YALE UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

^RCMIVE^S

State of New Jersey,

FIRST SERIES.
Vol. XIX.

This volume was prepared and edited by authority
of the State of New Jersey, at the request of the
New Jersey Histoncal Society, and under the direc
tion of the following Committee of the Society :
William Nelson,
Garret D. W. Vroom,
Frederick W. Ricord,
William S. Stryker,
Edmund D. Halsey.

DOCUMENTS

RELATING To THE

COLONIAL HISTORY

OF TIIE

State of New Jersey,

EDITED BY
WILLIAM NELSON.

VOLUME XIX.

I. Some Account of Early American Newspapers,
AND Libraries in which they may be found.
Part III. — Michigan-New-Hampshire.
IL Extracts from American Newspapers, relating
TO New Jersey.
VOL. III. 1751-1755.

paterson, n. j.:
The Press Printing and Publishing Co., 269 Main St.
1897.

PREFACE.

The collection of Newspaper Extracts relating to New Jer
sey, presented in Volume XI and Volurae XII of the New Jer
sey Archives, has met with such general favor that a third Vol
ume is now issued, and a fourth is in the press.
The Extracts herewith given are, of course, similar in gen
eral character to those contained in the two previous Volumes.
The advertisements of runaway servants are even more numer
ous, indicating both an increase in that class of population, and
a growing spirit in favor of personal liberty, that aided and
abetted these unfortunates in their efforts for freedom. They
seem to have been better clad than formerly. It will be no
ticed, too, that they are described in less contemptuous terms
than in earlier years. They are more varied in their national
ity, also.
Tlie controversies with the East Jersey Proprietors increase
in number and bitterness, as the settlers dispute any title to land
but that of actual possession. The offers of extensive new
tracts to purchasers show that the Proprietors are anxious to
realize before their title is more generally questioned. It is
apparent, moreover, that the population is rapidly increasing,
and seeking new opportunities for settlement. Occasionall)'
now a house with "sash windows" is advertised for sale, and
even street lamps, so rapid is the progress toward hitherto un
dreamed of luxuries. With much tribulation the line of "stage-
boats" and "stage-waggons" is maintained between Philadel
phia and Amboy.
The differences between the people's representatives in the
Legislature, and the Royal appointees in the seat of Governor
and Council, are becoming more positive. Men are groping
darkly toward the light. "A strict union among all his Majes-

vi preface.
ty's Colonies" is favored by New Jersey, foreshadowed in the
Albany Congress of 1754. The nominal motive is united ac
tion against the French and Indian aggressions. But the idea
of a "raore perfect union" is taking root. New Jersey is en
thusiastically prompt in furnishing raen and money to resist the
threatened attacks which presently are to break out, in the Win
ter of 1755-56, on her northwestern frontier.
Social progress is shown in the generous space devoted in
the newspapers of the day to the affairs of the College of New
Jersey, still located at Newark. We have graphic accounts of
the commencements ; encouraging reports of the foreign mis
sion of Messrs. Tennent and Davies, who are to bring back
messages of loving sympathy, and substantial financial support.
The Connecticut lottery for the benefit of the College is vigor
ously exploited, but we are left in doubt as to its pecuniary re
sults. Other lotteries are announced, for the benefit of the Trenton
church; forthe "English and Grammar School" at the same
place; in behalf of the Bordentown church, and in other in
stances simply "for the promotion of religion and virtue."
Some of the crimes reported have quite an air of romance —
not to say of romancing — about them. But no doubt it was
all too true that a negro was deliberately burnt alive, by due
process of law, for murder. Wrecks are lamentably frequent
along the Jersey coast, where light-houses are still unknown.
The venerable joke appears in these pages, of a magistrate ap
portioning punishment to be equally divided between an impe
cunious criminal and the informer, in lieu of the fine which the
latter hoped to share. For the first time in New Jersey we
have a course of lectures on surgery announced — more than a
decade before the New Jersey Medical Society was formed.
These are but a few ofthe themes presented to the reader in
the ensuing pages. The student will find innumerable other
topics and facts meriting his attention.

I.
American Newspapers of the Eighteenth Century.
Chronology and History ; Lists of Files, and
Libraries in which they may he found.
With Some Notices of the First Printing and the
First Newspaper in each State.
Part JIL— Michigan— New-Hampshire.

ABBREVIATIONS.

In the use of abbreviations to indicate the libraries in which
certain files are to be found, any arbitrary or conventional sys
tem has been avoided. The customary abbreviations are em
ployed to signify names of States ; where they are used alone,
the meaning is that the files are in the State Library. The let
ters " H. S." added, indicate the Historical Society called by
the name of the State. It will be noticed that in the follow
ing table the letter " L." stands for " Library," and " S." for
" Society." A. A. S. — American Antiquarian Society.
B. A. — Boston Athenaeum.
B. P. L. — Boston Public Library.
C. H. S. or Conn. H. S. — Connecticut Historical Society.
Essex Inst. — Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.
H. U. — Harvard University Library.
L. C. — Library of Congress.
L. C. P. — Library Company of Philadelphia.
L. I. H. S. — Long Island Historical Society.
L. L. — Lenox Library.
Mass. — Massachusetts State Library.
Mass. H. S. — Massachusetts Historical Society.
Md. H. S. — Maryland Historical Society.
Me. H. S. — Maine Historical Society.
N. — Library of William Nelson.
N. E. H. G. S. — New England Historic Genealogical Society.
N. J. — New Jersey State Library.
N. J. H. S. — New Jersey Historical Society.
N. Y. — New York State Library.
N. Y. H. S. — New York Historical Society.
P. L. F.— Library of Paul Leicester Ford, of Brooklyn.
Penn. — Pennsylvania State Library.
Penn. H. S.— Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
S. L. — The Society Library of New York.
Wis. H. S.— State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
Y. U. — Yale University Library.

History of American Newspapers.

Michigan.^
During the Revolution, Lieutenant-Governor Hamilton, of Canada,
distributed to the "Rebel Colonists" large numbers of proclamations dated
Detroit, 1777. From this date it has been conjectured that perhaps these
proclamations were printed at Detroit. If so, they must have been print
ed on a small press carried with the army. There is no evidence of this,
however, and there is every reason to believe they were actually printed at
Quebec or at Montreal.
"The earliest account of a printing press in this region is contained in
a manuscript letter-book of Alexander & William Macomb. A letter there
in, written in 1785, to one of their correspondents at London, refers to a
printing press they have received, and their correspondent is reminded
that no directions have been sent for putting it in working order." —
Farmer. 1809 — Introduction of printing.
a press and type were brought from Baltimore, in 1809, by the Rev.
Gabriel Richard, and immediately rented or sold to James Miller. The
first book printed on this press was:
The Child's Spelling Book, or Michigan Instructor, being
compiled from the most approved authors by a teach
er of Detroit.
Detroit, Printed by James M. Miller.
12° Pp. 12,
It is dated August I, 1809.
The same year, Miller printed a small prayer book in French:
L'ame penitente, ou la nouveau consideration sur les
verities eternelles, etc., etc. '
Jacques Miller, Imfrimeur, Detroit, 1809.
16° Pp. 300.
1 Authorities: The History of Detroit, Michigan; or, The MetropoUs lUustra'-ed. By Silas Farmer.
Detroit, 1884. 8°.
Michigan Pioneer Collections. ^
Outlines of the Political History of Michigan. By James V. Campbell, Detroit. 8 .

xii NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
"A Presentment by the Grand Jury of the territory of Michigan, Su
preme Court, September Term, 1809, Against Governor Holt, remitting a
fine, etc., also presenting an act of the Legislature, etc., etc., dated Sep
tember 26, 1809, M. Miller, Printer, Detroit, was issued from the press the
same year."
History and Chronology of Newspapers.
1809, August T,! —Michigan Essay; Or, The Impartial
Observer, at Detroit, by James M. Miller.
Printed on a whole sheet, folio size, four pages, each 9^ by 16 inches,
four columns to a page. The following shows the arrangement of the
title, the imprint, etc., as carefully taken from a copy in the library of the
American Antiquarian Society, at Worcester:
Michigan Essay ;
Or, The Impartial Observer.
Detroit, Territory of Michigan: — Printed and Published by James M.
Miller.
Vol. I.] Thursday, August 31, 1809. [No. L
In the upper left hand column of the first page appears the following:
Terms
of the Michigan Essay.
It wiU be published every Thursday ; and handed to City Subscribers, at s dollars per
ann Payable half-yearly, in advance.
Other Subscribers, resident in any part ot the Territory of Michigan, or Upper Can
ada, 4 dollars and 50 cents, delivered at the Office — to be paid in advance.
Distant Subscribers, who receive their papers by mail, 4 doUars — in advance.
Advertisements, not exceeding a square, inserted 3 weeks for 1 dol. and 50 cts. For
every subsequent insertion 25 cts.
AU advertisements must be accompanied by the cash.
In the editorial column is the announcement:
The pubUc are respectfuUy informed that the Essay wiU be conducted with the utmost
impartiality; that it will not espouse any poUtical party, but fairly and candidly communi
cate wliatever may be deemed worthy of information, whether foreign, domestic, or local.
Gentlemen of talents are invited to contribute to our columns whatever they suppose
will be acceptable and beneficial to the public, yet always remembering tliat nothing of a
controv.ersial nature will be admissible.
So far as ascertained only one number of this paper was ever issued,
and only five copies ot that number are known to be in existence.l
1 The statement has been widely published that the title of this paper was: "Essai du
Michigan, ou Observateur Impartial," and that it was mainly in French, with an EngUsh
department. As a matter of fact, only a column and a half, or one-tenth of the paper, was
in French, and the title was in EngUsh, as given above, in the text. It is not unUkely that
Father Richard, in writing to some French brother, may have given a French translation
of the title.

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. xiii
Mr. Miller, the publisher, came to Detroit from Utica, N. Y., and died
at Ithaca, N. Y., in the spring of 1838.
Father Gabriel Richard, a priest of the order of St. Sulpice, came to
Detroit in 1798, as resident pastor of the Roman Catholic Church of St.
Anne. He compiled and published sorae religious and educational works
for his own flock, and selections for reading from French authors. He
was a man of fine education and strong character, liked and respected by
all classes. He was early an officer of the University (organized about
1818), also a professor therein. He was elected the third delegate to
Congress, from Michigan, in 1823; he died in 1833.
In i8l2, while Detroit was held by the British, Judge Campbell, of
the Court of King's Bench, in Upper Canada, holding the assizes at Sand
wich, addressed to the Grand Jury a charge, whicli that body caused lo be
printed by Theophilus Mettez. He was a private in Capt. Antoine De-
quindre's company, mustered in June 21, 1812, for five months, and sur
rendered at -Detroit, Aug. 16, 1812, to Gen. Hull. He printed "Some
Acts" of the Michigan Legislature in i8l6. Subsequently he kept a
butcher stall in the Detroit market.
1817, July 25. — The Detroit Gazette, at Detroit, by Sheldon
& Reed.
This was the second, but the first permanent, newspaper published in
Michigan. It was printed on a folio sheet, four pages, each 9|^xl6^
inches, three columns to the page, and was issued weekly. In recognition
of the mixed population of the country, one page was in French, and the
other three in English. The subscription price was $4 a year to city sub
scribers, and 83.50 to those out of town. In the issue for July 14, 1820, it
was stated that the paper had 152 subscribers, only 90 of whom had paid,
and that not a single advertisement had been paid for. In July, 1828, it
was leased to H. L. Ball for nine years, and John B. Sheldon becarae ed
itor, being succeeded in April, 1829, by Ebenezer Reed. The last number
was issued April 22, 1830. The establishment was destroyed by fire four
days later.
1825, May 10. — The Michigan Herald, at Detroit, by H.
Chipman and Joseph Seymour.
This paper was continued until April 30, 1829.

xiv NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
Minnesota.^
1849 — Printing introduced at St. Paul.
History and Chronology of Newspapers.
1849, April 27. — Minnesota Register, at Cincinnati, by A.
Randall and John P. Owens.
¦ The first steps to commence the publication of a newspaper in Minne
sota were taken in August, 1848, by Dr. A. Randall, then an attache of
Dr. Owen's Geological Corps, engaged in a survey of this region by order
of Government. The project grew out of the celebrated "Stillwater Con
vention" of that year. It was this political event which first suggested to
the mind of Dr. Randall that, if there was to be a Territorial organization
there, whether it be a new Territory, or the rightful inheritor of the aban
doned Territorial government of that State — it would be necessary to have
a newspaper. Having the capacity and means to undertake the enterprise,
he set about it, and was promised ample aid by leading men of the Terri
tory. Randall soon after proceeded to Cincinnati, which was at that time
his home, to purchase his press and material, designing to return that fall.
Winter set in unusually early that year, however, and he found navigation
would be closed before he could do so. Meantime he concluded to await
the issue of the bill to organize the Territory, which had been introduced
into Congress, but did not finally pass until the last day of the session.
By this time, Randall, annoyed at the delays, concluded to set up his press
in Cincinnati, and get out a number or two of his paper there. While in
Cincinnati, he formed the acquaintance of John P. Owens,^ a young raan
engaged in the printing business, who had already imbibed the Minnesota
fever by reading the debates in Congress on the Organic Act, and a part
nership between them was the result. They at once set to work to get out
1 Authorities: A History of the City of Saint Paul, and of the County of Ramsay, Minnesota. By
J. Fletcher Williams. (Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society, Vol. IV.) Saint
Paul: PubUshed by the Society. 1876. 80 Pp. 475.
Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society, Volume I. Being a RepubUcation
of the Original Parts Issued<in 1850-51-52-53-56. St. Paul: Ramaley, Chavey&Co.,
Printers, 1872. 8° Pp. 519.
W. R. Marshall, Secretary and Librarian of the Minnesota Historical Society. MS.
2 John Phillips Owens was born near Dayton, Ohio, January 6, 1818. His father, who
was a native of Wales, died when John was seven years old, and the latter, during his
younger years, worked on a farm, with occasional schooUng, untU the age of 15. He then
attended Woodward CoUege, at Cincinnati, about two years, when he concluded to learn
the printing business, which he did. Mr. Owens continued in the newspaper business in
Saint Paul for twelve or thirteen years, being seven years editor of the Minnesotian, a
leading journal of the Territory,

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. xv
a number of their paper, which was to be called the Minnesota Regi.':ter.
It was dated "Saint Paul, April 27, 1849," but was really printed about two
weeks earlier than that date, so as to reach Saint Paul by the day named
for publication. Mr. Randall, being a man of unsettled purpose and roving disposition,
caught the California fever just at this juncture, and sold out his interest
in the newspaper to Major Nathaniel McLean, of Lebanon, Ohio, who
had determined to remove to Minnesota, and there resume the business of
printing, to which he had been bred, but had not followed for some years.
The publishers and editors, under this arrangement, became "McLean &
Owens." As soon as the river opened, the press and material of the office
were shipped to Saint Paul. J. P. Owens accorapanied it, arriving in May.
Maj. McLeanl being detained by illness in Cincinnati, did not arrive un
til August. In the meantime, Col. Owens went to work to get the paper
out, and on July 14, issued No. 2. Capt. E. Y. Shelley, the veteran typo
of Saint Paul, was foreman. The paper was printed in a small office on
upper Third street. About this time The Chronicle had been started by
Col. Hughes, making three newspapers in the little town. When five or
six numbers of the Register had been issued, it became evident that there
were too many newspapers in Saint Paul, and, on the arrival of Maj.
McLean in August, a consolidation was effected with the Chronicle. Col.
Hughes sold out and went to Hudson, Wisconsin, where he died about
1875. ^'^ foreman, S. A. Quay, took an interest with McLean & Owens
in the Chronicle and Register. The first number of this paper was issued
dn August 25, from the Chronicle office, a. well-printed seven-column
sheet. Mr. Quay withdrew after a, few weeks, and left the Territory.
The paper became the Whig organ, and soon had a good patronage from
that party.
1849, April 28. — The Minnesota Pioneer, at St. Paul, by
James M. Goodhue.
This was the first newspaper printed in the Territory. It was a week-
1 Nathaniel McLean was born in Morris county. New Jersey, May 16, 1787. He was a
brother of John McLean, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
His father removed to Ohio in 1789, settUng in Warren county. Nathaniel McLean
learned the printing business at Cincinnati, and, as early as 1807, published a paper at
Lebanon. In 1810, he was elected a member of the Ohio Legislature, serving two or
three sessions. He was also an officer in the war of 1812. In the spring of 1849, he de
termined to remove to Saint Paul and embark in the newspaper business. He was then
60 years of age, but remarkably strong and active. On November 3, 1849, he was ap
pointed by President Taylor, Sioux Agent at Fort Snelling, which office he held until the
spring of 1853. In the faU of 1855, he was elected one of the Commissioners of Ramsey
county. This was the last public office he held. He retained his physical powers almost
unimpaired until a short time before his death, when he was attacked with cancer, and
suffered greatly before his end came, April 11, 1871, aged 84 years. He was an honest and
good man. The township of McLean, in Ramsey county, Minn. , was named in honor of
him.

xvi NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
ly, four pages, four columns to a page. In the Pioneer of April i8, 1852,
the publisher gave this graphic account of the beginning of his paper:
Thei8th day of April, 1849, was a raw, cloudy day. The steamboat Senator, Capt.
Smith, landed at Randall's warehouse. Lower Landing, the only building then there, ex
cept Robert's old store. Of the people on shore, we recognize but one person as an ac
quaintance, Henry Jackson. Took our press, types, printing apparatus all ashore. Went
with our men to the house of Mr. Bass, corner of Third and Jackson streets. He kept the
only pubUc house in St. Paul, and it was crowded fuU from cellar to garret. Mr. Bass was
very obliging, and did everything possible for our encouragement. The next thing was a
printing office; and that it seemed impossible to obtain. Made the acquaintance of C. P.
V. Lull and his partner, Gilbert. They furnished us, gratuitously, the lower story of
their building for an office — the only vacant room in town — being the building on Third
street, since finished off and now occupied as a saloon by Mr. Calder. The weather was
cold and stormy, and our office was as open as a corn-rick ; however, we picked our types
up, and made ready for the issue of the first paper ever printed in Minnesota, or within
many hundreds of miles of it; but upon search , w^e found our news chase was left behind.
Wm. Nobles, blacksmith, made us a very good one, after a delay of two or three days.
The paper was to be named "The Epistle of St. Paul," as announced in our prospectus,
pubUshed in the February preceding; but we found so many little Saints in the Territory,
jealous of Saint Paul, that we determined to call our paper "The Minnesota Pioneer,"
One hindrance after another delayed our tirst issue to the 28th of April, ten days. We
bought a fractional lot with Dr, Dewey ; and on our half of it built the middle section of
the building where the Piojteer office is, for a dwelling house, and lived in it through the
next year, without having it lathed or plastered.
James M. Goodhue was born in Hebron, N. H., March 31, i8lo,
graduated from Amherst College in 1832, studied law, and entered upon
the practice of the profession. Having been invited to take the oversight
of a press in the lead region of Wisconsin, during the temporary absence
of its conductor, he discovered that he increased the interest of the read
ers in the paper. From that time he began to pay less attention to the
legal profession, and was soon known among the citizens of the mines as
the editor of the Grant Cotmty Herald, published at Lancaster, Wis.
When the news ot the organization of Minnesota Territory was received,
he resolved to remove thither and start a paper; he immediately pur
chased a press and type, and as soon as navigation opened shipped them
to St. Paul, meantirae issuing a prospectus for a journal, which he pro
posed to call The Epistle of St. Paul, but, at the advice of some friends
who objected to the irreligious tone, changed the name, before its first
issue, to The Minnesota Pioneer. He died August 27, 1852.
The Pioneer was issued as a daily May i, 1854, and has been contin
ued as a daily and weekly ever since. On April 11, 1S75, it was consoli
dated with the Daily Press, established Jan. I, 1861, by J. Fletcher Wil
liams, and is novv published as the Pioneer Press.
The first book:
Acts, I Joint Resolutions and Memorials | passed by the 1
First Legislative Assembly | of the | Territory of Min-

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. xvii
nesota ; | at its first session, begun and held at St. Paul,
on the third day of | September, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine. | Published by Authority of
the Legislative Assembly. |
'Saint Paul: \ Printed by James M. Goodhue and
Nathaniel McLean. \ 1850. |
Collation: Constitution of the United States. Acts of Congress.
Laws for the government of the Northwest Territory. Act dividing the
Northwest Territory — constituting Indiana Territory. Acts setting off
Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. [Dated] Minnesota Territory,
March 3, 1849. Pp- XXXVII. [The foregoing was probably printed out
side of Minnesota].
Title (as above) and verso, one leaf. Certificate of Secretary of
State, Nov. 8, 1849, ^""^ verso, one leaf. Acts of a General Charac
ter, pp. 5-105. Chap. 44, An act to incorporate the Historical Society of
Minnesota, approved Oct. 20, 1849, PP- 106-7. Certificate of Secretary of
State, March 4, 1850, p. [108]. Republication | of | Iraportant General |
Laws of Wisconsin, | now in force in the | Territory of Minnesota, | by
provision of the organic act. | Saint Paul; Printed by James M. Goodhue. |
1850. I Pp. [lo5]-i5o. Joint Resolutions, pp. 161-4. Memorials, pp.
165-174. The Explanation of words and terms used in the Statutes,- pp.
175-180. Index, pp. 181-213. Mississippi.^
1797 or 1798. — Printing introduced, at Walnut Hills, two
miles above Vicksburg, by Andrew Marschalk.
The account of the introduction of the art into Mississippi appears in
the following letter by this pioneer printer: Washington, September 2, 1837.
Dear Sir— The tirst press in Mississippi was a smaU mahogany one, brought by me
I Authorities: Mississippi, as a Province, Territory and State, &c. By J. F. H. Claiborne. Jack
son, Miss., 1880. Vol. I.
Proceedings of the Mississippi Press Association, from its organization, May, 1866,
to May, 1884. Jackson, Miss., 1885. (This well-printed volume, from the Clarion steam
book and job printing estabUshment, contains Chap. 24, Vol. IV,, of Claiborne's History,
treating especially of the Press of Mississippi,)
History of Mississippi, by Robert Lowry and Wm, H. McCardle. Jackson, Miss.,
i8gi. Natchez, Miss,, by Maj, Thomas Grafton.
The precise dates and detailed descriptions of newspapers are frpm copies of the
papers themselves. The reproduction of the title of the T/craWis from a copy in the au
thor's collection. So far as the writer is aware no copies of the papers here mentioned are
to be found in Mississippi.
3

xviii NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
from London, in September, 1790. It was out of my possession for six years, when or
dered to this (then) territory (I was an officer in the United States army.) In the year
'97 or '98, I regained possession of it and obtained a small font of type — say 30 lbs.,-^and
while at the Walnut Hills, printed a ballad, (the Galley Slave.) Great excitement was
caused in Natchez by the knowledge of a press being in the country, and strong induce
ments were held out for me to remove to that place. Finally I constructed a large press
capable of printing a foolscap sheet, and printed the territorial laws. The ^ress was sold
by me to Ben, M, Stokes, and he commenced in Natchez, and continued some time, the
Mississippi Gazette, on a foolscap sheet. This was some time in the summer of 1799; but
he soon failed.
About March or April, 1800, a Mr, Green, fiom Baltimore, brought a press to Natchez,
I do not recollect the title of his paper ; it ceased while I was at the North, and the press
fell into the hands of James Ferrell, who with one Moffat, published a paper for a short
time, I arrived from Philadelphia the last of July, 1802, and commenced the Mississippi Her
ald, I think the 26th of July, the same year, I cannot conveniently lay my hand on the
first volume; but send you, as a specimen of the poverty of those days, a small file of 1803
and '4, I commenced on medium but was reduced for want of paper, to cap,
I am yours etc,Andrew Marschalk.
Andrew Marschalk was probably a descendant of an early settler of
the same name in New York, who figures in the annals of that town in the
seventeenth century. He was an ensign in the United States array, and
accompanied the first detachment of troops that descended the river after
the withdrawal of the Spaniards. The command landed at and occupied
Fort Nogales, near where Vicksburg now stands. He was all his life en
gaged in newspapers, often performing the duties of publisher, editor,
printer and pressman. He died at Natchez between 1850 and i860. He
had a son who was also a newspaper publisher so late as 1859, editing the
Hempstead Courier.'^
George Willey, who lived in Natchez from 1788 to 1874, notes in his
Recollections: "A printing press also arrived about this time, aud under
the management of Andrew Marschalk, was soon engaged in the, to us,
strange business of printing the laws. The printing press was a strange
thing, but printed laws was no less novel. "2 So late as Feb. 5, 1802, Gov.
Claiborne coraplained: "The only printer in this TerritoryS (and he is a
novice in the profession) has been employed, on high wages, to print the
laws. The work is going on, but from the want of type, and good press
and assistance, it cannot be completed for several months." When the
Legislature met, sorae months later, the printer not having completed the
printing of the laws, Edward Turner, a young lawyer, was employed to
raake a nuraber of copies in manuscript, and was paid $36 therefor.
The first book:
Laws I of the | Mississippi Territory ; | Published at a
Session of the Legislature began in the | Town of Nat-
1 Historical Magazine, I. (January, i860), 17, i Quoted by Claiborne, as cited.
3 James TerreU was appointed printer to the Territorial Legislature in 1802,

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. xix
chez, in the County of Adams, and | Territory aforesaid,
upon the 22d Day of January, | Anno Domini 1799, and
in the 23d Year of | the Independance of the United
States I of America: and continued by | Adjournments
to the 35th Day | of May, in the | same year. | By Au
thority I
Natchez: \ Printed by A. Marschalk, \ and Sold
at the Store of Messrs. Hunts, & Co.^
Sm. 4° Pp. (2), ii, 2-63, 65-209.
History and Chronology of Newspapers.
1800, August I (est.) — The Mississippi Gazette, at Natchez,
by Benjamin M. Stokes.
The earliest number known is Vpl. II., Numb. 5, September 10, 1801.
If the paper was issued regularly from the beginning this would indicate
that it first appeared in August, 1800, instead of in the summer of 1799, as
stated by Col. Marschalk, writing from recollection in 1837. The number
just cited consists of four pages, each 13^x8 inches, three columns to a page,
and has the following heading and announcement of a change of pub
lishers:
The
Mississippi Gazette. .
By Sackett & Wallace.
Vol. II. Natchez, Tuesday September loth, 1801. Num 5
To The Public
Mr, Benjamin M, Stokes, the late editor and printer of the Mississippi Gazette, having
decUned business, we purpose continuing the pubUcation on the same political plan that
Mr, Stokes has heretofore printed, and will furnish ali the subscribers of the gazette on
the terms and manner hereinafter mentioned, •
Those gentlemen who are subscribers, in the Town and vicinity of Natchez, shall re
ceive their papers on each day of pubUcation,
Those who reside on the post road leading to the states, wiU be suppUed once a fort
night with two numbers, which shall be deposited at the most convenient places.
Those subscribers who reside in the lower part of the Territory, and below the line of
the route to New-Orleans, shall be regularly furnished by post once in two weeks.
We solicit the patronage of a generous public, and hope they will encourage the pres
ent undertaking, •
We intend to make it our duty to render the gazette a vehicle of useful and pleasing in
formation—It shall contain matter, of the most interesting nature. Foreign & Domestic
intelUgence, congressional and Legislative occurrences, particularly such as respect this
Territory, Essays will be thankfully received and published, which do not contain im
moral, indecent matter or personal reflections. Having made arrangements to procure a
1 In the Leno.x Library; title and collation furnished by WUberforce Fames.

XX NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
large addition of Types to those we have on hand, will by the Month of April next, enable
us to exhibit to the public as large a paper as any published in the Western country.
Terms of the Gazette.
Six Dollars per annum, one half at the expiration of six months, the remainder at the
end of the year.
Advertisements not exceeding a square, will be inserted three times for one dollar and
fifty cents, if above, in proportion ; and for each continuation after, fifty cents.
Sackett & Wallace.
The new arrangement does not appear to have been satisfactory to the
parties concerned, not more than two issues appearing under the names of
Sackett & Wallace. Then there was an intermission of three or four
weeks, when the paper again appeared under the original management, as
follows : ,
The
Missisippi Gazette.
By B. M. Stokes.
Sacred to virtue, liberty, science and civilization.
Vol II. — Tuesday, October 13, i8oi. — No 7,
The latest issue known is Vol. II., Num. 10, Natchez, Tuesday, De
cember 1st, 1801. It is not probable that the paper was continued long
after that date.
1801, August II (est ) — The Intelligencer, at Natchez, by
D. Moffett and James Ferrell.
This was printecJ on a folio sheet 19x23 inches, four pages, four col
umns to a page. The appearance, imprint, etc., of the earliest number
known are shown herewith :
The Intelligencer.
By D. Moffett & Co.
Six Dollars Per Ann. | Uninfluenced By Party— | Half Paid In Advance.
We Aim To Be Just.
Vol. I. Natchez, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 1801. | No. IX.
The latest number known is Vol. I., No. xvn, Natchez, Tuesday, De
cember 8, 1801. This paper was doubtless printed on the press brought
from Baltimore by Mr. Green, as stated by Col. Marschalk. As in the
case of the Gazette, he antedates the fact by about a year.
1802, July 26 {ch.)— Mississippi Herald, at Natchez, by
Andrew Marschalk.
Printed on a sheet 18x28 inches, four pages, three wide columns to a
page. The following is a fac simile of the litle of the earliest known copy:

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS.

XXI

MISSISIPPI HERALD.

VXlKTBb <6»D TBBIjlcgR&BT ASDKEIT MAK3CHALK, PAIHTCK flF THI LAWJ Ot THI TERRfTOHr.

INo.41,1,

NATCHEZ, SATURDAY, Ma» eI, 11103.

¦ [Vo^. I.J

Tumf tffth- MiisisiiL^ XerriiaQf^ i
ruMLUOfli Blf AUTHoaiT T. ' 'r ^ I
Jm aB afptinllng ati aathtriziag eamwujjutiirt
f^rittn H thi wiiural aJfimSif, aptH lit aafi ad-
vpKiafiiai anactpvmuiil ftjitimfar f firmMUMt
/itt ffJBtueJir Ibt akwtj tfAJami.
¦ StfC> (. 'Bi il titeari tf tbr_ Itg^etivt aamil
tlBiJm^ ifrmt^talilnt tflhi Mm/iffl Irrriii-
Tjj i» fdl&tt efitltff tfuvtBiJ, and it ii btrthj
tiiaOii h tb* mdbtrili ^llfbmt. That TJumu
'iViOELm.Abtjirrfliiai.iliae&anfudJoIiaBowIn,Adiun Tooley, Biniainin Farru ind i(nt\ Luce,
be, tod iluf ire bcreby ippohneil comaiifBcnrrt,
nhich UoA. faU tooiinifEDricn, or > nujorii^
¦r.lht&.are^ faDretf7 diredlei) bf ill wiyt
V^ IBcaiw ¦rubin' ibcir pDwer, 'lo Tnroim
ibea&lva Tclpediag ibfe rooft idvintigeoui iqil
cqaTUitlnt poGdaa Tor ¦ pnrrianuit fm of juftice
toisttoABiBtf-of AdanMi and (be bid coaimilGon-
frtVB iKroDf Tcqnired ta report ihcir opi.iioa,
tonchin^dK {Htmilci lo tbojcDcril aflcmblr it
'.5ec.''». Ha^br.B/^h""^"^ That it Cull
iiilMdiity ortb« bid- MkoDiiSonen to ifinnblc
tceebO' 00 ike firft nioDdaf io June utkt, «i-ibc
CMR-liMrii of i^.cOpnty ' * ' '
]rfisrB, tocoilfcr an^fopliift  _.
flcMA'^opn' BiewH Of cxriym^ ii
dtt«&tei^tb!c-i&-^ '
"" wa- GORDON FORMAN, .
Pn^£sitflbi Qm^iJ.
Asprere^ March igniiiSak , .
Wtfc a crcLAlBORift;
GnirWfriftbt Mtgyiffiflfrriil4ij.

"JitlilDidbj tbe Bioira */¦/>«/;, i*. /. '--«:-'-
£yb7A-thmi^Mlitinrig« for the ute oi-\iiJ Uol-
Uge, fbill beereflcd in Jefferfon counlf, iirir (ht
of Grccnrille, ni ihc lui<fi propofEd by
On motion : ReTolvfd by (hi board of Tniften,
Alt (btbuildiiigi fbr thp JeScrlon college iliilFbi

fR^EEDlNGS
"Soari of Trujlas oj^tf^Jon CoUe^r,

it^O ofl three
plan 3(he(iid

made of Briclr; ana
memhon t^a)ipoiiKed ra piepti-i
buil^iDeb^il. tcpvrt tlic 'faifc
(hcicrdccs tnglluA^tagelGAr ftilb liTiSiaiais of
thcpf&bable 0(Knc vk,^..
¦OrdeteJ, TbK MelTti. ^tnatf, Weft and
KlrfciindibcieMimillec for .l(itri|qVc purpofe.
. Adjburnedurilll.tiie (tconi MoMir in April
next, ra mecbkt tht tann'of jGreeilvi'iF.
GnmoilU^-AirittUb, iHo^
A gosnimnTtbe boud aiet| puilqini taiiJiijiin\-
Mr, VTeft from the eomoiinec inJlaintcd to pro
pofe a plan and eftrmiccof the pr-nbiblcfxprnccof
t'le buildingi for JeSerfjn CoII't*: repuireJ as Tol-
'¦¦ The commiiiee appointed in p-jn\::itc of a
ttrolucion of the biord of their UEt meeting, far the
puriKifc of prrparin; a p! in of the buil^mni br
Jef^^on college, rcipedFoFlf ftibmit the above, atid
airooni;fix abuldbg Eobe occupied'byibedcw-
vi^ - '
, *» The probable elipence of licTe Juildingt,
from thg ¦moft-acuriie eftinute Ihe commirTce hare
been d)hi.lo niilce, mil be teaibnulinddallari for
the, priocipai boildig: four ihouland for cadi
wing; Bod [WO ibouland for'tbe .'iieward'shauici
inikingm th- whole, twenty thoulaad dolUri. -
•* A» this run brexfteUt the prefent Jundt of
the College, or ]liy|>to<p«A of immediate fuppliej
10 ihat amounr, itw n^wBUKe takes leave to re.
cooimend [fhoBld (batp'OBo'ed plao irft4 tbeap.
probationof lb: ^oard) (hat Iticy ca.-iimence with
i contra^ for >he section ofone winc.and ihi
Ste^ani'iDotifi^^rhieh wijl probalib S<ai ac-
^ (ii*tl«5datioi> far ajlit- (liB*^- •

of lird for ihc Cte of J^F«rfoi_ pull cgr, and to re
port the tanic to ihe iitM mi-.mj uf-Lfte-f-Murf-*
Ordered, Thai MrlTii. Liiiimore, Weft, Ei-
lii, Tooly and Burnet, be acommitcec for the abovq
On moiinn, — Thil the next meeling nf ihs
boardoflruOecibeon tbe firl) Mjsdiy in June
nex^ at Eulfei's town.
On motion, — Ordered, That thB-tecrctary of
ihe board furnilh a copy of the proceeding! of
the lift ard nrefent meding^ ib^t the. fimc ina^
be prinled and pubhlhEd.
(Aiicllj FEf.lX HOGHES.
Siiritaiy iftbi Btard,

FOK THE MlSSlSim HBRALtt.
Mr. Pnnter,
REASON and cipei^ence prove that -virtlifc'
conftiiulcs the fopremi! Iiappincdj nat oiily
of individuals but of naliotis, — and (hat vice
3rd imiBoralitv onsrate not lefs ccri'ainlv.jlic
riiiHj-a'mf deftOiltonoi-ihe-one ThfltTJTTno-
oiher. Virtue, ihtrcfore, at ali iiin.s de-
feiVcdly meelt tbe b'iglieft praife aod patn>-
nlgi ofevcry-well wilhcr oFlhc human ficc,
mbilft vice ancl immonibcjr ve'jafkW the
objefts of -thc^ moi^iftj rcitcratud tfeifure
zad iawe{tVff.' Ataiime when -(hcfc Jift
are uflivcrfatiJI acknowledged to abound'-m
tlic' teiriioryi .cvfry "ptaulible altempr;
whe(hcr-by governtnem or pitrrofrc indi
viduals to remedy ilie evil, (hAuld cx<^(c
our warmeft graiitude, wliile he wiiffcould
point out a ralional anti coriTpleic.-cufrepr
tivc, would deferve to b 'coi^lidcrtd iVrcoiD^'
among the patromof nmnliind.'
Wchavb httle doUbibbi"

This is a well-printed paper with an excellent variety of reading mat-
ter, and an advertising patronage filling six colnmns. Nowhere appears
any statement of the terms.
With a spirit of friendly toleration not common in the journalism ot
those days, a whole column on the fourth page is devoted to the prospec
tus of an intended rival of the //erald, to be called the Mississippr Repub-
Ucan and Natchez Advertiser, whi,ch W. H. Beaumont annotmced his in
tention of publishing. He had "been long in the habit of editing news
papers," he stated, and "if a suitable support, adequate to the undertak
ing " ot which he does not permit himself to doubt, "is proraptly received,
the materials will be imraediately ordered, and it is presumable, the pub
lication will coramence in Septeraber next." No copy ot th.s paper has
been found, and probably the confident hopes of its projector were never
realized. With the issue of the Herald io-z Monday, Nov. 14, 1803, No. 16,
Vol. 2, the line And Natchez City Gazette, was added nnder the first line ot
the title. We learn from No. 52, Vol. 2, Thursday, April 26, 1804, that
Marschalk had attempted to issue it semi-weekly, and that it was pub
lished Wednesdays And Saturdays." As Marschalk was not an Irishman,
ot whom the perpetration of bulls could be expected, it is not easy to rec-

.xxii NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
oncile this announcement with the date. The semi-weekly was reduced in
size, being on a sheet 13x16 inches, four pages, two columns to a page. It
would seem that this ambitious effort crippled the printer, as No. 14, Vol.
III., instead of coming out on August 2, as it would in natural sequence,
bears date Oct. 5, indicating an occasional intermission, it not a temporary
suspension. This number shows a slight change in the heading, thus :
Missisippi Herald & Natchez Gazette.
Printed And Published By Andrew Marschalk,
At The Corner ot Third, And South First Streets.
[Vol. III.] Natchez, Friday, October, 5, 1804. [No. 14.]
It was now printed on a sheet 18x22 inches, tour pages, tour columns
to a page, and, of course, only weekly. Vol. IV., No. 41, Tuesday, Octo
ber 8, 1805, gives the place ot publication as "North First, Near Second
Street." No. 6, Vol. V., Whole No. 215, Tuesday, February 4, 1806, an
nounces the tollowing Terms of the Mississippi Herald.
Six Dollars per annum, payable one half in advance, the remainder at the end of the
year. —
Advertisements not exceeding fifteen lines inserted once for one dollar : — and fifty
cents for subsequent insertions. —
Payments will be received in cotton, provisions and produce of all kind, at the market
price. —
Such of our mechanical brethren'who wish the Herald — and would prefer makings pay
ment in work, may also be accommodated. —
e.^"" Advertising customers are particularly requested to note the number of insertions
requested — otherwise they will be considered as intended for publication until counter
manded —
No. 41, Vol. v., Tuesday, October 21, 1807, Whole No. 302, shows no
change in heading or size, except that an "s" is lacking in the second
group of sibilants in the title. The old files kept by Col. Marschalk are
still in existence, and show that the Herald was continued by him under
the following changes of title: Mississippi Herald atid Natchez Gazette,
1806-7; N'atchez Gazette, 1808; M^ashingtoti Republican, 1813-16; Wash
ington Republican &= jVatchez Intelligencer, 1816; State Gazette, 1818; Mis
sissippi Republican, 1818-20; S late Gazette, 1821-25; Mississippi Republi
can, 1822-23; A^atchez Neiuspaper and Public Advertiser, 1826; Mississippi
Statesman, 1827; Mississippi Statesman and Xatcliez Gazette, 1827; The
Natchez Gazette, 1828.1
1 For this memorandum of Col. Marschalk's files the author is indebted to Thomas M.
Owen, now of Washington, D. C, who made the same from a personal e.-samination of
the files in 1892. Mr. Owen adds: "In regard to Mr. Marschalk, you can say certainly
that he was born in New York State, and that he died in 1839, and is buried in the city of
Natchez. His wife was Susan McDonald , born in Scotland . The son to whom you refer as
editing a paper in 1859 was Andrew Marschalk, Jr. The old original press of Col. Mar-

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. xxiii
1802, October 16 {tst.) —The Constitutional Conservator,
at Natchez, by John Wade.
Printed on a folio sheet 19^x23 inches, tour pages, tour columns to a
page. The arrangement ot heading, etc., is shown herewith from the only
copy known : The Constitutional Conservator.
I Vol. I. * By John Wade. J No. 27 I
****** «.*.**
"But yet I say, it imputation and strong circumstance which lend
directly to the door of truth, will give you satisfaction, you
shall have it." Shakespeare.
^%lFCZ.^ Natchez, Saturday, April .6, .803. ^"^^^1^:^-
1804, September i (est.) — The Mississippi Messenger, at
Natchez, by John Shaw and Timothy Terrell.
"Dr. Jo'hn Shaw succeeded Terrell and Moffet. His paper was the
Halcyon, afterwards the Messenger, in which he had as associates Timothy
and Samuel Terrell, men of sorae means frora North Carolina. Dr. Shaw
was an educated, but eccentric raan ; a caustic writer, whose editorials
abounded in Italics and were often written in doggerel verse." — Claiborne.
The only copy of this paper known to the writer exhibits the title, im
print and terms as follows :
The Mississippi Messenger.
Published every Tuesday Morning, by John Shaw and Tiraothy Terrell.
(Vol. HI.) Natchez, Tuesday, June 9, 1807. (Number 145.)
The Price of this Paper is Four Dollars a year, payable half yearly in advance by Sub-
schalk is now in Natchez, but in bad preservation." Mr. Owen is the only Southern gentle
man from whom the author has been able to get any information regarding early printing
in Mississippi, and it is with peculiar pleasure that this indebtedness is here acknowledged.
He also called the author's attention to this sketch of Edward Turner, the young lawyer
who furnished copies of the laws in manuscript : " He was born in Fairfax County, Va.,
Nov. 25, 1778, and removing to Kentucky at the age of eight years, he was partly educated
at the Transylvania University. After reading law, in 1S02 he went to Natchez, Miss.,
where he began the practice. Begi nning his career with the post of private secretary to the
Governor, he became successively Clerk of the Territorial House of Representatives; Clerk
of the County Court of Jefferson County, Miss.; in 1803-5, he was Register of rhe Land Office;
in i8n member of the Legislative House of Representatives from Warren County; and in
1815 from Adams County; in 1815-16, under Legislative appointment he prepared a Digest
of the Statutes of the Mississippi Territory; was a member of the Mississippi Constitu
tional Convention, 1817; in 1820, Attorney General; in 1822 he was made Judge ot the
Criminal Court at Natchez; in 1824 was elevated to the State Supreme Bench, and in 1829
he became Chief Justice; in 1834-39, he was State Chancellor; and again in 1840, he went on
the Supreme Bench. In ali his career he was ever noble, and true to the trusts reposed
in him by the people," — Lynch'' s Bench and Bar of Missisfsifipi^p. 84.

xxiv NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
scrfeers residing within the Territory — Distant Subscribers to pay the whole in ad
vance. Subscribers will not be discontinued until they give notice, and pay off all arrearages.
1808-9 (cir.) — The Chronicle, at Natchez, by John A.
Winn & Co.
1812. — The Republican, at Liberty, by Ludwig Hall.

Itlissouri.i
1808. — Printing introduced.
The first book :
The I Laws | of | The Territory of | Louisiana. | Com
prising I All those which are now | Actually in Force |
within the same. | Pubhshed by Authority. |
St. Louis, (L.) I Printed by Joseph Charless \
Printer to the Territory. \ 1808. |
8° Pp.376, (58).
Collation : Title and verso, one leaf. A law establishing the office of
Sheriff [enacted Oct. I, 1804, by William Henry Harrison, Governor, and
Thomas T. Davis, Henry Vander Burgh and John Griffin, Judges ot the In-
dianna Territory], pp. 3-30. A law creating the office of Attorney General
an -I defining the duties of the same [enacted May 6, 1806, by Ja. Wilkin
son, Governor, and John B. C. Lucas and Return J. Meigs, Jr., Judges], p.
31. Certificate ot Frederick Bates, Secretary of Louisiana, April 29, 1809,
p. 373. Act establishing a seal ot the Territory of Louisiana, Nov. 11,
1808, p. 372. Table ot Contents, pp. 374-5. Index (58). 2
Mr. William F. Switzler, editor and publisher ot the Missouri Demo
crat, Boonville, Mo., writes rae: "Thefirst book tor general reading pub
lished in Missouri after it was made a State, was ' Missouri Lays,' a book
ot poeras, by Agnes Uraphraville. The first published sermon was by
Rev. Salmon Gidding, a Presbyterian miiiister, on the death of Edward
Hempstead, who died in St. Louis, Aug. 10, 1817."

1 Authorities :
Historical Magazine.
History of St. Louis, by J. Thomas Scharf. St. Louis, 1883, Vol. I.
William F. Switzler. (MS.)
2 For this title and collation the author is indebted to W. J. C. Berry, Librarian of the
Bar Association of New York.

history of american newspapers. xxv
History and Chronology of Newspapers.
1808, July 12. — Missouri Gazette, at St. Louis, by Joseph
Charless.
Printed on a half sheet, two pages, each 9^x12 inches, three columns
to the page. This modest venture in journalism was about the size ot
a large letter-sheet. The heading was like this :
MISSOURI GAZETTE.
[Vol. I.] WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 180S. [No. 12,]
The iraprint was at the head ot the first column, on the first page, as
follows : St. Louis, Louisiana,
Published by Joseph Charless,
Printer to the Territory.
This, the first newspaper west ot the Mississippi river, was printed on
an old-fashioned Ramage press, "a rude, diminutive machine, made most
ly of wood, with a stone bed, and worked by hand." In operating the
press Mr. Charless was assisted by Jacob Hinkle, a printer who had come
from Louisville, Ky., to assist in starting the Gazette. The publication
office was in the northern portion ot the old Robidoux house of posts, on
the east side ot South Main street, between the present Elm and Myrtle
streets, and continued there until 1816. St. Louis was then a. village ot
1,000 inhabitants, with a weekly mail. The subscription price of the
G(?z^?/« was $3 per annum, "paid in advance;'' and "advertisements not
exceeding a square will be inserted one week tor one dollar, and fifty cents
tor every continuance, those of a greater length in proportion." The san
guine publisher started with 174 subscribers. In No. 3, July 26, 1808, it
is announced that Samuel Solomon would "receive subscriptions and ad
vertisements for this Gazette during the editor's absence to Kentucky" —
probably in quest of paper and other material, the nearest paper raill
and printing-office being at Lexington. On August 10 the day ot publica
tion was changed from Tuesday to Wednesday. On Sept. 21, the issue
was omitted, owing to the illness ot the editor, who raade amends to some
extent a week later by giving his readers a slightly enlarged paper. On
March 29, 1809, the paper was again enlarged, being Iixl6 inches, two
pages, four columns to a page; the issue tor May 24, 1809, has tour pages,
18x22 inches, four columns, without rules, to a page. In the paper for
November 9, 1809, the editor called upon those subscribers who had given
their notes or word of honor to pay in flour or corn, "to bring it in direct
ly," and upon others who had proraised to pay in beef or pork, to deliver
it as soon as possible, or their accounts would be placed in a magistrate's
hands. On December 7, 1809, in order "to change the title from a local

xxvi NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
to a more general one,'' the paper came out as the Louisiana Gazette, but
when Missouri was set off from Louisiana as a separate territory, Mr.
Charless returned, July li, 1812, to the original name, Missouri Gazette.
The editor took his readers into his confidence in the issue for Dec. 19,
1809, thus: "To our patrons: The weekly expense of publishing the Lou
isiana Gazette is upwards ot twenty dollars. When this is duly considered,
our subscribers will see the propriety ot our requiring ot them payment in
advance. Neither paper, types, nor ink can be had without cash, and that,
too, before a single paper can be issued." With the issue for Dec. 17,
1813, a suspension of the paper for a few weeks was announced as neces
sary, "bythe most cruel and unfortunate disappointment in the receipt
ot paper," but "every Saturday a handbill will be printed and sent to
subscribers gratis givipg a summary ot Ihe news received by the mails."
Notwithstanding the bitterest rivalry, and the most determined efforts of
his political opponents to crush hira, Mr. Charless continued the Gaz
ette, and on June 24, 1815, boasted that his paper had rive hundred "gen
uine subscribers wlio received it regularly every week;'' also that "a new
press ot the largest size" was "expected shortly, by Mr. Moses Scott,
frora Pittsburgh, and when it arrives the Gazette will assurae the size ot
the Kentucky papers, super-royal." On July 3, 1817, the Gazette ^10.% en
larged, and claimed to be "equal in size and type to any six-column paper
in the United States." Charless retired from the paper Sept. 13, 1820,
having sold out to James C. Cummins, who in turn disposed ot it, March
13, 1822, to Edward Charless, who changed the name to Missouri Refuh-
lican, which it still retains. It becarae a daily, Sept. 20, 1836. It was
one ot the last of the great papers ot the West to retain the old-fashioned
blanket-sheet, tour pages, with eleven or more columns to a page.
Joseph Charless was born in Westraeath, Ireland, July 16, 1772, the
only son of Capt. Edward Charles, whose paternal ancestor, John Charles,
was born in Wales, and emigrated to Ireland in 1663. Joseph Charles
learued the printer's art, but having been implicated in the Irish Rebellion
ot 1795, fled to France, and sailed thence to the United States, in 1796.
On reaching this country he added an "s" to his name, making it Charless,
to secure the Irish pronunciation of Charles. He settled in Philadelphia,
where he worked tor Mathew Carey, the erainent printer ot that city.
The second edition of Carey's quarto Bible has the iraprint: "Philadel
phia: Printed tor Mathew Carey, No. iiS Market Street, by Joseph Charless.
October 20, i8oi."l In 1798 he married Mrs. Sarah McCloud, a widow
with one child; she was born Jan. 28, 1771, near Wilmington, Del. About
1802, accompanied by his family, he removed from Philadelphia to Lex
ington, Ky., and thence in 1806 to Louisville, from which place he pro-
1 See O'Callaghan, p. 59. The statement that Mr. Charless assisted in printing the
first quarto Bible in America is, of oourse, an error, several editions in quarto size having
been printed in the United States before he left Ireland.

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. XXvii
ceeded in 1808 to St. Louis, where he started the Gazette in the same year.
After retiring from the paper, in 1820, he engaged in the drug business.
He died in 1834, aged sixty-two years. His widow died March 3, 1852.
181 5, May. — Western Journal, at St. Louis, by Joshua
Norvell.
In order to break down Charless, a number of his political opponents
raised a fund of $1,000, and advertised in the Lexington (Ky.) Reporter
for a Republican printer. In response came young Norvell, from Nash
ville, Tenn. He was soon succeeded by Sergeant Hall, of Cincinnati,
who issued his first number ot the paper under a change ot name. Western
Emigrant, May 17, 1817. Two years later the title was St. Louis Enquirer.
Montana.^
1864 — Printing introduced.
The first books :^
Montana as it is; being a general description of its re
sources both Mineral and Agricultural, including a de
scription of the Face of the Country, its Climate &c.
Illustrated with a Map of the Territory, drawn by Capt.
W. W. de Lacy ; to which is appended a complete Dic
tionary of the Snake (Indian) Language, and also of
the famous Chinook Jargon, &c. &c. By Granville
Stuart. C. S. Westcote <& Co., New York, 1865.
4° Pp- 175-
The Vigilantes of Montreah By Prof. Thomas J. Dims
dale. Virginia City, Montana, 1866.
Acts, Resolutions and Memorials, | of the | Territory of
Montana, | Passedbythe | First Legislative Assembly, |
Convened at Bannack, December 12, 1864.
Virginia City, Montana; \ D. W. Tilton & Co. \
1866. I
8° Pp. viii, 721, xii.
t Authorities: William F. Wheeler, Librarian of the Historical Society of Montana. (MS.)
History of Washington, Idaho and Montana, by Hubert H. Bancroft.
2 The first two titles are furnished by William F. Wheeler.

xxviii NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
Collation: Title, i leaf; Preface, I leaf; Table ot Contents, pp. v-
viii; Acts, etc., pp. 1-721; Index, pp. i-xii.
History and Chronology of Newspapers.
1864, August 27. — The Montana Post, at Virginia City, by
John Buchanan.
"In 1864 John Buchanan brought a press and material from St. Louis
to Fort Benton, with a view to locating at sorae point in the new common
wealth. He fixed upon Virginia City, where the first number of the Post
was issued August 27, 1864. After printing two numbers Buchanan sold
to D. W. Tilton and Benjamin R. Dittes. Dittes was a native of Leipsic,
Saxony, born in 1833. He was for a number of years on the upper Mis
souri at the various trading posts, and in Colorado, in 1863, when Alder
Gulch was discovered, to which he removed that year, building one of the
first houses in Virginia City. The firm ot D. W. Tilton & Co. continued
to publish the Post at Virginia City until the winter ot 1867-8, when
Dittes purchased Tilton's interest, and in conjunction with Mr. Pinney,
removed it to Helena. The change was not favorable, and Dittes with
drew, and the paper suspended in the spring of 1869." — Bancroft's Mon
tana, 652.
A file of the paper tor 1864-5-6-7-8, five voluraes, is in the library of
the Historical Society ot Montana.
1865. — Montana Democrat, at Virginia City, by John P.
Bruce.
The material had been used by Kirk Anderson in the printing of The
'Valley Tan, a Gentile newspaper, in Salt Lake City, in 1857-8. The
Democrat became a daily in March, 1868.
1866, March. — Montana Radiator, at Helena, by T. J.
Favorite.
This paper had been previously published at Lewiston, Idaho. In
November, 1866, it was sold to Posnainsky & House, who changed the
name to Helena Herald, and eraployed R. Emmet Fisk to edit it. In 1867
it became a daily.
1866, July 7. — Tri-Weekly Republican, at Helena, by Til
ton Sc Dittes.
The publishers continued The Montana Post at Virginia City at the
same time. After printing thirty-two nurabers ot the Republican they re
moved it to Virginia City, and continued it as the Tri-Weekly Post. It
became a daily April-20, 1868.

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. xxix

Nebraska.^
i8S4 — Printing introduced, at Bellevue, Omaha j.nd Ne
braska City. ¦
The first book :
Territory of Nebraska. | Laws, Resolutions and Memo
rials, I passed at the | Regular Session | of the | First
General Assembly | of the | Territory of Nebraska, |
Convened at Omaha City, on the i6th day of January,
anno domini, 1855. | Together with | the constitution of
the United States, the organic | law, and the proclama
tions issued in the or- | ganization of the territorial gov
ernment. I Published by authority. |
Sherman <& Strickland, Territorial Printers. \
Omaha City, N. T., \ 1S55.
SO Pp. (2),[7]-5i7.
Collation: Title; verso, certificate ot Secretary ot the Territory, dated
July 13) 1855- Constitution of the United States, pp. [7]-20. Organic
Law, pp. [21J-38. Blank leaf (39-40). Proclamations issued during the
organization ot the Territorial Government, pp. [4i]-53. Laws of
Nebraska, pp. [55]-449. Joint Resolutions and Memorials, pp. [45i]-46o.
Blank leaf (461-2). Index, pp. [463]-5i6. An act to incorporate the
Pacific Emigration Company, approved March 2, 1855, p. 517; verso,
blank. Errata, printed slip, inserted after p. [518]. By act approved
March 13, 1855, the Secretary of the Territory was authorized to have
1,000 copies of the joint resolutions and laws passed at that session to be
printed in pamphlet form. [P. 203.]
History and Chronology of Newspapers.
1846, July 28 — Omaha Arrow, dated at Nebraska City, by
J. W. Pattison and J. E. Johnson.
In the first nuraber Mr. Pattison, the editor, had this breezy address:
Well, strangers, friends, patrons, and the g;ood people generally, wherever in the wide
world your lot may be cast, and in whatever clime Ibis Arrow may reach you, here we are,
upon Nebraska soil, seated upon the stump of an ancient oak, which serves for the edito
rial chair, and the top of our badly abused beaver for a table, we purpose inditing a leader
for the Omaha Arrow.
1 Authorities: Transactions of the Nebraska State Historical Society, Vols. I., II., V., Lincoln,
Nebraska, 1885, 1887, 1893. 80 Pp. 233, 383, 295.

xxx NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
An elevated table land surrounds us; the majestic Missouri, just off on our left, goes
sweeping its muddy course down towards the Mexican Gulf, whilst the background of the
pleasing picture is filled in with the loveliest, richest scenery. Away upon our leftt
spread far away in the distance, lies one of the loveliest sections of Nebraska. Yon rich,
rolling, widespread and beautiful prairie, dotted with timber, looks lovely enough just
now, as Heaven's fair sunlight touches off in beauty the lights and shades, to be literally
entitled the Eden land of the world, and inspire us with flights of fancy upon this anti
quated beaver, but it wont pay. There sticks our axe in the trunk of an old oak, whos
branches have for years been fanned by the breezes that constantly sweep from over th
ofttimes flower dotted prairie lea, and from which we purpose making a log cabin for ou
claim. Yonder go two stalwart sons of the forest, poetic in their native fancy. They ap
proach, and stand before us in our sanctum. The dancing feathers which adorn thei
heads once decked the gaudy plumage of the mountain eagle. The shades of the rainbow
appear on their faces. They extend the hand of friendship with an emphatic "Cuggy
how" (How are you, friend ?), and knowing their business, request us, by signs and ges
ticulations, to write in the Arrow to the Great Father that the Oraahas want what he has
proraised thera, and they also ask us to write no bad about them. We promise compliance,
whilst they watch the progress of our pencil back and forth over the paper. But let us
proceed. What shall we say ? But little.
The Arrow's target will be the general interest and welfare of this highly favored, new
and beautiful territory upon which we have now for the first established a regular weekly
paper. Our cast is decidedly Young American in spirit and politics. We are in favor o
anything that runs by steam or electricity, and the unflinching advocates of the "Sover
eigns of the Soil."
The pioneering squatter and the uncivilized red man are our constituents and neigh
bors, the wolves and deers are our traveling companions, and the wild birds and prairie
winds our musicians— more highly appreciated than all the carefully prepared con
certs of earth. Surrounded by associations, circumstances and scenes like these, what do
you expect from us, anxious reader?
Do not be disappointed if you do not always get that which is enjoyable and polished
from our peris (we mean those of the East and South, the pioneers understanding our dia
lect). Take, therefore, what you get with a kindly heart and no grumbUng. In the sup
port of the National Democratic party, the advocacy of the Pacific railroad upon the only
feasible route— the Platte valley— the progress of Nebraska, and the interest of the people
among whom we live, always count the Arrow flying, hitting, cutting. We shoulder our
axe, and bid you adieu until next week.
This paper, thus started avowedly and actually in the interest of Ne
braska settlers, was in fact not printed in Nebraska, but at Council Bluffs,
Iowa. It succeeded iu its object of attracting attention to Nebraska, and
to itself, for in the eleventh number, issued November 3, 1S46, it published
five columns of flattering notices of the Arrow, clipped from other papers.
It was discontinued with the next issue, No. 12. J. E. Johnson, who was
the business manager, was a Mormon, with three or four wives. He also
practiced law, ran a blacksmith shop, an insurance agency and a general
merchandise trade. In 1856, upon an intimation from his neighbors that
they they did not like his reUgion, he returned to Utah. He was probably
Joseph E. Johnson, son of Ezekiel Johnson and Julia Hills, of Westford,
Chittenden county, Vermont, and afterwards of Pomfret, Chatauqua coun-

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. xxxi
ty, N. Y., and whose sister, Almera, became a plural wife of Joseph Smith,
the Mormon prophet, at Nauvoo, Ills., in August, 1843. 1
1854, May 5. — Nebraska Republican, at Omaha, by E. F.
Schneider and H. J. Brown.
This paper was probably printed at first at Council Bluffs, Iowa. In
1858 it passed into the control of Dr. Gilbert C. Monell, and in August,
1859, E. D. Webster became the owner, changing the name to Omaha Re-

1854, November 15. — Nebraska Palladium, at Bellevue, by
Julius Sterling Morton.
TMs was the first paper actually printed in Nebraska. It was worked
off on a rude hand-press. A number of prominent citizens were present to
witness the production of the initial number, and Dr. E. N. Upjohn gave
a dollar for the privilege of turning the press for the first paper, Which was
then removed by Gov. Thomas B. Cuming, and passed to Chief Justice
Ferguson, who read the following editorial:
Thjs event, althoug^h to some it may seem unimportant now, will form an epoch in his
tory which will be remembered ages after those present on this interesting occasion are
no more. The Faltadium is issued from Bellevue, a beautiful spot, amid the far off wilds
of Nebraska; issued in the very wake of heathen darkness, and, we mighr say, in its midst.
We have taken joint possession with the aboriginal inhabitants of the soil. Our office is
visited by the dark children of the prairie, whose curiosity prompts them to witness the
operation of the art by which thought is symbolized and repeated in ever enduring forms
on the printed page. As the Indian disappears before the light of civilization, so may the
darkness and error of the human niind flee before the light of the press in Nebraska.
Gov. Cuming convened the first Legislature at Omaha, which damp
ened the hopes of Bellevue, and in April, 1S55, Mr. Morton removed to
Nebraska City, to take charge of a paper there.
J. Sterling Morton, having been educated at the University of Michi
gan and Union College, was married Oct. 30, 1854, to Caroline Joy, at
Detroit, Mich., and the same day the young couple set out for Nebraska,
where Mr. Morton was bent on engaging in journalism. After seven days
and nights of hard travel they arrived at Council Bluffs, and a few days
later at Bellevue, where their home was a log cabin of two rooms. At the
first election for State officers, June 21, 1866, Mr. Morton, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, received 3,948 votes, to 4,093 for David Butler,
Republican. He was Secretary of Agriculture, under President Cleveland,
1893-6. 1854. — The Nebraska City News, dated at Nebraska City.
This paper, started in the autumn of 1854, was printed at Sidney,
Iowa; but in December, 1854, was removed to Nebraska City, and thence-
1 The Historical Record, Salt Lake City, May, 1887, p. 236.

xxxii NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
forth was printed there. It was the property of the Nebraska City Town
Site Company, and was projected to "boom" the land speculations of that
corporation. In April, 1855, J. Sterling Morton was engaged for one year
to manage the paper, at a salary of $50 per week, with the privilege of
employing and discharging all printers and other help. He called Thomas
Hamilton — who had set the first stick of type in Nebraska, for the Nebraska
Palladium, at Bellevue — to come and act as his foreman, and they two
issued their first number of the A'clvs, on April 12, 1855, fi'o™ the original
old block-house of old Fort Kearny, which had been built in 1847. The
Neins is still published.
1854. — The Nebraskian, at Omaha.
This paper was continued until 1865.
i860, December ii. — Daily Telegraph, at Omaha, by
Henry Z. Curtis.
This is said to have been the first daily in Nebraska. It was pub
lished a little more than six months.
Nevada.^
1852. — Printing introduced, at Genoa.
The first books :
Laws I of the | Territory of Nevada, | passed at the | first
regular session | of the | Legislative Assembly, | be
gun I the first day of October and ended on the twenty-
ninth day I of November, iS6r, at Carson City. | Print
ed under the supervision of | Wm. Martin Gillespie. |
San Francisco : \ Valentine & Co. : commercial
steam printing establishment, \ Nos. 517 Ciay
and 514 Commercial Streets, j 1862. I
S" Pp. xviii, 1-608.
Collation : Title ; verso, certificate of Orion Clemens, Secretary of
the Territory, dated Jan. 15, 1862. Contents, pp. [iii]-viii. Act of Con
gress organizing the Territory of Nevada, pp. [ix]-xvi. List of officers,
Federal and Territorial, located at Carson City, pp. [xviij-xviii. Laws,
one leaf. Laws of the Territory of Nevada, pp. [ij-sog; verso, blank.
Resolutions, one leaf. Joint and Concurrent Resolutions, pp. [Si3]-5l8.
t Authorities :
History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, by Hubert Howe Bancroft. San Fran
cisco, i8go. 80 Pp. S28.
Session Laws, in the library of the Bar Association of New York.

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. xxxiii
Index, verso blank. Index, pp. [52i]-6o8. Chap. LXXXVII, approved
November 25, i85i, provides: "For the purpose of securing the early
printing and distribution of laws and journals of the legislative assembly,
the secretary of the territory is hereby authorized and required to contract
with one or more printing establishments in the state of California, for the
printing of said laws and journals.'' (P. 294.)
Laws I of the | Territory of Nevada, | passed at the |
Second Regular Session of the Legislative Assembly, |
begun I the eleventh day of November, and ended on
the twentieth day of | December, | eighteen hundred and
sixty-two, at Carson City. |
Virginia: \ J. T. Goodman d: Co., Territorial
Printers. \ 1863. |
8° Pp. xiv, 1-2 15.
Collation : Title; verso, certificate of Orion Clemens,. Secretary of
State, dated June 10, 1863. Contents, pp. [iii]-x. List of officers, Feder
al and Territorial, located at Carson City, pp. [x^^J-xiv. Laws, one leaf.
2 Should be xi.
Laws of the Territory of Nevada, pp. [i]-igo. Resolutions, one leaf.
Concurrent and Joint Resolutions, pp. [i93]-i95. Memorial to Congress,
relative to depredations committed by Indians, etc., p. 196. Index, one
leaf. Index, pp. 199-215. By act approved Dec. 19, 1862 (p. 76), the
Secretary was authorized "to subscribe for one copy of each of the news
papers at present published in the Territory of Nevada, to wit: The
Daily Territorial Enterprise, the Virginia City Daily Union, the Washoe
Times, and the Esmeralda Star.''''
History and Chronology of Newspapers.
1858, December i8. — The Territorial Enterprise, at Genoa,
by William L. Jernegan and A. James.
This pioneer of Nevada journalism was removed to Carson City, Nov.
5, 1859. In i860 it was printed on a sheet 21x28 inches, four pages, five
columns to a page. Jonathan Williams and J. B. Wollard having bought
it, removed it to Virginia City, and made it a daily, in 1862. It is still
published. i860. — The Silver Age, at Carson City, by John C. Lewis
and Sewall.
It was printed on a sheet 24x36 inches. In 1871 it became a daily,
printed on a sheet 16x20 inches. In 1861 it was favored with the State
printing. Having been sold to John Church, S. A. Glessner and J. L.
4

xxxiv NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
Laird, they removed it in November, 1861, to Virginia City, and changed
its name, July 4, 1862, to The Virginia City Daily Union.
1862, May 10. — Esmeralda Star, at Esmeralda, by E. A.
Sherman & Co.
This was a small weekly. It ceased in January, 1866.
1862, October i8. — Washoe Times, at Washoe, by G. W.
Derickson.
The Times was published weekly, until December 12, 1863, when it
was discontinued.
1863, April — Aurora Times, at Aurora, by R. E. Draper
& R. Glenn.
It was published daily and weekly, until April, 1865.
1863, May 2.- — Unionville Humboldt Register, at Union
ville, Humboldt county, by W. J. Forbes and L.
Perkins.
Discontinued in May, 1869.
1863, May 16. — Reese River Reveille, at Reese River, by
W. C. Phillips, jun.
This was a semi-weekly, of brief duration.
1863, July 7. — Virginia Evening Bulletin, at Virginia City,
by H. B. Taylor & Co.
This was a daily paper. It ceased in May, 1864.
i86j, July 27. — Daily Independent, at Carson City, by W.
W. Ross.
This was the third paper started at Carson City. It was 21x27 inches
in size, four pages, six columns to a page. Israel Crawford became man
ager in August, and proprietor in October, and enlarged the paper to
twenty-eight columns. It was discontinued October n, 1864.
1863, August 10. — Daily Democratic Standard, at Virginia
City, by E. O. Hatch and J. F. Linthicum.
It was published for about two months.
1864, August 27. — Daily Evening Post, at Carson City, by
John C. Lewis.
It was printed on a sheet 23x32 inches, four pages, seven columns to a
page. It was discontinued in January, 1865.

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. xxxv
1864, October 25. — Daily State Democrat, at Carson City,
by A. C. Ellis.
This was a campaign paper, issued only until the Presidental election
was held.
Ne-w Hampshire.^
1756 — Printing introduced at Portsmouth in July or August,
by Daniel Fowle.
It has been thought by some that Daniel Fowle began printing at Bos
ton, his "Appendix to the Total Eclipse of Liberty," and finished it at
Portsmouth. But it has the imprint, "Boston: Printed 1756."
1 Authorities: Thomas — History of Printing.
Buckingham — Specimens of Newspaper Literature.
Alden's Century Sermon. Full title: "The Glory of America. A Century Sermon
Delivered in the South Church, in Portsmouth, Newhampshire. IV January,
MDCCCL Together with a number of histoncal notes, and an Appendix, containing an
accountof the newspapers printed in the State. By Timothy Alden, Jun. A. M. Col
league Pastor vrith the Reverend Samuel Haven, D. D. Presented to the Public, at the
solicitation of a number of the hearers, to whom it is respectfully dedicated." Ports
mouth, Printed by William Treadwell and Co. i8or. Pp. 47(5).
The appendix to this sermon (pp. 5) gives a brief account of twenty-nine or thirty
different newspapers printed in New Hampshire up to the close of the year 1800. The
particulars are fairly accurate in the main. It is to be regretted that Mr. Alden did not
devote more space to the subject. As in other cases, Mr. Alden's account, imperfect as it
is, is really the best we have, mentioning more New Hampshire newspapers of the Eight
eenth Century than any other narrative published prior to the present work.
Moore's Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous Gatherings, in the form of discon
nected notes relative to Printers, Printing, Publishing, and Editing of Books, Newspapers,
Magazines and other Literary Productions, such as the early Publications of New Eng
land, the United States, and the World, from the Discovery of the Art, or from 1420 to
1886: With many brief notices of Authors, Publishers, Editors, Printers, and Inventors.
Compiled by John W. Moore, Author of Moore's Complete Encyclopedia of Music, and
other works. [Two Unes of quotations.] Concord, N. H. Printed by the Republican
Press Association. 1886. 80 Pp. 604.
This handsomely-printed work is, as its title indicates, a melange, principally com
piled from the flotsam and jetsam of the newspaper press, with little or no attempt to
verify the statements.
Collections, Topographical, Historical and Biographical, relating particularly to
New Hampshire, edited by J B.Moore. Concord, 1822, etc. 8°.
Collections of the New Hampshire Historical Society. Concord, 1837, etc.
History of the Town of Amherst. By Daniel F. Secomb. Concord, N. H., 1883. 8° .
Gazetteer of Grafton County, N. H. By Hamilton Child. Syracuse, N. Y., June,
1886. 40 .
History of Merrimac and Belknap, New Hampshire. Edited by D. Hamilton Hurd.
Philadelphia, 1885. 40 .
History of Rockingham and Strafford Counties. Compiled under the supervision of
D. Hamilton Hurd. Philadelphia, 1882. 40 .
Other local histories, as cited.

xxxvi NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
In the Brinley Catalogue, No. 2496, Dr. Trumbull says the following
is "probably the first book that was printed throughout in New Hamp
shire:" The Excellency of the Word of God, in the Mouth of a
Faithful Minister. Sermon of Rev. Samuel Langdon
at the Ordination of Rev. Samuel M'Clintock, Colleague
with the Rev. William Allen, In Greenland, N. H.,
Nov. 3, 1756.
Portsmouth, Daniel Fowle, 1756-
8" Pp. 47.
There is reason to believe, however, that the following is an earlier
iraprint: Good News From a Far Country. In Seven Discourses
from I Tim I. 15. Delivered at the Presbyterian
Church in Newbury : And now published at the Desire
of many of the Hearers and Others. By Jonathan
Parsons, A. M. And Minister ofthe Gospel there.
Ports7noiith, in New ¦ Hampshire : Printed and Sold
by Daniel Fowle. 1756.1
8- Pp. viii, 16S.
In the New Hampshire Gazette, No. 5, Nov. 4, 1756, it is stated that
five of Parsons' sermons had been already printed, and the rest only wait
ed for the arrival of more paper from London. This, it will be observed,
was only a month after Fowle commenced printing his paper in Ports
mouth, It is stated that an almanac for 1757 was also printed at Ihis oflfice in
1756.2
History and Chronology of Newspapers.^
1756, October 7 (Thursday) — The New-Hampshire Gazette,
With the Freshest Advices Foreign and Domestick,
at Portsmouth, by Daniel Fowle.
The imprint is at the bottom of the last page: "Portsmouth, in New-
Hampshire: Printed by Daniel Fowle, where this Paper may be had at
One Dollar per Annum, or an Equivalent in Bills of Credit, computing a
1 Title from Stevens's Hist. Nuggets, No, 2092.
2 For Portsmouth imprints of 1756 and 1757 see Brinley, Nos. 8687, 2497, 2498, 2499.
3 For the present work very full notes have been taken from scores of files in various
ibraries, thus insuring accuracy as to names of printers and as to dates.

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. xxxvii
Dollar this Year at Four Pounds' Old Tenor." The pa{)er is a small quar
to, 9x16 inches, four pages, each 9x8 inches, two wide columns to the page.
Fiida/, May 13. 1757. k^^Si^^^MS^i ^''"'' ^'
The Nezv-Hampjhire ^^^P^ J GAZETTE,

Pi^iih the FreJ&e/l .^di/ico ^ffiBSBffllM Foreign and Dvmeflkk
From ibe AwTtovA Gi>iitti. •
In the first nuraber, the "Printer tothe Public" gives the follovving
Prospectus: Upon the Encourageraent given by a Number of Subscribers agreeable Lo printed Pro
posals, I now publish the first Weekly Gazette, for the Province of New-Hampshire ; de
pending upon the Favour of all Gentlemen who are Friends to Learning .^ Religion and
Liberty to countenance my Undertaking, as this is the beginning of Printing in this Prov
ince, so that I may go on cheerfully, and continue this Paper in a useful and entertaining
Manner. Fondness of News may be carried to an extreme ; but every Lover of Mankind must
feel a strong Desire to know what passes in the World, as well as within his own private
Sphere ; and particularly to be acquainted with the Affairs of his own Nation and Coun
try—Especially at such a Time as This, when the British Nation is engaged in a just and
necessary War with a powerful Enemy, the French.^ a War in which these Aiiierican Col
onies are most nearly interested, the Event of which must be of the utmost Importance
both to us and all the British. Dominions, every true Englishman, must be anxious to
know from Time to Time the State of our Affairs, at Home and in the Colonies.
I shall therefore take Pains to furnish my Readers with the most material News which
can be collected from every Part of the World, particularly from Great- Britain ., and its
Dependencies : And great Care will be taken that no Facts of Importance shall be pub
lished but such as are well attended, and these shall be as particular as may be neces
sary. But besides the common News, whenever there shall be Room, and as there may be
Occasion, this Paper will contain Extracts from the best Authors on Points of the most
useful Knowledge, moral, rehgious or political Essays, and other such Speculations as
' may have a Tendency to improve the Mind, afford and Help to Trade, Manufactures,
Husbandry, and other useful Arts, and promote the public Welfare in any Respect.
As the Press always claims Liberty in Free Countries, it is presumed that none will be
offended if this Paper discovers that Spirit of Freedom which so remarkably prevails in
the ^72^//j/2 Nation: But as Liberty ought not to be abus'd, no Encouragement will be
given by the Publisher to any Thing which is apparently to foment Divisions in Church
or Stale, nor to any Thing profane, or tending to encourage Immorality, nor to such
Writings as are produced by private Pique, and fiU'd with personal Reflections and inso
lent scurrilous Language. It is a great Abuse of good Sense as well as good Manners to
employ those Means which may be serviceable to the best Purposes, in the service of Vice
or any thing Indecent, or which may give just Occasion of Offence to any persons of true
Taste and Judgment. And therefore proper Caution will be always us'd to avoid all
reasonable Grounds of Complaint on that Score.
The Publisher will esteem it a great Favour to be well supplied by Correspondents of
Genius and generous Sentiments with such Speculations or Essays as may be pleasing and
instructive to the Public, agreeable to the Design of this Paper, and acknowledge himself
obliged to any Gentleman who will take the Pains to communicate to him any good Intel
ligence, provided they be sent free from Charge.

xxxviii NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
The circumstances which induced Fowle to leave Boston and take up
his residence in Portsmouth are related in connection with the history of
Massachusetts newspapers. 1
The Gazette was at first printed from a long primer type, on half a
sheet foolscap, in quarto; but was soon enlarged to half a crown sheet,
folio and it sometimes appeared on a whole sheet crown. Samuel Hall,
afterwards a printer and bookseller in Boston, came with Fowle, and exe
cuted the first impressions in the State. From March li, 1763, to January
9, 1776, thetitle was The New Hampshire Gazette, and Historical Chronicle,
with a badly engraved cut of the royal arms in the title. In September,
1764, Robert Fowle became a partner of Daniel in the publication of the
Gazette, and the heading was like this:
The
GUI K
New-Hampshire (f^^^^^l Gazette,
Historical ^^^^S Chronicle.
„ ., ^ . o e: "NT., -..-r (Weeks since this Paper
Friday, October 18, 1765. No. 471 | was first Publish'd.
Portsmouth, in New Hampshire, Printed by Daniel & Robert Fowle.
Two weeks later the Gazette came out with a black border around it,
and announced that it would be published no longer, as the printers could
not afford to pay the obnoxious stamp tax, which it vigorously denounced.
This gained for the paper the cordial support of many who had thought it
lukewarm in its defence of American liberties.
Robert Fowle withdrew from the firm in 1774. In 1776 there was
some irregularity in the publication, on account of the war, but Daniel
soon resumed the issue, and continued it much as usual, with a leaning'
toward the American cause. During this year he published a communica
tion urging the Provincial Congress, then in session at Exeter, not to es
tablish an independent government, lest such a proceeding should be con
strued into a design to throw off British rule. He was at once summoned
before the Provincial Congress and severely censured, and also admon
ished never to publish any article refiecting upon that body, the Conti
nental Congress, or the cause of American independence. With the issue
for May 25, 1776, Benjamin Dearborn,* whom Fowle had taught the print
er's art, became the publisher, changing the title to The Freeman's Journ
al, or New HampsMre Gazette, and beginning a new series of numeration.
The imprint was : Portsmouth: Printed by Benjamin Dearborn, near the

I See N. J. Archives, XII., cxlvi.
2 Dearborn subsequently invented several improvements in printing presses ; also in
scales.

history OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. xxxix
Parade, where this Paper may be had at Eight Shillings, L. M.3 Dear-
2 Lawful money.
born continued in charge until May 31, 1777, when Daniel Fowle, who had
all the while retained the ownership, resumed the management. The is
sue for Tuesday, January 14, 1777, is Vol. I., No. 34, and is printed on a
whole sheet, l5|-x2o inches, four pages, three columns to a page. The
Freeman! s Journal, or A^eiv Hatnpshire Gazette, Vol. II. , No. 42, Tuesday,
March 31, 1778, is printed on a sheet 13x16 inches, four pages, two col
umns to a page, and has the imprint in the colophon: "Portsmouth, print
ed by Daniel Fowle." With the issue for March 27, 1784, the title was
changed to The New Hampshire Gazette and General Advertiser, and the
publishers were Melcher & Osborne. Fowle died in June, 1787, aged
seventy-two years. He had made a fair living, but did nol acquire much
property. Thomas says: "He was a correct printer, and industrious. In
his disposition he was pacific, agreeable in his manners, liberal in his sen
timents, and attached to the cause of his country." His wife died before
him; he had no children, and he therefore gave his property to his ap
prentice, John Melcher, whom he had adopted as a son. Here is the title
of a number issued by the latter :
[Thursday, May 17, 1792.] ihe [Vol. xxxv.. Numb. 1844.]
New- Hampshire Gazette,
and the
General Advertiser.

Containing the Laws, &c. of the United States, as well as those of this
State passed since 1787, with a. variety of other matters, both useful
and entertaining. 
Portsmouth: Printed by John Melcher, at his Office in Market-Street, at
nine shillings per Annum.

This number is prilited on a whole sheet, with two, three and four col
umns on a page, each page l6xlo inches.
The issue for Tuesday, October 15, 1793, Volume XXKVII., Numb.
1925, has the title reduced to simply The New Hampshire Gazette. Im-
¦print: "Portsmouth: Printed by John Melcher, Printer to the Hon. Gen
eral-Court of the State of New Hampshire, at his Office in Market-Street,
at nine shillings per Annum." Vol. XL., Numb. 2048, Saturday, Febru-
. ury 27, 1796, has under the title the motto: "Here truth is welcome-
Candour guides the way." Vol. XUL, Numb. 2142, Wednesday, Decem
ber 13, 1797, shows a change to the sentiment: "Our Country's Good our
constant aim," which underwent a modest variation from the editorial
plural to this form: "My country's good shall be my constant aim," in
Vol. XLIL, Numb. 2173, Tuesday, July 24, 1798. The heading and motto

xl NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
remained unchanged so late as Vol. XLIX., No. I, Whole Numb. 2341,
December 30, 1800. Melcher sold the establishment in 1802. The
Gazette did the State printing from 1787 to 1814. It celebrated its centen
nial in 1856 with becoming eclat. Since 1861 ithas been published as the
weekly edition of the Portsmouth Daily Chronicle, and is one of the oldest
newspapers in the United States.
"John Melcher was born in Portsmouth in 1759. He was a good
printer, shrewd, and sharp at a bargain, and was seldom deceived or
cheated. He was active through life, and was a good liver, but abstemi
ous. He died June 9, 1850, aged 90 years. He was the first State printer
of New Hampshire." — Moore.
1765, January 21. — The Portsmouth Mercury and Weekly
Advertiser, at Portsmouth, by Thomas Furber.
This was the second newsjiaper printed in New Hampshire. It was
printed generally on a crown sheet, folio, 16x23 inches, four pages, four
columns to a page, but sometimes appeared on a half sheet, broadside,
with only three columns. A new large-faced small pica type was used.
The title of the first nuraber is thus arranged:
Monday, Ian, 21, 1765. 1 OC Numb. I.
Portsmouth Mercury
and
Weekly Advertiser.
Containing the freshest and most important Advice, both Foreign and
Domestic.

In the colophon is the imprint: "Portsmouth, in New Plampshire,
Printed by Thomas Furber, at the New Printing-Office near the Parade.''
In No. 8 is added: "where this paper may be had for one Dollar 01 Six
Pounds, O. T. per year; one half to be paid at Entrance." The paper
was started at the instigation of some ardent patriots who thought the
Fowles were not sufficiently pronounced in favor of the American cause.
The editor promised to print "nothing tending to subvert good order in
society; but to steer clear of ill-natured and trifiing disputes, and yet to be"
ever ready in exposing arbitrary power, public injuries, and all attempts to
prevent the Liberties of the people, which are dearer to them than their
lives." In point of typography, news or reading matter, tbe Mercury was
in no way superior to the Gazette, and did not gain any better support.
Before the end of the year Furber took in Ezekiel Russell, of Boston, as a
partner. The issue for Monday, Feb. 17, 1766, Numb. 57, has the im
print in the colophon: "Published and Printed by Furber and Russell, at
the New Printing-office, near the Parade, where the Printing and Book-

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. xli
Binding Business are carried on with the greatest Care, Fidelity aud Dis
patch." A change soon after appears in the title and imprint, as follows':
Vol II] The [Numb. 68
Portsmouth t cutof f Mercury
and ( Mercury )
Weekly Advertiser
Containing the Freshest Advices, Both Foreign and Domestic.

From Monday, April 28, to -Monday, May 5, 1766. [Price four pence.

Portsmouth, (New Hampshire.) Printed by Furber & Russell, at the New
Printing-Office, near the Parade, where the Printing and Book-Bind
ing Business, are carried on with the greatest Care, Fidelity, and Des
patch, and where all Letters of Intelligence are requested to be left.

Thomas says: "The Mercury did not gain that circulation which it
might have obtained had its editors taken a more decided part, and either
defended government with energy, or made the paper generally interesting
to the public by a zealotis support of the rights and liberties of the colonies.
In consequence of the neglect of the publishers to render the Mercury
worthy of public attention, the customers withdrew, and the paper, after
having been published about three years, was discontinued." According
to Alden, the Mercury was published in the years 1765-6-7. The latest
copy which the writer has been able to discover is Vol. II. , No. 89, From
Monday, September 22, to Monday, Septeraber 29, 1766. The price was
then "Four pence single." It is doubtful if the paper was continued
many weeks after this. The printing material was bought by the Fowles.
"Thomas Furber was born in Portsmouth and served his apprentice
ship with Daniel Fowle. He had been taught plain binding; he under
took to connect it with printing, and although he was not very skilful, either
as a printer or a binder, he began the world under favorable circum
stances," but neglected his business for passing enjoyment. Upon the
dissolution of the Mercury, he again entered the employ of the Messrs.
Fowle, of the Gazette. — Thomas, II., 434. He subsequently went to Bal
timore, where he was employed by William Goddard, and died at his
house in that city. Russell returned to Boston.
1775. — A New Hampshire Gazette, at Exeter, by Robert
Luist Fowle.
It was printed on a large type, small paper, and often on half a sheet.
Thomas says it was first issued toward the close of the year 1775, and that
during its first year it underwent many changes in its appearance, besides
these alterations in the title: The A^ew Hampshire Gazette; The New

xiii NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
Hampshire Gazette, or Exeter Morning Chronicle; The New Hampshire
(State) Gazette, or, Exeter Circulating Morning Chronicle; The State
Journal, or The A'^ew Hampshire Gazette and Tuesday'' s Liberty Advertiser.
It was published generally without an imprint.
Robert Luist Fowle was the son of John JFowle, who was several years
a silent partner with Rogers and Fowle in Boston, and afterwards an Epis
copal clergyman at Norwalk in Connecticut. Robert served his appren
ticeship with his uncle, Daniel Fowle, at Portsmouth, andwhen of age be
came his partner. During the troubles of 1774, Robert favored the min
isterial party. This led to a rupture with his uncle, and a dissolution of
the partnership. They divided their printing materials, and Robert took
the press and types which had been used by Furber, and removed with
them to Exeter, where he established himself in business in the same
year. He did some work for the old government, and, in 1775, some for
the new. He made several attempts to start a. newspaper, which finally
culminated in the latter part of 1775 or the early part of 1776, in the pub
lication of the Gazette, at Exeter. He continued the paper until early in
1778, when his Tory proclivities became so strong that he had to leave the
town. Moreover, having been employed to print some of the uew paper
currency for New Hampshire, he was suspected of printing an excessive
quantity, or of forging the signatures. Instead of' awaiting investigation,
he fled to New York, which confirmed the popular suspicion. With other
refugees from the United States, he was placed on the British pension list.
Soon after the war, Robert Fowle returned to New Hampshire, and in 1789
married Sarah, the widow of his deceased brother, Zechariah. He con
tinued at Exeter about six years, when he removed to Brentwood, where
he died about 1802. Thomas says that he "was neither a skilful nor 1
correct printer.''
1778, February 17 (est.) — The Exeter Journal, Or, New-
Hampshire Gazette, at Exeter, by Zechariah Fowle.
Printed on a sheet 14x20 inches, four pages, two columns to a page.
When Robert Luist Fowle fled from Exeter, his printing establishment
was taken over by his younger brother, Zechariah Fowle, who continued
the paper under the above title, with a new numeration. He continued
the paper until his death, near the close of the war. He is said to have
been a tolerable printer, but lacked application and business capacity. He
was born in Charlestown, Mass., and served his apprenticeship with his
brother, Daniel Fowle. He started a small office for himself, in Boston,
printing ballads and pamphlets; iu 1757 he printed an edition of the
Psalter for booksellers.! He then formed a partnership with Samuel

1 So says Thomas, I., 339. This edition is not mentioned by either O'Callaghan or
Wright, and so accomplished a bibUographer as Wilberforce Eames writes me (February,
1896) that he knows of no such edition.

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. xliii
Draper, which continued some years, when he resumed business on his
own account, until 1770, in which year he formed a partnership with
Isaiah Thomas, and issued The Massachusetts Spy, August 7, 1770. Three
months later Thomas bought his press and types. Fowle continued his
bookselling until 1775, and then removed to Exeter, where he started The
Exeter Journal. He printed at Exeter a Thanksgiving Proclamation of
the Legislature, dated December, 1778, and various other minor publica
tions in 1783.1 Thomas says he died at the house of his brother Daniel,
in Portsmouth, in 1776, which is manifestly an error. He was twice mar
ried, first in 1759, but had no children. In 1780 he printed an edition of
the laws of the State in a volume of 180 folio pages.2 Isaiah Thomas was
one of his :ipprentices. The following shows the heading, etc., of one of
the few numbers known of the Journal:
The Exeter Journal,
Or,
New Hampshire Gazette.
Vol. L] Tuesday, April 7, 1778. [No. 8.
The entire Prosperity of every State, depends upon the Discipline of its
Armies.
Exeter: Printed by Zechariah Fowle, near the Town-House.
1779, May 5 (est.) — The Dresden Mercury, at Hanover, by
Judah-Padock Spooner and Alden Spooner.
Printed on a sheet 13x16 inches, four pages, two columns to a. page.
The precise appearance of the title, etc., is shown herewith:
The
Dresden ¦[ Figure of Mercury.}- Mercury
and the
Universal Intelligencer,
Tuesday, August 3, 1779. [Number 14.
Free as the Savage roams his native Wood, — Or finny Nations cleave the briny Flood.
Dresden: Printed by Judah-Padock and Alden Spooner, in the'Soutfi end
of Dartmouth College.
Thelatest number known is that for Monday, Aug. 9, 1779, Number 15.
1784, June 10 (est.) — The Exeter Chronicle, or Weekly Ad
vertiser, at Exeter, by John Melcher and George
Jerry Osborne.
1 See Brinley, Nos. 2471, 2482, 8680. 2 Moore. It is not in the Tower Collection.

xliv NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
Printed on a sheet 17x24 inches, four pages, three columns to a page.
The earliest nuraber known shows the title, imprint, etc., in this form:
The
Exeter Chronicle, or
Weekly Advertiser.
"Open your Ears; for which of you will stop the bent of hearing, when
loud Rumour speak ?"
Printed and Published by Melcher and Osborne.
Vol. I.] Thursday, September 2, 1784. [No. 13.
Subscriptions for this Paper, at Four ShilUngs & six pence per six Months (exclusive
of postage) are taken in by the Publishers, by whom Essays, Letters of Intelligence, .Ad
vertisements, &c. are thankfully received, and all kinds of Printing performed at a reason
able rate. — This Paper to contain a copy of the Laws of this State.
Alden says it was discontinued in December, 1784. The latest num
ber known is Vol. I., No. 24, Friday, Nov. 19, 1784.
1784, December 24 (est.) — The New Hampshire Mercury,
and General Advertiser, at Portsmouth, by Robert
Gerrish.
Printed on a sheet, 18x22 inches, three and four columns to a page.
The following is the arrangement of heading, etc., of the earliest copy
known :
The
New-Hampshire Mercury,
and
General Advertiser.
Vol. I. Friday, December 31, 1784. [No. II.
The Liberty of the Press is essential to the security of freedom in a state  it oui'ht
therefore to be inviolably preserved. Const. N. H.
Portsmouth: Printed and Published by Robert Gerrish, in Congress-Street.
At the foot of the fourth page appears the following:
Subscriptions for the Paper, at Nine Shillings per annum, exclusive of postage, are
taken in by the Publisher, next door to the Buck and Glove, in Congress-Street; where
Advertisements are received, the Favors ot Correspondents carefully attended to, and
the Printing Business carried on at a reasonable rate. C»~Those who wish to become
subscribers for this paper, are requested to let their pleasure be known as soon as possible.
In No. XI, of Vol. I., a device appears in the centre of the caption
representing Mercury flying over a fortified harbor. The following fac
simile gives an excellent idea of the appearance of the paper:

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS.

xiv

New-Hampjh'm

A N D-
GENERAL
POR I SMOi/rn^
B7 R(JBERT,GERRISH,

MERCURT,

T' H' "E
advertiser:
PRnfTED AND PUBLISHED
IN Congress-Str-eet.

Vol. II.J

W E D N E S D A Y, ^ S e p t 6 m b e b

[Numb. XCI.

Mr, Gebrish,'
By injtrt'wg ibe/cllaaiaxjiia uiilt
ebt'tge a eorrrfpffiideitt :
Tt It, INHABI TANr.-; 'rihi St ^Tt »/
N£W.Hi-".r,HiRe.

T

H F. pkcei Jaiown iy
t^wfignJiurt orHonef-
lu<. inchcMjIIiichiircm
GnNiie, bave ocnlio:)-
ally aiirjflei] my ilicn-
lion. Their optriiioni

UDJnll ; iDodicrs, ill-gAiund.
pcrfhtBuncc ippun lo be nrou- br a
pcriba lilaHnl ,1>y mtrrclbd mouvei.
nd ttiaTe v:rv dill<.¦rca^ Irom i^c real
ihlenlt of that OMitinonweatili. Tbe
pAriicnlii' miSoicni !n wbich hc Icrc-^rit-
ing fia brco Dcriinanstt-fiJr him. How-
.ei :r, I view the wti;*r u a man otiBge.
BBiiy* ind bhH 3(r:n(»'tei)^qt that in
D^.lt flfhii p&cn-ih^re tin been a vciir
DToblirTaE'iDn, ivonhi/^ ait^nVon ; and
hid il bccs'tliSirtnily, .npfiliij, mu^V
hHEiatcicP^ every fubjeft n.'' the ai:e
of NewJUmolM-/. " ¦'
TEiy. ihat'fp:*
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wU'ar

:, r tr»

through three cmi
principil topici of _potiii
culain amasg onr hmell ciiiicni, were
I. To redaee [lie Fees of Altornies.
.2. To riife [he jLTlfditUon of the JuT-
licei CO hear and determine AftiDUi oi alt
Icindi, and to aay amount ; and
i. .To cive thejollieei powerlo E"nt
In appeal immeJiatclr to the Sapieme
Conrt. Upon a fliifl enquiry how, and hf whM
mesni, l^eTe fubjctli became agitated,
I foand ihey were brA put in niDiion by
lbiDCUOBc.Tjullict.or<hePe«ce. Tbe
Conn or Common Pleu. and Attomiei,
were held up as a fiirc medium, throngh
wbichl by couirnlline, chey difnivered a
more fpeedy deicnmnalion of ciril dlf-
poteii^and a Icji eipeitrit'e CDode of trial.
Sut taTpeak in tlrdcr :
Il iprwatt too lj)e a period to bf gin
wilh W. rnTfi. To reduce their fteJ,
whrn the diieatil removed. Had the
, legiQaiure, in thf yeaf riii, taken ir un
der. coDfiJeration, h pminbly niight have
'--J «, Ana.eS'eEt, .Tiie inundaun qI

n Ihe jun

take! cognizance ef i who cannot ever
¦ell you, wty an aflion of debt difTcr
frnm an afiian on the cafe ; i hy. tt
fubnitt ynur pmperty lo the judi'inent o
<hi>.£wa««, ,•' fuch ¦ wanton facrlRo
ofLiberiy, t>ar, ir it waa |>ermli<ed, 1

lo enjoy ihe Ficsdom yOc , .
chafed in the CnuKe ofa Uhg and bloody
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endeavoring tp
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an Older men. ivhn :
plunge a poniard inio
?ur CoaSitulian, [ur ihe fake of a lempo-
ruy adeaniage f— Where ii ibat fpirit
orLibnlytvhichptrvadeilDUr aimoTphert
iDtlLeycari^7; f-^Did it ab fco nd when
tbtTia ftani eH, [h.ic precious baniling
of (be ^Hicci, miHe ita a^arance ?
The ilmt] are bad tnough, wiihoDC graf'
ping thli additional evil. I appeal v>
you; my friendi, if Ihe prefent moment
il not dangeroui to ybur hippincfi. De-
lircand cnitcatyourTcprefenlatirei. who
belpne to thil order, (a be a little mar«
modcil in ihcir demihdi and wifliea for
power. Thfr^DBce of a- Jullice of the
Vencc wJfj^ce, an Konorahle one ; it
' ihc ftftgiiard of the people'; bot.-it

dccoreni, al 10 make a motion in ihe
honoiable hnufc, that llrikci atrtheiout
of Liberty J— Who, among yod. can aft
Inr ihii Rod of Power, to whip Ih^backl
of your ftlloiif-cilizenj, without Hlflh-
in^ ; — I bludi for the man, even by XB-
licipation. The man, amone you, who
datci lodo il, augbt to be bumed dowii,
ai the moDfler of mankind : and v/tttl[
one. more wicked than ihe reft, flalk*
ihrrugh the' earth,' and we are ita Iof) to
drou a comparifon ot infamy, wc xi'ifl
call him by iht name of that man, who
hai the raibnefi lo cocroicb on our Con-
(liluiiun. Ssmi iMi Ibaniir in ihtfterii a/ himu!,,
RtJieiih latisMmi ¦wraib, Vs thp lb, mm

Fi-ribi New-HAMi-iKiRi MaKcunT.;
-'- Or. ?ATfcR MONEV
AS fapv^Money, or nihcra papce
medium, hai now become the aebate
of Ibe dnyi and u warmly recommended
and direommcndcd, by the affluent and tha
indigent, ihe worthy and the wonhlefi,
il il not only the privilege, but the duiy >
of every difinicrcQed ciliic^, &ecly Vt
give hil opinion on foimporUdtOhb^efli.

This issue has the imprint in the colophon:
Subscriptions for this Paper, at Nine Shillings per annum, exclusive of postage, are
taken in by the Publisher, at his Printing-office in Congress-Street, Portsmouth, and by
Lamson and Ranlet, at their Printing-Office in Exeter ; where Advertisements are re
ceived, the Favors of Correspondents carefully attended to, and the Printing Business
carried on at a reasonable rate.
In the same paper is the following emphatic and pathetic appeal of
the publisher:
All Persons indebted to the Printer hereof, in town and country, particularly for
News Papers, are once more, earnestly solicited to make immediate payment, to enable
him to discharge his own debts, and to continue and improve his paper agreeable to his
wishes.— Those who now generously comply with this reasonable request will highly
oblige him, and animate him to exert his utmost abilities in their service.— But, the little
attention which hath been paid to his repeated solicitations, constrains him to add, on this
occasion, his resolution to discontinue sending papers to those who shall neglect to raake
him some kind of payment, by way of recompense for his labour and expence,— Those
who may have occasion to ADVERTISE in this paper, (which is well known to have an
extensive circulation) are requested to accompany their advertisements with the pay. 
The Printer feels himself impressed with sentiments of lively gratitude to his old sted
fast friends and punciual customers, and offers them his most grateful acknowledgments
for their reiterated favors and kind offices, and wishes a continuance thereof.
The heading remained unchanged so late as Vol. III., Numb. CLXVL,

xlvi NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
Wednesday, February 27, 1788, the latest number known. Beginning in
the summer of 1786 the subscription rate is given at "Two shillings and
three pence per quarter." Alden says the paper "was published four or
five years between 1780 and 1790." It probably ceased early in 1788.
1786, June 27 (est.) — The Freeman's Oracle, and New
Hampshire Advertiser, at Exeter, by John Lamson
and Henry Ranlet.
Printed on a sheet 15^x20 inches, four pages, three or four columns
to a page. The earliest number known has the title, etc., in this form:
The
Freeman's Oracle,
and
New-Hampshire Advertiser.
Tuesday, August 29, 1786. [Nub. 10. — Vol. I.
The Independence of a State cannot be supported, but may be destroyed by the
importation of Foreign Luxuries.
Exeter : Printed and Published by Lamson and Ranlet, in Dearborn's
New Constructed Press.
At the foot of the fourth page appears the following: —
Subscriptions for this Paper, at eight shillings per annum, exclusive of postage, are
taken in bythe Publishers; where Advertisements will be thankfully received, and careful
ly inserted ; the favors of Correspondents punctually attended to and the Printing busi
ness performed with fideUty and dispatch.
In July, 1789, Ranlet withdrew from the concern, and embarked in an
independent venture — The New Hampshire Gazetteer (wliich see, under
the date just given), while John Lamson continued The Freematfs Oracle.
The latest number known of the latter is Vol. IV., No. 170, Wednesday,
November 11, 1789. The little town was not large enough to support two
rival newspapers, and after a while — probably about the date just men
tioned — Ranlet bought out Lamson and consolidated The Freeman'' s Oracle
with his Gazetteer, retaining the latter name, but continuing the numera
tion of the former. Lamson continued to print at Exeter; in 1793 he- was
in partnership with Thomas Odiorne; in 1794 he was alone.
1786, October 3 (est.)— New-Hampshire Spy, at Ports
mouth, by George Jerry Osborne.
Printed on a sheet I4|xi8 inches, four pages, three columns to a page.
The heading was very simple in style:

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. Xlvii
New-Hampshire Spy.
Vol. I.) Tuesday, November, 14, 1786. (No. 7.
Published every Tuesday and Friday, by George Jerry Osborne, at his
Office, near the State-House, Portsmouth:
Where Subscriptions, Advertisements, Articles of Intelligence, &c. for
this Paper, are gratefully received.
On some of the early pajDers the following motto appears:
The Printer's Heart should ever be of steel: —
Whate'er the Man , the Printer must not feel;
But paint the growing fool, and paint the wise.
And catch the manners living as they rise.
This was the first semi-weekly in the State. Some weeks, for want of
news or paper, it was published but once. No. 39, Vol. V., March 6, 1789,
is called Osborne's New Hampshire Spy. Sometimes the motto is : "A
free and impartial jaaper. " The days of publication were frequently
chahged to suit the convenience of the mails. The files consulted show
that. Vols. XI.-XII., running from November, 1791, to May, 1792, were
published by George and John Osborne. With the issue for Wednesday,
June 20, 1792, Vol. XIL, No. XVIL, the seal of New Hampshire takes its
julace in the centre of the caption; it was now published on Wednesday and
Saturday, by John Osborne, at 12 shillings per annum, and still professed
tobe "A Free and Impartial Paper." It was printed on a sheet 14x18
inches, four pages, three columns to a page. With the issue for Saturday,
September 12, 1792, Vol. XIL, No. 40, the paper changed to a weekly,
the price being nine shillings per annum, and the device in the caption was
an eye surrounded by a scroll and thirteen stars. The latest number
known is Vol. XIIL, No. 10, Saturday, February 16, 1793. Alden says
the paper was discontinued early in 1793.
Osborne learned his trade in the office of Daniel Fowle, and became
one his successors in 1784, in partnership with John Melcher. Another of
his New Hampshire newspaper ventures will be found recounted under date
of August 31, 1799.
1789, August 7 (est.) — Tlie New-Hampshire Recorder, and
the Weekly Advertiser, at Keene, by James Dav
enport Griffith.
This was the first newspaper in Cheshire county. It was printed on
a whole sheet, 20x15 inches, four pages, three columns to a page. The
appearance of the paper is thus shown:

xlviii NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.

[Volume L]

The

[Number 3.]

New-Hampshire And

( Seal /
of the

Recorder, The

Weekly

United States.

Advertiser.

Keene : (State of New-Hampshire Printed and Published
By James D. Griffith, A few Rods below Mr. Ralston's Tavern.

Tuesday, August 21, 1789.
At (he bottom of the fourth page was the following: — " Subscriptions
for this Paper, at Nine Shillings per Annum — and Advertisements, (which
M'ill be inserted reasonably) are gratefully received by the Publisher — Also,
Letters of Intelligence — Speculative Pieces — Essays, &c. — and the several
Branches of Printing executed with Neatness and Dispatch. — t-^Hand-
Bills printed at an Hours Notice." The office was afterwards "Inthe
Main-Street." The paper continued without other shange until Vol. III.,
No. 33, Jan. 6, 1791, the latest number known. Alden says the Recorder
was published for about two years and a half.
1789, August (est). — The New Hampshire Gazetteer, at
Exeter, by Henry Ranlet.
Printed on a sheet 15x20 inches, four pages, four columns to a page.
This was an outgrowth of Ranlet's separation from his partner, John
Lamson. He seems to have thrown a good deal of energy into the new
enterprise, which shows much vigor from the start. The title was in this
form:
The
New-Hampshire Gazetteer.
Saturday, September 5, 1789.] , [Vol. I. Numb. 4.
Published by IL Ranlet, in the Main Street, Exeter ; i^" where Subscrip
tion, Advertisements, and all Favours, are gratefully received.
Here you may range the worid from pole to pole, Increase your knowledge, and delight
your soul; Travel all countries, and inform your sense, With ease and safety at a small
expense. With a consistency very unusual among the newspapers of the day,
Ranlet adhered to his title and motto until the end of the fourth volume, 1
about which time he omitted the poetical quotation. In No. 36, Vol. V.,
Saturday, April 9, 1791, the U. S. arms appear in the centre of' the cap
tion, and the subscription rale is given as nine shillings per annum. No.
1 As already explained, he adopted the numeration of Thi Freeman's Orac& when he
agam assumed control of the latter, after starting the Gazetteer.

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. xlix
2, Vol. VIL, July II, 1792, has the New Hampshire arms in the title,
which remains unchanged until the last number. No. 32, Vol. VIL, Febru
ary 13, 1793. With the next issue Ranlet adopted a new title:
The Herald of Liberty.
Exeter (New Hampshire) Printed by Henry Ranlet, in Main-Street, at six
shillings and eight pence per annum.
Vol. VIL] Wednesday, February 20, 1793. [Numb. 33.
The paper was of the same size as formerly, 15^x20 inches, four pages,
four columns to a page. No. 44, Vol. VIL, Wednesday, May 8, 1793,
shows no change, but the issue for Tuesday, May 14, 1793, Vol. VIL, No.
45, has a modified title: The American Herald oJ Liberty, and is enlarged
to 18x21 inches. Vol. VIIL, No. 27, Tuesday, January 7, 1794, is pub
lished by [William] Sterns & Winslow. 1 Vol. IX., No. 27, Saturday, Jan
uary 3, 1795, has the imprint "Published on Saturdays, by Samuel Win-
slow, in Main Street, Exeter, (New-Hampshire) at 7 | 6 per annum." The
issue for Tuesday, June 21, 1796, Vol. X., No. 52 (the latest copy known),
shows a reversion to an earlier title: The Herald of Liberty; or, Exeter
Gazette. It is said to have ceased in 1797. Ranlet added to his equip
ment the types for printing music, and published ten or twelve volumes of
collections of vocal and instrumental music. He continued in business
until his death, which occurred in 1807.2
1790, January 6, Wednesday (est.) — The Conccrd Herald,
and Newhampshire Intelligencer, at Concord, by
George Hough.
Printed on a sheet 14x20 inches, four pages, three columns to a page.
The paper was neatly printed on a thin fashionable sheet of a blueish cast.
In 1794 it was enlarged to 18x20 inches. This was the first newspaper in
Concord, and was supposed to start under favorable circumstances, as a
town house was erected at the time, a one-story building, with a spacious
hall through the center, and two large rooms for the accommodation of the
"Great and General Court," the north room for the House of Representa
tives and the south room for the Senate. The prospective growth and in-
1 In 1794 Sterns & Winslow brought out a few books. Mr. Sterns is said (by Pierce,
History of Rockingham and Strafford Counties, p. 274) to have printed in 1795-96, the first
edition of the New Testament issued in New Hampshire. This is probably erroneous, as
neither O'Callaghan nor Wright mentions any Exeter Testament of earlier date than 1827.
2 For collections of music printed by Henry Ranlet at Exeter in 1802 (Abraham Max
im's "The Oriental Harmony"), in 1803 ("The Village Harmony"), and in 1805 (Samuel
Holyoke's "The Columbian Repository of Sacred Harmony," and Jeremiah Ingalls's
"The Christian Harmony"), see Brinley, Nos. 5949, 5960, 5924, 5929. In 1807, Ranlet &
Norris printed Amos Blanchard's "The Newburyport Collection of Sacred European Mu
sic" (Brinley, No. 5905) ; this firm was succeeded by Norris & Sawyer in the same year
(Brinley, No. 5926).
5

1 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
fluence of Concord induced Mr. Hough to open a printing office^ and to
commence his newspaper. He at once advocated the establishment of
post-routes from Concord to the chief towns, and in 1791 was appointed
post master, and opened the first post-office in Concord. The second
number of the paper had the heading, motto, etc., arranged thus:
The Concord Herald, and
Newhampshire IntelUgencer.
No. 2.] The Press is the Cradle of Science, [Vol. I.
the Nurse of Genius, and the Shield of Liberty.
Printed at Concord, (Newhampshire)
by George Hough.
Copcord, Wednesday, January 13, 1790.
No. 15, of Vol. I., changes the motto to the following: "The Liberty
of the Press is essential to the Security of Freedom in a State— it ought
therefore to he inviolably preserved. Constitution of Newhampshire."
No other change was made throughout Vol. I. Early in Vol. II. the
heading and imprint were altered, as follows :
Concord Herald.
The Liberty of the Press is essential to the Security of Freedom in
a State. — Constitution of New Hampshire.
Printed and published by George Hough,
at Concord, New Hampshire.
No. 10. Vol. II. Wednesday, March 23, 1791. [Whole No. 62.
In the caption the U. S. arms appear on the left, and the New Hamp
shire arms on the right, both in very small cut3. The paper was printed
on a sheet 17x22 inches, fbur pages, four columns to a page. No. 16,
Vol. III., Wednesday, May 16, 1792, Whole No. 120, omits the motto, and
substitutes for the arms in the caption, an eagle on the left and a marine
scene on the right. The Hcraki continued without further change until
Vol. IIL, No. 23, July 4, 1792, when the imprint informs us that Elijah
Russell was associated with Geoige Hough in the publication. This part
nership was of very brief duration, and the retirement of Russell was em
phasized by a change in the title, thus :
Hough's
Concord Herald.
A Political State Paper : Printed and Published by
George Hough, at Concord, New Hampshire.
No. 31. Vol. IIL] Saturday, September 8, 1792. [Whole No. 135.
4 The earliest Concord imprint known to the writer iS Eckley's Sermon at the Installa
tion of Israel Evans, printed in \-jioi.— Brinley ,'iAo. 2477. Nathaniel Coverly printed T.
Priestly's "The Christian's Looking Glass," etc., in i-;ga,.—Brinlcj, No. 2478.

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. li
The device in the heading remained as formerly, and there was no al
teration in the size of the paper. On March 20, 1794, Hough changed the
name to Courier of A^ew Hampshire. Below the heading was the line :
"Devoted to News and National Politics." That Hough was not without
humor is indicated by a notice in his paper of March 20, 1797, when he
gravely informs the subscribers to the Courier, who propose to pay for it
in wood, wheat, rye, corn or flax, that "though these articles are very
much needed, even cash will be received if it should be more plenty than
these things." The last issue in the eighteenth century. Vol. XL, No.
48, Friday, December 26, 1800, Whole No. 56S, has the imprint : "Printed
every Friday, at Concord, by George Hough, Printer of the Laws of the
United States, except those which relate to commerce, for the District of
New Hampshire." The paper was discontinued October 30, 1805. I"
January, i8ig, he commenced the Concord Observer, the first religious
newspaper printed in the State. In 1S24 he commenced the Concord
Register, which he continued for several years.
"Daniel Hough was lorn at Bozrah, Conn., June 15, 1757. He learned
the printer's trade under .Alexander Rohertson and John and James Trum
bull, of the A'orwich Packet. In 1783 he became a partner of Alden
Spooner, at Windsor, Vermont, and there commenced the Vermont /ourn-
al, but in 1789 removed to Concord. He was small but very erect, precise
and deliberate in his movements as in his conversation, and seemed to
punctuate all his doings as if a strict account of them might be required
for the next newspaper. Pie possessed good mechanical skill, combined
with uniform kindness. He was so very precise that it was said that 'he
seemed to put a comma after every step he took.' He died February 8,
1830." — Moore, 104-5.
1790, July 15, Thursday (est ) — Political and Sentimental
Repository, or Strafford Recorder, at Dover, by Eliph
alet Ladd.
This was the first newspaper issued at Dover. It was printed on a
sheet 15^x20 inches, four pages, three columns to a page. The heading
and imprint appear below :
Political and Sentimental
Repository, or Strafford Recorder.
Vol. I.] Thursday, July 29, 1790. [Num. III.
Dover, New-Hampshire : — Published by
Eliphalet Ladd. Near the landing, at 8s. per Ann.
Vol. I., No. 4, has the following motto: — "The Posts come tiring on —
but not a Man of them brings other News than what they've learned of
me." — Shakespear.

Iii NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
Vol. I., No. XLVIII, Thursday, June 9, 1791, shows a slight change
in the title, which is reduced to : The Political Repository, or Strafford
Recorder. The publication office is "Near the Court-House." The last
issue was on January ig, 1792, when the establishment was destroyed by
fire. Ladd immediately resumed publication, -continuing the numeration,
but with a new name, thus : The Phenix.
Vol. III. Numb. CIV.] Thursday, August 2, 1792.
Dover, (N. H.) Published by Eliphalet Lad-",
near the Court-House — At ?>s. per. ann.
In the centre of the caption is a cut of the head and wings of a phenix
rising from the ashes. The size qf the paper remained unchanged — 15x20
inches, four pages, three or four columns to a page. Vol. IV., No.
CLXXIV., Saturday, November 30, 1793, announces as publishers, E.
Ladd and G. S. Homans. They retired in March, 1794, in favor of Sam
uel Bragg, jun., a brother-in-law of Ladd, who had served his apprentice
ship in the office. He continued the paper until August 29, 1795, when it
ceased publication, according to Alden. The latest issue knowii is Vol.
VL, No. 7, Saturday, August 22, 1795. Early in 1795 the price of the pa
per is given as one dollar and thirty-four cents per annum.
Ladd came to Dover from Massachusetts, in 1790, and married a
daughter of Samuel Bragg, sen. He died in Dover about 1805.
1792, January i. — The Cheshire Advertiser, at Keene, by
James Davenport Griffith.
This was practically a continuation of The New Hampshire Recorder,
begun at the same place by the same publisher in August, 1789. Alden
says the Advertiser was continued about a year.
179J, October 28, Monday (est.)— 7/;^ Mirrour, at Con
cord, by Elijah Russell.
Printed on a small sheet, I4|-xi2 inches, four pages, three columns to
a page, each page being but six inches in width. The earliest number
known shows this arrangement of title, together with the imprint and
prospectus : The Mirrour.
Vol. L] Concord, Monday, November 12, 1792. [No. 3.
Published by Elijah Russell, at his Office, near Mr. Hannaford's
Tavern, in Concord, New Hampshire.
Conditions on which the Mirrour is published.
I. The Mirrour shall be printed on good paper and published weekly on such day as
shall be most conducive to the earliest conveyance of news.
II. The price besides the postage, is Five Shillings per annum^ or for fifty-two papers,

HISTORY OF AMERICAN ISfEWSPAPERS. liii
One Shilling only to be paid yearly in Money, on receiving the first paper of every
year, and the remainder in Country Produce, at the market cash price, any time in
the course of the year.
Ill, Of those who cannot pay One shilling in cash, produce will be received for the whple,
at the end of the year.
C^~Cotton or Linen Rags, suitable for making paper, will be received for papers.
The Mirrour was printed at the former office of the Herald. The is
sue for Friday, Feb. 20, 1795, Vol. IIL, No. 122, shows a new partner in
the enterprise, the imprint reading: — "Concord, N. H., Printed and Pub
lished by Elijah Russell and Moses Davis.'' The paper was then printed
on a sheet 18x22 inches, four pages, four columns to a page. In the
first column on the first page is this touching appeal :
Help the Printer.
For, as "without Rain from Heaven, the Corn withers on the stalk," and cannot
thrive: So, without Pay, the Printer cannot live.
The subscriber (being earnestly requested by the Paper Maker, and other Creditors,
to make payment for the Stock he has heretofore expended) Once More invites those who
are indebted to him for Newspapers, to discharge their respective accounts. —
Feb. 6, 1795. Elijah Russell.
A change was soon made in the heading, thus :
The Federal Mirror.
New Hampshire — Printed and Published by Russell and Davis,
at Concord.
Vol. IIL] Concord, Friday, April 24, 1795. [Number 131.
Printed on a whole sheet, 18x24 inches, four pages, four columns to a
page. In the upper left hand column appears the following : —
Hear the Editors.
Mirror — No. 130.
8^"This number completes six months since the partnership of Russell Sc Davis com
menced—They gratefully acknowledge the favors of their friends and Patrons— They beg
leave to urge the absolute necessity ot punctual payments, from this consideration : Pa
per, and other necessary materials for prosecuting our business, are costly ; we cannot
procure these, without at least making quarterly payments— Therefore we presume our
friends will readily acquiesce, and make the small payment of three shillings and six
pence each, who may be in arrear for the six months above mentioned.— They are also
obliged, from the enhanced price of the necessaries of Subsistence, &c. to add Three
Pence per quarter to the price of the Mirror— which will make it eight ShilUngs per an
num at the OfBce— Those (if any there are) who object to complying with this addition,
are requested to give information to the Editors, who will discontinue their papers upon
receiving arrearage money. — They must also, in future, request (and will depend on)
punctual payments, at the expiration of each quarter.
irs^ Advertisements of 12 lines, or under, inserted in the Mirror (which has a very ex
tensive circulation in the counties of Rockingham, Strafford, Grafton and Hillsboro')
three weeks for 4s. or six weeks for 6s. — All larger ones in proportion.
The Mirrour, says Moore, was sometimes printed upon paper of so
poor a quality that the Concord minister, the Rev. Israel Evans, com
plained of it to Mr. Davis, who, after hearing the very discouraging re
raarks concerning his newspaper, said: "I know the Mirrour is sometimes

liv NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
printed badly, and on poor paper, because we could not procure better, but
it is as good as the pay; you give me exceedingly poor preaching and I give
you a poor paper in exchange.'' The poverty of the printers was fre
quently brought to the attention of the readers most directly. In the issue
for Tuesday, October i8, 1796, Vol. IV., Number 208, is this notice:
Concord, Oct. j8.
Mirror 208. This No. completes two years since our partnership , Grateful
for favors received, we beg our friends to remember our necessities, and make payments
of the small sums due to their very humble servants. Russel & Davis.
Four weeks later the Mirror was discontinued, and on Nov. 22, I7g5,
Davis started a new paper. Republican Gazetteer (which see under that
date). The old partnership was soon resumed, but with no appreciative
effect in improving the financial condition of the establishment. Accord
ingly, in April, 1797, a new experiraent was tried, in the issue of The New
Star, in octavo form. At the end of six months the paper was again issued
in folio forra, with a slight change in the appearance:
Vol. V. The Mirror. no. 259.
By Russel .and Davis.
Concord, [Newhampshire] Tuesday, October lo, 1797.
Old Things shall become New.
The only apology we shall offer, for this alteration of the Form of our paper, is, the
decided disapprobation of a large majority of our patrons to it book wise —
Tho' we cannot personate the weather-cock so far, as to please everybody, yet Interest
at least, prompts the endeavor to displease as few as possible. The Editors.
With the issue for Tuesday, October 17, 1797, Vol. V., No. 260, the
partnership between Russell & Davis was dissolved, by mutual agreement,
Russell retiring, and Moses Davis continuing the paper alone, as The Mir
ror, dropping the superfluous "u." The paper remained the same in size
as previously. In 1799 the title was surrounded by a variety of political
information, after the style of the French Republic, imitated by the Re
publican newspapers in America generally:
Columbian Independence, Federal Government,
Twenty Third Year. The Mirror. Eleventh Vear.
Printed and published every Monday morning, by Moses Davis,
in Concord, Newhampshire.
[Vol. VIL] Concord, Mondaj', April 29, 1799. ' [No. 339]
The latest number known is Vol. VIL, No. 357, Monday, Sept. 21,
1799. The paper is said to have been discontinued in 1799. The fourth
page of the v^/z>rw was headed: " The Sentimental Medley. 'To Raise
the Genius, and to Mend the Heart.' "
I793> April 3 — The Columbian Informer, and Cheshire
Journal, at Keene, by Henry Blake & Co.

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. Iv
This paper was conducted by the original publishers for two years,
and then for two months by William Ward Blake. The latest number
known bears date April 21, 1795.
1793, April II. — The Neiv Hampshire Journal: Or, The
Farmer s Weekly Museum, at Walpole, by Isaiah
Thomas and David Carlisle.
Printed on a whole sheet, 16x21 inches, four pages, four columns to a
page. This became one of the most famous of New England newspapers.
The_first number shows the arrangement of title, etc.:
The
New Hampshire Journal :
Or, The Farmer's Weekly Museum.
"Where Liberty is, there is my Country." Franklin. —
The Liberty of the Press is essential to the Rights of Man.
Vol. I.] Walpole, Thursday, April 11, 1793. [No. I.
At the foot of the fourth page appears the following: "Printed at Wal
pole, Newhampshire, by Isaiah Thomas and David Carlisle, jun. in the
Main Street. Printing, performed with Care, Neatness and p^idelity. An
Assortment of Books for sale by them; and a general assortment of books
and stationary to be sold by .said Thomas, at his Bookstore in Worcester,
and by said Thomas and Andrews, at Faust's Statue, No. 45, Newbury
Street, Boston."
To this was added in Vol. IL, Tuesday, February 17, 1795, No. 98:
" This Paper has an extensive circulation in this, and the State of Ver
mont, which renders it useful for Advertising." This number shows a
change in the heading, to: The Newhampshire and Vermont Journal: Or,
The Farmer's Weekly Museum. The mottos remained the same. With
Vol. IV., Tuesday, April 5, 1796, No. 157, this adaptation of scripture is
substituted for the quotations in the title: "Ho, every one, that thirsteth
for novelty — come." Thonias had retired from the establishment now, the
imprint (at the bottom of the fourth page) being: "Printed at Walpole
Newhampshire, by David Carlisle, Jr. By whom Advertisements for this
paper, which has an extensive circulation in the states of Newhampshire
and Vermont, are gratefully received -and inserted Reasonably. t5S^"Said
CarUsle constantly keeps for sale, at his Bookstore in Walpole, a general
Assortment of Books, which he will sell at the Boston prices.
"*,* Printing, in all its various branches, performed with neatness
accuracy and dispatch, and on the most moderate terms."
The next change in the name, etc., begins with Vol. V., and appears
below;

Ivi NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
The Farmer's Weekly Museum :
Newhampshire and Vermont Journal.
American Independence, ) (Federal Government,
Twenty first Year. I ( Ninth Year.
"  ¦— Would'st thou remember
From New Year's day to the last of December?
Then read." Bunyan.
Vol. v.] Walpole, Newhampshire, Tuesday, April 4, 1797. [No. 209.
The imprint at the bottom of the fourth page remained as above, un
til Vol. v., Tuesday, February 20, 1798, No. 255, when it was thus:
"Printed at Walpole, N. H,, by David Carlisle, for Isaiah Thomas. Sub
scriptions and Advertisements for this Paper, are received at the Printing
Office and Bookstore, in Walpole, and by said Thomas, in Worcester.
fiM'A. General Assortment of Books by Wholesale and Retail, are constant
ly kept for Sale, by said Thomas in Walpole, and Worcester. %* Printing,
in all its various branches, performed with neatness, correctness and dis
patch." No. 257, Tuesday, March 6, 1798, says : "Printed at Walpole, N. H.,
for Isaiah Thomas," (Carlisle's name being omitted), and so on until Vol.
VL, No. 269, Tuesday, May 29, 1798, when Carlisle is mentioned again as
printer "for Thomas & Thomas."
Who would have supposed that an edition de luxe of a weekly news
paper would be attempted a century ago? Yet in the issue of the Museum
for Monday, August 20, 1798, Vol. VL, No. 281, is this announcement:
Notice to the Subscribers for this Paper.
The price of the Farmer's Museum, delivered at the Office, is one Dollar and fifty
Cents per annum, and two Dollars and fifty Cents for the superfine paper — to be paid in
semi annual payraents.
The beginning of Vol. VII. witnessed another change in the title,
after this fashion:
Vol. VIL] [No. 313
Farmer's Museum, or Lay Preacher's Gazette.
American Independence) (Federal Government,
Twenty third Year. ) (Eleventh Year.
"Hither each week, the peasant shall repair
"To sweet oblivion of his daily care;
"Again the Farmer's news, the barber's tale,
Again the Woodman's ballad shall prevail." Goldsmith.
Walpole, N. H., Monday, April i, 1799.
The device in the, centre of the caption represents an eagle perched
upon a medallion, charged with the chief; below the chief the medallion
is divided into an even number of partitions palewise, paly of seventeen.

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. Ivii.
From behind the medallion protrude to the left and right grain and farm
ing implements. The paper was now printed on a sheet 20x24 inches, four pages, four
columns to a page, each printed page being 17^x11 inches in size. There
were some slight changes in the arrangement of the title during the rest
of the century.
David Carlisle was a native of Walpole, and served an apprenticeship
with Isaiah Thomas, at Worcester, which was completed about the end of
1792 or the beginning of 1793. Thomas furnished the printing office with
its types and press, and a bookstore with a handsome assortment of books.
At the commencement of the second year, Carlisle being the sole editor of
the paper, he received aid from several correspondents, one of whom was
the Rev. William Fessenden, a clergyman at Walpole, who wrote a long
series of articles under the title of "The Religionist." In 1795, Joseph
Dennie took up his residence at Walpole and began to write for the
7I/;M«<ff2 a series of papers entitled "The Lay Preacher.'' It is believed
that these contributions were first entirely voluntary and gratuitous, but in
the Spring of 1796, Carlisle having become nominally the sole editor of the
paper, an agreement was made with Dennie by which the arrangement
of news was transferred to him. These "Lay Sermons" were republished
in the newspapers throughout the country, and gave the paper a wide rep
utation. Royal Tyler, then ii lawyer in Guilford, Vermont, also furnished
a popular series of articles, purporting to be "From the Shop of Messrs.
Colon & Spondee." Thomas Green Fessenden ("Christopher Caustic"),
a graduate of Dartmouth College, in August, 1796, was another contribu
tor of humorous political verse. With the beginning of the year 1800,
Joseph Dennie went to Philadelphia, and the editorial management of the
paper was given to Alexander Thomas, who conducted it with good taste
and discretion, but without the wit and ability which had characterized
Dennie's management. In October, 1801, the proprietors, Thomas &
Thomas, announced that they had made a temporary disposal of the paper
to David NewhaU. In 1803 the publication was resumed by Thoraas &
Thomas. It was discontinued in March, 1807, but was revived in Octo
ber, 1808. It was finally suspended in October, 1810.I
1793, June 4. — The Oracle of the Day, at Portsmouth, by
Charles Peirce.
This was the second semi-weekly in the State, and was continued as
such until January i, 1796, when it became a weekly. The following ex
hibits the appearance of the earliest number known to the author :
The Oracle of the Day.
Published on Wednesdays and Saturdays, by Charles Peirce,
1 For a very full and interesting account of the contributions and contributors to this
paper, see Buckingham, II., 174-220,

Iviii NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
in Court-Street, Portsmouth, New-Hampshire.
No. 22, of Vol. IV.] Wednesday, February 14, 1795. [35. Per Quarter.
This number was printed on a sheet 15x21 inches, four pages, four
columns to a page. No. 28, of Vol. V., Saturday, September 5, 1795, has
under the title the motto: "Reason and Truth impartial guide the way,"
and the issue for Saturday, January 2, 1796, No. 10, of Vol. VL, addf :
"Open to all, and influenced by none." The price was "9s. per Annum,
4jd. Single." The latter number also announces :
The Oracle of the Day will in future be Edited on the following
Conditions. I.
It shall be regularly published on every Saturday Morning, printed upon large paper,
of a good quality, and neatly set off, by the excellence of the Type.
II.
The price to subscribers will be Nine Shillings per annum, to be paid semi-annually.
III.
As the expences are great, he solicits the payment of syat the tirae of subscription ; a
regular entry of which will be raade, and credited at the end of first six month.
With the change to a weekly, a larger paper was given — a sheet 18x23
inches, four pages, five columns to a page, this being one of the: largest
papers in the country at the time. No. 49, of Vol. VIIL, Saturday, Sep
tember 22, 1798, has this imprint : "Printed and Published every Satur
day Morning, by Charles Peirce, No. 5 Daniel-Street, Portsmouth, New-
Hampshire.^ Where Subscriptions, — Advertiseinents, — Articles of Intelli
gence, — Pieces of Sentiment, — Wit, — Humour, — and Moral Essays, — for
this Paper, — are Thankfully Received." Price — "1 Dol. 50 Cents per
Annum." With the year 1800, probably, a ch.mge was made in the title,
thus :
American Independence, .,.,\||;.y- Federal Government,
[Twenty-fourth year. ^1^ /^^Stz- [Eleventh Year.

ms isiiua mu$ f^»^ (&mu of tne §1^,

Printed and Published every Saturday Morning, by Charles Peirce,
No. 5. Daniel-street, Portsmouth, N. H.
Saturday, January pj^^ .^ , Price i Dollar 50 Cents
25, i8oo L • 5 • -J jD^.j, _4„,i,„ii_
Of All the Dispositions And Habits Which Lead to Pohtical
Prosperity, Religion and Morality are Indispensable
Supports — Washi.ng ion's Legacy.
This paper was now printed on a sheet 21x26 inches, four pages, five
colurans to a page. No other alteration was made until July 4, iSoi, when
Peirce sold the establishment to William Treadwell & Co. (his brother,
Daniel Treadwell), who changed the title, October 17, i8oi, to United

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. lix
States Oracle, and Portsmouth Advertiser ; on Oct. 22, 1803, Vol. XIV.
No. 3, the name was shortened to Portsmouth Oracle. Daniel Treadwell
retiring, William Treadwell published the paper alone until September,
1813. In 1821 the name was again changed to The Portsmouth Journal of
Literature and Politics. It is still published, as The Portsmouth Journal.
Charles Peirce was born in Kittery, Me., and learned his trade as a
printer under Major Russell, of Boston. After disposing of the Oracle, he
removed to Germantown, Penn., where he died, September 21, 1851, aged
81 years. Daniel Treadwell invented and patented the first power printing-
press in America, in 1826. It was put in operation in Boston in 1827.
With two horses, a driver, and two hands at the press, five or six hundred
sheets an hour could be run off.
The Treadwells (William and Daniel) began The Piscataqua Evangel
ical Magazine, on Jan. I, 1805 ; it was an octavo, 40 pages, published bi
monthly. In 1806 it was renioved to Amherst, and published by Joseph
Cushing. It was discontinued in 1808.
1793. July 22. — The Eagle: or, Dartmouth Centinel, at
Hanover, by Josiah Dunham.
The first number was printed on a whole sheet, 17x20 inches, four
pages, four columns to a page. Published in a College town (Dartmouth),
the paper of course had a classic motto, which appeared under the caption
in this wise: The Eagle :
or, Dartmouth Centinel.
"Quid verum, atque decens euro." — Impartial truth and usefulness we
study.
Hanover, Printed and Published by Josiah Dunham.
Vol. I.] Monday, July 22, 1793. [No. i.
It is probable that the printer had been disappointed in not receiving
in time a cut, which was substituted for the above title in the second issue.
This was the figure of a flying eagle, holding in his beak a scroll, bearing
the title of the paper. At the foot of the fourth page was the following
imprint: Hanover, (New Hampshire,) Printed and Published, at the Northwest Corner of Col
lege-Square, by Josiah Dunham.
CS^Where Advertisements and Subscriptions for this paper are received. The Price
of the Eagle is seven Shillings a Year, delivered at the Printing Office, or for fifty two
Newspapers; Advertisements, not exceeding twelve lines, are inserted three weeks for
four Shillings, and continued three weeks longer for two Shillings.
On March 2, 1795, '^^ imprint announces that the paper was "Edited
by Josiah Dunham, and Printed at the Academy, by John M. Dunham."
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Ix NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
Dunham and True; "Price, eight shillings a year, delivered at the office."
In Vol. IIL, No. XXIX, Monday, February 8, 1796, the rates were reduced
to Federal currency, thus: "The Price of the Eagle, is one Dollar and fifty
Cents a Year, delivered at the Printing-Office or for Fifty two Newspapers;
Advertisements not exceeding twelve lines, are inserted three weeks for
sixtysix Cents and six Mills and continued three weeks longer for thirty-
three Cents and three Mills." With the issue for Monday, March 20, 1797,
Vol. IV., Number xxxv, Dunham retired, and the paper was continued by
Benjamin True alone. The heading was now much simpler in forra:
The Eagle.
Hanover, Newhampshire,
Printed at the Northwest Corner of College Square, in the Academy, by
Benjamin True.
No. 3. Tuesday, August 7, 1798. Vol. VI.
It was printed on a sheet 18x21 inches. From July 24, 1798, the
paper was edited by Moses Fiske, A. M., True remaining the publisher.
The latest number known is Volume VL, Saturday, June i, 1799, Number
45. This was probably the last number issued. Alden saj's that it was
stopped in the first week in June.
1795, January 16 — The Amherst Journal and the New-
Hampshire Advertiser, at Amherst, by Nathaniel
Coverly.
The Journal was printed on a sheet 17x21 inches, four pages, four
columns to a page, and was the first newspaper published in Amherst, or
in Hillsborough county. An early number shows this arrangement of the
heading:
The
Amherst ( ^,^^\ ) Journal
Al ( shield and ) '~n\_
na ( having these ) i hC

¦«T -r T ... ) words on a /
New-Hampshire narro^y strip) Advertiser.
^ f held in his )
Printed, and Published on l mouth: | Fridays bv
¦XT »u • 1 r^ 1 ., i E Pluribus 1 „ 1 ' }
Nathaniel Coverly, near the \ Unum. / Court-House, in Amherst,
The Public Will Our Guide— The Public Good Our End.
Vol. I.] Friday, March, 13, 1795. [No 9.
•,* Subscriptions and Advertisements, for this Paper, are received at the Printing
Office, in Amherst,— Price of the Paper, is Nine Shillings per Annum, [Exclusive of Post
age.] Where all kinds Printing, is executed in a Correct and Neat iManner.
The issue for Friday, May 15, 1795, Vol. i. No. 18, announces that the
paper is printed and published by Nathaniel Coverly and Son, and the sub
scription price "One Dollar and Fifty Cents per Annum, (Exclusive of
Postage.)" No. 22, Vol. i, Friday, June 12, 1795, retains the motto: "The

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. Ixi
Public Will our Guide, the Public Good our End." No. 50, Vol. I., Sat
urday, December 26, 1795, has in the title two small devices— one on the
left similar to the large one in earlier numbers, and one on the right, the
New Hampshire arms. This is the latest number known, and it is under
stood that the paper was discontinued at the close of the year.
1795, May 5, Tuesday. — Lamson' s Weekly Visitor, at Exe
ter, by John Lamson.
Printed on a whole sheet, 17x21 inches, four pages, four colurans to a
page. The first number had this elaborate title, motto, etc.: •
(Numb. I — Vol.1.) Lamson's (Price, i dollar and 50 cents.)
Weekly Visitor.
The liberty of the press is essential to the security of freedom in a state,— it ought
therefore to be inviolably preserved. Const. N. H.
Justice and Truth, We make our only Guide — We scorn controul, and print for every
Side. Printed at Exeter, in Newhampshire by J. Lamson, at his Office in
Main Street. Tuesday, May 5, 1795.
*?* Printed at Exeter, in Newhampshire, once every week, at i dollar and 50 cents per
annum, or five cents single.
Numb. 7, Vol. I., Tuesday, June 16, 1795, shows a change in title to:
The Weekly Visitor: Or, Exeter Gazette. "Printed and Published every
Tuesday, by John Lamson, at his Printing-Office in Pleasant Street; price
one dollar and fifty cents per ann." The latest issue known is Numb. 18,
Vol. I., Tuesday, July 28, 1795.
1795, August 4. — The Rising Sun, at Keene, by Cornelius
Sturtevant, jun.
Printed on a whole sheet, 18x22 inches, four pages, four columns to a
page. Motto: "Truth our Guide: Impartiality our Object.'' Mr. Sturte
vant published the paper until March, 1798, some of the time in partnership
with another, the firm being Cornelius Sturtevant, jun. & Co. Elijah
Cooper then assumed control, and continued the Sun until Saturday, May
19, 1798, Vol. IIL, No. 41, which is probably the last issue.
"Cornelius Sturtevant, Junior, was born in Plympton, Mass., May 8,
1771. He was an excellent printer for the time, and quite a prolific writer,
both of prose and poetry, making many contributions to other papers at
different times. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and died August 2,
1821. He had two sons who were practical printers — Henry and Isaac." —
Moore. I79S> September 5. — The Sun. Dover Gazette, And Coun
ty Advertiser, at Dover, by Samuel Bragg, jun.
Printed on a whole sheet, 18x22 inches, four pages, four columns to a
page. The appearance of the title is shown herewith:

Ixii NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
The * Sun. .
Printed on Wednesdays by Samuel Bragg, jun. at his Printing-Office,
near the Court-House, Dover.— at one Dollar, and fifty Cents, per annum.
Numb. IO, of Vol. I.] Wednesday, November II, 1795. [Whole Numb. 10.
The device in the centre, indicated above by a *, is a face in the sun,
with the motto beneath: "Here Truth unlicensed Reigns." The pub
lisher announced the following
Conditions on which The Sun is pubhshed.
I.'The Sun will be published every Saturday, on Demy Paper, and a beautiful new
Type. II. The price will be Eight Shillings and Sixpence, delivered at the office— and Nine
Shillings delivered bv post.
in. The Sun will contain the latest News, both Foreign and Domestic- the Laws of
the United States and of this state— the Proceedings of Congress, and of the Legislature
of New-Hampshire — Miscellanies, &c.
Subscriptions, Advertisements, Articles of Intelligence, &c. , thankfully received.
With the issue for Wednesday, November 4, 1795, Number 9, of Vol.
I., Whole Number 9, the title had this addition in a separate line: Dover
Gazette and County Advertiser. No other change was made in the title
dunng the century, or so late as No. 17, Vol. VL, December 31, 1800,
Whole No. 278.
"Bragg purchased The Phcenix from his father, and changed its name
to the above title, beginning a new series of numeration. He published
the paper until December, 1811, when the office was destroyed by fire.
In the same month, soon after the fire, Mr. Bragg died. On July 4,
1812, John Mann, a former apprentice of Samuel Bragg, succeeded
to the proprietorship and changed the Sun to the Strafford Register,
which he pulilished until August, 1818, when it became the A^ew
Hampshire Republican, and was edited by Charles W. Cutter, of Ports.
mouth, who established a law office at Dover. He left the paper, and re
turned to Portsmouth in 1823, but Mr. Mann continued printing it until
October, 1829, when it was discontinued." — Moore.
1796, January 5 (est.) — Village Messenger, at Amherst,
by William Biglow and Samuel Cushing.
Printed on a whole sheet, 18x22 inches, four pages, four columns to a
page. Alden says the paper was first issued on Saturday, J.in. 9, 1796.
The earliest number known exhibits the title, date, etc., thus:
Village Messenger.
"Whatsoever things are true — Whatsoever things are pure."
By Biglow and Cushing, Amherst, New- Hampshire.
No. 6.] Tuesday, February 9, 1796. [Vol. I.
Mr. Biglow was the editor, Mr. Cushing the business manager. The
paper was a decided improvement on its predecessor,, and was creditable

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. Ixiii
in appearance. Mr. Biglow retired in July, and frora July 12, 1796, to
April II, 1797, it was carried on by Mr. Cushing alone. The issue for
Tuesday, April 18, 1797, No. 16, of Vol. IL, Whole No. 68, contains the
following announcement, by Samuel Preston. ;
To the PubUc.
The Publisher of this paper, having purchased of IMr. Samuel Cushing the whole print
ing apparatus, informs the public, that if sufficient encouragement should be given, he will
continue its publication on the following — Conditions —
I. It shall be printed on large demi paper, with a fair type and good ink.
II. The price will be only one dollar and fifty cents, for fifty-two numbers, delivered
at the printing-office.
III. The pay will be e-xpected at the expiration of the first quarter — afterwards semi
annually.
IV. The three first pages shall contain the most important news in circulation; — the
last page will be entirely devoted to miscellany.
He is determined that this paper shall contain no scurrilous and ignominious
pieces whatever, nor be under the influence of any party. — Pieces, either moral,
geographical, agricultural, historical, political or poetical, will be gratefully re
ceived. — Advertisements inserted reasonably. — He solicits the patronage of the
public, and assures them, that he will endeavor to answer their reasonable ex
pectations. "** Printing in its various branches done neatly as usual.
Notwithstanding a change in the motto to: "Old things shall pass
away — and all things become new," no alteration was made in the size or
appearance of the paper, or in its title. With the beginning of Vol. III.,
an elaborate device was introduced in the caption, consisting of an oval
frame, with a face peering over it, the title and imprint being within the
frame or border. The paper was now published on Saturday. It thus
continued till the end of the century, the last number in 1800 being No. i.
Vol. VI,, December 27, 1800, Whole No. 261. The paper was discontin
ued by Preston with the issue for Dec. 5, 1801, No. 310.
William Biglow was born in Natick, Mass., Sept. 22, 1773. He has
written thus humorously of himself: "I was born in a small country vil
lage, of reputable, industrious parents, at a time when they were as poor
as poverty herself. Nothing remarkable was at that time observed in me,
except that I was, in the phrase of the hamlet, 'a desperate cross body.'
This, however, must have been owing to some indisposition of body; for I
naturally possess a very peaceable temper. At a proper age I was sent to
school — five weeks, in winter, to a master, who could read; and as long, in
summer, to an old maid, who could knit. Possessing a strong attachment
to books, I soon passed from my printer to my psalter, and thence in a
short time to my Bible, which were the only books we used." Having
gone through the common school of the town, he was fitted for College by
Parson Brown, of Sherburne, entered Harvard College in 1790, and grad
uated in 1794. He was distinguished in college for his wit, and a knack
at turning off humorous verse. After leaving college he taught school.

lxiv NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
wrote for the Federal Orrery, of Boston, and while pursuing his studies
preparatory to entering the ministry, and in order to add to his income, in
the meantime, he edited the Village Messenger. In 1799 or 1800 he began
to preach, and at the same time opened a private classical school, at Salem,
Mass., which soon attained u wide fame. He was subsequently in charge
of the Boston Public Latin School for several years. He also published a
number of school books, and local histories. He died at Boston, Jan. 12,
1844. He was a man of fine scholarship, charming in social intercourse,
of a gentle wit, and had the faculty of making life-long friends of his stu
dents. 1796, March 3 (est.) — TJie Grafton Minerva, and Haver
hill Weekly Bud, at Haverhill, by Nathaniel Cov
erly.
Printed on a whole sheet, 18x21 inches, four pages, four columns to a
page. The heading, iraprint, etc., of an early number are shown here
with:
The
Grafton { .piet^e of a } Minerva,
and I ship and the I Haverhill
Weekly I ^''^- I Bud.
Haverhill, (New-Hampshire,) Published on Thursdays, by Nathaniel
Coverly and Son, directly opposite the Court-House.
Truth its Guide — and Liberty its Object.
No. 4.] Thursday, March 24, 1796. [Vol. i.
Printed at Haverhill, [New-Hampshire] by Nathaniel Coverly & Son: By
whom Advertisements and Subscriptions for this Paper, are thankfully
received. The Price of the Minerva, is one dollar and Fifty cents per
annum, delivered at the Printing-Office; Advertisements inserted at a
reasonable Price.
The Coverlys had removed from Amherst about the beginning of the
year 1796, to start this paper with its queer title.
With the issue for Thursday, May 12, 1796, No. 11, Vol. i, Mr. Cover-
ly's son no longer appears as a member of the firm, the paper being pub
lished by Nathaniel Coverly alone. The latest issue known is No. 46,
Monday, January 23, 1797, Vol. I, which was published "Near the Court
House," instead of "Directly opposite." The paper was doubtless discon
tinued about this time.
1796, September 24 (Saturday). — The New-Hampshire
Spy, at Exeter, by Henry Ranlet.
Printed on a whole sheet, 18x53 >"ches, four pages, four columns to a
page, in this style.

