a  Mile  distant 
from  the  Ferry-House,  where  the  Scow  immediately  fill'd, 
and  the  People  and  Horses  were  obliged  to  get  out.  The 
Mud  was  so  soft,  that  the  Men  sunk  in  it  to  near  the  upper 
Part  of  the  Thigh,  and  were  not  able  to  pull  out  their  Feet, 
without  lying  down  on  the  Water  and  Mud,  and  assisting 
with  their  Hands;  but  with  great  Difficulty  they  at  last 
all  got  to  the  highest  Part  of  the  Marsh :  The  poor  lame 
man  was  rendered  more  helpless,  by  breaking  his  \Vooden 
Leg.  Three  Horses  not  being  able  to  disengage  them- 
selves from  the  Mud,  stuck  there  and  perished.  The  Peo- 
ple on  their  small  Portion  of  Marsh,  deep  cover'd  with 
Snow,  had  not  the  least  Shelter  from  the  freezing  Blasts 
of  the  Wind,  nor  could  they  make  themselves  be  heard  bv 
the  People  on  Shore,  the  Wind  being  against  them.  Thev 
had  no  other  Resourse  than  to  huddle  as  close  together  and 
give  themselves  as  much  Motion  as  possible.  It  was  then 
about  9  o'clock,  the  Boy  soon  gave  out  and  sunk  down,  but 
the  Men  took  him  up,  shook  him,  and  did  all  they  could  to 
exercise  and  heat  him;  but  at  about  Eleven  he  expired. 
At  one  o'clock,  Mr.  George,  who  had  till  then  seem'd  to 
bear  up  as  well  as  any  of  them,  began  to  faulter,  and  not- 
withstanding the  best  Assistance  his  Fellow-Sufferers 
could  give  him,  he  expired  at  about  three  o'Clock.  the 
Rest  lived  out  the  dreadful  Night,  and  at  last,  almost  quite 


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spent  and  hopeless,  at  about  nine  o'Clock  in  the  Morning, 
were  disco ver'd,  and  with  proper  Help,  for  they  had  all 
nearly  lost  the  Use  of  their  Limbs,  they  were  carried  to 
Mr.  Mersereau's  and  all  possible  Care  taken  of  them.  Col. 
Kalh,  after  taking  off  his  Boots  immediately  put  his  Feet 
in  cold  Water,  where  he  held  them  near  half  an  Hour,  dur- 
ing which  he  took  some  Refreshment,  and  then  went  to 
Bed  and  slept  soundly  till  the  Afternoon :  And  he  was 
the  only  Person  that  escaped  without  Hurt.  The  Rest 
sat  up,  round  the  Fire,  and  are  terribly  frost  bitten;  it  is 
fear'd  they  will  all  lose  their  Toes,  and  that  the  Feet  and 
Legs  of  some  are  in  Danger;  an  Ear  of  one  of  the  Negroes 
seems  entirely  perish'd.  Mr.  French,  Mr.  Kidd,  John 
Thomson,  Win.  Bury,  and  the  two  Negroes  when  this  Ac- 
count came  away,  were  at  Mr.  Mersereau's  Ferry-House, 
opposite  to  the  Blazing  Star,  unable  to  travel.  The  two 
dead  Bodies  were  carried  to  the  same  Place  for  interment; 
the  Coroner's  Liquest  having  first  sat  on  them.  Mr. 
George,  (said  to  be  a  Man  of  good  Family  and  Fortune) 
was  buried  on  Sunday  last,  with  proper  Solemnity.  His 
Effects  are  in  the  Hands  of  the  Coroner,  till  claimed  by 
his  Friends.  Col.  Kalh,  proceeded  on  his  Journey,  and 
arrived  here  on  Monday  last.  The  Horses  belonged  to 
Mr.  Mersereau. 

Many  Horses  having  been  stole  in  Pennsylvania  within 
a  few  Months  past,  they  got  Intelligence  lately,  that  sev- 
eral had  been  sold  cheap  at  Whippany  and  Acquackonock 
in  the  Jersies,  which  were  supposed  to  be  stole,  whereupon 
a  Man  from  Bucks-County  went  thither  a  few  Days  ago, 
and  found  and  recovered  one  that  had  been  stolen  from 
him,  and  'tis  supposed  others  might  do  the  same. 

Nezv-Brimsivick,  28th  Jan.  lydS. 
The  Subscriber  intending  to  remove  with  his  Family 
to  Great-Britain,  in  the  Spring,  desires  that  all  those  who 


34  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

are  indebted  to  him,  Avill  immediately  discharge  their  Ob- 
ligations. And  if  any  Persons  have  any  Demands  upon 
him,  they  are  desired  to  bring  them  in.  He  has  to  dispose 
of  (to  be  delivered  when  he  embarks,  probably  the  Be- 
ginning of  May)  Two  healthy,  likely  Negro  Wenches, 
one  about  29  Years  of  Age,  unmarried.  The  other  about 
24  Years  old,  married,  has  a  very  likely  Child  (a  Girl) 
about  4  Years  old,  and  has  had  no  Children  since.  The 
Wenches  have  both  had  the  Small-Pox,  and  can  be  rec- 
ommended from  seven  Years  Experience,  as  sober,  hon- 
est, good  Servants;  also,  a  healthy,  likely  spry  made 
Negro  Boy,  about  19  Years  of  Age;  also,  a  very  good 
Horse  and  Chair,  and  sundry  Houshold  Furniture.  For 
further  Particulars  inquire  of  the  Subscriber,  or  Capt. 
William  Mercejr,  within  a  few  Doors  of  the  Coffee-House, 
in  New- York. 

William  Donaldson. 

— The  New  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1309,  February  4,  1768. 

Philadelphia,  February  4 
Last  Friday  Evening  the  Roof  of  the  Court-House  at 
Gloucester,  took  Fire,  by  a  Spark  from  the  Chimney, 
which  greatly  damaged  the  same;    but  by  the  timely  As- 
sistance of  the  Inhabitants,  the  Building  was  preserved. 

To  be  Lett, 
A  Plantation  at  Clemmell  Creek,  in  Gloucester  coun- 
ty, about  14  miles  from  Gloucester,  containing  300  acres, 
all  within  good  1)anks,  250  is  in  good  order  for  grazing  or 
mowing,  with  sundry  utensils  for  farming,  and  may  be 
entered  on  the  25th  of  March  next.  For  further  particu- 
lars, enquire  of  Joseph  Morgan,  at  Pensawkin.  in  W>st 
New-Jersey,  or  Charles  ^^^EST,  in  Philadelphia,  near 
Vine-street. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  35 

Stolen  from  the  ,subscril3er,  living  in  the  township  of 
Amweh,  in  the  county  of  Hunterdon,  in  the  night  of  the 
25th  of  January  last,  a  bay  Gelding,  13  hands  and  3 
inches  high,  with  a  star  on  his  forehead,  has  neither  brand 
nor  ear-mark,  and  has  a  feather  on  each  side  his  jaws,  has 
lately  had  the  distemper,  and  has  a  scar  on  the  under  side 
of  his  jaws,  another  on  the  inside  of  his  thigh,  and  is  low 
in  flesh.  Whoever  takes  up  the  said  horse,  and  secures 
him.  so  that  the  owner  may  have  him  again,  shall  have 
the  reward  of  Twenty  Shillings,  and  all  reasonable  char- 
ges; and  for  the  thief  and  horse  the  sum  of  Three  Pounds, 
paid  by  me 

1136413    ^°''''  ^'''^''- 

A  List  of  Letters  rcniaiuing  in  the  Post-OfRcc, 
Pliiladelphia 

A.  James  Anderson,  New-Jersey. 

B.  Jonathan  Bowen,  Esq;   Cumberland  County,   New- 

Jersey. 

C.  Hugh  Creighton,  Joseph  Clemens,  Haddonfield,  N. 

Jersey.     George  Curtis,  Little  Egg  Harbour. 

H.     Robert  Hunt,  Cole's  Town,  N.  Jersey 

M.     George  Middleton,  N.  Jersey;    Thomas  Miller,  Ox- 
ford, West  Jersey. 

P.     Thomas  Perkinson,  Evesham,  W.  Jersey. 

R.     Saunders    Robinson,    Gloucester,    W.    Jersey. — The 

Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2041,  February  4,  1768. 

TO  BE  SOLD, 
A  Very  valuable  and  well  situated  plantation  and  tract 
of  land,  in  the  township  of  Alloway's  Creek,  Salem 
county,  and  province  of  West  New  Jersey;  containing 
about  600  acres,  with  good  brick  buildings,  barn,  out- 
houses, orchards,  timber,  wild-marsh,  meadow  ground, 
and  clear'd  land,  in  proportion;    with  every  other  con- 


36  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

veniency,  either  for  producing  grain  or  grazing.  For  par- 
ticulars inquire  of  William  Hewlings,  Esq;  at  Burling- 
ton, John  Hart,  in  Philadelphia;  Joseph  Hart,  at  Port- 
Penn;  Edward  Test,  Esq;  at  Salem,  or  Samuel  Oakford, 
on  the  premises. 

N.  B.  Any  reasonable  time  will  be  given,  for  payment 
of  the  purchase  money,  giving  security  if  required,  and 
paying  interest. — The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  13 13, 
February  4,  1768. 

February  13,  1768. 
Taken  up,  adrift,  about  th^  eighth  of  January  last,  at 
the  Mouth  of  Cohausey  Creek,  a  Moses  built  Boat,  about 
the  Size  of  a  Ship's  Yawl.  Whoever  has  lost  the  same, 
by  applying  to  Benjamin  Reeve,  living  in  Greenwich 
Town,  Cumberland  County,  West  Nciv-Jcrscy,  proving 
their  Property,  and  paying  Charges,  may  have  it  again. 

Captain  Ashmead,  who  arrived  here  on  Saturday  last 
from  Barbados,  gives  us  the  following  intelligence,  viz. 

That  Capt.  Singleton,  in  the  Ship  Patient  Mary, 

was  also  arrived  at  Barbados  from  hence,  but  that  three 
Days  after  he  left  the  Capes,  he  lost  fifteen  Oxen,  off  of 
his  Deck  in  a  Gale  of  Wind. 

ARRIVALS  at  Barbados extracted  from  the  Bar- 
bados Mercury. 
Captain    Hibbert,    from    Salem.— T/;^    Poinsylvaiiia 
Chronicle,  No.  57,  February  8-15,  1768. 

Philadelphia,  February  i.  W^e  hear  from  Amwell,  in 
New-Jersey,  that  on  the  5th  of  November  last,  the  Hon- 
ourable John  Reading,  Esq;  late  President  of  His  Maj- 
esty's Council  for  that  Province,  died  there,  in  an  ad- 
vanced Age,  much  lamented  for  his  many  great  and  emi- 
nent Virtues. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  37 

The  creditors  of  Abraham  Clark,  Ter.  late  of  Elizabeth- 
Town,  an  insolvent  debtor,  are  desired  to  meet  at  the 
House  of  Broughton  Reynolds,  in  Elizabeth-Town,  on 
Monday  the  second  day  of  May  next,  at  2  o'Clock,  P.  M. 
to  receive  a  dividend  of  what  money  yet  remains  in  the 
hands  of  the  assignees. 

Recompence  Stanbury 
Noah  Marsh. 

To  be  sold  by  the  subscriber,  now  living  on  the  prem- 
ises, (and  if  not  sold  by  the  first  of  April,  then  to  be  let,) 
a  Plantation,  containing  335  acres,  whereof  there  is 
about  250  clear'd,  and  in  good  fence,  with  about  25  acres 
of  extraordinary  good  meadow,  that  yearly  produces  two 
crops ;  as  also  may  be  made  70  acres  more  of  rich  swamp 
meadow,  at  a  very  small  expence.  The  remainder  of  the 
tract  good  wood  land;  There  is  also  125  acres  of  wood 
land  may  be  further  had,  if  required.  There  is  on  the 
premises  a  good  new  farm  house,  with  four  rooms  on  the 
lower  floor,  and  four  above,  with  a  good  kitchen  24  by 
20  feet,  and  a  leinter  to  the  kitchen  for  servants,  with  good 
cellars  under  the  whole  building;  there  is  also  a  good  new 
barn,  well  finished  and  covered  with  cedar,  50  by  24  feet, 
with  a  good  plank  floor,  and  stables,  compleatly  done. 
Also  two  large  fram'd  corn  cribs,  made  in  the  best  manner, 
and  other  useful  houses  to  accommodate  the  plantation. 
There  is  also  a  good  young  orchard  of  260  apple  trees  of 
the  best  grafted  fruit;  the  whole  fields  are  well  water'd 
and  never  dry;  the  land  affords  good  pasture  of  clover, 
and  spear  grass.  There  is  also  on  the  said  premises,  a 
good  grist-mill,  with  two  pair  of  the  best  Esopus  stones 
that  could  be  had,  and  remarkable  at  New-York  and  Phil- 
adelphia, for  making  the  best  of  flour.  The  houses  is 
large,  and  well  built  with  good  stone  and  lime;  the  bolt- 
ing boxes,  and  lift  jack  for  hoisting  the  meal,   are  all 


38  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

drove  by  water,  and  the  whole  running  geers  of  the  mih 
are  done  in  the  1)est  manner.  The  mihs  are  weh  contrived 
for  holding-  wheat,  and  stands  on  Asanpunk,  a  stream 
never  failing.  The  whole  of  the  above  premises  being 
about  one  mile  and  an  half  from  Trenton,  30  from  Phila- 
delphia, and  30  from  Brunswick,  and  from  thence  by  water 
to  New-York.  The  said  mills  lie  in  a  fine  wheat  country, 
and  may  be  supplied  with  any  quantity  that  can  be  re- 
quired. The  purchaser  paying  one  fourth  of  the  purchase 
money,  in  three  months,  may  have  ten  years  to  pay  the  re- 
mainder, with  interest.  For  further  particulars,  enquire 
of  the  subscriber. 

Samuel  Henry. ^ 

The  Creditors  of  Barnaby  Shute,  of  Elizabeth-Town, 
New -Jersey,  are  desired  to  meet  at  the  Sign  of  the  Alar- 
quis  of  Granby,  in  Elizabeth-Town  aforesaid,  on  Friday 
the  eleventh  Day  of  March  next,  by  ten  o'Clock  of  the 
Forenoon  of  the  same  day,  as  the  Subscribers  are  author- 
ized then  and  there  to  deliver  up,  and  assign  over  to  the 
said  Creditors,  divers  Bonds,  Notes,  and  other  Debts,  due 
to  the  said  Barnaby,  provided  the  said  Creditors  will  dis- 
charge the  said  Barnaby  from  their  present  Demands 
against  him;  otherwise,  the  Subscribers  must  then  and 
there  return  to  the  said  Barnaby,  their  several  Bonds. 
Notes,  and  other  Debts,  agreeable  to  the  Trust  reposed  in 
them  by  the  said  Barnaby." 

William  Harriman. 

Joseph  Woodruff.  Jun. 

1  Samuel  Henry  was  iirobably  a  native  of  Ireland.  He  was  the  owner 
of  large  traot.s  of  land  in  'Prenton  and  elsewhere,  including  "the  old 
iron  works''  in  that  place.  He  was  one  of  the  subscribers  toward  the 
salary  of  the  Rev.  Klihu  Spencer,  of  the  Presbvterian  church  in  Tren- 
ton and  vicinity,  Init  was  probably  an  Episcopalian,  as  In  his  will  he 
left  a  continsont  legacy  to  the  English  Church  of  Trenton,  and  was 
buried  in  the  yard  of  that  churcli.  He  died  May  10.  17S4.  aged  67  vears. 
— IhiWx  Hist.  I'rcx.  Church  in  Tnnlon.  257.  Henry's  iron  foundrv  and 
steel  works  were  on  the  Assunpink  creek,  where  it  is  crossed  bv"  State 
aXreei.— Trenton   One  IlnnilrnI   Yiars  Aao.   bv  William   S.   Strvker.   4. 

2  Barnaby  Shute  ke)>t  tavern  in  Elizalx'thtown  for  manv  vears.  He 
filed  there  March  25,    17:i7.   in  hi.s   70th  vear. 


OF 

Plantation 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  39 

To  Be  Sold, 

A  Good  Plantation,  in  the  county 

„  ^        of  Morris,  township  of  Hanover,  con- 

Cut         1         .    . 

sisting-   of    160    acres    of    good    land, 

whereon  is  a  good  dwelhng  house,  and 
kitchen,  with  five  fire  places,  a  good 
store  house  and  cellar  under  the  same, 
a  large  new  barn,  with  a  fine  young 
orchard,  with  other  good  fruit  trees. 
The  plantation  is  well  watered  and  timbered;  wherein  is 
thirty  acres  of  good  mowing  ground  fit  for  the  scythe, 
consisting  of  English  and  timothy  grass.  Sixty  acres  of 
said  plantation  in  good  fence;  there  is  still  a  large  quan- 
tity of  low  land  to  be  cleared,  which  will  make  good  mow- 
ing ground.  The  Plantation  is  most  pleasantly  situated 
on  the  country  road,  7  miles  (east)  from  Morris-Town 
court  house,  3  miles  (south  west)  from  William  Kelly's 
farm.  2  miles  (south)  from  Mr.  Ogden's  refinery,  one 
mile  from  Pissipenny  meeting  house,  adjoining  to  the 
farm  of  Revd.  John  Darby.  Any  person  having  a  mind 
to  purchase  said  plantation,  may  know  the  conditions,  by 
applying  to  Willian  Kelly,  at  New-York;  or  to  Daniel 
Peirson,  Esq;  at  Newark;  or  to  the  subscriber,  on  the 
premises.  An  indisputable  title  will  be  given,  and  time 
of  payment  allowed  for  one  half  of  the  purchase  money, 
if  desired. 

Lemuel  Bower. 
— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and  JVeekly  Mercury,  No. 
849,  February  8,  1768. 

To  be  Sold  by  the  Subscriber, 

A  Handsome  well  finished  brick  house,  two  stories  high, 
four  rooms  below  stairs,  and  four  chambers  above  stairs, 
besides  garrets;    the  rooms  above  and  below  stairs  are 


40  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

genteelly  papered,  a  large  dry  cellar  under  the  whole 
house,  properly  divided;  a  convenient  kitchen  adjoining, 
with  chambers  above  for  servants,  situate  in  King-street 
in  Trenton;  the  lot  contains  about  3  quarters  of  an  acre, 
and  extends  through  to  Queen-street,  on  which  are  placed 
the  stables.  Also  several  five  acre  lots  of  meadow,  orch- 
ard and  pasture  lands,  each  good  of  their  kind,  near  and 
convenient  to  the  town;  as  also  a  good  house,  and  new 
large  framed  barn,  with  17  acres  of  excellent  land,  8  acres 
of  which  is  garden,  meadow  and  orchard  of  best  grafted 
fruit;  the  remaining  9  acres  good  woodland.  Its  situa- 
tion renders  it  convenient  for  a  shop-keeper,  tradesman, 
&c.  The  purchaser  may  have  any  of  the  above,  on  very 
moderate  terms,  and  reasonable  credit  given,  with  inter- 
est. 

William  Pidgeon.^ 

Six  Pounds  Reward 

Salem,  February  i,  1768. 
Run  away,  last  night,  from  the  Subscriber,  living  in 
Elsenborough,  Salem  county,  West  New-Jersey,  the  fol- 
lowing servants.  Walter  Lindv,  an  Englishman,  born 
in  Wiltshire,  about  24  years  of  age,  about  5  feet  8  or  9 
inches  high,  a  thick,  well  set  fellow,  fresh  coloured,  mark- 
ed with  the  small-pox,  strait  black  hair,  speaks  somewhat 
on  the  West  country  dialect,  and  is  a  still,  sly  fellow;  had 
on,  and  took  with  him,  a  new  light-coloured  homespun 
cloth  jacket,  with  metal  buttons,  lined  with  white  half- 
worn  blanketing,   a  short   blue  sailor's  jacket,   with   the 

1  William  Pidgecn  lived  in  King  (now  Waiien)  street,  near  the  pres- 
ent State  street,  and  was  a  man  of  some  substance.  He  advertised 
land  foi-  sale  at  Tienton  in  1758  and  17(U),  as  acting  executor  of  Daniel 
Coxe,  and  also  adverti.sed  land  from  1751  to  ]761.  Gov.  Franklin  ap- 
pointed him.  March  31.  1774.  a  ju.'^tice  of  the  peace  in  the  counties  of 
Burlington  and  Monmouth.  In  175G  he  was  one  of  the  managers  of 
the  Trenton  lottery  for  nnishing  and  completing  the  church  in  that 
place.  He  died  at  Stafford.  Monmouth  county.  Januaiy  5.  1780.  from 
burns  in  getting  out  of  his  house  when  it  was  on  fire.  He  left  £50  to 
the  Methodist  Socict\-  of  Trenton,  for  the  repair  of  their  meeting  house, 
and  £.3.000  to  bis  cxitutors.  to  be  used  for  charitable  purposes. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  4 1 

sleeves  taken  out,  blue  half-thick  trowsers.  linen  ditto, 
good  shoes,  with  strings,  new  footed  stockings,  two  old 
great  coats,  with  metal  buttons,  and  an  old  check  shirt; 
he  came  in  with  Captain  John  Simons,  from  Waterford, 
last  fall.  Mary  Brian,  an  Irish  girl,  born  in  Dublin, 
middle  sized,  fair  complexion,  dark  brown  hair,  pretty 
full  mouth,  very  talkative  and  apt  to  get  drunk,  and  very 
impudent  when  in  drink,  is  about  i8  or  19  years  of  age, 
and  has  been  in  the  country  some  years ;  had  on,  and  took 
with  her.  a  blue  and  white  striped  short  gown,  striped 
camblet  skirt,  old  blue  quilt  good  linsey  petticoat,  check 
apron,  straw  hat,  half-worn  shoes,  good  calf  skin  pumps, 
and  brass  buckles.  They  have  sundry  other  things,  not 
known,  and  it  is  likely  may  offer  something  for  sale,  to 
get  money  to  travel  with.  Whoever  takes  up  said  ser- 
vants, and  secures  them  in  any  of  his  Majesty's  goals,  so 
as  their  master  may  have  them  again,  shall  have  the  above 
reward  for  both;  or  Five  Pounds  for  the  man  alone,  and 
Twenty  Shillings  for  the  girl,  paid  by 

John  Firth. 

N.  B.  It  is  likely  they  may  change  their  names,  and 
pass  for  man  and  wife,  or  part,  and  forge  a  pass,  as  the 
fellow  can  v/rite;  all  masters  of  vessels,  and  others,  are 
forbid  to  harbour  or  carry  them  off  at  their  peril. 

Philadelphia,  February  i,  1768. 
Whereas  Jacob  Decamp,  servant  to  John  Beale 
Boardley  Esq;  of  Baltimore  town,  Maryland;  George 
Jack Thomas  Wilkinson,  alias  South,  ser- 
vant to  Cornelius  Robbins,  of  Amwell,  New-Jersey; 
.  .  .  .  being  confined  in  the  public  goal  of  this  county, 
as  runaway  servants,  public  notice  is  hereby  given  to  the 
masters  of  the  said  servants,  that  I  intend  to  apply  to  the 
court  of  quarter  sessions,  to  be  held  in  the  city  of  Phila- 
delphia, for  the  county  of  Philadelphia,  on  INIonday,  the 


42  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

/th  day  of  March  next,  for  an  order  to  sell  the  said  ser- 
vants for  their  fees,  unless  their  masters  redeem  them 
before  that  time. 

Jehu  Jones,  goaler. 

Gloucester  county,  New -Jersey  Feb.  13,  1768. 
Ten  Pounds  Reward, 
Broke  out  of  the  goal  of  the  county  of  Gloucester,  this 
morning,  the  following  prisoners,  viz.    Hugh  Wilson, 
born  in  Ireland,  about  30  years  of  age,  a  tanner  by  trade, 

5  feet  3  or  4  inches  high,  well  set,  has  black  hair,  a  pleas- 
ant countenance,  marked  with  the  small-pox,  has  lived 
lately  in  Chester  and  New-Castle  counties;^  had  on,  a 
good  blue  surtout,  a  light  coloured  broadcloth  jacket,  and 
swanskin  waistcoat  with  black  spots,  a  pair  of  good  leather 
breeches,  and  a  good  hat.  It  is  thought  lie  has  a  large 
quantity  of  money  with  him,  chiefly  gold.  And  D.wtd 
Cochran,  born  in  Ireland,  about  25  years  of  age.  5  feet 

6  inches  high,  has  a  freckled  face,  and  red  short  hair,  a 
fuller  by  trade,  and  has  lived  in  Allentown  and  Haddon- 
field;  had  on,  a  light  coloured  homespun  cloth  coat,  a 
striped  jacket,  cloth  breeches,  a  pair  of  half-boots,  and  an 
old  hat;  also  took  a  pair  of  shoes  with  him ;  it  is  supposed 
he  is  gone  towards  Lancaster.  They  are  both  much  in- 
clined to  strong  liquor,  and  apt  to  be  intoxicated.  Who- 
ever takes  up  the  above  prisoners,  and  secures  them  in  any 
goal  in  New-Jersey,  Pennsyhania.  ur  the  lower  counties 
on  Delaware,  and  gives  notice  to  the  subscriber,  so  that 
he  may  have  them  again,  shall  receive  for  Hugh  Wilson, 
Six  Pounds  reward,  and  for  David  Cochran,  Four  Pounds, 
and  reasonable  charges,  from 

Samuel  Blackwood.  Sheriff. 
— The  Poiiisyhania  Ga::ctfc\  No.  2042,  February  1 1, 
1768. 

1  See  page  11.  ante. 


1/68]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  43 

To  the  PUBLIC. 

Whereas  an  advertisement  has  been  inserted  in  the 
Chronicle,  No.  50,  and  subscribed  by  JoJm  Hatton;  in 
which  the  said  Hatton,  conscious  of  the  badness  of  his  own 
cause,  has  endeavoured  to  impose  upon  strangers,  [for 
none  else  can  he  deceive]  by  supporting  his  assertions  with 
the  grossest  falsehoods  and  calumny — I  therefore  think 
it  necessary  to  submit  to  the  judgment  of  the  Public,  the 
particulars  of  the  dispute  subsisting  between  us,  in  vindi- 
cation of  my  character  [for  I  Jiaz'c  a  character  to  lose], 
which  has  been  attacked  by  said  Hatton,  with  all  that  vir- 
ulence and  disregard  to  truth,  for  which  he  is  so  univer- 
sally distinguished. 

I  have  thought  it  most  prudent  to  proceed,  in  this  affair, 
in  a  manner  the  most  public  and  legal,  and  before  magis- 
trates have  evidences  examined,  whose  testimony  would 
invalidate  his  assertions,  and  expose  him  to  that  censure 

so  total  a  deviation  from  the  truth  justly  deserves. 1 

went  to  his  house,  on  the  9th  instant,  with  Edzvard  Test, 
Esq;  to  notify  to  him  my  intention,  and  recjuire  his  at- 
tendance, that  he  might  have  an  opportunity  of  confuting 
any  untruth,  if  advanced,  in  the  course  of  examination, 
and  to  convince  him  that  my  design  was  to  proceed  in  a 
fair  open  way;    and  then  T  named  the  15th  instant  for  the 

day His  wife  told  me  he  was  not  at  home,  and  was 

certain  he  zvould  not  attend He  did  not,  but  went  to 

Philadelphia,  on  the  morning  of  the  appointed  day 

The  reason  will  appear  very  evident  from  the  purport  of 
the  following  depositions,  by  which  it  will  be  proved  that 
the  said  Hatton  has  most  industriously  avoided  relating 
the  truth,  lest  it  might  appear  an  inconsistency  with  the 
character  he  has  acquired. 

By  the  first  deposition  it  will  appear,  said  Hatton  as- 
serted that  the  boy  was  not  subject  to  fits; an  asser- 


44  NEW    JERSEY    COLOXIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

tioii  he  was  conscious  to  be  false,  at  the  time  he  made  it, 
being  a  fact  known  in  his  own  family,  and  confessed  by 

the  boy,  when  questioned  about  it That  said  Hatton 

consented  to  take  him  back  again;  received  the  bill  of 
sale  from  me  and  promised  to  surrender  up  the  bond,  upon 
the  return  of  the  boy,  without  any  of  those  conditional 
compensations  he  mentions  so  equitably  to  have  made,  in 
his  advertisement :  And  I  apprehend  his  chief  reason  for 
omitting  the  receipt  of  the  bill  of  sale  was,  that  his  argu- 
ments would  appear  absurd,  and  that  it  was  a  fact  he  did 

not  care  to  reveal  to  the  Public .... 

1  have  been  represented,  by  said  Hatton,  as  a  con- 


tentious man,  a  character  my  neighbours  will  acquit  me 
of;  but  if  a  perpetual  state  of  litigious  cavilling,  or  the 
universal  voice  of  a  people  can  give  a  just  title  to  that 
character,  I  am  sure  no  man  can,  with  equal  demerit,  claim 
it  as  John  Hatton,  Esquire,  Collector  of  his  Majesty's 
Customs,  in  the  port  of  Salem. 

Salem,  Jan.  19,  Jacob  Scroggin. 

1768. 
Salem,  ss.  Jacob  Hollinshead,  of  the  town  of  Salem, 
watchmaker,  of  full  age,  personally  appeared 
before  us  the  subscribers,  three  of  his  Majesty's  justices 
of  the  peace,  for  the  county  of  Salem,  who  being  one  of 
the  people  called  Quakers,  on  his  solemn  affirmation, 
which  he  took  according  to  law,  did  declare  and  affirm 

[signed]    Jacob  Hollinshead. 
Affirmed  before  us  the  15th 
of  January,  1768. 
A.  Sinnickson, 
Rob.  Johnson, 
John  Nicholson. 
Salem,  ss.     Ti-iomas  Anderson,  of  Allowav's  Creek,  in 
the  county  aforesaid,  personally  appeared  be- 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  ^5 

fore  us  the  subscribers,  three  of  his  Majesty's  justices  of 
the  peace,  for  the  county  aforesaid,  who  being  duly  sworn 
on  the  Holy  Evangelists  of  Almighty  God,  doth  declare, 
that  on  or  about  six  day's  after  Mr.  Jacob  Scroggin  had 
purchased  a  Negro  boy  of  John  Hatton,  Esq;  and  brought 
him  home,  he,  this  deponent,  at  that  time  lived  with  the 
said  Scroggin,  and  that  he  was  in  the  house  when  the  said 
Negro  boy  had  one  fit  or  more. 

his 
Thomas    x    /\nderson. 
Mark. 
Sworn  before  us  the  15th 
of  January,  1768. 

A.   SlNNICKSON^ 

RoBT.  Johnson, 
John  Nicholson. 

Salem,  ss.  Joseph  Thompson,  of  the  town  of  Salem, 
tanner,  (of  full  age)  personally  appeared  be- 
fore us  the  subscribers,  three  of  his  Majesty's  justices  of 
the  peace,  for  the  county  of  Salem  aforesaid,  who.  being 
one  of  the  people  called  Quakers,  on  his  solemn  affirma- 
tion, which  he  took  according  to  law,  did  declare,^    .     .     . 

[signed]    Joseph  Thompson. 
and  justices  as  above. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  58,  February  15- 
22,  1768. 

To  Be  Sold 
By  the  subscriber,  now  living  on  the  premises. 
A  Plantation,  containing  about  200  acres  of  land,   (or 
more  if  required)    there  is  about   100  cleared,   the  rest 
woodland,  it  is  accommodated  with  a  genteel  brick  dwell- 
ing-house, 40  by  48  feet,  two  story  high,  four  rooms  on 

iThis  controversy  occupies  two  and  a  half  columns  of  the  Chronicle. 


46  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

a  floor,  with  a  large  handsome  stair  case  and  entry,  with 
cellars  under  the  whole  building,  and  a  court-yard  on  each 
front  of  the  house,  one  fronting  down  the  river  Delaware 
to  the  ferry,  thro'  a  large  handsome  avenue  of  English 
cherry-trees,  the  other  fronting  up  the  river  to  Trenton, 
with  a  large  brick  kitchen,  30  by  20  feet,  two  story  high, 
with  a  well  in  it,  and  four  handsome  apartments  above  for 
servants;  also  a  good  barn  40  by  38  feet,  with  a  plank 
floor,  and  stables  for  ten  horses;  also  a  good  stone  smoak- 
house,  chaise-house,  poultry  house,  and  all  other  useful 
buildings  to  accommodate  the  same,  with  a  fine  piece  of 
meadow  that  yearly  produces  from  20  to  25  loads  of  good 
clover  and  timothy  hay,  with  an  orchard  of  about  350 
bearing  apple-trees  of  good  fruit;  there  is  also  a  fine  col- 
lection of  other  fruits,  viz.  peaches,  damesens,  cherries, 
quinces,  English  walnuts,  grapes,  raspberries,  &c.  and  a 
handsome  large  garden  well  boarded  in.  The  above  prem- 
ises lying  in  the  county  of  Burlington,  West-New-Jersey, 
and  pleasantly  situated  on  the  river  Delaware,  at  the  head 
of  the  navigation,  and  opposite  the  falls  thereof,  between 
Trenton  and  the  ferry;  there  is  a  great  variety  of  fish  that 
may  be  caught  in  the  river  by  trolling  and  angleing^,  and 
plenty  of  duck  and  other  water  fowl  in  the  fall  and  winter 
season.  The  whole  premises  are  in  good  fence  and  repair. 
Also  one  handsome  brick  house,  lately  the  property  of  Rob- 
ert Rutherford,^  and  allowed  the  best  stand  for  a  tavern 
or  a  Gentleman  in  any  part  of  Trenton ;  the  house  is  two 
stories  high,  four  rooms  on  a  floor,  and  a  cellar  under  the 
whole  house,  with  a  large  kitchen,  wash  house,  and  a  well 
of  good  water,  four  handsome  rooms  above,  two  large 
stables  that  will  hold  from  20  to  25  horses,  a  good  coach- 
house, a  handsome  large  lot  and  garden,  well  fenced  in  by 
a  brick  wall  at  the  front,  and  large  folding  gates  to  enter 


1  Kor  a   skftfh  of  Koliort   Rvitlicrford.  see  N.   J.  Archives,  XX..   16S. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  47 

the  yard;  the  stair-way,  and  three  of  the  rooms  of  the 
house  are  handsomely  papered,  the  whole  in  good  order. 
Also  one  other  house  in  Trenton,  two  stories  high,  three 
rooms  on  a  floor,  and  a  good  cellar,  with  a  large  garden 
of  near  half  an  acre  of  ground,  well  fenced  in,  and  front- 
ing King's-street,  and  at  the  rear  of  the  lot  in  Queen- 
street.  Also  one  other  handsome  house  near  Trenton  mills 
in  Kingsbury,  in  the  township  of  Nottingham,  and  county 
of  Burlington,  one  story  and  an  half  high,  four  rooms  on 
the  lower  floor,  and  two  on  the  upper  floor  with  two  other 
rooms  for  servants,  and  a  cellar  under  the  whole  house  a 
good  well,  a  large  garden  well  boarded  in,  a  barn,  stable, 
chaise  house,  poultry-house,  all  in  good  repair,  and  painted 
in  the  best  manner.  Any  person  inclining  to  purchase  the 
whole,  or  any  one  part  of  the  premises,  by  paying  the  one 
third  part  of  the  purchase  money  down  may  have  any  rea- 
sonable time  for  the  payment  of  the  remainder,  with  in- 
terest. For  further  particulars,  enquire  of  the  subscriber. 
May  II,  1767.  Robert  Lettice  Hooper. 

N.  B.  The  Gentleman  that  purchases  the  plantation, 
may  be  supplied  with  three  negro  men  and  a  wench,  that 
understands  all  manner  of  farming,  and  was  born  and 
bred  in  the  family,  cattle,  horses,  a  four-wheel  chaise,  fur- 
niture, farming  utensils,  twenty  acres  of  wheat,  six  acres 
of  rye,  and  may  enter  on  any  part  of  the  premises  in  three 
weeks  after  agreement. — Supplement  to  the  New  York 
Gazette  or  Weekly  Mereury,  No.  849,  February  8,  1768. 

To  Be  Let. 
And  entered  on  the  first  of  April  or  May  next,  the  house 
and  lot  wherein  the  widow  Sarah  Thomas  now  lives,  in 
Elizabeth-Town,  containing  al)out  three  quarters  of  an 
acre  of  land.  The  house  is  in  good  repair,  has  seven  rooms 
on  a  floor,  and  two  good  cellars  under  the  same,  and  a 


48  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

good  kitchen,  stable,  and  other  out-houses,  and  a  fine 
garden;  the  whole  pleasantly  situated  on  the  post  road 
from  New- York  to  Philadelphia,  in  the  center  of  the  town, 
and  within  six  rods  of  a  good  grist-mill,  and  about  eight 
rods  of  the  court-house;  and  is  a  good  stand  for  a  store 
or  publick  house,  as  it  hath  been  occupied  for  one  or  both 
for  upwards  of  thirty  years  past.  Any  person  inclining 
to  rent  the  same  for  one  year,  or  a  term  of  years,  may 
know  the  conditions  by  applying  to  Edward  Thomas,  liv- 
ing near  the  premises. 

N.  B.  Said  Thomas  has  two  young  negro  wenches  for 
sale,  the  one  with  or  without  two  children;  the  other 
about  fourteen  years  of  age. — The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and 
Weekly  Mercury,  No.  850,  February  15,  1768. 

New  Biasing-Star,  4th  February,  176S. 

To  the  Impartial  Public. 

Whereas  it  has  been  maliciously  reported,  that  John 
Thomson,  Stage- Waggoner,  was  the  sole  Cause  of  the  un- 
happy Misfortune  which  happened  on  the  28th  last,  we 
who  were  at  that  Time  in  the  Boat,  and  had  come  with  Mr. 
Thomson  from  Princeton,  cannot  refrain  from  clearing 
an  innocent,  suffering  Man,  from  that  false  Imputation 
under  which  he  at  present  labours :  We  do  candidly  own, 
that  he  proffered  staying  at  Woodbridge,  but  we  not  will- 
ingly consenting  to  that  Proposal,  set  off;  when  we  came 
to  the  Ferry,  the  Night  appeared  very  agreeable,  and  we 
all  with  one  Consent  got  into  the  Boat,  when  about  the 
Middle  of  the  River,  a  Storm  came  on,  which  drove  us 
on  a  desert  Island,  where  we  staid  till  next  Morning,  when 
Mr.  Mersereau  came  to  our  Assistance. 

John  Kidd, 
Robert  French. 


1768] 


NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS. 


49 


To  be  sold,  at  public  Sale,  at  Vendue,  the  20th  Day  of 
April  1768,  or  at  private  Sale  any  Time  before. 

A  Convenient  House  and  Lot  of 
Ground,  situate,  lying  and  being  in 
Newark,  and  very  convenient  for  a 
Gentleman  or  Tradesman :  For  fur- 
ther Particulars  inquire  of  Mr.  Will- 
iam Camp,  in  Newark,  or  of  Henry 
Sickels,  in  New-York,  who  will  give 
an  indisputable  Title  for  the  same. 


Cut 

OF 

House 


Cut 

OF 

Farm 


To  be  sold,  at  private  Sale, 
By  the  subscriber,  on  the  Premises,  at  Hackinsack, 

A  Small  convenient  Farm  or  Lot, 
lying  on  a  very  public  Road  from  the 
back  Country,.  Ringwood  and  Sterling 
Iron  Works,  &c.  and  on  Hackinsack 
River,  being  the  first  Landing  conve- 
nient to  that  Road,  and  very  suitable 
for  a  Merchant  or  Trader.  It  adjoins 
to  the  River,  and  is  dock'd  off  300 
Feet,  and  has  upon  it  the  following  Improvements,  Build- 
ings and  Conveniences,  viz. 

A  very  good  Orchard  and  Garrlen.  a  good  Dwelling- 
House,  with  a  large  Passage  and  two  Rooms  on  a  Floor, 
five  of  the  Rooms  with  Fire-Places,  and  all  completely  fin- 
ished, the  Chimney  Pieces  tiled,  &c.  A  good  Kitchen,  28 
Feet  by  18,  adjoining  to  one  End  of  the  back  Part,  a  Stone 
Smoke-House,  a  small  Store-House,  near  the  Dwelling- 
House,  with  a  Chimney;  a  fine  Cider  Barn,  an  excellent 
Spring  with  a  Pump,  near  the  Kitchen,  and  a  large  Store- 
House,  three  Stories  high,  on  the  Dock.  The  Dwelling- 
House  is  very  pleasantly  situated,  fronting  on  the  River  on 
one  Side,  and  on  the  other  having  a  View  of  three  large 


50  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [^768 

Roads  to  the  Distance  of  near  a  Mile  on  each.     Any  Per- 
son inclining  to  purchase,  may  apply  at  the  Place  to 

Samuel  Benson  Leydekker. 
— Tlie  New   York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser, 
No.  131 1.  February  i8,  1768. 

To  be  Lett,  for  two  Years,  from  the  Twenty-iifth  of 
March  next, 

A  Quantity  of  good  drained  Meadow,  at  Clommeli 
Creek,  in  Gloucester  County,  about  seven  Miles  from  \\'ill- 
iam  Cooper's  Ferry,  fit  for  mowing  or  feeding  of  Cattle, 
being  mostly  in  a  good  Sward  of  Grass;  together  with 
some  Upland  adjacent,  suitable  for  Plowing,  or  raising 
Corn,  and  foddering  Cattle  thereon,  in  the  Winter  Season. 
The  Meadows  are  in  good  Banks,  containing  about  300 
Acres,  with  Timber  for  Rails  and  Firewood.  Likewise 
an  Overseer,  who  has  lived  on  the  Place  for  some  Years 
past  with  his  Family,  and  for  his  Conduct  can  be  well  rec- 
ommended. An  Agreement  is  made  with  him  for  one 
Year  certain.  For  Terms,  apply  to  Joseph  Morgan,  at 
Pensawkin,  in  West  New-Jersey;  or  to  Charles  West, 
near  Vine-street,  Philadelphia. 

Will  be  exposed  for  Sale,  by  public  Vendue,  on  Third 
Day,  the  22d  of  March  next  ensuing,  at  Clommeli  Mead- 
ows, in  Gloucester  County,  about  17  Miles  below  William 
Cooper's  Ferry,  for  ready  Money,  109  steers,  in  good  Or- 
der; and  122  Ewes  and  Lambs  with  them;  a  Quantity  of 
Hay;  sundry  Houshold  Goods;  several  Horses;  a  Wag- 
gon; Carts,  and  other  LTtensils,  suitable  for  Farming; 
where  Attendance  will  be  given,  at  the  Day  of  Sale,  by 
the  Subscriber. 

All  Persons  who  are  indebted  to  the  Estate  of  Isaac 
Cooper,  late  of  Newton,  in  the  County  of  Gloucester. 
West  New-Jersev,  deceased,  either  by  Bond,  Note  or  Bdok 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  5^ 

Debt,  are  desired  to  come  and  discharge  the  same :  And 
those  who  have  any  Demands  against  the  said  Estate,  to 
bring  in  their  Accounts,  that  they  may  be  properly  ad- 
justed by 

Samuel  Noble,  Executor. 

— The  Penusyk'ania  Gazette,  No.  2043,  February  18, 
1768. 

On  the  same  day  [26th  of  last  month]  arrived  the  brig 
Phoenix,  Capt.  Watt,  in  42  days'  from  Kingston,  Jam- 
aica: ....  And  on  the  8th  inst.  about  noon,  15  or  16 
leagues  to  the  southward  of  our  Capes,  he  fell  in  with  the 
brig  John  and  Richard,  Capt.  Collins,  out  16  weeks  from 
Liverpool,  bound  for  this  port,  with  whom  he  kept  com- 
pany till  evening,  when  they  saw  the  Cape,  but  it  coming 
on  very  thick  Capt.  Watt  stood  off,  but  Capt.  Collins  after 
making  two  attempts  to  do  the  same,  not  being  able  to 
put  his  vessel  about,  stood  in  for  the  land,  after  which 
Captain  Watt  saw  no  more  of  him. 

Several  vessels  arrived  here  last  week,  saw  a  brig  ashore 
about  twenty  miles  to  the  southward  of  our  Capes,  which 
is  supposed  to  be  the  brig  John  and  Richard,  Capt.  Collins, 
from  Liverpool  for  this  port,  who  was  spoke  with  on  the 
coast  as  above. — The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  13 15, 
February  18,  1768. 

Nezv-York,  February  20.  By  a  Man  from  Shrewsbury, 
we  are  informed,  that  last  Week,  a  Man  of  that  Place,  was 
killed  and  torn  to  Pieces  by  a  Panther;  that  about  an 
Hour  after,  two  Men,  knowing  nothing  of  the  Matter, 
went  with  their  Guns  into  the  same  Wood,  when  the  Beast 
leaped  from  the  Branch  of  a  Tree  where  he  sat  unseen, 
upon  the  Back  of  one  of  the  Men,  where  the  other  Man 
imm.ediately  shot  and  killed  him. 


52  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

They  afterwards  found  the  mangled  Body  of  the  dead 
Man,  near  the  Place. 

The  same  Week  two  Men  of  that  Place,  Mr.  Cook  and 
his  Son,  who  had  gone  from  home  with  their  Guns,  and 
had  been  missing  five  Days,  were  found  drown'd,  near  the 
Shore,  in  "Water  not  more  than  Knee  deep.  Each  of  them 
had  a  Bruise  on  the  Forehead,  over  one  of  the  Eyes,  but 
whether  by  Accident  or  Design,  or  for  what  Reason  they 
went  into  the  Water  (having  no  Vessel  with  them)  was 
not  known. 

The  same  Week,  a  Barn  in  that  Place,  by  a  Person's 
going  into  it  with  a  Candle,  was  accidentally  set  on  Fire 
and  entirely  consumed,  with  all  it  contained,  being  full  of 
Wheat  and  Flax.  A  like  Accident  happened  there  a  few 
Weeks  ago,  when  a  Barn,  with  500  Bushels  of  Corn  was 
burnt. 

From  Middletown,  in  the  Jersies,  we  hear,  that  the  same 
Week,  a  Man  hearing  another  had  said  something  to  his 
Disadvantage,  went  to  his  House  seemingly  with  a  Design 
to  Quarrel,  and  after  using  some  abusive  Expressions, 
told  the  Man's  Wife  she  was  a  dauin'd  Lyar,  on  which  the 
Husband  being  provoked,  snatched  down  a  Gun  and  struck 
him  with  it  on  the  Head;  he  immediately  went  away, 
swearing  Revenge.  Another  Man  who  happened  to  be 
there  went  with  him,  as  they  went  he  complained  of  his 
Head,  and  concluded  to  go  to  a  Neighbour's  House  hard 
by,  where  he  also  complained  of  his  Head,  applied  some- 
thing to  it,  and  lay  down,  but  soon  after  grew  delirious 
and  died.  The  ]\Ian  who  gave  him  the  Stroke  surrendered 
himself,  and  is  in  Gaol,  his  Family  much  distressed.  The 
Coroner's  Inquest  brought  in  their  Verdict,  Accidental 
DeatJi. — S'lipplcnicnt  to  tJic  Nczv  York  Journal  or  Genera! 
Advertiser,  No.  131 1,  February  20,  1768. 


1/68]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  5  3 

To  be  sold  at  publick  vendue,  on  the  premises,  on  the  12th 
day  of  April  next. 
The  equal  one  half  of  the  house  and  lot  of  ground,  (or 
the  whole)  formerly  belonging  to  Hezekiah  Johnson,  de- 
ceased, situate  about  two  miles  from  Newark,  on  the  main 
road  that  leads  to  Elizabeth-Town.  The  lot  contains  nine 
acres  of  land,  a  house  two  stories  high,  with  4  rooms  oii 
a  floor,  a  good  orchard,  and  is  a  good  situation  for  a  tav- 
ern or  store,  there  being  a  publick  landing  at  the  rear  of 
said  lot.  The  conditions  will  be  made  known  on  the  day 
of  sale,  and  an  indisputable  title  given,  by 

A'losES  Scott. 
— The  Nczv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
851,  February  22,  1768. 

Springfield,  February  25,  1768. 
Run  away  from  the  Subscriber,  living  in  Springfield 
Township,  Burlington  County,  and  province  of  West 
New-Jersey,  on  the  24th  of  this  inst.  an  English  servant 
man,  named  Joseph  Mayall;  he  is  about  22  years  of 
age,  of  a  fair  complexion;  has  light  straight  hair,  and 
white  eyes :  Had  on,  and  took  with  him,  a  wool  hat,  one 
snuff-coloured  coat,  and  a  black  broadcloth  waistcoat,  an 
old  jacket  with  new  sleeves,  one  striped  flannel  shirt,  and 
two  white  ditto;  a  pair  of  good  leather  breaches,  two  pair 
of  woollen  stockings,  and  two  pair  of  shoes ;   he  also  took 

with  him  a  white  niare,  about  thirteen  hands  high. 

Whoever  takes  up  and  secures  him  and  the  mare,  shall 
have  FOUR  pounds  reward,  and  for  the  mare  only, 
twenty  shillings,  and  reasonable  charges,  paid  by  me 

Job  Stockton. 

Burlington,  Feb.  23.  1768. 
Some  time  the  beginning  of  February,  1768,  was  left 


54  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

at  the  house  of  the  Subscriber,  in  the  city  of  BurHngton, 
by  a  person  unknown,  a  black  trunk,  with  sundry  things 
in  it,  as  is  supposed,  being  very  heavy.  And  also,  some 
time  last  summer,  was  left  at  the  said  house  a  man's  light 
coloured  cloth  cloak.  The  persons,  who  left  the  above 
things,  by  applying  to  me,  proving  their  property,  and 
paying  cost,  may  have  them  again. 

Joseph  Haight. 

To    BE    SOLD 

A  Bank  House  and  Lot  of  Ground,  about  fourteen  Feet 
Front,  and  thirty  Feet  eight  Inches  deep,  from  Front- 
Street  to  Water-street,  situate  between  Chestnut  and  Wal- 
nut Streets,  in  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  now  in  the  Ten- 
ure of  Benjamin  Condy To  know  the  Terms  of  Sale, 

apply  to  the  Subscriber,  living  in  Greenwich,  in  Cumber- 
land County,  West  New-Jersey,  or  to  Isaac  Stretch,  in 
Philadelphia. 

Feb.  25,  1768.  Benjamin  Reeve. 

To  BE  SOLD,  at  public  sale,  by  the  subscriber,  to  the  high- 
est bidder,  on  Monday  the  twenty-first  day  of  March 
next,  at  12  o'clock, 

A  very  valuable  farm,  situate  on  the  river  Delaware,  in 
the  county  of  Hunterdon,  and  province  of  New-Jersey, 
containing  three  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  land,  one  hun- 
dred and  seventy  of  which  are  cleared  and  in  good  fence, 
the  remaining  part  well  timbered,  the  whole  tract  is  excel  • 
lent  good  land  for  wheat,  Indian  corn,  and  grass.  There 
are  on  said  farm,  a  good  stone  house  and  kitchen,  a  good 
barn  and  waggon  house,  also,  a  very  fine  young  orchard ; 
it  is  situate  about  thirty  miles  from  Philadelphia,  eighteen 
from  Trenton,  three  from  Correll's  Ferry,  and  about  two 
or  three  miles  from  several  sfrist  mills.     The  conditions 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  55 

will  be  made  known  on  the  day  of  sale,  and  attendance 
given  by  John  Imlay. 

Bordentoivn,  Feb.  24,  1768. 

To  he  soLD^  by  Public  Vendue,  on  the  premises,  on  the 
2 1st  day  of  March  next, 

A  lot  of  land,  containing  about  thirty  acres,  in  West- 
New-Jersey,  in  Burlington  county,  and  zvithin  about  half 
a  mile  of  Bordentown,  and  formerly  knozvn  by  the  name 
of  Black  Creek  Forge.  There  are  on  the  premises  two 
dwelling  houses,  several  out-houses,  a  hearing  orchard, 
and  a  good  saw-mill,  ivith  tzvo  sazvs,  on  a  good  stream  of 
zvater,  zvhere  logs  are  rafted  to  the  mill  tail,  and  the  stuff 
trajisported  from  thence  to  Philadelphia,  either  by  boats 
or  rafts.  It  is  in  a  good  part  of  the  country  for  a  fulling 
or  grist  mill,  and  has  zvater  sufUcient  for  both.  It  is,  also, 
in  a  plentiful  part  of  the  country  for  wheat.  Two  thirds 
belonging  to  the  estate  of  Joseph  Curtis,  deceased,  and  the 
other  third  to  Aaron  Watson.  The  zvhole  zvill  be  exposed 
to  sale,  together  zvith  a  team  of  horses,  and  carriages  suit- 
ahk  to  carry  on  the  sazv  mill,  by  Marmaduke  Watson, 
Anne  Curtis,  and  Aaron  Watson,  Executors. 

N.  B.    An  indisputable  title  will  be  given. 

Feb.  22,  1768. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  59,  February  22- 
29,  1768. 

TO    THE    PUBLIC. 

As  I  find  myself  Chronicled,  after  a  very  slanderous 
manner,  in  Mr.  Goddard's  Paper,  No.  57^  by  Arthur  Don- 
aldson, (formerly  of  Southzvark,  now  tending  a  Ferry  at 
Point  Pleasant,  West  New  Jersey)  who  says,  he  "takes 
that  method  to  justify  himself  against  an  unjust  account 
contained  in  my  books,  that  I  for  several  years  past,  have 


56  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

refused  to  comply  with  justice  for  the  settlement  of  the 
same,  though  frequently  pressed  thereto;"  I  am  under  a 
necessity  of  clearing  my  character  from  such  aspersions, 
and  doubt  not  that  the  base  insinuations  couched  under 
them,  will  evidently  appear  to  the  world,  to  proceed  from 

malice  and  ill  nature 

[signed]     William  Drewry. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1316,  February  25, 
1768. 

Whereas  Richard  Brown,  and  others  of  the  inhabi- 
tants of  the  county  of  Monmouth,  did  send  in  a  petition  to 
the  House  of  Assembly,  at  a  sessions  held  in  Burlington, 
June  1767,  respecting  the  duty  of  maintaining  a  bridge 
over  Crosswick  Creek,  in  the  county  aforesaid.  Ordered 
by  the  said  house,  that  Richard  Brown  have  leave  to  bring- 
in  a  bill  for  his  relief  in  the  premises,  at  the  next  session, 
if  no  reasonable  objection  appear  against  the  same,  of 
which  I  do  hereby  give  public  notice,  by  order  of  the  said 
house 

Richard  Brown. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2044,  February  25, 
1768. 

To  Be  Sold, 

A   Farm,   situate  in  the  Township 
^  -1         of   Bedminster,   county   of   Somerset, 

and  province  of  New-Jersey,  lately  the 
property  of  Jeremiah  Bright,  contain- 
ing 210  acres,  70  or  80  acres  of  which 
is  cleared  fit  for  tillage,  20  or  30  acres 
of  improved  meadow,  and  as  many 
more  may  be  made;  the  remainder  of  the  land  is  well  tim- 
bered;  on  the  farm  is  a  good  stone  house  two  stories;    a 


OF 

Farm 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  57 

barn,  and  other  out-houses,  a  bearing  orchard  of  about  150 
apple-trees,  the  whole  in  good  fence,  and  a  fine  lively 
stream  running  through  the  same.  Inquire  of  Doctor 
Lewis  Johnston,  John  Barberie,  Stephen  Skinner,  or  John 
Johnston,  at  Perth-Amboy,  who  will  give  easy  payments, 
and  an  indisputable  title  for  the  same,  good  bonds  will  be 
taken  in  payment. 

Perth-Amboy,  Feb.  18,  1768. 

Perth-Amboy,  Feb.  10,  1768. 
To  be  sold,  at  public  Vendue,  on  Thursday, 
the  31st  Day  of  March, 

The  plantation  of  John  Gordon, 
situate  in  Cranbury,  in  Middlesex 
county,  east  New-Jersey,  containing 
about  200  acres,  whereon  is  a  house, 
barn,  orchard,  and  other  improve- 
ments, conveniently  situated  to  mills 
and  places  of  w^orship,  and  about  five 
miles  from  Spotswood.  The  vendue  to  be  held  on  the 
premises;  one  third  of  the  purchase  money  being  paid 
down,  good  security  will  be  taken  for  the  remainder,  pay- 
ing interest.  For  further  particulars  apply  to  John  Bar- 
berie, at  Perth-Amboy,  who  has  power  to  sell. 

N.  B.  He  has  also  a  negro  girl  of  14  years  of  age  to 
sell,  fit  for  the  country. 

Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  the  stated  Meetings  of  the 
General  Proprietors  of  the  Eastern  Division  of  New-Jer- 
sey, are  held  at  Perth-Amboy,  on  the  2d  Tuesday  in  April 
and  2d  Tuesday  in  September. 

James  Parker.^ 

Perth-Amboy,  Feb.  22,  1768. 

1  For  a   sketch   of  James   Parker,    see   N.    J.    Archives,    Second   Series. 
I.,  454. 


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OF 

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58  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

By  virtue  of  sundry  executions  to  us  the  subscribers 
directed,  against  the  goods  and  chattels,  lands  and  tene- 
ments of  William  Van  Kirk,  and  pursuant  thereto,  we 
have  seized  a  certain  tract  of  land  and  tenement,  belong- 
ing to  the  said  William  Van  Kirk,  situated  in  Freehold, 
containing  about  three  hundred  acres  of  good  wheat-land, 
well  water'd  and  timber'd,  about  twenty  acres  of  meadow ; 
great  part  well  improv'd,  a  bearing  orchard,,  consisting  of 
about  five  hundred  trees  of  the  best  fruit;  a  good  house 
and  barn,  and  waggon-house,  and  other  out-houses;  and 
is  nigh  by  a  grist-mill,  and  about  five  miles  from  the  court- 
house. Now  this  is  to  give  notice,  that  the  aforesaid  lands 
and  tenements,  so  taken,  will  be  exposed  to  sale,  by  way  of 
public  vendue,  on  Saturday  the  ninth  day  of  April,  on  the 
premises,  between  the  hours  of  twelve  and  five  in  the  after- 
noon of  the  same  day,  by 

John  Taylor,  late  Sherift'. 

Thomas  Leonard,  Sherift. 
February  5,  1768. 

To  Be  Sold, 

A  Farm,  containing  about  220  acres,  situate  at  Match- 
aponix,  in  the  county  of  Middlesex  and  province  of  New- 
Jersey,  eleven  miles  from  Amboy  and  New-Brunswick, 
and  four  from  South-  River  landing,  in  the  neighbourhood 
of  two  iron-works,  and  two  grist-mills,  where  is  a  good 
market  for  all  kind  of  produce,  has  the  valuable  advantage 
of  a  large  out-let  for  cattle  and  swine.  There  is  on  the 
farm,  a  small  house,  Dutch  barn.  Blacksmith's  shop,  and 
a  young  bearing  orchard;  about  30  acres  cleared  land,  the 
remainder  good  land,  well  timbered,  30  or  40  acres  of  gO(xl 
swamp  meadow  may  be  made  with  little  expence.  The 
farm  is  well  watered,  will  suit  a  farmer  or  tradesman,  be- 
ing in  a  neighbourhood  of  wealthy  farmers.     Inquire  of 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  59 

John  Johnston,  at  Amboy,  or  Thomas  Newton,  on  the 
premises. 

Matchaponix,  Feb.  20,  1768. 

— The  Nezv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1 3 12,  February  25.  1768. 

To   BE   LET, 

[And  may  be  entered  upon  immediately] 
A  FARM  or  PLANTATION,  in  the  township  of  Newtown, 
county  of  Sussex,  and  eastern  division  of  the  province  of 
New-Jersey;  containing  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres, 
one  hundred  acres  thereof  meadow,  the  residue  arable 
land  and  woods,  of  the  latter,  about  eighty  or  ninety  acres  : 
The  tract  is  bounded  upon,  and  in  some  places  includes, 
part  of  three  ponds,  one  of  which  is  nearly  three  miles 
long,  and  is  the  head  of  Pequess,  which  empties  into  Del- 
aware;   great  plenty  of  fish  may  be  caught  at  any  season 

of  the  year between  one  of  the  ponds  and  the  house, 

is  a  young  bearing  orchard,  of  near  two  hundred  apple 
trees,  producing  sufficient  fruit  for  the  use  of  the  farm; 
on  that  pond  is  a  small  boat,  neatly  painted,  and  furnished 
with  oars,  &c.  wild  fowl  and  venison  abound  in  their  sea- 
son, and  it  is  to  be  remarked,  that  neither  of  those  waters 
are  stagnated,  but  flow  transparently  from  sandy  shores 
(through  channels  cut  for  that  purpose)    into  the  river 

Pequess  aforesaid There  are  on  the  premises  a  small, 

but  comfortable,  log  house,  barn,  barrack,  paled  garden, 
and  a  spring  at  the  door ;  the  upland  and  meadows  in  tol- 
erable good  fence,  and  some  very  excellent  meadow  may 

yet  be  made. This  plantation  lies  on  the  main  road  to 

Goshen,  distant  about  two  miles  from  Andover  Furnace, 
and  three  from  the  court-house,  commands  an  out-let,  or 
range  of  several  thousand  acres,  of  which  (from  particu- 
lar circumstances)  it  never  can  be  deprived;   its  contiguity 


6o  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

to  the  two  last-mentioned  places,  is  exceedingly  advan- 
tageous, as  every  thing  that  can  be  raised  upon  it,  has  an 
immediate  sale,  for  the  supply  of  one  or  other  of  them. 

There  is  a  crop  in  the  ground,  which  should  be  early 

attended  to;  the  tenant  may  be  supplied  with  about  thirty 
head  of  cattle,  ten  of  them  cows,  (mostly  with  calf)  about 
twenty  sheep;  from  two  to  six  horses;  and  two  negro 
men,  that  understand  farming  :  For  any  other  particulars 
or  information,  apply  in  New-Brunswick,  in  New-Jersey, 
to  the  owner, 

Cornelius  Low,  jun. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  60,  February  29- 
March  7,  1767. 

To  be  Let,  at  Nczvark,  in  the  Jersies, 
A  House,  neatly  finished,  with  a  Barn  and  Orchard, 
(or  only  the  House  and  Garden)   on  the  first  of  April 
next,  by  Stephen  Baldwin,  and  Thomas  Brown. 

To  be  Sold,  or  Let,  by  the  subscriber, 
A  New  well  situated  house,  in  Elizabeth-Town-Raway, 
with  four  rooms  on  the  lower  floor,  and  two  fire-places, 
and  one  above  stairs;  is  neatly  finished,  has  a  dry  cellar 
under  it,  and  a  well  of  good  water  near  the  door;  also  a 
new  barn,  chair-house,  garden,  and  a  young  orchard  of 
apple  and  pear  trees,  grafted  with  the  choicest  fruits  in 
those  parts;  a  peach  orchard,  and  sundry  other  sorts  of 
fruit  trees,  such  as  cherries,  quinces,  and  plumbs.  It 
stands  between  the  two  branches  of  Raway-River,  and 
bounded  on  the  main  branch,  near  the  post  road;  and  is 
within  a  mile  and  a  half  of  two  publick  landings,  and 
about  the  same  distance  from  a  presbyterian  and  quaker 
meeting  house,  and  two  grist-mills.  The  land  is  exceed- 
ing good,  part  for  tilling  and  part  for  mowing;    and  is 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  '  6 1 

a  good  situation  for  a  merchant,  tradesman,  or  tavern 
keeper.  It  will  be  sold  or  let,  with  any  quantity  of  land 
not  exceeding  20  acres,  and  a  reasonable  time  allowed  for 
the  payment,  as  ready  money  is  not  wanted ;  and  if  any 
person  inclines  to  purchase  or  hire  a  larger,  or  one  not 
so  large  as  the  above  mentioned,  they  may  be  suited  by 
the  subscriber,  in  as  short  a  time  as  the  work  can  be  done, 
as  the  materials  is  now  ready  to  be  put  together,  and 
building  is  his  trade.  The  above  premises  may  be  taken 
into  possession  six  weeks  after  agreement  is  made;  and 
a  good  title  may  be  had,  by  applying  to  the  subscriber,  on 
the  premises. 

Jonathan  Higgens. 

To  Be  Let, 
The  house  and  lot  wherein  George  Ross,  Esq;  lives, 
in  Elizabeth-Town,  an  extreme  pleasant  situation.  Also 
the  house  and  lot  wherein  William  Grey,  lives,  adjoin- 
ing the  first  mentioned  lot.  For  further  particulars,  en- 
quire of  Mr.  Woodruff,  jun.  in  Elizabeth-Town,  or  Mr. 
Kelly,  in  New  York. 

To  Be  Let, 

A  House  and  large  garden,  at  New- 
Brunswick,  the  property  of  Dr.  Mer- 
Q^^      -)         cer,    and    now    in    the    possession    of 

William  Donaldson;    it  is  very  pleas- 
OF        ^  ,       •  , 

antly  situated  upon  the  bank  of  the 
House  •         1      ^1  ,  r 

^         river;   has  three  good  fine  rooms  upon 

the  first  floor,  and  four  rooms  on  the 
second,   with  a  good   kitchen,   cellar, 
pantry,  &c.  below,  and  a  large  barn,  with  very  convenient 
stabling  in  it,  and  other  out  houses.     Also  two  large  con- 
venient store  houses  adjoining;    the  possession  to  be  en- 


62  •        NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

ter'd  upon  the  first  of  May.  For  further  particulars,  en- 
quire of  Doctor  Mercer,  at  New-Brunswick,  or  Archibald 
Mercer,  at  Walter  and  Samuel  Franklin's  store,  in  New- 
York. 

Wanted. 
A  Person  that  understands  the  nailing  business  in  its 
different  branches,  or  has  been  employed  in  that  manu- 
factory. Such  a  person  bringing  proper  recommendations, 
will  meet  with  good  encouragement,  by  applying  to  Joseph 
Riggs,  Esq;  or  Joseph  Hadden,  in  Newark,  New-Jersey, 
who  are  entring  largely  into  that  business. 

Three  Pounds  Reward. 
RuN-away  about  the  6th  of  January  last,  an  indented 
servant  man  named  Siles  Palmer,  born  in  New-England, 
and  is  supposed  to  have  gone  that  way  or  towards  the 
Nine-Partners;  he  is  about  25  years  old,  5  feet  6  or  7 
inches  high,  light  hair,  blue  eyes,  adicted  to  drinking,  and 
when  in  liquor,  talkative  and  impertinent :  Had  on  when 
he  went  away,  a  small  bound  felt  hat,  leather  breeches, 
and  a  blue  jacket,  but  it  is  likely  he  may  change  his  dress. 
Whoever  takes  up  said  servant,  and  commits  him  to  any 
of  his  Majesty's  goals,  shall  have  the  above  reward,  by 
applying  to  the  subscriber,  living  in  Morris-Town,  East 
New-Jersey. 

Mary  Moore. 

To  be  sold  at  publick  Vendue,  on  Monday  the  2d  of  May 
next  in  the  county  of  Morris,  and  town  of  Pequanick ; 
An  excellent  tavern,  and  farm,  which  contains  50  acres 
of  excellent  good  land,  whereof  is  cut  18  or  20  tuns  of 
good  English  hay,  yearly,  and  more  may  be  cut  with  little 
expence;    there  is  on  said  farm  150  young  bearing  apple 


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trees,  a  good  dwelling  house,  new  barn,  barrack,  out- 
house, &c.  the  land  is  well  watered,  and  pleasantly  situated 
for  a  tavern,  merchant,  or  tradesman,  as  there  is  a  num- 
ber of  forges,  furnaces,  &c.  at  proper  distances,  to  make 
the  place  exceeding  profitable.  There  will  also  be  sold  at 
the  same  time,  by  the  subscriber,  26  or  27  acres  of  excel- 
lent marsh  swamp.  Any  person  inclining  to  purchase 
either  the  swamp,  or  farm,  at  private  sale,  will  have  good 
times  of  payment  given,  and  an  excellent  title. 

Lewis  Stewart. 
— The  New  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
852,  February  29,  1768. 

Nezv-York,  March  3.  We  hear  from  Morris  County 
in  New-Jersey,  that  about  ten  Days  ago  one  William 
Thorpe,  of  that  County,  having  been  assisting  to  bring 
some  Persons  to  Justice,  for  Breach  of  the  Laws,  they 
were  so  enraged  at  him,  that  they  threatened  Vengeance 
against  him;  of  which  the  Justice  getting  Litelligence,  he 
sent  his  Son  to  Thorpe  to  give  him  Notice :  While  the 
young  Man  was  at  Thorpe's  House,  the  People  came 
there  to  execute  their  Purpose,  whereupon  Thorpe  got 
up  Stairs  in  his  Chamber  with  his  Gun,  and  the  others 
attempting  to  pursue  him;  he  told  them  that  it  would  be 
at  their  Peril  to  advance;  but  they  disregarding  that, 
pushed  forward,  whereupon  he  fired,  and  shot  one  dead 
upon  the  Spot;  and  with  his  Gun  and  the  Assistance  of 
the  Justice's  Son,  beat  off  the  rest :  Thorpe  then  went 
and  surrendered  himself  up  to  Justice.  We  have  not  learnt 
the  Name  of  the  Person  killed. 

New-Jersey,  Middlesex  County,  January  18 fh,  I/68. 
By  Virtue  of  several  Writs  of  Fieri  Facias  to  me  di- 
rected, will  be  exposed  to  public  Sale,  on  Monday  the 


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2ith  Day  of  March  next,  at  one  o' Clock  in  the  Afternoon, 
at  the  House  of  the  Widow  Lot,  in  South-Amboy.  A 
Tract  of  Wood  Land,  situate  in  South-Amboy,  between 
Tenant's  Creek  and  Day's  Run;  containing  by  Estima- 
tion Three  Hundred  Acres,  late  the  Property  of  Thomas 
Leonard,  deceased,  seized  and  taken  in  Execution,  at  the 
Suit  of  Thomas  Watson,  and  others,  by 

James  Brooks,  late  Sheriff. 
— The  New  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  Xo. 
13 13,  Mar  eh  3,  1768. 


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Running 
Away 


RuN-away  from  the  subscriber,  on 
Wednesday  the  24th  February  1768, 
living  in  Middleton,  Monmouth  Coun- 
^^^  1  ty.  East  New-Jersey,  a  Negro  fellow 
named  Lank,  about  five  feet  eight  or 
nine  inches  high,  slender  made,  about 
twenty-five  years  of  age;  had  on  a 
light  colour'd  homespun  coat,  an  old  hat,  a  grey  homespun 
jacket,  blue  cloth  breeches,  and  yarn  stockings  :  Any  per- 
son who  takes  up  said  run-away,  and  brings  him  to  me, 
shall  have  twenty  shillings  reward,  and  all  reasonable 
charges,  paid  by 

William  Hendricks. 

To  be  sold,  by  public  Vendue,  on  the  7th  Day  of  the 
Week,  between  the  Hours  of  Two  and  Five  in  the  After- 
noon, the  19th  Day  of  this  instant  March,  on  the  Premises, 
A  valuable  Plantation,  and  Tract  of  Land,  containing  200 
Acres,  situate  on  the  South-side  of  Timber  Creek  in  the 
Cuuntv  of  Gloucester,  9  Miles  from  William  Cooper's 
Ferrv  by  Land,  and  l)ut  1 1  Miles  from  Philadelphia  by 
Water,  about  70  Acres  of  Upland  cleared,  fit  ior  either 
Rye  or  Indian  corn,  20  Acres  of  mowable  Tide  Meadow, 
and  the  rest  Woodland;   there  is  on  the  Premises  a  Dwell- 


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ing-house,  a  large  Barn,  48  Feet  square,  a  large  Stable, 
Corn  Cribs,  Milk-house,  an  Orchard,  and  a  good  Well  of 
Water,  now  in  the  Tenure  of  Thomas  Done.  Any  Per- 
son inclining  to  purchase,  may  view  the  Premises,  by  ap- 
plying to  the  Tenant,  who  will  shew  the  same  any  time 
before  the  Day  of  Sale.  The  Purchaser  paying  one  Third 
of  the  Purchase  Money  down,  may  have  Time  for  Pay- 
ment of  the  Remainder,  giving  Security,  and  paying  In- 
terest, and  the  Premises  may  be  entered  on  immediately; 
Part  of  the  real  Estate  late  of  James  West  deceased.  At- 
tendance will  be  given  at  the  Day  of  Sale,  by  Daniel 
Cooper,  and  Charles  West,  Executors. 

To  be  Lett,  or  Sold, 
By  Thomas  Bond,  of  Philadelphia,  or  William  Hugg 
of  Gloucester. 
A  Valuable  Plantation,  on  Racoon  Creek,  in  West- 
Jersey,  containing  188  Acres  of  good  Land,  on  which  are 
two  Dwelling-houses,  a  Barn,  and  large  Orchard. 

Whereas  I  Gamaliel  Garrison,  of  Alloway's  Creek 
Precinct,  in  the  County  of  Salem,  New-Jersey,  Brick- 
layer, did,  about  three  Years  ago,  enter  into  two  Bonds  or 
Obligations;  one  conditioned  for  the  Payment  of  70  1. 
with  Interest;  and  the  other  conditioned  for  the  Payment 
of  60  1.  with  Interest,  unto  a  certain  John  Drummond,  on 
certain  Days  therein  mentioned  and  long  since  past;  and 
whereas  the  same  Bonds  were  given  in  Payment  for  a 
Tract  of  Land  sold  by  the  said  John  Drummond  to  me, 
and  as  the  said  John  Drummond  hath  not  made  me  a  Title 
to  the  same  Land,  I  hereby  forewarn  all  Persons  from 
taking  an  Assignment  of  said  Bonds,  or  either  of  them, 
as  I  intend  not  to  pay  the  same,  unless  the  said  Drummond 
makes  me  a  clear  Title,  pursuant  to  our  Agreement. 

Gamaliel  Garrison. 


66  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

Whereas  George  Smith,  on  the  14th  of  February  last, 
absconded,  and  stole  from  John  Tindall,  two  new  home- 
spun shirts,  and  other  things,  not  yet  known;  he  is  very 
remarkable  in  being  very  fluent  with  his  tongue,  that  is 
the  English  tongue,  and  can  talk  Dutch  very  well,  is  coun- 
try born,  marked  a  little  with  the  small-pox,  long  brown- 
ish hair,  light  coloured  eyes,  loves  liquor,  and  gaming; 
had  on  when  he  went  away,  a  brown  double-breasted 
broadcloth  coat,  with  brass  buttons,  and  patched  in  sev- 
eral places  with  dark  grey  forrest  cloth,  a  brown  broad- 
cloth jacket,  an  old  pair  of  leather  breeches,  blue  and  white 
yarn  stockings,  and  a  strong  pair  of  shoes,  with  large  brass 
buckles.  Whoever  takes  up  said  Smith  and  secures  him 
in  any  of  his  Majesty's  goals,  and  gives  notice  thereof  to 
the  subscriber,  so  as  he  may  have  him,  shall  receive  Three 
Pounds  reward,  and  all  reasonable  charges,  paid  by  John 
Tindall,  living  in  Windsor  township,  Middlesex  county. 

To  be  Sold,  by  way  of  public  vendue,  on  ]\Ionday,  the 
28th  day  of  March  instant,  on  the  premises,  the  following- 
lots  of  land,  viz.  One  lot,  containing  about  4  acres,  on 
which  is  a  very  large  dwelling-house,  a  large  stable,  with 
a  hay  loft  over  it;  also  a  very  good  shed  for  horses,  30 
feet  long,  with  other  conveniences,  suitable  for  a  tavern, 
M'here  there  has  been  one  kept  for  many  years.  Also  one 
other  lot,  lying  within  a  quarter  (^f  a  mile  of  said  house, 
containing  20  acres  of  cleared  land,  on  which  is  a  very 
good  bearing  orchard  of  good  fruit.  Likewise  60  acres 
of  woodland,  within  about  one  mile  of  said  house,  re- 
markably well  timbered ;  part  of  which  land  is  rich  swamp, 
and,  with  a  small  expence,  may  be  made  good  meadow. 
All  of  said  lots  of  land  are  situate  in  and  near  Allen's 
town,  Monmouth  county,  New-Jersey.  Any  person  in- 
clining to  purchase  all  said  lots  together,  or  either  of  them. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  6/ 

before  the  day  of  sale,  may  be  informed  of  the  conditions, 
by  applying  to  Guisbert  Giberson,  or  Samuel  Parent, 
in  the  township  of  Upper  Freehold,  and  county  aforesaid. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2045,  March  3,  1768. 

At  Etna  Furnace,  in  the  County  of  Burlington,  good 
Colliers,  two  good  Carpenters,  a  good  Smith  that  under- 
stands the  making  flatt  or  padd^  iron  handles,  a  Stone  Cut- 
ter, a  person  used  to  grind  flatt  irons  and  waggon  boxes, 
will  meet  with  encouragement.- — TJie  Pciiiisyhaiiia  Jour- 
nal, No.  13 17,  March  3,  1768. 

To  be  sold  at  Vendue,  on  Thursday  the  31st  Day  of 
March,  Inst,  at  two  o'clock  P.  M. 
Fifty  two  acres  of  land,  situate  in  Hanover,  in  the 
county  of  Morris,  adjoining  the  Land  of  Alatthias  Burnet, 
Benjamin  Coe,  and  on  the  land  formerly  belonging  to 
Caleb  Ball,  deceased,  and  by  Abraham  Casterlin,  Samuel 
Ford,  and  Jonathan  Johnson,  being  good  for  meadow  and 
tillage,  with  a  saw-mill  thereon,  standing  on  Whipening 
river,  called  or  known  by  the  name  of  Connor's  saw-mill. 
The  above  land  belonged  to  Timothy  Connor,  Fuller,  late 
of  Hanover,  deceased.  The  vendue  to  be  held  on  the 
premises,  by 

Matthew   Lum, 
Joseph  Wood. 
Auditors 

To  be  sold,  a  plantation,  lying  and  being  in  Middletown, 
county  of  Monmouth  and  province  of  East  New-Jersey, 
containing  two  or  three  hundred  acres  of  land,  (or  any 
number  more  or  less,  as  may  suit  the  purchaser,)  situate 
within  one  mile  and  an  half  of  Middletown-Point,  and 
two  miles  of  Chinquerora  Bay;    where  is  plenty  of  fish- 

1  ?  sad. 


68  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

ing,  oystering,  and  claming,  and  within  one  mile  of  a 
grist-mill,  and  half  a  mile  of  a  saw-mill.  There  is  on  said 
plantation  a  tolerable  good  dwelling-house,  bearing  orch- 
ard, and  about  sixty  acres  of  up-land  and  meadow  cleared, 
and  much  more  may  be  made;  the  woodland  well  tim- 
bered, and  the  whole  well  water'd  and  in  good  fence,  an 
indisputable  title  will  be  given  for  the  same  by  the  sub- 
scriber living  near  the  premises. 

James  Kearney 

To  be  sold,  at  Hanover,  in  the  County  of  Morris,  and 
Province  of  East  New- Jersey; 

The     Plantation     whereon     Peter 
Smith,-^   now   lives:      It   contains   360 
Acres  of  excellent  Land,  well  wooded 
and  watered;    and  as  much  Meadow 
as  will  yield  80  Loads  of  Hay  yearly, 
and  much  more  may  be  made,  the  Rest 
all  good  Wood  and  Plow-land.    There 
is  on  said   Plantation  two  Dwelling- 
Houses,  one  of  which  almost  new,  and  the  other  pretty 
tolerable,  with  a  good  Barn,  and  two  excellent  Orchards 
of  the  best  Fruit.    It  lies  in  a  well  settled  Part  of  the  Coun- 
try, and  within  13  Miles  of  Newark.     Whoever  may  in- 
cline to  purchase  the  same,  may  ^pply  to  the  subscriber  on 
the  Premises. 

Peter  Smith. 
— TJic  New  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
853,  March  7,  1768. 

To  be  Sold,  by  way  of  public  Vendue,  on  the  Prem- 
ises, on  the  4th  Day  of  April  next. 
A  Valuable  plantation,  in  Deptford  township,  Glou- 

1  Peter  Smith  died  January  16,  1771,   in  his  61st  year,  and  is  buried  at 
Hanover. 


Cut 

OF 

Farm 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  69 

cester  county,  New-Jersey,  being  the  property  of  Luke 
Gibson,  late  deceased,  containing  287  acres,  more  or  less, 
of  which  there  are  near  20  acres  good  meadow,  well 
watered,  the  upland  naturally  good,  100  acres,  or  near  it, 
cleared,  and  good  for  grass  as  well  as  grain,  an  apple 
orchard,  and  a  well  of  good  water  at  the  door.  Also  a 
tract  of  land  or  plantation,  containing  184  acres,  on  which 
there  is  a  grist-mill  that  now  goes,  grinds  well,  and  sup- 
plied by  a  constant  stream  of  water;  about  40  acres  of 
upland  cleared,  and  six  acres  of  swamp  that,  when  im- 
proved, will  make  good  meadow.  Likewise  two  tracts 
of  woodland,  one  containing  117  acres,  the  other  yj  acres, 
all  adjoining,  and  very  convenient  for  one  person  to  pur- 
chase, if  so  disposed;  situate  about  12  miles  from  Phil- 
adelphia, and  one  and  a  half  from  a  landing.  For  infor- 
mation respecting  the  title,  enquire  of  the  subscribers, 
who  live  near  the  premises. 

James  Cooper,   Joshua  Lord. 

Freehold,  Monmouth  County,  East  Nezv- Jersey, 

Jan  25,  1768. 

Whereas  Eleanor,  Wife  of  the  Subscriber,  hath  eloped 
from  him,  and  run  him  considerably  in  Debt,  besides  pil- 
fering from  him  a  valuable  Sum  of  Money,  and  sundry 
Effects  of  Value,  and  continues  to  strole  about  the  Coun- 
try, with  a  certain  red  haired  Highland  Tinker,  who  calls 
himself  John  M'Donall  (who  it  is  probable  was  an  accom- 
plice in  the  aforesaid  base  Conduct)  and  passes  for  his 
Wife;  and  as  he  has  Reason  to  fear  she  will  run  him  yet 
farther  in  Debt,  takes  this  Method  of  requesting  all  Per- 
sons, not  to  trust  her  on  his  Account,  for  he  will  pay  no 
Debts  of  her  contracting,  after  the  Date  hereof. 

William  Orchard. 


70  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

To  be  Sold,  by  public  Vendue,  on  the  Premises  on  the 
26th  Day  of  this  Instant  March. 
A  Plantation,  or  tract  of  land,  containing  no  acres, 
more  or  less,  situate  and  lying-  in  the  township  of  Piles- 
grove,  and  county  of  Salem,  West  New-Jersey;  the  land 
is  very  good,  with  a  parcel  of  exceeding  good  meadow, 
there  is  a  dwelling  house  on  the  same  with  a  small  orch- 
ard of  apples  and  peaches,  about  30  or  40  acres  of  cleared 
land;  the  whole  well  watered  and  timbered,  within  half 
a  mile  of  a  grist-mill.  The  title  indisputable.  The  condi- 
tions will  be  made  known  on  the  day  of  sale,  and  due  at- 
tendance will  be  given,  by 

John  Holton. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2045,  ^^^reh   10, 
1768. 

THREE  POUNDS  Reward. 

Run  away  from  the  subscriber,  living  in  Chesterfield, 
Burlington  county,  New-Jersey,  last  night,  an  Irish  ser- 
vant man,  named  Francis  Nevil,  about  twenty  years  of 
age,  five  feet  eight  inches  high,  fair  complexion,  straight 
hair,  a  mole  on  his  left  cheek  :  Had  on  and  took  with  him, 
a  new  beaver  hat,  a  homespun  light  coloured  great-coat, 
the  under  part  of  the  sleeves  lighter  coloured,  an  old  tight- 
bodied  brown  broadcloth  coat,  lined  with  green,  blue  ever- 
lasting breeches,  flowered  flannel  vest,  double-breasted, 
tied  with  strings,  pale  blue  stockings,  half  worn  shoes : 
He  took  with  him  a  sorrel  horse,  near  fifteen  hands  high, 
about  ten  years  old,  light  main  and  tail,  blaze  down  his 
face,  shod,  a  natural  pacer,  carries  his  head  low.  Whoever 
takes  up  the  said  servant,  and  secures  him,  so  that  his 
master  may  have  him  again,  shall  have  the  above  reward, 
and  reasonable  charges  paid  by  me 

Samuel  Sykes. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  7 1 

N.  B.     He  was  advertised  in  the  Pennsylvania  news- 
papers the  24th  of  January  last.-^ 
March  i6,  1768 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  62,  March  14-21, 
1768. 

To  be  sold  by  the  Subscriber,  a  Tract  of  Land,  contain- 
ing several  Hundred  Acres,  situate  in  the  Township  of 
Bedminster,  and  County  of  Somerset,  in  New-Jersey; 
adjoining-  the  Mill  and  Lands  late  Andrew  Leak's :  Sev- 
eral very  excellent  Farms  may  be  made  on  the  Tract,  as 
the  vSoil  and  Situation  are  inferior  to  none  in  the  Prov- 
ince; Wood,  Water,  and  Meadow,  abounds  in  great  Per- 
fection, and  the  Lands  capable  of  any  Degree  of  Lnprove- 
ment.  One  third  of  the  Principal  to  be  paid  down.  Bonds, 
with  Security,  will  be  taken  for  the  Residue,  and  very 
reasonable  Time  allowed.     Encjuire  on  the  Premises,  of 

John  Carey. 

To  Be  Sold, 
One  or  Two  Hundred  Acres  of  choice  Timber  and 
Wood-Land,  lying  but  5  Miles  from  the  City  of  New- 
Brunswick,  between  the  Post  Road  leading  to  Philadel- 
phia and  George's  Road.  Whoever  inclines  to  purchase, 
may  apply  to  Peter  Farmer,  living  on  the  Premises,  who 
will  give  a  good  Title  for  the  same. — Supplement  to  the 
New  York  Gazette  and  JVeeklv  Mercury,  No.  853,  March 
7,  1768. 

New  York,  March  7.  We  are  assured  the  General  As- 
sembly of  the  Province  of  New-Jersey,  are  to  meet  at 
Perth-Avihoy  the  12th  of  April  next,  to  proceed  on  Busi- 
ness; circular  Letters  having  already  been  sent  to  the 
Members  for  that  Purpose. 

1  See  page  31,  ante. 


72  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

Springfield,  March  5,  lydS. 
To  Be  Sold, 
By  Way  of  Publick  Vendue,  on  Monday  the  21st  Day  of 
March,  on  the  Premises. 

A  Plantation,  or  Tract  of  Pand,  situated  at  Springfield, 
in  the  Borough  of  Eliisaheth,  and  Province  of  Nezv-Jcrsey, 
within  half  a  Mile  of  Isaac  Woodruff's,  Esq,  containing 
about  140  Acres,  late  the  Property  of  Daniel  Ball:  On 
the  Premises  there  are  a  Dwelling-House,  Barn,  Saw- 
Mill,  and  about  25  Acres  of  Meadow,  fit  for  the  Scythe, 
with  a  young  Orchard.  The  Terms  of  Sale,  and  the  Title 
to  be  given,  will  be  made  known  at  the  Day  and  Place 
abovesaid,  by 

Jonathan  J.  Dayton, 
Nathaniel  Ball, 
Thomas  Ball, 
Nathaniel  Salmon, 
Thomas  Baily. 
— The  Nczv  York  Gaacttc  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
13 1 5,  March  14,  1768. 

Hermitage,^ 
Pleasantly  situated  on  the  river  Delaware,  one  mile  from 
Trenton,  in  New-Jersey,  to  be  sold  by  the  subscriber. 
The  farm  contains  220  acres  of  land,  170  whereof  is 
cleared,  between  30  and  40  of  excellent  meadow,  the  re- 
mainder finely  timbered,  an  orchard  of  250  apple  trees  of 
different  kinds,  the  greatest  part  grafted,  a  choice  collec- 
tion of  other  fruits,  as  pears,  plumbs,  peaches,  cherries, 
quinces,  &c.  The  dwelling-house  of  four  handsome 
rooms  on  the  lower  floor,  and  cellars  underneath,  well  fin- 
ished, a  large  kitchen,  two  stories  high,  with  rooms  and 

1  During  the  Revolution  and  many  years  afterward  the  residence  of 
Gen.  Philemon  DicVcinson;  now  a  part  of  the  Atterbury  estate.  This 
property  was  advertised  a  few  months  previously.  See  N.  J.  Archives, 
XXV..  536. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  73 

fire  places  sufficient  for  a  num1)er  of  servants,  a  new  barn 
and  stables,  and  good  garden.  The  plantation  is  extreme- 
ly well  watered,  and  the  soil  very  fertile,  fishing  and  fowl- 
ing in  abundance.  The  situation  commands  a  most  agree- 
able prospect  of  several  miles,  both  up  and  down  the  river, 
and  a  fiill  view  of  all  vessels  coming  from  Philadelphia, 
or  boats  crossing  the  ferry  at  Trenton  landing,  calculated 
in  every  respect  for  a  gentleman's  seat.  Any  person  in- 
clining to  purchase,  may  know  the  terms,  by  applying  to 
me  on  the  premises, 

Benjamin  Biles. 

By  virtue  of  a  ivrit  of  Fieri  Facias,  to  inc  directed,  unll 
be  exposed  to  sale,  by  zvay  of  public  vendue,  to  the  higJi- 
est  bidder,  at  the  house  of  Daniel  Lanning,  in  Trenton 
township,  on^  Saturday,  the  ^oth  day  of  April  next,  to  be- 
gin at  I  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  horses,  cattle,  sheep,  hogs, 
beds  and  bedding,  tables,  chairs,  a  cupboard  and  snndries. 
Also  to  be  sold  the  same  day,  on  the  premises,  betzveen 
the  hours  of  12  and  5  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  a  certain 
piece  or  tract  of  land  and  plantation,  in  Trenton  aforesaid ; 
bounded  east  by  Joseph  and  William  Green,  zvest  by  Jacob 
Carle,  and  Abial  Davis,  north  by  Stephen  Lanning,  and 
south  by  David  JJozvell,  and  David  Holden,  containing  200 
acres,  more  or  less;  late  the  property  of  Daniel  Lanning, 
seized  and  taken  in  execution  at  the  suit  of  Ebenezer  Cozv- 
ell,  executor  of  David  Cozvell  deceased,  and  to  be  sold  by 

Micajah  How,  Sheriff. 

On  Monday,  the  Fourth  Day  of  April  next,  will  be  sold 
at  public  Vendue,  at  Sussex  Court-house,  in  New  Jersey, 
sundry  Tracts  of  Land,  being  Part  of  the  Estate  of  Rich- 
ard Reading,  viz. 

One  undivided  sixth  Part  of  616  Acres  of  Land,  sit- 


74  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

uate  on  Scott's  Mountain,  in  the  Township  of  Oxford, 
and  County  of  Sussex,  to  the  Southeast  of  the  Vanetta's 
Farms,  adjoining  the  southerly  Side  of  Lands  surveyed 
to  Thomas  Boulsby. 

Also  one  equal  undivided  sixth  Part  of  lOO  Acres,  in 
the  said  Township  of  Oxford,  including  a  very  valuable 
Stream,  suitable  for  any  Kind  of  Water-works,  adjoining 
Lands  of  Governor  Penn. 

One  undivided  sixth  Part  of  20  Acres,  in  the  aforesaid 
Township,  on  the  Southwesterly  Side  of  the  last  men- 
tioned Tract,  and  bounded  on  all  other  Sides  by  Lands 
belonging  to  the  Vanetta's,  containing  an  inexhaustible 
Quantity  of  the  richest  Iron  Ore  in  New-Jersey,  lying 
within  a  few  Hundred  Yards  of  the  River  Delaware. 

Also  one  equal  undivided  Moiety,  or  half  Part  of  160 
Acres  of  extraordinary  Land,  in  Newtown,  in  the  County 
of  Sussex,  and  Province  aforesaid,  lying  at  the  foot  of 
the  Slate  Mountain,  bounded  by  Joseph  Hull  to  the  North- 
west, and  by  the  Division  Line  between  East  and  West- 
Jersey,  to  the  Northeast. 

One  equal  undivided  Moiety,  or  half  Part  of  422  Acres 
of  very  valuable  Land,  mostly  rich  Meadow  Ground,  sit- 
uate in  the  Township  and  County  aforesaid,  on  a  Branch 
of  the  River  Paquass;  adjoining  Lands  now  or  late- 
Thomas  Pettit's. 

One  equal  undivided  Moiety,  or  half  Part  of  303  Acres, 
as  valuable  Land  as  any  in  the  Neighbourhood,  situate 
in  the  Township  of  Greenwich,  in  the  County  of  Sussex; 
bounded  by  Lands  of  Clark  Rodman,  and  Joseph  Kirk- 
bride,  Part  of  the  said  Land  being  cleared,  and  in  Fence. 

Also  all  the  said  Richard  Reading's  Share  of  a  certain 
well  known  valuable  Copper  Mine,  at  Walpack,  with  a 
sufficient  Quantity  of  Land  thereunto  belonging.  The 
Vendue  to  begin  at  Ten  o'Clock  in  the  Forenoon;    where 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  75 

Attendance  will  be  given  by  James  Jauncey,  John  Cox, 
junior,  and  Thomas  Pryor,  junior,  Assignees. 

To  be  Sold  by  the  subscriber,  living  in  Springfield,  in 
the  county  of  Burlington,  and  province  of  New-Jersey,  a 
large  brick  house,  kitchen,  and  other  improvements,  with 
a  lot  of  ground,  containing  about  3  acres,  situate  in  the 
city  of  Burlington,  on  the  west  side  of  High-street,  a  little 
above  the  Court-House;  it  is  in  a  good  place  for  a  shop- 
keeper, or  other  public  business.  For  terms  of  sale,  apply 
to  Daniel  Smith,  jun.  living  in  the  said  city,  or  to  the 
subscriber,  at  his  house  in  Springfield  aforesaid. 

Daniel  Doughty. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2047,  MareJi  17, 
1768. 

To  the  Public. 

Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  a  School  is  erected  at  Nezv- 
Brimszvick,  in  New-Jersey,  in  which  the  learned  languages 
and  mathamaticks  are  carefully  and  accurately  taught  by 
Caleb  Cooper,  recommended  from  Nassau-Hall,  an  able 
and  well  accomplished  tutor  in  these  and  other  branches 
of  literature,  under  the  inspection  of  the  Rev.  John  Light, 
the  Rev.  Jacob  R.  liardenbiirg,  the  Rev.  /.  JJ.  Van  JJar- 
lingen,  the  Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  Dr.  John  Cochran  and 
William  Oakee,  Esq. 

The  conditions  are  twenty  shillings  entrance,  and  four 
pounds  per  annum,  for  tuition,  proclamation  money. 

Boarding  may  be  had  in  this  town,  to  satisfaction,  as 
cheap  as  can  be  expected,  and  sufficient  to  accommodate  a 
large  school,  which,  including  tuition,  will  not  exceed 
twenty  pounds  a  year. 

This  town,  besides  its  agreeable  rural  situation,  has  the 
great  advantage  of  a  wholesome  pleasant  air,  and  hence 


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its   being  very   healthy   to   recommend   it Properties 

evinced  from  long  experience  by  the  inhabitants,  and  the 
suffrage  of  gentlemen,  strangers,  acquainted  with  it.  It 
is  also  surrounded  by  an  extensive  plentiful  country,  from 
which  it  has  constant  supplies  of  all  necessaries  of  life  in 
great  variety  and  plenty,  and  from  the  sea,  in  the  season, 
has  also  plenty  of  fish,  oysters,  &c. 

The  ready  and  easy  conveyance  of  letters  and  goods  by 
water  or  by  land  to  Philadelphia,  Nezv-York,  and  other 
parts,  is  another  peculiar  advantage  it  enjoys :  And  in  a 
religious  view,  exceeds  any  other  place  in  the  province, 
having  divine  worship  performed  in  the  English  episco- 
pal, Dutch  reformed,  and  Presbyterian  churches;  and  as 
to  the  inhabitants,  with  regard  to  their  manners  and  other 
social  virtues,  compared  with  other  places,  without  preju- 
dice ma}^  be  said  to  be  irreproachable. 

The  inspectors  propose  to  visit  the  school  at  least  once 
a  quarter,  to  inquire  into  the  deportment  of  all  concerned, 
and  assist  the  master  and  scholars  in  all  necessary  regula- 
tions with  regard  to  decency  and  good  order,  as  well  as 
the  advancement  of  learning. 

N.  B.  This  school  from  the  skill  and  diligence  of  the 
tutor,  as  well  as  the  uncommon  progress  which  the  pupils 
have  made  in  learning,  in  less  than  six  months,  gives  a 
pleasing  prospect  of  its  increase. 

The  Members  of  the  New-Jersey  Medical  Society  are 
desired  to  remember,  that  their  next  stated  General  Meet- 
ing will  be  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  May  next,  at  the  House 
of  Mr.  William  Hick,  in  Princeton;  and  as  some  very 
important  Affairs  respecting  the  future  Establishment, 
&c.  of  said  Society  will  be  then  taken  into  Consideration, 
whereby  its  benevolent  Intentions  may  be  more  fully  an- 
sweretl;    it  is  expected  every  Member  will  make  a  Point 


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of  attending,   and  not  absent  himself  unless   something 
very  extraordinary  should  interfere. 

Those  Gentlemen  of  the  Profession  who  have  not 
joined,  are  again  invited,  and  for  the  above  Reasons,  it 
would  be  extremely  agreeable  to  the  Society  that  as  many 
as  possible  would  attend  the  ensuing  General  Meeting. 

Moses  Bloomfield,  Secretary. 
Woodbridge,  N.  Jersey. 
March  23,   1768. 

— The  Fcnnsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  63,  MareJi  21-28, 
1768. 

London  December  29.  By  a  gentleman  arrived  in  town 
from  Perth-Amboy,  in  America,  we  are  informed,  that  a 
manufactory  of  shaloons  and  serges,  very  good  in  quality, 
has  lately  been  set  on  foot  there.  [/  don't  remember  that 
there  is  one  zveaver  in  the  capital  part  of  PertJi-Amboy, 
neither  have  the  zvhole  corporation  sheep  for  a  manufac- 
tory.] 

An  Advertisement  to  the  Public. 
Tpie  principal  design  of  the  appeal  to  tJie  public^  was,  to 


1  This  publication  was  one  of  a  considerable  series  issued,  on  the 
subject  of  an  American  Episcopate.  Some  idea  of  the  character  and 
extent  of  the  controversy  may  lie  obtained  from  the  following  titles 
of  works  in  the  library  of  the  editor  of  this  volume: 

A  I  Sermon  |  Preached  before  the  |  Incorporated  Society  |  for  the  | 
Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  |  Foreign  Parts;  |  at  their  |  Anniversary 
Meeting  |  in  the  |  Parish  Church  of  St.  Mary-le-Bow,  |  On  Friday  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1767.  I  By  the  Right  Reverend  Father  in  God,  |  John  Lord 
Bishop  of  Landaff.  i  I^ondon:  |  Printed  by  E.  Owen  and  T.  Harrison 
in  I  V^arwick-Lane.   ]  MDCCLXVII.    |    Sm.  4to.     Pjx  98,  1. 

Sermon,  pp.  26;  Abstract  of  Charter  of  the  Society,  Proceedings, 
Names  of  the  Society's  Missionaries  in  America,  Reports  from  the 
Missions,  etc.,  pp.  27-77:  blank.  1  page;  List  of  Members  of  the  Soci- 
ety, pp.  79 -S3;  Ladies  Annual  Subscribers,  p.  94;  Preachers  before  the 
Society.  1701-1767,  pp.  95-98;    Form  of  Legacy,  p.   [99]. 

In  this  Sermon  the  Bishop  deplored  the  heathenism  and  infidelity 
prevalent  in  America,  the  lack  of  efforts  to  convert  the  Indians,  the 
want  of  seminaries  to  train  young  men  for  the  ministry,  and  (pp.  20-24) 
urge.s   the  appointment  of  American  Bishops   to  remedy   these  evils. 

[Half  Title:]  Dr.  Chaunev's  |  Remark.s  I  On  certain  Passages  in  | 
The  Bishop  of  Landaff's  |  Society-Sermon.  |  [Full  Title:]  A  |  Letter 
I  To  a  Friend.  |  Containing,  |  Remarks  on  certain  Passages  in  a  |  Ser- 
mon   I   Preached,   by   the  Right  Reverend   Father   |    in  God,   John  ]L.ord 


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assign  the  reasons  for  which  the  members  of  the  church 
of  England  in  America,  are  desirous  of  having  Bishops  to 
reside  in  this  country,  to  state  and  explain  the  plan  on 
which  alone  American  Bishops  have  been  proposed  and 
requested,  and  to  obviate  and  confute  the  objections,  that 
might  be  supposed  to  arise  in  the  minds  of  many  against 
such  an  episcopate.  Whether  the  reasons  assigned  are 
not  sufficient  to  justify  the  late  application  of  the  clergy 

Bishop  of  Landaff,  [  before  the  Incorporated  Society  for  the  |  Propaga- 
tion of  ihe  Gospel  in  Foreign  |  Parts,  at  their  Anniversary  Meeting  in 
the  I  Parisli  Church  of  St.  Mary-Le-Bow,  Fe-  |  bruary  20.  1767.  In 
whicli  the  liighest  |  Reproach  is  undeservedly  cast  upon  the  |  American 
Colonies.  |  By  Charles  Chauncy,  D.  D.  |  Pastor  of  the  first  Church  of 
Christ  in  Boston.  I  Boston:  Printed  by  Kneeland  and  Adanis  |  in 
Milk-Street,  for  Thomas  Leverett,  in  Corn-hill.  I  iMdcclxvii.  Svo. 
Pp.  50. 

Dr.  Chauncy  claims  that  the  American  Colonists,  especially  in  New 
Kngland,  are  exceptionally  pious  and  zealous  in  good  works;  that  they 
successfully  prosecuted  missions  among  the  Indians  more  than  sixty 
years  before  the  Society  was  formed:  that  there  were  six  seminaries 
in  America,  three  of  them  Episcopalian;  that  of  the  sixty  or  seventy 
Episcopalian  churches  (thirty  in  New  England),  not  more  than  eight 
were  self-supporting,  while  in  New  England  alone  there  were  550  Con- 
gregational and  Presbyterian  churches. 

A  I  Letter  |  to  the  |  Right  Reverend  Father  in  God.  |  John,  Lord 
Bishop  of  Landaff;  |  Occasioned  by  |  Some  Passages  in  his  Lordship's 
Sermon,  on  the  20th  |  of  February,  1767,  in  which  the  American  Col- 
onies I  are  loaded  with  great  and  undeserved  Reproach.  [  By  William 
Livingston.  |  Boston:  ]  Re-printed  and  Sold  by  Kneeland  and  Adams, 
J  next  to  the  Treasurer's  Office,  in  Milk-street.  |  mdcclxvui.  8vo. 
Pp.  26. 

First  printed  at  New  York.  Mr.  Livingston  objects  to  the  aspersions 
on  the  Colonists  as  having  "abandoned  their  native  manners  and  re- 
ligion," and  points  out  the  laws  in  New  England  requiring  lands  to  be 
set  apart  in  every  new  township  for  the  erection  of  churches;  he  claims 
a  more  general  observance  of  the  Saljbath  in  America  than  in  London, 
and  shrinks  from  any  further  manifestation  of  England's  power,  polit- 
ical or  ecclesiastical,  in  the  Colonies. 

Hildeburn  mentions  (No.  2373)  a  Philadelphia  edition,  but  the  title 
is  taken  evidently  from  a  newspaper  advertisement,  and  not  from  a 
copy  of  the  book  itself. 

A  I  Vindication  I  of  |  The  Bishop  of  Landaff's  Sermon  I  from  |  The 
gross  Misrepresentations.  |  and  |  Abusive  Reflections.  |  contained  ]  in 
Mr.  William  Livingston's  Letter  |  To  his  Lordship:  j  A^'ith  |  Some  Addi- 
tional Observations  |  On  certain  Passages  in  Dr.  Chauncey's  Remarks, 
&c;  I  By  a.  Lover  of  Truth  and  Decency.  |  Quid  verum  atque  decens 
euro  et  rogo,  et  omnis  in  hoc  sum.  Horace.  1  Non  equidem  hoc  studeo 
bulla tis  ut  mihi  nugis  1  Pagina  turgeseat.  daie  pondus  idonea  fumo. 
Persius.  ]  New- York:  |  Printed  bv  J.  Holt,  at  the  Exchange,  | 
M,DCC,LXVIII.    1    Svo.     P11.   viii,  S2. 


By  the  Rev.  Charles  Inglis,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New  Y^ork. 


the  highest  Renroach  is  unde-  |  servedly  cast  upon  the  American  Col- 
onies. I  By  Charles  Chauncy,  D.  D.  |  Pastoi-  of  the  first  Church  of 
Christ  in  Boston.  |  Boston,  in  N.  E.  printed  MnccLxvii.  |  London,  rc- 
pi-intcd    MDCCi.xvin.      |    With  a  siri^plement,    |  Containing  an  Answer  to 


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for  Bishops,  whether  the  nature  of  the  proposed  epis- 
copate is  not  honestly  and  fairly  represented  and  ex- 
plained, and  whether  the  most  considerable  objections 
against  it  are  not  obviated  and  confuted  in  tJie  appeal,  is 
submitted  to  the  judgment  of  the  reader,  but  N.  B.  not  of 
those  who  are  not  readers  of  the  pamphlet.  The  author 
was,  and  is,  fully  persuaded  of  the  goodness  of  the  cause 
which  he  undertook  to  plead;    and,  although  sensil:)le  of 


the  Plea  of  T.  B.  |  Chandler,  D.  D.  of  New  Jersey,  for  American  i 
Bishops:  Wherein  his  Reasonings  are  shewn  to  |  be  fallacious,  and 
ills  Claims  indefensible.  |  By  a  Presbyter  in  Old  England.  |  London, 
printed,  for  S.  Bladon,  in  Paternoster-row,  I  MDCCLXVIII  I  Svo.  Pp. 
79,   1. 

A  Letter,  etc.,  pp.  42;  A  Supplement,  etc.,  pp.  43-79;  Addres.s 
of  the  clergy  of  the  Church  of  England  in  New-Jersey  and  New-York, 
to  the  Chancellor,  etc.,  of  the  University  of  Cambridge,  p.   [SO]. 

An  i  Appeal  to  the  Public,  |  in  |  Behalf  |  of  the  |  Churcli  of  England  | 
in  1  America.  |  By  Thomas  Bradbury  Chandler,  D.  D.  |  Rector  of  St. 
John's  Church,  in  Elizabeth-Town.  New-Jersey,  j  and  Missionary  from 
the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  |  the  Gospel,  &c.  I  "We  desire  a  fair 
Trial — if  we  are  guilty,  punish  us;  if  |  we  are  innocent,  protect  us." 
Justin  Martyr.  J  New-York:  |  Printed  by  James  Parker,  at  the  New- 
Prin-  1  ting-Office,  in  Beaver-Street.  |  M,  DCC,  LXVII.  |  Svo.  Two 
titles,  2  11.;  Pp.  i-xii,  127. 

Hildeburn  mentions  (No.  2286)  a  Philadelphia  edition,  printed  by 
William  Goddard.  17G7,  but  as  he  gives  neither  lined-off  title,  number 
of  pages,  nor  location  of  a  copy,  it  is  evident  that  he  never  saw  the 
book,  and  doubtless  took  the  title  from  a  newspaper  advertisement. 
It  is  not  probable  that  there  was  such  an  edition. 

The  Dedication  to  the  Archibishop  of  Canterbui-y  is  dated  Elizabeth- 
Town,  in  New-Jersey,  June  24,  1767.  In  the  Advertisement  to  the 
Reader.  Dr.  Chandler  says  this  Appeal  was  written  primarily  at  the 
request  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  Johnson,  of  Stratford,  Conn.,  subse- 
quently supported  by  the  request  of  a  Convention  of  the  Clergy  of 
New  York  and  New  Jersey. 

[Half  Title:]  Dr.  Chauncy's  I  Answer  |  To  Dr.  Chandler's  |  Appeal 
to  the  Public.  |  [Full  Title:]  The  |  Appeal  |  to  the  1  Public  Answered,  I 
In  behalf  of  the  Non-Episcopal  |  Churches  in  America;  |  containing  [ 
Remarks  on  what  Dr.  Thomas  Brad-  |  bury  Chandler  has  advanced, 
on  the  I  four  following  Points.  |  The  Original  and  Nature  of  the  Epis- 
copal Office.  I  Reasons  for  sending  Bishops  to  America.  |  The  Plan  on 
which  it  is  proposed  to  send  them.  |  And  the  Objections  against  send- 
ing them  obviated  1  and  refuted.  1  Wherein  the  !  Reasons  for  an  Amer- 
ican Episcopate  j  are  shewn  to  be  insufficient.  |  and  the  Ob-  |  jections 
against  it  in  full  Force.  1  By  Charles  Chauncy,  D.  D.  |  And  Pastor  of 
the  first  Church  of  Christ  in  Boston.  |  Boston:  N.  E.  |  Printed  by 
Kneeland  and  Adams,  in  Milk-Street,  for  ]  Thomas  Leverett,  in  Corn- 
hill.  1768.  1  Svo.  Pp.  205.  (P.  206,  advertisement  of  books  for  sale  by 
Thomas  Leverett.) 

Hildeburn  mentions  (No.  2349)  a  Philadelphia  edition,  but  the  title 
is  evidently  taken  from  a  newspaper  advertisement,  and  not  from  a 
copy  of  the  book.     It  is  not  probable  that  there  was  such  an  edition. 

A  I  Letter,  |  concerning  |  an  |  American  Bishop,  &c.  |  to  |  Dr.  Brad- 
bury Chandler,  I  Ruler  of  St.  John's  Church,  in  |  Elizabeth-Town.  | 
In  Answer  to  the  |  Appendix  |  Of  His  |  Appeal  to  the  Public,  &o.  | 
Printed,  A.  D.  1768.   1  Svo.    Pp.  19. 

An  argument  against  the  validity  of  the  ordination  of  the  English 
Bishops,  and  against  the  dangers  of  an  encroachment  on  American 
liberties  by  American  Bishops. 


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his  inability  to  do  it  justice,  he  had  the  vanity  to  think 
himself  able  to  satisfy  the  public,  as  to  the  main  points  on 
which  it  depended.  With  this  opinion  he  entered  upon 
the  work,  and  in  the  execution  of  it  he  was  particularly 
careful  to  avoid  giving  offence,  and  to  treat  every  denom- 
ination of  christians,  every  set  of  men  whom  he  had  occa-  1 
sion  to  mention,  with  great  tenderness  and  all  proper  re- 
spect. 

According-  to  Hildeburn,  printed  at  Philadelphia  by  W.  and  T.  Brad- 
ford.    See  "Issues  of  the  Press  in  Pennsylvania,"  No.  2370. 

A  I  Letter  i  To  the  Right  Honourable  |  Horatio  Walpole,  Esq;  i 
Written  Jan.  9,  1750-1.  |  By  the  Right  Reverend  |  Thomas  Seeker. 
LL.  D.  I  Lord  Bishop  of  Oxford:  |  concerning  |  Bishops  in  America.  ( 
London:  |  Printed  for  J.  and  F.  Rivington.  at  the  Bible  and  |  Crown, 
(No.  62)  in  St.  Paul's  Church-Yard.   |  M  DCC  LXIX.   |  8vo.     Pp.  (4),  28. 

"Printed  in  obedience  to  an  order  left  with  it  under  his  Grace's  own 
hand  (dated  May  25,  1759)."  directing  it  to  be  printed  after  his  death. 
Earnestly  advocates  the  sending-  of  two  or  three  Bishops  to  America, 
to  ordain  young  men  to  the  ministry,  etc.,  whereby  the  Church  would 
be  strengthened,  the  Colonies  more  closely  bound  to  the  mother  coun- 
try, and  the  churches  provided  with  young  men  of  the  best  families, 
in.stfad  of  depending  on  strangers  and  vagabonds.  Parliament,  at  its 
last  session,  without  opposition  from  anybody,  had  expressly  estab- 
lislR'd  Moravian  Bishops  in  America.  "Why  then  should  there"  be  such 
Fear  of  establishing  Bishops  of  the  Church  of  England?" 

The   I   Appeal  Defended:    |  or.   the   |   Proposed  American  Episcopate   | 
Vindicated.    |    In  Answer  to    |    the    |    Objections   and  Misrepresentations 
I  of  Dr.  Chauncy  and  Others.   |  By  Thomas  Bradbury  Chandler.  D.  D.;   I 
ITiere  are  some  Spirits  in  the  World,   who.   unless  they  are   in  actual   | 
Possession  of  Despotism  themselves,  are  daily  haunted  with  the  Appre- 
hension of  being-  subject  to  it  in  others;    and  who  seem  to  speak  and 
act  under  the  strange  Persuasion,  that  every  Thing  short  of  Persecu- 
tion  against  what    they   dislike,    must   terminate    in    the   Persecution 
of  I  themselves.   |  Lett,  to  the  Author  of  the  Confessional.   |  New- York: 
I  Printad  by  Hugh  Gaine.  at  the  Bible  and  Crown,   |  in  Hanover-Square, 
1769.  I  8vo.     Title  1  1.;     Advertisement,  pp.  2;    Contents,  pp.  v;    Errata. 
(1);    Pp.  268. 

Hildeburn  mentions  (No.  2429)  a  Philadelphia  edition,  but  the  title 
is  evidently  taken  from  a  newspaper  advertisement,  and  not  from  a 
copy  of  the  book  itself.  It  is  not  probable  that  there  was  such  an 
edition. 

[Half  title:]  Dr.  Chauncy's  |  Reply  |  to  i  Dr.  Chandler's  |  'Appeal 
Defended.'  [Full  title:]  A  |  Reply  |  to  |  Dr.  Chandler's  1  'Appeal  De- 
fended:' I  wherein  |  His  Mistakes  are  rectilied,  his  false  Arguing  |  re- 
futed, and  the  Objections  against  |  the  Planned  American  Episcopate 
I  shewn  to  remain  in  full  Force,  notwith-  |  standing  all  he  has  offered 
to  lender  |  them  invalid.  |  By  J  Charles  Chauncy.  D.  D.  ]  Pastor  of  the 
First  Church  in  Boston.  |  [Eleven  Lines  of  Quotation.]  |  Boston:  | 
Printed  by  Daniel  Kneeland,  opposite  the  Pro-  |  bate-Office,  in  Queen- 
Street,  for  Thomas  |  Leverett,  in  Corn-hill.  |  Md.  cc.lxx.  |  8vo.  Pp. 
180.     Appendix,  pp.  x. 

A  Ciitieal  |  Commentary  I  on  |  Archbishop  Seeker's  Letter  |  to  the  | 
Right  Honourable  Horatio  Walpole,   |  concerning  |  Bishops  in  America. 

I Meditor   esse   affabilis,    |    Et    bene   procedit.    |    Paulatim 

plebem  iirimulum  facio  meam.   !  I^ondon:   I  Printed  for  E.  and  C.  Dilly, 
in  the  Poultry.   |   mijcci.xx    |  IGmo.     Pp.  111. 

By  Ihc  Rev.   Francis  Blackburne,  Archdeacon  of  Cleveland. 

I  Half  tilk-:)   An   |   Address   |   to    |   The   TiTiJiscopalians   |   in   |   Virginia.    | 


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8i 


The  appeal,  upon  its  first  publication,  was  received  as 
favourably  as  the  author  could  expect;  several  persons, 
of  different  principles  and  characters,  who  condescended 
to  read  it,  being  then  pleased  to  testify  their  general  ap- 
probation of  the  performance.  If  it  has  been  treated  by 
some  persons  latterly  in  a  dififerent  manner,  perhaps  it  has 
been  owing  to  motives  that  have  occurr'd  since  the  time 
of  its  publication.  A  general  attack  from  different  quar- 
ters has  been,  at  length,  projected,  and  some  of  the  com- 
batants begin  to  shew  themselves. 

[Full  title:]  An  |  Address"]  Prom  the  Clergy  |  of  |  New-York  and  New- 
Jcisev,  I  to  the  |  Episcopalians  in  Virginia;  |  Occasioned  |  By  some  late 
Transactions  |  In  that  Colony  |  Relative  to  i  An  |  American  Episcopate. 

I   Quis  Furor  este  novus?     Quo  nunc,   ciuo  tenditis,   iniquit  |  non 

Hostem.    inimicaque    Castra    |    Arg-ivum:     Vestras    Spes.    uritis.    I 

Virg.  Aen.  v.  670.  j  New- York:  1  Printed  by  Hugh  Gaine,  at  the  Bible 
and  Crown,   |  in  Hanover-Square,  1771.   |  Svo.     Titles,  2  11.     Pp.  58. 

The  I  Appeal  |  farther  defended;  |  in  answer  to  |  the  |  Farther  Misrep- 
resentations  I  of  I  Dr.  Chauncy.   |  By  Thomas  B.  Chandler,  D.  D.   |  

Not  using  your  Liberty  for  a  Cloak  of  Maliciousness.  |  St.  Peter.  |  If 
the  Presbyterian  Parity  had  any  Place  in  the  primitive  |  Times  as 
some  do  imagine,  it  must  needs  have  been  an  |  intolerable  Kind  of 
Government,  since  all  on  the  sudden  it  |  was  universally  abolished.  | 
Maurice  against  Baxter.  |  New-York:  |  Printed  by  Hugh  Gaine.  at  his 
Book  Store  and  |  Printing-Offlce.  in  Hanover-Square.  |  M.  DCC.LXXI. 
I  Svo.  Title.  1  leaf;  Contents.  Pp.  iii-vi;  Errata,  1  leaf;  The  Appeal, 
etc.,  pp.  240. 

A  I  Free  Examination  |  of  the  |  Critical  Commentary  |  on  |  Arch- 
bishop Seeker's  Letter  |  to  |  Mr.  Walpole:  |  To  which  is  added,  |  By 
"Way  of  Appendix.  |  a  copy  of  |  Bishop  Sherlock's  Memorial.  |  By 
Thomas  B.  Chandler,  D.  D.  |  Surely,  no  great  Matters  can  be  depended 
on,  from  the  Tolerating  I  Spirit  of  those  Persons,  were  We  upon  Terms 
of  supplicating  it,  who  |  can  allow  themselves  in  all  the  Arts  of  Mis- 
representation, in  Order  |  to  blacken  the  Reputations  of  those  Advo- 
cates for  our  Faith  (and  1  Discipline)  while  living,  and  their  Memo- 
ries when  dead,  who  had  set  |  them  Examples  of  a  real  Moderation  in 
every  Respect,  the  Force  of  |  their  Reasonings  only  excepted.  |  Dr.  G. 
Fothergill.  |  New- York:  |  Printed  by  H.  Gaine,  at  the  Bible  and  Crown, 
in  I  Hanover-Square,  |  mdcclxxv  |  Svo.  Pp.  xii,  122,  Errata.  1,  Ad- 
vertisement of  four  of  the  preceding  works,  for  sale  by  Hugh  Gaine.   1. 

A  Collection  of  Tracts  from  the  News  Papers  &c.  containing  par- 
ticularly. The  American  Whig.  A  Whip  for  the  American  Wlrig,  with 
some  other  Pieces,  On  the  Sub.iect  of  the  Residence  of  Protestant 
Bishops  in  the  American  Colonies,  and  in  'answer  to  the  Writers  who 
opposed  it,  &c.     New  York.     John  Holt,  176S.     Svo.     Pp.  208. 

The  present  writer's  copy  is  imperfect,  containing  only  pp.  9-164. 
Vol.  II.,  pp.  406,  1,  was  published  by  John  Holt,  New  York,  1769.  Brin- 
ley.  No.   6135. 

"The  American  Whig"  was  a  series  of  essays  published  in  The  New 
York  Gaecttc.  and  generally  ascribed  to  William  Livingston.  These  es- 
says were  republished  in  the  Philadelphia  and  Boston  newspapers.  "A 
Whip  for  the  American  Whig,"  by  "Timothy  Tickle."  really  by  the 
clerg\'  of  the  English  church:  "The  Centinel"  was  published  in  the 
I'cuiisi/lvaiiia  Journal,  the  authors  being  supposed  to  be  Dr.  Allison,  Vice 
Provost  of  the  College  of  Philadelphia,  assisted  by  a  number  of  his 
Presbyterian  brethren,  and  John  Dickinson.  Then  there  was  "A  Kick 
for  the  Whipper,"  bv  "Sir  Isaac  Foot;"  "The  Anatomist,"  by  the  Rev. 
Dr.  William  Smith, 'of  Philadelphia,  in  reply  to  "The  Centinel."  etc.. 
etc. 

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82  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

The  author  is  not  unwilHng  to  re-examine  any  thing 
that  has  been  advanced  or  asserted  in  the  course  of  the 
appeal,  and  to  have  the  subject  "fairly  and  candidly  de- 
bated, before  the  tribunal  of  the  public,"  being  still  of 
opinion,  that  the  plea  for  American  Bishops,  the  more 
closely  it  is  examined,  and  the  better  it  is  understood,  will 
appear  proportionably  to  greater  advantage.  Whatever 
therefore  shall  be  offered  on  the  subject  in  a  reasonable  and 
decent  way,  he  thinks  it  his  duty  to  attend  to,  but  to  noth- 
ing farther.  As  to  personal  abuse,  he  thinks  he  does  not 
deserve  it,  even  from  the  enemies  of  an  American  episco- 
pate, to  whom  he  has  behaved  respectfully;  and  he  is  de- 
termined not  to  regard  what  every  innocent  and  honest 
man  ought  to  despise.  But  although  he  consents  to  de- 
bate matters  with  any  one.  who  has  the  appearance  and 
manner  of  a  gentleman,  yet  he  chuses  not  to  enter  the  lists, 
in  a  match  of  flinging  dirt,  with  scrubs  and  scavengers. 

Which  of  these  characters  the  American  Whig  (for 
America  has  whigs)  will  think  proper  to  appear  in,  can 
hardly  be  judged  from  his  first  exhibition;  but  I  am  sorry 
to  say  that  I  look  upon  his  symptoms  to  be  rather  unfav- 
ourable. I  have  also  been  told  by  some  who  pretend  to 
know  him,  that  this  same  Whig  (who  by  the  bye  is  rep- 
resented to  have  as  many  heads  as  the  monster  Hydra)  is 
violently  enraged  at  Somebody  and  Something,  and  has 
sworn  revenge  upon  me.  If  so.  in  what  manner  I  shall 
be  treated,  may  be  easily  conjectured.  But  why  should  I 
be  singled  out  as  the  mark  of  his  resentment?  If  some 
people  have  failed  in  their  application  for  a  charter,  and 
have  been  disappointed  in  the  late  election,  how  can  I  help 
it  ?  These  are  no  affairs  of  mine,  and  I  am  not  answerable 
for  them. 

I  make  it  a  general  rule  to  myself,  to  treat  all  persons 
with  as  much  notice  and  respect  as  they  deserve.     Upon 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  83 

this  principle  I  propose  to  conduct  myself  towards  the 
American  Whig;  so  that  what  treatment  he  is  to  receive 
from  me,  will  depend  greatly  upon  his  future  behaviour. 
So  far  as  he  shall  reason,  or  shall  appear  to  think  that  he 
reasons,  he  will  have  a  claim  to  my  notice;  so  far  as  he 
shall  rail,  he  will  be  beneath  it.  Not  a  single  argument 
that  is  pertinent  to  the  subject,  shall  escape  my  attention, 
and,  if  it  pleases  God  to  continue  my  health,  I  will  either 
confess  its  force,  or  shew  its  weakness. 

But  he  must  excuse  my  not  attending  him  in  a  weekly 
paper.  For  such  a  task  I  cannot  always  promise  myself 
leisure;  and,  in  the  present  case,  I  confess,  I  have  no  great 
inclination.  Some  of  my  objections  against  this  mode  of 
defence,  are  the  following. 

I  St.  I  cannot  engage  with  him  upon  equal  terms.  If 
I  appear  in  this  way,  it  must  be  in  my  own  person;  but 
my  opponent  is  covered  with  a  mask  (and  for  a  particular 
''reason  it  is  his  interest  that  he  should  remain  for  ever 
masked")  and  an  engagement  by  two  persons  under  such 
different  circumstances,  would  afford  to  the  public  but 
an  odd  spectacle.  While  I  should  risque  my  own  charac- 
ter and  reputation  in  the  fray,  I  know  not,  until  I  can  dis- 
cover the  real  features  of  my  antagonist,  whether  he  has 
any  reputation  and  character  to  risque.  For  this  reason 
it  has  been  generally  esteemed  base  and  ungenerous,  for  a 
writer  who  disguises  or  conceals  himself,  to  attack  an  au- 
thor who  stands  fairly  upon  open  ground.  Such  a  method 
of  carrying  on  hostilities  has  been  looked  upon  as  a  sort 
of  literary  bush-fighting,  to  which  it  is  almost  as  incon- 
sistent to  expose  one's  self,  as  it  is  with  honour  to  practice. 
2dly.  There  appears  to  me  to  be  a  great  unfitness  and 
impropriety  in  such  a  contest,  on  other  accounts.  The 
Appeal,  agreeably  to  the  importance  of  its  subject,  was 
written  with  real  and  great  seriousness;    and  the  defence 


84  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

of  it,  when  undertaken  by  its  author,  ought  to  be  carried 
on  in  the  same  manner.  But  the  attack  of  our  JVJiig  is 
hke  to  be  conducted  with  a  very  different  spirit.  No.  i, 
from  which  we  must  at  present  judge,  is  penned  altogether 
in  a  kidicrous  strain;  it  is  thickly  bespangled  with  droll- 
ery, it  frequently  flashes  with  witticisms  (but  observe 
gentle  reader,  they  are  of  a  spurious  breed,)  and,  in  short, 
ridicules  the  general  subject  of  the  Appeal  and  its  various 
parts.  Now  as  this  has  never  been  allowed  to  be  the  fair- 
est method  of  dealing  with  any  thing  that  is  serious,  so 
serious  answers  to  funny  writers,  like  throwing  pearls  be- 
fore a  certain  kind  of  animals,  are  looked  upon  as  improp- 
erly applied,  and  yet  none  but  serious  answers,  as  has  been 
said,  doth  it  become  the  author  of  the  Appeal  to  give.  He 
proposes  therefore  to  reserve  himself  for  the  present,  and 
to  watch  whether  anything  solid  can  come  from  so  ludi- 
crous and  frothy  a  writer.  He  is  so  intirely  void  of  spleen, 
and  ill-nature,  and  prejudice  against  this  writer,  that  he  is 
ready  to  confess  the  nimble  turns  and  motions  of  his  pen, 
and  can  laugh  as  heartily  at  any  monkey  tricks  he  can 
exhibit  for  the  amusement  of  his  Majesty's  liege  subjects, 
as  any  other  person.  In  the  mean  while,  if  any  one  who  is 
not  under  these  restraints,  shall  incline  to  divert  himself 
with,  or  to  endeavour  to  bring  to  order,  this  hussar  in 
controversy,  who  will  confine  himself  to  no  rules,  but  as 
the  whim  takes  him  will  fly  from  front  to  rear,  and  from 
flank  to  center,  he  has  my  consent. 

3dly.  I  object  against  immediately  engag'ing  with  the 
American  IVhig,  because  it  is  yet  uncertain  whether  he 
will  produce  any  thing  worthy  of  notice,  and  because  I 
think  it  adviseable  to  see  the  amount  of  his  whole  per- 
formances, that  I  may  have  it  in  my  power  to  choose  for 
myself  in  what  manner  to  deal  with  him. 

4thly.     Another  objection  arises  from  the  strange  aver- 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  85 

sion  I  have  to  a  repetition  of  the  same  things.  Now  it 
happens,  that  among  others,  a  gentleman  of  character  in 
Boston-^  has  undertaken  a  confutation  of  the  hapless  Ap- 
peal; and  he  is  intitled,  both  from  his  known  reputation, 
and  his  open  and  manly  method  of  advancing,  to  particular 
respect.  I  know  of  no  one,  at  present,  that  bids  as  fair  to 
be  the  object  of  my  principal  attention  as  this  gentleman; 
as  to  those  anonymous  writers  who  shall  please  to  favour 
me  with  their  animadversions  on  my  pamphlet,  they  will 
not  take  it  amiss,  if  I  consider  them  as  belonging  to  an 
inferior  class.     They  must  be  contented,  so  far  as  their 

arguments  shall  correspond  with  those  of  Dr.  C y,  to 

take  their  places  in  his  train,  and  hear  what  I  have  to  say 
to  him;  but  in  any  cases  wherein  they  shall  be  thought 
to  deserve  special  notice,  they  shall  have  it  occasionally. 

Having  thus  declared  my  intention  to  do  justice  to  all 
men,  I  will  mention  the  manner  in  which  it  will  probably 
be  distributed.  In  the  first  place  I  shall  be  careful  to  dis- 
tinguish reasoning  from  railing,  from  empty  harangue, 
from  the  flourishes  of  wit,  and  from  all  other  heterogen- 
ious  mixtures.  The  reasoning  I  will  keep  for  my  own  use, 
and  leave  all  the  rest  untouched  for  the  original  propri- 
etors, in  order,  that  when  opportunity  offers,  they  may 
bestow  it  more  properly.  I  will  then  make  a  farther  dis- 
tinction, and  mark  out  those  reasons  that  are  immediately 
to  the  purpose,  separating  them  from  those  that  are  but 
remotely  so,  and  from  others  that  shall  have  been  totally 
misapplied.  To  those  of  the  first,  and  second  classes,  I 
will  endeavour  to  give  proper  and  distinct  answers ;  as  to 
those  of  the  third  class,  it  will  be  sufficient  to  shew  their 
impertinence. 

In  this  way  I  hope  I  shall  be  able  to  serve  the  cause  of 
truth,  and  to  remove  prejudices  and  errors;   and,  to  whis- 

iDr.   Chauncy. 


86  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

per  a  secret  into  the  ears  of  the  pubHc,  I  do  not  despair, 
that  even  our  American  Whig,  with  all  his  briskness  and 
volatility,  will  be  proselyted  to  the  sober  doctrine  of  the 
Appeal.  For  I  think  his  opposition  cannot  be  of  long  con- 
tinuance, after  the  honest  concession  he  has  made  towards 
the  close  of  his  paper.  "Tis  true,  says  he,  the  pamphlet  is 
specious,  and  appears  to  ask  nothing  but  what  is  highly 
reasonable;  and  could  any  man,  above  the  capacity  of  an 
Idiot,  really  persuade  himself,  that  the  Doctor  and  the 
Convention  would  content  themselves  with  a  Bishop,  so 
limited  and  curtailed  as  he  is  pleased  to  represent  his  fu- 
ture Lordship;  it  were  manifest  injustice  to  deny  them 
what  in  their  opinion  their  eternal  salvation  so  greatly 
depends  upon."  So  that  nothing  appears  to  be  now  want- 
ing to  his  conversion,  but  to  convince  him  that  the  Doctor 
and  the  Convention  would  content  themselves  with  such 
Bishops  as  are  described  in  the  Appeal.  Now  this  is  as 
really  and  certainly  true,  as  that  he  himself  is  a  Whig; 
and  unless  he  is  obstinately  resolved  to  be  deaf  and  blind 
to  all  proper  evidence,  it  can  be  clearly  proved  to  him. 

By  way  of  conclusion,  the  author  of  the  Appeal  begs 
leave  to  assure  the  Public,  that  notwithstanding  the 
charge  brought  against  him  by  the  American  Whig,  he 
neither  knows,  nor  believes,  nor  suspects,  that  he  was  mis- 
represented a  single  fact,  and  to  subscribe  himself 

their  very  respectful 

Elizabeth-Toivn  and  obedient  Servant. 

March  i6,  I/68. 

Perth-Aiuboy,  March  7,  1768. 

To  Be  Lett  for  any  Term  of  Years. 

A  House  at  Amhoy,  on  Rariton  River,  opposite  Mr. 

Stevens's  Ferry,  having  two  Parlours,  four  Bed-Cham- 

bers,  two  Kitchens,  and  a  Dairy,  with  Cellars  under  the 

whole  House;    a  large  Garden,  well   stored   with  every 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  8/ 

Kind  of  Fruit,  and  Necessaries  for  the  Kitchen;  an  Or- 
chard, a  good  Barn  and  Stables :  As  much  arable  Land 
and  Meadow  may  be  had  with  the  House,  as  the  Tenant 
shall  think  necessary;  a  great  Variety  of  Fish  are  yearly 
taken  in  the  River  before  the  House;  the  Shore  abounds 
with  Shell-Fish  of  many  Kinds,  and  has  the  most  con- 
venient Places  for  bathing,  the  Water  being  salt  enough 
for  that,  and  every  other  Purpose.  Enquire  of  Doctor 
Johnson,  at  Amboy. 

New-York,  March  21,  lydS. 

To  Be  Sold. 

A  Large  Neck  of  Land  lying  in  Monmouth  County,  in 
East  Nczv-Jcrsey,  in  the  Township  of  SJirezvsberry,  at 
Tom's  River,  in  Sight  of  the  Sea,  and  adjoining  on  a  Bay, 
in  which  is  very  fine  fishing  of  all  Sorts,  Winter  and 
Summer,  and  very  Plenty  of  Oysters,  Clams  and  Muscles. 
The  Neck  contains  upwards  of  One  Thousand  Acres, 
whereof  is  at  least  Four  Flundred  Acres  of  the  best  Son 
of  Salt  Meadow,  which  bears  excellent  good  Grass;  there 
is  a  large  Piece  of  between  Salt  and  Fresh  Meadow  :  The 
Neck  lies  between  two  Creeks,  a  Fence  of  Three  Quarters 
of  a  Mile  long  will  fence  in  the  whole;  there  might  be  kept 
on  the  Neck  Three  Hundred  Head  of  horned  Cattle,  Win- 
ter and  Summer,  and  at  least  one  Thousand  Sheep,  and 
as  many  Hogs,  with  a  small  Expence;  there  is  a  large 
Range  adjoining  for  an  out  Drift  for  Cattle.  If  the  above 
is  not  sold  before  the  23d  of  May  next,  then  the  said  Neck 
will  be  sold  at  Public  Vendue,  on  that  day,  at  the  House 
of  Mr.  John  Williams,  at  Tiniconck  Bridge:  Whoever 
has  a  Mind  to  purchase  before  the  Day  of  Sale,  may  apply 
to  Abraham  Probasco,  in  Monnwnfh  County,  Peter  Rem- 
sen,  in  Nczv-York,  or  AbraJiam  Sclicnck,  at  Bushwick,  on 
Loui^-I  stand . 


88  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

Also  to  be  sold  a  Saw-Mill  belonging  to  Abraham 
Schenck,  about  Four  Miles  distant  from  the  above  Neck, 
standing  on  a  Branch  of  Tom's  River,  with  1500  Acres  of 
fine  Land  belonging  to  the  Saw-Mill :  The  Saw-Mill  is 
lately  built,  and  in  very  good  Order,  it  rents  now  for 
82,000  Feet  of  good  merchantable  Inch  Boards,  a  Year, 
to  be  delivered  at  the  Landing,  free  of  all  Cost :  Any 
Body  that  has  a  Mind  to  purchase  the  said  Mill,  may  apply 
to  Paul  Schenck,  in  New-York,  or  Abraham  Schenck, 
in  Biishwick,  on  Long-Island,  who  will  agree  on  reason- 
able Terms. 

— The  Neiv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1 3 16,  March  21,  1768. 

To  be  Let,  by  William  Kelly, 

A  very  valuable  Tract,  of  about  2000  Acres  of  Land,  in 
the  County  of  Morris,  in  East  New- Jersey,  as  healthy 
a  Country  as  any  in  the  World,  about  15  Miles  from 
Newark,   (a  Sea-port  Town)   in  that  Province,  and 
about  23  Miles  from  New-York. 
This  Tract  is  so  fine  a  Body  of  Land,  as  I  believe  few, 
if  any  can  equal  it,  for  Fertility  and  Richness;   about  1500 
Acres  of  which  is  a  rich  low  Ground,  clear  of  Stones, 
black  Mould  from  about  9  to  36  Inches  on  a  Stratum  of 
blue  Clay :     The  Soil  is  as  fine  as  any  in  the  World  for 
Grass,  and  will  grow  any  Kind  of  Grain,  in  so  very  lux- 
uriant a  Manner,  as  to  be  in  Danger  of  lodging  in  high 
Winds.     The  Remainder  in  Upland,  on  which  there  is  a 
fine  Situation  to  build;    commanding  a  Prospect  of  great 
Extent  over  the  low  Ground ;  and  is  very  good  in  Quality, 
with  a  fine  young  Orchard,  the  largest  in  the  Province, 
containing  about  1400  Trees,  of  the  best  grafted  Fruit, 
at  50  Feet  Distances,  which  bore  this  (for  the  first)  Year, 
and  from  which,  when  it  comes  to  Maturity,  there  may  be 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  89 

from  500  to  1000  Barrels  of  Cyder  made  yearly.  There 
is  on  the  Estate  fine  Black  Heart,  May  Duke,  White 
Heart,  Coronation,  and  Bleeding  Heart  Cherries;  Ber- 
gamott,  and  other  Pears;  Holland,  Green  Gage,  and  Or- 
hea  Plumbs;  a  fine  Nursery  of  several  Thousand  Apple 
Trees,  some  of  which  are  fit  to  set  out.  A  good  harm 
Plouse,  Kitchen,  and  a  very  fine  Dairy,  and  Cyder-House 
built  this  Year,  a  Barn,  with  nine  Barracks  for  Hay  and 
Corn;  a  very  fine  Corn-House,  and  a  large  Grannery;  a 
Negro-House,  Smoak-House,  a  large  Fowl-House,  a 
Smith's  Shop,  a  Coal-House,  a  large  Cow-House,  two 
Horse  Stables,  two  Green  Houses  to  preserve  Cabbage 
and  Roots  in  the  Winter;  a  Pidgeon-House,  well  stock'd; 
and  other  Conveniencies  too  many  to  mention.  There  is 
on  this  Tract,  at  a  Distance  of  less  than  half  a  Mile,  a  good 
House  for  a  Hind  or  Steward,  and  two  other  Tenements, 
that  will  let,  or  accommodate  Servants  that  have  families; 
and  there  may  (one  Year  with  another)  be  upwards  of 
150  Tuns  of  fine  English  Hay,  Clover  and  Spccr  Grass, 
and  upwards  of  500  Tuns  of  coarse  Hay  cut;  all  the  Land 
producing  at  present  this  coarse  Grass,  is  capable  of  being 
made  as  fine  Meadow  as  any  in  the  World,  at  a  very  small 
Expence;  and  is  deem'd  one  of  the  finest  Places  in  Amer- 
ica to  breed  Mules  for  the  West-Indies.  There  is  on  the 
whole  about  300  Acres  of  Woods,  containing  some  fine 
Timber  for  building.  Through  the  Tract  runs  a  fine 
Brook,  on  which  stands  (within  less  than  half  a  Mile  of 
the  Dwelling-House)  a  Grist-Mill,  and  Saw-Mill,  (not 
on  the  Tract)  and  in  the  Brook;  and  also  a  River  on  which 
the  Tract  bounds,  are  plenty  of  Trout  and  other  Fish  : 
There  is  also  some  Deer,  Turkeys,  and  plenty  of  wild 
Geese,  Ducks,  Partridges,  Quails,  &c.  on  it  in  the  proper 
Season,  and  at  the  Foot  of  the  Garden  is  a  very  fine  Spring, 
never  dry,  and  an  extreme  good  Place  for  a  Fish-Pond. 


90  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

The  main  Road  66  Feet  Wide,  runs  through  the  Tracts 
not  an  Acre  of  barren  or  poor  Land  on  the  Whole. 

This  Estate  Hes  in  the  Heart  of  a  Country,  where  any 
Quantity  of  Cattle  may  be  bought,  at  all  Seasons  of  the 
Year,  at  a  very  moderate  Price;  and  as  there  may  be  some 
Persons  extremely  well  qualified  to  buy,  faten,  and  sell 
Cattle,  who  wou'd  incline  to  rent,  in  case  they  had  a  proper 
Capital  to  carry  on  that  Business  to  Advantage;  the  Own- 
er proposes  to  let  a  good  Tenant  have  any  Sum  on  Inter- 
est, not  exceeding  looo  1.  giving  good  Security. 

Shou'd  any  Person  incline  to  purchase,  rather  than  rent, 
the  above  Estate,  it  may  be  bought  at  a  reasonable  Price, 
and  any  Term,  not  exceeding  ten  Years,  given  for  Pay- 
ment of  a  Part  or  the  Whole  of  the  Money,  on  allowing 
Interest,  and  giving  good  Security.  The  Title  clear  and 
indisputable,  and  will  be  warranted  to  the  Purchaser. 
There  is  on  it  now,  the  largest  and  finest  Breed  of  Cattle 
in  America,  imported  from  Holland,  and  as  good  Horses 
as  any  in  the  Province;  all,  or  any  of  which,  with  about 
twenty  Slaves,  bred  to  farming  and  Country  Work, 
(among  which  is  a  good  Blacksmith,  a  Mason,  and  a  Shoe- 
maker,) will  be  sold,  and  Possession  of  the  Whole  imme- 
diately after  given  to  the  Tennant  or  a  Purchaser.  For 
further  Particulars,  enquire  of  John  Berrian,  Esq;  near 
Prince-Town;  Jonathan  Hampton,  and  Abraham  Clark, 
Jun.,  Esq;  near  Elizabeth-Town,  or  the  Owner  in  New- 
York. — Tlic  Nczv  York  Gaaettc  and  [f'tv/e/y  Mercury,  No. 
855,  March  21,  1768. 

To  be  sold  at  \^cndue,  on  Tuesda_y  the  19th  Day  of  April 
next,  on  the  Premises,  in  New-Jersey,  Bergen  Coun- 
ty, West  of  Cavan,  at  a  Place  called  Pamerpough, 
within  7  Miles  of  New- York,  at  which  Time  and 
Place,  the  Terms  of  Sale  will  be  made  known; 


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91 


Cut 

OF 

Farm 


A  Farm  pleasantly  situated  between 
the  Lands  of  Daniel  Van  Winkle,  and 
Jacob  Van  Wagoner,  adjoining  to 
Hudson's  River,  and  runs  to  Newark 
Bay,  containing  upwards  of  an  Hun- 
dred Acres,  most  of  which  are  Mead- 
ow and  Wood  Land,  besides  another 
Lot  of  above  Twenty  Acres  of  Timber  Land  at  Bergen 
Point.  There  is  on  the  Farm  a  good  Stone  House,  with 
two  Rooms  and  Fire-Places  on  a  Floor,  a  Barn,  a  good 
Well,  and  two  Orchards;  and  it  is  very  convenient  for 
Fish,  Oysters,  and  Clams,  the  Sale  is  made  by  Heirs  of 
Barent  Speer,  deceased. 


Cu  r 

OF 

House 


To  be  sold  at  publick  Vendue,  on 

Monday  the  nth  Day  of  April  next,  on  the  Premises; 

The  Dwelling  House  of  the  late 
joining,  situate  at  Newark,  in  the 
Col.  Josiah  Ogden,  deceased,  with  a 
good  commodious  kitchen,  a  large  well 
furnished  vault,  a  barn,  stable,  hen- 
house, and  about  one  acre  of  land  ad- 
county  of  Essex  and  province  of  New-Jersey,  upon  the 
river  Pissaick,  about  one  quarter  of  a  mile  from  an  Epis- 
copal church  of  England,  about  three  quarters  of  a  mile 
from  a  Presbyterian  meeting-house,  and  adjoining  to  the 
most  public  landing  in  said  town  of  Newark.^  The  house 
is  built  of  stone,  and  is  in  very  good  repair;  it  consists 
of  eight  rooms,  all  completely  finished,  six  of  them  with 
fire  places,  one  of  the  other  two  very  large,  and  peculiarly 
well  calculated  for  a  store  room,  the  other  small  and  fit 
only  for  a  bed-room.   The  vendue  will  begin  at  two  o'clock 


1^  Near  the  foot  of  Bridge  street. 


92  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

in  the  afternoon;    when  the  terms  of  sale  will  be  made 

known,  by 

Davtd  Ogden 
Jacob  Ogden,  And 
Isaac  Longworth. 
Nezvark,  March  21,1 768. 

— The  Nezv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
13 16,  March  24,  1768. 

New- York,  March  14. 
We  are  assured  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Province 
of  New-Jersey,  are  to  meet  at  Perth- Amboy  the  12th  of 
April  next,  to  proceed  on  Business;    circular  Letters  hav- 
ing already  been  sent  to  the  Members  for  that  Purpose. 

To  Be  Lett, 
A  Piece  of  meadow,  on  the  Gloucester  Road,  belonging 
to  Andrew  Elliot,  Esq;  late  in  the  tenure  of  Philip  Ben- 
ezet,   containing  about    10   acres.      For   terms,   apply   to 
Conyngham  and  Nesbitt. 

Salem  County,  West  Jersey,  March  14,  1768. 
Whereas  a  certain  Philip  Cummins,  of  Kent  county, 
on  Delaware,  did,  on  or  about  the  middle  of  October,  in 
the  year  1767,  wrongfully  and  deceitfully  obtain  of  me, 
the  subscriber,  a  promissory  note,  for  the  payment  of 
Seven  Pounds,  payable  the  first  day  of  this  instant  March; 
I  therefore  take  this  method  to  request  all  persons  not  to 
take  any  assignment  of  said  note,  as  I  was  much  wronged 
by  said  Cummins,  and  am  determined  not  to  pay  the  same, 
till  compelled  by  law. 

Peter  Dubois. 

N.  B.     Part  of  said  money  was  attached  in  my  hands  by 
one  of  said  Cummins's  creditors  in  said  countv  of  Salem, 


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and  a  jury  of  6  lawful  men  gave  the  cause  in  my  favour, 
they  judging  the  note  was  obtained  as  aforesaid. 

To  be  Sold,  by  the  Subscriber, 

A  Valuable  tract  of  wood-land,  containing  i8o  acres, 
remarkably  well  timbered  with  white  oak  timber,  chiefly 
about  1 8  miles  from  William  Cooper's  ferry,  and  about  a 
mile  and  a  half  from  a  landing,  a  mile  from  a  saw-mill, 
and  a  mile  and  a  half  from  a  grist-mill,  lying  near  Repo- 
paw  Creek,  about  a  mile  and  a  half  from  Salem  Road.  The 
land  adjoining  Solomon  Lippincott's  and  situated  in 
Greenwich  township,  county  of  Gloucester,  and  province 
of  West  New-Jersey.  There  are  4  acres  cleared,  a  young 
apple  orchard,  a  quantity  of  inland  swamp,  which  may  be 
made  very  good  meadow,  with  a  little  labour.  Any  per- 
son inclining  to  purchase  the  said  tract  of  land,  may  have 
it  on  paying  half  the  purchase  money  down,  and  one  year 
to  pay  the  remainder,  without  interest,  giving  good  secur- 
ity, if  required.  The  title  indisputable.  For  further  par- 
ticulars, enquire  of  John  Steelman,  living  in  Clommell, 
about  2  miles  and  a  half  from  said  tract  of  land. 

N.  B.  There  are  several  places  of  worship  near  the 
same. — The  Pennsylvania  Gaaette,  No.  2048,  March  24, 
1768. 

Run  away  from  Caleb  Newbold,  of  Springfield,  in  the 
county  of  Burlington,  and  province  of  West  New-Jersey, 
on  or  about  the  middle  of  June  1766,  a  servant  man,  named 
Aaron  Gibbs,  about  five  feet  seven  or  eight  inches  high, 
well  sett,  much  pitted  with  the  small  pox,  dark  hair,  coun- 
try born,  about  twenty  five  years  old,  understands  how  to 
do  any  farming  business :  Whoever  takes  up,  and  se- 
cures, the  said  servant  in  any  goal  in  this  province,  so  as 
his  master  shall  have  him  again,  shall  have  three  pounds 


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reward,  and  reasonable  charges,  and  if  out  of  the  province 
five  pounds,  paid  by  me, 

Caleb  Newbold. 

The  CENTINEL.       No.  I. 

Hiiinano  capitc  cervicem  pictor  equinam 

Jungcre  si  vclit — ut  tnrpitur  atruin 

Dcsiiiaf  ill  pisccin  inulicr  foniiosa  siipcnic — 

Risiiin  tcncatis.     Plor.  Ar.  Poet. 

Dr.  Chandler's  Appeal  to  the  Public  in  behalf  of  the 
Clnirch  of  England  in  Anieriea,  which  from  his  own  Ac- 
count, seems  rather  to  be  the  united  Effort  of  all  the 
Clergy  in  Nezu-York  and  Nezv  Jersey,  perfected  by  the 
kind  Assistance  of  tJie  Clergy  from  the  neighbouring 
Provinces,  may  by  this  Time  be  supposed  to  have  circu- 
lated pretty  generally.  And  as  the  Season  advances,  when 
we  presume  these  Clergy  are  again  to  meet  in  voluntary 
Convention,  this  may  be  the  proper  Time  to  propose  a 
few  Questions  for  their  or  if  the  Dr.  pleases  for  ]iis  Con- 
sideration. The  performance  seems  replete  with  bold  ex- 
travagant assertions  of  facts,  many  of  which  have  no  foun- 
dation in  truth;  it  is  greatly  deficient  in  Christian  Charity, 
tho'  not  deficient  in  low  craft,  and  seems  dangerous  to  the 
civil  and  religious  Liberties  of  the  Colonies  in  America. 
But  I  perceive  that  if  any  objections  be  made  to  his  Plan, 
our  new  Doctor  from  a  persuasion  already  formed,  is  pre- 
pared to  ascribe  them,  rather  to  ''the  dexterity  and  ill  zvill 
of  the  inventors  than"  to  "the  real  fears  and  uneasiness  of 
the  inhabitants."  (P.  112)  Nay  he  is  so  bold,  as  to  assert 
that  "every  opposition  to  such  plan"  as  he  has  proposed, 
"has  the  nature  of  persecution  and  deserz^cs  the  name." 
(82)  Again  he  says,  "if  no  objections  shall  be  offered,  it 
zvill  be  taken  for  granted  that  all  parties  acquiesce  and  are 
satisfied."     (2)     Thus  on  the  one  hand,  silence  is  to  be 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  95 

construed  into  assent  and  approbation,  and  on  the  other 
hand,  if  we  object  to,  or  oppose  his  plan,  we  are  tobe  stig- 
matized as  persecutors  and  the  worst  of  mankind.  How- 
ever as  he  seems  to  admit  a  possibility  that  some  ''objec- 
tions may  continue,  zvhich  may  he  thought  to  deserve  no- 
tice" and  is  pleased  to  erect  an  imaginary  tribunal,  and  to 
invite  the  objectors  "to  propose  them  that  they  may  be  de- 
bated before  that  tribunal,"  it  seems  hard  to  oblige  those, 
who  cannot  altogether  approve  his  plan,  to  yield  the  case 
untried,  or  to  bear  the  names  of  "malicious,  ''intolerant, 
"Persecutors,  "enemies  to  all  religion  "and  the  church, 
"hot  headed  zvriters,  "pragmatical  enthusiasts,"  &c.  nay 
even  to  have  their  loyalty  called  in  question. 

I  must  confess  there  are  some  objections  to  this  plan, 
that  "continue"  with  me,  and  which,  to  as  many  as  I  have 
mentioned  them,  seem  to  "deserve  notice"  but  before  I 
propose  them  to  be  debated  before  the  "tribunal  of  the 
public,"  I  should  be  glad  the  Doctor  would  deign  to  ex- 
plain some  of  his  terms,  and  give  us  farther  information 
on  some  points,  that  I  shall  propose. 

He  begins  with  informing  us  "that  application  has  been 
made  to  our  superiors,  by  the  Clergy  of  several  of  the 
Colonies,  requesting  one  or  more  Bishops  to  be  sent  to 
America;"  he  complains  of  "unprecedented  hardships," 
and  "intolerable  grievances."  suffered  by  the  "Church" 
the  "American  Church"  the  "Church  of  England  in  Amer- 
ica" for  want  of  "an  American  Episcopate"  and  upon  this 
founds  his  Appeal  to  the  Public. 

We  should  be  obliged  to  the  Doctor,  if  he  would  inform 
us  in  plain  terms,  who  are  these  superiors  to  whom  the 
Clergy  have  applied;  by  whom  these  Bishops  are  to  be 
sent;  by  what  authority  this  American  Episcopate  is  to  be 
established;  or  who  are  the  authors  of  these  intolerable 
grievances  and  unprecedented  hardships?  that  we  may  the 
better  judge,  whether  the  apprehensions  on  account  of  our 


96  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

civil  Liberties,  which  this  avowed  appHcation  has  raised  in 
the  minds  of  many  people,  be  well  or  ill  founded.     As  he 
has  appealed  to  the  public,  would  it  not  be  proper  for  him 
to  inform  us,  against  whom  he  appeals?    Whether  against 
the  King  his  Ministers  and  the  British  Parliament,  for  not 
redressing  those  grievances,  of  which  he  complains,  and 
for  not  establishing  Episcopacy  in  America,  as  he  seems 
to  think  they  ought  to  have  done?     Or  whether  the  Ap- 
peal is  made  against  those,  who,  thro'  fear  of  an  invasion 
and  infringement  of  their  civil  and  religious  Liberties, 
think  it  their  duty  to  oppose  such  an  establishment?     If 
against  the  former,  the  court  must  indeed  be  august  and 
respectable,  which  he  has  constituted  to  take  cognizance 
of  our  Sovereign  and  the  British  Parliament.     If  against 
the  latter,  as  by  the  rules  of  all  well  established  courts, 
both  plaintiffs  and  defendants  are  excluded  from  judging 
in  their  own  cause,  I  fancy  there  will  be  few  in  America 
to  sit  in  judgment.     For  let  the  Doctor  flatter  as  much  as 
he  pleases,  if  ever  the  attempt  be  made,  he  will  find  that 
the  prejudices  and  objections  of  most  of  our  Colonies  are 
too  deeply  rooted  and  too  well  founded,  for  them  ever  to 
submit   quietly  to   an   American   Episcopate,   established 
over  them  even  by  act  of  Parliament;    this  would  be  to 
destroy  their  charters,  laws,  and  their  very  constitutions; 
and  it  will  be  well  if  the  Doctor  and  his  associates  are  not 
considered  as  abettors  of  Mr.  Greenville  and  those  Ene- 
mies of  America,  who  are  exerting  their  utmost  endeav- 
ours to  strip  us  of  our  most  sacred,  invaluable  and  inherent 
Rights;   to  reduce  us  to  the  state  of  slaves;   and  to  tax  us 
by  laws,  to  which  we  never  have  assented,  nor  can  assent. 
We  would  also  ask  the  Doctor,  why  is  the  application 
made  for  a  Bishop  at  this  particular  time  when  the  liberties 
of  America  are  at  stake?     Why  are  some  insinuations  of 
disloyalty   thrown   out  against   his   American    Brethren  ? 
For  what  are  the  tendency  of  his  political  reast)ns,  but  to 


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inflame  the  jealousy  of  the  people  of  Great-Britain?  Can 
there  be  no  Bishops  without  establishments;  no  ordination 
without  act  of  Parliament?  Must  this  be  a  new  and  a 
primitive,  or  a  part  of  the  English  Episcopate. 

The  claims  of  the  Doctor,  without  an  establishment, 
notwithstanding  all  his  seeming  modesty  and  candour,  are 
too  great,  not  to  awaken  jealousies  in  the  minds  of  free 
born  Americans,  if  none  had  been  conceived  there  before. 

The  "Church"  the  American  Church,  "the  Church  of 
England  in  America,"  are  the  names  by  which  he  affects 
to  disting'uish  that  denomination  of  Christians,  to  which 
he  belongs.  I  wish  the  Doctor  would  please  to  define  his 
terms,  and  tell  us  what  he  means  by  Church,  and  why  that 
name  should  be  applied  to  English  Episcopalians  only. 
Are  not  the  Lutheran  and  Calvinist  Churches,  are  not  the 
Congregational,  Consociated  and  Presbyterian  Churches; 
are  not  the  Baptist,  the  Quaker  and  all  other  Churches  in 
America,  of  what  denomination  soever  they  be,  members 
of  Christ's  Catholic  Church,  if  they  profess  faith  in  Christ 
and  hold  the  great  essentials  of  Christianity  ?  Or  does  he 
mean  to  lay  such  a  stress  on  unbroken  succession,  and  on 
Episcopacy  as  by  law  established  in  England,  as  to  make 
these  essential  to  the  being  of  a  Church?  His  words  in- 
deed seem  to  import  as  much,  where  he  says,  "Men  may 
ridicule  the  notion  of  uninterrupted  succession  as  they 
please"  but  "if  the  succession  be  once  broken  and  the  pozv- 
ers  of^  ordination  once  lost,  not  all  the  men  on  earth,  not 
all  the  angels  in  heaven,  zvithout  an  immediate  commission 
from  Christ,  can  restore  if.  It  is  as  great  an  absurdity  for 
a  man  to  preach  zvithout  being  properly  sent,  as  it  is  to 
hear  zjuithout  a  preacher,  or  to  believe  in  him  of  zvhom  they 
have  never  heard."  This  may  be  the  Doctor's  private 
opinion  borrowed  from  the  Nonjurors  and  other  disturb- 
ers of  the  Church  and  State  during  the  reigns  of  King 
William,  Queen  Ann  and  King  George  the  first,  but  surelv 


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it  is  not  the  doctrine  of  the  Church  of  England:  it  has 
long  since  been  disclaimed  by  some  of  its  greatest  Doctors 
and  ablest  Divines.  However,  I  should  be  glad  the  Doc- 
tor would  explain  himself  further,  and  try  to  reconcile 
these  high  notions  with  Christian  Charity,  and  with  the 
validity  of  ordination  in  the  foreign  Protestant  Churches, 
or  of  those  who  make  no  pretence  to  an  unbroken  succes- 
sion. The  candour  of  his  sentiments  and  (if  we  may  be- 
lieve him)  of  the  doctrine  and  belief  of  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land, with  regard  to  the  government  of  those  Churches  in 
America,  which  are  not  Episcopal,  is  worthy  of  notice. 
"If,  says  he,  according  to  the  doctrine  and  belief  of  the 
Chnrch  of  England,  none  have  a  right  to  govern  the 
Church  hut  Bishops,  then  the  American  CJinrcli  must  be 
zvithont  government.  (27)  But  lest  we  may  have  mis- 
understood him,  we  desire  he  may  tell  us,  whether  he 
means  that  the  Episcopal  Christians  are  the  only  Church 
in  America,  and  consequently  excludes  all  other  Churches 
who  want  Bishops,  from  being  members  of  the  American 
Church;  or  whether  he  would  assert  that  all  others  are 
without  order  and  government  for  want  of  Bishops,  and 
therefore  undeserving  the  name  of  Churches. 

The  "Church  of  England  in  America,"  which  he  often 
repeats,  is  a  new  expression,  unwarranted  by  scripture,  not 
known  in  law,  and  hardly  intelligible  in  language,  and 
therefore  wants  explanation.  We  read  in  scripture  of  the 
Church  of  Antioch,  of  Corinth,  and  of  Rome;  and  of  the 
Churches  in  Asia  and  Judea;  but  we  no  where  read  of 
the  Church  of  Jerusalem  in  Rome,  or  of  the  Church  of 
Judea  in  Europe  or  Asia;  in  like  manner,  we  hear  of  the 
Church  of  England,  the  Church  of  Ireland,  and  the  Church 
of  Scotland;  but  the  Church  of  England  in  America  is  a 
new  mode  of  expression :  Yet  by  this  new  fangled  term, 
the  DcKtor  and  other  Missionaries  affect  to  distinguish 
themselves  and  their  followers,  while  with  an  air  of  arro- 


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gance  and  superciliousness,  tliey  call  other  denominations 
of  Christians,  Dissenters. 

We  apprehend  this  is  not  a  mere  impropriety  of  speech 
adopted  by  a  man  who  seems  not  to  be  one  of  the  most 
correct  writers,  but  a  phrase  artfully  introduced  with  a 
sinister  design. 

The  Doctor  cannot  ha^•e  read  so  little  either  of  civil  or 
ecclesiastical  history,  or  be  so  very  little  acquainted  with 
mankind  as  not  to  know  the  magic  of  words,  and  the  blind 
devotion  paid  to  names  and  sounds.  The  words  Pope  and 
Priest  carry  great  reverence  with  them  in  some  countries, 
and  terrible  confusions  and  animosities  have  been  raised 
in  other  countries  by  the  words  Church,  Clergy,  divine 
right,  iininternipted  succession,  indelible  character,  and 
such  like  undefined  nonsense;  we  hope  the  like  game  will 
never  be  played  in  America. 

The  "national  religion"  is  another  phrase  of  the  Doc- 
tor's, wherewith  he  graces  the  peculiar  tenets  of  his 
Church;  with  what  view  he  uses  it,  we  may  easily  guess 
from  the  privileges  he  has  annexed  to  it,  and  the  doctrine 
he  teaches  and  confirms  with  an  "indeed"  concerning  it. 
Those,  says  he,  "who  dissent  from  the  National  Religion, 
have,  indeed,  no  natural  right  to  any  degree  of  civil'or  mil- 
itary power."  (109)  As  the  Doctor  in  another  place  de- 
clares, that  "nothing  has  been  asserted  in  the  course  of  his 
work,  but  what  the  author  believes,  upon  good  evidence, 
to  be  true."  We  hope  he  will  produce  his  evidence  to  prove 
this  doctrine,  which  sounds  strange  in  an  American  ear. 
In  the  mean  time,  we  would  ask  him,  why  might  not  Chris- 
tianity have  been  allowed  the  honour  of  being  called  the 
national  religion  ?  Or  why  is  Episcopacy  alone  honoured 
with  that  name?  Is  it  because  it  is  established  by  law  in 
England?  Is  not  Presbytery  also  established  by  law? 
And  was  it  not  established  m  1707,  a  more  enlightened 
age  surely  than  that  in  which  Episcopacy  was  established 


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at  the  reformation?  If  the  one  is  a  national  church,  be- 
cause estabHshed  in  England,  why  not  the  other,  because 
established  in  Scotland  ?  But  what  is  this  to  us  in  Amer- 
ica ?  Because  these  forms  are  established  in  Great  Britain, 
must  they  also  be  established  here?  Many  thcnisands  fled 
to  the  wilds  of  America  from  Episcopal  t^n'anny  and  perse- 
cution, and  to  enjoy  the  free  exercise  of  religion  in  a  way 
most  agreeable  to  their  consciences,  (and  as  they  con- 
ceived) to  scripture  and  reason;  established  colonies, 
formed  governments,  framed  laws  and  founded  Churches, 
and  must  all  these  be  termed  dissenters,  because  the  doc- 
tor and  they  differ?  Or  have  they  "no  natural  right  to 
any  degree  of  civil  and  military  power."  because  they  are 
not  of  the  national  religion.  That  is,  if  we  believe  the 
Doctor,  the  religion  which  he,  and  "the  Clergy  of  flic  scz'- 
eral  colonies  (meaning  the  missionaries)  professT' 

It  is  not  doubted  but  every  man  who  wishes  to  be  free 
■will,  by  all  lawful  ways  in  his  power,  oppose  the  establish- 
ment of  any  one  denomination  in  America,  the  preventing 
which  is  the  only  means  of  securing  their  natural  rights, 
to  all  those  at  least  who  may  differ  from  that  denomina- 
tion. The  Doctor  seems  sensible  that  the  opposition  to 
these  loVdly  prelates,  will  not  wholly  rest  with  those  whom 
he  terms  Dissenters,  that  their  encroachments  in  civil  mat- 
ters are  disagreeable  to  very  many  who  admit  their  author- 
ity in  the  Church;  he  therefore  solemnly  assures  us,  that 
"tJic  Bishops"  he  desires,  "shall  not  interfere  with  the  prop- 
erty or  privileges,  whether  civil  or  religious  of  Churchmen 

or  Disscniers" "that  they  shall  only  ordain  and  govern 

the  Clergy,  and  administer  confirmation  to  those  who  shall 
desire  it."  But  when  he  comes  to  explain  himself  farther, 
he  cautiously  intersperses  the  words,  at  "  present,"  now," 
and  such  qualifying  expressions  as  leave  the  Bishops  when 
once  established,  a  full  liberty  to  revive  every  claim  and 
privilege  they  have  ever  made  or  enjoyed.      Even  with  re- 


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gards  to  Tithes  (105)  while  he  is  obviating  objections 
that  might  be  raised  on  account  of  them,  he  expresses  him- 
self with  such  cautions  ambiguity,  as  to  leave  it  doubtful 
whether  he  does  not  mean  that  a  Bishop  established  in 
America  may  claim  and  recover  them  by  the  laws  of  Eng- 
land. Nay  such  Ideas  of  Grandeur  and  Magnificence  has 
the  Doctor  united  with  the  word  Bishop,  that  while  he  is 
pleading  for  such  as  he  calls  primitive  Bishops,  he  hints 
at  lordly  revenues;  he  lets  us  know  a  committee  was  ex- 
traordinarily appointed  to  find  out  ways  and  means  for 
the  maintenance  and  support  of  Bishops  in  America ;  (49) 
that  a  fund  has  been  established  for  that  particular  pur- 
pose for  more  than  half  a  century  past;"  that  many  thou- 
sand pounds  have  been  contributed  to  increase  this  fund. 
(108)  But,  "if  this  stock  is  not  sufficient  for  the  support 
of  a  proper  Episcopate  in  America,"  "should  a  general  tax 
he  laid  011  the  country  and  thereby  a  sum  raised  sutTicient 
for  the  purpose"  "this  zvould  be  no  mighty  hardship  on 
the  country;"  and  he  who  would  think  much  of  paying  it, 
deserves  not  to  be  considered  in  the  light  of  a  good  sub- 
ject. (107)  That  hereafter  they  may  be  invested  with 
some  degree  of  civil  power  worthy  their  acceptance.  ( 1 10) 
In  short,  hints,  that  legislative  and  executive  powers  may 
both  be  placed  in  their  hands,  (ibidem)  And  with  all 
these  princely  revenues,  with  all  this  accession  of  power, 
what  are  they  to  do?  Only  to  ordain  and  govern  the 
Clergy?  No:  They  are  "to  defend  and  protect  both  the 
Clergy  and  Laity."  These  things  are  so  unlike  the  ap- 
pearance of  a  primitive  Bishop,  that  we  must  say,  that 
though  "at  present"  we  hear  the  voice  of  Jacob,  we  see 
and  may  "hereafter  feel  the  rough  and  hairy  hands  of 
Esau. 

One  thing  more  I  would  beg  to  know  from  the  Doctor; 
what  assurances  (besides  his  own,  which  are  too  weak  to 
be  relied  on  in  so  momentous  an  affair)  are  we  to  have 


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that  Bishops  will  be  sent  over  with  such  limited  powers? 
attempts  are  made  upon  American  liberty  from  a  quarter 
where  it  ought  not  to  be  expected.  A  temper  is  shewn  by 
some  leading  prelates  even  now  in  England,  that  will  not 
suffer  us  to  place  a  confidence  in  them.  One  of  them  at 
the  head  of  the  society  for  propagating  the  gospel  was  not 
ashamed  tO'  oppose  a  plan  for  the  conversion  of  the  Indi- 
ans, because  concerted  by  a  denomination  of  Christians 
who  "followed  not  with  him."  Another  of  them  lately 
attended  the  board  of  trade  to  prevent  the  grant  of  a  char- 
ter to  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  New-York. 

But  suppose  these  Bishops  sent  over  with  these  limitted 
powers,  is  there  any  probability  that  they  will  be  content 
with  them  ?  can  we  suppose  that  the  Clergy  of  a  Society, 
which  thinks  itself  peculiarly  entitled  to  national  favour, 
and  asserts  itself  to  be  so  essentially  connected  with  the 
state,  will,  if  once  established  ever  give  ease  or  peace  to 
other  Churches  in  America,  whom  they  now  treat  as  Dis- 
senters, until  they  have  a  plenary  possession  of  every  priv- 
ilege enjoyed  by  the  Church  in  England  by  law  estab- 
lished ?  With  Bishops  at  their  head,  will  not  the  cry  be 
as  loud,  if  they  have  not  ecclesiastical  courts,  for  discip- 
line and  to  harrass  their  neighbours?  A  Bishop  without 
a  court,  is  as  unparalleled  as  any  hardship  complained  of? 
Again  must  not  the  Clergy  have  a  maintenance?  The 
society  for  propagating  the  gospel  is  not  able  to  provide 
for  all  that  may  be  ordained;  the  Episcopal  congrega- 
tions cannot  maintain  them;  must  they  then  starve  in 
America?  When  in  England  they  have  a  legal  right  to 
the  tithes?  Will  not  the  cry  at  last  be,  nay  does  not  the 
Doctor  almost  make  it  already,  that  they  alone  have  a 
right  to  all  places  of  power  and  profit  in  the  colonies  as 
well  as  in  England  and  Ireland,  because  the  most  friendlv 
to  monarchy? 

We  hope  the  Doctor  will  explain  himself  fully,  and  re- 


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solve  the  doubts  and  queries  we  have  here  proposed.  On 
some  other  occasion  we  may  enter  the  Hsts  and  examine 
his  divine  right  of  diocesan  Episcopacy;  his  unbroken 
succession;  the  connection  between  natural  rights,  and  a 
national  religion;  his  Doctrine  of  tithes;  the  numbers  of 
his  denomination  and  their  unparalleled  sufferings  in 
America,  &c.  &c}  N. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Jonrnal,  No.  1320,  March  24, 
1768. 

The  AMERICAN  WHIG.     [No.  III.] 
And  of  some  have  Compassion,  making  a  difference. 

Apostle  Jude. 
The  first  settlers  of  the  Northern  colonies  fled  from  the 
cruel  persecution  of  the  Church  of  England  to  this  coun- 
try, which  then  was  an  uncultivated  wilderness.  The  In- 
dians soon  became  jealous  of  the  new  settlers,  and  gave 
them  all  the  disturbance  in  their  power.  But  those  brave 
sons  of  religion  and  liberty,  chose  rather  to  run  the  risque 
of  the  rage  and  malice  of  the  Indian  savages,  than  of  the 
perfidious  and  persecuting  bishops.  They  continued  to 
settle  the  country,  and  God,  in  whom  they  trusted,  ap- 
peared for  their  defence,  and  drove  out  the  heathens  from 
before  them. 

As  America  is  a  new  country,  and  the  settlers  generally 
poor,  they  are  obliged  to  be  very  laborious,  in  order  to 
procure  a  tolerable  subsistence  for  themselves  and  fami- 
lies. They  have  ever  been,  and  still  are,  too  much  engaged 
in  business,  to  get  acquainted  with  the  parties  and  contro- 
versies that  continued  in  the  mother-country,  and  partic- 
ularly in  the  Church  of  England;  especially  as  they  hoped, 
that  their  great  enemies  the  diocesan  bishops,  would  be 


1  The  foregoing-  article,  and  those  that  follow,  to  p.  120,  Inclusive,  are 
given  as  specimens  of  the  arguments  used  in  this  controversy.  They 
lost  in  temper  and  somewhat  in  cogency  as  the  discussion  proceeded. 


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contented,  since  they  had  in  effect  procured  them  to  be 
banished  from  the  land  of  their  nativity.  Indeed,  we 
could  not  but  hope,  they  would  have  suffered  us  to  live 
in  peace  in  these  remote  parts  of  the  earth;  and  that  the 
vast  Atlantic  ocean  would  have  served  for  a  partition  be- 
tween us  to  all  generations.  But  since  it  appears,  that 
their  spiritual  lordships  are  invited  to  follow  us,  even  into 
these  distant  corners  of  the  earth,  it  is  becoming  neces- 
sary to  consider,  with  some  degree  of  attention,  the  par- 
ties which  compose  the  Church  of  England.  This  is  re- 
quisite, to  shew  what  little  regard  is  to  be  paid  to  those 
ignorant  zealots,  who  assert  that  there  are  no  parties 
among  them,  in  order  that  due  justice  may  be  done  to 
their  respective  characters;  and  that  it  may  be  clearly 
known  who  are  the  persons  we  intend  to  censure.  For  as 
there  are  many  worthy  men  belonging  to  that  commu- 
nion, equally  exposed  with  the  wise  and  virtuous  of  every 
other  denomination  to  the  pestilent  project  in  embryo,  I 
mean  the  design  of  importing  a  cargo  of  Bishops,  it  is  not 
our  intention  to  give  them  any  offence. 

The  reformation  was  begun  in  England  by  Henry  the 
Vlllth,  and  that  from  no  very  religious  motive.  Since 
the  Pope  refused  to  grant  him  liberty  to  marry,  he  as- 
sumed to  himself  the  same  supremacy  in  England,  which 
the  Bishop  of  Rome  had  usurped  over  the  Church  and 
consciences  of  men.  And  he  carried  this  power  so  exceed- 
ing high,  that  his  subjects  were  forced  to  comply  with  his 
injunctions,  or  be  ruined.  The  consequence  was,  that 
while  a  few  embraced  the  reformation  out  of  conscience, 
multitudes  submitted  merely  to  save  their  estates,  and 
avoid  persecution.  Hence,  when  Queen  Mary  commanded 
them  to  return  to  popery,  they  very  generally  complied. 
Nor  is  there  any  reason  to  think  they  were,  for  the  most 
part,  more  sincere  in  their  re-conversion  to  protestantism, 
at  the  command  of  Oueen  Elizabeth.     And  thus  the  na- 


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tional  Church  of  England  was  erected;     such  were  the 
greater  part  of  her  clerg-y  and  laity. 

This  clearly  shews  us  the  origin  of  two  famous  parties, 
viz.  High-Cliurcli  and  Loiv-Cliurch,  as  they  are  termed 
in  England.  From  the  beginning  of  the  reformation,  it 
feeing  effected  so  much  by  force,  many  who  were  really 
papists  in  their  hearts,  yielded  to  the  times,  and  conformed 
out  of  self-interest.  Such  were  always  strongly  inclined 
to  prevent  every  farther  step  of  reformation ;  and  chose 
rather  again,  to  coalesce  with  the  Church  of  Rome.  Such 
were  always  mighty  sticklers  for  pomp  in  religious  wor- 
ship; for  rites  and  ceremonies,  and  the  uninterrupted  line 
of  succession  :  And  such,  in  a  word,  have  always  been 
the  ringleaders  in  persecuting  all,  who,  from  a  principle 
of  religion  and  conscience,  could  not  adopt  their  measures. 
For  having  themselves  no  idea  about  tenderness  of  con- 
science, they  would  make  no  allowance  for  others.  When 
the  house  of  Stuart  was  called  to  the  throne  of  England, 
and  proved,  as  is  well  known  by  woful  experience,  a  weak 
and  tyrannical  race  of  princes,  who  meditated  utterly  to 
destroy  the  liberties  of  the  nation;  the  high  Churchmen 
joined  heartily  with  them,  and  endeavored  to  support  all 
their  measures.  The  Bishops  and  Clergy  intoxicated 
those  monarchs  with  the  most  fulsome  flattery,  assuring 
them,  that  as  viceregents  of  God,  they  were  not  account- 
able to  men,  and  that  subjects  must  obey  on  pain  of  dam- 
nation :  The  kings  in  return  promoted  those  sycophants 
to  great  riches  and  dignity,  and  permitted  them  to  gratify 
their  cruel  and  popish  spirit,  by  persecuting  their  fellow 
protestants.  And  thus  they  continued  to  ravage  and  de- 
stroy the  nation,  till  God,  in  his  merciful  providence,  put 
an  end  to  their  tyranny,  by  King  JVilliani  the  Illd.  of 
glorious  memory.  But  have  they  been  quiet  and  submis- 
sive since  the  happy  revolution  ?  No,  they  greatly  dis- 
turbed the  peace  and  comfort  of  that  excellent  prince,  by 


I06  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

many  plots  and  conspiracies  :  And  they  had  accompUshed 
the  extirpation  of  the  national  liberty  in  the  reign  of  Queen 
Anne,  had  not  the  Almighty  graciously  interfered,  and 
again  blasted  their  execrable  designs. 

The  same  restless  party  raised  rebellions  in  the  reigns 
of  George  the  first  and  second,  and  involved  the  nation  in 

blood  and  slaughter. And  who  are  now  so  earnestly 

desirous  of  having  Bishops  introduced  into  the  colonies, 
to  lord  it  over  them?  Who  indeed  but  the  High  Church- 
men? Many  of  the  American  Missionaries  are  High 
Churchmen;  since  they  cannot  on  any  other  consistent 
plan,  justify  their  conduct  in  gathering  proselytes  from 
other  communions.  They  are  the  true,  if  not  the  only, 
descendants  and  approvers  of  Arch-Bishop  Laud's  prin- 
ciples and  measures. 

The  other  party  is  that  which  is  commonly  known  by 
the  name  of  Lozu  Churchincn,  and  may  be  thus  character- 
ized. They  embraced  the  reformation  from  conscience^ 
and  have  always  been  disposed  to  carry  it  farther;  lament- 
ing the  unhappy  deficiencies  of  the  Church  of  England; 
the  relicks  of  popery;  and  the  superstitious  rites  and  cer- 
emonies still  retained.  They  have  ever  been  favourable 
to  the  protestant  Dissenters;  and  firmly  attached  to  the 
civil  liberties  of  their  country;  to  the  revolution,  and  the 
illustrious  house  of  Hanover;  but  avowed  enemies  to 
popery  slavery,  and  arbitrary  power.  These  do  not  desire 
to  impose  diocesan  Bishops  to  undermine  our  rights  and 
privileges.  Nor  do  the  Low  ChurcJinien  in  the  eolonies, 
wish  for  the  residence  of  those  ecclesiastic  Lords  amongst 
us.  With  this  part,  which  is  the  worthy  part  of  the  Church 
of  England,  we  have  no  controversy.  They  are  generally 
men  of  amiable  characters;  and  heartily  concurred  in 
every  lawful  and  decent  measure,  in  opposing  the  late 
stamp-act.  They  are  sincere  friends  to  their  country; 
and  pity  it  is,  that  the  Missionaries  do  not  learn  mc^dera- 


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tion  and  candour  from  them ;  nor  pay  more  regard  to  their 
advice  and  example.  Then  should  we  not  be  perpetually 
stunned  with  the  Church  is  in  danger,  the  Church  is  in 
danger;  nor  with  the  great  importance  and  necessity  of 
rites  and  ceremonies;    nor  the  introduction  of  Bishops 

into  the  American  plantations. Whenever  therefore, 

in  the  course  of  these  papers,  I  shall  say  any  thing  respect- 
ing the  Episcopal  Clergy  or  laity,  that  appears  harsh  or 
invidious,  I  would  always  be  understood  as  aiming  at  the 
High  Church  party,  the  restless  and  implacable  enemies 
of  our  liberty  civil  and  sacred.  R. 

— The  Nciv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
13 1 7,  March  28,  1768. 

A   WHIP   FOR  THE  AMERICAN   WHIG. 

By  Timothy  Tickle,  Esqr.  [No.  I. 

Think  on  their  Rapine,  Ealshood,  Cruelty, 
And  that  what  once  they  were,  they  still  would  be. 

Dryden. 

When  a  writer  publickly  attacks  men  of  good  character, 
with  virulence,  and  endeavors  by  sophistry,  to  set  truths, 
which  are  held  sacred  by  many  sincere  Christians,  in  a  dis- 
advantageous light;  it  may  be  proper  to  inquire  into  his 
temper  and  character,  and  the  motives  which  set  him  to 
work. 

These  circumstances,  I  confess,  do  not  much  affect  the 
intrinsic  value  of  any  literary  composition :  But  if  this 
latter  has  a  pernicious  tendency — either  to  sow  dissentions, 
or  raise  prejudices  among  honest  men — to  unhinge  reli- 
gion, or  unsettle  any  of  its  principles  :  The  shewing  what 
quarter  it  comes  from,  will  often  go  a  good  way  to  confute 
it. 

Thus — if  a  man  of  unmeaning  phyz,  should  think  proper 
to  despise  every  animated  countenance, — or,  if  a  man  of 
rueful  length  of  face,  should  take  it  into  his  head  to  de- 
claim against  round  faces,  and  insist  that  there  is  no  come- 


108  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

liness  in  any  but  such  as  have  the  same  degree  of  longitude 
with  his  own,  revihng  all  who  dissented  in  opinion  from 
him — If  a  libertine  should  write  against  religion,  and  try 
to  persuade  people  to  throw  off  all  concern  about  it; — if 
a  busy  factor  in  dissention,  who  has  long  been  a  hackneyed 
journeyman  in  defamation,  should  begin  to  scatter  his  poi- 
son, in  order  to  set  well-meaning  people  together  by  the 
ears;  all  who  know  these  circumstances,  would  immedi- 
ately be  on  their  guard :  A  knowledge  of  them  would 
serve  as  an  antidote  ag'ainst  the  mischief  which  artful  soph- 
istry might  otherwise  produce. 

Dr.  Chandler,  and  his  Appeal  to  the  Publie.  in  behalf  of 
the  Chiireh  of  England  in  America,  have  lately  been  at- 
tacked with  great  indecency  and  fury,  by  the  American 
IVJiig.  Now  it  happens  that  this  attack  comes  from  an 
ambitious,  disappointed  faction,  the  members  of  which  are 
well  known  to  have  been  always  enemies  to  the  Church  of 
England;  who  have  wantonly  endeavoured  to  revile  it, — 
to  ridicule  many  of  those  truths  which  its  members  hold 
sacred, — and  who  make  religion  a  political  engine  to  ac- 
complish their  designs;  The  unprejudiced  reader,  upon 
knowing  this,  will  treat  it  with  that  neglect  and  contempt 
it  deserves. 

To  check  the  insolence  of  this  faction,  is  now  become 
necessary  for  many  reasons.  It  is  high  time  for  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Churchof  England,  whose  lenity  has  been  much 
and  often  abused  by  them,  to  vindicate  themselves  from 
the  false  aspersions  of  these  enemies  to  peace;  and  admin- 
ister some  wholesome  discipline  to  the  author,  or  authors 
of  the  American  JJliig; — which  paper  is  to  be  the  future 
vehicle  of  their  malice.  No.  I.  is  stuffed  with  low,  spuri- 
ous witticisms,  misrepresentations,  scurrility,  buffoonery, 
falshood,  abuse,  and  slander.  But  to  pass  by  all  these, 
the  author  deserves  flagellation  for  his  blunders,  with 
which  this  piece  is  plentifully  begrimed.    Take  the  follow- 


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ing-  sample  of  these,  gentle  reader,  for  the  present,  which 
I  beg  you  would  carefully  observe.  He  says,  the  Appeal 
'■so  naturally  counterfeits  the  voice  of  a  sheep,  that  it  is 
not  every  reader  who  will  discriminate  it  from  that  of  a 
wolf."  As  much  as  to  say, — it  sings  so  like  a  Nightingale 
that  you  can  scarce  distinguish  its  voice  from  that  of  a 
hoarse  croaking  Raven.  Or,  a  thing  is  so  like  an  egg,  that 
you  can  scarce  distinguish  it  from  an  oyster.  This  is  the 
mighty  man  who  is  to  adjust  with  precision  the  limits  of 
religious  Liberty,  and  defend  it  from  all  encroachment ! 
And  great  things,  no  doubt,  are  to  be  expected  from  him. 
What  were  the  motives  of  the  present  attack  on  the 
Appeal?  Not  any  thing  demanded  in  the  Appeal  itself, 
nor  the  manner  in  which  it  is  executed.  It  is  written  with 
great  moderation,  and  asks  nothing  but  what  every  de- 
nomination of  Christians  has  a  right  to,  and  actually  en- 
joys in  America,  the  Church  of  England  only  excepted; — 
namely,  the  liberty  of  having  the  institutions  of  our 
Church,  with  its  forms  of  discipline  and  government,  to 
v,hich  a  Bishop,  or  Bishops,  are  essentially  necessary. 
Yet  still  with  this  restriction, — "That  the  Bishops  to  be 
"sent  to  America,  shall  have  no  authority,  but  purely  of  a 
"spiritual  and  ecclesiastical  nature,  such  as  is  derived  alto- 
"gether  from  the  Church,  and  not  from  the  state.  That  his 
"authority  shall  operate  only  upon  the  Clergy  of  the 
"Church,  and  not  upon  the  Laity,  or  Dissenters  of  any 
"Denomination.  That  the  Bishops  shall  not  interfere  with 
"the  property  or  privileges,  whether  civil  or  religious,  of 
"Churchmen  or  Dissenters.  That,  in  particular,  they  shall 
"have  no  concern  with  the  probate  of  wills,  letters  of 
"guardianship,  and  administration,  or  marriage  licenses, 
'  iior  be  judges  of  any  cases  relating  thereto.  But  that 
"they  shall  only  exercise  the  original  powers  of  their  of- 
"tice,  namely,  ordain  and  govern  the  Clergy,  and  admin - 
"ister  Confinnation  to  those  who  shall  desire  it."     This 


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is  the  whole  of  what  is  desired  by  the  Appeal;  nor  does 
the  warmest  advocates  for  American  Bishops  even  wish 
for  more.* 

The  American  Whig  himself,  acknowledges  that  the 
Appeal  "asks  nothing  but  what  is  highly  reasonable."  And 
the  supposed  author  of  this  Numb,  with  others  of  his  fra- 
ternity, have  frequently  owned  it  was  just  and  reasonable,, 
that  the  Church  of  England,  in  America,  should  have 
Bishops  on  these  terms ;  nor  does  it  appear  that  there  was 
any  intention,  until  very  lately,  of  writing  against  it  in 
this  place. 

What  could  occasion  this  change  of  sentiment, — this 
sudden  attack  on  the  Appeal  ?  All  these  doleful  apprehen- 
sions, as  if  it  were  replete  with  utter  ruin  to  the  colonies? 
Those  who  are  acquainted  with  some  late  transactions  in 
this  city,  can  easily  answer  these  questions.  Men  who  are 
solely  guided  by  ambition  and  interest,  are  never  steady 
in  their  conduct.  While  you  gratify  these,  they  will  be 
quiet, — but  no  longer.  Thwart  them,  in  the  least,  and 
they  are  like  so  many  bears  robbed  of  their  whelps.  They 
will  indiscriminately  wreak  their  vengeance  on  all  that 
come  in  their  way.     To  gratify  it — — 

Elect  ere  si  neqiieant  Super  os, 

Acheronta  movehant. 
This  motto  was  chose  some  years  ago  for  a  periodical 
paper  in  this  city,  by  a  writer  who  was  no  stranger,  I  dare 
say,  to  our  Whig;  but  as  he  did  not  deign  to  give  a  trans- 
lation of  it,  I  will  beg  leave  to  do  it  for  him  here 

If  hap'ly  should  the  pow'rs  above. 

Reject  the  vow  that's  paid  them; 
The  pow'rs  below  they'll  try  to  move. 

And  rouse  all  hell  to  aid  them. 
T  wish  them  joy  of  their  company. 

'^Appeal  to  the  public,  p  79. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  Ill 

The  Appeal  had  been  read  and  considered  long  enough 
after  its  publication.  If  not  approved,  why  was  it  not 
then  objected  to?  The  reason  was,  no  ambitious  attempts 
were  then  opposed, — no  towering  expectations  were  blast- 
ed. Matters  went  on  smoothly;  and  had  they  gone  on 
in  the  same  manner  since,  the  Appeal  might  have  remained 
in  peace,  without  any  molestation  from  this  quarter,  not- 
withstanding its  trejiieiidous  consequences. 

Our  Whig  pragmatically  assumes  to  be  defender-general 
of  the  "religious  Privileges  of  all  Denominations  of  pro- 
''testants,  against  the  secret  or  open  attempts  of  their  ene- 
'"mies."  He  must  be  a  cunning  fellow  indeed  to  kiiozv  and 
counteract  those  attempts  which  are  secret.  But  to  let  this 
pass.  Who  assigned  him  this  post?  Or,  who  are  these 
enemies?  If  by  these  he  means  the  author  of  the  Appeal, 
and  his  friends,  why  was  this  not  made  appear  before? 
]f  he  had  such  a  regard,  as  he  pretends,  for  the  religious 
Liberties  of  others, — if  the  Appeal  had  any  tendency  to 
infringe  those :  Surely  this  magnanimous  Champion 
would  not  have  slumbered  and  slept  so  long !  The  truth  is 
as  I  have  mentioned.  The  spirit  of  ambition  and  self  in- 
terest, had  not  met  with  any  check  'till  very  lately.  But 
now  that  their  blooming  hopes  are  withered,  the  faction 
is  enraged  to  a  degree  of  phrenzy;  and  the  poor  Church, 
thro'  the  Appeal,  must  fall  the  devoted  victim  of  their 
vengeance.* 

*It  is  more  than  probable  tJiat  the  same  motives  set  some 
Philadelphia  engineers  to  zvork,  in  writing  a  paper  called 
the  Centinel;  for  in  No.  I.  the  transactions  alluded  to 
above,  are  mentioned.  No  other  tolerable  reason  can  be 
assigned  for  their  engaging  in  this  controversy  now,  and 
not  before.  The  alarm,  I  suppose  was  given  from  hence; 
and  how  widely  soever  the  authors  of  the  American  Whig. 
and  Centinel,  may  disagree  in  other  respects:  Yet  zve  sen 
they  can  unite  in  abusing  tJie  Appeal.    No.  I.  of  the  Cen  • 


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Some  pretence  however  was  necessary  to  storm  the  Ap- 
peal; and  one  was  foimd  of  an  extraordinary  kind, — such 
perhaps  as  would  be  the  last  thought  on  by  a  person  who 
possessed  the  most  moderate  portion  of  honesty  and  char- 
ity. And  what  was  it?  Why  this — "It  is  not  a  primitive, 
"Christian  Bishop,  that  the  Dr.  and  the  Convention  want. 
"It  is  a  modern,  splendid,  opulent,  Court-favoured,  law- 
"dignitied,  superb,  magnificent,  powerful  prelate,  on  whicli 
"their  heart  is  so  intent." 

Now  to  pass  over  the  defects  of  this  last  wonderful 
period,  in  point  of  propriety  and  style,— the  whole  of  it  I 
aver  to  be  utterly  false.  There  is  not  a  syllable  of  truth  in 
ii.  And  here  I  publickly  call  on  this  Gentleman  to  make 
good  his  assertion, — to  produce  some  sort  of  satisfactory 
evidence,  besides  his  own  bare  word,  which  on  this  occa- 
sion will  not  go  far,  that  the  Dr.  and  Convention  desire 
such  a  Bishop.  Until  he  gives  some  proof  of  this,  he  does 
nothing  at  all.  He  fights  with  a  phantom  his  own  imagi- 
nation has  raised.  Like  his  illustrious  predecessor,  Don 
Quixote,  he  encounters  wind-mills  instead  of  giants.  He 
might  as  well  write  against  introducing  the  Pope  of  Rome, 
or  Mufti  of  Constantinople,  and  it  would  be  as  much  to 
the  purpose :  As  writing  against  the  introduction  of  such 
a  Bishop  into  America,  as  no  one  member  of  the  Church, 
either  desires,  or  wishes  for.  I  repeat  it  again,  that  until 
the  author  of  the  American  Whig  produces  some  authentic 
proof  or  testimonies,  that  the  Clergy  want  such  a  Bishop 

tinel,  has  soiuezvhat  more  of  the  appearance  of  reasoning 
than  the  Whig;  but  breaths  fJie  same  raneorous,  insohvit 
spirit;  and  plentifiiUy  abounds  in  misrepresentation,  im- 
pertinence, nonsense,  &e.  &c.  As  tJie  CJiurch  of  England 
has  several  able  advocates  in  Pennsylvania,  1  doubt  >iot 
but  some  of  them  zvill  take  the  Centinel  to  task,  and  gi-ve 
him  proper  eastigation.  See  the  Pennsylvania  Journal, 
March  24,  1768. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  I  13 

as  he  has  specified, — that  they  want  "to  invoh-e  America 
"in  ecclesiastical  bondage,"  introduce  "spiritual  courts," 
&c.  as  he  insinuates  :  He  stands  convicted  by  his  own  dec- 
laration, when  he  says,  "the  Appeal  asks  nothing  but  what 
"is  highly  reasonable, — and  it  were  manifest  injustice  to 
"deny  church-men,  what  in  their  opinion,  their  eternal  sal- 
"vation  so  greatly  depends  on."  But  if  he  cannot  produce 
any  such  authentic  proof  or  testimony,  which  I  am  fully 
assured  he  cannot  do,  the  worlds  must  necessarily  look  on 
him  as  an  invidious  calumniator,  a  false  accuser  of  the 
brethren;  and  certainly  he  knows  very  well  what  an  an- 
cient, powerful  coadjutor  he  has  in  this. 

This  writer  disclaims  the  fetters  of  order  and  system  in 
his  future  productions;  and  were  I  to  suppose  the  reason 
of  his  doing  so,  is  because  his  principles  are  opposite  to  all 
order,  it  would  be  shewing  him  full  as  much,  if  not  more, 
charity,  than  he  has  shewed  to  Dr.  Chandler  and  the  Con- 
vention. Doubtless  the  IVhig,  like  his  brother-savages, 
will  choose  to  carry  on  an  irregular  war.  I  may  not  choose 
to  follow  him  in  all  his  twistings  and  windings.  How- 
ever, I  shall  give  him  such  chastisement,  now  and  then,  as 
he  deserves.  I  shall  develope  his  sophistry,  I  mean  such 
as  I  think  worthy  of  notice,  and  rescue  truth  from  his  fal- 
acies  and  pervertion.  I  may  sometimes  carry  the  war  into 
the  enemy's  country,  and  make  reprisals;  or,  digress  to 
other  subjects,  as  I  think  will  be  entertaining  to  my  read- 
ers. I  may  not  only  strip  the  wolf  of  his  sheep's  clothing; 
but  also  divest  the  ass  of  his  lion's  skin,  and  then  his  bray- 
ing will  have  no  other  effect,  than  perhaps  to  frighten 
women  and  children. — The  New  York  Gazette  and  Weekly 
Mercury,  No.  857,  April  4,  1768. 

