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NOVEMBER 17, 1774. THE Number 1215.
VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
With the freshest ADVICES, FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE.———Suet. in Tib S 28.
Printed by ALEX. PURDIE, and JOHN DIXON, at the POST OFFICE.
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The following is the BILL of RIGHTS framed by
the AMERICAN CONTINENTAL CONGRESS in
Behalf of all the Colonies.
WHEREAS, since the Close of the last War, the
British Parliament, claiming a Power of Right
to bind the People of America, by Statute, in
all Cases whatsoever, hath in some Acts expressly
imposed Taxes on them, and in others, under
various Pretences, but in Fact for the Purpose
of raising a Revenue, hath imposed Rates and
Duties payable in these Colonies, established a
Board of Commissioners with unconstitutional Powers, and extended the
Jurisdiction of Courts of Admiralty, not only for collecting the said Duties,
but for the Trial of Causes merely arising within the Body of a County;
and whereas, in Consequence of Statutes, Judges, who before held
only Estates at Will in their Offices, have been made dependent on the
Crown alone for their Salaries, and standing Armies kept in Time of
Peace; and it has lately been resolved in Parliament, that, by Force of a
Statute made in the 35th Year of the Reign of King Henry VIII, Colo-
nists may be transported to England and tried there upon Accusations for
Treasons and Misprisions, or Concealments of Treasons, committed in the
Colonies, and, by a last Statue, such Trials have been directed, in
Cases therein mentioned; and whereas, in the last Session of Parliament,
three Statutes were made, one entitled “An act to discontinue, in such
”Manner and for such Time as are therein mentioned, the landing and
”discharging, lading of shipping, of Goods, Wares, and Merchandise,
”at the Town and within the Harbour of Boston, in the Province of
”Massachusetts Bay, in North America,” another entitled “An Act
”for the better regulating the Government of the Province of the Massa-
chusetts Bay, in New England,” and another entitled “An act for
”the impartial Administration of Justice, in the Cases of Persons questi-
”oned for any Act done by them in the Execution of the Law, or for
”the Suppression of Riots and Tumults, in the Province of the Massa-
chusetts Bay, in New England” and another Statute was then made,
”for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Pro-
vince of Quebeck, &c.” all which Statutes are impolitick, unjust, and
cruel, as well as unconstitutional, and most dangerous and destructive
of American Rights: And whereas Assemblies have been frequently
dissolved contrary to the Rights of the People, when they attempted to
deliberate of Grievances, and their dutiful, humble, loyal, and reasonable
Petitions to the Crown, for Redress, have been repeatedly treated with
Contempt, by his Majesty’s Ministers of State, the good People of the
several Colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island,
and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, justly alarmed at these
arbitrary Proceedings of Parliament and Administration, have severally
elected, constituted, and appointed, Deputies to meet and sit in General
Congress in the City of Philadelphia, in order to obtain such Establish-
ment as their Relegion, Laws, and Liberties, may not be subverted;
whereupon the Deputies so appointed being now assembled, in a full and
free Representation of these Colonies, taking into their most serious Con-
sideration the best Means of attaining the Ends aforesaid, do, in the first
Place, as Englishmen, their Ancestors, in like Cases, have usually done,
for asserting and vindicating their Rights and Liberties, DECLARE,
that the Inhabitants of the English Colonies in North America, by the
innumerable laws of Nature, the Principles of the English Constitution,
and the several Charters or Compacts, have the following RIGHTS:
RESOLVED, nem. con. 1. That they are entitled to Life, Liberty,
and Property: and they have never ceded, to any sovereign Power
whatever, a Right to dispose of either without their Consent.
RESOLVED, nem. con. 2. That our Ancestors, who first settled these
Colonies, were, at the Time of their Emigration from the Mother
Country, entitled to all the Rights, Liberties, and Immunities, of free
and natural born Subjects within the Realm of England.
RESOLVED, nem. con. 3. That by such Emigration they by no Means
forfeited, surrendered, or lost, any of those Rights; but that they were
and their Descendents now are, entitled to the Exercise and Enjoyment of
all such of them as their local and other Circumstances enabled them to
exercise and enjoy.
RESOLVED, 4. That the Foundation of English Liberty, and of all
free Government, is a Right in the People to participate in their legisla-
tive Council; and as the English Colonists are not represented, and from
their local and other Circumstances cannot properly be represented, in
the British Parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive Power of
the Legislation in their several Provincial Legislatures, where their Right
of Representation can alone be preserved, in all Cases of Taxation and
internal Polity, subject only to the Negative of their Sovereign, in such
Manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed. But, from the
Necessity of the Case, and a Regard to the mutual Interests of both
Countries, we cheerfully consent to the Operation of such Acts of the
British Parliament as are bona fide restrained to the Regulation of our exter-
nal Commerce, for the Purpose of securing the commercial Advantages
of the whole Empire to the Mother Country, and the commercial Bene-
fits of its respective Members, excluding every Idea of Taxation, internal
or external, for raising a Revenue on the Subjects in America without
their Consent.
RESOLVED, nem. con. 5. That the respective Colonies are entitled
to the common Law of England, and more especially to the great and
inestimable Privilege of being tried by their Peers of the Vicinage, accord-
ing to the Course of that Law.
RESOLVED, 6. That they are entitled to the Benefit of such of the
English Statutes as existed at the Time of their Colonization, and which
they have, by Experience, respectively found to be applicable to their
several local and other Circumstances.
RESOLVED, nem. con 7. That these his Majesty’s Colonies are like-
wise entitled to all the Immunities and Privileges granted and confirmed
to them by Royal Charters, or secured by their several Codes of Provincial
Laws.
RESOLVED, nem. con. 8. That they have a Right peaceably to assemble,
consider of their Grievances, and petition the King; and that all Prosecuti-
ons, prohibitory Proclamations, and Commitments for the same, are illegal.
RESOLVED, nem. con. 9. That the keeping a standing Army in these
Colonies in Times of Peace, without the Consent of the Legislature of
that Colony in which such Army is kept, is against Law.
RESOLVED, nem. con. 10. It is indispensably necessary to good Go-
vernment, and rendered essential by the English Constitution, that the
constituent Branches of the Legislature be independent of each other;
that therefore the Exercise of legislative Power in several Colonies, by a
Council appointed during Pleasure by the Crown, is unconstitutional,
dangerous, and destructive to the Freedom of American Legislation.
All, and each of which, the aforesaid Deputies, in
Behalf of themselves and their Constituents, do claim,
demand, and insist on, as their indubitable RIGHTS
AND LIBERTIES; which cannot be legally taken
from them, altered or abridged, by any Power what-
ever, without their own Consent, by their Represen-
tatives in their several Provincial Legislatures.
A LIST of AMERICAN GRIEVANCES.
IN the Course of our Inquiry, we find many Infringements and Viola-
tions of the foregoing Rights; which, from an ardent Desire that
Harmony, and mutual Intercourse of Affection and Interest, may be
restored, we pass over for the present and proceed to state such Acts and
Measures as have been adopted since the last War, which demonstrate a
System formed to enslave America.
RESOLVED, nem. con. That the following Acts of Parliament are
Infringements and Violations of the Rights of the Colonists; and that the
Repeal of them is essentially necessary, in Order to restore Harmony be-
tween Great Britain and the American Colonies. VIZ.
The several Acts of 4th of George III. Chapter 15 and 34, 5th of
George III. Chapter 25, 6th of George III. Chapter 52, 7th of George
III. Chapter 41 and 46, and 8th of George III. Chapter 22; whsch
impose Duties for the Purpose of raising a Revenue in America, extend
the Powers of the Admiralty Courts beyond their ancient Limits, de-
prive the American Subject of Trial by Jury, authorise the Judges
Certificate to indemnify the Prosecutor from Damages that he might
otherwise be liable to, requiring oppressive Security from a Claimant of
Ships and Goods seized before he shall be allowed to defend his Property,
and are subversive of American Rights.
Also 12th of George III. Chapter 24, entitled “An Act for the bet-
”ter securing his Majesty’s Dockyards, Magazines, Ships, Ammunition,
”and Stores;” which declares a new Offence in America, and deprives
the American Subject of a constitutional Trial by Jury of the Vicinage,
by authorising the Trial of any Person charged with the committing any
Offence described in the said Act, out of the Realm, to be indicted and
tried for the same in any Shire or County within the Realm.
Also the three Acts, passed in the last Session of Parliament, for stop-
ping the Port and blocking up the Harbour of Boston, for altering the
Charter and Government of Massachusetts Bay, and that which is entitled
”An Act for the better Administration of Justice,” &c.
Also the Act, passed in the same Session, for establishing the Roman
Catholick Religion in the Province of Quebeck, abolishing the equitable
System of English Laws, and erecting a Tyranny there, to the great
Danger, from so total a Dissimilarity of Religion, Law, and Government,
to the neighbouring British Colonies, by the Assistance of whose Blood
and Treasure the said Country was conquered from France.
Also the Act, passed in the same Session, for the better providing suit-
table Quarters for Officers and Soldiers in his Majesty’s Service in North
America.
Also, that the keeping a standing Army, in several of these Colonies,
in Time of Peace, without the Consent of the Legislature of that Colony
in which such Army is kept, is against Law.
From the London Magazine for August, 1774.
Britain, that the one cannot long exist without the other. Theunhappy Differences at present subsisting between them are the more to
be lamented, as they seem to take their Rise (if we may be permitted the
Expression) from the unremitting Severity of obdurate Parents to disobe-
dient Children.
A Prophecy of Lord KAMES, concerning the
North American Colonies.
OUR North American Colonies are in a prosperous Condition,
increasing rapidly in Population, in Commerce, and in Opulence.
The Colonists have the Spirit of a free People, and are inflamed with
Patriotism. Their Population will equal that of Britain and Ireland in
less than a Century, and they will then be a Match for the Mother
Country, if they choose to be independent. Every Advantage will be on
their Side, as the Attack must be by Sea, from a very great Distance.
Being thus delivered from a foreign Yoke, their first Care will be the
Choice of a proper Government, and it is not difficult to foresee what
Government will be chosen. A People animated with the new Blessings
of Liberty, and Independence, will not incline to a kingly Government.
The Swiss Cantons joined in a federal Union, for Protection against the
potent House of Austria; and the Dutch embraced the like Union, for
Protection against the more potent King of Spain. But our Colonies
will never join in such a Union; because they have no potent Neighbour,
and because they have an Aversion to each other. We may pronounce
then, with tolerable Certainty, that each Colony will choose for itself a
republican Government. And their present Constitution prepares them for
it; they have a Senate, and they have an Assembly representing the
People. No Change will be necessary, but to drop the Governour who
represents the King of Britain. And thus a Part of a great State will be
converted into many small States.