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS, Ixv
The
New-Hampshire Spy.
Exeter (New-Hampshire) Published on Saturdays, by Henry Ranlet, in
Main-Street, Where Subscriptions for this Paper, Advertisements, and
Articles of Intelligence are gratefully received.
No. I. Voh I. Saturday, September 24, 1796. Nine Shillings per annum.
FS?~The price of the Spy, One Dollar and Fifty Cents per year, delivered at the office.
Country Produce (which we congratulate our landed brethren, of having a bountiful
share) will be received in payment, if delivered in season at the current price.
The latest issue known is Vol. I.. No. 26, Saturday, March 18, 1797.
It is said to have been changed to, or to have been succeeded by. The Polit
ical Banquet and Farmer^ s Feast, by the same publisher, but no copy of a
paper with the latter title is known to the author.
1796, November 22 (Tuesday). — Republican Gazetteer, at
Concord, by Moses Davis.
Printed on a whole sheet, 17^x22^ inches, four pages, four columns to
a page. The title was unpretentious in appearance:
Republican Gazetteer.
Vol. I.] [No. I
"Here you may range the world from pole to pole ;
increase your knowledge, and delight your soul." —
At small expense.
By Moses Davis, Concord, New Hampshire.
Concord, Tuesday, November 22, 1796. [l Dollar and 50 Cents per ann.
These announcements were made in the opening number:
The Federal Mirror, Is No More— It expired last week no. 212.
A New Paper, in Concord, stiled
Republican Gazetteer.
Will in future be published by the subscriber — who solicits the aid of his Friends and
the Public in his indefatigable exertions to merit their patronage. Moses Davis,
Jt^~All persons indebted to Russell and Davis are desired to make immediate pay
ment, as their partnership accounts must be closed as soon as possible. E. Russell,
M. Davis.
Concord, Nov. 22, 170)6. Republican Gazetteer.
Candor, Truth, Decency, Its Guide.
Concord, Tuesday, November 22, 1796. To the Public.
As the publication of the Federal Mirror has ceased , the subscriber proposes to publish
weekly, and this day presents the first number of a New Paper styled
Republican Gazetteer.
Terms.
The high prices of Stock, Labor, and every article of the Necessaries of Subsistence,
render it impossible that Printers can subsist by selling Newspapers on terms as low as in
former times— The subscriber will work as cheap as his Brethren of the Type in general.
6

Ixvi NEW Jersey colonial documents.
—The Price ot his Gazetteer will be Nine Shillings for every fifty two papers, or two
shillings and three pence per quarter, at the Printing Office — when delivered by posts the
price will be increased — and payments will be expected quarterly.
The price for publishing Advertisements in this paper will be the sarae as in otherS)
viz. 4 1 6 for 12 (or any less number) lines, and larger ones in proportion, or 6 cents for
each line. After an experience of a few weeks Davis was glad td resume the old
partnership with Russell, and the paper for Tuesday, January 24, 1797,
Vol. L, No. 10, was issued as Russel &" Davis' Republican Gazetteer, "By
Russell and Davis, Concord, New Hampshire." No. 16, Vol. I., omits
the motto. The latest issue known is No. 20, Vol. I., Tuesday, April 4,
1797, with which number the paper was doubtless discontinued.
1797, April II (est.) — The New Star, at Concord, by
Russel & Davis.
This was practically a magazine in form, being printed on a page '
8|x5j inches, eight pages, two columns to a page, the printed matter be-
""¦g Si'^sf inches on each page. This new venture was by the publishers
of the Republican Gazetteer, and immediately succeeded that paper, but
began a new series of numeration, besides exhibiting a complete change in
form. The heading was in this style:
The
Mp,,r FA small circle with sever-T Ck-^
1>CVV L aUines radiating from it.J •JCaF.
A Republican, Miscellaneous, Literary Paper.
By Russel & Davis, Concord, Newh.
No. XIII. — July 4, 1797.
Owing to some typographical freak, or oversight, there aTe two distinct
issues of the Star for July 11, No. XIV., one having the heading above,
and the other having the sub-head, "A Republican Paper," with the
same publishers' names, and the imprint: "Concord, Newhampshire,"
but the reading matter is entirely different in the two issues. The same
peculiarity is true of the number for September 26, 1797. Possibly the
printers forgot to change the date-line of their paper; but this would not '
account for the modification of the title. The latest issue known is No.
XXV, Sept. 26, 1797, of which, as just stated, there are two different edi
tions. The Star ceased to twinkle, with this issue, or a week later, be
ing merged in the revived The Mirror, originally started October 28,
1792. 179S, November 22 {est.)— Federal Observer, at Ports
mouth, by William Treadwell and Samuel Hart.
Printed on a whole sheet, 20x25 inches, four pages, four columns to a
page. Its aspect was unpretentious:

ttlSTORY OE AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. Ixvit
Federal Observer.
Number 16.] Thursday, March 7, 1799. [Voltime I.
The Federal Observer
is regularly published every Thursday Morning, at One Dollar and Fifty Cents per ann:
by Treadwell & Hart, at their Printing Ofiice, opposite Mr. Greenleaf's Inn, Congress-
street, Portsnlouth, where Subscriptions are thankfully received, arid Comnlunications
duly attended to. Advertisements, will be reassnably and conspicuously inserted.
^''Printing of every kind executed with neatness and dispatch.
Hart withdrew from the establishment in the course of a few months;
and Treadwell continued the paper alone until the end, June 12; 1800.
1798, December 5 (Wednesday, est) — -Ranlet's Federal
Miscellany, at Exeter, by Henry Ranlet.
Printed on a whole sheet, 20^x23 inches, four pages, four columns to
a page. The second number shows this arrangement of the litle, etc. :
Ranlet's Federal Miscellany.
Exeter Printed By H. Ranlet, At His Ofiice In Main-Street— Where Ad^
vertisements And Articles Of Intelligence Are Gratefully Received:
No. 2 — Vol. I. Wednesday, December 12, 1798: Price, i doll. 50
cents a Vear.
No. 7, Vol. I., Wednesday, January 16, 1 799, shows a change in. title
to Exeter Federal Miscellany. Numb. 21, Wednesday, April 24) 17991
Vol. I., has the imprint:
The Exeter Federal Miscellancy is Published every Wednesday raorning by Henry
Ranlet, At His Printing 6iHce, Water Street, Exeter.
Where all kinds of Musick — Books — Blanks, and Hand-bills, are done in modern per=
fection, on moderate terms. AdvertisenleiltS, frora any quarters, will be conspicuously
inserted very low for cash.
As with his numerous previous newspaper ventures, this attempt of
Ranlet's was of but short duration, ending in the summer of i799, it is un
derstood. 1799, March 23 {&st.)^-Newhampshire Sentinel, at Keene,
by John Prentiss.
Printed on a %vhole sheet, 19x23 inches, four pages, four columns to a
f>age. The earliest number known shows this arrangement of heading,
together with the prospectus of the experienced printer:
Newhampshire Sentinel.
—My Country's Good— A Faithful Watch I Stand.—
Keene:— Published Every Saturday, By John Prentiss, at the Old Printing
Office.
Vol. I.— No. 3.] Saturday, April 6, 1799. [l dol. 50 cts. per ann,

Ixviii NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
This Paper will continue to be published every Saturday morning, on paper of the
present size and quality, and with the type now exhibited. Payments must be made
quarterly, to enable the Editor to satisfy the demands of the paper makers, the boarding
house, and various other necessary creditors. Wood, Butter, Cheese, Grain, and almost
every article used in a family, will be as acceptable as the cash, if brought in season. Ad
vertisements will be inserted conspicuously, and on as reasonable terms as in any paper
in the State. Printing executed with neatness and dispatch.
The Sentinel \% still published.
"John Prentiss was born as Reading, Mass., March 21, 1778. He was apprenticed to
the art of printing in the old Chronicle office, in Boston, in May, 1792, to Thomas Adams,
and worked with Benjamin Edes, Isaiah Thomas, and Richard Draper. Tn 1795 he left
the Chronicle office to assist his brother, Charles Prentiss, in the publication of the Rural
Repository.^ at Leominster, Mass. When he began the Sentinel he bought, on credit, an
old press, some old type, and a few reams of paper, having but five dollars in cash at the
time. He also bought on credit, a small stock of goods, and opened a book store in
Keene. He began the paper with about seventy subscribers. From that day he dictated
the contents of the Sentinel.^ made up the matter from the gallies, kept the book storCj
made all his payments as they became due, and for forty_-eight years was detained frora
active labor scarcely one week. After canying on the paper for that period he resigned
its control to his son, John W. Prentiss. Mr. Prentiss died at Keene, June 3, 1873, having
passed the age of ninety-five years. He had the reputation of being a model printer, a
good citizen, a sincere Christian."! — Moore., 529-30.
1799, August 27 — Dartmouth Gazette^ at Hanover, by
Moses Davis.
Printed on a whole sheet, 18x23 inches, four pages, four columns to a
page, the printed page being 15^x9 inches. The first number shows the
title, motto and imprint thus:

Here Range the World— Explore the Dense and Rarej
And View All Nature in your Elbow Chair. •
Published by Moses Davis, on College Plain,
west of the Meeting-House — Hanover, Newhampshire.
Vol. I.] Tuesday, August 27, 1799. [No. i.
The issue for Monday, April 21, 1800, Vol. L, No. 34, contains the
following notice to subscribers; Attention !
Such subscribers for the Dartmouth Gazette as may be ignorant of the Conditions of
Publication, are desired to give attention to what foUows.
The price of the Dartmouth Gazette, delivered at the Printing-Office, is one dollar and
tif ty per annum, or for 52 papers; and in that proportion for a greater or less number.
Twenty-five cents to be paid on receiving the first No. 50 at the expiration of six months,
find the remaining 75 cents at the end of the year.
Those, who perceive by this, that they are delinquent, will remember, that prompt pay
js the life of business.
1 See History and Genealogy of the Prentiss Family of New England, from 1631 tq
1852, collected by C. J. F. Bjnney, Boston, 1852, pp. 125-7.

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. Ixix
Companies from the adjacent towns, wtio take and pay for papers weekly, receive
them at a reduced price.
Moses Davis was born at Concord, N. H., February 23, 1777, and
learned his trade as printer with George Hough, at Concord. He was a
brother-in-law of Elijah Russell. He printed the Farmer's Almanac for
1789, before leaving Concord. At Hanover he also published The Literary
Tablet, purporting to be edited by Nicholas Orlando, 1803-1806. This
was a folio, four pages, three columns to a page, about 14x12 inches in
size, printed every other Wednesday. Vol. III. dates from August, 1805,
to August, 1806. Davis continued the Dartmouth Gazette until his death,
which occurred in July, 1806. The paper then passed into the hands of
Charles Spear, who continued it until 1819, when it ceased publication.
The latest number known is No. XLIII., Vol. 19, June 23, l8lg. Whole
No. 1025. The day of publication was frequently changed, for the con
venience of the mails. Vol. II., No. 78, is dated Saturday, Feb. 21, 1801;
Vol. VI. , No. 263, was issued Friday, Sept. 7, 1804. Most of the earlier
numbers contained no editorial matter. The political contributions,
though decidedly favorable to the Federal party, were moderate in tone.
During its first two or three years, Daniel Webster, then a student at
Dartmouth College, was a frequent contributor to the paper. The issue
for Dec. 9, 1799, contains a poem by him, on Winter. The Gazette was
the champion of the College during its controversy with the State, many
of the ablest articles in defence of the College appearing in the columns
of that paper.
1799, September. — The Republican Ledger, at Portsmouth,
by George Jerry Osborne.
The paper had for its motto: "When you shall these deeds relate,
speak of them as they are. Nothing extenuate, nor set down ought in
malice." Mr. Osborne died in the summer of 1800, whereupon the paper
passed into the hands of Nutting & Whitelock. The last issue in the
eighteenth century was No. 19, Vol. II., December 30, 1800, Whole No.
71. The paper was discontinued, December 27, 1803.
1799. October 28, Monday (est.) — Gilmanton Rural Mu
seum, at Gilmanton, by Elijah Russell.
Printed on a whole sheet, 17x23 inches, four pages, four columns to a
page, in this form, and with the appended terms to subscribers:
Gilmanton Rural Museum.
Devoted to the Good of the Public.
Printed and published weekly, by Elijah Russell, near the Academy in
Gilmanton, (Newhampshire.)
No. 3.] Monday Morning, November 11, 1799. [Vol. I.

Ixx NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
Gilmanton Rural Museum.
Conditions.
i'.g"The Museum shall be printed on good paper, at the price of One Dollar and a Half
per ann. at the Office — and where companies of thirteen or more, in adjacent towns, will
come after them by turns, and pay weekly, they shall have them at two pence each paper,
or 8 I 8. per annum.
83?"Togive a good start to the business, two shillings and three pence is requested of
each customer at the beginning.
C^g^To accommodate all persons, so that the poorest 'family in town may enjoy the
great benefits of a public newspaper, of those who cannot pay all the cash, produce will
be received. — Good wheat, rye, corn, oats, butter, flax, cheese, or wool, will be very
readily received at the office.
C ^"E very person who enters for the Museum will be considered a customer till he
pays up. and desires the paper discontinued.
The Rural Museum was coutinued for about six months.
1820, August 29 (est.) — The Gilmanton Gazette and Farm
er s Weekly Magazine, at Gilmanton, by Dudley,
Leavitt and Clough.
This was the successor of the Rural Museum, published by Elijah
Russell. The Gazette was issued every Saturday. It had for its motto
this scriptural quotation: "By knowledge shall the chambers be filled with
all precious and pleasant riches. Moreover the profit of the earth is for
all. The king himself is served by the field. Bible." No. 18, Vol. I.,
bears date Deceraber 26, 1800. The paper was continued only a few
months longer.
Alden says that in 1799 the prospectus of « paper which was to have
been published at Charleston, was issued, but the paper never appeared.
He also states that "three or four numbers of a magazine were, two
or three years since [i. c, about 1797 or 1798], published by Moseley Dun
ham, at Haverhill."

List of Files of New Hampshire Newspapers.
Amherst — The Amherst Journal and the New-Hampshire
Advertiser, 1795 — H. u.
"1795, Feb. 6, 13, 20, Mar. 13, 20, April 3, 10, 17,
May 22, 29, June 5, 12, 19, 26, 31, Aug. 28, Sept.
5, 12, 19, 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Nov. i, 14, 21,
28, Dec. S, 12, 19, 26 — DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
Amherst — Village Messenger, 1796 — H. u.
1796-99 — B. p. L.
1 796-1 801, one vol. — .\. A. s.

history of AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. Ixxi
Concord — The Concord Herald, and Newhampshire Intelli
gencer; changed to
Concord Herald, early in 1791 ; changed to
Hough's Concord Herald, about Sept. 8, 1792;
changed to
Courier of New Hampshire, March 20, 1794.
1791, Sept. 7, 14, 28, Oct. s, 12, 19, Nov. 9, 16,
23, Dec. 7, 27; 1792. Jan. 4, 11, 18, Mar. 28, April
4, II, May 2, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 25, Nov. i, 8, 14, 22,
29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 27; 1793-Jan. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31,
Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28, Mar. 7, 14, 21, 28; April 3, 11,
25, May 2, 9, 16, 25, 3c, June 6, 13, 20, 27, July 1 1,
18, 25, Aug. I, 8, 15, 22, 29, Sept. 12, 19, 26, Oct.
3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Nov. 7, 14, 20, 28, Dec. 5 ; 1794-
Jan. 2-March — DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
1792, 1795-96 — H. U.
179C-93, one vol. ; 1795-98, one vol. — A. A. S.
1798, April 17-Dec. 31, 1799 — B. p. L.
Concord — Courier of New Hampshire — see Concord Her
ald.
Concord — The Mirrour,-Oct. 28, 1792, to April 17, 1795;
changed to
The Federal Mirrour, April 24, 1 795 ; continued as the
Republican Gazetteer, Nov. 22, 1796; merged in
The Mirror, Oct. 10, 1797.
1795-99— H.u.
1794-99, one vol. — A. A. .s.
Concord — New Star, 1797 — H. u.
Concord — Russell & Davis's Republican Gazette, 1796-97
— H. U.
Dover — The Friend ofthe People, 1799 — H. u.
Dover — Political and Sentimental Repository, or Strafford
Recorder; changed to
The Phenix, Aug. 2, 1792.

Ixxii NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
1791— H. U.
1792-95, one vol. — A. A. s.
1792, Aug. 2— Dec. 6, 1794— WIS.
Dover— The Sun, Dover Gazette, and County Advertiser.
1795-1815, one vol. — A. A. s.
1796-99 — H. u.
^;^^/^^_The Exeter Chronicle, or Weekly Advertiser,
1784— A. A. S.
Exeter — The American Herald of Liberty. See The New-
Hampshire Gazetteer.
1795 — L. C. P.
1784, June 10. 17, July i, 8, 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12,
19, 26, Sept. 9, .16, 23, 30, Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov.
4, 12, 19, 26, Dec. 3 — DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
Exeter — Exeter Federal Miscellany, 1799 — H. U.
The Freeman's Oracle, and New-Hampshire Adver
tiser; consolidated with
The New Hampshire Gazetteer, November, 1789.
1786-89, one vol. — A.. A S.
1787, Jan. 20; 1788, June 27; 1789-Feb. 24, Mar.
31, April 7, 14, 28, May 5, 12, 26, June 9, 16, 23,
30, July 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug. 4, II, Nov. 12. — DART
MOUTH COLLEGE.
Exeter — The Exeter Journal, Or, New-Hampshire Gazette,
1778, few numbers — L. C. P.
Exeter — Lamson's Weekly Visitor ; changed to
The Weekly Visitor : Or, Exeter Gazette, from^ June
16, 1795.
1795. — H. U.
Exeter — The New-Hampshire Gazetteer; changed to
The Herald of Liberty, Feb. 20, 1793 ; changed to
The American Herald of Liberty, May 14, 1793;
changed to
The Herald of Liberty; -or, Exeter Gazette, about

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. Ixxiii
June, 1796.
1789-95 — A. A. S.
1789-93, few numbers — L. c. P.
1789, Aug. 18, 22, 29, Sept. 5, 19, 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17,
24, 31, Nov. 7, 14, Dec. 19, 26; 1790-Jan. 2, 9, 16,
23, 30, Feb. 13, 27, Mar. 13, 20, 27, April 3, 10,
17. 24. 30, May 28, June 4, ii, July 2, 9, 16, 23,
Aug. I, 3, 20, 27, Sept. 3, 10, 24, Oct. I, 9, 16, 30,
Nov. 6, 13, 20, Dec. 11, i8, 25; 1791-Oct. 21;
1792-July 18, 27, Aug. 10, 17, 31, Sept. 14, 21, 28,
Oct. 5, 19, Nov. 7, 14, 21, 28, Dec. 5, 12, 19, 26;
1793-Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27 Mar.
6, 13, 20, 27, April 3, 10, 17, May i, 4; 1793-
May 14, 21, 28, June 4 ir, 18, 25, July 2, 16, 23,
Aug. 6, 20, 27, Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24, Oct. 8, 15,
22, 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19, 26, Dec. 3, 10, 17, 24;
1794-Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, II, 18, 25,
Mar. 4, II, 18, 25, April i, 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13,
20, 27, June 3, 10, 17, 24, July i, 8, 15, 22, 29,
Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7, 14,
21, 28, Nov. 4, II, 18, 22, 29, Dec. 6 — DARTMOUTH
COLLEGE.
1792, April 18 — WIS.
Exeter — The New Hampshire Gazette, 1786-96, one vol. —
A. A. S.
Exeter — The New Hampshire Spy, 1796 — H. u.
Exeter — Ranlet's Federal Miscellany, 1798 — H. U.
Gilmanton — Gilmanton Rural Museum, 1799 — H. u.
Hanover — Dartmouth Gazette.
1799 — H. u.
1800, Dec. 17, to Sept. 7, 1804 — N. Y. H. S.
Hanover — The Dresden Mercury, 1779, few numbers — A.
A. S.

Ixxiv NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
Hanover — The Eagle ; or, Dartmouth Centinel, Aug., 1793-
1795 — B. P. L.
1793-99, one vol. — A. A. S.
1794-99— H. U.
Haverhill — The Grafton Minerva, and Haverhill Weekly
Bud, 1796-97 — H. u.
1796-97— L. c. p.
Keene — Columbian Informer & Cheshire Journal, 1793,
Jan. 13, Aug. 14, 21, 28, Sept. 4, 11, 18, 25, Oct.
2, 9, 16, Nov. 27; 1794-Feb. 19, July I, 8,
IS, 22, 29, Aug. s, 12, 19, 26, Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30,
Oct. 7, 14, 21, Nov. 4, II, 18, 25, Dec. 2, 9, 16, 24;
1795-Jan. 6, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar. 8, 17,
24, 31, April 7, 14, 21. — DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
Keene — New Hampshire Centinel, 1799 — H. U.
1 799-1 873, 12 vols. — A. A. S.
1799, March 23-Dec. 28, inclusive — DARTMOUTH COL
LEGE.
Keene — The New-Hampshire Recorder, and The Weekly
Advertiser, 1787-90, one vol. — A. A. S.
Keene — The Rising Sun, 1796-99 — H. U.
1798-99 — A. A. S.
Portsmouth — Federal Observer, 1798-99 — b. a.
1799 — H. u.
Portsmouth— ¥xe&m2ca:% Journal, or. New Hampshire Ga
zette. See Portsmouth — New-Hampshire Gazette.
/^tf^-to^ozi!//^— New-Hampshire Gazette, Oct. 7, 1756;
changed to
The New-Hampshire Gazette, and Historical Chron
icle, March 11, 1763; changed to
The Freeman's Journal, or New Hampshire Gazette,
May 25, 1776; changed to
The New-Hampshire Gazette and the General Adver
tiser, March 27, 7784; changed to

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. Ixxv
The New Hampshire Gazette, Oct. 15, 1793.
1756— II. S. P.
1756, 1762, 1TJ6-TJ — B. P. L.
1756-92, 8 vols., quarto and folio, incomplete. — M. H. s
I 756-1 801, complete — DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
1761-62, \']66-6'], 1776-1871, 9 vols. — A. A. s.
1761-64, 7 nos.; Nov. 30, Dec. 28, 1770; June 5,
1772; i77^,ionos. ; 1776-77, 5 nos. ; Sept., 1784,
to Nov., 1786 — WIS.
1765, May 24, July 12, Aug. i6-Sept. 27, Oct. 11-
Nov. 15, 29, Dec. 13-27; 1766-Jan. 17-Feb. 7, 21,
March 14, 28, April 4, Sept. 4, Nov. 17, 24. — Y. U.
1766, March 28-Dec. 19; 1770-Jan. 5-Dec. 25, 1772 ;
Jan. 6-June 9, 1775 — L. c.
1772, Sept. 25 — Dec. 30, 1774; 1778, June i6-May
6, 1780; 1785-86, March 25-Sept. 14, 1786 — N. Y.
H. S.
1778, Feb. 3, Vol. II., No. 32— L. L.
1780-1782, one vol.; 1791-95, one vol.; 1796-98,
one vol. — H-GEN.
1788, 1795-99 — B. A.
1789-99 — H. u.
Portsmouth — The New Hampshire Mercury and General
Advertiser, 1784-87, one vol. — A. A. S.
1 784-1 788, one vol. — H-GEN.
1786, May 8 — DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
Portsmoutli — New-Hampshire Spy; changed to
Osborne's New Hampshire Spy, early in 1789.
1786-93, 3 vols. — A. A. S.
1787-88, 1791 — B. P. L.
1786, Oct.-i787, Oct. — WIS.
1790, June 2, 16, 23, 30, July 14, 18, 21, 28 ; 1791-
Feb. 26, April 16, 20, 23, 27, 30, May 4, 7, 11, 14,
19, 21, 26, 28, June 2, 4, 8, II, 15, 18, 22, 25, 29,

Ixxvi NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUME.NTS.
July 2, 6, 9, 13, i6, 20, 23, 27, 30, Aug. 3, 6, 10, 13,
17, 20, 24, 27, 31; 1792, May 16— DARTMOUTH
COLLEGE.
Portsmouth— The Ora.c\eoi\.\\eT>aY, 1 793-1 800; changed
to
The United States Oracle of the Day, 1800.
1793—99, one vol. — A. A. S.
1794, Dec. 24 — WIS.
1794-95, one vol. ; 1798, Jan-July — H-GEN.
1795-99— H. U.
1798 — 1.. C. P.
1800, Jan. 4, Vol. 10, No. 12 — CONN. H. S.
1800, Jan. i8-0ct. 10, 1801 ; Oct. 17, i8oi-Oct. 15,
1803; Oct. 22, i8c3-Jan. 14, 1809 — X. Y. H. s.
1 794, May to December, inclusive ; 1 795-96, complete ;
1797, complete, except April 27th, June lOth; 1798,
complete; 1799, complete, except April 13 ; 1800,
complete — DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
Portsmouth — The Portsmouth Mercury and Weekly Ad
vertiser, 1765, one vol. — A. A. S.
1765, Sept. 2, 23, Oct. 7, 14, 28, Nov. 13-Dec. 2, 16-
30; 1766, Jan. 27, Feb. 10, 17 — Y. U.
Portsmouth — Republican Ledger, 1799, Sept. 19, 26, Oct.
Nov. 23, 6, 13, 20, 27, Dec. 4, 11, 18, 25; 1800,
complete, except June 24, July i, 8, Aug. 5, Oct.
14 —DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
Walpole — The New Hampshire Journal : Or, The Farmer's
Weekly Museum, April 11, 1793 ; changed to
The Newhampshire and Vermont Journal : Or, The
Farmer's Weekly Museum, Feb. 17, 1795 ; changed
to
The Farmer's Weekly Museum: Newhampshire and
Vermont Journal, April 4, 1797 ; changed to
Farmer's Museum, or Lay Preacher's Gazette, April

HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. Ixxvii
i> 1799; changed to
Farmer's Museum, and Literary Gazette, February,
1800.
1793, April II, to April 4, 1794, Vol. i, Nos. 1-52
— N. Y. H. s.
1793, April-Dec, 1799 — B. p. L.
1 793-1 8 10, 15 vols. — A. A. s.
1795-99— H.U.
1795, Nov. 24-Oct. 19, 1805 — CONN. H. S.
1796, Feb.-March, 1797, one vol. ; 1796-98, two vols ;
1797, April II, to April 24, 1798, one vol.; 1799,
April I, to Sept. 29, 1801 — H-GEN.
1 796-1 800 — MD. H. S.
1796, Nov. 15-Sept. 15, 1801 — N. Y. H. S.
1797, April 18, Sept. 18; 1798-Jan. 2, 16, 23, 30,
Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27, March 6, 13, 20, 27, April
3, 10, 17, 24, 28, May 8, 15, 22, 29, June 5, 12,
16, 19, 26, July 3, 10, 17, 24, Aug. 6, 13, 20,
September 3, 10, 17, 24, October i, 15, 22, 29,
Nov. 5, 12, 19, 26, December 3, 10, 17, 24, 31;
1799-January 7, 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 18, 25, March
4, II, 18, 25, April 8, 15, 22, May 6, 13, 2C, 27,
June 10, 17, 24, July i, 8, 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12, 19,
Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov. 4, II,
18 25, Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; i8oo-Jan. 6, 13, 27,
Feb 3, ID, 17, 24, Mar. 10, 17, 24, 31 ; April 7, 14,
21, 28, May 5, 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23, 3c,
July 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug. 4, 11,25, Sept. i, 8, 15, 22,
29, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10, 17, Dec. i, 8, 15,
22, 29 — DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
1797, April 4, to July 17, 1798 — L C.
1797, April II, No. 210 — June 26, 1798, wanting 10
nos. — Y. U.
1797, April II, to March 27, 1798; 1799, April i, to

Ixxviii new Jersey COLONIAL documents.
Oct. 21, 1799 — L. C. p. ,
1797-99, inclusive — ESSEX INST.
1797, Feb. 28, to Feb., 1799 — B. A.
1798, Jan.-April, 1799; April, 1799-April, 1801, 2
vols.^wiS.
Walpole — Political Observatory, 1794-1804, and -Miscel
laneous papers — H-GEN.

II.
Extracts from American Newspapers relating to
New-Jersey, 1751—1755.

Newspaper Extracts.

To be sold or lett for a term of years by Benjamin
Biles, at Trenton, a tanyard, well accustomed, with a
lot of ground of two acres, and a third of an acre, a
good bark-house, mill-house, bark-mill, beam-house,
a good stone currying shop, and leather-house, vatts
enough to tan 800 hides, besides calf-skins, per year ;
the Works in good Repair, a constant stream of
spring water^ running through the yard ; also a good
hay-house, stable, and chaise-house.
Likewise a good dwelling-house adjoining to the
tan-yard, situate on the west side of King-street,^ near
the middle of the town, four rooms on a floor, the lot
whereon it stands contains half an acre, a good gard
en, a new fence of cedar Posts and boards, with a
fine stream running at the end of it.
Any person inclining to purchase, or rent the
same may know the terms, by applying to Benjamin
Biles, living on the premises. — Pennsylvania Gazette,
Jan.i, 1 750-1. No. 1 151.
To be Sold by the subscriber,
A Large and commodious well built grist-mill,
with two pairs of stones, two water wheels, within
1 Petty's run.
2 Now Warren street.

2 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l7Sl
the house, turned by a constant stream of water,
three boulting chests, with conveniencies for screen
ing the wheat, boulting and hoisting the meal by
water, with all other utensils necessary for the same,
A plantation whereon the said mill stands, containing
300 acres of land, bounded one way upon a navigable
creek, upon or near which is a good frame store-house,
and landing, about a quarter of a mile from the said
mill, from whence flour may be sent (at a small ex-
pence) to Philadelphia, by water, or to York market,
by the way of Brunswick, which is about 30 miles
from the- said mill and plantation, whereon is 3 dwell
ing-houses, stables, barns, smith's shop, cooper's shop,
store-house and all in good repair ; a waggon and 5
horses, a good orchard, about 30 acres of meadow
cleared, most of which is in good grass, and a large
quantity of rich swamp, capable of making consider
able more ; part of the premises now rents for 120 1.
proclamation money a year, and is situate about 6
miles from Trenton, 2 miles and a half from Burdens-
town,^ in the township of Nottingham, Burlington
county, and western division of the province of New-
Jersey. Any person inclining to purchase, may know
the terms of sale and payments (and have indisput
able tide to the premises) by applying to the sub
scriber at Trenton, William Morris. — Penn. Gazette,
Jan. I, 1 750-1. No. 1 151.
STolen from Samuel Taylor, of Chesterfield, Bur
lington County, on the 4th of this inst. December, A
dark brown horse, about 13 hands and a half high,
branded on the near shoulder S T, a star, and a small
1 Bordentown,

175 1] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 3
snip down to his nose, small switch tail ; he goes a
fast travel, but goes short, and hand gallops well.
Whoever takes up the said horse, and secures him,
so that the owner may have him again, shall have
Thirty Shillings reward, and reasonable charges, paid
by me. Samuel Taylor.
— Penn. Gazette, Jan. i, 1750-1. No. 1151.
Run away on the 14th ult. from Abraham Lord, of
Piles-Grove, Salem county, an Irish servant man,
named Daniel Foy, of a middle stature, pale com
plexion, about 26 years of age, well-set, speaks but
middling English, and has been on the expedition ¦}
Had on when he went away, a linsey-woolsey blue
grey coat, with large brass buttons, a grey cloth
jacket, buck-skin breeches, felt hat, grey cotton cap,
and a red silk handkerchief; he has two pair of stock
ings with him, one grey worsted, ribb'd, the other blue
yarn. Whoever takes up and secures said servant,
so that his master may have him again, shall have
Three Pounds reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Abraham Lord.
— Penn. Gazette, Jan. i, 1 750-1. No. 1/51.
To be sold, by Thomas Cadwalader, at Trenton,
a tract of land, of nine hundred acres, lying about a
mile and a half north of the Town, it will be either
disposed of all together, or divided into four equal
parts, it is exceedingly well timbered and watered by
several fine streams, one of which the Trenton mills
stand on, it has also very good conveniencies either
1 Against Canada.

4 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l75I
for a grist-mill, forge or saw-mill. Three hundred
acres, and upwards, of it, will make extraordinary
good meadow, the timber is very fit for ship-building
or scantling for houses, and lies very convenient, near
the river Delaware, for transporting to Philadelphia,
large quantities of cord wood.
Also, a large commodious corner brick house, two
stories high, well finished, with three good rooms on
the lower floor, and a large entry through it, four
good rooms on the upper floor, and four lodging
rooms plaistered, in the uppermost story, with good
cellars, stone kitchen, garden and stables, situate in
Queen-street' in a very publick part of the town of
Trenton, very convenient for any publick business.
Likewise, twenty-five acres of pasture land, on the
upper end of Queen-street in Trenton, Sixteen acres
of It cleared, and in good fence, with a good new barn,
twenty-six feet by twenty.
And five acrgs and a half of excellent meadow,
well cleared, and in good fence in Trenton.
Any persons who have an inclination to purchase
the above mentioned premises, may have a reason
able time allowed for the payments. — Penn. Gazette,
Jan. I, I 750-1. No. 1 151. New-York, Dec. 27. 1750
Mr. Alexander, Sir,
This is to notify you, That we the Subscribers have
in Behalf, of ourselves and the Rest of the Purchasers
in Essex County, and Places adjacent in the northern
Part of the Province of New-Jersey, determined to
make the best and clearest Pleas to his Majesty in
1 Until recently called Greene, but now Broad street,

175'] iSTEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 5
Council, in Vindication of our Purchase Rights lying
in Dispute between the Proprietors and us the Pur
chasers, as Speedily as we can.
Yours to serve, Joseph Day,
Thomas Williams,
Stephen Morris,
John Cundict,
John Vincent.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, Jan. 7, 1751.
New-York, Z^^(:^7;?(5^r 31. About Ten Days ago,
the Brigg Bell Savage, Capt. Lewis, coining in here
from the Virgin-Islands, was drove ashore in a violent
Gale of Wind, with in Sandy Hook : . . . We hear
about one Quarter of her Car^o is lost ; the rest is
got ashore, and 'Tis hoped the Vessel will be got
off again. — Penna. Journal, Jan. 8, 1750. No. 425.
To be sold by Isaac Greenleafe, in Philadelphia
***** In West-Jersey, A tract of 2500
acres timber'd land, lying upon the heads of the south
branches bf Rarington, near Muskonetkong river, in
Hunterdon county ; also a tract of 833 acres, bounded
on Muskonetkong river, and joining to Jonathan
Robinson's forge, in said county.
If: ^ ;I; •<; ^ :|-. ^ ^ ^
N. B. To be sold very cheap by said Greenleafe,
at his store, in Second-street, near Stretch's corner.
Variety of European and East-India goods, glass
lamps for streets, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 2od nails, and
sundry sorts of ironmongery, imported in the last ship
from London. — Penn. Gazette, Jan. 8, 1 750-1. No.
1152.

6 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [175I
To be sold by the subscriber, a good stone house,
two story high, with a very good shop in it, three fire
places,'eitherfitfor merchant or tradesman, the house
being 40 feet front, and lot 100 feet back, with a good
yard to it, and good close fence. Also another iot
joining to it of 50 feet front, and 100 feet back, in
close fence. The whole paying one shilling per foot
ground rent for the front. There is also a very good
brook running through the whole, coming from a liv
ing spring, which is never dry. Whoever inclines to
purchase the same, may apply to said subscriber, liv
ing on the premises, who will dispose of the house
and lot on reasonable terms.
N. B. Said house and lot are situate in Albany
street, in New Brunswick. Jacob Kemper.
— Pen7i. Gazette, Jan. 8, 1750-1. No. 1152.
To be Sold,
Several Tracts and Parcels of Land, in East and
West-New-Jersey, belonging to the Estate of the
late Honorable John Hamilton, Esq ; deceased. Any
Persons inclining to purchase any or either of them,
may apply to Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, Widow, and
sole Executrix to the said Estate, at Col. Abraham De
Peyster's, in New-York, who will dispose of the same
on reasonable Terms. What's not sold before the
fourth Tuesday of March next, will, on that Day, be
sold at publick Vendue, at the Market-House at Perth-
Amboy, to the highest Bidder. And particularly,
1st, The Dwelling-House late of the said John
Hamilton, at Perth-Amboy, with Out-Houses, Stable
and Pidgeon, Garden and Orchard, with the Lot on

1751] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 7
which those stand, being two Chains and a Half, or
165 Feet in Breadth, and ten Chains, or 660 Feet in
Length, fronting Water-Street and High-Street ; to
gether with the Bank-Lot fronting the same.
2dly, Seven Acre Lots in Perth-Amboy fronting
Dock-Street and Back Street.
3dly, All the Remainder of one third of a Propriety,
and of one Twentieth of a Propriety of East-Mew-Jer
sey, upon which the third Pine Dividend now remains
due, besides all future Dividends.
4thly, 525 Acres of Land in the Blue-Hills, in the
Valley between the first and second Mountains, in
County of Somerset ; the Road thro' Johnston's Gap,
from Dr. Mercerus Mills, passes thro' it.
5thly, 825 Acres of Land on Devil's Brook, a Branch
of Milston River, lying about two Miles from Kings-
Town, in the County of Middlesex — The N. Y. Ga
zette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, Jan. 14, 1751.
By order of the General Assembly of the Province
of New Jersey. There is now ready for the Press,
and speedily will be Published in One Volumn in
Folio.
The LAWS of the Province of NEW JERSEY.
From the Time of the Surrender of the Government
in 1 700 To the present Year 1750.
The Body of the Book will contain all the Acts
and Laws now in F'orce in tlie said Province with
proper marginal Notes. To which will be added,
three Compleat Tables of the whole Work : The
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wick ; Thomas Bartow, Esq ; in Perth Amboy;
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beth.
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Spicer, Esqrs.
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Subscriptions will also be taken in and the Books
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Public method therefore hath been, approved of and
recommended by the General Assembly, for the more
effectual supplying the Publick with the said Laws,
which will soon be out of Print and not be afterwards
obtained.'^ — The Penn. Journal, Jan. 15, 1750. [1751]
To be sold by the subscriber, in Burlington, a
plantation, situate above a quarter -of a mile below
the town, and fronting the river Delaware, near three
quarters of a mile, and runs a mile and a quarter back,
containing 208 acres, upwards of 40 acres of good
meadow, and mowing ground, and more may be
made ; near six acres of orchard, a good brick house,
50 feet front, 2 stories high, finished in the best man-
1 This is known as Nevill's Laws, Vol. I. It was printed by William Bradford, at
Philadelphia, and was published in in 1752. Vol. II. was printed by James Parker, at
Woodbridge, in 1761.

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ner, a large kitchen, wash-house, all 2 stories high,
good cellars, and vaults, a fine piazza, back store
room, Darey-house, coach-house, chaise-house, a fine
stable, a large barn, barrocks, hovels, a well in the
cow-yard, 2 large gardens, containing 2 acres, one
walled in with brick, the other fenced in with cedar,
7 feet high ; This place, with the conveniences, and
about one third of the land, now rents to our present
Governor Belcher, for 100 1. per annum, and it may
suit a gentleman of the highest taste. Some distance
from the house, on the other side of the creek ad
joining, a small stone house, with a cellar, and fire-_
place above and below, a peach-orchard, with 500
trees of the best collection of that fruit. Also a tract
of cedar swamp, near 300 acres, lying in Gloucester
countv, within 10 miles of Timber-creek landing-,
where a 6 coard flat may come. Also upwards of
20 acres of wood-land, within a mile of Burlington.
Also, a corner lot in the town, upwards of two acres,
fenced in with cedar rails and posts, formerly belong
ing to the estate of Peter Banton. *=:=***
Any person inclining to purchase any of the above-
mendoned premises, may apply to Joseph Oldman,
or Isaac Conarow, in Burlington. — Penn. Gazette,
Jan. 15, 1750-1. No. 1 153.
To be sold by Morris Morgan, of the city of Phila
delphia.A Plantation, situate on Rackoon creek, in the
township of Greenwich, in the county of Gloucester,
and province of West-Jersey, containing 425 acres,
with good dwelling-house thereon, wherein Morris
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well accustomed tavern above 40 years past) Also, a
good bearing orchard, about 60 acres of the land is
cleared, 40 whereof is within good fence, 20 acres of
which is good meadow, and more may be made ;
what upland is not cleared, is well timbered. Any
person inclining to purchase all or part of the above-
mentioned land and premises, may apply to the said
Morgan, and know the title and terms of sale. The
dtie is indisputable. — Penn. Gazette, Jan. 15, 1 750-1,
No. 1 1 53.
Mr. Parker.
By giving a Place to the following Letter in your
next, which was wrote by a countryman to his friend,
concerning the publick Affairs of the Province of N —
J — , you will oblige many of your readers, and par
ticularly. Your Humble Servant, A — n.
Sir, This Government has been now upwards of two
Years without any Support ;^ which may be said to be
a great Hardship, not only as it is an Injury to the
Government in particular, and the several other
Officers of the Government having- been now so long-
without pay ; but also, as this Neglect of paying the
publick Debts, involves the Inhabitants of the Prov
ince under certain Inconveniences, which they will
but too sensibly experience hereafter, when they
come to feel the Weight of those accumulated Debts,
by a heavy Tax ; which would be less felt, and much
easier paid at different Periods, than all at once.
Was I asked, whence doth arise this unhappy
Delay of discharging those Debts, which is so essen-
l See N, J. Archives, XVI., 240, note.

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tially necessary to maintain the publick Credit, and
to support the Honour and Dignity of his Majesty's
Government ? I would answer by observing the
following Particulars, viz. That the Treasury. being
empty, and the usual Method for supplying the same
from the Interest of Paper Money upon Loan, being
stopt ; as the last Resource therefore, it became
necessary to levy Money by a Tax on Lands for that
Purpose ; and to this End the Assembly seemed
heartily inclined, and accordingly prepared a Bill, en
titled. An Act to enable the Legislature to settle the
Quotas of the several Counties, for levying of Taxes,
&c. By which it was provided. That all such Lands
as are held by Patent, Deed or Survey, on which any
Improvement was made, should be subject to be
taxed : A Bill, tho' in itself reasonable and just,
and at the same Time so absolutely necessary, met,
nevertheless, with frequent and repeated Obstruc
tions from the C — 1, insomuch as to hinder its pass
ing, tho' the same has been now upwards of three
Years upon the Carpet.
The C — 's Objections, or Reasons against the Bill,
as far as I am able to judge, appears in their Mess
age to the House of Assembly, in the last Session at
A  ; and they say, the same breaks in upon one
ofhis Majesty's Instructions to the Governor; that
Part thereof which is to clear up this Matter, is re- '
cited in the C— 's Amendment to the Bill ; the whole
Amendment is in these Words : " Whereas by the
"Royal Instructions to his Excellency the' Governor,
" he is directed in these Words : Provided always,
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"any Tax upon unprofitable Lands. It is hereby
"declared, That nothing in this Act is meant or in-
" tended to break in upon the said Instruction, or to
"warrant the Assessors to put any unprofitable
"Lands into the said List, or Account of Things to
"be taxed." Now, nothing appears to me more obvi
ous, than that said Instruction means or intends no
other, than that barren Lands, not worth the clearing,
and consequently, on which no Improvement could
reasonably be expected, should be made, nor any
other Tracts of unimproved Wood-Lands, which
brought no Income or Profit to the Owner, should
not be taxed, neither of which being the Object of
this Bill, the pretended Contrariety or breaking in
upon his Majesty's Instruction, therefore entirely
vanishes. The C — 1 in their said Message, seem to Charge
the As.sembly with Innovation, and that by their Bill
they lay aside the accustomed Method ; and that they
seem to intend. Lands shall hereafter be taxed by the
Acre ; what this is mentioned for, or intended by it,
I can't see ; for suppose the Bill doth differ from the
accustomed Method in this particular Respect, yet
the C — 1, at least, tacitly admit of this new Method
(ifit may be called so) of taxing Lands for the Future,
by the Acre, because themselves allow, that by an
other particular Clause in the Bill, the Number of
Acres of each Tract is required to be taken, which is
no Way taken offby the said Amendment; all then,
that the C — 1 seem especially to guard against, is
not to warrant the Assessors to put any unprofitable
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taxed : But, in that Case, I conceive the Law would
have been very precarious and uncertain, as it leaves
the Point, with Regard to what the Words* profitable
and unprofitable shall mean, undetermined ; and
what would be the Consequence, is not at all difficult
to foresee. The Hardships and Difificuldes it would
lay the Assessors under, are very great, who in that
Case, must be obliged to take a Survey of every
Man's Tract of Land throughout the Province, in
order to find out the exact Quantity of Acres, or
rather what shall be deemed profitable Acres; for
the Law tells him, he is not warranted to put any
other than such into his List: But how shall he dis-
dnguish the profitable from the unprofitable, since the
Law doth not distinguish, and gives him no Direction
in this Case ? No Matter, he is obliged to do it
nevertheless ; and what is worse, in Case he errs,
that is, if he happens to put any unprofitable Acres
in his List, he incurs the Penalty of the Law. The
sad Dilemma, therefore, that Officer would lay under,
had the Bill passed with said Amendment, as well as
the almost endless Complaints he would be exposed
to,, are too glaring to need any farther enlarging
upon ; besides, that in order to have Lands to be
taxed thus adjusted, if at all practicable, would be a
Work of long Time, and great Expence. These
Things being so extraordinary, makes some People
shrewdly suspect, that even a general Re-survey of
all Lands in the Province, which has been often spoke
of and is so much dreaded, was also intended by said
Amendment ; but be that as it will, I am persuaded
'ItxpUv WoriK of such eauy Construction, and among all Conautons 0/ Men so
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it would have been a noble Turn for Surveyors, not
to mention Others, and have put a Plough into their
Hands, from which they might expect to reap a most
plentiful Harvest, a Way, indeed, of raising Money
to a fine Purpose.
The C — 1 in another Part of said Message, seem
with some Ardour, to express a Regard for the poor
People of the Province, and then say, should a Tract
contain ninetee^i Acres of unprofitable Lands, for one
Acre of profitable, the whole twenty Acres shall pay as
much Tax, as if it were all profitable : This Argu
ment, if it be taken according to the plain Meaning
of the Words, it may be made a great Question,
whether any such Tract of Land can be found in the
Province, that bears any Thing like so great Dispro
portion, as nineteen to one ; I mean, on which any Im
provement has been made ; but, suppose it be taken
inadififerent Sense from what the Words will natural
ly bear, viz. That a proper Difference should be made
in Lands more and less profitable, according to their
Goodness or Quality; in this Respect I am ready to
think, that almost every Tract of Land in the Province
will differ from another, and even every particular
Tract from itself ; but in order to find the exact or true
mean Propordon, &c. would-be a Work attended with
such extraordinary Expence, and extreme Difficulty, as
I can't see how could be well got over, at least the C — 1
have not pointed out how, or which Way, it shall or
may be done. After all, I think it would be no un
reasonable Condescension in the C — 1, to let the
People themselves find Fault or complain ; but the
Truth is, tho' this Matter has been so long under
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Consideration, we have heard of no Complaints in
this Respect, either by Way of Petition, or otherways;
this I think to be an undeniable Proof, that the, good
People of the Province, and their Representatives are
equally satisfied in the Taxation proposed by the
Bill ; therefore it is but reasonable to conclude, the
C — 1 had something else in View, than what is pre
tended, and what can we suppose, or think more
obvious, than that two or three G — t — m — n that are
of the C — 1, only may be said to have large Estates
in Lands in the Province, on some of which, no
Doubt, Improvements have been made, and from
which they may reap proportionable Advantages
with other People, whose Lands are thus improved,
that notwithstanding they are willing, if possible, to
avoid paying a proportionable tax for those Lands.
Here, therefore, we may suppose the Shoe pinches,
and is the thing They have at Stake : But, who will
say, it is either unreasonable, partial, or unjust, to
have those Lands taxed in common, with other
People's Lands? Is not the putting People upon a
Level with respect to paying Taxes to support his
Majesty's Government, who reigns impartially over
all his People, a coming up full to the never-failing
Rule of the Gospel, in doing by one Neighbour as we
do by another, and even so as we would have done by
ourselves ?
That two or three G-t-m-n of the C — 1, for the
Sake of their own private and particular Interest,
should have the Address and Influence, to embarrass
an Affair of so much Importance to the Publick, in
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Bias, so as to hinder the passing said Bill, tho' as I
said before, it has been above three Years under
Consideration, is extremely unhappy as well as sur
prising. It is not without Concern that I am going
to give you some further Account of this efficacious
and powerful Influence ; you shall have it as I was
informed, and I think from too good Authority not to
mendon it, that in a former Session, five C — s were
unanimously agreed in Sentiments in favour of the
Bill, as sent up, but no sooner did other three appear,
when Eloquence, and I know not what, got the Vic
tory of Reason, and all Hopes and Expectations with
regard to its passing, ended in Disappointment, so
that it was commonly spoke of amongst those ac
quainted with the Affair, that three had out-voted five.
And perhaps it might be from this remarkable Instance
of Success in the first, and Prostitution of better
Judgment in the latter, that one of those G-t-m-n,
now in E — d, took Occasion there to say, that this
Government would go unsupported for ten Years to
come. I suppose he said this without the Spirit of
Prophecy, ndt only, as he pretty well knew the Sen
timents of the People in favour of the Bill, on the one
Hand, but more especially their own Power and In
terest, either to embarrass or intirely to defeat it, on
the other.
I have now, so far as the Bounds of my Letter
would permit, laid before you, the Occasion and Rise
of the aforesaid Delay or Neglect of paying the pub
lick Debts, and the Reasons upon which it is founded ;
which at the same Time, may represent to us in some
Measure, the present unhappy State ofthe Province,

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with regard to its publick Affairs ; and when we may
hope for, or see better Times, as long as our C — s
remain or continue under P  y Direction and In
fluence, God only Knows, and Time must discover.
T am,, &c.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, Jan. 21, 1751.
To Be Sold,
A good Farm at Rocky-Hill, in East New-Jersey,
containing between 13 and 14 Hundred Acres of
choice Land, now in the Possession of James Van
horne ; There is on it a good Dwelling-House, Barn,
Waggon and Negro Houses, an Orchard of 700 Apple
Trees, and about 60 or 70 Acres of the Land is good
English Meadow. Any Person inclining to purchase,
may apply* to William Bayard, Merchant in New-
York, or to the said James Vanhorne on the Premises.
An indisputable Title will be given. — The N. Y. Ga
zette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, Jan. 21, 1751.
By Order of the General Assembly ^/,^e Province of
New-Jersey,
There is now ready for the Press, and speedily will
be published, in one Volume in Folio.
The Laws of the Province of New-Jersey ;
From the Time of the Surrender of the Government,
in the Year 1702, to present Year 1750.
********
N. B. The Subscripdons not being yet returned to
the Editor from the several Parts of the Province of
New-Jersey, (which he attributes to the Severity of
the Season) he hath thought it convenient to delay
the putdng of the Work to the Press, until the first

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of April next ; w^hen it will certainly go forward with
out further delay. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the
Weekly Post Boy, Jan. 21, 1751.
Philadelphia January 29. 1 750-1.
Ran away on the 20th inst. from Nathan Watson,
of Mount-Holly, an Irish servant man, named Chris
topher Cooney, a short well-set fellow, about 26 years
of age, of a pale complexion, short brown curl'd hair,
had lost one of his under fore teeth, and has had his
right leg broke, and walks with his toe turned out
ward : Had on when he went away, a new castor
hat a red great coat, a light coloured fustian coat and
jacket, new copper colour'd broadcloth breeches, lined
with leather, new black and white yarn stockings, old
shoes, newly soled ; he was .some time past a hostler
at Jonathan Thomas's, in Burlington ; and formerly
a servant near WiUington. Whoever takes up and
secures said servant so as his master may have him
again, shall have Forty Shillings reward, and reason
able charges, paid by Nathan Watson.
— Penn. Gazette, Jan. 29, 1 750-1. No. 1155.
Notice is hereby given. That pursuant to an Award
lately made by Messrs. Andrew Johnston, James
Hude, and William Ouke, of New Jersey, Merchants, ^,
and Simon Johnson, Esq ; and Christopher Banker,
Merchant, of New York, between Jacob Isaacs, Mer
chant of the one Part, and Samuel Nevil, Esq ; and
John Nevil, Gent, of the other Part, bearing Date the
26th of June 1747 ; there will be exposed to sale at
public Vendue, by the said Jacob Isaacs, at the Mar-

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ket House in the City of Perth-Amboy, on Friday
the 22d Day of March next, the Tracts and Lots of
Land late of Peter Sonmans, Esq ; deceased to wit
A Tract of Meadow and Upland in Monmouth
County, lying at a Place called Barnegat on Seate
Bay and Egg Harbour Beach, beginning on the
North Cape of Seate Bay, which is the South Point
of an Island of Meadow, and running West 84
Chains, thence West North West 1 66 Chains to the
Upland, thence North West 180 Chains, thence
Sonth West 140 Chains, thence South East and
by South 500 Chains, or six Miles and a quarter over
the Sound and Beach to the Sea, be it more or less ;
thence North East along the Beach i to Chains, to
the Whole-Quarter and Line of Augustine Gordon's
Lands, or his Assigns ; Thence North West over the
Beach from the Sea to the main Channel of the
Sound ; thence along the said Channel, including
the Islands on the West Side thereof to the Place
where it began.
Also a Tract of Land lying in Amboy, containing
46 Acres, beginning at the white Oak Tree marked
on both Sides, standing by the old Path, which is the
iMorth East Corner of the late Peter Sonman's Land,
and running North North East, and one Degree
more easterly, 1 6 Chains 1 5 Links ; thence West
North West, and by half a Point more northerly, 17
Chains; thence West and by North 16 Chains;
thence South and by West 14 Chains ; thence as the
Line of said Sonman's Lands runs, to the Place
where it began.
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of Amboy, containing 46 Acres, begining at a red
Oak Tree on the Top of the Bank of Rariton River,
marked on four Sides, being the Corner of Amboy
Bound.s, and running South East 27 Degrees, as the
River runs 9 Chains, to Sonmans Creek or Brook ;
thence North East as the said Brook goes 40 Chains
to a white Oak Tree marked on four Sides, standing
by the Brook and Path ; thence North West 63
Degrees to the boundary Line of Amboy ; thence
South West 12 Degrees along the said Line, to the
Place where it began. — 7'he N Y. Gazette Revived in
the Weekly Post Boy, Feb. 4, 1751.
New Y okk, January 23. Last Monday Night and
Tuesday Morning, we had here a very violent Gale
of Wind at South EastEast, which has done consid
erable Damage to several Vessels and Craft being
at our Wharfs; and had not the Wind suddenly
chop'd about, to the West, as it did a few Hours
¦ before High-Water, and check'd the Tides, to all
Appearance, most of the Wharffs would have been
quite overflow'd.
We hear that in the above Storm, a Rhode-Island
Sloop, from St. Kitts, was cast away ne^ar Sandy
Hook ; the Men saved and only eight or ten Casks
of Rum of the Cargo ; but have not yet heard the
Name, of Vessel or Master. — Penna. Journal, Feb. 5,
1 750-1. iW. 429.
Custom-House Philadelphia, Cleared. — Sloop Bruns
wick, Joshua Townsend, to Cape-May. — Penna.
Journal, Feb. 5, 1 750-1. No. 429.

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New York, February 11. February 2, 1 750-1 ;
Died at New^ Brunswick, the Rev. Mr. Thomas
Arthur, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in that
City ; in the Twenty-seventh Year of his Age.^
A good Scholar, a graceful Orator, a finish'd
Preacher, an exemplary Christian ; steadfa,st in the
Faith, without a Tincture of Bigotry ; cheerful
in Conversation without the appearance of Levity.
He discharg'd the various Branches of the pas
toral Care, with Diligence and Fidelity ; and
adorn'd the several Relations of Life, by an aim-
able and engaging Behaviour. ~ He was the Darling
of the People under his peculiar Charge, and highly
valued by all that had the Happiness of his Ac
quaintance. He had a quick Transition from the
Labours of the Church Militant on Earth, to the
Joys of the Church Triumphant in Heaven. His
Distemper was violent, and soon effected his Head :
But as Death approached, the Clouds scattered, and
he beheld the Dawnings of Celestial Day. Here--
ceived the mortal Summons with unruffled Com
posure of Mind, and honour'd his sacred Character
in the Presence ofthe King of Terrors, dind finish'd
his Course with Serenity and Joy ; cheerfully com
mitting his Body to the Dust, "leaving (as he him
self express'd it) his Soul in the Hands of Christ,
not afraid to depend on His all sufficient Merits
alone, for Eternal Life." The Church bewails its
1 Thomas Arthur -was graduated from Yale in 1743, and preached for a time at Shat-
field. Conn. He was ordained and installed pastor at New Brunswick in 1746. He was
one of the original Trustees of Princeton College. His sermon at the ordination of
Thane, in August, 1750, was printed, and the trustees of the New York church requested
for publication a copy of his sermon at the ordination of Cumming as their pastor in Oc
tober, iTSO.— PITeisier's Hist. Pres. Church, 504.

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Loss, and Civil Society is deprived of one of its
brightest Ornaments : But a new Star is added to
the Redeemer's Crown, and one Member more
admitted to the General Assembly of Perfected
Spirits — His vertuous and beloved Consort, died a
few Days before him, and took Farewell of the
World, in the full Appearance of Faith, and tri
umphant Expectation of eternal Felicity. — The N.
Y. Gazette Revived in ihe Weekly Post Boy, Feb. 1 1 ,
1751- Run away on Sunday Night, the 3d Instant, from
Judah Hays, a Negro Wench, named Sarah, aged
about 30 Years ; she is a likely Wench of a Mulatto
Complexion, was brought up at Amboy in Col. Ham
ilton's Family, and has had several Masters in the
Jerseys : She dresses very well, has a good Parcel of
Cloaths, and speaks good English. Whoever takes
up the said Wench, and brings her to her said Mas
ter, or secures her in any Country Goal, so that he
may have her again, shall receive Forty Shillings Re
ward, and all reasonable Charges. Whoever enter-
tertains said Wench, shall be prosecuted with the ut
most Rigour of the Law. All Masters of Vessels,
Boat men, &c. are forewarned of conveying said
Wench away, as they shall answer the same.
Judah Hays.
N. B. Said Wench has robb'd her said Master, in
Apparel, &c. upwards of fifty Pounds. — The N. Y.
Gazette Revived hi the Weekly Post Boy, Feb. 1 1,
'751-

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To be Sold,
A Tract of Land on the Paltry Creek, in Ulster
County, containing upwards of looo Acres, distant
sixteen Miles from Ellis's Landing, on the North
River, to which is a very good Road ; the Land is all
good, and is to be sold altogether, or in Farms of two
or three Hundred Acres. Enquire of Frances Bar
berie, at the House of the late Col. Moore's, in New-
York ; or John Barberie in Amboy, who has to sell,
a good House, Stoie House, Bake House and Oven,
and fifty-five of Acres of Up-Land and Meadow, with
a good Barn and Orchard thereon, situated at Rariton
Landing, in New-Jersey, very convenient for a Mer
chant or Store-Keeper, a Store having been kept
there many Years. The Title indisputable. — The
N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, Feb.
II. 1751-
Whereas Gerteret the Wife of John Beesely, of
Piles Grove, Salem County, has eloped from her said
Husband and ran away with one William Anderson,
this is therefore to forewarn any Person from trust
ing her, for he will pay no Debts by her contracted.
And whereas said Gerteret & Wm. Anderson has
taken sundry Things from said Beesely any Person
that shall take them up shall have Twenty ShiUings
Reward for each paid by J n. Beesely. — Penna. Journal,
Feb. 12, 17501. No. 430.
By order ofthe General Assembly of the province
of New-Jersey, there is now ready for the Press, and
speedily will be published, in one volume, in folio.

1751] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 27
The Laws of the Province of New Jersey, From the
time of the surrender of the government in 1 702, to
the present year 1750.
The body of the book wiil contain all the acts and
laws now in force in the said province, with proper mar
ginal notes, and compleat tables of the titles of all the
publick acts, now in, force, of all the private acts, and
of all such, acts as are repealed, expired or disal
lowed by the crown : Together with a proper index,
containing all the principal matters in the body
of the book. The whole work, which will contain
about one hundred and twenty sheets in folio, hath'
been carefully prepared, examined and corrected by
the original laws, by Samuel Nevill, Esq. speaker of
the house of representatives of New-Jersey ; and is
now cJMiimitted to the press, by order of the house,
under his correction and inspection. The work will
be put to the press by the beginning of April nexty
and the price to the Subscribers will be One Pound
Five Shillings, proclamation money of New Jersey :
Twelve ShiUings to be paid at the time of subscrib
ing, and the remainder on the delivery of the book.
And those persons who incline to be furnished with
said laws, are desired to give in their names, and to
pay their first subscription money before the first of
April next, when the subscriptions will certainly be
closed, and the several lists ofthe subscribers will be
sent to the Editor, that he may know what number
to' print. But a few more wfll be printed than what
are subscribed for, and those wUl be sold at an ad
vanced price. This publick method hath been ap
proved and recommended by the general assembly

28 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1751
for the more effectual supplying the publick with the
said laws, which wiU soon be out of print and not to be
afterwards obtained. Subscriptions will be taken in,
and the books delivered to the subscribers, by the
following Persons, viz — Middlesex County, James
Smith and John Wetherill, Esqrs ; William Ouke,
Esq ; in New Brunswick ; Thomas Bairbour, Esq ; in
Perth Amboy; and Mr. Francis Braider, at the
Upper Landing. Monmouth County, Robert Law
rence, Esq ; in Upper Freehold ; John Taylor, in
Middle Town ; and John Redford, Esq ; in Shrews
bury. Essex County, John Crane and Joseph Camp,
Esqrs ; David Ogdon, Esq ; in Newark ; and Mr.
Robert Ogdon, in the borough of Elizabeth. Somer
set County, John Van Middles^yorth,
Note. Whereas it hath been reported, that the said
Laws will be sold at a cheaper rate by the printer
(after the publication thereof) than they are now of
fered to the subscribers ; to prevent such an imposi
tion upon the publick by the said report, which is
without foundation, these are to give notice, that said
laws wiU only be sold by the editor Samuel NeviU,
or his order, and that the price to all persons, except
the subscribers, will be One Pound Ten ShUlings,
which the said book (according to the common price
of books) will be honestly worth So that after this
fair publick notice, if any persons shall be deprived
of them, they can blame none but themselves. — Penn,
Gazette, Feb. 12, 1 750-1. No. 1157. ''
, THere will be sold, by publick vendue, on the sixth
day of March next. Oxen, cows, young cattle, a horse
and mares, sheep, hogs, household goods, and uten-

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sils for husbandry, at the late dwelling-house of
Martin Bickham, deceased, in Greenwich, Gloucester
county, and province of New Jersey, near the mouth
of Raccoon creek, over against Chester. The high
est bidder to be the buyer, and six months credit for
aU sums above Twenty Shillings, giving good secur
ity ; and all sums under Twenty Shillings ready
money. Also a plantation containing 250 acres of land,
swamp and meadow ground, of which is supposed
near 100 acres of good drained meadow ground, and
some cedar swamp, good and convenient for fencing,
with many other advantages and conveniences too
tedious to mention ; the said plantation adjoining on
Delaware, over against Chester. The conditions
may be known at the time, and place above-said.
Sarah Bickham, Executrix.
— Penn. Gazette, Feb. 12, 1 750-1. No. 1157.
New-York, February 25. — On Thursday last, some
Persons who had lost sundry Things, having got Intelli
gence, that one Elizabeth Herbert, a suspected Per
son, who came from Philadelphia, with a Man at
whose House she lodged here, had gone off in a
Boat with some Bundles for New-Brunswick : They
got a Pettiauger and went after them : They came up
with the Boat near Elizabeth-Town Point, and on
searching the Bundles found most of the Things
they had miss'd ; whereupon they brought them both
back, and committed them to JaU. — The N. Y. Ga
zette Revived in ihe Weekly Post Boy, Feb. 25, 1751.

30 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l75I
To Samuel Nevill, Esq ;
Sir, ¦¦ .
This is to notify you. That I the Subscriber, have,
in behalf of my Self, and the People that have pur
chased Lands of John Harrison, Esq ; in the County
of Somerset and Middlesex, and Province of New-
Jersey, determin'd to make the best and clearest
Pleas to his Majesty in Council, in Vindication of the
purchase Rights of John Harrison, Esq ; as speedUy
as I can. Yours to serve,
Jan. 5. 1750-T. Dollins Hagerman.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly
Post Boy, Feb. 25, 1751.
By His Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq ; Cap
tain General and Governor in Chief in and over His
Majesty s Province oj Nova Caesara, or New-Jersey,
and Territories thereon depending, in America, Chan
cellor, and Vice-Admiral in the same.
A Proclamation.
''hereas the General Assembly of the Prov
ince of New-Jersey, have for a long Time
neglected to support His Majesty's Government, not
withstanding I have, by His Majesty's Orders, made
repeated Application to them on that Head ; for
which, and other Reasons, the good People of this
Province are in great Danger of drawing on them the
ju.st Resentment of his Majesty, unless the Legisla
ture shall restore the Credit and Peace of the Prov
ince ; of which I thought it my Duty to inform the
House of Representatives by a Message of the 22d
Instant, and therein I inserted a Paragraph of a Letter

w

I751] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 3 1
I had the Honour of receiving from the Right Hon
ourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade and
Plantations, in the following Words ;
"In the State of Rebellion in which your Colony
"is so unhappily involved. Order and good Govern-
"ment seem to be intirely subverted, and the Law is
"no longer a Protection either to the Persons or Prop-
"erties ofhis Majesty's well-affected Subjects ; What
"can be said of an Assembly who in this distressed
"Situation of their Country, have so often obstinately
"refused to supply the Exigencies of the Govern-
"ment? &c."
And whereas the House of Assembly have treated
the subject Matter of the said Message with Neglect,
and in their Answer thereto, have given it as their
Opinion, That their Lordships have received false
Representations from certain Gentlemen of this Colony ;
and that they are not duly acquainted with the Truth
of Facts, &c. But as their Lordships Letter bears
date the first Day of September last, and I acquainted
the House, that it came to my Hands last Month ; it
was evident that this was an Opinion their Lordships
had formed, after the Journals of both Houses (which
I have duly transmitted) had been considered by
them, and after the Petition of the Assembly to his
Majesty of October, 1749, had a solemn Hearing
before them.
And whereas the House of Assembly further ac
quaint me, in their said Answer to my Message, that
all friendly Communication between them and the
Council (without whom no Legislative Act can pass)
is intirely cut off: Therefore in this calamitous

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Situation of the Affairs of this Province, in Duty to
His Majesty, and from a tender Regard to the good
People of this Colony ; I have thought it necessary
to give them an Opportunity of a new Choice of Re
presentatives; who, by their Dutifulness to His Maj-
jesty, and prudent Behaviour, may, if possible, avert
the Effect of that Resentment, which there is great
Reason to apprehend our Sovereign may entertain,
by Occasion of the past Misbehaviour of some People
of this Province; which cannot by reasonable Men, be
attributed to any Part of my Conduct in the Admin
istration of the Government with which the Kinor
has been pleased to entrust me, since I have done
every Thing in my Power, consistent with his Maj
esty's Honour, towards restoring and preserving the
Peace of the Province, and for the Advancement of
the Welfare and Prosperity of the People under my
Care : I therefore cannot think the with-holding the
Support of Government, is agreeable to the Senti
ments of the good People of this Province, or for
their Credit or real Interest Therefore, by the
Powers and Authorities to me granted by his Majesty,
under the Great Seal of Great- Britain, I do dissolve
the General Assembly of this Province of New-Jersey;
and they are accordingly dissolved.
Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms, at Bur
lington, the Tzventy-fifth /?«;/<?/" February, in the
Twenty-fourth Year of His Majestys Reign,
Anno Dom, MDCCL.
By his Excellency s Command j. Belcher.
Cha. Read, Secry.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly
Post Boy, March 4, 1751.

1751] newspaper extracts. 33
To Be Sold.
A Tract of Land lying in Middletown, in the
County of Monmouth, East-New-Jersey, containing
about 500 Acres, 300 of it cleared, with two good
Dwelling Houses, Kitchens, a good Barn, two good
Orchards, and about 30 Acres of Salt Meadow: It
lies joining to Shrewsbury River, and is fenc'd about
a MUe and a Half by the Water. The Whole or
Part to be sold by James Grover, Jun. at Middletown
aforesaid. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the
Weekly Post Boy, March 4, 1751.
To Be Sold.
The Plantation of Thomas Davis, lying in Middle-
town, East-New-Jersey, bounded on the Nevesink's
River, containing 240 Acres, of Up-Land and Mead
ow. There is on the said Plantation, a good Dwell
ing-House and Barn, with two good Orchards. It
also lies convenient for fishing and fowling. Who
ever inclines to buy the same, may apply to Thomas
Davis, living in Freehold. — The N. Y. Gazette Re
vived in the Weekly Post Boy, March 4, 1751.
To Be Sold.
A good Dwelling-House and Lot of Ground, with
a good Wharff thereon, at Rariton Landing. The
Lot is about 60 Foot fronting the River, and about
170 Feet deep. There is on it a good Bolting-
House, with two good Bolting Cloths, and an Out-
House, and a House back of the Lot, fit for a Bake
House. Boats may come up along Side the Wharf:
And is very fit for either Merchant, Bolter or Baker,

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Any Person inclining to purchase, may apply to
Henry Kip, living on the Premises, or of Richard
Kip in New- York. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in
the Weekly Post Boy, March 4, 1751.
New York, Feb. 25.
On Thursday last, some Persons who had lost
sundry Things, having* got Intelligence, that Eliza
beth Herbert a suspected Person, who came from
PhUadelphia, with a Man at whose House she lodged
here, had gone off in a Boat with some Bundles for
New-Brunswick, They got a Pettiauger and went
after them : They came up with the Boat near Eliza
beth-Town Point, and on searching the Bundles,
found most of the Things they had miss'd; where
upon they brought them back, and committed them to
JaU: — They have been since exam in' d and the Proof
seems full against them. This Woman was tried here
a few Weeks ago for stealing, and would have then
been burnt in the Hand, but was begg'd off: There
appears to be a Gang of them, tho' it's supposed
these two are the Chiefs : and 'tis hoped wiU meet
with the Reward their Merits deserve : There is a
piece of blue and white Handkerchiefs found among
the Goods supposed to be stolen, for which no Own
er has yet appeared, and sundry other Goods.
— Penna. Journal, March 5, 1 750-1. No. 433.
To the Freeholders of New Jersey.
My dear Friends and honest Countrymen,
THE Governor's Reasons set forth in the
Proclamation for the Dissolution of the
late Assembly, rous'd my Spirits (as it were) out of

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a Lethargy, and put me on an Enquiry, Why are
Things thus ? By what fatal Misteps have we draivn
upon us the Displeasure of dur most gracious King, and
his Ministry? Whilst I was reasoning and rumin
ating upon these Questions within myself, I was
agreeably surprized with a Visit by a Neighbor of
mine, and one of our late Representatives ; and the
more so, because, from the familiar Conversation with
which we have entertained each other for many
Years, I have always esteemed him a Man of Sin
cerity and Truth, a true Lover of his Country, and
(during the Time he hath acted in that Station, which
is now near twenty Years) ^ behaving with earnest
Zeal and steady Resolutions for the Interest of his
Country. We soon enter'd into a Debate upon the
public Affairs; and that I may Ulustrate every Part of
our Arguments to my honest Countrymen, I shall in
sert the Dialogue here at large as it pass'd between
us ; only, for Distinction sake, I shall call my Friend
by the name of Freeman, and myself by the Name
of Lovetruth,
Love. Sir, you're welcome ! Pray sit down ! I heard
of your Return, and fully intended to pay you a Visit
to enquire of your Welfare.
Free. I am glad I have prevented you, which would
have been sooner, but my long Absence necessarUy
required three or four Days upon my Family Affairs.
Love. Well, what News from Court? I fear Noth
ing agreeable or beneficial for us. I have here, in my
1 The following men served continuously in the Assembly from 1730 to 1749 ; John Ea
ton, Monmouth ; Lawrence Van Buskirk, Bergen; Joseph Cooper, Gloucester. Aaron
Learning represented Cape May for the same period, excepting one year, 1744. The ref
erence is probable to John Eaton.

36 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l7SI
Hand the Governor's Proclamation for your Dissolu
tion ; and when you knock'd at the Door, was mus
ing what might be the Consequences of these unac
countable Proceedings ! The Governor here gives us
an Extract of a Letter from the Lords of Trade,
wherein their Lordships seem highly displeased)
which (he says) he laid before your Assembly ; and
that you paid little or no Regard to it.
Free. I wish. Sir, my Report could be more to your
Satisfaction. — No Hopes of Reconciliation remain'd
betwixt the Council and the late Assembly, when we,
by our last Message to the Governor, plainly ac
quainted him. That all friendly Communication be
tween the Council and the Assembly was intirely cutoff.
Love. It is so set forth in the Proclamation.
Free. Who can blame the Governor then for dis
solving us ? When the publick Money was squand
ered in fruitless Debates ; and nothing but useless
Reflections and exasperating Messages pass'd be
tween the Council and us.
Love. But why wUl the CouncU embarrass the
Affairs of Government in this Manner, in obstinately
refusing to pass the Quota Bill?
Free. Though I esteem and honour my late Breth
ren, as the Representadves of the People, and have
been as careful and watchful of the Council's extend
ing their Power beyond its due Limits, to the Preju
dice of the Publick, as any Member of that House ;
yet I must own (in regard to Truth) that tlie CouncU
are not so much to blame as some may imagine.
Love. Read the Letter in Parker and Bradford.
Does it not plainly tell you, (and I pay the greater

175 1 J NEWSPAPER EXtRACtS. 37
Regard to the Truth of the Information, because I
believe it came from some of the Members of your
House, who certainly would not impose a Falsehood
upon the Pubhck.) I say, does it not plainly tell
you, ^\y3X in a former Session, five C — s were unani
mously agreed in Sentiments in Favour of the Bill as
sent up ; but no sooner did other Three appear, when
Eloquence, and I know not what, got the Victory of
Reason, and all Hopes and Expectation, in regard to
its passing, ended in Disappointment ; so that it was
commonly spoke of amongst those acquainted with the
Affair, that Three Had Oui- Voted Five! What
Doings are here ? How do those Gentlemen fulfil the
Oaths (they say) they have taken for the Performance
of their Duty, when they prostitute their Reason and
Judgment to Eloquence, and T know not what?
Free. Patience my good Friend ! Let not this hon
est Zeal for the Interest of your Country grow too
warm. Suspend your Judgment a whUe, whilst I
truly relate to you Matters of Fact, without Prejudice
or Partiality.
Love. I am cool. I have hitherto found you a Man
of Veracity, and have always confided in your Senti
ments, as well as Relation of Things. I know you
wiU not varnish your Proceedings, to make them
appear in a false Light.
Free. I scorn such little mean Artifices ! Truth
and Plain-dealing are the surest Guides, and will al
ways Keep a Man upright. — You say. You pay the
greater Regard to this Information, because you be
lieve it came from some of the Members of our House,
who certainly would not impose a Falsehood upon the

38 NEW Jersey colonial documents. [1751
Public. I do assure you, my Friend, let the In
formation come from whom it will, it is An Imposi
tion upon the Public; because, I am fully convinced,
there is not one Word of Truth in it, if there be any
Truth in the Gentlemen of his Majesty's Council; for
they have assured me again and again. That they
were always unanimous in the Amendment of the
Bill : Nay, that Two of these pretended Five were
the first Projectors and Proposers of the said Amend
ment when they were at a Loss how to preserve the
Bill, and yet to conform to his Majesty's Instruction.
So that this Paragraph in the said Letter, is a false
and scandalous Aspersion, and an inveterate Libel
upon his Majesty s Council, and a gross Imposition
upon the good People of this Province, practised with
Design to deceive them, and to widen the Breach
between the CouncU and the late Assembly, and to
render the same incurable. The Event hath shared
the Success ; for some warm Disputes arising be
tween the two Houses about the said Letter, the
Assembly at last declared. That all friendly Commu
nication was intirely cut off between them and the
Council. The other .Parts of the said Letter, in my
Opinion, consist of Falsides, Absurdities, mean Re-
flecdons, and groundless Suspicions; calculated only
to raise popular Discontents, and promote Sedidon,
that the impending Ruin of our Country may be the
sooner accomplish'd : Such are the Notions oi gen
eral Resurveys! Hardships and Difficulties ofthe
Assessors taking the Value of Lands I Proprietors
influencing the Council to screen their Lands
from Taxation I and such like terrible Bug-

1751] Newspaper extracts. 39
bears, to affright the People, and lead them into
Errors and Confusion ! What Regard is to be
paid to the Credit of an Author, who sets off with a
notorious Falsehood in the Front of his Paper, (as I
find it printed in Bradford's Journal of the 5M of
February last) to wit. This Government has been
now upwards of two Years without any Support:
Don't we aU know this to ho. false? Didn't the fol
lowing BiU pass into a Law the i6th of December
1 748, viz. An Act for the Support of his Majestys
Colony of New-Jersey y&r one Year, to commence the
tenth Day of August, One Thousand Seven Hundred
and Forty Eight, and to end the tenth Day of
August, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty
Nine, and to discharge the publick Debts and con
tingent Charges thereof. So that by this very
Law the Government was supported untU the Tenth
Day of August, One Thousand Seven Hundred and
Forty Nine ; which cannot be much above Seventeen
Months, to the Time of publishing the said Letter in
the New-York Gazette, though this Author confidently
asserts. The Government has been now upward of Two
Years without any Support. I say, what Regard is
to be paid to such an Author ? who, not content with
libelling one Branch of the Legislature, begins his
elaborate Essay with a false and scandalous Libel upon
the whole Government ! Thereby aggravating our
Misfortunes, and inducing the World to believe, that
we are several Hundred Pounds in Debt to the Gov
ernor and to the offlcers of the Government, more
than we really are.
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46 NEW Jersey COLONIAL bocuMENts. [1751
Credit of this Author very much in my Esteem ; for
if he will begin his Work with a palpable Falshood,
it is a sufficient Reason for me to suspect him through
out the Whole. And so much for this Affair. Now,
Sir, I would be glad to know your real Sentiments of
the Quota Bill, as it hath been so often offered to the
CouncU by your House, and as it stands with their
Amendments to it.
Free. That you shall have, my Friend, very can
didly and honestly. I must own I do not approve of
the BUl either Way. The Assembly by their BUl,
direct only the Quantity of Lands to be taken, to set
tle the Quotas, without regard to the Quality:
The CouncU propose to help that Irregularity by in
serting the King's Instruction, and giving a Caution
to the Assessors relating to that Instruction. But in
my Opinion, neither the one nor the other come up
to that Justice and 'Equity with which a BUl of this
Nature ought to be cloath'd. Indeed, the CouncU in
the latter Part of their Message sent to the Assembly
on the 19th of October 1749, reladng to the Quota-
Bill, (which had been sent up to them a fourth Time,
and sent back to us with their old Amendment) make
use of these Expressions ; That there is Nothing in
the Quota-Bill relating to the Value of Lands, is
the very Objection we offered to it ; for the Value
of a Thing ought to be t/ie Rule for Taxation, and
not the Quantity of it, as by the Quota-Bill is now
intended. However the Assembly took no Nodce of
this, and that Sitting broke up without doing any
Thing. In the Meedng at Perth-Amboy, in Sept
ember 1750, some ofthe Genriemen of the CouncU

175 1 J NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 4!
indmated to some of our Members, That if the
Quota-BUl was formed in an equitable Manner, so
that the Quality as well as Quantity of Lands might
be consider'd, in order to lay an equal Tax upon the
People, they imagined the Difficulties might be re
moved, and the BUl pass into a Law. The Commit
tee of our House, appointed at that Time to pre
pare a Quota-Bill, being Men of Reason and Con
sideration, form'd that Bill agreeable to their own
Sentiments, according to Equity and Justice ; in
which they proposed, that in every Township or
Precinct the People should chuse Two or Three sub
stantial Freeholders, to assist the Assessors in taking
the Value of the said Townships ; that all of them
should be under Qualifications for the Performance
of their Duty ; that when this was done, all the As
sessors of the County should meet together, and
make an Estimate of the Value of the County, in
order to be transmitted to the General Assembly,
that the Quota of every County might be settled for
a provincial Tax ; with several other Provisoes, which
I thought, for my own Part, most equitable and just
This Bill (according to Custom) was committed to a
Committee of the whole House : Then began that
Clamour and Uproar hinted at by our Author in the
New-York Gazette, and Pennsylvania Journal, of
Difficulties! Resurveys! Impossibilities ! -and what
not ! In short, the Confusion was so great, and the
Noise so astonishing, that the Member who brought
the Bill into the House (though an honest well-mean
ing Man) was so scared and terrified, that he voted
against that very Bill of which he had been one of

42 NEW JERSEY colonial DOCUMENTS. [l/^I
the CompUers ! So this good BUl was thrown out,
and one (conducted in the old Track) was brought in,
pass'd, and sent up to the CouncU ; which met the
same Fate with the others ; and so that Session ended
without any Good done for the Publick. Now, Sir,
wUl any Man in his Senses pretend to say, that it is
unjust, that every Country, every City, every Town
ship, every Precinct, should be rated in a general
Tax, according to its Circumstances. Let us draw a
Parallel Case ! One of our late worthy Representa
tives lives in the Corporation of New- Brunswick,
upon a Farm which contains five Times the Quantity
of Acres as the Town Spot stands upon ; would this
Gentleman think it equitable, in a general Land-Tax,
that he should pay five Times as. much as the Town
Spot of New-Brunswick ? and yet this is the obvious
Consequence, of settling the Quotas by the Quantity,
and not the Quality. But, say the Assembly, when
the Quantities of Land are returned from the several
Counties, the Values may be settled in the House,
by the Assistance of the Members of each County.
Mere Springes to catch Woodcocks ! They may then
sit cavUling and disputing about the Values of their
several Coundes, as long as they have been contend
ing whether the Lands shall be valued or not But
can any Thing be more reasonable than the Method
proposed in the BUl brought in by the select Com
mittee, that two or three honest Freeholders in every
Township, should assist the Assessors in valuing
their said Townships ? WUl not these Men be more
capable of making a just Estimadon, than a couple
of Men who perhaps never saw a tenth Part of their

175 1 J NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 43
County during the whole Course of their Lives ? As
ridiculous is their Clamour about Resurveys ! Can
not you, Mr. Lovetruth, and two or three of my hon
est Neighbours, by considering and taking a View of
the good, bad, and indifferent Land, upon my Planta
tion, put a reasonable Value upon it, without the
Help of a Chain and a Compass ? or without so
many pretended Difficulties and Hardships ?
Love. Without doubt, Sir ! I myself am so well ac
quainted with the Farms in our Township, by the
many friendly Visits I have paid to my Neighbours,
and my Curiosity in viewing their Plantations, that I
wUl undertake to make a near Estimate ofthe Value
of most of them, without stirring out of my Chimney
Corner; and I dare say, that fifty Men in our. Town
can 'do the like.
Free. But can you. Sir, adjust the Quantity of
Acres contained in each Farm, without a Resurvey ?
Love. Not to any Certainty.
Free. Then why all this Clamour and Noise ! Why
is my poor Country thus deluded, and led into Dis
tress ! Why is the Government so long unsupported,
to our Scandal and Reproach ? Why are our Debts
increasing, the Credit of our Money sinking, and our
whole Province in Danger of becoming Bankrupt!
It is all owing to the over-bearing Obstinacy of a few
pardcular Men ! who, though they are convinced of
their Error, still persist in it ; and had rather give up
their Country, than give up a Point !
Love. A fine Point indeed I To ruin their Country !
Free. I am overwhelmed with Grief when I con
sider what a miserable State we have brought our-

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selves into ! To think, that after the expending so
much Money and Time, we have gained nothing but
Reproach to ourselves, and Discredit to our Country !
And, what is beyond all, in very great Danger of his
Majesty's Displeasure, by obstinately refusing to sup
port his Government.
Love. Be comforted ; all is not lost yet: The hon
est Freeholders may exert themselves at the ensuing
Elecdons ; and thereby restore the Credit and Peace
of the Province: I'll write -a few Lines to them by
way of Advice. I perceive we have been in Perils
amongst false Brethern ! But, Mr. Freeman, what
hath the poor Governor done amidst all these Dis
tractions ? Why wou'd you not shew your good WiU
to him, by passing a Support Billl that he, and the
Officers of the Government, might have some Secur
ity at least, for what is justly due to them : I fear
more fatal Consequences from this, than aU your other
Proceedings. It implies a Disloyalty to our Sov
ereign, and a Contempt of Authority !
Free. What can be expected, when Men abandon
their Reason, to Passions and Prejudices ! Several
worthy Members proposed. That the Support Bill,
and Quota Bill, should be sent up to the CouncU to
gether, that we might express our Duty to his Majesty,
whUst we were contending for the Privileges of the
People. This occasioned another Clamour and Up
roar. An empty Treasury ! Lavish in giving, and
nothing to pay with ! Mortgaging the Country !
Grievances ! Keeping Governors at Bay ! and the like
frightful Scarecrows.
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Keeping Governors at Bay ! Keeping ourselves in
Disgrace ! Mortgaging our Country ! — Mortgaging
our Wits! Why, if we owe an honest just Debt, and
cannot pay it, ought we not, at least, to give some
Security, that it shall be paid so soon as we are able ?
Is not this the Practice of every fair Dealer ? Besides,
his Excellency hath been a good Governor, and hath
served the People to his own Prejudice ; nay, even
to the Hazard of losing his Government: And it is
the highest Ingratitude thus to distress him.
Free. No Arguments of this Kind were wanting :
But all to no Purpose. They retreated to their old
Trenches, and there was no beating them out — T/ie
Council ! and their Constituents ! — The Council would
not let them do any Thing ! And their Constituents
would let them do nothing till the former had pass'd
the Quota BUl I Therefore they would not betray
the Trust reposed in them, by passing a Support
BiU contrary to the Minds of People.
Love. It is not so, Mr. Freeman : I am much con
versant in the Country. The general Cry is. We
have a kind Governor ! It is Pity he should suffer !
We desire he may be supported ! If they cannot do it in
the Manner they ought, yet let them do it the best Way
they can.
Free. And as for the Council ; to my Knowledge,
they would have given them no Molestation in this
Matter : They in general express'd their Dissatisfac
tion, that no Support Bill w^as offered to them. The
Governor was very Kind, and mUd in his Speech and
Messages : Nay, he offered privately, that if they
would now shew their Loyalty to his Majesty (in the

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distressed State of their Country) by passing a Sup
port Act, as a Bill of Credit, it should be no Moth to
the Publick ; for he would pay the Interest out of his
own Pocket: And had the Thing been done, it might
have been of singular Service to the Province, by
moderating the. King's Displeasure, taking off the
Reproach we lie under to the World, and laying a
Foundation for restoring the broken Peace of the
Province. And, what is more, the Assembly would
have been continued; and the Feuds, Expences, and
Confusions, which must attend Elections in such a
distracted Time as this, would have been avoided.'
Love. Sir, I am convinced ! I thank you for this
honest, candid History of your Proceedings ; which
I shall endeavour to communicate to my Country
men, to open their Eyes against the ensuing elec
tion. Free. In that. Sir, use your Pleasure. For my
Part, I am grown weary of Clamour and RaiUng,
Obstinacy and Self-WUl. I have served my Country
faithfully in this Station near twenty Years. Time
was, when my Arguments carry'd some Weight in
an Assembly ; but that Time is no more. These '
Considerations, with the declining State of Health
in w-hich I find myself at present have fully deter
mined me to withdraw from publick Affairs; yet I am
a hearty Well-wisher to my King and Country ; and
hope the Freeholders wiU be wise in their future
Choice, and prefer the Man of Sense ; who will not
give up his Reason to Passion and Prejudice. I
think, my Friend, you are now a Visit indebted to
me. And so I bid you heartily farewel.

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Love. Farewell, Good Sir. Your Conversation
hath always been so agreeable to me, that I will soon
be out of your Debt.
My Dear Countrymen,
I have laid this friendly Conversation before you,
disdnctly as it pass'd, for a Monitor in the Choice of
your Representatives; with whom you must entrust
your Estates, Lives, and Liberties ; and on whom all
your Happiness, Safety, and Well-being, depends :
The only Way therefore to attain the End, is to look
well to the Means. The Fate of our Country is now
drawing near to a Crisis. The present Posture of
Affairs carries too melancholy a Countenance, to be
any longer flattered by false A-ppearances ; and the
Common Danger requires Regard for the Common
Safety. This is no vain Surmise, or idle Specula
tion ; but the very Truth of the Case : The weakest
Countryman, who hath Eyes in his Head, and wUl
use them, cannot but see it. Be not deceived : Let
not Noise and Uproar, Clamour, and Falsehood, Ob
stinacy and Self-WUl, pass any longer upon you for
Zeal and Patriotism. The Representatives of the
People ought to be wise, sober, and Judicious ; not
Men of mean Spirits and sordid Passions, who have
enter'd into a Combination against all good Sense
and Reason.
Avoid the rising, obstinate, Twittle-Twattler. No
one .can imagine the Influence that one busy, talk
ative Man, (though void of Sense) may gain over
the rest of the House ; especially over those who
weigh Words more than Reason.
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high, and keep a great Noise about Conscience, and
Love to their Country ; yet when you understand
Mankind rightly, you will find that private Interests,
and Self-Views, are their prevailing Passions. Such
Men will make you the fairest Promises, but are the
most apt to deceive you.
Use your endeavours, to chuse Men of Wisdom
and Courage, who are capable of distinguishing be
twixt the Powers and Rights of the Government, and
the Liberties and Privileges ofthe People. The Man
of Sense, wUl judge properly, because he can dis
tinguish properly. He will have Wisdom enough
not to break in upon the Prerogative of the Crown ;
and Courage enough to withstand any Infringement
upon the Properdes of the People : But, wiU keep
both in that even Ballance, as may preserve the
Union, which is the Foundation and Support of our
most excellent Constitution.
If you conduct your selves prudently, you wiU not
faU oi z. good Assembly: The Consequence of which
will reestablish Peace and Prosperity in your Coun
try ; and entail a lasting Happiness upon your selves
andyour Posterity; which is the sincere Wish, of
Your hearty Friend,
N ew- Jer sey, March (i, 1750, i. Lovetruth.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly
Post Boy, March 11, 1 75 1 .
Mr. Parker,
To oblige your Friends in New-Jersey, be pleased
to insert the following in your next, &c.
To the Freeholders and Electors of the several Coun
ties and Corporations of the Province of New- J ersey.

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The Assembly being now dissolved, and as Writs
are already issued for a new Election, I beg Leave
on this Occasion, to offer a few Hints to your Con
sideration. That which essentially constitutes the
Happiness of a free People, is their being governed
by Laws of their own making, or to which they have
assented or agreed ; and as it is impracticable to col
lect the Suffrages of every Individual, the House of
Commons in England, is no more than a Court of
Delegates, appointed by the diffused Body of the
People, to speak their Sense, and act in their Name.
As this is the principal Part of the happy Constitu
tion of our Mother Country, so it is the same in this
Country, and in this Province in particular, with
Regard to the particular Laws of it. Here the As
sembly speak and act in the same Manner, and seem
to have here, as well as there, an unlimited Power
for that Purpose ; and have, in a great Measure, the
Liberties and Properties of the People at their Dis
posal. Here you see then. My Fellow Countrymen,
how weighty, and how great is that Trust which you
repose in your Representatives : Proportionably
great then ought to be your Care and Circumspec
tion, in the Choice you make. Common Sense, as
well as your Duty and Interest require that you
should be well acquainted with the Characters and
Abilides of those Persons that offer themselves to your
Choice. Be careful also, in examining into, and to
know their Opinions and Intendons : See to it that
their Designs and Interests are at present the same
with your own ; that they are not already pre engaged,
nor Hkely to be engaged in a contrary Interest :

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And let them be Men well-affected to the present
Establishment; ready and wUling to support his
Majesty's Government ; and at the same Time, strictly
tenacious in maintaining your Liberdes. This is but
equitable and reasonable, and naturally tends to make
the several Parts of the Government, to controul and
counterpoise one another. Avoid chusing those, who
in a former Assembly have acted a contrary Part,
and against such Measures as have tended to sup
port the Cause of Liberty and Trade, and to free the
People from unequal Taxes. Let me give you some
further Caution. Chuse not Men whose AbUities,,
Probity and Fortune, are not weU known to you ;
for when you have chosen them, it wiU be too late
to know them. Shun the proud and ambitious Men ;
these have Passions which are seldom gradfied by an
honest Integrity, and proper Zeal for your Good.
Neither are Men in Posts or Employments, the prop
erest Men for your Choice ; for should your Interest
come in Competition with their Places, you may easily
guess which is most likely to give way. — Reject aU
those of timorous and dastardly Spirits ; for Men
who having good Principles, and dare not own them,
or dare not act according to them (of which there are
but too many Instances) had as good be without
them. Lastly, reject with Indignation, all Ignores;
for these are absolutely incapable of doing you any
Service, but may do a great deal of Mischief As
there are many of this Class talked of, and its said,
making Interest, there is but too much Reason for
the Cau don — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the
Weekly Post Boy, March 18, 1751.

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To be sold at publick Vendue, to the highest Bidder,
on Monday the 6th Day of May next ;
The Plantation whereon Isaac Noe, dwells, lying in
Raway Neck, in the County of Middlesex, East-New-
Jersey, near the Sound that runs between Staten-
Island and New-Jersey. It is well situated, and Ues
convenient for Mills, Markets, Fishing, Oystering,
&c. It contains 103 Acres of Up land, and salt
Meadow, which joins to the Up land, and both very
good; a large Piece of mowing Ground, which bears
a good Burden of English Hay ; a young Orchard,
and a good House and Barn; part of said Land is
well Timber'd, and one Side of the Whole fenc'd by
a Creek. Several Catde, Horses and Sheep to be
sold likew^ise. A Title indisputable wUl be given ;
and the Conditions of said Vendue to be seen the
Day of Sale.  The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the
Weekly Pos f Boy, March 18, 1751.
RuN-away, the seventh Day of this Instant, from
the Subscriber, in Trenton, a Negro Fellow named
Lot, about 24 Years of Age, five Feet five Inches
high, or thereabouts: Had on when he went away,
an old Coat mended with white jPatches, an old Lin
nen striped Jacket Leather Breeches, Yarn Stock
ings, and good Shoes. Whoever takes up and se
cures the said Negro, so that his Master may have
him again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, and all
reasonable Charges paid by me. Elijah Bond
N. B. All Masters of Vessels, and o.thers, are for
bid to carry him off at their PerU. — The N. Y. Ga
zette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, MarcJi 18, 1 75 1 .

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To be sold by John Beaumont and WUliam Pidgeon.
A Tract of land and plantation, whereon WUliam
Gammon formerly lived, and is commodiously situate
on the river Delaware, being one mUe and half front
on the said river, in the township of Bethlehem, in
Hunterdon county, and province of West-New-Jer
sey, containing about 600 acres, 200 thereof is low
land clear'd and in good fence, near 15 acres of ex
cellent meadow clear'd, and in good fence, and a
great quantity more may be made, all well water'd
and timber'd, with a good frame barn, log house &c,
and is about the distance of Thirty mUes from Tren
ton, and lies very convenient for transporting by
water. An indisputable title will be given, with suffi-
cint warrantee deeds to the purchaser or purchasers,
and reasonable time given for the payment of part of
the money. Any person inclining to purchase, may
apply to John Beaumont of Bucks county, John Allen,
Esq ; or WUliam Pidgeon, in Trenton, and Know
further. — Penn. Gazette, March 19, 1 750-1. No.
1 162. Notice is hereby given, that all persons indebted
to surveyor general's office in Burlington, kept by
Isaac De Cow, late deceased, are required to come
and pay their respective debts, to Joseph De Cow,
in Trenton, or Isaac De Cow, in Burlington, on or
before the first day of June next, without further
d^z.-^ .^Penn. Gazette, March 19, 1 750-1. No. 1162.
Notice is hereby given to the publick, that in pur
suance of Letters Patent, granted by his exceUency
Jonathan Belcher, Esq ; governor &c, of the province

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of New Jersey, under the great seal of the said prov
ince, two fairs are to be held annually at Prince-town,
in the township of Windsor, in the county of Middle
sex, on the third Wednesdays in April and October.
— Penn. Gazette, March 19, 1750-1. No. 1162.
To the Freeholders of the Province of New-Jersey
Having understood a Report is industriously spread
in some Parts of the Province, that the Publicadon of
the Votes of General Assembly last Session, was de
signedly delayed to serve some Purpose at the ap
proaching Elections. To do Justice to all concern'd,
I think proper to acquaint the publick, that the Votes
and proceedings of the House were examined and
ready for the Press the Day after the Prorogation,
and sent by me to the Printer in two Days after
wards, and that the sole Reason of the Delay was
(as he tells me) their length and the sickness of his
principal workmen. Samuel Smith.
— Penn. Journal, March 1-9, 1 750-1. No. 435.
Mr. Parker, IT see ns a Principle in human Nature, to incline
one Way more than another, even in Matters
where we happen to be not at all connerned : And it
is a common Observation, that seeing Men engaged
in any kind of Exercise, tho' perfect Strangers to us,
we are apt to find our Hopes and Wishes of a sud
den engaged more on one Side than another. No
wonder then, that we should more particularly inter
est our selves in Matters which relate to the publick
Affairs of the Country, or Community of which we
ar Members.

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After having read the Country-Man's Letter, in
your News-Paper of the 20th of January last, and
also Mr. Lovetruth' s Dialogue ofthe nth Inst, ad
dressed io ttie Freeholders of New-Jersey ; both
which are said to be wrote by different Members of
the late Assembly ; I thought the Countryman, with
Regard' to the Matters contained in his Letter,
scandalously, and undeservedly abused by the Other:
I shall therefore, for the Sake of Truth, and in Vindi
cation of my Friend, for once draw my Pen in favour
of the First ; and I think I shall be able to shew, that
the latter hath not had that Regard for Truth, of
which he hath impiously assumed the Title, by sub
scribing himself a Lover of it, to his Dialogue. In
order to do this, let me here recite the Paragraph of
the Letter, against which he seems more particularly
to vent his Spleen, and spit his Venom : It is men
tioned in the Dialogue by Lovetruth, and is in the
Words following, viz. " TJiat in a former Session,
"five C — s were unanimously agreed in Sentiments in
"favour of the bill as sent up ; but no sooner did olher
'Hhree appear, when Eloquence, and I know not what,
"got the Victory of Reason, and all Hopes and Expec-
"tations in Regard to its passaoe, ended in Disap-
'Pointment ; so that it was commonly spoke of amongst
those acquainted with the Affair, that three had out-
"votediivft." To which Freeman, in his Turn replies, "That it is
" an Imposidon upon the Publick ; a false and
" scandalous Aspersion, and an inveterate Libel
" upon his Majesty's Council, and a gross Imposition
" upon the good People of the Province, pracdced

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"with Design to deceive them, &c." These are big
sweUing Words ; but how does he prove this ? " Be-
" cause, says he, I am fully convinced there is not one
"Word of Truth in it, if there be any Truth in the
"Gentlemen ofhis Majesty's CouncU; for they have
"assured me (not only once) but again and again,
"that they were always unanimous in the Admend-
" ment of the BUl ; nay, that two of these pretended
"five were the first Projectors and Proposers of said
" Arnendment." This now is the Sum of all the
Evidence he brings to support this bitter Outcry and
mighty Clamour, and to prove the said Letter to be
a false and scandalous Libel, &c. Was this notable
Scribbler asked, whether he doesn't believe that his
Brother Assembly-Man, the supposed Author of
said Letter, had his Information from the same
Quarter, with Respect to three out-voting five, i. e.
from one or more Members of his Majesty's CouncU ?
If he has any Modesty left, he must own, that he had ;
for many besides himself knows it to be true : With
Reverence and Respect therefore to his Majesty's
CouncU, who are but Men, liable to the same Passions
with the rest of Mankind, let me put this Query,
Whether a greater Degree of CredibUity is not due
to that remarkable Passage in said Letter, than any
Information or Declaration that might come from
any of the CouncU, to the Author of the Dialogue,
since that Time ? Because, as the Matter then stood,
none ofthe Council could be supposed to be under
any Temptation whatsoever, to deviate in the least
from the Truth. Yet we find my Friend introduces
his Information with a becoming Caution, hke a Man

5^ NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1751
of Sense and good Manners ; for, says he, " You
shall have it as I was informed &c." But this
wretched Scribbler begins and ends with the Letter,
by loading it with all the heavy Calumnies and Re
proaches he could invent, in order to render the
Author odious and contemptible. Was this base
Slanderer capable of entertaining any Sentiments of
Honour, would he not blush? But perhaps Shame
is no Quality for a Man of his Kidney. Or should
he think that what the Council did may plead his
Excuse, because they in their Minutes call it, a base,
false, scandalous aud an injurious Libel.- But surely
he would not dare to put himself upon a Level with
his Majesty's CouncU. For suppose they thought
they had a Right, as being within the Pale ofthe old
Doctrine, viz. That a Libel is never the less a Libel
for being true, to call it so ; must he have the Assur
ance to take it up, and even to carry it to a greater
Length than ever they did ?
He further says, "That the Letter sets off with a
" notorious Falshood in the Front of it, viz. That
this Government has been now upwards of two Years
without any Support. And to prove his Assertion
says, "That there was a BUl passed into a Law,
the 1 6th December 1748, viz. Au Act for the Sup-
" port of his Majesty s Colony of New-Jersey for
'''one Year, to commence the loth Day of Aug-
"ust, 1748, and to end the \oth Day of August, 1749,
" and to discharge the public Debts and contingent
" Charges thereof; so that by this very Law, (says
"he) the Government was supported unril the loth
" Day of August, 1749."

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This may appear to have the Garb of Truth, to
those unacquainted with the Circumstances of this
Province, so long only until it comes to be stript of
its false Appearance. That Government can't be
supported without Money no Body wUl deny. Now
it is weU known that the Treasury was near, if not
quite exhausted, before the Time of passing the said
BUl. For Proof can he say, or can he bring any one
else to say, that all those who had Demands upon
the Government, were paid to the loth of August,
1749. No; he cannot; the Contrary being mani
fest : Even some of the Warrants in 1 747 are yet
unpaid ; and yet this Slanderer has the Audacious
ness to affirm, the Government was supported to
about seventeen Months ago ; and that the Letter
asserdng the contrary, is not to be regarded any
other than what he is pleased to call it, a false and
scandalous Libel upon the Government, &c. If this
virulent Author of the Dialogue looks into his own
Breast he must say, he has neither Honour nor
Probity ; this, I think, fully appears from what hath
been said : But I doubt whether any Thing will make
his Forehead blush, except his Mordficadon, that he
is not able to gain his Point I am afraid I spend
too much Time about him ; but my Readers will
excuse it ; Necessity compels me to expose his
Character, who, I think without Cause, has been let
loose against my Friend. I shaU however pass by
a good many of his scribbhng Absurdities, and vain
and low Witricisms ; but must not forbear menrion-
ing a notable Passage which relates to the Governor,
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58 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [175*
He tells us, '¦'His Excellency hath been a good Gov-
" ernor, and hath served the People to his own Preju-
" dice ; nay, even to the Hazard of losing his Govern-
" ment." What is the Meaning of this ? The King, we
know, is the indulgent Father of aU his People : If
then his Governor should lose, or run the Hazard of
losing his Government, for being good or serviceable
to his People ; even the very Supposal of such a
Thing, is an abominable Reflection upon his Majesty,
who never did send any Governor abroad but for
the Good of his People. But query. Whether he had
not his Eye upon the late Disturbances respecting
the Rioters? Ifhe had, it contains a false and im
pudent Reflection upon his Excellency, who, it is
well known, governs with much Prudence, and agree
able to Equity and Justice. But did the Governor
act a contrary Part, and favoured those disorderly
People ; in that Case he would betray the Trust his
Majesty has reposed in him, deserves to be displaced,
and consequently is no good Governor. After this
same individual Mr LovetjutJi has dismissed his Dia
logue, and taken Leave of his Friend, he then in a
particular Manner, addresses himself to the Freehold
ers, by the captivating Expressions of My dear
Countrymen: The whole of what he tells them, is
nothing but mere Cajole ; and to say no more, than
only to apply that common Saying which he improp
erly mentions, mere Springes, not to catch Wood-
Cocks, but Votes in the ensuing Election. At first I
intended to have said something as to his being
rous'd (as it were) out of a Lethargy, and intiroduc-

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ing the Governor's Proclamation, and also concern
ing what may be said to be the true Cause of draw
ing upon us, the Displeasure of our most gracious
Sovereign, and his Ministry, &c. but forbear. I shall
have put an End to my Observations, and leave him,
with the Freeholders of New -Jersey, to think of him
as they think fit. I am, &c. J. N.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, March 25, 1751.
Lost, last Fall, in Morris-Town, in East-Jersey, a
Dog, of the Pointer kind, all white, his Tail dockt,
and has had his off Thigh broke ; answers to the Name
of Cato. Whoever brings the said Dog to Mr.
Waters at Elizabeth-Town Point shall have Five
Shillings Reward. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in
the Weekly Post Boy, March 25, 1751.
To be Sold,
A Good DweUing-House, Stable, and Lot of
Ground, very convenient for a Shopkeeper or Trades
man, lying at Bound-Brook Bridge, in East-New-
Jersey, within 14 or 15 Rods of Raritan River, and
bounded on Raritan Road. Any Person inclining to
purchase the same, may apply to John Anderson,
living on the Premises, who will give a good War
rantee for the same. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in
the Weekly Post Boy, March 25, 1751.
Notice is hereby given; to all Persons whatsoever,
that may have Occasion to transport themselves,

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Goods, or Merchandizes, from New- York to PhUa
delphia ; That by the Subscriber, there is a Stage
Boat weU fitted for the Purpose, kept and if Weather
permit shaU attend at the late Col. Moore's Wharf,
in New- York, every Wednesday, in every Week,
(and on Saturday also if Freight offers) and to pro
ceed to Mr. John Cluck's, near Amboy Ferry, on
Thursday ; where there is a Wharf Storehouse, and
good Entertainment ; and on Friday Morning, a
Stage-Waggon, well fitted, shall be ready to receive
them, to proceed directly to Borden's -Town, where
there is another Stage Boat ready to receive them,
and to proceed directly to PhUadelphia : — And what
ever Goods or Passengers shall come in the Stage-
Waggon to Mr. Cluck's, shall be immediately- taken
offby the Boat on Friday Morning, and brought to
New- York. All Persons may depend on the best
Usage, and all Passengers and Merchandize carried
at the most reasonable Rate — The said Waggon will
attend at Mr. Cluck's on Tuesday Mornings also,
provided a Freight offers of not less than Fifteen
ShUlings Value. And as Passages this Way are
generally perform'd in 48 Hours less than they can
be by Way of New-Brunswick, it is hoped the Un
dertaking will meet with the Encouragement it de
serves. Daniel O Brien.
N. B. The said Obrien will touch at Amboy every
Friday Morning, at Capt Stevens's Wharf; and wiU
do Business for any Gentlemen or others, at reason
able Rates : — He likewise wUl do Business for any
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utmost Care, at a reasonable Rate, they sending
their Orders in Writing, with the Money. — The N.
Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, March
25. 1751-
To be Sold by Robert Lettis Hooper, at Rocky-
HUl, in the County of Somerset, East-New-Jersey,
and now living on the Premisses ;
Four Plantations, each containing about 300 Acres
of Land, three of said Places having large Orchards
on them of fine bearing Fruit. There is cleared on
each Plantation, about 170 Acres, which is divided in
four FoUows ; the Remainder of each of the Farms
Wood-Land, and well timber'd. There is on two of
the Places, large Dwelling-Houses, and each a large
Barn, and other useful BuUdings on them, well
finished, The other two Places have good Dwelling-
Houses on each of them ; and on one of the Places
there is about 85 Acres of rich Low-Lands ; part
thereof Meadow, and is mowed yearly from sixty to
seventy Load a Year, and with a little more Im
provement, may be mowed 100 Loads a Year, all
good English Grass. Also two Grist- Mills, the one
with two Pair of Stones, and three bolting Boxes,
with good Cloths therein : The said bolting Works
aU go by Water, with Cogs and Bounds, except the
Country Cloth : The Meal is hoisted up by Water,
in a large Box. The other Grist-Mill has one Pair
of Stones, with a FuUing-Mill under the same Roof;
the Works of both being carried on by the Water
of one Dam that crosses MUlstone River : The
Houses and Works of both MUls are a^^^, and the
MiU-Houses are 50 by 33, with good Conveniences

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for Storing of Wheat And also a good Stone
DweUing-House, with three Rooms on a Floor, and
a large Stone Kitchen to the same, well finish'd ; it
is very fit for a Merchant, being near the Mills.
Also one other Stone Dwelling-House, and Cooper's
Shop, with two Rooms on a Floor, about Twenty
Yards from the Mills, all new. The whole Premisses
lies on both Sides of Millstone River, at Rocky-HiU,
at 12 MUes from New Brunswick, and 16 from Tren
ton, and in a fine Wheat Country. And also a
Warrant from the CouncU of Proprietors, for taking
up of 937 Acres of Land, of good Rights, in the
Eastern Division of the Province of New-Jersey.
The whole will be sold together, or in Parts, as may
best suit the Buyer ; by Robert Lettis Hooper.^
— The N'. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, March 25, 1751.
To be Sold,
A Good large Dwelling-House, two Story high,
containing several Fire-Rooms well-finish'd, with a
good Stone-Cellar under it, and a large Kitchen and
MUk-House joining to it. The Lot belonging to said
House, consists of near four Acres of choice Land,
upon which there is a very good young bearing
Orchard, two Gardens, a good Stone Well, a large
new Storehouse, Chaise House, Stable, and several
other OutbuUdings. The said House and Appur
tenances, are situated in the Centre of the Town of
1 Mr. Hooper advertised three of the above plantations for sale in the Gazette for Sept.
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Shrewsbury, in the Province of East-New-Jersey,
near the English Church, Presbyterian and Quaker
Meeting-Houses, being very convenient for a Gentle
man, or Merchant, lying within two MUes of three
Landings and several MiUs, and in a good Neighbour
hood ; there is also belonging to the same, 40 Acres
of excellent Land, well timber'd, within a MUe of
said House. Those who have a Mind to purchase,
may enquire of Samuel Sdllwell, at New- York ; or of
Catherine StUlwell, on the Premisses, and know the
Conditions. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Week
ly Post Boy, Marc/i 25, 1751.
Run away the 17th of this inst from the Subscriber,
living in PUesgrove township, Salem county, a
servant man,- named Roger Noland, came from Ire
land, of middle stature, speaks good Pmglish : he
served 4 years in this province before, then went on
the expeditions to Cape Breton and Canada ; he is
a hkely fellow, of a fresh complexion, has black hair,
and is slim ; he is a drunken, impudent, forward
fellow in company, and talks much ; Had on when
he went away, a good coat, between a dove and ash
colour, breeches of the same, the coat is trimmed
with 3 holes in the flap, and 3 in the sleeve, a good
hoUand shirt, grey yarn stockings, neate leather
shoes, a small brimm'd hat, more than half-worn, and
a very old lightish colour'd jacket. Whoever takes
up and secures said servant in any goal, so that his
master may have him again, shall have Fifty ShiUings
reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Nounce Keen.
— Penn. Gazette, March 2%, 1 750-1. No. 1163.

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Philadelphia, March 28, 1751.
Run-away the 21st Instant, From Jacob Reador of
Amwell in Hunterdon County, West New-Jersey ; an
English Servant Man named Benjamin Hingham,
about 23 Years of Age, about five Feet six Inches
high, strait Limb'd and slender, a dark complextion :
Had on when he went away, a dark colour'd Cloth
horriespun Coat, Buttons and Button-holes the same,
lined with a striped Linsey-woolsey, a blew Jacket
with leather Buttons, an old pair of leather Breeches,
old Cap and Shoes, a Tow Shirt, generally wears a
short black Wig, and has been used to the Water.
Whoever takes him up, and secures him in any Goal,
so that his Master may have him again, shall receive
Thirty ShUling Reward, and reasonable Charges
paid by me. Jacob Reador.
N. B. All Masters of Vessels and others, are for
bid to carry him off at their peril. — Penna. Journal,
March 28, 1751. No. 436.
Custom House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner
Bayley, Isaac Randel, from Salem. — Penna. Journal,
April 4, 1 75 1 . No. 437.
Run away on the 24th of last month, from the sub
scriber, hereof living in Trenton, an apprentice lad,
named Benjamin Alburtis, a cooper by trade, aged
about 20 years, 5 foot 7 inches high or thereabouts :
Had on when he went away, a brown kersy coat,
with brass buttons, a brown forrest cloth jacket
with pewter buttons, a pair of leather breeches, with
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white metal buckles, a castor hat about half-worn ;
had a very sore shin. Whoever takes up and
secures the said apprentice, so that his master may
have him again, shall have Three Pounds reward,
and aU reasonable cTiarges paid by John Evans.
— Penn. Gazette, April i^, I75i- No. 1164.
This is to give notice that all persons that shall
have occasion of transporting themselves, goods,
wares or merchandize from PhUadelphia to New
York, or from the latter to the former. That by
Joseph Borden, jun. there is a stage-boat, well-fitted,
and kept for that purpose, and if wind and weather
permit, will attend at the Crooked Billet wharff, in
Philadelphia, every Tuesday in every week, and pro
ceed up to Bordentown, on Wednesday, and on
Thursday morning a stage-waggon, with a good awn
ing, kept by Joseph Richards, will be ready to receive
them, and proceed directly to John Cluck's opposite
the city of Perth-Amboy, who keeps a house of good
entertainment ; and on Friday morning, a stage-boat
well fitted and kept by Daniel Obryant, will be ready
to receive them, and proceed directly to New York,
and give her attendance at the White-hall slip near
the Half-moon battery. If people be ready at the
stage days and places 'tis believ'd they may pass the
quickest 30 or 40 hours the ^cheapest and safest
way that has yet been made use of, if due attendance
be given by us, the subscribers which we shall en
deavour to do as near as possible : Also people
living on or near the road, may have business done

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by letters or otherwise. Due care shall be taken in
the delivery of letters, verbUe messages, &c. by us
Joseph Borden, jun. Joseph Richards and Daniel
Obryant N. B. All passengers or goods, that shall come
to Bordentown, on Sunday or Monday, in every or
any week, by any Trenton shallops ; White-hiU
shallop, or Bordentown shallops or boats, or in any
other whatsoever, whose waggon hire shall amount
to Sixteen Shillings or upwards, shall upon first
notice have a waggon and be transported to the
above John Cluck's, opposite Arriboy, where if the
stage-boat is not ready to receive them (but 'tis in
tended she shall) it must be allowed they have the
greatest chance for dispatch of any other place what
soever, for all the Brunswick, the place above Bruns
wick, called the landing ; and all the river boats must
pass that place, in whom people may have passage.
Joseph Richards.
— Penn. Gazette, April /^, 1751. No. 11 64.
New-York, April 8. We have Intelligence from the
Jersies, that some Men who belonged to one of the
Vessels .that attempted to carry off some of the
Money belonging to the Spanish Wrecks at Ocacock^
\nNorth Carolina ; were last Week apprehended, and
committed to Amboy Jail, as 'ris said, by Orders
from the Government. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived
in the Weekly Post Boy, April 8, 1751.
Whereas it appears by the New- York Gazette of
March 25, 1751, that WiUiam Jackson was murdered
in February last : The said Jackson was a Freeholder

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«
in Augusta County, at Jackson's River in Virginia,
and left a Wife great with ChUd last Fall ; He had
when he left my House in Newark the 30th of Nov
ember last, about 184 Skins of Wash-Leather, one
Shirt mark'd W. I. with white Ilet Holes ; his p-reat
Coat, Waistcoat, Breeches and Hanger, as is described
in the said Gazette right ; his Horse that he had
when he went from us was of a ronish and sorrel
Colour; as for his other Goods, I can't give any par
ticular Account. It would be very agreeable to me,
and no doubt to all his Relations, to hear how the Trial
went, and what Effects are or may be found for the
Widow and Heirs of the Deceas'd. These are to
interest his Majesty's liege Subjects of South-Kings
ton, to be aiding by publick or private Letter ; the
which if it comes to my Knowledge, I shall be as ex
peditious as I can to convey it to the Widow. Given
under my Hand the ist of AprU 1751.^ Thomas Bows.
— - The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, April 18, 1751.
Whereas the following Persons have made their
Escape from the County Goal of Middlesex, at Perth
Amboy, this loth Instant AprU, viz:
Lawrence Ruth, about 30 Years of Age, middle
Stature, a Shoe-maker by Trade ; Had on when he
went away, a brown Bearskin Coat, a short black
Wig or Cap, the Hair of his Eye Lids white.
John ShotweU, aged about 22 Years, a Taylor by
1 The Gazette of March 25, has the advertisement of the murder of William Jackson,
(on Jan. isl) from the same part of Virginia, with notice to his heirs to apply for his prop
erty, signed by Josh Babcock, C. Justice, of Rhode Island. He was mmdered at South
Kensington, R. I,

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Trade, of a middle Stature ; he had on a brown Coat,
a Linen Cap, and is lame in one ofhis Legs. Who
ever apprehends or secures said Men, or either of
them, so that they be brought to the County Goal,
at Perth-Amboy, shall receive Five Pounds Reward
for Lawrence Ruth, and Forty Shillings Reward for
John Shotwell, with reasonable Charges paid by
John Deare.
— Tlie N. Y. Gazette Revived in ttie Weekly Post
Boy, April 15, 1751.
To Be Sold,
A Plantation containing 600 Acres of Land, situate
in the County of Hunterdon in West-New-Jersey,
fronting on the River Delaware near two Miles,
and has within Fence 200 Acres of Low-Land,
mostly cleared, and is extraordinary good either for
Grazing or raising Wheat, and includes about 15
Acres of gopd Meadow, fit for the Scyth, and more
may be made ; the Up-Land is also well wooded, and
exceeding good for Wheat ; with a good fram'd
Barn, a Log-House of two Rooms, and a Stream
running before the Door sufficient to turn a small
MUl, and is about 40 MUes from Philadelphia, 40
MUes from Brunswick, and 30 from Trenton. Any
Person inclining to purchase, may apply to William
Pidgeon at Trenton, and be inform'd of the Tide
and Terms of Sale ; and may have half the Money
some years on Interest,, paying the one Half down,
and the Interest of the other yearly. — The N. Y.
Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, April 1 5,
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Run away on the 4th inst. from John French, at
Mount-HoUy, a servant man, named Reuben Jones,
this. country-born, about six foot high, fresh complex
ion : Had on when he went away an ozen-brigs shirt,
old brown jacket, an old beaver hat, old calf skin
pumps, tied with leather strings, old brown yarn
stockings and leather breeches. Whoever takes up
and secures said servant, so that his master may
have him again, shall have Fifty Shillings reward,
and reasonable charges, paid by John French.
— Penn. Gazette, April 18, 1751. No. 11 66.
New- York, Apidl 22. Extract of a Letter from
South-Kingston, flf«/^flf ^^n7 16, 1751, zVz Answer lo
an Advertisement of T\iomas Bows, ^Newark, inserted
in ihis Paper a Fortnigtit ago.
"At the Superior Court held here on the first
Tuesday of this Month, Ttiomas Carter was convicted
of murdering and robbing William Jackson of Vir
ginia ; for which Crimes he received Sentence of
Death, and to be hung in Chains. Since his Tryal
he has confess'd the Facts ; and that he took from
Jackson, his Horse, 107 Deer Skins, in Silver and
Gold to the amount of about Eighty Dollars, and
about Forty Shillings Pennsylvania Paper Money.
Notwithstanding he has spent and squander'd away
great Part of the Money and Effects, there is so much
to be yet had, that it would be advisable for the Rep
resentatives of Mr. Jackson, to take Letters of Ad-
minstration in Virginia, and either come in Person,
or send a Power to some proper Person here, to
secure the same Mr. Bows is desired to inform.

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whether Mr. Jackson had a Wench with him or not."
— 77^1? N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, April 22, 1 75 1 .
To be Sold at publick Vendue, in the City oi New
Brunswick, on Monday, the 20th of May next.
The Dwelling House and Lot belonging to the
Estate of Abraham Ouke, deceased ; also a Store-
House near the Still- Wharff ; and also the quarter
Share of a well-found new-built Shallop, called the
Four Partners, with rnany other Particulars. The
said Dwelling-House is conveniently situated for
Shop-Keeping, on the North Side of French Street,
is two Stories high, with Cellar and Kitchen under
it ; besides has had an Addition built to it, to the
Extent of the Lot at front, for storing of Goods,,
under which is a convenient Passage from the Street
to the Back Close ; has a good Pump in the Yard,
and a good Stable with a Hay-Loft, upon the Back
ofthe Lot. The Lot is 25 Feet at front, and 150
Feet back, and is held by Lease for a Term of Years,
of which there is .Sixty-two to come, and pays a
Ground Rent only of 25s. per Annum. Any Person
that has a Mind to purchase the Premises, or any
Part thereof before the Day of Sale may treat with
the Executors to the said Estate. — Tlie N. Y.
Gazette Revived in ttie Weekly Post Boy, April 29,
1751- To be sold by Joshua Wright, or Samuel Atkin
son, A tract of land, and a large quandty of meadow
ground, containing 270 acres, with usual aUowance,
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county ; Also another tract of land, containing about
140 acres, both near a navigable landing. — Penn.
Gazette, May 2, 1751. No. 11 68.
FOund on the Jersey-shore opposite to Philadel
phia, a barrel of pork, supposed to haue been stolen ;
the owner describing the marks, and paying the
charges of this advertisement, may have it again.
Daniel Cooper.
— Penn. Gazette, May f^, 1751. No. 1169.
Run away in July last, from Nicholas Everson,
living in East New-Jersey, two mUes from Perth
Amboy ferry, A mulatto Negroe, named Tom, about
37 years of age, short, well-set, thick lips, flat-nose,
black curled hair, and can play well upon the fiddle :
Had on when he went away, a red-coloured watch-
coat, without a cape, a brown coloured leather
jacket, a hat, blue and white twisted yarn leggings ;
speaks good English and Lo'v Dutch, and is a good
Shoemaker ; his said master has been informed that
he intends to cut his watch-coat, to make him Indian
stockings, and to cut off his hair, and get a blanket,
to pass for an Indian ; that he enquired for one John
and Thomas Nutus, Indians at Susquehanna, and
about the Moravians, and the way there. Whoever
secures him in the nearest goal or otherwise, so that
his master may have him again, shall have Forty
ShUlings reward, and reasonable charges paid by
Nicholas Everson.
— Penn. Gazette, May c^, 1751. No. 11 69.
Run away from William and John Robert, of
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one named George Mon row, about 30 years of age,
of a fair complexion, short nose, speaks with a
Scotch Accent and has been a soldier, and can give
a good account of several countries : Had on when
he went away, a wool hat, a light colour'd jacket,
and a red ditto, without sleeves, buck-skin breeches,
black stockings and a wallet, with two fine shirts,
and two bob wigs.
The other named James Tracy, about 28 years of
age, a tall full faced subtle fellow, big browed : Had
on when he went away, a brown coat with slash
sleeves, a blue jacket, buckskin breeches, white wool
stockings ; they have strings in their shoes. Who
ever takes up and secures said servants, so that
their masters may have them again, shall have
Twenty ShUlings reward for each, paid by
William and John Roberts.
— Penn. Gazette, May g, 1751. No. 11 69.
Run away on the 19th of last month from Edward
HUl, living at Duncks's Ferry, a servant man named
Moses Tharp, says he was born in Woodbridge, in
East Jersey, about 21 years of age, about 6 foot high,
of a fresh Complexion, his hair lately cut off, and
wears a white linnen cap : Had on when he went
away, a cloth coat of a lead colour, lined with blue, a
short white-flannel jacket, a pair of buckskin breeches,
about half worn, a pair of woolen stockings, of a
mix'd bluish colour, a pair of neats leather shoes,
almost new with buckles in them ; took with him two
ozenbrigs shirts, almost new, and wears a Twenty
ShiUing hat, this country make, almost new. Who
ever takes up and secures said servant, so that his

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master may have him again, shall have Twenty Shil
lings reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Edward HiU.
— Penn. Gazette, May g, 1751. No. 11 69.
Custom House, New York. Cleared for Departure.
Sloop WUliam, Asa King to N. Jersey. — The N. Y.
Gazette Revived in the Weeldy Post Boy, May 13, 1 75 1 .
All Persons that have any Demands on the
Estate of Isaac Fitz Randle, lately deceased, of
Tom's River, in the County of Monmouth, are desired
to bring in their Accounts to Samuel Dove, Admin
istrator, in Freehold, in the County aforesaid, in
order that the same may be settled : And any Per
sons that are indebted to the said Estate, are desired
to discharge the same forthwith, to prevent further
Trouble. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in ttie Weekly
Post Boy, May 13, 1 75 1 .
Run away from Mount-Holly, in West-New-Jersey,
from us the subscribers. Two English servant men,
viz, William Blumefield, a Carpenter about 35 years
of age, swarthy complexion, about 5 feet 10 inches
high : Had on a green jacket, black wig, and a sUk
handkerchief round his neck, his other clothes un
known ; he was lately taken out of Philadelphia goal.
Also James Morgan, a Wheel Wright, about 27
years of age, a likely fellow, about 5 feet, 8 inches
high: Had on a snuff-colour'd coat, with a cape,
and a Hnnen jacket. Whoever brings them to their
masters or secures them in any goal, so that they
may be had again, shall have Two Pistoles reward
for each, and all reasonable charges paid by Peter

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Bard, in Philadelphia, or Patrick Renalds, in Mount-
Holly. — Pemt. Gazette, May i6, 1751. No. 11 70.
Broke out ofthe goal ofthe county of Gloucester,
and escaped, one Thomas Morgan, born in East-
New-Jersey, about 30 years of age, of a thin visage
and brown complexion, about 5 feet 8 inches high :
Had on when he went away, a blue great-coat
brown coat and waist coat, leather breeches, a half
worn beaver hat, either a browm wig or a worsted
cap, check'd shirt, old shoes and stockings Also
one Adam Somers, a Palatine, about 60 years of age,
of short stature, by trade a Collier : Had on when
he went away, an old felt hat, a yarn cap, a red great
coat, two close bodied coats, of a copper colour, the
outermost with white metal buttons, check'd shirt,
striped ticken trowsers, grey yarn stockings, and
new calfskin shoes. Whoever takes up and secures
the said prisoners, so that they may be had again,
shall have Three Pounds reward for each, and
reasonable charges, paid by John Mickle, Sheriff".
— Pemt. Gazette, May 16, 1751. No. 11 70.
Upper-Freehold, May 16. 1751
Whereas Margaret, the Wife of John Hunnewell,
hath eloped from her said Husband, this is to warn
aU Persons from trusting her on his Account, for he
will pay no Debts she shall contract after the Date.
John Hunnewell.
N. B. She has liv'd with one James Hayburn in
Amboy Township. — Penna. Journal, May 23, 1751.
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Philadelphia, May 30, 1751.
Run away on the 17th inst from George MUler,
at Lebanon, in the county of Hunterdon, in the pro
vince of N. Jersey, A servant lad, named Hans Wil
liam Kabe, about 16 years of age, of a fair com
plexion, has black curl'd hair, little black eyes, all
round his neck and above his shirt coUar is blackish,
and aU over his body, his skin is greyish, somewhat
like a fish-scale : It is supposed the said servant is
gone toward N. Carolina, with one Frederick Isen,
and PhUip Sbout Whoever takes up the said ser
vant and secures him in any goal, and sends his
master word, so that his master may have him
again, or brings him to his said master shall have
Five Pounds for their trouble, and reasonable charges,
paid by : , ' George MUler.
— Penn. Gazette, May 30, 1751. No. 1172.
Run away on the 28th of last month, from his baU,
Samuel Jaques, and James Marshall, of Elizabeth-
town, Essex county, in East' New-Jersey, one Ed^
ward Kite, an English man, about 30 years of age,
of middle stature, brown complexion, has a fresh
colour, black eyes, and has a bold look : Had on
when he went away, an old green jacket, an old bob
wig, and a speckled shirt. He some time ago broke
one ofhis Legs, which by observing, will be found to
be a little crooked, and is somewhat thicker than the
other. He is a cooper by trade, but has lately
taught school, and writes a good round hand. Who
ever takes up and secures said Edward Kite, so as

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. his baU may have him again, shall have Four Pounds
reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by
Samuel Jaques and James MarshaU
N. B. All masters of vessels, and others, are for
bid to harbour or carry him off, at their peril. — Penn.
Gazette, June 6, 1751. No. 11 7.3.
To be Sold.
A Plantation in the Jerseys, containing 176 acres
of land, about seven miles from Philadelphia,
right back from Cooper's Ferry, near Haddonfield.
This place is in good order, the land fresh and good,
with meadow sufficient to keep 20 head of cattle.
There is on it a good dwelling-house, a stone-cellar
under it, and a kitchen at the end of it, a large barn,
a young thriving orchard, containing 350 apple-trees,
which have bore several years past. Any person in
clining to purchase, may apply to Samuel Boggs,
living on the premises, who wUl agree on reasonable
terms. — Penn. Gazette, June 6, 1751. No. 1173.
New York, June lo: We hear from Burlington,
that two Men were to be executed there on Saturday
last for Horse-stealing. — Ttie N. Y. Gazette, Revived
in ttie Weetdy Post Boy, June 10, 1751.
Philadelphia, June 13.
The two Men that were to have been executed on
Saturday last, at Burlington, for Horse-stealing are
both repriev'd. One of them was repriev'd some
Days before the Time appointed for his Execution ;
the other under the Gallows. John Crow (who was
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is again in Jail here ; he was taken at Gloucester
Point, and had a Mare with him, supposed to be
stolen. — Penn. Gazette, June 13, 1751. No. 11 74.
John Crow, now in the goal of this city, says he
borrowed a mare of one John Scogan, of Salem
county, West-Jersey, which mare is in the Pound of
this city : If so, said Scogan is desired to come and
prove his property, pay charges, and take her away.
— Penn. Gazette, June 13, 1751. No. 11 74.
Now in the custody of Thomas Smith, Sheriff of
Cape-May county, a run-away Negro man, who goes
by the name of Jupiter Hazard, is about 27 years of
age, not very black, of a middle size, and well built
Had on when taken up, a flannel shirt, leather
breeches with a fob in the waist-band, shoes and stock
ings, both very good, the stockings of a blue colour,
bathmetal buckles, a good felt hat and worsted cap ;
he speaks English like a country born Negroe, who
has lived some time among the Dutch. He had a
bundle with him, which contain'd two white shirts, a
demity jacket and breeches, a white handkerchief a
linnen cap, and a pocket book, with four dollars in it,
and a pair of sUver knee buckles, marked N. S. He
seems to have travell'd pretty much, for he gives a
good account of Rhode-Island, New York, Pennsyl
vania, Shrewsbury, and other places : says his mas
ter's name is John Bannister, and lives at Piscataway,
in Rhode Island Government. — Penn. Gazette, June
13, 175 1. No. 1 1 74. To be Sold —
A Tract of land, situate in Woodbury-creek, in

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Gloucester, county, containing 328 acres, with a house
thereon, 20 acres of upland cleared, a young orchard
planted, and about 12 acres of meadow on the tide,
the rest extraordinarly well-timbered, with a stream
through the said land, fit for building a saw-miU on.
Any persons inclining to purchase the same, may
apply to John Cooper, or David Cooper, living on
part of the said tract, or to Timothy Matlack, in
PhUadelphia, and be informed of the tide and terms.
— Penn. Gazette, June 13, 1751. No. 11 74.
Perth-Amboy, New-Jersey, June 6.
A Message from his Excellency J. Belcher, Esq ;
Governor and Commander in Ctiief of the Province
(^Ne-w-Jersey. Gentlemen of the Council and General Assembly.
The 28 of the last Month I had the Honour to re
ceive a Letter from his Grace the Duke of Bedford,
one of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State,
of the 2 1 st of March last, and which is couch'd in the
foUowing terms.
Sir Whiietiall, March 21. 1751.
"It is with great Concern that I am now to acquaint
"you with the Death of His Royal Highness the Prince
" of Wales, who expired of a violent Pleuritick Fever
"about 10 o'clock last Night; The grief upon this
" melancholy Occasion is great and general : It is
" however a great Comfort to His Majesty's faithful
"Servants, to find that his Health is entirely reestab-
" lished, and that her Royal Highness the Princess of
" Wales and the rest ofthe Royal Family are as well
" as can be expected in the present Circumstances.

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" I most heartily condole with you upon this unfor-
" tunate Occasion, and am. Sir,
Your most obedient tiumble Servant,
Governor Belcher, New-Jersey, Bedford.
The Deathof this Prince, who next under His Maj
esty, was the Darling and Delight of the British
Nation, has drawn a gloomy Scene for the Prospect
of all His Majesty's Dominions, and 1 think it my
Duty to say, 1 shall be glad to join with you, as
speedily as may be, in an Address of Condolence, to
our most gracious Sovereign, upon this very melan
choly Occasion, and at the same Time, to Congratu
late His Majesty upon the entire reestablishment of
His Health, (after His late Indisposition) the value
of whose precious Life is doubly enhanced to all His
good and faithful Subjects, by the Death of the late
Heir Apparent to His Crown and Kingdom. J. Belcher.
— Penna. Journal, June 13, 1751. No. 447.
Scheme —
Of the Trenton (in New-Jersey) Lottery, for raising
Three Hundred, Ninety-Three Pounds, Fifteen ShU
hngs, for finishing and compleating the Church, in
said town, consisting of 3,500 Tickets, at Fifteen
ShUling's Proc. money each, 641 ofwhich to be for
tunate, as follows, viz —
Number of Prizes. Value of each. Total Value.
/. /. s.
2 of 100 are 200-0
4 of 50 are 200-0
4 of 40 are 160-0
4 of 30 are 1 20-0

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[175I

5

of

20

are

1 00-0

7

of

15

are

105-0

20

of

ID

are

200-0

25

of

7

are

175-0

70

of

0

are

210-0

500

of

I 1.

IOS are First

750-0

Prizes 641

drawn 6-0

Blanks 2859

Last

drawn 5-5

3500 Tickets, at Fifteen Shillings ^2231- 5
each, are 2625 1. ^2231- 5
From which deduct 15 per Cent £ 393-15

;^2625- o
The drawing to commence on or before the second
day of September next, at the house of Nathaniel
Parker, in Bucks county, in the province of Pennsyl
vania, if filled by that time, under the care and man
agement of Messieurs Robert Pearson, Robert Let
tice Hooper, John Allen, David Dunbar, Elijah Bond,
John Dagworthy, Jun. Daniel BUes, and William
Pidgeon ; who are to dispose of the tickets, and be
under oath for the faithful management of the same.
The fortunate are to receive their prizes entire, the
15 per Cent, being deducted from the whole sum
produced by the sale of the tickets, before the draw
ing begins, and not from the prizes after they are
drawn. Fourteen days notice at least to be given
before the day of drawing. The prizes to be printed
in this paper, when the drawing is concluded. The
tickets are to be sold by the several managers, and
by Messieurs David Marrin, Andrew Read, WiHiam

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Coxe, WUliam Franklin, and David Hall in Phila
delphia ; John Garrison, in Amwell ; Peter Kimble
and Francis Costigin, in Brunswick ; Daniel Coxe in
Hopewell, John Berrian, in Rocky-hUl ; Lewis Ash
field, and John Stevens in Amboy ; and James Parker,
in New York. — Penn. Gazette, June 20, 1751. No.
II75- To be Sold
A Large brick house, situate and being in the
Water-street, in Trenton, near the Mills, with alarge
lot back, running to the other street, containing
about one acre of ground ; the house stands very
commodious for trade, and the lot very commodious
to build on in both streets, front sufficient for 2 or 3
houses in each street. Any person inclining to pur
chase said house and lot rnay apply to John Allen,
in Trenton, and see the boundries, and know the
conditions of sale. — Penn. Gazette, June 20, 1751.
No. 1 1 75.
Custom House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Brig.
Sally, William Hazleton from Perth Amboy. — Penna.
Journal, June 20, 1751. No. 448.
Custom House, Philadelphia. Entered In. Hazel
ton from Perth-Amboy. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived
in the Weetzly Post Boy, June 24, 1 7 5 i .
Whereas I the Subscriber, late Sheriff of Middle
sex County, in New-Jersey, having in Executions be
longing to Jacob Ouke, sundry Lots of Land lying on
a Street near the Market-House in the City of New-

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Brunswick ; and also the Equity of Redemption of a
large Dwelling-House and Lot fronting both Burnet
and Peace-Street ; And having heretofore advertised
the Sale thereof at publick Vendue, and for want of
Bidders, continued the same by several Adjourn
ments, tothe 19th Instant; in said Time there was
bid for all said several Lots, ^100 York Money, and
for said Dwelling-House and Lot .^^41 7- Now this
is to give Notice, that by and with the Consent of
said last Bidder, the said Vendue is postponed to the
first Monday in July next, then to be held at the
Premises ; at which Time, in Case no more is bid,
the said Lots will be struck off to the Person that bid
the ^.100, and the said Dwelling-House and Lot to
him that bid the .;^.4i7. John Deare.
— Ttie N. Y. Gazelle Revived in ttie Weekly
Post Boy, June 24, 1751.
Run away the 15th inst. from Valentine Bryant,
of West Jersey, a Negroe man, named Joe, about 28
years of age, of middle size, much bow-legged, and
speaks very good English : Had on when he went
away, an old felt hat, grey kersey jacket, with a home
spun striped lining, new ozenbrigs shirt, and old oz
enbrigs trowsers ; he has with him a black dog, with
a short taU. Whoever takes up said negroe, and
secures him, so as his master may have him again,
shall have Twenty ShiUings reward, and reasonable
charges, paid by Valentine Bryant.
— Penn. Gazette, June 27, 1751. No. 11 76.

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New York, July i. A Scheme of a Lottery for
raising .^.393-15-0, for finishing a Church at Tren-
town, is advertised in the PhUadelphia Papers, con-
sisdng of 3500 Tickets, at 15 s. each, 641 ofwhich
are to be fortunate: There are two Prizes of ^.100
each, the rest gradually decreasing : (The Scheme
itself is designed to be inserted in our next) The
Prizes are to be paid entire, and the drawing to
commence on the second Day of September next, if
possible : The Managers are Messrs. Robert Pearson,
Robert Lettice Hooper, John Allen, David Dunbar,
Elijali Bond, Jo tin Dagworltiy, Jun. Daniel Byles,
and William Pidgeon ; who are to be under the
usual Obligations for the faithful Discharge of their
Trust : Tickets to be sold by the Managers, and sev
eral others as advertised ; as also by the Printer
hereof — Ttie N. Y. Gazette Revived iu the Weetdy
Post Boy, July i , 1 7 5 1 .
Run away on the ist instant, from Daniel Bates of
Gloucester county, an English servant man, named
George M'Cartney, about 19 years of age, a short
feUow, pretty well set, of a yellow complexion, a little
pitted with small-pox ; Hacl on when he went away,
an old felt hat, with a piece sewed on part of the brim
of it, a ragged linnen cap, a blue jacket, without lin
ing, with soal-leather buttons on it, coarse, dirty oz
enbrigs trowsers, a check shirt, and an old pair of
women's shoes, with the heels out, and pieces of
leather put in the room of them. Whoever takes up
and secures said servant, so that his master may have
him again, shaU have Forty ShUlings reward, and
reasonable charges, paid by Daniel Bates.

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N. B. All masters of vessels are forbid to carry him
off at their peril. — Penn. Gazette, July 4, 1751. No.
1 1 77.
Broke out of Somerset goal, on Wednesday night
the 26th of June last, John Websley, a criminal of
middle stature, somewhat round shoulder'd ; Had on
when he went away, a light colour'd fustian coat,
blue camblet jacket,, a fine rufifled shirt, leather
breeches, a pair of striped trowsers, grey worsted
stockings, a pair of pumps, with large carved buckles,
a ruffled cap or brown rig, and a beaver hat Also
a servant boy, named George Adams, about 19 years
of age : Had on when he went away, an old beaver
hat sewed with white thread, old tow shirt, very much
patched, new ozenbrigs trowsers, brown yarn leggins,
and a women's short gown, cuffed with check linnen,
instead of a jacket Whoever takes up and secures
the said Websley, shall have Five Pounds reward,
and reasonable charges, and Fifteen ShUlings for the
said Adams, paid by Francis HoUinshead, Sheriff".
— Penn. Gazette, July d^, 1751. No. 1177.
PhUadelphia, July 18, 1751.
Taken out of the pasture of John Vancleave, of
Maidenhead, in the Jerseys, the fifth day of this inst.,
a black gelding, six years old, paces a good travel,
and trots well, about fourteen hands and a half high,
neither mark'd nor brand'd ; his mane hangs on the
right side, and a large feather along the left-side of
his neck. Whoever takes up and secures said horse

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and thief, shall have Ten Pounds reward, or Five
Pounds for each, paid by me John Vancleave.
— Penn. Gazette, July 18, 1751. No. 11 79.
Run away on the 12th inst, from WiUiam Oakford,
at the head of Alloway's Creek, Salem county, a
servant man, named Joseph Steell, of a middle stat
ure, short black curl'd hair, about 28 years of age :
Had on when he went away, a blue coat, with metal
buttons, new ozenbrigs shirt, short trowsers, yarn
stockings. Calf-skin shoes, had two hats, one castor,
the other felt, a leather jacket, leather breeches, and
sundry other clothes. He took with him a Negroe
boy named Caesar : Had on when he went away, a
new lead colour'd thick cloth coat and vest leather
breeches, short trowsers, thread stockings and half-
worn shoes ; hehad also two felt hats, and two shirts,
one white the other brown. The said servants took
with them a bay horse, has got the pole-evil, and
paces well ; a rifle barrel gun, and a large yellow dog,
with a white ring round his neck. Whoever takes
up and secures said servants, so that their master
may have them again, shall have Forty Shillings re
ward for each, and reasonable charges, paid by
WUliam Oakford.
N. B. The said Steell has serv'd a time in Bucks
county, about 17 mUes from Philadelphia, on Bristol
road ; and the Negroe boy was bought out of Phila
delphia, about two years since. — Penn. Gazette, July
18, 1751. No. 1 179.