To  the  PRINTER, 
I  was  pleased  to   see  by  your   Advertisement  in  last 


114  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

Thursday's  New-York  Journal,  that  you  intend  to  repub- 
Hsh  in  your  Paper,  the  Pieces  sign'd  An  American  Whig, 
together  with  the  Answers,  and  the  best  Pieces  that  come 
out  in  the  other  Papers  upon  the  Subject  of  that  Contro- 
versy, on  both  Sides  of  the  Question.  The  Exhibition  of 
the  Arguments  on  both  Sides  in  the  same  Paper,  is  cer- 
tainly the  most  likely  Means  to  enable  the  Reader  to  form 
a  just  and  equitable  Judgment; — and  if  we  must  needs  be 
forced  into  this  religious  Controversy,  your  Proposal  bids 
the  fairest  for  deciding  it  according  to  Truth  and  Justice. 
But  at  the  same  Time,  as  a  hearty  Friend  to  the  British 
Colonies,  I  cannot  but  express  my  Concern,  that  this  Con- 
troversy should  have  been  begun  at  such  a  Time  as  this, — 
when  the  united  Efforts  of  all  the  Colonies  are  so  neces- 
sary for  the  preservation  of  their  Constitutional  Rights 
and  Liberties. 

The  Introduction  of  such  a  Dispute  at  this  Time,  I  con- 
ceive to  be  in  many  respects  extremely  injudicious, — as  it 
will  tend  to  take  off  the  public  Attention  from  the  Mai)i 
Chance,  to  disunite,  and  set  us  to  quarreling  among  our 
selves,  and  give  our  Enemies  an  Advantage  over  us  :  Be- 
side the  Time  is  quite  improper  for  the  Discussion  of  the 

Subject; When  our  Minds  are  in  a  State  of  anxious 

Concern, whether  we  are  henceforth  to  consider  our- 
selves as  having  any  other  Relation  to  Great-Britain  but 

as  being  her  Slaves, whether  we  have  any  Fart  or  Lot 

in  her  beloved  Constitution  and  the  Rights  of  Nature— 
which  have  always  been  our  Boast  and  our  Glory ; — wheth- 
er we  are  a  Nation  of  generous  Freemen,  or  of  abject  des- 
picable Slaves? In  such  a  State  of  dread  Suspence,  can 

our  Minds  be  in  a  proper  Frame  for  determining  the  subtil 
Disputes  between  Arminians  and  Calvinists,  Church  Men 
and  Presbyterians?  These  Matters  have  of  themselves 
been  often  found  sufficient  to  set  whole  Kingdoms  in  a 
Flame,  and  shall  we  7ieedlcssly  kindle  the  Fire  of  Conten- 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  I  15 

tion  among  ourselves,  when  our  dearest  Interests  are  in 
Danger,  from  false  Friends  within,  and  open  Enemies 
without  ? 

Can  we  think  the  Designs  of  this  Author  of  Dissention, 
this  Sower  of  Discord  among  us,  are  friendly  to  the  Eng- 
lish Constitution  and  Government,  or  the  Rights  of  these 
Colonies  ?  When  these  were  in  the  most  imminent  Danger 
of  being  overturned  and  torne  from  us  by  the  Stamp-Act, 
did  this  Author,  or  his  Party  stir  a  Finger  to  prevent  it? 
Or  have  they  done  any  Thing  since,  in  favour  of  the  Eng- 
lish Constitution  and  American  Rights,  tho'  these  have 
been  repeatedly  attack'd,  by  the  Acts,  for  Billeting  Sol- 
diers,  for  imposing  Duties,  &c?    On  the  Contrary,  has 

not  this  Attempt  of  the  American  Whig  to  disunite  us,  a 
manifest  Tendency  to  bring  upon  us  all  the  Evils  that 
threaten  us,  and  reduce  us  to  a  State  of  general  Confusion  ? 
And  is  it  not,  from  a  careful  Review  of  every  Circum- 
stance, at 'least  highly  probable,  that  he  and  his  Party 
would  rejoice  in  a  Disunion  between  Great-Britain  and  her 
Colonies,  and  would  be  among  the  first  to  change  a  Mon- 
archical   for    a   Republican    Government?      Which    may 

Heaven  avert! 

A  Son  of  Liberty. 

— The  Nezv  York  Jounml  and  General  Advertiser, 
No.  13 18,  April  7,  1768. 

Verdicus's  Verses  to  the  Whig  Writer. 

Mr.   GODDARD, 

Please  to  give  the  following  lines  a  place  in  your  next 
weekly  paper. 

\Vhat  the  deuce  is  the  matter  ?    What  daemon  of  late. 
Has  awaken'd  the  fury  of  strife  and  debate? 
Ho!  ye  Sons  of  contention,  pray  whither  so  fast? 

Don't  ye  know  that "a  cobbler  should  stick  to  his  last?" 

Then  why,  ye  pert  JVhigs,  ye  dull  Centinels,  why 


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Do  ye  fly  in  a  passion  and  make  such  a  cry 

About  Church-men  and  Bishops;  why  make  such  a-do 

About  other  mens  matters?    What  is  it  to  yon 

Whether  Bishops  are  sent  us  or  not?    If  we  choose 

To  recjuest  such  a  favour,  must  yon  fih  the  news 

With  invectives  and  scandal  ?     Perhaps  you  may  find 

That,  shou'd  we  condescend  to  repay  you  in  kind, 

There's  enough  to  be  said  in  reply  to  your  spleen; 

But  in  such  dirty  work  we  disdain  to  be  seen. 

Yet  occasion  may  happen  to  call  for  a  sprig 

Not  of  laurel,  but  birch,  for  a  libelling  Whig. 

When  a  Seabury  therefore  stands  forth,  as  the  friend 

Of  sincerity,  honour  and  truth,  to  defend 

The  Convention  from  slander  and  groundless  abuse, 

Take  the  hint,  Mr.  Whig,  you  may  find  it  of  use; 

It  may  serve  to  convince  you.  we're  not  quite  so  tame 

As  not  to  repel  an  attack  on  our  fame, 

But  that  when  you  assert  what  is  false,  zve'll  reply 

To  your  malice,  and  prove  your  assertion  a  lie. 

But  observe — — this  is  no  indiscriminate  charge 
Brought  at  random  against  a  profession  at  large: 
For,  of  every  sect,  there  are  many  who  merit 
The  praise  of  a  generous  catholic  spirit, 
Of  probity,  candour  and  truth;  and  we  deem 
Such  a  character  worthy  our  love  and  esteem, 
Notwithstanding  we  find  it,  as  often  we  may, 
Among  those  whom  we  judge  to  be  sJieep  led  astray. 

So  that  if  in  the  present  debate  you  should  find 
We  reply  with  some  warmth,  do,  for  once,  be  so  kind, 
Ye  grave  Centinels,  JJ'higs,  and  all  other  abettors. 
Of  the  scurrilous  writers  of  scandalous  letters. 
Once  for  all,  be  assur'd  what  we  tell  you  is  true, 
It  is  not  at  Dissenters,  as  such,  but  at  you, 
At  you  only  we  level  our  aim,  and  determine 
No  such  insolent,  meddling,  anonymous  vermin 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  11/ 

Shall  be  suffered  among  us  to  sculk,  zuitJi  iiupitiiity. 
To  disturb  our  repose,  and  infest  the  community 
By  sowing-  the  seeds  of  dissention  and  strife 
Among  those  who  wou'd  fain  lead  a  peaceable  life. 

Not  that  we  would  debar  you  the  use  of  the  quill; 
Only  stick  to  tlic  truth,  and  then  scribble  your  fill. 
But  alas !   in  that  case,  you'll  have  nothing  to  say; 
For,  ill  truth,  'tis  as  clear  as  the  Sun  at  noon-day, 
That  the  Church's  request  for  a  Bishop  or  two, 
And  whether  she  gets  them  or  not,  is  to  yon 
And  all  other  Dissenters,  a  matter  in  which 
You  have  no  more  concernment,  than  whether  my  Bitch 
Be  a  New-found-land  Spaniel  (and  here — to  be  plain — ■ 
She  conies  in  for  the  rhyme)  or  a  pointer  from  Spain. 

Thus  you  see  all  the  clamour  you're  making  is  founded 
In  falshood  at  last,  and  the  spleen  of  a  Roundhead. 

VERIDICUS. 

,  in  New-Jersey. 

April  4th,  1768. 

— The  Pennsylvania   Chronicle,  No.   66,   April   ii, 
1768. 

Mr.  Printer, 

When  the  Church  appears  to  be  so  deliberately  attacked, 
and  a  Series  of  Papers  are  to  be  laid  liefore  the  Public  to 
raise  a  Party  against  her,  and  to  prevent  her  enjoying  her 
ecclesiastical  Government,  equally  with  his  Majesty's  other 
Subjects, — it  may  not  be  improper  to  shew  the  Public  who 
they  are  that  oppose  her,  and  to  guard  against  the  Insinu- 
ations of  those  who  are  her  professed  Enemies; — be 
pleased  therefore  to  insert  the  following.  Z. 

No  Protestants  have  ever  given  the  Government  so 
much  Trouble,  nor  shewn  such  fixed  and  Rooted  Enmity 
to  the  established  Church,  as  that  Denomination  called 
Presbyterians : — Whether  this  arises  from  real  zeal  for  the 


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Cause  of  Christianity  or  any  other  Motive,  may  be  an  In- 
quiry.  At  present,  I  will  pass  over  every  Thing  that 

hath  happened  on  the  other  Side  the  Atlantic,  and  only 
take  a  View  of  them  upon,  and  since  their  Settlement  on 
this  Continent. — in  Britain,  they  were  ever  calling  out  for 
Toleration  and  claimed  it  as  a  Right.  Upon  their  Settle- 
ment in  America,  their  Spirit  of  Persecution  broke  out  in 
full  Blaze ;  and  no  sooner  had  they  the  Power,  than  every 
Denomination,  particularly  the  Quakers,  very  sensibly  felt, 
that  this  Sect  of  Men,  have  little  other  "Grace  than  what 
is  founded  in  Dominion."  While  other  Denominations 
have  contented  themselves,  with  the  free  Exercise  of  their 
Religion,  and  an  equal  Share  in  the  Offices  of  Govern- 
ment, this  Restless  Sect  has  in  every  Colony  either  at- 
tempted, or  actually  seized  all  Power,  and  shewn  an  equal 
Disposition  to  tyrannize  over  all  others;  to  root  out  not 
only  the  established  Religion,  but  every  other  Denomina- 
tion from  these  Colonies. — — Hardly  a  Colony  on  the 
Continent,  but  has  groaned  under  their  Tyranny,  or  been 
agitated  by  violent  Parties  fomented  by  these  People,  to 

advance  and  procure  their  favourite  Point,  Dominion. 

The  eastern  Governments  are  a  Proof  of  the  first,  and  the 
Parties  in  New- York  and  Pennsylvania,  are  recent  In- 
stances of  the  latter. But  sensible,  that  their  darling 

Point  can  never  be  attained,  while  the  Church,  as  by  law 
established  stands  in  their  Way,  they  have  ever  paid  their 

greatest  Attention  to  prevent  its  Increase. How  have 

they  calumniated  her  Ministers,  and  ridiculed  her  Cere- 
monies from  Time  to  Time,  as  best  suited  their  Purposes  ? 
And  when  she  asks,  only  equal  Toleration  on  this  Conti- 
nent with  them,  their  Pens  are  employed  to  alarm  the  Peo- 
ple that  some  Encroachment  is  intended  upon  their  reli- 
gious Liberties;  and  according  to  the  Candor  of  these 
Men,  every  Story,  whether  true  or  false,  we  may  expect  to 
see  revived,  and  new  ones  propagated,  to  prevent  that 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  II9 

Church  from  being  able  to  stem  them  in  their  Career  to 
Power,  and  hinder  them  from  assuming  Dominion  ever 
all  others.  During  a  late  Administration,  the  Province  of 
New-Jersey,  saw  and  felt  the  Effects  of  Presbyterian 
Power;  her  seats  of  Justice,  &c.  Commissions  of  the 
Peace,  were  preferably  conferred  upon  them;  their  Meet- 
ing houses,  which  now  they  affect  to  call  Churches,  were 
every  where  incorporated,  while  Charters  were  denied,  not 
only  to  Churches,  as  by  Law  established,  but  to  other  Dis- 
senters, who  had  equal  Right  with  Presbyterians. ^The 

Instances  of  their  Lust  for  Power,  and  uncharitable  Treat- 
ment of  those  who  differ  from  them  in  Opinion,  are  noto- 
rious every  where;  nor  have  they  ever  shewn  a  Zeal  for 
Religion,  or  a  charitable  Disposition  to  their  fellow  Chris- 
tians, but  when  it  suited  their  Purposes  and  favoured  their 

darling   Scheme. At   this   Time,    when    Peace   and 

Christian  Charity  should  most  abound  among  us,  that 
Spirit  again  raises  its  Head,  aims  to  throw  the  Continent 
into  Confusion,  and  "sow  the  Seeds  of  Discord,"  to  pre- 
vent the  Church  from  having  its  Government  fully  and 
freely  enjoyed;  and  that  too  after  the  Church  has,  for 
many  Months  laid  before  all  Denominations,  in  an  honest: 
Appeal,  the  Difficulties  she  labours  under,  and  the  Means 
she  proposes  to  procure  Redress;  which  is  in  a  Manner, 
that  can  give  no  one  Sect  any  reasonable  Cause  of  Offence : 
Nay,  it  hath  been  repeatedly  acknowledged,  by  some  of 
the  best  of  them,  to  be  a  Measure  which  they  cannot  disap- 
prove of;  and  what  the  American  Whig  owns  to  be 
"highly  reasonable."  But  it  then  suited  their  Politics  to 
be  silent;    it  now  suits  their  Purpose  to  kick  up  a  Dust, 

and  inflame  and  divide  all  Men  as  much  as  possible. 

All  other  Dissenters  need  not  be  told,  that  in  the  Ruin  of 
the  Church  will  be  involved  the  Ruin  of  them  all,  except- 
ing the  Presbyterians :  And  as  they  have  never  experi- 
enced, nor  can  from  any  Thing  proposed  in  the  Appeal, 


I20  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

entertain  a  Doubt  that  the  Church  intend?  the  least  Injury 
to  the  rehgious  or  civil  Rights  of  any  Dissenters;  so,  1 
hope  they  will  not  be  led  away  by  the  Arts  and  Insinua- 
tions of  these  Men,  to  join  in  a  Cry  raised  only  to  prevent 
the  Professors  of  the  Church  of  England,  from  enjoying 
the  like  Freedom  in  Church  Government  with  Dissenters, 
— but  will  attend  to  their  Reasonings,  if  happily  any  may 
Yje  found  in  their  Publications,  and  not  permit  Witticisms, 
or  Insinuations  unsupported  by  good  Authority,  to  beguile 
their  Understandings;  and  if  then  they  discover,  that  the 
Church  meditates  any  Thing  against  their  civil  or  religious 
Liberties,  it  will  be  their  Duty  to  prevent  it :  But,  if.  on 
the  other  Hand,  it  shall  be  found,  that  she  hath  no  such 
Intentions,  Christian  Charity  must  induce  them,  not  to 
deny  her  equal  Toleration  with  themselves.  Z. 

— The  Nczv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
8sS,  April  II,  1768. 

Four  Pounds  Reward. 

Stolen  out  of  the  stable  of  the  subscriber,  living  in 
the  township  of  Manington,  county  of  Salem,  and  prov- 
ince of  West  New-Jersey,  on  the  13th  instant,  a  straw- 
berry roan  mare,  about  thirteen  hands  three  inches  high, 
has  a  white  blaze  in  her  face,  short  switch  tail,  and  is  a 
natural  pacer;  she  is  supposed  to  be  stolen  by  one  Law- 
rence Osborne,  alias  Tinnamore,  who  calls  himself  a 
Frenchman,  but  is  supposed  to  be  an  Hibernian;  he  had 
on  when  he  went  away,  a  dark  coloured  great  coat,  very 
long,  a  light  coloured  under  coat,  red  plush  jacket  and 
buckskin  breeches.  He  took  with  him  his  own  gelding, 
M^hich  has  a  short  tail,  and  is  nearly  of  the  same  colour  as 
the  mare.  Whoever  takes  up  the  above  described  thief, 
so  that  he  may  be  brought  to  justice,  and  secures  the  said 
mare,  so  that  the  owner  mnv  have  her  again,  shall  have 


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the  above  reward,  or  forty  shillings  for  either,  and  rea- 
sonable charges  paid,  by 

Preston  Carpenter. 
Salem,  March  29,  1768 

To  Be  Sold, 
At  pubHc  Vendue,  on  Thursday  the  14th  of  April  next. 
All  that  valuable  Plantation  or  Farm,  situate,  lying 
and  being,  at  Millstone,  near  Somerset  Court-House,  in 
the  Province  of  Nezv- Jersey,  containing  414  Acres  and 
an  Half  of  good  Land,  whereof  150  Acres  is  very  well 
timbered,  and  16  Acres  of  well  improved  Meadow,  three 
bearing  Orchards;  a  very  convenient  Dwelling-House  on 
the  said  Farm,  with  four  Rooms  on  a  Floor,  and  a  Fire 
Place  in  each  Room;  also  a  Kitchen,  a  Milk  Room  and 
Cellar  under  the  Flouse,  two  good  Gardens  fronting  the 
House,  with  an  Avenue  between  leading  to  the  House, 
and  two  good  Barns  on  the  said  Premises;  the  whole 
being  in  good  Repair.  Likewise  to  be  sold,  at  the  Time 
and  Place  aforesaid,  a  very  good  House  and  Lot  of  Land, 
being  about  a  Quarter  of  an  Acre,  and  a  Smith's  Shop, 
being  very  convenient  for  that  Business,  as  there  is  none 
within  two  Miles,  or  suitable  for  any  other  Tradesman. 
The  said  Lot  is  adjoining  to  the  above-mentioned  Farm. 
The  Conditions  of  Sale  will  be  made  known  at  the  Time 
and  Place  of  Sale,  and  due  Attendance  given  by 

Edmund  Leslie. 

N.  B.  Any  Person  inclining  to  purchase  the  above  said 
Premises,  before  the  Day  of  Sale,  may  apply  to  the  Sub- 
scriber, or  to  Mr.  Peter  Schcnk,  who  has  Power  for  the 
same.  The  Vendue  to  begin  at  10  o' Clock. — The  New 
York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  13 17,  March  28, 
1768. 

All  Persons  who  have  any  Demands  on  the  Estate  of 


122  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

the  late  Augustine  Moore,  Esq;  Attorney  at  Law,  at  Mor- 
ris Town,  deceased,  are  desired  to  send  the  same  to  Mary 
Moore,  sole  Executrix,  that  they  may  be  adjusted;  and 
all  those  who  are  indebted  to  said  Estate  on  Bond,  Note, 
or  otherwise,  are  desired  to  make  speedy  Payment,  or  they 
will  be  prosecuted. 

Morris  Town,  March  i,  1768. 

Vesuvius  Furnace,  at  Newark, 
in  New-Jersey. 
A  Single  Man,  well  recommended,  who  understands 
moulding  and  casting  of  Iron  Hollow  Ware,  in  all  its 
branches,  may  hear  of  good  Encouragement,  by  applying 
to  Mr.  James  Abeel,  Merchant,  in  New- York,  or  to  Moses 
Ogden,  at  said  Furnace. — The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and 
Weekly  Mereury,  No.  856,  March  28,  1768. 

Public  Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  the  Trustees  of 

Queen's  College  are  to  meet  the  Second  Tuesday  in  May 

next,  at  New-Brunswick. 

David  Marinus,-"-  Clerk. 

To  be  sold,  at  public  Vendue,  on  the  20th  Day  of  April 
next,  on  the  Premises,  by  the  Subscriber,  and  entered 
upon  immediately. 

The  noted  tavern  in  Shrewsbury,  at  the  corner  of  the 
street  and  sign  of  the  blue  ball;  together  with  orchards, 
out-houses,  gardens,  &c.  Also  four  other  lots  of  land  and 
meadow,  containing  about  150  acres.  They  will  be  sold 
together  or  separate,  as  will  best  suit  the  purchaser  or  pur- 
chasers. Any  person  applying  before  the  day  of  sale  for 
said  tavern  or  lots,  may  know  the  terms  from  the  sub- 
scriber, who  will  give  an  indisputable  title  for  the  same. 

1  Pastor  for  many  years  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  churches  at  Acquack- 
anonk  (now  Passaic)  and  Totowa  (now  Paterson). 


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The  conditions,  if  sold  publickly,  will  be  made  known  at 
the  time  and  place,  by  Josiah  Halstead. 

N.  B.  One  or  more  likely  Negro  boys  to  be  sold,  at 
private  sale,  the  same  time,  or  before,  who  can  be  well 
recommended. 

Broke  out  of  gaol  in  Sussex-county,  New-Jersey,  the 
following  prisoners,  viz.  William  Davidson,  and  Eb- 
enezer  Drake,  debtors;  and  John  Scantling,  an  Irish 
servant,  belonging  to  David  Gold.  Davidson,  is  a  small 
man,  has  yellowish  hair,  and  is  somewhat  bald  headed; 
Drake,  a  smallish  man,  with  black  hair  somewhat  curled : 
These  two  are  supposed  to  be  in  New-York.  Scantling, 
is  a  stout  lusty  fellow,  has  black  hair,  and  had  on  a  blue 
jacket,  and  Indian  stockings;  he  loves  drink,  seems  fond 
of  the  water,  and  it  is  supposed  will  endeavour  to  get  to 
sea;  all  masters  of  vessels  are  therefore  cautioned  and 
desired,  not  to  employ  or  carry  him  off,  as  they  would 
avoid  the  penalty.  Whoever  takes  up  the  said  persons,  or 
either  of  them,  will  have  three  pounds  reward  for  each 
one  delivered  to  the  subscriber,  besides  all  reasonable 
charges,  viz.  For  the  servant,  from  the  said  Daniel 
Gould,  and  for  the  other  two  from 

Jacob  Starn,  High  Sheriff,  of  said  County. 

Ferdinand 

A  Beautiful  dark  bay  Horse,  near 
Cut  ]  seventeen  hands  high,  rising  eight 
years  old;  was  brought  to  America 
about  eighteen  months  ago,  by  the  sub- 
scriber, for  the  improvement  of  the 
breed  of  horses  in  America.  The  sire  of  him  was  a  fa- 
mous Spanish  horse,  belonging  to  Lord  Kintire,  in  Scot- 
land, sent  to  his  Lordship  by  his  brother,  from  Spain  :   For 


1 


OF 

Horse 


124  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

shape  and  complete  make  in  all  his  parts,  he  is  allowed  by 
the  best  judges  to  equal  if  not  to  exceed  any  horse  brought 
from  Europe  to  this  part  of  America;  will  serve  mares 
the  ensuing  season  at  Morrisdon,  in  the  county  of  Mon- 
mouth, East  New-Jersey,  for  the  sum  of  four  pounds 
proclamation;  and  if  the  mares  don't  prove  with  foal, 
they  may  be  brought  and  served  the  next  season,  for  two 
pounds  proclamation. 

N.  B.     Good  pasture  for  mares,  at  a  reasonable  rate. 

Michael  Ke;arney.^ 

— The  Nezv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
13 1 7,  Mar  ell  31,  1768. 

Philadelphia,  March  31 

Captain  Mansfield,  from  Salem,  in  New  England,  on 
the  22d  Instant,  off  Long-Island,  spoke  a  Schooner,  Cap- 
tain Talbot,  from  Virginia  for  Salem.  He  says,  he  was 
informed  by  a  Cape  May  Pilot,  that  off  of  the  Five  Fathom 
Bank,  he  saw  floating  the  Quarter  Deck  entire,  and  also 
Part  of  the  Bows  of  a  Vessel,  which  he  though  to  have 
been  a  Brig;  the  Quarter  Deck  was  clean  scraped,  sup- 
posed to  be  inward  bound. 

Captain  Allen,  from  the  Grenades,  on  the  23d  spoke 
with  Captain  Parker,  from  this  Port  for  Boston,  8  Hours 
from  our  Capes. 

Stolen,  as  is  supposed,  in  the  night  of  the  24th  of 


1  Michael  Kearny  was  a  son  of  Michael  Kearny,  an  eminent  citizen 
ot  New  Jersey.  Michael.  2d.  entered  the  British  navy.  In  1769  he  wa.s 
recommended  by  tJov.  Franklin  for  a  seac  in  the  Council,  as  a  "Gentle- 
man who  has  a  Commission  in  His  Majesty's  Nav\'.  but  resides  at 
])"esent  on  his  Paternal  Estate  in  Monmouth  County,  and  is  related  to 
some  of  the  principal  Families  in  the  Colony."  His  residence  was  on 
the  Morris  estate.  He  died  unmarried. — Whitt  iKod'f;  Perth  Amhaij,  92; 
y.  J.  Archives,  X.,  132.  Mr.  Whitehead  says  he  was  a  son  of  Sarah, 
dau.  of  I,ewis  Morris  (and  Isabella,  his  wife);  but  Mrs.  Lewis  Morris, 
In  her  will,  dated  Aug.  9.  ]7)6.  proved  April  20,  1752,  does  not  mention 
him,  although  particular  to  namei  all  her  children,  and  children  of  her 
deceased  daughters,  Kearny  and  Isabella.  It  is  not  unliktM\-  that 
Michael,  2d.  was  a  son  of  Michael.  1st.  by  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth 
Eritz  or  Britain  (who  was  not  known  to  Mr.  Whitehead),  who  was  also 
the  mother  of  Philip,  the  eldest  son  (born  at  sea)  of  Michael.  1st. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  1 25 

March,  out  of  the  stable  of  the  subscriber,  in  Newtown,  in 
Gloucester  county,  and  western  division  of  New-Jersey,  a 
dark  brown,  or  rather  black  horse,  having  no  white  on  him 
but  a  saddle  mark,  about  14  and  a  half  hands  high,  paces 
and  trots,  is  used  to  the  gears,  branded  on  the  near  side 
with  I  on  the  shoulder,  and  C  on  the  buttock.  Whoever 
will  bring  the  said  horse  to  the  subscriber,  shall  have 
Thirty  Shillings  reward,  and  reasonable  charges,  paid 
by 

Joseph  Kaighn 
— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2049,  March  31, 
1768. 

The  CENTINEL.    No.  IL 

In  my  last  Paper  I  took  Notice  of  some  of  the  favorite 
cant  Words  in  Dr.  Chandler's  Appeal,  &c  which  he  has 
used  to  amuse  and  impose  on  the  Public;  the  common 
Practice  of  designing  Men,  who  want  to  raise  Disturb- 
ances in  Church  or  State 

The  true  but  latent  Reason,  as  it  seems,  was  to 

prepare  the  Way  for  Episcopal  Dominion;  Hence  it 
came  to  pass  that  tho'  many  Missionaries  were  sent  to 
America,  with  Salaries  paid  them  out  of  the  Money  sub- 
scribed for  converting  Heathens  to  Christianity,  not  more 
than  two  or  three  (just  enough  to  talk  of  and  keep  up  the 
Pretence)  were  ever  sent  among  the  Indians,  the  rest  were 
chiefly  employed  in  New-England,  New-York,  New-Jer- 
sey and  Pennsylvania,  and  settled  in  the  Cities  and  larger 
Towns  and  Villages,  in  which  the  regular  public  Worship 
of  God  had  been  long  before  duly  kept  up  and  a  Ministry 
maintained."^     .... 

[signed]     N. 

^TJie  Candid  Doctor  Bray  the  Bishop  of  London's  Com- 
missary in  Maryland,  just  before  tJie  Incorporation  of  the 


126  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

Society  (ivJw  our  Doctor  calls  the  Father  of  the  Society) 
after  having  taken  great  Pains  to  inform  himself,  says, 
"that  from  Nezv-York  NortJnvard  he  found  very  little 
Need  of  Missionaries  and  in  the  Colonies  of  Connecticut 
and  the  Massachusetts,  none  at  all  -  -  -  -  And  yet  in 
iy6i  there  were  jo  Salaried  Men  employed  by  the  Society 
IP  Nezv-England,  J5  in  New-York,  N ew-J ersey  and  Penn- 
sylvania, and  only  14  in  all  the  other  Continent  and  Island 
Colonies,  altho'  poor  blind  Heathen  Negroes  make  up  the 
Body  of  the  People  in  most  of  these  last  mentioned. — The 
Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1321,  March  31,  1768. 

Philadelphia  March  28.  We  hear  from  Salem  County, 
New- Jersey,  that  on  Saturday  Evening  the  19th  Inst,  there 
was  the  highest  Tide  there,  that  has  been  known  by  the 
oldest  Man  now  living,  which  occasioned  the  Loss  of  sev- 
eral Hundred  Sheep  and  Lambs,  besides  many  horned 
Cattle,  Hogs,  &c.  and  had  done  great  Damage  to  the  Tide 
Banks. — Supplement  to  the  Nezv  York  Journal  or  General 
Advertiser,  No.  13 17,  April  2  (?),  1768. 

To  Be  Sold, 
At  Public  Vendue,  on  Monday  the  i8th  Day  of  April  next, 
at  One  of  the  Clock,  at  Canoe-Brook,  in  Essex  County. 
A  Good  Plantation,  whereon  TJieophilus  JVard,  now 
lives;  containing  225  Acres  of  choice  good  Land,  with  a 
pleasant  Stream  running  through  it.  whereon  is  a  good 
Saw-Mill,  the  half  of  which  is  to  be  sold  with  said  Planta- 
tion, also  a  good  House,  and  about  140  Apple  Trees,  100 
of  which  begins  to  bear,  also  a  large  Nursery;  there  is 
near  40  Acres  of  Land  cleared,  and  in  good  Fence,  and 
near  half  of  said  Plantation  is  a  very  good  Swamp,  which 
can  be  easily  made  the  best  of  Meadow,  some  of  it  is  al- 
ready cleared,  and  in  Fence;  said  Plantaticin  is  but  10 
Miles  from  Nczvark  Landing,  and  12  Miles  from  FJi::.a- 


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beth-Tozvn;  the  Title  is  good,  and  the  Purchaser  can  have 
long  Payments  for  three-fourths  of  the  Purchase  Money, 
with  paying  one- fourth  down,  and  Security  for  the  Rest; 
and  if  it  should  best  suit  the  Purchasers,  I  will  sell  it  in 
two  Lotts,  one  of  125  acres,  and  the  other  of  100  Acres; 
the  Land  is  well  timbered :  Any  Person  inclining  to  pur- 
chase before  the  Day  of  Sale,  may  inform  themselves  of 
further  Particulars,  by  applying  to  Samuel  Ward,  on 
Statcn-hland,  or  TJieophilus  Ward  on  the  Premises, 
where  said  Vendue  will  be  held. 

Samuel  Ward. 

— The  New  York  Cassette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
13 18,  April  4,  1768. 

Friend  Goddard, 

Suifer  me,  through  the  channel  of  thy  paper,  to  offer 
a  zvord  of  expostulation  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Thomas  Bradbury 
Chandler,  the  Society's  Missionary  at  Elizabeth-Town,  on 

his  late  publication. Thine, 

Probitas. 

To  the  Reverend  Dr.  Chandler. 
RezL  Friend, 

The  seeming  candour  with  which  thou  hast  thought 
proper  to  usher  thy  performance  into  the  world,  induced 
me  to  give  it  a  serious  reading,  in  hopes  therein  to  find 

somewhat  tending  to  edification 

[signed]     Thy  friend  in  all  things  honest, 

Probitas. 

Just  published  at  Nezv-York,  and  to  be  sold  by  the 
Printer  hereof, 
A  COMPANION  for  the  Young  People  of  North- 
America,  particularly  recommended  to  those  within  the 
Provinces  of  New-York,  Nezu- Jersey,  and  Pennsylvania, 


128  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [^768 

calculated  for  the  Promotion  and  Furtherance  of  Chris- 
tian Decorum  among  Families,  to  excite  a  laudable  and 
Christian  Emulation  among  young  People,  to  pursue  the 
Paths  that  lead  to  real  Religion :  By  attempting  to  dis- 
cover the  Beauties  of  a  virtuous  Life,  and  remove  all  Ob- 
jections against  being  religious.  By  AHIMAAZ  HAR- 
KER,  a  Candidate  for  the  Ministry.-*- 

77/t'  Spring  Fair  ■luill  be  held  at  Princeton,  on  IVednes- 
day  and  Thursday  the  20th  and  21st  Instant. — The  Penn- 
sylvania Chronicle,^  No.  65,  April  4,  1768. 

Seventeen   Pounds   Reward, 

For  returning  or  securing  the  five  following  Runa- 
ways, viz.  A  very  small  Man,  Thomas  Bealie,  who  es- 
caped from  Sussex  Gaol,  in  New -Jersey,  about  eight  Days 
ago,  has  remarkably  large  Eyes,  is  an  English  Man,  and 
said  he  was  well  acquainted  with  one  Mr.  Higgins  living 
in  the  City  of  New-York. 

Four  Men  who  went  off  from  Change  Water  Forge,  in 
Stissex  County,  the  26th  Instant,  viz. 

Jacob  Newtown,  about  37  Years  of  Age,  a  sturdy  reso- 
lute Man,  about  6  Feet  high,  born  in  New-England,  by 
Trade  a  Black-Smith,  and  Collier,  but  laterly  employ'd  as 
a  Wood  Cutter;  his  Apparel  is  not  remembered.  Another 
Man  named  Cornelius,  (his  Surname  unknown)  about  5 
Feet  ID  or  11  Inches  high,  full  faced,  broad  shoulder'd, 
and  had  on  a  Felt  Hat.  William  Morris,  about  35  Years 
of  Age,  5  Feet  5  Inches  high,  speaks  broad  English;  had 
on  a  blue  Coat,  faced  with  Red,  a  Pair  of  cloth  Breeches, 
a  Check  Shirt,  and  an  old  Felt  Hat.  These  three  Men 
took  with  them  three  narrow  Axes,  two  Guns,  and  an 

1  Son  of  th<'  Rtv.  Samiuel  Marker.  Presbyterian  minister  at  Black 
River,  Morris  county.  He  and  his  father  were  drowned  at  sea.  while 
tlie  son  was  on  a  voyage  to  Eng-land  to  be  ordained  to  the  ministry  in 
the  Church  of  England.     See  N.  J.  Archi\'es.  XX..  160.  note. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  1 29 

Irish  Servant  Man,  named  Thomas  Murphy,  whom  it  is 
supposed  they  win  endeavour  to  seU  as  their  own  Prop- 
erty; he  is  about  20  Years  of  Age,  5  Feet  5  Inches  high, 
has  black  Hair,  is  a  Shoe-Maker  by  Trade,  had  on  a  Sail- 
ors blue  Waistcoat,  and  under  Waistcoat,  a  Pair  of  new 
Buckskin  Breeches,  new  fulled  Stockings,  and  a  felt  Hat. 
It  is  thought  they  will  endeavour  to  get  to  New-England, 
or  the  upper  Part  of  New- York  Government.  Whoever 
takes  up  and  returns  all  or  any  of  the  said  Persons,  or  se- 
cures them,  so  that  they  may  be  brought  to  the  Subscriber, 
giving  him  proper  Notice,  shall  receive  for  the  Man  first 
mention'd,  who  escaped  from  Gaol,  Five  Pounds,  and  for 
each  of  the  others  so  secured  or  returned,  Three  Pounds 
Reward  for  each,  besides  all  reasonable  Charges. 

Jacob  Starn. , 


I'     Cut 

^  OF 


A  Purse  of  Fifty  Dollars, 

To  be  run  for  on  Monday  the  sec- 
ond day  of  May  next,  at  Perth- Amboy, 
free  for  any  horse,  mare  or  gelding, 
not  more  than  half  blood,  (Mr.  Mor- 
HoRSE   j         j-is's  mare  Strumpet  excepted)  carry- 
ing weight  for  age,  to  run  the  two  mile 
heats;    (any  horse  winning  two  heats 
to  be  entitled  to  the  purse)  not  less  than  four  reputed  run- 
ning horses  will  be  allowed  to  start;    the  entrance  money 
to  be  run  for  the  day  following;    the  winning  and  dis- 
tanc'd  horses  excepted,  to  be  entered  on  or  before  the  thir- 
teenth day  of  April,  with  Richard  Carnes,  jun.  or  Isaac 
Bonnell,  paying  three  dollars,  entrance  or  double  at  the 
post.    For  further  sport,  the  same  day,  a  complete  saddle, 
bridle,  and  whip,  will  be  run  for  by  common  horses. 
Perth-Amboy,  March  28,  1768. 

— The  Nczv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
13 18,  April  7,  1768. 


130  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

To  he  SOLD^ 

No.  I.  A  Plantation,  being  a  part  of  a  tract  of  land, 
situate  on  the  main  branch  of  Great  Timber  Creek,  in  the 
township  of  Deptford,  and  county  of  Gloucester,  in  the 
province  of  West  New-Jersey,  containing  about  200  acres, 
20  of  which  were  lately  cleared,  with  a  sufficient  quantity 
of  meadow,  and  more  may  be  made;  -  -  -  the  remaining 
part  is  well  timbered  land;  on  this  place  is  a  new  log- 
house  and  other  improvements;  about  one  mile  distant 
from  a  landing  on  said  creek,  and  half  a  mile  from  a  grist 
mill,  fulling  mill,  and  Meeting-house,  and  8  miles  from 
the  town  of  Gloucester. 

No.  2.  A  piece  of  good  young  cedar  swamp,  containing 
about  60  acres,  on  a  main  branch  of  Great  Egg-Harbour 
river,  called  Squancum,  about  15  miles  from  a  landing 
on  Timber  Creek,  in  the  county  and  province  aforesaid. 

No,  3.  A  piece  of  cedar  swamp,  of  about  20  acres, 
which  lies  higher  up  the  said  branch,  and  nearly  adjoining 
the  above  60  acres. 

No.  4.  A  right  to  200  acres  of  land,  to  be  taken  up  in 
the  Western  division  of  the  province  of  New-Jersey  afore- 
said. 

No.  5.  A  good  frame  tenement,  and  lot  of  ground 
,     .     .     .    in  the  county  of  Kent,  on  Delaware 

No.  6.    A  new  brick  house    ....     in  Philadelphia. 

No.  7.    A  small  plantation  in  Passyunk  township  .... 

Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  incline  to  purchase,  for 
title  and  terms,  which  will  be  made  easy,  may  apply  to 
John  Heaton,  near  the  Drawbridge,  Philadelphia.— T/i£? 
Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2050,  April  7,  1768. 

By  virtue  of  a  writ,  to  me  directed,  on  the  first  day  of 
June  next,  will  be  exposed  to  sale,  by  public  vendue,  at  the 
dwelling-house  of  John  English,  jun.  in  the  township  of 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  I3I 

Great  Egg-Harbour,  at  lo  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  of  said 
day,  oxen,  cows,  horses,  and  yonng  cattle,  a  pair  of  tim- 
ber wheels,  and  waggon,  a  desk  and  book-case,  a  case  of 
walnut  drawers,  sundry  feather  l^eds,  and  other  articles 
of  houshold  furniture,  too  tedious  to  mention.  And  upon 
the  same  day  and  place,  between  the  hours  of  12  and  5  in 
the  afternoon,  will  be  exposed  to  sale,  by  public  vendue, 
the  plantation  whereon  the  said  John  English  now  lives, 
containing  150  acres,  100  acres  of  which  is  good  marsh 
or  meadow  ground,  a  good  dwelling-house,  saw-mill,  and 
grist-mill  on  the  premises,  supplied  with  water  by  a  large 
and  constant  stream,  an  orchard,  and  30  acres  of  upland 
cleared,  situate  on  the  east  side  of  Great  Egg-Harbour 
river,  where  boards,  lumber  or  any  kind  of  produce,  may 
easily  be  carried  to  the  tide.  Also  the  following  tracts  of 
pine  land,  adjoining  the  above,  viz.  11 1  acres,  and  239 
acres ;  and  another  plantation,  situate  near  the  above,  con- 
taining 107  acres,  with  a  dwelling  house,  and  other  im- 
provements, thereon.  And  also,  all  other  the  real  and  per- 
sonal estate  of  the  said  John  English,  being  seized,  and 
taken  in  execution  by  me 

Samuel  Blackwood,  Sheriff. 

N.  B.  If  any  part  of  the  above  lands  should  not  be 
sold  on  the  day  above  mentioned,  the  sale  will  be  pro- 
ceeded on  the  next  day,  and  the  purchaser  may  have  credit 
for  part  of  the  purchase  money. 

To  be  sold,  by  Way  of  public  Vendue,  on  Monday,  the 
25th  Day  of  this  instant  April,  at  10  of  the  Clock  in  the 
Forenoon,  a  Fulling  Mill,  with  a  fine  Stream  of  Water, 
situate  in  Allen-Town,  East  Jersey,  with  three  Pair  of 
Sheers,  and  all  Utensils,  for  carrying  on  the  Fulling  Busi- 
ness, with  sundry  Kinds  of  dying  Stufifs,  a  good  Dwelling- 
House,  with  two  Acres  and  a  Half  of  Meadow,  just  by 


132  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

the  Mill;  likewise  two  Lots  of  very  good  Wood  Land, 
within  about  two  Miles  of  said  Allen-Town,  one  about 
nineteen  Acres,  the  other  Twelve,  with  sundry  Kinds  of 
Houshold  Goods,  and  a  young  Milch  Cow.  All  the  above 
mentioned  Premises  being  late  the  real  Estate  of  Isaac 
Price,  deceased.  Where  Attendance  will  be  given,  and 
the  Terms  of  Sale  made  known,  by  Peter  Brewer,  and 
Nathan  Robins,  Executors. — The  Pennsylvania  Gacette, 
No.  2050,  April  7,  1768. 

The  CENTINEL.   No.  IIL^ 
— The  Pennsylvania  Journal,   No.    1322,   April   7, 
1768. 

To  be  sold  at  public  Vendue  on  Monday  the  second  Day 
of  May  next,  or  at  private  Sale  any  Time  before,  on 
the  Premises,  situate  about  200  Yards  from  the 
Court  House  at  Hackinsack  in  Bergen  County.  New- 
Jersey. 

Four  Lots  of  Land  with  the  Houses 
and   Lnprovements   thereon,   viz.      A 
good  Dwelling  House,  40  Feet  by  21, 
two  Stories  and  a  half  high ;   a  joiner's 
Shop,  a  Barn,  &c.  each  Lot  is  43  Feet 
in  Front  and  150  in  Length,  they  lie 
on  the  Road  that  leads  to  New-York, 
have  a  navigable  Creek  behind  them,  convenient  for  W^ater 
Carriage,  and  would  be  suitable  either  for  a  Gentleman  or 
Tradesman :     Any  Person  inclining  to  purchase,  may  ap- 
ply to  the  Subscriber  on  the  Premises,  who  will  give  a  suf- 
ficient Title.  Isaac  Kingsland.'^ 
— Supplement  to  the  A^rTc  York  Journal  or  General 
Advertiser,  No.  13 17,  April  9,  1768. 

1  Two  columns  and  a  half,  .signed  X. 

2  Probably  son  of  Edmund  Kinssland  and  his  wife,  Mary.  dau.  of 
William  Pinhorno.  Isaac  was  commissioned  Sheriff  of  Bergen  county. 
September   1,   176L'. 


Cu  r 

OF 

House 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  133 

To  be  sold  at  publick  Vendue,  on  Tuesday  the  19th  Day 
of  this  Instant  April,  on  the  Premises. 
Two  Farms,  now  in  the  possession  of  Johannes  Schenck, 
situate  at  Reading-Town,  in  Hunterdon  county,  New- Jer- 
sey, about  one  mile  from  a  large  merchant  mill,  and  store, 
in  a  thick  settled  part  of  the  country,  and  a  good  neigh- 
bourhood. The  one  containing  232  acres  of  very  good 
land  and  meadow,  with  a  good  dwelling  house,  and  large 
barn,  both  new,  and  a  very  good  orchard  on  it,  and  is  well 
watered;  the  other  farm  adjoining  thereto,  containing  200 
acres,  also  very  good  land  and  meadow,  with  a  house,  and 
barn,  and  a  very  good  orchard  thereon,  also  well  watered, 
&c.  The  said  farms  are  so  situ.ated  that  they  may  make 
one  large  regular  farm.  The  purchaser  may  have  a  twelve 
months'  time  to  make  the  first  payment,  without  interest. 
At  the  same  time  and  place,  will  also  be  sold,  negroes,  hor- 
ses, cattle,  sheep,  hogs,  waggons,  ploughs,  harrows,  far- 
mers utensils,  houshold  furniture,  green  wheat,  and  some 
shop  goods,  &c. 

To  be  sold,  a  Plantation,  lying  in  IMiddlesex,  East-New- 
Jersey,  about  7  Miles  South  from  Amboy,  and  within  2 
Miles  of  a  Landing  where  ten  Cord  Boats  load.  Also  a 
Lot  of  salt  Meadow,  lying  at  said  Landing.  The  Planta- 
tion contains  about  300  Acres  of  Land,  130  of  which  are 
cleared,  15  of  good  fresh  Meadow  fit  for  mowing,  and  30 
Acres  more  may  be  made;  the  Wood  Land  is  well  tim- 
bered. There  is  on  said  Plantation,  a  good  Dwelling- 
House,  built  of  Stone,  with  four  Rooms  on  a  Floor;  a 
good  Stone  Well,  Barn,  and  Orchard  that  contains  250 
Trees  of  the  best  of  Fruit.  Whoever  inclines  to  purchase 
the  Whole,  or  Part  of  the  above  Premises,  may  apply  to 
Thomas,  or  Joshua  Warn,  living  on  the  Premises. 

I  Hereby  inform  all  Persons  that  have  any  Demands 


134  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

on  me  the  Subscriber,  that  they  will  oblige  me  in  sending 
in  their  Accounts  by  the  first  Day  of  June  next,  that  they 
may  be  settled;  and  also  all  Persons  that  stand  indebted 
to  me,  that  they  are  desired  to  discharge  the  same  by  the 
said  Day,  when  I  would  chuse  to  close  all  my  Accounts, 
as  I  then  intend  to  enter  into  Partnership  with  Uzal  Ward, 
in  Trade;  and  further  acquaint  my  Customers,  and  others, 
that  I  now  have  a  good  Assortment  of  Goods,  which  I 
will  sell  cheap  for  Cash  or  short  Credit. 

Newark,  March  31,  1768.  Joseph  Hedden. 

A  new  erected  Stage, 
For  Passengers, 
Kept  by  Thomas  Davis,  of  Newark,  will  set  out  from 
thence  every  Wednesday  and  Thursday,  about  8  o' Clock 
in  the  Morning,  and  proceed  to  the  Ferry  at  Powles  Hook, 
opposite  the  City  of  New-York;  and  from  thence  set  out 
again  for  Newark,  between  2  and  3  o' Clock  in  the  After- 
noon of  the  same  Days.  Fare  for  each  Passenger,  One 
Shilling. 

To  be  sold,  at  Newark,  East  New- 
r  Cut  ]  Jersey,  on  Mr.  Samuel  Governieur's 
i  Wharf,  a  Vessel  in  Frame  of  the  fol- 
I  lowing  Demensions,  That  is  to  say,  41 
[  Vessel  j  Feet  Keel,  18  Feet  Beam,  and  8  1-2 
Feet  Hold.  Said  Vessel  measures 
about  sixty  four  Tons,  Carpenter's  Tonnage ;  the  Timber 
is  well  seasoned  and  very  good.  Any  Person  inclining  to 
purchase  said  Vessel,  may  apply  to  me  the  Subscriber,  liv- 
ing in  Newark  aforesaid,  who  will  sell  said  Vessel  cheap. 

Joshua  Attwood 
— The  New  York  Ga::ctte  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
858,  April  II,  1768. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  135 

Trenton,  April  4. 
To  Be  Sold, 
By  the  Subscriber. 

That  very  valuable  and  beautifully  situated  Farm,  ad- 
joining to,  and  has  an  Extent  of  above  a  Mile  on  the  River 
Delaware,  in  the  Township  of  Tenicum,  Bucks  County, 
Pennsylvania,  with  a  very  convenient  Ferry  belonging  to 
the  same,  now  in  the  Possession  of  John  Tinbrook,  late 
the  Property  and  Homestead  Farm  of  Mr.  Richard  Stev- 
ens, containing  460  Acres,  and  some  odd;  265  Acres  of 
which  is  exceeding  fine  Low-Land,  with  some  good 
Meadow,  the  Remainder  very  good  Red  Shell  Up-Land, 
well  timber'd,  and  free  of  Stone,  and  reckoned  one  of  the 
finest  Farms  on  the  River;  it  has  on  it  a  good  new  Dwell- 
ing-House,  two  Stories  high,  three  Rooms  on  a  Floor,  a 
Kitchen  and  Cellar  under  the  whole,  with  a  good  Barn, 
two  Log-Houses,  and  two  Orchards,  with  other  good 
Improvements.  Also,  a  Farm  near  said  Homestead,  in 
Possession  of  Abraham  Bcnnet,  containing  112  Acres  of 
good  Red  Shell  Wheat  Land,  about  30  Acres  of  which  is 
cleared,  the  Remainder  well  timber'd,  it  has  a  good  Log- 
House,  with  other  Improvements  thereon.^ 

The  Purchaser  may  have  the  Farms  on  very  moderate 
Terms,  Easy  Payments,  and  a  clear  and  good  Title. 

William  Pidgeon.^ 

Perth-Amboy,  March  jo,  lySS. 

To  be  Sold,  by  the  subscriber, 

A  Valuable  plantation,  situated  on  the  south  side  of 
Raritan  river,  containing  about  370  acres  of  up-land  and 
meadow.     There  is  about  60  acres  cleared,  and  in  good 

iSee  N.   J.   Archives,    XX.,    645. 

^William  Pidgeon  was  admitted  to  the  New  Jersey  bar  in  1750.  He 
was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Trenton  for  many  years,  a  trustee  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  executor  of  the  will  of  Daniel  Coxe,  4th,  and  was 
entrusted  with  many  important  and  responsible  duties. 


136  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

fence,  and  about  20  acres  of  good  salt  meadow.  There  is 
also  some  good  fresh  meadow,  and  a  great  deal  more  may- 
be made,  the  place  being  capable  of  great  improvement. 
The  wood  land  is  well  timbered.  There  is  on  it  a  double 
house,  with  three  fire-places;  a  good  garden  paled  in,  a 
large  orchard  of  apple  trees  of  good  fruit;  and  also  a  good 
peach  orchard.  There  is  a  saw-mill  and  a  house,  with  sev- 
eral other  conveniences  adjoining  the  saw-mill,  at  some 
distance  from  the  other  house,  so  that  the  farm  can  be  di- 
vided into  two  good  settlements,  as  it  is  at  present.  There 
is  a  fine  fishing  place  belonging  to  it :  And  good  oyster- 
ing,  clamming,  and  good  fowling,  and  has  the  conveniency 
of  a  good  navigable  creek,  where  boats  of  ten  and  twelve 
cord  can  go  up  and  load  and  unload  within  a  small  dis- 
tance of  the  saw-mill,  from  the  tail  of  which  the  boards 
can,  with  great  convenience,  be  floated  down  the  creek  to 
the  boats :  It  is  about  two  miles  and  a  half  from  the  city 
of  Pcrth'Amhoy,  and  about  six  miles  from  the  city  of 
N ew-Bninszvick ,  very  convenient  to  both  markets.  There 
is  a  prospect  of  both  a  coal  and  iron  mine  on  the  place. 

Any  person  that  inclines  to  purchase  the  above-men- 
tioned farm,  may  apply  to  the  subscriber  in  Pcrth-Ainhoy, 
who  will  sell  reasonable  and  give  an  indisputable  title. 

William  Burnet. 

— The  Nciv  York  Gaaette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1 3 19,  April  II,  1768. 

We  hear  from  Burlington,  that  Benjauiiii  Szvett,  jun. 
Esq;  is  appointed  Recorder  of  that  City,  in  the  Room  of 
Richard  Smith,  Esq;  resigned. 

On  the  sixth  Instant,  departed  this  Life  Edivard  Ton- 
kin, Esq;  of  Burlington  County,  in  Nezv-Jersey,  a  Gentle- 
man, who  will  long  be  remembered  with  Esteem  and  Re- 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  137 

gret,  by  as  many  as  had  the  Pleasure  to  know  him. — We 
hear  that  he  has  left  a  handsome  Legacy  to  St.  Mary's 
Church  in  Burlington. 

RuN-away  on  the  23d  of  March,  1768,  a  Dutch  Ser- 
vant Man,  named  Jacob  Holler,  about  five  feet  six  inches 
high,  aged  about  thirty  years,  commonly  wears  a  cap,  and 
the  fore  part  of  his  head  shaved;  had  on,  a  light-coloured 
fustian  coat,  a  black  jacket  and  good  leather  breeches,  apt 
to  drink  and  be  quarrelsome.  He  run  from  Edward  Ton- 
kin, and  is  since  become  the  property  of  Robert  Taylour, 
in  the  township  of  Woolwich,  county  of  Gloucester,  in 
New-Jersey.  The  said  servant  took  with  him,  a  small 
sorrel  mare,  supposed  to  be  at  or  near  the  Crooked  Billet, 
about  fourteen  miles  below  Bristol.  Whoever  takes  up  the 
said  servant,  and  brings  him  to  his  said  master,  shall  have 
FORTY  SHILLINGS  reward,  and  reasonable  charges, 
paid  by  me, 

ROBERT  TAYLOUR. 

— TJie  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  66,  April  11-18, 
1768. 

Philadelphia,  April  14 

Erom  Greenwich,  in  Cumberland  County,  New  Jersey, 
we  learn,  that  on  the  Sixth  Instant,  a  Boy  was  killed,  as 
he  was  taking  a  Pair  of  Oxen  from  the  Cart's  Tongue,  by 
the  Team's  suddenly  taking  Eright. — The  Pennsylvania 
Gazette,  No.  2051,  April  14,  1768. 

The  CENTINEL,  No.  IV.^ 

The  subscriber  intending  to  remove  in  a  few  weeks  to 
the  country,  requests  all  those  indebted  to  him  by  bond  or 
otherwise,  to  make  immediate  payment;    and  if  there  be 

1  Two  columns. 


138  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

any  that  he  is  indebted  to,  they  are  desired  to  call  forth- 
with and  receive  their  just  demand.  He  has  to  lett  or  sell, 
the  large  and  commodious  house  he  now  dwells  in.  neatly 
finished,  and  pleasantly  situated  on  the  highest  part  of 
Second  street,  opposite  Almond-street.  It  commands  a 
beautiful  and  extensive  view  of  the  river  Delaware  and 
all  the  vessels  that  pass  and  repass ;  the  Jerseys,  &c.  The 
lot  on  which  the  house  stands  is  large,  extending  from 

Second  to  George's-street Apply  to 

John  Malcolm. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.    1323,  April   14, 
1768. 

The  Office  to  zvhich  Benjamin  Swctt,  jun.  Esq;  is  ap- 
pointed, is  Recorder  of  Deeds  for  the  City  and  County  of 
Burlington. 

South- Amboy,  April  9,  1768. 
Run  away  from  the  Subscriber,  an  indented  Servant, 
named  William  Rynan,  a  weaver  by  trade,  came  from 
Ireland  about  20  months  ago,  but  born  in  Scotland;  about 
5  feet  8  inches  high,  well  set,  round  shouldered,  a  good 
deal  pitted  with  the  small-pox,  speaks  pretty  broad;  had 
on  when  he  went  off,  a  blue  broadcloth  coat,  a  brown 
homespun  waistcoat  and  brown  broadcloth  breeches,  a 
coarse  wool  hat,  with  blue  binding  round  it.  The  other 
things  not  particularly  known.  He  is  supposed  to  have 
made  his  way  for  Philadelphia,  as  he  mentioned  some  re- 
lation living  there.  Whoever  will  take  him  up  and  con- 
fine him  in  any  of  his  Majesty's  gaols,  shall  be  paid  Five 
Dollars,  and  all  reasonable  charges,  by 

John  L.  Johnston. 

Salem,  April  17,  1768. 
The  Creditors  of  Doctor  JOHN  BlTDD,  late  of  Salem. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  139 

are  requested  to  send  their  Accounts  to  the  Auditors,  ap- 
pointed by  Court  for  the  Settlement  of  his  Affairs,  that 
they  may  receive  their  Dividend  of  his  Estate. 

Robert  Willson, 
Grant  Gibbon^ 
Samuel  Dick. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  67,  April  18-25, 
1768. 

Nezv-York,  April  18.  Between  the  Hours  of  Twelve 
and  one  o'Clock  last  Wednesday,  a  terrible  Fire  broke  out 
in  the  Dwelling-House  of  the  Widow  Dilldine,  in  Bruns- 
wick, New-Jersey,  which  consumed  the  same,  with  the 
Dwelling-House  and  Bake-House  of  Mr.  John  Van  Nor- 
da,  jun.  adjoining  thereto,  in  a  very  short  Time.  The 
wind  being  high,  the  Flames  soon  reached  across  the 
Street,  and  set  fire  to  the  House  of  James  Nealson,  Esq; 
which  was  also  soon  consumed,  M-ith  his  2  Store-Houses, 
a  Cooper's  Shop,  and  Bolting  House,  wherein  was  a  large 
Quantity  of  all  Sorts  of  Country  Produce  to  a  very  great 
Amount.  The  Dwelling-House,  and  Store  of  Mr.  Peter 
Vredenberg,  and  the  Widow  Carmer's,  were  also  burnt, 
as  they  adjoined  Mr.  Nealson's  Buildings,  with  almost 
every  Thing  that  was  therein.  In  short  the  Loss  is  very 
considerable.  The  Inhabitants,  joined  by  the  Military, 
used  their  utmost  Efforts,  to  extinguish  the  Fire,  but  the 
Wind  being  so  very  high,  could  effect  it  by  no  other 
Method  than  pulling  down  some  Buildings  in  its  Way, 
by  which  it  was  happily  accomplished.  Not  one  Person 
was  hurt  during  the  whole  xA^ffair. 

How  the  Fire  began  is  not  well  known,  but  supposed 
to  be  occasioned  either  by  some  Sparks  from  Mr.  Van 
Norda's  Bake-House,  or  from  the  Chimney  of  the  House 
of  Mrs.  Dilldine. 


140  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

At  the  Time  Mr.  Nealson's  Dwelling-House  was  on 
Fire,  he  with  some  of  his  PViends,  were  about  two  Miles 
out  of  Town  at  his  Mills  that  were  in  Danger  oi  being  set 
a  Fire  by  the  burning  the  Woods. 

This  City  has  been  alarmed  no  less  than  19  Times  by 
Fire  within  the  Space  of  about  20  Days. 

Mr.  Bond's  House  between  Newark  and  Elizabeth- 
Town  and  Mr.  William  Nicoll's  House,  and  Barn,  at 
Freehold,  were  burnt  the  same  Day;  and  the  House  of 
Mr.  John  Johnson  and  William  Burnet,  of  Amboy,  both 
took  Fire  the  same  Day  also,  but  were  happily  extin- 
guished, without  doing  any  Damage. 

We  hear  from   Shrewsbury,  in  New-Jersey,  that  the 

Week  before  last,  one  Mr.  of  that  Place,  being 

plied  with  strong  Liquor  by  three  Females,  till  he  was 
much  intoxicated,  they  then  proceeded  very  deliberately 

to  deprive  him  of  his  Manhood  by  C n,  which  they 

effectually  perfoimed.  The  Crime  he  was  charged  with, 
was  for  depriving  his  Wife  of  Favours  that  he  bountifully 
lavished  upon  his  Neighbours.  The  Operators  were,  his 
Wife,  his  Wife's  Mother,  and  one  other  Woman.  He  is 
in  a  fair  Way  of  recovering,  and  the  Women  are  all  in 
Custody. 

To  be  Sold, 
The  pleasantly  situated  House  and  Lot,  of  Captain 
James  Gray,  at  Nczvark,  on  the  Banks  of  Passaick  River, 
opposite  the  Estate  of  Capt.  Kennedy,  at  Petersborough; 
the  House  is  extremely  convenient  and  comfortable,  there 
is  a  good  Stable,  Coach-house,  Barn,  and  every  other  Ap- 
pendage proper  for  a  Gentleman's  Country  Seat,  there 
are  20  Acres  of  excellent  good  Land  adjoining,  6  Acres 
in  Grass,  and  fit  for  the  Scythe,  the  whole  is  now  in  good 
Fence,  and  an  Orchard  of  upwards  of  300  Apple-Trees, 
with  a  well  chosen  Collection  of  other  Fruit:    there  is 


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belonging  to  the  Premises,  a  Dock  very  convenient  and 
well  calculated  for  Ship-Building  particularly;  a  Ship  of 
300  Tons  Burthen,  was  not  long  since  launched  from  it. 
The  above  House  commands  a  fine  Prospect  of  the  River 
Passaick,  for  a  long  Distance  up  and  down  the  same,  it 
overlooks  a  great  Part  of  Captain  Kennedys  Farm,  es- 
pecially his  Deer  Park,  &c.  There  will  also  be  sold  with 
the  above  House  and  Lot,  9  Acres  of  excellent  Wood 
Land,  superior  to  any  in  the  Neighbourhood,  and  has  been 
reserved  for  the  L^se  of  the  Premises;  Enquire  of  Capt. 
James  Gray,  at  the  Little  Falls^'or  Isaac  Ogden,  Esq;  in 
Newark,  or  of  Cornelius  Low,  Junior,  Esq;  at  New- 
Brunszviek. 

The  subscriber,  who  has  taught  the  classicks.  and  most 
useful  branches  of  the  mathematicks,  upwards  of  seven 
years  at  Bound-Brook,'humbly  begs  leave  to  acquaint  the 
publick  that  he  is  now  mov'd  to  Newark,  where  he  pur- 
poses to  open  school  about  the  loth  of  May,  and  teach  as 
above;  he  begs  leave  to  return  his  most  grateful  thanks 
to  those  gentlemen  and  ladies  who  have  formerly  been 
pleased  to  honour  him  with  the  care  of  their  children. 
Any  gentlemen  or  ladies  \vho  are  pleased  to  favour  him 
for  the  future,  may  depend  upon  his  utmost  care  and  as- 
siduity, and  know  the  terms  of  board  and  education,  by 
applying  to  Mr.  Stephen  Dwight,  carver,  in  New- York, 
or  H.  Gaine,  and  from  the 
Publick's  most  obedient, 
much  obliged,  and 

Very  humble  Servant,    William  Haddon 

Newark,  April  18,  1768 

iCapt.  James  Gray  had  iron  works  at  Little  Falls,  on  the  Passaic 
river,  utilizing-  the  water  power,  and  raising  the  dam.  He  took  the 
side  of  the  British  in  the  Revolution,  and  his  propertv  above  Newark 
was  forfeited  to  the  State. 

2  See  N.   J.   Archives.   XX.,   54S.   562. 


142  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

To  be  Sold, 
A  Plantation  lying  in  Waykake,  in  Middletown,  in 
New-Jersey;  containing  about  i6o  Acres,  whereon  is  a 
good  Dwelling-House,  3  Rooms  on  a  Floor;  it  is  well 
water'd  and  timber'd,  and  about  30  Acres  of  clear  Land 
and  about  8  or  9  Acres  of  Salt  Meadow,  all  the  rest 
Woods,  and  a  large  Range  for  Cattle;  there  is  also  on  it 
a  large  Quantity  of  Pine,  either  for  Docking  or  Sawing, 
is  within  a  Mile  of  a  Saw  and  Gristmill,  and  is  very  con- 
venient to  carry  Wood  to  New-York,  within  a  Mile  of  a 
Landing,  from  which  a  Boat  may  go  all  Winter,  and  not 
freeze  up.  On  the  West  Side  it  is  bound  by  a  Creek, 
where  it  is  very  convenient  for  carrying  Logs  or  Cord- 
wood,  there  is  also  a  great  Quantity  of  Cole  Wood  on  it, 
and  Wood  to  fill  in  Docks,  and  a  good  deal  of  Fresh 
Meadow  can  be  made;  there  is  a  good  Spring  about  4 
Rods  from  the  House,  and  about  60  or  70  bearing  Apple- 
Trees,  and  a  Nursery  of  about  100  more,  and  is  good  Land 
to  raise  Rye  or  Indian  Corn  on.  Any  Person  inclining  to 
buy  the  same,  may  have  it  at  reasonable  Payments,  and 
may  move  on  it  immediately.  They  may  for  further  Par- 
ticulars enquire  of  Andrew  Wilson,  Junior,  near  the 
Premises,  or  Daniel  Hendrickson,  Senior,  at  Middletown. 
who  will  give  a  good  Title  for  the  same. — TJic  New  York 
Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  859,  April  18,  1768. 

Nczv-York,  April  18.  At  the  Supreme  Court  held  at 
Perth-A'inhoy,  on  Thursday  the  7th  instant,  came  on  the 
famous  Trial  of  Traverse  of  an  Lidictment  found  by  a 
Grand  Jury  in  September  Term,  1766,  against  the  Jus- 
tices and  Freeholders  of  the  County  of  Middlesex,  charg- 
ing them  with  the  Crime  of  raising  divers  Sums  of  Money 
on  the  Inhabitants  of  the  County,  and  that  great  part 
thereof  so  raised,  they  had  illegally  ai~)]iHed  to  discharge 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  1 43 

and  pay  their  own  Expences ;   against  the  Form  of  an  Act 
of  the  Governor,  Council  and  General  Assembly,  &c. 

Upon  this  Trial  it  must  be  confessed,  the  Defendants 
laboured  under  certain  great  Disadvantages,  besides  the 
Dexerity  and  sanguine  Efforts  of  the  Attorney  General 
were  displayed  and  pushed  to  the  utmost  in  this  Matter. 
But  from  a  just  Exertion  of  the  Abilities  of  the  Attornies, 
who  spoke  on  the  Part  of  the  Defendants,  as  well  as  from 
the  Verdict  of  a  virtuous  Jury,  who  did  Honour  to  their 
Country,  and  who  themselves  must  have  been  injured,  if 
the  Charge  had  been  just,  the  said  Justices  and  Freehold- 
ers were  honourably  acquitted;  and  it  may  be  said  to  the 
Satisfaction  of  the  rest  of  the  Inhabitants,  equally  con- 
cerned in  Interest,  if  any,  or  the  least  Part  of  the  Charge 
had  been  true:  Upon  the  Whole  there  appeared  great 
Malignity  in  this  Prosecution. 

The  cold  dry  Weather  we  have  lately  had,  has  been  at- 
tended with  bad  Consequences  to  many  in  the  Country, 
by  the  Loss  of  Cattle,  &c.  but  the  usual  Practice  of  burning 
of  Woods  and  Meadows  in  the  Spring,  has  been  more  so 
than  usual;  for  we  are  assured,  that  near  Mount  Holly, 
in  Burlington  County,  three  Dwelling-Houses,  and  much 
Fencing  have  been  destroyed  by  Fire  on  Wednesday  last, 
besides  other  great  Damages  :  And  in  the  Event  has  been 
detrimental  to  those  who  would  probably  have  been  out 
of  the  Reach  of  such  Fires  otherways. 

On  Wednesday  last,  a  dreadful  fire  broke  out  in  the 
Dwelling  House  of  the  Widow  Dildine,  in  the  City  of 
New-Brunswick ;  which  catch'd,  as  its  said,  thro'  a  Crev- 
ice in  the  Chimney,  and  the  Wind  being  very  high,  in  a 
few  Minutes  spread  to  the  Houses  to  Leeward  of  it.  Mr. 
Neilson's  Houses,  Stores,  and  almost  all  his  Effects,  were 
consumed,  to  the  Value  of  several  Thousand  Pounds  :  Mr. 


144  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

Ncilsoii  himself  'tis  said,  was  abroad,  trying  to  prevent 
some  of  the  spreading  Fire  in  the  Woods  from  reaching 
his  Mills,  so  that  on  his  Return  he  saw  the  melancholy 
Sight.  Above  2000  Bushels  of  Wheat,  many  Barrels  of 
Flour,  a  large  parcel  of  Gammons,  with  near  1000  Bush- 
els of  Corn,  were  burnt  in  his  Stores.  The  Dwelling- 
House  of  JoJin  Van  Nordcn,  Baker,  with  much  Bread  and 
Cornel  were  destroyed;  also  the  Dwelling-Houses  of 
Peter  Vredcnhurgh  and  the  Widow  Conner  were  con- 
sumed; both  of  whom  are  great  Sufferers;  and  several 
other  Houses  were  much  damaged.  The  Fire  flew  quite 
across  the  River,  and  set  Fields  afire  there,  which  was  with 
difficulty  extinguisht.  The  Officers  of  the  Army  there, 
and  the  Inhabitants  did  all  that  was  possible  for  Men  to 
do  upon  such  an  Occasion. 

The  same  Day  a  House  of  Thomas  Fit::randolph,  in 
Piscatazvay,  catched  on  Fire,  but  happily  extingnished 
without  much  Damage. 

The  same  Day,  no  less  than  three  Houses  catch 'd  on 
Fire  at  Amboy,  but  being  timely  discovered,  were  hap- 
pily extinguished. 

The  same  Day  the  House  of  one  Bond,  between  Eliza- 
heth-Town  and  Nezvark,  was  consumed  by  Fire,  with 
much  other  Damage. — The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  JJu^ekly 
Post  Boy,  No.  1320.  April  18.  1768, 

To  Be  Sold, 
A  Tract  of  land,  situate  and  being  in  Freehold,  in  the 
county  of  Monmouth,  in  New-Jersey,  containing  upwards 
of  six  hundred  acres,  and  lies  in  such  a  manner  that  it 
may  be  divided  so  as  to  make  three  settlements  or  conve- 
nient farms;  one  of  which  contains  near  one  hundred 
acres,  between  forty  and  fifty  of  which  is  cleared,  and 
another  part  of  said  tract  containing  about  two  hundred 
and  twenty  acres,  upwards  of  one  hundred  acres  of  which 


1/68]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  145 

is  cleared,  having  a  young  orchard  of  the  same;  the  re- 
maining part  of  said  tract  containing  about  three  hundred 
acres,  having  on  the  same  a  good  dwelhng  house  and 
barn,  about  four  hundred  apple  trees,  and  about  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  or  seventy  acres  of  which  is  cleared.  Each 
of  said  parts  or  parcels  of  land  has  plenty  of  good  meadow 
and  timber.  Any  person  that  inclines  to  buy,  may  have 
the  whole  or  either  of  the  said  parts  above-mentioned  on 
reasonable  terms,  by  applying  unto  the  subscriber  hereof. 

John  Anderson. 
— Tiie  Nczv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1320,  April  21,  1768. 

Whereas  some  time  in  the  Month  of  Jtanuary  last, 
Martha  King,  of  Manington,  in  the  County  of  Salem, 
West  New-Jersey,  obtained  an  Obligation  of  me  the  Sub- 
scriber, of  Upper  Penn's  Neck,  in  the  County  aforesaid, 
for  the  Sum  of  Sixty  Pounds,  conditioned  for  the  Pay- 
ment of  Thirty  Pounds,  to  be  paid  Five  Pounds  the  30th 
of  April  next;  Five  Pounds  the  30th  of  November  fol- 
lowing; Ten  Pounds  the  30th  of  November  1769,  and 
Ten  Pounds  the  30th  of  November  1770;  but  as  said 
Bond  was  fraudulently  obtained,  I  do  give  this  public  No- 
tice to  all  Persons,  not  to  take  any  Assignment  of  said 
Obligation,  for  I  will  not  pay  any  Money  upon  it. 

March  10,  1768  Thomas  Allen. 

Philadelphia,  April  21. 
Captain  Allibone,  from  St.  Croix — on  the  15th,  about 
20  Leagues  S.  S.  of  our  Capes, — spoke  a  sloop  from  Egg 
Harbour  for  the  West  Indies. 

Extract  of  a  Letter,  from  New  Brunswick,  April  14, 
1768. 

"A  very  heavy  Misfortune  happened  here  Yesterday  to 

1(1 


146  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 7^8 

several  Families.  Between  two  and  three  o'Clock  in  the 
Afternoon  a  Fire  broke  through  the  Roof  of  the  Widow 
Dildine's  House,  which  by  the  Force  of  an  exceeding  high 
Wind  communicated,  in  an  Instant,  to  the  House  of  John 
Van  Norden,  jun.  Peter  Vredenberg's  House  and  Store, 
Mr.  Bardin's  House,  and  James  Nelson,  Esquire's  House, 
and  all  his  Stores.  And  as  the  Attending  of  the  Inhabi- 
tants was  chiefly  given  to  prevent  the  Flames  from  con- 
suming the  whole  Town,  not  only  the  Houses  and  Stores 
abovementioned,  but  the  greatest  Part  of  the  Furniture 
and  Goods  therein  were  consumed.  Mr.  Nelson's  Loss  is 
very  great,  -  -  -  -  exceeding,  as  it  is  reported.  Eight 
Thousand  Pounds.  In  him  the  Distressed  had  always  a 
sure  Resource,  and  the  Country  a  faithful  Merchant.  In- 
deed his  Loss  will  greatly  affect  the  whole  Town.  It  Avas 
with  the  utmost  Difficulty  that  the  Town  was  saved,  as 
the  Houses  are  built  with  Frames  and  Cedar  Roofs.  The 
Officers  of  the  Army,  with  the  Soldiers  quartered  here, 
exerted  themselves  in  a  very  particular  Manner,  and  did 
great  Service.  The  burning  Shingles  were  carried  by 
the  Violence  of  the  Wind  across  the  River,  and  communi- 
cated to  a  Wood,  half  a  Mile  distant,  which  soon  de- 
stroyed all  the  Fence  in  its  Way  for  about  two  Miles  in 
Piscataway,  and  it  was  with  Difficulty  the  Inhabitants 
saved  several  Buildings  in  the  Course  of  the  raging 
Flames." 

We  hear  from  Mountholly,  that  Yesterday  Se'nnight, 
a  Fire  broke  out  in  a  Brew-House  belonging  to  ]\Ir. 
Thomas  Cooper,  of  that  Place,  which  entirely  consumed 
the  same,  with  all  the  Materials  and  Stock  therein.  The 
Fire  communicated  itself  to  a  Barn,  and  Blacksmith's 
Shop,  which  were  burnt  to  the  Ground 

By  virtue  of  sundry  ivrits  of  Venditioni  Exlyoims.  and 
other  proeesses,  to  me  directed,  will  he  exposed  to  sale. 


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by  public  vendue,  at  the  Court-house,  in  the  county  of 
Sussex,  in  N eiv-J ersey ,  on  Friday,  the  third  day  of  June 
next,  betzvecn  the  hours  of  12  and  5  in  the  afternoon,  the 
following  tracts  and  pieces  of  land,  vis.  One  lot,  opposite 
Sussex  Courtlwuse,  zvhcrcon  is  a  large  frame  dwelling- 
house  and  kitchen,  zvitli  every  convcniency  for  a  tavern, 
zvhcrein  Ephraiui  Darby  nozv  lives;  said  lot  contains  tzvo 
acres  and  a  half.  One  other  lot  adjoining  of  tzventy  acres, 
mostly  meadozv  ground.  One  other  lot,  nearly  adjoining 
the  last  mentioned,  containing  six  acres,  in  possession  of 
Jacob  IVinans.  One  other  lot,  containing  sixty  acres,  in 
possession  of  Jacob  Reader.  One  other  lot,  containing  ijo 
acres,  in  possession  of  James  Pafton.  One  otJier  lot,  con- 
taining about  half  an  acre  zvhercon  is  a  genteel  stone 
house,  in  the  possession  of  John  Pettit.  Tzvo  other  lots 
lying  in  the  Forks  of  Pequess,  about  four  miles  from  Sus- 
sex Court-house,  containing  about  1^0  acres,  in  posses- 
sion of  James  Wilgoss,  and  Moses  Burgis.  One  other 
tract  of  valuable  land,  nozv  in  possession  of  the  zvidozv 
Kennedy,  containing  i^o  acres;  together  zvith  all  tJie  real 
estate  of  Ephraim  Darby:  seised  and  taken  in  execution 
at  the  suit  of  John  Stole,  and  others,  and  to  be  sold  by 

John  Pettit,  Coroner. 

Sussex  County,  March  26,  1768. 
Made  his  Escape  on  Thursday  Evening,  the  24tli  In- 
stant, out  of  the  Goal  of  this  County,  a  certain  Enghsh- 
man,  named  Thomas  Beal,  about  35  Years  of  Age.  about 
5  Feet  6  Inches  high :  Had  hght  coloured  Hair,  tied  be- 
hind, thin  fair  Complexion,  remarkable  large  full  blue 
Eyes,  he  is  well  dressed,  with  a  brown  Broadcloth  Coat, 
lapelled  Jacket  and  Breeches  of  the  same,  a  Castor  Hat, 
half  worn,  brown  Stockings;  he  took  with  him  some 
Check  Shirts,  Stockings  and  Jackets.     Whoever  secures 


148  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

the  said  Beal  in  any  of  his  Majesty's  Goals  in  this  Prov- 
ince, or  brings  him  to  Sussex  Court  House,  shall  receive 
the  Sum  of  Five  Pounds,  Proclamation  Money,  and  all 
reasonable  Charges,  paid  by 

Jacob  Starn,  Sheriff. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.   2052,   April   21, 
1768. 

The  CENTINEL,  No.  V. 

In  my  last  I  began  to  examine  the  peaceable  and  gentle 
Spirit  of  the  Church  of  England,  and  now  shall  endeavour 
to  trace  it  a  little  farther.  The  Canons  of  your  Church, 
Dr.  Chandler,  do  not  seem  to  us  to  breath  a  very  gentle 
Spirit 

What  a  Pity  it  is  that  the  penal  Laws  formerly  executed 
in  England  and  Ireland  against  Dissenters,  are  not  in 
force  in  America;  and  that  spiritual  Courts  aided  by  the 
seeular  Arm  are  not  introduced  to  restore  primitive  Dis- 
cipline. Then  might  we  see  some  more  success  follow 
the  good  Doctors  labours  among  the  Heathen  in,  and 
about  Elizabeth  Town;  and  refractory  Quakers,  Baptists 
and  Presbyterians,  who  never  claimed  any  relation  to  the 
Church,  solemnly  cast  out  of  it,  and  brought  to  due  obe- 
dience by  fines,  imprisonments  and  outlawry.  Then,  in- 
deed, might  there  be  some  good  prospect,  "that  the  word 
"of  God  would  mightily  grow  and  prevail"  in  New-Jer- 
sey, &c.  as  well  as  "New-England,  aeeording  to  the  Lit- 
''urgy  of  tlie  Cliureh  of  England."     .     .     .     .^ 

[signed]     Z. 

New- York,  April  18. 
Mr.    Bond's    house    between    Newark    and    Elizabeth 
Town   and   Mr.   William   Nicholl's  house,   and   barn,   at 
Freehold,   were  burnt  the  same  day:    and  the  houses  of 

I  Twu   :'  11(1   a   liMir  i-dlumiis. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  149 

Mr.  John  Johnson  and  WilHam  Burnet,  of  Amboy,  both 
took  fire  the  same  day  also,  but  were  happily  extinguished, 
without  doing  any  damage. — The  Pennsylvania  Journal, 
No.  1324,  April  21,  1768. 

To    BE   SOLD, 

A  VALUABLE  PLANTATION,  in  Cumberland  county. 
II ' est- A^ew- Jersey,  on  the  south  side  of  Cohansey  creek, 
containing  528  acres,  fifty  of  which  are  drained  meadow, 
and  150  acres  good  salt  meadow;  two  orchards  of  the 
best  fruit,  two  dwelling  houses,  all  in  good  repair — the 
title  indisputable.  Any  person  inclining  to  purchase,  may 
know  the  conditions,  by  applying  to  William  Conner, 
on  the  premises. 

N ew-Y ork ,  April  25.  A  Brew-House,  at  Mount-holly, 
in  New-Jersey,  belonging  to  Mr.  Thomas  Cooper,  of  that 
Place,  was  consumed  on  Wednesday  the  13th  Instant,  the 
Day  the  Fire  broke  out  at  Brunswick. 

W'e  have  the  following  Paragraph  from  the  public 
Prints,  not  before  published. 

The  Revd.  Dr.  John  Weatherspoone,  a  very  learned, 
pious,  and  eminent  Divine  of  the  Church  of  Scotland,  is 
appointed  President  of  the  College  of  New-Jersey,  and  is 
going  over  this  Spring  by  Way  of  New  -York,  to  fill  up 
that  important  Place. 

Covers,  » 

At  Mr.  Clark's,  Tavern-Keeper,  in  Elizabeth-Town,  at 
8  Dollars  for  the  Season,  and  half  a  Dollar  to  the 
Groom,  the  Money  for  those  Mares  that  do  not  re- 
main with  the  Horse  during  the  Time  of  covering,  to 
be  paid  at  the  Stable  Door;  and  those  that  do  remain 
with  the  Horse,  must  be  paid  for  on  the  taking  away 
of  the  Mare : 


ISO  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

The  fine  Bay  Horse, 

Called, 

Old  England 

Bred  by,  and  purchased  of  John 

Hohne,  Esq;  of  CarHsle,  in 

Cumberland. 

He  is  a  Horse  of  Size,  Strength,  and  Beauty,  Nine 
Years  old,  and  was  got  by  Young  Sterling;  his  Dam  by 
Regulus,  his  Grandam  by  Roundhead,  a  Son  of  Flying 
Childers,  (the  fleetest  Horse  that  ever  started)  his  Gran- 
dam by  Old  Partner;  her  Dam  by  Makeless;  her  Gran- 
dam by  Brimmer,  out  of  Trumpet's  Dam,  which  was  got 
by  Place's  White  Turk;  her  Dam  by  Dodsworth,  out  of 
a  Lay  ton  Barb  Mare.  Young  Sterling  was  got  by  Old 
Sterling,  out  of  Matchin's  Dam.  Witness  my  Hand  John 
Holciii. 

It  may  not  be  improper  to  illustrate  the  Pedigree  of  this 
Horse,  with  some  Observations,  which  are  but  little  known 
in  this  Country.  "His  Sire  and  Grandsire,  were  remark- 
able for  getting  more  beautiful  Stock,  than  any  other 
Horses :  The  Character  of  Old  Sterling,  as  a  Stallion, 
will  never  be  forgotten,  as  long  as  the  Capital  Perfor- 
mances of  his  Sons,  Teaser,  Torrismond,  and  Martin- 
dale's  Sterling,  can  be  remembered.  Regulus,  (the  Sire 
of  Old  England's  Dam)  was  got  by  the  Godolphin  Ara- 
bbian;  his  Dam  by  the  celebrated  Bald  Gallaway,  Son  of 
St.  Victor's  Barb;  in  the  Course  of  one  Year,  he  won  a 
f.  50  Prize,  and  eight  King's  Plates  of  an  loo  Guineas 
each;  to  effect  which,  he  travelled  4000  Miles,  and  beat 
all  the  Horses  that  started  against  him.  Such  a  Series  of 
Victories  never  were  acquired  by  any  Racer,  (his  own  Son 
Careless  excepted,  who  in  the  same  Space  also  won  eight 
Royal  Plates.)  He  left  the  Turf  Invincible,  and  in  one 
single  Season  gained  £.  1000  in  the  Capacity  of  a  Stallion. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  I5I 

It  is  needless  to  enlarge  upon  the  Merits  of  Old  Eng- 
land's Ancestors,  as  every  one  that  is  acquainted  with 
Pedigree  pronounces  the  highest  Encomiums  upon  the 
Remembrance  of  the  Godolphin  Arabian,  Old  Partner, 
Makeless,  Brimmer,  Dodsworth  and  Machien." — The 
Neiv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  860,  April 
25,  1768. 

To  be  Let  for  One  Year, 
And  entered  on  immediately. 

The  pleasantly  situated  and  conve- 
Q^yy  1  nient  dwelling  house,  and  lot  of  Philip 
1  Van  Cortlandt,  at  Newark;  the  house 
OF  ,  is  new  and  large,  being  two  stories 
I  high,  with  four  good  rooms  on  each 
I  HOUSE  i  floor,  a  large  kitchen,  barn,  stable,  and 
garden  adjoining:  There  may  be  cut 
hay  enough  off  the  lot  for  a  horse  and  two  cows,  besides 
pasturing  for  them  for  the  summer;  there  is  also  on  the 
lot,  a  number  of  apple  trees,  that  bear  fruit  sufficient  for 
the  use  of  a  family :  The  whole  extremely  well  contrived 
and  calculated  for  a  gentleman's  country  seat;  especially 
as  it  is  only  the  short  distance  of  eight  miles  from  New- 
York,  to  which  place  a  stage  waggon  goes  from  Newark 
every  day  in  the  week  during  the  summer  season,  (except 
Sunday)  and  four  times  in  a  week  during  the  winter  sea- 
son; the  house  is  three  hundred  yards  distant  from  the 
Passaick-river,  and  about  half  that  distance  from  the  Eng- 
lish church.  For  further  particulars,  inquire  of  Philip 
Van  Cortlandt,  at  Jamaica,  on  L.  Island;  Messrs  Lud- 
low and  Hoffman,  in  New-York;  or  Isaac  Ogden,  esq; 
at  Newark. 

April  22d,  1768. 

— The  Neiu  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
12^2.1,  April  28,  1768. 


152  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

Run  away,  from  the  subscriber,  living  in  the  city  of 
BurHngton,  on  the  eleventh  of  this  instant  April,  at  Night, 
a  Negroe  Man,  named  Jack  Hammond;  he  is  about  5  feet 
8  inches  high,  liis  nose  remarkably  large  and  sharp ;  Had 
on,  wdien  he  went  away,  a  striped  cotton  cap,  a  blue  dufifil 
jacket,  and  a  light  coloured  jacket  under  it,  blue  duffil 
troM'sers,  light  blue  3^arn  stockings,  ozenbrigs  shirt,  good 
shoes,  an  old  felt  hat,  with  a  yellow  button  on  it :  He 
took  ^^•ith  him,  a  large  carving  knife.  Whoever  appre- 
hends and  secures  said  Negroe  in  any  goal,  so  that*  his 
master  may  have  him  again,  shall  receive  Thirty  Shillings 
reward,  and  all  reasonable  charges,  paid  by 

Joseph  Haight. 

The  follozviiig,  it  is  supposed,  was  designed  for  our  last, 
one  of  the  Courts  being  over,  before  it  was  reeeived. 

The  Circuit  Courts  in  New-Jersey  are  appointed  to  be 
held;  For  the  County  of  Cumberland,  Tuesday,  April  26. 
Salem,  Thursday,  April  28.  Gloucester.  Monday,  May 
2.  Cape-May  Friday,  May  6.  Hunterdon,  Tuesday,  ]\Iay 
17.     Sussex,  Tuesday,  May  24. 

Letters  remaining  in  the  Post  OiTiee,  PliiladelpJiia. 

C.     John  Covenhoven,  Pilesgrove,  N.  Jersey. 

I.     Abraham  Inskeep,  Jersey 

R.  Richard  Renshaw,  Gloucester  Point;  Dr.  Alex- 
ander Ross,  Mount-Holly. 

,S.  Charles  Stewart,  Kingwood,  N.  Jersey  — The 
Pcmisyl-uania  Gazette,  No.  2053,  ^-ip^H  28,  1768. 

[The  Centinel,  No.  VT.  with  letter  from  A.  B.  "who 
considers  the  Manner  in  Avhich  our  civil  Liberties  must  be 
violated,  by  this  scheme  of  an  American  Episcopate."] 

To    BE    LETT, 

Three  lotts  of  ground,  situated  at  the  New  ?^lills.  West 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  153 

New-Jersey,  alwut  6  miles  from  Mount-Holly,  on  one  of 
which  is  erected  a  good  two  story  brick  house,  with  a 
good  cellar,  a  store  with  every  other  out  house  necessary 
for  a  store  keeper;  and  if  it  should  suit,  an  orchard  with 
100  apple  trees,  about  30  acres  of  upland  and  7  acres  of 
meadow  adjoining,  may  be  had,  with  the  above  lotts.  The 
above  has  been  a  noted  store,  and  there  is  no  store  nigher 
than  Mount-Holly. 

For  Terms  apply  to  William  Budd  near  the  above 
premises. — Tlic  Pennsylvania  Joiirual,  No.  1325,  April 
28,  1768. 

Run  away  from  the  Subscriber,  living  in  Salem  county, 
West-New-Jersey,  a  Dutch  servant  man,  named  Charles 
Geisinger;  he  is  five  feet  two  inches  high,  and  about 
thirty  two  years  of  age,  has  a  brown  complexion  and 
black  short  hair.  Had  on,  when  he  went  away,  a  double 
breasted  swanskin  jacket,  with  black  spots  and  brown 
mohair  buttons,  also  a  brown  linen  one  over  it,  a  pair  of 
half-worn  Imen  breeches,  light  blue  coarse  stockings,  a 
pair  of  half-worn  shoes,  with  brass  i)uckles,  and  a  very 
small  cut  hat.  WHioever  takes  up  said  servant  man,  and 
secures  him,  in  any  gaol,  or  brings  him  to  the  Subscriber, 
shall  have  ten  dollars  Reward,  and  reasonable  charges, 
paid  by  me, 

George  Miller. 

The  SPEECH  of  his  Excellency  WILLIAM  FRANK- 
LIN, Esq;  Captain  General,  and  Commander  in  Chief 
in  and  over  the  Province  of  Nezv-Jcrscy  and  Territories 
thereon  depending  in  America,  Chancellor  and  Vice- 
Admiral  in  the  same,  &c.  to  the  General  Assembly  of 
the  said  Province  convened  at  Perth  Anihoy.^ 

1  Printed    in   N.   J.   Archives.    XVII.,    4f;6-471. 


154  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

Our  Correspondent,  who  advised  its  that  Benjamin 
Swett,  jun.  Esq;  zvas  appointed  to  the  Office  of  Recorder 
of  Deeds,  it  seems  was  mistaken;  that  Gentleman  being 
appointed  Recorder  of  the  City  of  Burlington,  as  men- 
tioned in  No.  66  of  this  Paper. — The  Pennsylvania  Chron- 
icle, No.  68,  May  2.  1768. 

To  BE  SOLD. 

By  pid^lic  Vendue,  on  Saturday  the  28th  day  of  tJiis  in- 
stant. May,  at  one  o'clock  in  the  afternoon, 
A  Valuable  merchant  mill,  zvith  tzvo  pair  of  stones, 
in  good  order,  three  bolting  cloths,  hoisting  jack  and  turn- 
ing lathe,  all  going  by  water;  also  a  good  dzvelling-house, 
tzvo  stories  high,  four  rooms  on  a  door,  and  three  in  tlie 
garret,  zvith  a  good  cellar  under  the  zvholc,  a  good  kitchen, 
with  a  zvcll  of  zvater  at  the  door,  a  barn,  stables,  cow-house, 
pork-house,  snioak-house,  coopcr's-shop,  spring-house,  and 
a  house  for  the  n idler  to  live  in;  zvith  about  one  hundred 
acres  of  land,  zvhcreon  is  a  good  orchard,  and  about  forty 
acres  of  meadozv;  the  zvhole  is  situated  in  the  tozvnship  of 
Nottingham,  in  the  county  of  Burlington,  on  a  branch  of 
Crosszvicks-crcck ,  called  Doctor' s-crcck,  in  a  good  coun- 
try for  zvheat  and  pork,  and  may  be  very  convenient  for  a 
merchant,  as  it  has  been  a  long  accustomed  place  for  a 
store.  There  is  a  good  landing,  zvitJiin  one  mile  of  the 
mills,  on  the  premises,  zvherc  a  shallop,  large  oiougJi  to 
take  tzventy-tiz'c  barrels  of  flour,  may  be  convoiiently 
loaded.  The  mills  arc  in  good  repair,  situated  on  a  plenti- 
ful and  nez'cr  failing  stream  of  zvater,  four  miles  from 
Borden-tozvn,  seven  from  Trenton,  tzvo  from  Crosszvicks, 
and  six  from  AUen-Tozvn.  An  indisputable  title  zvill  be 
giz'cn  by  the  subscriber,  zvho  is  duly  impozvercd  to  sell  the 

same, 

■    Isaac  Allen. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  155 

A^  B.  Tiic  conditions  of  the  sale  zvill  be  made  kiwzvn 
at  the  time  and  place  ahovesaid. — The  Pennsylvania 
Chronicle,  No.  69.  May  2-9,  1768. 

Nczv-York,  May  2.  The  House  of  the  Widow  Martin, 
at  Lebanan,  in  Essex-^  County,  New-Jersey,  and  the  Dur- 
ham Iron  Works,  near  that  Place,  were  burnt  on  the  same 
Day  that  the  Fire  happened  at  New-Brunswick. 

To  be  sold,  three  doors  below  Mr.  Leary's  livery  stables, 
in  Leary's  street,  a  variety  of 
New  Sadlery  Ware, 
Among  which  are  ladies  hunting  saddles,  with  hand- 
some housings  fring'd;    Burking's  hunting  do,  with  doe- 
skin seats,  full  welted  hog-skin  do.  plain  hunting  do.  chair 
do.  and  two  neat  race  saddles;    they  are  all  made  of  the 

best  rivetted  trees  from  Elizabeth-Town 

Francis  Fathergill. 
— -The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and  JVeekly  Mcrcnry,  No. 
861,  May  2,  1768. 

A  New  Map  of  the  Province  of  New-York  and  New- 
Jersey,  with  Part  of  Pennsylvania,  and  the  Government 
of  Trois  Rivieres  and  Montreal,  drawn  by  Capt.  Holland, 
engraved  by  Thomas  Jeffries,  Geographer  to  his  Majesty; 
four  and  a  half  Feet  high.  Breadth  21  inches:  .... 
Sold  by  G.  Duyckinck,  at  the  Universal  Store,  at  the 
Corner  of  the  Old  Slip-Market. — Tlie  Nezu  York  Journal 
or  General  Advertiser,  No.  iz^2,  May  5,  1768. 

Philadelphia,  May  5 
By  Captain  Noble,  from  Glasgow  we  have  Advice,  that 
the  Brig  Peggy,  Captain  Spier,  was  to  sail  from  thence 
for  this  Place  about  the  latter  end  of  April,  with  whom 

1  Hunterdon. 


156  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

are   coming    Passengers,    the    Rev.    Mr.    Witherspoon, 
President  of  the  New-Jersey  College,  and  his  Family. 

To  be  sold,  or  exchanged  for  a  small  Farm,  within  15 
or  20  Miles  of  Philadelphia 

A  VERY  valnable  and  well  situated  Plantation,  and  Tract 
of  Land,  in  the  Township  of  Alloway's  Creek,  County  of 
Salem,  and  Province  of  West-New-Jersey,  containing 
about  600  Acres,  with  good  Brick  Buildings,  Barn,  Out- 
houses, Orchard,  Timber,  wild  INIarsh,  Meadow  Ground 
and  cleared  Land  in  Proportion,  and  every  other  Conve- 
niencv,  either  for  producing  Grain,  or  grazing.  For  Par- 
ticulars, enquire  of  William  Hewlings,  Escj;  in  Bur- 
lington; John  Hart,  in  Philadelphia;  Joseph  Hart,  at 
Port  Penn;  Edward  Test,  Esq;  in  Salem;  or  Samuel 
Oakford,  on  the  Premises. 

N.  B.  If  sold,  any  reasonable  Time  will  be  given  for 
Payment  of  the  Purchase-money,  giving  Security,  if  re- 
quired, and  paying  Interest. 

To  be  Sold,  by  the  subscriber,  and  may  be  entered  on 
immediately. 
A  Good  House,  Tanyard,  and  well  improved  Lot,  of 
near  4  acres  of  land,  in  Haddonfield,  New- Jersey,  about  7 
miles  from  Philadelphia,  being  a  healthful  and  pleasant 
spot.  The  advantages  of  its  situation  for  procuring  the 
best  of  bark,  hides  and  large  Jersey  calf  skins,  in  great 
numbers,  is  thought  to  be  superior  to  most,  and  inferior 
to  none  in  Pennsylvania  or  the  Jerseys.  The  place  will  l)e 
sold  Avith  or  without  the  stock,  in  the  tanyard,  and  credit 
given  for  the  greatest  part  of  the  money,  the  purchaser 
paying  interest  for  the  same.  The  time  of  two  servants, 
tanners,  also  to  be  sold.     For  further  particulars,  apply  on 

the  premises  to  John  Langdale. 

ft 
— llic  Pciinsyh'ouia  Garjcitc,  No.  2054,  May  5,  1768. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  157 

The  CENTINEL.    No.  VII. 
[Signed  A.  B.,  and  is  over  two  columns  long.] 

TO  BE  SOLD, 
A  Valuable  plantation  or  tract  of  land,  in  the  township 
of  New  Stafford,  and  county  of  Monmouth,  in  New-Jer- 
sey, containing  about  340  acres,  about  240  of  which  is 
cleared  and  in  good  fence.  100  of  good  salt  marsh,  40  of 
good  English  meadow,  100  of  upland,  and  the  rest  wood 
land;  there  is  on  the  premises,  a  good  two  story  house 
with  four  rooms  on  a  floor,  a  kitchen  adjoining,  a  large 
barn  and  other  out  houses,  a  number  of  good  young  apple 
trees,  a  well  of  good  water  at  the  door.  The  title  is  in- 
disputable. For  further  particulars  and  terms  of  sale, 
enquire  of  George  Haywood,  in  Evesham,  in  the  county 
of  Burlington,  or  to  Thomas  Elaywood,  on  the  premises. 

ARRIVALS. 
Capt.  Smithhurst,  from  Salem,  at  Barbados. 

The  following  is  a  List  of  the  Masters  names,  &c.  zvho 
had  their  salt  taken  azvay  by  Capt.  Gregory,  of  his  Maj- 
esty's Ship  Searborough  at  Tortuga. 
....  Capt.  Riker,  Capt.  Gregory  of  Piscataway.  from 
on  board  their  vessels  and  from  the  pond. — The  Pennsyl- 
vania Chroniele,  No.  70,  May  9-16,  1768. 

London,  March  12.  They  write  from  Perth-Amboy,  in 
America,  that  many  hundred  yards  of  broad  cloth,  lately 
manufactured  there,  had  been  sold  at  public  vendue  for 
I2S.  sterling  per  yard,  esteemed  little  inferior  to  the  best 
English  drab. 

To  be  sold,  and  entered  upon  immediately, 
A  Tract  of  land  lying  in  IV  ay  cake  creek,  in  Middletown. 


158  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

Monmouth  county,  New- Jersey,  containing  by  estimation 
150  acres,  upland  and  meadows,  the  most  of  which  is 
wood-land,  and  affords  a  large  quantity  of  pine  timber  of 
all  sizes  and  lengths,  fitting  for  docking  or  other  uses,  and 
lays  adjoining  to  a  navigable  creek,  on  one  side,  and  open 
to  the  bay  on  the  other;  there  is  on  it  a  small  house,  near 
the  creek,  and  a  good  landing.  It  has  been  noted  for  a 
good  place  to  keep  a  store,  having  a  good  country  of  able 
Farmers  about  it,  and  is  thought  a  store  open'd  now,  would 
meet  Mnth  large  encouragement,  there  being  none  within 
less  than  8  miles.  Whoever  inclines  to  purchase,  may  ap- 
ply to  Mr.  Isaac  Conore,  in  New-York,  or  the  widow 
Sarah  Dennis,  living  near  the  premises,  who  will  agree 
on  reasonable  terms,  and  give  an  indisputable  title  to  the 
purchaser. — The  New  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury, 
No.  862,  May  9,  1768. 

To  the  Public 

[Figure  of  stage  wagon,  drazvn  by  four  Jiorses.] 

That  the  Stage- Waggons,  kept  by  JoJm  Barnhill,  in 
Elm-Street,  in  Philadelphia,  and  John  Mereereau,  at  the 
Neiv-Blazing  Star,  near  Nezv-York,  continues  their  Stages 
in  two  Days,  from  Powles-Hook  Ferry,  opposite  Nezv- 
York,  to  Philadelphia;  returns  from  Philadelphia  to 
Pozvles-PIook  in  two  Days  also;  they  will  endeavour  to 
oblige  the  Publick  by  keeping  the  best  of  Waggons  and 
sober  Drivers,  and  sets  out  from  Pozvle  Hook  and  Phila- 
delphia, on  Mondays  and  Thursdays,  punctually  at  Sun- 
rise, and  meets  at  Prinee  Tozvn  the  same  Nights,  to  ex- 
change Passengers,  and  each  return  the  Day  after  :  Those 
who  are  kind  enough  to  encourage  the  Undertaking,  are 
desired  to  cross  Pozvles  Hook  Ferry  the  Evenings  before, 
as  they  must  set  off  early:  The  Price  for  each  Passenger 
is  Ten  Shillings  to  Prince  Tozvn,  and  from  thence  to  Phil- 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  159 

adelphia,  Ten  Shillings  more,  Ferriage  free :  There  will 
be  but  two  Waggons,  but  four  sets  of  fresh  Horses,  so  it 
will  be  very  safe  for  any  Person  to  send  Goods,  as  there 
are  but  two  Drivers;  they  may  exchange  their  Goods 
without  any  Mistake.  Persons  may  now  go  from  Nezv- 
York  to  Philadelphia,  and  back  again  in  five  Days,  and 
remain  in  Philadelphia  two  Nights  and  one  Day  to  do 
their  Business  in :  The  Public  may  be  assured  that  this 
Road  is  much  the  shortest,  than  any  other  to  Philadelphia, 
and  regular  Stages  will  be  kept  by  the  Publick's  obliged 
humble  Servants, 

John  Mercereau,  and 
John  Barnhill. 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1323,  May  9,  1768. 

The  Centinel,  No.  VIII. 

[signed  A.  B.  and  is  nearly  three  columns  long   |  —  The 
Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1327,  May  12,  1768. 

By  virtue  of  several  Writs  to  me  directed,  on  the 
twenty  third  day  of  July  next,  will  be  exposed  to  sale,  on 
the  premises,  two  plantations,  or  tracts  of  land;  the 
one  containing  two  hundred  acres,  forty  of  which  are  good 
meadow,  within  bank,  and  sixty  acres  cleared  land,  within 
good  fence;  also  a  good  peach  and  apple  orchard,  a  good 
dwelling-house,  with  three  rooms  on  a  floor,  and  a  large 
frame  barn. 

The  other  about  one  hundred  and  thirty  acres  of  land, 
thirty  acres  of  which  is  good  meadow,  within  good  bank, 
and  a  good  peach  and  apple  orchard;  a  good  dwelling 
house,  with  two  rooms  on  a  floor,  both  situated  on  the 
west  side  of  Oldman's  Creek,  in  Penn's  Neck,  in  the 
county  aforesaid;   also  a  good  landing  on  each  plantation; 


l60  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

late  the  j^roperty  of  George  Lawrence,  seized  and  taken 
in  execution  by 

Edward  Test,  Sheriff. 
Salem,  May  17,  1768. 

To  the  Public. 

The  subscriber,  at  the  Royal  Oak  inn,  in  Trenton,  after 
returning  thanks  to  the  public  in  general,  and  his  friends 
in  particular,  begs  leave  to  acquaint  them,  that  he  is  re- 
moved from  the  house  he  lately  lived  in,  to  the  brick  cor- 
ner house,  opposite  Samuel  Tucker's,  Esq;  formerly  kept 
by  Robert  Rutherford,  where  he  hopes  for  the  continuance 
of  their  favours,  to  their  very  humble  servant, 

Renselaer  Williams. 

Forty  shillings  reward. 

Borrowed  by  William  Godfrey,  and  his  wife,  of  the 
subscriber,  to  go  seven  or  eight  miles,  on  the  twenty-fifth 
of  April  last,  a  dark  roan  horse,  with  a  mealy  nose,  has 
several  saddle  spots,  and  a  lump  at  the  end  of  the  saddle 
next  the  crooper;  lops  his  ears  when  rode  slow,  goes 
heavy  in  his  pace;  when  put  on  his  courage,  is  spj'v,  trots 
smart  and  large,  one  of  his  hind  ancle  joints  is  tliicker 
than  the  other,  but  does  not  hurt  his  travelling,  is  sure- 
footed, is  about  thirteen  hands  three  inches  high;  had 
no  shoes  on  when  taken  away,  had  a  switch  tail,  was  not 
trimmed,  but  may  be  altered,  branded  H  S,  and  anotlier 
lirand  under  the  other,  ui^side  down,  not  so  plain  as  the 
H  S  on  the  near  buttock,  is  nine  years  old;  also  had  with 
the  horse,  an  old  side-saddle,  with  a  l)lue  plush  seat,  and 
leather  skirts,  and  a  bridle  almost  new.  one  rein  chewed. 
— The  man  is  of  a  middle  stature,  tliin  pale  face,  has  lost 
his  upper  teeth,  except  one,  winks  his  eyes  when  speaking, 
is  about  fiftv  years  old,  brownish  hair,  had  on  a  new  jiair 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  161 

of  boots,  and  a  new  pair  of  worsted  stockings;  otherwise 
poorly  dressed. — His  wife  is  short,  round  faced,  and  dou- 
ble chinned;  borrowed  at  the  same  time,  a  linsey  petti- 
coat with  yellow  and  other  stripes,  but  mostly  yellow,  the 
other  part  of  her  dress  cannot  be  particulariz'd;  she  is  a 
school-mistress,  and  handy  with  her  needle — For  securing 
the  horse,  and  giving  notice  to  the  owner,  living  in  Knoul- 
ton  township,  in  the  county  of  Sussex,  in  the  province  of 
New-Jersey,  so  that  the  subscriber  may  have  him  again, 
shall  have  the  above  reward,  with  reasonable  charges,  paid 
by 

Philip  Bellus. 

N.  B.    The  last  account  of  him  was  at  the  Great  Swamp, 
at  Tomkin's  tavern  in  Pennsylvania. 

BURLINGTON,   May  21. 
On  Thursday  last  was  married  in  this  City,  Mr.  Will- 
iam DiLLWYN,  to  Miss  Sally  Smith,  Daughter  of  John 
Smith,  Esq;  a  young  Lady  possessed  of  every  Accom- 
plishment requisite  to  render  the  married  State  happy.-^ 

By  His  Excellency 
WILLIAM  FRANKLIN,  Esq; 
Captain  General,  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  in 
and  over  His  Majesty's  Province  of  New-Jersey,  and 
Territories  thereon  depending  in  America,  Chancellor 
and  Vice- Admiral  in  the  same,  &c. 

A   PROCLAMATION. 
Whereas   the   House   of    General    Assembly   of   this 

1  Sarah  Logan  Smith,  dau.  of  the  Plon.  John  Smith,  of  Franklin  Park, 
Burlington,  and  Hannah  Logan  (dau.  of  James  Logan,  of  Stenton. 
Cliief  Justice  of  Pennsylvania),  was  b.  Aug.  29,  1749;  m.  "William 
Dillwyn,  of  Philadelphia,  May  19,  1T6S;  d.  April  2.3.  1769.  He  removed 
to  Higham  Lodge,  Middlesex,  England.  Issue:  Susannah  Dillwvn,  b. 
March  3,  1769;  m.  Samuel  Emlen,  of  West  Hill.  April  16,  1795;  d.  s.  p. 
Nov.  24.  1S19.  TS'illiam  Dillwyn  was  a  brother  of  the  famous  Quaker 
preacher  and  philosoplier,  George  Dillwyn,  who  was  b.  in  Philadelphia. 
26th  of  2d  mo,.  1738,  entered  the  ministry  in  his  28th  year,  traveled 
extensively  in  his  work,  spending  the  years  1784  to  1791  in  Europe,  and 
again.  179:^  to  1802.  in  Great  Bi'itain,  and  residing  in  Burlington,  N.  J., 
from  1802  until  his  death.  23d  of  61h   mo..   1820. 

n 


It)2  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

Province  have,  by  Message,  requested  of  me  a  Dissolution, 
that  their  Constituents  may  have  an  Opportunity  of  a  new 
Election  of  Representatives :  I,  being  willing  and  de- 
sirous to  gratify  the  good  People  of  this  Province  in  every 
reasonable  Request,  do  therefore,  by  Virtue  of  the  Pow- 
er and  Authority  to  me  given  by  his  present  Majesty, 
under  the  Great  Seal  of  Great-Britain,  dissolve  this  pres- 
ent Assembly,  and  they  are  hereby  accordingly  dissolved, 
of  which  all  Persons  concerned  are  to  take  Notice,  and 
govern  themselves  accordingly. 

Given  under  my  Hand  and  Seal  at  Arms,  in  Coun- 
cil, at  the  City  of  Burlington,  this  sixteenth  Day 
of  May,  in  the  eighth  Year  of  His  Majesty's 
Reign,  Anno.  Dom.  1768. 

WILLIAM  FRANKLIN. 

By  his  Excellency's  Command, 
Jos.  Reed,  jun.  D.  Secretary. 
God  save  the  King. 

[Writs  are  issued  for  a  new  Election  in  New-Jersey, 
returnable  the  tzventy-Hfth  of  June  next.] 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  71,  May  16-23, 
1768. 

All  Persons  who  have  any  Demands  against  the  Es- 
tate of  Mr.  John  Stearndall,^  of  Rockey-Hill,  deceased, 
are  desired  to  bring  in  their  Accounts  to  the  Subscriber, 
for  an  Adjustment;  and  all  those  who  are  indebted  to  said 
Estate,  are  desired  to  pay  the  same  without  further  delay, 
to  Richard  Curson,  Administrator,  or  to  Jacob  Bergen, 
Esq;  of  Rockey-hill. 

Was  left  at  the  Powles-Hook  Ferry  House,  in  New- 


1  Mr.    Slearndall    operated    the    copper    mines    at    Second    River    (now 
Belleville")  and  Rocky  Hill,  near  New  Brunswick,  at  various  times. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  1 63 

York,  some  of  them  a  considerable  Time  ago,  2  Surtouts 
and  a  close  bodied  Coat.  Whoever  has  left  them,  by  ap- 
plying to  William  Sloe,  at  the  Ferry  House,  proving  their 
Property,  and  paying  the  Charges,  may  have  them  again. 

To  be  Let  for  a  Year,  or  the  Summer  Season. 
The  House  and  Lot,  wherein  George  Ross,  Esq;  lately 
lived,  in  Elizabeth-Town,  remarkably  for  its  pleasant  Sit- 
uation. For  further  Particulars  enquire  of  Joseph  Wood- 
ruff, Jun.  Esq;  there,  or  Mr.  Kelly,  in  New  York.— The 
Nezv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  863,  May 
16,  1768. 

Nezv-York,  May  16.  We  hear  from  Perth-Amhoy, 
that  on  Tuesday  last  his  Excellency  the  Governor  of  New- 
Jersey,  gave  his  Assent  to  the  following  23  Acts  of  the 
General  Assembly  of  the  Province,  viz. 

An  Act  for  the  Support  of  Government. 

An  Act  for  the  Relief  of  Lisolvent  Debtors. 

An  Act  to  erect  and  establish  Courts  in  the  several 
Counties,  for  the  Trial  of  small  Causes. 

An  Act  to  appoint  Commissioners  to  furnish  the  Bar- 
racks. 

An  Act  for  better  regulating  Constables,  Vendues,  and 
Taverns. 

An  Act  to  continue  an  Act  for  granting  a  Bounty  on 
Hemp,  Flax,  &c. 

An  Act  for  the  Trial  of  Slaves  for  Murder,  and  other 
Crimes,  &c. 

An  Act  for  the  Septennial  Election  of  Representatives, 
to  serve  in  General  Assembly,  in  the  Colony  of  New-Jer- 
sey. 

An  Act  for  chusing  Representatives  in  the  Counties  of 
Morris,  Cumberland,  and  Sussex. 


164  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

An  Act  to  regulate  the  Fishery  in  the  Eastern  Division, 
from  the  Mouth  of  Rariton,  Northward. 

An  Act  to  impower  the  Inhabitants  of  Bridgewater  and 
Bedminster,  in  the  County  of  Somerset,  to  repair  their 
Highways  by  Hire. 

An  Act  to  impower  the  Inhabitants  of  Pequanock  in 
Morris  County,  to  repair  their  Highways  by  Hire,  &c. 

An  Act  to  repair  pubHc  Roads  in  South  Amboy  by 
Hire,  &c. 

An  Act  to  repair  and  amend  the  Roads  and  Streets  in 
the  North  Ward  of  Perth-Amboy,  &c. 

An  Act  to  build  a  Bridge  over  South-River,  &c. 

A  Supplementary  Act  to  an  Act,  to  regulate  the  Method 
of  taking  Fish  in  Delaware  River,  &c. 

An  Act  to  enable  Creditors  more  easily  to  recover  Debts 
from  joint  Partners. 

An  Act  appointing  Commissioners  to  sell  a  Quantity  of 
Gun-Powder  and  Lead,  &c.  belonging  to  the  Colony. 

An  Act  to  oblige  the  Assessors  to  deliver  Duplicates  of 
their  Assessments. 

An  Act  to  oblige  Town-Officers  to  hand  over  the  Laws 
to  their  Successors. 

An  Act  to  enable  the  Owners  and  Possessors  of  the 
Lower  Meadows  on  Woodbury  Creek,  to  dam  out  the 
Tide. 

And  to  two  Naturalization  Bills,  after  which  his  Excel- 
lency was  pleased  to  prorogue  the  General  Assembly  to 
the  31st  Instant.- — The  Ah-iv  York  Ga:::cttc  or  JVcckly 
Post  Boy,  N'o.  1324,  il/(73'  i6.  176S. 

Nezv-York,  May  19.  On  Wednesday  last,  the  Annual 
Convention  of  the  Episcopal  Ministers  of  this  Province, 
Connecticut  and  New-Jersey,  was  held  in  this  City.  A 
larger  Number  of  Ministers  were  present,  than  ever  as- 
seiuliled  before  upon  the  like  Occasion. 


Cut 

OF 

Runaway 
Negro 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  165 

Run  away  May  the  14th  1768,  from 

the  subscriber  in  Middletown,  a  Negro 

man  named  York,  about  five  feet  nine 

inches  high,  18  years  of  age,  weh  set, 

has  one  of  his  fore  teeth  broke  near 

the  gum ;    had  on  when  he  went  away, 

a  suit  of  homespun  mixt  grey  clothes, 

shoes  and  stockings,  brass  buckles,  and 

a  cock'd  felt  hat,  with  a  white  metal 

button.    Whoever  takes  up  said  Negro 

and  secures  him,  so  that  his  master  can  have  him,  shall 

have  twenty  shillings  reward,  and  all  charges,  paid  by 

me, 

Cyrenius  Van  Mater. 

— Tlie  Nczv  York  Joujiial  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1324,  May  19,  1768. 

Whereas  Darby  Durell,  of  Lower  Penn's  Neck,  in 
the  county  of  Salem,  and  Province  of  New-Jersey,  did 
bargain  and  sell  unto  Lewis  Catts,  and  William  Guest, 
both  of  Upper  Penn's  Neck,  in  the  county  and  province 
aforesaid,  a  wood  boat,  of  the  burthen  of  10  cords  of  wood, 
which  said  Lewis  Catts  and  William  Guest,  did  give  their 
bond  to  said  Darby  Durell  for  £60,  lawful  money  of  the 
province  aforesaid,  being  the  sum  they  agreed  and  bar- 
gain'd  for  said  boat.  And  as  the  obligation  of  this  bond 
was  such,  that  the  said  Darby  Durell  was  to  give  to  the 
said  Lewis  Catts,  and  William  Guest,  a  proper  bill  of  sale 
for  said  boat,  and  to  indemnify  them,  the  said  Lewis  Catts, 
and  William  Guest,  from  any  claim  or  claims  that  any 
person  or  persons,  might  have  against  said  boat;  which 
obligation  was  never  executed  by  the  said  Darby  Durell, 
as  he  was  not  the  sole  owner  of  her,  nor  was  he  legally 
authorized  to  sell  said  boat;   therefore  this  is  to  give  pub- 


1 66  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

lie  notice,  that  should  the  said  Darby  Durell  attempt  to 
assign  over  to  any  person  or  persons  whatsoever,  our 
bond  for  said  boat,  that  we  will  never  consent  to  pay  the 
bond,  as  we  can  make  it  appear  that  it  was  illegally  entered 
into,  should  it  be  required;  as  witness  our  hands  this 
14th  of  May,  1768. 

William  Guest,  junior,  Lewis  Catts. 

— The  Pennsylvania   Ga:sette,   No.    2056,   Ma\    19, 
1768. 

The  Centinel,  No.  IX.^ 

Just  published,  and  to  be  sold  by 

William  and  Thomas  Bradford, 

A   LETTER, 

CONCERNING  AN 

AMERICAN  BISHOP,  &c. 

To  Dr.   BRADBURY  CHANDLER,   Rector  of 

St.  John's  Church,  in  EVwaheth-Tozvn, 

In  Answer  to  the 

APPENDIX 

Of  His  APPEAL  to  the  public,  &c. 

The  APPEAL 

TO    THE 

PUBLIC  ANSWERED, 

In  behalf  of  the  Non-Episcopal 

CHURCHES  in  AMERICA 

CONTAINING 

Remarks  on  what  Dr.  Thomas  Bradbury  Chandler 

had  advanced,  on  the  four  following  Points, 

The  Original  and  Nature  of  the  Episcopal  Office. 

Reasons  for  sending  Bistrops  to  America. 

The  Plan  on  which  it  is  proposed  to  send  them. 


1  Two  CDlumiis. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  167 

And  the  Objections  against  sending  them  obviated  and 

refuted. 
Wherein  the 
Reasons  for  an  American  Episcopate  are  shewn  to  be 
insufficient,  and  the  Objections  against  it  in  full  Force. 

By  CHARLES  CHAUNCY,  D.  D. 
And  Pastor  of  the  first  Church  of  Christ  in  Boston} 


Amwell,  province  of  West  Nczv  Jersey,  May  i6. 
Whereas  Ruth,  the  wife  of  John  Corwine,  hath  been 
eloped  from  him  ever  since  September  last,  and  doth  re- 
fuse to  return  to  her  husband,  and  be  in  her  duty  as  a 
lawful  wife,  but  hath  joined  with  other  men  against  him, 
to  the  great  damage  of  him  and  his  children,  and  hath  run 
him  considerably  in  debt :  And  further  to  inform  the  pub- 
lic that  notice  hath  been  given  in  December  last,  forwarn- 
ing  all  people  from  trusting  her  upon  his  account ;  which 
advertisements  hath  been  privately  taken  down :  I  do 
hereby  forwarn  any  person  or  persons,  whatsoever,  of 
trusting  her  upon  my  account,  and  of  harbouring  any  of 
the  goods  which  she  hath  taken  with  her,  upon  their  peril ; 
therefore  I  shall  pay  no  debts  by  her  contracted  from  De- 
cember last;    nor  from  the  present  date  hereof. 

John  Corwine. 

Pursuant  to  an  Act  of  General  Assembly  of  the  Prov- 
ince of  New- Jersey,  lately  published,  entituled,  "an  Act 
for  the  relief  of  insolvent  debtors,"  We  the  subscribers, 
being  now  confined  in  the  goal  of  the  County  of  Hunter- 
don, and  we  have  petitioned  the  judges  of  the  inferior 
court  of  Common  Pleas  for  the  benefit  of  said  Act  and 
filed  a  schedule  of  effects,  do  give  notice  to  all  our  credi- 
tors to  appear  and  shew  cause,  if  any  they  have,  on  the 

1  See  p.  79,  ante,  note. 


l68  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

ninth  day  of  June  next,  at  two  oclock  in  the  afternoon,  of 
the  same  day,  before  the  judges  of  the  said  court,  at  the 
dwelling  house  of  Charles  Axford,  Junior  in  Trenton,  why 
we  should  not  be  discharged  agreeable  to  the  directions  of 
the  said  act. 

Samuel  Hunt,  Ezekial  Anderson,  Josiah  Furman,  Jun. 
Ralph  Norton,  John  Throckmorton,  Samuel  Preston,  God- 
frey Peters,  Samuel  Smith,  Samuel  Stevenson,  James 
Cumberford,  John  Heming,  John  Edwards,  Nicholas 
Bowers,  Philip  M'Dermot,  Harmon  Waggoner,  Daniel 
Okerson,  Grover  Stout,  John  Stiers,  Jun.  John  ]\Ioore. 
Mathias  Sweesey.  George  Miller,  Samuel  Saterly,  Jacob 
Wildracke,  William  Coxe,  John  Lee,  Josiah  Furman, 
senr. — Tlie  Pennsylvania  Jonrnal,  No.  1328,  Ma\  19, 
1768. 

A  Paragraph  from   a  Correspondent  at   Princeton. 
Stoncy-Brook,  in  Nezv- Jersey,  May  25,    1768. 

On  the  8th  Instant  departed  this  Life,  in  the  68th  Year 
of  his  Age,  John  Clark,  a  Man  of  an  amiable  Character, 
-  -  -  -  of  whom  it  may  be  truly  said,  that  he  was  a  loving 
Husband,  a  tender  Parent,  an  indulgent  Master,  and  an 
obliging  Neighbour;  which  makes  his  Death  greatly  la- 
mented. His  remains  were  decentlv  interred  in  the 
Quaker's  Burying-Ground  (of  which  Society  he  was  a 
Member)  at  this  Place,  on  the  Tuesday  following,  attend- 
ed by  a  large  Concourse  of  People. 

THREE  POUNDS  Reward. 

Run  away  from  the  subscriber,  living  in  New-Jersey, 
near  Princeton,  on  the  twentieth  of  this  Listant,  May,  a 
Dutch  servant  man,  named  Paulus  Abzicher,  alias  Peter 
Abzicher,  speaks  very  little  English,  aged  about  forty 
years,  six  feet  high  or  upwards;    he  is  a  well-set  lusty 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  169 

fellow,  of  a  stern  countenance,  has  a  large  nose,  and  of  a 
sandy  complexion,  a  very  large  beard;  had  on  when  he 
went  away,  a  felt  hat,  about  half  worn,  a  new  homespun 
drugget  coat,  of  a  snuff  colour,  with  white  metal  buttons, 
a  good  jacket,  without  sleeves,  of  a  greyish  colour,  with  a 
stripe  of  a  different  colour,  under  each  arm,  running  down- 
wards, without  pockets,  a  good  homespun  shirt,  old  sheep- 
skin breeches,  much  worn,  pale  blue  yarn  stockings,  and 
good  shoes,  with  strings  in  them.  Whoever  takes  up  and 
secures  said  servant,  in  any  of  his  Majesty's  goals,  so  that 
his  master  may  have  him  again,  shall  have  the  above  re- 
ward, paid  by  me, 

Isaac  Clarke. 

The  Sturgeon  Manufactory, 

Is  Now  carried  on  by  Elijah  Bond,  near  Trenton, 
under  the  care  and  inspection  of  Mrs.  Broadfield,  whose 
knowledge  and  experience  in  that  branch  of  business  is 
well  known,  where  any  person  may  be  supplied,  either  for 
shipping  or  home  consumption,  at  Fifteen  Shillings 
for  a  single  three-gallon  keg,  or  Twelve  Shillings  and 
Six  Pence  by  the  quantity,  and  in  proportion  for  larger 
kegs  : — Warranted  good. 

N.  B.  They  are  also  sold  at  Coxe  and  Furman's 
store,  in  Water-Street,  at  the  same  rates. — The  Penn- 
sylvania Chronicle,  No.  72.  May  23-30,  1768. 

Nezv-York,  May  23.  We  hear  from  Newark,  That  last 
Friday  Morning  their  Town  Hall  was  near  being  con- 
sumed to  Ashes,  supposed  to  have  taken  Fire  by  a  live 
Cinder  dropping  upon  the  Roof  from  a  Chimney  in  one 
of  the  Apartments,  but  was  happily  extinguished  by  the 
Dexerity  of  the  Inhabitants  without  doing  any  other  Dam- 
age than  consuming  Part  of  the  Roof. 


170  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

Newark,  May  20,  1768. 
Pursuant  to  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
Province  of  New-Jersey,  lately  published,  entitled,  an 
"Act  for  the  Relief  of  Insolvent  Debtors,"  we  the  Sub- 
scribers being-  now  confined  in  the  Gaol  of  Essex  County, 
and  having  petitioned  the  Judges  of  the  Inferior  Court  of 
Common  Pleas,  for  the  Benefit  of  said  Act,  and  filed  a 
Schedule  of  Effects,  do  give  Notice  to  all  our  Creditors 
to  appear,  and  shew  Cause,  if  any  they  have,  on  the  14th 
of  June  next,  at  two  o' Clock  in  the  Afternoon  of  the  same 
Day,  before  the  Judges  of  the  said  Court,  at  the  Court- 
House  of  Essex  County  in  Newark,  why  we  should  not 
be  discharged,  agreeable  to  the  Direction  of  the  said  Act. 

Samuel  Jynnor^  David  Ball. 

Nathaniel  Wade.  Jonas  Ball. 

Abraham  Sayre.  Joseph  Budd. 

Samuel  Stivers.  Thomas  Bradbury. 

Baskenridgc,  Somerset  County,  May  16,  1/68. 
EivE  Pounds  Reward. 
Peter  Graham,  a  Person  who  was  apprehended,  and 
brought  before  Justice  Ahuood  this  Day,  for  counterfeit- 
ing three  Notes,  one  against  John  Cooper,  for  Ten  Pounds, 
one  against  Hugli  Cahcell  for  about  the  same  Sum,  the 
other  against  Thomas  Biirgic  for  Eight  Pounds;  who 
upon  his  Examination  confessed  the  same,  but  refused  to 
give  them  up,  and  upon  his  Way  to  the  Goal,  made  his 
Escape  from  the  Constable :  The  said  Graham,  is  an 
Irishman,  about  5  Feet  10  Inches  high,  a  Weaver  by 
Trade,  a  thick  set  Eellow,  talks  broad,  of  a  fair  Complex- 
ion, with  black  Hair;  had  on  when  he  made  his  Escape, 
a  light  coloured  Coat,  Jacket  and  Breeches;  whoever  takes 
up  the  said  Fellow,  and  secures  him  in  any  of  his  Majes- 
ty's Goals,  so  that  he  may  be  brought  to  Justice,  shall  have 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  I?! 

the  above  Reward  paid  by  the  Subscribers;  and  hkewise 
we  do  forwarn  all  Persons  whatsoever  from  taking  said 
Notes,  as  we  shall  by  no  Means  pay  the  same,  or  any 
other  he  may  counterfeit  against  us. 

John  Cooper, 
Hugh  Calwell, 
Thomas  Burgie. 

— The  New  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1325,  May  23,  1768. 

Ten  Pounds  Reward 
There  are  missing  from  the  Owner,  four  Conveyances, 
viz.  one  from  Thomas  Atherton  to  Mark  Newby,  for  one 
Twentieth  of  a  Propriety  of  West  Jersey;  one  from 
James  Atkinson  to  Mordecai  Howell,  dated  5th  and  6th 
March,  1704;  one  from  said  Howell  to  Peter  Stretch, 
dated  26th  July,  1707;  one  from  said  Stretch  to  Abraham 
Porter,  dated  23d  and  24th  August  1709,  each  for  300 
Acres  of  Land  in  West  Jersey;  and  as  it  is  apprehended 
that  other  Interests  may  have  been  conveyed,  by  the  afore- 
said Conveyances,  or  some  of  them,  and  of  Consequence 
other  Titles  depend  thereon,  it  may  occasion  their  being 
in  the  Hands  of  the  Persons  who  now  have  them.  If  such 
Person,  or  any  other,  will  give  Information  of  the  above 
Deeds,  so  that  they  may  be  had  of  Record,  by  applying  to 
Peter  Thompson,  Conveyancer,  in  Philadelphia,  or  James 
Kinsey,  Esq;  in  Burlington,  they  shall  receive  the  above 
Reward. 

Three  Pounds  Reward. 
Run  away  the  3d  of  May  inst.  from  the  Subscribers,  in 
Cumberland  County,  West  New  Jersey,  two  Negroe  Men, 
one  about  5  Feet  10  or  11  Inches  high,  named  Peter;  had 
with  him  two  Felt  Hats,  i  fine  Shirt,  i  Woollen,  and  2 
coarse  Ditto,  a  Thickset  Coat,  with  a  Cape,  a  black  Cut- 


172  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

Velvet  Jacket,  blue  Plnsh  Breeches,  a  Pair  of  Leather 
Ditto,  2  Pair  of  Woollen  ribbed  Stockings,  i  Pair  of 
Thread  Ditto,  2  Pair  of  Shoes,  Brass  Buckles,  and  5  or 
6  Caps.  The  other  named  Will,  is  a  stout  well  set  Fel- 
low, not  quite  so  tall  as  Peter;  had  with  him,  when  he 
went  away,  one  brown  Jacket,  i  old  Ditto,  without 
Sleeves,  blue  Breeches,  no  Hat.  As  they  are  artful  Fel- 
lows, it  is  not  unlikely  they  may  change  their  Cloaths  and 
Names,  the  latter  came  from  Carolina,  and  it  is  likely  they 
may  try  to  get  there  again;  and  as  he  can  write,  and  they 
have  taken  Pen  and  Ink  with  them,  it  is  not  unlikely  they 
will  produce  a  Pass.  Whoever  secures  said  Negroes,  so 
as  their  Masters  may  have  them  again,  shall  have  the  above 
Reward,  or  Thirty  Shillings  for  either  of  them,  paid  by 

Ephraim  Seely 
Isaac  Antrin. 

New-York,  May  23 
We  hear  from  New-Ark  that,  on  Friday  last,  the  Court- 
House  of  that  Town,  by  an  Accident,  supposed  to  arise 
from  the  Chimney's  taking  Fire,  was  like  to  have  been 
reduced  to  Ashes;  but  by  the  extraordinary  Dexterity  of 
the  Inhabitants,  it  was  happily  prevented  from  doing  any 
other  Damage,  than  burning  Part  of  the  Roof. 

Philadelphia 
Captain  Blewer  from  Quebec,  on  Monday  the  i6th  In- 
stant, spoke  the  Captains  Flardcastle  and  Chancellor,  and 
saw  Captain  Sparks,  who  had  all  left  our  Capes  that  Day. 

To  be  Sold  by  the  Subscriber, 

By  way  of  public  vendue,  on  Monday,  the  13th  of  June 

next,  if  not  sold  by  private  sale  before, 

A  Valuable  tract  of  land  in  Evesham ^ 

David  Oliphant 

1  See  a  fuller  advertisement  in  No.  2014,  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  July  30, 
1767,  N.  J.  Archives,  XXV.,  420-422. 


1768] 


NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  1/3 


N.  B.     Great  bargains  to  be  had  here. — TJie  Pennsyl- 
vania Gazette,  No.  2057,  May  26,  1768. 

The  Centinel,  No.  X.^ 

The  American  WHIG.     [No  VI.] 
Doctor  Chandler's  Appeal,  begins  with  a  denial  of  the 
validity  of  the  ordination  of  all  the  protestant  ministers 
in  the  world,  except  those  of  his  own  denomination   .... 

^It  is  not  long  since  the  Rev.  Moiis.  Haudiii/ 

took  the  pastoral  charge  of  the  episcopal  church  of  Tren- 
ton, in  New- Jersey,  and  afterwards  that  of  New-Rochelle, 
zvitJioiit  any  rcordination;  but  before  Mr.  Munroe  could 
be  qualified  to  serve  the  chappel  of  Philipsburg,  he  was 
obliged  to  make  a  visit  to  the  bishop  of  London,  for  his 
hand  and  his  blessing — The  Pennsylvania  Jour- 
nal, No.  1329,  May  26,  1768. 

Alloways  Creek  Neck,  June  6,  1768. 
Run  away  on  the  29th  of  May,  an  Irish  servant  man, 
who  speaks  good  English,  named  James  Herron :  Had 
on,  when  he  went  away,  a  blue  cloth  coat,linsey  jacket, 
with  yellow  buttons,  tow  shirt,  and  black  neck-cloth,  tow 
trowsers,  and  an  old  beaver  hat,  no  stockings,  a  new  pair 
of  shoes,  with  brass  buckles,  has  black  hair,  stoops  when 
walking,  he  is  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  and  is  an  ill-looking 


1  Nearly  three  columns. 

3  The  Rev.  Michael  Houdin  was  born  in  France  in  1705.  He  was  edu- 
cated for  the  priesthood,  and  became  Superior  of  a  Franciscan  Convent 
at  Montreal.  Leaving  the  Church  of  Rome,  he  entered  the  Church  of 
England  in  New  York  in  1747.  In  June,  1750.  he  says,  "having  my 
residence  in  New  York,  I  heard  of  repeated  complaints  made  by  gentle- 
men and  principal  inhabitants  of  this  place  [Trenton],  Allen's  Town 
and  Borden's  Town,   it  being  for  many  years  destitute  of  a  Church  of 

England  minister;    and  without  any  sort  of  application  of  mine 

some  of  them  were  pleased  to  pre.ss  me  l:)y  letter  to  come  amongst 
them."  This  led  to  the  organization  of  St.  Michael's  Church,  of  Tren- 
ton, in  1755 — the  name  being  probably  an  unintentional  compliment  to 
the  first  Rector.  In  1759  he  was  ordered  by  Lord  Loudon  to  accom- 
pany General  Wolfe  to  Quebec,  as  his  guide,  on  account  of  his  famil- 
iarity with  the  country,  and  he  was  retained  in  the  army  some  time. 
From  Canada  he  was  .sent  a.s  missionai'v  to  New  Rochelle.  Westchester 
county,  N.  Y..  whei-e  he  died,  in  October,  176(1. 


174  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

fellow.     Whoever  takes  up  said  servant,  shall  have  four 
POUNDS  reward,  and  reasonable  charges  paid  by 

Nicholas  Farmer. 

Ten  Pounds  Reward. 

Absconded  from  Woodberry,  in  the  county  of  Glou- 
cester, and  western  division  of  the  province  of  New-Jer- 
sey (the  usual  place  of  his  abode)  a  certain  Nathan  Col- 
lins, about  34  years  of  age,  and  about  five  feet  ten  inches 
high;  wore  his  own  black  strait  hair;  brown  eyed,  black 
eye-brows,  thin  faced,  fresh  coloured,  and  slender  built; 
very  talkative,  and  boasts  much  of  his  valour  when  a  pro- 
vincial soldier.  His  cloathing  cannot  be  particularly  de- 
scribed, as  he  took  several  sorts  with  him,  chiefly  pretty 
good.  It  is  supposed  he  had  a  considerable  sum  of  money 
with  him.  He  enticed  away  with  him,  an  apprentice  boy 
named  Joseph  Sharp,  about  five  feet  ten  inches  high,  i8 
years  of  age,  wore  his  own  light  brown  hair,  down  look 
and  well  set.  Had  on  when  he  went  away,  a  good  hat, 
ozenbrigs  shirt,  leather  breeches,  a  sailor's  knap'd  vest, 
blue  yarn  stockings,  and  a  pair  of  new  pumps. 

Whoever  takes  up  and  secures  said  Collins  and  Sharp, 
so  that  the  Subscriber  may  have  them  again,  shall  have 
Eight  Pounds  for  Collins,  and  Forty  Shillings  for  Sharp, 
paid  by 

William  Downs. 

Whereas  the  General  Assembly  of  the  province  of 
New-Jersey,  hath  lately  passed  an  Act  for  the  relief  of 
Insolvent  Debtors;  and  in  pursuance  thereof,  Alexander 
Ferguson,  Thomas  Goforth,  Henry  Quigg,  John  Small, 
John  Nichol,  Benjamin  Chambers,  and  Joshua  Kindall 
(prisoners  for  debt  in  the  goal  of  the  county  of  Burling- 
ton) have  petitioned  the  judges  of  said  court,  for  relief 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  175 

in  that  case.  The  creditors  of  said  petitioners  are  there- 
fore desired  to  meet  at  the  court-house  in  BurHngton,  on 
the  20th  day  of  6th  month,  called  June,  at  lo  of  the  clock, 
to  chuse  such  persons  as  they  shall  think  fit,  to  whom  the 
said  debtors  may  assign  their  estate  for  the  use  of  their 
creditors :  Or  otherwise  to  shew  cause,  if  any  there  be, 
why  the  said  debtors,  or  either  of  them,  ought  not  to  be 
relieved  from  their  confinement. 

Burlington.  Robert  Smith, 

May  31,  1768.  Henry  Paxson. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  73,  May  2,0-Junc 
6,  1768.' 

RuN-away  from  the  subscriber,  about  the  first  of  Sep- 
tember last,  living  in  Somerset  county,  near  Pluckhimin,-^ 
an  indented  Irish  servant  man,  named  Matthew  King, 
(about  two  years  in  this  country)  he  is  about  17  years  of 
age,  5  feet  9  inches  high,  with  short  hair,  and  speaks  very 
much  on  the  Irish  accent  (or  brogue.)  Had  on  when  he 
went  away,  a  tow  shirt  and  trowsers,  a  light  colour'd  lin- 
sey  jacket,  and  an  old  castor  hat.  Whoever  takes  up  the 
said  run-away,  and  secures  him  so  that  his  master  may 
have  him  again,  shall  receive  two  dollars  reward,  and  all 
reasonable  charges,  paid  by 

Marcus  King. 

— The  N.  Y.  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  865, 
May  30,  1768. 

Pursuant  to  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
Province  of  New- Jersey,  lately  published,  entitled,  "An 
Act  for  the  Relief  of  Insolvent  Debtors,  we  the  Subscribers 
being  now  confined  in  the  Gaol  of  the  County  of  Essex, 
and  having  petitioned  to  the  Judges  of  the  Inferior  Court 

1  A  popular  interpretation  of  the  meaning-  of  tlie  name  Pluclvemin — 
which  is  from  two  Indian  words,  pulig  and  mm.  meaning  fine  berries, 
or   fruit. 


176  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

of  Common  Pleas,  for  the  Benefit  of  the  said  Act,  filed  a 

Schedule  of  Effects,  do  give  Notice  to  all  our  Creditors 

to  appear  on  the  30th  Day  of  June  next,  at  two  o' Clock  in 

the  Afternoon,  of  the  same  Day,  before  the  Judges  of  the 

said  Court,  at  the  Court-House  of  the  County  of  Essex, 

in  Elizabeth-Town,  and  shew  Cause,  if  any  they  have,  why 

we  should  not  be  discharged  agreeable  to  the  Directions  of 

the  said  Act. 

James  Baley 

May  28,  1768.  Samuel  Yeomans. 

By  Order  of  Stephen  Skinner,  Rune  Runyon,  and  Jon- 
athan Frosee,  Esqrs;  Judges  of  the  Inferior  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas,  for  the  County  of  Middlesex,  in  the  Province 
of  Nczv- Jersey:  Notice  is  hereby  given  to  the  Creditor  or 
Creditors  respectively  of  John  Le  Coiite,  Jacob  Skillman, 
jun.  William  Ciirrey,  James  Mooney,  Nicholas  Fhy,  Will- 
iam Robins,  JJugh  Ditnn,  and  Josiah  Daz'is,  insolvent 
Debtors,  in  the  Gaol  of  the  said  County  of  Middlesex,  to 
shew  Cause,  if  any  they  have,  before  the  said  Judges,  at 
the  House  of  Elijah  Dunham,  Innholder,  in  the  City  ot 
Perth-Amboy,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex  aforesaid,  or 
Wednesday  the  15th  Day  of  June  next,  at  ten  o'Clock  in 
the  Forenoon,  why  an  Assignment  of  the  said  Debtors 
Estates,  respectively,  should  not  be  made,  and  the  said 
Debtors  discharged,  pursuant  to  the  Directions  of  a  late 
Act  of  the  Governor,  Council,  and  General  Assembly  of 
this  Province,  entitled,  "An  Act  for  the  Relief  of  Insol- 
vent Debtors. 

PertJi-Amboy,  May  27,  1768. 

— The  New  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1326,  May  30,  1768. 

New-York,  May  30.  We  hear  from  Hackinsack  that 
the    following   melancholy    Accident    happen'd    there   on 


I768J  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  177 

Sunday  last,  just  after  Sunset,  viz.  A  fine  little  Boy,  who 
went  to  School  there,  about  8  Years  of  Age,  (Son  of  Wm. 
Livingston,  Esq;  of  this  City)^  proposed  to  one  of  his 
Companions  to  take  a  Sail,  (as  he  called  it)  that  is  to  go 
in  a  Canoe  on  the  little  River  at  that  Place.  They  went 
off  together,  but  the  other  Boy  changing  his  mind  and 
coming  back,  little  Livingston  went  alone.  He  had  been 
gone  about  half  an  Hour  when  he  was  missed  and  enquired 
for.  On  going  to  the  Landing,  his  Hat  was  found  on  the 
Shore,  and  at  a  little  Distance  his  Body  quite  Dead  lying- 
in  the  Water,  which  was  but  about  2  Feet  deep.  The 
Canoe  was  not  put  off,  but  it  is  imagined  by  some  Acci- 
dent he  fell  into  the  Water,  and  thro'  Surprise  was  dis- 
abled from  helping  himself. — TJic  Nczv  York  Journal  or 
General  Advertiser,  A^o.  1326,  June  2,  1768. 

Philadelphia,  June  2 
Monday  last  Lieutenant  Perkins,  of  the  Royal  Irish 
Regiment,  coming  from  Burlington   in  the  Stage-Boat, 
unfortunately  fell  overboard,  and  was  drowned,   before 
any  Assistance  could  be  given  him. 

Whereas  a  report  is  industriously  circulated,  that  I 
John  Wolf  Litzel,  Minister  of  Philipsburgh,^  in  West  New- 
Jersey,  have  married  together  a  certain  Lydia  Pursley  to 
Lyon  Jones  of  Philipsburgh,  merchant;  this  is  to  declare 
the  said  report  to  be  injurious,  false  and  groundless,  at 
witness  my  hand, 

M.  John  Wolf  Litzel. 

— The   Pennsylvania    Gazette,    No.    2058,    June   2, 
1768. 

1  Philip  French  Livingston  was  b.  Sept.  1.  1760.  and  bap.  Sept.  4. 
1760,  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  New  York. 

-'A  survey  was  made.  May  27.  1762,  of  a  plot  of  one  acre,  whereon 
was  already  a  Lutheran  church  and  burying-  ground,  which  plot  William 
Coxe  proposed  to  convey  to  trustees  for  the  use  of  the  church.  See 
Hist.    Sussex  and  Warren  Counties,   p.   556. 


178  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

The  CENTINEL,  No.  XI. 

It  was  remarked  in  a  former  Paper,  that  if  the  Juris- 
diction of  ParHament  to  interfere  in  the  internal  PoHce 
of  the  Colonies,  was  ever  so  well  established,  yet  it  would 
be  extremely  dangerous  for  us  to  have  so  very  delicate  a 
Part  of  it  as  Church-Polity;  regulated  by  that  respectable 
Body;     ..... 

Yea,  such  a  favourite  is  the  American  Admiralty,  that 
the  British  Legislature,  on  assuming  a  Power  to  tax  the 
Colonies,  has  given  much  of  the  Business  of  the  Court  of 
Exchequer,  which  is  a  Court  of  common  Law,  to  this 
arbitrary  Tribunal,  [j  And  not  content  with  bringing  it 
ashore  at  our  Sea-Ports,  and  enabling  it  to  scourge  our 
Merchants,  they  have  sent  it  up  into  our  Forrests,  and 
directed  that  the  Penalties  imposed  on  such  Persons  as 
shall  destroy  his  Majesties  Pine-Trees  in  New-England, 
New- York,  and  New-Jersey,  shall  be  recoverable  in  the 
Admiralty 

\\See  Stamp- Act,  &c. 

On  Monday  afternoon  last,  as  the  Burlington  stage- 
boat  was  coming  down  the  river,  a  young  lady's  hat  blew 
overboard,  which,  Lieut.  Perkins,^  of  the  i8th  Regt.  en- 
deavouring to  recover,  by  getting  into  a  small  boat,  fell 
in  the  river  and  was  drowned.  His  body  has  not  yet 
been  found. — The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1330,  Jime 
2,  1768. 

Philadelphia,  June  3,  1768. 
Daniel  Goodman,  living  in  Arch  street,  in  the  city  of 
Philadelphia,  Baker,  (being  a  Seventh  Son)  hereby  gives 
notice,  that  for  a  number  of  years  past,  in  England,  New- 
Jersey  and  Pennsylvania,  he  hath  cured  divers  persons 

1  William  Perkins  was  commissioned  Lieutenant  of  the  ISth  or  Royal 
Irish  Regiment  of  Foot,  January  1.  1766.  The  regiment  served  in  Amer- 
ica.   176S-177:^ 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  1/9 

afflicted  with  the  king's  evil,  by  using  no  other  means  or 
remedies  than  by  stroking  the  part  affected,  with  his  hand; 
therefore  any  person  or  persons  affected  with  the  disorder, 
by  applying  to  him,  may  be  reHeved  in  Uke  manner.  And 
as  he  doth  the  same  from  a  principle  of  humanity,  and 
not  with  any  lucrative  views,  any  person  or  persons  will 
be  cured  without  fee  or  reward. — TJic  Pennsylvania 
Chronicle,  No.  74,  June  6-13.  1768. 

Neiv-York,  June  6.  Yesterday  a  Sloop  came  up  from 
Great-Egg-Harbour,  the  Master  of  which  says.  That  last 
Saturday  Morning  he  saw  a  Ship  ashore  at  Little-Egg- 
Harbour,  with  all  her  Sails  loose. 

Beaver-Pond,  May  28,  1768.  Last  Monday  a  Thou- 
sand People  were  drawn  to  this  Place,  by  an  Advertise- 
ment for  a  Twenty  Pounds  Plate.  Three  Horses,  &c. 
were  to  start,  or  no  Race;  only  Capt.  Anthony  Rutgen's 
Queen  Kate,  got  by  Ariel,  and  Mr.  Hird's^  Lady  Leggs, 
got  by  Briton,  appeared.  The  Owners,  to  divert  a  very 
respectable  Company,  as  there  was  not  a  sufficient  Num- 
ber to  run  for  the  Plate,  agreed  upon  a  Sweepstakes,  but 
the  Jersey  Sportsman  refused  to  gratify  the  Spectators 
with  a  Contest,  pretending  that  the  Sum  was  too  trifling 
to  hazard  a  Heat  upon,  so  that  after  paying  Forfeit,  he 
left  the  Field,  and  the  Superiority  of  the  two  Racers  un- 
decided :  Should  he  be  valiant  enough  to  face  this  Blood 
of  Ariel,  a  Plate  in  the  Fall,  whether  in  Pennsylvania,  or 
at  Home,  may  assure  him  that  a  Briton  Filly  is  as  super- 
able  in  our  Northern  Colonies,  as  at  the  Plains  of  Upper 
Marlborough. 

To  be  sold,  at  Morris  Town,  in  the  county  of  Morris, 
near  the  Court-House,  a  commodious  and  well  situated 

1  Nathaniel  Heard. 


l8o  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

new  house,  two  stories  high,  wherein  Augustine  Moore, 
Esq;  deceased  lately  lived;  with  about  three  acres  of  land, 
on  which  it  stands,  planted  with  a  fine  young  growing 
orchard,  grafted  with  the  choicest  fruits,  with  a  good  barn 
and  stable  on  the  same.  Likewise  a  lot  of  about  ten  acres, 
of  pasture  and  wood  land,  will  be  sold  separate  or  to- 
gether, as  shall  best  suit  the  purchaser;  the  terms  of  pay- 
ment w411  be  made  easy,  as  the  money  is  not  wanted.  For 
particulars,  enquire  of  Mary  Moore,  on  the  premises. 

To  be  sold  at  private  sale,  a  lot  of  land  in  Perth  Amboy. 
belonging  to  the  estate  of  Alexander  Thompson,  deceased, 
being  fifty  feet  in  front,  and  running  from  Bank  Street  to 
low  water  mark.  There  is  on  said  lot  a  good  dwelling- 
house,  barn,  and  other  out-houses,  with  a  wharf  boarded 
in,  and  all  in  good  repair.  Any  person  inclining  to  be- 
come a  purchaser,  by  applying  to  the  subscriber,  living  in 
said  house,  may  know  the  terms  and  conditions  of  sale. 

Barshaba  Thompson,  Executrix. 

RuN-away  from  the  subscriber,  on  the  i8th  ult.  a  Negro 
named  Brunce,  'tis  likely  he  will  change  his  name  to  Tom. 
(as  he  has  told  some  persons,  already  that  was  his  name)  : 
He  is  about  30  years  of  age,  5  feet  2  or  3  inches  high,  is 
very  nimble  in  walking",  and  talks  broken  English  and  low 
Dutch:  Had  on  when  he  went  away,  an  old  felt  hat,  a 
grayish  colour'd  jacket,  and  old  shoes  and  stockings. 
Whoever  takes  up  said  Negro,  and  secures  him,  in  any  of 
his  Majesty's  goals  on  the  continent,  so  that  he  may  be 
had  again,  or  brings  him  to  the  subscriber  livitig  in  the 
township  of  Reading,  Hunterdon  county,  East-Jersey, 
shall  have  Forty  Shillings  reward,  and  all  reasonable 
charg^es  paid  by 

Charles  Eversole 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  181 

Somerset  County.   )  In  pursuance  of  an  order  made 

ss 

New- Jersey,  ^  '  by  Philip  Van  Home,  and  Bry- 
an Lefferty,  Esqrs,  two  of  the  judges  of  the  inferior  court 
of  common  pleas,  in  and  for  the  county  of  Somerset,  in 
East  New-Jersey,  upon  the  petition  of  Annanias  Randall. 
Matthew  Gracey,  Frederick  Teel,  Christopher  Hay  den, 
Nathaniel  Hayden,  Peter  Van  Tilburgh,  and  John  Fan- 
sey,  insolvent  debtors,  now  in  actual  goal  in  the  said 
county;  notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  said  petitioners,  to 
all  the  creditors  of  the  said  petitioners,  to  shew  cause,  if 
any  they  have,  before  the  said  judges,  at  Millstone,  in  the 
county  of  Somerset  aforesaid,  on  Wednesday  the  29th 
day  of  June  inst.  at  10  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  of  said  day, 
being  the  time  and  place  appointed  by  the  said  judges, 
why  an  assignment  of  said  petitioners  estates,  should  not 
be  made  to  persons  then  and  there  to  be  appointed  by  tl-te 
said  judges,  and  the  said  petitioners  be  thereupon  dis- 
charged, according  to  an  act  of  the  governor,  council,  and 
general  assembly,  of  the  province  aforesaid,  made  and 
passed  at  Perth- Amboy,  in  the  8th  year  of  his  present  Alaj- 
esty's  reign,  entitled,  "an  act  for  the  relief  of  insolvent 
debtors." 

Dated  June  2,  1768. 

• — The  Nczv  York  Gazette  and  JVeekly  Mereury,  No. 
866,  June  6,  1768. 

Bergen,  Jnne  2,  1768. 

Pursuant  to  the  Directions  of  a  Vote  of  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  Province  of  Nezv-Jersey,  Notice  is  here- 
by given,  by  the  Proprietors  or  Claimers  of  the  Common 
Lands  allotted  to  the  Patent  of  Seeaueus,  in  the  County  of 
Bergen,  that  they  purpose  to  make  Application  to  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  of  the  said  Province,  at  their  next  Session, 
for  a  Law  to  appoint  Commissioners,  to  make  Partition 


l82  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

of  said  Common  Lands  of  which  all  concerned  may  take 
Notice,  and  if  they  have  any  Objections,  they  may  then 
make  them  appear  to  the  General  Assembly,  according'  to 
the  nsag'e  in  snch  Cases. 

Piscafazvay,  June  i,  1768. 
To  be  Sold,  or  leased,  for  a  Term  of  Years, 
by  the  Subscriber, 
A  Grist-Mill,  in  good  order,  with  about  50  or  60  Acres 
of  Land.  There  is  on  the  Premises  a  Dwelling-House, 
near  the  Mill,  which  stands  within  100  Yards  of  said  Mill; 
the  Constructions  of  the  Mill  are  as  well  calculated,  per- 
haps, as  any  in  the  Country;  it  is  double-geer'd  with  a 
Water  Wheeel  of  20  Feet  diameter,  and  a  sufficient  Fall 
of  Water.  The  Head  and  Fall  of  the  Mill  is  from  the 
Surface  of  the  Pond  to  the  Bottom  of  the  Wheel  37  Feet; 
the  grinding  Water  that  stands  in  the  Forbay  is  1 3  Feet ; 
the  Pond  long  and  deep,  and  holds  so  much  Water,  the 
Mill  has  not  wanted  in  the  dryest  Seasons ;  the  dam  being 
rais'd  to  the  Height  it  now  is.  The  Mill  stands  within  1 50 
Yards  of  the  River  Rariton,  and  within  250  Yards  of  as 
public  a  Landing  as,  perhaps,  any  one  in  the  C(uuitry. 
The  Whole  is  most  beautifully  situated,  and  in  a  delight- 
ful Place;  with  a  large  Country  back  of  it;  and  is,  at  this 
Time,  a  well  calculated  Place  for  a  Shopkeeper.  The 
Vendue  will  be  held,  and  Conditions  of  Sale  made  known, 
the  20th  Day  of  this  Instant;  and  a  good  and  sufficient 
Title  will  be  given  by  John  Martin,  who  lives  near  the 
Premises. 

N.  B.  The  same  Day  will  be  sold,  a  Lot  of  Salt  ]\Iead- 
ow,  of  about  six  Acres,  and  a  Lot  of  about  ten  Acres  of 
Fresh  Meadow;  with  sundry  other  Things,  by  said  John 
Martin. — The  Nczv  York  Gazette  or  JJ^eekly  Post  Boy. 
No.  1327,  June  6,  1768. 


1768]  -   NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  1 83 

Morris  County  i  In  pursuance  of  an  order  made  by 
Nezv- Jersey,  S  Jacob  Foord,  and  Robert  Goble, 
esqrs.  two  of  the  judges  of  the  inferior  court  of  common 
pleas,  in  and  for  the  said  county  of  Morris  and  province 
of  East  New-Jersey;  upon  the  petition  of  Daniel  Tuttle. 
Henry  Dow  Tripp,  Silas  Hinds,  and  Jeremiah  Cramer, 
insolvent  debtors,  now  in  Actual  goal,  in  said  county : 
Notice  is  hereb}^  given  by  the  said  petitioners,  to  all  the 
creditors  of  the  said  petitioners,  to  shew  cause  (if  any  they 
have)  before  the  said  judges,  at  the  court-house  in  Morris- 
town,  in  the  county  of  Morris  aforesaid,  on  Friday  the 
first  day  of  July  next,  at  two  of  the  clock  of  said  day, 
being  the  time  and  place  appointed  by  the  said  judges, 
why  an  assignment  of  the  said  petitioner's  estates  should 
not  be  made  to  persons  then  and  there  to  be  appointed  by 
the  creditors  or  said  judges;  and  the  said  petitioners  be 
thereupon  discharged,  according  to  an  act  of  the  gover- 
nor, council,  and  general  assembly  of  the  province  afore- 
said, made  and  passed  at  Perth-Amboy,  in  the  eighth  year 
of  the  reign  of  his  present  majesty  George  the  third,  en- 
titled, "An  act  for  the  relief  of  insolvent  debtors." 
Morris-Town,  June  8,  1768. 

Monmouth.  )  By  Order  of  the  Honourable  John  An- 
Nezv-Jersey,  *>  derson,  and  James  Lawrence,  Esqrs. 
two  of  the  Judges  of  the  Inferior  Court  of  Common  Pleas 
for  said  County :  Whereas  John  Emley,  Jonathan  Hunt, 
Abiel  Akin,  Andrew  Wilson,  David  Stout.  Peter  Van 
Kerk,  Thomas  Jacobs,  John  Williams,  Nicolas  Philips, 
Samuel  Romine,  John  Hampton,  William  Voorhees.  Rob- 
ert Morris,  John  Morris,  Samuel  Morril,  William  Sears, 
John  Crowshorn,  John  Guibeson,  Richard  Morris,  James 
Ker,  John  Foster,  John  Rouce,  William  Van  Kerk,  jun. 
and  Robert  Stout;  Prisoners  for  Debt  in  the  Gaol  of  said 
County,  did  on  the  third  Day  of  June,  1768,  make  Appli- 


184  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [l/^S 

cation  to  said  Judges,  for  the  Benefit  of  the  late  Insoh^ent 
Act,  entitled  an  Act  for  the  Benefit  of  insolvent  Debtors, 
made  in  the  Eighth  Year  of  his  present  Alajesty's  Reign 
for  said  Purpose,  having  qualified  and  filed  their  Sched- 
ules. 

Now  these  are  to  give  Notice  to  the  Creditors  of  the 
said  Debtors,  that  they  be  together  at  said  Goal  aforesaid, 
on  Monday  the  27th  Day  of  this  Instant  June,  at  10 
o'clock,  (to  shew  Cause  if  any  they  have)  w^hy  the  said 
Prisoners  Estates  should  not  be  assigned  and  their  Bodies 
discharged  from  their  Confinement,  pursuant  to  said  Act. 
— Tlic  Nczv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1^27,  June  9,  1768. 

Philadelphia,  June  9 

The  Ship  Sally,  Captain  Rankin,  in  7  AA'eeks  from 
Newry,  for  this  Port,  is  ashore  ofl^  Little  Egg  Harbour. 

On  Sunday  Night,  the  22d  of  last  Month,  a  Fire  broke 
out  in  the  House  of  Mr.  Richard  Dickinson,  Watchmaker, 
in  Mount-holly,  which  entirely  consumed  the  same,  to- 
gether with  all  the  Furniture,  and  every  Thing-  therein, 
to  a  considerable  Amount.  The  Fire  had  got  to  such  a 
Head  before  it  was  discovered,  that  Mr.  DickinsiMi,  the 
only  Person  in  the  House,  narrowly  escaped  with  his  Fife. 

Gloucester  County,  June  6,  1768. 
Four  Dollars  Reward. 
Run  away  from  the  subscriber,  on  the  4th  instant,  a 
Negroe  man,  named  Jacob,  about  24  years  of  age,  5  feet 
7  or  8  inches  high,  has  sharp  filed  teeth,  is  apt  to  stutter 
if  he  talks  fast;  had  on,  and  took  away  with  him,  a  brown 
bearskin  jacket,  a  short  brown  kersey  under  ditto,  with 
sleeves,  one  check  shirt  and  trowsers,  and  one  tow  shirt 
and  trowsers.  half  worn  shoes,  a  spotted  red  silk  handker- 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  1 85 

chief,  and  half  worn  felt  liat.  Whoever  takes  up  and  se- 
cures said  NegToe,  so  that  his  master  may  have  him  again, 
shall  have  the  above  reward,  and  reasonable  charges,  paid 
by  William  Cooper. 

N.  B.  z^ll  persons  are  forbid  to  harbour  or  conceal  said 
Negroe,  as  they  may  depend  on  being  prosecuted  as  the 
law  directs. 

The  Body  of  Lieutenant  Perkins,  who  was  drowned, 
as  mentioned  in  our  last,  has  since  been  taken  up,  and  was 
decently  buried  on  Sunday  last,  in  New-Jersey,  about  six 
miles  up  the  river. 

On  Thursday  the  26th  of  May,  the  reverend  Mr.  Beach^ 
of  New-Brunswick  was  married  to  the  amiable  and  ac- 
complished Miss  Nancy  Van  Winkle,  a  lady  whose  shin- 
ing virtues  and  sw-eet  disposition  must  render  the  marriage 
state  truly  happy. 

Run  away  from  the  Subscriber,  living  in  Cumlierland 
county.  West  New-Jersey,  the  3d  of  ]\Iay  last,  a  Negro 
man,  named  Peter,  but  has  since  changed  his  name  to  that 
of  Jack  Sharp,  he  is  about  5  feet  10  inches,  30  years  of 
age,  has  a  larg"e  scar  on  one  of  his  arms  cut  with  a  sickle : 
had  on  and  took  with  him,  two  felt  hatts,  one  woolen,  one 
fine  and  tw^o  coarse  linen  shirts,  a  thick-set  coat  with  a 
cape,  a  black  cut  velvet  jacket,  a  pair  of  blue  plush  and  a 
pair  of  leather  breeches,  and  five  or  six  caps.    He  has  since 

1  The  RG^•,  Abraham  Beach  was  b.  in  Cheshire.  Conn.,  in  1740.  and 
graduated  at  Yale  in  1757.  He  went  to  England  in  1767  for  ordination, 
and  was  appointed  missionary  at  New  Brunswick  and  Piscataciua.  N.  J., 
arriving  there  the  latter  part  of  September  in  that  year.  In  July.  1776. 
declining  to  omit  the  prayers  for  the  King  and  the  royal  family,  he 
was  obliged  to  close  the  churches,  but  continued  during  the  war  to 
"dispense  spiritual  consolation  alike  to  Whigs  and  Tories."  In  1783  he 
was  appointed  temporary  missionary  at  Peith  Amboy.  In  1784  he  re- 
moved to  New  York,  having  been  appointed  a.ssistant  minister  of  Trin- 
ity church  in  that  city.  In  1813  he  ;-esigned,  on  a  i>ension  of  $1,500  for 
life,  voted  him  by  the  church.  He  retired  to  a  farm  on  the  Raritan. 
where  he  d.  in  1828.  His  wife.  Ann,  was  the  daughter  and  sole  heiress 
of  Evart  Van  Winkle,  one  of  the  early  Dutch  settlers  on  the  Raritan; 
she  d.   in  1808. 


I  86  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

changed  his  apparel  and  forged  a  pass,  signed  Ephraim 
Seeley. 

Whoever  takes  up  said  Negro,  and  secures  him  in  any 
of  his  Majesty's  Goals,  so  that  his  master  may  have  him 
again,  or  brings  him  home,  shall  have  three  pounds 
reward,  and  all  reasonable  charges,  paid  by 

Ephraim  Seely. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1331,  June  9,  1768. 

Neiv-York,  June  13.  The  Ship  mentioned  in  our  last 
to  be  ashore  at  Little-Egg-Harbour,  proves  to  be  the  Sally, 
Capt.  Rankin,  from  Newry,  bound  for  Philadelphia. 

Middlesex  County  )  Whereas  bv  virtue  of  several 

r  SS.  .  "... 

New-Jersey,  1  '  writs  of  fieri  facias,  to  me  di- 
rected, issued  out  of  the  supreme  court  of  this  province, 
and  county  court  of  Middlesex  aforesaid,  against  the 
goods  and  chattels,  lands  and  tenements  of  Whitehead 
Leonard,  at  the  suit  of  Stephen  Jones,  and  others.  I  have 
seized  and  taken  about  ten  acres  of  land,  with  a  fulling 
mill  thereon,  of  and  belonging  to  the  said  Leonard,  situ- 
ate in  South  Brunswick,  in  the  county  aforesaid,  near 
Kingstown;  the  said  mill  hath  the  advantage  of  a  good 
stream  of  w^ater,  and  a  well  settled  neighbourhood.  Now 
these  are  to  give  notice,  that  the  lands  and  mill,  taken  as 
aforesaid,  will  be  exposed  to  sale,  at  public  vendue,  on 
Friday  the  29th  of  July  next,  at  the  house  of  Willliam 
Van  Tilbury,  innholder,  in  Kingstown  aforesaid;  the  sale 
to  begin  at  12  o'clock  of  said  day,  at  which  time  and  place 
the  conditions  will  be  made  known  by 

John  Moores,  Sheriff. 

Perth- Amboy,  May  28,  1768. 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and  JVeekly  Mercury,  No 
867,  June  13.  1768. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  187 

IVoodbridgc,  June  g,  1768. 
Run  away  from  the  Subscrilier,  the  29th  nit.  a  Negroe 
Man,  named  Cuff,  about  5  Feet  10  Inches  high,  full  faced, 
and  thick  set ;  has  a  large  Scar  on  his  right  great  Toe,  cut 
within;  had  on  when  he  went  away,  a  Woolen  Shirt,  a 
Pair  of  Leather  Breeches,  a  Grey  Kersey  Jacket,  and  Felt 
Hat,  but  may  probably  change  his  Dress.  Whoever  takes 
up  said  Negroe  Man,  and  secures  him,  so  that  his  Master 
may  have  him  again,  shall  have  Three  Dollars  Reward, 
paid  by  the  Subscriber. 

Jonathan   Clawson. 

Maidenlicad,  Hunterdon  County,  June  4,  1768. 

Ten  Pounds  Reward. 

Run  away  from  the  Subscriber,  on  Tuesday  the  31st 
of  May,  an  Irish  Servant  Man,  named  John  Burns,  but  it's 
likely  will  change  his  Name,  about  25  Years  old,  5  Feet  8 
Inches  high,  of  a  fresh  Complexion,  a  little  freckled,  black 
Hair,  but  will  probably  cut  it  off,  brown  Eyes;  had  on, 
and  took  with  him,  a  grey  napt  Coat,  Metal  Buttons,  green 
napt  Vest,  new  Felt  Hat,  Half-worn  Buckskin  Breeches, 
blue  Yarn  Stockings,  Brass  Buckles,  a  fine  Linen  and  an 
Oznabrigs  Shirt,  with  sundry  other  Articles.  He  is  a 
Cooper  by  Trade;  and  it's  thought  will  make  for  the  Mo- 
hawk River.  Whoever  takes  up  said  Servant,  and  deli^'- 
ers  him  to  his  Master,  or  secures  him  in  any  Goal,  so  that 
he  may  be  had  again,  shall  have  the  above  Reward,  and 
reasonable  Charges. 

Wilson  Hunt. 

A  new  and  accurate  map  of  the  Province  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, Virginia,  Maryland,  New-Jersey,  and  part 
of  New-York,  &c.  humbly  dedicated  to  their  Honours 
the  Governors  of  the  several  Provinces. 


l88  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

This  map  begins  in  the  Atlantic  ocean,  in  latitude  36 
degrees  north,  and  at  a  meridian  of  74  degrees  west  from 
London,  thence  continues  by  the  same  parallel  of  36  de- 
grees north  latitude,  to  the  longitude  of  89  degrees  west 
of  London,  which  makes  the  west  longitude  in  the  map 
15  degrees,  ecjual  to  about  700  miles,  allowing  a  little  bet- 
ter than  46  miles  to  each  degree  of  longitude  in  this  lati- 
tude, which  will  determine  about  36  miles  west  of  the 
river  Mississippi,  and  the  line  of  36  degrees  north  lati- 
tude, will  pass  about  60  miles  south  of  the  confluence  of 
the  rivers  Mississippi  and  the  Ohio,  thence  from  the  89th 
degree  of  west  longitude,  northward  to  the  46th  degree 
of  north  latitude,  which  will  be  about  160  miles  west  of 
the  westermost  point  of  the  Nocjuet  Bay,  joining  the 
westermost  point  of  the  great  lake  Michigan,  thence  east 
by  the  parallel  of  46  degrees  of  north  latitude,  which 
will  pass  about  50  miles  north  of  the  most  northern  part 
of  the  great  lake  Michigan,  and  about  25  miles  of  the  lake 
Huron,  100  miles  of  Missillimackmac.^  1 12  of  the  lake  On- 
tario, and  so  on  to  the  first  meridian  of  74  degrees  west 
of  London,  thence  southward  to  the  place  of  beginning, 
being  in  length  as  said  befc^^e,  about  700  miles,  and  in 
width  600,  allowing  60  miles  in  a  degree  of  latitude,  and 
contains  420  thousand  square  English  miles.  -  -  -  - 
The  eastern  boundaries  will  pass  through  Long  Island, 
about  44  miles  eastward  (^f  New-York,  and  allowing  the 
variation  of  the  compass,  from  the  place  of  beginning 
northward,  brings  the  line  74  degrees  west  longitude, 
through  the  city  of  New-York,  or  very  near  it.  -  -  -  - 
This  map  is  already  drawn,  but  being  conceived  to  be 
from  too  small  a  scale,  it  is  proposed  to  be  drawn  a  second 
time,  and  to  make  a  scale  of  10  inches  to  every  100  miles, 
which  will  make  5  feet  10  inches  one  way,  and  5  feet  the 

1  Michillimackinack. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  1 89 

Other,  from  margin  to  margin;  in  which  wih  l)e  laid 
down  the  trne  situation  of  ah  the  cities  and  towns,  the 
courses,  width,  and  distances  of  ah  the  rivers,  creeks, 
lakes,  roads,  and  all  other  matters  of  the  least  note.  -  -  -  - 
The  boundaries  of  provinces,  counties  and  townships, 
bays,  inlets,  &c.  &c.  This  map  well  done,  would,  of  con- 
sequence, be  in  great  demand  on  the  continent  of  Amer- 
ica, the  West-India  islands,  and  in  short,  in  all  his  Maj- 
esty's dominions,  and  most  parts  of  Europe.  -  -  -  - 
The  author  has  been  at  a  great  deal  of  pains,  cost  and 
trouble,  for  many  years,  in  bringing  this  work  to  an  ac- 
curacy, from  the  best  observations,  accounts  and  intelli- 
gence he  could  gather,  and  flatters  himself  they  are  genu- 
ine and  good;  but  finding  the  work  will  be  heavy  in  his 
own  hands,  would  be  glad  to  join  one  or  two  Gentlemen 
upon  reasonable  terms,  to  help  him  to  support  the  present 
charge,  the  one  whereof  would  be  well  to  be  the  engraver. 
A  line  to  the  Printer  hereof,  for  the  subscriber,  on  the  sub- 
ject, will  be  gratefully  received  and  acknowledged.  -  -  -  - 
It  is  submitted  to  the  candour  of  gentlemen,  their  aid  and 
encouragement,  in  so  useful  and  great  a  work,  loy  their 
very  humble  servant. 

T.  THOMAS.^ 

To  BE  SOLD  by  Private  Sale, 
By  the  subscriber,   living  near   the   Head   of   Alloway's 

Creek,  in  this  county  of  Salem,  and  western  division 

of  the  province  of  New-Jersey; 

A  Tract  of  LAND,  adjoining  that  whereon  the  sub- 
scriber now  lives,  containing  about  three  hundred  and 
seventy  acres,  on  which  is  an  improvement  of  thirty  acres 
or  more  of  cleared  land  fenced  into  several  fields,  and  n 
house  of  hewed  logs  with  a  stone  chimney  in  it,  also  a 
small  orchard  of  good  fruit.     On  another  part  of  the  said 

1  No  account  of  the  pulilication  of  this  maii  has  lieen  found.     Was   it 
]3iinted? 


igO  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

land  is  a  field  cleared  and  fenced,  with  a  small  orchard  on 
the  same.  There  are  about  thirty  acres  of  swamp  on  said 
land,  suitable  for  meadow.  The  land  is  well  timbered 
with  oak  and  hickory,  suitable  for  staves,  rails,  cord  wood, 
&c.  and  is  convenient  to  several  landings  on  said  Alloways 
creek,  where  shallops  can  come  and  load,  being  not  more 
than  three  miles  distance  to  cart  from  said  land.  There 
also  is  an  advantageous  outlet  for  cattle  and  hogs,  as  there 
is  a  large  quantity  of  unsettled  land  adjoining,  being  good 
feed  for  cattle  in  summer.  Any  person  inclining  to  pur- 
chase the  whole,  or  part  thereof,  may  apply  to  the  sub- 
scriber, view  the  premises,  and  be  informed  of  the  terms 
of  sale. 

June  II,  1768  Hugh  Blackwood. 

Five  Pounds  Reward. 

Ran  away  from  the  Subscriber,  the  first  instant,  a  ser- 
vant lad,  named  Thomas  Collagen,  by  trade  a  bricklayer; 
he  is  about  five  feet  five  inches  high,  square  shouldered, 
has  strait  black  hair,  black  eyes,  and  a  downcast  counte- 
nance; he  had  on,  when  he  went  away,  a  sharp  cocked 
felt  hat,  a  brown  coarse  cloth  coat,  with  a  hole  in  the  left 
sleeve,  a  brown  Irish  caml^let  jacket,  a  new  check  shirt, 
blue  cloth  breeches,  a  blue  stamped  flannel  patch  upon  one 
of  the  knees,  blue  yarn  stockings,  and  a  pair  of  half  worn 
shoes,  with  one  plain  and  square  brass  buckle,  the  other 
a  round  and  flowered  metal  buckle.  He  boasts  greatly 
of  being  born  in  London,  and  is  very  fond  of  dancing 
and  company.  Whoever  secures  said  apprentice,  so  that 
his  master  may  have  him  again,  shall  receive  the  above 
reward,  and  all  reasonable  charges. 

Harman  Knickerbacker. 

Shrewsbury,  Monmouth  County,  East-Jersey,  June  17, 
1768. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  I9I 

Three  Pounds  Reward. 

Ran  away  from  Pitts-Town  Mills,  in  Hunterdon 
county,  New  Jersey,  on  the  night  of  the  7th  of  May  last, 
a  Servant  Man,  named  John  Ryan,  born  in  Ireland,  a 
house  carpenter  by  trade,  about  5  feet  nine  inches  high; 
wears  his  own  hair,  which  is  short,  brown,  and  curls  well; 
has  a  remarkable  strut  in  his  gait,  is  neat  in  his  dress ;  and 
talks  thick  and  fast,  especially  when  he  is  in  liquor.  He 
took  with  him  a  lead-coloured  cloth  coat  and  breeches,  a 
white  swanskin  jacket  without  sleeves,  ribb'd  yarn  stock- 
ings, and  worsted  ditto,  a  pair  of  pumps,  a  good  felt  hat, 
a  pair  of  sash  plains,  and  a  large,  young,  mouse-coloured 
dog,  with  a  short  tail.  Whoever  takes  up  said  servant, 
and  secures  him  in  any  gaol,  or  delivers  him  to  Jacob 
Gooding,  at  Pitts-Town  (formerly  called  Hoffs  Town) 
or  to  Moore  Furman  in  Philadelphia,  shall  receive  Three 
Pounds  Reward,  besides  reasonable  charges;  and  Ten 
Shillings  reward  for  delivering  the  mouse  coloured  dog 
to  Jacob  Gooding,  at  Pitts-Town  aforesaid. 
Philadelphia,  June  17,  1768. 
— The  Pejinsyhauia  Chronicle,  No.  75,  June  13-20. 
1768. 

Nezv-York,  June  16.  Tuesday  Morning  as  a  Boat  was 
coming  from  Elizabeth-Town,  to  this  City,  with  Timber 
across  her  Deck,  a  Negro  Boy  belonging  to  Mr.  Chitwood 
of  Elizabeth-Town,  sitting  upon  the  End  of  the  Timber, 
when  a  sudden  Flaw  of  Wind  took  the  Boat,  which  over- 
set the  Timber,  and  unfortuneately  drowned  the  Boy. — 
Supplement  to  the  New  York  Gazette  or  JVeekly  Post 
Boy,  A^o.  1328  June  16,  1768. 

Burlington,  June  13.  On  Friday  last  came  on  the  Elec- 
tion of  two  Members  to  represent  this  City  in  the  General 


192  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

Assembly  of  New-Jersey,  when  Abraham  Hewlings. 
and  Joseph  Smith,  Esquires,  were  unanimously  elected. 
And  this  Day  came  on  the  Election  of  two  Representa- 
tives for  the  County  of  Burlington,  when  Henry  Pax- 
son,  and  Joseph  Bullock,  Esquires,  were  also  unani- 
mously chosen. 

Pursuant  to  an  Act  of  General  Assembly  of  the  Prov- 
ince of  New-Jersey,  lately  passed,  intituled.  An  Act  for 
the  Relief  of  Insolvent  Debtors;  we,  the  Subscribers,  be- 
ing- now  confined  in  the  Goal  of  the  County  of  Hunter- 
don, and  having  petitioned  the  Judges  of  the  Supreme 
Court  for  the  Benefit  of  the  said  Act,  do  give  Notice  to 
all  our  Creditors,  to  appear  and  shew  Cause,  if  any  they 
have,  on  the  12th  Day  of  July  next,  at  2  o'Clock  in  the 
Afternoon  of  the  same  Day,  before  the  Judges  of  the  said 
Court,  at  the  Dwelling-house  of  Rensalier  A\'illiams,  in 
Trenton,  why  we  should  not  be  discharged,  agreealile  to 
the  Directions  of  the  said  Act. 

John  Hicks,  Jos.  Stout,  William  Hewlings. 

— Tlie  Pciiiisylz'ania  Gazette,  No.  2060,  June  16. 
1768. 

The  CENTINEL.    No.  XIH. 

There  seems  to  be  something  perverse  in  human  Na- 
ture, that  prompts  Men  to  give  partial  and  unfair  Repre- 
sentations, when  it  suits  their  Purpose.  They  conceal 
Truths,  extenuate  Eaults,    .... 

Dr.  Chandler  seems  in  his  Appeal,  to  labour  under  this 
Infirmity :  he  complains  that  the  Episcopal  Church  in 
America  sufi"ers  unparalleled  Hanlshiiis :  he  insinuates 
that  the  Complaints  which  he  makes  are  the  Complaints 
of  a  Million  of  British  Subjects  in  America,  suffering  un- 
der unprecedented  Hardships;  and  that  all  the  Episcopal 
Clergv  and  Laity  are  joint  Petitioners  with  him  and  his 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  193 

Friends  for  an  American  Episcopate,  on  the  Plan  he  has 
mentioned.  Whereas,  in  Fact,  the  People  were  never  con- 
sulted on  the  Measure,  nor  were  they  ever  heard  to  com- 
plain. The  whole  was  concerted  and  carried  on  by  a  few 
Missionaries  (whom  the  Doctor  stiles  the  Clergy)  of 
New-York  and  New-Jersey  met  together  in  a  voluntary 
Convention.  By  what  Right  they  assume  such  Power  it 
may  be  well  to  enquire 

I  would  therefore  be  glad  to  know  by  what  Authority 
the  Missionaries  of  New-York  and  New-Jersey,  in  Vio- 
lation of  the  Constitution  of  the  British  Governments,  and 
of  the  Rights  of  their  fellow  Subjects  usurp  a  Power  of 
acting  for  all  the  Episcopalians  in  America;  ....  Let 
the  World  then  judge  whether  the  Petitions  sent  Home 
by  the  Missionaries  of  New-York  and  the  Jerseys,  and 
the  Appeal  published  by  Doct.  C.  as  far  as  they  respect  the 
Islands,  are  not  an  insolent  Invasion  of  the  Rights  of  oth- 
ers, and  a  busy  intermeddling  with  their  Laws  and  Con- 
stitutions without  their  Consent  and  Approbation. 

The  same  may  be  said  of  Virginia  and  Maryland.  .  . 
.  .  These  Governments  have  provided  for  the  Mainte- 
nance of  the  Clergy,  in  a  Way  most  agreeable  to  them- 
selves, and  when  they  think  it  necessary  to  have  a  Bishop, 
they  will,  doubtless,  fall  upon  Measures  to  have  one.  But 
what  Right  the  Missionaries  of  New-York  and  New-Jer- 
sey have  to  publish  Complaints  in  the  Name  of  these  Peo- 
ple, while  they  themselves  are  silent,  or  to  represent  their 
Sufferings  as  intollerable  and  their  Grievances  as  unpar- 
alleled, while  they  themselves  express  no  Uneasiness,  1 
cannot  well  comprehend. 

Run  away  on  Sunday  last,  the  29th  of  May,  from  the 
subscriber,  living  at  Hardiston,  Sussex  County,  East  New- 
Jersey,  a  straight  spare  Irish  indented  servant  man,  named 
James  Quin;    about   19  or  20  years  of  age.  5  feet  nine 

13 


194  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [l?^^ 

inches  high,  black  straight  hair,  remarkable  large  broad 
black  eye  brows,  which  are  joined  together;  light  eyes, 
clear  complexion,  somewhat  pale,  down  look,  having  lived 
in  a  Dutch  family  has  but  little  of  the  Irish  accent  in  his 
speech,  and  can  read  and  write  very  well;  he  had  on  when 
he  went  away  an  oznabrug  shirt  with  a  white  linen  collar. 
a  pair  of  old  leather  breeches,  with  check'd  trowsers  over 
them ;  a  new  homespun  waistcoat  of  mixt  blue  and  black, 
with  a  white  stripe,  without  buttons;  a  redish  brown  lin- 
sey  wolsey  homespun  upper  jacket  somewhat  worn,  with 
pewter  buttons;  a  pair  of  grey  worsted  stockings,  a  pair 
of  good  double  soaled  shoes,  with  large  round  copper 
buckles;  and  a  large  wool  hat,  two  months  worn;  has 
been  employed  in  America,  only  in  farming  business,  is  a 
civil  well  behaved  young  man.  Whoever  takes  up  and 
returns  said  runaway,  or  secures  him  in  any  goal,  shall 
receive  five  pounds  proclamation  money  reward,  besides 
all  reasonable  charges.  Benjamin  Northup. 

N.  B.  All  masters  of  vessels  and  others  are  hereby 
warned  not  to  harbour,  conceal  or  carry  him  off,  as  they 
will  answer  it  at  their  peril. — The  Pennsylvania  Journal, 
No.  1332, /wM^  16,  1768. 

A  Correspondent  at  Princeton  informs  us,  that,  on 
Wednesday  the  22d  ult.  The  Poll  for  Representatives  in 
the  County  of  Somerset,  East-New-Jersey,  was  closed. 
Hendrick  Fisher,  and  John  Berien,  Esquires,  with  Jus- 
tice Roy,  were  the  only  Candidates;    and  the  two  former 

were  elected. Though  the  last  is  a  Gentleman  greatly 

respected,  and  who  was  strongly  supported,  he  declined 
the  Assistance  of  his  Friends,  and  genteely  favoured 
Judge  Berien's  superior  Merit;  otherwise  it  is  diflicult 
to  determine  whether  Mr.  Rov  would  not  have  been 
chosen. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  1 95 

The  College  of  New-Jersey,  upon  which  we  all  have 
had  our  eyes  fixed,  for  furnishing  our  Churches  with  a 
gracious,  holy,  humble  and  learned  Ministry,  have  wisely 
judged  that  gentlemens  sons  are  the  only  likely  persons  to 
answer  our  expectations;  and  have  accordingly  passed 
an  Act.  that  none  shall  be  admitted  to  the  College,  but 
those  who  are  able  to  continue  four  years ;  and  they  have 
provided  a  Professor  of  Divinity,  who,  if  well  attended 
for  a  year  or  two  more,  will  fit  these  gracious,  holy,  hum- 
ble (and  I  may  add  rich)  youths  for  the  Ministry;  and 
the  expence  at  a  moderate  computation  will  not  exceed 
£.  300,  which  is  but  a  trifling  sum  for  a  gentleman,  in  that 
important  business.  You  will  imagine,  perhaps,  that  the 
pious  Poor  are  to  be  shut  out.  No;  a  gentleman  of  that 
faculty  told  me  that,  "if  a  young  man  of  exemplary  piety, 
"promising  abilities,  and  sufficiently  forward  in  learning 
"to  enter  the  junior  class,  would,  upon  a  certificate  that 
"he  and  his  parents  were  so  poor,  that  they  were  not  able 
"to  support  him  more  than  two  years,  make  application 
"for  admittance,  he  might  be  taken  in  as  a  poor  scholar." 
B.  O. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  76,  June  20-27, 
1768. 

Nezv-York,  June  16.  On  Tuesday  last,  a  Boat  coming 
here  from  Elizabeth-Town,  belonging  to  Mr.  Bunnel  of 
that  Place,  having  on  board  a  Quantity  of  Timber,  lying 
a  Cross  the  Vessel,  on  which  was  a  Negro  Boy  belonging 
to  Mr.  Chetwood  of  the  same  Town,  a  sudden  Flaw  of 
Wind  heel'd  the  Boat  so  much  that  the  Timber  with  the 
Boy  upon  it  fell  overboard,  and  the  Boy  was  seen  no  more, 
and  as  the  Water  where  he  fell  appear'd  bloody,  it  is  sup- 
posed he  was  crush'd  by  the  Timber. — The  Nezv  York 
Journal  or  General  Advertiser ,  No.  1328,  Jnne  16,  1768. 


196  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

New-York,  June  20.  The  Sally,  Rankin,  from  Newry, 
for  Philadelphia,  mentioned  in  our  last,  to  be  on  shore  at 
Little  Egg-Harbour,  is  gone  all  to  Pieces. 

RuN-away,  from  the  Subscriber,  living  at  Pumpton,  in 
New-Jersey,  on  Saturday  the  4th  Instant,  a  Negro  Man 
named  Harry,  40  Years  old,  much  pitted  with  the  Small- 
Pox,  and  can  speak  both  Dutch  and  English,  plays  on  the 
Violin,  and  loves  Grog:  Had  on  when  he  went  away  a 
blue  Broad  cloth  Coat,  a  blue  and  white  Holland  Jacket, 
red  Cloth  Breeches,  and  new  Shoes  with  brown  Yarn 
Stockings.  Whoever  takes  up  and  secures  the  said  Negro 
Fello'w,  so  that  he  may  be  had  again,  shall  receive  Five 
Dollars  Reward,  and  all  reasonable  Charges,  from 

John  Acton. 

— The  New  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
868,  June  20,  1768. 

On  reading  the  Governor  of  Nezv-Jersey's  speech  to  the 
assembly,  the  15th  of  April  last,  it  afforded  me  pleasure 
to  find  so  strongly  recommended  (among  other  matters) 
the  roads  being  put  in  better  order,  which  the  legislative 
body  have  doubtless  attended  to  accordingly. 

It's  much  to  be  wish VI  the  inhabitants,  in  said  province, 
for  their  own  benefit,  likewise  the  satisfaction  and  ease  of 
the  numerous  strangers.  tra\elling  so  frequent  to  and  from 
different  provinces  and  colonies  thro'  Nezv-Jcrsey,  wou'd 
join  voluntarily  and  industriously  to  prevent  future  cause 
of  complaint,  as  far  as  in  their  power. 

Suffer  me  to  urge  and  recommend,  while  so  useful  a 
regulation  is  undertaken  and  forwarded,  which  I  trust 
will  be  attended  with  dispatch,  under  the  direction  and  in- 
spection of  such  prudent  trustees  or  overseers  appointed 
for  said  service,  that  there  may  appear  more  attention  and 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  197 

regard  than  hitherto,  to  the  safety  of  all  travellers,  by  a 
better  repair  of  the  wood  and  log  bridges,  especially  on  the 
most  public  roads,  which  it  must  be  allowed  loudly  calls  in 
sundry  places,  for  speedy  and  more  effectual  amendment. 
Permit  me  further  to  propose  and  request,  that  at  the 
forks,  or  where  the  roads  cross  and  divide,  there  may  be 
(where  as  yet  none)  Posts  erected  and  fixed  with  plain 
directions  to  what  place  each  lead,  or  conduct  the  stranger; 
as  pleasingly  appears  in  Burlington  county.  The  want  of 
this  useful  and  desirable  intelligence  being  more  general, 
has  augmented  the  anxiety  and  fatigue  of  many  weary  per- 
sons, particularly  such  who  are  obliged  to  travel  on  foot, 
some  perhaps  with  a  burden  of  body,  besides  clothes  or 
other  articles,  who  are  in  great  distress  on  finding  fas  in 
many  places)  no  ready  means  to  obtain  information  which 
road  to  take.  The  smallness  of  the  expence  attending  this 
beneficial  proposal,  and  the  gor)d  effects  productive  thereof, 
deliberately  consider'd,  I  presume,  leaves  little  room  to 
doubt  of  proper  measures  being  soon  taken  for  its  accom- 
plishment. Which  will  be  not  only  laudable  but  exem- 
plary; and  it  is  to  be  hoped  promote  generally,  and  with 
alacrity  in  every  other  province  and  colony. 

A  Traveller. 

Elisabeth-Town,  June  ii,  1768. 
Strayed  from  a  Pasture  in  this  Town,  about  five  Weeks 
ago,  a  small  (Virginia  bred)  light  bay  Horse;  he  paces 
naturally,  has  a  white  Face  and  four  White  Feet,  with 
grey  Hairs  in  his  Tail.  Whoever  takes  up  and  brings  the 
above  to  the  House  of  William  P.  Smith,  Esq;  or  can 
give  Intelligence,  by  which  he  may  be  recovered,  shall  re- 
ceive a  Pistole  Reward,  and  all  reasonable  Charges  paid. 

Perth-Arnhoy,  June  16,  1768. 
By  Order  of  Stephen  Skinner,  Rune  Runyon,  and  Jon- 


198  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

athan  Frazee,  Esqrs.  Judges  of  the  Inferior  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas,  for  the  County  of  Middlesex,  in  the  Province 
of  New-Jersey :  Notice  is  hereby  given  to  the  Creditor  or 
Creditors,  respectively,  of  Martin  Hoogeland,  Benjamin 
Britain,  and  Edward  Kight.  Insolvent  Debtors,  in  the 
Gaol  of  the  said  County  of  Middlesex;  to  shew  Cause,  if 
any  they  have,  before  the  said  Judges,  at  the  House  of 
Elijah  Dunham,  Innholder,  in  the  City  of  Perth-Amboy, 
in  the  County  of  Middlesex  aforesaid,  on  Wednesday  the 
13th  Day  of  July  next,  at  lo  o'Clock  in  the  Forenoon,  why 
an  Assignment  of  the  said  Debtors  Estates,  respectively, 
should  not  be  made,  and  the  said  Debtors  discharged,  pur- 
suant to  the  Directions  of  a  late  Act  of  the  Governor, 
Council,  and  General  Assembly  of  this  Province,  entitled, 
"An  Act  for  the  Relief  of  Insolvent  Debtors." 

Perth-Amboy,  June  17,  1768. 

Pursuant  to  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
Province  of  New-Jersey,  lately  published,  entitled,  "An 
Act  for  the  Relief  of  Insolvent  Debtors,"  we  the  Sub- 
scribers being  confined  in  the  Gaol  in  the  County  of  Mid- 
dlesex, and  having  petitioned  the  Hon.  Frederick  Smith, 
Esq;  Chief  Justice  of  the  Province,  and  John  Berrien,  Esq; 
one  of  the  Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  said  Province, 
and  lodged  a  Schedule  and  Inventory  of  our  Estates  in 
the  Secretar3^'s  Office,  in  Perth-Amboy;  do  give  Notice 
to  all  our  Creditors  to  appear,  and  shew  Cause,  if  any 
they  have,  on  the  7th  Day  of  September  next,  at  12 
o'clock  of  said  Day,  at  the  Court-House  in  Perth-Amboy. 
before  the  said  Justices,  why  we  should  not  be  discharged, 
agreeable  to  the  Directions  of  the  said  Act. 

John  Feavel.     Drake  Dunn. 

N^ew- Jersey,  June  14,   1768. 
The  Subscriber,  who  lately  kept  the  King's  Arms  Tav- 


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ern,  in  Princeton,  begs  Leave  to  acquaint  his  Friends  in 
particular,  and  the  PubHc  in  general,  that  he  has  removed 
to  the  commodious  Inn,  in  Princeton,  long  known  by  the 
name  of  Hudibras^;  where  having  furnished  the  House 
with  the  best  of  Liquors,  and  proposing  from  time  to  time 
to  supply  it  with  the  best  Provisions  he  can  procure  in  the 
Situation;  he  flatters  himself  he  shall  be  able  to  entertain 
Travellers  and  others  in  the  best  Manner,  as  he  is  deter- 
mined to  apply  himself  to  give  general  Satisfaction.  He 
hopes  for  the  Continuation  of  the  Custom  of  his  Friends, 
and  that  of  any  other  Gentlemen,  who  will  please  to  favour 
him  with  their  Custom,  shall  be  gratefully  acknowledged; 
by  the  Public's 

Obliged  humble  Servant, 

Jacob  Hyer. 

N.  B.  As  the  Stage- Waggons  from  New-York  to  Phil- 
adelphia, and  back,  put  up  at  his  House,  any  Person  in- 
clining to  send  Goods  or  Parcels  by  that  Conveyance,  may 
depend  on  their  being  carefully  forwarded. 

II  *  ||.  He  continues  to  follow  the  Hatter's  Business  in 
all  its  Branches,  as  usual. — The  New  York  Gazette  or 
Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  1329,  June  20,  1768. 

To  Be  Sold, 
By  James  Abeel, 
Near  the  Albany- Pier; 
Hollow-Ware  of  all  Kinds,  made  at  Vesuvius  Fur- 
nace, at  Newark,^  in  New-Jersey,  and  allowed  by  the  best 
Judges  to  be  far  preferable  to  any  made  in  America. 

Five  Dollars  Reward. 
Run  away  from  Daniel  Taylor,  of  Newark  Mountains, 
in  New-Jersey,  on  Thursday  the  i6th  June  Instant,  an  in- 
dented  Servant   Man,   named  James   M'Donnough;     he 

1  At  least  as  early  as  1761.     See  N.  J.  Archives,  XX.,  620. 

*  One   of  the   earliest  mentions  of  the  iron  industry  at  Newark. 


200  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

speaks  the  Irish  Brogue  pretty  strong,  is  about  20  Years 
of  Age,  of  a  brown  Complexion;  has  dark  brown  Hair, 
which  he  wears  tied,  and  is  about  5  Feet  4  Inches  high, 
pretty  well  set;  when  he  ran  away  he  took  with  him  an 
Axe  new  jump'd,  and  had  on  a  Regimental  Cap  turn'd  up 
with  red,  an  old  brown  cloth  jacket  made  Sailor  Fashion, 
a  Tow  Cloth  Shirt,  a  ragged  Pair  of  Tow  Cloth  Trowsers, 
and  no  Shoes  or  Stockings.  Whoever  apprehends  the 
above  run  away  Servant,  and  secures  him  so  that  the  said 
Daniel  Taylor,  may  have  him  again,  shall  be  paid  the 
above  Reward  of  Five  Dollars,  and  all  reasonable  Charges 
by  the  said  Daniel  Taylor. — The  New  York  Journal  or 
General  Advertiser,  No.  1329,  June  23,  1768. 