QUEBECK, October 6.
WE learn from Montreal, that the Canadian Citizens of that Place
gave on the 26th ult. the most striking Testimonies of their joy
on Occasion of the King’s Coronation and the happy Arrival of General
Carleton. In the Evening there was a splendid Ball and Supper at the
East India House, at which some military Gentlemen were present.
Most of the Houses, as well as that where the Assembly was held, were
elegantly illuminated. The Affection of the Canadians for their Sove-
reign, and their Attachment to their Governour, were demonstrated on
this Occasion by the most perfect Harmony.
On Sunday Evening and Monday Morning last the remaining five Trans-
ports, with a Provision Vessel, arrived here. Tuesday and yesterday
they were employed in getting the Baggage and Provisions on Board, and
this Day the two Regiments are to embark.
To his Excellency GUY CARLETON, Captain General and Commander in
Chief of the Province of Quebeck, Vice Admiral of the same, &c. &c.
The humble ADDRESS of the Citizens of Montreal.
THE Prayers we have so long preferred for your Excellency’s Return
to your Government of this Province are at length granted. You
come to diffuse the most singnal Favours of the best, greatest, and most
gracious Sovereign, and of his Parliament, among new Subjects, who
rejoice in living under such an Empire.
May our Hearts, overwhelmed with the most prefect Joy and the
warmest Gratitude, never cease to emit the Raptures of them. May our
Voices and Writings transmit the Remembrance of such Favours to the
latest Posterity, by for ever proclaiming the Clemency and Humanity of
a Nation, that, by subduing a People, has made them Partakers of its
Happiness, and announcing to our most distant Offspring that he was a
generous Governour, compassionate, a Friend of Mankind, who risked
the Dangers of the Seas in Quest of Means for rendering them happy;
while, in his Absence, they were protected by his Lieutenant Governour,
who enabled them by his Prudence to support the melancholy Uncertainty
they were then reduced to.
We beseech your Excellency to accept the most unfeigned Assurances
of our Affection, Zeal, and warm Attachment for his Majesty’s sacred
Person, our Compliments of Congratulation on the happy Arrival of your
Excellency with your amiable Family, and our incessant Prayers to the
Almighty for your Preservation and Prosperity.
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WILLIAMSBURG, November 17.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in London, to his Correspondent here,
dated August 14, 1774.
IF you submit to the last a bitrary and tyrannical Acts of Parliament,
relative to Massachusetts Bay and Quebeck, there will [illegible, unclear ]
of more abject Slaves under Heaven than the North Americans. You
will be obliged to dig Tobacco, Iron, and whatever your good and vir-
tuous Masters here want. The Marquis of Caermarthen, a Puppy just
entered into the infernal Pack of Bloodhounds, said in the House of Com-
mons, we sent them to those Colonies to labour for us!!! And so sure as
England now exits (it can not long, indeed, in its present State of Lux-
ury, Debauchery and Villainy) but I say, so long and so sure as it does
exist in this State, if the Americans now submit, the Charters of all the
other Colonies will be attacked, and treated as that of the Massachusetts
Bay has already been. This is determined, I assure you. They were
afraid to attack more than Boston at first, lest it might occasion an Union
of the Colonies; but New York, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina,
will be struck at, because they refused Entrance to the Tea; Connecticut,
Rhode Island, and all the old Provinces in America, impeached, because
their Charters are bad; and, among the rest, Virginia will be included,
especially as you dared to go to Prayers and fast. Remember this, and
recollect, I pray, my dear Sir, that I do not speak from Opinion, but
from undoubted, uncontrovertible Authority. The King will recom-
mend it in his next Speech to Parliament, “finding his Colonies in North
”America are not properly governed, owing to the several Charters now
”subsisting in the said Colonies,” &c. &c. To prepare too for the
more effectual Execution of this hellish Plan, Orders are sent to his
Majesty’s Catholick, Province of Quebeck immediately to raise and em-
body 4000 of his good and faithful Catholick Subjects of Canada, to be
formed into four Regiments, and to be commanded by Frenchmen; you
may guess for what Purpose. But lest you should not, I will tell you,
that these good Subjects, and the Indians, are to be set to cut the Throats
of the King’s disaffected Subjects of the old Provinces, who sent, at their
own Expense, 20,000 Men, last War, to make the Canadians Subjects of
the very virtuous and pious Prince George III. This is as true as holy
Writ.
I dare not tell you how I came by the Knowledge of these Schemes,
as it would, were it discovered, prevent me from knowing and telling
you more; but I hope it will rouse the People of North America
to exert themselves, to convince the World that they will not wear
the Chains of 500 such traiterous and haughty Tyrants. Better it
is, far, to be subject to any One that ever existed, whohas, and
can have, only his own Vanity or Caprice to satisfy, than toso nume-
rous a Body of needy, luxurious, mercenary Rascals, who would even
sell their King, could they find another to promise the Addition of 100 £.
to the Chancellorship of Great Britain, or 5£ to a Gentleman Usher.
I cannot guess how, or by what Means, you have been persuaded, in
North America, that you have any Friends, really so from Principle, in
this Country. It is true some publickly declaim and pretend to lament
the Situation of their Brethren on the other Side the Atlantick; as they
hope, being out of Place, to climb up to [illegible, unclear] from espousing their
Quarrel. But at the same time, I can venture to say, that there is
not a Person, male or female, resident in Great Britain and contribut-
ing to its Taxes, from the Lord Chancelor to the Shoeblack, who does
not rejoice at this Exertion of Power; nor is there a Manufacturer in
England who does not say, Trade will now revive, as our American
subjects will be convinced we are no longer to be trifled with, and that
they will now be properly punished, if they commit Riots, &c. as they
will be brought here and tried for their Offences by a Jury of English-
men, who will not be so complacent to them as the Rascals in their own
Country were (who were all liable to be tried for Treason and Rebellion)
with ten Thousand Speeches to the same Effect. Now, lest you should
call me a Declaimer, and say I represented Dangers without telling you
how to avoid them, I will give you a Specifick, which, if it fails to pro-
duce an immediate and effectual Cure, I will acknowledge myself a
Quack in Politicks, and declare against any farther Practice in State
Disorders: It is a Remedy easily administered, and cannot, at least to
sound Constitutions, be unpalatable. Moreover, it is so cheap, and easily
procured, that not Person need advance Sixpence, or go out of his own
House to procure it, as it is only an Agreement to stop all Exports
and Imports. Enter heartily, and with Firmness, into such an Associ-
ation; and bind yourselves, even by an Oath, not only to observe it indi-
vidually, but to enforce it generally. If you do this, and these hellish
Acts are not sent back to the Devil in less than eight Months, I will agree
to be tarred and feathered, and hanged on Liberty Tree afterwards;
but, if you do it not, I will venture to pronounce, and declare, that for
fifty Years to come the People of North America will be the most mise-
rable of Slaves. They will hold Life and Property only at the Will and
Sufferance of their tyrannical and profligate Oppressors. It must not,
it cannot be so. Americans will be free; at least I hope so, especially
as you have the Means so much in your own Power. They are abso-
lutely now in your Hands, and you will justly merit every Oppression
and Insult if you throw them away.”
An AMERICAN CARD, Post from Philadelphia.
Short Hints to the Good in Heart, that they may be-
come wise unto the Salvation of their Country.
1. EVERY Scene of Flattery disgraces the State of Duty, especi-
ally when it countenances Injuries.
2. Timidity in Advice is the most dangerous Quality that a Counsel-
lor can have. Kings, and Kingdoms, have been ruined by it.
3. Some indeed have become Martyrs Causa Integritatis, but Thou-
sands have been massacred through Fear and Silence.
4. Can a temporary feathered Cap compensate for a Blot in a patrio-
tick Reputation, which must outlive a Man for ever in the Curses of
Posterity?
5. The Call that sanctifies a Measure past is like the Priest who
give a Passport to a bad Life that is spent.
6. The Consequences of establishing an uncontroulable Trust in a
good Man may be dreadful, from the many bad who may succeed.
7. Discretionary Power often becomes the Foundation of a resentful
Tyranny.
8. Will and Authority, at Command, may be early in Emergencies;
but what Enemy can equal the Injuries they may produce?
9. Delays for Consultations seldom effect those irreparable Evils which
unconfined Rashness plunges into.
10. It Is only imaginary frequently introduce Destruction, by being
administered to.
11. Better to let Acts, confirmed by Experience to be dangerous (as
they are expiring) die, rather than attempt to revive them.
12. Acts differing in their Natures ought to be separately considered;
for no one Vial or Gallipot should contain certain Remedies for contrary
Effects, as Drugs, we see, may intermix.
13. Money is termed one of the Sinews of War. Is it not also a
Sinew of Government?
14. Prudence keeps all Things in the Hands of those who make
them, that are so productive of publick Happiness, as to reduce executive
Power to its rational Boundary.
DOCTUS SUM VEL FUI.
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FRIDAY, November 18. We have just received an Account, by a
Person from the Frontiers, that in a few Days after the Battle of the 10th
ult. the Indians sued to the Earl of Dunmore for Peace, which he
granted upon the Terms of their delivering up six Hostages for
their faithful Performance, and relinquishing all Pretensions to the Lands
on this Side of the Ohio. His Excellency, we are also told, may be ex-
pected here in a day or two.
Extract of a Letter from the Camp on Point Pleasant, at the Mouth of the
Great Kanaway, dated October 10, 1774.
”Never did any Man behave with more real Bravery, true Courage,
of greater Presence of Mind, than Colonel CHARLES LEWIS, in the
Battle on the 10th Instant, with the united Tribes of Shawanese, Dela-
ware, Mingo, Tawah, and other Nations of Indians; whose Number
was not less than 800, and by many supposed to amount to 1000 Men.
When his Wounds forced him to quit the Field, attended at his own
Request by one Person only, he encouraged his Soldiers to do their
Duty, and in Justice to all the Troops, they acquitted themselves that
Day with much Honour, behaving more like Veterans than raw and
undisciplined Men. The Commanding Officer, Colonel ANDREW
LEWIS, gave his Orders with the Serenity and good Conduct becoming
an experienced General; and they were well and readily obeyed, by both
Officers and soldiers.
