Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • 1

i ADVERTISER I 0 EB A 28th 1774 A 1 xy fo urx )Vy A ay Printing Office ront freet Pfilnd ebti 1774 WORK TH very great impatience of the fubfcriber to thefe works for the irft Volume obliges the fubfcriber to inform them that the delay in the publication of it is entirely owing to an un lucky accident by which he has been confined and difabled from work for fome weeks paft and to the prefent great fcarcity of careful workmen he there fore hopes for their kind indulgence alluring them that it now abnofl finibed and will be publilhed in a few weeks embellilhed with an elegant copper plate frontifpiece He further informs them that the other volumes will be finifhed in half the time this has employed JAMES HUMPHREYS Jun The new edition of Latin Grammar Sententix Puerile with feveral other fchool books and all kind of blanks and ftationary may be bad of faid Humphreys either Whole sale or Retail He wants a careful Journeyman to the print ing alfo a clever foberboy about 14 or 15 year of age as an Apprentice ALL PERSONS indebted to the eftate of late of Carlifle Clock and Watch maker deceafed are requefted to make fpeedy payment and thofe who have any demands againft the faid eftate are defired to fend them in that they may be adjufted and paid by John Montgomery Efq merchant in Carliflerby tht fubfcriber in Philadelphia WILLIAM OLIPHANT Adminiftrator Thofe perfons in particular who live in Carlifle or the townfliipt adjacent who are in debted to or have any demand againft the eftate above mentioned are requefted to attend at the houfe of Mr James Pollock in Carlifle either on the firft Tuefday Wednefday or Thurfday of April next at which time and place the faid Oliphant purpofe to meet them in order to fettle and pay fuch accompt as fhall appear then unfettled and unpaid It is expelled thofe indebted will at the fame time difcharge their refpeftive balances or give their obligations for the fame Wilmington ebruary 21 1774 TO or a term of years and may be entered on the 15th of next month being March orfoonerif agreeable ABOUT fixteen acres of arable upland and about fifty acres ot marfti meadow both in exceeding good order and the marfh well drained and banked and under very good Englilh grafs together with a dwelling houfe garden Situ ated on the fouth fide of Chriftijna River near the Lower erry and oppofite the borough of Wil mington and therefore very convenient to an ex traordinary good market which is held there twice a week and would be exceedingly fuitable for a grazier or the purpofe of a dairy Any perfon who may incline to rent the fame may know the terms by applying to PETER A QU 0 JOHN M'KINLY lor a term of years and may be entered on im mediately EIGHTEEN and a quarter acres of A fituate on the Lower erry Road adjoining Mr James feat and bounded by Schuylkill from which may be had manure it is convenient to attend the market or milk cuftomer There are on the premifes a young orchard of an hundred and fifty grafted trees and a very com modious two ftory brick houfe with a kitchen ad joining on a high and pleafant fituation which commands a view of the River or particulars enquire of Mr JOSEPH PENROSE near the New Market DTHE TIME of an Irifh fervant girl who has'two years and a half to ferve Enquire of the Printer THREE viz a man and his wife about 35 year of age and a male fucking child They have been born and bred in the country and are well acquainted with country work the man is a good farmer and very trufty and careful 3 the woman handy aftive at boufe work cookery or further particular en quire of the printer Philadelphia eb 8 1774 THE SUBSCRIBER wants to purchafe between this date and the 25th of March next fome NEGROES men women boys girls not exceeding 4 jyears of age either houfe negroes fanners watermen or tradefmen that are reaj Haves and no ways entitled to freedom Arfy perfons that have fuch to difpofe of may apply to the fubfcriber at the London Coffee houfe on market days from eleven o'clock to one or at any other time at his houfe in Second ftreet the north fide of the Barracks oppofite to the Bath He will alfo want about the 1 5th of April a pair of good CARRIAGEHORSES either greys blacks or bays Any perfon having fuch a pair to difpofef will pleafe to apply a above BENJAMIN BANNERMAN WANTS APLA AWET NURSE with a good iireaft of milk who can be well recommended Eiv quire of tiie Printer JAMES HUMPHREYS Notary Public and Conveyancer CONTINUES to keep his Office at the lower corner of Black Horfe Alley in ront ftreet wnere all bufinefsin the Notary and Conveyancing wa 1 tranfadted and done by him as ufual Tie likewife keep an Office for the fale of real eftate (which ba been eftablifhed and carried on by hiqi for feveral year paft) wherein are made regular entne