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Philadelphia, July 25, 1751.
STray'd or stolen, out of a pasture in Trenton, the
fifteenth day of this instant, July, a brown gelding,
much sweated, his colour much chang'd, about five
years old, near 14 hands and a half high, a small star
in his forehead, one white foot behind, a small switch
tail, his taU and mane very black, his hip bones sharp,
shod before, paces a good travel, trots and gallops,
and carries himself well. Whoever takes up and
secures the said horse and thief so that the thief may
be brought to justice, and the owner have his horse
again, shall have Five Pounds reward, and for the
horse only Thirty ShUlings, and reasonable charges,
paid by John Allen or WUliam Pidgeon.
— Penn. Gazette, July 25, 1751. No. 11 80.
Trenton Lottery Tickets sold by David Hall, at
the Post Office. — Penn. Gazette, July 25, 1751. No.
1 1 80.NOtice is hereby given to all persons that intend to
convey themselves, goods, wares or merchandize, from
Philadelphia to New York, or from New York to PhUa
delphia : That there will be a stage-boat, well fitted, and
kept by Patrick Co-vi'an, living in Burlington, that will
attend every Tuesday in every week, at the Crooked
BUlet Wharff, in Philadelphia, for the same business,
and -wUl proceed the same day, up to Burlington,
wind and weather permitring. And on Wednesday
morning a stage waggon, with a good awning, kept
by Fretwell Wright, at the Blue Anchor, in Burlington,
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at Amboy Ferry ; will proceed to Obadiah Ayers's,
Inn-keeper at Amboy F'erry ; where good entertain
ment for man and horse is, and will be kept. And
on Thursday, a stage passage-boat, with a fine com
modious cabbin, fitted with a tea-table, and sundry
other conveniences, kept by Matthias Ifelstine, will
be ready to receive the passengers or goods, and pro
ceed directly to New York, and give her attendance
at Whitehall Battery. If Passengers are ready at the
places on stage days, 'tis believ'd they wUl go sooner
from Philadelphia to New York, by 24 or 30 hours,
than by any other way that has been made use of by
stage, the boat from Philadelphia to Burlington sel
dom being above four hours on her passage, and
often but two or three hours. All persons on or
near the road, that have business, may have it done
with due care and attendance. The price of passen
gers or goods, that shall come to Burlington, will be
no more per mile than from Bordentown. On Sun
days or Mondays in any week, passengers trading
up and down the river, or any other manner, whose
waggon hire shall amount to Sixteen Shillings, or
upwards, shall, upon the first notice, have a waggon,
and be transported to the stage-boat, which wUl be
ready to receive them at the landing, and is the most
handy and convenient, of any thereabouts, there being
a good wharff to step into the boat The boat, for
the first time, will beg-in to attend at the Crooked
BUlet on Tuesday, the 1 3th day of August, 1 75 r, and
the waggon wUl proceed the day following. Further,
if the ice, or any thing else, should at any rime pre
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to Philadelphia, the stage-waggon will, if requir'd
proceed from Burlington to Cooper's Ferry.
Fretwell Wright, John Predmore, James Wilson
Patrick Cowan.
— Penn. Gazette, July 25, 1751. No. 1180.
Run away from Elijah Bond, a Negroe man, nam'd
Lot, about five feet eight inches high, about 24 years
old, speaks very good English, and has a dowm look :
Had on when he went away, an old red great coat,
old shirt and a pair of breeches. Whoever takes up
and secures said Negroe fellow, so that his master
may have him again, shall have Three Pounds reward,
and reasonable charges, paid by
Elijah Bond, living near Trenton.
N. B. All masters of vessels, and others, are for
bid to carry him off at their peril. — Penn. Gazette,
Aug. I, 1 75 1. No. 1 181.
To be sold by vendue, on the 19th inst. a lot of
ground with four dweUing-houses thereon erected,
situate in the city of Burlington, and being the estate
of lames Venee deceased, extendine in breadth on
the river Delaware 557 feet, and in length or depth
640 feet, bounded southward by Pearl-street, and
eastward by Grubb-street One of the messuages is
of brick, the other three of wood, all having- g-ood
cellars, wall'd with stone. The said premises is well
accommodated with a good orchard of choice grafted
trees, and gardens, well paled in with cedar posts,
and boards in the front. The whole premises is in
good repair, and very convenient for a ship wright
part thereof having been long made use of in that

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business. There is also to be sold, at the same time
and place, a good sett of joiners and carpenter's
tools, and household goods. Any person inclining
to purchase the whole, or any part of the premises,
may be informed of the title and terms of sale by
Rachel Venee or James Venee on the place proposed
for sale, executors of James Venee, deceased, or of
Moses Thomas, in the city of Philadelphia, where a
plan of the whole may be seen.
All persons that have demands on said estate are
desir'd to bring in their accounts, that they may be
adjusted : And those that are indebted to said estate,
are desir'd to discharge the same. — Penn. Gazette,
Aug. I, 1 75 1. No. 1 181.
Ti-iis is to give publick notice, that there is now in
the common goal of Perth-Amboy, in New Jersey, a
young man, who was taken up some days ago on
suspicion of being a run away servant ; he acknowl
edges himself to be an Irishman, about 21 years of
age, and that his name is Michael Foely ; and that he
serv'd part of his time with one Daniel Britt, at St
George's, Newcastle county, and then his uncle
bought his time, and set him free. He is of middle
stature, thin visage, fair complexion, blue eyes, short
brown hair, has on a brown homespun coat, light
colour'd homespun vest, with brass buttons, linnen
breeches and trowsers, an old felt hat. If any per
son lays claim to the said man, he is desir'd to do it
soon, by applying to WiUiam Deare, Esq ; at Perth-
Amboy, High-Sheriff of Middlesex county, New-Jer
sey. Also any person that can cerdfy that the said
man is a free man, wUl do well to send a proper cer-

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tificate to certify the same. — Penn. Gazette, Aug. i,
1 75 1. No. I i8i. New- York,
Tuesday last Majesty's Ship Greyhound, Capt.
Robert Roddam Commander, fell down to Sandy
Hook, in order to return to Great Britain. — Penna.
Journal, Aug. i, 1751. No. 454.
Nezu-York, August 5. Tuesday last one James-
Bill, alias Bradford, a Narraganset Man, was appre
hended near Second River in New- Jersey, and com
mitted to our Jail, as one of those concerned with
Jonatttau Woodman, mentioned in our last, in coun
terfeiting the Twenty Shillings Bills of Credit of this
Province : The other called Dr. Dunstan, is, not yet
taken. 'Tis said, this Bill had been taken up and
committed to Jail at Hactzinsack a few years ago, for
uttering Counterfeit Jersey Bills, from whence he
made his Escape ; but tis hoped he wUl now meet
with the Reward of his Ingenuity. Their Trials we
hear, are put off till next Term. — Ttie N. Y. Gazette
Revived in ttie Weetdy Post Boy, Aug. 5, 1751.
Run away from the subscriber, in Amwell, Hunter-
terdon county on the 3rd of last month, a servant
man, named Peter Clearwater, this country born :
Had on when he went away, a new brownish col
our'd homespun coat, ozenbrigs trowsers, a fine lin
nen shirt, a pair of calf-skin pumps, a broad brimmed
beaver hat he is about 6 feet high, about 34 years of
age, thin faced, light colour'd thin hair, blue eyes,
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surpriz'd Whoever takes and secures the said serv
ant, so as his master may have him again, shall have
Three Pounds- reward, and charges, paid by
Ephraim Oliphant.
— Penn. Gazette, Aug. '?>, 1751. No. T182.
New York, August 12. We hear from Elizabetti-
Tozun, that two women have been kUl'd within these
few Weeks past, near that Place, by falling out of rid
ing Chairs.
Tuesday' Evening last Thomas Clark, a Boatman
from the Jerseys, returning from this City, lost his
Hat in the Bay, and in attempting to recover it, fell
overboard and was drowned — The N. Y. Gazette
Revived in ttie Weekly Post Boy, Aug. 12, 1751.
On Wednesday the 7th Instant, came to the House
of Jacobus Van Duyn, of Somerset County in New-
Jersey, and are now with William Ouke, of New-
Brunswick : Two Negro Boys, supposed to be lately
imported : Whoever hath a just Claim to the said
Negroes, on applying to the said William Ouke, pay
ing the Charges, may have them again. — Ttie N. Y.
Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, Aug. 1 2,
1751- Run away, on Thursday the 8th Instant, from
Samuel Slone, Brewer, of Millstone, in the County of
Somerset, and Province of East-New-Jersey, an Irish
Servant Man named Daniel MUler, about 36 years of
Age, round fac'd, of a brown Complexion, and black
Hair: Had- on when he went away, a brown Jacket,
Check Trowsers, Shoes and Stockings, an old Castor
Hat, and white Linnen Shirt ; he has stolen from his

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said Master, a dark grey Coat, a Silk Jacket of an
orange and purple Colour, with the back Parts of
light colour'd Fustian, a scarlet Waistcoat, two gray
Wigs, and several other Things, and 'tis thought may
change his Cloaths. He was a Soldier upon the late
Expedition against Canada. Whoever takes up and
secures said Servant, so that his Master may have
him again, shall have Three Pounds Reward, and all
reasonable Charges paid by Samuel Slone.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly
Post Boy, Aug. 12, I 75 1.
To be sold by the Subscriber, in Burlington, a
Plantation situate about a Quarter of a Mile below
the Town, and fronting the River Delaware near
three Quarters of a Mile, and runs a Mile and a
Quarter back, containing 208 Acres, upwards of 40
Acres of good Meadow and mowing Ground, and
more may be made ; near six Acres of Orchard, a
good Brick House, 50 Feet Front two Stories high,
finished in the best Manner, a large Kitchen, Wash-
House, all two Stories high, good Cellars and Vaults,
a fine Piazza, back Store-Room, Dairy-House, Coach-
House, Chaise-House, a fine Stable, a large Barn,
Barracks, Hovels, a well in the Cow-yard, 2 large
Gardens containing 2 Acres, one walled in with
Brick, the other fenced in with Cedar 7 Feet high :
This Place, with the Conveniences, and about one
Third of the Land, now Rents to the present Gov
ernor Belcher, for 100 1. per Annum, audit may suit
a Genrieman of the highest Taste. Some Distance
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joining, a smaU Stone House, with a Cellar, and Fire-
Place above and below, a Peach-Orchard, with 500
Trees of the best CoUection of that Fruit Also, a
Tract of Cedar-Swamp, near 300 Acres, lyino- in
Gloucester County, within 10 mUes of Timber-Creek
Landing, where a six-board Flat may come. Also,
upwards of 20 Acres of Wood-Land within a Mile of
Burlington. Also, in Bucks County, a stone Quarry,
with about Half an Acre of Land, and a small Stone-
House. Any Person inclining to purchase any ofthe
above mentioned Premises, may apply to Joseph Old-
man, or Isaac Conarow, in Burlington.  N. B.
Any Gentleman that purchases the House, &c. may
have Possession of it the first of November next, ttie
Governor intending to leave it the last Week in Oc
tober next — Ttie N. Y. Gazette Revived in ttie Weekly
Post Boy, Aug. 12, 175 1.
New-York, August 12. The Brig Young Daniel,
Capt. Evertson bound for Amsterdam, sailed from
Sandy-Hook last Wednesday, but having got about
50 Leagues at Sea sprung a Leak, so that all Hands
had hard Work to keep her above Water ; which
obliged them to put back again, and happily got safe
in last Night — Penna. Journal, Aug. 15, 1751. No.
456. New-York, August 26. We hear from Shrews
bury, that last Tuesday in the Afternoon, the House
of Joseph Price in that Town, was struck with Light
ning, accompanied by a violent Clap of Thunder,
which went thro' and shatter'd the House pretty
much, knock'd down three of his People, and kUl'd

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two Horses that stood at the Door. — Ttie N. Y.
Gazette Revived in ttie Weekly Post, Aug. 26, 1751.
Trenton Lottery Tickets to be sold by the Printer
hereof, at Fifteen Shillings, Proclamation, each. — Ttie
N. Y. Gazette Revived in ttie Weekly Post Boy, Aug.
19. '751- Philadelphia
Last week came to Town five Indians from the back
Parts, having done their Business, and being on their
return home yesterday, at Germantown they met an
old Indian from the Jerseys, and after drinking to
gether they quarrelled and shot the old Man, on
which the others were secured and brought to Town
last Night. — Penna. Journal, Aug. 22, 1751. No.
457- Custom House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop
Dolphin, James Savage from Salem. — Penna. Journal,
Aug. 22, 1 75 1. No. 457.
To BE Sold by the Subscriber, living in Philadel
phia, the following Tracts of Land, in West-New-Jer
sey, viz. Twenty Lots in the County of Morris near
the litde Pond, Two Hundred Acres in each Lot;
they are finely timber'd and water'd, and a large
Quandty of natural Meadow belonging to each Lot ;
the SoU is rich. and capable of producing great Crops
of Wheat, situated in a beautiful Part of the Country,
and in the Neighbourhood of Wealthy Farmers, sev
eral of whom are Dutch, the great Road to Bruns-

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wick Runs through the Body of said Lots, to which
Place they are about Thirty Miles distant ; and from
whence there is a direct Navigation to New- York.
Five Plantarions of two Hundred Acres each, in
the County of Hunterdon, on the North Branch of
Rarington River (commonly call'd Lamoertonk) ad
joining to Land of James Logan, Esq ; each Planta
tion being bounded on the River ; said Land is well
timber'd and in a fine Wheat Country ; within two
Miles of a Presbyterian Meeting House, and one
from a Dutch Church ; there are several Grist-Mills
round it, and one on the Tract ; which is a new one
and in good order, distant but Twenty Miles from
Brunswick. Four Plantations at Tohocanetkong in the County
of Morris, of two Hundred Acres each ; they are
well wooded and water'd and in a very growing Part
of the County. Exact Plans of the above Tracts
may be seen by those who are inclinable to purchase,
and Conditions of Sale known, at John Bayntons.
N. B. The Titles to the above Lands, are indis
putable.  Penn. Journal, Aug. 29, 1751. No. /{^2).
PhUadelphia, August 29-1751
Whereas on the i8th instant, one John Connor,
about 30 years of age, a short, chunkey, well set fel
low, of a red complexion, wears a wig, blue coat, and
brown double breasted jacket, stole from Andrew
Hays, of AUoway's-creek, Salem county the sum of
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and secures said Connor, so as he is brought to
Justice, shall have Three Pounds reward, paid by
Andrew Hays.
— Penn. Gazette, Aug. 29, 1751. No. 1185.
To be sold by John Rockhill, living at Dr. Cad-
walader's, in Philadelphia, A tract of land, contain
ing 539 acres, lying in Morris County, West-Jersey,
near Oxford furnace, it is exceedingly well watered
and timbered ; there are several very fine swamps in
the same, which will make extraordinary good
meadow, it lies in form of a long square, which may
be conveniently divided into two plantations ; it wUl
either be disposed of all together, or divided into two
equal parts. Any person who has a mind to pur
chase the same, may know the terms, by applying to
Maurice Roberson, at Oxford furnace, Joseph Clay
ton, at Trenton, or John RockhUl, at PhUadelphia. —
Penn. Gazette, Aug. 29, 1751. No. 1185.
Run away from the Subscriber in Monmouth
County, in New Jersey, a Servant Man named NeU
M"Fall, aged about 40 Years, of a short Stature,
round Shoulders, and has a large Nose; a Taylor by
Trade ; had on when he went away, a light colour'd
Frize Coat, a light colour'd Broad-cloth Jacket, blue
Camblet Breeches, and a short brown Wig. Who
ever takes up and secures the said Servant, so that
his Master may have him again, shall have Three
Pounds Reward, and all reasonable Charges, paid
by me, William M"conckv.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
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To be sold in the City of Perth-Amboy, a very
good Bake House, and DweUing-House. two Stories
and an half high, has three Fire-Places one above
another, a very good large Kitchen and a Cellar, with a
Well at the Door ofthe House ; as also Out- Houses,
well-accustomed for a Baker, with good Convenien-
eies for Bolting and Packing. Likewise a very good
Garden. — Whoever inclines to purchase the above-
mendoned Premisses may apply to Thomas Skin
ner, Baker, thereon. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived
in the Weekly Post Boy, Sept. 2. 1751.
TO be sold at publick Vendue, on Tuesday the
first Day of October next, two good Dwelling-
Houses, with the Land tnereunto belonging, in Pis-
cattaway in East-New-Jersey : One is a good large
Stone-House, formerly belonging to Benjamin Hull,
and lately to Israel Folsom, situate two MUes and a
half from New-Brunswick, on the High-Road to
Woodbridge, the other is adjoining, and lately be
longed to Phineas Potter, and has been a noted
Tavern for several Years ; there are good Orchards
adjoining to both Places, with about 20 Acres of
good Land : Also about loo Acres of Land, one
Mile back, of which 20 Acres is cleared, and the rest
all Wood-Land : The Houses are within three
Quarters of a Mile of a Landing, and both or either
very convenient for a Merchant, Tavern, or Trades
man, and wUl be sold all together or separate, as
raay be agreed on, at the Day of Sale. Any Per
son inclining to purchase before the Time of Sale,
may apply to Timothy Conner, now living on the

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Premisses, and know the Title and Conditions of
Sale.  The N. Y. Gazette Revived in ttie Weekly Post
Boy, Sept. 2, 1 75 1. Philadelphia,
We hear that the General Assembly, of the Pro
vince of New-Jersey, are to meet at Burlington, on
Tuesday the loth of this Instant, for the Dispatch of
Business. — Penn. Journal, Sept. 5, 1751. No. 459.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop
Dolphin, James Savage to Salem. — Penn. Jonrnal,
Sept. 12, 1 75 1. No. 460.
Custom-House, New-York. Inward Entries. Brig
Elizabeth and Anne, Morley Harrison from N. Jer
sey. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, Sept. 16, 1 75 1.
Custom-House, PhUadelphia, Entered In. Schoon
er Two Brothers, Richard Stevens from Salem. —
Penna. Journal, Sept. 19, 1751.
PhUadelphia, September 19.
We hear that the latter End of last month, died at
AmweU, in the Jerseys, George Hatton, in the 103d
Year of his Age ; he was born at Nansemond, in Vir
ginia, and retained his Sight and Senses to the Time
ofhis Death. He walked on Foot to visit a Neigh
bour at a considerable Distance but a few Days
before he died. He said that he was a Man in Bacon's
Wars and a Soldier under him. — Penn. Gazette, Sept.
19, 1751. No. 1 188,

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Bartholomew Rowley (at his School, in Burlington)
professes to teach the Latin and English Grammar,
Albany's Syntax and Prosodia, School Authors,
Rhetorick, Gordon's Geographical Grammar, Arith-
meric, &c.
N. B. That universal Comprehension of Natural
and CivU Story, i. e. Cosmography, may be read in
said school. — Penn. Gazette, Sept. 19, 1751. No.
1188. To be sold by the way of vendue, on the 24th of
October next, being the fifth day of the week, at 2
o'clock in the afternoon, at Joseph Woods at the sign
of the Seven Stars, in PUesgroove, Salem county,
near Oldman's creek. Two tracts of land, one tract
containing near 300 acres, with a large quantity of
meadow ground ; the other containing near 1 40 acres ;
both said tracts aie fronting on Oldman's creek, and
near a navigable landing ; which said land did belong
to Mahlon Stacy, Esq. deceased. Joshua Bispham.
— Penn. Gazette, Sept. 19, 1751. No. 1188.
Whereas one Peleg Willbour, born in New-Eng
land, and was a Wheel-wright by Trade, died lately
at Amboy : This is to inform his Heirs or Relations,
that on their applying to Mr. Thomas Fox, Post-
Master, in Amboy, and proving their Right, they may
receive the Effects left by him ; which is something
considerable. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the
Weekly Post Boy, Sept. 23, 1751.
TO be sold at publick Vendue, on Wednesday the
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Plantation in Elizabeth-Town, two MUes from Eng
Hsh Church, and on the Post Road to PhUadephia,
containing Twenty-six Acres of Land, about seven or
Eight of which are Meadow, and Ten good Wood-
Land, with a good Stream running by the Door, very
convenient for a Tan-Yard ; there is on said Planta
tion, a good Dwelling-House, wdth four Rooms and
three Fire-Places, a Stable, an orchard of 200 good
bearing Apple-Trees, and a Peach Orchard. The
title indisputable. There is to be sold at the same
Time and Place, Cows, Horses, Hay, and sundry
Kinds of Household Furniture. Any Person inclin
ing to purchase before the Day of Sale, may apply to
Jonathan Higgins, at John Ellis's in New- York, or at
the said Plantation. Said Higgins, who keeps a
Timber- Yard at Ellis's Slip, is wUling to supply any
Gentlemen, or others, with all the kinds of Timber,
Boards or Plank, Sash Windows, with Sashes and
Shutters to them, ready made, and at the cheapest
Rates ; he also makes Hatter's Blocks in the best
Manner, likewise all sorts of Shop Joyner's Ware,
and wUl take Timber, or merchantable Produce, in
all Payments. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the
Weekly Post Boy, Sept. 23, 1751.
On Friday, the first day of November next, at
Trenton, wiU be sold by public vendue, to the
highest bidder, the plantation of Barefoot Brunson
deceased, containing about 300 acres, situate, on
MiUstone River Bridge, on the Brunswick road,
together with about 150 acres of land near the same,
in Middlesex county, about a mUe from Kingston.
Dated this 24th of September, 1751. Mary Brun-

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son, Thomas Lawrence, Executors. — Penn. Gazette,
Sept. 26, 1 75 1. No. 1 189. September 23d, 1751.
Run-away last Night from Nathan Watson of
Mount Holley in Burlington County, West-Jersey,
an Irish Servant Man, Named Christopher Cooney,
of short Stature, pale Complexion, short brown Hair,
has a scarr on his left Cheek, near his Nose, has lost
one ofhis under fore Teeth, has had his Right Leg
broke, and walks with his Toes turning outwards ;
had on when he went away, a new Caster Hat, a
new red Ozenbrigs Shirt and Drawers, yarn Stock
ings and Neats Leather-Shoes : He took with him,
a smaU Roan pacing Horse, with a trimmed Main,
and shod before, an old hunting Saddle with blue
Cloth Housens. Whoever takes up said Servant
and Secures him so that his Master may have him
again, shall have three pounds Reward and reason
able Charges paid by Nathan Wat.son. — Penn.
Journal, Sept. 26, 1751. No. 462.
New-York, September 30. By several private Let
ters from London came in Capt Troup, we have
Advice, that the Honourable Robert Hunter Mor
ris, Esq.; Chief Jusdce of the Province of New-Jersey,
is appointed Lieutenant Governor of this Province.- —
The N. Y. Gazette Revived in ttie Weekly Post Boy,
Sept. 30, 1 75 1.
These are to give Notice to all Persons whatso
ever, that have dealt and traded with Robert Savage,
and Duncan Robertson, at Middletown Point, in
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Denis of Freehold, that the Time of their Continua
tion in joint Partnership, is expired the Twenty third
of last August ; and that all the Goods or Produce
that either of them buy for the future, shall be at
each One's particular Risque and Account There
fore, all Persons indebted to said Company, are
desired forthwith to come and discharge their several
Debts, or at least to settle them, and give Security,
if required, in order to enable said Partners to pay
their own Debts, and adjust then with their Credit
ors, otherwise they that don't come within a Month's
Space after this Notice, may expect the Consequence
attending Debtors refusing Payment, or giving Se
curity.
Tunis Denis, Robert Savage, Duncan Robertson.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, Sept. 30, 1757.
Run away from on board the Ship Lydia, Peter
Reeve, Commander, on the 13th of October, two
Servant Men, one named Alexander Johnston, a
Taylor by Trade, but has been in the Navy all the
War, aged 36 Years, about 5 feet 3 Inches high, a
thick fat well set fellow, much pock broken, with a
hard look, wears a blue Jacket, and sometimes a
striped Waistcoat, a brown Wig, an old felt Hat and
sometimes a blue Cap with white stripes, and said he
was married at Newark in East-Jersey. The other
named Joseph WUcocks, a SaUmaker by Trade, aged
about 34 Years  &c &c. &c
Whoever takes up and secures said servants so
that they may be had again, shall have 'Forty Shill-
lings for each, and reasonable Charges paid by James

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Pemberton or Peter Reeve. — Penna. Journal, Oct.
17,1751. A'o. 465. To be Sold —
A Plantation in the Jerseys, opposite Marcus-
Hook, containing about 400 acres of land, 70 acres
of which drain'd meadow ; there is on said place, two
good log-dwelling-houses, a good barn, stables, and
other out-houses, and a very good bearing orchard ;
there is a good ferry, kept at said plantation, and it
is very convenient for a tavern-keeper, having been
long used in that way of business. Any person in
clining to purchase, may apply to Timothy Rain, liv
ing on the premises, and be inform'd of the terms of
sale. Timothy Rain.
— Penn. Gazette, Oct. 24, 1751. No. 11 93.
Trenton Lottery Tickets sold by WUHam Franklin,
in Market-street, between Third and Fourth-streets.
— Penn. Gazette, Oct. 24, 1751. No. 1193.
To be sold by publick vendue, on Wednesday the
20th of November, on the premises, A lot of land,
situate and lying about four mUes from Trenton, con
taining one acre, upon the river road, with a good
frame house, twenty by sixteen feet, and a cellar
under the whole, well pointed, in the possession of
Mr. Thomas Sutton, and a w^ell of constant water,
and a good stable ; with divers fruit trees planted.
The said place is very commodious for either a shoe
maker, or blacksmith, both being very much wanted
on said place. The said lot makes a handsome
corner between two roads, the one leading to Tren-

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ton and the other to Brunswick. Also to be sold, a
lot of land containing twelve acres and one rod, about
four miles from Trenton, joining the aforesaid lot,
which will be sold with the said lot or separate (as
best suits the purchasers) there are three acres of
fine meadow on it, and a fine conveniency for a brick
yard, the clay being said to be the best in the town
ship Any person inclining to purchase the above
said premises, may be farther informed by applying
to Andrew Reed, in Philadelphia, next door to the
Jersey Ferry, or Joseph Reed and Moore Furman at
Trenton, and of said Thomas Sutton.
N. B. The purchasers may have a reasonable time
for the payment, giving good security, with interest:
The title is indisputable. — Penn. Gazette, Oct. 24,
1 75 1. No. 1 193.
Run away on the 26th of May last, from Robert
Savage, of Middletown Point Monmouth County, A
servant man, named Ferdinande Hughes, by trade a
taylor, of a low stature, round visage, fair complex
ion, about 25 years of age, very forward full of talk.
He took with him, a large bay horse, in good order.
Had on when he went away, a fine cloth turn'd coat
of a yellowish colour, red everlasting breeches ; and
is supposed to have a new cloth suit, pepper and salt
lined with red, wooden heel'd shoes uncommonly
high. Whoever takes up said servant, and secures
him, so as his master may have him again, shaU have
Three Pounds reward, and reasonable charges, paid
by Patrick Hanlon, at Bristol, in Bucks county, or by
Robert Savage. — Penn. Gazette, Oct. 24, 1751. No.
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Run away from Daniel Cooper, at the ferry, oppo
site to Philadelphia, on the i8th of September last, a
Negro man, named Criff" ; he belonged near two years
ago to Anthony Morris, junior, he is about 30 years of
age, a middling lusty fellow, pitted about the nose
with the small-pox : He took with him two jackets, of
a black and white twilled homespun, the back of the
upper one is lined with tow cloth, a pair of good
leather breeches, a pair of trowsers, and a pair of
shoes. Whoever secures said negroe, so that his
master may have him again, if within five miles from
home, shall have Twenty ShUlings reward, and if
farther off Thirty ShUHngs, and reasonable charges,
paid by Daniel Cooper.
— Penn. Gazette, Oct. 24, 1751. No. 1193.
Custom House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop
Mairmaid, Peter Groves from Salem. — Penna. Jour
nal, Oct. 31, 1 75 1. No. 467.
Twelve Pistoles, Reward —
STray'd or Stolen away on the 27th inst. at night,
from Isaac Cooper, in Newtown township, Glouces
ter county, about two miles from the ferry over
against Philadelphia, the following creatures, viz, a
bright, bay mare, about 14 hands high, with a black
mane and taU, a broad well set creature, her two hind
feet white, is used to drawing and cannot pace, being
about ten years old : and a large well set chestnut
sorrel mare, about four years old, her mane and taU
of the same colour, a natural pacer, with two or three
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about 14 hands two inches high, and it is beheved
they are branded I. C. on the near shoulder. Who
ever takes up the said mares and brings them to
Samuel Noble, at the upper end of Second-street,
Philadelphia, or to said Isaac Cooper, shall have a
Pistole reward for each, and for the thief if stolen, so
as he be brought to justice. Ten Pistoles reward, and
reasonable charges, paid by Isaac Cooper.
— Penn. Gazette, Oct. 31, 1751. No. 1194.

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Mr. Parker. N your Paper ofthe 29th [25th] March last, I
see some of your Correspondents have given
us a Paper upon Jersie Politicks ; I must allow, as he
says. That it is a common Observation, that seeing
Men engaged in any kind of Exercise, thd perfect
Strangers to us, we are apt to find our Hopes and
Wisties of a sudden engaged more on one side than
another ; which is a good Reason why we should in
terest ourselves in the public Affairs of a Coiintry
more especially where we are Members of the Com
munity ; but as I am not a Member of the Jersie Com
munity, nor an Inhabitant among them, I give myself
little Concern about their Politicks, any farther than
they relate to those in New- York: But to hear the
Senriments of some of our Connoisseurs upon their
public Proceedings, is sometimes merry enough, and
shows you that they are not such great Connoisseurs
of their own Interest as People would imagine:
Some of them I have heard assert, that the Assembly
were certainly right, and the CouncU as certainly
wrong, and some assert the contrary ; which naturally

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I
led me to imagine, they were swayed by the Merits
of the Cause ; but when I found the whole Dispute
turned upon the Method of laying the Land-Tax,
that is, whether bad Land should pay as much as
good, it convinced me, that it was the Men and not
the Cause that biassed them in their Judgments :
Had those Councillors been Assemblymen, and in
sisted as they had insisted, they would have been srill
wrong in these Gentlemen's Opinions ; all which led me
to consider the Situation of our own Province, how far
what the Assembly insisted on there, may not in some
Measure answer our Ends here ; I would not be un
derstood to mean their starving a Governor, or giv
ing Countenance to the Invaders of private Property ;
what I mean is their insisting upon a Land-Tax, which
is certainly right, provided it be done in an equitable
Manner ; that is, to Tax good Lands at such a cer
tain Price, and bad Lands at a less, that is, in Pro
portion : I shall be told, that there is no Proportion
between bad Lands and good ; but I beg to be ex
cused ifl deny the Consequence :
I am told, that in Jersie, they have an Instruction
from his Majesty to the Governor, Not to lay any
Tax upon unprofitable Lands : The meaning of that
Instruction, I suppose, the Person or Persons bound
by it, are the proper Judges : In New-York, there is
¦ no Instructioii about it ; and therefore, I cannot see
any Injustice it would be, to lay one Penny an Acre
upon all the good Land in the Province, and one
Farthing an Acre upon all the barren Lands : This
wiU be called, a monstrous, hideous, terrible Tax by
some Folks ; but at the same Time, if these F"olks

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will but consider, what an Advantage it will be to the
Province in general; how soon it will sink allthe
Paper-Money in the Country, pay off aU the publick
Debts, establish our Credit upon the firmest Founda
tion, encourage our Trade, put us in the best Posture
of Defence, and soon make us a powerfull and flour
ishing People : I say, when they cooly consider these
Things, they will think it the most equitable Tax in
the World : First, let us consider what this Tax would
bring in, and next, the Equity of it ; First ; then the
Province is supposed to contain Ten MUlion of Acres,
Two MUlion of which are barren. Eight MUlions at
one penny an Acre, would bring in yearly 33333 I. 6
s. 8 d. and the Two Millions of Barrens would come
to 2033 : 6 : 8 which in the whole would amount to
35416: 13: 4
As to the Equity, many Merchants in the City that
carry on any considerable Trade, are taxed at 40 or
50 1. a Year, besides near 4 or 500 a Year, for the
Duties on their Trade, 'whUe a Man that is worth
30,000 1. in Lands, shall not pay any Thing : There
certainly can be no Equity in such an unequal Tax ;
I have heard it asserted, the Buyer pays the Duty
and not the Seller, but I have always observed in the
little Trade I have carried on, that the Dearness or
Cheapness of a Commodity, is intirely owing to the
Scarcity or Plenty ofit, and not to the Duries : This
Tax of a penny an Acre, is very far from being a
Hardship, as wUl appear by the following Example ;
an Owner Leases out 100 Acres of Land, at 10 1. a
year Rent, the Tenant to pay the Taxes, which wiU
amount to 8 s. 4 per Annum ; so that if he Leas.es

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10,000 Acres, his Tenants wUl pay I. 41 13 4 Taxes,
and he receive I, 1000 per. Annum Rent, while a
Cidzen that only trades for that Sum a Year, shall
pay almost double that Tax, besides his Duties, Ris
que, and Insurance ; while these Gendemen of large
Tracts pay Nothing : Whether this be reasonable, I
must leave to the unbiassed and unprejudiced to de
termine. This Scheme may be looked upon, as one con
trived to distress those that possess large Tracts of
Land : It has no such View, but is designed to make
every Man pay in proportion to his Estate, and equally
bear the Burthen : It is an Observation in all Gov
ernments, that those possessed of tl^e largest Share
of Prosperity, will have the largest Share of Power;
I believe the Observation is true, but at the same
Time, tho' they are possessed of the Power, let them
not load the Poor and Industrious with the Taxes ;
but as they feed upon the Fat of the Land, let them
generously, out of their Abundance, contribute their
Mites, (tho' it be against their Wills) to the Preserva-
don. Defence, and Prosperity of their Country ;
Salus Populi suprema Lex esto, is what every Man in
a publick Starion ought strictly to adhere to, and
Nothing wUl so effectually contribute to that End, as
to faU upon proper Methods to pay the publick Debts,
imploy the industrious Poor, give our Posterity a
liberal Education, and make them wiser than our
selves. To this Scheme, I foresee many Objections will be
raised, to persuade the People, that it is Nothing but
Pique and Resentment, but the several Objections

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may be easily answered ; first, it wUl be said, that
many People are possessed of great Quantities of
barren Land, that it would be unreasonable to make
them pay one farthing an Acre for Land not worth
any Thing : Most of the barren Lands in this Pro
vince, are what are called Pine Lands, and every
Man that knows any Thing of them, knows the great
Quantities of Boards that are made of the Pine
Trees, and the Profit they bring to their owners.
Another Objection will be, that Lands pay already
2s. 6d. Proclamation, for every loo Acres, to his
Majesty, for a Quit-Rent, and to add 8s. 4d. more,
will make it too large and heavy a Tax : This may
be some Objection to the Patents granted since the
Year 1710, but all those granted before, pay such an
inconsiderable Quit-Rent, that it is scarce worth
mentioning ; besides, no Person since that Year
could obtain a Patent for more than 200 Acres of
Land ; which with the Addirion of 2s. 6d. Proclama
tion, will make the whole Tax for the 2000 Acres,
come but to iil. which is but a moderate Tax for
what is worth a Thousand, at a reasonable Computa-
rion : Another Objection wUl be, how is this Tax to
be collected ; that it wUl be so great a Charge, that
it will take away the greatest Part, if not all the Tax ;
but it can be collected in a very easy and unexpen-
sive Method ; let every Man by Law, be obliged to
give in upon Oath, to the Treasurer of the County,
where his Land lies, the Quantity of Acres in his
Patent or Deed ; and to prevent any future Trouble,
let the Treasurer keep a Book, and enter every
Man's Name, with the Quandty of Acres he pos
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any Man to swear, that his Lands do contain fewer
Acres than the real Quantity in the Bounds of his
Patent or Conveyance.
I have been told, that a Country-Man that pos
sesses but 500 Acres of Land, which is improved,
and a good Stock of Creatures upon it, shall pay 5I.
or 61. a Year, whUe one that possesses 50,000, shall
not pay any Thing : And in the City, he that pos
sesses a House, and is a Trader, he shall pay 20I. or
30I. a year, besides the Tax upon the Trade. Now
why a Man who trades for 1. 500 a year should pay
five Times as much as a Man that is possessed of a
1000 Acres of Land, I can't comprehend; I know I
shall be told, the trading Man gets more ; so he may
if he makes good Voyages; but if he makes bad,
he wUl soon lose all ; while the Countryman's Land
rises in Value, and can't run away, except it be
attacked with those violent Distempers of Luxury
and Extravagance, which wUl inevitably bring on a
Mortgage, which is seldom or ever removed, but by
the most dUigent Application, or some surprising
turn of Fortune.
I do not take upon me to dictate to my Superiors ;
they certainly are the best Judges what is proper to
be done for the Good of the Country ; but at the
same Time, every Member ofthe Commqnity ought
to have the Liberty of offering any Scheme to the
Publick he may conceive for their Benefit ; if it
should appear hurtful to the Publick, they ought to
point out his Errors, in order to set him right, and
induce him to contrive a more beneficial one ; yet I
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from our City Members, in whatsoever Light it may
be represented to the Members of the Country. —
The N. Y Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy,
Nov. II, 1 75 1.
TO be sold. Four Lots of Land, lying and being
near Rocky-Hill, in Somerset County, in the Pro
vince of East-New-Jersey, 13 MUes from New-Bruns
wick, known by the Lots, Number i, 2, 3, and 4.
Lot No. I. contains 240 Acres of good Land, 30
of which can be made in good Clover Meadow
Ground, and all in good fence ; there is also an
Orchard planted thereon, of about 1 50 Apple Trees,
choice Fruit for making Cyder, and is about a MUe
and a Quarter from two Grist-Mills.
Lot No. 2. contains 516 Acres, 150 ofwhich can
be made extraordinary good Meadow Ground, 60
of the same is twice a Year mowed, and produces
large Quantities of Hay; it's aU in good Fence,
with a good DweUing-House, new Barn, Waggon
and Negro Houses thereon : As also an Orchard
with 500 Apple-Trees, a great Part of which is
grafted with Newtown Pippins, as Spitzenberg,
Runpitans, and Pearmains, which would have pro
duced, at least 50 Hogsheads of Cyder, and Hes one
Mile from the aforesaid MUls.
Lot No. 3, contains 200 Acres of choice Wheat-
Land, not yet cleared. Thirty ot which can be made
very good Meadow, and lies one MUe and an Half
from said MUls.
Lot No. 4. contains 377 Acres, all good Land,
adjoining MiUstone River. VN'hoever inclines to
purchase the Whole, or any Part, may apply to

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Mr. James Vanhorn, on the Premises, or to Mr.
Abraham Vanhorne, Merchant in New York, and
know the Conditions and Tirie which is indisputable.
As also two Houses, the one opposite Mr. Jacob
Franks, now in the Possession of Mr. Dirck Brinker-
hooff the other in the back Street, commonly called
or known by the Name of Bayard's-Street now in
the Possession of Mr. Nicholas Van Dyke. — Ttie N.
Y. Gazette Revived in ttie Weekly Post Boy, Nov. 1 1 ,
1751-

Just imported from Bristol, in the Ship Two
Friends, Capt. Wadmore, by John and Uzal Ogden,
and to be Sold cheap Wholesale and Retail at their
Store at Newark, for ready Money or Country Pro
duce at Market price. A choice Assortment of
European Goods fit for the Season. — The N. Y.
Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, Nov. 1 1 ,
1751-

Run away from Elijah Bond, at Trentown, in West
New-Jersey, a Negro Man named Lott, about five
Feet nine Inches high, a down Look, a well set Lusty
Fellow, about 24 years of Age : Had on when he
went away a red great Coat ; his other Cloaths are
suppos'd to be chang'd, or wore out He is sup
posed to be in Stamford, in New England. He went
from Egg-Harbour in a Shingle-Shallop, or some other
Vessel. — Whoever takes up said Negro, and secures
him so that his Master may have him again, shall

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have Three Pounds Reward, by me Elijah Bond.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, Nov. II, 1 75 1.
PhUadelphia, November 21.
Last Week Richard Smith, Esq. of Burlington, in
West New Jersey, was buried in the Friends Bury
ing Ground, in that City ; in whom the Characters of
a Generous Good natur'd Hospitable Man, of a True
Patriot, and of a Good Christian, were so truly united,
that he liv'd belov'd and esteem'd by all that knew
him, and his Death is lamented as a publick Loss by
the People of that Province.^ * * * * * — Penn.
Gazette, Nov. 21, 1751. No. 1197.
The managers of the lottery, set on foot to finish
the church at Trenton, beg leave to acquaint the
publick, that the true reason of the lottery's not
being drawm at the time limited, was intirely owing
to the want of intelligence of the sale of a number of
tickets dispersed in different hands about the coun
try ; and that they now request of those gentlemen
who shall have any tickets left unsold by the first of
February, that they would return them to the man
agers ; and the lottery wUl peremptorily be drawn in
one week after. — Penn. Gazette, Nov, 21, 1751. No.
1197.

1 Richard Smith, son of Samuel Smith, of Bramham, was born July s, 1699 ; he married
August 20, 1719, Abigail, daughter of Thomas Rapier, and in 1720 erected a handsome
dwelhngfor his biide, in Burlington, which was subsequently occupied by Gov. Belcher.
Smith was extensively engaged in commerce, his wharves and storehouses being on
" Green Bank," Burlington. From 1730 until 1748 he was one of Burlington city's two
representatives in the Assembly. Samuel Smith, the historian, was qne qf his sqns,

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To his Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq. Captain
General and Governor in Chief of ttie Colony of
New-Jersey, and Territories thereon depending in
America, Ctiancellor, and Vice Admiral of the
same.
The Humble Address of the Mayor, Recorder, Ald
ermen, and Common-Council, ofthe Borouo-h of
Elizabeth.
May it please your Excellency,
WE His Majesty's dutiful and loyal Subjects,
beg Leave to give your Excellency, with
your Honourable Lady, a hearty welcome to the
Borough of Elizabeth ; and to express our utmost
Satisfaction in the Hopes of your long residing
among us.^
The happy Experience we have had for more than
four Years, of your mild, wise, and just Administra
tion ; the Vigilance, Zeal, and Prudence, you have at
all Times discovered, in protecting our Liberties and
PrivUeges ; proceeding with that mixture of Justice,
and Levity, which have in a great Measure been ef
fectual, to calm and heal the unha.ppy Disorders, that
have so long disturb'd this Province.
Your manifest Concern and Care, to do every
Thing to promote the religious, and civil Interest of
this People ; hath raised in us the highest Gratitude
to Divine Providence.
May God in singular Goodness to us, grant you
long to preside over this Province ; which is now very
1 Gov. Belcher had found that the air of Burlington did not agree with him, and there
fore decided to remove to Elizabethtowrn, where he engaged a house on Jersey street,
which met the approval of Mrs. Belcher and his daughter on their inspecting it on March
19, 1751. The family arrived Nov. i , the date of this address.

I

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happy, under the best of Kings, committed to the
Care of one truly worthy to represent him.
Borough ^Elizabeth
1st Nov. 1 75 1 John Stites, Samuel Woodruff,
John Radley, Robert Ogden,
Stephen Crane, Thomas Clark,
Jotm Chandler, John Halsted.
His Excellency s Answer,
Gentlemen, Very kindly and gratefully own your respectful
Address ; and take ttiis Opportunity to assure
you, by the Favour and Assistance of Almigtity God,
I will at all Times endeavor to my utmost, to pi'omote
His Majesty s Honour, and Interest, and the Prosper
ity and Happiness of litis Province ;—And s tiall be
glad, to contribute in any Tiling you can point out to
me, to make tlie Borougti of Elizabeth, still a more
flourishing Town. J. Belcher.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in ttie Weetdy Post
Boy, Nov. 25, 175 1.
New York, November 25. We hear from Kings
ton, in East New-Jersey, that on Sunday the loth of
this Instant, in the Evening, after having been twice
published the same Day, Daniel Balay. aged 68
Years, was married there to Elizabeth Waters,
aged 78 Years : — the first had been a Widower 8
Months, and the other a Widow 35 Years: — The
Ceremony was performed with the utmost Solemnity
before a very crowded Audience. — Ttie N. Y. Gaz
ette Revived in ttie Weetdy Post Boy, Nov. 25, 1751.

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Lost, between Dr. Mercer's Mills and New-Bruns
wick, a small black Bitch with long Ears, a litde
White on Toes and Breast, (commonly called King
Charles's Breed) she comes to the Name of Dutch
ess, and had a Brass Collar and Lock, when lost in-
graved, S. Hainsworth, New-York, 175 r. Whoever
will bring the Bitch to S. Hainsworth's Store at New-
York, or New-Brunswick, shall receive Five Shillino-.s
Reward. — A large Assortment of Gun-Powder, and
European Goods to be sold cheap at the above
Stores — And, ready Money for Buck- Horns and
Bees-Wax. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly
Post Boy, Nov. 25, 1 75 I.
To be sold by Elizabeth Biles, near Trenton A
Plantadon containing about 700 acres of land, 200 of
which is excellent meadow, a large house, orchard,
barn, stables, and other out houses, most pleasantly
situate on the river Delaware, with a variety of
delightful prospects, a mile south of Trenton Ferry,
being a commodious seat for a gentleman or farmer,
fishing and fowling in as great perfection as on any
part ofthe river, and is a very suitable place to raise
a large flock of cattle, sheep and hogs. Any person
inclining to purchase, may know the terms of sale,
by applying to Elizabeth Biles, living on the
premises. — Penn. Gazette, Nov. 28, 1751. No. 1198.
Run away on the 2nd inst from Arthur M'Uveen,
near Woodberry, in Deptford township, Gloucester
county, in the Province of West Jersey: A servant
man, named John Welch, about 25 years of age, a
likely well-set feUow, about 5 feet, 6 inches high:

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Had on when he went away, a blue cloth jacket,
white shirt, old buckskin breeches, blue worsted
stockings, a pair of pumps with brass buttons ; he
was born in Ireland, and speaks with the brogue.
He took with him a white mare, about twelve hands
high, with wall eyes. Said Welch is a weaver by
trade, and was formerly a servant to John Cooper,
weaver, of Chester county, in Pennsylvania. Who
ever takes up said servant, and secures him in
Gloucester goal, so that his master may have him
again, shall have Twenty Shillings reward, and
reasonable charges, paid by Arthur M'Uveen.
— Penn. Gazette, Dec. 5, 1751. No. 1199.
New York, December 2. We hear from Elizabeth
Town in New-Jersey that several Mad Dogs have
infested that Neighbourhood within these few Weeks
past ; some of which have been killed betore any
Mischitf had been done ; but that a Girl had been
Bit by one of them which had flung her into that ter
rible Condirion, which all Accounts agree is common
to those bit in Europe ; — As these are the first that
ever appeared in these Parts, it has much alarmed
the Inhabitants ; and has also occasioned the foUow
ing Letter, and Receipe's being sent to the Printers,
viz. Mr. Parker,
AS we hear, there are a great Number of Mad Dogs
in the County oi Essex, not twenty MUes from this
Place, and that some People have been already bit by
them ; I think it the Duty of every one, if they know of
any Thing, that may be a Cure of that most terrible

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Distemper, to communicate it for that Purpose ; 1
send you herewith, No. 474, of the Philosophical
Transactions in order to publish.
Part of a Letter from Alexander Reid, Esq ; to Dr.
Wilmot. London, Nov. 5, 17451
Dear Sir,
AS your Zeal and Abilities for promoting the Good of Man
kind are my principal Inducements, they must be my only
Apology, for troubling you with the following Account of
what I know concerning the internal Lfse of Musk in large
Quantities. About 15 Years ago, I learn'd in China, that the Tonquinese
had an infallible Cure for the Bite of a mad Dog ; and being
very desirous of possessing so valuable a Recipe, I was two or
three Years after, favoured with it by the late Mr. Hart.
They take of the best Musk about sixteen Grains ; of the
purest native Cinnabar, and finest Vermillion, each about
twenty four Grains ; and, having reduced them separately to
impalpable Powders, mix and administer them in about a Gill
of Arrack; (Rum will A'nsiver tke End as well) which, in
two or three Hours, generally throws the Patient, into a sound
Sleep, and Perspiration, if not, they repeat the Dose, and
think the Cure certain.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, Dec. 9, 1751.
The Drawing the Lottery at Trentown, for finish
ing the Church there, is fixed certainly the Beginning
of February next — There is stUl remaining to seU,
some tickets in the Hands ofthe Printer hereof; and
those that remain unsold by the Middle of January,
wiU be then returned without Fail. — The N. Y.
Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, Dec. 9,
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TO Be Sold. A tract of Land, situate in the
County of Ulster, bounded on the Paltz River, con
taining about lOOO Acres, being Part of a Tract for
merly patented to Mr. Barberie, about i6 Miles from
Ellis's Landing, to which is a good Road : It's to be
soldall together, orin Farms, beingalready divided into
six Lots of about 250 Acres, one ofwhich is sold. For
further Particulars enquire of Francis Barberie, in
New- York, or of John Barberie, in Perth-Amboy, who
has to sell, a small Farm, situate at Rariton-Landing,
a MUe above New-Brunswick, in New-Jersey, whereon
is a good House, two Stories high, Sash-window'd, a
Shop adjoining, and a Cellar under it ; a good Store-
House, Bake-House and Oven ; a Barn, an Orchard,
and large Garden: the whole containing 55 Acres,
nine whereof are fine English Meadow Ground, join
ing to the River, being a convenient Place for a
Store-Keeper, a Store having been kept there many
years, and will be sold altogether, or in 3 Parts, thus ;
The Meadow, consisting of 9 Acres ; The BuUdings,
with the Garden and orchard, consisting of about
4 Acres ; and the Up-land, Part whereof is Wood-
Land. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly
Post Boy, Dec. 16, 1752.
TO be sold at publick Vendue, on Tuesday the
3 [ st of March next, a Plantation in the Borough of
Elizabeth-Town, County of Essex, and Province of
East-New-Jersey, containing upwards of 60 Acres of
Land, ten of which are very good Mowing Ground,
and 20 Acres good Wood-Land ; it lies very commo
dious on the East Side of Rahway River, within less
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to Rariton : There is on said Plantation a good
Dwelling House, a young Orchard, and a very good
WeU. Any Person inclining to purchase said Planta
don before the Day of Sale, may apply to Ebenezer
Sayre, near the Premisses, by whom an indisputable
Tide wiU be given.
Said Sayre has to dispose of 13 Acres of Land,
within less than a Quarter of a Mile of the above
mentioned Plantation ; the greatest Part of which is
very good Wood-Land. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived
inthe Weekly Post Boy, Dec. 23, 1751.
TO be sold, a good Dwelling-House and Lot of
Land belonging to the same, bounding on Rariton
River, at the east End of New-Brunswick, commonly
known by the Name of the Ship-yard, and is very
convenient for the same. Any Person or Persons
inclining to purchase the aforesaid Premises may
apply to William Blaine, who lives on the same, and
agree on reasonable Terms. — The N. Y. Gazette
Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, Dec. 23, 1751.
New-York, December 2,0. Last Wednesday Morn
ing, about 3 o'clock, a Stirewsbury Boat with three
Men on board, two of whom were Brothers of the
Name of Parker, returning home from this City, was
overset near Red-Hook, by a sudden Flaw of Wind ;
by which Accident two of the Men were drowmed ;
but as she was going over, one of the Parkers hap
pily got on her Bottom, where he continued till the
Boat drove down, with the Tide, to the Narrows ;
where, just at Daylight, he was discovered by some
People on Shore, who went off with a Periauger and

122 NEW JERSEY COLOnIAL DOCUMENTS. [l^j'
took him up. The Boat afterwards drove on some
Shoals near the Ferry, and 'tis probable may be re
covered, if the Ice don't destroy her. — The N. Y.
Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, Dec. 30,
r75i- Whereas there hath been a Stage carried on for
one whole Year past, by Boats and Waggons, from
New-York to Philadelphia, by way of Amboy and
Borden's Town, and by Experience been found to
answer the End it was designed for, as much as we
could expect in so short a Time : These are therefore
to inform the Publick, that I, Daniel O' Brian, being
provided with a Boat exceedingly well fitted, with a
very handsome Cabbin, and all necessary Accommo
dations, propose to give my Attendance at the late
Col. Moore's Wharf every Monday (and may be
spoke with at the House of Scotch Johney,) and next
Day, Wind and Weather permitting, to proceed for
Amboy Ferry, to John Cluck's, where a Waggon
kept by John Richards, will be ready to receive either
Goods or Passenger's, and to proceed with them to
Borden's-Town, where a Stage Boat will be ready to
carry them to Philadelphia ; and the same Method
will be followed from the Crooked-BUlet Wharf at
PhUadelphia, up to Borden's-Town, and shall proceed
Load or no Load ; and we propose going twice a
Week after the 25th March next by which Means
Passengers or Goods may never be detained on the
Road. We expect to give better Satisfaction this
Year, than last, by Reason we are more acquainted
with the Nature of the Business, and have more con
venient Boats, Waggons, and Stages, and wiU en-

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deavour to use People in the best Manner we are ca
pable of, and hope all good People wiU give it the
Encouragement it deserves. So with Respect, we
remain Friends to the Publick. Daniel O'Brien.
Joseph Richards.
Joseph Borden, Jun.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weetzly Post
Boy, Dec. 30, 1751.
Run away on the 29th of December last, from
Thomas Blair, of Bethlehem township, Hunterdon
county. West Jersey, an Irish servant man, named
John Newcomb, about 22 years of age, a well set
fellow, about five feet nine inches high, full faced :
Had on when he went away, a brown pea jacket,
and a blue one under it, two check shirts, two pair
of stockings, one light blue worsted, the other dark
colour'd wool, wide sailor trowsers and fustian
breeches under them, good shoes with pewter
buckles, short brown wig, and a felt hat, perhaps he
may pass for a saUor. Whoever takes up and
secures said servant so that his master may have
him again, shall have Forty Shillings reward, and
reasonable charges, paid by Thomas Blair.
N. B. All masters of Vessels are forbid to carry
him ofif at their peril. — Penn. Gazette, Jan. 7, 1752.
No. 1204.
New York, December 16. — We hear Capt. Shoals,
in a Brig from Europe, arrived some days ago within
Sandy-Hook, but was prevented coming up, by the
Ice. — Penn. Journal, Jan. 7, 1752. No. 477.

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\

Run away on Wednesday the Sth Instant, from
Hartshorne Fitz Randolph, of Woodbridge, living
near the Blazing-Star, in Middlesex County, and
Province of East New-Jersey, an Irish Servant Lad,
named Michael Hibbets, about i6 or 17 Years old,
of a dark Complexion, has black curled Hair, of a
middle Size, and is a Chimney-Sweeper by Trade.
Had on when he went away, an old wide brim'd
Wool Hat a very ragged brown Great- Coat, a
Homespun Kersey Coat and Jacket, with Mettal
Buttons, Leather Breeches, coarse Yarn Stockings,
and Shoes ty'd with Leather Strings ; he speaks
very good English. He was seen in New-York,
and 'tis thought is in or about said City. 'Tis sup
posed he has Silver about him to the Value of three
Pounds. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned to
carry him off, at their PerU : And, whoever takes up
the said Servant, so that his Master may have him
again, shall have Thirty Shillings Reward, and aU
reasonable Charges, paid by
Hartshorne Fitz Randolph.
— N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy,
Jan. 13, 175?.
Broke open in the Night between the 6th and 7th
Instant, the House of James Rutherfoord, in Tren
ton, and stolen out of said House, the following
Goods, viz. One Women's new fine Purple Cloth
Short Cloak, i new Silk Bath Jockey Bonnet with
black Lining, i new dark purple and white CalHco
Gown, 2 new Shifts, 2 new shirts mark'd R. R. i
ditto mark'd I. B. i Muslin Handkerchief, i very fine
Check ditto, very small Check, i Napkin, i Man's

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Linnen Cap, with Ruffels, mark'd A. W. i plain
Linnen Cap mark'd M. F. 6 Stocks, and several
other small Things : Also about 40 Pounds in Cash,
Pennsylvania and Jersey Paper, and some Silver ;
amongst which is about 20 s. in English ShUlings and
Six-pences. Whoever takes up the Thief with the
Goods, so that the Owner may have them again,
shall have Ten Pounds Reward ; and for the Thief
only, so that he, she, or they may be brought to
Justice, Five Pounds Reward, per
James Rutherfoord.
— A^. Y. Gazette, Revived in ttie Weekly Post Boy,
Jan. 13, 1752.
TO Be Sold, or Lett. A very good Dwelling-
House, containing several Fine-Rooms well finished,
a good Stone Cellar under it and a Kitchen and
MUk-House adjoining to it. The Lot belonging to
said House, consists of near four Acres of good
Land, upon which there is a very good bearing
Orchard, two Gardens, a very good Stone Well, a
large Store-House, Chaise-House, and Stable, &c.
Which House and Appurtenances, are situated in
the Centre of the Town of Shrewsberry, in New-
Jersey, near the English Church, the Presbyterian's
and Quaker Meeting-Houses, being very convenient
for a Gentleman or Merchant, lying within two or
three MUes of several Landings and MUls : There is
also belonging to the same, forty Acres of good
Land, well timber'd, within a Mile of said House.
Those who have a Mind to purchase or hire, may en
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and know further. — Ttte N. Y. Gazette Revived in
the Weekly Post Boy, Jan. 20, 1752.
TO be sold, two good Houses and a Lot of Ground,
together or separate, one in Hanover-Square, now in
the Tenure of Jasper Farmar, the other joining
thereto, fronting Hunter's-Key, now in the Tenure
of Mrs. Gomez. Apply tp Mr. Nicholas Governeur,
or said Farmar  There is also to be
sold by the said Governeur and Farmar, a Parcel of
Lots of Meadow ; and an Island, lying on the East
Side of Hackinsack River, in East- New-Jersey, join
ing to the North Boundaries of a Tract belonging to
the Corporation of Bergen, on the East Side, joining
to a Tract of Land formerly Mr. Samuel Edsal's.
Good Titles will be given by the Executors of Mrs.'
Maria Governeur. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in
the Weekly Post Boy, Jan. 20, 1752.
PhUadelphia, January 21, 1752.
We hear from Trenton, that in the Night between
the 6th and 7th Instant, the House of James Ruther
ford was broke open there, and Goods to a consid
erable Value carried off with about Forty Pounds in
Cash. — Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan. 21, 1752. No.
1206. There is stUl remaining in the Hands ofthe Printer
hereof Ten of the Trentown Lottery Tickets ; such
ofthem as are not taken away before next Saturday,
will be then returned : The said Lottery is to be
drawn the first Week in February. — The N. Y. Ga
zette Revived in the Weakly Post Boy, Jan. .37, 1752,

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Wpiereas Anotomy is allowed on all Hands, to be
the Foundation of Physick and Surgery, and conse
quently, without Some Knowledge of it, no Person
can be duly qualified to pracdce either : This is
therefore to inform the Public, That a Course of
Osteology and Myology, is intended to be begun,
some Time in February next, in the City of New-
Brunswick, (of which Notice wUl be given in this
Paper, as soon as a proper Number have subscribed
towards it) In which Course, all the human Bomes
wiU be separately examined, and their Constructions
and Dependencies on each other demonstrated ; and
all the Muscles of a human Body dissected ; the
Origin, Insertion, and Use of each, plainly shewn,
&c. This Course is propos'd to be finished in the
Space of a Month, By
Thomas Wood, Surgeon
Such Gentlemen who are willing to attend this
Course, are desired to subscribe their Names as
soon as possible, with Mr. Rictiard Ayscougti,
Surgeon, at New York, or said Thomas Wood, at
New Brunswick, paying at the same Time, Three
Pounds, Proc. and engaging to pay the said Sum of
Three Pounds more, when the Course is half finished.
N. B. If proper Encouragement is given in this
Course, he proposes soon after, to go thro' a
Course of Angiology and Newrology ; and con
clude, with performing aU the Operations of
Surgery, on a dead Body : The Use of which wUl
appear to every Person, who considers the Neces
sity of having (at least) Seen them perform'd ;
before he presumes to perform them himself on any

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living Fellow-Creature. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived
in the Weekly Post Boy, Jan. 27, 1752.
To be Lett
The dweUing-house and plantation where Robert
Field now lives, at White hUl in West-New-Jersey,
being a beautiful seat by the river Delaware, a very
good dwelling-house, and good barn, a good and
very convenient bake-house, under the bank by the
river, with a wharff to the Channel to accommodate
it, about 150 acres of cleared land and meadow; a
good orchard, garden and all in good order and
good fence ; to be lett for the term of 4 or 5 years.
The person inclining to rent the same, may know
the terms, by applying to Robert Field, living on the
place. — Penn. Gazette, Jan. 28, 1752. No. 1207.
STolen on Wednesday night, the 22nd inst
out ofthe stable of Joshua Howel, of Am
well in New Jersey. A dark bay, pacing horse, in
very good order, about 14 hands and a half high,
has very crooked hind legs and scringes like a deer,
when he is mounted, without mark or brand, short
switch taU, shod all round with new shoes, and is
about 5 years old. Whoever takes up the said horse
and thief so that the thief may be brought to justice,
shall have Two Pistoles reward for each, and reason
able charges, paid by Joshua Howel.
— Penna. Gazette, Jan. 28, 1752. No. 1207.
Run away from Benjamin Morgan, in Waterford
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named Andrew Head, about 22 years of age, mid
dling taU, round shouldered, with black curl'd hair.
Had on when he went away an old felt hat, brown
linnen coat, with hooks instead of buttons, a light
colour'd jacket, and a red one under it, light colour'd
cloth breeches, 3'arn stockings, and half worn shoes.
Whoever takes up and secures said servant, so that
his master may have him again, shall have Three
Pounds reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Benjamin Morgan
N. B. Said servant has lost part of his nose, so
that he has but one nostril, which causes a defect in
his speech. — Peimsylvania Gazette, Jan. 28, 1752.
To be sold, by publick vendue, on the second of
March next, by the executrix of Robert Hubbs, de
ceased, the plantation, where he lived, in Gloucester
county, about four mUes from Cooper's Ferry, con
taining about 200 acres of good land, well water'd
and dmber'd, with about 15 acres of meadow, and
more may be made, a good orchard, dwelling-house,
barn, and other outhouses ; also cows, horses, and
other utensUs for farming : Said place lies about one
mOe from a landing, where attendance, and reason
able credit will be given, giving security, if required,
by Lucy Hubbs.
— Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan. 28, 1752-
Run away from John PhUlips of this City, 4th of
May last, a Negro Man named Sampson, about 40
Years of Age, a short well set Fellow, much pitted
with the Small Pox, has a very old look, had on when
he went away a blue Fearnothing Jacket, Oznabrigs

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Shirt and Trowsers, and an old Felt Hat. He has
made a Practice of Running away and Sculking in the
Woods near Plantations, he Avas taken up last Year
and put in Amboy Goal. Whoever takes up and
secures said Negro so that his Master may have him
again shall have Five Pounds, Reward and reason
able Charges paid, by John PhUips.
— Penna. Journal, Jan. 28, 1752. No. 480.
PhUadelphia, January 29, 1752.
Last night broke out of the goal of the county of
Gloucester, the two following prisoners, viz ; one
named Sylvanus Gosling, son of John Gosling of
Greenwich of the county aforesaid, by trade, a black
smith, has been used to tend a saw-mill and can do
most sorts of plantation work, of a middle stature,
and tawny complexion : Had on and took with him a
new beaver hat and an old one, linnen cap, dark
coloured camblet coat, and waistcoat, an old brown
cloth coat, and an old bluish coloured cloth waistcoat,
check shirt, leather breeches, old light colour'd
worsted stockings, new shoes, with a pair of square
metal buckles. The other named Morgan Rorke,
an Irishman of short stature, speaks tolerable good
English, served his time to plantation business, in
East Jersey : Had on a half worn beaver hat, linnen
cap, lightish colour'd homespun coat, about half
worn, a homespun greenish colour'd Jacket, check
shirt, old leather breeches, gray yarn stockings,
double soal'd shoes, with steel buckles. Whoever
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that they may be had again, shall have Three Pounds
reward for each, and reasonable charges, paid by
John Mickle, Sheriff.
— Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 4, 1752. No. 1108.
To Be Sold,
A Farm containing 200 Acres of Land, all within
Fence, except about 8 or 10 Acres, whereon are five
Orchards, which makes the best of Cyder ; and where
on has been mowed, between 36 and 40 Loads of
English and fresh Hay ; with a good Stone House,
with twoFire-places, and a good double Barn, and a
new Saw-MiU ; the River that supplies the Mill runs
through the Middle of the Land, and can drown be
tween 25 and 30 Acres, well timber'd and wooded :
Whoever inclines to purchase the same, may apply
to James Banks,^ of Newark, or David Cox, near the
Long-Bridge in New-York.
N. B. The said Farm Hes about 2 Miles and a half
from Newark, in the County of Essex, New-Jersey.
The Title indisputable. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived
in ttie Weekly Post Boy, Feb. 10, 1752.
Philadelphia, February 1 1 .
Saturday last, one William Kerr was committed
to the Jail of this City on Suspicion of having
counterfeited the MUl'd Pieces of Eight There
were several bad Ones found upon him, and a
Receipt for mixing of Metals. He pretends to be a
Weaver, and says he lives at Bethlehem, in the
1 Banks had been a resident of Newarl< many years. At the town meeting, March 8,
'736-71 " the feed of the burying Place was sold to James Banks, for the insuing Year for
40S. to be paid to the support of the Poor, except so much as is necessary to repair the
Fenpe of s'd burying Place." — I^ewOrrk Toivn Records, 133.

132 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL documents. [i752
Jerseys, with one William M'Crackken. The Pieces
are cast in Sand, and are filed upon the MiUing ;
they look very rough, and are more of a Lead than
SUver Colour, and sound like Brass. — Penn. Gazette,
Feb. II, 1752. No. 1209.
TO be sold by EUzabeth Leslie, Widow, and
Executrix of the last Will and Testament of George
Leslie,^ late of the City of Perth-Amboy, deceas'd,
A Tract of Land lying on the South Side of Rariton
River, opposite to the City of Perth-Amboy, contain
ing about 1200 Acres of Upland and Meadow, with
a large Dwelling-House thereon, well finished, 46
Foot in Length, and 40 in Breadth, four Rooms on a
Floor, eight Fire-places with suitable Conveniencies,
&c. One Barn 40 Feet square, an Orchard of 600
Apple Trees, most Part of said Tract may be fenc'd
in with about a MUe and an half of Fence ;
the other three Sides being enclosed with Water,
viz. two Creeks and the Bay. There is convenient
Landings for Exportation either to New- York or
Amboy. It Hes commodious for any foreign or
other Trade, well situated for Business, and fit for
either a Gentleman or Farmer. The SoU is good,
and the Place well timber'd and watered, and very
convenient for raising large Stock. There is also
Fishing, Fowling, and Oystering, in plenty, the Right

1 George Leslie was a nephew of George Willocks, one of the Twenty-four Proprietors
of East Jersey. He was a native of Scotland, but with his sister Anna, afterwards wife
of John Ritchie, came to this country and settled at South Amboy. He was vestryman
of St. Peter's church, Perth Amboy, 1722-29, and 1750-51 George Willocks, who died in
1729, left the bulk of his property to George Leslie and .\nna Ritchie ; his sister, their
mother, was living in Scotland at the time. George Leslie died at South Amboy, in 1751.
Although he had been obliged to part with much of the land in 1742 or 171^3, it is eviderit
from the above advertisement that he retained a large estate,

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thereof being particularly comprehended in the
Patent Likewise a Prospect of a Sea-Coal Mine,
some whereof has been tried. Also one other Tract
of 1000 Acres, lying at Peapack, on the North-east
Side of Lamaton FaUs, in the County of Somerset,
whereon are several Settlements and Improvements.
The Land is, exceeding good for Pasture, and rais-
ing all Sorts of Grain. It lyes about 16 MUes from
Rariton-Landing. The same will be sold in Lots,
or the Whole together — All Persons who have any
Demands on the said Estate, are hereby desired to
bring or send an Account thereof to the said Execu
trix, that proper Care may be taken to discharge the
same : And those who are indebted to the said
Estate, are also desired to come and pay their
respective Debts. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in
the Weekly Post Boy, Feb. 17, 1752.
TO be sold at Publick Vendue, on Wednesday,
the first Day of AprU next, by Samuel Fitz Ran
dolph,^ The Plantation whereon Samuel Barron now
lives, in the Town of Woodbridge, containing 90
Acres of good Land and Meadow, with a large
Brick House, a new Barn and Kitchen, and a good
Orchard thereon. A great Part of the Land is
fenced by Water. The Salt-Meadow, joining to the
Up-land, is very convenient for keeping Stock, or
Trade, there being a Landing where a Sloop of 80
Tons has been within four Rods of the said Land,
I Probably the Samuel Fitz Randolph, Jun., whose marriage to Joanna Kinsey was
reported to Woodbridge Monthly meeting, loth month, iSth, 1729. He was perhaps a
grandson of Nathaniel, b. at Barnstable, Mass. , in 1642 ; m. Mary, dau. of Joseph Holley,
in 1662, and about 1679 removed with his family to Woodbridge; he and his descendants
are believed to have been the only persons of the name who were Friends.

134 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS., [ifS^
which is in a public Part of the Country. — The N Y.
Gazelle Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, Feb. 17,
1752. STolen out of the pocket of Thomas Robbs, of this
city, on the 4th inst at the house of John Smith,
Tavernkeeper, at the sign of the Lamb, about a mUe
from this city, on Frankford road, a pocket-book,
containing about Twenty-five ShUlings in money,
and five Trenton lottery tickets, the numbers are
3056, 3057, 3095, 3096, and 3097. Whoever secures
the thief so as he may be brought to justice, and the
money and tickets, had again, shall have Ten ShiUings
reward, paid by Thomas Robbs.
N. B. The tickets if offered to sale, are desired to
be stopped, and sent to George PooUey's in Chest
nut street. — Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 18, 1752.
No. 1 210.
To be sold, A large Tract of Meadow, lying in
East New-Jersey, on the East side of Hackinsack
River, bounded on the N. E. Side by Overpeck's
Creek, on the East by Edsel's or the Mill-Creek, on
the South by Bellamont's or Esperten^ Creek, and on
the West by Hackinsack River ; there is an Island
on the North End of said Meadows, which has
Meadows added to, that make 137 Acres, on a Neck
that a Ditch of thirty — odd Chain wUl make it endrely
divided from the rest It wUl be sold in such Parcels,
as the Purchasers shall chuse. Persons inclinino- to
purchase may see the Plan and know the Condidons,
1 Espating, an Indian word for " hill,"

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by applying to Jasper Farmer at New- York. — The
Ft. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, Feb.
24, 1752.
TO be sold all together or in Parcels, a Tract of
extraordinary good Land, situate, lying and being
near Rocky-HUl, in the County of Somerset and
Eastern Division of the Province of New-Jersey,
about 15 Miles from New-Brunswick, containing
about 1000 Acres, near Half whereof being clear'd
and in good Fence, now in the Possession of John
Sartor, Henry Sartor, Henry Snider and Thomas
Ring, being settled in four Plantations, with a very
good young bearing Orchard upon one of them, and
sundry other Improvements upon them all. Who
ever inclines to purchase the Whole, or any Part
thereof may apply to Messrs. Abraham Van Horne,
of this City, (who is the Owner thereof) James Van
Horne,^ or John Berrien near the Premises, and know
the Conditions and Title, which is indisputable. As
also another Lot, situate in Tappan, commonly known
by the Name of Lot No. 35. containing 370 Acres,
whereon Hendrick Young' now lives. N. B. The
abovesaid Abraham Van Horne has very good Cho-
' colate to seU 2od. by the single Pound, and some
thing less by the Quantity. — The N. Y. Gazette Re
vived in ttie Weekly Post Boy, Feb. 24, 1752.
To be lett, for a term of ten years, from the first
of March next ensuing, a plantadon in the township
1 Abraham Van Horne (bap. Oct. 13, 17O8) and Jacobus or James Van Horne (bap. June
29,'i7i2) were spns of Johannes Cornelissen van Hoorn, of New York, who m. in 1693
Catryntie, dau. of Andries Jansen and Vrontie (van Vorst) Meyer. The oldest child of
Johannes and Catryntie was Cornelis, bap. Dec. 17, i6g6, who was Mayor of New York.
and member of the Council of New Jersey many years, and who m. Elizabeth, dau. of
Philip and Anne (Philipse) French, of New Brunswick.

136 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1752
of Newton, and county of Gloucester, situate on
Delaware river, and Cooper's Creek, where Isaac
Cooper^ lately dwelt, about a mUe and half from
PhUadelphia ; consisting of about 80 acres of plow-
ing-land ; 20 acres of drained meadows ; 30 acres of
good orchard, and half an acre sparrow-grass ; a
good dweUing-house ; a well of good water, with a
pump ; a barn ; still-house and still, and a good
store-house, with a convenient cellar underneath ;
cyder-house, and utensUs for making of cyder ; milk
house and other out houses ; the place is convenient
for keeping a dairy, and the soil is good for the rais
ing of vegetables for the market : Any person in
clining to rent the same, may know the terms, by
applying to Isaac Cooper, aforesaid, at his dwelling,
two mUes from said place.
Also to be lett, for the term of ten years, a certain
quantity of land, situate on Delaware river, about
fourteen mUes from Philadelphia, called BiUens-port,
in the township of Greenwich, and county of Glou
cester ; containing 100 acres or more, of tide-swamp,
and marsh ; now in the rough, weU bank'd in and
drain'd, with a piece of upland adjoining ; the land
is rich 'when clear'd, is suitable for the raising of
Indian corn. Hemp, Flax, &c. for mowing or feeding
of cattle. Any Person or Persons inclining to take
the same, to cause it to be put and left, at the
1 Isaac Cooper was the oldest son of Joseph Cooper (b. seventh montli, 22d, 1666) and
Lydia Riggs, whom he married in 1688, she being then a resident of Philadelphia, but of
Irish birth or parentage. Joseph Cooper was the third child of William Cooper, b. in
1632 in Coleshill, Amersham, Herts, England, who probably came to Burlington in 1679 or
1680, when he bought 50 acres of land in that town ; in 1682 he secured a tract of 300 acres
at Pyne Point, the junction of Cooper's creek with the Delaware river; in 1708 he con
veyed 200 acres of this tract to his son Joseph ; he died in 1710. Joseph died in 1731.
Isaac married Hannah Co&lcs.— Clement' s First Settlers in Newton Township, 85-99.

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expiration of said term, in a good soard of grass and
mowing order (shall be for rent) may apply to Isaac
Cooper aforesaid, and be further informed.
TO be sold, A good Plantation in the Township
of Middletown, in East-New-Jersey, on the North
Side of Shrewsbury-River, containing upwards of
200 Acres, with a very good DweUing-House,
Kitchen, Barn, and Stables ; salt and fresh Meadow,
and two good Orchards. Any one inclining to buy,
may apply to Jonathan Burgd, now living on the
Premisses. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly
Post Boy, March 9, 1752.
New York, March 1 6. Extract of a Letter from
Kingston, in New-J ersey, March to, 1752.
"Mr. Parker, In your Paper Numb. 462, we had
an Account of the Marriage of Daniel Baley and
Elizabeth Waters, solemnized on the loth of Novem
ber last, in this Town ; which Couple have eversince
lived in the happy Enjoyment of each other, for the
most Part, until the 9th of this Month ; when, by
Consent of both Parties, in the Presence of a Num
ber of Spectators, after having given Security never
to be burthensom to each other, as likewise for their
Loyalty while absent, parted, never to meet again in
the State of Matrimony. — What the Cause was we
know not ; but some who pretend to know, say,
they had not courted long enough before Marriage."
. — N. Y. Gazette, Revived in the Weekly Post Boy,
March 16, 1752. To Be Sold,
By Samuel Nevill, of the City of Perth-Amboy,

138 '' NEW jEkSEY colonial DOCUMENTS. [l7S2
Esq ; who is determined tO leave ofif the Farm
ing Business, and to live retired.
THE Plantation whereon he now liveth in Perth-
Amboy, lying partly in the City of Perth-Amboy,
and partly in the Township of Woodbridge, contain
ing upwards of 280 Acres ; upon which is a good
Dwelling-House, a compleat Dairy-House, with a
Spring running thro' the same, Wash-House, and
Bake-House, and other convenient Out-Houses, a
very good Barn and Stable, and convenient Yards
for Cattle. The Land is esteemed as good Arable
and Pasture Land, as any in the Township of
Woodbridge ; a great part of it hath never been
tiUed, and the rest little or nothing the worse for
Use ; there are several improved Spots of Meadow,
well ditch'd, and in good Fence, off of which may be
got 40 Loads of Hay a Year. The Whole is very
well watered by a great many living Springs ; and
is bounded for near Half a Mile by the River
Rariton, and aU along the Front of the Plantation
are Beds of very good Oysters.
N. B. The said Plantation being situate near the
Mouth of the River Rariton, is most commodious
for a Merchant, and is capable of the greatest Im
provements, there being most convenient Places for
buUding Wharfs and Store-Houses, the Channel of
the River running within 8 or 10 Rods ofthe Up
land ; so that Vessels of 4 or 5 Hundred Tons may
come up to the said Wharfs, and unload ; and the
River forming there a litde Bay or Harbour, which
is Land-lock'd, a Vessel may ride there safe in the
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1752] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. I39
informed, that a chief Part of the Produce of the
Province of New-Jersey, comes down the said River,
and consequently must pass by this Plantation, in its
Way to a Market, so if any Merchant should be dis
posed to settle in this Province, he cannot fix upon a
more promising, commodious, beautiful Situation.
The Title wUl be made indisputable, and to the Pur
chaser's Satisfaction. — Ttie N. Y. Gazette Revived in
the Weekly Post Boy, March 16, 1752.
*
[Extract of a letter published in London Sept.
1-1751-]
Sir,
The French since the last Peace, have been so
much encroaching on the Trade and Territories of
our British Northern Colonies, that we are anxious
to hear of the Success of our Negoeiations at Paris.
As I have had some Oppertunity, I have done all in
my Power that our Commissaries be well informed,
as I have been particularly applied to for that Pur
pose. I am fully persuaded that the Northern
Colonies are of much greater Consequence to the
Naval Force and Trade of Great Britain, than the
Sugar Islands, though it seems that there has been
much Pains taken to make it appear otherwise.
There is no Comparison in the Quantity of the
English Manufactures, that are annually consumed
in the Northern Colonies, and the Sugar Islands.
Besides, the West India Trade is a perpetual
Destruction of Seamen, whereas the Nothern Colony
Trade, and the Fishery especially, is a continued
Nursery for their Increase ; and therefore it is my
humble Opinion, that an exclusive Fishery alone,

140 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [iJS^
would be of more Benefit to the Nation than all the
Sugar Islands put together ; for whatever Nadon
has the greatest naval Force will always command
the Trade. This is evident from the Case of Spain,
which has decayed in its Trade and Naval Force,
ever since their Settlement of their numerous South
ern Colonies. The French were made very sensible
in the last War, of the Naval Force of the Northern
Colonies, though it had no other Support but that of
private Adventurers. The French think our Minis
try wUl suffer a thousand little Injuries at a Distance,
rather than go into another War, for they reap more
Advantages by a Peace, which gives them fresh Oppor-
tu nities to make Encroachments, in order to lay Founda
tions to carry on the next War more to their Interest.
I have heard it reported, that Printing-Presses are by
all means to be discouraged in our Colonies ; I am
amazed at it ; I wish it may not be true. That the
Colonies ought to be kept in Ignorance, is not the
just Sentiment of a Mother Country towards its
ChUdren, but of a Master Country towards its
Servants. Love us, encourage and educate us as
Children, and we shall always give you the Honour,
Love and Obedience, that is due to a Parent. But
if you begin to consider us merely as your Tenants,
your Labourers, or your Slaves, we must of Course
by Degrees lose all true Respect and Affection for
you. I am, dear Sir, Your most humble Servant Publicus.
— Penn. Gazette, Marcti 17, 1752. No, 12 14.

1752] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. I4I
Run away on the 7th inst. from Samuel Large, of
Kingwood, in West Jersey, A servant lad, this country
born, named James Reily, about 16 years of age, son
of Hugh ReUy, formerly of Bethlehem, now of Am
weU, wears his own hair : Had on when he went
away, a greenish homespun jacket, woollen breeches,
old felt hat, two shirts, half-worn shoes and stockings.
Whoever takes up said servant, so that his master
may have him again, shall have Forty Shillings
reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Samuel Large.
— Penn. Gazette, Marcti if, 1752. No. 12 14.
WHereas by reason of the severity of the season,
and fluctuating condition the ice was in, it was im-
pracdcable either to pass the river Delaware, to the
place appointed for drawing the Trenton Lottery on
the Pennsylvania side, or to get an account of the
tickets sold, remitted to the managers, at the time
fixed for drawing the lottery, in so particular a man
ner as was necessary, to enable them to proceed in
the execution of that design ; tho' they have had
general intelligence of a -very successful sale, for
which they are obliged to the publick. The manag
ers therefore find themselves under a necessity to
delay the drawing for some small space of time, tUl
they can with convenience get the tickets returned,
and make the necessary preparations; and hereby de
sire aU gentlemen who have done them the favour to
seU tickets, to send in an account of what tickets they
have sold, and give back the tickets remaining in
their hands undisposed of by the twentieth day of
AprU, that they may do justice to the purchasers by

142 ' NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l752
drawing the same ; they are determin'd to begin on
the twenty- seventh of said month, and continue the
same from that time till finish'd, at the house of Na
thaniel Parker, in Bucks county, being the ferry-
house from the Pennsylvania side over to Trenton. —
Pennsylvania Gazette, March if, 1752. No. 12 14.
Custom-House, Philadelphia Entered In. — Schoon
er Eagle, James Butler from Salem.  Two Broth-
lers, Michael Wormsted from Salem. — Penna. Journal,
March if, 1752. No. 487.
New-York, Marcti 23. Last Tuesday we had here
a considerable Shower of Rain. About a Week
before that, we had a pretty smart Snow Storm,
attended with a great deal of Thunder, to the Sur
prize of most as it is no common Thing here to have
Snow and Thunder both at once ; and we hear, the
Thunder was so violent at that Time near Wood-
bridge, that a Boy in the Field, was struck down and
stunned, but happUy without further Damage. — The
N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, Marcti
23. 1752-
To be sold by Benjamin Smith, the house wherein
he' now dwells, situate in Amwell, Hunterdon county,
in West Jersey, about fifteen miles from Trenton, and
thirty from Philadelphia, containing near forty feet
in front, is two stories high, with a piazza, the whole
length of the house, and ten feet wide, with ceUars
underneath, and a large kitchen, joining to the end of
the house ; also a store-house, containing twenty-
eight feet square, with a cooper's shop, which has a

1752] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. I43
pleasant prospect from the door, several miles up
and down the river, together with two grist mills,
weU buUt with stone laid in lime and sand, situate
within eighty feet of the house, one of which can go
condnually, day and night, when the river is low, and
the other when it is high, except in a great fresh, and
both can go when the river is of a middling height,
they are capable of very great improvements, and
with a small charge, a sufficient quantity of water
may be brought to serve as many pair of stones as is
necessary to put up, they are exceedingly well situate
for procuring wheat, besides the advantage of being
in the neighborhood of a large thick settled and fer
tile country, which raises vast quantities of wheat,
and may be brought down the river Delaware, from
the most navigable parts, and landed within twenty
feet of the mill door, thereby avoiding the risque of
passing through the dangerous falls, and flour may
be taken from thence, when the river is of a suitable
height, in boats, that will carry fifty or sixty casks to
Trenton, or PhUadelphia, and may transport at any
dme by water from the foot of the Falls, which is
near a quarter of a mUe's land carriage, from the said
miUs ; there is fifty-seven acres of land, adjoining to
the said mills, between twenty and thirty acres of
which is cleared ; also twenty two acres more, about
half a mUe southward, joining to the river, below the
foot of the falls, a very suitable place for the settle
ment of a boat man, nineteen acres of swamp, between
five and six of which is cleared, and in good fence,
fit for mowing, being sowed with timothy-grass, and
but a litde more than a njile to the eastward, and ten

144 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l752
acres of exceeding good pa.'sture land, seven ofwhich
is cleared and in good fence, covered with clover,
timothy, and spear grass, a little more than a mUe
toward the north-east, all of which lots, may be sold
together, with the said miUs, if the purchaser thinks
proper ; an advantage may also be had by trade in
New- York, when markets suit best there, it being
about thirty mUes to Brunswick, on a very good road,
considerable quantities of flour have been transported
to that market.
Also to be sold, another grist mill, situate in an
extraordinary thick settled part of Amwell, four
miles eastward, from the river Delaware, on York
road, about sixteen mUes from Trenton, lately re
buUt, and goes exceeding well, being overshot, and
upwards of four feet head of water, above the wheel,
together with a dwelling-house, stable, and fifty six
acres of extraordinary good land, about seven acres
of meadow is cleared and in fence, covered with
clover, and spear grass, seven or eight acres of
interval land more to clear, most of which may be
watered, it lying on a fine gradual descent, from the
mUl-race, the stream as good as any in AmweU,
with a good living spring, just by the house, which
is exceeding well situate for a store, considering
what great advantage the mill will give in trade and
custom, by purchasing wheat, the mill being able to
do more than the country work : If the purchaser
thinks proper, he may have them a year on rent, for
trial, and enter the premises immediately.
Also to be sold, about fifty three acres of wood
land, exceeding thick of fine young timber, near two

1752] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. I45
miles distant from the last mentioned mills. Like
wise, between forty and fifty acres of land in Tren
ton, a considerable quantity of which is meadow,
and the greatest part cleared, with a good barn, and
young orchard, grafted with a collection of best
fruit; a stone-quarry and brick kUn, with very good
clay for making brick, and several streams of water
runs through the land.
Like wise to be Sold, a Stone house in Trenton,
two stories high, with a hundred and twenty feet
lot, fronting Queen-street, convenient for two tene
ments, with sundry lots fronting King-street, and
sundry lots fronting Queen-street.
Also to be Sold, the plantation whereon Thomas
Scant now dwells, in Hanover township, Burlington
county, containing near five hundred acres, a con
siderable quantity of which is meadow, the whole is
at present under lease to said Scant ; any person in
clining to purchase, may have the greatest part of
the purchase money on intrest, giving security, if
required. — Penn. Gazette, March 24, 1752. No.
1234- Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered in. Sloop
Diamond, Joshua Titcomb from Salem. — P^nna.
Journal, March 25, 1752. No. 488.
Custom-House, PhUadelphia, Entered In. Sloop
Unity, Timothy Stanley from Salem. — Penna. Journal,
April 2, 1752. No. 489.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Schooner
Two Brothers, M. Wormstead for Salem. — Penna.
Journal, April 2, 1752. No. 489.
10

146 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l752
Run away on the Sth of March, last from Joseph
Hackney, of Chester township, Buriington county,
an Irish servant lad, named Joseph Simmons, about
18 years of age, about 5 feet 6 inches high, of a sandy
complexion : Had on when he went away, an old hat,
cotton cap, light colour'd kersey jacket, pretty much
wore, and a blue and white striped under jacket, oz
enbrigs shirt, old leather breeches, blue grey yarn
stockings, and old shoes, with large brass buckles.
Whoever takes up and secures said servant, so that
his master may have him again, shall have Three
Pounds reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Joseph Hackney.
N. B. He formerly belong'd to John Ogburn, carter,
in Kensington. — Pennsylvania Gazette, April 2, 1752.
No. 1 2 1 6.
New-York, April 6. Last Monday died, in the
Eightieth Year of her Age, and on Thursday was
decently interred, in the FamUy Vault at Morrisania ;
Isabella Morris,' Widow, and Relict of his ExceUen
cy Lewis Morris, Esq ; late Governor of the Prov
ince of New-Jersey : A Lady endowed with every
Qualification requisite to render the Sex agreeable,
and entertaining, through all the various Scenes of
Life: She was a Pattern of conjugal Affection; a
tender Parent, a sincere Friend, and an excellent Ce
conomist. She was
Liberal, without Prodigality]; In Person, Amiable,
Frugal, without Parsimony ; In Conversation, Affable ;
1 She was a daughter of James Graham, Attorney General of New York. The niarriage
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Chearful, without Levity ; In Friendship, Faithful ;
Exalted, without Pride. Of Envy, void. That,
She pass'd through Life, endow'd with every Grace,
Her Vertues ! black Detraction can't deface ;
Or cruel Envy e're eclipse her Fame,
Nor, mouldering Time, obliterate her Name.
In Honour to her Memory, this is offered, by an
Admirer of her transcendant Virtues. — Ttie N. Y.
Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, April 6,
1752- Custom-House, New-York. Inward Entiles. Brig.
SpadU, Alex. Hope from New-Jersey. — The N. Y.
Gazette Revived in ttie Weekly Post Boy, April 6,
1752. Philadelphia,
We have Advice from Trenton in New-Jersey, that
on Monday Night last, a Fire broke out in the Stable
of Mr. Bond, which consumed the same with 14
Horses in it, and also three DweUing Houses, adja
cent to the Stable. — Penna. Journal, April 9, 1752.
No. 490.
Custom-House, PhUadelphia, Entered In. Sloop
Gordon, Benjamin Lunt from Salem. Schooner Two
Friends, William Burroughs from Salem. — Penna.
Journal, April g, 1752. No. 490.
New-Jersey, ss. Public Notice is hereby given
that the Circuit Courts or Courts for Tryal of Causes
brought to issue in the Supream Court of this Prov
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ern Division as follows : At Salem, on the third Tues
day and at Cumberland, on the four Tuesday in April.
At Gloucester on the first Tuesday and at Hunterdon,
the third Tuesday in May. By Order of the Judges.
Penna. Journal, April g, 1752. No. 490.
Run away on Sunday, the 12th inst. from Cornel
ius Quick, living in the Great-Swamp, in Hunterdon
county ; A servant man, this country born, named
Moses Witten, about 22 years of age, a middle sized
man, of a dark complexion, black eyes, somewhat of
a stoop in his shoulders ; Had on when he went away,
A light blue worsted ja-cket, lined in the skirts with
shalloon, and the back side with brown linnen, leather
breeches, with carved metal buttons, a pair of half-
worn shoes, lately soal'd, tied with strings. Who
ever takes up and secures said servant so that his
master may have him again, shall have Three Pounds
reward, paid by Cornelius Quick.
— Pennsylvania Gazette, April 16, 1752. No.
1218. To be Sold
A Plantation, lying in Kingswood, in Hunterdon
county. West Jersey, containing 200 acres, about 50
acres ofwhich are cleared ; a good new stone house
and barn, with a good young orchard, about 150
trees, 100 ofwhich are grafted; also a tanyard, bark
house and other conveniencies, for carrying on the
tanning trade, late the property of WUHam Emley,
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Emley, Junior, txecutors. — Pennsylvania Gazette,
April 16, 1752. No. 1218.
New-York, April 20. We have Advice from
Pertti Amboy, that one of the reput:;d Chiefs' of the
Essex Rioters, having appeared there at the
Supreme Court, last Month, as an Evidence on a
Land-Trial, he was apprehended and committed ;
but some Time after admitted to Bail. — He then re
turned home, but in a few Days came back again
and surrendered himself Prisoner, and discharged
his BaU ; and on Monday Morning last, upwards of
200 Men, well mounted, appeared on the Skirts of
that City; when about 30 of them left the Company,
and went to the Jail, where without further Cere
mony, they set the Prisoner free, and then rejoined
their Party again, and returned peaceably back from
whence they came. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in
the Weekly Post Boy, April 20, 1752.
Philadelphia, April 23. We hear from Cape
May that they have taken Six Whales there this
Spring. — Penn. Journal, April 21, 1752. No. 492.
Custom-House, Phila. Outwards. Ship Beulah,
John Ritchie for Jersey. — Penn. Journal, April 23,
1752. No. 492.
The Trentown Lottery is to begin drawing this
Day ; there are a few Tickets in the Hands of the
Printer hereof; which wUl be condnued to be sold
1 Simon'WykofI, a Captain or leader of the rioters, in their resistance to the efforts of
the Proprietors to exact quit-rents, was indicted for high treason. Details of his rescue
are given in N. J. Archives, VIII. , 38-52.

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till To-morrow Night; when such as remain unsold,
wUl be seal'd up, and return'd to the Managers. — The
N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, April
?7, 1752.
TO be sold. Two Hundred Acres of Wood-Land
within the Limits of the City of New-Brunswick, and
within a MUe of the Town, joining on Lawrence's
Brook, being very well water'd and timber'd, with a
good deal of fine Swamp fit to make English
Meadow of; in which is a great Quantity of Shag-
bark, Walnut- Wood fit for Fire- Wood, with a great
deal of Wallnut Saplen-Wood on the Upland. Also
about fifty or sixty Acres of very good Meadow,
which is yearly mowed, situate at Cranberry ; to be
sold reasonable for ready Money; Any Person in
clining to purchase either of the said Tracts of Land,
may apply to Henry Longfield, living near the first
mentioned Premisses, who wUl give a good Title to
the same. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly
Post Boy, April 27, 1752.
Just Published, and to be sold by the Printer here
of Price 2S. 3d. by the Dozen, or 2s. 6d. single.
A Complete Introduction to the Ladn Tongue :
Wherein is contained, aU that is necessary to be
learn'd on the several Parts of Grammar, in a plain,
easy, radonal Method : Comprehending the Sub
stance of what has been taught by some of the best
Grammarians, viz. Lilly, Ruddiman, PhUlipps, Holmes,
Bp. Wettenhall, Cheever, Clarke, Read, &c. Pub-
listi d principally for ttie Use of the Grammar-School
at Newark ; and recommeiided to all who design to

1752] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. I^I
send their Children to New-Jersey College. — The N-.
Y. Gazette Revived in ttie Weekly Post Boy, April
27, 1752.
To be sold, by Andrew^ Smith, of HopeweU, in
Hunterdon county. West Jersey, A very good
plantadon, containing 400 acres of land, situate part
in Hopewell, aforesaid, and part in the bounds of Tren
ton, within 5 mUes of the town spot, the land is
exceeding fertile and good for any sort of grain, and
near 200 acres cleared, and in good fence, with
a considerable piece of meadow, and more may be
made, with a fine young orchard : There is Hkewise
on the said premises, a very good grist-mill, with
two pair of stones, boulting mUls, and all con
veniencies for making flour ; the mUl grinds exceed
ing well and fast, and hath a large mUl house, well
buUt with stone, with conveniencies to store a large
quantity of wheat, flour &c. and there is likewise a
good stone dwelling-house on the said premises,
with a cellar under it, and a large kitchen adjoining
one end said house, with a barn, stable, cooper's
shop, smoke-house, garden, and other conveniencies,
&c. all commodiously situate on the east-side of
Delaware river ; and when the river is of a suitable
height, flour can be transported from the mUl-taU by
water, down the said river to Trenton, or PhUadel
phia. Any person inclining to purchase the planta
tion and miUs, may enquire of said Smith, and know
the terms of sale, with an indisputable title for the
whole. — Penn. Gazette, April 2,0, 1752. No. 1220.

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Mr. Parker,
" You have been pleased to insert in your Paper of
April the 20th, an Account of the late Riot at Perth-
Amboy ; and as the Author of your Advice from that
Place, has (no Doubt with interested Views, and to
colour over the Cowardice of the mean spirited Am-
b lyans) furnished you with a very formidable Repre
sentation of the Affair, which is, in some Respects,
not true, and, upon the Whole, very defecdve ; it
will be but just to the publick you should, in your
next, give Place to a few Corrections relating to that
wretched Business. The Man who was committed
in the Manner set forth in your Gazette, lived to the
Westward oi New- Brunswick, in the County of Som
erset; and his being brought upon the Stage as a re
puted Chief of the Essex Rioters, may be easily ac
counted for, by such as know the Situation of Things
in this Province, and the Spirit of that Quarter whence
your Information came. I am credibly informed that
Essex had no Hand at all in this detestable Riot ;
and that even the former Rioters of that County,
look upon it with the utmost Abhorrence. He was
imprisoned upon an Indictment of High-Treason, for
having been convicted in some of the Riots with which
this Province was infested about five Years ago.
Some Time after his Imprisonment about thirty Per
sons, all or most ignorant Higti-Dutctimen, from the
back Parts of this, and the neighbouring Province,
came within five or six MUes of Amboy, when thir
teen of those presumptuous Banditi went into the
City, and in a trembling Pannic, broke open the JaU,
and carried off the Prisoner, who, by the way, has

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since gone back and surrendered himself Prisoner
again, being acquainted, by some Messengers sent for
that Purpose, that those in Essex County, who have
been heretofore concerned in Riots, had a Detesta-
don of the Thing, and have fully resolved never again
to be concerned in one ; so that it is hoped we shall
no more have any Thing of the Hke in this Province :
Tho' let it be remarked, that this open Villany was
committed in the Presence of about forty of the In
habitants, who stood near by, in Company with the
Sheriff, which worthy officer had Notice of their
Design some Days, before, and received express
Warrant from the Governor, to guard the JaU with
all possible Force, and yet never made the least Re
sistance. This Piece of Conduct in the Amboy Offic
ers and Gentlemen, does in a very bare-faced Man
ner show what Party it is that still wishes to have
mobbing continued." Yours, &c, dfc.
[It is but Justice to acquaint the Publicti, ttiat ttie
Gentleman who gave tlie first Account of tttat Riot,
was no Way concerned in eittier Side ; and that it
could be no Malice in him, ttowever his Information
might be wrong.) — A^. Y. Gazette, Revived in the
Weekly Post Boy, May 4, 1752.
New- York, May 4. We hear the Trenton Lottery
is now drawingf,  The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the
Weekly Post Boy, May 4, 1752.
TO be sold by William Allan, at Baskenridge,
A good Grist-MUl, with 20 Acres of Land belonging
to it, with a good Warrantee Deed, and situate on

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Peapack Brook, near the North-Branch of Rariton,
in Somerset County, lying on the great Road that
leads from Black-River and FoxhUl to Brunswick
Landing, and in the Heart of a good Wheat Country,
and is approved of for making Flour, both in New-
York and Brunswick. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived
in the Weekly Post Boy, May 4, 1752.
Run away on the 2d inst from James Hinchman,
of West New Jersey, about 7 miles from Cooper's
ferry. An Irish servant man, named Edward Coffery,
about 20 years of age, of middle stature, middHng
fair complexion, short black hair ; his right hand is
less than the other, and a scar upon his right arm :
Had on when he went away, a castor hat, lightish
colour'd kersey jacket with brass buttons, and a
striped under, ditto, a pair of wide trowsers, yarn
stockings, and a pair of pumps. Whoever takes up
and secures said servant so as his master may have
him again, shall have Forty Shillings reward, and
reasonable charges, paid by James Hinchman.
— Pennsylvania Gazette, May f , 1752. No. 1221.
Philadelphia, April 23, 1752.
Run away on Sunday, the 19th inst. from the sub
scriber hereof living in Trenton, An Apprendce lad,
named Hugh Steward, about 18 years of age, of
middle stature and fair complexion, a cooper by trade,
and works with his left hand ; Had on when he went
away, a grey drugget cloth coat, with white mettal
buttons, a pair of leather breeches, grey stockings,
and good shoes, with steel buckles ; and took with him
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takes up and secures said apprentice, so that his
master may have him again, shall have Forty Shill
ings reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Samuel Hart.
— Pennsylvania Gazette, May 14, 1752. No.
I 222.
TO be sold by Andrew Smith of Hopewell, in
Hunterdon County, West New-Jersey : A Planta
tion very commodiously situate on the River Dela
ware, about four MUes frbm Trenton ; containing
between three and four Hundred Acres of very good
Land, near 200 cleared, and within good Fence, and
the other well timber'd ; with a very good Grist-Mill on
the said Premisses, with two Pair of Stones, grinds
exceedingly fast and well ; with a large Store MUl-
House, Bolting-MUl, and two Dwelling-Houses, one
buUt with Stone, with a large Kitchen, and a Smoke-
House, Cooper's Shop, Barn, Stable and Chaise-
House ; with a young Orchard of bearing Trees,
chiefly grafted with the best Fruits. Any Person in-
cHning to purchase the said Place and Mills, may
apply to said Andrew Smith, (who will give an indis
putable Title) and know the Terms of Sale. — Ttie
N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, May
18, 1752.
New-York, May 25. Last Thursday Capt. Bean-
char, in a Sloop from Jamaica for Rhode-Island, put
into Elizabeth-Town, in Distress ; she had been 60
Days out, 30 whereof was on our Coast, where all
her Sails were beat to Pieces : She is since come
up here. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly
Post Boy, May 25, 1752.

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To Be Sold,
A Plantadon in the Bounds of Middletown, East-
New-Jersey, near the Water Side ; containing about
150 Acres of Land, 6 Acres, of Salt Meadow, a new
Dwelling-House 40 Foot long, with two Brick-
Chimneys, three Fire-Places, a good Cellar under it,
a small Orchard, a good old House, within Call of
two Grist-Mills, and two Saw-Mills ; convenient for
any Tradesman, and very suitable for a Merchant ;
to be sold reasonable : Whoever has a Mind for
the same, may apply to Joseph Dennis, living on the
Premisses, or James Alexander, in New-York, who
will give a good Title. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived
in the Weekly Post Boy, May 25, 1752.
Run away from Samuel Neilson of Kingston, on
the 1 Ith Day of this Instant a High Dutch or Polish
Servant Lad, about 19 Years of Age, named John
Daniel Ragen, speaks but poor English, he is about
five Feet and a half high, pretty well set had on
when he went away, a blew Cloth Coat, a striped
Flannel Waistcoat new Oznaburg Shirt and Trows
ers, a pretty good Felt Hat, and a pair of new
Shoes, with Steel Buckles, and he is thought to go
towards New-York ; whoever takes up said Servant
and secures him, so that his Master may have him
again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, and aU
reasonable Charges paid, by said '
Samuel Neilson.
N. B. Ttie said Servant tias been in this Country
before. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, May 25, 1752.

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To be sold by Garret and Cornelius Dewees, about
a thousand acres of land, with orchards, being divided
into two plantations, well improv'd, lying in Glouces
ter county, on Delaware river, between Little Man
tua and Great Mantua Creeks, having about 300
acres of marsh and meadow-ground, mostly bank'd
in. Enquire of Edward Shippen, Esq ; in Philadel
phia, or John Lad Esq ; in Gloucester, or of said
Deweeses on the premises. — Pennsylvania Gazette,
May 2%, 1752. No. 1224.
The Numbers of the Prizes in the Trenton Lottery
are come to Hand, and wUl be printed by Wednes
day Evening next ; when all those who are desirous
to see them, may either come or send : And whoever
have purchased their Tickets of the Printer hereof
and have drawn Prizes, are desired to call for their
Money within ten Days, or the Money will be paid
out of his Hands. — Ttie N. Y. Gazette Revived in ttte
Weekly Post Boy, June i, 1752.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop
Experiment, Daniel Dole from Brunswick. Cleared.
Sloop Hannah and Meriam, Benjamin Dorchester to
Egg Harbour. — Penna. Journal, June 4, 1752. No.
498. To be Sold.
A Lot of land, with 4 dwelling-houses thereon
erected, formerly the estate of James Venee, late of
the city of Burlington, joiner, deceased, containing
about 8 acres of land, within good fence, situate on
the banks of the river Delaware, one dwelling house
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and have good stone-cellars under them, and large
gardens, fenced ofif to each house ; most of the land
being improv'd and planted out into an orchard, with
a collection of the best fruit trees, which makes the
best of cyder, having a nursery of about 1500 of very
fine apple trees upon the premises ; the whole lot
fronts on the Delaware river, and extends to low
water mark, being bounded eastward by Grub-street,
southward by Pearl street, w^estward by the land late
Henry BaUinger's, and northward by the aforesaid
Delaware river, being a very convenient place for a
ship-wright having for many years past been made
use ofthat way. It will be sold, either altogether or
in parcels, as it may suit the purchasers conveniency.
Enquire of Rachel Venee, executrix, or Ebenezer
Large, in Burlington, and be further informed.
N. B. The purchaser paying part of the money
down, may have time for the rest, paying interest —
Penn. Gazette, June \,if^2. No. 1225.
This is to give notice to all persons that shall have
occasion of themselves, goods, wares or merchan
dize, from PhUadelphia to New York., or from the
latter to the former. That by Joseph Borden jun.
there is a stage-boat, well-fitted, and kept for that
purpose, and if wind and weather permit, wiU attend
at the Crooked Billet wharff in Philadelphia; every
Tuesday in every week, and proceed up to Borden-
Town on Wednesday, and on Thursday morning
a stage-waggon with a good arning,^ kept by Joseph
Richard wUl be ready to receive them, and proceed
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Amboy, who keeps a house of good entertainment ;
and on Friday morning, a stage-boat well fitted and
kept by Daniel Obryant, will be ready to receive
them, and proceed direct to New York, and give her
attendance at the White-haU slip, near the Half-
moon battery. If people be ready at the stage days
and places, 'tis believ'd they may pass the quickest
30 or 40 hours the cheapest and safest way that has
yet been made use of, if due attendance be given by
us the subscribers, which we shall endeavour to do
as near as possible : Also people living on or near
the road, may have business done by letters or other
wise. Due care shall be taken in the delivery of
letters, verbUe messages, &c. by us Joseph Borden,
jun. Joseph Richards, Daniel Obryant.
All passengers or goods, that shall come to Bor
dentown, on Sunday or Monday, in every week or any
week, by any Trenton shallop, White-hiU shallop, or
Bordentown shallops or boats, or in any other what
soever, whose waggon hire shall amount to Sixteen
ShiUings or upwards, shall upon first notice have a
waggon, and be transported to the above John
Cluck's, opposite Amboy, where if the stage boat is
not ready to receive them (but 'tis intended she
shall) it must be aUowed they have the greatest
chance for dispatch of any other place wrhatsoever,
for all the Brunswick, the place above Brunswick,
called the landing ; and all the river boats must pass
that place, in whom people may have passage.
Joseph Richards.
N. B. For the future attendance wUl be also
given at the Crooked Billet Wharff in Philadelphia,

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every Friday and Saturday, and proceed to Borden
town on Sunday, and on Monday the stage-waggon
wiU set out for Amboy, passengers or not. — Penn.
Gazette, May 14, 1752. No. 1222.
Those who had Trentown Lottery-Tickets of the
Printer hereof and have drawn Prizes, are desired to
call for their Money, if they have not yet seen the
Numbers, they may have them for sending for. — The
N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weetdy Post Boy, June
8, 1752.
Taken up adrift near Sandy-Hook, a Pettiauger,
without SaUs or Oars, and had a GrapHn on board:
Whoever owns the said Pettiauger, on applying to
Robert Hartshorne, of Middletown High Point^e-
scribing the other Marks, and paying the Charges
may have her again. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in
the Weekly Post Boy, June 8, 1752.
TO be sold, a Dwelling-House and Kitchen, with
a Garden, Yard, Barn, Stable and Chair-House, in
Elizabeth-Town, situated in one of the most publick
Places in the Town, at the south End of the Bridgfe,
and fit for any publick Business or Tradesman. Any
Person inclining to purchase, may apply to Matthias
Williamson, who lives in the said House. — The N.
Y. Gazette Revived in the Weetdy Post Boy, June 8,
1752. Strayed or stolen out of the pasture of Thomas
Tindall, in Trenton, A litde bay horse, about 13
hands and a half high, 5 years old, small switch tail,
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blaze in his face, branded on the near shoulder 1, shod
aU round, and can pace and trot. Whoever takes up
the said creature, and brings him to Thomas Tindall,
in Trenton, or Joseph Coburn, in PhUadelphia, shall
have Twenty Shillings reward, and reasonable charges,
paid by John Sharpless.
— Penn. Gazette, June 11, 1752. No. 1226.
Run aw^ay on the 7th inst. at night from Joseph
Frazier, living at Timber-Creek, Gloucester county,
An Irish Servant man, named WiUiam Davis, about
21 years of age, low stature, and slim, with sandy
colour'd hair ; Had on when he went away, a lightish
colour'd old jacket, check shirt, good buckskin
breeches, blue worsted stockings, good neats leather
shoes, a flag handkerchief, and an old hat ; he has a
sore shin.
Also went away with him. An Irish servant woman,
belonging to Samuel Boggs, near Haddonfield, in
Gloucester county, nam'd Mary Kelly, of low stature,
fresh colour'd, about 20 years of age : Had on when
she went away, an ozenbrigs shirt, with white sleeves,
and also a coarse tow shirt, with white sleeves, old
calimancoe gown of a light brown colour, and an old
red cloak ; has a large scar on her arm, and another
on the back part of one of her legs. 'Tis suppos'd
they wUl pass for man and wife. Whoever takes up
and secures said servants, so that their masters may
have them again, shall have Three Pounds reward,
and reasonable charges, paid by Joseph Frazier, Samuel
Boggs. — Penn. Gazette, June \:, 1752. No. 1226.

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Custom House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schoon
er Salley, Thomas Deane from Salem. — Penna.
Journal, Jnne 11, 1752. No. 499.
Run away from Joseph Shepherd, of Middle-
Town, on the 7th Inst June, at Night, in a Canoe
belonging to said Shepherd ; two Men Servants, the
One named James KUlsey, an Irish-Man, about 22
Years old ; had on when he went away, a homespun
^rey Suit : ^The other named Thomas KUling,
cloathed like the other, a spare Man, very much
Pock-fretten. Whoever secures any one of them,
so as their Master may have him or them again,
shall have Fifty ShUlings Reward for one, or Five
Pounds for both, and all reasonable Charges, paid by
Joseph Shepherd.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in tlie Weekly Post
Boy, June 15, 1752. New York, June 15.
We have an Account from Goshen, that on the
I Sth of last Month, four of the inhabitants of that
Place, viz, Robert Thompson, Anthony Car, Silas
Houlse, and Abraham Finch, set out from thence
with Design to view the Land called the Great
Patent at the Head of Delaware River ; and five
Days after, in the long dark wet weather we had at
that Time, they all got lost in the Woods : They
continued wandering about twelve Days almost
starved ; and in their Rambling met with an old
Indian Hut, where they found a Piece of a raw Deer
skin, which they roasted and eat as a delicious
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a few wild Herbs they picked up ; at length grow
ing faint, they kUled one of their Horses to eat :
In this Extremity, they at last perceiv'd a high Hill ;
to the Top of which they travelled, and from thence
happUy discovered a House at the Minisinks. —
Penn. Gazette, June 18, 1752. No. 1227.
Run away from the subscriber, living at Woodberry
creek, in West Jersey, an Irish servant man, named
Thomas Bunn, a thick well set fellow, of middle stat
ure, full faced, a little pock mark'd, and his hair cut
off; he speaks pretty good English, and pretends to
be something of a shoemaker, he has a scar on his
belly, and is mark'd on the upper side of his right
thumb with T B : Had on when he went away, a new
homespun blue grey jacket, a good felt hat, a new
homespun shirt, and petticoat trowsers, a pair of
good brogues, with large brass buckles ; took with
him some shoe makers tools. Whoever takes up
and secures said servant, so as his master may have
him again, shall have Five Pounds reward, and rea
sonable charges, paid by WUliam WUkins.
— Pennsylvania Gazette, June 18, 1752. No.
1227.
Run away on the 12th of May last from Joseph
James, at Cohanesey Bridge, in Cumberland county,
A Negroe man named Frank, about 5 feet 6 inches
high, weU set, about 26 or 28 years of age, speaks
good English : Had on when he went away, A
bearskin frock coat, and a double-breasted vest, of
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two vests and an under waistcoat, leather breeches
with brass buttons, check trowsers, worsted stock
ings, a pair of pumps, and strong shoes, with large
brass buckles, large felt hat, a fine cap, and a worsted
ditto, fine ruffled shirt, and 'tis probable may have
more shirts with him, and an old black wig ; he has a
scar on one of his legs. Whoever takes up said
Negro, and secures him so as his master may have
him again, shall have Thirty Shillings reward, and
reasonable charges, paid by Joseph James.
N. B. The coat and vest are too long for him.
All masters of vessels are forbid to carry him off at
their peril.  Pennsylvania Gazette, June 18, 1752.
No. 1227.
Annapolis in Maryland, June 4. About a Fort
night ago there happened in Frederick County in
this Province, as comical a Wedding, as we remem
ber to have heard of: A Couple, with their Guests,
(having obtain'd a Licence) came to the House of a
reverend Clergyman, late in the Evening, after he
had been in Bed some time with his Wife, and
desired to be married ; he willing to oblige them,
got up and dress'd himself in order to perform the
Ceremony ; but the Bridegroom having imbib'd a
Notion, that if he married a Woman with any thing,
he should be obliged to pay all her Debts, and not
otherwise, and as she came from the Province of
New Jersey, he was doubtful about her Circum
stances ; the obliging Bride, to remove all incom
brances, stripp'd to her Buff, and two Women held
a Sheet between her and the Clergyman while he

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performed his Office ; but she having forgot her Cap
at undressing, in the midst of the Ceremony it came
into her Mind, and she pulled that off too, and flung
it on the Bed, and was married to her Spouse (if
not in a Wedding Suit) in her Birth Day Suit :
After the Ceremony was over, the Bridegroom put
on her one of his own Shirts to cover her — This Ac
count the Reader may perhaps look on as improba
ble and untrue, but he may be assured, it is a cer
tain, and naked Truth. — Penn. Journal, June 18,
1752. No. 500.
Custom-House, Philadelphia. Cleared. Sloop
Tarter, William Nichols to West Jersey. — Penn.
Journal, June 18, 1752. No. 500.
Custom House, Ptiiladelptiia. Cleared. Nicholls
to West-Jersey. — Ttie N. Y. Gazette Revived in the
Weekly Post Boy, June 22, 1752.
Philadelphia, June 23, 1752.
Run away on the 22nd instant, from the subscri
ber, of Gloucester county. West Jersey, A Scotch
servant man, nam'd George Monrow, about 30
years of age, a thick well set fellow, of about 5 feet
9 inches high, down look, fresh complexion, talks
broad Scotch, and can talk Dutch and Irish, and has
brown hair ; Had on when he went away, a felt hat,
half worn, thick home spun jacket, much worn, new
tow trowsers, and good shoes, with brass buckles.
Whoever takes up and secures said servant, so that
his master may have him again, shall have Three
Pounds reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
John Brown.

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N. B. It is supposed he will forge a pass, and
change his name. — Penn. Gazette, June 25, 1752,
No. 1228.
Whereas Benjamin Hunter, in his life -time, was
seiz'd and possessed of one certain tract of land in
New West Jersey, in America, containing 750 acres ;
which said tract he mortgaged to one Daniel Smith,
of Burlington, in said Jerseys, for Forty-one Pounds
Fourteen ShUlings sUver money of America, with the
lawful interest thereon : And whereas the heir of
said Smith alledges, that the said lands are forfeited
thro' the length of time, and that he wUl pursuant
put said lands to sale: Now I Thomas Hunter, only
son and heir of said Benjamin, do give this publick
notice, cautioning and forbidding any person or per
sons whatever, to deal with, or buy said lands, from
said heir, or any deriving under him, or them, or any
of them, as they shall answer the contrary, I having
an eminent lawyer's opinion that said lands are not
forfeited, as falsely alledged, therefore intend to sue
properly for the same. Thomas Hunter.
— Pennsylvania Gazette, June 25, 1752. No.
1228.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop
Union, Nathaniel Newsman from Salem. Cleared.
Schooner Salley, Thomas Deane to Salem. — Penna.
Journal, June 25, 1752. No. 501.
Custom-house, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner
Good Intent, Ebenezer Bowditch from Salem.—
Penna. Journal, July 2, 1752. No. 502.

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Run away, on the 14th of June, from Jonathan
Fitz Randolph, of Piscattaway, in New-Jersey ; a
Servant Man, named Christian Cutlip Shiveidean, a
High-Dutctiman ; he is about 1 9 Years of Age, of a
fair Complexion, light colour'd Hair and Eyes, he is
of middle Stature, and much pock-fretten : Had on
when he went away, a black Jacket, Linnen Breeches
with some Patches, grey Yarn Stockings, old Shoes
with Strings, Felt Hat, and Ozenbrigs Shirt. Who
ever takes up said Servant and secures him, so that
his said Master may have him again, shall have Forty
Shillings as a Reward, and all reasonable Charges,
paid by Jonathan Fitz Randolph.
N. B. He talks much and speaks broken English.
— The N. Y. Gaze tte Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, July 6, 1752.
Run away from the subscriber, living at Cool-
Springs, Sussex county, upon Delaware, A servant
man, named Edward Proger, by trade a Taylor, about
20 years ol age, about 5 feet and a half high, swarthy
complexion, his lips are very thick, and his face
somewhat bump'd, born in England ; Had on when
he went away, A blue waistcoat, without sleeves,
white ruffled shirt, black wig, new felt hat, new shoes,
one brass buckle, and one steel ditto, and grey yarn
stockings. 'Tis supposed he went aboard of a vessel
bound to Rhode Island, Joseph Hadley, commander.
Whoever takes up and secures said servant, so as
his master may have him again, shall have Forty

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ShiUings reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by
James M'Uvaine.
— Pennsylvania Gazette, July 9, 1752. No.
1230.
Custom House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Schooner
Good Intent, Ebenezer Bowditch to Salem. — Penn.
Journal, July 9, 1752. No. 503. New York, July 13.
We have Advice from New-Brunswick, that on
Thursday Evening last, they had a hard Gust, with
Thunder, Lightning and Rain, wherein the Presby
terian Meeting-house, in that Town, was struck with the
Lightning, and shatter'd pretty much ; Mr. Schuyler's
StUl-house was also struck and the Mast of a Boat
shiver'd to Pieces ; and across the River, a Brew-
house of Mr. Antil's was also shatter'd.
And the Friday before that, there was a violent
Storm of Hail and Thunder, at Trenton, which
damaged many Trees, as well as grain, many of the
Hailstones being bigger than Pidgeon's Eggs. —
Penn. Gazette, July 16, 1752. No. 1231.
WHereas Samuel Barnes, of Cumberland, in New
Jersey, hath in his possession two certain bonds, viz.
One of Three Hundred Pounds, and the other of
Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds, condition each ;
the which money specified in said bonds, is not just,
nor legally due, nor wiU be paid by the bounden ;
and therefore these are to forewarn aU persons not
to take the said bonds by way of assignment, or

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otherways, at their peril of losing their money, for
they wUl not be paid by the bounden. Enoch Haines.
— Penn. Gazette, July i6, 1752. No. 1231.
Mr Parker,
Please to give the following Letter a Place in your
next Paper, and believe you wont disoblige the
Publick, by obliging your constant Reader, &c.
A Letter to a Gentleman from his Friend, July
7. 1752.
"Sir,"AS you are a known and peculiar Votary to a
State of Celibacy, I judged it would do you no Dis
service, to acquaint you of a late Occurence, which
sufficiently Evidences, that after the most mature
Consideration, some of our wisest and best Men, do
prefer the Endearments ofthe Nuptial Bed. — About
eight Days since, the Rev. Mr. Aaron Burr, Presi
dent of the College of New Jersey, was wedded to a
Daughter of the renowmed Mr. Jonathan Edwards,
late of Northampton : She is a young Lady of
about Twenty-one ; her Person may be called agree
able, her natural Genius seems to be sprightly ; and
no doubt, is greatly improved by a very virtuous
Education : In short, she appears to be one, every
way qualified, to make a Man of Sense and Piety
happy in the conjugal Relation. As to the Court
ship, or Marriage, I shall not descend to Particulars,
but only observe in general, that for some Centuries,
suppose there has not been one more than^ Patri-
1 in the.

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archial Mode} I hope. Sir, that this Instance, both
as to Matter and Form, will have its genuine In
fluence upon you, and as well, bear a Part in con
vincing you, that Wedlock is incomparably prefer
able to the roving Uneasinesses of the single State ;
as to direct you, when you are chusing your Mate,
that instead of acting the modern Gallant, wisely, to
imitate the present Example ; and so have the
Honour of being another, who, in this Day of
Degeneracy, has endeavored to restore Courtship
and Marriage, to their original Simplicity and
Design}' I am, Sir, &c. Philogamus.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, July 20, 1752.
Run away from his Bail, James Hamilton, who
may be easily discover'd by the foUowing Marks,
viz. a likely well-limb'd Fellow, pitted with the Small-
Pox, fresh colour'd, about 27 Years of Age, by Trade
a Shoe-maker, grey-headed, notwithstanding his
Youth ; very ignorant, and apt to laugh at his own
Expressions, an Irishman, had on a blue Camblet
Coat and black Wig. Whoever apprehends and
sends him to M. John Durham, at the Sign of the
Boat, near the Old-Slip-Market, in New- York, or to
Mr. J. Thompson, in New-Brunswick, or F. HaUns-
head. Esq ; at the Court-House, of Somerset, New-

1 The story is that Mr. Burr proposed and was accepted after a courtship ot three
days, at her father's house, at Stockbridge, and a fortnight after returning to Newark
sent a young man to bring her on to the latter place, where the wedding immediately
took place. The communication in the Gazette was probably written by J, Shippen, jr.,
two of whose amusing letters to his parents on the subject are given in Stearns's Hist.
First Pres. Church, of Newark, N. J., 192.

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Jersey, shall have One Pistole Reward, and reason
able Charges, paid by Francis Hall.
N. B. It is thought he is gone towards Albany. —
The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy,
July 20, 1752.
This Day is published, the Second Edition, of A
Map of Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, New York and
the Three Lower Counties on Delaware by Lewis
Evans. — Pennsylvania Gazette, July 23, 1752. No.
1232. Just Published and to be sold by the Printer here
of, [Price 4 s)
AN Answer to a Bill in the Chancery of New-
Jersey, at the Suit of John Earl of Stair,
and others, commonly called Proprietors of the East
ern Division of New-Jersey, against Benjamin Bond,
and others claiming under the original Proprietors
and Associates of Elizabeth- Town. To which is ad
ded. Nothing either of the Publications of the Coun
cU of Proprietors of East New-Jersey, or of the Pre
tences of the Rioters, and their Seducers ; except
so far as the Persons meant by Rioters, pretend title
against the Parties to the above Answer ; but a great
Deal of the Controversy, tho' much less of the His
tory and Constitution of New-Jersey than the said
Bill. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly
Post Boy, July 27, 1752. Trenton, July 29, 1752.
This is to give notice to those persons, who have
had dckets in the late lottery, for finishing the church

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at Trenton, and not paid for them, that unless they
pay them off by the 12th day of August next, they
will oblige the managers to proceed against them as
the law directs. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 30,
1752. No. 1233.
Run away, on the 19th inst. from Cornelius Bogart,
tavern-keeper in Rariton, a High Dutch servant man,
named Hendrick Theodorous Tedman : Had on
when he went away, a brown kersey coat, lined with
home made linsey woolsey, with home made flat pew
ter buttons, a pale blue jacket, made of worsted, his
stockings mixed with blue, an old pair of pumps, and
a new felt hat ; he is very remarkable, by having a
large scar right across the ball of his left hand, oc
casioned by being shot in that part. Whoever takes
up said servant, and secures him, so as his master
may have him again, shall have Three Pounds re
ward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Cornelius Bogart
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 30, 1752. No.
1233- Philadelphia, July 30, 1752.
WHereas, Margaret, the wife of John Mon
row, of New Hanover, in Burlington
county, in New Jersey, hath not only contracted di
vers debts against her said husband, contrary to his
wUl and knowledge, but hath also, for several years
past, behav'd herself in a very imprudent and abusive
manner to her said husband and family, and her base
way of behaving daily increasing : These are there
fore to forewarn all persons from trusting her on my

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account, for I wiU pay no debts of her contracting
from the date hereto. John Monrow.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 30, 1752. No.
1233- PhUadelphia, July 30, 1752.
RUn away on the 26th inst from Nathaniel
Parker, of Trenton Ferry, a native Irish
servant man, named John Casey, about 40 years of
age, about five feet and a half high, one of his eyes
black, the other grey, talks very thick, has much of
the brogue, is a well set feUow^, and has dark brown
bushy hair : Had on when he went away, a dark
colour'd fustian jacket, old castor hat, ozenbrigs shirt
and trowsers, and old shoes. Whoever takes up and
secures said servant so as his master may have him
again, shaU have Three Pounds reward, and reason
able charges, paid by Nathaniel Parker.
N. B. There was stole from said Parker, about six
weeks ago, a small brown horse, branded B. E. on
the near thigh, paces and trots, about ten years old,
lame in one of his hind legs, about 13 hands high, a
stocky well set horse. Whoever brings home said
horse, shall have Twenty Shillings reward, and if the
horse and thief. Five Pounds from Nathaniel Parker.
/ — The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 30, 1752. No.
1233- PhUadelphia, July 30, 1752.
To be sold, by way of public vendue, on the 29th
of August next, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, a lot

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of ground, containing an acre and a quarter, situate
in Haddonfield, Gloucester County, there is a young
orchard on it, a good brick house, a shop, fit for any
tradesman, a barn, stables, &c. late the property of
Samuel Mickle, deceased. The vendue to be held
on the premises, and those inclining to purchase, may
know the title and conditions of sale, by applying to
John Mickle, or David Cooper, executors. — The
Pennsylvania Gazette, July 30, 1752. No. 1233.
New-York, August 3. By the Philadelphia Post
we have an Account, that last Wednesday afternoon,
Mr. Richard Perot, a West-India Gentleman, now
living at Elizabeth-Town, in returning from Philadel
phia, was set upon by two Highway-men, in the
Wood called Penns Manor, about two Miles and a
Half from Trentown Ferry, who bound him Neck and
Heels, and then robbed him of a green Purse, where
in was 38 Pistoles, 5 Doubloons, and some Dollars ;
together with two Pair of Ear-Rings, two Neck-La
ces, and two Solitares, all Paste set in Gold. They
left him in that Condition, where he was found some
Time after by one James Odear, who loosed him.
One of the Rogues was mounted on a Bay-Horse ;
with a brown Great-Coat behind him, and had a
large Scar on his right Cheek ; the other had a
Horse between a Mouse Colour and a Bay, and a
brown Great-Coat on : They talk'd Irish, and were
both well set lusty Men, and had on ruffled Caps.
A Reward of Ten Pounds is offered for the appre
hending either ^of them : And if any of the Jewels
should be offered to Sale, a proper Reward will be
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We hear that Mr. Isaac De Cow narrowly escaped
being robbed in the same Place ; and that the Inhab
itants thereabouts have lost eight Horses within a
Week past — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Week
ly Post Boy, Aug. 3, 1752.
Just imported in the Nebuchadnezer, a choice As
sortment of Medicines, calculated for Practice in the
Country, and are genuine, from the Hall in London;
they are quite fresh, and aUowed to come from the
most eminent Hand, subjected to the Inspection of
the Royal College of Physicians ; to be sold very
cheap by Charles Scham Leslie, M, D. at his House
in Connecticut-Farms, a few Miles from Elizabetli-
Town in the Jersies. — The said Dr. Leslie intending
to deal for the Future in that Branch of Business,
will always take Care to have fresh Assortments
from London, and to give the usual Credit ; tho' now
he proposes for Cash, to sell 20 per Cent, cheaper
than shaU appear from any Invoices or BUls of Par
cels, for the same Kind of Medicines in any trading
Place in America, where Practitioners are serv'd at
second-hand. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in ttie
Weekly Post Boy, Aug. 3, 1752.
PhUadelphia, August 6. We hear from Spring
field, in the Jerseys, that the house of WiUiam Den
nis, there, was broke open on the 29th of last Month,
and sundry Things .carried off — The Pennsylvania
Gazette, Aug. 6, 1752. No. 1234.
Philadelphia, August 5. We have an Account
froni Trenton, that on Wednesday the 39th of July

176 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l752
Richard Perrot was attacked and robbed by two
Men on Horseback, in the Woods between Trenton
and Bristol, who took from him, as he says, a Purse
in which was 38 Pistoles, 5 Double Loons, and some
Dollars, and two pair of Earings, two Necklaces, and
two Solataires, all set in Gold — He says they were
two lusty weU set Men, one of which had a large
Scar on his right Cheek and talked Irish. They tyed
him with his own Garter, and so left him. Upon ex
amination of the above Account, it is generally thdt
the Person bound himself in order to impose upon Peo
ple and ttial tie was not robF d. — The Pennsylvania
Journal, August 6, 1752. No. 507.
Philadelphia, August 5. Yesterday a Man was
found floating in the River near Point no Point, hav
ing both his Hands cut of, and it is supposed he was
murdered. By Letters found in his Pocket, it ap
pears that he was going up to Trenton. — Ttte Penn
sylvania Journal, August 6, 1752. No. 507.
New York, August 10. By some Advices brought
by the Ptiiladelpttia Post, we have Reason to believe,
that the Account inserted in our last of the Robbery
of Richard Perot, in Penn's Manor, is false, there
being great Grounds to suspect said Perot bound
himself purposely, in order to impose on the Pubhck.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy,
Aug.- 10, 1752. This is to give Notice.
That the Commencement of New-Jersey CoHedge,
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Wednesday in September is to be according to New
Stile } which wall happen the 1 6th day from the be
ginning of the Month. — The Pennsylvania Journal,
Aug. 13, 1752. No. 508.
Run away on the 9th inst. at night, from Trenton,
an Irish servant man, belonging to Williani Wood
ward, of Croswicks, named Nicholas Magahey, a
short well set man, about five feet five inches high,
swarthy complexion, black eyes, his hair lately cutoff,
and talks much upon the brogue : Had on when he
went away, a brown cloth coat, check shirt old buck
skin breeches, a pair of trowsers, half worn felt hat,
new shoes, and old speckled worsted stockings ; he
understands all sorts of plantation work, but has
lately been used to cut cord wood at Messieurs Allen
and Turner's works : His wife also went with him,
named Catherine, a likely woman, fresh colour'd,
about the same height of her husband, and wears a
calico gown. Whoever takes up and secures said ser
vant, so as his master may have him again, shall have
three Pounds reward, and reasonable charges, paid
by William Woodward, of Croswicks, or John Allen,
of Trenton. — Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. 13, 1752.
No. 1235. Philadelphia, July 30, 1752.
Made his escape, on the 26th inst from David
Arnett, goal-keeper of the borough of Elizabeth, an
Irishman, named James Tolford, about six feet two
inches high, with short black hair, and a down look.
The "New Stile" of reckoning went nto effect, by Act of Parliament, on August 25,
1752. VI

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pretends to be a blacksmith, and was committed for
passing counterfeit Pieces of Eight: Had on when
he made his escape, a blue cloth jacket, tow shirt,
grey stockings, old shoes, and an old felt hat Who
ever takes up and secures said James Tolford, so
that he may be had again, shall have Five Pounds
reward, and reasonable charges, paid by David Ar
nett. — Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. 13, 1752. No.
1235- Just published, (in PhUadelphia,) the Second Edi
tion, of a Map of PennsUvania, New-Jersey, New-
York, and the Three Lower Counties on Delaware :
By Lewis Evans.
The Determination of the Bounds of Pensilvania
and Maryland, by a Decree in Chancery ; a new
Purchase made of the Indians, and the Erecting four
new Counties in PennsUvania, since the first Publica
tion of the Map, have made this Edition necessary.
And Care has been taken to supply the Omissions,
and to rectify the Errors which have escaped in the
former Impression ; and the Soutti Side of Lake On
tario is now added.
The several Provinces and Countries are distin
guished in the plain Maps by Division Lines, and in
the colour'd Ones, by different Colours.
Besides what are common to other Maps, as the
Sea-Coast Rivers, Creeks, Mountains, Roads, inter
mediate Distance of Places, and the Situation of
Cities, Towns, Villages, &c. there are inserted in
this, how far the Tide runs up the several Rivers,
and the Time of High-water, Full and Change, of
the greatest Use in Commerce ; the Variation of the

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Needle, by several accurate Observations, and the
Rate of its Decrease, of Use in adjusting old Surveys
of Land ; the greatest Length of Days and Nights ;
a Table of the Distances between the most consider
able Towns ; besides the Barometrical and Thermo-
metrical Observations, Accounts of the Weather in
this Climate, the Production of Lightning and Fogs
accounted for ; with several other Articles recom
mended by the Curious to the Enquiry of the
Travellers. The SmaUness of this Map has been very often
objected to the Author; but if Gentlemen would con
sider, that they seldom have seen Maps of any Parts
of Europe to a larger Scale, and that there is not a
City, Town, or even a VUlage of six Houses within
the Compass of the Map, that are not inserted in it,
and that Pensilvania, as far as tolerably settled, which
in between Delaware River, the Lower Counties, Ma
rtland, and the Kittatinny Mountains, tho' now divi
ded into eight Counties, is not of Extent equal to
Yorkshire in South-Britain, they would be induced
to think a larger Map impertinent ; if they did not
expect it for other Uses than Geography, Physics,
History and Commerce.
The Price of the Plain Maps is One Spanish Dol
lar ; of the colour'd Ones, on superfine Writing-pa
per, Two Dollars ; and there are a few on fine Cali
co, at a Dollar and a Half each.
In Justice to the Buyers of the former Impression,
their colour'd Maps, tho' torn or defaced, will be ex
changed for the new Edition at Five Shillings, and
their plain Ones at Two Shillings and Six-pence.

l80 new jersey COLO.VIAL DOCUMENTS. ['752
To be sold or exchanged by the Author in Ptiila
delptiia, and by the Printer hereof — Ttie N. Y. Ga
zelle Revived in ttie Weetdy Post Boy, Aug. if, 1752.
Run away from Peter Bard, and Company, owners
of the Holly iron-works,^ An Irish servant man,
named John M'Claughlin, about 35 years of age, of
a middle stature : Had on when he went away, a half
worn beaver hat, check shirt red jacket, without
sleeves, silk handkerchief new shoes, and blue worst
ed or yarn stockings. Whoever takes up and se
cures the said servant, so as his masters, may have
him again, and gives notice to Peter Bard at Mount-
holly, John Abraham Denormandie, Esq; at Bristol,
or Morris Morgan, in Philadelphia, shall have Thirty
Shillings reward, and all reasonable charges, paid by
Peter Bard, John Abraham Denormandie, or Morris
Morgan. N. B. 'Tis supposed he is gone to New York.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, August 20, 1752.
No. 1236. Philadelphia, August 20, 1752.
STolen from William Green of Trenton, a
young black mare, three years old past,
about fifteen hands high, paces and trots, branded R.
G. one of her hind feet part white, carries her nose
out, a short mane, hangs on both sides her neck, and
a short switch tail. Whoever takes up and secures
said mare and thief so as she may be had again, and

1 For a notice of the Mt, Holly iron works, sec N J, Archives, XI , 54.1.

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the thief brought to justice, shall have Forty Shil
lings reward, ancl reasonable charges paid by
William Green.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, /lugust 20, 1752.
No. 1236.
Bucks County, On the 15th Day of Augu.st 1752,
to wit. personally appeared before us,
John Abraham Denormandie, and Alexander Gray-
don Esquires, two of his Majesty's Justices of the
Peace, for said county, James Adair, of the Falls
township, who being duly sworn, &c. did declare and
say "That as he, this Deponent was travelling in his
Wagon, between Bristol and his own House, on
Wednesday, the 2gth Day of July last between the
Hours of Five and Six a Clock, of same Day, within
about Half a Mile of his own House, he came up
with a Man on Horseback, whose Name he after
wards learn'd to be Perot, who called to this depon
ent, and begg'd him to unbind him, telling him he
had been robb'd ; this Deponent supposing he only
jested, replied. That perhaps he might charge him
with the Robbery, if he unbound him ; that upon this
Deponent's asking his Wife, who was with him, what
he had best to do ? for that he believed he was a
Rogue, she told him to do as he pleased ; that this
Deponent then went out of his Waggon, and found
the said Perot setting on his Horse, with his Hands
bound under his Hams with a Garter, which, said
Perot told him was his own Garter, wrapp'd several
Times round his Wrists, but without any Knot tied
on it ; that the Wrists were swelled by the Tight
ness of the Binding : That the said Perot, after he

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was unbound, seemed to be very weak and faint, or
pretended to be so, and said he could not ride ; but
by the Assistance of a Foot Traveller, who then come
up, this Deponent helped the said Perot into his
Waggon, and carried him to his House : That the
said Perot told this Deponent, that two Men on
Horseback, which said Perot described, had robb'd
him of between Thirty and Forty Pistoles, Four
Doubloons, and some Jewels and Necklaces, and
that one of the Rogues had knocked him down from
his Horse, by a Blow on the Head, altho' this Depo
nent, upon Examination, could not discover any Sign
of Hurt, Wound or bruise in the Place w^here said
Perot alleged he received the Blow. And this De-
ponent further saith. That on Wednesday the 12th of
this instant August, the said Perot came to this De
ponent's House, and desired him to go with him to
Trenton, and declare before some Magistrates there,
the Condition he had found the said Perot in, on the
29th Day of July last ; that accordingly this Depon
ent did go with him before TheophUus Severns, Esq;
in Trenton, where the said Perot did write a Paper,
which was read to this Deponent, but not so distinct
ly that he could sufficiently apprehend the meaning
of it ; and altho' this Deponent expressed an unwil
lingness to sign said Paper, yet he was soUicited so
much that at length he was prevailed upon to sign it,
but refused to swear to it : That afterwards this De
ponent being informed that he had been imposed on,
in signing the said Paper, he procured a Copy ofthe
same, and now declares. That such Part of the
Contents of said Paper which contradicts this pres-

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ent Deposition, to be entirely false ; and further this
Deponent saith not James Adair.
Sworn the Day and Year above
written, before us
John Abraham Denormandie
Alexander Graydon.
— The Pennsylvania Gazelle, August 27, 1752.
No. 1237.
To be Sold, A certain tract of land, situate on
Timber- creek, in Gloucester county West-New Jer
sey, containing 96 acres, 16 of which is very good
meadow, and more may be made, with a log house,
and a fine young orchard thereon ; it is within a mile
of Gloucester, and adjoining to a plantation of Wil
liam Masters's. For title and terms of sale,
enquire of Joseph Hogg, joiner, in Race street, Phil
adelphia. — Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, August 27,
1752. No. 1237.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop
Swallow, James Savage from Salem. — Ttie Pennsyl
vania Journal, August 20, 1752. No. 509.
New-York. August 27. We hear from PhUadel
phia, that John Jones, who is committed to Jail there,
as mentioned in the PhUadelphia News, is suspected
to be one of the Fellows who robb'd Mr. Perot, in
Penn's Manor. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in ttie
Weekly Post Boy, August 24, 1752.
A Young Man qualified for a School-Master, is
wanting at Rariton, in the Township of Bridge-water,

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in the County of Somerset, and may hear of Encour-
ment by applying to John Broughton, Esq; of said
Township. — Ttie N. Y. Gazelle Revived in ttie Weetdy
Post Boy, August 24, 1752.
This may give Notice, that the Commencement of
New-Jersey College, which is stated the last Wednes
day in September, will this Year happen on the third
Wednesday, according to the New-Style : And that
there wUl be but one Exercise, beginning at 11
o'clock, A. M. — Ttie N. Y. Gazette Revived in the
Weetdy Post Boy, August 24, 1752.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schoon
er Salley, Thomas Dean from Salem. — The Pennsyl
vania Journal, August 2f, 1752. No. 510.
All Persons indebted to the Estate of Joseph
Field, late of Monmouth County, in New-Jersey, de
ceas'd, are desired to pay ; and those that have any
Demands against the said Estate, are also desired to
bring in their Accounts, that they may be adjusted
without further Notice ; the Estate wUl be disposed
to the Legatees as directed, by
Mercv Field, his Executrix.
— Ttie N. }". Gazette Revived ill ttie Tf^eetdy Post
Boy, August 31, 1752.
Custom-House, PhUadelphia, Entered In. Brigt
Rebecca, Charles Giles from Salem. — Ttie Pennsyl
vania Journal, Sept. 14, 1752. No. 511.
Made his escape from Patrick Hamilton, on Sun
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lad, who was taken out of Trenton goal, and belongs
to John Flannigan, in Cecil county, Maryland, and
was going home ; he is of a middle size, pale com
plexion, wears a cap, ancl a lock of hair behind, has
light grey eyes ; has two green jackets on, one of
good cloth, white trousers, thread stockings and
pumps, with large carved pewter buckles. Any body
that wUl secure him in any goal, and give notice to
James Whitehead, keeper of the work-house, in Phil
adelphia, so as he may be had again, shall have Three
Pounds reward, ancl if brought to him, all charges,
paid by James Whitehead.
N. B. All masters of vessels are forbid to carry
him off at their peril.
— Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 14, 1752. No.
1238.
Will be Run for in Elizabeth-Town, the first Tues
day in October next ; a Purse of about Fifteen Pounds
Value, by any Horse, Mare, or Gelding, (except such
as have won a Prize,) carrying Ten Stone, Bridle and
Saddle included, the best in three Heats, one Mile
and a Half each Heat — Horses to be entered with
Matthias Williamson, or David Arnet, at Elizabeth-
Town, five Days before the Day of Running, paying
Two Dollars each, or at the Post the Day of Run
ning Three Dollars. The Entrance Money to be run
for on Thursday following, by any of the Horses, ex
cept the Winner and those distanc'd.
If any Foul-play be shewn by any of the Riders,
that Horse to be deemed distanc'd by the Judges, as
is express'd in the written Articles. — Ttte N. Y. Ga
zette Revived in ttie Weetdy Post Boy, Sept. 18, 1752.