”It was not till Half and Hour after Sunset that the Engagement
ceased; and Night coming on, favoured the Retreat of the Indians. We
took upwards of 20 Scalps, and a considerable Quantity of Plunder, viz.
19 Rifles, 7 smooth Bore Guns, 8 Blankets, 21 Matchcoats, Tom-
hawks, &c. which sold at publick Vendue for 120£s;. There are few
Instances of so great a Number of Indians being more severely chastised
than they were upon the present Occasion.
”Col. Andrew Lewis has this Day marched, from the other Side of
the Ohio, with upwards of 1100 Men, and expects to meet the Gover-
nour about 20 Miles on this side Chilleiho, one of the principal Indian
Towns. The Colonel left at this Place about 325 Men, including Sick
and Wounded; and about 200 of those who are fit for Service are em-
ployed in building a Breastwork, after which they propose erecting a
Stockade Fort. My earnest Wish is, that God may continue to crown
our Arms with Success, that our Country may be delivered from the In-
roads of cruel and perfidious Savages.”
Deaths.] Master WILLIAM BASSETT, eldest Son of Burwell Bas-
sett, Esq; of New Kent County; a young Gentleman of distinguished
Talents for his tender Years, and blessed with the most happy Disposition.
Weep not, ye Parents, Heaven (at whose Decree
Death stalks around in dreadful Majesty)
Can made Affliction’s seeming Evils prove
The noblest instances of boundless Love;
Ripe for the Joys Eternity bestows,
Your virtuous Son a World of Trouble forgoes,
Triumphant goes! Cease then no more complain
If such your WILLIAM’S Lot, to die is Gain
FREDERICKSBURG, November 8, 1774. On the 14th Instant de-
parted this Life, at the Seat of Landon Carter, Esq; Junior, in Prince
William County, Captain JOHN MORTIMER, after a short Illness, who
a few Months ago came from Rathmilton, in the North of Ireland, with
a View to purchase a small Seat of Land, and spend the Remainder of his
Days in the Colony. He has all his Life been remarkable for his
humane and benevolent Disposition, as well as strict Probity; which is
well known to the Subscriber, who will pay any just Debt he may owe
in this Country. CHARLES MORTIMER.
PHILADELPHIA, November 2.
On Wednesday last the American Continental Congress broke up,
after having passed a Number of Spirited Resolves, wrote several
Letters, &c which are printed in a Pamphlet, and may be had of the
Printers.
We hear that his Excellency General Gage, Commander in Chief of
his Majesty’s Forces in North America, and Governour of Boston, has
received instructions from the Ministry, in Case of Necessity, to with-
draw any Number of his Majesty’s Troops he shall think necessary from
the Regiments stationed in the West India Islands to his Assistance; and
that Notice of the same has also been received by the different Governours
in the said Islands.
NEWPORT, OCTOBER 31.
We have certain Intelligence, by Captain Tomlinson, that the City
of London had subscribed 5000£. Sterling for the Town of Bos-
ton, and it was expected they would make up 7000£.
Fourteen Transports which had been taken up to bring Troops to
Boston had been discharged before Captain Thomlinson sailed; so that
it is thought the Traitor Hutchinson’s Plan of enslaving the Colonies, by
Force is laid aside. Perhaps, Stratagem and Artifice may be next at-
tempted.
By his Excellency the right Honourable JOHN Earl of DUNMORE, his
Majesty’s Lieutenant and Governour General of the Colony and Dominion of
Virginia, and Vice Admiral of the same:
A PROCLAMATION.
VIRGINIA, to wit.
WHEREAS the GENERAL ASSEMBLY stands prorogued to
this Day, but it is necessary they should be farther prorogued, I
have therefore thought fit, by and with the Consent and Advice of his
Majesty’s Council, by this Proclamation, in his Majesty’s Name, to pro-
rogue the said Assembly to the first Thursday in February next; art which
Time their Attendance is required at the Capitol, in the City of Williams-
burg, for the Dispatch of publick Business.
GIVEN under my Hand, and the Seal of the Colony, at Williamsburg
aforesaid, this 10th Day of November, in the 15th Year of his Ma-
jesty’s Reign. DUNMORE.
By his Excellency JOHN Earl of DUNMORE, Lieutenant and Governour
General in and over his Majesty’s Colony and Dominion of Virginia, and
Vice Admiral of the same.
WHEREAS the rapid Settlement made on the west Side of the
Allegheny Mountains, by his Majesty’s Subjects, within the
Course of these few Years, has become an Object of real Concern to his
Majesty’s Interest in this Quarter; and whereas the Province of Pennsyl-
vania have unduly laid Claim to a very valuable and extensive Quantity
of his Majesty’s Territory, and the executive Part of that Government,
in Consequence thereof, has most arbitrarily and unwarrantably preceeded
to abuse the laudable Advancements in this Part of his Majesty’s domi-
nions, by many oppressive and illegal Methods in the Discharge of this
imaginary Authority; and whereas the ancient Claim laid to this Country
by the Colony of Virginia, founded in Reason, upon Pre-occupancy,
and the general Acquiescence of all Persons, together with the Instructi-
ons I have lately received from his Majesty’s Servants, ordering me to
take this country under my Administration; and as the evident Injustice
manifestly offered to his Majesty, by the immediate Strides taken by the
Proprietors of Pennsylvania in Prosecution of their wild Claim to this
Country, demands an immediate Remedy: I do hereby, in his Majesty’s
Name, require and command all his Majesty’s Subjects west of the Laurel
Hill to pay a due Respect to this my Proclamation, strictly prohibiting
the Execution of any Act of Authority, on Behalf of the Province of
Pennsylvania, at their Peril, in this Country; but, on the contrary, that
a due Regard, and entire Obedience, to the Laws of his Majesty’s Colony
of Virginia, under my AdminIstration, be observed, to the End that
Regularity may ensue, and a just Regard to the Interest of his Majesty in
this Quarter, as well as to the Subjects in general, may be the Conse-
quence.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal, at Fort Dunmore, September 14,
1774.
By his Excellency’s Command. Signed DUNMORE.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
By the Honourable JOHN PENN, Esquire, Governour and Commander in
Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, and Counties of Newcastle, Kent,
and Sussex, on Delaware.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS I have received Information that his Excellency the
Earl of Dunmore, Governour General in and over his Majesty’s
Colony of Virginia, hath lately issued a very extraordinary Proclamation,
setting forth, “that the rapid Settlement made on the west of the Alle-
”gheny Mountains by his Majesty’s Subjects, within the Course of these
”few years, had become an Object of real Concern to his Majesty’s
”Interest in that Quarter; that the Provicne of Pennsylvania had unduly
”laid Claim to a very valuable and extensive Quantity of his Majesty’s
”Territory, and the executive Part of that Government, in Consequence
”thereof, had most arbitrarily and unwarrantably proceeded to abuse
”the laudable Adventurers in that Part of his Majesty’s Dominions, by
”many oppressive and illegal Measures, in Discharge of their imaginary
”Authority; and that the ancient Claim laid to that Country by the
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”Colony of Virginia, founded in Reason, upon Pre-occupancy, and
”the general Acquiescence of all Persons, together with the Instruction
he had lately received from his Majesty’s Servants, ordering him to
”take that Country under his Administration; and as the evident Injus-
”tice manifestly offered to his Majesty, by the immoderate Strides taken
”by the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania, in Prosecution of their wild
”Claim to that Country, demanded an immediate Remedy, he did
”thereby, in his Majesty’s Name, require and command all his Majes-
”ty’s Subjects, west of the Laurel Hill, to pay a due Respect to his said
”Proclamation, thereby strictly prohibiting the Execution of any Act of
”Authority on Behalf of the Province of Pennsylvania, at their Peril, in
”that Country; but, on the contrary, that a due Regard and entire
”Obedience to the Laws of his Majesty’s Colony of Virginia, under his
”Administration, should be observed, to the End that Regularity might
”ensue, and a just Regard to the Interest of his Majesty in that Quarter,
”as well as to his Majesty’s Subjects, might be the Consequence.” And
whereas, although the western limits of the Province of Pennsylvania
have not been settled by any Authority from the Crown, yet it has been
sufficiently demonstrated, by Lines accurately run by the most skilful
Artists, that not only a great Tract of Country west of the Laurel Hill,
but Fort Pitt also, are comprehended within the Charter Bounds of this
Province, a great Part of which Country has been actually settled, and is
now held, under Grants from the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania, and the
Jurisdiction of this Government has been peaceably exercised in that
Quarter of the Country, till the late strange Claim set up by the Earl of
Dunmore, in Behalf of his Majesty’s Colony of Virginia, founded, as his
Lordship is above pleased to say, ”in Reason, Pre-occupancy, and the
”general Acquiescense of all Persons;” which Claim to Lands within the
said Charter Limits must appear’st all the more extraordinary, as his most
gracious Majesty, in an Act passed the very last Session of Parliament,
”for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Pro-
vince of Quebeck,” has been pleased, in the fullest Manner, to recognize
the Charter of the Province of Pennsylvania, by expressly referring to the
same, and binding the said Province of Quebeck by the northern and
western Bounds thereof: Wherefore there is the greatest Reason to
conclude, that any Instructions the Governour of Virginia may have
received from his Majesty’s Servants, to take that Country under his
Administration, just be founded on some Misrepresentation to them
respecting the western Extent of this Province. In Justice, therefore,
to the Proprietaries of the Province of Pennsylvania, who are only desi-
rous to secure their own undoubted Property from the Encroachment of
others, I have thought fit, with the Advice of the Council, to issue this
my Proclamation, hereby requiring all Persons, west of the Laurel Hill,
to retain their Settlements as aforesaid made under this Province, and to
pay due Obedience to the Laws of this Government; and all Magistrates,
and other Officers, who hold Commissions or Offices under this Govern-
ment, to proceed as usual in the Administration of Justice, without
paying the least Regard to the said recited Proclamation, until his Majes-
ty’s Pleasure shall be known in the Premises, at the same Time strictly
charging and enjoining the said Inhabitants and Magistrates to use their
utmost Endeavours to preserve Peace and good Order.
GIVEN under my Hand, and the great Seal of the said Province, at
Philadelphia, the 2th Day of October, in the Year of our Lord
1774, and in the 14th Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord
GEORGE III. by the Grace of GOD of Great Britain, France and
Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.
By his Honour’s Command JOHN PENN.
JOSEPH SHIPPEN, Junior, Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the
AMERICAN CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.
11th RESOLVE.
