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The Virginia Gazette from Williamsburg, Virginia • Page 4

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Williamsburg, Virginia
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4
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i this Czu a good price. publication, upoy paper, but the very plied, from, time to tiflU with that yieid commodity them now fail to bring in a is little danger of another however, beinc rilen to more Ui 'Tcorn'moanco value, ing to the enemy 's gctting'f the pit per mills near yiihtkljdia, JrpirtY fumes its lock of arrive Nay of here fice, late fall derived our chief fupplies, he is ondcr the necelhty nf i in cr i I LLI OS WMH for .5 ij'siettc, one half to be paid on lublcribing, the remainder when the year expires and for ad veriifementshe jitaliexpeft, YLnad i auy, from every perfia, four millings for one infertion, and three Ihilli'gs each week after. If they exceed tw enty lines, they mint pay in proportion to their Gentlemen in arrears for this Gazette mult pay them up immediately, if they exped to be ferved 'w ith it any longer and I ihall be obliged to thofe who tfbji'l to the advanced price to acquaint me, by poft, thaf their papers may be difecntinued. As the printei is determined to furnim the pub Ixt with the, eai lieft and moll authentick intelligence, and with every article that can be picked up at this barren feafon, it wi 1 be out of his pow er to take in any ccididerable number of adettife "merits, fo lonpr at lead as he is obliged to print this fmail paper as fir as he pclfibly can he ill ftnve to plcafe every body. J.

news, it is generally faid, is good news; as the opening of thecampaign we mull have fomc, let the Complexion be what it will. Acreeable intelligence may very well be expected if our ILLUSTRIOUS CjKNERAL "is properly fupported with the needful and vcluntti aid of h'h brave countrymen, a tribute juftly due to fudi uncommon rteadinefs and merit. This noble conduct being purfued, the. printer pro mites Vv to his readers. A contrary behaviour (little to be dreaded, it is huped) would be the certain downfal cfAtieriutii liberty, andfilcnce herpreiresfor ever.

i For a EGRO AN about 18 years of age, of good qualities, the printer will give A 4 rrv Df LLARa Keward. k. DESERTED from Lo). llrrifens battabonbf continental artillery, two Idiers, tjz. ftttr JajUrd, ab tlnrty years fi ve nine or ten has a d' wn ck, and ftops much in the AMfh r.

bniwn hair: heoutaiueda furlough 4 Ttb. LOST or STOLEN ou oi Mf. tWs ihble, aSADDLE and BRI DLL v.itli plattd flir rupsand bit. Any pcrfon returning the fame to Mrs. I ibt, or to the fuller ibcr at lu hou.c, Hall Lave five Dounds reward, and no queAions adud.

2 JOHN KEARKES FOR falc, the pleafant and healthy feat called SCOTCH TOWN, in War county, 23 jniles above 11 anew town, and 27 above Ricb law, 'ihe quantity of land is 1000 acres, 400 of which are cleared and under proper cnclofures for farming. The foil is ery ood, and there is very tine meadow cleared and to clear in fufHcient quantity. The beft white marie is found there in abundance. The dwelling houfe is about 88 feet long and 36 feet wide, very commodious, with a garden, and all office houfes fit for the reception of a large family. Negroes, or money, will be accepted in payment.

For farther particulars apply to Col. Syme in Hanover, or the printer of tins Gazette. THERE is ftr file, at my plantation Amelia, near But termed fpr'ng, fourteen likely young Virginl boi NEGROES, who will be fold altogether or, in families. They con fi ft of young breeding women, boys, and girls. They will be fold only for ready cafii.

The terms may be known by applying to me in 'Prince cottf tv, near the courth uJe. (J RODERICK BLAND. Ctraye or eight in blaze face, branded wj and has i ll fi hcrfe tc trom Mrs. Vdt in bcut four feet feven has a Irnall dull litly cji brth fi' ii, tar buttock I believe, uVhoever celivers the ViPMni rrt, or civei C. infnrmith.

0.iZ man nave ten ctwf" 0 JJars JOHN RUNS. qrAKEN up in Bctttourt near Fort Lewis, a A flraw berry roan mare four years old, about thirteen hands three inches high, not dockt, but branded on the near moulder and buttock IB in a piece. Appraifed to fifteen pounds. II YQCUM. I A KEN up a roan forrel horfc about A eight yearsolcf, four feet four inches high, witha blaze in his face, hisoflfhind leg vhite, had on a bell, and branded on the cfYumtock, as near as can be made out, with a figuccjof 9.

Alfo a roan colt four years old laft fpring," about four feet four inches hih, with a ftar in his forehead, branded on the near moulder al, and on the near buttock W. Appraifed, horfc andcolr to twelve Doundseach. 2 JOSEPH HELL. of Col. Usmfim Uft to to HrtbmbcrtanJ Up jn a fma'l black horler.ine county iwcnty 'Jd fkh about twenty thirteen hands and a half fr nf ac, five rect kv en or eight inches h.gh, branded on the near buttock 1 IV Ap ba, light brown hair, and, oUr Ih complcx.oni he or nr.iil'dd to twelve rounds.

oltaitd a furlough cf C(d. Orringnx Jift Ofober, for twenty five days, to lioth thetov. away rc.mc.ual rl thes, blue frat fa :i.d viih red, and white wailVcnt and brcciics. VVluwcr the alov 'trtcii to jn oirir in or at H'tli'imilurg flail l.avc above reward, tvw dnlhis for each. ofartillcryr CTOI EN bfm ilv in l'rfiltri'hbun 9 tlut 7h inHant (Idruaiy) a daik frrcl horfc nine Vcai's Ui.

fourteen ham's a liih, naf. ri tv bni.utd on the r.ar butrork all fours, "rnclmni wi itc, rig ta a id lias gicit fpirit. I :i.r,.. 1 1 lit rrt nr rhirtun vcatwid, fr.ur 1 1 1... 1 1.

ir tccn birh( iv rc, i.rar.u uu vvu, f.iivrrl. tnrsand ind has. the polo evil. yx fi p'lcd triv'e h' en takf a by lokl crs frr ir. Kt 11 a Itrifueen dif rl.Vi d.

Wiioevtr del wrs t. lame to mc jn trdit V.y nil have twenty "liars with rca fo nbJer.ar cs, and one hundred dolbison rnv.inlon 11 JAMLSJAUV1S. jj Samuel Martin. nf7AKKN up in SrsfcrJ, near Mr. tar's iron works, a bay horfe near fifteen hands and a half hhsh, four years old fpring, with a blaze in his face, afnip onhisnofe, and branded the 1.

I 1 i In it 1 1 ill iKl a A riil edto forty pounds. Tiiom.s M.si y. I up in j'h. a red lleer about lix cars old, witli a hiteTpot in his forehead, a little white under his bellyraiKl marked vvith a (wallow fork in each car. Appraifed to eight muMids.

II D.VM1.1. MaSOn. i fc 1 SAKMN up in a brindled and pied free with a liar in his forehead, a white tail, aboi eer. ut twelve years old, marked "ith a en and wallow foik in the right car, and with a crop r.nJ under keel in the left. Appraifed to forty II mull..

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Years Available:
1775-1780