of all eftate offered for fale and the term on which they are to be difpofed of and where every other matter relating to the granting buying felling and letting or leafing of houfe lands plantations and ground rents is tranf acted on the ufual and moll moderate term Plans of the faid eftates will be exhibited at the faid Office and fuch part thereof as the owner (hall think proper will beadvertiledin the public news papers Plan of the faid eftate will allo be (hewn to any perfon by Thomas Procter houfc carpenter on the north fide of Walnut ftreet five doors weft ward from the corner of Second ftreet To be Let on a Lease for years or otherwife A handlome commodious three ftory well finifh ed brick houfe fituate on the weft fide ofNew Market ftreet at the north end of this city con tainining 20 feet in fronton the faid ftreet and is very fuitable for a private family ha a good piazza with a brick kitchen and other buildings behind it and a pump of good water before the door To be Granted on Ground Rent forever ive lots of ground on the north fide of Branch ffreet in the (quire made by Third ftrcet Safla frafs ftreet ourth ftreet and Vine ftreet in this city each of them containing iri breadth 18 feet and in length or depth 107 feet and a half One other lot or ground on the fouth fide of Story ftreet in the faid Square containinginbreadth on Story ftreet 7 feet and extending Tn depth 93 feet to the aforefaid 4 feet alley Another Iqt of ground on the north fide of Story ftreet aforefaid containing in breadth on faid ftreet 80 feet and extending in depth 82 feet and a half to a certain 4 feet alley our lot fituate on the eaft fide of ourth ftreet ip faid fquare one of them containing 36 feet in breadth and in length or depth 80 feet one other of them containing in breadth a feet 4 inches and a half and in length or depth 90 feet and the other two containing in breadth each 20 feet 1 inch and a half and in length or depth 90 feet Several lots fituite on each fide of Third ftreet on each fide of Vine ftreet and on the fouth fide qfWood Alfo fundry lots of ground on the north fide of Pine ftreet between ourth and ifth ftreet Sundry lot in the town of Richmond on the River Delaware next adjoining to Kenfington in the Northern Liberties of this city all of which are very commodioufly fituated a great number of them on the laid' river A lot on the eaft fide of ront ftreet between Pine ftreet and Cedar ftreet in breadth on ront ftreet 40 feet 2 inches and in depth 130 feet to Water ftreet A number of lots on the eaft fide of Tlfird ftreet between Walnut and Spruce ftreets and extending in depth to Laurel ftreet To be Granted on Ground Rent forever or Sold A lot of ground on the fouth fide of Market ftreet containing 0 feet front on faid ftreet ard 306 feet in depth A handfome two ftory weil finiflied brick houfe and lot ef ground on the weft fide of ourth ftreet between Pine and Spruct ftreet in this city the lot is 40 feet in breadth and extends in length to a certain feet alley TOBE SOLD A jod brick mefliiage and lot on the weft fide of ront ftreet containing 7 feet in breadth on faid ftreet and 123 feet in depth in a good fituatioq for bufinef and has the privilege of a 6 feet alley into Walnut ftreet Alfo a houfe and lot on the weft fide qf ront ftreet between Mulberry or Arch ftreet and Safla frafs ftrtet containing 25 jfeet in breadth and in length 30 feet A two dory brick mefluage and lot of ground containing 18 feet in breadth and in epth 52 feet Alfo three frame mefluages and lots one contain ing 18 feet in breadth and 52 feet in depth ano ther containing 16 feet 6 inches in breadth and $2 feet in depth and the other containing1 15 feet 4 inches in breadth and $2 feet in depth' All fituate on the north fide of Walnut ftreet and between Second ftreet corner and Walnut ftreet bridge Alfo a three ftory brick houle and lot on the fouth fide of Market ftrje( adjoining the houfe and lot next hereafter mentioned containing in breadth 17 feet and in depth about 52 feet Aho one other three ftory brick houfe and lot at the corner of Market and ourth ftreet containing in breadth on Market ftrect 17 feet and in length on ourth ftreet 34 feet And alfo two other three ftory brick houfes and lots on the weft fide of ourth ftreet adjoining the laft above mentioned each of them containing 17 feet in front and one of them 20 feet and the other 34 feet in depth Alfo a mefluage with a good garden and orchard thereto belonging and twelve or twenty four acres of land a may bell fuit the purchafer pleafantly fituated on the banks of Schuylkill about 3 mile and a half from town and near the new tavern kept by Mr Mullen The orchard is well planted with extraordinary fruit and there are likewife fome fine pear trees in the garden A plantation containing 270 acres of land