”THAT a COMMITTEE be chosen in every
”County, City, and Town, by those who
”are qualified to vote for Representatives in the
”Legislature; whose Business it shall be, attentively
”to observe the Conduct of all Persons touching this
”ASSOCIATION: And when it shall be made to
”appear, to the Satisfaction of a Majority of any
”such Committee, that any Person, within the
”Limits of their Appointment, has violated this
”Association, that such Majority do forthwith cause
”the Truth of the Case to be published in the Gazette,
”to the End that all such Foes to the Rights of Bri-
”tish America may be publickly known, and univer-
”sally contemned, as the Enemies of American Liberty;
”and thenceforth ve, respectively, will break off all
”Dealings with him, or her.”
*** THAT the ABOVE, and all other RESOLUTIONS of the CON-
GRESS, may be carried into struck Execution, the several Freeholders of
James City County are desired to meet at eleven o’Clock on Friday the 25th
Instant, if fair, otherwise the succeeding Day, at the House of Mr. Isham
Allen, in Order to elect a COMMITTEE to act throughout the said County,
and do what is REQUIRED of them by so very respectable and august a Body.
ALL Persons who have any Demands against
the Partnership of Purdie & Dixon are desired to produce their Accounts
immediately, before its Dissolution, which will be on the 18th of next
Month, that they may be settled, to present any Disputes hereafter.———
It is hoped that those indebted thereto will make as speedy Payment as
they can.
Advertisements.
DUMFRIES, November 8, 1774.
AT a Meeting of the JOCKEY CLUB
this Day, resolved, that, in Conformity to the 8th Article of the
Resolves of theGENERAL CONGRESS, the Dumfries Races, that were
advertised to be run the 29th of this Month, be postponed.———The
Gentlemen Farmers that are fattening Beeves, Muttons, and Veals, for
our Premiums, must for the present, put up with Honour and Glory in
Place of the Guineas that were intended for them.
RICHARD GRAHAM, Secretary.
ALL Persons who were Purchasers at the
Sale of the Estate of John Lookup, deceased (which was for ready
Money) are desired to make immediate Payment, that I may be enabled
to close my Administratorship, and make Return to the Court.
ALEX: PURDIE.
FREDERIKSBURG, November 15, 1774.
THE Creditors of Anthony M’Kittrick and
Co. are again requested to make their Claims known to the
Trustees, as those who do not before the 1st Day of January next, will
be excluded from their Shore of a Dividend to be then made.
FIELDING LEWIS.
CHARLES YATES.
HENRY MITCHELL.
THE 13th Instant (November) my Negro
Fellow found a Pocket Book in the Road; there was no Money
within, but several Papers of Receipts, and one Bond given to James
Bell of Sussex County, by Robert Tunstall of Gloucester County, and John
Creagh of Sussex, also a Piece of Plate engraved DOOR KEEPER TO THE
HOUSE OF BURGESSES. The Owner may have it by applying to the
Subscriber in Isle of Wight County, near West Bay Warehouse, on prov-
ing his Property, and paying Charges.
(I||) JAMES DERING.
ON the 12th of June 1771, two Hhds.
of Tobacco, marked HT No. 1068, 1142, 122, 1020, and
HT No. 1069, 1232, 120, 1112, were passed at Warwick Warehouse.
The Owner’s Name is unknown, and the Tobacco will be sold according
to Law, if the Owner does not apply.
(2||) THE INSPECTORS.
SWAN’S POINT, November 8, 1774.
I ONCE more earnestly entreat the several
Persons due me for Ferriages, &c. to be speedy in discharging their
respective Balances, more especially as it is known that a Tenant’s Remove
may occasion a Detention of his Furniture for Arrears. Mine is very
considerable, and I should be glad to make proper Satisfaction; but it
cannot be done without the Assistance of those I address, or an Indulgence
I have no Right to expect. God willing, I shall be settled at Colonel
Bland’s Ordinary in Prince George, by next New Year’s Day, where I shall
be glad to receive the Favours of traveling Gentlemen, who may depend
I will exert myself so as to deserve them.
(2||) THOMAS FENNER.
COLCHESTER, November 1, 1774.
THE Subscriber some Time ago advertised
in the Neighbourhood of this Place, that the Business formerly
transacted by him here, on Account of Mess. David Dalyell, George Os-
wald, and Co. and Oswald, Dennistoun, and Co. of Glasgow, was
declined by him on the 10th January last, and committed to the Ma-
nagement of Mr. John Gibson;and as he intends to leave the Colony
soon, he requests all who have had Dealings with him on Account of
either of the said Companies, and have not already settled their Accounts,
to come immediately and settle them with Mr. Gibson, who has transacted
the Business since the forth of January last, and continues to carry it on.
And those who have Claims against the said Company, for Transactions
with him, are desired to apply to Mr. Gibson, that they may be adjusted.
HECTOR RUSS.
YORK County, November 12, 1774.
WHEREAS James Hubbard hath, by a
Deed of Trust acknowledged and recorded in the General Court
in October last, conveyed to me his Estate in Trust for the Payment of his
Debts, this is to desire all those to whom he is indebted to send in their
Claims, properly authenticated, that Provision may be made for the Pay-
ment thereof. (I||) MATT: HUBBBARD, Trustee
PETERSBURG, November 15, 1774.
I INTEND to leave the Colony soon. All Persons
indebted for Dealings with me are requested to
make Payment to Mr. Thomas Shore, who is empow-
ered to receive,
(||) WILLIAM HARRISON.
Wanted immediately,
A BISCUIT BAKER, to whom good Encourage-
ment will be given. For Terms, inquire of the
Printer.
For CHARTER,
THE Brigantine Abby, Jonas Herbert Master,
Burthen about 240 Hogsheads, or 8000 Bushels.
For Terms apply to (tf)
GLEENWOOD, RITSON, & MARSH.
NORFOLK, November 5, 1774.
PRINCE GEORGE, November 10, 1774.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a Mulatto
Boy named SAM, about 16 or 17 Years old, of a very light Com-
plexion, and will endeavour to pass for a free Boy, has gray Eyes, brown
Hair, a smooth artful Tongue, is a great Villain, but a very good Barber.
In the Month of June last he was put in York Jail, on Suspicion of having
stolen some Money in Williamsburg He made his Escape from thence and
got to Norfolk, where he was put in Jail and sent to me by Water.
The next Day (September 20th) he made his Escape from my Overseer,
and has not since been heard of. He was born in Frederick Town, Ma-
ryland, has lived in Fredericksburg, Norfolk and York Town, and is well
acquainted with most Parts of Virginia. He was very meanly clad, hav-
ing been so long in Jail, but it is probable will procure Clothes. I will
give 40s. Reward to have him committed to any of his Majesty’s Jails,
if taken in the Colony of Virginia. and if out of the Colony 5£. All
Captains of Ships, or Masters of Vessels, are hereby forewarned from car-
rying him out of the Country, or employing him.
(tf) JOHN BLAND.
STOLEN from Mrs. Coleman’s at Caroline
Courthouse, on Sunday Night the 5th Instant (November) supposed
by two Negroes that broke Jail, a CHESTNUT HORSE about fourteen
Hands high, with a flaxen Mane and Tail that has been lately scraped,
a Blaze Face, some Saddle Spots, but is not branded. Whoever will
deliver the said Horse to me at Newcastle, or give such Intelligence that I
may get him again, shall have 40s. Reward.
JOHN SYME.>/p>
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub-
scriber, about the 10th Instant (November) a DARK BAY
MARE about fourteen Hands three Inches high, with a hanging Mane
and Switch Tail, her Feet had been just trimmed, and she is branded
H T. Whoever brings her to me, in Williamsburg, shall have 10s. Re-
ward; or if stolen, on Conviction of the Thief, 5£.
DANIEL PRENTIS.
THERE came to my Plantation in Henrico
County, in April 1770, a BLACK BULL, marked with a Crop
and two Slits in the right Ear, and an Upper and Under Keel in the left.
He continued there til lately, turned very mischievous, throwing down
my Fences and getting into my Corn Field, which obliged me to shoot
him. Any Person who will prove his Property, and apply to me, shall
be paid for him on Demand. The Beef I have weighed, before Wit-
nesses. LUSBY TURPIN.
TAKEN up in Lunenburg, a White Horse about fifteen Years old,
four Feet six or seven Inches high, and branded on the near Shoul-
der IW in a Piece. Posted and appraised to 3 £. 10 8.
(||) JOSEPH WILLIAMS..
TAKEN UP, IN ___________, a Roan Horse about eleven Years old
four Feet five Inches high, his left Ear cropped, has a large Bell
tied on, shod before, and branded on the near Buttock F, and on each
Side of his Rump with a Horse Shoe. Posted, and appraised to 7£. 10s.
(||) THOMAS RUDD.
TAKEN up, in Caroline, a Roan Bay Mare about four Years old,
four Feet two Inches high, a Blaze in her Face, several white Hairs
at the Root of her Tail, her Legs from the Knees down are black, and
she is branded on the near Buttock B. Posted and appraised to 5£ 10s.
JOHGN TAYLOR, Junior.
TAKEN up, in Bedford, a Gray Horse about twelve Years old, four
Feet five Inches high, and branded on the near Cheek, Shoulder,
and Buttock, 9. Posted, and appraised to 6£,
(||) NICHOLAS HAYS.
TAKEN up, in Pittsylvania, a Black Steer about five Years old,
with a white pied Head, some White under his Belly, a
white Ring about Part of his left Leg, marked with a Crop in the left
Ear, and a large Underkeel in the right. Posted, and appraised to 45 s.
(||) JOSHUA ALSTON.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a Bay Mare four Feet five Inches high,
has had a Fistula, some Saddle Spots on her Back, a small Under-
keel in her right Ear, had on a Bell, and has some Appearances of a Brand
on her near Buttock, but so dull as not to be made out. Posted, and appraised to 3£.
(||) CHARLES HUNT.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a Sorrel Horse eight or nine Years old,
four Feet five Inches high, a Star in his Forehead, Snip on his
Nose, Switch Tail, some Saddle Spots on his Back, but no Brand per-
ceivable. Posted, and appraised to 10£.
(||) DANIEL MAN.