Whereas  I,  the  Subscriber,  did,  in  the  Pennsylvania 
Gazette,  No.  2059,  ^"<^  likewise  in  the  Pennsylvania 
Chronicle,  No.  73,  advertise  a  certain  Nathan  Collins, 
having  absconded  from  the  usual  Place  of  his  Abode,  and 
enticed  away  with  him  an  Apprentice  Boy,  named  Joseph 
Sharp.  Now,  these  are  to  inform  the  Public,  that  the 
Friends  and  Relations  of  the  said  Nathan  Collins  have  en- 
gaged to  make  me  full  Satisfaction  on  that  Account,  and 
that  the  said  Nathan  Collins  may  pass  unmolested  for  any 
Thing  I  have  at  present  against  him,  as  no  Reward,  for 
apprehending  him,  will  be  paid  by  me 

William  Downs. 
— The  Pennsylvania   Gazette,  No.   2061,   June  23, 
1768. 

On  Thursday  last  Robert  Friend  Price,  and  John 
HiNCHMAN,  Esquires,  were  elected  Representatives  for 
Gloucester  County,  in  New-Jersey. — The  Pennsylvania 
Gazette,  No.  2061,  June  23,  1768. 

The  CENTINEL.    No.  XIV. 


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.  .  .  .  Thus  in  calculating  the  Number  of  Petitioners 
for  establishing  an  Episcopate  in  the  Colonies,  he  takes  in 
the  People  of  the  Sugar  Islands,  and  Southern  Colonies, 
altho'  never  consulted  in  the  forming  or  forwarding  the 
Seven  Petitions,  drawn  up  by  the  Missionaries  of  New- 
York  and  New-Jersey;  because  Members  of  his  Church 
abound  in  those  Parts,  and  every  Episcopalian,  as  a  true 
son  of  the  Church,  must  in  the  Doctor's  Judgement,  be  at 
least  a  virtual  Supplicant  on  this  important  Occasion. 
In  three  of  the  New-England  Governments, 
where  a  very  lax  kind  of  Religious  Establishment  has  ob- 
tained, the  Episcopal  Ministers  are  entituled  to  that  Part  of 
the  Tax  levied  for  supporting  the  Clergy,  which  arised 
from  their  own  Church  Members.  In  the  City  of  New- 
York,  and  in  some  of  the  Counties  of  that  Colony,  part  of 
the  Poor  Tax  is  taken  to  maintain  their  Ministers.  In 
Rhode-Island,  New-Jersey,  and  Pennsylvania,  they  are  on 
a  Footing  with  the  most  favoured.     And  in  all  the  Old 

Colonies,  North-East  of  Maryland The  Rev'd 

Mr.  Thompson,  itinerant  Missionary  in  the  Counties  of 
York,  and  Cumberland,  acquainted  his  venerable  Patrons 
the  same  Year,  that  his  People  within  those  Counties,  did 
not  exceed  202  Souls;  altho'  it  is  well  known  those  Dis- 
tricts contained  at  that  Time,  Thirty  or  Forty  Thousand 
Inhabitants.  And  the  Rev'd  Mr.  Murray  of  Berks  Coun- 
ty, complained  that  his  People  at  Mollattin,  were  reduced 
by  Removals,  to  Twenty-nine  Families;  that  he  despaired 
of  seeing  a  Church  built  within  his  Mission;  and  expected 
soon  to  be  reduced  to  the  Society's  Allowance  for  his  Sup- 
port. The  Episcopal  Societies  in  Nezu-York  and  New- 
Jersey  are  in  very  little  better  Circumstances.  At  Cohan- 
zie,  in  West-Jersey  stands  a  Church,  but  there  is  not  the 
Shadow  of  a  Congregation  in  the  County.  At  Salem  the 
Episcopal  Cause  is  almost  as  low.  It  would  be  tedious,  as 
it  is  needless,  to  multiply  Instances  to  illustrate  this  Mat- 


202  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

ter :  Suffice  it  to  say,  that  it  is  in  the  Cities  and  some  of 
the  larger  Towns  only,  that  their  Congregations  are  nu- 
merous. Yet  the  Episcopal  Church  in  the  non-episcopal 
Colonies,  never  was  in  such  outwardly  flourishing  Cir- 
cumstances:  And  no  Wonder;  ....  How  unjust, 
how  ungrateful  then,  are  these  Missionaries  of  New-York 
and  New-Jersey  in  their  Complaints  of  Hardships,  Griev- 
ances and  Persecution.  They  are  unjust  to  their  Fellow 
Subjects,  among  whom  they  reside:  Ungrateful  to  their 
Patrons  and  Benefactors  in  Europe :  and  their  Behaviour 
must  reflect  severely  on  their  own  Characters,  wherever 
this   Unfairness   and   Disingenuity   shall   be  opened   up. 

No  one  will  assert,  that  the  Whites  of  the  Doctor's 
Church  in  America,  amount  to  "a  Million  nearly."     We 

may  very  well  say,  they  are  not  half  that  number 

Behold  a  Crowd  of  Negroes,  in  the  Islands,  and  Southern 
Colonies,  almost  all  of  whom  "are  not  Christians  at  all."" 
slipt  into  the  Episcopal  Scale,  in  order  to  ballance,  in  some 
Measure,  the  dead  Weight  of  Non-conformists  in  the 
Northern  Colonies ;  and  yet  it  kicks  the  beam !  Behold 
at  least  500,000  virttiol  Churchmen,  virtually  petitioning 
by  their  Friends  the  Clergy  of  Nezv-York  and  Nezv-Jer- 
sey  for  Bishops !  What  low  Artifice  is  this !  .  .  .  . — 
The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.-  1333,  June  23,  1768. 

Providence,  June  11. 
On  the  30th  ult.  died  at  Middletowm,  in  New- Jersey  in 
the  28th  year  of  his  age,  Mr.  Willl\m  Wiley,  an  emi- 
nent distiller,  formerly,  an  inhabitant  of  this  place,  of 
which  he  was  a  native  -  -  -  a  gentleman  of  acknowledged 
uprightness  and  integrity,  whose  benevolent  mind,  and 
rectitude  of  life,  added  to  his  agreeable  converse,  and  en- 
gaging maUiier,  rendered  him  universally  beloved  and  re- 
spected.    He  was  a  strenuous  asserter  of  the  liberties  of 


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his  country  -  -  -  a  zealous  advocate  for  the  welfare  of 
Britain  and  America,  whose  interests,  from  the  solidity 
of  his  judgment  he  was  led  to  consider  as  inseparably  con- 
nected ;  but  an  enemy  to  every  measure  that  wore  the  least 
glimmering  of  oppression  :  He  bore  a  lingering  and  pain- 
ful disorder,  with  that  fortitude  and  resignation  which  so 
eminently  characterise  the  christian  and  the  man;  fully 
convinced  of  this  sreat  truth 


fe' 


"Death  is  victory; 

"It  binds  in  chains  the  raging  ills  of  life." 

He  met  his  dissolution  with  that  chearfulness  and  se- 
renity, which  are  ever  the  emanations  of  a  conscious  vir- 
tuous mind,  and  which  none  but  the  truly  pious  can  form 
a  proper  idea  of,  in  full  assurance,  that  a  life  devoted  to 
the  cause  of  virtue  would  be  rewarded  with  an  inheritance 
among  the  blessed. 

I  SHOULD  think  myself  wanting  in  Gratitude,  to  my  kind 
Customers,  and  undeserving  of  their  future  Favour,  if  I 
should  neglect  to  return  them  most  humble  and  unfeigned 
Thanks  for  the  Public  spirit  and  Benevolence  they  have 
uniformly  shown  in  promoting  the  Success  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania Chronicle,  from  its  first  Beginning  to  this 

Day 

[signed]  The  PRINTER.^ 

N.  B.  All  Orders  from  Town  or  Country,  for  News- 
Papers,  Advertisements,  or  any  Kind  of  Printing  Work, 

will  be  carefully  observed,  and  punctually  executed It 

gives  me  very  particular  Pleasure  to  find  the  CJironicle  is 
so  well  calculated  to  serve  my  advertising  Customers,  es- 
pecially those  of  the  Provinces  of  Pennsylvania,  New- 
Jersey,  Maryland,  and  Virginia,  who  have  reaped  consid- 


1  William   Goddard,    who  began   the   Pennsylvania   Chronicle,  January    6, 
1767. 


204  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

erable  Advantages  by  kindly  endeavouring  to  serve  a 
young  Beginner  in  a  very  expensive  Undertaking. 

The  Subscriber  takes  this  method  to  acquaint  the  Pub- 
lic, that  she  has  opened  her  house  opposite  the  college,  in 
Princeton,  New-Jersey,  to  accommodate  all  persons  who 
travel  in  the  stage-waggons,  or  otherways,  with  private 
lodging.  Parnel  Davenport. 

N.  B.  The  said  Parnel  Davenport,  widow,  continues 
boarding,  as  usual. — The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  yy, 
June  2y-July  4,  1768. 

Mrs.  Johnson, 
Notifies  the  Public,  that  she  has  removed  to  the  large 
and  commodious  Plouse  commonly  called  the  White- 
House,  at  the  Sign  of  the  Duke  of  Rutland,  in  Elizabeth- 
Town,  where  she  proposes  to  keep  a  public  House  of  En- 
tertainment, and  hopes  for  the  Favour  of  her  old  Cus- 
tomers. 

Nezv-York,  June  27.  Capt.  Tingley,  (in  the  Brig  Olive 
Branch)  who  arrived  here  on  Tuesday  last  in  7  Weeks 
from  Bristol,  spoke  with  a  Brig  90  Leagues  off  Long- 
Island,  from  Nczvark  bound  for  London. 

The  following  Gentlemen  arc  returned  Representa- 
tives, in  the  New-Jersey  Assembly,  for  the  nndcrnien- 
tioned  Counties. 

Somerset.     Hendrick  Fisher  and  John  Berrien,  Esqrs. 

Monmouth.  Rob.  Hartshorne  and  Edward  Taylor, 
Esqrs. 

Middlesex.    John  Wetherill  and  Reune  Runyan,  Esqrs. 

Essex.    John  Ogden  and  Stephen  Crane.  Esqrs. 

Bergen.     Tunis  Dey  and  John  De  Moray. ^  Esqrs. 

Gloucester.  Robert  Friend  Price  and  J(»hn  TTinchman, 
Esqrs. 

City  of  Perth-Amboy.     Cortland   Skinner  and  John 

>  Dcmiiifsl . 


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Johnson,  Esqrs. — The  New  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post 
Boy,  No.  1330,  June  2y,  1768. 

College  of  Philadelphia,  June  21,  1768. 

This  Day,  which  may  be  considered  as  having  given 
Birth  to  Medical  Honors  in  America,  the  following  Gen- 
tlemen were  admitted  to  the  Degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Physic,  viz.  Messieurs  John  Archer,  of  New-Castle 
County,  Benjamin  Cowell,  of  Bucks  County,  Samuel 
DuFFiELD,  of  Philadelphia,  Jonathan  Elmer,  of  West 
Jersey,  Humphrey  Fullerton,  of  Lancaster  County, 
David  Jackson,  of  Chester  County,  John  Lawrence  of 
East  Jersey,  Jonathan  Potts,  of  Philadelphia,  James 
TiLTON  of  Kent  County,  and  Nicholas  Way,  of  Wil- 
mington, New  Castle  County 

The  Provost,  after  opening  the  Commencement  with 
Prayers,  introduced  the  Business  of  the  Day  with  a  short 
Latin  Oration;    then  followed, 

I.  A  Latin  Oration  delivered  with  great  Propriety  by 
Mr.  Lawrence,  "De  Honoribus,  qui  omni  .^vo  in  veros 
Medicinse  Cultores  collati  fuerent."     .... 

Philadelphia.  June  30.  Sunday  last  came  to  Town 
Captain  Graham,  of  the  Sloop  Kingston,  bound  from  this 
Port  for  the  Grenades,  who  informs,  that  he  left  our  Capes 
the  6th  Instant,  and  on  the  i  ith  the  Sloop  sprung  a  Leak; 
that  on  the  12th,  it  increased  so  fast,  they  could  scarce  keep 
her  free  with  both  Pumps,  and  were  obliged  to  throw  some 
of  the  Flour  and  Lumber  overboard;  that  on  the  13th  he 
bore  away  for  our  Capes;  and  arrived  off  of  Townsend's 
Inlet  on  the  24th,  the  Hands  being  almost  worn  out  with 
constant  pumping. 

Arrivals.     At  Barbadoes,  Morgan,  from  Salem. 

Sr{s.<;e.v  County,  Neiv- Jersey.  June  28,  1768. 
Whereas  T  Nicholas  Smith  oave  Rich.xrd  Shak- 


206  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

LETON  two  bonds,  for  One  Hundred  Pounds  each,  bearing- 
date  April  1764,  and  a  title  bond  for  a  piece  of  land,  and 
he  not  performing  his  contract  with  me,  these  are  to  fore- 
warn any  person  from  taking  an  assignment  of  said  bonds, 
as  I  am  determined  not  to  pay  the  same. 

Nicholas  Smith. 

Sussex  County  on  Delaware,  Three  Run  Mills, 

June  24,  1768. 
Run  away  from  the  subscriber,  on  the  13th  of  Septem- 
ber last,  one  Mulattoe  slave,  named  Harry,  about  40  years 
of  age,  5  feet  6  inches  high,  and  well  set.  Had  on,  when 
he  went  away,  a  brown  cloth  coat,  white  linen  jacket,  and 
brown  breeches;  he  was  bred  to  a  miller,  and  understands 
very  well  how  to  manufacture  flour,  and  can  invoice  the 
same;  is  much  given  to  strong  drink,  and  playing  on  the 
violin;  understands  the  carpenter's  and  millwright's  busi- 
nesses midling  well ;  was  removed  from  East  New-Jersey 
in  the  year  1762,  by  one  Nicholas  Veight,  who  lived  at 
Rockey-Hill,  and  kept  a  mill.  The  said  fellow  has  a  free 
wife,  named  Peg,  and  two  children,  which  are  supposed  to 
be  somewhere  in  the  province  of  East  New-Jersey.  I  am 
told  the  said  Mulattoe  has  got  a  pass.  Any  person  or  per- 
sons that  will  secure  the  said  Mulattoe  in  any  of  his  Maj- 
esty's goals,  so  that  the  owner  may  have  him  again,  shall 
have  Ten  Pounds  reward,  and  reasonable  charges,  paid 
by  Mr.  Charles  Wharton,  merchant,  in  Philadelphia; 
or  by  Levin  Crapper. 

Baltimore-Town,  June  20.  i/GS. 

Taken  up,  and  committed  to  Baltimore  Town  Goal,  on 
suspicion  of  being  runaways,  viz. 

Timothy  Mahony,  an  Irishman 

Richard  Whitaker,  or  Whitacre,  a  shoemaker  by  trade, 
about  22  or  23  vears  of  age,  short  black  hair,  has  a  mole 


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under  his  right  eye,  near  the  ear,  and  another  on  the  left 
side  of  his  neck;  he  had,  when  taken,  a  leathern  budget, 
with  the  words  New-Jersey,  in  yellow  or  gold  letters,  in 
which  are  his  tools;  he  produces  a  pass,  signed  John  Jar- 
man,  one  of  his  Majesty's  justices  of  the  peace  for  the 
county  of  Salem,  which  pass  is  supposed  to  be  forged,  it 
being  very  badly  wrote,  and  much  worse  spelt ;  there  was 
also  found  on  him  a  bond,  signed  by  John  Buck,  of  Deer- 
field  Township,  in  the  county  of  Cumberland,  and  province 
of  West  Jersey,  for  46  1.  lawful  money  of  West  Jersey, 
payable  to  Richard  Whitaker,  and  witnessed  by  William 
M'Gill. 

If  not  claimed,  and  fetched  away,  in  one  month  from  the 
date  hereof,  they  will  be  sold  out  for  their  fees,  by 

Daniel  Chamier,  Sheriff. 
— The  Pennsylvania   Gazette,  No.  2062,  June  30, 
1768. 

The  map  advertised  in  No.  21  of  vol.  II  of  this  paper, 
is  by  the  advice  of  some  gentlemen,  much  enlarged.    .    .    . 

[signed]     T.  Thomas. 

A  Letter  from  a  Gentleman  of  Distinction  in  Boston, 
mentions,  that  the  Conduct  of  the  Colonies  of  Virginia, 
Maryland;  New-Jersey,  Connecticut  and  Rhode-Island, 
has  given  the  greatest  Satisfaction  to  every  Friend  to  Am- 
erican Liberty,  and  that  they  were  persuaded  the  respect- 
able Colonies  of  Pennsylvania,  Carolinas,  New-York,  and 
New-Hampshire,  would,  as  soon  as  they  have  Opportu- 
nity, distinguish  themselves  in  like  manner. 

Made  his  escape  from  the  subscriber  John  Stymets,— 
Jonathan  Stout,  of  Hunterdon  county,  in  West  New- 
Jersev-  He  lives  at  Penny-Town.^  He  is  a  lusty  stout 
fellow,  and  values  himself  mnch  upon  fighting.     He  for- 

iNow  Penning-ton.     The  latter  name  was  vsed  as  early  as  1747. 


208  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

merly  was  an  officer  in  the  New- Jersey  regiment.  Who- 
ever takes  up  said  Stout,  and  secures  him  in  any  of  his 
Majesty's  gaols,  in  New  Jersey,  shall  have  Thirty  Shil- 
lings reward,  paid  by  me, 

John  Stymets. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle.  No.  yS:.  July  4-1  r, 
1768. 

To  be  sold,  or  exchanged  for  a  House  and  Lot,  in  the  City 
of  New-York,  that  is  convenient  for  a  Seafaring  Man; 
A  Farm,  pleasantly  situated  within  a  Mile  of  the  Town 
uf  Shrewsbury,  near  a  ^^lill  Pond.  The  Farm  is  divided 
into  two  Lots,  each  containing  six  Acres,  well  water'd, 
with  a  Dwelling-House.  and  other  Conveniencies,  on  each 
Lot.  and  an  Orchard  of  very  good  Fruit  Trees.  One  of 
the  Houses  is  new,  has  a  Well  of  good  Water  24  deep, 
very  handy  to  it;  a  Pail  Garden,  Hen-House.  and  about 
20  or  30  English  Cherry  Trees  around  the  Dw-elling. 
which  lies  adjoining  the  Road,  and  is  a  good  Situation  for 
any  Tradesman,  being  in  a  plentiful  Part  of  the  Country. 
Any  Person  inclining  to  purchase  or  exchange,  on  reason- 
able Terms,  may  apply  to  George  Crookskank,  next  Door 
to  Mr.  Lawrence's,  on  Golden-Hill,  New-York — The  Neznf 
York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury.  No.  870,  July  4,  1768. 

Mihtone,  Nezv-Jersey,  June  2  \ .  Yesterday  came  on  our 
election,  and  continued  by  adjournment  to  this  day.  when 
Hendrick  Fisher^  and  John  Berrien^  Esqrs.  were  elected 
representatives  for  the  county  of  Somerset:  The  election 
was  carried  on  with  the  greatest  coolness  and  good  order : 
no  reflecting  nor  abusive  words  were  heard  during  the 

iFor  a  sketch  of  Hendrick  Fishur.   see  X.   J.   Archives,   XIX.,   390. 

2  The  Berriens  are  believed  to  have  been  of  French  origin.  The  pro- 
genitor of  the  American  family  bore  the  very  Dutch  name  of  Cornells 
Jan^sen  Berrien.  He  was  in  Flatrush.  1..  I.,  as  early  as  1669,  and  there 
m  Jannetie  dau.  of  Jan.  Strvker.  Among  her  children  was  Peter,  h. 
1672  m.  (1706)  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Samuel  Edsall.  a  member  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  East  Jersey.  Peter  had  several  children,  one  of  whom  was  John 
Berrien'  b  Nov.  19.  1711;  removed  to  Rocky  Hill.  Somerset  county,  N. 
J  and  there  m.  Margaret,  dau.  of  Thomas  Eaton,  of  Eatontown.  He 
was   a   merchant,   highly   esteemed:    Trustee  of  Princeton   College.    1763: 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  2O9 

whole  election.  After  the  pole  was  closed  in  favour  of 
the  above  gentlemen,  Mr.  Fisher,  addressed  himself  to  the 
people  in  the  following  words. 

Dear  Friends,  and  Gentlemen  Voters. 

Press'd  with  a  due  sense  of  gratitude,  for  the  repeated 
and  distinguishing  marks  of  your  sincere  respect  for  my 
person;  the  honours  you  have  conferred  on  me  are  very 
obliging;  trusting  your  delicate  and  most  tended  concerns 
again  into  my  hands,  is  really  affecting;  by  this  you  not 
only  approve  of  my  former,  but  pledge  your  honour  to  my 
future  conduct.  I  am  at  a  loss  for  words  on  this  renewed 
occasion,  to  express  the  grateful  sentiments  of  my  enlarged 
mind;  I  must  therefore  content  myself,  returning  you  my 
humble,  my  most  hearty  thanks,  and  refer  the  proof  of  my 
sincerity  and  this  assertion,  to  my  future  actions.  Permit 
me,  nevertheless,  at  this  time  to  congratulate  you  on  the 
promising  appearance  of  your  numerous  and  tender  off- 
spring, treading  in  the  patriot  steps  of  you  their  aged 
parents,  a  prospect  the  more  agreeable,  as  patriotism  in 
many  places,  at  this  time,  is  become  a  martyr;  very  sensible 
I  am  of  my  inferior  abilities  to  many  in  this  county,  but 
as  to  real  satisfaction  and  sincere  delight  in  promoting 
your  best  interest,  and  preserving  your  civil  and  religious 
rights,  I  except  none. 

Having  spent  a  considerable  part  of  the  appointed  num- 
ber of  my  days,  in  the  public  service,  and  am  now  arrived 
to  that  period,  which  would  have  made  it  very  agreeable 
to  have  spent  the  remainder  of  my  moments,  in  a  more 
inactive,  and  a  retired  life.  But  on  considering  the  dis- 
tressed circumstances  of  the  province,  and  the  repeated 

until  his  death;  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court,  1764  until  his  death; 
member  of  the  i^ssembly.  176S-1772.  He  d.  April  22,  1772,  and  is  buried 
at  Princeton.  His  son  John  remo\-ed  to  Georgia  in  1775,  and  took  an 
active  part  in  the  Revolution.  At  the  rlo';p  of  the  TVar  he  m.  Marg-aret. 
dau.  of  Capt.  John  Macnherson,  of  Philadelphia;  he  d.  at  Savannah. 
Ga..  in  1815.  His  son.  John  Macpherson  Berrien,  b.  at  Rocky  Hill.  Au^. 
23  1781.  v.ns  a  Judge  of  the  Geor.gia  State  Courts  ten  years;  U.  S.  Sen- 
ator. 1S25-]S''n.  U.  S.  Attorney  General,  1820-31.  and  again  U.  S.  Sen- 
ator. 1840-1852.  Washington  wrote  hi.g  farewell  to  his  army  at  the 
Berrien  homestead  at  Rocky  Hill. 

14 


2IO  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

solicitations  of  my  friends,  I  have  consented  once  more  to 
stand  your  candidate,  which,  however,  in  all  probability 
will  be  my  last.  God  grant,  that  it  may  be  for  yonr  inter- 
est, and  his  glory;  and,  which  will  be  the  sufficient  reward 
of 

Your  very  obliged,  and 

most  humble  Servant, 

Hendrick  Fisher. 

Which  address,  the  people  very  thankfully  accepted.  In 
testimony  whereof,  gave  three  huzza's.  After  which  Mr. 
Berrien  gave  a  handsome  treat  to  those  that  were  willing 
to  accept  of  it. 

N.  B.  It  appears  by  the  poll  taken  at  this  election,  the 
freeholders  in  the  county  of  Somerset,  are  increased  to 
more  than  double  the  number  since  the  first  electing  of 
Mr.  Fisher,  in  the  year  1739. — The  Nezu  York  Gazette  or 
Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  133 1,  July  4,  1768. 

V/e  have  the  Pleasure  to  inform  our  Readers,  that  the 
House  of  Representatives  in  the  present  Session  of  the 
General  Assembly,  have  received  very  agreeable  Letters 
from  divers  PIoiiscs  of  Representatives,  &c.  of  the  other 
Colonies,  in  Anszver  to  the  circular  Letter  of  the  late  hlouse 
of  nth  of  Feb.  last.  Wliatever  the  Opinion  of  some  on 
the  other  Side  the  Water  may  be,  of  this  Letter,  ivho  have 
had  representations  of  it  as  being  the  rash  and  hasty  Pro- 
duction of  a  Spirit  of  Faction,  it  seems  that  one  respectable 
Body  after  another  in  America  have  judged  it  ivorthy  of 
their  Attention.  The  little  dirty  expiring  Faction,  as  the 
zvell  knozvn  true  Patriot  and  Jiis  fezv  Adherents  have  af- 
fected to  call  it,  zvill,  without  all  Peradventure,  appear  to 
his  and  their  Astonishment  and  Grief,  to  be  the  sober  and 
enlightened  Sentiments  of  by  far  the  greater  Part  of  the 
most  respectable  Inhabitants,  not  of  Massachusetts-Bay 
only,  but  the  zvhole  American  Continent! 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  211 

Colony  of  Nczv-Jcrscy,  May  9,  1768. 

Sir, 

As  soon  as  the  House  of  Representatives  of  this  Colony 
met,  which  was  on  the  12th  of  April,  I  laid  your  Letter  of 
the  nth  of  February  before  them. 

Sensible  that  the  law  you  complain  of,  is  a  subject  in 
which  every  Colony  is  interested,  the  House  of  Represen- 
tatives' readily  perceived  the  necessity  of  an  immediate 
application  to  the  King-,  and  that  it  should  correspond  with 
those  of  the  other  Colonies;  but  as  they  have  not  had  an 
opportunity  of  knowing  the  sentiments  of  any  other  Col- 
ony, but  that  of  the  Massachusetts-Bay,  they  have  endeav- 
oured to  conform  themselves  to  the  mode  adopted  by  you. 

They  have  therefore  given  instructions  to  their  Agent, 
and  enjoined  his  attention  to  the  subject  of  their  Petition. 

The  freedom  with  vs'hich  the  House  of  Representatives 
of  the  Massachusetts-Bay  have  communicated  their  senti- 
ments upon  a  matter  of  so  great  concern  to  all  the  Colonies, 
hath  been  received  by  this  House,  with  that  Candour,  the 
spirit  and  design  of  your  letter  merit.  And  at  the  same 
time,  that  they  acknowledge  themselves  obliged  to  you  for 
communicating  your  sentiments  to  them,  they  have  di- 
rected me  to  assure  you,  that  they  are  desirous  to  keep  up 
a  correspondence  with  you,  and  to  unite  with  the  Colonies. 
if  necessary,  in  further  supplications  to  his  ?\Iajesty,  to 
relieve  his  distressed,  American  subjects. 

In  the  name  and  by  order  of  the  House  of 

Representatives,  I  am,  Sir,  your  most 
Obedient  humble  servant, 

Cortland  Skinner. 

New- Jersey  )  By  Order  of  the  Hon.  John  Anderson, 
Monmouth,  ^  and  James  Lawrence,  Esq;  two  of  the 
judges  of  the  Inferior  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for  said 
County :     Whereas  Ezekiel  Ellison,  Andrew  Pearce,  and 


2  12  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

Gersham  Bullman,  Prisoners  for  Debt,  in  the  Gaol  of  said 
.County,  did  on  the  28th  Day  of  June,  1768,  make  Appli- 
cation to  said  Judges,  for  the  Benefit  of  the  late  Insolvent 
Act,  entitled,  "An  Act  for  the  Relief  of  Insolvent  Debtors, 
made  in  the  eighth  Year  of  his  present  Majesty's  Reign, 
for  said  Purpose,"  having  qualified  and  filed  their  Sched- 
ules. Now  these  are  to  give  Notice  to  the  Creditors  of 
the  said  Debtors,  that  they  be  together  at  said  Gaol  afore- 
said, on  the  26th  Day  of  July  next,  at  ten  of  the  Clock,  to 
shew  cause  (if  any  they  have)  why  the  said  Prisoners 
Estates,  should  not  be  assigned,  and  their  Bodies  dis- 
charged from  their  Confinement,  pursuant  to  said  Act. — 
Tlic  Nciv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser.  No.  1.33 1. 
July  7,  1768. 

Philadelphia,  July  7. 
We  hear  from  Penn's  Neck,  in  Salem  County,  New- 
Jersey,  that  the  Hail  Storm,  mentioned  in  our  two  last 
Papers,  did  considerable  Damage  to  several  Plantations 
there,  in  three  or  four  of  which,  it  is  said,  the  Grain  is  in- 
tirely  destroyed. 

The  following  Gentlemen  are  elected  Representatives 
in  the  Nezv  Jersey  Assembly,  for  the  under-mentioned 
Counties,  viz.     Salem,  Isaac  Sharpe,  Esquire. 

Cumberland,  Ebenezer  Miller,  Esquire. 

Cape-May,  Aaron  Leaming,  and  Nicholas  Still- 
well,  Esquires. — The  Pennsylvania  Ga::;ettc,  No.  2063, 
Jidy  7,  1768. 

Run  away  on  the  ist  Instant,  from  John  Roberts,  of 
Manington  township,  Salem  county,  West-Jersey,  an  Irish 
servant  man,  named  Richard  PIanley,  about  19  years 
of  age,  a  short  chunkey  fellow,  stoops  as  he  walks,  with 
fair  hair,  lately  trimmed,  of  a  fair  complexion,  speaks  bad 
Eno-lish,  is  left  handed,  and  when  he  looks  in  a  man's  face. 


1/68]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  213 

closes  one  of  his  eyes :  had  on,  when  lie  went  away,  an 
old  lightish  coloured  cloth  jacket,  a  blue  one  under  it, 
without  sleeves,  an  old  beaver  hat,  a  black  Handkerchief, 
two  coarse  shirts,  two  Pair  of  trousers,  and  shoes,  with 
brass  buckles.  Whoever  takes  up  and  secures  said  ser- 
vant, so  as  his  master  may  have  him  again,  shall  have 
Three  Pounds  reward,  and  reasonaljle  charges,  paid  by 
me 

—TJjc  Pciinsylvaiiia  Gazette,  No.  2063,  July  7,  1768. 

The  AMERICAN  WHIG.     [No.  XIII.] 

To  the  Author  of  the  American  Whig. 

Sir, 

r THANK  you  for  the  publication  of  my  former  letter, 
signed  an  American  Cpiurcpiman,  and  as  I  now  renew 
the  correspondence  with  the  same  design  of  vindicating 
our  church  from  the  odious  imputation  of  a  design  to  in- 
troduce Bishops  into  America,  you  have  leave  to  make  the 
same  use  of  it 

From  the  best  information  I  have  been  able  to  maintain, 
the  clergy  of  Maryland,  Virginia,  North-Carolina,  South- 
Carolina,  Georgia,  and  the  JVest-India  islands,  had  no 
concern  in  the  late  petitions  transmitted  on  this  subject; 
they  seem  to  have  been  hatched  by  a  few  warm  mission- 
aries in  the  provinces  of  A^czv- Jersey,  Neiv-York  and 
Pennsylvania;  and  propagated  to  the  Eastern  colonies  by 
the  help  of  the  frequent  unconstitutional  assemblies,  lat- 
terly convoked  under  the  name  of  the  Convention 

[signed]    An  American  Churchman. 
— Supplement  to  the  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1335, 
July  7,  1768. 

'On  the  13th  Inst,  was  happily  married,  in  St.  Mary's 
Church,  Burlington,  The  Reverend  Mr.  Frazer,^  of  Am- 

iThe  Rev.  William  Frazer  took  charge,  in  1768,  of  St.  Thomas'  church, 
at  Kingwood.  and  St.  Andrew's  church,  of  Amwell.  and  a  third  at 
Mc'sconetcong.   twenty-eight  miles  north  of  Kingwood.     He  labored   in 


2  14  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [l?^^ 

well,  to  Miss  Rebecca  Campbell,  Daughter  of  the  late 
Mr.  Campbell,  Minister  of  the  Church  in  Burlington.' — 
The  Pcnnnsyhania  Chronicle,  No.  79,  July  11-18,  1768. 

To  the  Public. 
The  following  is  a  new  Plan  for  a  Stage  Waggon,  from 
Powlas-Hook,  proposed  by  the  Subscribers,  viz. 
A  Waggon  to  set  off  every  da}^  in  the  week,  (Sundays 
excepted)  one  from  Powlas-Hook,  and  another  from  Mr. 
James  Banks's,  at  Newark,  precisely  at  half  an  hour  past 
7  o'clock  in  the  morning,  and  at  half  an  hour  past  4  in  the 
evening;  meet  at  Capt.  Brown's  ferry,  and  exchange  pas- 
sengers; and  every  Monday,  Wednesday  and  Saturday, 
W^ard's  waggon  returns  immediately  from  the  said  Ferry, 
through  Newark,  to  Elizabeth-Town;  stays  there  till  3 
o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  and  then  returns  back  again 
through  Newark,  for  Powlas-Hook.  Passengers  from 
Banks's,  will  be  always  on  a  sure  footing  on  the  Elizabeth- 
Town  days,  as  well  at  at  other  times,  for  if  the  waggon 
should  be  full  from  Elizabeth-Town,  for  New- York, 
Ward  will  have  other  waggons  ready  at  Banks's,  for  the 
passengers  who  wait  there  at  the  appointed  times. 

All  persons  who  are  pleased  to  encourage  this  under- 
taking, are  desir'd  to  be  punctual  to  the  times  above  men- 
tioned, as  the  waggons  must  be  very  exact  in  meeting  at 
Capt.  Brown's  Ferry;  and  they  may  depend  (God  will- 
ing) on  constant  attendance,  and  good  usage. 

By  their  Humble  Servants, 

Mathias  Ward,  and 
John  Thompson. 
Fare  for  passengers  from  Powlas-Hook,  to  Newark, 
is.  6(1.  from  Newark,  to  Elizabeth-Town,  is.     To  begin 


these  several  charsres  until  the  breaking  out  of  the  Revolution.  "Being 
.supported  by  a  Britiish  Missionary  Society,  he  would  not  omit  the 
). ravers  for  the  roval  family.  This  rendered  him  obnoxious  to  the 
patriots.  One  Sunday,  when  he  entered  his  church,  a  rope  was  hanging 
over  the  pulpit.  Public  sentiment  grew  so  violent  that  he  was  com- 
pelled to  suspend  worship  in  his  church.     But  so  prudent  was  his  con- 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  21 5 

(if  God  permit)  on  Friday  the  15th  inst. — The  Nczv  York 
Ga::ctte  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  871,  July  11,  1768. 

Pcrth-A'inhoy,  June  20,  1768. 
To  Be  Sold, 
By  the  Devisees  of  the  late  Andrew  Johnston, 
A  Lot  of  Land,  late  the  Property  of  Jolin  Bissctt,  con- 
taining about  500  Acres,  lying  at  the  Head  of  the  Naviga- 
tion on  South  River:  On  which  there  is  a  House,  Store- 
House,  and  Wharf,  being  the  best,  and  has  long  been  the 
most  noted  Landing,  on  that  River;  and  lays  must  con- 
venient for  the  Exportation  of  the  Produce  from  Cran- 
berry, Allen  Tozvn,  and  Crosszuicks;  the  Land  is  chiefly 
in  Wood.  Also  a  large  ten  Cord  Boat,  in  good  Repair, 
now  laying  at  Anchor  at  Perth-Auihoy.  Any  Person  in- 
clining to  Purchase,  may  apply  to  John  Barberie,  John 
JoiiNSTON,  Stephen  Skinner,  or  Stephen  Johnston, 
who  will  give  a  good  Title,  and  easy  Payments. — The 
Nezv  York  Gazette  or  JVeekly  Post  Boy,  No.  1332,  July 
II,  1768. 

Run  away  on  Thursday  last,  the  7th  Listant,  from  the 
Subscriber  in  Hides-Town,^  New-Jersey,  an  indented  Ser- 
vant Man,  Robert  M'Cormack,  about  5  Feet  10  Liches 
high,  about  25  Years  of  Age,  has  black  Hair,  and  a  down 
look;  had  on  and  took  with  him,  an  old  red  Duffle  Great 
Coat,  one  Tow  and  one  Check  Flannel  Shirt,  i  Pair  of 
Oznaburg  Trousers,  one  Pair  of  old  Shoes,  and  a  felt  Hat. 

Whoever  takes  up  and  secures  said  Servant,  giving 
proper  Notice,  shall  have  Forty  Shillings  Reward  and  all 
reasonable  Charges  all  Master's  of  Vessels  and  others,  are 

1  Hightstown. 

dvct  anfl  .^o  lovelv  his  chnracter,  that  poon  after  peace  was  declared 
he  reopened  his  church  and  resumed  his  ministry,  witli  general  ac- 
ceptance." He  died  in  1795.  aged  52  years.  He  m..  July  lo,  17GS.  Re- 
htcca  (bap.  March.  1750>.  dau.  of  the  Rev.  Colin  Campbell,  missionary 
in  St.  Mary's  church.  Burlington,  and  Marv  Martha  Bard,  his  wife 
I.snie:  1.  Colin,  b.  Mav  24,  176!);  2.  Elizabeth,  d.  Aug.  21,  1774,  age.! 
three  months;    and  perhaps  others. 


2l6  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

warned  not  to  carry  off  harbour,  or  conceal  the  said  Ser- 
vant as  they  would  avoid  a  Prosecution. 

Robert  Pearson. 

New-Jersey,     ^        In  Pursuance  of  an  Order  made  by 


Morris  County,  )  "  Jacob  Ford  and  Daniel  Cooper, 
senior  Esqrs.  two  of  the  Judges  of  the  Inferior  Court  of 
Common  Pleas,  in  and  for  the  County  of  Morris  afore- 
said, in  East  New-Jersey;  upon  the  Petition  of  William 
Hayden,  an  insolvent  Debtor,  now  in  actual  Custody  in 
said  County:  Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  said  Peti- 
tioner, to  all  the  Creditors  of  the  said  Petitioner  (to  shew 
Cause  if  any  they  have)  before  the  said  Judges,  or  two 
or  more  Judges  of  said  Court,  at  ]\Iorris-Town,  in  the 
County  of  Morris  aforesaid,  on  Monday  the  eighth  Day 
of  August  next,  at  ten  of  the  Clock  in  the  Forenoon  of 
the  same  Day,  being  the  Time  and  Place  appointed  by  the 
said  Judges,  why  an  Assignment  of  the  said  Petitioner's 
Estate  should  not  be  made  to  Persons  then  and  there  to 
be  appointed  by  the  said  Judges;  and  the  said  Petitioner 
be  thereon  discharged  according  to  an  Act  of  the  Gover- 
nor, Council  and  General  Assembl}^  of  the  Province  of 
New-Jersey  aforesaid,  made  and  passed  at  Perth- Amboy 
in  the  eighth  Year  of  his  present  Majesty's  Reign  entitled, 
"An  Act  for  the  Relief  of  insolvent  Debtors." — Tlic  New 
York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No.  1332.  Jiil\  14, 
1768. 

Philadelphia.  July  14.  Captain  Kent,  arrived  here 
from  Falmouth,  on  the  12th  ult;  -  -  -  on  the  30th,  40 
Leagues  E.  S.  E.  from  Sandy-Hook,  he  spoke  the  Brig 
Havanna,  Captain  Nicholson,  from  New  York  for  Liver- 
pool, all  well. 

To  be  sold,  by  way  of  public  vendue,  on  Saturday,  the 
30th  of  this  instant  July,  by  the  subscriber,  living  on  the 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  217 

premises,  a  valuable  plantation,  situate  in  Waterford  town- 
ship, Gloucester  county,  West  New-Jersey,  partly  oppo- 
site the  upper  end  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  about  5 
miles  from  either  of  Cooper's  ferries,  and  i  mile  from  the 
best  landing  on  Cooper's  creek,  containing  171  acres  and 
a  half  of  land  by  deed;  there  are  on  the  said  premises,  a" 
good  2  story  brick  house,  a  2  story  brick  kitchen  adjoin- 
ing, with  2  fire-places  in  each,  with  a  stone  cellar  under 
the  said  house,  petitioned  off  into  3  parts,  a  good  brick 
smoak  house,  a  brick  well,  with  extraordinary  good  water. 
a  large  garden,  well  paled  in,  fronting  the  said  buildings, 
and  one  of  the  best  framed  barns  in  the  said  province,  with 
different  stables,  cow  houses,  chair  house,  &c.  all  partly 
new;  a  good  young  apple  orchard,  and  peach  orchard; 
about  70  or  80  acres  of  cleared  land,  12  or  14  acres  of  good 
clover  and  green-grass  inland  meadow,  and  a  considerable 
quantity  more  may  be  made,  the  whole  land  is  very  natu- 
ral to  clover,  both  white  and  red,  the  wood-land  is  very 
well  timbered,  without  any  pine.  It  would  be  proper  for 
any  person,  who  inclines  to  purchase,  to  take  a  view  of 
the  said  plantation  and  buildings  before  the  day  appointed. 
The  sale  to  begin  at  one  o'clock ;  where  due  attendance  will 
be  given,  and  the  conditions  made  known,  by 

Barnabas  Crowell. 

— The  Pennsylvania   Gazette,  No.    2064,    July    14, 
1768. 

Yesterday  arrived  here  the  Brig  Jenny,  Capt.  Young, 
from  Lure  in  Jamaica :  On  his  passage  he  spoke  with  the 
following  vessels ;  .  .  .  .  and  on  the  9th,  50  leagues 
E.  S.  E.  of  our  Capes  with  the  Schooner  George,  Capt. 
Allen,  from  this  port  for  the  Granades,  all  well  on  board 
both  vessels. — Tlic  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1336,  July 
14,  1768. 


2l8  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

Philadelphia,  June  30.     College  of  Philadelphia, 

June  21,  1768. 

This  day,  which  ma}'-  be  considered  as  having  given 
birth  to  ]\Iedical  Honours  in  America,  the  following  gen- 
tlemen were  admitted  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Phys- 
ick;  viz  Messrs Jonathan  Elmer  of  West- 
Jersey,    ....    John  Lawrence  of  East-Jersey 

Agreeable  to  the  rules  of  the  college,  these  gentlemen 
previous  to  their  admission  to  a  degree,  had  diligently  at- 
tended the  lectures  of  the  several  professors  in  Anatomy, 
the  Matcriae  Mcdica,  Cliyuiisfry,  Theory  and  Practice 
of  Physic,  and  the  Clinical  Lectnrcs  in  the  Pennsylvania 
Hospital,  in  which,  (as  well  as  in  the  Languages  and  the 
necessary  branches  of  Natural  Philosophy)  they  gave  the 
most  satisfactory  proofs  of  their  proficiency,  both  in  their 
private  and  public  examinations. — Snpplcinoit  to  the  Nczv 
York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No.  1332.  hdy  16. 
1768. 

A  Plantation  to  be  sold  in  Newark  Town,  on  the  great 
Post  Road,  near  the  Center  of  said  Town;  it  contains 
about  60  Acres  of  exceeding  good  Upland  and  Meadow, 
that  will  produce  yearly  50  Loads  of  English  fresh  and  salt 
Hay,  eight  Acres  of  good  Orchard  of  best  grafted  Fruits. 
Any  Person  inclining  to  purchase  the  same,  by  applying 
to  Jot-in  Treat  Crane,  will  be  waited  upon,  shewn  the 
Premises,  and  know  the  Conditions  of  Sale. 

Nezvark,  July  13,  1768. 

— The  Nczv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
^y 2,  July  18,  1768. 

To  bei6oLD  by  Jonathan  IJanrpton,  of  Elizahcth-Tozvn,  in 
New-Jersey,  the  following  Tracts  of  Land  in  said  Prov- 
ince, viz. 
Two  Thousand  Acres  in  Nezvtozvn,  in  the  County  of 

Sussex,   on   which   Tract   stands   the  new    Stone  Court- 


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House,  around  which  is  a  new  Town  regularly  laid  out, 
and  already  began  to  be  built,  being  about  50  Miles  N.  W. 
from  Elizabcth-Tozvn.  The  Land  is  good  as  any  in  those 
Parts,  and  well  timbered  and  watered;  having  exceeding 
fine  Swamps  and  Meadow;  plenty  of  good  Lime  Stone, 
which  hammers  well  for  building,  and  good  Sand,  both 
within  a  Mile  of  said  Town. 

Five  Thousand  Acres  in  Hardzvick  and  Knolton,  in  said 
County,  on  both  Sides  Pazcliiis-Kill;  a  very  fine  Land  and 
Swamps,  and  well  timbered,  with  good  Conveniencies  for 
Water  Works,  of  any  Kind,  on  the  Falls  of  said  Kill,  hav- 
ing already  Twenty-two  Farms  upon  it;  each  Farm  hav- 
ing a  Quantity  of  Meadow,  and  100  Apple  Trees,  and  oth- 
er Fruit  Trees  already  planted  :  Lumber  or  Iron  may  be 
carried  from  this  Tract,  by  Water,  to  Philadelphia;  as 
many  Thousands  of  Lumber  has  already  been  transported, 
from  said  Falls^  that  Way. 

Three  Hundred  Acres  on  said  Pazvlins-KiU,  about  three 
Miles  from  said  Court-House,  some  fine  interval  Land; 
the  Upland  good,  and  well  timbered. 

Seven  Hundred  and  Fifty  Acres  in  Mcndoin,  Morris 
County,  having  three  Lnprovements  on  it.  The  Land  is 
good,  but  Stony,  and  full  of  Timber;  joins  to  Lancls  of 
Robert  Young,  and  James  Losey. 

Five  LIundred  and  Sixty  Acres  of  excellent  fine  Swamp, 
and  Upland,  as  good  as  any  in  Jersey,  in  Morris  Town, 
joining  the  Seat  of  the  Right  Hon.  the  Earl  of  Sterling, 
about  ten  IMiles  West  from  Elicabeth-Tozvii;  capable  of 
very  great  improvements. 

Five  Hundred  Acres  of  Marsh  in  Salem,  joining  Del- 
azvare  River,  Stozv-Creek,  and  Muddy-Run.  Fnquire 
about  this  Tract  of  Ebenezer  Miller,  Esq;  of  Cumberland 
County. 

One  Thousand  Acres  at  Great  Egg-JJarbour,  Meadow 
and  Swamps.    Enquire  of  Mr.  George  May  near  the  same. 


2  20  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

Any  Person  inclining  to  purchase  any  of  these  Tracts, 
or  any  Part  thereof,  may  enquire  of  the  above  Persons, 
or  of  the  Subscriber,  who  will  give  an  indisputable  Title 
for  the  same;  and  on  receiving  one  sixth  Part  of  the 
Money,  or  Security  for  the  same,  in  a  short  Time,  will  give 
three,  four,  or  six  Years  for  the  remainder,  on  having  the 
Interest  Yearly  paid;  only  for  the  Lands  at  Salem  and 
Egg-Harhoiir  he  will  expect  the  whole  of  the  Money  in 
Six  Months,  or  a  Year,  at  farthest.-^ 

Jonathan  Hampton. 
— Tlic  Nczv  York  Gazette  or  JVcckly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1333,  July  18,  1768. 

Salem  County,  Alloways  Creek,  June  30,  1768. 
Ran  away  last  night  from  the  Subscriber,  one  Thomas 
Robinson,  an  Irishman;  he  is  about  twenty-three  years 
old,  and  five  feet  five  inches  high,  has  brown  hair,  is  well 
set,  and  talks  tolerable  good  English.  It  is  about  three 
years  since  he  left  his  native  country.  He  had  on,  when 
he  went  away,  a  blue  coat,  green  plush  jacket,  a  pair  of 
striped  Holland  trowsers. — He  took  with  him  a  large 
dark  roan  horse,  with  no  white  marks  about  him;  he  is 
about  fifteen  hands  high,  and  paces  and  trots.  Whoever 
takes  up  said  Runaway  and  Horse  shall  have  five  pounds 
Reward,  and  for  the  Horse  only,  fifty  shillings,  and 
all  reasonable  charges  paid  by 

William  Craig. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Chroniele:  No.  80,  Julv  18-25, 
1768. 

New-York,  July  21.  Wt  hear  from  Newark,  that  on 
Monday  Night  last,  Schuyler's  Copper  Works,  at  Second 
River,  which  were  burnt  about  7  Years  a§"o,  were  again 
destroyed  by  Fire,  supposed  to  be  by  Design,  as  it  was  not 
known  that  any  Fire  had  been  lately  used  there. 

'See  pages  H-16,  ante. 


View  of 
House 

AND 

Farm. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  22  1 

A  List  of  Letters  rcniaining  in  the  Post-Office^  Phila- 
delphia. 

D.     Samr.cl  Blackwood,  Woodbury,  N.  Jersey. 

G.     Arthur  Gordon,  Cumberland  County. 

H.     James  Hinchman,  Gloucester  County. 

]\L     James  Millar,  West  Jersey. 

R.      Richard  Renshav/,  Gloucester  Point. 

S.      Nicholas  Stilv;ell,  Upper  End  of  Cape  May. 

To  Be  Sold, 

By  Public  Vendue,  on  the  i8th  Day 
of  August  next,  at  three  o' Clock  in  the 
Afternoon,  at  the  House  of  John  Bol- 
lins,  in  Pennytown,  in  West  New-Jer- 
sey; A  certain  Plantation,  containing 
about  200  Acres  of  Land,  one  half 
whereof  is  cleared  and  20  Acres  is  good  mowable  Meadow, 
and  as  much  more  may  be  made  :  The  Upland  is  very  fer- 
tile, and  the  Avhole  under  good  Fence,  there  are  two  Tene- 
ments on  the  Place.  The  first  has  a  Dwelling-House.  part- 
ly framed  and  partly  built  of  Stone,  of  the  Dimensions  of 
26  Feet  by  42,  with  a  Piazza.  A  new  built  frame  Barn,  of 
22  Feet  by  30,  a  large  Orchard  of  5  or  600  Apple  Trees, 
this  Part  is  in  the  Tenure  of  Philip  Peters,  at  the  yearly 
Rent  of  £.  40  and  the  other  Part  is  in  the  Tenure  <3f  James 
Yates,  at  £.  6  per  Annum.  The  unimproved  is  well  tim- 
bered, with  Hickory,  black  and  white  Oak,  &c.  The  Place 
is  12  Miles  from  Trenton  and  18  from  Brunswick,  about 
a  Quarter  of  a  Mile  from  the  great  Road  between  the  said 
Towns,  and  very  near  to  several  Grist  Mills  and  Places  of 
Worship.  One  half  of  the  purchase  Money  to  be  paid 
in  three  Months  after  Sale,  when  a  good  Title  will  be 
made  for  the  Residue;  the  Purchaser  may  have  a  Year's 
Credit,  on  paying  Interest  and  giving  Security.     Atten- 


2  22  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

dance  will  be  given  at  the  Time  and  Place  aforesaid,  by 
JopiN  Jones, 
Joseph  Potts, 

Feoffees  in  Trust  for  the  Use  of 
the  Creditors  of  Nehemiah  Stoute. 
— Tlie  Nczv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
i333>-^"^3'2i,  1768. 

New- York,  July  i8 

To  the  Printer. 

Your  inserting  the  foUozving  humble  petition  of  the 
House  OF  Representatives  of  New-Jersey,  to  our  most 
graeioiis  Sovereign,  cxtraeled  froui  tJie  votes  of  that 
House  of  tlie  ylh  of  May  last,  zvill  shezv  the  sense  thai 
people  have  of  the  late  aets  of  parliament;  and  is  said  to 
he  in  consequence  of  tlie  Circular  Letter  from  the  Assem- 
bly of  tlie  Massacluisetts-Bay. 

]\Iost  Gracious  Sovereign, 

"We -Your  Majesty's  loyal  subjects,  the  Representa- 
tives of  Your  colony  of  New-Jersey,  confiding  in  Your 
Majesty's  paternal  affection  for  Your  people,  humbly  im- 
plore permission  to  approach  the  throne,  and  to  present 
our  supplications  in  Behalf  of  our  ourselves  and  our  con- 
stituents. Your  Majesty's  faithful  and  afflicted  subjects. 

"Before  that  happy  period,  in  which  the  empire  of  the 
British  dominion  was,  by  the  favour  of  divine  Providence, 
for  the  Felicity  of  those  Domininions,  and  of  Europe  in 
general,  established  in  3^our  illustrious  House;  our  Ances- 
tors, with  the  Consent  of  the  Crown,  removed  from  their 
native  Land,  then  abounding  in  all  Blessings,  but  that 
perfect  Security  of  Liberty,  and  that  merciful  Spirit  of 
Administration,  which  render  your  Royal  Family  so  justly 
dear  to  your  remotest  Subjects;  and  ventured  with  their 
helpless   Relatives,    through   a   vast    Ocean,    and    trusted 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACIS.  22  3 

themselves  with  their  tender  Companions  to  the  inhospit- 
able and  unknown  Wilderness  of  this  new  World;  the 
Horrors  of  which  no  Consideration  could  render  tolerable, 
but  the  Prospect  of  enjoying  here  that  compleat  Freedom, 
which  Britons  never  thought  could  be  purchased  at  too 
great  a  Price. 

The  Subjects  thus  emigrating,  brought  with  them,  as 
inherent  in  their  Persons,  all  the  Rights  and  Liberties  of 
natural-born  Subjects  within  the  Parent  State  :  In  Conse- 
quence of  these,  a  Government  was  formed,  under  which 
they  have  been  constantly  exercised  and  enjoyed  by  the 
Inhabitants,  and  repeatedly  and  solemnly  recognized  and 
confirmed  by  your  Royal  Predecessors,  and  the  Legisla- 
ture of  Great-Britain. 

One  of  these  Rights  and  Liberties,  vested  in  the  People 
of  this  Colony,  is  the  Privilege  of  being  exempt  from  any 
Taxations,  but  such  as  is  imposed  on  them  by  themselves, 
or  by  their  Representatives;  and  this  they  esteem  so  in- 
valuable, that  they  are  fully  persuaded,  no  other  can  exist 
without  it. 

Your  Majesty's  signal  Distinction  is,  that  you  reign 
over  Freemen,  and  your  peculiar  Glory,  that  you  reign  in 
such  a  Manner,  that  your  Subjects,  the  Disposers  of  their 
own  Property,  are  ready  and  willing  whenever  your  Ser- 
vice calls  upon  them,  with  their  Lives  and  Fortunes,  to 
assist  your  Cause.  Your  People  of  this  Colony,  who  share 
in  the  Blessings  flowing  from  your  Wisdom  and  Virtue, 
most  gratefully  sensible  of  their  Obligation  to  so  excel- 
lent a  Prince,  humbly  hope  they  never  have  been  deficient 
in  duly  acknowledging  them ;  Whenever  it  has  been  neces- 
sary that  Supplies  should  be  levied  within  this  Colony; 
Requisitions  by  your  Majesty,  or  by  your  Royal  Predeces- 
sors, conformable  to  the  Rights  and  Liberties  of  this  your 
People,  have  been  made,  and  by  them  loyally  and  liberally 
complied  with. 


224  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

We  beseech  your  Majesty  to  do  them  the  Justice  to  be- 
lieve, that  they  can  never  fail  on  any  future  Occasion,  to 
demonstrate  their  Devotion  to  your  Majesty;  nor  can 
they  resign  without  unutterable  Shame  and  Grief,  the 
Honour  and  Satisfaction  of  voluntarily  and  chearfully 
expressing  in  the  strongest  Manner  their  Circumstances 
will  admit,  their  unfeigned  Affection  for  your  Majesty's 
Person,  their  distinguished  Duty  to  your  Government,  and 
their  inflexible  Resuluticjn  to  maintain  your  authority,  and 
defend  3^our  Dominions. 

Penetrated  with  these  Sentiments,  this  your  People, 
with  the  utmost  Concern  and  Anxiety,  observe,  tliat  Du- 
ties have  been  latiely  imposed  on  them  by  Parliament,  for 
the  sole  and  express  Purposes  of  raising  a  Revenue  :  This 
is  a  Taxation  upon  them,  from  which  they  conceive  they 
ought  to  be  protected,  by  the  acknowledged  Principles  of 
the  Constitution,  that  Freemen  cannot  be  legally  taxed 
but  by  themselves,  or  by  their  Representatives;  and  that 
they  are  represented  in  Parliament,  they  not  only  cannot 
allow,  but  are  convinced,  that  from  their  local  Circum- 
stances they  never  can  be. 

Very  far  is  it  from  our  Intention,  ,to  deny  our  Subordi- 
nation to  that  august  Body,  or  our  Dependance  on  the 
Kingdom  of  Great-Britain;  in  these  Connections,  and  in 
the  Settlement  of  our  Liberties,  under  the  auspicious  In- 
fluence of  your  Royal  House,  we  know  our  Happiness 
consists;  and  therefore,  to  confine  those  Connections,  and 
to  strengthen  this  Settlement,  is  at  once  our  Interest,  Duty, 
and  Delight :  Nor  do  we  apprehend,  that  it  lies  within 
our  Power,  by  any  Means  more  effectually  to  promote 
these  great  Purposes,  than  by  zealously  striving  to  pre- 
serve in  perfect  Vigour,  those  sacred  Rights  and  Liberties, 
under  the  inspiriting  Sanction  of  which,  inconceivable 
Difficulties  and  Dangers  opposing,  this  Colony  has  been 
rescued  from  the  rudest  State  of  Nature,  converted  into  a 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  22$ 

populous,  flourishing,  and  valuable  Territory;  and  has 
contributed  in  a  very  considerable  Degree,  to  the  Welfare 
of  Great  Britain. 

Most  Gracious  Sovereign, 

The  incessant  exertion  of  your  truly  Royal  Cares,  to 
procure  your  People  a  Prosperity  equal  to  your  Love  of 
them,  encourages  us  with  all  Humility  tO'  pray,  that  your 
Majesty's  Clemency  will  be  graciously  pleased  to  take  into 
Consideration  our  unhappy  Circumstances;  and  to  afford 
us  such  Relief,  as  your  Majesty's  Wisdom  shall  judge  to 
be  most  proper." 

Ordered, 

That  the  Speaker  do  sign  the  said  Petition,  and  transmit 
the  same  to  the  Agent,  to  be  presented  to  His  Majesty. 

Run  away,  on  the  7th  instant,  from  Robert  Pearson, 
of  Hight's  town.  East  New- Jersey,  an  Irish  servant  man, 
named  Robert  Carmack,  about  25  years  of  age,  5  feet 
10  inches  high,  a  pale  down  looking  man;  had  on.  when 
he  went  away,  an  old  felt  hat,  red  duffield  great  coat,  check 
flannel  shirt,  ozenbrigs  trousers,  and  old  shoes;  took  with 
him  a  homespun  tow  shirt.  It  is  supposed  he  will  en- 
deavour to  get  on  board  some  vessel  in  this  port.  Who- 
ever takes  up  and  secures  said  servant,  so  that  his  master 
may  have  him  again,  shall  have  Forty  Shillings  reward, 
and  reasonable  charges,  paid  by  me 
Robert  Pearson,  or 
William  Fisiiburn,  Merchant  in  Phila. 

—  Tlie  Pennsylvania   Gazette,   No.    2065,   -^''''v    21, 
1768. 

Messieurs  William  and  Thomas  Bradford, 
//  yoii  zvill  please  to  give  the  follozving  piece,  a  place  in 
your  next  paper,  you  will  doubtless  gratify  many  of 
your  readers,  and  at  the  same  time,  perform  an  office  of 


226  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

justice  to  the  public,  and  to  the  cliaracter  of  a  body  of 
men  very  grosly  misrepresented,  and  aspersed  by  an- 
anonymous  letter,  published  in  the  Chronicle,  No.  76. 
It  has  been  an  old  saying,  ''cast  dirt  plentifully  and 
some  of  it  will  stick."     Fully  of  this  sentiment  it  seems 

was  the  Author  of  that  letter,  signed  B.  O 

But  he  has  something  to  say  respecting  the  College  of 
New-Jersey,  as  well  as  the  Synod.  In  his  historical  nar- 
ration, he  evidently  designs  to  represent  the  board  of  trus- 
tees in  an  injurious  light.  I  shall  leave  that  respectable 
body  to  speak  for  themselves,  although  it  is  probable  they 
will  judge  such  ill-natured  sneers  unworthy  of  their  no- 
tice, whether  their  act  of  admitting  none  into  the  college 
save  the  first  class,  be  in  fact  a  prudent  regulation  or  not 
may  be  dubious;  doubtless  they  thought  it  to  be  proper 
at  the  time  of  passing  it,  although  I  know  some  not  in- 
considerable friends  of  that  institution,  who  think  other- 
wise. Some  future  period  will  better  discover  the  truth 
in  that  point. 

But  that  which  I  would  remark  upon,  is  something  that 
is  evidently  calculated  to  reflect  dishonour  both  upon  the 
Synod  and  College;  touching  all  which  I  shall  observe 
that  the  want  of  a  professor  of  divinity,  has  been  judged 
by  many  as  a  great  and  by  some  as  a  principal  defect  in 
that  institution.  Many  of  the  members  of  the  Synod  have 
frequently  expressed  their  desire  of  having  such  a  pro- 
fessor introduced,  and  declare  themselves  ready  to  assist 
in  supporting  him.  The  trustees  in  compliance  with  those 
desires  of  the  friends  of  the  College,  have  called  one  to 
that  station;  but  as  their  funds  were  not  sufficient  for  this 
and  other  necessary  purposes  of  this  institution,  they  re- 
spectfully applied  to  the  Synod  for  their  assistance  in  this 
afifair,  as  they  justly  supposed  they  had  good  reason  to  ex- 
pect it  from  them.  The  Synod  judged  they  could  not  with 
propriety  apply  any  part  of  the  money  now  in  their  hands 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  22/ 

for  this  purpose,  it  being  expressly  designed  by  the  donors, 
for  other  uses,  as  beforementioned,  but  at  the  same  time 
agreed  to  lay  the  affair  before  their  congregations  this 
year,  and  recommend  it  to  their  beneficence  being  desirous 
that  what  they  shall  do  for  this  purpose,  may  be  a  matter 
of  generosity,  and  not  of  necessity:  But  considering  that 
they  had  more  in  their  hands  than  would  be  expended  the 
currant  year,  they  further  agreed  to  lend  to  the  trustees 
of  the  college  for  the  use  of  the  Professor,  the  sum  of  fifty 
pounds,  to  be  nevertheless  refunded  out  of  what  may  be 
given  expressly  for  this  purpose. 

The  letter  writer  goes  on  in  these  words  "for  it  is 
judged  that  what  he  has  for  being  Professor  and  President 
"both  are  not  sufficient."  If  he  did  not  know  before,  this 
may  inform  him,  that  the  present  professor  hath  not  both 
the  offices  mentioned,  the  business  of  the  president  was  not 
put  upon  him,  save  his  proper  share  in  the  government, 
nor  has  he  any  part  of  his  salary;  for  that  this  remark 
might  have  been  decently  spared,  as  well  as  several  others 
concerning  a  certain  reverend  clergyman  and  his  sneers 
about  "gracious,  holy,  humble,  rich  and  pious  poor  youths, 
"&c"  as  to  these,  I  say  no  more,  having  confined  myself  to 
facts  with  which   I  am  well  acquainted  and  which  can 

easily  be  proved  by  forces  if  need  requires 

[signed]     Richard  Treat. 

Ahington,  July  4th,  1768. 

— Supplement  to  the  Pennsylvania  Journal^  No.  1337, 
July  21,  1768. 

Seven  pounds  Reward. 
Ran  away,  the  22d  ult.  from  the  subscriber  living  in 
Gloucester  township,  near  Great  Egg-Harbour,  a  Molatto 
man,  named  Samuel  Wright;  he  was  born  near  Hamp- 
ton, in  Virginia,  is  about  30  years  old,  5  feet  8  inches 
high,  and  well  set,  his  hair  bushy,  and  rather  red,  much 


22  8  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

mark'd  with  the  smah-pox,  has  a  down  look,  and  when 
angry  very  apt  to  turn  up  the  \yhite  of  his  eyes;  one  of 
his  thumbs  greatly  bruised.  He  had  on  an  old  felt  hat, 
an  ozenbrig  shirt,  a  pair  of  tow  trowsers,  and  a  pair  of 
neat's  leather  shoes,  about  half  worn,  with  large  brass 
buckles.  Whoever  secures  said  Run-away,  so  that  the 
owner  may  have  him  again,  shall  have  the  above  reward. 

Richard  Fry. 

N.  B.  The  said  fellow  was  whipped  and  pilloried  at 
Philadelphia,  for  horse-stealing  last  summer. 

It  having  been  reported  very  much  to  the  damage  of 
the  subscriber,  who  lives  on  the  Pennsylvania  side  of  the 
ferry,  on  the  road  from  Philadelphia  to  Burlington,  com- 
monly known  by  the  name  of  Dunks's,  that  the  said  ferry 
is  not  properly  attended,  nor  provided  with  suitable  boats 

He  takes  this  method  to  inform  the  Public,  that  he 

has  boats  (equal,  if  not  superior  to  any  on  the  river  Dela- 
ware,) for  the  conveyance  of  any  sort  of  carriage  that 
travels  the  road,  and  that  he  keeps  an  house  of  entertain- 
ment, where  such  gentlemen,  &c.  who  may  be  pleased  to 
favour  him  with  their  custom,  may  depend  on  his  utmost 
endeavour  to  oblige  them,  and  that  their  passage  over  the 
river  shall  be  expedited  as  much  as  possible,  by  their  hum- 
ble servant 

July  27,  1768.  Levi  Murrel. 

Nczv-Bninsziiick,  July  26,  1768. 

On  July  the  8th,  1768,  was  brought  before  John  Den- 
nis, Esq;  in  the  city  of  New-Brunswick,  and  province  of 
East  New-Jersey,  to  be  examined,  John  Farrel,  who  was 
born  in  Dublin,  came  to  the  city  of  Philadelphia  with  Capt. 
John  Iveyley,  was  sold  to  Peter  Kelly,  of  New-Town,  be- 
low New-Castle;   he  run  awav  from  said  master  the  latter 


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part  of  March  last,  is  about  27  years  of  age,  5  feet  8  or  9 
inches  high,  short  black  hair,  long  visage,  a  large  nose, 
fiat  on  the  top,  slim  bodied,  but  large  bones;  he  was  com- 
mitted to  the  gaol  of  this  city,  where  he  remains. 

On  July  the  26th  was  also  committed  to  the  gaol  afore- 
said, by  John  Dennis,  Esq;  one  William  Martain,  who 
saith  he  was  born  in  the  suburbs  of  London,  near  Moor- 
fields;  came  to  the  port  of  Philadelphia  with  Capt.  James 
Robinson,  was  sold  to,  and  is  still  servant  to  Thomas 
Ives,  of  Charles-Town,  near  to  William  Ives,  at  the  Up- 
per-Ferry over  Schuylkill,  in  Bucks  county,  he  run  away 
from  said  master  on  Friday  the  15th  instant,  is  28  years 
of  age,  grey  eyes,  small  stature,  but  well  set,  flaxen  curled 
hair,  and  of  a  fair  countenance,  by  trade,  a  paper  stamper. 

The  masters  aforesaid  are  desired  to  send  for  their  ser- 
vants, as  soon  as  possible,  or  proper  methods  will  be  taken 
to  set  them  at  liberty,  by  John  Dennis,  one  of  the  alder- 
men of  the  city  aforesaid. 

Bordcntown,  July  26,  1768. 

To    BE    SOLD, 

A  LOT  of  ground  situate  in  Bordentown,  fronting  the 
two  main  streets,  containing  one  acre;  on  which  is  erected 
a  commodious  two  story  brick  house,  well  built,  and  com- 
pletely finished,  with  a  good  dry  cellar  under  the  same,  a 
two  story  brick  kitchen,  with  apartments  for  servants,  a 
good  well  at  the  door,  with  a  pump  in  the  same. 

A  good  garden,  a  stable,  chair,  and  hay-house;  the 
dwelling-house  is  pleasantly  situated,  and  commands  an 
agreeable  prospect  of  the  river  Delaware,  and  is  in  every 
respect  calculated  for  a  gentleman's  country  seat. 

Also  will  be  sold,  with  or  without,  as  may  best  suit  the 
purchaser,  130  acres  of  good  land,  three  quarters  of  a  mile 
from  town;    60  acres  are  cleared,  and  in  good  fence,  on 


230  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

which  is  an  orchard  of  fine  grafted  fruit,  about  nine  acres 
of  good  mowing  ground,  the  remainder  partly  wood-land. 
Any  person  inclining  to  purchase  the  premises,  may  have 
time  for  paying  the  purchase  money,  with  paying  inter- 
est :  For  particulars  inquire  of  Mr.  Stephen  Carmack, 
merchant  in  Philadelphia,  or  John  Imlay,  in  Borden- 
town. — The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  8i,  July  25- 
Augnst  I,  1768. 

List  of  Letters  remaining  in  the  Post-Office  of  New- 
York,  July  5,  1768. 
.  .  .  .  Ebenezer  Alliney,  John  Anderson,  2.  Lewis 
Morris  Ashfield,  Esq;  at  Shrewsbury;  ....  Wm. 
Claughry,  Wm.  Careless,  Shrewsbury;  ....  Cath. 
Dorsett,  Middletown ;  .  .  .  .  Peter  Wilson,  New  Bar- 
badoes,  2. 

One  Hundred  Pounds  Reward. 

Whereas  the  Treasury  in  Perth- Amboy,  was  last  Night 
broke  open,  and  Seven  Thousand  Pounds  carried  off.  A 
Reward  of  One  Hundred  Pounds  shall  be  paid  to  any  one 
whatever  that  will  detect  or  discover  the  Thief,  by  me 

Stephen  Skinner. 

Perth-Amboy,  July  22,   1768. 

— The  New  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
873,  July  25,  1768. 

Nezv-York,  July  25.  On  Monday  Night  last,  a  very 
costly  and  valuable  Engine  for  extracting  Water  out  of 
Col.  Schuyler's  Copper  Mines  at  Second  River,  unhap- 
pily took  Fire,  and  that,  together  with  the  Buildings 
which  inclosed  it,  entirely  consumed :  This  is  the  second 
Time  the  Fire  has  distroyed  their  Engine,  and  as  it  is  of 
great  Value,  and  many  Labourers  had  their  chief  Depen- 
dence on  this  Work,  which  they  will  now  probably  know 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  23 1 

the  want  of;  the  Damage  will  be  very  sensibly  felt :  It  is 
unknown  how  the  Fire  began,  but  it  is  said,  not  to  be 
without  some  suspicion  of  Design. 

Last  Thursday  Night  the  Treasury  at  Amhoy,  was 
broke  open  and  robbed.  « 

Burlington,  July  14,  1768. 

Sir, 

/  herezvith  send  you  a  List  of  the  Members  returned 
for  the  new  Assembly  of  the  Province  of  New-Jersey, _ 
zvhich  it  may  he  a  GratiUcation  to  some  of  your  Readers, 
to  find  in  your  Paper.  I  am,  Sir,  &c. 

City  of  Burlington.  ^Abraham  Hewlings,  and  *Jos- 
eph  Smith,  Esqs. 

County  of  Burlington.  *Henry  Paxson,  and  *Joseph 
Bullock,  Esqs. 

Gloucester.  *  Robert  F.  Price,  and  *John  Hinchman, 
Esqs. 

Salcni  and  Cumberland.  Ebenezer  Miller,  and  *Isaac 
Sharpe,  Esqs. 

Cape  May.  Aaron  Learning,  and  Nicholas  Stilwell, 
Esqs. 

Hunterdon,  Morris  and  Sussex.  *John  Hart,  and 
*  Samuel  Tucker. 

City  of  Perth-Amboy.  Cortland  Skinner,  and  *John 
L.  Johnson,  Esqs. 

Middlesex.     John  Wetherill,  and  Reune  Runyan,  Esqs. 

Essex.     John  Ogden,  and  Stephen  Crane,  Esqs. 

Bergen.     Theunis  Dey,  and  ^Johannes  Demarest,  Esqs. 

Monmouth.  *Edward  Taylor,  and  *Robert  Harts- 
horne,  Esqs. 

Somerset.  Hendrick  Fisher,  and  The  hon.  John  Ber- 
rien, Esqs. 

Those  marked  thus  *  are  new  Members. 


232  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

His  Excellency,  Governor  Franklin,  has  been 
pleased  to  prorogue  the  Assembly  to  the  26th  of  Septem- 
ber next. 

'  To  Be  Sold, 

At  Public  Vendue,  on  Fourth  Day,  the  24th  of  the  8th 
Month,  called  August,  and  to  be  entered  upon  the 
loth  Day  of  the  4th  Month,  called  April. 

A  Valuable  Plantation,  the  Estate  of  Shobal  SmitJi,  late 
of  Woodhridge,  in  East  Nezv-Jersey,  deceased,  containing 
180  Acres,  or  thereabouts,  about  70  Acres  of  which  lyes 
adjoining  to,  and  partly  in,  an  Elbow  of  Woodhridge- 
creck;  which  Creek,  as  far  as  it  joins,  serves  sufficiently 
for  a  Fence.  The  Place  is  well  water'd,  and  has  on  it  a 
Dwelling-House,  and  Out-Houses,  a  good  Barn,  and  a 
very  good  Orchard.  It  consists  of  good  Tillable  and  Pas- 
ture Land;  likewise  good  Fresh  and  Salt  Meadow;  of 
each  an  equal  Proportion,  so  far  as  to  render  it  both  con- 
venient and  profitable.  The  remainder  Part  of  the  said 
Plantation,  lyes  at  about  a  Mile  distance,  upon  the  Road 
that  leads  from  EJi.zahet]i-Tozvn  to  Woodhridge;  con- 
tains no  Acres,  a  Part  of  which  is  well  wooded,  the  rest 
is  good  Tillable  and  Pasture  Land;  it  has  on  it  sundry 
Springs  which  afford  plenty  of  Water,  in  the  dryest  Time. 
And  as  it  is  here  described  separately,  so  it  will  be  sold 
separately  or  together,  as  it  ma}^  best  suit  the  Purchaser 
or  Purchasers.  The  Vendue  to  begin  at  12  o'Clock,  at 
which  Time  and  Place  the  Conditions  will  be  made  known, 
by 

Jacob  Fitz  Randolph, 
William  Smith,  Executors. 

—The  New  York  Gcicette  or  U\\dcly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1334,  July  25,  1768. 


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PJiiladclphia,  July  24.  Extract  of  a  Letter  from  Am- 
boy,  July  22,  1768. 

"Last  Night  the  Office  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Eastern 
Division  was  broke  open,  and  a  Quantity  of  Money,  in 
Dollars  and  Paper,  stolen,  to  the  Amount  of  between  Six 
and  Seven  Thousand  Pounds.  The  Money  was  in  an  Iron 
Chest,  in  which  the  Public  Money,  when  cut  from  the 
Sheets  and  signed  by  the  Treasurer,  is  put.  It  appears 
that  the  Villains  first  broke  open  a  Scrutore,  in  which  was 
some  few  Johannes,  and  some  old  Bills  to  the  Amount  of 
about  Thirty  or  Forty  Pounds,  which  they  took;  in  the 
Scructore  they  found  the  Key  of  the  Chest,  which  was 
drawn  to  the  East  Window,  where  it  was  opened,  and  the 
Money  carried  off."^ — The  New  York  Journal  or  General 
Adz'crtiser,  No.  1334,  July  28,  1768. 

New- York,  July  21. 

We  hear  from  Newark,  that  on  Monday  Night  last, 
Schuyler's  Copper  Works,  at  Second  River,  which  were 
burnt  about  7  Years  ago,  were  again  destroyed  by  Eire, 
supposed  to  be  by  Design,  as  it  was  not  known  that  any 
Eire  had  been  lately  used  there." 

Philadelphia,  July  28. 
I'Ve  hear  from   Nczv-Jerscy,   that  last    Week   died   at 
Sandy-Hook,  John  Erench,  Esq;  late  Secretary  to  his 
Excellency  Sir  Henry  Moore,  Governor  of  New-York. 

By  His  Excellency  William  Eranklin,  Esq;  Cap- 
tain General,  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  His 

1  For  an  account  of  this  robberv  and  the  ensuing  quarrel  between 
Governor  Franklin  and  the  Assembly,  see  paper  by  William  A.  White- 
head, in  Proceeding's  N.  J.  Historical  Society,  First  Series,  V.,  49. 

2  For  an  account  of  this  concern,  see  "Josiah  Hornblower,  and  the 
First  Steam-Engine  in  America.  With  some  notices  of  the  Schuyler 
Copper  Mines  at  Second  River,  N.  J.,  and  a  Genealogy.'  of  the  Horn- 
blower  Family,"  by  William  Nelson,  Newark,  N.  J.,  1883.  This  work 
■does  not  mention  either  of  the  fires  referred  to  above. 


2  34  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 7^8 

Majesty's  Province  of  New-Jersey,  and  Territories  there- 
on depending  in  America,  Chancellor  and  Vice- Admiral  in 
the  same,  &c. 

A  Proclamation. 

Whereas  it  appears  to  me  on  Oath,  that  the  House  of 
Stephen  Skinner,  Esq;  Treasurer  of  the  Eastern  Division 
of  this  Province,  at  Perth  Amboy,  was,  in  the  Night  of 
the  2 1  St  Instant,  robbed  of  Money,  to  the  amount  of 
Seven  Thousand  Pounds  and  upwards,  by  some  Person 
or  Persons  unknown.  Part  of  the  said  Money  being  in 
Dollars,  a  small  Part  in  Gold,  and  the  rest  chiefly  in  new 
Bills  of  Credit  of  this  Province;  and  although  diligent 
Search  hath  been  made  after  the  Perpetrator  or  Perpetra- 
tors of  this  daring  and  attrocious  Robbery,  he  or  they  re- 
main as  yet  undiscovered. 

I  have  therefore  thought  fit  to  notify  the  same  by  Proc- 
lamation, hereby  recjuiring  and  commanding  all  Judges 
Justices  of  the  Peace,  Sheriffs,  and  other  Ofiicers  of  this 
Province,  to  be  particularly  vigilant  in  discovering  the 
Robber  or  Robbers,  and  securing  the  said  Money;  and 
for  that  Purpose  to  examine  all  Persons  they  shall  have 
Reason  to  suspect  of  being  concerned  in  committing  the 
said  Crime. 

And  in  order  to  encourage  a  Zeal  and  Activity  in  this 
Matter,  I  do  hereby,  with  the  Advice  of  His  Majesty's 
Council  (besides  paying  the  Sum  of  Fifty  Pounds,  pro- 
vided by  the  Government  in  Cases  of  Burglary)  promise 
to  recommend  to  the  General  Assembly,  that  Provision  be 
made  in  the  amplest  Manner,  to  reward  any  Person  or 
Persons  who  shall  detect,  apprehend,  or  cause  to  be  appre- 
hended, any  or  either  of  the  Persons  concerned  in  the  said 
Robbery,  so  that  he  or  they  be  convicted  thereof;  and  over 
and  above  the  said  Reward,  I  do  hereby  promise  his  ]\Iaj- 
esty's  most  gracious  Pardon  to  any  Accomplice,  who  shall 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  235 

discover  and  prosecute  to  Conviction  any  one,  or  more  of 
the  said  Offenders. 

Given  under  my  Hand  and  Seal  at  Arms,  at  the  City 
of  Burlington,  the  Twenty-Sixth  Day  of  July,  in  the 
Eighth  Year  of  His  Majesty's  Reign,  Anno  Domini,  1768. 

William  Franklin. 
By  his  Excellency's  Command, 

Joseph  Reed,  jun.  D.  Secretary. 
God  Save  the  King. 

N.  B.  Mr.  Skinner,  by  Advertisement,  offers  a  farther 
Reward  of  One  Hundred  Pounds. 

Trenton,  July  ig,  1768. 
Committed  to  this  Goal,  a  certain  John  Tendue,  cord- 
wainer,  belonging  to  Richard  Clayton,  at  Marcus 
Hook,  advertised  in  the  Gazette  of  the  12th  of  May  last. 
The  said  John  Tendue  has  been  advertised  by  letter  sev- 
eral times,  but  no  notice  has  been  taken  of  it.  This  is 
therefore  to  inform  the  said  "Richard  Clayton,  unless  he 
comes  and  takes  awa}^  his  apprentice,  paying  charges,  he 
will  be  sold  in  three  weeks  from  the  day  of  the  date  here- 
of, by 

,  George  Brown. 

Stolen  on  the  i6th  instant,  at  night  from  the  sub- 
scriber, living  in  Kingwood  township,  Hunterdon  county, 
West  New-Jersey,  two  horses,  one  of  which  is  a  light  bay, 
about  10  years  old,  14  hands  and  an  half  high,  with  a 
small  star  in  his  forehead,  a  thick  black  mane,  hanging 
chiefly  on  the  off  side,  and  part  of  it  worn  off  by  the  strap 
of  a  neck-yoke,  the  near  hind  foot  white,  shod  before  with 
large  shoes,  saddle-backed,  and  large-bodied.  The  other 
a  dark  bay,  about  six  years  old,  14  hands  three  inches 
high,  his  mane  hangs  on  the  off  side,  a  star  in  his  forehead. 


236  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

his  off  hind  foot  partly  white,  round  bodied,  somewhat 
sharp  hipped,  shod  before  with  large  shoes,  and  appears 
somewhat  like  a  stallion.  Whoever  secures  said  horses, 
so  as  the  owner  may  have  them  again,  shall  have  Six 
Pounds  reward,  and  reasonable  charges;  and  Six  Pounds 
for  securing  the  Thieves,  or  Three  Pounds  for  each,  paid 
by 

William  Coates. 
— Tlic  Pennsylvania   Gazette,   No.    2066,   July   28, 
1768. 

Monmouth  County.  )        Pursuant  to  an  Order  of  the 


New-Jersey,  )  '   "  Hon.  Frederick  Smith,  and  John 

Berrian,  Esqrs,  two  of  the  Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  said  Province,  upon  the  Petition  of  Michael  and  Peter 
Vanderhoff,  and  ]\'Ioses  Brown,  insolvent  Debtors,  Notice 
is  hereby  given  to  all  the  Creditors  of  the  said  Petition- 
ers, to  shew  Cause,  (if  any  they  have)  on  Wednesday  the 
7th  Day  of  September  next,  before  the  said  Judges,  at  the 
Court-House  in  Perth-x\mboy,  why  an  Assignment  of  the 
said  Petitioners  Estates  should  not  be  made,  and  they  dis- 
charged from  their  Imprisonment,  pursuant  to  the  Direc- 
tion of  the  Acts  of  the  Legislature  of  this  Province  in  such 
Cases  made  and  provided. 

Whereas  the  Creditors  of  the  late  John  Stearndall, 
deceased,  have  not  brought  in  their  Accounts  as  desired  in 
a  former  Advertisement;  this  is  therefore  to  give  Notice 
to  all  the  said  Creditors,  to  bring  them  in;  and  all  those 
who  are  indebted  to  the  said  Estate,  are  desired  to  pay 
their  respective  Balances,  on  or  before  the  20th  of  August 
inst.  to  Jacob  Bergen,  Esq;  at  Rockey-hill,  or  Richard 
Curson,  in  New-York,  Administrator,  or  the}^  will  be  put 
into  the  Hands  of  an  Attorney,  without  further  Notice. — 
Tlie  Nezv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  874, 
August  I,  1768. 


View 

OF 

House. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  23/ 

To  be  Sold, 

The  House  and  Lot  of  land,  lately 
belonging  to  Isaac  Lyon  of  Newark, 
deceased;  the  lot  contains  about  six 
acres  of  land,  and  has  upon  it,  an  or- 
chard of  ninety  apple  trees,  now  in  the 
prime  of  bearing;  a  dwelling  house, 
with  three  fire-places,  a  large  barn  al- 
most new,  with  good  stables ;  a  large  still-house,  with  two 
stills,  good  worms  and  conveniences  for  distilling  cider; 
situate  in  the  town  of  Newark,  about  half  a  mile  from  the 
noted  tavern  kept  by  James  Banks,  and  fronting  the  great 
road  leading  to  Elizabeth-Town.^  Any  person  inclining 
to  purchase  the  same,  by  applying  to  Samuel  Hayes  at 
Newark,  may  know  the  conditions  of  sale,  or  to  John  and 
Mattamiah  Lyon,  at  Morris-Town,  who  will  give  an  in- 
disputable title  to  the  same. 
Newark,  August  2d,  1768. 

— TJie  Nczv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1335.  August  4,  1768. 

Evesham,  Burlington  county,  July  28,  1768. 
To  be  sold,  by  the  subscriber,  by  way  of  public  vendue,  on 
Monday,  the  22d  of  August  next. 
Fifteen  hundred  acres  of  good  land  and  swamp,  in 
Evesham,  divided  into  lots  suitable  for  farms,  with  a  suit- 
able quantity  of  swamp  and  cleared  meadow  to  each  lot.^ 
.     .     .     .     Any  person  inclining  to  purchase  all,  or  any 
part  of  the  said  lands  or  mills,  is  invited  to  come  and  view 
them,  before  the  day  of  sale,  who  may  be  further  informed 
by  applying  to  David  Oliphant,  Esc[;   on  the  premises. 
The  title  is  good.     The  vendue  to  begin  at  ten  o'clock, 
where  attendance  will  be  given  by  me. 
, .  Samuel  Coles. 

1  Probably  on  what   is  now  known  as  Clinton  avenue. 

2  See   The  Pennsylvania   Gazette,   No.   2014   and   No.   2057. 


238  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

Pursuant  to  an  act  of  General  Assembly  of  the  prov- 
ince of  New  Jersey,  lately  passed,  entitled  an  act  for  the 
relief  of  insolvent  debtors;  we  the  subscribers  being-  now 
closely  confined  in  the  county  of  Salem,  and  having  peti- 
tioned the  judges  of  his  Majesty's  inferior  court  of  com- 
mon pleas,  for  the  county  aforesaid,  for  the  benefit  of  the 
said  act;  do  give  notice  to  all  our  creditors,  to  appear  and 
show  cause,  if  any  they  have,  on  the  first  day  of  September 
next,  at  nine  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  of  that  same  day,  be- 
fore the  said  judges  at  the  Court-House,  in  the  town  of 
Salem,  and  county  aforesaid,  why  we  should  not  be  dis- 
charged, agreeable  to  the  directions  of  the  said  act. 

Joshua  Huddy,  Andrew  Polson,  Abraham  Lord, 
Jacob  Harnis. — Tlie  Pennsylvania  Ga-:ette,  No.  2067, 
August  4,  1768. 

Mount  Holly,  .7th  Month  27,  1768. 

Ti-iE  subscriber  thinks  it  necessary  to  inform  the  public 
in  general,  and  his  friends  in  particular,  that  he  is  now 
carrying  on  his  business  of  clock  and  watch-making,  mend- 
ing and  cleaning,  at  his  house  in  Mountholly,  where  those 
that  are  pleased  to  favour  him  with  their  custom,  may  de- 
pend upon  its  being  done  with  the  greatest  care  and  dis- 
patch. 

He  also  finds  himself  under  a  necessity  to  desire  all  those 
indebted  to  him,  to  consider  his  late  misfortune,  and  dis- 
charge their  respective  ballances  immediately,  in  order  to 
enable  him  to  carry  on  his  business  in  the  best  manner  his 
present  low  circumstances  may  admit,  for  the  maintenance 
of  himself  and  family. 

Richard  Dickinson. 

Gloucester,  July  25,   1768. 
Notice  is  hereby  given  to  all  whom  it  may  concern, 
that  at  the  next  sessions  of  the  General  Assemblv  of  the 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  239 

province  of  New-Jersey,  application  will  be  made  for  an 
act  to  establish  Great  Timber  Creek,  in  the  county  of  Glou- 
cester, a  lawful  fence,  from  the  mouth  unto  the  north 
branch  of  said  creek.  If  any  persons  have  any  objections, 
let  them  give  their  attendance. 

London,  May  21.  This  Day  was  published,  pr.  is  6. 
A  Letter  to  a  Friend;  containing  Remarks  on  certain 
Passages  in  a  Sermon  preached  by  the  Right  Rev.  John 
Lord  Bishop  of  Landaff,  &c.  &c. 

By  Charles  Chauncey,  D.  D. 

With  a  Supplement,  containing  an  Answer  to  the  Plea 
of  T.  B.  Chandler,  D.  D.  of  New-Jersey,  for  American 
Bishops;  wherein  his  reasoning  are  shewn  to  be  fallacious, 
and  his  claims  undefensible;  by  a  Presbyter  in  Old-Eng- 
land.— Tlie  Neiv  York  Ga.':;ctte  and  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
875,  Augusts,  1768. 

Perth-Anihoy,  July  13,  1768. 

By  Order  of  Stephen.  Skinner,  Rune  Runyon  and  Jona- 
than Frasee,  Esqrs.  Judges  of  the  inferior  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas  for  the  County  of  Middlesex,  in  the  Province 
of  New-Jersey,  Notice  is  hereby  given  to  the  Creditors  of 
William  Jolly,  an  insolvent  Debtor  in  the  Goal  in  the 
County  of  Middlesex,  to  shew  Cause,  if  any  they  have, 
before  the  said  Judges,  at  the  House  of  Elijah  Dunham, 
Inn-holder,  in  Perth-Amboy,  on  Tuesday  the  sixth  Day 
of  September  next,  why  an  Assignment  of  the  said  Debt- 
or's Estate  should  not  be  made,  and  the  said  Debtor  dis- 
charged, pursuant  to  the  Directions  of  a  late  Act  of  the 
Legislature  of  this  Province,  entitled.  An  Act  for  the  Re- 
lief of  insolvent  Debtors. — The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  the 
Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  1336,  August  8,  1768. 


240  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

PJiUadclpliia,  August  8.  Saturday  last  Capt.  Spier  ar- 
rived here,  after  a  long  passage,  from  Glascow,  with  whom 
came  passenger  the  Revd.  and  learned  Dr.  Witherspoon, 
President  of  the  college  at  Princeton,  New-Jersey,  with  his 
Lady  and  family. — Siippicincnt  to  The  Nezu  York  Gazette 
or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  1336,  August  11,  1768. 

Whereas  Gastavus  Kingsland.^  Yesterday  Afternoon 
clandestinely  shot  a  Hog  upon  Sandy-Hook;  and  as  the 
Subscribers  hath  frequently  lost  sucking  Calves,  which 
they  believe  to  have  been  stolen  from  off  Sandy-Hook. 
Therefore  public  Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  any  Person 
or  Persons  that  shall  presume  for  the  Future  to  carry  a 
Gun  or  shoot  on  Sandy-Hook,  without  Liberty  first  ob- 
tained in  Writing  from  under  their  Hands,  will  be  prose- 
cuted with  the  utmost  Rigour  of  the  Law. 

Robert  Hartshorne. 

EsEK  Hartshorne. 
August  2,  1768. 

N.  B.  As  the  abovementioned  Gastavus  Kingsland, 
was  in  Company  with  one  Edward  Collard,  who  it  is 
thought  was  Confederate  with  him.  Said  Collard  is  for- 
bid to  land  or  dig  Clams  on  Sandy-Hook,  as  he  will  be 
looked  upon  as  a  Trespasser  as  soon  as  landed. — The  New 
York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No.  1336,  August 
II,  1768. 

By  the  Honourable 

JOHN  PENN,  Esquire. 

Lieutenant-Governor,   and   Commander  in   Chief  of  the 

Province  of  Pennsylvania,  and  Counties  of  New-Castle. 

Kent  and  Sussex,  on  Delaware. 

A  PROCLAMATION, 
Whereas  it  appears  to  me,  by  the  Deposition  of  Ste- 

1  Probably  a  son  of  Gusta\us  Kingsland.  of  New  Barbadoes  Neck,  and 
his  wife.   Rachel  Mackleen. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  24 1 

pJicii  Skinner,  Esquire,  Treasurer  of  the  Eastern  Division 
of  New-Jersey,  transmitted  to  me  by  his  Excehency  Gov- 
ernor Franklin,  that  the  House  of  the  said  Stephen  Skin- 
ner, at  Perth-Anihoy,  was,  in  the  Night  of  the  Twenty- 
first  Day  of  July  last  past,  rol^bed  of  Money,  to  the  Am- 
ount of  Seven  Thousand  Pounds,  and  upwards,  by  some 
Person  or  Persons  unknown.  Part  of  the  said  Money 
being  in  Dollars,  a  small  Part  in  Gold,  and  the  rest  chiefly 
in  new  Bills  of  Credit  of  that  Province : 

I  HAVE  THEREFORE,  by  and  with  the  Advice  of  the 
Council,  thought  fit  to  issue  this  Proclamation,  hereby 
requiring  and  enjoining  all  Judges,  Justices  of  the  Peace, 
Sheriffs,  and  all  other  Ofiicers  of  the  said  Province  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  Counties  on  Delazuare,  to  use  their  ut- 
most Endeavours  to  discover  and  apprehend  the  Perpetra- 
tor or  Perpetrators  of  the  said  daring  Villany,  and  to  se- 
cure the  said  Money;  and  for  that  Purpose  strictly  to  ex- 
amine all  Persons,  who,  from  being  possessed  of  an  unu- 
sual Sum  of  Nezu-Jersey  Currency,  or  from  other  Circum- 
stances, there  may  be  reason  to  suspect  were  concerned 
therein. 

Given  under  my  Pland,  and  the  Great  Seal  of  the  said 
Province,  at  PliiladelpJiia,  the  Sixth  Day  of  An- 
gusf,  in  the  Eighth  Year  of  His  Majesty's  Reign, 
and  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  One  Thousand  Seven 
Hundred  and  Sixty-eight. 

John  Penn. 
By  His  Honour's  Command, 

Joseph  Shippen,  junior,  Secretary. 
God  save  the  King. 

The  Subscriber,  having  for  many  years,  made  it  her 
business  to  cure  Sturgeon  in  North  America,  which  has 
been  esteemed  preferable  to  any  manufactured  by  other 
persons,  and  obtained  the  first  premium  of  Fifty  Pounds 


242  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

sterling,  from  the  society  of  arts  and  commerce  in  Lon- 
don; takes  this  method  of  acquainting  the  pubHc,  that  she 
intends,  as  soon  as  possible,  to  leave  this  part  of  the  world, 
but  is  desirous  and  willing  to  instruct  a  sober  industrious 
person  or  family  in  the  whole  art,  secret  and  mystery  of 
manufacturing  sturgeon  in  the  several  branches,  consist- 
ing of  making  isinglass,  pickling,  cavear,  glue,  and  oil; 
the  subscriber  has  lately  fallen  upon  a  method  of  doing  the 
isinglass  ecjual  to  any  whatever.  Whoever  has  a  mind  to 
treat  with  the  subscriber,  may  apply  to  her  at  Mr.  Elijah 
Bond's  fishery  near  Trenton,  where  is  every  thing  conve- 
nient for  carrying  on  the  business,  and  plenty  of  fish 
throughout  the  whole  year  furnished  by  Air.  Bond's  fish 
pond. 

Margaret  Broadfield. 

N.  B.  The  sturgeon  manufactory  is  now  carried  on 
by  Elijah  Bond,  near  Trenton,  under  the  care  and  in- 
spection of  Mrs.  Broadfield,  whose  knowledge  and  ex- 
perience in  that  branch  of  business  is  well  known;  where 
any  person  may  be  supplied,  either  for  shipping  or  home 
consumption,  at  Fifteen  Shillings  for  a  single  three  gallon 
kegg,  or  Twelve  Shillings  and  Six  Pence  by  the  quantity, 
and  in  proportion  for  larger  keggs,  warranted  good. 

They  are  also  sold  at  Coxe  and  Furman's  store,  in 
Water  street,  at  the  same  rates. 

To  be  Sold  by  public  vendue,  on  the  third  of  Septem- 
ber next,  at  lo  o'clock  in  the  morning,  a  plantation,  situ- 
ate in  Pilesgrove,  Salem  County,  containing  about  200 
acres,  between  60  and  80  acres  of  which  cleared  land, 
under  good  fence,  and  more  may  be  cleared,  the  wood- 
land well  timbered;  about  20  acres  of  marsh  and  ash 
swamp,  besides  some  run  swamp,  and  a  good  bearing  or- 
chard, of  about  200  trees  of  the  best  fruit;    also  a  fine 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  243 

young  thriving  bearing  peach  orchard,  of  the  best  peaches, 
about  400  trees;  there  are  on  the  place  two  log  houses, 
and  a  spring  of  good  water,  convenient  to  each  house; 
a  log  barn  28  feet  by  20;  it  lies  on  the  north  side  of  Salem 
creek;  and  there  is  a  landing  at  the  corner  of  the  land, 
where  shallops  and  flats  come  and  load.  Also  to  be  sold, 
12  acres  and  a  half  of  cedar  swamp,  about  13  miles  from 
said  land.  The  conditions  of  sale  will  be  made  known, 
and  attendance  given  by 

Aaron  Silver. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Ga::ctte,  No.  2068,  August  11, 
1768. 

Extracts  from  Islr.  Anderson's  Historical  and  Chronologi- 
cal Deduction  of  the  Origin  of  Commerce,  &c.  con- 
tinued from  our  last. 

(Anno  1 6 14.) 

(1664.)  The  Dutch  expelled  from  the  city  and  prov- 
ince of  Nczu-York  by  England,  which  were  granted  by  the 
King  to  the  Duke  of  York;  which  grant  likewise  compre- 
hended Neiv-Jcrsey ;  part  of  which  last  country,  in  the 
same  year,  the  Duke  of  York  regranted  to  the  Lord 
Bcrkly,  and  Sir  George  Carteret ;  and  the  latter's  family 
being  from  the  isle  of  Jersey,  in  the  British  channel,  oc- 
casioned the  name  of  N'ew- Jersey 

Saturday  last  Captain  Bulkeley  arrived  here  from  Lis- 
bon. He  spoke  the  following  Vessels  on  his  Passage,  viz. 
.  .  .  .  in  Lat.  33,00,  Long  59,10,  a  Brig  from  Salem, 
for  Guadaloupe,  14  Days  out 

Burlington  County,  Trenton  Landing. 
To  he  sold  by  public  vendue,  at  the  house  of  John  Doug- 
lass, on  Thursday  the  8th  of  September  next,  between 


2  44  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [^768 

nine  o'clock  in  the  morning,  and  six  in  the  afternoon,  or 
at  any  time  before  by  private  sale; 

One  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  good  wood  land,  and 
about  fifty  acres  of  good  meadow ;  it  fronts  the  river  be- 
tween Trenton  ferry,  and  Messrs.  Cox  and  Furman's 
works,  and  joins  Lamberton  fishery,  and  Elijah  Bond's 
plantation ; a  very  pleasant  high  shore,  with  the  mead- 
ow before  the  door,  fit  for  any  gentleman's  seat,  who  de- 
lights in  fishing  at  Trenton  falls  or  landing.  Any  person 
inclining  to  purchase  twenty  or  fifty  acres  before  the  day 
of  sale,  by  applying  to  the  subscriber,  may  know  the  terms 
of  sale. 

John  Douglass. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  84,  Augnst  15- 
22,  1768. 

Elizabeth-Town,  August  12,  1768. 

On  Wednesday  IMorning  last,  departed  this  Life,  after 
a  short  Illness,  the  Hon.  Samuel  Woodruff,  Esq;  one 
of  his  Majesty's  Council  for  this  Province.^  A  Gentleman 
universally  known  for  his  undaunted  Resolution,  un- 
shaken Fidelity,  and  just  Decisions,  in  the  Character  of  a 
Magistrate;  and  for  his  Benevolence,  Hospitality,  public 
Spirit  and  Liberality,  few,  if  any,  excelled  him.  In  his 
private  Life  were  most  eminently  joined,  the  afl:'ectionate 
Husband,  tender  Parent,  kind  Master,  faithful  Friend, 
and  to  crown  all,  the  cheerful  and  devout  Christian.  By 
his  sudden  Fall,  several  public,  and  important  Places  of 
Trust  are  become  vacant,  all  of  which  he  filled  with  dis- 
tinguished Integrity.  His  remains  were  decently  interred 
Yesterday  Afternoon  in  the  first  Presbyterian  Church,  at- 
tended by  a  numerous  Concourse  of  People,  from  this  and 
the  neighbouring-  Towns,  when  a  very  pertinent  and  judi- 

iFoi-  M   sketch  of  Srimucl  Wdiuliuff.  see  N.   J.   Archives.  X..  44. 


1/68]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  245 

cioiisly  applied  Sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev.  James 
Caldwell,  from  Isaiah  Ivii,  i.  2.  The  righteous  perished, 
and  no  Man  layetli  it  to  Heart,  and  merciful  Men  are  taken 
away,  none  considering,  that  tJie  Rigliteous  is  taken  azvay 
from  the  Evil  to  come.  He  shall  enter  into  Peace,  tJiey 
shall  rest  in  their  Beds,  each  one  zvalking  in  Jiis  Upright- 
ness. 

To  be  sold,  a  tract  of  salt  meadow  and  Cedar  swamp, 
situate,  lying  and  being  on  New  Barbados  Neck,  in  Ber- 
gen county,  in  New-Jersey,  containing  about  1 14  acres 
of  salt  meadow,  and  about  322  acres  of  cedar  swamp;  the 
whole  is  bounded  on  the  two  sides  by  Stag's  Creek,  com- 
monly called  Berry's  Creek,  and  by  Peach-Island  Creek. 
The  meadoA\s  are  reckoned  by  those  in  the  neighbourhood, 
who  have  frequently  mowed  in  them,  not  inferior  to  any 
salt  meadow  in  that  part  of  the  country;  and  some  parts 
thereof,  at  a  very  small  expence,  may  be  made  fresh  mead- 
ow, and  to  yield  good  English  grass.  The  timber  and 
wood  of  every  kind  in  the  cedar  swamp,  is  now  in  great 
perfection,  as  the  present  owner  has  preserved  it,  and  pre- 
vented any  of  the  wood  being  cut  out  for  near  upon  30 
years.  The  conveniencies  of  landings  and  easy  carriage 
from  the  said  cedar  swamp,  are  no  way  inferior  to  those  of 
any  other  swamp  on  that  neck;  as  a  great  part  of  the 
swamp  is  bounded  by  Berry's  Creek,  and  common  sloops 
and  wood-boats  go  up  to  the  creek  to  be  loaded ;  and  from 
the  other  side  of  the  tract  the  timber  may  be  brought  to 
Hackensack  River,  by  sleding  or  carting  it  one  cjuarter  of 
a  mile.  A  plan  or  draught  of  the  said  meadows  and 
swamp,  made  from  a  late  survey,  may  be  seen,  by  apply- 
ing to  Mr.  John  Terhune.  at  Hackinsack,  or  to  the  sub- 
scriber at  New-York. 

If  the  above-mentioned  premises  are  not  sold  before 


246  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

monday  the  third  day  of  October  next,  they  will  then  be 
exposed  to  sale  to  the  highest  bidder,  at  the  court  house 
in  Bergen  county,  in  the  town  of  Hackinsack.  For  the 
greater  convenience  of  purchasers,  the  meadows  will  then 
be  divided  into  five  lots,  and  the  cedar  swamp  into  eight 
lots,  each  lot  of  the  meadow  to  contain  upwards  of  40 
acres;  and  to  be  sold  either  in  separate  lots  or  together, 
as  may  best  suit  the  purchasers.  A  good  title  will  be  given 
to  the  purchaser  or  purchasers,  by 

Nicholas  Roosevelt. 

Morris  County.  )  Pursuant  to  an  Order  of  the  Hon- 
New-Jersey,  )  ourable  Frederick  Smith,  and  John 
Berrien,  Esqrs.  two  of  the  Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  Judicature  of  the  Province  of  New-Jersey;  upon  the 
Petition  of  James  Colie,  Lambertus  Laroux,  John  Case, 
and  Samuel  Mun,  insolvent  Debtors,  Notice  is  hereby 
given  to  all  the  Creditors  of  the  said  Petitioners,  to  shew 
Cause  (if  any  they  have)  on  Wednesday  the  seventh  Day 
of  September  next,  at  the  Court-House,  in  Perth-Amboy, 
at  12  o'clock  of  the  same  Day,  why  an  Assignment  of  the 
said  Petitioners  Estates  should  not  be  made,  and  their 
Bodies  discharged  from  Confinement,  agreeable  to  the  Di- 
rections of  a  late  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  said  Province, 
for  the  Relief  of  insolvent  Debtors. — T]ic  Nczv  York  Ga- 
zette and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  876,  August  15,  1768. 

Pursuant  to  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
Province  of  N'ew-Jersey,  entitled  "An  Act  for  the  Relief 
of  Insolvent  Debtors."  We  the  Subscribers  being  now 
confined  in  the  Goal  of  the  County  of  Essex,  and  having 
petitioned  the  Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature 
for  the  Province  aforesaid,  for  the  benefit  of  said  Act.  and 
each  of  us  filed  a  Schedule  of  our  respective  Effects,  do 


1/68]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  247 

give  Notice  to  all  our  Creditors  to  shew  Cause,  if  any  they 
have,  on  the  Seventh  Day  of  September  next,  at  2  o'clock 
in  the  Afternoon  of  the  same  Day,  before  the  Justices  of 
said  Courts,  at  the  Court  House  in  Perth-Aiiiboy,  why 
we  should  not  be  discharged  agreeable  to  the  Directions 
of  said  Act. 

David  Ball.     Jonas  Ball.     Samuel  Jynner. 
— Tlie  New  York  Ga.-:ctfe  or  Weekly  Post-Boy,  No. 
I337>  Angnsf  15,  1768. 

These  are  to  give  Notice,  that  all  Persons  who  have 
any  Demands  against  John  Morris  and  Robert  Morris, 
both  insolvent  Debtors  in  Monmouth  County,  in  East 
Jersey,  are  required  to  meet  their  Assignees  on  the  3d 
Day  of  October  next,  at  the  House  of  David  Curtis,  at 
Manasquan,  in  Shrewsbury,  in  said  County,  in  order  to 
certify  their  Demands,  that  the  Assignees  may  proceed, 
pursuant  to  the  late  Act  of  Assembly.  And  also,  all  Per- 
sons who  are  indebted  to  the  Insolvents,  are  required  to 
meet  the  Assignees  at  the  House  of  the  said  Curtis  afore- 
said, on  the  4th  Day  of  October  next,  in  order  to  discharge 
and  settle  their  Accounts,  and  there  will  be  Attendance 
given  by  the  Assignees. 
August  12,  1768. 

David  Curtis, 
Assignee  for  tlie  said 
John  &  Ro.  Morris. 

— The  Nezu  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1337-  August  18,  1768. 

To  Be  Sold, 
A  House  and  Lot,  in  the  town  of  Salem,  in  West  New- 
Jersey,  now  in  the  tenure  of  Robert  Johnson,  Esq;  the  lot 
is  23  feet  6  inches  in  front  on  the  street  leading  from  the 


248  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

Court-House  to  the  Great  Bridge,  and  extends  above  250 
feet  back,  the  house  20  feet  front,  two  stories  high,  two 
rooms  on  the  first,  and  three  on  the  second  floor,  with 
good  garrets,  and  cellars  under  the  whole  house;  a  large 
kitchen  back,  with  two-  rooms  over  it  for  servants;  a  large 
oven,  and  good  well,  in  the  yard,  and  a  garden,  &c.  Who- 
ever wants  to  purchase  the  same,  may  see  the  house  and 
lot,  and  know  the  terms  of  sale,  by  applying  to  said  John- 
son, on  the  premises,  or  to  John  Mitchell,  in  Philadel- 
phia, who  will  give  an  undoubted  title  to  the  same. 

Pursuant  to  an  act  of  General  Assembly  of  the  prov- 
ince of  New-Jersey,  lately  passed,  intituled,  an  act  for  the 
relief  of  insolvent  debtors;  we  the  subscribers,  being  now 
confined  in  the  goal  of  the  county  of  Hunterdon,  have  peti- 
tioned the  judges  of  the  su])reme  court  for  the  benefit  of 
said  act,  and  filed  a  schedule  of  efi'ects,  do  give  notice  to 
all  our  creditors  to  appear,  and  shew  cause,  if  any  they 
have,  on  the  third  day  of  September  next,  at  ten  o'clock 
in  the  forenoon  of  the  same  day,  before  the  judges  of  the 
said  court,  at  the  dwelling  house  of  Rensalier  Williams, 
in  Trenton,  why  they  should  not  be  discharged,  agreeable 
to  the  direction  of  the  said  act.  AA'illiam  Hewlings, 
Joseph  Stout,  Samuel  Preston,  Robert  Ruther- 
FORD.i — The  Pennsylvania  Gaceffe,  Ahi.  2069,  August  18, 
1768. 

Friday  last  the  Rev.  John  Witherspoon,  D.  D.  with 
his  family  proceeded  from  this  city  to  Princeton. 

Cumberland  county,  New-Jersey,  August  4,  1768. 
Taken  up  this  day  and  committed  to  the  goal  in  this 
county,  a  person  who  calls  himself  by  the  name  of  Joseph 
Tyler,  he  appears  to  be  about  twenty-five  years  of  age,  of 

1  Foi-  a  sketch  of  Robert  Rutherford,  see  N.  J.  Archives,  XX.,  168. 


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a  middle  stature,  much  mark'd  with  the  small  pox.  aud 
Avears  his  own  hair:  He  is  committed  on  suspicion  of 
being  a  run-away  servant,  and  will  be  sold  out  for  costs, 
agreeable  to  law,  except  otherwise  cleared. 

Theo.  Elmer,  sheriff.^ 

London. 

June  2.  By  the  epistle  from  the  yearly  meeting  of  the 
people  called  Quakers,  held  in  London,  by  adjournments, 
from  the  23d  of  the  5th  month,  1768,  to  the  28th  of  the 
same,  it  appears,  among  other  things,  that  the  sufferings 
of  Friends,  brought  in  this  year,  being  chiefly  for  tythes, 
and  those  called  church-rates,  in  England  and  Wales, 
amount  to  3469I.  and  upwards;  and  those  in  L'eland 
to  1560I.  and  upwards.  And  by  accounts  from  the 
several  quarterly  meetings  in  England,  and  by  epistles 
from  Wales,  North-Britain,  L'eland,  Holland,  New-York, 
Pennsylvania,  New-Jersey  and  Maryland,  we  are  advised, 
that  several  have  joined  the  society  through  convincement, 
in  divers  places;  and  that  considerable  openness  appears 
in  many  parts  towards  the  testimony  of  truth. — Tlic  Penn- 
sylvania Chronicle,  No.  85,  August  22-29,  1768. 

Five  Pounds  Reward. 

RuN-away  on  the  12th  of  this  Inst.  July,  from  Hanover, 
in  Morris-Town,  and  Province  of  East-New-Jersey,  an 
Irishman,  named  Thomas  Harber,  about  five  Feet  2  In- 
ches high,  has  black  curl'd  Hair,  thin-visaged,  and  has  a 
sandy  Beard  :  Had  on  when  he  absconded,  a  brown  Cam- 
blet  Coat,  scarlet  Vest,  and  Ozenbrig  Trowsers.  The 
Night  he  went  away,  he  broke  open  a  small  Leather  Trunk, 
at  the  House  of  Matthias  Burnet,  and  took  therefrom 
Cash  to  the  Amount  of  40I.  in  Jersey  Money,  and  at  the 

1  Theophilus  Elmer  was   Sheriff  of  Cumberland  county,   1766-9. 


250  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

same  Time  stole  a  Coat  mixed  blue  and  white,  bound  with 
blue  Binding,  Mohair  Buttons,  a  Pair  of  Leather  Breech- 
es, a  crimson  Vest,  two  Shirts,  and  sundry  other  Articles. 
Whoever  takes  up  and  secures  the  said  Thief,  so  that  he 
may  be  brought  to  Justice,  shall  receive  the  above  Reward, 
from 

Mathias  Burnet,  and 

James  Wilkinson. 

Whereas  many  Inconveniencies  frequently  attend  the 
Sale  of  Horses,  Horn  Cattle,  Sheep,  and  Swine,  for  want 
of  some  publick  convenient  stated  Market  or  Fair,  where 
Sellers  and  Buyers  may  meet  for  that  Purpose.  And  as 
the  town  of  Newark,  from  its  Vicinity  to  New-York,  and 
other  Circumstances  attending  its  Situation,  is  by  many,, 
esteemed  a  most  proper  Place  for  such  a  Cattle  Market : 

It  is  at  the  Request  of  a  Number  of  the  Inhabitants  of 
New-York  and  New-Jersey,  that  publick  Notice  is  hereby 
given,  That  on  the  Third  Wednesday  in  October  next, 
and  on  the  Thursday  and  Friday  following,  and  on  the 
same  Da3^s  yearly,  and  every  Year  thereafter,  will  be 
opened  and  held  at  Newark  aforesaid,  a  publick  Market,, 
for  the  Sale  of  all  Kinds  of  Horses,  fat  and  Store  Horn 
Cattle,  Sheep  and  Swine,  and  for  no  other  Purpose  what- 
soever, (except  it  be  for  the  Sale  of  the  Products  or  Man- 
ufactories of  the  Country.)  Proper  Officers  will  attend 
for  the  Preservation  of  Decorum  and  good  Order. 

Newark,  August  i6,  1768. 

Ten  Dollars  Reward. 

RuN-away  from  Hendrick  Coyler,  of  East-New-Jersey, 

a  Negro  Fellow  named  Ishmael,  by  Trade  a  Blacksmith, 

is  much  pitted  with  the  Small  Pox,  has  a  Blemish  in  one 

Eye,  is  a  great  Fidler,  and  often  shewing  slight  of  Hand 


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Tricks;  has  a  Sqiiaw  for  his  Wife.  He  got  leave  of  his 
Master  about  2  Years  since  to  go  towards  Middletown,  to 
look  a  Master;  it  is  said  he  has  work'd  some  Time  at  the 
Iron  Works,  near  Spotswood,  'tis  thought  he  is  since  gone 
towards  Pennsylvania;  he  has  been  acquainted  about 
East-Town.  Whoever  takes  up  said  Fellow  and  delivers 
him  to  Capt.  Elias  Dayton,  in  Elizabeth-Town,  or  said 
Colyer,  at  Horse-Neck,  shall  have  the  above  Reward,  with 
reasonable  Charges,  paid  by 

Hendrick  Colyer 

— The  New  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
877,  August  22,  1768. 

To'  the  Printer, 

SiRj 

Please  to  give  the  follozving  a  place  in  your  next  paper. 

For  some  time  past  I  have  observ'd  a  controversy  in 
some  of  our  colonies,  respecting  the  introduction  of  Eng- 
lish Bishops  among  us.  Dr.  Chandler  appealed  to  the  pub- 
lic, to  know  if  they  had  any  objection,  why  one  or  more 
Bishops  shou'd  not  be  sent  to  America;  and  laid  before 
them,  the  restrictions  with  which  they  were  desired,  viz. 
"That  the  Bishops  to  be  sent  to  America,  shall  have  no 
authority,  but  purely  of  a  spiritual  and  ecclesiastical  na- 
ture, such  as  is  derived  altogether  from  the  church,  and 
not  from  the  state.  That  his  authority  shall  operate  only 
upon  the  clergy  of  the  church,  and  not  upon  the  laity,  or 
dissenters  of  any  denomination.  That  the  Bishops  shall 
not  interfere  with  the  property  or  privileges,  whether  civil 
or  religious,  of  churchmen  or  dissenters.  That,  in  partic- 
ular, they  shall  have  no  concern  with  the  probate  of  wills. 
letters  of  guardianship,  and  administration,  or  marriage 
licenses,  nor  be  judges  of  any  cases  relating  thereto.  But 
that  they  shall  only  exercise  the  original  powers  of  their 


252  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

office,  namely,  ordain  and  govern  the  clergy,  and  adminis- 
ter confirmation  to  those  who  shall  desire  it.*"  Several 
objectors  have  appeared.  A  periodical  paper,  published 
in  New- York,  intituled  the  American  Whig,  the  Ccntincl, 
in  Philadelphia,  &c.  Tho'  the  former,  it  seems,  does  not 
object  against  Bishops  with  the  above  restriction :  "The 
Appeal,  says  he,  asks  nothing  but  what  is  highly  reason- 
able ."  But  affirms  that  it  is  "altogether  impossibJe."  to 
have  Bishops,  on  the  terms  proposed.  Much  has  been 
written  pro  and  con — and  perhaps  a  great  deal  foreign  to 
the  purpose,  and  unbecoming  the  professors  of  Christian- 
ity. As  the  cause  is  debating  before  the  tribunal  of  the 
public,  I  wou'd  beg  leave  to  give  the  sketch  of  a  plan, 
whereby  they  may  be  better  enabled  to  form  a  right  judg- 
ment. Suppose  some  judicious,  impartial  person,  shou'd 
collect  all  the  pieces  that  are,  and  shall  be,  published  on  the 
subject;  and  exhibit  weekly,  or  monthly,  in  our  ])ublic 
prints,  the  substance  of  all  the  arguments  made  use  of,  at- 
tending only  to  the  merits  of  the  cause.  This  might  be 
done  by  way  of  dialogue,  in  a  short,  expressive  manner. 
But  I  foresee  an  objection  that  will  arise.  Where  shall  we 
find  the  judicious,  impartial  person  ?  It  must  be  confess'd 
the  objection  is  weight}^;  and  'tis  to  be  lamented,  that 
there  are  such  animosities  and  divisions  between  those, 
who  enrol  their  name  among  the  followers  of  the  Prince 
of  peace — But  as  there  are  many  persons  in  our  colonies 
of  good  abilities,  natural  and  acquired,  it  wou'd  be  un- 
charitable not  to  believe  that  some  of  them,  have  so  great 
a  sense  of  the  Deity — so  zealous  for  the  glory  of  God,  and 
the  good  of  mankind — so  far  from  being  bigoted  to  this, 
or  that,  particular  party,  that  they  wou'd  disdain  to  blow 
up  the  sparks  of  party  spirit,  or  to  transgress  the  laws  of 
truth  and  decency.     Shou'd  such  a  person  put  in  execution 


'''Appeal  to  the  public,  p.  79. 


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the  plan  propos'd,  or  something  of  the  Hke  nature,  and  en- 
deavour to  sow  the  seeds  of  peace  and  harmony  among  his 
fehow-creatures  (so  necessary  at  this  juncture,  for  our 
pohtical  interest)  I  doul^t  not  but  the  sincere  Christian 
win  thank  him  for  his  labour  of  love ;  and  that  he  will  see 
the  accomplishment  of  that  promise,  made  us  by  our  Di- 
vine Redeemer — Blessed  are  the  peaee-inakcrs,  for  they 
shall  be  called  the  children  of  God. 

Philanthropos. 

,  ///  Nezv- Jersey,  July  28,  1768. 

— The  New  York  Gazette  or  JVeekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1338,  April  22,  1768. 

Philadelphia,  August  22.  On  Saturday  last  a  Man  was 
committed  to  Gloucester  Gaol,  on  Suspicion  of  being  con- 
cerned in  the  Robbery  of  the  East-Jersey  Treasury.  The 
Reasons  which  induced  the  Justice  to  commit  him  were, 
that  he  had  with  him  a  Quantity  of  Jersey  Bills,  mostly 
new,  which  he  seemed  anxious  to  exchange  for  any  other 
Money — that  he  gave  a  very  improbable  Account  of  the 
Manner  in  which  he  got  it,  and  seemed  very  desirous  of 
going  into  a  retired  Part  of  the  Jerseys,  to  live  for  some 
Time.  That  he  said  he  had  been  Clerk  of  a  Ship  on  a 
Voyage  to  the  West-Indies,  but  could  not  sign  his  Name 
to  his  Examination. 

This  is  to  give  Notice. 
To  all  whom  it  may  concern.  That  the  Subscribers,  in- 
solvent Debtors,  confined  in  the  Gaol  of  the  County  of 
Sussex,  in  the  Province  of  New-Jersey;  have  applied  to 
the  Judges  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for  the  said 
Count V.  to  be  discharged  agreeable  to  an  Act  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assemblv  of  the  said  Province,  for  that  Purpose  late- 
ly made  and  provided  :    And  the  said  Judges  have  appoint- 


2  54  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

ed  the  26th  Day  of  September  next,  to  meet  at  the  Court- 
House  in  said  County  for  that  Purpose. 

John  Arrent 
John  Herrett 
William  Parks 
Henry  Gilliam,  Jun 
August  20,  1768. 

To  Be  Sold, 

On  Friday  the  2d  day  of  September  next,  on  the  Premises; 
I'l-iE  plantation  lately  the  property 
of  James  Leslie,  adjoining  the  South- 
Branch  of  Rariton-river,  in  the  county 
of  Somerset,  in  the  province  of  New- 
Jersey;  containing  about  83  acres  of 
land,  20  acres  whereof  is  very  good 
meadow  and  20  acres  of  wood-land : 
There  is  on  said  plantation  a  very  good 
grist-mill  with  two  pairs  of  stones;  three  bolting-mills, 
all  go  by  water,  and  the  meal  is  hoisted  by  water;  a  very 
good  saw-mill;  two  dwelling  houses;  a  merchant  shop 
adjoining  one  of  said  houses;  a  smoke  house;  coopers 
shop,  a  large  barn  covered  with  cedar;  and  a  large  or- 
chard, all  in  very  good  repair.  The  said  plantation  is  so 
situated  as  to  carry  on  a  large  trade  in  the  milling  and 
merchandizing  business.  The  same  day  will  also  be  sold 
on  the  premises,  houshold  furniture,  cows,  hogs,  farmers 
utensils  :  A  large  quantity  of  boards  and  a  large  parcel  of 
shop  goods,  and  sundry  other  articles  too  tedious  to  men- 
tion. The  vendue  to  liegin  at  ten  o'clock  of  said  day : 
Also  will  be  sold  on  tuesday  the  thirtieth  day  of  Septem- 
ber next,  on  the  premises,  about  250  acres  of  good  wheat 
land,  situated  in  Riddings-town,  in  the  county  of  Hunter- 
don and  province  aforesaid,  bounded  on  Lomarton-river, 


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and  land  of  Denise  Hegaman  and  others.  The  vendue  to 
begin  at  ten  o'clock  of  said  day,  where  conditions  of  sale 
will  be  made  known,  and  attendance  given  by 

Theodorus  Van  Wyck, 

John  Shipboy 

Peter  Ferine 

Abraham  Van  Neste 

Millstone,  August  15,  1768. 

— The  New  York  Jonriuil  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1338,  August  25,  1768. 

Saturday  last  a  Man,  suspected  of  being  concerned  in 
robbing  the  Treasury  of  East  Jersey,  was  taken  up  and 
committed  to  Gloucester  Goal.  He  had  a  Quantity  of 
New-Jersey  Money  in  his  Possession,  but  on  Examina- 
tion, could  give  no  satisfactory  Account  how  he  came  by 
it. 

To  Be  Sold, 

A  Valuable  tract  of  land  in  Gloucester  counuty,  West 
Jersey,  situate  on  Raccoon  creek,  and  containing  upwards 
of  1000  acres.  It  lies  near  the  Swedish  church,  adjoining, 
on  the  west-side,  to  land  of  Thomas  James,  at  Raccoon 
bridge,  on  the  main  road  from  Gloucester  to  Salem,  not 
20  miles  distant  from  Philadelphia.  The  whole  is  well 
wooded  and  watered.  On  great  part  of  it  there  is  plenty 
of  white  oak  timber.  A  branch  of  Raccoon  creek  runs 
through  this  tract,  and  affords  several  commodious  mill- 
seats.  There  is  a  considerable  quantity  of  rich  swamp, 
which  might,  at  a  small  expence,  be  made  valuable  mead- 
ow. As  the  whole  of  this  land  is  well  wooded  and  tim- 
bered, its  value  is  greatly  increased  by  its  being  situated 
on  a  river  navigable  for  large  shallops.  Any  person  in- 
clining to  purchase,  may  know  the  terms  of  sale,  by  applv- 


256  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

ing  to  William  Hicks,  Esq;  in  Second-street,  Philadel- 
phia.— TJic  Pcnnnsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2070,  August  25, 
1768. 

Copt.  Locktoii  from  St.  Kitts,  iiifonns  that  the  Sehoon- 
er  Charming  Polly,  Capt.  Anderson  was  arrived  at  St. 
Kitts,  in  20  days  from  Bariiegat.  He  spoke  the  sloop 
Peggy,  Capt.  Alexander  Stezvart,  belonging  to  Nezv-York, 
lying  off  St.  Eustatia,  bound  from  Montserrat  for  the  Bay 
of  Honduras. 

TWENTY-EIGHT  DOLLARS  Reward. 

Run  away  from  Tanton  Forge,  Burlington  county,  the 
following  indented  servants. 

Zebulon  Hoge,  country  born,  about  six  feet  high,  and 
slim,  black  or  dark  brown  hair,  aged  about  26  years,  by 
trade  a  blacksmith,  slow  spoken ;  he  left  the  forge  in  Sep- 
tember last,  and  it  was  expected  he  would  return,  but  is 
now  in  or  about  /\ugusta  county,  Virginia,  where  his 
father  lives. 

Joseph  Vanote,  born  in  Monmouth  county,  New-Jer- 
sey, aged  about  30  years,  well  known  in  his  present  walks,  ■ 
which  are  about  Monahockin  and  Little  Egg-Harbour, 
went  off  this  spring. 

Randle  M'Donald.  by  trade  a  hner,  and  has  work'd 
a  little  at  blooming,  aged  near  forty  years,  v/as  born  in 
Ireland,  about  four  feet  ten  inches  high,  black  hair  &  large 
black  beard,  slow  spoken,  (if  not  in  liquor)  hard  of  hear- 
ing and  smoak'd  much;  left  the  forge  the  21st  instant: 
He  wore  oznabrigs  shirt  and  trowsers,  blue  lapelled  jacket 
with  metal  buttons,  a  narrow  trimmed  hat,  which  has  been 
painted,  and  has  with  him  oznabrigs  shirts  or  frocks,  which 
reach  to  his  ankles,  &  a  new  ])air  of  shoes  tied  with 
strings.      Whoever  takes   u])   said   servants,   and   secures 


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them  in  any  of  the  goals  of  Pennsylvania  or  New- Jersey, 
shall  have  five  pounds  for  the  first;  three  pounds  for 
the  second;    and  fifty  shillings  for  the  last,  paid  by 

Charles  Read. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1342,  August  25, 
1768. 

New-York,  August  29.  We  hear  from  Perth-Anihoy, 
that  on  Monday  last  died  there,  in  an  advanced  Age,  Mr. 
Johji  IVatson,  a  Gentleman  noted  for  several  Pecnliarities 
in  his  Way  of  Living.-^ 

To  Be  Sold, 
Sixteen  Lots  of  Ground  adjoining  to  the  Town  of 
Bergen,  in  East-New-Jersey.  Lot  No.  i.  butts  on  three 
Public  Highways,  and  contains  Half  an  Acre,  and  two 
Perches.  No.  2.  butts  on  two  Highways,  and  contains 
Half  an  Acre,  and  eighteen  Perches.  No.  3.  butts  on  two 
Roads,  and  wants  only  four  Rods  of  a  full  Acre.  Num- 
bers 4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  II,  12,  13,  14,  and  15,  contains 
one  Acre  each;  and  No.  16,  contains  one  Acre,  one  Quar- 
ter, and  II  Perches.  For  the  Conveniency  of  said  Lots, 
a  Street  of  33  Feet  wide  is  laid  out  in  the  front  of  them, 
containing  one  Acre  and  11  Perches.  The  whole  pleas- 
antly situated,  having  beautiful  Views  of  the  City  of  New- 
York,  North-Riz'er,  Bay,  and  Narrozvs;  the  Land  good 
&c.  That  to  prevent  unnecessary  Trouble,  the  fixed  Price 
is  Sixty  Pounds  for  each  Lot,  except  Lot  No.  16,  which  is 

1  John  W^atson.  the  first  painter  known  to  have  settled  in  America, 
came  from  Scotland  about  1715.  and  took  up  his  residence  at  Perth 
Amboy.  He  returned  to  Europe,  and  brought  thence  to  America  a 
considerable  collection  of  pictures,  some  of  his  own  comiiosition.  So 
that  "the  first  painter,  and  the  first  collection  of  pointings  [in  Amer- 
ica] of  which  we  have  any  knowledge,  were  planted  at  Perth  Amboy." 
Mr.  Watson  was  so  penurious  that  he  was  styled  "the  Miser  of  Perth 
Amboy,"  and  besides  was  extremely  irascible.  He  was  unmaiTied.  his 
family  consisting  of  himself,  a  nephew,  and  a  niece,  for  whom  he  had 
sent  to  Scotland  soon  after  his  establishment  here.  He  died  August 
22.  1768,  aged  S3  years,  and  is  buried  in  the  rear  of  St.  Peter's  church. 
What  became  of  his  paintings  is  not  known. — WMtehmd's  Perth  Amhoy, 
125. 

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Seventy-five  Pounds;  for  further  Particulars  enquire  of 
William  Crellin,  near  Fresh-Water,  or  William  Butler, 
between  Crown  and  Queen-Strccts,  on  tlie  North-River 
Nezv-York. 

City  of  Nezv-Bfunswick,  August  25. 
Notice  is  hereby  given,  thai"  on  Monday  the  22d  Inst, 
were  taken  up  and  committed  to  Goal,  two  Likely  young 
Negroe  Fellows;  one  calls  himself  London,  about  5  Feet 
6  Liches  high;  the  other  Robert,  about  5  Feet  3  Liches: 
They  pretend  to  be  free;  say  that  they  did  belong  to  a 
Gentleman  a  Merchant  from  St.  Ch.ristophers;  that  they 
came  with  their  Master  to  New-York,  who  lodged  with 
the  Widow  Richardson,  on  Rotten-Rozv;  that  their  Mas- 
ter died  there  last  Spring,  and  before  his  Death  gave  them 
free.  The  chief  Cloathing  about  them,  was  contain'd  in  a 
good  Ozenbrigs  P>ag,  mark'd  P.  R.  No.  19,  viz.  a  White 
Fustian  Coat,  lined  with  Shalloon,  a  pair  of  Leather 
Breeches,  one  White  Linnen  Jacket,  5  White  Shirts,  one 
pretty  fine,  mark'd  W.  I.  2  pair  of  Cloth  Breeches,  2  pair 
of  Trowsers,  one  pair  of  Yarn,  and  2  pair  of  Worsted 
ribb'd  Stockings,  one  White  Handkerchief,  one  Duffields 
Great  Coat;  had  on  each  a  Beaver  Hat,  one  about  half 
worn;  Jackets,  coarse  Shirts  and  Trousers,  Calf  Skin 
Shoes,  pretty  good,  and  in  Appearance  had  belonged  to  a 
Gentleman.  Whoever  claims  said  Negroes,  are  desired 
to  be  speedy  in  taking  them  out.  Or  if  Mrs.  Richardson, 
or  any  other  Person  knows  them  to  be  free,  are  desired  to 
give  Notice  thereof,  that  upon  paying  Charges,  they  may 
be  set  at  Liberty — The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  M^eekly 
Post  Boy,  No.  1339,  August  29,  1768. 

Elisabeth-Tozvn,  August  12,   1768. 
On  Wednesday  morning  last  departed  this  life,  after  a 
short  illness,  the  Honourable  Samuel  Woodruff,  Esq;  one 


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of  his  Majesty's  Council  for  this  province. — A  Gentleman 
universally  known  for  his  undaunted  resolution,  unshaken 
fidelity,  and  just  decisions,  in  the  character  of  a  Magis- 
trate; and  for  his  benevolence,  hospitality,  public  spirit 
and  liberality,  few,  if  any,  excelled  him.  In  his  private 
life  were  most  eminently  joined,  the  affectionate  husband, 
tender  parent,  kind  master,  faithful  friend,  and  to  crown 
all,  the  cheerful  and  devoted  Christian. — TJic  Pennsylva- 
nia Chronicle,  No.  85,  Postscript,  August  31,  1768. 

The  Public  are  advertised. 
That  there  is  to  be  sold,  at  the  late  Dwelling  House  of 
Samuel  Woodruff,  Esq;  deceased,  in  Elizabeth-Town,  by 
public  Vendue,  on  Tuesday  the  13th  of  this  Instant  Sep- 
tember, a  great  Variety  of  Goods,  consisting  of  genteel 
Houshold  Eurniture,  a  Number  of  Negroes,  male,  and  fe- 
male; old  and  young  excellent  Horses,  both  for  Saddle 
and  Carriage,  a  neat  Caravan,  hung  on  Springs;  several 
Pair  of  good  Oxen,  the  best  Milch  Cows,  a  Number  of 
young  Cattle,  a  herd  of  Swine,  a  complete  Set  of  farming 
Utensils,  a  Quantity  of  well  cured  Hay,  both  English, 
fresh  and  salt.  Wheat,  Oats,  and  Elax  in  the  Sheaf,  Indian 
Corn  in  the  Ground,  with  other  almost  innumerable  Arti- 
cles. 

At  ten  of  the  Clock  in  the  Eorenoon  of  the  said  13th 
Day  of  September,  the  Sale  will  begin;  and  the  Condi- 
tions of  Payment  for  the  purchased  Articles  made  known 
by  us, 

Elizabeth  Woodruff,  Administratrix. 

Benjamin  Woodruff^ 

Joseph  Woodruff,  Jun. 

Isaac  Woodruff,  Esq. 
Administrators. 

— The  Neiv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 

1339,  September  i,  1768. 


26o  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

A  List  of  Letters  ronaiumg  in  the  Post-0 fRce  in 
Trenton. 

Martin  Armstrong,  Somerset  Coiirt-House. 

B.  Peter  Bandeler,  New  Germantown,  to  the  Care  of 
Justice  Cole;  Zaccheus  Beebe,  Trenton;  Garrett  Byrne, 
near  Amwell;  Simeon  Brenner,  Allen's  Town;  William 
Boyd,  Augusta  County,  near  Philadelphia. 

C.  Philip  Calvin,  Amwell;  John  Calvert,  East  Jersey; 
Thomas  Compson,  Andover  Furnace,  New-Jersey. 

D.  James  Douglass,  Somerset  County;  Patrick  Dor- 
cey,  Morris  County;    Philip  Davis,  Trenton. 

H.  Thomas  Homfray,  Kingwood;  Samuel  Hender- 
son, Freehold;  Samuel  Hook,  Samuel  Henry,  Mrs.  Mary 
Harrison,  Trenton;    George  Hipworth,  Tanton  Forge. 

K.  William  Kirkpatrick,  Trenton;  William  Kass, 
Amwell;    John  King,  Somerset  County. 

L.  Richard  Laning,  Henry  Landis,  Amwell;  Dr. 
Peter  Le  Conte,  East  New  Jersey;  Mrs.  Mary  Lee,  to  the 
Care  of  Capt.  Anderson,  near  Trenton. 

M.  John  Moore  (2)  Trenton;  Nathaniel  Moore, 
Hopewell;  George  M'Leary,  Maidenhead;  James  M'Call, 
Springfield,  Monmouth  County;  Joseph  M'Guffock,  Al- 
len's Town. 

O.     Nathan  Ogden,  Reading  Town. 

P.     John  Purdy,  near  Allen's  Town;    Peter  Post. 

Q.     Alexander  Qua  (2)  Monmouth  County. 

R.  Peter  Ryan,  Trenton;  Mrs.  Sarah  Rogers,  Reck- 
less Town;  John  Rogers  (2)  Lamp  Town;  Alexander 
Ross,  Mount-Holly. 

S.  John  Spangenberg,  Newtown,  Sussex  County; 
Joseph  Sinclear  (2)  Quaker  Town;  Brice  Steel,  Michael 
Sands,  Trenton;  Col.  Joseph  Stout,  Hopewell;  Robert 
Sherwood,  Burlington  County. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  26 1 

W.  Isaac  Waines,  Squire's  Point;  Robert  Wallace, 
Bordentown. 

Y.  William  Young,  Bordentown. 

Three  Pounds  Reward. 
Made  his  escape  from  Trenton  goal,  the  12th  of  Au- 
gust last,  a  certain  Jacob  Hoover,  alias  Jacob  Matthews; 
had  on,  when  he  went  away,  a  white  homespun  shirt, 
striped  trowsers,  thread  stockings,  a  castor  hat,  somewhat 
worn,  with  a  black  crape  round  it,  and  a  black  handker- 
chief round  his  neck,  about  5  feet  1 1  inches  high,  well 
built,  speaks  French  and  High  Dutch,  but  indifferent  Eng- 
lish. Whoever  takes  up  the  said  person,  shall  have  the 
above  reward,  paid  by  me 

George  Brown,  Goaler. 

To  be  Sold  by  public  vendue,  on  the  30th  day  of  Sep- 
tember instant,  on  the  premises, 

A  certain  Plantation,  containing  120  acres,  lying 
and  being  in  the  township  of  Lower  Penn's  Neck,  in  the 
County  of  Salem,  West  New-Jersey,  bounding  on  Salem 
creek ;  there  are  two  good  landings  on  said  creek,  to  which 
considerable  quantities  of  cordwood  are  brought  for  trans- 
portation to  Philadelphia.  There  are  on  said  plantation, 
a  good  dwelling-house,  about  50  or  60  acres  of  plowable 
ground,  a  sufficient  quantity  of  meadow,  and  more  may 
be  made,  as  the  land  is  mostly  low,  and  suitable  for  mead- 
ow; the  unimproved  part  is  very  well  timbered,  and  not 
far  to  the  landing.  The  conditions  of  sale  will  be  made 
known  at  the  time  and  place  of  sale,  by  me 

SiNNICK    SiNNICKSON. 

Philadelphia,  September  i. 
Captain   Davidson,    from   Madeira — on   the   20th   ult. 
about  60  Leagues  to  the  Eastward  of  our  Capes — spoke 


262  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

the  Ship  Philadelphia,  Captain  M'Cutchon,  from  this  Port 
for  Cork,  2  Days  out. 

On  the  2 1  St  Instant,  at  Night,  died  Elizabeth  Al- 
LiNSON,  jun.  Wife  of  Samuel  Allinson,  Esq;  of  Bur- 
lington, after  a  short  Illness  of  a  violent  nervous  Fever, 
and  was  on  the  23d  decently  interred  in  the  Burying 
Ground  of  the  People  called  Quakers,  at  that  Place.  To 
her  Memory  it  may  be  justly  said,  she  was  a  good  Wife; 
a  very  tender  Mother;  an  afifectionate  daughter;  a  kind 
Sister;  a  warm  and  constant  Friend;  charitable  to  the 
Poor.  She  lived  beloved  by  those  who  knew  her,  and  died 
much  lamented.  In  this  distressing  Situation,  her  af- 
flicted Husband  has  the  consolatory  Reflection,  that  after 
the  tenderest  Love  subsisting  between  them,  during  the 
Time  of  their  Marriage,  the  inward  State  of  her  Mind, 
several  Times  expressed  by  herself,  pretty  early,  as  well 
as  in  the  latter  Part  of  her  Illness,  gives  the  best  Reason 
to  believe  she  now  enjoys  the  Rewards  of  a  virtuous  Life. 

Early  on  the  22d,  departed  this  Life  Elizabeth  Allin- 
son, aged  about  70  Years.-^  She  was  possessed  of  many 
good  qualities,  that  endeared  her  to  her  family  and 
Friends.  For  several  Years  past  the  Infirmities  of  old  Age 
have  impaired  her  Understanding,  weakening  all  her  Fac- 
ulties, at  last  gave  her  a  quiet  Exit  out  of  this  troublesome 
World.  As  she  had  always  lived  in  great  Harmony  with, 
and  much  esteemed  her  Daughter,  the  Sorrow  her  Illness 
gave  her,  affords  Reason  to  believe  it  was  a  Means  of 
hastening  the  Mother's  End.  They  were  carried  to  their 
Graves  together,  attended  by  a  great  Number  of  Rela- 
tions, and  Friends  of  all  Denominations.  The  sudden 
Death  of  the  First,  in  the  Flower  of  her  Time,  and  the 

1  Elizabeth  Allinson.  wife  of  Joseph  Allinson.  who  came  to  America 
in  1718  and  married  her  in  1721.  She  was  a  dau.  of  Thomas  and  Phebe 
Scattergood,   the   last-named  being  a  dau.   of  Christopher  Wetherell. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  263 

midst  of  Enjoyment  teaches,  in  lively  Characters  that  it 
is  our  highest  Interest  to  "remember  our  Creator  in  the 
Day's  of  our  Youth,"  by  a  sober  religious  Life,  since  no 
Age  or  Circumstance  is  exempt  from  the  Stroke  of  Death. 

Wanted, 
For  the  attending  a  Mill  in  the  Jerseys,  about  Thirty 
Miles  from  Philadelphia. 
A  Miller,  a  single  Man,  that  well  understands  the 
manufacturing  Wheat,  &c.  and  can  invoice  the  Flour,  and 
bring  a  good  Character  (such  a  Person  only)  may  hear 
of  a  Place,  by  applying  to  the  Printers  hereof. — The  Penn- 
sylvania Gazette,  No.  2071,  September  i,  1768. 

City  of  Perth- Amboy,  New  Jersey,  ss.    August  15. 

WHEREAS  two  MEN  was  committed  to  the  goal  of 
said  city,  on  the  nth  of  this  instant,  August,  by  Stephen 
Skinner,  Esq;  on  suspicion  of  being  Run  aways,  which 
they  have  since  confessed.  Their  names  are  Charles  Con- 
ner and  Charles  Lee :  Conner  says  he  is  a  convict,  from 
Ireland,  and  arrived  in  Maryland  in  August  1765,  and 
was  sold  to  William  Gill,  his  present  master,  who  lives  in 
Baltimore  county,  within  twenty  miles  of  said  town,  in 
the  province  of  Maryland  aforesaid;  he  is  39  years  of 
age,  about  5  feet  7  inches  high,  fair  complection,  brown 
hair  light  grey  eyes;  had  on  an  old  felt  hat,  fearnought 
jacket,  a  coarse  white  shirt,  tow  trowsers,  old  shoes,  &c. 

Lee  says  he  is  a  convict  from  London,  where  he  was 
born,  and  arrived  in  Maryland  in  the  year  1764,  and  was 
consigned  to  Stevenson  and  Plowman,  and  was  sold  by 
them  to  Joseph  Ausborn,  who  bought  him  for  Joseph 
Crummel,  his  present  master;  who  lives  within  two  miles 
of  William  Gill,  the  master  of  the  aforesaid  servant :  He 
is  about  5  feet  8  inches  high;  remarkable  brown  com- 
plection, black  curled  hair;    had  on  an  old  wool  hat,  two 


264  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL   DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

shirts,  a  pair  of  pumps;  he  says  he  threw  away  his  jacket,  ] 
which  was  fearnought:  They  both  say  they  Run-away 
on  the  14th  of  July  last,  in  company.  Now  these  are  to 
give  notice  to  the  masters  of  said  servants,  or  whom  it 
may  concern,  that  the  said  servants  may  be  had  by  apply- 
ing to  Richard  Carns,  junr. 

N.  B.  The  masters  of  said  servants  are  hereby  notified, 
that  unless  they  apply  for  said  servants,  pay  cost,  and  take 
them  away  within  two  months  from  the  publication  here- 
of, they  will  be  sold  for  the  cost  aforesaid. — The  Pcnnsyl- 
7'ania  Journal,  No.  1343,  September  i,  1768. 

Taken  up  and  committed  to  Amboy  gaol,  in  East-Jer- 
sey, on  Saturday  the  27th  of  August,  an  Englishman,  25 
years  of  age,  and  is  supposed  to  be  William  Dennet,  ad- 
vertised in  the  Pennnsylvania  Chronicle  by  James  Rankin, 
of  Newbury  township,  York  county,  as  he  seems  to  an- 
swer the  description  in  every  shape,  except  some  of  his 
clothes,  which,  it  is  supposed  he  has  changed.  A  small 
Scotch  woman  was  with  him,  who  answers  the  descrip- 
tion every  way;  over  night  he  shewed  a  pass,  dated  Au- 
gust 3,  signed  by  three  Justices,  viz.  John  Runnolds. 
William  Smith,  but  the  other  name  is  forgot;  he  calls 
himself  William  Ross,  and  the  Woman  Elizabeth  his  wife, 
agreeable  to  the  pass;  being  told  that  their  pass  was  forg- 
ed, and  that  they  had  best  destroy  it,  next  day  it  could  not 
be  found,  and  then  he  owned  the  woman  was  not  his 
wife.  They  gave  very  different  accounts,  but  said  they 
came  from  Conegocheague — The  man  will  not  own  that 
he  was  a  servant.  For  further  particulars  inquire  of  the 
printer. 

BoRDENTOWN,  September  3. 
On  Thursday  last  Francis  Hopkinson,  Esq;^  of  Phil- 

iFor  a  sketch  of  Francis  Hopkinson,  see  N.  J.  Archives,  X.,  426. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  265 

ADELPHiA,  zvas  joincd  in  the  Velvet  Bauds  of  Hymen,  to 
Miss  Nancy  Borden,  of  this  Place,  a  Lady  amiahle  both 
for  her  internal  as  well  as  external  Accomplishments,  and 
in  the  Words  of  a  celebrated  Poet: 

''Without  all  shining,  and  within  all  white; 
Pure  to  the  Sense,  and  pleasing  to  the  Sight." 
— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  86,  September  5, 
1768. 

Mr.  GODDARD^ 

On  my  reading  in  your  Chronicle,  No.  78  and  79,  some 
remarks  made  on  a  piece  I  happened  to  write,  I  expected 
that  a  calm  review  would  have  produced  some  proper  con- 
cessions— but  how  greatly  zvas  I  disappointed,  when  in- 
stead of  the  gentlemen  themselves  appearing,  I  found  Mr. 
1.  Y.  (a  very  good  man  for  ought  I  know)  come  forth, 
■attempting,  with  some  feeble  acknowledgments,  to  cover 
their  retreat,  smooth  matters  over,  and  prevent  any  thing 
further  being  said.  I  hope  therefore  you  will  be  kind 
enough  to  allozv  the  follozving  a  place,  as  soon  as  conve- 
nient, in  your  extensively  iiseful  paper,  zvhich  zvill  much 
oblige  your  constant  reader,  and  humble  servant, 

Essex  County,  E.  N.  Jersey,  B.  O. 

August  22,  1768. 

When,  upon  my  return  from  Synod,  I  wrote  that  letter 
to  my  friend  which  afterwards  appeared  in  the  Chronicle, 
No.  76,  little  did  I  expect  it  could  have  subjected  me  to 
such  severe  censure  as  I  have  since  met  with  in  No.  78 
and  79  of  the  same  paper;  or  that  the  sons  of  Levi,  of  the 
present  day  retained  so  much  of  their  fathers  temper 
(Gen.  xlix.  5,  6)  as  those  two  reverend  gentlemen  have 
■discovered  who  took  it  in  their  heads  to  give  me  a  little 

clerical  correction  in  behalf  of  the  body 

[Signed]    B.  O. 


266  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

To  he  sold  by  Joseph  Worth,  by  virtue  of  a  pozver  of 
attorney,  from  Giles  Worth,  at  public  vendue,  on  the  twen- 
tieth day  of  October  next,  upon  the  premises. 

One  hundred  and  tiventy  acres  of  land,  situate  in  the 
township  of  Maidenhead  and  Hopewell,  joining  upon 
Stoney  Brook,  five  miles  from  Princeton,  has  upon  it  a 
good  divelling-house,  a  good  hearing  orchard,  about  eight 
acres  of  good  meadozv,  and  more  may  he  easily  made, 
forty-five  acres  of  good  timber  land,  the  residue  plough- 
able.  One  third  of  the  purchase  money  to  be  paid  at  the 
time  of  executing  the  deed,  and  easy  payments  may  be  had 
for  the  remainder,  by  giving  good  security  if  required. — 
The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  87,  September  5-12, 
1768. 

Nezv-York,  September  5.  Captain  Pym,  late  Master  of 
the  Ship  Earl  of  Hertford,  of  this  Port,  and  4  of  his  Peo- 
ple, came  up  in  their  Boat  last  Saturday  Evening,  they 
having  left  Capt.  Buck  off  Barnagat,  he  being  scarce  of 
Provisions. 

Monday  last  his  Excellency  William  Franklin,  Esq; 
Governor  of  New-Jersey,  arrived  here;  and  on  Saturday 
accompanied  by  the  Hon.  Frederick  Smith,^  and  Captain 
Skinner,-  he  set  out  for  Albany,  in  order  to  attend  a  grand 
Meeting  of  the  Indians  that  is  soon  to  be  at  Fort- Johnson. 

RuN-away  from  the  subscriber,  an  apprentice  lad  named 


1  Frederick  Smyth,  of  Perth  Amboy,  was  Chief  Justice  of  New  Jersey, 
1764-1775. 

2  John  Sitinner,  fourth  son  of  the  Rev.  William  Skinner,  of  Perth 
Ambov,  was  a  Lieutenant  in  the  Company  of  his  older  brother.  Captain 
William  Skinner,  in  Col.  Peter  Schuyler's  New  Jersey  Regiment,  in  the 
French  and  Indian  war  of  1755  and  1756,  and  was  taken  prisoner  at 
Oswego  in  the  latter  year.  He  served  in  Lord  Loudon's  Regiment  in 
a  secret  expedition  in  the  Mediterranean,  and  in  the  latter  part  of  1757 
received  a  commission  as  Ensign  in  that  Regiment.  In  1759  he  was  a 
Lieutenant  in  the  Regiment  of  Colonel  Grey,  and  on  June  10,  1768.  was 
commissioned  Captain.  He  was  afterwards  Major  of  the  70th  Regi- 
ment, which  during  the  Revolution  was  stationed  in  England.  Later 
he  sold  his  commission  and  returned  to  America,  and  engaged  in  mer- 
cantile business  at  Perth  Amboy,  where  he  died  in  December,  1797. — 
Whitifuad's  Perth  Amboy,  119. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  267 

John  Foster,  born  in  the  Jersies,  about  5  feet  8  inches 
high,  of  a  dark  complexion,  and  pitted  with  the  small-pox, 
wears  his  own  hair  with  a  false  que  to  it;  is  supposed  to 
be  gone  towards  Amboy.  He  took  with  him  a  blue  coat 
and  jacket,  the  coat  bound  with  blue  tape,  and  has  metal 
buttons  studded  with  steel.  Whoever  takes  up  said  ap- 
prentice and  brings  him  to  his  master,  shall  have  Forty 
Shillings  reward,  and  all  reasonable  charges,  paid  by 
me. 

Robert  Andrews. 

New-Brunswick,  Sept.  i,  1768. 
Public  Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  Trustees  of 
Queen's  College,  are  to  meet  at  New-Brunswick,  the  first 
Tuesday  in  October  next. 

David  Marinus,  Clerk. 

To  be  sold  at  public  Vendue, 
The  lease  for  a  term  of  years,  of  which  about  42  are 
yet  unexpired,  of  a  house  and  lot  of  ground,  in  the  city  of 
New-Brunswick,  opposite  to  the  Whitehall  Tavern,  50 
feet  in  breadth,  and  103  feet  in  depth,  now  in  the  tenure 
of  John  Collins,  subject  to  a  ground  rent  of  50s.  per  an- 
num. 

One  fourth  Part  of  the  Lease  for  a  Term  of  Years,  of 
which  Twenty-eight  are  yet  unexpired,  of  a  House  and 
■  Lot  in  the  said  City  of  New-Brunswick,  known  by  the 
Name  of  the  Whitehall  Tavern,  Forty-six  Feet  in  Breadth, 
and  One  hundred  and  fifty  Feet  in  Depth,  now  in  the  Ten- 
ure of  Michael  Duff,  subject  to  a  Ground  Rent  of.  Two 
Pounds  Six  Shillings,  per  Annum.. 

Also  one  fourth  Part  of  the  Lease,  for  a  Lot  of  Ground 
adjoining  the  former,  of  which  Twenty  two  years  are  un- 
expired:   containing  ten  Feet  in  Breadth,  and  One  hun- 


268  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

dred  and  fifty  Feet  in  Depth,  subject  to  a  Ground  Rent  of, 
Ten  Shillings,  per  Annum. 

A  Tract  of  Woodland,  situate  in  the  Corporation  of 
New-Brunswick,  being  Lot,  No.  2.  Part  of  a  larger  Tract, 
consisting  of  several  Lots,  distinguished  on  a  Draught  by 
their  respective  Numbers,  having  a  two  Rod  Road  running 
through  the  said  Tract,  for  the  Conveniency  of  the  said 
Lots,  called  the  Mill-Road,  containing  about  ten  Acres. 

New  Boston  Forge,  situate  at  Roxbury,  in  Morris 
County  on  the  South  Branch  of  Rariton,  together  with  all 
the  Houses,  Water-works,  Buildings,  Improvements,  and 
about  thirty-five  Acres  of  Land  contiguous  thereto. 

Two  Tracts  of  Land  situate  at  Newtown,  in  Sussex 
County,  near  Andover  Iron  Works,  one  Tract  containing 
Thirty- four  Acres,  and  the  other  fifty  Acres,  being  Part 
of  an  undivided  Tract  of  seventy-one  Acres,  mostly  rich 
Bottom. 

A  Tract  of  Wood  Land,  containing  One  hundred  and 
forty-four  Acres,  situate  at  Mendem,  in  Morris  County, 
late  the  Property  of  William  Hagen. 

The  Houses  and  Lots  in  the  City  of  New-Brunswick, 
will  be  sold  at  the  House  of  Mr.  Brooke  Farmer,  in  the 
said  City,  on  Wednesday  the  14th  of  September,  at  10 
o'clock  in  the  Morning.  The  Forge  and  the  two  Tracts 
of  Lands,  will  be  sold  at  the  said  Forge,  on  Thursday  the 
15th  Day  of  September,  1768,  at  10  o'Clock  in  the  Fore- 
noon; and  the  Tract  of  Woodland,  at  4  o'Clock  in  the 
Afternoon  of  the  same  Day,  at  the  House  of  Mr.  Joseph 
Hinds,  at  the  Sign  of  the  Black  Horse,  in  Mendem;  when 
the  Conditions  of  Sale  will  be  made  known. — The  Nczv 
York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  879,  September 
5,  1768. 

New-York,  September  6.  On  Saturday  Morning  last, 
his  Excellency  Governor  Franklin,  who  arrived  here  a  few 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  269 

Days  ago,  embarked  on  board  a  Sloop  for  Albany,  accom- 
panied by  the  Honorable  Frederic  Suiyth,  Esq;  Chief  Jus- 
tice of  Nezv-Jersey,  and  Capt.  John  Skinner,  of  Amhoy, 
in  order  to  be  present  at  the  very  important  Treaty  which 
is  soon  to  be  held  with  the  Indian  Nations,  for  settling  a 
general  Boundary  Line  between  them  and  these  Colonies 
— We  hear  that  the  Treaty  is  to  be  held  at  Fort  Stonzvix, 
in  the  Country  of  the  Six  Nations,  about  the  Middle  of 
this  Month,  and  that  a  very  great  Body  of  Indians  are 
expected  to  be  assembled  there  on  this  Occasion. — The 
Nezv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  1340,  Sep- 
tember 5,  1768. 

The  Trustees  of  the  College  of  New-Jersey,  give  No- 
tice to  the  Public,  That  whereas  the  Grammar  School 
which  used  to  be  kept  under  the  Direction  of  the  Presi- 
dent, as  a  Nursery  for  the  College  has  been  discontinued 
for  some  Time,  on  Account  of  the  long  Vacancy  of  that 
Office.  That  the  Chair  being  now  filled  by  the  Arrival  of 
the  Gentleman  last  chosen  from  North-Britain :  The 
School  is  to  be  opened  under  his  Direction,  precisely  on 
the  7th  Day  of  November  next,  being  the  Beginning  of 
the  Winter  Term  in  College.  The  President,  has  already 
provided  a  Person  to  teach  it;  and  has  undertaken  to  the 
Trustees  to  lay  down  a  Plan  of  proceeding  to  the  Teacher, 
to  have  it  under  his  constant  Inspection;  and  take  Care 
that  it  be  conducted  on  the  very  best  Principles.  This  he 
hopes  to  be  able  to  do  with  the  greater  Success,  for  that, 
being  acquainted,  before  he  left  Home,  that  such  a  Thing 
would  be  expected  from  him,  he  took  Care  to  perfect  his 
Scheme,  by  conversing  with  some  of  the  most  eminent 
and  approved  Teachers  in  Great-Britain.  Parents  are  de- 
sired to  take  Notice,  that  their  Children  being  properlv 
founded  in  the  Languages,  is  of  the  utmost  Importance  to 


270  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

their  Subsequent  Studies  in  College  being  easy,  pleasant, 
and  successful.  Several  reputable  Housholders  in  Prince- 
ton, have  engaged  to  the  Trustees,  to  take  Boarders  at  as 
cheap  a  Rate,  it  is  presumed,  as  in  any  Town  in  this  Prov- 
ince, where  a  public  Grammar  School  is  taught :  And  if 
the  Parents  of  any  of  the  Children  should  incline  to  have 
them  boarded  in  the  College,  the  Trustees  have  consented 
to  their  being  taken  in  and  supplied  as  the  Scholars  are. 
There  is  a  Terrestrial  Globe  provided  for  the  School,  that 
they  may  be  taught  Geography  at  some  Hours  of  Leisure; 
they  will  also  have  an  Hour  each  Day  appropriated  to 
Writing  and  Arithmetick  without  any  additional  Expence, 
which  it  is  of  Importance  that  they  learn  early.  This  No- 
tice is  given  so  long  before  the  Time  of  opening  School, 
that  Parents  may  have  their  Children  there  seasonably; 
and  it  is  particularly  desired  that  such  as  have  Children 
to  begin  the  Latin,  would  send  them,  if  possible,  upon  the 
very  Day  abovenientioned;  that  they  may  neither  suffer 
any  Loss  themselves,  nor  be  the  Means  of  retarding  others. 
Princeton,  August  25,  1768. 

Run  away  from  the  subscriber  living  in  Shrewsbury, 
a  servant  man  named  Joseph  Compton,  of  a  small  stature, 
about  5  feet  high,  has  a  scar  on  his  instep;  had  on  an  oz- 
naburgs  shirt  and  trowsers,  short  frize  coat,  and  old  bever 
hat  bound  with  ferreting.  Whoever  takes  up  and  secures 
said  servant,  so  that  his  master  may  have  him  again,  shall 
be  paid  Three  Pounds  reward  by  Stephen  Tallman.  junr. 
— The  New  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1340,  September  8,  1768. 

Whereas  Christina,  the  Wife  of  George  Millar,  of  Am- 
well  Township,  in  Hunterdon  County,  West  New-Jersey, 
did  elope  from  her  Husband  on  the  5th  Day  of  April  last, 
this  serves  to  forbid  all  Persons  from  trusting  her  on  his 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  27  I 

Account,  as  he  will  pay  no  Debts  of  her  contracting  from 
that  Date. 

George  Millar 

To  be  sold,  by  public  vendue,  on  Tuesday,  the  13th  of 
September  inst.  on  the  premises,  about  250  acres  of  very 
good  wheat  land,  situate  in  Readington,  in  the  county  of 
Hunterdon,  and  province  aforesaid.  The  vendue  to  be- 
gin at  twelve  o'clock  of  said  day;  at  which  time  and  place, 
the  conditions  of  sale  will  be  made  known,  and  attendance 
given,  by  Theodorus  Van  Wyck,  John  Shipboy, 
Peter  Porrine  and  Abraham  Van  Neste,  Assignees. 

Ten  Pounds  Reward 

Escaped  from  the  constables,  some  weeks  ago,  the  fol- 
lowing persons,  viz.  Andrew  Crawford,  late  from  Ire- 
land, about  25  years  old,  five  feet  eleven  inches  high,  stoop- 
shouldered,  pockpitted,  pale-faced,  has  black  hair,  tied  be- 
hind, his  cloathing  uncertain.  Robert  Scott,  24  years 
old,  5  feet  9  inches  high,  full-faced,  pockpitted,  has  light 
brown  hair;  both  apt  to  swear,  and  get  drunk,  and  very 
quarrelsome;  they  generally  make  their  home  at  one  Rals- 
ton's  near  Newark.  Whoever  secures  said  fellows,  and 
delivers  them  to  Joseph  Thomas,  Goalkeeper,  for  Chester 
county,  shall  be  intitled  to  the  above  reward,  or  Six  Pounds 
for  Crawford,  and  Four  for  Scott,  paid  by 

Joseph  Thomas,  Goaler. 

Newcastle  County,  July  20,  1768. 
Whereas  a  certain  Richard  Cayford  of  Bridgetown, 
in  Cumberland  county,  and  province  of  New- Jersey,  rope- 
maker,  hath  obtained  an  obligation,  dated  on  or  about  the 
nth  day  of  this  instant  month,  from  me  the  subscriber, 
in  the  penalty  of  Forty  Pounds,  conditioned  for  the  pay- 


272  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

ment  of  Twenty  Pounds,  or  the  delivery  of  a  yoke  of 
oxen,  at  the  house  of  Peter  Alrichs  at  Reedy-Island,  on 
the  nth  or  14th  days  of  August  next,  in  a  deceitful  man- 
ner, and  without  any  consideration  in  law.  These  are  to 
notify  and  desire  all  persons  whatsoever,  not  to  take  an 
assignment  of  the  said  obligation,  as  I  am  determined  not 
to  pay  the  same,  unless  thereto  compelled  by  law. 

Thomas  Collins. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2072,  September 
8.  1768." 

TRENTON   RACES. 
A  Purse  of  THIRTY  POUNDS, 

To  BE  RUN  FOR  ou  THURSDAY,  the  22d  instaut,  Septem- 
ber, at  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  free  for  any  half  blooded 
horse,  mare  or  gelding  carrying  ten  stone,  Mr.  Morris's 
mare  Strumpet  excepted,  the  purse  to  be  won  by  the  best 
horse  in  three  two  mile  heats,  proper  judges  to  be  appoint- 
ed. 

The  next  day  the  entrance  money  to  be  run  for;  a 
saddle  of  five  pounds  value  to  be  purchased  with  part  or 
the  whole  thereof. 

Running  horses  to  be  entered  with  Mr.  Pontius  Stille, 
at  Trenton  ferry,  two  days  before  the  purse  is  run  for,  or 
Three  Pounds  at  the  Post. — The  Pennsylvania  Journal, 
No.  1344,  September  ?>,  1768. 

There  are.  I  believe,  few  men  who  indulge  a  scribbling 
vein,  but  have  reason,  at  some  time  or  other  to  repent  it; 
I  frankly  ov/n  this  is  at  present  my  case.  In  a  spirit  of 
greater  volatility  than  judgment,  I  at  first  wrote  the  piece 
signed  Ironieus  Bombasticus,  which  I  was  convinced  of, 
on  reading  the  Farmer's  second  letter,  and  candidly  ac- 
knowledged it  to  the  public;   here  I  thought  myself  clear, 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  273 

and  imaoined  the  matter  would  have  rested ;  but  on  seeing 
the  piece  signed  Satiricus  Sarcastiais,  which  reflected  on 
a  Gentleman  of  character  in  Nciv-Jersey,  common  justice 
demanded  my  appearance  to  wipe  off  the  aspersions  cast 
on  him  by  that  writer,  and  I  delared  him  totally  ignorant 
of  the  piece;  which  defence  I  immediately  conveyed  to 
the  printer  of  the  Chronicle,  and  at  the  same  time  wrote 
the  two  short  notes  A.  B.  C.  addressed  to  the  printers  of 
the  Gazette  and  Journal,  which  notes,  though  intended  to 
be  sent  that  evening,  were  neglected,  and  not  delivered 
till  a  considerable  time  after;  their  appearing  in  public 
was  entirely  without  my  knowledge,  as  I  rather  expected 
a  re-publication  of  the  defence  reqnested  from  the  Chron- 
icle; yet  when  I  found  myself  the  innocent  cause  of  in- 
jurious charges  against  the  printers  of  the  Journal  and 
Gazette,  the  same  sentiments  which  before  urged  me  to 
appear  in  defence  of  the  Jersey  Gentleman  prompted  me 
to  make  a  confession  of  my  real  name  to  the  printers,  as  I 
could  conceive  no  other  effectual  method  of  exculpating 
them  from  the  charge  of  "forgery."  The  part  I  have  act- 
ed in  this  whole  affair  has  been  dictated  by  candour,  and 
I  must  own,  I  did  not  expect  such  ungenteel  treatment 
from  a  person  assuming  the  character  of  Plain  Truth. 
Ironicus  Bombasticus. 

To  Be  Sold, 
A  Tract  of  Land,  situate  in  Sussex  county,  in  the 
western  division  of  the  province  of  New-Jersey,  on  a 
branch  of  Delaware,  called  Pohatkung,  containing  1220 
acres,  with  the  usual  allowance  for  high-ways,  well 
watered  and  well  timbered,  having  a  stream  running 
through  the  whole,  sufficient  for  a  saw  mill,  grist-mill,  or 
iron-works,  and  divers  small  streams  issuing  out  of  the 
mountains  on  both  sides,  convenient  for  watering  the  low 
lands  for  meadow,  a  large  quantity  of  which  may  be  made 


2  74  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

on  the  tract.     The  title  indisputable. — About  60  miles 

from   Philadelphia,   and   about  the   same  distance   from 

New- York,  which  will  be  sold  either  all  together  or  in 

parcels,  as  may  best  suit  the  purchasers,  and  credit  given 

for  one  half  of  the  purchase  money,  paying  interest  for 

the  same.    For  further  particulars  apply  to  the  subscriber, 

at  Haddonfield,  in  Gloucester  county. 

Isaac  Andrews. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  88,  September 

12-19,   1768. 

Neiv-York,  September  15.  Friday  last  Dr.  Wether- 
spoon,  President  of  Nassau-Hall,  in  New-Jersey,  arrived 
here  from  Prince-Town. 

Wanted,  at  Ringwood  Iron-W^orks, 
In  the  Jersies, 
Sober  Men,  that  understand  driving  a  Horse  Team; 
any  such,  of  good  Character,  will  meet  with  Employment, 
in  that  way,  by  applying  as  above. 

Public  Notice  is  hereby  given, 
That  a  Stage  Waggon  will  be  erected  in  Hackinsack, 
at  the  New-Bridge,  to  set  out  for  Powles-Hook,  on  the 
Morning  of  the  17th  of  this  Inst.  September.  Good  at- 
tendance will  be  given,  and  necessary  provision  made  for 
the  accommodation  of  passengers ;  to  go  twice  a  week,  on 
Tuesday's  and  Saturday's;  to  set  out  at  six  in  the  morn- 
ing from  said  New-Bridge,  and  at  seven  from  the  town 
of  Hackinsack,  and  will  return  on  the  same  day,  setting 
out  precisely  at  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  from  Powles- 
Hook;  the  price  for  each  passenger  is  2s.  6d.  As  it  will 
be  erected  for  the  conveniency  of  the  public,  it  is  hoped 
they  will  encourage  the  design  of  the 

Public's  humble  Servant, 

Andrew  Van  Buskirk. 


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'The  Sum  of  £.  600  is  wanted  on  a  good  Farm,  in 
the  Jersies,  that  cost  £.  800  but  a  short  time  since.  For 
farther  Particulars,  enquire  of  H.  Gaine. — The  Nezv  York 
Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  880,  September  12, 
1768. 

All  Persons  indebted  to  the  Estate  of  Mr.  John  Wat- 
son, late  of  the  City  of  Perth-Amhoy,  Merchant,  deceased, 
either  by  Bond  or  Bill,  are  requested  to  pay  off  their  Inter- 
est due  thereon,  on  or  before  the  loth  Day  of  October  next, 
otherwise  they  may  depend  on  their  being  put  in  Suit, 
without  any  farther  Notice  or  respect  to  Persons.  And  all 
those  that  have  any  just  Demands  on  the  said  Estate,  are 
requested  to  bring  them  in,  in  order  that  they  may  be 
finally  discharged. 

Alexander  Watson,  Executor. 

Whereas  the  Sale  of  the  Lands  and  real  Estate,  be- 
longing to  Christian  Syberberg,  situate  at  Bridgezvater,  in 
the  County  of  Somerset,  and  Province  of  New-Jersey, 
adjoining  upon  Alainatunk  River,  which  was  taken  in  Ex- 
ecution at  the  Suit  of  Daniel  Wistar  and  Thomas  Bartozv, 
jun.  and  others,  having  been  adjourned  for  the  Want  of 
Buyers,  from  the  Day  which  was  heretofore  advertised 
agreeable  to  Law  for  the  Sale  thereof.  Notice  is  hereby 
given,  that  the  same  will  be  exposed  to  Sale  by  way  of 
publick  Vendue,  on  the  Premises,  on  Tuesday  the  20th  of 
September  next,  between  the  Hours  of  12  and  5  o'clock, 
at  which  Time  and  Place,  all  such  Persons  as  are  desirous 
of  purchasing,  are  desired  to  attend  accordingly;  and 
those  who  have  Mortgages,  are  requested  to  bring  them 
in. 

August  4,  1768.  Job  Stockton,  late  Sheriff. 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  JVeekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1 34 1,  September  12,  1768. 


2/6  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

Philadelphl\,  September  15. 
Since  our  last  Captain  Newbold  arrived  here  in  24  Days 

from  Tortola On  the  31st  iilt,  in  Lat.  33,  Long. 

66,  he  spoke  a  Schooner  from  Virginia,  that  had  been  22 
Days  out,  had  lost  her  Mainmast  in  a  hard  Gale  of  Wind, 
the  Day  after  she  left  the  Capes,  and  was  then  standing 
for  Bermuda  to  refit;    the  IMaster's  Name  unknown. 

Trenton,  August  31,  1768. 

To  be  Sold  at  public  vendue,  to  the  highest  bidder,  on 
Friday  the  30th  day  of  September  next,  on  the  premises, 
between  the  hours  of  12  and  5  o'clock  in  the  afternoon. 

The  noted  Tavern-House,  and  sixty  acres  of  land, 
beside  allowance,  situate  at  the  foot  of  Robin's  hill,  in  Am- 
well;  there  is  a  good  bearing  orchard,  barn,  store-house 
and  other  necessary  buildings;  the  mansion-house  large, 
almost  new,  and  well  situated  either  for  tavern  or  store; 
late  the  property  of  Daniel  Robins,"  deceased,  seized  and 
taken  in  execution  at  the  suit  of  James  Benezet,  Townsend 
White,  Jeremiah  Warder,  and  others,  and  to  be  sold  again, 
as  the  first  purchaser  has  not  complied  with  the  conditions 
of  the  first  vendue,  by 

Samuel  Tucker,  late  Sheriff. 

To  be  Sold,  by  public  vendue,  on  Second  Day,  the  third 
of  October  next, 
All  those  two  plantations  late  the  estate  of  Daniel 
Kingston,  deceased,  now  in  the  tenure  of  Richard  Tyse, 
and  John  Huntzinger,  situate  on  Timber  Creek,  in  the 
county  of  Gloucester.  The  former  of  which  contains  320 
acres  of  plough-land,  and  about  50  acres  of  meadow  land, 
with  a  good  dwelling-house,  orchard,  and  barn.  The  un- 
cleared land  (of  which  there  are  about  250  acres)  very 
well  timbered  and  watered.    The  other  contains  227  acres: 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  2  77 

has  on  it  two  dwelling-houses,  a  good  orchard  and  garden; 
about  100  acres  of  land  cleared  (with  some  meadow)  the 
rest  well  watered  and  timbered.  The  title  to  both  indis- 
putable, and  their  situation  very  handy  to  navigable  water, 
and  about  7  miles  distant  by  land  from  Gloucester.  The 
conditions  of  the  sale  to  be,  one  half  of  the  money  paid 
down  at  executing  the  deed,  and  the  remaining  half  in  12 
months,  with  security,  if  recpiired.  Attendance  will  be 
given  at  the  Widow  Davis's,  on  Timber  Creek,  near  the 
premises,  at  which  place  the  vendue  will  be  held,  by 

Israel  Morris,  Son  Wm. 
Attorney  in  fact  to  John  Hingston 

Trenton,  September  8,  1768. 

Left  at  the  subscriber's  store,  some  time  ago,  a  small 
bundle,  containing  one  piece  of  long  lawn,  half  a  piece  of 
spotted  ditto,  &c.  Any  person  proving  their  right,  and 
paying  charges,  may  have  them,  or  their  value,  by  apply- 
ing to 

Furman  and  Hunt. 

To  Be  Lett, 
For  a  term  of  years,  and  may  be  entered  on  immedi- 
ately, A  Commodious  Brick  House,  situated  at  a  village, 
called  the  New-Mills,  about  6  miles  distant  from  Mount- 
holly,  in  Burlington  county.  There  will  be  lett  with  the 
said  house,  a  large  garden,  a  clover  lot,  of  i  acre  and  a 
half,  adjoining  the  garden,  a  lot  of  meadow,  of  about  two 
acres,  within  forty  rod  of  said  premises  and  another  lot 
of  ground,  within  twenty  rod  thereof;  the  said  premises 
will  be  very  suitable  for  a  shopkeeper,  and  to  carry  on  the 
pork  trade,  as  there  are  large  convenient  cellars  and  stores, 
and  other  convenient  out-houses,  such  as  stable,  hay- 
house,  chair-house,  &c.     Any  person  inclining  to  rent  the 


278  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL   DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

same,  may  apply  to  the  subscriber,  living  near  the  prem- 
ises, and  know  the  terms. 

William  Budd,  junior. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2073,  September 
15,  1768. 

New-York,  September  12. 
Saturday  last  his  Majesty's  ship  Fowey,  Capt.  Tillet, 
commander,  arrived  at  Sandy-Hook  from   South  Caro- 
lina, and  we  hear  she  is  soon  to  sail  for  Boston :     The 
Viper  sailed  for  Halifax  Thursday  last. 

New- York,  September  12. 
Friday  last  Dr.  Wetherspoon,  President  of  Nassau-hall, 
in  New-Jersey,  arrived  here  from  Princeton. — The  Penn- 
sylvania Journal,  No.  1345,  September  15,  1768. 

Woodbridge,  September  12,  1768. 
Broke  out  of  Gaol  at  Perth-Ainboy,  on  the  9th  Instant, 
a  Mulatto  Servant  Man  named  Charles  Lee,  born  in  Eng- 
land, about  5  feet  9  inches  high,  slim  built,  has  a  Scar  on 
one  side  of  his  nose,  and  wears  his  own  hair;  had  on  a 
light  coloured  silk  Jacket  and  an  old  felt  hat;  he  had  run 
away  from  Mar3dand.  and  was  taken  up  and  committed 
to  said  Gaol.  He  is  a  watch  maker  by  trade;  and  as  he 
has  been  in  the  provincial  service,  it  is  supposed  he  is  gone 
towards  Albany.  Whoever  takes  up  said  Servant,  and 
secures  him  in  any  Jail,  or  brings  him  to  the  Subscriber 
in  Woodbridge,  shall  have  Seven  Pounds  Reward,  and  all 
reasonable  Charges,  paid  by 

Nathaniel  Heard. 

Perth-Amboy,  September  10,  1768. 
By  Order  of  Stephen  Skinner,  Rnne  Runyon  and  Jon- 
athan Frazee,  Esqrs.  Judges  of  the  inferior  Court  of  Com- 


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mon-pleas  for  the  County  of  Middlesex,  in  the  Province 
of  New-Jersey;  Notice  is  hereby  given  to  the  Creditor  or 
Creditors  respectively  of  Sohjer  Morrel  and  Richard 
Matchet,  insolvent  Debtors  in  the  Gaol  of  the  said  County 
of  Middlesex,  to  shew  Cause,  if  any  they  have,  before  the 
said  Judges,  at  the  House  of  Elijah  Dtmhani,  Inn  holder, 
in  the  City  of  Perth-Amboy,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex 
aforesaid,  on  Wednesday  the  12th  of  November  next, 
why  an  Assignment  of  the  said  Debtors'  Estates  respect- 
ively, should  not  be  made,  and  the  Debtors  discharged, 
pursuant  to  the  Directions  of  a  late  Act  of  the  Governor, 
Council  and  General  Assembly  of  this  Province,  entitled. 
An  Act  for  the  Relief  of  insolvent  Debtors. — The  Nezv 
York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  1342,  September 
19,  1768. 

Philadelphia,  September  22. 
On  Wednesday  next  the  Anniversary  Commencement 
of  the  New-Jersey  College  will  be  held  in  the  Church 
at  Princetown.     The  exercises  of  the  Day  will  begin  at 
Ten  o'clock. 

Gloucester,  September  17,  1768. 
We,  the  subscribers,  prisoners,  confined  in  the  goal  of 
the  county  of  Gloucester  for  debt,  give  this  public  notice 
to  our  several  creditors,  to  meet  at  the  house  of  William 
Hugg,  Innkeeper,  in  the  town  of  Gloucester,  on  Saturday, 
the  8th  day  of  October  next,  at  ten  of  the  clock  in  the 
forenoon,  to  shew  cause,  if  any  they  have,  why  an  assign- 
ment of  our  estates  should  not  be  made,  and  we  discharged 
from  confinement,  pursuant  to  an  act  of  general  assembly 
of  the  province  of  New-Jersey,  entituled,  an  act  for  the 
relief  of  insolvent  debtors. 

Abraham  Coxe,     David  Cochran. 


2  80  new  jersey  colonial  documents.        [1768 

Wanted 
A  Fuller  or  Sheerman.    Enquire  of  Hugh  Creigh- 
TON,  at  the  Indian  King,  in  Haddonfield,  7  miles  from 
Philadelphia. 

Just  published,  and  to  be  sold  by  Hall  and  Sellers,  at 
the  New  Printing-Office,  in  Market-street,  Philadelphia. 

Poor  Richard's  Almanack  for  the  Year  1769;  contain- 
ing besides  the  usual  Astronomical  Calculations,  Extracts 
from  some  of  the  best  Authors  on  the  planting  and  culti- 
vating Vines  and  the  Process  of  making  Wine;  wherein 
are  shewn,  the  Soil  and  Situation  that  is  best  adapted  for 
Vineyards,  and  the  Manner  of  clearing  and  preparing  the 
Ground  for  them;  the  Distance  the  Vines  should  be  plant- 
ed from  each  other;  the  Cuttings  from  Vines,  which  it 
is  thought  would  thrive  well  in  Pennsylvania,  New-Jersey, 
New-York,  and  the  Province  of  Massachusetts;  also 
those  that  will  suit  the  Southern  Provinces;  Directions 
for  the  Management  of  the  Cuttings,  from  the  Time  of 
Planting  till  they  come  to  a  bearing  State,  and  how  they 
are  to  be  managed  in  that  State,  etc,  etc. — Tlic  Pennsyl- 
vania Gazette,  No.  2074,  Septcnihcr  22,  1768. 

New- York,  September  19. 
We  have  melancholy  accounts  from  all  the  country, 
within  many  miles  of  this  city,  of  the  great  drought  now 
prevailing;  that  the  grass  is  so  dried  up,  that  some  already 
begin  to  fodder  their  cattle;  and  we  also  hear  it  has  been 
so  cold  a  few  days  past,  as  to  have  a  considerable  frost  at 
Newark. 

Capt.  Leech  from  London,  spoke  with  the  following 

vessels,  viz And,  the  4th  of  September,  in  lat. 

34.24,  long.  59.20,  a  schooner  from  Piscataway,  bound 


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281 


for  St.  Christophers,  commanded  by  Monsieur  Bunbury, 
nine  days  out. 

Whereas  George  Akers,  Tinman,  of  London,  Brother 
to  Elizabeth  Cross,  of  George  Yard,  Shoreditch,  left  Eng- 
land about  14  or  15  years  ago,  and  in  the  3- ear  1761  was  at 
Princetown,  New-Jersey,  and  in  1766  was  heard  from  at 
Lancaster,  in  Pennnsylvania,  since  which  he  has  not  been 
heard  of.  If  he  is  living,  and  will  apply  to  Capt.  Spain, 
Commander  of  the  snow  Sally,  in  Philadelphia,  he  will 
hear  of  something  to  his  advantage. — TJie  Pennsylvania 
Journal,  No.  1346,  September  22,  1768. 

Bills  of  Exchange,  on  Amsterdam,  undoubtedly 
good,  may  be  had  from  One  to  Five  Thousand  Guilders 
and  upv/ards.  Licjuire  of  William  Oake,  Esq;  at  New 
Brunswick,  in  New'-Jersey. — The  Pennsylvania  Chron- 
iele,  No.  90,  September  26-Oetober  3,  1768. 

Pursuant  to  an  order  of  the  Honourable  Charles  Read, 
and  John  Berrien,  Esqrs.  two  of  the  judges  of  the  supreme 
court  of  judicature,  for  the  province  of  New-Jersey;  No- 
tice is  hereby  given  to  the  respective  creditors  of  Samuel 
Mun,  and  Matthias  Knight,  insolvent  debtors,  in  the  goal 
of  the  county  of  Morris,  that  they  be  and  appear  on  Wed- 
nesday the  9th  day  of  November  next,  at  the  Court-House 
in  the  county  of  Burlington,  at  12  o'clock  of  the  same  day, 
to  shew  cause,  (if  any  they  have)  why  the  said  debtors 
should  not  be  discharged  agreeable  to  a  late  act  of  the 
legislature  of  the  said  province,  for  the  relief  of  insolvent 
debtors. 

JMorris-Tozvn,  A^ew- Jersey,  September  21,  1768. 

Pursuant  to  an  order  of  the  Honourable  Jacob  Eord, 
and  Samuel  Tuttill,  Esqrs,  tw^o  of  the  judges  of  the  infer- 
ior court  of  common  pleas,  for  the  county  of  Morris;   No- 


2  82  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL   DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

tice  is  hereby  given  to  the  creditors  of  Hannah  Vander- 
hoof,  an  insolvent  debtor,  in  the  goal  of  the  said  county 
of  Morris,  that  the}'-  be  and  appear  on  Monday  the  24th 
day  of  October  next,  at  two  o'clock  of  the  same  day,  at 
the  Court- House  in  Morris-Town,  in  the  county  of  Mor- 
ris, to  shew  cause  (if  any  they  have)  why  the  said  Han- 
nah Vanderhoof,  should  not  be  discharged,  agreeable  to  a 
late  act  of  the  governor,  council,  and  general-assembly  of 
the  province  of  New- Jersey,  passed  at  Perth-Amboy,  in 
the  8th  year  of  his  Majesty's  reign,  entitled,  "An  act  for 
the  relief  of  insolvent  debtors." 

Morris-Town,  New-Jersey,  September  21,  1768. 

The  Public  are  advertised, 
That  the  Administrators  of  the  Estate  of  Samuel 
Woodruff,  Esq;  deceased,  have  adjourned  the  Vendue, 
unto  Tuesday  the  4th  of  October,  when  the  Remainder  of 
the  moveable  Estate  will  be  sold,  consisting  of  two  large 
Boats,  in  good  Trim,  a  large  Anchor  and  Cable,  a  neat 
singing  Clock,  Currant  Wine,  a  stout  Farm  Negro  Man, 
Houshold  Furniture,  &c  &c. 

The  Vendue  to  begin  at  i  o' Clock  of  the  said  Day,  when 
the  easy  Terms  of  Payment  will  be  made  known,  by 
Elizabeth  Woodruff  Administratrix. 
Benjamin  Woodruff      ) 
Joseph  Woodruff,  Jun.   >  Administrators 
And  Isaac  Woodruff.  ) 

— The  New  York  Gazette  mid  JJ^eekly  Mercury,  No. 
882,  September  26,  1768. 

Nezv-York,  September  26.  On  Wednesday  next  the 
Anniversary  Commencement  of  the  New-Jersey  College 
will  be  held  at  the  Church  at  Prince  tozvn.  The  Exercises 
of  the  Day  will  begin  at  Ten  o'Clock. — TJie  Nezc  York 


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Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.   1343,  September  26, 
1768. 

Made  his  escape  from  Gloucester  county  goal,  on  the 
1 8th  instant,  a  certain  Henry  Biddle,  about  45  years  of 
age,  5  feet  10  inches  high;  slim  made,  of  a  dark  complex- 
ion, strait  hair,  and  has  a  sour  look;  had  on  an  old  brown 
bearskin  jacket,  ozenbrigs  shirt  and  trowsers,  old  shoes, 
tied  with  strings,  and  an  old  felt  hat.  Whoever  takes  up 
said  Biddle,  and  brings  him  to  Gloucester  goal,  shall  have 
Forty  Shillings  reward;  or  if  secured  in  any  other  goal, 
so  as  he  may  be  had  again,  Twenty  Shillings,  paid  by 
JosiAH  Chattin,  Goaler. 

We  hear  from  Burlington,  that  lately  departed  this  Life, 
universally  beloved,  the  Widow  Elizabeth  Polegreen, 
aged  Seventy-two  Years.  -  -  -  She  died  in  the  same 
House  in  which  she  was  born.  And,  a  few  Miles  out  of 
the  said  City,  on  the  25th  Instant,  John  Butcher,  a  rep- 
utable Farmer,  died  at  the  Age  of  Fourscore,  being  born 
about  the  very  Time  of  the  blessed  Revglution  in  England. 

On  the  27th  of  October  next  will  be  exposed  to  sale,  by 
public  vendue,  on  the  premises  1 1  lots  of  cedar  swamp  and 
pine  land,  formerly  belonging  to  Jonathan  Wright  and 
known  by  the  name  of  Wright's  Szvainp,  situate  in  the 
county  of  Gloucester,  about  14  miles  from  Haddonfield, 
12  from  Timber-creek  Landing,  and  20  miles  from  Phil- 
adelphia. The  lots  contain  from  14  to  45  acres,  the  great- 
est part  of  which  is  exceeding  fine  timber,  fit  to  work  into 
shingles,  boards,  &c.  and  its  situation  exceeds  swamps  in 
general,  being  naturally  very  wet,  which  is  a  great  safe- 
guard from  fire:  and  as  each  lot  will  have  the  advantage 
of  two  fronts,  and  the  fast  land  comes  near  the  swamp  on 
both  sides,  renders  it  more  convenient  to  get  the  timber. 


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The  lots  are  all  numbered  and  marked.  Any  person  in- 
clining to  view  them,  by  applying  to  Henry  Thorn,  Inn- 
keeper at  Longcoming,  may  have  the  opportunity  of  see- 
ing them.  Those  who  incline  to  become  purchasers,  are 
desired  to  meet  at  the  house  of  the  aforsaid  Thorn  on  the 
day  of  sale,  at  ten  o'clock  in  the  forenoon,  in  order  to  pro- 
ceed to  the  swamp.  The  conditions  of  the  vendue,  and 
the  plan  of  the  lots,  will  be  shewn  on  the  day  of  sale,  and 
attendance  gi\'en  by 

William  Hulings,  and  Thomas  Pryor,  junior. 
N.  B.     The  quantity  of  szvamp  in  eacli  lot  will  he  ascer- 
tained before  the  sale. 

Three  Pounds  Reward. 

Run  away  from  his  bail,  living  in  Salem,  a  certain 
Joseph  Hanes,  born  in  England,  is  about  25  years  of  age, 
5  feet  7  or  8  inches  high,  of  a  brown  complexion,  with 
black  hair,  tied;  had  on,  when  he  went  away,  a  snuff- 
coloured  cotton  velvet  vest,  without  sleeves  or  pocket-flaps, 
check  trowsers,  high  quartered  calf-skin  pumps,  silver 
buckles,  and  thread  stockings.  It  is  supposed  he  has  plenty 
of  money;  he  sings  a  good  song,  and  is  much  given  to 
liquor.  As  he  can  write,  it  is  probable  he  may  forge  a 
pass.  Whoever  secures  said  Hanes,  in  any  of  his  Majes- 
ty's goals,  so  that  his  bail  may  have  him  again,  shall  have 
the  above  reward,  and  reasonable  charges,  paid  by  me 

Edward  Test 

N.  B.  All  masters  of  vessels  are  forbid  to  carry  him 
off  at  their  peril. 

Cmnberlaiid  County,  West  New-Jersey, 

September  19,  1768. 
Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  on  the  first  Tuesday  in 
November,  the  subscriber's  Stage-\\^\ggon  will  set  out 


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from  his  house,  near  the  Cross  Roads,  in  Stow-creek  town- 
ship (about  5  miles  from  Greenwich,  and  near  the  same 
distance  from  Bridgetown)  to  Wilham  Cooper's  ferry, 
and  return  the  Thursday  fohowing,  and  so  continue  week- 
ly; the  price  for  passengers  three  half  pence  a  mile  each^ 
and  four  shillings  and  sixpence  per  hundred  weight  for 
goods,  carried  the  whole  distance.  Those  who  please  to 
employ  him,  may  depend  on  good  usage,  and  the  utmost 
care  taken,  by  their  humble  servant 

William  Shutt 
— TJic  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2075,  September 
29,  1768. 

Was  stolen  out  of  the  pasture  of  Samuel  Jaques,  sen. 
in  Woodbridge,  on  Wednesday  morning,  before  day,  a 
lightish  brown  horse,  about  14  hands  and  a  half  high,  low 
in  flesh,  flat  sided,  with  a  white  star  and  snip,  has  been 
stifled,  has  a  white  garter  above  the  gambril,  occasioned 
by  wearing  a  strap,  and  is  still  lame  on  his  first  being  used. 
Also  a  saddle,  almost  new,  a  bridle,  black  leather  reins, 
and  curb  bits;  likewise  a  great  coat,  of  lightish  bearskin, 
with  basket  buttons,  button-holes  and  coat  all  bound  with 
ferreting;  also  a  pair  of  boots,  with  a  spur  piece  from  the 
heel  almost  to  the  top — Stolen  by  a  person  who  calls  him- 
self Richard  Howard,  says  he  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
has  been  some  time  on  board  a  man  of  war,  and  pretends 
to  be  a  weaver :  Had  on  when  he  stole  the  above  articles, 
a  castor  hat,  blue  turn'd  homespun  coat,  black  and  blue 
homespun  vest,  slash  sleeves,  lined  with  flannel,  made 
sailor  fashion,  with  horn  buttons,  a  striped  holland  lap- 
elled  vest,  long  striped  trowsers,  and  woollen  stockings, 
common  shoes,  with  brass  buckles.  He  is  about  5  feet  8 
inches  high,  has  black  curled  hair,  round  shouldered,  long 
chin,  light  beard,  raw  boned,  and  thick  spoken.     Whoever 


2  86  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

takes  up  said  thief,  and  confines  him  in  any  of  his  Maj- 
esty's goals,  so  that  he  may  be  brought  to  justice,  and  the 
horse,  &c.  returned,  shall  have  Ten  Pounds  reward  for 
their  service  and  expence;  for  the  horse  without  the  thief 
Three  Pounds;  for  the  thief  without  the  horse,  &c.  Five 
Pounds,  money  at  Eight  Shillings  the  oz.  to  be  paid  by 
Woodbridge,  October  5.  Samuel  Jaques. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  91,  October  3-10, 
1768. 

TAKEN-up  a  few  Days  ago,  and  committed  to  the  Goal 
of  the  Borough  of  Elizabeth,  in  New-Jersey,  by  order  of 
John  Stites,  Esq;  Mayor,  a  Negro  Man  about  24  Years 
old,  very  thick  Lips,  talks  both  Dutch  and  English,  says 
he  is  a  free  Man,  and  that  he  lived  some  Time  at  Bloom- 
ingdale,  near  New-York :  When  taken  up  he  had  on  a 
blue  Cloth  Coat,  old  Shoes,  without  Stockings.  The  Own- 
er may  have  him  ag"ain,  paying  Charges,  and  proving  his 
Property,  by  applying  to  the  said  John  Stites,  Esq ;  or  the 
Coaler,  Benjamin  Miller. — The  New  York  Ga:seffe  and 
Weekly  Mercury,  No.  883  October  3,  1768. 

Princeton,  September  28.  This  Day  being  the  Anni- 
versary Commencement  of  the  College  of  New-Jersey, 
after  the  usual  Procession,  the  Exercises  of  the  Day  were 
opened  by  the  President,  the  Revd.  Dr.  Witherspoon,  with 
a  learned  and  elegant  Latin  Oration,  on  the  Connection 
and  mutual  Influence  of  Learning  and  Piety. 

After  which  Mr.  Edwards,  pronounced  a  spiritual  Sal- 
utatory Oration  in  Latin,  on  Civil  Liberty. 

The  following  Theses  were  then  defended  to  general 
Acceptation. 

Qiiicnnque  vere  pii  sunt,  prae  omnibus  aliis  idoireo  in 
honore  habere  debemus. 


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It  is  the  Interest  of  any  Nation,  to  have  the  Trade  of 
it's  nezv  Countries,  as  free  from  Embarrassments  as  pos- 
sible. 

The  Exercises  of  the  Morning  were  conckided  by  Mr. 
Blackwell,  with  a  judicious  Harangue  on  Genius. 

In  the  Afternoon  the  following  Theses  were  defended : 

Nequitia  ipsa  non  obstante,  eos,  qui  nobis  in  republica 
proepositi  sunt,  vel  qui  aliquod  evvile  Munns  exequntur, 
venerari  debemus. 

It  is  lawful  for  every  Man,  and  in  many  Cases,  his  in- 
dispensable Duty,  to  hazard  his  Life  in  defence  of  his  Civil 
Liberty. 

Next  to  these  Mr.  Davies,  a  Candidate  for  the  Master's 
Degree,  pronounced  an  animated  Latin  Oration  on  Lib- 
erty. 

To  this  succeeded  a  very  Emphatical  Exhibition  on 
true  Greatness,  by  INlr.  Rush. 

The  Revd.  John  Blair,  Professor  of  Divinity,  then  de- 
livered a  judicious  Discourse  on  the  Importance  of  that 
Office  in  an  Institution  of  Learninsf. 