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Custom-House, Philadelphia, Outwards. Schoon
er Salley, Thos. Dean for Salem. — Ttie Pennsylvania
Journal, Sept. 21, 1752. No. 512.
TO be sold by Thomas Kearny, Two Tracts
of Land, at a Place commonly call'd Way-
Cake, in the Township of Middle-Town, and County
of Monmouth, New-Jersey : The first Tract contain
ing 450 Acres, well timber'd, partly joining Nave-
Sinks Bay, and partly by a Navigable Creek, about
30 Acres of clear Land, and a small Orchard, the
greatest Part arable and choice Pasturage, several
Acres whereof may be made good Meadow ; it is very
commodious for Foreign or Domestick Trade, being
a noted Landing; likewise, fit for Fowling, Fishing,
Hunting, Oystering, and Clamming; also, the other
Tract containing 350 Acres, well timber'd, with a good
Stream suitable for a Grist-MUl and a Saw-Mill, not
above 30 Chains distant from the former Tract with
the like Conveniencies, 30 Acres thereof may be
made choice fresh Meadow, and may go daily to
New- York Market, with their produce. Any Person
inclining to purchase the Whole, or Part of the said
Tracts, may apply to said Thomas Kearny, living in
said Township, where they may see the Premises,
and get an indisputable Title, and may expect a
reasonable Bargain, and moderate Payments, of
Thomas Kearny.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in ttie Weekly
Post Boy, Sept. 25, 1752.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Schooner
Salley, Thomas Dean to Salem. — Ttie Pennsylvania
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From Minisink there is Advice, that on the 21st,
ult. three chUdren were burnt to Death there. The
Mother of them had Occasion to go to a Neighbor's
House, and left them shut up for fear of their o-etting
out ; but whUe she was gone her House took Fire,
and before any Help could be got, the Children per-
ish'd inthe Flames. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept.
28, 1752. No. 1240.
Whereas the inhabitants of Prince-town, in the
township of Windsor, in Middlesex county. New Jer
sey, have obtained a patent for the holding of two
fairs in every year, each to continue two days, viz.
the one on the third Wednesday in October, and the
other on the third Wednesday in April : These are to
inform the publick, that, pursuant to the said patent,
there wUl to be sold on the i Sth of October next, at
Prince-town aforesaid. All sorts of goods, wares and
merchandize, lawful to be bought and sold ; likewise
cattle, horses, sheep, and other country produce. —
Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 28, 1752. No. 1240.
Philadelphia, Sept 28, 1752.
Run away on the 25th of August last, from the sub
scriber, in Peters's Township, in Cumberland county,
A servant lad, called James M'Cuny, about 18 years
of age, of a ruddy complexion, is fair, and smooth
fac'd, and is well set of his age : Had on when he
went away, An old greesy hat, and half worn grey
jacket it being worn before it was made into a jack
et, and had two old Shirts, one tow, the other linnen,
leather breeches and trowsers, and new shoes, with
large brass buckles. Whoever takes up and secures

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said servant, so as his master may have him again,
shall have Twenty Shillings reward, and reasonable
charges, paid by PhUip Davis.
N. B. He formerly runaway, and changed his name
from Peter M'Cuny, to Crackwood. All masters of
vessels are forbid to carry him ofif at their peril. —
Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 28, 1752. No. 1240.
Philadelphia, Sept. 28, 1752.
Run away on the 19th inst. from Joseph Ludlam,
of Cape May county. An Irish servant lad, named
John Burk, about 19 years of age, is short and well-
made, has short brown hair, and brown eyes : Had
on, a felt hat and white worsted cap, with red and
blue stripes, brown Irish linnen jacket, ozenbrigs
shirt, coarse trowsers, and a pair of calf-skin shoes,
much too large for him, the grain much eaten : He
has with him a long fowling piece, with a bell muzzle,
and has been jump'd together, near the breech. 'Tis
probable he has a forg'd pass. Whoever takes up
and secures said servant so as his master may have
him again, shall have Forty Shillings reward, and
reasonable charges, paid by Joseph Ludlam
N. B. All masters of vessels are forbid to carry
him off at their peril. He came from Dublin, and
can neither read nor write.^77/^ Pennslvania Ga
zette, Sept. 28, 1752. No. 1240.
Bucks County, August 26, 1752.
To the Publishers of the PENs^'LVANIA Gazette
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deserves a Place in your Paper, you will please to pub
lish il, and oblige many of your Subscribers.
T a 'I'ime when we of this Province have
been so unfortunate as to have real Crimes
of the most atrocious Kind committed amongst us,
as appears in two late Instances, it behoves us, to
prevent the Publick being imposed upon by the Be
lief of such as, upon very good Grounds, we may
pronounce fictitious. Most People have heard a Re
port of a High-way Robbery being committed on a
certain Richard Perot, in the Manor of Pennsbury,
on the 29th of the last Month, an Account of which
was inserted in the New-York Gazette of August 3,
and Advertisements put up by the said Perot, at
Trenton Ferry, describing the Robbers, and offering
a Reward for the Discovery and apprehending of
them. An Article in your Paper of August 6, dis
crediting the Report of any such Crime being perpe
trated, has produced another in the York Gazette of
August 1 7, informing us, that your Intelligencers were
evU-minded Persons, intending great Damage to the
said Mr. Perot ; that the People of Philadelphia, hard
hearted and incredulous, and no Way regarding his
Misfortune, had suffered two suspicious Persons,
flush of Gold, to sHp through their Fingers, and es
cape: But that now several Affidavits were in the
Printer's Hands at New-York, to prove the Truth of
Said Robbery. Of what Force the Evidence con
tained in those Affidavits may be to alter the com
monly leceived Opinion here relating to the Affair,
we cannot pretend certainly to judge, before they are
made publick ; but we may venture to assert, that the
Evidence resulting from the following Facts, which

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are well (and can be still better) supported by Wit
nesses of unquestionable Reputation, and the Ob
servations naturaUy deducible from those Facts,
must convince every unprejudiced Person, that the
whole was a Contrivance, tho' not cunningly enough
laid, to answer some bad Purpose ; and it is but act
inor in Character for the Author of such a Scheme, to
make a mighty Bustle and Stir, in order to persuade
a creneral belief of it.
And first from the Deposition of Mr. Patrick
O Hanlon, transmitted herewith, very strong Pre
sumptions may be gathered, that the whole Business
was premeditated, and that Mr. Perot had resolved
upon a Place very proper, as he thought for the
Scene of a Robbery. The Deposition of James
Adair, already published in your Paper, will speak for
itself — only let it be observed. That said Perot was
on Horse-back, with his Hands tied under his Hams,
when Adair came up to him, tho' as he told him, he
had been dismounted by the Robbers, and left by
them tied, on the Ground. We don't say it was im
possible for a Man, in such a Situation, to recover the
Back of an uncommonly tall Horse, which it is said
Perot rode, but it must be allowed to be very diffi
cult, and to require more Time perhaps, than we can
afford him for this Feat of Activity, as will appear by '
and by. If one might venture to guess in so tick
lish a Point would it not have been much easier for
Mr. Perot, first to have tied his Hands, as he sat on
Horse-back, and then hoisting his Legs upon his
Pummel, pass them thro' his Arms, wdiich any Person,
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what will still greatiy strengthen the Credit of our
Side of the Question, is a Relation which Ennion
Bristol, Esq; gives us upon his own Knowledge, and
for the publishing of which, very near as he wrote it
down, we have his oWn Sanction and Authority, viz.
'T'hat on the 29th Day of July last, between the
'hours of five and six in the Afternoon, as he was
"returning homewards, soon after entering the
'W^oods, next to the Plantation of William Allen,
"Esq; he met two Men travelling, one of whom he
"knew to be Mr. William Yard, of Trenton ; after
"riding about Three-quarters of a Mile farther, he
"met two young Gentlemen, Sons of Mr. Morris and
"Mr. Powell, riding towards Trenton, with whom he
"made a Halt of a few Minutes. Parting from them
' he had Occasion to alight from his Horse, which de-
"layed him some Minutes more ; . remounting his
"Horse again, in a few Minutes riding he met a
"Stranger, whom afterwards upon Recollection, and
"by Description, he judged to be the Person pretend-
"ed to be robbed : And that in about four or five
"Minutes afterwards, he met James Adair and his
"Wife in a Waggon just at the Run of Water, com-
"monly called Lambour's Run. That it was his Opin-
"ion, there being about 1 MUes Distance, between the
"Place he met the first Company, and James Adair,
"and so many Travellers within that short Distance,
"there was neither Time nor Opportunity for such a
"Robbery as was pretended, and that if any Rogues
"had been lying in Wait, he was more likely to be-
"come their Prey than any other at that Time, having
"Saddle-Bags behind him, and travelling alone the

192 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l7S2
"contrary Road. Now it appears, from this Rela
tion, that Perot was but a very litde Way before
Adair's Waggon, within two MUes of the Place he
said he was robbed. So that he must have rode very
hard indeed to get so far a Head of a light Waggon,
as to give the Rogues Time to dismount him, rifle
him of his Money, &c. tie him, and afterwards for
him to be remounted, which last one would think
must have been a pretty tedious Piece of Business.
But if Mr. Perot had really been robbed, why did he
not immediately apply to the next Justice of Peace
for the County where the Offence was committed,
and raise the Neighbourhood in Pursuit of the Rob
bers ? The River Delaware secured one Side, the
Country is thick settled on the other, and if they
were not invisible to every Body besides Mr. Perot,
they could not possibly escaped being seen by some
Person, if a fresh Pursuit had been made ? but in
stead of doing what any Man would naturally do in
such Circumstances, he has made all his Applications
to Magistrates in another Govern'ment conscious
perhaps that those in Pensylvania would have better
Opportunities of finding out the Truth. To conclude,
if Mr. Perot thinks himself injured by this Represen
tation, we have Authority to acquaint him, that upon
his Application to any Magistrate of Bucks County,
they wUl endeavour to see Justice done him, as the
Nature of his Case may require.
Bucks County r^N the 26th Day of August 1752,
\j personally appeared before me,
Alexander Graydon, Esq; one of his Majesty's Jus
tices of the Peace for said County, Patrick O Han-

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lon, of Bristol, Innholder, who being duly sworn, &c.
doth declare and say. That a Man, who called him
self Richard Perot, did stop and dine at this Depo
nent's House on the Day on which he was said to be
robbed in Pennsbury Manor ; and enquiring from
this Deponent if any Company were going towards
Trenton, he was informed by this Deponent of sev
eral Gentlemen travelling that Way, at which he ex
pressed himself much pleased : And when the Com
pany he had told him of, were setting out, this De
ponent told the said Perot of it, but he seemed to
take little Notice, and delayed at least Half an Hour
after the said Company were gone, before he followed
them. Patrick O Hanlon.
Sworn before me, Alexander Graydon.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, Oct. 2, 1752.
New-York, October 2. We hear from Newark,
that on Tuesday last, Amos Roberds, one of the
Chiefs of the Jersey Rioters, was committed to their
County faU : This Man was a few Years ago indicted
in the Supreme Court for High-Treason, which In
dictment still lies against him ; and Samuel Nevil,
Esq; one of the Judges ofthe Supreme Court, going
the Circuits to Morris-County, attended by a great
Number of Magistrates and Gendemen, Roberds had
the Imprudence, or rather Impudence, boldly to
intrude into their Company and Presence, as if in
Defiance of Justice ; whereupon he was immediately
ordered into Custody, and committed to Jail. — Th^
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A^. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, Oct. 2,
1752. On Thursday last a New-Jersey Man tall and pock-
fretten, paid ten Pieces of Eight in a Shop in this
City ; and on Friday it was discovered that three of
them were counterfeited : The Bulk, Impression and
Letters are so well imitated, that one would scarcely
suspect them ; they ring almost as other Pieces of
Eight; the Colour nearly but not quite the sarpe;
but on cutting they are soft almost as Pewter, and on
weighing they are 2 s. lighter than Pieces of Eight ;
which are the only sure Means we know of discov-
ing them. This is published to put People upon
their Guard, and that if possible the Authors of this
Villainy may be discovered. — The N. Y. Gazette Re
vived in the Weekly Post Boy, Oct. 2, 1752.
New York, October 2.
By Capt. Emott, arrived last Week at Elizabeth-
town in 14 Days from Barbados, we hear that Ad
miral Knowles, in the Wager Man of War, from Eng
land, in Company with another Man of War station'd
at Barbados, arrived at that Island the 27th of Au
gust, and was to saU again in two or three Days for
his Government of Jamaica — The Pennsylvania Ga
zette, Oct. 5, 1752. No. 1241.
To be Sold.
A Plantation, containing 250 acres, with 30 acres
of meadow, well bank'd and drain'd, and a great
deal more may be made, with a good house and or
chard, and about 60 acres of upland cleared, and as

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good as 100 acres of choice timber swamp, lying and
bounded on Mantua creek, in Greenwich township,
Gloucester county, being very convenient to Phila
delphia market, or for keeping store, with an indis
putable title, which may be seen on the premises, and
when the terms of sale may be known. James Currie.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 5, 1752. No.
1241.
Custom-House, New-York, Inward Entries. Snow
Johannes, Robt Pickman from Deal. — The Pennsyl
vania Journal, Oct. 5, 1752. No. 514.
New-York, October 9. Yesterday sen' night the
Brig Ehzabeth, Capt. Burnet Richards, outward
bound from this Port, being at Anchor at Sandy-
Hook, was by the Violence of the Wind forced adrift
with both Anchors ahead ; and the People on board
finding all Endeavours to prevent her going ashore
were in vain, they slipt their Cable, and ran her
ashore in a small Byte just within the Hook ; by
which Means they saved the Vessel, tho' obliged to
unload the most Part of her Cargo, in order to get
her ofif again..^ — Ttie N. Y. Gazette Revived in the
Weekly Post Boy, Oct. 9, 1752.
We are well assured, that Richard Perot, the Per
son who has lately made so much Noise on Pretence
of being robb'd in Penn's Manor, has turned out al
most a second Tom Bell ; but having attempted to
play some Pranks here, a few Days ago, he was dis
covered ; whereupon he thought fit to decamp, and

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on Thursday Night last went quite ofif — The N. Y.
Gazette Revived in ttie Weekly Post Boy, October 9,
1752. Last Week a Jersey One ShUling BUl was Pass'd
in this City for Six ShUlings ; the Word One being
Cut out, and the Word Six put in, and the other
Parts of the Bill so defac'd, as not to be distinguished
at first Sight, but may easily be known on close Ex
amination : As there may possibly be more of the
same sort. People are caution'd to beware of them. —
The Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 12, 1752. No. 1242.
Remainder of the Election for Representatives &c.
For Sussex County, Representatives, Jacob Kol-
lock, Ryves Holt, Benjamin Burton, Abraham Wyn-
coop, John Clowes, David Hall, Sheriff WUliam
Shankland, Coroner, John Rodney.
For Cumberland County, Representatives, Joseph
Armstrong, John Armstrong. Sheriff, Ezekiel Dun
ning. Coroner, Tobias Hendricks. *****
— Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, October 12, 1752. No.
1242. Thursday Night last, some Rogues got into the
Cabin of the Boat of Solomon Davis, of Newark,
whilst he lay asleep, and carried ofif upwards of Thir
ty Shillings in Money. — The Pennsylvania Journal,
Oct. 12, 1752. No. 515. New York, October 16
One Night last Week, the Boat of Mr. Alexander
Blair, of Brunswick, lying in this Harbour, was robb'd
of Cash, to the Value of Five Pounds ; The Thief

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was next Day detected, with the greatest Part ofthe
Money about him. — Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct.
19, 1752. No. 1243. PhUadelphia, Oct 19.
Tuesday last, James Rice, alias DUlon, one of the
Murderers of John Thomas, and Eleanor Davis,
mentioned in our last, was brought to Town, from
the Union Iron-works, in the Jerseys, and put into
the Dungeon. He confessed the horrid Fact imme
diately upon his being taken up. — The Pennsylvania
Gazette, Oct. 19, 1752. No. 1243.
Run away from the subscriber, living near Cona-
gogee, in Cumberland county, the 25th of August
last. An English servant Man, named Wiliam Kitch
en, about 35 years of age, about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches
high, well set, much mark'd with the small pox, has
short brown hair, and is a little bald before : Had on
when he went away, A brown cloth jacket, lined with
striped linsey, with brass buttons, coarse shirt and
trowsers, has shoes on, and no stockings, an old furr
hat, cut in the form of a cap ; and he may have oth
er things, tho' yet unknown. Whoever takes up and
secures said servant so as his master may have him
again, shall have Three Pounds reward, and reason
able charges, paid by Alexander MUler.
N. B. All masters of vessels are forbid to carry
him off at their peril.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 19, 1752. No.
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Custom House, New- York. Cleared for Departu? e.
Sloop Black Jake, Th. Tucker to N. Jersey & St
Kitts. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, Oct. 16, 1752.
Run away on the 14th instant from Jacob Chand
ler, in this city, a servant man, named William Blake,
he is a Taylor and Stay-maker by trade; Had on
when he went away, a red lapel jacket a black and
white grey coat, with carv'd metal buttons teUs vari
ous stories concerning the place of his birth : Who
ever takes up said servant and brings him to the
workhouse in Philadelphia, or any other prison in this
province, shall have Twenty Shillings reward, and
reasonable charges, paid by Jacob Chandler.
N. B. Said Chandler lives in Kingwood, in Hun
terdon county, in the Jerseys.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 19, 1752. No.
1243.
We hear that Capt Mash, in a Sloop belonging to
New-Jersey, is arrived at Elizabeth-Town from Anti
gua : He was obliged to cut away his Mast on Sun
day the first Instant, in a very hard Gale of Wind at
South. — The Pennsylvania Journal, Oct. 19, 1752.
No. 516.
Custom-House, New York, Cleared for Departure.
Tucker to N. J. and St. Kitts. — The Pennsylvania
Journal, Oct. 19, 1752. No. 516.
A Parcel of seasoned Deck Plank of 30 Feet long
very hearty, and a Quantity of choice seasoned Cead-

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er and Pine Board to be sold, enquire of Fretwel
Wright in Burlington. — Ttte Pennsylvania Journal,
Oct. 19, 1752. No. 516.
Just published and to be sold by the Printer tiereof
Faithful Ministers the Fathers of the Church.
A Sermon preached at Foggs-Manor, on occasion,
of the Death of the Reverend Mr. Samuel Blair,
who departed this Life July 5th, 1751. ,
By Samuel Finley, A. M. Minister of the Gospel
at Nottingtiam in Pennsylvania.
Also may be had at ttie same Place,
A Sermon Preached in Woodbury, at the Ordina
tion of the Reverend Mr. Chestnut there, By Charles
Beaity, Minister of the Gospel at Neshaminey. —
The Pennsylvania Journal, Oct. 19, 1752. No. 516.
Philadelphia.
We have advice that a Brigg loaded with Pitch and
Tar, without Masts or People, is drove ashore at
Squan. — jThe Pennsylvania Journal, Oct. 26, 1752.
No. 517.
Custom House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop
Salisbury, WiUiam Burrows from Salem. — The Penn
sylvania Journal, Oct. 26, 1752. No. 517.
RUN away on the 15th October, from David
Kent, of Woodbridge, in East New-Jersey;
A Negro Man, named Caesar, a middling thick short
Fellow, his right Foot twisting, and the Toe of the
same inclininof to turn outward as he walks, and his
right Knee bending inward towards the Left ; he
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Age : Had on when he went away, an old blue Coat,
a Felt Hat, a homespun Linnen Shirt, a Pair of Tow-
Cloth Trowsers, a Pair of old Stockings, and A Pair
of Shoes something too large for his Feet Whoever
takes up said Negro, and brings him to his said Mas
ter, shall have Thirty Shillings Reward, and all reas
onable Charges, paid by David Kent.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, Oct. 30, 1752.
RUN away some Time in August last, from
Abraham Van Buskirk, of Bergen County
in New-Jersey, a Negro Man, named Jack, aged about
25 Years, middlsiz'd, and not very black, pretty thick
Lips, speaks very slow, and talks both English and
Dutch, and 'tis suppos'd he has a false Pass : Had on
a grey homespun Linsey Wolsey Coat, red Linsey
Wolsey Jacket, a Tow Shirt and a Linnen Shirt ; and
has two or three Pair of Breeches with him ; white
Woolen Stockings, and a Leather Hat Whoever
takes up said Negro, and secures him, so that his
Master may have him again, shall have Three
Pounds Reward, and all reasonable Charges, paid by
Abrapiam Van Buskirk.
— Ttie N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, Oct. 30, 1752.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Inward Entries.
Schooner Good Intent, Ebenezer Bowditch from Sa
lem. — Tlte Pennsylvania Journal, Nov. 2, 1752. No.
518.

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New-York, November 6. We are told that Capt.
Bryant was coming down the River when Capt.
Corne left Cowes, on board of whom, we hear the
Honourable Robert Hunter Morris, Esq; Chief-
Justice of Newf-Jersey, is coming Passenger. — The
N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, Nov.
6, 1752. WHEREAS Mary, Wife of Thomas Mont
gomery, of New-Brunswick, has eloped
from her Husband ; this is to forewarn all Persons
whatsoever, from trusting her on his Account ; for he
will not pay any Debts she shall contract from the
Date hereof October 30, 1752. Thomas Montgomery.
— The N . Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, Nov. 6, 1752.
Run away from John Carman, of Northampton, in
Burlington county, on the 6th of October last, an
English servant man, nam'd WUliam Taylor, about 5
foot 6 inches high, of a blown complexion, is a thin
man, his, hair cut ofif, and stutters much when he talks
fast : Had on when he went away, an old light col
our'd camblet jacket, old worsted breeches, partly of
the same colour, old homespun shirt, old blue stock
ings, and old shoes, with a patch on each. Whoever
takes up said servant and secures him so that his mas
ter may have him again shall have Forty ShUlings re
ward, and reasonable charges, paid by John Carman.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, November g, 1752.
No. 1246.

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New- York, November 6.
Capt Corne informs us, that Capt Bryant in the
Ship Joseph, of this Port was to sail in a few Days
after him [from London] ; with whom it is said Rob
ert Hunter Morris, Esq; Chief Justice of the Jerseys,
is coming Passenger. — The Pennsylvania Journal,
Nov. 9, 1752. No. 519.
Custom-House, PhUadelphia, Cleared. Schooner
Good Intent, E. Bowditch to Salem. — The Pennsylva
nia Journal, Nov. 9, 1752. No. 519.

w

HEREAS Bathsheba, Wife of Nicholas
Dally, of Bound-Brook in East-New-Jer
sey, by reason of Age and Infirmity, growing
silly, attempts to run her Husband in Debt, to his
great Detriment. This is therefore to forewarn all
Persons whatsoever from trusting the said Bathshe
ba upon his Account, for he will pay no Debts she
shall contract from the Date hereof
November 10, 1752. Nicholas DaUy.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, Nov. 13, 1752.
Land To Be Sold,
TWO Hundred Acres or more, of Timber
and Wood-Land, well water'd, fit for Grain
or Meadow, within a Mile of New-Brunswick, to be
sold by Henry Longfield, living near the Premises,
who will give a clear and good Tide for the same.
Also a Piece of good Meadow, containing about fifty
Acres, at Cranberry, the chief Part of which is mowed

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every Year — The N Y. Gazette Revived in ttie Week
ly Post Boy, Nov. 20, 1752.
TO be Sold, a Grist-MiU on Rocky-Brook, in
the Township of Windsor, in Middlesex
County, East-New-Jersey, on the old Post-Road, that
leads from Amboy to Burlington ; 15 Miles from
South-River Landing, and 15 Miles from Borden-
Town Landing, and is about Mid-way between New-
York and Philadelphia, on a constant Stream of Wa
ter, Summer and Winter; together with about 10
Acres of good Meadow : Whoever inclines to pur
chase the said Mill, may apply to Godfrey Peters,
living at the same, who wUl agree on reasonable
Terms. Also, a Tract of Land of i 50 Acres, in Am
well, in the County of Hunterdon, in West New-
Jersey, whereon is a Dwelling-House, a Frame-Barn,
and an Orchard of 150 Apple-Trees, pretty large,
about 80 Acres of it is clear'd, the rest is very good
Timber Land; to be Sold by the said Peters. — The
N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, Nov.
20, 1752. RUN away from Joseph Wood, of Piscataway,
in New-Jersey, an Irish Servant Man named
Richard Malone, near 6 Foot high, had on a check
Shirt, a brown Jacket, dark olive-colour'd Coat, old
Leather Breeches, and Felt- Hat; he took with him
his Wife, aged about 24 Years, well-set, ruddy and
pock-fretten ; They are suppos'd to be gone to Rock-
away or Barnagat. Twenty Shillings Reward and all

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reasonable Charges for apprehending said Malone,
will be paid by Jos. Wood.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, Nov. 20, 1752.
RUN away from Dr. Matthias Dehart, of
Elizabeth-Town, an Irish Servant Man
named WUliam Davis, but, changes his Name to Da
vidson, a small Fellow, lanthorn jaw'd, his left Shoul
der out of Joint, pretends to be an Englishman and
a Sailor, red Complexion, red Hair & Beard, about
24 Years old, had on an old Bever Hat cut across the
Crown, a light Ratteen Jacket, a striped Under-Jack-
et, new Shirt, Leather Breeches, & new Shoes : tis
like he has Tar-Spots on most of his Cloaths, as he
workt on board a Vessel for some Time.
Also run away with him, a Servant Irish Woman,
named Mary Kelley, belonging to Capt. Jonathan
Hampton, of the same Town ; a likely Girl, about 20
Years old ; 'tis supposed they wUl pass for Man and
Wife : She is short and weU set ; had on an old short
red Cloak, old brown Callimanco Gown, no Bonnet,
and otherways but very poorly cloathed ; They were
lately advertised in the Pennsylvania Gazette ; have
run away twice before this since last May, once from
New-Castle, and once from Gloucester County:
They used to travel by Night, and steal Fowl, &c.
for Sustenance. Any Person that shall bring them
back to their Masters, shall have Three Pound, and
all reasonable Charges, paid by
Mathias .DeHart, & Jonathan Hampton.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, Nov. 29, 1752.

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Last Week came to this City, two French Soldiers,
who say that 19 more, with an old Indian, deserted
the French Forces at Missisipi, and have been 8
Months on their Journey hither over land : They in
form us, that they, with many others, were sent from
Old France, about 18 months ago, to settle at New
Orleans, but not liking the country, they chose to
come this Way ; the rest of their Company, they say,
are in the Jerseys. — -Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Nov.
23, 1752. No. 1248.
New-York, November 27. Last Monday arrived
here the Captains Bryant and Garrison from London.
The Chief Justice of New-Jersey is not come in these
Vessels, as was lately mentioned.- — I he N. Y. Ga
zette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, Nov. 27, 1752.
TO be Sold, a very good Grist-Mill and Saw-
MiU, lying a litde below the Falls of Passa-
ick River, in the County of Essex, in East New-Jer
sey ; as also a good Dwelling-House and six Acres
of Land : The Grist-MUl has a good Bolting-Cloth in
it, and is very convenient for a Store-keeper, having
a good Wheat Country round it, and pretty plenty of
Country-work.^ Any Persons inclining to purchase
said House and MUls, may apply to John Tiebout,
in New-York, who wUl dispose of the same on reas
onable Terms. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the
Weekly Post Boy, Nov. 27, 1752.
New- York, November 27.
Last Monday arrived here the Captains Bryant
¦1 This mill was in River street, near the foot of Mulfierry street, Paterson. It was
swept away by a flood jn the river in November, t8io.

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and Garrison from London. John Penn, Esq; a
Grand-Son of the late WUliam Penn, Esq; Proprietor
of Pennsylvania, came Passenger with Capt. Bryant,
and is since set out for Philadelphia. The Chief Jus
tice of New Jersey is not come in these Vessels, as
was lately mentioned. — The Pennsylvania Journal,
Nov. 30, 1752 No. 522.
Philadelphia.
We hear that the Assembly of the Province of
New Jersey, are to meet at Elizabeth on Thursday
the 14th of December. — The Pennsylvania Journal,
Nov. 30, 1752. No. 522.
Custom-House, PhUadelphia, Entered In, Schoon
er Pembroke, Nicholas Gordon from Salem. — Ttie
Pennsylvania Journal, Nov. 30, 1752. No. 522.
THESE are to desire the Legatees, and all
others that have any Demands on the Es
tate of Joseph Field, late of Monmouth County, de
ceas'd, to meet the Executors at Burlington, in order
to setde the Estate as the WUl directs, on the 27th
of this Month, at which Time and Place, Attendance
will be given, by Mercy Field, Executrix.
Richard Fitz-Randolph, Executor.
— Ttie N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly
Post Boy, Dec. 4, 1752.
New- York, December 4.
On Monday the 13th of last Month, the Schooner
Charming Peggy, Alexander Sloan Master, bound
in here from Cape-Fare, with 237 Barrels of Tar on

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board, was drove ashore in a Violent Gale of Wind
at Fast, on the Outside of Sandy-Hook : the Vessel
lost, but the M en and Cargo saved ; the Capt. after
wards hired some small Vessel to bring up the Car
go to this City, and arrived with it last Week. — The
Pennsylvania Journal, Dec. 6, 1752. No. 523.
Custom House, PhUadelphia, Entered In. Schoon
er Endeavor, Samuel Allen from Salem.
Cleared. Schooner Pembroke, Nicholas Gordon
to Salem. — The Pennsylvania Journal, Dec. 6, 1752.
No. 523. New York, December 4.
Yesterday Morning Capt. LyeU arrived here in 1 3
Days from Virginia, who last Tuesday, ofif of Sandy
Hook, in a great Swell of a Sea, lo.st his Mast close
by the Board. — Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Dec. 7,
1752. No. 1250.
Lost, about ten days ago, a small ship's yawl, 13
feet keel, an old turpentine bottom ; is supposed to
be taken away by some of the Jersey people from
Thomas Lawrence, Esquire's Wharff. Whcever
takes up said yawl, and brings her to Andrew Os
wald, or Joseph Warner, boat builder, shall have a
Pistole reward, and no questions ask'd Andrew Oswald.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, December f, 1752.
No. 1250.
New-York, December 11. On Saturday last a
Newark Shallop was drove ashore on Oyster- 1 stand,
in our Bay, and continued there all Day Yesterday,

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very much exposed to the Fury of the Wind, but we
can't as yet tell whether she is damaged or not —
The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy,
Dec. II, 1752.
Custom House, Philadelphia. Entered In. Sar-
jant from Amboy. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the
Weekly Post Boy, Dec. 11, 1752.

A

To Be Sold,
Good and profitable Farm, whereon Ed
ward Antill now lives, situated about a
MUe from New-Brunswick, adjoining Raraton River,
on the South, and Raraton Landing on the West,
containing 370 odd Acres, about 40 of which is Eng
Hsh Meadow, a good Part of which may be water'd
at pleasure ; abOut 100 Acres of it is Timber, that
has not been much cull'd ; on it, is an easy well-
built Farm-House, a Barn, Baracks and Out-Houses,
and the Whole in good Fence ; there is a large Gar
den with a Prim Hedge round it, and an Orchard
containing near 500 Apple-Trees, the greatest Part
of which are grafted with variety of good F"ruit, and
begin to bear ; there is also a large new Brew-House,
60 Feet long, and 38 wide, with a new Copper, con
taining 22 Barrels, with all the Utensils proper for
Brewing ; the Whole contrived for carrying the Liq-
our from Place to Place with ease, by turning of a
Cock, or taking out of a Plug ; the Works are aU
complete, and the brewing Business is now carried
on, and will continue to be carried on by the Owner
tUl sold : The Water is exceeding good, is soft, and
washes well, and there is a sufficient Quantity of it;

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The Farm may be had with, or without the Brew-
House ; the Land is clear of all foul or pernicious
Weeds and Trash ; and the Titie is good, and has
never been disputed. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in
the Weekly Post Boy, Dec. 11, 1752.
This Day is published.
In one Volume in Folio, (Price One Pound Ten
Shillings,)
THE Laws of the Province of New-Jersey;
from the Time of the Surrender of the
Government in 1 702, to the present Year 1 752. The
Hody of the Book contains all the Acts and Laws
now in Force in the said Province, with proper Mar
ginal Notes, and complete Tables. First, Of all the
publick Acts now in Force. Secondly, Of all the pri
vate Acts. Thirdly, Of all such Acts as are repealed,
expired, or disallow'd by the Crown. Together with
a proper Alphabetical Index, comprehending all the
principal Matters in the Body of the Book. The
whole Work, containing One Hundred and Twenty-
eight Sheets, hath been carefully prepared, examined,
and corrected by the original Laws, by Samuel Ne
vill, I'!sq; Second Justice of the Supreme Court of
Judicature of the said Province. Published by Order
of the late House of Assembly ; and Sold by Samuel
Nevill, in Perth-Amboy, and Joseph Scattergood, in
Burlington. N. B. The Books are now ready to be delivered
to the Subscribers, by the Persons with whom they
severally subscribed.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, Dec. 11, 1752.

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T'

10 be Sold at publick Vendue, on the twen
ty-second Day of March next, or at private
Sale any Time before ; A Plantation (situate in Mor
ris County, East New-Jersey, near Black River,) con
taining 1 86 Acres, formerly possess'd by Jacob Be-
sharer, deceas'd, whereon is a good Dwelling-House,
a large Barn, a young Orchard, and about 6o Acres
thereof good Meadow and Meadow Ground, it being
formerly an Iron-Works, and a Saw-MUl Pond; about
50 Acres thereof cleared and in good Fence, with
One-third Part of a Saw-Mill, adjoining to the Prem
isses ; the Place is exceeding well timber'd, and the
Title indisputable : Any Person inclining to purchase
the same, may. apply to the Widow of the Deceased,
on the Premisses, by Brice Rikey, Executor,
and Barbara Besharer, Executrix.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, Dec. 11, 1752.
To be Sold by
John Abraham Denormandie,
One undivided quarter part of Mount Holly. Iron
Works, consisting of a furnace, two forges, in which
there are three fineries, and a chasery, several dwell
ing-houses, and about 400 acres of land, amongst
which good rneadow ground and wood-land ; there
are also stores, and all other necessary improvements
for carrying on the said works to advantage. A par
ticular inventory of the whole, with the terms of sale,
may be seen at Mr. Andrew Reed's in Philadelphia,
pr at tl^e ^aid John Abraham Denormaqdie's living in

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Bristol, Bucks county. — The Pennsylvania Gazette,
Dec. 14, 1752. No. 1 25 1.

A^

Somerset Goal, Dec. 7, 1752.
Mr. Parker,
S it is the Privilege of the Subjects to petition
the King, and to stiew the Grievances they
lie under ; especially, zvtten it is brought on them, by
the Magistrates Disregard of the Laws, and thereby
prevent the Right and Privilege of the Subject ; which
I conceive to be the State of my present Circumstances ;
being divested of my Estate, by an unlawful and dis
qualified Sheriff ; and now, am confind in Goal jor
ttie Payment of my Debts : And, notwithstanding my
repeated Applications to the Legislature oj this Prov
ince, for Relief, from my unjust Confinement, cannot
obtain it : And tiierefore, am obliged to appeal to the
Publick, whose Aid, and Charitable Assistance I hum
bly crave ; so that thereby, I may be enabled to represent
my deplorable State and Circumstances ; and the ir
regular and unjust Proceedings, to his Majesty in
Council ; and also 7ny Remarks on each Head. — Giv
ing the same a Place in your Paper, will oblige.
Your most distressed humble Servant,
Joseph Bonny.
Sir,
I thought proper to insert these two Sections of the Law,
to shew what our Laws be, relating to Sheriffs.
'¦'¦And be it further Enacted aiid Provided by the Author
ity aforesaid, That when such Sheriff hath given Bond, as
aforesaid, he shall take the Oaths, and make and subscribe the
Declaration, as they are appointed to be taken made, and sub
scribed, by an Act of General Assembly, passed in the Eighth
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the First,

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entitled, An Act for securing Jiis Majesty's Government of
New-Jersey." '¦'¦And be it Enacted and declared by the Authority afore
said. That unless the Person or Persons so obtaining a Com
mission, or being appointed Sheriff or Sheriffs as aforesaid,
shall enter into Bond and give Security, and take Oaths or
Affirmation, as herein is directed; it shall be unlawful for any
Person so obtaining a Commission, or being appointed Sheriff
as aforesaid, of, or in any County, City, Borough, or Town
corporate in this Colony, to execute the Office of a Sheriff or
any Part thereof: And any Thing done by such Sheriff or his
Deputy, not having entered into Bond, and taken the Oaths or
Affirmation aforesaid, under Colour, or pretended to be done
by Virtue of such Commission or Appointment, shall be
deemed, esteemed, and adjudged to be illegal, null and void."
January the 30th, 1750.
A Petition was presented to the House from Josefih
-^ Bonney, a Prisoner in the Goal of Somerset, setting
forth the Calamities of himself, his Wife, and Children, occa
sioned by the illegal Proceedings of foJin Riddell, late Sheriff
of Som.erset County, or by Neglect of the Person entrusted to
see the Sheriff qualified according to Law : The said Riddel,
having removed himself out of the Province, with the Money
he had as Sheriff, obtained by selling the Mills and Estate of
said Sonny. And the said Riddel, not being qualified accord
ing to Law ; the Petitioner apprehends himself unlawfully dis-
possess'd of his said Mills and Estate ; and alledging that he is
thereby, not only unable to get his Estate again, but his Cred
itors are also deprived of their just Dues ; and praying that
some Way may be found to relieve him from his Imprisonment,
and that his Creditors may get their Money, and himself have
suitable Satisfaction for the Injuries he has received.
Ordered, That Mr. 'Van Middlesworth and Mr. Fisher,
wait on his Excellency, and acquaint him, that Thomas Leon
ard, as Judge or Chief Magistrate of the County of Sotnerset,
undertook to take Security of, and qualify the ssaAfohn Rid
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Representation to Jiis Excellency, February 11, 1752.
That it plainly appears, the Securities so taken, were neither
of them Freeholders of the said County, as the Law requires
they should have been ; and that this was well known to the
said Judge Leonard.
That by inspecting the Roll of said County, and from other
good Evidence ; it plainly appears, the said pretended Sheriff,
neither signed the said Roll, nor took the Oaths to the Govern
ment, as by Law he ought to have done.
That it plainly appears, the said pretended Sheriff did not
take the Oath for Performance of his Duty, as by Law pre
scribed. That there is much Reason to believe, the said pretended
Sheriff, was not a Freeholder of said County, in the Manner
the Law required, in order to have qualified for his Office.
That it plainly appears, the said pretended Sheriff, both be
fore and since his being appointed to that Office, was a Person
ofan infamous Character, and vicious Behaviour, and had little
or no Estate ; to all which, the said Judge Leonard, could not
be a Stranger ; and that his being appointed to the said Office,
was therefore a Matter of Surprize, Concern and Dissatisfaction'
to the Generality of the principal Inhabitants of the said County ;
and that he was generally suppos'd, to have been recommended
to his Excellency, by the said Judge Leonard.
That from the best Lights hitherto received, it appears, the
said Judge Leonard, suffered the said pretended Sheriff to act
under the Colour of his Commission, before he had taken one
Step towards a Qualification ; and, that he continued so to act,
until the Clerk of said County, refused to seal and deliver him
any raore Writs, upon Account of his not being qualified ;
and that afterwards, notwithstanding the Disqualifications be
fore mentioned, the said Judge Leonard, suffered him, the said
pretended Sheriff, to exercise the said Office ; by Colour of
which, among other illegal Proceedings, he sold the Mills, and
other Estate, of one Josef h Bonney. And by credible Inform
ation, hath run away, with upwards of Two Hundred Pounds
of the Money, arising from the Sale thereof ; for want of which,
the said Bonny, is now confined in the Goal of the County

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aforesaid, and his Wife and Family in deep Distress ; and had
the said pretended Sheriff, not run away, or otherwise, had
been of Ability, or if his Securities were sufficient, according
to Law, to make good the Damages ; the said Bonny' s Credit
ors, 'tis conceived, might have received their just Debts, and
himself been at Liberty to make an ample Provision, for the
Support of his distressed Wife and Family ; but, as it is, the
said Bonny is confined, his Creditors defrauded, and his Wife
and Family in great Distress.
That it appears to this House, by such Information, as they
have just Reason to believe, that the said pretended Sheriff, as
sisted by the said Judge Leonard, under false Colours and Pre
tences, inveigled, and drew in one JoJtn Horner, (who at that
Time, lay sick at the said Riddell' s House) to become Security
for him the said pretended Sheriff; as an Inducement to which,
the said pretended Sheriff, told the said Horner, that one 'John
Denison, a Freeholder in the County of Middlesex, and a Man
in good Circumstances, was also to be one of his Securities;
and to complete the Deceit, the Name of the said Denison was
inserted in the original Bond when brought to be executed by
the said Horner. That he, the said Horner, being scrupulous
of entering into the said Bond ; Judge Leonard promised, that
he would take Care, that the said Denison should do it ; upon
which Promise, Horner, and one Montier, became the said
pretended Sheriff's Securities : And together with the said pre
tended Sheriff, executed the said Bond : That the said Bond be
ing sealed, dehvered, and acknowledged, before the said Judge;
then became by the Law, a Matter of Record, and was to be
delivered by the said Judge, to the Clerk of the said County of
Somerset, to be entered upon the Records of the said County ;
and afterwards, the said original Bond, was to be transmitted
by the said Clerk, to the Clerk of the Supreme Court, there to
remain among the publick Records of this Colony.
And this House are further inform'd, That the said original
Bond, is in the Secretary's Office at Perth-Amboy, but that the
Name of John Denison, is now eras'd in the said Bond.
That his Excellency being newly come to his Government,
and unacquainted with the said JoJin RiddelVs true Character

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and Behaviour, at the Time of his being appointed Sheriff;
there is good Reason to believe, his Excellency was prevailed
on to appoint him to that Office, by the Kecom mendation of the
said Judge Leonard, and the Advice of Council.
That the House being willing to act in this Affair, with the
utmost Candour and Impartiality ; ordered two of their Mem
bers to inform the said Judge Leonard, in a private Way, that
they desired, he would give such Information as was in his
Power, relating to the Qualifications of the said late pretended
Sheriff; but the said Judge, having refused to give any such
Information ; his Omission, loudly implies his Misbehaviour
therein. That, to say no more, the foregoing Representation of FactS)
doth, at least, discover the said Judge /.^eonard's Neglectj and
Breach of Duty to the King, and his liege People ; as also, his
Disregard to, and Violation of the Law of this Colony :
Wherefore, we cannot think it for his Majesty's Service, or
the publick Good, for the said Judge Leonard, to retain his re
spective Offices any longer ; which is hurably submitted to his
Excellency's mature Consideration.
That the aforesaid illegal Proceedings of the said Judge Leon
ard, have been productive of several insupportable Grievances ;
for which, the House humbly prays his Excellency's speedy
Redress ; not only for the Relief of the injured, but also for the
Discouragement of such illegal Proceedings for the Future :
For what will it avail for the Legislature, to enact Laws for
the public Good, unless those Laws are duly executed ; for if
they may be dispensed with at the Will and pleasure of those,
with whom they are intrusted ; Surely, this will inevitably
subvert the Constitution, and to introduce the unwieldy Strokes
of Oppression, and despotic Powers, so carefully to be guarded
against by all Persons in general ; but more particularly, by
those, who either foresee its gradual Progress, or fear its dread
ful Effects ; and who are immediately intrusted to prevent its
Growth and Increase.
That the House humbly beg Leave to observe to his Excel
lency, That the Enquiry into this Affair, cannot be esteemed
by Men of Reason, an over grasping Attempt at unlimited

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Power : By it, the House have not the least Intention of ex
tending their Authority beyond its due Bounds, or to take upon
themselves the executive Part of the Laws ; but, as they are
appointed by the People they represent, the Guardians and
Trustees of their Liberties and Properties, to watch and nour
ish those tender Vines, lest, by receiving a Wound, they should
bleed to Death, (and our happy Constitution confirms this Ap
pointment ;) So, when these Guardians discover any such
Wound, it is their Duty immediately to seek a Remedy where
it may be found, for fear it should gangre and become mortal:
This Allegory requires no Explanation, to a Person of your
Excellency's Wisdom and Understanding, only the House
think the Application very proper in the present Case ; for it
must be allowed that the High-Sheriff of a County, is an
Officer of great Power and Authority in that County, and is
instrusted with some of the most valuable Branches of the
Privileges of the People ; such as the Execution of all Pro
cesses, criminal and civil; the Si,immoning of Juries, to try
Men's Properties ; the Charge of the public Goals, and the
Care of all Prisoners committed thereto, whether Traitors, Fel
ons or other Offenders ; and what is yet more, the Laws have dele
gated to this Officer, the Authority of raising and commanding
Posse Comitatus, or the Power of the County, upon certain
Immergencies and Occasions : Therefore, whether to repose
this important Trust in a Person loose in his Behaviour, cor
rupt in his Principles, immoral in his Life and Conversation,
vicious in his Inclinations, and lately, not much better than a
Vagrant in his Station of Life : And further, whether a Magis
trate intrusted with the Power of qualifying a Person for this
high Station, and of taking Care that the Securities should be
good and sufficient (as the Law required) neglecting his Duty
in almost every Particular, and not so much as securing and
strengthening the said Person, in his Duty and Ferity to his
Majesty, by tendring and adrainistring to him the Oaths of the
Government, as the Law in this Case particularly requires he
should do ; be not a dangerous Blow and Wound to the Con
stitution, the Plouse humbly submits to his Excellency's further
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(The above Representation to his Excellency by the Assem
bly, you may conceive thereby, my Case to be most distressed.
The Assembly not offering Proofs, altho' requested by the Coun
cil. And as the Assembly, hath given a just Jiepresentation
of my Case, excepting the Money arising from my Estate, for
which I have had no Account of one Penny, which I deem easy
to be made appear.)
Judge Leonard to tJie Governor, February 31, 1750-
May it -please your Excellency :
TN Obedience to your Excellency's Order in Council, of
the Thirteenth Instant, ordering rae to give my Answer
in Writing, to the Petition of Joseph Bonny, and the Message of
the House of Assembly to your Excellency, of the i ith Instant ;
Do Jiumbly say. That I am heartily sorry for the unfortunate
Ciixumstances of the said JosepJt Bonny, set forth in his Peti
tion, and think his Case deserves Compassion. That Jolm
Riddell, late pretended Sheriff of Somerset County, came
many Years ago to live in Prince- Town, in the said County, and
kept a Store of Goods there ; and afterwards, married a
Woman there, with a good Estate, real and personal : Of real
Estate, she had one Tenement, that let for Twenty-fve
Pounds per Annum, another that let for Eiffht Pounds fer
Annum, and another for Six Pounds fer AnnuTn ; and of
personal Estate, she had sundry Negroes, and other consider
able, visible personal Estate. That some Time after, he, the
said Riddell married, he bought a Lot in Prince-Town, and
built a Dwelling-House upon it, in which Dwelling-House so
built by him, he and his Family lived long before he was Sheriff,
where JoJm Horner, lodged and boarded with him ; and the
said Riddell, also purchased a Thirty Years Lease of another
Tenement in Prince-Town, which is now let bythe Wife of
the said John Riddell, for Six Pounds fer Annu7n. That
while the said John Riddell, was in the Circumstances before
set forth, and having all along, so far as I know, behaved him
self well, and obtained a good Reputation, and general Respect
in the County of Somerset. Bearfoot Brinson,^ then Sheriff
of the said County, died, whereupon the said JoJm Riddell,
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obtained Recommendations to Your Excellency, in Writing,
to succeed the said Brinson, in the Office of Sheriff, from most
of the Magistrates, and principal Freeholders of the County of
Somerset, among which I was one, in no w^ays doubting of his
Ability and Fitness for the said Office, as by those Recom
mendations, which I doubt not, he delivered to your Excel
lency, may appear. That upon those Recommendations, with
the Advice of his Majesty's Council, I believe, it was that your
Excellency, gave the said John Riddell, a Commission for
the Office of Sheriff of Somerset, without any Application
from me, otherwise, than by signing the said Recommendation,
along with others as before, to my Remerabrance, Knowledge,
or Belief. That the said John Riddell, having so obtained
the said Commission, came to me, as the nearest Judge of the
said County, to give in Security, for the due Execution of the
said Office according to Law ; and because no Copy of the
Sherifl''s Act had then come to my Hands, I desired him to get
the Bond drawn, either by Mr. Cotman, who acted as Deputy
in the County of Somerset, for the Attorney General, or by
Mr. Hoofer, Clerk of the said County ; and accordingly, he
brought the said Bond drawn, as he said, and I verily believe
by the said Mr. Cotman.
That the said Riddell told me, that John Horner, William
Mountier, and John Denison, would be his Securities ; which
JoJm Horner was then in Possession, and generally deemed
Owner of a real Estate in the County of Middlesex, worth
several Thousand Pounds. That the said JoJm Horner has
since sold of his Somerset County Estate, to the Value of sev
eral Hundred Pounds ; and the Remainder of that Estate, I
believe is still worth Seven or Eight Hundred Pounds : And
his real Estate in Middlesex County, which is separated from
his Somerset Estate only by a High- Way, is, I believe, now
worth several Thousand Pounds ; and then, or as yet, I should
in no Ways have scrupled to have taken, or now to take him,
as sufficient Security to myself for a Thousand Pounds, and
much raore.
That then William Mountier, rented a House of me in
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per Annum; and was building a House in Aliddlesex, on a
Lot of his own, on the other Side of the Street, where he now
lives ; and tho' no Freeholder in Somerset, was deemed by me
as sufficient to join with the said Horner in the said Bond.
That after the said three Names were filled up as Securities
in the said Bond, the said Riddell told me, that he could not
get the said Dennison to be bound with him ; whereupon the
said Riddell put the Narae of Dennison out of the said Bond ;
and after the Name of Dennison was so put out of said Bond,
the same was executed by the said Riddell, Horner and
Mountier; which Bond was soon after delivered to the Clerk
of the County of Somerset.
That I had no Copy of the Sheriff's Act, to enable me to ad
minister the Oath of Office of Sheriff thereby prescribed ; and
the Rolls for the Oaths to the Government, were then in the
Hands of Paul Miller, another of the Judges of the County of
Somerset, who had for many Years before and since, usually
administred those Oaths ; wherefore I ordered the said Riddell
to go [to] the Clerk of the County with his Commission, and
to see the Sheriff's Act. And I do solemnly declare, that until
Riddell run away, I never, to my Knowledge or Belief, heard
that he had not taken the Oath, and fully complied with the
Directions ofthe Act of Asserably.
That 'till a sraall Tirae before the said Riddell run away, I
never, to my Knowledge, heard of any Blot in his Character,
or of any vicious Behaviour. But then I was informed, that he
had taken to drink privately, but never heard of any other Vice
he had taken to : And when he run away, he was, and still is,
30 Pounds indebted to me, which I had no doubt of till he run
away. That I raake no doubt, but that the Security for said Riddell
is good and sufficient : Whoever has been injured by the said
Riddell, as Sheriff, may, I believe, by that Security, obtain
Relief and Redress.
I do deny, that any Thing in the said Petition and Message,
material concerning rae, and not hereby sufficiently answered,
is true, to my Knowledge or Belief. And I do declare, that
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cording to the best of my Knowledge, without any the least
Thought of injuring any Man, or of the Neglect or Breach of
any Duty incumbent upon me.
(As for the said Judge Leonard' s excusing himself, plainly
demonstrates, that he did not conceive it his Duty, whether the
King's Officers were lawfully qualified or not ; or whether the
Subject apply'd to King's Officers or not; and had as little
Regard to the Law, because there could be nothing to give him
a Right to hold any Person lawfully brought in to answer, but
his knowing the Sheriff duly qualified.)
February 21, 1750- A Message from his Excellency by Mr.
Secretary, in the following Words :
Gentlemen of the General Asscmbly.
T Have read and considered your Message to me of the
^ nth Instant, respecting John Riddell, appointed
some Years ago, to be Sheriff of the County of Somerset, who
was recommended to rae for the said Office, by TJiomas Leon
ard, Esq ; with most of the other Magistrates, and a good
Number of Freeholders of the said County. I have also con
sidered the many Allegations you have laid before me, against
the said Thomas Leonard, Esq ; on your supposing his not
having done his Duty as the Law requires, with Respect to the
Qiialifying of the said Riddell, to the Office of Sheriff of the
said County, and I gave your Message to me on this Subject,
to the said Leonard, and to which I requir'd an Answer, and
the same he accordingly brought rae : These Things, together
with Joseph Bonny's Petition to your House, I laid before his
Majesty's Council of this Province, for their Opinion and
Advice, as to my further Proceeding, with Respect to the said
Thomas Leonard, Esq ; which Advice, with the said Leon
ard's Answer, I send you herewith.
(In the above, his Excellency informs the Assembly, that he
hath acted according to his Majesty's Royal Instructions ; but
am sorry that it gives no Reasons lo think, that his Majesty
hath given no Instructions for the Preserving of the Laws,
Rights, and Liberties of the Subject.)

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The Council to the Governor.
May it please your Excellency.
[N Obedience to your Excellency's Order in Council of
the 13th Instant, referring to us, the Petition of Joseph
Bonny, and the Message of the House of Assembly to your
Excellency, of the nth Instant, for our Advice thereon: We
have considered the same, and the Answer of TJiomas Leon
ard, Esq; to the Matters therein alledged against him : And if
what he answers be true, it does not appear to us, that he is
guilty of the Neglects, and Breaches of Duty alledged against
him : But as we are no proper Judges of such Facts, alledged
by the said Message on the one Hand, and avoided, or denied
by the said Answer, on the other Part; we are humbly of
Opinion, that your Excellency, do lay the same Answer before
the House of Assembly, in order that they may reply to the
said Answer, and point out, and insist on such Facts denied by
it, as they shall think proper; and if those insisted on, shall
appear to us, to be in any Way, a Breach or Neglect of Duty,
incumbent on him to have performed : We shall then humbly
advise your Excellency to order the Attorney General, to file
an Inforraation against him, for the Trial of the Truth of the
Facts insisted on ; and when Mr. Leonard is found guilty, or
acquitted of those Facts, we can, with Safety, firraly advise
your Excellenc}' in this Matter.
(I find by the Minutes of the Assembly, October 17, 1749,
that the Council saith : It is the Knowledge of Facts, that
should induce us to assert them ; and not knowing but they
may be true : Therefore, I cannot conceive how Judge Leon
ard, declaring his not knowing Riddell being duly qualified,
can be any Excuse to hira : For the Magistrates are bound to
see that none exercise the King's Authority, but his known
lawful Officers ; That the Subjects are bound to apply to thera ;
and this is not the Knowledge of Facts. And I would further
ask, whether the Laws and Records of this Province are to de
termine Facts.'' But the Honourable Council, in the said Min
utes, tell us, that they are proper Judges of such Facts ; and
certainly, the Facts here meant, were, whether the Laws were
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May tJie i^th, 1751.
1HE Petition of Joseph Bonny, was read a second
Tirae, and the House taking the sarae into Considera
tion, are inclined to pass an Act of General Assembly for his
Relief next Sitting, upon the Principles of Mercy and Justice,
provided no reasonable Objections can be made against such
Act ; therefore ordered, that Copies of this Minute, be set up
at the Court House in Somerset County, in Prince Town, at
JVew- Brunswick ; at the Clerk's Office of said County, and at
Bound Brook, for at least One Month preceding such Sitting,
that all Persons concerned, may have due Notice thereof, and
make their Objections, if any they have.
(I would inform here, that the Asserably was prorogued,
and after dissolv'd, and so ensued a new Election, which met
May the 20th, 175 1, to which I sent my Petition, praying for
Redress, as you may see by the above Minutes, in which I beg
Leave to observe, that the Thing, and only Thing proposed, to
pass an Act at the next Sitting, for my Relief, on the Principles
of Mercy and Justice, provided no reasonable Objections can
be made against such Act : In which Proviso I conceive it car
ries a strong Supposition, that Reason can oppose Mercy and
Justice ; and therefore Advertisements were ordered to be af
fixed up, for all such Persons as would oppose Mercy and Jus
tice ; pursuant to which, I find that Mary Force and her At
torney, the only two Persons on this side, presented a Petition
to the Assembly, as hereafter appears.)
May 30, 1 75 1. A Message from his Excellency, by the
Deputy Clerk ofthe Council ; which was read, and is as follows.
Gentlemen of the Council and General Assembly.
TTOU may remember, that in the last Session of the late
-L Assembly, one Joseph Bonny, then a Prisoner in
Somerset Goal, made his Application to this Legislature, for
some Redress under his difficult Circurastances; and I have
this Day, received his repeated Complaint of the Severity of
bis Case, which I now lay before you ; and upon Reading it, I
believe you will think it will well become this Legislature, as
Fathers of the People, to make a thorough and effectual Exam
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Committee of the Council and Assembly, as soon as the more
necessary Affairs of this Session are dispatch'd; and when it is
consider'd, how long the Man has been held in Durance, I
hope the Court will not rise, before they do what may be
proper on their Part, for his Relief, or that he may, in some
other Course obtain Justice.
That I heartily agree with his Excellency in the above Mes
sage, and can not but think, that it is incumbent on the Legis
lature, to see their Laws observ'd ; but conceived, none havd
Power to make Laws, unless they have a Power to see, that the
Magistrates observe them.
Seft. 19, 1 751- A Petition was presented to the House,
from Mary Force, setting forth. That she is a considerable
Creditor to Josef h Bonny, and praying for that, and other
Reasons, therein given, that the House will not pass an Act to
release the said Bonny, from his Confinement ; which was
read, and ordered a second Reading.
(I apprehend, notwithstanding the words Mercy and Justice
are not mentioned in the above Petition ; yet, I humbly con
ceive, that her Praying, no Act may pass for ray Relief, as
aforesaid, plainly demonstrates their Aversion to Mercy and
Justice, but choose rather to keep me confin'd than to have
their Money, or otherwise they might have had it long ago.)
Jan. 31, 1752. The Petition of Joseph Bonny was read a
second Time, and the House taking the sarae into Consideration.
Ordered, That Mr. Van Middlesworth, and Mr. Fisher,
wait on his Excellency with the said Petition, and acquaint him,
that this House see with Concern, that a proper Notice has not
heen taken of the Message of this House, of the 6th of June
last; and that this House are still of Opinion, that his Excel
lency is invested with a Power of Ordering a Prosecution
against such of the Officers of the County of Somerset, to
whose Neglect the present unhappy Circurastances of the said
Joseph Bonny, are to be attributed ; and to request his Excel
lency that he will be pleased to issue those Orders.
(I wou'd observe here, that if the Suprerae Court hath a
Right to admit any Sheriff, but upon his Qualifications ; the

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Law for qualifving Sheriffs must be void ; which I humbly
conceive, that the Assembly hath taken too little Notice of.)
Feb. 12, 1753. A Message from his Excellency, by the
Deputy Clerk ofthe Council, in the following Words.
Gentlemen oftJie General Assembly.
Ara sorry, that what I have said to you, once and
again, on the Affair of Josef h Bonny, a Prisoner in
Somerset Goal, has not been to your full Satisfaction, but that
you should say to me, in your Message ofthe 31st of January,
That a proper Notice has not been taken of the Message of this
House, of the 6th June last, since I thought I had taken the
proper Steps for the Relief of the said Joseph Bonny; how
ever, upon your bringing to me, all the Papers laying with
you, relating to this Matter, I will carefully peruse thera, and
shall do. in Redress thereof, what may be in ray Power, con
sistent with his Majesty's royal Orders for my Direction in such
Cases. The Gentlemen who brought me your Message, intimated,
that they thought it might be best, ray Answer should not be
made, so as to interrupt or delay the Proceeding ofthe General
Assembly, in the main Affairs of this Session, or you would
otherways have heard from me before now on this Head.
(Pursuant to the above Message, I presented my humble
Petition to his Excellency ; but that not being directed to him
in Council, it was returned, and the Messenger told me that I
must direct to his Excellency in Council ; which I did accord
ingly, and lodged the same in the Secretary's Office at Perth
Amboy, as the Messenger told me ; and cannot obtain a Hear
ing : I am sorry I have not had, by all the Means I could use,
a Verdict of a Jury for or against me, since the year 1746 ; for
which I appeal to the Records of the Courts ; and it appears
by this Narrative, that I cannot get any Relief by the Legisla
ture : Notwithstanding they have taken out of my Hands by
Pretext of Law, I humbly conceive, as good as 1500 1. or 1600
1. and not one Penny of my Debts paid with it ; and I do be
seech all my loving Countrymen that have a Regard to Pity and
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my Case before his Majesty in Council ; for which Reason
only this my Condition is made publick in this Manner.)
JosEPfi Bonny.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, Dec. 18-25, 1752.
New-York, December 18. A few weeks ago a
small French Sloop, having sprung her Mast, put in
to Amboy in Distress, and was there permitted to get
her necessary Repairs ; but last Week, just as she
was on SaUing, been suspected to have gone beyond
her Permission, one of the King's Officers seized her,
and carried her up to Elizabeth-Town ; where she is
secured either to be cleared or condemn'd by a due
Course of Law.
We hear from Elizabeth-Town, that an odd Sect of
People have lately appeared there, who go under the
Denomination of Regulars ; there are near a Dozen
ofthem, who dress themselves in Women's Cloaths,
and painting their Faces, go in the Evening to the
Houses of such as are reported to have beat their
Wives ; where one of them entering in first, seiizes
the Delinquent, while the rest follow, strip him, turn
up his Posteriors, and flog him with Rods most se
verely, crying out all the Time, Wo to the Men that
beat their Wives ;  It seems that several Persons
in that Borough, (and tis said some very deservedly)
have undergone the Discipline, to the no small Ter
ror of others, who are any Way conscious of deserv
ing the same Punishment. 'Twere to be wish'd, that
in order for the more equal Distribution of Justice,
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Repulatrixes. who should dress themselves in Men's
Cloathes, and flagilate the Posteriors of the Scolds,
Termagants, &c. &c. — The N. Y. Gazette .Revived in
the Weekly Post Boy, Dec. 18, 1752.
WHEREAS James Nicholson, on the Thirteenth
Day of December, Instant, made his
Escape from the common Goal for the County ofEssex,
in the Province of New-Jersey, being in Custody ofthe
Sheriff of said County under the several Executions
for Debt : He is of a small Stature, something pitted
with the small Pox ; Had on a blue Plush Coat, a
Pair Leather Breeches, has short curled Hair, and
his Head in part bald, he is a West Country Man,
and has in his Speech something of the Brogue of
that Country. Whoever takes up the said Nichol
son, and brings him to Mathias Hatfield, Esq; High
Sheriff ot said County, or to Richard Coomes, his
under Sheriff, or secure him in some Goal where he
may be had and brought to the Goal for said County
of Essex, shall have Thirty Pounds lawful Money of
said Province, paid to him or them, by us
Matthias Hatfield, Richard Coomes.
— Tlte N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post
Boy, Dec. 18, 1752.
Twenty Pieces of Eight Reward.
RUN away about the first of November last,
from Dr. Mathias Dehart, of Elizabeth
Town, an Irish Servant Man named WUliam Davis,
but changes his Name often ; a small ill-favoured Fel
low, 24 Years of Age, red Hair and Beard, his left
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land, but has the Brogue on his Tongue. Had on
an old Beaver Hat cut a cross the Crown, a light Rat
teen Vest, striped under Jacket, new Shirt, Leather
Breeches and new Shoes, and some other old Cloaths.
Also run aAvay with him, a Servant Irish Woman,
named Mary Kelly, belonging to Capt. Jonathan
Hampton, ofthe same Town ; She is about 20 Years
old, short and well set, having on an old red Cloak,
brown Callimanco Gown, no Bonnet, and otherwise
but poorly cloathed, without they are stolen : She is
a likely Girl, and tis supposed they wUl pass for Man
and Wife. This is the third Time they have run
away together, since last May, once from New- Cast-
tie, and once from Gloucester, they were then adver
tized in the Pennsylvania Gazette.
Any Person that shall bring them or either of
them to their Masters, or send word where they are se
cured, shall have for the Man Twelve Pieces, and for
the Woman Eight, and reasonable Charges paid by
Mathias Dehart, and
Jonathan Hampton.
— The N. Y. Gazette Revived hi the Weetdy Post
Boy, Dec. 18, 1752. New York, December 11.
Last Saturday, a dead Whale 45 Feet 9 inches
long, and 9 Feet thick, was found floating in our Bay,
by a Jersey Boatman, and has since been tow'd over
upon the Jersey Shore. — Pennsylvania Gazette, Dec.
19. 1752.
New-York, December 25. We have an account
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a barbarous and cruel Murder committed there on
Wednesday the 13th Instant, on the Body of Mr.
Jacob Vaneste, by his own Negro, in Conjunction with
another of his Neighbours : It seems all the Provoca
tion was Mr. Vaneste's taking a little of the Fellow's
Tobacco ; and that Evening having been on a Visit
to Dr. Van Wagenen's, his Neighbour, the two
Negroes Way-laid him, and knock'd him ofif his
Horse ; they then with an Ax split his SkuU, and
drag'd him a little out of the Road : The Horse
coming home soon after without his Master, gave
some Alarm, and the next Day proper Search being
made, he was found. His Negro was thereupon
taken up, and brought before the Coroner's Inquest ;
and being made to touch his Master's Body, the
Blood suddenly gush'd out of the dead Man's Nose
and Ears, as it likewise did from the Negro's, who
thereupon being stung with Guilt, confessed the
Crime, and was, together with his AccompUce,
direcdy sent to JaU, in order to receive their just
Demerits. — The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly
Post Boy, Dec. 25, 1752.
Run away the i8th of December, Inst, from
Robert Milburn, of Elizabeth Town, Black smith, a
Servant Man named Samuel Cooper, of a middle
Stature, black Complexion, full Face, and very talka
tive ; had on when he went away, a blue Broad
Cloth Jacket, an old Check Shirt, an old Pair of
Ozenbrigs Trousers, blue yarn Stockings, old Shoes,
with large brass Buckles. There is gone with him a
Journeyman Black smith named Daniel Eatton, and
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cures said Servant and Journeyman, so that they
may be had again, shall have Three Pounds Reward,
and aU reasonable Charges paid by
Robert Milburn.
— Ttie N. Y. Gazelle Revived in ttte Weetdy Post
Boy, Dec. 25, 1752.
Chester, December 18-1752.
Run aways in Chester county goal. Viz. Andrew
Dun, born in Ireland, as he says ; he was bought by
one Joshua Roberts, in West New Jersey, and sold
by the said Roberts to one WUliam Walker, in
Northampton township, Burlington province afore
said. Thomas Wood, an EngHsh man, 19 years of
age, a short set fellow, about 5 feet 5 inches high,
swarthy complexion, pretends to be a saUor. Had
on when committed, an iron collar, about his neck ;
brought with him a brown gelding, and says his
master's name is John Smith, and lives in Maryland,
within four miles of Patapsco. John Simmonds,
born in England, in the city of Norwich, 20 years of
age, of a sandy complexion, and says he runaway
from John Boham, in Lancaster county, Brickmaker
by trade. David Greenwood, about 60 years of age,
born in England, and speaks broad English, a
weaver by trade, a lusty, big-boned man, and says
he has been in the country 11 years, but will not
give any account where he lived, or from whence he
came. These are to desire the owners to come and pay
the charges, otherwise they will be sold out for their
keeping. William Hay, Goal Keeper.

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Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entred In. Schooner
Judith, Phillip Babson from Salem. — The Pennsyl
vania Journal, Dec. 26, 1752. No. 525.
Philadelphia, Sept. ig. [1751] We hear thatthe
latter End of last Month, died at Amwell, in the
Jerseys, George Hetton, in the 103d Year of his
Age ; he was born at Nansemond, in Virginia, and
retained his Sight and Senses to the Time of his
Death. He walked on Foot to visit a Neighbour at
a considerable Distance but a few Days before he
died. He said that he was a Man in Bacon's Wars,
and a Soldier under him. — Upham's Collection of
English Newspaper Cuttings.
Letters from New-York ofthe 25th of December,
mention the Murder of Mr. Jacob Van Este, a
wealthy Farmer in Somerset-County in New-Jersey,
by one ofhis Negroes. The Fellow way-laid him as
he was returning from a Neighbour's, knock'd him
off his Horse, and cleav'd his Scull with an Axe.
The Horse coming home without his Rider, gave an
Alarm ; and next Morning the Body was found,
dragg'd about thirty Yards frdm the Road. Some
Part of the Negioe's Behaviour raising a Suspicion;
he was brought before the Coroner's Inquest, and
being ordered to touch the Corpse, the Blood gushed
from the dead Man's Nose and Ears (so say the
Letters from New-York) as it did likewise from the
Negroe's ; who was immediately stung with his
Guilt, and confessed the ¥ act.— Up tiam' s Collection
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New-York, January i. We hear from New-
Jersey, that the Negro Fellow who committed the
Murder on the Body of Mr. Jacob Van Este, his
Master (as lately mendoned) was burnt at MUl
stone, on Wednesday last : He stood the Fire with
the greatest Intrepidity, and said, they had taken the
Root, but left the Branches. — Upham's Collection of
English Newspaper Cuttings.

Run away from WUliam Walker, of the Township
of Northampton, Burlington County, in the night of
the 4th Day of September, an Irish servant man,
named Andrew Dnn,-^ aged about 22 Years, 5 feet, 8
inches high, of a brown complection, has a down look,
pretty much pitted with the small pox, wears his own
black hair, and has a white lock of his hair on the
back part of his head about the bigness of a penney,
had on and took with him when he went away, a
coarse red jacket, two ozenbrigs shirts, and a pair of
ozenbrigs trowsers, a pair of leather breeches much
worn, a new white linnen shirt, and a new homespun
brown cloth jacket lined with green Bristol stuff, and
has white metal buttons, a pair of new calfskin shoes,
with broad toes, and nevv brass buckles, one pair of
light blue worsted and one pair white thread stock
ings, a new caster hat, a short black curl'd wigg, and
a pocket book with nine shillings in cash, with his
own indentures and several other writings therein.
Whoever takes up and secures said servant, so that
his master may have him again, shall have Three
1 ? Dunn.

232 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1753
Pounds reward and all reasonable charges paid by
WUliam Walker.
— The Pennsylvania Journal, Jan. 2, 1753. No.
526.
This is to give notice to all persons that shall have
occasion of transporting themselves, goods, wares, or
merchandize, from PhUadelphia, to New York, or from
the latter to the former. That by Joseph Borden, jun,
there is a stage boat, well fitted, and kept for that
purpose, Nicholas George, Master, and if wind and
weather permit, wiU attend at the Crooked BUlet
wharff in PhUadelphia, every Monday and Tuesday
in every week, and proceed up to Bordentown on
Wednesday, and on Thursday morning, a stage wag
gon with a choice good arning,^ kept by Joseph Rich
ards, wUl be ready to receive them, and proceed di
rectly to John Cluck's, opposite the city of Perth Am
boy, who keeps a house of good entertainment : and on
Friday a stage boat with a large commodious cabbin
kept by Daniel Obryant, will be ready to receive
them, and proceed directly to New York, and give
her attendance at the Whitehall slip, near the Half
moon battery. If people be ready at the stage day
and places, 'tis believed they may pass the quickest
24 hours than any other way, as our land carriage is
only 10 mUes shorter than by the way of Burlington,
our waggon does not fail to go through in a day We
expect to give better satisfaction this Year than Last,
by reason we are more acquainted with the nature of
the Business, and have more convenient boats, wag
gons and stages, and will endeavour to use people in
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the best manner we are capable of, and hope all good
people wiU give it the Encouragement it deserves
and us as the promoter of such a publick good.
Joseph Borden, jun, Joseph Richards and
Daniel Obryant.
N. B. Joseph Bordens shallop, Charles Vandike,
Master, will also be at Philadelphia every Friday and
Saturday in every week, enquire for him at the
Queen's Head, he proceeds up to Bordentown on
Sunday, and the stage waggon also proceeds to Am
boy every Monday in every week. — 77^1? Pennsylva
nia Journal, Jan. 2, 1753. No. 526.
New York, January i.
We hear from New Jersey, that the Negroe Fellow
who committed the murder on the Body of Mr. Ja
cob Van Nesse, his Master (as mentioned in our last)
was burnt at MUlstone on Wednesday last ; He
stood the Fire with the greatest Intrepitidy, and said
they had taken the Root but left the Branches. —
Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan. 9, 1753. No. 1255.

Run away on the 27th of November last, from the
subscriber, living in Manington township, Salem
County, an Irish servant, nam'd Cornelius Collins,
about 22 years of age, of a low stature, a thin, pale
fac'd man, with short hair : Had on when he went
away, a felt hat, lightish colour'd Jacket, pieced at
the elbows with new cloth, a pair of yellowish
colour'd stockings, and shoes, with strings. Who
ever takes up and secures said servant so that his

234 New JER.'^EY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l7S3
master may have him again, shall have Forty Shil
lings reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Abel Harris.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan g, 1753. No.
1255- To be Sold —
Sundry valuable tracts of land, with large quanti
ties of meadow, in Gloucester county, in West New
Jersey, belonging to Colonel Alford, in Boston, to be
sold by Edward Shippen.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan. g, 1753. No.
1255- PhUadelphia, January 16, 1753
Whereas Louisa, the wife of WUliam Leddel, has
eloped from her said husband's bed and board ; these
are to forwarn all persons giving any credit to the
said Louisa, for he wUl pay no debts she shall con
tract. William Leddel.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan. 16, 1753.
No. I 256. New York, January 9.
We heir, that on Christmas Day, as three Persons
were attempting to cross Rariton in a Canoe, they
were overset by the Ice, and two of them drowned.
— The Pennsylvanici Gazelle, Jan. 16, 1753. No.
1256. Philadelphia, January '16.
We hear from Rocky Hill in the Jersies, that a val
uable Copper Vein of Six Foot Square, is very lately
found there. — Ttie Peitnsylvania Gazette, Jan. 16,
1753. A(o. 1256.

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Last Week a Servant Man, was found hanging in
the Woods in Newtown Township, Gloucester coun
ty ; who, 'tis thought, has hung there since Septem
ber last, when he ran away from his Master. — The
Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan. 16, 1753. No. 1256.
Burlington, December 20, 1752.
Run away on Monday last, from the subscriber, an
apprentice lad, named William Prosser, by trade, a
Shoemaker, aged about t8 years, about 5 feet 8 inch
es high, but middling slender, of a dark complexion,
down look, and wears his own hair, of a dark colour ;
Had on when he went away, A dark colour'd cloth
coat, with broad metal buttons, a cloth jacket, with
smaU pewter buttons, leather breeches, half worn,
blue grey yarn stockings, and good shoes, with odd
buckles, and a castor hat, ahnost new. Whoever
takes up said apprentice, and secures him, so that his
master may have him again, shall have Forty ShU
lings reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Thomas WitherUl, junior.
— Ttie Pennsylvania Gazelle, Jan. 16, i753-
No. 1256. Philadelphia, January 2, 1753.
STolen out of a pasture belonging to the sub
scriber, living in Springfield, Burlington
county, on the 19th of December last, A bright bay
mare, without any brand or ear-mark, a natural pa
cer, goes well, suckles a young colt, which is left be
hind, has a small comb cut in her mane, about 14
hands high, and six years old, she is supposed to be
stole by one John Jones, the same man that stole

236 NEW Jersev COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1753
Morris Gwin's mare, at Abington, near PhUadelphia,
and sold her to Robert Chambers, near Trenton ; he
is of a middle stature, dark complexion, black hair, is
a bold fellow, a notorious thief and carries a rifle
barrel gun with him. Whoever takes up and secures
the thief and mare, shall have Three Pounds reward,
or Thirty ShUlings for the mare alone, and reasona
ble charges, paid by Jacob Wanick.
N. B. It is supposed he has disposed of the mare.
— Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan. 16, 1753.
No. 1256. Philadelphia, January 23.
We hear from Burlington county, in the .Jersies,
That a Man, about 80 Years of Age, who had been
in a bad State of Health, for some Time, and at
Times delirious, cut his Throat, on the nth Instant,
in so terrible a manner, that notwithstanding imme
diate Help was got for him, he died soon after. —
Ttte Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan. 23, 1753. No. 1257.

w

Philadelphia, January 23, 1753.
Hereas the subscriber, wife of doctor Wil
liam Leddel/ of Elizabeth-Town, was ad
vertis'd last week in this paper, as having eloped
from her husband's bed and board, which is known by
the major part of the people in said town to be false ;
1 Dr. WilUam Leddel was a naval surgeon of the French Government, stationed at
Cuba. Having left the service he came from Cuba and settled in or near Elizabethtown,
where he died prior to 1766, having several children, among them John, a physician in New
York before 1760, and Williara. After his father's death the latter went to Mendham,
Morris county, and " bound himself" to study medicine with Dr. Ebenezer Blachley, se
cundus, of that place. He practised tliere till his death, August 10, 1827, at the age of
eighty years. He married Peebe,dau. of Henry Wick. — Ulckcs's Hist. Medicine in N.J. ^
312.

I753J NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 237
she hereby gives notice, that the reason of her leav
ing him was, that her life was in danger from the ill
usage she received from him ; that he kept another
woman, by whom he had two children, and after hav
ing spent Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds Sterling,
of her money, obliged her to leave his house.
Louisa Leddel.,
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan. 23, 1753.
No. 1257.
Whereas WUHam Richardson was employ'd by
James Baldwin to flat some wood to Philadelphia on
the 25th of December last, and having received the
money for the same, has not been heard of since ;
He is a thick well set fellow, about 24 years of age,
pock mark'd, pale complexion, broad face, has short
black curled hair: Had on a half worn castor hat,
check shirt and trowsers, with leather breeches under
them, milled stockings, calf-skin shoes, with large
brass buckles, blue coat and jacket, with white metal
buttons on the coat. Whoever takes up, said Wil
liam Richardson, so as he may be brought to justice,
shaU have Three Pounds reward, paid by James
Baldwin, of Watertown township, in the Jerseys, three
MUes from Philadelphia
N. B. It is supposed he has gone towards New
York. He vvas born in Amwell, in the Jerseys.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan. 23, 1753.
No. 1257. Philadelphia, January 22, 1753.
Run away last night from Samuel Cole living in
Gloucester county, in New-Jersey, a servant man

238 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l753
named John Macwier, about 18 years of Age, a short
thick set fellow, fair complection, and sandy hair ; 'ds
suppos'd he wUl cut it off had on when he went away,
a brown homespun coat, two Jackets, one striped, the
other grey, leather breeches, an ozenbrigs and check
shirt, a double sUk cap, grey stockings, and two or
three pair of shoes ; one of his legs is larger than
the other, and has a large scar on the inside of the
small ; and took with him a new ax, whoever takes
up said run-away, and secures him so that he may be
had again, shall have Forty Shillings reward and rea
sonable Charges paid by Samuel Cole.
— The Pennsylvania Journal, Jan. 23, 1753.
No. 529.
Whereas Thomas Ageman, late of the city of
Burlington, in the western division of the province of
New- Jersey, hath been missing, ever since the 30th
of March last, and no one hereabouts being able to
give any account of him, hath induced his son WU
liam Ageman, and most of his neighbors, to be sus
picious that he is murder'd : These are to desire the
favour of the readers hereof that if they, or any of
them, can give any account of the said Thomas Age-
man, either living or dead, that if they will be so good
as to communicate the same to his son William Age-
man, by directing their letters to George Eyre,^ Esq;
in Burlington, it will very much oblige him and his
neighbours ; and likewise clear the person who is
suspected to be guilty of the murder ; wdio, upon ex-
1 For a sketch of George Eyre, see N, J. Archives, XI., 495-6, note.

1753] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 239
aminadon, denies the fact. He is a lusty man, if liv
ing, about 80 years of age, a labouring man.
Burhngton, January 31, 1753.
— Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 13, 1753.
No. 1260. New York, February 5.
Last Tuesday Night, the Boat of Mr. Blain, of
South River, in the Jersies, lying at the Old-Slip, in
our Harbour, was robbed of Nine Pounds in Cash, a
Check Shirt and a Knife : Barnabas Morgan, a Man
who went in the Boat, being absent next Day, was
suspected, and Search being made, he was found
with the Shirt on his Back, and Knife in his Pocket ;
but denies he took the Money : After Examination
he was committed to Goal. — The Pennsylvania Ga
zette, Feb. 13, 1753. No. 1260.
To be Sold.
A Plantation, situate in the township of Amwell,
Hunterdon county, West-New-Jersey, near Dela
ware, containing 180 acres of good land, 20 acres
whereof is good meadow, and more may be made,
and a good orchard, with a good house and barn, and
a good StUl and stUl-house, to be sold either with the
place, or the place without the still, as the purchaser
or purchasers pleases, at a reasonable rate, and a
reasonable time for payment. Any person inclining
to purchase the same, may apply to the subscriber
hereof and be informed of the conditions of sale.
John Burcham.
N. B. Likewise sundry tracts of good land to be
sold by said Burcham.
— Ttte Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 27, i753-
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240 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l753
New- York, February 12.
On Saturday last Richard Roche, born in Ireland
and about 26 Years of Age, was executed here per
suant to his Sentence. He acknowledged that he
was whipp'd in Dublin, for keeping Company with an
Idle Woman, who had stole some Goods there, and
that they had some Time after, came over in a Trans
port Vessel to America. That he broke open and
robb'd a house at Salem, in N. J. for which he was
whipped there also — Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb.
27> 1753- ^0. 1262. N. York, Feb. 12.
By the Philadelphia Post we learn, that the late
high Tide has done considerable Damage at New
Brunswick, most of the Houses, nigh the River, flow
ing with Water ; that at Elizabeth-Town Point the
Wharffs are much hurt ; that the Bridge on Staten-
Island is almost render'd impassable, for Man and
Horse ; and that a Negro Boy, of about 15 Years of
Age, was drove upon Staten Island Beech, suppos'd
to be drown'd by the Tide, on Thursday Night last,
and that the Coroner's Inquest was holding upon him
as he came along. — Ttte Pennsylvania Journal, Feb.
27. •753- No. 534. To be Lett.
A Plantation, in the township of Gloucester, in the
western division of the province of New Jersey,
situate on the navigable part of Newtown creek,
within about four miles of the city of Philadelphia,
containing 250 acres of land, 100 cleared, 30 of
which is good drained meadow ; a house, barn, orch-

1 75 3 J NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 24 1
ard and sundry other conveniencies. Any person
inclining to rent the above-mentioned premises, may
apply to Mary Lane, or Thoinas Clifford, in Phila
delphia, and know the terms. — Ttie Pennsylvania Ga
zette, March 13, 1753. No. 1264.

To be Sold or Lett.
A Plantation, situate on Newtown Creek, in Glou
cester county, four miles from Cooper's ferry, by land,
and seven mUes from Philadelphia, by water, contain
ing 400 acres, with a good landing ; there is two set
tlements on the place, two houses, two orchards, a
good barn, 100 acres cleared land, and 300 of wood
land, well timber'd, there is 40 acres of meadow that
has been mow'd, 38 of which is drain'd from the tide,
and ten acres of upland meadow. Any person in
clining to purchase or rent the same, may apply to
James Graisbury.
— Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, March 13, 1753.
No. 1264. New York, March 12.
We hear from Elizabeth-Town in New Jersey, that
Mr. John May of that Place, and his Wife, going in
to one of the Neighbouring Houses, left a young In
fant in Bed asleep, to the care of a Negro Wench
who, 'tis supposed, looking carelessly, round the Bed,
with the Candle in her Hand, set fire to the Curtains,
which soon communicated itself to the Blankets ; and
had not some People, who were accidentally going
past, discovered the Fire, and took the ChUd
out of the Bed (tho' much burnt) it must undoubted-
16

242 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1753
ly have perish'd in the Flames. — Ttie Pennsylvania
Gazette, March 20, 1753. No. 1265.
Last Wednesday, Capt. Jones of this Port, arrived
at Sandy Hook, in 18 Days from the Bay of Hon
duras, and came up here on Saturday. — The Penn
sylvania Gazette, March 20, 1753. No. 1265.
New York, March 19.
By an Act lately passed in New Jersey, any Per
son seeing another carry a Gun over any inclosed
Land, not his own, by Information against him, obli
ges him to pay Five Pounds, and be bound over to
his good Behaviour, one Half to the Informer ; and in
case of FaUure, to be dealt with at the Justice's Dis
cretion : In Consequence of this Act, we hear, a few
Weeks ago, a poor Fellow, in P'.ast New Jersey, was
taken in the Fact, and brought to a Justice : The Jus
tice accordingly was obliged to give Judgment ; but
the poor Fellow, Gun and all, not being worth Half
the Money, the Justice was at a Stand what to do ; at
last determined him a Whipping of 30 Lashes, and
as the Informer was entitled to one Half the Fine,
very judiciously ordered him to receive one Half the
Lashes. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, March 27, 1753.
No. 1266.
We hear from Great-Egg-Harbour, that about a
Fortnight ago, a French Sloop, bound to Cape Bre
ton, from Cape Francois, was lost on Absecom Bar,
in a violent North-east Storm ; and that the people
were all drown'd but two : And the Carpfo, which con-
sisted of Indigo, Sugar and Rum, was intirely lost —

1753 J NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 2.^3
Tlie Pennsylvania Gazette, Manti 27, 1753. No.
1266. To be Lett.
A Messuage and plantation, situate about half a
mUe above Great Timber-creek-bridge, in the county
of Gloucester, in West-New-Jersey, containing about
150 acres, 25 acres of which is good drained meadow,
well banked in, with a young orchard, &c. Whoever
is inclined to rent the said premises, may apply to
John Ladd,' Esq; near Gloucester, and know the
terms. — Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, March 27, 1753.
No. 1266.
WHereas, Jane the wife of John Moody, of
Bethlehem township, hath eloped from
her said husband ; these are to warn all persons not
to trust her on his account, for he will pay no debts
of her contracting after the date hereof John Moody.
AprU 5, 1753.
— Ttte Pennsylvania Gazette, Marcti 27, 1753.
No. 1267.
The French Sloop cast away on Absecom Bar,
proves to be the Mary Magdalen, Capt. Dugea, from
Cape Francois; who on the loth ult. lying too in a
violent Gale at N . E. was drove upon said Bar ; The
Vessel is entirely lost, and the Capt. Merchant, with
four white Men and a Negro drown'd ; the two that
were saved, fortunately getting upon the Round
House, were happily taken off by a Whale Boat from
the Shore. — The Pennsylvania Journal, April 12,
1753- No. 540.
1 For a sketch of John Ladd, see N. J. Archives, X. , 224, note.

244 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l753
N. York, April i6.
We have an Account from Morris County in the
Jersies, that about a Fortnight ago, a poor Man and
his Son of about seven Years of Age, being burning
some old Brush in a Swamp, found some Roots that
look'd like Parsnips, which they roasted and eat :
Soon after returning home they found themselves un
well, and died both together in a few Minutes, with
out any visible Tokens of Hurt — The Pennsylvama
Journal, April 19, 1753. No. 541.
Last Sunday se'nnight, at Night, a shower of HaU
(attended with terrible Thunder and Lightening) fell
at Sandy Hook, some of which was, 'twas said as big
as Pidgeons Eggs: One of our Pilot Boats then ly
ing in the Cove ; was struck with the Lightning,
which shattered her Topmast all to Pieces, and did
her considerable other Damage. What is very re
markable, a Boy that lay asleep in the Fore-Casde
close to the Bulk-Heads, received no hurt, whUst
they were split in a surprizing Manner. — The Penn
sylvania Journal, April 19, 1753. No. 541,
The General Assembly of the Province of New
Jersey, are to meet at Burlington on Wednesday the
16th of May next. — Ttie Pennsylvania Journal, April
19. I 753- No. 541. PhUa.. Apr. 9. 1753.
Run away last night from George Marple of Eves
ham in the County of Burlington, a servant man
named Robert Stewart, a short, well set fellow, about
27 years of age, square faced and light complection ;
had on when he went away, a light coloured cloath

1753] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 245
coat, leather breeches with silver buttons (or broad
cloth the same of the coat) a large beaver hatt with
a knock in the brim ; took with him a large bay
horse, with a blase in his face, and some white feet.
Whoever takes up the said Servant, and secures
him, so as his master may have him again shall have
Three Pistoles reward and reasonable charges paid
by George Marple.
— The Pennsylvania Journal, April 19, 1753.
No. 541.
We whose names are hereunto sub.scribed, sons of
some of the principal families in and about Trenton,
being in some measure sensible of the advantages of
Learning, and desirous that those who are deprived
of it thro' the poverty of their parents, might taste
the sweetness of it with ourselves, can thimk of no
better or other method for that purpose, than the fol
lowing Scheme
Of a Delaware-Island Lottery,
For raising 225 Pieces of Eight, towards building a
house to accommodate an English and Grammar-
school, and paying a master to teach such chUdren
whose'parents are unable to pay for schooling. It is
proposed that the house be 30 feet long, 20 feet
wide, and one story high, and buUt on the Southeast
corner, ofthe Meedng-house yard, in Trenton,' under
the direction of Messeurs Joseph Reed, Benjamin
Yard, Alexander Chambers, and John Chambers, all
of Trenton aforesaid.
I The building vras so erected, and remained until 1804 or 1805, when it was removed
to make way for the present First Presbyterian church edifice, on State street.

^46 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1753

N

um-

Value

in

ber of Prizes.

Pieces of
Eight.
Total Value.
I
of
32
is
32
2
of
16
are
32
4
of
10
'
are
40
6
of
8
are
48
12
of
4
are
48
531
of
2
are
1062
Prizes
First drawn.
Last drawn.
6
556
7
944
Blanks
For the School,
225
I 500, Tickets, 1 500
Less than two Blanks to a Prize.
The managers of the lottery are Reynald Hooper,
son of R. Lettice Hooper, Esq ; Joseph WarreU,
junior, son of Joseph Warrell, Esq ; Joseph Reed,
junior, son of Andrew Reed, Esq ; Theophilus Sev
ern junior, son of Theophilus Severn, Esq; John Al
len, junior, son of John Allen, Esq ; WUliam Paxton,
son of Joseph Paxton, Esq; deceased ; and John
Cleayton, son of WUliam Cleayton, Esq ; who here
by assure the adventurers in this lottery, that the
prize money shall be paid by the persons hereafter
appointed to sell tickets, immediately after the lotte
ry is drawn, without any deduction ; and such prizes
as are not demanded in three months after the lotte
ry is drawn, shall be taken as generously given to
the school. The drawing wUl be on the i ith day of
June next, on the Fish-Island,' in the river Delaware,
opposite to the town of Trenton : and the money
I r.otterics wcrc prohibited in New Jersey, and the managers, in (or in despite of ?)
heir "innocence," resorted to this mctliod of evading the law.
1753] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 2^f
raised by this lottery shall be paid into the hands of
Moore Furman, of Trenton, merchant, who is under
bond for the faithful laying out the money for the
uses above.
And we the managers assure the adventurers up
on our honour, that this scheme, in all its parts, shall
be as punctually observed, as if we were under the
formalities usual in lotteries ; and we flatter ourselves,
the publick, considering our laudable design, our age,
and our innocence, will give credit to this our pub
lick declaration.
Tickets are to be sold at Seven ShiUings and Six
pence each, at Philadelphia, by Andrew Reed, Esq;
and at Trenton, by Moore Furman merchant, Reyn
ald Hooper, Joseph Warrell, junior, Joseph Reed,
junior, Theophilus Severn, junior, John Allen, junior,
William Paxton, John Cleayton. — The Pennsylvania
Gazette, April 26, 1753. No. 1276.
New York, April 23.
By a private letter from Trenton-Ferry, we are
assured that upwards of Twenty FVenchmen have
passed over there within a few Weeks past, who all
said they were Deserters from Mississippi, and
represent that Country to be in a deplorable Condi-
don for want of Supplies from France ; and that at
this Time a Conquest of their whole Dominion
might be made with far less than 500 Men. — The
Pennsylvania Gazette, April 26, 1753. No. 1276.
Philadelphia, AprU 26, 1753.
Run away on the 2 2d instant, from Thomas Ram-
bo, of Mantua-Creek, Gloucester county, an Irish
servant man, named Philip Cantlow, about- 30 years

248 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l7S3 '
of age, of a middle size, thin face, pitted with small
pox, and has a downdook : Had on a dark color'd
homespun jacket, with an old greyish color'd jacket,
longer than the outside one, half-worn fine hat, with
out loops, cotton cap, old leather • breeches, old
grey stockings, half worn double soald Shoes, pretty
much ripped at the soles, with sharp toes. Who
ever takes up and secures said servant, so that his
master may have him again, shall have Thirty Shil
lings reward, and reasojiable charges, paid by,
Thomas Rambo.
N. B. All masters of vessels are forbid to carry
him off — Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, April 26, 1753.
No. 1276.
Run away on the 2 2d inst. April, from Isaac Con-
roe, of the city of Burlington, in the Province of
New Jersey, A servant man, named Thomas Brown,
a thick, short, well-set fellow, about 25 or 26 years
of age, born in the province of Pennsylvania, about
Lancaster ; he is a bold spoken, red faced fellow,
with short black bushy hair: Had on. An old felt
hat, old blue jacket, leather breeches, old grey yarn
stockings, and old shoes, with large brass buckles ;
he's very much addicted to drink, talkative and
quarrelsom ; hath been a traveller thro' most of the
neighbouring provinces, &c. Whoever takes up
and secures said servant, so as his master may have
him again, shall have Forty ShUlings reward, and
reasonable charges, paid by Isaac Conroe.
— Ttte Pennsylvania Gazette, April 26, 1753-
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Run away on the 1 2th of February, last, from John
Burroughs, of Trenton, Hunterdon county. New Jer
sey, An English servant man, named Robert White
head, about 5 feet high: Had on when he went away,
A good beaver hat, silk cap, baragon coat, and jacket,
of a reddish brown colour, the skirts lined with sha-
loon, and the back part with ozenbrigs, new buck
skin breeches, two fine shirts, blue worsted stockings,
and a pair of pumps, with sUver buckles, which were
all stolen, he being a notorious thief, and has been
both whipped and branded at Trenton. Whoever
takes up and secures said servant, in any goal, so as
his master may have again, shall have Forty Shillings
reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
John Burroughs.
— Ttte Pennsylvania Gazette, April 26, 1753.
No. 1276.
A General Account of the Rise and State of the
College lately established in the Province of New-
Jersey, in America ; And of the End and Design of
its Insdtudon. Published by Order of the Trustees
ofthe said College ; for the Information of the Friends
of Learning and Virtue in Great Britain and America.
Nothing has a more direct Tendency to advance
the Happiness and Glory of a Community, than the
founding of publick Schools and Seminaries of Learn
ing, for the Educadon of Youth, and adorning their
Minds with useful Knowledge and Virtue. Hereby
the Rude and ignorant are civUiz'd and render'd
humane ; Persons, who would otherwise be useless
Members of Society, are qualified to sustain with
Honour, the Offices they may be invested with, for

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the public Service : Reverence of the Deity, Filial
Piety, and Obedience to the Laws, are inculcated and
promoted. The Sciences have no where flourish'd with more
Success than in our Mother- Country. The Univer
sities and Seminaries of Learning in England and
Scotland are annually sending abroad into the King
dom, Proficients in all kinds of Literature ; Men of
refin'd Sentiments, solid Judgments, and noble Prin
ciples ; who spread (if the Expression may be al
lowed) a kind of literary Glory over the Bridsh Nation.
America remain'd, during a long Period, in the
thickest Darkness of Ignorance and Barbarism, tiU
Christianity, at the Introduction of the Europeans,
enlightened her Hemisphere with the salutary Beams
of Life and Immortality Science, her constant Attend
ant, soon rais'd her depre.ss'd Head, and the Arts
began to flourish. New England first felt her benign
Influences, whose Sons she inspired with a generous
Emulation of erecting Schools and Colleges, for the
Instruction of their Youth, and instilling- into the ten-
der Mind, the Principles of Piety and Learning. The
Western Colonies, except Virginia, continued a con
siderable Number of Years, without any public In
stitutions for the Culdvation of the Sciences. At
length, several Gentlemen residing in the Province
of New-Jersey, who are Well Wishers to the Felicity
of their Country, and the real Friends of Religion and
Learning, having observ'd the vast Increase of these
Colonies, with the Rudeness, IncivUity and Ignorance
of their Inhabitants, for want of the necessary Means
of Improvement, first projected the Scheme of a Col
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The immediate Motives to this generous Design,
were the great Number of Societies then lately
form'd in various Parts of the Country, where
several Thousands of the inhabitants, ardendy de
sirous ofthe Administration of religious Ordinances,
were entirely destitute of the necessary Means of
Instruction, and incapable of being releived ; — the
strenuous Applications that were annually made by
those vacant Congregations to the Clergy in their
coUective Bodies ; warmly complaining of their un
happy Circumstances, in being depriv'd of the com
mon Aids of Salvation, and left to grope after Hap-
pines.s, almost in the Obscurity of Paganism, tho' the
Light of Revelation shone on their surrounding
Neighbours, — the unco.mmon Scarcity of Candidates
for the. Ministerial Function, to comply with these
pious and Christian Demands ; the Colleges of New
England educating hardly a competent Number for
the Service of its own Churches. — These Considera
tions were the most urgent Arguments for the
immediate Prosecution of the above mentioned
Scheme of Education.
Accordingly, in the Year 1747,' a Peddon was pre
sented to his Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq ;
Governor of that Province, (a Gentleman, who has
long signaliz'd himself, as a Patron of Religion and
Learning) praying his Majesty's Grant of a Charter,
for the Establishment of a public Seminary of Litera
ture in New Jersey. His Excellency was pleased to
comply with their Request, and order'd a Charter to
pass the Seals incorporating sundry Gentlemen to
1 The first charter was granted Oct. 22, 1746. See N. J. Archives, XII., 3.^1, 384.

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the Number of Twenty-three ; the Majority of whom
were of the Clergy, by the Mame of the Trustees of
the College of New-Jersey, and appointing the Gov
ernor of New Jersey, for the Time being, to act as
their President, when convened. This Charter places
the Society upon the most catholic Foundation : Per
sons of every religious Denomination are admitted
to Enjoyment of all its PrivUedges and allowed, the
unUmitted Exercise of their Religion ; provided, that
Liberty be not made a cloak of Licentiousness.
The Trustees, thus authorized with ample Powers,
for the Execution of this laudable Design ; in Conform
ity to the Plan of their Charter, applied themselves
with the utmost Deliberation, to form and enact such
Rules and Orders for the Regulation of the Methods
of -Instruction and Conduct of the Students, as might
tend to prevent the Entrance of Corruption in the
Society, and the Introduction of Idleness. Effeminacy,
Vanity, and extravagant Expenses amongst its
Members. It would be repugnant to the Design of
a general Narrative, as well as impertinent to the
Reader, to enter into a minute Detail of these several
private Regulations. It will suffice to say, that the
two principal Objects the Trustees had in View,
were Science and Religion. Their first Concern was
to cultivate the Minds of the Pupils, in all those
Branches of Education, w-hich are generally taught in
the Universities abroad : And to perfect their De
sign, their next Care was to rectify the Heart, by
inculcating the great Precepts of Christianity, in
order to make them good Men.
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Providence so far smil'd upon the Undertaking, in the
first Instance, as to point out a Gentleman, possess'd
of every requisite Endowment, to be placed at the
Head of such an Academy. The Reverend Mr.
Aaron Burr, has been long known in these Parts of
America, for his Piety, Affability, universal Acquaint
ance with the Arts and Sciences, and his easy, fami
Har Methods of Instruction. Under his immediate
Tuition and Government, this Society has flourished
far beyond the most raised and sanguine Expecta
tions. The Number of Students have increased, in
the short space of four Years, from Eight or Ten, to
upwards of Fifty.
As no human Institutions in a World of Imperfec
tion and Error, are so compleatly model'd, as to ex
clude the Possibility of farther Emendation ; it may
be said, without any Intention of Disparagement to
other learned Seminaries, that the Governors of this
College have endeavour'd to improve upon the com
monly received Plans of Education. They proceed
not so much in the Method of a dogmatic Institution,
by prolix Discourses on the different Branches of the
Sciences, by burdening the Memory, and imposing-
heavy and diagreeable Tasks ; as in the Socratic
Way of free Dialogue, between Teacher and Pupil or
between the Students themselves, under the Inspec-
. don of their Tutors. In this Manner, the Attention
is engaged, the Mind entertained, and the Scholar
animated in the Pursuit of Knowledge. In fine, the
Arts and Sciences are convey'd into the Minds of
Youth, in a Method, the most easy, natural and fa
mUiar. but as Religion ought to be the end of all In-

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Struction, and gives it the best Degree of Perfection :
As one of the primary Views of this Foundation, was
to educate young Gentlemen for the sacred office of
the Ministry, and fit them for the Discharge of so
noble an Employment; Divinity, the Mistress ofthe
Sciences engages the peculiar Attention of the Gov
ernors of this Society. Stated Times are set apart
for the study of the Holy Scriptures, in the Original
Languages, and stated Hours daily consecrated to
the Service of Religion. The utmost Care is taken
to discountenance Vice and to encourage the Prac
tice of Virtue ; and a manly, rational, and christian
Behaviour in the Students. Enthusiasm on the one
Hand, and Prophaness on the other, are equally
guarded against, and meet with the severest Checks.
Under such Management, this Seminary, from the
smallest Beginnings, quickly drew the public Atten
tion, enlarged the Number of her Pupils, raised her
Reputadon ; and now, tho' in her Infancy, almost
rivals her ancient Sisters upon the Continent.
Daily observadon evinces, that in Proportion as
Learning makes its Progress in a Country, it softens
the natural Roughness, eradicates the Prejudices,
and transforms the Genius and Disposidon of its
Inhabitants. New Jersey, and the adjacent Pro
vinces, already feel the happy Effects of this useful
Insdtudon. A general Desire of Knowledge seems
to be spreading among the People: Parents are
inspired with an Emulation of Cultivating the Minds
of their Offspring : Public Stations are honourably
fill'd by Gendemen, who have received their Educa
tion here : And from hence, many Christian Assem-

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blies are furnished with Men of distinguished Talents
for the Discharge of the Pastoral Office.
The Trustees acknowledge, with the utmost Grati
tude, the several Benefactions that have been made
to this Infant Society by the Lovers of Piety and
Learning. But notwithstanding any Assistances
they have obtained ; considering the constant an
nual Provision for the Governors of the College ; the
Expence that must unavoidably attend the Erection
of an Edifice, with a requisite Number of Apart
ments ; the building a House for the Residence of
the President ; furnishing the Library ; and procuring
a proper Apparatus for philosophical Experiments ;
— the State of their Treasury is altogether inade
quate to those chargeable Demands. These Things
so absolutely necessary to the Well-being of the
Society, must remain uneffected until Providence is
pleased, to excite the Beneficence of those, who wish
the Prosperity of Religion and Literature, in the
unculdvated Parts of the World. The Members of
the College, who are annually growing more numer
ous, for want of a public Building for their Recep
tion, must struggle under the greatest Difficulties, in
procuring Accommodations in private Families ; and
that too, in a dispersed Village, where their daily
Attendance on the Collegiate Exercises is subject to
numberless Inconveniencies.
From the above Representation of the Ends for
which this Society was founded ; the happy Effects of
its Institudon ; the present Necessides and Circum
stances ; it is hoped, that the Pious and the Benevo
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these Papers may fall, will extend their generous Aid,
in the Prosecution and Completion of so excellent
and useful an Establishment.
Next to the Advancement of the Divine Honour,
the noblest Pursuit of Man! surely nothing can
afford the human Mind a more pleasing Reflecdon,
than the being instrumental in promoting the general
Felicity of Mankind. These important Ends, can by
no Means, be so effectually served, as by forming the
rising Generation, to be useful Members ofthe Com
munity; and by diffusing the Light of Christianity,
amonsf the Ignorant ancl uncivilized Nations of the
Earth. — The Pennsylvania Journal, April 26, 1753.
No. 542.
Run away on the 20th of March from Patrick
Reynolds of Mount Holly, in the Province of New
Jersey, a servant man named Thomas James, aged
about 19 years, born in Philadelphia, or thereabouts,
had on when he went away, an old felt hat, bearskin
jacket, new shoes, has a large scar on his right cheek,
and has been used to driving a team, and has drove
team for Bennet Bard in the county of Burlington.
Whoever takes up and secures the said servant, so
that his master may have him again, shall have Forty
Shillings reward and reasonable charges paid by
Patrick Reynolds.
— Tlie Pennsylvania Journal, May 3, 1753. No.
543-
Run away on the 28th ult. from the subscriber,
living in Amwell, A Molatto man, named Boot, about
25 years of age, about 5 feet ten inches high, and

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has had the small pox : Had on when he went away,
a light colour'd jacket, pretty ragged, and a mouse
colour'd jacket under it, the skirts has been cut short,
good buckskin breeches, with brass buttons, some of
the tops of them are off blue grey yarn stockings,
good shoes, and felt hat, torn in the brim. Whoever
takes up said slave, and secures him, so that his mas
ter may have him again, shall have Forty Shillings
reward, and if above 20 miles from home. Three
Pounds, and all reasonable charges, paid by
Thomas Hunt.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, May ^i, 1753. No.
1271.
To be sold by way of publick vendue, on the 21st
of May instant ; by Samuel Morris, administrator to
the estate of David Morris, deceased — One Third
part of a certain Iron Forge, together with the land
thereto belonging, situate upon Muskoneconk creek,
in West- New-Jersey, near the mouth of said creek,
where it empties itself into Delaware, between two
and three mUes from Durham furnace ; it has extra
ordinary conveniencies for drawing bar iron, the
stream being very large and constant, and the car
riage from thence to Philadelphia frequently by water
down the said river. Samuel Morris.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 3, 1753. No.
1271.
Run away on the 31st of March last, from the sub
scriber, living in Hunterdon county. East New Jersey,
17

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a Molattoe slave, named Jack, about 22 years of age,
understands the coopers trade, pretty tall and lusty :
Had on when he went away, a yellowish homespun
coat, vest and breeches, and a felt hat; he was born
in AUen-town, Monmouth county, and intends to
pass for a free Negroe. Whoever takes up and
brings said slave to his master, or to James NeweU,
in Allen-town, or secures him, so that he may be had
again, shall have Three Pounds reward, and reason
able charges, paid by Robert Newell.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 3, 1753. No.
1271.
Custom House, Philadelphia, Inward Entries Snow
Lucullus, Francis Ingraham from Salem. — The Penn
sylvania Journal, May 10, 1753. No. 544.
New-York, May 14. We are assured from Wood-
bridge, by an Eye-Witness, That on the 28th of
AprU last, a Woman with her Child of about 15
Months old, being at a Neighbour's House, the
ChUd playing about the Yard, unnoticed feU into a
Well without a Curb, of 18 Feet deep ; the Parents
soon after missing it hastened to the Well, when the
Father, notwithstanding his Infirmities, ventured
down, and with much Difficulty got it out, after its
having been in the Water, which was three Feet
deep, and as cold as most Wells are, upwards of ten
Minutes ; It being immediately shifted and kept
warm, reviv'd, and is likely to^do well. — Ttie N. Y.
Gazette or the Weetdy Post Boy, May 14, 1753.

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TO be Sold, a One Acre Lot of Land, joining to
the River at the South-East End of the City of New-
_ Brunswick, whereon is a good DweUing-House : It
may be render'd very convenient for a Wharf and
Store, being the deepest Water along that City.
Whoever inclines to purchase, may apply to Wil
liam Blane, on the Premisses, and agree upon
reasonable terms. — Ttie N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly
Post Boy, May 14, 1753.
Run away a few Days ago, in a small Sloop of
about six Cord, or drove out to Sea, the two follow
ing Persons, viz. One named Thomas Weebley,
about 5 Feet and a Half High, well set, freckled and
Pock-fretten, with light colour'd short Hair : The
other Benjamin Pelton, a short well set Fellow, with
a surly Countenance : They have a Parcel of
Goods, to the Value of about One Hundred Pounds,
put on board in New-York, by Catiierin Griffith,
Wife of Samuel Griffith, of Mensequan'; to which
Place she was bound : — The Vessel is called the
Charity, John Havens, owner, of Manesquan. Who
ever takes up the said Men, or secures the Sloop in
any Harbour, so that the Goods may be had again,
shaU have Ten Pounds Reward, and all reasonable
Charges paid, by Samuel Griffith.
— The N. Y. Gazette or ttie Weekly Post Boy,
May 14, 1753.
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A

To be Sold by JOHN BARBERIE, in Amboy.
Small Farm, situate at Rariton Landing,
one MUe above New-Brunswick, in East
New-Jersey, whereon is a good House, two Stories
high, with Sash Windows, having a good Cellar under
it, a good Store House, Bake House and Oven, a
Barn, Orchard, and large Garden, the whole contain
ing 55 Acres, 9 whereof are fine English Meadow
Ground, joining to the River, being a convenient
Place for a Store Keeper, a Store having been kept
there many years. It wUl be sold altogether, or in
three Parts, thus, the Meadow consisting of nine
Acres, the Buildings with the Garden and Orchard,
and the Up-Land, part whereof is Wood-Land. — The
N Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, May 14,
1753- TO be Sold very reasonable, by Cornelius
Hatfield, at Elizabeth-Town, East New-
Jersey, A Parcel of likely healthy Negro Men and
Women, from between 14 and 22 Years of Age. —
The N. Y. Gazette or ttie Weekly Post Boy, May 1 4,
1753-

A

To Be Sold
Very convenient Plantation adjoining to the
High Lands of Navesinks in Middletown
East New-Jersey, about 170 Acres of Land and
meadow ; there is on said Plantadon, two good
DweUing-Houses, two Barns, with two good bearing
Orchards, out of which may be made in a fruitful
year, 100 Barrels of Cyder. The said Plantadon is
joining to the Bay, right opposite the Road of Sandy-

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Hook, where all Vessels bound to or from New-
York, or Perth-Amboy, stops in contrary Winds,
which renders it a very good Market for all kinds of
Poultry, and other Country Produce. It is also very
convenient for Fishing, Oystering, and Claming :
There is also a great advantage of manuring the
Land with Sea-Weed, which in the Season comes
upon the Shore in great Plenty. There is a Creek
adjoining to said Land, very convenient for harbour
ing Connoes, or Pettiaugers, and a fine Spring of
Water within a few Rods of the Door. If any Per
son hath a mind to buy Slid Plantation, may ba
inform'd further, by applying to Samuel Bowne, jun.
Living on the Premisses. The Title is indisputable.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, May
H- 1753- RUN away the 1 2th Inst. AprU, from Isaac
Kingsl.\nd' of Saddle-Rfver, in Bergen
County, East New-Jersey, a Negro Wench named
Nell, who formerly belonged to Robert J. Livingston,
Merchant in New- York : She is a tall slim Wench,
has three Diamonds in her Face, one on each Side
and the other on her Forehead : Had on and taken
with her when she went away, three Petticoats, one
is an old quUted one, and the other two homespun,
one striped and the other mixed ; a blue and white
striped short Gown, a bluish homespun Waist Coat,
and an Ozenbrigs Shift, with homespun Sleeves, a
short blue Cloke, a new Pair of blue Stockings, a
1 Son of Edmund Kingsland and Maria Pinhorne, dau. of Judge William Pinhorne.
He m. Elizabeth Dow, widow of Alexander Gaelt. He was Sheriff of Bergen county in
1764.

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Pair of old crooked Shoes, and several other Things
too tedious to mention. These are therefore to fore
warn all Masters of Vessels and others, of carrying
off concealing or harbouring said Wench, as they will
answer it at their PerU with the utmost Rigour of the
Law. Whoever takes up the foremention'd Negroe,
and secures her in any Goal, so that her Master may
have her again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward,
and all reasonable Charges paid, by
Isaac Kingsland.
— Ttte N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
May 14, 1753.
To be Sold, together or in Parcels,
TWO Tracts of Land, lying about seven or
eight MUes from the City of New-Bruns
wick, near and on the South East Side of the main
Road that leads from New-Brunswick to Trenton,
adjoining to tile Rear of the Lands of Nicholas
Johnson, — Barcalowe, John Van Dike, and others.
The one ofwhich Tracts contains about One Thou
sand Acres, and the other about Four Hundred and
Fifty : the chief of the Land is good, well timbered
and watered, and lies very commodious for a Market.
Any Person inclining to purchase, upon Application
to Samuel Nevill or Philip Kearney, Esqrs in the
City of Perth-Amboy, or to Joseph Murray, in the
City of New- York, Esq; may know further. — The
N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, May 14, 1753.
RUN away from Peter Garritson, of West-N-
Jersey, on Saturday the 7th AprU last, a Ne
groe Man named Ceeser, about 30 Years of Age, of a

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yellow Complexion, bushy Hair, and stutters pretty
much when he talks : Whoever takes up said Negroe,
and secures him so that his Master may have him again,
or gives Information to David Abeel in New-York,
shall have Forty ShUlings Reward, and all reasonable
Charges paid. N. B. All Masters of Vessels are
forbid to carry him off at their perU. — Ttie N. Y. Ga
zette or the Weekly Post Boy, May 14, 1753.
Philadelphia, May 17, 1753.
From Burlington we have Advice, that one John
Shores, was tried at the Supreme Court, held there,
for stealing a cow, of which he was convicted, and
burnt in the Hand. — The Pennsylvania Gazette,
May If, 1753. No. 1273.
To be Sold
A Tract of land, in Morris county, in the Western-
division of New Jersey, about 4 mUes from the river
Delaware, containing 1250 acres, with the usual al
lowance ; late the property of William Biddle : It is
divided in four parts, each containing 312 acres and
a half with good conveniency for meadows, is well
wooded and watered. Any person inclining to pur
chase the whole or part, may apply to Samuel Smith,
WUliam Lawrence, or Joshua Fisher, in Philadelphia.
— Ttte Pennsylvania Gazette, May if, 1753. No.
1273. N. York, May 28.
Last Tuesday Evening, Thomas Mardn and Gil
bert King, both of this City, having been at a dpling
House in Elizabeth Town, in returning to their Lodg
ing, Mardn grew noisy, and being reproved by King

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for it, he started up and suddenly stabb'd him in the
Breast with a Pen-Knife ; a Surgeon was immediately
sent for, and apprehending the Wound to be mortal,
Martin was committed to JaU : But we hear that on
Thursday last there was some Hopes of King's Re
covery. — The Pennsylvania Journal, May 31, 1753.
No. 547.
A Child last Week, within ten Miles of Brunswick
was crush'd to Death with the Wheel of a Grist-MiU.
— Ttte Pennsylvania Journal, May 31, 1753. No.
547- Pliiladelphia, May 28. We hear from Salem, that
the House of William Tufts was burnt by Lightning
last [week] ; also a Barn in Gloucester County. — The
N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, June 4, 1753.
IMPORTED in the Samuel and Judith, Capt. Grif
fiths, from London, and the Grace, Capt. Neal-
son, from Bristol, and to be Sold by Capt. Jacob De-
heart, in Elizabeth-Towm : A large Assortment of
European and East-India Goods. — N. Y. Gazette or
the Weekly Post Boy, June 4, 1753.
Notice is hereby given.
That Abraham Webb, being provided with a
Boat exceeding well fitted, with a very
handsome Cabbin, and all necessary Accommoda
tions ; proposes to give his Attendance, at the White-
Hall-Slip, every Monday and Thursday; and the
same Day, Wind and Weather permitting, to pro
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Wagon, kept by John Richards, wiU be ready to re
ceive either Goods or Passengers, and to proceed
with them to Borden's-Town, where a Stage-Boat
will be ready to carry them to Philadelphia ; and the
same Method will be followed from the Crooked-
BiUet Wharf at PhUadelphia, up to Borden's-Town,
and shall proceed. Load or no Load, twice^a Week,
by which Means, Passengers or Goods may never be
detained on the Road. As they purpose to endeav
our to use People in the best Manner they are capa
ble of, they hope all good Persons wUl give it the
Encouragement it deserves. So with Respect they
remain Friends to the Publick. Abraham Webb.
Joseph Richards,
and Joseph. Borden, jun.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
June A,, 1753.
This is to give Notice,
10 all Travelers, who may have Occasion to
travel between New- York and Philadelphia,
that the Trenton Ferry is now revived by Andrew
Ramsay,^ late of Long-Island Ferry ; where all Trav
eUers, who are pleased to put up at his House, may
depend on having good Entertainment for themselves
and Horses : Said Ramsay is providing a Stage
Waggon to go from Brunswick to Trenton, and a
Stage-Boat from Philadelphia to Trenton. Such
Passengers as are pleased to favour him with their
1 Andrew Ramsey, innholder, of New York, received a lease, Sept. 26, 1750, of the
Brooklyn ferry, for the term of two years and six months, for ^^SS- He was bound to
keep one or more scows, and one or more boats for the transportation of cattle, one of
which was to be always in readiness on the New York side of the river, at Wall street. —
Hist. 0/ Brooklyn, by Henry R. Stiles, Brooklyn, 1870, III., 526.

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Custom, may depend upon being forwarded on their
Journey, with the utmost Expedition, from the latter
to the former, or from the former to the latter. — N.
B. Notice wiU be given, what Days in the Week the
Boat and Waggon wUl proceed from Stage to Stage,
per me Andrew Ramsay.
— The N Y. Gazette or ttte Weekly Post Boy,
June a,, 1753.

T'

^O be Sold by James Parker, two LoVs of
Land, (the Tide indisputable) situate at the
Fresh Ponds, in the County of Middlesex, and Prov
ince of New-Jersey, several MUes from New-Bruns
wick, and five Miles from South-River Landing ; one
bounded on Duncan Campbell and William Chees-
man's, containing 280 Acres ; the other bounded by
said Campbell and John Ireland's, containing 210
Acres both well water'd and timber'd. Whoever
inclines to purchase either of said Lots, may apply
to Andrew Johnston, Esq ; at Perth-Amboy, or said
Parker at New- York. — The A^. Y. Gazette or the
Weekly Post Boy, June 4, 1753.
Extract of a Letter from Middletown, in New Jer
sey, dated May 28, 1753.
"As the following Account has not been in any of
the publick Papers yet, I think it ought to be taken
Notice of: It is really Truth, however improbable it
may appear, and was discovered but a very few Days
ago. A farmer in this neighbourhood had two Servant
Lads, one aged about 1 1 Years, the other 1 7, who were
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One Night on their coming home, the Boy was ob
served to look poorly, and on being asked what was
the Matter, answered he durst not tell, or itwould be
the worse for him ; but some of the House observ
ing Blood about him, he was stript, and discovered
to be in a most deplorable Condition, having the
lower Region of his Belly cut and skin'd off, and the
whole cover'd over with Ashes and Fat to prevent
the Bleeding : On his Examination he said, the other
had done it, threatening to kill him if he ever discov
er'd the least Hint of it ; that he had frequently us'd
him very barbarously, and kept him in continual
Terror. On a Surgeon's being sent for, his Life was
declared to be in Danger, when the other was com
mitted to JaU, where he now lies, in order to receive
his Demerits, if such can be possible. We don't
learn that the little One ever gave him any Provoca
tion for such usage, but that it proceeded from his
own wicked Heart." — The Pennsylvania Journal,
June 7, 1753. No. 548.
AU persons indebted to the estate of Thomas
Shinn, Esq ; late of Mount HoUy, deceased, are de
sired to pay their respective debts : And those who
have any demands against said estate, are desired to
bring in their accounts, that they rjiay be adjusted by
Henry Paxson and John Woodman,^ executors. — The
Pennsylvania Gazette, June 7, 1753. No. 1276.
Philadelphia, May 24, 1753.
To be sold by the subscriber, living in Race-street
iPhiladelphia.
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A Tract of land, situate in Gloucester county,
West New Jersey, on Little-timber-creek, about a
mUe from Gloucester, adjoining the ground of WUliam
Harrison, containing 96 acres, 19 ofwhich are good
meadow ; the title is indisputable. Joseph Hogg.
N. B. Any person giving good security, and pay
ing one half, may have 6 month credit for the re
mainder. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, June 7, 1753.
No. 1276.
To be sold, at Nathaniel AUen's junior, in Front
street, opposite Joseph Turners, Esq ; Pickled stur
geon, at Twenty-five ShUlings the five gallon keg,
cured in the same manner as the Baltick sturgeon,
and is thought by those gentlemen who have had an
opportunity of seeing and tasting of it, to be of an
equal goodness ; done by Edward Broadfield, lately
arrived in this country now living in Bordentown,
who is in hopes of giving a general satisfaction to all
persons who endeavour to encourage the same.
N. B. Any gentlemen and ladies may have an op
portunity of seeing and tasting the same before they
buy ; for fear of imposidon the kegs wUl all be
branded with my name, at length. — The Pennsylva-.
nia Gazette, Junei/^, 1753. No. iiff.
The managers of the Delaware Island Lottery, not
having disposed of all their Tickets, hereby give
notice, that the Drawing is put ofif till Monday the
second of July next, when it wiU certainly be Drawn
without further Delay. — Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette,
June 14, 1753. No. 1277.

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Run away on the 17th inst. from his baU, living at
Cohansy-bridge, in Cumberland county. One Isaac
Garrison, this country born, about 32 years of age, a
well set fellow, about 5 feet 9 inches high, one of his
thumbs short, and has no bone half the length of it
from the hand to the nuckle joint, and brown straight
hair : Had on, A light colour'd coat, with round metal
buttons, and breeches of the same colour of the coat ;
has his wife with him, but no chUdren, nor never had
any. Also run away with him one John Langley,
Whoever takes up said Isaac Garrison, and secures
him in any goal, so as his bail may have him again,
shall have Three Pounds reward, and reasonable
charges paid by J. James, jun. John Lasey, or Joseph
Garrison. — Ttte Pennsylvania Gazette, June 14, 1753.
No. 1277.
Run away on the third inst. from Jonas Scoggin,
of AUoway's creek, Salem county, A native Irish serv
ant man, named James Dun, alias Dunnebo, about
35 years of age, about 5 feet ten inches high, pretty
lusty, has a scar on his left cheek, and wears his own
black, straight hair : Had on when he went away.
An old brownish cloth jacket, and an under check,
ditto, with red strings, good leather breeches, yarn
stockings, good shoes, an old raccoon hat. Also
took a young woman with him, who 'tis supposed
wiU pass for his wife. Whoever takes and secures
said servant, so as his master may have him again,
shall have Three Pounds reward, and reasonable
charges, paid by Jonas Scoggin.
N. B. He speaks much on the brogue. — The Penn-

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sylvania Gazette, June 14, 1753. No. 1277.
RUN away on the 5th of this Instant June, a
High-Dutch Servant Man named Jacob
Rubb, about 5 Feet 3 Inches high, he is of a swarthy
Complexion, straight black Hair, and about 28 Years
of Age: Had on when he went away, an old Felt
Hat, an old Woolen Coat of a dirty Colour, a home
spun Linnen Shirt, a Pair of wide Tow Trowsers, a
Pair of Tow Stockings, and a Pair of strong Shoes
with Hob-Nails. Whoever takes up said Servant,
so that his Master may have him again, shall have
Thirty ShUHngs Reward, and reasonable Charges,
paid by me Philip Titus, of Hopewell, in Hunterdon
County. — The N. Y. Gazette or ttie Weekly Post Boy,
June 18, 1753.
RUN away on the 2d of this Instant June, from
Samuel Arnold, of Morris County, West
New Jersey, a Mulatto Fellow named Anthony, is 22
Years of Age, about six Feet high, well-set, with
remarkable large Feet, his Hair cut off talks good
English, is very ingenious, and probably he has a
forged Pass of his own Writing : Had on when he
went away, a Felt Hat, a Linnen Cap, a new brown
Worsted Coat with a Rent on one Shoulder, a Lin-
nen Jacket, check'd Linnen Trowsers, woUen Stock
ings, new Pumps with large Brass Buckles, but its
likely he has chang'd his Clothes, and is dressed in
Indian Apparel. Whoever takes up said Fellow,
and secures him, so that his Master may have him
again, shall have Three Pounds Reward, and all

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reasonable Charges, paid per me. Samuel Arnold.
— Ttie N. Y. Gazette or ttte Weekly Post Boy,
June 18, 1753. N. York, June 25.
We learn from Egg Harbour, That about ten or
twelve Days ago, a Vessel bound in there from
Virginia, took up at Sea the Boat advertised in this
Paper last Week to have been taken from Mr. John
Latham's Wharf with only one Man on board, and
he almost starv'd to Death. He said, that as he
stole the Boat he Purposed to carry her round into
Delaware River, and there make Use of her as a
Passage Boat. For this Voyage he had laid in but
Httle more Provision than one Loaf of Bread. — The
Pennsylvania Journal, June 28, 1753. No. 551.
Joseph Borden's stage boat, Nicholas George,
master, gives her attendance, at the Crooked-billet
wharff in PhUadelphia, every Monday and Tuesday
as formerly ; and his shallop, Charles Taylor, mast
er, attends at the same place, every PViday and Sat
urday ; and the stage waggon shall proceed from
Bordentown to Amboy ferry, on Mondays and Tues
days. Joseph Borden, jun. Joseph Richards,
— Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, June 28, 1753-
No. I 279. To be Lett.
A Fulling-mill, and dye-house, with all the tools
and utensils, for carrying on the business of a fuller

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and dyer, at Trenton, now in the possession of the
subscriber, living in Trenton, on reasonable terms.
Robert Lettis Hooper.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, June 28, 1753.
No. 1279. To be Sold.
The Iron-works at Cohansie, in Cumberland coun
ty, with 1000 acres of land, well timber'd ; the forge
house is 40 feet long and 30 feet wide, with one fire
place already built, and a good head of water. Any
person inclining to purchase the same, may apply to
Samuel Barnes, living on the premises. — The Penn
sylvania Gazette, June 28, 1753. No. 1279.
10 be sold at publick Vendue, on Wednes
day the i8th of July next, at one o'Clock in
the Afternoon, a neat Farm belonging to WiUiam
Hooks, lying and being in Piscataway, in New-Jersey,
about two MUes from New-Brunswick, containing
100 Acres on which there is a fine Orchard, good
Pasture-Land, all in good Fence and well watered,
besides many other Conveniencies. An indisputable
Title will be made to the Purchaser; concerning
which may be enquired of the Rev. Ebenezer Pember
ton, at New-York, or said William Hook. Said
Vendue to be held on the Premisses, at which Time
and Place the Conditions of Sale wUl be made
known. — The N. Y. Gazette or the_ Weekly Post Boy,
July 2, 1753. To be sold or lett, by
Benjamin Morgan
Living in Wateiford township, Gloucester county, in
West-New-Jersey.

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A Plantadon, situate on the mouth of Pensonken
creek, containing 200 acres, about 100 whereof is
cleared, of which there is 40 acres of good drained
meadow, and about as much more may be made ;
there is on it a good orchard, good large stone
dweUing-house, stone kitchen, barn, stables, coach
house, and several other convenient out-houses.
Any person inclining to purchase or rent the same,
may apply to Benjamin Morgan, now living on the
said premises, and be informed of the terms on which
it will be sold or lett. — The Pennsylvania Gazette,
'July 5, 1753- No. 1280.
. Custom House, Philadelphia, Cleared, Sloop Mary,
John Conway to Amboy. — Ttie Pennsylvania Jour
nal, July 12, 1753. No. 553.
Custom House, Pliiladelphia. Cleared. Convay
to Amboy. — The N. Y. Gazette or tlte Weeldy Post
Boy, July 16, 1753.
Custom House, New-Yorti. Cleared for Depar
ture. Schooner Arnold, Patrick Boyle to New-Jer
sey. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, July
16, 1753-

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To Be Solo,
)Y John Pierson, Minister of the Gospel, the
Plantation on which he how lives, situate
and lying about the Middle of the Town of Wood-
bridge ; in the County of Middlesex, in East-Jersey,
said Plantadon consists of about 70 Acres of good
Land, some Quantity ofit mowing Meadow, whereon
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is an Orchard of a considerable Number of Fruit-
Trees, a good Dwelling-House, Barn and Chair-
House, &c. Whoever hath a Mind to purchase,
may apply to said John Pierson,^ living on the Premis
ses. — The N. Y..GazHte or the Weetdy Post Boy, July
i6, 1753-

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TO be sold at publick Vendue on Tuesday the
7th of August next, a good large new
Dwelling-House, with four Fire-Places on the lower

1 John Pierson, son of the Rev. Abraham Pierson, of Killingworth, Conn., the first
President of Yale College, was born in 1689 ; he graduated from Yale in 1711, and began
preaching at Woodbridge in 1714 or 1715, and was ordained there, April 29, 1717, "before a
very great assembly," by the Presbytery of Philadelphia. He m. Ruth, dau. of the Rev.
Timothy Woodbridge, of Hartford, Conn.; she d. Jan. 7, 1732, in her 38th year; he m. 2d,
Judith Smith, of Long Island. Mr. Pierson's ministry was for the most part uneventful,
and apparently not noticeably successful, the membership of his church never exceeding
thirty. He was one of the first Trustees of Princeton College, under the charter of Oct.
22,1746. He preached the funeral sermon on the Rev Jonathan Dickinson, the tirst Presi
dent of the College, in October, 1747. In 1752 he was dismissed from his church, at his
own request, and settled at Mendham, Morris county, where he preached for ten years.
He then removed to Long Island, where he lived on his wife's farm, until her death, when
he returned to Morris county, ending his days under the roof of his son-in-law, the Rev.
Jacob Green. He d. at Hanover, Morris county, August 23, 1770. — Daily's Hist. Wood-
In-idge ., T'j-^-6 \ Records Presbyterian Churchy Philadelphia, 1S41, 39-43; IVcbster's Hist..
Pres. Ch. , 357. In the burying ground at Hanover are two tombstones inscribed as follows :
The Rev'd Mr. John Pierson died Aug. 23d. 1770 ^tat 81. Who was a Minister of the
Gospel about 57 Years. He was an eminent Divine
An excellent Casuist ;
A Faithful searching Preacher,
A devout steadfast christian,
An undaunted Reprover,
A peculiar Oeconomist,
Stern in his Behaviour,
Yet benevolent & kind.
He past the meny Scenes of Life,
Without a blemish in his character.
The Memory of the Just is Blessed.
E. G.
Filial affection Erected this Monument to the Memory of the best of mothers, Mrs.
Elizabeth Green, Daughter of the Rev'd John Pierson, and second wife of the Rev'd Jacob
Green. Worthy of her father and her husband. Her mortal part here associates with their kin
dred dust, while the part immortal reunites with theirs where death can no more divide.
Her various virtues are not recorded on this perishable stone, they are written in the
Lambs book of life, and in the hearts of her children and her friends
She died Aug't 3d A. D. 1810. In the 84th year of her age

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Floor, a good new Barn, and a good Orchard and mow
ing Ground, with other good Conveniencies, about 18
Acres of Land; another good new Dwelling-House
with two Fire-Places, both of them joining upon Mr.
Joseph Shotwell in Raway, and the upper Landing
on Raway River; also eight building Lots, joining
upon the former, each Lot containing one Acre, all
beautiful situate for Trade of the Country ; also a
good Farm containing about 80 Acres of choice
Land, about 40 Acres in good new Fence, with suit
able Divisions, a good Dwelling-House, a large Barn,
a good young Orchard, mowing Ground, &c. well
water'd : An indisputable Title wUl be given, and
reasonable Time for Payment, by
Nathaniel Hubbell.
— The N. Y. Gazette or ttie Weekly Post Boy,
July 16, 1753.
Run away on the 15th inst. from Alexander Hill,
of PUes-grove, in Salem county, a servant man, named
Michael M'Laughlin, about five feet six inches high,
full faced, and well-set ; Had on when he went away,
a new felt hat, white demity waistcoat, leather breeches,
thick grey yarn stockings, and a pair of brogues, new
soaled and capp'd. Whoever takes up and secures
said servant, so that his master may have him again,
shall have Three Pounds reward, and reasonable
charges, paid by, Alexander HUl.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 19, 1753.
No. 1282.
Burlington Stage- Waggon, revived,
Notice is hereby given to all persons that are in-

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clinable to transport themselves, goods, wares and
merchandize from the city of PhUadelphia, to the city
of New York, or from New York to Philadelphia that
they may have the opportunity of obliging themselves
that way twice every week, wind and weather per
mitting. James Wells, and John Weggery with a
commodious Stage-boat, well fitted for that purpose,
wUl attend at the Crooked BUlet wharff, in Philadel
phia, in order to receive goods and passengers on
the following days in every week, viz. on Monday
and Tuesday, likewise on Thursday and Friday ;
and on Wednesday and Saturday will set out and
proceed with them to the house of Jonathan Thomas,
in Burhngton, who keeps a good stage-waggon, ready
to receive them, which on Thursday morning wUl
proceed with them to Perth-Amboy Ferry, where a
house of good entertainment is kept, and a commo
dious stage-boat waiting for their reception, Daniel
O' Bryant, master, who will, on Friday morning, pro
ceed directly for New York, and give his attendance
at the Whitehall slip, near the Half-moon battery, at
the house of Scotch John, for the purposes aforesaid,
and on Saturday proceed from New York to Perth
Amboy ferry house again ; and on Monday, a stage-
waggon fitted for the purposes aforesaid, kept by
John Prigmore, will set out for Burlington, where the
said Wells and Weggery will be ready to receive
passengers, and goods and convey them to Phila
delphia, and the same day, Viz, Monday, Jonathan
Thomas's stage proceeds to Perth Amboy ferry,
where Daniel O'Bryant receives them as aforesaid;
which is judged to be the cheapest, best and quickest

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way, that merchants, passengers or others, can con
vey themselves or their effects, from one city to the
other. Altho' the owners of the Bordentown stage have
been pleased, by way of hyperbole, to advertise.
That their stage can perform the aforesaid passage
sooner by 24 hours than any other stages, but have
omitted to inform the publick, that their stage boat
from PhUadelphia to Bordentown, is frequently three
tides upon the water, or the greatest part thereof
viz. two tides of flood, and one of ebb ; during which
time the Burlington stage is capable of landing her
passengers at Perth Amboy, and, upon cases of
emergency, is capable of performing the whole stage
from PhUadelphia to New York, in the space of 24
hours. And as an undertaking of this kind tends to the
general good of mankind, in increasing and facUitat
ing trade and commerce between the two places, be
sides many other advantages to the subject, we hope
that those gentlemen who have occasion to trans-
port themselves or goods from either of the places
aforesaid to the other, will encourage so publick a
good, and -they may at aU times depend upon the
best usage, and utmost despatch, by those who wiU
gratefuUy acknowledge the favour, and are the pub-
lick's humble servants, Jonathan Thomas, John Prig-
more, James WeUs, John Weggery, Daniel O'Bry
ant. — The Pennsylvania Journal, July 19, 1753. No.
1282. Last Friday Evening the House of John Archer
in Gloucester County, New Jersey, was struck with

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Lightning and set on Fire, whereby the House with
most of the Furniture was consum'd, but no Person
hurt. — Ttie Pettitsylvania. Journal, July 26, 1753.
No. 555.
Pttiladelpttia, July 26. On Friday Evening last a
House was destroy'd by lightning in Gloucester
County ; and though there were several Persons in
it, yet none ofthem received any Damage. — The N.
Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, July 30, 1753.

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TO be Sold at publick Vendue on Saturday
the 18th of August next, or at private Sale
any Time before, by Samuel Nevill, Esq ; at Perth-
Amboy, in the County of Middlesex, for ready Money
or short Credit ; A House and Lot of Ground, con
taining 2 Rooms on a Floor, with a Cellar, and Gar
rets, and a Garden, about 33 Feet in Breadth, and 66
Feet in Length, near the Parsonage House^ now in
the Occupation of John Titus, Weaver ; the Sale to
begin at Ten o'clock in the Morning. The Title in
disputable. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post
Boy, July 30, 1753.

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^O be sold at publick Vendue on Monday the
13th Day of August next, at Two o'Clock
in the Afternoon on the Premises, the late Dwelling-
House of Mr. Simon Ely, with One Acre of Land, a
good Barn and Store- House standing thereon, very
commodious for a Merchant, lying about five MUes
Westward from Elizabeth-Town, at a Place called
Connecticut Farms, in a well-settled Part of the
Country, on the publick Road from Elizabeth-Town

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to Morris County. The Title and Conditions of Sale
wUl be then published. — The N. Y. Gazette or the
Weekly Post Boy, July 30, 1753.
TO be Sold or Let, either in Part or the Whole,
on very reasonable Terms ; Nineteen Acres
of choice good Land, lying on the Post-Road, about
a MUe and a Half from Elizabeth-Town-Church, near
5 of which is good Mowing-Ground, together with a
good Dwelling-House newly repaired, of a Story and
a half high, two good Rooms of about 18 by 20 Feet,
with an Entry through between them, and a good
Cellar of 20 Feet Square under one End: Also a
good new Barn handy to the House. There is a
Brook of a constant Stream running thro' the Land :
The whole lies very convenient to the House, and is
aU in good Fence. The House will be Sold or Let
with or without the Land, as the Purchaser pleases.
The Title is good. Any Person inclining to purchase
or hire, may apply to Hannah Mash, Hving on the
Premises. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post
Boy, July 30, 1753.
New-York, August 6. Last Thursday Afternoon
a Shallop belonging to Elizabeth-Town, in returning
home, was overset in our Bay, by a sudden Flaw of
Wind, whereby sundry Goods on board were dam
aged and destroyed ; but several other Boats being
near, their timely Assistance saved both Vessel and
People. We hear from Freehold, that on Thursday the 26th
of last Month, one Rachel M'Koy, went out in good
Health, in order to gather Huckeberries, and after

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being in the Woods some Time, complain'd of being
out of Order, which increasing that Night, she died
the next Morning ; it's suppos'd she had been pois-
on'd. The same Night a hard Clap of Thunder striick,a
green Tree at Freehold, set it a Fire, and kUl'd a
Horse under it, which belong'd to one Sarah Pearant.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Aug.
6, 1753- 10 be sold by St. George Talbot, in 'East
New-Jersey ; His Farm at Raway Landing,
joining to the Mills by Mr. Joseph ShotweU's, Mer
chant, containing 95 Acres, part ofit is Meadow, and
a great Part may be immediately made exceeding
good Meadow, with a good Dwelling-House, two
Stories high, with 4 Rooms on a Floor, the one-half
buUt of Stone, and is upwards of 50 Foot Front, a
good Barn, and StUl-House, and is as well water'd
as any Farm in the Province, a Brook running just
by the Door, and another on the Back of said Land,
meets in a Peninsula and is never dry ; m ith an Orchard
that makes about 100 Barrels of Cyder in a bearing
Year, is inclosed with a new Cedar Fence between the
Neighbours: The Purchaser paying ^th or J^th of
the purchase Money, or as much as suits him, &c.
may have Time to pay the Remainder. The Tide is
indisputable. Also a Pair of this Country Mill-
Stones 4 Foot 7 Inches and a half broad, and 12
Inches thick, to dispose of Enquire of Jonathan
Hampton,^ Esq; at Elizabeth-Town, or to said Talbot
•
1 Jonathan Hampton, born at Elizabethtown in 1716 or 1717, was for many years one
of the most prominent citizens of the town. In 1739 he was one of the petitioners for a
municipal charter, and was named an alderman in the first charter of the borough, Feb. 8,

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in the City of New-York, or. on Barne Isle at Harlem. .
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Aug.
6, 1753-
Thirty Shillings Reward, besides all reasonable
Charges, to be paid by the Subscriber, for taking up,
returning, or securing of Abraham Terrel, an Ap
prentice, who departed from his Service on the i8th
of May last, is about 18 Years of Age, middle Size,
of a brown Complexion, his Hair grows nearer his
Eyes than common, a bold awkward Fellow, apt to
swear : Had on when he went away (tho' he left his
out Cloaths behind) a Beaver Hat but little worn, a
Vest of blue and white Colour lin'd with red; he
lately was seen at White-Stone on Long-Island, and
in Service of Benjamin Waters, and on Thursday the
26th of July last, was at New- York. All Masters of
Vessels, and others, are hereby forewarned, either to
1739-40. In 1749 he was one of the wardens of St. John's Episcopal church, and was one
of the vestrymen when Gov. Josiah Hardy granted a charter to the church, July 20, 1762.
A letter written by Hampton, Aug. 28, 1751, referring to Gov. Belcher's Intention of mak
ing Elizabethtown his residence, shows that the writer was anything but a sycophantic
admirer of those in high stations. When the Western frontiers were threatened by the
French and Indians, he was appointed, in December, 1755, one of the commissioners to
superintend the purchase of supplies, etc., for the soldiers ; at this time and subsequently
he^was spoken of as '' Captain." He wrote an interesting letter from Cole's Fort, Sussex
county, 1758, on the progress of the war against the Indians. In 1766 he advertised for
sale the " White House," built by Gov. Philip Carteret shortly before his death. He was
appointed one of the Judges of Essex county in 1768. At the beginning of the Revolution
he took a decided stand against the aggressions of the British ministry, and on Dec. i ,
1774, was chosen by his fellow citizens to serve on the Committee of Observation for
Essex county, the Committee promptly choosing him chairman. In that position for a
year or more he rendered conspicuous service to the patriot cause, being active, alert and
energetic in detecting the movements of the enemy and frustrating their schemes. But
events moved too rapidly for him. Moreover, as a member of St. John's church, and a
parishioner of that able Loyalist, the Rev. Dr. Thomas B. Chandler, his surroundings
were largely hostile to the patriot' cause. He could not go so far as his enthusiastic neigh
bors, and when it became evident that open hostilities were inevitable, he withdrew from
further participation in public affairs, and the beginning of the memorable year 1776 found
him at least passively favoring the British cause. He is spoken of as " living in that hand
some style of a gentleman of the old school." He died Nov. i, 1777, in his 6ist year. He
m.'ist, Mary Ann  ,who d. July 20, 1746, aged 31 years: 2d, Ann Frances  , who
d. Feb. 24, 1791, in her 77th year.

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harbour or carry him off, on pain of being prosecuted
with the Rigour of the Law, by his Master, James
Mitchell, of Elizabeth-Town. — The N Y. Gazette
or the Weekly Post Boy, Aug. 6, 1753.
Run away on the 17th of AprU last, from his bail
Joseph Arney, living in Burlington, in New Jersey,
An Englishman named Henry Clark, of a middle
stature, a smooth spoken man, about 30 years of
age, by trade a stocking weaver, but it is said he now
keeps school in the lower Counties ; he has his wife
with him, of a tall slim stature, of a pale complexion
and duU countenance ; also a lusty boy about 18 or
20 months old : They were in Philadelphia About a
week after he left his bail, and went down the river
towards Dover, in Andrew Doz's shallop, and per
haps may have changed his name. Whoever takes
up said Henry Clark, and secures him in any goal,
so that he may be had again, shall have Forty ShU
lings reward, or One ShUling per mile, if brought to
PhUadelphia or Burlington goal paid by
Joseph Arney.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. 9, 1.753. No.
1285.
Run away, on the 25th of July last, from Lawrence
Debow, of Upper Freehold, a Welsh servant man,
nam'd Morgan Evans, about 5 foot 8 inches high,
and of a brown complexion ; Had on, and took with
him, an old felt hat, the brim trimm'd, a homespun
drugget coat, old brown jacket, leather breeches,
black worsted stockings, new shoes, and ozenbrigs
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so that his master may have him again, shall have
Forty ShiUings reward, and reasonable charges, paid
by Lawrence Debow.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. 9, 1753. No.
1285.
Run away on Saturday the 4th of August, Inst.
from John Kingsland, of Bergen County, and Prov
ince of New-Jersey, an English Servant Man, named
WiUiam Priest, about 5 Foot 6 Inches high, 20 Years
old, thin visag'd and of a swarthy Complexion : Had
on when he went away, a green nap'd Jacket, much
faded, Oznabrigs Shirt, new Drugget Breeches, and
carried a Pair of tarry Duck Trowsers with him, and
may wear them over his Breeches, white ribb'd
worsted Stockings, a Hat, black Wig, and Shoes and
Buckles. Whoever takes up and secures the said Servant,
so that his Master may have him again, shall have
Forty ShiUings Reward and aU reasonable Charges,
paid by ijohn Kingsland.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Aug. 13, 1753.

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To be Sold on reasonable Terms of Payment,
Lot of Ground on the North Side of Litde
Queen-Street, in the City of New-York,
containing 33 Feet front, and 70 Feet back the
whole Breadth ; it bounds easterly on the House and
Lot of Mr. Jphn EUison  Any Person
inclining to purchase may apply to Jonathan Hig
gins of Elizabeth Town, or Jonathan Woodruff in

284 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCLfMENTS. [l7S3
New York. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post
Boy, Aug. 13, 1753. To be Sold.
A Plantation in PUesgrove, Salem county, near
Richman's MUls now in the occupation of Barney
M'Kinney, containing 200 acres, 90 whereof clear'd
and under fence ; there is on it a good frame dweU-
ing-house, well-finished, a large frame barn, and.
stables, two orchards, a large quantity of meadow
ground made, and under fence, and more may be
made ; a fine spring close by the dweUing-house, and
water in every field on said plantation. For terms
of sale apply to Samuel Purveyance, next door to
Mr. George MifQin, Junior, between Chestnut and
Walnut streets, in Front street PhUadelphia. — Ttie
Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. 16, 1753. No. 1286.
Princetown, August 14, 1753.
Supposed to be stolen last night, from Nathaniel
Fitzrandolph, of Prince Town, in New Jersey, A sor
rel pacing gelding, about 13 hands and a half high,
six years old, branded with W on the left thigh, has
several uncommon features on both sides of his neck,
a short bob tail. Whoever secures the thief and
horse, shall have Three Pounds reward, paid by
Nathaniel Fitzrandolph.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. 16, 1753.
No. 1286.
Nezv-York, August 20. Captain Clark from Phila
delphia, informs us. That on Friday the loth Instant,
off of Barnagat, he fell in with a clean white-bottom'd
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her Mast Head : She appear'd full of Men, who had
aU Caps, and small Trowsers on: They haU'd Capt.
Clark, and ask'd him how New- York bore, and then
order'd him to run under their Lee, but he observing
they had no Guns out, took no farther Notice of
their Orders, but kept his Course, whereupon they
left him. They had six Ports of a Side, and were
standing to the South East, close hawl, the Wind
South. — Ttie N. Y. Gazette or ttie Weekly Post Boy,
Aug. 20, 1753.
To be Sold, by Way of public Vendue, on Thurs
day the 1 8th Day of October next, by Jeremiah Stil
well, in Upper Freehold.
Very good Plantation, containing 400 Acres,
about one half cleared, and some very good
Meadow, and a good Orchard ; a good DweUing
House 40 Feet long, and 30 Feet wide, and two
Story high, a good Kitchen and Cellar, and a good
large Barn. The Conditions of Sale to be known at
said Time and Place. Jeremiah StUwell.
N. B. The above Plantation formerly belonged to
Richard Stephens, Esq. — Ttie N. Y. Gazette or ttie
Weekly Post Boy, Aug. 20, 1753.
RUN away from William Curnegee, of Bed-
minster, in the County of Somerset, and
Province of New^-Jersey, the 12th Instant August, A
High Dutch Servant Man named Hendrick Krop, a
Stocking-Weaver by Trade, aged between 30 and 40
years, about 5 Foot high, short thin blackish Hair,
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the Hand : Had on when he went away, a bluish col
our'd Coat with red Lining, Mohair Buttons and
short-waisted, a white double-breasted Blanketing
Jacket, a Pair of blue Breeches, white Stockings, old
Calf-Skin Shoes, and a black Velvet Stock about his
Neck with Brass Clasps : Any Person who shall secure
the said Servant so that his Master may have him
again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, and all
reasonable Charges paid, by me William Curnegee.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Aug. 2f, 1753.
BROKE out of the Goal of the County of
Middlesex, in Perth-Amboy, on Sunday the
Nineteenth Instant at Night, the three Prisoners
following, who made their Escapes from the said
Goal, to wit, Benjamin Code, committed for a Riot
and Breach of the King's Peace ; Lawrence Ruth,
and Samuel Cole, Prisoners for Debt. The said
Benjamin Corle is a tall slim Man, of a black Com
plexion, with lank black Flair, between forty and fifty
Years of Age : Had on when he made his Escape, a
light blue Homespun Cloth Coat, and Linnen Breeches.
Lawrence Ruth, is a middle sized Man of a dark
Complexion, the Hair ofhis right Eye Brow is grey;
Had on when he made his Escape, a brown Camblet
Coat lin'd with yellow Double fold Stuff, a brown
Camblet Jacket, and blue Cloth Breeches, and wears
a Wig or Cap, is by Trade a Shoemaker, and between
thirty and forty Years of Age. Samuel Cole is a
weU set lusty Man, of a dark Complexion, between
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surtoot Coat, with a Cape to it. Whoever takes up
and secures the said Prisoners, so they may be had
again, shall have Nine Pounds Reward, or Three
Pounds for either of them taken tip and secured as
aforesaid, and reasonable Charges, paid by
Perth-Amboy, August 20, 1753.
William Deare, Sheriff.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Bey,
Aug. 27, 1753.