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To be SOLD on the Premises, to the highest Bidder,
on Thursday the 15th of December next, by Virtue
of a Deed of Trust from William Wilson, deceased,
to Mess. Henderson, M’Caul, ond Co. of Glasgow,
A PLANTATION and TRACT of Land in Amherst County, on Buf-
falo River, containing 850 Acres, more or less. Also at the same
Time and Place will be sold, another Tract of Land in the same County,
on the said River, containing 192 Acres. Likewise four Negroes. The
Land may be entered on at Christmas next; and twelve Months Credit
will be allowed, on giving Bond with good Security.
JAMES LYLE.
*** At the same Time and Place will be sold, all the Stocks, Plan-
tation Utensils, Crops of Corn, Wheat, and Fodder, on the said Plan-
tation; for which twelve Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond
with good Security to
WILLIAM MITCHELL, Administrator.
Just IMPORTED, a fresh Assortment of
GARDEN SEEDS.
Also a small Assortment of
EUROPEAN GOODS.
Which are to be SOLD, for ready Money only, by
ROBERT NICOLSON.
WILLIAMSBURG, November 10, 1774.
THE Creditors of the late Honourable John Page,
Esq; are desired to bring in the Accounts.
MANN PAGE }
MANN PAGE, Jun.} Executors.
JOHN PAGE, Jun. }
FOR SALE,
MY DWELLING-HOUSE, &c. in York Town.
For Terms apply to me, in this City.
JOHN H. NORTON.
WILLIAMSBURG, Nov. 12, 1774.
OCTOBER 30, 1774.
WE the Inheritors and Purchasers under the
four original joint Patentees of Martin’s Swamp, in the County
of Chesterfield, have determined that whoever may hereafter, without our
Leave in Writing, shoot in the said Swamp, broken Marshes, and sunken
Ground adjoining, shall be immediately prosecuted in the General Court,
not only for the Protection of our Property, but to defend ourselves
against any Claim of Partition in it.
RICHARD RANDOLPH.
RYLAND RANDOLPH.
FRANCIS EPPES.
NOVEMBER 1, 1774.
THE Books of the Store lately kept by Mr.
Thomas Hope are now with me at Petersburg. Those indebted are
requested to come and close their Accounts, by Bond, or Payment.
JOHN FISHER.
IMPORTED last Spring, in the Marlborough,
Captain Dawson, a small Box marked W T, containing four Pieces
of Irish Linen, ten Pounds of Thread, and a black Russel Petticoat.
I shall be greatly obliged to any Gentleman that will forward the said Box
to Port Royal, to the Care of Mr. Robert Gilchrist, who will pay any
Charge for so doing.
(4||) WALKER TALIAFERRO.
WILLIAMSBURG, November 9, 1774.
BEING informed that several Gentlemen,
who have been pleased to favour my SALT SCHEME by subscrib-
ing to the Encouragement of it, decline paying their Money till they can
receive a proper Assurance that the Salt I may make shall not be engrossed
by Merchants or others, who may intend to retail it to the Inhabitants
of this Colony at an advanced Price: That I may give the fullest Testi-
mony of my Inclination to make the Scheme as Extensively useful as
possible, I do hereby oblige myself to conform to any Measures or Regula-
tions that may be adopted by the Subscribers to secure a Preference and
Pre-emption to them of what Salt may be made at the intended Works.
Several Gentlemen of Credit have proposed a Partnership with me, in
Order to prosecute a Plan with greater Success, and to a larger Extent;
but not being able to advance any Proportion of a common Stock, my
Admission into such a Partnership could not be expected upon such
Terms as would enable me to maintain my Family and draw a moderate
Profit to myself. If the subscribers should approve of my entering into
a Partnership and applying their Contributions as my Part of the Stock,
I am persuaded it would be the likeliest Means of expediting and carrying
on the Business with greater Advantage to the Community. However,
in this, as in every other Measure, I shall cheerfully acquiesce in their
Determinations. JAMES TAIT.
GOOCHLAND, October 3, 1774.
WHEREAS Mr. Archibald M’Kendrick
and myself did enter into a Copartnership in July last, to
prevent any Dispute, or Confusion of Accounts, I give this publick No-
tice, that I was not nor will be chargeable with any Kind of Goods that I
do not purchase myself, and shall be accountable for no others.
ANDERSON PEERS.
I HEREBY forewarn the Publick from taking
an Assignment of two Bonds granted the 7th ult. to Samuel Morgan,
late of Amelia County (the first Bond payable the 25th of December 1775,
for 73£. Virginia Money; the second Bond Payable the 25th of December
1776, for 100£. Virginia Currency) as the said respective Sums are
attached in my Hands by Mr. William Fitzgerald of Amelia County, as
will appear by the Records of Dinwiddie County Court. The above
Bonds are granted in Consideration of Part Payment of a Tract of 454
Acres of Land in Amelia County, which was formerly mortgaged to Mr.
William Fitzgerald for the Money he attached in my Hands, though not
recorded in the Time prescribed by Law; and as Mrs. Morgan has not
as yet relinquished her Right of Dower to the said Tract of Land, in Case
she refuses to relinquish her Right of Dower the above Bonds are to be
void and null, which is my principal Reason for giving this publick
Notice, that no Person may be imposed on by taking an Assignment of
these Bonds, as Mr. Morgan may induce some Person to take them at an
under Value, as he has removed out of the Colony, I am willing to
avoid a litigious Lawsuit, as well as to prevent any innocent Person becom-
ing a Sufferer through Mr. Morgan’s Design, or my Neglect in advertising
the Publick. PASCHAL GREENHILL.
I HAVE laid off several Lots, or Half Acres
of Land, contiguous to the Town of Alexandria, which are to be
leased in Fee on Ground Rent. Any Persons inclinable to rent the same
may make Application to Robert Hanson Harrison, Esq; Attorney at Law,
resident in the said Town, who will let them know the Terms, and
agree for me, he having a Power to act.
(6) JOHN ALEXANDER.
THOSE Gentlemen who have empowered
the Subscriber to collect Debts due to them in the Southern Pro-
vinces, and have not furnished him with their Accounts and Specialties,
are desired to lodge them with some Merchant at Richmond,by the first of
May next, at which Time he intends to be in Virginia in order to receive
and give proper Receipts for them. As the Subscriber intends to continue
in the Business of collecting Carolina Debts for some Time, he would be
glad to undertake such Collection for any Person at a Commission of one
Half the Sum collected, bearing his own Expenses, and paying all Costs
of Suits where the Debtors prove insolvent. Gentlemen choosing to em-
ploy himare desired to lodge their Accounts, properly authenticated, with
any of the Merchants at Richmond, or Manchester, by the Time above
mentioned. (4||) WILLIAM PENN.
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BY Virtue of a Deed from Robert Reade,
late of Brunswick County, to the Subscriber, David Russell, also
with Consent of James Mason, who has a prior Claim, and will join in a
Deed to the Purchaser, will be sold to the highast Bidder, at Brunswick
Courthouse, on Monday the 28th of December, a valuable Tract of Land
in said County, containing 534 Acres. Mrs. Reade has her Lifetime in
354 Acres, of the said Land, and the remaining 180 Acres may be
entered on the first Day of January next. DAVID RUSSELL.
JAMES MASON.
HALIFAX County, October 20, 1774.
THE Subscriber intends to move in about two
Months, with his Family, to the upper Part of
South Carolina. WILLIAM HILL.
WANTED,
THREE Thousand Pounds Sterling, at five per Cent. for ten years;
to pay four Thousand five Hundred Pounds Sterling at the Expi-
ration of that Term, or on the Death of the Borrower, who is upwards
of forty. Collateral Security to be given for the Payment of the Interest,
as it accrues; and the Principal secured either by Deed or Trust of Mort-
gage, of as valuable landed Property as any in this Colony, warranted free
from any Encumbrance, together with fifty as valuable Slaves. The
Direction of the Advertiser is to A. B, to be left as Purdie’s Printing
Office in Williamsburg.
For LIVERPOOL (to sail in a Month)
THE Ship Betsey, James Dysart Master, can take in 100 Hogsheads
of Tobacco, on Liberty or Consignment, the rest of her Cargo
being already engaged. Those who are inclined to ship may give their
Orders to Mr. John Holloway of Petersburg, Mr. Edward Johnson of
Manchester. or the Subscribers in Norfolk
(4) JOHN LAWRENCE, & Co.
NOVEMBER 10, 1774.
To be SOLD on the Premises, by issue of a Deed of
Trust, on Thursday the 1st of December next, for
ready Money, or short Credit,
ONE Hundred and fifty Acres of Land, in the County of Brunswick,
and Parish of St. Andrew, on Rocky Run, bounded by the Lines of
John Dugger, Jones Williams, Absalom Bennitt, and Tatum’s Road. It
is the Land and Plantation whereon Francis Young formerly lived.
THOMAS SMITH.
To be SOLD, at Albemarle Courthouse, on Tuesday
the 27th of December next,
FIFTY choice young Virginia born SLAVES, for fifteen of which
ready Money must be had, and for the others Credit will be allowed
till the first of June 1776.———At the same Time will be hired SEVEN
NEGROES, for the Year ensuing; and on the 1st of January. at the
late Dwelling-House of Major Charles Smith, deceased, in Louisa, will be
hired FORTY NEGROES. The said Plantation, and one of my own
on Locust Creek, will be rented for one or more Years, at that Time;
or sooner, if an agreeable Offer is made. JOHN HAWKINS.
To be SOLD on the Premises, on Tuesday the
13th of December next, in Consequence of a Deed
of Trust from Thomas Jarrett to the Subscribers,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing 1338 Acres, on the
south Side of Nottoway River, in Southampton County, about three
Miles from the Courthouse. Credit will be allowed the Purchaser to the
15th of April next, on giving Bond and Security.
JOHN HAY, & Co,
*** Five per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Payment.
To be HIRED for the ensuing Year, at King William
Courthouse, on Thursday the 29th of December, if
fair, otherwise next fair Day,
ABOUT FIFTY likely Virginia born SLAVES, consisting of Men,
Women, Boys and Girls, some of which are excellent House Ser-
vants, being Part of the Trust Estate of Colonel Philip Johnson. Bond
and Security will be required, to carry Interest from the Date, if not
punctually paid. All Persons who hired the the above Slaves the last
Year are desired to have them there that Day, well clothed, together
with the Money for their Hire, if possible.