The  Degree  of  BacJielor  of  Arts,  was  then  conferred  on 
the  following  young  Gentlemen  :  Robert  Blackwell,  Elias 
Van  Bunschooten,  Ephraim  Brevard,  John  Culbertson, 
Pierpoint  Edwards,  William  C.  Houston,  Adlai  Osborne, 
Thomas  Rees,  Michael  Sebring,  Thomas  Smith,  Isaac 
Story.i 

1  Robert  Blackwell,  son  of  Jacob  Francis  Blackwell,  of  Long-  Island, 
New  York,  was  born  May  6.  1748.  After  his  graduation  he  studied  for 
the  ministry,  and  on  June  11.  1772.  he  was  ordained  a  Deacon  in  the 
chapel  of  Fulham  Palace,  near  London,  by  Bishop  Richard  Terrick, 
and  subsequently  to  the  order  of  the  priesthood.  Returning-  to  Amer- 
ica, he  was  stationed  in  the  southern  part  of  New  Jersey  as  a  mission- 
ary of  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts, 
ofliciating  at  Gloucester  and  Waterford,  and  at  Greenwich.  In  the 
war  of  the  Revolution  he  served  as  Chaplain  to  the  First  Pennsylvania 
Brigade,  and  Surgeon  to  one  of  the  regiments  in  the  jear  1778.  In  1781 
he  was  called  to  be  one  of  the  assistant  ministers  of  Christ  church  and 
St.  Peter's,  Philadelphia,  where  he  served  until  1811.  He  died  Feb.  12 
lb31 

Elias  Van  Bunschooten  was  bom  Oct.  26,  1738,  at  New  Hackensack, 
Dutchess  county,  N.  Y..  son  of  Teunis  Van  Bunschoten.  After  gradu- 
ating from  Princeton  College  in  1768  he  studied  for  the  ministry  with 
the  Rev.   Dr.   Myer,   was   licensed   in   1773.   and   in  the   same  year  was 


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The  Degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  was  conferred  on  the 
fohowing-  Gentlemen :  Jacob  Van  Arsdalen,  John  Bacon, 
Joel  Benedict,  William  Davies,  Jonathan  Edwards,  Rob- 
ert Halstead,  Robert  Ogden,  Ebenezer  Pemberton,  Jacob 
Rush.  Stephen  Voorhees,  Alexander  Aliller,  James  Tnttle; 
Alexander  Sears  Hill,  A.  M.  of  Harvard-College,  was  ad- 
mitted ad  hind  cm. 

Hugh  Sim,  of  Scotland,  was  admitted  to  the  honorary 
Degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts. 

The  Exercises  of  the  Day  were  concluded  with  an  ele- 
gant Valedictory  Oration  on  Patriotism,  delivered  by  Air.- 
Story. 

settled  over  the  Reformed  Dutch  church  at  Schaghticoke.  on  the  Hud- 
son, where  he  labored  until  1785,  when  he  reslgnd.  On  the  29th  of 
August  of  the  same  year  he  was  installed  over  three  churches — Mini- 
sink.  Magaghamack  (near  the  persent  Port  Jervisj,  and  Walpack,  cov- 
ering fifty  miles  of  territory — in  Orange  county.  New  York.  In  1792  he 
gathered  an  additional  church  at  the  Clove,  now  Port  Jervis.  where 
he  resided  until  1812,  when,  on  account  of  the  infirmities  of  age.  he 
withdrew  fiom  active  duties.  He  died  Jan.  10.  1815.  He  was  in  person 
alDout  six  feet  in  height,  erect  and  stately  in  his  carriage,  and  was  a 
man  of  great  sternness  of  character.  His  manner  in  the  pulpit  was 
earnest  and  impressive,  and  his  sermons  highly  evangelical.  He 
preached  both  in  Dutch  and  English.  In  his  intercourse  with  his  neigh- 
bors he  seems  to  have  displayed  a  parsimony  that  was  harsh  and 
miserly,  dealing  justice  rather  than  mercy.  That  his  object  in  accu- 
mulating money  was  not  selfish  was  shown  when  he  attended  the 
General  Synod  in  1S14,  and  emptied  pocket  after  pocket  on  the  Mod- 
erator's desk,  until  he  had  turned  over  $800  in  cash,  and  $13. 810  in 
securities,  which  he  gave  to  Rutgers  College,  in  trust,  the  income  to 
be  used  to  aid  young  men  to  prepare  for  the  ministry.  By  his  will  he 
increased  the  fund  to  $17,000.  It  was  allowed  to  accumulate  to  $20,000, 
at  which  it  still  stands.  The  interest  has  assisted  nearly  two  hundred 
young  men  in  their  studies. 

Ephraim  Brevard  was  of  Huguenot  extraction.  After  graduating, 
he  returned  to  his  home  in  North  Carolina  and  studied  medicine,  and 
entered  upon  practice.  He  is  said  to  have  been  a  leading  spirit  in  the 
Mecklenburg  Convention,  and  is  credited  with  having  drafted  the  Reso- 
lutions which  have  become  so  noted.  When  the  British  forces  invaded 
the  Southern  States.  Dr.  Brevard  entered  the  army  as  Surgeon,  and 
was  taken  prisoner  at  the  surrender  of  Charleston.  May  12.  17S0.  The 
sulTfc rings  of  those  captured  at  tjiat  time  weie  extreme,  and  Brevard 
contracted  a  wasting  fever  which  soon  brought  him  to  his  end. 

Pierpont  Edwards,  a  son  of  President  Jonathan  Edwards,  was  born 
in  Northampton,  Mass.,  April  8.  1750.  After  graduating  at  Princeton, 
in  1708.  he  studied  law,  and  begarr  the  practice  at  New  Haven  in  1771. 
and  was  for  many  years  distinguished  at  the  Connecticut  Bar.  He 
served  rn  the  Revolutionary  army,  was  a  member  of  the  Legislature 
of  that  State  for  a  number  of  years,  served  in  the  Continental  Congress, 
1787-8,  and  in  the  Federal  Convention  of  1788.  He  was  Judge  of  the 
United  States  District  Court  for  several  years,  and  until  his  death, 
April  14.   1826. 

William  Churchill  Houston  was  born  about  174G  in  Sumter  county. 
South  Carolina,  son  of  a  prominent  and  wealthy  planter,  who  was  a 
member  of  the  Society  of  Fr-iends.  His  father,  in  deference  to  the  views 
of  the  Societ.v,  refused  to  give  his  son  a  liberal  education,  but  at  last 
consented  to  furnish  him  a  horse,  equipments,  clothes  and  fifty  pounds 
in  money,  to  do  with  as  he  pleased.  The  young  man  gladly  accepted 
the  compromise  and  made  his  way  to  Princeton,  where  he  entered  the 


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A  Stage  Waggon, 
Between  Poulas's  Hook  Ferry  and  Hackinsack,  zvill 
begin  on  Friday  the  14th  Instant  October,  to  set  out, 
at  about  Seven  in  the  Morning. 
From  the  House  of  the  Widow  Watson,  at  New-Bar- 
badoes,  (where  the  best  Entertainment  may  be  had)  and 
will  proceed  to  Poulas's-Hook,  from  whence  the  Waggon 
will  set  out  on  its  Return,  at  two  o' Clock  in  the  After- 
noon;   which  Stages  will  be  regularly  performed  every 
Monday  and  Friday,  and  the  best  Usage  given  to  Passen- 
gers, each  paying  two  Shillings  from  one  Place  to  the 
other. 

College  of  New  Jersy  in  the  freshman  year.  In  order  to  defray  his 
expenses  he  also  took  charge  of  the  grammar  school  connected  with 
the  college,  and  taught  it  while  keeping  up  with  his  classes  in  college. 
He  graduated  in  1768  with  disFmguished  honor,  receiving  from  the 
authorities  a  silver  medal.  On  graduating,  he  was  continued  as  tutor* 
until  1771,  when  he  was  appointed  the  first  professor  of  mathematics 
and  natural  philosophy,  the  duties  of  which  chair  he  discharged  for 
twelve  years  with  fidelity  and  signal  ability.  From  his  orders  on  the 
treasurer  of  the  College,  in  1770,  and  a  receipt  to  that  officer  in  1773, 
both  in  the  Dreer  Collection,  in  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania, 
it  would  appear  that  his  yearly  salary  was  something  like  £40  Jersey 
money,  or  about  $100.  Young  as  he  was,  the  Continental  Congress 
selected  him  to  serve  as  Deputy  Secretary  of  that  body,  and  he  offici- 
ated as  such  during  a  part  of  1775  and  1776.  Two  documents  in  his 
handwriting,  and  signed  by  him  as  Deputy  Secretary,  one  of  22  Decem- 
ber, 1775,  and  another  of  1  May  (1776  ?),  are  in  the  Historical  Society 
of  Pennsylvania.  He  was  treasurer  of  the  College,  1779-1783,  and  acted 
as  librarian  also  for  a  time.  'When  the  institution  was  suspended,  in 
1776,  he  was  appointed  by  the  Provincial  Congress,  Feb.  28,  1776,  Cap- 
tain in  the  2d  Regiment  of  foot  militia  in  the  county  of  Somerset,  serv- 
ing in  that  capacity  until  Aug.  17.  1777,  when  he  wrote  the  Provincial 
Cor.-gress  "that,  from  his  connexion  with  the  college  in  the  absence  of 
Dr.  Witherspoon,  &  other  circumstances,  he  cannot  pay  the  due  atten- 
tion to  his  company,  &  begging  leave  to  resign  his  commission."  His 
resignation  was  accordingly  accepted.  He  was  elected  to  the  second 
Assembly,  from  Somerset  county,  taking  his  seat  Oct.  28.  1777,  and 
was  re-elected  a  year  later,  but  vacated  his  office  June  11,  1779,  on  his 
election  (May  25)  as  a  delegate  to  the  Continental  Congress.  As  just 
stated,  the  New  Jersey  Legislature  in  joint  meeting  on  May  25,  1779. 
elected  Mr.  Houston  to  be  one  of  the  delegates  of  New  Jersey  to  the 
Continental  Congress.  He  was  re-elected  to  that  body  Nov.  17,  1779. 
Nov.  23,  1780,  Nov.  2,  1781,  and  after  an  interval  of  three  years  was 
again  elected  to  Congress  on  Oct.  29.  1784.  In  the  deliberations  and 
measures  of  that  body  he  took  an  active  and  prominent  part.  Several 
of  his  letters,  while  in  Congress,  to  Governor  Livingston,  show  that  he 
possessed  a  clear  and  intelligent  perception  of  the  critical  situation  of 
the  counti'y,  and  of  the  measures  best  calculated  to  improve  its  con- 
dition. In  the  meantime  he  studied  law  with  Richard  Stockton,  of 
Princeton,  and  was  admitted  to  the  New  Jersey  Bar  at  the  April  term, 
1781.  Determined  to  address  himself  exclusively  to  the  practice  of  his 
chosen   profession,    he   resigned    his    professorship,    and   also    his    office 

*Writing  from  Nassau  Hall,  September  30,  1769,  James  Madison  men- 
tions that  the  trustees  "have  chosen  for  tutors  for  the  ensuing  year, 
for  the  junior  class,  Mr.  Houston  from  North  Carolina,  in  the  room  of 
Mr  Peream."  ....  — Letters  and  Other  Writings  of  James  Madison, 
New  York,  1884.  I.,  3. 

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290  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL   DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

N.  B.  The  Waggon  will  regularly  stop  about  eight  in 
the  Morning  and  three  in  the  Afternoon,  at  the  Tavern  of 
Mr.  William  Earl,  in  Bergen  Woods,  where  any  Person 
coming  over  Wehawk  Ferr)^,  may  readily  get  a  Passage 
to  New-York  or  Hackinsack,  in  the  said  Waggon,  kept 
by  John  Bardan. 

New-Jersey         i      Pursuant  to  an  order  of  the  hon. 

Monmouth-County    -      Charles  Reade,  and  John  Berrien, 

Sept.  26,  1768.       '      esqrs.  two  of  the  judges  of  the 

supreme  court  of  judicature  of  the  province  of  New-Jer- 

as  treasurer  of  tlie  Colleg-e,  in  1783,  and  removed  to  Trenton,  where  he 
soon  acquired  a  considerable  practice,  notwithstanding-  his  rigid  deter- 
mination that  he  would  never  undertake  a  cause  which  he  did  not 
believe  to  be  just.  He  received  the  appointment  of  Clerk  of  the 
Supreme  Court,  Sept.  28,  1781.  He  resigned  this  office  March  17.  1786. 
but  was  re-elected  the  same  day.  and  continued  in  that  position  until 
his  death.  He  was  Receiver  of  Continental  Taxes.  1782-1785.  It  has 
been  stated  that  he  held  the  office  of  Surrogate  of  Hunterdon  county, 
but  no  evidence  has  been  found  in  support  of  that  assertion.  He  was 
one  of  the  five  commissioners  appointed  by  Congress  to  adjust  the  dis- 
pute between  Pennsylvania  and  Connecticut,  in  relation  to  the  Wyoming 
lands.  They  met  at  Trenton,  November  12-December  30,  1782.  and  their 
award,  though  acceptable  to  neither  side,  did  avoid  a  veiT  threatening 
situation.  The  New  Jersey  Legislature  appointed  Mr.  Houston,  on 
March  21,  1786,  to  represent  New  Jersey  at  the  Annapolic  Convention, 
giving  the  delegates  larger  powers  than  those  vested  in  the  representa- 
tives from  other  states,  thus  paving  the  way  for  the  Federal  Conven- 
tion a  year  and  a  half  later.  On  Nov.  23.  1786,  the  Legislature  ap- 
pointed Mr.  Houston,  together  with  David  Brearly,  William  Paterson 
and  John  Neilson,  to  represent  New  Jersey  in  the  Federal  Convention, 
which  met  at  Philadelphia  in  1787,  and  framed  the  National  Constitu- 
tion. William  Livingston  and  Abraham  Clark  were  added  to  the  dele- 
tion, May  18,  1787,  and  Jonathan  Dayton  on  June  5,  1787.  Mr.  Houston 
had  been  detained  at  home  by  illness,  but  was  present  to  help  form 
the  quorum  which  was  obtained  on  May  25,  1787.  On  June  6  he  was 
absent.  (Madison  to  Jefferson,  June  6.  1787.)  On  July  17,  1787.  when 
the  Convention  had  under  consideration  the  clause  relating  to  the 
Presidency,  Mr.  Houston  moved  to  strike  out  the  paragi-aph  making 
the  President  of  the  United  States  ineligible  for  a  second  term,  and 
his  motion  was  carried.  (Mr.  Bancroft,  however,  says  this  motion  was 
rhade  by  Mr.  William  Houston,  of  Georgia.  The  published  reports  of 
the  Convention  merely  mention  "Mr.  Houston"  as  taking  part  in  the 
proceedings  that  day;  but  in  the  indices  to  Gilpin's  ed.  of  Madison's 
Papers.  II.,  1124;  Elliot's  Debates.  V..  325.  and  to  the  Documentary 
History  of  the  Constitution,  published  by  Congress  in  1900.  the  motion 
in  question  is  attributed  to  William  Churchill  Houston.')  His  name 
does  not  appear  among  those  who  signed  the  Constitution,  probably 
because  of  his  absence  on  account  of  declining  health,  which  had  ren- 
dered him  unable  to  remain  in  the  Convention  after  July  23.  He  signed 
the  report  made  to  the  Legislature  by  the  New  Jersey  delegates  to  the 
Convention.  In  order,  if  possible,  to  regain  his  former  strength,  he 
resolved  to  go  South,  but  was  stricken  down  suddenly  at  Frankford, 
near  Philadelphia,  and  died  there  on  August  12.  1788.*  The  Pennsyl- 
vania t'acket,  and  Daily  Advertiser,  No.  2973,  August  13.  17SS,  contains 
this    brief    announcement    of    his    death    and    of    the    funeral    services: 


♦David  Evans,  cabinet  maker,  of  Philadelphia,  enters  in  his  day- 
book, August  12,  1788:  "Made  a  coffin  for  William  Churchill  Houston 
Esq.  of  Trenton,  who  died  at  Geiss's  tavern,  on  Frankford  road." — 
fo(H.  Mag.  of  Hist,  and  Biog..  XXVII..  50. 


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NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  29  I 


sey :  Notice  is  hereby  given  to  the  respective  creditors  of 
Wihiam  Van  Kirk,  and  John  Van  Kirk,  insolvent  debt- 
ors in  the  gaol  of  the  said  county;  that  they  be  and  appear 
on  Wednesday  the  ninth  day  of  November  next,  at  the 
Court-house  in  the  county  of  Burlington,  at  twelve  o'clock 
of  the  same  day,  to  shew  cause,  (if  any  they  have)  why 
the  estates  of  the  said  debtors,  should  not  be  assigned  for 

"Yesterday  morning  died  on  his  way  to  this  city,  the  Hon.  William 
Churchill  Houston,  Esq.  late  of  Trenton,  formerly  one  of  the  Repre- 
sentatives in  Congress  from  the  State  of  New-Jersey. — The  citizens 
are  respectfully  requested  to  attend  his  funeral  from  the  house  of  Mr. 
Sergeant,  in  Arch-street,  This  Morning,  at  Eight  o'clock."  The  Penn- 
sylvania Gazette  and  the  Pennsylvania  Journal  make  no  mention  of 
Mr.  Churchill's  decease.  He  was  buried  in  the  yard  of  the  Second 
Presbyterian  church,  which  then  stood  at  the  northwest  corner  of  Arch 
and  Third  streets,  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Churchill  married  Jane,  daughter 
of  the  Rev.  Caleb  Smith,  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of 
Orange,  New  Jersey.  His  wife's  mother  was  Martha  (m.  Sept.  7,  1748, 
d.  Aug.  10,  1757),  youngest  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Jonathan  Dickinson, 
the  first  Pi'esident  of  Princeton  College.  Mrs.  Houston  died  in  1796, 
aged  forty-one,  and  is  buried  in  Lawrenceville  cemetery. 
Children: 

1.  William  Churchill,  a  successful  merchant  in  Philadelphia,  who 

married  Susan  Somers,  of  Philadelphia. 

2.  Louisa  Ann,  married  Dr.  John  Vancleve,   of  Princeton. 

3.  Elizabeth,   married  Horace  G.   Phillips,   who  removed  to  Day- 

ton, Ohio,  about  1804. 

4.  George  S.,   married  Mary  Forman. 

The  foregoing  account  of  William  Churchill  Houston  has  been  com- 
piled from  a  biogi^aphical  notice  by  William  C.  Alexander,  published 
in  the  New  York  Observer,  of  March  18,  1S5S.  and  reproduced  in  great 
part  in  Hall's  Hist.  Presbyterian  Church  in  Trenton,  p.  308;  Cooley's 
Genealogy  of  Early  Settlers  in  Trenton  and  Ewing,  N.  J.,  pp.  124-128; 
Correspondence  of  the  Executive  of  N.  J.  during  the  Revolution;  Min- 
utes Provincial  Congress  of  N.  J..  395.  541;  Minutes  of  the  Legislature, 
and  of  the  Joint  Meeting,  passim;  Princeton  University  General  Cat- 
alogue. Other  sources  are  noticed  in  the  text.  Since  the  foregoing  was 
written  there  has  appeared  the  fullest  sketch  of  Mr.  Houston  yet  pub- 
lished— by   Thomas  Allen  Glenn,   Norristown,   Pa.,    1903,    8vo,   pp.   96. 

Adlai  Osborne  was  a  son  of  Alexander  Osborne,  a  Colonel  in  the 
Colonial  army.  After  graduating,  Mr.  Osborne  returned  to  his  home 
in  North  Carolina,  and  was  soon  appointed  Clerk  of  Rowan  county, 
under  royal  rule,  and  held  the  same  ofHce  after  the  war  until  1809. 
During  the  Revolution  he  served  as  a  Colonel  in  the  American  army. 
He  was  one  of  the  original  Trustees  of  the  University  of  North  Caro- 
lina.    He  died  in  1815. 

Thomas  Reese  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  In  1742.  Removing  to 
North  Carolina  with  his  parents  when  quite  young,  he  was  prepared 
for  college  by  Rev.  Joseph  Alexander.  Returning  to  South  Carolina 
after  his  graduation,  he  studied  theology',  and  was  licensed  by  Orange 
Presbytery  in  1773,  and  was  ordained  and  installed  over  Salem  church 
in  the  same  year.  In  1792  he  accepted  a  call  to  two  churches  in  Pen- 
dleton district.  He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from 
Princeton  in  1794.  Dr.  Reese  was  an  accomplished  scholar,  his  ap- 
pearance in  the  pulpit  was  graceful  and  dignified,  his  style  flowing 
and  elegant.  For  five  or  six  years  of  his  later  life,  besides  performing 
the  regular  duties  of  a  pastor,  preaching  on  the  Sabbath,  and  lecturing 
to  the  colored  part  of  his  congregation,  he  sujberintended  a  small  farm, 
and  attended  to  a  large  classical  school.     He  died  in  1796. 

Thomas  Smith  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytei-y  of  New  Castle.  Del., 
about  1772,  and  ordained  and  settled  as  pastor  of  Middleton  and  Pecan- 
der  churches,   in  Delaware,   in  1774.     He  died  Jan.   25,   1792. 

Isaac  Story  became  a  Congregational  minister,  and  settled  at  Mar- 
blehead,  Massachusetts,  in  1771.  After  preaching  thirty  years,  he  left 
the  ministry-  and  engaged  in  secular  pursuits.     He  died   in  1816. 


292  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

the  benefit  of  their  creditors,  and  their  persons  discharged, 
agreeable  to  a  late  act  of  the  legislature  of  the  said  prov- 
ince, for  the  relief  of  insolvent  debtors. — The  Nczv  York 
Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No.  1344,  October  6,  1768. 

Custom-  House,  Philadelphia,  Cleared.  Schooner 
Polly,  A.  Mansfield,  Salem. 

Trenton,  September  29,  1768. 

The  Members  of  the  New-Jersey  Medical  Society, 
are  desired  to  remember,  that  their  next  stated  General 
Meeting  will  be  on  the  First  Tuesday  in  November  next, 
at  the  House  of  Mr.  Duff,  in  New-Brunswick;  and  as 
some  important  Matters,  respecting  the  farther  Establish- 
ment, &c.  of  said  Society,  will  then  be  taken  into  Consid- 
eration, it  is  expected  that  every  Member  will  punctually 
attend,  if  nothing  very  extraordinary  should  interfere. 

For  the  above  Reason,  those  Gentlemen  of  the  Profes- 
sion, who  have  not  hitherto  joined  the  Society,  are  invited 
to  attend  at  the  Time  and  Place  above  mentioned. 

Isaac  Smith,  Secretary. 

Ten  Pounds  Reward, 

Run  away,  in  the  night  of  the  30th  of  September,  from 
the  subscriber,  living  at  Mount-holly,  in  New-Jersey,  an 
Irish  servant  man,  named  John  O'Bryan,  but  denies  that 
the  O  belongs  to  his  name,  aged  about  35  years,  about  5 
feet  6  inches  high,  marked  with  the  small-pox,  speaks 
pretty  good  English,  -with  a  little  of  the  brogue,  is  a  shoe- 
maker by  trade,  and  can  work  plantation  work,  has  short 
dark  curled  hair  :  Had  on,  when  he  went  away,  a  felt  hat, 
light  coloured  cloth  jacket,  lined  with  flannel,  new  ozen- 
brigs  shirt  and  trowsers,  pretty  good  shoes,  with  large 
brass  buckles,  but  may  be  likely  to  change  his  clothes,  as 
he  stole  from  his  master  a  bearskin  riding  coat,  with  side 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  2^3 

pockets,  a  bluish  cloth  jacket,  faded  to  a  light  colour,  with 
metal  buttons,  a  pair  of  old  superfine  cloth  breeches,  of  a 
blue  colour,  mixed  with  red,  a  white  ruffled  shirt,  an  old 
leather  jacket,  with  a  piece  put  in  the  back,  lined  with 
woollen,  a  pair  of  lattice  made  silver  buckles,  light  blue 
g'rey  stockings,  a  large  silk  handkerchief,  ticken  trowsers, 
and  old  striped  shirt;  he  had  with  him  two  new  pairs  of 
ozenbrigs  trowsers,  and  two  new  ozenbrigs  shirts;  and 
stole  his  master's  sorrel  horse,  above  14  hands  high,  with 
a  white  face,  and  white  hind  legs,  paces,  trots  and  gallops 
well;  an  old  saddle  and  bridle,  and  a  bag,  in  which  he  car- 
ried the  things,  but  may  have  stolen  many  more  things, 
not  yet  discovered.  Whoever  secures  the  above  servant 
and  horse,  &c.  so  that  his  master  may  have  them  again, 
shall  have  the  above  reward,  or  Four  Pounds  for  the 
horse,  &c.  and  Six  Pounds  for  the  man.  The  same  fellow 
and  horse  is  advertised  in  single  advertisements,  at  Six 
Pounds;  but  in  this  I  have  advanced  the  reward  to  Ten 
Pounds,  if  not  taken  before  it  comes  out. 

John  Monrow. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2076,  October  6, 
1768. 

Capt.  Wasdale,  from  Leghorn,  the  9th  ult.  in  lat.  21,  40, 
long.  60,  spoke  the  brig  Greyhound,  Capt.  Alexander, 
from  this  port  for  St.  Eustatia,  out  18  days;  and  on  the 
29,  50  leagues  S.  E.  of  our  Capes,  with  Capt.  Davidson, 
in  a  sloop  from  this  port  for  Jamaica,  out  two  days. 

Run  away  on  the  28th  day  of  September  1768,  from 
the  subscriber,  living  in  Greenwich  township  in  Glouces- 
ter county,  an  Irish  servant  lad  named  Thomas  Morehead, 
but  sometimes  passes  by  the  name  of  Dowel;  with  black 
hair,  about  nineteen  years  of  age :  Had  on  when  he  went 
away,  an  old  shirt  and  trowsers,  oznabrigs  frock,  and  a 


2  94  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

felt  hat;  he  has  been  four  years  in  the  country,  and  it  is 
expected  he  will  change  his  name.  Whoever  takes  up  and 
secures  said  lad  in  any  goal,  so  that  his  master  may  have 
him  again,  shall  receive  Forty  Shillings  reward,  and  all 
reasonable  charges  paid,  by 

Archibald  Maffett. 

N.  B.  All  masters  of  vessels  are  forbid  to  carry  him 
off  at  their  peril. — The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1348, 
October  6,  1768. 

Twenty  Dollars  Reward. 

BROKE-out  of  the  Goal  of  the  County  of  Morris,  and 
Province  of  New-Jersey,  a  few  Days  ago,  two  Criminals, 
one  of  which  named,  John  Smith,  45  Years  old,  about  5 
Feet  10  Inches  high,  long-visaged,  and  his  Hair  somewhat 
grey;  the  other  named  John  Harbor,  a  likely  young  Fel- 
low, about  5  Feet  3  Inches  high,  and  has  the  Letter  D 
marked  on  one  of  his  Hands  with  Gun-powder,  and  both 
of  them  born  in  Ireland  :  They  were  both  bare  of  Cloathes, 
but  may  be  well  cloathed,  as  a  House  not  far  from  the 
Goal  was  robbed  the  Night  they  escaped,  of  the  following 
Cloaths,  (one  of  the  two  having  been  committed  for  rob- 
bing the  same  before)  A  mixed  blue  and  white  lappelled 
Coat  and  Jacket  with  blue  Buttons  &  Binding,  a  faded 
snuff  coloured  lappelled  Coat  with  yellow  Binding,  a  Pair 
of  Leather  Breeches  almost  new,  a  Pair  of  new  knit 
Breeches,  and  two  Pair  of  Pumps  and  Stockings.  Who- 
ever takes  up  and  secures  the  said  Fellows,  so  that  they 
may  be  brought  to  Justice,  shall  have  the  above  Reward, 
or  10  Dollars  for  each,  paid  by 

Daniel  Cooper,  Jun.  Sheriff. 

Morris-County,  Octo.  7,  1768. 

Woodbridgc,  (N.  Jersey)  October  5,  1768. 
Stolen  from  the  Subscriber,  on  Tuesday  Night  the 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  295 

4th  Instant,  by  a  Person  who  calls  himself  Richard  Hozu- 
ard;  a  lightish  Brown  Horse,  about  14  Hands  and  a  Half 
high,  with  a  Star  and  small  Snip :  The  Horse  has  been 
stifled  in  his  right  Leg,  and  has  a  Ring  round  his  near 
Leg,  occasioned  by  wearing  a  Cord:  Also  a  Saddle,  al- 
most new,  and  a  Curb  Bridle  of  black  Leather.  He  also 
took  away  with  him,  a  lightish  colour'd  Great  Coat,  of 
Coating,  with  Basket  Buttons,  and  bound  round  the  But- 
ton-holes ;  the  Cape  lined  with  green :  A  new  double  • 
breasted  Jacket,  black  and  blue  Broad  Cloth,  with  slash 
Sleeves,  lined  with  Flannel,  and  Horn  Buttons;  also  a 
Pair  of  Boots,  with  a  Spur-piece  up  behind.  He  had  on  a 
Castor  Hat,  blue  Homespun  Coat,  that  has  been  turn'd. 
a  strip'd  Cotton  Lappell'd  Jacket,  two  check'd  Shirts,  long 
stripped  Cotton  Trowsers,  about  5  Feet  7  Liches  high, 
black  curl'd  Hair,  round  Shoulder'd,  thin  Beard,  high 
boned,  long  Chin,  thick  spoken :  Whoever  takes  up  said 
Thief  and  Horse,  &c.  and  secures  him  in  any  Jail,  so  that 
I  can  get  them  again,  shall  have  Ten  Pounds  Reward  for 
their  Trouble  and  Cost,  and  Five  Pounds  for  the  Thief 
alone,  also  Three  Pounds  for  the  Horse,  &c.  current 
Money  of  New-Jersey,  paid  by 

Samuel  Jaques. 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1345,  October  10,  1768. 

Ten  Dollars  Reward. 

Lost  on  Sunday  the  loth  ult,  on  the  road  betwixt  Phil- 
adelphia and  Bristol,  a  Trla.ngular  Seal,  set  in  gold, 
and  ingraved  on  each  side.  Whoever  has  found  it,  and 
will  deliver  it  to  the  Printer,  bring  it  to  Lieutenant  Mac- 
lellan,^  in  Philadelphia  Barracks,  or  to  Lieutenant  Gordon,^ 


1  Probably  Lieut.  Alexander  McLellan.   of  the  34th  Regiment. 

2  Probably   Lieut.    Andrew   Gordon,    of    the   26th   Regiment,    or   Lieut. 
Francis  Gordon,  of  the  60th  Regiment. 


296  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

at  the  Barracks,  in  Perth- Amboy,  shall  receive  the  above 
Reward. — The  Peiuisyhania  Chronicle,  No.  g2,  October 
12-17,  1768. 

New-Jersey  )      Pursuant  to  an  order  of  the  hon. 

Monmouth-county,    •-     John  Anderson,  and  John  Taylor, 

Oct.  3,  1768  )  esqrs.  two  of  the  judges  of  the 
court  of  common  pleas  of  the  province  of  New-Jersey: 
Notice  is  hereby  given  to  the  respective  creditors  of  Oba- 
diah  Worthley,  an  insolvent  debtor  in  the  gaol  of  said 
county;  that  they  be  and  appear  on  Monday  the  14th  day 
of  November  next,  at  the  Court-house  in  the  said  county, 
at  Freehold,  at  twelve  o'clock  of  the  same  day,  to  shew 
cause,  (if  any  they  have)  why  the  estate  of  the  said  debtor, 
should  not  be  assigned  for  the  benefit  of  his  creditors,  and 
his  person  discharged,  agreeable  to  a  late  act  of  the  legis- 
lature of  the  said  province,  for  the  relief  of  insolvent 
debtors. 

To  be  sold  the  noted  plantation  known  by  the  name  of 
Chesequakes,  lying  in  the  south  ward  of  Perth-Am- 
boy,  in  the  province  of  East  New-Jersey. 

Now  in  the  tenure  of  the  subscriber, 
fronting  the  bay  which  is  between  the 
south-side  of  Staten-island  and  Sandy- 
hook,  and  joins  the  creek  of  Chese- 
quakes, on  the  north-side  thereof  con- 
venient to  lands :  On  the  premises,  is 
Farm,  j  salt  meadow  sufficient  to  mow  a  large 
quantity  of  salt  hay,  and  the  land  as 
good  as  any  in  that  neighbourhood;  a  large  quantity  of 
timber  thereon.  It  may  convenientl)'-  be  divided  into  three 
or  four  farms,  with  a  sufficient  quantity  of  salt  meadow 
to  each ;  there  is  on  it  two  convenient  dwelling  houses : 
The  whole  well  watered  and  timbered,  convenient  for  oys- 


VlEW  OF 

Houses 

AND 


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tering,  fishing,  and  fowling  as  any  along  that  coast.  It 
will  be  sold  the  whole  or  in  part;  a  good  title  will  be 
given  by  the  subscriber,  where  further  intelligence  may  be 
had.  Nicholas  Everson 

— Tlie  Nezv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1345,  October  13,  1768. 

The  Anatomist.  Number  VI 
In  my  last,  I  had  given  some  account  of  the  attack  made 
on  the  Church  by  Mr.  Smith,  the  impartial  Presbyterian 
Historian  of  New-York;  and  endeavoured  to  shew,  that 
nothing  but  the  most  determined  resolution  to  traduce  the 
Church,  and  the  Society  for  the  propagation  of  the  gospel, 
could  have  induced  the  gentleman  to  assert,  that  the  late 
Dr.  Barclay  was  obliged  to  break  up  his  Mohazvk  mission, 
because  no  suitable  provision  had  been  made  for  an  inter- 
preter by  the  Society 

In  the  note  under  the  forty-second  page,  he  gives  an 
account  of  the  "extreme  mortification,  inextinguishable 
zeal,  and  great  success  of  Mr.  David  Brainerd,  a  late  mis- 
sionary from  the  Scotch  Society  among  some  Indians  in 
Nczv-Jersey,  not  one  of  them,  he  tells  us,  has  been  con- 
cerned in  those  barbarous  irruptions  which  have  lately 
deluged  the  south-western  provinces  Avith  the  blood  of 
several. hundred  innocents  of  every  age  and  sex."  .... 
"As  to  Mr.  Brainerd' s  mortification  and  zeal,  every 
good  man  must  approve  and  commend  these  virtues 
wherever  they  are  found,  and  I  hope  he  is  now  reaping  the 
glorious  rewards  of  them.  As  to  his  success,  tho'  Paul 
plant,  and  A  polios  zvater,  it  is  God  alone  that  gives  the 
increase.  I  heartily  wish  I  could  say  that  I  had  heard 
those  Indians  continue  the  same  regular  society  of  Chris- 
tians since  his  death.     His  brother  and  successor  in  that 


298  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

mission,  I  am  told,  has  left  them,  and  taken  the  charge 
*of  an  English  congregation  at  Newark 

As  to  Mr.  Smith's  remark  on  that  happy  effect  of  Mr. 
Brainerd's  mission,  viz.  "That  not  one  of  those  Indians 
have  been  concerned  in  those  barbarous  irruptions,  &c  I 
am  persuaded  some  prejudice  must  have  prevented  his 
making  the  same  observations  with  regard  to  the  Mo- 
hazvks,  as  it  is  most  notorious  that  they  have  not  only  been 
inoffensive,  but  are  the  only  tribe  of  the  Confederates  that 
have  openly  joined  us,  and  attended  our  armies  in  the 
present  war." 

"The  Episcopal  missionaries"  (says  he,  page  42)  "for 
"enlarging  the  sphere  of  their  secular  business,  not  many 
"years  ago,  attempted,  by  a  petition  to  the  late  Governor 
"Clinton,  to  engross  the  privilege  of  solemnizing  all  mar- 
"riages.  A  great  clamour  ensued,  and  the  attempt  was 
"abortive."    .... 

Dr.  Barclay  shows  this  whole  paragraph  to  be  an  abso- 
lute falsehood 

The  prayer  of  the  clergy  therefore  was,  that  an  addition 
might  be  made  to  the  future  direction  of  licenses  thus,  viz. 
"To  any  Protestant  minister  of  the  gospel  (Mr.  Smith 
says,  not  very  accurately  -  -  -  "To  all  Protestant  minis- 
ters of  the  gospel")  -  -  -  The  Governor  complied  with 
this  request,  and  far  from  raising  any  clamour,  the  meas- 
ure was  greatly  approved  by  :{:  the  clergy  of  all  other  de- 
nominations, who  reaped  proportionately  far  more  benefit 
from  it  than  the  Episcopal  clergy 

*This  was  tJie  case  at  the  time  of  Dr.  Barclays  zvriting. 
But  Mr.  Brainerd,  the  brother^  since  had,  and  noiv  has,  I 
believe  some  Jersey  Indians  under  his  pastoral  care,  and 
his  labors  among  them  are  zuell  reported  of. 

■  iThe  Rev.  John  Brainerd.  See  N.  J.  Archives,  IX..  355;  and  "The 
Indians  of  New  Jersey,"  etc.,  by  William  Nelson.  Paterson,  N.  J.,  1S94, 
pp.   118,   143-6.     The  Pi-esbyterian  church  at  Newark  is  referred  to. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  299 

X  The  like  alteration  zuas  made  by  Governor  Franklin, 
some  years  ago,  in  the  direction  of  his  licenses,  on  an  ap- 
plication of  the  Episcopal  clergy  of  Nezv-Jersey,  and  the 
Presbyterians  were  zvell  pleased  zvitJi  it. 

Philadelphia,  October  13.  Captain  Simmonds,  from 
Quebec,  last  from  Cape  Breton  ....  on  the  8th, 
about  25  Leagues  from  our  Capes — spoke  a  Schooner, 
Captain  Stillwell,  bound  to  St.  Christophers,  from  this 
Harbour. 

'^^  The  Fall  Fair  for  Princeton,  in  New  Jersey, 
will  be  held  there,  on  Wednesday  and  Thursday,  the  Nine- 
teenth and  Twentieth  of  this  instant  October. 

BurUngton,  Tenth  Month  8,  1768. 
Whereas  by  virtue  of  an  act  of  Assembly  of  New- Jer- 
sey, in  such  case  made  and  provided,  a  writ  of  attachment 
issued  out  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for  the  county 
of  Burlington,  against  the  lands,  goods,  and  effects,  of  a 
certain  Jonathan  Smith,  late  of  said  county,  yeoman :  and 
we,  the  subscribers,  were  appointed  by  the  said  Court  au- 
ditors, to  adjust  the  demands  of  his  creditors :  Notice  is 
hereby  given,  that  a  judgment  was  obtained  against  the 
said  Jonathan  Smith  by  default,  and  that,  by  virtue  of  an 
order  and  rule  of  Court  for  that  purpose  made,  we  shall 
on  the  first  day  of  the  Eleventh  Month,  (November)  next, 
at  the  house  of  John  Shaw,  in  the  city  of  Burlington,  ex- 
pose to  sale  at  public  vendue,  a  certain  dwelling-house  and 
lot  of  land,  situate  in  said  city  on  the  south-side  of  Pearl- 
street,  a  little  above  York-street,  now  in  the  tenure  of 
John  Noarth;  being  the  estate  of  the  said  Jonathan  Smith, 
and  to  enable  us  to  satisfy  the  demands  of  his  creditors, 
whose  accounts  we  have  adjusted.  John  Hoskins,  Will- 
iam Hewlings,  Daniel  Smith,  junior. 


300  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL   DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

Burlington,  October,  1768. 
Whereas  the  subscribers,  assignees  in  trust  for  the  use 
of  the  creditors  of  Lambert  Barnes,  late  of  the  city  of  Bur- 
lington, inn-holder,  have  heretofore,  at  two  several  times 
advertised  all  those  who  are  in  any  wise  indebted  to  the 
said  Barnes,  that  they  should  pay  off  their  respective  bal- 
lances;  but  little  regard  having  been  had  thereto,  they  are 
once  more  requested  to  pay  the  same  to  the  subscribers, 
on  or  before  Saturday,  the  226.  of  October  instant,  or  they 
will  be  proceeded  against  according  to  law,  without  re- 
spect to  persons.  At  which  day  the  assignees  will  meet  at 
the  house  of  David  Clayton,  inn-keeper,  in  Burlington, 
when  the  creditors  of  said  Barnes  are  desired  to  exhibit 
their  accounts,  properly  proved,  or  they  will  be  precluded 
from  the  dividend  of  said  Barnes's  estate,  which  will  be 
made  soon  after. 

John  Lawrence,  Thomas  Rodman,  Joseph  Imlay. 

Woodbridge,  October  8,  1768. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  to  Charles  Beatty,  of  Frederic 
Town  and  County,  Maryland,  that  Dennis  Combes,  of 
■Woodbridge,  hath  taken  up  and  committed,  Francis 
Blackburn,  to  Jail,  in  Perth-Amboy,  East  New-Jersey, 
who  on  examination  owned  that  he,  the  said  Francis 
Blackburn,  was  an  indented  servant  to  Charles  Beatty; 
and  unless  said  Beatty  come  and  take  his  said  servant,  and 
pay  the  Charges,  within  five  weeks  from  this  date,  he  will 
be  sold  for  the  same. 

Dennis  Combes. 

To  be  Sold,  and  may  be  entered  upon  tJie  first  day  of  SLvtJi 
Month  (June)  next, 
A  Large  Lot  of  Land,  situate  between  Sixth  and  Sev- 
enth Streets,  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  near  the  State- 


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house,  having  two  fronts  of  237  feet  each,  one  on  Chest- 
nut-street, and  the  other  on  a  street  running  east  and  west 
thro'  the  square.  The  breadth  of  the  lot,  north  and  south, 
is  151  feet.  There  is  on  it  a  very  convenient  brick  dwell- 
ing-house, kitchen,  stables,  coach-house,  and  other  im- 
provements, now  in  the  tenure  of  Dr.  Thomas  Graham. 
As  the  whole  together  is  an  airy  pleasant  situation  for  a 
family,  the  owner  would  choose  to  sell  it  in  that  manner, 
but  if  not  sold  so,  before  the  above  date,  he  proposes  to 
divide  it  into  a  number  of  lots,  either  for  sale,  or  to  be 
leased  on  groundrent.     For  further  information  apply  to 

John  Smith,  in  Burlington. 

To  Be  Sold, 

On  Wednesday,  the  23d  day  of  November  next,  at  pub- 
lic vendue,  on  the  premises,  or  at  any  time  before  at  private 
sale, 

A  House  and  lot  of  land,  in  Princetown;  the  house 
is  one  story,  almost  new,  and  has  four  rooms,  with  a 
kitchen,  and  a  cellar  under  part  of  it;  the  lot  consists  of 
about  half  an  acre,  and  has  a  well  sunk  in  it;  the  situation 
is  very  convenient  for  a  tradesman;  and  an  indisputable 
title  can  be  given. 

William  Tennent.^ 

— The  Pennsylvania  Ga.cctte,  No.  2077,  October  13, 
1768. 

Run  away  the  2d  inst.  from  the  ship  Newry  Assist- 
ance, William  Chevers,  Master :  A  servant  man,  named 
Thomas  Adley,  a  brazier  or  brass  founder  by  trade  but 
has  worked  a  little  at  the  business  of  a  barber,  aged  23 
years,  of  a  dark  complexion,  born  in  Ireland,  about  5  feet 
6  inches  high,  brown  hair,  slow  in  speech  if  not  in  liquor : 

iFoi'  a  sketch  of  the  Rev.  William  Tennent,  a  famous  clergyman, 
see  N.  J.  Archives.  XX.,  275. 


302  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

Had  on  when  he  went  away,  a  brown  cloth  coat  with 
mohair  buttons,  leather  breeches,  and  a  narrow  trim'd  hat 
well  worn :  It  is  supposed  he  has  changed  his  cloathing. 
Whoever  takes  up  the  said  servant  and  secures  him  in  any 
of  his  Majesty's  goals  of  Pennsylvania,  or  New-Jersey, 
shall  be  paid  three  pounds  Reward,  and  reasonable  char- 
ges by  John  Pringle,  Merchant  in  Philadelphia. — Tlie 
Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1349,  October  13,  1768. 

Nezv-York,  October  17.  1=^^  The  Public  are  hereby 
informed  that  from  good  Intelligence,  received  from  the 
back  Country,  a  large  Number  of  fat  and  store  Horn  Cat- 
tle, Horses  and  Swine,  will  be  offer'd  for  Sale  at  Newark, 
on  Wednesday  the  19th  of  October  Inst,  being  the  Day 
appointed  by  a  late  Advertisement,  for  the  opening  of  the 
annual  Cattle-Market,  in  that  Town;  and  to  be  con- 
tinued on  the  Thursday  and  Friday  following,  when,  and 
where,  all  Persons  may  be  supplied  with  the  above  men- 
tioned Cattle  and  Swine. 

To  be  sold  at  public  Vendue;  on  Wednesday  the  23d 
of  November  next,  between  the  Hours  of  Twelve  and 
Three  o'Clock  in  the  Afternoon,  at  the  House  of  Thomas 
Kinney,  in  Morris-Town,  in  the  County  of  Morris,  and 
Province  of  New-Jersey;  a  certain  Iron  Forge  known  by 
the  Name  of  Squire's  Point  Forge  (remarkably  healthy) 
consisting  of  three  Fires  and  one  Hammer;  with  a  Grist- 
Mill  and  Saw-Mill,  situate  Part  in  the  County  of  Hunter- 
don, and  Part  in  the  County  of  Sussex,  on  Musconetcung 
River,  (noted  for  a  fine  constant  Stream  of  Water)  with 
about  1800  Acres  of  Land,  great  Part  of  it  well  timbered, 
handy,  and  convenient  to  the  Works,  which  is  conveniently 
situated  to  several  Furnaces,  has  about  37  Miles  Land 
Carriage  to  either  New-Brunswick,  or  Trentown.  On 
the   Premises   are  several    Improvements,    with   a   good 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  3^3 

Frame  Dwelling-House,  two  good  Frame  Coal-Houses, 
with  all  necessary  Buildings  for  Workmen,  &c.  The 
Works  are  well  and  substantially  built,  in  good  Order  and 
Repair.  It  is  expected  Half  the  Purchase  Money  will  be 
paid  upon  the  Purchaser  taking  Possession  of  the  Prem- 
ises, and  the  remaining  Half,  in  a  Year's  Time,  after  pay- 
ing Interest,  and  giving  Security,  if  required.  A  good 
Title  will  be  given  by  the  Subscribers. 

Martin  Ryerson,  George  Reading 
Daniel  Reading,  and  Thomas  Reading. 

This  is  to  give  Notice,  That  by  Virtue  of  a  Writ  of 
Fieri  Facias,  issued  out  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Judica- 
ture for  the  Province  of  New-Jersey,  against  the  Goods 
and  Chattels,  Houses,  Lands,  Hereditaments,  and  real 
Estate  of  John  Stearndall,  deceased,  in  the  Hands  of  Rich- 
ard Curson,  Administrator  of  said  John  Stearndall,  in  my 
Bailiwick;  There  will  be  sold  at  public  Vendue,  on  the 
first  Day  of  November  next,  all  the  real  and  personal  Es- 
tate of  the  said  John  Stearndall,  which  I  could  find  in  my 
Bailiwick,  consisting  of  a  Right  the  said  John  Stearndall 
had  in,  and  to,  a  certain  Lease  (yet  unexpired)  of  and  for 
the  Copper  Mines,  (called  Schuyler's  Mines,)  together 
with  all  the  Appurtenances,  Utensils,  and  Instruments 
thereto  belonging;  also  the  Right  which  said  Stearndall 
had  of,  in,  and  to  the  Copper  Ore,  Stamp  Ore,  &c.  at 
New  Barbados  Neck.  The  Terms  of  the  said  Vendue  will 
be  made  known  at  the  Time  of  Sale,  which  will  be  held  at 
or  near  the  said  Mines,  by  me 

John  Van  Buskirk,  Sheriff. 
— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
885,  October  17,  1768. 

For  the  Information  of  the  Public. 
By  Order  of  the  Trustees  of  the  College  of  Nezv-Jcrsey. 


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Whereas  Complaints  have  been  frequently  made,  of 
the  too  great  Expences  of  Education  in  this  College;  the 
Trustees  have  now  fallen  upon  a  new  Plan,  in  order  to 
bring  the  necessary  Charges  of  living  in  the  said  College, 
within  as  moderate  a  Compass,  as  possible.  These  Com- 
plaints have  been  principally  owing  to  the  remissness  of 
many  of  the  Parents  and  Guardians  of  the  Youth,  in  mak- 
ing punctual  Payments  of  the  College  dues,  which  hath 
obliged  the  Steward,  for  want  of  ready  Cash,  to  purchase 
the  Provisions  frequently  upon  long  Credit,  and  the  Seller 
thence  to  demand  a  considerable  advance  upon  the  ]\Iarket 
Price.  This  Inconvenience,  is  presumed,  hath  induced 
many  to  keep  their  Children  at  the  Grammar  School,  for 
the  first,  and  sometimes  the  second  Year,  which  ought  to 
have  been  spent  at  the  College;  to  the  manifold  injury  of 
their  Education.  For  the  effectual  Remedy  of  this,  for  the 
future,  and  also,  to  give  the  utmost  Satisfaction  to  those 
who  propose  to  educate  their  Children  at  this  Seminary; 
Notice  is  hereby  given  to  the  Public,  that  the  Trustees, 
have  now  contracted  for  the  boarding  of  the  Students,  at 
a  certain  fixed  Rate  per  Week,  z'is.  Six  Shillings  and  Six- 
pence Proclamation  Money  of  New-Jersey.  And,  in  order 
to  enable  the  Contractor,  to  pay  ready  Cash  for  all  the  Ar- 
ticles to  be  provided;  It  is  now  Ordered,  that  every  Stu- 
dent, on  his  first  admission  into  the  College,  and  so  at  the 
beginning  of  every  Fall  and  Spring  Term,  do  deposit  in 
the  Hands  of  the  Steward,  the  Sum  of  Seven  Pounds 
Proc.  in  advance,  which  Sum  is  pitched  upon,  as  nearly 
one  half  of  the  Article  of  Board.  And  that,  at  every  an- 
nual Commencement,  or  at  least  at  the  Beginning  of  the 
following  Terms,  before  Admission,  he  be  obliged,  beside 
the  Deposit  of  Board  per  Advance  as  now  ordered,  to  pay 
up  the  whole  Arrears  of  Tuition  Money,  and  Chamber 
Rent  for  the  preceeding  Year.     To  shew  that  there  is  no 


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Purpose  of  making,  in  any  case,  an  eventual  Gain  by  the 
Deposit,  a  proportional  Part  thereof  will  be  repaid,  in  Case 
of  the  Death  or  necessary  Removal  of  any  Scholar,  during 
the  current  half  Year.  By  this  Means,  the  Inconveniences 
both  to  the  Managers  and  Students,  from  large  Arrear- 
ages unpaid,  will  be  effectually  avoided;  and  the  latter  be 
as  well  provided  for  as  at  any  Time  heretofore;  which,  it 
is  presumed,  as  to  the  Plenty  or  Goodness  of  the  Commons, 
has  been  on  a  Footing,  not  inferior  to  that  of  any  College 
in  these  Colonies.  Upon  the  Plan  above  adopted,  the  Ex- 
pence  of  living  here,  will  be  within  a  few  Shillings,  more 
or  less,  as  follows; 

To  I  Year's  Board  (deducting  the  Vaca- 
tion Weeks  at  Spring  and  Fall   (at 

6s.  6d.  per  Week.  £.   13.   13.  o 

Fire  Wood  and  Candles,  about,  2.    10.  o 

Washing,  about,  2.    10.  o 

Tuition  and  Chamber  Rent,  5.  00.  o 


£.  23.    13.  o 


Every  Student  to  pay  one  Shilling  per  Week,  for  every 
Week's  Absence,  after  the  Vacations  are  ended,  to  indem- 
nify the  Steward,  who  pays  Wages  to  Servants  for  their 
Benefit. 

It  is  presumed,  the  above  Plan  will  remove  every 
Ground  of  Complaint,  and  give  the  most  general  Satisfac- 
tion. The  Parents  and  Guardians  of  the  Youth,  are  there- 
fore desired  to  take  Notice,  that  these  Regulations  will  be 
invariably  adhered  to ;  and  it  is  expected,  they  will  conse- 
quently take  the  most  particular  Care,  that,  for  the  future, 
the  Students  come  prepared,  after  every  Fall  and  Spring 
Vacation,  to  make  the  required  Deposit  of  £.  7,  in  advance 
for  Board,  without  which,  he  must  be  put  to  the  Trouble 
and  Expence  of  returning  home  for  the  same;   as  the  Col- 


306  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [176S 

lege,  for  the  general  Benefit,  is  determined  strictly  to  exe- 
cute the  above  Plan. 

The  Trustees  further  give  Notice,  that  they  have  made 
Provisions  for  the  Encouragement  of  young  Gentlemen, 
who  have  finished  the  ordinary  Course  of  Philosophy,  to 
return  and  pursue  their  Studies  at  College,  and  fit  them- 
selves for  any  of  the  higher  Branches,  to  which  they  shall 
think  proper,  chiefly  to  devote  their  future  Application, 
whether  those  called  learned  Professions,  Divinity,  Law 
and  Physic,  or  such  liberal  Accomplishments  in  general, 
as  fit  young  Gentlemen  for  serving  their  Country  in  pub- 
lic Stations.  For  this  Purpose,  the  Professor  of  Divinity, 
besides  what  Attention  he  may  give  to  the  Instruction  of 
the  Senior  Class,  will  give  regular  Lectures  upon  the  Sys- 
tem. The  President  also  has  engaged  to  give  Lectures 
twice  in  the  Week,  on  the  following  Subjeces  (i)  On 
Chronology  and  History,  civil  as  well  as  sacred;  a  Branch 
of  Study,  of  itself  extremely  useful  and  delightful,  and  at 
present  in  the  highest  Reputation  in  every  Part  of  Europe, 
(2)  Critical  Lectures  on  the  Scripture,  with  the  Addition 
of  Discourses  on  Criticism  in  general ;  the  several  Species 
of  Writing,  and  the  fine  Arts  (3)  Lectures  on  Composi- 
tion, and  the  Eloquence  of  the  Pulpit  and  the  Bar.  The 
President  will  also  endeavour  to  assist  every  Student  by 
Conversation,  according  to  the  main  Object,  which  he  shall 
chuse  for  his  own  Studies;  and  will  give  Lists  and  Char- 
acters of  the  principal  Writers  on  any  Branch,  that  Stu- 
dents may  accomplish  themselves,  at  the  least  Expence  of 
Time  and  Labour.  For  the  Attainment  of  their  Ends,  a 
very  valuable  Addition  to  the  Public  Library  was  brought 
over  with  the  President;  another  large  Collection  of  the 
most  standard  Books,  is  newly  arrived;  and  a  Third  is 
very  soon  expected  from  London.  So  that  this  College, 
which  had  before  all  the  Advantages  for  Study,  that  a  re- 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  S^/ 

tired  healthful  Place  could  possess,  is  now  well  furnished 
with  a  valuable  Public  Library,  which  will  be  improved 
by  continual  Additions.  It  is  to  be  observed,  that  from 
those,  who  after  their  ordinary  Courses,  shall  return  to 
College,  in  order  to  pursue  their  Studies  with  those  Ad- 
vantages, no  Tuition  Money  will  be  required,  except  that 
the  French  Language  will  be  taught,  if  desired,  for  a  very 
reasonable  Gratuity. 

List  of  Letters,   remaining  in   the   General   Post-Office, 
New- York,  October  10,  1768. 

....    Mary  House,  Somerset  County — The 

Nezv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  1346,  Octo- 
ber 17,  1768. 

Pursuant  to  an  Act  of  Assembly  of  the  province  of 
West  New  Jersey,  this  may  notify  all  whom  it  may  con- 
cern, that  sundry  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  townships  of 
Chester,  Evesham,  Northampton  and  Willingburrough. 
in  the  county  of  Burlington,  hath  petitioned  the  Assembly 
of  the  said  province  for  an  act  to  be  passed  to  make  Ran- 
cokas  creek  a  lawful  fence,  from  the  mouth  thereof  to  the 
Forks,  and  from  thence  up  the  south  branch  to  Belly- 
bridge,  and  from  the  said  forks  up  the  north  branch,  to 
Mount  holley-bridge,  near  the  market-house.  Any  per- 
son or  persons,  who  have  any  objections  to  the  said  act, 
are  desired  to  shew  cause  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  at  Burlington,  or  elsewhere,  as  the  said 
petitioners  expect  to  have  leave  to  bring  in  a  bill  for  the 
same.  October  11,  1768. 

Gloucester  county,  October  11,  1768 
Five  Pounds  Reward 
Made  their  escape  out  of  Gloucester  goal,  last  night, 
the  three  following  prisoners,  viz.    Patrick  Newlin,  an 


308  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

Irishman,  about  5  feet  6  or  7  inches  high,  sandy  complex- 
ion, strait  sandy  liair,  flat  broad  face,  a  peeked  nose,  and 
marked  with  the  small  pox,  is  a  thick  well  set  fellow,  a 
blacksmith  by  trade,  says  he  has  been  a  soldier,  and  been 
on  board  a  man  of  war;  had  on  a  short  red  under  jacket, 
without  sleeves,  old  check  shirt,  old  leather  breeches,  light 
blue  grey  stockings,  old  shoes,  with  one  brass  buckle,  but 
had  no  hat,  is  about  34  years  old,  and  very  apt  to  get 
drunk.  David  Cochran,  about  2^  years  old,  5  feet  8 
inches  high,  long  visaged,  has  red  curled  hair,  sandy  beard 
and  eyebrows,  has  had  the  bridge  of  his  nose  half  cut 
through,  is  a  fuller  by  trade,  and  very  apt  to  get  drunk; 
had  on  a  half  worn  castor  hat,  black  silk  handkerchief, 
light  coloured  homespun  coat,  which  has  had  several  places 
cut  across  the  body,  and  sewed  up,  linsey  striped  jacket, 
coarse  tow  trowsers,  old  check  shirt,  and  old  shoes.  Wiley 
Wood,  21  years  old,  round  faced,  black  strait  hair,  dark 
complexion,  has  a  hardy  countenance,  about  5  feet,  8  inches 
high,  well  set,  lisps  in  his  talk,  and  drinks  no  rum;  had  on 
a  blue  sailor  jacket,  a  sheeps  black  homespun  under  ditto, 
without  sleeves,  old  striped  linen  trowsers,  new  pair  of 
shoes,  plain  steel  buckles  and  old  felt  hat.  Whoever  takes 
up  the  above  prisoners,  and  secures  them  in  any  goal,  and 
gives  notice  to  the  subscriber,  shall  receive  for  Newlin 
and  CocKRAN,  or  either  of  them.  Forty  Shillings  each, 
and  Twenty  Shillings  for  Wood,  paid  by 

JosiAH  Chattin,  Coaler. 

A  List  of  Letters  remaining  in  the  Post-Office,  Phil- 
adelphia. 

C.     James  Crommey,  Joseph  Champneys,  Pilesgrove 

H.  William  Hannah,  Bordentown;  John  E.  Hopkins, 
Haddonfield 

K.  Thomas  Kennedy  (2)  Monmouth  County,  New- 
Jersey. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  3^9 

L.      Samuel  Leveston,  Mountholly. 

M.     David  Maxwell,  Monmouth,  N.  Jersey. 

R.     Dr.  Alexander  Ross,  Mountholly. 

T.     Jacob  Taggart,  Salem. 

Y.     David  Young,  Jersey. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2078,  October  20, 
1768. 

Philadelphia. 
By  the  last  Vessel  from  London,  we  have  Advice  of  the 
Death  of  Mr.  Ahimaaz  Harker,^  of  the  Small-Pox.    He 
was  a  Native  of  New-Jersey,  and  a  young  Man  of  a  good 
natural  Genius,  and  great  Urbanity 

A  Correspondent  from  New-Jersey  informs  us,  that  a 
few  Weeks  ago  a  pretty  extraordinary  Affair  happened  in 
his  Neighbourhood,  a  Ram  broke  into  a  Pasture  amongst 
some  Oxen,  one  of  which  he  attacked,  and  after  several 
Parries  between  them,  the  Ram  drew  a  few  Steps  back, 
and  ran  with  such  Violence  at  the  Ox,  that  the  latter 
dropped  down  and  died  instantly. 

{In  the  Account  of  the  Commencement  at  Princeton, 
inserted  in  the  Pennsylvania  Chronicle  extraordinary,  Pa^t' 
316,  the  first  Latin  Thesis  should  run  thus,  Ouicunque  vere 
pii  sunt,  ideirco,  proe  omnibus,  aliis,   in  honore  habere 

debent,  instead  of in  honore  habero  debemus.) — TJie 

Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  &c.,  Extraordinary,  October  24- 
26,  1768. 

All  Persons  indebted  to  the  estate  of  Samuel  Wood- 
ruff,  Esq;   late  of  Elizabeth-Town,   deceased,  either  by 

1  Son  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Harker,  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church 
at  Black  River,  Roxbury,  Morris  county.  It  is  understood  that  Ahimaaz 
went  to  England  to  receive  ordination  at  the  hands  of  some  Bishop  of 
the  Church  of  England.  It  was  reported  that  he  and  his  father  were 
lost  at  sea  by  the  foundering  of  the  vessel  in  which  they  were  passen- 
gers for  England.     See  N.  J.  Archives,  XX.,   160. 


310  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

bond,  note,  or  book,  are  desired  to  make  immediate  pay- 
ment; and  all  persons  that  have  any  demands  against  the 
said  estate,  are  desired  to  send  in  their  accounts,  that  they 
may  be  adjusted  by  us. 

E.  Woodruff,  Administratrix;    Benjamin  Woodruff, 
Joseph  Woodruff,  and  Isaac  Woodruff,  Adminis- 
•  trators. 

Eliza.  Town,  Octo.  15,  1768. 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
886,  October  24,  1768. 

To  be  sold  by  way  of  publick  Vendue,  on  Monday  the 

fourteenth  of  November  next,  at  10  o' Clock  in 

the  Forenoon,  on  the  Premises. 

A  Lot  of  Ground  with  a  very  good  new  Stone  House 

on  it,  containing  about  seven  or  eight  Acres  of  tillable 

Land,  bounding  in  the  Front  on  the  West  Side  of  Pas- 

saick  River,  and  in  the  Rear  on  the  main  Road  that  leads 

from  Neivark  to  Ringwood,  just  below  the  Reef  of  the 

River,  and  almost  opposite  to  Mr.  John  Richards' s.     It 

lies  very  convenient  for  a  Landing;    a  Tradesman  or  a 

Merchant;    and  is  the  Property  of  Isaac  Van  Rypen,  by 

whom  an  indisputable  Title  will  be  given  to  the  Purchaser. 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  1347. 

October  24,  1768. 

New-York,  October  27. 
Extract  of  a  letter  from  Brunszvick,  Nezu-Jersey,  dated 
October  15.  {Inserted  by  Desire) 
"On  Wednesday  last  was  held  here  a  convention  of  the 
Church  Clergy  of  NcAv-York  and  New-Jersey,  assisted  by 
delegates  from  several  neighbouring  provinces ;  on  which 
occasion,  a  sermon,  much  in  favour  of  American  Bishops, 
was  preached  by  the  Revd.  Mr.  Odell,  Missionary  of  Bur- 


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lington.  It  is  suspected  by  many,  that  a  principal  design 
of  the  late  frequent  and  numerous  conventions,  is  in  order 
to  a  spirited  application  to  the  powers  at  home,  upon  some 
supposed  abuses  of  the  Church,  in  two  neighbouring  col- 
onies, which  it  is  pretended  amount  almost  to  persecution. 
Is  it  not  to  the  last  degree  cruel  and  mean,  to  take  this 
opportunity  to  attack  us  on  this  matter,  at  a  time  when 
the  united  efforts  of  all  sects  are  so  necessary  in  the  com- 
mon cause  of  liberty  ? 

Four  Pounds  Reward. 
Run  away  from  the  subscriber,  living  in  Burlington 
county.  New- Jersey,  near  Trenton,  on  the  28th  of  No- 
vember, 1768,  two  servant  boys,  viz.  Patrick  Lamb,  born 
in  Dublin,  about  15  years  of  age,  short,  thick  and  clumsey, 
speaks  very  hoarse,  has  short  brown  hair,  and  pitted  with 
the  small-pox :  Had  on  when  he  went  away,  an  old  brown 
jacket,  tow  shirt  and  trowsers,  felt  hat,  and  good  strong 
new  shoes,  tied  with  strings.  William  Jenkins,  born  in 
Bristol  or  Wales,  in  England,  about  20  years  of  age,  about 
5  feet  2  inches  high,  full  faced,  and  of  a  fair  complexion. 
He  came,  about  a  month  ago,  in  the  ship  Sally,  Captain 
Osman.  Had  on  when  he  went  away,  a  blue  jacket  and 
breeches,  with  a  pair  of  old  trowsers  over  them,  old  pumps, 
with  buckles  in  them,  and  an  old  hat.  Whoever  takes  up 
the  above  servants,  and  secures  them,  so  that  their  master 
may  have  them  again,  shall  have  the  above  reward,  and 
all  reasonable  charges,  paid,  by  George  Douglass,  in  Phil- 
adelphia, or  Isaac  Pearson. — The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle, 
No.  94,  October  26-31,  1768. 

N.  J.  Mon-   )       Pursuant  to  an  order  of  the  hon.  John 

mouth.         j       Anderson  &  John  Taylor,  Esqrs;  two  of 

the  Judges  of  the  court  of  common  pleas,  of  the  province 

of  New-Jersey:     Notice  is  hereby  given  to  the  respective 


312  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

creditors  of  Michael  Henderson,  now  in  the  gaol  in  said 
county,  that  they  be  and  appear  on  Monday  the  14th  day 
of  November  next,  at  12  o'clock  of  said  day,  at  the  honse 
of  Hartshorn  Whites,  in  Freehold  to  shew  cause  (if  any 
they  have)  why  the  estate  of  the  said  debtor  should  not 
be  assigned  for  the  benefit  of  his  creditors;  and  his  per- 
son discharged  from  gaol,  agreeable  to  a  late  act  of  the 
legislature  of  the  said  province,  for  the  relief  of  insolvent 
debtors. — Tlie  New  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser, 
No.  1347,  October  27,  1768. 

Philadelphia,  October  27. 

One  of  our  Correspondents  writes  us  as  follows,  viz. 
Aniwell,  (Nezv-Jersey)  October  17,  1768. 

"On  Wednesday  the  ^tJi  Inst,  a  melancholy  Accident 
happened  here.  On  the  Afternoon  of  said  Day,  Captain 
Daniel  Reading,  Son  of  the  Honourable  John  Read- 
ing, Esq;  late  of  this  Place,  deceased,  and  tzvo  other  Gen- 
tlemen, each  zvitJi  his  Fozvling-Piece,  charged  zvitJi  small 
Shot,  zvent  out  to  divert  themselz'es,  in  the  Pursuit  of 
Game,  in  the  neighbouring  Woods.  And  they  having  dis- 
covered a  Squirrel  on  a  Tree,  one  of  the  Gentlenien  pre- 
sented; but  the  Object  moving,  he  took  dozvn  his  Piece, 
and,  as  hv  confidently  thinks,  half  cocked  it.  Whilst  they 
zvere  zvalking  about  the  Tree,  in  order  again  to  discover 
the  Game,  the  Gun  of  the  Gentleman,  zi'ho  had  presented, 
being  in  his  Hand,  accidentally  zvent  off,  and  Captain 
Reading  being  at  a  little  Distance,  in  a  Direction  nearly 
straight  before  the  Muisde  of  the  Gun,  unhappily  received 
the  Charge  in  Jiis  Right-arm,  rather  above  the  Joint  of  the 
Elbozv,  zvhich  not  only  lacerated  the  Flesh,  and  fractured 
the  Bone  zvhere  it  struck,  but  broke  it  off  short,  a  little 
above  zvhere  it  entered.  With  much  difficulty  he  got  home, 
in  most  excruciating  Pain,  zvhich  continued  for  some  Days. 
Skilful  Surgeons  zvere  immediately  called  to  Jiis  Relief, 


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who  zviUing,  agreeable  to  his  own  Desire,  and  that  of  Jiis 
Friends,  to  use  their  utmost  Endeavours  to  save  his  Arm, 
did  not  proceed  to  an  Amputation.  Little  or  no  Fever  en- 
sued, and  after  a  few  Days  the  Pain  abated,  and  the 
wounded  Part  began  to  suppurate.  But  notzvithstanding 
many  flattering  Symptoms  of  a  favourable  Issue,  yet,  on 
the  Morning  of  the  i^th  Instant,  tie  unexpectedly  and  sud- 
denly expired,  without  any  visible  Mortification  in  the 
Part,  unless  livid  and  blackish  Streaks,  under  his  wounded 
Arm,  and  on  that  Side  migJit  be  judged  Indications  of  it. 

Captain  Reading's  placid,  easy,  open,  benevolent,  engag- 
ing Disposition  and  Conduct,  had  rendered  him  the  Object 
of  universal  Esteem  and  Affection  wherever  he  zvas 
knozvn;  hence  his  Death  is  very  justly  and  greatly  regret- 
ted! It  is  not  only  an.  ^unspeakable  Loss  to  a  deeply  af- 
flicted Widozv,  and  a  large  Family  of  small  Children,  but 
to  the  particular  Society  to  zvhicJi  lie  belonged,  of  zvhich 
he  zvas  a  very  useful  Member,  and  to  all  his  Acquaintance. 
He  zvas  one  of  the  most  loving  and  affectionate  Husbands, 
the  tenderest  of  Fathers,  and  a  steady  Friend;  and  his 
immature  and  unexpected  Death,  in  the  Prime  of  his  Days, 
and  in  the  Midst  of  Usefidness,  sliezvs  the  Vanity  of  Man 
in  his  best  Estate,  and  the  great  Necessity  of  attending  to 
our  Lord's  Admonition,  ''Be  ye  also  ready,  for  in  such  an 
Hour  as  ye  think  not  the  Son  of  Man  comcth." 

It  is  said  the  Gun,  zvhicli  zvas  instrumental  in  the  above 
unhappy  Affair,  had  sundry  Times  before  gone  off  in  the 
same  unexpected  and  surprising  Manner." 

Run  away  from  the  subscriber,  living  in  Fairfield, 
Cumberland  county,  West  New-Jersey,  a  certain  John 
Davis,  5  feet  4  inches  high,  has  lightish  coloured  long  hair, 
curled,  by  trade  a  sadler;  had  on,  and  took  with  him,  a 
variety  of  clothes,  and  some  sadlers  tools  in  an  old  chest; 
he  went  away  with  two  labouring  men,  who  have  since 


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been  seen  at  New- York,  and  from  thence  went  to  North 
Carolina.  Whoever  secures  said  Davis,  in  any  of  his 
Majesty's  goals,  shall  have  Four  Dollars  reward,  and  rea- 
sonable charges,  paid  by 

Aaron  Fithl\n. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2079,  October  27, 
1768. 

Boston,  October  24.  Last  Monday  came  to  town  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Witherspoon,  president  of  the  college  of  New- 
Jersey,  On  Thursday  he  preached  the  weekly  lecture,  on 
Friday  he  preached  at  the  Rev.  Mr.  Pemberton's,  yester- 
day forenoon  at  the  old  brick,  and  in  the  afternoon  at  the 
old  south  meeting-house. 

To  be  sold,  a  tract  of  land  containing  1200  acres,  situ- 
ate in  the  forks  of  the  north  branch  of  Rariton-River,  in 
Somerset  counuty,  New- Jersey,  16  miles  from  New- 
Brunswick  landing,  bounded  easterly  by  Repack  River, 
southerly  and  westerly  by  Allamatunk  River,  and  north- 
erly by  a  straight  line  from  one  river  to  the  other,  (either 
the  whole  together,  or  in  farms  of  two  or  three  hundred 
acres,  as  may  best  suit  the  purchasers)  at  public  vendue, 
on  the  premises,  on  Wednesday  the  seventh  day  of  Decem- 
ber next,  or  at  private  sale  any  time  before,  by  applying 
to  the  subscriber :  On  payment  of  the  one  fourth  part  of 
the  consideration  money,  a  reasonable  time  will  be  given 
for  the  payment  of  the  remainder.  On  the  south  easterly 
end  of  the  tract,  is  a  genteel  dwelling-house,  a  large  barn, 
and  stables,  a  very  good  garden  and  orchard.  The  great 
road  from  Brunswick  to  Black  River,  and  from  Elizabeth- 
Town  to  Delaware  River,  are  within  sight  of  the  house; 
a  large  grist  mill  within  three  hundred  yards  of  it.  This 
situation  is  pleasant  for  a  gentleman's  seat,  and  conve- 
nient for  a  country  store.     On  the  westerly  end  of  the 


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tract  is  a  farm  house,  barn,  stable,  garden,  and  orchard. 
About  seven  hundred  acres  of  this  tract  is  cleared;  one 
hundred  of  which  is  excellent  meadow,  the  rest  is  esteemed 
as  good  wheat  land  as  any  in  New-Jersey;  about  eighty 
acres  of  it  is  now  in  wheat,  the  remainder  of  the  tract  is 
well  timbered,  and  a  rich  swamp.  At  the  same  time  and 
place  (or  at  any  time  before  at  private  sale)  will  be  ex- 
posed at  public  vendue,  6  negroes,  about  100  head  of  horn 
cattle,  and  horses,  a  parcel  of  good  sheep  and  hogs,  about 
1000  bushels  of  wheat,  600  bushels  of  oats,  500  bushels 
of  indian  corn,  about  2000  lb.  weight  of  flax,  and  about 
100  tuns  of  well  got  English  hay,  with  waggons,  carts, 
ploughs,  and  a  variety  of  very  good  farming  utensils.  For 
any  farther  particulars  relative  to  the  premises,  enquire 
thereon,  of 

John  Carey. 
— The  New  York  Gazette  and  JVeekly  Mercury,  No. 
887,  October  31,  1768. 

Burlington  (Nezv- Jersey,)  October  12  [?],  1768. 
Four  Pounds  Reward. 
Run  away  from  Etna  Furnace,  Biirlington  County,  on 
Saturday  the  15th  Day  of  October,  1768,  two  Servant 
Men,  the  one  named  Daniel  Dayley,  aged  about  22 
Years,  five  Feet  high,  a  Squatt  thick  Fellow,  round  faced, 
thick  lip'd,  black  Hair,  and  very  fawning  in  his  Speech, 
had  with  him  a  red  Jacket,  strip'd  Trousers,  a  good  Hat, 
and  several  other  Cloaths,  which  he  stole.  The  other 
named  Jeremiah  Driscol,  about  the  same  Height  and 
Age,  grey  Eyes,  with  an  uncommon  Look  out  of  them,  a 
wide  Mouth,  black  Hair;  Had  on  a  spotted  Swanskin 
Jacket,  Ozenbrigs  Trowsers,  but  as  they  stole  several 
Clothes,  their  Dress  cannot  be  described  :  Whoever  takes 
them  up,  and  secures  them  in  any  Goal,  so  that  they  may 


3l6  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

be  had  again,  shall  receive  Forty  Shillings,  for  each, 
paid  by 

Charles  Read 

— The  New  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 

1348,  October  31,  1768. 

Run  away,  on  the  21st  of  October  last,  from  the  sub- 
scriber, living  in  Little  Egg-Harbour  township,  New- 
Jersey,  a  Negroe  man,  named  Benjamin  Kipp;  had  on, 
an  ozenbrigs  shirt,  leather  breeches,  mixt  coloured  stock- 
ings, blue  outside  jacket,  grey  under  jacket,  and  a  felt  hat, 
bound  round  with  yellow  stuff;  and  took  with  him  a  pair 
of  trowsers,  and  a  silk  handkerchief.  Also  a  Mulattoe 
boy,  named  James  Wilson,  has  a  lock  of  white  hair  on  the 
back  part  of  his  head;  had  on  a  white  flannel  shirt,  leather 
breeches,  pale  blue  stockings,  a  felt  hat,  bound  with  red 
ferret,  two  blue  jackets,  and  a  pair  of  tow  trowsers.  Who- 
ever takes  up  and  secures  said  runaways,  so  as  their  mas- 
ter may  have  them  again,  shall  have  Five  Pounds  reward 
for  both,  or  Fifty  Shillings  for  either,  paid  by 

John  Wood. 
— Tlie  Pejins\lvama  Garjcttc,  No.  2080,  November 
3,  1768.  " 

A  Correspondent,  who  dates  his  letter  at  Burlington, 
writes  us,  that  the  Rencounter  between  an  Ox  and  a  Ram, 
mentioned  in  the  Chronicle  Extraordinary  of  Oct.  26, 
Page  340,  'wherein  the  former  was  slain  on  the  Spot,  hap- 
pened in  that  Town,  before  a  Number  of  Spectators — 
And  adds  this  Ouere,  Whether  it  might  not  be  zvell  to 
train  a  Regiment  of  tJiese  Gentlemen,  and  send  tJiem  to 
the  Assistance  of  the  Boston-Men — for  I  tJiink  the  Regi- 
ments arrived  there  may  very  justly  be  taken  for  Govern- 
ment Bulls. — The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  96,  No- 
vember 7-14,  1768. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  31? 

To  be  Sold,  on  very  low  Terms,  for  Cash, 
The  Whole,  or  any  Part  of  1400  Acres  of  Proprietary 
Rights,  or  unappropriated  Land,  in  the  Province  of  West 
New-Jersey.  Any  Person  inclinable  to  purchase,  may 
know  the  Terms,  by  applying  to  William  Cox,  Chair- 
maker,  next  Door  below  the  Church,  in  Second-street,  or 
Nicholas  Cox,  Cordwainer,  in  Water-street  three  Doors 
above  Market-street. 

To  be  Sold  by  the  Subscriber, 
Living  in  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  2  miles  on  a  navigable  creek,  that  ebbs  and 
flows  6  feet  perpendicular,  having  several  landings  be- 
longing to  the  premises  on  the  said  creek,  and  does  not 
exceed  30  miles  from  thence  to  Philadelphia  by  land  and 
36  by  water,  from  whence  the  markets  of  Philadelphia 
may  be  conveniently  attended;  and  about  4  miles  to  a 
Glass-house,  where  are  settled  many  German  families. 
The  said  tract  consists  of  sundry  sorts  of  land,  and  has 
many  valuable  improvements  thereon;  viz.  295  acres  of 
upland,  excellent  for  farming,  and  very  natural  to  English 
grass,  large  quantities  of  hay  being  cut  therefrom  annu- 
ally, having  thereon  a  large  2  story  brick  house,  two  brick 
kitchens,  and  a  large  framed  barn,  covered  with  cedar, 
and  sundry  other  outhouses  &c.  170  acres  of  banked 
meadow,  most  part  proper  for  hemp;  the  whole  produc- 
ing fine  grass  for  mowing,  176  acres  of  marsh,  having  a 
fall  of  6  feet,  which  may  be  banked  and  drained  at  a  small 
expense,  and  converted  into  meadow;  and  1081  acres  of 
woodland,  well  timbered,  including  a  white  oak  swamp, 
containing  80  acres,  not  more  remarkable  for  the  fine  tim- 
ber of  several  sorts,  such  as  white  oak,  ash,  maple,  &c. 
which  it  produces  than  for  the  excessive  richness  of  the 


3l8  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL   DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

soil.  The  whole  contains  1722  acres,  and  will  make  sev- 
eral fine  farms  for  cultivation  and  grazing,  with  a  suffi- 
cient quantity  of  meadow  and  woodland  to  each  farm. 
Any  person  or  number  of  persons,  inclining  to  purchase 
the  whole,  may  have  the  payments  made  as  easy  as  can 
reasonably  be  expected,  upon  securing  the  same,  and  pay- 
ing interest.  The  premises  may  be  entered  upon  at  any 
time  from  the  first  of  January  next,  to  the  25th  of  March; 
For  further  particulars,  enquire  of  Benjamin  Chew,  Esq; 
Benjamin  Wyncoop,  Merchant  in  Philadelphia,  or  of  the 
subscriber,  John  Vining. 

N.  B.  Also  to  be  sold  500  acres  of  woodland,  contig- 
uous to  the  above  tract ;  both  tracts  clear  of  quitrents,  and 
the  titles  indisputable. 

Five  Pounds  Reward, 

Stolen  from  the  plantation  of  Thomas  Tallman,  in 
the  township  of  Evesham,  and  county  of  Burlington,  and 
Western  Division  of  New  Jersey,  on  the  31st  of  October 
last,  a  grey  Horse,  with  a  bob  tail,  about  13  hands  and  an 
half  high,  about  10  years  old,  a  low  carriage,  paces  and 
trots,  and  has  a  mark  above  his  knee,  by  being  tied  head 
and  foot  with  a  rope.  Was  also  stolen,  three  large  Silver 
Spoons,  stamped  with  the  maker's  name,  J.  Leacock,  like- 
wise marked  T'^YL  on  the  handle;  and  a  large  pair  of 
carved  silver  shoe  buckles,  stamped  with  the  first  letters 
of  the  maker's  name  T.  A.  and  one  of  the  buckles  has  a 
piece  broke  off,  where  it  was  stamped,  also  sundry  wear- 
ing apparel. 

These  are  to  desire  all  Silversmiths,  and  others,  to 
whom  the  above  articles  may  be  offered  for  sale  to  stop 
them,  and  secure  the  thief;  and  whosoever  takes  up  and 
secures  the  said  Horse,  so  that  the  owner  may  have  him 
again,  shall  have  Forty  Shillings,   for  the  Spoons  and 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  3^9 

Buckles,  Twenty  Shillings,  and  for  the  Thief,  Forty 
Shillings,  and  all  reasonable  charges,  paid  by 

Thomas  Tallman. 

N.  B.  The  person  who  is  supposed  to  have  stolen  the 
above  horse  and  articles,  is  named  Thomas  Robertson, 
born  in  Ireland,  about  20  years  of  age,  5  feet  5  inches 
high ;  had  on  a  blue  coat  and  jacket,  also  a  trimmed  jacket, 
without  sleeves :  He  came  into  the  country  about  two 
years  ago  with  a  gentleman  as  his  servant. — TJic  Pennsyl- 
vania Gazette,  No.  2081,  November  10,  1768. 

To  be  Sold  or  Let  for  a  term  of  years, 
A  Brew-House  and  Malt-House,  with  the  imple- 
ments in  order  for  carrying  on  both  branches  of  business. 
For  terms  inquire  of  Peter  Worrall,  in  Burlington,  or 
William  Dillwyn,  in  Woodbury. — Postscript  to  the 
Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  96,  for  November  14,  1768. 

To  be  Rented,  and  may  be  entered  on  the  20th  of  April 

next, 
A  Certain  Forge  consisting  of  four  fires  and  two  ham- 
mers, with  a  grist-mill  and  saw  mill,  and  all  necessary 
buildings,  situate  in  the  lower  part  of  Sussex  county, 
West  New- Jersey,  on  Musconetcung  river,  known  by  the 
name  of  Greenwich  Forge,  with  about  1800  acres  of  land, 
and  conveniently  situated  to  several  furnaces.  There  will 
also  be  rented,  with  the  works,  seven  Negro  men,  who 
have  been  employed  for  many  years  past  in  the  Forge,  and 
understand  the  making  of  iron.  For  terms  apply  to  Hugh 
Hughes,  on  the  premises. 

To  Be  Sold, 
A  House  and  Lot,  in  the  town  of  Salem,  in  West  New- 
Jersey,  now  in  the  tenure  of  Robert  Johnson,  Esq;    the 


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lot  is  23  feet  6  inches  in  front,  on  the  street  leading  from 
the  court-house  to  the  great  bridge,  and  extends  above 
250  feet  back.  The  house  twenty  feet  front,  two  stories 
high,  two  rooms  on  the  first,  and  three  on  the  second  floor, 
with  good  garrets,  and  cellars  under  the  whole  house,  a 
large  kitchen  back,  a  large  oven  and  good  well  in  the  yard, 
and  a  garden  &c.  Whoever  wants  to  purchase  the  same, 
may  see  the  house  and  lot,  and  know  the  terms  of  sale,  by 
applying  to  said  Johnson,  on  the  premises,  or  to  John 
Mitchell,  in  Philadelphia,  who  will  give  an  undoubted 
title  to  the  same.  Six  or  twelve  months  credit  will  be 
given  if  required. — The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  97, 
November  14-21,  1768. 

To  be  sold,  or  let  for  a  Term  of  Years. 
A  Good  Fulling-Mill,  with  all  the  Utensils  belonging 
to  the  same,  fitting  for  carrying  on  the  Fulling  Business 
in  the  best  Manner;  there  is  a  Dwelling-IIouse,  Barn, 
with  upwards  of  six  Acres  of  very  good  Land,  (Orchard 
and  Meadow)  adjoining  said  Mill  and  Stream,  which  is 
on  Byram  River,  about  two  or  three  Miles  from  Byram 
Landing,  and  well  situated  for  Custom,  being  a  noted  Mill 
for  near  forty  Years  past;  the  Stream  is  as  good  as  any 
in  the  Country  for  constancy,  and  the  Mill  hath  been  lately 
rebuilt.  Any  Person  who  inclines  to  purchase,  or  rent 
said  mill  and  land,  may  apply  to  the  Subscriber,  near  the 
Premises,  who  will  agree  for  the  same  on  reasonable 
Terms. 

John  Clapp. 

Lost,  at  Ringwood  Iron-Works, 
On  the  i6th  of  May  last,  a  Pinchbeck  Watch,  with  a 
single  Case,  Maker's  Name,  Par.  Moore,  London;    No. 
1982.    Whoever  will  deliver  the  Watch  to  Robert  Cham- 
bers, of  Mendem,  in  the  County  of  Morris,  and  Province 


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of  New-Jersey,  shall  receive  Three  Dollars  Reward. — 
The  New  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  88.9, 
November  14,  1768. 

November  3,  1768. 
By  Virtue  of  a  Writ  of  Fieri  Facias,  to  me  the  Sheriff 
of  Monuwiith  County,  in  East  Nezv-Jersey,  directed 
against  the  Goods  and  Chattels,  Lands  and  Tenements  of 
David  Ketcham,  and  pursuant  thereto,  I  have  taken  sun- 
dries, such  as  Cattle,  Horses,  Hogs,  Sheep,  Negroes,  Far- 
mers Utensils,  Household  Goods,  also  the  Plantation 
whereon  the  said  Ketcham  now  lives,  containing  about 
Four  Hundred  Acres  of  Land,  chiefly  good,  with  a  Saw- 
mill and  Grist-Mill  newly  built;  two  good  Dwelling- 
Houses,  two  Orchards,  plenty  of  Timber,  and  well  water- 
ed; situate  in  the  Township  of  Shrezvsbury,  being  well 
situated  for  a  Store,  or  any  other  Publick  Business;  the 
said  Mills  never  want  Water  in  the  dryest  Season :  Now 
these  are  to  give  Notice,  that  the  aforesaid  Goods  and 
Chattels,  Lands  and  Tenements,  will  be  sold  by  Way  of 
Publick  Vendue,  on  Tuesday  the  Sixth  Day  of  Decem- 
ber next,  on  the  Premises.  The  Lands  will  be  sold  either 
in  the  Whole,  or  in  Parcels,  as  best  suits  the  Purchaser. 
The  Vendue  will  begin  at  Nine  of  the  Clock  in  the  Fore- 
noon of  said  Day,  at  which  Time  and  Place,  the  Condi- 
tions will  be  made  known. 

By  me  Thomas  Leonard,  Sheriff. 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1350,  November  14,  1768. 

Nezv-York,  November  17.  His  Excellency  William 
Franklin,  Esq;  Governor  of  New-Jersey,  the  Hon.  Fred- 
erick Smyth,  Esq ;  Chief  Justice  of  New-Jersey,  returned 
here  a  few  Days  ago  from  Fort  Stanwix,  where  they  have 


322  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

been  attending  the  Congress  held  by  the  Hon.  Sir  WilHam 
Johnson,  Bart,  with  the  Six  United  Nations  and  their 
Tributaries. 

Five  Dollars  Reward, 
Made  his  escape  from  the  subscriber,  on  Monday  night 
the  14th  instant,  from  Mr.  Butler's,  at  South- Amboy  ferry 
stage  house,  a  prisoner  for  theft,  who  had  some  time  be- 
fore been  taken  up,  the  stolen  goods  found  upon  him,  and 
confined  in  Philadelphia  gaol,  on  an  advertisement,  where- 
in the  person  of  the  thief  is  thus  described,  viz.  He  calls 
himself  William  Green,  and  gave  the  following  account, 
That  he  is  an  Englishman,  a  fuller  by  trade,  sail'd  from 
England  in  April  last,  arrived  at  Philadelphia,  came  from 
thence  enquiring  for  employment,  thro'  New-Jersey  and 
New-York,  from  whence  he  went  to  Greenwich  in  Con- 
necticut, where  he  was  hired  by  the  subscriber  for  a  month. 

Joseph  Galpin 
John  Green 
Greenwich  in  Connecticut,  November  17,  1768. 

— The  New  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1350,  November  17,  1768. 

New-York. 
Nov.  14.  Saturday  last,  his  Majesty's  Ship  Hussar, 
arrived  at  Sandy-Hook,  and  Yesterday  came  up  here: 
She  was  Convoy  to  the  Troops  for  Boston  from  Ireland : 
so  that,  though  no  Mention  is  made  of  the  Arrival  of 
those  Troops  at  Boston  on  Monday  last,  yet  we  presume 
they  are  arrived  there  since. 

Philadelphia,  November  17 
Since   our   last   Mrs.    Rachel   Wilson,    an   eminent 
Preacher  among  Friends,  who  lately  arrived  here,  in  Cap- 


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tain  Falconer  from  England,  set  ont  by  Land  for  South- 
Carolina She  preached  several  Times  in  this 

Province  and  New-Jersey,  to  the  great  Satisfaction  of 
Thousands  of  well-disposed  People  of  all  Denominations. 
—The  Pennsylvania  Ga::etie,  No.  2082,  November  17, 
1768. 

The  creditors  of  Richard  Reading,  late  of  Amwell 
in  New-Jersey,  are  earnestly  requested  to  furnish  the  sub- 
scribers, acting  assignees  in  trust,  for  the  use  of  said  cred- 
itors, with  their  accounts  legally  proved,  in  order  that  the 
first  dividend  may  be  struck  by 

John  Cox,  Jun.  )      Acting 

Thomas  Pryer,  Jun    )  Assignees. — 

— The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.   1354,  November 
17,  1768. 

Six  Pounds  Reward 
Burlington,  (New-Jersey),  November  8,  1768. 
RuN-AwAY  from  Etna  Furnace,  Burlington  County, 
on  Saturday  the  15th  Day  of  October,  1768,  Three  Ser- 
vant Men,  one  named  Daniel  Dayly,  aged  about  22 
Years,  born  in  Jreland,  about  5  Feet  2  Inches  high,  a  squatt 
thick  Fellow,  round  broad  faced,  thick  lipped,  black  Hair, 
and  very  fawning  in  his  Speech :     Had  with  him,  a  red 
Jacket,  striped  Trowsers,  a  good  Hat.  and  several  other 
Cloaths,  which  he  stole:     He  run-away  about  12  Months 
ago,  was  at  Ringzvood  and  other  Iron-Works,  and  then 
chang'd  his  Name  to  John  or  James  Coffee;  and  when  at 
Salisberry,  to  Samuel  IVickstaif,  from  whence  it  may  be 
supposed  all  Three  will  change  their  Names.     One  other 
named  Jeremiah  Driscol,  about  the  same  Height  and 
age,  grey  Eyes,  which  are  weak,  a  wide  Mouth,  black 
Hair,  slow  of  Speech,  had  on  a  spotted  Swanskin  Jacket. 
Oznabrigs  Trousers :    The  other  went  off  in  August  last, 


324  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

and  is  named  Randal  MacDonald,  aged  about  40  Years, 
round  faced,  black  Eyes  and  Hair,  and  large  Beard,  hard 
of  Hearing;  about  5  Feet  2  Inches  high,  very  silent  when 
sober,  and  talkative  when  drunk  :  He  is  well  known  in  the 
Counties  of  Essex  and  Morris;  he  is  by  Trade  a  Bloomer 
and  Finer.  Whosoever  takes  up  any  of  the  said  Servants, 
and  secures  them  in  any  Goal  of  New- Jersey  or  Nezv-York, 
shall  receive  Forty  Shillings  Reward,  and  reasonable 
Charges,  paid  by 

Charles  Read. 

^*.>.  Wanted  at  said  Furnace  a  good  Keeper  or  person 
accomplished  in  Castings,  and  a  middle  aged  Woman  not 
subject  to  Liquors;  fit  to  be  entrusted  with  the  Care  of  a 
large  Family  but  not  to  Cook. — TJie  New  York  Ga:zette 
or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  135 1,  November  21,  1768. 

Nezv-York,  24th  Nov.  The  following  Answer  to  the 
Extract  of  a  Letter  from  New-Brunswick,  dated  Octo. 
15th,  inserted  in  our  Paper  of  Octo.  27th,  having  been 
so  long  delay'd  for  Want  of  Room. 

New-Briinszvick,  ^ist  Octo.  1768. 

Mr.  Holt, 

As  you  were  pleased  in  your  last  Journal  to  insert  an 
Extract  of  a  Letter  from  hence,  which  many  of  your  Read- 
ers must  undoubtedly  have  taken  particular  Notice  of,  I 
hope  you  will  give  the  following  Animadversions  a  Place 
in  your  next. 

In  the  first  Place  then,  give  me  Leave  to  observe.  That 
the  Letter,  in  all  Probability,  was  not  written  from  Bruns- 
zvick,  but  by  some  stanch  True  Blue  in  the  City  of  Nezv- 
York,  who  had  barely  Jieard  of  the  Sermon,  at  which  I 
was  present;  or  else,  it  is  most  likely  the  Writer  would 
have  observed  upon  it,  That  it  incontestibly  proved  both 
the  Expediency  and  Necessity  of  the  Natiojial  Religion's 


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being  properly  supported  in  this  Country;  which  could 
not  otherwise  be  done,  than  by  the  Introduction  of  Bish- 
ops; nor  would  he  have  failed  to  applaud  so  masterly  a 
Composition. 

In  the  second  Place,  he  insinuates,  That  Conventions 
have  lately  been  held  much  more  frequently  than  they  used 
to  be:  The  Contrary  to  which,  especially  in  this  Govern- 
ment, he  must  have  been  convinced  of,  had  he  been  an  lur 
habitant  of  New  Brunszvick:  Indeed  it  is  difficult  to  con- 
ceive how  the  most  flaming  Independent  of  them  all  would 
have  the  Face  to  mention  the  frequent  and  numerous 
Meetings  of  the  Episcopal  Clergy,  when  the  Presbyterian 
Synods,  &c.  (convened  by  nobody  knows  what  Author- 
ity) recur  almost  as  frecjuently  as  the  new  Moons,  at 
which  their  Teachers  are  almost  as  numerous  as  the  Lo- 
custs of  Egypt. 

In  the  third  Place,  I  dare  venture  to  affirm,  That  there 
is  not  a  single  Resident  in  thi^  City — Blush,  if  it  be  pos-, 
sible,  ye  Whigs  of  Nezv-York,  ye  Centincls  of  Philadel- 
phia, ye  Founts  of  Connecticut,  and  ye  Ram-Chickens  of 
Boston — who  has  the  Hardiness  even  to  insinuate.  That 
"the  Church  in  two  neighbouring  Colonies,"  and  many 
Colonies  beside,  has  not  repeatedly  met  with,  does  not 
every  Day  meet  with,  more  than  "supposed  Abuses,  with 
Abuses  which  are  intolerable;  and,  if  intolerable,  then  they 
are  Abuses  which  amount  not  only  "ahnost  to  Persecu- 
tion," but  which  have  the  very  Life,  Spirit,  Soul  and  Es- 
sence of  Persecution. 

In  the  fourth  Place,  seeing  that  Mode  of  Religion  which 
the  Members  of  the  Convention  profess,  labours  under 
such  Abuses,  with  what  Shadow  of  Justice  can  they  be 
blamed  for  making  "a  spirited  Application  to  the  Powers 
at  home,"  to  have  those  Abuses  removed?  Whether  this 
was  their  principal  Design,"  it  is  highly  probable  the  Let- 


326  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

ter  Writer  knows  no  more  than  myself :  But  I  can  tell 
both  him  and  them,  that  if  they  neglected  to  do  it,  they 
were  highly  culpable.  And  if  such  "spirited  Application," 
when  made  to  the  "powers  at  home,"  does  not  meet  with 
a  suitable  Return  (as  who  knows  what  Attention  may  be 
paid  to  any  Application  for  Redress  of  Grievances,  by  a 

pusillanimous  spiritless  Administration?)  as  his  M y 

declares  in  their  Favour,  my  Advice  should  be,  to  make 
Application  to  Powers  which  are  not  at  home,  to  any  Prot- 
estant Powers,  where  the  Church  is  tnily  Episcopal;  to 
bolicit  their  Protection;  and  to  use  all  honest  Endeavours 
to  procure  a  Bishop  from  some  other  Government  than 
the  British,  if  the  British  Government  will  not  afford 
them  Means  for  their  Existence  and  Preservation.  Self- 
Defence  is  the  strongest  Principle  in  our  Nature;  and,  in 
the  Opinion  of  a  Layman,  Reason,  Law,  and  Equity,  all 
concur,  in  the  present  Instance,  to  push  them  forward  to 
the  attaining  of  an  American  Episcopate;  which  it  is  pre- 
'sumed  may  even  thus  be  effected,  without  any  Disadvan- 
tage to  the  State;  without  any  Impeachment  of  their  Loy- 
alty to  the  best,  the  most  humane,  the  most  religious  of 
Kings;  without  any  Diminution  of  their  Eidelity  to  the 
Church  of  England;  and  zvitJi  the  greatest  Emolument  to 
the  Members  of  that  Church  in  America.  As  for  the  Cru- 
elty and  Meanness  which  the  Letter- Writer  speaks  of,  it  is 
not  easy  for  me  to  conceive  what  he  intends  by  them.  They 
may  perhaps  be  understood  by  Independents  who  live  in 
the  perpetual  Exercise  of  them,  but  can  convey  no  distinct 
Idea  to  a  CJiurcJimaii.  But  it  is  much  more  easy  to  appre- 
hend his  Meaning  when  he  talks  about  attacking  Us — ^for 
who  knows  not  from  what  We  sprang,  what  We  always 
have  been,  what  We  are  at  this  Day,  and  what  We  are 
likely  to  continue  to  be  to  the  End  of  the  Chapter  ?  Nor 
is  it  difficult  to  find  out  his  Meaning  when  he  tells  us, 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  327 

That  the  united  Efforts  of  all  Sects  are  necessary  at  this 
Time,  in  the  common  Cause  of  Liberty:  i.  e.  (as  I  under- 
stand his  Words)  it  is  necessary  for  all  other  Denomina- 
tions to  confederate  against  the  Church  of  England,  the 
only  Church  consisting  originally  of  British  Subjects,  (for 
She  alone  in  this  Country  is  of  no  sect)  lest  the  Church 
of  England  should  be  indulged  with  Privileges  equal  to 
those  which  all  Sectaries  enjoy  in  the  most  ample  Man- 
ner, and  which  all  Churchmen  are  so  far  from  wishing  to 
see  abridged,  that  they  heartily  desire  they  may  always 
be  continued  to  them  in  their  utmost  Latitude  and  Extent. 
I  make  no  Reflections  on  the  different  Behaviour  of 
ChitrcJimen  and  Dissenters  in  this  Matter;  tho'  I  can 
hardly  expect  that  the  Reader  will  have  equal  Forbear- 
ance. 

And  lastly,  as  for  the  Trumpet  of  Disaffection,  which 
he  blows  at  the  Poop  of  his  Performance,  I  dare  aver  that 
no  true  Churchman  will  ever  dance  to  his  Music,  let  him 
even  distend  his  Buccinators  till  they  burst,  or  break  his 
Wind  in  the  fruitless  Effort.  Peccet  ad  extremum  riden- 
dus,  et  illia  ducat. — Supplement  to  the  Nezv  York  Journal 
or  General  Advertiser,  No.  135 1,  November  24,  1768. 

The  Subscriber,  living  in  Hanover  township,  Burling- 
ton county,  has  to  dispose  of,  a  likely  Negroe  Boy,  about 
14  years  old,  has  had  the  small  pox,  and  has  been  brought 
up  to  farming  business. 

Thomas  Emlay 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2083,  November 
24,  1768. 

Nezv-York,  November  28.  Thursday  last  Col.  Crog- 
han,  Commissioner  for  Indian  Affairs  under  Sir  William 
Johnson,  arrived  in  this  City,  from  the  late  Congress,  in 
his  way  to   Virginia:     He  has  brought  with   him,   one 


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Lewis  Andrews,  who  was  a  Soldier  in  the  Jersey  Force, 
and  taken  in  the  Year  1763,  by  the  Indians,  near  Lake 
Erie,  in  his  Way  to  Detroit,  and  had  been  kept  Prisoner 
among-  the  Senecas  ever  since.  He  says,  they  used  him 
tolerably  well,  and  at  the  late  Congress  happily  got  re- 
leas'd,  and  is  now  returning  to  his  Friends  near  Burling- 
ton. 

Nozv  on  Sale  at  the  Nezv-Printiiig  Office  in  Beaver  Street, 

Poor  Roger's  American  Country 

Almanack 

For  the  Year  1 769  : 


Also  to  he  sold  at  the  same  Place, 

The  New-Jersey  Almanack, 

By  Copernicus  Weather-Guesser. 

And  Dutch  Almanacks  for  1769 

— The  New  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1352,  November  28,  1768. 

To  Be  Sold,  By 

Ezekiel  Forman, 

Living  in  Princetown,  in  the  Province  of  New-Jersey, 

(at  private  Sale  only,)  the  following  Tracts  of  Land, 

Mills,  &c. 

The  noted,  valuable,  and  pleasant  farm  whereon  he 

now  lives,  containing  310  acres  of  land,  about    150  of 

which  is  well  timbered,  and  a  sufficient  quantity  of  good 

meadow  ground.     The  buildings  and  improvements  are 

nearly  as  follows,  viz.    A  stone  dwelling  house  two  stories 

high,  ninety  feet  in  length,  by  twenty-five;   five  rooms  on 

the  lower  floor,  and  as  many  fire-places;   six  rooms  on  the 

second  floor  (exclusive  of  the  servants  lodging  rooms) 

three  of  which  have  fire-places;    with  one  of  the  best  and 

most  convenient  cellars  and  dairy  room;   the  whole,  plain, 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  3^9 

but  neatly  finished;  to  which  there  is  as  good  a  kitchen 
garden  as  a  purchaser  could  wish  to  have,  two  hundred 
and  thirty  two  feet  in  length,  by  one  hundred  and  twenty, 
boarded  round  in  the  best  manner  with  white  cedar  boards, 
and  red  cedar  posts;  the  front  neatly  paled.  A  well  fin- 
ished Dutch  barn,  forty  four  by  forty  feet;  with  a  build- 
ing adjoining  it,  principally  calculated  for  stabling  horn 
cattle,  forty  four  by  twenty  two  feet,  which  will  conve- 
niently hold  twelve  or  fourteen  ton  of  hay  over  head.  A 
good  waggon  house,  a  frame  cider  house,  thirty  two  by 
twenty  four  feet,  a  wheel  mill  and  screw  press;  all  the 
works  covered,  and  granaries  over  head  fitted  for  differ- 
ent sorts  of  grain,  also  for  housing  of  apples,  &c.  One 
of  the  best  framed  corn  cribs,  large  enough  to  hold  a  thou- 
sand bushels  of  corn;  a  poultry  house  conveniently  fin- 
ished, twenty  by  fourteen  feet;  large  fine  pole  barracks, 
covered  with  cedar;  all  the  buildings  new,  covered  with 
cedar,  and  in  the  best  repair.  A  good  apple  orchard  of 
the  best  grafted  fruit,  viz.  Pippin,  spitzenbergh,  green 
apple,  red  streak,  house  apple,  vandevere,  &c.  also  the  com- 
mon fruit  of  ungrafted  trees;  a  young  peach  orchard  of 
six  hundred  trees,  a  fine  collection  of  cherries  in  perfec- 
tion, (meaning  in  the  season  of  them)  and  a  nursery  com- 
ing on  of  the  best  grafted  fruit,  plumbs,  pears,  cherries, 
&c.  With  as  good  water  as  in  the  world,  both  from  a  well 
and  a  spring,  near  the  house;  pleasantly  situated  on  the 
main  road  between  Philadelphia,  and  New-York,  and 
nearly  in  the  center. 

Also,  a  set  of  mills,  near  Kingston,  in  said  province, 
fifteen  miles  from  Trenton,  and  same  distance  from 
Brunswick;  two  pair  of  stones,  in  good  repair,  conve- 
niently situated  for  merchant  and  country  work.  Also,  a 
house  and  lot  in  Princeton,  very  convenient  for  a  mer- 
chant's shop,  or  tradesman;    said  house  will  be  rented  if 


330  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

not  sold  before  next  spring.  It  is  the  house  wherein  the 
said  Forman  formerly  kept  store,  and  supposed  to  be  the 
best  stand  for  business  in  the  town;  the  shelves  are  all 
standing,  and  is  perhaps  one  of  the  best  store  rooms  to 
be  found;  there  is  also  upon  said  lot  a  good  ware-house, 
and  smoke  house.  Also  a  house  and  lot  in  Kingston,  very- 
convenient  for  a  tavern;  the  best  house  in  that  town,  and 
will  be  sold  for  less  than  half  its  value,  if  such  a  purchaser 
offers.  Also  a  tract  of  wood  land  of  150  acres,  lying  near 
South  River  bridge,  and  within  half  a  mile  of  the  river. 
Good  bonds,  upon  interest,  will  be  taken  for  the  whole, 
or  any  part  of  the  purchase  money,  as  may  best  suit  the 
purchaser. — The  New  York  Journal  or  General  Adver- 
tiser, No.  1352,  December  1,  1768. 

Philadelphia,  December  i. 
On  Tuesday  last  at  the  Anniversary  Commencement 
in  the  College  of  this  City,  the  following  Gentlemen  were 
admitted  to  their  Degree  of  Baehelor  of  Arts,  viz 
William  Bingham 
Benjamin   Duffield 
Thomas  Hall 
George  Noarth 
Jonathan  Easton,  of  Rhode  Island, 
Daniel  Kuhn,  of  Lancaster. 
Christian  Streight,  of  New  Jersey.^ 
Benjamin  Vining,  of  Dover. 
And  at  the  same  time  Mr.  Thomas  Coombe,  junior,  of 
Philadelphia  (now  in  England)  was  admitted  to  the  De- 
gree of  Master  of  Arts. 

The  Exercises  were  as  follows,  viz. 
I.     A  Latin  Salutatory  Oration,  by  Mr.  Easton 

1  Christian  Streydt  and  Ursula,  his  wife,  came  to  America  from  Ger- 
many before  1720.  Christian  Streight.  who  graduated  from  the  Phila- 
delphia College  in  17ti8.  wa.s  jiastor  of  the  Lutheran  churches  at  Easton, 
Pa..    1769-1779.   and   Greenwich,    N.    J.,   1773-1777. 


of  Philadelphia 


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2.  An  English  Oration,  on  public  spirit,  by  Mr. 
Straight. 

3.  A  Latin  Syllogistic  Dispute — Utrain  mens  humano 
at  irnmortalis?  (Mr.  Bingham  Respond.  Messieurs  Vin- 
ing,  Streight  and  Noarth  Oppon.) 

On  the  23d  of  November,  at  night,  the  house  of  the 
subscriber,  in  Deptford  township,  Gloucester  county,  was 
broke  open,  and  robbed  of  19  dollars,  and  a  pocket  book, 
with  the  subscriber's  name  worked  on  it,  in  which  was 
some  small  money,  the  sum  not  certain;  there  was  also 
taken  away,  a  beaver  hat,  a  fine  shirt,  a  blue  broadcloth 
coat,  lined  with  white,  half  trimmed,  the  button-holes 
worked  of  a  lighter  colour,  with  sundry  other  things.  The 
robbery  is  supposed  to  have  been  committed  by  one  Camp- 
bell, a  Scotchman,  who  was  lately  brought  out  of  Phila- 
delphia goal,  and  ran  away  from  his  master  at  Marcus- 
Hook,  and  is  thought  to  be  gone  towards  New  York. 
Whoever  secures  the  thief,  with  the  goods  and  money,  so 
as  he  be  brought  to  justice,  shall  have  Three  Pounds  re- 
ward, paid  by 

John  Patterson 

— TJie  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2084,  December  i, 
1768. 

Greenwich  in  Connecticut,  Nov.  17,  1768. 
Five  Dollars  Reward. 
Made  his  escape  from  the  subscriber,  on  Monday  night, 
the  14th  instant,  from  Mr.  Butler's,  at  South-Amboy 
ferry  stage  house,  a  prisoner  for  theft,  who  had  some  time 
before  been  taken  up,  the  stolen  goods  found  upon  him, 
and  confined  in  Philadelphia  goal  on  an  advertisement, 
wherein  the  person  of  the  thief  is  thus  described,  viz. — 
He  calls  himself  William  Green,  and  gave  the  following 
account.  That  he  is  an  Englishman,  a  fuller  by  trade,  sailed 


332  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

from  England  in  April  last,  arrived  at  Philadelphia,  came 
from  thence,  inquiring  for  employment,  through  New- 
Jersey  and  New-York,  from  whence  he  went  to  Green- 
wich in  Connecticut,  where  he  was  hired  by  the  subscriber 

for  a  month.    He  is  a  slender,  middle-sized  man 

And  whereas  the  subscriber,, on  notice  of  the  confinement 
of  the  said  thief,  applied,  received  him  from  the  goal, 
(together  with  the  goods  he  had  stolen)  and  was  conduct- 
ing him  to  Connecticut,  to  receive  his  trial;  at  the  ferry 
house  aforesaid,  at  his  earnest  request  the  irons,  which 
hurt  and  galled  his  wrists  were  taken  off;  when  after- 
wards (the  subscriber  being  at  supper)  a  man  at  the  table 
was  taken  ill,  and  died  within  three  or  four  minutes  after, 
which  occasioned  some  hurry,  and  engaged  the  attention 
of  the  company — during  which  the  prisoner  made  his  es- 
cape. He  has  the  additional  mark,  to  the  above  descrip- 
tion— that  his  wrists  are  galled.  He  had  no  cash  with 
him.  Whoever  takes  up  and  secures  the  said  prisoner,  or 
delivers  him  to  either  of  us  the  subscribers,  shall  receive 
the  above  reward,  and  all  reasonable  charges. 

Joseph  Galpin. 

John  Green. 

N.  B.  All  masters  of  vessels  and  others  are  forewarned 
no't  to  harbour,  conceal,  or  carry  off  said  Green  at  their 
peril. — The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  99,  December  5, 
1767. 

Now  in  the  Press,  and  will  shortly  be  published.  The 
HERMIT  OF  NEW-JERSEY,  a  Collection  of  Poeti- 
cal Essays,  consisting  of  several  Fugitive  Pieces,  an 
ODE  to  LIBERTY,  and  a  Dialogue,  between  Lorenzo 
and  the  Hermit,  on  HUMAN  HAPPINESS.^ 

iHildeburn  gives  (2454)  the  Hned-ofl!  title  as  follows:  Liberty,  |  a  | 
roem,  I  ]atelv  found  in  a  bundle  of  papers.  |  said  to  be  written  by  | 
A  Hermit  in  New-Jersey.  |  .  .  .  |  .  .  .  |  .  .  .  I  Philadelphia:  |  Printed 
by  William  Goddard,  in  Market-Street.  |  MDCCLXIX.  |  Sm.  4to,  pp.  12. 


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To  Be  Sold, 

A  Plantation,  containing  one  hundred  acres,  in  the 
Township  of  Ih  peweH,  Hunterdon  County,  New-Jersey, 
eight  miles  f/^n  ir^;iton,  situate  with  a  large  and  beau- 
tiful prospect  ori  l.ie  river  Delaware,  near  good  spring  and 
summer  fisheries,  and  varieties  of  water-fowl  in  their  sea- 
son; it  was  anciently  known  by  the  name  of  Parmer's 
Ferry,  good  crafts  to  go  with  the  place.  The  soil  is  cer- 
tain for  winter  or  summer  grain,  and  a  considerable  part 
of  it  is  new,  only  in  the  first  crop;  a  new  meadow,  and 
more  can  easily  be  made;  a  bearing  orchard;  a  commo- 
dious garden,  and  the  fencing  mostly  new ;  a  frame  house, 
lately  repaired,  with  a  cellar,  a  linto,  with  two  rooms  on  a 
floor,  a  kitchen  and  draw-well  near;  a  large  and  conve- 
nient black-smith's  shop,  with  two  hearths,  coal-house  and 
waggon-house,  all  of  stone,  and  newly  built,  with  a  log 
barn  and  stable.  Also  lOO  acres,  chiefly  wood-land,  well- 
timbered,  part  of  that  valuable  tract  of  Garret  Johnson, 
deceased,  contiguous  to  the  aforesaid  land.  Any  person 
inclining  to  purchase  one  or  both,  or  part  of  either,  may 
enter  on  the  premises  this  winter  or  next  spring,  and  have 
them  on  easy  purchase,  by  applying  to 

Henry  Margerum. 

— The  Peiiiisylvaiiia  CJironicle,  No.  lOO,  December 
5-12,  1768. 

RuN-away  last  July  from  Hanover,  in  Morris  County, 
a  Negro  Man  named  Frank,  a  stout  able  Fellow ;  he  talks 
the  English,  Dutch,  Spanish,  and  Danish  Languages;  has 
lost  one  of  his  Eyes,  and  wears  a  Rag  over  it.  Has  been 
seen  at  Elizabeth-Town,  and  Pompton,  and  lately  has 
crossed  Passaick  River,  at  Newark,  by  the  Assistance  of 
two  of  Capt.  Kennedy's  Negroes.  This  Fellow  is  very 
artful  and  cunning,  and  has  escaped  twice  from  Persons 


334  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

who  took  him  up.  Whoever  secures  him  so  that  his  Mas- 
ter may  have  him  again  shall  receive  Forty  Shillings  Re- 
ward, and  all  reasonable  Charges,  from  Mr.  Kelly,  in  New- 
York,  or  the  Subscriber,  in  Morris  County. 

P.  Darcey. 

Essex,  in  East-New- Jersey. 
Whereas  the  Proprietors  of  Newark  Mountain  Pur- 
chase, have  agreed  to  divide  their  Lands,  lying  between 
the  first  Mountain  and  Passaick  River :  Notice  is  hereby 
given,  to  all  Persons  that  have  any  Right  in  said  Purchase, 
to  apply  to  John  Dod,  at  Newark  Mountains,  on  or  before 
the  6th  of  January,  1769;  there,  and  then,  to  comply  with 
the  Constitution  of  said  Purchase,  or  else  expect  they  ex- 
clude themselves  by  refusing. — The  Nezu  York  Gazette 
or  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  892,  December  5,  1768. 

Mrs.  E  Stogdon,  Widow,  Takes  this  method  of  ac- 
quainting the  public,  that  she  has  taken  a  convenient  house, 
near  Nassau-College,  in  Prince-Town,  and  proposes 
boarding  young  gentlemen  scholars  at  twenty  pounds  per 
annum,  including  their  washing  and  mending.  She  also 
proposes  to  lodge  gentlemen  and  ladies,  travellers,  that 
choose  private  lodgings,  very  reasonably. — Tlie  Nczv  York 
Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No.  1353,  December  8, 
1768. 

Oxford  Township,  New-Jersey,  December  8,  1768 
These  are  to  certify,  that  Elizabeth  Shoots,  my  Wife, 
has  extravagantly  run  me  in  debt,  so  that  from  the  day  of 
the  date  hereof,  I  do  discharge  any  person  or  persons  to 
credit  her  any  thing  upon  my  account,  for  I  will  not  dis- 
charge any  debt  of  her  contracting,  as  witness  my  hand, 

Christopher  Shoots. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  335 

Five  Pounds  Reward 
Stolen  out  of  the  subscriber's  stable  in  the  night  of 
the  22d  November  last,  in  York  town  by  a  certain  Richard 
Parker,  born  in  England,  a  mouse  coloured  Horse,  very- 
dark,  ....  the  said  Parker  took  with  him  a  brown 
coat  and  jacket,  ....  is  about  24  years  of  age,  about 
5  feet  9  or  10  inches  high,  and  is  remarkably  knock  kneed; 
he  has  a  half  brother  in  this  country  named  John  Collins, 
who  drove  coach  for  William  Allen,  Esq;  in  Philadelphia, 
these  few  years  past,  but  was  discharged  last  summer,  and 
I  understand  drives  now  for  some  gentleman  in  New- 
York,  where  it  is  most  likely  the  said  Parker  will  go,  being 
a  little  acquainted  in  the  Jersey,  as  he  lived  with  one  Hew- 
ling,  near  Burlington ;   he  has  a  large  scar  in  his  forehead, 

very  near  his  hair Whoever  apprehends  the 

said  Parker,  and  secures  him,  with  the  above  articles,  shall 
have  the  above  reward,  and  Three  Pounds  for  himself 
alone,  and  reasonable  charges,  paid  by 

Thomas  Cullen 

e  To  the  CENTINEL 

Sir, 

I  congratulate  you,  on  your  escape  from  the  bloody 
knife  of  the  Anatomist,  who,  after  paying  his  visit  to  the 
patriotic  Episcopalians  of  Boston,  and  dissecting  a  Watch- 
Tower  in  New-York,  intended  to  have  seized  you  in  your 
sleep,  cut  you  up  alive  as  you  were,  and  exposed  you  as  a 
scarecrow,  to  frighten  his  opposers  into  a  tame  submission 

to  his  darling  Episcopate Most  unfavourable 

are  the  times  for  such  controversies It  is  to  be 

hoped,  however,  as  the  Anatomist  "scorns  to  fall  to  slash- 
ing, without  calling  one  to  stand  on  one's  guard,"  that  he 
will  desist  from  his  purpose,  and  endeavour  to  heal  the 
wound  he  may  have  made,  provided  it  can  be  made  appear, 
that  Dr.  Chandler  "ivas  the  aggressor"  in  this  dispute 


336  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1/68 

about  Bishops  ....  that  "Dr.  Chandler  Jiad  a  general  com- 
mission from  his  own  brethren,"  the  Clergy  of  New- York 

and  New-Jersey 

I  am  next  to  shew  that  Dr.  Chandler  had  a  general  com- 
mission from  his  brethren,  the  Clergy  of  New  York  and 

New-Jersey First  then,  that  Dr.  Chandler  had 

a  general  commission  from  his  brethren,  appears  from  his 
own  words  in  his  advertisement  to  tJie  reader,  where  he 
tells  US,  as  an  apology  for  the  Appeal  "that  he  was  request- 
ed by  many  of  his  "brethren  to  undertake  it  .  .  .  that  the 
"task  was  first  imposed  upon  him  by  the  very  worthy  and 
"reverend  Dr.  Johnson  of  Stratford  in  Connecticut;"  and 
adds,  that  "at  the  time  when  this  treaty,"  as  "he  pompously 
calls  it,"  was  nearly  concluded,  the  Clergy  of  New- York 
and  New-Jersey,  "assisted  by  some  of  their  brethren  from 
"the  neighbouring  provinces  took  into  consideration,"  &c. 
"And  after  a  thorough  discussion  of  the  point,  they  were 
"unanimously  of  opinion,  that  fairly  to  explain  the  plan, 
"&c.  was  a  matter  of  necessity  and  duty.  It  was  accord- 
"ingly  voted  (says  he)  that  something  to  this  purpose 
"should  be  published,  and  the  Author  was  appointed  to 
this  service."  Here  we  have  an  express  appointment  from 
the  convention:  and  it  appears  they  were  urgent,  and  al- 
most laid  their  commands  on  him;  "excuses  (says  the 
Doctor)  were  not  admitted,  and  a  refusal  could  not  be 
justified."  So  far  was  the  Doctor  from  acting  in  discon- 
nection with  the  Convention,  that  he  tells  us  "he  was  care- 
"ful  to  follow  the  directions  he  had  received  and  to  con- 
"sult  the  most  judicious  of  his  friends,  in  regard  to  the 
"method  and  management  of  the  work."  Hence  it  ap- 
pears, that  the  Doctor  had  not  only  a  commission  for,  but* 
direction  in  his  publication,  and  that  the  Appeal  is  the 
product  of  the  united  efforts  of  the  Right  Reverendly- 
inclined  Clergy  of  the  provinces  of  York  and  Jersey,  in 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  337 

full  Convention  met. — The  Peiiniisylvania  Gazette,  No. 
2085,  December  8,  1768. 

The  Subscribers,  assignees  of  the  estate  of  William 
Brown,  late  of  Woolwich,  in  the  county  of  Gloucester,  in 
New-Jersey  (for  the  use  of  his  creditors)  give  this  public 
notice,  that,  in  order  to  compleat  a  settlement  of  his  af- 
fairs, they  will  expose  to  sale  by  public  vendue,  on  the  2d 
day  of  January  next,  at  the  house  of  William  Cooper,  at 
the  Ferry,  opposite  Philadelphia,  at  2  o'clock  in  the  after- 
noon, 

A  Valuable  Tract  of  Land  and  Swamp,  containing 
1000  acres,  or  thereabouts,  situate  in  Broadkill  Hundred, 
in  the  county  of  Sussex,  on  Delaware,  adjoining  the  land 
of  Benjamin  Mifflin,  where  he  now  lives,  and  within  four 
miles  of  a  good  landing  on  Broadkill  river,  which  empties 
into  Delaware-Bay.  The  upland  is  esteemed  good  strong 
land;  near  one  half  of  the  tract  is  swamp,  on  which  is  a 
great  quantity  of  timber,  and  may  be  easily  drained,  so 
as  to  make  excellent  meadow  or  hemp-ground,  and  so  di- 
vided with  the  upland  as  to  be  capable  of  making  four 
plantations,  of  equal  value.  The  whole  will  be  sold  to- 
gether, or  in  lots  of  250  acres  each,  as  may  best  suit  the 
purchaser.  Any  person  inclining  to  purchase,  may  view 
the  premises,  by  applying  to  said  Benjamin  Mifflin.  The 
conditions  of  the  sale  will  be  made  known  at  the  place 
aforesaid,  by  Samuel  Biles,  John  Hinchman,  and 
Samuel  Blackwood. 

To  Be  Sold, 
A  Plantation  lying  on  Shrewsbury  road,  4  miles  from 
Allentown,  in  the  township  of  Upper  Freehold,  in  the 
county  of  Monmouth,  and  province  of  Fast- Jersey,  con- 
taining 286  acres  of  Land,  40  acres  of  good  English 
meadow,  and  as  much  more  may  be  made,  with  little  im- 


338  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

provement,  the  upland  very  good  for  wheat  or  other  grain, 
the  whole  well  watered  and  timbered.  There  are  on  the 
premises,  a  two  story  house,  barn,  waggon-house,  smoak- 
house  and  two  good  bearing  orchards,  that  never  miss 
bearing  plenty  of  fruit  every  year :  The  house  stands 
exceeding  pleasant,  and  has  a  prospect  of  the  meadows 
from  the  door;  there  is  a  good  mill  within  one  mile  of 
the  premises,  and  three  others  the  farthest  not  exceeding 
four  miles;  also  nine  miles  to  a  landing:  There  is  a 
Quaker  Meeting-House  about  two  miles  distance,  a  Bap- 
tist Meeting-House  about  two  miles  distance,  and  a  Church 
and  Presbyterian  Meeting-House  not  exceeding  four 
miles  ;^  the  property  of  John  Clarke,  late  of  Stony-Brook, 
deceased.  Any  person  inclining  to  purchase,  may  apply 
to  the  subscriber,  living  on  the  premises,  where  the  condi- 
tions of  sale  may  be  known,  from 

William  Clarke 

Penn's  Neck,  Salem  County,  Dec.  6,  1768. 
Whereas  Modlin,  the  wife  of  Joseph  Jiddery,  of  Lower 
Penn's  Neck,  hath  behaved  herself  very  disorderly  against 
him,  which  makes  him  apprehensive  that  she  will  run  him 
in  debt  to  his  hurt;  this  is  therefore  to  give  notice  to  all 
persons  not  to  trust  her  on  my  account,  as  I  am  fully  de- 
termined not  to  pay  any  debt  of  her  contracting  after  this 

date. 

Joseph  Jiddery. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2086,  December 
15,  1768. 

Whereas  my  Wife  Mary  Elizabeth,  has  without  ajiy 
just  Cause,  eloped  from  my  Bed  and  Board :  These  are 
therefore  to  forewarn  all  Persons,  that  I  will  pay  no  Debt 

1  The  Quaker  Meeting  House  was  probably  at  Freehold;  the  Baptist 
Meeting  House  at  Middletown;  the  Church  (of  England)  and  the  Pres- 
byterian Meeting  House  at  AUontown. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  339 

of  her  contracting  since  her  Elopement,  therefore,  that 
no  Person  harbour,  entertain  or  trust  her  on  my  Account. 

Andries  Kunter. 
Hackinsack,  gth  December,  1768. 

— The  New  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1354,  December  15,  1768. 

Was  taken  up  adrift,  last  week,  opposite  Marcus  Hook, 
a  cedar  skiff,  with  mulberry  timbers,  not  painted,  with  a 
turpentine  bottom.  Whoever  has  lost  the  same,  may  have 
her  again,  by  applying  to  Samuel  Hewes  in  New-Jersey, 
opposite  Marcus  Hook,  proving  their  property  and  pay- 
ing charges. — The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1358,  De- 
cember 15,  1768. 

Neiv-York,  December  19.  The  9th  Instant,  the  Sloop 
Bowler,  Captain  Hylton  arrived  here  from  Virginia;  on 
the  25th  of  November,  passing  Great  Egg  Harbour,  he 
saw  a  Ship  ashore,  but  was  unable  to  give  her  any  As- 
sistance, she  fired  half  Minute  Guns,  and  'tis  supposed  was 
bound  from  Boston  for  Philadelphia. 

The  Publick  are  desired  to  take  Notice,  That  the 
Stage  from  the  New-Bridge,  for  Powles-Hook,  will  ride 
but  once  a  Week,  after  the  Holy  Days,  till  the  Severity 
of  the  Season  is  over.  Attendance  will  be  given  every 
Tuesday,   at   the   usual   Hours,   by   the   Publick's   much 

obliged,  and 

Very  humble  Servant, 

•  •  Andrew  Van  Buskirk 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
894,  December  19,  1768. 

Neiv-York,  Deceinber  19.  We  hear  from  Nezvark,  that 
last  Week  came  on  a  Trial  there  in  the  Circuit  Court,  be- 


340  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 768 

tvveen  James  Arnet,  Plaintiff,  and  one  Grahcun^  late  Quar- 
ter-Master in  the  i6th  Regiment,  Defendant.  The  Charge 
was  for  tiring  a  Gun  wilfully  into  a  Barn  in  ElisabetJi- 
Toivn,  some  Time  ago,  which  set  it  on  Fire,  and  burnt  it 
up,  together  with  two  valuable  Horses  that  were  in  it. 
The  Evidence  being  pretty  clear.  Verdict  was  given  for 
the  Plaintiff,  with  full  Costs  of  Smt.—The  Nezv  York 
Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  1355,  December  19, 
[768. 

Joseph  Burwell,  Post-Rider, 

Takes  this  method  tO'  inform  the  Public,  that  he  has 
engaged  to  ride  from  the  Union  Iron-works,  in  New-Jer- 
sey to  Philadelphia,  for  one  year,  commencing  the  first 
day  of  December,  1768;  that  during  the  three  Winter 
months,  viz.  December,  January  and  February,  he  per- 
forms the  said  stage  once  in  two  weeks,  and  the  other  nine 
months,  he  purposes  to*  ride  weekly.  He  sets  out  from  his 
house,  in  Quaker  Town,  on  Wednesday,  arrives  at  the 
Indian  King,  in  Market-street,  Philadelphia,  on  Thursday 
morning,  and  sets  out  again  in  the  afternoon,  on  his  return 
back.  Such  Persons  that  have  any  Business  to  transact, 
that  he  can  serve  them  in,  are  desired  to  be  ready  at  the 
times  appointed,  when  he  will  receive  their  commands, 
and  execute  the  same,  with  the  greatest  Care  and  Fidelity, 
with  gTateful  Acknowledgments  to  those,  who  are  pleased 
to  employ  him. — The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2087, 
December  22,  1768. 

To  be  Let,  for  the  term  of  five  years,  and  entered  in  the 
last  of  March  next, 

A  Valuable  plantation,  situate  within  three  miles  of 
the  town  of  Salem,  in  Manington  township,  Salem  county, 

1  Peter  Graham  was  commissioned  Quartermaster  of  the  16th  British 
HeKiment,  July  10,  1767.  The  regiment  was  in  duty  in  America,  1768- 
17V3. 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  34 1 

West-New-Jersey,  containing  600  acres,  240  whereof  are 
new  banked  meadow  ground,  lying  on  Manington  and 
Salem  creek,  of  which  between  20  and  30  acres  will  be  fit 
for  grass  seed  this  spring;  about  60  acres  are  old  drain'd 
meadow,  and  somewhat  above  100  acres  of  cleared  upland: 
the  rest  is  well  timbered,  the  upland  is  strong,  and  will  bear 
good  wheat  or  any  other  sort  of  grain ;  the  meadow  ground 
would  suit  for  hemp  as  well  as  grass;  the  new  bank  is  in 
very  good  order;  there  is  on  the  premises  a  good  frame 
house,  with  two  rooms  on  a  floor,  and  a  large  log  kitchen, 
a  barn  30  feet  by  50,  with  stalls  for  feeding  16  oxen,  which 
is  intended  to  be  built  and  finished  by  next  harvest;  the 
place  is  well  suited  for  a  large  dairy,  or  for  feeding  cattle, 
and  an  excellent  range  for  hogs.  Any  person  inclining 
to  rent  the  premises,  may  be  informed  of  the  conditions, 
by  applying  to  the  subscriber,  in  Philadelphia. 

Richard  Whister. 

N.  B.  Salem  is  the  county  town  and  public  landing, 
from  whence  any  produce  may  be  sent  to  Philadelphia 
market,  for  a  trifling  expence. — TJie  Pennsylvania  Chron- 
icle, No.  103,  December  26-Jamiary  2,  1769. 

21^"  The  Public  are  desired  to  suspend  their  Judgment 
of  a  Paragraph  of  News  inserted  in  Mr.  Parker's  last  Pa- 
per, with  Regard  to  the  burning  of  a  Barn  at  Elizabeth- 
Town,  in  April  1767,  until  the  Matter  is  fairly  related, 
which  shall  be  done  in  this  Paper  next  week.  P.  G. 
— The  New  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercnry,  No. 
895,  December  26.  1768. 

Princeton,  December  6,  1768. 

Six  Dollars  Reward, 
For  apprehending  and  delivering  to  the  Subscriber,  or 
to  his  Deputy  at  Mill-Stone,  a  certain  Thomas  Stiles,  who 
being  under  Sentence  of  Death,  broke  and  made  his  es- 


342  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

cape  from  the  common  Goal  at  Mill-Stone  in  the  County 
of  Somerset  and  Province  of  Nezv-Jersey.  He  is  a  well 
set  young  Fellow,  of  about  20  Years  of  Age,  about  five 
Feet  six  Inches  high,  has  black  Hair,  and  is  of  a  swarthy 
Complection.  His  dress  cannot  be  particularly  described. 
It  is  hoped  that  every  one,  not  merely  for  the  Reward,  but 
that  public  Justice  may  be  had  on  the  Criminal,  will  use 
their  Endeavours  to  have  him  apprehended. 

Robert  Stockton,  Sheriff. 
— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1356,  December  26,  1768. 

New-Jersey,  December  20,  1768. 
Three  Pounds  Reward 
Run  away  from  the  Subscriber  on  Saturday  Night  last, 
a  certain  Daniel  Stone,  who  has  been  from  Ireland  about 
two  Years;  has  much  of  the  Brogue  in  his  Talk,  is  near  20 
Years  old,  and  about  five  Feet  ten  Inches  high,  with  a  fair 
Complexion,  and  black  Hair :  He  took  with  him  a  little 
brown  Horse  between  13  and  14  Hands  high,  with  a  Sad- 
dle and  Bridle.  The  said  Daniel  Stone,  had  on  when  he 
absconded,  a  Thickset  Fustian  Coat  and  Waistcoat,  a  Sil- 
ver-laced Hat,  an  old  brown  Bath  Rug  Great  Coat,  a  Pair 
of  Buckskin  Breeches,  and  a  Pair  of  brown  Homespun 
Stockings.  Whoever  will  apprehend  the  said  Runaway, 
or  give  Notice  where  the  Horse  may  be  found,  shall  be 
entitled  to  the  above  Reward  to  be  paid  by  me. 

John  Carey 

— The  New  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1356,  December  29,  1768. 

Woodbridge,  December  19,  1768. 
Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  Nathaniel  Heard  hath 
taken  up  a  straggling  person,  a  man  of  about  30  or  35 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  343 

years  of  age.  He  would  give  no  satisfactory  account  of 
himself  when  under  examination  and  was  committed  to 
goal  in  Perth-Amboy,  by  order  of  Stephen  Skinner,  Esq; 
he  is  about  5  feet  10  inches  high,  has  dark  brown  hair,  of  a 
swarthy  complexion,  and  has  a  stoop  in  his  shoulders ;  he 
is  very  still  in  company,  appears  to  be  a  subtle  fellow, 
writes  a  good  hand,  and  has  one  ancle  much  bigger  than 
the  other;  his  wearing  apparel  but  poor.  Now  if  it  ap- 
pears by  this  description,  that  he  is  any  gentleman's  ser- 
vant, or  that  any  one  hath  any  demand  on  him,  they  are 
desired  to  make  it  known  to  the  subscriber,  or  to  the  Jail- 
keeper  in  Perth-Amboy,  within  4  or  5  weeks,  or  he  will 
be  sold  to  pay  cost. 

Nathaniel  Heard/ 

— Tlie  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2088,  December  29, 
1768. 

Mr.  Gaine, 

A  Gentleman  who  assisted  as  Counsel  for  Mr.  Graham, 
in  the  Suit  brought  against  him  by  James  Arnet,  for 
the  burning  of  his  Barn,  which  was  lately  tried  at 
Newark,  as  is  mentioned  in  Mr.  Parker's  last  Paper, 
in  Justice  to  Mr.  Graham's  Character,  furnishes  you 
with  the  following  Account  of  Trial;  which  it  is  not 
doubted  you  will  convey  to  the  Public  thro'  the  Chan- 
nel of  your  Paper,  for  the  Justification  of  his  Char- 
acter. The  Representation  published  by  him  is  in 
Substance,  that  the  Charge  against  Mr.  Graham,  was 
for  wilfully  burning  the  Plaintiff's  Barn;  that  the 
Evidence  was  clear,  and  the  Jury  found  a  Verdict 
for  the  Plaintiff. 

The  true  State  of  the  Case  is  as  follows,  to  wit.  The 
Plaintiff's  Declaration  contained  a  double  Charge:   First. 


1  For  sketch  of  Nathaniel  Heard,   see  N.  J.   Archives,   Second  Series, 
1.,  9. 


344  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1768 

That  the  Defendant  negligently  discharged  his  Fusee  so 
near  the  Plaintiff's  Barn,  that  by  Reason  thereof  the  Barn 
was  set  on  Fire  and  consumed.  Secondly,  That  the  De- 
fendant maliciously  intending  to  deprive  the  Plaintiff  of 
his  Barn,  set  it  on  Fire,  by  which  it  was  consumed.  With 
Respect  to  the  last  Charge,  there  was  not  the  least  Evi- 
dence offered  to  support.it;  and  it  was  universally  agreed 
that  the  Barn  was  fired  by  Accident.  With  Respect  to  the 
first  Charge,  the  Evidence  was  far  from  being  clear.  Mr. 
Graham,  and  three  other  Officers,  were  going  to  divert 
themselves  with  their  Fusees;  in  passing  near  the  Barn, 
one  of  them  discharged  his  Fusee  at  a  Bird,  and  it  is  sup- 
posed that  the  Wadding  fell  on  some  scattered  Hay  near 
the  Barn,  by  which  the  Fire  was  conveyed  to  the  Barn. 
This  was  indeed  mere  Conjecture  founded  on  this  Fact, 
That  a  Person  at  a  Distance,  and  who  did  not  hear  the 
Discharge  of  the  Fusee,  saw  the  Hay  burning,  and  the 
Fire  extending  itself  towards  the  Barn,  and  a  few  Minutes 
after  the  Barn  was  in  Flames.  Mr.  Shilleto,  one  of  the 
Officers,  confessed  he  had  discharged  the  Fusee;  but  hav- 
ing immediately  after  the  x^ccident  left  the  Country  to 
avoid  a  Prosecution,  Mr.  Graham  lost  the  Benefit  of  his 
Testimony.  The  other  two  Officers  who  were  with  Messrs 
Graham  and  Shilleto,  and  therefore  best  able  to  determine 
who  it  was  that  discharged  the  Fusee,  fixed  it  by  their 
Evidence  fully  and  positively  on  Mr.  Shilleto,  and  deposed 
that  there  was  but  one  Fusee  discharged  in  the  Company, 
from  the  Time  they  left  the  Place  where  they  had  dined, 
till  the  Barn  was  discovered  to  be  in  Flames;  but  their 
Testimony  was  opposed  by  that  of  two  other  Witnesses, 
who,  at  a  Distance  saw  one  of  the  Company  of  Officers 
discharge  his  Fusee  near  the  Barn.  One  of  these  Wit- 
nesses declared,  That  immediately  after  the  Discharge,  he 
knew  the  officer  to  be  Mr.  Graham,  and  the  other  declared, 


1768]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  345 

That  the  Person  who  discharged  the  Fusee,  was  the  first 
who  entered  into  Mr.  Woodruff's  Store,  and  who  was 
proved  by  other  Witnesses  to  have  been  Mr.  Graham ;  but 
it  was  also  proved.  That  one  of  those  two  V/itnesses,  had 
before  charged  the  Fact  on  Mr.  Shilleto,  and  that  the  other 
had  given  a  different  Account  from  that  which  he  rendered 
on  his  Oath.  The  two  Oificers  who  were  Witnesses  for 
Mr.  Graham,  had,  it  seems,  on  an  Arbitration,  shewn  the 
Spot  in  which  Mr.  Shilleto  discharged  the  Fusee,  and  one 
of  the  Arbitrators  was  produced  to  prove  it;  and  he  de- 
clared, That  it  appeared  to  him  impossible  that  a  Discharge 
of  a  Fusee  at  that  Place,  could  have  fired  the  Barn.  A 
discharged  Soldier  also  swore,  That  he  saw  the  four  Offi- 
cers with  Fusees;  that  one  of  them  fired,  which  drew  his 
Attention,  and  at  that  Instant,  Mr.  Shilleto  was  some 
Yards  behind  the  others,  and  asked  them  who  had  fired; 
but  the  Distance,  at  which  this  Soldier  declared  this  Tran- 
saction happened  from  the  Barn,  did  not  agree  with  the 
Account  given  by  the  Plaintiff's  Witnesses.  This  is  in 
Substance  the  Evidence  that  was  offered  on  the  Trial, 
which  must  appear  far  from  clear.  The  AVitnesses  seemed 
at  first  View  to  be  opposed  to  each  other,  and  the  Jury 
tho't  it  their  Duty  to  reconcile  their  Testimony,  if  possible, 
which  they  did  by  supposing  that  two  Fusees  were  dis- 
charged at  different  Distances  from  the  Barn ;  the  one  at 
the  Spot  shewn  to  the  Arbitrators,  they  supposed  to  have 
been  discharged  by  Mr.  Shilleto;  the  other,  near  the  Barn, 
by  Mr.  Graham.  This  Supposition  could  not  however  be 
reconciled  with  the  Testimony  of  the  two  Officers,  unless 
it  should  be  thought  that  two  Fusees  had  been  discharged 
in  their  Company,  and  that  they  had  forgot  the  Discharge 
of  one  of  them.  It  was  upon  this  Principle  however  that 
the  Jury,  after  four  Hours  Recess  from  the  Bar,  found  a 
Verdict  for  the  Plaintiff. 

P.  G. 


346  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

All  Persons  having  any  Demands  upon  the  Estate  of 
Moses  Ogden,  late  of  Elizabeth-Town,  deceased,  are  de- 
sired to  bring  in  their  Accounts,  that  the  same  may  be  ad- 
justed; also  those  who  are  any  wise  indebted  tO'  the  said 
Estate,  are  desired  speedily  to  discharge  their  Obligations, 
to  prevent  further  Trouble. 

Mary  Ogden,  Executrix,  i 

Robert  Ogden  >  Executors. 

John  Cousens  Ogden      ) 

Mary  Ogden, 

(J'Vidozv  of  the  said  Moses  Ogden,) 
Acquaints  the  Public,  that  the  Business  of  Shoe-mak- 
ing is  carried  on  as  usual ;  and  that  Orders  for  any  Article 
in  that  Way,  shall  be  complied  with  in  the  best  and  most 
expeditious  Manner. — TJie  Nezv  York  Gazette  and  Week- 
ly Mercury,  No.  896,  Jamtary  2,  1769. 

Perth-Amhoy,  December  28,  1768. 
By  Order  of  Stephen  Skinner  and  Jonathan  Fracce, 
Esqrs.  Judges  of  the  Inferior  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for 
the  County  of  Middlesex,  in  the  Province  of  New- Jersey: 
Notice  is  hereby  given,  to  the  Creditor  or  Creditors  re- 
spectively of  Robert  Lee,  an  Insolvent  Debtor,  in  the  Goal 
of  the  said  County,  to  shew  Cause,  if  any  they  have,  be- 
fore the  said  Judges,  at  the  House  of  Elijah  Dunham,  Inn- 
holder,  in  the  City  of  Perth-Amhoy,  on  Monday  the 
Twenty  third  Day  of  January  next,  why  an  Assignment 
of  the  said  Debtor's  Estate,  respectively,  should  not  be 
made,  and  the  said  Robert  Lee  discharged,  pursuant  to  the 
Directions  of  an  Act  of  the  Governor,  Council  and  Gen- 
eral Assembly,  intitled,  "An  Act  for  the  Relief  of  Lisol- 
vent  Debtors." 

Were  found  on  Long-Island,  between  Nezv-York  Ferry 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  347 

and  the  Narrozvs,  a  red  Morocco  pocket  book,  and  a  silk 
handkerchief :  The  pocket  book  was  inclosed  in  a  black 
silk  case,  and  contained  a  £.  3  Jersey  Bill,  some  needle- 
work, and  several  papers,  among  which  is  a  Ticket  for  a 
ball.    They  are  supposed  to  have  been  dropt  by  a  lady. 

As  the  person  who  found  them,  was  on  a  journey,  and 
was  not  acquainted  with  a  fit  person  to  leave  them  with, 
nearer  to  Nezv-York,  the  owner  is  desired  to  apply  for 
them  to  the  subscriber  in  Princetown. 

December  30,  1768. 

Jonathan  D.  Serjeant. 

— The  New  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1357,  January  2,  1769. 

Magazines  being  the  taste  of  the  age,  and  found  to  pos- 
sess many  conveniences,  such  as  gratifying  the  curiosity 
of  the  public,  and  serving  as  a  repository  for  many  small, 
tho'  valuable,  pieces  that  would  otherwise  be  lost  to  the 
world,  Lewis  Nicola  proposes  publishing  such  a  work 
monthly,  under  the  title  of 

THE  AMERICAN   MAGAZINE. 

There  will  be  annually  13  numbers  (containing  three 
sheets  each  in  8vo)  viz.  One  for  every  month,  and  an 
appendix  consisting  of  a  general  title  page,  index,  &c. 

The  price  to  each  subscriber  will  be  Thirteen  Shillings 
Pennsylvania  currency,  to  be  paid  at  the  time  of  subscrib- 
ing. 

Such  persons  as  choose  to  favour  the  public  with  essays, 
pieces  of  poetry,  &c.  are  desired  to  forward  them  to  the 
editor  Lewis  Nicola,  or  to  Messrs.  Hall  and  Sellers,  Will- 
iam and  Thomas  Bradford,  or  Mr.  William  Goddard. 
Printers,  in  Philadelphia 

Subscriptions  will  be  taken,  and  papers  to  be  inserted  in 


348  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

the  Magazine  received  by  the  following  persons.  Mr. 
Hunt,  Trenton;  Mr.  Charles  Petit,  Burlington;  Mr. 
John    Henry,    and    Mr.    Jonathan    Baldwin,    Princeton; 

Elias  Boudinot,  Esq;  Elizabeth-Town — The 

Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  104,  January  2-9,  1769. 


View  of 

Farm  and 

Two 

Houses. 


To  Be  Sold 

A  Very  good  House  with  eight 
Acres  of  good  Pasture  Land  adjoin- 
ing, situate  about  one  Mile  from  New- 
ark Church,  on  the  main  Road  to  Sec- 
ond River.  The  House  is  almost  new, 
45  Feet  by  32,  fronts  the  Road,  has  4 
good  Rooms  on  a  Floor,  with  a  Fire-Place  in  each,  an 
Entry  through  nine  Feet  wide,  a  good  Cellar  under  the 
Whole,  which  has  one  Fire-Place  for  a  Kitchen,  the  Door 
of  which  opens  in  the  Rear  even  with  the  Ground :  On 
the  whole  it  is  very  convenient  for  a  Gentleman's  Country 
Seat  or  Store,  as  a  great  Part  of  the  Trade  of  Newark 
passes  by  the  Door,  and  the  Lot  joins  the  River,  gives  a 
fine  Prospect  of  the  River  both  above  and  below  Newark, 
as  well  as  of  Capt.  Kennedy's  Mansion-House,  and  Plan- 
tation on  Barbadoes  Neck.  On  the  Land  there  is  a  good 
Chaise  House  and  Barn,  about  80  young  Apple  Trees,  be- 
sides other  Fruit  Trees  and  Garden.  Also  a  Pot-Ash 
Works  with  three  Boilers  and  one  Copper,  and  as  com- 
plete an  oven  for  refining  as  any  in  America,  will  be  sold 
either  with  or  without  the  other,  on  reasonable  Terms. 
Apply  to  Isaac  Myer,  on  the  Premises,  or  Thomas 
Grant,  at  New-York. 

N.  B.  If  more  Land  should  be  wanted,  it  may  be  had 
on  reasonable  Terms  in  the  Neighbourhood. — The  Nezu 
York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No.  1357,  January 
S,  1769- 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  349 

Gloucester  County,  December  31,  1768. 
Was  committed  to  the  Goal  of  this  County  on  the  15th 
Instant,  a  certain  Man,  on  Suspicion  of  being  a  Runaway; 
he  calls  himself  William  Gould,  says  he  understands  the 
Business  of  making  Pot-ash,  Pearl-ash  and  Boston  Crown 
Soap,  and  that  he  lately  lived  at  Benjamin  Kendall's  Pot- 
ash Works.  These  are  to  inform  his  Master,  if  any  he 
has,  that  if  he  does  not  come  in  two  Weeks  from  this 
Date,  pay  Charges,  and  take  him  away,  he  will  be  sold  for 

the  same,  by 

JosiAH  Chattin,  Goaler. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2089,  January  5, 
1769. 

Bordentown,  January  2,  1768  [  ?] 

To  be  sold  by  public  vendue,  on  Monday,  the  5th  day 
of  March  next,  on  the  premises,  for  the  benefit  of  the  cred- 
itors of  William  Imlay, 

All  his  real  estate,  consisting  of  sundry  houses  and  lots 
in  Bordentown,  Burlington  county,  West-Jersey. 

One  lot  of  ground  containing  one  acre;  on  which  is 
built  a  large  two  story  brick  house  and  kitchen;  a  large 
pork  house,  smoke  house,  fat  house,  cooper's  shop,  barn, 
stable,  chair  and  hay  house;  the  dwelling  house  is  situate 
in  a  very  good  part  of  the  town  for  a  store,  in  which  that 
business  has  been  carried  on  for  these  18  years  past  with 
considerable  success;  the  whole  being  well  calculated  and 
very  convenient  for  a  store,  and  barreling  pork. 

Also  one  other  valuable  lot  of  ground,  containing  two 
acres;  on  which  is  a  two  story  brick  house  and  kitchen; 
also  a  young  orchard  of  choice  grafted  fruit. 

Likewise  one  other  lot  of  ground,  containing  one  fifth 
of  an  acre;   on  which  is  a  frame  house. 

Also  two  other  lots  of  ground,  containing  one  fifth  of 
an  acre  each. 


350  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [^7^9 

The  vendue  to  begin  at  ten  o'clock,  at  which  time  the 
conditions  of  sale  will  be  made  known. 

John  Imlay  ) 

Henry  Drinker    >    Assignees 

Clement  Biddle  ) 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  105,  January  9- 
16,  1769. 

New-York,  January  9.  On  Wednesday  December 
28th,  1768,  at  his  Seat  in  Morris  County,  departed  this 
Life,  Captain  Robert  Troup,  /Etat  60.  With  all  the 
Fortitude  of  the  Hero,  he  joined  the  Meekness,  Benevo- 
lence and  Compassion  of  the  Christian.  Warmed  with 
true  British  Ardour  in  the  late  Wars,  he  signaliz'd  him- 
self in  the  Cause  of  his  Country,  and  atchieved  Victories 
worthy  the  Cognizance  of  Fame.  A  tender  and  loving 
Husband,  a  kind  Parent,  a  sincere  Friend,  and  an  Ex- 
ample of  steady  Veracity  and  diffusive  Charity :  He  fin- 
ished his  Course  lamented  by  all  around  him. 

His  humble  Stone,  what  fezv  vain  Marbles  can, 
May  justly  say.  Here  lies  an  honest  Man.     Pope. 

The  Ferry  from  Powles-Hook,  to  Mesier's  Dock,  at 
New-York,  together  with  the  House,  Stables,  and  some 
Pasture  Land,  is  to  be  sold  at  public  Vendue,  on  Monday 
the  23d  Inst,  for  the  Term  of  four  Years,  from  May  next. 
Conditions  to  be  seen  on  the  Day  of  Sale,  at  the  Ferry 
House,  at  Powles-Hook. — The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and 
Weekly  Mercury,  No.  897,  January  9,  1769. 

January  9,  1769. 
Took  up  something  more  than  two  Months  since,  a 
small  Yawl,  or  Moses  Boat :    The  Owner  describing  her, 
and  paying  Charges,  may  have  her  again,  by  applying  to 
John  Hartshorne,  at  Black-Point,  in  Shrcivsbnry. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  351 

New- York,  January  4,  1769. 
Lost  on  Monday  last,  about  5  o' Clock,  on  the  Road 
leading  from  Powles-Hook  to  Bergen-Point,  a  Pair  of 
Saddle  Bags,  mark'd  Willing  and  Todd,  on  the  Mouth, 
in  which  was  contained  as  follows :  Sixty  Half  Johan- 
nes's, 125  Dollars  and  a  Doubloon,  Nine  Yards  Crimson 
Damask,  Three  ruffled  Shirts,  marked  W.  S.  one  Pair 
Stone  Knee  Buckles,  one  Stock  ditto,  in  a  Stock,  one  Pair 
of  Cotton  Sattinet  Breeches,  two  Pair  white  broad  ribb'd 
worsted  Stockings,  two  colour'd  Silk  Handkerchiefs,  and 
three  Pocket  Handkerchiefs.  Whoever  finds  the  above, 
and  will  bring  it  to  Michael  Cornelius,  at  Powles-Hook, 
or  to  the  Printing-Office  in  Beaver-street,  shall  receive 
Twenty  Pounds  Reward,  and  all  reasonable  Charges 
paid. — The  New  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1358,  January  9,  1769. 


A  View 


OF 


Farm. 


To  Be  Sold 

A  Tract  of  land  lying  in  Freehold, 
in  the  county  of  Monmouth,  East 
New-Jersey;  containing  about  six 
hundred  acres,  on  which  is  a  good 
house,  barn,  three  orchards,  and  up- 
wards of  three  hundred  acres  of  cleared 
upland  and  meadow.  The  said  tract 
is  so  situated,  that  it  will  answer  to  make  three  farms  or 
settlements;  so  that  there  may  be  a  sufficient  quantity  of 
clear  upland  and  meadow,  and  plenty  of  good  timber  to 
each  part;  The  whole  would  suit  any  gentleman  or  far- 
mer, the  most  part  good  land,  lying  in  a  good  neighbour- 
hood, a  healthy  pleasant  place,  and  as  beautiful  a  prospect, 
as  perhaps  any  in  the  province.  Any  person  who  inclines 
to  purchase,  may  have  the  whole,  or  either  of  the  parts, 
by  applying  to  the  subscriber  who  lives  on  the  premises. 

John  Anderson. 


352  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

Also  to  be  sold,  A  tract  of  land  lying  in  said  Freehold, 
belonging  to  Joseph  Newton,  jun.  containing  as  is  sup- 
posed, about  sixty  acres,  the^most  part  cleared,  having  on 
it  a  good  orchard,  house,  barn,  and  smith's  shop  (being 
a  suitable  place  for  a  blacksmith,  having  been  occupied  by 
blacksmiths  upwards  of  fifty  years.)  Also  near  two  hun- 
dred acres  of  wood  land  lying  about  a  mile  distant  from 
the  same.  Any  person  inclining  to  purchase,  may  apply 
to  the  subscriber  for  further  particulars. 

January  6,  1769.  John  Anderson. 

— The  Neiv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1358,  January  12,  1769. 

To  Be  Sold, 

A  Valuable  plantation,  situate  in  the  precinct  of  Piles- 
grove,  county  of  Salem,  and  province  of  West  New-Jer- 
sey, lying  on  the  great  road  that  leads  to  Gloucester,  con- 
taining about  250  acres  of  land,  a  quantity  of  good 
meadow,  and  more  may  easily  be  made;  the  upland  very 
good  for  wheat,  or  other  grain;  the  whole  well  watered 
(with  a  good  spring  by  the  house)  and  well  timbered. 
There  are  on  the  premises  a  two  story  frame  house,  with 
two  rooms  on  a  floor,  a  brick  kitchen,  smoke  house,  and 
other  out-houses,  two  good  large  .barns,  with  a  great  deal 
of  stable  room.  The  place  is  very  convenient  for  keeping 
shop  or  tavern;  there  has  formerly  been  a  shop  kept  there, 
having  a  convenient  brick  building  for  the  same,  with 
good  stone  cellars  under  shop  and  house;  a  large  apple 
orchard  of  good  fruit.  The  house  stands  exceeding  pleas- 
ant, facing  the  great  road.  There  is  a  good  grist-mill, 
saw-mill,  and  fulling-mill,  joining  said  place,  within  6 
miles  of  a  landing,  and  5  miles  from  the  glass  house. 
There  are  Quaker,  Baptist  and  Presbyterian  meeting- 
houses, not  exceeding  3  miles  from  said  place;    late  the 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  353 

property  of  John  Richman,  Esq;  deceased.  Any  person 
inclining  to  purchase  said  place,  may  apply  to  the  sub- 
scriber, living  on  the  premises,  where  the  conditions  of 
sale  may  be  known.  Isaac  Richman 

To  Be  Sold, 
A  Tract  of  land,  containing  120  acres,  by  Matthew 
NiEUKiRK,  and  Jacob  Richman,  executors  of  the  last 
will  and  testament  of  Abraham  Nieukirk,  deceased,  lying 
in  the  township  of  Pilesgrove,  in  the  county  of  Salem,  and 
province  of  West-Jersey;  the  one  half  cleared  land,  and 
some  meadow  ground  cleared,  the  remainder  wood-land; 
the  upland  all  good  wheat-land;  a  frame  house,  and  log 
kitchen,  on  said  premises,  and  a  log  barn;  a  young  thriv- 
ing apple  and  peach  orchard.  The  title  indisputable.  Any 
person  inclining  to  purchase  the  same,  on  paying  one  third 
of  the  money  down,  may  have  a  reasonable  time  to  pay 
the  remainder,  paying  interest,  and  giving  good  security, 
if  required,  unto  Matthew  Nieukirk  and  Jacob  Rich- 
man,  executors. — The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2090, 
January  12,  1769. 

Captain  Fairey  left  Halifax  the  5th  of  November,  and 
met  with  several  hard  gales  of  wind,  in  which  he  shipped 
some  very  heavy  seas,  and  received  considerable  damage 
in  his  sails  and  rigging.  On  the  29th  ult.  falling  in  with 
the  land  to  the  northward  of  our  Capes,  he  saw  a  sloop 
ashore. — TJie  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1362,  January 
12,  1769. 

To  be  Sold  by 
Israel  Pemberton 
Several    plantations    near    Cohansey,    in    Cumberland 
county.  West  Jersey. 

23 


354  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

Jan.  20,  1769. 
Ran  away  last  night,  from  the  subscriber,  living  in  the 
city  of  Burlington,  the  two  following  described  servant 
men,  the  one  named  Christopher  Archibold,  about  twenty- 
one  years  of  age,  a  short  well  set  fellow,  about  five  feet 
four  inches  high,  pock-marked,  wears  his  own  hair,  which 
is  of  a  dark  brown  : — Had  on,  when  he  went  away,  a  blan- 
ket coat,  white  swanskin  jacket,  with  sleeves,  and  a  red 
serge  under  it,  check  shirt,  lightest-coloured  plush  breech- 
es, a  small  beaver  hat,  about  half  worn — The  other  named 
John  Jones,  about  seventeen  years  of  age,  five  feet  four 
inches  high,  pock  marked,  thin  faced,  short  brown  hair, 
stoops  in  his  walk,  and  has  a  down  look : — Had  on,  when 
he  went  away,  a  short  grey  coat,  lined  with  red  baize,  an 
old  velvet  jacket,  of  a  snuff  colour,  buckskin  breeches,  and 
a  felt  hat.  Whoever  apprehends  and  secures  said  servants, 
so  that  their  master  may  have  them  again,  shall  receive  a 
reward  of  Forty  Shillings,  and  reasonable  charges,  or 
Twenty  Shillings  for  each,  paid  by 

Joseph  Haight. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  io6,  January  i6- 
23,  1769. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  to  Daniel  Cooper.  Junior,^  Sher- 
iff of  Morris  County,  in  New- Jersey  and  all  others  whom 
it  may  concern,  That  there  is  a  Man  now  in  Goal  at  Jam- 
aica, in  Queen's  County,  in  the  Province  of  New- York, 
who  hath  confessed  himself  to  be  John  Smith,  who  some 
Time  past  broke  out  of  Morris  County  Goal;    for  appre- 


1  Daniel  Cooper,  junior,  was  born  January-  14,  1729,  at  Piscataway, 
Middlesex  county,  son  of  Daniel  Cooper  (b.  May  1.  1695;  m.  six  times 
and  d.  May  2,  1795,  having-  just  rounded  out  a  century)  and  Grace 
Runyon,  his  wife.  It  was  doubtless  the  father  who  was  appointed 
Judge  of  the  Morris  county  courts  in  1761,  and  again  in  1768.  The  son 
held  the  offlce  of  Sheriff  in  1761.  and  was  again  appointed  in  1767.     He 

m. ,  1st, Conover;    2d,  Nancy  Cross,  dau.   of  the  Rev.  Mr.   Cross. 

He  lived   in  Passaic  Valley,   on  a   farm   of  500  acres,   derived  from  his 
father.     He  d.   May  — ,   1787.     Three  of  his  sons  went  to  Kentucky. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  355 

bending  of  whom  there  is  Ten  Dollars  offered,  in  the  New 
York  Gazette,  of  October  the  31st  last  past. 

Per  Samuel  Smith,  Esq; 
— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
899,  Jamiary  16,  1769. 

Nezu-Yorkj  January  16.  We  bear  from  Little  Egg- 
Harbour,  that  in  the  Time  of  the  late  Snow  Storm  a  little 
before  Christmas,  three  young  Swamp-men,  who  lived  in 
one  Cabin,  two  of  them  Brothers,  named  Smith,  carried 
a  Bag  of  Corn  each  to  a  Mill,  about  8  Miles  from  their 
Residence,  and  while  their  Grists  were  grinding,  they 
went  to  a  Tavern  at  a  small  Distance  from  the  Mill,  where 
having  drank  pretty  freely,  they  returned  to  the  Mill,  in 
the  Evening  took  their  Baggs  on  their  Backs,  and  went 
off  with  Design  to  go  home  :  The  next  Morning,  one  was 
found  dead  in  the  Snow,  and  his  Bag  nigb  him,  with  an 
Appearance  as  if  he  had  struggled  to  get  his  Bag  from  the 
Ground.  Some  Distance  another  was  found  in  the  Snow, 
with  some  Signs  of  Life;  he  was  taken  to  a  House,  and 
Means  used  for  his  Recovery,  but  to  no  Purpose :  The 
other  had  made  a  shift  to  get  to  an  old  Cabin,  and  had 
tried  to  make  a  up  a  Sort  of  a  Bed  with  Leaves,  but  the 
Cold  overcome  him,  so  that  he  was  froze  to  Death  also. — 
The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  1359, 
January  16,  1769. 

Run  away  the  2d  instant,  (January,  1769,)  from 
Evant  Van  Zile,  of  Second  River,  Bergen  County,  New- 
Jersey,  an  Irish  servant  lad,  named  Robert  Campbel, 
about  18  years  of  age,  and  5  feet  high,  slim  bodied,  fair 
complexion,  pale  face,  one  of  his  feet  a  little  crooked,  oc- 
casioned by  a  bruise,  has  a  scal'd  head,  is  very  fluent  of 
speech,  has  much  of  the  L^ish  accent,  and  can  speak  Eng- 
lish, Dutch,  and  High  Dutch :     He  had  on  among  other 


356  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [^7^9 

things,  a  dark  grey  bearskin  half  surtout  coat,  a  pair  of 
black  plush  breeches,  and  a  blue  and  white  worsted  cap. 

Whoever  brings  the  said  runaway  to  his  master,  will  be 
paid  two  dollars  reward,  if  taken  up  within,  or  three  dol- 
lars, if  taken  up  out  of  the  said  province,  besides  all  rea- 
sonable charges.    Supposed  to  be  gone  towards  Millstone. 

Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  the  plantation  belonging 
to  George  Hicks,  absconded,  lying  opposite  to  Middletown 
Point,  in  East  New-Jersey,  will  be  exposed  to  sale  by  way 
of  public  vendue,  at  the  house  of  Jarrett  Wall,  at  Mount- 
pleasant,  on  Wednesday  the  first  day  of  March  next.  The 
said  plantation  contains  about  120  acres  of  land,  whereon 
is  a  dwelling-house,  barn,  a  very  good  bearing  orchard, 
some  very  good  salt  meadow,  and  not  much  of  the  land 
cleared.  The  vendue  to  begin  at  one  o'clock  said  day; 
where  the  conditions  of  sale  will  be  published.  January 
the  1 6th,  1769. 

John  Burrowes         ) 
By  us  Jarrett  Wall,  and    >  Auditors. 

Lewis  Forman  ) 

— The  New  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1359,  January  19,  1769. 

A  List  of  Letters  remaining  in  the  Post-Ofdce,  PJiil- 
adelphia 

B.     Mrs.  Biggs,  Mountholly 

D.     Jonathan  Davis,  Salem  County. 

F     Mary  Fitch,  Mountholly 

J.     Richard  Jones,  near  Woodbury. 

M.     Samuel  Morgan,  Pilesgrove. 

T.  Capt.  Jacob  Thede,  John  Thompson,  Joshua  Tag- 
gart,  Pilesgrove. 

W.  Stephen  Wilson,  Cumberland  County. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  357 

To  Be  Sold  or  Lett, 

By  the  Subscriber,  living  in  Philadelphia,  near  the 
Drawbridge, 

A  Valuable  Plantation  in  West  Jersey,  on  Salem- 
creek,  and  is  Part  on  Delaware  bay,  the  lowest  Part  of 
Penn's  Neck,  in  Sale'm  County,  and  commands  a  fine  Pros- 
pect of  the  Shipping  going  to  and  from  Sea;  it  is  very 
convenient  for  Philadelphia  Market,  as  Flats  and  Shallops 
are  almost  every  Day  going  by  the  Premises,  where  there 
is  an  exceeding  good  Landing,  and  Shallops  often  take  in 
their  Loading  there;  the  Distance  by  Land  from  Philadel- 
phia is  about  36  Miles,  and  about  50  by  Water;  there  is 
a  good  Seine  Fishery  for  Rock  and  Perch,  which  with  a 
little  Industry  may  be  made  worth  Thirty  Pounds  a  Sea- 
son, and  the  Creek  affords  great  Diversion  for  angling  the 
whole  Summer,  within  Sight  of  the  House.  The  whole 
Tract  contains  520  Acres  and  a  Half,  which  is  divided 
into  two  Plantations,  one  of  434  Acres  and  a  Half,  the 
other  86  Acres,  whereon  there  is  a  good  framed  House, 
consisting  of  two  Rooms,  with  a  Fire-place  in  each,  a 
Well  of  good  Water  at  the  Door,  and  a  young  thriving 
Orchard,  of  grafted  Fruit.  On  the  434  acres  there  is  a 
good  frame  house,  with  4  rooms  on  the  lower  floor,  and 
good  cellars  under  the  whole;  a  good  kitchen  and  lodging 
rooms  over  it;  and  at  a  small  distance  there  is  a  neat  good 
dairy  house,  a  well  of  exceeding  good  water,  a  large  barn 
and  stables,  in  good  repair.  There  are  about  100  acres  of 
cleared  land,  fit  for  raising  any  kind  of  grain,  and  allowed, 
by  competent  judges,  to  be  the  best  land  in  that  part  of  the 
Jerseys.  There  are  about  40  acres  of  drained  meadow, 
which  require  but  a  short  bank;  about  200  acres  of  ex- 
ceeding good  high  marsh,  firm  enough  to  bear  a  loaded 
team  over  any  part  of  it;  and  near  the  middle  of  said 
marsh  there  is  an  island  which  stands  high,  of  about  4 


35^  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [^7^9 

acres,  with  stately  oak  and  hickory  trees  on  it,  and  affords 
a  fine  shelter  for  cattle.  There  is  a  creek  that  leads  to  it, 
navigable  for  a  small  boat.  The  remainder  i8o  acres,  is 
fine  timber  land,  consisting  of  very  large  poplar,  white 
oak  and  hickory,  with  plenty  of  rail  timber.  There  is  a 
fine  apple  orchard,  and  a  great  number  of  peach  trees  that 
never  fail  bearing,  in  great  plenty;  the  whoil  soil  naturally 
produces  great  store  of  white  clover.  If  any  person  in- 
clines to  purchase  the  abovementioned  premises,  they  may 
enter  on  them  the  25th  of  March,  and  the  conditions  of 
sale  known,  by  applying  to 

Thomas  Cash. 

N.  B.  If  the  above  place  is  not  sold  by  the  ist  of  March, 
it  will  then  be  left  on  good  terms,  to  any  person  who  will 
engage  to  improve  it,  as  may  be  agreed  on  by  the  parties. 

Newtown  Township,  Gloucester  County,  Jan.  16,  1769. 

Whereas  Judy,  the  wife  of  John  Robinson,  has 
eloped  from  her  said  husband,  without  any  cause,  and  run 
him  in  debt ;  this  serves  to  forbid  all  persons  from  trusting 
her  on  his  account,-as  he  will  pay  no  debts  of  her  contract- 
ing from  the  date  hereof. 

John  Robinson 

Burlington,  January  g,  1769. 
Was  committed  to  the  goal  of  the  county  of  Burling- 
ton on  the  5th  day  of  this  instant  January,  a  certain  man 
supposed  to  be  a  runaway,  a  Cooper  by  trade,  about  29 
or  30  years  of  age,  says  he  was  born  in  the  county  of 
Derry,  in  Ireland,  and  came  to  this  country  with  Captain 
Corwell,  7  years  ago,  he  goes  by  the  name  of  Joseph 
Bennin  alias  Bennett,  very  much  pockmarked,  with 
short  black  hair;  has  on  an  old  brown  nap  jacket,  with  a 
blue  under  ditto,  black  velvet  breeches,  and  black  stock- 
ings, and  check  shirt.    His  master,  if  any  he  has,  is  hereby 


1769]  NEWSPAPER  e:?^tracts.  359 

desired  to  come,  pay  charges,  and  take  him  away,  in  five 
weeks  from  the  date  hereof  otherwise  he  wiH  be  sold  for 
the  same,  by  me 

Ephraim  Philips,  Goaler. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2091,  January  19, 
1769. 

TO  BE  LETT, 
For  a  TERM  of  ten  years. 
A  Plantation  on  Woodbury  Creek,  in  Deptford- 
township,  county  of  Gloucester,  and  West  New-Jersey, 
without  any  expence  of  banks,  and  between  seventy  and 
eighty  acres  of  excellent  meadow,  that  will  produce  from 
two  to  four  ton  of  English  hay  per  acre  at  one  crop,  with 
about  sixty  acres  of  plow  land,  an  orchard  of  about  two 
hundred  bearing  trees,  a  good  dwelling  house,  barn  and 
out-houses,  nine  miles  from  William  Cooper's  ferry,  and 
two  miles  from  Ladd's  Cove,  and  thence  five  miles  by 
water  to  Philadelphia;  it  being  pleasantly  situated  about 
a  mile  from  Delaware  river,  and  will  suit  well  for  carry- 
ing on  a  dairy  or  grazing,  or  both :  may  be  entered  upon 
the  twenty  fifth  of  March  next.  For  farther  particulars 
enquire  of  the  subscriber,  living  on  the  premises. 

Abraham  Chattin. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1363,  January  19, 
1769. 

Absconded  from  his  bail  on  the  ist  inst.  January,  one 
Matthew  Johnson,  of  a  fair  complexion,  has  dark  brown 
hair,  about  5  feet  10  or  11  inches  high,  is  much  given  to 
drink,  and  stoops  a  little  in  his  walk :  Had  on  a  pair  of 
old  leather  breeches,  old  blue  duffil  trowsers,  patched  with 
a  piece  of  striped  flannel  from  the  waistband  to  the  knee- 
band,  old  green  under  jacket,  light  coloured  cloth  coat. 


360  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

and  half- worn  beaver  hat.  He  was  bred  in  Bucks  county 
squeaks  a  Httle  in  his  speech,  is  about  26  years  of  age,  and 
has  little  or  no  beard.  Whoever  takes  up  and  secures  said 
Matthew  Johnson,  so  that  he  may  be  brought  to  justice, 
shall  receive  Six  Dollars  reward,  and  all  reasonable  char- 
ges, paid  by  William  Sowder,  in  Gloucester  county,  near 
Raccoon  creek. — Postscript  to  the  Pennsylvania  Clironicle, 
No.  106,  for  January  23,  1769. 

This  Day  is  published,  {Price  Six  Pence)  and  to  be  sold 

by  the  Printer  hereof. 

Liberty  a  Poem 

Lately  found  in  a  Bundle  of  Papers,  said  to  be  written  by 

A  Hermit  in  New-Jersey. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  107,  January  23- 

30,  1769. 

To  be  Lett,  in  the  Broadway,  opposite  the  Bowling- 
Green,  a  convenient  House Any  Person  inclin- 
able to  rent  the  same,  may  enquire  of  Joshua  Mullock, 
nearly  opposite  Mr.  David  Clerkson's,  in  the  Broadway 

Who  has  for  Sale,  Shrewsbury  Butter,  in  Firkins. 

RtTN-away,  in  New-York,  from  the  Subscriber,  living 
at  Middletown-Point,  in  East  New-Jersey,  last  November, 
a  Negro  Man  named  Jim,  speaks  both  English  and  Dutch, 
about  30  Years  old,  a  slim  Fellow,  and  much  pitted  with 
the  Small  Pox :  Had  on  when  he  went  away,  an  old  red 
Watch  Coat  and  Tow  Trowsers.  Whoever  takes  up  and 
secures  the  said  Negro  Fellow,  so  that  he  may  be  had 
again,  shall  receive  Thirty  Shillings  Reward,  and  all  rea- 
sonable Charges  from 

William  Hyer 

— The  New  York  Ga:::ette  a)id  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
900,  January  23,  1769. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  36 1 

Secretary's  Office,  Nezu-Jersey. 
Several  Probates,  Administrations,  and  Deeds,  have 
for  some  Years  past  remained  in  the  Officer  of  Burlington 
and  Ainboy  uncalled  for,  to  the  great  Prejudice  of  the 
Officer :  The  Persons  concerned  are  desired  to  call  upon 
Ravande  Kearney,  Esq;  at  Perth-Amhoy,  and  Mr.  Joseph 
Read,  at  Burlington,  and  take  the  same  away,  and  thereby 
prevent  the  necessity  of  publishing  a  particular  List. 

At  Etna  Furnace,  Burlington  County,  which  will  be- 
gin to  be  in  Blast  the  Middle  of  April,  are  wanted,  a  good 
Keeper,  two  Master-Colliers,  Moulders  and  Stock-takers : 
Those  who  apply  in  Season,  and  come  well  recommended, 
will  be  encouraged.  The  Wood  should  be  running  in  Feb- 
ruary, or  beginning  of  March. — The  New  York  Gazette 
or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  1360,  January  23,  1769. 

Run  away  on  the  23d  of  this  instant  January,  from  the 
subscriber,  living  in  the  county  of  Burlington,  and  prov- 
ince of  New- Jersey,  a  Welsh  servant  man,  named  John 
Jenkins,  about  26  years  of  age,  5  feet  4  inches  high,  a 
fresh  looking  man,  with  black  straight  hair;  had  on,  when 
he  went  away,  a  thick  kersey  jacket,  old  leather  breeches, 
a  little  coarse  felt  hat,  bound  round  the  brim,  two  ozen- 
brigs  shirts,  and  took  with  him,  a  little  ozenbrigs  bag,  with 
one  jacket  of  the  sort  abovementioned,  one  pair  of  stock- 
ings, and  one  ozenbrigs  shirt  in  the  bag.  Whoever  takes 
up  and  secures  said  servant  in  any  of  his  Majesty's  goals, 
or  brings  him  to  his  master,  shall  have  Three  Pounds  re- 
ward, and  all  reasonable  charges,  paid  by 

Isaac  Hains. 

N.  B.  All  masters  of  vessels,  and  others,  are  forbid  to 
harbour  or  conceal  said  servant,  or  they  may  expect  to  be 
prosecuted  as  the  law  directs. — The  Pennsylvania  Gazette, 
No.  2092,  January  26,  1769. 


362  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

Sussex  County,  Oxford  Township,  January  24,  1769. 

Run  away  from  his  bail,  on  or  about  the  ist  day  of  De- 
cember last,  a  man  that  went  by  the  name  of  Samuel 
Thatcher,  but  it  is  supposed  that  he  has  changed  his 
name,  and  may  now  go  by  some  other;  he  is  about  5  feet 
9  inches  high,  wears  his  hair  tied,  though  somewhat  short, 
and  of  a  sandy  colour;  he  is  a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  is  a 
talkative  fellow,  and  often  talks  of  an  estate  he  has  at  New- 
ark, in  East-New-Jersey,  at  which  place  he  says  his  friends 
live.  Whoever  will  secure  him  in  any  of  his  Majesty's 
gaols,  so  that  the  subscriber  may  get  him  again,  shall  re- 
ceive a  reward  of  Thirty  Shillings,  to  be  paid  by 

AsHER  Carter. 
— The  Pennsyhania  Chronicle,  No.  108,  January  30- 
Feb.  6,  1769. 

Boston,  January  19.  With  Captain  Rowland  came 
over  the  commissions  for  our  new  American  judges  of  the 

Admiralty,  viz Hon.  Jared  Ingersoll,  Esq; 

for  New- York,  New-Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  Maryland  and 
Virginia.  The  Salaries  of  each  £.  600  Sterling,  per  An- 
num, payable  out  of  the  Fines  and  Forfeitures  in  America.-^ 
— Tlic  Nczv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  901, 
January  30,  1769. 

Philadelphia,  February  2. 
We  hear  the  King  has  been  pleased  to  appoint  Richard 
Stockton,  Esq;  of  the  J'rovince  of  New-Jersey,  Counsel- 
lor at  Lazv,  to  he  one  of  his  Majesty's  Council  for  that 
Province.^  " 


iThis  was  one  of  the  most  obnoxious  measures  imposed  on  the  Col- 
onies by  the  mother  country,  and  was  largely  influential  in  hastening 
the  Revolution.  The  Admiralty  Courts  were  administered  by  the 
Judges,  without  juries,  and  it  was  made  directly  to  their  interest  to 
convict  the  accused,  and  so  swell  their  emoluments.  Their  jurisdiction 
was  extended  to  include  the  enforcement  of  the  shipping,  revenue  and 
other  laws,  and  so  these  Courts  became  most  offensive  instruments  of 
oppression. 

2  For  a  sketch  of  Richard   Stockton,   see  N.   J.   Archives,   X,    427. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  3^3 

To  he  Sold  oh  Credit, 
A  Good  Plantation,  on  Little  Egg  Harbour;  one 
third  of  which  is  as  good  meadow  as  any  on  that  shore; 
and  part  of  the  upland  well  dunged;  has  on  it  a  new  two 
story  house,  with  a  barn,  &c.  Is  extremely  well  situated 
for  fishing  and  fowling.  Also  about  25  acres  of  choice 
marsh  on  Oldman's  creek,  ready  banked  in.  Any  person 
who  purchases  either  of  the  said  tracts  of  land,  may  have 
iool.  cash  (if  wanted)  to  help  improve  and  stock  them, 
and  considerable  time  will  be  allowed  for  payment,  by 
giving  good  security,  and  paying  interest.  For  further 
particulars,  enquire  of  the  subscriber  in  Market-street, 
Philadelphia. 

William  Sitzgreaves 

N.  B.  Said  Sitzgreaves  continues  the  Vendue  for  the 
public  sale  of  all  sorts  of  goods  &c.  on  Fridays  and  Sat- 
urdays, as  usual;  and  his  friends,  and  others,  who  please 
to  favour  him  with  their  custom,  may  depend  on  his  best 
endeavours  to  please  them. — TJic  Pennsylvania  Gazette, 
No.  2093,  February  2,  1769. 

New- York,  December  26. 

On  Saturday  night  about  12  o'clock  arrived  in  a  pilot- 
boat  from  Sandy-Hook,  Eliphalet  Neal,  late  master  of 
the  schooner  Felicity,  from  Piscataway,-^  bound  to  North 
Carolina,  with  rum,  &c.  Nath.  Rand,  mate,  and  super- 
cargo, Wm.  Thresher  and  Paul  Randell,  foremast  men, 

who  gave  the  following  account They  left  Piscataway 

the  ist  instant,  had  bad  weather  and  contrary  winds,  till 
they  passed  the  Vineyard;  on  Monday  the  i6th  had  hard 
gales,  which  obliged  them  to  lie  too,  most  of  the  time  till 
Thursday,  when  it  grew  moderate  and  almost  calm.  Fri- 
day afternoon  made  the  Highland  off  the  Neversinks, 

1  New  Hampshire. 


364  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 7^9 

about  3  or  4  leagues  distant;  at  7  discovered  a  leak,  which 
gained  upon  them  6  inches  in  less  than  ten  minutes,  though 
the  pumps  were  going.  They  then  got  out  the  boat,  and 
had  only  time  to  take  a  very  few  cloaths  and  a  compass, 
before  the  vessel  sunk  to  the  water's  edge;  a  large  awell 
driving  out  to  sea;  they  left  the  Vessel,  at  about  11  got 
ashore  near  Sandy-Hook,  sent  out  a  pilot  boat  to  search 
for  the  vessel,  but  found  only  the  binnacle,  a  caboose,  and 
sugar-box,  so  that  probably  the  vessel  had  sunk. — The 
Pemisyhania  Journal,  A^o.  1365,  February  2,  1769. 

Nezv-York,  February  6.  Saturday  the  28th  ult.  died 
at  his  House  at  Neiv  Barbados  Neck  in  Bergen  County, 
aged  89  Years,  Warner  Rieliards,  Esq ;  he  was  born  in  the 
Island  of  Barbados,  and  was  the  last  Survivor  of  a  Num- 
ber of  Gentlemen,  who  came  from  that  Island,  and  pur- 
chased that  Neck  upwards  of  60  Years  ago.  He  was  re- 
markable for  a  very  vigorous  and  strong  Constitution. 

We  hear  from  Nezvark,  that  late  on  Saturday  Night 
last,  the  House  of  Moses  Ogden,  Esq;  catch'd  on  Fire, 
and  was  entirely  consumed,  with  all  the  Furniture  therein; 
and  it  was  with  the  greatest  Difficulty  the  Family  escaped. 
A  Negro  Boy  unhappily  perished  in  the  Flames.  'Ti<  sup- 
posed that  Mr.  Ogden's  Loss  will  amount  to  £.  1000. 

To  Be  Let, 
A  Very  genteel  House,  in  Newark,  in  East  New -Jersey, 
two  Stories  high,  containing  Eight  Rooms  with  Fire- 
places, a  spacious  Garret,  and  a  Cellar  under  the  whole 
House,  with  a  handsome  Kitchen,  and  a  new  Barn.  Also 
about  3  Acres  of  choice  Land  adjoining  the  same.  The 
House  is  beautifully  situated  in  the  Front  or  Market- 
Square,  leading  to  Pasaick  River,  and  about  100  Yards 
Distance  from  the  English  Church.     Inquire  of  Isaac  Og- 


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den.  Esq,;  at  Newark,  or  Philip  Van  Cortlandt,  at  Jam- 
aica on  Long  Island. 

Middlesex  County.   )       Pursuant  to  an  Order  of  Stephen 
New-Jersey,  ^       Skinner    and    Jonathan    Frazee, 

Esqrs;  two  of  the  Judges  of  the  said  County  Court  of 
Middlesex,  upon  the  Petition  of  David  Burton,  an  insol- 
vent Debtor;  Notice  is  hereby  given  to  the  Creditors  of 
said  Burton,  to  appear  at  the  City  of  Perth-Amboy,  on 
Tuesday  the  28th  Day  of  February  next,  at  Twelve 
o'clock,  of  said  Day,  to  shew  Cause,  if  any  be,  why  an 
assignment  of  the  said  Debtor's  Estate,  should  not  be 
made  to  Daniel  Griggs,  or  any  other  Person  as  the  Judges 
should  choose,  and  the  said  Debtor  be  discharged  from  his 
Debts  and  Confinement,  pursuant  to  an  Act  of  the  Gov- 
ernor, Council,  and  General  Assembly,  passed  at  Perth- 
Amboy,  in  April  1768,  for  the  Relief  of  Insolvent  Debt- 
ors. 

February  2d,  1769.  .  David  Burton 

To  Be  Sold, 

At  private  Sale,  and  may  be  entered  upon  the  First  of 
April  next. 

Two  valuable  Plantations,  one  of  them  adjoining 
Princetown,  in  the  Province  of  New-Jersey,  containing 
about  270  Acres,  25  of  which  is  Meadow  of  the  best  sort, 
about  35  Acres  of  Wood  Land,  the  Remainder  exceeding 
good  for  any  Kind  of  Grain  or  Pasture,  and  is  well 
watered  with  many  fine  Springs,  &c.  There  is  on  the 
Premises,  a  large  two  Story  House,  with  three  Rooms  and 
an  Entry  on  the  first  Floor,  and  five  on  the  Second,  all 
well  finished,  with  a  large  Kitchen,  a  Milk-House,  with 
a  Spring  in  it,  a  Granary,  a  Barn,  40  Feet  by  32;  all 
which  are  built  of  Stone,  and  covered  with  Cedar,  and  are 


366  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

now  in  good  Repair,  with  plenty  of  Orcharding  of  grafted 
Fruit,  &c. 

The  other  Plantation  is  near  Kingston,  and  about  3 
Miles  from  Princeton,  and  contains  about  330  Acres,  about 
50  of  which  is  good  Meadow,  and  about  130  Acres  of  it 
Wood  Land,  the  Remainder  good  for  Grain  or  Pasture, 
and  the  whole  well  watered :  There  is  on  the  Premises  a 
good  new  Dwelling-House  and  Kitchen,  a  large  Barn, 
Stable,  &c.  with  plenty  of  Orcharding,  and  other  Fruit 
Trees,  &c.  Any  Person  or  Persons,  inclining  to  purchase, 
may  apply  to  the  Subscribers,  adjoining  Princeton,  who 
are  Executors  to  the  Estate  of  Samuel  Horner,  deceased; 
and  have  it  in  their  Power  to  make  an  indisputable  Title 
to  the  abovementioned  Plantations.  Reasonable  Payments 
will  be  given  without  Interest :  The  Purchasers  upon  pay- 
ing a  few  Hundred  Pounds  down,  may  have  several 
Years  to  pay  the  rest,  allowing  Interest  after  the  Money 
becomes  due. 

Joseph  Hornor,       ) 
.    -r,  o  c    Executors 

Robert  Stockton,  ) 

Mary  Hornor,  Executrix. 

Pcrth-Ainhoy,  February  6,  1769. 
By  order  of  Stephen  Skinner  and  Jonathan  Frazee, 
Esqrs;  judges  of  the  inferior  courts  of  common  pleas  for 
the  county  of  Middlesex,  in  the  province  of  New-Jersey : 
Notice  is  hereby  given,  to  the  creditor  or  Creditors  of 
Thomas  Auten,  John  Smith  and  Obadiah  Ring,  insolvent 
debtors,  in  the  goal  of  the  said  county,  to  shew  cause,  (if 
any  they  have)  before  the  said  judges,  at  the  house  of  Eli- 
jah Dunham,  innholder  in  the  city  of  Perth-Amboy,  on 
Tuesday  the  twenty-eighth  day  of  February,  why  an  as- 
signment of  the  said  debtors  estates  respectively,  should 
not  be  made,  and  the  said  Thomas  Auten,  John  Smith,  and 
Obadiah  Ring,  discharged,  pursuant  to  the  direction  of  a 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  3^7 

late  act  of  the  Governor,  Council,  and  General  Assembly, 
entitled  "An  act  for  the  relief  of  insolvent  debtors." — The 
Nezv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  1362,  Febru- 
ary 6,  1769. 

To  Be  Sold,  at  public  vendue,  on  Friday  the  loth  day 
of  March  next,  all  the  real  estate  of  Isaiah  Younglove,  in 
the  township  of  Bridgewater,  in  Somerset  county  and 
province  of  New-Jersey,  viz.  one  farm,  whereon  he  now 
dwells,  containing  about  160  acres  of  land,  whereon  is  a 
new  comfortable  dwelling  house,  with  a  good  cellar  and 
four  fire  places ;  a  good  barn  and  thriving  young  orchard 
of  about  400  apple  trees,  a  considerable  quantity  of  the 
land,  cleared  and  in  good  fence,  pleasantly  situated,  on 
a  public  road,  about  one  mile  and  a  half  from  Bound 
Brook  town;  also  12  acres  of  meadow  ground,  near  the 
above  premises;  as  also  another  plantation  of  about  100 
acres,  whereon  is  a  new  framed  house  and  other  conve- 
niences, a  young  orchard  and  plenty  of.  meadow,  and  also 
a  small  tract  of  about  18  acres,  with  a  saw  mill  in  good 
repair,  situated  in  the  midst  of  a  great  plenty  of  good  tim- 
ber, &c.  the  terms  of  payment  made  very  easy,  and  the 
purchaser  may  enter  on  the  same  by  the  first  of  May  next, 
as  he  purposes  to  move  out  of  this  province,  as  soon  as  his 
concerns  are  settled,  &c. 

Said  vendue  to  be  held  on  the  premises,  and  to  begin  at 
12  o'clock  of  said  day,  where  due  attendance  will  be  given. 

Isaiah  Younglove. 

N.  B.  The  title  indisputable.  Feb.  4th,  1769. — The 
Nezv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No.  1362,  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1769. 

Gloucester  County,  February  7,  1769. 
Was  committed  to  the  Goal  of  this  County,  a  certain 
Englishman  (who  calls  himself  Walter  Maloney)  on  Sus- 


368  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 7^9 

picion  of  being  a  Runaway,  says  he  is  a  free  Man,  but  he 
is  thought  to  be  the  Man  advertised  in  the  Pennsylvania 
Gazette  of  October  i8  last,  by  John  Strawbridge,  of  Mary- 
land, by  the  Name  of  John  Robinson,  as  he  answers  the 
Description  of  said  Person;  therefore  his  Master,  if  any 
he  has,  is  desired  to  come,  pay  Charges,  and  take  him 
away  in  three  Weeks  from  this  Date,  or  he  will  be  sold 
out  for  his  Charges,  by 

JosL-VH  Chattin,  Goaler. 

— The  Pennnsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2094,  February  9, 
1769. 

On  Tuesday  last  a  Trenton  shallop  transporting  from 
one  wharf  to  another,  was  overset  by  the  wind,  and  is  not- 
withstanding all  endeavours,  froze  in  the  ice,  about  a  mile 
from  this  city.    The  people  saved  themselves  in  their  boat. 

Good  colliers  and  forge  men,  bringing  recommen- 
dations, and  a  good  keeper,  will  meet  with  encourage- 
ment at  Etna  Furnace  and  Tanton  Forge,  in  Burlington 
county,  sixteen  miles  from  Philadelphia.  The  colliers 
should  be  there  by  the  loth  of  March. — TJie  Pennsylvania 
Journal,  No.  1366,  February  9,  1769. 

The  Sale  of  William  Imlay's  Estate,  in  Bordentown, 
is  to  be  on  Wednesday,  the  first  of  March  next. 

February  20,  1769. 

To  be  sold  by  public  sale,  on  the  nth  day  of  March  next, 
at  3  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  (if  not  disposed  of  by  pri- 
vate sale  at  any  time  before)  at  William  Cooper's  ferry, 
opposite  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  in  the  county  of  Glou- 
cester, . 
A  Valuable  plantation  and  tract  of  land  (late  the 

estate  of  Samuel  Bonnell,  deceased)  situate  in  the  town- 


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ship  of  Waterford,  in  the  county  of  Gloucester,  in  the 
western  division  of  the  province  of  New-Jersey,  contain- 
ing 130  acres  and  an  half,  or  thereabouts,  bounded  by 
lands  of  John  Shivers  and  Francis  Bonnell,  now  in  the 
tenure  of  Benjamin  Archer,  with  a  good  frame  dwelling- 
house  and  barn  erected  thereon,  pleasantly  situated  on 
Cooper's  creek,  and  within  four  miles  of  the  city  of  Phil- 
adelphia, where  garden  truck  may  be  raised  in  great 
plenty,  and  brought  to  Philadelphia  market  by  water. 
There  are  about  ly  acres  of  choice  good  meadow,  part 
whereof  is  under  good  bank.  The  upland  is  good  in  kind; 
about  50  acres  cleared,  and  the  rest  choice  good  wood 
land,  and  very  well  watered.  Any  person  inclining  to 
purchase,  may  be  assured  that  the  title  is  indisputable,  and 
paying  one  half  the  purchase  money  in  hand,  may  have 
twelve  months  credit  for  the  other  half,  giving  security 
and  paying  interest. 

And  on  the  13th  day  of  March  next,  at  the  London 
Coffee-House,  at  6  o'clock  in  the  evening,  will  be  sold,  by 
public  vendue,  a  convenient  brick  messuage  or  tenement 
and  lot  of  ground,  situate  on  the  bank  of  the  river  Dela- 
ware, between  Sassafras  and  Vine  streets,  in  the  city  of 
Philadelphia,  now  in  the  tenure  of  the  widow  White 
(being  the  late  dwelling-house  of  the  late  Samuel  Bon- 
nell, deceased)  containing  in  breadth  on  Front-street  and 
Water-street  15  feet,  and  in  length  or  depth  from  Front- 
street  to  Water-street,  under  the  quitrent,  or  proprietary 
thirds  of  One  Shilling  sterling  per  foot  per  annum;  and 
also  under  the  ground-rent  of  Forty-five  Shillings  ster- 
ling per  annum.  For  further  particulars  inquire  of  us  the 
subscribers,  in  Philadelphia,  Sarah  Bonnell,  Executrix, 
Thomas  Bonnell,  Peter  Thomson,  Executors. — The 
Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  no,  February  13-20,  1769. 

To  be  sold,  a  very  good  grist-mill,  with  two  pair  of 

24 


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stones,  the  bolting  works  all  going  by  water ;  a  good  full- 
ing-mill, press  house  and  dying  house,  all  in  good  repair, 
and  standing  on  a  constant  stream ;  with  two  good  dwell- 
ing-houses, barn,  orchard,  and  112  acres  of  good  land, 
with  wood  land  and  meadow  sufficient  for  the  use  of  the 
place  included,  situated  in  a  fine  wheat  country,  within 
three  miles  of  New-Brunswick,  at  a  place  known  by  the 
name  of  Lawrence's  Brook;  there  is  also  a  prospect  of 
good  iron  mine,  some  of  the  ore  having  been  tried,  and 
proves  exceeding  good.  Any  body  inclining  to  purchase, 
may  apply  to  me,  the  subscriber,  living  near  the  premises, 
who  will  agree  on  reasonable  terms,  and  give  an  indis- 
putable title. 

FuLCARD  Van  Nordstrand. 

— The  Neiv  York  Gasefte  and  Weekly  Merairy,  No. 
903,  February  13,  1769. 

Burlington,  Feb.  13,  1769. 
To  be  Sold  by  public  vendue,  at  the  several  times  fol- 
lowing (if  not  before  disposed  of  at  private  sale)  the  fol- 
lowing described  plantations  and  tracts  of  land,  being  part 
of  the  estate  of  John  Gosling,  late  of  the  County  of  Glou- 
cester, deceased,  viz.  On  Monday,  the  27th  of  February 
instant,  at  the  house  where  the  said  Gosling  died,  a  good 
dwelling-house,  and  tract  of  land,  containing  about  20 
acres,  situate  in  the  said  county  on  the  Ouohacking  road; 
one  half  thereof  is  good  meadow,  bounded  on  Raccoon 
Creek;  the  said  place  is  very  suitable  either  for  a  store, 
tavern,  or  any  other  public  business.  Also  a  valuable 
plantation,  containing  about  300  acres,  situate  in  the  said 
county,  about  two  miles  from  the  plantation  of  Mr.  Jacob 
Spicer,  with  a  frame  house,  good  orchard,  and  a  large 
quantity  of  meadow  on  the  premises,  part  thereof  im- 
proved. On  Tuesday,  the  7th  of  March  next,  at  the  house 
of  Joseph   Burroughs,    Innkeeper  in   Salem,   a   valuable 


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plantation,  containing  about  320  acres,  situate  in  the  town- 
ship of  Manington,  in  the  county  of  Salem,  having  a 
brick  house,  barn,  and  other  buildings,  and  a  bearing  orch- 
ard thereon,  and  esteemed  as  good  land  for  wheat  and 
grass  as  any  in  the  said  county;  together  with  a  piece  of 
unimproved  marsh,  about  two  miles  from  the  said  planta- 
tion, containing  about  60  acres.  And  on  the  eleventh  of 
April  next,  at  the  house  of  William  Hugg,  in  Gloucester, 
will  be  sold  a  valuable  saw-mill,  situate  on  Still-Run,  in 
the  county  of  Gloucester,  with  upwards  of  1500  acres  of 
land,  belonging  to  the  same,  having  thereon  a  great  quan- 
tity of  saw  timber,  both  oak  and  pine.  Also  a  town  lot  in 
Gloucester,  containing  about  half  an  acre;  together  with 
sundry  shares  or  rights  of  propriety  to  unlocated  lands. 
Any  person  inclining  to  purchase  the  above  premises,  or 
to  view  the  same  before  the  days  of  sale,  may  apply  to  the 
said  Jacob  Spicer,  or  to  Mr.  Jacob  Richman,  of  Pilesgrove, 
in  Salem  county.  The  conditions  of  payment  will  be  made 
known  at  the  days  of  sale  by 

John  Lawrence,  and  William  Smith,  Trustees. 