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FEW Copies of a Map oi Pennsylvania, New-
Jersey, New-York, and the Three Lower
Counties on Delazvare, by Lewis Evans, are to be sold
at the New-Printing-Ofifice, in Beaver-Street, New-
York ; or by the Author in Arcti-slreet, and at the New-
Printing- Office, in Market-street, Pliiladelphia. Price
of the colour'd Ones, on superfine Writing-paper,
Two Dollars ; and of the plain Ones, on Printing-
paper, One Dollar each. — The N. Y. Gazette or ttie
Weekly Post Boy, Aug. 27, 1753.
Notice is hereby given to those who have occasion
to transport themselves or goods, from PhUadelphia
to New York, That Patrick Cowan, master of two
commodious stage-boats, gives his attendance twice
a week, at the Crooked Billet wharff. Viz. on Wed
nesdays and Saturdays, in order to receive passen
gers, orgoods for Burlington. That Jonathan Thomas,
at Burlington, has an exceeding good stage waggon,
well fitted, which wUl proceed with said passengers
and goods to Amboy on Mondays and Thursdays,
and that a very convenient stage-boat, kept by Daniel
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them, and carry them immediately to New York,
without any loss of time. Those inclining to encour
age this undertaking, may depend on the quickest
dispatch, and best usage, from their humble servants
Jonathan Thomas, Patrick Cowan, and Daniel 0
Bryan. — Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. 30, 1753.
No. 1288.
Run away, on the 24th of July last, from Fiancis
Batten, of Gloucester county, a Welch servant man,
named Richard Morgan, of a small stature, pale
complexion, has a blemish on one eye, speaks with
the Welch accent ; Had on when he went away, a
new felt hat, old worsted cap, new striped linsey
woolsey jacket, without buttons, two homespun shirts,
leather breeches, blue grey yarn stockings, old shoes,
one of them slipt down at the heel : took with him a
large yellow dog Whoever takes and secures said
Servant, so that his master may have him again, shaU
have Thirty Shillings reward, paid by Francis Batten.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. 30, 1753.
No. 1288.
To be sold by publick vendue, on the 23rd of Oc
tober next, on the preraises, two lots of land, lying
and being in the city of Burlington, one of said lots
is bounded upon High-street, between the lots of
Thomas Gardner, and that late of Daniel Smith
senior, deceased ; the other is that lot whereon the
smith's shop of Thomas Rodman, Esq; stands bound
ed upon High-street, aforesaid, and Broad-street, late
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the hands and possession of Nathaniel Thomas, Esq ;
administrator, &c. and taken in execution at the suit
of the executors of Thomas Shaw, deceased.
Samuel Woodward, Sheriff.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. 30, 1753.
No. 1288. New York, September 3.
We hear from Woodbridge that on Wednesday
last, a Child there, about two Years old, attempting
to climb up a Ladder, which lean'd against a Hay
Stack, he unhappily fell from thence upon a Scythe
that lay at Foot of it, and cut himself in so terrible a
Manner a cross the Thiorh, that he died in a few min-
utes after. — Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 6, 1753.
No. 1289.
All persons indebted to the estate of John Coxe,
Esq; late of Trenton, New Jersey, deceased, are de
sired to pay the same ; And those who have any de
mands against said estate, are desired to bring in
their accounts, in order to be adjusted by William
Coxe, and Robert Lettis Hooper, executors. — The
Pennsy'v.znia Gazette, Sipt. 6, 1753- No. 1289.
To be sold by the subscriber, a house and lot of
land, situate at Prince Town, in the county of Middle
sex, containing three acres, subject to Five Pounds a
year, ground rent, the house is new, and well finished,
and very convenient for a tavern (one being kept in
it now) or any other publick business, being well sit
uated, and near where the college is to be built ;
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a fine young orchard, of about 70 bearing trees of
good fruit, a good well &c. the whole lot is good
mowing ground, and bears fine English grass. Also
a lease of a lot of good pasture land, of about nine
acres and a half, near the other lot, in good fence, at
Five Pounds Ten ShiUings, per annum rent, for six
teen years to come, of said lease. Any person in
clining to purchase, the above premises, may know
the terms by applying to the subscriber in Trenton,
or to Samuel Horner in Prince-town. William Monteer.
— Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 6, 1753. No.
1289. Philadelphia, August 23, 1753.
Run away on the 24th of June last, from the sub
scriber, living near Trenton, in Burlington county,
an Irish servant man, named Timothy Linch, about
25 years of age, about five feet six inches high, of a
reddish complexion, inclinable to be freckled, has a
down look, talks very thick, with the brogue on his
tongue, and has several scars on his left leg : Had
on when he went away, a half worn bearskin coat,
with flat metal buttons, an old check shirt, with a
large patch on the shoulders, new ozenbrigs trowsers,
thread stockings, new shoes, an old felt hat, and cap.
Whoever takes up and secures said servant, so that
his master may have him again, shall have F"orty
ShiUings reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Thomas Hooton.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 6, 1753. No.
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Custom House, PhUadelphia, Entered In. — —Phce
nix, John Stevenson from Salem. — The Pennsylvania
Journal, Sept. 6, 1753. No. 561.
New-York, September 10. Last Week arrived at
Sandy Hook, and is since gone up to Amboy, the
Brig Charming Sally, Capt. Heyshaw, of this Port,
from Hamburgh, having had a Passage of 1 6 Weeks
from Land to Land, in which they were reduced to
the short Allowance of a Bisket a Day per Man, for
a great while, and in all ProbabUity some of them
would have perished, had they not met with a Boston
Vessel a few Weeks ago, who help'd them to a small
Supply. The last Piece of Meat they had was dress'd
the Day they got into the Hook. — Ttie N. Y. Gazette
or the Weekly Post Boy, Sept. 10, 1753.
RUN away from Thomas Hay, of Chesterfield,
County of Burlington, on the 3d Day of
this Instant, a Servant Man, named James Sims, aged
about 30 or 40 Years, between 5 or 6 Feet high ; had
on when he went away, a lightish colour'd Kersey
Coat, a red Jacket and Leather Breeches, a good
Pair of Shoes with pretty large Brass Buckles, and a
Pair of Worstead Stockings, a half-worn Beaver Hat,
and a Worstead Cap : He took with him two Pair of
fine Worstead Stockings, two SUk Handkerchiefs,
two Pair of Petticoat Trowsers, one Check Shirt and
one white Shirt, a very nice Gun, powder Horn and
Shot Bagg, the Horn very nicely carv'd, and mark'd
I. W. and a very remarkable Knife with Wooden
Handle; he's of a dark Complexion, with a large
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takes up and secures said Servant, so that his Mas
ter may have him again, shall have Forty Shillings
Reward, and all reasonable Charges paid by me.
Thomas Hay.
— The N: Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Sept. io, 1753.

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To Be Sold
Good and profitable Plantation, commodious
ly situated on Rariton River, in East New-
Jersey, being within a Mile of two good Markets,
and may easily be made a beautiful Seat for any
Gentleman ; the Dwelling-House thereon is large
and well built, stands high in a healthy Situation on
a gravelly Hill, and in its Prospect, commands the
River, and a large Body of fine Meadows, with Rari
ton Landing on the one Hand, and New-Brunswick
on the other ; the Boats to and from New- York, &c,
almost daily passing before the Door : the Barn and
Out-Houses are shingled and in good Repair ; The
Garden is large, and the Orchard contains 500 Apple
Trees, some grafted, the Rest bearing good W^inter
Fruit fit for Cyder ; there is between the House and
the River about 50 Acres of Low- Land, the chief of
which is good English Meadow, great Part of which
may be overflow'd at proper Seasons, from the
Springs and Brooks that lie about it: There is a
sufficient Quantity of Timber and Wood for all the
Uses ofthe Premisses ; the Whole contains near 370
Acres ; a Lot of 6 Acres of exceeding good Salt
Meadow, conveniendy situated, may be had with the
same ; also a large and very convenient Brew-House
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which is well supply'd with the best of Water, its
Works are compleat, and now carried on, and will
continue so to be 'till sold: The Tide is good, and
never was yet called in Question, but has been
peaceably possessed above 80 Years. Enquire of
Edw.a.rd Antill, Hving on the Premises, who owns
the same, and will give a sufficient Title to any Pur
chaser. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Sept. 10, 1753.
To be sold by public vendue, on the 23d of Octo
ber next, on the premises, two lots of land, lying and
being in the city of Burlington, one of said lots is
bounded by High Street, between the lots of Thomas
Gardner, and that late of Daniel Smith, senior, de
ceased ; the other is that lot whereon the smith's
shop of Thomas Rodman, Esq. stands, bounded
upon High Street, aforesaid, and Broad-street, late
the property of Sarah Basnet, deceased, and now in
the hands and possession of Nathaniel Thomas, Esq ;
administrator, &c, and taken in execution at the suit
ofthe executors of Thomas Shaw, deceased.
Samuel Woodward, sheriff
— Ttte Pennsylvania Gazelle, Sept. 13, 1753.
No. 1290.
To be sold, by Thomas Cadwalader,^ at Trenton, a
tract of land, of nine hundred acres, lying about a mile
^ Thomas Cadwalader was a son of John Cadwalader, a native of Wales, who becom
ing a Quaker came, at the age of 20, with William Penn in i6gg to Philadelphia. Thomas
wasb. in Philadelphia, about 1807, was educated at the French Academy, Philadelphia,
and received a medical and surgical education in London. On his return from England
he soon acquired a large practice in Philadelphia. Removing to Trenton, he was named
its first burgess when ic was chartered as a borough in 1746. In 1750 he gave ;£soo to
found a public library in Trenton. He was a member of the Governor's Council, in

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and a half north of the town, it wiU be either disposed
of all together, or divided into four equal parts, it is
exceedingly well timbered and watered by several
fine streams, one of which the Trenton mills stand
on, it has also very good conveniences either for a
grist-mill, forge or saw-mill. Three hundred acres,
and upwards of it, will make extraordinary good
meadow, the timber is very fit for ship-building, or
scantUng for houses, and lies very convenient, near
the river Delaware, for transporting to PhUadelphia,
large quanties of cordwood.
Also a large commodious, corner brick-house, two
Stories high, well finished, with three good rooms on
the lower floor, and a large entry through it, four
good rooms on the upper floor, and four lodging
rooms plaistered, in the uppermost story, with good
cellars, stone kitchen, garden and stable.s, situate in
Queen street, in a very publick part of the town of
Trenton, very convenient for any publick business.
Likewise twenty-five acres of pasture land, on the
upper end of Queen-street in Trenton, Sixteen acres
of it cleared, and in good fence, with a good new barn,
twenty-six feet by twenty.
And five acres and a half of exceUent meadow,
well cleared, and in good fence, in Trenton.
Any persons who have an inclination to purchase
the above-mentioned premises, may have a reason-
Pennsylvania, 1755-74. He was outspoken in his denunciation of the Stamp Act in 1765.
He died Nov. i8, 1779, in his 73d year. He m. Hannah Lambert, of Trenton. Issue: i.
Martha, m. Brig. Gen. John Dagworthy; 2. Lambert, Colonel in the Revolution, and
member of Congress, 1784-87, 1789-gi, 1793-95; d. Sept. 13, 1823; 3, John, Brigadier-
General in the Revolution, d. 1796, aged 44 ; 4, Mary, m. Maj.-Gen. Philemon Dickinson ;
5. Rebecca, Gen. Dickinson's second wife; 6. Elizabeth, d. unm.; 7. Margaret, m. Brig.
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able time allowed for the payments. — The Pennsyl
vania Gazette, Sept. 13, 1753. No. 1290.
To be sold,
A tract of land, in Morris county, in the Western
division of New Jersey, about 4 mUes from the river
Delaware, containing 1250 acres, with the usual al
lowance ; late the property of WUliam Biddle. It is
divided in four parts, each containing 312 acres and
a half with good conveniency for meadows, is well
wooded and watered. Any person inclining to pur
chase the whole, or part, may apply to Samuel Smith,
WiUiam Lawrence or Joshua Fisher, in PhUadelphia.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 13, 1753. No.
1290. Joseph Borden's stage boat, Nicholas George,
master, gives her attendance, at the Crooked-biUet
wharff in PhUadelphia, every Monday and Tuesday
as formerly ; and his shallop, Charles Taylor, master,
attends at the same place, every Friday and Satur
day ; and the stage waggon shaU proceed from Bor
dentown to Amboy ferry on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Joseph Borden, jun. Joseph Richards. — The Penn
sylvania Gazette, Sept. 13, 1753. No. 1290.
Run away from Nottingham township, Burlington
county. An Irish servant man, named William Moore,
he caUed himself by trade a butcher, about 5 feet
and a half high : Had on when he went away, A
brown homespun coat, towed or striped like in the
cross, an old felt hat, old shoes, olive stockings, and
ozenbrigs shirt and trowsers ; he stoops much in his

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walk, has black hair, if grown, a thin visage, inclines
to sore eyes, and talks middling good English.
Whoever takes him up, so as he may be had again,
shall have Thirty ShUlings reward, and reasonable
charges, paid by PhUip Welsh.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 13, 1753.
No. 1290.
WHEREAS a certain Note of Hand, or Re
ceipt for Two Hundred Pounds, New-
York Money, w-as, about the 19th of August, 1751,
given by Samuel Moores, of Woodbridge in Middle
sex County, to Nicholas Lake of Shrewsbery, in
Monmouth County ; wdiich Note was witnessed by
John Redford and John Brown, and the Money paid
by said Lake, on the Account of Thomas Akin, of
Perth-Amboy; and inasmuch as the said Sum was
afterwards accounted for with said Akin, who was
thereupon to deliver up that Note to said Moores,
which he has nevertheless delayed to do, tho' frequent
ly demanded : This is to request any Persons, that
may know any Thing of said Note, or may have it in
Possession, that they make it known, with their
Demands upon it, if any they have, that they may
be convinced, it can be of no Use to them ; and
that if they have been deceived with it, they may
seek a timely Remedy ; since they will find the same
ought to have been long ago given up to me.
Samuel Moores.
— The N. Y. Gazette or ttie Weeldy Post Boy,
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Custom House, Philadelphia, Entered In, Schooner
Mary and Hannah, Wm. Coose, from Salem. — Ttie
Pennsylvania Journal, Sept. 20, 1753. No. 563.
Custom-House, PhUadelphia, Inward Entries, Sloop
Salisbury, William Burrows from Salem. — The Peitn
sylvania Gazette, Sept. 20, 1753. No. 1291.
Philadelphia, September 20. Last Week three
Persons were drown'd in Delaware River : and on
Tuesday a young Gentleman, Passenger with Capt.
Smith from Bristol, fell over Board, and was drown'd,
a little above Red-bank. — The N. Y. Gazette or the
Weetdy Post Boy, Sept. 24, 1753.
Custom-House, Philadelphia. Entred Lnwards.
Coose from Salem, Burrows from Salem. — The N.
Y. Gazette or the Weetdy Post Boy, Sept. 24, 1753.
Burlington Stage-Waggon reviv'd.
OTICE is hereby given to all Persons that
are inclinable to transport themselves,
Goods, Wares, and Merchantdize, from the City of
New- York, to the City of PhUadelphia, that they
may have the Opportunity of obliging themselves
that Way, twice a Week, Wind and Weather permit
ting : Daniel O'Bryant, with a commodious Stag
Boat, well fitted for that Purpose, will attend at the
White-Hall Slip, near the Half-Moon Battery, at the
House of Scots Johnny, in New- York, in order to
receive Goods and Passengers, ' on Saturday and
Wednesday ; and on Mondays and Thursdays will set
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where there is kept a good Stage-Waggon ready to
receive them, who will on Tuesday and Friday
Mornings, set out and proceed with them to the
House of John Predmore in Cranberry, where there
is kept a fresh Set of Horses and Driver, who
immediately proceeds with them the same Day, to
the House of Jonathan Thomas, in Burlington,
where there is kept a commodious Stage-Boat wait
ing for their Reception, Patrick Cowan, Master; who
immediately sets otit and proceeds with them to the
City of PhUadelphia. John Predmore,
Daniel O' Brian.
— The N. Y. Gazette or ttie Weekly Post Boy,
Sept. 24, 1753.
Custom House, PhUadelphia, Inward Entries.
Schooner Swallow, James Savage, from Salem. —
The Pennsylvania Gazelle, Sept. 27, 1753. No. 1292.
To be sold, the mUls and plantation of Nathaniel
Ware, Esq ; 6 mUes above Trenton, on the river
Delaware, West Jersey ; the plantation contains
about 400 acres, 200 ofwhich is clear'd, the land is
of easy culture, and the soil extremely natural to aU
sorts of grain, wheat being neither liable to be de
voured by Insects, nor heav'd out by the frosts.
There are two good dwelling-houses, a large barn, cart-
house, smoke-house, cooper's shop, a neatgarden, with
cedar poles, a young bearing orchard, and the whole
under good fence. The mUl-house is of stone, 60 feet
in length, 24 in breadth, is an over-shot, has two pair
stones, the boulting mill, &c. all go by water ; it is

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weU accustom'd, and known to make as good work
as the best mUls in the Jerseys ; it may always com
mand wheat enough, and is conveniently situated for'
New-York or Philadelphia markets, being less than
30 miles of good waggon road from Brunswick ;
and boats, carrying fifty or sixty casks, may load at
the mill door for PhUadelphia. Whoever inclines to
purchase the same, either the whole or part, may
apply to WiUiam Clayton, or William Pidgeon, in
Trenton, and be by them inform'd of the title and
conditions of sale. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept.
27, 1753. No.-\2g2.
To be sold by publick vendue on the premises, in
Haddonfield, Gloucester county, on the 13th of Oc
tober next, to begin at ten o'clock in the forenoon,
A brick house, two stories high, well finished, two
rooms on the lower floor, and three on the upper,
with a good cellar under the whole : Also a lot of
ground belonging thereto, containing about six acres
and a quarter, about two acres of orchard, with a
very good spring at one end of the lot, and a well of
good water at the house. Any person inclining to
view the place before the day of sale, may apply to
Daniel HUman,jun. living at Billingsport, or to Dan
iel Hiiman, sen. living within two miles of the prem
ises, and know the conditions. — Ttie Pennsylvania
Gazette, Sept. 27, 1753. No. 1292.
Run away from his bail in April last, A man
named Jonathan Smith, about 40 years qf age, near
6 feet high, pretends to be a Carpenter by trade, of
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Salem ; it is said he was well dressed v.'hen he went
off Whoever takes up said Smith, and brings him
to his bail, or the Sheriff" of Newcastle, shall have
Six Pounds reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Thomas Canby, in Wilmington. — The Pennsylvania
Gazette, Sept. 27, 1753. No. 1292.
All persons indebted to the estate of John Coxe,
Esq ; late of Trenton, New Jersey, deceased, are
desired to pay the same : And those who have any
demands against said estate, are desired to bring in
their accounts, in order to be adjusted by William
Coxe, and Robert Lettis Hooper, executors. — The
Pennsylvania Gazelle, Sept. 27, 1753. No. 1292.
Run away from Nottingham township, Burlington
County, An Irish servant man, named William
Moore, he called himself by trade, a butcher, about
5 feet and a half high : Had on when he went away,
A brown homespun coat, towed or striped like in the
cross, old felt hat, old shoes, olive stockings, and
ozenbrigs shirt and trowsers ; he stoops much in his
walk, has black hair, if grown, a thin visage, inclines
to sore eyes, and talks middling good English.
Whoever takes him up, so as he may be had again,
shall have Thirty Shillings reward, and reasonable
charges paid by Philip Welsh. — The Pennsylvania
Gazette, Sept. 27, 1753. No. 1292.
To be sold by
Robert Lettis Hooper
Now living at Trenton, in the province of New
Jersey. A grist-mill, with two pairs of stones, and
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said bolting works all go by water wilh coggs and
rounds, except the country cloaths; the meal is
hoisted up by water in a large box ; the mill-house
50 by 33, with good conveniences for storing of
wheat. Also a good stone dwelling house, with
three rooms on a floor, and a large stone kitchen to
the same ; and another stone house, with two rooms
on a floor, and a large cooper's shop joining to the
house, lying near the mills, and both houses well
finished and convenient for merchant and cooper.
Also a fulling-mill, dweUing-house and shop, with all
the tools and utensils belonging to a fulling-mill and
dye-house; boih of said mills lies on Millstone river,
opposite to each other, at Rockey-hill, in the county
of Somerset and province of East-Jersey ; their dams,
houses and works are all compleatly finished, and
the "buyer may have from 50 to 100 acres of very
good land, with a fine piece of meadow and timber,
joining to the premises. The whole will be sold
together or separate as may best suit the buyer. —
The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 27, 1753. No. 1292.
Perth-Amboy, August 20, 1753.
Broke out of the goal of the county of Middlesex,
in Perth-Amboy, on Sunday, the 19th inst; at night,
the three following men, who made their escapes
from said goal, viz, Benjamin Corle, committed for
a riot and breach of the King's peace ; Lawrence
¦Ruth .and Samuel Cole, prisoners for debt. The
said Benjamin Corle is a tall slim man, of a black
complexion, with lank black hair, between 40 and 50
years of age: Had on when he made his escape, A
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The said Lawrence Ruth is a middle sized man, of a
dark complexion, the hair of his right eye brow is
grey : Had on when he made his escape, A brown
camblet coat, lined with yellow double-stuff, brown,
camblet jacket, blue cloth breeches, and wears a wig
or cap ; by trade a shoemaker, and between 30 and
40 years of age. Samuel Cole is a well-set, lusty
man, of a dark Complexion, between 40 and 50
years of age, wears generally a blue surtout coat,
with a cape to it. Whoever takes up and secures
the said prisoners so that they may be had again,
shall have Nine Pounds reward, or Three Pounds for
each of them, taken up and secur'd as aforesaid, and
reasonable charges,' paid by WiUiam Deare, Sheriff.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 27, 1 753. No.
1292.
Custom House, PhUa, Entered In. Schooner Swal
low, James Savage from Salem. — Ttie Pennsylvania
Journal, Sept. 27, 1753. No. 564.

A

To be Sold, by Elizabeth Brasher, Widow of Cap
tain Abraham Brasher, late ofthe City of New York.
House and Lott of Ground, at Bound Brook,
East-New-Jersey, joining on the main Road,
containing about one Half of an Acre, with twelve
Apple and two Pear Trees, very convenient for a
Tradesman or Shop-keeper. — The N. Y. Gazette or
the Weekly Post Boy, Oct. i, 1753.
RUN away in the Night of the 20th of Sept
ember last, from Robert MUburn, Black-
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the Province of New-Jersey, two Servant Men, both
Black-Smiths by Trade ; the one named Samuel
Cooper, born in Old-England, about 30 Years of Age,
of a dark Complexion, about 5 Feet 7 Inches ; had
on when he went away, a Swanskin Jacket, Tow
Shirt, Ozenbrigs Trowsers, and a Pair of Brass Buck
les in his Shoes, with a half-worn Beaver Hat, ancl is
very much given to swearing. The other named
Richard Brown, born in Ireland ; had on when he
went away, a blue Broadcloth Coat, with a small Vel
vet Collar and Metal Buttons, a light colour'd Ger
man Serge Jacket with Metal Buttons, an Oznabrigs
Shirt, Tow Cloth Trowsers, new Shoes, and small
Brass Buckles, is about 5 Feet 8 Inches high, a strong
made Fellow, with a remarkable brown Spot on his
right Cheek ; took along with them two Guns with
Ammunition ; had likewise a large Dog, spotted
brown and white, and its suppos'd they have taken
with them two or three Wiggs. Whoever takes up,
and secures both or either of said Servants, shall re
ceive for the first describ'd, viz. Cooper, Forty Shil
lings, and for the other, viz. Brown, Three Pounds
Reward, and all reasonable Charges, paid by me
Robert Milburn.
— Ttie N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Oct. I, 1753.
Custom House, Philada. Outwards Sloop Salis
bury, WUliam Burrows to Salem. — The Pennsylvania
Journal, Oct. 4, 1753. No. 565.
Custom House, PhUadelphia, Cleared Sloop Sal-

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isbury, WUliam Burrows to Salem. — The Pennsylvania
Gazette, Oct. 4, 1753. No. 1293.
To be sold by
Benjamin Smith
A grist mill, in Amwell, Hunterdon county, in
West-Jersey, extraordinary well situate for custom,
about four miles eastward from the river Delaware
on York road, 26 from Brunswick, and 16 from Tren
ton ; a dwelling house, stable and about 56 acres of
extraordinary yood land ; 'tis well situate for a store,
considering what great advantages may be had in
creating trade and custom by purchasing wheat, they
being in good order for merchant work, the boults
going by water, and capable to grind large quantities
more than the country work. Likewise about 30
acres of land in Trenton, bounded on the west by
land of Thomas Lawrence, Esq ; Elijah Bond and
John Holden ; on the north by land of John AUen ;
on the east by land of Isaac Conerow and Joseph
Green ; on the south by land of Cornelius Drude.
A stone house in Trenton, two stories high, with a
lot fronting Queen street, 120 feet convenient to
make two tenements ; likewise sundry lots fronting
King street, and sundry lots fronting Queen street.
Also the plantation whereon Thomas Leant now
dwells, in Hanover township, Burlington county,
containing near 500 acres, a considerable quandty
of it is meadow ; it is at present under a lease to the
said Leant. Any person inclining to purchase, may
have the greatest part ofthe purchase money on in
terest ; if required, giving security.

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To Be Sold,
By James Parker,
TWO Lots of Land (the Title indisputable) sit
uate at the Fresh Ponds, in the Coimiy of
Middlesex, and Province of New-Jersey, seven Miles
from New-Brunswick, and five from South River
Landing; one bounded on Duncan Campbell and
WUliam Cheesman, containing 280 Acres, the other
bounded by said Campbell and John Ireland, contain
ing 210 Acres; both well timber'd and water'd.
Whoever inclines to purchase either of said Lots,
may apply to Andrew Johnston, Esq ; at Perth-
Amboy, or said Parker in New- York. — Ttie N. Y.
Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Oct. 8, 1753.
New Yoi k, October, 8
Last Saturday arrived at Sandy Hook, his Majes
ty's Ship the Arundel, Capt. Lloyd, Commander,
having on board his ExceUency Sir Danvers Os
borne, Bart. Captain General and Governor in Chief
of this Province. — The Pennsylvania Journal, Oct. 11,
1753- Numb. 566,
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In-Schooner
Mercy, William DoUiver, from Salem Cleared
Schooner Swallow, James Savage, to Salem. — Ttte
Pennsylvania Journal, Oct. 11, 1753. Numb. 566.
A Sober person that comes well recommended for
keeping of school, may have encouragement in that
calling, by applying to William Foster of Evesham
township, Burlington county, in New-Jersey. — The
Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 11, 1753. Numb. 1294.
80

306 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l753
Philadelphia, Oct. ii, 1753.
Run away on the 30th of last month, from Patrick
Porter, living in Chester township, Burlington coun
ty, in West-New-Jersey, An Irish servant man,
named John Hanglin, about 26 years of age, a mid
dle sized fellow, pock-marked, speaks good English :
Had on, and took wdth him. Two pair of trowsers, one
pair check, the other ozenbrigs, check shirt, a kind of
striped linen jacket, half-worn castor hat, new blue
grey worsted stockings, good strong shoes, with brass
buckles, wears his own black hair, but took a white
short cut wig, and had Seven Pounds in cash. He
had been almost eight years in the country, and
served his time with Enoch Roberts, of the township
aforesaid, about four years ago, and has since been a
servant to Thomas Jarrard at Greenwich, in Glouces
ter county. Whoever takes up and secures said ser
vant, so as his master may have him again, shall have
Three Pounds reward, and reasonable charges, paid
by Patrick Porter
N. B. It is supposed he will change his apparel.
All masters of vessels are forbid to carry him off at
their peril. — The Pennsylvania' Gazette, Oct. 11, 1753.
Numb. 1294.
To be sold by publick vendue on the premises, in
Haddonfield, Gloucester county, on the 1 3th of Octo
ber inst. to begin at ten o'clock in the forenoon, A
brick house, two stories high, well finished, two
rooms on the lower floor, and three on the upper,
with a good cellar under the whole : Also a lot of
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and a quarter, about two acres of orchard, with a
very good spring at one end of the lot, and a well of
good water at the house. Any person inclining to
view the place before the day of sale may apply to
Daniel Hiiman, jun. living at Billingsport, or to Dan
iel HUman, sen. living within two miles of the prem
ises, and know the conditions. — The Pennsylvania
Gazette, Oct. 11, 1753. Numb. 1294.
To be sold,
A tract of land, in Morris county, in the Western-
division of New Jersey, about 4 mUes from the river
Delaware, containing 1250 acres, with the usual al
lowance ; late the property of WUliam Biddle : It is
divided in four parts, each containing 312 acres and
a half with good conveniency for meadows, is well
wooded and watered. Any person inclining to pur
chase the whole or part, may apply to Samuel Smith,
WUliam Lawrence or Joshua Fisher, in Philadelphia.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 11, 1753. Numb.
1294. Custom House, Ptiiladelpttia. Lnward Entries.
DoUiver from Salem. — Ttie N. Y. Gazette or the
Weekly Post Boy, Oct. 15, 1753.
To Be Sold at public Vendue, on Wednesday the
24th Day of October, Inst, at two o'Clock in the
Afternoon, on the Premises ;
A Plantation in the Township of Hanover, in the
County of Morris, in East-New-Jersey, con
taining 150 Acres of Land; there is on it a good
Dwelling House and Barn, a young Orchard, and a

308 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l7S3
sufficient Quantity of Meadow Ground, the chief Part
of which is cleared ; the said Plantation is now in the
Possession of Paul Leonard, by whom a good Tide
will be given for the same. — The N. Y. Gazette or
the Weekly Post Boy, Oct. 15, 1753.
Amwell, October 4th, 1753.
LAST Night was stolen from Peter Tilts and
Harmon Snider, two Mares, one black, about
14 Hands high, white down her Face, a short Mane
and Fore Top, the off hind Foot white almost up to the
Ham, is shod before, with old Shoes, paces and trots,
has neither Brand nor Ear Mark. The other a dark
brown. 14 Hands high or something better, has a
Star in her Forehead, a little White above the Hoof
on the off Foot, her Mane is trim'd up with a Comb,
paces pretty fast, branded on the near Thigh with the
Letter C pretty dull, is shod before. Whoever takes
up and secures the said Mares, shall have three
Pounds for both, or thirty ShUlings for either, paid by
Peter Tilts or Harmon Snider.
— The N Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Oct. 15, 1753.
New-York, October 22. Wednesday last died at
New-Brunswick, after a very lingering Illness, Henry
Cosby, Esq ; Commander of his Majesty's Ship the
Centaur, now on this Station : His Remains were
next Day brought to this City, and decently interred
in the Chancel of Trinity Church.
We hear from Middletown, in East-New-Jersey,
that on Wednesday last the Son of one William
Rodgers, ofthat Place, returning from Gunning, told

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his Father he could not get the Gun off, who there
upon taking her up in his Arms, snap'd her, when
she suddenly went off and kill'd his Wife on the Spot.
— The N. Y. Gazette or ttie Weekly Post Boy, Oct.
22, 1753.
STOLEN from the Dutch Meeting House at Am
weU, in Hunterdon County, East-New-Jersey,
on Sunday the 14th Instant, a light colour'd sorrel
Horse, with a white Mane, TaU, and Foretop, the
Mane trim'd with a Comb, with four white Feet.
and a Blaze along his Forehead, is about 13 Hands
high, branded on the near Thigh A P. had on him a
good Leather hunting Saddle, and snaffle Bridle.
The Thief is supposed to have been seen at South-
Branch ; he is of a small Stature, brown Complexion,
wore a Cap, and light colour'd Coat made in the
newest Fashion, a blue Jacket, with a short red
lapell'd Jacket under it, and a large brim'd Hat. If
any Person secures said Horse and Thief or either,
so as the owner may have him again, shall have Fif
teen ShUlings Reward, and all reasonable Charges
paid by me Jacob WintHng, living in Amwell afore
said. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Oct. 22, 1753.
Custom-House, PhUadelphia, Entered In. Charm
ing Peggy. E. Allen from Virginia. — Ttte Pennsyl
vania Journal, Oct. 25, 1753. Numb. 568.
Custom-House, PhUadelphia, Inward Entries.
Schooner Pembroke, Nicholas Gordon from Salem.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 25, 1753. Numb.
1296.

310 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1753
Run away on the loth of August last, from WU
liam Carnagie, of Bedminster township, Somer
set County in East-New-Jersey, a Dutch servant
man, named Henry Hrubb, betwixt 30 and 40 years
of age, about 5 feet 6 inches high, has a large
scar on one of his middle fingers, thin blackish col
our'd hair, can talk but very little English, and is by
trade a Stocking Weaver : Had on when he went
away, A light blue coat, with red lining, and light col
our'd mohair buttons, two jackets, one fustian, the
other flannel, blue breeches and white wool stock
ings. Whoever takes up and secures said servant, so
as his master may have him again shall have Three
Pounds reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
WUliam Carnagie.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 25, 1753.
Numb. 1 296. PhUadelphia, October 25, 1753.
Run away on the i6th inst. from Archibald Ham
Uton in Mannington township, Salem county, A like
ly Irish servant-man named John M'Cabe, about 23
years of age, about 5 feet 8 inches high, has a pretty
large mouth, large eyes and stoops as he walks:
Had on when he went away, A light blue half worn
coat with slash sleeves and cuffs, blue and white
striped cotton and linen jacket and breeches, a pair
of thread stockings, and a pair of black and white
yarn ditto, felt hat, linen cap, and a pair of brogues
with leather fixings. He took a pistol with him.
Whoever takes up and secures said servant, so as
his master may have him again, shall have Three

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pounds reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Archibald Hamilton.
N. B. He is a Taylor by trade, has lost one of
his middle toes, and can work well at plantation
work. AU masters of vessels are forbid to carry him
off. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Nov. i, 1753. Numb.
1297. Trenton, October 23, 1753.
These are to give notice that there is now in goal
in Trenton, in the county of Hunterdon, in West
New Jersey, one John Godard, who says he is a ser
vant to Loveless Goaset, at Chestnut-ridge in Mary
land, who is desir'd to come and fetch him within six
weeks from the date hereof or else he will be dis
charged, paying the charges, by virtue of a rule of
court held at Trenton, the day abovesaid by me
William Brown, Goal keeper.
^The Pennsylvania Gazette, Nov. i, 1753. Numb.
i2gf.
Notice is hereby given to those who have occasion
to transport themselves or goods, from PhUadelphia
to New York, That Patrick Cowan, master of two'
commodious stage boats, gives his attendance, twice
a week, at the Crooked Billet wharff", viz, on Wed
nesdays and Saturdays, in order to receive passen
gers or goods for Burlington. That Jonathan
Thomas, at Burlington has an exceeding good stage
waggon, well-fitted, which wiU proceed with passen
gers and goods to Amboy on Mondays and Thurs
days. And that a very convenient stage boat, kept
by Daniel O' Bryan, at Amboy, wiU be always ready

31^ NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l753
to receive them, and carry them immediately to New
York, without loss of time. Those inclined to en
courage this undertaking, may depend on the quick
est dispatch, and best usage from their humble ser
vants, Jonathan Thomas, Patrick Cowan and Daniel
O' Bryan. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Nov. i, 1753.
Num-b. 1297.
New-York, November 5. a small Sloop belonging
to Newark, John Bruen, Master, was cast away a few
Days ago on Squan Beach — The N. Y. Gazette or
the Weekly Post Boy, Nov. 5, 1753.
To Be Sold,
AWeU-founded Sloop of about 25 and a half Tons,
York Tonage, with all her Sails, Rigging, &c.
as she now lies in Raway River, East- New-J ersey.
Enquire of Capt. Freeman, living in Raway, of Capt.
Phoenix or Mr. Cunningham, in New- York. — The N.
Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Nov. 5, 1753.
To be sold, by Alexander Thomson, of Piscataway,
A Fine Farm, or Plantation, lying in Piscataway,
in the County of Middlesex, and Province of
New-Jersey, containing about 250 Acres of choice
Land, well timber'd and wateri'd, about 80 Acres
cleared, in which is a good Barn, and a fine young
Orchard of upwards of 200 bearing Trees, and lies
within about 5 MUes from Raritan Landing, and
within the same Distance from several other publick
Landings, and within a Mile of a good Grist-MUl and
Saw-Mi, 1. The Tide is indisp.utable, and is free from
Quit-Rents, and all other Incumbrances. Any Per-

I753j newspaper extracts. 313
son inclining to purchase the same, may agree upon
very reasonable Terms, by applying to the said Alex
ander Thomson, living on the Premises, or to James
Thomson, Esq ; at Piscataway. — The N. Y. Gazette
or the Weekly Post Boy, Nov. 5, 1753.
As some Men were Hunting last Week .in Glou
cester County, New-Jersey, one of them took his
Companion for a Deer, as he was coming through a
Swamp, and shot at him, and wounded him so that
he died on Tuesday last. — The Pennsylvania Journal,
Nov. 8, 1753. Numb. 570.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Brig Salis
bury, Thomas Deane, to Salem. — Ttte Pennsylvania
Journal, Nov. 8, 1753. Numb. 570.
Philadelphia, Nov. 8. Thursday last the following
melancholy Accident happen'd in the Jerseys ; Some
Neiofhbours were out a Deer-huntingf, when one of
them, creeping through the Bushes, was by another
of the Company taken for the Deer, who accordingly
fir'd at him, and wounded him so badly, that not
withstanding all proper Help was got for him, he died
on Monday. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post
Boy, Nov. 12, 1753.
New-York, November 12. Monday last saUed from
Sandy-Hook, for Great-Britain, his Majesty's Ship
Arundel, Capt. Lloyd, Commander, having the Hon
orable George Clinton, our late Governor, with his
Family, on board. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly
Post Boy, Nov. 12, 1753.

3i4 new Jersey colonial DOCUMENTS. [1753
Custom-House, New- York, Cleared jor Departure.
Sloop Catherine, James Van Brakle to New-Jersey.
— Ttie N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Nov.
Whereas the lease of the mUls at Trenton, lett to-
Mr. Andrew Reed, wUl expire the 'first day of May
next ; and whereas the subscriber, the owner there
of is wUling. to let them for a further time, untU his.
other private affairs will permit him to take them into
his own care : And for the better carrying on of the
same, the sum of Five Hundred Pounds wUl be lett
therewdth, and two dwelling-houses, with a pasture
lying near the mills, convenient for the keeping of a
store, &c. And further, the subscriber has lately
laid out from his said mUls a street down to the ferry
and landing, where the produce of the country, and
the trade of Trenton, are exported from thence to
the city of PhUadelphia. Therefore if any person is
desirous of renting the said mUls, &c. or purchasing
lots, or leasing said lots for a term of years, they
may, by applying to the subscriber, know the terms.
Robert Lettice Hooper.
— Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Nov. 22, 1753.
Numb. 1300.
Scheme of a Lotfery.
In Connecticut : For the Benefit of the College of
New-Jersey. /HEREAS on the Petition of the Trustees of
the College of New Jersey, lately present
ed to the General Court or Assembly of the Colony
of Connecticut, for the Erection of a publick Lottery

w

1753,] newspaper extracts. 315
in that Colony, in Favour of the said College ; the
said General Court or Assembly hath generously
empowered the Trustees of the said College to set
up a Lottery in their Colony, for the Purpose above
mentioned: The said Lottery will consist of 8888
Tickets, of which 3088 are to be fortunate, viz.
Number of Prizes. Value of each. Total Value

I

of

I. 501,

is

1 501.

2

of

250.

are

500,

4

of

125,

are

500,

8

of

100,

are

800,

16

of

50

are

800

30

of

20,

are

600,

50

of

ID,

are

500.

100

of

5

are

500.

2877

of

3

are

8 631

^088 Prizes,) 8888 Tickets, at 30s. New-{
5800 Blanks,) York Currency each, is (I. 13332,
Fif teen per Cent, to be deducted from the Prizes.
AS publick Seminaries of Learning not only tend
to promote the private Welfare of the Com
munities in which they are founded, but to advance
the Honor, the Reputation, and the Happiness of a
Country in general ; it is hoped, that all those who
would encourage the Progress of the Liberal
Sciences, and are Well-wishers to the Propagation of
Christianity in these Parts of the World, will cheer
fully become Adventurers here ; and the more freely,
considering the above Scheme is so well calculated
for the benefit of the Proprietors of Tickets, as not
to have two Blanks to a Prize. Publick Notice wiU
be given of the precise Time of putting the Tickets

3l6 • NEW jersey colonial DOCUMENTS. [1753
into the Boxes, that such Adventurers as are in
clined, may be present when the same shall be done.
The Drawing to commence on the first Tuesday in
June next, or sooner if full, at the Town of Stamford
in Connecticut, under the In;p2ction of two Justices
of Peace of the Colony of Connecticut, and of two
Persons who shall be appointed by the Trustees of
the College of New-Jersey. The Publick wUl have
Fourteen Days Notice of the Time of Drawing. The
Managers are sworn to the faithful Discharge of the
Trust reposed in them, and also given Security for
the same. The Prizes wUl be published in the New-
York Gazette, and the Money paid to the Possessors
of Benefit Tickets, as soon as the Drawing is finished.
Tickets are to be had at the Dwelling-Houses of Mr.
John Lloyd, Ephraim Bostwick, Esq ; and Dr. Na
thaniel Hubbard, in the Town of Stamford, in Con
necticut, who are appointed Managers. Tickets wUl
also be sold by Mr. David Vanttorne, in New-York ;
Samuel Woodruff, Esq; in Elizabeth-Town; -Mr.
Sergeant Treasurer of the College of New-Jersey, in
Newark; the Rev. Mr. Co-well, in Trenton,— a'wA
Mr. Samuel Hazard, in P hiladelptiia. The Prizes
wUl be paid by those Ger de nen who shall have dis
posed of the Numbers drav/'ng such Prizes. — The N.
Y. Gazette or ttte Weekly Posi Boy, Nov. 26, 1753.
BROKE, out of BurUngton JaU, in West-Jersey,
about the 26th of November Inst, one John
Johnson, an Irishman, about 24 Years of Age, mid
dle-sized, with black short Hair ; has been branded
in his left Hand, is a very great Rogue, and is said
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Whoever takes up and secures the said John John
son, so that he may be had again, shall have Six
Pounds Reward, and all rea u.ble Charges, paid by
Samuel Woodward, Sheriff
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weetdy Post Boy,
Dec. 3, 1753.
Custom House, PhUada- Cleared. Snow Mon
mouth, John Harrison for Amboy. — Ttie Pennsylvania
Journal, Dec. 6, 1753. Numb. 574.
Marine List
Arrived, Marlborough, Barry from New York at
Deal. Myrtella, Budden from Philadelphia at Deal.
Industry, Coward and — Smith from Virginia at Deal.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Dec. 6, i753.t Numb.
1302. Philadelphia, December 6. Tuesday last Captain
Clarke arrived here from New-York, who, four MUes
to the Northward of Barnagat, saw the Sloop of
Capt. Shearman, of Rhode Island, high and dry
ashore. The Vessel has received no Damage, and
all her Cargoe is got safe out. — The N. Y. Gazette or
the Weekly Post Boy, Dec. 10, 1753.
Custom House, Philadelphia. Cleared. Harrison
to hmkioy.— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post
Boy, Dec. 10, 1753.
New-York, December 10. We hear from Coles-
Neck, Monmouth County, in East New-Jersey, That
a Woman in that Neighbourhood, going for Water
at some Distance from the House, upon her Return

3l8 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL documents. [1753
found her ChUd, who she had left playing about the
Fire, entirely burnt to Cinders, save one of its
Limbs. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Dec. 10, 1753.
Custom House, New-York. Outward Entnes.
Sloop Katey, John NicoU for West-Jersey. — The N.
Y. Gazette or ttie Weekly Post Boy, Dec. 10, 1753.
MADE his Escape in this City, from Samuel
Moores, of Woodbridge, East-New-Jersey,
on Friday Night last the 7th Instant, December, one
WiUiam Bayley, a middle siz'd Person, has a thin
Face, with a fresh Scar upon his Nose: Had on a
blue Coat, with a green Jacket, and a white Linnen
One under, a striped sUk Cap, half worn Hat,
Leather Breeches, with Brass Buttons, and blue and
white check Stockings. He went ofif in Company
with his own Servant, who is a short Person, has
thick Lips, and remarkable white Eyes, BaUey him
self being a Prisoner to the Subscriber. Whoever
takes up and secures said Bailey, so that he may be
had again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, andaU
reasonable Charges paid by Samuel Moores.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Dec. 10, 1753.
RUN away on the 28th Instant from the Sub
scriber living at Newark Mountains, a Negro
Man named Bristol, about 5 Feet 6 Inches high, .not
very black, was bred at the East End of Long-
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at Newark : Had on when he went away, a grey
Bearskin Watch-Coat, a yeUow Duroy tight bodied
Coat, Leather Breeches, black and white speckled
Yarn Stockings, and a Hat about half-worn. Who
ever takes up and secures said Negro, so that his
Master may have him again, shall have Forty Shil
lings Jersey Money, and all reasonable Charges,
paid by Joseph Heddin.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Dec. 10, 1753.
Broke goal and made their escape from the sheriff
of Monmouth in East-New-Jersey, on the 8th of this
inst. the foUowing persons, viz. An Irish man, named
Bryan Dome, of middle stature, fair complexion, blue
eyes, lightish brown hair : Had on when he went
away, a lightish colour'd drugget coat, a brown drug
get jacket, leather breeches, lightish blue stockings,
anda felt hat. Also a lad named James WoUing, about
16 or 17 years old, swarthy complexion, down look,
in a very poor apparel. Likewise an Indian fellow,
named WiUiam Pumsher, small size, talks good Eng
lish, can read and write : Had on when he went
away, A dark kersey jacket, check linen breeches,
woolen spatter-dashes, and ozenbrigs shirt. Also a
servant girl, named Catherine Carle, belonging to
Thomas Leonard, small of stature, down look: Had
on and carried with her, A striped linen and woollen
gown, dark striped cotton gown, new Leghorn hat,
worsted quilt, and sundry other clothes. Any per
son that takes up the said persons, and secures them,
so as they may be had again, shall have Six Pounds

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reward, or for either Thirty Shillings, and all reason
able charges, paid by John Taylor Sheriff, or Thomas
Leonard. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Dec. 13, 1753.
No. 1303.
Custom House, New-York. Cleared jor Departure.
Sloop Unity, Seth Clark to New-Jersey. — The N.
Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy^ Dec. if, 1753.
To be sold at publick Vendue, on Friday the 28th
of December, at 10 o'Clock in the Morning; A good
Dwelling-House  situate on the West-
Side of Die-Street, in this City. If any Person in
cline to purchase before the Day of Sale, they may
apply to Isaac Ryckman, in New-York, or to John
Ryckman, at Hackinsack, by whom an indisputable
Title wUl be given. — The N. Y. Gazette or the
Weekly Post Boy ^ Dec. if, 1753.
Run away on the 14th instant, from Nathan
Haines in Evesham, Burlington county, in West-
New-Jersey, A servant man, named John Chalaner,
country born, a very assuming fellow, has grey eyes,
about 5 feet 6 inches high, pretends to be a Turner:
Had on a dark brown country cloth coat, a half-worn
felt hat, and a ragged, ozenbrigs shirt. Whoever
takes up and secures said servant, so as his master
may have him again, shall have Three Pounds
reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Nathaniel Haines.
December 19, 1753.
— Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Dec. 20, 1753.
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To be sold by publick vendue, on Thursday the
loth of January next, at the house of John Biddle,
the sign of the Indian King, in Market-street, Phila
delphia, A tract of land in Morris county, in the
western division of New-Jersey, late the property of
WUliam Biddle, containing 1250 acres, with the usual
allowance, to be put up in four lots, containing 3 1 2
acres each ; a plan of which may be seen by apply
ing to Samuel Smith, WUliam Lawrence or Joshua
Fisher in Philadelphia, who are impowered to sell the
.same, and make an indisputable title. Samuel
Smith, WiUiam Lawrence, Joshua Fisher. — The Penn
sylvania Gazette, Dec. 20, 1753. Numb. 1304.
BurUngton, November, 28-
Last night broke out and made his escape from
the goal ofthe county of Burlington, one John John
ston, an Irishman, about 22 or 23 years of age, about
five feet eight or nine inches high, of a dark com
plexion, down look'd, and' has the brogue on his
tongue, was lately branded in the hand with the let
ter T., which is yet sore : Had on or with him, a*
good blue broadcloth coat, light colour'd cloth waist
coat and breeches, with metal buttons, worsted
stockings, half worn shoes or pumps, with large brass
buckles, but may perhaps have changed his clothes
and name. He is supposed to be the greatest horse
stealer and most accomplished vUlain that has per
haps been in the country. Whoever apprehends
said Johnston, and secures him in any goal, so that
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he may be had again, shall have Five Pounds reward,
and reasonable charges paid by
Samuel Woodward, Sheriff.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Dec. 20, 1753.
Numb. 1304.
To be sold by the subscriber, a very convenient
house, with a good kitchen and out houses, barn and
stables, with a large orchard of fine fruit trees, and
about fifteen acres of good mowing meadow adjoin
ing the same. Likewise about fifteen, acres of good-
mowing meadow, all, or the greatest part, in Tim
othy-grass and clover, about a mile from said house ;
it is very commodious and fit for either gentleman,
merchant or tavern-keeper ; it has been long a weU
accustomed tavern, at Crosswicks on the great road
to Amboy. Any person inclining to purchase the
same, may apply to the subscriber at Burlington,
and know the terms. Samuel Woodward.
N. B. The title is indisputable.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Dec. 20, 1753.
Numb. 1304.
Custom House, New- York. Cleared for Departure.
Sloop Mary, Daniel Higgins to West Jersey. — The
N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Dec. 24,
1753- TO BE SOLD, a Plantation belonging to the
Estate of Aaron Hewes, deceased, lying in
the County of Somerset, in the Province of East-
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323

Town, containing Three Hundred Acres of Land,
One Hundred and Fifty cleared and under good
Fence, Twenty Acres of Meadow, the other Part
being extraordinary Timber Land, Two good
Orchards, One of them young, and of choice Fruit.
There is on the said Place, a good Stone House, 30
Feet square, compleatiy finished, and a large Stone
Kitchen, joining to the said House, having also a
large Shop ; Hkewise a large Barn, Stables, a Sheep-
House, Waggon-House, Smoke-House, and sundry
other useful Buildings. The Place is well water'd by
a Run of Water running through the same. Any
Person inclining to purchase the said Plantation, by
applying to Samuel Worth and William Worth, the
Executors, may know the Terms. — The N. Y. Ga
zette or the Weekly Post Boy, Dec. 24, 1753.
TO be Let for the Term of Five Years, to the
highest Bidder, the 25th of January next, on
the Premisses, The Farm at Wehawk, belonging to
Stephen Bayard, together with the Ferry from thence
to this City : — The House, with the Locks, Keys,
Hinges, Bolts, Doors, Casements, Glass Windows,
with the Barn and Fence, to be delivered to the Ten
ant in good and sufficient Repair, and to be return'd
in the same Order at the Expiration of the Term :
The Lease to commence the 25th of March next.
The Rent to be paid yearly with Security. For
further particulars, enquire of WUliam Bayard, in
New- York.— 7)^^ N. Y. Gazette or Weekly Post Boy,
Dec. 24, 1753.
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Sloop Unity, Seth Clark to N ew- Jersey.— 7"^^ Penn
sylvania Journal, Dec. 27, 1753. Numb. 577.
To Be Sold
Twelve hundred acres of land in New Jersey,
within a few miles of oxford furnace^ weU watered.
Also a house and lot of ground in German Town.
Etc, etc For* further particulars enquire of WiUiam
Shippen in market street, or Joseph Shippen at his
house in German Town. — The Pennsylvania Journal,
Dec. 27, 1753. Numb. $ff.
Mr. Parker,^
AS I understand you are a Native of New- Jersey,
I doubt not therefore you are a Lover of your
Country ; and as such a One 1 now address you, and
pray you to give this a Place in your Paper, which
win not only oblige me but all the Good-Wives that
have the Misfortune to have bad Husbands in this
Province. You must understand. Sir, that I have for some
Years past borne, with uncommon Patience, the
Lashes of an Ul-natur'd Husband, who con.stantly
made it a Practice, to stay at a Slop-Shop till he had
drowned his Senses in Rum, his Darling Delight,
and then poor I must stand clear ; for the mercUess
1 Two men, A.Kford and Green, came into the present Warren county, as early as 1730,
the former locating near the present 0.xford iron works, and the latter near Green pond.
A few years later, iron ore was discovered near the present Oxford mines, and Jonathan
Robeson, of Philadelphia, began the erection of a small blast furnace in 1741, and by
March 9, 1743, made the first pig-iron therefrom. The weekly product, tradition says,
was from thirteen to fifteen tons. — Hist. Sussex and Warren Counties, 78.
2 James Parker, the printer, was the son of Samuel Parker, of Woodbridge, and was
born in that town in 1714. After a long career as a printer in New York, and afterwards
at Woodbridge, he died at Burlington, July 2, 1770, and was buried in the place of his na
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Wretch wou'd spare neither my Tea Cups or Saucers
to throw at my Head, besides whipping of me ; but
I must do him the Justice to acknowledge, that he
always had Compassion on the Rum Glasses, which
stood close by them ; and tho' we have had but two
of those Glasses for these Eight or Ten Years, yet
they have liv'd to see as many Dozen of Tea Cups
and Saucers broke over my Head ; for he says if I
can't drink my Tea out of those Glasses, I shall go
without; which I had rather, do; for I shou'd imag
ine I was drinking Rum instead of Tea, and I think
he need not be so hard upon me, for they never cost
him a Penny ; but his destroying of 'em has brought
me so low, that I have no more Apparel than I at
present have on, and I will have Tea Cups and Sau
cers if I pawn my very Shift; for I must own I love
Tea as well as he loves Rum.
Besides, Sir, I have two little ChUdren, a Girl and
a Boy, who whUe their Father was whipping of me,
were frightened to such a Degree (for fear of losing
their dear Mother) as wou'd make them fall into
Fits in each others little Arms, whUe I could not
afford them the least Assistance, and they might
then have died before he would have given them
any : Was not this hard. Sir ; Ah ! cruel hard, not only
to use me so inhumanly, but to be so void of Bow
els to those litrie Ones, that derived their Existence
from him! and he would teU me, when I dar'd to
complain, that Man had the Government given him
over the Woman ; but I don't imagine his Authority
was so extensive as to impower him, to beat her
Brains out without Rhime or reason ; and as often

326 New Jersey COLONIAL DOctJMENts. [i7S3
as I read my Bible (my greatest Delight) I never
yet found that Adam ever whipped his Wife ; tho' I
must confess she justly deserved it.
My Case being happily nois'd abroad, induced
several generous young Men to discipline him.
These young Persons do stUe, or are stiled. Regula
tors; and so they are with Propriety; for they have
regulated my dear Husband, and the rest of the bad
Ones hereabouts, that they are afraid of using such
Barbarity ; and I must with Pleasure acknowdedge,
that since my Husband has felt what whipping was,
he has entirely left off whipping me, and promises
faithfully he will never begin again ; which I have
reason to believe ; for there never was a better Har
mony subsisting between Man and Wife, than there
is at present betwixt us, and we are as happy as we
were in our Courting Days ; and He does with
Pleasure own (as weU as my self) that he is under
infinite Obligations to those Persons before hinted
of and is so generous as to say, that if they had not
done what they did, he might unhappUy in his Anger
whipp'd me into Eternity.
I doubt not all the World wUl agree with me, (es
pecially those of my Sex, and those that have any
Regard for 'em,) that it is a most Brutal Action for
a Man, who Nature has endow'd with superior
Strength to a Woman, to exercise such Severity
over her : While I say brutal, I do Injustice to the
Brute Creation ; for they shew more Compassion
and Tenderness than such Monsters do.
Tho' there are sonie that are afraid of whipping
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I understand, they are not afraid of making Applica
tion, in order to have those dear Regulators indicted ;
and if they should, it might discourage them for the
future, to appear to the Assistance of the Innocent
and Helpless ; and then poor Wives who have the
unhappiness to be lockt in Wedlock with bad Hus
bands, take Care of your tender Hides ; for you may
depend upon being bang'd without Mercy.
/ am. Sir, your most Humble Servant,
Prudence Goodwife.
New-Jersey, December, 7, 1753.
[/ would beg, that the Authors of such Epistles as
the above, would at least pay the Postage when they
send them ; the Charge of this only being 2od. to the
Printer, thd he knows not front whom or whence it
comes. \ — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Dec. 31, 1753.
New-York, December 31. Last Monday Night, we
had here a very hard Gale, or rather Storm of Wind
and Rain, at East, in which several Vessels lying at
the Wharfs, received considerable Damage. In the
Height of the Gale, one MUes Rigs, a Newark Boat
Man, going on board of his Boat, then lying in Peck's-
Slip, in order to secure her better, he unhappUy fell
overboard, and was drowned ; We hear he has left a
Wife with eight Children. — The N. Y. Gazette or ttie
Weekly Post Boy, Dec. 31, 1753.
New York, December 24. We hear from Bound-
brook, that three Women in that Town, Neighbours
have each of them had two Children at a Birth, all

32S NEW Jersey COLONIAL documents. [if S3
living and well. — Ttte Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan. i,
1754. Numb. 1306.
On the 18th of last month was committed to the
goal of Northampton county, the four following per
sons, viz. Bryan Dome, James WoUing, an Indian
named William Pumsher and a girl, named Cathe
rine Carle, being those who made their escape from
the sheriff of Monmouth county, in East-New-Jersey,
and advertised in this paper some time ago. The
sheriff is desired to take them out, otherwise they
wUl be discharged on paying their fees.
Nicholas Scull, sheriff.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan. i, 1754.
Numb. 1306.
To be Lett, for a Term of Years,
A Compleat MILL, the House 60 by 40 Feet,
with two Pair of Stones, and Room for a Third,
or Conveniency for a Fulling Mill under the same
Roof either of which, if required, will be erected at
the Expence ofthe Owner ; situate in the County of
Somerset, and Province of East-New -Jersey, near the
North Branch of the Rariton River, on a large
Stream ; in the driest of Seasons there is no Want
of Water : Together with a Dwelling House, Store
House, Barn, Stables, and about 200 Acres of Up
and Low-Land : The UtensUs are all new, and in
good Order. Whoever inclines to rent the same,
may have all ' the Servknts both White and Black,
Horses, Waggons, &c. that are now employ'd in
carrying on the Business ; and the Persons renting
the same, may have Five Hundred Pounds, on good

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Security. For further Particulars, enquire on the
Premisses, or of the Subscriber living in New-York.
William Axtell.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Jan. f, 1754.
New York, December 31. Last Monday Night,
we had here a very hard Gale of Wind : It began to
blow about eight o'clock, and increased, veering
from S. \\. to N. W. tUl about two o'Clock in the
Morning, when it abated. Several Vessels in the
Harbour received Damage, and we hear that some
Boats are drove ashore near Elizabeth-Town in
New-Jersey. About 1 2 o'clock the same Night, one
Riggs, a Newark Boatman, went from his Lodgings
to look after his Boat, in the Gale, and as he has
neither been heard of nor seen since 'tis imagined
he is drown'd. — The Pennsylvania Journal, Jan. 10,
1754. Numb. 579.
TO be SOLD, the Plantation whereon John
Worthley lives, in Shrewsbury, containing
about 200 Acres of Land and Meadow, also a sepa
rate Lot of Salt Meadow, of about 10 Acres ; the Plan
tation is situate, lying and being in the Township of
Shrewsbury, near the Church and Quakers Meeting-
House, and lies fronting on Shrewsbury River, very
commodious for Fishing : Has on it a Dwelling-
House and Orchard; about 140 Acres of said Land
is clear'd, on which may be cut 60 Loads of English
Hay every Year. Whoever has a Mind to purchase
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330 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l754
ley, on the Premisses. — The N. Y. Gazette or the
Weekly Post Boy, Jan. 14, 1754.
RUN away in this City, on Friday the 5th
Instant, from John Miller, of German-Town,
in Hunterdon County, West-New- Jersey, a Scotch
Servant Man, named Donald M' Donald, of about 5
Feet 8 Inches high, speaks broad Scotch, has a Cut
on his under Lip, and squints : Had on when he
went away, a light colour'd Coat with red Lining,
strip'd Jacket, Check Shirt, and wears his own Hair.
Whoever takes up and secures said Servant, so that
his Master may have him again, and gives Notice
either to Mr. James Newell in Amboy, or to the
Printers hereof shall have Forty ShUlings Reward,
and all reasonable Charges paid, by John Miller.
N. B. 'Tis supposed he is still in Town, and har
boured by some of his Acquaintance. — The N. Y.
Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Jan. 14, 1754.
RUN away the 25th of December last, from John
Scot, of Hanover Township, Morris County,
and Province of New-Jersey, a Servant Man named
James Murphy, about 5 Feet 8 Inches high, much
pitted with the Small Pox, long yellow Hair tyed
behind ; he has been a Soldier in the French Service,
talks good French. Served with said Scott, as a
School-Master ; had on when he went away a new
Bearskin Coat with broad Hair Buttons, a light Col
our'd Rateen Jacket, Check Shirt, and Leather
Breeches ; new Worsted Stockings, and new Pumps.
Whoever secures said Servant, so as his Master may

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have him again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward
and reasonable Charges paid by me John Scott,
N. B. AU Masters of Vessels are discharg-ed
[forbid] [sic] on their Peril, from carrying him off.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Jan.
14, 1754-
New York, January 7, We hear from Middle-
town in New Jersey, that John Breton, an Inhabitant
of that Place, was last Week found frozen to Death
in a Meadow near Middletown Creek. — The Penn
sylvania Journal, Thursday, January if, 1754.
Numb. 580.
Whereas a certain person who called himself
James Butler, of a short stature pale complection
and light hair, dressed in a snuff coloured old coat
and waistcoat, old dirty trowsers, blue grey stockings
and very old shoes, appearing to be about twenty
five years of age, and as he said had formerly served
his time with a baker in Amboy, came to the house
of Mary Ashford, widow in New Brunswick, and on
Thursday, the 13th day of this December, did felon
iously steal and carry away a box of the wearing ap
parel of the daughter of the said Mary Ashford, con
taining, several caps, shifts, stockings, 'some new
Hnen, and a new velvet hood, and 'tis supposed is
gone towards Philadelphia, These are therefore to
desire all persons, who may happen to travel the
publick Road, between this place and Philadelphia,
and are inclined to relieve the injured and suppress
such viUainy, to make inquiry after said James But-

332 NEW JERSEY COLONtAL DOCUMENTS. [l754
ler, and on discovery of him they shall be handsome
ly rewarded by me, the subscriber. New Brunswick,
December 20, 1753. Jean Ashford.
— The Pennsylvania Journal, Jan. if, 1753,
Numb. 580.
New-York, January 21. We hear from. Sandy-
Hook that on Friday last, some Whale Men Struck
and drove ashore a little to the Southward of the
High-Lands, two Whales, one of which was a very
large One, which they had struck at several Times
before they kUl'd it. 'Tis said they have bargained
with some of our Pilots to assist in bringing them
into a safe Harbour. — The N. Y. Gazette or the
Weekly Post Boy, Jan. 21, 1754.
TO be sold at publick Vendue, on Tuesday the
5th of March next, a very good Plantation,
beautifully situated upon Raway River Landing, very
convenient to Meetings, Markets, Schools, &c. con
taining about 80 Acres, all in good Fence, and weU
timber'd, has on it a large new DweUing-House weU
finish'd, a good Barn, Shop, Garden and Orchard,
with more than 400 Fruit Trees, and about six Acres
of good English Mowing Ground. Enquire of the
Widow Rebecca Jacques, living on the Premises.
The Conditions wUl be made known, by
William Deare, Sheriff.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Jan. 21, 1754.
Run away on the i8th instant, at night, from John
Ladd, of Gloucester county, in New. Jersey, a servant

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man, named John Ermus, alias- Huckaback, of a mid
dle size, pale complexion, blind of one eye, it being
sunk in his head, about 28 years of age : Had on
and took with him, a good felt hat, worsted cap, or
an old wig, old light colour'd coat, with brass but
tons, but no lining, a blue and white linsey woolsey
jacket, with one sleeve all blue, half worn leather
breeches, ozenbrigs trowsers, two ozenbrigs shirts, a
homespun black and white under jacket, two pair of
yarn stockings, one pair grey, the other dark col
our'd, neats leather shoes, almost new. He can
speak Dutch, but appears to be this country born ;
he lived several years about two miles eastward
from Germantown, with Thomas Roberts, junior.
Whoever secures said servant, so that his master
may have him again, shall have Forty Shillings re
ward, paid by John Ladd.
N. B. He took a falling-ax with him. — The Penn
sylvania Gazette, Jan. 22, 1754. Numb. 1309.
New- York, January 2 1 . We hear from Elizabeth
Town, That a Youth about 1 6 years old was missing
from that Borough on Tuesday last, but whether
froze to Death in the cold Weather which we had, or
not, was unknown. Although search was made for
him by Numbers of People, he was not found on
Friday last. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post
Boy, Jan. 28, 1754.

T

O be sold, a Plantation belonging to the Estate
ofthe Rev. Tfieodorus Jacobus Frielinghuysen,^

I See N. J. Archives, XII., 658, note.

334 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l754
deceased, situate in the Province of New-Jersey, in
the County of Middlesex, about four MUes Distance
from the City of New^-Brunswick, bounding on the
Road which leads from Brunswick to Trenton, con
taining 200 Acres of good arable Land, well timber'd
and water'd, on which there is a convenient Dwell
ing-House and Barn, and a very good Orchard, of
which 30 Barrels of Cyder may be made in a good
Apple Year: On the same, in a good Summer, may
be mowed 40 Loads of Hay, and much more after
clearing some more Land. Also to be sold, a good
Dwelling-House, two Story high, and 40 Feet in
Front, together with a Stable and other Appurten
ances, and a Lot of Ground 40 Feet broad, and 100
Feet long, in the City of New-Brunswick, near the
House and Lot of Mr. Henderick Van Deusen. Any
Person or Persons inclining to purchase both or
either of the Premises, may apply to Mr. Joris
Brine leer tio ff. Merchant in New- York, or to Mes
sieurs Ttieodorus and Jottannes Frielinghuysen, Min
isters of the Gospel in Albany and at Rariton, in
order to be acquainted with the Conditions of Sale.
An indisputable Tide wUl be given by Theodorus
Frielinghuysen. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly
Post Boy, Jan. 28, 1754.
TWO thousand Acres of valuable Land, to be
Sold very reasonable, lying at Greenwich, in
the County of Sussex, in New-Jersey, about two
MUe from the Court-House in said County, and four
Mile from a landing Place on Delaware River above
Robinsons Furnace, 'tis well stored with Black walnut
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down said River, in Boats or Rafts, to Trenton and
Philadelphia ; the chief Part upland, fit for the
Plough, with a sufficient quantity of good Swamp
and Meadow ; there is two Tenements and Farms
begun, a good Saw Mill built, and very good Streams
for more Mills to be built in sundry Places on said
Land, 'tis a very good Place for raising Stock, hav
ing large Mountains very near the Land, is exceed
ing good for Grass what is cleared, and likewise for
Grain, a Publick Road from Esopus to Philadelphia
and Lancaster, runs through this Land ; also a Road
from Elizabetti-Town Point to Patiaqualley , crosseth
in this Tract. For further Particulars,, enquire of
Jonattian Hampton in Elizabeth Town, or of Jona
than Hopkins and Barney Swazey on the Premisses,
who will give a good Title and Time for Payment.
Also to be Sold by said Hampton 500 Acres of Up
land and Meadows, in Morris County, ten MUe
from Elizabetti Town, joining Passaic River, on the
East, and the Land of Messrs. Penn s on the West,
which wiU be Sold either together or in small Lotts,
as suits the Buyer. Also 6 Acres of Land with a
convenient House, and small Orchard, with the half
Part of a Saw Mill, Grist Mill, and Boulting Mill,
and one Half of all the Utensils belonging to the
said MiUs, joining to said Land, upon Raway River
five MUes from Elizabeth Town. Any Person inclin
ing to purchase either of the two last Articles, shall
have a clear Title and Time of Payment given. — The
N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Jan 28, 1754.
New-York, February 4. The least of the two
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be run ashore a little to the Southward of the Hook,
was last Thursday brought into this Harbour by a
Sand Boat from Rockaway : Its supposed to be be
tween 1 5 and 20 Feet long. The Cow, we are told,
was not seen after the last North- Wester. — The N.
Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Feb. 4, 1754.
To be sold by Eleanor Chew, executrix of the last
will and testament of Joseph Chew, deceased, the
plantation whereon Archibald Moffet now dwells,
lying on great Mantua creek, in the county of Glou
cester, in West-New-Jersey, containing about 140
acres of land, 40 whereof is cleared, and within good
fence, with about ten acres of rneadow, a young
orchard a good house, barracks &c, the rest choice
good wood land. Any person inclining to purchase
the same, may be informed of the terms, by applying
to Michal Fisher, Esq ; living on Great Timber creek
in the said county, or to the said executrix in PhUa
delphia, And all persons indebted to the said es
tate, are desired to pay ; and those that have any de
mands against the said estate, to bring in their ac
counts, in order to have them adjusted by
Eleanor Chew, executrix.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 5, 1754.
Numb. 1 3 1 1 .
To Be Sold,
THREE Hundred and Nineteen Acres of Land,
altogether, or in 100 Acre Lots, as best siiits
Purchaser, it being the Westermost Part of the High
lands of Navesinks, commodiously situated on
Sandy-Hook Bay 32 Chains, and fronting the Road

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or Harbour of Sandy-Hook : There is on the said
Land, a very convenient watering Place, of good
Water, being much used by Shipping, which makes
it a good Market for all Sorts of Poultery and Gar
den Truck: It is also very convenient for Fishing,
Oysterino, and Clamming, and would do well for a
publick House: The Land is well watered and tim
bered, the farthest of which is within one Mile of a
good Landing. Any Person inclining to purchase,
may be further informed by applying to Robert
Hartshorne, living near the Premises. The Title in
disputable.^ — The N. Y. _ Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Feb. II, 1754.
New York. February 4. Last Week a small
Whale, about 20 Feet long, was towed up here from
Rocaway, where it was found floating near the Shore
by some Men who were there a Clamming: It
seems this with another much larger, were both
kill'd by some Whalers about a Fortnight ago off
Sandy Hook, but were drove to Sea by the hard
Weather we had at that Time, 'tho 'tis now currently
reported, that the latter is also found, and said to be
very valuable. — Ttte Pennsylvania Journal, Feb. 12,
1754. Numb. 584.
New York, February 4. Captain Searjant who
arrived at Amboy on Friday last, in 9 Weeks from
Madeira, informs us. That on the 30th ultimo, he
spoke with Captain John Taylor of this Port, about
60 Leagues West for Bermudas, bound for Antigua,
^ The name of Ereck Hartshorne is added in the Gazette for Feb. 25.
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338 NEW JERSEY colonial DOCUMENTS. [l7S4
all well on board. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb.
12, 1754. Numb. 1312.
To be sold by the subscriber, living in Bridge-Town,
commonly caUed Mount-hoUy, in Burlington county,
West-New Jersey, the following lots of land, viz.
A plantation adjoining to the said town, containing
212 acres of land, on which is a good house and
orchard, with 50 or 60 acres of clear'd land, about
30 acres of deep meadow, the most whereof is ditch'd
and dry, near 15 acres clear'd and mowable, also 12
acres of dry meadow, very good, mostly in clover
grass. Another tract of 250 acres of good land,
about a mUe from the above' town, extending to the
south branch of Rancocas creek, where the tide flows,
adjoining to the Old Bridge, on the country road, it
has a large stream of water running thro' it, suffi
cient for a mill, and is supposed to have 40 acres of
good meadow. For terms, enquire of
Abraham Farrington.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 19, 1754.
Numb. 1313.
To be sold by publick vendue on Wednesday, the
6th of March, on the premises, by the subscribers A,
commodious plantation, situated in PUes-grove town
ship, Salem county, now in the occupation of John
Keen, containing 364 acres, 20 of which is good
meadow, with a good brick dweUing house, barn,
stable, &c. great part of the land well timber'd.
The title and terms of sale may be seen on said day.
Andrew Tranberg, Adolph Benzel, Olove Pariin.
N. B. To be sold said day 80 acres of timber land.

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adjoining said plantation. — The Pennsylvania Gaz
ette, Feb. 19, 1754. No. 1 31 3.
NewjYork, February 18.
Last Saturday, se-night the Snow Isabel, Capt.
Simmons, from Leith, arrived off Sandy Hook, where
she came to an Anchor, and rode out the hard Gale
we had then ; after which she attempted to come up,
but the hard and cold^Winds obliged her to put into
Parmaceti Cove, where we hear she still lies, is cov
er'd with Ice, as endangers her coming here tUl
warmer Weather. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb.
26, 1754. Numb. 1 3 14.
Elizabeth-town, New Jersey, Feb. 22, 1754.
Twenty Pieces of Eight Reward
Whereas Isaac Cory, son of John Cory, of Eliza
beth-town went away froni his parents that very
cold Tuesday,'the 22d of January last, supposed to
be something disorder'd in his mind, which- caused
dUigent search to be made, for fear he was frozen to
death; he was 16 years of age,[of a middle size, had
dark eyes and^light hair : Had on two dark grey
jackets, with pewter buttons, the upper one with
slash sleeves, old .wool hat, leather breeches, with
brass buttons, old shoes, grey stockings, and a
coarse shirt. If he be living, any person that wiU
bring him home, shall have Twenty Pieces of Eight
reward and reasonable charges, paid by John Cory.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 26, i754-
Numb. 1314.

340 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l7S4
Whereas Athalanah Douglass, the wife of George
Douglass has behaved to her said husband in a very
unbecoming manner, and also contracted divers
debts without his knowledge : These are therefore
to forewarn all persons from trusting her on his ac
count, for he wUl pay no debts of her contracting
after the date hereof George Douglass-
Bordentown, February 25, 1754.
- — Ttie Pennsylvania Gazelle, Feb. 26, 1754.
Numb. 1314. To be Sold,
By John Scot, of the Town of Hanover, in Morris
County, East- New-J ersey, the following Tracts of
Land lying in said County, viz.
ONE of 450 Acres in Morris Towm, about one
MUe from the Court House and Meeting
House, having two Houses thereon, with a young
Orchard, has 50 Acres of good Wheat Ground,
cleared and in Fence, four Acres of mowing, and
thirty more may be made. One other of 100 Acres
in the Town of Mendon,^ one MUe from a Meeting
and Mill, has 30 Acres of Wheat cleared and in
Fence, with a House, &c. One other of 350 Acres
in Hanover Town, 200 of which is o-ood Meddow,
three Ouarters of a MUe from a Mill and Meedne.
One other in siid Town joining to said Scott's Plan
tation, of 300 Acres, 100 of which is good Meddow,
and 40 of that good English mowing, all cleared,
ditched and fenced. He has also to dispose of 400
Acres of Meadow, lying in the Township of Green-
1 Mendham.

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wich, in Cumberland County, West-New-Jersey,
known by the Name of Budd's-Marsh, and adjoining
Stutham's Neck, &c. Whoever is inclin'd to pur
chase any ofthe said Plantations, may apply to the
said John Scott, who will agree on reasonable Terms,
and give an indisputable Title for the same. — The N.
Y. Gazette or ttie Weekly t^ost Boy, Feb. 25, 1754.
To be sold at publick Vendue, on the Premises, on
Monday the 25th Day of March Inst, at two of the
Clock in the Afternoon of the same Day.
A Tract of Land, lately belonging to Francis
Van Dyke, deceased, situate at Second
River, in the County of Essex, in New Jersey : Con
taining about Forty Acres of good Orchard ; lying
on Passaic River, and adjoining to the Mills of Mr.
Stephen Van Courtlandt.
A good and clear Title will be given for the same
to the Purchaser. — Ttie N. Y. Gazette or ttie JVeekly
Post Boy, March 4, 1754.
THIS is to give Notice, that there is to be Sold,
a Lot of Land, situate, lying and being in the
Township of Shrewsbury, in the Province of East-
New-Jersey, containing about 14 Acres, with a very
good Dwelling House thereon, two Stories and a
half high. Sash window'd, with a good Kitchen and
Stable, a good Stone Well, and about 20 bearing
Apple Trees ; it's very suitable for a Shopkeeper or
Tavern, as it is situate within a Ouarter of a Mile of
the Center of the Township, where there is an Eng
lish Church, Presbyterian and Quaker Meeting-
Houses, and on the publick Road. For further Par-

342 NEW JERSEV COLONtAL DOClJMENTS. [l754
ticulars, enquire of Richard Burdg and Jonathan
Holmes in New- York, and Jonathan Burdg, of the
Township of Lower Freehold, in the Province of
East New-Jersey aforesaid. An indisputable Title
wUl be given by Richard Burdg aforesaid. — The N.
Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, March 4, 1754.
Philadelphia. We hear that the Schooner Storke,
Captain Flower, from North-Carolina, was drove
ashore near Egg Harbour, and beat off her Rudder,
after which he got into the Inlet, and was repairing,
in order to proceed on his Voyage to this Place. By
him we have an Account of the Arrival of the Snow
George, Capt. Rankin, from this Place. — The Penn
sylvania Journal, March 5, 1754. Numb. 587.
Philadelphia, March 5.
We hear, that Captain Flower, inward bound from
North Carolina, ran ashore on Cape-May, but is said
to be got off again, with the Loss of his Rudder, and
other damage. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, March 5,
1754. Numb. 1 31 5.
To be sold by the subscriber, a plantation, situated
in Greenwich township, Gloucester county, near the
mouth of Rackoon creek, containing 160 acres, near
one half of which may be made good meadow, a con
siderable quantity improved, and all within good
bank, with a good dwelling house, large barn, and a
fine thriving young orchard; also a considerable
quantity of cedar swamp, well timber'd with good raU
timber, lying within half a mile of said plantation.
The said plantation lies pleasantly fronting the river

1754J Newspaper exI-racts. 343
Delaware, and almost opposite Chester. Any per
son inclining to purchase, may view the premises,
and know the conditions of sale, by applying to
Thomas Birkham.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, March 5, 1754.
Numb. 1315.
RUN away the loth of January last, from John
Wardell of Shrewsbury, a small Negro Fel
low, named Ash; he took with him a red Dufifil'
Watch-Coat, good Bearskin Under-Coat, Camblet
Jacket, and Kersey Breeches, with Brass Buttons on
them. Whoever takes up and secures said Man, so
that his Master may have him again, shall have Forty
ShUHngs Reward, and all reasonable Charges paid,
by John Wardell.
— The N. Y. Gazette or ttte Weekly Post Boy,
March 1 1, 1754.
To be Sold together or in Parcels.
SEVERAL Tracts of Land, situate in the Town
ship of Strafford, in the County of Monmouth,
at a Place called Barnagat ; to wit, one large Tract,
containing between Six and Seven Thousand Acres,
with a great Quantity of Marsh and Meadow be
longing to the same) together with a great Quantity
of Beach, whereon there is very good Range and
Feed for Horses and Cattie ; there are three large
Farms now upon the said Tract, and more may be
made ; and also several Swamps within the said
Tract, abounding with Cedar, Pine, and Oak, &c. it
is bounded by a large Bay, in which there is Plenty
of Fish, and WUd-Fowl of all Sorts in the Season of

344 NEW jersey colonial documents. [1754
•
the Year ; it is esteemed as advantageous a Place
for raising of Stock as any in the Province, the Crea-
tures upon the Beach, wintering themselves without
the Trouble of getting Hay for them. — There is also
to be Sold, adjoining to the above Tract, and with
or without the same, a good Saw-Mill, almost new,
which goes with two Saws, and hath every Thing in
compleat Order ; the Pond is fed by living Springs,
retains Plenty of Water in the driest Time, inso-
•much, that the Mill may keep constantly going,
and Water to spare for other Uses. There are sev
eral Pieces of Cedar Swamp, and Parcels of Pine to
be Sold with the said Mill for the Accommodation
thereof so that the mUl will have Plenty of Tim
ber for many Years : Good sufficient Deeds with
Warrantees, will be given for the said Lands and
Premises, the Title being indisputable. Any Person
inclining to purchase the Whole or any Part, may en
quire of Philip Kearny or John Burnet in Perth-Am
boy, or of John Nevill, or James Heywood, near the
Premises, and know further.
N. B. If three or four Families are desirous of
setthng and living near together, they cannot have a
better Opportunity. — Ttie N.Y. Gazette or ttie Week
ly Post Boy, Marcti 11, 1754.
A School-Ma.ster that is a young Man, is wanted
at Rariton, about i 2 MUes above the Landing. Any
Person properly qualified may apply to John Brough
ton, p:sq; on the Spot. — Ttie N. Y. Gazette or the
Wee lely Post Boy, March 25, 1754.

I754J NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 345
Seven Pistoles, Reward.
Sent out with tinware to sell, on the 31st of Janu
ary last, by the subscriber, living in Amwell, Hunter
don county, West-New-Jersey, a sevant man, nam'd
Nicholas Goddard, who is since run away ; he is a
tin-plate worker by trade, was born and serv'd his
time in London, is about 28 years of age, of short
stature, and walks somewhat stooping, dark com
plexion, full mouth'd, black strait hair, and much
scarified under one ofhis cheek-bones, occasiond by
the king's evil, and very much given to drink. Had
with him an old black mare, short dock'd and shod
aU round, an old saddle and two baskets of tin ware.
Had on when he went away, a blue bear skin coat,
with flower'd brass buttons, whitish cloth jacket, with
the same sort of buttons, buck-skin breeches, old
white tow shirt, half worn felt hat, lightish colour'd
stockings. He parted from his comrade at the
White Horse, on Conestogue road, on Tuesday, the
fifth day of February last, and is supposed to be
gone towards Virginia. Whoever takes up and
secures the said servant, so as his master may have
him again, shall have Seven Pistoles reward, and rea
sonable charges, paid by Samuel Kempton.
N. B. He formerly belong'd to Isaac Corin, Tinner
in PhUadelphia. All masters of vessels are forbid to
carry him off at their peril. — The Pennsylvania Gaz
ette, March 26, 1754. Numb. 131 8.
To be Lett by the Subscribers for Seven Years,
A Small Farm or Plantation of about 70 Acres,
lying in Shrewsbury, East New-Jersey, and County

34^ NEW JERSEY COLoNIAL DOCUMENTS. ' [1754
of Monmouth : There is on it a good large Dwelling-
House, has two Orchards, a small Barn, Store-
House, and Waggon-House ; with a Grist-Mill, FiiU-
ing-MUl, and Bolting-MUl, which goes by Water, and
hoists by Water : It is very convenient for a Store
keeper being within four MUes of a PubHc Landing.
Any Person inclining to hire said Premisses, may en
quire of John Abbot, near Trenton, or John WUliams,
in Shrewsbury who has the Disposal of the same.
John Abbot
John Williams.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
April I, 1754.
RUN away from George Mumford, of Fisher's-
Island, the 27th Instant, four Men Servants,
a white Man and three Negroes  The
white Man named Joseph Heday, says he is a Native
of Newark, in the Jerseys, a short well set Fellow,
of a ruddy Complection ; his Cloathing when he
went away was a red Whitney Great Coat, red and
white flower'd Serge Jacket, a Swan-Skin strip'd dit
to, lapeU'd, a Pair of Leather Breeches, a Pair of
Trowsers, old Shoes. &c  — The N. Y.
Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, April i, 1754.
New York, AprU i.
On the 7th. ult. a Sloop belonging to Norwalk in
New England, bound in from the West-Indies, was
cast away at Barnegat ; but the People, and some of
the Cargo, 'tis said, are saved. — The Pennsylvania
Gazette, Apidl \, 1754. Numb. 13 19.

1754] NEWSJPAPER EXTRACTS. 347
Philadelphia March 30, 1754
AU persons indebted to the estate of Mr. Daniel
Hingston, late of Gloucester county, deceased, are
desired to pay their respective debts : And all who
have any derriands against said estate, are desired to
bring in their accounts, that they may be adjusted by
Joseph Sims, administrator to the said estate. — The
Pennsylvania Gazette, April A^, 1754. Numb. 13 19.
PhUadelphia, AprU 4, 1754.
Run away on the 25th of last month, from Peter
Jones, at the Lake, in Gloucester county. An Irish
servant man, named Thomas Deal or Dean, about
36 years of age, about 5 feet 6 inches high, has a
scar over his right eye, and a cut in his belly, a Httle
above the waistband of his breeches, which was sewed
up, wears his own strait hair : Took with him. An
old whitish colour'd coat, calicoe jacket, and a green
pea jacket coarse white trowsers, old stockings,
middHng good shoes, with steel buckles, and may
have several other things. 'Tis supposed he may
have an old pass ; knows almost all parts of the
country, having been, as he says, a pedlar. Who
ever takes up and secures said servant, so as his
master may have him again, shaU have Five Pounds
reward, and reasonable charges, paid by Peter Jones.
N. B. All masters of vessels are forbid to carry
him off at their peril. — The Pennsylvania Gazette,
April /s^, 1754. Numb. 13 19.
To be Lett, for seven years,
A Grist-mUl, fuUing mill, and boulting mill, all goes

348 NEW JERSEY colonial DOCUMENTS. LI7S4
by water, and the merchant-work hoisted by water,
with a laree dwelling house, and about 70 acres of
good land, two good orchards, a small barn, stone
house, and a waggon-house. It is very suitable for
a store-keeper, being situated in Shrewsbury, in
Monmouth county. East New Jersey, about five
miles from a publick landing. Any person inclining
to rent the premises, may apply to John Abbot near
Trenton, or to John WUliams, of Shrewsbury, who
have the disposal of the same. — The Pennsylvania
Gazette, April \, 1754. Numb. 13 19.
To be Sold.
A lot of land, situated on the north side of MiU-
street, in Bridge-town, commonly called Mount holly,
in Burlington county, West-Jersey, containing one
rod and seven square perches, lying just against the
saw-mill, with a good dwelling-house, and out-houses,
very commodious for store-keeping, or any publick
business; the lot is well water'd with a constant
stream running through it. Any person inclining to
purchase, may apply to Zebulon Webb, at Mount-
misery saw mUl, and know the terms. — The Penn
sylvania Gazette, April \, 1754. Numb. 13 19.
RUN away on the 2d of this Instant AprU, from
James Glover, of Middletown in Monmouth
County, two Servant Men aged each about 19 Years,
the one an Irishman, named George Tate, who hath
lately been a Servant to Thomas Rattoon at Amboy-
Ferry, and hath his Indenture for a Pass ; he had
when he went away, a new homespun Coat of mix'd
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Trowsers, red Great Coat, Felt Hat, his Hair is of a
brownish Colour, he is well Set, and of middle Stat
ure, he has a Scar upon one Cheek, believed to be
the Left ; the other an Englishman named William
Furr, who had a Coat of the same Cloth of the afore
said ; the one Coat had metal Buttons, the other
with Buttons covered with the same Cloth ; he had
a brown Jacket of homespun Cloth, Leather Breeches :
they had a Bag with sundry other Cloaths, had a Felt
Hat, the bottom of his Shoes full of Hob Nails, his
Hair black, and he is of a brown Complexion, well
set, and both of a Height ; whoever takes up said
Servants, and secures thern so that their said Master
may have them again, shall have Forty Shillings Re
ward for each, and all reasonable Charges paid by
James Glover.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Aprils, If S4-

M

"ADE his Escape from his Bail, on the 5th of
VjL February last, an Englishman, named John
Edwards, a Mason by Trade, about 5 Feet and a
half High, well set, black Complection, and pitted
with the Small Pox, and fresh Colour ; had on when
he went away, a blue Broad Cloth Coat and
Breeches, green Ratteen Jacket, a good Beaver Hat
and black Wig, white and check'd Shirts, and is a
lover of Strong Liquor, and talkative when merry
therewith, but silent when sober; he also took with
him a little Bay Horse and fashionable Saddle, with
red Plush Housing fring'd ; and has left the Sub
scriber, who is his special Bail, to be a very great
Sufferer by his Escape : Therefore whoever takes up

350 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l754
said Edwards, and secures him in any Goal, so as he
may be brought to Justice, shall have Three Pistoles
Reward, and if brought back to the Subscriber living
near to Samuel Johnson, Esq ; in Kingswood, Hun
terdon County, New Jersey, shall have Five Pistols
Reward and all reasonable Charges paid by
Richard Maybury.
N. B. It may be he may change his Name and
Apparel. — Ttte N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
April "i, 1754.
Borden-Town Stage is carried on as formerly, viz.
Joseph Borden's Stage boat, Nicholas George, Mas
ter, attends at the Crooked BUlet wharff every Mon
day and Tuesday ; and his Shallop, Charles Taylor,
Master, at the same wharff every Friday and Satur
day ; the Stage-waggon, kept by Joseph Richards,
attends the same boats ; the Stage-boat at Amboy,
kept by James WeUs, late from Philadelphia. Our
adversaries have been pleased to advertise that they
can give people greater dispatch than we can, so that
we appeal to fact : As we were the promoters of
this scheme, as yet of no advantage to any but the
pubhck, and as we take pay for 13 miles less land
carriage than the Burlington people do, we hope ah
well-minded People wUl lay their commands upon
their humble Servants. Joseph Borden, jun.
Joseph Richards
James Wells.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, April 11, 1754.
Numb. 1320,

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Philadelphia, April 11, 1754.
' Notice is hereby given, that George Burns is re
mov'd from New-York to Trenton Ferry ; where he
keeps a house of good entertainment for all Gentle
men and Travellers.  The Pennsylvania Gazette,
April ll, 1754. Numb. 1320.
Run away on the first of March last, from John
Cuming of Trenton, a Dutch servant woman, nam'd
Maria Kummersfield, about 26 years of age, of a
sandy complexion, thick and fat, talks very bad Eng
lish, has a hobling walk, and stoops pretty much.
Had on when she went away, a light yellowish col
our'd gown, and a worsted damask petticoat, much
the colour of the gown, a short calicoe sack, of a pur
ple and blue colour, and dog-skin shoes. Whoever
takes up and secures said servant, so that her mas
ter may have her again, shall have Twenty ShUlings
reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
John Cuming.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, April 11, 1754.
Numb. 1320.
To be sold or lett, by the subscriber, living in
Trenton. A Good commodious stone house, with
very good cellars, a good yard and garden, and a
very good stable ; also a very good brew house, with
all conveniences for carrying on the brewing trade,
all in very good order. Enquire of the owner, living
in said house, who wUl inform the condition of sale.
Henry Marseelis.^
1 A brewer in Trenton for many years. Probably of the Merselis family of Preaknesa
and Paterson.

352 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l754
N. B. The tirie is indisputable,
'  The Pennsylvania Gazette, April ii, 1754.
Numb. I 320.

To Be Sold,
A Grist-Mill with Two Pair of Stones ; a very
good Dwelling-House and Barn, with about
180 Acres of Land adjoining the same, near 80
Acres of which is well timber'd and very good Wood-
1 and, the rest being cleared: The Whole is very
conveniendy situated near upon Rariton River, oppo
site to Rariton Landing, and within a MUe of New-
Brunswick ; the same being Part of the Estate late
ly belonging to Mr. Matthew Clarkson, deceased,
and Mr. Gerardus Depeyster, and on which the said
Depeyster lately lived ; together with which, and in
order to accommodate the Purchaser, if. he inclines to
it, will be sold the One-half of an Island of Meadow,
between fresh and salt, containing about 16 Acres,
being as good and as conveniently situated as
any Meadow of the like Kind, 'on Rariton River, in
which it lies, and within a few Stone's throw of Mr.
Henry Lonfield's House, of whom the same was pur
chased, Any Person inclining to purchase, may ap
ply to Anthony White, Miving within a Ouarter of a
Mile of the Mill and Dwelling-House above-men
tioned, by whom a good sufficient Title, and a reason-
1 Anthony White, son of Anthony, son of Leonard, Chief Justice of the Bermudas,
m. Elizabeth, dau. of Governor Lewis Morris, of New Jersey, and held various oifices in
the Province, being commissioned one of the Surrogates of East Jersey in 1762, and in tbe
same year JuJge of Admiralty, lo succeed his brother-in-Uiw, Lewis Morris, iun. In
1751 he was commissioned Lientenant-Colonel. He was a considerable property owner
in and near Nevv Brunswick. Uis son, Anthony Walton White, way a Colonel of Cavalry
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1754] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 353
able Time for the Purchase Money will be given. —
— The N. Y. Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, April 15,
1754- RUN away from Elisha Bond, of Trenton, in
West-New-Jersey, an Irish Servant Woman,
named Ruth Orr, born in Dublin, about 35 Years of
Age, thin Visage, and Hght Hair, of a small Stature,
and squints ; supposed to have changed the Cloaths
she had on when she went away : She has been
seen in New- York. Whoever takes up the said Ser
vant Woman, and secures her so that her Master
may have her again, shall have Twenty Shillings
Reward, and all reasonable Charges paid by me,
Elisha Bond.
— The N. Y. Gazette or ttie Weekly Post Boy,
Aprill^, 1754.
RUN away from the Subscriber, living at Piscat
away, on the 19th Day of February last, a
negro Fellow named Primus, of a yellow Complec
tion, near six Foot high, speaks good English: Had
on when he went away, a grey Jacket and Breeches,
white Stockings and good Shoes.
Whoever takes up and secures said Negro, so that
his Master may have him again, shall have Three
Pounds Reward, and aU reasonable Charges, paid by
John Martin.
— Ttie N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
AprU 15, 1754.
This Is To Give Notice,
THAT George Burns, late of New-York, Tav-
ern-Keeper, is remov'4 to Trenton Ferry,
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where Gentlemen, Travellers and others, who wiU
please to favour him with their Company, may de
pend upon meeting with as good Entertainment,
both for themselves and Horses as at any Publick
House between Philadelphia and New-York,
By their Humble Servant,
George Burns.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
April 15, 1754.
March 9. We hear it is proposed to annex the
Province of New-Jersey to that of New York. — The
Pennsylvania Gazette, April 18, 1754. Numb. 1321.
Arrivals — From South Carolina — Prince George,
Bostock, at Deal.
From Virginia — Baltimore, Randolph, Charming
Nancy, Tolman, and Becky, Smith at Deal.(?)
FVom Rhode Island. The Homer, Galaty, at
Deal. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, April 18, 1754.
Numb. 1 32 1. PhUadelphia, March 27, 1754.
Run away last night, from William Connely, of
Gilbert's manor, New Providence township, an Irish
servant man, named Edward Lihnard, pretty lusty,
about 5 feet, 3 inches high, has black hair, fresh com
plexion, and about 24 years of age : Had on, and
took with him, when he went away, a new felt hat,
half worn brown drugget coat, lightish colour'd linsey
jacket, a pair of new buckskin breeches, with flat
metal buttons, new shoes, with large brass buckles,
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and a red flag handkerchief Whoever takes up
and secures said servant, so as his master may have
him again, shall have Forty Shillings reward, if taken
up within 40 mUes of Philadelphia, if further Three
Pounds, and reasonable charges, paid by
WUliam Connely.
N. B. All masters of vessels are forbid to carry
him off. — Ttie Pennsylvania Gazelle, April 18, 1754.
Numb. 1321. Notice is hereby given,
THAT James Wells, being provided with a Boat
exceeding well fitted, with a very handsome
Cabbin, and all necessary Accommodations, proposes
to give his Attendance, at the White-Hall-Slip , every
Monday and Thursday, and the same Day, Wind
and Weather permitting, to proceed for Amboy-Ferry,
where a Waggon, will be ready to receive either
Goods or Passengers, and to proceed with them to
Borden s Town, where a Stage-Boat will be ready to
carry them to Ptiiladelptiia ; and the same Method
will be followed from the Crooked- Billet Wtiarf at
Pliiladelphia, up to Borden's Town, and shall pro
ceed. Load or no Load, twice a Week, by which
Means, Passengers or Goods may never be detained
on the Road. As he purposes to endeavor to use
People in the best Manner he is capable of, he hopes
aU good Persons wUl give it the Encouragement it
deserves. So with Respect tie remains a Friend to
the Publick. James Wells.
N. B. He is to be spoke with every Monday and
Thursday, at Capt. Lewis's, at the Sign of the Devon-

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shire Man of War, opposite to Benjamin Nicttolls,
Esq.  The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
April 22, 1754. Perth-Amboy, March 26th, 1754.
By Order of the Judges.
The Circuit Courts jor the Western Counties of
New-Jersey, are appointed to be held as follows, viz.
For Hunterdon, on the first Tuesday in May at
Trenton. For Cumberland, on the fourth Tuesday in May,
at Cohansey.
For Salem, on the first Tuesday in June at Salem.
For Gloucester, on the second Tuesday in June,
at Gloucester. — The Pennsylvania Journal, April
25, 1754. Numb. 594.
Custom House, Philadelphia Inward Entries.
Schooner Chance, Francis Benson from Salem. — The
Pennsylvania Gazette, April 2^, 1754. Numb. 1322.
Notice is hereby given. That Edward Broadfield,
is removed from Bordentown to Trenton, And con
tinues to pickle sturgeon in the safest and best man
ner, and with more conveniency for the getting the
fish alive out of the river, than at Bordentown ; and
persons who did favour him with their custom last
year, may depend upon being equally or better
served now, being more in his power for the reasons
aforesaid : And all persons who shall buy to export
abroad, if care be taken that the kegs lose not their
pickle, wUl be warranted to keep good in the hottest
climate for two years ; and all persons who shaU
1 The warranty " to keep good in the hottest climate " was doubtless, meant tg refer tp
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have occasion for present use, and home consump
tion, when they open the kegs, will first draw off the
pickle below the bung, then take out the head, put
the bung in tight, harden the hoops on, put the
pickle in, and cloth on the keg, with the head upon
that, with a small weight thereupon to keep the air
out, and you may preserve the fish as long as j^ou
please. The said fish is to be sold by no other per
sons than Nathaniel Allen, jun. in Water-street, op
posite WiUiam Allen, Esq ; or said Broadfield, at
Trenton. N. B. Whereas one William Pancoast, of
Bordentown, the last season, having my brand athis
house, branded a parcel of kegs with the said brand,
which has given me great reason to believe it was
done with an intent of imposing his -fish for mine,
therefore I have thought proper to inform the pub
lick, that they might not suffer by such a deceit ; and
if the said William Pancoast shall be prov'd to offer
any of the said kegs in my name, to sale, or any
other person for him, wUl be prosecuted as the law
directs. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 2, 1754.
Numb. 1323.
Custom • House, Philad'a Outwards — Schooner
Chance, Francis Benson, for Salem. — The Pennsyl
vania Gazette, May 2, 1754. Numb. 1323.
To Be Sold,
TEN Acres of good Land, situated, lying and
being in Middlesex County, in the Province of
East-New-Jersey, on the South Side of the Road
that leads from Brunswick to Trenton, the same be
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venient for any Tradesman or Shop-keeper. For
further Particulars, enquire of Aaron Louzada, at
Bound Brook, who wUl dispose of the same on rea
sonable Terms. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly
Post Boy, May 6, 1754,
RUN away the 7th of last Month, from Jacob
Ford, of Morris County, East-New- Jersey, an
Lrish Servant Man, named PhUip Clave ; he is
about 19 or 20 Years of Age, and 5 Feet 6 Inches
high, thick set, square Shouldered, a down Look, and
has much of the Brogue upon his Tongue. Had on
when he went away, a brown Broadcloth Vest, a
strip'd HoUand One, and a small Luft Under-Waist-
coat, Linnen Shirt, Toe Trowsers, new Shoes, Brass
Buckles, and Felt Haf; but its likely he has or wUl
change his Apparel, as he did when he run away from
his former Master, Hugh M' Clean, of Chester
County. Whoever takes up and secures said Serv
ant, so that his Master may have him again, shall
have Ttiree Pounds Reward, and all reasonable
Charges, paid by me Jacob Ford.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
May 6, 1754.
Run away from the subscriber, the 9th inst, an
English servant man, named Thomas FUer, about n
years of age, 5 feet and half high, talks West-country,
of a black complexion, black hair and Beard, pretty
hairy on his breast. Had on, and took with him,
when he went away, two jackets, one of a grey col
our, and the other striped moss and white, with brass

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buttons, fashionable blue broadcloth coat, with broad
metal buttons, daub'd with tar, old patch'd leather
breeches, with strings at the knees, two shirts, one
check, and the other ozenbrigs, two pair of yarn
stockings, two pair of shoes, one pair new, and the
other pair patch'd, and a felt Hat. Whoever takes up
and secures said servant, so as his master may have
him again, shaU have Six Pounds reward, g.nd rea
sonable charges, paid by Thomas Andrews, living in
Evesham township, Burlington county, in West-
New-Jersey. N. B. He has 3 years and a half to serve. All
masters of vessels are forbid to carry him off. — The
Pennsylvania Gazette, May g, 1759. No. 1324.
New-York, May 13. On Thursday last arrived at
Sandy-Hook, the Swan Snow Man of War, Captain
Lanodon Commander, (formerly Lieutenant of the
Tavistock,) who has brought hither the Honourable
Dudley Digges, Esq ; appointed Commander of the
Centaur. — Ttie N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post
Boy^ May 13, 1754.

w

/HEREAS some Time in March last, a PUlow-
Case, with sundry Goods, was put on Board
one of the Amboy Stage Boats without Directions :
Whoever owns the said PiUow-Case, by applying to
Aaron Edwards, who may be heard of at Mr. Abra
ham Bokee's, on the Dock at the WhitehaU Slip :
On describing the Goods, and paying the Charges of
advertising, may have them again. — The N. Y. Gaz
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Custom-House, PhUada. Cleared Shnr. Chance,
Francis Benson to Salem. — Ttie Pennsylvania Journal,
May 16, 1754. Num-b. 597.
To be sold, by Reed and Furman in Trenton, a
likely healthy Negro man, about 24 years of age, has
been brought up to country Business ; the purchaser
may have a reasonable time for payment. Also to
be sold by William Douglas, about 4 miles from Al-
lenstown, two likely young Negro men, who have
been brought up to country Business, and a Dutch
servant girl's time, who has about four years and a
half to serve. Any person inclining to buy any of
the above mentioned servants, may know the terms
by applying to either of the owners. — The Pennsyl
vania Gazette, May 16, 1754. No. 1325.
New-York, May 20. We hear from Flushing,
and several other Places on Long-Island, that last
Tuesday se'nnight a very hard Shower of HaU, fell
in these Parts. . . . Most of the Hail-Stones
being as big as a Pigeons Egg : 'Tis said the HaU
was large and plentiful also at many places up the
North-River, aswell as in the Jerseys. — The N. Y.
Gazette or the- Weekly Post Boy, May 20, 1754.
New York, May 20.
Last Sunday se'nnight Capt, Seymour saw two
large Sloops ashore on Barnegat. — Ttie Pennsylvania
Journal, May 23, 1754. Numb. 598.
The foUowing Order is an Extract from the Votes
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Jersey, in Answer to the Speech'^ of his Excellency
Jonathan Belcher, Esq ; Governor of that Province,
dehver'd AprU 25, 1754. Ordered,
That Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Hancock do wait on
his Excellency, and acquaint him, that this House
had his Speech, under Consideration of a Committee
of the whole House, and by the Papers that he was
pleased to order to be laid before them, it does not
appear what Schemes are concerted by the several
Governors of the Colonies for preventing the In
croachment of the French upon his Majesty's Do
minions ; nor does it appear that the Colonies of
Maryland or Pennsylvania have yet done any Thing
in that Affair ; tho' they are situated much nearer to
the French Forts: That this House is of Opinion,
with your Excellency, that there should be -a strict
Union among all his Majesty's Colonies, on this im
portant Affair : But as this Colony have never been
Parties with the Five Nations and their Allies, nor
partakers of the Benefits of the Indian Trade, and
consequentiy quite unacquainted with the Interest
and Trade of those Nations ; they therefore hope it
wUl not be taken as a Negrlect of the common Cause
at this Time, to leave the Management of the
Treaty to the Colonies that are accustomed to
carry on those Negotiations: They are of Opinion,
from Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddle's Letters to
your Excellency, that nothing appears in them, more
than a Design to buUd a Fortification in the Forks
of Ohio, in order to check the Incroachment of the
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French, and to protect the Indians in AUiance
with Great-Britain, in that part of the Country.
And from the Time these Things have been in
Agitation, in the Colony of Virginia, they are
in Hopes they are before this Time happily com
pleted. However, the Duty and Loyalty of the good
People of this Colony sufificienriy appears by their
Conduct on former Expeditions. This Colony, tho'
lying under a great Load of Debts, by assisting his
Majesty in the late Wars, against Spain, and France
are, however, wUling cheerfully to contribute to the
Assistance of the other Colonies, in what is neces
sary towards preventing the Incroachments of the
French on his Majesty's Dominions ; but at present
are not of Ability to do it, ha,ving no Money in the
Treasury, nor any Funds upon which it can be
raised ; which this House hopes the Colony wUl soon
be relieved in, by his Majesty's giving Leave to your
Excellency, to pass a BUl for emitting a Sum of
Money on Loan, whereby they may be enabled, not
only to discharge the old Debts, but to have a con
stant Fund to assist his Majesty upon Cases of the
like Emergency : And that this House return his
Excellency Thanks for his Care in calling them to
gether on this emergent Affair ; and should have
been well pleased, had his Excellency's Health per
mitted him, to have met at Perth Amboy. As it is
impracticable at this 'Idme to do any Thing in Assist
ance of the neighboring Colonies, they beg your Ex
cellency would be pleased to dismiss them till your
Health shall permit you to meet them at Amboy,
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ceUency's Speech into their Consideration.
By order of the General Assembly,
Abraham Clark, jun. Clerk.
— The Pennsylvania Journal, May 23, 1754.
Numb. 598.
Gentlemen of the General Assembly,
In answer to your Message of the 27th Day of
this Instant, by Mr. Lawrence and Hancock, I must
observe, that the Method you have taken of answer
ing my Speech by a Message, is unusual if not with
out Precedent, and is treating his Majesty's Repre
sentative with less Respect than was due to the Com
mission he has the Honour to bear, or to his own
kind and benevolent Intentions, for the promoting
the Welfare of the good People of this Province,
whom you represent. Nor can I think you should
have looked into the Conduct of such of his Majesty's
Colonies who have least exerted themselves, in order
to put a Stop to the Encroachments of the French,
for an Example to follow in this critical and danger
ous Time. There is no Room to doubt, but that
Pennsylvania and Maryland have appointed Com
missioners to represent them at the Treaty to be held
at Albany, in June next; and 'tis probable their
Commissioners may be instructed to concert Meas
ures for their mutual Defence, in Conjunction with
the Commissioners of the other Colonies, who shaU
be present there. As the House of Assembly de
clare it to be their Opinion, "That there should be a
strict Union among aU his Majesty's Colonies on this
important Affair ;" I cannot think their having hith
erto escaped the Expense of treating or their not be-

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ing Partakers in the Trade with the Indians, can be a
sufficient Excuse for their declining to be Parties to
an Interview so strongly recommended by the Right
Honorable the Lords of Trade.
As the AUiance and Friendship ofthe Six Nations,
and their Dependance on the Crown of Great Brit
ain, must, by every thinking Man, be looked upon as-
the greatest Security the Settlers on the Northern
Boundary of this Province can have, to prevent the
Incursions of those Nations of Indians, who, unpro
voked, have taken up the Hatchet against us, to-
gfether with the horrid Murders and Confusions con-
sequent thereupon.
If nothing more should be intended by the Gov
ernment of Virginia, than building a Fortification in
the Forks of Ohio (as by your Message you suggest)
the very Reason you assign for doing it, is a very
cogent and powerful One, viz. To check the In
croachments of the French, and to protect the Indians
in Alliance with Great Britain ; and supposing it
should be by this Time compleated (which is not to
be expected) yet the whole Expence would be use
less, unless it should have a Garrison sufficient to
answer the good Purposes of its Erection ; the
Charge of which ought to be defrayed by all the
Colonies on the Continent, in Proportion to the Ad
vantage they receive from the Friendship and Pro
tection of the Six Nations.
I would not derogate, in the least, from the Loyalty
the good People of this Province have shewn, by the
Aid they have afforded his Majesty in former Expe
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when the Petition to his Majesty, for Leave to emit a
Sum of Money on Loan shall be under the Consid
eration of his Ministers : But 1 am sorry so fre
quently to hear the Want of that BUl given as an
Excuse against raising such Sums of Money as the
Government and Honour of the Province necessarily
require, when it is well known that the private Cir
cumstances ofthe landed Men, and other Inhabitants
in it, taken in general, equal those of any other
Governments ; and I am afraid your entirely declin
ing assisting in the Common Cause at this perilous
Conjuncture, may be an Obstacle to your obtaining
his Majesty's Favour in that Particular.
It gives me a sensible Satisfaction to find you
express your Gratitude on my calling you together
at this Time, in Obedience to the royal Orders ; and
am sorry you esteem it impracticable to yield any
Assistance to the other Colonies at this Time.
There are very few Colonies under his Majestys
immediate Government, who have any other Method
of supplying Money for necessary and immergent
Services, but by Tax ; and the Method of raising it
here, is chiefly your province.
1 understood at the la&t Sessions at Burlington,
from many of the Members of your House, that the
Middle of May, was a Season at which you could as
well spare a few Weeks from your private Affairs,
as at any Time of the Year, and I should not have
called you sooner ; but in Obedience to the Com
mands I had' received, and which I have communica
ted to you That Season of the Year is a Time of
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and the Days long. The last happy Season, is an
evident Proof that more Business may be done in a
few Weeks at that Season, than has commonly been
dispatched in as many Months of a Winter Season,
whereby your Constituents are eased of a great Ex-
pence. As to your Desire of being dismissed, till my
Health wUl permit my attending at Amboy, I am
very wUling to gratify you ; but I can give you but
little Expectation of my attending there, for a long
Time to come, unless it should please the Infinite
Disposer of all Things, to strengthen me beyond my
utmost Expectations.
The Dispatch I have always given to the Business
before me, the Ease which the Province have enjoyed
under my Administration, and the great Weakness
of my Body, of which you are Eye-Witnesses, gave
me Reason to think the House could not have been
so void of Humanity and Tenderness to me, as to
complain of my calling them here on this Occasion ;
as I always have paid a punctual Obedience to the
general Instruction, when my Health permitted me
so to do. I doubt whether any impartial or dispas
sionate Inhabitant of this Province, would advise
their Representatives to make my not coming to
Amboy, when prevented by the Act of God, a Pre
tence for deferring the necessary Business of the
Government, and the Recess which you shall have, dU
the first Day of June next, then to meet at Amboy,
without Notice, wUl give you an Oppoi-tunity, and I
hope you wiU consult with them on the Matters re
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at your next Meeting, I shall be able to judge whether
the good People of this Province have that Regard
to a Governor, who has exerted his publick and pri
vate Interests, for the Good of them and their Poster
ity, that such a Conduct deserves. — The Pennsyl
vania Journal, May 23, 1754. Numb. 598.
On Thursday last arrived at Sandy-Hook, the
Swan Snow Man of War, Capt. Langdon, Com
mander (formerly Lieutenant of the Tavistock) who
has brought hither the Honourable Dudley Diggs,
Esquire, appointed Commander of the Centaur. —
Ttte Pennsylvania Journal, May 23, 1754. Numb.
598. THE Tickets in the Connecticut Lottery, for the
Benefit of the College of New^-Jersey, not be
ing all sold, the Drawing of the same is postponed to
the Second Day of September next when it wUl cer
tainly be drawn, or before, if the Tickets be disposed
of The Publick will have a Fortnight's Notice. —
The N. Y. Gazette or ttie Weekly Post Boy, May 27,
•754- Philadelphia. We hear from Trenton in New-
Jersey that on Saturday last John Crow, (who was
condemned with Morrison in this City, and pardon'd
under the Gallows) was executed there for Horse
stealing. — The Pennsylvania Journal, May 30, 1754.
Numb. 599.
Philadelphia, May 30. Saturday last the notori
ous John Crow (who a few Years ago was repriev'd
here under the Gallows, and had been several Times
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368 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l754
were executed at Trenton for House breaking. —
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, June
3. 1754- A Board- Yard,
Kept by Thomas Shreeve, House Carpenter and
Joiner, from Burlington, West-New-Jersey, living
opposite to William Walton's, Esq; in Queen-Street;
and has to dispose of,
PITCH-Pine Deck Plank for Vessels, and sheath
ing Boards for ditto ; Pitch-Pine and Cedar
Boards of Inch three Quarter, and half Inch ; also
Joices of Cedar and Pitch-Pine, of sundry Sizes : like
wise Shingles of 3 Feet, and those of 18 Inches in
length ; as also Cornish and Indian Gutters, and
sundry other Sorts of Boards.
N. B. The Boards are on a Lot of Ground be
longing to the Estate of the late Major Van Horne,
next to the new Building of the said William Wal
ton, Esq ; from whence they may be taken by Water
without the Help of a Cart, — Ttie N. Y. Gazette or
the Weekly Post Boy, June 3, 1754.
To Be Sold,
A Tract of Land situate in Shrewsbury, in Mon
mouth County New-Jersey, call'd and known
by the Name of the Fall Neck, containing about 450
Acres of Land, about 70 of which may be made ex
ceUent English Meadow, the Tides being chiefly
bank'd out ; there is on the Premises a good Dwell
ing House and some Out-Houses, and about 120
Acres of cleared Lan4, the whole good Wheat Land,
well timber'd and water'd, with a good Landing-
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agree with James Alexander, Esq ; at New- York,
Lewis Morris, at Morrisania, Philip Van Horne at
Boundbrook, or Richard Salter near Trenton. — Ttte
N. Y. Gazette or ttie Weekly Post Boy, June 3, 1754.
BROKE out of Somerset Goal, the 20th of
May last, two Prisoners who were committed
on Suspicion of Felony, one of them named Enoch
Hannawell, 23 Years of Age, 5 Foot 8 Inches high,
has a young-like Look : Had on when he went away,
a blue-grey homespun Coat, Waistcoat and Breeches,
Stockings almost the same Colour, and a Linnen
Cap ; he was born at Westchester, in New- York
Government. The other about 30 Years of Age, 5
Foot 7 Inches high, thick set, with black Hair and
Beard, thick Legs, sour Look, named John Murphy :
Had on when he went away, a light colour'd Kersey
Jacket, no Coat, old bluish mix'd Stockings, old
Shoes. Whoever secures the above mentioned Per
sons, and. brings them to the Sheriff of Somerset, or
secures them, so that he may have them again, shall
have Forty Shillings Reward for each of them, and
all reasonable Charges, paid by
Abraham Vandorn, Sheriff
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
June 3, 1754.
Run away from John Scott, of Hanover town, in
Morris county. East New-Jersey, An Irish Servant
man named James Murphey, of middle stature,
somewhat long visag'd, sharp nose, much pitted with
the small-pox, grey or light colour'd eyes, flaxen
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hair reddish beard, about 28 years of age ; was kept
by said Scott in the station of a school-master, some
times ties his hair behind with a string, a very proud
feUow, loves drink and when drunk is very impudent
and talkative, pretends much, and knows little, was
sometime in the French service and can talk French:
Had on when he went away (which was the 25th of
December last) a new light or grey colour'd bear
skin coat, with broad flat buttons, cover'd with
shaloon, a light colour'd half worn ratteen jacket
check shirts, leather breeches, several pairs of blue
and grey worsted stockings and new pumps. He
was seen the first of April last in Bucks county, Penn
sylvania, looking for a school, and about the first of
this inst. May, in PUesgrove near Salem, and was
taken up, but by pleading of having a pass from a
magistrate got off Whoever takes up and secures
said servant, so as his master may have him again,
shall have Forty Shillings reward, and all reasonable
charges, paid by John Scott.
N. B. 'Tis supposed he inclines to go to France;
all masters of vessels are forbid to carry him off at
their perU. He was advertised in the New York
gazette the 25th of Dec'r last. — The N. Y. Gazette
or the Weekly Post Boy, April 3, 1754.
BUes Island, May 14, 1754.
I Joseph Clayton of BUes Island, near Borden
town, being sensible of the great necessity there was
for erecting a house for the publick Worship of God
in the said town, and the promotion of Religion and
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habitants being zealous for the effecting so laudable
a design, did undertake the same, by which means
they are become considerably in debt ; now for their
relief and finishing the said building, I make this lot
tery, the scheme of which is as follows, viz.

Number of

Value

Prizes

in Pieces of Eight

Total Value

I

of

250

is

250

3

of

150

are

450

8

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50

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400

12

of

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240

150

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are
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Last Drawn
30
4000 Tickets at Two Pieces of Eight is 8000
Fifteen per cent to be deducted from the prizes.
The drawing to commence the first Tuesday in
August or sooner, if full ; pubhck notice wUl be given
at least 14 days before the drawing, and of the, pre
cise time of putting the tickets into the boxes. The
prizes wUl be pubhshed in this paper, and the money
paid to the possessors of the benefit tickets, as soon
as the drawing is over. Tickets are to be sold by
William Potts, Thomas Cox, John Imlay and Joseph
Borden, jun. who I appoint manager and they shall
be on oath for the true performance of the same.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, June 6, 1754.
Numb. 1328. Philadelphia.
On Tuesday last, in the Afternoon, we had a,
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Shower of exceeding large Hail here, which however
lasted but a short Time ; and soon after, the wind
blowing very high, continually shifting, and attended
with Thunder, a Water-Spout appear'd on Delaware,
opposite to Kensington, which was carried up Coop
er's Creek, and supposed to break on the Shore,
where it is said, considerable damage is done, tho'
we have no particular Account thereof We hear
that a School-House was beat down ; the Roof of a
DweUing-house blown off, a great Deal of Garden
Ground destroy'd ; that a new Wherry was lifted up
by it, and broke to Pieces by the Fall ; and that a
great many Trees were torn up by the Roots. — The
Pennsylvania Gazette, June 6, 1754. Numb. 1328.
Run away on the 27th of last month, from Thomas
Talman, of the township of Evesham, in the county
of Burlington, New-Jersey, A servant man, named
WUliam Darbey, about 19 years of age, 5 feet 8
inches high, has a Scar under one ofhis eyes, he's of
a dark complexion, and had his hair lately cut off:
Had on when he went away. An old castor hat, blue
homespun coat, full trimmed, and jacket of same,
much worn, two pair of ozenbrigs trowsers, has two
ozenbrigs shirts, almost new, and a pair of double
souled shoes, tied with strings. Whoever takes up
and secures said servant, so as his master may have
him again, or gives notice thereof to Mr. William
Fishbourne, in Philadelphia, shall have Three Pounds
reward, and all reasonable charges paid by.
Thomas Talman.
N. B. All masters of vessels are, at their peril.

1754] NfiWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 373
forbid to carry him off — The Pennsylvania Gazette,
June 6, 1754. Numb. 1328.
Philadelphia. Tuesday last we had a violent
Gale of Wind with Rain and Hail, which we hear has
done considerable Damage in the Country. A
Water-Spout was observed on our River, which is
said to have broke in the Jerseys, and almost de
stroyed a House just by the Water Side. — The Penn
sylvania Journal, Jur.e 6, 1754. Numb. 600.
New-York, June 10. On Tuesday Afternoon last
we had here a very sudden Gust of Wind and Rain,
attended with Thunder and Lightning, from the W.
N. W.
A Brunswick Boat, in coming a-cross our Bay at
the Time the Squall happened, was overset thereby,
and five out of eighteen Passengers in her, drowned
in the Cabbin, entirely owing to the Obstinacy (or
rather UnskUfulness) of the Boatman, in not prepar
ing for the same when desired : The other thirteen
were taken off her Deck by one of the Staten-Island
Passage Boats, who being near, bore away to their
Relief We are told she had on board between a
Thousand and Twelve Hundred Pounds worth of
Linnen, manufactured in the Jersies, and bringing
hither for Sale. She afterwards drove on Shore a
little on the Outside of the Narrows, and the
drowned Persons found in her Cabbin. Those
drowned were Samuel Berry, of Long-Island ; two
Persons belonging to Germantown, near PhUadel
phia ; one other from the Lower-Counties of Penn
sylvania ; and the Fifth of and from New-Brunswick.

374 new JERSEY colonial DOCUMENTS. [l754
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, June
IO, 1754. New York, June 10.
Tuesday last came up here from Sandy Hook, the
Brig Virgin of Light, John Van Vard, Master, of
Cape Francois, from whence she saUed bound for
Corocoa ; but on the 17th of May last in Lat. 26 and
half having the Misfortune to lose their Main Top
mast, and the Vessel proving very leaky, they thought
it most prudent to seek Protection in this hospit
able Country, and accordingly bore away for this
Port. We hear his Honour the Governor, and
CouncU, have permitted them to land their Cargo,
but to remain under the Care of the Officers of his
Majesty's Customs of this Province, until the Vessel
is repaired. — The Pennsylvania Journal, June 13,
1754. Numb. 601.
New York, June 10. We hear that Capt. Craw
ford, in a Ship, bound for London, from South Caro
lina having sprung a Leak at Sea, bore away for this
Port, and arrived at Sandy-Hook, Yesterday. — The
Pennsylvania Journal, June 13, 1754. Numb. 601.
New-York, June 24. The General Assembly of
the Province of New Jersey, was dissolved on Friday
last the 2 1 st Instant, after his Excellency Governor
Belcher, had been pleased to give his Assent to, a
Support Bill, one other for erecting a Work-House
in Elizabeth-Town ; and a Third, a Naturalization
Bill.— T/^^ N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
June 24, 1754.

1754] newspaper extracts. 375
Arrivals. The Delight, from Boston at Deal.
We .have Advice from the Capes, that a Sloop be
longing to Egg-Harbour, was drove ashore, three
Leagues to the Southw^ard ofthe Cape, but was got
off again ; she lost her Boat, Cable and Anchor. —
The Pennsylvania Gazette, June 27, 1754. Numb.
1331- New-York, July i. From Woodbridge and Pis
cataway in New-Jersey, we hear, that last Saturday
Sen'night, the greatest Quantity of Rain fell for the
Time it lasted, as ever was known in those Parts ;
which has broke away several MUl-Dams, and done
much Damage to many Fields of Corn, Flax, &c. —
Ttie N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, July
I. 1754- Scheme Of A Lottery,
In Connecticut: For the Benefit ofthe CoUege of
N. Jersey.
THE said Lottery wUl consist of 8888 Tickets, of
which 3088 are to be fortunate, viz.

I

of

1.501,

is

1.501,

2

of

250,

are

500-

4

of

125,

are

500.

8

of

100,

are

800,

16

of

50,

are

800,

30

of

20,

are

600,

50

of

10,

are

500.

100

of

5.

are

500.

2877

of

3,

are

8631,

3088 Prizes,) 8888 Tickets,at 30s. A^^ze/-(j
5800 Blanks,) F^r>^ Currency each, is ( ' ^^^ '

376 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l7S4
Fifteen per Cent, to be deducted from the Prizes.
There is not quite two Blanks to a Prize. Publick
Notice wiU be given of the precise Time of putting
the Tickets into Boxes, that such Adventurers as
are inclined, may be present when the same shaU be
done. The Drawing to commence on the 2d Day
of September next, or sooner if full, at the Town
of Stamjord in Connecticut, under the Inspection
of two Justices of Peace of the Colony of Con
necticut, and of two Persons who shall be ap
pointed by the Trustees of the College of New-
Jersey. The Publick will have Fourteen Days
Notice of the Time of Drawing. The Managers are
sworn to the faithful Discharge of the Trust reposed
in them, and also given Security for the same. The
Prizes will be published in the New York Gazette,
and the Money paid to the Possessors of Benefit
Tickets, as soon as the Drawing is finished. Tickets
are to be had at the DweUing-Houses of Mr. John
Lloyd, Ephraim Bostwick, Esq ; and Dr. Nathaniel
Hubbard, in the Town of Stamford, in Connecticut,.
who are appointed Managers. Tickets wUl also be
sold by Mr. David Vanttorne, Mr. Daniel Defoe, and
Mr. Noel, in New-York ; the Honourable James
Hude, Esq ; and William Ouke, Esq ; and Mr.
Derick Van Veigttten, at New-Brunswick. Samuel
Woodruff, Esq ; in Elizabeth-Town, — yir. Sergeant,
Treasurer of the College of Nezu-Jersey, in Newark,
— the Rev. Mr. CoweU, in Trenton, and Mr. Samuel
Hazard, in Philadelptiia. The Prizes will be paid by
those Gentlemen who shall have disposed of the Num-

1754] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 377
bers drawing such Prizes. — Ttte N. Y. Gazette or
the Weekly Post Boy, July i, 1754.
This is to inform the Publick,
rpHAT DANIEL O'BRIEN, being provided with
.L two good Boats, exceeding well fitted, with
very good Accommodations for Passengers, intends
to give his Attendance at the White-Hall Slip, in
New- York, on every Wednesday and Saturday ; and.
Wind and Weather permitting, on every Monday
and Thursday will proceed to Amboy Ferry, at
which Place the Burlington and Bordentown Stage
Waggons both meet, every Monday and Thursday,
and on Tuesdays and Fridays proceed to their
respective Stages at Bordentown and Burlington ;
and at each of these Places a Boat is ready to carry
Goods and Passengers directly to Philadelphia, and
the same Conduct is to be observed from Philadel
phia to New- York. As he hath two Boats to attend
with, he hopes to perform his Stages so as to occa
sion no Delay to Passengers or Goods ; and if any
Thing extraordinary should ofifer, he is thereby en
abled to proceed with the greatest Dispatch : And
whatever he shall transport from New-York to Am
boy Ferry aforesaid, may be sent either to Borden
town or Burlington, as shaU be directed : And he
promises that due Care shall be taken of every
Thing committed to his Charge, whether Letters,
Goods, &c. He may be spoke with on board one of
his Boats, or at the House of Scotch Johnney, at the
said White-Hall Slip. Daniel O Brien.

378 new jersey colonial documents. [1754
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
July%, 1754. To Be Sold,
NEAR 200 Acres of Land at Coil's Neck,^ in
Shrewsbury, with a small House and Orchard,
1 Colt's Neck.
about 50 Acres clear, a good Part of it is red ^heat
Land, and excellent English Grass Meadow Ground
ofthe same Colour along a Brook extraordinary well
timber'd and water'd : The Roads from Shrewsbury
and Middletown to Burlington, and from Amboy to
Egg-Harbour crossing each other by it. There is
two GristmUls, a SawmUl, and a FuUingmill or two
within a MUe of it, about four MUes from a Landing :
It has an exceeding good Outlet ; The Southward End
of said Tract, joins the untaken up Pines, For fur
ther Particulars and the Title enquire of Anne Den
nis, Widow, living near the said Tract, or of Jacob
Dennis of Shrewsbury.
— The N. Y. Gazette or ttte Weekly Post Boy,
July 15, 1754.
To be Sold by John Anderson.
A House and Lot of Ground, situate in the
Township of Bridge-Water, at Bound-
Brook, bounded on Rariton Road, and within 15
Roods of the River ; it is very convenient for a
Merchant or Storekeeper ; the House is 43 Foot,
and 28 Wide, one Story and a Half high, with 5
Rooms and two Fire-Places, a Shop-Room below,
and the upper Apartment very convenient for stor
ing some Thousand Bushels of Grain, with a small

1754] newspaper extracts. 379
CeUar and a Stable for Horses. Any Person inclin
ing to purchase the same, may, for the Title and
Condition of Sale, apply to John Anderson, living on
the Premises. N. B. He has also 3 or'^4 Acres of
good Land to sell, convenient for the Purchaser of
the above House. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly
Post Boy, July 15, 1754.
Elizabeth-Town, in New Jersey, July 10.
His Excellency, our Governor was this Day
pleased to appoint Courtland Skinner, Esq ; of Perth
Amboy, to be His Majesty's Attorney General of
this Province, in the room of Joseph Worrel, Esq ;
who has resigned. — The Pennsylvania Journal, July
18, 1754. Numb. 606.
Marine List. Eliz. Miller from S. Carolina at
Deal — The Pennsylvania Journal, July 18, 1754.
Numb. 606.
Run away from John Coryell, at his ferry in Am
weU, 15 mUes above Trenton, on Sunday, the 30th
of June last, A Dutch servant man, named Christian
Frits, about 5 feet, 4 inches high, of a swarthy com
plexion, 20 years of age, black eyes and eye-brows,
and wears his hair : Had on when he went away, A
brown jacket, white shirt, leather breeches, with
brass buttons, blue stockings, with single channell'd
pumps, with square brass buckles. Whoever takes
up and secures said servant, so as his master may
have him again, shall have Thirty Shillings reward
and reasonable charges paid by John CoryeU.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 18, i754-
Numb. 1334.

38o new jersey colonial documents. [1754
Greenwich, July i, 1754.
Made his escape, on the 30th of June, in the night
from the subscriber, high sheriff" of the county of
Cumberland, one Daniel Beekman, (being in the
care and guard of one William Conner) committed
on suspicion of feloniously taking a stone horse from
one John Mall, of said county. Said Beekman is a
lusty well-set fellow, about five feet, ten inches high ;
he calls himself a Swede, talks pretty good EngHsh,
was hand cuffed and schackled when he went away :
Flad on a linen waistcoat, wide trowsers, and leather
apron. Whoever takes up said prisoner, and secures
him, so that he may be had again, shall have Thirty
ShUlings reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Ananias Sayre, Sheriff.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 25, 1754.
Numb. 1335. PhUadelphia, July 25, 1754.
Run away on the 22nd instant, from Philip Fitz
gerald, of Edinburgh, Salem county, West-New-Jer
sey, an Irish servant man, named Andrew Lanin,
about 23 years of age, near 6 feet high, pock mark'd,
large nose, and round shoulder'd, with a scar in his
forehead : Had on when he went away, a blue cloth
coat, red jacket, without sleeves, blue cloth breeches,
blue worsted stockings, and good shoes, with brass
buckles, middling fine white shirt, and a good check
ditto, and a new large felt hat. Whoever takes up,
and secures the said servant, so as his master may
have him again, shall have Forty Shillings reward,
and reasonable charges, paid by PhUip Fitzgerald.

1754] newspaper extracts. 381
N. B. It is supposed he will write a counterfeit
pass, he being a pretty good scholar. — The Penn'syl-
vania Gazette, July 25, 1754. Numb. 1335.
New- Yot k, July 29. The Election at Woodbridge
in the Jerseys, of Members of the Assembly, began
on Monday last, continued three Days, and 'twas
thought would hardly end the 4th : On Wednesday
Evening the Poll stood thus,
For Mr. WetherU, 301
Mr. Randolph, 262
Mr. NevU, 264
Mr. Oouke, 184
the two former join Interest. 'Tis thought Mr. Weth
erU and Mr. NevU, will be in, tho' on opposite Sides.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, July
29. 1754- Philadelphia, July 25.
Five Pounds Reward
RUN away on the 6th of this instant, from
Joshua Bisphan, (executor to the estate of
Benjamin Bisphan deceased) living in Chester town
ship, Burlington county, in the province of West-
New-Jersey, a Scotch servant man, named Thomas
Leitch, near 40 years of age, about 5 feet 9 inches
high, fresh complexion, thin visage, black hair, weak
grey eyes, and is a carpenter and joiner by trade,
speaks good English, and has been many years in
the country: Had on when he went away, an old
hat, red jacket, white shirt, and ozenbrigs trowsers,
but may have changed his clothes. Whoever takes
up and secures the said servant, so as he may be had

382 NEW jersey colonial documents. [1754
again, shall have the above reward, and reasonable
charges, paid by Joshua Bisphan, executor.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
July 29, 1754.
Philadelphia, August i. Extract of a Letter from
London to a Gentleman here, dated May 25, 1754.
"Capt. HamUton talks of saihng next Week: I be
lieve he wUl have the Baggage of your new Gov
ernor, Robert Hunter Morris, F2sq ; who is expected
to proceed for your Province in a few Days, in the
Mermaid Man of War." — The N. Y. Gazette or the
Weekly Post Boy, Aug. 5, 1754.
New-York, August 5. We hear from several
Parts in New-Jersey, that there has been lately the
greatest Struggles in electing Representatives, in
some of the Counties, that ever were known : In
Middlesex County they were four whole Days, and
694 Freeholders polled, when the Honourable Sam
uel NevU, Esq ; with John WetherU, Esq ; were re
turned duly elected, tho' set up on opposite Sides..
In Monmouth County, the Election began on Mon
day last: The Candidates were Robert Lawrence,
Samuel Holmes, John Taylor, and John Anderson,
Esqrs ; when after three Days, the two first were de
clared duly elected. In Somerset were six Candi
dates ; the Return not yet known : And in Hunter
don four, and by the Post we hear, after four Days
polling, two new Members were elected. In Essex
and Bergen are both new Menibers without much

1754] newspaper extracts. 383
Opposition. — Ttie N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post
Boy, Aug. 5, 1754.
¦I /TARGARET POWELL, living at Mrs. Elbert-
..Vi son's in New-Street, New- York, hereby
gives Notice, that she undertakes the Cure of all
Rheumatic Pains, Sore Legs, and Cataracts of the
Eyes ; but above all the Canker, either in the Nose,
Month or Throat, of ever so long standing, or to
whatever Height the Disease might have run : — She
has lately made a Cure ofan obstinate Canker in the
City of New-Brunswick. — The N. Y. Gazette or ttie
Weekly Post Boy, Aug. 5, 1754.
Run away from William McKnight, of Upper
Freehold, in the county of Monmouth, a High
Dutch servant man, nam'd Baltus Spackholtz, of
middle stature, about 25 years of age, speaks bad
English, pretends to be a miller, and has short black
hair : Had on when he went away, a half worn felt
hat, white linen shirt, blue coat, with red lining, blue
vest, light brown breeches, and black stockings.
Whoever takes up said servant, and secures him, so
that his master may have him again, shall have Three
Pounds reward, and reasonable charges paid by
WUliam McKnight
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, August 8, 1754.
Numb. 1337.
Run away on the 28th of July last, from Derrick
Aten, of Readens town, Hunterdon county, in New
Jersey, a Negroe man, named Jack, about 30
years of age, near five feet high, has a flat nose,
much pock-marked, a lover of white women, and a

384 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l754
great smoker : Had on when he went away, a red
strait bodied coat, striped homespun jacket, and an
other whitish ditto. Whoever takes up and secures
said Negroe, so that his master may have him again,
shall have Three Pounds reward, and reasonable
charges, paid by Derrick Aten.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, August 8, 1754.
Numb. 1337.
Scheme
Of a Lottery, in Connecticut, for the benefit of the
College in New-Jersey.
Whereas, on the petition of the trustees of the col
lege of New-Jersey, lately presented to the General
Court or Assembly of the colony of Connecticut, for
the erection of a publick lottery in that colony, in
favour ofthe said college, the said General Court or
Assembly hath generously impowered the trustees of
the said college to set up a lottery in their colony for
the purpose above-mentioned : The said lottery wiU
consist of 8888 tickets of which 3088 are to be fortu
nate, viz.

Numb.

York

of Prizes
1. Currency,
Pieces of 8.
Total Val.
t
of
^501,
or
1253
and
an
half, is /501
2
of
250
or
625
are 500
4
of
125
or
312
and
an
half are 500
8
of
100
or
250
are 800
16
of
50
or
125
are 800
30
of
20
or
.50
are 600
50
of
10
or
25
are 500
1754] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 385
'100 of 5 or 12 and an half are 500
2877 of 3 or 7 and an half are 8631

3088 Prizes) 8888 Tickets at 30s. York Currency
5800 Blanks) or 3 and 3 qrs. Ps. of 8 each is ^13332
Fifteen per Cent, to be deducted from the Prizes.
As publick seminaries of learning not only tend to
promote the private welfare of the communities in
which they are founded, but to advance the honour,
the reputation, and the happiness of a country in
general ; it is hoped, that all those who would en
courage the progress of the liberal sciences, and are
weU wishers to the propagation of Christianity in these
parts of the world, will cheerfully become adventur
ers here ; and the more freely, considering the above
scheme is so well calculated for the benefit of the
proprietors of tickets, as not to have two blanks to a
prize. Publick notice will be given of the precise time
of putting the tickets into the boxes, that such adven
turers as are inclined may be present when the same
shall be done. The drawing to commence on the
second of September next, or sooner if full, at the
town of Stamford in Connecticut, under the inspec
tion of two justices of peace of the colony of Connec
ticut, and of two persons who shall be appointed by
the trustees of the college of New Jersey. The pub
lick wiU have fourteen days notice of the time of
drawing. The managers are sworn to the faithful
discharge ofthe trust reposed in them, and have also
given security for the same. The prizes wiU be pub
lished in the New7 York and Pennsylvania Gazettes,
and the money paid to the possessors of benefit tick-
25

386 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l754
ets, as soon as the drawing is finished. Tickets are
to be had at the dwelling-houses of Mr. John Lloyd,
Ephraim Bustwick Esq.; and Dr. Nathaniel Hub
bard, in the town of Stamford in Connecticut, who
are appointed managers. Tickets wUl also be sold
by Mr. David Vanhorne, in New York ; Samuel
Woodruff Esq ; in Elizabeth-town ; Mr. Sergeant,
treasurer of the college of New Jersey, in Newark •
John Stockton, Esq. in Prince-town ; the Rev. Mr.
CoweU. and messieurs Reed and Furman in Tren
ton ; Mr. Charles Hoff, junior, in Kingwood ; Mr.
John Imley, in Bordentown ; and messieurs George
Spofford, Andrew Reed, William Grant, John Sayre,
Andrew Hodge, WUliam Henry, Hugh M'Cul-
loLigh, and Samuel Hazard in Philadelphia. The
prizes wUl be paid by those gentiemen who shaU
have disposed of the numbers drawing such prizes.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, August ?>, if e^^. Numb.
London, May 22. The Hon.  Hamilton, Esq ;
having resigned as Governor of Philadelphia, the
Hon. Robert Hunter Morris, Esq ; lately appointed,
wUl embark at Plymouth in a few Days on board a
Man of War for that Colony.— 77/^ N. Y. Gazette or
the Weekly Post Boy, Aug. 12, 1754.
You will oblige many oj your Readers by inserting
the inclosed. Part of what was delivered by ttie Free
holders of the County of Hunterdon, in West-New-
Jersey, to ttieir new Representatives, into the Hands
oj, and read by the Sheriff, at the Close oj the PoU, in
AmweU,

1754] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 387
To Messieurs Joseph Yard, and Peter Medah.
Gentlemen,
THE highest Approbation of your Integrity and
Abilities, has just now been shown you, by
the general Voice of your County.
The Sense you must have of so general a Suffrage,
naturally imphes our Confidence of your Acquaint
ance with'the English Constitution (of which we are
an Epitome) and the Expectance we have of your
proper Exertion and Inforcement of all its invaluable
PrivUeges, more immediately that of frequent choos
ing our own Representatives. — And that you will act
in that Character by Principle, and from a Persua
sion, that those you have the Honour to represent
are Freemen, tenacious of their Properties — ;This,
Gentlemen, we think we have a Right to remind you
of at so critical a Juncture, when the unhappy Situa
tion of all our Northern Colonies in America, under
the Allegiance of our most gracious Sovereign King
George, claims your first Attention.
Our All is at Stake ; and calls loudly on you to
shew your Duty to your God, to the best of Kings,
to your Constituents, to yourselves, to your Poster
ity. — Secure to us and them. Peace, Commerce, and
of course Prosperity : and, with your whole Influ
ence, endeavour to procure such a Bill for the Pur
pose, as may be for the Honour of a New-Jersey As
sembly to pass.
The Militia Bill is incumbered with such Difficul
ties, that no Person of Repute or Character scarcely
can do his Duty under it: — But the Entanglements
are obvious, and the Remedy is easy. To enable

388 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1754
the Province to act and defray the Expences (which
a near, cruel, and enterprizing Neighbour, the
French, involves us in) your Solitude to maintain a
Money-BiU (the most easy to your Constituents, and
the Province in general) cannot be forgot.
You'U remember, Genriemen, that your determin
ation may possibly determine our Properties : — You
wUl therefore, in all Debates, exclude personal Pique
and Resentment. — Let a rational and steady Adher-
rence to Truth, stripped of aU late Obstinacy, and
unjustifiable Considerations, be your Care ; private
Interest seldom has, in those Cases, a Connection
with the Publick — The Province never wanted a
Junction of Hearts and Hands more than at present.
— Therefore; Render unto Ccesar the Things that- are
Ccesar s, and conduct yourselves agreeable to the
Advice, Wishes and Inclinations of your Constituents.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Aug.
12, 1754- Stanford, August 9th, 1754.
THE Managers of the Connecticut Lottery, for
the Benefit ofthe College of New-Jersey, do
hereby give Notice, that the Drawing of said Lot
tery, wUl certainly begin on the Second Day of Sep
tember next, at the Town of Stanford in Connecti
cut, and the Tickets will be put in the Boxes on
Monday the 26th Day of this Instant August, that
such Adventurers as are inclined may be present.
N. B. There are a few Tickets yet remaining to
be disposed of by Mr. David Vanhorne, Mr. Daniel
Defoe, and Mr. Garret Noel, in New York.— T^^ tV.
Y. Gazelle or the Weekly Post Boy, Aug. 12, 1754.

1754] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 389
Just Published, and to be sold by Henry De For-
eest in King Street, in New-York ; also by Lawrence
Van Boskerk, in Hackensack, (Price 4s. 6d.)
I^ocTOR Hector Masius, Professor Theologia,
Kooninglyke host Predikant en Consistorial, Asses
sor in de Kooninglycke Residence Sladt Copenhagen,
syne Heylfaame Onderwysinge en Heylige Betragt-
ingen voor Christelyke Communicanten, voor, by, en
naar Het waardige Gebruyk des Hoogwaardige
Avondmaals. Uyt het Deensche Spraak overgeset ^
Van Jochum Melchier Magens. In this Book, any
Person that understands the Low-Dutch Language,
will find no Controversy, but a Voice of Repentance,
which our present Christian World wants very much ;
for the Want thereof makes so many monstrous
Christians. The present Condition we live in, re
quires such sort of Books especially. — The N. Y.
Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Aug. 12, 1754.
The following is a List of the Representatives of
the Province of New Jersey.^
1 In modern Dutch this would read : Doctor Hector Masius, Professor Theologfiae, het
Koninklijke Predikant en Consistorial Assessor in de Koninklijke Residentie Stad Copen
hagen, zijne Heilzaame ondervvijzinge en heili^e betrach tinge voor Christelijke Communi
canten, voor, bij, en naar het waardige gebruik des hoogwaardige Avondmaals. Uijt den
Deensche spraak overgezet. Translation : Doctor Hector Masius, Professor of Theolo
gy, the Royal Preacher and Consistorial Adsessor in the Royal Palace in the city of Co
penhagen, his sound instructions and holy meditations for Christian communicants, for,
by and according to the precious custom of the Lord's Supper. Translated from the Dan
ish language.
2 John Johnston, grandson of Dr. John Johnstone, of Perth Amboy, was commissioned
a Colonel in the Provincial troops, March lo, 175S, Col. Peter Schuyler and Col. John
Parker being both paroled prisoners. The organization was known as ''Col. Johnston's
J-ersey Regiment," at the disastrous attack made by the British and American soldiers on
the French at Ticonderoga, July 8, 1758. Col. Johnston was second in rank in an attack
on the Oneida station in August of that year. He was killed by a cannon ball at fort
Niagara in July, 1759. He married his cousin Euphemia, daughter of Andrew Johnston. —
See Whitehead's Perth Amboy, 68-75; N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, V., 171 ; American
Historical Register, I. , 44 ; N. J. Archives, IX. ,184, note ; N. y. Hist. Soc. Coll. , XIV. , 85.
John Stevens — for sketch, see N. J. Archives, IX., 335, note.