(7) JOHN WATKINS, for the Trustees.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on the Planta-
tion lately occupied by Mr. Thomas Lodge Dennis,
deceased, adjoining Mr. John Winkfield, in Han-
over County, on Wednesday the 14th of December
next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
ABOUT thirty Head of Cattle, in very good Order, two Yoke of
Oxen, about forty Head of Hogs, chief Part of which will be fat-
tened, four Horses, Plows, Hoes, and other Utensils for Husbandry, a
Cart, a WheatFan, a Feather Bed and Furniture, and all the Crop of
Corn and Fodder. Credit will be given the Purchasers till the first Day
of July next, for all Sums above 20s. on their giving Bond and good
Security to the Subscriber; who requests all Persons that have any De-
mands against the Estate of Mr. Dennis, to make them known immedi-
ately, that they may receive Payment.
WILLIAM CRAGHEAD, Executor.
TEN POUNDS Reward.
RUN away from the Subscriber’s Plantation on Bull Run, last Night,
a Convict Servant Man, who says his Name is JOHN HERN,
but was convicted by the Name of Pooling Horne, and imported into
Potowmack last Month, in the Ship Tayloe. He is an Englishman, about
24 Years of Age, five Feet eight or nine Inches high, with short black
Hair, a smooth Face, and a Scar under his left Eye; had on, and took
with him, an old blue Sailor’s Jacket very short with small black Buttons,
sewed thick on both Sides, a black Waistcoat, brown striped corded Du-
roy Breeches, light marbled Stockings, and old Shoes, also new light gray
Jacket and Breeches of coarse Cloth with white Metal Buttons, the
Jacket lined with striped Plaiding, two new Osnabrug and several other
Shirts, Silk Handkerchiefs, and other Things. He also took with him a
likely BLACK blooded MARE about fourteen Hands high, with a Star
in her Forehead, branded on the near Shoulder H, and on the near But-
tock M. I will give 10£. Reward for the Servant and Mare, delivered
to me in Colchester. (||) ALEXANDER HENDERSON.
October 28, 1774.
TEN DOLLARS Reward.
RUN away from the Subscriber, living near Susquehannah River,
Hartford County, Maryland, on or about the Month of September
1771, a Convict Servant Man named DANIEL DUNN, about 38 Years
old, about five Feet eight Inches high, a Nailor by Trade, and calls
himself a Batten or Small Rail Maker. He has brown Hair, and a re-
markable white Spot in his Beard on one Side of his Chin; and, by late
Information, has worked at the Blacksmith’s Trade at Dumfries and
Fredericksburg. It is said he proposed to Norfolk, in Virginia, and that
he has changed his Name to DANIEL DIGGENS. Whoever appre-
hends the said Convict Servant, and secures him in Jail, so that his Master
may get him again, shall have the above Reward; and a Letter to the
Subscriber may be addressed to the Care of the Postmaster at Bush Town,
Maryland; Mr. William Carr,Merchant in Dumfries; Mr. John Glassell,
Merchant in Fredericksburg; Mess. Greenwood, Ritson, and Marsh, Mer-
chants in Norfolk; or to Mr. William Cox, at the general Meeting of the
Merchants in Williamsburg.
(4||) SAMUEL WILLITS.
KING & QUEEN, November 8, 1774.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in May
last, JOHN, a Virginia born Negro Man about 32 Years of Age,
six Feet high, well made, has had the Smallpox, wears Whiskers, and
writes intelligibly, which Qualification it is suspected he will make Use of
to pass as a Freeman; he carried away with him sundry Clothes, in a
Box about four Feet long. He was formerly the Property of John Starke,
of King and Queen County. Whoever apprehends the said John and
delivers him to me, or secures him in Jail, so that I get him again, shall
have 40 s. Reward, and reasonable Expenses allowed.
WILLIAM GRIFFIN.
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TWENTY GUINEAS Reward.
MADE off from Frederick Town, in Maryland, with a large Sum of
Money collected for Quitrents, a certain ELIAS BARTON about
five Feet one or two Inches high, of a dark Complexion, black Hair tied
behind, stoops a little in his Walk, and treads uncommonly hard, seldom
looks a Man in the Face when talking to him, but looks down, stam-
mers a little in his Talk, which seems to proceed rather from his speaking
quick than from any natural Impediment, and is marked with the Small-
pox. We the Subscribers, who unfortunately became his Security to the
Collector, will pay the above to any Person who will bring him to Frede-
rick Town, and deliver him to us, besides reasonable Charges.
PETER HOFFMAN.
ABRAHAM FAW.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, some Time
in April last, a BAY HORSE about four Feet nine Inches high,
with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, a small Star in his Forehead,
paces, trots, and canters, and if branded I have forgot. Whoever de-
livers the said Horse to Mr. John Wilkinson, in Southampton, or the Sub-
scriber in Nansemond, shall have 3 £. Reward.
(2||) WILLIAM WILKINSON.
WILLIAMSBURG, November 2, 1774.
ON Sunday Night last Mrs. Campbell’s House
was broke open, and two Trunks, containing seventeen or
eighteen Changes of Linen (some marked B B, and some S F) besides
sundry other Clothes, and four or five Changes belonging to one of our
Servants, carried away. One of the Trunks, with several Papers and
Tobacco Notes it contained, was found next Morning; but a small Can-
vas Bag, containing about 12 £. 10 s. in cut Silver, is wanting. FIVE
POUNDS will be paid on Delivery of the Trunk that is missing with the
Linens, at the Bar of the Raleigh, Mrs. Campbell’s, or the Post Office,
and no Questions asked, and TWENTY POUNDS on Conviction of the
Thief, if the Trunk and Linens do not appear by Sunday.
BENNETT BROWNE.
SIMON FRASER.
AUGUST 4, 1774.PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court
of Chancery of Great Britain, the Children of James Heny, who
was the Nephew of Hugh Heny, late of the Jewel Office, in the Tower
of London, Gentleman, who died on the 10th of September 1768, and
the Children of Eleanor and Jane, Sisters of the said Hugh Heny, deceased,
are peremptorily to come in and claim their Shares of the clear Residue
of the personal Estate of the said Hugh Heny, deceased, before Thomas
Harris, Esq; one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in
Lincoln’s Inn, London, before the 25th Day of March next; or, in Default
thereof, they will be excluded the Benefit of the said Decree.
FALMOUTH, October 26, 1774.
I INTEND to leave the Colony soon.
(||) JAMES CLELAND.
AMHERST, October 25, 1774.
WE shall leave the Colony in a short Time, un-
less we meet with better Business than we
have any Prospect of at present.
BENJAMIN POLLARD.
DAVID SHEPHERD.
For SALE,
THREE Thousand Acres of Land in Amelia, lying on Appamattox
and Flat Creeks, whereon is a convenient Dwelling-House forty
Feet square, with all necessary Offices, and eight new Barns. The
Terms may be known by applying to the Subscriber, on the Premises.
EVERARD MEADE.
To be RENTED for a Year, or Term of Years,
A VERY convenient Tavern, with Stables, Kitchen, Bake-House,
&c. belonging to the Subscriber, in Fredericksburg, convenient to
the lower Warehouses, and opposite to Mr. John Glassell’s Store. For
Terms apply to JACOB WHILLY.
For SALE, and may be entered upon any Time in
December next,
THE Plantation whereon the Subscriber now lives, in the upper End
of Hanover County, on the main Road from Williamsburg to
Augusta Courthouse, containing about 460 Acres. The situation of the
Place, and its Conveniencies for Trade, both in the mercantile and Or-
dinary Way, is so well known, that a Description is unnecessary. The
Land is good for Grain, and about 45 Acres are now sowed in Wheat,
there is on it a good Grist Mill which might easily be turned into a Mer-
chant Mill, on a Stream that never fails in the driest Summers. The
Buildings are good, and in good Repair, viz. a large Dwelling-House
and Kitchen with Brick Chimnies, a large new Storehouse, Lumber
House, a fine Counting House with a Brick Chimney, two new Stables,
a large Barn, Ordinary House, &c. The Terms may be known by ap-
plying to the Subscriber, on the Premises. JOHN BOSWELL.
To be SOLD on the Premises, to the highest Bidder,
for ready Money, on the 1st of December next, by
Virtue of a recorded Deed of Trust to Mess. Dreg-
horn, Murdoch. and Co.
THE Plantation whereon John Clark now lives, in Lunenburg County,
containing 300 Acres of Land, which is esteemed well adapted for
the Culture of Tobacco, is conveniently situated to the Church and
Courthouse, with every necessary Improvement for the Accommodation
of a small Family. A Negro Fellow, and two good Work Horses, will
be sold the same Day.
HENRY B. LIGHTFOOT.
For SALE
SIX HUNDRED and NINETY SEVEN Acres of fine LAND for
Tobacco, Wheat, or Indian Corn, lying on both Sides of Great Blue
Stone Creek, in Mecklenburg County, a Mile from Roanoke River, about
100 Acres of which are valuable low Ground; there is on the said Land
a good Plantation fresh cleared, sufficient to work eight Hands, an Over-
seer’s House, and four forty Feet Barns. A convenient Time of Payment
will be allowed. Whoever inclines to purchase may know the Terms
by applying to the Subscriber, in Petersburg.
(||) JOHN MARTIN.
To be SOLD, at Loudoun Courthouse, on Monday
the 26th Instant (November) if fair, otherwise next
fair Day,
THIRTY likely NEGROES, consisting of Men, Women, Boys,
and Girls, among whom is a Lad that has worked seven Years with
a Blacksmith, some House Women who can sew, wash, iron, and spin,
two very good Wood Cutters who have been used to cutting and cording
Wood for a Furnace, and a good Cart or Waggon Driver. Credit will
be given until the 1st of May next, the Purchasers giving Bond with Se-
curity, to bear Interest from the Date, if not punctually discharged.
JOHN TURBERVILLE.
THE Partnership between Robert Hart and
John Marshall having expired the 1st of July last, they propose
to sell (or if not sold between this and Christmas to rent) the Houses and
Lots in Hanover Town now in the Possession of Robert Hart, conveni-
ently situated, and fitted up for publick Business, or a private Family.
Also the Storehouses, &c possessed by John Marshall, in Louisa;and
after the Expiration of Colonel William Johnson’s Lease, the Ordinary and
Land in his Possession. The Terms may be known by applying to the
Subscribers, who earnestly request one Favour of all their Debtors to be
as speedy as possible in their Payments, or at least in making their Settle-
ments, where the first cannot be done.
ROBERT HART
JOHN MARSHALL.
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POETS CORNER.
The ROAST BEEF of OLD ENGLAND.
WHEN mighty Roast Beef was the Englishman’s Food
It ennobled our Veins, and enliven’d our Blood,
Our Soldiers were brave, and our Courtiers were good.