fituate in the county of New Caltle near a mile to the eaftward of the Great County road leading to Dover near the head landing on Duck Creek and about 2 miles from feveral landings and mills on the faid creek miles from Duck Creek town and 3 miles from the Crofs Ronds town and near to kveral pluce of worlhip' and good fchool A lot of ground in the town of Sollbury or Duck town with a good dwelling houfe and (lore thereon and is very fuitable for a ftore keeper or tradefman Seventy acres of land in and adjoining the town called the Crofs Roads in Kent county a great thoroughfare from Maryland to Philadelphia and is well fituated for trade Twotrafts of good patented land in Mecklen burgh county in the province of North Carolina contamtng 465 acres well fituated on the eaft fide of Kutabo River and has feveral improvements thereon live thoufand acres (being the one fourth part Of 0000 acres) of good patented land in the palon of Minis and province of Nova Scotia A 7 acres of land on Bulkill Creek 3 miles from Eafton in Northampton county in the province of Pennlylvania A trad of acres of land on Monakafy Creek omilts above Bethlehem remarkably well timber op and on which 20 acres of meadow may be made with very little labour One traft of patented land fituate on Creek near where it falls into Youghiagany River about so mile from Pittlburgh containing 300 acres of exceeding rich land our trails of warranted land in the forks of Kifhkqmanity River about ajmilesfromPittlburgh up the Ohio one containing 39 acres another 3s acres one other 75 acres and the other 358 acres all very good land A plantation in the county of Bucks containing 101 acres within two miles of the borough of Brif tol having a large front on Delaware River Sundry fums of money to be let out atintereft in the city or county of Philadelphia ANY Gentleman who is qualified to JjL teach the daflicks by applying to the vifitors of King fchool in the city of Annapolis will be treated with on the following terms Hi annual ftipend to be £55 fterling certain and currency to be paid by each fcholar in the Latin Ichool to a perfon who (hail be capable of dif cbarging the office of uflier will be given £30 fterling per annum certain and 10 currency paid by each fcholar as above mentioned to a icribe who can teach Englilh writing and arith metick will be ilerlipg certain per annum with every advantage arifing from the fcholars he iqftrufttK JUnLlibty to nuk hi own bargain with their parents There are very gdod apart ments in the houfe befide thofe appropriated for the ufe of the fcholars with a good kitchen and cellar theft being entirely for the ufe of the maf ter will render it a very comfortable place of refi dtnee Any engagements the vifitors enter into cannot take place till the 3d day of April next and to prevent trouble it is to be hoped that no perfons will make application who are not propel ly qualified to fill the above mentioned ftation Signed by order JOH DUCKETT Regifter ebruary ij 774 THREE POUNDS REWARD STRAYED or STOLEN from the fub fcriber in Dromore townlhip Lancafter coun ty on the 15th of thio inftant a chefnut colohred MARE about 14 hands high 8 year old with a white mane and tail fhe has loft one eye and has a pearl on th other There were on faid mare when taken or ftrayed a half worn bridle and faddle with a blue cloth bound with white Whoever take up and fecures the thief and the mare fo that the owner may have her again fhall have the above Reward or ITEEN SHIL LINGS for the mare only with reafbqable charges paid by WILLIAM STEEL Jun Philadelphia eb 23 1774 OUR DOLLARS REWARD RAN AWAY one JOHN PARMER about nineteen years of age fhort and well fet with ftrait black httir thin face hi eyes a little fore had on a green coat with white metal buttons and a ftand up collar an old torn jacket old greafy leather breeches an old check fliirt white knit yarn (lockings a good pair of channel pumps with yellow buckles he is an old offender and a great villain and it is hoped this willforwarn all perfons from harbouring him It is fuppofed he is gone towards Lancafter Whoever takes up and fecures him fo that he may be had again fhall have the above Reward by applying to JONES in Walnut ftreet This Day isPublified and to be Sola by OH DUNLAP In Market Street Philadelphia A I I A OR A I ONA VARIETY of SUBJECTS Literary Moral and Religious In a Series of Twenty I I A LETT Written by a Gentleman of oreign Extraflion who retided fome time in Philadelphia Dedicated to the Honourable James Hamilton Efq of Bufli Hiil in the province of Pennlylvania Elegantly printed on a fine paper A I Hath received per the laft veffel from Europe AN A aflbrtment of MERCHAN DIZE fuitable to the feafim which lie will difpofe of on reafonable terms at bis flora the fouth eall cornsr of Chefout ftret in