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Amboy, John Johnson, John Stevens.
Middlesex, Samuel Nevill, John WethereU.
Essex, Jacob Dehart, Mr. Broadbury.
Monmouth, Robert Lawrence, James Holmes.
Somersett, Hendrick Fisher, Mr. Hoglandt.
Bergen, George Vreelandt, Mr. Vangesen.
Samuel Nevill — see N. J. Archives, VI. , 323 ; XI., 469, note.
John Wetherill was iirst elected to the Asserably in 1749, and Tvas returned by Middle
sex County in 1751, 1754, 1761, 1769 and 1772. In 1774 he was appointed by the Assembly
on a Standing Committee of Correspondence and Inquiry to correspond with the other
Colonies for the common advancement of American liberty; he was a niember of the
Provincial Congress which met in May, June and August, 1775, and in January, 1776; also
of the Provincial Convention of June, 1776, He was also commissioned Colonel of the
Second Battalion of Militia of Middlesex County, but on account of indisposition and ad
vancing age was constrained to resign his commission in August, 1776. During the Rev
olution his home at South Brunswick was raided by the British, and he was damaged, as
he estimated, to the extent of £n , 8s.
Jacob Dehart, b. in 1700, was the son of Matthias Dehart ; the latter, b. 1667, was the
natural son of Balthazar De Haerdt and Mrs. Margaret Backer, wid. of Jacob Backer, a
prominent New York merchant, and sister ot Petrtis Stuyvesant, the famous Director-Gen
eral of New Amsterdam. Jacob was a vestryman in St. John's Episcopal Church, Eliza
bethtown, in 174Q, and was one of the wardens named in the charter of July 20, 1762. He
was elected to the Assembly in 1754, but accepting an office of profit, soon after (prior to
August, 1757) ,his seat was vacated. At the time of the threatened outbreak on the west
ern frontier, in 1756, he was commissioned Colonel in command of the New Jersey
forces along the Delaware river. He m. Abigail Crane; he d. Sept. 21, 1777; she d. June
10, 1770, in her 67th year. Of their children, Matthias, their eldest son, was a physi
cian, who d. April 29, 1766, in his 43d year; Jacob, their second son, was a sea captain, and
d. at Porto Prince, in 1758, in his 31st year.
Richard Bradbury was the only son of John Bradbury, who probably built thefirst mill
on Third River, near the present Avondale, in 1698 or earlier. John Bradbury's will was
proved Sept. 7, 1740. Richard's seat in the Legislature was vacated, and John Ogden
was chosen in his place, appearing as a member in April, 1762. Richard died intestate, in
1770 or earlier. For a sketch of the Bradbury family and the descendants of John Brad
bury (the Ludlow, Berry, Baldwin. Van Riper and other families), see History of Pat
erson, 158-9, note.
Robert Lawrence was probably a grandson of Elisha Lawrence, b. in 16S6, and d. May
27, 1724, who settled in the latter part of the seventeenth century at Cheesequakes, south
of the Raritan, and engaged in business as a merchant, but afterwards removed to Upper
Freehold, Monmouth County. Robert was first elected to the Assembly from that Coun
ty in 1743, and was re-elected in 1744, 1745, i74fi, 1749, 1751, 1754, serving continuously
from T743 until 1761 ; he was Speaker, 1746-471 1754-58, and appears to have taken the
side of the people in their controversies with the Governor and the Proprietors.
James Holmes was a merchant in New York, but lived in Monmouth County, where
he married Helena, dau. of John Lawrence, son of Elisha. In 1758 he was assessed on 700
acres of land in Upper Freehold. Holmes was elected to the Assembly from Monmouth
County in 1751, and was re-elected in 1754 and in 1761, but died within a year or two, and
was succeeded by John Anderson, who was a member in May. 1763.
Hendrick Fisher was b. in 1697, in the Palatinate, and came to this' country when
young, taking up his residence near Bound Brook. He was received into the Dutch

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Burlington, Charles Read, Samuel Smith.
Burlington County, BarziUia Newbold, Henry
Paxson. Gloucester, John Ladd, Samuel Clemens.
Salem, William Hancock, Ebenezer MiUer.
church in 1721, and held various offices in the church thereafter, being also a Idy preacher.
He was elected to the Assembly from Somerset in 1740, but was declared ineligible, on the
ground that not enough time had elapsed since his naturalization, which had taken place
only the preceding session. He stated that he had been informed he had a right to sit as
a member of the Assembly by virtue of an act of Parliament passed in Queen Anne's
reign, which naturalized other Germans, the provisions of the same act being Ihought to
include him. Thomas Leonard, however, was chosen in his place, and took his seat May
28, T740. Mr. Fisher was again elected in 1745, and took his seat without objection. He
was re-elected in 1746, 1749, 1751, 1754, 1761, 1769 and 1772, representing his county con
tinuously for thirty years. In 1775 he was elected a member of the first Provincial Con
gress of New Jersey, of which body he was chosen President at the sitting in May of that
year. At the session in October, 1775, when Samuel Tucker was chosen President, Fisher
was elected Vice President. He was also a member of the Committee of Safety, appointed
by the Provincial Congress, Oct. 28, 1775. He proved himself an ardent, able and coura
geous friend of his country. He died Aug. 16, T77g, and was buried on his farm, — Mess-
ler^s Hist. Somerset County, 56; Asseinbly Minutes, passim ; etc., etc.
John Hoagland (Johannes Hoogland), son of Hendrick, was b. at Flatbush, L. I., about
1712. His father removed with his family to New Jersey in 1719. About 1745 John bought
176 acres on the east of the Millstone river, Somerset county, adding 40 acres more in
1754. He was re-elected to the Assembly in 1761, His will was proved Dec. 16, 1777.
George Vreeland (son of Enoch, son of Michael Jansen, the progenitor of the Vreelands
of New Jersey) wasb, Sept. 25, 1710; d. June 21, 1795. He hved near Caven Point, now in
Hudson county. His father, Enoch Michielsen (i. e., Enoch, son of Michiel Jansen), was
a member of the Assembly in 1707. George (he was baptized Joris, the Dutctffor George)
Vreeland was appointed a Judge of the Essex Court of Oyer and Terminer, Dec. 17, 1744,
and was one of the members of the Assembly from that county in the Thirteenth and Four
teenth Assemblies, elected in 1743 and 1744, from which it is inferred that he then resided in
that county. If so, he probably lived in Acquackanonk, which was the home of his second
wife, Annetje Van Wagenen. In 1748 and 1754 he bought several large tracts of land at
Preakness, about four miles west of the present city of Paterson. In a deed dated June 5,
1758, he is described as of Manachquay (now Moonachie, near Lodi), Bergen county. See
History of Paterson, 115.
Rynier Van Giesen was bap. Nov. 17, 1704, at Bergen, son of Isaac Van Giesen and
Cornelia Hendricks (m. Aug. 10, 1690). He m. rst, Hendrikje Van Dien, maiden, March
30, 1728, both being of Hackensack at the time; 2d, Hester Couenhoven, maiden, March
26, 1744 ; he was still ot Hackensack, as was Hester. He had children : By his first wife—
I. Ant]e,b. Nov. i, 1730; 2. Gerrit, bap. Aug. 27, 1732; 3. Vrouwtje (Sophronia), bap.
July 6, 173s ; 4. Isaac, bap. Sept. 18, 1737 ; 5. Hendrick, bap. Dec. i., 1739 ; 6. Willem, bap.
June 6, 1739. By his second wife— 7. Joannes, bap. Nov. 15, 1744; 8. Joris, bap. Oct. 19,
1746; 9. Hendrickje, bap. Jan. 15, 1749; 10. Samuel, bap. Dec. 25, 1750; 11. Rachel, bap.
March 25, 1752. Rynier Van Giesen was a Justice of the Peace, 1763-73. He was re
elected to the Assembly from Bergen county in 1764.
Charles Read— see IX., 131 ; X., 426; Penna. Magazine, XVIL, 190.
Samuel Smith — see IX., 394.
Barzillai Newbold lived at Chesterfield, upper Burlington, in a brick house which is
still (February, 1895) occupied by a Newbold. He was first elected to the Assembly from

392 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. ^1754
Cape May, Jacob Spicer, Aaron Leaming.
Hunterdon, Joseph Yard, Peter Meddow.
— The Pennsylvania Journal, Aug. 15,. 1754.
Numb. 610.
Burlington in T75r, and was re-elected in 1754. He died between May, 1756, and April,
1758, Samuel Stokes being elected in his place.
Henry Paxson represented Burlington County in the Nineteenth Assembly, 1754-1761; in
the Twenty-first, 1769-1772, and in the Twenty-second, 1772-75. He probably lived in the
neighborhood of Mount Holly; he was executor of William MurreU, in 1750, and of
Thomas Shinn, in 1753, both formerly of that place.
John Ladd — see IX., 395 ; X,, 224.
Samuel Clement was a great-grandson of Gregory Clement, a citizen of London, a mer
chant, and trader with Spain ; he was elected to Parliament in 1646, and sat as one of the
judges at the trial of King Charles I.; for this he was arrested. May 26, r66o, tried and
barbarously executed. One' of his sons, James, emigrated to Long Island in 1670. His
son Jacob, b. 1678, who m. Ann, dau. of Samuel Harrison, purchased land at Gloucester
and lived there several years, plying his trade as shoemaker. His son Samuel m. Rebecca
dau. of Joseph and Catherine Collins ; in 1735 Joseph Collins and wife conveyed to Sam
uel Clement and wife a large tract of land at Haddonfield. " Upon this property Samuel
Clement lived for many years, a consistent member of the Society of Friends, and a par
ticipant in the political affairs of his day and generation. Being a practical surveyor, he
was intrusted with the running and settlement of the several township lines of the Coun
ty of Gloucester, and also of the boundaries between that and Burlington and Salem
Counties. This was done in 1765," and with skill and 'n&€C\\.y .—Clcmenf s First Settlers of
Newton Township, 267-74. He met with a singular accident in 1737, when he was struck
by lightning while at work in his barn, but fortunately was not seriously injured.— AT.
/. .Archives, XL, 505, 507. Elected to the Assembly in 1754, he was re-elected in 1761,
serving as late as 1768.
William Hancock, sen., came from England in 1677, with his wife Isabella, and two
sons, John and William, and soon after his arrival took possession of an allotment of 1,000
acres of land on the south side of Alloways creek, Cape May county. On his death' he
devised his real estate to his wife, who dying ten years later devised the same to her son
John. He was a man of great energy, and added largely to his estate. In 1708 he built a
. bridge across Alloways creek, and the settlement in the neighborhood has been known
ever since as Hancock's Bridge. Johndied about 1725, leaving one son, William, who came
into possession of one of the largest landed estates in the county, lying mostly in Alloways
Creek, Elsinborough and Penn's Neck. He married ist, Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel Cham-
bles, jun, , of Alloways Creek ; 2d, Sarah, dau. of Joshua Thompson, of Elsinborough. In
1734 he built himself a large and substantial brick dwelling, which in 1876 was, stiirstand-
ing, in good repair. He was elected to the Tenth Assembly, to succeed James Whitten
deceased ; he was re-elected in 1738, .740, 174,, 1744, 1745, i^g, j^^^^ ,^5,^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^g^j
serving more than twenty-five years continuously, or so late as Feb. 20, 1764. On Aug. 21,
1767, he was appointed Justice of the Peace for Salem county, which office he held until
his death. One night in March, 1778, Col. Mawhood made a raid with a party of tory ref
ugees on Hancock's Bridge, and finding the American picket guard in Judge Hancock's
house, massacred two-thirds of the inmates of the house, among them several Friends
The venerable Judge Hancock, himselt a Friend, was mortally wounded, and died a few
'tloms\s.t£T.-S/iourds's Fcmvick Colony, i^; Jo/inso,i's Salem; NT Archi-cs passim-
etc. ¦ 1- >
Ebenezer Miller was b. at Cohansey, in 1702, son of Joseph Miller, a Friend, who came
from Connecticut in 169S. The latter was a surveyor, and probably died about 1730, when
he was succeeded in the business by his son, Ebenezer was first elected to the Assembly

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We hear that the Reverend George Whitefield in
tends to set out for Boston on Tuesday next, and
designs to preach at Neshaminy at Four, that After
noon ; at Newtown on Wednesday, at Ten in the
Morning, and at Trenton at Four in the Afternoon;
from Saleni County in 1754; he was re-elected in 1761 and in 1769, serving' until his death,
which took place at Greenwich in 1774. In 1724 he prob. m. Sarah Colher, Issue: 1. Eb
enezer, b. 15th gthmo., 1725; -2. Hannah, b. 1728; 3. Josiah, b. 1731; 4. Andrew, b, 1732;
5. WilUam, b. 173s; 6 John C.,b. 1737; 7 Mark, b. 1740; 8. Sarah, b. 1743; 9. Rebecca, b.
17th 5th mo., 1747. Ebenezer was a Friend.
Jacob Spicer was a grandson of Samuel Spicer (son of Thomas and Michael Spicer). b,
in New England prior to 1640; m. Esther, dau. of John and Mary Tilton, at Gravesend,
Long Island, where he then lived, 21st of 3d mo., 1665. In 1685, being still of Gravesend,
he bought a tract of 500 acres of land, on the north side of the mouth of Cooper's creek,
and fronting on the Delaware river, in the present Stockton township, Camden county,
and settled tho'c with his family in 1686. His son Jacob, b. 1668, removed to Cape May
county as early as i6gi ; he was one of the representatives of that county in the Assem
bly, 1709-23; was Surrogate 1723-41, and for many years was a Judge of the county
courts, until his death in 1741. His son, Jacob Spicer, was b. 1716. He was a merchant,
carrying on an extensive trade for many years. He was elected to the Fourteenth Assembly,
from Cape May County, in 1744, and was re-elected in T745, 1746, 1749, 1750, 1754 and
1761. "He bore a prominent part in the proceedings and business of the house, and was
appointed, in connection with Aaron Leaming," to compile the Grants and Concessions,
and the Laws of East and West Jersey prior to 1702, "Leaming and Spicer's Collection,"
published in 1758, being the result of their labors. " He was a man of exemplary habits,
of strong and vigorous imagination, and strictly faithful in his business relations with his
fellowmen." — Clemejifs First Settlers Ne%vion Toivnship., 293-gg. Nevertheless, the same
accurate historian tells how, in 1752, the people of Cape May having taken steps to secure
an important grant from the West Jersey Society, and being tardy about it, Jacob Spicer
obtained the grant by deed dated August 7, 1756, taking advantage of the agent's conviv
ial habits to secure the concession for a merely nominal sum. The people were indignant,
and Spicer was vigorously denounced , and even his old associate, Aaron Leaming, refused
to recognize him after a public meeting held in 1761, at which Spicer failed to satisfy his
neighbors. — Proc. West Jersey Surveyors^ Association., 145. He died Sept. 17, 1765, at Cold
Spring Neck, Cape May County. He kept a diary full of minute observations on men and
events, some extracts from which are published in i N. J. Hist. Soc. Proceedings, III. , 104
193- Aaron Leaming was a grandson of Christopher Leamyeng, an Englishman, and Hes
ter Burnet, who was b. in New England. Christopher came to America in 1670, and
landed near Boston, whence he removed to East Hampton, Long Island, and about i6gi
to Cape May, where he plied his trade as cooper, and at fitting times went whaling. He
d. May 3, iSgs, and was buried at Cape May Town. His son, Aaron (ist), was b. at Sag
Harbor, L. 1., Oct. 12, 1687 ; was bound out as a shoemaker, but came to ^alem, N. J.,
when about 16, and in 1703 settled at Goshen, Cape May County, where he raised cattle,
bought a shallop and did some trading by water. He was a Justice of the Peace, Clerk of
the County Courts (1723), and in October, 1727, was elected to the Ninth Assembly, be
ing re-elected in 1730, 1738, J740 and 1743, serving continuously until July, 1744. In 1734 he
was admitted to practice law in the Cape May courts. He m. Lydia Shaw, wid. of WiUiam
Shaw, and dau. of John Parsons, Oct. 12, 1714. By her he had four children— Aaron (2d),
Jeremiah, Matthias and Elizabeth. Aaron Leaming (2d) "was one of the most prominent
and influential men the county (Cape May) ever produced. The family lost nothing in

394 NEW JERSEY COLONtAL DOCtrMENTS. [1754
at Maidenhead on Thursday, at Crosswicks on Fri
day, and at Freehold on Saturday, at Ten o'Clock in
the Morning each day ; and on Sunday Morning, and
Evening at Brunswick. — Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette,
Aug. 15, 1754. No. 1338.
caste through him. He was a heavy land operator, and a member of the Legislature for
thirty years. From the manuscript (diary) he left behind him, which is quite voluminous,
it would appear that he was a man of great industry and much natural good sense, well
educated for the times, and withal a little tinged with aristocracy. No man ever received
greater honors from the county, and none, perhaps, better deserved them." — Beaslefs
Hist. 0/ Cape May County .^ 176-178 ; Johnson's Salej/i Co7inty., 116. He was elected to the
Fifteenth Assembly, in 1745, and re-elected in 1746, 1751, 1754, 1761 and 1769. By an un
usual coincidence, he was associated nearly all the time with Jacob Spicer, who like him
self was the son of a former Assemblyman from Cape May County.
Joseph Yard w^as a son of William Yard, who about 1688 came to America from near
Exeter, Devonshire, England, settling at Philadelphia. About 1700 he removed to Tren
ton, and in 1712 bought of Mahlon Stacy two acres of land on Second (now State) sireet,
extending southerly to the Assunpink, and between Soutji Broad and Warren streets,
building his residence on Front street. He also bought other large tracts of land, so that
when a name was to be given to the place it was a question whether it should be called
Yard-town or Trent-town. Joseph Yard was clerk of the Hunterdon County Common
Pleas, in 1733-34 \ was Clerk of the Board of Justices and Freeholders, 1739-63 ; he gave
a part of the site of the First Presbyterian Church on State street, and was naraed as one
of the Trustees of the church in the charter of Sept. 8, 1756, continuing in that office until
his death, serving part of the time as Clerk of the Board. He served but one term' in the
Legislature, 1754-61. In 1755 he was designated one of the commissioners for procuring
supplies for the troops. He died in 1763. In his will he bequeathed {^\oo to the CoUege
of New Jersey. His wife was Anne, dau. of John Dagworthy, of Lawrence.
Peter Middagh was a grandson of Aert Middagh or Meddach, who emigrated previous
to 1657 from Heikop, in ,the Province of Utrecht, in the Netherlands, returned to the
Fatherland, and back to America once more in the ship Beaver, in t66t. He m. Breekje
(Bridget) Hansen Bergen, and in 1664, both joined the Reformed Dutch Church at Brook
lyn, where he lived and owned considerable property. His third child was Jan, bap. Dec.
24, 1662, in Brooklyn; he was called Jan Aertsen (i. e. sonof Aert), of the Ferry, but
signed his name Jan Middagh. He m. ist, Ariaentje Blyck, dau. of CorneUs de Potter,
and wid. of Johannis Nevius ; 2d, Jan. 4, i6go, Elizabeth Smit, wid. of Peter Smit, of
Jamaica, L. I.; his will was proved June 6, i7og. By his second wife he had among other
children, Pieter, who settled on the Raritan, whither he had been preceded by his uncle,
Aert Aertsen, who had removed thither as early as 1685. Most of his brothers and sisters
settled in the same neighborhood. His sister Helena, b. about 1677, m. Christopher
Hooglandt, who in 1711 bought of Cornelius Powell a tract of 104 acres in Piscataway
township, on the east side of the Raritan River, and in 1727 bought of William Beek
man 250 acres on the Millstone river. Pieter's brother Johannis bought 3,000 acres of land
at Basking Ridge, in 1717. He was called Jan Aertsen, but in 1738 signed his name John
Arrison ; he is thought to have been the John Harrison of Perth Amboy, who was the
first Sheriff of Middlesex County, and who in 1705 gave twelve acres of land to St. Peter's
church at Penh Amboy, but this seems doubtful.— 5.'r^,'«\v Kings Coimty Settlers, 205-6;
The Ploagland Family in America, 6r, 63, 172; Steele's Hist. Discourse Ref. Ch. New
Brunswick, 206, 209. Peter Middagh was elected to the Assembly only in 1754.

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Custom House, Philadelphia. Cleared. Schooner
Endeavour, John Davis to Salem. — The Pennsylvania
Gazette, Aug. 15, 1754. Numb. 1338.
All persons indebted to the estate of John Blanch-
field, late ofthe county of Burlington, in West-New-
Jersey, yeoman, deceased, are desired to pay : And
those who have any demands against said estate, are
desired to bring in their accounts, that they may be
adjusted by Richard Farmar, administrator.
— Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. 15, 1754.
Numb. 1338.
A List of Letters remaining in the Post-Office, at
New-Yotk, Saturday August 10, 1754, before the
Posts came in.
.... Aaron Boylan, Baskin Ridge; Th. B.
Chandler, Eliz. Town; Aaron Burr, Newark;
James Culberly, Eliz. Town; Jacob Dehart, Eliz.
Town; Timothy Edward, Newark; Tho. Griffith,
Second River ; Nath. Johnson, 2 Newark ; George
Jewell, Eliz. Town ; James Lyne, New-Brunswick ;
Wm. M' Knight, East-Jersey ; J. & Uzal Ogden,
Newark; Noahdiah Potter, 4 Eliz. Town; George
Rich, Eliz. Town; Joseph Reade, jun. Newark;
Samuel Walter, Eliz. Town. — The N. Y. Gazette or
the Weekly Post Boy, Aug. 19, 1754.
Just Published, (Price is.
And to be sold at the New Printing-Office in Bever-
Street.
'AERE GEN ADE, Onderschieden vande Bev-
indinge, der Duyvelen ; In een Leer-Ree-

w

396 new JERSEY COLONIAL documents. [1/54
DEN. Gepredikt in tegen overslaen, Der Christelyke
Synode van Nieuw-York, Vergadert te Nieuw-
Arcke in Nieuw-Jearsey, den 28 Sept. N. S. A. D.
1752. Doer Jonathan Edwards, A. M. Herder der
Gemeente Ctiristi Stockbridge in Nieuw-Engeland.
Uyt het Engelsche in Neederduyts Overgebragt.^ (Op
de begeerte der Synode gedxwV.\.. — The N. Y. Gazette
or ttie Weekly Post Boy, Aug. 19, 1754.
Stamford, August 9, 1754.
The Managers of the Connecticut Lottery, for the
benefit ofthe college of New Jersey, do hereby give
notice, that the drawing of said lottery will certainly
begin on the second day of September next, at the
town of Stanford in Connecticut ; and the tickets will
be put in the boxes on Monday, the 26th day of this
instant August, that such adventurers as are inclined
may be present.
N. B. There are a few Tickets yet remaining to
be disposed of by Messieurs George Spofford, Wil
liam Grant, John Sayre, Andrew Hodge, William
Henry, Hugh M'CuUough and Samuel Hazard in
Philadelphia. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. 22,
1754. Numb. 1339.
Absented from the service of Peter Ten Eick, liv
ing upon Rariton river, in the Jerseys, a Dutch hired

3 In modern Dutch : Waare Genade, onderscheiden van de bevindinge der Duivelen ;
in een Leer-Reden gepredikt in tegen overstaan der Christeliil^e Synode van New-Yorlc,
vergadert te Newark in New Jersey, den 28 Sept. N. S., A. D. 1752. Door Jonatlian Ed
wards, A. M., Herder der Gemeente Ctiristi Stockbtidge in New-England. Uit het
Engelsche in Nederduitscli overgebragt. (Op de begeerte der Synode gedrukt.) Trans
lation : True Grace, distinguished from the experience of Devils; ina Sermon preached
before the Christian Synod of New York, assembled at Newark in New Jersey, etc. By
Jonathan Edwards, A. M. , Pastor of tlie Church of Christ at Stockbridge in New Eng
land. Translated from the English into Dutch. (Printed at the desire of the Synod.)

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servant-man, nam'd John Engle, of middle stature,
well set, red faced, and speaks bad English ; he pre
tends to be a miller : His clothes cannot be de
scrib'd, tho' it is supposed they are of a lightish col
our. He took with him from the said Peter Ten
Eick on Sunday, the 28th of July, a black gelding,
with a star on his forehead, about 14 hands high, and
branded on the near buttock D M in a piece. Who
ever takes up and secures said man in any goal,
shall have Three Pounds reward, and if the horse is
taken up, and dehver'd to John Hambricht at the
White-horse, in Chester county, to Henry Pawling,
in Philadelphia county, or to said Peter Ten Eick,
there will be Forty Shillings, paid by either of them.
He took with him a pair of large silver shoe and
knee buckles. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. 22,
1754. Numb. 1339.
New-York, August 26. We hear from Newark,
Second-River and Hackinsack, that last Thursday
and Friday sen'night, the Rains were so great, that
all the Rivers and Brooks in those Neighbourhoods
overflow'd their Banks, and the Freshes came down
with such Suddenness and Rapidity, as to carry
away several Mills, Mill Dams and Bridges, besides
much Hay and Corn ; and the Damages in general
sustained thereby, is greater than ever were known
in those Parts before. — The N. Y. Gazette or the
Weekly Post Boy, Aug. 26, 1754.
Elizabeth-Town, August 15, 1754. Wednesday
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painful Illness, John Ross,^ Esq ; one of the Judges
ofEssex County-Court, and a Master in Chancery:
He was a Gendeman of a very affable and obliging
Disposition, of steady and unshaken Principles, a
strict observer of Law and Justice, and a truly hon
est Man. In his Death, the County have really a
sensible Loss, and a worthy Family an irreparable
Damage ; which nothing can so much alleviate, as
the lively Hope and Assurance of his being trans
lated into a State of blessed Immortality : — This Tes
timony is now given of him, by a Friend to his Per
son and a Lover ofhis Virtues. — The N. Y. Gazette
or the Weekly Post Boy^ Aug. 26, 1754.
RUN away from Peter Ten Eick, of Rariton, in
New-Jersey, the 28th of July last, a High-
Dutchman, named John Angle, of a middle Stature,
speaks broken English, of a brown Complexion, witfi
brown bushy Hair : Had on when he went away, a
new Camblet Jacket and Breeches of a deep blue
Colour, White-Metal Buttons with Catgut Eyes ; he
- John Ross was born in 1698, son of George Ross, who died in October, 1750, and grand
son of Deacon George Ross, who came to Elizabethtown from New Haven about 1670.
John had considerable raills on the Rahway river. In the Borough charter of Elizabeth,
Feb. 8, 1739-40, he was naraed as one of the Aldermen. He became Mayor in 1748, in
which year he was also appointed one of the Judges of Esse.x county, and was likewise
named as one of the managers of the Elizabethtown-Rahway lottery to raise funds for a
new parsonage house. His tombstone in the First Presbyterian church yard at Elizabeth
bears this inscription ; Here Hes the Body of JOHN ROSS Esq
who departed this life August 21 1754
Aged 56 Years
Few in these Days his Equal none Superior
Of Temper just, benevolent and human
Given to Hospitality
with Piety sincere
Reader pray stop, reflect, on this a While
And 1st no Worldly Care, Vour Soul begujle.
An upright Man lies here, Consider where
When deatli shall lay thee low thou wilt appear

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took along with him a black Horse with a Star in his
Forehead, and branded with the Letters D. M. He
also took with him at the. same Time, under Pretence
of buying, a large Pair of plain-rim'd Silver Shoe-
Buckles, and a Pair of Silver Knee-Buckles ; he has
a fiat Nose, occasion'd by the Gristle of it being
broke, so that a Person laying his Finger slightly on
the Tip of it, lays it flat to his Face : He has like
wise with him an old Pair of Indentures, with a Dis
charge on the Back of it, signed by one Abraham
Saler, of Scuyll-Kill, with whom he was formerly been
a Servant ; it is possible he makes Use of it as a
Pass. Any Person taking up and securing the said
John Angle, so that his Master may have him again,
shall have Ten Pounds Reward, and all reasonable
Charges paid by me
Peter Ten Eick.
N. B. He passes for a W\\\er.— The N Y. Gazette
or the Weekly Post Boy, Aug. 26, 1754.
We hear from Paramus in East-Jersey, that on
the Night ofthe 16th Instant, it rained, without the
least Intermission, for upwards of three Hours, and
that a greater Quantity fell in that Space of Time,
than ever was known in the Memory of the oldest
Man now living there. A small Fresh Water Stream
having overflowed its Bank to such a Degree, that
by the Impetuosity of the Torrent, 30 Yards of a
small Hill, 60 Feet in Height, was entirely washed
away ; many large Trees forc'd up by the Roots, and
carried away likewise, several Rocks were moved to
an- incredible Distance from the proper Course of
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with his Dwelling-House was carried away. A litde
lower down, on the same Creek, the House of Jacob
Tilfort was carried away also ; the Family with the
greatest Difficulty saved their Lives, by getting out
at the Windows by the Help of a Ladder. The Im
provements of Mr. Kingsland, on the same River, it
is said, has suffered much, and not without some
Danger did he save the Lives of his Wife and Chil
dren, for they were scarcely got over a small Bridge
they had to cross, before it went to Pieces ; after
which he was obliged to go into his House in a
Canoe, in order to save his Account Books, which
he happily effected, but not without being in very
imminent Danger. Many Horses, Cows &c were
drowned, Hendrick Hoppe having lost 9 of the
former, and 8 of the latter In short the Loss is in
credible and must undoubtedly amount to some
Thousands, for many Places in the Low Lands were
10 Feet under Water, where none was ever known
to have been before. — The Pennsylvania Gazette,
Aug. 29, 1754. Numb. 1340.
List of Letters at the Post-Office, in Third Street,
Philadelphia (not before adverds'd) William Reed.
Camb. Co.^ N. Jer. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug.
29. Numb. 1340. To be Sold
A plantation, near Burhngton, containing about
200 acres of land, arable, pasture and meadow
ground, all, or most of it, fenced in ; with a largje,
commodious brick house thereon erected, frondng
the river Delaware, with a large garden and out-
1 Cumberland county.

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houses, fit for a gentlemen's seat ; lately in posses
sion of Isaac Conarro, and by the sheriff of Burling
ton sold at publick vendue, subject to two several
mortgages. For the price, terms of sale, and time
of payment, enquire of Joshua Crosby in Philadel
phia, or the said Isaac Conai ro, on the premises. —
The Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. '29, 1754. Numb.
1340. To be Sold, by
James Hepburn,
A well going saw-mill, in the county of Monmouth
well accommodated with pine and cedar ; also sev
eral parcels of land and meadow thereunto belong
ing ; it lies convenient for water carriage either to
York or Philadelphia. Any person inclining to pur
chase the same, may apply to said Hepburn, near
Allen's town, or Stephen Pangburn, living on the
premises, and know the terms of sale. The title is
good. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. 29, 1754.
Numb. 1340. Philadelphia, August 29.
Whereas, Margaret, the wife of Thomas Blair, of
Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon county, in the Jer
seys hath elop'd from her said husband ; this serves
to forbid all persons from trusting her on his ac
count ; for he will pay no debts of her contracting
from the date hereof. Thomas Blair.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. 29, 1754.
Numb. 1340.
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Stolen out of the pasture of the subscriber hereof
in Piscataqua, in Middlesex county, East-New Jersey,
over against New Brunswick, on the 21st of August,
a light chestnut sorrel mare, about 14 hands and a
haU high, well set, of high courage, and in very good
order, very skittish at putting on the crupper, has no
white spot about her that is remember'd, she is seven
years old past, is shod before, and is a natural pacer,
but not swift, branded on the near or left thigh with
the letter O. Whoever takes up said mare, and se
cures her, so that the owner may have her again,
shall have Fifty Shillings reward, and reasonable
charges, paid by Christianus Lupardus.
— Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. 29, 1754.
Numb. 1340. Philadelphia, August 29, 1754.
Run away from the subscriber, living at Egg-Har
bour, Gloucester county, the 24th instant, a servant-
man named George Hamilton, and says he is a
Scotchman, of middle stature, well set: Had on
when he went away an ozenbrigs shirt and trowsers,
a pair of leggins, no shoes, a felt hat a linen cap, a
light brown camblet jacket, without sleeves ; it is sup
posed he broke open a store-house, and took with
him about Thirty Pounds worth of goods, viz. Three
pieces of silk handkerchiefs, cambrick, worsted stock
ings one piece of fine calicoe, fine thread, and other
goods, two check shirts, and one white ditto. Who
ever takes up and secures said servant, so that he
may be had again, shall have Six Pounds reward,

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ifhe has the above-said goods, and Three Pounds, if
not, and reasonable charges, paid by George May.
— Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. 29, 1754.
Numb. 1340.
Perth-Amboy, A^g^tst 2^, 1754.
WHEREAS the Council of Proprietors of .£"aj-^
New-Jersey, received many Informations,
that a Report was spread, ttiat the Proprietors of
Fast-New-Jersey, liad come lo an Agreement with the
People ^Elizabeth-Town, by which the Lines of the
Claim of P^lizabeth-Town, ivere to be surveyed and
run out ; and what fell withm those Lines, was to be
yielded to them by the said Proprietors ; which Report,
had greatly discouraged Numbers of People who had
purchased under the Proprietors of East-New -J ersey.
Lands which its supposed will fall within those
Lines. And whereas the said Proprietors by a printed
Paper, dated the 2 2d Day oi June last, not only as
sured the World of the Falsehood of the said Re
port ; but also procured and printed therewith, a
Copy of what they supposed, gave Ground for the
said false Report ; to wit, an Agreement between
Messrs. Allen and Turner and the People of Eliza
beth-Town, ofwhich Publication, the said Proprietors,
caused ibo Copies to be printed and dispersed ; but
yet notwithstanding that, they find that the said false
Report sdll greatly prevails, and that many People
concerned, have never seen nor heard of the said
Publication : To Remedy which, the said Proprie
tors have ordered, the Substance of the Ground of

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the said false Report, to be published in the News
Papers, and its this,
Messrs. Allen and Turner of Philadelphia, Pur
chasers of above Ten Thousand Acres of Land in
West-New-Jersey, part of a Tract there belonging to
the West-New-Jersey Society, having sundry Actions
of Ejectment, and Actions of Trespass depending,
and ready for Trial in the Supreme Court in New-
Jersey, against sundry People who had intruded
upon the said purchased Lands : Those Intruders
prevailed on the People of Elizabeth-Totvn, to admit
them as Plantiffs along with them, in a Bill in Chan
cery, lately by them filed, against not only the Pro
prietors of East-New-Jersey, but also against the said
Allen and Turner, and sundry other People of West-
New-Jersey ; by which Bill, they prayed Injunctions
to stop further Proceedings at Law, against the Plan-
tiffs in that Bill.
Upon this, Messrs. Allen and Turner, believing
their purchased Lands, to be without the utmost
Claim that Elizabeth-Town could make, and being
desirous, to be as little as possible delay'd, in bring
ing their Actions at Law to Trial, desired of the Peo
ple oi Elizabeth-Town, that the Lines of their utmost
Claim might be run ; and that such of the Plantiffs in
the Bill, as fell without those Lines mieht be struck
out of the Bill ; and they no longer delay'd by In
junctions, to bring their said Actions to Tryal:
Which Proposal being consented to by the People of
Etizabelh-Town ; Messrs. ^//^ and Turner , entered
into the said Articles of Agreement with them for
that Purpose,

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The said Proprietors ought not to suppose, that
any People of Elizabeth-Town, acquainted with the
Matter, could have been the Inventors and Spread
ers of the said Report, because its so directly repug
nant to Truth, and to a Provisoe in the said Agree
ment in these Words.
"Provided always, and it is hereby intended, by
"and between all and every of the Parties to these
"Presents, that such Survey as aforesaid, shall not be
"construed or made use of, by any or either of the
"Parties hereto, to or for any other Purpose, than to
"shew what Lands lie without the Elizabeth-Town
"Claim ; and particularly, that the same are not in-
"tended, arid shall not be construed, to have any
"Effect or Operation, in the Determination and
"Event of the Controversy, between the People of
"Elizabeth-Town and the Proprietors of East-New-
"Jersey, or any Person claiming under them, and
"the West-Jersey Society or any Person claiming
"under them."
The Lines ofthe utmost Claim of Elizabelti-Town,
have been since run, pursuant to the said Agree
ment, and no Part of the Lands of Allen and Turner
fell within them, and those Lines did not even come
near any part of them.
By order of the Council of Proprietors of East-
New-Jersey John Smith, Clerk.
— The N Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Sept. 2, 175'4.

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To Be Sold,
A Small Plantation lying in Middletown, West-
New-Jersey, containing about Six Acres,
Two and a Quarter of which are Salt Meadow ; the
whole being timber'd and water'd, and lies conven
ient to a Landing where Boats of eight board may
easily come up. There is on said Place, a Dwelling
House and Cooper's Shop. Any Person inclining to
purchase, may apply to Joseph Collings, on the
Premises, who will give an undoubted Title to the
same. The Purchaser will have a good Bargain, and
be allowed easy Payment. — The N Y. Gazette or
the Weekly Post Boy, Sept. 2, 1754.
To be sold by Gibb and Neilson, A Schooner be
tween sixty and seventy Tons, about six Years old,
well found, now lying at Gibb's Wharff, in New-
Brunswick, where she may be viewed by any Person
who inclines to purchase. — Ttie N. Y. Gazette or the
Weekly Post Boy, Sept. 2, ifS4-
To Be Sold,
A Plantation, situated on Oldman's Creek, in the
township of Greenwich, Gloucester county, in New-
Jersey, containing 1 24 acres of land, 30 acres of which
clear'd, and 45 acres of meadow, within a bank of
about 35 perches, 20 acres of it fit for mowing.
There is a dwelling house and barn on said place
and a good young orchard. Enquire of James Tal
man in Market-street, Philadelphia, or William Hef-
ord, on the premises. — The Pennsylvania Gazette,
Sept. 5, 1754. Numb. 1341.

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New-York, September 9. The Honourable Robert
Hunter Morris, Esq ; is hourly expected at Phila
delphia, as he was to embark on board the Mermaid
Man of War about the loth of June last.
We hear the General Assembly of the Province
of New-Jersey, are to meet the first of October next.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weetdy Post Boy, Sept.
9. 1754- To Be Sold.
A Plantation at Burlington in West-Jersey, con
taining about 200 Acres of Ground, arable Pasture,
Meadow and Woodland, all or most of it fenced in,
with a larg'e commodious Brick House thereon erect-
ed, pleasantly situated near the River Delaware, with
very good Out-Houses, and a large Garden and
Orchard ; all fit for a Gentleman's Seat, being the
same wherein Governor Belcher lived for some Years,
and was the Estate of Isaac Conarro, lately sold at
Vendue, by the Sheriff of Burlington. For the Price,
and Time of Payment, enquire of Joshua Crosby, in
Philadelphia, or of the said Isaac Conarro on the
Premises. N. B. The Purchaser may have considerable Time
allow'd for paying all or best Part of the Money, giv
ing sufficient Security, and paying Interest for the
T\xxie.—The N. Y. Gazette or ttie Weekly Post Boy,
Sept. g, 1754.
A List of Letters remaining in the Post-Office, at
New-York, came in since the former Advertisement.
.... ]aeo''o Viehar'i, Elizabeth-Town; Mrs. Gait,
Elizabeth-Town; John Kent, Elizabettt-Town; John

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Thomas, Egg-Harbour. .... — Supplement to the
N. Y. Gazette, Sept. 9, 1754.
Circular Letters are dispatched for convening the
General Assembly of New Jersey to meet at Perth
Amboy on the first of October next. — The Pennsylva
nia Journal, Sept. 12, 1754. Numb. 614.
To be sold by publick vendue, on Tuesday, the
15th day of October next, by the subscribers, living
in Trentown, a good stone house, four rooms on a
floor, good cellars under the whole house ; also a
new stone arched vault, sufficient to hold one hund
red barrels of beer ; covered with a piazza ; a large
yard and good garden, in cedar-board fence ; good
Stable ; also a brew-house, with a good copper, suffi
cient to brew ten barrels ; a good malt-kiln, new hair
cloth, new under-back, new malt-floor, and a good
malt-mill, the pumps and all other utensils in good
repair; it being very convenient for a brewer, there
being none of that business within twenty miles
round. Also a waggon, dray, and some household
goods to be sold. Any person inclining to purchase
the same by way of private sale before the time of
the vendue, may know the terms, by applying to the
subscribers, living on the premises.
Iden Merselles
Hannah Merselles, Execur.
Trentown, August 7
1754.
— The Pennsylvania Journal, September 1 2, 1754.
Numb. 614.

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From New York, there is Advice, that the Rever
end Mr. Whitefield is not to proceed for Boston (the
Season. being too far advanced), but to return to this
City ; and that he was to preach at Elizabethtown on
Tuesday last, at four in the Afternoon ; at Raway on
Wednesday, at nine in the Morning, and at Wood-
bridge at three in the Afternoon; this Day at Bruns
wick, at nine in the Morning, and at two in the After
noon in Princetown; To-morrow at nine in the Morn
ing at Hopewell, and at three in the Afternoon in
Trenton; he likewise preaches there on Saturday
morning, at nine a Clock, and on Sunday Morning at
seven a Clock, and five in the Afternoon, in this
City. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 12, 1754.
Numb. 1342.
New-York, September 16. On Thursday last ar
rived here in 9 Weeks from Plymouth, but last in 6
from Madeira, His Majesty's Ship the Mermaid, the
Honorable Washington Shirley, Esq; Commander,
stationed at Boston, having brought the Honorable
Robert Hunter Morris, Esq; Lieutenant Gover
nor of the Province of Pennsylvania; and in the Af
ternoon of the same Day His Honour landed in
good Health near the Flat- Rock-Battery, in this City,
where he was welcomed ashore by a great Number
of Gentlemen, and from thence conducted up to the
House ofthe Honourable James Alexander, Esq; in
Broad-Street. We hear he sets out this Week for
Philadelphia. Mr. Morris, the Governor's Nephew, likewise ar
rived in the Mermaid, being appointed Captain of the
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in this Garrison. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly
Post Boy, Sept. 16, 1754.

w

'hereas Dirck Schuyler and his Wife Anne
Mary, by Indenture under their Hands and
Seals duly executed, bearing Date the 2d Day of
July last past, have assigned, conveyed and made
over unto Mesirs. William Walton and Abraham
Lynsen, of the City of New-York ; and Andrew John
son and William Ouke, of New-Jei'sey, all the Estate,
both Real and Personal, of him the said Dirck
Schuyler, in Trust, to and for the Use of his Cred
itors : In Consequence whereof, the said Trustees do
hereby give this publick Notice, That all the Houses,
Lands, Tenements, and Real Estate, of the said
Dirck Schuyler, will be sold at public Vendue in the
City of New-Brunswick, in New-Jersey aforesaid on
Monday the 28th Day of October nex.t, to begin about
1 1 o'clock in the Forenoon, and to continue until all
is sold, viz. The Dwelling-House, Store-House,
Stabling Wharf and Lot of Land, on which the said
Dirck Schuyler lately lived, in said City of New
Brunswick, being a large and convenient House and
Lot for any Trade or Business. Also a Dwelling-
House and spacious Lot of Land near the Dutch
Church on Burnet Street : Also two other Tenements
and Lots of Ground on the same Street, near the
Market-House : Also two other Lots of Ground on
the same Street, near the Market-House : Also two
other Lots of Ground, lying by the Ship-yard : Also
about 12 Acres of fine Salt-Meadow on the River
near the Roundabout, having a bold Shore, being
very convenient for raising of Hay : Also a Planta-

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tion with a large Body of Fresh Meadow ditched
having a good Dwelling-House and Barn thereon,
lying about 4 Miles from the Town, at a Place called
Lawrence s Brook. Note, Ttte joregoing are all Fee-
simple Lands, and. are to be conveyed to the Purctiaser
forever. Also a large Lot of Ground, Garden and
Wharf, containing 100 Foot in Front, and about 160
Foot deep, on Lease for 99 Years, from 1st May
1744, under Rent of one Pepper Corn per Annum,
for the first 60 Years, and Five Pounds for the Re
mainder of the Term, together with a large and con
venient Still-House, having two large Copper Stills,
one whereof quite new, with Worms, Coolers, and all
other Implements compleat for Distilling. Also a
large Dwelling-House and Lot of Ground, on Lease
for a Term of about 60 Years to come, fronting
French and L^^ing Street, in which Mr. Symonds, Mer
chant, lately lived : Also three East-Jersey Propriety
Rights, and three Water-Lots. Any Person inclining
to purchase all or any Part of the Premises, by ap
plying before the said Day, to said Mesirs. William
Walton or Abraham Lynsen, in New-York, or Andrew
Johnson in Amboy, William Ouke, Anttiony Wtiite,
or Dirck Van Veghte, in New- Brunswictz, may be
further informed of the Situation, Title and Terms of
Sale. Notice is hereby also given, to such of the
said Dirck Schuyler s Creditors, (if any) who have
not yet consented or agreed to the said Dirck
Schuyler s Proposals, contained in the afbre-men-
mentioned Indenture or Instrument of Conveyance,
as the other Creditors have done, that they will be
pleased to sign the said Instrument, either with
Theodorus Van Wyck, in New-York, or said William

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Ouke, in New- Brunswick, with whom the same is de
posited ; or in any other proper Manner, to signify
their. Assent or Agreement thereto ; and at the same
Time to give in their Demands against the said
Dirck Schuyler, of which proper. Notice shall be
taken. Also this further Notice is hereby given, to
all Persons indebted to the said Dirck Schuyler,
that they forthwith pay the same, to the said Wil
liam Ouke (one ofthe Trustees,) or to the said An
thony While, or Dirck Van Veghte, being likewise
impowered to receive the same, or they may expect
Trouble. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post
Boy, Sept. 16, 1754. Arrivals
At Deal, The Sally, Noaks ; Thetes, Cummings,
Hazard, Cozen, and Ranger, Whiting, from Virginia.
Deal July 22. Came down. The William, Coolidge
for Maryland. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 19,
1754. Numb. 1343.
Saturday last the Reverend Mr. Whitefield re
turned here from New York  On Monday,
he sets out for Commencement at the New-Jersey
College, and on his way thither intends to preach at
Maidenhead at Four a Clock that Afternoon, and on
Tuesday, at Brunswick, at Ten in the Morning. —
Tlte Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 19, 1754. Numb.
1343- Custom House, Philadelphia, Inward Entries.
Sloop Salisbury, William Burrows from Salem. —
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 19, 1754. Numb.
1343-

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To be sold by public vendue, on Saturday, the
19th of October next, at the house of William Hugg,
in Gloucester, A Plantation or lot of land, situated
near Timber Creek, in West-Jersey, now in the ten
ure of Maham Southwick, containing 194 acres, be
the same more or less. Any person inclining to
purchase, may view the premises between this and
the day of sale ; the conditions of sale will be seen at
the time and place abovesaid, or by applying to the
subscriber, living at Poole's bridge, Philadelphia and
be informed by me. Henry Woodrow.
New-York, September 23. The Commencement
at Newark, is on Wednesday next, at Nine in the
Morning. The Prize Numbers in the Connecticut Lottery,
not coming to Town Time enough to enable the
Printers of the Gazette to publish them to Day, it be
ing Saturday Night last before they arrived, and not
less than 3088 in Number, obliges us to defer the
Publication of them until Wednesday Morning next ;
when they will be distributed about Town ; and our
Country Subscribers, for the better Safety, must wait
to have them sent with next Monday's Papers.
A List of Letters in the Brunswick Post Office,
will [appear] in our next.^
On Wednesday last, one Matthew Wright, a trav
eling Pedler, was robbed about two Miles from Pot
ter's Town, in East-New-Jersey, by two Foot Pads,
suppos'd to be Irishmen, of 45 1. in Cash, and some
Goods of considerable Value, after which they used

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him and his Horse very barbarously, by giving them
several Gashes with their Cutlasses and then made
off — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Sept. 23, 1754.
PURSUANT to a Writ of Fieri Facias, issued
out of the Supreme Court, and to me directed
and delivered, on a Judgment, at the Suit of the Ex
ecutors of the last Will and Testament of Jacob
Walton, deceased, against the Goods and Chattels,
Lands and Tenements of Jonathan Holmes, minor,
of the Township of Freehold, and County of Mon
mouth, and eastern Division ofthe Province of New-
Jersey, Yeoman ; for Three Hundred Pounds, Cur
rent Money of New- York, in an Action of Debt, re
turnable in said Court on the Third Tuesday in Oc
tober Term, next ensuing : I Have taken and seized
a certain Snow now lying at Mr. Cruger's Wharf,
in my Bailiwick, belonging to the said Jonathan
Holmes. I do therefore hereby give Notice, That
on Thursday the Tenth Day of October next ensu-
uing, at Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon, at the
Merchant's Coffee-House, I will sell and dispose at
Public Vendue, the said Snow, with all her Tackle
and Apparel, to satisfy the Plaintiff of his Debt and
Damage. And all Persons that have any lawful De
mands on the said Snow, are hereby desired to give
me timely Notice ofthe particular Sum or Sums of
Money justly due to them, that the same may legally
be inquired into, and inserted in the Conditions of
Sale. John Roberts, Sheriff
Sept. 23, 1754.
— The N. Y. Gazette or ttie Weekly Post Boy,
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We hear from Potter's Town in New-Jersey, that
on Wednesday last, one Matthew Wright, a Pedlar,
was robbed near that Place, by tvvo armed Footmen,
of Forty-five Pounds in Cash, and one Piece of brown
Camblet ; and after cutting him and his House in a
barbarous manner, made the best of their Way into
the Woods. — The Pennsylvania Journal, Sept. 26,
1754. Numb. 616.
Capt. Jones in a Bermudian Sloop bound here
from St. Kitts says that the Gale took him in Lat. 34,
and having the Misfortune to break his Tiller, the
Sloop broached too, lay down for a considerable
Time, and would, in all Probability never have righted
again, had not he alone, with an uncommon Resolu
tion, being deserted by all his People, cut away the
Mast, by which Means the Deck was freed from the
Load of Water that then lay upon it, and the Vessel
rose gradually. A few Days after they met with
Capt. Miller in a Schooner from Barbadoes, bound
for New Brunswick, who spared Captain Jones a few
Spars &c. and having fitted himself up in the best
Manner he could, arrived here on Saturday last. —
The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 26, 1754. Numb.
1344- Deal, Aug. 6. Put back, The Union, Troop, for
Boston ; and past by, The Thomas and Martha, Part
ridge from Boston. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept.
26, 1754. Numb. 1344.
We hear from West- New- Jersey, that one Matthew
Wright was robb'd on the Highway there the i8th

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Instant, of Forty-four Pounds in Cash, and Goods to
the Value of Eight Pounds. — The Pennsylvania Ga
zette, Sept. 26, 1754. Numb. 1344.
Notice is hereby given, that on the iSth instant,
Matthew Wright, of Bethlehem township, Hunterdon
county, in West-New-Jersey was assaulted by two
men, on the road that leads from Messieurs Allen
and Turner's iron-works, and robbed of Forty-four
Pounds in cash, besides Eight Pounds in goods ; one
of said fellows is suppos'd to be an Irishman, who
had on a blue waistcoat, white cap, half worn hat,
and is a short well-set fellow. The other, supposed
to be a High-Dutchman, wore a light colour'd cloth
coat, and white trowsers is of a swarthy complexion,
with long yellow hair ; it is probable they will change
their apparel. Whoever takes up and secures said
fellows, so as they may be brought to justice, shall
have Ten Pounds reward, and reasonable charges,
paid by Matthew Wright.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 26, 1754.
Numb. 1344.
A List of the Letters remaining in the Post-Ofiice
in New-Brunswicii, September 1754.
A John Barney, Roctiy-Hill.
MAtthew Allen. John Bracke, Millston-Ri.
Samuel Adam, Peepake. ^m.^oyd,MendumTown
Mary Aderly, Mid. Point John Bard.
B C
Benjamin Bates. John Corle, Rocky-HiU.
John Blackston, John CuU, ditto.

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417

Neill Campbell, ditto.
D
Michael Dune.
Jonathan Durham.
Jeremiah Dunn.
William Denison
Francis Doty, Piscataway
Benjamin Dunn, ditto
Isaac Dodd, ditto
Vincent Due, Cambra.
F
Ebenezer Frizbee
Benjamin FitzRandolph.
Catharine Fielding.
Jacob Froom.
Peter Fresneau. G
Thomas Griffin. H
John Hougland.
Joseph Hertey.
William Harrison.
James Hude. K
Peter Kemble.
Richard Kells, Banbrook.
John Kinner,
William Knowhowber.
Cornelius Low.
Col. Lutterill.

M
Thomas M'Hrath.
Cornelius M'Curtain.
John Martin.
James Marshall, Raway.
Paul Miller, Boundbrook. O
William Ouke. P
Tunis Post.
Daniel Phillips. R
James Reed.
John Richmond.
Messrs. Rea & Wickoff".
S
Daniel Supple.
David Smith, Eliz. Town.
John Stewart, Bonebrook.
Samuel Slone, ditto.
Mr. Thomesson, R. Hill.
V
Van Vaochestes. W
William Williams.
Jacob Wiser.
Thomas Wood.
Stephen Ward.
Patrick Welch, Amboy
William Work.

— The N. Y. Mercury, Sept. 30, 1754.

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New-York, September 30. On Wednesday last
the publick Commencement was held at Newark;
his Excellency Governor Belcher, with sundry of
the chief Gentlemen of the Province of New-Jersey,
and a great Number of the Clergy and Gentlemen of
Education, as well a Multitude of the Common Peo
ple from various Parts, were convened on the Occa
sion. The Exercises of the Day were conducted
with great Solemnity and Decorum, and much to the
Honour of the Revd. President, College and Stud
ents. The Degrees of Batchelors of Arts, were con
ferred on the following young Gentlemen, viz.
Benjamin Chapman, D.avid Purviance,
John Ewing, William Ramsey,
Benjamin Hait, Benajah Roots,
Ezra Horton, Josias Sherman,
Hugh Knox, William Shippen,
David Mathews; Thomas Smith,
Jonathan Odej^l, Noah Wadham,
Sylvanus Osborn, William Thompson.^
After a very apposite Prayer in the Forenoon, the
Batchelors discussed these three Questions in the
syllogistic Manner of Disputation, viz.
ist. Whether Matrimony amongst Relations, as .
prohibited by the Mosaic-Law, is contrary to right
Reason. This was affirm'd.
2d, Whether it be lawful, by Force and Arms, to
resist those who are gradually invading our Rights.
This was affirfn'd.
1 Brief biographical sketches otall these graduates e.xcept William Thompson are pub-
ished in " Princeton College during the Eighteenth Century," by Samuel Davies Alexan
der, New York [1872], 27-33.

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3d, Whether Misery in a moral Agent, argues
Guilt. This was affirm'd.
The salutatory Oration succeeded these, and was
very oratorically pronounced by Mr. Shippen. This
concluded the Forenoon Exercise. In the After
noon the President pronounc'd an Oration of Thanks
to the Benefactors of the College, concluding it with
a warm and pathetic Address to the young Candi
dates ; wherein he exhorted them, to behave in future
Life, whether publick or private, as became Men of
Reason and Christians ; and strongly urged those
intending for the Ministry, to a strict Imitation of the
Piety, Warmth, Zeal, indefatigable Industry and La
bours, of the Revd. Mr. Whitfield, then present, on
whom he bestowed the Encomiums undoubtedly due
to Merit of so superior a kind. Then follow'd the
Disputes of the Masters of Arts, which, with their
Names, for want of sufficient Intelligence, we are
obliged to omit. Then the President descended from
the Pulpit, confer'd the several Degrees, and admitted
the Revd. Mr. George Whitefield to the Degree oi Mas
ter of Arts. After this the Exercises were concluded
with a Prayer, as usual. — Mr. Whitfield afterwards
preach'd in the Street before the Court-House, a
Sermon very proper to the Occasion, to a very
crowded Auditory. — Ttie N. Y. Mercury, Sept. 30,
1754- RUN-away on Sunday the ist Instant, from John
Hance, of Shrewsbury, mariner, an Irish serv
ant man, named John Dwyer, about twenty years old,
of a fair complexion, dark brown hair, pretty long,
has had the small-pox, though not much pitted, and

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writes a good hand : Had on when he went away, an
old half-worn felt hat, check shirt, and took two more
of ozenbrigs with him, a white flannel jacket, a pair
of old whitish plush breeches, with silver buttons, and
wore trowsers over them, a pair of old shoes, walks
lame with his right foot, he took with him a blue great
coat, with large flat metal buttons. Whoever takes
up and secures the said servant, so that his master
may have him again, shall receive Forty Shillings
as a reward, and all reasonable charges paid, by
John Hance.
— Ttie N. Y. Merciny, Sept. 30, 1754.
To be sold at public vendue, on Thursday, the 3d
day of October next, on the premisses, the plantation
of John Dorlant, deceased, lying in the county of Som
erset, and province of East-Jersey, at a place called
Nishenick, between the lands of Hendrick Pipenger
and Abraham Van Voorhies ; containing about 275
acres of very good land, well water'd, and some of it
low. land for meadow ; the greatest part cleared, with
a large young orchard ; There is on said plantation,
a new house two stories high, a good new barn, with
a boarded floor ; also all the moveables belonging to
the said place, as horses, cows, hogs, and all the
utensils to said place belonging. All persons hav
ing any demands on the estate of the said deceased,
are desired to bring their accounts to Leffert Lefferts,
or Isaac Lott, in Kings county, on Long-Island, exe
cutors to the said estate, in order to be setded, and
all persons indebted to the same, are desired to pay
forthwith, to prevent \xowh\e.— Ttte N. Y. Mercury,
Sept. 30, 1754.

1754] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 4^1
New York, Sept. 30.
On Wednesday last was held at Newark, the an
niversary Commencement of the College of New
Jersey. After the usual Disputations, and an ele
gant Oration, pronounced by Mr. William Shippen
with the great Applause of the learned Part of the
Audience, the following young Gentlemen were ad
mitted to the Degree of Batchelor of Arts, viz. Ben
jamin Chapman, John Ewing, Benjamin Hait, Ezra
Horton, David Matthews, Jonathan Odell, Sylvanus
Osborn, David Purviance, William Ramsey, Jacob
Reeve, Benajah Roots, Josias Sherman, William
Shippen, Thomas Smith, William Thomson, and
Noah Wadham. The Ceremony concluded with a
handsome Oration, delivered by Mr. President Burr,
to commemorate the Benefactors of the College for
the past Year both in Europe and America. We
hear the Rev. Mr. Whitefield was complimented with
a Diploma, constituting him Master of Arts, at the
above Commencement. — The Pennsylvania Gazette,
Oct. 3, 1754, Numb. 1345.
New- York
THE Proprietors of the Tract of Land called
New Britain, are desired to meet at Elizabeth-
Town Point, on Wednesday the 30th Day of Octo
ber Instant, in the Forenoon, as there is something
of Importance to be laid before them. — The N. Y.
Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Oct. f, 1754.
Philadelphia, October 3. This Day the Honourable
Robert Hunter Morris, Esq ; attended by many of
the principal Gentlemen, of this City, arrived here ;

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when his Commission, appointing him Governor of
this Province, was published at the Court-House ;
after which the Guns of his Majesty's Sloop Bald-
more, and of the Associarion Battery were fir'd off.
— The N. Y.. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Oct.
7. 1754- To Be Sold,
BY James Van Horne, four Farms or Planta
tions, lying at Rocky Hill: The ist contain
ing 211 Acres of Wood Land: The 2d 240 Acres,
part of which is cleared, with about 100 bearing
Apple Trees thereon, and 30 Acres of the same, with
little Trouble, might be made good Meadow : The
3d containing 377 Acres, Wood Land, and lyes ad
joining to Milstone: The 4th 516 Acres, with a good
Dwelling-House, Barn, Negro, and Waggon House,
500 Apple Trees, mostly grafted Fruit, about 40 Acres
Meadow Ground already cleared. Also 8 Farms in
Manor of Courtlandt. . . . Whoever inclines to pur
chase the Whole or any Part by applying to the said
Van Horne, may agree on reasonable Terms, he liv
ing on the Premises, at Chesquakes, or of Mr. John
Berrian, Merchant at Rocky Hill. An indisputable
Title will be given for the same. — The N. Y. Gazette
or the Weekly Post Boy, Oct. 7, 1754.
New- York, October 7.
Alus lucendo consumor. —
THE 14th of September last, departed this Life,
on Long-Lsland, whither he was gone for his
Health, after a lingering Illness, the Reverend Joan
nes Frielinghuysen,^ Pastor of the reformed Dutch
1 For sketch of iVIr. Frielinghuysen, see Vol. XII,, 658, note.

1754] NEWSPAPER EXtRAdTS. 423
Church at Rariton, second Son to the Rev. Theodo-
ri.is Jacobus Frielinghuysen, deceased, formerly Pas
tor of that Place.
As he was a Gentleman of great Piety and Learn
ing, endowed with superior Talents for the Work of
the Gospel Ministry, a shining and a burning Light ;
the Death of so young a Servant of God, but entered
into the 28th Year of his Age, is justly esteemed a
great Loss to the Church of Christ ; especially,
whilst it is but little more than a Year since his
Brothers, Mesirs. Jacobus and Ferdinandus Frieling
huysen, two very promising young Clergymen, on
their Passage from Europe to New-York, by the
Small-Pox, in the Bloom of Life, went before him
into the eternal Rest of their Lord. —
Although the Memory of the Just is blessed, and
their State in the World of Spirits, be to them infi
nite preferable before a Life of Labour and Toil, on
this Side of Immortality ; besides that they are often
taken away before the Day of Evil, yet is the Loss of
such eminent Servants of God, most grievous to
those Congregations committed to their pastoral
Care. So great is the Sense the Congregations at Raritan
had of their peculiar Happiness, under the Ministry
of a faithful Pastor, whose happy Genius and Talents ;
whose Vivacity, good Sense and Discretion ; whose
burning Zeal and Ardor ; whose unwearied Labour
and Assiduity ; whose tender Love and Affection ;
whose Probity and Integrity ; whose peaceable Dis
position, whose Piety and Real Religion, was entirely
devoted to promote their corporal and spiritual, their

4^4 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l754
temporal and eternal Welfare, that the Loss of him
strikes them with inconsolable Astonishment — dis
consolate is Raritan ! —
Nor is his Death less lamentable to his relict Widow,
with two little Children, and to his Brothers and Sis
ters, who have lost in him the kindest and lovingest
of Husbands, the tenderest of Parents, the sincerest
and best of Brothers. —
When the sovereign Disposer of the Universe
takes out of this World those who are worn out with
Age and Infirmities, or those who seemed not to be
of much Utility to their Fellow Creatures, though the
Instances of Mortality shock us, we easily acquise in
his Disposal : But when bright Stars of the first and
second Magnitude, who as it were, but just began to
shine in their Spheres, and to move in their Orbits,
are so soon taken away from our Sight ; it is with
the greatest Reluctance, we bid those amiable Objects
a long Adieu ; and it requires a greater Degree of
godly Heroism, to say heartily without Regret, The
Lord gave, and the Lord hatti taken away, blessed be
the Name of the Lord. — The N. Y. Gazette or the
Weekly Post Boy, Oct. 7, 1754.
A few copies of, a Map of Pennsylvania New Jer
sey, New York and the Delaware Counties, by Lewis
Evans, remain still to be sold by the Author in Arch-
street, at the New-Printing-Ofifice in Market-street,
Philadelphia, and at Mr. James Parker's, at the New-
Prindng Office, in Beaver-street New-York.-- -Tl^^
Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 10, 1754. Numb. 1346.
The Paragraphs of ttie Publication of the Council

1754] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 425
of Proprietors ^ East New-Jersey, March 25, 1746,
Page 4. Col. 2. Line 15 to Page 5. Col. 1. Line 3.

w

'E recollect no more than ttiree Cases where
People have been injured by Sales by single
Proprietors, where the Land has after been recovered
by, others, and where the Sufferers had not or may
not have full Redress ; the Origin of two of those
Cases was about the Year 1709, when an unhappy
Gentleman, since deceased, then a Proprietor, was
imposed upon to sign one Deed for about 170,000
Acres of Land, called New Britain, and another
Deed for about 50,000 Acres of Land at Romapack,^
without any legal Appropriation thereof to him, and
without any Consideration paid to him, as ever after
during his Life he averred ; and that he did not
dream or believe that a Foot of them was in East-
New-Jersey, to prove which, he preserved, and his
Representatives now have, sundry Letters under the
Hand of the Grantee in both those Deeds, which
have been given in Evidence in his Presence in the
Supreme Court.
The Grantees of the greatest Tract, sold some
thereof, which being legally appointed by other Pro
prietors, they recovered against the Possessor about
25 Years ago ; and as those Grantees were so cun
ning as to give only joint Covenants to the Possessor,
1 Sonmans secured an Indian deed, Nov. i8, 1709, for the Ramapo tract, and about the
same time received a patent for the same, which he in turn conveyed, Dec. 10, 1709, to
Peter Fauconier, Lucas Kiersted, Andrew Fresneau, Elias Boudinotand others. On April
25, 1710, William Bond, Surveyor, returned a survey for the tract, which embraced most
of the northwestern part of the present Bergen County, and was estimated to contain 42,-
500 acres. The Proprietors contested the vaUdity of the title of Sonmans and his grant
ees, and the matter was in controversy until 1790. For an account of this affair see
" Early Days and Early Surveys in New Jersey," by William Roome, JMorristown, 1883,
pp. 31-36.

426 ' NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l754
so that they could not be proceeded against at Law,
for the'Recovery of his Damages, 'till all were taken ;
and as some lived out ofthe Province, Relief at Law
for that Reason, could not be had ; wherefore the
Proprietors who recovered, compassionating the Man
against whom they recovered, stayed their Execution,
and for him and in his Name, filed a Bill in Chancery
against those Sellers, to compel them to pay the
Costs of the Suit ; and all Monies paid by him in Part
of the Consideration Monies, and for his Defence,
and to deliver up his Bonds for the Rest of the Con
sideration Money, all which they got done for him ;
and upon the Proprietors threatening to file a Bill in
Chancery, to set aside that Deed for the Irregularity
and Fraud in granting and obtaining of it, to prevent
People from being further imposed on by it, they
promised to do Justice to the few others, to whom
they had sold, by giving up their Bonds. — Ttte N.
Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy ^ Oct. 14, 1754.
New-York, October 14. We hear the General As
sembly of New-Jersey, have resolved on assisdng the
Virginians in the Ohio Affair.
We also hear a Petition is preferred to the Gen
eral Assembly of New-Jersey, against the Hon. Sam
uel Nevil, Esq ; that he being Second Judge of the
Supreme Court is thereby incapable of Sitdng in the
House: The Affair tis said is not yet determined;
but it should seem very Strange, that an Office which
that House has not thought diserving of more than
1. 25 per Annum, should deprive a Genrieman of an
other Place ; — because similar to the ludees of the
King's Bench in Great Britain.

1754] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 427
Since the late General Training at Amboy, we hear
there is very great distrainings on the Delinquents.
What with Taxes, no Money, no Trade, little Produce,
and such hard Usage, the County of Middlesex is in
the utmost Consternation. — The N. Y. Gazette or
the Weekly Post Boy, Oct. 14, 1754.
RUN away from Robert Allan, of Roxbury, in
Morris County, on the sixth Day of this Instant
October ; an Irish Servant Man, about Eighteen
Years of Age, named William Thompson, of about
five Feet seven Inches high, of a redish Complexion ;
had on when he went away, a blue Coat and Breeches,
a green Jacket with Metal Buttons, old Pumps, a felt
Hat, and a brownish Wigg, writes and talks very
good English : Whoever takes up and secures said
Servant, so that his Master may have him again,
shall have Four Pounds Reward, and all reasonable
Charges paid by me Robert Allan.
N. B. All Masters of Vessels are forewarn'd of
carrying him off", or any other Persons of harbouring
him, as they may expect to answer it, to the utmost
Rigour of the Law. — The N. Y. Gazette or the
Weekly Post Boy, Oct. 14, 1754.
A List of Letters remaining in the Post-Ofifice at
Trenton, September 28, 1754.
A. Andreas Anderson, Long-
Widow Allen, AUentown, bridge
Martha Ayre, Burling. Charles Adams, Bound-
Capt. John Anderson, brook,
Maidenhead Ann Allen, Aliens-town

428 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l754
B. Thomas Cumming, Beth-
John Becham, Borden- lehem
town Peter Cazier, Kingwood
Dr. John Ballard, Trenton John Corle Esq. Rocky-
John Budd 2, Roxbury, hill
Thadd Burr, Esq., Fair- John Clarke, Trenton
field John Commin, Bethlehem
Zaccheus Beebe 4. Hope- D.
well William Drally, Newshan-
Dr. Ballard, Elizabeth- nick
town Richard Douglass, East
WiUiam Brower, Ridden- Jersey.
town Richard Dawson, AmweU
Zaccheus Beebe, Penny- Ferry
town George Douglass Borden-
John Ballard 2 Hopewell town
John Blair, Peepack George Danser, 5. Allen-
Thomas Burroughs, Hope- town
well Mark Darmody Trenton
Mr. Boyd, Trenton. • John Dunkan, Kingston
C. James Dill, Amwell
Isaac Cushman, Mount- WiUiam Dunbar, Cran-
holly berry —
Thomas Craven, Prince- E.
town George Eady, Wells's
Ezekiel Chever 2, Morris- Ferry.
town Martha Ellis, Trenton
Joseph Chestnut, 2 Le- Joseph Enochs, Bristol
banon. ¦ John Emmonds, Hunter-
Sarah Couzell, Wells's don Co.
Ferry F.
Thomas Cam Pennytown Richard Fearly, Newtown

1754] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 429
William Frasier, New Jer- James HUl near Howell's
sey. Mill
Benjamin Fowler, Allen- Mary Hughes, Prince
town town
John Frasier, East Jersey. Joseph Harrison Esq.
G. New Jer.
Nehemiah Greenman So. J^^ann Hennerick, Prince-
Hanov. town
John Gostes, Mount-holly William Holdren, Trenton
John Guilin alias Gutry F^^^^^^ "all. Prince-town
Trent. J
Ann Glover, Hopewell. Stephen Jones, Maiden-
Moses Gun, ditto head
j-{ Moses Johnson, Morris-
Moses'Helm, 2 Bethlehem n 1
,TT.,,. IT ..All William Jarman, Borden-
WiUiam Hercort, Allen- -'
town
town , T 1 T-
¦c- u ¦ r- -1 Joseph Jacobs, Trenton
Evan Harris, Greenwich j f j
William HouseU, Read- K.
inpton Dennis Keef, New Jersey.
James Hill, Trenton L.
Daniel Hartupee, Prince- Thomas Ladd, Borden
town town
Robert Hugey Oxford Dr. Charles Shaw Leslie,
Furnace 3 Princet.
Christopher Helm, Hun- Mr. Laurie, AUentown
terdon Co. JenneahLinley, Morris Co.
Francis Hall Prince-town George Logan, Trenton
Hendrick Hendrickson James Leonard, Kingston
Middlet. Thomas Ladd, Burlington
Thomas Hutchison, M.
Greenwich Frank Mone, Stoney-

430 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l754
brook John Ogden, ditto
Ephraim Marritt 2 Kings- Elizabeth Oliver, Pennsyl-
ton vania
Rev. Mr. M'Kenners, p
Trenton Thomas Price, Maiden-
Joseph Morrow, 2 Prince- head
t*-*^"^ Jonathan Parker, Trenton
Charles Morray, ditto Thomas Price, 2, Cross-
David Martin, Esq. Tren- wicks
t°" . Benjamin Pelton, Hope-
James Martin, Hunterdon ,^11
^° Mary Price, Burlington Co
Jacob Moon, Prince-town j^y^-^^ p^^,„j_ Piscatawa
James M'Cown, Peapack ^r. Phillips Maidenhead
HughM'Can, Prince-town p^iiip phiHps, 2, ditto
Widow Morgan, Hope- Capt. Joseph Philips New
^^11 Jer.
Hugh M'Claughlin, Bor- Jonathan Potts, Kingston
dentown
Richard Matchet, Freehold ^ ¦
Nathaniel Morrey, Tren- Mary Ryal, Trenton
ton Edward Riggs, Hanover
Elizabeth M'Neal, Trenton Robert Wild Bordentown
Ferry Eleanor Rider ditto
N John Reading, Esq ; 2,
Thomas Norris, Prince- Amwell
town Jacob Rundall Prince-
George Norris, ditto town
Samuel Nelson, Kingston Joseph Robinson Trenton
O S.
Joseph Opdyke, Amwell Josiah Sherman, Trenton
Joseph Ogden, Roxbury Caspasus Schuyler, ditto

I754j NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 43 1
Nathaniel Sempel, Leban- James Vanhorne, Rocky-
on hill
Samuel Stout, Esq; Hope- William Vause, Cross-
well wicks
Robert Stuart, Basting- John Vanslckle, Reading-
ridge ton
John Smith Hopewell W.
Capt. John Smith, ditto Ann Wilson AUentown
Ephraim Seurd, Morris- John WUliams Trenton
town Daniel Waldron, Read-
V ington
Airy Vangeny, Trenton Israel Wood, Amwell
Goal. Henry Woolsey, Hope-
Derrick Van Vleet, Read- well.
ington
N. B. No credit wUl be given for the future for
Passage of Letters. — Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct.
If, 1754. Numb, ify^f.
Perth Amboy, October 5, 1754.
Thursday last there was a general Review of all
the Train Bands of the County of Middlesex, when a
Person, for his own Curiosity, having counted them
found 'em upwards of 900 Men, exclusive of Officers.
They all march'd thro' the Town in regular Order
before his Excellency. — Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette,
Oct. If, 1754. Numb. i2i4.f. New York, October 14.
Saturday last his Majesty's Ship Shoreham, the
Hon. Juhan Legg, Esq. Commander, sailed from
Sandy-Hook, bound for Virginia with /.500 in Cash
on Board, granted by this Province, in order to aid

432 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l7S4
the Virginians, in repelling the French and their
Indians from the frontiers of that Province : We hear
the Shoreham is to proceed from thence to her Sta
tion at South Carolina. At the same Time, one
Ship, two Snows, three Brigs, and two Sloops, sailed
from Sandy-Hook, for different Ports, being detained
there some Days by contrary Winds. — The Pennsyl
vania Gazette, Oct. if, 1754. Numb. 1347.
SaUed, Aug. 20, from Deal, the Pultney, Jacobson
for Boston. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 17,
1754. Numb. 1347.
Custom House, Philadelphia, Inward Entries.
Schooner Lyon, Thomas Dane from Salem. — The
Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. if, 1754. Numb. 1347.
Philadelphia, October 17, 1754
Notice is hereby given to all such persons as are
indebted to the estate of Jonathan Ellis, late of Wa
terford, in the county of Gloucester, deceased, that
they come to the subscribers, executor and executrix
of the said deceased's estate, or one of them, within
two months from this date, and pay off their respec
tive debts in arrear, to enable them the said execut
ors truly to pel form the directions of the will of the
deceased, and to prevent the trouble that must nec
essarily attend their neglect.
Joseph EUis, and Mary Ellis, execut.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. if, 1754.
Numb. 1347.
New-York, Oct. 21. From Sqwan, in New-Jersey,
we are told, That but a few Days since, an Inhabitant

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of that Place, was inadvertently shot through the
Thigh, by another Man, in shooting at a Deer ; and
that the wounded Person is since dead.
From Freehold in Monmouth County, we learn
that Mr. Lewis Forman had the Misfortune about 14
Days since, to lose his Left Hand by his Gun's burst
ing. — The N. Y. Gazette or ttie Weekly Post Boy,
Oct. 21, 1754.
Custom-House, New-York. Sloop Anne, John
Godbe to New-Jersey. — Ttte N. Y. Gazette or ttie
Weekly Post Boy, Oct. 21, 1754.
Custom House, New York. Cleared for Depart
ure. Godby to New Jersey. — The Pennsylvania
Journal, Oct. 24, 1754. Numb. 620.
Custom House, PhUada. Outwards. Schnr.
Lyon, Thomas Deane for Salem. — The Pennsylvania
Journal, Oct. 24, 1754. Numb. 620.
Letters in Post-Office in Third-street, Philadelphia
(not before advertised.
Peter Burr, PUes-Grove Thomas M' Mullen, Han-
Ann Furey, New-Jersey over Town.
William Hugan, Freehold
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 24, 1754.
Numb. 1348.
From a Gentleman in Scotland, to his Correspond
ent in Boston, by the last Ship from thence. "The
Rev. Mr. Tennent, Deputy for the College in New
Jersey, has collected Fifteen Hundred Pounds Ster
ling, in England, besides Books and Mathematical
28

434 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l754
Instruments for said CoUege : Seventy Dissenting
Ministers, of various Denominations in London, used
their united Influence for that End. A general Col
lection is to be made in North Britain also. Last
July Mr. Tennent went to Ireland, to use his Influ
ence there. 'Tis supposed that this wUl be a Seat
of good Literature, and one of the most flourishing
Seminaries on the Continent, and will prove of infi
nite Advantage to the Southern Governments, who
are making a constant Demand for Preachers; as
the Inhabitants daUy increase, their Vacancies are
vastly numerous. Emissaries were employed, both
at Home and Abroad to blacken, Mr. Tennent, and
frustrate his Design, but all proved abortive ; he
being well provided with ample Recommendations,
especially from his Excellency Governor Belcher,
who has been a great Friend to this laudable Under
taking." — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 24, 1754.
Numb. 1348.
Capt. Thompson, in a sloop from Barbadoes, bound
to Piscataway having 42 Days Passage, put into
Sandy-Hook, the 12th Instant, as did likewise Capt.
Nicholls from New Providence, bound to Rhode
Island, in a Passage of 39 Days. Capt. Frazier in a
Schooner, from Providence, bound to Boston in 27
Days, put into the Hook the 14th ; as did on the 17th
Capt. Cotton, from Jamaica, bound to Plymouth, New
England, aU in very great Distress, having met with
a violent Gale of Wind the 6th Instant, in Lat. 39,
Long. 40. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 24, 1754.
Numb. 1348.

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Captain O'Brien of the Sloop Thomas and Eliza
beth, from Amboy, informs us, that on the 14th.
Instant, being off of Cape Charles (one of the Capes
of Virginia) he met with a violent Gale of Wind at
North-East, which laid his Vessel on her Beam Ends,
in which Condition she continued for Half an Hour ;
and the Sea running prodigious high his Boat, Bin
nacle, and everything else on Deck, were swept off,
and all lost, except the Binnacle. That when the
Vessel righted he put her before the Wind, in order
to scud, but it blowing still very hard, and the Sea
rough, was obliged to lie to for 14 Yours, during
which Time he sighted several heavy Seas, and ex
pected to have founder'd every Moment: But that
on the 15th the Weather moderated, when he pro
ceeded on his Voyage, and got up here on Sunday
last. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 24, 1754.
Numb. 1348.
Stray'd or stolen on the 9th inst. October at night,
from the subscriber, in upper Freehold, Monmouth
county, in the Jerseys, two valuable riding creatures,
one is a sorrel coloured gelding, about 1 1 years old,
has a blaze from just above his eyes to his nostrils,
he is very well set, and about 14 hands high, is a
natural pacer, and branded on the near shoulder thus,
3 ; the other is a large brown mare, a natural pacer,
3 years old, about fifteen hands high, with a large
star in her forehead, has neither brand nor ear-mark.
Whoever takes up the said creatures, and secures
them, so as the owner may have them again, shall
have Three Pounds reward, or Thirty Shillings for
either ; and as it is supposed they are stolen, if thief

436 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l7S4
or thieves are secured, so as to be brought to justice,
shall have Forty Shillings for the thief, and reason
able charges, paid by Daniel Sexton.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 24, 1754.
Numb. 1348.
RUN away the 27th of September past, from
George Reyerse,^ of Pequanek, in the County
of Bergen, a Negro Man called Robin, of middle
Stature, and about 40 Years of Age, not very black,
had on when he went away a white Homespun
woolen Jacket, a pare of Leather Briches, no Shoes,
an old Beaver Hatt, and had about Forty ShiUings
in Money with him, as it is thought. Whoever takes
up said Negro, and secures him so that his Master
may have him again, shall have Forty Shillings
Reward, besides all reasonable Costs and Charges
paid by me George Reverse.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Oct. 28, 1754, New York, October 28.
On Monday last the General Assembly cf New-
Jersey were prorouged to the 22d Day of November
next: We hear they have prepared the Draught of a
BiU to be sent home for his Majesty's approbation
for striking ^70,000 in BUls of Credit, / 10,000 of
which is to be given to his Majesty towards assisdng
1 A son of Joris Reyerse (George Ryerson), who settled at Pequanac, in the present
Wayne township, Passaic county, about i6g6. For a history of this settlement and a Gene
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to dispossess the French at the Ohio ; and the other
/60000 to be lent out to loan ; the first Interest to
arise thereon, to be applied to sink the ^10,000 and
the next towards sinking the Money now out-stand
ing issued on the late Canada Expedition. — -The
Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 31, 1754. Numb. 1349.
This is to give Notice,
THAT there is to be disposed of, a convenient
Dwelling-House and Lot of Ground, contain
ing Half an Acre, situate lying and being in the
County of Monmouth, and Province of East-Jersey.
The said Dwelling House stands on the main Road
that goes through the Center of the Township of
Shrewsbury, to Freehold, AUen's-Town, Burlington,
&c. and stands about a Quarter of a Mile from the
said Center, where there is a Church of England,
Presbyterian and a Quaker Meeting-House, in about
100 Yards of each other. The House is two Stories
high, well Sash window'd, with five Fire Places, and
is extraordinary well finished ; with a good Stone
WeU, and a Stable belonging to it. It is well situ
ated, and very commodious for either Shop-keeper,
or a Tavern. For farther Particulars, enquire of
Jonathan Burge, in Freehold, in said County, or
Garrit Cozine, in New -York.
There is also a Lot containing Thirteen and Three-
Quarter Acres, adjoining, to be disposed of. For
Particulars of which, enquire of Jonathan Burge,
aforesaid, or of Thomas Eaton, in Shrewsbury. — The
N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Nov. 4, 1754.

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TO Be SOLD, at North-Branch, in New-Jersey,
15 Miles above Rariton Landing, on the main
Road that leads from the thickest Farmers in those
Parts, to the said Landing. A Lot of Ground of 40
Acres, half of it very good Pasture Ground, in Eng-
glish Grass, and in. good Fence : The other Half
well timber'd, whereon stands 2 good DweUing-
Houses, and a good Grist MUl, new rebuUt, wiU
grind about 8 or 9 Bushels an Hour, and at all Times
plenty of Water : A very suitable Place for a Tav
ern, or merchandizing, having a great Opportunity'
of buying Wheat, being on the main Road where
great Part of the Wheat is carried that goes to the
said Landing. The Title is indisputable. Any Per
son inclining to buy, may apply to Joseph Forman,
Merchant, in New- York, or to William M'Kinney,
who lives on the Premisses, for either the Whole
or Half, on reasonable Terms. — Ttte N. Y. Gazette or
ttie Weetdy Post Boy, Nov. 4, 1754.
Monday last a Fire broke out in a House in the
Jerseys, opposite to Wicacoa, which entirely con
sumed the same. The greatest Part of the House
hold Goods, and a Quantity of Indian Corn were also
destroyed. — Ttte Pennsylvania Gazette, Nov. f, 1754.
Numb. ,1350.
RUN away on the 13th of August last, from
Cornelius.Van Campin, of Kingwood, a Coun
try born Servant Man named Thomas Lean, by Trade
a Shoemaker. Had on when he went away, a Tow
Shirt and Trowsers, new Shoes, with laro-e Brass
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435

borrowed one ; and an old Hat. Took with him a
Fiddle, and plays thereon very well ; loves to be at
Frolicks and Taverns, and apt to get in Liquor, and
when so is subject to Fits-. Whoever takes up, se
cures him, and gives Notice to his Master, so that he
may have him again, shall have Three Pounds Re
ward, paid by. Cornelius Van Campin, or Robert
Ainsworth, of Amwell.
P. S. He has served a Time in Chester County,
and it is thought he will go there again : He is very
andck, he crows like a Cock, and barks like a Dog,
and is very apt to act so. — The N. Y. Gazette or the
Weekly Post Boy, A^ov. 11, 1754.
To be Sold by the Executors of the last Will and
Testament of William Cox,^ late of Stirewsbury, in
East-New-Jersey, deceased.
A FARM, pleasantly situated on the publick
Road to Freehold, and within a Mile and half
ofthe Town of Shrewsbury, well fenc'd and water'd,
containing about One Hundred and Sixty Acres of
Ground, Thirty Acres of which is exceeding good
English Meadow, and more very easUy may be made,
whereon are two Dwelling Houses, one of which is
a large commodious new Building .two story High,
with Sash Windows, 33 Feet in Front, and 32 in the
Rear, with a good Cellar, Barn, Kitchen, Garden, &c.
a new stone Well, and two very good Orchards, of
1 The Cox family of Monmouth county were descended from Thomas Cox, who came
from Long Island with some of his neighbors, and was one of those who bought the
Indian right in 1667, and was among the Middletown patentees, being assessed in 1670 .£3,
IOS. for his share of the purchase money. John Cox, probably his son, was prominent
among the rioters who in 1700 and thereabout resisted the claims of the East Jersey Pro _
prietors. The latter was one of the earliest members of the Baptist church at Freehold ,
the oldest in New Jersey. William Cox was probably a grandson of Thomas Cox,

44d NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l7S4
which near 200 Barrels of Cyder may be made in a
good Apple Year. Also to be sold, a Lot of Ground
near James NeUson's, Esq ; in New-Brunswick, 40
Feet in Front, running down to Low Water Mark,
very convenient for Wharfing out, with a good com
modious Dwelling House thereon two story high,
with 4 Rooms on a Floor, wherein now lives Mr.
WUham Harrison, with a good CeUar, Kitchen, Gar
den, &c. Also two Lotts of Ground in New-Bruns
wick near the Presbiterian Meeting-House, each 30
Feet in Front, and 90 in Rear. Also about 10
Acres of exceeding good salt Meadow, at the Mouth
of South River, about 2 Miles from Mr. Henry Long-
field's near New-Brunswick. Whoever inclines to
purchase the Whole, or any Part thereof, may apply
to the Subscribers in Shrewsbury. William Cox,
Thomas Cox,
Catherine Cox. Executrix.
N. B. The Purchaser or Purchasers may have a
considerable Time allow'd them for paying the best
Part of the Money, giving good Security with Inter
est for the Time. — The N. Y. Gazette or ttie Weekly
Post Boy, Nov. 18, 1754.
Custom House, Philadelphia, Inward Entries Sloop
Adventure, Henry Kingsberry, from Salem. — The
Pennsylvania Gazette, Nov. 21, 1754. Numb. 1352.
To be Sold. A Tract of land, at a place caUed the
Great Meadows, in New Jersey, containing 2441
acres. For terms of sale enquire of Edmund Kearny
in Philadelphia, or James Kinsey at Burhrgton. —

^' > Executors.

1754] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 44I
The Pennsylvania Gazette, Nov. 21, 1754. Numb.
1352. New York, November i8.
Yesterday arrived here Capt. Leacraft in 8 Days
from Bermuda, and says That just before he sailed,
the Schooner Ruby, John Seymour, late Master, ar
rived there from this Port ; the People whereof re
ported, That soon after they left the Hook, bound to
that Island, on the 8th Instant, a Spanish Negroe
they had on board, and ship'd from this Place, sud
denly took the Advantage of and murder'd Capt.
Seymour, his Mate, and a Negroe Man ; and almost
dispatched a Passenger on Board : That the Spaniard
thereby became Master of the Vessel, and kept her
in Possession three Days ; when being overcome
with Sleep and appearing drowsy, a Negro Man on
board knock'd him on the Head with a Handspike,
and retook the Schooner. — The Pennsylvania Gazette,
Nov. 21, 1754. Numb. 1352.
Letters at the Post-Office, Philadelphia
Ebenezer Hopkins 2 Haddonfield
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Nov. 21, 1754. Numb.
1352. PhUadelphia, November 28, 1754.
Run away on the 19th inst, from the subscriber,
living in Gloucester township, in the county of Glou
cester, An Enghsh servant man, named Edward
Maybe, about 22 years of age, about 5 feet high,
well-set, of a darkish complexion, with a hair mole on
his left cheek, wears his own~ black hair, and speaks

442 NEW JERSEV COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l7S4
broad: Had on, A grey homespun jacket, homespun
tow shirt and trowsers, dark grey yarn stockings,
good shoes, with brass buckles, and an old beaver
hat. Whoever takes up and secures said servant, so
as his master have him again, shall have Forty ShU
lings reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Jacob Hugg.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Nov. 21, 1754.
Numb. 135;?.
New-York, December 2. We hear from Somerset
County in New-Jersey, that about 10 Days ago, at a
Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Goal De
livery held there, three Men were tried, found guUty
and condemned to die, one for Horse-stealing-, the
others for Burglary. — Tlie N. Y. Gazette or the
Weekly Post Boy, Dec. 2, 1754.
RUN away from Andrew Lake, of the Township
of Bridgewater, and County of Somerset, and
Province of East-New-Jersey, a Scotch Servant Man,
named Thomas Marshall, a middle siz'd Man, pretty
fresh Complexion, with a thick black Beard, talks
indifferent good English, but a good deal like the
Yorkshire : Had on when he went away, a Felt Hat,
a Germantown Cap, new Kersey Jacket, with Phila
delphia Buttons, with a Camblet One under it, a Pair
of Buck-skin Breeches, with a Pair of Homespun
Linnen over them. Homespun Shirt and Stockings,
and Brass Buckles in his Shoes, had on likewise an
old Coat of Scotch Cloth pretty much worn. Who
ever takes up the said Servant, and secures him, so

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as his Master may him again, shall Five Pounds Re
ward, and all reasonable Charges. Andrew Lake.
N. B. All Masters of Vessels are forbid carrying
him off at their Peril. — The N. Y. Gazette or the
Weekly Post Boy, Dec. 2, 1754.
Philadelphia, November 28.
An Extract of an Act and Recommendation of the
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, for a
Collection for the College of ]>le'w-]eY?,ey.
Edinburgh, May 31,. 1754.
THE General Assembly having considered the
Petition, together with the Certificate and
Recommendations therewith produced by the two rev
erend Ministers, viz. Messieurs Gilbert Tennent, and
Samuel Davies ; and being sensible that the Encour
aging ofthe said College is of great Importance to the
Interest of Religion and Learning, and the Support and
farther Advancement of the Kingdom of Christ in
those Parts of the World, Do therefore authorize and
appoint a Collection to be made at the Church Doors
of all the Parishes in Scotland, upon any Lord's Day
before the first Day of January next, the particular
Day to be fixed by the several Presbyteries, as they
find to be most convenient for the Parishes in their
Bounds. And that the Money collected within the
Bounds of the Synods of Glasgow and Air, and of
Argyle, be paid in to Bailie Archibald Lngram. Mer
chant, in Glasgow; and that collected within the
Bounds of the other Synods in Scotland, be paid in
to Mr. William Hog, and Son, Merchants in Edin
burgh. And the General Assembly do earnesriy rec

444 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l7S4
ommend to all to contribute according to their AbUity,
to this useful and charitable Design ; and ordains
this Act and Recommendation to be read from the
Pulpits of all the Churches in Scotland the Sabbath
immediately preceding the Day that shall be named
for making the said Collection ; and that Ministers,
at reading thereof, enforce the same with suitable
Exhortation ; and Presbyteries, at their first Meeting,
after the Day fixed for making the said Collection,
are hereby appointed to call for an Account from
their several Members, if the same hath been made.
Edinburgh, June 3, 1754.
The Moderator produced to the General Assembly,
a Letter to him from the Society in Scotland, for pro
pagating Christian Knowledge, signed by the most
honourable the Marquis of Lothian, their President;
which being read, the General Assembly ordered
that the same be subjoined to the Act and Recom
mendation for a Collection for the CoUeofe of New-
Jersey, and that it be read along with it ; of which
Letter the Tenor follows, viz.
Very revereiid Sir,
THE Society of Scotland for propagating Chris
tian Knowledge, take this Opportunity to sig
nify the genuine Pleasure it gave them, to observe
with what Alacrity the venerable Assembly counten
anced a General Collection thro' Scotland, for the
Encouragement of the lately erected College at New-
Jersey. — We had, some Time ago, the State of that
College under Consideration, and, for promodng its
Interest, gave a Sum for purchasing Books for the
Use of its Library. — It would give great Satisfaction

1754] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 445
to. this Society, if the Assembly would be pleased to
authorize this Letter to be annexed to their Act, and
appoint it to be read along with it, that it may be
known to the whole Church, how much the Society
is persuaded that the Encouragement of that newly
erected College wUl tend to the Advancement of
Learning, and the Improvement of Religion in that
distant Part of his Majesty's Dominions. — This, in
Name, and by Appointment of the General Meeting
of the said Society, is subscribed by, very reverend Sir,
your most obedient Humble Servant, LOTHIAN
Extracted by George
Wishart, Cl. Eccl. Scot.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Dec. 9, 1754.
New-York, December 9. Saturday last his Hon
our our Lieutenant Governor was pleased, in Coun
cU, to give his Assent to the enacting the Twelve
following Acts, passed this Session, viz.
[Of which the twelfth was the foUowing]
An Act for submitting the Controversy between
the Colonies oi New-York and New-Jersey, relating
to the Pardtion Line between the said Colonies, to
the final Determination of his Majesty.
We hear from Somerset County in New-Jersey,
that on Friday last, two of the three Men lately con
victed there for Burglary and Horse Stealing, were
executed ; but the other was reprieved. — Ttie N. Y.
Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Dec. 9, 1754.
Philadelphia, Dec. 12.
By Captain Sage, from Andgua, there is Advice,

446 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l754
that Captain Ammit from Amboy had got to Mont
serrat. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Dec. 12, 1754.
Numb. 1355.
We hear that the Reverend Mr. Whitfield was to
be at Brunswick Yesterday. — The Pennsylvania Ga
zelle, Dec. 12, 1754. Numb. 1355.
Notice is hereby given to all persons who are in
debted unto the Trustees of the College of New-
Jersey, by being subscribers for the buUding of the
said College at Prince-Town, that the time appointed
for the first payment is elapsed and therefore they
and each of them are requested speedily to pay the
sums by them respectively due, unto Richard Stock
ton,^ Esq ; attorney at Law, at Prince-town aforesaid,
who is impower'd to receive and give sufficient dis
charges for the same.
By order of a Committee of the Trustees,
John Brainerd,^ Clerk.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Dec. 12, 1754.
Numb. 1355.
To be Lett or Sold
A plantation, situated on Newtown-creek, in the
county of Gloucester, within half a mile of the river
Delaware, containing 150 acres, 60 ofwhich is good
cleared meadow, with a large dwelhng-house, barn,
out-houses &c and a good orchard, very commodious
for a farmer or store-keeper, the creek being naviga-
1 The Signer of the Declaration of Independence. For a sketch of Richard Stockton,
see N. J. Archives, X., 427.
• 1 For a sketch of John Brainerd, see N. J. Archives, IX., 355.

1754] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 447
ble several miles above the plantation. Any person
inclining to rent or purchase the same, may apply to
Samuel Griscom in Coomb's alley PhUadelphia, and
know the terms.
N. B. A piece of good cedar swamp, within 15
miles of the said plantation, will be also sold or lett
with the same. — Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Dec. 12,
1754. Numb. 1355.

SOME Time in November 1753, a Man came
Passenger from York to Elizabeth-Town
Landing, and left in the Boat a SUver Spoon markt
SR, as also a Pair of Gloves : He never returning to
claim the Spoon, gives Suspicion it was stolen. Any
Person applying to David Smith, at Elizabeth-Town,
or the Printer hereof, shewing a Fellow, or describ
ing the other private Marks of the Spoon, may have
it on paying the Charge of Advertisements, this being
the Second. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post
Boy, Dec. 16, 1754.
Arrivals, At Deal, the Hull Merchant, Griffiths,
from New York. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Dec.
19, 1754. Numb. 1356.
A List of Letters received in the Post-Ofifice at
New- York, not before advertised. (December 19,
1754) .... Thomas Richardson, at Hackensack.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Dec,
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448 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l7S4
TO Be Sold, by Andrew Johnston,
of Perth-Amboy
TWO Tracts of Land in the Mannor of Court
landt  — The N. Y. Gazette or the
Weekly Post Boy, Dec. 23, 1754.
Arrivals At Deal. The Horatio, Brook and
Charles, Eston from Virginia ; Earl of Halifax, Palm
er from Nova Scotia ; and the Samuel, Slater from
Maryland. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Dec. 26, 1754.
Numb, 1357.
RUN-away, on the 19th of December last, from
the castle saw-mUl, in Burlington county, and
province of New-Jersey, a servant man, named James
Sims, this country born, 40 years of age, is a taU
slim man, red faced, has a big nose, and pretends to
be a cooper : had on when he went away, a light grey
kersey great coat, with leather buttons, and a jacket
almost of the same, leather breeches, about half worn,
ozenbrigs frock and shirt, half worn shoes, with straps
put to them, pewter buckles, and mouse-coloured
stockings, with his hair cut off Whoever takes up
and secures said servant man, so that his master may
have him again, or gives notice thereof to Thomas
Shreve, opposite William Wallon s. Esq ; in New-
York, shall receive Three Pounds reward, and rea
sonable charges, paid by Mathias Van Horne.
N. B. AU masters of vessels are forbid to carry
him off.  The N. Y. Mercury, Jan. 6, 1755.
To be Sold,
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situated at George's-Road, 6 miles out of New-
Brunswick, formerly the property of Joseph Van
Cleff, containing 150 acres of land, a good new
house, barn, orchard, and 6 acres of Iresh meadow,
and a saw-miU. Likewise, a tract of land, beinp- the
first landing on South-River, containing 500 acres,
60 ofwhich is fresh meadow, with a good house, barn
and orchard on the same, and many other conven
iences too tedious to rnention. Whoever inclines to
purchase the same, may apply to Mr. John Van
Nordy, in New-Brunswick, or to the owner, Peter Pra
Van Zandt, in New-York, by whom an indisputable
title will be given. — The N. Y. Mercury, Jan. 6,
1755- Run-away, about two months ago, from George
Norris, of Prince-Town, tinman, a servant man named
Thomas King, 40 years old, has a very effeminate
look, about six feet high, hump shoulder'd, long
neck, and small legs : Had on when he went away,
a brown jacket, brown cloth breeches, has sore eyes,
works in brass, copper and tin, and speaks, very
good English. Whoever takes up and secures the
said servant, so that his master may have him again,
or will inform Paul Richard, Esq ; of the City of
New-York, merchant, shall have a Pistole reward,
and aU reasonable charges paid, by George Norris.
— The N. Y. Mercury, Jan. 6, 1755.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Schnr. Two
Brothers, Ambrose Allen to Salem. — The Pennsyl
vania Journal, Jan. 6, 1755. No. 631.
29

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Curdsses Mills, December 26. 1754
Strayed or Stolen last night from the Subscriber
near Borden-Town, a black roan horse, about 14
hands high, branded E. B on the near thigh, rough
shod all round, lately trim'd on the neck where the
coUer goes, very short main, short switch tail, much
us'd to the geers, and in good command, the hair
worn of his sides with the traces, he hand gallops
very well, paces a good travel, and trots easy.
Whoever takes up or secures the said horse, so that
the owner may have him again, shall have Twenty
ShUUngs reward and reasonable charges paid by
Joseph Curtis.
— The Pennsylvania Journal, Jan. 6, 1755. No.
631.
Elizabeth Town, New-Jersey, December 2, 1754.
Whereas His Excellency the Governor has lately
issued His Orders to the Colonels of the several
Regiments of MUitia of this Province, for their mak
ing a general Muster of their Regiments, and for
doing other Things therein directed, as absolutely
necessary for His Majesty's Service ; and not having
receiv'd due Returns from several of the Colonels, I
am commanded by his Excellency to give this Pub
lick Notice, that the Colonels without further Delay
pay all proper obedience to the said Order.
Charles Read, Seer.
— The Pennsylvania Journal, Jan. 6, 1755.
No. 631.
In June last, two guns where put on board the
Borden Town stage boat, for which no owner hath

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appeared. A ny person that wUl prove their property
and pay the charges of this advertisement, may have
them again. — Ttie Pennsylvania Journal, Jan. 6,
1755. No. 631.
All persons are hereby cautioned from taking any
assignment of a bond and judgment, from Samuel
Stogden of Prince-town, East-Jersey, condidoned for
the payment of Twenty Three Pounds, Pennsylvania
Currency, from the subscriber, it having been paid
three years past. GUes John Griffin.
— The Pennsylvania Journal, Jan. 6, 1755.
No. 631.
New-York, January 13. From Roxbury in Mor
ris County, East-New-Jersey, we learn. That a few
Weeks ago, one John Velzer's Wife, having a Pound
of Gun-Powder in a Bason, and not dreading the
Consequence of going too near the Fire with it, a
Spark (it was supposed) jumping into the Bason,
caus'd an Explosion so great as to affect a ChUd that
stood near it in such a Manner that it died soon
after, whUst the Mother received little or no Damage
thereby. From the same Place we likewise learn. That a
Servant Man belonging to one Matthias Auble, died
suddenly there much about the same Time : And a
Jury being caUed, and his Body opened by the Phy
sicians, it was judg'd his Death was occasioned by
the Cruelty of his Master a few Days before in cha.s-
tising him for some Misdemeanour ; and Auble was
immediately taken up and secured in the County

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Goal in order to be brought to a Trial for the same.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Jan.
13. 1755-
TAKEN up by James Ervin, in Cheesequake
Creek, a Pleasure-Boat with a small Keel and
Fore-Castle, with a Step for a Mast; about 12 Feet
Keel, Turpintine Bottom, her Waste painted with
Spanish Brown: The Owner, by applying to either
Mr. James Ervine, or Mr. James Van Horne living
at Dover, may have her again, paying the Charge of
advertising — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post
Boy^ Jan. 13, 1755. To be Sold,
A Plantation containing about two hundred acres,
lying at the head of new- town creek in west-new-
Jersey, within 5 miles of Daniel Cooper's ferry ¦} with
a pretty good house, barn &c. 1 5 acres of good mow
ing meadoy, and more may be made, with a constant
stream fit to erect a grist-mUl, and a dam partly
made ; and alarge orchard ol apple and peach trees.
Any person inclinable to purchase said plantation,
may apply to Jonathan Reeves, living on the said
place. N. B. The plantation is to be disposed of on rea
sonable terms, between this date and the 25th of
March. — The Pennsylvania Journal, Jan. 14, 1755.
No. 632. Philadelphia
We hear that Circular Letters are Dispatched io
Summons the General Assembly of the Province of New-
1 Cooper's ferry — now Camden, New Jersey,

1755] newspaper EXTRACTS. 453
Jersey, to meet at Elizabeth Town on the 20th Day of
February next. — The Pennsylvania Journal, Jan. 14,
1755. No. 632. To Be Sold
[Lying within a Mile (t/ New-Brunswick.)
A Grist-Mill with Two Pair of Stones ; a very
good DweUing-House and Barn, with about
180 Acres of Land adjoining the same, near 80 Acres
ofwhich is well timber'd and very good Wood-Land,
the rest being cleared : The whole is very conveniently
situated near upon Rariton River, opposite to Rari
ton Landing ; the same being Part of the Estate lately
belonging to Mr. Matthew Clarkson, deceased, and
Mr. Gerardus Depeyster, and on which the said De
peyster \ate\yYived; together with which, and in order
to accommodate the Purchaser, if he inclines to it,
wUl be sold the One-half of an Island of Meadow,
between fresh and salt, containing about 16 Acres,
being as good and conveniently situated as any
Meadow of the like Kind, on Rariton River, in which
it lies, and within a few Stone's throw of Mr. Henry
Long field' s House, of whom the same was purchased.
Any Person inclining to purchase, may apply to
Anthony White, living within a Quarter of a Mile of
the MUl and Dwelling-House above mentioned, by
whom a good sufficient Title, and a reasonable Time
for the purchase Money will be given. — The N. Y.
Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Jan. 20, 1755.
To be Sold at Publick Vendue, on the 25th Day
oi March next, at the House oi Minnie Van Voorhis,
in New-Brunswick, the Sale to begin at Eleven

454 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l755
o'clock in the Forenoon, and to continue until all is
sold, the following Houses, Lands and Tenements in
the City of New-Brunswick aforesaid, (being an Asy
lum as it were, or safe Place of Retreat in Time of
Danger of our Enemies^) viz.
THE Dwelling-House, Store-House, Stabhng,
Wharf and Lot of Land, on which Dirck
Schuyler lately lived, in said City of New-Brunswick,
being a large and convenient House and Lot fit for
any Trade or Business. Also a Dwelling-House
and spacious Lot of Land near the Dutch Church, in
Burnet Street. Also two other Tenements and Lots
of Ground on the same Street, near the Market-
House. Also two other Lots of Ground, lying by
the Ship-Yard. Also a Plantation with a large Body
of Fresh Meadow ditched, having a good Dwelling-
House and Barn thereon lying about four Miles from
the Town, at a Place called Lawrence's Brook.
Note, The foregoing are all Fee-simple Lands, and
are to be conveyed to the Purchaser for ever. Also
a large Lot of Ground, Garden and Wharf, contain
ing loo Feet in Front, and about i6o Feet deep, on
Lease for 99 Years, from ist of May 1744, under
Rent for orie Pepper Corn per Annum, for the first
60 Years, and Five Pounds for the Remainder ofthe
Term ; together with a large and convenient StiU-
House, having two large Copper StUls, one whereof
quite new, with Worms, Coolers, and aU other Imple
ments compleat for distilling. Also a large Dwelling-
House and Lot of Ground, on Lease for a Term of
about 60 Years to come, frondng French and King-
1 Referring to the threatened incursion of the Indians from the western frontiers.

1755] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 455
Street, in which Mr. William Symonds, Merchant,
lately lived. Also three East-Jersey Proprietary
Rights, and three Water Lots.
Any Person inclining to purchase all or any Part
of the Premises, by applying before the said Day to
Mesirs WUliam Walton, or Abraham Lynsen in
New- York, or Andrew Johnston in Amboy, William
Ouke, Anthony White, or Dirck Van Veghte, in
New- Brunswick, may be furttier informed oj the Sit
uation, Title and Terms of Sale. — The N. Y. Gazette
or the Weekly Post Boy, Jan. 20, 1755.
To be Sold, in convenient Farms.
SIXTY Thousand Acres of Land, Part of a Tract
commonly called the Societies'^ Great Tract, in
the County of Hunterdon, and Western Division of
the Province of New-Jersey. The whole is exceed
ingly well water'd and timber'd, and otherways choice
good Land, and the Title free from any Kind of Dis
pute whatever. Whoever inclines to purchase may
apply to Andrew Johnston, at Matchponix, William
Alexander in New- York, James Parker at Amboy or
John Stevens at Rockey Hill, who will be either at
their respective Dwellings, or on the Premises. — The
N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Jan. 27, 1 755.
To Be Let
ADwellirg House in the Borough of Elizabeth-
Town, near the Bridge, having an Oven, and
other Conveniences fit for a Baker, and is in a pub
lick Part of the Town. Enquire of WUliam Ross
1 The West New Jersey Society.

456 NEW Jersey Colonial documents. [i75S
near the same. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly
Post Boy, Jan. 27, 1755.
ABSENTED from his Master's Service on the
Twenty Second Day at Night, a High Dutch
man, named, Paulus Smith, about 30 Years of Age,
of middle Stature, has brown bushey Hair : Had on
when he went away, a Castor Hat, a whitish Cloth
Coat, a Cloth Pair of Breeches, a brown Cloth Jacket,
almost new, and speaks very short : He had other
Cloaths with him. Whoever takes up and secures
the said Servant, so that his Master may have him
again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, and all
reasonable Charges paid by John Zabri.ski, at Hack
insack, East-Jersey. He is a Miller by Trade. Ifhe
returns back all Faults wUl be forgiven. — The N. Y.
Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Jan. 27, 1755.
Just published and to be sold at the New-Printing-
Office in Beaver-Street Price one ShUling and four
Coppers. rnwO REPORTS of a Committee of his Majes-
¦ X ty's Council for thtt Province of New-YorK, re
lating to the Controverted- Line between that Prov
ince, and Nkw Jersey: Published by Order of his
Honour the Lieutenant Governor, in CouncU. To
which is added. Several of the Affidavits mendoned
in the preceding Reports. — The N. Y. Gazette or the
Weekly Post Boy, Jan. 27, 1755.
A List of Letters in the Post-Office at Trenton, on
the Twenty-fifch of December last (not before ad
vertised)

I75S] NEWSPAPER EXtRACTS. 457
D
Edward Dunphy, at Robert Pearson's, Esq. Notting
ham
Edward Dawson, Schoolmaster at Amwell
WUliam Dunkin, at Cran- j^
'^^'"'"Y- John Rogers, junior, near
E. Trenton.
WiUiam EvUman, near y^
AUentown. ¦ WiUiam WUcox, at Kings-
H. ton
William Hulberd. WUliam Wilcocks, at
M. Princetown
James Moor, at Trenton Samuel Worth, near
Jeremiah M'Cormick, Princetown.
Monmouth County.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan. 21, 1755. Numb.
1361. Broke out of Cape May county goal, on the sec
ond of January inst. a man, named Jacob Bennet,
born in Bucks county, is about 42 Years of age,
about five feet eight inches high, of a fresh complex
ion, and can talk Low Dutch well : He is a Wam
pum maker by trade. Whoever takes up and secures
said Bennet in any goal, so as he may be had again,
shall receive Four Pounds reward, and reasonable
charges, from John Shaw, sheriff of Cape May County.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan. 21, 1755. Numb.
1361. To be Sold.
Several parcels of land in West Jersey, viz, one
tract of well-timber'd land, containing about 255

458 NEW JERSEY colonial DOCUMENTS. [I755
acres, within a mile of MounthoUy, extending on the
South branch of Rancocus-creek, where the tide
flows, adjoining to the old bridge on the country
road ; it is very conveniently situated for sending
timber and cord-wood to Philadelphia ; it hath a large
stream of water running thro' it, sufficient for a mUl,
and is supposed to have about 40 acres of swamp,
which is capable of being made into good meadow at
a small expence. Also several tracts of cedar-
swamp, which by the surveys are called 180, 65. 50
and 19 acres, and are all situated near a navigable
branch of MuUica's river, in Egg harbour. Any
person inclining to purchase all, or any of those
tracts, may have them on reasonable terms, and a
considerable time for payment of the purchase-money.
For further particulars enquire of
John Smith, in PhUadelphia.
— Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan. 28, 1755.
Numb. 1362.
To be Sold : Or, Let, for one Year ; The Planta
tion on which the Revd John Pierson, lately hved ;
situated and lying about the Middle of the Town of
Woodbridge, in the County of Middlesex, in East-
Jersey, within a Mile of the Meeting-House, and
scarce four Miles from Amboy ; said Plantation con
sists of about 70 Acres of good Land, some Quandty
of it mowing Meadow, whereon is an Orchard of a
considerable Number of Fruit Trees, a good Dwell
ing-House, Barn and Chair-House, &c. Whoever
hath a Mind to purchase, may apply to said John
Pierson, living at Mendum in New-Jersey. — The N.
Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Feb. 3, 1755.

1755] newspaper extracts. 459
Arrivals At Deal. The Lively Betsey, Gray ; and
the Diamond, Kirkwood, from Boston. The Diamond,
Hutchinson, from Maryland. — The Pennsylvania Ga
zette, Feb. 4, 1755. Numb. 1363.
PhUadelphia, Jan. 27, 1755.
Run away last night, from William AUen of Ches
ter township, Burlington county, West-New-Jersey,
An Irish servant man, named Turrence Magwigin,
about 5 feet 6 inches high, about 27 years of age,
palish complexion, dark brown hair, very thin and
scragling : Had on when he went away. An old
beaver hat, drugget jacket, and- a striped under
ditto, without sleeves, cloth breeches, of a moss col
our, with metal buttons, and has buttons at the knees
instead of buckles, which are put on the upper side^
black grey stockings, half-worn shoes, with strings,
and took a pair of new shoe soals with him. Who
ever takes up and secures said servant, so as his
master may have him again, shall have Forty ShU
lings reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
WUliam Allen.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 4, 1755.
Numb. 1363. To be Sold
A Plantation, lying on Raccoon creek, in Green
wich township, Gloucester county, containing 300
acres of upland, well-dmber'd, about 25 acres of
meadow, within bank, and about twenty acres of
marsh adjoining the same, with a good house, barn,
orchard &c. Also a plantadon within a mUe of
the said creek, adjoining the former, containing

460 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1755
130 acres of upland, well-timber'd, with 10 acres of
marsh, with a good dweUing house, barn, orchard
and other improvements on the same. Like
wise another plantation, lying at the upper side
of Raccoon creek, fronting Delaware river, contain
ing 1 60 acres, about 40 acres ofwhich is good meadow,
40 acres more may be made ; also 42 acres of good
cedar swamp, lying very handy for timber, with a
good dwelling house, barn, stable, large orchard and
other good Improvements. Whoever inclines to
purchase all or either of said plantations may apply
to the subscriber, living near the premises, who will
give an indisputable title for the same. Jotm Halton.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 4, 1755.
Numb. 1363. To be Sold
The late dwelling house and Plantation of Thomas
Green deceased, lying on ttie North side of Ancocus
Creek, in WiUing burrough, in the County of Burling
ton, very convenient to miU and market, containing 200
acres oj good land, 100 acres titer eoj cleared and
jenced, and well watered, about 13 acres oj banked
meadow, 1 3 acres of dry meadow, and more may be
made, with a good barn and out-houses ; a good
orchard &c. Also an Lsland of marsh on ttie south
branch of said creek containing according to the sur
vey about 3 acres. Enquire of John Clark, and
Joseph Green.
N. B. John Clark lives in Mount-holly, Joseph
Green near Burlington. — The Pennsylvania Journal,
Feb. 4, 1755. No. 635.

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By Virtue of an Act of General Assembly of the
Province of New Jersey.
There is now prepared jor ttie Press and will be speedily
Published in One Volume Folio. The Original
Constitution
of East and West Jersey, containing the several
Grants for the Soil and Government — The Conces
sions and Constitutions by which they were Settled
— The Laws past during the Proprietary Government
— The Proceedings previous to the Surrender thereof
— The Instrument of Surrender — Queen Ann's formal
Acceptance of the same — A Blank Commission for a
Governor, and Lord Cornbury s Instructions, &c.
This Book is necessary for every one who hath
Ocassion to Deduce the Title of any Land in New-
Jersey from it's Original Foundation, as also for
many Persons who it's said hold Estates by Virtue
of the Laws above mentioned : And indeed lor all
those who have either Occasion or Curiosity to know
the Constitution of New Jersey, or the Security those
interested therein have for their Liberties and Prop
erdes. He who would Inquire by whait Authority the
Powers of Government are exercised, by being pos
sessed of the Book abovementioned, wUl have a
ready Answer. They who hold Lands in either Di
vision, may see how far the same is secured by the
Constitution, against any Resurvey after Seven Years
quiet and peaceable Possession. Any Person con
cerned in the Location of Proprietary Rights within
the Province aforesaid may be able to Judge whether
his proceedings are warranted by the said Laws,

462 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1755
which prescribe sundry Regulations for the taking up
of Lands, and indeed for Leasing and Selling the'
same. And finaUy the sagacious and publick Spirited by
perusing the Book aforesaid, and comparing the
Original with the present Consdtution of New-Jersey,
may learn some useful hints to guard them against
every Attempt of Innovadon.
Thus far the Utility of the Book, which wUl be bet
ter understood from the Contents thereof, than from
any Brief Description that can be herein attempted:
However it may be in some Measure inferred from
the Legislatures having by Act aforesaid directed the
same to be Printed. And as they have charged us
the Subscribers with the Management thereof, we
have directed Fifty Books to be Printed for Sale, and
Subscriptions will be taken in the City oi Philadelphia,
by William Bradford, in the City of New-York, by
Mr. Hugh Gaine, in New- Castle, by George Monroe,
Esq, in the County of Sussex on Delaware by the
Honourable Rieves Holt, and William Stianklin,
Esqrs ; — And in New Jersey, agreeable to Adver
tisements, published therein.
A Piece of Eight to be paid at Subscribing, and,
the remainder upon the receipt of the Book, which
from the best estimate we can at present make will
cost about Twenty Shillings when bound in Calf-Skin
and Letter'd on the Back.^
February ^, If 'j^z^. Aaron Leaming
Jacob Spicer.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 11, 1755.
No. 636.
1 This is the compilation known as " Leaming & Spicer," or the " Grants and Conces
sions," It was reprinted in 1881,

1755] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 463
On the. 30th day of December last was left at the
house of Thomas Rice, tavern keeper in Salem, in
West Jersey, but now in the possession of the sub
scriber of the same place, a small grey horse, bridle
and saddle, branded on the near buttock TD, about
I ?. hands high, trots and gallops, the saddle is a
hundng one, with a blue plush seat, and green plush
housings, fringed, all which are supposed to be
stolen. The owner of said horse, bridle and saddle,
coming and proving his property, and paying charges,
may have them again. Samuel Tylar.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 11, 1755.
Numb. 1364.
New-York, February 10. On the 30th of y^^z^^;^
last, died much lamented, at New-Brunswick in New-
Jersey, after a long and tedious Sickness, John
Stelle, Esq ; a Man of bright Genius, and superior
Knowledge in civU and religious Affairs. He fill'd
several Stations in Life, which he discharg'd to gen
eral Satisfaction. He was a pleasant Companion, a
sincere and hearty Friend. He has left a disconso
late Widow, and Five small Children, to lament the
Loss of a kind indulgent Husband, and tender Father.
— The Publick are very sensible of a general Loss.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Feb.
10, 1755- To be Lett,
The ferry across Pissaick-River,^ in East-Jersey, to
gether with a large stone ferry-house, and stable,
1 AtSecond River, now Belleville,

464 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1755
convenient to entertain travellers ; as also a good
garden to the same belonging: 'Tis pleasantly situ
ated, direcdy opposite Col. John Schuyler's dweUing
house, and within a mUe both of Messrs. Schuyler's
and Lucas's copper-mines, which are both at work ;
and in the way of all the mines, and traveUers.
Whoever inclines to lease the same, either for one
year, or a longer term, may apply either to Stephen
V. Cortlandt, living near the premisses, or of John V.
Cortlandt, in the city of New- York. — Ttte N. Y.
Mercury, Feb. if, 1755.
To be sold by the Printer hereof. Price One ShUling.
A SPEECH said to have been delivered some
Time before the Close of the Last Sessions,
by a Member dissenting from the Church. Also,
A Remonstrance. By David Marin Ben Jesse}
Pastor at Aquenonka. — The N. Y. Mercury, Feb. if
1755- Arrivals from the Northward at Barbados. Bab
son from Salem. — The Pennsylvania Journal, Feb.
25. 1755- No. 638.
By virtue of a writ to me directed, wUl be exposed.
to sale by publick vendue, about two o'clock on the
2 2d day of February instant, at the shop next to the
house of Richard Murray, deceased, in Vine street,
near Bedminster, sundry household goods, a stove,
and a large compleat sett of valuable well chosen
carpenter's tools. Also a well-buUt carpenter's shop,
i The Rev. David Marinus, pastor of the Reformed Dutch Churches at Acquackanonk
(now Passaic) and Totowa (now Paterson), 1754-74. ,

1755] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 465
18 feet by 24, with 109 sash lights ; late the property
of Thomas Nevel ; taken in execudon by
Samuel Morris, Sheriff.
— The Pennsylvania Journal, Feb. 25, 1755.
No. 638.
To-morrow will be published, and sold by the
Printer hereof Price, One ShiUing, and Three Cop
pers. A DISCOURSE, delivered at Newark, January
I, 1755. By A. Burr, President of the Col
lege of New-Jersey.j|^g:aThis Piece contains some
reasonable Reflections upon the following Topics.
On the growing and dangerous Power of France,
under the House of Bourbon. The ambitious At
tempts of that House, for the Establishment of uni
versal Monarchy. The present treacherous Designs
against the British Colonies in America. The Se
verities executed upon the French Protestant Sub
jects. The Danger of divine Judgments, from the
prevaUing Immorality ofthe Age. The Necessity of a
general Reformation of Manners, with a Dependance
upon the Aid and Protection of Heaven. And the
Importance of immediate, united and vigorous Meas
ures, for repelling the Insults of our Enemies, and de
fending our Country and Liberties. — The N. Y.
Mercury, March 3, 1755.
The General Assembly of New-Jersey, were ad-
journ'd on the 3d Instant, to the 16th of April next;
after the Governor had given his Assent to the fore
going Act, as printed in this Paper, [An Act to pre
vent the Exportadon of Provisions, Naval or Warlike
30

466 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1755
Stores, from the Colony of New-Jersey to Cape-
Breton, or to any other the Dominions settled by the
Subjects ofthe French King] andto another, entitled.
An Act for making Provision for the Subsistence of
his Majesty's Forces during their March through this
Colony, and jor providiag Carriages for transport
ing their Baggage.
We also hear from New-Jersey, that the worthy Col.
Peter Schuyler, near Newark, has requested and ob
tained Leave of the Governor, to raise 400 Men at his
own Charge, to be in Readiness to march to the Assist
ance of the City of New- York, or any Place in their
Neighbourhood, if it should happen to be attack'd by
the French, or other Enemies of Great Britain. Is
not this Patriotism indeed t — The N. Y. Gazette or
the Weekly Post Boy, March 10, 1755.
To Be Sold.
A House with one Room, and Leanto, a good
dry Cellar, and a good Store House 30 by 2 1
Feet, two Story High, 'and a Cellar under it, with a
quarter of an Acre of Land, very good for a Garden,
and very convenient for Shop-Keeping and Boadng
Business, lies near the Water side, with a good new
Stable and Well, also a 9 Cord Boat, 4 Years old
and goes well, the above, all at Piscataway Landing
in New-J er sey t Also to be sold a 20 Acre Lot of
choice good Wood Land, 7 Miles from the above
Landing, two and a half Acres are clear'd, and bears
good Grass, and most of the Land is fit for Meadow,
it is well dmber'd, and lies within half a MUe of a Saw
MiU : Also a Plantation at Minisquan, containing
250 Acres, whereof 14 Acres is good Meadow, and

1755] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 467
more may be made so, with a large Orchard on
Squan River, near a Grist MUl, and lies convenient
for Fishing, Fowling, Claming and Oystering : Any
Person inclining to purchase, may apply to Henry
Dumont, at Piscataway Landing, and agree on rea
sonable Terms.
N. B. The said Dumont, has also to Let a good
new House with two Rooms, two fire Places, a good
CeUar, large Store House three Story High, with
about 18 Acres of Land in good Fence, adjoining the
said House at Piscataway Landing, the same is very
convenient for almost any Tradesman. — Ttie N. Y.
Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, March 10, 1755.
To be Sold, sundry large Lots of Land within the
Counties of Morris and Sussex, viz.
LOT No. 4. 2500 Acres, at the Mouth of Whip-
pany and Rockaway Rivers. No. 33. — 1250
Acres joining the above, chiefly good Meadow, near
Col. Tutle's. No. 48 — 1250 Acres lying upon the
Branches of said Rockaway River near Frederick
Temonts. No. 50, 1250 Acres upon Muskoneconk
River, near one Lefever's. No. 73. — 2500 Acres at
the Head of Pohatcunk, near Thomas Newman's.
No. 74. — 1250 Acres on Rockaway, near Col. Ford's
Lower Iron Works. No. ff. — 2500 Acres joining
the last Lot, near John Locy's. No. 82, 86. — 3750
Acres joining the last Lot, near Mendom and Henry
Clark's. No. 75. 1250 Acres at the Head ofPequase
River, near Major Wolverton. No. 91. — 5000 Acres
at the Head of Pawlin's Kill ; a large Quantity of
fine Meadows. No. 108. — 5000 Acres on said Paw
lin's KUl, three MUeg West of Sussex Court-House.

468 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1/55
No. 1 IO. — 1250 Acres near the Head of the drowned
Land, near one Chapman. No. 112. — 1250 Acres
near the Head of Pawlin's, joining Henry Harloker.
No. 115. — 1250 Acres upon Delaware River, atthe
Mouth of Pequase River. AU of the foregoing Lots
are well watered, and have large Quantities of'
Meadow, most of them very convenient for raising
Stock, or farming, and the Title good: For further
Particulars, enquire of Jonathan Hampton, of Eliza
beth Town, Agent and Surveyor for the Hon. Thomas
Penn, and Richard Penn, Esqrs. where may be seen
the several Plans, who wiU shew the Lands, and agree
for the same. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post
Boy, March 10, 1755.
rpO BE SOLD, at publick Vendue on Wednes-
X. day the 26th Day of March next, at the House
of Minne Van Voorhies in the City of New-Bruns
wick. THE Lot and House in which the said Voorhies
now lives. Any Person inclining to purchase
the same before the Day of Sale, may apply to Wil
liam Ouke, of said City, who wUl agree on reasonable
Terms, and give a clear Title to the same in fee.
The House is a good substantial Building, being two
Stories high, stands on high Ground, and of Course
hath dry Cellars, and has the best Prospect, (which
cannot be removed or taken away) and the finest
Air in the Heat of Summer of any House in Town.
The Lot is spacious, being about 80 Feet in front, on
Burnet-street, and extends back to Peace street.
And tho' it hath many Conveniencies, as Pump,
Chaise House, Garden, &c. yet may be further im-

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proved and built upon, without encroaching on the
Garden, &c. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post
Boy, March 10, 1755. To Be Sold,
A Good Plantadon two Miles and a half from
Middletown, in East-New-Jersey, and a MUe
from a River that runs between Middletown and
Shrewsbury, and half a Mile from a Creek that wUl
afford a large Boat to come up. The Plantadon
contains about 200 Acres of Land, well water'd and
dmber'd, with about 80 Acres of cleared Land, and a
large Quantity of good fresh Meadow can be made ;
there is about 6 or 7 Acres already brought to, and
some Salt Meadow belonging to the Place about
three MUes off it. There is on it a large Apple and
Peach Orchards, of good F"ruit ; two good Dwelling
Houses, with Stone Cellars underneath each ; one of
the Houses is two Storie high, with a Kitchen at one
End ; the Houses almost new, has a fine Brook runs
by the Door, with fine Springs handy to both Houses ;
a Grist MiU joins the Place at about one hundred
Rods from the Houses. The Plantation is well situ
ated, and lays suitable for a Merchant, Tradesman
or Farmer. Any Person inclining to purchase, may
apply to Mr. James WUmot, in New- York, or to Mr.
Jonah Roads, on Long Island, where they will be in
formed of the Conditions, or to John Gamage, who
lives on the Place, and will give a good Title to the
same. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
March 10, 1755.

470 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l755
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Richard
Fitz Randolph, late of Perth-Amboy, deceased,
are desired to pay the same speedily to the Execut
ors, Nathaniel Fitz Randolph and Jonathan Har-
ned, both of Woodbridge, to prevent further Trouble ;
in order that they may be enabled thereby to pay all
those that have any Demands on the said Estate ;
who are likewise desired to bring in their Accounts,
and they shall be satisfied, — The N. Y. Gazette or
the Weekly Post Boy, March lo, 1755.
IT. V. of Biles Island, near Bordentown, being
sensible of the great Necessity there was for
erecting a -House for the publick Worship of God in
the said Town, and the Promotion of Religion and
Virtue ; and whereas several of the Well-minded In
habitants being zealous for the effecting so laudable
a Design, did under take the same, by which Means
they are become considerably in Debt ; now, for
their Relief, and finishing the said Building, I make
this Lottery, the Scheme of which is as follows, viz.
Number of Prizes. Value in Pieces of 8. Total Value.

I

cf

250

is

250

3

of

150

are

450

8

of

50

are

400

12

of

20

are

240

150

of

10

are

1500

850

of
Prizes

6 are
First drawn

5100

1034

30

2966

Blanks

Last drawn

30

4000 Tickets, at two Pieces of Eight, is 80,00

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Fifteen per Cent, to be deducted from the Prizes.
The Drawing to commence the 2d Tuesday in April,
or sooner if full ; publick Notice wUl be given at
least 14 Days before Drawing, and of the Precise
Time of putting the Tickets into the Boxes. The
Money wUl be paid to the Possessors of the benefit
Tickets, as soon as the Drawing is over. Tickets are
to be sold by William Potts, Thomas Cox, John
Imlay, and Joseph Borden, jun. who I appoint Man
agers, and they shall be on oath for the true Per
formance of the same.
N. B. Tickets in the above Lottery, to be sold by
John Throop, Jos. Furman, and James Wilmot, in
New- York. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post
Boy, March 10, 1755.
To be Sold, by Robert Savage, at Middletown Point,
in Monmouth County, New-Jersey.
A Large Dwelling House two Story high. Forty-
six by Thirty-two, four Rooms on a Floor,
Six fire Places, Cellar under aU, in three Divisions,
viz. for a Kitchen, Store, and common Cellar ; new
and well finished, a large Shop added to the same
with Shelves and Counters, a good Garden well in
closed, a Barn, Stable, and two Store Houses, all on
a Lott of two Acres ; bounded by the Creek, and
Main Road leading to said Point: Also two other
Houses at said Point, one Twenty by Twenty-four,
well finished with Shop and Shelves, a commodious
Kitchen and Milk Room ; the other Eighteen by
Twenty, both on a Lot of one Hundred Feet Front
and Sixty Feet deep. Also forty Acres of Wood
Land, with a large Tanyard, well water'd, half a Mile

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from said Houses. The above Place, being the
principal Part of the County for Foreign and Domes-
tick Trade, well known for all Manner of Produce
suitable for either. Sloops that carry Four or Five
Hundred Barrels of Flour, can go loaded from said
Store Houses : Also another small Tract of Land at
Freehold, two Miles from the Court-House, bounded
by Shrewsbury and Squan Roads, containing Thirty-
two Acres, clear and in good Fence, an Orchard of
thirteen Years Growth very thrifty, containing above
Two Hundred Apple Trees, and several Peach
Trees, four Acres of fresh Meadow clear'd and
ditch'd, a good Dwelling House, Thirty-two by
Twenty-four, Two fire Places, a good Cellar, Shop,
Garden, Barn and Stable, convenient for a Trader or
Tradesman, adjoining a fine Out-Lott; Likewise two
likely young Negroes. Whoever inchnes to pur
chase or rent any of the said Places, shall have an
indisputable Tide, and may apply to said Robert
Savage, living on the Premises, who designs to keep
a Grammar School. Likewise will board and instruct
Gentlemen's Sons from City and Country, at a rea
sonable Rate : for further Information as to the Sale
and Prices of the Houses and Land, may apply to
Tunis Davis, Esq, or to Capt. Thomas Kearney, in
said County. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post
Boy, March lo, 1755.
The Legislature of New-Jersey have passed an Act
to prevent the Exportation oj Provisions, Navdl or
War-like Stores from the Colony oj New Jersey to
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by ttte Subjects of the French King. — The Pennsylvania
Journal, Marcti 11, 1755. No. 640.
To be sold at publick vendue, on the first day of
May next, on the premises. The plantation that
Thomas Montgomery lately liv'd on, in East-Jersey,
lying between Brunswick and Kingston, on George's
road, 7 mUes distant from each of those places, and
containing 300 acres, about 100 ofwhich is clear'd,
the rest well timber'd ; the land is easy of culture,
and the soU extremely natural to all sorts of grain ;
there is a good dwelling-house, barn and other out
houses, with a good bearing orchard. For terms of
sale enquire of Thomas Lawrence, John Lawrence,
WUliam Masters and Wife, Executors of Thomas
Lawrence, Esquire, deceased.
N. B. The title is indisputable. — The Pennsylvania
Gazette, March 11, 1755. Numb. 1368.
New-Brunswick, March 14, 1755. On Tuesday
last came on the annual Election for chusing the
Aldermen and Common CouncU Men of this Corpo-
radon, when Alderman Wethetdll, with a Body of
People, it seems, had formed a Design to put in two
or three new Aldermen in the Country: forwhich,
and for asserting among other Things of the like
Tendency, that no one of any Trade was obliged to
take up his Freedom as by the Charter is directed,
and that Freeholders in general (tho' not Freemen,
in whom the Charter only and expressly vests the
Rights of chusing) have a Right to vote,. had the
Mordfication to be voted out from being an Alder
man himself, and Mr. John Lyle elected in his Room :

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but being loth to part with so valuable a Post, de
manded a Scrudny, the Result of which must be
waited for untU the same comes to be solemnly de
bated in Common CouncU, where the chief Matter in
Question wUl be. Whether the Charter which says,
that none but Freemen shall have Votes ; Or whether
Mr. Wetherill' s late extraordinary Discovery of
Magna Charta, and the fundamental Constitudon of
East and West-Jersey (by the latter he alluded to a
Book now in the Press, entitled. The original Consti
tution of East and West-Jersey^ shall be the Rule
that is to prevaU in this Case, notwithstanding any
Thing contained in the Charter to the contrary ?
which with him seems to be but trifling, or not in the
least to be regarded in the Determination of this
grand Point. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post
Boy^ March if, 1755.
TO be Sold by Marius Glanvill, of Reading
Township, in Hunterdon County, West-New-
Jersey, The Premises'whereon he now lives, contain
ing 30 Acres of Land, having kept a considerable
Store on the same these seven Years past, to much
Advantage, having a good House with Stone Chim
nies, three Fire-places, and a Cellar under the same;
a large Store-House and Shop, with an Under-ground
Kitchen and Oven ; a young Orchard of 100 bearing
Apple-Trees, and sundry Peach-Trees, a fine Well,
with plenty of Water, a large pail'd Garden, a fram'd
Barn and Smoak House ; it stands very convenient
for a Merchant or Tradesman, in the Center of Four
publick Roads. Also a Plantation in Labonan, two
MUes from the Premises, and one MUe from the

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Dutch Church, joining on the Main-Road, containing
about 175 Acres of good Land, including 20 Acres
of rich Meadow, eight Acres of which has been
mow'd ; the Whole in good Fence, joining a large
Brook, well water'd and timber'd, 1 10 Acres of which
is clear'd, there is on it a good new Stone House and
Barn, with a good Spring near the Door. Whoever
inchnes to purchase both or either of the above
Premises, may have sufficient Time for the Payment
of the purchase Money ; a good Title wUl be given
to the Purchaser : Said Glanvill wUl give the Landing
Price for all merchantable Produce at Boundbrook,
where he intends to keep Store ; but as he yet remains
on the abovesaid Premises, he continues to sell cheap,
for ready Money or merchantable Produce.
Marius Glanvill.
P. S. Any Trader not inclining to purchase the
Premises whereon the said Glanvill lives, may have
the same for a Term of Years. — The N. Y. Gazette
or the Weekly Post Boy, Marcti if, 1755.
THE Dwelling-House, Store-House, Stabling,
Wharf and Lot of Land, on which Dirck
Schuyler lately lived, in the City of New-Brunswick,
being a large and convenient House and Lot fit for
any Trade or Business ; Also several other Tene
ments and Lots of Ground, in and near the said City,
will, according to Advertisements already dispensed
and printed in this Paper for Weeks past, be Sold at
Publick Vendue, on the 25th Day of March next, ^t
the House of Minnie Van Voorhees, in New-Brun
swick: the Sale to begin at Eleven o'Clock in the
Forenoon, and to continue until all are sold. — The

476 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l7S5
N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, March if
1755- To Be Let,
A Commodious large Dwelling House with good
Conveniences for a Gentleman or Store
keeper, standing on Middletown Point, in Monmouth
County, and in the Center of Trade and Navigation
of the above County; its two Story high, four Fire
Places, good Kitchen, dry Cellar, good Well, a large
Garden, and 2 Acres of Land ; whoever has a Mind
to enter on the said, its to be Let from this Day, by
John Burrows, living near the said House: For
further Particulars, enquire at Mrs. Sarah Easthams
in New- York. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly
Post Boy, March if, 1755.
New-York, March 24. Capt. Wright from St.
Kitts, informs us of the arrival of Capt. Emott of
Elizabeth-Town, at St. Kitts.
About ten Days ago, Capt. Drungold, in a Sloop
bound in here from South-Carolina, was drove a
Shore on a Shoal near Sandy-Hook : They were
obliged to heave over the most of their Cargo, till the
Vessel drove up on the Beach, from whence 'tis
thought she may possibly be got off again.
We hear from Rariton, That on Wednesday last
five Men in a Boat were loading a Sloop at a small
Distance from the Shore with Wood, the Wind sud
denly rising soon fill'd her with Water, when four of
the Persons were unhappily drowned, and the fifth
with difficulty saved himself by standing upon one of
i-he'^Thaughts of the Boat with his Back to the Waves

i75sj newspaper extracts. 477
after she touch'd the Bottom. — The N. Y. Gazette or
the Weekly Post Boy, March 24, 1755.

A

To be Sold by John Anderson,
House and Lot of Ground, situate in the
Township of Bridge-Water, at Bound-Brook,
bounded on Rariton Road, and within 15 Roods of
the River ; it is very convenient for a Merchant or
Storekeeper ; the House is 43 Foot long, and 28
Wide, one Story and a Half high, with 5 Rooms
and two Fire-Places, a Shop-Room below, and the
upper Apartment very convenient for storing some
Thousand Bushels of Grain, with a small CeUar and
a Stable for Horses. Any Person inclining to pur
chase the same, may, for the Title and Conditions of
Sale, apply to John Anderson, living on the Premises.
N. B. He has also 6 or 7 Acres of good Land to
sell, convenient for the Purchaser of the above House.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, March
24. 1755- To Be Sold,
A Plantation pleasantly situated, two Miles from
Mr. PhUip Ringe's, on the Road that leads to
Coriel's Ferry, in the Township of Amwell, County
of Hunterdon, in West-New-Jersey : The Plantation
contains 380 Acres of very good Land, well water'd
and timber'd ; 180 Acres ofwhich is clear'd and in
good Fence, whereon is a good Ten-Acre Orchard of
good bearing Apple Trees, with Six Acres of Meadow,
and more may be easUy made ; there is on it Two
good Store Houses, and Spring-House, with a good
jBarn, and several other Improvements : Any Person

478 NEW JERSEY colonial documents. [1755
inclining to purchase the same, may apply to John
Mc Intire, in New-Brunswick, and know the Condi
tions, or to the Subscriber, living on the Premises,
who wUl agree on reasonable Terms, and give a good
Tide for the same. Thomas Rockman.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
March 24, 1755.
John Scott, of Hanover Town, in the County of
Morris, and Province of New Jersey, inclines to leave
off the farming Business, will sell the Plantation
whereon he dwells, being very commodiously situated
on the West Side of Great Whipenung Meadow, con
taining by Estimation 400 Acres of Upland and 500
Acres ofthe aforesaid Meadow, a large Quantity ofthe
same ditch'd and in good English Mowing and Tillage,
yielding much larger Crops than any Upland, with a
large Orchard of good Fruit, besides a large Quandty
of English Cherries, Common Cherries, Mulberries,
Peach, Plum and Quince Trees, &c. with a large
Dwelling House, Barn, Stables, &c. The Purchaser
paying one Third of the Money in Hand, may have
the other two Thirds on Interest for Years, giving
good Security ; he will sell the whole or half as the
purchaser may chuse, being large enough for two
Plantations, and will admit of being divided, with lit
tle difference in Quantity and Quality : Said Scot
hath several other Plantations fit for Men of large or
small Estates, from 50 Acres to 5 or 600 Acres, and
1 Perhaps the John Scott whose death, June 5, 1800, aged 87 years, is recorded in the
books of the First Presbyterian church of Morristown,

1755] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 479
wiU treat with the Purchasers on reasonable Terms.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, March
24. 1755-
To be Sold, at Publick Vendue, on Thursday the
10th Day oi April next, by the Executors ofthe last
Will and Testament of William Cox, of Shrewsbury,
in East-New-Jersey, deceased :
A Farm pleasantly situated on the publick Road
to Freehold, and within a Mile and half of the
Town of Shrewsbury, well fenc'd and water'd, con
taining about 160 Acres, 30 ofwhich is exceeding
good English Meadow, and more may very easily be
made ; whereon are two Dwelling Houses, one of
which is a large commodious new Building, two Storie
high, with Sash Windows, 2if, Feet in front, and 32 in
rear, with a good Cellar, Barn, Kitchen, Garden, &c.
a new Stone Well, and two very good Orchards, of
which near 200 Barrels of Cyder may be made in a
good Apple Year. Also, Horses, Cows, Calves,
Hogs, Sheep, Shop Goods, and sundry Farmers
UtensUs. The Conditions of Sale will be made
known at the Time and Place aforesaid, by the Sub
scribers, now on the Premises. Any Person inclin
ing to purchase before the Day of Sale, by applying
to the Subscribers, may be treated with on reason
able Terms.
P. S. The Title indisputable. William Cox j jt ,
^ r^ > Lx ecu tors
Thomas Cox J
Catherine Cox, Executrix.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
March 24, 1755.

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To be Sold, in convenient Farms,
SIXTY Thousand Acres of Land, Part of a Tract
commonly called the Societies Great Tract, in
the County of Hunterdon, and Western Division of
the Province of New-Jersey. The whole is exceed
ingly well water'd and timber'd, and otherways
choice good Land, and the Title free from any Kird
of Dispute whatever. Whoever inclines to purchase
may apply to Andrew Johnston, at Matcheponix,
William Alexander in New- York, James Parker at
Amboy, or John Stevens at Rocky HUl, who will be
either at their respective Dwellings, or on the Prem
ises. — The N. Y. Gazette or ttie Weekly Post Boy,
March 24, i 755.
New-York, March lo. A few Days ago Capt.
Leycraft saw a Topsail Vessel on Shore a little to
the Southward of Great Egg-Harbour. — The Penn
sylvania Journal, March 25, 1755. No. 642.
We hear that the General Assembly of the Prov
ince of New jersey is to meet on the Fourth of next
Month. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Marcti 25, 1755.
Numb. 1370.
To be sold at publick vendue, on the 7th of the
fourth month called April next (or any time before
by private sale) a good and convenient dwelling-
house and lot of land, of 30 feet front, and 412 feet
and a half back, pleasantly situated on the east-side
of High street, in the city of Burlington. Any per
son inclining to purchase the same, may apply to the

1755] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 481
subscriber, living on the premises, or to Hugh Harts
horne, and Daniel Smith, jun, of said city.
Daniel Bacon
N. B. There is on the said lot a good kitchen,
smoke house, well of water, and other conveniences :
Under the house is an extraordinary cellar, and wUl
be likely to suit a shopkeeper. The dde is good,
and there will be time given for payment of the pur
chase money, paying interest, and giving security.
— Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, March 25, 1755.
Numb. 1370.
All persons indebted to the estate of John Pole
deceased, are desired to make speedy payment to
the subscribers, executors of his last will and testa
ment: And those who have any demands on said
estate, are desired to bring them in, that they may
be adjusted and paid. Said executors have for sale
the following lots, viz. A house and lot, containing
48 feet on Walnut-street, and 87 feet on Fourth
street,, in the city of Philadelphia ; one other lot in
the said city, containing 20 feet on Lombard-street,
and in depth ff feet ; a house and lot in the city of
Burlington, now in the tenure of John Tyler, contain
ing ¦^f feet on High street. Any person inclining to
purchase either of those lots may have them on rea
sonable terms, and a considerable time for payment
of the purchase money, on paying interest and giv
ing security, if required. For further particulars en
quire of William Callender, Edward Cothrall and
John Smith. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, March 25,
1755. Numb. 1370.
31

482 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l755
This is to forwarn all persons from trusting Phebe
the wife of John Mott, of Egg-harbour in New-Jersey,
for I will pay no debts by her contracted. John Mott.
— The Pennsylvania Journal, April 3, 1755.
No. 643.
Arrivals. At Deal, A Ship from Virginia, supposed
tobetheBerry, Belchier ; The Baltimore, Plant; Suky,
Wood ; and Maryland Planter, North, from Mary
land ; and the Dover, Richards from New York.
SaUed Deal, Jan. 5. Came down and sailed. The
Esther and Mary, Whiting, for Virginia. — The Penn
sylvania Gazette, April ¦Ty, 1755. Numb. 1371.
By virtue of a writ to me directed, will be exposed
to sale, on the i6th of this instant, April at the house
of George Dunn, at the Four Lane Ends, a messuage,
tenement, and tract of land situated in Middletown
township, near the said Dunn's, bounded as follows;
by land of Jesinah Vansant's, Jeremiah Langhorn's
deceased, John Vansant's, and by land late Charles
Plumly's deceased ; it being the late property of
James Vansant, taken in execution by
WUliam Yeardley, sheriff.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, April 3, 1755.
Numb. 1 37 1.
Borden-Town, March 31, 1755.
It being impracticable for the managers of the
BUes Island Lottery to coUect the dckets that are
unsold, if any there be, by the last time fixed for
drawing, we therefore adverdse the publick, that we
are obliged to postpone drawing the said lottery until

1755] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 483
Monday, the fifth day of May next, when the draw
ing wUl punctually begin ; the numbers &c. to be
put in the boxes the twenty-fifth day of April. — The
Pennsylvania Gazette, April 3, 1755. Numb. 1371.
To be Sold,
A Tract of land, situated in Quohocken township,
West- New-J ersey, containing 577 acres, well water'd
and timber'd, with a considerable quantity of good
meadow ground, bounded by the lands of Robert
Strettell, and BUes's land. For dtie and terms of
sale, enquire of John Rickey, in Trenton, or Moses
Coates, junior, in Charlestown, Chester county. —
The Pennsylvania Gazette, April 10, 1755. Numb.
1372. New-York, April 14. At Annapolis in Maryland.
An Act passed the Legislature the 26th of March to
prevent the People of that Province from supplying
the French or their Indian AUies, with Ammunition,
Wariike Stores, or Provisions of any Kind.
At PhUadelphia, and in the Jersies, the like Act
has pass'd the Legislatures — The N. Y. Gazette or
the Weekly Post Boy, April 14, 1755.
To be sold at Publick Vendue on Tuesday the 29th
Day of this Instant AprU at 1 1 o'Clock in the Fore
noon, A Plantation containing about 70 Acres more or
less, but the exact Quantity will be known
the Day of Sale, of which there is Ground enough
cleared to afiford sixteen Loads of Hay : The whole
is good Meadow and Plowing Ground. It is situated
in Morris Town, in Morris County, and Province of

484 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1755
New-Jersey. There is on it a good Dwelling House,
Barn and Orchard ; and lies near a Presbyterian
Meedng, and a Court House, and adjoining a Grist-
MUl and Saw-Mill. There wiU likewise be sold at
the same Time, sundry Sorts of Household Goods,
and an exceUent Cow. A good Tide wUl be given
by Joseph Haward, the Owner of the same. — The N.
Y. Gazette or ttte Weekly Post Boy, April 14, 1755.
Middletown, Monmouth County, New-Jersey Aprils.
RAN away from Richard StUlwell, of Middle-
town, in East-New-Jersey, a Servant Man
named Thomas Smith, born in England, by Trade a
Dyer, aged about 30 Years, short Stature, a broad
fac'd, short Hair, down Look ; Had on when he went
away, a white Dimity Vest, somewhat worn, a good
SUk Camblet Coat, somewhat faded light, lined with
London ShaUoon of a brown Colour, the Buttons
SUk, and the lower Ones much wore, a Wool Hat,
brown Tow Shirt, Yarn Stockings, Leather Breeches
half worn, and Tow Trowsers ; he also took with him
a brown Tow Shirt, and a Pair of Yarn Stockings.
. Its suppos'd he is gone towards New-York to inlist.
Whoever secures the said Servant so that his said
Master may have him again, shall be intituled to a
Reward of Three Pounds, and all reasonable Charges
paid by Richard Stilwell.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
AprU 14, 1755.
Extract from a private Letter from London (Via
Virginia) dated February 3, 1755.