When good Queen Elizabeth sat on the Throne,
Ere Coffee and Tea, and such Slip-Slops were known,
The World was in terror if ere she did frown.
Our Lawyers were virtuous, ne’er sought for Applause,
By confounding with Purport and Tenour the Laws,
Nor framing of Bills against Liberty’s Cause.
Our Bishops were zealous, Religion their Care,
And honestly spoke when in Senate they were,
That no Traitor dar’d offer a Popish Bill there.
They boldly asserted, the Prince on the Throne,
If he broke through the Oath that he took with the Crown,
’Twas no Act of Justice, but one of his own.
Our Nobles had Honour in Records of Fame,
Their Sons are but Shadows, and know but the Name,
Their Fathers eat Beef, their Sons whore and game.
With Beef and their Charters, how happy and free!
Their Sons, if they’ve Charters, must live upon Tea,
And cringe to a venal Majority.
The Britons, that once were inured to fight,
Now tamely sit down their Petitions to write;
Which serve for a Laugh, and the Boys for a Kite.
The Return of the Seasons are settled by Fate,
The Tories may tremble, though now so elate,
And Freedom revive with the new Eighty-Eight.
JUST imported in the Grizzie, Captain Syme,
from Glasgow, sundry Packages of Dry Goods, consisting of Irish
Linens, Checks, Bedticks, Shalloons, Mens and Womens Stockings,
Camblets, &c. &c. to the Amount of 200£. Sterling each Package,
which will be sold at a low Advance, for ready Money, or short Credit,
by JOHN HAMILTON.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a BAY HORSE six Years old, four Feet
nine Inches high, has some White in his Forehead, and branded
on the Shoulder I. Posted, and appraised to 16£.
HUMPHREY TAYLOR.
TAKEN up, in __________ a BAY MARE about ten Years old, four
Feet ten Inches high, has several Saddle Spots, her Mane and
Foretop roughly cut off, a white Mark across her Belly, and branded on
the near Shoulder obscurely, on the near Buttock with a large blotched
perpendicular Stroke, an obscure Brand on her off Shoulder, and B (with
a Stroke joined to the Middle) on her off Buttock, She had on a large
Bell, mended with a Patch under the Staple Posted, and appraised to 10£.
ANNE NETHERLAND.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a LIGHT RED STEER, three Feet two
Inches high, all four of his Feet white, some White under his Belly,
a small white Spot on his Back, his Tail and some Part of his Face white,
and marked with a Crop and Slit in each Ear. Posted and appraised to
25 s. (||) THOMAS OUSLEY.
TAKEN up in Halifax, a BAY MARE three of four Years old,
four Feet five Inches high, is a natural Pacer, not docked, but
branded on the near Shoulder [upside down W] — Also a ROAN MARE about five
Years old, four Feet six Inches high, a Blaze in her Forehead, Part of
her under Lip white, her Mane and Tail light coloured, her hind Feet
and Legs white, is a natural Trotter, docked, but no Brand to be seen.
She had on a large Bell with a Leather Collar. Posted, and appraised to
10£. each. FRANCIS TUCKER.
TAKEN up in Buckingham, a BLACK STEER five Years old, a
white Face with some black Spots in it, white under his Belly, all
his Legs white, and marked with a Crop and Half Crop in the right Ear,
and a Crop and Slit in the left. Posted and appraised to 3£. 2 s. 6 d.
JOHN STINSON.
TAKEN up, in Fairfax, a small IRON GRAY HORSE about
seven Years old, twelve Hands and a Half high, with a Switch
Tail, and Branded on the near Shoulder TP in a Piece.
(||) HUGH DAILEY.
TAKEN up, in Bedford, a LIGHT STRAWBERRY ROAN
HORSE, appears to be about fifteen Years old, thirteen Hands
two Inches and a Half high, had on a Bell of about two Shillings Value,
is undockt, and branded on the near Shoulder M. Posted, and appraised
to 3£. 10 s. (||) JOHN JAMESON.
TAKEN up, in Buckingham, a MOUSE COLOURED BLACK
MARE about seven Years old, four Feet five Inches high, two
Breaks and a white Spot in her Forehead, a white Spot on her left fore
Leg, some White on her near Foot, and a roached Mane and Switch
Tail. Posted, and appraised to 7£. 10 s.
HARDIMAN BAIRD.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a BRINDLED STEER, appears to be old,
four Feet and three Quarters of an Inch high, appears to have been
worked, marked with a Crop, Hole, and long Underkeel, in each Ear,
and both Ears slit out from the Hole to the End. Posted, and appraised
to 3£. (||) JOHN CHAPMAN.
TAKEN up, in Pittsylvania, a WHITE MARE about twelve Years
old, four Feet seven or eight Inches high, had on a Bell marked
HM in a Piece, branded on the near Shoulder X, and on the near But-
tock R. Posted, and appraised to 7£. 10 s.
(||) ROBERT HARSTONE.
To be SOLD, to the highest Bidder, on the 25th of
November next, at the Plantation of Doctor Ewen
Clements known by the Name of Lowry’s)
ALL the Stocks of CATTLE, HOGS, SHEEP, and HORSES, on
the said Plantation; also the Crop of Wheat, and about 4 or 500
Barrels of Indian Corn, Plantation Utensils, and sundry other Things too
tedious to mention.. And on the 19th of December. being Essex Court
Day, will be sold to the highest Bidder, at his late Dwelling-House, in
Tappahannock, all the HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE
of said Clements, three valuable HORSES, two RIDING CHAIRS with
Harness, his MEDICINES and SHOP UTENSILS, and several likely
Virginia born SLAVES. Credit will be allowed all Purchasers to the
Amount of 40 s. until the 20th day of October 1775, on giving Bond with
approved Security to
PITTMAN CLEMENTS,}
(4) MERIWETHER SMITH, } Administrators.
ALL Persons who have any Demands against
the Estate of the late Doctor Ewen Clements, are desired to make
them known as speedily as possible to Meriwether Smith, and the Nature
of them, that Provision may be made for Payment; and all Persons in-
debted to the said Estate are requested to make immediate Payment, as
no Indulgence can be given.
PITMAN CLEMENTS, }
(4) MERIWETHER SMITH, } Administrators.
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ON the 10th of December will be exposed to
sale the Estate of Leonard Ward, deceased, lying near Kingland
Ferry, in Chesterfield County. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed
for all Sums above 5£. on giving Bond, with approved Security, to the
Executors.
Richard Eglestone.
William Walker.
For CHARTER, or private SALE,
THE Ship Neptune, Archibald White Master, Burthen about 400
Hogsheads, or 10,000 Bushels. For Terms, apply to the Sub-
scribers in Norfolk.
ANTHONY WALKE.
(6) JOHN LAWRENCE.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at Belvoir, on
Potowmack River, the late Seat of the Honourable
George William Fairfax, Esq; on Monday the 5th
of December next,
ALL the GENTEEL FURNITURE of two Rooms, KITCHEN
FURNITURE, eight or ten HORSES, all his Stock of HOGS,
Part of his CATTLE and SHEEP, together with the PLANTATION
UTENSILS, three WAGGONS, and fifty Barrels of FISH. Purcha-
sers of more than 5£. will have Credit till the 15th of August next, on
giving Bond with approved Security, paying Interest from the Date, if
the Principal should not be discharged within forty Days after it becomes
due.———At the same Time and Place will be rented, to the highest Bid-
der, a small Plantation for one Year, and two very fine Fisheries for a
Term of Years. The Mansion-House, Outhouses, Garden, Orchards,
and Plantation, with a sufficient Quantity of Land to suit the Tenant,
will also be let for a Term of Years. Any Person inclinable may rent the
Dwelling-House before the Day of Sale, and know the Terms by apply-
ing to (5||) FRANCIS WILLIS, Junior.
THE Death of Mr. Hugh M’Mekin (late
of Norfolk) renders it absolutely necessary that the Business car-
ried on by him there, by Mr. Matthew Anderson in King & Queen, and
by Mr. Christopher Pryor at Gloucester Courthouse, be discontinued. All
Persons, therefore, who are indebted for Dealings with either of these
Gentlemen, on Account of Mess, John M’Douall and Co. of Glasgow,
are earnestly requested to discharge their respective Balances immediately;
those who have it not in the Power to make Payment will, it is expect-
ed, grant Bond.———Mess. Anderson and Pryor will give constant Atten-
dance for that Purpose, who are authorised to receive and grant Discharges.
———The Goods on Hand at King & Queen and Gloucester Courthouse,
amounting to about 1500£, Sterling, will be sold, and the Time of Pay-
ment made as easy to the Purchaser as the Hardness of the Times will
admit of. As most of these Goods were imported last Spring, they are
fresh, look well, and are tolerably well assorted. There is likewise on
Hand a Cargo of choice Goods, adapted for the present Season, just im-
ported in the Bland, Captain Danby. from London, and the Juno, Cap-
tain M’Cunn, from Glasgow, amounting to between 1000£. and 1250£.
Sterling. For Terms apply to Mess. John Johnson, or Archibald Govan,
at Page’s, Mr. Simon Fraser, at Urbanna, Mr. Matthew Anderson,, in
King & Queen, or to BENNETT BROWNE,
(6) Attorney in Fact for Mess. John M’Douall and Co.
To be SOLD, for ready Money, by the Executors of
Newton Keene, deceased, pursuant to his last Will,
by publick Auction, to the highest Bidder, on Mon-
day the 19th of December next, if fair, otherwise
next fair Day, at the Place called Newgate, in the
County of Loudoun,
A TRACT of valuable LAND in the said County, adjoining to the
said Place called Newgate, and partly bounded by the Mountain
Road, containing about 1400 Acres; about 100 Acres whereof are
under a Lease for one or two Lives, at a small yearly Rent. There is
only one small Plantation, and but very little cleared Ground upon it.
It is extremely well watered and timbered, and has a considerable Quan-
tity of Ground up[on it fit for improving into Meadow. This Land is
very conveniently situated, being only 25 Miles from Alexandria, 23 from
Dumfries, and 18 from Colchester, and has a Merchant Mill within less
than a Mile of it. Newgate is a very publick Place, and well situated
for Trade and Publick House keeping. Deeds will be executed on the
Day of Sale. There will also be sold by the said Executors, for ready
Money, at publick Sale, on Monday the 9th of January next, if fair,
otherwise next fair Day, at the late Dwelling Plantation of the said New-
ton Keene, in Northumberland County, TWENTY very likely Virginia
born NEGROES belonging to his Estate.