Water ftrt SOL At PUBLIC VENDUE On ON DAY the ad day of May next at three in the afternoon on the premifes No 1 at ftory brick tenement fituate at the corner of Market and ourth ftreet in the city of Philadelphia 7 feet on Market ftreet and 34 feet on ourth ftreet itiia well finifhed houfe from top to bottom has three rooms on a floor with good clofets a good kitchen and cellar befides two large vaults fufficient for 15 or 20 cords of wood fubjeft to a final! ground rent of 40s currency per annum No A three ftory brick tenement next the above 17 feet on Market ftreet and about 52 feet deep it has good cellar room befide good vault for wood with a privilege of two alley leading to ourth ftreet fuhjefl to a yearly ground rent of 4I No 3 A three ftory brick tenement next the comer 17 feet on ourth ftreet it hat a good kitchen and a vault fufficient for holding 8 or 9 cords of wood fubjeit to a fmall ground rent of 10s per annum No 4 A three ftory brick tenement next to the above 17 feet on ourth ftreet with two room on a floor a good kitchen and a vault that will hold 8 or 9 cord of wood there i on the premife a large new bake oven fubjeft likewife to a fmall ground rent of 20 per annum At Mr Mullen's tavern will be on the 3d day of May at three o'clock in the afternoon a houfe and 24 acre of land thert are on it a good orchard v( jth a variety of fruit a good garden and a well of" excellent water near the houfe it i plea fantlv fituated on the banks of Schuylkill near Mr Any perfon inclining to purcliafe this or any of the above mentioned premife at private fale may be informed of the term by applying to Mr James Humphreys at his office at the corner of Black horfe Alley in ront ftreet or to the fub fcriber living in ourth ftreet betwixt Pine and Spruce ftreet The purchafer by paying one third of the put chafe money at the figning the deeds may have any reafonable time for the payment of the remainder WILLIAM HENDERSON Alfo to be fold a genteel Phton alinoft Hew and a new light Waggon with good gears for both Enquire as above WANTED IMMEDIATELY A well made HORSE fit for carriage orfaddle not exceeding fifteen bands high of a bhek bay ordark grey colour for which a good price will be given Enquire of the Printer Philadelphia ebruary 38 1774 or the ENTERTAINMENT Of the I MR KINNERSLEY propofts (the weather being fuitable) to exhibit his courfe QfELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTS again at the College to day and riday next and on Monday and Tuefday next week to begin at fix o'clock in the evening In this courfe confifting of only two leflures above forty curious and inteieft ing experiment will be exhibited tending to (hew the nature and properties of lightning and which is of the greateft importance how to avoid the danger of how to fecure houfe (hip from receiving any damage by lightning The following particulars will it is preftimed be thought no inconfiderable part of this Eledhical Entertainment viz lalhes of real lightning vifible under water Iron heated red hot and even melt ed by lightning whilft under and in contaft with common cold water Experiments on that wonder ful eleftiic (lone from the Eaft Indie called the Tourmalin wnich will become eleflrifed by being dipt in boiling water one fide eleilrifed pofitivelv the other negatively A curious reprefentation of the aftouifliing eleflric Eel lately feen in this city on touching of which while in the water an elec trid (hock may be asfenfibly felt as from alive one A reprefentation of part of the (larry heavens ex hibiting a variety of beautiful cleSric ftars As the knowledge of Nature tends to enlarge the human mind and give us more noble and exalted ideas of the Author of Nature and if well pur fued ftldom fails producing fomething ufeful to man it is hoped that an Entertainment of fuch a tendency will meet with fuitable encouragement Thofe Gentlemen and Ladies who purpofe to attend thefe Leflures are requefted to be furnifhed with tickets that no money may be taken at the door Ticket may be had at the bar of the London Co fee Houfe and atMr houfe near th College at Half a Dollar for each Lefture Eledrical Experiment cannot be well exhibited in damp or wet weather therefore if either of th evening above appointed fliould not prove dry enough the exhibition muft be defered till fome dry evening after The firft LeSure of the courfe to be on Monday or Wednefday evening fecond Ledbjre on Tuefday or riday evening Next April Mr Kinnersley expefls to have room in his houfe to accommodate two or three more young Boarders for the College A A DUTCH BIBLE andPRAYER BOOK The owner by applying to the Printer hereof and proving hi property may have them again At ONE at JOHN A DUE At thecornerof South and rot Streets Will begin the SALE of a large anti neat afibrtineut of 'R A 1.