N.  B.  The  sale  will  begin  at  10  o'clock  in  the  morning 
on  each  of  the  above  days. — TJic  Pennsylvania  Gametic, 
No.  2095,  February  16,  1769. 

The  Trenton  Shallop,  mention'd  in  our  last  to  be  froze 
in  the  ice,  has  since  been  cut  out  and  got  into  a  dock  with- 
out receiving  much  damage. — Tlie  Pennsylvania  Journal, 
No.  1367,  February  16,  1769. 

Yesterday  arrived  the  Snow  King  George,  Capt.  Potts. 
He  came  from  Lisbon,  and  took  a  Pilot  on  board  at  Cape 
May,  but  was  blown  off  and  obliged  to  put  into  New 
York. — The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  iii,  February 
20-27,  1769. 


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This  is  to  give  notice,  that  there  will  be  sold  at  public 
vendue,  on  Wednesday  the  15th  March  next,  at  two 
o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  at  the  house  where  Joshua  Hur- 
tin  lives,  irt  the  town  of  Newark,  all  that  house,  barn, 
cyder-mill,  and  home-lot.  Any  person  or  persons  inclin- 
ing to  purchase  the  whole,  or  have  it  divided  into  three 
or  four  lots,  may  have  it  so,  by  applying  to  Joseph  Crane, 
at  Watsesson :  It  is  very  well  situated  for  a  tradesman 
or  any  other  publick  business.  The  Conditions  of  sale  will 
be  known  at  the  time  of  sale. 

Made  his  Escape  near  Prince-Town,  from  Robert  Ma- 
gee,  and  others,  one  David  Lindsey,  who  was  in  Custody 
for  Theft :  He  is  a  thin  pale  visag'd  Man,  has  long  brown 
Hair,  grey  Eyes,  pitted  with  the  Small-Pox,  had  on  a 
brown  Coat  and  double  breasted  Waistcoat,  old  Hat  and 
Leather  Breeches;  and  has  the  Letters  D.  L.  on  his  Hand; 
a  Pair  of  Trowsers  which  serves  for  a  Wallet,  with  a  Pair 
of  Stays,  and  sundry  Cloaths  therein;  he  likewise  has  a 
Pass  from  two  Justices  of  the  Peace,  Skilton,  and  Embly. 
Whoever  secures  the  said  Thief,  so  that  he  may  be  brought 
to  Justice,  shall  receive  three  Pounds,  Proc.  and  all  rea- 
sonable Charges,  paid  by  Robert  Magee,  living  near  Cran- 
berry, New-Jersey.  All  Masters  of  Vessels  are  fore- 
warned not  to  carry  him  off  at  their  Peril. — TJie  Nczv 
York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mereury,  No.  904,  February 
20,  1769. 

To  Be  Sold, 

A  Certain  tract  of  land,  in  the  tozvnship  of  Greenivich, 
Gloucester  county,  and  in  the  zvestern  division  of  the  prov- 
ince of  Nezv-Jersey,  containing  about  180  acres,  zvhich 
lieth  betzveen  tzvo  brandies  of  Honian's  Creek,  or  other- 
zvise  Repaupo  Creek,  one  mile  and  a  half  from  a  good 
landing;    the  creek  extends  along  side  of  the  said  tract, 


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and  zvitli  a  trifling  ex  pence  might  be  cleared  ont  so  as  to 
raft  logs,  and  carry  wood  and  staves  from  along  side  of 
the  tract,  zvhich  zvould  prevent  some  expence  in  carting; 
this  tract  is  remarkably  the  best  timber  land  in  these  parts 
that  is  so  near  the  landing;  it  has  a  great  quantity  of  white 
and  red  oak  stave  timber  and  logs,  also  hickory;  there 
may  be  jo  acres  of  good  meadow  made,  and  there  is  tim- 
ber szvamp  that  zvonld  make  good  mozving  ground.  It  is 
thought  as  timber  grozvs  scarce  this  land  zvould  suit  ship 
builders,  coopers,  brezvers,  &c,  &c.  The  soil  is  remark- 
ably good,  so  that  after  the  timber  is  off,  the  land  zvill  be 
valuable,  and  zvould  make  a  good  plantation,  there  being 
upzvards  of  lOO  apple  trees  on  the  premises.  The  title  is 
indisputable.  Any  person  or  persons  inclining  to  viezv 
the  premises,  may,  at  the  day  of  sale,  at  the  house  of  Sol- 
omon Lippincott,  joining  the  premises,  zvhen  the  sub- 
scriber zvill  attend  to  shezv  the  same,  and  the  conditions 
made  knozvn.  The  sale  to  begin  on  the  nth  Day  of 
March,  at  2  o'clock  in  the  afternoon. 

George  Reading.^ 

Salem  County,  February  21,  1769. 
Whereas  Thomas  Hewett,  of  Gloucester  County  and 
Province  of  West- Jersey,  obtained  of  me,  the  Subscriber, 
two  Promissory  Notes,  dated  the  First  Day  of  October 
last,  the  one  for  about  Six  Pounds,  payable  the  First  of 
this  Instant;  the  other  for  about  Three  Pounds  Fifteen 
Shillings,  payable  next  May;  which  Notes  were  obtained 
of  me  in  a  fraudulent  and  deceitful  Manner,  I  not  having 

1  Georg-e  Reading,  b.  in  Amwell,  N.  J.,  Feb.  26,  1725,  was  a  son  of 
John  Reading  (sometime  President  of  the  Council  and  acting  Governor 
of  New  Jersey)  and  Mary  Ryerson.  his  wife,  dau.  of  Jorls  (i.  e,,  George) 
Ryerson,  of  Pacquanac,  in  the  present  Passaic  county.  He  inherited 
from  his  father  extensive  tracts  of  land.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Assembly,  1761-5.  and  was  appointed  Surrogate  In  1774.  Early  in  the 
Revolution  he  removed  to  "Westmoreland  county,  Pa.,  where  he  was 
commissioned  Sub-Lieutenant,  with  rank  as  Lieutenant-Colonel,  and 
was  recommissioned  June  2.  17S0.  In  this  year  he  removed  to  what 
was  afterwards  Bourbon  county,    Ky.,  where  he  died,  Aug.   12,  1792. 


374  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

any  Consideration  for  them,  and  the  said  Thomas  Hewett, 
at  that  Time  did,  and  now  doth,  owe  me  Money.  This  is 
therefore  to  forewarn  all  Persons  not  to  take  an  Assign- 
ment on  said  Notes,  or  either  of  them,  as  I  will  not  pay 
them,  they  being  obtained  as  aforesaid. 

Henry  Hewett 

The  subscriber  hereof,  having  heretofore  been  pos- 
sessed of  a  considerable  estate,  but  by  the  unforeseen  hard- 
ness of  the  times,  disappointments  and  losses  in. trade,  and 
other  ways,  has  rendered  him  unable  to  settle  with  his 
creditors,  to  their  full  demands;  he  having  already  sur- 
rendered and  delivered  up  his  all  to  them,  with  which  some 
of  said  creditors  are  willing  to  compound,  and  be  satisfied, 
but  others,  being  of  a  more  craving,  relentless  disposition, 
refuse  to  comply  with  any  terms,  till  the  whole  of  their 
debts  are  paid,  which  his  circumstances  render  him  in- 
capable to  do  at  present,  and  puts  him  under  the  disagree- 
able necessity,  as  the  last  resource,  to  seek  some  other 
method  for  aid.  These  are  therefore  to  give  notice,  to  all 
persons  concerned,  that  he  purposes  to  apply  to  the  next 
meeting  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  province  of  New- 
Jersey,  for  relief  in  the  premises. 

George  Reading. 

To  be  Sold,  by  private  Sale, 
Part  of  the  estate  of  Joseph  King,  late  of  the  township 
of  Amwell,  and  county  of  Hunterdon  and  province  of 
West-Jersey,  deceased,  consisting  of  a  grist  and  saw-mill, 
in  good  repair,  on  a  never-failing  stream,  known  by  the 
name  of  the  South-Branch  of  Rariton,  the  grist-mill  is 
fitting  either  for  country  or  merchant  work,  together  with 
25  acres  of  land,  belonging  to  said  mills,  on  which  is  a 
good  stone  dwelling  house,  together  with  a  good  frame 
dwelling  house,  having  a  very  good  well  at  the  door,  with 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  375 

a  good  frame  barn;    there  is  some  meadow,  and  a  young 
orchard,  belonging  to  said  tract. 

Another  tract,  containing  50  acres  of  land,  situate  on 
the  aforesaid  branch,  about  half  a  mile  distant  from  the 
aforesaid  mills,  on  which  is  a  frame  dwelling-house;  there 
is  some  good  meadow,  and  more  may  be  made,  with  plenty 
of  water,  on  said  tract.  Another  tract  of  146  acres,  ad- 
joining the  aforesaid  50  acre  tract,  about  40  acres  of  which 
is  cleared,  the  remainder  well  timbered  and  watered,  on 
which  is  a  good  log  dwelling-house,  with  a  frame  room, 
under  which  is  a  good  cellar.  Any  person  or  persons,  in- 
clining to  purchase  all,  or  either  of  the  aforesaid  tracts, 
may  know  the  conditions,  by  applying  to 

George  King,  and  John  Stephenson,  Executors. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2096,  February  23, 
1769. 

Arrivals  at  Jamaica. 
Schooner  Liberty,  Lambert  from  Salem. 
Brig   Johnson,    White,    from    Elizabeth    Town. — TJie 
Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1368,  February  23,  1769. 

To  be  let  by  the  subscriber,  and  entered  upon  any  time 
after  the  nth  of  this  instant  March, 
A  large  and  commodious  store  room  in  Princeton, 
next  door  to  the  sign  of  the  college,  which,  for  its  advan- 
tageous situation  exceeds  every  other  store  in  the  town, 
as  has  been  fully  demonstrated  by  the  great  quantity  of 
goods  retailed  the  last  year  by  the  present  store-keeper, 
which  I  have  good  reason  to  believe  exceeded  four  thou- 
sand pounds,  and  might  have  been  more  by  taking  in  pork, 
wheat  &c.  &c.  &c.  It  is  hardly  possible  for  a  single  person 
to  meet  with  a  more  desirable  situation  for  increasing  his 
fortune,  as  he  may  have  the  store  and  boarding  on  very 


376  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

reasonable  terms,  and  by  its  vicinity  to  Philadelphia  and 
New-York,  consequently  will  not  require  a  large  capital, 
as  goods  can  so  conveniently  be  had  from  either  place,  the 
land  carriage  to  navigation  from  the  former  being  only 
about  twelve  miles,  from  the  latter  eighteen  miles,  besides 
the  conveniency  of  the  stage  waggons  from  both  places, 
which  meet  in  this  town  twice  a  week ;  by  their  conveyance 
may  be  had  a  great  number  of  articles,  not  commonly  kept 
in  a  country  store,  on  three  days  notice,  to  oblige  a  cus- 
tomer; besides  many  other  advantages  which  a  person 
conversant  in  trade  will  more  readily  comprehend  than  I 
can  describe.  For  terms  apply  to  William  Hick,  tavern- 
keeper,  at  the  sign  of  the  New-Jersey  College,  in  Prince- 
ton. A  personal  application  (if  any)  will  be  most  agree- 
able.  There  are  three  grist  mills,  the  furthest  from 

town  about  two  miles. 

William  Hick. 

IVc  hear  from  Morris-Tozvn,  that  on  the  nth  Ult.  as 
one  Peter  Berry  zn^as  riding  down  a  Hill,  his  Horse  stum- 
bled, by  which  he  was  thrown  dozvn,  and  the  Horse  falling 
on  him  instantly  killed  Jiim. — He  w>as  on  the  point  of  going 
to  Ireland,  where  it  was  said  he  had  loool.  Sterling  lately 
bequeathed  to  Jiini. 

And  on  the  i8tli,  zvhich  zvas  the  Saturday  foUozving,  as 
David  Correy  zvas  driving  Jiis  Team,  tlie  Horses  ran  with 
Violence  dozvn  the  aforesaid  Hill,  and  by  tJie  Waggon 
giving  a  Jolt  over  a  Stone,  pitched  him  out,  when  the 
Wheels  run  over  Jiis  Head.  He  continued  in  great  Misery 
till  the  Morning,  when  he  died. 

To  be  sold  by  the  subscriber. 
Two  good  dwelling-houses,  one  of  which  is  pleas- 
antly situated  on  King-street,  near  the  middle  of  Trenton, 
being  a  large  two  story  building,  with  four  good  rooms  on 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  377 

a  floor,  and  convenient  fire-places  in  each;  there  is  a 
kitchen  adjoining,  and  two  cellars  under  the  house;  there 
is  likewise  a  one  story  building  adjoining  to  it,  containing 
two  good  rooms  on  a  floor,  with  fire-places  therein,  and 
may  be  used  as  a  separate  tenement,  or  very  convenient 
store,  for  which  it  has  been  long  used.  The  lot  is  66  feet 
in  front,  and  164  in  depth,  on  which  is  a  very  good  garden 
and  large  yard,  stable  and  well.  The  other  house  is  situ- 
ated on  the  same  street,  and  is  a  one  story  building,  with 
four  rooms  on  the  lower  and  two  on  the  upper  floor,  and 
fire-places  in  three  of  them,  and  a  good  cellar  under  the 
house.  The  lot  is  60  feet  front,  and  about  100  in  depth, 
with  a  good  garden,  well  and  stable  thereon.  Any  person 
purchasing  and  paying  a  third  or  fourth  of  the  purchase- 
money,  may  have  the  remaining  payments  made  very  easy, 
on  paying  interest,  and  giving  good  security.  For  further 
particulars  inquire  of  Thomas  Barnes,  in  Trenton,  or  the 
subscriber,  living  in  Upper-Providence,  Chester  county. 

Thomas  Moore. 

N.  B.     The  subscriber  living  at  a  considerable  distance 
from  said  houses,  will  induce  him  to  sell  them  very  low. 

To  he  sold  by  the  subscriber,  several  tracts  of  land  in  Nezv- 
Jersey  and  Pennsylvania. 
One  tract  situate  in  the  county  of  Sussex,  adjoining  the 
lands  of  Peter  Yeager  and  others,  containing  28y  acres. 
One  other  tract  of  41"/  acres,  in  the  said  county  and  tozvn- 
ship  of  Mansfield.  JVood  house  adjoining  lands  of  Sam- 
uel Johnson  and  John  Reading.  One  other  tract  in  the 
same  county,  and  township  of  Oxford,  containing  60  acres, 

adjoining  the  lands  of  William  Cox,  and Hollens- 

head.  One  other  tract  situated  in  the  county  of  Glouces- 
ter, adjoining  the  lands  of  Robert  Strettle,  aforesaid,  and 
the  lands  appurtenant  to  Fisher's  sazc-mill,  coji- 


378  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

taining  84  acres. — Those  in  Pennsylvania  arc  situate  in 

the  county  of  York These  lands  in  general  are 

zvell  watered,  and  great  opportunity  of  making  good 
meadow  on  most  of  them.  For  further  information,  re- 
specting the  conveniencics  and  advantages  attending  them, 
application  may  he  made  for  those  in  Nezv-Jersey  to 
Charles  Stuart,  in  the  county  of  Sussex,  and  to  Jacob 
Richman,  Esq;  in  the  county  of  Gloucester;  for  those  in 
Pennsylvania,  to  William  Matthews,  surveyor,  in  York 
Tozvn,  or  to  IVilliam  M'Caskey,  on  Muddy-Creek,  Faun 
tozvn.'ihip.  Reasonable  credit  and  indisputable  titles  wdl 
be  given  for  either  part  or  the  zvhole,  by  William  Brown, 
living  in  Dock-street,  Philadelphia,  zvho  is  legally  impozv- 
ered  to  sell  the  same. 

All  persons  indebted  to  the  estate  of  John  Comron,  of 
the  township  of  Greenwich,  in  the  county  of  Gloucester, 
in  the  Avestern  division  of  the  province  of  New-Jersey, 
Shipwright,  deceased,  are  desired  to  make  speedy  pay- 
ment ;  and  those  who  have  any  demands  against  said  es- 
tate, to  bring  in  their  accounts,  that  they  may  be  adjusted 
by  Mary  Comron,  Executrix,  and 

Jacob  Sticer,  Executor. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.   112,  February 
2y-March  6,  1769. 

To  be  let,  and  entered  upon  immediately,  the  dwelling- 
house  late  of  the  Hon.  Samuel  Woodrufif,  Esq;  deceased, 
at  Elizabeth-Town,  in  New-Jersey :  This  is  a  very  large 
and  handsomely  finished  house,  with  two  wings;  it  is  two 
stories  high,  and  has  four  large  rooms  on  a  floor,  with  a 
back  piazza  of  the  length  of  the  house.  The  wings  are 
also  two  stories  having  several  commodious  apartments: 
the  lot  contains  about  three  acres,  on  which  are  several 
convenient  out-buildings,  and  a  capacious  well  inclosed 


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garden,  with  a  small  orchard  behind  it.  The  whole  in  the 
best  repair.  Also,  to  be  Let  immediately,  another  brick 
dwelling  house,  in  Elizabeth-Town  aforesaid,  which  was 
occupied  by  the  late  Widow  Hunloke.  It  is  two  stories 
high,  having  three  rooms  on  the  lower,  and  five  on  the 
upper  story.  There  is  also  a  convenient  garden,  with  sev- 
eral out-houses.  It  is  pleasantly  situated  on  Elizabeth 
river,  and  near  the  center  of  the  town.  Any  person  in- 
clining to  rent  either  of  the  above,  may  apply  to  the  sub- 
scriber at  Elizabeth-Town,  or  to  the  Revd.  Mr.  Joseph 
Treat,  or  Mr.  Lewis  Pintard,  in  New-York. 

N.  B.  All  persons  indebted,  to  the  estate  of  Joseph 
Woodruff,  jun.  lately  deceased,  are  desired  to  make  im- 
mediate payment,  there  being  a  necessity  for  closing  the 
accounts  of  said  estate;  And  all,  to  whom  the  said  estate 
is  indebted,  either  by  bond,  note,  or  account,  are  requested 
to  notify  the  subscribers,  and  Isaac  Woodruff,  Esq;  exec- 
utors of  said  estate,  of  the  particulars  of  their  respective 
demands. 

Elizabeth-Town  W.  P.  Smith, 

Feb.  20,  1769.         ■  Elias  Boudinot. 

A  vendue  of  the  deceased's  houshold  furniture,  of  which 
several  articles  are  genteel  and  almost  new,  together  with 
some  slaves,  horses,  cattle,  two  riding  chairs,  &:c.  will  be 
held  on  Wednesday  the  8th  of  March,  at  2  o'clock  P.  M. 
at  his  late  dwelling-house  at  Elizabeth-Town.  Also  two 
boats  in  good  order. — The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly 
Mercury,  No.  905,  February  2y,  ly^g. 

New-York,  February  22,  i'/6g. 
To  Be  Sold, 
At  Publick  Vendue,  on  Monday  the  13th  of  March  next, 
on  the  Premises. 


380  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

The  House  and  Lot  of  Ground,  with  the  Ferry,  Dock 
and  Scow,  on  Bergen  Point :  As  also  three  Lots  of 
Ground  near  Mr.  SinifJi's  Ferry :  The  Vendue  to  begin  at 
12  o'clock,  by  us 

WiLHELMUS    FrEELAND, 

Richard  Lawrence. 

Also  to  be  Sold  by  the  said  Richard  Lazvreuce,  at  pri- 
vate Sale,  Tavo  other  Lots  on  Bergen  Point.  One  con- 
taining Twelve  Acres,  the  other  Six  Acres  and  three 
Quarters ;  they  are  both  fine  Wood  Land,  and  bound  upon 
the  Water.  Likewise  his  Farm,  on  the  North  Side  of 
Staten-Island,  near  the  Dutch  Church,  containing  8i 
Acres  of  extraordinary  good  Lapland  and  lo  Acres  of  salt 
Meadow  :  There  is  a  Ferry  now  erected  there,  right  oppo- 
site to  that  on  Bergen  Point,  and  is  the  best  Road  to  New 
York.  A  good  Title  will  be  given  by  the  said  Richard 
Lawrence. 

Pursuant  to  an  Order  of  the  Hon.  Frederick  Smyth 
and  John  Berrian,  Esqrs.  two  of  the  Judges  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  for  the  Province  of  Neiv-Jcrscy.  Whereas 
Cornelins  Swart,  a  Prisoner,  confined  in  the  Goal  of  the 
County  of  Monmouth,  has  applied  for  the  Benefit  of  a  late 
Act  passed  in  the  said  Province,  entitled  "An  Act  for  the 
Relief  of  Insolvent  Debtors,"  and  having  taken  the  Oath, 
and  filed  his  Schedule  agreeable  to  said  Act,  Now  this  is 
to  give  Notice,  to  the  Creditors  of  said  Szvart,  to  meet  at 
the  Court-House,  in  the  City  of  Perth-Amhoy,  on  Wed- 
nesday the  Fifth  Day  of  April  next,  at  ten  o'Clock  in  the 
Forenoon  of  the  same  Day,  to  shew  Cause  (if  any  they 
have)  why  an  Assignment  of  his  Estate  should  not  be 
made  to  such  Persons  as  shall  then  be  appointed,  and  he 
discharged  from  his  Confinement. — The  New  York  Ga- 
zette or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  1365.  February  27,  1769. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  3^1 

Hackinsack,  Feb.  226.,  1769. 

The  Public  is  hereby  informed  that  the  Grammar 
School,  near  the  town  of  Hackinsack  is  still  continued,  and 
that  a  large,  commodious  and  elegant  edifice  is  erected  for 
the  better  accommodation  of  the  scholars. 

The  place  is  in  all  respects  well  calculated  for  a  public 
school.  Boarding  is  as  cheap,  and  as  reasonable  as  can  be 
desired;  there  is  little  opportunity  of  contracting  vicious 
habits,  and  the  inhabitants  are  so  emulous  to  prevent  them, 
that  Peter  Zabriskie,  Esq :  &  other  residents  in  the  place, 
have  voluntarily  engaged  to  exert  themselves,  in  conjunc- 
tion with  the  teacher,  for  the  preservation  of  the  morals 
of  the  youth,  and  for  checking  the  first  symptoms  of  vice. 

Notwithstanding  the  malevolent  insinuations  that  have 
been  industriously  propagated  with  regard  to  the  method 
of  instruction  practiced  by  the  subscriber,  several  gentle- 
men both  of  abilities  and  figure,  have  expressed  their  high- 
est approbation,  both  of  the  method  of  tuition  and  prog- 
ress of  the  young  under  his  care :  nor  can  he,  by  carefully 
observing  the  methods  of  others,  find,  that  he  has  omitted 
any  thing  in  his  plan,  (since  he  has  had  the  liberty  of 
choosing  for  himself)  which  others  have  retained.  But 
as  he  has  not  the  talent  of  pushing  himself  into  fame,  he 
must  leave  the  proof  of  his  assiduity  and  diligence  to  the 
best  test,  experience. 

He  returns  his  most  hearty  thanks  to  those  who  have 
already  entrusted  him  with  the  education  of  their  children, 
and  hopes  by  his  care  and  pains  to  merit  the  continuance 
of  their  favours. 

Navigation,  the  Italian  method  of  book-keeping,  sur- 
veying and  other  branches  of  the  mathematics,  are  also 
taught,  at  reasonable  rates,  by 

The  public's  humble  servant, 

Peter  Wilson. 


382  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 


To  Be  Sold. 


1 


A   Plantation  in  Middletown,  con- 

ViEW  OF      I    taining"  200   acres,    more   or   less,    as 

,T  may  best  suit  the  purchaser,  of  srood 

House  and  [        ■  ,       r 

kind  land,  bounded  on  two  brooks  of 

Trees.  |  fine  running  water,  one  on  the  east 
J  side,  and  one  on  the  west  side;  about 
70  acres  clear  and  within  good  fence,  and  about  12  acres 
of  good  fresh  mowing  meadow,  and  as  much  more  may 
be  made  with  a  little  trouble;  there  is  a  plenty  of  good 
timber  and  York-wood;  there  is  on  it  a  tolerable  good 
house  and  an  orchard  of  about  100  large  apple-trees,  with 
some  peach-trees,  plumb  and  cherry-trees ;  it  lies  about  a 
mile  and  half  from  the  bay  by  Chingarovis  point,  where  is 
plenty  of  fish,  oysters  and  clams,  and  about  a  mile  from 
a  grist-mill,  and  half  a  mile  from  a  saw-mill :  Whoever 
inclines  to  purchase  the  said  plantation,  let  them  apply  to 
James  Kearney,  who  lives  about  a  mile  and  a  half  from 
the  premises,  who  will  agree  on  reasonable  terms  and  will 
give  a  sufficient  title  for  the  same. — The  Neiv  York  Jour- 
nal or  General  Advertiser,  No.  1365,  March  2,  1769. 

To  Be  Sold, 

Several  valuable  plantations,  lying  in  Bristol  township, 
viz.  One  lying  on  Delaware,  the  great  road  leading  from 
Philadelphia  to  Trenton,  running  through  the  same,  com- 
monly known  by  the  name  of  Cold  Spring,  containing  150 
acres  of  upland  and  meadow,  etc,  etc.  Likewise  a  tract  of 
land,  containing  40  acres,  lying  about  a  mile  from  the 
aforesaid  premises,  etc,  etc,  etc.;  also  one  plantation  or 
tract  of  land,  lying  in  the  Jerseys,  opposite  the  two  first, 
containing  50  acres,  some  part  cleared.  There  are  about 
20  acres  of  meadow  in  the  whole,  and  about  10  acres  more 
may  be  made.     An  indisputable  title  will  l^e  made  to  the 


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purchaser  of  any  of  said  lands,  by  Thomas  Stanaland, 
living  on  the  first  described  premises. 

Whereas  Richard  Collings,  Gardener,  once  of  the 
Northern  Liberties,  for  some  Years  past  hath  not  followed 
raising  of  Garden  Seeds,  as  he  formerly  did,  by  Reason 
of  a  Removal  to  the  Jerseys,  and  not  having  his  Ground 
properly  cultivated  for  that  Business;  he  now  gives  pub- 
lic Notice,  That  for  these  last  Two  Years  he  has  taken 
Care  to  procure  an  Assortment  of  the  best  Garden  Seeds, 
Pease  and  Beans  of  all  Sorts,  and  begs  the  Favour  of  his 
former  Customers  to  apply  to  him,  at  his  Stand,  at  the 
upper  End  of  the  Jersey  Market,  Philadelphia,  on  the 
North  Side,  where  they  shall  be  kindly  used. — TJic  Penn- 
sylvania Gazette,  No.  2097,  March  2,  1769. 

Captain  Allison  from  Lisbon,  the  20th  of  February,  in 
lat.  36.  long.  72.  spoke  the  schooner  Industry,  Captain 
Gardiner,  from  Cape  Nichola  for  Salem,  out  24  days,  who 
informed  him  that  the  Brig  Juno,  Captain  Wilson,  of  this 
port  was  arrived  there. 

Nassau-hall,  Princeton,  March  2. 
In  terms  of  the  advertisement  formerly  published,  the 
Grammar  school  at  Princeton  was  begun  precisely  on  the 
7th  of  November  last.  The  numbers  considering  the 
shortness  of  the  time,  have  exceeded  expectation.  The 
design  of  this  present  notice  is  to  assure  the  public,  that 
according  to  my  promise  to  the  trustees,  I  have  undertaken 
the  conduct  of  it;  that  the  young  man  who  teaches  it  re- 
ceive his  whole  directions  from  me,  and  has  hitherto  given 
the  greatest  satisfaction  by  fidelity  and  diligence  in  the 
execution  of  them.  He  is  furnished  with  a  book  of  direc- 
tions for  masters  to  form  their  pupils  to  a  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  the  Latin  language,  drawn  up  by  one  who  was 


384      ,  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

long  Rector  of  the  public  grammar  school  in  Glasgow,  the 
seat  of  one  of  the  universities  in  Scotland,  and  taught  it 
with  as  great  reputation  and  success  as  any  that  ever  ap- 
peared in  that  country.  He  is  furnished  with  a  book  of 
classic  maps,  to  point  out  the  places  spoken  of  in  any  au- 
thor the  scholar  may  happen  to  read,  and  it  is  particularly 
recommended  to  him  to  study  the  Roman  &  Greek  an- 
tiquities, that  he  may  be  able  to  explain  any  word  that 
refers  to  the  customs  and  manners  of  the  ancients  or  the 
constitutions  of  their  several  states.  He  is  also  furnished 
with  a  terrestrial  globe,  that  they  may  be  taught  Geog- 
raphy, by  occasional  exercises  for  amusement  rather  than 
a  task.  One  hour  every  day  is  spent  in  writing  and  arith- 
metick;  And  it  is  proposed  to  have  a  weekly  exercise  of 
reading  the  English  authors  with  propriety  and  gi'ace,  with 
remarks  on  the  grammar  and  spelling  of  the  English 
tongue.  Every  Lord's  day  evening  since  the  school  began, 
the  scholars  have  been  convened,  and  instructed  in  the 
principles  of  religion.  This  is  done  for  the  sake  of  those 
whose  parents  live  at  a  distance,  and  will  be  carefully  con- 
tinued. On  the  whole  the  public  may  rest  assured  that  no 
pains  will  be  spared  to  make  the  instruction  at  this  school 
compleat  and  accurate;  and  indeed  they  have  a -pretty 
sure  pledge  of  our  fidelity,  because  the  scholars  who  enter 
college  from  this  school  must  be  a  sort  of  standard  for  the 
qualifications  of  those  who  are  to  be  admitted  from  other 
places.  It  would  be  a  terrible  reproach  to  offer  insufficient 
scholars  brought  up  within  our  own  walls,  and  it  is  ex- 
pected and  even  hoped  that  other  school  masters  will  by  a 
laudable  emulation  keep  us  hard  and  close  to  our  duty. 

J.   WiTHERSPOON. 

— TJic  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.    1369,  March   2, 
1769. 

Neiv-York,  March  3.     The  following  melancholy  Acci- 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  S^S 

dent  happen'd  on  Sunday  the  12th  of  February  last,  in  the 
South  Ward  of  the  City  of  Amboy,  Cranbury.  Between 
two  and  three  o' Clock  in  the  Afternoon,  a  Man  passing 
the  House  of  Mr.  Joseph  Rue,  of  that  Place,  perceived  a 
great  Smoak  issuing  from  some  Part  of  the  Roof,  near 
the  Kitchen  Chimney,  on  which  he  went  in,  in  order  to 
alarm  and  assist  the  Family.  He  found  little  or  no  Fire 
on  the  Hearth,  nor  was  the  Chimney  on  Fire  above,  yet 
the  Smoak  increased,  he  could  hear  the  Flames  roar,  and 
they  presently  burst  out  of  the  N.  W.  Corner  of  the  Roof; 
the  Wind  being  high  at  North  West,  which  drove  them 
full  upon  the  rest  of  the  Building,  the  whole  was  almost 
instantly  in  Flames.  Mr.  Rue  and  his  Wife  were  both 
abroad,  and  only  some  small  Children  at  home;  the  Fire 
spread  with  such  Rapidity  and  Fury,  that  only  a  few 
Neighbours  had  Time  to  assemble,  and  get  out  an  incon- 
siderable Quantity  of  the  Goods,  before  the  whole  Build- 
ing and  all  it  contained,  which  was  very  valuable,  were 
entirely  consumed. — Supplement  to  the  Nczv  York  Jour- 
nal or  General  Advertiser,  No.  1365,  Mareh  4,  1769. 

Nezv-York,  Mareh  6.  Capt.  Lowndes,  in  12  Days  from 
Santa  Croix,  acquaints  us,  That  Capt.  Spinning,  from 
Elizabeth-Town,  for  North-Carolina,  arrived  the  6th  of 
February,  having  2 1  Passengers,  were  reduced  to  4  Ounces 
of  Beef,  and  half  a  Pint  of  Water  in  the  24  Hours. 

Whereas  the  proprietors  of  Horseneck  purchase,  have 
agreed  to  divide  their  lands  lying  between  the  mountain 
and  Passaick  river :  Notice  is  hereby  given  to  all  persons 
that  have  any  right  in  said  purchase,  to  apply  to  Derick 
Mourrison,  at  Horseneck,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of 
June  next,  there  and  then,  to  comply  with  the  constitutions 
of  said  purchase,  or  else  expect  they  exclude  themselves 
by  refusing. 

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386  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

Whereas  Jahes  JVard,  of  the  Township  of  Nczvark, 
in  the  Province  of  New-Jersey,  has  some  Reason  to  think 
his  Wife  Margaret  Ward,  has  Intentions  of  running  him 
in  Debt,  to  his  Damage  or  Ruin.  This  is  therefore  to  for- 
bid and  forewarn  all  Persons  whatsoever  from  trusting 
the  said  Margaret  Ward  on  his  Account,  for  he  will  pay 
no  Debts,  she  shall  contract  from  the  Date  hereof. 

March  6,  1769.  Jabez  Ward 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1366,  March  6,  1769. 

To  BE  SOLD, 

A  very  valuable  plantation  or  tract  of  land,  situate  in 
the  county  of  Salem,  and  province  of  West-New-Jersey, 
near  the  town  of  Salem  aforesaid,  containing  about  600 
acres,  with  good  buildings,  orchards,  and  every  other 
thing  necessary  for  grazing  and  tilling.  For  particulars 
inquire  of  Samuel  Oakford,  on  the  premises,  Joseph  Hart, 
at  Port  Penn,  William  Hewlings,  Esq;  in  Burlington,  or 
John  Hart,  in  Philadelphia. 

N.  B.  Any  time,  not  exceeding  seven  years,  will  be 
given  for  the  payment  of  the  purchase-money,  paying  in- 
terest, and  giving  security  if  desired. 

To  be  sold  on  Wednesday,  the  4th  of  April  next,  at  public 
vendue,  on  the  premises,  or  at  any  time  before  at  private 
sale, 

A  HOUSE  and  lot  of  ground,  in  Princeton;  the  house 
is  of  one  story,  and  almost  new,  and  has  four  rooms,  with 
a  kitchen  and  a  cellar  under  part  of  it;  the  lot  consists  of 
about  half  an  acre,  and  has  a  well  sunk  in  it;  the  situation 
is  very  convenient  for  a  tradesman.  Good  Bonds  on  inter- 
est, with  proper  security,  will  be  as  acceptable  as  the  cash, 
and  an  indisputable  title  given  by 

William  Tennant. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  387 

To  be  SOLD  by  the  SubscrilDer, 
A  handsome  well  finished  brick  house,  two  stories  high, 
four  rooms  below  stairs,  besides  garrets ;  the  rooms  above 
and  below  stairs  are  genteely  papered,  a  large  dry  cellar 
under  the  whole  house,  properly  divided;  a  convenient 
kitchen  adjoining,  with  chambers  above  for  servants,  sit- 
uate in  King-street,  in  Trenton;  the  lot  contains  about 
three  cjuarters  of  an  acre,  and  extends  through  to  Queen- 
street,  on  which  stand  the  stables.  Also  several  five  acres 
lots  of  meadows,  orchard  and  pasture  lands,  each  good 
of  their  kind,  near  and  convenient  to  the  town;  as  also  a 
good  house,  and  new  large  framed  barn,  with  17  acres  of 
excellent  land,  eight  acres  of  which  is  garden,  meadow, 
and  an  orchard  of  the  best  grafted  fruit;  the  remaining 
nine  acres  good  woodland;  its  situation  renders  it  conve- 
nient for  a  shop-keeper,  tradesman,  &c.  being  situated  in 
Trenton  also.  The  purchaser  may  have  any  of  the  above, 
on  very  moderate  terms,  and  reasonable  credit  given,  pay- 
ing interest.  William  Pidgeox. 

— TJic  Pennsylvania  Clironicle,  No.   113,  March  6- 
13,  1769. 

Pursuant  to  an  order  of  the  honourable  Charles  Read, 
and  John  Berrien,  Judges  of  the  supreme  court  of  judica- 
ture for  the  province  of  New-Jersey:  Notice  is  hereby 
given  to  the  respective  creditors  of  John  MTxinsie,  an  in- 
solvent debtor,  in  the  gaol  of  the  county  of  Morris,  that 
they  be,  and  appear,  on  Wednesday  the  fifth  day  of  April 
next,  at  nine  o'clock  in  the  morning,  at  the  court  house  in 
Perth-Amboy,  in  the  county  of  Middlesex,  to  shew  cause 
(if  any  they  have)  why  the  said  John  MT-Cinsie,  should 
not  be  discharged,  agreeable  to  a  late  act  of  the  legisla- 
ture of  the  said  pro\'ince,  for  the  relief  of  insolvent  debt- 
ors. 


388  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

Morris  Town,  Feb.  12,  1769. 

— The  Nezv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1366,  March  9,  1769. 

Philadelphia,  March  9. 
Captain  Ayres, — from  Lisbon,  last  Friday  Afternoon, 
about  10  Leagues  from  our  Capes, — spoke  the  Captains 
Lockton,  Tillet  and  Curry,  from  this  Port,  and  Captain 
Walker  from  Wilmington,  who  had  all  left  the  Capes  that 
same  Day. 

Sussex  County,  New-Jersey,  February  24,  1769. 
Notice  is  hereby  given,  to  whom  it  may  concern.  That 
two  of  the  Judges  of  the  inferior  Court  of  Common  Pleas, 
for  the  County  of  Sussex,  have  appointed  Friday,  the  3 1  st 
Day  of  March  next,  to  meet,  at  the  House  of  David  Rey- 
nolds, Lmholder,  at  Racket's  Town,  in  order  to  discharge 
John  Wolfel  Litzel,  and  David  Penwell,  insolvent  Debt- 
ors, agreeable  to  the  late  Act  of  Assembly,  made  and  pro- 
vided in  that  Case. 

To  be  Sold,  by  way  of  public  vendue,  on  the  loth  day 
of  April  next,  on  the  premises, 

A  Valuable  plantation  and  tract  of  land,  containing 
about  97  acres,  situate  in  Chester  township,  Burlington 
county,  fronting  the  river  Delaware,  at  a  place  called  Sen- 
emenson,^  about  9  miles  from  Cooper's  ferry,  by  land,  and 
about  the  same  distance  from  Philadelphia  by  water;  there 
is  a  share  of  a  good  shad  fishery  belonging  to  the  premises, 
a  good  apple  orchard,  and  other  fruit  trees,  about  12  acres 
of  drained  meadow,  supposed  to  be  as  good  as  any  in  said 
county,  most  part  of  which  is  cleared,  and  under  good 
grass,  and  is  well  secured  from  the  tide  by  a  good  dam  and 
flood-gates;    there  is  on  said  premises,  a  log  house,  with 

1  Usuullv   written   Cinnaminson. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  3^9 

two  rooms  on  a  floor,  a  spring-house  and  sundry  other  con- 
venient buildings.  The  land  is  exceeding  fertile  for  rais- 
ing market  truck;  late  the  property  of  William  Cox,  de- 
ceased. Any  person  who  has  a  mind  to  view  the  premises 
before  the  day  of  sale,  may  apply  to  John  Cox,  in  Moore's- 
town,  or  the  subscriber,  living  on  the  premises.  The  con- 
ditions will  be  made  known  at  the  time  and  place  afore- 
said, when  attendance  will  be  given,  by 

Sarah  Cox,  Executrix. 

To  be  Sold  by  the  subscriber,  living  in  Reading-Town. 
Hunterdon  county,  West  New-Jersey,  the  following  tracts 
of  land,  viz. 

The  noted  and  valuable  Plantation,  whereon  he  now 
lives,  containing  335  acres,  of  which  250  acres  are  cleared, 
and  a  sufficient  quantity  of  meadow,  the  remainder  being 
well  timbered,  and  the  whole  well  watered,  being  pleas- 
antly situated  on  the  South  Branch  of  Rariton  River,  with 
a  large  brick  mansion  house.  4  rooms  on  a  floor,  a  good 
frame  kitchen  adjoining,  and  a  cellar  under  the  whole;  a 
good  large  Dutch  barn,  with  other  necessary  out  houses 
belonging  thereto,  and  a  large  bearing  orchard  of  the  best 
grafted  fruit.  Also  one  other  very  valuable  large  tract  of 
land,  in  Sussex  county.  West  New- Jersey,  within  three 
miles  of  Squire's  Point  Forge,  containing  1000  acres,  of 
which  there  are  100  acres  of  choice  good  meadow  cleared, 
and  a  sufficient  quantity  of  plough  land,  a  dwelling-house, 
a  good  new  large  Dutch  barn,  and  several  barracks,  with 
a  very  good  bearing  orchard  of  the  best  grafted  fruits,  &c. 
the  above  being  well  watered  and  timbered.  Also  one 
other  tract  of  land  in  Newtown,  Sussex  county,  bounded 
by  the  foot  of  the  Blue  Mountain,  where  the  main  road 
crosses  said  Mountain,  within  4  or  5  miles  of  Sussex 
Court-house,  containing  431  acres,  whereon  are  two  small 


39°  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

improvements.  Also  one  other  tract  of  land,  bounded  by 
lands  commonly  called  Reading's  Bottom,  near  Sussex 
Court-house,  containing  200  acres.  Also  one  other  tract, 
lying  at  the  Head  of  Alamuchey,  near  Andover  iron  works, 
in  Sussex  county,  containing  137  acres.  Also  one  other 
tract  of  land,  bounded  by  George  Beaty,  in  Sussex,  con- 
taining 214  acres.  Also  three  other  small  tracts  lying  be- 
tween Squire's  Point  Forge  and  George  Beaty's  mill,  be- 
ing extraordinary  good  wood  land,  one  containing  100 
acres,  one  ^2  acres,  and  the  other  52  acres.  Also  one  other 
tract  of  land,  situate  in  Alansfield  Wood-house  township, 
near  Pahatkunk,  containing  341  acres.  Also  one  other 
tract  of  land,  in  Morris  county,  near  Racket's  Town,  con- 
taining 218  acres,  with  a  small  improvement  thereon.  Also 
one  other  tract  of  land,  in  Morris  county,  near  George 
Beaty's  mill,  containing  182  acres.  Any  person  or  persons 
inclining  to  purchase  any  of  the  aforesaid  lands,  may  apply 
to  William  Norcross,  sq;  or  Mr.  John  Gregg,  both  of  Am- 
well,  or  to  the  subscriber,  who  will  sell  any  of  them  un- 
commonly cheap,  and  an  indisputable  title  given.  He  has 
also  for  sale,  a  number  of  Negroe  men,  women  and  chil- 
dren, who  have  had  the  small-pox,  and  are  capable  of  doing- 
all  kinds  of  country  business. 

Martin  Ryerson. 

Notice  is  hereby  given.  That  I  the  Subscriber,  intend 
to  present  a  Petition  to  the  Assembly  of  the  Province  of 
New-Jersey,  at  their  next  Sitting,  in  order  to  obtain  a  Law 
for  the  Owners  and  Possessors  of  the  Meadows,  on  Little 
Timber  Creek,  in  the  County  of  Gloucester,  to  contribute 
towards  the  Expence  of  keeping  up  and  maintaining  the 
Dam,  Bank  and  Water-works,  in  Proportion  to  their 
jMeadow,  from  the  Hill  on  the  Masters's  Plantation  to 
the  Plantation  belonging  to  the  Heirs  of  Joseph  Harrison, 
deceased,  at  the  Mouth  of  said  Creek;    if  any  Person  or 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  391 

Persons  have  any  Objections,  they  are  desired  to  appear, 
and  make  the  same  known. 

William  Gerrard. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2098,  March  9, 
1769. 

To  be  sold,  by  way  of  pubHc  vendue,  on  the  20th  day  of 
April  next  on  the  premises, 
A  VALUABLE  plantation  and  tract  of  land,  containing 
about  190  acres,  situate  on  Penshaukin  creek,  in  the  town- 
ship of  Chester,  in  the  county  of  Burlington;  late  the 
property  of  John  Chambers,  deceased.  There  are  on  said 
premises  a  dwelling  house,  with  two  rooms  on  a  floor,  and 
two  good  apple  orchards,  about  30  acres  of  drained  mead- 
ow, 80  acres  of  cleared  land  within  fence,  the  remainder 
is  woodland.  The  title  is  indisputable.  The  conditions 
of  sale  will  be  made  known  at  the  time  and  place  aforesaid, 
where  attendance  will  be  given  by 

Ann  Jones,  Executrix. 

To  BE  SOLD, 

A  LOT  of  GROUND,  ou  the  north  side  of  Sassafras  (or 
Race)  Street,  between  Second  and  Third  Streets,  in  Phil- 
adelphia; containing  in  breadth  fifty-four  feet,  and  in 
depth  one  hundred  and  fourteen  feet,  to  a  twelve  feet  alley 

leading  into  Second-street. Also  a  piece  of  land  situate 

beyond  the  third  mile  stone  on  Frankford  Road,  in  the 
Northern  Liberties,  containing  twenty-two  acres  and  a 
half  whereof  a  small  part  is  meadow,  on  which  is  a  small 
tenement  and  an  orchard  of  grafted  fruit  trees;  now  in 
the  tenure  of  Daniel  Kuhlman. For  further  particu- 
lars, apply  to  Peter  Worral,  in  Burlington. 

Three  pounds  Reward. 
Ran  azvay,  last  night,  from  the  subscriber,  living  in 


392  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

Chesterfield  tozvnship,  West-New- Jersey,  an  Irish  Servant 
Lad,  named  Hugh  M'Carty,  about  ip  years  of  age,  five 
feet  eight  or  nine  inehes  high,  of  a  fair  complexion,  and 
zvears  his  own  brozvn  hair.  Had  on  and  took  with  him, 
a  eoat  of  zvhite  homespun  bearskin,  and  a  zuJiite  broadeloth 
jacket,  both  zvitli  zvooden  buttons,  buckskin  breeches,  half- 
worn  yarn  stockings,  old  shoes,  with  large  brass  buckles 
in  them,  and  a  nezv  felt  hat;  also  a  broadcloth  homespun 
brozvn  coat,  and  nankeeti  jacket  and  breeches.  Whoever 
takes  iLp  and  secures  the  above  described  servant,  so  as  his 
master  may  have  him  again,  shall  have  the  above  rezvard, 
and  all  reasonable  cJiarges  paid,  by  me 

Thomas  Thorn. 

N.  B.  TJie  above  servant  zvas  seen  zvitli  a  certain  Sam- 
uel King,  last  Sunday,  and  it  is  thought  he  came  zvitli  him 
to  this  city.  All  masters  of  vessels  are  forbid  to  carry  him 
oif  at  their  peril. — The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  114, 
March  13-20,  1769. 


Figure 

OF    A 

Horse. 


True  Briton, 
Covers  this  Season,  at  Capt.  Heard's, 
at  Woodbridge,  New-Jersey,  at  4I. 
Proc.  the  Season;  and  as  the  collect- 
ing the  Money  last  Season  was  attend- 
ed with  much  Trouble  and  Difficulty, 
the  Cash  must  be  paid  down  before  the 
Mares  are  taken  awav.    Good  Grass  for  Mares. 


To  be  Let, 

A  House  and  lot  on  Cowfoot  Hill,  in  which  Capt.  Jo- 
seph Rose  now  lives,  opposite  Mr.  Philip  Kissick's.  For 
further  particulars,  enquire  of  Mr.  Kelly,  in  Wall-Street. 

A  house  and  lot,  the  most  pleasantly  situated  of  any  in 
Elizabeth-Town.      For  further  particulars  enquire  there 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  393 

of  Elias  Boiidinott,  Esq ;  or  Mr.  Kelly,  the  owner,  in  Xew- 
York. 

To  be  Let,  in  farms  from  50  to  300  acres,  on  very  low 
rent,  a  large  tract  of  fine  up-land  and  meadow,  nearly  in 
the  center  of  the  county  of  Sussex,  in  New-Jersey,  and 
about  half  a  mile  from  the  court-house  and  county  town; 
there  are  already  about  thirty  families  settled  on  it,  and  as 
many  more  may  be  accommodated  with  good  farms.  It 
is  well  known  to  be  one  of  the  best  places  in  that  province 
for  raising  stock  of  all  sorts;  and  on  account  of  the  great 
number  of  people  employ'd  at  the  iron-works  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood, there  is  generally  a  better  market  for  grain  and 
other  produce  than  at  New-York,  or  Philadelphia.  For 
the  terms,  and  further  particulars,  enquire  of  Thomas  An- 
derson, Esq;  near  the  premises,  who  is  impower'd  to  rent 
any  part  thereof  that  may  be  wanted,  or  of  William  Kelly, 
the  owner,  in  New-York. 

To  be  Sold,  or  Let,  a  very  good  farm  of  between  4 
and  500  acres,  at  Canoe  Brook,  late  the  property  of  Henry 
Leonard,  Esq ;  deceased.  For  further  particulars,  enquire 
of  David  Ogden,  Esq;  at  Newark,  Mr.  Thomas  Millidge, 
in  Morris  County,  or  William  Kelly,  the  owner,  in  New- 
York. 

To  be  Sold,  a  very  valuable  farm  now  in  the  posses- 
sion of  Lemuel  Bowers,  Esq;  in  Morris  County,  contain- 
ing about  160  acres,  of  which  40  acres  is  fine  English 
meadow,  and  20  more  may  be  made;  the  remainder  is 
good  upland  fit  to  produce  wheat  and  other  grain.  There 
is  on  it  a  new  two  story  house,  with  brick  chimnies,  and 
sash'd  windows,  a  kitchen,  barn,  and  a  store  house,  under 
which  there  is  a  cellar.  For  further  particulars,  enquire 
of  David  Ogden,  Esq;  at  Newark.  Mr.  Kelly,  in  New- 
York,  or  Mr.  Bowers,  on  the  premises. 


394  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

To  be  sold  at  private  Sale,  in  the  Township  of  Bedmin- 
ster,  in  the  County  of  Somerset,  and  Province  of  East- 
New-Jersey; 

A  Lot  of  land,  about  one  acre,  whereon  is  two  dwelling- 
houses,  one  of  which  is  occupied  by  a  tavern  keeper,  and 
has  been  for  several  years  past,  is  a  large  house  with  5  fire- 
places, and  is  well  situated  for  public  business,  and  is  about 
15  miles  from  Brunswick  Landing.  Also  to  be  sold  to- 
gether with  said  lot,  or  separate,  as  may  best  suit  the  pur- 
chaser, 100  acres  or  more,  of  very  good  land,  whereon  is 
a  good  dwelling  house  and  barn.  Chief  of  said  land  is 
cleared,  with  about  eight  or  ten  acres  of  meadow  cleared; 
all  of  which  is  in  good  repair.  Any  person  inclining  to 
purchase  the  whole,  or  only  said  house  and  lot,  may  hear 
of  good  encouragement  by  applying  to  the  subscriber,  liv- 
ing at  Pluckemin,  near  said  premises. 

Jacob  Eoff,  Senior. 

— Tlie  Nczv  York  Gazette  and  JVeekly  Mercury,  No. 
907,  March  13,  1769. 

To  be  Sold,  at  public  vendue  on  Monday  the  sd  of  April 

next, 
A  House  and  lot  lying  in  the  city  of  Pcrth-Ainboy, 
belonging  to  the  estate  of  Richard  Fits  Randolph,  late  of 
said  city,  deceased;  said  lot  is  on  the  south  side  of  Sniitli- 
Street,  near  entering  into  the  city  out  of  the  country,  and 
is  90  feet  front  and  rear,  and  66  feet  on  each  side,  with  a 
good  dwelling  house  two  story  high,  two  fire  places  in 
each  story,  a  cellar  under  it,  a  kitchen  joining,  and  other 
out  houses,  with  a  good  well,  now  in  the  occupation  of 
Gilbert  Shearer:  Also  one  other  lot  joining  on  the  east 
side  of  the  aforesaid  lot,  43  feet  front  and  rear,  and  66 
feet  on  each  side,  with  a  dwelling  house  on  it.  with  two 
fire  places  one  above  and  one  below :     Also  a  lot  Iving 


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on  the  very  point  of  said  city,  commonly  called  Coles 
Point,  fronting  both  Raritan  river  and  the  Sound.  Said 
vendue  to  begin  at  ten  o'clock  of  said  day,  and  held  on  or 
near  the  premises.  For  further  particulars,  enquire  of 
Nathaniel  Fit::  Randolph,  blacksmith,  living  in  Wood- 
bridge  town. 

JVoodbridge  March  8.  1769. 

RuN-Away  in  the  night  of  the  30th  of  September  last, 
from  the  subscriber,  living  in  Mount-Holy,  JVest  Nezi'- 
Jersey,  an  Irish  servant  man,  named  John  O'Bryan,  aged 
about  35  years,  about  5  feet  6  inches  high;  mark'd  with 
the  small  pox,  speaks  pretty  good  English,  with  a  little  of 
the  brogue;  is  a  shoe-maker  by  trade,  and  can  work  plan- 
tation work;  has  short  dark  curl'd  hair;  had  on,  and  took 
with  him  when  he  went  away,  a  felt  hat,  two  new  ozne- 
burghs  shirts,  and  two  pair  of  trowsers  of  the  same, 
a  pair  of  new  striped  ticken  trowsers,  and  an  old  striped 
shirt,  good  shoes,  with  brass  buckles,  and  a  pair  of  let- 
tis  made  silver  buckles,  a  fine  ruffled  shirt,  mark'd  with 
I.M.  under  the  arm,  a  large  silk  handkerchief,  black  and 
yellow  mixt,  a  thick  cloth  jacket  light  colour'd,  lined  with 
woolen,  made  sailor  fashion,  a  pair  of  broad  cloth  breech- 
es, blue  and  red  mixed,  a  pale  blue  cloth  jacket,  that  had 
been  turned,  the  body  lined  with  check  linnen,  with  yel- 
low metal  buttons,  and  a  pair  of  old  leather  breeches,  and 
a  leather  jacket,  lined  with  woolen,  and  had  a  roundish 
piece  set  in  the  shoulder  of  the  jacket,  and  a  bearskin  sur- 
tout  coat,  of  a  light  brown  colour,  with  a  shalloon  cap  in 
the  cape,  with  mohair  buttons,  two  pair  of  women's 
gloves,  one  of  which  was  silk,  a  pair  of  mallrings  and  sev- 
eral iron  wedges,  and  a  hatchet  and  two  new  twild  bags; 
he  also  stole  his  master's  horse,  bridle  and  saddle,  which 
horse  he  swapped  away  near  Sussex  court  house,  in  the 
Jerseys,   about   the    5th   of   October,    with    one    JVilliani 


396  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

M'Coy,  for  a  bay  horse,  and  there  had  changed  his  name 
to  John  Moore,  and  enquired  the  way  to  Albany,  where 
he  told  M'Coy  he  had  a  wife,  and  had  a  piece  of  copper  ore 
with  him,  which  he  was  fond  of  shewing,  and  could  talk 
Indian,  and  as  I  have  since  been  informed,  has  been  over 
most  parts  of  the  country,  altho'  he  told  me  he  had  but  just 
come  from  Ireland,  and  was  sold  to  me  by  one  Jolin  Har- 
kiiis,  of  Philadelphia;  The  same  servant  has  been  adver- 
tised in  the  Philadelphia  gazette,  several  times,  and  in  250 
single  advertisements.  Whoever  takes  up  and  secures  the 
above  servant,  in  any  goal  in  Nezu-Jersey,  or  brings  him  to 
his  said  master,  shall  receive  a  reward  of  Six  Pounds, 
proclamation  money, 

paid  by  John  Monrow 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1367,  March  13,  1769. 

To  Be  Sold, 

A  Lot  of  Land  pleasantly  situated,  in  Shrewsbury,  in 
the  County  of  Monmouth,  containing  35  acres  on  which 
is  a  very  good  orchard,  and  five  acres  of  good  meadow, 
also  about  two  acres  of  wood  land,  (the  remainder  very 
good  for  all  sorts  of  grain  and  pasturing)  all  in  very  good 
fence.  There  is  on  the  said  lot  a  very  good  dwelling  house 
almost  new,  has  two  rooms  with  a  shop  and  three  fire 
places  on  the  first  floor,  and  two  rooms  on  the  next,  fin- 
ished, and  more  unfinished;  there  is  a  good  kitchen  ad- 
joining the  house,  a  very  good  barn  with  three  good  stables 
in  it,  a  store  house  and  a  smoak  house:  before  the  door  is 
a  good  well  and  a  garden  pail'd  ofif.  The  whole  very  con- 
venient for  a  gentleman's  country  seat,  a  tradesman,  tav- 
ern-keeper, or  for  a  merchant  (that  business  having  been 
carried  on  there,  for  several  years  past)  it  being  near  to  a 
mill,  and  but  4^  miles  from  a  landing,  from  whence  there 


1 769 J  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  397 

may  be  a  ready  conveyance  to  New-York  market ;  and  it 
is  about  2-J  miles  from  Shrewsburry  town,  where  there  is 
plenty  of  fowl,  fish,  oysters,  clams  &c  to  be  had  in  the  sea- 
son :  Any  person  inclining  to  purchase  the  same,  may 
apply  to  Peter  Voorheis  on  the  premises,  or  Henry  Van 
Vleck,  merchant,  in  Dock-Street,  New-York,  who  will 
agree  for  the  same  on  reasonable  terms. 

To  Be  Sold 
A  Tract  of  salt  meadow  and  Cedar  swamp,  situate, 
lying  and  being  on  new  Barbados- Neck,  in  Bergen  county 
in  New-Jersey,  containing  about  114  acres  of  salt  meadow, 
and  about  322  acres  of  cedar  swamp;  the  whole  is  bound- 
ed on  the  two  sides  by  Stagg's  Creek,  commonly  called 
Berry's  Creek,  and  by  Peach-Island  Creek,  the  meadows 
are  reckoned,  by  those  in  the  neighbourhood,  who  have 
frequently  mowed  in  them,  not  inferior  to  any  salt  meadow 
in  that  part  of  the  country,  and  some  parts  thereof  at  a 
very  small  expence  may  be  made  fresh  meadow  and  to 
yield  good  English  grass;  the  timber  and  wood  of  every 
kind  in  the  cedar  swamp  is  now  in  great  perfection,  as  the 
present  owner  has  preserved  it,  and  prevented  any  of  the 
wood  being  cut  out  for  near  upon  thirty  years,  the  con- 
veniences of  loadings  and  easy  carriage  fronl  the  said 
cedar  swamp  are  no  way  inferior  to  those  of  any  other 
swamp  on  that  neck,  as  a  great  part  of  the  swamp  is 
bounded  by  Berry's  Creek,  and  common  sloops  and  wood 
boats  can  go  up  that  creek  to  be  loaded,  and  from  the 
other  side  of  the  tract,  the  timber  may  be  brought  to  Hack- 
ensack  River,  by  sledding  or  carting  it  one  quarter  of  a 
mile.  A  plan  or  draught  of  the  said  meadows  and  swamp, 
made  from  a  late  survey,  may  be  seen  by  applying  to  Mr. 
John  Terhune,  at  Hackensack,  or  to  the  subscriber  in 
New-York. 


398  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

Whereas  the  above  premises  were  advertised  and  in- 
tended for  sale  the  third  of  October,  but  as  the  swamp 
could  better  be  viewed  in  winter  when  froze,  it  was 
thought  best  to  postpone  the  sale  to  May,  that  any  person 
inclining  to  purchase  might  in  the  winter  view  said  swamp 
and  see  what  he  purchased. 

Now  the  above  mentioned  premises  are  preemptorly  to 
be  sold  on  Tuesday  the  i6th  day  of  May  next,  at  publick 
sale  to  the  highest  bidder,  at  the  Court-house  in  Bergen 
County,  in  the  town  of  Hackensack;  for  the  greater  con- 
veniency  of  purchasers,  the  meadows  will  be  sold  in  five 
lots,  and  the  cedar  swamp  in  eight  lots,  according  to  the 
above  survey,  each  lot  of  the  meadow  contains  about  40 
acres.  A  good  title  will  be  given  to  the  purchaser  or  pur- 
chasers by  Nicholas  Roosevelt 
— TJic  Nciv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1367,  Mareli    16,    1769. 

To  Be  Sold, 

A  Very  valuable  plantation,  or  tract  of  land,  situate  in 
the  county  of  Salem,  and  province  of  West  New-Jersey, 
near  the  towai  of  Salem  aforesaid,  containing  about  600 
acres,  with  good  buildings,  orchards,  and  every  other 
thing  necessary  for  grazing  and  tilling.  For  further  par- 
ticulars enquire  of  Samuel  Oakford,  on  the  premises; 
Joseph  Hart,  at  Port  Penn;  William  Hewlings,  Esq; 
in  Burlington;   or  John  Hart,  in  Philadelphia. 

N.  B.  Any  time,  not  exceeding  seven  years,  will  be 
given  for  the  payment  of  the  purchase  Money,  paving  in- 
terest, and  giving  security,  if  required. — TJie  Peiiiisylz'a- 
nia  Ga::.ettc,  No.  2099,  March  16,  1769. 

Princeton,  March  9.  Friday  about  three  of  the  clock 
in  the  afternoon,  a  fire  broke  out  in  Nassau  Hall,  but  by 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  399 

the  immediate  and  vigoroiis  assistance  of  the  students,  and 
inhabitants  of  the  village,  it  was  extinguished  without  do- 
ing any  considerable  damage.  It  did  not  appear  to  have 
been  owing  to  the  heedlessness  of  any  person  whatever; 
but  probably  to  a  spark,  from  the  windward,  dropping  on 
the  leeward  side  of  the  building,  as  it  kindled  in  the  roof 
where  there  was  no  communication  with  any  of  the  cham- 
bers. 

PROPOSALS 

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SERMONS, 

ON 

Useful  and  Important  Subjects, 

By  the  Rev.  Samuel  Davies,  A.  ]\I. 

Late  President  of  the  College  in  Princeton,  New  Jersey. 

Subscribers  are  desired  to  send  in  their  names  to 
either  of  the  following  persons.  The  Rev.  Doctor  John 
Witherspoon,  in  Princeton.  The  Rev.  Alexander  Mc. 
Whorter,  in  New-Ark,  New- Jersey.  The  Rev.  John  Rod- 
gers,  the  Rev.  Joseph  Treat,  Mr.  Garret  Noel,  Bookseller, 
in  New- York.  The  Rev.  Samuel  Blair,  in  Boston.  The 
Rev.  Mr.  Sprout,  Messrs.  Hall  and  Sellers,  Messrs.  Will- 
iam and  Thomas  Bradford,  Printers,  Daniel  Roberdeau, 
Merchant,  in  Philadelphia.  The  Rev.  Robert  Smith,  in 
Pequea.  The  Rev.  George  Duffield,  in  Carlisle.  The  Rev. 
Elihu  Spencer,  in  St.  Georges.  The  Rev.  Jacob  Ker,  in 
Somerset-county,  Maryland.  Mr.  William  Holt,  Mer- 
chant, in  Williamsburg,  Virg^inia.  Captain  Craighead,  in 
New-Castle  ,  Hanover-county,  Virginia.  Mr.  David 
Smith,  in  West-Nottingham.  And  Mr.  Josiah  Smith,  in 
Charles-Town,  South-Carolina. 

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to  be  printed  on  a  good  paper,  and  a  neat  type. 


400  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

II.  The  price  to  subscribers  to  be  each  volume  a  Spanish 
milled  Dollar.  Half  of  the  price  to  be  paid  at  the  time 
of  subscribing,  and  half  at  the  delivery  of  the  volumes, 
served  in  blue  covers.  Such  as  subscribe  for  six  sets  to 
be  entitled  to  a  seventh  set  gratis. 

Whereas  the  subscriber  living  in  Amwell,  Hunterdon 
county,  and  the  province  of  New-Jersey,  executed  a  bond 
the  first  day  of  May,  1 768,  to  John  Corwine,  of  the  same 
place  for  the  sum  of  forty  five  pounds,  and  whereas  the 
said  Corwine  was  according  to  bargain  to  clear  a  right  of 
dowry,  and  has  not  complied,  this  is  therefore  to  forewarn 
all  persons  from  taking  an  assignment  of  said  bond,  as  the 
subscriber  is  determined  not  to  pay  it.  As  witness  my 
hand  this  24th  day  of  February,  1769. 

John  Marts. 
- — Tlie  Pciinsylz'aiiia  Journal,  No.  1371,  March   16, 
1769. 

At  a  Court  held  at  Salem,  in  Nezv-Jersey,  a  few  AA^eks 
ago,  a  Negro  Fellow  was  tried  and  convicted  for  a  Rape 
on  an  Idiot  Girl,  of  about  13  Years  old.  He  is  to  be  exe- 
cuted on  the  29th  Instant. 

On  the  14th  Inst,  the  House  of  one  Spenser  in  Salem 
County  was  consumed  by  Fire,  and  two  of  his  Sons  (one 
about  six  and  the  other  eight  Years  old)  unhappily  lost 
their  Lives  in  the  Flames;  it  being  out  of  the  Power  of 
their  distressed  Friends  to  save  them.  About  a  Week 
before,  the  House  of  one  Cox,  in  the  same  County,  was 
burnt  to  the  Ground,  and  one  of  his  Children,  a  Son,  also 
perished  in  the  Flames. — The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle, 
No.  115,  March  20-27,  1769. 

Nezv-Vork,  March  20.     Tuesday  last  was  married  at 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  4O I 

Elizabeth-Town,  in  New-Jersey,  Col.  Templer  of  the 
26th  Regiment,  to  Lady  Sinclair,  Relict  of  Sir  John 
Sinclair,  Bart. 

And  the  Thursday  following  Mr.  James  Rivington, 
of  this  City,  Bookseller,  was  married  to  the  Widow  Eliz- 
abeth Van  Horne,  Relict  of  Mr.  Cornelius  Van  Home. 

A  Good  Bargain  to  be  got.  John  Scott,  of  Hanover 
Town,  Morris  County,  New-Jersey,  being  of  late  so  much 
afflicted  with  the  Rheumatism,  that  he  is  not  able  to  attend 
his  Slaves  on  the  Farm  as  usual,  purposes  to  rent  it  out 
for  seven  Years  from  April  1 769.  To  set  forth  the  Qual- 
ities of  said  Farm  is  needless,  as  it  is  well  known  to  be 
equal  to  any  in  said  County  for  raising  Stock  or  Hay,  and 
much  good  Land  may  be  cleared  for  Grain ;  and  the  Wood 
on  said  Land  will  pay  for  the  clearing.  If  the  Tenant 
wants  it,  he  may  have  three  good  Slaves,  viz.  Two  Men 
and  a  Wench,  together  with  waggons,  carts,  ploughs,  har- 
rows, and  every  other  farming  Utensil;  as  also  Horses, 
Cows,  Oxen,  &c,  on  Rent,  or  Sale.  Whoever  inclines  to 
rent  the  same,  may  apply  to  said  Scott,  on  the  Premises, 
who  will  treat  with  them  on  reasonable  Terms.- — TJie  Nezv 
York  Gazette  and  IVeekly  Mercury,  No.  908,  MarcJi  20, 
1769. 

To  be  Sold, 
A  Plantation  of  very  good  Land,  situated  in  Somerset 
County,  and  Province  of  New-Jersey,  in  the  Forks  of 
Lomarton,  containing  376  Acres  of  very  good  Land,  ten 
Acres  whereof  is  excellent  Meadow,  (and  more  may  be 
made)  and  80  Acres  very  good  Wood  Land.  There  are 
on  said  Plantation,  a  large  Store  House,  a  large  Dutch 
Barn,  and  a  good  Orchard,  containing  200  Apple  Trees; 
the  Buildings  and  Improvements  all  in  good  Repair  and 
Order;    said  Plantation  lies  about  15  Miles  alx)ve  Rariton 


402  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

Landing,  within  three  Quarters  of  a  Mile  of  the  Mills  for- 
merly belonging  to  Mr.  Andrew  Leake,  and  within  two 
Miles  of  the  Mills  of  Mr.  John  Davis :  Any  Person  in- 
clining to  purchase  the  same,  may  apply  to  the  Subscriber, 
living  on  the  Premises,  who  can  give  an  indisputable  Title 
for  the  same. 

Peter  Poost. 

— The  New  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1368,  March  23,  1769. 

Run  away  from  the  Subscriber,  living  in  Trenton, 
West  New-Jersey,  on  the  i8th  day  of  March,  an  Irish  ser- 
vant lad,  named  Michael  Brady,  about  19  years  of  age, 
about  5  feet  4  inches  high,  well  set,  very  thick  legs,  and 
knock  kneed,  fair  complexion,  full  grey  eyes,  and  lightish 
short  hair;  had  on,  and  took  with  him,  a  brown  thickset 
fustian  coat  and  breeches,  and  a  green  cloth  jacket,  with 
flat  metal  buttons  on  them,  a  pair  of  blue  stocking  breech- 
es, one  linen  jacket,  with  red  stripes,  and  white  and  ozen- 
brigs  shirt,  coarse  grey  yarn  stockings,  new  pumps,  with 
long  quarters,  with  metal  buckles  in  them,  and  coarse  felt 
hat.  He  is  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  and  pretends  to  the 
stuff-work.  Whoever  takes  up  and  secures  said  servant  in 
any  of  his  Majesty's  goals,  so  that  his  master  may  have 
him  again,  shall  have  Three  Pounds  reward,  and  reason- 
able charges,  paid  by 

William  Tucker. 

N.  B.  He  may  very  probably  change  his  name  and 
clothes,  as  he  is  a  crafty  fellow. 

Alloway's  Creek  Township,  Salem  County, 

March  3,  1769. 
Left  in  the  custody  of  the  Subscriber,  some  time  in 
June  last,  a  dark  brown  Horse,  about  12  or  13  hands  high, 
5  or  6  years  old,  without  brand  or  ear-mark,  with  a  star 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  4^3 

in  his  forehead,  paces,  trots  and  gallops,  short  bob  tail, 
most  of  his  mane  hangs  to  the  off  side;  the  person  that 
brought  him  calls  himself  Thomas  Powell,  and  says  he  got 
him  of  a  young  man,  an  acquaintance  of  his,  a  ship  car- 
penter, at  a  place  called  The  Trap,  in  New  Castle  county, 
and  that  he  Powell,  was  to  leave  the  said  horse  at  the 
young  man's  father's,  in  some  part  of  the  Jersey's;  but 
since  Powell  has  absconded,  and  being  apprehensive  that 
the  said  horse  might  have  been  stolen,  this  is  to  inform 
the  owner,  if  any,  to  come  and  prove  his  property,  and 
take  him  away,  otherwise  he  will  be  sold  in  six  weeks  from 
this  date,  to  pay  charges,  by  me 

Lewis  Owen. 

N.  B.     Said  Powell  brought,  with  said  horse,  a  good 
saddle  and  bridle. 

Pilesgrove,  Salem  County,  March  13,  1769. 
To  be  sold,  by  way  of  public  vendue,  on  the  i8th  day  of 
April,  at  12  o'clock,  on  the  premises,  A  plantation,  situate 
in  the  township  of  Pilesgrove,  containing  150  acres  of 
good  wheat  land,  100  acres  of  the  same  cleared,  and  in 
good  fence,  10  acres  of  good  meadow,  and  20  acres  of 
good  ash  swamp,  within  25  miles  of  the  city  of  Philadel- 
phia, lying  on  the  stage  road  from  Cooper's  ferry  to  Cum- 
berland county;  there  is  on  said  premises,  a  good  dwelling 
house,  with  two  rooms  on  the  lower  floor,  a  good  brick 
draw-well  at  the  door,  a  good  frame  barn  and  stables,  and 
a  fine  bearing  orchard  of  good  fruit.  Part  of  the  money 
to  be  paid  down,  and  a  reasonable  time  will  be  given  for 
the  remaining  part.  The  further  conditions  will  be  made 
known  on  the  day  of 'sale,  and  attendance  given  by 

Abraham  Peters. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2100,  March  2t,, 
1769. 


404  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [17^9 

On  Monday  last  as  Mr.  George  Henry,  of  this  City, 
Brass  Founder,  with  three  other  Men,  were  coming  from 
Burhngton  in  a  Fishing  Boat,  off  Point-no-Point  the  Boat 
overset,  and  they  all  got  on  her  Bottom,  but  Mr.  Henry 
and  two  others  were  washed  off  and  drowned;  the  other 
Man  was  taken  off  by  a  Boat  from  the  Shore. 

TEN  DOLLARS  Reward. 
Run  away  on  the  12th  ult.  from  the  subscriber,  living 
in  Springfield  township,  Chester  county,  an  Irish  servant 
man,  named  Terence  Downy,  speaks  good  English,  is  5 
feet  10  inches  high,  25  years  of  age,  fresh  complexion, 
has  light  brown  curled  hair,  broad  shouldered,  and  a  well- 
shap'd  fellow :  Had  on  when  he  went  away,  an  old  castor 
hat,  old  light  coloured  cloth-jacket,  with  cuffs  of  the  same, 
an  old  red  serge  under  ditto,  patched  with  white  thread, 
sheepskin  breeches,  blue  ribbed  yarn  stockings,  and  old 
pumps,  with  carved  brass  buckles  in  them.  He  ran  away 
two  years  and  a  half  ago;  was  married  in  Bucks  county, 
and  called  his  name  Charles  Downing;  was  hired  in  the 
Jerseys,  and  there  called  his  name  William  Robinson. 
Whoever  takes  up  said  servant,  and  secures  him  in  any 
goal,  so  that  his  master  may  have  him  again,  shall  have 
the  above  reward,  and  all  reasonable  charges,  paid  by  me 

Samuel  Levis. 
— TJie  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  116,  March  27- 
April  3,  1769. 

To  be  sold  on  Tuesday  the  eleventh  day  of  April  next,  at 
public  vendue. 
A  Farm  containing  200  acres  of  choice  land,  situate  in 
Freehold,  Monmouth  county,  and  province  of  East  New- 
Jersey,  on  which  there  is  a  good  dwelling-house,  barn,  and 
other  out-houses,  and  an  orchard  that  makes  in  a  good 
season  150  barrels  of  cyder,  and  has  at  least  15  acres  of 


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good  meadow  ground.  The  conditions  will  be  made 
known  on  the  premises  on  the  day  of  sale,  by  the  proprie- 
tor. 

Thomas  Walton 

RuN-away  on  Wednesday  the  15th  of  March  inst.  from 
the  subscriber,  near  Pluckimin.  an  indented  Irish  servant 
man  named  Matthew  King :  He  is  about  6  feet  high,  and 
marked  with  the  small-pox;  had  on  when  he  went  away  a 
suit  of  home  made  mixt  grey  linsey  cloaths.  Whoever 
takes  up  and  secures  the  said  servant  in  any  of  his  Maj- 
esty's goals,  or  brings  him  to  his  master,  shall  receive 
Two  Dollars  reward,  and  all  reasonable  charges  paid,  by 

Marcus  King. 

To  Be  Sold, 
A  Plantation  pleasantly  situated  on  the  East  Side  of 
Hackinsack  River,  about  a  Mile  and  a  Half  above  the 
Town,  containing  One  Hundred  and  three  Acres  of  choice 
Land.  There  is  on  it  a  good  Stone  House  of  two  Rooms, 
and  a  Cellar  under  it,  with  a  good  Barn,  Cyder  Mill  and 
Garden,  as  also  an  Orchard  of  about  150  bearing  Apple 
Trees,  with  other  Fruit  Trees.  There  is  about  20  Acres 
of  it  good  Wood-Land,  the  rest  clear  and  fit  for  Tillage, 
there  being  fifteen  Acres  now  in  Seed,  and  more  may  be 
put  in.  About  five  or  six  Acres  of  it  is  choice  fresh  Mead- 
ow. And  Boats  may  load  at  the  Door.  Any  Person  in- 
clining to  purchase,  may  apply  to  Ahrahmn  P.  Lott,  Esq; 
in  Nezv-York,  or  to  Lazvrcnce  Vanderhoof,  the  Owner, 
living  on  the  Premises,  by  whom  a  good  Title  will  be 
given. 

The  Creditors  of  William  Whitehead,  are  desired  to 
meet  at  the  Dwelling  House  of  William  Hick,  Innholder, 
at  Princeton,  on  Monday  the  3d  Day  of  July  next,  at  3 


406  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

o'clock  in  the  Afternoon,  in  order  to  receive  the  Divi- 
dend of  his  Estate. 

Robert  Stockton,   )    Assignees. 

Joseph  Stockton,,    )  '^ 

N.  B.     Such  as  do  not  bring  in  their  Demands,  at  or 
before  that  Day,  will  be  altogether  excluded. 
Princeton,  March  22. 

Elijah cth-T own,  March  23,  1769. 

All  Persons  who  are  any  ways  indebted  to  the  Estate 
of  Noadiah  Potter,  late  of  the  Borough  of  Elizabeth,  in 
the  County  of  Essex,  and  Province  of  New-Jersey,  de- 
ceased, are  desired  to  make  speedy  Payment;  and  those 
who  have  any  Demands  on  said  Estate,  to  bring  in  their 
Accounts  that  the  same  may  be  adjusted,  by 

Robert  Ogden,  Executor. 

To  Be  Sold. 
The  noted  plantation  at  Cheesquakes,  in  Middlesex 
county,  in  the  possession  of  Nicholas  Everson,  lying  on 
the  north  side  of  said  creek,  bounded  by  the  Rarifaii  river, 
and  opposite  the  city  of  Perth-Ainhoy ;  A  large  quantity 
of  salt  meadow,  convenient  for  fishing  or  oystering  and 
fowling,  of  which  there  are  great  plenty,  in  their  seasons ; 
the  land  as  good  as  any  in  those  parts,  well  watered  and 
well  timber'd,  very  convenient  to  landing,  for  transporta- 
tion to  Ainhoy  or  Neiv-York.  The  whole  lying  for  five 
hundred  acres  of  land  and  meadow  :  And  a  good  title  will 
be  given  by  the  said 

Nicholas  Everson. 
— The  New  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1369,  March  27,  1769. 

To  be  Sold,  by  the  Subscribers, 
Two  pieces  of  land,  viz.  sixty  acres,  lying  in  Mount- 
Holly;    on  which  there  is  a  good  brick  dwelling-house,  a 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  4^7 

good  frame  kitchen,  good  orchard,  stables  and  out-houses. 
And  twenty  acres  of  meadow  ground,  lying  some  distance 
from  the  other.  The  terms  of  sale  may  be  known,  by 
applying  to  John  Hatkinson,  in  Mount-Holly,  or  John 
Cripps,  living  near  Salem. 

If  George  Scheints,  who  came  to  Philadelphia  from 
Francfort,  in  Germany,  about  14  years  ago,  is  living,  and 
will  apply  to  Richard  Moore,  in  Alloway's  Creek,  Salem 
County,  he  may  hear  of  his  brother  Henry  Scheints, 
who  will  be  very  glad  of  the  opportunity  of  seeing  him. — ■ 
The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2101,  Mareh  30,  1769. 

Perth-Amboy,  Middlesex  County,  March  30. 
Is  committed  to  this  gaol  a  young  Irishman,  who  calls 
himself  Timothy  Keaff,  he  says  he  broke  out  of  New- 
town gaol  in  Bucks  County.  The  owner  is  desired  to 
come,  pay  charges,  and  take  him  away,  otherwise  he  will 
be  sold  out  to  pay  the  same  in  three  weeks  from  this  date, 
by  me  William  Jolly,  Gaoler. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  117,  April  3-10, 
1769. 

The  Creditors  of  Thomas  Leonard,  deceased,  are  de- 
sired to  meet  at  the  House  of  JVilliain  Hick,  in  Prince- 
Town,  on  Monday  the  Nineteenth  Day  of  June  next,  be- 
tween the  Hours  of  10  o' Clock  in  the  Morning,  and  5  in 
the  Afternoon,  in  order  to  settle  their  Second  Dividend 
of  the  said  Leonard's  Estate. 

Samuel  Tucker,    ~] 

Thomas  Watson,    ^  Assignees. 
Job  Stockton,  I  '^ 

Joseph  Olden.         J 
March  22,  1769. 

—The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1371,  April  3,  1769. 


408  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

Whereas  Cornelius  Low  has  let  his  Farm  at  Rariton, 
for  a  short  Term,  and  it  did  not  suit  the  Person  who  took 
it,  either  to  hire  or  purchase  all  the  Stock  of  Cattle,  and 
Negro  Slaves,  consisting  of  Men,  Women  and  Children 
of  both  Sexes  and  different  Ages,  therefore  the  Stock  and 
Slaves  are  now  for  Sale,  or  any  of  the  Servants  will  be 
hired  out  by  the  Year,  at  a  cheap  Rate,  as  may  be  most 
convenient  to  those  that  want  them;  The  Slaves  were  all 
born  in  this  Country,  and  have  been  brought  up  from  their 
Infancy  to  the  farming  Business,  which  they  understand 
very  well,  having  managed  the  Farm  for  some  Years, 
without  an  Overseer :  All  that  remains  undisposed  of  on 
the  17th  of  this  Instant,  will  on  that  Day  be  sold  at  public 
Vendue,  at  the  said  Farm,  together  with  Horses.  Wag- 
gons, Ploughs,  Harrows,  and  farming  Utensils,  &c. 
Twelve  Months  Credit  will  be  given  to  those  who  pur- 
chase to  the  Amount  of  Three  Pounds  and  upwards,  giv- 
ing Security,  if  required,  and  as  the  Money  will  very  prob- 
ably not  be  wanted  at  the  End  of  that  Period,  a  longer 
Term  may  then  be  obtain'd,  as  shall  be  agreed  on. 

Rariton  Landing,  jrf  April,  1769. 

Morristozvn,  March  2yth,  1769. 

Ferdinand. 

A  Large  noble  brown  bay  Stallion, 
near  seventeen  hands  high,  beautifully 
shap'd  from  head  to  croup,  was 
brought  from  England  in  the  year 
Sixty  Six,  for  the  improvement  of  the 
breed  of  horses  in  America.  The  Sire 
of  him  was  a  fine  Spanish  horse  (which  breed  is  allowed 
by  the  best  writers  to  excel  all  others)  his  dam  was  one 
of  the  ablest  hunters  in  England.  Will  serve  mares  the 
ensuing  season  at  Morrisdon,  in  the  countv  of  Monmcuith. 


Figure 

OF   a 

Horse. 


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East  New-Jersey,  for  the  sum  of  four  pounds  Proclama- 
tion, and  if  the  mares  don't  prove  with  fole  this  season, 
they  may  be  served  ag^in  next  Spring  for  two  pounds. 
Mares  will  be  taken  good  care  of,  and  pastured  at  a  rea- 
sonable rate,  there  are  to  be  seen  at  the  above  place,  four 
fine  colts  of  Ferdinand's  get,  that  promise  well  to  make 
good  able  Road  horses,  so  much  wanted  in  this  country. 
Michael  Kearney. 

— The  New  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1370,  April  6,  1769. 

All  Persons  indebted  to  the  Estate  of  John  Conner, 
Chapman,  deceased,  who  travelled  chiefly  in  the  Jerseys, 
either  by  Bond,  Bill,  Note,  or  Book  Debt,  are  desired  to 
pay  the  same  to  the  vSubscriber,  living  in  Shrewsbury 
Township,  Monmouth  County,  East  Jersey,  on  or  before 
the  First  Day  of  May  next;  and  all  those  having  any 
Demands  against  the  said  John  Conner,  are  desired  to 
send  their  Accounts,  before  that  Date,  to  the  Subscriber, 
regularly  proved,  in  order  to  have  the  Estate  settled,  ac- 
cording to  Law. 

William  Morton,  Executor. 

Cltstom-House,  Philadelphia,  Cleared  Schooner 
Brittania,  H.  Johnson,  Salem. 

Five  Pounds  Reward. 
Run  azvay  from  the  Union  Iron-zvorks,  in  Hunterdon 
county,  West  Neiv-Jersey,  on  Saturday,  the  2^th  of  Feb- 
ruary last,  an  indented  servant  man,  nauied  Dennis  She- 
han,  sometimes  goes  by  name  of  Dennis  Stevens,  this 
country  born,  about  5  feet  8  inches  high,  and  2y  years  of 
age,  by  trade  a  mill-ivright ;  he  is  a  fresh  healthy  looking 
man,  wears  his  ozvn  black  hair,  tied,  has  a  scar  on  one  of 
his  cheeks,  remarkable  zvhite  eyes,  and  a  dozvn  look,  zvhen 


4IO  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

in  conversation,  his  jazvs  are  apt  to  snap  zvhen  eating,  and 
wants  several  of  his  foreteeth;  had  on,  when  he  went 
away,  a  broadcloth  coat  and  jacket,  little  worn,  half  worn 
buckskin  breeches,  nezv  shoes,  brass  buckles,  and  light  bine 
coloured  milled  stockings,  a  half  worn  beaver  hat,  check 
shirt;  he  appears  to  be  a  qniet  simple  fcllozv,  but  is  artful, 
and  fond  of  strong  liquors,  very  talkative  when  drunk, 
will  say)  much  of  his  knozvledge  in  the  mill-wright  trade, 
{may  pretend  to  knozv  something  of  the  founder's  busi- 
ness at  an  iron  furnace,  and  many  other  things,  of  zvhich 
he  is  quite  ignorant.  JVhoever  takes  up  and  secures  said 
servant  in  any  of  his  Majesty's  goals,  or  delivers  him  to 
Joseph  Turner  in  Philadelphia,  or  to  the  Subscriber  at  the 
iron-zvorks  aforesaid,  shall  receive  the  above  rezvard,  and 
all  reasonable  cJiarges,  paid  by 

Robert  Taylor,  at  Union  Forge. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette  No.  2102,  April  6,  1769. 

TEN  DOLLARS  Reward. 
Run  away  from  Hendrick  Coyler  of  East  New- Jersey, 
a  negro  fellow  named  Ishmael,  by  trade  a  blacksmith, 
is  much  pitted  with  the  small  pox  and  has  a  blemish  in  one 
eye,  is  a  .ereat  fiddler  and  is  often  shewing  slight  of  hand 
tricks;  has  a  Squaw  for  a  wife.  He  got  leave  of  his  mas- 
ter about  two  years  since  to  go  towards  Middleton  to  look 
a  master;  it  is  said  he  has  worked  some  time  at  the  iron 
works  near  Spotswood;  'tis  thought  he  is  since  gone  to- 
wards Pennsylvania;  he  has  been  acquainted  about  East- 
Town.  Whoever  takes  up  said  fellow,  and  delivers  him 
to  Capt.  Elias  Dayton,  in  Elizabeth-town,  or  said  Coy- 
ler at  Horse-Neck,  shall  have  the  above  reward,  with 
reasonable  charges  paid  by 

Hendrick  Coyler. 

— The   Pennsylvania  Journal,   No.    1374,   April   6, 
1769. 


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Notice  is  hereby  given  to  whom  it  may  concern,  that 
the  Owners  and  Possessors  of  the  Meadows  and  Marshes 
on  both  Sides  of  Manington  Creek,  in  the  County  of  Sa- 
lem, and  Province  of  West  New-Jersey,  do  intend  to  peti- 
tion the  House  of  General  Assembly  of  the  said  Province 
for  leave  to  bring  in  a  Bill  to  dig  Ditches,  or  a  Canal, 
through  the  said  Marsh,  in  order  to  prevent  the  Water 
overflowing  the  said  Meadow,  and  likewise  to  remove  the 
Bank  from  where  it  now  stands,  and  erect  another  further 
down  the  said  Creek. — The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No. 
118,  April  10-17,  1769. 

Public  notice  is  hereby  given,  that  the  trustees  of 
Queen's  College,  are  desired  to  meet  on  Thursday  the  4th 
of  May  next,  at  the  house  of  Henricus  Cuiper,  Esq;  at 
Horsimus,  in  the  County  of  Bergen. 

David  Marinus,  Clerk. 

To  be  sold  or  let,  a  fine  plantation,  containing  167  acres 
of  choice  good  land,  lying  7  miles  from  Elizabeth-Town, 
in  Springfield;  with  a  good  double  house,  barn,  and  saw- 
mill, and  a  fine  situation  for  a  grist-mill;  well  watered 
and  timbered  with  a  good  orchard,  out-houses,  &c.  The 
title  may  be  depended  upon  to  be  good,  as  all  incumbrances 
are  taken  off;  easy  payments  will  be  taken,  paying  inter- 
est. The  vendue  to  be  held  on  the  premises,  on  Thursday 
the  20th  Instant  April,  at  one  o'Clock  in  the  Afternoon, 
where  the  Conditions  will  be  made  known  by  Nathaniel 
and  EzEKiEL  Ball.  If  any  person  incline  to  purchase  said 
farm  before  the  day  of  sale,  may  apply  to  the  subscribers, 
who  will  agree  on  reasonable  terms. 

The  Members  of  the  New-Jersey  Medical  Society,  are 
desired  to  remember,  that  their  next  stated  General  Meet- 
ing, will  be  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  May  next,  at  the  House 


412  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [^7^9 

of  Mr.  Duff,  in  New-Brunswick.  And  as  some  important 
Matters  respecting  the  farther  EstabHshment,  &c.  of  said 
Society,  wih  be  taken  into  consideration,  the  Members  are 
desired  to  be  as  punctual  in  attending  as  possible,  and  as 
early  in  the  Day  as  may  be. 

Those  Gentlemen  of  the  Profession,  in  the  Province, 
who  have  not  hitherto  joined  the  Society,  are  invited  to 
attend  at  the  Time  and  Place  above  mentioned. 

Isaac  Smith,  Secretary. 

Fifteen  Dollars  Reward, 
RuN-away  from  Jacob  Starn,  living  on  Change  Water 
Iron  Works,  in  Sussex  county.  West  New-Jersey,  some 
time  in  March,  in  the  year  1768,  an  Irish  servant  Man, 
named  Thomas  Murphy,  about  5  feet  8  inches  high,  well 
set,  black  curl'd  hair,  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  which  he  un- 
doubtedly now  follows,  as  he  was  a  middling  good  work- 
man at  the  same :  He  is  about  19  years  of  age.  he  work'd 
at  his  trade  from  the  time  he  run  away  till  about  the  mid- 
dle or  latter  end  of  June,  along  the  North  River,  near 
Kinderhook,  Claverack,  and  Livingston's  Manor,  and 
there  chang'd  his  name  from  Thomas  Murphy,  to  Thomas 
Newman,  and  passed  by  the  name  of  the  New-England 
shoemaker,  and  from  there  it  is  said  he  went  to  New-Eng- 
land. Whoever  shall  apprehend  and  secure  said  servant 
in  any  of  his  Majesty's  goals,  so  that  his  master  may  have 
him  again,  or  bring  him  to  Dirck  Brinckerhoff,  of  the  city 
of  New-York,  Merchant,  shall  have  the  above  fifteen  dol- 
lars reward,  and  reasonable  charges,  paid  by 

Jacob  Starn,  or  Dirck  Brinckerhoff. 
— The  Nczi'  York  Gazette  and  JVeekly  Mercury,  No. 
911,  April  10,  1769. 

Salem,  April  13,  1769. 
Whereas  the  partnership  of  Bartram  and  Lithgow 


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is  expired,  all  persons  indebted  to  said  partnership,  are 
requested  to  pay  off  their  respective  ballances  immediately. 
Daniel  Lithgow  carries  on  the  business,  as  usual,  at 
Salem  Bridge,  and  has  just  got  a  neat  assortment  of  goods, 
suitable  for  the  season,  which  he  will  sell  on  very  reason- 
able terms.  He  thanks  the  public  for  their  former  favours, 
and  hopes  for  a  continuance  thereof. 

Philadelphia,  April  ii,  1769. 
Run  away,  yesterday,  from  the  Subscriber,  living  in 
Burlington  county.  West  Jersey,  an  Irish  servant  man, 
named  Francis  Nevel,  but  it  is  likely  he  may  change  his 
name,  he  is  of  light  complexion,  5  feet  10  inches  high,  has 
short  thin  straight  hair,  fresh  coloured  with  a  small  mole 
on  one  cheek,  and  a  small  scar  on  the  other;  had  on,  a 
brown  coat,  bound  round  with  worsted,  old  castor  hat, 
leather  breeches,  black  stockings,  and  old  shoes.  All  mas- 
ters of  vessels  are  forbid  to  carry  him  off  at  their  peril. 
Whoever  secures  said  servant,  so  that  his  master  may  have 
him  again,  shall  receive  Four  Dollars  reward,  paid  by 

Solomon  Ridgway. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.   2103,  A[^yil   13, 
1769. 

To  be  sold  by  the  subscriber,  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia, 
the  following  tracts  of  land,  viz. 
A  plantation  containing  about  300  acres,  60  whereof 
are  cleared,  20  acres  of  good  meadow  and  more  may  be 
made,  the  remainder  is  well  timbered;  there  is  a  good 
dwelling  house  and  orchard,  a  barn,  and  other  out-houses 
thereon;  also  a  grist  mill  with  one  pair  of  stones,  and  a 
fulling  mill,  with  press,  shop,  dye  house,  tenter  bars,  and 
all  other  tools  and  utensils,  necessary  for  carrying  on  the 
fulling  business;     situate  on  the  main  branch  of  Great 


414  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

Timber  Creek,  in  the  county  of  Gloucester,  in  the  western 
division  of  the  province  of  New-Jersey,  in  a  good  part  of 
the  country  for  trade,  being  within  a  mile  of  navigable 
water  on  the  said  creek,  and  eight  miles  from  the  town 
of  Gloucester.  It  is  an  old  accustomed  place  for  business, 
both  in  the  grinding  and  fulling  way,  and  is  well  situated 
for  a  store,  being  in  a  thick  inhabited  part  of  the  country, 
and  within  a  small  distance  of  several  saw  mills,  on  the 
same  creek.  The  land  is  good,  and  capable  of  producing 
any  kind  of  grain;  the  mill,  with  a  trifling  expence  may 
be  rendered  fit  for  merchant  work,  and  though  there  may 
not  be  a  sufficient  quantity  of  wheat  to  be  purchased  in 
that  part  of  the  country,  yet  the  cost  of  transporting  it 
from  Philadelphia,  will  be  very  small,  and  consequently 
conveying  the  flour  back  to  market  will  be  the  same,  there 
being  but  one  mile  land  carriage,  and  even  this  might  be 
prevented  by  a  little  trouble  in  cleaning  the  creek  of  brush, 
&c.  as  it  is  of  sufficient  depth  for  a  battoe,  or  other  small 
craft,  to  carry  a  load  from  the  landing  to  the  mill's  tail, 
so  that  the  advantages  arising  from  this  branch  will  ren- 
der it  very  valuable  to  the  purchaser.  It  will  be  sold  alto- 
gether, or  divided  into  two  parts,  as  will  best  suit  the 
buyer,  there  being  a  house  (exclusive  of  the  one  already 
mentioned)  on  the  other  end  of  the  place,  in  which  a  ten- 
ant now  lives. 

Also  a  piece  of  cedar  swamp  containing  about  70  acres, 
well  stocked  with  fine  young  timber,  situate  on  a  main 
branch  of  Great  Egg  Harbour  River,  called  Squancum, 
about  15  miles  from  a  landing  on  Timber  Creek,  in  the 
county  and  province  aforesaid. 

Any  person  who  has  a  mind  to  view  either  of  the  afore- 
said places,  may  apply  to  Randle  Marshall,  living  on 
the  first  mentioned,  and  for  terms  of  sale,  to 

John  Heaton. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  4I5 

Whereas  one  William  Rawson,  of  the  township  of 
Greenwich,  in  the  county  of  Gloucester,  in  the  western 
division  of  the  province  of  New-Jersey,  some  time  in  Feb- 
ruary last,  obtained  of  me  the  subscriber,  in  a  wicked,  de- 
ceitful and  fraudulent  manner,  five  promisary  notes,  the 
whole  amounting-  to  about  £.  21,  for  which  I  never  re- 
ceived any  manner  of  consideration;  therefore  1  do  here- 
by forwarn  all  persons  not  to  take  an  assignment  on  said 
notes,  or  any  of  them,  as  I  am  determined  not  to  pay  them, 
they  being  obtained  as  aforesaid. 

April  19,  1769.  Jacob  Long. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  119,  April  17-24. 
1769. 

Whereas  I  the  Subscriber,  of  Connecticut  Farms,  in 
the  County  of  Essex,  and  Province  of  New-Jersey,  and  my 
Wife  Hannah,  (some  Times  calling  herself  Hannah  Wil- 
lis, the  Relict  of  Isaac  Willis,  deceased,)  have  by  mutual 
Consent  lived  separate  from  each  other  for  some  Years 
past;  and  now  by  the  Suggestion  of  some  evil  minded 
Persons,  my  said  Wife  hath  run  me  considerably  in  Debt; 
these  are  therefore  to  forbid  all  Persons  whomsoever, 
trusting  or  crediting  her  the  said  Hannah  on  my  Account, 
as  I  am  determined  to  pay  no  more  Debts  of  her  contract- 
ing, from  the  Date  hereof. 

Rueben  Cherry 

Stolen  out  of  the  Stable  of  Eliphalet  Johnson,  at  New- 
ark, on  Saturday  Night  the  15th  Instant,  a  dark  bay  Horse 
about  fourteen  Hands  high,  6  Years  old,  trots  heavy,  but 
goes  a  good  hand-gallop :  his  mane  is  half  hoged  on  the 
left  Side,  and  the  Hair  wore  off  under  the  Mane  on  the 
Right  Side :  He  is  marked  with  the  Letter  N.  on  the  left 
Shoulder :  He  has  a  few  grey  Hairs  in  his  Forehead,  and 
the  Hair  wore  off  his  Sides  with  the  Stirups.     Whoever 


4l6  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

takes  up  and  secures  said  Horse  and  Thief,  so  that  he  may 
be  brought  to  Justice,  shall  receive  Five  Pounds  Reward, 
and  whoever  takes  up  and  returns  said  Horse,  without  the 
Thief,  shall  have  Fiz'c  Dollars,  and  reasonable  Charges, 
paid  by 

Eliphalet  Johnson 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
912,  April  17,  1769. 

Stolen  out  of  the  House  of  the  Subscriber,  in  Horse 
Neck,  on  the  Alorning  of  the  15th  of  this  Instant  April,  a 
large  Silver  Tankard,  that  will  contain  three  Pints,  markt 
with  the  Letters  CJ.B.  and  stampt  LB  or  P.O.  Whoever 
will  bring  said  Tankard  to  me  in  Horse  Neck,  or  to  Alex- 
ander Montgomery,  Tavern  Keeper,  near  the  Ship  Yards 
in  New- York,  or  will  apprehend  the  Thief  or  Thieves,  so 
that  he  or  they  may  be  Convictedj  shall  have  a  Reward  of 
Five  Dollars,  and  all  reasonable  Charges  paid  by 

Matthew  Mead. 

At  Public  Vendue 
On  Wednesday  the  ^d  of  May  next,  at  Colonel  Schuy- 
LERS,  Second  River,  will  be  Sold. 
A  Red  Cedar  framed  Boat,  that  will  carry  about   1 1 
Cords  of  Wood,  and  has  good  new  Rigging. 

To  be  sold  at  publick  Vendue,  on  Wednesday  the  17th 
of  May,  a  tract  containing  360  acres  of  excellent  land, 
with  a  very  good  dwelling-house  almost  new,  pleasantly 
situated  on  an  eminence,  commanding  a  very  fine  prospect 
over  the  low  lands,  with  three  fire-places,  and  a  good  cellar 
under  it;  also  a  very  large  barn  50  feet  long,  34  wide,  well 
built,  covered  with  Cedar,  a  good  well  at  the  door,  two 
large  young  orchards,  the  trees  mostly  grafted  with  the 
best  of  fruit;   there  mav  be  made  near  100  barrels  of  cider 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  4^7 

in  one  year,  and  double  that  when  the  trees  get  their 
growth,  also  plenty  of  peaches ;  there  is  on  this  tract  about 
100  acres  of  excellent  wheat  land,  also  50  acres  very  suit- 
able for  hemp;  there  can  be  cut  yearly  80  tons  of  good 
Hay;  and  much  more  may  be  got  with  little  expence: 
This  tract  of  land  is  exceedingly  well  wooded  and  watered; 
it  lies  in  the  County  of  Morris,  Township  of  Hanover,  on 
the  Neck,  bounded  on  Passaick  river,  where  there  is  plenty 
of  fish  and  wild  fowl  in  the  season;  it  lies  13  miles  from 
Newark,  18  from  Elizabeth-Town,  and  within  half  a  mile 
of  Mr.  Green's  meeting-house,  in  a  very  pleasant  healthy 
part  of  the  country,  a  place  remarkable  for  good  markets, 
having  a  great  number  of  iron  works  back  of  it.  Any  per- 
son choosing  to  purchase  before  the  day  of  public  sale,  may 
apply  to  Peter  Smith,  on  the  premises,  who  will  agree,  and 
give  a  good  title  for  the  same;  or  to  Jacamiah  Smith,  near 
Elizabeth-Town.  The  conditions  of  vendue  will  be  made 
known  at  the  day  of  sale,  by 

Peter  Smith 

— The  Nezv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1372,  April  20,  1769. 

A  List  of  Letters  remaining  in  the  Post-Office,  Phila. 
A.     Josiah  Appleton,  N.  Jersey. 

H.  William  Hogg,  Gloucester;  John  Hatton,  West- 
Jersey. 

J.     Richard  Jones,  Woodberry. 

S.     Samuel  Shivers,  Gloucester  Co. 

T.     John  Thompson,  N.  Jersey. 

These  are  to  give  Notice,  That  a  Number  of  the  In- 
habitants, on  both  Sides  of  great  Timber  Creek,  in  the 
County  of  Gloucester,  intend  to  present  a  Petition  to  the 
General  Assembly  of  New-Jersey;  at  the  next  Sessions, 
praying  Leave,  that  a  Bill  may  be  brought  in,  to  build  a 

27 


41 8  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

Bridge  over  said  Creek  to  and  from  the  Lands  late  George 
Marple's  and  Samuel  Clements,  deceased,  to  be  so  con- 
structed as  not  to  interrupt  the  Navigation 

New-Jersey,  April  4,  1769 
As  sundry  Gentlemen,  in  and  about  Philadelphia,  are 
desirous  of  raising  Colts,  out  of  the  celebrated  English 
hunting  Horse,  called  Frederick,  that  is  kept  for  cover- 
ing Mares  in  Monmouth  County,  East-Jersey,  they  may 
have  an  Opportunity  of  sending  Mares  to  him  the  15th  of 
May,  by  applying  to  Robert  Baines,  at  Mr.  Rhea's 
Stable,  in  Church-Alley,  any  Time  before  the  said  Date, 
and  no  Expence  will  attend  them,  but  the  Ferriage,  and 
eating  upon  the  Road,  and  the  Mares  will  be  returned 
them  again,  when  done  with  the  Horse  (Accidents  ex- 
cepted.) The  Price  for  covering,  for  the  Season,  will  be 
Eight  Dollars,  and  Eighteen  pence  per  Week  Pasturage, 
for  the  Mares,  to  be  paid  at  their  Return;  or  they  may 
have  their  Mares  warranted  to  be  with  Foal  for  Five 
Pounds,  and  if  they  do  not  prove  so,  the  Money  will  be 
returned  again  upon  Honour. 

The  subscriber  hereof  having  heretofore  been  possessed 
of  a  considerable  estate,  but,  by  the  unforeseen  hardness 
of  the  times,  the  falling  of  the  price  of  lands,  and  other 
disappointments  and  losses,  he  has  become  incapable  to 
satisfy  all  his  creditors;  in  order,  however,  that  none  of 
them  might  lose  all  their  demands,  he  surrendered  and  de- 
livered up  his  estate  to  them,  with  which,  some  of  said 
creditors  rest  satisfied,  but  others  being  of  a  more  craving, 
relentless  and  vindictive  disposition,  refuse  to  comply  with 
any  terms  (notwithstanding  many  have  been  proposed) 
till  the  whole  of  their  debts  are  paid,  and  have  thrown  him 
into  confinement,  where  he  has  remained  a  prisoner  for  1 1 
months  past;    these  debts  he  is  by  no  means  able  to  pay, 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  4I9 

he  therefore,  as  the  last  resource,  is  under  the  disagreealjle 
necessity,  of  giving  this  notice  to  ah  his  creditors,  that  he 
intends  to  apply  at  the  next  session  of  General  Assembly, 
of  the  province  of  New-Jersey,  for  an  act  to  regain  his 
liberty,  of  which  all  persons  concerned  are  desired  to  take 
notice.-^ 

William  Brown. 

The  Subscriber  hereof  having  heretofore  been  pos- 
sessed of  a  considerable  estate,  but  by  the  unforeseen 
hardness  of  the  times,  disappointments,  and  losses  in  trade, 
and  otherwise,  the  low  price  in  sale  of  his  lands,  which 
have  been  sold  for  the  benefit  of  his  creditors,  has  rendered 
him  unable  to  settle  with  his  creditors  to  their  full  de- 
mands, to  which  some  of  said  creditors  are  willing  to  com- 
pound, and  be  satisfied,  but  others  being  of  a  more  crav- 
ing, relentless  disposition,  refuse  to  comply  with  any 
terms,  till  the  whole  of  their  debts  are  paid,  which  his  cir- 
cumstances render  him  incapable  to  do  at  present,  though 
he  is  willing  to  give  up  his  all  to  them;  but  have  confined 
him  in  the  county  goal  at  Gloucester,  for  near  seven 
months  past,  which  puts  him  under  the  disagreeable  ne- 
cessity, as  the  last  resource,  to  seek  some  other  method 
for  aid.  These  are  therefore  to  give  notice  to  all  persons 
concerned,  that  he  purposes  to  apply  at  the  next  meeting 
of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  province  of  New-Jersey, 
for  relief  in  the  premises. 

William  Burnet. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Ga:;ette,  No.   2104,   April  20, 
1769. 

Extract  of  a  letter  from  a  gentleman  in  ,  to 

his  friend,  a  merchant,  in  Philadelphia,  dated  April  15, 
1769- 

1  This  and  the  next  following  advertisement  are  copied  from  that  of 
George  Reading,  page  374,  ante. 


420  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

"I've  been  seeing-  my  relations  in  Virginia,  whom  I  have 
not  visited  these  14  years  past,  and  in  taverns  and  friends 
houses  where  I  lodged  on  my  way  through  the  Jerseys, 
Pennsylvania,  and  Maryland,  I  found  the  people  of  all 
sorts  greatly  alarmed  by  the  late  revenue  acts;  the  dissolv- 
ing of  our  provincial  Parliaments  or  Assemblies ;  the  nezv 
courts  of  Admiralty  erected  on  our  coasts,  the  being  de- 
prived of  Juries  in  many  cases  to  be  tried;  the  British  gov- 
ernment rejecting  the  petitions  lately  sent  them  from  the 
colonies;  and  their  now  proposing  to  send  for  Otis,  Gush- 
ing, &c  to  carry  them  home  as  traitors,  and  try  them  for 
their  lives.  These  things  have  blown  up  the  minds  of  the 
people  into  a  high  flame  for  industry  all  over  the  countries, 
so  that  several  townships  as  I  came  along  were  resolving 
speedily  to  meet  and  enter  into  strict  agreements  against 
buying  any  more  English  goods,  especially  their  woolen, 
silk,  and  callico  fineries,  but  each  family  vigorously  to  set 
about  manufacturing  their  own  cloathing,  and  every  other 
necessary  article.  I  happened  also  into  company  where 
some  farmers  and  a  physician  were  about  agreeing  with 
an  eminent  silk-weaver,  late  from  Dublin,  about  erecting 
a  silk  manufactory,  as  mulberries  grow  plentiful  in  the 
woods.  At  another  gentleman's  house  where  I  was,  his 
lady  was  spinning  fast,  and  had  five  clever  girls  spinning 
along  with  her  ever  since  they  heard  that  the  Boston  Par- 
liament was  dissolved;  it's  expected  they  will  soon  have 
a  good  deal  of  cloth  to  sell.  When  riding  along  the  road 
last  week,  I  saw  sometimes  country  girls  pointed  out  and 
hissed  at  for  wearing  scarlet  and  callicoes;  bch!  says  a 
bachelor,  there  ride  two  saucy  dames,  none  of  them  a  match 
for  me;  she  never  zvill  make  a  coat  for  me,  ivhen  it  seems 
her  mamma  nez^er  yet  learned  her  to  spin  a  coat  nor  nmntle 
for  her  dear  siveet  self ;  this  put  the  girls  to  the  blush,  and 

so  rode  off — The  Pennsylvania  Journal.  No. 

1376,  April  20,  1769. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  42  1 

On  Thursday  last  the  Honourable  Jared  Ingersoll, 
Esq;  Judge  of  the  Vice-Admiralty  Court,  for  this  District 
arrived  in  Town  from  New-Haven.  He  is  empowered  to 
hear  Appeal  Causes  from  the  Vice- Admiralty  Courts  of 
Virginia,  Maryland,  New-York,  New-Jersey,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  the  Counties  of  New  Castle,  Kent  and  Sussex 
on  Delaware. 

The  Cu'cuit  Courts,  in  the  Western  Division  of  the 
Province  of  New-Jersey,  are  appointed  to  be  held  as  fol- 
fows : — At  Salem  the  2d  of  May;  at  Cumberland  the 
5th;  at  Hunterdon  the  i6th;  at  Sussex  the  24th. — The 
Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  120,  April  24-May  i,  1769. 

Whereas  a  certain  Joseph  Pledger, 

A  Shop  Joiner  by  Trade,  left  the  Town  of  Salem,  West 
New-Jersey,  in  the  Year  1765.  If  the  said  Joseph  Pledger 
be  living,  he  is  desired  to  return  to  the  said  Town  of  Sa- 
lem, where  he  may  be  informed  of  something  greatly  to 
his  Advantage.  But  should  he  be  dead,  it  will  be  taken 
very  kind  if  any  Person  will  inform  me  of  it. 

Robert  Johnson 

Pursuant  to  an  order  of  Jacob  Ford,  and  Samuel  Tut- 
tle,  Esqrs,  two  of  the  judges  of  the  inferior  court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas,  for  the  county  of  Morris,  Notice  is  hereby 
given  to  the  respective  creditors  of  Robert  Mountain,  an 
insolvent  debtor,  in  the  goal  of  the  county  of  Morris,  that 
they  be  and  appear  at  the  Court  House  in  Morris  Town, 
in  the  county  of  Morris,  on  Thursday  the  nth  day  of 
May  next,  at  1 1  o'clock  in  the  morning,  to  shew  cause  (if 
any  they  have)  why  an  assignment  should  not  be  made 
of  the  said  debtor's  estate,  and  he  discharged,  agreeable 
to  the  directions  of  late  act  of  the  governor,  council,  and 
general  assembly  of  the  province  of  New-Jersey,  entitled, 


42  2  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

"An  act  for  the  relief  of  insolvent  debtors." — TJic  Nczv 
York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  913,  April  24, 
1769. 

Nezi'-York,  April  24.  A  Letter  from  the  back  Part  of 
Elizaheth-Town,  greatly  laments  the  extreme  Cold  Weath- 
er all  last  Week,  and  particularly  Monday  Night  last  was 
said  to  be  the  coldest  that  ever  was  known  at  this  Season. 
The  ice  in  many  Places  was  a  full  Inch  thick;  and  the 
great  Peach  Orchard  belonging  to  Mr.  Miller  of  that  Bor- 
ough, consisting  of  upwards  of  11,000  fine  Trees,  being 
then  in  full  Bloom,  was  entirely  blasted  for  this  Year,  and 
about  Tool.  Damage  to  its  Owner.  And  indeed  it  is 
thought  the  Peaches  are  universally  gone  this  Way,  as 
well  as  several  other  Fruits  in  Bloom,  tho'  it  is  hoped  the 
Apples  may  not  have  suffered  so  much,  they  being  not 
yet  open.  We  are  assured  also,  that  the  Wheat  in  all  Clay 
Soils,  in  the  Jerseys,  is  prodigiously  thrown  out  and  per- 
ished, during  the  Winter,  so  that  the  Crops  in  all  such 
Land  will  certainly  fall  very  short.  JVheii  God's  Jiidg- 
meiits  arc  on  tJic  Earth,  the  Inhabitants  thereof  should 
learn  Righteonsness. — The  Neiv  York  Gazette  or  U\-'ekl\' 
Post  Boy,  No.  1373,  April  24,  1769. 

IVoodbridge,  Nezv-Jersey,  April  21,  1769 

Daniel  Walton,  of  the  Manor  of  Moreland,  in  Phil- 
adelphia county,  is  hereby  informed,  that  his  runaway  ser- 
vant James  Byrn,  is  in  my  custody,  and  he  is  desired  to 
come,  pay  charges,  and  take  him  away. 

Nathaniel  Heard. 

To  Be  Sold, 

By  the  Subscriber,  and  may  be  entered  upon  next  Fall. 
A  Valuable  Plantation,  and  Tract  of  Land,  contain- 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  423 

ing  243  acres,  situate  on  the  river  Delaware,  in  the  town- 
ship of  Chester,  in  the  County  of  BurHngton,  West- Jersey, 
about  10  miles  from  Cooper's  Ferries,  by  land,  and  about 
the  same  distance  from  Philadelphia,  by  water;  there  is 
on  said  premises,  a  good  two  story  framed  house,  a  good 
kitchen,  stone  smoke-house,  and  sundry  other  convenient 
buildings,  a  small  apple  orchard,  and  sundry  other  fruit 
trees,  about  60  or  70  acres  of  upland  cleared,  and  within 
good  fence,  which  is  very  fertile  for  grain  or  market 
truck;  there  is  also  about  20  acres  of  excellent  meadow 
cleared,  most  part  of  which  is  under  green  grass  and  Tim- 
othy, and  well  secured  from  the  tide,  about  30  acres  more 
may  be  made.  The  title  is  indisputable.  Any  person  in- 
clinable to  purchase,  may  know  the  terms,  by  applying  to 
the  Subscriber,  living  on  the  premises. 

Isaac  Rogers. 

Eight  Dollars  Reward. 
Run  away  from  the  Subscriber,  living  near  Indian 
River,  an  indented  Servant  Man,  named  Purmott  Lee, 
about  6  Feet  high,  25  Years  of  Age,  and  a  little  hard  of 
Hearing,  was  born  at  Egg-Harbour,  where  it  is  supposed 
he  is  now,  as  his  Wife  and  Father  were  seen  travelling 
the  Road  that  leads  to  that  Place.  Whoever  takes  up  the 
said  Servant,  and  brings  him  to  John  Mifflin,  Merchant  in 
Philadelphia,  or  to  his  Master  at  Indian  River,  shall  re- 
ceive the  above  Reward,  from 

John  Jones. 

Salem,  I  Vest  Nezv- Jersey,  April  19,  1769. 

Twelve  Dollars  Reward. 

Absconded  from  Jiis  nsnal  Place  of  Abode,  on  the  i6th 
Instant,  a  certain  Doctor  Thomas  Ogle,  born  in  Ireland, 
about  Hve  Feet  six  or  seven  Inches  high,  pitted  zAth  the 


424  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

Small-pox,  is  given  to  Liquor,  and  when  in  Drink  talks 
mueli  of  his  Skill  in  Physic  and  Surgery,  has  had  one  of 
his  Legs  broke,  and  commonly  wears  a  Handkerchief  about 
it;  Jiad  on,  when  he  zvent  away,  a  half  zvorn  Beaver  Hat, 
Bearskin  Coat,  Buckskin  Breeches,  Worsted  Stockings, 
and  good  Shoes,  zvith  Pinch  beck  Buckles.  He  took  with 
hint  a  Silver  Watch,  a  Silver  Face,  Maker's  Name  Wm. 
Clayton,  London,  No.  24^0,  rode  a  sorrel  Horse,  zvith  a 
Blase  in  his  Face;  and  had  a  Couple  of  Boxes,  zvith  Medi- 
cines in  them  {like  a  Pedlar's  Pack)  and  a  Suit  of  Fustian, 
not  made  up.  Whoever  takes  up  the  said  Dr.  Ogle,  and 
secures  him  in  any  of  his  Majesty's  Goals,  shall  receive  the 
above  Rezvard. 
Thomas  Hartley,  Daniel  Lithgow,  Peter  Ambler. 

N.  B.  All  Watch-Makers  are  desired  to  stop  the  said 
Watch,  if  offered  for  Sale,  or  otherzvise. — Tlie  Pennsylva- 
nia Gazette,  No.  2105,  April  27,  1769. 

To  be  LET  or  SOLD, 
By  the  subscriber, 

A  Tract  of  land,  containing  one  hundred  acres  (di- 
vided into  lots)  situate  in  Gloucester  county,  West  New- 
Jersey,  bounded  by  lands  of  Daniel  and  William  Cooper, 
and  the  river  Delaware,  opposite  Market  and  Chestnut 
streets  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia;  a  plan  of  which  is  to 
be  seen  at  the  London  Coffee  house,  at  Peter  Thomson's, 
Conveyances,  in  Race  street,  and  at  the  subscriber's  in 
Arch  street. 

As  it  is  not  the  intention  of  the  subscriber  to  magnify 
the  advantages  which  tenants  or  purchasers  of  lots  will 
have,  he  hopes  he  may  be  permitted  to  mention  a  few 
things  which  must  strike  and  shew  the  eligibleness  of  his 
plan. 

He  takes  it  for  granted  it  is  universally  known,  that  the 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  42$ 

pleasant  and  profitable,  have  generally  been  chosen  by  the 
wisest  of  men,  in  preference  to  either  of  them  separately; 
and  though  to  a  trading-  people  it  must  be  confessed  that 
many  profitable  advantages  may  arise  from  situation 
alone,  yet  however  men  may  engage  themselves  in  the  pur- 
suit of  wealth,  it  should  be  their  principal  care  to  live 
where  delightful  prospects  and  wholesome  air  invites 
them;  for  what  will  it  avail  to  acquire  all  the  good  things 
of  this  life,  if  health  afterwards  is  wanting  to  enjoy  them. 
The  agreeable  situation  of  these  lots  it  must  be  allowed 
are  inviting.  It  may  be  said  with  great  justice,  that  while 
the  air  is  dry  and  wholesome,  the  prospect  on  all  sides  but 
particularly  of  this  city,  is  delightfully  pleasant.  They 
abound  with  many  natural  advantages  as  well  for  pleasure 
as  for  business,  fishing  and  fowling;  a  soil  fitted  for  gar- 
dening and  the  raising  of  earlier  fruits  than  Pennsylvania 
affords;  the  opportunity  of  purchasing  all  kind  of  pro- 
visions as  an  addition  towards  house-keeping;  the  con- 
veniency  of  being  near  the  city  of  Philadelphia  for  distil- 
leries, breweries,  lumber  yards,  stores  and  other  offices, 
all  which  advantages  they  have  besides  many  others,  of 
being  suitable  for  the  business  of  most  kinds  of  mechan- 
icks.  Or  should  gentlemen  incline  to  become  purchasers, 
they  may  be  also  equally  well  accommodated.  The  diver- 
sions of  fishing  and  fowling  has  been  already  mentioned, 
add  to  these  the  pleasant  amusement  of  sailing  on  the 
water  in  summer,  and  the  certainty  of  having  excellent 
roads  for  carriages  and  riding  in  winter  are  things  not  to 

be  ranked  amongst  the  least  desireable "Sailing  and 

riding  says  a  great  author,  are  profitable  exercises,  while 
they  relax  the  mind,  they  strengthen  the  body,  and  enable 
it  to  pursue  industry  with  more  spirit."  Persons  whose 
weak  or  sickly  state  of  body  call  for  proper  air  and  relax- 
ation, may  also  be  suitably  accommodated.     If  their  dis- 


426  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

orders  require  the  drinking  of  mineral  waters,  they  are  at 
hand;  while  change  of  air  through  a  delightful  country, 
which  physicians  often  successfully  recommend,  may  from 
the  goodness  of  the  roads,  be  used  at  all  seasons. 

As  to  the  title  and  terms  on  which  the  premises  are  to 
be  disposed  of,  apply  to 

Jacob  Cooper. 

,.       J  ,       Thomas  Yi'Ei.M.s,  a  prisoner  confiiied 

l\  czv-J  crscy       ) 

Sussex  County,  \       ^'"  ^^'^  .?«^/  ""f  ^^^'  "^"^'^  ^^""^3^  of  Sus- 
ses, by  his  petition  to  the  justices  of 

the  supreme  court  of  judicature  for  the  province  aforesaid, 
hath  prayed  for  the  beuefit  of  the  late  insolvent  act  of  the 
governor,  council  and  general  assembly  of  the  said  prov- 
ince, passed  at  Perth-Aniboy  in  the  eighth  year  of  his  pres- 
ent Majesty's  reign,  entitled,  An  act  for  the  relief  of  in- 
solvent debtors,  and  hath  in  open  court  taken  the  oath  pre- 
scribed by  the  said  act  before  the  Hon.  Frederick  Smyth, 
Esq;  chief  justice,  and  JoJin  Berrien,  Esq;  third  justice  of 
the  said  province.  Notice  is  therefore  hereby  given  to  all 
the  creditors  of  the  said  Thomas  Helms,  to  appear  before 
tlie  justice  aforesaid,  at  the  city  of  Burlington,  on  Tiuirs- 
day,  the  eleventh  day  of  May  next,  at  ten  of  the  clock  in 
the  forenoon  of  the  same  day,  and  shew  cause,  if  auy  tJiey 
have,  zvhy  the  said  Thoiiuis  Helms  sJiould  not  be  dis- 
charged, agreeable  to  the  directions  of  the  said  act. — The 
Pennsylvania  Joiirnal,  No.  1377,  April  27,  1769. 

The  trustees  of  the  college  of  New-Jersey,  give  notice. 
That  at  the  earnest  sollicitation  of  many  particular  persons 
and  societies  friendly  to  the  institution,  they  have  entirely 
repealed  the  law  which  was  to  have  taken  place  in  Septem- 
br  next,  absolutely  requiring  four  years  residen.ce;  and 
resolved  to  admit  upon  the  same  footing  as  before.  They 
think  it  however  necessarv  to  notifv,  that  everv  scholar 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  427 

who  pretends  to  enter  any  of  the  superior  classes,  must 
come  fully  prepared,  and  expect  a  strict  and  impartial  ex- 
amination. And  that  no  school  master,  or  others  con- 
cerned in  the  scholars,  may  have  reason  to  complain  of 
advantages  being-  taken  against  them,  it  is  thought  proper 
now  to  publish  the  original  law  of  admission,  and  to  give 
full  information  how  the  trial  is  to  proceed.  The  law  for 
admission  into  the  freshmen  class,  enacted  in  the  year 
1748,  and  which  has  still  been  the  rule  for  the  examina- 
tion, is  in  the  following  words.  "None  may  expect  to  be 
admitted  but  such  as  being  examined  by  the  president  and 
tutors,  shall  be  found  able  to  render  Virgil  and  Tully's 
orations  into  English;  and  to  turn  English  into  true  and 
grammatical  latin;  and  be  so  well  acquainted  with  the 
greek,  as  to  render  any  part  of  the  four  Evangelists  in  that 
language,  into  latin  or  English;  and  to  give  the  gram- 
matical construction  of  the  words."  By  another  law,  en- 
acted in  the  year  1760,  it  is  ordered,  "That  all  who  are 
admitted  into  the  freshman  class  shall  be  acquainted  with 
vulgar  arithmetic,  which  shall  be  considered  as  a  neces- 
sary term  of  their  admission." 

These  laws  will  be  strictly  observed,  and  it  is  expected 
that  the  scholars  should  not  only  explain  the  authors 
therein  specified,  but  be  well  acquainted  with  the  grounds 
of  the  languages,  and  such  parts  of  education,  as  by  their 
nature  must  be  supposed  to  go  before  the  above  classical 
performances,  viz.  Reading  english  with  propriety,  spell- 
ing the  English  language,  and  writing  it,  without  gram- 
matical errors. 

As  to  the  superior  classes;  whoever  desires  to  enter  the 
Sophomore,  must  either  come  and  sit  down  with  the  fresh- 
men of  the  preceding  year,  before  commencement,  and  be 
judged  at  the  same  time;  or  if  he  comes  later  than  their 
public  examination,  three  must  lie  b/allotted  from  the  class 


428  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [^7^9 

which  he  desires  to  enter,  and  by  a  fair  comparison  with 
them,  he  will  be  admitted  or  degraded.  The  same  rule 
will  be  observed,  as  to  those  desiring  admission  into  the 
junior  class. 

It  is  expected  and  desired  that  masters  of  large  schools 
who  send  a  number  of  students  to  college,  should  come 
with  them  themselves;  and  be  present  and  assist  at  their 
examination.  By  this  means  they  will  have  the  oppor- 
tunity of  seeing  justice  done  to  them,  and  all  suspicion  of 
unfairness  and  partiality  will  be  effectually  prevented. 


View  of 
Farm 

AND 

House. 


Newark,  April  14,  1769. 
To  be  sold  at  private  sale,  and  en- 
tered on  immediately,  the  farm  of  Cap- 
tain James  Gray,  lying  on  the  banks  of 
the  river  Passaick,  about  one  mile  from 
the  church  at  Newark,  which  from  its 
situation  has  perhaps  more  incitements 
to  induce  a  gentleman  who  'wants  a 
country  seat,  to  pay  his  attention  to  it,  and  will  more  prob- 
ably please  any  elegant  taste,  than  any  in  the  country,  as 
it  is  capable  of  almost  every  improvement.  There  are  on 
the  farm  two  good  dwelling-houses,  barn,  stable,  and 
coach-house.  It  contains  20  acres  of  excellent  land,  which 
if  well  manag'd  and  improv'd,  will  aft'ord  bread  corn  for 
a  small  family,  besides  grass  and  hay  for  three  horses,  and 
four  or  five  cows,  a  good  orchard  and  large  garden.  It 
commands  a  most  extensive  view  of  the  river,  and  over- 
looks Capt.  Kennedy's  farm,  garden,  and  deer  park,  at 
Petersborough,  to  which  it  is  opposite.  The  river  abounds 
with  fish  and  wild  fowl  in  their  season,  which  may  be 
taken  within  a  few  rods  distance  from  the  houses.  There 
is  about  one  mile  from  the  said  farm,  ten  acres  of  good 
wood  land,  that  will  be  sold  with  said  farm  and  houses, 
or  seperate,  as  may  best  suit  the  purchasers;    if  it  should 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  429 

be  inconvenient  for  any  person  to  purchase  the  whole  of 
said  farm,  it  will  be  divided  and  sold  seperate.  For  fur- 
ther particulars  apply  to  Isaac  Ogden,  Esq;  at  Newark, 
who  has  power  to  sell  the  same. 

New-York,  May  i.  Last  Thursday  Capt.  Archibald 
Kennedy,  Esq;  was  married  to  Miss  Nancy  Watts, 
Daughter  of  the  Hon.  John  Watts,  Esq;  of  this  City,  a 
young  Eady  of  great  Merit,  with  a  handsome  Fortune.-^ 

There  is  now  in  Westchester  Goal,  a  Negro  Man,  who 
says  his  Name  is  Jim;  that  he  came  from  New -Jersey,  his 
Master's  Name  Erwin,  and  that  he  formerly  belonged  to 
Lawyer  Ogden :  He  is  tall,  and  very  black.  His  Owner 
is  desired  to  send  for  him,  and  pay  Charges. 

Isaac  Oakley,  Goaler. 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
914,  May  I,  1769. 

Notice  is  hereby  given,  to  all  the  Creditors  of  Joshua 
Pettet,  an  Insolvent  Debtor,  of  the  County  of  Essex,  in 
East  New-Jersey;  to  appear  at  the  House  of  Jonathan  Os- 
born,  at  the  Scotch  Plains,  on  the  ist  Day  of  June  next, 
in  order  to  make  a  Settlement  and  receive  their  Dividend, 
according  as  the  Law  directs. 

William  Line  )     .      . 

T       4.U        r\  u  I    Assignees. 

Jonathan   Osborn,  )  '^^ 

April  28,  1769. 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 

1374,  A^ay  I,  1769. 

Nezv-York,  May  4.  We  hear  from  Newark,  that  Eze- 
kiel  Ball,  an  ingenious  Mechanic,  has  invented  a  new  Ma- 

1  For  a  sketch  of  Capt.  Archibald  Kennedy,  of  the  Royal  Navy,  see 
N.  J.   Archives,   IX.,   460. 


430  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

chine  for  levelling  the  Roads  with  great  Expedition,  it  is 
made  in  the  Form  of  a  Triangle,  with  a  small  Expence, 
and  is  drawn  by  Horses;  Cutting  off  the  Ridges  and  filling 
up  the  Ruts  to  Admiration,  and  deserves  to  be  highly  rec- 
ommended to  the  Public;  if  any  Gentleman  is  desirous  of 
knowing  in  what  Manner  it  is  made,  the  Model  may  be 
now  seen  at  his  House. 

To  be  sold,  on  Wednesday  the  loth  of  May  inst.  at  the 
House  of  Robert  Campbell,  at  Freehold,  in  the  County  of 
Monmouth,  the  following  Lots  and  Parcels  of  Land  in 
said  Township,  viz.  The  noted  Tavern,  known  by  the 
Name  of  Campbell's  Tavern,  perhaps  one  of  the  best 
stands  in  the  County,  a  good  Dwelling  House  with  five 
Rooms  and  four  Fire  Places,  a  good  Kitchen  and  Garden 
pailed  in,  as  also  a  good  bearing  Orchard  of  120  Apple 
Trees ;  besides  Peach  and  Cherry  Trees,  of  the  best  Sort, 
with  about  100  Acres  of  Land.  Also  another  Tract  of 
Land  adjoining  on  the  South  Side  of  the  Road,  where  said 
Tavern  stands,  with  about  100  Acres  of  Land,  30  of  which 
are  good  Meadow,  chiefly  of  the  best  Sort ;  there  is  also  a 
good  Dwelling  House,  Barn,  and  a  young  bearing  Or- 
chard of  150  Trees;  also  sundry  Lots  of  Land  and  Mead- 
ow lying  adjacent,  will  be  sold  at  the  same  Time.  The 
Vendue  to  continue  two  Days,  if  all  is  not  sold  the  first. 
Also  to  be  sold  at  private  Sale,  a  Plantation  belonging  to 
the  Subscriber,  at  Fresh-Pounds,  in  the  Corporation  of 
New-Brunswick,  containing  about  100  Acres  of  good 
Wheat  Land,  lying  on  the  Stage  Road  that  leads  from 
Philadelphia  to  Amboy,  90  of  which  are  cleared,  and  on 
which  there  is  a  great  Quantity  of  Fruit  Trees,  such  as 
Mulberries,  Apples,  Peaches  and  Cherries,  being  situated 
within  three  Miles  of  two  Forges  and  four  of  a  Landing. 
An  indisputable  Title  will  be  given.     Good  Bonds,  on  Li- 


1769] 


NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS. 


431 


terest  will  be  taken,  if  it  does  not  suit  the  Purchaser  to  pay 
Cash.     The  Vendue  to  begin  at  Ten  of  the  Clock. 

Robert  Campbell. 


To  he  sold  at  public  Vendue,  on  Monday  the  2pth  of  May 
next,  (or  at  private  Sale  any  Time  before)  at  Perth- 
Amhoy 

A  Boat  called  the  Betsy,  lately  be- 
longing to  John  Watson;  the  said 
Boat  is  in  exceeding  good  Order,  with 
a  new  Quarter  Deck,  and  very  commo- 
dious for  Passengers  or  any  other 
Business.       She  will  carry  about  Six 


Figure 

OF 

Boat 

under 


Sail. 
Cords  of  Wood 


April  28th,  1760. 


Jeremiah  Stanton, 
William  Wright. 


To  be  sold  at  Public  Vendue, 
By  Order  of  Joseph  Reade.  on  Thursday  25th  of  May, 
Inst,  at  South-River  Bridge,  in  the  County  of 
Middlesex : 
The  Plantation  and  Premises  lying 
on  the  West  Side  of  the  said  River, 
and  on  the  main  Road  from  Burling- 
ton, and  Amboy,  lately  belonging  to 
the  Estate  of  Samuel  Neilson,  de- 
ceased :  Containing  by  Estimation, 
One  Hundred  and  Fifteen  Acres, 
Whereon  is  a  good  Dwelling  House,  some  Oat-Houses, 
some  clear  Land,  and  some  good  Wood  Land,  where  a 
Tavern  has  been  kept  for  many  Years  past ;  there  is  also 
on  it  a  good  Landing  Place  for  Boats :  Also  there  will  be 
sold  another  Lot  of  Land,  likewise  lately  belonging  to  the 


Figure 
OF  Farm 

WITH 

two 
Houses. 


432  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

Estate  of  the  said  Samuel  Neilson,  deceased,  about  a  Mile 
from  the  above  Premises  lying  on  Duck-Creek,  on  the 
East  Side  of  the  said  River,  containing  by  Estimation, 
One  Hundred  and  Twenty  Acres,  whereof  great  Part  is 
good  Meadow,  and  good  Wood  Land,  and  whereon  also 
is  a  very  good  and  convenient  Landing  Place.  The  Terms 
and  Conditions  of  Sale  will  be  made  known  at  the  Day  and 
Place  of  Sale. — Tlie  New  York  Journal  or  General  Adver- 
tiser, No.  12,7 A,  ^J(iy  4,  1769. 

Philadelphia,  May  4. 

Captain  Thompson,  from  Dublin,  on  the  23d  ult.  about 
50  Leagues  from  our  Capes,  spoke  the  Pennsylvania 
Packet,  Captain  Falconer,  bound  to  London  from  this 
Port. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  to  whom  it  may  concern,  that 
the  owners  of  a  piece  or  parcel  of  wild  marsh,  bounding 
on  Delavk'are  river,  in  the  county  of  Salem,  and  province 
of  New-Jersey,  lying  and  being  between  the  lands  of  John 
Mecum  and  Allen  Congleton,  do  intend  to  petition  the 
house  of  General  Assembly  of  the  said  province,  for  leave 
to  bring  in  a  bill  at  the  next  sessions  of  General  Assembly, 
for  the  banking,  laying  of  sluices,  and  other  things  need- 
ful to  be  done,  towards  draining  the  aforesaid  piece  of 
wild  marsh. 

By  virtue  of  several  writs  to  me  directed,  on  the  19th 
day  of  May  next,  at  the  late  dwelling-house  of  George 
May,  in  the  township  of  Great  Egg-Harbour,  will  be  ex- 
posed to  sale,  by  public  vendue,  between  the  hours  of  12 
and  5  in  the  afternoon  of  said  day,  the  following  described 
tracts  and  lots  of  land,  meadow  and  cedar  swamp,  viz. 
No.  I,  contains  127  acres,  on  which  is  a  good  two  story 
frame  dwelling-house  and  barn,  with  about  20  acres  of 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  433 

cleared  land,  a  grist-mill  and  saw-mill,  in  good  repair,  on 
a  large  stream  of  water,  situate  on  the  northerly  side  of 
Great   Egg-Harbour   river,   near   the  head   of   the  tide; 
within  a  quarter  of  a  mile  from  said  mills  is  a  very  con- 
venient landing,  where  sea  vessels  can  go  and  come  full 
freighted.    No.  2,  is  100  acres  of  timber  land,  and  includes 
the  abovementioned  landing.     No.  3,  is  loi  acres  of  cedar 
swamp,  about  a  mile  from  the  above  mills,  lying  on  Bad- 
cock's  creek,  which  is  full  of  timber.    No.  4,  is  50  acres  of 
marsh,  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  river  to  the  first  lot, 
which  is  now  banked,  and  makes  good  meadow.     No.  5, 
is  50  acres  of  land  and  marsh,  on  the  south  west  side  of 
the  river,  at  a  place  called  the  Upper  Pine  Hammock. 
No.  6,  is  50  acres  of  cedar  swamp,  on  Gravelly  Run,  about 
3  miles  from  the  said  mills.    No.  7,  is  46  acres  of  land,  and 
cedar  swamp,  lying  on  the  said  river,  including  a  landing, 
called  Colt's  Landing.     Also  125  acres  of  cedar  swamp, 
in  two  tracts,  a  few  miles  from  said  mills.     Throughout 
the  above  tracts  of  land,  in  many  places,  is  found  large 
quantities  of  iron  ore,  and  the  stream  on  which  the  mills 
are  built,  being  sufficient,  it  is  thought  a  valuable  iron 
work  might  be  erected  there,  and  its  situation  would  ren- 
der the  exportation  of  it  very  convenient.     Any  person 
inclining  to  purchase,  may  view  the  premises,  by  applying 
to  Charles   Steelman,  or   Samuel   Snell,  near  the  same. 
Credit  will  be  given  for  two  thirds  of  the  purchase  money, 
with  paying  interest.     The  whole  late  the  real  estate  of 
said  George  May;    seized  in  execution,  and  to  be  sold  by 

Samuel  Blackwood,  Sheriff. 
N.  B.     At  the  same  time  will  be  sold,  a  quantity  of 

West-Jersey  rights. 

Gloucester,  April  27,  1769. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2106,  May  4,  1769. 
A  Correspondent  writes  us,  that  a  Body  of  upwards  of 

28 


434  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL   DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

500  Stout  active  industrious  Men,  completely  armed  and 
accoutred,  are  arrived  at  or  near  the  Minisinks,  from  New- 
England,  (with  Carts,  Oxen,  Horses,  and  various  Instru- 
ments of  Mechanism  and  Husbandry)  on  their  Way  to 
possess  and  settle  the  Lands  they  claim  on  the  Susque- 
hannah,  from  whence  a  small  Party  were  lately  forced  by 
a  superior  Number  of  Proprietary  Agents  and  Partisans 
of  this  Province.  They  are  continually  joined  by  People 
from  different  Parts  of  New-Jersey,  in  which  Province 
they  met  with  the  greatest  Hospitality.  They  are  in  high 
Spirits,  on  their  near  Approach  to  what  they  call  the 
American  Canaan,  or  Land  of  Promise. — The  Pennsylva- 
nia Chronicle,  No.  122,  May  8-15,  1769. 

New-York,  May  8.  A  Sloop  from  Coracoa,^  for  this 
Port,  Anthony  Pereau,  Master,  was  drove  ashore  last 
Tuesday  Night  in  a  hard  Gale  of  Wind  at  South-East,  at 
Shrewsbury  Inlet,  on  the  Coast  of  New-Jersey ;  the  Vessel 
is  entirely  lost,  and  three  of  the  People,  two  white  Men, 
and  a  Negro,  perished  with  the  Cold :  The  Cargo,  Mo- 
hagony,  and  chipped  Logwood,  will  be  saved. 

Five  Dollars  Reward. 
RuN-away  from  the  subscriber,  in  Elizabeth-Town, 
East  New- Jersey,  on  Sunday  evening  last,  a  servant  lad 
named  Cornelius  Plurry,  born  in  Old  England,  about  "19 
years  of  age,  five  feet  6  inches  high,  fair  complexion,  light 
coloured  hair :  Had  on  when  he  went  away,  a  blue  sail- 
or's jacket,  much  worn,  and  faded;  a  blue  broad  cloth 
under  jacket;  a  pair  of  buckskin  breeches,  blue  stockings, 
half  boots  much  worn.  He  has  lived  with  the  subscriber 
as  an  hostler,  can  trim  a  horse  very  well.  Whoever  se- 
cures the  above  servant,  and  confines  him  in  any  goal  in 
this  or  the  neighbouring  provinces,  or  returns  him  to  his 

1  Curacoa. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  435 

master,  shall  receive  the  above  reward,  and  all  reasonable 
charges,  paid  by  rne.  Broughton  Reynolds. 

— The  New  York  Gazette  and  JVeekly  Mercury,  No. 
915,  May  8,  1769. 

Lost, 

From  the  South  Side  of  Staten-Island,  the  twenty-sixth 
Day  of  April,  a  Canoe,  of  about  20  Feet  long,  three  Feet 
wide,  with  a  small  Bar  of  Iron  under  the  Seat.  Whoever 
takes  up  or  secures  said  Canoe,  so  that  the  Owner  may 
have  her  again,  shall  have  Two  Dollars  Reward,  paid  by 
me.  Benjamin  Spining 

Elisaheth-Town,  April  9,  1769. 

Four  Pounds  Reward, 
RuN-away  from  the  Subscriber,  living  in  Shrewsberry, 
in  the  County  of  Monmouth  and  Province  of  Fast  New- 
Jersey,  the  30th  of  April,  a  Man  about  five  Feet  five  or  six 
Inches  high,  round  Face,  a  very  strait  limb'd  Fellow, 
about  thirty  Years  of  Age,  named  Thomas  Howel.  Mer- 
ica  Bourn,  a  Woman,  has  left  this  Place  in  order  to  marry 
him,  which  will  be  his  third  Wife,  if  so  she  may  be  called, 
the  first  being  living;  and  was  branded  in  the  Hand  for 
marrying  the  second,  whether  the  Brand  is  yet  to  be  seen 
I  cannot  say;  Also  at  the  same  Time  a  Servant  Man, 
named  Joseph  Compton,  about  five  Feet  high,  about  26 
Years  of  Age,  run-away  from  the  Subscriber,  they  are 
supposed  to  be  together;  the  Servant  has  a  large  Scar  on 
one  of  his  Insteps,  occasioned  by  the  cut  of  an  Ax,  and  is 
already  advertised  also,  at  Four  Pounds  Reward.  Who- 
ever takes  up  and  secures  either  the  Prisoner  or  Servant, 
shall  be  paid  the  above  Reward,  if  both,  Eight  Pounds  for 
the  two,  by  me  Stephen  Tallman,  jun. 

— The  New  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1375,  May  II,  1769. 


436  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

G.  Bartram  and  P.  Shiras, 
Have  brought  up  to  their  store,  at  Mountholly, 
A  Large  and  general  assortment  of  European,  East  and 
West-India  Goods,  which  was  purchased  on  the  best 
terms :  therefore  are  determined  to  supply  the  town  and 
country  lower  than  has  been  done  there  for  many  years 
past,  and  purposes  to  sell  for  ready  money,  or  country 
produce,  only. 

N.  B.  The  public  will  be  made  acquainted  with  the 
particulars  of  the  Goods  by  another  Advertisement,  in  a 
few  days  time. 

To  Be  Sold, 
A  Tract  of  Land  in  West  New-Jersey,  situate  in  the 
township  of  Nottingham,  on  the  south  side  of  Sunpink 
Creek,  about  4  miles  from  Trenton,  and  5  from  the  pub- 
lic landing,  below  the  Falls,  known  by  the  name  of  the 
Bear  Swamp,  joining  lands  of  Rebeccah  Wright,  and  oth- 
ers, containing  about  300  acres,  200  of  which  may  be  made 
good  meadow,  with  a  stream  of  water  running  through 
the  same,  a  small  part  of  the  upland  cleared,  the  rest  well 
timbered.  Also  a  house  and  lot  on  the  west  side  of  Fifth- 
street,  two  doors  above  Arch-street,  containing  in  width 
19  feet  and  an  half,  and  in  depth  50  feet,  with  a  two  story 
kitchen,  and  good  cellar  under  the  whole.  For  further 
particulars,  enquire  of  Andrew  Edge,  in  Third-street,  the 
corner  of  Church-alley. 

N.  B.  Goods,  that  are  saleable,  will  answer  as  well  as 
cash,  for  one  half  of  the  purchase  money,  the  remainder 
will  be  made  easy  to  the  purchaser,  with  an  indisputable 
title. 

West  Jersey  Rights, 
To  be  sold  by  John  and  Lambert  Cad w alder,  in 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  .  437 

Front-Street,  a  little  above  Walnut-street. — TJic  Pennsyl- 
vania Gazette,  No.  2107,  Ad  ay  11,  1769. 

Princeton,  {N ezv-J erscy)  May  6. 
On  Sunday  evening,  the  30th  of  April,  as  the  Revd. 
Mr.  John  Blair,  Mr.  Benjamin  Skillman,  his  wife  and 
daughter,  who  had  a  young  child  in  her  arms,  were  re- 
turning from  Kingston,  where  Mr.  Blair  preached  that 
day,  had  occasion  to  cross  Millston  in  a  Battoe  (as  it  was 
swolen  with  the  rain)  were  accidentally  overset  in  the 
middle  of  the  current,  which  run  very  rapidly;  Mr.  Blair 
'tis  said  was  so  long  under  water,  that  a  few  moments 
more  would  have  landed  him  in  eternity;  after  they 
emerged,  they  clung  to  the  battoe,  until  they  caught  hold 
of  some  limbs,  by  the  help  of  which  they  all  got  on  shore, 
except  Mrs.  Skillman,  who  missing  that  opportunity,  was 
unfortunately  drowned. 

We  are  informed,  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of 
the  College  of  New-Jersey,  lately  held  at  Nassau-Hall, 
the  Revd.  Mr.  Blair,  Professor  of  Divinity  in  said  Col- 
lege, requested  liberty  to  resign  his  said  office,  as  he  con- 
sidered the  present  revenue  of  that  college  insufficient  for 
the  support  of  a  professorship;  and  that  the  instruction 
of  pupils  in  that  branch  might  at  present  devolve  upon  the 
President  of  the  College.  The  Trustees  gave  him  the 
thanks  of  the  board  for  his  services  to  that  institution,  and 
considering  the  application  as  an  act  of  generosity  and 
disinterestedness  in  him,  added  the  highest  testimonials  of 
their  approbation  of  his  character  and  conduct. 

Trenton,  in  West  New  Jersey,  May  4,  1769. 

To  WHOM  it  may  concern. 

Whereas  by  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 

province  of  Pennsylvania,  passed  in  the  year  1765,  I  was 

granted  the  enlargement  of  my  person  for  ever,  against 


438  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL   DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

all  debts  contracted  by  me,  before  my  surrender  made  on 
the  14th  day  of  February,  1764.  And  whereas  I  am  again 
sued  and  in  danger  of  being  distressed  in  this  province, 
for  the  ballances  that  remain  due  to  some  of  my  creditors, 
and  hereby  shall  be  prevented  from  endeavouring  to  dis- 
charge the  just  ballances  that  may  remain  against  me,  after 
a  distribution  of  my  effects  surrendered  in  the  year  1764, 
is  made,  agreeable  to  the  above  recited  act  of  assembly. 
These  therefore  are  to  notify  all  those  whom  it  may  con- 
cern, that  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  General  Assembly  of 
the  province  of  New  Jersey,  I  do  intend  to  petition  that 
Honourable  House  and  pray  them  to  grant  me  such  relief 
as  they  in  their  wisdom  shall  think  meet. 

Robert  Lettis  Hooper,  Jun. 

To  the  creditors  of  John  Budd, 

Gentlemen, 

I  Am  extremely  sorry  to  hear  that  you  neither  have,  or 
are  likely  to  receive  any  part  of  the  money  due  from  me 
to  you  if  things  remain  in  their  present  situation,  and  as 
some  of  bonds  are  now  in  the  hands  of  the  executors,  &c. 
of  my  deceased  creditors,  a  letter  of  licence  in  the  common 
form  is  impracticable.  I  have  therefore  no  way  left  to  do 
you  justice,  but  by  petitioning  the  legislative  body  of  the 
province  of  New-Jersey,  for  an  act  to  grant  me  licence  to 
return  and  reside  in  the  said  province,  five  years  free  from 
arrest,  to  collect  in  the  money  due  to  me  and  pay  my 
debts :  This  method  has  been  proposed  to  me  by  some  of 
my  principal  creditors,  and  I  make  no  doubt  but  it  will  be 
acceptable  to  you  all.  I  therefore  design  to  do  it  at  the 
next  sitting  of  the  assembly  of  the  said  province.  I  am. 
Gentlemen,  with  the  greatest  respect  your  very  humble 
Servant  J.  Budd. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.    1379,   May    11, 
1769. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  439 

Whereas  the  subscriber,  living  in  the  city  of  BurHng- 
ton,  in  the  province  of  New-Jersey,  executed  a  note  to  one 
Alexander  Lindsey,  for  the  sum  of  Nine  Pounds  Five 
Shillings,  for  a  servant  girl,  which  the  said  Lindsey  fraud- 
ulently sold  to  him,  alledging  that  he  had  just  brought  her 
from  ship  board,  which  is  entirely  false;  these  are  there- 
fore to  forewarn  all  persons  from  taking  an  assignment  of 
said  note,  as  I  am  determined  not  to  pay  it,  unless  com- 
pelled thereto  by  law.  Witness  my  hand  the  27th  of  April, 
1769.  George  DimJiam. 

N.  B.  The  said  girl  has  been  discharged. — The  Penn- 
sylvania Chronicle,  No.  123,  May  15-22,  1769. 


To  be  sold  at  private  sale,  any  time  before  the  first  day 
of  July  next,  the  plantation  on  which  Nathaniel  Salmon 
now  lives,  in  Springfield,  in  the  borough  of  Elizabeth,  in 
East  New-Jersey,  within  half  a  mile  of  the  presbyterian 
church  in  said  place;  it  contains  about  50  acres,  near  half 
of  it  good  mowing;  it  has  on  it  a  good  double  house  and 
barn,  stable,  smoak  house,  chair  house,  cyder  mill,  with 
two  good  presses,  likewise  other  necessary  out  houses;  a 
good  garden,  and  bearing  orchard  of  150  apple  trees,  and 
near  2000  peach  trees  of  the  best  fruit,  all  in  their  greatest 
perfection.  It  is  bounded  on  the  south  side  by  the  east 
branch  of  Raway  river;  is  very  pleasantly  and  conve- 
niently situated  for  a  gentleman's  country  seat,  or  for  a 
store,  tavern,  or  tradesman.  Any  person  inclining  to  pur- 
chase, may  know  the  particulars,  by  applying  to  the  sub- 
scriber'-, who  will  give  an  indisputable  title  for  said  plan- 
tation. 

Nathaniel  Salmon, 

John  Stiles,  Esq; 
David  Morehouse. 
— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
916,  May  15,  1769. 


440  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 


View 

OF 

Part   op^ 
Farm. 


To  be  Sold  by  the  Subscriber  living  on  the  Premises, 

A  Plantation,  containing  about  268 
Acres,  situated  at  Malihaponix,^  in  the 
Neighbourhood  of  Two  Iron  Works; 
and  two  Grist  Mills,  where  is  a  ready 
Market  for  all  Kinds  of  Produce  that 
is  raised  on  a  Farm,  and  about  5  Miles 
from  South-River  Landing,  from 
whence  Boats  constantly  go  to  New- York :  There  is  on 
the  Premises,  a  good  Farm  House,  with  a  convenient  Cel- 
lar, Milk  House,  Barn  and  other  necessary  Houses  for  a 
Farm  :  A  good  bearing  Orchard  of  150  Apple  Trees,  and 
a  Variety  of  other  Fruit  Trees;  about  160  Acres  of  cleared 
Land,  and  a  few  Acres  of  Meadow;  the  Remainder  good 
Wood  Land,  16  Acres  of  which  will  make  very  good 
Meadow  with  little  Cost.  The  Whole  is  well  watered  and 
in  good  Fence.    A  good  Title  will  be  given,  by 

James  Gordon. 

— The  New  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1376,  May  18,  1769. 

Philadelphia,  May  18. 

Captain  Fearns,  from  the  Grenades, — off  our  Capes — ■ 
spoke  a  Sloop,  from  Boston  for  Baltimore,  but  did  not 
learn  the  Master's  Name. 

Captain  Younghusband.  arrived  in  Virginia  from  Liv- 
erpool, spoke  with  Captain  Falconer,  from  this  Port  for 
London,  160  Leagues  from  our  Capes,  all  well. 

Run  away  from  the  Subscriber,  living  in  Upper  Free- 
hold, Monmouth  county,  East-Jersey,  on  the  24th  of  April 
last,  a  Negroe  man,  went  formerly  by  the  name  of  An- 
ney's  Joe,  about  50  years  of  age,  5  feet  10  or  11  inches 
high,  a  well  set  arch  cunning  rogue,  wants  his  fore  teeth, 

1  Matchiponix. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  441 

plays  on  the  fiddle,  is  very  much  given  to  strong  drink, 
and  pretends  to  be  free;  had  on,  when  he  went  away,  a 
brown  homespun  coat,  two  jackets,  one  a  blue  camblet,  the 
other  a  brown  homespun  broadcloth,  old  buckskin 
breeches,  a  coarse  tow  shirt,  blue  yarn  stockings,  old  shoes, 
tied  with  strings,  and  two  felt  hats,  one  old,  the  other  new. 
Any  person  bringing  said  Negro  to  the  Subscriber,  or  se- 
curing him  in  any  gaol  in  the  province,  so  that  he  may  get 
him  again,  shall  have  Three  Pounds  reward,  and  all  rea- 
sonable charges,  paid  by 

Emer  Jackson. 

Waterford,  Gloucester  County,  May  15,  1769 

To  be  sold  by  zvay  of  public  vendue,  at  Haddonficld,  in 

the  county  aforesaid,  on  Saturday,  the  sph  day  of  this 

instant,  one  English  Stallion,  near  14  hands  high,  has 

a  small  star  in  his  forehead.     The  vendue  to  begin  at  j 

o'clock  in  the  afternoon  of  the  day  aforesaid,  at  zvhich 

time  and  place  the  conditions  of  sale  zvill  be  made  knoivn, 

and  attendance  given,  by 

Isaac  Jones. 

N.  B.  The  above  described  horse  was  left  with  me, 
some  time  in  November  last.  If  the  person  who  left  him, 
or  any  person  claiming  property  in  the  said  horse,  come 
av.d  prove  such  property  and  pay  the  charges  accrued  on 
account  of  him,  before  the  day  of  sale  aforesaid,  they  may 
have  him  again. 

Gloucester  Goal,  in  New-Jersey,  May  5,  1769. 
Whereas  the  subscriber  hereof,  having  heretofore  been 
possessed  of  goods  and  effects  of  some  considerable  value, 
but  by  the  hardness  of  the  times,  and  other  misfortunes, 
he  has  been  rendered  incapable  of  satisfying  his  creditors 
demands,  as  some  of  his  said  creditors  have  already  stript 
him  of  all  he  had,  and  some  others  of  his  creditors  are  so 


442  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [^7^9 

relentless,  notwithstanding  his  distressed  circumstance 
and  condition,  have  confined  him,  and  refused  to  comply 
with  any  terms,  till  the  whole  of  their  debts  are  paid : 
These  are  therefore  to  give  notice  to  all  persons  concerned, 
that  he  intends  to  apply  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  General 
Assembly  of  this  province  of  New-Jersey,  for  relief  in  the 
premises. 

Thomas  Wilson 

Whereas  in  pursuance  of  an  act  of  General  Assembly 
of  this  province,  intituled,  an  act  for  granting  the  sum  of 
Sixty  Thousand  Pounds  for  the  Kings'  use,  and  for  strik- 
ing Fifty-five  Thousand  Pounds  thereof  in  bills  of  Credit, 
and  to  provide  a  fund  for  sinking  the  same,  the  following 
tract  of  located  and  unimproved  land  was  duly  valued,  and 
rated  by  the  Assessors,  for  the  county  of  Northampton,  at 
Five  Pounds  per  hundred,  the  property  of  James  Hayes, 
in  the  county  of  Sussex,  and  province  of  West  New-Jer- 
sey, viz.  a  tract  of  land  containing  about  144  acres,  situ- 
ate in  Delaware  township,  in  the  county  of  Northampton; 
bounded  by  lands  of  Elisha  Decker  and  others. 

And  whereas  the  owner  of  the  said  tract  of  land  hath 
neglected  to  pay  the  Collector  of  the  said  township,  the 
sum  of  Ten  Shillings  and  Nine-pence,  which,  according  to 
the  said  valuation,  was  assessed  and  laid  upon  said  land, 
as  the  proportion  thereof  for  one  year  for  said  tax,  by  the 
said  act  imposed :  We,  the  Commissioners  of  the  county 
of  Northampton  aforesaid,  in  pursuance  of  the  said  act, 
do  hereby  give  notice,  that  on  the  1 5th  day  of  August  next, 
at  the  house  of  Jacob  Swartwood,  in  Delaware  township, 
we  will  expose  to  sale,  by  public  vendue,  the  abovemen- 
tioned  tract  of  located  unimproved  land,  or  such  part 
thereof,  as  will  be  sufficient  to  answer  the  said  tax,  and  all 
charges  accruing  by  reason  of  non-payment  thereof,  to 
the  highest  bidder.    The  sale  to  begin  at  10  o'clock  in  the 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  443 

forenoon.  Given  under  our  hands  at  Easton,  the  8th  day 
of  May,  1769. 

Casper  Doll,  John  Wetzel,  Harman  Sneider. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2108,  May  18, 
1769. 

On  Friday  last  was  taken  up  a  float  in  the  river  Dela- 
ware (between  Philadelphia  and  Burlington)  the  body  of 
a  woman  supposed  to  be  drowned  sometime  last  summer, 
she  had  on  two  strings  of  white  wax  beeds  round  her  neck, 
cotton  gown,  good  stays,  black  callimanco  petticoat,  white 
thread  stockings,  and  leather  shoes. 

Prince-Town,  May  15,  1769. 
Made  his  escape  from  the  Subscriber,  living  in  Prince- 
Town,  county  of  Somerset,  and  province  of  New-Jersey, 
a  certain  James  Kearney,  a  well  built  fellow,  about  five 
feet  nine  inches  high,  short  black  hair,  and  fresh  coloured; 
his  cloaths  unknown,  though  'tis  supposed  he  had  on  a 
claret  coloured  coat  with  dark  coloured  cuffs,  with  white 
flannel  lining  and  mettal  buttons :  he  some  times  wears  a 
brown  jacket  much  patched;  he  has  taken  with  him  a  blue 
jacket,  a  large  felt  hatt,  a  brown  jacket  with  blue  shalloon 
backs  to  it,  and  some  which  does  not  belong  to  himself. 
Whoever  will  apprehend  said  James  Kearney,  so  that  I 
may  get  him  again,  shall  receive  thirty  shillings  reward, 

paid  by  me, 

Thomas  Norris,  Constable. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.    1380,   May    18, 

1769. 

To  be  sold  by  the  Printer  hereof,  Hutchinson's  History 
of  the  Massachusetts  Bay — Grove  on  the  Lord's  Supper; 
— Lady  Montagu's  Letters; — An  Essay  on  Economy; — • 
Considerations  on  the  Propriety  of  imposing  Taxes  on  the 


444  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL   DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

British  Colonies,  for  the  Purpose  of  raising  a  Revenue  by 
Act  of  ParHament; — The  Worship  and  Principles  of  the 
Church  of  England,  being  a  Sermon  preached  by  Thomas 
Davies,  A.  M.  a  Missionary  from  the  Society; — Liberty, 
a  Poem,  (lately  found  in  a  Bundle  of  Papers)  said  to  be 

written  by  a  Hermit  in  New-Jersey Answer  to  Pilate's 

Question  -  -  What  is  Truth  ?  -  -  The  main  Point,  Faith  dis- 
tinguished from  Counterfeits; — Directions  for  making 
Calcined  or  Pearl  Ashes. — The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle, 
No.  124,  May  22-29,  1769- 

RuN-away,  from  the  Subscriber,  living  at  Newark,  in 
New-Jersey,  on  Wednesday  the  tyih.  Instant,  a  Negro 
Man  named  Benjamin;  but  it  is  likely  he  will  change  his 
Name;  he  has  a  Mold  on  his  Cheek,  has  a  down-look,  of 
a  yellow  Cast,  a  lively  Fellow,  and  is  about  5  Feet  9  Inches 
high :  Had  on  when  he  went  away,  a  short  Ranger's 
Coat,  grey  or  blue,  and  a  red  Watch-coat.  Whoever  takes 
up  and  secures  the  said  Run-away,  so  that  he  may  be  had 
again,  shall  receive  five  Dollars  Reward,  and  all  reasonable 
Charges,  paid  by 

Nathaniel  Richards. 

— The  New  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
C)iy,  May  22,  1769. 

Arrivals. 
At  Jamaica.     Schooner  Cicero,  Needham  from  Salem. 

JONATHAN  HANSON,  Mast-maker. 
Takes  this  opportunity  to  acquaint  the  public  in  gen- 
eral and  his  friends  in  particular,  that  he  carries  on  the 
business  of  Mast-making  at  the  South  side  of  Mr.  James 
Penrose's  wharf,  and  has  collected  together  a  large  variety 
of  good  Jersey,  Delaware  and  New-England  spars,  and 
from  his  long  experience  and  known  abilities  in  the  said 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  445 

business,  he  hopes  his  former  customers  and  others  will 
continue  their  custom,  which  will  be  gratefully  acknowl- 
edged by  their  very  humble  servant 

Jonathan  Hanson. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.    1381,   May   25, 
1769. 

To  be  sold,  or  exchanged,  for  a  place  within  5  or  6 
miles  of  Philadelphia,  a  well  situated  and  valuable  planta- 
tion within  one  mile  of  Princetown  college;  containing 
116  acres,  25  of  which  are  good  meadow,  1 1  acres  of  wood 
land,  and  the  whole  under  good  new  fence,  having  there- 
on a  neat  well  finished  new  stone  house,  two  story  high, 
a  stone  kitchen,  and  the  buildings  are  70  feet  front,  a  good 
barn  45  by  40  feet,  very  convenient  and  finished  with  cedar 
boards  in  the  best  manner,  a  large  orchard  of  excellent 
fruit  trees,  a  well  of  good  water,  spring  house,  &c.  &c. 
And  as  it  is  situated  about  midway  between  Philadelphia 
and  New- York,  there  are  always  the  greatest  prices  to  be 
had  for  all  kinds  of  produce. — Any  person  inclining  to 
purchase,  by  paying  one  third  of  the  consideration  money, 
may  have  time  for  payment  of  the  remainder,  giving  se- 
curity if  required.  For  terms  apply  to  J.  Young,  jun. 
saddler,  in  Market-street,  Philadelphia,  or  to  the  sub- 
scriber, on  the  premises. 

William  Coats. 

N.  B.  Said  Coats  has  a  nuniher  of  lots  to  let  on  ground 
rent  for  ever,  on  Second,  Third  and  Fourth  streets  contin- 
ued above  the  barracks,  and  a  fczu  to  sell.  Inquire  as  above. 

To  be  SOLD,  by  the  subscriber, 
A  VALUABLE  tract  of  land,  situate  in  Manenton,  in  the 
county  of  Salem,  in  West  Neiv-.Terscy,  on  the  King's  road 
from  Gloucester  to  Salem,  lying  about  half  a  mile  front  a 


446  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [^7^9 

good  lauding,  and  about  tzvo  miles  from  Salcni  tozvn,  con- 
taining near  200  acres  of  as  good  zvheat  land  as  are  in  said 
county,  about  sixty  acres  thereof  cleared  and  in  good  fence, 
and  the  rest  zvell  timbered;  there  are  a  good  dzvelling- 
house,  kitchen,  a  zvell  of  good  zvater,  a  nezv  frame  barn 
and  stable  thereon;  it  is  zvell  situated  for  a  tavern  or  shop 
keeping,  the  former  it  zvas  for  many  years,  and  knozvn  by 
the  sign  of  the  plough.  Likezvise  thirty  acres  of  good 
banked  in  meadozv,  lying  about  half  a  mile  from,  the  afore- 
said plantation;  it  produces  timothy  and  other  good  grass; 
the  bank  that  keeps  out  the  tide  from  said  meadozv  is  of 
no  great  cost  to  the  ozvner,  as  it  is  but  about  a  hundred 
rods  long,  and  takes  in  about  ^00  acres  of  meadozv;  the 
upland  may  be  sold  separate,  if  it  suits  the  purchaser. 
Good  time  zvill  be  given  for  the  payment  of  the  purchase 
money,  as  to  title  and  terms  on  zvhich  said  premises  are  to 
be  disposed  of  apply  to  the  subscriber  in  Piles  Grove,  in 
the  county  aforesaid. 

Isaac  Sharp. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.   125,  May  29- 
June  5,  1769. 

Tzventy  Dollars  Reward. 
Whereas  on  the  night  of  the  19th  of  May  inst.  the 
subscriber  lodged  in  the  honse  of  one  Widow  Fin.  near 
Pompton,  in  East  New-Jersey;  as  did  also  a  certain  John 
Moore,  by  occupation  a  schoolmaster  who  robbed  him  of 
57I.  Proc.  also  a  watch  the  inner  case  silver  and  the  outer 
china,  and  is  somewhat  out  of  repair.  Said  Moore  is  a 
short  thick  man,  broad  face,  much  pock  broken,  and  very 
black  hair:  Had  on  a  blue  coat,  scarlet  jacket,  new  buck- 
skin breeches,  light  blue  stockings,  and  brass  buckles  in 
his  shoes;  and  took  with  him  a  pair  of  black  velvet  breech- 
es, and  jacket,  and  a  light  coloured  coat.  Whoever  ap- 
prehends said  Moore,  so  that  he  may  be  brought  to  jus- 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  447 

tice,  shall  have  20  dollars  reward,  and  all  reasonable  char- 
ges, by  applying  to  Archibald  M'Vicar,  in  New-York,  or 
the  subscriber. 

Andrew  Armstrong. 

RuN-away  from  Elizabeth-Town,  Sunday  night  the 
2 1  St  inst.  a  likely  negro  fellow,  about  20  years  old,  of 
middling  stature:  Had  on  when  he  went  away,  a  blue 
cloth  coat,  a  brown  jacket  and  waistcoat,  and  blue  stock- 
ings, and  took  with  him  a  brown  coat.  Whoever  takes  up 
the  said  fellow,  and  delivers  him  to  Mr.  Isaac  Woodruff, 
Merchant,  in  Elizabeth-Town,  shall  receive  40s.  reward. 

Whereas  Jacobus  Laroe,  has  spread  a  false  and  mal- 
icious report,  greatly  to  the  prejudice  of  my  character,  that 
an  antient  deed  now  in  my  possession,  for  some  lands  I 
bought,  was  not  duly  excuted,  but  forged  by  me  the  sub- 
scriber, of  the  county  of  Bergen,  in  New-Jersey;  and  in 
order  to  give  colour  to  said  assertion,  the  said  Jacobus 
Laroe  applied  to  one  Roeluff  Westerwelt,  a  justice  of  the 
peace  in  said  county,  to  swear  two  of  the  witnesses  to  said 
deed.  Who  on  their  oath  declared,  that  they  did  not  re- 
member ever  to  have  signed  as  witnesses  to  said  deed; 
(who  only  set  their  marks  to  said  deed,  not  being  able  to 
write  their  names)  which  was  done  by  said  justice  with- 
out sending  for  said  deed,  or  the  subscriber;  which  had 
he  done,  it  would  have  appeared  by  two  several  indorse- 
ments on  said  deed,  that  the  same  was  duly  acknowledged 
to  have  been  executed  by  the  grantors  therein  named,  on 
the  1 2th  day  of  December,  1737,  before  William  Pro- 
voost.  Esq;  one  of  his  Majesty's  Council  for  the  province 
of  New-Jersey,  and  one  of  the  judges  of  said  county,  and 
was  soon  there  after  recorded  in  the  public  records  for  said 
county;    which  will  fully  prove  the  falsity  of  said  report. 


448  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

and  the  unjust  proceedings  of  said  justice,  to  the  great 
prejudice  of  the  character  of 

Abraham  Laroe 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
918,  May  29,  1769. 

To  be  sold  at  public  Vendue, 

On  Monday  the  5th  of  June,  1769,  near  the  Premises  in 

Bergen  County,  at  Andrew  Zegart's; 

The  One  Fourth  Part  of  the  real  Estate  of  Lawrence 
Van  Buskarck,  deceased,  viz.  84  Acres  of  Land,  which  is 
excellent  good  Land,  24  Acres  and  7-10  of  an  Acre  of 
Wood  Land,  near  Bergen  Point;  also  about  6  Acres  and 
7-10  of  an  Acre  of  Wood  Land,  near  Bergen  Point;  also 
about  6  Acres  adjoining  Jacob  Van  Horn,  and  some  Salt 
Meadow;  it  is  very  handy  to  New-York  for  marketing, 
plenty  of  the  very  best  Oysters  at  the  Front  of  the  Land, 
and  also  fine  Fishing :  The  whole  is  to  be  sold  in  separate 
Parcels,  the  Vendue  to  begin  at  10  o' Clock;  a  good  Title 
will  be  given  by 

Jacob  Van  Horn, 

Jane  Van  Horn, 

Andrew  Zegart, 

Fytie  Zegart,  and 

John  Lagrange,  jun. 

New-York,  May  29.  On  Thursday  Night  last  the  Post- 
Boy,  that  rides  between  Nezv-Bruuszvick  and  this  City,  had 
his  Horse  stole  out  of  the  Stable  at  Bruiiszvick  Ferry;  and 
another  not  being  readily  to  be  got,  he  came  off  with  the 
Mail  on  his  Back,  and  travelled  ten  Miles  on  Foot,  by 
which  Means  we  have  no  Philadelphia  News-Papers  this 
Week,  he  not  being  able  to  bring  them  along  also  on  his 
Back  from  Brunszvick.  However,  they  came  to  hand  last 
Night,  but  we  don't  find  any  Thing  very  material  in  them. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  449 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  1378, 
May  29,  1769. 

City  of  }  .  Whereas  a  certain  Negro  Man, 
Perth-Amhoy  )  '  named  Primes,  said  to  be  the  Prop- 
erty of  David  Provoost,  was  committed  to  the  Gaol  of  said 
City,  by  the  Court  on  Monday  the  i  ith  Day  of  July  1768. 
Now  these  are  to  give  Notice,  that  the  said  Negro  will  be 
sold  for  Cost,  on  Tuesday  the  13th  of  June  Inst,  at  the 
Market  House  in  said  City,  at  10  o' Clock  in  the  Morning 
of  said  Day,  per  me  William  Jolly,  Gaoler. 

2^(1  of  May,  1769. 

— The  New  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1378,  June  I,  1769. 

Absconded  from  Moorestown,  in  the  county  of  Bur- 
lington, West-Jersey,  a  certain  native  Irishman,  who  calls 
himself  John  Ryne,  about  22  or  23  years  .of  age,  about 
5  feet  6  or  7  inches  high,  thick  set,  the  small  of  his  legs 
remarkably  thick  and  fleshy,  he  wears  his  own  brown 
straight  hair,  speaks  bad  English,  is  very  talkative,  much 
given  to  boasting  of  his  abilities,  is  a  very  great  liar,  and 
a  notorious  rogue;  had  on  and  took  with  him,  when  he 
went  away,  a  light  coloured  saggathy  coat,  one  of  the 
cuffs  has  four  seams  in  it,  a  snuff  coloured  cloth  jacket, 
lead  coloured  cloth  breeches,  several  pair  of  stockings,  one 
pair  wove  ribbed  worsted  stockings,  one  Philadelphia 
made  hat>  one  English  castor,  one  fine  shirt;  his  other 
clothes  uncertain.  Whoever  takes  up  said  John  Ryne,  and 
secures  him  in  any  of  his  Majesty's  goals  in  the  province 
of  New- Jersey,  or  Pennsylvania,  and  sends  word  to  either 
of  the  Subscribers,  shall  receive  Eorty  Shillings  reward, 
and  reasonable  charges. 

Thomas  Morton,  John  Risdon,  Samuel  Burrough 
or  Stacy  Budd. 


450  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [^7^9 

Nezv- Jersey,  June  i,  1769 
Run  away,  yesterday  morning,  from  the  Subscriber, 
living  at  the  Blue  Anchor,  in  Gloucester  township,  a  ser- 
vant man,  named  Benjamin  Matthewson,  is  about  22  years 
of  age,  about  5  feet  10  inches  high,  of  a  brown  complex- 
ion, pretty  full  eyed,  and  wears  his  own  hair;  he  was 
brought  up  a  farmer,  but  has  lately  been  used  to  the  cedar 
swamp  business;  had  on,  when  he  went  away,  an  old  hat, 
bound  with  ferriting,  a  home-spun  shirt,  two  striped  jack- 
ets, one  of  which  is  double-breasted,  without  sleeves,  and 
both  alike,  except  a  little  difference  in  the  striping,  a  Rus- 
sia frock,  a  pair  of  greyish  blue  woollen  trowsers,  thread 
stockings,  and  strong  hob-nailed  shoes,  with  buckles. 
Whoever  secures  said  servant,  so  that  his  master  may  have 
him  again,  shall  have  Forty  Shillings  reward,  and  all  rea- 
sonable charges,  paid  by  Robert  Mattockes 

On  the  Virginia  Assembly  oifering  up  their  prayers  for 
wisdom  for  Lord  B 1. 

The  Assembly  in  devoutest  strain 
Ask  for  my  Lord  the  gift  of  brain,    ■ 
Wisdom  alone  will  hardly  do. 
Next  beg  a  little  patience  too. 
Nezv- Jersey. 

We  hear  that  the  Committee,  appointed  (by  the  Amer- 
ican Philosophical  Society,  held  at  Philadelphia  for 
promoting  Useful  Knowledge)  to  observe  the  Transit  of 
Venus,  which  happened  on  Saturday  last,  having  distrib- 
uted themselves  into  three  Classes,  the  Rev.  Mr.  John 
Ewing,  Joseph  Shippen,  Esq;  Doctor  Hugh  Williamson, 
Messieurs  Thomas  Prior,  Charles  Thomson,  and  James 
Pearson,  observed  at  the  public  Observatory,  on  the  State- 
House  Square;  the  Rev.  Doctor  William  Smith,  John 
Lukens,  Esq;  Messieurs  David  Rittenhouse,  and  John  Sel- 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  45  ^ 

lers,  at  Mr.  Rittenhouse's  Observatory,  at  Norrington; 
and  Mr.  Owen  Biddle  at  the  Light-House,  near  the  Capes 
of  Delaware.  The  Weather  was  extremely  favourable, 
and  the  Observations  at  the  three  several  Places,  were 
compleated  greatly  to  the  Satisfaction  of  the  Observers. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  126,  June  5-12, 
1769. 

Whereas  the  unhappy  Behaviour  of  Margaret  my 
Wife,  has  obliged  me  to  live  separate  from  her,  and  gives 
me  Reason  to  apprehend  she  may  endeavour  to  run  me  in 
Debt :  These  are  therefore  to  desire  that  no  Person  will 
harbour,  entertain  or  trust  her  on  my  Account,  for  that 
I  will  pay  no  Debt  of  her  contracting  after  the  Date  hereof. 

Enoch  Lambert,  Boatman 
Woodhridge  Razvay,  8th  June  1769. 

— The  New  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1379,  June  8,  1769. 

Wanted  Immediately 
A  Fuller,  who  understands  fulling,  dying,  shearing 
and  pressing  Cloth,  in  all  its  Branches,  and  one  who  can 
be  well  recommended  for  Care  and  Trust;  such  a  Person 
will  meet  with  extraordinary  Encouragement,  by  applying 
to  Samuel  Kitchen,  in  Amwell  Township,  Hunterdon 
County,  West-Jersey.  The  Fuller  to  work  on  Shares,  or 
by  the  Year.    Apply  to  said  Kitchen,  at  his  Mills. 

Run  away,  on  the  29th  of  May  last,  from  the  Subscrib- 
er, living  in  Upper  Freehold,  in  East  Jersey,  a  servant 
man,  named  Joseph  Lemon,  he  is  country  born,  alDout  23 
years  of  age,  stoop  shouldered,  and  of  a  fair  complexion; 
had  on,  and  took  with  him,  a  blue  coat,  red  and  white 
striped  lapelled  jacket,  blue  and  white  striped  trowsers, 


452  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [^7^9 

another  jacket,  the  fore  parts  snuff  coloured  plush,  and 
the  back  shaloon,  ozenbrigs  shirt  and  trowsers,  a  half  worn 
hat,  and  thick  pair  of  shoes;  it  is  thought  he  had  an  old 
indenture  with  him,  for  a  pass.  Whoever  takes  up  said 
servant,  and  brings  him  to  me,  shall  have  Five  Pounds 
reward,  and  reasonable  charges,  paid  by 

Hugh  Hutchin. 

Made  his  Escape,  from  a  Constable  of  Salem,  on  the 
23d  Day  of  May,  a  certain  William  Young,  of  Allo- 
way's  Creek,  in  the  County  of  Salem,  and  Province  of 
West-Jersey,  a  Taylor  by  Trade,  of  a  middle  Stature,  and 
about  20  Years  of  Age.  Whoever  will  take  up  said 
Young,  and  secure  him,  or  send  or  bring  him  to  the  Sub- 
scriber, shall  have  Three  Pounds  Reward,  paid  by 

Alexander  Millar. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  21 1 1,  June  8,  1769. 

Ran  away  from  the  subscriber,  living  in  Hanover 
township,  Morris  county,  and  province  of  New-Jersey, 
about  three  weeks  ago,  an  Irish  servant  man,  named  John 
Harris,  about  twenty  years  of  age,  five  feet  nine  inches 
high,  thin  faced,  slim,  of  a  fresh  complexion,  and  has 
straight  long  black  hair.  Had  on  when  he  went  away, 
a  check  shirt,  and  a  pair  of  white  tow  trowsers,  a  sailor's 
brown  jacket,  a  streaked  vest,  an  old  hat.  and  old  shoes 
and  stockings.  Whoever  takes  up  said  servant,  and  deliv- 
ers him  to  his  master,  or  secures  him  in  any  of  his  Maj- 
esty's gaols,  shall  receive  forty  shillings  Reward,  and 
have  all  reasonable  charges  paid  by 

Aaron  Bennet. 

N.  B.  He  was  lately  bought  of  Mr.  Edward  Barret, 
out  of  the  work-house,  in  Philadelphia.  All  masters  of 
vessels  are  forbid  to  carry  him  off. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  453 

Last  Tuesday  died  at  Burlington,  after  a  short  Illness. 
PETER  BARD,  jnn.  a  Youth  of  uncommon  Merit.  His 
Talents  and  early  Virtues  were  considered  by  all  who  knew 
him  as  a  happy  Presage  of  future  Excellence,  and  his  un- 
timely Death  will  doubtless  be  much  and  deservedly  la- 
mented.■*■ 

Ran  away  from  the  subscriber,  living  at  Oldman's 
Creek,  West  New-Jersey,  on  the  night  of  the  15th  instant, 
an  English  servant  lad  named  James  Havard,  about  five 
feet,  five  or  six  inches  high :  Had  on,  and  took  with  him, 
a  blue  surtout  coat,  much  worn,  a  blue  lapelled  hunting 
coat,  bound  with  binding  lighter  than  the  coat,  three 
shirts,  one  white,  the  others  check,  one  of  which  is  mended 
with  a  piece  of  check  different  from  the  shirt,  two  pair  of 
oznabrig  trowsers,  one  pair  of  shoes,  much  worn,  and 
steel  buckles,  a  good  broach  in  his  shirt,  and  a  pair  of  sil- 
ver buttons  in  his  sleeves.  Whoever  takes  up  said  ser- 
vant, and  secures  him  in  any  of  his  Majesty's  gaols,  or 
delivers  him  to  his  master,  shall  receive  forty  shillings 
reward,  and  all  reasonable  charges  paid,  by 

Thomas  Taylor. 

N.  B.  He  is  of  a  light  complexion,  wears  his  own  short 
hair,  and  has  one  leg  sore. — The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle, 
No.  127,  June  12-19,  1769- 

Whereas  several  of  the  Owners  or  Claimers  of  the 
Common  Lands  allotted  to  the  Patent  of  Secaukus,  in  the 
County  of  Bergen,  in  the  Province  of  Nezu-Jersey,  have 
made  frequent  Applications  to  the  General-Assembly  of 
the  said  Province,  for  a  Law  appointing  Commissioners  to 
make  Partition  of  said  Common  Lands  :  These  are  there- 
fore to  certify,  that  a  Number  of  the  said  Owners,  or 
Claimers  of  said  Common  Lands,  will  at  the  next  Sessions 


1  For  some  notes  on  the  Bard  family,  see  N.  J.  Archives,  XXIV.,  524. 


454  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

of  General  Assembly  of  said  Province,  renew  their  Appli- 
cation for  the  above  said  Law;  of  which  intended  Appli- 
cation, all  Persons  laying  Claim  to  the  whole,  or  any  Part 
of  said  Commons,  or  otherwise  concerned  therein,  are  de- 
sired to  take  Notice,  and  make  their  Objections,  if  any  they 
have,  to  said  LaM^  Of  which  Application  frequent  Notice 
has  been  heretofore  given. 
Dated  May  i8,  1769. 

— The  New  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1380,  June  12,  1769. 

To  be  sold  at  public  vendue. 
At  the  Merchant's  Coffee-House,  on  Tuesday  the  4th 
July  next,  viz. 
The  whole  of  the  real  Estate  of  Henry  Cuyler,  deceased, 
consisting  of  the  following  Houses  and  Lots  of  Land. 

a  small  Lot  of  Land  in  the  Town  of  Hack- 

ensack 

'^  Henry  Cuyler 

Abraham  Cuyler 

June  12,  1769. 
RuN-AwAY,  on  Saturday  the  loth  of  this  instant,  from 
Leffert  Waldron,  at  the  3  Mile  Run,  near  new  Brunswick, 
a  yellowish  Negro,  named  Ben,  about  19  Years  old,  about 
5  Feet  2  Inches  high,  bushy  Hair,  speaks  both  low  Dutch 
and  English :  Had  on,  when  he  went  away,  a  brown 
homespun  Coat,  with  white  Metal  Buttons,  new  home- 
spun Breeches,  Felt  Hat,  and  sundry  other  Clothes.  Also, 
at  the  same  Time,  ran  away,  a  Negro  Fellow,  from  Er- 
nestus  Van  Harlingen,  at  Millstone,  in  the  County  of  Som- 
ersett,  at  the  Court-house,  named  Jack,  about  21  Years 
old,  about  5  Feet  9  Inches  high,  well  built,  also  yellowish, 
speaks  both  Dutch  and  English :  Had  on,  when  he  went 
away,   a   blue   Coat,   brown   Jacket,    half   worn    Leather 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  455 

Breeches,  and  Felt  Hat.  Whoever  will  take  up  said  Ne- 
groes, and  secure  them,  so  that  their  Masters  may  have 
them  again,  shall  have  Six  Dollars  Reward,  if  taken 
within  the  Province,  and  Seven  Dollars  if  taken  with- 
out the  Province,  or  half  for  each,  paid  by  us. 

Leffert  Waldron,  and 
Ernestus  Van  Harlingen 
P.  S.     The  above  Negroes  are  supposed  to  be  gone  off 
together,  as  they  were  missing  both  together,  at  one  time. 
It  is  supposed  they  had  a  false  Pass — The  New  York 
Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No.  1380,  June  15,  1769. 

Burlington,  June  12,  1769 
Notice  is  hereby  given  to  Curtis  Grubb  of  Lancaster, 
in  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania,  that  Thomas  Cason,  a 
Servant  of  his,  is  now  in  my  Custody,  and  that  he  is  de- 
sired to  come  or  send  soon,  pay  Charges,  and  take  him 
azvay;  or  to  inform  me,  whether  I  shall  dispose  of  him 
for  the  same. 

Ephraim  Philips,  Coaler. 

Three  Pounds  Reward. 
Run  away,  on  the  5th  of  this  instant  June,  from  the 
Subscriber,  living  near  Cohansey  Bridge,  in  West  New- 
Jersey,  a  German  servant  man,  named  William  Peineburg, 
about  45  years  of  age,  5  feet  4  inches  high,  has  grey  hair,  a 
dark  complexion,  and  a  stiff  walk;  had  on,  when  he  went 
away,  an  old  felt  hat,  a  green  broadcloth  coat,  with  yellow 
lining  and  cuff's,  a  brown  waistcoat,  a  homespun  linen 
shirt,  tow  trousers,  blue  yarn  stockings,  and  half  worn 
shoes;  he  took  with  him,  a  light  blue  half  worn  coat,  an- 
other homespun  linen  shirt,  a  pair  of  thickset  breeches, 
and  two  yards  of  striped  lincey,  he  also  took  with  him  a 
black  dog,  of  a  middle  size,  with  a  short  cut  tail,  and  some 
curled  hair  on  the  back.     Whoever  takes  up  the  said  ser- 


456  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [^7^9 

vant,  and  secures  him,  so  that  his  master  may  have  him 
again,  shall  have  the  above  reward,  and  reasonable  char- 
ges, paid  by  me,  Jacob  Miller. 
— The  Pennsylvania   Gazette,  No.   21 12,   June   15, 
1769. 

CusTOM-HousE,  Cleared. 
Schooner  Nelly,  C.  Alexander  to  Salem. 

THREE  POUNDS  Reward, 

Run-away  from  the  subscribers  the  9th  instant,  living 
at  Christiana-bridge;  an  Irish  servant  named  Thomas 
NoADS,  aged  about  19  years,  is  about  five  feet  five  inches 
high,  fair  complexion,  short  straight  dark  hair,  and  speaks 
with  a  good  deal  of  Irish  dialect;  had  on  when  he  went 
away,  a  new  hat,  a  jean  coat,  striped  damascus  jacket,  and 
Russia  drilling  breeches,  new  shoes  with  silver  buckles : 
he  also  took  with  him  a  sorrel  mare,  between  thirteen  and 
fourteen  hands  high  half  worn  saddle  and  new  crupper,  a 
pair  of  saddle  bags,  the  contents  therein  unknown,  and 
two  or  three  surtout  coats.  Said  servant  the  day  before  he 
run  away,  picked  the  subscribers  drawer  and  took  from 
thence  a  £3  bill,  Jersey  money.  There  is  likewise  gone  in 
company  with  him,  a  certain  William  Henderson, 
much  about  his  age,  who  followed  school  keeping  in  Chris- 
tiana, has  been  formerly  employed  to  write  for  a  merchant 
in  Joppa,  Baltimore  county,  is  about  five  feet  eight  inches 
high,  slender  made  ....  he  being  concerned  in  the 
felony  with  Noads,  and  deluding  him  off.  Whoever  takes 
up  said  run  away  and  secures  him  in  any  of  his  Majesty's 
gaols,  or  brings  him  to  the  subscriber,  shall  have  the  above- 
mentioned  reward  for  Noads,  and  reasonable  charges  paid 
by  us 

Hannah  Wall,     Elizabeth  Janaury. 

N.  B.     It  is  supposed  they  are  gone  to  Egg  Harbour. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  457 

,  Cumberland  County,  June  i. 
Whereas  Richard  Cayford,  innkeeper,  in  Bridge 
Town,  trusted  a  certain  Capt.  Robert  Wharton,  late  master 
of  the  sloop  Speedwell,  in  the  sum  of  Twenty  seven  Shil- 
lings and  Ninepence  for  liquor,  &c.  and  was  so  manly  as 
to  take  the  benefit  of  the  act  by  paying  the  whole  with 
fourteen  shillings  and  seven  pence;  the  said  innkeeper 
offered  the  said  Wharton  if  he  would  swear  to  any  article 
in  the  account  to  be  wrong  he  would  forgive  the  whole 
debt ;  Wherefore  the  said  innkeeper  desires  for  the  future 
that  no  person  would  insist  upon  any  more  credit  than  can 
be  recovered  by  the  act  of  assembly. — The  Pennsylvania 
Journal,  No.  1384,  June  15,  1769. 

CusTOM-HousE,  Inzvard. 
Schooner  Polly,  W.  Bartlett,  Salem. 

Outwards. 
Schooner  Polly,  W.  Bartlett,  Salem. 
Schooner  St.  Nicholas,  R.  Reed,  Salem. 

Cleared. 
Sloop  Herring,  J.  Wood,  New-Jersey. — The  Pennsyl- 
vania Chronicle,  No.  128,  June  19-26,  1769. 

Perth-Amboy,  June  15,  1769. 
In  Consequence  of  an  Application  and  Request  this  Day 
received,  from  a  Number  of  the  Proprietors  of  East  New- 
Jersey,  I  do  appoint  Friday  the  23d  Instant  June,  for  the 
general  Proprietors  of  East  New-Jersey  to  meet  in  Coun- 
cil, at  this  Place,  at  9  o' Clock,  in  the  Forenoon,  of  the  said 
Day :    All  Persons  concerned,  are  desired  to  take  Notice. 

James  Parker,  President 
— The  Nezv  York  Ga:;ette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
921,  June  19,  1769. 


458  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL   DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

Found  last  Saturday  Morning  on  Rotten-Row, 
A  Parcel  of  Jersey  Bills;    whoever  has  lost  them  and 
can  prove  their  Property,  may  have  them  again,  by  apply- 
ing to  Thomas  Fisher,  living  opposite  the  Oswego  Mar- 
ket. 

June  22. 

— The  Nezu  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1 38 1,  June  22,  1769. 

Run  away,  last  night,  from  the  Subscriber,  living  in 
Monmouth  county.  East  New-Jersey,  an  indented  servant 
man,  who  calls  himself  William  Kelly,  he  is  a  yellow 
fellow,  part  Indian,  and  part  Negroe,  about  40  years  of 
age,  a  well  made  strong  fellow,  about  5  feet  8  or  9  inches 
high;  had  on,  when  he  went  away,  an  old  beaver  hat,  a 
homespun  light  coloured  cloth  jacket,  under  ditto  of  the 
same,  striped  flannel  shirt,  old  leather  breeches,  old  yarn 
stockings,  and  old  shoes;  has  a  large  scar  on  the  outside 
of  his  right  leg,  cut  by  a  scythe,  is  much  given  to  drink, 
and  is  very  talkative.  Whoever  takes  up  and  secures  said 
servant,  so  that  his  master  may  have  him  again,  shall  re- 
ceive Forty  Shillings  reward,  and  reasonable  charges,  paid 
by 

June  15,  1769.  Jos.  S altar 

By  Virtue  of  an  Advertisement,  dated  April  19,  1769, 
at  Salem,  West  New-Jersey,  and  signed  by  Thomas  Hart- 
ley, Daniel  Lithcow,  and  Peter  Ambler,  to  apprehend  a 
certain  Doctor  Thomas  Ogle,  this  is  to  let  said  Subscrib- 
ers know,  that  he  is  apprehended,  and  now  confined  in 
York  Goal,  York-Town,  Pennsylvania,  by  Virtue  of  said 
Advertisement;  and  those  who  subscribed,  are  desired  to 
come  immediately,  and  make  some  Fact  appear  against 
him,  or  he  will  be  discharged,  and  they  sued  for  the  Re- 
ward offered  by  them. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  459 

N.  B.  Said  Ogle  has  the  Watch  and  Fustian  mentioned 
in  the  Advertisement,  and  was  taken  up  by  Alexander 
Ramsay,  living  in  York-Town. 

Run  away  from  the  Subscriber,  living  in  Gloucester 
county,  the  nth  day  of  this  instant  June,  a  Molattoe  slave, 
named  Richard,  about  19  years  of  age,  about  5  feet  6 
inches  high,  slim  built,  thin  faced,  a  very  large  nose, 
marked  with  the  small-pox,  the  thumb  of  his  left  hand  has 
been  badly  cut,  and  is  much  less  than  the  other;  had  on, 
when  he  went  away,  a  good  ozenbrigs  shirt  and  trowsers, 
a  homespun  striped  jacket,  with  sleeves,  ozenbrigs  frock, 
old  felt  hat,  full  of  small  shot  holes;  he  also  took  with 
him  a  very  likely  black  Dog,  half  blood-hound,  had  3  white 
feet,  and  some  white  on  his  breast,  a  very  long  tail,  with 
a  little  white  on  the  end  of  it.  The  said  Mulattoe  was  seen 
at  the  mouth  of  Cooper's  creek,  and  it  is  thought  he  has 
crossed  the  river  and  gone  to  Kensington.  Whoever  takes 
up  the  said  Mulattoe  and  Dog,  shall  have  Three  Pounds 
reward  for  both,  but  for  the  Mulattoe  alone  Two  Pounds, 
and  for  the  Dog,  without  him.  Twenty  Shillings,  paid  by 
Thomas  Fay,  or  Peter  Howard,  living  near  the  Draw- 
bridge, Philadelphia. 

To  Be  Sold, 
A  Tract  of  Land,  situate  in  Pilesgrove,  Salem  county. 
West  Jersey,  containing  about  300  acres  of  upland,  and  10 
acres  of  meadow,  divided  into  two  settlements,  on  one  of 
which  there  are  a  large  brick  house,  brick  kitchen,  with  a 
good  stone  cellar  under  the  whole,  a  good  apple  orchard, 
large  barn,  and  about  60  acres  of  cleared  land;  on  the 
other  there  are  a  square  cedar  log-house  24  by  20  feet, 
about  20  acres  of  upland  cleared,  a  good  young  bearing 
apple  and  peach  orchard,  8  acres  of  meadow  cleared,  and 
about  20  acres  of  white  oak  swamp  may  be  cleared.    Like- 


460  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL   DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

wise  to  be  sold  two  tracts,  containing  about  140  acres  each, 
adjoining  the  above,  all  lying  in  a  square  body  together; 
about  20  acres  of  cleared  land,  with  log  buildings  on  each 
tract,  and  about  20  acres  of  good  white  oak  swamp  to 
each,  part  of  it  cleared;  some  part  lying  in  Manington, 
adjoining  Joseph  Sharp's  land;  the  whole  about  6  miles 
from  Salem;  and  will  be  sold  altogether,  or  in  separate 
tracts,  as  may  suit  the  purchasers.  For  further  particu- 
lars, enquire  of  Richard  Sparks,  at  the  Three  Tuns,  within 
a  mile  of  the  premises,  or  of  Alexander,  John  and  Moses 
Hill,  in  Lower  Penn's  Neck,  Salem  county.  Whoever  in- 
clines to  purchase,  shall  have  reasonable  times  of  payment 
for  the  same. — The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  21  it,,  June 
22,  1769. 