RICHARD LEE, }
(7) DAVID BOYD, } Executors.
For CHARTER,
THE Ship Betsey, James Dysart Master, Burthen
about 400 Hogsheads, or 10,000 Bushels. For
Terms apply to
(6) JOHN LAWRENCE, & Co.
NORFOLK, October 18, 1774.
For SALE,
THAT valuable and well situated Lot in Williamsburg where the
Coffeehouse is now kept, which may be entered upon the 1st of
April next.————Also a Tract of Land in Nansemond County, within
three Miles of Suffolk, upon which is a good Stream for a Mill. It is well
timbered with Oak and Pine, contains some very good Meadow Ground,
produces good Corn and Wheat, and is capable of great Improvement;
there is a very good Dwelling-House, and all necessary Houses for Crop-
ping, with a fine young Orchard of Apple and Peach Trees. It likewise
may be entered upon the first of April next.———For Terms apply to
David Meade, Esq; at Maycox; Mr. Joseph Prentis, Attorney, in Wil-
liamsburg; Mr. Wills Cowper, Merchant, in Suffolk; or to the Subscriber,
in Halifax Town, North Carolina.
(tf) JOHN WEBB.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 29, 1774.
COMMITTED to the Publick Jail, on the
3d Instant, a Negro Man named CHARLES, who told me he
belonged to Doctor Corbin Griffin of York, which I have repeatedly notified
to the Doctor; but not Application having been made from him for the
said Fellow, it is probable he has told me a Falsity. From his own Story,
he was lately the Property of Mr. James Pride, from whom Doctor
Griffin received him last February, and kept him in Possession till the July
following, at which Time he eloped. He is about 25 Years old, five
Feet nine Inches high, slim made, well dressed, and fit to act in the Ca-
pacity of a Waiting Man. His Owner is desired to take him away, and
pay Charges. (tf) PETER PELHAM.
For CHARTER,
THE Ship Londsdale, James Grayson Master, Burthen about 430
Hhds. British built, two Years old, a very good Vessel, well fitted
and sound. For Terms apply to Richard Squire Taylor, in King William
County. (tf)
FOR SALE,
A TRACT of LAND in York County, about four Miles from Willi-
amsburg, containing 250 Acres. It lies in about three Quarters of
a Mile of York River, and about the same Distance from the Oyster Rocks,
joins Colonel John Tabb’s, and Colonel Landon Carter’s Land, and has
as much Timber as will pay for it in one Year, by selling Wood to the
Inhabitants of Williamsburg. It is under a Morgage to Mr. William
Graves of York County, for about 190£. which Sum must be paid him
at the Acknowledgment; for the Remainder of the Money one or two
Years Credit will be given, as can be agreed on, and Possession may be
had at Christmas. For Terms apply to Captain William Gregory of
Charles City, or the Subscriber in the same County, about three Miles
from the Courthouse. (tf) AMBROSE JACKSON.
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CABIN POINT, October 10, 1774.
AS the Store kept by me on Account of
Logan, Gilmour, and Co. at Mr. James Belsebes’s is discontinued,
all Persons indebted thereto are requested to make immediate Payment to
Mr. John Mackay, who is properly empowered to receive the same.
Those who have it not in the Power to make immediate Payment are
earnestly desired to settle their Accounts, by giving Specialties to Mr.
Mackay, who attends at Cabin Point for that Purpose.
(tf) JOHN STEWART.
NEW YORK, July 27,1774.
FIFTY POUNDS REWARD,
WHEREAS, on the 19th of June last past, a certain JOSEPH
THORP was intrusted with a considerable Sum in Half
Johannesses, of nine Pennyweight, to be delivered by him at Quebec, and
as he has not yet made his Appearance there, with other suspicious Cir-
cumstances, it is apprehended he is gone off with the Money. He is a
Native of England, about six Feet high, swarthy Complexion, very dark
keen Eyes, and pitted with the Smallpox, of a slender Make, stoops as
he walks, talks rather slow, with some small Impediment in his Speech.
He lived some Time in Boston from whence he removed to Quebec,
assuming the Character of a Merchant in both Places; he was also once
in Trade in Newcastle, Virginia, and has a Brother settled there. It is
believed he went on Board Captain John F. Pruym, for Albany, and took,
with him a blue Casimir and a dark brown Cloth Suit of Clothes.
Whoever secures the said James Thorp, in any of his Majesty’s Jails on
this Continent, shall be entitled to ten per Cent, on the Sum recovered,
and the above Reward of 50£. when convicted. Apply to Curson and
Seton of New York, Joseph Wharton, Junior, of Philadelphia, Robert
Christie of Baltimore, James Gibson and Co. Virginia, John Bondfield of
Quebec, Melatiah Bourne or John Rowe of Boston. It is requested of those
who may have seen this Joseph Thorp, since the 19th of June last past,
or know any Thing of the Route he has taken, that they convey the most
early Intelligence thereof to any of the above Persons, or Greenwood,
Ritson, and Marsh, in Norfolk, or to Robert Pleasants and Co. at Four
Mile Creek, Henrico County; the Favour will be gratefully acknow-
ledged. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from taking him off the
Continent. (tf)
Wanted immediately,
A JOURNEYMAN SHOEMAKER that understands the Business
well in all its Branches. Such a One, that can come well recom-
mended, for an honest, industrious, sober Man, will meet with Encou-
ragement to his Satisfaction, a good Seat of Work, and his Money
paid every Saturday Night if he chooses it. Inquire for the Subscriber,
near the upper Church, in Middlesex County.
(tf) SAMUEL DANIEL.>/p>
To be SOLD or RENTED (Preference will be given
to the first)
A PLANTATION on Allen’s Creek in Mecklenburg, within a Mile
of Roanoke, consisting of about 120 Acres of Land, the Property
of Mess. Alexander Donald and Co. and whereon the Subscriber now lives.
The land of itself is valuable, exclusive of the Improvements, which are
a good Dwelling House, with other necessary Outhouses, and a large and
convenient Storehouse, 32 by 44 Feet. There are about 20 Acres of
the low Ground well set in Timmothy and Clover, and notwithstanding
this dry Summer, 15 Acres of it have yielded above 30,000 Weight of
Hay, which, with about 300 Bushels of Oats in the Straw, some Indian
Corn, 40 Head of Cattle, 50 Head of Sheep, and some Hogs, will be
sold on reasonable Terms. The Purchaser may have Possession of the
Premises as soon as he pleases, and long Credit (if required) will be al-
lowed for the Land, on his giving Bond and Security. It is expected
the Store will be continued, and of Course the Purchaser will have the
Benefit of the Board of the Storekeepers, and besides the Situation of the
Place (being on Taylor’s Ferry Road) makes it well calculated for a
Tavern. (tf) EBENEZER MACHARG.
To be SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND in Surry County, containing 450 Acres, known
by the Name of Cabin Point, on which are a new Set of Brick
Warehouses, which bring in about 70£. a Year, and a new Brick Mer-
chant Mill completely fitted with two Water Wheels on a never failing
Stream, within 100 Feet of the Wharf. The Land is very good for Grain
and has about 40 Acres that may be made fine Meadow. This is one of
the most improveable Estates in the Country. Half the Purchase Money
to be paid in twelve Months, the other Half may lie for seven Years, on
good Security being given, and punctual Payment of Interest. If the
Land is not sold by Christmas, it will be rented out.
(tf) BENJAMIN HARRISON.
FOR SALE,
TWO THOUSAND Acres of LAND, lying on the River Shenando,
in the County of Frederick, eight Miles above Ashby’s Gap. One
Third of the Purchase Money to be paid on the Day of Sale, and an ex-
tensive Credit will be given for the Remainder. Mr. James Brown will
show the Land to any Person inclinable to purchase, and I shall be on
the Premises the 15th of November next.
(tf) NATHANIEL BURWELL.
ISLE of WIGHT, July 19, 1774.
To be RENTED, from Year to Year, of for a Term
of Years,
BELVOIR, the beautiful Seat of the Honourable George William Fair-
fax, Esq; lying upon Potowmack River in Fairfax County, about
fourteen Miles below Alexandria. The Mansion House is of Brick, two
Stories high, with four convenient Rooms and a large Passage on the lower
Floor, five Rooms and a Passage on the second, and a Servants Hall
and Cellars below, convenient Offices, Stables, and Coach House ad-
joining, as also a large and well furnished Garden, stored with a great
Variety of valuable Fruits, in good Order. Appertaining to the Tract
on which these Houses stand, and which contains near 2000 Acres (sur-
rounded in a Manner by navigable Water) are several valuable Fisheries,
and a good Deal of cleared Land in different Parts, which may be let
altogether, or separately, as shall be found most convenient. The Terms
may be known of Colonel Washingon, who lives near the Premises, or of
me in Berkeley County.
(tf) FRANCIS WILLIS, Junior.
FOR SALE,
A TRACT of LAND in Amelia County, containing 500 acres, about
four Miles below the Courthouse, it is remarkable fine Land for
Grain, and will bring good Tobacco. The Plantation is in good Order
for Cropping, sufficient to work six or eight Hands, with all necessary
Houses. Any Person inclinable to purchase may depend on having a
Bargain, and know the Terms by applying to
(tf) WILLIAM MARSHALL.
For SALE,
ABOUT twelve Thousand Acres of exceeding rich TOBACCO
LAND, in Amherst County, whereon are several Plantations and
Improvements sufficient to work forty or fifty Hands. There is on the
said Land for Sale a very valuable GRIST MILL, lately built, with a
Stone Dam and a Pair of good Cologne Millstones, which Mill has for two
Years past got upwards of 100 Barrels of Toll Corn, and is situated on a
never failing Stream. The Land will be shown by William Womack, who
lives at one of the Plantations, and the Prices of the Land made
known by him. One or two Years Credit will be allowed, Interest being
paid for the second Year, and also for the first, if the Money is not paid
agreeable to Contract. The Land is to be laid off and surveyed by
Colonel William Cabell, at the Expense of the Purchaser. Deeds will be
made upon Bond and approved Security being given, either to Colonel
William Cabell, or the Subscriber. Six per Cent, Discount will be allowed
for ready Money, or good Merchants Notes. If any Person will choose
to exchange Lands in the lower Part of the Country, on or near some
navigable River, that are good, it is more than probable we should agree.
(tf) CARTER BRAXON.
ALL Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12 s. 6 d. a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for
3 s. the first Week, and 2 s. each Week after. ——*** All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with
Care and Expedition.
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