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We hear that the New-Jersey Assembly has agreed
to raise Five Companies for his Majesty's Service,
and given Fifteen Thousand Pounds for the Support
of them. — Ttte Pennsylvania Gazette, Apr. if, 1755.
Numb. 1373. Trenton, March 25, 1755.
A List of Letters now in the Post-Office at Trenton.
C. town
WUliam Carnegie, near p
Kingston. Richard Patterson, Prince-
John Clark (Attorney) town
Trenton. S.
H. John Stevens, Rocky-hiU
John Hyde, HopeweU V.
M. Ares Vanderbelt, Maiden -
Joseph Morrow, Prince- head.
*^*Letters not taken up within three Months from
this Date, will be sent to the General Post Office at
Philadelphia. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, April if,
1755. Numb. 1373.
Burlington Stage Continued.
We the subscribers having lately been at a consid
erable additional expense, both in boats and wag
gons, to add to the ease and convenience of travellers
in our stage, do hereby inform the publick, that con
stant attendance is given in Philadelphia at the
crooked billet wharff, by our stage boats, which sets
out for Burlington the respective Weidnesdays and
Saturdays in every week: From Burlington the wag
gons proceed to Amboy ferry in one day, and there
a commodious boat kept by Daniel O'Bryan, waits

486 NEW jERSteY COLONIAL DOCUMENtS. [17^5
for dieir reception and without delay proceeds to
New York : As it has been hitherto our endeavour
to oblige our employers with the best usage, we assure
them the same shall be continued.
The owners of the Bordentown stage, in their last
advertisement, unkindly call us their adversaries, and
in a manner too that seems as if they were angry ;
but for no other reason, that we know of than a dis
like to the increase of our business : In return, with
out calling names (a practice unbecoming brother
adventurers, pro bona publica) we assure them we
intend to improve the natural advantages of our sit
uation to such general satisfaction, as neither to be
thought adversaries ourselves, nor to harbour such
an ill opinion of our neighbours ; so we remain the
publick's friends, Jonathan Thomas, Joseph Hancock.
N. B. The master of the Bordentown stage has
been pleased to inform the publick, that he takes
pay for 13 mUes less land carriage than we do, but
has not been kind enough to inform them, that he
takes pay for 10 mUes more water carriage, and that
they lie one tide more on the water, than we do. —
The Pennsylvania Gazette, April if, 1755. Numb.
Extract of a Letter from Trent Town, New -Jersey,
dated April 18, 1755.
"As I doubt not but you are greatly solicitous (as
indeed the whole Nation appears to be) about our
Welfare and Safety in these Parts, I shall enlarge a
litde on that Subject; and begin, with teUing you,
that we are heartily glad you are at last rouzed from

1755] NEWSPAPER EXtRACTS. 487
your long InsensibUity of our's and your own Dan
ger ; we are only afraid, now you are in good mind,
you wiU not hold it, but endeavour to stop our Hands
at a wrong Time. The French have been strength
ening themselves at Canada ever since the Peace,
and are now a pretty formidable Number, hemrning
us round from one End of the Country to another.
You may well be alarmed, for the single Province of
Virginia is, on the fairest Calculation, not less worth
to Britain than the annual Sum of 1,200,000 1, and
you may judge of the rest by their several Propor
tions. — The Designs of our Enemies have long been
suspected by us, and the brave People of Boston
have set us the Example of warding them ; they have
been prepared a good whUe, and have form'd some
noble Scheme, which is ripe for Execution, but car
ried on with such Secrecy that no one can guess
what it is ; they borrow'd, three Months ago, twenty
Eighteen-Pounders from New- York on the Occasion ;
but 'tis in vain to ask where the Blow is destined ;
however, I hope you will hear of something great be
fore I shall be able to send another Letter : They
seiz'd and examin'd all the Frenchmen in the Prov
ince in one Day, and almost in the same Hour (fear
ing they were betray' d) and laid an Embargo on aU
Vessels in the Port ; they found but one Spy among
them, who was secured in a proper Manner. The
Men of War and all the Transports are safely ar
rived, with the Loss of but one Man, who I think feU
overboard ; the Troops are said to be in Health and
Spirits. We expect warm Work this Summer, and
are raising Men and Money with the utmost Dili-

4§8 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCltMENTS. [l7S5
gence and Alacrity. A resolute and determin'd
Spirit now shews itself among all Ranks and De
grees of People (except the Quakers Assembly at
Philadelphia, who are wording it with their new Gov
ernor) every body is willing to contribute a Mite
against the French, and the Country Fellows list like
mad. "The antient King of the Mohawks, (the same who
was in England in Queen Anne's Time) came down
with some of his Warriors this Winter to Philadel
phia, and assured them of this Friendship, though he
own'd many of the young Mohawks were gone over
to the Enemy; they were entertain'd at the Stadthouse,
and made their Appearance also among the Ladies
on the Assembly Night, where they danced the
Scalping Dance with all its Horrors, and almost ter
rified the Company out of their Wits. I must teU
you they brought with them a beautiful young Lady,
who in publick made the Indian Compliment, a Ten
der of her Person to the Governor ; as gallant a Man
as he is, he was quite confounded at that Time. I
know not ifhe accepted h.er ." —Upham' s Collection of
Newspaper Extracts.
To be Sold, at Public Vendue, on Tuesday the 5th
of May next, precisely at 1 2 o'Clock, on the Premises,
being at Piscataway Landing, in New-Jersey.
A House with one Room, and Leanto, a good
dry Cellar, and a good Store House 30 by 21
Feet, two Story High, and a Cellar under it, with a
Quarter ofan Acre of Land, very good for a Garden,
and very convenient for Shop-Keeping and Boadng
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Stable and WeU. Also a 9 Cord Boat, 4 Years old,
and goes well. Also to be sold, a 20 Acre Lot of
choice good Wood Land, 7 Miles from the above
Landing ; two and a half Acres are clear'd, and bears
good Grass : Most of the Land is fit for Meadow.
It is well timber'd, and lies within a half a Mile of a
Saw Mill. There wUl likewise be sold at the same
Time, Cowes, Horses, Farmers Utensils, Household
Goods, and Shop Goods, and sundry other Things
too tedious to mention.
Also to be Sold, on Tuesday the 12th of the said
Month of May, at 12 o'Clock, on the Premises.
A Plantation at Minisquan, containing 250 Acres,
whereof 14 Acres is good Meadow, and more
may be made so, with a large Orchard on Squan
River, near a Grist Mill, and lies convenient for Fish
ing, FowUng Claming and Oystering : Any Person
inclining to purchase, may apply to Henry Dumont,
at Piscataway Landing, and agree on reasonable
Terms. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
AprU 21, 1755.
Arrivals, At Deal. The Scipio, HUl ; and Henri
etta, Spencer from Maryland ; and the Elizabeth,
PhUips, from Boston.
SaUed. Deal Feb. 12. Came down and sailed,
The Betsey, White, for Maryland. — The Pennsylvania
Gazette, Apr. 24, 1755. Numb. 1374.
To be Sold, or Lett,
A House, in Trenton, 36 feet front, and 18 feet
deep, with a kitchen adjoining ; also a lot, contain
ing six acres,* part of it orcharding. Enquire of Ed-

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mund Beaks, in Trenton abovesaid, or Thomas Mar
riott, in Bristol, who wUl inform of the terms of sale.
N. B. The said Marriott has two wheel chairs to
dispose of — The Pennsylvania Gazette, April 24,
1755. Numb. i2if4..
Edinburgh, Feb. 11. Yesterday Se'nnight a Col
lection was made in all the Churches of this City, for
educating Students of Divinity at the College of
New Jersey in America, in order to supply the many
vacant and desolate Congregations in those Parts of
his Majesty's Dominions, with Ministers of Piety and
Learnirg. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 1, 1755.
Numb. 1375.
Paragraph of a Letter from London .of Feb. 18,
1755 to a Gentleman in New York. "We hear that
his Majesty has been pleased to appoint
PouneU,^ Esq ; Secretary to the late Sir Danvers Os
borne, deceased, Lieutenant-Governor ofthe Province
of New Jersey." — The Pennsylvania Gazette, May i,
1755. Numb. 1375.
Sundry tracts of land lying in the counties of Glou
cester, Salem, and Cumberland, late the property of
John Budd, Esq ; of Whippennung, deceased, are to
be sold very cheap. Any person inclining to purchase
any of the above lands, may have a good and suffi
cient title made by me at Salem. John Budd.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, May i, 1755.
Numb. 1375.
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To be sold by Thomas Overend, executor to the
estate of Edward Tyley, deceased, by publick vendue,
on Monday the 12th of May inst, a tract of land, con
taining about 100 acres, more or less, situated in
Deptford township, Gloucester county, in West-New-
Jersey, 20 acres whereof may be made good meadow.
The purchaser paying one half the purchase money,
may have a twelvemonth's credit for the remainder,
giving security if required. For title enquire of
Thomas Overend, in Chestnut street, PhUadelphia,
or Jaraes Cooper, near the Premises. It is pleasantly
situated on Mantua-creek, about a mile above the
bridge, very convenient for water-carriage.
N. B. The said Thomas Overend has stopt a piece
of striped linen, supposed to have been stolen : Any
person proving his property, may have it again. —
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, May i, 1755. Numb.
1375- THE Managers of Biles Lsland Lottery, near
Bordentown, hereby give Notice, That the
Drawing of said Lottery, wiU be begun on Monday
next the 12th Instant. They were oblig'd to defer it
untU that Day, as they had not received an Account
of the Sale of those Tickets sent abroad, time enough
to draw the fifth Inst. — The N. Y. Gazette or the
Weekly Post Boy, May 5, 1755.
His ExceUency, the Hon. Jonathan Belcher, Esq ;
Governor of New Jersey, has issued a Proclamadon,
bearing Date the 24th ult., wherein he says, that the
Legislature of that Province have made Provision for
the Pay, Cloathing and Subsistence of 500 Men, to

492 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENtS. [ifSi'
join the Forces of the other Colonies on the present
Expedition ; and entreats all his Majesty's Subjects
ofthat Colony, to enlist under the Command of the
Honorable Colonel Peter Schuyler, an Officer of
known Courage and Experience. — The Pennsylvania
Gazette, May 8, 1755. Numb. 1376.
By His Excellency
JONATHAN BELCHER, Esq;
Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Prov
ince of New-Jersey and Territories thereon depend-
ino- in America, Chancellor and Vice Admiral in the
same, &c. A PROCLAMATION.
'hereas the Legislature of the Colony of New-
Jersey, being perfectly sensible that the En
croachments of the French in His Majesty's Terri
tories, must be of the most pernicious Consequence
as well to the present Inhabitants of this Colony, as
to their Posterity ; and may, if not timely prevented,
end in the total Destruction ofthe same, have shewn
a becoming Zeal, in Conjunction with the other
Northern Colonies, to put an End to such Encroach
ments, and prevent them for the future, by erecting
strong Fortresses on His Majesty's Lands near
Crown Point, and other services ; and for that Pur
pose have made Provision for the Pay, Cloathing and
Subsistance of Five Hundred Men to join the Forces
of the other Colonies, that they may proceed with so
great a Number as to secure them from Insults, and,
by the Favour of God on their Endeavours, effectual
ly to compleat the Business they shall be directed to
undertake. And for the Encouragement of the In-

w

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habitants of the Colony to enlist chearfully in this
necessary Service, under the Command of the Hon
ourable Colonel PETER SCHUYLER, an Officer
of known Experience, I do, by and with the Advice
of His Majesty's CouncU, issue this Proclamation,
hereby inviting all His Majesty's Subjects within this
Colony, to enter voluntarily and chearfully into the
said Service, where they will on enlisting receive
present Pay and Subsistance, and be protected from
arests for Debts of less than Ten Pounds to one Per
son, or Fifty Pounds in the whole, and other lincour-
agements ; and when they shall be Reviewed by the
Commissioners, they shall receive their Cloaths and
Thiity ShiUings each Manas Bounty Money; and
will, during the Service, be well supplied with Royal
Arms, Tents, Blankets, Rum and all necessary Pro
visions, and punctually receive the Pay allowed by
Act of Assembly. And as the Pay of the Troops of
this Colony is as great, and they are as fully supplied
as the Troops of the other Colonies, destined for this
Service, and they will be discharged when the pres
ent Service is compleated, it is to be hoped that the
Regiment wUl soon be full.
Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms at the
Burrough of Elizabeth, the Twenty-jourth Day
of April, in the Twenty-eighth Year of His
Majesty's Reign. J. BELCHER.
By His Excellency's Command,
Charles Read, Secry.
GOD Save the KING.
— The Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Ad
vertiser, May I, 1755. No. 647.

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Proposals for printing by Subscription,
Some Observations upon the Provinces of "New-
York, the Jersies, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Vir
ginia, in four Dissertations, viz.
Diss. 1 . Upon their Climate and SoU ; their great
Advantages and present Improvements.
Diss. 2. Upon the Inability of the Inhabitants to
suppjort the present War ; and how far they deserve
the Aid and Succour of the Crown of Great Britain.
Diss 3. Upon the real Advantages they are of to
the Crown ; and the demonstrable Benefits which
must accrue hereafter, being now properly assisted.
Diss. 4. Upon the great Humanity, Generosity,
and extreme Politeness ofthe present possessors.
By J. Belcher, A. M. Vicar of Boston, in the Coun
ty of Cambridge, and Chaplain ofhis Majesty's Ship,
the Norwich.
N.. B. As the whole is intended principally to re
move the low and mean Notions of these Gentlemen,
which are undeservedly entertain'd of them at Home ;
and imbib'd and propagated either by false or ignor
ant Representadons of real Facts: So, should any
Gentleman have the same Design, and can oblige the
Public with the Execudon of it earlier than the Time
mentioned in the Condidons ; the Author, upon In-
formadon in proper Time, will withdraw his Propos
als, will return the Money he has already received ;
and suppress the Work, to make Way for superior
Merit. 1 Conditions
I. That the Work shall be printed in one large
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2. That ihe Price to the Subscribers will be One
Pound Sterling, Half to be paid at the Time of sub
scribing, and Half upon the Delivery of the Book.
3. That the Book shall be delivered to the Sub
scribers next Spring, with a List of their Names and
Places of Abode ; and they who subscribe for Six,
shall have a Seventh, gratis. Such Gentlemen and
Ladies, who are inclined to encourage the Work, are
desired to favour the Author with their Names as
soon as possible, as he is passing now thro' the Prov
inces, and makes but a very short Stay in each
Place. Subscriptions are taken in at Mr. Ritchie's,
Merchant, in Water-street, or at Mr. Franklin's, in
Philadelphia. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 8,
1755. Numb. 1376.
Run away on the 27th of AprU last, from the sub
scriber, living in Evesham, in the county of Burling
ton, West-Jersey, the two following servants, viz.
The one an Englishman, named Joseph Reine, ig
years of age, of a fair complexion, lightish hair : Had
on when he went away, a castor hat, almost new, a
brown cloth coat, with roundish white metal buttons,
and a blue and white striped jacket, with striped but
tons, check shirt, and half worn leather breeches, with
brass buttons, grey yarn stockings, old calfskin
shoes, with brass buckles in them ; he also took with
him a blue pair of worsted stockings, knit in dia
monds. The other a Dutchman, named John Miller,
about 19 years of age, about five feet seven inches
high, of a dark complexion, wears his own dark hair,
and has a scar on his right jaw bone, which it is
thought came by the King's EvU : Had on when he

496 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l7S5
went away, a new felt hat, with a hole in the lining in
the middle of the crown, a blue Dutch made coat,
with blue lining, and mohair buttons, a blue flowered
jacket, with small round metal buttons, a Dutch
made shirt, half worn leather breeches, with brass
buttons, grey yarn stockings, and neats leather shoes,
with buckles in them. 'Tis certain they went over
the rjver to Philadelphia, and it is likely the Eng
lishman will write them a pass. Whoever takes
up and secures said servants, and sends word to the
owner, so as they may be had again, shall have Six
Pounds reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Francis Dudley.
N. B. They are both about five feet seven inches
high. — The Pennsylvania Gazelle, May 8, 1755.
Numb. 1376.
Choice rack'd Newark Cyder in barrels, to be sold
by Francis Thurman, living in WaU-Slreel, opposite
Mr. Christopher Bancker's. — The N. Y. Mercury,
May 12, 1755. To be Sold,
By John M'Evers, a tract of land belonging to
Miss Catharine Van Horne, lying about four mUes
from Cranberry, with a good stream for a grist mUl,
which runs through one corner of said land ; it also
lies four mUes from Prince-Town, and about twelve
from Trentown, and well dmber'd : It contains 607
acres. Whoever inclines to purchase, may apply to
Philip Kearney, Esq ; at Amboy ; Mr. John Berrien,
merchant, at Rockey-hill or, Mr. James Van Horne, ,
at Dover, in New-Jersey, who will agree on reason-

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able terms, for the same, the dde being indisputable.
— The N . Y. Mercury, May 12, 1755.
New York, May 12. We are well inform'd. That
four of the five New-Jersey Companies, raising in
that Province Pay, are already near full : To of them
have been review'd, and are complete ; and the
others are to be reviewed in a Day or two 'Tis also
said the 5th Company is in a likely Way to be filled
in a short Time.
One of the aforesaid New-Jersey Companies, we
are credibly told, was raised in Morris County, by
Capt. Nathaniel Rusco, who by Warrant only, had
such extraordinary Success in beating up for Volun
teers, as to have more than his Complement in less
than Eleven Days Time : — He afterwards march'd
them into Elizabeth-Town, when they were reviewed
by his Excellency Governor Belcher on Wednesday
last. — The Pennsylvania Journal, May 15, 1755. No.
649. Run away on the 4th inst, from Thomas Blair, of
Bethlehem, in Hunterdon county, in West-New-Jer
sey, a servant man, named WUliam Stringer, about
22 years of age, about 5 feet seven inches high, with
short lightish colour'd hair, and has the scar of a
burn in his right cheek : Had on when he went
away, a dark, olive green coat, with clear carved
metal buttons, good shirt, new stockings, good shoes,
buckskin breeches, and a good felt hat. Whoever
takes up and secures said servant in any goal, so as
his master may have him again, shall have Twenty
33

498 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l7S5
Shillings reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Thomas Blair.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 15, 1755.
Numb. \Zff-
New-York, May 19. — Tuesday last his Majesty's
Snow the Jamaica, Captain Hood, arrived here from
Virginia, with several Officers for General Pepper-
rell's Regiment, and Arms, &c. for the New-Jersey
Provincial Forces. — The N. Y. Mercury, May 19,
1755- PhUa. May 22, 1755.
Run away on the eighth day of last month from
Amwell township, Hunterdon county, a servant man,
nam'd Thomas Lane, about five feet high : Had on
when he went away, an old felt hat, old light colour'd
jacket, with two large patches on the shoulders, an
old red jacket under it, ozenbrigs shirt, old leather
breeches, and old shoes with strings ; he is a shoe
maker by trade, can play on the fiddle and dance and
loves liquor. He ran away from the master he
formerly liv'd with, and was discover'd by his bark
ing like a dog, and crowing like a cock. Whoever
takes up said servant, and brings him home to his
master, or secures him, so as his master may have
him again, shall have Thirty Shillings reward^ and
reasonable charges, paid by me John Wood.
N. B. He was seen about a week after he went
away at the Forks of Delaware ; and when in liquor
he is subject to fits. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, May
22, 1755. Numb. 1378.

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499

Philada. May 22, 1755.
Run away from James Hankinson, of Freehold, on
the 19th instant, in the morning, a French servant
man, nam'd John Clode Mesha, about 5 feet, 6 inches
high, of a brown complexion, has dark eyes, black
hair, and speaks very broken English : Had on
when he went away, a new kersey coat and jacket,
with brass buttons, good shoes, light colour'd
worsted stockings, a fine shirt, new wool hat, cock'd
up and good leather breeches, with brass buttons.
Whoever takes up said servant, and secures him, so
that his master may have him again, shaU have Three
Pounds reward, and reasonable charges, paid by me.
James Hankinson.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 22, 1755.
Numb. 1378. To be Sold,
A plantation, situated in the township of Evesham,
Burhngton county, West-New-Jersey, containing 300
acres of land, 200 whereof is within fence, and chiefly
well improved ; together with a good large dwelling
house and barn, stables and sundry convenient out
houses thereon ; it is very well accommodated with
meadow, timber and waier that never fails in the dri
est seasons ; also a bearing orchard of near 200 apple
trees, besides ayoung thrifty orchard of 112 more
that will bear in a few Years, and a large Number of
peach trees, and other fruit trees ; the said plantation
is situated in a very pleasant and healthy place, on
the great road leading up the province, about 14
mUes distant from Cooper's Ferry, and is very con
venient for a country merghant or shop-keeper and

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also suitable to keep a publick-house, if the purchaser
be so inclined. Likewise to be sold 50 acres of pine
land, and a lot of cedar swamp, both weU timber'd,
lying about 10 miles distant from the said plantation.
Any person inclining to purchase the abovesaid plan
tation and lots, may be further informed, as to price
and payment, by applying to James Eldridge living
on the said plantation.
N. B. The title is indisputable. — The Pennsylvania
Gazette, May 22, 1755. Numb. 1378.
Run away on Monday the 19th of this instant.
May, from Benjamin Cooper living at the Ferry op
posite PhUadelphia, two servant men, one named
George Byrn, an Irish man, aged about 20 years,
middle size, full faced and freckled ; pretends to be
a baker. Had on a brownish copper colour home
spun coat, a brown linen jacket with mettal buttons,
and a stript woollen jacket, old leather breeches and
oznabrigs trowsers, a pair of new mixt colour'd stock
ings, and new Pumps with silver buckels, a half worn
castor hat, and white cap, with sundry other cloaths.
The other named George Frederick Master, a Dutch
man, aged about 23 years, speaks very bad English,
a middle siz'd fellow, dark complection, and short
black hair ; pretends to be a Carpenter, has a great
lump on his throat. Had on a light homespun coat,
a stript woUen jacket, old leather breeches, brown
yarn stockings, old shoes, oznabrigs shirt, old felt
hat. Whoever takes up and secures the said serv
ant, so that their master may have them again, shall
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ShUlings for Frederick Master, and reasonable
charges paid by Benjamin Cooper.
— The Peimsylvania Journal, May 22, 1755.
No. 650.
Custom House, Philadelphia, Entered Ln. Schnr.
Chance, Ebenezer Bowditch, from Salem. — The
Pennsylvania Journal, May 29, 1755. No. 651.
New York, May 26.
Tuesday last his Majesty's Snow Jamaica, Captain
Hood, saUed from Sandy Hook, for Virginia. — The
Pennsylvania Gazette, May 29, 1755. Numb. 1379.
Arrivals. Deal, March 25. Came down the Eliza
beth, Nicholson for Maryland. — The Pennsylvania
Gazette, May 29, 1755. Numb. 1379.
Prince-Town, AprU 6, 1755.
Run away from the subscriber ah Irish servant
lad, named John Wallace, about 16 years of age, but
small of his age : Had on when he went away, A
great bearskin coat, brown cloth jacket, without
sleeves ; he is a little pock-mark'd, and has short fair
hair. Had with him an old bay horse, and a load of
tin ware. Whoever takes up and secures the said
servant, so as his master may have him again, shall
have Three Pounds reward, paid by George Norris,
living at Prince-Towm. — The Pennsylvania Gazette,
May 29, 1755. Numb. 1379.
New-York, June 2. We hear that the New-Jersey
Provincial Forces, are to be set out for Albany, the

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latter End of this Week, or the Beginning of the
next, under the Command of Col. Peter Schuyler. —
The N. Y. Mercury, June 2, 1755.
Custom-House, .Philadelphia, Cleared. Schnr.
Chance, Ebenezer Bowditch to Salem. — The Penn
sylvania Journal, June 5, 1755. No. 652.
To be Sold by the subscriber, the three following
tracts of land, viz. One tract containing 300 acres,
lying in PUesgrove, Salem county, on a branch of
Morris's river, at the head thereof Another tract,
adjoining to the above, containing 340 acres of land,
and meadow ground, with a house thereon, and some
of the land clear'd ; both tracts very good land, and
a considerable quantity of meadow may be made.
The third tract contains 200 acres, with a house
thereon, about 20 acres clear'd, and some meadow
may be made. Any person inclining to purchase
the whole, or. any part thereof, may be further in
form'd as to title and terms of payment, by applying to
James Eacritt, in Salem county, near the premises.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, June 5, 1755. Numb.
1380. New York, June 9.
We hear the New Jersey Forces are embarking.
A Letter from Shrewsbury acquaints us, that three
or four French SaUors are taken up there, who landed
near Sandy-Hook not many Days ago : 'Twas said
they belong'd to a French Vessel that came for Pro
visions, and that the French SaUors were put ashore,
and Englishmen clapt on board, till the Vessel was
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this be true, and suffer'd to pass, to what Purpose
are our Laws to prevent furnishing our Enemies
with Provisions made ? And more especially at this
Juncture, when the afflictive Hand of Providence
seems to hang over us, and threatens us with the
Desolations of War and Famine at the same time.
From Barnegat, Little Egg-Harbour, and Country
round about there, we learn, that a very great Fire
happen'd in the Cedar Swamps, on the 20th of May
last, and burnt with sucli Violence, that in a few Days
Time it render'd desolate Lands to the Extent of
near thirty MUes, the Trees and ready cut Shingles
being intirely burnt to Cinders, and most of the In
habitants reduced thereby to meer Penury and Want.
And it was with the utmost Difficulty that Hawkin's
Swamp was preserv'd from the Conflagration, of
which no Account could be given how it first began.
— Ttie Pennsylvania Gazelle, June 12, 1755. Numb.
1381. Whereas doctor Fortunatus Woods, who lately ab
sconded from the town of Salem, in New Jersey, hav
ing (before he went away) fraudulently obtained a
bond, and warrant of attorney to confess a judgment,
of Elizabeth Fraser, daughter of William Fraser,
Esq; of that town, for the sum of One Hundred
Pounds, dated in the month of June or July, 1754:
Therelbre these are to warn all persons against
taking an assignment of the said bond and warrant ;
and to desire all officers of his majesty's courts, and
practicioners of the law, not to put the same in suit,
for she the said Elizabeth Fraser never had any con
tract or dealings with him the said Woods, whereby

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she could have been indebted to him in any sum of
money whatsoever. William Fraser.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, June 12, 1755.
Numb. 1 38 1.
We have Advice from New- York, that a French
Snow which had been seen hovering ofif of Sandy-
Hook, lately put into Rhode-Island when she was
immediately ordered out ; but the Frenchmen agreed
with the Capt. of a Vessel to follow him out to Sea,
and take out Mellasses, &c. and a Boat seeing them
at work, gave Intelligence, at Newport, when a Boat
was ordered out, which seized both Vessels and car
ried them into that Port, — The Pennsylvania Jour
nal, June 12, 1755. No. 653.
New-York, June 16. Tuesday and Thursday last,
the New-Jersey Provincial Forces passed by here for
Albany. — The N. Y. Mercury, June 16, 1755.
To be Sold,
By James Van Horne, four farms or plantadons,
lying at Rockey-hUl, in the province of East-New-
Jersey : The first contains 21 1 acres of wood-land;
the second 240 acres, part of which is cleared, with
about 100 bearing apple trees thereon, and 30 acres
of the same, with litde trouble, might be made good
meadow ; the third contains ¦r^-jf acres of wood-land,
and lies adjoining Millstone-River ; the fourth con
tains 516 acres, with a good dweUing-house, barn,
negro and waggon-house, 500 apple trees, mosdy
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ready cleared : Also eight farms in the manor of
Cortlandt, with the farm he now lives on, lying at
Cheesquakes, containing 1 668 acres, which will be
divided into sundry parcells and small farms, so as
conveniently to suit the purchaser; whereon is an
exceeding good dwelling-house, with four rooms on a
floor, 500 apple trees of choice fruit, a chair and
smoak-house, barn, with plenty of oysters, clams, and
all sorts offish, with a prospect of a coal pit. Who
ever inchnes to purchase the whole, or any part, by
applying to said Van Horne, living on the premises
at Cheesequakes ; of Mr. John Berrian, merchant, at
Rockey-HiU, or Mr. Nicholas Bayard, merchant, in
New York ; may agree on reasonable terms. An
indisputable title will be given for the same. — The
N. Y. Mercury, June 16, 1755.
This is to give Notice, That Edward Broadfield,
late from London, who for two years past cured
Sturgeon, with great success, and to the satisfaction
of aU who favoured with their custom, has, for the
greater safety and conveniency of putting up said
fish after the Baltic manner, removed from Borden
town to Trenton, where he has the fish alive out of
the water ; and if care be taken that the kegs don't
lose their pickle, wUl be warranted to keep good in
the hottest climate for two years.
N. B. In order to prevent the unjusdfiable pro
ceedings, and Ulegal practices of imposition, that was
endeavoured the last season, to be imposed on the
said Broadfield, he now thinks proper to acquaint
the public, that the said fish is to be sold by Henry
Derham in Princes's-street, New-York, and Alexan-

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der Lunan, on HamUton's wharff, in PhUadelphia,
and by no other person. — Ttte N. Y. Mercury, June
16, 1755-
New- York, June 26. The Wife of a Labouring
Man* in Dye-Street, who to all Appearance went to
bed well on Tuesday Night last, was found dead in
her Bed the Morning after, occasioned, its imagin'd
from the great Effect the Thoughts of her Husband's
enlisting as a Soldier, had upon her. — It seems the
Man had left her for some Time before, and not gave
her Notice where he was gone to ; and the first Ap
pearance he made, was that very Evening, in order
to take his leave of her, he being one of the New-
Jersey Recruits. She has, we are told, left three
young ChUdren behind. — Ttte Pennsylvania Journal,
June 19, 1755. No. 1382. New York, June 16.
Tuesday and Thursday last, the New Jersey Pro
vincial Forces passed by here for Albany. — The
Pennsylvania Gazette, June 20, 1755. No. 1382.
Brunswick, June 9, 1755.
List of Letters on Hand in the Post-Ofifice at
Brunswick. B C.
Thonias Burroughs, Francis Comber, Middle-
HopeweU. sex Co.
Joseph Bonny MUl-stone . Catherine Cori, Amwell.
James Baird-Rockey HiU Elizabeth Cosby, Basdng'
James Barrit, New Bruns- Ridge.

wick.

1 Basking.

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D. R.
John Davis, near Samuel John Raneer, near Sam^
Rider's MiU. Pink.
Tunis Dennis and Cornel- Thomas Rutherford near
ius Vandeveer, Mon- Boundbrook.
mouth County. S.
G. Gersham Saxton, Black
Valendne Garrot. River.
-JV, John Scott, Hanover, Mor-
, UT,/- ' 1VT ris County.
Joseph M Cray, near N,
Brunswick.
Martha M'Cormack J^^" Tomson, 2, Cran-
Jeremiah M'Cormack, ^^'"''y-
Freehold Jeremiah Talmin, Shrews
bury.
Archibald Trimble, near
Asher Noe, near Bound Brunswick.
Brook. -yy
Arthur NaU near Black- ^oses W i 1 1 o c k , N.
Ri^er. Brunsw.
Lewis Nanmaker, N. j^j^gg^^jlson^ N. Brunsw.
Brunswick. Martin White, Rockey
Q. ' hUl
John Quakinbush, Bruns- John Witlock, near Bruns
wick, wick
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, June 20, 1755. No.
1382. To be Sold, in the City of Burlington ;
A piece of ground, containing six acres, or there
abouts adjoining to the wind-mUl, and pleasantly sit
uated on the river ; there are four houses on it, two
1 Assunpink.

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wells of good water, and large gardens, well paled,
to each house, the rest of the ground, a good bear
ing orchard. The place is very suitable for a ship
wright, and has been used for ship-buUding. The
bank is high, and the shore bold. The land and
houses wiU be sold together, or in parcels, as best
may suit the buyer. The purchaser may have a con
siderable time to pay the purchase money, giving se
curity and paying interest. For further particulars
enquire of Rachel Verree on the premises, or of Eb
enezer Large, in Burlington. — The Pennsylvania Ga
zette, June 20, 1755. No. 1382.
Custom House, Philadelphia, Inward Entries,
Sloop Salisbury, WUliam Burrows, from Salem. —
The Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan. 26, 1755. No. 1383.
Phila., June 27, 1755.
Run away from the subscriber, living in Penn's
Neck, Salem county, West-Jersey, on the ninth inst.
A servant man, country born, named Aaron Allen,
of middle stature, dark complexion, black eyes, black
hair, newly cut off, except a lock in his neck : Had
on when he went away, A new small felt hat, new
linen cap, brown cloth jacket, about half worn, not
long skirted, broke in several places by its being too
small for him, lined with blue grey duroy, the hning
torn out in several places, the neck binding ripped
loose in the inside, and turns up, and a new home
spun tow linen shirt, new check trowsers, made
short, with buttons behind and before on the waist
band, a pair of mixed white and blue yarn stockings,
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a pair of half worn shoes, with middling large brass
buckles, he took no other clothes than what is here
mentioned, and if not shifted must be very dirty.
He has a mother and brother living at or near Prince
town in the Jerseys, his brother's name Moses Allen,
it is supposed he is gone there, if not toward Lancas
ter, in Pennsylvania ; he possibly may attempt to
inlist in his majesty's service, or else get off to sea ;
these are therefore to forewarn all recruiting officers
and masters of vessels from inlisting him or carrying
him off. Whoever takes up and secures said serv
ant, so as his master may have him again, shall have
Forty ShiUings reward, and reasonable charges paid
by Andrew Sinnickson
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, June 26, 1755.
No. 1383.
New York, June 30. On Thursday last Col.
Peter Schuyler, Esq ; Col. of the New-Jersey Provin
cial Troops, set saU for Albany. — The N. Y. Mercury,
June 30, 1755. New York, June 30.
Wednesday last, Mr. WUliam Cockroft, Colonel of
our Provincial Forces, embarked on board a Sloop
for Albany. And next Day Colonel Peter Schuyler,
Esq; Colonel ofthe New Jersey Provincial Troops,
set SaU for the same Place. — The Pennsylvania Ga
zette, July z, 1755. No. 1384.
Arrivals. At Deal, The Boston Galley, White
from Boston.
Outwards. Philadelphia. Sloop Salisbury, WUliam

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Burrows, for Salem. — The Pennsylvania Gazette,
July i, 1755- No. 1384.
Stray'd or stolen from John Johnson, at Reading's-
Town, in West Jersey, cordwainer, a black horse
about 5 years old, of middle size, marked A D on
the near shoulder, and on the near thigh T S, who
ever secures said horse, so as he may be had, or
brings him to the owner shaU have Thirty ShUlings,
currency, reward, and all reasonable charges, paid by
John Johnson.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 3, 1755. No.
1384. To be Sold,
A Plantation, situated within two mUes of Mount-
Holly, in the township of Northampton, Burlington
county, in New Jersey, containing 226 acres of good
land, about 50 acres of upland, and 12 acres of
meadow cleared, and in good fence ; near 30 acres
more good meadow may be made ; the whole of the
rough land well timber'd with valuable ship and stave
timber, about two mUes from a good landing on An-
cocas-creek, with a good new two story dwelling-
house, a good large barn, a good well, a good young
orchard, and sundry other conveniences. The title
is indisputable. Any person inclining to purchase,
may further be informed as to the title and terms of
sale, by applying to the subscriber, living on the
premises. Daniel Packer.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 10, 1755-
No. 1385.

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Philadelphia, July 5, 1755
Five Pounds Reward.
Run away, last night, from the subscriber, living
near Haddonfield, in Gloucester county, West-Jer
sey, A Dutch servant man, nam'd Tobias Meek,
about 22 years of age, of middle stature, with his own
light colour'd hair, and a seam down his upper lip ;
Had on and took with him, a grey coat, with metal
buttons, lined with black and white striped home
made woollen, red jacket, and striped blue and white
ditto, a linen and ozenbrigs shirt, new check trows
ers, good neats leather shoes, with brass buckles, and
a good felt hat. Whoever takes up and secures said
servant, so as his master may have him again, shall
have Five Pounds reward, and reasonable charges,
paid by John GiU.
N. B. He was seen in PhUadelphia, the 29th of
last month; therefore all masters of vessels and oth
ers are forbid to carry him off" at their peril. — The
Pennslyvania Gazelle, July 10, 1755. No. 1385.
New-York, July 14. On the Sth Instant departed
this Life, after a lorig and paintul Illness, Miss
Margaret Low, Daughter of Mr. Cornelius Low,
Merchant, in Rariton. — She was a young Lady, not
only adorn'd with external Beauty, and outward Ac
complishments, but also enrich'd with every noble
Virtue and mental Qualification. The rigid Princi
ples of Virtue, soften'd by the winning Mildness of
her Temper, shone forth with attractive Beauty and
engaging Charms. Her intellectual Powers were
strong, and her Imagination lively ; and as she de-

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lighted much in reading the politest Authors, and
conversing with Persons of Sense, she acquired a
Knowledge to most of her Sex superior, and sur
passed by none. Her Behaviour was both modest
and engaging ; her Conversation profitable and en
tertaining, tho' much inliven'd by the happy and
agreeable Talent she had of expressing her Send-
ments. In Point of human Prudence, she was re
markably distinguished : Affectation and Shew, were
entire Strangers to her peaceful Bosom : She was
cut off in the Bloom of Life, in the 20th Year of her
Age, by a long, severe, and complicated Disease.
During the whole Time of her Illness, she was never
heard to complain of or repine at the Dispensations
of Providence, but with a truly Christian and heroic
Spirit, patiently resigned herself to the Will of
Heaven ; and the nearer she approached to the
Evening of Life, the more calm and compos'd was
her Mind, till bidding adieu to all earthly Friends
and Relations, and closing her Eyes, she resigned
up her Spirit, to him that gave it, with whom we have
the highest Reason to believe, she now enjoys
Pleasures immortal, and everlasting Repose. — Her
Remains were decently interred in the Old Dutch
Church, where they sleep in Expectation of a glorious
Resurrection. — The N. Y. Mercury, July 14, 1755.
PhUadelphia, July 12, 1755
Proposals
For publishing by Subscription, A General Map
of the Middle Bridsh Colonies in America ; viz. Vir
ginia, Mariland, Delaware, Pensilvania, New Jersey,
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Of Aquanishuonigy, the Country of the confeder
ate Indians ; comprehending Aquanishuonigy Proper,
their Place of Residence ; Ohio and Tuwxsoxsuntie,
their Deer-hunting Countries ; Couxsaxrage and
Skaniadarade, their Beaver hunting Countries ; of
the Lakes Erie, Ontario and Champlain and of Part
of New France. Wherein is also shewn the ansient
and present Seats of the Indian Nations. By Lewis Evans.
This Map includes the country between Rhode-
Island on the east side, and the falls of Ohio on the
west; and from Lake St. Pierre in St. Lawrence
river on the north, to the lirte dividing Carolina and
Virginia on the south ; And is printed on one sheet
of imperial paper, 30 inches broad, and 22 inches
high, and is engraved in a manner perfectly neat and
correct. , The far greater part of the British settlements as
well as Lake Champlain is done from actual surveys
and the rest from the author's own observations, and
the notes,'journals and observations of several others
who have, for several years past, resided and travel
led in them. And as these parts are short of the ac
curacy that the settlements are done with the defect
is supplied by representing the nature of the inland
streams ; as were rapid, gentle or obstructed with
falls, and consequently more or less fitted for the
inland navigation with canoes &c., and where the
portages are made at the falls, or from one River,
creek or lake to another. And for want of towns, to
fill the remoter parts, where the country is yet a wil
derness, the places are markt, where the articles, nec
33

514 NEW JERSEY colonial DOCUMENTS. [l7S5
essary in making settlements destitute of marine
navigation, are found ; as lime-stone, free-stone, whet
stone, potter's clay, salt-springs, pit-coal and the like.
As the mountains, by their lengths, and uniformity,
give a peculiar face to the country, and in many parts
entirely interrupt the communication between places ;
great care has been taken in laying down their
ranges, courses, and the interlocking of the several
chains and ridges ; where they are broken in gaps,
terminate in cliffs, or degenerate into broken scat
tered hills.
The seats of the principal Indian nations are laid
down and exprest by different characters, for the
ready distinguishing which still remain, under their
ancient constitution, which removed to other places,
and which are in a manner extinct.
The place that the tide runs up the several rivers
is pointed out, with a view of shewing what parts are
more nearly connected with the sea, and what rem
edy the other places are susceptible of The varia
tion ofthe needle is exprest by a curve line repre
senting the magnetical meridian, for rendering the
thing familiar as well as useful, and is of the utmost
importance in land affairs.
The greatest length of days and nights, besides its
use in common Affairs, will assist travellers in form
ing some judgment of the ladtude of places, by the
help of their watches only.
Though these arricles are almost peculiar to the
author's maps, they are of no less importance than
any thing that has before had a place amongst geog
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There are tables in one corner of the map, which
shew, by inspection, the Distances between the most
considerable places, besides the intermediate dis
tances inserted in the body of the map.
With each colour'd map will be delivered a pamph
let of three or four sheets, giving the authority
whereon the map is founded ; describing the face of
the country, the inland navigation of the most con
siderable rivers, and the passes over land from the
Sea to Canada, the Lakes, and Ohio ; and pointing
out the seats of the Indians, the extent of the coun
try of the confederates, and many other articles high
ly interesting at this Time. Conditions
The map is now compleatly engraven, and a few
copies printed off for specimens ; and all dispatch shall
be used for taking off the impression.
The price of the plain maps, on printing paper, is
One Piece of Eight, and
Of the colour'd ones, on superfine writing paper,
and a pamphlet. Two Pieces of Eight.
Half to be paid on subscribing, and the other half
on the Delivery of the maps.
Those who subscribe for six, to have a seventh
gratis. The map shall be delivered to the subscribers as
soon as there is a subscription for 500 copies. And
none shaU be sold till there be enough printed to
supply the subscribers.
Subscriptions are taken in by Mr. James Parker,
Printer, at New York, and by the Author, in Arch

5X6 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l7S5
street, Philadelphia. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, July
17. 1755- No. 1386.
Whereas between the hours of one and ten o'clock
on Sunday morning last, was stolen out of the house
of Joshua Mulock, at New Brunswick, and belonging
to the said Joshua Mulock, one large box, painted
brown, containing as follows, one small English
trunk, in which about Six Pounds in cash, with sun
dry papers ; also one dressing sUk box, containing
4 gold rings, one large stone ring, diamond cut, the
stone silver hooped and scalloped, one heart in band
ring, maker's name P G. EUinor Sibbio wrote at
large, 1734, one plain ring, maker's name C R, and
one ring E S maker's name forgot ; one stone locket,
the shape of a heart, set in gold, marked on the back
A G. under the stone 2 angels holding up a crown ;
one pair of gold sleeve buttons the links broke ; one
pair of white stone ear-rings, set in gold, no mark, with
sundry ribbons and necklaces. AU Silver-smiths are
desired if any of the above articles should be offered
for sale, that they, or any of them, vvould stop them ;
and any person whatsoever discovering the thief or
where the said goods may be found, shaU have Five
Pounds reward and all reasonable charges, paid by
Joshua Mulock
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, July if, 1755.
No. 1386.
Joseph Shippen has a tract of land to sell, in west
New Jersey, containing 1200 acres, within 2 or 3
miles of Oxford furnace. — The Pennsylvania Journal,
July If, 1755. No. 658.

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Deserted from his majesty's service, from the
New-Jersey regiment, commanded by Col. Peter
Schuyler, and from Capt. Nathaniel Rusco's com
pany, Henry Davis, by trade a turner, and has form
erly kept school, at a place called Short-HiUs, in
New-Jersey, about 5 feet 10 inches and a half high, is
slender, walks very upright, is very sprightly and ac-
dve, of a fair complexion, his nose somewhat flatted
at the end, sharp chin, wears a cap, and is about 22
years of age. Deserted on the 5th instant, from the
same company, Francis Bradley, Alexander M'Kine,
John Stewart, and WUliam Carr. Whoever appre
hends any of the above deserters, and wUl convey
them safe to the regiment at Schenectady or Oswego,
shall have Four Pounds, as a reward for the first,
and Three Pounds for each of the other four, with all
reasonable charges paid by, Nathaniel Rusco.
N. B. AU persons are forbid to entertain or con
ceal any ofthe above deserters at their perU. — The
Y. Gazette, July 21, 1755.
A List of Letters remaining in the Post-Ofifice at
Trenton, June 25, 1755.
John Bruice, in Bordentown.
George Danser at AUentown
James Field, Weaver, at AUentown.
John Forrester, Schoolmaster, at Amwell.
John Hyde, at HopeweU.
Samuel Horner, in Prince-Town.
John Kirsey, near Trenton Ferry
Robert Lawrence, Esquire at Crosswicks.
John Rutherford, at Trenton

5i§ NEW Jersey coLoNiAl boctJMENTs. [1755
Roelof Vandike, near Prince-Town.
John Wood, at Amwell
Joseph PhUlips at Maidenhead.
Letters not taken up within three Months from
this Date, wUl be sent to the Post-Office General at
Philadelphia. No Credit will be given for Postage of Letters. —
The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 24, 1755. No 1387.
PhUadelphia, July 24, 1755.
This Day is published, a General Map of the Mid
dle British Colonies, in America ; viz, Virginia Mari
land, Delaware, Pensilvania, New Jersey, New York,
Connecticut and Rhode Island. — The Pennsylvania
Gazette, July 2 \, 1755. No. 1387.
To be sold by publick vendue, on the first Monday
in September next, (or at a private sale any time be
fore) on the premises, A Plantation, situated in
Maidenhead, in Hunterdon county, West-New Jer
sey, containing about 200 acres, including eleven
acre lot in the Great Meadows, most commodiously
situated in the middle ofthe town, on the Post road
to New York, about 90 acres is clear'd, and in good
fence ; there is on said plantation a good dwelling-
house, barn, and a good bearing orchard ; the whole
is exceedinofly well watered, liavina a livings stream
that runs in the driest times ; the up land is noted
for bringing good wheat and hemp ; the meadows
excellent for grass, whereof a quantity may be made;
the unclear'd part is stored with raU timber, sufficient
to support the plantation for a long time to come.
Any person inclining to purchase before the day of

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sale, may apply to Samuel Hunt, living on the prem
ises, who will agree on reasonable terms and give an
indisputable title for the same. — Tlte Pennsylvania
Gazette, July 24, 1755. No. 1387.
Colts Creek, July 21, 1755.
Run away from Samuel Leonard, in Shrewsbury,
A French servant man, named Peter Barra, about 5
feet 6 inches high, of a pale complexion, has short
brown hair, and speaks very broken English : Had
on when he went away, A brown homespun jacket,
with white metal buttons, tow shirt, an old felt hat,
good leather breeches, with the same sort of buttons
as the jacket, and a pair of tow trowsers. Whoever
takes up and secures said servant, so as his master
may have him again, shall have Three Pounds re
ward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Samuel Leonard
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 24, 1755.
No. 1387.
Just published, and to be sold by the Printer hereof.
Price, One Shilling and Six Pence,
A Soliloquy on Faith Genuine : or, a Dia
logue between Self and the Soul ; upon
the Nature and Necessity of a true Faith, in order to
a right Warjare here, and victorious Triumph here
after. Collected from some Private Meditations,
and improved. By Johannes Light,^
1 Johannes Leydt was born in Holland in 1718, and emigrated with an elder brother to
this country at an early age, settling near Fishkill, N. Y. He was licensed as a preacher
in 1748, by the Coetus, and was immediately installed as pastor at New Brunswick and Six

520 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL documents. tl7SS
Dutch Minister of the Gospel, at New-Brunswick
in New-Jersey.
Soliloquy I.
Containing Remarks on several Gospel Truths,
and Graces, in order to introduce the Grace of Faith.
Soliloquy II.
Unfolding the several Kinds of Faith.
Soliloquy III.
Containing the Difference between a true and a
temporary Faith. Soliloquy IV.
Shewing the Difference between a weak and strong
Faith. Soliloquy V.
Treating of a dead and living, feigned and un
feigned Faith, with their opposite Differences.
Soliloquy "VI.
Being Remarks on feeling Sensations, and moving
of Affections, as not belonging to the Essence of
Faith. Soliloquy VII.
Observations on the Nature of Fear in true Be
lievers. Soliloquy VIII.
Treadng of the Nature and Necessity of Self Ex
amination, and the Manner in which it oucrht to be
done. — The N. Y. Mercury, July 28, 1755.
Mile Run. He was one of the first trustees of Queen's College, in 1770; was elected
President of the General Synod in 177S, and generally occupied an influential position in
his denomination. He occupied the same pulpit from 1748 until his death, in 1783.

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To be sold by Samuel Burling, in Burlington,
A tract of land in the county of Sussex, and west
ern division of the province of New-Jersey, lying
about two miles from Delaware River, at a hill
called, Penunganchong, and about 4 mUes from Ox
ford furnace, containing 1 500 acres ; the whole be
ing weU timber'd, part of which is black walnut, a
branch of Pophaneunk river called Bever Dam
Branch, runs through the said tract, on each side of
which, as well as on other parts of said tract, may be
made a considerable quantity of choice meadow, it
wiU be sold altogether or in 200 acre lots, as may
best suit the purchaser. Likewise a cedar swamp,
lying in Gloucester county, about 9 mUes from Tim
ber-Creek, and 16 from PhUadelphia, containing
about 300 acres well timber'd. The conditions of
sale may be known, by enquiring of John Burling in
New-York. — The N. Y. Mercury, Aug. 4, 1755.
Stolen away from Isaac Reeder, of Trenton, on the
fourth of July last, a black horse, near 14 hands high,
has a bald face, branded I R on the near thigh, car
ries his head low, and is six years old. Whoever
takes up and secures said horse and thief, shall have
Three Pounds reward ; and if the horse only, Thirty
ShUlings, and reasonable charges paid by
Isaac Reeder.
— The Pennsylvania Gazelle, Aug. f, I755- No.
1389. Philadelphia, August 5, 1755
Run away last night, from the subscriber, living in
Burlington, an Irish servant man, named Edmund

522 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS." [1755
Hacket, about 24 years of age, of a sandy complex
ion, has short curled hair, and a great stoppage in
his speech, pretends to be a shoemaker : Took with
him a good drab colour'd coat, plain made, a new
ozenbrigs jacket, several shirts, a pair of white trow
sers, and good shoes and stockings. It is supposed
he is gone off with a tall thin faced man that was
seen in his company. Whoever takes up and se
cures said servant, so as his master may have him
again, shall have Forty Shillings reward, and reason
able charges, paid by Patrick O Hanlon
N. B. All masters of vessels or captains, are for
bid to enlist or carry him off. — The Pennsylvania
Gazette, Aug. f, 1755. No. 1389.
Philadelphia, August 7, 1755
Whereas Mary Fulbert, the wife of William Ful
bert of Amwell, in New Jersey, hath eloped from her
said husband, these are therefore to forewarn all per
sons whatever from trusting her on his account; for
he wUl pay no debts of her contracting from the date
hereof WUliam Fulbert.
N. B. Whoever buys or harbours any goods that
the said Mary Fulbert may either sell to, or lodge
with, any person, belonging to me, I will prosecute
according to law in such cases. — Tlte Pennsylvania
Gazette, Aug. 7, 1755. No. 1389.
Run away from his bail, on the fourth of this in
stant one Edward Ruble, who took a horse, saddle
and bridle with him which were not his own ; the horse

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is black with a star in his forehead, branded with A
C on the near shoulder, some white on one of his
hind feet, and about 13 hands and a half high ; the
saddle has red broadcloth housings, bound with yel
low orris, red seat, quilted, forty brass nails behind,
and thirty before. Said Ruble had on when he went
away, a light colour'd fly coat, a red jacket, tied before
with worsted firetting, a white demity jacket, with 3
buttons on each sleeve ; he had a recommendation
signed bythe neighbours, and by Elisha Basset, Esq ;
and had a pass in his pocket signed by Levi Pawling,
and Charles CUnton ; he is about 5 feet 6 inches
high, wears a cap, pock mark'd, professes to be a
schoolmaster, and writes a very fair hand ; he has
several check shirts and trowsers, plays well on the
flute, and had one in his pocket when he went away.
Whoever takes up the said run-away, and secures
him in any goal, shall receive Five Pistoles reward,
and reasonable charges, paid by Gabriel Copner, and
John Richman in Salem county.
N. B. The horse paces fast. — The Pennsylvania
Gazette, Aug. 14, 1755. No. 1390.
Run away from Nathaniel Fitzrandolph of Prince
town, in New Jersey, on the 30th day of July last, a
Dutch servant man, named Christian Luterman,
about 6 feet high, thin visage, out mouth'd, of a sandy
complexion, large grey eyes, sandy beard, thick bushy
sandy hair : Had on, an old felt hat, pale blue drug
get waistcoat, made whole in the skirts, homespun
shirt and trowsers, pale blue yarn stockings, neats
leather shoes, whicli have been soal'd ; He has a
large scar across one of his legs, occasioned by the

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cut of an axe. Whoever takes up and secures said
servant, so as his master may have him again, shaU
have Forty Shillings reward, and reasonable charges
paid by Nathaniel Fitzrandolph.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. 14, 1755.
No. 1390.
We are assured that the Assembly of New Jersey
have granted Thirty Thousand Pounds towards the
present Expedition.^ — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug.
14, 1755. No. 662.
RUN away the loth of this Instant, from John
Shepherd, of Shrewsbury, a Mulatto Fellow
called Tom, and who formerly belonged to Dr. Mills ;
he is of a middle Size, with middling long Hair, and
is 24 Years old. Had on when he went away, a
grey Homespun Jacket, an old Beaver Hat, Ozna
brigs Shirt, Buck-skin Breeches, and a Pair of old
Shoes and Stockings. Whoever takes up and se
cures the said Mulatto, so that his Master may have
him again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, and
reasonable Charges, paid by John Shepherd.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Aug. 18, 1755.
WANTED, a single Person well quaUfied for a
School-master, Such a one coming well rec
ommended, may meet with Encouragement by ap
plying to John Broughton, within a few Miles of Rar-
1 Against Canada. Tha appropriation was .£15,000.

1755] newspaper extracts. 525
iton Landing. — The N. • Y. Gazelle or the Weekly
Post Boy, Aug. 18, 1755.
RUN away on the first of June last, from Rob
ert Sherwood, of Bedminster Township, in
the County of Somerset, and Province of New-Jersey,
an Old England Servant Man, named Thonias Ruth
erford, aged about 30 Years, about five Feet four
inches high, of a pale Complection, has a red Beard,
and a Scar across his Nose. Had on when he went
away, a brown Broad Cloth Coat, a green napt
Jacket, black Cloth Breeches, black Stockings, and
old Shoes ; has a Beaver Hat about half worn, two
check Shirts, and one half-worn white Shirt, and
wears a brown Wig. He took with him a brown
Linen Coat, and Vest, which its likely he will wear
during the Summer. Whoever apprehends the said
Servant, and secures him so that his Master may
have him again, shall have Four Pounds Reward,
and reasonable Charges paid by Robert Sherwood.
N. B. All Masters of Vessels are forbid carrying
off the said Servant, as they must answer the same
at their Peril. — Ttie N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly
Post Boy, Aug. 18, 1755. Philadelphia, July 12, 1755.
Proposals
FOR publishing by Subscripdon, a general Map
of the Middle British Colonies, in America ;
viz. Virginia, Mariland, Delaware, Pensilvania, New-
Jersey, New-York, Connecticut, and Rhode-Lsland. ,
By Lewis Evans

526. NEW jersey COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1755
Conditions.
THE Map is now compleatly engraven, and a
few Copies printed off, for Specimens ; and all
Dispatch shall be used for taking off the Impression.
The Price of the plain Maps, on Printing Paper, is
One Piece of Eight, and
Of the coloured Ones, on superfine Wridng Paper,
and Pamphlet, Two Pieces of Eight.
Half to be paid on subscribing, and the other Half
on the delivery ofthe Maps.
Those who subscribe for Six, to have a Seventh
gratis. The Map shall be dehvered the Subscribers as
soon as there is a Subscription for 500 Copies.
And none shall be sold tiU there be enough printed
to supply the Subscribers.
Subscriptions are taken in by Mr. James Parker,
Printer, at New-York. — The N. Y. Gazette or the
Weekly Post Boy, Aug. 18, 1755.
Whereas Merity Van Blarikom, Wife of me Joh-
anes Van Blarikom, in the County of Bergen, East-
New-Jersey, hath absconded herself from me her
Husband, this 2d Day of July, in the Year 1755.
These are therefore to forewarn all Merchants and
Tradesmen, either in City or Country, not to trust
her the said Merity on my Account, for I wUl pay no
Debts contracted by her from this Date. By me
Johanes Van Blarikom.
— The N. Y. Gazette or ttie Weekly Post Boy,
Aug. 18, 1755.
To be Sold at publick Vendue to the highest Bid
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on Tuesday the 14th Day of October, by James Alex
ander and Ebenezer Pemberton, or by John Smith,
of Perth-Amboy, their Attorney ;
THE Dwelling-House and Plantation at Middle-
town, now in the Occupation of Joseph Den
nis, consisdng of three Tracts of Up-Land, all lying
on the Road from Middletown to Waykeek, contain
ing in all, about 134 Acres ; and also Five Acres and
a Quarter of Salt Meadow, bounded by the Creek
and James Wilson's Land. If any Person wUl,
before the; Day of Sale, agree with said Joseph Den
nis for the Premises, for not less than Two Hundred
and Seventy-five Pounds, New- York Money : The
said Alexander and Pemberton, or their Attorney,
giving good Security to them for the Money, will
confirm the Agreement, and give a Deed accordingly,
and give reasonable Time for the Payment of the
Money, with Interest from the i2tli Day of October,
1755. Those who incline to purchase, may be ac
quainted with the Title, by the said James Alexander,
in New- York, or the said Joseph Dennis, living on
the Premises, or by the said John Smith, at Perth-
Amboy. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post
Boy, Aug. 18, 1755.
To be Sold the following Tract§ of Land, in New-
Jersey, belonging to the Honourable Thomas Penn,
and Richard Penn, Esqrs. Proprietors of the Prov
ince of Pennsylvania, viz.
TEN Thousand Acres at the head of Pawhns
KUl, in Sussex County, well watered and tim
bered, exceeding good Land for Pasture and raising
Cattle,

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Five Thousand Acres lower down the said KUl,
stored with good Timber for Staves, Heading, and
Plank, which is carried by Water from said Land to
PhUadelphia, some black Walnut Timber, very good
Land and well Watered.
1 250 Acres on Delaware at the Mouth of Pequase
River, as convenient a Place for Mills as any in New-
Jersey, having both Saw-MUl and Grist MiU already
built. They bring their Black-Walnut and White-
Pine Logs down Delaware by Water, and transport
the Boards and Plank from the MiUs to Trenton, and
Philadelphia. 5,000 Acres in Morris-Town and Mendom, on the
Branches of Rockaway, 4 or 5 MUes from Col.
Ford's. 3750 At Whipany, chiefly good Meadow.
The Purchaser will have a firm Warrantee. For
further Particulars enquire of Jonathan Hampton of
Ehzabeth-Town, who will shew the Lands and agree
for the same, and Time of Payment. — Ttie N Y.
Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Aug. 18, 1755.
We hear that the Assembly of New-Jersey have
changed their Vote of 30,000/. to an Act of 1 5,000/.
to keep their Troops full and effective. — The Penn
sylvania Journal, Aug. 21, 1755. No. 663.
By His Excellency JONATHAN BELCHER,
Esq ; Captain General and Commander in Chief in
and over His Majesty s Colony of New-Jersey, and
Territories thereon Depending in America, Chancellor
and Vice Admiral in ttie same,

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A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS I have just Reason from the Infor
mation I have received from His Majesty's
Governments to the Eastward, to believe that the
present scarcity of Provisions at Cape-Breton, may
prevent their supplying Canada therewith; and
thereby frustrate the Designs the French King may
have formed to the disadvantage of all His Majesty's
Colonies on the Continent of America, if a Supply
from His Majesty's Provinces could be totally pre
vented : And that such salutary Measures may be
effectually put in Execution within the Colony of
New-Jersey, I have thought fit by and with the Ad
vice and Consent of his Majesty's Council of this
Colony, to Order and Direct, and do hereby Order
and Direct the Collectors of His Majesty's Customs
and Naval Officers within this Government, not to
Clear out any Vessel whatsoever laden in the whole
or in Part with Provisions or Warlike Stores, except
such as are absolutely necessary for the Use of such
Vessel, and Maintenance of her Crew, untUl further
Order; unless such Vessels shall be employed by
the Government for the supply of his Majesty's
Armies and Fleets : Nor to permit any Shallops,
Boats or Flats, to lade on Board any Salt Provisions
whatsoever. Bread, Flour, or any kind of Grain or
Warlike or Naval Stores, to transport the same to
New-York or PhUadelpttia, or other Place or Places
whatsoever, untill the Master or Person having
the Charge of such Shallop, Boat or Flat, shall have
taken an Oath, that he wUl not Land such Salt Pro
visions, Bre^d, Floyr, Grain Naval or Warlike
34

530 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l75S
Stores, as shall be laden on Board such Shallop,
Boat or Flat, at any Time before the First Day of
December next, or directly or indirectly suffer the
same to be landed or unloaded at any Place or
Places except the Public Wharfs of the Cides of
New-York or Pttiladelphia, or at some other Place
within the Colony, and wUl unlade the same in the
Day Time ; and that he wUl give Information to the
Collector or Naval Officer immediately on his leav
ing the Charge or Command of said Shallop, Boat or
Flat, and will not land or hire out said Shallop, Boat
or Flat, at any Time before the said First Day of
December, so as to divest himself of the Command
thereof, and that he will not willingly permit or suffer
any Act or Thing, whereby this Oath or any Part
thereof, may be evaded, and the good Purposes
thereby intended in any manner defeated ; which
Oath every Collector of His Majesty's Customs, or
his Deputy, or Naval Officer in this Colony, is im
powered to administer once to each Master or Per
son having Charge of such Shallop, Boat or Flat,
which shall serve for such Time as such Master con
tinues to have the Care and Charge of such Shallop,
Boat or Flat.
And every Collector of His Majesty's Customs,
and Naval Officers in this Colony, is hereby stricdy
charged and commanded to put the Laws in Force
against such Persons, Shallops, Boats or Flats, as
shaU violate any of the Acts of Trade or offend in
the Premises.
And aU His Majesty's Leige Subjects are hereby
strictly enjoined, at all Times to assist the Collectors

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of His Majesty's Customs and Naval Officers in the
dTscharge of their respective Dudes : And for the ef
fectual preventing Frauds on the Premises, I do here
by request his Majesty's Leige Subjects within this
Government, on discovery of any Vessel loading or
unloading in any of the out Bays, Creeks, or Rivers
within the same, or thereto adjacent to give imme
diate Information thereof to the Officers of His Maj
esty's Customs, that the Offenders may be dealt with
according to Law.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal at Arms, in Coun
cil, at ttte Borough of Elizabeth, in the Province
ofNe'w Jersey, the Ninth Day oj August, in the
Twenty Ninth Year of His Majesty's Reign.
J. BELCHER.
By His Excellency's Command,
CHARLES READ, Secry,
GOD save ttie KING.
— The Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Ad
vertiser, Aug 21, 1755. No 663.
From the London Magazine for May, 1755. Num
ber of the British Subjects, Men, Women and Chil
dren in Colonies in North-America, taken from
MUitia Rolls, Poll-taxes, Bills of Mortality, Returns
from Governors, and other anthendck Authorities.
The Colony of Inhabitants
The Jerseys 60000
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. 28, 1755.
No. 1392.
In a letter from Reading, dated the 25th Instant,
there is Advice, that there were then several Fam-

532 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l755
Uies in that Town, on their Way to New Jersey, who
had left their Habitations on our Frontiers ; and that
Forty more were expected some time this Week,
thinking it not safe to stay any longer, on account of
the Scalping Indians. — The Pennsylvania Gazette,
Aug. 28, 1755. No. 1392.
Run away from Jonathan Sergeant, at Newark, in
New Jersey, A young Negro man, named Esop, of
a middle size, with a round forehead, strait nose, and
a down guilty look, he can write, and it is likely he
may have a counterfeit pass : He had with him a
beaver hat, light grey linsey-woolsey jacket, tow
trowsers, new pumps, and an old purple colour'd
watch-coat. It is supposed he went in company with
a white man, named John Smith, who is an old, lean,
tall man, with a long face and nose, and strait brown
hair ; who had an old faded snuff colour'd coat.
Whoever takes up and secures said man and Negro,
so that their master may have them again, shall have
Forty shillings reward for each, and all reasonable
charges paid by Jonathan Sergeant.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Aug. 28, 1755.
No. 1392.
To be sold at public Vendue, on Tuesday the Six
teenth Day of this Instant September, on the Prem
ises, to begin at ten o'Clock in the Morning ;
A Plantadon two Miles and a half from Middle-
town, in East-New-Jersey, one MUe from
Shrewsbury River, and about three Quarters of a
MUe from a good Landing that puts out of said

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River. The Plantation contains about two hundred
Acres, weU timber'd and water'd, eighty of which is
clear'd, and thirty more can be made a Fresh
Meadow for mowing, six or seven Acres being al
ready brought to : There are also seven Acres of
good Salt Meadow belonging to the Place, and two
good large Orchards, one Apple and the other
Peach, of extraordinary good Fruit each. Two good
Dwelling Houses are likewise thereon, almost new,
having a good Stone Cellar under each ; one of which
is two Stories high, with a Kitchen at the End, Sash
Windows, and a long paled Garden aback of both
the Houses, which are placed near a fine Brook that
runs by the Door ; it also lies handy to a Mill. The
Place lies convenient for a Merchant, Tradesman, or
Farmer ; and can be divided into Places suitable for
two Families.
Any Person inclining to purchase at private Sale,
may apply to John Gamage, living on the Premises,
who will give a good Tide to the same. — The N. Y.
Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Sept. i, 1755.
Run away on the 6th of last month, from William
Stockton, living in Springfield township, in Burling
ton county, a Mulatto slave, named Sam, about 19
years of age ; of a middle size, somewhat freckled in
the face, and his hair cut off: Had on when he went
away, A new felt hat, and linen cap, marked I., a
brown homespun drugget coat, with hard metal but
tons, an ozenbrigs shiit, and a check ditto, good
buckskin breeches, with brass buttons, bluish yarn
stockings, strong shoes, with brass buckles, and had
a blood stone about his neck. Whoever takes up

534 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. tl755
and secures said slave, so as his master may have
him again, shall have Forty Shillings reward, and
reasonable charges, paid by WUliam Stockton.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. a^, 1755. No.
1393- To be Lett
A FuUing mUl, dye house and press, with aU the
UtensUs, in good order for the carrying on the busi
ness of a fuller and dyer, with a good new dweUing
house, 24 feet by 18, two story high, a new shop, 22
feet by 18, joining the house, and stands very con
venient to the mill and dye house, the tanter bars
being also placed very commodious to the house and
mills, for the ease of the workmen ; the said fulling
mUl being under the same cover of the grist mUl at
Trenton, and lies in a fine settled country, and wiU
be lett for a term of years. Whoever inclines to
rent the said fulling mill &c, by applying to Robert
Lettis Hooper, the owner thereof living near the
premises, shall have good encouragement. — The
Pennslyvania Gazette, Sept. 4, 1755. No. 1393.
Run away on the first of this inst. at night from
the subscriber, living in Gloucester county, an Eng
lish servant man, named Edward Maybe, a short fel
low, of a dark complexion, wears his own black hair,
and has a hair mold on his left cheek. Had on when
he went away, A homespun sheep's grey jacket, lined
with flannel, an old felt hat, homespun shirt, ozen
brigs trowsers, speckled yarn stockings, old shoes,
not fellows, with strings in them. Whoever takes up

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and secures said servant, so as his master may have
him again, shall have Forty Shillings reward, and
reasonable charges, paid by Jacob Hugg.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 4, 1755. No.
1393-
New-York, September 8. By His Excellency Sir
Charles Hardy,Yjnt. the Honourable Thomas Pownall,
Esq ; received His Majesty's Commission as Lieut
enant-Governor oi New Jersey, for which Government
he is destined. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly
Post Boy, Sept. 8, 1755.
RUN away on the 2 2d of August last, from Jona
than Stout, of Middletown, in the County of
Monmouth, an English Servant Man, named John
Skinner, about Six Feet high, a Cordwainer by Trade :
Had on when he went away, an old Felt Hat, a black
Wig, a blue Coat, a Check Shirt, a Pair of old black
Leather Breeches, Yarn Stockings, and a Pair of
Square toed Pumps : He has these Letters, I. S,
with the Date of the Year, on one of his Hands.
Whoever takes up the said Servant, and secures
him, so that his Master may have him again, shall
have Forty Shillings Reward, and all reasonable
Charges paid, by me Jonathan Stout.
— The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy,
Sept. 8, 1755.
List of Letters in the Post Office, at the corner of

536 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. ["755
Church-AUey in Third-Street, PhUadelphia, (not be
fore advertised)
John Colley, Coles-Town Rev.  Kelfor, Piles-
Edmond Dunphy, Not- grove
tingham Richard Macplack, Glou-
Alexander Ferguson, Jer- cester Co.
seys Richard Maygor, Cran-
John Gethings Jerseys berry.
— Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. ii, 1755.
No. 1394.
Run away, on the first of this instant September,
from Doctor Stephen Talman, of Shrewsbury, in
Monmouth county, a servant man, named Joseph
Hinson, about 30 years of age, about five feet,
eleven inches high, of a swarthy complexion, thin
visage, has black hair, and dark eyes, is very talka
tive, and stammers much in his speech, was born in
Maryland : Had on when he went away, a castor
hat, about half worn, a white fustian jacket, check
shirt, and ozenbrigs trowsers, and it is supposed he
took other clothes with him. Whoever takes up
said servant, and secures him in any goal, so as his
master may have him again, shall have Three Pounds
reward, and if brought home, all reasonable charges
allowed by me. Stephen Talman.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 11, 1755.
No. 1394.
TO be Sold at publick Vendue, on Monday the
20th Day of October next, by Nathaniel
Hubbell, jun. a choice Lot of good Up-Land, contain-

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ing about 14 Acres, situated on Raway Landing, in
Woodbridge ; there is on it a good DweUing House
of two Stories high, with four Rooms on a Floor, the
lower Rooms are well finish'd, a good new Barn,
and an Orchard of about 100 Apple Trees, besides
other Fruit Trees : It lies very convenient for a
Store-Keeper or an Inn-Keeper. The Title is in
disputable. The Conditions of Sale may be known
by applying to said Nathaniel HubbeU, living on the
Premises, or to Mr. Paul Richard, Merchant, in
New- York. — The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Posl-
Boy, Sept. 15, 1755. Philadelphia, Sept. 18, 1755
Run away from the subscriber, in Elsinborough,
in Salem county, West-Jersey, a Dutch servant man,
named George Leonard Hamels, a lusty broad faced
fellow, near six feet high, has brown short hair, and
a sore on his under lip : Had on when he went
away, a claret coloured coat and jacket near of a
length, and both full trimmed, a coarse shirt, long
tow trowsers, black and white yarn stockings, pretty
good pumps, and old castor hat. Whoever takes
up and secures the said Dutchman, so that his mas
ter may have him again, shall have Fifty Shillings
reward, and reasonable charges, paid by me.
Clement Hall.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 18, 1755.
No. 1395.
New- York, September 19. From Elizabeth Town
we learn. That an Association wais to take Place
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in order to compleat a Company of Voluntiers of
TOO Men to go to the Assistance of General Johnson.
— The N. Y. Gazette, Extraordinary, Sept. 19, 1755.
To BE Sold,
A Good new Stone DweUing House, with a
good Black-Smith's Shop, and about five
Acres of Land, whereof some in good Meadow
Ground, at Skrawlingburgh, in the County of Bergen,
West-New-Jersey,^ pleasantly situated near Cross-
kill, on two High Roads : It is very convenient for a
Merchant or Storekeeper, near Tapan Landing.
Whoever inclines to purchase the above Premises,
may apply to Christopher Symets, near the North-
River, in New-York, who will agree on reasonable
Terms, and give a good Title for the same. — The N.
Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Sept. 22, 1755.
We learn from Ehzabeth-Town, in New Jersey,
that the Inhabitants of that Borough only, has raised
one hundred Men, to be immediately sent to the
Assistance of General Johnson. — The Pennsylvania
Journal, Sept. 25, 1755. No. 668.
A Sober person that writes a good copy hand,
and comes well recommended for a schoolmaster,
may hear of encouragement in that calling, by apply
ing to William Foster, of Burlington county. — The
Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 25, 1755. No. 1396.
Elsinborough, September 17, 1755.
AU persons concerned in certain meadows and

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marshes, situated in Elsinborough, in the county of
Salem, in New Jersey, are to take nodce that appli
cation will be made to the next general sessions of
the assembly of this province, by us the subscribers,
owners of the major part of the meadows and marshes
aforesaid, for passing an act of assembly for uphold
ing and maintaining of a tide bank, sluice and dam,
beginning at the fast land of Joshua Thompson, and
running from thence to the fast land of Aaron Brad-
way's, and for keeping open drains, within the said
bank ; so that if any person or persons have any ob
jections to make thereto, are hereby desired to make
their appearance at the next sitting of the said as
sembly, and they wUl be heard. WiUiam Hancock,
jun, Joshua Thompson, Thomas Goodwin, William
Goodwin, Aaron Bradway. — The Pennsylvania Gaz
ette, Sept. 25, 1755. A^<7.i396.
Run away on the 1 7th of last month, from John
Atkinson, of Mount Holly, Burlington county. New
Jersey, A Negro man, named Sandy, about twenty-
five years of age, about 5 feet 5 inches high, is a
New Negro, but speaks pretty good English ; Had
on when he went away, A good felt hat, brownish
homespun cloth coat, ozenbrigs shirt and trowsers,
old yarn stockings and good shoes ; and took with
him a pair of check trowsers, and brown fustian
breeches. Said Negro belonged to Peter. Bard, and
company at MounthoUy ironworks. Whoever takes
up and secures the said Negro, so as he may be had
again, or brings him to the said John Atkinson in
Mount-holly, or Peter Bard in Philadelphia, shall

540 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1755
have Forty Shillings reward, and reasonable charges,
paid by John Atkinson.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 2, 1755. No.
1397- Philadelphia, September 30, 1755.
Run away this day, from WUliam Hugg of Glou
cester, in New-Jersey, a servant man, named Thomas
Lewis, about 22 years of age, about 5 feet,_ 3 inches
high, and has light brown hair : Had on when he went
away, a half worn Twenty ShiUing hat, a brown jacket,
white shirt, white §liort trowsers, and red breeches.
His left ancle has been broke, which makes him turn
out his foot much as he walks. Whoever takes up
said servant, and secures him, so that his master may
have him again, shall have Forty ShUhngs reward,
and reasonable charges, paid by William Hugg.
N. B. All masters of vessels are forbid to carry
him off at their peril. — Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette,
Oct. 2, 1755. No. 1397.
Notice is hereby given, that the principal owners
of two several tracts of tide meadows or marsh, lying
and adjoining on the north side of Cohansey-creek,
alias Caesarea-river, in the county of Cumberland, in
West New Jersey, one tract called and known by
the name of the Fork Marsh ; the other situate lower
down on the said creek, joining on the same, and to
the land of Jonathan Holmes, Esq ; design to make
application at the next sessions of General Assembly

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of the said Province, to pass an act for banking,
draining and maintaining the same at said owners
expence. If any person hath any objections to said act, they
must appear at the next sessions of General Assem
bly of said province, where they maybe heard. — Ttie
Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. g, 1755. No. 1398.
October 9, i 755
Whereas Margaret, the wife of William Ball, of
Trenton, in New Jersey, has eloped from her said
husband. These are therefore to forewarn all persons
not to trust her upon his account, for he wUl pay no
debts contracted by her from the date hereof
William BaU.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 9, 1755; No.
1398. ;
From the London Magazine for June, 1755. New
Jersey has very few Indians, and none who could be
of service in war. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct.
16, 1755. No. 1399. New York, Oct. 13.
Tuesday Evening last Colonel Dunbar, with the
British Forces under his Command, being near 1 500,
arrived here in a Fleet of Thirty-two Sail from Perth
Amboy. The next Day they set Sail for Albany. —
The Pennsylvania Gazelle, Oct. 16, 1755. No. 1399.
To be sold by the subscriber, by way of publick
vendue, on the nth day of November next, A Valu
able plantation, lying in Amwell township. West Jer
sey, containing 260 acres of land, joining the river

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Delaware, about 70 acres of it low land, a good
orchard, a creek running through the premises, on
which may be built a grist mUl or saw mill, or both ;
on paying 150/. down, may have reasonable dme
for the remainder, paying interest. For further par
ticulars, enquire of Mr. Benjamin Smith of Prime-
hope, in said township, or to Joseph Hall, living on ,
the premises. David Cuming.
— Ttte Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 16, 1755.
No. 1399.
To his Excellency JONATHAN BELCHER, Esq;
Captain General, and Governor in Chiej of the
Province of NOVA CAESAREA, ^r New -Jersey;
Chartcellor , and Vice Admiral in the same.
An Address jrom the Trustees of the College of New
Jersey. May it please your Excellency ;
TIS with Hearts warm'd with the liveliest Senti
ments of Gratitude, we take this Occasion to
recognize that indulgent Providence, which at first
stationed your Excellency at the Healm of this Gov
ernment ; and stUl preserves a Life, so valuable in the
Eyes of every Lover of Learning and Virtue.
By the Skill and Prudence of the Measures pur
sued in your Administration, (thro' the SmUes of
Heaven) Harmony, good Order, and Tranquility,
are restored to a Province, which before your Acces
sion, was unhappily distracted with Animosities, Tu
mults, and general Disorder.
But what we are principally to commemorate Sir,
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for the Promotion of true Piety and sound Literature,
among the Inhabitants of New-Jersey. We are sen
sible how much, under God, the Seminary of Learn
ing lately erected in this Province, and committed to
our Charge, owes its Existence and present flourish
ing State to your Excellency s Patronage and Influ
ence. We heardly congratulate your Excellency, on the
signal Success, with which Heaven has crown'd your
generous Efforts, for the Advancement of the Inter
ests of this noble Institution : An Institution calcu
lated to disperse the Midst of Ignorance and Error
— to cultivate the minds of the rising Generation,
with the Principles of Knowledge and Vertue — to
promote the real Glory, and intrinsic Happiness of
Society. The extensive Recommendations your Excellency
was pleased to make in Great-Britain of the College
oi New Jersey ; and your Countenance and Encour
agement afforded our late Mission, to solicit the
Benevolence of the Friends of Learning abroad, de
mand, at this Time, our most thankful Acknowledge
ments. We rejoice with you. Sir, on the favourable
Event, of that necessary and laudable Undertaking.
An Event, which hath so amply enabled us, to erect
a convenient Edifice, for the Reception of the Stu
dents, and hath laid the Foundation of a Fund, for
the support ofthe necessary Instructors.
The Zeal your Excellency, still unremittingly
exerts, in favour of this Seminary, Language would
faU us, sufificiendy to applaud. The late extraordin
ary Instance of your Generosity, in endowing our

544 NEW JERSEY colonial DOCUMENTS. [1755
public Library, with your own excellent Collection of
Volumes, a set of Globes and other valuable Orna
ments, can never be mendoned by us, without the
most grateful Emotions. With the highest Pleasure
we reflect, that one of the principal Apartments of
the BuUding wiU be adorned with the Arms and
Effiges, of its great Patron and Benefactor. Dona
tions, so seasonable and necessary, must add Repu
tation to the Society ; enable us more effectually to
prosecute the grand Ends of its Insdtution ; and
animate us, with redoubled Vigour, in the faithful
Discharge of our Trust.
These, with a Variety of Instances, of your Excel
lency s singular Concern, for the future Prosperity of
Church and State, will engage Generations yet unborn,
to rise up and call you Blessed.
The disinterested Motives, which actuate every
Part of your Excellency's Conduct, must be apparent
to all, who are acquainted with your amiable Charac
ter. And the conscious Pleasure you find, in being
instrumental, of advancing the Glory of the Deity,
and the Felicity of Mankind, is far superior, to the
transient Satisfaction, resulting from vain Eulogiums
on exterior Greatness.
Tho' we are conscious, that the worthy and benev
olent Deeds whicli have always distinguished your
Excellency s Life, are abundantly sufficient to embalm
your Memory after Death, yet suffer 5"^r, an Attempt,
suggested by the pure Dictates of Gratitude to trans
mit your Name with adventidous Honour to distant
Posterity. As the College of New-Jersey, views
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jac tor ; and the impartial World will esteem it, a
Respect, deservedly due to the Name of Belcher ;
permit us, to dignify the Edifice now erecting at
Prince-Town, with that endeared Appellation. And
when your Excellency is translated to a House not
made with Hands, eternal in the Heavens, let Belcher
Hall, proclaim your beneficent Acts, for the Ad
vancement of Christianity, and Emolument of the
Arts and Sciences, to the latest Ages.
Newark, Sept. 24, 1756.^
His Excellency s Answer.
Gentlemen ;
I Give you my hearty Thanks, for this respectful
and affectionate Address ; but ashamed and
sorry I am, that I can make so slender a Challenge
to the Merit of it.
When I first had the Honour of his Majesty's ap
pointing me a Governor in his Plantations, , (now
Nineteen^ Years ago) I determin'd, as far as it would
consist with his Majesty's Honour and Interest, and
with the Welfare ofhis People, to look upon Modera
tion, as a wise Temperament for the easy and happy
Adminstration of Government : And this I believe has
gready contributed to the present Peace and Tran
quility of this Province ; after the many Tumults and
Riots it had been groaning under, for a long Time
before my Arrival. Soon after which, it seemed to
me, that a Seminary for Religion and Learning,
should be promoted in this Province, for the better
enlightning the Minds, and polishing the Manners,
^ An error for 1755.
2 Thus in the newspaper : it should bs nine,
35

546 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1755
of this and the Neighbouring Colonies : And to this
End, that there should be a Society, under a good
Institution, for obtaining the desired Success. This
important Affair, I have been, during my Adminis
tration, honestly and heartily prosecuting, in all stich
laudable Ways and Measures, as I have judged most
likely to effect what we all aini at ; which I hope and
believe, is the advancing the Kingdom and Interest
of the blessed Jesus, and the general Good of Man
kind. And I desire in the first Place, to give Praise
and Thanks to Almighty God, and under him, to the
many generous Benefactors, who have contributed
to the Encouragenient and Establishment ofthe Col
lege of Neiv-Jersey ; which affair I have been Pursu
ing, free from all sinister Views and Aims, as a Thing,
I beheve, to be acceptable in the Sight of God our
Saviour. And when in God's best Time, I must go
the Way, whence I shall not Return, I shall lay down
my Head in the Grave, with the greater Peace and
Comfort, in that God has spared me to live to see
the present flourishing State of this College ; for
whose future Welfare and Prosperity, I shall pray in
some of my latest Moments.
I take a particular grateful Notice, of the Respect
and Honour you are desirous of doing me and my
Family, in calling the Edifice lately erected in Prince
Town, by the Name of B etcher- Hall ; but you will
be so good as to excuse me, whUe I absolutely de
cline such an Honour ; for I have always been very
fond of the Motto of a late great Personage, Pro
desse quam Conspici. But I must not leave this
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the present BuUding, Nassau- Hall : And this I hope
youwUl take as a further Instance, of my real regard
to the future Welfare and Interest of the College, as
it wiU express the Honour we retain, in this remote
Part of the Globe, to the immortal Memory of the
glorious King William the Third, who was a Branch
ofthe illustrious House of Nassau ; and who under
God, was the great Deliverer of the British Nation,
from those two monstrous Furies, — Popery and Slav
ery : And who for the better Establishment of the
true Religion and of Enghsh Liberty, brought forward
an Act in the British Parliament, for securing the
Crown of Great-Britain, to the present Royal Faniily ;
whereby we are now become happy under the best
of Kings, in the full Enjoyment of English Liberty
and Property. And God Almighty grant us we may
never want a Sovereign from his Loins, to sway the
British Scepter in Righteousness. J. BELCHER.
— The Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Ad
vertiser, Oct. 16, 1755. No. 671.
To be sold at public vendue, on the i8th day of
next month, at the Merchants-Coffee-House, the sale
to begin at ii o'clock, y^, and ^^d's of a J^th part,
of Sterling-Furnace, with yith and ^d's of a J^th of
the dweUing-house, coal-house, and about 600 acres
of land, being the part belong to the estate of the
late James Burling, deceased. Said furnace and land
lies in Bergen county, in the eastern division of New-
Jersey : It is well supplied with oar, within a few
roods of the furnace, and plenty of water in the driest
season. Also to be sold at publick vendue, at the

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same time, %ths of a forge, called, the New-Forge,
with two fire-places in it, in good order, for making
bar-iron, with about loo acres of land belonging to
it, and lies about 3 miles from the above said furnace.
For further particulars of the above premises, infor
mation may be had of John Burling, in New-York,
or Samuel Burling, in Burlington. Also to be sold,
or let, on a lease for a term of years, by the said John
and Samuel Burling, one eighth, and one twelfth
part of the above said furnace and land. Octo. 18,
1755. — The N. Y. Mercury, Oct. 20, 1755.
Custom House, Phila. Cleared Schooner Benja
min, John Hodges to Salem. — The Pennsylvania
Gazette, Oct. 23, 1755. No. 1400.
Speedily will be published and sold by the Printers
here<)f. Poor Richard's Almanack for 1756. Con
taining, Besides the usual astronomical Calculations,
a Variety of useful and entertaining Observations,
viz. How Pensilvania may have Three MiUions,
Two Hundred and Eighty Thousand Pounds in
seven years ; of which every Farmer may, if he
pleases have his Share. The Praises of Astronomy,
ditto of Religion, Conversation, Rules to be agree
able in it. How New Jersey may clear One Hun
dred Thousand Pounds in the year 1756. The ad
vantage of Temperance in promodng a Man to High
Station etc, etc. — Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 23,
1755. No. 1400.
To be sold by publick vendue, on the 1 3th day of
November next, a grist and fulling mill, and a planta-

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tion, containing 173 acres of good land, situated in
Upper Freehold, Monmouth county, in New Jersey,
"12 acres whereof is choice meadow, and more may
be made ; there is a large brick house on the place,
and a good cellar under the same, a large kitchen,
and a smaller one all adjoining one another ; there
is also a good barn, and a good young orchard.
The grist mill hath two water wheels, two pair of
stones, and three bolting mills, two of which go by
water The meal is hoisted up by water. The full
ing mill has all utensUs fit for carrying on the busi
ness. All which stands upon the main body of
Crosswick's Creek, and has sufficient water in the
driest season. It is about nine miles from Borden
town, good road. It is in a fine country for wheat.
The millswill be sold with or without the plantation,
as may best suit the purchaser. John Lawrence.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 23, 1755. No.
1400.
Last Friday Morning about four o'Clock the Snow
Edinburgh, Capt French from Newry, having about
40 Passengers a board, was run ashore on the five
MUe Beach near Turtle Gut, Cape May, and wUl
never be got ofif The weather was so moderate
that the Crew had an Opportunity to strip her and
save almost every thing but the Hull. — The Pennsylva
nia Journal, Oct. 23, 1755. No. 672.
The General Assembly of the Province of New-
Jersey are summoned to meet at Elizabeth-Town,
on the 1 2th of November. — Ttie Pennsylvania Jour
nal, Oct. 30, 1755. No. 673.

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Deal Sept. 3. Arrived a Man of Wai", which we
take to be the Roebuck, and has brought in six French
Ships. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Oct. 30, 1755.-
No. 1401.
To be sold by Mary Siddons, in Salem, a good
shallop about two years old, with her saUs, rigging,
boat, and all other appurtenances, being part of the
estate of the late WUliam Siddons of Salem, deceased.
For further particulars, enquire of Mary Siddons,
executrix to said estate. — The Pennsylvania Gazette,
Oct. 30, 1755. No. 1401.
To be sold by Henry Lawrence, A Small tract of
land, lying on Crosswick road, and about a quarter
of a MUe out of Bordentown, commonly known by
the name of the brick yard containing about 16 acres
of land, seven acres whereof choice good meadow,
five acres of ariable land, with a young bearing
orchard, containing 30 apple trees, very good fruit,
and 30 young bearing choice peach trees, with a
dweUing house, kitchen, barrack for hay, and a good
well by the door, 4 acres where the bricks are made,
with a large shed for housing the bricks, all in good
fence. Also the appurtenances of a stiU house, lying
and being in Bordentown, viz. One large still and
pewter worm, 3 pumps, 1 2 cisterns, and other neces
saries belonging to a still. Likewise a dwelling
house, situate and being in Bordentown, with sash
windows in front and rear, 2 stories high, frondng
Main street 43 feet, and almost opposite John Imley,
Esquire's, dwelling house, with a kitchen, well and
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horses at the side of the said house ; the lot is 68
feet in front, and 66 feet in rear, and 132 feet deep.
Whoever inchnes to purchase the whole, or any part
thereof, by applying to said Lawrence in Bordentown,
Mr. John Sayre in Philadelphia, or Abraham Lynsen
in Nevv York, may be fully inform'd of the condi
tions. The titles are indisputable. — The Pennsylva
nia Gazette, Oct. 30, 1755. No. 1401.
New- York, November 3. — A general Congress of
all the EngUsh Governors on the North Continent
of America, is appointed to be held here on the loth
or 15th of this Instant, November. — The Pennsylva
nia Journal, Nov. 6, 1755. No. 674.
To be sold at public vendue, on the 18th day of
November Instant, a very fine plantation consisting
of 250 acres of land, 40 of which are cleared, with
good wood land, and a sufficient quantity of meadow
may be made : There is on said plantation, a pretty
good house, and a very good orchard : The whole
lies in West- Jersey, within one mile of Trenton.
The vendue to be held on the premises, where the
conditions of sale wUl be made public, by
Sarah Woodart.
— Supplement of The N. Y. Mercury, Nov. 1 o,
1755-
New-York, November if. Col. Peter Schuyler,
who commanded the New-Jersey Regiment, is ar
rived at Schenectady, from Oswego.— 7)^^ N. Y.
Mercury, Nov. if, 1755.

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New-Jersey, ss.
James Anderson, of Sussex-County, in New-Jer
sey, aged about 38 Years, being duly sworn on the
Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, before Samuel
Nevil, Esq ; Second Jusdce of the Supreme Court of
New-Jersey, deposeth and saith, That last Sunday,
the 2d Instant, about 12 o'Clock, the People of Sus
sex County, in New Jersey, were alarmed by Lewis
Gordon, Esq ; of Easton, in Pennsylvania, that the
Delaware Indians were coming down on the Inhabit
ants of Northampton County, in Pennsylvania, and
that George Custard, and his Family, were cut off
near the Gap* : Upon this. Lieutenant Col. John
Anderson, Father of this .Deponent, sent out sundry
Officers of his Regiment of Militia, to alarm the
County of Sussex, and by about 8 of the Clock next
Morning, being Monday Morning last, the .said Col.
Anderson, mustered and marched out of said County
of Sussex, in New- Jersey, over the River Delaware,
to Easton, in Pennsylvania, 400 Men, well-armed, and
those joined about 1 50 Men, under Capt. Craig, of
Pennsylvannia, when it was found that some of Capt.
Craigs Men wanted Powder ; and the said Anderson
and Craig, &c. sent away a Man to Moravian Settle
ment at Bethlehem, to buy a Quantity of Powder,
with Money to pay for it ; which they refused to send,
and laugh'd at the Man for a Fool, or something to
that Effect, as this Deponent was then informed ;
and that upon his Return, said Anderson and Craig,
&q. sent the Moravians Word, by three honest and
sober Men, that if they did not send the Powder,
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they would actuaUy come and burn their BuUdings
to Ashefe ; upon this they sent it. The Company
afterwards heard by Jasper Scull, that the Alarm
was in some Measure false ; upon which Col. Ander
son discharged all his Men but about 1 50, who, with
about 50 of Capt. Craig' s, marched up to the Gap of
the Mountain, and over took one Miller, a German,
and Indian Trader, with a Wagon loaded with about
7 Casks of Powder, and a Quantity of Lead, whom
they kept and sent to Easton. Miller, who was com
mitted to the Custody of two Men, making his
Escape, but first telling them, that he had bought the
Powder in Philadelphia, and was going to trade with
the Indians.
Said Anderson, Craig, and Company, being in
formed, that one Ctiarles Broadhead, Son of Daniel
Broadtiead, was about a Days Journey before them,
on the Road, with another Load of Powder and
Lead, for the like Purpose, the Sheriff of Northamp
ton, Nicholas Scull, with a Company of Men, pursued
the said Broadtiead, to bring him back, and another
Party went in Pursuit of Miller, as they had Reason
to believe said Powder and Lead were to supply the
Enemy. Miller being ask'd, how he came to supply the
Indians with Ammunition, when they appear'd to be
in Arms against the English, said, that he had been
used to trade with them. This Deponent saith, that
he understood said Miller was going with said Pow
der and Lead, first to Wiomen, and then to Shamo-
kin, both Indian Setdements, on the Susquehanah
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Party, who went after Broadhead, and the Party who
went after Miller, were not either of them return'd
when he left the Gap, which was about 12 o'Clock
on Monday Night, and further saith not.
James Anderson.
Sworn this fth of Novemb.
1755, before Samuel Nevill.
— Ttie N. Y. Mercury, Nov. if, 1755.
To be Sold,
By John M'Evers, six hundred and seven acres of
land, lying in Cranberry, four miles from Prince-
Town, and twelve from Trenton landing : It lies ad
joining Bearbrook, well watered and timbered. The
whole will be laid out in 200 acre lots, if required ;
and by enquiring of said M'Evers, at New- York;
PhiUp Kearney, Esq ; at Amboy ; John Berrian, at
Rockey-HiU ; or James Van Horne, at Dover, near
Cheesquakes, may be further informed of the tide,
which is indisputable. — Ttte N . Y. Mercury, Nov. 24,
175.5- Bethlehem, November 2, 1755.
Mr. Gaine,
BEING a constant Reader of your Mercury, I
could not but take Notice of an Affidavit of
James Anderson, of Sussex County, in New-J ersey,
taken before Samuel Nevil, Esq ; second Jusdce of
the Supreme Court, in the said Province, dated the
7th Instant. And as I live next Door to the Store
at Bethlehem, I am an Eye-witness of what passes
there; I thought it the Duty of my Station, to take
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Place in your next, hoping it wUl set that malicious
Aspersion in its true Light. I must observe how
ever, that in the Night of the first Instant, there came
sundry Persons, Inhabitants of Allen s Township, in
this County, demanding of William Edmonds, the
Store-keeper, Powder and Lead, without Pay, which
he refused, the Brethern^ dealing with every one for
Ready Cash only. — And further. That on the first or
second Instant, a Company of Men, as I have been
informed, commanded by Craig, gathered together
at the Gap of the Blue Mountains, on the West
Branch of Delaware, about 30 Miles from Easton ;
one of which said Company, named Hays, wrote a
Letter to Joseph Powel, (one of the Brethern resid
ing at Gnaden- Hutten, our Indian Settlement, six or
seven Miles from the Gap, and where he keeps a
small Store) which I have since read, commanding
him forthwith to send all the Powder and Lead he
had, with a Menace, that if he did not do so, he might
look to himself, or to that Effect ; and Powel accord
ingly sent them a Quantity. As to the Character of
the Brethern, I don't so much as suppose 'tis in my
Power, to convince the World of their Innocency,
either in this Aspersion, of refusing the People Pow
der, or of their having joined the French and Indians,
and supplying them with Powder, Guns, &c. or in
many others, that in a most wicked and base Man
ner, are laid to their Charge. But for my own Part,
I am satisfied, and fuUy assured, of their being good
and faithful Subjects to our most gracious Sovereign,
King George the Second ; and have not the least
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Scruple, will be found so by every impartial Enquirer.
I am. Sir
Your very humble Servant.
Timothy Horsfield.
— The N. Y. Mercury, Nov. 24, 1755.
Province of Pennsylvania
Northampton County, ss.
PERSONALLY appeared before me, Timothy
Horsfield, Esq ; one of the Justices in, and
for the .said County, Daniel Hunckler, aged 36 years ;
Mai garet Edmonds, aged t^t^ Years; and Thonias
Bartow, aged 1 8 Years. Persons attending the Store
at Bethlehem, in the said County. And upon their
solemn Affirmations, according to Law, did respect
ively declare and depose, That there has not been
any Person or Persons whatsoever, on the third Day
of this Instant November, nor at any Time since,
with a Message from Colonel John Anderson, of the
Jerseys, or Capt. Craig, of this Province, or with
Orders from any other Person, or Persons whatso
ever, for Powder (as mentioned in a certain Affidavit,
published in the New-York Mercury, Numb. 171).
Nor has any Person, to our Knowledge, been refused
any, except the Indians, to whom we were expressly
forbid to deliver any. And further, these Affirmants,
say not. Daniel Hunckler
Margaret Edmonds,
Thomas Bartow, Jun.
Taken and afifirm'd to, the 20th of Nov. 1755.
before me. Timothy Horsfield.
— Supplement to The N. Y. Mercury, Nov. 24,
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Custom House, Philadelphia. Outwards. Brig
Industry, Ralph Walker for Salem. — The Pennsylva
nia Gazette, Nov. 27, 1755. No. 1405.
PhUada. Nov. 25, 1755.
Run away yesterday from the subscriber, living in
New-town, Gloucester county. West New Jersey,
Two servant men ; one of them an Englishman,
name Richard Kinnersley, about 30 years of age, is
about 5 feet 9 inches high, pretty long visage, of a
lighdsh complexion, has thin flaxen hair, a mole on
his left cheek, but keeps it shaved, his eye tooth on
the same side sticks out over his lower teeth in a
very remarkable manner : He had on and took with
him, when he went away, a newish felt hat, an ash
colour'd cloth jacket, lined with green, the under
part of the sleeves being of a lighter colour than the
other part of the jacket, a blue and white striped
twiUed under jacket, also a striped cotton and linen
jacket and breeches, two ozenbrigs shirts, a pair of
good leather breeches, with a falling flap before, 2
pair of stockings, one pair of light grey mUled yarn,
the other worsted, and two pair of shoes, one new,
the other old.
The other an Irishman, named Thomas Morrah,
about 20 years of age, about 5 feet 6 inches high,
pretty much pock-marked, has a down look, short
brown hair, walks very stooping, has a clumsey heavy
gate in walking, and throws his feet ve'ry much out,
and bends his knees as he goes. Had on, and took
with him when he went away, an half worn leather
jockey cap, an outside cloth jacket, of a lead colour,
made without lining, a blue and white striped under

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jacket, two ozenbrigs shirt, a pair of leather breeches,
coarse thread stockings, and a pair of black and white
yarn ditto, two pair of shoes, one old, the other new,
and a pair of large square brass buckles in his shoes.
'Tis probable they will change their clothes. Who
ever takes up and secures said servants, so as their
master may have them again, shall receive Five
Pounds reward for both, or Three Pounds for the
Englishman, ahd Forty ShUlings for the Irishman,
and reasonable Charges, paid by Archibald Mickle.
— The Pennslyvania Gazette, Nov. 27, 1755.
No. 1405.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop
Salisbury, William Burrows from Salem. Outwards.
Sloop Salisbury, William Burrows for Salem.-— 2^>^^
Pennsylvania Journal, Nov. 27, 1755. No. b'jf.
Extract of a Letter from Sussex County, in New-
Jersey, dated November 26, 1755.
Sir,
To my great Sorrow and Grief I must acquaint
you of the melancholy Situation we are in, surrounded
by a great Number of a cruel and barbarous Enemy ;
as it is certain, two Nights ago, the Tovvn called
Gnaden-hutten, of the Moravians, is burnt down to
the Ground, and all the People barbarously murdered,
and only three escaped, two Men and one Boy, scarce
twenty Miles distant from us : And last Nieht there
was one House burnt down, about six MUes from us ;
and by all Reports, the Enemy is of great Force, and
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to you, how our Country lies exposed to the barbar
ous Enemy, as I suppose we lay near sixty Miles on
the Frontiers, exposed to the Enemy : Therefore I
beg you would not fail, so that we may stop their
Entrance into this Part of the Province ; for if we are
cut off, it v.dU give them great Foot-hold in this
Province. Pray let your Proceedings be with speed,
for we are weak in Number, and scarce of Arms and
Ammunition. Pray acquaint his Excellency of our
melancholy Situation. And this by Express, in great
haste, conclude.
Your dutiful and obedient Friend, to serve.
Abraham Van Campen.
P. S. I beg and pray your speedy Assistance, if it
be but with some, it will be of Service.
To the Hon. Col. Tuttle,
in Morris's County.
— TheN. Y. Mercury, Dec. i, 1755.
Extract oj a Letter from Trenton, dated 28th ult.
"A young Gentleman belonging to this Place,
William Pidgeon, Esq ; being lately back in the
Country, near the Forks of Delaware, the Inhabit
ants where he was, were alarm'd, that the Indians
were on Monday Night last, to burn a small Town
belonging to the Moravians, about 30 Miles from
Easton ; that he with about 40 Men, went up there,
and came to the Town just before Day, on Tuesday
-Morning, where they found it partly consum'd with
Fire, and sdll a Burning, and the Inhabitants all,
except a few, that fled for their Lives, were kiU'd."
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RUN-away from Lawrence Janse Van Buskerk,
near Hackinsack, a negro man who was lately
avertised in the Mercury, named ^^sop : He is of a
middling size a round forehead, a straight nose, and
has a very guUty look : Had on when he went away,
a grey jacket and a green jacket under it, a pair of
striped trowsers, and an old bever hat ; he is aged
about 25 years. Whoever takes up and secures said
negro, so that his master may have him again, shall
have Forty ShUlings reward, and all reasonable
charges paid by Lawrence Janse Van Buskerk.
— TheN. Y. Mercury, Dec. i, 1755.
Since our last we have received the following Ex
tract of a Lptter from Easton, in Northampton
County, dated the 27th ult, relating to the Cutting
off the Moravian Settlement at Gnadenhutten "The
Affair at Gnadenhutten is reaUy very affecting ; whUe
the People were at Supper the Indians, about twelve
in Number, as some say that had the good Fortune
to escape, were about the House, and in a very rude
Manner demanded Admittance, which the People
were very unwilling to allow them ; however at length
a Lad rose from the Table and opened the Door,
and immediately an Indian fired into the House,
which lightly grazed along the Lad's Chin, and kiUed
one of the Persons at the Table, whereupon a most
sad and lamentable Cry was heard all over the House :
One Woman ran out of doors, and they forced her
back ; some attempted to run up-Stairs, but were
torn down again ; in short, they killed five in the
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Flames. One Man that got out of the House, was
shot in the Back, and had also three or four Blows in
his Body by a Tomahawk, him they also scalped."
—   "The Dwelling-house, Meeting
house and all their Out-houses were burnt to Ashes,
with all the Grain and Hay, the Horses, and more
than forty Head of fat Catde for the Use of the
Brethren at Bethlehem and their other Settlements."
" Colonel John Anderson, who was on his March to
wards Gnadenhutten with some of the New Jersey
Mihtia, and a Company from the Irish Setdement,
would in all ProbabUity have prevented this sad
Event, had not he been informed that a Body of 500
Indians had actually attacked it, when he had got
within six Miles of it ; and being then about Ten a
Clock at Night, he judged it improper to advance
against so large a Body at that Hour, and therefore
retreated back to the Gap ofthe Mountain, to secure
that Pass till he should obtain further Intelligence "
 " The following is the Substance of
an Affidavit made by Moses Totamy, an Indian Con
vert to the Christian Religion, who bears the Char
acter of a sober, honest and conscientious Person,
before Mr. Justice Anderson, of New Jersey, to wit,
That on or about the 22d of November last he was
informed by Isaac Still, and some other Indians, That
an Indian Lad named Jemmy, came down from Quey-
cake to the Forks of Delaware, where his Mother
and one Joe Peepy and Wife, and some other Indians,
then resided and gave them Notice that the Gap of
the Mountain was then open and would remain so
all the next Day, to give a free Passage for all the
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Indians, in that Neighborhood to return to their
Friends at Neskopecka, but that if they refused this
Invitation, they would meet with the same, nay worse
Usage than the white People. That great Numbers
of the Alleghany, Shawanese, Mohawks, Tuscarora's,
and Delaware Indians had divided themselves into
Companies under their proper Officers, and were de
termined to destroy the Back Inhabitants of Pennsyl
vania, particularly the Minisinks, Forks of Delaware,
Tulpehocken and Swatarrow, all in one Day, and
that the Moravian Settlement of Gnadenhutten would
be first cut off That the Indians of the above
Nations were become so numerous at Neskopecka,
Wioming, and Shamokin, that they were not to be
counted, and, that more were daUy coming to them.
That thereupon the Lad, Jemmy's Mother, his Father-
in-Law Amos and Joe Peepy went with him to Nesko
pecka, but that two others came down into the thick
inhabited Parts of Pennsylvania, and that the Depon
ent, upon the Credit of the above Report was remov
ing his FamUy, from the Forks to Trenton for Safety."
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Dec. 4, 1755. No. 1406.
"The Indians said to be taken in New Jersey are
not supposed to be any of those that committed the
Murders in Pennsylvania, but some Men, Women
and Children, that were. skulking about in Sussex
County, and being a Terror to some of the Inhabit
ants, by Order of Colonel John Anderson were sent
under a Guard of the Militia to Trenton Goal, to
prevent their committing any Outrages upon the
People." — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Dec. 4, 1755.
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Custom House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Sloop Sal
isbury, WUliam Burrows, to Salem. — The Pennsylva
nia Gazette, Dec. 4, 1755. No. 1406. New York.
Wednesday Morning last. His ExceUency Sir
Charles Hardy, our Governor; the Hon. James De
Lancey, Esq, our Lieutenant-Governor; the Hon.
Thomas Pownall, Esq ; Lieut. Gov. of the Jersies ;
Daniel Horsmanden, and John Rutherford, Esqrs.
Members of his Majesty's CouncU for this Province ;
as also Col. Dunbar, Sir John Sinclair, and several
other Gentlemen, arrived here from Albany, on board
Capt. Dow, and about 8 o'Clock landed under the
Discharge of the Cannon on Fort George.. — Ttie
Pennsylvania Journal, Dec. 4, 1755. No. 678.
Elizabeth-Town, New-Jersey, Novem. 29.
By three Expresses arrived from Northampton
County within three Days past, we have Advice, That
last Monday Night the French and Indians burnt a
sniall Village seven Miles beyond the Gap, and killed
aU the People but two ; and Tuesday Night burnt a
House above the Mountain, six Miles from where
Delaware crosses Penaqualing, or Pequetin, Moun
tains, all in the aforesaid County. Upon which In
teUigence, Col. Anderson marched immediately out
of Sussex County in New Jersey to their Assistance,
one hundred Men, and sent back to have more raised.
And Wednesday marched out of Morris County 150
Men, and on Thursday 1 50 more followed to assist
the Pennsylvanians. And this Day is to be drafted
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Foot, and three Troop of Horse, under the Com
mand of Col. Rickets, Penna. We are credibly in
formed, That Part of Col. Johnson's Regiment is to
march direcdy out of Middlesex ; and that Col. Strut
from Hunterdon, is marched with 300 and Col. PhUip
Vanhorne marches To-morrow, or Monday, with Part
of his Regiment out of Somerset.
The two scattered Counties of Sussex and Morris
could, if they thought it convenient, have marched
twelve hundred Men in one Day's Time.. They
seemed to go as willing as tho' they were going to
help a Neighbour at any piece of Work, only they
cursed the cowardly or peaceable Disposition of the
Pennsylvanians, and think it hard to assist any Set
of People who wont assist themselves : — but we un
derstand that the back Parts of Northampton is set
tled with the Church of England and Presbyterian
Members, otherwise People would not go with so
much good Will. — Ttte Pennsylvama Journal, Dec.
4, 1755. No. 678.
We have Advice, that on Monday last a Party of
the MUitia of the Jersey surprized and took 1 5 Indians,
in Sussex County, which they suspected were privy
to the Murders lately committed, and, its thought
were collecting in order to go and join the Enemy ;
and they are all sent down to Trenton Goal. — Ttie
Pennsylvania Journal, Dec. 4, 1755. No. 678.
New-York, Dec. 8. Tuesday Morning last, his
Excellency Major General Shirley, Col. Peter Schuy
ler, Mr WUliam Alexander, (Son of the Hon. James
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from Albany : At their Landing they were saluted by
the Guns from Fort-George.
The Honourable Jonathan Belcher, Esq ; Chief
Judge of his Majesty's Province of Nova-Scotia, (and
Son to his Excellency the Honourable Jonathan
Belcher, Esq ; Governor of New-Jersey) arrived here
the same Day from Boston. — Ttie N. Y. Mercury,
Dec. 8, 1755.
Wanted a sober person that is capable of teaching
a School ; such a one coming well recommended,
may find encouragement in said employ by applying
to David Strattan of Evesham, in the county of Bur
lington, West-New Jersey. — The Pennsylvania Gaz-
Dec. II, 1755. No. 1407.

New-York, December 15. We hear from Baskin-
ridge, in New-Jersey, that on Thursday the 4th In
stant, as two Boys about 8 Years of Age each, one
named Leonard, and the other Ricky, were playing
in the Shop of Brice Ricky of that Place, Leonard
took up a Gun that he found at Hand, and after
blowing into it, told his Play Mate, it was not loaded ;
when he cock'd her, and drawing the Trigger, the
former standing right before the Muzzle, the whole
Charge which was a Brace of Balls, entered his Body
under his rieht Breast, and went out thro' his left
Shoulder Blade, of which Wound he immediately ex
pired. — The N. Y. Mercury, Dec. 15, 1755.
Last Saturday Sen'night, the People of New-
Providence, in the Western Part of the Borough of
Elizabeth, hearing fresh Reports of the Designs of

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the Enemy, upon the Settlements in the Forks of
Delaware, Josiah Broadwell, Esq ; Alexander Simp
son, Cornelius Ludlow, ancl Absalom Bedell, all of
that Place, immediately set out, and the next Day,
arrived at Easton, in the Forks, where they found
the People in the utmost Consternation and Distress,
as they had just received Intelligence of a Body of
1500 French and Indians, within 60 Miles of them,
who are actually employed in buUding a Fort a little
below Shamokin ; and that they have killed great
Numbers of People. Two Men, Dwellers in Easton,
have been up, and assisted in burying the Dead.
And the People at the Forks have good InteUigence,
that the Enemy are determined to make a Descent
on them, before the light Nights of this Moon are
past A Friend Indian who deserted them, says,
they .say among themselves, Now is the Time, the
Barns are jull, and the Cattle are fat. — Ttie N. Y.
Mercury, Dec. 15, 1755.
Run away on the nth inst, from the subscriber,
living in Trenton, An Irish servant man, named Tirao
thy Linch, about 30 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches
high, has short brown hair, with a down look, a litde
freckled, and has often sore lips, speaks thick, and
has much of the brogue. Had on when he went
away, a half-worn castor hat, a brown coat with flat
metal buttons, a brown jacket, without sleeves old
leather breeches, old ozenbrigs shirt, white yarn
stockings, and good shoes. Whoever takes up and
secures said servant, so as his master may have him
again, shall have Thirty ShiUings reward, and reason
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— Ttie Pennsylvania Gazette, Dec. 18, 1755.
No. 1408. Philadelphia, Dec. 18, 1755.
To be sold by publick vendue on Saturday, the
27th day of this instant December, at the house of
John Shaw, at the sign of the Blue Anchor, in Bur
lington, A plantation containing 218 acres of land,
70 acres thereof clear'd, with a dwelling house, and
a fine large new barn, with stables at both ends ;
two bearing orchards of fine fruit, with a garden of
an acre and a half new paled in ; and some meadow ;
situated in Rancocus Creek joining to William Cox's
Ferry, in the township of WUlingborough, and county
of Burlington, within four miles of the city of Bur
hngton, in West Jersey, and is very handy for Phila
delphia market. Any person inclining to purchase
before the day of sale, by applying to Thomas Pres
ton, merchant in Second-street, Philadelphia, or to
Daniel Ellis, surveyor at Burlington, may be informed
of the terms. The title is indisputable. — The Penn
sylvania Gazette, Dec. 18, I755- No. 1408.
PhUada. Dec. 18, 1755.
Run away from Thomas Antram, of the township
of Springfield, in Burlington county. New Jersey, on
or about the sixth instant, an Irish servant man,
named David Keighn, a short well set man, with
black curled b^air, has a fresh complexion, about 20
years of age, and is a likely man : Had on when he
went away, a homespun worsted coat, bluish colour'd
striped jacket, double breasted, without sleeves,
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a good hat and speckled shirt. Whoever secures
said servant, so as his master may have him again,
shall have Thirty ShUlings reward, paid by
Thomas Antram.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Dec. 18, 1755.
No. 1408.
Twelve Pounds Reward —
Made his escape, on the 14th day of November
last, from the sheriff of the county of Hunterdon, in
the province of New Jersey, one Samuel Hunt,
being confined for debt. He went in company with
one Joseph Robinson, they both being persons very
much addicted to card-playing and horse-racing.
They have taken away with them two mares, one a
red roan, the other a bay, which were taken in exe
cution by the said sheriff Samuel Hunt is a likely
able bodied man, about 5 feet, 1 1 inches high, of a
fresh complexion, has short black curled hair, and
black eyes : Had on when he went away, a brown
coat, a blue cloth jacket, an old red great-coat and
sundry other clothes. Joseph Robinson is also a
strong bodied man, about 5 feet 8 inches high, fair
complexion, brown eyes and has short hair : Had on
when he went away, a light colour'd cloth coat, and
a fawn skin jacket. Whoever takes up the said Sam
uel Hunt, Joseph Robinson, and the two mares, and
secures them, so that they may be brought to the
said sheriff", shaU receive for Samuel Hunt Six Pounds ;
for Joseph Robinson Three Pounds ; and for each
mare Thirty Shillings, and reasonable charges from
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Deputy Sheriff. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Dec. 18,
1755- No. 1408.
Philadelphia, December 18. The foUowing is the
Substance of one Henry Cole's Affidavit, taken
before John Anderson, Esq ; in Sussex County, in
the Jerseys, viz. That on the nth Instant, being at
the House of Ephraim Calvert, employed in making
a Coffin for one Matthew Roe, who was killed the
Day before by three Indians, they were suddenly
alarmed by the Discharge of about thirty or forty
Guns at Broadhead's Fort, upon which he went to
John M'Michael's, about a MUe from Broadhead's,
where he was followed by all that were at Calvert's,
being six Men, and about forty women : That on his
way thither he saw Broadhead's Barracks on Fire,
and some Time afterwards perceived a large Body
of Indians, which he computed to be about a Hun
dred: And that he went to the Top of the Mountain,
and seeing Calvert's MUl, and he believes his House
on Fire, with that of John Drake, and many others,
he made his Escape to Easton. — The N. Y. Mer
cury, Dec. 22, 1755.
Custom House, PhUadelphia, Inward Entries.
Schooner Sparrow, Zachariah Marston from Salem.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Dec. 25, 1755. No.
1409. Philadelphia, December 25.
Extract of a Letter from the Union Iron Works in
the Jerseys, dated December 20, 1755.
" The inclosed is a List of the Persons kUled, and
of the Houses burnt on the Upper Parts of North-

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ampton, as near as I could coUect, which may [be]
depended upon as authentick ; for I have strictly en
quired of the Particulars, and chuse rather to demin-
ish than add. — The barbarous and bloody Scene
which is now opened in the above Place, is the most
lamentable that perhaps ever appeared ; — there is no
Person who is possessed of any Humanity, but would
commiserate the deplorable Fate of those unhappy
People: There may be seen Horror and Desolation ;
— populous Settlements deserted ; — Villages laid in
Ashes ; — Men, Women and Children, cruelly mang
led and massacred; — some found in the Woods, very
nauseous for want of Interment : Some iust reekino-
from the Hands of their Savage Slaughterers, and
some hacked and covered all over with Wounds. —
Samuel Depuy seems to be very near being in the
same deplorable Condition, and will unavoidably
share the same Fate with his Neighbours ; for the
fatal Blow is impending. — On his applying to Mr.
Stewart and myself we raised a fine Company of
Men to go to his Assistance, and when we arrived
there, we were informed that Broadhead's House
which is about five Miles further up, was surrounded
and besieged by the Indians : Upon which we marched
to his relief, and escorted him and his Effects to
Depuy's, with what Cattle and Provisions we could
find in the Neigborhood. — We condnued thereabouts
four Days, and all the while heard nothing but Out
cries and Alarms, and our Gentries were fired upon
by some Indians hovering about Depuy's House,
which may be deemed a sure Prognosdck of its De
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gence of some Indians being in a Swamp, about two
Miles distant from Robert Allison's ; whereupon we
went in Quest of them with the utmost Expedition,
and soon got Sight of them, driving off a Parcel of
large Hogs, when we imprudently dismounted our
Horses, but we were obliged to halt, and acknowl
edge ourselves no Match for them at the Heels :
However we recover'd the Hogs, and had we kept
our Horses, we would have undoubtedly have taken
and killed every one of them."
On the back of the above was wrote, — I have, while
seahng this Letter, an Express, acquainting, that the
Indians have crossed Delaware in a large Body. —
A List of the People kUled, and Houses burnt,
by the Indians at the Minisinks.
Killed, viz.
John Rush, his Wife, Son and Daughter, 4
Lambert Brink, i
Benjamin Tidd and Family, 10
Matthew Rue, i
Daniel WiUiams, his Wife, and five ChUdren, 7
Piercewell Goulding, i
Mr. Head, and ten of his FamUy, 1 1
Cornelis Vanaken, and Guizebert Vancamp
with fifteen of their FamUies 1 7
Several Paladnes, and their Famihes, sup
posed to be about, 20
Hans Vanfleara, i
Adam Snell, no Account of his Family, but
supposed about - 5
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Houses burnt,
Robert Hannah's ; William James's ; senior ; Wil
liam M'Nabb's; Robert Allison's; John Atkins's, Esq;
John Fish's ; Robert Harris's ; Thomas HiU's ; Giles
ChurchUl's ; Jacob Petty's ; William Lawrence's ;
Abraham Garno's ; Dennis Rozor's; Robert Park's;
Ephraim Culver's Saw and Grist MUls ; John
Drake's, senior; John M'Michael's; Samuel Gut-
ridge's; Francis Jone's ; Abraham Hartman's ; Dan
iel Brundidge's ; Benjamin Tidd's ; junior ; Solomon
Jenkins's; William Tidd's ; John Tidd's; Capt. John
son's ; Joshua Parker's ; Job Beckhorn's ; John Hili-
man's ; Mr. Countryman's ; Daniel Reever's ; Sam
uel Drake's; Daniel Logan's; Abraham MUler's;
Jacob Sly's ; Jacob Roror's ; WUliam James's, junior ;
Bodewine Vanderlap's ; William Whittin's ; and John
Hoey's. — The N. Y. Mercury, Dec. 29, 1755.
New-York, December 29. By Captain LyeU, who
is arrived at Amboy, in six Weeks from Madeira, we
have Advice, that one of his Britannick Majesty's
Ships of War, bound to the Coast of Guinea, had
taken and carried into Madeira, a French Mardnico
Man, said to be very rich. — The N. Y. Mercury, Dec.
29. 1755-
Extract of a Letter from Easton, Dated December
25> 1755-
'The Country all above this Town, for Fifty Miles
is mostly evacuated and ruined, excepting only the
Neighbourhood of the Depuys ,five Families, which
stand their Ground. The People are chiefly fled into
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Corn, and carry'd it off", with their Catde and best
Household Goods ; but a vast deal is left to the
Enemy. Numbers offered half their Corn, Cows,
Goods &c, to save the Rest, but could not obtain As
sistance enough to move them in Time. The Enemy
made but few Prisoners, Murdering almost all that
feU into their Hands, of all Ages and both Sexes.
&c. &c. — The Pennsylvania Journal, Jan. i, 1756.
No. 682.
RUN-away from Lawrence Janse Van Buskerk,
near Hackinsack, a negro man who was
lately advertised in the Mercury, named y^sop : He
is of a niiddhng size a round forehead ; a straight
nose, and has a very guilty look : Had on when he
went away, a grey jacket ancl a green jacket under
it, a pair of striped trowsers, and an old bever hat ;
he is aged about 25 years. Whoever takes up and
secures said negro, so that his master may have him
again, shall have Forty Shillings reward, and all rea
sonable charges paid by
Lawrence Janse Van Buskerk.
— Ttie N. Y. Mercury, Jan. 5, 1756.
To BE Sold
By John M' Evers, six hundred and seven acres of
land, lying in Cranbery, four mUes from Prince-Town,
and twelve from Trenton landing : It lies adjoining
Bearbrook, well watered and timbered. The whole
win be laid out in 200 acre lots, if required ; and by
enquiring of said M' Evers, at New- York ; PhUip
Kearney, Esq ; at Amboy ; John Berrian, at Rockey-
HiU; or James Van Horne, at Dover, near Chees-

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quakes, maybe further informed of.the title, which
is indisputable— Z^^ N Y Mercury, Jan. 5, 1756.
New York, December 29. We hear the Legisla
ture of New Jersey have passed a BUl for raising
Ten Thousand Pounds to be employed in defending
their Frontiers against the Indians. — The Pennsylva
nia Gazette, Jan. 8, 1756. No. 1411.
Mr. Gaine, Your inserting the following Testimonial of
Governor Belcher's Regard to the publick Interest,
and the Sense we in this Province have, of the Abil
ides of General Shirley, will be very agreeable to
your New-Jersey- Readers.^
The Assembly's Answer.
" Ordered, That Mr. Read and Mr. Stevens do wait on his
Excellency, and, in Answer to his Message of this
Day, inform him. That as to the Application which
General Shirley makes to this Colony, for an Aug
mentation of the Troops under Col. Schuyler; this
House would chearfully give the greatest Assistance
to the Troops his Majesty has Occasion to employ to
defend his Territories from Encroachments of a dan
gerous Neighbour: But we hope to be entirely ex
cused from augmenting our Regiment, as we are at
this Time threatened with Invasions from a barbar
ous Enemy, and have been under a Necessity of
raising a large Number of Troops, and maintaining
1 Here follows Gov. Belcher's Message, Dec. 23, 175^, printed in N, J. Archives,, Vol,
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them in Garrisons, in order to prevent the Desertion,
or total Destruction of the Frontiers, and request
his Excellency to return the Thanks of this House to
General Shirley, for his favourable Sentiments of
this Colony, and to Assure tiim, that we esteem our
selves happy, in the Appointment his Majesty has
been pleased to make of a Commander in Chief of
his Forces, as the Colonies in General have the
highest opinion of the Abilities and Integrity of the
Gentleman employed, and his known Attachment to
his Majesty's Honour, and Interest of the American
Plantations ; we hope every Colony will be induced
to exert itself to act in an Expedition under so good
a Direction!' — Ttie N. Y. Mercury, Jan. 12, 1756.
Elizabeth-Town, January 22. This Day arrived
an Express from Capt. Salnave, at Col. Van Camps,
the Purport of whose Packet is. That on Tuesday
last the Captain discovering a Fire over Delaware,
at one Dupey's, he crossed the River with about
twenty five of his Men, and when he came up found
the House beset by upwards of fifty Indians, all busy
in setting Fire to it, and murdering the Inhabitants ;
and notwitstanding the Inequality ofthe Number, he
engaged them so warmly that in a few Minutes Time
he oblig'd them to give Way, when he desired them
to stand and come to a fair Engagement in the open
Field, which they refused, and directly took to the
Woods ; from whence Capt. Salnave soon routed
them, and pursued them over the Mountain, observ
ing the Enemy to carry off their Dead on Horse
back, whUst he had but one of his Men wounded in
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Capt. Salnave entered Dupey's House, he found two
Men killed and three wounded, besides 18 or 20
other Persons, Men, Women and ChUdren, all of
whom would inevitably have been reduced with the
House to Ashes, had not the Captain and his Men
opportunely come up to their Relief — Tfie N . Y.
Mercury, Jan. 26, 1756.
Extract of a Letter from Lower Smit fifield, lo a Gen
tleman in the Jerseys, dated Jan. 22, 1756.
Sir, — " I am left in a deplorable Condition, by the
Province I belong to, and for what Reason I know
not, and what to do I know not. To leave all
to Savage Enemies is very hard, to be left by my
own Country, and to be forced to fall their Prey,
is StUl harder. Therefore I am now come to this
Resolution, that if your Province wUl send me a
Number of Men, with sufficient Officers to Guard
me, I wUl give them the Use of my Plantation,
or otherwise, allow them Fifty Pounds a Year
during the War, towards bearing the Expences, or if
they shall seem meet, let them buUd a Fort, pro
vided I have the Crop now in the Ground. Sir, the
Greatness of my Confusion at the Present unfits me
to write ; therefore hope my distressed Condidon,
wUl be a sufficient Apology for this indirect Letter,
The two Capts. Trump and Astin, of this Province,
with fifty Men each, had I am informed, strict Orders
not to come a-near me, or lend me any Assistance;
StUl at the same Time applied to me for Provisions,
Teams, &c. Upon which I told them they should
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seys for what Help I had, and therefore thought it my
Duty to Help those from whom I received Help.
On that they broke through Orders, and let me have
Twenty Men, which I Hourly expect to be taken
from me. They are now buUding a Fort One Mile
West of Broadhead's, Six from my House, and Four
from the Water Gap, and from whence all the Inhab
itants are fled. I went with Mr. Scot, and others
l:hat were with him, last Monday to the Camp, where
we heard the melancholy News of Mr. Bemper, and
his Company of Sixteen Men, and a Girl, who were
going to drive down his Cattle to the Jerseys, being
attacked by a Party of Indians, who killed them all,
except two of Trump's Men, and a Boy, who made
their Escape, one of whom came to the Camp. The
next Day Trump, Broadhead, and others, to the
Number of Forty, went to bury the Dead, found
¦ only Eight of them, of whom Bemper was one ; there
was Five of them scalp'd, all stript naked and laid
a-cross the Road, in three different Places. The
same Day my Brother Daniel's House was beset by
a Party of Indians, to the Number of Sixty, who
burnt the Barn, kiUed Two Men, and wounded three
more, and had it not been for Doct. Kennedy, who
by Chance called in just before the Attack was made,
the whole, with a Number of Women and ChUdren,
would have been destroyed. I sent a Dispatch to
the Camp, but without Success. I then sent Eleven
of my Men along the Hill Side, who fell on their
Rear ; we found it all bloody, by which we have
Reason to believe we ballanced their Accounts, only
they carried off the Doctor's Horse, with all his
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Drugs, Instruments, &c. They had fir'd the House
in three Places, which was put out by the Doctor :
But had not the good Capt. Salnave of New Jersey,
came to their Assistance, who had one of his Men
likewise wounded, they must [have] entirely perished
in the Flame ; they burnt the House the next Day : I
fear it will be the Fate of us all. I this Day remov'd
my Sister, Mrs. Dowl, to my House, who lived 9 MUes
Distance. The Gap is way-laid, so that No-body
can Pass, but what are shot at : This Evening we
espied two Indians within Fifty Rods of my House.
I received the several Sums of Money, sent me by
Mr. Scott, from the good People of your Province,
towards the Rehef of the Distress'd, and gratefully
return Thanks in their Behalf for the same. For
further Particulars of my unhappy Situation, Mr.
Scott and Doct. Kennedy can give you Information,
they both being Present, and well acquainted with
the above Relations.
I am. Sir, stiU relying on your Friendship, and
assure yourself that your good Services in this, sliaU
be allways esteem'd as a great Obligation, to
Samuel Dupui.
— The Pennsylvania Journal, Feb. 5, 1756. No.
687.
Extract of a Letter from Easton, January 26th.
'Last Night about Sun Set, as Williani McFaren
'and two other Men were going over Delaware to
'the Jersey's, they were fired upon by Indians several
'Times from this side, McFarran received several
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'was within 7 or 8 Miles of this Town. — The Penn
sylvania Journal, Feb. 5, 1756. No. 687.
Philadelphia, February 5. In our last Mendon
was made of Mr. DanieP Dupuy's House being beset
by a Number of Indians, but that they were beat off
by Capt. Salnave, and a Party of his Men, who came
very opportunely to his Relief arid saved his House,
for that Time. We have Advice since, that Mr.
Dupuy not thinking it safe to stay at his Place any
longer, removed into the Jerseys ; upon whicli the
Indians returned and burnt it, and every Thing else
they could find.^ — The N. Y. Mercwy, Feb. 2, 1756.
1 Samuel.
2 For additional p.tpcrs retatinp: to the Indian outbreak in the Fall of 1755, sec N J.
Archives, VIII., Part II., passim ; XVI., 560-585.

INDEX.

INDEX

Abbot, .Tolin, land for sale by, 346, 348.
Aheel, David, 263.
Al)inttton, 236
Absecom Bar, wreck on. 212. 243.
Accidents— liurneil to death. 187. 317, 318.
crushed liy wheel of grist mill, 264.
drowned. Ul, 121, S34, 340, x!97, 327, 329,
373. 476.
explosion of gun powder, 4.51.
falling from riding chairs, 91.
fell from ladder. S89.
fell into well, a58.
flre. 147, 241, 4:;8. 603.
frozen to death, .331.
gun bursting, 433.
lost iu the woods, 162.
poison, 244. 279. 280.
shooting, 309. 31-3, 433, 56.5.
struck hy lightning, 93, 142, 168, 244,
264, 280.
Acts and bills of the Assembly, 374 ;
against carrying guns, 242 ; making
provision for the subsistence of his
Majesty's forces, during their
march through N. J., 466; submit
ting the controversy between the
Colonies of New York ami New Jer
sey, relating to partition line. 445 ;
to enable the Legislature to settle the
quotas of the several counties, etc.,
14; to give £15,000 to N. J. troops.
528; to prevent the exportation of
provisions, naval or warlike stores,
465, 472 ; to publish the Original
Constitution, 461 ; to raise ten thou
sand pounds lo be employed In de
fending the frontiers, 574.
Act and Uecommendatlon of the General
Assembly of the Charch of Scotland
for a collection for the (JoUege of
New Jersey, 443-445.
Acquackanonk, 391.
Dutch Church at, pastor of, 464
Adair, James, allidavlt of, 181, 183, 190, 191.
Adam, Samuel, 416.
Adams, Charles, 427.
George, servant, 84.
Aderly, Mary, 416.
Adventure, sloop, 440.
Aertsen, Jan, 394.
Aesop, servant, 560. 573.
Aged persons, 98, 230.
Ageman, Thomas, advertisement about,
238.
William. 238.
Ainsworth, Robert, 439.
Air CAyr), Scotland, Synod of, 443.
Akin, Thomas, 296.

Albany. 171, 363, 563. 565.
Britisli forces bound for, 541.
N. J. Provincial troops bound for, 501
504. 506, 509.
Albany street, New Brunswick, land for
sale on. 6.
Albany's Syntax and Prosodia, 99.
Alburtis, Benjamin, servant, 64.
Alexander,  , letter to. 4.
Alexander, James, 564; (Governor Morris
at bouse of, 4U9 ; land for sale bv,
156, 369, 5i!7.
Samuel Davies, 418.
William, arrived at New York, 564;
lanil lor sale by, 455, 480.
Alfoni. Col., land of, for sale, 234.
Alleghany InUlans. attack on Moravian
village by, 602.
Allen, Allan, Aaron, servant, 50S.
Ambrose. Capt. Two Brothers, 449.
Ann. 427.
E., Capt. Charming Peggy, 309.
John, 177, '246, 304.
horse stolen from. 86.
land for sale by, 52, 81.
manager Trenton lottery, 80. S3.
John, jiin., manager ipelaware lottery,
246,-247.
Matthew, 410.
Moses, 509.
Nathaniel, pickled sturgeon for sale
by. 357,
Nathaniel, jun., 268.
Itobert, servant run away from, 427.
Samuel, Capt. schooner Jindeavor, 207.
Widow, 427.
William, 191. .357.
grist mill for sale by, 153.
servant ran away from, 459.
Allen and Turner, 177.
iron woiks of. 416.
suit about land of, 403, 404, 405.
Allen-Town, Allenstown, 258. 360, 401, 4'i7.
428, 4v9, 431, 437, 457, 517, 555.
Allison, Robert, Indians near housc of,
571.
house of, burned by Indians, 572.
Alloways Creek, 83. 85, 93, 269, 392.
Amboy, 25, 60, 66, 74, 81, 99, 122 132, 152,
15,3, 159, 160, 203, 225, 233, 260, 265, '287,
311, 322, 330, 331, 337, 3.50, 362, 366, 378,
39U, 411, 417, 427, 455, 458, 480, 496,
554, .573.
Amboy, ITerry at, 60, 87, 122, 265, 271, 293,
348, 355, 377, 485.
goal at, 66, 130.
land for sale in, 22, 23.
vessels arrived at, 572.

584

INDEX.

Amboy, vessel bound for, 273, 291, 317.
vessel from, 203, 435, 44B.
Amboy stage boats, 359.
American Historical JReglster, 389.
Ammit, Capt., 446.
Amsterdam, vessel bound for, 93.
Amwell. 64, 81, 90, 98, 128, 141, 203, 230,
256, 304, ,308. 345, 386. 428. 430, 431,
439. 457, 498, 506, 517. 518. 622.
Dutch Meeting House at, 309.
ferry at, 379. 428.
land for sale in, 142. 144. 239, 477, 641.
Anatomy, lectures on, 127.
Ancocus Creek, 460, 510.
Anderson, Alexander, Deputy-Sheriff of
Hunterdon County, 568.
Andreas. 427.
Jamea. deposition of, 563-554; letter
flhniif 554
John, 59. ii82, 390, 569; land for sale by.
378, 4. 7.
Capt. John, 427.
Col. John, 556; Indians sent to Tren
ton goal by, 562; Hegiment of,
marched against Indians, 532-563,
663, 564.
WUliam, 26.
Andrews, Thomas, servant ran away from,
359.
Angle, John, servant, 398.
Angiology and Newrology, coarse of study
in. 127.
Annapolis, Maryland, act passed at, to
prevent exportation of provisions to
Jj'rench and Indians, 483 ; wedding
at, 164.
Anne, sloop, 433.
Anthony, servant, 270.
Antigua, vessel bound for, 337.
vessels from, 198, 445.
Antll, Mr.  , brewhouse of, struck by
lightning, 168.
Antill, lidward, land for sale by, 208, 293.
Antram, Thomas, servant ran away from,
567, 66S.
Apples, 112.
Aquanishuonigy, map of, proposals to
publish, 613.
Arch street, f hiladelphla, 287. 424, 515, 616.
Archer, John, house of struck l)y light
ning. 277, 278
Argyle, Synod of, 443.
Armstrong, John, Representative of Cum
berland county, 196.
Joseph, Kepresentatlve of Cumber
land county, 196.
Arnet, David, 185.

Arnett. David, goal keeper of Elizabeth,
177, 178.
Arney, Joseph, 282.
Arnold, Samuel, servant ran away from,
270, 271.
schooner, 273.
Arrison, John. .394.
Arthur, Kev. Thomas, death of, 24; note
on, 34.
Arundel, His Majesty's Ship, 305, 313.
Ash. servant, 343.
Ashfleld, Lewis, lottery tickets for sale by,
81.
Ashford, Jean, goods stolen from, 332.
Mary, widow. 331.
Assembly, acts of, 445, 538.
adjourned, 465.
answer of, to message from Governor,
574.
dismissed, 366.
dissolved, 32, 49, 374; Gov. Belcher's
reasons for dissolving, 30. 34.
laws published by. 7, 11. 20. 26, 27, "309.
members of, elected, .h81. 382.
message from Governor to, 78, 220.
message of, to Governor, 221.
minutes of, 221, 391.
petition to, to drain lands, 538, 5:9, 540.
prorogue<l, 436.
to help the Virginians, 426.
to meet, 98, 20a, 244, 407, 408. 452, 453,
480, 549.
to raise five companies for His Majes
ty's service, 485.
votes of, 53, 360, 361.
Association Battery, Pliiladelphia, 422.
Assunpink, 394, 507.
Astin, Capt.. 676.
Aten, Derrick, servant ran away from,
3S3. 384.
Atkins, Jolm, house of, burnt hy Indians,
572.
Atkinson, John, servant ran away from,
639.
Samuel, land for sale by, 70.
Auble, Matthias, arrested for cruelty to
servant, 451.
Augusta county, Va., 67.
Avondale, 390.
Axford,  , 331 ; settled near Oxford
Iron works, 324.
Axtell, William, mill to be let by. 328. 329.
Ayers, Ubadlah, liiu-keeper at Amiiuy
Ferry, 87.
Ayre, Martha, 427.
Ayscough, Klchard, surgeon. 127.

B

Babcock, Josh, 67.
Babson, Phillip, Capt. Schooner Jadith,
230, 464.
Back street, Perth Amboy, land for sale
on, 7.
Backer, Jacob, 390.
Mrs. Margaret, widow, 390.
Bacon. Daniel, land for sale by, 481.
Bacon's Wars, survivors of. 98, 230.
Bailey, William, servant, 318.
Baird, James, 506.
Balay, Daniel, marriage of, 116.
separated from wife, 137.
Baldwin, James, 237.
Ball, Margaret, eloped, 541.
WilUam, 541.

Ballard, John, 42S.
Dr. John, 428.
Ballinger, Hemy, 158.
Baltimore, 354.
His Majesty's sloop, 422, 482.
Banks, James, iand for sale by, 1.31.
Bannister, John, servant, 77.
Banton, Peter, estate of. 12.
Banker. Bancker, Christopher, 31, 496.
Baptist church. Freehold, 439.
Barbadoes. vessels arrived at, 464.
vessel from. 194. 415, 434.
Barberie, John, 120; laud for sale by,
260.
Frances, land for sale by, 36, 120.
Barbour, Thomas, laws lor sale by, 28.

INDEX.

S8S

BaroaloWe, — "=^. 26-'.
Bard, Bennet, 266.
John. 416.
Peter 73 74.
servant ran away from, 180. 539
Barne Isle, 281.
Barnegat, 203, '284, 343.
flre at. 603.
land for sale at, 22.
veasel run ashore at, 317. 346, 360'.
Barnes, Samuel, bonds in possession of,
168.
iron works for sale by, 272.
Barney, John, 416.
Barnstable, Mass., 133.
Barra, Peter, servant. 519.
Barron, Samuel, 133.
Barrit, James, 506.
Barry,  , Capt. Marlborough. 317.
Bartow, Thoraas, laws for sale by. 10.
Thomaa, jun., deposition of, 556.
Baskenridge, Basking Ridge, Bastlng-
rldge, 153, 394, 395, 431, 506, 665.
Basnet, Sarah, property of, for sale, 288,
293
Basset, Elisha. 523.
Bates, Benjamin. 416.
Daniel, servant ran away from. 83.
Batten. Francis, servant ran away from.
288.
Bayard, Nicholas, land for sale by, 505.
Stephen, ferry to be let by, 323.
William, 323; land for sale by, 20.
Bayley, schooner, 64.
Bayntons, John, land for sale by. 95.
Beaks, ISdniund, land for sale by, 490.
Beanchar, Capt.. 1.56.
Bearbrook, land near, for sale. 554, 573.
Beasley's Ulstorj' of Cape May County. 894.
Beatty, Rev. Charles, sermon of, for sale,
199.
Beaumont, John, land for sale tiy, 62.
Beaver Dam. 521.
ship. 391.
street. New York, 287, 395. .396, 424,
456.
Beokhorn, Job, house of, burned by In
dian". 573.
Becky, sloop, 3154.
Becham, John. 428.
Bedell, Absalom, 566.
Bedford. Duke of, letter from to Governor
Belcher, 78, 79.
Bedminster, 285. 310. 464, 525.
Beebe, Zaccheus, 428
Beekman, Daniel, escaped from go.il, 380.
William, 394.
Beeseley, Gerteret, eloped, 20.
John. 26.
Belcher, J.. A. M., Vipar of Boston, Dis
sertations by, 494.
Governor Jonathan, 12, 92, 114, 281,
407. 434, 565.
address to, 115.
answer to address. 116.
address to. by Trustees of College
of New Jersey, 542-545.
answer to address from Trustees
of College of N. J.. 545-547.
Assembly dissolved by, 374.
Attorney General appointed by. 879.
Charter for College ot New Jersey
gl anted by, 251.
his weakness of body, 366.
letters patent granted by, .52.
38

Belcher, Governor Jonathan, messan-o
from, 78, 79, 363-367, 574. "
military companies reviewed by, 497
order, in answer to speech ot, 361
proclamations by, 30, 31,32 491 402
493, 628-631.
Jonathan, Chief Judge ot Nova Scotia
566.
Hall, College of N. J., 546, 546
Belchier,  , Capt. The Berry,' 4'*a
Bell savage, brig, run ashore. 5.
Bell, Tom, 195.
Bellamont's reek, 134.
Belleville, ferry to be let at, 463.
Bemper,  , killed hy ihe Indians, 577.
Benjamin, schooner, 548.
Bennet, .lacob, escaped from goal. 457.
Benson. Francis, Capt. schooner Chance
356, 357, 380.
Benzel, Adolph, land for sale by, 3.38
Bergen, Breekje (Bridget) Hanaen, wife of
Peter Middagh, 394.
Bergtn, corporatlim of, 126,
county, 10, 35, 200, 261, 283, 390, 391
425, 436, 526.
election of members of Assembly at.
382.
land for sale at, 538.
Sterling Furnace in, 547,
Bergen's Kings County Settlers, 394.
Bermudas, Chief Justice of, 36'2.
vessel bound for, 337.
vessel from. 441.
Bermudian sloop, 415.
Berrian, John, land for sale by, 13.5, 422
496, 503, 564, 573.
lottery tickets for sale by, 81.
Berry. Samuel, drowned, 373.
Berry, The, 482
Besharer, Barbara, executrix ot Jaci b
Besharer, 310.
Bethlehem township, 62. 133. 131, 141, 243,
401, 416, 428. 439, 497, 566, 661.
letter from, 654.
Moravian Settlement at, 562.
Beulah, ship, 149.
Betsey. The, 489.
Bickham, Martin, estate of, 29.
Sarah, land for sale by, 29.
Biddle, John, land for saie by, 331.
William, 363, 395, 307.
property of. for saie, 321.
Biles, Benjamin, land for sale by, 1.
Sheriff of Hunterdon county, 568.
Daniel, manager Trenton lottery, 80,
83.
Elizabeth, land for .sale by, 117.
Biles Island, lottery at for church, 370, 371.
470, 471, 4S2. 491.
Bill, James, arrested for counterfeiting, 90.
Billingsport. BiUens-Port. I36, 299, .307.
Bills of Credit, draught of bill for, 436.
Biographical notea—
Arthur, Rev. Thomas, 24.
Banks, James, 131.
Bradbury, Kiehard. 390.
Cadwalader, Thomas, 293, 294
( ilement, Samuel. 392.
Cooper. Isaac, 136.
Cox family. 439.
Dehart, Jacob, 390.
Fisher, Hendrick. 390, 391.
Fitz Randolph, Samuel, jun , 1.33.
Hamptou, Jonathan, 280, 281.
Hancock, William, sen., .392.

586

INDEX.