Ran  away  last  night  from  the  subscriber,  living  in 
Burlington,  William  Colgan,  an  English  servant  lad,  about 
five  feet  high,  dark  complexion,  wears  his  own  hair;  had 
on,  when  he  went  away,  a  brown  double  breasted  jacket, 
oznabrig  shirt  and  trowsers,  felt  hat,  a  pair  of  pumps  with 
brass  buckles.  Whoever  apprehends  the  said  lad,  and  se- 
cures him  in  any  gaol,  so  that  his  master  may  have  him 
again,  shall  receive  Three  Pounds  Reward,  from 

John  Watson. 

N.  B.  All  masters  of  vessels  are  forbid  to  carry  him 
off  at  their  peril. 

A  Journeyman  Fuller  and  Shearman,  that  understands 
the  business  may  light  of  good  encouragement,  by  apply- 
ing to  the  Subscriber,  living  in  Nottingham  Township, 
near  Trenton,  in  West  Jersey. 

Abraham  Skirm, 

On  Tuesday  last  was  married  at  Cape-May,  Mr.  Cor-        I 
nelius  Cooper,  to  Miss  Hannah  Newman. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  4^1 

Lower  Dublin,  July  3,  1769. 
Whereas  I  the  subscriber  of  Lower  Dublin  Township, 
in  the  county  of  Philadelphia,  gave  my  bond,  bearing  date 
the  first  instant,  to  Thomas  Fry,  of  the  township  and 
county  of  Gloucester,  in  the  province  of  New-Jersey,  for 
Seventy  Pounds  Pennsylvania  currency,  payable  the  first 
of  October  next,  for  a  mulatto  slave  I  bought  of  said  Fry, 
which  said  slave  has  since  been  seized  by  the  collector  of 
the  duties  on  slaves,  for  non-compliance  with  the  act  of 
General  Assembly  of  this  province  of  Pennsylvania,  in 
such  case  made  and  provided.  Now  this  is  to  forewarn  all 
persons  from  taking  an  assignment  of  said  bond,  as  I  am 
determined  not  to  pay  the  same,  unless  compelled  by  due 
course  of  law. 

Mary  Ashton. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.   129,  Jtiiie  26- 
July  3,  1769. 

Whereas  Johanna  Morgan,  the  Wife  of  me  the  sub- 
scriber, of  Woodbridge,  in  the  province  of  Nezv-Jerscy, 
hath  eloped  from  my  Bed  and  Board,  without  any  just 
Cause  or  Reason ;  and  I  being  apprehensive  she  may  strive 
to  run  me  in  Debt,  am  obliged  to  take  this  Method,  to  fore- 
warn all  Persons  from  trusting  her  on  my  Account,  for  I 
neither  can  or  will  pay  any  Debts  she  shall  contract  from 
the  date  hereof. 

June  22,  1769.  Abraham  Morgan. 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1382,  June  26,  1769. 

Somerset  County,  Neiv-Jersey,  June  19,  1769 
Run  away,  on  Saturday,  the  loth  day  of  this  instant, 
from  the  Subscribers,  two  Negroe  men,  one  named  Ben, 
of  a  yellow  complexion,  flat  faced,  bushy  hair,  about  5  feet 


462  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL   DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

2  inches  high,  aged  about  19  years;  had  on,  when  he  went 
away,  a  brown  homespun  coat,  Uned  with  striped  home- 
spun, with  metal  buttons,  black  flowered  everlasting  jack- 
et, a  pair  of  linen  breeches  or  trowsers,  a  felt  hat,  and 
some  other  clothes ;  speaks  good  English  and  Dutch.  The 
other  named  Jack,  also  of  a  yellowish  complexion,  aged 
about  21  years,  about  5  feet  9  inches  high;  had  on,  when 
he  went  away,  a  blue  coat,  with  white  metal  buttons,  and 
buckskin  breeches,  and  several  other  cloathing,  so  it  is 
likely  he  may  change  his  dress;  took  with  him  a  fiddle,  and 
speaks  good  English  and  Dutch.  They  have  both  ob- 
tained a  false  pass,  by  which  they  pass  for  free  mulattoes. 
Whoever  apprehends  the  said  Negroes,  aiid  secures  them, 
so  as  their  masters  may  have  them  again,  and  gives  notice 
by  a  letter,  by  the  post,  to  the  Subscribers,  near  New 
Brunswick,  shall  have  Ten  Dollars  reward  for  both,  or 
Five  for  either  of  them,  and  all  reasonable  charges,  paid 
by  Leffert  Waldron,  Ernestus  Van  Harlingen. 

N.  B.  Their  pass  is  signed  with  the  name  of  Lefferty, 
a  justice  of  the  peace  in  the  county  of  Somerset.  They 
came  over  the  Ferry  at  Bordentown,  on  Tuesday,  the  1 3th 
instant,  and  went  the  post  road  to  Philadelphia,  and  it  is 
supposed  they  will  try  to  push  to  sea.  All  masters  of  ves- 
sels are  forbid  to  carry  them  off  at  their  peril. — TJie  Penn- 
sylvania Gazette,  No.  21 14,  June  29,  1769. 

Custom-House,  Cleared. 
Schooner  St.  Nicholas,  E.  Reed,  to  Salem.— T/ic  Penn- 
sylvania Chronicle,  No.  130,  J^ily  3-10,  1769- 

Boston,  June  26.  His  Majesty,  by  Writ  of  Privy  Seal, 
has  been  pleased  to  issue  his  Royal  Commission,  bearing 
Date  at  Westminster  the  Seventh  Day  of  October,  in  the 
Seventh  Year  of  his  Reign,  authorizing  and  appointing 
John  Temple,  Esq;  Lieutenant  Governor  of  New-Hamp- 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  463 

shire,  William  Allen,  Esq;  Chief  Justice  of  Pennsylvania, 
Peyton  Randolph,  Esq;  Attorney-General  and  one  of  the 
Council  for  Virginia,  Benjamin  Franklin,  Esq;  Post- 
Master-General  of  North-America,  Andrew  Elliot,  Esq; 
Receiver-General  of  Quit-Rents,  Samuel  Holland  and 
William  Debraham,  Esqrs.  Surveyors  General  of  Lands 
in  the  Northern  and  Southern  Districts  of  America, 
Charles  Morris,  Esq;  one  of  the  Council  of  Nova  Scotia, 
Andrew  Oliver,  Esq;  Secretary  of  the  Province  of  Massa- 
chusetts-Bay, Charles  Steuart,  Esq;  of  Quebec,  and  Jared 
Ingersoll,  Esq;  of  Connecticut,  or  any  Eive  of  them,  to 
ascertain,  settle,  and  determine  the  Boundary  Line  be- 
tween the  two  Provinces  of  New-York  and  New-Jersey, 
in  such  Manner  as  from  sufficient  Evidence  produced  to 
them,  shall  appear  just  and  equitable.  And  we  hear  the 
1 8th  of  next  Month  is  the  Day  appointed  for  said  Commis- 
sioners to  meet  at  the  City  of  New-York,  to  proceed  on 
the  Business  of  their  Commission.-^ 

Nezv-York,  July  3.  Friday  the  23d  Ult.  the  26th  Regi- 
ment,^ called  the  Cameronians,  quartered  at  New-Bruns- 
wick, in  New-Jersey,  v/as  reviewed  by  his  Exceilency 
Genera]  Gage.  The  Troops  made  a  fine  Appearance,  and 
went  through  their  Exercise  with  the  greatest  Exactness 
and  Dexterity,  to  the  entire  Satisfaction  of  his  Excellency, 
and  a  Number  of  Gentlemen  assembled  on  the  Occasion. 

Verdine  Elsworth, 

Begs  Leave  to  acquaint  the  Public  in  general. 

That    he    has    lately    removed    from    New- York,    to 

Powles-Hook  Ferry,  and  has  improved  and  fitted  up  the 

House  belonging  to  the  said  Ferry,  in  the  best  j\L'uiner. 

1  For  a  paper  on  "The  Northern  Boundary  Line  of  New  Jersey,  and 
the  ch-cumstances  leading-  to  its  establishment,  in  1769."  by  William 
A  Whitehead,  see  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  Proceedings.  First  Series,  VIII.  See 
also  Boundary  Papers,  published  by  the  State  of  New  York,  1884. 

2  The  Twenty-sixth  Regiment  of  Foot.  Col.  John  Scott,  was  in  Amer- 
ica.  1768-1773. 


464  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

for  the  Entertainment  of  Travellers,  and  also  such  of  his 
Friends  as  chnse  to  favour  him  with  their  Custom;  who 
may  depend  upon  being  entertained  in  the  genteelest  Man- 
ner. And  that  he  has  also,  a  very  neat  cover'd  Waggon, 
and  Pair  of  Horses,  which  they  may,  at  any  Time,  be  ac- 
commodated with,  upon  timely  Notice;  as  also  with 
Horses  and  Chairs,  and  likewise  Saddle  Horses.  By  their 
very  Humble  Servant, 

Verdine  Elsworth 

To  be  sold,  in  Hanover  township  in  Morris  county, 
New-Jersey,  a  very  valuable  plantation  (about  12  miles 
from  Newark  landing,  and  20  from  New- York,  and  two 
and  an  half  from  a  Presbyterian  meeting-house)  contain- 
ing 500  acres;  near  one  third  part  of  it  is  extraordinary 
good  meadow,  whereon  is  cut  upwards  of  100  tuns  of 
English  and  Timothy  hay  yearly,  and  with  a  very  little 
expence  can  cut  as  much  more;  there  is  near  50  acres  of 
the  best  of  boggy  meadow  ready  drained,  fit  for  either 
hemp  or  corn;  the  up-land  is  very  good  for  all  sorts  of 
grain ;  all  in  good  fence,  and  near  400  bearing  apple  trees 
on  it,  and  a  large  number  of  peach,  cherry,  and  other  fruit 
trees;  and  a  good  dwelling-house  with  four  rooms  on  a 
floor,  and  four  fire-places;  a  good  kitchen  and  cellar,  large 
barn  and  barracks;  well  watered  with  a  number  of  very 
fine  springs,  very  pleasantly  situated  and  very  healthy;  a 
plenty  of  good  timber.  The  whole  can  be  very  convenient- 
ly divided  into  two  farms,  as  it  best  suits  the  purchaser. 
For  farther  particulars  enquire  of  William  Kelly,  Esq;  of 
New-York,  (whose  farm  joins  the  above,  only  divided  by 
a  small  stream  running  between)  or  Joseph  Tuttle,  living 
on  the  premises.  The  title  indisputable. — The  Nczv  York 
Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  923.  July  3,  1769. 

RuN-away  last  Sunday,  from  the  Subscriber,  at  Rari- 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  465 

ton,  a  Negro  Fellow,  named  Eben,  about  30  Years  of  Age, 
he  speaks  English  and  Dutch,  can  read  and  write,  and  its 
likely  will  forge  a  Pass;  He  had  on  a  Linsey  Woolsey 
Waistcoat,  Tow  Shirt  and  Trowsers,  and  an  old  Hat. 
Whoever  takes  him  up  and  return's  him,  or  secures  him, 
so  that  I  may  have  him  again,  shall  be  handsomely  re- 
warded, and  have  all  reasonable  Charges  paid,  by 

William  Crook 
Rariton,  July  5,  1769. 

N.  B.  All  Masters  of  Vessels  and  others  are  desired 
not  to  harbour,  conceal  or  carry  him  off,  as  they  will  an- 
swer it  at  their  Peril. — The  Neiv  York  Journal  or  General 
Advertiser,  No.  1383,  J^ily  6,  1769. 

Proposals  for  re-printing  by  Subscription, 
The  great  Christian  Doctrine  of  Original  Sin  de- 
fended; Evidences  of  its  Truth  produced,  and  Arguments 
to  the  contrary  answered.  Containing,  in  particular,  a 
Reply  to  the  Objections  and  Arguings  of  Dr.  John  Taylor, 
in  his  Book  intituled,  "The  Scripture-Doctrine  of  Original 
Sin,  proposed  to  free  and  candid  Examination,"  &c.  By 
the  late  Reverend  and  Learned  Jonathan  Edwards,  A. 
M.  President  of  the  College  of  New-Jersey.  Matt,  ix,  12. 
They  that  he  zvhole  need  not  a  Physician;  hut  they  that 
are  sick. 

Conditions 

I.  The  Work  shall  be  printed  on  a  good  Letter  and 
Paper,  and  will  be  contained  in  one  Volume  Octavo,  mak- 
ing upwards  of  Four  Hundred  Pages. 

n.  The  Price  to  Subscribers  will  be  Six  Shillings  and 
Six-pence,  well  bound  and  lettered :  Half  to  be  paid  at 
the  Time  of  subscribing,  and  the  Remainder  on  the  De- 
livery of  the  Book. 

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466  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [^7^9 

III.  It  will  be  put  to  the  Press  as  soon  as  a  sufficient 
Number  of  Subscribers  offer. 

Subscriptions  will  be  taken  in  by  all  the  Members  of 
New-Castle  Presbytery 

Province  of  Neiv-Jersey,  ss.  Jiily  3,  1769 

Whereas  a  number  of  the  inhabitants  of  Newton,  in 
the  county  aforesaid,  intend  to  petition  the  General  As- 
sembly of  the  said  province  for  stopping  the  tide  out  of 
Newton-Creek,  by  a  dam  to  be  erected  across  the  said 
creek,  from  Nathan  Albertson's  landing,  on  the  southerly 
side,  to  Benjamin  Thackray's  landing,  on  the  northwardly 
side  of  said  Creek.  If  therefore  any  of  the  owners  of 
marsh  or  meadows  on  the  said  creek,  between  the  said 
Nathan  Albertson's  landing,  and  a  certain  dam  across  the 
same  creek,  known  by  the  name  of  Graisbury's  dam,  have 
any  objection  to  the  aforesaid,  they  are  desired  to  take 
notice  accordingly. — The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  21 15, 
July  6,  1769. 

Somerset  County,  Nezv- Jersey,  July  15.  1769. 
Ran  away  from  the  subscriber,  A  likely  Negro  fellow, 
about  five  feet  ten  inches  high,  pitted  with  the  small  pox, 
has  a  nose  more  like  a  white  than  a  black,  speaks  good 
English,  and  writes  a  good  hand.  He  took  with  him 
three  jackets,  one  a  fine  brown  cloth,  another  of  homespun 
linsey  woolsey,  lined,  the  other  double  breasted,  without 
sleeves,  and  one  pair  of  new  trowsers.  His  other  clothing 
is  not  knoM'U.  Whoever  takes  up  said  Negro,  and  secures 
him,  so  that  his  master  may  get  him  aga'in,  shall  have 
THREE  pounds  reward,  and  all  reasonable  charges,  paid 
by 

William  Cooke. 

— The  Pennnsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  131,  July  10-17, 
1769. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  4^7 

Mrs.  Johnson, 
Acquaints  the  Public,  That  she  has  decHned  keeping  a 
Tavern,  and  purposes  to  keep  a  House  of  Diet  and  Lodg- 
ing, in  that  large  and  pleasantly  situated  House  com- 
monly called  the  White  House,  at  Elizabeth-Town,  where 
she  has  lived  for  some  Years  past.  She  will  also  have 
suitable  Conveniences  for  keeping  the  Horses  and  Car- 
riages of  such  Travellers  as  shall  please  to  put  up  cat  her 
House. 

RuN-away  from  the  Subscriber,  living  in  Reading- 
Town,  Hunterdon  County,  a  Negro  Man  named  Brunce, 
(but  called  himself  Tom)  about  30  Years  of  Age,  5  Feet 
6  Inches  high,  speaks  English  and  Low  Dutch :  Had  on 
when  he  went  away,  a  blue  outside  Jacket,  a  green  under 
Jacket,  which  had  a  Patch  on  the  right  Side;  Tow  Trow- 
sers,  old  Shoes  new  soaled,  and  an  old  Felt  Hat.  Who- 
ever takes  up  and  secures  said  Negro,  so  that  his  Master 
may  have  him  again,  shall  have  a  Reward  of  Fifteen  Shil- 
lings, and  all  reasonable  Charges  paid,  by 

Jacobus  Van  Derveer 

Five  Dollars  Reward, 
RAN-away  from  the  Subscriber,  in  Freehold,  Monmouth 
County,  in  East  New-Jersey,  on  the  3d  Ultimo,  a  Negro 
Man  named  Frank,  about  24  Years  old,  about  5  Feet  7 
Inches  high ;  and  walks  nimble  and  light :  Had  on  when 
he  went  away,  a  black  Everlasting  Jacket  without  Sleeves, 
white  Shirt,  Tow  Trowsers,  and  Felt  Hat  bound  with 
yellow.  Whoever  takes  up  said  Negro,  and  secures  him 
to  his  Master,  shall  receive  the  above  Reward,  and  all  rea- 
sonable Charges  paid,  by 

Daniel  Van  Mater. 

N.  B.     He  has  a  small  round  Scar  on  his  Cheek,  and  it 


468  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

is  thought  he  is  come  to  New-York;  all  Masters  of  Ves- 
sels is  charged  not  to  carry  him  off. — The  Nezu  York 
Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  924,  July  10,  1769. 

Whereas  John  Hutchin,  of  Burlington  county,  West 
New-Jersey,  having  assigned  over  to  us,  the  Subscribers, 
all  his  estate  real  and  personal,  for  the  use  of  his  creditors; 
these  are  therefore  to  request  all  persons  indebted  to  said 
Hutchin,  to  pay  their  respective  balances,  before  the  first 
day  of  August  next,  that  being  the  time  fixed  by  the  As- 
signees to  pay  the  first  dividend ;  and  those  who  have  not 
delivered  in  their  accompts  proved,  are  requested  to  do  it. 

James  and  Drinker, 
Philadelphia,  July  8,  1769  James  Benezet, 

Richard  Footman. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,   No.    21 16,   July    13, 
1769. 

By  virtue  of  his  Majesty's  writ  to  me  directed,  will  be 
exposed  to  sale,  at  public  vendue  to  the  highest  bidder  for 
ready  money,  at  the  Court  House,  in  Bridgetown,  Cum- 
berland County,  West  New  Jersey,  on  the  15th  day  of 
August  next,  between  the  hours  of  12  and  5  o'clock,  a 
plantation  containing  200  acres,  be  it  more  or  less,  being 
on  Morris  river,  at  the  foot  of  the  great  bridge  that  leads 
to  Cape  May,  suitable  to  keep  a  tavern  with  a  good  dwell- 
ing house  on  the  same,  and  part  of  the  land  cleared.  The 
purchaser  on  paying  half  the  purchase  money  down,  may 
have  a  year  to  pay  the  other  half;  giving  good  security, 
and  paying  interest.  The  plantation  being  late  the  prop- 
erty of  John  Taylor,  and  taken  in  execution,  and  to  be 

sold  by, 

Thomas  Maskell,  Sheriff. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Journal,   No.    1388,   July    13, 
1769. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  469 

CusTOM-HousE,   Cleared. 
Schooner  Nancy,  A.  Guiiing,  to  Amboy. 

On  Thursday  the  7th  instant,  was  committed  to  the 
gaol  of  this  city,  by  John  Dennis,  Esq;  WilHam  Tomhn 
(a  servant  to  Thomas  Gent)  and  a  negro  fellow  named 
Berkshire,  a  slave  to  Mr.  Christopher  Cannon,  l^oth  of 
the  county  of  Baltimore,  in  the  province  of  Maryland; 
fifteen  miles  from  Baltimore  town,  near  Mr.  Benjamin 
Badger's  mills,  the  Great  Falls  of  Gunpowder,  and  Gar- 
rison church,  on  the  great  road  to  Connawaugo;  the  ser- 
vant and  slave  stole  from  each  of  their  masters,  a  mare; 
the  one  from  Thomas  Gent,  is  a  likely  black  mare,  with 
saddle  and  bridle,  the  other  stolen  by  the  negro,  the  prop- 
erty of  Mr.  Christopher  Cannon,  is  a  fine  bay  mare,  both 
of  which  are  secured.  Messrs.  Cannon  and  Gent  are  de- 
sired to  send  for  their  servant,  slave,  mares,  &c.  as  soon 
as  possible,  and  they  will  much  oblige  their  humble  ser- 
vant, 

Jacob  Wiser. 

City  of  Nczv-Brunszvick,  in  the  province  of  East  Nezv 
Jersey,  July  18,  1769. 

Ran  away  the  fourth  of  tJiis  instant,  at  night  from  Jo- 
seph Haight,  of  the  city  of  Burlington,  a  servant  girl 
named  Margaret  Joyce,  about  five  feet  five  or  six  inches 
high,  zvith  black  hair,  black  eyes,  rosy  cheeks,  and  thick 
lips;  had  on  zvhen  she  zvent  azvay  an  India  callico  short 
gozvn,  and  had  zvith  her  a  long  gozvn  of  the  same  stuff,  a 
brozvn.  qnilfed  petticoat,  and  striped  liusey  petticoat  bound 
with  red,  a  pair  of  good  cotton  stockings,  and  good 
leather  shoes,  and  a  black  hat,  zvith  a  blue  ribbon  round 
the  crozvn,  had  formerly  lived  zvith  Mr.  Joseph  Parker, 
Taylor,  in  Philadelphia,  run  azvay  from  him,  and  hired 
herself  as  a  free  girl;   it  is  imagined  she  zvill  do  the  same 


470  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

again.  JVlwcvcr  zvill  take  up  and  secure  said  girl,  so  that 
her  master  may  have  her  again,  shall  have  Twenty  Shil- 
lings reward,  and  all  reasonable  charges  paid  by 

Joseph  Haight. 

— Tlie  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  12,2,  July  17-24, 
1769. 

To  be  Lett, 
The  Farm  late  Andrew  Van  Home's,  deceased,  now  in 
the  Possession  of  John  Martin,  in  Piscataway,  together 
with  the  Stock.    For  Terms  of  the  Lease,  enquire  of  Cort- 
land Skinner,  and  Philip  Kearny,  jun.  in  Perth-Amboy. 

Whereas  the  Legislature  of  the  Province  of  New- 
Jersey,  some  Time  since,  by  a  Law  of  the  Colony,  ap- 
pointed Commissioners  for  subdividing  and  locating  a 
certain  Tract  of  Land,  commonly  called  the  Bergen  Com- 
mons, among  the  several  Persons  interested  therein; 
which  Commissioners  proceeded  to  the  Execution  of  that 
Trust,  and  located  and  alotted  a  Part  of  the  said  Tract  of 
Land  as  the  Proportion  thereof  belonging  to  the  Island  of 
Sea-Caucus ;  but  did  not  subdivide  the  same,  or  determine 
to  whom  the  same,  or  any  Part  thereof  should  belong; 
by  Reason  whereof,  the  same  remains  unappropriated  to 
this  Day.  This  is  therefore  to  give  Notice,  that  a  Peti- 
tion will  be  presented  to  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
Province  of  New-Jersey,  at  the  next  Sessions,  praying  the 
passing  of  an  Act  appointing  new  Commissioners  for 
finally  settling  and  finishing  what  the  former  Commis- 
sioners left  undetermined  respecting  the  Premises;  of 
which  every  Person  interested  herein  is  hereby  desired  to 
take  Notice. — The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mer- 
cury, No.  925,  July  17,  1769. 

Nczv-York,  July  20.     Yesterday  met  in  this  City  the 


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Commissioners  from  the  several  Colonies,  appointed  by 
his  Majesty,  for  settling  and  fixing  the  Boundaries  be- 
tween this  Province  of  New- York  and  the  Province  of 
New- Jersey. — The  Nezv  York  Jotiriial  or  General  Adver- 
User,  No.  1385,  July  20,  1769. 

Custom  House,  Philadelphia,  Cleared.  Schooner 
Samuel,  W.  Mugford,  Salem. 

Hopezvell,  Hunterdon  County,  Jidy  i,  1769. 
Run  away  from  the  Subscriber,  a  Negroe  Man,  named 
Peter,  about  5  Feet  6  or  7  Inches  high,  well  built :  Had 
on,  and  took  with  him,  a  light  Kersey  Vest,  one  Pair  of 
Nankeen  Breeches,  one  Pair  of  Tow  Ditto,  and  sundry 
other  Articles.  Whoever  takes  up  said  Negroe,  so  that 
his  Master  may  get  him  again,  shall  have  Three  Pounds 
Reward  and  reasonable  Charges,  paid  by 

John  Hunt 

The  Creditors  of  William  Imlay,  late  of  Bordentown, 
deceased,  are  desired  to  bring  their  Accounts  to  the  Sub- 
scribers, who  intend  to  make  a  Dividend  of  what  Money 
they  have  received,  the  15th  of  August  next.  John  Im- 
lay, Henry  Drinker,  Clement  Biddle,  Assignees. 

A  List  of  Letters  remaining  in  the  Post-Ofiice,  Phil- 
adelphia. 

George  Avis,  Gloucester  County. 
B.    William  Bate,  Kingwood,  N.  J. 
J.    John  Johnson,  Timber  Creek. 
L.    John  Lowry,  Sussex,  West  Jersey. 
M.    John  Mayhew,  Pilesgrove. 

— The  Pennsylvania   Gazette,   No.   2117,   July   20, 
1769. 


472  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL   DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

New- York,  July  17. 
,    .     .    .     In  this  Ship  [Capt.  Salmon,  from  London]  are 
come  passengers.  Col.  Christie  and  Major  Skone,  of  the 
regulars;   Daniel  Coxe,  Esq;  of  Trenton,  and  his  Mother, 
and  Dr.  Rush  of  Philadelphia,  with  several  others. 

Last  week  arrived  in  town  the  hon.  Peyton  Ran- 
dolph, Esq,  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  in  Vir- 
ginia, and  on  Saturday  last  he  sat  off  for  New-York,  to 
meet  the  committee  appointed  for  the  settlement  of  the 
boundary  between  New- York  and  New  Jersey. 

DANIEL  and  GEORGE  RUNDLE, 

At  their  stores  in  Water-street,  the  eighth  door  above 
Market-street,  at  the  north  corner  of  the  alley,  have  for 

SALE, 

European  and  East-India  goods.  .  .  . 
Said  Daniel  Rundel  hath  to  Lett, 
The  house  in  which  he  lately  dwelt,  situate  on  the  south 
side  of  Market  street,  above  Seventh-street,  being  new  and 
commodious,  having  a  long  row  of  back  buildings.  Also, 
a  lot  on  Third-street,  nearly  opposite  St.  Paul's  Church. 
And  to  lett  on  lease,  a  tract  of  about  1400  acres  of  land 
in  Salem  county.  West  New- Jersey,  about  30  miles  from 
Philadelphia,  which  may  be  divided  into  four  settlements 
-  -  -  and  a  small  tract  of  land  in  Mount  Bethel  township, 
North  Hampton  county,  Pennsylvania.  For  further  par- 
ticulars enquire  of  him  at  his  house  in  Water-street,  the 
eighth  door  above  Market-street. — The  Pennsylvania 
Journal,  No.  1389,  July  20,  1769. 

To  be  sold  by  the  subscriber,  now  living  on  the  premises. 

A  PLANTATION,  Containing  about  200  acres  of  land,  (or 

more  if  required)  there  are  about  one  hundred  cleared,  the 

rest  is  woodland,  it  is  accommodated  with  a  genteel  brick 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  473 

dwelling  house,  40  by  48  feet,  two  stories  high,  four  rooms 
on  a  floor,  with  a  large  handsome  stair  case  and  entry, 
with  cellars  under  the  whole  building,  and  a'  court  yard 
on  each  front  of  the  house.  .  .  .  Any  person  inclining 
to  purchase  the  whole,  or  any  part  of  the  premises,  by  pay- 
ing the  one  third  part  of  the  purchase  money  down,  may 
have  reasonable  time  for  the  payment  of  the  remainder, 
and  interest.  For  further  particulars  inquire  of  the  sub- 
scriber. 

Robert  Lettice  Hooper. 

To  be  SOLD  or  Rented. — The  dwelling  house,  stables, 
and  other  conveniences,  with  the  large  lot  of  ground  there- 
unto belonging,  situate  on  the  north  side  of  Chestnut- 
street,  Philadelphia,  lately  in  the  tenure  of  Doctor  Graeme. 
For  terms  inquire  of  William  Logan,  Esq;  in  Philadel- 
phia, or  of  John  Smith  in  Burlington. — The  Pennsylvania 
Chroniele,  No.  133,  July  24-31,  1769. 

Flizabeth-Town,  July  15,  1769. 

Stolen  or  strayed,  out  of  Baker  Hendrick's  lot,  a  dark 
brown  horse,  with  some  white  hairs;  a  white  stripe  down 
the  face,  short  switch'd  tail,  about  fourteen  hands  high, 
four  years  old;  he  is  marked  on  the  near  hind  quarter  with 
the  letter  M.  Whoever  brings  the  said  horse  to  said  Hen- 
dricks, or  to  Capt.  Heard's  at  Woodbridge,  shall  receive 
Four  Dollars  reward,  and  no  questions  asked. 

Elizabeth-Town,  New-Jersey,  July  11,  1769. 
To  the  Public. 

Mr.  Reeve,  master  of  the  grammar-school  established 
here,  having  for  a  number  of  years  instructed  our  youth 
with  meritted  applause,  hath  lately  signified  his  intention 


474  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

to  US,  the  visiters  of  the  said  school,  of  resigning  his 
charge  of  the  same,  the  ensuing  Autumn.  We  therefore 
think  it  expedient  to  give  the  pubhc  this  early  notice,  that 
we  have  unanimously  chosen  Mr.  Joseph  Periam,  who 
proposed  to  resign  his  office  as  a  tutor  in  the  college  of 
New-Jersey,  to  succe.ed  Mr.  Reeve,  in  the  headship  of  this 
school. 

Mr.  Periam  having  long  taught  the  mathematics  in  the 
college,  with  distinguished  approbation  and  success,  pro- 
poses besides  what  hath  been  heretofore  taught  in  the 
school,  to  instruct,  if  requested,  in  this  important  branch 
of  knowledge,  not  only  young  gentlemen  who  have  stud- 
ied the  Latin  and  Greek  classics,  but  others  who  dO'  not 
intend  a  college  education. 

As  this  gentleman  is  skilled  in  penmanship,  a  particular 
attention  will  be  paid,  if  desired  by  the  parents,  to  the 
hand  writing  of  the  pupils :  These  will  be  required  to 
spend  sometime  every  day,  in  improving  themselves  in 
this  useful  and  ornamental  part  of  education.  Their  em- 
plo3mient  herein  will  however  differ,  according  to  their 
different  capacities.  Some  in  writing  the  usual  copies; 
others  in  transcribing  fairly,  from  approved  authors,  either 
letters  to  acquire  a  taste  for  the  epistolary  stile;  or  select 
pieces  to  be  committed  to  memory,  which  they  will  be 
taught  to  pronounce  with  grace  and  propriety.  Those  of 
riper  judgments  will  be  required  to  write  their  own 
thoughts  in  the  form  of  letters,  descriptions,  &c.  These 
transcripts  and  compositions  will  be  carefully  reviewed, 
and  errors  pointed  out  in  such  manner  as  will  be  most 
likely  to  make  them  accurate  in  writing  and  spelling. 

We  need  not  mention  that  care  will  be  taken  to  instruct 
them  in  geography,  so  far  as  is  necessary  to  understand 
the  use  of  the  globes,  and  the  classical  authors,  in  Oratory ; 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  475 

as  these  have  heretofore  been  taught  when  desired  in  this 
schooh 

As  it  is  of  importance  that  Youth,  even  before  they  leave 
the  grammar-school,  should  be  instructed  in  the  principles 
of  Christianity,  Mr.  Periam  will  engage  to  teach  them  such 
of  our  protestant  Catechisms  as  may  be  most  agreeable  to 
their  parents  or  governors. 

On  our  part,  we  propose  to  continue  our  quarterly  Vis- 
itations, and  publick  examinations,  to  afford  what  assist- 
ance we  can  to  the  tutors,  and  endeavour  to  promote  such 
emulation  in  the  Youth,  as  may  best  answer  the  intention 
of  their  friends  in  fitting  them  for  any  of  our  colleges  or 
qualifying  them  to  be  useful  Members  of  Society. 

Thomas  B.  Chandler, 
James  Caldwell, 
Wm.  p.  Smith, 
Elias  Boudinot, 
John  Chetwood, 
Timothy  Edwards.^ 
— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
g26,  July  24,  1769. 

Taken  up,  on  Saturday,  the  15th  Instant,  at  the  Blaz- 
ing Star,  and  now  in  Perth-Amboy  Goal,  a  Negroe  Man, 
that  nearly  answers  the  Description  of  one  advertised  in 
this  Gazette,  by  Thomas  Minshall,  living  near  Wright's 
Ferry,  in  York  County;  he  will  not  tell  his  Name,  nor 
own  he  has  a  Master,  but  passes  as  a  Freeman.  His  Mas- 
ter may  hear  further,  by  applying  to  John  Kinsey,  in 
Woodbridge. 

To  be  Sold,  by  the  Subscribers, 
A  Plantation,  containing  95  acres  of  land,  well  situ- 


lA  son  of  Jonathan  Edwards,  some  lime  President  of  Princeton  Col- 
lege. Aaron  Burr,  his  nephew,  lived  with  him  at  Ellzabethtown  for 
some  years. 


476  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

ated  in  Pilesgrove,  in  Salem  county,  West  Jersey,  lying 
on  the  King's  highway  that  leads  to  Salem  town,  about 
40  acres  of  cleared  land,  and  7  acres  of  good  meadow, 
lying  upon  Oldman's  Creek,  above  the  bridge,  with  a  large 
log  dwelling-house,  a  good  frame  barn,  a  very  good  young 
orchard,  of  about  250  bearing  trees,  a  fine  stream  of  water 
running  through  the  premises,  which  would  be  very  suit- 
able to  set  up  a  fulling  mill  thereon,  or  to  m.ake  a  tanyard; 
the  cleared  land  and  meadow  under  good  fence.  Any  per- 
son inclining  to  purchase,  by  applying  to  Mary  Thomp- 
son, living  on  the  premises,  or  to  James  Dunlap,  living 
in  Cohakin,  in  Salem  county,  who  are  impowered  by  ihe 
last  will  and  testament  of  John  Thompson  to  sell  the  same, 
may  know  the  title  and  terms. — The  Pennsylvania  Gazette, 
No.  21 18,  July  27,  1769. 

New-York,  July  24. 
On  Thursday  last  arrived  here,  Ship  Hope,  Captain 
Benjamin  Davies,  from  London  in  8  ivecks.  .  .  On 
the  2d  of  July,  he  spoke  a  Ship  from  Virginia,  and  no 
other  all  the  passage,  zvhich  zuas  just  six  zveeks  to  Sandy 
Hook. 

By  VIRTUE  of  a  writ  to  me  directed,  on  Tuesday  the  15 
day  of  August  next,  at  the  dwelling  house  of  Rebecca 
Howell  in  the  township  of  Woolwich  will  be  exposed 
to  sail  by  public  vendue,  between  the  hours  of  twelve 
and  five  in  the  afternoon  of  said  day, 
A  Farm,  messuage,  tenement  and  tract  of  land  and 
meadow  ground,  containing  forty  five  acres,  situate  on 
the  river  Delaware,  opposite  Marcus  Hook,  in  the  town- 
ship of  Woolwich,  in  the  county  of  Gloucester;   the  great- 
est part  thereof  is  good  banked  meadow,  lying  on  and 
near  the  mouth  of  Birch  Creek,  a  public  house  of  enter- 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  477 

tainment  and  ferry  has  been  kept  for  several  years  past, 
and  its  situation  renders  it  convenient  for  that  business. 
Also  on  the  same  day  will  be  sold,  four  acres  and  an  half 
of  meadow,  on  Oldman's  creek,  and  three  acres  and  an 
half  of  cedar  swamp,  on  Raccoon  creek,  being  all  late  the 
property  of  Benjamin  Howell  deceased.  Seized  in  ex- 
ecution and  to  be  sold  by 

S.  Blackwood,  late  Sheriff. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Journal,   No.    1390,   Jnly   27, 
1769. 

Custom  House,  Inward. 
Sloop  Mulberry,  J.  Lock,  Burlington. 

Cleared. 
Sloop  Olive,  J.  Bunker,  Egg-Harbour. — The  Pennsyl- 
vania Chronicle,  No.  133,  July  ^i^- August  7,  1769. 

Whereas  my  Wife  Anne  Davis,  alias  Ward,  of  the 
Town  of  Newark,  has  eloped  from  my  Bed,  and  absented 
herself  from  Cooking  and  Eating  with  me;  I  forewarn 
all  Persons  whatsoever  to  entertain  or  trust  her  in  any 
Shape  on  my  Account,  as  I  will  pay  no  Debts  of  her  con- 
tracting. Ebenezer  Davis 
— The  New  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
927,  Jiily  31,  1769. 

The  creditors  of  William  Browne,  late  of  Woolwich, 
in  the  county  of  Gloucester,  are  desired  to  meet  the  Sub- 
scribers at  the  house  of  Thomas  James,  innkeeper,  in 
Woolwich  aforesaid,  on  Monday  next,  the  7th  of  this  in- 
stant August,  to  receive  a  dividend  of  his  estate;  and  to 
bring  in  their  accounts,  properly  attested,  or  they  will  be 
excluded  the  first  dividend. 

Samuel  Biles,  John  Hinchman,  Samuel  Black- 
wood. 


478  NEW    JERSEY.  COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

Run  away,  on  the  24th  of  July  last,  from  John  Steel- 
man,  of  Great  Egg  Harbour,  two  servant  men,  one  named 
Absalom  Barrett,  this  country  born,  about  5  feet  6  inches 
high,  bluish  eyes,  and  black  hair,  about  iS  years  of  age, 
has  a  mole  on  his  left  cheek,  and  warts  on  his  right  hand; 
had  on,  and  took  with  him,  a  satteen  jacket  without  but- 
tons, a  white  dimity  ditto,  tore  between  the  shoulders,  two 
pair  of  homespun  trowsers,  and  two  shirts  of  the  same. 
The  other  an  Irishman,  named  John  Meagher,  about  5 
feet  5  inches  high,  has  black  hair,  which  he  wears  clubbed; 
had  on,  when  he  went  away,  a  tight  coat,  with  a  collar 
round  it,  of  a  dark  colour,  a  red  jacket,  without  sleeves, 
black  breeches,  and  half -worn  shoes,  with  brass  buckles. 
Whoever  takes  up  said  servants,  and  secures  them  in  any 
goal,  so  that  their  master  may  have  them  again,  shall  have 
Five  Pounds  reward,  and  reasonable  charges,  paid  by 

John  Steelman 
— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2 119,  Angiist  3, 
1769. 

Custoni-Honse,  Entered  In. 
Schooner  Ranger,  A.  Mansfield,  from  Salem. 

Forty  shillings  reward. 
RuN-away  from  the  Subscriber,  living  in  Waterford 
township,  Gloucester  county,  an  English  servant  lad 
named  George  Genge;  about  18  years  old;  5  feet  7  or  8 
inches  high;  of  a  swarthy  complexion,  wears  his  own 
black  hair,  and  talks  very  much  with  the  west  country  dia- 
lect :  Had  on  and  took  with  him  when  he  went  away,  an 
half  worn  felt  hat;  two  jackets,  one  striped  with  sleeves, 
and  the  other  a  light  grey,  with  copper  buttons  on  it, 
stamped  like  a  penny;  an  oznabrigs  and  a  check  shirt; 
two  pair  of  trowsers,  one  ticking  and  the  other  oznabrigs ; 
and  two  pair  of  shoes  with  car\'ed  brass  buckles. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  479 

Whoever  takes  up  and  secures  said  servant,  so  that  his 
master  may  have  him  again,  shall  have  the  above  reward, 
and  reasonable  charges,  paid  by 

William  Cooper. 

N.  B.  Masters  of  vessels  are  forbid  carrying  him  off, 
at  their  peril. — The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1391,  Au- 
gust 3,  1769. 

Pozvles-Hook  Races. 

On  Monday  the  i6th  Day  of  October  next,  will  be  run 
for  over  the  New  Course  at  Powles-Hook,  a  Purse  of 
Fifty  Pounds,  New-York  Currency,  by  any  Horse, 
Mare,  or  Gelding,  not  more  than  three  Quarters  Blood; 
and  those  less  than  three  Quarters  Blood,  to  be  allowed  5 
lb.  The  best  of  three  3  Mile  Pleats;  three  Years  old  car- 
rying seven  Stone;  four  Years  old  seven  Stone  eight 
Pounds;  five  Years  old  eight  Stone  two  Pounds;  six 
Years  old  eight  Stone  eleven  Pounds;  and  aged  Horses 
9  Stone  seven  Pounds,  Saddle  and  Bridle  included;  Fil- 
lies to  be  allowed  three  Pounds.  Any  Horse,  &c.  winning 
two  Heats  shall  not  be  obliged  to  start  a  third  to  save  his 
Distance.    To  run  according  to  the  King's  Plate  Articles. 

Tuesday  the  17th,  the  l^eaten  Horses  to  run  the  best  of 
three  Heats  for  the  Stakes. 

Wednesday  the  i8th  there  will  be  a  Fox  Hunt  in  Ber- 
gen Woods,  and  on 

Thursday  the  igth,  there  will  be  a  Purse  of  Twenty 
Pounds,  free  for  any  Horse,  ]\Iare,  or  Gelding,  not  more 
than  Quarter  Blood,  Weight  for  Age  as  above.  The 
Horses,  &c.  to  be  shewn  and  entered  at  the  Starting  Post, 
the  Saturday  before  running,  between  the  Hours  of  3  and 
5  in  the  Afternoon,  in  Presence  of  the  Judges,  who  will 
be  present,  paying  50s.  Entrance  for  each  Florse,  &c.  that 
starts  for  the  Plate  of  50I.  and  20s.  for  every  Horse,  &c. 


480  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

that  Starts  for  the  20].  Plate.  Any  Dispute  that  may 
arise,  to  be  determined  by  a  Majority  of  the  Subscribers 
present.  Good  Crafts  wiH  be  ready  at  each  Ferry  to  con- 
vey over  ah  Persons  who  incHne  to  see  the  Races;  good 
Stables,  with  excellent  Hay  and  Oats,  will  be  provided 
for  the  Horses,  and  good  Accommodations  for  the 
Grooms.  To  start  at  2  o'Clock  precisely,  each  Day;  Cer- 
tificates of  the  Ages  of  the  Horses,  &c.  to  be  produced  at 
Entrance,  from  under  the  Hands  of  the  Breeders.^ 

Run-Away  from  the  subscriber,  living  in  Trenton, 
West-Jersey,  July  23,  1769,  an  Irish  servant  lad,  named 
Michael  Brady,  about  5  feet  3  inches  high,  and  about  20 
years  of  age,  well  set,  thick  legs,  knock'd-knee'd,  and 
speaks  very  quick,  fair  complexion,  full  fac'd,  and  large 
full  grey  eyes,  short  light  curl'd  hair;  born  in  Dublin,  has 
some  of  the  Brogue,  and  speaks  very  hoarse;  Had  on,  and 
took  with  him,  when  he  went  away,  a  yellowish  brown 
thickset  fustian  coat,  green  double-breasted  cloth  jacket, 
both  much  worn,  with  flat  metal  buttons  on  them,  ozen- 
brigs  shirt  and  trowsers,  nankeen  breeches,  old  thread 
stockings,  old  pumps  with  long  quarters,  very  good  hat, 
is  a  shoemalver  by  trade,  and  pretends  to  tlie  snufT  work. 
Whoever  takes  up  and  secures  the  said  servant  in  any  goal, 
so  that  his  master  may  have  him  again,  shall  have  Four 
Pounds  reward,  and  all  reasonable  charges,  paid  by 

WiLLL\M  Tucker. 

N.  B.  He  is  supposed  to  have  a  false  pass,  and  also 
change  his  name  and  clothes,  he  being  a  crafty  fellow. — ■ 
Tlie  Nczv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  928, 
August  7,  1769. 

Pursuant  to  an  Order  of  the  Honourable  Jacob  Ford, 


1  In  the  'Ncxo  York  Gazette  and  Weckh/  Mercury  for  Monday.  August  21, 
this  advertisement  is  changed,  to  announce  the  races  for  October  9, 
10,   11  and  12,  instead  of  a  week  later. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  48 1 

and  Samuel  Tnthill,  Esqrs,  two  of  the  Judges  of  the  In- 
ferior Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  the  County  of  Morris; 
Notice  is  hereby  given  to  the  respective  Creditors  of  Na- 
than Wilkinson,  an  insolvent  Debtor,  in  the  Gaol  of  the 
County  of  Morris,  that  they  be  and  appear,  at  the  Court- 
House  in  Morris-Town,  in  the  Coimty  of  Morris  afore- 
said, on  Friday  the  first  Day  of  September  next,  at  nine 
o'clock  in  the  Morning  of  the  said  Day,  to  shew  Cause 
(if  any  they  have)  why  Assignees  should  not  be  appointed 
to  the  Estate  of  said  Nathan,  and  he  discharged  from  his 
Imprisonment,  agreeable  to  a  late  Act  of  the  Governor, 
Council,  and  General  Assembly  of  the  Province  of  New- 
Jersey,  entitled,  "An  Act  for  the  Relief  of  insolvent  Debt- 
ors." 

Morris  Town,  August  2d  176^. 

Monmouth,  )  By  Order  of  the  Honourable  John  Ander- 
New-Jersey,  \  son,  and  John  Taylor,  Esquires,  Judges 
of  the  Quarter  Sessions  of  said  Province,  Obadiah 
Worthly,  Prisoner  for  Debt,  in  the  Gaol  of  said  County, 
Did  on  the  27th  Day  of  July,  make  Application  to  the  said 
Judges,  for  the  Benefit  of  the  late  insolvent  Act,  entitled, 
"An  Act  for  the  Relief  of  insolvent  Debtors,"  made  in  the 
Eighth  Year  of  his  present  Majesty's  Reign,  was  (lualified 
and  filed  his  Schedule  of  his  Estate :  Now  this  is  to  give 
Notice,  to  the  Creditors  of  the  said  Debtor,  that  they  be 
together  at  Freehold  Court-House.  on  the  28th  Day  of 
August  next,  to  shew  Cause  if  any  they  have,  why  the 
said  Prisoner's  Estate  should  not  be  assigned,  and  his 
Body  discharged,  pursuant  to  said  Act,  of  which  this  is 
their  Notice. 

Moniuouth  Gaol,  July  the  2/tli,  I/6q. 

— The  New  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1388,  August  10,  1769. 


482  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

West  Jersey,  August  2,  1769. 
Stolen  out  of  Daniel  Cooper's  Corn  Field,  opposite  to 
Philadelphia,  a  Corn  Harrow,  it  was  payed  in  the  Spring 
with  a  Coat  of  Pitch,  it  has  a  Knee  fixed  along  the  Middle 
of  it,  fastened  down  at  the  fore  End  with  a  Bolt  and  Key, 
it  has  Handles  fixed  on  the  Top,  not  unlike  to  Plow  or 
Wheelbarrow  Handles,  to  work  it  with,  it  contains  35  Iron 
Teeth,  it  has  in  the  fore  End  of  the  Knees  two  Holes,  one 
above  the  other,  for  the  Clevis  Pin  to  go  through ;  as  also 
was  taken  away,  at  the  same  Time  with  it,  a  Plow  Clevis, 
fixed  to  the  Head  of  the  same  (it  is  supposed  that  the 
above  described  Harrow  was  taken  away  by  Water). 
Whoever  will  give  Information  to  the  Owner,  so  that  the 
Harrow  may  be  had,  and  the  Thief  detected,  so  that  he 
may  be  brought  to  Justice,  shall  have  Forty  Shillings,  as 

a  Reward  for  the  same,  from 

Daniel  Cooper. 

Ten  Pounds  Reward. 

Made  his  escape  out  of  the  prison  of  Trenton,  in  the 
county  of  Hunterdon,  and  province  of  New-Jersey,  one 
Cornelius  Bennet,  about  23  years  of  age,  a  stout  well 
built  fellow,  5  feet  8  inches  high,  or  thereabouts,  black 
complexion,  short  brown  hair,  of  a  down  look,  large  grey 
eyes,  with  a  remarkable  deal  of  white  in  them,  a  short  face, 
his  nose  rather  long  and  rising,  has  lost  one  or  more  of  his 
teeth  before  in  his  upper  jaw,  speaks  Low  Dutch;  had  on 
a  check  shirt  and  trowsers,  old  shoes  and  hat,  though  it  is 
very  probable  he  will  endeavour  to  change  his  apparel,  is 
very  talkative,  and  fond  of  liquor.  Said  Bennet  was  con- 
victed of  horse-stealing,  and  it  is  much  to  be  feared  that 
he  will  join  a  gang  on  the  frontiers  of  this  and  the  neigh- 
bouring provinces,  who,  it  is  said,  are  concerned  in  that 
practice.    Whoever  apprehends  the  said  Cornelius  Bennet, 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  483 

and  secures  him  in  any  goal,  or  otherwise,  so  that  the  Sher- 
iff of  the  said  county  of  Hunterdon  can  have  him  again, 
shall  be  paid  the  above  reward,  and  reasonable  charges,  by 

John  Barnes,  Sheriff. 

August  4,  1769. 
Run  azuay  from  the  Subsp'iber,  Iknng  in  Ez'cshaju, 
Burlington  county,  J  Vest- Jersey,  on  the  8tJi  instant,  a  ser- 
vant lad,  named  Jacob  Carvel,  about  5  feet  5  or  6  inches 
high,  about  18  years  of  age,  zvell  set,  of  a  yeUoivish  com- 
plexion, coarse  harsh  hair,  a  kind  of  flax  colour,  cut  z'cry 
close  on  the  top,  is  very  much  Jiunip  shinned;  had  on,  and 
took  zvith  him,  tz^'o  shirts,  one  ozenbrigs,  the  other  Hue 
linen,  tzvo  pair  of  tozv  trozvsers,  and  one  pair  of  striped 
ditto,  four  jackets,  tzvo  bear-skin,  one  lead  coloured,  the 
other  black  and  zvhite,  a  good  broadcloth  one,  light  col- 
oured, lined  zvitJi  striped  zvoollen,  and  bound  before,  one 
cotton  and  zvoollen  striped  ditto,  a  nezv  black  neckcloth, 
tzvo  hats,  one  an  old  beaver  the  other  plat,  a  nezv  pair  of 
neats  leather  shoes.  JJe  also  took  zvith  him  a  large  brindle 
dog;  ilie  said  boy's  father  lives  at  Duck-Creek,  and  it  is 
supposed  he  has  gone  that  zvay.  Whoever  takes  up  and 
secures  said  servant  in  any  goal,  so  that  liis  umster  may 
have  him  again,  shall  receive  Thirty  Shillings  rezvard,  and 
Five  Shillings  for  the  dog,  zvith  reasonable  charges,  paid 

by 

Nathan  Haines. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2120,  August  10, 
1769. 

TO  BE  SOLD, 
A    Plantation    containing    115    acres,    in    Cumberland 
county.  West  New-Jersey,  about  one  mile  from  Green- 
wich, it  is  well  watered,  a  constant  stream  running  through 


484  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

it,  about  40  acres  cleared,  and  in  good  fence,  a  good  house 
on  it  with  three  rooms  on  the  lower  floor,  a  good  stone 
cellar  under  the  whole,  also  a  barn  and  young  orchard. 
The  title  good,  it  was  late  the  property  of  Thomas  Ware, 
deceased,  and  to  be  sold  by  his  Executors.  The  purchasers 
may  have  the  payments  made  easy :  any  person  inclining 
to  purchase,  may  apply  to  the  subscribers,  in  Greenwich, 
near  the  premises. 

Thomas  Ewing,  Samuel  Ewing,  Executors. 
— TJie  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1392,  August  10, 
1769. 

Nezv-York,  August  14.  *  *  The  Races  at  Powles's 
Hook  begins  the  9th  of  October,  and  not  the  i6th. 

To-morrow  Morning  at  9  o' Clock,  a  .Stage  (well  fitted) 
will  set  out  from  Powles-Hook  for  Mr.  Banks's,  at  New- 
ark, and  return  from  thence  two  Hours  before  Sunset,  the 
same  Da}^ :  This  will  be  continued  on  every  Tuesday, 
Thursday  and  Friday,  in  every  Week,  at  the  usual  Price 
of  i8d.  for  each  Passenger  going,  and  the  same  for  return- 
ing. The  Benefit  resulting  to  the  Public  from  this  Stage, 
must  be  very  obvious,  as  any  Person  from  New-York, 
may  go  to  Newark,  and  return  Home  the  same  Evening. 
— The  New  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  929, 
August  14,  1769. 

City  of  Burlington,  August  7,  1769. 
Committed  to  the  Goal  of  the  County  of  Burlington, 
in  PVest  New-Jersey,  a  certain  Negro  Man,  who  calls  him- 
self Sam;  ,he  says  he  is  Barbados  born,  and  came  with  his 
Master  in  a  Sloop,  loaded  with  Rum  and  Molasses;  but 
can't  tell  what  Place  they  came  to  :  He  says  that  his  Mas- 
ter's   Name    is    Capt.    Johnson,    and    that    one    JJllliain 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  48$ 

TJionias  and  James  Brown  sailed  with  his  Master.  The 
said  Negro  is  about  Twenty-two  or  Twenty-three  Years 
old,  had  on  when  committed,  an  old  brown  Coat,  with 
broad  Metal  Buttons,  and  a  Jacket  of  the  same,  he  had  also 
a  Swanskin  Flannel  Jacket,  made  Sailor  Fashion.  These 
are  to  desire  his  Master,  (if  any  he  has)  to  come  immedi- 
ately, pay  Charges  and  take  him  away :  So  doing,  he  will 
oblige  his  humble  Servant, 

Ephraim  Phillips,  Goalcr. 
— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1389,  August  14,  1769. 

Trentozvn,  August  2^1  [?],  1769. 
RuN-away  on  Sunday  the  12th  inst.  from  the  Sub- 
scriber, living  at  Trentown,  two  Irish  servant  men,  the 
one  named  Nicholas  Fitz  Gerald,  the  other  Garret  Mur- 
phy; the  former  had  on  when  he  went  away,  a  brown 
coat,  the  button-holes  laid  with  tape;  a  black  cloth  jacket, 
lined  with  blue;  the  latter  a  brown  coat,  lined  with  white 
shalloon,  and  white  metal  buttons,  white  breeches,  patched 
on  the  knees  :  Both  a  little  pitted  with  the  small  pox;  the 
former  about  6  feet  high,  the  latter  about  5  feet  9  inches 
high,  walks  wide  and  lame:  Took  with  him  a  pair  of 
black  velvet  breeches.  They  have  both  black  hair  tied. 
Whoever  takes  up  said  servants,  or  secures  them  in  any 
goal,  so  that  they  may  be  had  again,  shall  have  the  above 
reward,  and  all  reasonable  charges  paid,  by  me 

Samuel  Henry. 
— The  Nezv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1389,  August  17,  1769. 

Captain  Reid,  from  Dominica,  on  the  7th,  about  30 
Leagues  to  the  Southward  of  our  Capes,  spoke  the  Sloop 
Charlotte,  Captain  Bardin.  bound  to  the  Grenades,  from 
this  Port,  all  well. 


486  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [^7^9 

June  12,  1769. 
By  virtue  of  a  writ  to  me  directed,  oii  the  21st  day  of 
August  next,  at  the  dwelling-house  of  Randall  Marshall, 
in  the  township  of  Deptford,  will  be  exposed  to  sale  by- 
public  vendue,  all  that  plantation  and  tract  of  land,  where- 
on the  said  Randall  Marshall  now  lives,  containing  300 
acres,  or  thereabouts,  60  acres  whereof  are  cleared,  20 
acres  of  good  meadow,  and  more  may  be  made,  the  re- 
mainder is  well  timbered;  there  is  a  good  dwelling-house 
and  orchard,  a  barn  and  other  out-houses  thereon;  also 
a  gfrist  mill,  with  one  pair  of  stones,  and  a  fulling  mill, 
with  press-shop,  dye-house,  tenter-bars,  and  all  other  tools, 
and  utensils,  necessary  for  carrying  on  the  fulling  busi- 
ness ;  situate  on  the  main  branch  of  Great  Timber  Creek, 
in  the  county  of  Gloucester,  and  Western  Division  of  the 
province  of  New-Jersey,  in  a  good  part  of  the  country  for 
trade,  being  within  a  mile  of  navigable  water,  on  the  said 
creek,  and  8  miles  from  the  town  of  Gloucester.  It  is  an 
old  accustomed  place  for  business,  both  in  the  grinding 
and  fulling  way,  and  is  well  situate  for  a  store,  being  in  a 
thick  inhabited  part  of  the  country,  and  within  a  few  miles 
of  several  saw-mills,  on  the  said  creek;  the  stream  is  good, 
and  with  a  trifling  expence  might  be  made  navigable  to  the 
mill  tail;  the  land  is  capable  of  producing  any  grain  com- 
mon to  the  country,  and  there  being  two  tenements  there- 
on, at  a  proper  distance  from  each  other,  may  be  divided 
into  two  plantations;  being  all  late  the  estate  of  John 
Heaton,  seized  in  execution,  and  to  be  sold  by 

Samuel  Blackwood,  late  Sheriff. 

By  virtue  of  several  writs  to  me  directed,  will  be  ex- 
posed to  sale,  on  Wednesday,  the  nth  of  October  next,  on 
the  premises,  a  valuable  plantation,  situated  in  the  town- 
ship of  Alloway's  Creek,  supposed  to  contain  225  acres 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  487 

of  land,  30  thereof  good  meadow,  within  bank,  also  a  good 
brick  house,  barns,  stables,  and  a  good  apple  orchard ;  late 
the  property  of  James  Smith;  seized  and  taken  in  execu- 
tion, and  to  be  sold  by 

Edward  Test,  late  Sheriff. 
Salem,  August  ii,  1769 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2 121,  August  17, 
1769. 

We  hear  that  on  Friday  last,  the  pilot  boat  belonging 
to  Jacob  Hart,  being  off  our  capes  was  struck  with  light- 
ening, which  split  her  main-mast  to  pieces,  went  into  the 
hold,  thro'  the  cabin,  where  it  almost  suffocated  two  per- 
sons, and  then  passed  out  of  the  cabin  door  into  the  air. — 
The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1393,  August  17,  1769. 

To  be  SOLD  by  the  subscribers,  executors  to  the  estate 
of  Anthony  Morris,  deceased.  A  bank  and  water  lot, 
either  separate  or  together,  with  the  buildings  thereon, 
situate  between  Chestnut  and  Market  streets,  commonly 
known  by  the  name  of  the  Old  Crooked  Billet  houses  and 
wharf 

Also  a  tract  of  land,  near  Trenton,  containing  about 
600  acres,  part  of  which  is  a  large  swamp  called  the  Bear 
Sw^amp,  on  Mirey  run,  when  cleared  and  drained  will 
make  a  great  quantity  of  meadow.  There  are  some  im- 
provements in  this  tract,  among  which  is  a  thriving  young 
orchard.  For  further  particulars  inquire  of  Anthony 
Morris,  John  Morris,  Samuel  Morris,  and  others,  Execu- 
tors. 

The  subscriber  begs  leave  to  inform  the  Public,  that 
he  was  bred  to  the  practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery,  and 
has  had  more  than  thirty  years  experience,  the  last  seven 
years  of  which  he  served  in  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital, 


488  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

attended  to^  all  the  administrations  of  medicine,  and  chir- 
urgical  operations  in   that  infirmary,   during  the  whole 

time 

N.  B.  They  have  used  this  syrup  in  several  counties 
in  Pennsylvania,  New- Jersey,  and  Maryland,  with  good 
success.     Made  and  sold  by 

George  Weed. 

CusTOM-HousE,  Inzvard  Entries. 
Schooner  St.  Nicholas,  E.  Reed,  Salem. 

Cleared. 
Schooner  Ranger,  A.  Mansfield,  Salem. 

A  Catalogue  of  Books  to  be  disposed  of  by  the  Library 
Company  of  Philadelphia. 

.     .     .     .     History  of  Nezv- Jersey,  by  Smith 

Persons  desirous  of  purchasing  any  of  the  above  Books, 
may  see  them  by  applying  to  David  Evans,  or  Thomas 
Mifflin. — The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  137,  August 
21-28,  1769. 

Though  I  have  the  greatest  Reason  to  believe  that  Mr. 
William  Kelly,  who  lately  embarked  for  England  in  the 
Ship  Edward,  before  his  Departure  closed  all  his  unsettled 
Accounts,  as  well  in  this  Colony,  as  that  of  New-Jersey; 
yet  it  may  not  be  improper  to  give  this  public  Notice,  that 
any  Person  still  having  Demand  against  the  said  Mr. 
Kelly,  may  have  the  same  immediately  settled,  by  applying 
to  Elias  Boudenot,  Esq;  in  Elizabeth  Town,  New-Jersey, 
or  to  the  Subscriber  in  New-York. 

Abraham  Lott. 

To  be  sold  at  public  Vendue,  on  Tuesday  the  5th  Day 
of  September,  at  ten  o' Clock,  by  the  Heirs  of  the 
Estate  of  Peter  Low,  deceased; 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  4^9 

The  House  and  Lot  of  Ground,  wherein  the  late  Widow 
Low,  deceased,  Hved;  situate  in  Stone-street.  Also  a  Par- 
cel of  Houshold  and  Kitchen  Furniture,  two  Negro 
Wenches,  and  a  Negro  Child.  The  Vendue  to  continue 
till  all  is  sold. 

Also  to  be  sold  at  private  Sale,  a  Lot  of  Up-land,  of 
about  Two  and  a  Half  Acres,  situate  at  Rariton  Landing, 
in  New-Jersey;  together  with  a  Lot  of  excellent  Meadow, 
containing  41-4  Acres,  directly  opposite  of  the  Up-land, 
the  Road  running  between  both.  There  is  on  the  Up-land 
a  good  and  very  convenient  Dwelling-House,  with  a  Cel- 
lar and  five  Fire-places;  a  large  and  convenient  Store  and 
Bake-House,  Garden,  Well,  and  Orchard.  On  the  Low 
land  is  a  Store-House,  Chair-House,  and  Stable.  From 
the  Dwelling-House  there  is  a  very  beautiful  Prospect  of 
the  River,  and  the  ellegant  Seat  of  Anthony  White,  Esq; 
It  may  suit  either  for  a  trading  Person,  or  a  Gentleman's 
Country  Seat;  a  good  Title  will  be  given  by  the  Sub- 
scribers, living  in  New- York. 

Cornelius  P.  Low,  )  Surviving 
Peter  Low  \  Executors. 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and  JVeekly  Mercury,  No. 
931,  August  21,  1769. 

Garrat  Noel 
Has  for  Sale  at  his  Book  Store,  next  Door  to  the  Mer- 
chant's Coffee  House, 

A  Treatise  concerning  Religious  Affections. 
By  the  Rev.  Jonathan  Edwards,  A.  M. 
Late  President  of  the  College  of  Nezv-Jerscy. 
iI^^This  Treatise  is  so  much  esteemed,  that  two  Edi- 
tions have  been  already  sold.     This  now  offered  to  the 
Public,  is  the  Third,  and  every  Part  of  the  Workmanship 
is  American. 


490  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

N.  B.  The  Notes  are  printed  at  large. — The  Nezv  York 
Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  1390,  August  21,  1769. 

New-York,  August  24.  |^^An  Account  of  some  late 
Disturbances  in  Monmouth  County,  which  we  were  de- 
sired to  publish,  would  have  been  in  this  Paper  to  Day, 
had  it  not  been,  that  we  are  informed  a  more  full  Account 
of  that  Matter,  is  sent  to  the  Press,  in  order  to  be  published 
in  a  pamphlet,  the  Sale  of  which  might  be  retarded  by 
such  a  Publication  in  the  News  Paper.  It  is  therefore 
postponed,  in  order  to  give  an  Opportunity  to  the  Parties 
concern'd,  to  signify  their  Pleasure,  whether  it  shall  be 
inserted  or  suppressed. — The  New  York  Journal  or  Gen- 
eral Advertiser,  No.  1390,  August  24,  1769. 

Stolen  out  of  the  Subscriber's  pasture,  in  Burlington, 
New-Jersey,  on  the  6th  of  this  instant  August,  a  red  roan 
Horse,  13  hands  and  a  half  high,  well  set,  his  carriage 
but  indifferent,  paces  altogether,  6  years  old  last  spring, 
neither  brand  nor  ear-mark.  Whoever  takes  up  and  se- 
cures said  horse  and  thief,  so  that  the  thief  may  be  brought 
to  justice,  shall  have  Three  Pounds  reward,  or  Forty  Shil- 
lings for  the  horse  only  and  reasonable  charges,  paid  by 
me 

Abraham  Scott. 

Gloucester,  August  16,  1769 
Stolen  from  the  subscriber,  on  Monday  night,  the  14th 
of  this  instant,  4  wheels  of  a  large  waggon,  zvell  tiered, 
witli  black  gum  hubs,  one  of  the  boxes  of  the  little  zchecls 
loose,  and  cannot  be  fastened  zvithout  nezv  bushing;  also 
a  nezv  Skiff,  18  feet  keel,  4  feet  beam,  Moses  bottom,  a 
c'lain  TO  feet  long,  and  the  upper  streaks  painted  of  a  lead 
colour.  If  any  person,  or  persons,  zvill  giz'c  infornuifion, 
so  that  tJie  tJiic'Z'cs  may  be  brought  to  juslice,  shall  have 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  49 1 

Three  Pounds  reward,  or  Thirty  Shillings  for  the  Wheels 
and  Skiff^  paid  by 

William  Hugo. 

Philadelphia,  August  ly,  1769. 
Forty  Dollars  Reward. 
Run  away,  the  i^th  instant,  from  the  subscriber,  lii'iiig 
near  Trenton,  tzvo  Irish  servant  men,  one  named  Garret 
Murphy,  abont  24  years  of  age,  5  feet  8  inches  high,  a 
little  pitted  with  the  small-pox,  straight  short  black  hair, 
walks  zvide,  and  speaks  a  little  on  the  brogue;  had  on, 
when  he  went  away,  a  zvool  hat,  a  good  brozun  broadcloth 
coat,  with  white  lining,  a  brozvn  velvet  jacket,  and  zvhite 
ticken  breeches.  The  other  named  Nicholas  Fitzgerald, 
about  24  years  of  age,  6  feet  high,  a  little  pitted  zuiih  the 
small-pox,  long  light  brozvn  hair,  tied  behind,  of  a  ruddy 
complexion,  and  speaks  very  much  on  tJie  brogue;  had  on, 
zvhen  he  zuent  azvay,  a  zvool  hat,  a  snuif  coloured  broad- 
cloth coat,  bound  with  tape,  and  a  black  napped  jacket. 
All  masters  of  vessels  are  desired  not  to  carry  them  off  at 
their  peril.  Whoever  secures  said  servants  in  any  goal, 
so  that  their  master  may  have  them  again,  shall  have  the 
above  rezuard,  or  the  half  part  for  either  of  them,  and  rea- 
sonable charges,  paid  by 

Samuel  Henry. 

To  be  Sold,  by  the  Subscriber, 
A  Plantation,  containing  100  acres  of  strong  land,  ex- 
ceeding well  timbered  and  clear  of  pine,  about  40  acres  of 
cleared  land,  9  acres  of  excellent  good  meadow,  with  little 
or  no  expence,  lying  upon  Newtown  creek,  in  Gloucester 
county,  New-Jersey,  about  4  miles  from  Philadelphia. 
Any  person  inclining  to  purchase  the  same,  may  know  the 
conditions,  by  applying  to  Isaac  Burrough,  living  upon 
Newtown  creek,  within  about  half  a  mile  of  Gloucester. 


492  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

The  payments  may  be  made  easy,  g"iving  good  security,  if 
required. — The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2122,  August 
24,  1769. 

Custom  House,  Inward  Entries. 
Schooner  Pohy,  W.  Bartlett,  from  Salem. 

Outwards. 
Schooner  Polly,  W.  Bartlett,  Salem. 

FIVE  POUNDS  REWARD. 

Ran  away  from  the  subscriber,  living  in  Chesterfield 
township,  Burlington  county.  West  New-Jersey,  an  ap- 
prentice boy,  named  John  Jones,  a  slim,  thin  visaged  fel- 
low, with  dark  brown  hair,  by  trade  a  shoemaker,  about 
five  feet  eight  inches  high;  had  on,  and  took  with  him 
five  pair  of  yarn  stockings,  two  pair  of  oznabrig  trowsers, 
two  oznabrigs  shirts,  two  pair  of  shoes,  one  pair  new  black 
in  the  grain,  the  other  half  wore,  two  homespun  jackets, 
the  one  striped,  the  other  serge,  two  hats,  one  an  old 
beaver,  the  other  one  of  those  new  fashioned  straw  hats. 
Whoever  takes  up  said  apprentice,  and  secures  him,  so 
that  his  master  may  have  him  again,  shall  receive  the 
above  reward,  and  reasonable  charges,  paid  by 

Isaac  Holloway. 
— The  Pennsylvania  CJironicle,  No.  138,  August  28- 
Septeinber  4,  1769.     . 

To  be  sold  by  way  of  public  Vendue,  on  Tuesday  the 
tenth  Day  of  October  next,  at  the  Dwelling-House  of  the 
Revd.  James  M'Crea,  deceased; 

A  Plantation,  containing  between  three  and  four  Hun- 
dred Acres  of  Land,  in  the  Township  of  Bedminster,  and 
County  of  Somerset,  and  Province  of  East  New-Jersey, 
being  about  seventeen  Miles  from  New-Brunswick,  three 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  493 

from  Lamberton  Meeting-Hoiise,  within  one  and  an  Half 
of  a  good  Mill,  and  about  one  and  an  Half  of  Pliickemin; 
the  Whole  is  well  timbered  and  watered,  having  the  North 
Branch  of  Rariton  running  thro'  the  same.  There  is  on  it 
a  good  Dwelling-House,  two  Stories  high,  with  a  good 
Kitchen,  a  large  Barn,  two  Barracks,  a  good  Orchard,  a 
Quantity  of  good  Meadow,  and  a  considerable  more  may 
be  made;  likewise  all  the  Farming  Utensils,  and  Horses, 
Cows,  Hogs,  Sheep,  and  a  Library  of  Books,  a  Negro 
Man,  and  sundry  Sorts  of  Houshold  Goods.  The  Vendue 
to  begin  at  ten  o'Clock  of  said  Day,  and  continue  daily 
until  all  is  sold.  Attendance  will  be  given,  and  a  reason- 
able Time  of  Credit,  by 

Catharine  M'Crea,  )  Executrix. 
And  :■ 

James    M'Crea,       )  Executor. 

Taken  up,  and  committed  to  the  Goal  of  Newark,  in 
the  County  of  Essex,  New-Jersey,  a  Negro  Man  of  the 
Mulatto  Hue,  who  says  his  Name  is  Ben  Kipps,  and  that 
he  belongs  to  Nicholas  Smith,  of  Egg-Harbour.  He  was 
taken  up  at  the  Beginning  of  this  Instant;  his  Master  is 
hereby  required  to  come  and  take  him  away,  paying 
Charges,  or  he  will  be  sold  according  to  Law,  by  me 

Jonas  Pierson 

Keeper  of  the  Goal. 

Newark,  Aug.  19,  1769. 

— The  Nezv  York  Ga.zcttc  and  JJ\-'ckly  Mercury,  No. 
931,  August  28.  1769. 

Nezv-York,  August  31.  We  hear  from  Shrewsbury, 
that  about  a  Fortnight  ago,  one  Carrol,  of  that  Place,  a 
Silver-Smith,  was  committed  to  Gaol  and  still  remains 
there,  for  debauching  his  own  Daughter,  a  Girl  not  fifteen 
Years  of  Age,  who  has  sworn  that  she  is  with  Child  by 


494  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

him,  and  that  this  detestable  Commerce  has  subsisted  for 
above  two  years. 

From  the  same  Place  we  hear,  that  on  Monday  last,  Mr. 
John  Hans,  his  Brother  and  6  of  their  Children,  went  out 
of  the  Mouth  of  the  River  a  Fishing,  and  in  returning- 
thro'  a  Place  called  the  Swash,  the  Boat  overset,  by  which 
Mr.  John  Hans,  the  only  Person  who  could  swim,  was 
thrown  to  a  further  Distance  from  the  Boat  than  the  rest, 
and  it  is  supposed  received  some  Hurt,  for  he  grasp'd  and 
supported  himself  by  an  Oar,  calling  to  his  Brother  to  take 
Care  of  the  Children,  for  that  he  was  so  spent  he  could  do 
nothing,  and  soon  after  dropped  his  Head  in  the  Water 
and  was  drown'd,  clinging  to  the  Oar.  His  Body  was 
soon  after  taken  up  by  Mr.  Allen,  Chief  Justice  of  Penn- 
sylvania, who  happen'd  then  to  be  out  in  a  Boat.  All  the 
rest  of  the  People  in  the  Boat  which  was  overset,  were 
providentially  saved. 

To  be  Sold  or  Let. 

A  Pleasant  situated  Farm  in  Shrewsbury,  lying  on  the 
Sea  Coast,  at  Long  Branch;  this  Place  contains  about  no 
Acres,  with  good  Lnprovements,  is  well  situated  for  any 
Person  that  should  incline  to  have  a  pleasant  Retirement, 
from  Heat  in  Summer,  or  should  choose  to  go  into  the 
Business  of  keeping  Lodgers,  or  to  carry  on  a  Fishery, 
the  Cod  and  Sea  Bass  being  taken  in  great  Plenty  before 
the  Door:  Any  Person  inclining  to  buy  or  rent  the  said 
Place,  may  know  the  Terms  by  applying  to  John  Morris. 
living  on  the  Premises,  by  whom  an  indisputable  Title 
shall  be  given;  and  any  Person  inclining  to  purchase,  shall 
have  reasonable  Payments. 

Likewise,  a  Tract  of  Land  lying  at  Forked  River,  on 
the  North-Side  of  the  North-Branch  of  said  River,  con- 
taining 370  Acres,  200  of  it  Meadow,  and  the  Upland  the 
best  in  that  Part  of  the  Country;   an  undisputed  Title  shall 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  495 

be  given  for  the  Land,  by  the  said  John  Morris,  Hving  at 
Long-Branch. — TJie  New  York  Journal  or  General  Adver- 
tiser, No.  1 39 1,  August  31,  1769. 

Somerset  County,  Nezv  Jersey,  August  ii,  1769. 
I  HAVE  taken  up,  and  put  in  the  goal  of  said  county,  a 
Negroe  Man,  named  Jem,  who  says  he  is  the  property 
of  Mr.  Thomas  Severns,  who  keeps  the  Ferry  at  Elk- 
River,  in  Maryland.  The  owner  of  said  Negroe  is  de- 
sired to  come,  pay  the  charges,  and  take  him  away. 

John  Smock. 

Extract  of  a  Letter  from  Cohansey,  in  Cumberland 
County,  New- Jersey,  August  19,  1769. 

"We  have  had  the  most  excessive  dry  Season  here  al- 
most ever  known.  Our  Corn,  in  some  Places,  quite  cut 
off,  and  our  Pasture  Fields  burnt  up,  so  that  scarce  any 
Thing  green  appeared  until  last  Wednesday  Morning, 
when  we  had  such  a  violent  Gust,  that  we  were  almost 
flooded;  wherever  the  Waters  found  a  Descent,  they  ran 
with  such  Rapidity,  that  Bridges,  Mill-dams,  Fences  &c. 
were  carried  away,  but  happily  it  did  not  last  long." 

Run  away  from  the  Subscriber,  living  in  Cumberland 
county,  near  Cohansey  Bridge,  on  the  21st  of  this  instant 
August,  a  servant  man,  named  John  M'Cormick,  has 
black  hair,  a  large  scar  on  his  left  cheek,  and  a  sore  leg; 
had  on,  when  he  went  away,  a  good  new  saggathy  coat, 
striped  trowsers  and  jacket,  and  took  with  him  sundry 
other  clothes.  Whoever  takes  up  said  servant,  and  secures 
him  in  any  of  his  Majesty's  Goals,  so  that  his  master  may 
have  him  again,  shall  have  Forty  Shillings  reward,  and 
reasonable  charges,  paid  by  me 

William  Eldridge. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2123,  August  31, 
1769. 


49^  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

To  the  Public. 
Whereas  the  Stage  Wag-gon  from  Powles  Hook,  to 
Newark,  has  for  the  Summer  past  gone  but  once  a  Day, 
it  may  now  be  depended  on,  that  there  are  two  Waggons 
provided,  one  at  Powles  Hook  and  the  other  at  Newark, 
each  to  set  off  from  their  Station  precisely  at  eight  of  the 
Clock  in  the  Morning,  and  at  Half  after  four  in  the  After- 
noon, and  will  meet  to  exchange  Passengers  at  Hacken- 
sack  River,  which  entirely  takes  off  the  Inconveniency 
of  detaining  Passengers  by  ferrying  of  the  Waggon  over 
said  River.  The  Stages  begin  this  Morning,  4th  Sept.  at 
the  Time  above  specified.  The  Stage  Days  are  Mondays, 
Tuesdays,  Thursdays,  and  vSaturdays. — The  New  York 
Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  932,  September  4, 
1769. 

ElkahctJi-Tozvn,  Sept.  4,  i'j6(^. 

Mr.  Holt, 

I  Observed  the  Comet  this  Morning  at  2  o' Clock,  and 
find  its  Progress  towards  the  Sun.  I  believe  at  about  the 
Rate  of  three  Degrees  in  24  Hours.  It  is  now  to  the 
Southward  of  the  Sun,  but  is  falling  as  fast  towards  the 
North,  that  I  think  it  will  pass  on  that  Side.  By  a  Calcu- 
lation I  made  this  Morning,  I  find  the  Sun  at  Half  after 
7  o  'Clock  2,793,104  Miles  North  of  the  Place  the  Comet 
was  in  at  Two.  In  less  than  30  Days  I  expect  it  will  be 
parallel  with  the  Sun.  Should  it  come  between  us  ajid 
the  Sun  the  Tail  will  then  probably  extend  to  the  Earth. 
And  therefore  it  becomes  all  to  be  prepared  for  the  Con- 
sequences so  alarming  as  those  which  must  then  follow. 

H  somebody  who  has  instruments,  has  not  sent  you 
some  exact  Calculations,  you  may  publish  these,  but  if 
better  are  come  to  Hand,  these  are  needless.  The  Publi- 
cation of  those  sent  you  last  Week  are  now  I  suppose  un- 
necessarv  for  the  same  Reason. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  497 

Bordcntozvn,  August  31,  1769. 

Run  away  from  the  Subscriber,  a  Negroe  Man,  named 
ToNEY,  formerly  the  property  of  Wilham  Lester;  Who- 
ever takes  up  the  said  Negroe,  and  secures  him  in  any 
Goal,  shall  have  Three  Dollars  reward,  paid  by  me 

Israel  Wright 

N.  B.  All  persons  are  forbid  from  employing  him,  or 
harbouring  him;  and  all  masters  of  vessels  from  carrying 
him  off. — The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2124,  Septem- 
ber 7,  1769. 

The  General  Assembly  of  the  Province  of  New  jersey 
are  summoned  to  meet  at  Burlington,  on  Tuesday  the  loth 
of  October. 

Ship  Hope,  Robinson,  Brig  Content,  Featherstone,  and 
Sloop  Kingston,  Graham,  are  ashore  at  our  Capes,  full  of 

Water;     Brig  Capt.    Reed,    for   Marblehead,    is 

ashore  at  Cape  May,   full   of  Water;    and  many  small 
Crafts. 

TO  BE  SOLD,  a  house  and  lot  of  ground  at  Jacob's 
Town,  in  the  township  of  New  Hanover,  and  county  of 
Burlington,  West  New  Jersey;  the  house  is  one  story  and 
an  half  high,  very  convenient  and  well  finished,  with  an 
extraordinary  well  of  good  water  at  the  door.  The  lott 
contains  two  acres  and  an  half,  and  two  rods.  There  is 
a  very  neat  row  of  about  one  dozen  cherry  trees  on  the 
front  of  the  lot,  and  about  one  dozen  and  a  half  of  apple 
trees  on  the  back  part;  there  is  a  work  shop  on  the  same 
that  is  large  enough  for  any  tradesman;  it  was  built  for 
a  shoemaker.  The  whole  is  pleasantly  situated  on  a  pul;)lic 
road,  and  in  a  very  public  part  of  the  country,  good  neigh- 
bourhood, and  would  suit  almost  any  tradesman,  or  a  mer- 
chant, but  more  especially  a  taylor,  as  the  one  who  lives 

33 


498  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

there  now  has  more  work  than  he  can  do.  This  lot  will 
be  sold  at  the  low  price  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  pounds 
for  the  sake  of  cash.  Any  person  inclining  to  purchase  the 
same  may  apply  to  the  subscriber,  living  on  the  premises. 

Jacob  Cook. 

— Tlie  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  140,  September 
11-18,  1769. 

Auhquechnock,  Sept.  4,  1769. 
Public  Notice  is  hereby  given,  That  the  Trustees  of 
Queen's  College  in  New- Jersey,  are  to  meet  at  Hacken- 
sack,  in  the  County  of  Bergen,  on  the  fourth  of  October 
next,  ensuing  the  Date  hereof. 

David  Marinus,  Clerk. 

To  be  sold  by  the  subscriber  living  in  Somerset  County 
and  Province  of  New-Jersey,  a  very  valuable  tract  of  land, 
situate  in  Bernard's  town  in  the  county  of  Somerset  afore- 
said, containing  about  six  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  being 
divided  into  three  farms  each;  having  a  good  orchard,  a 
quantity  of  meadow  ground  and  well  watered  and  tim- 
bered; it  is  an  exceeding  good  soil  for  wmter  and  sum- 
mer grain  and  pasture,  and  very  convenient  upon  account 
of  range  for  cattle:  The  whole  lying  within  about  two 
miles  of  Mendem,  and  within  two  Miles  of  Baskinridge 
meeting-house,  within  one  mile  of  a  grist-mill,  and  about 
twenty  miles  from  New-Brunswick :  The  title  indis- 
putable, and  a  reasonable  time  of  payment  will  be  given 
upon  good  security.  Any  person  inclining  to  purchase 
the  whole  or  part,  may  apply  for  further  particulars  to, 

Peter  Penier. 

Three  Dollars  Reward. 
RuN-away  from  the  subscriber  at  Elizabeth-Town,  on 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  499 

Tuesday  the  22d  of  August  last,  a  likely  young  negro  fel- 
low, called  John  :  He  is  considerably  upon  the  tawny 
colour,  was  born  in  this  country;  and  bred  in  the  family 
of  the  late  Mr.  Brockhurst,-^  at  Pompton.  It  is  conjectured 
he  may  be  lurking  somewhere  thereabouts,  or  on  Col. 
Philip's  Manor.  Whoever  shall  secure  the  said  negro, 
so  that  his  master  may  have  him  again,  shall  receive  the 
above  recompense,  and  all  charges  paid  by 

Wm.  p.  Smith. 

Wanted. 
One  Hundred  Pounds,  on  a  good  real  Estate,  in  East 
New-Jersey,  free  from  all  Manner  of  Incumbrances.  Any 
Person  having  such  a  Sum  to  Let,  may  know  the  Person, 
by  applying  to  the  Printer  hereof. — The  Nezv  York  Ga- 
zette and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  933,  September  11,  1769. 

To-MORROW 

At  12  o'clock  will  be  Sold  at  the  Merchant's  Coffee- 

House : 

The  House  and  Lot  of  Ground  in  Stone-Street,  where- 
in the  Widow  Low  lived. 

And,  On  Thursday  the  3d  Day  of  October,  will  be  sold 
at  the  said  Coffee-House,  at  Public  Vendue,  A  Lot  of  Up- 
land of  about  two  and  a  half  Acres,  situate  at  Raritan 
Landing,  in  New-Jersey,  now  in  the  Occupation  of  Evert 
and  John  Duyckinck,  together  with  a  Lot  of  excellent 
Meadow,  containing  four  and  a  quarter  Acres,  directly 
opposite  to  the  Upland,  the  Road  running  between  both. 
There  is  on  the  Upland  a  good  and  very  convenient  Dwell- 
ing-House,  with  a  Cellar  and  five  Fire  Places,  a  large  and 
convenient  Store  and  Bake  House,  Garden,  Well  and  Or- 
chard;   on  the  Lowland  is  a  Store  House,  Chair  House 

1  Henry  Brockholst,  son  of  Anthony  Brockholls,  or  Brockholst.  of  New 
York. 


50O  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

and  Stable.     A  good  Title  will  be  given  by  the  Subscrib- 
ers living  in  New-York. 

Peter  Low,  and  )  Surviving 

Cornelius  P.  Low,  |  Executors. 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1393,  September  ii,  iy6g. 

To  the  inhabitants  of  the  Upper  Precinct,  in  Cape  May, 
and  all  others  concerned;   take  notice, 

On  the  third  day  of  the  next  sitting  of  the  General  As- 
sembly of  New- Jersey,  at  Burlington,  for  business,  a  peti- 
tion will  be  presented  to  the  said  Assembly,  for  a  law  to 
enable  the  surveyors  to  lay  a  public  highway  two  rods 
wide,  free  from  toll  over  the  toll-bridge  and  causeway,  at 
the  fast  landing  on  Cedar  Swamp  Creek,  in  the  said  Pre- 
cinct, and  to  locate  convenient  roads  therefrom;  and  for 
Joseph  Corson,  Isaac  Baner,  John  Mackey,  and  James 
Willits,  and  their  associates  to  give  their  whole  expence 
incurred  in  making  the  said  bridge  and  causeway  to  the 
said  Precinct,  for  the  use  of  the  said  bridge  and  causeway. 

Philadelphia,  September  14. 
We  hear  a  Ship  was  seen  dismasted  a  little  to  the  South- 
ward of  our  Capes.  Captain  Robinson,  in  a  Ship  from 
London,  and  a  Brig,  outward-bound  are  ashore  at  the 
Capes. — The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2125,  September 
14,  1769. 

A  ship,  supposed  to  be  the  Hope,  Capt.  John  Robinson, 
from  London,  and  a  brig  unknozvn,  are  ashore  at  our 
capes,  but  in  what  condition  we  have  not  yet  learnt. — The 
Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1397,  September  14,  1769. 

Philadelphia,  September  25,  1769. 
THE  NEW   STAGE 
To  NEW  YORK,  on  the  Old  York  Road, 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  501 

Sets  out  Tomorrow,  the  26th  instant,  from  the  sign  of 
the  Bunch  of  Grapes  in  Third-street,  at  Sunrise,  proceeds 
by  the  Crooked  Billet,  Coryell's  Ferry,  Bound-Brook, 
Newark,  and  from  thence  to  Powle's  Hook,  opposite  New- 
York.  It  will  set  out  regularly  every  Tuesday  Morning, 
during  the  Winter  Season;  perform  the  journey,  from 
Philadelphia  to  Powle's  Hook,  in  Two  Days,  and  ex- 
change passengers  at  the  South  Branch  of  Rariton,  at  the 
house  of  Obadiah  Taylor,  formerly  kept  by  Daniel  Sea- 
burn,  on  Wednesday  Morning,  when  one  Stage  returns  to 
Philadelphia,  and  the  other  to  Powle's  Hook. 

Each  Passenger  to  pay  ten  shillings  from  Philadel- 
phia to  the  South  Branch,  and  ten  shillings  from  the 
South  Branch  to  Powle's-Hook,  ferriage  free,  and  three 
PENCE  per  mile  for  any  distance  between;  and  goods  at 
the  rate  of  twenty  shillings  per  hundred  weight,  from 
Philadelphia  to  New-York. 

That  part  of  the  country  is  very  pleasant;  the  distance 
and  goodness  of  the  road  not  inferior  to  any  from  this  to 
New- York.  There  is  but  one  ferry  from  this  to  Newark. 
The  road  is  thickly  settled  by  a  number  of  wealthy  farm- 
ers and  merchants,  who  promise  to  give  every  encourage- 
ment possible  to  the  stage.  And  as  the  principal  propri- 
etors of  said  stage  live  on  the  road,  the  best  usage  may 
be  expected. 

To  BE  sold,  a  lot  of  land,  containing  about  16  acres, 
situated  in  Houghton,  Springfield  township  and  county  of 
Burlington,  on  which  is  a  neat  dwelling-house,  lately  fin- 
ished and  painted,  with  a  new  paled  garden,  stables  and  a 
large  orchard,  also,  on  the  same  lot,  one  other  dwelling- 
house,  which  has  been  lately  fitted  up  for  a  store,  with  a 
good  pork-house,  smoak-house,  and  other  out-houses,  con- 
veniently situated  for  trade,  or  would  suit  a  gentleman 
inclining  to  a   retired  life,   its  situation  being  pleasant, 


502  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

healthy  and  in  a  good  neighbourhood.  Also,  in  view  of 
and  nearly  contiguous  to  the  above  mentioned  lot,  a  plan- 
tation containing  about  75  acres  of  land,  about  50  whereof 
is  cleared,  12  acres  of  which  is  good  meadow,  the  rest 
pasture,  and  arable  land,  with  a  dwelling-house,  barn  and 
young  orchard  thereon. For  terms  enquire  of  Will- 
iam Dillwyn,  on  the  premises. — The  Pennsylvania  Chron- 
icle, No.  141,  September  18-25,  1769. 

Nezv-York,  September  18.  In  the  Storm  we  had  on 
Friday  the  8th  Instant,  a  Shallop  belonging  to  Wood- 
bridge,  was  drove  ashore  at  Barnagat  Beach,  but  got  off 
again  the  next  Day  without  much  Damage :  During  their 
Stay  on  the  Beach,  they  found  drove  ashore,  the  Bodies 
of  five  White  Men  and  one  Negro,  but  could  neither  see 
or  hear  the  least  Sign  of  any  Vessel,  from  whence  they 
might  come.  One  of  them  that  appeared  to  be  of  most 
Note,  seemed  to  be  about  Fifty  Years  old,  and  was  near 
Six  Foot  high,  had  on  a  light  Snuff  coloured  Plush  or 
Manchester  Velvet  Coat,  white  Linnen  Jacket,  black  knit 
Breeches,  and  white  Cotton  Stockings :  A  Wig  was  in 
his  Pocket :  He  had  also  a  Silver  Watch,  London-Make, 
and  between  the  Cases  a  piece  of  Lace- Work  with  the  Let- 
ters R.  B.  worked  in  it,  a  Steel  Key  with  a  common  red 
Stone  Seal,  tied  with  a  light  grounded  Ribbon  and  purple 
Flowers.  He  had  a  Pair  of  plain  square  Silver  Buckles 
with  Steel  Chapes,  and  a  Pair  of  round  plain  Knee 
Buckles.  The  other  Persons  appeared  to  have  been  com- 
mon Sailors :  As  no  other  Intelligence  could  be  got.  to 
know  who  they  were,  the  above  Boatmen  took  the  Watch 
and  Buckles,  &c.  into  their  Possession,  and  have  published 
this  Account,  that  whoever  can  prove  a  Right  to^  them,  by 
applying  to-  the  Printer  hereof,  may  be  further  informed, 
and  on  paying  the  Charges,  will  have  the  Effects  delivered 
them. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  5O3 

We  hear  from  Perth-Amhoy,  that  the  Jail  of  the  County 
of  Middlesex,  in  that  City,  took  Fire  on  Thursday  last, 
and  all  the  Wooden  Part  thereof  entirely  consumed :  It 
was  built  but  about  two  Years  ago,  and  the  Person  who 
undertook  to  do  it,  at  the  Charge  of  the  County,  being 
unhappily  a  Prisoner  in  it,  there  have  been  some  Suspi- 
cions hinted  as  if  it  was  set  on  Fire  on  Purpose;  but  we 
believe  without  any  just  Foundation,  except  on  Account 
of  the  Time,  which  was  thus :  On  that  Day  there  was  a 
Fair  and  a  great  Horse-Race  at  Woodhridgc,  which  occa- 
sioned the  greater  Part  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Aiuboy  to  be 
absent;  so-  that  on  the  Fire's  breaking  out,  there  were 
scarce  any  Person  appeared  to  assist  in  quenching  of  it. 
This  is  the  third  Time  the  County  Jail  in  that  City,  has 
been  demolished  by  Fire,  in  our  Memory.^  We  don't  learn 
that  any  Lives  were  lost  on  the  Occasion. — TJie  Nezv  York 
Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  1394,  September  18, 
1769. 

Nezv-York,  September  21.  The  Storm  of  Wind  and 
Rain  which  came  on,  on  Friday  Morning  the  8th  Instant, 
and  continued  till  8  or  9  o'Clock  at  Night,  has  had  very 
melancholy  and  terrible  Effects  in  all  Places  from  which 
we  have  yet  had  Opportunity  to  hear.  From  some  of  the 
People  belonging  to  the  Vessels  which  were  lost  at  Barne- 
gat  in  the  late  Storm,  we  have  the  following  Accounts, 
The  Sloop  Sally,  Capt.  Pike,  with  4  other  Hands,  having 
on  board  30  Barrels  of  Mackrel,  and  4000  Cod  Fish,  left 
Newport  the  3d  Instant;  on  Friday  the  8th,  Wind  very 
high  at  E.  N.  E.  being  near  Barnegat  Beach,  attempted 
to  beat  off,  but  were  soon  driven  into  the  Surf  and  left  to 
the  Mercy  of  the  Winds  and  Waves ;  about  a  Quarter  of 
a  Mile  South  of  the  Inlet,  the  Sloop  was  driven  on  Shore 

I  That  is.  the  memory  of  James   Parker,    of  Woodbridge,    the   printer 
of  The  New  York  Gazette  or  Weekli/  Post  Boy. 


504  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

on  the  Beach,  where  two  or  three  Planks  starting  she  soon 
filled  with  Water  and  Sand,  and  a  Bank  of  Sand  was 
driven  up  against  her,  which  cover'd  the  Deck  above  two 
Feet  before  the  People  left  her;  by  the  Help  of  their  Boat 
they  all  got  on  Shore  on  the  Beach,  where  the  Boat  was 
dash'd  to  Pieces,  and  one  poor  Man  had  most  of  his  Ribs 
on  one  Side  broken.  They  lay  on  the  Beach  all  Night, 
and  next  Morning  were  taken  off  and  carried  ashore, 
where  the  wounded  Man,  the  Capt.  and  Mate  were  lodged 
at  the  House  of  one  Mr.  Chamberlayne,  and  intended  to 
save  all  they  could  from  the  Vessel :  The  People  lost 
every  Thing  but  the  Clothes  on  their  Backs. 

The  Sloop  Porgie,  Christopher  Johnson,  Master,  who 
left  Edenton,  in  North  Carolina,  the  22d  of  August,  loaded 
with  Pitch  and  Turpentine,  bound  to  New- York,  about 
the  same  Time  unfortunately  arrived  off  the  High-Lands 
of  the  Nevisinks,  as  also  a  fine  large  black  Sloop  extremely 
well  found,  having  a  square  Topsail,  and  supposed  to  be 
from  the  West-Indies.  Both  these  Sloops  finding  it  im- 
possible to  avoid  driving  on  Shore,  brought  too,  within 
the  Breakers  at  Barnegat,  and  threw  out  their  Anchors; 
the  large  Sloop  having  a  new  Cable,  made  fast  round  the 
Mast,  and  at  full  length,  seem'd  likely  to  ride  out  the  Gale, 
but  the  Cable  of  the  Porgie  immediately  parting,  in  ware- 
ing  she  was  driven  foul  of  the  other  Sloop,  and  thereby 
lost  her  Bowsprit;  as  she  was  driving  past,  a  Person  on 
board  the  large  Sloop  was  heard  to-  say.  Lord  help  him, 
poor  Man!  he's  gone.  The  Porgie  presently  was  driven 
on  the  Beach  and  dash'd  to  Pieces,  but  the  People  provi- 
dentially all  escaped,  and  saved  most  of  the  Cargo.  Soon 
after  they  were  on  Shore,  about  6  in  the  Evening,  the 
Wind  suddenly  shifted  to  N.  N.  W.  and  blew  a  more  vio- 
lent Storm  than  before,  with  heavy  Rain  and  Hail.  Next 
Morning  there  was  nothing  to  be  seen  of  the  large  Sloop, 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  505 

which  it  is  supposed  was  driven  on  the  Breakers  without 
her;  a  short,  thick  made  Negro  Man,  with  a  broad  Face, 
pitted  with  the  Small-Pox,  was  seen  on  board  of  her,  and 
after  the  Storm  the  Body  of  such  a  Negro,  and  those  of  6 
white  Men,  drowned,  were  taken  up  on  the  Shore  and 
buried;  the  white  Men  all  wore  their  own  Hair,  except 
one,  supposed  to  be  the  Captain  or  Mate,  whose  Head  was 
shaven.  During  the  Storm  a  Brig  was  seen  to  the  East- 
ward, standing  S.  S.  E.  A  small  Sloop  was  driven  on 
Shore  within  the  Inlet,  another  with  Rails  from  Bruns- 
wick, aiid  another  at  Egg-Harbour,  all  likelv  to  be  lost. 
Two  other  Sloops  and  2  Schooners  it  is  thought  will  be 
got  off. — The  Nezu  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser, 
No.  1394,  September  21,  1769. 

Three  Pounds  Reward, 

Run  away  from  the  Subscriber,  living  near  Gloucester, 
on  the  loth  day  of  August  last,  a  Negroe  fellow,  named 
Grig,  he  is  a  lusty  fellow,  and  had  on,  when  he  went  away, 
a  new  brown  sheeting  shirt,  ozenbrigs  trovv'sers,  old  beaver 
hat,  and  old  shoes;  said  fellow  is  known  to  many  people 
in  die  city  of  Philadelphia,  as  he  was  once  the  property  of 
Mr.  Wilcox,  and  afterwards  belonged  to  Mr.  Mullen,  Inn- 
keeper, in  said  city.  I  have  reason  to  believe  he  is  har- 
boured about  Spring-Garden.  Any  person  that  will  take 
up  said  servant,  and  bring  him  to  Gloucester,  or  deliver 
him  to  Mr.  James  Delaplain,  in  Market-street,  shall  have 
the  above  reward,  paid  by  Joseph  Hugg. 

N.  B.  All  masters  of  vessels  are  forbid  to  carry  him 
off  at  their  peril. 

Philadelphia,  September  21. 
Captain  Ferns,  from   tJie  Grenades,     .     .     .     on  the 
15th,  about  ^0  Leagues  from  our  Capes,  Jie  spoke  ivitli 
Captain  Allen,  of  Nantucket,  who  informed  liivi,  tJie  Fleet 


506  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

of  Wlialers  had  suffered  great  Damage  in  the  same  Gale. 

Captain  Higgs,  from  Providence,  on  the  yth  Instant  in 
Lat.  jp,  Long.  72:^0,  spoke  the  Carolina,  Captain  Friend, 
from  this  Place  for  London,  4  Days  out,  all  well.  The 
next  Day  he  met  with  tlie  Gale,  in  zvhich  he  lost  his  Boat, 
and  every  Thing  off  his  Deck.  About  8  Leagues  to  the 
Northward  of  Cape-May,  he  saw  a  Sloop,  fidl  of  Water, 
and  her  Mast  gone;  she  had  a  nezv  Boom,  not  tarred,  green 
Quarters,  and  the  Inside  of  her  Gunwale  painted  yellow, 
about  40  Tons  Burthen,  hut  having  no  Boat,  he  could  not 
go  on  board,  to  learn  further  Particulars. 

Was  committed  to  the  goal  of  the  county  of  Gloucester, 
in  the  province  of  West  New-Jersey,  one  Joseph  Bishop, 
who  says  he  is  a  servant  to  one  Taulbert  Battin,  of 
Queen' s-To'wn,  in  Queen- Anne's  county,  Maryland;  and 
also  one  John  Adams,  from  the  same  place,  who  says  he 
belongs  to  one  David  Linsey,  a  planter.  Their  masters 
are  requested  to  come,  or  send  for  them,  within  one  month 
of  the  date  hereof,  or  they  will  be  sold  for  their  charges, 
by  Richard  Johnson,  Goaler. 

September  18,  1769 

— The  Pennsylvania  Ganette,  No.  2126,  September 
21,  1769. 

The  ship  Hope,  Capt.  Robinson  from  London,  who  is 
ashore  at  the  Capes,  was  not  got  off  when  the  last  accounts 
came  away,  but  was  full  of  water. 

The  brig  ashore  at  our  Capes,  mentioned  unknown  in 
our  last,  proves  to  be  the  brig  Content,  Capt.  Featherstone, 
from  this  port  for  Barbados,  who  after  having  cut  away 
both  her  masts,  were  obliged  to  cut  her  cables  for  fear  of 
foundering,  the  SM^ell  was  so  great,  and  let  her  drive 
ashore,  where  she  is  entirely  lost,  but  the  people  and  great 
part  of  the  cargo  are  saved. 

Capt.   Gill  from  New-Castle,  sailed  the  24th  of  July. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  5^7 

.  .  .  .  On  his  passage  .  .  .  the  12th  instant,  30 
leagues  from  our  Cape,  he  spoke  the  sloop  Sally,  Capt. 
Whitmore,  from  Jamaica  for  New-London,  out  5  weeks. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1398,  September  21, 
1769. 

A  very  unfortunate,  .\cciclent  happened  last  Friday,  at 
Princeton;  a  little  Boy  about  eleven  Years  of  Age  went 
into  a  Taylor's  Shop,  to  inquire  for  some  Cloaths  that 
were  making  up  for  him.  when  an  Apprentice  Lad  told 
him  he  should  have  them  in  about  an  Hour,  and  insisted 
upon  his  then  giving  him  a  Treat;  this  the  Boy  refusing, 
the  other  began  to  tease  him;  upon  which,  more  in  Play 
than  Passion,  having  a  Pair  of  Scissors  in  his  Hand,  he 
threw  them  at  the  Apprentice;  and  the  Scissors  unluckily 
turning  in  their  Passage,  the  sharp  Point  entered  just 
above  the  Breast  Bone;  in  a  Minute  or  two  the  Lad  faint- 
ed, and  almost  instantly  expired. 

To  be  sold  a  plantation,  supposed  to  be  240  acres  in  the 
township  of  Hopewell,  Hunterdon  county.  New -Jersey, 
situate  on  the  river  Delaware.  The  soil  is  certain  for 
winter  and  summer  grain,  180  cleared,  and  about  10  of 
meadow,  the  rest  thrifty  timbered  land,  an  old  orchard  of 
natural  fruit,  and  a  young  one  ditto  of  grafted  fruit,  in 
full  prime,  a  large  frame  house  with  five  rooms  on  a  floor, 
with  a  cellar  underneath,  and  a  large  stone  kitchen,  which 
is  now  occupied  and  has  been  for  some  years  past  as  a 
tavern  and  ferry,  and  a  spring  of  excellent  water  near  the 
door,  never  known  to  fail,  barn  and  stables,  and  a  stone 
shop  all  in  good  repair.  Any  person  inclining  to  purchase 
may  enter  on  it  the  first  day  of  May,  and  have  it  on  easy 
terms,  by  applying  to  the  subscriber  on  the  premises. 

Rut  Johnson. 
— The  Pennsylz'aiiia  Chronicle,  No.  142,  Sepfentber 
2S-Ocfober  2,  1769. 


508  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

New-York,  September  25.  We  hear  from  FrecJiold, 
in  Nezv- Jersey,  that  about  ten  Days  ago,  one  Aaron  Buck 
was  committed  to  Jail  there,  charged  with  committing 
Incest  with  his  own  Da,ughter,  and  also  Uriah  Carroll,  for 
the  Death  of  his  Servant  Maid,  a  Coroner's  Inquest  hav- 
ing brought  it  in  Wilful  Murder. 

The  General  Assembly  of  the  Province  of  New- Jersey, 
are  summoned  to  meet  at  Burlington,  on  Tuesday  the  loth 
of  October. 

Whereas  Johanna  Morgan,  the  Wife  of  me  Abraham- 
Morgan,  of  Woodbridge,  in  Nezv-Jersey,  on  Thursday  the 
14th  of  this  Instant  September,  1769,  hath  eloped  from 
me  the  Subscriber :  These  are  therefore  to  forewarn  all 
manner  of  Person  or  Persons,  not  to  entertain  or  trust  her 
on  my  Account,  for  I  will  not  pay  any  Debts  of  her  con- 
tracting since  her  Elopement :    per  me 

Abraham  Morgan 

Whereas  Rebecca  Woodrnif,  the  Wife  of  Nathaniel 
Woodruff,  jun.  hath  some  Time  since  eloped  from  her  said 
Husband's  Bed  and  Board;  and  having  Reason  to  suspect 
that  she  may  run  him  in  Debt,  these  are  therefore  to  fore- 
warn all  Persons  from  trusting  her  on  my  Accompt,  as  I 
will  pay  no  Debts  of  her  contracting. 

Nathaniel  Woodruff,  jun. 
Elizabeth-Tozvn,  Sept.  ig,  lySg. 

— The  New  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1395,  September  25,  1769. 

CHOICE  IRISH  BEEF,  and  BURLINGTON  PORK, 
to  be  Sold  by  GARRETT  and  GEORGE  MEADE. 
Salem,  West  Jersey,  September  19,  1769. 
Broke  loose  from  the  shallop  of  the  Subscribers,  on  the 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  509 

8tJi  of  this  instant,  about  j  miles  belozu  New-Castle,  a 
small  iiezv  Moses  built  Boat,  payed  zvith  turpentine,  no 
paint,  but  branded  on  the  outside  of  her  stem,  and  on  her 
sternpost,  zvith  the  letters  W.  T.  zvith  about  6  fathom  of 
nezv  s  cind  a  half  inch  rope  to  her.  If  any  one  should  Hud 
said  boat  and  rope,  and  zmll  bring  her  to  the  Subscribers 
in  Salem,  or  to  James  Wood,  boat-builder,  in  Philadelphia, 
shall  have  Tzvo  Dollars  rezvard,  from 

Thomas  Norris 
William  Tuft. 

Was  found  by  said  Norris  and  Tuft,  on  the  14th  instant, 
a  small  keel  boat,  supposed  to  belong  to  some  vessel,  her 
boards  cedar,  payed  zvith  pitch.  Whoever  has  lost  said 
boat,  by  applying  to  them,  may  have  her  again. 

From  Great  Egg-Harbour  we  learn,  that  on  the  nth 
Instant  the  Wreck  of  a  small  Sloop  came  ashore  there, 
with  her  Mast  and  Rigging  hanging  to  her;  her  Quarter 
stove  in,  7  Barrels  of  Hogs  Lard,  and  one  of  Pork,  were 
found  in  her,  and  she  appeared  to  have  been  loaded  with 
Wheat,  no  Person  on  board,  nor  Papers  to  be  found ;  it  is 
thought  the  People  had  been  put  to  great  Straits,  having 
cut  up  their  Blankets  to  caulk  the  Decks.  It  is  also  said 
some  Tobacco  in  Barrels  were  found  on  the  Shore. 

Stolen  from  the  Subscriber,  living  in  Trenton,  in  Nezv- 
Jerscy,  on  the  §th  Day  of  August  last,  a  Roan  Horse, 
about  14  Hands  and  a  Half  high,  short  bodied,  about  12 
Years  old,  trots  and  paces,  most  natural  to  his  Trot,  being 
much  used  to  go  in  a  CJiair,  he  has  no  Brand  or  zvhite 
Marks,  except  one  small  zvhite  Spot  on  the  hind  Part  of 
each  hind  Leg,  a  little  above  his  Footlocks.  Whoever  se- 
cures said  Horse  and  Thief,  so  as  the  Ozvucr  may  have 
the  Horse  again,  and  the  Thief  brougJit  to  Justice,  shall 


5IO  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

harc/e  Three  Pounds  Reward,  or  Forty  Shillings  for  the 
Horse  only,  and  all  reasonable  Charges,  paid  by 

Robert  Scarff. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2127,  September 
28,  1769. 

New- York,  September  25. 

Three  white  men,  and  a  Negro,  were  drove  ashore  at 
Barnagate  Beech,  on  the  8th  inst.  supposed  to  belong  to 
some  vessel  lately  cast  away  near  that  place.  One  of  the 
men  had  on  a  cotton  Velvet  Jacket,  Silver  Buckles  in  his 
Shoes,  a  Wig  in  his  pocket,  and  a  Watch  in  his  Fob,  with 
a  small  piece  of  Linen  in  the  Case  marked  I.  B.  or  R.  B. 

Friday  last,  arrived  here  the  Brig  Harmony,  Capt.  Rog- 
ers, from  Antigua.  -  -  -  On  the  i8th  inst.  in  lat.  36, 
34,  long.  74,  Capt.  Rodgers  spoke  the  Schooner  Barbados, 
Captain  Barrey,  from  this  port  for  Barbados,  out  of  the 
Capes  two  days,  and  was  well. — The  Pennsylvania  Jour- 
nal, No.  1399,  September  28,  1769. 

Forty  Shillings  Reward. 

RuN-away  the  24th  of  last  August,  a  Servant  Girl, 
named  Margaret  Joyce,  about  19  Years  of  Age,  about 
five  Feet  six  Inches  high,  fresh  Complexion,  black  Hair, 
down  Look,  and  black  Eyes,  and  thick  Lips :  Had  on 
when  she  went  away,  a  brown  quilted  Petticoat,  black  Hat, 
Leather  Shoes,  a  short  India  Callicoe  Gown,  a  good  Shift, 
and  Cotton  Stockings,  and  no  other  Cloaths  with  her. 
Wlioever  takes  up  and  secures  said  Servant,  so  that  her 
Master  may  have  her  again  shall  receive  the  above  Re- 
ward, paid  by  Joseph  Haight,  in  Burlington,  New- Jer- 
sey, or  Charles  Bassonet  in  Bristol,  Bucks  County, 
Pennsylvania. — TJie  Pennsylvania  CJironicle,  No.  143, 
October  2-9,  1769. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  5^1 

To-MORROW, 

At  twelve  o'clock,  at  the  Merchant's  coffee-house,  will  be 
sold,  by  publick  auction, 
A  very  convenient  dwelling  house,  bakehouse,  and  store, 
&c.  and  a  lot  of  land,  situate  at  Rariton  landing,  belonging 
to  the  estate  of  Peter  Low,  deceased,  as  advertis'd  for 
some  time  past. 

RuN-away  on  the  24th  ult.  from  the  subscriber,  a  ser- 
vant man  named  John  Walker,  an  Englishman,  lately  ar- 
rived in  the  Dutchess  of  Gordon :  He  is  about  23  years  of 
age;  5  feet  5  inches  high,  slender  made,  fair  complexion, 
much  pitted  with  the  small-pox,  is  a  great  talker,  and  is  by 
Trade  a  Bricklayer.  He  had  on  when  he  went  away,  or 
took  with  him,  one  white  and  one  check'd  shirt,  buckskin 
breeches,  blue  ribb'd  stockings,  new  shoes,  a  blue  broad 
cloth  coat  and  waistcoat,  about  half  worn,  and  a  felt  hat 
which  he  generally  wore  flopped.  He  went  off  in  company 
with  one  William  Pitcher,  who  had  formerly  been  a  sol- 
dier :  Had  on  a  blue  coat  lined  with  red,  and  brass  but- 
tons, also  a  blue  watch  coat  and  a  sailor's  jacket  with  lace 
over  the  seams;  he  is  a  well  set  man,  about  38  years  of 
age,  and  has  a  wife  in  Shrewsbuiy.  Whoever  shall  take 
up  said  runaway,  so  that  I  may  get  him  again,  shall  have 
40s.  reward  and  all  reasonable  charges  paid  by 

John  Bessonet. 

All  masters  oi  vessels  and  others  are  warned  not  to  har- 
bour, conceal  or  carry  off  said  servant,  as  they  will  answer 
it  in  the  law. 

RuN-AwAY,  on  Sunday  night,  the  17th  inst.  from  the 
subscriber,  living  in  Newark,  New-Jersey,  a  Negro  man, 
named  Ben;  he  is  considerably  upon  the  tawney  colour, 
(it  is  likely  he  may  change  his  name,  as  he  is  a  crafty  Fel- 


512  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

low,)  he  is  about  30  years  of  age,  5  feet  8  or  9  inches 
high,  well  made,  has  a  hair-mole  on  his  cheek,  and  lost 
two  of  his  foreteeth,  walks  very  quick,  something  stoop- 
ing forward  :  Had  on,  and  took  with  him,  one  blue  broad- 
cloth short  coat  with  white  buttons,  a  nankeen  jacket  laced 
behind,  two  check  and  two  tow  shirts,  two  pajr  of  tow 
trowsers,  one  pair  of  wollen,  and  one  pair  of  worsted 
stockings,  two  pair  of  pumps,  and  a  short  gun,  brass 
mounted,  and  a  piece  of  brass  along  the  upper  part  of  the 
barrel,  almost  as  far  as  the  sight.  Whoever  shall  secure 
the  said  negro,  so  that  his  master  may  have  him  again, 
shall  receive  Five  Dollars  reward,  and  all  reasonable 
charges  paid,  by 

Nathaniel  Richards. 

— Tlie  New  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
936,  October  2,  1769. 

Three  Pounds  Reward. 
RuN-AwAY  from  the  Subscriber,  living  in  Burlington 
County,  Northampton  Township,  West  New-Jersey,  a 
Negro  Man  who  calls  himself  James  More;  had  on  when 
he  went  away,  a  grey  Homespun  Vest,  check  Trowsers, 
and  old  cock'd  Hat,  about  40  years  of  age,  6  Foot,  walks 
straight,  and  swings  his  Hands  partly  behind  him,  pre- 
tends to  be  a  Free  Man  and  Fortune-Teller;  and  its  not 
unlike  he  will  get  some  ill-minded  Person  to  write  him  a 
Pass.  Whoever  takes  up  said  Negro,  and  confines  him, 
so  that  his  Master  may  have  him  again,  shall  have  Three 
Pounds  Reward,  and  all  reasonable  Charges  paid  by 

John  Hilliard. 

[view  of  stage  drawn  by  four  horses.] 
To  the  Public. 
A  New  Stage  is  now  erected  to  go  from  Nezv-York  to 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  513 

Philadelphia,  by  Way  of  Poivles-Hook,  from  thence 
through  Newark  and  Elisabeih-Town  to  Bound-Brook, 
and  the  North  Branch  of  Rariton,  to  Coryell's  Ferry,  the 
only  Ferry  between  Nezvark  and  Philadelphia,  noted  for 
its  Shortness  and  Conveniency  over  the  River  Delazvare. 
This  Road  is  known  by  the  Name  of  the  Old  York  Road, 
through  the  finest,  most  pleasant  and  best  inhabited  Part 
of  Nezv-Jersey.  It  is  proposed  to  set  off  from  Pozvles- 
Hook  every  Tuesday  Morning  by  Sun-rise;  for  which 
Reason  Passengers  should  cross  the  Ferry  at  Pozvles- 
Hook  the  Evening  before.,  and  on  Tuesday  Evening  to 
meet  the  Philadelphia  Waggon  at  the  South  Branch  of 
Rariton,  where  there  is  good  Accommodations  for  Trav- 
ellers. The  Waggon  from  Philadelphia,  sets  out  also  on 
every  Tuesday  Morning,  from  Josiah  F.  Davenport's,  at 
the  Sign  of  the  Bunch  of  Grapes,  in  Third  Street,  and 
proceeds  over  Coryell's  Ferry  to  the  South  Branch  of  Rar- 
iton, where  they  meet  the  Newark  Waggon,  and  exchang- 
ing their  Fare  there,  each  Waggon  returns  to  the  Place 
they  set  out  from  by  Wednesday  Evening.  In  this  Stage 
there  are  but  three  Ferries  in  the  Whole  to  be  passed,  and 
the  Roads  in  general  good.  The  Price  for  each  Pas- 
senger from  Pozvles-Hook  to  Philadelphia,  will  be 
Twenty  Shillings  Proc.  or  Ten  Shillings  to  each 
Waggon,  Ferriage  to  the  Passengers  free.  Any  Goods 
will  be  carried  in  Proportion  to  their  Weight  and  Bulk; 
and  as  there  will  be  but  two  Drivers,  there  will  be  less 
Danger  of  Mistake,  and  all  possible  Care  shall  be  taken 
that  Justice  be  done  the  Public,  that  shall  please  to  employ 

Their  very  humble  Servants 

Joseph  Crane, 
September  25,  1/6^.  Josiah  F.  Davenport. 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1396,  October  2,  1769. 
33 


514  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

To  the  Freeholders  and  Inhabitants  of  the  Province  of 

New-Jersey 
Gentlemen, 

I  Congratulate  you  on  the  Prospect  we  have  of  the 
Legislature  of  this  Province,  meeting  on  the  loth  of  this 
Month;  as  I  am  in  Hopes  you  will  lay  before  that  Body, 
all  those  Grievances  which  you  apprehend  this  Province 
has  groaned  under  som«  Years  past,  thro'  the  Oppression 
of  some  Lawyers;  who,  though  rioting  in  Luxury,  have 
acquired  Estates,  from  the  Toil  and  Labour  of  the  Neces- 
sitous, whose  Cries,  I  trust,  have  reach'd  the  Ruler  of 
Heaven  and  Earth. 

Now  is  the  Time,  Gentlemen  to  petition;  now,  before 
the  whole  Province  is  sunk  in  the  insatiable  Gulph  of  their 
Oppression  and  Avarice.  Now,  while  some  little  Prop- 
erty remains  as  yet  out  of  their  Reach,  and  when  there  is 
some  Reason  to  think,  that  many  Members  of  the  Legis- 
lature are  convinced  of  the  Necessity,  to  restrain  them  in 
their  Bills  of  Cost.  Now,  before  all  the  Counties  run  into 
Madness  and  Confusion,  on  Account  of  the  Li justice  and 
Oppression  thus  exerted  over  them.  A  populous  Country 
hath  been  driven  to  Despair,  and  in  that  Despair,  have 
attempted  to  interrupt  the  Courts  of  Justice,  and  stop  the 
Process  of  the  Law :  I  tremble  at  the  Consequence  that 
may  attend  such  Proceedings. 

It  has  been  said,  that  in  the  Opinion  of  some  of  you. 
Gentlemen,  it  will  be  in  vain  to-  petition  for  these  Purposes, 
or  for  extending  the  Jurisdiction  of  the  Magistrate;  be- 
cause, such  a  Bill  wou'd  stick  with  the  Council.  But,  all 
agree,  that  from  the  known  good  Disposition  of  his  Excel- 
lency the  Governor;  he  would  do  all  in  his  Power  for  the 
Benefit  of  his  Government. 

Let  me  beseech  you.  Gentlemen,  not  to  be  discouraged, 
altho'  several  of  the  honourable  Council  are  Lawyers  by 
Profession,  who,  no  doubt,  have  great  Weight  there;   they 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  515 

are  Gentlemen  of  known  Honour  and  Integrity,  and  emi- 
nent in  their  Profession,  scorning  low  Arts  of  common 
Practitioners.  They  are  more,  They  are  sworn  Councel- 
lors  :  And  without  doubt,  will  cheerfully  stretch  out  their 
arms  to  receive  your  just  and  humble  Petition;  and  lend 
a  willing  Hand  to  form  salutary  Laws  for  the  general 
Advantage  of  the  Province.  For  my  own  Part,  I  cannot 
entertain  a  Thought,  that  they  will  suffer  any  selfish  Con- 
sideration to  take  Place  in  their  own  Favour,  as  Gentlemen 
of  the  Law. 

Have  they  not  Families  and  Children,  who  cannot  all 
be  Lawyers  ?  Surely  they  will  look  forward  to  the  Inter- 
est of  their  own,  as  well  as  our  Descendants. 

x\t  all. Events,  let  us  not  fore  judge  their  Dispositions, 
let  us  try  the  Result  of  their  Deliberations  on  our  Petition. 

Let,  I  say,  a  Native  and  Lover  of  the  Jersies,  beseech 
you,  to  be  speedy  and  explicit  in  your  Petitions;  point  out 
your  Grievances  with  a  Freedom  and  Pungency  that  be- 
comes the  Descendants  of  Britain.  Be  not  awed  or  cajoled 
by  any  Set  of  Men  whatever.  Shew  our  Legislature  the 
deep  Distress  of  the  Province,  and  beg  for  some  Relief 
against  the  Extortions  in  their  Bills  of  Cost,  against  which, 
the  oppressed  have  not  at  this  Time  any  Redress.  Many 
Instances  might  be  given,  wherein  the  Descendants  Prop- 
erty, and  considerable  too,  has  been  sold;  and  not  strange 
to  hear !  the  Plaintif  is  answered  by  his  Lawyer,  that  the 
whole  Proceeds,  fall  short  of  the  Costs  and  Expences. 

It  is  judged,  that  for  several  Years  past,  a  Sum  not  less 
than  £26,000,  has  been  extorted  yearly,  in  this  Province, 
under  Colour  of  Proceedings  on  Actions  in  Debt  alone; 
So  that,  if  a  stop  is  not  put  to  such  Practices,  by  some  sal- 
utary Law,  the  whole  Province  must  fall  a  Sacrifice  to 
the  Avarice  and  Rapine  of  a  few. 

Therefore,   for  God's  Sake  Gentlemen,   for  your  own 


5l6  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

Sakes,  for  the  Sake  of  your  Posterity,  and  the  Good  of 
this  Province,  petition !  petition !  your  united  Voices  will 
be  heard;  for  as  a  great  Man  and  Poet,  observes  on  a  sim- 
ilar Occasion, 

"The  Voice  of  the  People  is,  and  it  is  not,  the 

Voice  of  God." 

I  am  Gentlemen,  with  great  Esteem, 

Your  most  humble  vServant,  at  command, 

A  Plantation  Man 
Nczu-Jersey,  October  i,  1769. 

— The  New  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser ,  No. 
1396,  October  5,  1769. 

The  Brig  mentioned  to  be  seen  off  our  Cape  dismasted, 

after  the  storm  of  the  8th  ult.  proves  to  be  the  brig — 

Capt.  Kent,  from  Lisbon  for  this  port,  who'  has  since  got 
into  Norfolk,  Virginia. 

Run  away,  from  the  subscriber,  living  in  Waterford 
township,  Gloucester  county,  west  new  Jersey;  an  Irish 
servant  man,  named  William  Wilson,  about  26  years 
of  age :  Had  on  when  he  went  away,  an  old  blue  broad 
cloth  coat,  lightish  coloured  bear  skin  jacket,  both  jacket 
and  coat  pretty  much  patched,  and  ticking  trowsers,  with 
patches  on  the  knees,  and  a  pair  of  fustian  breeches,  with 
holes  on  the  knees,  a  striped  Holland  shirt,  a  very  good 
hat,  neats  leather  shoes,  and  plain  brass  buckles :  Has 
sandy  hair,  and  fair  complexion,  about  5  feet  6  inches  high, 
wears  his  hair  tied  behind,  has  a  pretty  round  face,  his 
under  lip  uncommonly  large.  Whoever  takes  up  the  said 
servant,  or  secures  him  in  any  goal,  so  that  his  said  master 
may  get  him  again,  shall  have  five  pounds  reward,  and 
reasonable  charges,  paid  by  me 

Benjamin  Inskeep. 

N.  B.     He  may  very  likely  change  his  name,  but  his 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  51/ 

real  name  is  M'Collin.  All  masters  of  vessels  are  forbid 
to  carry  him  off  at  their  peril. — The  Pennsylvania  Journal, 
No.  1400,  October  5,  1769. 

To  be  sold,  by  private  sale,  by  the  Subscriber,  living 
near  the  head  of  Alloway's  Creek,  in  the  county  of  Salem, 
and  western  division  of  the  province  of  Nezv-Jersey, 

A  Tract  of  land,  adjoining  that  zvhereon  the  Subscriber 
now  lives,  containing  about  j/o  acres,  on  zvliich  is  an  im- 
provement of  thirty  acres  or  more  of  cleared  land,  fenced 
into  several  fields,  and  a  house  of  hezved  logs,  with  one 
chimney  in  it;  also  a  small  orcJiard  of  good  fruit;  On 
another  part  of  the  said  land  is  a  field  cleared  and  fenced, 
zvith  a  small  orchard  on  the  same.  Tliere  are  abont  50 
acres  of  szvamp  on  said  land,  suitable  for  meadozv.  The 
land  is  zvcll  timbered  witli  oak  and  hickory,  snitable  for 
splitting  staves,  rails,  cordzvood,  &c.  and  is  convenient  to 
several  landings  on  said  Allozvay's  creek,  where  shallops 
can  come  and  load,  being  about  three  miles  distant  to  cart 
from  said  land;  there  is  also  an  advantagcons  outlet  for 
cattle  and  hogs,  as  there  is  a  large  quantity  of  unsettled 
land  adjoining,  being  good  feed  for  cattle  in  summer. 
Any  person  inclining  to  purchase  the  zvholc,  or  part  there- 
of, may  apply  to  the  subscriber,  viczv  the  premises,  and  be 
informed  of  the  title  and  terms  of  sale  by 

Hugh  Blackwood. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2128,  October  5, 
1769. 

CusTOM-HousE,  Inward. 
Schooner  Sally,  B.  Knight,  Salem. 

Outzvards. 
Schooner  Sally,  B.  Knight,  Salem. — The  Pennsylvania 
Chronicle,  No.  144,  October  9-16,  1769. 


7 


5l8  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

New-York,  October  9.  On  Saturday  last  his  Majesty's 
Commissioners  appointed  under  the  Great  Seal  of  Great- 
Britain,  for  settling  the  Boundary  Line  between  this  Col- 
ony and  Nezv-Jersey,  pronounced  their  Decree.  The  Com- 
mission was  opened  on  the  i8th  Day  of  July  last,  by  the 
following  Gentlemen,  to  wit. 

Charles  Stewart,  Esq;  President. 
Andrew  Oliver,  Esq;  Charles  Morris,  Esq; 

Samuel  Holland,  Esq;  Peyton  Randolph,  Esq;  &c. 

Andrew  Elliot,  Esq;  Jared  Ingersoll,  Esq. 

Some  Time  before  the  Decree  was  given,  Mr.  Randolph 
was  called  away  by  necessary  Avocations  of  a  public 
Nature.  The  Decree  was  pronounced  by  four  of  the  re- 
maining Commissioners,  to  wit,  Mr.  President,  Mr.  Elliot, 
Mr.  Oliver,  and  Mr.  Ingersoll,  who  determined  "The 
Boundary  Partition  Line  between  the  two  Colonies  to  be, 
a  direct  and  straight  Line  from  the  Fork  at  the  Mouth  of 
Mahacamack  River,  formed  by  its  Junction  with  the  River 
called  Delaware,  (as  they  term  it)  or  the  Fish-Kill,  in 
the  Latitude  of  41*^,  21',  and  37",  to  the  Latitude  of  41° 
on  Hudson's  River,  foimd  by  their  Surveyors  to  be  at  a 
marked  Rock  on  the  West  Side  of  Hudson's  River,  79 
Chains  and  27  Links  to  the  Southward,  on  a  Meridian 
from  Sneydon's  House,  formerly  Corbet's." 

Tho'  by  this  Decree  the  Court  House  and  Church  in 
Orange  Town,  is  left  a  few  Rods  to  the  Northward  of  the 
Line  decreed;  yet  upwards  of  150  Families,  settled  in  that 
antient  County  Town,  will,  if  the  Decree  be  confirmed, 
be  dismembered  from  this  Colony,  and  exposed  to  utter 
Ruin. 

Influenced  by  this  Consideration,  and  a  Regard  to  the 
Royal  Commission,  which  authorized  the  Commissioners 
to  settle  the  Boundary  Line,  upon  Principles  of  Justice 
and  Equity,  Samuel  Holland,  and  Charles  Morris,  Esqrs, 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  519 

dissented  from  the  Decree  of  the  Court;  and  by  their  Dis- 
sent, which  was  entered  in  the  Records  of  the  Court,  im- 
mediately following  the  Decree,  they,  in  Substance,  declare 
it,  among  other  Things,  as  their  Opinion,  That  a  Line 
from  the  Station  on  Hudson's  River,  which  in  the  Year 
1686,  was  solemnly  fixed  by  the  several  Governments,  as 
the  Partition  Point  on  Hudson's  River,  to  the  Mouth  of 
Mahacofuack,  would  be  now  conformable  tO'  the  antient 
Grants,  Jurisdiction  and  Possessions  of  both  Colonies; 
and  therefore  more  agreeable  to  his  Majesty's  benign  In- 
tentions, in  directing  the  Boundary  Line  to  be  settled  upon 
Principles  of  Justice  and  Ecjuity. 

As  by  the  above  mentioned  Decree,  his  Majesty's  Inter- 
est, to  the  Amount  of  many  Hundred  Thousand  Acres  ol 
Land,  and  a  vast  Number  of  antient  Possessions  held  by 
Patents  under  this  Colony,  are  totally  ceded  to  Nezv- Jer- 
sey, and  the  ancient  Jurisdiction  of  this  Colony  greatly 
encroached  on,  the  Agents  on  the  Part  of  N ew-Y ork ,  con- 
ceiving it  to  be  their  Duty  to  appeal  from  the  Decree,  im- 
mediately after  the  same  was  pronounced,  tendered  to  the 
Court  their  Appeal  to  his  Majesty  in  Privy  Council ;  and 
prayed  that  it  might  be  entered,  and  the  Proceedings 
forthwith  transmitted :  But,  tho"  the  Court  permitted  it 
to  be  entered,  they  refused  to  receive  it  as  an  Appeal,  con- 
ceiving that  by  the  Term  of  the  Royal  Commission,  they 
were  not  at  Liberty  to  receive  an  Appeal,  till  after  the 
Expiration  of  two  Months,  from  the  Time  of  pronouncing 
the  Decree:  And  for  this  Purpose  they  adjourned,  to 
meet  at  Hartford,  in  Connecticut,  on  the  8th  Day  of  De- 
cember next. 

Trenton,  October  ist,  1769. 
The  members  of  the  New-Jersey  medical  society,  are 
desired  to  attend  their  next  stated  general  meeting,  on  the 
first  Tuesday  of  November  next,  at  Mr.  Duff's,  in  New- 


520  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

Brunswick;  and  as  matters  of  some  consequence  are  to 
be  considered,  for  the  promoting  of  the  said  society,  it  is 
to  be  hoped  that  every  member  will  be  as  particular  in  at- 
tending as  possible. 

Such  persons  in  the  province  as  have  a  desire  of  becom- 
ing members,  are  hereby  invited  to  attend  at  the  time  and 
place  above  mentioned  for  that  purpose. 

Isaac  Smith,  Secretary. 

Broke  loose  on  Saturday  night  the  30th  September, 
from  the  snow  Two-Sisters,  John  Cockburn,  Master,  then 
lying  at  Sandy-Hook,  a  clincher  built  Yawl,  about  16  feet 
keel.  Whoever  has  taken  up  said  3^awl,  and  will  bring 
her  to  the  subscriber,  on  Hunter's-Quay,  shall  receive 
Two  Dollars  reward,  and  all  reasonable  charges. 

Alexander  M'Donald 

The  Publick  is  hereby  notified,  that  the  Subscriber  who 
has  for  some  Years  past,  taught  the  learned  Languages  at 
Hackinsack,  to  general  Satisfaction,  has  declined  teaching 
there  any  longer ;  but  intends  opening  a  Grammar  School 
in  New- York  about  the  first  of  November  next,  and  there- 
fore hopes  that  his  former  Care  and  Diligence  will  be  a 
SufiEicient  Recommendation  to  engage  the  Attention  of  his 
former  Employers  and  other  Gentlemen,  to  encourage  so 
necessary  and  useful  a  Business.  The  Terms  of  Admis- 
sion for  Scholars,  and  for  Tuition,  as  usual  in  this  City, 
by  the  Publick's  most  humble  Servant, 

Stephen  Voorhees. 
— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
937,  October  9,  1769. 

Nezv-York,  October  9.  On  Wednesday  the  27th  of 
September,  the  Anniversary  Commencement  of  the  Col- 


1769] 


NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  52  1 


lege  of  New-Jersey,  was  held  at  Princeton,  when  the  fol- 
lowing young  Gentlemen  were  admitted  to  the  Degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts,  v\z} 

John  Beatty,  James  Linn, 

William  Blair^  John  A.  M'Dougal, 

Joel  Brevard,  Thomas  Melvil, 

Matthias  Burnet,  Samuel  Niles, 

William  Channing,  Jesse  Reed, 

John  Davenport,  Samuel  Smith, 

John  R.  Davies,  Elihu  Thayer, 

Peter  Dennitt,  William  Wilcox, 

John  Henry,  David  Zubly. 


1  The  following-  sketches  are  condensed  from  Alexander's  "Princeton 
in  the  Eighteenth  Century:" 

John  Beatty,  a  son  of  the  Rev.  Charles  Beatty,  the  noted  missionary, 
after  studying  medicine  with  Dr.  Benjamin  Rush,  entered  the  American 
army  as  a  pri\ate  soldier,  reaching,  by  degrees,  the  rank  of  Lieutenant- 
Colonel.  In  1776  he  was  captured  at  Fort  Washington,  and  suffered  a 
long  and  1  igorous  imprisonment.  In  1779  he  succeeded  Elias  Boudinot 
as  Commissary-General  of  prisoners.  After  the  war  he  settled  at 
Princeton,  where  he  practiced  medicine.  He  was  at  one  time  a  member 
of  the  Legislature  of  New  Jersey,  and  the  Speaker  of  the  Assembly. 
From  1795  to  1S05  he  was  Secretary  of  State  of  New  Jersey.  In  1783 
and  17S4  he  was  a  member  of  the  Continental  Congi-ess.  From  May, 
1815,  until  his  death,  April  30,  1826,  he  was  President  of  the  Trenton 
Banking  Company.  Pie  was  also  an  elder  in  the  Trenton  Presbyterian 
church. 

William  Lawrence  Blair  was  a  son  of  the  Rev.  John  Blair,  who  was 
at  one  time  the  Vice-President  of  the  College  of  New  Jersey,  and  acting 
President.  He  studied  law  after  his  graduation,  and  removed  to  Ken- 
tucky, where  he  is  supposed  to  have  died. 

Mathias  Burnet,  a  native  of  Bottle  Hill  (now  Madison),  N.  J.,  studied 
theology-  with  Dr.  Witherspoon,  and  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor 
of  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Jamaica,  Long  Island,  by  the  Presbytei*y 
of  New  York,  April,  1775.  Here  he  exercised  his  ministry  during  the 
whole  of  the  Revolutionary  war.  He  left  Jamaica  in  1785.  and  was 
settled  over  a  Congregational  church  in  Norwalk,  Connecticut,  in  which 
year  he  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from  Yale.  He  con- 
tinued in  Norwalk  until  his  death,  which  occurred  June  30,   1806. 

William  Channing  became  a  distinguished  lawyer  at  Newport,  R.  I., 
and  was  at  one  time  United  States  District  Attorney  for  that  State. 
He  was  the  father  of  William  Ellery  Channing  the  elder.  He  died  in 
1793. 

John  Davenport  was  a  son  of  the  Rev.  James  Davenport,  of  Southold, 
Long  Islend.  He  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Suffolk,  June  4, 
1775,  and  served  the  Congregation  in  Southold,  Long  Island,  for  two 
years.  On  the  12th  of  August,  1795,  he  was  settled  at  Deerrteld,  New 
Jersey,  but  resigned  in  1805  on  account  of  failing  health.  He  died  July 
13,  1821. 

John  Rodgers  Davies.  a  son  of  President  Samuel  Davies,  of  Princeton, 
studied  law  and  practiced  in  Sussex  county,  Virginia.     He  died  in  1836. 

Peter  Dewitt  studied  theology  under  the  Rev.  Dr.  John  H.  Livingston, 
and  was  licensed  as  a  preacher  bv  the  General  Meeting"  of  Ministers  and 
Elders  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church,  in  1?78.  From  1787  to  1798  he 
was  pastor  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  churches  of  Rhinebeck.  Rhinebeck 
Flats  and  Upper  Red  Hook,  New  Yoi'k,  and  from  1799  to  1809  he  was 
pastor  of  the  churches  of  Ponds  and  Wyckofl',  Bergen  county.  New  Jer- 
sey.    He  died  in  1S09. 

John  Henrv  represented  Maryland  in  the  Continental  Congress  from 
177S  to  1781,' and  again  from  1784  to  1787.  In  1789  he  was  elected  to 
the  first   Senate  of  the   United   States  under  the   Constitution.     In  1797 


522  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

Mr.  Caleb  Cooper,  a  Bachelor  of  King's  College,  New- 
York,  was  admitted  Ad  Eundem.  The  Degree  of  Master 
of  Arts,  was  conferred  upon  Twenty-one  Gentlemen, 
Alumni  of  this  College;  and  also  John  Hancock,  Esq; 
and  Mr.  Thomas  Brattle,  who  having  been  graduated 
Masters  in  Harvard  and  in  Yale  Colleges,  were  compli- 
mented by  Admission  Ad  Eundem.  A  Degree,  Honoris 
Causa,  was  also  conferred  upon  William  Hyslop,  Esq; 
The  College  was  pleased  to  compliment  John  Dickinson, 
Esq;  and  Joseph  Galloway,  Esq;  of  Philadelphia,  with  a 
DoctorsJiip  of  Laws. 

he  resigned  his  seat  in  the  Senate  to  accept  the  office  of  Governor  of 
Maryland.     He  died  December  28.  1820. 

Thomas  Melville  was  the  son  of  Allan  Melville,  a  merchant  of  Boston, 
and  was  himself  a  merchant  there.  He  took  an  active  part  in  the  Rev- 
olutionarv  war,  and  was  Naval  Officer  of  the  Port  of  Boston,  1789-1829. 
He  died  in  1832. 

Samuel  Niles,  a  brother  of  Nathaniel  Niles,  of  the  class  of  1766,  was 
born  at  Braintree,  Mass.,  December  14,  1743.  He  studied  theology-  with 
Dr.  Bellt;my,  and  was  licensed  to  preach,  November  7,  1770.  He  was 
pastor  of  a  church  at  Abington,  Mass.,  1771-1811.  He  died  January  16, 
1814. 

Samuel  Stanhope  Smith,  a  son  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Smith,  a  distin- 
guished clergyman  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  was  born  in  Lancaster 
county,  Pa..  March  16,  1750.  After  gTaduating  from  Princeton  College, 
in  1769,  he  returned  to  his  father's  house,  assisting  him  in  a  school,  and 
giving  special  attention  to  belles-lettres  and  moral  and  intellectual 
philosophy.  In  1770  he  was  appointed  tutor  at  Princeton,  where  he  re- 
mained three  years.  In  1773  he  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  New 
Castle,  Del.,  and  went  as  a  missionary  to  Virginia,  where'  he  soon  be- 
came a  universal  favorite.  In  order  to  keep  him  in  Virginia,  funds 
were  collected,  and  Hampden  Sidney  College  was  founded,  of  which  he 
became  President,  In  1779  he  was  invited  to  the  chair  of  moral  phil- 
osophy at  Princeton,  which  he  accepted.  On  arriving  at  Princeton,  he 
found  the  affairs  of  the  College  in  a  deplorable  condition,  occasioned 
by  the  war,  and  the  occupation  of  Dr.  Witherspoon  in  the  higher  affairs 
of  the  nation.  Mainly  by  the  energy,  wisdom  and  self-devotion  of  Dr. 
Smith,  the  College  was  speedily  reorganized,  and  its  usual  exercises  re- 
sumed. In  1794  Dr.  Witherspoon  died,  and  Dr.  Smith  succeeded  him  in 
the  Presidential  chair.  His  reputation  as  a  pulpit  orator  at  this  time 
was  very  great.  Visitors  from  Philadelphia  and  New  York  were  ac- 
customed to  go  to  Princeton  to  hear  his  baccalaureate  discourses,  which 
were  always  of  the  highest  order.  In  1802.  when  the  institution  was  at 
the  full-tide  of  its  prosperity,  the  College  edifice  was  destroyed  by  Are. 
with  the  libraries,  furniture,  etc.  Dr.  Smith  assumed  the  labor  of  col- 
lecting money  to  rebuild;  and  he  was  successful  in  raising,  during  the 
year,  .about  $100,000  from  the  Southern  States,  and  much  more  from 
other  parts  of  the  Union.  In  1812.  through  repeated  strokes  of  palsy, 
he  became  too  much  enfeebled  to  discharge  the  duties  of  his  office,  and 
at  th ;  Ccmmencement  he  sent  in  to  the  Trustees  his  resignation.  He 
died  August  21,  1819,  in  the  seventieth  year  of  his  age.  He  was  a  vol- 
uminous and  able  writer. 

Elihu  Thayer  was  born  in  Massachusetts.  After  leaving  college,  he 
engaged  for  some  time  in  teaching.  Subsequently  he  was  licensed  as  a 
preacher,  and  sujiplied  a  church  in  Newburyport,  Mass.  On  the  18th 
of  December,  1776,  he  was  ordained  as  pastor  over  the  Congregational 
chui'ch  in  Kingston.  New  Hampshire.  In  1801  he  was  elected  President 
of  the  New  Hampshire  Missionary  Society.     He  died  April  3.  1812. 

David  Zubiey  was  a  lawyer  in  Georgia  and  was  a  Representative  in 
the  Provincial  Congress  of  that  Sta.te.  He  probably  left  the  Colonies 
early  in  the  Revolution. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  523 

The  Entertainment  of  the  Day,  was  very  agreeably 
opened  and  closed  with  vocal  Music,  performed  in  three 
Parts,  by  the  Students. 

After  an  Anthem  in  the  Morning,  Mr.  Smith  pro- 
nounced a  salutatory  Latin  Oration.  This  was  followed  by 
a  Latin  Dissertation,  delivered  by  Mr.  Burnet,  upon  this 
Thesis.  Multa  Vitia  sibi  inutno  repugnant,  ncc  simnl  con- 
sistere  possunt,  ut  Avaritia  &  Profusio,  &c.  Nulla  vcro 
Virtus  injur  lain  patitur  ah  altera,  sed  pot  ins  oninis  Virtus, 
ab  omni  virtute,  corrohoratur,  illustiratnr,  &c.  angetur; 
ut  Justitia  a  Miserecordia,  Magnaniviitas  a  Manfuctu- 
dine.  To  this  succeeded  an  English  Dispute  upon  the  fol- 
lowing Thesis.  Material  Substanee  really  exists  ivithout 
the  Mind.  Mr.  MacDougal,  who  first  spoke,  denied  the 
Proposition;  which  was  vindicated  by  Mr.  Zubly;  and 
his  Vindication  was  considered  and  opposed  by  Mr.  Da- 
vies.  The  next  in  Order  was  a  Latin  Syllogistic  Debate, 
in  which  Mr.  Blair  maintained, — Magnitudineui,  Distan- 
tiani  &  Figurani  esse  proprie,  non  Objeeta  Visus,  sed  tan- 
tum  Tactus.  Messrs.  Brevard  and  Dewitt,  were  his  oppo- 
nents. An  English  Oration  on  CEconomy,  pronounced 
with  applauded  Elocution  by  Mr.  Wilcox,  was  the  next 
Entertainment.  After  which,  the  Morning  Exercises  were 
concluded  by  an  Anthem. 

In  the  Afternoon,  the  Exercise  being  introduced  with 
Music,  Mr.  Channing  pronounced  an  English  Oration 
upon  Oratory.  After  this,  Mr.  Niles  endeavoured  to 
shew.  That  Ridieule  zaas  not  the  Test  of  Truth.  His  Ar- 
guments were  considered  by  Mr.  Beatty,  who  attempted 
to  evince  the  contrary.  Mr.  Davenport  replied  to  his  Ob- 
jections, and  supported  the  Thesis.  Next  followed  an 
English  Dialogue,  on  the  State  of  political  Affairs,  and 
pronounced  between  Messrs.  Linn,  M'Dougal,  and  Mel- 
vill.    And  then  the  Master's  Oration,  on  the  Advancement 


524  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

of  Science  in  America,  was  delivered  by  Mr.  Smith.  After 
conferring  the  Degrees,  Mr.  Henry  pronounced  an  Eng- 
Hsh  valedictory  Oration  elegantly  composed,  and  patheti- 
cally delivered;  which,  with  Vocal  Music,  concluded  the 
Exercises  of  the  Commencement.  The  Performances  of 
the  young  Gentlemen,  gave  universal  Pleasure  to  a 
crowded  Audience. 

We  hear  the  Commissioners  for  settling  the  Division 
Line  between  New-York  and  Neiv- Jersey,  broke  up  on 
Saturday  last,  after  giving  Judgment  where  the  Line 
should  run,  but  we  [are]  told  it  was  so  much  to  the 
Dissatisfaction  of  both  Parties,  that  they  intend  to  appeal 
Home  to  his  Majesty  and  Council. — The  Nezv  York  Ga- 
zette or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  1397,  October  9,  1769. 

Nezv-York,  October  12.  On  Tuesday  last  at  Powlas 
Hook  Races,  four  Horses  started  for  £.  50  Purse,  (the 
best  two  of  three  Heats  of  3  Miles  each.)  which  was  won 
by  Mr.  Anthony  Rutger's,  (junr)  Horse  Luggs.  Mr. 
Morris  Hazard's  Horse  Partner,  had  the  Misfortune  in 
the  last  Heat  to  run  over  a  Dog,  which  occasioned  him  to 
fall  and  throw  his  Rider,  (who  was  much  hurt)  otherwise 
it  was  doubtful  which  of  the  two  would  have  won.  Partner 
having  won  the  second  Heat. — E.vtraordinary  Siipplenient 
to  The  Nezv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1397,  October  12,  1769. 

On  Wednesday,  the  4th  Instant,  the  Corporation, 
lately  erected  in  the  Provinces  of  New- York,  New-Jersey 
and  Pennsylvania,  "/or  the  Relief  of  the  JVidozvs  and  Chil- 
"dren  of  Clergymen  in  the  Communion  of  the  Church  of 
"England  in  America"  consisting  of  the  Episcopal  Clergy, 
and  several  of  the  principal  Gentlemen  of  the  Laity,  of  the 
Provinces  aforesaid,  convened  at  Burlington;    where, 


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having  prepared  some  Articles  relative  to  their  Institu- 
tion, and  presented  an  Address  of  Thanks  to  his  Excel- 
lency Governor  Franklin,  which  he  received  and  an- 
swered, in  a  very  obliging  Manner,  they  adjourned  to  this 
City  [Philadelphia],  in  order  to  have  a  Majority  of  Mem- 
bers, to  settle  their  Plan,  &c.  And  on  Tuesday  last,  at  1 1 
o'clock,  the  Corporation  proceeded  to  Christ  Church, 
where  an  excellent,  catholic  and  truly  pathetic  Discourse, 
adapted  to  the  Occasion,  was  delivered  by  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Smith,  Provost  of  the  College  of  Philadelphia,  before  a 
polite  and  attentive  Auditory.  -  -  -  After  the  Service 
a  generous  Collection  was  made  at  the  Church  Door,  for 
the  Benefit  of  the  Institution. 

The  Corporation  then  waited,  in  a  Body,  upon  his 
Honour  the  Governor  of  this  Province,  with  an  Address 
of  Thanks  for  the  Readiness  and  Chearfulness  with  which, 
upon  their  first  Application,  he  had  granted  them  a  Char- 
ter :  To  which  Address  his  Honour  was  pleased  to  re- 
turn a  kind  Answer,  and  to  favour  them  with  his  Com- 
pany at  Dinner :  -  -  -  After  which,  several  fundamen- 
tal Laws  and  Constitutions,  for  the  well-ordering  and 
managing  the  Affairs  of  the  Corporation,  were  framed 
and  settled,  38  Members  being  present. 

*:^.*  The  Fall  Fair  at  Princetown  will  be  held  on  Wed- 
nesday and  Thursday  next,  being  the  iSth  and  19th  In- 
stant.— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2129,  October  12, 
1769. 

Tuesday,  September  26.  The  Grammar  School,  kept 
in  Nassau-Hall,  was  publicly  examined.  Several  of  the 
Trustees  of  the  College,  and  a  number  of  other  gentlemen 
were  present.  The  exercises  were  introduced  by  Master 
David  Witherspoon,  with  a  salutatory  latin  oration.  This 
was  followed  by  an  English  Oration,  delivered  by  Master 


526  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

James  Beckman.  The  Members  of  the  School,  were  then 
examined  on  those  authors  they  had  read  the  preceding 
year.  After  which  Master  John  Witherspoon  deHvered 
a  latin  valedictory  Oration,  and  Master  William  Beckman 
concluded  the  whole  with  one  in  English.  The  Exercises 
were  conducted  with  great  decorum.  The  Gentlemen  who 
were  pleased  to  favour  the  School  with  their  attendance, 
expressed  their  approbation  of  the  rapid  improvement, 
and  accurate  knowledge  of  the  youth,  in  the  highest  terms. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1401,  October  12,  1769. 

BURLINGTON   (NEW-JERSEY)   October  19. 

The  following  are  all  the  Circumstances  we  have  been 
able  to  collect,  relative  to  the  inhuman  Murder  committed 
last  Friday  Morning,  at  the  Lake,  about  25  miles  from 
Gloucester,  in  the  Jersies.  About  4  o' Clock  in  the  Morn- 
ing, the  Man  (a  Person  in  good  Circumstances)  got  out 
of  Bed,  and  went  up  Stairs  to  a  Negro  Wench,  and  in- 
quired after  some  Leading  Lines,  telling  her  that  he  in- 
tended to  have  a  Butcher  that  Day  in  the  House;  he  then 
went  down  Stairs,  and  shot  his  Wife  with  some  Buckshot, 
which  not  immediately  killing  her,  the  Wound  being  in 
the  Shoulder,  he  beat  her  Brains  out  with  the  But  End  of 
the  Musket.  The  Report  of  the  Musket  alarmed  the 
Negro  Wench,  who  directly  sprang  out  of  a  Window,  one 
Story  high,  rushed  into  the  Room,  where  she  saw  her  Mis- 
tress wallowing  in  her  Blood;  she  forced  the  Musket  out 
of  her  Master's  Hands,  and  ran  to  the  first  Neighbour's 
House,  seven  Miles  distant,  whom  she  informed  of  this 
dreadful  Affair.  When  they  came  to  the  House,  they 
found  the  Woman  lying  as  the  Negro  had  left  her,  and 
tracing  a  Track  of  Blood  into  the  Barn,  they  found  the 

Man  hanging. The  unfortunate  Wife  had  prepared  a 

Quantity  of  Butter,  two  Bucks,  &c.  to  bring  to  the  next 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  52/ 

Market  at  Philadelphia,  and  had  managed  a  Dairy  of  40 

Cows. ^Jealousy,  we  hear,  was  the  Occasion  of  this 

fatal  Affair.  The  Man  bore  the  Character  of  being-  very 
desperate,  and  had  twice  before  attempted  to  shoot  his 
Wife. 

To  BE  SOLD,  at  private  sale,  five  hundred  acres  of  land, 
situate  on  Alloway's  Creek,  about  ten  miles  from  Salem, 
in  West  New  Jersey.  There  are  above  200  acres  of  up- 
land, a  large  quantity  of  woodland,  at  one  end  may  be 
made  near  100  acres  of  meadow,  and  at  the  other  end  about 
100  acres  of  salt  marsh.  For  further  particulars  incjuire  of 
Jost  Miller,  in  Mannington  Township. 

Whereas  LILLEYAN,  the  Wife  of  John  Walker,  of 
Alloway's  Creek,  in  the  county  of  Salem,  West  Jersey, 
hath  sundry  times  left  me,  her  said  husband,  and  threat- 
ens to  run  me  in  debt;  these  are  therefore,  to  forewarn 
all  persons  from  trusting  her  on  my  account,  for  I  will  pay 
no  debts  of  her  contracting  after  the  date  hereof,  given 
under  my  hand,  this  i6th  day  of  October,  1769. 

John  Walker. 

Trenton,  in  the  Western  Division  of  Nezv- Jersey. 
There  is  now  in  my  custody  a  Negro,  who  calls  him- 
self Peter,  upwards  of  forty  years  of  age.  about  5  feet  7 
inches  high ;  he  was  taken  up  in  a  seafaring  dress,  with  a 
white  hat,  red  lining,  yellow  loop  and  button,  who  says  he 
is  a  slave  to  John  Christian,  of  Bridgetown,  Barbados,  who 
was  shipped,  by  said  master,  on  board  the  brig  Peggy, 
William  Jenkins,  Master,  bound  to  Philadelphia,  who  with 
two  other  servants,  ran  away,  when  the  said  brig  was 

bound  to  Barbados  again. 

Peter  Hankinson,  Goaler. 

— Tlie  Pennsylvania  CJironicle,  No.  145,  October  16- 

23,  1769. 


528  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

Extract  of  a  Letter  from  Newbern  in  North-Carolina, 
September  24,  1769. 
■'Since  mine  to-  yon  per  Capt.  Snow,  I  have  been  a  great 
snfferer  by  a  violent  hurricane,  which  began  on  Thursday 
the  /th  inst.  about  six  o'clock  in  the  evening.  .  .  .  The 
following  vessels  were  drove  from  their  anchors  into  the 
woods  on  high  land,  viz.  .  .  .  Sloop  Polly,  Jonathan 
Spinnage,  Elizabeth-Town 

To  the  Public. 

The  Grammar  School, 

At  New-Bridge,  Hackinsack, 

Is  Carried  On 

By  Francis  Barber, 

Late  Assistant  To  Mr.  Voorhccs, 

Li  the  same  approved  Manner  as  formerly,  under  the 

Inspection  of  its  first  Managers. 
Care  and  Dilig'ence  will  be  used  in  forming  the  Minds 
of  Youth  to  Virtue  and  Morality,  as  well  as  instructing 
them  in  the  Languages.  Many  respectable  Families  will 
take  in  Youths  to  board,  on  the  most  reasonable  Terms, 
tO'  encourage  the  said  School. 

Book-keeping,  Merchants  Accounts,  and  MatJieniaticks, 
Are  likewise  carefully  taught  in  the  best  and  most  ap- 
proved Methods,  by  Terence  Reilly,  (at  stated  Hours 
to  those  who  are  prosecuting  their  Latin  and  Greek  Stud- 
ies, if  required)  as  well  as  to  others  who  shall  choose  to 
be  instructed  in  those  Branches  only. 

The  Subscriber  does  not  in  the  least  doubt  but  all  who 
shall  please  to  favour  him  with  the  Instruction  of  their 
Children,  will  be  pleased  with  their  Progress  in  Learning; 
for  the  strictest  Attention,  Care,  and  Diligence  will  be 
observed  in  all  Respects,  by  their  most  obedient  humble 

Servant, 

Francis  Barber 


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To  be  sold,  a  likely  young  Negro  Wench,  fit  for  Town 
or  Country  Business.  Enquire  of  Reuben  Runyon,  at 
New-Brunswick. 

To  be  sold  at  public  vendue,  at  the  merchant's  coffee- 
house, in  the  city  of  New-York,  on  Monday  the  14th 
day  of  November  next,  at  twelve  of  the  clock  in  the 
forenoon. 

A  Tract  of  Wood-land  situate  and  being  about  six 
miles  from  the  city  of  New-Bnmswick,  in  the  county  of 
Middlesex,  and  province  of  East  New-Jersey,  containing 
eight  hundred  and  seven  acres  and  a  half.  The  conditions 
of  the  sale  will  be  published  at  the  time  of  the  vendue. 
The  land  lies  upon  the  Post  Road  that  leads  from  New- 
York  through  New-Jersey  to  Pennsylvania. — The  Nciv 
York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  938,  October  16, 
1769. 

To  his  Excellency  William  Franklin,  Esq;  Gover- 
nor in  Chief,  the  Honourable  his  Majesty's  Council, 
and  the  Honourable  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
Colony  of  New-Jersey,  in  General  Assembly  to  sit 
at  Burlington,  the  loth  Octo.  1769. 

Your  Petitioners  are  deeply  affected  with  a  sense  of 
the  deplorable  state  of  this  count}'-  and  province 
in  general,  arising,  as  we  apprehend,  partly  from 
the  excessive  scarcity  of  money  and  decay  of 
trade:  But  chiefly  from  the  multiplicity  of  Law  Suits, 
mostly  for  debt,  which  like  an  overflowing  stream  have 
deluged  the  land,  and  ruined  hundreds  of  families,  for- 
merly in  easy  circumstances,  and  swept  away  their  livings 
and  estates;  and  yet  threatens  destruction  and  desolation 
to  many  more  in  every  part  of  the  province.  Government 
and  Law,  your  petitioners  know  are  absolutely  necessary 

3t 


530  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

to  our  existence,  as  a  society,  yet  we  apprehend  the  wel- 
fare and  prosperity  of  the  common  wealth  and  of  individ- 
uals, depends  upon  the  easy  distribution  of  justice,  agree- 
able to  law;  and  this  again  depends  much,  if  not  alto- 
gether upon  the  capacities,  honour,  integrity,  and  love  of 
justice  in  lawyers.  But  were  all  attorneys  or  practitioners 
of  law,  possessed  of  those  amiable  virtues,  as  some  indeed 
are,  that  will  not  be  concerned  in  matters  Avithout  cause, 
or  bring  actions,  but  with  great  caution  and  not  with 
greediness,  we  should  hardly  hear  of  so  many  lamentable 
complaints  of  actions,  brought  both  with,  and  without 
foundation,  attended  with  extraordinary  and  amazing  cost, 
often  amounting  to  double,  and  sometimes  more  than 
treble  the  debt.  Neither  should  we  behold  with  concern 
in  causes  at  issue,  such  procrastinations  of  trials  for  two, 
or  three  years  and  upwards,  in  which,  perhaps  the  attor- 
nies  on  both  sides  have  not  disagreed. 

Your  petitioners  beg  leave  further  to  observe,  that  be- 
fore the  late  act  of  7.  Geo.  III.  It  is  notorious  certioraries, 
were  become  extremely  numerous,  tending  to  the  obstruc- 
tion of  justice  in  small  causes  at  issue  before  justices  of 
the  peace,  by  which  means  many  have  suffered  and  even 
lost  their  just  demands  :  Since  that  restrant,  lawyers  have 
found  out  another  expedient,  and  that  is,  to  bring  writs  of 
replevin  to  restore  goods  and  chattels  to  defendants,  that 
were  taken  in  execution  on  justices'  warrants  legally  is- 
sued. 

Your  petitioners  doubt  not,  but  those  writs  are  writs  of 
right,  for  goods  unlawfully  detained  or  arbitrarily  dis- 
trained for  rent  or  otherwise.  But,  with  submission  we 
conceive  not  for  goods  under  execution  or  judgments  for- 
mally and  lawfully  obtained,  which  in  our  apprehension 
looks  more  like  perverting  of  justice,  than  to  advance  or 
maintain  it;    what  can  this  therefore  proceed  from?    we 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  53 1 

suppose,  not  from  ignorance,  but  from  merely  mercenary 
motives,  to  raise  bills  of  cost  at  any  rate,  no  matter  how. 

For  remedy  against  those  evils  and  to  redress  the  heavy 
grievances  complained  of,  your  petitioners  with  great 
humility  and  respect  would  propose,  that  a  reform  should 
be  made  in  the  practitioner's  fees,  lessened  if  possible,  or 
at  least  better  ascertained;  for  by  the  act  as  it  now  stands, 
the  gentlemen  of  the  law  have  too  great  liberty  to  swell 
their  bills,  which  if  exorbitant  cannot  easily  be  detected; 
But  if  that  cannot  be  done  as  that  law  is  circumstanced, 
that  upon  presentation  of  bills  of  cost  for  taxation,  they 
should  make  oath  to  this  purpose,  that  the  charges  in  such 
bill  were  for  services  actually  done  and  also  necessary  to 
be  done  in  the  cause. 

That  the  much  beneficial  and  salutary  law  for  the  trial 
of  small  causes,  by  justices  of  the  peace  for  and  under  six 
pounds,  may  be  enlarged  to  fifteen  pounds.  That  the  attor- 
nies  be  restrained  from  bringing  writs  not  warranted  by 
law,  or  grievous  to  the  subject,  That  if  possible  an  emis- 
sion of  paper  currency  may  be  made  to  be  let  out  upon 
loan,  on  land  security,  That  the  county  of  Middlesex  may 
be  eased  of  its  heavy  load  of  taxes,  That  a  revision  may 
be  made  of  former  laws,  some  of  which  are  inutile,  others 
not  clear  and  intelligible  to  answer  their  design. 

The  several  matters  above  mentioned  your  petitioners 
humbly  conceive  justly  merit  the  legislative  attention,  and 
calls  for  speedy  redress,  which  that  it  may  be  granted,  we, 
as  in  duty  bound,  shall  ever  pray,  &c. 

To  John  Wetherill  and  Rune  Runyon,  Esqrs,  Representa- 
tives in  General  Assembly,  for  the  County  of  Middlesex. 
We  your   constituents,   the   freeholders  of   Middlesex 
county,  think  it  our  indispensable  duty  at  this  time,  and 
claim  it  as  our  indubitable  right  to  instruct  you  as  ovu" 


532  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

representatives  in  the  General  Assembly,  to  sit  at  Burling- 
ton the  loth  of  Octo.  1769. 

1.  That  you  exert  yourselves  by  all  means  in  your 
power  to  cultivate  and  strengthen  that  harmony  and  union 
at  present  happily  subsisting  with  the  neighbouring  col- 
onies, in  supporting  and  maintaining  our  invaluable  con- 
stitutional rights  and  privileges  transmitted  to  us,  against 
all  invasions. 

2.  That  you  use  utmost  endeavours  to  have  all  griev- 
ances redressed,  both  in  the  county  and  province  in  gen- 
eral. 

3.  That  you  endeavour  after  better  security,  as  well  as 
oeconomy,  and  an  equal  distribution  of  the  public  money. 

4.  That  you  exert  all  your  power  and  influence,  as 
much  as  possible,  to  lessen  the  number  of  law  suits,  espe- 
cially in  actions  for  debt,  lowering  the  excessive  charge 
upon  such  actions,  and  limiting  and  fixing  the  same  to  a 
certain  sum,  which  it  should  not  exceed.  But  if  this  can- 
not be  done,  then  to  endeavour  for  a  law  to  swear  every 
Attorney  to  the  truth  of,  and  the  necessity  of  the  charges 
in  his  bill. 

5.  That  you  use  your  utmost  endeavours  to  get  the 
beneficial  and  salutary  law  for  the  trial  of  small  causes, 
by  justices  of  the  peace,  enlarged,  from  six  to  fifteen  pound 
at  least. 

6.  That  you  use  your  interest  and  influence  to  obtain 
a  law  to  suppress  all  illegal  and  groundless  writs  of  re- 
plevin, or  otherwise,  to  vex  and  obstruct  the  course  of  pro- 
ceedings established  by  law,  on  trials  by  single  Magis- 
trates. 

7.  That  you  endeavour  after  getting  all  former  laws 
revised,  that  those  which  are  useless  or  hurtful  may  be 
laid  aside,  and  that  other  necessary  laws  may  be  made 


l7-6g]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  533 

clear,  distinct,  and  intelligible  to  the  meanest  capacity,  in 
which  consists  their  beauty  and  excellence. 

8.  That  you  use  your  power  and  interest  to  get  an 
emission  of  paper  currency,  to  be  let  out  on  land  security. 

9.  That  you  exert  your  utmost  abilities  and  influence, 
to  obtain  a  mitigation  of  the  unreasonable  burdens  upon 
this  county,  on  account  of  the  repeated  heavy  taxes,  and 
perpetual  annual  expence  it  labours  under,  which  at  pres- 
ent lies  very  unequal. 

The  Attendance  of  several  of  the  Proprietors  of  East 
New -Jersey,  on  the  Settlement  of  the  Line  of  Partition 
between  the  Provinces  of  New-York,  and  New-Jersey, 
having  rendered  their  Meeting  in  Council  at  the  stated 
Time  in  September  impracticable,  and  the  General  Interest 
of  the  Proprietors  requiring  a  Meeting  as  soon  as  con- 
veniently may  be;  by  the  Approbation  and  at  the  Request 
of  a  Majority  of  the  Members,  I  do  appoint  Tuesday  the 
Fourteenth  Day  of  November  next,  for  the  Meeting  of  the 
said  Proprietors  in  Council,  at  Perth-Amboy,  of  which  all 
Persons  concerned  are  desired  to  take  Notice. 

James  Parker,  President. 

Perth-Amboy,  Octo.  i6fJi,  1769. 

By  the  Honourable 
JOHN   PENN,   Esq; 
Lieutenant  Governor,  etc.   of  the  Province  of  Pennsyl- 
vania etc. 

A   PROCLAMATION 

Whereas  by  an  Act  of  General  Assembly  of  this  Prov- 
ince, passed  in  the  third  Year  of  his  present  Majesty's 
Reisrn,  entituled  "An  Act  for  the  Preservation  of  Fish  in 


'fcj 


the  Rivers  Delaivare,  Sasqnehanna,  and  the  Lehigh,  com- 


534  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

monly  called  The  Western  Branch  of  Delaware,"  it  was, 
among  other  things  enacted,  that  if  any  Person  or  Per- 
sons whatsoever,  after  the  Publication  thereof,  should 
erect,  build,  or  set  up,  repair  or  maintain,  or  should  be 
aiding,  assisting,  or  abetting  in  erecting,  building,  setting 
up,  repairing  or  maintaining  any  Wear,  Rack,  Baskets, 
Fishing  Dam,  Pound,  or  other  Device  whatsoever,  .  .  . 
by  which  the  Fish  might  be  obstructed  from  going  up  the 
said  Rivers,  or  that  should  take,  destroy,  or  spoil  any 
Spawn,  Fry  or  Brood  of  Fish,  or  any  Kind  of  Fish  what- 
soever, .  .  .  every  such  Person  or  Persons,  so  offend- 
ing .  .  .  should  forfeit  and  pay  the  Sum  of  Tzventy 
Pounds,  .  .  .  with  this  Proviso,  that  so  much  of  the 
said  Act,  as  relates  to  the  Wears,  Racks,  Baskets,  Fishing 
Dams,  Pounds,  and  other  Devices  aforesaid,  already  erect- 
ed or  thereafter  to  be  erected,  in  the  River  Delazvare, 
should  be  and  should  be  deemed,  held,  construed,  and 
taken  to  be  of  no  Force,  Validity  or  Virtue,  until  a  Bill 
for  remedying  the  same  Mischiefs  and  Inconveniences, 
thereby  intended  to  be  remedied  in  the  said  River,  should 
be  passed  and  enacted  into  a  Law  by  the  Legislature  of 
the  Province  of  New-Jersey,  and  be  in  full  Force  and  Vir- 
tue  

And  Whereas,  since  the  passing  of  the  said  Act  the 
Legislatures  of  the  Provinces  of  Maryland  and  New-Jer- 
sey, have  respectively  enacted  Laws  for  the  Preservation 
of  the  Fish  in  the  Rivers  Sasquehamia  and  Delazvare,  and 
for  remedying  the  same  Mischiefs  and  Inconveniences  in 
those  Rivers,  which  were  intended  to  be  remedied  by  the 
aforementioned  Law  of  this  Province. 

And  Whereas  ...  I  Have  therefore  thought  fit, 
by  and  with  the  Advice  of  the  Council,  to  issue  this  my 
Proclamation,  hereby  strictly  charging  and  commanding 
all  Persons  whatsoever,  to  vield  the  most  exact  Obedience 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  535 

to  the  said  Laws,  under  the  Penakies  therein  imposed : 

Given  under  my  Hand,    .... 

John  Penn 
By  his  Honour's  Command 

Joseph  Shippen,  jnn,  Secretary 
God  save  the  King. 

Racoon  Skins. 

A  few  packs,  (loo  or  50  in  a  pack)  to  be  sold  cheap, 
for  cash,  by  Thomas  Tredwell,  in  BurHng  SHp,  in  New- 
York,  and  by  Matthias  Halsted,  in  Elizabeth-Town. 
— The  New  York  Jonrnal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1398,  October  19,  1769. 

By  virtue  of  a  writ  to  me  directed,  will  be  exposed  to 
public  sale,  on  Wednesday,  the  29th  of  November  next, 
between  the  hours  of  12  and  5  o'clock,  on  the  premises, 
one  undivided  third  part  of  a  plantation,  situate  in  the 
township  of  Greenwich,  and  county  of  Gloucester,  lying 
on  the  main  road  from  Gloucester  to  Salem;  said  place 
is  well  situated  for  a  store  or  tavern,  it  being  within  a 
quarter  of  a  mile  of  a  navigable  creek,  which  is  known  by 
the  name  of  Raccoon  Creek;  late  the  property  of  John 
Stelle,  seized  in  execution  by 

Joseph  Hugg,  Sheriff. 

September  29,  1769. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2130,  October  19, 
1769. 

Run-away  from  the  tmderscriber  hereof,  a  certain 
William  Foy,  an  Irish  servant  man,  born  in  Dublin,  a 
weaver  by  trade,  about  18  or  ip  years  of  age,  5  feet,  6  or 
7  inches  high,  wears  black  hair,  a  dozvn  look,  a  ligJit  col- 
oured jacket,  a  nciv  brozvn  shirt  without  buttons  on  the 


5-36  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

collar,  a  pair  of  half  zvorn  shoes  with  square  steel  buckles, 
dark  coloured  stockings,  a  pair  of  long  ragged  trozvsers,  an 
old  felt  hat  zvith  white  loops  and  bound  zvith  ferreting;  the 
forefinger  of  his  left  hand  crooked,  being  formerly  cut. 
Whoever  takes  up  said  servant,  and  brings  him  to  the  sub- 
scriber hereof,  shall  have  three  dollars  rezvard,  and  rea- 
sonable charges,  paid  by  Cornelius  Carheart,  in  Beth- 
lehem, Hunterdon  county,  West  Jersey. 

N.  B.     All  persons  are  forbid  to  harbour  said  servant. 

Trenton,  October  4,  1769. 
The  Members  of  the  Medical  Society  of  New-Jer- 
sey, are  desired  to  take  notice  that  their  next  general  meet- 
ing is  held  at  New  Brunswick  the  first  Tuesday  in  No- 
vember next.  Isaac  Smith,  Sec. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1402,  October  19, 
1769. 

All  the  Creditors  of  Daniel  Tuttle,  insolvent  Debtor, 
are  desired  to  meet  at  the  house  of  Thomas  Kenney,  in 
Morris-Town,  on  the  23d  Day  of  December  next,  at  2 
o'clock  in  the  Afternoon,  in  order  to  fix  and  ascertain 
their  Demands  on  the  said  Estate.  And  on  the  23d  Day 
of  January  following,  to  call  on  the  Assignees  for  their 
Dividends  thereof. 


Jonathan  Stites     )      .     . 
Frederick  King       \    Assignees. 


TAKEN-away,  supposed  through  Mistake,  from  Mr. 
Verdine  Elsworth's,  at  Powlas-Hook,  a  neat  Saddle,  with 
plated  Stirups,  and  a  double  Curb  Bridle,  with  plated  Bits. 
The  Person  that  took  them  away,  left  a  very  bad  saddle  in 
the  Room  thereof.  Whoever  gives  Information  to  the 
said  Elsworth  of  the  above  mentioned  Saddle  and  Bridle, 
shall  be  handsomely  rewarded  for  their  Trouble. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  537 

RuN-away  from  the  Subscribers,  living  at  Canoe-brook, 
Essex  County,  New-Jersey,  two  Negro  Men  Slaves;  the 
one  named  Cato,  but  sometimes  calls  himself  John.  He 
is  a  likely  slender  Fellow,  about  5  Feet  7  Inches  high,  30 
Years  of  Age,  with  a  Scar  on  the  hind  Part  of  his  Head, 
about  the  Bigness  of  a  Two  vShilling  Piece :  He  had  on  a 
Snuff  coloured  thickset  Coat,  a  Beaver  Hat  about  half 
worn,  with  Jacket  and  homespun  Trowsers,  but  it  is  prob- 
able he  may  change  his  Dress.  The  other  named  Scipio, 
a  short  thick,  well-set  Fellow,  about  5  Feet  high,  and 
about  25  Years  of  Age,  has  a  Rupture  plainly  to  be  dis- 
covered :  Had  on  a  blue  and  white  striped  homespun 
double  breasted  under  Jacket  without  Sleeves,  and  a  black 
and  white  striped  Jacket  with  Sleeves,  over  it;  a  blue 
Duffils  Watch  Coat,  and  a  Pair  of  long  white  homespun 
Trowsers.  Whoever  takes  up  and  secures  the  said  Runa- 
ways, so  that  they  may  be  had  again,  shall  receive  Four 
Dollars  Reward  for  each,  and  all  reasonable  Charges, 
paid  by 

Jonathan  Squire, 
John  Williams. 
— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
939,  October  23,  1769. 

The  Speech  of  his  Excellency  William  Franklin, 
Esq;  Captain  General,  and  Commander  in  Chief,  in 
and  over  the  Province  of  Neiv-Jersey,  and  Terri- 
tories thereon  depending  in  America,  Chancellor  and 
Vice-Admiral  in  the  same,  &c.  to  the  General  Assem- 
bly of  the  said  Province,  convened  at  Burlington. 

Gentlemen  of  tJie  Council,  and 

Gentlemen  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
As  no  immediate  Business  of  a  public  Nature,  made  it 
necessary  to  give  an  earlier  Commencement  to  the  present 


5  38  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

Session,  I  postponed  the  Pleasure  of  meeting  you  in  Gen- 
eral Assembly,  till  a  Season  that  was  likely  to  be  most 
agreeable  as  well  as  most  convenient  to  your  private  Af- 
fairs. 

At  the  last  Session  a  Bill  passed  both  the  Council  and 
Assembly,  "for  making  current  One  Hundred  Thousand 
Pounds  in  Bills  of  Credit,"  which  was  so  fram'd,  that  I 
was  under  a  Necessity  of  refusing  it  my  Assent.  Being 
however,  of  Opinion,  that  the  emitting  such  a  Sum  of 
Paper  Money  upon  Loan,  might  be  of  great  public  Utility, 
and  unwilling  that  there  should  be  any  unnecessary  Delay 
in  a  Matter  of  such  Importance,  I  strongly  represented  the 
Expediency  of  passing  an  Act  for  the  Purpose,  and  trans- 
mitted a  Draught  of  the  Bill  to  the  Secretary  of  State  for 
the  American  Department,  in  order  to  obtain  the  King's 
Pleasure  thereupon.  The  Directions  I  have  since  received 
from  His  Majesty  shall  be  communicated  to^  you,  by  which 
you  will  find,  that  in  Case  the  actual  Necessity  of  emitting 
Bills  of  Credit  upon  Loan  to  the  Amount  of  One  Hundred 
Thousand  Pounds  can  be  made  to  appear,  and  provided 
effectual  Care  be  taken,  that  such  bills  shall  not  be  deemed 
a  Legal  Tender  in  Payment  for  Money,  there  is  the  great- 
est probability  that  an  Act  of  this  Nature,  under  proper 
Limitations,  will  meet  with  His  Majesty's  most  gracious 
Approval. 

Having  received  Advice  from  the  Honourable  Sir 
William  Johnson,  Baronet,  His  Majesty's  Superinten- 
dent for  Lidian  Affairs,  that  a  Treaty  was  to  be  held  with 
the  Six  Nations,  by  His  Majesty's  Order,  for  settling  a 
Boundary  Line  between  them  and  the  British  Northern 
Colonies;  and  it  being  the  Opinion  of  the  Council  (for 
the  Reasons  set  forth  in  their  Minutes)  that  my  Presence 
at  the  Treaty  would  be  likely  to  answer  very  good  Pur- 
poses to  the  Province:   I  accordingly  attended  the  Confer- 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  5  39 

ence  at  Fort  Stanwix,  accompanied  by  Mr.  Chief  Justice, 
who,  at  my  Request,  willingly  undertook  the  Service.  An 
Account  of  the  Transactions  there,  so  far  as  they  particu- 
larly relate  to  Nczv-Jcrscy,  will  be  laid  before  you,  and  I 
hope  will  prove  satisfactory.  The  .Six  Nations  at  that 
grand  Meeting,  besides  having  finally  agreed  on  a  general 
Boundary  between  them  and  the  Northern  Colonies,  have 
publickly  acknowledged  the  respected  Instances  of  our 
Justice  in  bringing  the  Murders  of  Indians  to  condign 
Punishment,  declared,  that  they  have  no  Claim  or  Demand 
on  this  Province  whatever,  and  in  the  most  solemn  Man- 
ner, conferred  on  the  Government  of  Nczv-Jcrsey,  the  dis- 
tinguishing Name  of  SagorigJizviyogstha,  or  the  great 
Arbiter  or  Doer  of  Justice.  A  Name,  which  at  the  same 
Time  that  it  reflects  high  Honour  on  the  Province,  may 
prove  of  singular  Advantage  to  the  Inhabitants  on  our 
Frontiers,  should  a  Misunderstanding  arise  between  the 
Indians  and  any  of  the  neighbouring  Colonies. 

It  gives  me  great  Concern  to  mention  to  you  the  Rob- 
bery of  the  Treasury  of  the  Eastern  Division,  and  the  more 
so,  as  it  is  not  in  my  Power,  though  so  long  a  Time  has 
since  elapsed,  to  inform  you  who  were  the  Perpetrators  of 
that  atrocious  Villainy,  or  what  is  become  of  the  Money. 
Every  Step,  however,  has  been  taken  on  the  Part  of  Gov- 
ernment, which  had  any  Chance  of  producing  a  Discov- 
ery, as  I  believe  you  will  do  the  Justice  to  acknowledge, 
when  you  have  perused  the  Papers  relative  to  that  Trans- 
action. If  any  Expedient  can  be  suggested  which  may 
have  a  Tendency  to  secure  the  Province  from  the  like  Dis- 
aster in  future,  it  will  not  fail  of  meeting  with  my  most 
hearty  Concurrence. 

Gentlemen  of  the  House  of  Representatives 
The  Act  for  the  Support  of  Government  being  expired, 
and  the  Money  granted   for  the  furnishing  the  King's 


540  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [^7^9 

Troops  here  with  Necessaries,  being  expended,  I  must 
earnestly  recommend  it  to  you  to  grant  a  farther  Supply 
for  these  Purposes. 

As  there  are  strong  Reasons  for  expecting  that  the  late 
Duty  Act.^  which  has^ivcn  such  general  Dissatisfaction  to 
His  Majesty's  Subjects  in  the  Colonies,  will  be  repealed 
in  the  ensuing  Session  of  Parliament,  I  cannot  but  flatter 
myself  that  the  Representatives  of  the  good  People  of  this 
Province,  will  conduct  themselves  with  such  Wisdom  and 
Prudence  at  this  critical  Time,  as  to  avoid  every  Matter 
which  may,  in  the  smallest  Degree,  tend  to  widen  or  con- 
tinue the  unhappy  Differences  subsisting  between  the  two 
Countries,  and  that  they  will,  by  every  Means  in  their 
Power,  manifest  a  sincere  Disposition  to  promote  the  Re- 
establishment  of  that  mutual  Confidence  and  Affection  so 
essential  to  the  Glory  and  Safety  of  the  whole  British 
Empire. 

Gentleineii  of  tJie  Council,  and 

Gentlemen  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
The  many  Advantages  derived  to  the  Province  from  the 
Harmony  which  has  for  some  Time  past,  prevailed  among 
the  several  Branches  of  the  Legislature,  give  me  the  great- 
est Reason  to  expect  a  Continuance  of  it  during  the  pres- 
ent Session.  You  may  always  rest  assured,  that  I  shall 
chearfully  co-operate  with  you  in  whatever  may  be  for 
His  Majesty's  Service,  or  the  public  Welfare 

William  Franklin 
Council-Chamber, 

October  ii,  1769. 

To  His  Excellency  William  Franklin,  Esq;  Captain 
General,  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief,  in  and 
over  the  Province  of  New-Jersey,   and  Territories 

1  The  tax  on  tea,  etc. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  541 

thereon  depending  in  America,  Chancellor  and  Vice 
Admiral  in  the  same,  &c. 

The  Humble  Address  of  His  Majesty's  Council  of 

the  said  Province. 

May  it  Please  your  Excellency, 

The  Attention  which  your  Excellency  has  shewn  to  the 
true  Interest  of  this  Province,  in  the  several  important 
Instances  mentioned  in  your  Speech  at  the  Opening  of 
this  Session,  claims  our  warmest  Acknowledgments. 

Your  Knowledge  of  the  many  Inconveniencies  which 
the  People  under  your  Government  are  subjected  to,  by 
the  Want  of  an  Emission  of  Paper  Currency,  both  as  a 
Medium  of  Commerce,  and  to  assist  them  to  pay  for  and 
improve  their  Lands,  having  enabled  you  to  become  an 
Advocate  for  their  obtaining  such  Relief  as  may  be  in 
some  Measure  adequate  to  their  Necessities;  we  hope  the 
Continuance  of  your  kind  and  just  Representations  to  our 
most  gracious  Sovereign,  will  speedily  be  crowned  with 
such  Success  as  we  are  convinced  must  be  extremely  agree- 
able to  the  Province. 

We  are  well  pleased  that  your  Attendance  at  the  Treaty 
at  Fort  Stanwix  has  been  so  evidently  productive  of  the 
desired  Effects;  and  that  the  Indians  are  perfectly  satis- 
fied of  the  Justice  and  Honour  of  this  Government  in  all 
public  Transactions  with  them;  and  that  all  those  who 
have  had  any  Connections  with  this  Province,  as  well  as 
many  other  Nations,  are  thoroughly  convinced,  that  no 
Indians  whatsoever  can  have  any  future  Claim  upon  us; 
which  must,  evidently,  contribute  greatly  to  the  Peace  of 
the  Province  in  general,  and  to  the  particular  Security  of 
our  Frontier  Inhabitants,  in  all  future  Times. 

The  Ardour  with  which  your  Excellency  hath  pursued 
every  Step  which  seemed  likely  to  produce  a  Discovery  of 
the  Perpetrators  of  the  villainous  Robbery  committed  on 


542  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

the  Eastern  Treasury,  hath  given  us  great  Pleasure;  and 
we  assure  you,  we  shall  most  heartily  continue  to  assist 
your  Excellency  with  our  utmost  Endeavours,  to  affect 
this  important  Purpose;  and  join  in  every  reasonable 
Proposal  for  the  further  Security  of  the  public  Money. 

Your  Excellency's  Recommendation  of  Harmony  to 
the  several  Branches  of  the  Legislature,  and  to  avoid 
every  Thing  which  might  tend  to  widen  the  unhappy  Dif- 
ferences subsisting  betv/een  Great  Britain  and  her  Col- 
onies, shall,  on  our  Part,  be  carefully  attended  to,  and  we 
return  you  our  hearty  Thanks  for  your  Assurances  of 
chearfully  co-operating  in  every  Measure  proposed  for 
His  Majesty's  Service,  or  the  public  Welfare. 

Signed  by  Order  of  the  House, 

Peter  Kemble,  Speaker. 

Council  Chamber, 

October  i8,  1769. 

To  which  his  Excellency  was  pleased  to  return  the  fol- 
lowing Answer. 
Gentlenien, 

Be  pleased  to  accept  my  best  Thanks  for  this  Address. 
I  receive  with  great  Satisfaction  your  Approbation  of  my 
Conduct,  and  have  the  firmest  Reliance  upon  the  Assur- 
ances you  give  me. 

To  His  Excellency  William  Franklin,  Esq;  Captain 
General,  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  in  and 
over  the  Colony  of  Neiv-Jersey,  and  Territories 
thereon  depending  in  America,  Chancellor  and  Vice 
Admiral  in  the  same,  &c. 

The  humble  Address  of  the  Representatives  of  the  said 
Colony,  in  General  Assembly  convened. 
May  it  please  your  Excellency. 
We  His  Majesty's  dutiful  and  loyal  Subjects,  the  Rep- 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  543 

resentatives  of  the  Colony  of  Nezv-Jersey,  in  General  As- 
sembly met,  beg  Leave  to  return  your  Excellency  our 
hearty  Thanks  for  your  favourable  Speech. 

As  no  material  Inconvenience  to  the  Colony  seems  to 
have  attended  the  Delay,  we  thank  your  Excellency  for 
postponing  calling  the  Assembly  to  a  Time  convenient  to 
our  private  Affairs. 

The  Pains  your  Excellency  has  taken,  in  so  strongly 
representing  to  His  Majesty's  Ministers,  the  great  public 
Utility  you  apprehended  would  attend  the  immediately 
issuing  a  Sum  of  Money,  in  Bills  of  Credit,  on  Loan, 
merits  our  warmest  Acknowledgments ;  and  convinces  us 
of  your  good  Intentions,  respecting  a  Measure  so  gener- 
ally desired  by  the  good  People  of  this  Colony.  The 
Terms  proposed  by  His  Majesty's  IMinisters,  appear  to  be 
particularly  hard :  We  shall,  however,  give  the  Matter 
our  most  serious  Consideration;  and  if  any  Expedient 
can  be  devised,  by  which  a  Loan  Office  Bill  may  be  ob- 
tained, so  as  to  answer  the  desired  Purposes  of  a  Cur- 
rency, without  Inconveniencies  that  will  over-ballance  the 
Good  that  can  be  expected,  we  shall  most  heartily  embrace 
it. 

The  Settling  a  Boundary  Line,  between  the  Indians  and 
the  British  Northern  Colonies,  was,  undoubtedly,  an  Ob- 
ject worthy  of  His  Majesty's  Attention;  and  it  is  very 
satisfactory  to  this  House  that  your  Excellency,  with  Mr. 
Chief  Justice,  attended  the  Conference  at  Fort  Stanwix, 
which  has  given  the  Indians  an  Opportunity  of  testifying 
their  Sense  of  the  Justice  of  this  Colony  towards  them, 
by  complimenting  your  Excellency  with  the  Name  of 
Sagorighwiyggstha,  or  the  great  Arbiter  or  Doer  of 
Justice. 

The  Robbery  of  the  public  Treasury  at  Amhoy,  is  a 
Matter  of  Importance  to  this  Province;    and  it  gives  us 


544  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

great  Concern,  that,  tho'  so  long  a  Time  hath  elapsed,  no 
Discovery  is  yet  made  of  the  atrocious  Perpetrators  of  that 
Villainy.  Satisfied  however,  of  the  early  Care  of  Govern- 
ment, and  of  your  Excellency's  particular  Endeavours  in 
that  Respect,  we  shall  proceed  to  examine  the  Papers  re- 
lating thereto,  laid  before  us  by  your  Excellency,  together 
with  every  other  particular  that  may  come  to  our  Knowl- 
edge; and,  with  all  possible  Attention,  and  in  faithful 
Discharge  of  the  Trust  reposed  in  us,  do  what  shall  appear 
to  us  consistent  with  the  strictest  Impartiality  and  public 
Justice;  not  doubting  your  Excellency's  Readiness  to 
comply  with  any  Expedient  that  may  be  suggested,  which 
may  have  a  Tendency  to  secure  the  Colony  from  the  like 
Disaster  in  future. 

As  the  Representatives  of  the  People  of  this  Colony, 
have  always  chearfully  supported  this  His  Majesty's  Gov- 
ernment, we  shall  not  be  wanting,  on  our  Parts,  to  make 
suitable  Provision  for  that  Purpose,  and  shall  pay  all  due 
Regard  to  the  other  Parts  of  your  Excellency's  Speech. 

Your  Excellency's  Declaration,  that  there  are  the 
strongest  Reasons  to  expect  the  late  Duty  Acts  will  be 
repealed  in  the  ensuing  Session  of  Parliament,  affords 
great  Pleasure  to  us.  We  hope  no  Transaction  of  this 
House,  will,  in  the  least,  tend  to  widen  or  continue  the 
unhappy  Differences  subsisting  between  Great  Britain  and 
the  Colonies,  and  sincerely  wish  a  Re-establishment  of  that 
mutual  Confidence  and  Affection,  so  essential  to  the  Glory 
and  Safety  of  the  whole  British  Empire,  and  shall  not  fail 
to  promote  such  a  Disposition  with  Respect  to  this  Colony, 
by  all  Means  consistent  with  our  Duty  to  our  Constituents, 
and  a  due  Regard  to  our  just  Rights  and  Privileges. 

Seeing  the  happy  Effects,  we  are  convinced  of  the  many 
Advantages  derived  from  a  perfect  Harmony  subsisting 
between  the  different  Branches  of  the  Leo-islature,  in  trans- 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  545 

acting  the  public  Business.  Nothing,  on  our  Parts,  shall 
be  wanting,  to  promote  so  good  a  Purpose,  and  we  hope 
our  Conduct,  on  all  Occasions,  will  demonstrate  a  Dispo- 
sition most  chearfully  to  co-operate  with  your  Excellency 
in  whatever  may  conduce  to  the  general  Welfare. 
Signed  by  Order  of  the  House, 

Cortland  Skinner,  Speaker. 
October  17,  1769. 

His  Excellency's  Answer. 

Gentlemen, 

I  Heartily  thank  you  for  this  Address.  The  Ac- 
knowledgments and  Satisfaction  you  have  expressed,  and 
the  Assurance  you  have  given,  respecting  the  several  Mat- 
ters mentioned  in  my  Speech,  afiford  me  particular  Pleas- 
ure, as  they  indicate  a  Disposition  the  most  likely  to  be 
productive  of  Advantage  to  your  Country. 

[figure  of  stage  coach  drawn  by  four  horses.] 
To  the  Public. 

A  new  Stage  is  now  erected  by  Joseph  Crane,  and 
Josiah  F.  Davenport,  to  go  from  New-York  to  PJiiladel- 
phia,  by  Way  of  Powles-Hook,  which  sets  out  every  Tues- 
day Morning,  by  Way  of  Coryell's  Ferry. — The  New 
York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  1399,  October  23, 
1769. 

To  the  Gentlemen  of  the  Coniniittee  of  Merchants  of 
Nezv-York. 

Burlington,  20th  Oct.  1769. 
Gentlemen, 
By  Order  of  the  House  of  Assembly,  now  sitting  at  this 

35 


546  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [^7^9 

Place,  I  enclose  you  a  Resolve  made  on  the  i8th  Instant, 
as  a  Testimony  of  their  Approbation  of  your  Conduct. 
I  am.  Gentlemen, 

Your  very  humble  Servant, 

Cortland  Skinner,  Speaker 
of  the  House  of  Assembly  of  New-Jersey. 

House  of  Assembly  of  New-Jersey, 

Wednesday,  Oct.  i8th,  1769. 
Upon  Motion  made.  Resolved  Nemine  Contradicente, 
That  the  Thanks  of  this  House  be  given  to  the  Mer- 
chants and  Traders  of  this  Colony,  and  of  the  Colonies  of 
New- York  and  Pennsylvania,  for  their  disinterested  and 
public  spirited  Conduct  in  witholding  their  Importations  of 
British  Merchandize,  until  certain  Acts  of  Parlament,  lay- 
ing Restrictions  on  American  Commerce,  for  the  express 
Purpose  of  raising  a  Revenue  in  America,  be  repealed, 
And  that  Mr.  Speaker  be  directed  to  write  to  the  respec- 
tive Committees  of  Merchants  in  said  Colonies,  trans- 
mitting them  a  Copy  of  this  Resolve. 

A  true  Copy, 

Richard  Smith,  Clerk  of  the  Assembly. 

Nezv-York,  October  26.  On  Sunday  last,  a  Messenger 
from  Shrewsbury  came  to  Town  with  the  following  mel- 
ancholy Account,  viz.  That  on  Friday  Evening  last,  the 
Wind  being  Southerly  and  moderate,  and  the  Weather 
having  been  some  Time  very  thick  and  foggy,  The  Live 
Oak,  a  fine  large  Sloop,  belonging  to  Mr.  Jacobus  Van 
Zant,  of  this  City  Merchant,  Capt.  Foy,  Master,  from 
Spanish  St.  Domingo,  bound  in  to  this  Port,  being  nearer 
the  Land  than  they  imagined,  had  the  Misfortune  to  run 
a  ground  on  Squan  Beach,  a  little  to  the  Westward  of 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  547 

Shrewsbury  Inlet,  where  the  Vessel,  being  deeply  laden, 
and  a  large  Swell  from  the  Sea,  setting  righ  on  upon  the 
Beach,  in  a  few  Thumps  the  Vessel  went  all  to  Pieces,  and 
was  intirely  lost,  with  all  her  Cargo,  which  was  very  val- 
uable, consisting  of  Sugars,  Mahogany,  &c.  and  upwards 
of  20000  Dollars  in  Specie;  and  of  the  People — 4  only 
escaped  with  Life,  viz.  the  Mate,  two  Seamen  and  a  Span- 
ish Merchant,  who  were  cast  ashore  on  the  Beach,  where 
they  found  themselves  next  Morning,  but  could  give  no 
Account  how  they  got  there:  They  were  terribly  bruised 
and  mangled,  especially  the  Merchant,  who  was  stark 
naked,  had  his  Flesh  miserably  torne,  and  by  lying  so  long- 
in  the  Water,  turn'd  pale,  resembling  that  of  a  dead  Corps, 
and  scarce  any  Skin  left  on  his  Back  :  The  rest  of  the  Peo- 
ple, 14  in  number  were  all  unfortunately  drown'd,  among 
whom  was  Mr.  Campbel,  Super  Cargo  of  the  Vessel, 
Nephew  to  Mr.  Van  Zant,  a  young  Gentleman  of  whom 
his  Friends  had  great  Expectations,  of  an  amiable  Char- 
acter, highly  esteem'd,  and  much  lamented  by  all  that 
knew  him,  also  the  Family  of  the  unhappy  Spanish  Mer- 
chant, (consisting  of  his  Wife,  his  Son,  about  8  Years  of 
Age,  and  his  Daughter  a  young  Lady  of  about  16  or  17) 
who  is  by  this  distressing  Stroke  of  Providence  at  once 
deprived  of  all  his  Fortune  and  Family.  We  expect  a 
more  particular  Account  of  this  melancholy  Event,  on  the 
return  of  Mr.  Van  Zant,  who  Yesterday  set  out  for 
Shrewsbury. — The  Nezv  York  Jonrnal  or  General  Adver- 
tiser, No.  1399,  October  26,  1769. 

A  List  of  Letters  reiuainiiig  in  the  Post-Oifice,  Phil- 
adelphia. 
tt       B.     Jos.    Brown,    Huntingdon    County.    West-Jersey; 
Richard  Brown,  Salem,  N.  Jersey. 
C.     Hugh  Creighton,  Haddonfield. 


548  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL   DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

H.  Jane  Hartley,  Salem;  Ebenezer  Hopkins,  Had- 
donfield. 

L.     James  Lackey,  Salem. 

M.  John  Morrow,  Arthur  Molholland  (2)  Jersey; 
John  Murphy,  Haddonfield. 

O.     Isaac  Oakford,  Glass-house. 

T.  Benjamin  Tanner,  Hopewell,  N.  Jersey;  John 
Throp,  Burlington  County. 

Philadelphia,  October  26. 
Captain  Ashmead  from  Lisbon,  about  40  Leagues  from 
our  Capes,  spoke  with  Captain  Gilpin,  in  a  Brig  from  this 
Port  for  St.  Christophers,  two  Days  out,  all  well. 

September  30,  1769. 
Twenty  Dollars  Reward,  for  taking  up  and  deliver- 
ing to  his  master,  at  Elizabeth-Town,  a  Negroe  man  slave, 
named  Britt,  this  country  born,  about  30  years  of  age, 
near  6  feet  high,  a  well  set  fellow;  or  Ten  Dollars  will  be 
given,  if  taken  up  and  secured  in  Northampton  goal,  so 
that  his  master,  the  Subscriber,  may  have  him  again;  he 
was  formerly  the  property  of  Nathaniel  Salmon  of  Spring- 
field, in  the  borough  of  Elizabeth,  Essex  county,  and  prov- 
ince of  New  Jersey,  who  was  taken  in  execution  by  Will- 
iam Barnett,  Sheriff  of  said  borough  and  county,  and  was 
sold  at  public  vendue,  for  the  benefit  of  said  Salmon's 
creditors,  unto  the  Subscriber,  and  is  supposed  to  be  taken 
'off  by  his  former  master,  and  gone  to  Lahnawanack  or 
Wyoming,  as  he  was  seen,  with  said  Salmon,  travelling 
on  that  road.  These  are  therefore  to  warn  all  persons 
from  harbouring,  entertaining,  or  buying  said  Negroe,  on 
their  peril,  as  they  may  depend,  on  being  prosecuted,  as 
the  law  directs  (in  such  cases)  for  detaining,  or  keeping- 
said  slave  from  his  master's  service. — The  Pennsylvania 
Gazette,  No.  213 1,  October  26,  lySg. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  549 

By  Capt.  Alexander  from  North-Carolina,  we  learn 
that  in  the  gale  of  the  7th  and  8th  of  September  last — five 
vessels  were  lost  at  Ocracock  Bar,  one  a  Sloop  Capt.  La- 
vigne  belonging  to  this  Port,  which  sunk  at  her  anchor  and 
every  person  drowned,  the  Capt.  was  found  25  miles  from 
the  place  with  his  arm  broke,  one  a  Schooner  belongmg  to 
New  York,  or  Egg-Harbour,  loaded  with  shingles,  was 
overset  and  the  people  drowned ;  one  a  sloop  belonging  to 
New- York 

Last  week  a  man  that  lived  about  30  miles  from  hence, 
in  New-Jersey,  in  a  fit  of  jealousy  killed  his  wife,  by  shoot- 
ing her  in  the  shoulder,  and  afterwards  beating  her  head 
with  the  butt  of  the  gun;  then  chusing  to  save  the  sheriff 
the  trouble,  hanged  himself. 

To  the  Creditors  of  Jopin  Budd, 

Gentlemen, 

I  AM  sorry  to  inform  you  that  there  is  no  likelihood  of 
your  receiving  any  part  of  your  money,  unless  you  permit 
me  to  come  and  reside  in  New-Jersey,  and  take  my  affairs 
into  my  own  hands;  I  therefore  propose  to  petition  the 
legislative  body  of  that  province,  for  an  act  to  authorize 
me  so  to  do,  at  the  present  sitting  of  the  Assembly,  and 
make  no  doubt  but  it  will  be  agreeable  to  you.  Believe  me. 
Gentlemen,  in  this  proposal  I  consult  your  interest  more 
than  my  own,  as  I  am  now  agreeably  situated  in  a  prov- 
ince where  my  person  and  property  is  safe :  The  only 
motive  that  induces  me  to  act  in  this  manner  is  the  pleas- 
ure of  taking  the  money  out  of  the  hands  of  those  that 
have  so  long  unjustly  detained  it,  and  paying  my  just 
debts;  I  am  so  far  from  fearing  any  opposition,  that  I 
make  bold  to  request  the  favour  of  you  to  use  your  inter- 
ests to  procure  the  said  act 


55P  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

I  am,  with  the  greatest  respects,  your  very  humble  Ser- 
vant, 

John  Budd. 

Run-away  from  the  subscriber,  hving  in  Princeton, 
an  Irish  servant  lad,  named  Peter  Murphy  about  i6 
years  of  age,  5  feet  three  or  four  inches  high,  fair  com- 
plexion, with  light  brown  hair,  somewhat  inclining  to 
curl :  Had  on  and  took  with  him,  a  coarse  dark  coloured 
vest,  a  red  and  white  striped  ditto,  an  old  felt  hat,  ozna- 
brigs  shirt,  two  trowsers,  and  a  pair  of  buff  stocking 
breeches.  Whoever  takes  up  and  secures  said  lad  within 
this  province,  shall  be  entitled  to  a  reward  of  thirty 
shillings;  or  if  out  of  the  province  three  pounds,  and 
all  reasonable  charges,  paid  by 

Jonathan  Baldwin. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1403,  October  26, 
1769. 

List  of  Letters  remaining  in  tlie  Post-OfUcc  at  Trenton. 

A.  Miss  Esther  Ashton,  Summerseat,  near  Trenton. 
James  Anderson,  Monmouth  County. 

B.  Samuel  Boyd,  East-Jersey.  Patrick  Brown,  near 
New  Germanto'wn.  John  Boulby,  Sussex  County.  Charles 
Baker,  Trenton. 

C.  Hugh  Creighton,  Gloucester  County.  Joseph 
Chambers,  near  Trenton.  Edward  Cooper,  Hopewell. 
John  Cary,  Mindum.  John  Campble,  Cranbury.  Benja- 
min Cooper,  Esq;  Hibernia  Furnace. 

D.  Edward  Dwyer,  near  Brooks  Mills. 

E.  John  Edwards,  Bordentown. 

F.  Samuel  Forman,  Monmouth  County.  Robert 
Fitzsummons,  to  the  care  of  James  Anderson.  William 
Furguson,  Burlington  County.  Mary  Fitzgerald,  Maid- 
enhead. ■ 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  551 

H.  Rutus  Hooper,  near  Trenton.  3  Samuel  Henry, 
ditto.  Mrs.  Catharina  Hay,  ditto.  2  Thomas  Hunter, 
Hunterdon  county.  John  Holms,  Freehold.  Nathan 
Hixon,  Amwell. 

J.  2  John  Johnston,  West  New-Jersey.  Lanclot 
Jacqus,  ditto.    John  Jameson,  Monmouth  County. 

K.  Henry  Kitchen,  Amwell.  Samuel  Kitchen,  ditto. 
Samuel  Kar,  Crambury. 

L.  Thomas  Liken.  Joseph  Liken,  Sussex  County. 
Thomas  Lelan,  to  the  care  of  Doct.  Newall.  Alexander 
Lease,  Hunterdon  County.  Doct.  Peter  La  Conte,  East 
New-Jersey.  2  Mrs.  Mary  Lee,  otherwise  Welch,  New- 
Jersey. 

M.  Neil  M'Gill,  Trenton.  John  M'Cormach,  Cram- 
bury.  2  James  M'Call,  near  Allen's  Town,  John  Murphy, 
Gloucester  County.  Thomas  Mondy,  Bordentown. 
George  Meurphew,  Trenton.  Adam  M'Clogan,  Union 
Iron  Works.  Richard  Matchet,  Shrewsbury.  Daniel 
Moore,  Pennington. 

O.     Messrs.  Peter  Oliver,  sen.  and  jun.  Trenton. 

O.  Alexander  Quaw,  Monmouth  County,  John  Ouin, 
Hunterdon  County. 

R.  Charles  Robertson,  Maidenhead.  Andrew  Reed, 
Freehold.  Samuel  Rogers,  Croswick,  2  Mrs.  Grace  Reed, 
Allen  Town.     Richard  Rownsaver,  Hunterdon. 

S.  Benjamin  Llabinson,  Smith,  Trenton  Gaol.  Doug- 
hald  Smith,  New  Town  East  Jersey.  John  Severn,  xA.m- 
well.  Nehemiah  Sexton,  Trenton.  Mrs.  Sarah  Stevens, 
Trenton.     Mrs.  Stevens,  Maidenhead. 

T.  James  Taylor,  Middletown.  Thomas  .Thomas, 
Trenton. 

V.  Peter  Van  Horn,  East-Jersey.  John  Van  Horn, 
ditto. 

W.     George  Wilson,  Trenton.      Robert  Wadel,  Som- 


552  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

merset  County.    James  Wilson,  Trenton. — The  Pennsyl- 
vania Chronicle,  No.  147,  October  2,0-Noveniber  6,  1767. 

New-York,  October  30.  The  Sloop  Live  Oak,  Capt. 
Foy,  of  this  Port,  inward  bound  from  St.  Domingo,  in 
thick  fogg  Weather,  had  the  Misfortune  to  run  aground 
on  Squan  Beach,  a  little  to  the  Westward  of  Shrewsbury 
Inlet,  and  having  2600  Bushels  of  Salt,  some  large  Logs 
of  Mahogany,  and  a  considerable  Sum  of  Money  on  board, 
in  about  nine  Hours  she  beat  to  Pieces,  by  which  melan- 
choly Accident  the  following  Persons  were  drowned,  viz. 
Richard  Foy,  Master;  John  Campbell,  Supercargo,  (a 
promising  young  Gentleman,  of  an  amiable  Character, 
Nephew  to  Mr.  Jacobus  Van  Zandt,  O'wner  of  the  Vessel) 
Joseph  Haynes,  Henry  Williams,  John  Sample,  and  John 
Lahay,  Seamen;  John  Abbit,  James  Sands,  a  German  and 
his  Wife,  another  married  Woman,  with  her  Daughter  of 
18,  and  her  Son  of  9  Years  old.  Passengers;  and  a  Negro 
Boy  belonging  to  Mr.  Campbell.  The  mate,  Robert  Hog, 
with  Joshua  Mariner,  and  Cornelius  Thompson,  Seamen, 
got  ashore  on  some  of  the  Plank  of  the  Vessel,  as  did  also 
a  German,  Husband  to  one  of  the  Women,  and  Father  to 
the  young  Woman  and  Boy  that  were  drowned,  on  the 
Bows. 

The  Bodies  of  the  Capt.  and  Mr.  Campbell,  as  also  of  10 
more  were  taken  up  on  the  Beach,  and  decently  buried. 

In  May  last  was  taken  up  by  the  subscriber,  living  at 
Hackinsack,  a  spar  of  about  70  feet  long;  and  in  Septem- 
ber took  up  a  new  mast  of  a  sloop :  Whoever  will  prove 
their  property  before  the  first  of  January  next,  and  pay 
charges,  they  may  have  them  again,  by  applying  to  Adam 
Bense.  If  not  claimed  before  that  time,  they  will  then  be 
sold  to  pay  charges. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  553 

Ogdens,  Laight,  &  Comp^. 

At  Vesuvius  Furnace 

In  Newark,  East  New-Jersey, 

Makes  all  kinds  of  hollow  ware,  and  other  castings 
usually  made  at  air  furnaces ;  such  as  forge  hammers  and 
anvils,  pots,  kettles,  griddles,  pyepans  of  various  sizes, 
potash  kettle  and  sugar  boilers,  calcining  plates,  plain  and 
ornamental  chimney  backs,  jaumb  and  hearth  plates  neatly 
fitting  each  other,  Bath  stoves  for  burning  coal,  iron  stoves 
for  work-shops  and  ship  cabbins,  Dutch  and  perpetual 
ovens,  boiling  plates,  boxes  for  carriages  of  all  kinds  and 
sizes,  half  hundred  and  smaller  weights.  As  their  metal 
is  of  the  best  quality,  and  the  construction  of  their  furnace, 
manner  of  working  and  moulding  the  most  improved; 
their  ware  is  equal  if  not  superior  to  any  made  in  America 
or  imported;  particularly  the  metal  for  hammers  and 
anvils  for  forges  is  excellently  well  tempered,  and  found 
on  repeated  trials  to  be  in  general  superior  to  English 
hammers,  &c. 

Any  person  wanting  any  of  the  above  articles,  may  have 
them  from  either  Edward  Laight,  at  his  store  in  New- 
York,  near  Cowfoot  Hill,  or  of  James  Abeel,  near  Coen- 
ties  Market,  or  of  Gabriel  and  Lewis  Ogden,  at  the  fur- 
nace in  Newark,  New-Jersey,  castings  of  any  particular 
kind  may  be  made  by  applying  to  any  of  the  above  per- 
sons. 

N.  B.  Bar  iron  will  be  taken  in  payment  for  hammers 
and  anvils,  at  market  price. — The  Nezv  York  Gametic  and 
Weekly  Mercury,  No.  940,  October  30,  1769. 

To  Be  Sold, 
A  Boat  of  about  nine  Cords  burthen,  belonging  to  the 
Estate  of  Robert  Plume,  late  of  Newark,  deceased,  in  good 
Repair,  and  is  remarkable  for  going  well,  and  drawing  but 


5  54  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

little  Water.  Any  Person  or  Persons  inclining  to  pur- 
chase, may  see  the  same,  and  know  the  Terms  by  applying 
to  Rufiis  Crane ^  near  Rosevelt's  Dock,  in  Nezv-York,  or 
James  Wheeler,  of  Ncivark,  who  sails  in  her.  A  good 
Title  will  be  given  by 

Deborah  Plume,  Widozv  and  Administratrix. 
- — The  New  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1400,  October  30,  1769. 

The  several  Latitudes  lately  so  accurately  ascertained, 
have  been  taken  by  two  x\stronomical  Quadrants,  and  a 
Sector  of  six  Feet  and  Half  Radius,  viz.    .... 

^Deg.  "Min.  "Sec. 
Latitude  at  the  Light-House  on  Sandy- 
Hook,  40.  27.  40 
The  above  taken  in  the  Months  of  August,  September, 
and  October  1769,  by  one  of  his  Majesty's  established 
Engineers,  and  two  Gentlemen  from  Pennsylvania. — TJie 
Nezv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No.  1400,  No- 
vember 2,  1769. 

Arrived  at  Antigua.  Captain  Tallman,  from  Perth- 
Amboy. 

Ten  Dollars  Reward 
Stolen  from  John  Dusinbery,  of  Alexandria,  in  Hun- 
terdon county.  West  New-Jersey,  in  the  night  of  the  13th 
of  October  last,  a  chestnut  sorrel  mare,  7  years  old,  near 
15  hands  high,  with  a  blaze  down  her  forehead,  her  tail 
docked  very  long,  has  a  mark  round  her  near  leg,  above 
the  knee,  made  with  a  rope  by  going  knee  banded,  some- 
what galled  about  her  breast,  with  a  chair  collar,  and  is  a 
natural  pacer;  supposed  to  be  stolen  by  a  middle  sized 
man,  that  wore  a  light  blue  coat,  red  jacket,  and  dark  col- 
oured breeches.     Whoever  takes  up  the  mare  and  thief, 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  5  55 

and  secures  them,  so  that  the  owner  may  have  the  mare, 
and  the  thief  be  brought  to  justice,  shall  have  the  above 
reward,  or  Six  Dollars  for  the  mare  only,  with  reasonable 
charges,  paid  by  me  John  Dusinbery. 

— TJic  Peiinsyhania  Gazette,  No.  2132,  November  2, 
1769- 

Cnstom-House,  Entered  In. 
Schooner  Nelly,  F.  Cohvcll  to  Ainboy. — The  Pennsyl- 
vania Journal,  No.  1404,  November  2,  1769. 

Whereas  Deborah,  the  wife  of  John  Farnsworth, 
late  of  Philipsburg,  in  the  county  of  Sussex,  West  New- 
Jersey,  hath  for  some  time  past  behaved  herself  to  me  her 
husband  in  a  shameful  and  unbecoming  manner,  did  on 
the  sixteenth  day  of  October,  elope  and  abscond  from  her 
bed  and  board  to  the  house  of  a  certain  Nathan  Levy,  a 
Jew,  in  the  aforesaid  town  of  Philipsburg,  shop-keeper, 
and  privately  took  with  her  considerable  of  my  effects,  and 
says  she  likes  the  said  Levy  better  than  me,  and  that  she 
intends  to  live  with  him,  as  he  will  maintain  her  as  a 
gentlewoman  :  I  have  waited  on  Mr.  Levy  respecting  the 
affair,  from  whom  I  have  received  no  other  satisfaction 
than  insolent  language,  threatening  me  to  let  her  have 
credit  on  my  account  to  the  amount  of  50I.  or  whatever 
sum  he  sees  cause,  and  says  he  will  oblige  me  to  pay  the 
same  if  I  am  not  very  silent  in  the  matter,  &c.  These  are 
therefore  to  forwarn  all  persons  from  trusting  her  on  my 
account,  as  I  will  pay  no  debts  of  her  contracting  from  the 
date  hereof,  and  also  to  forwarn  all  persons  from  harbour- 
ing her,  or  detaining  or  secreting  my  goods,  on  pain  of 
being  prosecuted  as  the  law  directs. 

John  Farnsworth. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.   1405,  November 

s,  1769- 


556  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

Maryland,  Octo.  25,  1769. 
Whereas  charters  have  lately  been  granted  in  the  prov- 
inces of  Nev^-York,  New  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania,  by 
which  the  Episcopal  clergy,  with  sundry  respectable  and 
worthy  gentlemen  of  the  laity  in  those  provinces  are 
erected  into  a  corporation,  for  the  relief  of  the  distressed 
widows,  of  the  clergy  in  the  communion  of  the  church  of 
England  in  America.  The  clergy  of  Maryland  are  hereby 
requested  to  meet  on  the  third  Wednesday  in  November 
next,  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Samuel  Middleton  in  Annapolis, 
in  order  to  consider  and  agree  upon  a  plan,  and  to  apply 
to  the  legislature  for  a  charter  to  establish  a  society,  for 
the  same  excellent  charity,  within  this  province. — The 
Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  148,  Novenihcr  6-13,  1769. 

Mr.  Gaine, 

By  publishing  the  inclosed,  you  will  oblige  at  least  a 
dozen  of  your  readers,  and  particularly 

Your  humble  servant, 

H.  A. 

In  Mr.  Parker's  paper  of  October  23d,  were  published 
some  very  abusive  reflections  upon  the  venerable  Society 
for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  Parts,  dated 
at  Pownalborough,  Sept.  i8th,  1769;  upon  which  I  beg 
leave  to  make  a  few  brief  remarks. 

The  writer  begins  with  telling  us,  that  upon  the  con- 
quest of  Canada,  and  its  being  confirmed  to  us  by  treaty, 
"a  door  was  opened  to  extend  true  protestant  principles, 
among  our  French  fellow-subjects,  and  the  Indians,  who 
had  been  under  their  influence."  This  is  not  denied;  and 
the  consideration  of  it  must  give  "great  pleasure  to  the 
friends  of  (I  will  not  say  with  him,  Religion  in  general, 
but  of  the  Protestant)  religion,  which  it  is  hoped  will 
in  due  time  be  introduced  through  this  door.  You  see  then 
that  in  this  point  we  are  nearly  agreed. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  557 

But  he  goes  on  to  observe  and  insinuate,  as  follows : 
"Generous  efforts  were  made  in  the  province  of  Massa- 
chusetts-Bay, to  propagate  the  gospel  among  the  Indians; 
and  it  will  not  soon  be  forgot  how  that  noble  design  be- 
came abortive."  Would  not  one  from  hence  imagine,  that 
a  design  had  been  formed  by  the  province  of  Massachu- 
setts-Bay, to  propagate  the  gospel  amongst  the  Indians  in 
Canada?  And  yet  there  is  not  the  least  evidence  that  such 
a  scheme  was  ever  thought  of  by  that  province.  Indeed 
we  learn  from  Dr.  Chauncy,  that  upon  the  conclusion  of 
the  late  war,  the  people  of  Massachusetts  made  a  contribu- 
tion for  the  support  of  two  missionaries  and  a  school- 
master among  the  Mohawks.  But  sending  two  mission- 
aries among  the  Mohawks  can  hardly  be  said  to  be  a  "gen- 
erous effort  to  propagate  the  "gospel"  in  Canada,  where, 
as  is  well  known,  there  are  no  Mohawks.  The  Doctor  also 
tells  us  of  a  farther  design  of  makingf  provision  for  the 
standing  support  of  such  missionaries,  and  informs  us  that 
a  conditional  subscription  was  brought  forward  with  that 
view,  and  that  an  incorporating  act  was  prepared  and 
passed  in  that  province,  and  sent  home  for  the  royal  sanc- 
tion, but  that  it  met  with  a  negative.  But  it  does  not  ap- 
pear from  the  Doctor's  account,  that  the  object  of  this 
charitable  scheme  was  any  thing  more,  than  the  conver- 
sion of  the  single  tribe  of  Mohawks. 

The  writer  from  Pownalhoroiigh  complains  in  this  case 
of  a  disappointment,  and  says,  "it  will  not  soon  be  forgot 
how  that  noble  design  became  abortive,"  and  the  Doctor 
insinuates  that  the  abortion  was  procured  by  Episcopal 
influence,  meaning,  as  he  farther  explains  himself,  the  in- 
fluence of  some  of  the  Bishops  and  of  the  Society  for  the 
propagation  of  the  gospel.  Such  a  charge  or  insinuation 
ought  never  to  have  been  made,  without  proper  evidence 
to  support  it;   much  less  ought  it  to  be  repeated,  after  full 


5  58  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

evidence  has  been  given  to  the  contrary.  The  late  Arch- 
bishop, whose  name  on  that  occasion  was  mentioned  with 
peciiHar  mahgnity,  declared  in  a  letter  dated  Oct.  1762, 
in  the  following  words :  "The  plan  as  presented,  was 
liable  to  several  objections;  particularly  that  the  members 
were  to  be  accountable  only  to  themselves.  However  the 
society  Made  No  Opposition  To  It."  And  Mr.  Ap- 
thorp,  who  is  also  a  member  of  the  society,  has  said  more 
explicitly,  in  answer  to  Dr.  Mayhew :  'T  can  affirm,  on 
very  good  authority,  that  neither  the  Society  nor  any 
Episcopalians,  as  such,  opposed  the  act  of  the  Boston  as- 
sembly for  the  purpose  here  mentioned.  It  was  rejected 
merely  on  political  and  commercial  reasons,  which  arose 
from  the  manner  of  drawing  it  up,  and  were  represented 
by  the  board  of  trade  to  the  privy  council,  who  unani- 
mously disapproved  it,  when  there  was  not  one  Bishop 
present;  as  appears  from  the  council-books."  As  these 
exculpations  of  the  Bishops  and  the  Society  have  been  re- 
peatedly published  in  America,*  it  must  argue  great  per- 
versness  in  any  american  writer,  or  an  inexcusable  ignor- 
ance of  his  subject,  to  urge  now  this  baffled  abusive  mis- 
representation of  such  venerable  persons  and  of  such  a  re- 
spectable body. 

But  says  he :  "It  was  reasonable  to  suppose,  that  the 
Society  for  propagating  the  gospel,  who  had  been  so  lib- 
eral of  their  missionaries  in  New-England,  would  send  a 
few  to  Canada."  I  doubt  not  of  the  Societys  Inclination 
to  send  Missioners  to  Canada,  and  to  propagate  the  pure 
religion  of  the  gospel,  not  only  there,  but  through  all  the 
regions  of  the  earth,  wherever  it  is  needful,  if  they  had  it 
in  their  power. 

As  to  Canada  in  particular,  most  people  think  it  to  be 
the  imm.ediate  duty  of  the  government  to  make  provision 

*Seie  Dr.  Chandler's  Appeal  defended,  page  196. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  5  59 

for  the  propagation  of  the  protestant  reHgion  there;  and 
whether  this,  which  is  the  work  of  time,  is  not  intended 
by  the  government,  is  more  than  is  hkely  to  be  known  in 
P ozvnalborough.  But  supposing  the  case  to  be  otherwise, 
which  could  not  have  been  discovered  immediately,  it  can- 
not reasonably  be  expected  that  the  Society  should  have 
done  any  thing  considerable  there  as  yet.  The  engage- 
ments they  were  under,  before  it  could  be  foreseen  that 
Canada  would  be  ceded  to  the  british  crown,  required  more 
than  their  income  to  support;  and  no  addition  has  been 
made  to  their  funds,  to  enable  them  to  send  missionaries 
to  Canada.  Earnest  importunities  for  new  missions,  in 
places  where  they  are  allowed  on  all  hands  to  be  necessary, 
are  constantly  used;  and  such  missions  are  every  year 
opened,  in  order  to  support  which,  they  have  been  obliged 
to  shorten  the  allowance  formerly  made  to  the  old  ones. 
And  if  in  some  particular  places  salaries  are  allowed  where 
they  are  thought  by  the  enemies  of  the  church  not  to  be 
necessary,  yet  they  are  granted  or  continued  in  no  places, 
in  which  the  friends  of  the  church  do  not  think  them  to  be 
needful.  And  is  it  expected,  that  the  enemies  of  the 
church,  exclusively  of  its  friends,  should  be  consulted  by 
the  Society,  about  the  propriety  of  opening  or  continuing 
their  respective  missions? 

From  Canada  it  is  probable  that  no  applications  of  this 
kind  have  been  made  to  the  Society.  The  inhabitants  in 
general,  desire  none  of  their  assistance.  The  protestants 
in  that  country  are  but  few,  and  reside  chiefly,  if  not  alto- 
gether, in  the  two  cities  of  Montreal  and  Quebec;  in  which 
places  there  are  protestant  ministers,  I  mean  chaplains  to 
the  garrisons.  It  is  possible  that  other  protestant  clergy- 
men may  be  needed,  or  might  be  useful;  and  it  is  prob- 
able that  such  will  in  a  short  time  be  sent  by  the  Society, 
should  they  not  be  otherwise  provided.    It  is  evident  from 


560  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [17^9 

Mr.  Delisle's  letter,  which  the  Society  have  published,  that 
they  have  made  this  matter  the  subject  of  their  attention, 
that  they  have  already  entered  into  a  correspondence  re- 
lating to  the  religious  state  of  Canada,  and  that  they  are 
now  carefully  informing  themselves,  where,  and  in  what 
manner,  they  can  best  promote  the  protestant  interest  in 
the  country. 

Their  charitable  disposition  with  regard  to  Canada  may 
likewise  be  fairly  concluded,  from  what  they  have  done  in 
Nova-Scotia;  which  they  found,  a  few  years  ago,  to  be 
nearly  in  similar  circumstances,  having  scarce  any  protes- 
tants,  except  those  in  the  English  garrisons.  But  now, 
through  the  careful  attention  and  unremitting  Zeal  of  the 
Society  to  enlarge  the  borders  of  Protestantism,  a  proper 
foundation  is  laid  for  a  general  reformation  in  that  terri- 
tory; with  which  view  no  less  than  Thirteen  missionaries 
and  school  masters  are  supported,  at  the  yearly  expence 
of  £.  495  Sterling;  to  say  nothing  of  a  considerable  addi- 
tional expence  in  bibles,  testaments,  &c.  Ought  not  then 
this  writer  to  blush  for,  and  his  publishers  and  abettors  to 
be  ashamed  of,  his  ungenerous,  groundless  and  unright- 
eous reflections  upon  the  venerable  Society,  as  if  they  were 
wanting  in  Zeal  for  the  protestant  interest. 

As  to  what  he  says  relating  to  the  preachers  before  the 
Society,  that  they  are  "perpetually  ringing  changes  on  the 
necessity  of  a  Bishop  in  the  other  colonies."  It  is  below 
animadversion.  I  will  tell  him  however  foi  his  comfort, 
that  these  changes  will  continue  to  be  rung,  and  that  this 
object  will  be  perpetually  aimed  at,  until  the  desired  Epis- 
copate shall  be  granted;  which  we  hope,  and  doubt  not, 
to  obtain,  in  a  short  time  at  farthest. 

I  am  yours,  &c. 

ISAURICUS. 

Hackinsack,  October  26,  1769. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  56 1 

Whereas  Elizabeth  Marsh,  Wife  of  Joshua  Marsh,  of 
Ehzabeth-Town,  New-Jersey,  has  eloped  from  her  said 
Husband :  These  are  to  forewarn  all  Persons  from  enter- 
taining her  the  said  Elizabeth ;  and  also  from  trusting  her 
on  Account  of  the  Subscriber,  as  no  Debts  of  her  con- 
tracting will  be  paid  from  the  Date  hereof. 

Joshua  Marsh. 
— The  New  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
941,  November  6,  1769. 

This  is  to  desire  the  Creditors  of  John  Emly,  Insolvent, 
to  meet  the  first  Day  of  February,  at  the  House  of  Moses 
Robins,  in  Dover,  in  the  County  of  Monmouth,  and  Prov- 
ince of  East-New-Jersey,  and  bring  their  Accompts  with 
them,  that  they  may  be  examined,  and  each  Creditor  re- 
ceive his  Share  of  said  Estate,  agreeable  to  the  last  Insol- 
vent Act.^ 

October  21st,  1769. 

per  Aaron  Mattinson,  ) 

and  -  Assignees. 

John  Cook,        ' 

— The  Nezv  York  Cassette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1 40 1,  November  6,  1769. 

Three  Pounds  Reward 
Broke  out  of  the  goal  of  the  county  of  Gloucester,  in 
New-Jersey,  the  morning  of  the  30th  of  October  last,  a 
certain  Robert  Jones,  born  in  Ireland,  about  6  feet  high, 
strong  made,  has  a  rugged  look,  large  black  beard,  short 
black  curled  hair,  about  30  years  of  age,  round  shouldered, 
and  stoops  in  his  walk;  he  has  had  a  remarkably  bad  sore 
leg,  was  confined  for  house  lireaking,  and  is  galled  about 
his  ancles,  with  being  ironed ;  had  on,  when  he  went  away, 

1  For  a  sketch  of  Insolvent  Acts  pai^sed  by  the  Legislature,  1733-1770, 
see  N.  J.  Archives,  XXVII.,  3,  note. 

36 


562  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

a  black  jacket,  without  sleeves,  two  white  shirts,  long 
check  trowsers,  half  worn  shoes,  and  an  old  hat;  he  is  very 
fond  of  strong  drink.  Whoever  takes  up  the  said  Robert 
Jones,  and  secures  him  in  any  of  his  Majesty's  goals,  so 
that  he  may  be  brought  to  justice,  shall  have  the  above  re- 
ward, and  reasonable  charges,  paid  by  me 

Joseph  Hugg,  Sheriff. 

November  6.  We  hear  from  Westchester,  that  at  the 
Fair  held  there  last  Week,  a  Man  from  the  Jersies,  drank 
in  two  Hours,  17  Quarts  of  Cyder,  and  two  Quarts  of 
Rum,  and  to  keep  it  down,  eat  only  100  Cakes. 

Philadelphia,  November  9 
To  Cortland  Skinner,  Esq;  Speaker  of  the  Assembly 

of  New-Jersey, 
Sir, 

We  received  your  Letter  of  the  20th  Instant,  and  re- 
quest the  Favour  of  you,  to  lay  before  the  Honourable 
Representatives  of  the  Province  of  New-Jersey,^  the  high 
Sense  we  have  of  the  Honour  they  have  done  the  Mer- 
chants and  Traders  of  this  Province,  in  the  Vote  of  Thanks 
transmitted  to  us.  Such  an  Approbation  of  their  Conduct 
cannot  but  be  exceeding  grateful;  at  the  same  Time,  we 
hope,  it  will  be  serviceable  to  the  Cause  of  Liberty  in 
which  we  are  engaged,  by  stimulating  and  encouraging 
every  Lover  of  his  Country,  to  persevere  in  a  Measure 
calculated  to  procure  Redress  of  our  Grievances. 

When  the  Petitions  and  Memorials  of  the  Representa- 
tives of  the  Colonies,  in  Favour  of  the  Rights  and  Liber- 
ties of  America,  are  seconded  by  the  Endeavours  of  the 
People,  and  those  Endeavours  are  conducted  with  such 
Unanimity,  Peace,  good  Order,  and  Resolution,  as  to 
merit  the  Approbation  and  Thanks  of  the  Representatives 

1  See  p.  547,  ante. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  5^3 

in  Assembly  met,  there  is  the  greatest  Reason  to  hope, 
that,  notwithstanding  the  Attempts  of  arbitrary,  designing 
or  weak  Ministers,  the  united  Efforts  of  the  Colonies,  thus 
exerted,  will,  in  the  End,  be  crowned  with  Success,  and 
prove  effectual  in  securing  to  themselves,  and  their  Pos- 
terity, the  Blessing  of  Liberty,  and  the  Rights  of  Free- 
men, to  which  they  are  entitled  by  the  British  Constitu- 
tion. 

We  are,  zuith  much  Esteevi  and  Respect, 

Thy  assured  Friends,      Your  hunihle  Servants, 
William  Fisher,  Daniel  Benezet, 

Abel  James,  Alexander  Huston, 

Henry  Drinker,  John  Gibson, 

Samuel  Howell,  Charles  Thomson, 

George  Roberts.  John  Rhea, 

Joseph  Swift, 
James  Mease, 
William  West, 
J.  M.  Nesbit, 
Philad.  Oct.  27,  1769.  Tench  Francis, 

Robert  Morris. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Ga::ette,  No.  2133,  November 
9,  1769. 

To  be  sold  at  private  Sale, 
A  Valuable  plantation,  in  the  province  of  East-Jersey, 
Monmouth  county,  and  upper  Freehold  township,  con- 
sisting of  250  acres,  or  more;  about  100  acres  of  plow 
land,  and  30  of  meadow,  cleared;  lying  between  Imlay's 
Town  and  Allen's  Town.  Also  one  other  farm  in  West- 
Jersey,  Burlington  county,  Chesterfield  township,  contain- 
ing 120  acres,  or  more,  with  about  70  acres  of  cleared 
land,  twelve  of  which  is  meadow,  adjoining  Bordentown, 
very  commodiously  situated  for  a  gentleman's  seat.     One 


564  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

house  and  an  acre  of  ground  in  Kingston,  Summerset 
county,  which  is  now,  and  has  been  a  noted  tavern  for 
eighteen  years.  Also  the  noted  ferry  at  the  Narrows,  for- 
merly belonging  to  John  Watson.  Also  two  good  ferry 
boats,  three  negroes,  a  man,  woman,  and  a  boy  near  ten 
years  old.  Any  of  the  above  will  be  sold  reasonable,  and 
conditions  of  sale  easy  to  the  purchaser.  For  further  par- 
ticulars, enquire  of  William  Douglas,  living  on  Staten- 
Island,  at  the  ferry  opposite  New- York,  who  will  give  an 
indisputable  title  for  any  of  the  above  mentioned  lands. 

William  Douglas. 

There  is  now  in  the  Custody  of  John  Traile,  of  Eliza- 
beth-Town, New-Jersey,  a  small  Brown  Horse,  with  a 
Star  and  a  few  grey  Hairs  in  the  left  Wither.  He  was 
taken  from  a  certain  John  Gallaway,  who  is  now  in  our 
Goal  for  Theft,  who  says  he  found  him  on  the  King's 
Road,  near  Brunswick.  The  Owner  of  the  said  Horse, 
may  have  him  again  proving  his  Property,  and  paying 
Charges,  by  applying  to  the  above  mentioned 

John  Traile. 
— The  Nczv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Alercury,  No. 
942,  November  13,  1769. 

To  Be  Sold  At  Private  Sale. 
A  Very  good  Farm,  situate  on  Hackinsack  River, 
about  a  Mile  and  a  Half  from  Hackinsack  Town,  contain- 
ing 103  Acres,  5  Acres  whereof  is  excellent  Meadow,  and 
20  Acres  of  Woodland :  There  is  on  it  a  good  Dwelling- 
House,  new  Barn,  and  an  Orchard  of  150  Apple  Trees, 
with  many  other  valuable  Improvements.  The  Situation 
is  very  pleasant,  and  suitable  for  a  Gentleman's  Country 
Seat;  Fish  may  be  had  in  great  Plenty:  Besides  it  has 
the  Advantage  of  an  excellent  Landing'  for  Boats,  so  that 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  565 

they  may  come  near  the  House  at  Low-Water.  There  is  a 
Crop  of  Wheat  and  Rye  in  the  Ground.  Any  Person  in- 
clining to  purchase  said  Farm,  may  hear  farther  Particu- 
lars, by  applying  to  Abraham  Lott,  Esq ;  in  New-York,  or 
Lawrence  Van  Der  Hoof,  living  on  the  Premises,  who 
will  give  a  good  Title  for  the  same. — TJie  Nczv  York  Ga- 
zette or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No.  1402,  November  13,  1769. 

i^W^The  Public  are  cautioned  to  beivare  of  Counterfeit 
Nezv-Jersey  Tzvelve  Shilling  Bills,  dated  June  22,  1/36; 
they  are  done  witli  coninwn  printing  Types,  but  the  Arms 
very  badly  cut,  as  also  the  Leaf  on  the  Back;  the  Back  and 
Face  are  printed  on  tzvo  Pieces  of  Paper  pasted  together, 
not  so  thick  as  the  true  Bills,  and  appear  much  soiled,  to 
prevent  their  being  detected,  but  the  Number  and  Signers 
Names  seem  to  be  zvrote  zvith  the  same  Ink,  and  by  the 
same  Hand,  look  as  if  lately  done,  but  the  N^ames  not  in- 
telligible. 

On  Monday,  the  i^tJi  Instant,  died  at  Burlington,  in  tJie 
31st  Year  of  tier  Age,  Mrs.  Alice  Read,^  Wife  of  the 
Honourable  Charles  Read,  Esq;  and  on  Wednesday  fol- 
Iczving  her  Remains  zvere  decently  interred  in  the  Burying 
Ground  of  St.  Mary's  CJiurch;  the  Corpse  zvas  carried  to 
tJie  Grave  by  respectable  Housekeepers  of  tire  Place:  The 
Pall  zvas  supported  by  the  Gentlemen  of  Plis  Majesty's 
Council,  tJic  Chief  Tusfice,  and  Attorney-General.  TJie 
great  Number  of  the  most  respectable  People  assembled 
on  this  Occasion  from  the  adjacent  Tozvns,  manifested  the 
aifectionate  Regard  paid  to  her  Memory. 

Custom-House,    Philadelphia,    Cleared.       Schooner 


She  was  the  dau.  of  a  wealthy  Creole  planter  on  the  Island  of  An- 
tigua, where  Mr.  Read  married  her,  about  1737-8.  For  a  sketch  of 
Judg-e  Read,  see  "Members  of  the  New  Jersey  Assembly,  1754.  Blo- 
g-raphical  Sketches."  By  WMlliam  Nelson.  Paterson,  N.  J.,  1895,  pp. 
14-16. 


566  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL   DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

Ranger,  A.  Mansfield,  Salem. — The  Pennsylvania  Gazette, 
No.  2134,  November  i6,  1769. 

Williamsburg,  Virginia,  Nov.  2. 
Last  Sunday  afternoon  the  Reverend  Mr.  Witherspoon, 
President  of  the  College  of  Nassau  Hall,  at  Princetown, 
preached  to  a  crowded  audience  in  the  Capitol  yard,  (there 
being  no  house  in  town  capable  of  containing  such  a  multi- 
tude) and  gave  universal  satisfaction.  After  sermon  a 
collection  was  made  for  that  excellent  and  growing  foun- 
dation, which  as  yet  has  no  other  support  than  the  gener- 
osity of  the  public,  that  amounted  to  upwards  of  fifty-six 
pounds;  and  we  have  it  from  good  authority  that  his  Ex- 
cellency the  Governor  has  paid  into  the  hands  of  Dr.  With- 
erspoon, for  the  same  beneficent  purpose,  a  further  dona- 
tion of  fifty  pounds.  [SucJi  a  glorious  spirit  for  the  en- 
couragement of  iisefid  learning  deserves  the  highest  praise, 
and,  no  doubt,  will  afford  much  pleasure  to  every  lover  of 
the  sciences.^ — The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1406,  A'^o- 
vember  16,  1769. 

The  noted  place,  farm  or  plantation,  late  Mr.  David 
Ball's,  lying  at  Springfield,  Connecticut-Farms,  about  8 
miles  from  Elizabeth-Town,  containing  about  168  acres 
of  choice  land  well  water'd  and  timbered,  with  a  good 
dwelling  house,  barn,  stable,  still-house,  black-smith's 
shop,  and  a  very  good  saw-mill  on  the  same;  about  25 
acres  of  very  fine  English  meadow  already  cleared,  with 
a  bearing  orchard,  and  other  good  improvements :  For 
further  particulars,  enquire  of  Nathaniel  and  Ezekial  Ball, 
living  near  the  premises,  by  whom  a  good  title  will  be 
given  for  the  same,  or  of  Henry  Van  Vleck,  merchant,  in 
New-York,  who  will  agree  for  the  same  on  reasonable 
terms. 

N.  B.     Any  person  that  comes  to  view  the  place,  may 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  567 

have  the  choice  of  another  plantation,  the  property  of  said 
Nathaniel  Ball,  about  4  miles  from  Elizabeth-Town. — 
The  New  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  943, 
November  20,  1769. 

For  Sale, 

At  Garrat  Noel's  Book  Store, 

Next  Door  to  the  Merchant's  Coffee-House. 

Now  in  The  Press 
And  speedily  will  be  published 
The  American  Latin  Grammar^ 
Being  a  new  Edition  (with  very  great  Additions,  Alter- 
ations and  Amendments)  of  that  published  for  the  Use  of 
the  Grammar  School  at  Princeton,  commonly  called  the 
Newark  Grammar. — The  Nezu  York  Gazette  or  Weekly 
Post  Boy,  No.  1403,  November  20,  1769. 

To  be  Sold,  at  private  Sale, 
One  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land,  situate  in  Cumber- 
land county.  West  New-Jersey,  and  on  the  great  road 
leading  to  Cape-May,  and  Egg-Harbour,  in  sight  of  Co- 
hansey  Bridge,  whereon  has  been  kept  a  tavern  many 
years,  has  on  it,  an  orchard  of  between  2  and  300  young 
bearing  trees,  between  12  and  13  acres  of  drained  meadow. 
For  further  particulars  enquire  of  John  Keean,  living  on 

1  The  following  is  the  title  of  an  earlier  edition: 

A  Complete  |  Introduction  |  to  the  |  Latin  Tongue:  |  form'd  |  From 
the  most  approv'd  Writings  in  this  Kind;    as  those  of  | 

Lilly.  Bp.  Wettenhall, 

Ruddiman,  Cheever, 

Phillips,  Clarke, 

Holmes,  Read,  &c. 

Published  principally  for  the  Use  of  the  Grammar-School,  at  |  Nassau- 
Hall,  in  Prince-Town;  and  recommended  to  all  who  |  design  to  send 
their  Children  to  New-Jersey  College.  |  The  Second  Edition,  enlarged 
and  amended.  |  Woodbridge  in  New- Jersey:  |  Printed  by  James  Parker, 
at  the  Expence  of  the  Trustees  of  the  |  College;  and  to  be  Sold  by  the 
severall  Booksellers  in  New-York.  I  Philadelphia  and  New-Jersey. 
1760.  i  Svo.  Title,  1  1.  Pp  a)-109.  Rules  and  Orders  To  be  observed 
bv  all  the  Members  of  the  Grammar  School  at  Nassau-Hall,  pp.  (110- 
lil).     Errata:    p.   (113). 


568  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

the  premises,  or  of  the  Subscriber,  living  in  Mannington 

township,  Salem  county. 

MouNCE  Keean.^ 

A  Gentleman,  well  acquainted  with  the  different 
branches  of  Iron  Works,  would  be  glad  to  engage  a  small 
capital  in  a  well  situated  work  or  works,  where  he  could 
be  employed  as  a  manager.  Any  one,  whom  this  may  suit, 
by  leaving  a  line  (with  the  necessary  particulars)  with  the 
printers  hereof,  directed  for  A.  B.  if  found  agreeable,  shall 
be  waited  upon.  No  objection  to  a  settlement  in  Virginia, 
Maryland,  Pennsylvania,  the  Jerseys,  or  New  York  gov- 
ern ment. — The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2135,  Novem- 
ber 23,  1769. 

JOHN  SEARSON  to  the  Public. 

The  Words  of  the  Wicked  arc  to  lie  in  zvait  for  Blood: 

Bnt  the  Motith  of  the  Upright  shall  deliver  them. 

Prov.  xii,  6. 

As  there  can  be  nothing  of  so  much  Imjjortance  to  an 
honest  Man,  as  his  good  Name  or  Character,  my  late  well 
known  malicious  Persecution  hath  been  such  as  makes  it 
incumbent  on  me  to  lay  it  before  the  Public. 

On  the  13th  of  November,  1768,  as  I  was  going  from 
this  City  to  Burlington  (where  I.  then  had  a  Lodging) 
with  my  Child,  I  saw  one  Mrs.  Hampton  (a  married 
Woman  from  New-York,  who  some  Years  ago,  had  been 
at  my  House  in  this  City)  with  a  Lady  from  New-Jersey, 
and  perceived  she  was  escorted  by  a  Person  who  called 
himself  Francis  Kay,  b}^  whose  Conversation  he  appeared 
to  have  come  last  from  the  Island  of  Jamaica;    but  said 

1  Mounce  (i.  e.,  Mose.s)  Keen,  son  of  Maons  and  Magdalen  (Hoffman) 
Keen,  was  ta.  in  West  Jersey,  Aug.  IS,  1715;  m.  Sarah,  dau.  of  Benjamin 
and  Christina  Seeley.  He  lived  in  Pilesgrove  township.  Salem  county, 
and  afterwards  in  Woolwich  township,  Gloucester  county.  He  was  for 
many  years  a  vestryman  of  the  Swedish  church  at  Swedesboro.  He 
was  buried  in  Trinity  churchyard,  Swedesboro,  Oct.  14,  1794;  his  wife. 
Feb.  24.  1790. — Dcsirndniits  of  Joran  Kyn,  bv  Gregory  B.  Keen,  in  Penn. 
Mag.,  III.,  447. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  569 

he  had  travelled  through  Turkey  and  Italy,  &c.  I  soon 
got  acquainted  in  this  accidental  Manner,  with  this  York- 
shire Adventurer.  He  told  me  he  was  a  Merchant  in 
Jamaica,  was  going  to  Burlington  to  purchase  a  large 
Quantity  of  Pork  and  Gammons,  and  intended  to  instruct 
them  how  to  cure  their  Gammons  there  as  in  Yorkshire, 
so  as  to  make  the  Fat  as  hard  as  the  Lean;  that  as  soon 
as  he  had  sent  Mrs.  Hampton  off  to  Nczv-York,  he  would 
be  glad  to  find  a  Lodging  at  Burlington.  I  told  him  of 
mine;  but  at  this  Time  he  thought  proper  to  return  to 
Philadelphia,  enquiring  of  me  where  I  thought  he  could 
get  a  Lodging.  I  gave  him  a  Memorandum  of  some;  and 
when  he  arrived  at  Philadelphia,  he  chose  one  at  Mr. 
Adam  Thompson's,  in  Second-street.  I  having  Business 
in  Town,  left  Burlington,  November  26th,  and  asked  for 
a  Lodging  at  said  TJtompson's,  not  knowing  Kay  had 
fixed  there.  He  said  he  wanted  to  visit  Gerniantozvn;  I 
consented  to  accompany  him,  and  November  30th  arrived 
there.  At  the  Tavern  we  put  up  at  (Mrs.  Mackinet's) 
our  Landlady  told  us  of  a  rich  Widow  being  in  Town  from 
Lancaster.  Kay  swore  he  must  visit  her;  ay,  and  have 
her  too.  I  looked  on  such  a  Declaration  as  vague;  How- 
ever, next  Morning  he  set  off  on  this  Adventure;  and  it 
being  at  a  Tavern  where  she  lodged,  I  accompanied  him, 
and  in  the  Way  he  told  me  he  had  500/.  per  Annum,  in 
Jamaica,  to  support  his  Pretensions.  When  at  the  Tav- 
ern, he  called  for  some  mulled  Wine,  and  so  insinuated 
himself  to  the  Landlord,  as  to  persuade  him  several  Times 
to  attempt  getting  into  the  Lady's  Room.  But  she  refused 
Admittance  to  a  Person  whom  the  Landlord  could  give 
no  other  account  of,  than  that  he  was  a  Gentleman.  I 
really  thought  the  Attempt  so  impertinent,  that  I  told 
Kay,  as  I  had  a  Wife  in  Londonderry,  I  would  have  noth- 
ing- to  do  with  such  Adventures;    and  therefore  left  him 


570  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

to  pursue  his  Amour,  and  walked  to  Philadelphia,  Decem- 
ber 2d,  leaving  him  behind.  When  I  came  to  Thomp- 
son's, I  was  asked  what  became  of  my  Companion;  I  an- 
swered I  had  left  him  behind,  as  I  had  some  Writing  to 
do;  and  said,  indeed  he  has  too  large  a  Fortune  for  me  to 
keep  him  Company,  500/.  a  Year  being  far  above  my  Pre- 
tensions. However,  in  a  Day  or  two,  Kay  returned  from 
his  Pursuit,  and  finding  me,  told  me  he  gave  over  further 
Overtures,  and  would  gladly  go  with  me  to  the  Country. 
But  in  this  Interim  I  introduced  Kay  to  Mr.  Benjamin 
Fuller,  from  whom,  in  his  Presence,  I  received  40/.;  and 
also  in  his  Presence,  shipped  200  Dollars  on  board  the 
Ship  Marquis  of  Granby,  for  Londonderry,  and  again  re- 
turned to  Burlington,  in  this  Adventurer's  Company,  De^ 
cember  7.  I  introduced  him  to  my  Landlady,  Mrs.  Allen, 
to  whom  he  applied  for  a  Lodging.  She  gave  him  for 
Answer  she  could  not  accommodate  him,  except  I  would 
let  him  lay  in  my  Room,  which  I  consented  to,  in  a  dif- 
ferent Bed.  December  19th,  I  concluded  to  pay  a  Visit  to 
some  Acquaintance  near  Allentoivn.  Kay  accompanied 
me.  When  in  Allentoivn,  having  put  both  our  Linen, 
Razors,  &c.  in  a  small  Trunk  of  Kay's,  by  his  artful  Per- 
suasion the  Trunk  was  left  at  Mr.  Gilbert  Barton's,  Inn- 
holder  there,  without  any  Care  or  Charge  about  it.  Then 
setting  out  for  Mr.  John  and  Elisha  Laivrence's,  Decem- 
ber the  twenty-first,  Kay  appearing  a  good  deal  like  a  Gen- 
tleman, was  introduced  as  such;  and  some  of  the  Family 
making  a  Party  of  Pleasure  to  visit  some  Neighbours  in 
Sleys,  I  (being  a  married  Man)  was  left  behind,  and  Kay 
left  my  Company  with  the  Party ;  on  which  I  resolved  to 
return  to  Bnrlington;  but  as  my  necessary  Clothes,  &c. 
suitable  for  such  a  Tour,  was  in  his  Trunk,  I  wrote  him 
a  Letter  before  Mr.  Elisha  Lawrence,  acquainting  him, 
that  as  my  Clothes  were  in  his  Trunk,  I  should  return  it  to 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  571 

Burlington  till  his  Return.  I  then  set  off,  without  Kay's 
Company,  in  a  Sley  which  accidentally  came  to  Mr.  Lazu- 
rence's  Door,  and  came  to  Allentozvn,  December  24th. 
When  there,  wanting  my  Razors,  &c.  I  endeavoured  with 
Keys,  and  even  with  a  Nail,  in  an  open  public  Manner, 
before  several  Witnesses,  to  open  the  Trunk :  But  as  it 
could  not  be  done  readily,  agreeable  to  the  Letter  I  wrote 
Kay,  returned  the  Trunk  to  our  Lodgings  at  Burlington, 
and  as  it  was  probable  he  might  continue  his  Frolick  sev- 
eral Days,  I  borrowed  Keys  from  Mrs.  Allen,  one  of  which 
fitted  this  small  Trunk,  with  which  I  opened  it,  took  out 
my  own  Clothes,  and,  in  as  public  a  Manner,  returned  the 
Keys.  Four  Days  after  this,  Kay  returned,  and  being 
acquainted  by  me  of  what  I  had  done  to  get  my  own 
Clothes,  he  seemed  dissatisfied;  and  when  he  went  up  to 
Bed,  a  little  While  after  me,  opened  his  small  Trunk,  and 
asked  if  I  saw  any  Money  in  it.  Being  answered  in  the 
Negative,  he  said  nothing  more  till  Morning,  mentioning 
no  particular  Sum;  but  then  said  he  had  an  Hundred 
Pounds  in  it,  and  should  look  to  me  for  it,  For,  said  he, 
zvhat  shall  I  do  zcitliout  Money? — — Being  provoked  at  a 
Charge  of  Dishonesty,  and  conscious  of  my  own  Inno- 
cency,  I  immediately  applied  to  Mr.  James  Kinsey  and 
John  Lazvrcnce,  Esq;  for  Advice.  The  Adventurer  did 
the  same  to  Mr.  Lazvrence.  But  as  he  would  not  abso- 
lutely charge  me  with  taking  his  Money  on  Oath,  Mr. 
Lazvrence  would  not  grant  him  even  a  Search- Warrant ; 
on  which  he  set  off  for  Philadelphia:  and  I  uneasy  at  such 
an  Imputation,  followed  him  to  know  whether  his  malevo- 
lent Tongue  would  slander  me;  and  when  I  arrived,  found 
he  made  it  his  Business  to  propagate  a  Report  that  I  had 
robbed  him  of  an  Hundred  Pounds  in  Half- Johannes  and 
Paper.  Being  g.cquainted  with  this  shocking  Slander,  and 
which  appeared  of  such  a  serious  Nature  to  me,  I  deter- 


572  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

mined  not  to  lay  under  it,  and  went  immediately  to  Joseph 
Galloway,  Esq;  acquainted  him  of  the  Case,  and  how  un- 
easy I  was  to  lay  down  under  a  Character  so  black,  in  a 
Country  I  had,  in  various  Stations  bore  the  Repute  of  an 
honest  Man,  for  about  eighteen  Years.  I  sued  Kay,  there- 
fore, in  an  Action  of  Slander;  the  Writ  marked  in  400/. 
Bail;  and  as  he  could  not  procure  Bail,  he  was  committed; 
and  soon  after  that,  applied  to  Mr.  Wain,  as  a  Lawyer, 
who  sent  me  a  Citation  to  shew  Cause  of  Action  before  the 
Judges  of  the  Court.  I  appeared  accordingly,  with  Joseph 
Gallozvay,  Esq;  and,  by  absolute  Proofs,  made  it  appear 
he  charged  me  with  being  a  Villain  and  a  Robber.  It  was 
plead  he  should  be  held  to  special  Bail;  it  was  therefore 
reduced  to  200/.  special,  by  order  of  the  Judges  of  the 
Court,  which  as  he  could  not  procure,  he  was  committed.. 
In  this  Situation,  as  he  appeared  to  be  without  Money  and 
a  Stranger,  several  Persons  told  me  of  it;  and,  as  I  trust, 
my  Disposition  is  far  from  being  inhuman,  I  sent  this 
Adventurer  an  Account,  by  Mr.  Yates,  Innholder,  of 
Chestnut  street,  that  if  he  would  give  even  a  Recantation 
of  so  malicious  a  Slander,  I  would  discharge  the  Action; 
and  often  told  Mr.  Galloway  I  only  wanted  my  Character 
cleared  up.  But  this  he  would  not  do,  till  six  months 
elapsed,  when  he  petitioned  for  Trial  by  a  special  Court 
and  Jury,  which  was  done  the  30th  of  June,  and  first  of 
July.  The  Jury  returned  their  Verdict  for  the  Plaintiff, 
2s.  6d.  Damages,  which  it  must  be  supposed  was  in  Pity 
to  JCay,  whose  suffering  Imprisonment  six  Months  might 
probably  have  been  thought  in  some  Measure,  adequate 
to  the  Slander. 

It  would  be  in  vain  to  repeat  the  Inconsistency  of  K^ay's 
incoherent  Behaviour,  and  the  different  Currencies  he  as- 
serted his  Money  to  be  in,  nor  could  prove  from  whom  it 
was   received.      The  Jurors    Consciences   were   the   best 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  573 

Judges  of  this.  But  Kay,  not  satisfied  with  this  Deter- 
mination, applied  to  John  Ross,  Esq;  for  an  Action  for 
excessive  Bail  of  400/.  to  which  I  gave  in  special  Bail. 
But  citing  him  to  shew  Cause  of  Action,  I  appeared  with 
James  TilgJuiian,  Escj;  and  it  appeared  to  the  Judges 
(what  in  Truth  it  really  was)  a  malicious  Action;  that 
common,  or  my  own,  Bail  was  sufficient.  Thinking  the 
Matter  would  rest  here,  I  had  Occasion  to  go  to  New- 
York.  Kay  followed  me,  and,  by  his  false  insinuating 
Malice,  obtained  a  Hue-and-Cry  Warrant  from  Frederick 
Smith,  Esq;  Chief- Justice  of  Nczv-Jersey,  and  backed  by 
the  Chief-Justice  of  Nezv-York.  Thus  fortified,  Kay  ap- 
plied to  one  IVclch,  a  Sherifi^'s  Officer  at  New-York,  to 
have  me  taken  as  a  Felon,  and  carried  before  Alderman 
Gauttier,  and  from  thence  to  IVJiiteJicad  Hicks,  Esq; 
Mayor  of  the  City,  who  did  not  absolutely  say  I  should 
be  committed  to  Goal,  but  go  to  the  Chief  Justice,  which 
we  did;  J-Cay  still  following  and  triumphing  at  his  Vic- 
tory. When  we  came  to  the  Chief-Justice,  it  appeared  he 
was  gone  to  Bed.  I  then  lay  at  the  Officer's  Mercy,  and 
told  him  I  was  thirsty,  and  wished  for  something  to  drink. 
Welch  then  said  I  could  get  something  to  drink  at  his 
House,  to  which  he  took  me,  and  being  naturally  unwilling 
to  go  to  Goal,  he  indulged  me  with  sleeping  in  one  Bed 
with  him  that  Night.  In  the  Morning  I  applied  to  John 
Morin  Scot,  Esq;  for  Counsel,  who,  after  hearing  the  Cir- 
cumstances of  the  Affair,  went  with  me  to  Chief-Justice 
Horsmanden.  They  concluded  I  should  be  forwarded  to 
New-Jersey;  and  Mr.  Scot  wrote  by  me  to  the  Chief- 
Justice  there.  But  a  Difficulty  here  arose,  who  should  be 
at  the  Expence  of  conveying  me.  I^ay,  my  Persecutor, 
would  not,  or  could  not,  pay  it;  but  rather  than  not  go, 
I  paid  the  Officer  myself.  And  as  Mr.  M' Davit,  of  Nezv 
York,  Merchant,  had  agreed  to  go  to  Philadelphia  with 


574  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL   DOCUMENTS.  [^7^9 

me  a  few  Days  before  this  happened,  just  before  I  left 
New-York,  was  advised  to  take  out  an  Action  of  Slander, 
against  this  Kay,  as  he  there  also  publicly  declared  me  a 
Robber.  I  was  very  unwilling  to  submit  to  such  Slander 
and  Scandal,  and  had  therefore  an  Action  of  Defamation 
issued  out  against  him,  which  as  I  was  not  there  to  sup- 
port, the  Bail,  for  want  of  proper  Witnesses,  was  reduced 
low.  But  as  any  Impediment  to  Kay's  appearing  at  Biir- 
lington,  would  not  look  well,  as  the  Imputation  happened 
there,  I  ordered  my  Attorney  to  discharge  the  Action,  that 
he  might  prosecute  at  New  Jersey.  But  to  return.  I  left 
Nezv-York  with  an  Officer,  in  Company  with  Mr. 
M' Davit;  and  when  arrived  at  Perth-Amboy,  he  very 
obligingly  went  with  me  to  the  Chief-Justice,  who,  after 
reading  Mr.  Scot's  Letter,  and  asking  me  several  Ques- 
tions, was  kind  enough  to  admit  me  to  Bail  in  the  Person 
of  Mr.  M'Davit,  in  500/.  to  appear  at  the  Supreme  Court 
at  Burlington,  in  November.  After  this  I  went  in  Com- 
pany with  my  Bail  to  Burlington,  and  engaged  the  Assist- 
ance of  John  Lazvrence  and  James  Kiiisey,  Esq;  to  assist 
at  my  Trial;  and  thought  naturally  the  affair  would  now 
rest  to  November  Term;  but  in  vain!  The  malicious 
Kay  found  Means,  by  the  Force  of  his  Subtilty,  to  renew 
his  Lies  and  Malice  to  the  Chief  Justice  of  Nezu- Jersey, 
of  the  Insufficiency  of  my  Bail  (as  I  stood  informed)  and 
led  him  to  write  a  Letter  to  William  Allen,  Esq;  desiring, 
no  Doubt,  I  should  be  thrown  into  Philadelphia  Goal, 
without  Bail,  among  Felons,  which  was  done  on  Sunday, 
September  loth,  a  little  after  Church,  in  the  Afternoon, 
with  my  Child  in  my  Hand.  And  I^ay,  by  the  Words  of 
the  Warrant,  led  Mr.  Allen  to  mention  in  the  Warrant 
I  was  "supposed  to  be  lurking  about,"  tho'  it  can  be  proved 
I  spent  that  Day  in  the  Forenoon  at  St.  Peter's,  and  the 
Afternoon  at  St.  Paul's  Church.     In  this  Situation  I  was 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  575 

denied  any  Admittance  to  board  at  the  Coaler's  Table, 
and  only  by  Favour  of  the  Sheriff  could  I  get  removed 
from  the  Felon's  Side  of  the  Prison  to  one  of  the  most 
ordinary  Debtor's  Rooms.  Thus  circumstanced  I  contin- 
ued bearing  my  Adversity  with  as  much  Fortitude  as  pos- 
sible, hoping  for  a  fair,  open  and  candid  Trial  at  the  Su- 
preme Court  at  Burlington:  But  as  soon  after  a  King's 
Warrant  was  laid  on  me,  the  Attornies  for  my  Creditors 
in  England  (I  having  none  here,  nor  in  Ireland)  issued 
out  Writs  against  me  for  the  whole  Amount  of  what  I 
owe;  some  of  them  without  even  asking  for  their  Money, 
or  what  Dividend  I  could  make.  As  these  Arrests  were 
very  great  Impediments  in  the  Way  of  my  Removal,  I 
used  all  possible  Means  for  it;  at  last  it  was  effected  by 
the  Chief- Justice  of  New-Jersey  sending  the  Sheriff  with 
a  Letter  to  William  Allen,  Esq;  for  me.  I  then  again  had 
a  most  impartial  Trial,  on  Monday  Evening,  the  20th  of 
November,  the  Issue  of  which  can  only  be  mentioned,  the 
Particulars  of  it  being  too  tedious. 

I  shall  conclude  the  whole,  by  laying  before  the  Public 
a  true  Copy  of  the  proper  Voucher  from  the  Records  of 
the  Supreme  Court  of  Bnrlington,  only  giving  a  short 
Description  of  this  artful,  cunning,  subtle,  insinuating  and 
designing  Stranger,  in  our  Land,  Francis  Kay.  He  is  a 
slender  Man,  not  tall,  of  an  audacious  piercing  Look,  and 
most  consummate  Effrontery;  never  seen  to  laugh;  and 
dresses  in  an  ordinary  Coat  of  blue,  and  sometimes  one  of 
green;  a  light  Cue- Wig,  and  pretty  neat  otherwise;  is 
remarkably  amorous,  and  fond  of  a  Variety  of  the  Fair 
Sex.  If  he  keeps  this  Continent  much  longer,  let  every 
honest  Man  beware  of  his  Nets  and  artful  Designs,  lest 
he  be  a  Means  of  ruining  them,  as  he  hath  done  an  honest 
American  Merchant  and  his  Family,  and  brought  him  in 
Danger  of  his  Life. 


576  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

I  am,  most  truly  and  sincerely,  every  honest  Man's  sin- 
cere Well-wisher  and  Friend, 

J.  Searson. 

By  his  Excellency  William  Franklin,  Esq;  Captain- 
General,  Governor,  and  Commander-in-Chief ,  of 
the  Province  of  New-Jersey,  and  Territories  there- 
on depending,  in  America,  Chancellor  and  Vice 
Admiral  in  the  same,  &c.  • 
To  all  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come, 
Greeting. 

These  are  to  certify,  that  Charles  Pettii,  Esq;  whose 
Name  is  signed  to  the  annexed  Extract,  is  Deputy  Clerk 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Province  of  Nezv-Jersey  and 
that  full  Faith  and  Credit  is  due  to  his  Attestation. 

In  Testimony  whereof  I  have  caused  the  great  Seal  of 
the  Province  of  Nezv-Jersey  to  be  hereunto  affixed,  at 
Burlington,  the  twenty-fifth  Day  of  November,  in  the 
tenth  Year  of  His  Majesty's  Reign,  Anno  Domini  1769. 


At  the  Supreme  Court  held  at  Burlington,  in  New-Jersey, 
on  Monday  the  20th  of  November,  Anno  Domini  1769. 
PRESENT, 
i  Frederick  Smith,   Chief-Justice. 
The  Hon.      Charles  Read,     |    Esquires. 
(  John  Berrien,      )         ^ 

The  King         1 

v.  >  Sur  Indictment  for  Grand  Larceny. 

John  Searson      ) 

The  Prisoner,  being  set  at  the  Bar,  and  charged  with       : 
the  Indictment,  pleads  not  guilty;  and  for  Trial  puts  him- 
self on  God  and  his  Country. 

On  Motion  of  Mr.  Attorney  General,  ordered.  That  the       | 
Sheriff  do  return  his  Pannel,  and  that  the  Trial  come  on. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  577 

The  Sheriff  returned  the  Pannel,  [and  twelve  of  the  Jurors 
were  sworn.] 

The  Jury,  without  going  from  the  Bar,  say  that  the  De- 
fendant is  not  guihy;  and  so  say  they  ah:  Whereupon 
he  was  ordered  to  be  discharged.  And  Francis  Kay,  the 
Prosecutor,  having  frequently  contradicted  himself  in  his 
Testimony;  and  it  appearing  to  the  Court  the  Prosecu- 
tion was  malicious,  the  Sheriff  was  commanded  to  take 
the  said  Francis  Kay  into  his  Custody. 

A  true  Copy  from  the  Minutes. 

Charles  Pettit,^  D.  Cur.  per.  diet. 

Annapolis. 

On  Friday  last  the  Clergy  of  this  Province  waited  on 
his  Excellency  the  Governor,  with  the  following  petition. 
To  his  Excellency 
ROBERT  EDEN,  Esquire, 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  in  and  over  the  Prov- 
ince of  Maryland. 

We  his  Majesty's  most  dutiful  and  loyal  subjects,  the 
Clergy  of  Maryland,  in  communion  of  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land, beg  leave,  after  the  example  of  our  brethren  in  the 
Provinces  of  Nezv-York,  New- Jersey,  and  Pennsylvania 
to  petition  your  Excellency  for  a  Charter,  to  incorporate 
a  society  for  the  support  and  relief  of  the  widows  and  chil- 
dren of  deceased  Clergymen  within  this  province.  Not 
only  the  Governors  readily  and  chearfully  granted  this 
reasonable  request  to  the  Clergy  of  those  Provinces,  but 
the  Proprietaries  of  Pennsylvania  have  countenanced  the 
undertaking,  with  their  hearty  approbation  and  wishes  for 

1  For  a  sketch  of  Charles  Pettit,  see  N.  J.  Archives,  X.,  133.  To  that 
it  may  be  added  that  Mr.  Petiit  was  one  of  the  owners  of  Batsto  fur- 
nace in  1781.  He  resigned  from  the  Continental  Army  June  20.  1781. 
He  d.  Sept.  4.  1806.  His  eldest  dau.  m.  Jared  Ingersoli,  in  1781;  he  was 
a  famous  lawi'er,  b.  in  New  Haven,  1750,  d.  Oct.  31,  1822. 

37 


578  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL   DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

its  success — Tlic  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No. 

151,  November  2y-Decemher  4,  1769. 

On  Monday  evening,  the  i6th  inst.  Oct.  Run-away,  a 
Servant-Boy,  by  name  Peter  Murphy,  about  Sixteen 
Years  of  Age;  had  on  two  Jackets,  the  upper  one  coarse 
Cloth,  of  a  darkish  brown,  much  faded;  under  which  he 
wore  a  striped  Damascus  Jacket;  his  Shirt  was  Ozna- 
brigs,  pretty  much  wore;  his  Hat  was  Felt,  but  little 
worth.  Whoever  takes  up,  and  secures  said  Boy,  so  that 
his  Master  may  have  him  again,  if  in  this  Province,  shall 
have  Thirty  Shillings  Reward;  if  in  either  of  the 
neighbouring  Provinces,  Three  Pounds,  and  all  reason- 
able Charges  paid  by 

Jonathan  Baldwin,^  at  Prince-Town. 

Oct.  20,  1769. 

— The  New  York  Gazette  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1404,  November  27,  1769. 

Philadelphia,  November  30 
Benjamin  Franklin,  Esq;  is  appointed  Agent  at  the 
Court  of  Great  Britain,  for  the  Province  of  New- Jersey. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2136,  November  30, 
1769. 

Gloucester  Gaol,  Dec.  8,  1769. 
The  Subscriber  hereof  gives  this  public  Notice,  agree- 
able to  an  act  of  assembly  of  the  province  of  New-Jersey, 
lately  made,  to  all  his  creditors  to  meet  him  before  Robert 

1  Jonathan  Baldwin  was  a  son  of  Nathaniel  Baldwin,  who  d.  at  New- 
ark. Aug.  10,  1750,  aged  50  years.  He  was  1).  at  Newark  in  1731,  and 
graduated  from  the  College  of  New  Jersey  in  1755.  He  m.  Sarah  Ser- 
geant, and  removed  to  Princeton,  where  he  served  the  College  as  Stew- 
ard for  a  number  of  years,  beginning  as  early  as  1762.  In  1764  he  had 
tickets  for  sale  at  Princeton  in  the  College  lottery.  He  engaged  in  an 
animated  controveisv  with  a  butcher  who  sold  mutton  to  the  College, 
in  1768.  He  d.  Nov.  28,  1816,  aged  85  years.  Issue:  1.  Charles,  a  law- 
yer; 2.  William;  3.  Susan;  4.  Elizabeth  Davidson;  and  four  other 
sons,  unm.  at  his  decease. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  S79 

Frederick  Price-^  and  Samuel  Harrison,  Esqrs;  two  of  his 
Majesty's  Judges  for  the  county  of  Gloucester,  at  Glou- 
cester, on  the  third  day  of  January  next,  and  there  shew 
cause,  if  any  they  have,  why  he  should  not  be  discharged 
from  his  present  confinement,  agreeable  to  the  aforesaid 
act. 

William  Burnet. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  152,  December 
4-11,  1769 

Left  at  a  Store  in  this  City,  about  three  or  four  Weeks 
ago,  a  Pocket  Book,  with  some  Money,  a  Bond,  and 
other  Papers,  supposed  to  belong  to  some  Person  in  Mid- 
dletown  or  Freehold,  New-Jersey.  If  the  Owner  will  call 
at  Mr.  Gaine's,  he  may  have  it  again,  paying  the  Charges. 
— The  Nczv  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  945, 
December  4,  1769. 

Nezv-York,  December  4.  The  General  Assembly  of 
the  Province  of  New-Jersey,  have  appointed  Dr.  Benja- 
min Franklin,  Agent  for  that  Colony  at  the  Court  of  Great 
Britain. — The  New  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy, 
No.  1406,  December  4.,  i76g. 

*.j,.*  The  Public  is  cautioned  to  beware  of  Counterfeit 
Three  Pounds  New  Jersey  Bills,  dated  April  16,  1764. 
They  are  very  badly  cut  and  stamped;  the  Letters  most 
irregular,  and  in  general  larger  than  the  true  Bills;  the 
Arm  and  other  Ornaments,  ill  done,  and  appear  very  pale : 
The  Three  Pounds,  at  the  Top  of  the  Bill,  are  placed  at 
a  greater  Distance  from  the  Left-hand  Ornament,  than  in 
the  true  Ones.  The  A,  in  the  Word  April,  remarkably 
large,  and  the  Three  Pounds,  at  the  Bottom  of  the  Bill, 
considerably  larger  than  in  the  true  Bills.    There  are  two 

1  Robert  Friend  Price. 


580  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

Sorts  of  them,  but  both  so  badly  done,  that  they  may 
easily  be  detected,  after  this  Notice.  The  Backs  appear 
to  be  done  with  a  Pen,  and  the  Word  Woodhridgc,  in  some 
of  them,  is  spelt  IVoodbrige. 

Five  Dollars  Reward. 
Run  azvay  from  the  subscriber,  living  at  Upper  Free- 
hold, in  Monmouth  county.  East  Jersey,  the  20th  of  No- 
vember last,  a  Negroe  man,  named  Syron,  middle  aged, 
about  5  feet  10  incJies  Jiigh,  a  stout,  zvell  set  bold-looking 
fellozv,  very  talkative,  smooth  face,  and  remarkable  large 
feet;  had  on,  when  he  went  away,  a  ligJit  cloth  coloured 
coat,  wore  out  at  the  elbows,  a  spotted  szvanskin  jacket, 
and  brozvn  cloth  coloured  breeches,  zvool  hat.  He  had  a 
pass,  zvithoiit  a  limited  time,  to  look  for  a  master.  Who- 
ever takes  up  and  secures  the  said  Negroe  man,  so  that  his 
master  may  have  him  again,  shall  receive  the  above  rezvard, 
and  all  reasonable  cJiarges,  paid  by 

Richard  Brittain 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  A^o.  ziyj,  December  7, 
1769. 

New-York,  December  5. 
The  brig-  Hellen,  Captain  Workman,  from  Learn,  for 
this  port,  run  ashore  in  the  night  of  Sunday  the  19th  in- 
stant, at  Barnagat.  The  vessel  'tis  said  will  not  be  got 
off  again,  but  the  crew  and  the  greatest  part  of  cargo,  are 
saved. — The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1409,  December 
7,  1769. 

Pursuant  to  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
Province  of  New-Jersey,  lately  passed,  intitled  An  Act 
for  the  relief  of  insolvent  debtors,  we,  the  subscribers, 
being  now  confined  in  the  goal  of  the  county  of  Burling- 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  58  I 

ton,  and  having-  petitioned  Robert  Smith  and  Daniel  ElHs, 
Esqrs;  two  of  the  Judges  of  the  inferior  court  of  Common 
Pleas,  for  the  county  of  Burlington,  for  the  benefit  of  said 
Act,  do  hereby  give  notice  to  all  our  creditors,  to  appear 
and  shew  cause,  if  any  they  have,  on  the  second  day  of 
January  next,  at  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  before  the 
said  Judges,  at  the  house  of  David  Clayton,  in  Burlington, 
why  we  should  not  be  discharged,  agreeable  to  the  direc- 
tions of  the  said  Act. 

James  Smitli,  Squire  Lewis, 

James  Pearson,  Thomas  Cutter, 

Brian  Donolly,  James  M'Elbago. 

—TJie  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  Ah.   153,  December 
1 1- 1 8,  1769. 

Whereas  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Province  of 
New-Jersey,  have  passed  an  Act  for  the  Relief  of  Debtors, 
at  their  last  Sessions :  We  the  Debtors  in  the  Goal  of  the 
County  of  Essex,  intending  to  take  the  Benefit  of  said  Act, 
do  hereby  desire  all  our  Creditors  to  take  Notice  accord- 
ingly. Dated  Essex  County  Gaol,  Deceml3er  11,  1769. 
James  Morris^  Garret  Brewer, 

Barney  Madden,      John  Jones, 
John  Youngs,  Thomas  Out  Water. ^ 

— The  Nezv  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy,  No. 
1406,  December  11,  1769. 

New-York,  December  11.  We  are  desired  to  let  the 
Public  know,  that  the  New-Jersey  Men  will  not  be  out 
done  by  those  of  New-England,  in  so  virtuous  an  Act  as 
the  killing  those  destructive  Vermin  called  Squirrels.  For 
it  is  said  a  whole  Town  of  the  latter  assembled,  and  killed 
about  1600;  whereas  about  thirty  eight  Men  of  the  for- 
mer, from  the  Towns  of  Morris  and  Mend  em,  (not  one 

1  Outwater. 


582  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

Quarter  of  either)  in  one  Day  killed  840. — The  New  York 
Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No.  946,  December  11, 
1769. 

To  be  sold,  at  public  Vendue, 
On  Tuesday  the  26th  Day  of  December  next,  on  the 

Premises. 
Squire's  Point  Forge,  situated  in  the  province  of 
New-Jersey,  in  the  county  of  Sussex,  on  Muskenitung 
river,  which  affords  great  plenty  of  water  the  driest  sea- 
sons, which  may  be  discovered  by  the  number  of  water 
works  erected  thereon,  perhaps  not  inferior  to  any  in  the 
province :  There  is  on  the  premises,  a  large  well  built 
forge,  with  three  fires  and  one  hammer,  the  walls  laid  in 
lime  and  sand;  a  good  grist  mill  and  saw  mill  joining  one 
end  of  the  forge  dam,  two  coal  houses,  capable  of  contain- 
ing several  hundred  loads  of  coal ;  a  large  framed  dwell- 
ing house,  two  stories  high,  four  rooms,  and  a  large  entry 
on  the  upper  floor,  completely  finished,  the  lower  story 
built  of  stone,  with  a  cellar  kitchen,  store  and  other  con- 
venient cellars ;  a  good  pailed  garden,  stables,  and  a  num- 
ber of  out  houses  for  workmen,  about  1800  acres  of  land, 
great  part  of  which  is  well  timber'd,  with  sundry  improve- 
ments thereon,  in  a  thick  inhabited  healthy  part  of  the 
country,  not  far  distant  from  several  furnaces.  The  works 
will  be  sold  together  or  separate,  as  will  best  suit  the  pur- 
chaser, the  whole  being  in  good  repair.  Any  person  in- 
clining to  purchase,  may  know  the  conditions,  at  the  time 
and  place,  where  due  attendance  will  be  given. 
Nezu-Jersey,  Nov.  29,  1769. 

—  The  Neiv  York  Journal  or  General  Advertiser,  No. 
1406,  December  14,  1769. 

Arrival.  At  St.  Christophers.  Captain  Bowditch, 
from  Salem. — The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2138,  De- 
cember 14,  1769. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  583 

By  his  Excellency 
WILLIAM  FRANKLIN,  Esquire, 
Captain  General,  Governor,  and  Commander  in  Chief,  in 
and  over  the  Province  of  New-Jersey,  and  Territories 
thereon   depending  in  America,  Chancellor  and  Vice- 
Admiral  in  the  same,  &c. 

A  PROCLAMATION. 

Whereas  in  and  by  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly 
of  this  Province,  passed  in  the  fifth  Year  of  his  present 
Majesty's  Reig-n,  intituled,  "An  Act  to  regulate  the  Meth- 
"od  of  taking  Fish  in  the  River  Delaware,  and  to  prevent 
"Obstructions  in  the  Navigation  thereof,  and  for  other 
"Purposes  therein  mentioned,"  it  is  amongst  other  Things, 
enacted,  "That  if  any  Person  or  Persons  whatsoever,  from 
and  after  the  Publication  thereof,  shall  erect,  build,  set  up, 
repair  or  maintain,  or  be  aiding,  assisting  or  abetting  in 
erecting,  building,  setting  up,  repairing  or  maintaining, 
any  Wear,  Rack,  Basket,  Fishing  Dam,  Pound,  or  other 
Device  whatsoever,  for  the  taking  of  Fish  within  the  said 
River,  or  that  shall  fix  or  fasten  any  Net  or  Nets  across, 
or  in  the  said  River,  or  any  Part  thereof,  by  which  the  Fish 
may  be  obstructed  in  going  up  the  said  Ri\'er,  or  shall  take, 
destroy  or  spoil  any  Spawn,  Fry  or  Brood  of  Fish,  or  any 
Kind  of  Fish  whatsoever  in  any  such  Wear.  Rack,  Basket, 
Fishing  Dam,  Pound,  or  other  Device  aforesaid;  every 
such  Person  or  Persons  so  offending,  contrary  to  the  true 
Intent  and  Meaning  of  the  said  Act,  being  legally  con- 
victed thereof,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  Sum  of  Twenty 
Pounds,  Proclamation  Money,  for  every  such  Offence 
(one  Moiety  to  be  paid  to  the  Informer,  or  Prosecutor,  the 
other  Moiety  to  the  Overseers  of  the  Highways  of  the 
Township  or  City  where  such  Offender  shall  reside)  or 
suffer  six  Months  Imprisonment,  without  Bail  or  Main- 
prize,  and  every  such  Wear,  Rack,  Basket,  Fishing  Dam, 


584  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

Pound,  Net,  or  other  Device,  fastened  across,  or  in  the 
said  River,  are,  by  the  said  Act,  declared  pubHc  Nusances. 

And  whereas  for  the  more  speedy  Removal  of  such 
Wears,  Racks,  Baskets,  Fishing  Dams,  Pounds,  and  other 
Devices,  as  are,  or  shall  be  erected  in  the  said  River,  it  is, 
in  and  by  the  said  Act  further  enacted,  ''That  any  one 
Justice  of  the  Peace,  in  any  of  the  Counties  adjoining  to 
the  said  River,  shall  issue  his  Warrant  to  the  Overseers 
of  the  Highways  of  the  Township  nt.ct  adjacent  to  the 
Wear,  Rack,  Fishing  Dam,  Pound,  or  other  Device,  so 
erected,  requiring  the  said  Overseers  respectively  forth- 
with to  cause  the  same  to  be  removed ;  and  the  said  Over- 
seers are,  by  the  same  Act,  impowered  and  required  to 
summon  so  many  of  the  Inhabitants  of  their  respective 
Townships  as  shall  be  sufficient  for  that  Purpose,  giving 
them  three  Days  Notice,  and  to  make  Return  of  such  their 
Proceedings  to  the  next  Court  of  General  Quarter  Ses- 
sions of  the  Peace,  to  be  holden  for  their  respective  Coun- 
ties; and  that  if  any  Overseer  of  the  Highways  to  whom 
such  W^arrant  shall  be  directed,  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to 
perform  the  Duty  by  the  said  xA.ct  enjoined  and  required, 
he  shall,  on  Conviction,  forfeit  and  pay  the  Sum  of  Ten 
Pounds,  for  the  Use  of  the  Highways  in  the  Township 
where  he  shall  reside;  and  that  if  any  Inhabitant,  so  sum- 
moned as  aforesaid,  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  attend  in 
Person,  or  send  an  able  Person  in  his  Stead,  to  assist  in 
the  throwing  down,  removing  and  destroying  such  Wear, 
Rack,  Fishing  Dam,  Basket,  Pound,  or  other  Device,  so 
erected  as  aforesaid,  in  such  Manner  as  the  said  Overseer 
shall  direct,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  Sum  of  Ten  Shil- 
lings. 

And  to  prevent  any  Delay  that  may  happen  through 
Default  of  any  of  the  said  Justices,  Overseers  or  other 
Persons,  it  is  farther  enacted,  "That  it  shall  be  lawful  for 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  585 

any  Person  or  Persons  whatsoever  to  break,  throw  down, 
remove  and  destroy  all  or  any  Wears,  Fishing  Dams, 
Racks,  Baskets,  Pounds,  or  other  Devices  erected,  or  to 
be  erected,  or  laid  in  the  said  River,  for  catching  the  Fish, 
or  obstructing  the  Navigation  as  aforesaid ;  and  that  any 
Person  convicted  of  assaulting,  hindering  or  obstructing 
any  Person  or  Persons  in  pulling  down,  breaking,  remov- 
ing or  destroying,  any  of  the  said  Devices  or  Obstructions 
in  the  said  River,  sh.dl,  for  every  such  Offence,  forfeit  and 
pay  the  Sum  of  Fiz'c  Pounds. 

And  for  the  more  effectual  detecting  and  punishing  Of- 
fenders against  the  said  Act,  it  is  therein  further  enacted 
and  declared,  "That  the  Constables  of  each  respective 
Township,  adjoining  to  any  Part  of  the  said  River,  shall, 
and  they  are  hereby  required  and  enjoined,  under  the  Pen- 
alty of  Fiz'c  Pounds,  carefully  and  diligently  to  inspect 
and  view,  once  at  least  in  every  14  Days,  from  the  first 
Day  of  March,  to  the  first  Day  of  December,  in  every 
Year,  such  Parts  of  the  said  River  as  shall  be  adjoining 
to  their  respective  Townships,  and  having  Knowledge  of 
any  Oft'ences  against  the  said  Act,  forthwith  to  give  In- 
formation thereof  to  some  Justice  of  the  Peace,  and  of  the 
Name  or  Names  of  the  Offenders,  and  the  said  Justice  is 
thereby  required  to  issue  his  Warrant,  directed  to  the  Con- 
stables, to  apprehend  the  said  Offender  or  Offenders,  in 
order  that  he  or  they  may  be  tried  for  the  said  Offence." 

And  it  is  further  enacted  and  declared,  in  and  by  the 
said  Act,  "That  from  and  after  the  first  Day  of  March 
1767,  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  Person  or  Persons 
whatsoever,  to  fish  in  the  said  River,  with  any  Seine  01 
Net,  the  Meshes  whereof  shall  be  found  to  be  less  than 
t\\o  Inches  and  a  Half  when  extended,  under  the  Penalty 
of  Fiue  Poiiuds." 

In  order  therefore  that  the  good  Intentions  of  the  said 


586  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

Act  may  be  filled,  and  that  no  Person  whatsoever  may 
plead  Ignorance  of  the  same,  I  have  thought  fit,  by  and 
with  the  Advice  and  Consent  of  His  Majesty's  Council,  to 
issue  this  Proclamation,  hereby  commanding  and  strictly 
requiring  all  Justices  of  the  Peace,  Constables,  Overseers 
of  the  Highways,  and  all  other  Persons  whatsoever,  to 
whom  the  Execution  of  the  said  Act  is  intrusted,  to  be 
careful  and  vigilant  in  the  Duties  therein  required  of  them, 
as  they  will  answer  the  contrary  to  their  Peril. 

Given  under  my  Hand  and  Seal  at  Arms,  in  the  City  of 
Burlington,  this  Fifth  Day  of  December,  in  the  Tenth 
Year  of  His  Majesty's  Reign,  Annoque  Domini, 
One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty-nine. 

William  Franklin. 

By  his  Excellency's  Command, 

Charles  Petit,  D.  Secretary. 

Arrival.  At  St.  Christophers.  Captain  Bowditch, 
from  Salem. — The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2138,  De- 
cember 14,  1769. 

New-York,  December  11. 

We  hear  that  Andrew  Elliot,  Andrew  Oliver,  Charles 
Moris,  and  Jared  Ingersol,  Esqrs.  commissioners  for  set- 
tling the  boundary  line  between  the  colonies  of  New-York 
and  New-Jersey,  met  at  Hartford,  in  Connecticut,  the 
loth  instant,  according  to  adjournment,  when  the  agents 
of  both  colonies  offered  to  enter  their  appeals;  but  there 
not  being  a  sufficient  number  of  commissioners  to  consti- 
tute a  court,  those  present  ordered  the  appeals  to  be  lodged 
with  the  clerk  of  the  court,  and  gave  the  agents  severally 
a  certificate  of  their  having  tendered  the  same  at  the  time 
and  place  appointed;   and  then  adjourned  to  meet  at  New- 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  587 

York  the  4th  day  of  July  next.^ — The  Pennsylvania 
Chronicle,  No.  154,  December  18-25,  1769- 

Nezv-York,  December  18.  The  6th  Instant  a  Session 
of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Province  of  New-Jersey, 
ended  at  Burlington,  during  which  Session,  Twenty-six 
Acts  passed,  which  were  assented  to  by  the  Governor,  and 
the  Assembly  prorogued  to  meet  at  Perth-Amboy: 
Among  those  Acts  passed  are.  An  Act  for  the  Support  of 
the  Government:  An  Act  for  striking  £.  100,000,  in  Bills 
of  Credit,  with  a  Suspending  Clause  'till  his  Majesty's 
Pleasure  is  known  :^  An  Act  to  settle  tJie  Quotas  of  the 
several  Counties:  An  Act  for  the  Trial  of  Causes  under 
Ten  Pounds:  An  Act  for  the  Relief  of  insolvent  Debtors: 
An  Act  for  the  supplying  the  Barracks:  An  Act  against 
Horse-Stealing:  An  Act  to  regulate  the  Ferries:  An  Act 
for  the  Preservation  of  Oysters:  An  Act  for  the  Preserva- 
tion of  Deer:  and,  An  Act  to  lay  a  Duty  on  Negroes  im- 
ported.— The  Nc7v  York  Gazette  or  Weekly  Post  Boy, 
No.  1407,  December  18,  1769. 

The  Public  are  also  cautioned  to  beware  of  Three 
Pounds  New-Jersey  Bills,  dated  April  23,   1761;    they 

'  On  July  4.  1770,  Andrew  Elliot  was  the  only  commissioner  present, 
and  he  made  a  memorandum  that  a  meeting  would  be  called  "on  the 
first  Tuesday  in  May  next."  1771. — Minutes  of  Comiiiisfiion,  in  N.  T.  Hist. 
Soc;  2V.  J.  Archives.  XXVII.,  199.  No  further  meetings  were  held.  In 
the  meantime  the  New  York  Legislature  passed  an  act.  Feb.  16.  1771, 
establishing  the  boundary  line  between  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  in 
accordance  with  the  report  of  the  commissioners.  The  Legislature  of 
New  Jersey  passed  a  similar  act,   Sept.  26,  1772. 

2  An  act  for  the  same  purpose  was  passed  by  the  Legislature,  ISIay  10, 

1768,  but  Governor  Franklin  withheld  his  assent  until  the  King's  pleas- 
ure should  be  expressed.— 2V.  J.  Archives.  XVII..  49.5;  X.,  49,  60.  The 
act  was  disallowed  by  the  King  in  Council,   May  26,  1769,  and  June  6, 

1769,  on  the  ground  that  it  made  the  bills  of  credit  to  be  issued  legal 
tender  for  the  payment  of  all  debts,  private  as  well  as  public. — N.  J. 
Archives.  X.,  99,  103,  106,  115.  On  December  6.  1769.  the  Legislature 
passed  a  new  act  for  the  issue  of  £100.000  in  bills  of  credit,  and  instead 
of  making  them  legal  tender  for  the  payment  of  private  debts  provided 
that  they  should  be  redeemable  by  the  loan  comm.issioners  in  payment 
of  the  moreys  borrowed  from  them.  Even  this  was  objected  to  by  the 
King's  advisers,  and  this  act  also  was  disallowed  by  the  King  in  Coun- 
cil. The  act  of  the  King  was  bitterly  resented  in  New  Jersey,  and  the 
Legislature  was  with  great  difficulty  dissuaded  by  Governor  Franklin 
from  retaliating  by  withholding  appropriations  for  the  maintenance  of 
the  barracks  within  the  Province.— A'.  J.  Archives.  XVIII..  103;  X..  150. 
196,   197  (note),  200,   237,  297. 


588  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [  1 769 

appear  to  be  very  badly  done  with  common  printing  Types, 
the  Impression  Stronger  in  the  Paper,  and  not  so  teautifui 
in  Colour  as  the  true  Bills;  the  Arms  and  Ornaments  ap- 
pear very  blind  in  the  Counterfeits;  the  Word  Eight  in 
the  Face  of  the  Bill,  is  made  Eight,  and  the  P  in  the  Word 
Plate,  is  right  over  the  A  in  the  Word  April,  which  is 
not  so  in  the  genuine  Bills;  on  the  Back  of  the  Counter- 
feits, the  Paper  is  whiter  than  the  true  Ones.  They  are 
the  same  we  advertised  in  February  1766,  and  by  observ- 
ing the  Description  of  them,  they  may  readily  be  detected. 

Gloucester  Goal,  December  8,  1769. 
The  Subscribers  hereof  giz'c  this  public  Notice,  agree- 
able to  an  Act  of  Assembly  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey, 
lately  made,  to  all  their  Creditors,  to  meet  them  before 
Robert  Friend  Price, ^  and  Samuel  Harrison,  Esquires,  tzvo 

1  The  earliest  mention  that  has  been  found  of  Robert  Friend  Price  in 
the  public  records  of  New  Jersey  is  in  a  deed  dated  July  14,  1755,  where  - 
by  Hannah  Roe  and  Abraham  Roe.  executors  of  the  estate  of  Henry 
Roe,  late  of  the  township  and  county  of  Gloucester,  convey  to  Edward 
Hollingshead,  of  Greenwich  township,  and  Robert  Friend  Price,  of  New- 
ton township.  Gloucester  county,  yeomen,  for  £500,  a  tract  of  300  acres 
in  New  Whippany,  Morris  county. — Libvr  O  of  Deeds,  Secretary  of  State's 
office,  f.  441.  This  deed  appears  to  have  been  in  trust,  to  enable  the 
grantees  as  trustees  to  pay  the  debts  of  Henry  Roe,  deceased,  and  Abra- 
ham Roe.— .V.  J.  Archives,  XX.,  193.  In  1758,  Robert  Friend  Price,  Esq., 
at  Haddonfleld,  was  to  receive  subscriptions  for  the  laws  of  New  Jersey, 
which  appeared  in  1761,  as  the  second  volume  of  Nevill's  Laws. — lb., 
295.  By  an  act  of  the  Legislature,  passed  March  25.  1760,  Price  was 
appointed  one  of  the  commissioners  to  see  that  the  soldiers  disabled 
in  the  vsar  with  Canada  were  properly  provided  for. — NeriU's  Laws,  II., 
264.  He  was  appointed  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  Gloucester  countv  in 
17G1.— iV^  J.  Ai-rhives.  XVII.,  274.  He  was  Sheriff  of  that  county  in  1757, 
and  1764-65,  and  advertised  many  sales  of  land  in  that  ca,pacity. — lb., 
XX.,  145;  XXIV.,  383.  471,  515.  530,  531;  Lib.  R  of  Deeds,  in  Secretary  of 
State's  office,  f.  307.  The  Governor  commissioned  him  a  Judge  of  the 
Gloucester  court  of  over  and  terminer.  April  31  (sic).  1768.  and  again 
April  20,  1769;  September  21,  1770;  April  2,  1771;  April  6,  1772.  and 
May  16,  1774;  also  justice  of  the  peace,  December  7,  1769. — Books  of 
Commissions,  Secretary  of  State's  office,  Trenton,  sub  nom.  In  1761  he  was 
elected  one  of  the  two  Assemblymen  from  Gloucester,  and  was  re- 
elected in  1769,  serving  as  a  member  of  the  Legislature  for  fourteen 
consecutive  years,  and  until  the  end  of  the  Royal  government.  On 
Feb.  8,  1774,  he  was  appointed  by  the  Assembly  on  a  Standing  Commit- 
tee of  Correspondence  and  Inquiry,  to  keep  New  Jersey  in  touch  with 
the  other  Colonies  in  the  great  movement  which  culminated  in  the 
Revolution.  In  1774  he  was  appointed  by  Gloucester  county  a  member 
of  the  Committee — representing  the  several  counties — which  on  July 
23,  1774.  nominated  the  Deputies  to  represent  New  Jersey  in  the  Con- 
tinental Congress,  chosen  to  meet  on  September  5.  1774,  at  Philadelphia. 
— Mi)iutes  Proriucial  Conejress.  31.  He  does  not  appear  to  have  sat  in  the 
Assembly  in  1775,  and  on  November  17  of  that  year  the  sergeant-at- 
arms  was  ordered  to  give  notice  forthwith  to  him  and  five  other  mem- 
bers that  their  absence  retarded  the  business  of  that  body. — 76..  282. 
He  still  failed  to  appear,  however.     That  he  retained  the  public  confl- 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  589 

of  his  Majesty's  Judges  for  the  County  of  Gloucester,  at 
Gloucester,  on  the  Third  Day  of  January  next,  and  then 
shezv  Cause,  if  any  they  have,  why  they  should  not  be  dis- 
charged from  their  present  Contineinent,  as  the  said  Act 
directs 

William  Forker,     James  Simpson. 

Gloucester,  December  19,  1769. 
Was  taken  up  and  committed  to  Gloucester  Goal,  agree- 
able to  an  Advertisement  of  William  Wilson,  Constable 
of  East-Cain  Township,  Chester  County,  in  the  Province 
of  Pennsylvania,  a  certain  William  M'Kerachan;  there- 
fore the  said  William  Wilson  is  hereby  desired  to  come 
immediately  and  take  him  out,  by 

Richard  Johnson,  Goaler. 
— The  Pennsylz'ania  Gazette,  No.  2139,  December  21, 
1769. 

Pursuant  to  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
Province  of  New-Jersey  lately  passed,  intitled,  "an  Act 
for  the  relief  of  insolvent  debtors,"  the  subscriber  being 

dence,  nevertheless,  is  shown  by  his  reappointment,  by  the  Legislature, 
on  May  18,  1775.  and  again  on  May  21,  1778,  to  the  office  of  judge  of  the 
Gloucester  county  court  of  oyer  and  terminer,  and  as  judge  of  the  court 
of  common  plea.s.  and  justice  of  the  peace.  May  28.  1779.  In  January. 
1776.  he  was  lining  at  Gloucester  town,  where,  he  advertised,  he  would 
settle  the  accounts  of  Blanch  Roberdes.  late  of  Philadelphia,  shop- 
keeper, deceased. — 2  N.  ■/.  Archives  I.,  28.  Mr.  Price  married.  1st,  Mary 
Thorne,  of  Gloucester  county,  marriage  license  dated  March  7,  1761; 
he  m.  2d,  Lizzie,  dau.  of  John  Collins,  of  Haddonfield  (who  d.  1761).  and 
wid.  of  Samuel  Hugg  (whom  she  had  m.  in  1752).  marriage  license  dated 
August  6.  1766;  she  survived  him,  and  m.  od.  Daniel  Smith.  Mr. 
Price's  acquaintance  with  his  second  wife  was  of  some  years'  standing, 
as  in  1757  he  had  gone  on  the  marriage  bond  of  Dr.  James  Mulock.  who 
was  about  to  marr-v  Priscilla  Collins,  sister  of  Elizabeth,  or  Lizzie. — 
Vh'mrnt'x  Firxt  Srltlrrs  of  Xrirton  Tmnialup-  81,  187,  397;  .V,  ./.  Archiren, 
XXII.,  305.  The  will  of  Robert  Fi'iend  Price,  of  Deptford  township 
Gloucester  county,  bears  date  July  .31,  1782.  he  being  then  "sick  and 
weak,"  and  was  proved  Oct,  29,  1782.  In  it  he  mentions  wife  Liza,  and 
children  Margerv.  son-in-law  Samuel  Mickle.  Blanciie.  Hannah.  Polly 
and  Robert  Friend  Price;  also  brother.  Thomas  Price.  Executors- 
friends  John  Est.  Hopkins  and  J.ames  Wilkins.  Witnesses — William 
Harrison.  Danl.  Wills.  Jeremiah  Paul.— /./'« c  23  nf  WnU.  in  ftirrctar;/ 
of  State's  office,  f.  S06.  Hannah  Price  (prob.  his  dau.)  m.  John  Baker, 
of  Burlington  county,  by  marriage  license  dated  Feb.  10.  1779.  His  son. 
Robert  Fiiend  Price,  2d,  m.  Mary  Brian,  mar.  lie.  dated  Jan.  14.  1784. 
Thomas  Price,  prob.  his  brother,  of  Hanover.  Burlington  county,  m. 
Edith  Hart,   of  the  same  county,  mar.  lie.  dated  March  4.   1.47. 


590  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [1769 

confined  in  the  Gaol  of  the  county  of  Budington,  and  hav- 
ing petitioned  Robert  Smith  and  Daniel  Ellis,  Esqrs ;  two 
of  the  judges  of  the  inferior  court  of  common  pleas,  for 
the  county  of  Burlington,  for  the  benefit  of  said  act,  do 
hereby  give  notice,  to  all  my  creditors,  to  appear  and  shew 
cause,  if  any  they  have,  on  the  Sixteenth  day  of  January 
next,  at  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  before  the  said 
judges,  at  the  house  of  David  Clayton,  in  Burlington,  why 
I  should  not  be  discharged,  agreeable  to  the  directions  of 
the  said  Act. 

William  Hays. 

Burlington  Gaol,  December  28,  1769. 

Pursuant  to  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
province  of  New-Jersey,  lately  passed,  entitled  "An  Act 
for  the  relief  of  insolvent  debtors,"  we  the  subscribers, 
being  now  confined  in  the  goal  of  Trenton,  and  having 
petitioned  William  Morris,  William  Clayton  and  Isaac 
Smith,  Esqrs;  Judges  of  the  inferior  court  of  common 
pleas,  for  the  county  of  Hunterdon,  for  the  Benefit  of  said 
Act,  do  hereby  give  notice  to  our  creditors,  to  appear  and 
shew  cause,  if  any  they  have,  on  the  i8th  day  of  January 
next,  at  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  before  the  said 
judges,  at  the  house  of  Col.  Samuel  Hunt,  in  Trenton, 
why  we  should  not  be  discharged  agreeable  to  the  direc- 
tions of  the  said  Act. 

Andrew  Herret,  Jacob  Keivet,  Cornelius  Seyoc, 
James  Grant,  Garrat  Burns,  John  Murphy,  Mary 
Garrison,  Jacob  Highberger,  Robert  Rutherford.^ 
Albert  Polhameous,  Edward  Harrington,  John 
Royall,  Isaac  Vanarsdalan,  Thomas  Thompson, 
John  Cade,  Edmund  South,  Christopher  Chamber- 


1  For  some  nccount   of   the   remarkable  career  of  Robert  Rutherford, 
and  one  of  his  daughters,  see  N.  J.  Archives,  XX.,  16S. 


1769]  NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  59 ' 

lain,  John  Mountier,  William  Richards,  William 
Walker,  Charles  Gressman. 
— The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  No.  155,  December 
25,  iy6g-Jannary  i,  1770. 

To  be  Sold, 
A  Valuable  plantation,  containing  upwards  of  200  acres, 
situate  in  the  county  of  Sussex,  and  province  of  New-Jer- 
sey, two  miles  and  an  half  from  Andover  furnace,  and  the 
like  distance  from  the  court-house,   at  either  of  which 
places  is  a  ready  market  for  all  kinds  of  produce.     There 
is  on  said  plantation  a  frame  dwelling-house  and  kitchen, 
almost  new,  and  well  finish'd,  with  cellars  under  the  whole; 
also  good  stables,  shed,  cow-house,  spring  house,  a  com- 
modious log  dwelling-house,  and  a  convenient  paled  gar- 
den;  one  orchard  of  160  bearing  apple  trees,  and  another 
of  the  same  number  lately  planted;  about  70  acres  of  plow 
land,  and  20  of  meadow  cleared;   the  latter  in  good  Eng- 
lish grass,  and  the  whole  under  good  fence.    Thirty  acres 
(at  least)  or  more  meadow  may  be  made  at  a  small  ex- 
pence,   and   can  be  easily  watered  by  a  brook  running 
through  the  tract.     The  situation  of  this  place  is  very  ad- 
vantageous for  a  tavern,  (as  four  roads  meet  there)  where 
a  noted  one  has  been  kept  for  some  years  past,  formerly  by 
the  widow  Kennedy,  but  now  by  Da\'id  Lindsey.     Any 
person  inclining  to  purchase  the  said  plantation,  may  know 
the  terms  by  applying  (at  the  furnace  aforesaid)  to 

Archibald  Stewart. 

Whereas  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Province  of 
New-Jersev,  have  passed  an  Act  for  the  Relief  of  Debtors, 
at  their  last  Sessions :  We  the  Debtors  in  the  Goal  of  the 
Borough  of  Elizabeth,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  intending 
to  take  the  Benefit  of  said  Act,  do  hereby  desire  all  our 


592  NEW    JERSEY    COLONIAL    DOCUMENTS.  [^7^9 

Creditors  to  take  Notice  accordingly.  Dated  Elizabeth 
Town  Goal,  December  16,  1769. 

Henry  Clark,  Sen.    Daniel  Ogden,  Jim. 
John  Little,  John  Bishop, 

David  Little,  Thomas  Penoyer. 

Barnaby  Shute,^ 
■ — The  New  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mercury,  No. 
948,  December  25,  1769. 

Gloucester  County,  December  16,  1769 
By  virtue  of  a  writ,  to  me  directed,  will  be  exposed  to 
public  sale,  on  Tuesday,  the  20th  of  February  next,  on 
the  premises,  a  certain  messuage,  plantation  and  tract  of 
land,  containing  200  acres,  more  or  less,  situate  on  the 
south  branch  of  Timber  Creek,  adjoining  lands  of  Rich- 
ard Cheesman,  and  lands  late  John  Blackwood's;  and  also 
a  tract  of  excellent  cedar  swamp,  situate  on  the  four  mile 
branch,  on  Great  Egg-harbour  river,  containing  80  acres, 
more  or  less,  and  127  acres  and  37  perches  of  pine  land, 
well  timbered,  situate  at  a  certain  place,  called  the  Four 
Mile  Neck,  and  is  bounded  by  lands  of  Richard  Arrel ;  the 
above  plantation  is  very  convenient  for  a  tanyard,  or  al- 
most any  public  business;  it  is  within  a  mile  of  a  Meeting- 
house; late  the  property  of  Benjamin  Collins;  seized  in 
execution  by 

Joseph  Hugg, 'Sheriff. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  No.  2140,  December 
28,  1769. 

1  A  tavern  keeper  at  Elizabethtown  for  many  years. 

2  Joseph  Hugg,  1st,  a  descendant  of  John  Hugg,  the  founder  of  the 
family  in  Old  Gloucester,  settled  at  Gloucester  Point  in  1722,  where  he 
kept  the  ferry  and  inn  for  several  years.  He  d.  in  1757,  leaving  two 
children — Samuel  and  Joseph,  2d.     The  latter  was  probably  the  Joseph 

"Hogg-,"  joiner,  in  Philadelphia,  who  advertised  land  for  sale  on  Little 
Timber  creek.  Gloucester,  in  1752  and  1753. — .V.  ./,  Arcliivcs.  XIX.,  183, 
268.  He  was  Sheriff  of  Gloucester  county  in  1769.  The  will  of  Joseph 
Hugg.  Esqr.,  of  Gloucester  Town  and  County,  dated  March  10.  1795,  was 
proved  December  12,  1796,  at  Woodburj-.  The  testator  gives  his  wife 
Elizabeth  his  furniture,  carriage,  two  horses,  and  £60  half  yearly  dur- 
ing life;    divides  "my  plantation  where  I  live"  between  his  two  sons — 


1769] 


NEWSPAPER    EXTRACTS.  593 


Extract  of  a  letter  from  Nczv  York,  Dec.  25 
"The  brig  Jupiter,  Captain  Byers,  from  this  port  for 
DubHn,  in  going  out  ran  ashore  on  the  S.  W.  spit  of  the 
East  Bank,  where  she  filled;  then  beat  off,  and  they  ran 
her  into  the  Horse-shoe,  Sandy-Hook,  where  she  lays  in 
a  fathom  water  ;^  and  a  sloop  belonging  to  New  England, 
bound  from  the  West  Indies  for  this  port,  with  rum,  is 
also  said  to  be  ashore  about  seven  miles  to  the  southward 
of  Sandy-Hook." — The  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  1412, 
December  28,  1769. 

Joseph  and  George  Washington;  devises  to  son  Isaac  "my  plantation 
at  Great  Egg  Harbour,  in  Galloway  township,  late  Richard  Westcoat's;" 
gives  his  daughter,  Elizabeth  Kennard,  wife  of  Samuel  Kennard.  £400, 
some  silver,  etc.;  to  grandson,  John  Hampton  (apparently  son  of  a 
deceased  daughter),  £300,  "'and  I  commit  him  to  the  care  of  his  uncle 
Joseph;'"  also  mentions  his  brother.  Samuel  Hugg.  Executor.s — sons 
Joseph  and  Isaac,  and  son-in-law,  Saml.  Kennard.  junior.  Witnesses — 
Charles  West,  Jas.  B.  Cooper,  Saml.  Flaningam.  In  a  codicil,  dated  the 
same  day,  he  says  he  has  "heard  of  my  son  Isaac  S.  Hugg's  death," 
and  divides  that  son's  share  between  his  dau.  Elizabeth  and  his  grand- 
son, John  Hampton.  Witnesses — Edward  Lucas,  Henry  Shevileer, 
Amos  Pearce.  In  a  second  codicil,  dated  Nov.  19,  1796,  he  says:  "Hav- 
ing lately  sold  mv  land  in  Gloucester  township  near  Long  Coming  to 
several  persons  in  the  Neighborhood.  I  hereby  empower  and  direct  my 
Executors  to  make  good  Convevances;"  and  he  appoints  his  son,  George 
Washington  Hugg.  one  of  his  executors.  The  inventoi-y  of  his  estate, 
taken  Dec.  6,  1796.  bv  James  Hurley  and  Jno.  Brick,  footed  up  £2973, 
3.  10%.— Lib.  iA'O.  36  of  Wills,  f.  206. 


1  See  N.  J.  Archives,  XXVIL,  6. 


INDEX. 


INDEX. 


Abbit,  John,  drowned,  552. 
Abeel.    James,   merchant  at  New- 
ark,   122;     hollow    ware    for 
sale  by,   199,  553. 
Abington,   227,   522. 
Absconded,    66,    200,    356,    403,    423, 

424.   449. 
Abzlcher,  Paulus,  alias  Peter  An- 
zieher,  runaway  servant,  168. 
Accidents — at  horse  race,  524. 
boy  killed,  137. 
burned  to  death,  364,  400. 
cattle  destroyed,  126. 
drowned,    31,    52,    176,    178,    185, 
191,     195,     404,     437,     443,    494, 
547,    549,    552. 
fatal  blow,  52. 
fatal  fall  from  horse,  376. 
fires,  2,  34,  52,  144,  145,  146,  148, 
149      155,    169,    172,    184,    220, 
230.    231.    233,    340,    341,    343, 
364,    384,    385,    398,    399,    400, 
503. 
frozen   to  death,  355. 
run  over  by  wagon,   376. 
man  killed,  2. 
man  killed  bv  panther,  51. 
man  shot.  312,  313. 
negro  child  smothered,  2. 
seal  lost,  295. 
shallop  blown  over,  368. 
struck  by  lightning,  487. 
suffocated,    487. 
Acquackanonk  (now  Passaic),  122. 
Acquackonock,  horses  sold  at,  33. 
Act    for    granting    £60,000   for   the 
King's  use,  and  for  striking 
£55,000    thereof    in    bills    of 
credit,   442. 
Acton.  John,  negro  run  away  from, 

196. 
Adams.    John,    runaway    servant, 
committed      to       Gloucester 
county  goal,  506. 
Adley,    Thomas,    brazier,    runaway 

servant,  301. 
Admiralty    Courts,    420;     adminis- 
tration of,  362. 
Akers.   George,  tinman,  281. 
Akin.  Abiel,  insolvent  debtor,  183. 
Alamatunk  River,  land  for  sale  on, 

275. 
Albanv,    278,    396;     Gov.    Franklin 

sets  out  for,  266,  269. 
Albany   Pier.    199. 
Albertson,  Nathan,  466. 
Alexander,  Capt.,  293. 
C,   456. 

Rev.  Joseph,  291. 
S.  D.,  "Princeton  in  the  Eigh- 
teenth Centurj',"  by,  521. 
William  C,  291. 


Alexandria,  horse  stolen  in,  554. 

Alison.  Rev.  Dr.  Francis,  "The 
Centinel,''  by,  81. 

Allamatunk  River,  land  for  sale 
on,    314. 

Allen,  Captain.  124,  505. 

Isaac,    land,    house    and    mills 

for  sale  by,  154. 
Mrs.,   570,   571. 
Thomas,   145. 

William,  335,  574,  575:  Chief 
Justice  of  Pennsylvania, 
494;  appointment  of,  463. 

Allen  Town,  Allen's  Town,  2,  42 
173,  215.  260.  551,  570,  571 
fulling  mill  for  sale  in,  131. 
house,  land  and  dyeing 
stuffs  for  sale  at,  131;  land 
for  sale  in.  18;  land  for  sale 
near,  IS,  66,  132,  337,  563; 
mills  for  sale  near.  154; 
Pi'esbyterian  meeting  house 
at,  338. 

Allibone,   Captain,   145. 

Alliney,  Ebenezer,  230. 

Allinson.     Elizabeth,     biographical 
sketch  of,  262. 
Elizabeth,    jun.,    obituary    no- 
tice of,   262,  263. 
Joseph,   262. 

Samuel,  lawyer,  2;  land  for 
sale  by,  19;  obituary  notice 
of  wife  of,  262. 

Allison,  Captain,  383. 

Alloway's  Creek,  44,  173.  220,  407, 
452;  land  for  sale  at  the 
heacj  of.  189;  land  for  sale 
near,  517;  land  for  sale  at, 
527;  wife  eloped  in,  527. 
precinct,   65. 

township,  402;  land  for  sale 
in,  35,  156.  486. 

Alrichs.    Peter.   272. 

Alwood,  Justice,  170. 

Ambler,  Peter,  servant  absconded 
from.    424,   458. 

Ambov,  59.  430,  469,  503;  fire  at, 
140,  144,  149,  385;  land  for 
sale  at  or  near,  58,  87,  133, 
431;     letter  from.   233. 

America,  Church  of  England  in, 
78.  556;  denominations  in, 
100. 

American  Admiralty,   178. 

American  Bishops,  plea  for,  78-82; 
arguments  for  and  against, 
94-120,  125-152,  167,  193,  201, 
213,  239,  251,  326,  335,  496, 
556-560;  sermon  in  favor  of, 
310. 

"American  Canaan,"   434. 


598 


INDEX. 


American  commerce,  restrictions 
on,  546. 

American  Judges  of  Admiralty, 
commissions  for  new,  362. 

"American  Latin  Grammar"  for 
sale,  567. 

"American  Magazine,  The,"  pro- 
posed to  be  published  by 
Lewis  Nicola,  347. 

American  Philosophical  Society, 
committee  to  observe  the 
Transit  of  Venus,  appointed 
by  the.  450. 

"American  Whig,"  a  Collection  of 
Tracts  containing  the,  81, 
252;  authors  of,  108,  110,  111, 
112;  referred  to,  82-86;  "A 
"WTiip  for  the,"  by  "Timothy 
Tickle,"  107;  No.  XIII.,  let- 
ter to  the  author  of,  213; 
published  in  New  York,  252. 

Amsterdam,  281. 

Amwell.  22,  41.  167,  260,  312,  323, 
373,  400,  551;  death  of  John 
Reading  at,  36;  land  and 
tavern  house  for  sale  in,  276; 
land  for  sale  in,  390;  St.  An- 
drew's church  at,  213;  tav- 
ern for  sale  in.  24. 
township,  35;  fuller  wanted 
in,  451;  land  for  sale  in,  374; 
wife  eloped  from,  270. 

"Anatomist,   The."   297,   335. 

Anderson,   Capt.,  256,  260. 

Ezekial,   insolvent  debtor,   168. 

James,  35,  550. 

Judge  John,   183,   211,  296,  311, 

481. 
John,    230;     land   for   sale   by, 

145,   351. 
Thomas,   acknowledgment  by, 
44,  45;    land  to  let  by,  393. 

Andover  Furnace,  260;  land  for 
sale  near.  15,  59,  591. 

Andover  Iron  Works,  land  for  sale 
near.  268,  390. 

Andrews,  Isaac,  land  for  sale  by, 
274. 
Lewis,  Jersey  soldier,  captured 
by  the  Indians,  brought  ,to 
New  York,  328. 
Robert,  apprentice  lad  run 
away  from,  267. 

Annapolis,     Maryland,     clergy     of 
Maryland     to     meet     in,     to 
form  a  relief  society,   556. 
Convention,  New  Jersey  dele- 
gates to,  290. 

Anney's  Joe,  runaway  negro,  440. 

"Answer  to  Pilate's  Question — 
T\niat  is  Truth?— The  main 
Point,     Faith     distinguished 


from  Counterfeits,"  for  sale, 

444. 
Antigua.  29,  510,  554,  565. 
Antrin,    Isaac,    negroes    run   away 

from,  172. 
"Appeal  in  behalf  of  the  Church  of 

England."   bv  Dr.    Chandler, 

79.    80,    81,    94,    125.    148,    166, 

192,   193,   239,  335,   558. 
Appleton,  Capt.,  29. 

Josiah,  417. 
Apprentice  boy  absconded,  174. 
Apthorp,  Mr.,  558. 
Archer.  Benjamin,  land  for  sale  in 

tenure  of,  369. 
John.  205. 
Archibold.    Christopher,    runaway 

servant,  354. 
Armitage.  Benjamin,  land  for  sale 

by,  27. 
Armstrong,  Andrew,  watch  stolen 

from,  447. 
Martin,  260. 
Arnet.  James.  339,  340,  343. 
Arrel,  Richard,  land  for  sale  near 

lands  of,  592. 
Arrent.     John,     insolvent     debtor, 

254. 
Asanpunk,   grist   mill  for  sale   on, 

38. 
Ash  timber,  317. 
Ashfleld.  Lewis  Morris,  230. 
Ashmead,    Captain,    arrival  of,   36, 

548. 
Ashton,  Esther,  550. 

Mary.  461. 
Assembly,  meeting  of,  71. 
Assessors,  act  to  oblige  to  deliver 

duplicates    of    their   assess- 
ments,   164. 
Assunpink  creek,  iron  foundry  on, 

38. 
Atherton.      Thomas,      conveyance 

from,  missing,   171. 
Atkinson.  James,  conveyance  from, 

missing.    171. 
Atterbury     estate,     residence     for 

sale   belonging   to   the,    72. 
"Atticus,"    extract    from    a    letter 

of,  2. 
Attwood.    Joshua,    vessel    for    sale 

by,   134. 
Augusta  county,  Virginia,  256,  260. 
Auhquechnock,  498. 
Ausborn.  Joseph,   263. 
Auten.    Thomas,    insolvent  debtor, 

366. 
Axford,   Charles,  junior,   168. 
Avis,   George,   471. 
Avres,    Captain,   from    Lisbon,    ar- 
rival of,  388. 


B 1.  Lord,  prayers  offered  up 

for,  450. 

Bacon,  John,  degree  conferred  up- 
on. 288. 

Badcock's  creek.  land  for  sale  ly- 
ing on,  433. 

Badger's  mills.  Benjamin.  469. 

Badston  (Batsto).  the  new  furnace 
at,   4. 

Baily,    Thomas,    land    for   sale   by. 


Baines.  Robert,  horse  kept  by,  418. 

John,   589. 
Baker.   Charles,   550. 
Baker.   144.   178. 
Baldwin,  Charles,  lawyer.  578. 
Elizabeth  Davidson,  578. 
Jonathan.  Princeton,  348;    ser- 
vant lad  run  away  from,  550, 
578;     biographical  sketch  of, 
578. 
Nathaniel,   578. 


INDEX. 


599 


Stephen,  house  to  let  by,  60. 
Susan,  578. 
William,  578. 

Baley,  James,  insolvent  debtor, 
176. 

Ball.     Caleb,     deceased,     land    for 
sale  near,  67. 
Daniel,   land  for  sale  formerly 

of,   72. 
David,    insolvent    debtor,    170. 
247;    land  for  sale  lately  be- 
longing to,  566. 
Ezekiel,   land  for  sale  by,   411, 
566;    inventor  of  machine  for 
leveling  roads,    429,    430. 
Jonas,    insolvent    debtor,    170, 

247. 
Nathaniel,    land    for    sale    by, 

72,    411.    566. 
Thomas,  land  for  sale  by,  72. 
William,  land  for  sale  bv,  27. 

Baltimore,  Maryland,  41,  263,  440, 
456,   469;    town  gaol,  206, 

Bancroft,  George,   290. 

Bandeler,  Peter.  260. 

Baner,   Isaac,  500. 

Banks,  James,  tavern  kept  by, 
237;  stage  waggon  to  start 
from  and  to,  214,  484. 

Baptist  Church   in  America,  97. 

Baptist  meeting  house.   352. 

Baptists,    148. 

Barbadoes,  Barbados.  W.  I.,  205, 
364,  484,  506,  510,  527;  ar- 
rivals at  and  from,  36,  157. 

Barbadoes  Neck.   348. 

Barber.  Francis,  schoolmaster,  bi- 
ographical sketch  of,  10; 
Grammar  School  at  New- 
Bridge   carried  on  by,   528. 

Barberie,  John,  land  for  sale  by, 
57.    215. 

Bard.  Mary  Martha,  215. 

Peter,  jun.,  obituary  notice  of, 
453. 

Bard  family,  note  on,  453. 

Bardan,  John,  stage  waggon  kept 
by.  290. 

Bardin.  Captain,  485. 

Mr.,  fire  at  house  of.  146. 

Bar  iron  taken  in  payment  for 
hammers   and   anvils,    553. 

Barn,    burning  of,   343. 

Barnagat,  brig  run  ashore  at,  580. 

Barnagate  Beach,  men  drove 
ashore  at,  510. 

Barnegat.  256;  vessels  lost  at,  on 
account  of  rain  and  wind 
storm,   503. 

Barnegat  Beach,  shallop  drove 
ashore  at.  502;  vessel  drove 
ashore  near,   503. 

Barnes.     John,     Sheriff,     man    es- 
caped from.   483. 
Lambert,    notice    to    creditors 

of,  300. 
Thomas,    land   and   houses   for 
sale  bv.  377. 

Barnett.   William,   Sheriff.   548. 

Barnhill.  John,  stage  waggon  kept 
by.    158,    159. 

Barracks,   act  for  supplying.   587. 

Barret,  Edward,  452. 

Barrett.  Absalom,  runaway  ser- 
vant,  478. 

Barrey.    Captain.   510. 


Barflett.  W..  457,  492. 

Barton.  Gilbert,  innholder,  570. 

Bartow.  Thomas,  land  for  sale  by, 
275. 

Bartram.  G..  European,  East  and 
West  India  goods  for  sale  at 
the  store  of,  436. 

Bartram  and  Lithgow,  partnership 
of.   412. 

Baskenridge,  170. 

Baskinridge  meeting-house,  land 
for  sale  near,  498. 

Bassonet,  Charles,  servant  run 
awav  from,  510. 

Bate,  William,  471. 

Batsto  furnace,  owners  of,  577 
See  Badston. 

Battin,  Taulbert,  506. 

Bavard.  William,  land  to  be  let  by, 
16. 

Beach.     Rev.     Abraham.     30.     75; 
marriage   of.    185;   biograph- 
ical sketch  of,  185. 
Ann,  185. 

Bealie.  Thomas,  runaway.  128. 

Beal,  Thomas,  escaped  from  Sus- 
sex county  gaol,  147. 

"Bear  Swamp"  for  sale,  487;  land 
for  sale  Iving  near,  436. 

Beattv.   Charles,  300. 
Charles.   Rev..   521. 
John,  graduated  from  Prince- 
ton    College,     521;     debater, 
523. 

Beatv.   George,   land  for  sale  near 
'  mill  of.  390. 

Beaver-Pond,  horse  racing  at,  179. 

Beckman,   James,   English  oration 
bv,  526. 
William.    English    oration    by. 
526. 

Bedminster,    17;     inhabitants    im- 
powered  to  repair  their  high- 
ways in,  by  hire.  164. 
township,  land  for  sale  in.  56, 
71,  394,   492. 

Beebe,   Zaccheus,  260. 

Belfast,  29. 

Bellamy.  Dr.,  522. 

Belleville  (formerly  Second  River), 
copper  mines  at,  162. 

Bellus.   Philip.   161. 

Bell.v-bridge,  307. 

Ben,  runaway  negro,  454,  461.  511. 

Benedict.  Joel,  degree  of  master 
of  arts   conferred  upon,   288. 

Benezet,   Daniel.  563. 

James,    land   for  sale   by,   276; 

notice  by.  468. 
Philip,  meadow  to  be  let.  late 
in  the  tenure  of,  92. 

Ben.1amin.  lunaway  negro.  444. 

Bennet.   Aaron,   servant  run  away 
from,  452. 
Abraham,  land  for  .sale  in  pos- 
session of.   135. 
Cornelius,  escaped  goal.  482. 

Bennett,  alias  Bennin.  Joseph, 
supposed  runaway,  commit- 
ted to  Burlington  county 
goal.   358. 

Bense.  Adam.  552. 

Bergen.  Jacob.   162,  236. 

Bergen,  land  for  sale  adjoining. 
257. 

Bergen  Common   T>ands.  181. 


6oo 


INDEX. 


Bergen  Commons,  partition  of,  470. 
Bergen  county,   231,    447;     land  for 
sale  in,  90.  132,  245;    Assem- 
blymen  from,   204,  231. 
Bergen-Point,    351;     land    for   sale 
at.    91;     land,    etc.,    for    sale 
on',   380;     land   for  sale  near. 
448. 
Bergen  township,  16. 
Bergen    Woods,    stage    waggon    to 

stop  in.  290. 
Berien,    John,    representative    for 

Somerset  county.   194. 
Berkly,  Lord,  land  granted  to,  243. 
Berks  county,  201. 
Berkshire    goal,    negro    committed 

to,   469. 
Bermuda,  W.  I.,  276. 
Bernard's   Town,   land  for  sale   in, 

498. 
Berrian,    John,    land    for   sale    by, 

90. 
Berrien,  Cornelius  Jansen,  208. 
Elizabeth,    208. 
Jannetie,  208. 

John.    208,    576;     Assemblyman 
from    Somerset    county,    194, 
204,    208,   231. 
John,   Justice   of   the  Supreme 
Court,  198,  236,  246,  281,  290, 
291.   380,   387,    426. 
Margaret,    208. 
Peter,   208. 

family,  sketch  of  the,  208. 
homestead,  Washington's  fare- 
well to  the  army  written  at 
the,  209. 
Berry.    Peter,    fatal    fall    from    his 

horse.  376. 
Berry's    Creek,    land    for    sale    on, 

245.  397. 
Bessonet.  John,  servant  run  away 

from,   5111. 
Bethlehem,    servant   run   away   in, 

536. 
Biddle,  Clement,  assignee,  land  for 
sale  by,  350;    notice  by,  471. 
Heni-j',  escaped  from  Glouces- 
ter county  goal,  283. 
Biggs,  Mrs.,  356. 

Biles,  Benjamin,  land  for  sale  by, 
73. 
Samuel,  land  for  sale  by,   337; 
notice  given  by,   477. 
Bills  of  credit,  acts  for  issuing,  13, 
442;      an     act     for     striking 
£100,000  in,   587;    disallowed 
by  the  King,  587;  the  action 
of  the  King  resented  in  New 
Jersey,  587. 
Biographical      and      Genealogical 
Notes: 
Allinson.  Elizabeth,  262. 
Baldwin,  Jonathan,   578. 
Barber.  Francis,   10. 
Beach,   Rev.  Abraham,   185. 
Beatty,  John,  521. 
Berrien  family,  208,  209. 
Blackwell.  Robert,  287. 
Blair.  W^illiam  Lawrence,  521. 
Brevard,    Ephraim,    288. 
Burnet,  Mathias,  521. 
Channing,  William,  521. 
Cooper,  Daniel,  jun.,  354. 
Davenport,  John,  521. 


Davies,  John  Rodgers,  521. 
Dewitt,   Peter,  521. 
Edwards,    Pierpont,    288. 
Frazer,      Rev.      William,      213- 

215. 
Graham,  Peter,  340. 
Gray,  Capt.  James,  141. 
Marker,    Ahimaaz,    128,    309. 
Henrv,    John.    521. 
Henry.  Samuel,  38. 
Houdin,  Rev.  Michael,  173. 
Houston,     William     Churchill, 

2SS-291. 
Hugg.  Joseph.   592. 
Kearny,   Michael,  124. 
Keen,  Mounce,  568. 
Kingsland,  Isaac,  132. 
Laurie.  Thomas,  18. 
Livingston.  Pnilip  French,  177. 
Melville,    Thomas,    522. 
Niles,   Samuel,  522. 
Osborne,  Adlai,  291. 
Perkins,  Lieut.  William,  178. 
Pettit,    Charles.    577. 
Pidgeon,   William,  40,  135. 
Price,    Robert   Friend.    588-589. 
Reading,   George,   373. 
Reese,  Thomas,  291. 
Shute.    Barnaby,    38. 
Skinner,   John,   266. 
Smith,  Samuel  Stanhope,  522. 
Smith.   Sarah  Logan,   161. 
Smith,  Thomas.  291. 
Story,  Isaac,  291. 
Strevdt,   Christian,  330. 
Thaver,  Elihu,  522. 
Tonkin,  Edward,  136. 
Van    Bunschooten,    Ellas,    287- 

**88 
Watson,  John,   257. 
Zublev.  David.  522. 
Bingham,  William,  330,  331. 
Birch    Creek,    land    for    sale    lying 
near  the  mouth  of,  476;  ferry 
kept  at,  477. 
Bishop,     John,     insolvent     debtor, 
592. 
Joseph,  servant,  committed  to 
Gloucester  county  goal,  506. 
Bissett,    John,    land    for    sale    late 

the  property  of,   215. 
Black,  William,  3. 
Blackburn,  Francis,  servant,  com- 
mitted to  Perth  Amboy  jail, 
300. 
Blackburne,   Rev.   Francis,    "Com- 
mentary on  Archbishop  Seek- 
er's Letter,"  by,  80. 
Black  Creek   ii'orge,   land  for   sale 

formerly  called,  55. 
Black  Horse  tavern  268. 
Black-Point,  350. 

Black    River,    Presbyterian   minis- 
ter    at,     128;      Presbyterian 
church  at,  310. 
road,  land  for  sale  near,  314. 
Blacksmith,  250,  256,  395,  410. 
Blacksmith's    shop,     burned,     146; 

for  sale,  58,  566. 
Blackwell,  Jacob  Francis,  287. 

Robert,  biographical  sketch  of, 
287;  oration  by,  at  com- 
mencement of  the  College 
of  New  Jersey,  287;  gradu- 
ates at  Princeton,  287. 


INDEX. 


60  I 


Blackwood.    Hugh,    land    for    sale 
by,   190,   517. 
John,   land  for  sale  near,   592. 
Samuel.  221;    Sheriff,  prisoners 
broke    goal    from.    42;     land, 
etc..    for    sale    by,    337,    433; 
notice    given    by,    477;     late 
Sheriff,     land     for    sale    by, 
477.   4S6. 
Blair.    Rev.    John,    oration    by.    at 
the    commencement    of    the 
College   of  New  Jersey,   287; 
nearly    drowned,    437;     Pro- 
fessor of  Divinity  in  the  Col- 
lege of  New  Jersey,  resigna- 
tion  of,  437. 
Mr..    Latin    syllogistic    debate 

by.   523. 

Rev.   Samuel.   399. 

William    Lawrence,    graduates 

at     Princeton     College.     521; 

Ijiographical   sketch    of.    521. 

Blewer.     Captain,     from     Quebec, 

172. 
Bloomer.  324. 

Bloomfield.     Moses.     Secretary     of 
the  New  Jersev  Medical  So- 
ciety,  77. 
""Blue     Anchor"     tavern,     servant 

run  away  from.   450. 
Blue  Mountains,  13;    land  for  sale 

at  foot  of  the.  389. 
Boardley.   John   Beale.   servant  to. 

in  goal.   41. 
Boat    broke     loose    from     shallop, 

508.  509. 
Boat-builder.  509. 
Boats   for   .sale.    215.    282.    379.    416, 

553,  554. 
Boatman,  451. 
Rollins.  John,  land  for  sale  at  the 

house  of.   221. 
Bolting  mills  for  sale.  254. 
"Bombasticus.   Ironicus."   commu- 
nication from.   272. 
Bond.    Elijah,    sturgeon    manufac  • 
torv  carried  on  by.   169.   242; 
land  for  sale  near.  244. 
Mr.,    flre  at  house  of.   140.   144. 
148. 
Bonnell.     Francis,     land     for     sale 
near,    369. 
Isaac.   129. 
Samuel,  deceased,   land  of.  for 

sale.  368.  369. 
Sarah,  executrix,  land  for  sale 

bv.  369. 
Thomas,     executor,     land     for 
sale  bv.  369. 
Bookseller.  399.  401. 
Books   for  sale.    127,    280,    443,   444, 

488.    489.    493.    567. 
Books    prospectus  of,   466. 
Bordaii.    John,   goods  stolen  from, 

Borden.  Nancy,  marriage  of,  265. 

Bordentown.  28.  173.  261.  264.  308 
349  462.  497.  550.  551;  land 
for  sale  near,  55;  land  for 
sale  in,  229,  230,  349,  563; 
mills  for  sale  near,  154;  sale 
in,  368. 

Boston.  22.  85,  124,  167,  207,  278, 
325,  339,  362,  440.  462.  522; 
arrival  of  Rev.  Dr.  Wither- 
spoon.  president  of  the  Col- 


lege of  New  Jersey,  at,  314; 
troops   for,   322;     Episcopali- 
ans   of,     335;      subscriptions 
taken  in  at,  399. 
Boston  Crown  Soap,   manufacture 

of.  349. 
Bottle  Hill   (now  Madison).   N.  J.. 

521. 
Boudinot.    Elias.    Blizabeth-Town. 
348;       executor      of      Joseph 
Woodruff.      .iun.,      deceased, 
379;      notice    given    by,    475; 
Commissary-General  of  pris- 
oners, 521;  demands  against 
William  Kelly  to  be  paid  by, 
488;  house  to  let  by,  393. 
Boulbv    John.  550. 
Boulsby.    Thomas,    land    for    sale 

near.  74. 
Boundarj'   line    between    the   Brit- 
ish   Northern    Colonies    and 
the  Indians,  settling  of,  538, 
543. 
Bound-Brook.      stage      via,      501; 
stage  to,  513;  William  Had- 
don.      teacher      of      mathe- 
maticks  at.    141;    town,   land 
for  sale  near,  367. 
Bourbon  county.  Ky..  373. 
Bourn.  Merica.  run  away.  435. 
Bowditch.   Captain.   582.   586. 
Bowen.  Jonathan.  35. 
Bower.    Lemuel,   land   for  sale  by. 

39. 
Bowers.   Lemuel,    land   for  sale   in 
the  possession  of.  393. 
Nicholas,  insolvent  debtor.  168. 
Boy  drowned.   191. 
Boy  killed.    137. 
BoVd.   Samuel.  550. 

'  William.  260. 
Bradburv.  Thomas,  insolvent  debt- 
or; 170.  .    ^ 
Bradford.    Thomas.    166;      prmter, 
225. 
William.  166;    printer.  225. 
William  and  Thomas,  printers, 
21.  347.  399. 
Brady.    Michael,    shoemaker,    run- 
away servant.   402,  480. 
Brainerd   'Rev.   David,   mission  of. 
297'. 
Rev.  John,  sketch  of.  298. 
Braintree.   Mass.    522. 
Brattle.    Thomas,    receives    degree 

of   master  of  arts.    522. 
Bray.   Doctor.   Bishop  of  London's 
Commissarv      in      Marj'land, 
125,   126. 
Brazier,  301. 
Brearly.  David.  290. 
Brenner.  Simeon.   260. 
Brevard.    Ephraim.    graduates    at 
Princeton.   287;    biographical 
sketch    of.    288. 
Joel,    graduates    at    Princeton 
College.  521;    Latin  syllogis- 
tic debate  by.  523. 
Brewer.    Garret,    insolvent   debtor, 
581. 
Peter,     executor,     fulnng    mill 
for  .sale  bv,  132;  land  for  sale 
by,  132. 
Brewhouse  afire,  146.  149. 
Brewhouse  for  sale.  319. 


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INDEX. 


Brian,    Mary,    589;     runaway    ser- 
vant, 41. 
Brick,    Jno.,    inventory    taken   by, 

593. 
Bricklayers,   65,  190,  511. 
Bridgetown,    271,    457,    527;     stage 

waggon  to  set  out  near,  285. 
Bridgetown    (Mount    Holly)    Court 

House,  land  for  sale  at,  468. 
Bridgewater.    inhabitants    impow- 

ered    to    repair    their    hig-h- 

ways  in,   by  hire,    164;     land 

for  sale  situate  at,  275,  367. 
Bridle  taken  by  mistake,   536. 
Brig  John  and  Richard  ashore,  51. 
Brig  ashore,   51,  580. 
Brig  wrecked,  124. 
Bright,    Jeremiah,    land    for    sale 

lately  the  property  of,  56. 
Brinckerhoff.      Dirck,      merchant, 

servant  run  awav  from,  412. 
Bristol,   5.    137,   204,   295.   311. 
Bristol,  Pa.,  servant  run  away  in, 

510;    township,  land  for  sale 

in,  382. 
Britain,    Elizabeth,   124. 

Benjamin,      insolvent     debtor, 

198. 
Briti-sh    merchandise,    importation 

of.  546. 
Britt.  runaway  negro,  548. 
Brittain.      Richard,      servant     run 

awav  from,  580. 
Britz.  Elizabeth.  124. 
Broadfleld,      Margaret,      sturgeon 

manufactory       carried       on 

under  the  care  of,  169,   242. 
Broadkill  Hundred.   Del.,   land  for 

sale  situate  in,  337. 
Brockholls  (Brockholst),  Anthony, 

499. 
Henrv.   499. 
Brockhurst,    Mr.,    499. 
Broke  goal.   123.   261,   278.   294,  341, 

342,   354.   355.   407    561,   562. 
Bromley.  17. 
Brooks,    James,    late   Sheriff,    land 

for  sale  bv,  64. 
Brooks  Mills.  550. 
Brown.    George,    goaler.    2.jo;   pris- 
oner  escapee    from.   261. 
James,  485. 
Jos.,   547. 

Moses,  insolvent  debtor,  236. 
Patiick,  550. 
Richard,  547. 
Richard,  petition  by.   56. 
Thomas,  house  to  let  by,  60. 
William,  deceased,  sale  of  the 

estate  of,  337. 
William,   insolvent  debtor,  418, 

419.  1 

Bi'own's     Ferry,     stage     waggons 

meet  at.  214. 
Browne,    William,   notice   to  cred- 
itors of,  477. 
Brunce,  runaway  negro.  180,  467. 
Brunswick,  505:    Are  at.  149;    land 

for  sale  near,   38,   221;     thief 

found  near,  564. 
landing,     land    for    sale    near, 

304. 
ferry,    448. 
Buck.    Aaron,    committed    to    jail, 

508. 


Capt.,  266. 
John,  207. 

Bucks  county.  Pa.,  33,  205,  229, 
404,  407;  ferry  to  be  rented 
in,  20;    land  for  sale  in,  135. 

Budd,  John,  14. 

John,   Doctor,  notice  to  credi- 
tors of.  138,  438,  549. 
Joseph,    insolvent  debtor,   170. 
Stacy,  absconded  from,  449. 
Willian^    house  and  land  to  let 

by,  153. 
William,  jun..  house  and  land 
to  let  by,  278. 

Bulkeley,  Captain,  243. 

Bullman.  Gersham,  insolvent  debt- 
or,  212. 

Bullock,  Joseph,  elected  a  repre- 
sentative for  Burlington 
county,    192,   231. 

Bunbury,   Monsieur,   281. 

Bunker,  J..   477. 

Bunnel.  Mr.,  boat  belonging  to, 
195. 

Burgle,  Thomas,  counterfeiting 
note  against,  170,  171. 

Burgis,  Moses,  land  for  sale  in  the 
possession  of,  147. 

Burlington,  2.  19,  35.  40,  53,  54, 
56,  154.  161,  162,  171,  175,  177, 
231,  262,  283.  299,  300,  301, 
310,  311,  315,  316,  323,  328, 
335,  348,  370,  386.  404,  426, 
439.  443:  455,  469.  477,  500. 
524.  526,  537,  538.  539,  540, 
545,  565.  568,  569,  570.  571. 
574.  581.  5S6.  587.  590;  elec- 
tion. 191;  General  Assembly 
to  meet  at,  508,  532;  goal, 
negro  man  committed  to, 
484;  goal,  insolvent  debtor 
in.  590;  horse  stolen  in,  490; 
land  for  sale  in.  20.  156,  299, 
391,  3"9S,  473.  501;  marriage 
at.  161;  marriage  at  St. 
Mary's  church,  213;  meeting 
of  the  General  Assembly  at, 
307.  497;  Recorder  of,  136; 
load  from  Philadelphia  to, 
228;  road,  land  for  sale  on 
the,  431;  St.  Mary's  church 
in,  legacy  to,  137;  servants 
run  away  from,  354,  460,  510, 
servant  run  away  from  the 
county  of,  361;  stage  boat, 
178;  Supreme  Court  held  at, 
576;  uncalled  for  probates, 
etc..  at,  361;  land  for  sale 
in.  75;  negro  run  away  from, 
152;  assemblymen  from,  231. 
countv,  19.  25.  70.  93.  157,  243, 
260,  299,  307.  413,  468.  548. 
550,  589.  590;  absconded 
from,  449;  assemblymen 
from.  231;  Etna  furnace  in, 
67;  fire  near.  143;  goal,  358; 
goal,  prisoners  for  debt  con- 
fined in.  174.  580.  581.  590; 
land  for  sale  in.  46,  47,  55; 
land  and  mill  for  sale  in.  154; 
posts  erected  in,  197:  repre- 
sentatives elected  for.  192; 
servants  run  awav  from,  53, 
311. 

Burlington  iiork  for  sale.  508. 


INDEX, 


603 


Burned  to  death,  364,  400. 
Burnet,    Matthias,    land    for    sale 
near,   67;   robbed,  249. 
Matthias,  graduates  at  Prince- 
ton College,   521;    Latin  dis- 
sertation by,   523. 
William.   Are  at  house  of,  140, 
149;      insolvent    debtor,    419, 
579;    land  for  sale  by,  136. 
Burns.    Garrat,    insolvent    debtor, 
590. 
John,  runaway  servant,  187. 
Burr,  Aaron,  475. 

John,    jun.,    insolvent    debtor, 
25. 
Burrough,  Isaac,  land  for  sale  by, 
491. 
Samuel,  absconded  from,  449. 
Burroughs,  Joseph,  innkeeper,  370. 


Burrowes,  John,  auditor,  land  for 

sale  by,  356. 
Burton,    David,    insolvent    debtor, 

365. 
Burwell,     Joseph,     stage     waggon 

run  bv,  340. 
Bury,  William,  31,  33. 
Bu.'shwick,  Long  Island.  87,   88. 
Butcher,    John,    farmer,    obituary 

notice  of,  283. 
Butler     Mr.,    man    escaped    from, 

322,  331. 
William,  land  for  sale  by,  258. 
Byram    river,    fulling    mill,    land, 

etc.,  for  sale  on,  320. 
Byers,  Captain,  ran  ashore,  593. 
Byrn,     James,     runaway     servant, 

422. 
Byrne.  Garrett,  260. 


C 


Cade,  John,  insolvent  debtor,  590. 
Cadwalder,     John     and    Lambert, 
West  Jersey  rights  for  sale 
bv,    436.   437. 
Caldwell.      Rev.      James.      visitor 
of    Elizabethtown    grammar 
school.    475:    funeral   sermon 
on     Samuel     Woodruff,     by, 
245. 
Calvert.  John.  260. 
Calvin,  Philin,   260. 
Calvinist  Church  in  America.   97. 
Calwell,  Hugh,  counterfeiting  note 

against,   170,   171. 
Cameronians    quartered    at    New- 
Brunswick,   463. 
Camp,    William,   land  for  sale   by, 

49. 
Campbel    Mr.,  supercargo,  drown- 
ed.' 547. 
Robert,    runaway   servant   lad, 
355. 
Campbell,  a  Scotchman,  supposed 
thief.   331. 
Rev.  Colin,  marriage  of  daugh- 
ter of,   214. 
John,      supercargo,      drowned, 

552. 
Mary  Martha  Bard,   215. 
Mr.,    negro    boy    of,    drowned, 

552. 
Rebecca,  215;    marriage  of,  214. 
Robert,    land    and    tavern    for 
.sale  by,   430.  431. 
Campble.  Jo'hn.  550. 
Canada.    173.    5SS;     propagation  of 
the  gospel  among   the  Indi- 
ans in.  557;    missionaries  re- 
quested  to   be    sent   to,    558; 
religious   state   of,   560. 
Cannon.   Christopher,  horse  stolen 
from,    469;     negro    of,    com- 
mitted  to  goal,   469. 
Canoe  lost.  435.  ^    ^„„ 

Canoe  Brook,  land  for  s£vle  at,  126. 
393;  negroes  run  away  from, 
537. 
Cape  Breton,  299. 
Cape  Mav,  371.  567;  Circuit  Court, 
152;  assemblymen  from, 
212  231;  upper  end  of.  221; 
marriage  at.  460;  land  for 
sale  near,  468;  vessels  ashore 


at    497:     sloop   full   of  water 

near,  506. 
Cape  Nicholas,  383. 
Capes  of  Delaware,  transit  of  Ve- 
nus to  be  observed  from  the 

lighthouse    near,     451;     ship 

ashore   at    the,    500,    506. 
Careless,   William,   230. 
Carev.    John.    land.    etc..    for    sale 
'  by.     18.     71,     314,     315;      run 

away  from,  342. 
Carheart.    Cornelius,    servant    run 

awav  from,  536. 
Carle.    Jacob,    land    for    sale   near, 

73. 
"Carlisle."   horse,   150. 
Carlisle.   Pa..   399. 
Carmack.    Robert,    runaway    ser- 
vant   225. 
Stephen,    merchant,    land    for 

sale  by,  230. 
Carmer.    Widow,    fire  at   house  of, 

139.   144. 
Carnes.   Richard,  jun..  129. 
Cams.     Richard,     jun..     supposed 

runawav    servants    held    by, 

264. 
Carolina.  172. 
Carolinas    conduct  of  the  colonies 

of.  207. 
Carpenter,  362. 
Carpenters  wanted.  67. 
Carpenter.    Preston,    mare    stolen 

from.   121. 
Carrol.    .    committed    to    the 

ShrewsbuiT  goal.  493. 
Carroll.   Uriah,   committed   to  jail, 

508.  ^   ^ 

Carteret    Sir  George,  land  granted 

to,  243. 
Carts    434;    for  sale,  50. 
Carvel.    Jacob,    runaway    servant, 

483. 
Carver,  141. 
Carv,  John,  550. 

Case.  John,  insolvent  debtor.  246. 
Cash     Thomas,    land   for   sale  by, 

■  357.   358. 
Cash,    scarce   in   the  provinces.   5. 
Cason,    Thomas,    servant    in    cus- 

todv.    455. 
Caster.   Asher.   362. 


■'604 


INDEX. 


-Casterlin.   Abraham,  land  for  sale 

near,  67. 
Catoe,  runaway  negro,  537. 
Caton,  Capt..  arrival  of,  29. 
Cattle,    60;    for    sale,    50,    73,    131, 
133.    302.    315,    321,    408,    493; 
finest    in    America,    90;    de- 
struction   of,    by    high    tide, 
126;  killed  by  cold  diT  wea- 
ther,   143. 
market,  at  Newark,  302. 
■Catts,    Lewis, boat  bought  by,    165, 
1(;6;   boat   sold   to,   165;   bond 
given  by,   165. 
Cavan.   land  west  of,   for  sale,  90. 
■Cavford    Richard,   271;    innkeeper, 

475. 
Cedar.    416. 

Cedar  Swamp  Creek,  500. 
"Centinel."  The,   No.   II.,  125;  let- 
ter to  the,  335,  336  337. 
Chairmaker,    317. 
Chamberlain,    Christopher,    590. 
Chamberlayne,   Mr.,    504. 
Chambers,    Benjamin,    confined   in 
Burlington   county  goal.   174. 
John,    deceased,     land    of    for 

sale    391. 
Robert,  watch  lost  by.  320. 
Joseph.   550. 
■Chamier.    Daniel,    Sheriff,    207. 
■Champneys,  Joseph,  308. 
Chancellor,    Captain,    172. 
'Chandler,  Rev.  Dr.  Thomas  Brad- 
bury.   127;    "Appeal    to    the 
Public     in     Behalf     of     the 
Church  of  England,"  by.  79, 
80,   81,   94,    125.    192.   193,   335. 
558;      letters      to,      79,      166; 
criticisms    on.    148;    Answer 
to.     239;     notice     given     by, 
475;      Examination     of     the 
Commentary  on  Archbishop 
Seeker's  Letter,  by.   81. 
■Change    Water    Forge,    run    away 

from,   128. 
Change    Water    Iron    Works,    ser- 
vant   run    away    from,    412. 
■Channing,       William,       graduated 
from    Princeton,    521;    biog- 
raphical sketch  of,  521. 
William  Ellery,  521. 
Chapman.    409. 

Charleston,    surrender   of,    288. 
Charles-Town,    229.    399. 
C[haunc]y,    Rev.    Dr.    Charles,   85; 
557;   "Remarks  on  Bishop  of 
Landaff's    Sermon."    by,    77, 
78;   "Answer   to  Dr.   Thomas 
Bradbury's   Appeal,"   by,    79; 
on  an  American  Episcopate, 
167;    "Letter    to    a    Friend," 
by,   239. 
'Chattin.  Abraham,  land  to  let  by, 
359. 
Josiah.  goaler,349,  368;  prison- 
er   escaped    from.    283,    308, 
349,   368. 
Cheesman,   Richard,   land  for  sale 

near,  592. 
Cheesquakes,  land  for  sale  at,  406. 
Cherries,    varieties    of,    89. 
Cherry,  Hannah,  415. 

Reuben,    debts    contracted    by 
wife  of,  415. 


Chesequakes,  land  for  sale  at,  296. 
Chesequakes   Creek,    land  for  sale 

on,  296. 
Cheshire,  Conn.,  185. 
Chester  county.   Pa.,   42,  205;   ser- 
vant   run    away    in,    404. 
township,  307;  land  for  sale  In,        J 
388,    391,   423.  | 

Chesterfield,  30,  70.  t 

township,  servant  run  away  in, 
392 ;     apprentice    run     away 
from,    492;    land   for  sale   in, 
563. 
Chestnut     Grove,       land    for     sale 

called.    20. 

Chetwood,   John,    notice  given  by,        J 

475.  I 

Mr.,  negro  boy  drowned  belong-        I 

ing  to,  195.  I 

Chevers,    William,    Master,   301.  ] 

Chew,  Benjamin,  land  for  sale  by, 

318. 
Chingarovis    Point,    land    for    sale 

near,   382. 
Chinquerora    Bay,    land    for    sale 

near,   67. 
Chitwood,  Mr.,  boat  belonging  to, 

191.  J 

Christian.     John,     slave     in     cus-        | 
tody  belonging  to,  527.  ' 

Christiana,  school  at,   456. 
Christiana-Bridge,      servant      run 

away  at,   456. 
Christie.  Colonel.  472. 
Church  of  England  in  America,  78, 

324-7;    statutes   of,    94-120. 
Churches,    furnishing  of,    195. 
Churchill,   Elizabeth.   291. 
George  S..  291. 
Jane.    291. 
Louisa  Ann,  291. 
Marv,    291. 
Su.san,  291. 

William,   merchant,    291. 
Cider  House,  for  sale,  329. 
Cinnaminson    (Senemenson),    land 

for  sale  at,  388. 
Circuit     Courts     in     the    Western 
Division   of   the   Province   of 
New  Jersey,   421. 
Clams.    382,    397;    forbidden    to    be 

dug   on   Sandy    Hook,    240. 
Clapp,  John,  fulling  mill  and  land 

for  sale  by,  320. 
Clark.     Abraham,     290;     insolvent 
debtor,    37. 
Abraham,  Jr.,  land  for  sale  by, 

90. 
Henry,   Sen.,  insolvent  debtor, 

592. 
Johii.  buried  in  Quakers'  bury- 
ing ground.  168. 
Mr.,  Tavern  keeper,  149. 
Clarke,    Isaac,    servant    run   away 
from,   i69. 
John,    deceased,    land    of    for 

sale,  338. 
William,  land  for  sale  by,  338. 
Claughry,    Wm.,    230. 
Claverack,    412. 
Clawson.      Jonathan,      negro     run 

away   from,   187. 
Clayton.  David,  581,  490;  innkeep- 
er,   300. 
Richard,    runaway    apprentice 
of,  235. 


INDEX. 


605 


William,  judge,  590. 
Clemens,  Joseph,  35. 
Clement,    John,    "First   settlers   of 
Newton   township,"    by,    589. 
Clemmell    Creek,    farm    to    be    let 

at,  34. 
Clergyman.   301. 

Clerkson.  David,  Shrewsbury  but- 
ter,   in    firkins,    for   sale   by, 
360. 
Clinton,  Governor,  petition  to,  298. 
Clommell,   land  for  sale  near,   93. 
Clommell    Creek,    meadow    to    be 

let  at.   50. 
Clommell  Meadows,  cattle  for  sale 

at.    50. 
Clothes,     manufacturing     of,      16, 

157. 
Coal  houses  for  sale,   582. 
Coat  stolen,   1250. 
Coats,  William,  horse  stolen  from, 

236;  land  for  sale  by,  445. 
Cochran,    David,    broke    goal,    42, 
308;  insolvent  debtor,  279. 
Dr.      John,      New     Brunswick 
school  erected  under  the  in- 
spection   of,    30.    75. 
Cockburn.   John,  master,  520. 
Coe,  Benjamin,  land  for  sale  near, 

67. 
Coffee,    James     runaway    servant, 
323. 
John,     runaway    servant,    323. 
Congleton.    Allen,    lands   of,    432. 
Cohakin,    land  for   sale   in,   476. 
Cohansey,  land  for  sale  near,  353; 
dryest    season    ever    known 
at,   495. 
Cohansey      Bridge,      servant     run 
away    near,    455,     495;    land 
for   sale   near.   567. 
Creek,  4,  36;  land  for  sale  on, 
149. 
Cohanzie,    English    church  but   no 

congregation   at,    201. 
"Cold  Spring"  plantation  for  sale, 

382. 
Cole,   Justice,   260. 
Coles     Samuel,    land    for    sale    by, 

'237. 
"Coles  Point,"  395. 
Cole's   Town,   35. 

Colgan,    William,    run    away    ser- 
vant,   460. 
Colie.     James,     insolvent     debtor, 

246. 
Collagen,  Thomas,  bricklayer,  run 

awav    servant,    190. 
Collard,    Edward,   240. 
College    of    New   Jersey.    226,    289; 
appointment     of    Revd.     Dr. 
John       Weatherspoone       as 
president  of.    149;    Grammar 
school    of,    269,     270;     notice 
by  the  Trustees  of,  426,  427, 
428;     resignation     of     Revd. 
John   Blair,   tendered  to  the 
Trustees  of   the.    437;    Com- 
mencement at.  286,  520,  521; 
steward  of,  578. 
Colliers  wanted,   67. 
Collings      Richard,     garden    seeds 

for   sale   by     383. 
Collins.    Benjamin,    land   for   sale, 
late  the  property  of.  59J. 
Capt..    from   Liverpool.   51. 


Elizabeth.    589. 

John.    335,    589;    land    for    sale 

in   the   tenure   of,    267. 
Lizzie,    589. 

Nathan,  absconded,  174.  200. 
Priscilla,   589. 
Thomas,  272. 
Colonies.    clerg\'    of    the    several, 
100;   power  to  tax  the,  178. 
Colt's   landing  for  sale,   433. 
Colwell,   Capt.   F.,  555. 
Combes,   Dennis.    300. 
Comet,   contribution  in  relation  to 

the,    496. 
Compson,    Thomas,    260. 
Compton.     Joseph,     runaway     ser- 
vant, 270,  435. 
Comron,     John,     shipwright,     de- 
ceased,   notice    to    creditors 
and  debtors   of,    378. 
Mary,  Executi-ix  of  John  Com- 
ron, deceased.  378. 
Condy.  Benjamin,  land  for  sale  in 

the  tenure   of,   54. 
Conegocheaque,    runaway    servant 

from,    264. 
Congregational    Churc.i    in   Amer- 
ica, 97. 
Connawaugo,  great  road  to.  469. 
Connecticut.     185.     288.     325,     336; 
need  of  missionaries  in,  126; 
conduct     of    the    colony    of, 
207;   dispute   between   Penn- 
sylvania   and.    290;    appoint- 
ment   of    Secretary    of    the 
province   of,    463. 
Connecticut   Farms,    415;    land  for 

sale  Iving   at,    566. 
Conner,     Charles,     supposed    run- 
away   convict   from   Ireland, 
263. 
John,       chapman,       deceased, 
notice  to  creditors  and  debt- 
ors of.  409. 
William,  land  for  sale  by,  149. 
Timothy,    deceased,    land    and 
saw  mill  of,  for  sale.  67. 
Conore.    Mr.    Isaac,    land    for    sale 

by    158. 
"Copernicus       Weather-Guesser," 

almanack  maker,  328. 
"Considerations  on  the  Propriety 
of  imposing  Taxes  on  the 
British  Colonies,  for  the 
Purpose  of  raising  a  Reve- 
nue, by  Act  of  Parliament," 
for  sale.  444. 
Consociated    Church    in    America, 

97. 

Constables.  Vendues  and  Taverns, 

Act    for    better    regulating, 

163. 

Continental      Congress.      delegate 

from  New  Jersey  to  the,  289. 

Convngham   and  Nesbitt.   meadow 

"    to  be  let  by.  92. 
Cook    Jacob,  land  for  sale  by,  498. 
John,    assignee    of    John    Em- 

ly,  561. 
Mr.    drowned.    52. 
Cooke.    William,    negro   run   away 

from.    466. 
Coole--.   Rev.   Eli  F..   Genealogy  of 
Earlv    Settlers     in     Trenton, 
and  Ewing.  N.  J.,  by,  291. 


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INDEX. 


Coombe,  Thomas,  junior,  of  Phila- 
delphia,   330. 
■Cooper,    Benjamin,   550. 

Caleb,  school  teacher  at  New 
Brunswick,  29;  learned  lan- 
g-uages  taught  in  New 
Brunswick  school  by,  75; 
receives  degree  of  A.  B., 
522. 
Cornelius,  marriag-e  of,  460. 
Daniel,  executor,  land  for  sale 

by,   65. 
Daniel,    senior.    Judge.    216. 
Daniel,    junior.    Sheriff,    crimi- 
nals   broke    goal    from,    294; 
Sheriff  of  Morris  county,  354. 
Daniel,  land  for  sale  near,  424; 
corn     harrow     stolen     from, 
482. 
Edward,  550. 
Isaac,    notice    to    debtors    and 

creditors  of.   50. 
Jacob,  land  for  sale  by,  4zS. 
James,  13;  land  for  sale  by,  69. 
Jas.    B.,   593. 
John,        counterfeiting-        note 

against,   170,  171. 
Thomas,     fire    at    brew-house 

of.  146,  149. 
William,  negro  run  away 
trom.  185;  land  for  sale  at 
the  house  of.  337;  land  for 
sale  near,  64,  93,  359,  368, 
388.  403.  424;  servant  run 
away  from,  479;  stage 
wagon  to  set  out  for.  285. 
Cooper's    Creek,    land     for    sale 

on,   369,   459. 
Cooper's    Ferry,    meadow    to    let 

near,  50,  217,  423. 
Copper     Mine,     portion     of,     for 
sale,  74. 
mines,     fire     at     Col.     Schuy- 
ler's.   220,    230,    233. 
ore.    right   to.   for  sale,   303. 
Corbet's  house,   518. 
Cordwainer,   235,  317. 
Cork,  262. 

Corn  cribs  for  sale,   329. 
Cornelius,    runaway,    128. 

Michael,     saddle     bags     lost 
by,   351. 
Coroner's        inquest,        33;        at 

Middletown,  52. 
Corporation  for  the  Relief  of 
the  Widows  and  Children 
of  Clerg-ymen  in  the  Com- 
munion of  the  Church  of 
England  in  America,  con- 
vened at  Burlington,  524. 
Correll's     Ferry,     land     for     sale 

near,   54. 
Correy,   David,   death   caused   by 
wagon    running    over    his 
head,   376. 
Corson,   Joseph.   500. 
Corwell,   Captain,    358. 
Corwine,   John.   400;   wife  eloped 
from.   167. 
Ruth,   eloped,    167. 
Coryell's    Ferry,    501;    stage    to, 
513;    stage   coach   via,   545. 
Counterfeit     New     Jersey     bills, 

565,  579,  587,  588. 
Courts    for    the     trial    of    small 


causes,    act    to    establish, 
163. 
in  West   Jersey,    421. 
Covenhoven,   John,   152. 
Cowell,   Benjamin,    205. 
David,   deceased,   73. 
Ebenezer,    executor    of    Da- 
v.a  Cowell,    73. 
Cowfoot    Hill,    house    to    be    let 
on,    392;    hollow    ware    for 
sale  near,  553. 
Cows  for  sale,   132,  259. 

*^°^'    T;::; house    of,    burned, 

400. 

— -,  son  of,  fatally  burn- 
ed  to   death,   400. 

John,  land  for  sale  by,  389. 

John,  Jr.,  assignee,  copper 
mine  and  land  for  sale 
by,  75;  acting  assignee  of 
Richard  Reading,  late  of 
Amwell,    323. 

Nicholas,  Cordwainer,  land 
for   sale    by,    317. 

Sarah,  executrix,  land  for 
sale  by,  389. 

Wiyjam    land  for  sale  near. 
•iii;   chairmaker,   land  for 
sale      by      317;     deceased, 
^r.  ,?*^  °^  fo^  sale,  389. 

^-oxe,   Abraham,   insolvent   debt- 
or,   279. 
Daniel.      135;      William     Pid- 
geon,   executor  of,   40-   ar- 
rival of,    472. 
168^"^'     ^"solvent     debtor. 

William,      to     deed     site     for 
Lutheran  church,   177 
Coxe    and    Furman's   store,'  stur- 
geon sold  at,    169;   Trenton. 

Coyler,  Hendrick,  negro  run  away 

from,   250,    251,    410 
Craig,      William,      Irishman      run 

away  from,   220. 
Craighead,    Captain,    399. 
Cramer,         Jeremiah,         insolvent 

debtor,    183. 
Cranberry,    215,    372. 
Cranbury,    550,    551;"  land   for  sale 

m,  57;  fire  at,  385. 
Crane    John   Treat,    land  for  sale 

by,    218. 
Joseph,  land  for  sale  by,  372; 

stage  wagon  of,   513,   545. 
Rufus,   boat  for  sale  by,   554. 
Stephen,     assemblyman    from 

Essex  County,  204,  231 
Crapper,     Levine,     mulattoe     run 

away  from,   206. 
Crawford,    Andrew,    escaped,    271; 

act    to    enable    creditors    of 

joint     partners     to    recover 

debts    from,    164. 
Creed.  George,  tavern  for  sale  by. 

Creighton,  Hugh,  35,  280,  547    550. 
Crellin.  William,  land  for  sale  by, 

258. 
Crimes — 

absconded.    11,    423,   424,   449. 
boy  killed  by  scissors  thrown, 
507. 


INDEX. 


607 


broke    goal,    42,    123,    147,    261, 
278,    282,    294,    307,    308,    341, 
342.    354,    355,    407,    482,    561, 
5G2. 
counterfeiting,    170,    171. 
dog  stolen,   191. 
escaped  from  custody,  28,  271, 

331,  332  372  443,  452. 
horses  stolen,"'23,  35,  120,  121, 
124.  125,  137,  228.  235,  236, 
285,  286,  294,  295,  318,  335, 
342,  395,  396.  415.  448.  469, 
473,  490,  509.  510,  554,  555. 
incest.   508. 

larceny.    372,    456,   482,   483. 
murder.   63.  508,   526. 
pocket-book  stolen,  11. 
rape,  400. 
robbery,    4,    66,    234,    231,    249, 

416. 
robbery     of    the     treasury    of 

East  Jersey,   230.  233. 
silver  spoons  and  shoe  buckles 

stolen.    318. 
watch  stolen,  11,   446. 
watch  and  pocket-book  stolen, 

11. 
wheels    and    skiff    stolen,    490, 
491. 
Cripps.    John,    land    for    sale    by, 

407. 
Croghan.    Col.,    commissioner    for 

Indian  affairs.   327. 
Crommey,    James,    308. 
Crook,    William,    negro   run   away 

from,   465. 
Crooked   Billet.   137,   501. 
Crookshank.  George,  land  for  sale 

bv.  208. 
Cross,  Elizabeth.  281. 
Crosswick  Creek.   19;  bridge  over, 
5ii;    land    and    mill    for    sale 
on  a  branch   of,   154. 
Crosswicks,   27.  215;  mills  for  sale 

near,  154. 
Croswick.    551. 

Crow.    ,    arrested    for    debt, 

1. 
Croswell,   Barnabas,   land  for  sale 

by.   217. 
Crown   Point,    land   for   sale   near, 

19. 
Crowshorn.   John,   insolvent  debt- 
or.  183. 


Crummel,    Joseph,    263. 

Cuff,  runaway  negro,  187. 

Cuiper,  Heuricus,  trustees  of 
Queen'.s'  College  to  meet  at 
the  house  of,  411. 

Culbertson,  John,  graduates  at 
Princeton,   287. 

CuIIen,  Thomas,  horse  stolen 
from.    335. 

Cumberford.  James,  insolvent 
debtor,    168. 

Cumberland,  150;  assemblyman 
from.  212.  231;  itinerant 
missionary  in,  201;  circuit 
courts  to  be  held  at,  421. 
county.  35,  36.  137,  185,  219, 
221,  284,  356.  403;  land  for 
sale  in,  54.  149.  567;  courts, 
152;  election  of  representa- 
tives in.  163;  goal,  Joseph 
Tyler  taken  up  and  com- 
mitted to,   248. 

Cumberland  and  Sussex,  act  for 
chusing  representatives  in, 
163, 

Cummins.  Philip,  note.  92;  notices 
to  creditors  of,  92. 

Cunningham's  Tavern,  land  for 
sale  at.  18. 

Curacoa.    sloop  ashore  from,   434. 

Curren,  James,  offers  reward  for 
apprehension    of   thief.    11. 

Currey.  William,  insolvent  debtor, 
176. 

Curry,   Captain.   388. 

Curson.  Richard,  administrator  of 
John  Stearndall,  deceased, 
162,   236,   303. 

Curtis.    Anne,    executoz",    land    for 
sale  by,   55. 
David.    247;    assignee   of   John 

and  Robert  Morris,  247. 
George.  35. 

Joseph,  deceased,  land  for 
sale  belonging  to  the  estate 
of,    55. 

Gushing.     .     to    be    sent    to 

England,   420. 

Cutter.  Thomas,  insolvent  debtor, 
581. 

Cuyler,    Abraham,    land    for    sale 
by,  454. 
Henry,    deceased.   454. 

Cyder  mill  for  sale,  372.  405,  439. 


Dairv  to  let  or  for  sale,  89. 
Darby.  Ephraim,  land  for  sale  by, 
15,    147;    house    for    sale    oc- 
cupied   by,    147. 
Rev.    John,    land    for   sale   ad- 
joining the  farm   of,   39. 
Darcv.   P.,   negro  run  away  from, 

■  334. 
Davenpol-t  Brook,  land  for  sale  on, 

19. 
Davenport.  Rev.  James,  521. 

John,  graduated  from  Prince- 
ton  College.    521;    biographi- 
cal  sketch   of,   521. 
Josiah     F.,     stage     wagon     of, 

513.    545. 
Parnel.    204;    widow,    boarding 
continued  by,   204. 


Davids.    Benjamin,    land    for    sale 

by.   27. 
Davidson,  Captain,  261.  262,  293. 

William,    debtor,    broke    goal, 
123. 
Davies.    Captain   Benjamin,    476. 

John  R,,  graduated  from 
Princeton  College,  521;  bio- 
graphical   sketch    of,    521. 

Rev.  Samuel.  A.  M.,  21;  Ser- 
mons on  Useful  and  Import- 
ant  Subjects   by.    399.    521. 

Thomas,  missionary,  sermon 
on  "The  Worship  and  Prin- 
ciples of  the  Church  of 
England."  for  sale,  444. 

William,  oration  at  the  com- 
mencement of  the  College  of 


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INDEX. 


New  Jersey  by,  287;  degree 
of  master  of  arts  conferred 
upon,  288. 

Davis,    Abial,    land   for   sale   near, 
73. 
Ann  (alias  Ward),  eloped,  477. 
Ebenezer,    wife    eloped    from, 

477. 
John,    sadler,    run    away,    313; 
land  for  sale  near  the  mills 
of,  402. 
Jonathan,    356. 

Josiah,    insolvent    debtor,    176. 
Philip,    260. 
Thomas,  stage  kept  by,  134. 

Davis's,  Widow,  land  for  sale  at 
the,    277. 

Day's  Run,  land  for  sale  near,  64. 

Dayley,  Daniel,  runaway  ser- 
vant,  315,   323. 

Davton,   Ohio,   291. 

Davton.   Capt.   Elias,   410. 
Jonathan,    290. 

Jonathan  J.,   land  for  sale  by, 
72. 

Debraham,  William,  surveyor- 
general  of  lands  in  the 
northern  and  southern  dis- 
trict   of   America.    463. 

Decamp,  Jacob,  runaway  servant, 
41. 

Decker.    Elisha,    442. 

Deer,  89;  an  act  for 'the  preserva- 
tion  of,    587. 

Deerfield.    521. 

township,    207. 

Delaplain.  James,  negro  run  away 
from,   505. 

Delaware,  churches  in,  291. 

Delaware  River,   14,    15,   518;  ferry 
to    be    rented    over    the,    20 
land   for   sale   on,    28,    54,    72 
130,     135,    219,     229,    273,    369 
382,    388,    423.    424.     476,    507 
land    for    sale    near,    46,    74 
138.    333;    land    to    let    near 
359;  vice-admiralty  courts  of 
counties    on    the,    421;    ferry 
over  the,  513;  supplement  to 
an      act      to      regulate      the 
method    of    taking    fish    in, 
164;    act    to   regulate   fishing 
in     the,     583;     petition     for 
draining      marsh      on,      432; 
preservation  of   fish   in,    533; 
preservation    of    fish    in    the 
western      branch      of.      534: 
woman  drowned   in,   443. 
road,  land  for  sale  near,  314. 

Delaware  spars.  444. 

Delaware  Township,  Sussex  coun- 
tv,   442. 

Delisle,  Mr.,  letter  of,  560. 

Delong,  John,  house  of,  broken 
open,    4. 

Demarest.  Johannes,  John,  as- 
semblyman from  Bergen 
county.  204,  231. 

DeMoray,  John,  assemblyman 
from    Bergen    county,    204. 

Dennet.  William,  icommltted  to 
Amboy   goal,   264. 

Dennis,  John,  alderman,  228;  ne- 
gro committed  to  goal  by, 
469. 


Widow    Sarah,    land    for    sale 

by,   158. 
Dennitt,     Peter,     graduated    from 

Princeton  College,   521. 
Deptford    township,    13.    486,    589 

land    for    sale    in,     68,     130 

land   to   let   in,    359;   robbery 

at,    331. 
Derrv.    Ireland,    358. 
Detroit,    328. 
Dewitt.     Peter,     Latin     syllogistic 

debate  by.   523;  biographical 

sketch    of,    521. 
Dey.   Theunis.   assemblyman   from 

Bergen    county,    204. 
Dick.  Samuel.   139. 
Dickinson,    John,    "The  Centinel," 

by,    81;    receives    degree    of 

doctor   of  laws,    522. 
Rev.     Jonathan,     presiaent    of 

Princeton   College,    291. 
Martha.    291. 

Gen.     Philemon,    former    resi- 
dence   of,    for    sale.    72. 
Richard,      clock      and      watch 

maker,  238;  fire  in  house  of, 

184. 
Dildine,   widow.    Are  at  tlie  house 

of,  139,   143,  146. 
Dillwyn.   George.   161. 
Susannah.   161.- 
William,      161;      marriage     of, 

161;    brew    house    and    malt 

house  for  sale  by,   319;   land 

for    sale    by,    502. 
Dissenters    in   America,    327;    laws 

executed     in     England     and 

Ireland    against,    148. 
Dobbs.    Capt.,    8. 
Dock  for  sale,   141,  380. 
Doctor's   creek,   land  and   mill  for 

sale   situate  on,    154. 
Dod,    John,    334. 
Dog  stolen.   191.   483. 
Doll.  Caspar,  land  for  sale  by,  14, 

443. 
Domestic  manufactures:  at  Perth 

Amboy.  157;  at  Woodbridge, 

16. 
Dominica.  485;  brig  bound  for,  5. 
Donaldson.       Arthur,       slanderous 

article  by.  55. 
William,  debtors  and  creditors 

of.    34;    negroes   for  sale  by, 

34;     horse,     furniture,     etc., 

for  sale  by.  34;  house  to  let 

in    the   possession    of.    61. 
Donollv.    Brian,    insolvent    debtor, 

581. 
Dorcev,    Patrick,    260. 
Dorsett.    Cath.,    230. 
Douglas.    William,    negroes,    land, 

ferry    and    ferry    boats    for 

sale   by,    564. 
Douglass,     George,     servant    boys 

run  awav  from,  311. 
James.    260. 
John,     land    for    sale    bv,     29, 

243,   244. 
Doughtv,     Daniel,     land     for    sale 

by.   75. 
Dowel.      Thomas,     runawav     ser- 
vant  lad,    293. 
Downing,    Charles,    runaway    ser- 
vant,   404. 


INDEX. 


609 


Downs,  William,  absconded  from, 
174:  advertises  apprentices 
absconded,    200. 

Downy,  Terrence,  runaway  ser- 
vant,  404. 

Dover,    Del.,    317,    330,    561. 

Drake,  Ebenezer,  debtor,  broke 
goal,   123. 

Drewry.    William,    56. 

Drinker,      Henry,      563;      assignee, 
land  for  sale  bv,   350;   notice 
by.   471. 
James    and.    notice    given    by, 
468. 

Di  iscol.  Jeremiah,  runaway  ser- 
vant,   315,    323. 

Drought,    280. 

Drowned.  52,  104.  17S, 
195,  404.  437.  443, 
505.    547,    549,   552. 

Diummond,    John,    65. 

Dublin.    41,    228,    311,    432, 
593. 

Dubois.    Peter,    92, 

Duck  Creek,  Md..  483;  land  for 
sale   on,   432. 

Ducks.    o9. 

Duff.  Michael,  land  for  sale  in  the 
tenure    of,    267, 
Mr,,    New   Jersey   Medical    So- 
ciety   to   meet   at    the   house 
of,   292,   412,   519. 

Duffleld,  Benjamin,  330, 
Rev.    vjeorge,    399. 


1S5.     191. 
494,    502. 


480.    535. 


Samuel.    205. 

Duke  of  York,  land  granted  by, 
243. 

Dunham.     Elijah,     innholder,     176, 
198,    239,    279,    346,    366. 
George,    servant    girl    fraudu- 
lently sold  to.   439. 

Dunlap.  James,  land  for  sale  by, 
476. 

Dunks'    Ferry.    Pa.,    228. 

Dunn.  Drake,  insolvent  debtor, 
176. 

Durell.  Darby,  boat  sold  by,  165; 
bond  given  to,  165. 

Durham  Iron  Works.  Are  at  the. 
155. 

Dusinbeiy.  John,  horse  stolen 
from.   554.   555. 

Dutch  almanacks  for  1769  for 
sale     3'^8 

Dutch   barn  'for  sale,    58,   329,   389, 

Dutchess  county,  N,   Y.,  287. 

Du.xekinck,    Everet,    land   for   sale 
in  the  occupation  of.  499. 
G.,  map  for  sale  by.  155. 
John,   land  for  sale  in  the  oc- 
cupation of.   499. 

Dwight.  Stephen,  carver,  terms  of 
board  and  education  at  pro- 
posed school  in  Newark  to 
be   had   from,    141. 

Dwyer,    Edward,   550. 

Dye   house  for   sale,    413,    486,   370, 

Dyeing  stuffs  for  sale,   131, 


Earl   of   Stirling.    15. 

Earl.  William,  stage  waggon  to 
stop    at    the    tavern    of.    290. 

East    Cain    Township.    Pa..    589. 

East   Bank,  brig  ashore  on.   593. 

East  Jersev  proprietors,  meetings 
of,   5t,   457, 

East  Jersev  treasury,  robbery  of, 
253,  255,  539,  542, 

Easton.  Jonathan,  salutatory  ora- 
tion bv,  at  commencement 
of  the  College  of  Phila- 
delphia, 330. 

Easton.  Pa..  330;  land  for  sale 
near,   16. 

East  Town,   Pa..  251,   410. 

Eastwick,    Captain,    4. 

Eaton.    Margaret.    208. 
Thomas,    208, 

Eatontown,    208, 

Rben,    runaway    negro,    465. 

Eden.  Robert,  governor  of  Mary- 
land,   iietition    to.    57. 

Edenton.  N.  C  vessel  bound 
from.    504. 

Edge  Andrew,  land  for  .sale  by, 
436. 

Edsall,     Elizabeth.    208. 
Samuel.    208. 

Edwards.  John.  550;  insolvent 
debtor.  168. 
Jonathan,  degree  of  master  of 
arts  conferred  upon.  '288; 
president  of  Princeton  Col- 
lege, 475;  "A  Treatise  Con- 
cerning Religious  Affec- 
tions," by,  for  sale,  489; 
propo.sals  for  re-printing  by 


subscription  "The  Scripture 
Doctrine  of  Original  Sin," 
by,  465. 
Pierpont.  oration  by,  at  the 
anniversary  commencement 
of  the  College  of  New  Jer- 
se.v,  286;  graduates  at 
Princeton,  287;  biographical 
sketch  of,  288. 
Timothy,  notice  given  b.v,  475; 
biographical  sketch  of,   475. 

E.gg  Harbour,  456.  477.  493.  549. 
567;  sloop  from.  145;  land 
for  sale  at.  220;  sloop  drove 
ashore   at.    505. 

Eighteenth  Regiment,  Lieutenant 
Perkins  of  the,  drowned, 
178. 

EUd'ridge.  WilUam.  ser\-ant  run 
away   from.    495. 

Elk   River.    Md.,    ferry   at,    495. 

Elizabeth,     Borougn    of,    406,    548; 
land    for   sale    in.    72.    439. 
.goal.      insolvent      debtors      in. 
591;      negro     committed     to. 
286. 

Elizabeth  River,  house  to  let  on, 
379. 

?:iizabeth  Town.  8,  14,  22,  37,  38. 
86,  127,  140,  149,  191,  197, 
218,  258,  259,  310.  314.  333. 
341.  346.  410,  434,  435,  473, 
475,  4S8,  496,  528,  535,  564; 
fire  in.  340;  academy  at.  10: 
arrival  of  Brig.  Johnson,  at 
Jamaica,  from.  375;  arrival 
of  Cant.  Siiinning  from, 
385;         Doctor        Chandler's 


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INDEX. 


"labours  among  the  heathen 
in  and  about."  14S;  extreme 
cold  weather  at,  422;  fare 
for  passengers  from  Newark 
to.  214;  fire  near.  144.  148; 
house  to  let  in,  61.  378,  379. 
392;  land  for  sale  In  or  near, 
15.  16,  53.  90,  126.  219,  237, 
411.  417,  566.  567;  marriage 
in.  401;  negro  drowned  from 
boat  coming  from.  195; 
negro  run  away  from,  447, 
498.  499.  548;  Rahway  land 
for  sale  in,  60;  St.  John's 
church  in,  166;  stage  wagon 
to.  214;  stage  through,  513; 
tavern  in.  38.  204;  tavern 
keeper  at,  592;  White  House 
kept  by  Mrs.  Johnson  at, 
467;  wife  eloped  from.  508. 
561. 

Elliot's   Debates,    290. 

Elliot,  Andrew,  518;  appointed  re- 
ceiver-general or  quit-rents, 
463;  commissioner  for  set- 
tling the  taoundarj'  line  be- 
tween New  York  and  New 
Jersey.   586.  587. 

Elliott.  Andrew,  meadow  of,  to 
let.    92. 

Ellis.   Daniel,  judge.   581,   589. 

Ellison,  Ezekiel.  insolvent  debtor, 
211. 

Elopements.  69.  167.  270,  338,  339, 
358.  461.  477.  508,  527,  555, 
561. 

Elmer.    Jonathan.    205,    218. 

Theo..    sheriff    of    Cumberland 
county,   249. 

Elsworth.  Verdine.  536;  tavern  of, 
463,    464. 

Embly.    Justice,    372. 

Emlav.  Thomas,  negro  boy  for 
"sale  by,    327. 

Emlen,    Samuel,    161. 

Emlev,  John,  insolvent  debtor, 
"183,  561. 

Engine  at  Schuyler's  Copper 
Mines  at  Second  River, 
takes   fire,    230. 

England,  148,  161.  249.  281,  284, 
311,  322,  323.  330,  332,  335, 
434. 

English     cherry     trees     for     sale, 
208. 
gairisons,   560. 

grass,    245.    317.    397,    591;    for 
sale,    39. 


hammers.    553. 

hav    89.   359.   464;   for  sale,   tj2. 

meadow  for  sale.  337,  393.  566. 

English.    John,    land    for   sale    oc- 
cupied by.    131. 
John.    Jr..    land,    etc.,    for   sale 
at   the   house   of,    130-131. 

Eoff.  Jacob,  senior,  land  for  sale 
IW,     394. 

Episcopal  clergv.  556;  meetings  of 
the.   164,   201.  325. 
missionaries,   298. 

Elpiscopalians   in   America,   193. 

Erwin.    .     negro    run    away 

from,    429. 

Escaped.  271.  332,  372,  443,  452, 
482. 

Esopus   stones    for   sale,    37. 

"Bssav  on  Economy,"  for  sale, 
443. 

Essex  county,  265,  324,  429,  537; 
assemblymen  from,  204,  231; 
fire  in.  155;  land  for  sale 
in,  91,  126. 
goal,  prisoners  for  debt  con- 
fined  in.    175.    246.   581. 

Established  religion  in  the 
Colonies,  efforts  of  Quakers 
to  root  out.   118. 

Etna  Furnace.  67;  good  colliers 
and  forge  men  and  a  good 
keeper  wanted  at,  368; 
keeper  or  person  accom- 
plished in  castings  wanted 
at,  324;  keeper,  master- 
colliers,  moulders  and  stock- 
takers  wanted  at.  361;  run- 
away servants  from,  315, 
323. 

European  and  East  India  goods 
for   sale,    472. 

Evans.  David,  cabinet  maker, 
290;  books  for  sale  by,  488. 

Eversole.  Charles,  negro  run  away 
from,    180. 

Everson.  Nicholas,  land  for  sale 
by,    297,    406. 

Evesham,    35.     157.    483;    land    for 
sale    situate    in.    172,    237. 
township.     307;     horse    stolen 
from,   318. 

Ewes  for  sale,   50. 

Ewing.    Rev.    John,    450. 

Samuel,      executor,     land     for 
sale   by,    484. 

Exchequer,  court  of.  a  court  of 
common    law,    178. 


Fair    at    Woodbridge,    503. 
Fairfield,    run   away   from,    313. 
Fairey,    Captain,    353. 
Falco"ner.    Captain,    322,    323,    432, 

440. 
Falmouth.    216. 
Fansev.     John,     insolvent    debtor, 

181. 
Farm   to  let,   16.   34.   59,   470. 
Farmers'    utensils    for    sale,    133, 

321,    408. 
Farmer.    Brook,    land    for   sale   at 

the  house   of.    268. 


Nicholas,     servant    run    away 

from.    174. 
Peter,    land   for   sale   by,    71. 
Farnsworth.       Deborah,       eloped, 
555. 
John,    wife   eloped   from,    555. 
Farrel,     John,     runaway     servant. 

228.     229. 
Fathergill.   Francis.    155. 
Faun     Township.     Pa.,     land     for 

sale   in,    378. 
Fay.   Thomas,  molattoe  run  away 
from.   459. 


INDEX. 


6ll 


Fearns.    Captain,    440. 
Featherstone,  Captain,  497; 

ashore,    506. 
Feavel,     John,     insolvent     debtor, 

198. 
Federal    convention,    290. 
"Ferdinand,"     bav     staJlion,     123; 

for   sale.    408. 
Ferguson.      Alexander,      insolvent 
debtor,    174. 
William,   550. 
Ferns.    Captain,    505. 
Ferrv   for  sale,   135,   350,   380,   564. 
to  let,   16. 
to   be  rented,    20. 
boats  for  sale,   564. 
house,    Mersereau's,    33. 
Ferries: — 

an  act   to  regulate,   587. 
Birch   Creek,   477. 
Bordentown,    462. 
Brunswick,  448. 
Capt.   Brown's,    214. 
Cooper's,   5,   337.   388,   403,   423; 

land  for   sale   near,    217. 
William  Cooper's,  50,  359;  land 
for    sale    near,    64,    93,    368; 
stage  waggon  to  set  out  for, 
285. 
Correll's,    land    for    sale   near, 

54. 
Cor\-eirs.   501;   stage  to,   513. 
Duke's,    20. 
Dunk's,  228. 
Elk  River,   Md.,    495. 
Mr.    Steven's,    86. 
Murrel's.  over  Delaware  river, 

228. 
New  York.   346,   564. 
over    Delaware    river,    20. 
Parmer's.  333. 
Poulas'    Hook,    stage    waggon 

to.    289. 
Powles  Hook,   134,  158,   463. 
Smith's,    380. 
South  Amboy,   322,  331. 
Staten   Island,    31. 
Trenton.    28,    244,    272. 
ITpper    ferry    over    Schuylkill, 

229. 
T\'eehaken,   16. 
Wehawk,   11.   290. 
Wright's.   475. 
Few,   Mr.,  land  for  sale  by,  14. 
Fin.    Widow,    theft    at    house    of, 

446. 
Finer,   324. 
Firth.    John,    servants    run    away 

from,  41. 
Fires,   2.   34,   52,   139,    140,   143,   146, 
148,     149,     155,     169,    172,    184. 
220,    230,    231,    233,    340,    341, 
343,    364.    384,    385,    398,    399, 
400.   503. 
Fish.    382.   397;   acts  for  the  pres- 
ervation  of,   533.    534. 
Fishburn.     WMlliam.     servant    run 

away  from,  225. 
Fisher.      Hendrick,      address      of, 
209.   210;   assemblyman  from 
Somerset    county.    204,    208, 
231.    194. 
Thomas,    a    parcel    of    Jersey 

bills  found  by,   458. 
William.  563. 


Fisher's  saw   mill.    377. 
Fishery,    494;    in    the   Eastern   Di- 
vision,  act    to   regulate,    164. 
Fishing,    406,   448. 

in    the    Delaware   river,    proc- 
lamation in  relation  to,   583. 
Fishing   boat,   drowned   off  a,    404. 
Fish-Kill,   518. 

creek,     scow     driven     in     the 
mouth  of  the,  32. 
Fitch.    Mary,    356. 
Fithian,    Aaron,    run    away    from, 

314. 
Fitzgerald,   Mary,   550. 

Nicholas,    run    away    servant, 
485,    491. 
Fitz    Randolph,    Jacob,    executor, 
land    for   sale   by,    232. 
Nathaniel,      blacksmith,      land 

for   sale   by,    395. 
Richard,     deceased,     land     of, 

for  sale,   394. 
Thomas,      fire     at     house     of. 
144. 
P'itzsummons,    Robert,    550. 
Flaningam,    Saml.,   593. 
Flannigam.  James,  runaway  Irish 

servant   man,   26. 
Flatbush,    L.    I.,    208. 
Flax  for  sale,   259. 
Fleming,    Samuel,    tavern   for  sale 

formerly  belonging  to,   24. 
Float   taken  up,   443. 
Fog,   dense,   546. 
Foord,    Jacob,   .iudge,    183. 
Foot.    Sir  Isaac,    "A   Kick  for  the 

Whipper,"   by,    81. 
Footman,      Richard,      notice      by. 

468. 
Ford.   Jacob,   judge,   order  of,   216, 
281.    421,    480,    481. 
Samuel,    land    for    sale    near. 
67. 
Forge  for  sale,  268,  302,  303,  582. 

to   be  rented,   319. 
Forked    River,    land    for    sale    at, 

494. 
Forker,  William,  insolvent  debtor. 

589. 
Foiman.     Ezekiel,     land    for    sale 
by.    328.    329,   330. 
Lewis,    auditor,    land   for    sale 

by.    356. 
Mary.    291. 
Samuel,  550. 
Forrest.    John,    land    for    sale    by. 

17. 
Fort    Johnson.    Ga.,    Franklin    set 

out  for.  266. 
Fort    Stanwix,    321;    Indian    treaty 
held  at.    269;    conference  at, 
539.    543;    treaty   at,    541. 
Fortune   teller.    512. 
Fort    Washington,    521. 
Foster.     John,     insolvent     debtor. 
183;       runawav       apprentice 
Lad.   267. 
Four  Mile  Neck,  land  for  sale  at, 

592. 
Foy,    Capt..    552;   master,   546. 

Richard.       master,       drowned. 

552. 
William.       runawav      servant, 
535. 
France,   173. 


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INDEX. 


Francfort.    Germany,    407. 

Francis,   Tench.   563. 

Frank,  an  accomplished  runaway 
negro,    333.    467. 

Frankford,    290. 

Franklin,  Benjamin,  appointed 
postmaster-general  of  North 
America,  463;  appointed 
agent  at  the  court  of  Great 
Britain,  for  the  Proyince  cf 
New  Jersey,  578.  579. 
Goyernor  William,  124,  293, 
587;  speech  to  the  General 
Assembly,  153;  proclamation 
of.  161,  162.  233,  234,  235; 
quarrels  with  the  Assembly, 
233;  deposition  of  Stephen 
Skinner,  treasurer  of  the 
Eastern  Diyision  of  New 
Jersey,  transmitted  by,  241; 
arriyal  of,  266;  embarks  for 
Albany  to  attend  Indian 
treaty  to  be  held  at  Fort 
Stanwix.  268,  269;  returns 
to  New  York.  321;  address 
of  thanks  to,  525;  pe- 
tition to.  529;  speech  to  the 
Assembly  at  Burlington, 
537.  538,  539,  540;  Indian 
name  for.  539;  address  of 
Council  to,  ■540.,  541/;  his 
answer  to.  542;  address  of 
House  of  Representatiyes  to, 
543.  544;  his  answer  to,  545; 
certificate  by,  576;  procla- 
mation by,  583,  584,  585.  586; 
giyes  £50  to  Princeton  Col- 
lege. 566. 
Walter  and  Samuel,  house  to 
let  at  store  of,   62. 

Franklin   Park,    161. 

Frazee.  Jonathan,  judge,  176,  197, 
198,  239,  278,  279,  346,  365, 
366. 

Frazer,  Colin,  215. 
Elizabeth.  215. 
Rebecca.    215. 

Rev.       T\^illiam.       biographical 
sketch    of.    213-215. 

Frederic    Town,    Md..    300. 


Freehold,  18,  58,  69,  260,  296,  312, 
551,  579;  fire  at,  140,  148; 
land  for  sale  in,  144,  351, 
404,  430;  negro  run  away  in, 
467;  Quaker  meeting  house 
at,  338. 
goal,  man  committed  to,  508. 
Freeland,    ^Vilhelmus.    land,    etc., 

for   sale  by,   38u. 
Freeman,    Isaac,    cloth    manufac- 
turer,  16. 
French   and   Indian  war,   266. 
French.   John,   obituary  notice   of, 
233. 
Mr..   33. 

Robert,    488;    from    St.    Kitts. 
31. 
Fresh     Ponds,    land    for    sale    at, 

430. 
Friend.  Captain,  506. 
Friends.    Society    of.    288;    suffer- 
ings   of    the.    249;    meetings 
of,   249;   epistles  from.  249. 
Frozen  to  death,  355,  434. 
Fry,    Nicholas,     insolvent    debtor. 
176. 
Richard,     molatto     run     away 

from,    288. 
Thomas,   461. 
Fuller.  67,  322;  wanted,  451,  460. 
Fuller.   Benjamin.   570. 
Fullerton,    Humphrey,    205. 
Fulling    mill.     130.     352;     for    sale, 

131.  186.  320.  370,  486. 
Furman.  Josiah,   insolvent  debtor. 
168. 
Josiah,    Jr..    insolvent    debtor, 

168. 
Moore,      servant      run      away 
from,    191. 
Furman's   store,    Coxe   and,    stur- 
geon sold  at,    169,    242. 
Furman  and  Hunt,   store  of,   277. 
Furnaces: — 

Andover,     15;     land     for     sale 

near,    59. 
Etna,    67. 

Vesuvius,    at    Newark,    122. 
Furniture   for   sale,    34. 


Gage.  General,  the  26th  Regi- 
ment, called  "The  Cam- 
eronians."  reviewed  by, 
463. 

Gaine.  Hugh,  terms  of  board  and 
education  of  proposed  school 
in  Newark  to  be  had  from, 
141;  money  wanted  on  a 
good  farm  bv.  275;  printer, 
556,  579;  letter  to,  343,  344, 
345. 

Gallaway.  John,  confined  for 
theft,   564. 

Galloway.  Joseph.  572; 
degree  of  doctor 
522. 

Galloway  Township.  593. 

Galpin.  Joseph.  man 
from.   322,   332. 

Garden  seeds  for  sale. 

Gardener,    383. 


receives 
of    laws. 


escaped 


Gardiner.  Captain,  383. 

James,   land  for  sale  by,   27. 

Garrison  Church.  469. 

Garrison,  Gamaliel,  65;  bricklayer. 
65. 
Mary,   insolvent  debtor,   590. 

Gauttier.    Alderman,    573. 

Geisinger.  Charles,  runaway  ser- 
vant,   153. 

Geiss'    Tavern.    Philadelphia,    290. 

General  Assembly,  acts  of.  163, 
212.  561,  587;  act  for  septen- 
nial election  of.  163;  actions 
to  be  taken  by  the  repre- 
sentatives in.  532.  533;  elec- 
tion of  two  members  of, 
from  Burlington.  191,  192; 
members  of.  212;  petition  of, 
222;  prorogued,  164;  speech 
of  Gov.  "V^niliam  Franklin  to 
the.     537,     538.    539.     540;     to 


INDEX. 


613 


meet  at  Burlington,  497,  508; 
writs  issued  for  new  election 
of,   1612. 

General  Proprietors  of  the  East- 
ern Division  of  New  Jersey, 
meeting   of,    57. 

Genge,  George,  runaway  servant, 
478. 

Gent.  Thomas,  horse  stolen  from, 
469;  servant  of,  committed 
to    goal,    469. 

George,    Mr.,    died   from    exposure, 
32,    33. 
William    Cornelius,    of    Rhode 
Island,   31. 

George's  Road,  land  for  sale  situ- 
ate near,    71. 

Geoigia,  209.  290,  522;  clergv  of, 
213. 

Germantown,    27,    28,   569. 

Germanv,  330. 

Gerrard.   William.   391. 

Gibbon.    Grant,    139. 

Gibbs.  Aaron,  runaway  servant, 
93. 

Giberson.  Guisbert,  land  for  sale 
by,   67. 

Gibson,   John,   563. 

Luke,    deceased,    debts    of,    13; 
land  of,  for  sale,   69. 

Gill,    Capt.,    506. 
William,  263. 

Gilliam.  Henry.  Jr.,  insolvent 
debtor,   254. 

Gilpin.   Captain,   548. 

Glasgow.  155,   240.   384. 

Glass-house,  548;  land  for  sale 
near   a,    317,    352. 

Glenn.  Thomas  Allen,  sketch  of 
William  Churchill  Houston 
by,   291. 

Gloucester,  26,  35,  238,  417,  433, 
445,  490,  505,  579;  Are  at, 
34;  fire  at  the  court  house 
in,  34;  land  for  sale  near, 
130,  277,  414,  486,  592;  mis- 
sionary at,  287;  murder 
committed  near,  526. 
countv,  13.  20,  42,  50.  137,  184, 
221,"  255,  307,  337,  360,  370, 
373,  378,  417,  471.  550,  551, 
588.  589.  592;  assemblymen 
from,  200.  204,  231;  cattle  for 
sale  in,  50;  farm  to  let  in, 
34;  horse  stolen  in,  125; 
judges  of,  588,  589;  land  for 
sale  in,  64,  68.  93.  130,  377, 
424;  man  absconded  from. 
174;  sheriff  of,  592. 
courts.    152. 

goal,  253.  367,  561,  578,  588;  es- 
caped from,  283,  insolvent 
vent  debtors  in,  279,  419, 
441;  prisoners  broke  out  of, 
42;  servants  committed  to, 
506;  supposed  runaway 
committed  to  the.  349. 
Point,  152,  221,  592. 
Road,    meadow   to  let    on   the, 

92. 
Town,    592.  ,    ^^ 

township.  461.  588;  molatto 
run  away  from,  227;  ser- 
vant run  away  In,  450;  land 
sold   in,   593. 


Goaler,    407,   429,    449,   455,   506. 
Goble,   Robert,  judge,    183. 
Goddard,   William,   printer,   5,   127, 
265,  332,  347;  beginner  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Chronicle,  203; 
thanks  by,  203. 
Godfrey.   William,   160. 
Mrs.   William.,   160. 
Goforth.      Thomas.      confined      in 
Burlington  county  goal,   174. 
Golby,     John,     assignee     of     John 

Burr.   Jr.,    25. 
Golden   Hill,   N.   Y.,   208. 
Gooding.    Jacob,    dog  stolen   from, 
191;  servant  run  away  from, 
191. 
Goodman.    Daniel,    baker,    persons 
afflicted  with  the  king's  evil 
cured  by,  178-179. 
Goodwin.   Richard,    13. 
Gordon.     I^ieut.     Andrew,     of     the 
26th  Regiment,  295. 
Arthur,    -^1. 
Lieut.     Francis,     of     the     60th 

Regiment.    295. 
James,  land  for  sale  by,   440. 
John,   land  for  sale  belonging 

to,   57. 
Lieutenant.    295. 
Goshen,   land  for  sale  near,   59. 
Gosling.  John,  deceased,  estate  of, 

for  sale.  370. 
Gould.    David,    servant    of,    broke 
goal,   123. 
William,     supposed     runaway, 
349. 
Governieur.     Samuel,     vessel     for 

sale   at   wharf  of,    134. 
Government.       Quakers       seeking 
control    of.    in   the   Colonies, 
118. 
Government    of    New    Jersey,    act 
for  support  of,   163. 
barracks,    act    for    furnishing, 
163. 
Gracey,   Mattliew.   insolvent  debt- 
or.   181. 
Graeme,     Doctor,      land     for     sale 
lately   in   the  tenure  of,   473. 
Graham,   Captain,    497;   arrival  of, 
205. 
Peter,    weaver,     counterfeiter, 

170. 
Peter,     quartermaster    of    the 
16th     British     Regiment     on 
duty  in  America,   340;   letter 
from.    343,    345. 
Dr.    Thomas,   land   for   sale   in 

tenure   of.    301. 
William,    taylor.    at    Klizabeth 
Town.    8. 
Grain,    88.   352.   401. 
Graisbury's   dam,    466. 
Granary  for  sale,   89.  365. 
Orangeries   for   sale,    329. 
Grant.     James,     insolvent     debtor, 
590. 
Thomas,     land     for     sale     by, 
348. 
Gray.     Captain    James,     land    for 
"     sale   by.    140,    141,    428;   biog- 
raphical sketch  of,   141. 
Great   Bridge,   land   for  sale  near, 

248.  ,      . 

Great    Britain    and    her    colonies, 


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INDEX. 


differences  between,  542,  544. 

Great  Egg-  Harbour,  593;  land  for 
sale  at,  14,  219;  molatto  run 
away  near,  227;  servants 
run  away  from,  478;  ship 
ashore  near,  339;  sloop  from, 
179;   sloop  asliore  at,   509. 

Great  Egg-  Harbour  River,  land 
for  sale  on  main  branch  of, 
130;  land  for  sale  on  east 
side  of,  131;  land  for  sale 
situate  on,  414,  433,  592. 

Great  Egg  Harbour  Township. 
432;  land,  etc.,  for  sale  in, 
131. 

Great  Falls  of  Gunpowder.  Md., 
469. 

Great  Swamp,  161. 

Great  Timber  Creek,  238,  239; 
land  for  sale  in  the  forks  of, 
20;  land  for  sale  on  main 
branch  of,  130;  land  for  sale 
on,  486;  proposed  bridge 
over,   417. 

Green,    Rev.    Jacob,    land   for   sale 

lying    near    meeting    house 

of.    417. 

John,   man   escaped  from,   332. 

Joseph,  land  for  sale  near,  73. 

William,      escaped,     322,     331, 

332;  land  for  sale  near,  73. 

Greenville   (Grenville),   Mr.,   96. 

Greenwich.  Cumberland  county, 
land  for  sale  in,  54;  boy 
accidentally  killed  in,  137 
boat  picked  up  near,  36 
land  for  sale  near,  483,  484 
stage  waggon  to  set  out 
near.  285. 

Greenwich,  Gloucester  coimty, 
378,  415,  588;  servant  run 
away    from,    293;     land    for 


sale  in,   93,   372,    535. 
Greenwich,     Sussex     county,     Lu- 
theran    churches     at.      330; 

land   for   sale  in.    74. 
Greenwich.    Conn.,    331,    332. 
Greenwich.  New  York  city,  16. 
Gregg.    John,     land    for    sale    by, 

390. 
Gregory,    Capt.,    salt    taken    from, 

157. 
Grenades,  W.  I.,  124,  205,  217,  440, 

485,    505. 
Gressman,        Charles,        insolvent 

debtor,    591. 
Grey,    Colonel,    266. 

William,  house  to  let  occupied 

by,   61. 
Grievances     of     the     province     of 

New  Jersey,  562. 
Grig,   runaway  negro,   505. 
Griggs.   Daniel,   assignee  of  David 

Burton,   365. 
Grist  mills,   48,   58,   60,   89,   93,   130, 

142,    221,    273,    352,    355,    376, 

382 
for   sale.    20.    37,    182,    254,   302, 

303,    321,    369,    370,    374,    375, 

413,    433,    582. 
to    rent,    319. 
land   for   sale   near.    440. 
"Grove  on  the  Lord's  Supper,"  for 

sale,    443. 
Grubb.   Curtis,   servant  in  custody 

of,    455. 
Guadaloupe.    243. 
Guest.    William,    boat    bought    by, 

165;    bond    given    by,    165. 
William,   Jr.,    boat  bought  by, 

166. 
Guisbeson,    John,    insolvent    debt- 
or,   183. 
Curling,    A.,    469. 


H 


Hackensack.  9,  10;  land  for  sale 
at.  397,  398,  454;  school  at, 
10;  trustees  of  Queen's  Col- 
lege  to  meet  at.    498. 

Hackensack  River,  land  for  sale 
near,    245,    397. 

Hacket's  Town,  388;  land  for  sale 
near,    390. 

Hackinsack,  339,  560;  accident  at, 
176;  continuance  of  the 
Grammar  School  at  New 
Bridge,  528;  grammar  school 
near,  381;  land  for  sale 
at.  49,  246;  land  for  sale 
situate  near,  405;  school  at, 
520;  stage  waggon  to  be 
erected  at,  274;  siage  wag- 
gon to.  289,  290. 
court     house,     land     for     sale 

near,    132. 
jail.   11. 

Hackinsack  River.  552:  land  for 
sale    on,    49,     405,    564. 

Hackinsack  Town,  land  for  sale 
near.    564. 

Hadden,  Joseph,  person  wanted 
by,    62. 

Haddon,  William,  school  pro- 
posed to  be  opened  in  New- 
ark by,   141. 


Haddnnfleld.  11.  35.  42,  308.  547. 
548.  589;  horse  for  sale  in, 
441;  land  for  sale  at,  156, 
274;   land  for  sale  near,   283. 

Haight,  Joseph,  negro  ran  away 
from,  152;  servants  run 
away  from.  354;  servant  girl 
run  away  from,  470.  510; 
trunk  and  cloak  left  at  the 
house  of,   54. 

Hail  storm,  damage  by,  212, 

Haines.  Nathan,  servant  run 
away    from.    483. 

Hains.  Isaac,  servant  run  away 
from.    361. 

Haldane,  James,  land  for  sale  by, 
27. 

Halifax,    278,    353. 

Hall.   Rev.    Dr.    John.   "History  of 
the   Presbyterian   Church   in 
Trenton."    bv,    291. 
Thomas,    330. 

Hall  and  Sellers,  printers,  399; 
letter  to.  22,  347;  Poor 
Richard's  Almanack  for  the 
Year   1769.    for   sale   by,    280. 

Halstead,  Robert,  degree  of  mas- 
ter  of  arts   conferred   upon. 


INDEX. 


615 


Matthias,     racoon     skins     for 

sale    by,    535. 
Hammet,    Capt.,   arrival  of,   29. 
Hammond.    Jack,   runaway   negro, 

152. 
Hampden     Sidnev     College,     Va., 

522. 
Hampton,    Va..    227. 
Hampton.      John,      593;      insolvent 

debtor,  183. 
Mrs.,  568,  569. 
Jonathan,    land    for    sale    by, 

14;    land   for  sale  bv,   16,   90, 

218.    219.    220. 
Hancock.     John,     receives    degree 

of  master  of  arts.   522. 
Hancock's    Bridge,    27. 
Hanes.  run  away  bail,   284. 
Hankinson,     Peter,    goaler,    negro 

slave  in  the  custody  of,  527, 
Hanley,     Richard,     runaway     ser- 
vant,  212. 
Hannah,    "William,    308. 
Hanover,    67;    Peter   Smith   buried 

at.   68;  land  for  sale  situate 

in.    67,    68;    negro   run    away 

from,  333;  servant  run  awav 

from,    249. 
county,    Va.,    399. 
township,    Burlington    county, 

589;    negro   bov   for   sale   In. 

327. 
Hanover     Town,     Morris     county, 

farm   to  let  in,   401. 
township,  Morris  county,  land 

for  sale  in,  417,  464;  servant 

run   away   in,    452, 
Hans.    John,    drowned,    494. 
Hanson.     Jonathan,     mast-maker, 

444,    445. 
Harber.     Thomas,     runaway     ser- 
vant  and   thief,   249. 
Harbor,   John,    broke  goal,   294. 
Hardcastle,    Captain,   172. 
Hardenbergh,   Jacob   G.,    30. 
Hardenburg.    Rev.   Jacob   R.,   New 

Brunswick      school      erected 

under  the   inspection   of,   75. 
Hardiston.      servant      run      away 

from.    193. 
Hardwick.    land    for    sale    in,     14, 

219. 
Marker,    Ahimaaz,    book    by.    127- 

128;     biographical     sketches 

of.    128,   310;    obituary  notice 

of.  309. 
Rev.    Samuel,    310,    128. 
Karkins.    John,    runaway    servant 

sold   by,    3'.t6. 
Harnis,    Jacob,    insolvent    debtor, 

238. 
Harriman.    William.    38. 
Harrington.       Edward.      in.soivent 

debtor,    590. 
Harris.     John,     runaway    servant, 

452. 
Harrison.    Capt.,    arrival    of.    22. 
Joseph.    390. 
Marv,    Mrs..    260. 
Samuel,   judge,   579.    588. 
William.    589. 
Harrow   stolen,   482. 
Harry,   runaway   mulatto.   206. 
Hart."   Edith.    589. 

Jacob,  pilot  boat  of.  struck  by 


lightning,    487. 
John,  land  for  sale  by,  36,  156, 

386,   398;   assemblyman  from 

Hunterdon,  Morris  and  Sus- 
sex,   231. 
Joseph,    land    for   sale    bv,    36, 

156,  386.  398. 
Hartford.    Conn..    519,    586. 
Hartley.   Jane,    548. 

Thomas,    458. 
Hartshorne,  Ezek,  240. 

John,  boat  taken  up  by,  350. 
Robert.      assemblyman      from 

Monmouth    county,    204,    231, 

240. 
Harvard    College.    288,    522. 
Hatkinson.     John,     land    for    sale 

by,    407. 
Hatter,    199. 
Hatton.   John.   417;   negro  sold  by, 

45;    collector    of    customs    in 

Salem.    43,    44. 
Haudin.     Rev.     Mons.,     in     charge 

of    the    Episcopal   church    at 

Trenton,     173. 
Havard.  James,  runaway  servant, 

453. 
Hay.   68. '296.    401.    417. 
for  sale.   50,   315. 
house  for  sale,   349. 
Hay,  Mrs.  Catharine.  551. 
Hayden.      Christopher,      insolvent 

debtor,   216. 
Hayes,    James,    442. 

Samuel,     land     for     sale     bv, 

237. 
Haynes,  Joseph,  drowned,  552. 
Hays,    William,    insolvent    debtor, 

590. 
Haywood.    George,    land    for    salt, 

by,    157. 
Hazard,      Moriis.      thrown      from 

horse  and  hurt.  524. 
Heard,   Capt..   473. 

Nathaniel,   342.    343.   392;   cloth 

manufacturer,    16;    owner   of 

race     horse.      179;      mulatto 

servant     broke     goal     from, 

278;  sketch  of,  343;  runaway 

servant    in    the    custody    of, 

422. 
Heaton,    John.    land    for    sale    by, 

130,   414. 
Hebron,   Anna,   18. 

John,   18, 
Heddon,  Joseph,  notice  to  debtors 

and    creditors    of,    134. 
Joseph  and  Uzal   Ward,   part- 
nership   to    be    formed    be- 
tween.   134. 
Hegaman,    Denise.    land    for    sale 

next    to,    255. 
Helms.  Thomas,   insolvent  debtor, 

426. 
Heming,    John,     insolvent    debtor, 

168. 
Hemp,   417. 
Hemp.     flax,     etc.,     act     granting 

bounty    on.    163. 
Henderson.       Michael,       insolvent 

debtor,    312. 
Samuel.   260. 
"William,   run   away.   456. 
Hendricks.    Baker,    horse    strayed 

or  stolen  from,   473. 


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INDEX. 


run      away 


Sr..     land 


William,      negro 
from,  64. 
Hendrickson,      Daniel. 

for   sale   by,    I*--    ,     ,,. 
Henrv     George,    drowned,    404. 

Johii^    348,     521;     biographical 
sketch     of,     521;^  S'-aduated 
from  Princeton  College,  5-1, 
valedictory  oration  by.  5-4. 
Samuel,        551;        biographical 
sketch    of,    3S:    land   for   sale 
bv     38;    servants    run    away 
from.    485,    491.         . 
"Hermit  in  New  Jersey,     poem  b> 
a.    360;    shortly    to    be    pub- 
lished,   332. 
Herret.    Andrew,    insolvent    debt- 
or    590  i 
Herrett,"    Jolin,    insolvent    debtor. 

Herron.   James,   runaway  servant,    | 
173.  ^  I 

Hewes.    Samuel,    339. 
Hewett,   Henry,   374.  1 

Thomas.   373.  374. 

||lwlin|s.~Atai^ahlm,     elected     to   j 
^^"^^"the   General   Assembly   from 
Burlington  City,   192,  231.         ] 
William,  insolvent  debtor,  192, 
■'48;     land    for    sale    by,    3b, 
l56,    299,    386,    398. 
Hibbert,    Captain,    arrival    of.    3b. 
Hibernia  Furnace     550. 
Hick     William.    76;    mnholder    at   , 
Princeton,   376,   405.   ^      ,       ,    1 
Hicks,     George,     absconded,     land   I 
of,  for  sale,   356 
John,    insolvent    debtor,    192. 
Whitehead,    mayor,    57,5. 
AYilliam.  407;  land  for  sale  by, 
256.  ,  I 

Hides    Town    (Hightstown),    ser-    1 

vant    run  away   from,   -i&- 
Higham   I.odge,    161.  .        ,    „„  + 

Hilhberger,  Jacob,  insolvent 
debtor,    590. 

Silhls'town  ^\  Hides  Town),  ser- 
vant  run   away   from,   215. 

Highfs  Town,  servant  run  away 
from.   225.  , 

Higgens.    Jonathan,    land   for   sale 

hIIIs."' Captain.'-  boat     Ipst     by, 

506.  ^  - 

Hildeburn.   Charles  R.,   "Issues  of 

the  Press  of  Pennsylvania. 

by.   332.  ,     , 

Hill.   Alexander,  land  for  sale  by, 

Alexander    Sears,    of    Harvard 

College,  288. 
John,   land  for  sale  by,   460 
Moses,   land  for  sale  by,   460. 
Hilliard,    John,    negro    run    away 

from,    512. 
Hinchman.   James,  221. 

John.  assemblyman  from 
Gloucester  county,  200,  2U4, 
231;  land  for  sale  by,  337, 
notice  given  by.  47  (. 
Hinds.  Joseph,  land  for  sale  at 
the  house  of.    -68. 


Silas,    insolvent    debtoi,    183. 
Hingston,    Daniel,    deceased,    land 
for   sale,   late   the   estate   ot, 

John,   land  for  sale  by.   277. 
Hipworth,   George,   260. 
Hixon.    Nathan,    551. 

Noah,   horse   stolen  from.   35. 
Hoffman,  house  to  let  by  Messrs. 

Ludlow   and.    151. 
Hoffs     Town,     now     called     Pitts 

Town,    191. 
Hog,    Robert,    escaped    drowning. 

55"' 
Hoge.    Zebulon,    blacksmith,    run- 
away   servant,    256. 
Hogg  (Hugg).  Joseph,  ooiner,   592. 

William,   417. 
Hoisting  jack  for  sale,  154. 
Holden    David,  land  for  sale  near 

Holland',    epistle    of    friends   from. 
249. 

Holland.  Capt..  155.         . 

Samuel,  518;  appointed  sui - 
vevor-general  of  lands  in 
the  northern  and  southern 
districts    of    America,    463. 

HoUenshead.   .   land  for  sale 

near,    377.  . 

Holler.   Jacob,    run   away   servant, 

Hollingshead.   Edward,  588^ 

Hollinshead.    Jacob,    watchmakei , 
44. 
i    Hollow  ware  for  sale,  199;  manu- 
1  facture  of,   553.  . 

HoUoway,    Isaac,    apprentice    boy 
run  away  from,   492. 

Holme.  John,   150. 

Holms.    John.    551. 

Holt,    John,    printer,    324.    .j2o,   3-b, 
I  327;    letter    to,    496. 

\  William,   merchant,   399. 

'    Holton.    John,    land    for    sale    by 

I    Homan's  Creek,   land  for  sale  on. 
1  372. 

1  Homfrav.  Thomas.  2bO. 
Honduras.  Bay  of,  256. 
Hoogeland.        Martin,         insolvent 

debtor,    198. 
Hook.   Samuel.   260.     . 
Hooper.    Robert    I.ettice.    land   foi 
sale  by,  47,  473. 
Robert    Lettis.    Jr..    insolvent 

debtor.     438. 
Rustus,   551. 
Hoover,    Jacob,    alias   Jacob   Mat- 
thews,   escaped   from   Tren- 
ton  goal,    261. 
Hopkins,    Ebenezer,    548. 
John  E..   308. 
John  Est.,  executor,  589. 
Hopkinson.     Francis,     sketch     of, 

264;    marriage    of,    264. 
Hopewell,     2,     260,     471      548      550. 
land  for  sale  In.  266.  333. 

'towliship.     land     for    sale     in, 

••Hornblower.  ,  J'^siah.  and  the 
First  Steam  Engine  in 
America."  by  William  Nel- 
son.   233. 


INDEX. 


617 


484, 
479. 


Hoinlilower  Family,   GenealogJ-  oi" 

ihe.   233. 
HorntT,     Samuel,     deceased,    lana 

of.   for   sale,    365,    j«56. 
Hornor.     Joseph,     executor,     land 
for   sale   by,    365,   366. 
Mary,   executrix,  land  for  sale 
by.    365.    366. 
Horses,   arrival  of,    434. 
Horse-breeding-.   123.    149,   392,   408, 

418. 
Horses,   distemper  among  the.   22. 
for  sale.  34,  47.  50,  73,  131,  133, 
259,    302,    321,     40j;,    409,     441, 
493. 
to  hire.  401. 
Horse   left    in   custody.    402.    403. 
Hoise  Neck.  410;  purchase  by  the 
proprietors  of  the,  385;  rob- 
bery at,  416. 
Horse  races.   129.   179. 
Horse    racing.    272.    479.    480, 
503,     524;     purses     for, 
4S0. 
Horses: — 

"Ariel."   179. 
"Bald   Gallawav."   150. 
"Brimmer,'-    150,    151. 
"Briton."    179. 
"Dark  Roan."   160. 
"Dods-sv'orth,"  150,  151. 
"Feidinand."  123.  408. 
"Flying   Childers,"    150. 
"Fredei-ick."    418. 
"Godolphin  Arabian."  150,  151. 
"Lady   Leggs."   179. 
"I.ayton's   Barb  Mace."    150. 
"Machien."   151. 
••Makeless."    150.    151. 
.    ":Martindale's    Sterling."    150. 
"Matchin's  Dane."   150. 
"Old   England."    150. 
"Old   Partner,"    150.    151. 
"Old  Sterling,"   150. 
"Queen  Kate."  to  race.  179. 
"Regulus."   150. 
"■Roundhead,"    150. 
"Strumpet."    129.    272. 
"St.    Victor's    -^arb."    150. 
■•Teaser."    150. 
••Torrismond."     150. 
••True    Briton,"    392. 
■■Trumpet."    150. 
"White  Turk."   150. 
■■Young    Sterling."    150. 
Horsf'shoe.   brig  run  into  the. 
Horse       stealing,       228;       an 

against.  589. 
Horses  stolen,  33.  35,   120, 
125.     235.     236.     285. 
295.     318.    335.    342, 
416,    448.    469.    473. 
510.    554.    555. 
Horse    strayed.    197. 
Horse    taken    by    absconded    man. 

424. 
Horsimus.      trustees     of     Queen's 

College   to  meet   at.    411. 
Horsmanden.   Chief  Justice,   573. 
Houghton,  land  for  sale  in,   501. 
Houses  for  sale,   10,   21.   24,   39,   45. 
49.    53.    58.    60.    64.    68.    72.    73. 
75     91.   121,   130.   131.   132,   136, 
138,     140    ,142.     145,     147,     149, 
154,    156.    159.    179.    180,    182. 


121. 


395. 
490. 


593. 
act 

124, 
291 
415, 
509. 


2;;i,    237,    247,    254,    266,    268. 

301,    302,    303,    311,    314,    315. 

317,    319,    320,    321,    328,    333, 

338,    348,    349,    352,     353.    357, 

365,    366,    367,    369,    370,    371. 

372.    376,    377,    380.    382.    386, 

387,    389,    391,    394,    396,    401, 

403,     404,    406,    411,    413,    416. 

423,    428,    430,     431.    432.    439, 

446,     454,    459,    464,    473,    476, 

484,    489,    493,    497,     499,    501, 

511.    517,    564,    566,    582,    591. 

to    l<,;t.    16,    47,    60,    61,    86,    151, 

153,     163,    277,    278,    36U,    364, 

378,    379,    392,    393.     472. 

House,    Mary,   307. 

Household  goods  for  sale,   50,   493. 

Houston,     William    C,    degree    of 

bachelor    of    arts    conferred 

upon,         287;         biographical 

sketch  of,   288. 

Hoskins.    John,    land   for   sale   by, 

299. 
Houdin,    Rev.    Michael,    biographi- 
cal  sketch  of,    173. 
Ho-w,     Micajah,     sheriff,     land    for 

sale    by.    73. 
Howard,   Peter,  molatto  lun  away 
from.   459. 
Richard,   hoise   stolen   b.v,   285, 
295. 
Howel.    I'homas,   run  away,   435. 
Howell.   Benjamin,  deceased,  land 
of,    for  sale,   477. 
David,  land  for  sale  near,  73. 
Mordecai.   conveyances  to  and 

from,    missing,    171. 
Rebecca.    476. 
Samuel.    563. 
Hudd>-.    Joshua,    insolvent    debtor 

238. 
Hudson    River,    518,    519;    land    for 

sale  on.   91. 
Hugg.    Elizabeth.   592.   593. 

George  Washington,   executor. 

593. 
Isaac.    593;    executor.    593. 
Isaac  S.,  death  of,  593. 
John.  592. 

Joseph,         593;         biographical 
sketch      of,      592;      executor. 
593;    inventory    of   estate   of, 
593;    negro    run    away    from, 
505;  servant  run  away  from, 
27;    will    of.    592;    sheriff    of 
Gloucester        county.        592; 
sheriff.       man      broke      goal 
from.   562;   land  for  sale  by, 
535,  592. 
Lizzie,    589. 
Samuel.    589.    592.    593. 
William,      wheels      and      skiff 
stolen   from.    491;    innkeeper, 
279. 
Huggins.    John,    18. 
Hughes.    Hugh,    forge,    grist    mill 
and    saw    mill,    and    negroes 
to   rent   by.    319. 
Hulings.    William,    land    for    sale 

bv,   284. 
Hull,    Joseph,    land  for   sale   next, 

■74. 
Hunloke.  widow,  house  to  let  for- 
merly occupied  by,  379. 
Hunt.   Furman  and.   store  of,   277. 


6i8 


INDEX, 


John,    negi'o    run    away    from, 

471. 
Jonathan,      insolvent      debtor, 

183. 
Mr..   Trenton,  348. 
Robert,   35. 

Samuel,   insolvent  debtor,   168. 
Col.  Samuel,  590. 
Wilson,      servant     run     away 

from,    187. 
Hunter,  Thomas,  551. 
Hunterdon,  6;  circuit  courts  to  ba 

held  at,   421. 
county.    22.    35,    180.    187,    207, 

290,    551;    circuit    court    for, 

152;  assemblymen  from,  231; 

grist   mill   and   saw  mill   for 

sale    situate   in,    302;   judges 

of,   590;   land  for  sale  in,  54, 

133. 
goal,  insolvent  debtors  in,  167, 

192.   248. 
Huntingdon    (Hunterdon)    county, 

547. 
Huntzinger,    John,    land    for    sale 


in  the  tenure  of,  276. 

Hurlev,  James,  inventorv  taken 
by,  593. 

Hurricane,    violent.    528. 

Hurrv,  Cornelius,  runaway  ser- 
vant,   434. 

Hurtin,  Joshua,  land  for  sale  at 
the   house  of,    372. 

Huston,   Alexander,   563. 

Hutchin,  Hugh,  runaway  servant. 
452. 
John,    insolvent   debtor.   36S. 

Hutchinson's  "History  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay,"  for 
sale,    443. 

Hyer,  Jacob,  hatter's  business 
carried  on  by,  199;  removes 
from  the  King's  Arm  Tav- 
ern to  the  Hudibras,  199. 
T^^illiam,  negro  run  away 
from,    360. 

Hylton,   Captain,  339. 

Hyslop,  William,  receives  degree 
honoris   causa,   522. 


Imlay.  John.   28:  land  for  sale  by, 
55.    230;    assignee,    land    for 
sale  by,  350;  notice  bv,  471. 
Josej-ih.  300. 

Peter,    obituary   notice   of,    28. 
William,     land     of,     for    sale, 
349.  368;  deceased,  notice  to 
creditors   of.    471. 

Imlay's  Town  and  Allen's  Town, 
land  for  sale  lying  between, 
563. 

India    calico.    469. 

Indian  corn  for  sale,  259. 

Indian  affairs,  superintendent  for, 
538. 

Indian  nations,  treaty  to  be  held 
with,  for  settling  a  general 
boundary  line  between  the 
colonies,  269. 

Indian   River,   423. 

Indian-negro,  runawav  servant, 
458. 

Indian  squaw,  wife  of  negro,   410. 

Indian    stockings,   123. 

Indians,  captured  by,  328;  con- 
version of,  556.  557;  meet- 
ing to  be  held  at  Fort  John- 
son by  the,  266;  missions  to, 
298.    297;    murders   of,    539. 

•'Indians  of  New  Jersey,"  by 
William  Nelson,  298. 

Ingersol,  Jared.  518;  commissioner 
for  settling  the  boundary 
line  between  New  York  and 
New  Jersey,  586;  American 
.iudge  of  admiralty,  362,  421; 
appointed  secretary  of  the 
Province  of  Connecticut. 
463;   lawyer.   577. 

Inglis,  Capt.,  5. 

Innholder.  186,  198,  239,  279.  346, 
366.    388,    405,    570,    572. 

Innkeeper.  279,  284,  300,  370,  457, 
477,    505. 

Inskeep.    Abraham,    152. 

Benjamin,    servant    run    away 
from,   516. 


Insolvent  debtors.  163.  167.  181, 
183.  184.  192.  198,  212.  216, 
238,  239.  246.  248.  279,  282, 
312,  346,  365,  367.  380.  387, 
388,  422,  426.  481.  578.  580, 
581,    588.    589.    590,    591. 

in  Morris  county  goal,   183. 

in    Somerset  countv  goal,   181. 
Ireland.    38.    42.    138,    148,    191,    249, 
256.    263.    271,    319,    322,    342, 
396.     423,     561;     epistles     of 
friends  from,   249. 
Irish    beef   for   sale,    508. 
Irishman    absconded,    449. 
Iron    ore.    433;    land   for  sale   con- 
taining.  74. 
Iron  works,   58,   273;  land  for  sale 
near,    58,    440. 

Andover,    268,    390. 

Andover   furnace,    591. 

on  Assunpink  Creek.  3S. 

at   Little  Falls,   141. 

at  Newark,    122. 

Black  Creek   forge.   55. 

Batsto  furnace.   5,   577. 

Change  TVater.    128.   412. 

Durham,  fire  at,  155. 

Etna  furnace,  67,  315.  323.  324. 
361,    368. 

Hibernia    furnace,    550. 

in   Sussex  county.    393.   582. 

New    Boston    forge,    Roxbiirv, 
268. 

on    Musconetcung    River.    319. 
582. 

Ringwood.    49.    274.    320,    323. 

Spotswood.    57.    251.    410. 

Squire's   Point   forge.   261.   302. 
369.    389.    390,    582. 

Sterling,    49. 

Tanton    (Tintern)    forge.    256. 
260.   368, 

Union.    340.    409,   551. 

Vesuvius      furnace,      Newark, 
122.    199.    553. 
"Ironicus    Bombasticus,"    commu- 
nication from,  273. 


INDEX. 


619 


Ishmael,      runaway      negro, 
squaw  for  a  wife,  410. 
Italy,  569. 


has       Ives,    Thomas,    servant   run   away 
I  from,    229. 

I         .  William,    229. 


Jack,   runaway  negro,  454,   462. 

Jack,  George,  runaway  servant, 
41. 

Jackson,  David,  205. 

Emer,    negro   run   away   from, 
441. 

Jacob,    runaway    negro,    184. 

Jacobs.  Thomas,  insolvent  debtor, 
183. 

Jacob's  Town,  land  for  sale  at, 
497. 

Jacqus,    Lanclot.    551. 

Jamaica,  L.  I.,  151,  365;  man  con- 
fined  in  goal   at,   354;    Pres- 
byterian church  at,  521, 
W.    I..    51,    217.    293,    507,    568, 
569;   arrivals  at,   375,   444. 

James,  Abel,   563. 

James,   land  for  sale  by,   27. 
Thomas,  land  for  sale  adjoin- 
ing lands  of,  255;  innkeeper, 
477. 

James  and  Drinker,  merchants,  2; 
land  for  sale  by,  20;  notice 
given    by,    468. 

Jameson.  John,  551. 

January,  Elizabeth,  servant  run 
away   from,   456. 

Jaques,      Samuel,      horse      stolen 
from,    286,    295. 
Samuel.  Sr.,  horse  stolen  from, 
285. 

Jarman,  John,  207. 

Jauncey.  James,  assignee,  cop- 
per mine  and  land  for  sale 
by,    75    . 

Jay.  John,  of  New  York,  house 
and   land    for   sale   by,    10. 

Jefferies.  Thomas,  map  engraved 
bv.   155. 

Jefferson,    Thomas,    290. 

Jem,  negro  man  taken  up  and 
committed  to  Somerset 
county   goal,   495. 

Jenkins,    John,    runaway    servant, 
361. 
William,       runaway       servant 
boy,  311;  master,  527. 

Jersey  bills  found,   458. 

Jersey   calf    skins,    156. 

Jersey,   Isle  of.   243. 

Jersey  spars,   444. 

Jew   shopkeeper,   555. 

Jidderv,     Joseph,     disorderly     be- 
havior  of  wife  of,    338. 
Modlin.    338. 

Jim.  runaway  negro.  360;  con- 
fined in  Westchester  goal, 
429. 

John,    runaway    negro.    499,    537. 

Johnson.    Capt..    negro   committed 
to   goal   belonging   to.    484. 
Christopher,    master,   504. 
Doctor,   land  for  sale  by,   87. 
Eliphalet.    horse    stolen    from, 

415,   416. 
Garret,  deceased,  land  for  sale 

formerly   of.   333. 
H.,    409. 
Hezekiah,    deceased,    land   for 


sale    formerly    belonging    to, 
53. 

John.    Timber   Creek,    471. 

John,  of  Perth  Amboy,  fire  at 
house  of,  140,  149;  assem- 
blyman from  Perth  Amboy, 
204. 

John  L.,  assemblyman  from 
Perth   Amboy,    231. 

Jonathan,  land  for  sale  near, 
67. 

Matthew,  absconded,  359,  360. 

Mrs.,  tavern  declined  to  be 
kept  by,   467. 

Richard,    goaler,    589. 

Rob.,   44.   45. 

Robert,  421;  land  for  sale  bv, 
247,  248,  319,   320. 

Rut.   land  for   sale   by,   507. 

Samuel,  wood  house  for  sale 
near,  377. 

Rev.    Dr.    Samuel,    336. 

Sir  William,  baronet,  322,  327; 
superintendent  for  Indian 
affairs,  538. 
Johnston,  Andrew,  land  for  sale 
by  the  devisees  of  the  late, 
215. 

John,  of  Perth  Amboy,  land 
for  sale  by.   57,   59.   215. 

John,  of  West  New  Jersey, 
551. 

John  L.,  servant  run  away 
from,  138. 

Doctor  Lewis,  land  for  sale 
by,   57. 

Stephen,    land    and    boat    for 
sale  by,   215. 
Joiner,  421,   592. 
Joiner's  shop  for  sale,   132. 
Jolly,   William,   goaler,   407;   negro 
for    sale    by,    449;    insolvent 
debtor,    239. 
Jones.    Ann,    executrix,    land    for 
sale  by.   391. 

Daniel,  innholder,   25, 

Isaac,  horse  for  sale  by,   441. 

Jehu,  goaler,  holder  of  run- 
away servants.   42. 

John,  of  Burlington  city,  run- 
away   servant.    354. 

John,  of  Chesterfield  town- 
ship, runaway  apprentice 
boy,   492. 

John,  of  Essex  county,  insol- 
vent  debtor,   581. 

John,  of  Indian  River,  ser- 
vant run  away  from,  423. 

John,  land  at  Pennytown  for 
sale  by.  222. 

Lvon,  marriage  of,  177;  mer- 
chant,   177. 

Richard,    356,    417. 

Robert,    broke    goal.    561. 

Stephen.    186. 
Joppa.  merchant  in.  456. 
JoAce.     Marga.iet,     runaway     ser- 
vant.  469.    510. 
Jvnner,   Samuel,   insolvent  debtor, 
247,    170. 


620 


INDEX. 


Kaighn.      Joseph,      horse      stolen 

from,    125. 
Kalb,  Col.,  33.;  from  London,  31. 
Kar.    Samuel,    551. 
Kass.   William,  260. 
Kay.    Francis,    568,    569,    570,    571, 

572.    573,    574,    575.    577. 
Keaff,    Timothy,    broke    goal,    407. 
Kearney,   James,    land   at   Middle- 
town  for  sale  by,  67.  382. 
James.        runaway        servant, 

Prince-Town.    443. 
Michael,    124. 
Kearny,    Michael,    409;    sketch    of, 
124. 
Philip.    124. 
Philip,     Jr..     land     to    let    by, 

470. 
Ravaude,     uncalled     for     pro- 
bates,  etc.,   to  be  had  from, 
361. 
Sarah,   124. 
Keean.    John,     land    for    sale    by, 
567. 
Mounce,     biographical    sketch 
of.    568;    land    for    sale    by, 
568. 
Keely.    Peter.    228. 
Keen.  George  B.,  "Descendants  of 
Joran    Kyn,"    by,    568. 
Magdalen   (Hoffman),   568. 
Mounce    (i.    e.     Moses),    biog- 
raphical sketch  of,   568. 
Kelly,    Mr.,    house    to    let    by.    61, 
163;    negro   run    away   from, 
334. 
William,    embarked    for    Eng- 
land,   488;    house    to    let    by, 
392,    393;    land    for    sale    by, 
39.    393,    464;    land   to  let  by, 
393. 
William,      runaway      servant, 
458. 
Kemble,    Peter,    speaker   of   coun- 
cil.   540,    541,    542. 
Kendall,   Benjamin,   potash  works 

of.    349. 
Kennard,   Elizabeth,   593. 
Samuel,    593. 

Saml..  Jr.,  executor,  593. 
Kennedy.  Capt.  Archibald,  348; 
marriage  of.  429;  land  for 
sale  lying  opposite  the  estate 
of.  140;  negroes  of,  assist 
runaway  negro.  333. 
Thomas,    308. 

Widow,    land    for    sale    in    the 
possession     of,     147;     tavern 
formerly    kept    by,    591. 
Kenney.    Thomas,    tavern    keeper 
at    Morristown,    creditors    of 
Daniel      Tuttle      notified      to 
meet  at  hou.'^e  of.   536. 
Kensington,    459. 
Kent.   Captain,  216.  516. 
Kent    county,    Del.,    92,    205,    317; 

land  for  sale  in,   130. 
Kentucky,    521. 
Ker,    Rev.    Jacob,    399. 

James,    insolvent  debtor,   183, 
Ketcham,    David,    property  of,   for 

sale,  321. 
Kidd.  John,  of  FTiiladelphia,  mer- 


chant.   31,   33,    48;    ferry  and 
land   to  be  rented  by,   20. 
Kievet,    Jacob,    insolvent    debtor, 

590. 
Kindall.  Joshua,   confined  in  Bur- 
lington  county   goal,    174. 
Kinderhook,   412. 
King    and    royal    family,    prayers 

for,  185. 
King.   Frederick,   assignee,   536. 
George,  executor,  land  for  sale 

by,  375. 
John,  260. 
Joseph,   deceased,   land  of,  for 

sale,    374. 
Marcus,      servant     run     away 

from,    175,    405. 
Martha,   145. 
Matthew,    run    away    servant, 

405. 
Samuel.   392. 
Kingsbury,    land  for  sale  in,   near 

Trenton  mills,    47. 
King's   College.    New   York,   522. 
King's  evil  cured,   178. 
Kingshn4.d.    Edmund,    132. 
Gastavus,   240. 

Isaac,    land    for    sale    by,    132; 
sheriff     of     Bergen     county, 
132. 
Mary,    132. 
Kingston,    51,    437;    land    for    sale 
near,  366;  land  for  sale  lying 
in.   564;   mills   for  sale  near, 
329,  330, 
Kingston,    New    Hampshire,    Con- 
gregational   church   in,    522. 
Kingstown,    fulling   mill   and   land 

for  sale  near,  186. 
King's    troops,     supplies    for    the, 

540. 
Kingwood,      152,       260,      471;       St, 

Thomas'   church  at,   213. 
Kingwood    township,    horse   stolen 

from,   235. 
Kinney,     Thomas,     Squire's    Point 
forge,  etc..  to  be  sold  at  the 
house  of,  at  Morristown,  302. 
Kinsey,    James,    571,    574;    convey- 
ances   missing   by,    171, 
John,      negro     taken     up     by, 
475. 
Kintire.    Lord,    123. 
Kipp,    Benjamin,    runaway    negro, 
316. 
Ben.  negro  taken  up  and  com- 
mitted to  Newark  goal,  493. 
Kirkbride,    Joseph,    land    for    sale 

near,  74. 
Kirkpatrick.    William,    260. 
Kissick,    Philip,    house   to   let   op- 
posite, 392. 
Kitchen,    Henry,   551. 

Samuel,  551;  fuller  wanted  by, 
451. 
Knickerbacker,    Harman,    servant 

run   away   from,    190. 
Knight,  Capt.  B.,  517. 

Edward,  insolvent  debtor,  198. 
Matthias,      insolvent      debtor, 
281. 
Knolton,    land  for  sale  situate  in, 
219. 


INDEX. 


62  1 


Knoulton  township,   161. 
Kuhlmaii.  Daniel,   land  for  sale  in 

tenure  of.   391. 
Kuhn.   Daniel,  330. 


Kunter,       Andiies,       wife      eloped 
from,    339. 
Mary     Elizabeth,     elopeu,    338, 
339. 


Lackey.   James.   548.  I 

La  Conte.  Dr.  Peter,  551. 

"Ladv  Montagu's  Letters,  "  for 
sale,    443. 

Lagrange,  John,  Jr.,  land  for  sale 
by.    448. 

Lahay,  John,  drowned,  552. 

Lahnawanack.    Pa..    548. 

Laight,    Edward,    hollow   ware  for 
sale  bv,   553. 
John.  30. 

Laight  &  Company.  Ogdens,  hol- 
low ware  manufactured  by, 
553. 

Lake    Erie,    328. 

Lake  Huron,   188. 

Lake  Michigan,  188. 

Lake   Ontario,    188. 

Lamar.    Marien.    2. 

Lamb.  Patrick,  runaway  servant 
by.   311. 

Lambert,   Capt.,   arrival   of,    375. 
Enoch,    boatman,    451. 
Margaret,   451. 

Lamberton,  land  for  sale  between 
Trenty    ferry    and,    28, 

Lamberton  fishery,  land  for  sale 
adjoining,   244. 

Lamberton  meeting  house,  land 
for  sale   near,    493. 

Lambs  for  sale.   50. 

Lamp  Town.   260. 

Lancaster,    Pa.,    42,    281,    330,    455, 
569. 
county.    Pa,,    205,    522. 

Land  for  sale,  10,  12,  14,  16,  17, 
19,  20,  24,  25,  27,  28,  35,  37. 
39.  45,  49,  53.  54,  55,  56,  57. 
58,  60,  61,  62,  64,  65,  66,  67, 
68.  69.  70,  71,  72.  73.  74,  75, 
86.  87.  88,  89,  90,  91,  92,  93, 
I'n,  122,  123,  126,  127^  130, 
131,  132,  133,  135,  136,  138, 
140  141,  142,  144,  145,  147, 
149,  154,  155,  156,  157.  159. 
172,  179,  180,  182,  186.  189, 
190,  208,  215,  216,  217,  218, 
219,  220,  221,  222,  230,  232, 
237  242,  243,  244,  245,  246, 
247,  248.  254.  255,  256,  258, 
261,  266.  267,  268,  271,  273. 
274  275.  276,  277,  282,  283, 
'>84  296,  297,  299,  300.  301. 
302,  303,  311,  314,  315,  317, 
318  319,  320.  321,  328.  333, 
337.  338.  348,  349,  350,  351, 
352.  353,  356.  357.  358,  363. 
365.  366,  367.  368,  369.  370, 
371  372.  374,  375,  377,  378. 
379.  380.  382,  383,  386.  387, 
388  389,  390,  391,  393.  394, 
395  396  397,  398,  401,  402. 
403  404.  405.  406,  407.  411. 
413,  414,  416.  417.  422.  423. 
4''4  425  426,  428,  429,  430. 
431'  432,  433,  436,  439,  440. 
443  445.  446.  448.  454,  459, 
460.     464.     468.    472.     473,    475. 


488,  489. 

495.  497. 

502.  507. 

533.  563, 

582.  591, 


153 
359. 
tOl, 


476.    477,    480,    487, 
491,    492,    493.     494, 
498,    499.    500,    501, 
511,    517,    527.    529. 
564.    565.    566.    567' 
592. 
sold  for  unpaid  taxes,   14. 
for    exchange,    156,    208. 
to  be  exchanged,   445. 
to   let,   4.    59.    J^S,    151,    152. 
163,     277,    278,    340,    341. 
364,     365,     378,    392,    393, 
424,   470,    472. 
to  be  rented.  20.  445. 
LandafC,    Bishop    of.     sermon    by, 

77;   remarks  on.   239. 
Langenkandel,   Bavaria,   12. 
Landis.    Henry,    260. 
Langdale,   John,   land  for   sale  bv, 

156. 
Laning.  Richard,   260, 
Lank,  runaway  negro,   64. 
Lanning,   Daniel,   land  late  of,   for 
sale,    73. 
Stephen,    land    for    sale    near, 
73, 
Laroe,  Abraham,  448. 

Jacobus,  447. 
Laroux,        Lambertus.        insolvent 

debtor,    246. 
Laurie.  Anna.  18. 
Gawen.    18. 
James,   18. 

Thomas,        storekeeper,        IS; 

biographical    sketch    of,    IS; 

lands    for   sale   belonging    to 

the  late.   18. 

William,   18. 

Lavigne.    Capt.,    arm    of.    broken. 

549. 
Lawrence.   Elisha,   570.   571. 

George,   land   for  sale  late  cf, 

160. 
James,   judge.    183.    211. 
John.    205.    218,    300.    570,    574, 
571;    commencement   oration 
delrv-ered     by,     205;     trustee, 
land  for  sale  by,   371, 
Mr.,    land    for    sale    next    door 

to,  208. 
Richard,    land,     etc.,    for    sale 
by,    380. 
Lawrence's    Brook,    land    for    sale 

at,   370. 
T>awrenceville  cemetery,  291. 
Lawrie.    Thomas.    2. 

William,   land  for  sale  belong- 
ing to,    19. 
Lawyers,  2.   19.   122.  362,  572,   578. 
T^each.   Josiah  Granville.   24. 
Leacock,  J.,   318. 

Le   Conte.   John,    insolvent  debtor. 
176. 
Dr:    Peter.    260. 
I^eak      Andrew,     mills     and     land.s 

late   of.    71. 
Leake.   Andrew,    mills   of.    1.;    land 


622 


INDEX. 


for  sale  near   the  mills  for- 
merly  of,    402. 
Learning,      Aaron.      assemblyman 

from  Cape  May  county,  212, 

231. 
Learn,    brig-,   ashore,    580. 
Leary's  livery  stables,  155. 
Lease,    Alexander,    551. 
Lease   for   sale,    267,    303. 
Lebanan,   flre  in,   155. 
Lee,    Charles,    supposed    runaway 

convict    from    London,    263. 
Charles,  mulatto  servant  man, 

broke   goal,   278. 
John,   insolvent  debtor,  168. 
Mrs.   Mary,   260,   551. 
Pumott,       runaway       servant, 

423. 
Robert,  insolvent  debtor,  346. 
Leech,  Capt.,   280. 
Leeds,     Mi\,     surveyor,     land     tor 

sale  by,   14. 
Lefferty, ,     justice     of    the 

peace,  462. 
Bryan,  judge,  181. 
Lehigh  river,   preservation  of  fish 

in,   533. 
Leghorn,  vessel  from,  293. 
Lemon,   Joseph,  runaway  servant, 

451. 
Lelan,    Thomas,    551. 
Leonard,    Henry,     deceased,    land 

of,  for  sale,  393. 
Thomas,  sheriff,   man  escaped 

from,  28;  'and,  etc.,  for  sale 

by,    58,   321. 
Thomas,  deceased,  64.  407. 
Whitehead,     fulling    mill    and 

land   belonging   to,    for   sale, 

186. 
Leslie,   Edmund,  land  for  sale  by, 

121. 
James,  land  for  sale  formerly 

the  property  of,  254. 
Lester,    William,    runaway    negro 

foi-merlv     the     property    of, 

497. 
Lethgow,  Daniel,  land  for  sale  by, 

27. 
Leveston,    Samuel,   309. 
Levis,    Samuel,    servant  run  away 

from,   404. 
Levy.      Nathan.      runaway      wife 

boarding  with,    555. 
Lewis,     Squire,     insolvent    debtor, 

581. 
Leydekker,    Samuel   Benson,    land 

for  sale  by,  50. 
"Liberty,"   a  poem,    for  sale,    360; 

published    by    a    hermit    in 

New  Jersey,   for  sale,    444. 
Library  of  books  for  sale,  493. 
Light,  Rev.  John,  New  Brunswick 

school  erected  under  the  in- 
spection of,   75. 
Lighthouse     near     the     Capes     of 

Delaware,    transit    of   Venus 

to   be   observed   from,    451. 
Lightning,  boat  struck  by,   487. 
Liken,  Joseph,    551. 

Thomas.    551. 
Lindsey,    Alexander,    servant    girl 

fraudulently    sold   by,    439. 
David,    escaped   custody,   372. 
David,  tavern  kept  by,  591. 


Lindy,  Walter,  runaway  servanc, 
40. 

Line,   William,   429. 

Linn,  James,  graduated  from 
Princeton  College,  521; 
takes  part  in  English  dia- 
logue,  523. 

I^insey,  David,  planter,  506. 

Lippincott,  Solomon,  land  for  sale 
at  the  house  of,  373. 

Lisbon,    243,    383.    388,    516,    548. 

Lithcow,    Daniel,    458. 

Lithgow,  Bartram  and,  partner- 
ship  of,   412. 

Lithgow,  Daniel,  and  others,  ab 
sconded    from,    424. 

Little,     David,     insolvent     debtor 
592. 
John,    insolvent   debtor,    592, 

Little  Egg  Harbour,  4,  35,  256; 
land  for  sale  on,  363;  fatal 
snow  storm  at,  355;  ship 
ashore  at,  179;  ship  Sally 
ashore  at,  184,  186,  196. 
township,  negro  run  away 
from,  316. 

Jjittle  Falls,   iron  works  at,   141. 

Little  Timber  Creek,  dam,  bank 
and  water-works  on,  390; 
land  for  sale  on,   592. 

Litzel,   John  Wolf,   minister,  mar- 
riage supposed  to  have  been 
performed    by,    177. 
John  Wolfel,  insolvent  debtor, 
338. 

Liverpool.   29,   51,   216,    440. 

Livingston,  Rev.  Dr.  John  H., 
521. 
Philip  French,  note  on,  177. 
William,  290;  "Letter  to 
Bishop  of  Landaff,"  by,  7S; 
son  of,  drowned,  177;  Gtov- 
ernor,  letters  to,  289. 

Livingston's   Manor,   N.    Y.,   412. 

Lock,   J.,   477. 

Lockton.   Capt.,    256,   388. 

Logan,   Hannah,   161. 

James,   chief  justice  of  Penn- 
sylvania,  161. 
"William,  land  for  sale  by,  473. 

Lomarton,  land  for  sale  in  the 
forks   of,    401. 

Lomarton  river,  land  for  sale  on, 
254. 

London,  29,  31,  77,  157,  188,  190, 
204,  229,  239,  249,  263,  280, 
281,  287,  309,  320.  432.  440. 
472,  476,  500,  506;  Society  of 
Arts  and  Commerce  in. 
premium  given  by,  242; 
runaway  negro,  258;  vessel 
bound   for,    506. 

Londonderry,   Ireland,   569,   570. 

Long  Branch,  land  for  sale  at, 
12,  495. 

Longcoming,  land  for  sale  by 
Henry  Thorn,  Innkeeper  at, 
284;   land  sold  near,   593. 

Longen  Condto  (Langenkandel,  In 
Rhenish   Bavaria),    12. 

Long  L'sland.  87,  88,  124,  151,  188, 
204,  287,  346. 

Long.   Jacob,   415. 
John.    14. 


INDEX. 


623 


Longworth,    Isaac,    land    for    sale 

by.    92. 
Lord.   Abraham,    Insolvent  debtor, 
238. 
Joshua,    13;    land    for   sale   by, 
69. 
"Lorenzo    and    the    Hermit,    dia- 
logue  between,"   332. 
Losey.   James,   land  for  sale  next, 

219. 
Lost: — 

canoe.  435. 
pocketbook,    579. 
watch.   320. 
Lcssey.    James,    land    for   sale    by, 

15. 
Lot.  Widow,  house  of,  for  sale,  64. 
Lott.    Abraham,    demands   against 
^Yilliam  Kelly  to  be  paid  by, 
488;   land  for  sale  by,   565. 
Abraham  P.,  land  for  sale  by, 
405. 
Lottery  for  Princeton  College,  578, 

note. 
Lottery    for    Trenton    church,    40, 

note. 
Low.  Cornelius,  farm  let  by.  408. 
Cornelius.   Jr.,   land   to  let  by, 

60;   land  for  sale  by,   141. 
Cornelius    P..     executor,     land 
for   sale   by,    489.    500. 


Peter,   executor,   land  for  sale 

by,    489,    500;    deceased,    land 

of,  for  sale,   488,   489,  511. 
Widow,     deceased,     land     for 

sale    formerly    occupied    by, 

489,   499. 
Loudon,    Lord.    173;   his    regiment, 

266. 
Lower   DubHn   township.   Pa.,   461. 
Lower  Penn's  Neck,  165;   land  for 

sale  in,  460;  land  for  sale  in 

township    of,    261. 
Lowndes.   Capt.,  385. 
Lowry,   John,    471. 
Lucas,   Edward,   593. 
Ludlow     and     Hoffman,     Messrs. 

house  to  let  by,   151. 
Luken,    John,    450. 
Lukens.    John,    land    for    sale    by 

27. 
Lum.    Matthew,    auditor,    land   for 

sale  by,   67. 
Lumber,  4. 

Lure,    Jamaica,   W.    I.,   217. 
Lutheran  church  at  Philipsbui-gh 

Su.ssex   county,    177. 
Lyon,    Isaac,    deceased,    land    for 

sale      lately      belonging     to, 

John,   land  for  sale  by,   237. 
Mattamiah,    land   for   sale    b\ 
237. 


M 


MacDonald.  Randal,  runaway 
servant,  324. 

MacDougal.  Mr.,  debater  at 
Princeton  commencement, 
523. 

Mackey.  John.  500. 

Mackinet.    Mrs.,    569. 

Mackleen.    Rachel.    240. 

Macpherson.   Margaret,    209. 

Madden.  Barney,  insolvent  debtor, 
581. 

Madeira.   261.   262. 

Madison.    James,    289,    290. 

Maffett.  Archibald,  servant  run 
away   from.    294. 

Magaghamack,    church   at,   288. 

Magee.  Robert.  thief  escaped 
from,  372. 

Mahacamack  river,   518,  519. 

Mahonv,    Timothy,    206. 

^Eaidenhead,  187,  260.  550,  551, 
land   for  sale   in,   266. 

Malcolm.  John,  insolvent  debtor, 
land  of  for  sale.  138. 

Malihaponix  (Matchiponix),  land 
for  sale  at,  440. 

:Maloney.  Walter,  supposed  run- 
away, committed  to  Glou- 
cester county  goal.  367,  ,168. 

Malt    house   lor   sale,    319. 

Man  hanged.   526. 

Manasriuan,   247. 

Manenton,    land   for   sale   in,   445. 

Manington,  145;  land  for  sale  in, 
460. 
creek.  411;  land  to  let  on,  341. 
township,  land  for  sale  in,  27, 
371.  527.  568;  land  to  let  in, 
340;  mare  stolen  in,  120: 
servant  run  away  from,  212. 


Mansfield.    BurHngton   county.    2. 

Mansfield.  Sussex  county,  land  for 
sale  in,   15. 
Woodhouse  township,  land  for 
sale  in,   377,   390. 

Mansfield.   A.,  292,   478,   488,   566. 
Captain.   124. 

Manufactures,  domestic.  16  157 
420. 

Maple   trees,   317. 

Marblehead,    Mass.,    291,    497. 

Marcus  Hook,  235.  331;  skiff  taken 
up  adrift  opposite,  339;  land 
for  sale  situate  opposite, 
476. 

Mare  stolen,    120.   121.   137. 

Margerum.  Henry,  land  for  sale 
by,    333. 

Mariner,  Joshua,  escaped  drown- 
ing,  552. 

Marinus.  David,  clerk  of  trustees 
of  Queen's  College,  267,  411 
498. 

Marquis   of   Granby,    tavern,    38. 

Marriages,    401,   423,    460. 

Marsh.   Elizabeth,   eloped,   561. 

Joshua,      wife      eloped      from, 

561. 
Noah,    assignee    of    Abraham 
Clark,    insoh'ent   debtor.    .?7. 

Marsh  Island,  scow  driven  on,   32. 

Marshall.     Randal,    land    for    sale 
occupied    by,     486. 
Rindle.    land   for  sale  by.    414. 

Martain.  William,  runaway  ser- 
vant.   229. 

Martin.  John,  house,  grist  mill 
and  land  for  sale  by,  182. 
land  to  let  now  in  posses- 
sion  of,    470. 


624 


INDEX. 


Widow,  fire  at  house  of,  155. 

Marts.  John.   400. 

Maryland.  41,  i;t.3,  263.  278,  300. 
368,  399,  420.  506.  521,  568; 
clergy-  of,  213.  556;  petitio.'i 
of  clergy  of,  577;  conduct  of 
colonies  of,  207;  epistle  of 
friends  from,  249;  governor 
of.  522;  judge  of  admiralty 
for  New  York  from,  362; 
laws  enacted  by  the  Legis- 
lature of,  for  the  preserva- 
tion of  fish,  534;  maintain- 
ing of  ministers  northeast 
of,  201;  perition  to  the  gov- 
ernor of,  577;  syrup  used  in 
the  counties  of,  488;  vice- 
admiralty  courts  of,  421. 

Maskell.  Thomas,  sheriff,  land  for 
sale  by,   46S. 

Massachusetts,  need  of  mission- 
aries in,  125;  vines  thought 
to  thrive  in,  280. 
Bay.  210;  sentiments  of  the 
Colony  of,  211;  circular  let- 
ter from  the  Assembly  of, 
222:  appointment  of  secre- 
tary of  the  Provinc'^  of,  16;:; 
efforts  made  to  propagate 
the  gospel  among  the  In- 
dians in  the  Province  of 
557. 

Mast-maker.    444. 

Matchet.  Richard.  551;  insolvent 
debtor.    279. 

Matchaponix.  land  for  sale  at. 
58.    59. 

Matchiponix  ( Malihaponix),  land 
for  sale  at.   440. 

Matthews.      Jacob,      alias      Jacob 
Hoover,  escaped  from  Tren- 
ton   goal.    261. 
William,     surveyor,     land     for 
sale  by,   378. 

Matthewson.    Benjamin,    runaway 
servant,  450. 

Mattinson,  Aaror,  assignee  ot 
John    Emly,   561. 

Mattockes.  Robert,  servant  run 
away   I'om.    450. 

Maway  Paqua.  land  for  sale 
called.  J9. 

Maxwell,    David.    309. 

May,  George,  land  for  sale  bv. 
219;  estate  of  for  sale,  432, 
433. 

Mayall,  Joseph,  runaway  servant. 
53. 

Mayhew,   John,   471. 

Rev.    Dr.    Jonathan,    558. 

M'Call.    Jame.3,    260.    551. 

M"Cartv.  Hugh,  runaway  servai.t. 
392. 

M'Caskev,  William,  land  for  sali> 
by,   378. 

M'Clogan,   Adam,  551. 

M'Collin,  William,  runaway  ser- 
vant.   517. 

M'Cormach.    John,    551. 

M'Cormack.  Robert,  runaway  ser- 
vant.  215. 

M'Cormick.  John,  runaway  ser- 
vant.  495. 

MToy.  William,  lobbery  com- 
mitted   by.    at    Batsto    fur- 


nace, 5. 
William,    near    Sussex    court- 
house,  horse   swapped  with, 
395.    396. 

M'Crea,        Catharine.        executrix, 
land  for   sale  by.    492,   493. 
James,  executor,  land  for  sale 

by,    492,    493. 
Rev.     James,     deqeased,     land 
for     sale     at     late     dwelling 
house   of,    492. 

M'Cutchon,    Captain,    262. 

M'Davit,    Mr.,    merchant.    573,    574. 

M'Dermot.  Philip,  insolvent  debt- 
or,  168. 

M'Donald.   Alexander,   520. 

Randle.     finer,     runaway    .ser- 
vant.   256. 

M'Donall.  John,  woman  elop'^d 
with,   69. 

M'Donnough.  James.  runaway 
servant,    199. 

M'Dougal.  John  A.,  graduated 
from  Princeton  College.  521, 
523. 

M'Elbago.  James,  insolvent  debt- 
or.  581. 

M'GilL.Neil,   551. 

William,     supposed     runawav, 
207. 

M'Guffock,    Joseph,    260. 

M'Kerachan,  William,  committed 
to   goal.    589. 

M'Kinsie.  John,  insolvent  debtor. 
387. 

M'Leary.    George.    260. 

McLellan.  Lieut.  Alexander,  of 
the   24th   regiment,    295. 

M'Vicar,    Archibald,    447. 

McWhorter,  Rev.   Alexander.  399. 

Mead.     Matthew,     tankard    stolen 
from,    416. 
Garret.    Irish    beef    and    Bur- 
lington pork  for  sale  by,  508. 

Meadow  for   sale,    182. 
to  let.  50.   92. 
ground  for  sale.   74. 

Meagher,  John,  runaway  servant, 
478. 

Mease,  James.  563. 

Mecklenburg  convention,  resolu- 
tions  of.    288. 

Mecum.   John,   lands  of,   432. 

Mediterranean,    266. 

Melvil.  Thomas,  graduated  from 
Princeton  College,   521,   523. 

Melville.     Allan,    fnerchant,    522. 
Thoinas.     biographical    sketch 
of.   522. 

Mendem,  320,  581;  land  for~  sale 
at.  268;  land  for  sale  nea'", 
498. 

Mendom.    land   for   sale   in.   219. 

Mendon.   land  for  sale  in.    15. 

Menis   Bason,   27. 

Merceir,  William,  horse,  negroes 
and  furniture  for  sale  by, 
34. 

Mercer.  Dr.  Archibald,  house  to 
let   by,   61,   62. 

Mercereau,  John,  stage  waggon 
kept  bv,   158.  159. 

Merchant,  17,  31,  122.  177.  206. 
225,  230,  302.  318,  397,  399. 
412.    423.    447.    522.    573. 


INDEX. 


625 


Merchant   mill   for  sale,    154. 

Merchants  and  traders  of  the 
Colony  of  New  Jersey, 
thanks    given    to.    546. 

Mersereau,  Mr.,  48;  horses  stole.i 
from.    33. 

Mersereau's    Ferry    House,    33. 

Methodist   Society   of   Trenton,   40. 

Meurphew,    George,    551. 

Michillimackinack  (Missillimack- 
nac).    188. 

Mickle,    Samuel,   589. 

Middlesex,  land  for  sale  Iving  in. 
133. 
county,  63,  66.  176,  279;  as- 
semblymen from,  204,  231; 
court.  Wilts  issued  out  of, 
186;  freeholders  and  justic-js 
tried  for  malfeasance  in,  ac- 
quitted, 142,  143;  instruction 
to  assemlilvmen  from.  531; 
judges  of.  239,  346.  365.  366; 
order  of  judges  of,  198;  land 
for  sale  in,  57,  58. 
county  goal,  insolvent  debtors 
confined  in.  176,  198,  239, 
279,   346.   366;    Are  at,   503. 

Middleton,   George,   35. 

Samuel,  clergy  of  Maryland  to 
meet    at   the   house   of,    556. 

Middleton.    Del.,    church,    291. 

Middleton,    410;    negro    run    away   j 
from,    64. 

Middletown,  142,  230,  251,  551,  579; 
accidental  death  in,  52; 
Baptist  meeting  house  at. 
338;  death  at,  202;  land  for 
sale  in,  67.  142.  157.  382; 
negro  run  away  from,  165. 
goal,    52. 

Middletown  Point,  land  for  sale 
near.  67,  356;  negro  run 
away   from,    360. 

Mifflin.     Benjamin,    land    for    sale 
near,    337;    land   for   sale   bv, 
337. 
John,    merchant,    servant    run 

away  from,   423. 
Thomas,     books    for    sale    bv, 
488. 

Milk  house  for  sale,   365,   440. 

Mill  for  sale,   154. 

Millar,    Alexander,    escaped    from, 
452. 
Christina,  eloped.   270. 
George,  wife  eloped  from,  270, 

271. 
James.    221. 

Miller.    263. 

Miller.       Alexander,       degree       of 
master     of     arts     conferrea 
uiion.   288. 
Benjamin,     goaler,     of     Eliza- 
beth,   286. 
Ebenezer,    assemblyman    from 
Cumberland       county,       212; 
assemblvman      from      Salem 
and    Cumberland.    231;    land 
for  sale  by.   14.  219. 
George.      servant      run      away 
from.    153;    insolvent   debtor, 
168. 
Jacob.       servant      run      aw.ay 

from.    456. 
Jost.  land  for  sale  by.  527. 


Mr.,    422. 
Thomas.    35. 

Millidge,  Thomas,  land  for  sale 
bv,    393. 

Millston,    437. 

Millstone.  181,  255,  356;  goal  at. 
341;  land  for  sale  at,  121; 
negio  run  away  from,  454. 

Millwright.    409. 

Milstone.    208. 

Mindum    (Mendham),    550. 

Minshall,  Thomas,  negro  taken  up 
and  committed  to  Perth 
Amljoy  goal.  475. 

Minisink,    church    at,    288. 

Minisinks.  body  of  armed  men  ar- 
rived at,  or  near,   434. 

Mirey   run.    land   for   sale   on.    487. 

Missillimackmac  (Michillimack- 
inack').   188. 

Missionaries  in  Nova  Scotia, 
number  of.   560. 

Mississippi    river,    188. 

Mitchell.  John,  land  for  sale  bv, 
248,    320. 

Mohawk   mission,    297. 

Molholland.   Arthur,   548. 

Mollattin.   Pa..   201. 

Monahockin,  256. 

Mondy,    Thomas.    551. 

Monev  wanted.   499. 

Monmouth,   211.   481. 

Monmouth  county,  19,  40,  69,  87, 
123.  124,  183,  190,  290,  230, 
260,  296,  308,  311,  321,  418, 
550.  551.  561;  assemblvmen 
from.  204,  231;  disturb- 
ances in,  490;  judges  Jf, 
183.  211;  land  for  sale  in, 
67,  87,  144,  157,  158;  land  for 
.sale  near.  66;  man  escaped 
from  the  sheriff  of.  28;  ne- 
gro run  away  from.  64;  pe- 
tition from  inhabitants  of, 
56;  servant  run  awav  from 
458. 
goal.  insolvent  debtors  'n. 
183.  212.  247,  291.  312,  380. 
481. 

Monroe  (Rev.  Harry),  serving  the 
chapel  of  Philipseburg.  N. 
Y.,   173. 

Monrow.  John,  servant  run  awav 
from,    293,    396. 

Montreal.  173;  Protestants  of 
Canada  reside  principally 
in.  559. 

Montserrat.   256. 

Moon.   Capt..   22. 

Moonev,  James,  insolvent  debtor. 
176. 

Moore.        Augustine.        notice       to 

creditors     and      debtors     of, 

122;  deceased,  house  for  sale 

formerly    occupied    bv,    180. 

Daniel,    551. 

John,     of    Hunterdon     county, 

insoh-ent    debtor.    108. 
John,    alias    O'Bryan.     of    Mt. 
Hollv.    shoemaker.    runawa\' 
servant.    396. 
John.       schoolmaster.       watch 

stolen  by.  at  Pompton.  446. 
John,    letters   in   Trenton   post 
offlce  for.   260. 


40 


626 


INDEX. 


Mary,  servant  run  away  from, 
62;  executrix  of  Augustine 
Moore,  122;  land  for  sale  bv, 
180. 

Nathaniel,   260. 

Par.,    London,   320. 

Richard  George  Scheints  to 
apply  to.  407. 

Thomas,    houses   and   land   ior 
sale  by.    377. 
Moore.s.   John,   sheriff,   fulling  mill 

and   land   for   sale   by,    186. 
Moorestown,  absconded  from,   44'). 
Moore's    Town,    land    for    sale    in, 

389. 
More.  James,  runaway  negro,  512. 
Morehead,   Thomas,   runaway  ser- 
vant  lad,    293. 
Morehouse,    David,    land    for    sale 

by,   439. 
Moreland,  Manor  of.  422. 
Morgan,    Capt.,   arrival   of,    205. 

Abraham,  wife  eloped  from, 
461,    508, 

Johanna,    eloped,    461,    508, 

Joseph,  farm  to  be  let  by,  34; 
meadow   to  be  let  by,  50. 

Samuel,    356. 
Morrel,    Sohjer,    insolvent    debtor. 

279. 
Morris,    Anthony,    deceased,    land 
for  sale  by,   487. 

Charles,  518;  member  of  the 
Council  of  Nova  Scotia,  ap- 
pointed commissioner  for 
settling  the  boundary  line 
between  New  York  and 
New  Jersey,   463,   586, 

Isabella,   124. 

Israel,  land  for  sale  by,  277. 

James,   insolvent  debtor,   581. 

John,  of  Long  Branch,  farm 
for   sale  by,    12.    13.   494,   495. 

John,  of  Monmouth  county, 
insolvent   debtor,    183,    247. 

John,  executor  of  Anthony 
Morris,  deceased,  land  for 
sale  by,   487. 

Lewis,    124. 

Mr.,    129,   272. 

Richard,  insolvent  debtor,  183. 

Robert,    of    Philadelphia,    563. 

Robert,  of  Monmouth  county, 
insolvent   debtor,    183,    247. 

Samuel,  executor,  land  for 
sale    by,    487. 

Samuel,   insolvent  debtor,   183. 

Sarah,    124. 

William,  Gloucester  county, 
attorney  of  John  Kingston, 
land  for  sale  by.   277. 

William,  judge,  Hunterdon 
county,   590, 

\Mlliam,  runaway  workman, 
Sussex  county,  128. 
Morris  county,  14,  15,  183,  216, 
246,  260,  334,  350;  judges  of 
183,  216,  281,  421,  481;  as- 
semblymen from,  231;  elej- 
tion  of  representatives  in, 
163;  land  for  sale  in,  39,  67, 
68,  390.  393;  land  to  let  in, 
88;  man  shot  in,  63;  runa- 
way servant  well  known  in, 
324;     tavern     and     land     for 


sale  in,   62. 
goal,  broke  out  of,   294;  insol- 
vent    debtors     confined     in, 
183,    216,    281,    282,    387,    421, 
481. 

Morrisdon,  horse  breeding  at,  124, 
408. 

Morris  river,  land  for  sale  on, 
468. 

Morristown,  122,  183,  281,  282. 
302,  376,  388,  408,  481,  581; 
land  for  sale  near  court 
house  in.  39;  land  for  sale 
in,  15,  179,  219,  237;  servant 
run  away   from,    62,    249. 

Morrow,  John,  548. 

Morton,  Thomas,  absconded  from, 
449. 
William,      executor     of     John 
Conner,   deceased,   409. 

Moses   boat    taken   up,    350. 

Mountain,  Robert,  insolvent  debt- 
or.   421. 

Mount  Bethel  township.  13,  14; 
land   to   be  let   in,   472. 

Mount   Holley   bridge,    307. 

Mount  Holly,  25,  152.  260,  309. 
356;  brew-house  burned  at. 
149;  clock  and  watch  mak- 
ing in,  238;  fire  near.  143; 
Are  at,  146,  184;  land  for 
sale  in,  406,  407;  land  to  let 
near,  153,  277;  servant  run 
away  from,   292,  395, 

Mountier,  John,  insolvent  debtor, 
591. 

Mount  Pleasant,  land  for  sale  at. 
356. 

Mourrison,    Derick,    385. 

Muddv  creek.  Pa.,  land  for  sale 
on,    378. 

Muddv  run,  14;  land  for  sale  on, 
219. 

Mugford,    W,,    471. 

Mullato  slave,  bond  given  for  a, 
461. 

Mulberries.  430;  plentiful  growth 
of,    420, 

Mullen.    Mr.,    innkeeper,    505. 

Mullock,  Joshua,  house  to  let  bv, 
360. 

Mulock,  Dr.  James,  marriage 
bond    of,    589. 

Mun.  Samuel,  insolvent  debtor. 
281, 

iViunro.  Rev.  (Harry),  of  Philipse- 
burgh,  house  and  land  for 
sale  by.  10;  serving  the 
Church  of  England  chapel  at 
Philipsebingh  ( Westchester 
county,       N.  Y. ),   173. 

Murder,   63,   526. 

caused   by  jealousy,   549. 

Muiphy,      Garret,      runaway     ser- 
vant,   485.    491. 
John,     letter    in    Philadelphia 

post-office  for,    548. 
John.    Gloucester    county,    let- 
ter    in     Trenton     post-offlce 
for,  551. 
John.    Huntei^on    county,    in- 
solvent debtor.   590. 
Peter,    runaway    servant.    550. 
578. 


INDEX. 


627 


Thomas,      runaway      servant, 

129;      shoemaker,      runaway 

servant,   412. 
Murray.    Rev.    Mr.,    at    Mollattin, 

201. 
Murrel,  Levi,  228;  ferry  man  over 

Delaware    river,    228. 
Musconetcung    river,     forge,    grist 


mill  and  saw  mill  to  rent  on 

the,    319. 
Muskenitugg  river,    forge  for  sale 

on,    582. 
Myer,     Isaac,     land    for    sale    by, 

348. 
Rev.    Dr.,    287. 


N 


Nailing    business,    person    wanted 

who  understands  the,   62. 
Nantucket.   505. 
Narrows,    the,    346,    347;    ferry   for 

sale  at  the,  564. 
Nassau  Hall,  75;  274;  examination 
at    the    grammar    school    in, 
525;    fire  at,   398,  399;   gram- 
mar school  at.   567. 
National  religions,  expediency  and 

necessity  of,  324. 
Naturalization    bills.    164. 
Neal,    Capt.    Eliphalet,    arrival   of, 

363. 
Nealson,   James,   fire  at  house  of, 

139. 
Needham,   Capt.,    444. 
Negro   bov   drowned,    364,    552. 

for  sale,   34,   327. 
Negro    convicted    of    rape,    to    be 

executed,    400. 
Negro  men  taken  up,  286,  475,  495. 

to     rent,     319 

Negroes  for  sale,  47,  133,  259,  282, 

315,    321,    390,    408,    449,    489, 

493,    564;    wenches    for    sale, 

21,  34,   529. 

Negroes  imported,  an  act  to  lay  a 

duty  on,  587. 
Negro  i-unawav,   64.   458. 
Neilson,   John.    290. 

Mr.,   houses,   store  and  all  ef- 
fects  of,   burned,    143. 
Samuel,  deceased,  land  of,  for 
sale,    431,    432. 
Nelson,    James,    fire    at    house    of, 
146. 
William.    "Josiah    Hornblower 
and  the  First  Steam  Engine 
in      America,      With      Some 
Notices      of      the      Schuyler 
Copper     Mines     at     Second 
River,    N.    J.,    and    a    Gene- 
alogy     of     the     Hornblower 
Family,"    by,    233;    "The   In- 
dians   of    New    Jersey,"    by, 
298;    "Members   of    the   New 
Jersey    Assembly,    1754.    Bi- 
ographical     Sketches,"      by, 
565. 
Nesbit,    J.    M.,    563. 
Nesbitt.  meadow  to  let  by  Conyng- 

ham  and.  92. 
Neshamminy,    ferry    to    be    rented 

near  the  mouth  of,  20. 
Nevel,    Francis,   runaway  servant, 

413. 
Neversinks  Highlands.   363. 
Nevil,    Francis,    runaway   servant, 

70. 
Nevill.   Francis,  runaway  servant. 

30. 
Nevill's  laws,  588. 
Nevisinks,   highlands  of  the,   ves- 
sel  wrecked   near,    504. 


Newall.    Dr.,    551. 

Newark,  39,  49.  62,  140.  141,  170, 
220,  237,  271,  311,  333,  362. 
364,  265,  386,  399,  428,  429, 
493,  578;  boat  for  sale  in, 
554;  brig  from,  304;  cattle 
market  at.  302;  land  for  sale 
near,  53,  68,  348,  417;  elope- 
ment in  the  town  of,  477; 
English  congregation  at,  298; 
to  Elizabeth  Town,  fare  for 
passengers  from,  214;  fare 
for  passengers  from  Powlas 
Hook  to.  214;  fire  near,  144, 
148;  frost  at,  280;  hollow 
ware  for  sale  made  at  Ve- 
suvius furnace  at,  199; 
horses,  cattle  and  swine  for 
sale  at.  302;  horse  stolen  at, 
415;  house  to  let  in,  151, 
land  for  sale  at,  91,  92,  140. 
218,  237,  372,  393,  429;  land 
for  sale  near  the  church  .at, 
428;  land  to  let  in,  364;  land 
to  let  near.  88;  manufac- 
ture of  hollow  ware  in,  553: 
negro  run  away  in,  444, 
511;  Presbyterian  church  at, 
298;  school  proposed  to  be 
opened  at,  141;  stage  via. 
501 ;  stage  from,  to  ferry  at 
Powles  Hook.  134;  stage 
waggon  from  New  York  to, 
151;  stage  waggon  from, 
214;  stage  to  set  out  for, 
484;  stage  waggon  to.  496; 
stage  through.  513;  town  of, 
opened  as  a  market  jilace 
for  the  sale  of  horses,  cattle, 
sheep  and  swine.  250;  trial 
at,  339,  340;  vessel  for  sale 
at.  134;  Vesuvius  furnace 
in,    122. 

bay.   land  for  sale  on,  91. 

church,    land    for   sale   situate 
near,    348. 

Court   house,   fire  at,   172. 

Grammar  for  sale,   567. 

goal,     negro     man     committed 
to,   493. 

landing,     land    for    sale    lying 
near,    464. 

mountains.    199. 

mountain     purchase,     division 
of  lands  of.   334. 

town   hall,    fire  at.    160. 

waggon,   513. 
New    Barbadoes.   230;    ferry   from. 

289. 
New   Barbados   Neck,    240;    copper 
ore.  stamp  ore.  etc..  at.  303; 
death   at.   364;   land  for  sale 
on.    245.    397. 
Newbern,    North    Carolina.    528. 


628 


INDEX. 


New  Bridge,  Hackinsack,  gram- 
mar school  at,  538;  school 
at,  9;  stage  waggon  from. 
274.  339;  stage  waggon  to  be 
erected  at  the,  274. 
Newtaold.  Caleb.  servant  run 
away  from,  93,  94. 
Captain.  276. 
New  Boston  forge  for  sale,  268. 
New  Brunswick,  33,  141,  228,  229, 
310,  324,  325,  326,  327,  412. 
448,  469;  school  at,  29,  75,  76; 
bills  of  exchange  to  be  had 
in,  281;  copper  mines  near, 
162;  extract  of  a  letter  from, 
145;  fire  at,  139,  143,  155; 
house  to  let  in,  61,  62;  land 
to  let  in,  60;  land  for  sale  in, 
267,  430;  land  and  house  for 
sale  in.  268;  land  for  sale 
near.  58,  71,  302,  370,  492, 
498,  529;  New  Jersey  Medical 
Society  to  meet  in,  292,  520, 
536;  meeting  of  the  trustees 
of  Queen's  College  at,  122, 
267;  negro  run  away  near. 
454:  negro  wench  for  sale 
in,  529;  set  of  mills  for  sale 
near.  329;  the  26th  Regi- 
ment, called  the  Camerons, 
quartered  at,  463. 
goal.  258. 

landing,    land    for    sale    near, 
314. 
Newbury   township,   264. 
Newburyport,     Mass.,    church    at, 

522. 
Newtay,      Mark,      conveyance     to, 

missing,   171. 
New    Castle,    Del..    228,    399,    506; 
boat   broke   loose   near,    509, 
Presbvterv   of.    291.   466,    522. 
county,"    42,      205,      271,      403; 
man  absconded  from,    11. 
New    England,    62,    124,    128,     148, 
581,  593;  body  of  armed  men 
arrived    at    Minisinks    from, 
434;     missionaries     sent     to, 
125;     missionaries     in,     558; 
spars  of,   444. 
New   Germantown,   260,   550. 
New   Hackensack,   N.    T.,   287. 
New    Hampshire.    363;    conduct   of 
the  Colony  of,  207;  Mission- 
arv  Society  of,   522. 
New   Hanover   townshin.   land  for 

sale  in,  497. 
New  Haven,  288,  421,  577. 
New  Jersev,  act  passed  establish- 
ing the  boundary  line  be- 
tween New  York  and,  587; 
judge  of  admiralty  for. 
362;  booksellers  in,  567; 
boundary  line  to  be  deter- 
mined between  New  York 
and,  463,  470,  471;  charters 
granted  in  the  Province  of. 
556;  circumstances  of  Epis- 
copal societies  in,  201; 
clergy  in,  94,  202;  College 
of.  195,  226.  306.  307.  567: 
College  of,  commencement 
of,  279,  282;  College  of,  com- 
plaints against  the.  304,  305: 
College    of,    grammar   school 


at  the,  304;  College  lottery, 
578;  College  of,  public 
library  at,  306,  307;  conduct 
of  the  colony  of,  207:  con- 
vention of  church  clergy  of 
New  York  and.  310;  cur- 
rency of,  241;  delegates  of, 
to  Federal  convention,  290; 
deplorable  condition  of  the 
Province  of,  529,  530,  531; 
Episcopal  clerg>'  of,  299; 
epistle  of  friends  from, 
249;  grievances  of,  514,  516; 
Indians  in,  297;  laws  enact- 
ed by  the  Legislature  of,  for 
the  preservation  of  fish, 
534;  letter  to  the  free- 
holders and  inhabitants  of 
the  Province  of,  514;  main- 
taining of  ministers  of, 
201;  Medical  Societv,  noticed 
meeting  of.  76,  519.  536; 
Medical  Society,  general 
meeting  of,  292,  411;  meet- 
ing of  the  committee  ap- 
pointed for  the  settlement  of 
the  boundary  between  New 
York  and,  472.  586;  mis- 
sionaries of,  193,  213:  mis- 
sionaries sent  to,  125:  new 
map  of.  etc.,  187;  settle- 
ment of  boundary  line  be- 
tween New  York  and,  518, 
524;  petitions  drawn  up  by 
the  missionaries  of  New 
York  and,  201;  public  rec- 
ords of.  588;  regiment.  Col. 
Peter  Schuyler's.  266;  Su- 
preme Court  of,  writs  issued 
out  of.  186;  syrup  used  in 
the  counties  of.  488-  Vice- 
Admiralty  Courts  421; 
vines  thought  to  tL  ive  in, 
280. 

Newlin.'  Patrick,  broke  goal.  307, 
308. 

New   London,    507. 

Newman,  Hannah,  Miss,  marriage 
of,    460. 
Thomas,   land  for  sale  by,   15; 
runaway    servant.    412. 

New  Mills,  land  to  let  at,  152. 
277. 

Newport,   R.   I..   503,   521. 

New   Rochelle.   173. 

Newrv,  Ireland,  wreck  of  vessel 
■from.    184.    186.    196. 

Newrv.  Mr.,  negro  man  belong- 
"ing  to.  31. 

New  Stafford  township.  Mon- 
mouth countv,  land  for  sale 
in,   157. 

Newton,  Gloucester  county,  50, 
125. 

Newton  creek,  plan  for  draining. 
466. 

Newton.  Thomas,  land  for  sale 
by.   59. 

Newtown.  Jacob,  runaway,  128; 
wood   cutter,   128. 

Newtown,    Delaware.    228. 

creek,  land  for  sale  on    491. 
goal.       Bucks       coun  ""a., 

broke  out   of,   407.  i 

Newtown,  Sussex  couir-> 


INDEX. 


629 


land  for  sale  in,  15,  16,  59, 
74,   218,   268,   389. 

Newtown  township,  Gloucester 
county.  358.  588. 

New   "VVhippany,    588. 

New  Windsor,  19. 

New  York.  4.  5,  8.  10,  16,  22,  30, 
31,  37,  39,  48,  49.  51,  61,  63. 
71,  76,  87,  88,  92,  122,  123, 
128,  132.  134,  139,  142.  148, 
149,  151,  155,  158,  163.  169, 
172,  176,  177,  179,  186,  187, 
188.    191,    195,    196,    204,    208, 


216  '^20  222 

250!  256,  257,' 

274,  278,  280, 

297,  302,  310, 


230,  233,  236, 

258,  266,  268, 

282.  287,  289. 

314,  322,  324, 


327,  329,  331,  332,  334,  335, 
339,  350,  354,  355,  360,  363, 
364,  371,  376,  379,  380,  384, 
385,  400,  406,  412,  422,  429, 
434,  440,  447,  448,  463,  468, 
470,  472,  484,  488,  489,  490, 
493,  501,  502,  503,  504.  508, 
uiO,  518,  519,  520,  521,  522, 
524.  535.  546.  549,  552,  553, 
554,  565,  568,  569,  573,  574, 
577.  579,  580,  581.  586.  587, 
593;  act  establishing  the 
boundary  line  between  New 
Jersey  and.  587;  arrivals  at, 
476,  510;  arrival  of  Dr. 
^Vetherspoon,  president  of 
Nassau  Hall,  in  New  Jer- 
sey, from  Princeton,  at, 
274;  book  published  at,  127; 
booksellers  in,  567;  boundary 
line  to  be  determined  be- 
tween     New      Jersey      and. 

463,  470,  471;  charters 
^  •'"anted  in  the  Province 
•  '  ,  556;  Church  of  England 
if/,  173;  circumstances  of 
Episcopal  societies  in,  201; 
clergy  in,  94,  202;  coffee 
house  in,  34;  conduct  of  the 
Colony  of,  207;  convention 
of  the  church  clerg\'  of  New 
Jersey  and,  310;  currency  of, 
479;  epistle  of  friends  from, 
249;  General  Post  Office, 
letters  remaining  in,  307; 
grammar  school  to  be 
opened  in.  520;  grant  of  a 
charter  to  the  Presbyterian 
church  in.  102;  houses  to 
let  in,  62.  379;  land  for  sale 
in,   90,  245,  258,  348,  393.  397, 

464,  500,  529,  566;  land  for 
sale  near,  38,  142.  274,  445, 
464;  land  for  sale  at  the 
ferry  opposite.  564;  land  to 
let  near,  88.  393;  letter  to 
committee  of  merchants  of, 
545;  meeting  of  the  com- 
mittee appointed  for  the 
settlement  of  the  boundary 
between  New  Jersey  and, 
472,  586;  merchants  and 
traders  of,  thanks  to,  546; 
merchants  of.  desire  legis- 
iition    in    relation    to    white 

k      hogshead      staves,      4; 

ssionaries     in,      193,      213; 

onaries     sent     to,     125; 


petitions  drawn  up  by  the 
missionaries  of  New  Jersey 
and,  201;  post  office,  letters 
remaining  in,  230;  Presby- 
tery of.  521;  settlement  of 
boundary  line  between  New 
Jersey  and,  518;  stage  wag- 
gon to.  from  Newark,  151; 
stage  waggon  kept  by  John 
Mercereau  near,  158;  stage 
waggon  to  and  from.  158, 
159;  stage  waggon  from, 
199,  512;  stage  waggon  to, 
290,  500;  stage  coach  to, 
545;  Vice- Admiralty  Courts 
of,  421;  vines  thought  to 
thrive  in,  280;  Whigs  of, 
325. 
ferry.   346,  347. 

Journal      or     General     Adver- 
tiser,   356. 
Mercury,   31. 
Observer,   291. 

Nichol.  John,  confined  in  Bur- 
lington   county   goal,    174. 

Nicholl.  Mr.,  house  and  barn  of, 
burned,    148. 

Nicholson,   Captain.   216. 
John.    44,    45. 

Nicola,  Lewis.  "The  American 
Magazine,"  proposed  to  be 
published    by,    347. 

Nicoll,  William,  fire  at  house  and 
barn  of.   140. 

Nieukirk.       Abraham,       deceased, 
land    for    sale    bv    executors 
of,  353. 
Matthew,     executor,     land    for 
sale  by,   353. 

Niles.    Nathaniel,    522. 

Samuel,  biographical  sketch 
of,  522;  graduated  from 
Princeton    College,    521. 

Nine  Partners.   N.   Y..  62. 

Noads.  Thomas,  runaway  servant. 
456. 

Noarth.   George,   330.   331. 

John,  land  for  sale  in  the 
tenure    of,    299. 

Noble.   Captain.   155. 

Samuel,  executor,  cattle  for 
sale  by.   51. 

Noel,  Garret,  bookseller,  399; 
"A  Treatise  Concerning 
Religious  Affections,"  by 
the  Rev.  Jonathan  Edwards. 
A.  M..  late  president  of  the 
College  of  New  Jersey,  for 
sale  by,  489;  "The  American 
Latin  Grammar,"  for  sale 
by,  567. 

Non-conformists  in  the  Northern 
Colonies,  dead  weight  of, 
202. 

Noquet  bay,   188. 

Norcross.  William,  land  for  sale 
by,   390. 

Norfolk.    Va.,    516. 

Norrington.  transit  of  Venus  to 
be  observed  from.  451. 

Noriis,  Thomas,  constable,  es- 
caped from.  443;  boat  lost 
belonging    to.    509. 

Norristown.   Pa..   291. 

Northampton      county,      Pa.,      14, 


630 


INDEX. 


442;  land  to  let  in,  472;  goal 
in,    548;    lands   in,    13. 

Northampton,  Mass.,  288. 

township.    Burlington    county, 
307;  negro  run  away  in,  512. 

North     Britain,     270;     epistle     of   i 
friends  from.   249.  i 

North  Carolina,  288,  289,  291,  363, 
385;    clergy   of,    213. 

Northern  boundary  of  New  Jer- 
sey, 518,  524;  commissioners 
for  determining,  463,  470, 
471.  586;  acts  for  establish- 
ing,  587. 

Northern  colonies,  dead  weight  of 
Non-conformists  in  the, 
202. 


Northern  Liberties,   Pa.,   388. 
North  river,  412;  lumber,  4. 
Northup,    Benjamin,    servant    run 

away   from,    194. 
Norton,    Ralph,    insolvent    debtor, 

168. 
Norwalk,    Connecticut,    a  Congre-        I 

gational    church   in,    521. 
Nottingham,   19. 

township,  land  for  sale  in,  47, 

460;    land   and   mill   for  sale 

in,     154;    land    for    sale    in, 

436. 
Nova  Scotia,   land  for  sale  in  the 

Province   of.    27;    missionary 

work  in,   560. 


O 


Oak  timber,   317. 

Oake,     William,     30;    bills    of    ex- 
change to  be  had  from,  281. 
Oakee,     William,     visitor     of     the 

New   Brunswick  school.   75. 
Oakford,    Isaac,   548. 

Samuel,    land   for   sale   by,    36, 
156.  386,  398, 
Oakley,     Isaac,     goaler    of    West- 
chester goal,   429. 
Oats   for   sale,    259,    315. 
O'Bryan,    John,    runaway   servant, 
292;      shoemaker,  '  runaway 
servant,    395. 
Ocracock  bar,   wreck  at,   549. 
Ocracock,   N.   C,   22. 
Odell,    Rev.    Jonathan,    missionary 
of    Burlington,     sermon    by, 
310,   311. 
Ogden.      Daniel,      jun.,      insolvent 
debtor,   592. 
David,    land    for    sale    by,    92. 

393. 
Gabriel,   hollow   ware  for   sale 

by,    553. 
Isaac,    house    to    let    by,    151; 
house    and    land    to    let    by, 
365;    land    for    sale    by,    141, 
429. 
Jacob,    land  for   sale  by,   92. 
John.        assemblyman        from 

Essex  county,   204,    231. 
John  Cousens,  executor.  346. 
Col.    Josiah.    deceased,    house 

for  sale  belonging  to,   91. 
Lawyer,    runaway    negro    for- 
merly   of,    429. 
Lewis,    hollow    ware    for    sale 

by,    553. 
Mary,    (widow    of   -Moses    Og- 
den),   business   of   shoemak- 
ing      carried      on      by,      346; 
executrix,   346. 
Moses,    at    Newark,    122;    de- 
ceased,   notice    to    creditors 
and   debtors   of,   346;    fire  at 
the  house   of,   364. 
Mr.,    land    for    sale    near    re- 
finery of,   39. 
Nathan,    260. 

Robert,    executor,    346;    execu- 
tor of  Noadiah   Potter,   406: 
degree     of    master    of    arts 
conferred    upon,    288. 
Ogdens,   Laight   &   Company,  hol- 


low ware  manufactured  by, 
553. 

Ogle,  Doctor  Thomas,  absconded, 
423;  confined  in  York  goal. 
Pa.,   458. 

Ohio,  188. 

Okerson,  Daniel,  insolvent  debtor, 
168. 

Olden,  Joseph,  assignee  of 
Thomas  Leonard,  deceased, 
407. 

"Old    England,"    stallion,    150. 

Oldman's  creek,  land  for  sale  on, 
159,  363,  476,  477;  servant 
run   away   at,    453. 

Old  South  Meeting  House,  ser- 
mon by  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Witherspoon  at   the,   314. 

Oliphant,  David,  land  for  sale  by, 
172,   237. 

Oliver,  Andrew.  518;  secretarv  of 
the  Province  of  Massachu- 
setts Bay,  commissioner  for 
settling  the  boundarv  line 
between  New  York  and 
New  Jersev.  463,  586. 
Peter,  jun.,  551. 
Peter,  sen..  551. 

Orange  county,  N.  Y.,  churches 
in,   288. 

Orange,  pastor  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian church   of,   291. 

Orange  Presbytery.   Va.,   291. 

Orange  Town  (N.  Y.)  church,  518; 
court  house,  518. 

Orchard,  Eleanor,  eloped,  69. 

William,  wife  eloped  from,  69. 

Orchards  for  sale.  15,  IS,  19,  20, 
24,  25,  35,  37,  39,  40,  46,  49, 
53,  54,  55,  57,  58,  60,  62,  65, 
68,  69,  70,  72,  87,  88,  89,  91, 
93,  122,  126,  131,  133,  135, 
136,  140,  142,  145,  149,  156, 
157,  159,  180,  189,  208,  217, 
218,  219,  221.  230.  232,  237, 
242,  266,  276,  314,  315,  320. 
321,  329,  333.  338,  348,  349, 
351,  352,  353,  356.  358,  366, 
367,  370,  371,  373,  375,  382, 
387,  388,  391,  398,  401.  404, 
405,  407,  411,  413,  416,  417, 
423,  430,  439,  445,  464,  476, 
484,  486,  487,  489,  493,  497, 
499,  507,  517,  564,  591. 
to  let,   59,   88,  151,  153,  359. 


INDEX. 


631 


O&born,   Jonathan,    429. 

Osborne,  Adlai,  degree  of  bachelor 

of  arts  conferred  upon,  287; 

biographical  sketch  of,  291. 
Alexander.  291. 
(alias  Tinnamore),   Lawrence. 

mare  stolen  by.   120. 
Osnian,    Captain,    311. 
Oswego.      John       Skinner      taken 

prisoner  at.   266. 
Otis.    James,    to   be    sent    to   EJng- 

land  for  trial.   420. 
Otter  creek,    land  for  sale  on,   19. 
Gulden,    Joseph,    horse    and    land 

for  sale  by,    10. 


Out     Water,     Thomas,     insolvent 

debtor,   581. 
Owen,    Lewis,    horse    left    in    the 

custody    of.    403. 
Ox  killed   by   a   ram,    309,    316. 
Oxen.    434;   boy   killed   by,    137. 
for  sale.  259. 
to  hire,   401. 

lost   in   gale   of   wind,   36. 
Oxford.     Sussex    county.     35,     334, 
362;     land    for    sale     in,     74, 
377. 
Ousters.    382.    397,    448;   an  act   for 

the  preservation  of,  587. 
Oystering,    406. 


Pahatkunk,     land    for    sale    near, 

390. 
Pallns  Kill,  land  for  sale  on,  219. 
Palmer,    Silas,    runaway    servant. 

62. 
Panierpough,   land  for  sale  at,  90. 
Panther,    killed   by,   51. 
Paper  currency,  emission  of,  541. 
Paquass  river,   land  for  sale  on  a 

branch  of,  74. 
Patent.   Samuel,  land  for  sale  bv, 

67. 
Parker.    Captain,   124. 

James,   printer.   341.    503,   556. 
James      (of      Perth      Amboy). 


Proprietors       of 
Jersey.    57,    457, 


president 

East    New 

533. 
Joseph.  469. 

Richard,  horse  stolen  by,  335. 
P.arks.   William,   insolvent   debtor, 

254. 
Parliament,    jurisdiction    of,    178; 

dissolution    of,    420. 
Partridges,   89. 
Parmer's   ferry,   333. 
Pasaick    river,    land    to    let    near, 

364. 
Passaic       (formerly       Acquacka- 

nonk),    122. 
Passaic    river.    385;    land    for   sale 

on,    140,    141,    311.    417.    428; 

house  to  let  near.   151. 
Paterson    (formerly   Totowa).    122. 
Paterson,     William,     290. 
Patterson,    John,   house   of,   broke 

open.    331. 
Patton.    James,    land    for    sale    in 

the   possession    of,    147. 
Paul,    Jeremiah.    589. 
Pawlin's    kill,    land    for    sale    on. 

15.  219. 
Paxson,  Henry.  175;  assemblyman 

from  Burlington  county,  192, 

231. 
Peach  Island  creek,   land  for  sale 

on.   245.    397. 
Peach    orchard    blasted     by     cold 

weather,   422. 
Pearce.   Amos,    593. 

Andrew.        insolvent       debtor, 

211. 
Pearl  ash  business,   349. 
Pearl   ashes,    directions   for  mak- 
ing, for  sale,   444. 
Pears.    Bergamott   and   other    va- 
rieties of,   89. 


Pearson.     James,      450;     insolvent 

debtor.    581. 
Robert,      servant      run      away 

from,    216,    225. 
Pecander   church,   Del.,    291. 
Peel,   Cai)t.,  arrival  of.   29. 


Peg. 


wife 
!0G, 


of    runaway    mulatto. 


Peineburg.  William,  runawav  ser- 
vant,   455. 

Pfeirson,  Daniel,  land  for  sale  by, 
39. 

Pemberton,  Etoenezer,  314;  degree 
of  master  of  arts  conferred 
upon,    288. 

Pendleton  district.  N.  C, 
churches  in  the,  291. 

Perier,  Peter,  land  for  sale  by, 
498. 

Penn.     Governor,     land     for     sale 
next   to  lands  of,   74. 
John,  lieutenant-governor, 

proclamation  by,  relative  to 
robbery  of  East  Jersey 
treasury.  240.  241;  procla- 
mation  by.   533,   534.   535. 

Pennington.   551. 

Penn's  Neck,  338;  hail  storm  at, 
212;  land  for  sale  in,  159; 
land    for   sale    near,    357. 

Pennsvlvania.  251,  257.  281,  291, 
302,  420,  425,  437,  449,  524. 
56,8.  577;  charters  granted 
in  the  Province  of.  556; 
conduct  of  the  Colony  of. 
207;  currencv  of,  461;  dis- 
temper among  the  horses 
in.  22;  epistle  of  friends 
from,  249;  Historical  So- 
cietv  of,  289;  horse  rac- 
ing "  in,  179:  judge  of  ad- 
miralty for,  363;  maintain- 
ing of  ministers  of,  201; 
merchants  and  traders  of. 
thanks  to,  546;  missionaries 
sent  to.  125;  missionaries 
in,  213:  etc..  new  map  of. 
187.  188.  189;  proclamation 
bv  the  lieutenant-governor 
oif  the  Province  of.  533.  534, 
535;  Vice- Admiralty  Courts 
of,  421;  vines  thought  to 
thrive  in.  280;  trade  with. 
4. 
Hospital,  service  In.  48,. 
Magazine.   568. 


632 


INDEX. 


Pennytown,  207;  hind  for  sale  in, 
221. 

Penoyer.  Thomas,  insolvent  debt- 
or,  592. 

Penrose.    James,    wharf   of,    444. 

Pensawkin,   34,    50. 

Penshaukin  creek,  land  for  sale 
on.  391. 

Penwell,  David,  insolvent  debtor, 
38S. 

Pepack  river,  land  for  sale  on, 
314. 

Pequanick,  tavern  and  land  for 
sale  situate  in  the  town  of. 
62. 

Pequanock,  inhabitants  impower- 
ed  to  repair  their  highways 
in.   by  hire,    164. 

Pequea.   Pa..   399. 

Pequess.  land  for  sale  lying  in 
the  Forks  of.   147. 

Pequess  river,  land  for  sale  near, 
59. 

Perch,   357. 

Peream.   Mr..   289. 

Pereau,    Anthony,    master,    434. 

Periam,  Joseph,  chosen  master  of 
the  grammar  school  at 
Elizabethtown,    474. 

Perine.  Peter,  land  for  sale  by. 
255. 

Perkins.  I.ieutenant,  of  the  Royal 

Iri.sh      Regiment,      drowned, 

177,  178;  body  of,  found,  185. 

William,    biographical    sketch 

of.    178.      . 

Perkinson.    Thomas.    35. 

Perth  Amboy,  77,  86,  87,  129,  135, 
153,  163,  176.  181,  183,  185, 
186,  197,  198,  215,  234,  236, 
239.  246,  247,  257,  266,  279, 
282,  296,  343,  346.  365,  366, 
380,  387,  426,  457,  503,  533, 
554,  555;  an  act  to  repair 
and  amend  the  roads  and 
streets  in  the  north  ward 
of,  164;  arrival  at,  574;  as- 
semblymen from.  204,  231; 
boat  for  sale  at.  431;  broad- 
cloth manufactured  at.  157' 
broke  goal  at,  278;  East 
Jersey  treasury  broken  open 
at,  230,  233;  General  Assem- 
bly to  meet  at,  71,  92,  587; 
History  of,  by  William  A. 
Whitehead.  124;  horse  rac- 
ing at,  129;  land  for  sale  in, 
57.  180.  394;  land  for  sale 
near,  136,  296,  406;  land  to 
let  in,  470;  Supreme  Court 
held  at,  142;  uncalled-for 
probates,  etc.,  at.  361. 
goal.  263,  264;  man  committed 
to,  407;  negro  for  sale  in, 
449;  negro  committed  to, 
475. 
jail,  servant  taken  up  and 
committed    to.    300. 

Petei',  runaway  negro,  171,  185, 
471,    527, 

Peters,     Abraham,     land    for    sale 
by,    403. 
Godfrey,        insolvent        debtor, 

16S. 
Philip,   land  for  sale  in  tenure 


of,  221, 

Pfttersborough,  land  for  sale 
lying  opposite,  140;  Capt. 
Kennedy's  farm  at,  428. 

Petit,    Charles,    Burlington,    348. 

Pottet.    Joshua,    insolvent    debtor. 

Pettit.  Charles,  deputy  clerk  of 
the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
Province  of  New  Jersey, 
576,  577;  note  on,  577; 
deputy  secretary,  586. 
John,  land  for  sale  in  the  pos- 
session of,  147;  coroner, 
land  for  sale  by,  147. 
Thiomas,  land  for  sale  ad- 
joining lands  formerly  of, 
74. 

Philadelphia,  2,  4,  12,  22  27  30 
31.  34.  36,  37,  41,  43,  48',  50, 
76,  124,  126,  130,  137,  138, 
145,  155.  156.  158,  161,  171, 
172,  177.  178,  184.  186,  191, 
196,  205,  206,  209,  212,  216, 
218,  219.  225.  228,  229,  230 
233,  240,  241,  248,  253,  260, 
261,  262,  264,  276,  279,  280, 
281,  285,  290,  291,  295,  296, 
299,  302,  311,  312,  318,  320, 
322.  329.  330,  332.  335.  337, 
339,  340.  347,  362,  368,  376, 
382,  383,  386,  396,  398,  399, 
407,  410,  413,  414,  418,  419, 
420.  423.  430.  443,  450,  452, 
459,  468,  469,  472,  482,  491 
5"00,  505,  509,  522,  525,  527 
548,  562,  563,  569,  570,  571, 
573,  578,  588,  592;  arrivals 
at,  388,  432,  440,  569;  book- 
sellers in,  567;  brig  from, 
5;  "Centinel,"  of,  325; 
Christ  church  and  St. 
Peter's,  in,  287;  College  of, 
205;  College,  commence- 
ment of,  205,  330;  Federal 
convention  met  at,  290;  land 
for  sale  in,  21,  27,  54  217 
256,    300,    357,     363,     391.     413] 

424.  445,  473;  land  for  sale 
in  or  near,  20;  land  for  sale 
near,  15,  28,  38,  55,  64,  69, 
73,  156,  274,  283.  317,  357, 
368.     369,     388,    393,     403.     423, 

425.  445,  491;  land  for  sale 
situate  near  the  Post  road 
leading  to,  71;  land  to  let 
in,  341;  land  to  let  near, 
472;  stage  waggon  to  and 
from,  158,  159;  stage  waggon 
to,  199,  513;  stage  coach  to, 
545;  stage  from,  501;  "The 
Centinel,"  published  in, 
252;  road  to  Burlington 
from,  228;  vessels  cleared. 
409.  456,  457,  462,  469,  488, 
565;  vessels  entered  in,  555; 
vessels   from,    299. 

county,   422. 

Custom  House,  vessels 

cleared,  292,  471;  vessels  in- 
ward,  477,   478,   4SS,   492. 

goal,    331,    574. 

Librarv  Companv,  books  to  be 
sold  by,   488. 

market,    produce   sent   to,    341. 


INDEX. 


633 


commence- 


of. 


^Medical     College, 

ment  at,  218. 
newspapers,     no     delivery 

■148. 

outward   entries,    492. 
Post   Office,    letters   remaining 
in.   35,    152,   221,   308,   309.   35fi, 
417.   471,    547. 
Post    road,    462. 
waggon,   513. 
^'Philanthropos,"    article    ])\,    251, 

252.    253 
Philip.    Col.     manor    of,    499. 
Philips,    Ei)hraim.    goaler   of   Bur- 
lington     county     goal,      359; 
ser-vant  in  custody  of,  455. 
Nicolas,    insolvent  debtor,    183. 
Philipsehurg  (Westchester  county, 
X.   Y.J.   Rev.   Harry   Munroe 
at,  land  for  sale  by,  10;  Mr. 
Munroe    serving    the    chapel 
at,   173. 
Phillips.    Elizabeth,    291. 

Ejihraim.    goaler,    negro    com- 
mitted  to   goal   bv,    485. 
Horace  G.,   291. 
Philipsliurgh.    Sussex    (now    War- 
ren)    county,     marriage    .at. 
177;    merchant    of.    177;    Iai- 
theran   church  at,   177.   note. 
Physician.    423.   424. 
Pidgeon,       William,      biographical 
sketch   of,    40,    135;    executor 
of  Daniel  Coxe,  40;  land  for 
sale   by,    135,    387. 
Pierson.  Jonas,  keeper  of  Newark 

goal.   493. 
Pike.   Capt.,   503. 

PiJesgrove,    27,    152.    308,    356,    371. 

471;    land    for    sale    in,     242, 

352.     353.     403.     446.     459.    476. 

township.    56S;    land    for    sale 

in.   70. 

Pilot     boat     struck 

487. 
Fine.   Lazarus,   iun. 
by,   21. 

sen. 


by  lightning, 
,  land  for  sale 
land    for    sale 


act     for    preserving, 
132. 


I.iazarus. 

by.   21. 
Pine    trees, 

178. 
Pinhorne.    Mary. 
TV^illiam.   132. 
Pintard.    Lewis,    houses    to   be   let 

by.  379. 
Piscataciua,    185. 
Fiscataway.     157,     182,     280,     363; 

farm  to  let  in.  144;  schooner 

Felicity    from,    363. 
Pissaick    river,    land    for    sale    on, 

91. 
Pissipenny     meeting    house,    land 

for   sale    near.    39. 
Pitcher.    William.   511. 
Pitts  Town,   formerly  called  Hoffs 

Town,   191. 
mills,  servant  run  away  from, 

191. 
Planter.   288,   506. 
Pledger,   Joseph,   joiner,   421. 
■■'Ploughman,"    letter   by,    6. 
Plowman,   Stevenson  and,   Charles 

Lee,       supposed       runaway, 

consigned   to,    263. 
Pluckemin.    land    for    sale    near, 


492;    meaning  of,    175. 
Pluckimin,      servant      run      awa.v 

from,  175;  servant  run  a'way 

near,   405. 
Plume.    Deborah,    widow   and    ad- 
ministratrix        of         Robert 

Plume,     deceased,     boat    for 

sale  by,  554. 
Robert,   deceased,   boat  of,   for 

sale,    553. 
Phmis.   varieties  of,   89. 
Pocketliook  stolen,   11. 
Poem  for  sale,   360. 
Pohatconk.    15. 
Pohatkung,    land    for   sale   situate 

on,    273. 
Point-no-Polnt.  three  men 

drowned   off,    404. 
Point   Pleasant,    ferry  at,   55. 
Polhameous,       Albert,        insolvent 

debtor,    590. 
Polegreen.         Elizabeth,        widow, 

obituary   notice  of,   283. 
Poison.   Andrew,   insolvent  debtor, 

238. 
Pompton.  333,  446;  runaway  negro 

bred  at,  499. 
Ponds  church,  521. 
Poor   Richard's   Almanack  for   the 

year  1769,  for  sale,  280. 
Pour    Roger's    American    Country 

Almanack  foi'  1769,  for  sale, 

328. 
Poost,     Peter,     land    for    sale    by, 

402. 
Pork   and   gammons,   purchase  of, 

569. 
Poi  k    ;ind    grain    store    for    sale, 

18. 
Poi'rine.    Peter,   assignee,   land  for 

sale    by.    271. 
Port    Jervis,    N.    Y..    church    near, 

288. 
Port   Penn.    Pa..   36,    156,   386;  land 

for  .sale  at.  398. 
Porter,    Abraham,    conveyance   to, 

missing,    171. 
Post  bo^■,  horse  stolen  fi'om,  448. 
Post    rider,    340. 
Post.    Peter.    260. 
Potash  works  for  sale.  348. 
Potter,    Noadiah.   deceased,   notice 

to   creditors  and   debtors  of, 

406. 
Potts.    Capt..   ariival   of,    371. 
Jonathan.    2115. 

Joseph,  land  for  sale  by,  222. 
Poulas'    Hook    ferry,    stage    wag- 
gon  to,   289. 
Poultry   house   for  sale,    329. 
Powell,    Thomas,    absconded,    403; 

horse    left    in    custody    by, 

403. 
Powlas   Hook,    536;    fare    for   pas- 
sengers   from,     to    Newark, 

214;    stage   waggon    for,    214; 

stage   waggon    from,    214. 
races,    524. 
Powles   Hook,    351;    ferry   at,    513; 

horse    racing    at,     479,     484; 

stage     from      ferry      at,      to 

Newark,  134;  stage  waggons 

to    and    from.    274,    339,    484, 

496. 
Ferrv.    35u:    removal    to.    463; 


634 


INDEX. 


stage   waggon   to   and  from, 
158. 

ferry  house,   162,    163. 
Powle's  Hook,  stage  to,  501;  stage 

via.    501.    513. 
Pownalborough.    556,    557,    559. 
Presbyterian    church    in    America, 
97. 

meeting  house,  352;  land  for 
sale  lying  near.  60;  land  for 
sale  near  a.   91,   464. 

power,  effects  of,  119. 

synods,    325. 
Presbyterians,      148;      troublesome 

to  government,  117. 
Press  house  for  sale,  370. 
Preston,  Samuel,  insolvent  debtor, 

168,    248. 
Price,    Blanche,   589. 

Frederick,    judge,    578,    579. 

Hannah.    589. 

Isaac,  deceased,  land  late  of, 
for  sale,   132. 

Liza,    589. 

Margery,   589. 

Polly,  589. 

Robert  Friend,  579,  589;  as- 
semblyman from  Gloucester 
county.  200.  204,  231;  bio- 
graphical sketch  of.  588; 
judge,  588;  marriage  of,  589; 
subscriptions  to  Nevill's 
Laws  received  bv,  588. 

Thomas,  589. 
"Primes,"  negro,  confined  in 
Perth  Ambov  goal,  for  sale, 
449. 
Princeton,  1,  48,  168,  270,  288,  289, 
291,  348,  383,  398,  406,  437, 
521,  578;  college  lottery 
tickets  for  sale  at.  286; 
commencement  of  the  Col- 
lege of  New  Jersey  at,  286. 
309,  521;  fall  fair  for,  299; 
fire  in,  '  398.  399;  grammar 
school  at,  383.  525,  567; 
King's  Arms  Tavern  kept 
at,  199;  land  for  sale  in, 
16,  17,  386;  land  for  sale 
near,  10,  266;  letter  from, 
194;  meeting  of  the  New 
Jersey  Medical  Society  at, 
76;  Rev.  John  Witherspoon, 
D.  D..  proceeds  to,  248;  ser- 
mon preached  by  the  presi- 
dent of  the  College  of  Nas- 
sau Hall,  at,  566;  servant 
run    away    from.     168.     550; 

Qua.  Alexander.  260. 

Quails,    89. 

Quakers,  148;  meetings  of.  In 
London.  249;  epistles  from, 
249;  oppressed  in  the  Colo- 
nies, bv  the  Presbyterians, 
118. 

Quaker    church    in    America,    97. 

Quaker  meeting  house,  352;  land 
for   sale   near.   60. 

Quaker  Town,  260;  stage  waggon 
from.   340. 

Quaw,    Alexander,    551. 

Quebec,  299;  appointment  of  sec- 
retary of  the  Province  of, 
463;    Captain    Blewer,    from. 


spring  fair  to  be  held  at, 
128;  store  room  to  let  in, 
375,  376. 
College,  204,  208;  commence- 
ment at,  286;  first  president 
of,  291;  land  for  sale  oppo- 
site to,  17;  president  of, 
475. 

Princetown,  274,  281,  347,  407. 
567,  578;  boarding  house 
kept  by  Mrs.  E3.  Stogdon, 
widow,  near  Nassau  hall,  in, 
334;  commencement  of  the 
New  Jersey  College  at,  279, 
282;  escaped  in.  443;  fall 
fair  at,  525;  land  for  sale 
in,  301,  328,  329;  land  for 
sale  near,  90,  365,  366;  stage 
waggon  to  and  from,  158; 
thief  escaped  near,  S72. 
College,  land  for  sale  near, 
445.      (.See   Nassau   Hall.) 

Pringle,  John,  merchant,  servant 
run  away  from,  302. 

Prior,    Thomas,    450. 

Probasco.  Abraham,  land  for  sale 
by,   87. 

Probates.  administrations  and 
deeds,  remaining  in  secre- 
taries' offices  at  Burlington 
and  Perth  Amboy,  361. 

Proclamation  by  Governor  Wil- 
liam    Franklin,     583-586. 

Proprietary  rights,  1,400  acres  for 
sale  of,    317. 

Protestant  churches,  validity  of 
ordination  in  foreign  coun- 
tries,   98. 

Protestantism,  enlargement  of  the 
borders  of.   560. 

Provoost,     David,     negro     of,     for 
sale.    449. 
William.    447. 

Provost,  Mr.,  of  New  York,  negro 
man  belonging  to,  32. 

Providence.    202.    506. 

Pryer,  Thomas,  jun.,  acting  as- 
signee of  Richard  Reading, 
late  of  Amwell,   323. 

Pryor.  Thomas,  jun.,  copper  mine 
and  land  for  sale  by,  75; 
land  for  sale  by,   284. 

Pullene,  Major.  8. 

Pumpton.  negro  run  away  from, 
196. 

Purdy.    John,    260. 

Pursley.    Lydia.    marriage   of,    177. 

Pym,  Captain,  266. 

172;    Protestants    of   Canada 
reside  principally  in.   559. 

Queen's  College  in  New  Jersey, 
notice  of  meeting  of  trustees 
of,    498,    122,    267,    411. 

Queen's  Town,  Md.,  506. 

Quigg,  Henry,  confined  in  Bur- 
lington   county    goal,    174. 

Quin.     James,     runaway    servant, 
193. 
John,    551. 

Quit-rents,  appointment  of  re- 
receiver  of,  463. 

Q'Uohacking  road,  land  for  sale 
on,   370. 


INDEX. 


63s 


Raccoon  creek,  360;  land  for  sale 
on,  255,  370,  477;  land  for 
sale   near,    535. 

Racoon  creek,  land  for  sale  on,  65. 

Racoon  skins  for  sale,  535. 

Rain,    excessive.    503. 

Ralston's.  near  Newark,  271. 

Ram   killed   an   ox,    309,    316. 

Ramsay,    Alexander,    459. 

Ramsey,  John,  merchant,  land  for 
sale  by,   17. 

Rancokas  creek,  petition  to  make 
a  lawful  fence  of.  from  the 
mouth    to    the   forks,    307. 

Rand,  Nath.,  mate,  arrival  of,  363. 

Randall,  Annanias,  insolvent 
debtor,    181. 

Randell,  Paul,  foremast-man,  ar- 
rival of.   363. 

Randolph.  Peyton,  518;  attorney- 
general  and  one  of  the 
council   for   Virginia,   463. 

Range  for   sale,    87. 

Rankin.     Capt.,     ashore     on     the 
Sallv    at     Little     Egg    Har- 
bour,   184.    186.    196. 
James,  264. 

Raritan,    185. 

Raritan  river,  land  for  sale  on, 
135,    395     406. 

Rariton,  465;'  farm  let  at,  408, 
negro  run  away  at,  464, 
465. 
Landing.  cattle.  negroes, 
horses,  waggons,  etc.,  for 
sale  at,  408;  land  for  sale 
at,  499,  511;  land  for  sale 
near,  401,  402;  land  for  sale 
on,  489. 
river,  grist  mill  for  sale  near, 
182;  grist  mill 'and  saw  mill 
for  sale  situate  on,  374; 
land  for  sale  on,  60,  254, 
314,  389,  439,  493;  house  to 
let  on,  86;  south  branch  of. 
513;  stage  to  the  north 
branch   of.    513. 

Rawson,    William,    415. 

Read,  Mrs.  Alice.  565;  obituary 
notice  of.  565;  note  on.  565. 
Charles,  28.  576;  judge  of  Su- 
preme Court,  281.  290.  291, 
387;  servants  run  away 
from,  257.  316,  324. 
Joseph,  uncalled-for  probates, 
etc.,  to  be  had  from,  361; 
land  for  sale  bv  order  of, 
431. 

Reader,  Jacob,  land  for  sale  in 
the    possession    of,    147. 

Reading.      Captain      Daniel,      shot 
while  hunting.  312;  obituary 
notice  of.  313. 
Daniel,  land  for  sale  by.  303. 
George,   land  for  sale  by.   303, 
373;    biographical   sketch   of, 
373;    advertisement   of,    419. 
John,    deceased.    312,    373,    377; 

obituarA-   notices   of.    22.   36. 
Richard,   land  of,   for  sale.   73; 
late    of    Amwell.     notice    to 
creditors    of,    323;    share    of 


copper    mine    of.     for    sale, 

74. 
Thomas      land     for     sale     by, 

303. 
Reading  township,    180. 
Reading  Town,    260;   land   for  sale 

in,    133,    271.    389;    negro   run 

away   in,   467. 
Reading's    Bottom,    land    for    sale 

V:)Ounded    bv    lands   common- 
ly   called,    390. 
Reckless   Town,   260. 
Redford.   Sarah,    IS. 

William.    18. 
Reed.   Andrew,   551. 
Capt..    497. 
Capt.   E..   462.   488. 
Mrs.    Grace,   551. 
Jesse,  graduated  from  Prince- 
ton  College.   521. 
Joseph,  jun.,   land  for  sale  by, 

26;  deputy  secretary-,  162. 
R.,    457. 
Reedv    Island,    arrival    of    vessels 

at,  29. 
Rees.   Thomas,  degree  of  bachelor 

of  arts  conferred  upon,   287. 
Reese,    Thomas,    291;   biographical 

sketch  of,  291. 
Reeve,      Benjamin,      boat      adrift 

taken    up    by,    36;    land    for 

sale  by,   54. 
Mr.,    master  of   the   Princeton 

grammar  school,  resignation 

of,   473,   474. 
Refinery,  Mr.  Ogden's,  39. 
Reid,   Captain,   485. 
Reilly,       Terence,       book-keeping. 

etc..   taught  by.   528. 
Religious     liberties     in     America, 

118;    encroachment  upon,   by 

the     Presbvterians      in     the 

Colonies.   118. 
Remsen,    Peter,   land   for   sale   by, 

87. 
Renshaw.    Richard,    152.    221. 
Repaupo   creek,    land    for   sale   on, 

372. 
Repopaw     creek,      land     for     sale 

near,   93. 
Reyley.   Capt.,   John,   228. 
Revnolds,   Broughton.   creditors   of 

Abraham    Clark    to   meet    at 

the    house     of,     37;     servant 

run    awav    from,    435. 
David,    innholder.    388. 
Rhea,   John,   563. 
Rhea's     stable,     horses     ke|n     at. 

418. 
Rhinebeck.         Reformed         Dutch 

churches   of.    521. 
Rhinebeck  Flats.   Reformed  Dutch 

churches    of.    521. 
Rhode   Island.    31.   330;    conduct   of 

the    Colony    of.    207;     main- 
taining   ministers    of.    201. 
Richman.   Isaac,   land  for  sale  by, 

353. 
Jacob,   executor,   land  for  sale 

by,   353,   371.  378. 
John,    deceased,    land   for   sale 

late    of,    353. 
Richard,    runaway    mulattoe.    459. 


636 


INDEX. 


Richards.     John,     land     for     sale 
near,    311. 
Nathaniel,     negro     run     away 

from,   444,   512. 
Warnei',     obituary     notice    of, 

364. 
William,        insolvent       debtor, 
591. 
Richardson,     Widow,     New    York, 

258. 
Riddings  Town,    land   for   sale  In, 

254. 
Ridgway.     Solomon,     servant    run 

away    from,    413. 
Riggs.    Joseph,    62. 
Riker.     Capt.,     salt     taken     from, 

157. 
Ring.    Obadiah,    insolvent    debtor, 

366. 
Ring-wood,   311. 

Iron  Works,  274;  land  for  sale 

near.    49;    servant   run  away 

from,     323;     watch     lost    at, 

320. 

Risdon,      John,     absconded     from, 

449. 
Rittenhouse.    David,    450. 
Rittenhouse's    observatory,    451. 
Rivington,        James.        bookseller. 

marriage   of,    401. 
Roads,    machine   for   leveling,    429. 
Robber.   572,   574. 
Robbery,    4,    331;    of    the    Eastern 

treasury,    541,    543. 
Robbins,    Cornelius,    runaway   ser- 
vant of,   41. 
Roberdeau.        Daniel.        merchant, 

399. 
Robert,  runawav  negro,  258. 
Roberts.    George,   563. 

John,  servant  run  away  from, 
212 
Robertson.    Charles.   551. 

Thomas,   supposed   thief,   319. 
Robins.  Daniel,  deceased,  land  for 
sale    late    the    property    of, 
276. 
Moses,    561. 

Nathan,     execxitor,     land    and 
fulling  mill  for  sale  by,   132. 
William,    176. 
Robinson,    Capt.,    29.    497;    ashore, 
500,    506;    in    distress,    29. 
Capt.    James.    229. 
John,    wife   eloped   from,    358. 
John,   runaway  servant,  368. 
Judy,   eloped,   358. 
Saunders,   35. 
Thomas,     runawav     Irishman, 

220. 
William.       runaway      servant, 
404. 
Rockey    Hill.    162,    206.    236. 
Rocky  Hill.  208;  near  New  Bruns- 
wick,  copper   mines  at,   162; 
Washington's      farewell      to 
the     army     written     at     the 
Berrien    homestead    at,    1:09, 
note. 
Rodgers,   Rev.   John,   399. 
Rodman,     Clark,     land     for     sale 
near,    74. 
Thomas,    300. 
Roe,    Abraham,    588;    executor    of 
Henry    Roe,    deceased,    588. 


Hannah,      588;      executrix     of 

Henry  Roe,   deceased,   588. 
Henry,       executors      of,      588: 
notice   to   creditors   of,    588. 
Rogers,    Capt.,    510. 

Isaac,    land   for   sale   by,    423. 
John,   260. 
Samuel,  551. 
Mrs.    Sarah,    260. 
Romine,    Samuel,    insolvent   debt- 
or,   183. 
Roosevelt,   Nicholas,   land  for  sale 

by,   246,   398. 
Rose,    Capt.    Joseph,    house   to   let 

occupied   by,   392. 
Rosevelt's     dock,     boat     for     sale 

near,    554. 
Ross,    Alexander,    260. 

Dr.    Alexander,    152,    309, 
Elizabeth,   accompanying  sup- 
posed runaway  servant,  264. 
George,   house  to  let  occupied 

by,  61,   163. 
John,    573. 

William,      supposed     runaway 
servant,    committed   to   Am- 
boy  goal,  264. 
Rouce,      John,      insolvent     debtor, 

183. 
Rowan    county,    291. 
Rowland,      Captain,      arrival      of, 

362. 
Rownsaver,   Richard,   551. 
Roxbury,    310;    forge    for    sale    at, 
268;    New    Boston    forge    for 
sale   situate   at,    268. 
Roy.    Justice,    candidate    for    rep- 
resentative     for      Somerset 
county,    194. 
Royal   American   Regiment,   26. 
Royal  Irish  Regiment,   Lieutenant 
Perkins,         belonging         to, 
drowned,   177,   178. 
Royall,     John,     insolvent     debtor. 

590. 
Rue,    Joseph,   house   of,    consumed 

by    fire,    385. 
Runaways.    128,    129,    206,    207,   342, 
349. 
apprentices.    266.    492. 
bail.    362. 
molattoes,    206,    227,    228,    316, 

459. 
negroes,    64,    152,    165,   171,    172. 
180,    184,    185.    186,    187,    196, 
250.    251,    258,    316,    333,    334, 

360,  410,  440.  441,  444,  447, 
454,  455,  461,  462,  464,  465, 
466,  467,  468.,  471,  497,  498, 
499,  505,  511,  512,  527,  537, 
548,     580. 

servants,  26,  30,  40,  41,  53, 
62,  70,  93,  129,  137,  138,  153, 
168,  173,  174,  175,  187,  190, 
191,  193,  194,  199,  200,  212. 
215,  216,  220,  225,  228,  229, 
249,  256,  257,  270,  292,  293, 
294,  301,  302,  311,  313,  314, 
316.    323,    324.     254,    355,    356, 

361,  391,  392,  395,  402,  404, 
405,  409,  410,  412,  413,  422, 
423,  434,  435,  436,  450,  451, 
452,  453,  455,  458,  460,  469. 
470,  478,  479,  480,  483,  485, 
491,    495,    510,    511,    516,    517. 


INDEX. 


637 


535,     536,     550,     578;     money 
stolen  by,  249,  456. 

Rundle,  Daniel,  Eluropean  and 
East  India  goods  for  sale 
at  the  store  of,  472;  house 
to  let  by,  472. 
George,  European  and  East 
India  goods  for  sale  at  the 
store   of.    472. 

Runnokls,    John,    264. 

Runyan.  Reune,  assemblyman 
from  Middlesex  county,  204, 
231. 

Runyon,  Reuben,  negro  wench  for 
sale  by,  529. 
Rune,  assemblyman  from 
Middlesex  county,  instruc- 
tions to,  531;  judge,  197, 
198,    239,    278,    176. 

Rush,  Dr.  Benjamin,  521;  arrival 
Of,  472. 
Jacob,  oration  by,  at  com- 
mencement of  the  College  of 
New  Jersey.  287;  receives 
degree  of  master  of  arts  at 


Princeton,    288. 

Rutger.  Anthony,  jun.,  race  won 
by   horse  belonging  to,   524. 

Rutgers,    Capt.    Anthony,    179. 

Rutgers  College,  bequest  to,  288. 
(See   Queen's   College.) 

Rutlierford.  Robert,  house  for- 
merly of.  160;  insolvetit 
debtor.  248,  590;  land  for 
sale  formerly  the  property 
of,   46. 

Rvan,      John,      runaway     servant, 
191. 
Peter.    260. 

Rye   for   sale.    47. 

Rverson.    George,    373. 
Joris.    373. 

Martin,   land  for  sale  by,  303; 
land    and    negroes    for    sale 
bv,    390. 
Mary,  373. 

Rynan.  William,  weaver,  runaway 
servant.   138. 

Rvne,   John,   absconded,   449. 


vS 


Saddle  bags  lost,  351. 
Saddle  taken  bv  mistake,  536. 
Saddler,   313,   445. 
Saddles    for    sale,    155. 
"Sagorighwiyogstha,"     or    arbiter 
or   doer   of   justice,    539;    In- 
dian  name   for  Gov.   Frank- 
lin,   543. 
Salem.    36,    40,    45.    121,     124,    145. 
156,     160.    205.    207,    243,    255, 
284,    292,    309,    341,    353,    375, 
409,    421,    423,    444,    445,    456. 
457,    458,    462.    471.    478,    488. 
492,    508,    517.    547,    548.    566, 
582,  586;  assemblymen  from. 
212;     boat     Ijroke     loose     in, 
509;      Captain      Talbot      for, 
124;     Circuit    Courts    to    be 
held  in,  421;  collector  of  cus- 
toms in,  44;  Episcopal  cause 
low   at,    201;    escape   from   a 
constable    of,    452;    land    for 
sale    in,     219,    220,    247,    319. 
370,   407;   land  for  sale  near, 
27,   386,   398,   460;   land  to   let 
near,    340. 
Bridge,   27,   413. 
county,    92.    145.    165,    220,    356, 
373,  411;  assemblymen  from, 
231;  destruction  of  cattle  at. 
126;   fire   in,   400;   hail  storm 
at,     212;     highest     tide    long 
known  at,  126;  land  for  sale 
in,  14,  35,  70,  156;  land  to  let 
in     472;    servant    run    away 
from,    153;    trial   at.    400. 
county  courts,   152. 
county  goal,  insolvent  debtors 

confined  in,  238. 
creek,    land    for    sale    on,    261, 

357;  land  to  let  on.   341. 
road,   land  for  sale  near,   93. 
Salem,    Barbadoes.    W.    I..    157. 
Salem    Town,    land    for    sale   near, 

446. 
Salisberry.    323. 
Salmon,    Capt.,    472. 


Nathaniel,    548;    land    for    sale 
bv.     72;     land     for     sale    by, 
439. 
Sal  tar.     Jos.,     servant     run    away 

from.   458. 
Salt  meadow  for  sale,   182. 
Sam,     negro     man     committed     to 
Burlington   county  goal,   484. 
Sample,    John,    drowned,    552. 
Sands.    James,    drowned,    552. 

Michael.  260. 
Sandv  Hook.  5,  216.  240,  278.  322, 
363,  476,  520;  death  of  John 
French  at.  233;  Edward  Col- 
lard  forbidden  to  land  or  dig 
clams  on,  240;  land  for  sale 
near.  296;  latitude  at  the 
lighthouse  on,  554;  sloop 
run  ashore  near.  593;  ves- 
sel ashore  near,  364. 
Sateiiv.   Samuel,  insolvent  debtor, 

168. 
"Satiricus    Sarcasticus,"    commu- 
nication   from,    273. 
Santa  Croix,   385. 
Savannah,  Ga.,  209. 
Saw  mills.   19.   55.   89,   93,   142,   273, 
352.   377,   382.   414. 
for    sale.    67.    72,    88,    126,    131. 
136.    254,    302.    303,    321,    367, 
371.   374.    375,    411.    433.    582 
portion   of.    for  sale,    19. 
to  rent.   319. 
Savre.  Abraham,  insolvent  debtor, 

170. 
Scantling.     John,     Irish     servant, 

broke  goal.  123. 
Scarff.   Robert,   horse  stolen   from, 

510. 
Scattergood,   Phoebe,    262. 

Thomas,    262. 
Schaghticoke.      Reformed      Dutch 

church    at.    288. 
Schcints.   George,  information  de- 
sired as   to  whereabouts  of, 
407. 
Heni-\-.    imiuiry    by,    as    to   his 
brother.    4  07. 


638 


INDEX. 


Schenck.    Abraham,    land   for   sale 
by.  87;  saw  mill  for  sale  by, 
88. 
Johannes,  land  for  sale  in  the 

possession    of.    133. 
Paul,    land   for  sale   by,    121. 
Schoolmasters : — 

Barber,    Francis,    10,    528. 
Cooper,    Caleb.    29,    75. 
Haddon,    William.    141. 
Moore.    John.    446. 
Periam,  Joseph,   474. 

Reeve.    ,    473,    474. 

Voorhees,    Stephanus,    10. 

Stephen,  528. 
Wilson.    Peter,    381. 
■Schools: — 

at  Bound  Brook,  141. 
at  Christiana,     456. 
at  Elizabethtown,   10,   473,  474. 
at  Hackensaek.    10,    520. 
near  Hackensaek,  381. 
at  Newark,    141. 
at  New'    Bridge.    528. 
at  New    Brunswick,    30,    75. 
at  New    York,    520. 
at  Princeton,    383. 
Schuyler.  Col.  Peter,  his  New  Jer- 
sey    regiment,     266. 
Schuyler's,    Colonel,    boat  for   sale 

at,    416. 
Schuyler's   Copper  Works  at  Sec- 
ond   River    burned,    220,    233, 
230:   lease  of,   for  sale,   303. 
Schuylkill,  Upper  Ferry  over,  229. 
Scipio.    runaway   negro,   537. 
Scot.    John   Morin.    573;    letter   by, 

574. 
Scotch   Plains,   529. 
Scotch     Society,    mission    of    the, 

297. 
Scotland.   123,   138,   257,   288. 
Scott,       Abraham,       horse      stolen 
from,     490. 
John,    farm   to  let  by,   401. 
Col.  John,  463. 

Moses,    land   for   sale   by,    53. 
Robert,    escaped,   271. 
Scott's    Mountain,     land    for    sale 

on,    74. 
Scow  for  sale,  380;  wrecked,  32. 
Scroggin.    Jacob,    article    by,    44; 

negro  purchased  by,  45. 
Sea  Caucus,  partition  of  island  of. 

470. 
Sears.  Moses,  money  collected  for 
the  relief  of,  8. 
William,  insolvent  debtor,  183. 
Searson,       John,       communication 
from.   568-576;    trial  and   ac- 
(luittal     of.     on     indictment 
for  grand   larceny,    576. 
Sebring.    Michael,    graduates   from 

Princeton   College,    287. 
Secaucus,   181. 
Secaukus.    453. 

Seeker.  Right  Reverend  Thomas. 
'•Letter  to  the  Right  Honor- 
able Horatio  Walpole,"  by, 
80;  "Commentary  on,"  80. 
Second  River  (now  Belleville), 
355;  copper  mines  at,  162; 
boat  for  sale  at,  416;  fire 
at    Schuyler's    copper   mines 


at,    220,    230,    233;    land    for 
sale  on  road  to,  348. 

Seeley,    Benjamin,    568. 
Christina,   568. 
Sarah.    568. 

Seely,  Ephraim.  negroes  run  away 
from,    172,    186. 

Seine  fishery  for  rock  and  perch, 
357. 

Sellers,  Hall  and,  printers,  399. 
John,   450. 

Senemenson,  land  for  sale  at, 
388. 

Sergeant,  Mr.,  291. 
Sarah,  578. 
Jonathan  D.,  347. 

Servant   girl   fraudentlv    sold,    439. 

Seventieth  regiment,  266. 

Severn,    John,    551. 

Severns,  Thomas,  negro  man  of, 
committed  to  Somerset 
county  goal,   495. 

Sexton.    Nehemiah,    551. 

Seyoc,  Cornelius,  insolvent  debt- 
or,   590. 

Shakleton,  Richard,  bonds  given 
to,  205. 

Sharo.  Jack,  runaway  negro,  185. 

Sharp.  Isaac,  land  for  sale  bv. 
446. 
Joseph,  apprentice  boy,  en- 
ticed away  from.  Wood- 
berry,  174,  200. 
Joseph,  land  for  sale  near,  in 
Pilesgrove   township,   460. 

Sharpe,  Isaac,  assemblyman  from 
Salem  county,  212;  assem- 
blyman from  Salem  and 
Cumberland,    231. 

Shaw.  John,  land  for  sale  at  the 
house    of,    299. 

Shearer,  Gilbert,  land  for  sale  in 
the   occupation   of,    394. 

Shearman  wanted,   460. 

Shehan.  Dennis,  mill-wright,  run- 
away  servant,    409. 

Shepherd.  Nathan,  land  for  sale 
by,    27. 

Sherwood,   Robert.   260. 

Shevileer.    Henry,    593. 

Shilleto.  Mr.,  fusee  discharged  by. 
344. 

Shipboy.  John,  land  for  sale  by, 
255;  assignee,  land  for  sale 
by,   271. 

Shippen.  Joseph,  jun.,  241,  450, 
535. 

Shipwright.    378. 

Shiras.  P.,  European,  East  and 
West  India  goods  for  sale 
at  the  store  of,  436. 

Shivers.  John,  land  for  sale  near, 
369. 
Samuel,    417. 

Shlemb,     Frederick.    12. 

Peter,    information    desired    in 
relation   to.    12. 

Shnyder,  Harman,  land  for  sale 
by,    14. 

Shoemaker.   12.   129,   395,  402,  412. 

Shoots.    Christopher,   334. 
Elizabeth,   334. 

Slirewsberrv,  man  run  away  In, 
435. 


INDEX. 


639 


township,  land  for  sale  in, 
87. 
Shrewsbury,  140.  190,  230,  247, 
350,  493,  511.  546.  551;  barn 
burned  at,  52;  land  for  sale 
in.  12,  122.  396,  397,  494; 
land  for  sale  near,  208;  man 
killed  by  a  panther  from, 
51;  sloop  run  aground  near, 
552;  tavern  for  sale  at,  j.22. 
butter     in     firkins     for     sale, 

360. 
inlet,    sloop   driven   ashore  at, 
434;  sloop  run  aground  near, 
547. 
road,   land   for   sale   on.    337. 
Shute.        Barnaby,        biographical 
note  on,   38;   insolvent  debt- 
or,   38.    592;    tavernkeeper  at 
Elizabethtown.    592.    note. 
Shutt.    AVilliam.    stage   waggon    to 

be   let    out    by,    285. 
Sickels,    Henry,    land   for  sale   by, 

49. 
Silk    manufactorv    to    be    erected, 

420. 
Silver.    Aaron,    land    for    sale    by, 

243. 
Silver   shoe   buckles   stolen,    318. 
Silversmith     committed     to     goal, 

493. 
Silver  spoons  stolen,   318. 
Sim,    Hugh,    of   Scotland,    receives 
honorary  degree  of  bachelor 
of  arts  at  Princeton,  288. 
Simmonds,  Captain.   299. 
Simons.    Captain   John,    41. 
Simpson.    Capt.,    arrival    of,    29. 

James,    insolvent    debtor,    589. 
Sinclair.    Lady,    marriage    of,    401. 
Sincleai',   Joseph.   260. 
Singleton,    Capt.,   arrival  of,   36. 
Sinnickson,    A.,    44,    45. 

Sinnick.  land  for  sale  by,  261. 
Sitzgreaves,      William,      land      fot 

sale  by,  363. 
Sixteenth  British  regiment,  340. 
Skiff    stolen,    490. 

taken  up  adrift,   339. 
Skillman,  Benjamin,  nearly 

drowned.   437. 
Mrs.    Benjamin,    drowned,   437. 
Jacob,    jun.,    insolvent   debtor, 
176. 
Skilton.    Justice,    372. 
Skinner,   Captain,  arrival  of,   266. 
Cortland.     211;     assemblyman 
from  Perth  Amboy,  204,  231; 
land  to  let  by,   470;   speaker 
of     House     of     Representa- 
tives.  542,    543,    544,    545,    546; 
letter   to.    562.    563. 
Capt.     John,    of    Amboy.    269; 

biographical  sketch  of,  266. 
Stephen,  263.  343;  boat  and 
land  for  sale  by,  215;  land 
for  sale  by.  57;  offers  re- 
ward for  discovery  of  thief 
who  broke  open  treasury, 
230;  treasurer  of  the  East- 
ern Division  of  New  Jersey, 
house  of.  robbed.  234.  235; 
depositions  of,  240,  241. 
Judge  Stephen,  176,  197,  198, 
239,   278,   279,   346,   365,   366. 


Captain  William.   266. 
Rev.   William,   266. 
Skirm,  Abraham,  journeyman  ful- 
ler   and     shearman    wanted 
by,   460. 
Skons.     Major     of     the     regulars, 

472. 
Slate    Mountain,    land   for   sale   at 

the   foot   of,    74. 
Slaves,   act   for  trial  of.    for   mur- 
der  and    other   crimes,    etc., 
163. 
for  sale,  90. 
to  hire,   401. 
Sloe.    William,    163. 
Sloop  ashore,  353. 

driven    ashore,    434. 
lost    in    storm.    8. 
Small,   John,    confined   in   Burling- 
ton county   goal.    174. 
Small    causes,    act    for    the    trial 

of,    587. 
Smallpox,    423.    424;    death    caused 

by,   309. 
Smith   wanted.   67. 

Smith. ,   brothers,   frozen  to 

death,   355. 
Benjamin    Harrison,    551. 
Rev.  Caleb,  291. 
Daniel,    589. 
Daniel,  jun.,   land  for  sale  by, 

75.    299. 
David"  399. 
Doughald,  551. 

Frederick,      chief     justice      of 
New    Jersey.     198.    573.    576; 
judge     of     Supreme     Court, 
236,    246. 
George,    absconded,    66. 
Isaac,  judge.  590. 
Isaac,    secretary    of   New   Jer- 
sev     Medical     Society,     292. 
412.   520,   536. 
Jacamiah,    land    for    sale    bv, 

417. 
James,      cloth     manufacturer, 
16;     insolvent     debtor,     581; 
land   for   sale  late   of,    487. 
Jane,    291. 

John,      Burlington,      daughter 
of,     married,     161;     land    for 
sale  by,   301,   473;   History  of 
New  Jersey,  by.  488. 
John,       broke      goal.       Morris 
county.  294;  confined  in  goal 
at  Jamaica.   354. 
John,  of  Middlesex  county,  in- 
solvent debtor.   366. 
Jonathan,    judgment    against. 
299;    land    for    sale    late    cf, 
299. 
Joseph,      assemblyrrian      from 
the   citv   of   Burlington.    192. 
231. 
Josiah.    399. 
Martha.    291. 

Nicholas.      bonds      given      oy. 
205;     negro     man     of,     com- 
mitted  to  Newark  goal.   493. 
Peter,    death    of.    68;    land    for 

sale  by.   68.   417. 
Richard,     resignation     as     re- 
corder  of    the    city    of    Bur- 
lington. 136:  clerk  of  the  As- 
'  sembly,    546. 


640 


INDEX. 


Robert,    175. 
Robert,   judge,   581.  590. 
Rev.    Robert,    399,    522. 
Sally,   marriage  of,   161, 
Samuel,  of  Jamaica,  L.  I.,  355. 
Samuel  f Stanhope),  graduated 
from  Princeton  College.  521; 
orations    by,    523,    5:^4;    biog- 
raphical sketch  of,   522. 
Samuel,  of  Hunterdon  county, 

insolvent  debtor,    168. 
Sarah       Logan,       biographical 

sketch  of,   161. 
Shobal,      deceased,      land     for 

sale   of   estate  of.   232. 
Thomas,  biographical  note  on, 
291;    degree    of    bachelor    of 
arts   conferred   upon,    287. 
William,     264;     executor,     land 
for     sale    by,     232;     trustee, 
land  for  sale  by,   371. 
Rev.    Dr.    William,    450;    "The 
Anatomist,"   bv,   81;    quoted, 
297.   298;    Frovbst  of  College 
of  Pennsylvania,  525. 
William      P..      horse      strayed 
from.       197;       executor       of 
Joseph    Woodruff,    jun.,    de- 
ceased,   379;    visiter    of    the 
Elizabeth     Town     grammar 
.s:chool,   475;  negro  run  away 
from,   499. 
Smith's  Ferrv,   land  for  sale  near, 

380. 
Smith's   shop   for    sale,    121;    shop 

to  let  or  for  sale,  89. 
Smithhurst.    Captain,    157. 
Smoakhouse   for  sale,   338. 
Smock.   John,   negro  taken  up  by, 

495. 
Smyth,  Frederick,  note  in  rela- 
tion to,  266;  chief  justice  of 
New  Jersey,  426;  returns  to 
New  York,  321;  to  attend 
Indian  treaty  at  Fort  Stan- 
wix,  269;  judge  of  Supreme 
Court.  380.  (See  Smith.) 
Sneider,    Harman,    land    for    sale 

bv.    443. 
Snell.    Samuel,    land    for    sale    by, 

433. 
Snevdon's    house,    518. 
Snow.  Capt..  528. 

Society  (Scotch)  for  the  Propa- 
gation of  Christian  Knowl- 
edge, 297. 
Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the 
Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts. 
102.  556. 
Soldiers,    disabled,    commissioners 

to  provide  for,   588. 
Somers,    Susan,    291. 
Somerset,    17;    freeholders    In    the 
county    of,    increasing  num- 
ber of,  210. 
county.    170,   181,   208,    260,   307, 
399,  461,   466,  551;  assembly- 
men from,   194,  204.  208,  231; 
land  for  sale  in,  56,  71;  order 
of    judges    of.    181;    servant 
run  away  from.   175. 
court  house,  260;  land  for  sale 

near,   121. 
goal,  negro  man  taken  up  and 
committed   to   the,   495. 


South  Branch,  stage  to  the.  501. 
South   Amboy.    138;   an  act   to  re- 
pair    public     roads     in,     by 

hire,    164;    land    for    sale   in, 

64. 
ferry        stage        house.        322; 

prisoner    for    theft     escaped 

from.    331. 
South    Brunswick,    land    for    sale 

in.   186. 
South     Carolina,      278,      291,     323; 

clergy   of,   213. 
South,    Edmund,   insolvent  debtor, 

590. 
Southold.     Long     Island,     congre- 
gation  in.    521. 
South  river,  act  to  build  a  bridge 

over,  etc.,   164;  land  for  sale 

on.   215. 
bridge,     land     for     sale     near, 

330;   land  for  sale  at,   431. 
landing,    land    for    sale    near, 

58,    440. 
South.    Thomas,    41. 
Southwark,    55. 
Sowder,  William,  absconded  from, 

360. 
Spain,    Capt.,    281. 
Spangenberg,    John,    260. 
Spanish  horse,  408. 

merchant,  family  of,  drowned, 

547. 
Sparks.   Captain,   172. 

Richard,     land     for     sale     by, 

460. 
Speer  grass.   89. 
Speer,    Barent,   deceased,   land  for 

sale  oy  the  heirs  of.  91. 
Spencer,  Rev.  Blihu,  38.  399. 
Spenser, .  house  of,  burned, 

400;    son    of,    fatallv   burned, 

400. 
Spicer.   Jacob,   executor,   378;   land 

for  sale  by,  371;  land  for  sale 

near,   370. 
Spier,  Captain,   155,  240. 
Spining,  Benjamin,   canoe  lost  bv, 

435. 
Spinnage,    Jonathan,    528. 
Spinning,     Capt..     22;    arrival    of, 

385. 
Spotswood.     iron    works    at.    251; 

land  for  sale  near,   57. 
Springfield.      Burlington      county. 

servant   run   awav   from.   53. 

93;   land  in  for  sale.    75.   501. 
Si)ringtield.    Chester    county.    Pa., 

servant  run  away  from,  404, 
Spi'ingfleld,  Essex  county,  72;  land 

for  sale  in,  411.  439,  54S,  566. 
Siiringfield,      Monmouth      countv, 

260. 
Spring  Garden,  505;  land  so  called 

for   sale,    19. 
Sprout.   Rev.   Mr..   399. 
Squan    beach,    sloop    run    aground 

on,    552,    546. 
Siiuancum,    land   for   sale    on,    130, 

414. 
Squire,  Jonathan,  negro  run  awav 

from,    537, 
Squire's  Point,  261;  forge  for  sale. 

302,  582;   land  for  sale  near, 

369,  390. 
Stjuirrel   killing,   581. 


INDEX. 


641 


Stable  for  sale,  315,  407. 

Stafford.    40. 

Stag's    creek,    land    for    sale    on, 

245. 
Stage,    134. 

driver,  31. 

waggons,    134,    15S,    199,    214, 
237,    274,    284,    285,    289.    290, 
339,    376,    484,    496,    500.    512. 
545. 
Stagg's    creek,    land    for    sale    on, 

397. 
Stallions.      (See    Horse-ljreeding. ) 
Stamp  act,  178. 
Stanaland.   Thomas,   land  for  sale 

by,   383. 
Stansbury,    Recompence,    assignee 
of  Abraham  Clark,  insolvent 
debtor.    37. 
Stanton.    Jeremiah,    boat   for   sale 

by,  431. 
Starn,    Jacob,    servant    run    away 
from,    129,    412;    high    sheriff 
of   Sussex   county,   prisoners 
broke  goal  from,   123,    148. 
Statcn   Island.   127,    435,   564;   acci- 
dent   at,    31;    land    for    sale 
near,    296;   land  for  sale   on. 
S80. 
ferry,  31. 
Stearndall.   John,   deceased,   303. 
Steel.   Brice,   260. 

Mr.,   barn   of,   burned,   2. 
Steelman,    Charles,    land    for    sale 
by,   433. 
John,    land    for    sale    by,    93; 
servants     run     awav     from, 
478. 
Steers  for  sale,   50. 
Steele.    John,    land    for    sale    late 

the  property  of,  535. 
Stenton,    i-esidence   of   Chief   Jus- 
tice James  Logan,  161.  note. 
Stephenson.    John,    executor,    land 

for   sale  by,   375. 
Sterling,     Earl    of,     land    for    sale 

next,   219. 
Sterling-  Iron  Works,  land  for  sale 

near,  49. 
Stcrndall.    John,    deceased,    notice 
to   creditors  and  debtors   of, 
162. 
Steuart,    Charles,    appointed    sec- 
retary     of    the    Province    of 
Quebec,    463. 
Stevens's  ferry,  house  to  let  oppo- 
site,   86. 
Stevens.  Dennis,  mill-wright,  run- 
away  servant,    409. 
John,    15. 

Mrs..   551.  ,        ,    ^ 

Richard,    land    for    sale,    late 

the   property   of,    135. 
Mrs.    Sarah,    551. 
Stevenson.        Samuel.        insolvent 

debtor,   168. 
Stevenson  and  Plowman,  263. 
Stewart,    Capt.    Alexander,    256. 
Archibald,    land    for    sale    oy. 

591 
Charies,   152,   518. 
Lewis,    tavern    and    land    tor 
sale  by,    63.  ^    ,  ,  . 

Stiers,  John,  jun.,  insolvent  debt- 
or,   168. 


Stiles,    John,    land    for    sale    by. 
439. 
Thomas,    broke  goal,   341,  342. 
Stille,    Pontius,    horses    to   be    en- 
tered   with,    272. 
Still  house  for  sale,  237,  566. 
Still    Run,    saw    mill   for    sale    on, 

371. 
Stillwell,     Captain,     from     Phila- 
delphia, 299. 
Nicholas,    assemblyman    from 
Cape  May  county,   212,  231. 
Stirling,   Earl  of.   15,   219. 
Stites,    Jonathan,    assignee,    536. 
Stivers.   Samuel,  insolvent  debtor, 

170. 
Stockton,  Job,  servant  run  away 
from,  53;  assignee  of 
Thomas  Leonard,  deceased, 
407;  late  sheriff,  land  for 
sale  by,  275. 
Joseph,    assignee    of    William 

Whitehead,    406. 
Richard,  289;  appointed  mem- 
ber   of    the   Council   of  New 
Jersey,    3C2. 
Robert,    assignee    of    William 
Whitehead,     406;     executor, 
land    for    sale    by,    365,    366; 
sheriff,     broke     goal     from, 
342. 
Stogdon.    Mrs.    E.,    widow,    board- 
ing house  opened  by.   334. 
Stone  cutter  wanted,   67. 
Stone,     Daniel,    horse    stolen    by, 

342:     runaway,     342. 
Stoney    brook,    168;    land   for   sale 

on,   266. 
Stony    brook,    land   for   sale   near, 

338. 
Store  house  for  sale,  19. 
Store  room   to  be  let,  375. 
Story.    Isaac,    degree    of    bachelor 
of  arts  conferred  upon,   26 1; 
oration    by,    at    commence- 
ment of  the  College  of  New 
Jersey,       288;       biographical 
sketch    of,    291. 
.Stout,     David,     insolvent     debtor, 
183 
Grover,    168. 
Col.    Joseph,   260. 
Joseph,    insolvent   dcl)tor,    192, 

248. 
Jonathan,     runaway     servant. 

207. 
Robert,    insolvent   debtor,    183. 
Stoute,    Nehemiah,    land    for    sale 
for  the  use  of  the  creditors 
of,  222. 
Stow  creek,   14;   land  for  sale  on, 
219. 
township,  stage  waggon  to  set 
out  near  the  Cross  Roads  in. 
285. 
Stratford.   Conn.,  336. 
Strawbridge,     John,     servant    run 

awav   from.   368. 
Streight,     Christian.     330,    331. 
Stretch,    Isaac,    land   for    sale   by, 
54. 
Peter,     conveyances     to     and 
from,  missing,  171. 
Strettoll.    Amos,    13. 


41 


642 


INDEX. 


Robert,  land  for  sale  near, 
377. 

Streydt,      Christian,     biographical 
sketch  of,   330. 
Ursula,    330. 

"Strumpet,"    mare,    129. 

Stryker,   Jan,    208. 
Jannetie,   208. 

William  S.,  "Battles  of  Tren- 
ton and  Princeton,"  by,  26; 
"Trenton  One  Hundred 
Years   Ago,"   by,    38. 

Stuart,  Charles,  land  for  sale  by, 
378. 

Sturgeon  manufactory  carried  on 
by  Elijah  Bond,  169;  mys- 
tery in  the  manufacturing 
of,  342. 

Stymets,  John,   207,   208. 

St.  Christophers,  W.  I.,  258,  281, 
299,  548;  arrivals  at,  582. 
586. 

St.   Croix,   145. 

St.  Domingo,  546,  552. 

St.  Bustatia,  W.  I.,  256,  293;  ves- 
sel from,   4. 

St.  Georges,  399. 

St.   Kitts,  W.  I.,  31,   256. 

Suffocation   of   tvs^o   persons,    487. 

Suffolk    (L,.    I.)    Presbytery,   521. 

Sugar  Island,   201. 

Summerseat,   near  Trenton,  550. 

Sumter  county,  S.  C,  288. 

Sunpink  creek,  land  for  sale  on, 
436. 

Support  of  the  government,  act 
for,  587. 

Supreme  Court,  at  Burlington, 
trial  at,  575;  insolvent  debt- 
ors petition  judges  of,   192. 

Surveyor,  378. 

Susciuehanna  river,  preservation 
of  flsh  In,  533. 

Sussex,    471;   Circuit  Courts  to  be 
held  at,   421. 
Circuit   Court,    152. 


Court  house,  land  for  sale  at 
the,  73;  land  for  sale  near, 
389,  390;  land  to  let  near, 
393 
county,  15,  16,  '  161,  177,  378, 
550,  551,  555;  assemblymen 
from,  231;  broke  goal  in. 
123;  election  of  representa- 
tives in,  163;  forge  for  sale 
in,  582;  grist  mill  and  saw 
mill  for  sale  in,  302;  iron 
works  in,  393;  judges  of, 
388;  land  for  sale  in,  14, 
74,  147,  273,  377,  3S9,  582, 
591;  land  to  let  in,  59;  new 
stone  court  house  in,  219, 
runaway  from,  128. 
goal,  escaped  from,  147;  in- 
solvent debtors  in,  253,  426; 
run  away  from,   128. 

Sussex  county,  Del.,   206. 

Sussex  county.  Virginia,  521. 

Swart,  Cornelius,  insolvent  debt- 
or,   380. 

Swartwood,  Jacob,  land  for  sale 
at  the  house  of,   442. 

Swedesboro,  Swedish  church  at, 
568;  land  for  sale  lying  near 
the,   255. 

Sweesey,  Mathias,  insolvent  debt- 
or, 68. 

Swett,  Jenjamin,  juri.,  recorder  of 
Burlington,  136;  recorder  of 
deeds  for  the  city  and 
county  of  Burlington,  138; 
appointed  recorder  of  the 
city  of  Burlington,  instead 
of   recorder  of   deeds,    154. 

Swift.  Joseph,   563. 

Swine   for  sale,   302. 

Syberberg,  Christian,  land  for  sale 
belonging  to  the  estate  of. 
275. 

Sykes,  Samuel,  servant  run  awav 
from,   31,   70. 

Syron,    runaway   negro,    580. 


Taggart,   Jacob,  309. 

Joshua,    356. 
Talbot,  Captain,  124. 
Captain,    554. 
Stephen,     jun.,     servant     run 

away  from,    435. 
Thomas,     horse    stolen     from, 
318,    319;    spoons    and    shoe 
buckles     stolen     from,     318, 
319. 
Tankard  stolen,  416. 
Tanner,  42,  45. 
Tanner,   Benjamin,   548. 
Tanton    Forge,    260;    good    colliers 
and   forge   men   and   a  good 
keeper  wanted  at,   368;   ser- 
vants run  away  from,  256. 
Tanyard  for  sale,  156. 
Taub,    Deterick,    shoemaker,    12. 
Taverns,   591. 

Banks',   James,   Newark,   237. 
Black  Horse,  Mendem,  268. 
Blazing    Star,    Perth    Amboy, 

31,  33,   475. 
Blue  Anchor,  Gloucester,  450. 


Blue  Ball,  Shrewsbury,  for 
sale,  122. 

Bunich  of  Grapes,  Phila- 
delphia.   501,   513. 

Campbell's,  Freehold,  for  sale, 
430. 

Clark's,  at  Elizabeth  Town, 
149. 

Cohansey  Bridge,  567. 

Cunningham's,  Allen  Town, 
18. 

Duke  of  Rutland,  Elizabeth 
Town,   204. 

Geiss',    Frankford,    Pa.,    290. 

Hudibras,    Princeton,    199. 

Indian  King,  Philadelphia, 
340. 

King's   Arms,   Princeton,   198. 

Marquis  of  Granbv,  Elizabeth 
Town,   38. 

New  Blazing  Star,  Powles 
Hook,   48,   158. 

New  Jersev  College,  Prince- 
ton, 376. 

Royal  Oak  Inn,  Trenton,  160. 


INDEX, 


643 


"Three  Tuns,"  Pilesgrove,  460. 
Tomkin's,   Great  Swamp,   Pa., 

161. 
Whitehall,     New     Brunswick, 

267. 
"\ATiite       House,"       Elizabeth 

Town.     204.    467. 
William  Earl's,  Bergen  Woods, 

290. 
for   sale,    at   Amwell,    24,    270; 

at   Pequanick,    62. 
Widow  Watson's,  Hackinsack, 

Tavernkeepers,  376.  394,  592. 

Taxes,  act  to  settle  the  "quotas  of 
the    several   counties,    587. 

Taylor,   8,   452. 

Taylor,  Daniel,  servant  run  away 
from,   199,   200. 
Edward,     assemblyman     from 
Monmouth   county,    204,    231 
James.   551. 

John,    land   for   sale   lately   of. 
468;     late    sheriff,    land    for 
sale  by,  58. 
Judge  John,    296.   311,    481. 
Mr.,   17. 
Robert,      servant      run      away 

from.    410. 
Thomas,     servant     run     away 
from.    453. 

Taylour,  Robert,  servant  run 
away  from,  137. 

Teamsters  wanted,  274. 

Tool,  Frederick,  insolvent  debtor, 
181. 

Temple,  John,  appointed  lieuten- 
ant-governor of  New  Hamp- 
shire,   462. 

Tenant's  creek  and  Day's  run, 
land  between,  for  sale,  64. 

Templer.  Col.,  of  the  26th  Regi- 
ment,   marriage    of,    401. 

Tendue.  John,  cordwainer,  com- 
mitted to  Trenton  goal,  235. 

Tenicum  township,  land  for  sale 
in,    135. 

Tennant,  "William,  land  for  sale 
bv.  301.  386;  clerg>-man, 
sketch  of,   301. 

Terhune,  John,  land  for  sale  by. 
245.    397. 

Terrick,    Bishop    Richard,    287. 

Test,  Edward,  43;  land  for  sale 
by.  36.  156;  servant  run 
awav  from,  284;  late  sheriff, 
land  for  sale  by,   487,   160. 

Thatcher,  Samuel,  ran  away  from 
his  bail.  362. 

Thackray.   Benjamin,    466. 

Thayer.     Elihu.     graduated     from 
Princeton   College,   521;   bio- 
gi-aphical    sketch    of,    522. 
Thede.    Capt.   Jacob,   356. 

Theft,    446,    447,    456,    490,    564, 

Thomas,  Edward,  house  to  let  by, 

James,    supposed    thief.    11. 
Thompson,    Adam.    569,    570. 

Alexander,  deceased,  land  for 
sale  belonging  to  the  estate 
of,    180.  ,      ^   , 

Barshaba,  executrix,  land  for 
sale  by,   180. 

Captain,  432. 


Cornelius,    escaped    drowning, 

552. 
John,    356,   417;    stage  waggon 
kept   bv.    214;    estate  of,   for 
.sale,   476. 
•Joseph,     acknowledgment    by, 
45;   Quaker,   45;   tanner,   45. 
Mary,   land  for  sale  by,   476. 
Mr.,       itinerant       missionary, 

201. 
Peter,     conveyancer,     convey- 
ances missing  by,  171. 
Thomas,       insolvent       debtor. 
590. 
Thomson,    Charles,    450,   563. 

James,  land  for  sale  by.  27. 
John,  stage  driver,  31,  33; 
died  from  exposure,  32; 
accused  of  responsibility  for 
accident  near  Staten  Island, 
48. 
Jonathan,     19;     mill    formerly 

of,    19. 
Joseph,   goalkeeper.   271. 
Peter,    424;    executor,   land  for 

sale  by,   369. 
Sarah,  widow,  47. 
T..  new  map  of  Pennsylvania, 
Virginia,      Mainland,      New 
Jersey     and     part     of     New 
York,"  by,    189,    207. 
Thomas,   551. 
William,    484. 
Thorn,     Henry,     innkeeper,     land 
for    sale    by,    284. 
Thomas,     servant     run     away 
from,    392. 
Thorpe.    William,    man    shot    by, 

63. 
Three  Mile  Run,   negro  run  away 

at  the,   454. 
Three  Run  Mills;  Del.,  20". 
"Three    Tuns,"    land    for    sale    at 

the,  460. 
Thresher.      Wm..      foremast-man, 

arrival  of.  363. 
Throckmorton.      John.      insolvent 

debtor.   268. 
Throp.  John.  548. 
Tickle.  Timothy,  "A  Whip  for  the 
American     Whig."     by.     81, 
107. 
Tilghman.    James,    573. 
Tillet,    Capt.,   278,   388. 
Tilton,   James.   205. 
Timber.    296,    373.    382. 
for  sale,   15,  35,  71. 
Timber   creek,    471;    land    for    sale, 
on,     64,     277,     276.     413,    414, 
592;   land  for  sale  near,   130. 
283.    414. 
Timothy    hay.    464. 
Tinbrook,    John,    land    for   sale    in 

possession  of,  135. 
Tindall.    John,   goods   stolen   from, 
66;     offers    reward     for    ab- 
sconded  man,    66. 
Tinglev.    Capt.,   204;   in  brig  Olive 
Branch.      arrival      in      New 
York  of.  204. 
Tiniconck     bridge,    land    for    sale 

at,    87. 
Tinman,   281. 

Tinnamore   (^ alias  Osborne),   Law 
rence,  mare  stolen  by,  120. 


644 


INDEX. 


Tintern  Forge.  (See  Tanton 
Forge.) 

Todd,    Willing  and,    351. 

Tom,    runaway   negro.    180,    467. 

Tom's  river,  land  for  sale  at,  87; 
saw  mill  for  sale  on  a 
branch   of,    88. 

Tomkin's  t.avern,  William  Godfrey 
and    wife   at,    161. 

Tomlin,  William,  servant  com- 
mitted  to   goal,    469. 

Toney,   runaway  negro,   497. 

Tonkin.  Edward,  obituary  notice 
of,  136;  servant  run  away 
from,    137. 

Tortuga,   W.   I.,    157. 

Tories,    185. 

Tortuga,    157. 

Totowa  (now  Paterson),  122. 

Town  officers  to  hand  over  the 
laws  to  their  successors,  164. 

Traile.  John,  horse  found  by,  564. 

Transit   of  Venus,   450. 

Trap,  The,   403. 

Treasury  of  East  Jersey  robbed, 
230,    233. 

Treat.    Rev.    Joseph.    399;    houses 
to  be  let  by,   379. 
Richard,  article  by,   225. 

Tredwill,  Thomas,  racoon  skins 
for  sale   by,   535. 

Trenton.  38.  135,  168,  173,  234, 
248.  260,  276,  277,  290,  291, 
292,  348,  382,  437,  460,  472, 
519,  527,  536,  550,  551,  552. 
588,  590;  English  church  in, 
38;  ferry  at,  73;  HaU's  Hist, 
of  Presbyterian  Church  in, 
291;  horse  stolen  in,  509; 
;  .e  for  sale  in,  47;  land 
fc  sale  in,  25,  26,  40,  73, 
38,-,  land  for  sale  near,  15, 
38.  46,  54,  72,  221,  333,  436, 
487;  land  and  houses  for  sale 
in,  376,  377:  Methodist  So- 
ciety of.  40;  mills  for  sale 
near,  154,  329;  Presbyterian 
church  in,  38,  521;  Royal 
Oak  Inn  in,  160;  servant 
boys  run  away  near,  311; 
servants  run  away  from, 
480,  402;  servants  run  awav 
near,  491;  St.  Michael's 
church  in,  173;  sturgeon 
manufactory  carried  on  by 
Elijah    Bond    in,    169;    stur- 


geon    manufactory     carried 
on  near,  242. 
Banking   Company,    521. 
ferry,  horses  to  be  entered  at, 

272;  land  for  sale  near,  244. 
falls,   fishing  at,   244. 
goal,    234,    551;    escaped   from, 
261,    482;     insolvent    debtors 
confined   in,    590. 
landing,   243;   fisliing  at,  244. 
lottery.   40. 
mills    in    Kingsbury,    land    for 

sale  near,   47. 
Post   Office,   letters   remaining 

in,    550. 
races,    272. 

shallop    cut    out    of    ice,    371; 
overset   by    wind.    368. 
"Trenton      One     Hundred     Years 
Ago."    by    Wifliam    S.    Stry- 
ker,   38. 
Trentown,     land     for     sale     near, 
302;      servants      run      away 
from,   485. 
Tripp,       Henry      Dow,      insolvent 

debtor,    183. 
Troup,    Captain    Robert,    obituarv 

notice  of,  350. 
Tucker,       Samuel,       assemblyman 
from  Hunterdon,  Morris  and 
Sussex,      231;      late     sheriff, 
land    for    sale    by,    276;    as- 
signee  of   Thomas    Leonard, 
deceased.     407;     removal     of 
Renselaer  T^'illiams  to  house 
opposite,   160. 
William,     servant     run     away 
from,    402.    480. 
Tuft,    William,    boat    lost    belong- 
ing to,  509. 
Turkev,   569. 
Turkeys.    89. 
Turner.    Joseph.    410. 
Turning  lathe  for  sale,    154. 
Tuthill.   Samuel,  judge,   281,   481. 
Tuttle.    Daniel,    insolvent    debtor, 
183,    536. 
James,    degree    of    master    of 

arts    conferred    upon,    288. 
Joseph,  land  for  sale  by,  464. 
Samuel,  judge,   421. 
T>ier.       Joseph,       committed       to 
Cumberland      county      goal, 
248. 
Tyse.    Richard,    land    for    sale    in 
the  tenure  of,  276. 


U 


Union  brook,  land  for  sale  on,  19. 
Union    Iron    Works,    551;    servant 

run  away  from  the,  409,  410; 

stage   waggon    from,    340. 
United   Provinces,    6,    7,    8. 
Upper  ferry  over  Schuylkill,   129. 
Upper  Freehold,   land   for  sale  in, 

337;     negro     run     away     in, 

440;  servant  run  away  from, 

451,   580. 
township,  land  for  sale  in,  18, 

67,   563. 


Upper  Marlborough,    179. 

Upper   Penn's    Neck,    165,    145. 

Upper  Pine  Hammock,  land  for 
sale  at,    433. 

Tapper  Precinct,  notice  to  the  in- 
habitants   of,    500. 

Upper  Providence,  houses  and 
land   for    sale   in,    377. 

ITpper  Red  Hook,  New  York, 
Dutch  Reformed  churches 
of,  521. 


INDEX. 


645 


V 


Vaiiaisdalan,       Isaac,        insolvent 

debtor,    590. 
Van  Arsdalen,  Jacob,  receives  de- 
gree   of    master    of    arts    at 
Princeton.    288. 
Van      Bunschooten,      Elias,      bio- 
graphical     sketch      of,      287, 
288;  graduated  at  Princeton, 
287. 
\'an    TUinschoten,    Teunis,   287. 
\'an      Bu.skarck.      Lawrence,     de- 
ceased,    land     of,     for    sale, 
448. 
Van  Buskirk,  Andrew,  stage  wag- 
gon kept  by.  274,  339. 
John,  sheriff,  land  for  sale  by, 
303. 
Vancleve,    Dr.    John.   291. 

Louisa  Ann,    291. 
Van    Cortlandt.    Philip,    house    of, 
to   let,    151;    land   and  house 
to   let  by,   365. 
Vandeihoff,       Michael,       insolvent 
debtor,    236.     • 
Peter,   insolvent  debtor,  236. 
Vanderhoof.      Hannah,      insolvent 
debtor,   282. 
Ijawrence,    land    for    sale    bv, 
405. 
Van    Der    Hoof,     Lawrence,     land 

for  sale  by,   565. 
Van   Derveer,   Jacobus,   negro  run 

away   from,    467. 
Van    Harlingen,    Ernestus.    negro 
run     away     from,     454,     455, 
462. 
Rev.    J.    H.,    New    Brunswick 
school  erected  under  the  in- 
spection of.   75. 
Van  Harlinger,  .lohannis  M.,  30. 
Van    Horn,    Jacob,    land    for    sale 
bv,   448;   land  for  sale   near, 
448. 
Jane,    land   for   sale    by,    448. 
Peter.   551. 
Van    Kovne     Coi'nelius,     marriage 
of  relict  of,   4U1. 
PhiUp.   judge,    181. 
Widow      Elizabeth,      marriage 
of.    401. 
Van   Kerk,    Peter,    insolvent   debt- 
or,   183. 
William,    iun.,   insolvent  debt- 
or.   183. 
Van   Kirk.   John,   insolvent  debtor, 
291. 
William,   58;   insolvent  debtor, 
291;   land  of,  for  sale,   58. 
Van    Mater,    Cyrenius,    negro    run 
away    from.    165. 
Daniel,   negro  run  away  from, 
467. 
Van     Neste,     Abraham,     land     for 
sale   bv,    255;    assignee,   land 
for  sale  by.  271. 
Vanetta's     farms,     land    for     sale 

near,   74. 
Van  Norda.  John,  jun.,  fire  at  the 

house    of,    139. 
Van    Norden,    John,    jun.,    fire    at 
the  house   of,    146. 
John,   baker,   fire  at  house  of, 
144. 


Van     Nordstrand,     Fulcard,     grist 

mill,  etc.,  for  sale  by,  370. 
Vanote.  Joseph,  runaway  servant, 

256. 
Van    Rvpen.    Isaac,    land    for    sale 

by,   310. 
\'an     Tilljurgh.     Peter,     insolvent 

debtor,    181. 
\'an    Tilliurv,    William,    innholder, 

186. 
Van  Vleck.  Henry,  merchant,  land 

for  sale  by,  397,  566. 
Van     Wagoner,     Jacob,     land     for 

sale  near,   91. 
Van   Winkle,    Ann.    185. 

Daniel,  land  for  sale  near,  91. 
Evart,    185. 

Nancy,   marriage   of,   185. 
\'an    "W\ck.    Theodorus,    land    for 

sale    by,    271. 
\'an    Zandt,    Jacobus,    nephew    of, 

drowned,   552. 
Van  Zant.  Jacobus,  sloop  of,  546. 

,    return   of.    547. 

Mr.,   nephew  of,   drowned,  547. 
Van     Zile,     Evant.     servant     run 

away  from,  355. 
Veight.    Nicholas,     mill    kept    bv, 

206. 
\'cnus,     ti'ansit     of.     ol)servcd     by 
committee  appointed  by  the 
American   Philosophical   So- 
ciety,  450. 
Vessels: — 

for  sale.  134. 
sunk,    364. 

,    brig,    a.shore.    497. 

Belfast  packet  in  distress,  29. 
Betsey,   29;    for  sale,   431. 
Bowler,   sloop,  339. 
Brittania,    schooner,    253. 
Carolina.   506. 
Charlotte,    sloop,   485. 
Charming  Polly,  256. 
Cicero,    schooner,    444. 
Content,  brig,  ashore.  497,  506. 
Dutchess  of  Gordon,   511. 
Edward,    ship,    488. 
Earl   of   Hertford,    ship,    266. 
Felicity,    schooner,    363. 
Fowey,   man  of  war.  278. 
George,   schooner,   217. 
Greyhound,  brig.   293. 
Harmony,   brig,    510. 
Havanna.  brig,   216. 
Hellen,    brig,    run   ashore,   580. 
Henrv    Dawkins,    29. 
Hercules.    29. 
Hoiring.    sloop,    457. 
Hoi)o.    ship,    476;    ashore,    497, 

500,   506. 
Hussar,   ship,  arrival  of,  322. 
Industry,  schooner,  383. 
Jennv.  brig.   217. 
John  and  Richard,  brig.  51. 
Johnson,    brig.    375. 
Juno,  brig.  383. 

Jupiter,   brig,   ran  ashore.   593. 
King  George,   snow,  371. 
Kingston,    slooi^,    497;    arrival 

of,  205. 
Lark.  29. 
Liberty,    schooner,    375. 


646 


INDEX. 


I^ive  Oak,  sloop,  run  aground, 

546.  552. 
Marquis  of  Granby,   ship,   570. 
Molly,  29. 

Mulberry,    sloop,    477. 
Nancy,    schooner,    469. 
Nelly,    schooner,   456.    555. 
Newry  Assistance,   301. 
Olive,    sloop,    477. 
Patient    Mary,    36. 
Peg-gy,  brig,  155,  256,  527. 
Pennsylvania   packet,    432. 
Philadelphia,    ship,    262. 
Phoenix,   brig,   arrival  of,   51. 
Polly,   schooner,   292,   457,   492. 
Polly,    sloop,    drove    from    her 

anchor,    528. 
Porgie.       sloop,       dashed       to 

pieces,    504. 
Ranger,     schooner,     478,     488, 

565. 
Sallv,     ashore    at    Little    Egg 

Harbour,  186,  196. 
Sallv,  schooner,  arrival  of,  517. 
Sally,   ship.   184,  311. 
Sallv.  sloop,  507;  drove  ashore, 

503.  504. 
Sally,    snow.    281. 
Samuel,   schooner,  471. 
Scarborough,      man      of      war, 

157. 
Speedwell,  sloop,   457. 
St.     Nicholas,     schooner,     457, 

462,    488. 


Two-Sisters,        snow,       broke 

loose   from,    520. 
The   Viper,    278. 
Vesuvius  furnace  at  Newark,  122; 
hollow   ware    for    sale   made 
at.     199;     manufacturing    of 
hollow  ware  at,  553. 
Vice  Admiralty  Courts,   421. 
Vineyard,    363. 

Vining,  Benjamin,  of  Dover,  Del., 
330,    331. 
John,  land  for  sale  by,  318. 
Virginia.    193,    276,    327,    339,    420, 
440,    472,    476,    568;    "An   Ad- 
dress   to    the    Episcopalians 
of,"    SO,    81;    Captain   Talbot 
from,     124;     clergv    of,     213; 
conduct    of    the    Colony    of, 
207;  judge  of  the  Admiralty 
for,   362;   missionary  to,   522; 
Vice    Admiralty    Courts    of, 
421. 
Assembly,  450. 
Voorhees.   Mr.,   528. 

Stephanus,    schoolmaster,    10. 

Stephen,   degree   of  master  of 

arts     conferred     upon,     288; 

school    in    New    York    to    be 

opened  by.  520. 

"William,  insolvent  debtor,  183. 

Voorheis,   Peter,  land  for  sale  by, 

397. 
Vredenberg,      Peter,      house     and 
store  afire,  139,  144,  146. 


W 


Wade,  Nathaniel,  insolvent  debtor, 

170. 
Wadcl,    Robert,    551. 
Wading    river,    land    for    sale    at, 

19. 
Waggoner,       Harmon,       insolvent 

debtor,    168. 
Waggons    for    sale,     50,     133,     315, 

408. 
Waines,    Isaac,    261. 
Vv'aldron,       Leffert,       negro       run 

away  from,   454,    455,   462. 
Wales.   249.  311;   epistle  of  friends 

from,  249. 
Walker,  Captain,  388. 

John,    wife   eloped   from,    527. 
Lilleyan,    eloped,   527. 
William,  insolvent  debtor,  591. 
Wall,   Hannah,   servant  run  away 
from,    456. 
Ja.rrett,    land   for   sale   at    the 
house   of,    356;   auditor,   land 
for  sale  by,  356. 
Wallace,    Robert,    261. 
Walm,   Mr.,   lawyer,  572. 
Walpack,    church    at,    288;    copper 

mine  for  sale  at,   74. 
Walton.  Daniel,  servant  run  away 
from,   422. 
Thomas,  land  for  sale  by,  404, 
405. 
Ward.   Jabez,   wife   of,   advertised. 
386. 
Margaret,    advertised,    386. 
Matthias,    stage   waggon   kept 

by,   214. 
Samuel,   land  for  sale  by.   127. 


Theophilus,  land  for  sale  now 
occupied  bv,  126;  land  for 
sale  by,  127. 
Uzal.  and  Joseph  Hedden 
partnership  to  be  formed 
between,   134. 

W^arder,  Jeremiah,  land  for  sale 
by,   276. 

Ware,  Thomas,  deceased,  land  for 
sale  late  the  property  of, 
484. 

Warn,    Joshua,    land    for   sale   by, 
133. 
Thomas,  land  for  sale  by,  133. 

Wasdale,   Capt. 

Watchmakers,    44,    184,    278,    424. 

Watch  stolen,   11.   446. 

Waterford,  41,  441;  missionary  at, 
287. 
township,  land  for  sale  in,  217, 
368,    369;    servant   run  away 
from,   478,   516. 

Watsesson.    land  for  sale  at^   372. 

Watson,  Aaron,  executor,  land  for 
sale    by,    55;    land    for    sale 
belonging   to,    55. 
Alexander,   executor,   275. 
John,  first  painter  in  America, 
257;   obituary  notice  of,   257; 
deceased,    notices   to   credit- 
ors and  debtors   of,   275;   lot 
for  sale  lately  belonging  to, 
431;    servant    lad    run   away 
from,  460;  ferry  for  sale  be- 
longing to,   564. 
Marmaduke.  executor,  land  for 
sale  by,  55. 


INDEX. 


647 


Thomas,       64;       assignee       of 

Thomas   Leonard,    deceased, 

407. 
Widow,    tavern    of,    at    Hack- 

insack,  289. 
Watt,    Capt.,    arrival    of,    51. 
Watts,  Hon.  Jolm,  marriage  of  the 

daughter  of,    429. 
Miss  Nancy,  marriage  of,  429. 
Way,    Nicholas,   205. 
Way  cake     creek,     land     for     sale 

lying  at,   142. 
Weatherspoone,     Rev.     Dr.     John. 

appointed    President    of    the 

College  of  New  Jersey,   149. 
Weaver,  138,  170. 
Weed,    George,     syrup    made    bv, 

488. 
Wehawk  ferry,    290;    goods   stolen 

at,   11. 
Welch,    ,    sheriff's   officer   at 

New  York,   573. 
Mrs.    Mary,    551. 
Welsh     servant    man    run    away, 

361. 
West,    Charles,    593;    farm    to    let 

by,    34;    meadow    to   let   by, 

50;    executor,    land    for    sale 

by,   65. 
William,    563. 
Westchester,  fair  at,  562. 
county,   N.   Y.,   173. 
goal,    negro   man    confined    in, 

429. 
Westcoat,       Richard,       plantation 

formerly  of,   593. 
Westervelt,    Roeluff,   justice,   447. 
West   India  Islands,    145,   253,   504, 

593;  clerg>'  of,  213. 
West  Jersev    rights   for   sale,    433, 

436,    437. 
Westmoreland  county,  Pa.,  373. 
West  New  Jersey,  307,  317. 
West  Nottingham,   399. 
Wetherill,    Christopher,    262. 

John,        assemblyman        from 

Middlesex    county,    204,    231; 

instructions   to,    531. 
Phoebe,  262. 
Wetherspoon,     Dr.,     president     of 

Nassau  Hall  in  New  Jersey, 

arrival     of,     at    New     York, 

278. 
Wetzel,    John,    land    for    sale    by, 

14.    443. 
Whalers,    fleet  of,   505. 
^\'harton.        Charles,        merchant, 

mullatoe     run     away     from, 

206. 
Capt.   Robert,   457. 
Wheat,   55,    352,    430. 

for  sale,    47.   133,   259,   315,   254. 
perished      by      extreme      cold 

weather,    422. 
Wheeler,  James,  boat  for  sale  by, 

554. 
Wheelfe  stolen,   490. 
Whigs,    185. 
Whipening  river,  saw  mill  on,  for 

sale,  67. 
Whippany,  33. 
Whister,   Richard,   land   to  let  by, 

341. 
White,     Anthony,     "the     ellegant 

seat    of,"    on    the    Raritan, 


489. 
("apt.,  arrival  of,  375. 
Townsend,    land    for    sale    by, 

276. 
Widow,    land    for   sale    in    the 
tenure  of,  369. 

Whitehall  Tavern,  land  for  sale 
opposite,   267. 

White  Hall  Wharf,  New  York, 
8. 

Whitehead,  William  A.,  "History 
of  Perth  AmV>ov,"  by,  124, 
257,  266;  "The  Northern 
Boundary  Line  of  New  Jer- 
sey, and  the  Circumstances 
Leading  to  Its  Establish- 
ment, in  1769,"  by,  463. 
William.  insolvent  debtor, 
405.    406. 

"White  House,"  Elizabeth  Town, 
204;  kept  by  Mrs.  Johnson, 
467. 

Whitemore,    Capt.,    507. 

Whites,   Hartshorn,   312. 

Whittaker  (or  Whitacre),  Rich- 
ard, shoemaker,  supposed 
runaway,  206,  207. 

Wickstaff,  Samuel,  runaway  ser- 
vant,   323. 

Wives  eloped,  69,  167,  270,  461 
477.   508.   527,   555,   561. 

Wilcox.    Mr.,   of  Philadelphia,   505. 
William,        graduated        from 
Princeton   College,   521;   ora- 
tion  on  economy  by,   523. 

Wild  geese,   89. 

\^lldracke,  Jacob,  insolvent  debt- 
or,   168. 

Wiley.  William,  obituary  notice 
of,    202,    203. 

Wilgross,  James,  land  for  sale  in 
the  possession  of,   147. 

Wilkins,    James,    executor,    589. 
Obadiah,   constable,   1. 

Wilkinson,    alias    South,    Thomas, 
runaway   servant,  '41. 
James,      servant      run     away 

from,   250. 
Nathan,  insolvent  debtor,  481. 

Will,   runaway   negro,   172. 

Williams,    Henry,    drowned,    552. 
John,    of   Canoe   Brook,    Essex 
county.      negro      run      away 
from.    537. 
John,     of    Monmouth     county, 

insolvent  debtor,   183. 
John,     of     Tiniconck     Bridge, 
land   for   sale   at    the   house 
of.    87. 
Nicholas,     escaped     from     the 
sheriff  of  Monmouth  county, 
28. 
Renselaer,     tavern    keeper    in 
Trenton,    160,    192,    248. 

Williamsliurg.    Virginia,    399,    566. 

NA'illiamson.    Doctor    Hugh,    450. 

Willing  and   Todd,   351. 

AVillingburrough    township,   307. 

Willis,    Hannah,    415. 

Isaac,     deceased,     debts     con- 
tracted bv  relict  of,   415, 

Willits.    James,    500. 

Wills,    Danl..    589. 

Willson,    Robert,   139. 

Wilmington,   Del..   205.   388. 


648 


INDEX. 


Wilson,  Andrew,  insolvent  debtor, 
183. 
Andrew,  jun.,  land  for  sale  by, 

142. 
Captain,   arrival  of,   383. 
George,  551. 
Hugh,    absconded,     11;     broke 

goal,   42. 
James,    of  Trenton,   552. 
James,     of    Little    Egg    Har- 
bour,     runaway      mulattoe. 
316. 
Peter,     230;     schoolmaster     at 

Hackensack,  381. 
Mrs.       Rachel,       an       eminent 
preacher      among       friends, 
322 
Stephen,   356. 

Thomas,    confined   in  Glouces- 
ter goal,    442. 
William,      runaway      servant, 

516. 
William,     constable     of     East 
Cain  township,  Pa.,  589. 
Wiltshire,   40. 
Winans,    Jacob,    land    for    sale    in 

the   possession    of,    147. 
Windsor    township,    66. 
Wine  for  sale,  282. 
AViser,    Jacob,    negro   and   servant 

in  the  custody  of,  469. 
Wistar,    Daniel,   land  for  sale   by, 

275. 
Witherspoon,    Master   David,    ora- 
tion by,   525. 
Master  John,   valedictory  ora- 
tion  by,    526. 
Rev.    Dr.    John,    269,    270,    399, 
521,    522;    on    the    way    from 
Glasgow,  155,  156;  arrives  at 
Philadelphia,    240;    proceeds 
to  Princeton,  248;  communi- 
cation  from,    in    relation    to 
grammar   school   at  Prince- 
ton,    383,     384;     oration    by, 
286;    sermon    by,    566.     (See 
Weatherspoone,  Wether- 

spoone.) 
Wolfe,    General,    173. 
Wood,   James,  boat  builder,   509. 
John,  negro  and  mulattoe  run 

away  from,  316. 
Joseph,   auditor,   land  for  sale 

by,    67. 
Wiley,    broke   goal,    308. 
Woodberry,    417;    man    absconded 

from,    174. 
Woodbridge,    48,    77,    187,    232,    278, 
294.    300,    342,    392,    422,    473, 
475,  503,   567,  580;   elopement 
in,  461,  508;  horse  racing  and 
fair  at,  503;  horse  stolen  in, 
285.    286;    land    for    sale    in, 
395;    manufacture    of    cloth- 
ing     in,     16;     shallop    from, 
drove  ashore    502. 
Woodbridge-Raway.    451. 
Woodbury,     221,     356,     592;     brew 
house    and    malt    house    for 
sale   in,   319. 
creek,  an  act  to  dam  out  the 
tide  in,   164;   land  to  let  on, 
359. 
Wood   cutter,    128. 


Wood  house  for  sale,  377. 
Woodruff,    Benjamin,    administra- 
tor,   259,    310;    land   for   sale 
by,  282. 
E..   administratrix,   310. 
Elizabeth,     administratrix     of 
Samuel  Woodruff,   deceased, 
259;   land  for  sale  by,   282. 
Isaac,   land  for   sale  near,    72; 
administrator      of       Samuel 
Woodruff,  deceased,  259,  310; 
land  for  sale  by,  282;  execu- 
tor     of     Joseph      Woodruff, 
jun..     deceased,     379;     mer- 
chant,      negro      run      away 
from,    447. 
Joseph,   jun.,    38;   house  to  let 
by.     163;     administrator     of 
Samuel  Woodruff,   deceased, 
259;    land    for    sale    by,    282; 
deceased,  estate  of,  for  sale, 
379;   notice  to  creditors  and 
debtors   of,    379. 
Mr.,  jun.,   house  to  let  by,   61. 
Mr.,   store   of,    345. 
Nathaniel,    jun.,    wife    eloped 

from,    508. 
Rebecca,    eloped,   508. 
Samuel,    deceased,    estate    of, 
for   sale,    282;    former   dwel- 
ling   house    of.    to    let,    378; 
notice      to      creditors      and 
debtors     of    estate    of,     309, 
310;   obituary  notice  of,   244. 
245,  258,   259;   sketch  of,   244. 
Woolwich,    337,    477. 

township,    137,    568;    land    for 
sale  in,    476. 
^^'orkman,  Captain,  ashore,  580. 
AVorral.    Peter,    land    for    sale   by, 

391. 
Worrall,    Peter,    brew    house    and 

malt  house  for  sale  by,  319. 
"Worth,    Giles,    land    of,    for    sale, 
266. 
Joseph,  land  for  sale  by,  266. 
Worthley,        Obadiah,        insolvent 

debtor,  296,   481. 
Wrangle  brook,   land  for  sale  on, 

19. 
Wrecks,    8,    32.    51,    124,    179,    339, 
304,     434,    497,     500,    502,    503, 
504,    505,    506,    509,    510,    540, 
547,    549,    552.    580,    593. 
Wright,    Israel,    negro    inin    away 
from,    497. 
Jonathan,    land    for    sale    for- 
merly belonging  to,   283. 
Rebecca,    land    for    sale    near, 

436. 
Samuel,       runaway       mulatto, 

227. 
William,     boat     for     sale     by, 
431. 
Wright's  ferries,  475. 

swamp    for    sale.    283. 
Wvckoff.     pastor     of     church     of, 

521. 
"Wyncoop,      Benjamin,     merchant, 

land  for  sale  by,  318. 
Wyoming   lands,    dispute   between 
Pennsylvania  and  Connecti- 
cut in  relation  to   the,   290. 
Wyoming,  Pa.,  548. 


INDEX. 


649 


Yale  College,  185,  521,  522. 
Yates,  Mr.,  innholder.  572. 
Y'eager,  Peter,  land  for  sale  near, 

377. 
Yeats,    Harmon,    man    absconded 

from,    12. 
Y'eomans,         Samuel,         insolvent 

debtor,   176. 
York,    runaway   negro,    165. 
Y''ork,     Pa.,     itinerant     missionary 

in,  201. 
county,  Pa.,   264,  475;   land  for 

sale   in,    377,    378. 
Yorkshire.    England,    569. 
Y'orktown,    Pa.,    458;    horse   stolen 

in,    335;    land    for    sale    in. 

378. 


Young,    Capt.,   5,    217. 
David,    309. 
J.,  jun.,  saddler,  land  for  sale 

by,    445. 
Robert,    land    next,    for    sale, 

219. 
William,     Bordentown,     letter 

for,    261. 
William,    taylor,    of    Alloway's 
Crtck,    escaped   from   Salem 
con.stable.  452. 
Y'ounghusband,  Captain,  440. 
Younglove,    Isaiah,    estate    of,    for 

sale,    367. 
Youngs,     John,     insolvent    debtor, 
581. 


Zabriskie,   Peter,  381. 
Zegart.  Andrew,  land  for  sale  by, 
448;  land  for  sale  near.  448. 
Fytie,   land  for  sale  by,   448. 


Zubly,  David,  graduated  from 
Princeton  College,  521;  de- 
bate in  English  by,  523; 
biographical  sketch  of.  522. 


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