Biographical notes—
Hoagland, John, 391.
Holraes, .Jaraes, 390.
Johnston, John, 389.
KingBland, Isaac, 261.
Lawrence, Robert. 390.
Learning, Aaron. 393.
Leddel, Iir William, 236.
Lealle, (Jeorge, 132.
Leydt, Johannes, 519. /
Middagh, Peter, 394.
Miller, Wbenezer, 892, .393.
Morris, Isabella, 146.
Newbold. Barzillai, 391.
Parker, James, 334.
Paxson, Henry, 892.
Pierson, Rev. Jolm, 374.
Ramsey, Andrew, 205.
Rosa. John, 398.
Ryerson, George, 486.
Smith, Kicliard, 114.
Spicer, Jacob, .393.
Van Giesen, Rynier, 391.
Van Horne, Abraham. 133.
Van Horne, Jaraes, 135.
Vreeland. George, 391.
Wetherill. .Iohn, 390.
White, Anthony 352.
Yard, Joseph, 394.
Birkham, Thomas, land for sale by, 343.
Bisphan. Benjamin, estate of, 381.
Bispham, Joshua, land for sale by, 10, 99
executor, servant ran away from
381, 382. ¦
Blachley, Dr. Ebenezer. 336.
Black Jake, sloop, 198.
River,. 154. 210. 607.
Blackston, John, 416.
Blain,  . boat of, robbed. 239.
Blaine, William, land for sale by, 121, 259.
Blair. Alexander, boat ol, robbed, 196.
John, 428.
Margaret, eloped. 401.
Samuel, Rev., funeral sermon of, 199.
Thomas, 401; servant ran away from,
133, 497, 498.
Blake, William, servant, 198.
Blanchfleld, John, estate of, 395.
Blazing-Star Inn, 124.
Blue Anchor, Burlington, 86, 567.
Blue Hlll.>!, T.
Mountains, Gap of, 553, 656, 661, 563.
Blumefleld, WUUam, servant, 73.
Blyck. Ariaentje, wife of Jan Middagh,
894.
Board Yard. Burlington, ,368.
Boat, sign of the, 170.
Bogart. CorneUus, servant ran away from,
172.
Boggs, Samuel, land for sale by, 76.
servant ran away from, 161.
Boham, John, 229.
Bokee, Abraham, 359.
Bolting House, 33.
mill, 335, 346 ; for sale, 131, 155 ; to
be let, 347.
Bond, Mr.  , laws lor sale by, 11.
houae and barn of, destroyed by flre.
147.
Benjamin, suit against. 171.
Elijah, 304; manager Trenton lottery,
80, 83; servant ran away from, 61, 88,
113, 114, 353.
William, surveyor, 425,
Bonny, Joseph, 506.

petition ol. 211-223.
Boot, servant. 256.
Borden, Joseph, jnu,, 66. 263.
lottery tickets for siile by, .371.
manager of lollery. 471.
stage boat of. i.5, 66. 123. 158, 159, 232,
3.33. 271, 393. 350
Bordenlown, Bnrdenstown. 2. 60. 65, 66.
87, 132. 158 159. 160. 232, 233. 265, 268.
271. 277, 295 340, .355. 366, .357, 370.
:j86 428, 429, 430, 460, 470, 491. 505,
517.
land for sale in. 550. 55i.
Borilen-Town I,anding, 203.
Stage, 350, 377. 436.
Borden Town Stage boat, guns left on. 450.
Boston, Mass , 234, .393, 409. 433. 487, 565.
Mermiid Man of War stationed at, 409.
Rev. George Whitefield to preacli at,
.393.
Vicar of, 494.
vesaela bound for, 415 4-32. 434.
vesaels from, .373, 415, 459, 4S9.
Galley, The, 509.
Bostock,  , Capt. Prince George, .354.
Boatwick, Bastwick. Ephraim, h.ttery
tickets for sale by, 316. 376, 386.
Boudinot, Ellas, land granted to, 425
Bcrand Brook, Banbrook. Bone Brook, 202,
222. .327, 358, 869, 378, 390, 417, 4-i7, 475,
507.
land for aale at, 302, 477.
Bound-Brook Brhlge, 59,
Bounty for enlisting against Canada, 493.
Bowditch, Ebenezer, Capt. schooner Good
Intent, 166, 168, 200, 202.
Capt. schooner Chance, 501, 502.
Bowne, Samuel, jun.. land for sale by. 261
Bows, Thomas, 67, 69.
Boyd, William, 416 428.
Boylan, Aaron, 395.
Boyle, Patrick, Capt. schooner Arnold, 273.
Bracke. John, 416.
Bradbury, John. 390.
Broadbury, Richard, member of Assembly,
390; note on, 390.
Bradford,  , letter to, referred to, 36
James, arrested for counterfeiting, 90.
WiUiam. 462 ; laws Ior sale by. 11.
Bradford's Journal, 39.
Bradley. Francis, deserted from army, 617.
Bradway, Aaron, 539.
Brainerd, John, Clerk Trustees College of
New Jersey, 446.
Bratser, Francis^ laws for sale by, 10, 28.
Bramham. 114
Brasher, Capt. Abraham, 302.
Elizabeth, land for sale by, 302.
Breton, John, frozen to dea h, 331.
Breton. Cape. Act to prevent exportation
ot provisions lo from New Jersey,
466, 472.
expedition to, 63.
scarcity of provisions at, 529.
vessel bound for, 242.
Brew House, 208.
Hrick clay. 104.
Brick yard, on Crosswicks road, 550.
Brick, John. sen., laws lor sale by. 10.
John, jun.. laws for sale by, lo.
Bridge Town, 3:38 ; land for sale in, 348.
Bridgewater township. 183, 443,
hind for aale in, :jr8, 477.
Brink, Lambert, killed by Indiana, 571.
Brlnkernooff, Dirck, 113.

INDEX.

587

Brlnckerhoff, Joris, land lor sale by, 334.
Bristol, servant, 318.
Ennion, deposition of. 191.
Bristol, England, 104, 176, 180, 181, 193, 211,
428, 493.
goods imported from, 113.
.vessel from, 264, 297.
Briatdl road, 85.
Britt, Daniel, 89.
Broad street, Barllngton, 288, 893.
street, New York, 409.
street, Trenton, 4.
Broadfield. Edward, sturgeon cured by,
3C8, 356, 505.
Broadhead, Charlea, Indians supplied
wil h powder by. 533, 554.
Daniel 553.
Broadhead's Fort, 577 ; attacked by
Indians, 569.
Broadhead's house, attacked by Indians,
570.
Broadwell, Josiah, 566.
Brook,  , Oapt. The Horalio, 418.
Brooklyn, .394.
Brooklyn Ferry, 265
Broughton, John, advertisement hy, for
schoolmaster. 184, ,344, 524.
Brower, William 428.
Brown, John, 296.
servant ran away from. 1 63.
Richard, servant, 303
Thomas, servant, 348.
WUUam, Trenton goal keeper, 311.
Bruen, John, Capt., 312.
Bruice, John, 617.
Bruudldge, Daniel, house of, burned by
' Indiana, 572.
Brunson, Barefoot, Bearfoot, 217 ; planta
tion ot for sale, 100.
Mary, executrix ot Barefoot Brunson,
100.
Brunswick : see New Brunswick.
Brunswick boat, overset, 373.
Landing, 1.54.
road, 94, 100.
Brunswick, sloop, 2-3.
Bryant,  , Capt. Ship Joseph, 201, 202,
206.
Valentine, servant ran away from, 82.
Bucks county, Penn., 52, 80, 85, 93, 104, 142,
181, 188, 192, 211, 370, 457.
Budd, John, 428.
plantation ot, for sale, 490.
Budd'a Marsh, 341.
Budden,  , Capt. sloop Myrtella, 317.
Bunn, Thoraas, servant, 163.
Burcham, John, land lor sale by. 239.
Burge, Burgd, Jonathan, laud lor sale by,
137, 342, 437.
Richard, land for sale by, 34?.
Bark', John, servant, 18S.
Burling, James, estate of, 547,
John, land for sale by. 521 ; Sterling
Furnace lor sale by, 548
Samuel, land lor sale by. 621 ; Sterling
Furnace lor sale by, ,548.
Burlington, 10, 12, 21, 52, 76, 86, 87, 88. 91,
114, 115, 136, 157, 158, 166, 199, 203, 206,
'209, 329, 233, 238, 339, 248, 263, 276, 377,
282, 2S7,291, 298, 311, 331, 323, 324. .350,
365, 368, 37.S 391. ,392, 400, 427, 429, 437,
440,460,508,521,548 667.
Asaembly to meet at, 98. 244.
jail al, 316.
land for sale In, 11, 88, -92, 388, 293, 407,

480, 481, 507.
BurUngion, school at, 99.
county, 2, 10, 101, 145, 146, 172, 201, 231,
235, 3.36, 344, 256. 290, 295, 300, 304,
306, 306, 320, 338, 848, 359, 372, .381,
391, 392, 895, 430, 448, 459, 495, 533, 53S,
6.39, 565, 667.
goal ol, 321.
land lor sale In. 56, 145, 460, 499, 510.
aherifl of, 401, 407.
Stage-wagon, 275, 276, 297, 377, 4S5,
486.
Burnet, Hester, wife of Christopher Leam
yeng. 893.
John, land for sale by, 344.
Burnet street. New Brunswick, 4io, 454 ;
land for sale on, 82, 468.
Burns, George, tavern keeper, removed to
Trenton Ferry, 361, 353, 354.
Burr. Aaron, 395.
Rev. Aaron, marrliige ot, 169. 170;
President of College ot New Jersey,
263; oration by, 421 ; speech of, for
aale, 465.
Peter, 433.
Thadd, 438.
Burroughs, Burrows, John, land lor sale
by, 476.
servant ran away Irom, 349.
Thomaa, 428, 606.
William, Capt. sclioonerTwo Friends,
147.
Capt. sloop Salisbury, 199, 397, 803, 304,
412. 508, 509, 558, 563.
Burton. Benjamin, representative ot Sus
sex county, 196.
Butler, James, Capt. schooner Eagle, 143 ;
goods stolen by, 331.
Byrn. George, aervant, 500.
Cadwalader, Dr., 96.
Elizabeth, 294.
John, 293.
John, Brig. Gen., 394.
Lambert, Col., 294.
Margaret, wile of Gen. Samuel Mere
dith, 294.
Martha, wife of Brig. Gen. John Dag
worthy, 394.
Mary, wife ot Philemon Dickinson, 294.
Rebecca, wife of Philemon Dickinson,
294.
Thomas, land for sale by, 3, 298.
note on, 298, 294.
CiBsarea river, 540.
Caeser, aervant, 85, 199, 262.
CaUender, WiUiam, land for sale by, 481.
Calvert, liphraim, houae of, burned by
Indiana, 569.
Calvert'a Mill, burned by the Indiana, 569.
Cam, Thomaa, 428.
Cambra, 417.
Cambridge counly, 494.
Camden, 432.
county, 393.
Camp, Joseph, laws lor aale by, 10, 28.
Campbell, Duncan, 366, ,305.
Neill, 417.
Canada, expedition against, 3, 63, 92, 437,
485, 492, 529.
money granted lor, by N. J, Assembly,
5'24
French at, 4S7.
Canby, Thomas, 300,
Cantlow, Philip, servant, 247.
Cape Fare, vessel from, 206.

INDEX.

Cape May, 33, .393.
vessel bound for, 23,
vesaela run ashore at. 34;i, 549,
whalea caught at, 149
Cape May Counly, 10, 77, 1S8, .393, .393, 391.
Goal at, 457,
Sheriff of, 457.
Car, Anthony, lostin the woods, 162.
Carle, Catherine, committed to jail, 338;
escaped from goal, 319.
Carmah, John, aervant away from, 201.
Carnagie, Carnegie, Curnegee, WUUam,
485.
aervant ran away frora. 283, 286, 310.
Carolina, boundary line of, 513.
Carr, WUUam, deserted from army, 517.
Carter, Thomas, trial of, 69.
Carteret, Gov. Philip, 281.
Casey. John, servant, 173,
Catherine, sloop, 314.
Caven Point, 391.
Cazier, Peter, 428.
Cecil county, Maryland. 185.
Centaur. Hia Majesty's ship. 308.
Chalaner, John, servant. S'^O.
Chambers, Alexander, 245.
John, 245.
Robert, 236.
Chamblea, Nathaniel. .393.
Sarah, wife of WilUam Hancock, 392.
Cliamplain, l^ake, 51.3.
Chance, schooner, 356, 867, .360. 501, 602.
Chancery, Bill in, of New Jersey, Answer
to, 171.
Chandler, Jacob, servant run away from,
198,
John, 116.
Rev. Dr. Tliomas B., 281. .395.
Chapman,  , land for sale near, 468.
Benjamin, Degree of Batchelor of
Arts given to, 418, 431.
Charity, sloop, 269.
Charles I , trial ol, .393.
Charles, Cape, 435.
Charles, The, 448.
Charlestown, 483.
Charming Nancy, sloop, 854.
Charming Peggy, schooner, 206, 309.
Charraing Sally, brig., 291.
Cheesman, WilUam. 366, 305
Cheesequakes, 390, 422, 505, 554. 573.
Cheesequake Creek, 452.
Chester,  , execution of, 367.
Cheater township, 29, 146. .306. 348, .381, 459.
County, Ponn.. 118, 358, 397, 439, 483;
goal In, 229.
ChesterOeld, 2, 391,
Chesterfleid county, 291.
Chestnut, Joseph, 428,
Rev.  , aermon preached at or-
¦ dination of, 199
Cheatnut-ridge, Maryland, 311.
Cheatnut street, Philailelphia, '284, 491.
Cheever.  , grammarian, 160.
Chever. Ezekiel, 428.
Chew. Eleanor, executor of Joseph, 336.
Joseph, estate of, 3,16
Chnstian Synod of New York. 396.
Church, lottery for erection of, 370, 371.
Churcli AUey, Philadelphia, 536.
Church of Christ, Stockbridge, N. E., 396.
Church ol England, Northampton county,
Penn,. settled bv members of. 564,
Churchill, Gllei, house ol burnt by Indiana,
572.

Circnil Courts, lime appointeil for, 356.
Clark, Clarke, giaminariau, 160.
Abraham, jun.. Clerk to General As
sembly of New Jersey, 363.
Capt., 284,317.
Henry, 283. 467.
John, 438, 485; land for sale by. 460. •
"eih. Capt. Bloop Unity, 320, 324.
Thomaa, drowned, 91.
Thomaa, of the Corporation ot Eliza
bethtown. 116.
Ciarkaon, Mattiiew, eatale of, 85', 453.
Clave, Philip, servant, 3.58.
Clayton. Cleayton, John, manager Dela
war e lottery. 246. 247.
Joseph, land for sale by, 93 ; lottery
proposed by. 370.
WUliam 246; land for aale by. 399.
Clearwater, T-eter, servant, 90.
Clemens. Cleraent. Samuel, niember of
Assembly, 391 ; note, on, 892.
Gregory, :-'92.
Jacob. 392.
James, 392.
Clement's First Settlers of Newton Town
ship, 392, .393.
Clifford, Thomaa. land tor sale by, 241.
CUnton, Charles, 623.
George, Gov. of New York, 313, 409.
Clones, John, Representative ol Sussex
county, 196.
Cluck. John. 66. 66, 132, 168, 159. 282. 365 ;
stage boat to start Irom wharf ol. 60.
Coates. Hannah. 136.
Moses, jun., iand lor aale by, 483.
Coburn, Joseph, 161.
Cockrolt, Col. William, N. Y. Provincial
Troops commanded by. 509.
Coffery, Edward, servant, 154.
Cohansey, Cohansie. 272. 356, 392.
Cohansey Bridge, 163, 269.
Cohansey creek, 540.
Cold Spring Neck, ;-93.
Cole, Henry, allidavlt ol, about attack by
Indians, 569.
Samuel, escaped Irom goal. 286. 31)1,
302 ; servant ran away irom, 2-37. 233.
Cole's Fort, Sussex county, 281.
Coleshill, Amersham, Hert-i, England, 136.
cole's Neck, 317.
Coles-Town, 536.
CoUege ot New Jersey, 151, 169, 394.
account ol. 249-266.
-Vet and Recommendation of General
Assembly ol the Church ot Scotliiud
for a collection for. 443-445.
address of Trustees to Governor of
New Jersey. 542-644.
answer ol Gov. Belcher to address
Irom Trustees of, 545-547.
charter of. granted. '«l.
coUecflon at Edinburgh for. 490.
, commencements of, 176, 184. 412, 418,
421.
lottery lor beneflt ol, 314, 315, 307, 375.
376, 384. 388, 396.
money collected In England lor, 433.
notice to subscribers toward building
ot. 446.
President of, 233, 465.
to be built at I'rlnceton, 289.
Colley, John. 6.35.
Collier, Sarah, wife ot Ebenezer Miller,
898.
Collins, Catiierine 392.

INDEX.

589

Collins, Cornelius, servant, 333.
Joseph, 893 ; land lor aale by, 406.
Rebecca, wile ol Sarauel Clement, 392.
Colts Creek, 519.
Colt's Neck, land lor sale at, 378.
Comber, Francis, 506.
Commin, John. 428.
Complete Introduction to the Latin
Tongue, lor sale, 150.
Conagogee, 197.
Conarow, Conerow.Conarro, Conroe.Isaac,
304, 401.
estate ol, 407.
land lor aale by. 12, 93.
aervant ran away Irom, 248.
Coneatogue road, 345.
Congress ol English Governora, to be held
at New York, 651.
Connecticut, 392.
proposals lor publishing map ol, 513,
618, 525.
Connecticut Farms, 175, 278.
Connecticut Lotlery, 314, 373, .384, 396.
drawing of, 888; drawing of postponed,
867 ; prize numbers of, 413.
Connely. WilUara, servant ran away from,
354, 365.
Connor, John, money stolen by, 95.
Morris 12.
Timothy, land lor sale by, 97.
WilUam, 380.
Constitution, The Original, to be publiah-
ed, 461.
Conway. John, Capt. sloop Mary. 273.
Cook, WUUam, laws for sale by, 10.
Cooley's Early Settlers ol Trenton, 294
Coolidge,  , Capt. The Wiiliam, 413.
Cool-Springs, Sussex county, 167.
Coomb's AUey, Philadelphia, 447.
Coomea, Richard, under-sheriff ol Essex
county, 226.
Cooney, Christopher, servant. 21, 101.
Cooper, Benjamin, servant ran away Irom,
500, 501.
Daniel, lerry ol, 462; servant ran away
Irom, 106 ; stolen goods lound by, 71.
David, executor ol Samuel Mickle,
174 ; land Ior sale by, 78.
Isaac, 1.36, 187 ; horses stolen Irom, 106,
106 ; note on, 136.
James, land lor sale by, 491.
John, 118; land lor aale by, 78.
Joseph , 136 ; meraber ol New Jersey
Assembly, 35.
Samuel, servant, 228, 308.
William, 136.
Cooper's Creek. 186, 372, 398.
Cooper's Perry, 76, 88. 129, 164, 241, 462,
499, 500.
Coose, William, Capt. schooner Mary and
Hannah, 297.
Copner, Gabriel, 523.
Oorlel's Ferry, 477.
Corin, Isaac, 345.
Corl, Catherine, 506.
Corle, Benjamin, escaped from goal, 286,
301.
John, 416, 428.
Cornbury, Lord, relerred to, 461.
Corne, Capt.  , 201. 202.
Corocoa, vessel bound for, 874.
Cory, Isaac, lost, 839.
John, son ol, lost, 339.
Coryell, John, servant ran away Irom, 379.
Cosby, Elizabeth, 506.
39

Cosby, Henry, Com. H. M. S. Centaur,
death ol, 308.
Costigin, Francis, lottery tickets lor sale
by, 81.
Cothrall, Edward, land lor sale by. 481.
Cotman, Mr., 218.
Cotton, Capt., 434.
Counterleit Jersey Bills, 90.
Counterlelt money, 90, 131.
Countryman,  , houae ol, burned by
Indians, 573.
Courtlandt. Manor ol, 505; land lor sale in,
432, 448.
Courts, terms ol, 147, 356.
Couvenhoven, Hester, wile of Rynier Van
Gleson, 391.
Couxsaxrage, proposals to publish map of,
513.
Couzell, Sarah, 428.
Cowan. Patrick, stage boat kept by, 86, 88,
287, 283, 298, 311, 312.
Coward,  , Capt. sloop Industry, 317.
CoweU, Rev.  , lottery tickets lor sale
by, 316, .376, 386.
Cox family, note about, 439.
Catherine, executrix ot William Cox,
440, 479.
David, land lor sale by, 131.
John, note on, 439.
Thomas, executor ol William Cox, 440,
479.
Thomas, lottery tickets lor sale by,
371; manager ol lottery, 471 ; note on,
489.
William, estate ot, 439, 479 ; executor
ol WiUiam Cox, dec'd, 440,479; lerry
ol, 667 ; note on, 439.
Coxe, Daniel, lottery tickets lor sale by, 81.
John, estate ol, 289, 300.
William, executor ol Daniel Coxe, 300.
execntor ol John Coxe. 389.
lottery tickets Ior aale by, '80, 81.
Cozen, Capt.  412.*
Cozine, Garrit, land for sale by, 437.
Crackwood, 188.
Craig, Capt., ot Pennsylvania, 652, 653,
565 566
Cranberry, 86, 298, 438, 457, 496, 507, 686.
land for sale at, 160 202, 664, 573.
Crane, Abigail, wife of Jacob Dehart, 390.
John, laws lor aale by, 10, 28.
Stephen, 116
Craven, Thomaa, 438.
Crawfurd, Capt., vessel of, sprang aleak,
874.
Cruger, Mr., wharf of, 414.
Cresskill, 538.
Criff, servant, 105.
Crimes- alleged robbery, 181, 189.
atrocious assault and t)attery, 266.
broke jail. 67, 74, 84, 130, 177. 226, 286,
801, 816, 3)9, 821, 869, 380, 457, .5ii8.
burglary, 124, 125. 136, 175, 442, 445.
carrying guns. 242.
counterfeiting, 90, 131, 133, 194, 196.
cruelty, 451.
embezzlement, 2.37.
escaped his bail, 299, 349, 622.
highway robbery, 1T4, 175, 176, 18.3, 189,
413, 416, 416.
horse-stealing, 2, 76. 77, 84, 86, 104, 105,
128, 160, 173, 180. 235, 284, 308, 309, 867,
897, 399, 402, 435, 442, 446, 450, 610,
521.

590

INDEX.

Crimes- house breaking. 368.
larceny, 184, 196, 289, 331. 516.
murder, 66, 69, 94, 176, 197, 228, 380, 231,
238, 441, 562.
rioting. 149. 152, 198, 301, 545.
robbery, 25, 29, 34, 66, 92, 93, 174.
stabbing, 364.
suicide, 235, 236.
punishment lor, 69, 76, 231, 233, 240,
263, 867, 442, 446.
Crooked Billet wharf, Philadelphia, 65, 86,
87, 122, 168, 159, 282, 265, 271, 276, 287,
895, 311, 850, 365, 485.
Crosby, Joshua, land for sale by, 401, 407.
Crosswicks, Croswlcka, 10, 177, 480, 431,
617.
land lor sale at, 332.
Eev. George Whitefield to preach at,
394.
Croswicks Bridge, 10.
Crosswick's Creek. 549.
Crosswick road, 550.
Crow, John. 77.
arrested lor horse stealing. 76.
executed for horse stealing, 367.

Crown Point, 493.
Cuba, 236.
Culberly, James, 395.
Cull, John, 416.
Culver, Ephraim, mills ol, burned by In
dians, 678.
Cumberland, 168.
Cumberland County, 10, 163, 187, 196, 197,
269, 272, 400, 640.
Circuit Court to be held at, 148, 356.
goal at, 380.
land for sale In, 341, 490.
Cuming, David, land lor sale by. 542.
John, servant ran away Irom, 351.
Rev.  , 24.
Thomas, 428.
Cummings,  , Capt. The Thetes; 413.
Cundict, John, 5.
Cunningham. Mr., sloop lor aale by, 312.
Cure all, adveri.isement ol. 383.
Currie, James, land lor sale by, 195.
Curtia, Joseph, horse stolen Irom, 450.
Curtiases Mills, 450.
Cushman, Isaac, 428.
Custard, George, 552.
Cyder lor sale, 496.

D

Dagworthy, Anne, wile ol Joseph Yard,
394.
John, 394.
John, Brig. Gen., 394.
John, jun., manager Trenton lottery,
80, 83.
DaUy, Bathsheba, 202.
Nicholas, advertisement about wife of,
302.
Daily's Hiatory ol Woodbridge, 274.
Dane, Thomas, Capt. Schooner Lyon, 432.
Danser, George, 438, 517.
Darbey, WUUam, servant, 372.
Darmody, Mark, 428.
Davies, Rev. Samuel, money collected by,
lor College ol New Jersey, 443.
Davis, Eleanor, murderer ol. arrested, 197.
Henry, deaerted Irom army, 517.
J ohn, 607 ; Capt. schooner Endeav
our, 395.
Philip, servant ran away Irom, 188.
Solomon, boat ol, robbed, 196.
i'homas, land lor sale by. 33.
Tunis, laud lor sale by, 472.
WilUam, servant, 161, 304, 336:
Dawson, Edward, schoolmaster, 457.
Richard, 428.
Day, Joseph, 5.
Deal, Thomas, servant, 347.
Deal, vessels arrived at. 817. 854, .375, S79,
412, 415, 447, 448, 459, 482, 489, 501, 509.
vessels cleared Irom, 432, 482, 489.
vessel Irom, 195.
Deane, Dean, Thomas, Capt. schooner
Salley, 162, 166, 184, 186 ; Capt. brig.
Salisbury, 313; Capt, schooner Lyon,
438.
Deare, John, 68; Sheriff ol Middlesex
county, 82.
WUUam, High-Sheriff ol Middlesex
county, 89, 287, 302, 833.
Debow. Lawrence, servant ran away Irom,
282, 283.
Declaration ol Independence, Signer ol,
referred to, 446.
DeCow, Isaac. 52, 175.
Joseph, 52.

Deloe, Daniel, lottery tickets lor sale by
376, 388.
DeForeest. Henry, book lor sale by, 389.
Dehart, De Baerdt, Balthazar, 390
Jacob, 396, 407 ; member ol Assembly,
890 ; note about, 390.
Capt. Jacob. 264.
Matthias, 890.
Matthias, Dr., aervant ran away Irom,
204, 226, 227.
De Lancey, James, Lieutenant-Governor
ol New York, 563.
Delaware. 29, 239.
proposals for publishing map ol, 512,
518, 525.
Delaware Indians, 552.
attack on Moravian village by, 562.
Delaware Island Lottery, 245 ; drawing of,
268.
Delaware river, 4, ll, 52. 68, 88, 92, 117,
128, 186 148. 144. 151. 155, 167, 158, 162,
167, 171, 178, 179, 192, 257, 263. 271,
295, 297, 293. 804, 307. 3.34, 342, 343. 390,
393, 400, 407, 446, 460, 463, 468, 621,
528, 542, 562, 555, 559. 568, 575, 578;
crossed by Indians, 571.
forks of, 498, 661, 562, 566.
Ice on, 141.
water spout on, 373.
Delight, The, 875.
Denison, John, 314, 218, 219.
William, 417.
Denis, Dennis, Anne, widow, land for
sale by, 378.
Jacob, land for sale by, 378.
Joseph, 627; land lor sale by, 156.
Tunis, 101, 102, 607.
WUliam, house ol, robbed, 176.
Denormandie, John Abraham. 180.
Justice ol the Peace, 181, 183.
land for sale by, 210.
De Peyster, Col. Abraham, 6.
Gerardus, 352, 453.
De Potter, Cornells, 894.
Deptlord township, 117.
land for sale in, 491.
Depuy, Dupuy, Samuel, threatened attack

Index.

59i

on house ol, by Indians, 570, 576-578.
Derham, Henry, sturgeon for sale by, 505.
Deserters, Irom French army, 247.
Irom N. J. tnllitla, 517.
DevH's Brook, 7.
Devonshire Man ol War, sign of, 355,
856.
Dewees, Cornelius, land for sale by, 157.
Garret, land for sale by, 157.
Dey, Derick (Eichard), laws lor sale by, 10.
Diamond, sloop. 145, 459.
Dickinson, Eev. Jonathan, flrat Presi
dent ol Princeton College, 274.
PhUemon, 294.
Die street. New York:, house for sale on,
320.
Digges, Dudley, Commander ol the Cen
taur, 359, 367.
Dill, James, 428.
Dillon, James, murderer, 197.
Dinwiddle, Lieutenant-Governor, letters
ol, 361.
Dissertations upon New York, New Jer
sey, Pennsylvania, etc., proposals
Ior printing, 494.
Dock street, Perth Amboy, land lor sale
on, 7.
Dodd, Isaac, 417.
Dole, Daniel, Capt. sloop Experiment, 157.
DoUiver, Capt., 307.
WUUam, Capt. schooner Mercy, 305.
Dolphin, sloop, 94, 98.
Dorchester, Benjamin, Capt. sloop Han
nah and Meriam, 167.
Dorlant, John, plantation of, lor sale, 420.
Dome, I3ryan, committed to jail, 328; es
caped Irom goal, 319.
Doty, Francis, 417.
Douglaaa, Athalanah, 340.
George, 340, 428.
Eichard, 428.
WUUam, negro man lor sale by, .360.
Dove, Samuel, administrator ol Isaac Fitz
Randal, 73.
Dover, N. J., 282, 452, 496, 664, 673.
The, 482.
Dow, Capt.  , 563.
Elizabeth, wUe ol Isaac Kingsland,
26L
Dowl, Mrs., 678.

Doz, Andrew, shallop ol, 282.
Drake. John, house ol, burned by Indians,
569, 672.
Samuel, houae ol, burned by Indians,
672.
Drally, William, 428.
Drude, CorneUus, 304.
Drungold, Capt., 476.
Dublin, Ireland, 188, 240, 353.
Dudley, Francis, servants ran away Irom,
496.
Due. Vincent, 417.
Dugea,  , Capt. sloop Mary Magdalen,
243.
Dumont, Henry, 467.
land lor sale by, 489.
Dunbar, Col.  , Com. ol Britiah lorcea,
541, 663.
David, manager Trenton lottery, 80,
83.
William, 428.
Dunok's Ferry, 72.
Dune, Michael, 417.
Dunkan, John, 438.
Dunkin, WlUlam, 4.57.
Dunn, Dun, Andrew, servant, 231 ; es
caped Irom goal, 239.
Benjamin, 417.
George, sale at house ol, 482.
James, servant, 269.
Jeremiah, 417.
Dunning, Ezekiel. Sheriff ol Cumberland
county, 195.
Dunphy, Edmond, 636.
Edward, 457.
Dunstan, Dr., money counterleited by, 90.
Dupul, Dupuy, Dupey, Daniel, house ol,
attacked by Indians, 575, 576, 677,
579.
Sarauel, letter Irora, about attack by
Indians, 570, 576-578.
Durham. Jonathan, 417.
M. Jfohn, 170.
lurnace, 257.
Dutch church, Hunterdon county, 95.
New Brunswick, 410, 454.
Rariton, 512.
meeting house, Amwell, 309.
Dwyer, John, servant, 419.
Dye street, New York, 320, 506.

E

Baorltt, James, land lor aale by, 502.
Eady, George, 428.
Eagle, schooner, 142.
Earl, John, snit ol, 171.
Earl ol Halilax, The, 448.
"Early Days and Early Surveys In New
Jersey," 425.
Eastham, Mrs. Sarah, 476.
East Hampton, L. L, 393.
East Jersey Proprietors, 439.
East Jersey Proprietary right, lor sale,
411, 455.
Baston,  , Capt. The Charles, 448.
Penn., 552, 653, 555, 569.
extract Irom letter Irom, about attack
by Indians, 560-562, 572, 573, 578.
threatened attack on by French and
Indiana, 566.
village near, burned by the Indians,
559.
Eaton, John, member ol New Jersey As
sembly, 35.
Thomaa, land for sale by, 437.

Eatton. Daniel, 228.
Edinburgh, Scotland, 380, 443, 444 ; collec
tion taken at, lor college ol New Jer
sey, 490.
snow, run aahore, 549.
Edmonda, Margaret, depoaition of, 666.
' William, storekeeper at Bethlehem,
556.
Edsal, Samuel, 126.
Edsal's creek, 134.
Edward, Timothy, 395.
Edwards, Aaron, 359.
Jonathan, marriage of daughter of,
169 ; sermon of, for aale, 396.
John, eacaped frora hia bail, :149, 350.
Egg Harbour, 22, 271, 375, 378, 402, 408, 458,
482.
vessel bound for, 157.
vessel driven ashore near, 342.
Blbertson, Mrs., 383.
Eldridge, James, land lor sale by, 600.
Election for Representatives, 196.
Elizabeth, brig., 195, 489.

592

index.

Elizabeth and Anne, brig,, 98.
Elizabeth, Borough of, 10, 28.
Elizabethtown, 75, 91. 116, 118, 156, 174,
175, 177, 204, 226, 236, 328, 236, 341,
360, 263, 264, 378, 279, 380, 281, 282,
383, 302, 316, 333, 339, 374, 376, 379,
886, 395, 397, 398, 407, 417, 428, 447,
456, 468, 476, 49-J, 501, 528, 568, 565,
675.
Assembly to meet at, 206, 453, 549.
boundary lines of, 403, 404, 405.
boats driven ashore near, 329.
company of volunteers formed at, 537,
538.
damage by high tide at, 240.
horse race at, 185.
laud for sale in. 100, 130, 160.
Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Com
mon Council ol, Addreaa to the Gov
ernor, 116.
military companlea reviewed at, 497.
Proprietora and Associates ol, 171.
Rev. Mr. Whltefleld to preach at, 409,
vesaela arrived at, 194, 198.
Elizabethtown Bill In Chancery, Anawer
to, 171 ; relerred to, 404.
Elizabeth-Town Church, 279.
Landing, 447.
Point, 29, 84. 59, 335, 421.
Rahway lottery, manager ol, 898.
EUis, Daniel, surveyor, land lor sale by,
667.
Jonatban, estate ol, 433.
John, 100.
Joseph, executor ol Jonathan Ellis,
433.
Martha, 428.
Mary, executrix ol Jonathan Ellis,
432.
Ellis's Landing, 26, 120.
Slip, New York, 100.
Ellison, John, 288.
Llopements, 26, 74. 201, 234, 248, 401, 522,
526, 541.
Elsinborough. 392, 687; tide bank to be
maintained at, 639,
Ely, Simon, dwelling house ol, lor sale,
278.
Emley, Elisha, executor ol WiUiam Emley,
148.
John, execntor ol William Emley, 148 ;
laws lor sale by, 11.
John, jun., executor ol William Em
ley, 149.
WilUam, estate of, 148.
Emmons, John, 428.

Emmott, Capt , 194, 476.
Endeavor, aohooner, 307, 395.
England, 892,
man of war from, 194.
money collected In, for College of New
Jeraey, 438.
Engle, John, aervant, 397.
EngUab church, Elizabeth-town, 100.
Shrewabury, 63, 125, 341.
Governors, Congress of, to be held at
New York, 561.
Enochs, Joseph, 438.
Brie, Lake, 613.
Ermus, John, aervant, .383.
Ervlu, James, pleasure boat taken up by,
462.
Esop, aervant, 532.
Ksopua, 835.
Espating (Esperten) Creek, 134.
Bather and Mary, The. 482.
Essex county, 4, 10, 28, 76, 181, 120, 131, 153,
205, 341, 390.
Committee of observation for, 281.
election of members ol Asaembly at,
382.
goal ol, 226.
troops raised in, to march against
Indians, 563.
County Court, 898. ,
Court of Oyer and Terminer, Judge of,
391.
rioters, chief ol, 149, 152.
Europe, 423.
brig Irom, 123.
Evans, John, servant ran away from, 65
Lewis, map published by, 171, 178, 287,
424, 513, 625, 526.
Morgan, servant, 2S2.
Everson, Nicholas, servant ran away
from, 71.
Evertson,  , Capt. brig. Young Dan
iel, 93.
Evesham township, 244, 305, 330, 859, 372,
495.
land lor sale In, 499.
school master wanted at, 565.
Bvilman, William, 457.
Ewing, John, degree ol Batchelor ol Arts
given to 418, 421.
Executions, 367.
burnt alive, 231, 233.
Exeter, Devonshire, England, 394.
Expedition against the Prench, 492.
Experiment, sloop, 157.
Eyre, George, 238.

Fairfield, 428.
Pairs, to be held at Princeton, 53, 187.
"Faithlul Ministers the Fathers ol the
Church," 199.
Fall Neck. Ior saie, 368.
Farmar, Richard, administrator ol John
Blanchfleld, 895.
Parmer, Jasper, laud lor sale by, 126, 135.
Farrington, Abraham, land lor sale by,
388. ^
Fauconier, Peter, land granted to, 425.'
Fearly, Richard, 428.
Ferguson, Alexander, 586.
Field, James, weaver, 617.
Joseph, estate ot, 184, 206.
Mercy, executrix ol Joseph Field, 184,
206,

Field, Robert, land lor sale by, 128.
Fielding, Catharine, 417.
Filer, Thomas, servant, 858.
Pinch, Abraham, lost in the woods, 162.
Plnley, Rev. Samuel, A. M., serraon of, for
sale, 199.
Pirst Mountain, 7.
Plrat Presbyterian Church yard, EUza
beth, 898. .
Plrat Presbyterian Church, Morristown.
478.
First Presbyterian Church, Trenton, 245,
394.
Flsh, John, houae ol, burnt by Indians, 572.
Fishbourne, William, 372.
Fisher,  , 212, 223.
Hendrick, laws lor aale by, 10; mem-

INDEX.

593

ber ol Assembly, 390; note abont,
390, 391.
Fisher, Joshua, land lor sale by, 263, 395,
807, 321.
Michal, land lor sale by, 336.
Fisher's Island, 346.
Fish Island, Delaware river, 246.
Plshklll, N. Y., 519.
Fitzgerald, Philip, servant ran away Irom,
380.
Fitz Randle, Isaac, estate ol, 73.
Fitz Randolph, Benjamin, 417.
Hartshorne, aervant ran away Irom,
124.
Jonathan, aervant ran away Irom, 167,
Nathaniel, 133; executor of Richard
Fitz Randolph, 470 ; horse atolen
from, 284; servant ran away Irom,
523, 524.
Richard, estate ol, 470; executor ol
Joseph Fleld, 206.
Samuel, land lor sale by, 133; note on,
183.
Five Mile Beach, vessel run ashore on,
549.
Flannigan, John, 185.
Flatbush, L. I., 391.
Flat Rock Battery, New York, Robert
Hunter Morris landed at, 4o9.
Flower, Capt. Com. schooner Storke, 342.
Flushing, L. I., 360.
Foely, Michael, servant, 89.
Foggs-Manor, sermon preached at, 199.
Poison, Israel, 97.
Force, Mary, petition ol, 232, 228.
Ford, Col., 528 ; Iron works of. 467.
Jacob, lawB for sale by, 11; servant ran
away from, 358.
Fork Marsh, petition to Assembly to drain,
bank, etc., 640.
Forman, Joseph, land for sale by, 438.
Lewis, Injured by gun bursting, 433.
Forge, Robinson's, 5.
Forrester, John, schoolmaster, 617.
Port George, 663, 565.
Foster, William, advertisement ol, lor
schoolmaster, 305, 53S.
Fonntalne, John, 357.
Four Lane Ends. 482.
Fourth street, Philadelphia, land lor sale
on, 103, 481.
Fowler, Benjamin, 439.
Fox, Thomas, postmaster at Amboy, 99.
PoxhlU, 154.
Poy, Daniel, servant, 3.
France, 347.
Francois, Cape, vessels Irom, 242, 343, 374.
Frank, aervant, 163.
Franklord road, 134.
Franklin, William, lottery tickets lor aale
Gaelt, Alexander, 261.
Galne, Hugh, 463.
letter to, 554-556, 674, 575.
Galaty,  , Capt. The Homer, 354.
Gait, Mrs., letter lor, 407.
Gamage, John, land lor sale by, 469, 633.
Gammon, WUUam, 52.
Gardner, Thomaa, 288, 293.
Gamo, Abraham, house ol, burnt by In
dians, 572.
Garrison, Capt., 205, 206.
Isaac, servant, 269.
John, lottery tickets for sale by, 81.

by, 80, 81, 103 ; subscriptions taken
by, Ior Dlaaertatlons upon New York,
etc., 495.
Franks, Jacob, 118,
Prasler. Fraser, Elizabeth, bond Iraudu-
lently obtained Irom, 503.
John, 429.
William, 429, 603, 604.
Frazier, Capt., 434.
Joseph, servant ran away Irom, 161.
Frederick county, Maryland. 164.
Freehold, 33, 73, 102, 279. 280, 414, 430, 433,
487, 489, 479, 499, 507.
Baptist church at, 4.39.
land Ior sale in, 472.
Rev. George Whltefleld to preach at,
894.
Freeman, Capt., sloop ol, lor sale, 313.
French,  , Capt. anew Edinburgh,
549.
(Phllilpse), Anne, 135.
Elizabetli, 135.
John, servant ran away Irom, 69.
PhiUp, 135.
Prench, the— aot to prevent people Irom
supplying, 488; attack by, 503; at the
Ohio, 437; threatened attack by, 566.
Academy, Philadelphia, 393.
Ports. 361.
government, 236.
Martinico Man ol War, capture ol,
672.
Bhlps captured, 550.
soldiers, 205.
street. New Brunswick, land lor sale
on, 70, 411, 454.
Fresneau, Andrew, land granted to, 425.
Peter, 417.
Presh Ponds, land lor sale at, 266, 305.
Frielinghuysen, Ferdinandus, 428.
Jacobus. 423.
Johannes, land for sale by, 334.
Joannes, Rev., death of, 422, 423.
Theodorus, land lor aale by, 384.
Theodorua Jacobua, Rev., 423; estate
ol, 8.33;
Prits, Christian, aervant, 379.
Prizbee, Ebenezer, 417.
Front atreet, Philadelphia, 284.
atreet, Trenton, 894.
Proom, Jacob, 417.
Fulbert, Mary, eloped, 522.
WiUiam, 522.
Pulling mills, 828, 346, 378 ; lor sale, 61,
301, 548 ; to be let, 271. 347, 534.
Furey, Ann, 433.
Purman, Joseph, lottery tickets lor sale
by, 471.
Moore, 247; land lor sale by. 104.
Furr, WiUiam, servant, 349.

G

Garrison, Joseph, 269.
Garritson, Peter, servant ran away Irom,
262.
Garrot, Valentine, 507.
George, Nicholas, 350.
Capt. ol stage boat, 232, 271, 295.
Fort, 663. 565.
Snow, 342.
George's road, 473.
land lor sale on, 449.
Germantown, 94, 330, 333, 373; land lor
sale at, 324.
Gethings, John, 536.

594

INDEX.

Gibb and Neilson, schooner lor sale by.
406.
Glbb'a Wharl, New Brunswick, 406.
Gibbon, Nicholas, laws lor sale by, IT).
Gilbert's Manor, 354.
GUes, Charlea, Capt. brigt. Rebecca, 184.
Gill, John, servant ran away Irom, 511
GlanviUe, Marius, land lor sale by, 474,
475.
Glasgow, Synod ol. 443.
Gloucester, 157, 183, 227, 240, 243, 268, 356,
392, 413, 441, 540.
Circuit Court to be held at, 148.
goal at, 118.
County, 10, 39, 35, 74, 83, 93, 105, 117,
128, 129, 136, 161, 165, 204, 2.15, 237, 243,
247, 264, 272, 277, 278, 388, 299, 806.
313, 332, 386, 847, 391, 393, 402, 432,
441, 511, 534, 536, 557.
Circuit Court, 356.
eacaped Irom goal ol, 130.
land lor sale in, 12, 78, 157, 174, 183.
196, 234, 241, 268, 806, 342, 406, 446,
459, 490, 491, 521.
Gloucester Point, 77.
Glover, Ann, 439.
Jamea, 348, 349.
Gnaden Hutten, Indian settlement, 555 ;
burned by Indians, 558 ; letter about
burning ol, 560-663.
Goaset, Loveless, 811.
Godbe, Johu, Capt. sloop Anne, 438.
Godard, Johu, servant, 311.
Goddard, Nicholas, servant, 345.
Gomez, Mra., 136.
Goodwlle, Prudence, letter Irom, 324-327.
Goodwin, Thomas, 639.
William, 539.
Good Intent, aohooner, 166, 168, 200, 302.
Gordon, Angnatlne, 22.
Lewis, alarm of approach of Indians
given by, 552-654.
Nicholas, Capt. schooner Pembroke,
206, 207, 309.
Gordon, sloop, 147.
Gordon's Geographical Grammar, 99.
Goshen, Cape May County, 162, 393.
Gosling, John, 130.
Sylvanus, escaped from goal, 130.
Gostes, John, 429.
Goulding, Piercewell, killed by Indians,
571.
Governeur, Mra. Maria, eatate of, 126.
Nicholas, land for sale by, 126.
Governor of New Jersey, orders issued by,
450.
Grace, sloop, 364.
Graham, Isabella, wife of Lewla Morris,
146.
Jaraes, Attorney General of New York,
146.
Qralsbury, James, land for sale by, 241.
Grammar school, at Newark, 160.
Grant, William, lottery tickets for sale by,
386, 396.
Grants and Concessions, by Leaming &

Spicer, 393, 462.
Gravesend, L. I., 893.
Gray,  , Capt. The Lively Betsy, 459.
Graydon, Alexander, Justice of the Peace,
181, 183, 192, 193.
Great Britain, 862, 364.
contributions Irom lor College ol New
Jersey, 543.
ship Greyhound to return to, 90.
vessel bound Ior, 313.
Great Egg Harbour, 242
veaael ashore near, 480.
Great Mantua Creek, 157.
Meadows, land lor sale at,. 440, 518.
Patent, 162.
Swamp, Hunterdon county, 148,
Timber creek, 336.
Timber Creek bridge, 243.
Tract, lor aale, 455.
Whipenung Meadow, 478.
Green,  , aettled near Green Pond,
824.
Mrs Elizabeth, Inscription on tomb
stone ol, 274, note.
Jacob, Eev., 374
Joseph. 304 ; land lor aale by, 460.
Thomaa, plantation ol, lor aale, 460.
William, horae stolen Irom, 180, 181.
"Green Bank," BurUngton, 114.
Pond, 324.
Greene street, Trenton, 4.
Greenleale, Isaac, laud lor sale by, 5.
Greenman, Nehemiah, 429.
Greenwich, 29, 130, 136, 806, 380, 893 429.
land lor sale In, 12, 195, 334, 340, 841,
342, 406, 459.
Greenwood, David, escaped Irom goal,
2i!9.
Greyhound, ship, 90.
Griffln, Giles John, bond ol, 451.
Thomas, 417.
Qrlffllha,  , Capt. Hull Merchant, 447.
 , Capt. Samuel and Judith, 264.
Grlfflth, Catherln, gooda atolen Irom, 239,
Samuel, 269.
Tho., 395.
Grlacom, Samuel, land lor sale by, 447.
Grist mlUs, 95, 112, 143, 144, 312, 885, 346,
878, 484, 489, 628.
burned by Indians, 572.
child crushed by wheela ol, 264.
lor sale, 1, 61. 151, 163, 155, 208, 205, 298,
300, 304, 362, 438, 453, 548,
to be let, 347.
Grover, James, Jun., land lor sale by. 33.
Groves, Peter, Capt. sloop Mairmaid, lo5.
Grubb street, BurUngton, 158.
land lor sale on, 88.
Gullln, John, 429.
Guinea, Man ol War bound lor, 572.
Gun, Moses, 429.
Gutridge, Samuel, house ol, bnrned by
Indians, 572.
Gutry, John, 429.
GwIn, Morris, 236.

H

Hacket, Edmund, servant, 521, 532.
Hackinsack, 10, 320, .389, 391, 397, 447, 456,
538, 560, 578.
jail at, 90;
river, 126, 134.
Hackney, Joseph, servant ran away Irom,
146.

Haddonfield, 76, 161, 299, 441, 611.
land lor sale In, 174, 306.
Hadley, Capt. Joseph, 167.
Hagerman, Dollins, 30.
Hall storms, remarkable, 168, 244, i
373.
Haines, Enoch, 169.

index.

595

Haines, Nathan, servant ran away Irom,
320.
Hainsworth, S.. dog ol, lost, 117.
Halt, Benjamin, degree ol Batchelor ol
Arts given to, 418, 421.
Hall-moon battery. New York, 65, 159, 232,
276 297.
HallnBhe'ad,F.,170.Hall, Clement, servant ran away Irom,
537.
David, lottery tickets for sale by, 81,
86; Representative ol Burlington
county, 196.
Francis, 171, 429.
Joseph, land for sale by, 542.
Halated, Jobn, 116.
Halton, John, land lor sale by, 460.
Hambricht, John, 397.
Hamburgh, veaael Irom, 291.
Hamels, George Leonard, servant, 537.
Hamilton,  , Governor ol Philadel
phia, 386.
Archibald, servant ran away Irom,
310, 3U.
Capt. Com. Mermaid Man ol War,
382.
Col.  , 35.
Elizabeth, Mrs.. land lor sale by, 6.
George, servant, 402.
James, run away Irom bail, 170.
John, esiateol, 6.
Patrick, servant run away Irom, 184.
Hamilton's Wharfl, Philadelphia, 506.
Hampton, Jonathan, land lor aale by, 280,
385, 468, 628.
note on. 280, 281.
Jonathan, Capt., servant run away
Irom, 204, 227.
Hance, John, aervant ran away Irom, 419.
420.
Hancock,  , 361, 363.
Isabella, wile ol William Hancock,
sen., 892.
John, 392.
Joseph, stage wagon kept by, 486.
WiUiam, 892; laws for sale by, 10;
member of Assembly, 391.
William, jun., 639.
WiUiam, sen., note on, 392.
Hancock's Bridge, 392.
Hanghn. John, servant, 806.
Hankinson, James, servant ran away
from, 499.
> Hanlon, Patrick, 104.
Hannah, Robert, house of, burnt by In
diana, 573.
Bannah and Meriam, sloop, 157.
Hannawell, Enoch, escaped from goal,
369.
Hanover, 274, .304, 330, 340, 369. 4.30. 433, 607.
land lor sale In, 145. 307, 340, 478.
Sqnare, 126.
Hardy, Charles, Governor ol New York,
563.
Charles, Knt., 535.
Josiah. Gov., 281.
Harlem, 281.
Harloker, Henry, 468.
Hamed, Jonathan, executor ol Richard
Pltz Randolph, 470.
Harris, Abel, aervant run away from, 234.
Evan, 429.
Eobert, houae ol, burnt by Indiana,
672.
Harrison, Ann, wile ol Jacob Clement, 393.

Capt., 817.
Harrison, John, estate ol, 80.
John, 394,
John, Capt. snow Monmouth, 317.
Joseph, 429.
Morley, Capt. brig. Elizabeth and
Anne, 98.
Samuel, 393 ; laws lor sale by, 10.
William, 268, 417, 440.
Hart, Mr., 119.
Samuel, aervant ran away Irom, 155.
Hartlord, Conn., 274.
Hartman, Abraham, house ol, burned by
Indians, 573.
Hartshorne, Ereck, 387.
Hugh, land lor sale by, 481.
Robert, boat taken up by, 160; laud lor
aale by, 337.
Hartupee, Daniel, 429.
Hatfield, Cornelius, negroes lor sale by,
260.
Mathias, Sheriff ol Essex county, 226.
Hatton, George, death ol, 98.
Havens, John, Capt. sloop Charity, 269.
Haward. Joseph, land lor sale by, 484.
Hawkin's Swamp, 503.
Hay, Thomas, servant ran away Irom, 291,
292.
WlUlam, goal keeper ol Cheater coun
ty, 239.
Hayburn, James, 74.
Hays,  , letter ol, 555.
Andrew, money stolen Irom, 95, 96.
Judah, servant ran away Irom, 25.
Hayward, James, laws for sale by, 11.
Hazard,  , 413.
Jupiter, aervant, 77.
Samuel, lottery tickets lor sale by, 316,
376, 886, 896.
Hazleton, WliUam, Capt. brig. Sally, 81.
Head,  , killed by Indiana, 571.
Andrew, servant, 129.
Heday, Joseph, servant, 346.
Heddin, Joseph, 319.
Hetord, William, land for aale by, 406.
Heikop, Utrecht, Netherlands, 394.
Helm, Chriatopher, 429.
Moses, 429.
Hendricks, Cornelia, 391.
Tobias, Coroner ol Cumberland coun
ty, 196.
Hendrickaon, Hendrick, 429.
Hennerick, Johann, 429.
Henrietta, The, 489.
Henry, William, lottery tickets tor aale by,
386, 396.
Hepburn, James, saw mill lor sale by. 401.
Herbert, Elizabeth, gooda stolen by, 29, 84.
Hercort, William, 429.
Hertey, Joseph, 417.
Hetton, George, death ol, 230.
Hewes, Aaron, eatate ol, 322.
Heyahaw.  -, Capt. brig Charming
Sally, 291. ^ „^^
Heywood. Jamea, land lor aale by, 344.
Hibbets, Michael, servant, 124.
Higgins, Daniel, Capt. sloop Mary, 322.
.Jonathan, land lor sale by, 100, 283.
High street, Burlington, 288. 393 ; land lor
sale on, 480, 481.
street, Perth Amboy, land for sale on,
7.
Hlllman, John, house of, burned by In
dians, 572.
Hill,  , Capt. The Scipio, 489,

596

index.

Hill, Alexander, servant ran away Irom,
275
Edward, servant ran away Irom, 72,
7,3.
James, 429.
Thomas, houae ol, burnt by Indians,
573.
Hiiman, Daniel, jun., land lor sale by,
299, 807.
Daniel, aen., land lor sale by, 299. 307.
Hinchman, Jamea, aervant ran away Irom,
154.
Hingham, Benjamin, servant, 64.
Hingston, Daniel, estate ol. 347.
Hinson, Joseph, servant, 586.
History ol Brooklyn, 265, note.
ol Paterson, 890, 391, 436.
ol Sussex and Warren Counties, 324.
Hoagland, Hogglandt, Christopher, 394.
Hendrick, 891.
John, 417 ; member ol Assembly, 390 ;
note about, 391,
Hoagland Family in America, -394.
Hodge, Andrew, lottery tickets Ior aale
by, 386. 896.
Hodges, John, Capt. schooner Benjamin,
548.
Hoey, John, house ol, burned by Indians,
672.
Hoff, Charles, Jan., lottery tickets lor sale
by, 386.
Hog, William, money lor College of New
jersey to be paid to, 443.
Hogg, Joseph, land for sale by, 183, 268.
Holden, John, 304.
Holdren, William, 429.
Holland, 519.
HoUey, Joseph, 133.
Mary, 133.
HoUinshead, Francis, Sheriff of Somerset
county, 84.
Holmes,  , Graramarian, 150.
James, member of Assembly, 390 ;
note about. 390.
Jonathan, 640; land for aale by, 342.
suit against, 414.
Sarauel, elected to Asserably, 382.
Holt, Hon. Rlevea, Ryves. 462 , Represen
tative of Sussex county, 197.
Homer, The, 354.
Honduras, Bay of, vessel from, 242.
Hood,  , Capt. snow Jamaica, 498,
601,
Hooks, William, farm of, for sale, 272,
Hooper.  , Clerk of Somerset county,
218.
Reynald. 247 ; manager Delaware Lot
tery. 246.
Robert Lettice, 243 .
executor of Daniel Coxe, 800.
executor of John Coxe, 389.
land for sale by, 61, 62 ; laws lor sale
by, 10 ; manager ol Trenton lot
tery, 80, 83.
mill to be let by, 272, 300, 534.
Trenton mills to be let by, 314.
Hooton, Thomas, servant ran away Irom,
290, 666.
Hope, Alexander, Capt. brig, Spadil, 147.
Hopewell. 81. 165, 270, 428, 429, 430, 431,
486, 606, 517.
land tor sale In, 161.
Mr. Whltefleld to preach at, 409.

Hopkins, Ebenezer, 441.
Jonathan, land for sale by. 335.
Hoppe, Hendrick. cattle of, drowned, 400.
John, saw mUl of, damaged by flood,
399.
Horatio, The, 448.
Horner, John, 214, 217, 218.
Samuel, 517 ; land lor sale by, 290.
Horse race, 185.
Horsfield, Timothy, depoaition taken
before, 556.
letter Irom, 554-666.
Horamanden, Daniel, 663.
Horton. Ezra, degree ol Batchelor ol Arts
¦given to, 418, 421.
Houlae, SUas, lost In the woods, 162.
HouseU, WUliam, 429.
House ol Commons, England, 49.
Houaes burnt by the Indians, 672.
Howel, Joshua, horse stolen from, 128.
Howell's Mill, 429.
Hrubb, Henry, aervant, 810.
Hubbard, Dr. Nathaniel, lottery tickets
for sale by, 816, 376. 886.
Hubbel. Nathaniel, land lor aale by. 275.
Hubbel's Mill, 120.
HubbeU, Nathaniel, jun., land lor sale by,
636, 687.
Hubbs. Lucy, executrix ol Ebbert Hubbs,
139.
Eobert, estate ol, 129.
Hude. James. 21, 417; lottery tickets for
sale by, 376.
Hudson county, 391.
Hugan, William, 433.
Hugey. Robert. 429.
Hugg. Jacob, servant ran away from, 442,
535.
William, servant ran away from, 640;
vendue at house ol. 413.
Hughes, Ferdinande, servant, 104.
Marv, 429.
Hulberd, William, 457.
Hull, Benjamin, 97.
Hull Merchant, The, 447.
Hunckler. Daniel, deposition ot, 556.
Hunnewell. John. 74.
Margaret, eloped, 74.
Hunt, Samuel, escaped Irom goal, 668.
land lor sale by, 519.
servant ran away Irom, 257.
Hunter, Benjamin, advertisement about
land ot, 166.
Thomas, 166.
Hunterdon counly, 5, 11, 53. 64, 76, 90. 128.
148, 155, 198, 203, 249, 257, 270, 3ii4,
309, 311, 330, 345, 350. 388 386, 392,
401, 416, 428, 439, 430, 497, 498.
Circuit Court to be held at, 148, 366.
election ol members ol Assembly at,
382.
land lor sale in, 68, 95. 142, 148, 151,
239, 455. 474. 477, 4ti0, 518.
sheriff ol, 5B8.
troops raised in to march against In
dians, 564
County Common Pleas, 394.
Hunter's Key, 136.
Hutchlnaon,  , Capt. The Diamond,
459.
Thomaa, 439.
Hyde, .John, 483, 517.
Hydrophobia, cure lor. 119.

index.

597

Ifelstine, Matthias, stage boat kept by, 87.
Imley, John, 550.
lottery tickets lor sale by, 371, 386.
manager ol lottery, 471.
Imported goods lor sale, 264.
Independence Company, Captain ol. 409.
Indians, act to prevent people Irom sup
plying, 483.
aot to raise money to be employed In
delendlng the Irontlers against, 674.
aflldavlt about attack by, on North
ampton county, Penn., 552-564.
arrested at Philadelphia, 94.
attack by, 563, 564. 569. 572, 573, 575, 576.
attack by, on Gnadenhutten, 558, 559,
560, 561, 562.
captured in Sussex county, 564.
hoases burnt by, 578.
Incursion ol, 454.
letters abont attack by, 676-578, 578-579.
Ust ol persona killed by. 569, 570, 571.

Indians, murder by, 94.
threatened attack by, 585, 666.
Indian dances, 488.
deed, lor Ramapo tract, 425, note.
King, sign of, 321.
outbreak in Pall ol 1765, B79.
Industry, sloop, 317, 557.
Ingraham. Francis, Capt. snow LuouUns,
258.
Ingram, BalUe Archibald, money lor Col
lege ol New Jersey to be paid to, 443..
Ireland. John, 266, 805.
Ireland, 63, 118, 229, 303.
money collected In Ior College ol New
Jersey, 434.
Iron lorge, lor sale, 257.
Iron works, 210, 467; lor sale, 272.
Isaacs, Jacob, land for sale by, 21.
Isabel, snow, 339.
Isen, Frederick, 75.

Jack, servant, 200, 858, 383.
Jackson, WiUiam, murder of, 66. 67, 69,
70.
Jackson's river, Va., 67.
Jacobs, Joseph, 429.
Jacobson,  , Capt. The Pultney, 482.
Jacques, Rebecca, widow, 338.
Jamaica, L. jl., 394.
man ol war to sail to, 194.
sloop Irom, 15S, 434.
snow, 498. SOI.
James, J., jun., 269.
Joseph, servant ran away from, 163,
164.
Thomas, servant, 256.
WlUlam, jun., house ol, burned by
Indians, 572.
WlUlam, sen., house ol, burned by In
dians, 572.
Jansen, Andries, 135.
Catryntie, 135.
Jaqnea, Samuel, 75, 76.
Jarman, WiUiam, 429.
Jarrard, Thomas, 306.
Jemmy, Indian boy, 561, 562.
Jenkins, Solomon, house ol, burned by In
dians, 572.
Jerseys, Prench soldiers In, 205.
land for sale In, 76, 103.
Unen manufactured in. 373.
Jersey Bills, counterleited, 90, 196.
Ferry, 104
money, 125; counterleli ed, 194, 196.
street, Elizabethtown, 115.
Jesse, Rev. David Marin Ben, 464.
Jewell, George, 395.
Joe, servant, 88.

Johannes, snow, 195.
Johnson's Salem County, 392i 394.
Johnston, Johnstone, Johnson — Alexan
der, servant, 102.
Andrew, 31, 266, 389; Tmstee ol estate
ol Dirck Schuyler, 410. 411; land lor
aale by, 305, 448, 455, 480.
Capt., house ol, burned by Indians,
578.
Col., Regiment ol, to march against
Indians, 564.
Euphemia, wife ol John Johnston,
389
General. 688.
John, escaped from goal, 316, 317, 321.
John, horse stolen Irom, 510.
John, member ol Asaembly, 390 ; note
aboat, 389.
Dr. John, 389.
Moses, 429.
Nath., 395.
Nicholas, 268.
Samuel, 350.
Simon. 81.
Johnston's Gap, 7.
Jersey Regiment, Col., 389.
Jones, Capt., 248, 415.
PranclB, house ol, burned by Indians,
572.
John, horae stolen by, 236; Richard
Perot robbed by, 183.
Peter, servant ran away from, 347.
Reuben, servant, 69.
Stephen, 429.
Joseph, ship. 803.
Judith, schooner, 230.
Justice, C, 67,

Kabe, Hans William, servant, 75.
Katey. sloop, 318.
Kearney, Kearny, Edmund, land for sale
by, 440.
Philip, land for sale by, 262, 344, 496,
554. 573.
Thpmas, Capt., land lor sale by, 186,
472.
Keel, Dennis, 439.
Keen, John, 338.
Nounce, servant ran away from, 63.
Keighn, David, servant, 567.
40

Kellor, Eev.  , 636.
Kells, Richard, 417.
KeUy, Mary, servant, 16], 204, 227.
Kemble, Peter, 417.
Kemper, Jacob, land for sale by, 6.
Kempton, Samuel, servant ran away from,
345.
Keney, John, laws lor sale by, 11.
Kennedy, Dr.  . 577, 578.
Kennier, Major, arrived at New Tork, B64.
Kensington, 146. 872.
Kent, David, servant ran away from, 199,

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index.

200.
Kent, John, 407.
Kerr, William, arrested lor couuterleitlng,
131.
Kiersted, Lucas, land granted to, 425.
Kliiirig, Thomas, servant, 162.
KUlingworth, Conn., 274.
KlUsey, James, aervant, 163.
Kimble, Peter, lottery tickets for aale by, 81.
King, Asa, Captl sloop WUUam; 73.
Gilbert, stabbed, 268, 264.
Thomas, servant, 449.
Ktng William the Third. 547.
King street. New Brunswick, 411, 454, 465.
New York, 889.
Trenton, 145 ; land for sale on, 1, 304.
Kingsberry, Heniy, Capt. sloop Adven
ture, 440.
Kings county, L. I., 430.
Kingsland,  '-, 400.
Edmund, 361.
Isaac, servant ran aVyay from, 261, 263;
note on, 261.
John, servant ran away from, 283.
Kingston, Kings-Town, 7, 100, 116, 166,

428. 429, 480, 457, 478, 485.
Kingston, extract from a letter from, 137.
Kingswood, Kingwood, 141, 198, 350, 386,
428, 438.
land lor aale in, 148.
Kinner, John, 417.
Kinneraiey, Richard, aervant, 557.
Klnaey, Jamea. land lor sale by, 440.
Joanna, 13.8.
Kip, Henry, land lor sale by, 34.
Richard, 34.
Kirkwood,  , Capt. The Diamond, 459.
Kirsey, John, 517.
Kitchen, WUUam, servant, 197.
Kite, Edward, servant, 75.
Kittatinny Mountains, 179.
Knowhowber. Williara, 417.
Knowles, Admiral, 194..
Knox, Hugh, degree ol Bachelor ol Arts
given to, 418.
KoUock, Jacob. Representative ol Snasex
county, 196.
Krop. Hendrick, aervant, 285.
Kummersfield, Maria, aervant, 351.

Ladd, Lad, John, 392, note ; land for sale
by, 157, 248; member of Assembly,
891 ; servant ran away from, 332, 333.
Thomas, 429.
Lake, Andrew, servant ran away from,
442, 443.
Nicholas, note given to, 296.
Lamaton Palls, 133.
Lamb, sign of the, 134.
Lambert, Hannah, wile ol Thomas Cad
walader, 394.
Lambour's Run, 191.
Lamoertonk river, 95.
Lancaster, Penn., 248, 385, 509.
Lancaster county, 229.
Lane, Mary, land Ior sale by, 241.
Thomas, servant, 498.'
Langdon. Capt. Com. Swan snow Man ol
War, 359, 367.
Langhorn, Jeremiah, 482.'
Langley, John, servant, 269.
Lanin, Andrew, servant, 380.
Large, Ebenezer. land for aale by, 158, 508.
Samuel, servant ran away Irom, 141.
Lasey. John, 269.
Litham, Johu, wharl ol, 271.
Latin .Grammar for sale, 160.
Laurie, Mr., 429.
Lawrence, 394.
Lawteuce, — '¦ — , 361, 363.
Lawrence, EUsha, 890.
Helena, wife of James Holmes, 390.
Henry, land for sale by, 550, 5511
John, 390; executor of Thomas Law
rence, 473; miiia lor aale by, 549.
Eobert, 517 ; elected to Assembly, 382 ;
laws lor sale by, 10, 28 ; member ol
Asaembly, 890 ; note on, 390.
Thomaa, 304; executor ol Bareloot
Brvraaon, lOl; executors ol, 473:
wharl 01, 307.
WUUam, house ol, burnt by Indiana,
¦ 572; land Ior sale by, 263, 295, 307, 321.
Lawrence's Brook, 150.
land for sale at, 411, 454.
Laws ol East and West Jeraey, 393.
Lawa ol New Jeraey, lor sale, 7, 27, 209
proposals lor printing, 8, 9.

Laws to be published, 20.
Leacralt, Leycralt, Capt., 441, 480.
Leaming, Aaron, 462; laws lor sale by, 10;
member of New Jersey Assembly,
35, 392.
note about, 393.
Christopher, 393.
Elizabeth, 393.
Jeremiah, 398.
Matthias, 393.
Leaming and Spicer's Collection, 393, 462.
Lean, Thomas, servant, 438.
Leant, Thomaa, plantation ol, lor sale, 304.
Lebanon. 75, 428, 431.
land lor sale in, 474.
Leddel, John, Dr., 236.
Louisa, eloped. 234 ; advertisement ol,
237.
WUUam, 234.
William, Dr., advertisement about,
236, 237.
Lelever,  , land lor sale near, 467.
Lefferts, Leffert, executor ol John Dor
lant, 420.
Legg, Hon. Julian, Com. The Shoreham,
431.
Leitch, Thomas, servant, 381.
Leith, vessel Irom, 889.
Leonard, James, 429.
Paul, plantation ol, lor aale, 308.
Samuel, aervant ran away Irom, 519.
Thomaa, 220, 221, 830, 391 ; Judge of
Someraet county, 212, 313, 214, 215;
reply of, to petition ol Joseph Bon
ney, 317.
Leslie, Anna, 132.
Charles Scham, M. D., medicines lor
sale by, 175.
Charlea Shkw, Dr., 429.
Elizabeth, executrix ol George Leslie,'
132.
George, estate ol, 132; note on. 132.
Lewis,  , Capt. Bell Savage, 5, 355.
Thomas, 540.
Leydt (Light), Johannes, A Soliloquy on
Faith Genuine, by, 519, 520 ; note on,
519
Lightning, damage by, 93, 148, 168, 844,

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264, 278, 280.
LUly,  , grammarian, 150.
Linen, manulacture ol, 373.
Linch, Timothy, servant, 290, 566.
Linley, Jenneah, 429.
Llnnard, Edward, servant, 354.
Little Egg-Harbour, flre at, 503.
Little Mantua Creek, 157.
Little Pond, Morris county, 94.
Little (Jueen street, New York, land lor
aale bn, 283.
Little Timber Creek, 268.
Lively Betsey, The. 459.
Livingston, Robert J., 261.
Lloyd,  , Capt. H. M. S. Arundel, 305,
318
John, lottery tickets for sale by, 316,
876, 336.
Locy, John. 467.
Logan, Daniel.house ol burned by Indians,
572.
, George, 429.
. James, 95.
Lombard street, Philadelphia, land Ior
sale oh, 481.
London, 5, 298, 345, 392, 505.
extract Irom letter from, 484, 490.
letters from, 101, 139, 382.
ministers in, 434.
vessel bound for, 874.
veasels from, 202, 205, 206, 264,
Hall medicines Imported frora, 175.
Magazine, extract from, 641 ; statis
tics about New Jersey from, 581.
Long Branch, N. J., 259.
Long-Bridge, New York, 131, 428.
Longfield, Lonfleld, Henry, 352, 440, 453.
,: land lor sale by, 150, 202.
Long Island, 274, 318, 373, 393, 422, 439, 469.
Long Island Perry, 265.
Lord, Abraham, servant ran away Irom, 3.
Lords ol Trade and Plantations, 364; ex
tract Irom letter Irom, 31, 36.

Lothian, Marquis ol, letter signed By, 444.
445." . rr-' ' :
Lot, servant, 51, 88, 113.
Lott, Isaac, executor ol John Dorlaht,;430.
Lottery— at Biles Island, 470, 471. 482, 491.
at Connecticut, 413. '
at Delaware Island, 245, 868.
at Trenton, 79, 80, 83, 86, 94, 103,, 114;
126, 171, 172; drawing ot, 119, 141, 149,
153; numbers of prizes, 157. 160.-
lor church at Bordentown, 370, 470.
for College of New Jersey, 314, '315,
367, 875, 384, 413; drawing of, 396. ' .
. for Trenton church, 79, 83.
Lottery tickets stolen. 134. - . ' ' '
Louzada, Aaron, land for sale by, 358.
Low, Cornelius, 417, 511.
Margaret, death of, 611.
Lower Freehold, 342. :
Lower Smithfield, letter from, about at
tack by Indiana, 576-578.
Lucas,  . copper mines ol, 464.
Lucullus, snow, 258.
Ludlam, Joseph, servant ran away from,
188. .¦•. ; .
Ludlow, Cornelius, 566.
Lunan, Alexander, sturgeon lor sale byi
'505,506. ^' ' . •
Lunt, Benjamin, Capt, sloop Gordon, 147.
Lupardus, Christianus, horse stolen IroiSi
402. " ..
Luterman, Christian, aervant, 623 ; money
granted by, - to Expedition against
Canada, 524.
LntterlU, Col., 417. '-^
Lydia, ship, 102. . . ¦
LyeU, Capt., 207, 572.
Lyle, John, elected Alderman at Ne#^
Brunswick, 473. ¦ .-
Lyne, James, 395. i>
Lynsen, Abraham, land lor sale by,' 465'f
551; Trustee of estate ol Dlrcjj
Schuyler, 410, 411.
Lyon, schooner, 432, 433. , ,.

M

Macplack, Richard, 536.
Macwier, John, servant, 238.
Mad dogs, at Elizabeth-Town, 118.
Madeira, vessels Irom, 3.37, 409, 573.
Magahey, Catherine, 177.
Nicholas, servant, 177.
Magwlgln, Turrence, servant, 459.
Maidenhead, 84, 427, 429, 430, 485, 518.
land lor sale at, 518.
Rev. George Whltefleld to preach at,
394, 412.
Main street, Bordentown, land lor aale on,
650.
Mall, John, 380.
Malone, Richard, servant. 203. 204.
Manasquan, Minisquan, 859; land lor sale
at, 466, 489.
Manington townahip, 71, 233. 310.
Man ol War, Swan anow, 869. 367.
Mantua creek, 195. 247,-336, 491.
Manulactures, 139.
Map, lor sale, 178, 287 ; proposals lor pub
lishing, 525, 5'^6.
Map ol Aquanishuonigy, proposals to pub
lish, 513.
ol the Middle British Colonies, pro
posals for publishing, 512, 513 ; pub
lished, 518.
of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New

York, etc., second edition of.'l71>
for sale, 424: .¦ • 
Marcus-Hook, 10:8. '•'''¦--
Marinas, Rev. David, A Eemonstrance by,-
lor sale. 464. 
Market House, Perth Amboy, 6.
street, Philadelphia, 287, 320, 406, 434.
street, Trenton, 103. '
Marlborough, sloop, 317.
Marple, George, servant ran away fi-omi
244, 246. . , ..
Marritt, Ephraim, 480.
Marriott. Thomas, land lor sale by, 490. , ;
Marseells, Henry, brew house ol, to be let,-
a51.
Marshall, James. 74, 76, 417. , -
Thomas, servant, 442.
Marston, Zachariah, Capt. schooner Spar
row, 569. ^
Martin, David, 430; Trenton lottery tickets
for sale by, 80.
Jamea, 430.
John, 417; servant ran away from, 353.
Thomas, arrested lor stabbing GUbert
King, 268, 264.
Mary, sloop, 273, 322.
Mary Magdalen, sloop, 343.
Mary and Hannah, schooner, 297.
Maryland, 179, 229,361, 363, 536; boundary

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INDEX.

•ol, W8.
Maryland, Dissertations upon, proposals
for printing, 494.
proposals lor publishing map of, 512,
618, 525.
vessels bound for, 412, 489, 501.
vessels from, 448, 459, 482, 489.
Maryland Planter, The, 482.
Mash, Capt.  , 198.
Hannah, land lor sale by, 879.
Hasina, Dr. Hector, book by, lor sale, 389.
Master, George Frederick, servant, 500.
Masters, William, 183.
executor ol Thomaa Lawrence, 473.
Hatchet, Eichard, 4.30.
Matchponix, 455, 480.
Hathewa, David, degree ol Bachelor ol
Arts given to. 418, 421.
Hatlack, Timothy, land lor aale by, 78.
Mawhood, Col., raid on Hancock's Bridge
led by, 392.
May, George, servant ran away Irom, 403.
John, 241.
Maybe, Edward, servant, 441, 634.
Haybury, Eichard, 360.
Maygor, El'chard, 636.
H'Cabe, John, servant, 310.
M'Can, Hugh, 430.
M'Cartney, George, 83.
M'Carty, Florence, servant, 184.
M'Claughlin, John, servant, 180.
M'Clean, Hugh, 353.
M'Concky, WUUam, servant ran away
Irom, 96.
McCormack, M'Cormick, Jeremiah, 457,
507.
M'Cormack, Martha, 507.
M'Cown, Jamea, 430.
M'Crackken, WlUlam, 132.
M'Cray. Joseph, 507.
M'Cullogh, Hngh, lottery tickets for sale
by, 386, 396.
M'Cuny, Jamea, aervaiut, 187.
Peter, servant, 188.
M'Curtain, Cornelius, 417.
M'Donald, Donald, servant, 330.
M'Evers, John, land lor sale by, 496, 554,
573.
M'FaU, Nell. 96.
MoParen, WUUam, flred upon by Indians,
578.
M'Glaughlln, Hugh, 430.
M'Hrath, Thomas, 417.
M'Uveen, Arthur, aervant ran away Irom,
117, 118.
M'Uvaine, Jamea, servant ran away from,
168.
Mclntire, John, land Ior sale by, 478.
M'Kenners, Eev. Mr., 430.
M'Klne, Alexander, deaerted Irom army,
517.
M'Kinney, Barney, 284.
WUUam, 488 ; land lor sale by, 438.
McKnight, WUliam, 395; servant ran away
Irom, 388.
M'Koy, Rachel, poisoned. 279. 380.
M'Laughlin, Michael, servant, 874.
M'Mlchael, John, 569.
house of, burned by Indians, 572.
U'MuUen, Thomas, 433.
M'Nabb, William, house of, burnt by
Indians, 573.
M'Neal, Elizabeth, 430.
Medah, Peter, 387.
Medicines. Imported from London, 175.

Meek, Tobias, servant, 511,
Meeting houae, Trenton, 245.
Mendham, Mendum, Mendom, Morris
county, 236, 274, 416, 468, 467 ; land
for saie In, 340, 588.
Mercer, Dr. , 7 ; mills of, 117.
Merchant, Capt., 843.
Merchants' Coffee Honse, New York, 647;
sale at, 414.
Mercy, schooner, 305.
Meredith, Brig-Gen. Samuel, 294.
Mermaid, Mairmaid, sloop, 105.
Mermaid Man ol War, 383, 407, 409.
Merselles, Hannah, executrix, land lor
sale by, 40S.
Iden, land lor sale by, 408.
Mesha, John Clode, servant, 499.
Meaaler's History ol Somerset county, 391.
Meyer (Van Vorst), Vrontie, 135.
Mickle, Archibald, servants run away
Irom, 558.
John, executor ol Samuel Mickle, 174.
Sheriff ol Gloucester county, 74. 131.
Samuel, estate of, 174.
WUUam, laws lor sale by, 10.
Middagh, Meddach, Meddow, Aert, 394,
Helena, wile ol Christopher Hoog
landt, 394.
Jan, 894.
Peter, member ol Assembly, 392 ; note
on, 394.
Middle British Colonies, proposals lor
publishing map ol, 612, 513, 518, 525,
526.
Middlesex county, 7. 9. 28, 30, 63, 124, 187,
203, 214, 218, 219, 266, 278, 296, 305,
390, 402, 487, 606.
election ol members ol Asaembly at,
382
goal ol, 67, 386, 301.
land lor sale In, 61, 100, 273, 289, 312,
334, 357, 458.
militia ol, 390.
review ol Train Bands ol, 431.
sheriff ol, 81, 89, 394.
troops raised in, to march against
Indians, 664.
Middle-Town, 10, 88, 162, 186, 260. 308, 331,
348, 378, 489, 469, 484, 532. 635.
extract ol a letter Irom, 266.
land lor sale In, 33, 137, 156, 406, 482,
527.
creek, 331.
High Point, 160.
patentees, 439.
Point, 101, 104, 416; land lor sale at,
471, 476.
MllHln, Qieorge, jun., 284.
Milburn, Robert, servant ran away Irom,
828, 229, 302, 303.
MUltla, muster ol, 450.
blU, 387.
Miller,  , Indian Trader, Indians sup
plied with powder by, 553, 554.
Abraham, house ol, burned by In
dians, 672.
Alexander, servant ran away from,
Andrew, 393.
•Capt., 416.
Daniel, servant, 91.
Ebenezer, member ol Asaembly, 391 ;
note on, 398.
George, servant ran away Irom, 75.
Hannah, 393.

INDEX.

60 1

Miller, John, servant ran away from, 330.
,John, servant, 496.
John C, 393.
Joseph, 398.
Josiah, 393.
Mark, 893.
Paul, 417 ; Judge ol Somerset county,
219.
Eebecca, 393.
Sarah, 393.
WUUam, 393.
Sloop Elizabeth, B79.
MIU creek, 134.
Mill street, Bridgetown, land lor sale on,
348.
MlUs, Dr., 624.
MUlstone, 91, 606.
negro burned at, for murder, 231, 833.
Elver, 7, 61, 63, 112, 301, 391, 894, 416,
4'J2, 604; Bridge, 100.
Mlnea, copper, at Belleville, 464 ; at Bocky
HIU, 834.
aea coal, 133.
Mlniaink, accident at, 187 ; bouse at, 168 ;
Hat ot persona killed and houses
burned by Indians at, 671.
Minisink Indians, 662.
Mississippi, Preach lorces at, 206, 847.
MitcheU, Jamea, apprentice ran away
from, 882.
Moffet, Archibald, 336.
Mohawk Indians, attack on Moravian vil
lage by, 562.
Mohawks, King of, 488.
Monmouth, snow, 317.
Monmouth county, 10, 88. 35, 73, 96. 101,
104, 184, 206, 268, 296, 317, 346, 348, 383,
390, 401, 414. 433, 436, 439, 457, 484, 507,
585, 636.
election of members of Assembly at,
382
land lor sale in, 22, 33, 186, 343, 368,
437, 471, 476, 549.
aherifl ol, 3l9, 328.
Hone, Prank, 429.
Monroe, George, 462.
Monrow, George, servant, 72, 165.
John, advertisement ol, about wile,
172, 173.
Margaret, 172.
Montgomery, Mary, eloped, 201.
Tbomas, 301 ; plantation of, lor sale,
473.
Montier, Mountier, WlUlam, 214, 218 ; land
lor sale by, 290.
Montserrat, vessel arrived at, 446.
Moody, Jane, eloped, 243.
Jobn, 243.
Moon, Jacob, 480.
Moonachie (Manachquay), 391.
Moor, James, 457.
Moore, CoL, 26; stage boat to start Irom
wharl ol, 60, 122.
WUUam, servant, 395, 300.
Moores, Samuel, note given by, 296 ; ser
vant ran away Irom, 318.
Moores-Town, 10.
Moravians, 71, 556.
Moravian Settlement, Bethlehem, 552.
Moravian village burned by the Indians,
558, 659, 560.

Morgan, Barnabas, arrested lor stealing,
Benjamin, land lor sale by, 272, 873 ;
servant ran away from, 128, 189.
James, servant, 73.
Morris, 180 ; land lor sale by, 12, 13.
Eichard, servant, 288.
Thomaa, escaped Irom goal, 74.
Widow, 430.
Morrah, Thomaa, servant, 657.
Morray, Charles, 430.
Morrey, Nathaniel, 430.
Morris,  , 191.
 , nephew of Governor Morris,
409.
Anthony, jun., 105.
David, estate ol, 257.
Elizabeth, wile of Anthony White, 362.
Isabella, widow ol Lewis Morris, death
of, 146.
Lewis, Governor, 352; death ol widow
01, 146; land lor sale by, 869.
Lewla, Jun., 352.
Eobert Hunter, 201. 202; appointed
Lieutenant-Governor ol New Jersey,
101 ; appointed Governor ol Penn-
aylvania, 386 ; arrived at New York,
409; arrived at Philadelphia, 421; ex
pected at Philadelphia, 407 ; to sail
lor America. 382.
Samuel, land lor sale by, 267, 466.
Stephen, 5.
WlUlam, land for sale by, 2.
Morris county, 11, 193, 886, 844, 270, 274,
279, 307, ;830, 335, 340, 358, 369, 427, 429,
451, 507, 659.
Morris county, land lor sale in, 94, 95, 96,
310, 263, 295, 307, 321, 467, 478, 483.
military company raised In, 497.
troops raised in to march against In
dians, 563. 564.
Morris's river, 502.
Morrisania, 146, 369.
Morris-Town, 59, 425, 428, 489, 431.
Presbyterian Church at, 478.
land lor sale in, 840, 483, 528.
Morrison,  , 367.
Morrow, Joseph, 430, 485.
Mott, John, advertisement ol, about wile,
482.
Phebe, 482.
WilUam, laws lor sale by, 11.
Mount-Holly, 81, 69, 73. 74, 101, 180, 256, 267,
338, 348, 892, 488, 429, 458, 460, 510,
5.39.
Mount Holly Iron Works, 180, 210, 539.
Mouut Misery saw mill, 348.
Mulberry street, Paterson, 205.
MuUica's river, 458.
Mulock, Joshua, goods stolen Irom houae
ol, 516.
Mumford, George, servant ran away from,
346.
Murphy, James, servant, 330, 369.
Murray, Joseph, land lor sale by, 262.
Eichard, house ol, lor sale, 464.
Murrell, WUUam, executor of, 398.
Muskoneconk creek, 857.
Muskonetkong river, 6 ; land lor sale on,
467.
Myrtella, sloop, 317.

N

NaU, Arthur, 507.
Nanmaker, Lewis, 507.
Nansemond, Va., 98, 330.

Narrows, 121.
Nassau Hall, College ol N. J. to be named,
547.

602

index:

Naturalization bill, passed by General As
sembly, 374.
Nave-Sinks Bay, 186.
Navesink Highlands, 160, 860; land lor sale
at, 336.
Navesink, Neveslnk river, 33.
Nebuchadnezzar, medicines Imported
Irom, 175.
Negroes Ior sale, 260, 360, 472.
Neaison, — -, — , Capt. sloop Grace, 264.
Neilson, Jaiiaes, 440.
sarauel, servant ran away Irom, 156.
Nell, servant, 261.
Nelson, Samuel, 430.
Neahamlney, 199 ; Rev. George Whltefleld
to preach at, 393.
Neskopecka, Indian village, 562.
NevUl, Nevil, John, 21; land for sale by,
' 844.
Samuel, 8. 21, 28. 30, 193; deposition
taken before, 552-554; elected to As
sembly, 881, 882; land for sale by,
187, 138; 262, 278; laws of New Jer
aey compiled by, '27, 209 ; laws for
sale by, 11 ; member of Assembly,
390; petition against, 426.
Thomas, 465.
NevUl'sLaws, 11. 20,
Nevius, Johannis, 394. .,
New Amsterdam, Director-General of,
390.
Newark. 10, 28, 67, 69, 102, 118, 131, 170, 198,
812, 316, 319, 816, ,876, 386, 395, 396, 397,
465, 466, 6.82, 645.
Commencement ol College ol New
Jeraey at, 176, 413, 418, 421.
Grainm.ir school at, 160,
Boatman, drowned, 3'27.
Cyder, Ior sale, 496.
Mountains, 318. ,
' shallot, 207.
Town Records, 131.
Newbold, Barzilla, member ol Asaembly,
391 ; note about, 290, 292.
New Britain, deed lor land at, 425.
proprietora ol, desired to meet, 481.
New Bruiiawick, 2, 6, 9, 24, 28, 29, 34, 42,
60, 66, 68, 81, 91, 96, 97, 104. 112, 117,
120, 121, 127, 136, 144, 162, 159, 170, 196,
201, 202, 308, 222, 260, 262, 264, 265, 266,
272, 292, 299, 804, .305, 308, 331, .832, 334.
352, 357, 373, 376, 383, 396, 402, 406, 449,
453, 455, 463, 468, 473, 478, 606, 507, 516,
daraage at, by high tide, 240.
election at, 473.
land lor sale in. 70, 81, 82, 150, 259, 410,
¦ 411, 412, 440, 464, 475,
pastor at, 519.
Rev. George Whltefleld to preach at,
394, 409, 412, 446.
storm at, 168. ¦
vessel bound for, 415.
•vessel frora, 157.
Post Offlce, letters at, 413.
Hat of lettera in, 416, 417, 606, 507.
New Castle, 204, 227, 462 ; sheriff ot, 300.
County, 89.
Newcorab, John, servant, 123.
Newell, James, v58, 330.
Robert, servant ran away from, 258.
New England, 393.
New Porge, for sale, 548.
New Prance, proposals to publish map of,
513.
New Hanover, 172.

New Haven^sgS'. . -;¦-•¦
New Jersey, boundary . line ol, Report
about, for sale, 466.
Chlel Justice ol, 205, 206.
council ol, 135.
Dlaaertatlons upon, propoaals lor
printing, 494.
few Indians in, 541.
Indians captured in, 562.
Legislature of. bills passed by, 574.
letter from, 63-59.
mentioned In FOor Richard's Almanac,
548.
military companlea raiaed at, 497.
Militia, 561 ; iudians captured by, 564.
number of inhabitants in, 531.
propoaals for publishing map, of, 612,
618, 525.
proposed to annex to New Tork, 254.
Provincial lorces, 498.
Regiraeut, 551.
vessels bound lor, 73, 149, 198, 273, 314,
330, 3-^4, 438.
vesaela Irora, 98. 147'.
Newman, Nathaniel, Capt. aloop Union,
166. .
Thomas, 467.
New, Orleans, 205.
Newport, 604.
New Printing Offlce, New York, 456.
New Providence township, 354, 565 ; ves
sel Irom. 434.
Newry, vessel Irom, 549.
Newshaunick, 4-28. .
New street, New York, 383.
Newtown township, 105, 235, 428, 557. .
plantation in, to be let, 136.
Rev. George Whitefield to preach at,
393.
creek, 340, 241, 446; land lor aale on,
452.
New York, 6, 11, 20, 26, 34, 60, 63, 66, 77, 81,
86, 87, 95, 100, 106, 117, 120, 122, 124,
125, 127, 132, 135, 144, 154, 156. 168,
169, 1,80, 186, 203, 305, 283, 386, 337,
269, 261, 262, 26.1, 265, 266, 872, 276,
277, 281, 284, 285, Ji87, 288, 292, 297,
299, 302, 805, 311, 31'2, 316, 323, 824,
334, 839, 342, 346, 351, 358, 854, 869,
376, 377, 386, 3S8, 390, 401, 409, 410,
411, 412, 423, 437, 438, 448, 449, 455,
462, . 464, 466, 469, 471, 476, 480, 484,
486, 487, 490, 504, 606, 515, 518, 621,
526, 527, 529, 530, 637, 588, 648, 551,
554, 573.
Attorney General ol, 146.
boundary lineol, report about, lor sale,
456.
Diasertatlon upon, proposals for print
ing, 494. ¦:
Mayor of, 135.
Post Office at, 407 ; lists of letters In,
395, 447.
proposals for pubUshing map of, 612,
518, 525.
proposed to annex New Jersey to, 354.
vesaels arrived at, 441, 498.
vessels cleared from, 73, 198, 273, 314,
320, 322, 328, 433.
vessels entered In, 98, 147, 195.
vessels from, 3l7, 447, 483.
vessels outward bound, 196, 318.
Gazette, 39, 41, 66, 189, 316, 370, 376,
385.
Genealogical and Biographical Reo-

INDEX.

605

ord, 389.
New York Historical Society Collections,
380.
Mercury, 566, 560, 573.
letter to, editor ol, 554.
money. 82, 296, 414, 527.
Niagara. Port,, 389.
NicoU, John, Capt. sloop Katey, 318.
NichoUs, Benjamin, 356.
Capt., 434.
Nichols, WiUiam, Capt. sloop Tarter, 165.
Nicholson, capt., 601.
James, escaped Irom goal. 226.
Nishenick, land lor sale at, 420.
Noaka,  , Capt. The Sally, 412.
Noble, Samuel, 106.
Noe. Asher, 507.
Isaac, land lor aale by, 51.
Noel. Garret, lottery tickets lor sale by,
376, 388.
Noland, Eoger. servant, 63.
Norris, George. 430; servant ran away
Irom, 449, 601.

Norris, Thomas, 480.
North,  , Capt. The Maryland Planter,
483.
Northampton, 169, 201 , 229, 231.
land Ior sale in, 510.
county, Penn., 556, 560; alarm ol at
tack on, by Indians. 662, 563, 564;
goal ol, 328 ; list of persona killed by
Indians in, 670, 571; Sheriff of, 663.
North Branch, land for sale at, 488.
North Britain, collection in for College of
New Jeraey, 434.
North Carolina, vesael from, 342.
North River, 26, 360, 638.
Norwalk, 346.
Norwich. 229.
Hia Majesty's Ship, 494; Chaplain ol,
494.
Nottingham, Penn., 2, 199, 295, 300, 467,
686.
Nova Scotia, vessel Irom, 448.
Nutus, John, 71.
Thomas, 71.

Oaklord, WilUam, aervant ran away Irom,
85.
O'Brien. Capt. Com. sloop Tbomas and
Elizabeth, 435.
O'Brien, Obryant, Daniel, stage boat of,
60, 65, 66, 122, 123, 169, 232, 383, 276,
277, 287, 288, 297, 298. 311, 312, 377,
485.
Ocaoock, N. C, Spanish wrecks at, 66.
Odear, Jamea. 174.
Odell, Jonathan, degree of Bachelor of
Arta given to, 4J8, 421.
Ogburn, John, 146.
Ogden. David, 318; laws for sale by, 10, 28.
John, 390, 430; store of, at Newark,
113.
Joaeph, 4-30.
, J. & Uzal, 395.
Eobert, 116 ; laws for aale by, 10, 28.
Uzal, atore of, at Newark, 113.
O'Hanlon, Patrick, affidavit of, 190, 193,
193 ; aervant ran away from, 522.
Ohio, propoaala to publlah map of, 513.
Ohio river, 361. 364 ; Palla ol, 613.
Old England, 303.
Old Prance, 205.
Oldman, Joseph, land for sale by, 12, 93.
Oldmana Creek, 70, 99, 406.
Old Slip Market, New York, 170.
OUphant, Ephraim, aervant ran away

Irom, 90, 91.
Oliver, Elizabeth, 430.
Oneida atailon, attack on, 389.
Ontario, Lake, 178, 513.
Opdyke, Joaeph, 430.
Orr, Ruth, aervant. 358.
Osborne, Sir Danvers, Bart. Capt. Qen. and
Governor in Chlel ol New York, 805 ;
Lieut. Governor ol New Jersey, 490.
Osborn, Sylvanus. degree ol Bachelor ol
Arts given to, 418, 421,
Osteology and Myology, course of study
In, 127.
Oswald, Andrew, 207.
Oewego, 551 ; Regiment at, 517.
Ouke,  , 381.
Abraham, estate of, 70.
Jacob, 81.
William, 21. 91, 417 ; land for sale by,
456, 468; lawa for aale by, 9, 28; lotte
ry ticketa for aale by, 876; 'Truatee ol
estate of Dirck Schuyler, 410, 411,
413.
Overend, Thomas, executor ol Edward
Tyley. 491.
Overpeck creek, 184.
Oxford Furnace, 96, 324, 429, 516, 521.
Iron works, 334.
mlnea, 324.
Oyster Island, ship driven ashore at, 207.

Packer, Daniel, land lor sale by, 510.
PahaqnaUey. 335.
Palatinate, 390.
Palmer,  . Capt. The Earl ol Halilax,
448.
Paltry Creek, 26.
Paltz river, 120.
Pancoast, WUliam, 357.
Pangburn, Stephen, saw mill lor sale by,.
401.
Paramus, damage by rain at, 399.
Paria, 139.
Park, Robert, bonae ol, burnt by Indians,
572.
Parker,  ^, drowned, 121.
James. 11, 424 ; land lor sale by, 266,
305, 456, 480; letter to, 13. 48-50, 53-
69, 106-112, 118, 137, 152, 169, 170, 211,

324 ; letter to, relerred to, 86; lottery
ticketa lor aale by, 81; nol e about,
324; aubacriptlobs taken by lor map,
515 526
Parker, John! Col., 389.
Jonathan, 430.
Joahua. house of, burned by Indians,
572.
Nathaniel, lottery at honse of, 80 ; lot
tery to be drawn at house of, 142 ;
servant ran away from, 173.
Samuel, .S24.
Parliament, Act of, 177.
Parlln, Olove, land lor sale by, 338.
Parmaceti Cove, 839.
Parsons, John, 393.
Partridge,  , Capt. Thomas and Mar.
tha, 415.

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INDEX.

Passaic, Pissalck, 464.
Palls, 205.
river, 335, 341 ; lerry across, to be let,
463.
Patapsco, Md.. 229.
Paterson, 205, 361, 391. 464.
Patterson, Eichard, 486.
Pawling, Henry, 397.
Levi, 5-23.
Pawlin's Kill, land for sale at, 467, 527.
Paxson, Henry, executor of Thomas
Shinn, 267; member ot Assembly,
891 ; note on, 892.
Paxton, liosepb, 246.
WUliam, manager Delaware lottery,
246, 847.
Peace street, New Brunswick, 468.
land for sale on, 82.
Peapack, Peepake, 416. 428, 430.
land for aale at, 133.
Peapack Brook, 154.
Pearant. Sarah, horae ot, struck by Ugbt-
nlng. 280.
Pearl atreet, Burlington, 168.
land for sale on, 88.
Pearson, Eobert. 467.
manager of Trenton lottery, 80, 83.
Peck's Slip, 327.
Peepy, Amos, Indian, 562.
Joe, Indian, 561, 562.
Felton, Benjamin, 259, 430.
Pemberton, Ebenezer, Rev., land for sale
by, 278, 627.
Jamea, 102, 103.
Pembroke, schooner. 206, 207, 309.
Penaqualing mountains, 663.
Penn, John, 206.
Richard, 468; land ot, tor sale, 527.
Thomas, Hon., 468 ; land of, for sale,
627.
WlUlam, 293; Proprietor of Pennsyl
vania, 206.
Penn's Manor, 174, 176, 183, 195.
Penn's Neck. 392, 508.
Pennsbury. Manor of, 189, 193.
Pennsylvania, 77, 861, 363.
boundary ot, 178.
Dissertations upon, proposals for
printing, 494.
Governor's CouncU In, 293, 294.
map of, 518, 5-26.
proposals for publishing map of, 612.
mentioned in Poor Eichard's Almanac,
548.
murders by Indians In, 668.
Proprietors of, 587.
Pennsylvania Gazette, 204, 227, 385 ; com
munication to, 188, 189-193.
Journal, 41.
Money, 69, 125, 461.
Pennytown, 428.
Pensonken creek, 373.
Penunganchong hill, land for sale at, 521.
Pepperrell, General, offlcers for regiment
ol, 498.
Pequanek, 436.
Pequase river, land for sale on, 467, 468,
628.
Perot, Eichard, 181. 182, 183, 195 ; com
munication about, 189-193; robbed
by highwaymen, 174, 176.
Perth Amboy, 6, 10, 11, 33, 88, 66. 67. 68, 71,
130, 132, 149. 158, 209.282, 261,262,366,
278, 286, 296, 301, 305, 344, 356, ,362, 379,
389, 894, 403, 431, 448, 470, 526, 527.

Perth Amboy, Assembly to meet at, 40,
408.
British forces from, 541,
goal ol, 89.
land lor sale In, 7, 97, 137, 138.
riot at, 153.
Secretary's offlce at, 814.
vessel from, 81.
Perth Amboy Perry, 276, 277, 297.
Peters, Godfrey, land lor sale by, 203.
Peters's Township, Cumberland county,
187.
Petty, Jacob, bouse ot, burnt by Indians,
672.
Petty's run. 1.
Philadelphia. 2, 4, 6, 11, 12, 89, 34. 60, 65, 68,
71, 78, 74, 76. 78, 81, 8:8, 85, 86, 87, 88,
89. 94, 96, 100, 104, 105, 128, 136, 142,
143, 151. 157, 158. 159. 161, 173, 174.
178, 180, 183, 189, 803, 206, 210, 232, 233.
236, 237, 240, 241, 247, 356, 257, 26.3, 265,
271, 276. 877, 283, 884, 287, 293, 895, a97,
298, 299, 307, 310, 311, 314, 816, 317. 321,
324, 331. 335, 336, 345, :847, 360, 361, 354,
355, 367, 371, 372, 373, 376, 377, 381,
386, 394, 396, 397, 401, 402, 404, 407. 409,
418, 440, 458. 462, 486, 488, 495, 496, 500,
511, 521, 528, 629, 530, 589, 561, 563, 667,
569, 679.
Act to prevent exportation ot provlST
Ions, passed at, 483.
Oeneral Post Offlce at, 518.
market at. 195.
Presbytery ol, 274.
vesaela cleared Irom, 23, 146, 157, 165.
166. 168, 186, 208, 207, 273, 303, 305,
313, 317, 360, 396, 449, 602, 548, 663.
vessels entered inward, 64. 81, 94, 98,
105, 142. 145, 147. 167, 162, 166, 183, 184,
199, 800. 206, 807, 808, 230, 858, 891,
297. 398, 303, 305, 307, 309, 356, 412.
432, 440, 501, 508, 558, 669.
vessels outward bound, 147, 186, 303,
357, 433, 509, 667. 568.
work-bouse at, 185, 198.
Philadelphia Post, 174. 176. 240.
Philadelphia Post Offlce, 400, 485.
list ol letters in, 433, 441. 536.
PhUips,  . Capt. The Elizabeth. 489.
Philips, Joseph, Capt., 430.
PhlUlps,  . 430.
PhUlipps,  . grammarian, 150.
PhlUp, 430.
PhUlips, Daniel, 417.
John, servant ran away Irom, 129, 130.
Joseph, 518.
PhUosophical Transactions, No. 474, 119.
Phcenix sloop, 891. 312.
Physicians, Eoyal College of, 175.
Pickman, Eobert, Capt. snow Johannes,
195.
Pidgeon, WlUlam, 668.
horse stolen Irom, 86.
land lor sale by, 52. 68, 899.
manager Trenton lottery, 80, 83.
Pierson. Abraham, Rev., 274.
John, note on, 274; plantation oJ, lor
sale, 273, 274.
John, Rev., plantation of, lor sale, 458.
Piles-Grove, 3, 26, 63, 70, 375, 370, 433, 636.
land Ior sale In, 99, 284, 338, 502.
Pinhorne, Maria, wile ol Edmund Kings-
land. 861.
William, Judge, 261.
Pipenger, Hendrick, 420.

INDEX.

605

Piscataway, Placataqua, 77, 167, 203, 352,
394, 402, 417, 480.
land for aale in, 97, 272. 312, 313.
remarkable atorm at, 375.
vessel bound for, 434.
Piscataway Lauding, 467, 489; land for
sale at, 466. 488.
Plant,  , Capt. The Baltimore, 482.
Piumly, Charles, 482.
Plymouth, 886.
vessel bound for, 434.
veasel from, 409.
Pohatcunk river, 467.
Pole, John, eatate of, 481.
Poole'a Bridge, 413.
Poolley, George, 1.34.
Poor Elchard'a Almanac, to be publlahed,
548^
Pophaneunk river, 521.
Porter. Patrick, servant ran away from,
306.
Porto Prince, 890.
Poat, Tunla, 417.
Potter, Noahdiah, 395.
Phineaa. 97.
Potter'a Town, 413. 415.
Potts, Jonathan, 430.
William, lottery tickets for aale by,
.871 ; manager ot lottery, 471.
Pound, Elijah, 430.
Powell,  , 191.
Cornelius, 394.
Joseph, letter to, demanding pow
der, 555.
Margaret, advertisement of, 38'^.
Pownall, Thoraas, appointed Secretary to
Governor of New Jersey, 490 ; Lieuten
ant-Governor of N. J., 535, 563.
Preakness, 10, 351, 391.
Predmore. John, 298.
stage wagon kept by, 86, 88.
Presbyterians. Northarapton county,
Penn., settled by. 564.
Presbyterian meeting house, 95.
at Morristown, 484.
at New Brunswick, 440; death of pas
tor ol, 24 ; struck by lightning, 168.
at Shrewsbury, 68. 125, 341, 437.
Preston, Thomas, land lor sale by, 567.

Price, Joseph, houae ol, struck bv light
ning, 93.
Mary, 430.
Thomas, 430.
Priest, William, servant, 283.
Prigmore, John, stage wagon kept by,
Primehope, Amwell townahip, 542.
Primus, servant, 353.
Prince George, sloop, .854.
Prince of Wales, death ol, 78, 79.
Princess ol Wales, 78.
Princea's street. New York, 506.
Prince-Town, 215. 218. 233, 284, .322, .323, 386
428, 429, 4.80, 446, 449, 451, 457, 4S6,
496, 601, 509, 617, 518, 523, 554, 573.
College ot N. J. at, 645, 646.
fair to be held at, 5:3, 187.
land for sale at, 289, 290.
Eev. George Whltefleld to preach at.
409.
Princeton CoUege, 274 ; Truatee of, 24.
during the Eighteenth Century, 418.
Proceedlnga Weat Jersey Surveyors' Asso
ciation, 393.
Proclamations by Gov. Jonathan Belcher,
30, 491, 492, 493, 528-531 ; letter about,
34-48.
Proger, Edward, servant, 167.
Proprietors. Council ot, warrant from, 62.
Proprietora ot Bast Jersey, 182, 171,403,
404, 405 ; publication of, 424, 425.
Proprietors of New Jersey, 5.
Prosser, WUUam, apprentice, 236.
Providence, vessel from, 434.
Provincial Congress of New Jersey, first,
891.
Provincial Forces of New Jersey, to go to
Albany, 501, 602, 504, 606 ; aet aali for
Albany, 609.
Provost, David, laws for aale by, 10, 11.
Pultney, The, 433.
Pumsher, William, coramitted to jail, 328 ;
escaped from jail, 319.
Purveyance, Samuel, land for aale by, 284.
Purviance, David, degree of Bachelor of
Arta giveu to, 418, 431.
Pyne Point, 136.

Q

Quakera' Aasembly, Philadelphia, 488.
Quaker meeting bouse, Shrewsbury, 63,
125, 329, .841, 437.
Quakinbush, John, 507.
Queen Anne, 488.
(Jueen's College, trustee of, 530.
Queen's Head, Philadelphia, 383.

Queen street, Trenton, land for sale on, 4,
145, 304.
Queycake, Indian vUlage, 561.
Quick, Cornelius, aervant ran away from,
148.
Quohocken townahip, land lor salein, 483.
Quota bill, letter about, 84-48.

Eace street, PhUadelphia, 183; land for
sale in, 267,
Rackoon, Raccoon creek, 12, 29, 342 ; land
for sale on, 459, 460.
Radley, John, 116.
Ragen, John Daniel, servant, 156.
Kahway, Raway, 275, 312, 417 ; Mr. White-
field to preach at, 409.
Landing, 537 : land for sale at, 2S0.
Neck, 61.
river, 120, 275. 312, 335, 398.
Raway river landing, .332.
Rain, Timothy, land for sale by, 103.
Ramapo tract, Indian deed for. 425.
41

Eambo, Thomaa, aervant ran away from,
247, 248.
Eamsay, Andrew, stage wagon kept by,
265, 366.
William, degree of Bachelor ot Arts
given to, 418, 421.
Eancocus, Eancocas creek, 388, 458 ; land
for sale on, 667.
Randel, Isaac, Capt. schooner Bayley, 64 .
Randolph,  -, 881.
Capt.. 354.
Raneer, John, 507.
Ranker, The, 412.
Rankin,  , Capt. anow George, 342.

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INDEX.

Eapler, AbigaU, 114.
Thomas, 114.
Earlton, 120, 178, 398 511 ; drowning acci
dent at, 476; Reformed Dutch
Church at, death of pastor of, 422,
423; school master wanted at, 183,
844.
Landing. 120, 133, 208, 293, 312, 353,
438, 453 ; land for sale at. 26. 83, 260 ;
school-master wanted at, 524, 525.
Raritan (Rarington) river, 5, 23, 59. 96, 131,
132, 138, 154, 308, 227, 293, 326, 352,
390, 394, 396, 468 ; canoe overset In,
284.
Earltan road, 59, 378, 477.
Eattoon, Thomas, 348,
Eea & Wickoff, 417.
Head,  , 574.
Charles, 391; memberof Assembly, 891;
Secretary of N. J., 32, 450, 493, 581.
 , grammarian, 160.
Reade, Joseph, jun., 395; manager Dela
ware Lottery, 346, 347.
Eeading, John, 4.30.
Reading, letter from, 531.
Reading Township, land for sale in, 474.
Readington, Eeadenston, Eeading's-
Town, 429, 481, 510.
Eeador, Jacob, servant ran away from, 64.
Eebecca, brigt, 184.
Eecords of the Presbyterian Church, Phila
delphia, 274.
Eed-bank 29*7
Eedford, John, 296; laws for sale by, 10, 28.
Eed-Hook, boat overset near, 121.
Eeed, Andrew, 210, 246, 247, 314; land for
sale by, 104; lottery tickets for sale
by, 386; Trenton lottery tickets for
sale by, 80.
James, 417.
Joseph, 245; land for sale by, 104.
WlUlam, 400.
Reed and Furman, lottery tickets for sale
by, 386; negro man lor aale by, 860.
Reeder, Isaac, horse stolen Irom, 521.
Eeeve, Jacob, B. A., 421.
Peter, Capt. ship Lydia, 102, 103.
Eeever, Daniel, bouse ol, burned by In
diana, 572.
Beeves, Jonatuan, land lor sale by, 452.
Eelormed Dutch Church, Brooklyn, 894.
Earlton. death of pastor of, 432, 433.
Eegulars, Denomination of, 825.
Eegulators, 836. 827.
Eeid,  , 674.
Alexander, letter from, 119.
Eelly, Hugh, 141.
James, servant, 141.
Relne, Joseph, servant, 495.
Reyerse, George, servant ran away from,
436.
Reynolds, Renalds, Patrick, servant ran
away from, 74, 856.
Rhode Island, 77, 817, 513; French snow at,
504; proposals tor pubUshing map
of, 512, 518. .525; vesaels bound for.
155, 167. 434; vessels from, 354; aloop,
wreck ol, 33.
Eloe, James, murderer, 197.
Thomas, tavern keeper, 463.
Elch, George, 395.
Richards,  , Capt. The Dover, 482.
Burnet, Capt. brigt. Elizabeth, 195.
John, stage wagon kept by, 1-42, 128..
Joseph, 265 ; stage wagon ol, 65, 66,

158, 159, 160, 232, 233, 271, 295, 350.
Eichard, Paul, 449; land lor sale by, 53!'.
Rlchardaon, Thomas, 447.
. WiiUam, 287.
Eichman, John. 623.
Elchman's mlUa, 284.
Klcbraond, John, 417.
Elcketa, Col., ol Pennsylvania, troops un
der comraand of, to march agaiust
Indians, 564.
Ricky. Rikey, Brice, accident in shop ol,
565; land for sale by, 210.
Rickey, John, land for sale by, 483.
Riddell, John, 218, 819, 220; Sherlfl of Som
erset counly, 212, 215,
Riddentown, 428.
Rider, Eleanor, 430.
Samuel, mlU of, 507.
Riggs, Edward, 430.
Lydia, 136.
Riggs, Elga, MUes, drowned, 327, 829.
Ringe, Philip, 477.
Ring, Thomas, 135.
Eiots, 149; letter about, 152, 163.
Riotera, committed to jail, 193.
Ritchie,  , aubscriptlona taken by,
for Dlaaertatlons upon New York,
etc., 495.
Anna LeaUe, 132.
John, 133.
Capt. ahlp Beulah, 149.
Eiver street, Paterson, 205.
Eoads, Jonah, land for sale by, 469.
Eobbs, Tbomas, pocket book stolen from,
134.
Eoberd, Amos, committed to jail, 193.
Robeson, Jonathan, blast furnace erected
by, 324.
Roberson, Maurice, land for sale by, 96.
Roberts, Enoch, 306.
John, Sherlfl, 414.
John, servant ran away from, 71, 72.
Joshua, 229.
Thomas, jun., 883.
WiUiam, aervant ran away from, 71,
72.
Robertson, Duncan, 101, 102.
Robin, servant, 436.
Eobinson, Jonathan, 5.
Joseph, 430; eacaped from goal, 568.
Eoblnaon'a Furnace, 334.
Roche, Richard, execution of, 240
Rockaway, 203. 3.36; whale found near, 387.
river, 467, 528.
EockhlU, John, land for aale by, 96.
Eockman, Thomas, land lor sale by, 478.
Eocky-Brook, 203.
Eooky-Hlil, 10. 81, 112, 135, 801, 416, 417,
438. 431, 455, 480, 485, 496, 506, 507,
664, 573; copper mine at, 234 ; land
tor sale at, 20, 61, 62, 422, 504, 505.
Eoddara, Robert, Capt. ship Greyhound,
90.
Eodman, Thomas, 288, 293.
Rodney, John, Coroner ol Sussex county,
196.
Roe, Matthew, killed by Indians, 569.
Roebuck, Mau ol War. 550.
Rogers, John, jun., 457.
Rodgers, WUliara, wile ol, shot by acci
dent, 309.
Eoraapack, deed lor land at, 435.
Roorae, William, ¦' Early Days and Early
Surveys In New Jersey" by, 425.
Roots, Benjamin, degree ol Bachelor o{

INDEX.

607

Arts given to, 418, 431.
Eorke, Morgan, escaped from goal, 130.
Roror, Jacob, houae of, burned by Indians,
573.
Rosa, George, 398.
George, Deacon, 398.
John, death, of, 398 ; note on. 398.
WUUam, house to be let by, 456.
Roundabout, New Brunawick, land for
aale near, 410.
Rowley, Bartholomew, school ot, 99.
Roxbury. 427, 428, 430, 451.
Rozor, Dennis, house of, burnt by Indi
ans, 572.
Rubb, Jacob, servant, 270.
Ruble, Edward, run away from bail, 522.
Ruby, schooner, 441.
Ruddiman,  , grammarian, 150.
Rue, Matthew, killed by Indians, 571.
Rundall, Jacob, 430.
Eusco, Capt. Nathaniel, military company
raised by, 497; soldiers deserted from
company ot, 517.
Rush, John, killed by Indians, 571.
Ruth, Lawrence, escaped from goal, 67, 68,
286, 801, 802.
Eutherlord. James, bouse ol, broken inlo,
124, 125, 126.

Eutherford, John, 517, 563.
Thomas, 607.
Thomas, aervant, 525.
Eunaway servants or slaves, 3, 21, 25, 51,
63, 64, 69, 71, 72, 78, 75, 77, 83, 83, 85,
88, 89, 90, 91, 96. 100, 102, 104, 105, 113,
117, 128, 128. 139, 141, 146, 148, 154, 156,
161, 162, 163, 165, 167, 170, 172, 173,
177, 180, 184, 187, 188, 197, 198, 199,
200, 201, 303, 204, 226, 228, 229, 231,
338, 285, 287. 244, 247, 248, 349, 256,
357, 259, 261, 262, 269, 270, 375,
281, 282, 283, 286, 388, 290, 291, 395,
300, 303, 806, 310, 811, 818, 830, 338,
330, 3:32, 343, 345, 346, 347, 848, 351,
353, 364, 358, 369, 372, 379, 380, 381,
383, 396, 898, 402, 419, 427, 436, 488,
441, 443, 448, 449, 466, 469, 484, 495,
497, 498, 499, 600, 501, 508, 511, 531,
523, 524, 526, 532, 5:83, 584, 5:85, 5ii6,
637, 539, 540, 557, 560, 666, 567.
Eunaway wives, 26, 74, 301, 284, 236, 243,
401, 522, 526, 541.
Eyal, Mary, 430.
Ryckman, Isaac, bouse lor sale by, 320.
John, house lor sale by, 320.
Ryerse, Joris, 4:^6.
Ryerson Family, genealogy ol, 436.

S

Saddle river, 261.
Sage, Capt., 445.
SagHarhor, L. L, 393.
Salem, N. J.. '240, 264, 300. 356, 370, 393, 463,
503, 560.
Circuit Court to be held at, 148, 356.
vesaels bound Ior, 98, 145, 166, 168, 1,S6,
202, 207, 303, 304, 305, 313, 857, 360,
396, 433, 449, 603, 5l0, 548, 557, 65i,
563.
vessels cleared from, 303.
vesaela from, 64. 94, 98, 105, 142, 145,
147, 162, 166, 183, 184, 199. 306, 807,
830, 258, 291, 297, 298, 802, 305, 807,
309, 866, 412, 432, 440, 464, 601, 508,
558, 669.
county, 3, 10, 26, 63, 70, 71, 77, 85, 96,
333, 369, 275, 310, 38S, 880, 391, 393,
393, 508, 523, 537, 539.
land for sale in, 99, 384, 490, 603.
Saler, Abraham, 399.
Salisbury, aloop, 199, 297, 303, 304, 313, 412,
608, 509, 558, 663.
Salley, schooner, 81, 163, 166, 184, 186, 413.
salnave, Capt., 578, 579.
Indians attacked by, 576, 576.
Salter, Richard, land lor sale by, 369.
Sam, servant, 53.3.
Sam Pink (Assunpink), 507.
Sampson, servant, 139.
Samuel, The, 448.
Samuel and Judith, sloop, 264.
Sandy, servant, 539.
Sandy Hook, 261, 333, 3.86, 3:87 ; boat adrift
near, 160; French sailors at, 502;
Prench anow near, 504; hailstorm
at, 244; His Majesty's ship at, 90;
vessels at, 434; vessels arrived at,
123, 242, 291, 305, 339, 359. 367, 374 ;
vesaels run ashore at, 5, 195, Zift. 476 ;
veaaels Irora, 93. 374 ; veasels sailed
from, 313, 431, 433, 601; wreck at, 23.
Sarah, servant, 26.
Sarjant, Capt., 308.
Sartor, Henry, 135.

Sartor, John, 135.
Savage. James, Capt. sloop Dolphin, 94,
98; Capt. aloop^Swallow, 183, 298,
303, 305.
Eobert, 101, 102 ; land for aale by, 471,
472 ; achool to be kept by, 473 ; serv
ant ran away from, 104.
Saw mill, 131, 210, 312, 385, 878, 448, 484, 489,
528; burned by Indians, 572; for
sale, 206, 844, 401. ,
Saxton, (Sershora, 607.
Sayre, Ananias, Sheriff of Cumberland
county, 380.
Ebenezer, land for aale by, 12L
John, land for sale by, 651 ; lottery
tickets for sale by, 886, 896.
Sbout, Philip, 75.
Scant, Thomas, plantation ol Ior sale, 145.
Scale Bay, 22.
Scattergood, Joseph, laws lor aale by, 209.
Schenectady, Col. Peter Schuyler at, 551 ;
regiment at, 517.
Scboola- at BurUngton, 99.
at ShortblUa, 517.
at Trenton, lottery for, 245.
grammar, 160.
lottei-y to establish, 245.
to be kept by Eobert Savage, 472.
School houae destroyed, 372.
Schoolmasters-75, 99, 830, 617.
at AmweU, 457.
wanted at Evesham, 305, 588, 565.
wanted at Earlton, 183, 344, 534.
Schraalenburgh, Skrawlingbargh, land
for sale at, 538.
Schuyler.  , stlU-house ol, struck by
lightning, 168.
Anne Mary, wile ol Dirck, 410.
< ;asparus, 430.
Dirck, 454; house ol, Ior sale, 475; land
ol to be sold lor payraent ol debts,
410, 411, 413.
¦ John, Col., 464 ; copper mines of, 464.
Peter, Col, 389, 574; arrived at New
York, 564; arrived at Schenectady,

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INDEX.

551; military corapany raised by, 466,
492, 493; N. J. Provincial Forces
coraraanded by, 502, 509, 517.
Scipio, The, 489.
Scogan, John, 77.
Scoggin, Jonas, servant ran away from,
369.
Scotch Johney, tavern of, 122, 276, 397,
377.
Scotland, 132 ; Churcb of. Act aud recom
mendation of the General Assembly
of, 443-446 ; letter from gentleman
in, 433.
Scott, Scot,  , 677, 678.
John, 507; land tor sale by. 340, 341,
478; servant ran away Irom, 330, 331,
869. 370.
Scull, Jasper, 553.
Nicholas, sheriff ol Northampton
couuty, Penn., 328, 563.
Scuyll-Kill, 899.
Second Mountain, 7.
Second River, 90, 841, 395, 397 ; lerry to be
let at, 468.
Second street, Philadelphia, 5, 106, 667.
Trenton, 394.
Semple, Nathaniel, 431.
Sergeant, Mr., Treasurer ot College of New
Jeraey, 816, 376, 386.
Jonathan, servant ran away frora, 533;
sermons for sale, 199, 389, 396, 465.
Searjant, Capt., 337.
Seurd, Ephraim, 431.
Seven Stars, sign of, 99.
Severns, TheophUus, 182, 246.
Theophilus, jun,, manager Delaware
lottery, 246, 247.
Sexton, Daniel, horse stolen from, 435, 486.
Seymour. Capt.. 360.
John, Capt. schooner Ruby, murder
ol, 441.
Shamokin, Indian viUage, 658, 562; fort
built by Indians near, 566.
Sbanklln, WUUam, 462 ; Sheriff of Sussex
county, 196.
Sharpless, John, 161.
Shatfleld, Conn., 24.
Shaw, John, Sheriff ol Cape May county,
457 ; sale at house .of, 567.
Lydia, wile of Aaron Leaming, 893.
Thomas, 389 ; suit of executors ot, 293.
WUUam, 393.
Shawanese Indians, attack on Moravian
ViUage by, 662.
Shearman, Capt., sloop of, run aahore, 317.
Shepherd, Jobn, aervant ran away from,
534.
Joseph, servant ran away frora, 163.
Sheriffs, laws relating to, 211, 212.
Sherman, Josiah, 430.
Josias, degree of Bachelor of Arta giv
en to, 418, 421.
Sherwood, Robert, aervant ran away from,
526.
Shinn, Thomas, estate of, 267; executor
of, 892.
Shippen. Edward, land for sale by, 167,
234.
Joaeph, laud for aale by, 324, 516.
J., jun., 170.
William, land for aale by, 334.
Wiiliam, degree of Bachelor of Arts
given to, 418, 421; salutatory ora
tion by, at commencement ol College
ol New Jersey, 419, 421.

Ship Yard, New Brunswick, 410, 464.
Shirley. Gen., 574, 575; arrived at Ne#
York, 564.
Hon. Washington, Com. Mermaid, 409.
Shiverlean, Christian Cutlip, servant, 167.
Shoals, Capt., 123.
Shorehara, Hia Majesty's ship, 431.
Shores, John, tried lor atealing, 263.
Sbort-hills, achool at. 517.
ShotweU, John, escaped Irom goal, 67, 68.
Joseph, 275, 280.
Shourds'a Fenwick Colony, 393.
Shreve, Thomas, 448 ; board yard ol, 368.
Shrewsbury, 10, 28, 77. 296, 343, 345, 346,
.348, 419, 439, 469, 472, 479, 507, 519,
524, 536.
damage done by lightning at, 93.
land tor sale in, 63, 125, 339, 341, 868,
.878. 437.
letter frora, 503.
boat, overset, 131.
river, 88, 137, 329, 582.
Sibbio, P. G. Biilnor, 616.
Siddons, Mary, shallop for sale by, 650.
WilUam, eatate of, 550.
Siramonds, John, escaped from goal, 329.
Simmons, Capt., 339.
Joseph, servant, 146.
Simpson, Alexander, 566.
Sims, James, servant, 291, 448.
Joseph, administrator of Daniel
Blngaton, 347.
Sinclair, Sir John, 663.
Sinnickson. Andrew, servant ran away
from, 509.
Six Mile Eun, pastor at, 519, 520.
Six Nations, 364.
Skaniadarade, propoaals to publish map
of, 513.
Skinner, Courtland, Attorney General of
New Jersey, 879.
John, servant, 535.
Thomas, land for sale by. 97.
Slater,  ., Capt. The Samuel, 448.
Sloan, Alexander, Capt. schooner Charm
ing Peggy, 206.
Slone, Samuel, 417; servant ran away
from, 91, 92.
Sloop for sale, 312.
Sly, Jacob, bouse of, burned by Indians,
572.
Smit, Elizabeth, wife of Jan Middagh, 394.
Peter 394
Sraith, -^  ', Capt. sloop Becky, 297, 817,
854.
Andrew, land for sale by, 151, 155.
Benjamin, land for sale by, 142, 304,
542.
Daniel, 166 ; laws for sale by, 10.
Daniel, jun., laud for sale by, 481.
Daniel, sen.. 258, 293.
David, 417, 447.
James, laws for sale by, 9, 28.
John, i:84, 229, 431 ; Clerk to Council of
Proprietors, 4o5; land for sale by,
458, 481, 527.
John, Capt., 431.
John, servant, 632.
Jonathan, servant, 299.
Judith, wife of Rev. Jobn Pierson,
374.
Paulus, servant, 456.
Richard, death ot, 114; note on, 114.
Richard, jun., laws for saie by, 10.
Samuel, 68, 114 ; land for sale by, 263,

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605

895, 307, 321 ; member of Asserably,
891.
Smith, Thomas, degree of Bachelor of Arts
given to, 418, 421.
Thomas, Sheriff ol Cape May county,
77.
Thomas, servant. 484.
Snell, Adara, killed by Indiana, 571.
Snider, Harmon, horse atolen Irom, 308.
Henry, 135.
Society lor Propagating Christian Knowl
edge, Scotland, letter Irom, 444.
Society ol Friends, 892.
Soliloquy ol Faith Genuine, A, lor aale,
519. 520.
Soraers. Adam, escaped Irom goal, 74.
Some Observations upon the Provinces ot
New York, New Jeraey, Pennaylva-
ji Jo fite 494
Somerset county, 7, 10, 28, 30. 91, 152, 164,
184, 214, 217, 218. 219, 222, 223, 230,
385, 301, 328, 390, 391, 442, 445, 526.
clerk ot, 218. 319.
court bouse at, 170.
Court ol Oyer and Terminer at, 443.
goal ot, 84, 313, 832, 824, 369.
land lor sale in, 61, 112, 133, 135, 322,
420.
sheriff of, 317, 218, 219, 220.
troops raised in to march against In
dians, 564.
Sonmans, Peter, 23; title ot, to land in
East Jeraey, 435, note.
Sonmana creek, 23.
South Amboy, 132.
South Britain, 179.
South Broad atreet, Trenton, 394.
South Brunswick, 390.
South Carolina, Tbe Shoreham atationed
at, 432.
veasels from, 354, 374, 379, 476.
South Hanover, 439.
South Kensington. R. I., 67.
South Kingston, 67, 69.
South Klver, 389, 440, 449.
South-River Landing, 203, 266, .805.
Southwick, Maham, 413.
Spackholtz, Baltus, servant, .883.
SpadU, brig., 147.
Spanish wrecks, 66.
Sparrow, achooner, 569.
Spencer,  , Capt. The Henrietta, 489.
Spicer, Jacob, 394, 463 ; lawa for sale by,
10 ; member of Assembly, 393 ; note
on, 893,
Michael, 393.
Samuel, 393.
Thomaa, 393.
Spofford, George, lottery ticketa for sale
by, 386. 896.
Sprlngfleld, 236, 583, 567.
Springfield, N. J., burglary at, 175.
Squan, Sqwan, N. J., 482.
brig driven ashore at, 199.
Squan beach, sloop cast away at, 312.
Squan river, 489 ; land for sale on, 467.
Squan road, 472.
Stacy, Mahlon, 99, 394.
Stage boat, 158, 159, 3,82, 264. 265. 271 . 276,
277, 287, 295, 297, 298, 311, 355, 877.
from Amboy to New York, 65.
from New Tork to Philadelphia, 60,
122.
from Philadelphia to Bordentown, 65.
Irom Philadelphia to Burlington, 86,
87.

Stage wagon, 158, '159, 332, 265, 275, 276,
287, 396, 287, '^98, ,350. .365, 377, 485, 486.
Irom Amboy to Bordentown, 60.
from Bordentown to Amboy, 65.
from Barllngton to New York, 86, 87.
from New York to Pbiladeliihla, 132.
Stamlord, Conn., 386, 388; lotffiry at. 376,
396 ; lottery to be drawn at, 316.
N. E., lis.
Starap Act, relerred to, 294, note.
Stanley, Timothy, Capt. aloop Unity, 145.
State atreet, Trenton. 894.
Staten Island, 5i ; bridge at, Impaaaable,
240.
passenger boats. 373.
St. Christopher (St. Kitts). vessels arrived
at, 476 ; vessel bound Ior, 198 ; ves-.
sels from, 23, 415, 476.
Stearns's Hiatory of the Flrat Presbyterian
Church of Newark, 170.
Steele's Historical Discourse Reformed
Church, New Brunswick, 394.
Steell, Joseph, servant, 85.
SteUe, John, death of, 463.
Sterling Furnace lor sale, 547.
Stevens, Stephens,  , 574.
Capt.  , wharf of, 60.
Johu, 389, 485; land for aale by, 455,
480 ; lottery tickets for saie by, 81 ;
member of Asaembly, 390.
Eichard, 285; Capt schooner Two
Brothers, 98.
Stevenson, Jobn, Capt. sloop Phoenix, 291.
Stewart,  , 570.
Steward, Hugh, servant, 154.
Jobn, 417; deserted from army, 517.
Robert, servant, 244.
St. George, Newcastle County, 89.
StUlwell. Catherine, land for sale by, 68,
125.
Jeremiah, laud for sale by, 285.
Richard, servant ran away from, 484.
Samuel, land lor sale by, 63, 125.
StlU-wharl, New Brunswick, 70.
Stites, Jobn, 116.
St. John's Episcopal Church, EUzabeth-
town, 281, 390.
St. Lawrence river, 613.
Stockbridge, 170.
Stockton, John, lottery tickets Ior aale by,
386.
Eichard, money Ior CoUege ol New
Jersey to be paid to, 446.
William, servant ran away Irom, 538,
534.
Stockton township. 398.
Stogden, Sarauel. bond ol, 451.
Stokes, Samuel, 392.
Stoney Brook, 429.
Storke, schooner, 842.
Storms, 23, 373, 375, 397, 399.
damage by, 397, 399.
Stout, Jonathan, servant ran away Irom,
585
Samuel, 431.
St. Peter's Church, Perth Amboy, 132, 394.
St. Pierre. Lake, 513.
Strafford township, land for sale in, 343.
Strattan, David, advertisement of, for
school master. 565.
Street laraps for sale, 5.
Stretch's corner, Philadelphia, 5.
Strettell, Robert, 483.
Stringer, WUliam, servant, 497.
Strut, Col., troops under coramand of, to
march against Indians, 664.

6td

lNt)E^.

Stuart, Eobert, 431.
Sturgeon pickled, 268, 356, 505.
Stutham's Neck, 341.
Stuyvesant, Petrus, 390.
Suky, Tbe, 482.
Sugar Islawis, 139. 140.
Supple, Daniel, 417.
Support Bill, passed by General Assembly,
374.
Supreme Court of N. J., 414; actions tn,
404 ; judge of, 426 ; juatice of, 663.
Sussex county, 167, 196, 462, 55-i, 554.
attacked by Indians, 569.
Indians in, 562; Indians captured in,
564.

Sussex County, land lor sale In, 334, 467,
521, 537.
letter Irom, 558, 659.
troops raised in, to march against
Indians, 668, 564.
Court House, 467.
Susquehanna, Indians at, 71.
Susquehannah river, 553.
Sutton, Thomas, land lor sale, by, 103, 104.
Swallow, schooner, 183, 398, 302, 305.
Swatarrow Indians, 662.
Swazey, Barney, land Ior sale by, 835.
Symonds, Mr., 411.
WiUiam, 455.
Symeta, Christopher, land lor sale by, 538.

Talbot, St. George, larm ol. lor sale, 380.
Talman, James, land tor sale by,, 406.
Stephen, Dr., servant ran away frora,
686.
Thomas, servant ran away frora, 372.
Talmin, Jeremiah, 507.
Tanyard for sale, 1.
Tapan Landing, 588.
Tappan, land for sale at, 135.
Tarter, sloop, 165.
Tate, (Jeorge, aervant, 348.
Taverna— at Amboy Perry, 60, 65, 87, 122,
158, 283, 264.
Blue Anchor, at BurUngton, 86, 567.
at Bordentown, 122.
at Burlington, 298.
at Cranberry, 298.
at Crosswick, 822.
at Greenwich, Gloucester county, 13.
at New York, 276, 297, 377.
at Perth Amboy, 276.
at Philadelphia, 134.
at Piscataway, 97.
at Earlton, 172.
at Salem, 463.
at Trenton, 265.
at Trenton Perry, .861, 353.
at Woodbridge, 124.
opposite Marcus Hook, 103.
Tavistock, Man ol War, 869.
Taxes, 107, 365.
Tax laws, 14, 39.
Taylor, Charles, 350.
Charles, Capt., 271 ; master atage boat,
295.
John, 382 ; lawa lor aale by, 10. 28.
John, Sheriff of Monmouth county,
320.
John, Capt., 337.
Sarauel, horae atolen from, 2, 3.
William, aervant, 201.
Tedman, Hendrick Theodorua, servant,
172.
Temonts, Frederick, 467.
Ten Eick, Peter, aervant ran away from,
396, 397, 398, 399.
Tennent, Eev. Gilbert, money collected
by, in England, for College of New
Jeraey, 433, 443.
Terrel, Abraham, apprentice, '281.
Thane, Eev.  , 24.
Tharp, Moses, servant, 72.
Thetes, The, 412,
Third river, flrst mill on. 390.
Third street, PhUadelphia, 536 ; post offlce
on, 433.
atreet, Trenton, 103.

Thoraas, John, 407, 408.
John, murderer of, arrested, 197.
Jonathan, 21, 298 ; stage wagon kept
by, 276, 277, 287, 288, 311, 312, 486.
Moses, land for sale by, 89.
Nathaniel, administrator of Sarah
Basnet, 289.
Thomas and EUzabeth. sloop, 435.
Thomas and Martha, Tbe, 415.
Thomesson, Mr., 417.
Thompson, Thomson, Alexander, land for
sale by, 312, 3iS.
Capt., 434.
J., 170.
James, land for sale by, 313.
Joshua, :892, 589.
Eobert, lost in tbe wooda, 162.
Sarah, wife ot WUliam Hancock, 392.
William, degree of Bachelor ol Arta
given to, 418, 421.
Williara, servant, 425.
Thurman, Francis, Newark cyder lor sale
by, 496.
Throop, John, lottery tickets tor sale by,
471.
Ticonderoga, attack on, 389.
Tidd, Benjamin, kUled by Indians, 671.
Benjamin, jun., houae ol, burned by
Indiana, 572.
John, houae ot, burned by Indiana.
572.
WUUam, house of, burned by Indiana,
572.
Tiebout, John, mills for sale by, 205,
Tuwxsoxsuntie, proposals lo publish map
of, 513.
Tilfort, Jacob, house of, washed away,
400.
Tilton, Esther, wife ol Samuel Spicer, 893.
John, 393.
Mary, 393.
Tilts, Peter, horse stolen from. 308.
Timber Creek, 161, 413, 521 ; land for sale
at, 183.
Tiraber Creek Landing, 12, 93.
Tindall, Thomas, horse stolen from, 160,
161.
Titcomb, Joshua, Capt. sloop Diaraond,
145.
Titus, John, 278.
PblUp, servant ran away from, 270.
Tohocanetkong. Morris county, 95.
Tolford, James, broke out of goal, 177, 178.
Tom, servant, 71, 524.
Toms Elver, 73.
Tomson. Jobn, 507.

INDEX.

6ll

Tolman,  , Capt. Charming Nancy,
354.
Totamy, Moses, Indian, affidavit ot, 561.
Totowa. Dutch Churches at, 464.
Townsend, Joshua, Capt. sloop Bruns
wick, 23.
Tracy, James, servant, 72.
Train Bands ol Middlesex county, review
of, 431.
Tranberg, Andrew, land lor sale by, 388.
Trenton, 2, ll, 51, 52, 64, 66, 68, 86, 88, 96,
100, 103, 104, 113, 117, 124, 126, 142.
148, 147, 151, 154, 155, •160, 161, 175,
176, 177, 180, 182, 191, 198, 236, 245,
247, 249, 262, 265, 272, 289, 290, 294,
298, 299. 300, 804, 3l6, 834, 835, 346,
848, 351, 363, 356, 367, 367, 368, 369,
376, 379, 3S6, 894, 428, 429, 430, 431,
467, 483, 485, 490, 496, 505, 517, 521,
628, 534, 541, 561, 562, 566.
extract from a letter from, 486, 559.
houae for sale In, 489,
land for sale In, 1, 3, 4, 81; 145, 293,
408.
Eev. George Whitefield to preach at,
398, 409.
storm at, 168.
Trenton Ferry, 117, 173, 174, 189, 247, 365,
430, 351, 353, 5W.
goal, 185, 311, 431 ; Indians aent to,
562. 564.
Landing, 554, 573.

Trenton lottery, 79, 80, 83, 86, 94, 114, 171,
173; drawing of, 119, 141. 149, 163;
numbers of prizes, 157, 160; tickels
lor sale lor, 103, 136; tickets lor, sto
len, 184.
mUls, 3. 294 ; lease ot, to lot, 314.
post offlce, 86; lists ol letters In, 427-
431, 456, 485, 517.
Trenton shallop, 169
Trimble, Archibald, 607.
Trinity Church, New York, 308.
Troop,  , Capt. The Union, 415.
Troup, Capt. —  , 101.
Trump, Capt., 576.
Tucker, Samuel, Preaident ol N. J. Pro
vincial Congress, 391.
Th., Capt. sloop Black Jake, 198.
Tults, William, bouse ol, struck by light.
ning, 264.
Tulpehocken Indians, 562.
Turner, Joseph, 268.
Tun le Gut, Cape May, vessel ran ashore
near, 549.
Tuscarora Indians, attack on Moravian
vUlage by, 662.
Tuttle, Tutle, Col., 467 ; letter to, 659.
Two Brothers, achooner, 98, 142, 145, 449.
Two Prlenda, schooner, 113, 147.
Tylar, Samuel, 463.
Tyler, John, land Ior sale by, 481.
Tyley, Edward, estate ol, 491.

Ulster County, land lor sale in, 26, 130.
Union ol the Colouiea, lavored by New
Jersey, 361.
Union Iron Works, 197; extract Irom letter
Irom. 569. 570, 571.
Union, sloop, 166, 415.

United Brethren, 555, 661.
Unity, sloop, 145, 8'iO, 324.
Upper-Freehold, 10, 28, 74, 282, 285, 383,
390, 435 ; land tor aale In, 549,
Upper-Landing, 10.

Vanaken, Cornelia, killed by Indiana, 671.
Van BuBkerk, Van Buskirk, Abraham,
servant ran away Irom, 200.
Lawrence, book lor sale by, 389; laws
lor sale by, 10 ; member ol New J er
sey Asaembly, 85
Lawrence Janse, aervanta run away
Irom, 560, 573
Van Blarikom, Johannes, 536.
Merity, eloped, 536.
Van Brakle, James, Capt. sloop Cather
ine, 314.
Van Camp, Col., 575.
Vancamp, Guizebert, killed by Indians,
571.
Van Campen, Abraham, letter from, 559.
Van Campin, Cornelius, servant ran away
from, 438, 439.
Vancleave, John, horse stolen from, 84,
85,
Van Cleff, Joseph, 449.
Van Cortlandt, Jobn, ferry to be let by,
464.
Stephen, 341 ; ferry to be let by. 464.
Vanderbelt, Area, 485.
Vanderlap, Bodewine, houae of, burned
by Indiana, 673.
Van Deuaen, Henderick. 384.
Vandeveer, Cornelius, 507.
Van Dien, Hendrikje, wife of Rynier Van
Giesen, 391.

Vandorn, Abraham, Sheriff of Somerset
county, 869.
Van Duyn, Jacobus, 91.
Vandike, Charles, Capt. stage boat, 238.
John, 262.
Roelof, 518.
Van Dyke, Francis, estate of, 341.
Nicholas, 118.
Van Este, Jacob, murder of, 228, 280, 231.
Vanfleara, Hans, kiUed by Indians, 671.
Vangeny, Airy, 4:81.
Van Giesen, Antje, 391.
Gerrit, 391.
Hendrick, 391.
Hendrickje, 391.
laaao. 391.
Joannea, 391.
Joris, 891.
Eachel, 391.
Rynier, member of Asaembly, 890;
note on, 391.
Samuel, 391.
Vrouwtje (Sophronia), 391.
Willem, 391.
Vanhorne, Van Hoorn, Abraham, land for
sale by, 113, 185 ; note on, 135.
Catharine, land of, for sale, 496.
Cornells, 185.
David, lottery tickets for sale by, 316,
376, 886, 388,
James, 481, 452; land for sale by, 20,

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113, 135, 422, 496, 504, 506, 654, 578;
note on, 186.
Vanhorne, Van Hoorn, Johannes Cornelis
sen, 186.
Major, 368.
Mathias, servant ran away from, 448.
Philip, land for sale by, 369.
Philip, Col ., troops under comraand
of, 10 march against Indiana, 564.
Van Middlesworth, Mr., 212, 233.
John, laws for sale by, 10, 28.
Van Neaae, Jacob, 288.
Van Nordy, John, land for aale by, 449.
Vansant, James, laud of, for sale, 483.
Jesinah, 482.
John, 482.
Vanslckle, John, 431.
Van Vaochestes,  , 417.
Van Vard, John, Capt. brig Virgin of
Light, 374.
Van Veghte, Velghten, Dirck, Derick,
land for sale by, 455 ; lottery tickets
for sale by, 376 ; truatee of estate of
Dirck Schuyler, 411, 412.
Van Vleet, Derrick, 431.
Van Voorhies, Abrahara, 420.
Minne- (Minnie), vendue at house of,
458, 468, 475.
Van Wagenen, Annetje, wife of George
Vreeland, 891.
Dr., 228.
Van Wyck, Theodorua, 411.
Van Zandt, Peter Pra, jun., farra of, for

sale, 448, 449.
Vause, William, 431.
Velzer, John, child of. kiUed by explosion
of gun powder, 451.
Venee. Jamea, estate of, 88. 89, 157 ; exec.
utor ot Jamea Venee, dec'd., 89.
Eachel, executrix of James Venee, 89,
168.
Rachel, land for sale by, 508.
Vincent, John, 5.
Virgin Islands, vessel Irora, 5.
Virgin ot Light, brig, 374.
Virginia, 345, 862, 484.
attack upon by Prench and Indiana,
433.
boundary line ot, 613.
Dissertations upon, proposals lor
printing, 494.
Government ol, 364.
propoaala for publishing map ol, 512,
518, 525.
to be helped by Nejv Jersey, 426.
value of to Great Britain, 487.
vessels bound lor, 431, 482, 501.
vessels Irom. 207, 271, 309, 817, 354, 412,
448, 482, 498.
Capes ol, 435.
Votes ol the General Asaembly, 53.
Vreeland, Enoch, 891.
George, member' ol Assembly, 390;
note about, 391.
Michiel Jansen, 391.

W

Wadham, Noah, degree of Bachelor of
Arts given to, 4i8, 421.
Wadmore,  , Capt. ship Two Frlenda,
113.
Wager Man of War, 194.
Waldron, Daniel, 431.
Wales, 293.
Walker, Ralph, Capt. brig Industry, 657.
William, 229 ; aervant ran away from,
231 282.
Wall alre'et. New York, 265, 496.
Wallace, Johu, servant, 501.
Walnut street, Philadelphia, 284 ; land Ior
sale on, 481.
Walter, Samuel, 895.
Walton, Jacob, executors of, suit of, 414.
Williara. 368, 448; land for sale by,
455; 'ITrustee of estate of Dirck
Schuyler, 410, 411.
Wanick, Jacob, horse stolen from, 236.
Ward, Stephen, 417.
Wardell, John, servant ran away from,
848.
Ware, Nathaniel, mUls and plantation of,
for aale. 298.
Warner, Joseph, 207.
WarreU, Joseph, 246.
Joaeph, jun., manager Delaware lot
tery, 246, 247.
Warren county. 3'24.
street, Trenton, 1, 894.
Waterspout, damage by, 872, 373.
Water street, Perth Amboy, land for sale
on, 7.
street, Trenton, 357 ; land for sale on,
81.
Waterford township, 128, 272, 433.
Waters, Mr.  , dog loat by, 59.
Elizabeth, marriage of, 116 ; aeparated
from husband, 137.

Watertown township, 287.
Watson, Nathan, servant ran away from,
31. 101.
Way-Cake, Middle-Town township, 186.
Wayne township, Passaic county, 436.
Way week, road to, 537.
Webb, Abraham, stage boat kept by, 264,
365.
Zebulon, land for sale by, 348.
Websley, John, escaped from goal, 84.
Webater'a Hiatory of the Presbyterian
Church, 274,
Weddings, remarkable, 116, 187, 164, 169.
Weebley, Thomas, 359.
Weggery, John, atage boat ot, 376, 277.
Wehawk, ferry at, to be let, 323.
Welch, Jobn, 117, 118.
Patrick 417
Wella James, atage boat ol, 276, 377, 850,
355,
Wella'a Perry, 428.
Welah, Philip, servant ran away Irom,
296, 300.
Westchester, 369.
West India Trade, 139.
West Indies, veasel Irom, 346.
West Jeraey, veaael bound lor, 165, 318,
323.
West Jersey Society, 393, 404, 405 ; land ol,
for sale, 455.
Wetherill, Alderman, at New Brunswick,
473, 474.
John, elected to Assembly, 381. 383;
laws lor sale by, 9, 38 ; member ol
Assembly, 390 ; note about, 390.
Wettenhall, Bp., grammarian, 150.
Whales, caught at Cape May, 149.
caught near Navesink Highlands, 332,
3.85, 836.
found at Rockaway, 337.

INDEX.

613

Whales, found in New York Bay, 327.
Whipany, land for sale at, 528,
Wlilppany river, 467.
Whippennung, 490.
White,  , Oapt. The Betsey, 489;
capt. The Boston Galley, -509,
White. Anthony, land for sale by, 453,
455; Trustee of estate of Dirck
Schuyler, 411, 413.
Anthony Walton, 852; land for saie
by, 362 ; note on, 352.
Leonard, Chief Justice ot Berrauda,
353.
Martin, 597.
Whltefleld, Eev. George, 393, 409 ; degree
ot Master ot Arts given to, 419, 431 ;
returned to PhUadelphia, 412; to
preach at Brunswick. 446; at Prince
ton, 409; at Rahway, 409; at Trenton,
893, 409; at Woodbridge, 409.
Whitehall Battery. New York, 87.
White-ball slip. New York. 65, 159, 282,
264. 276, 297, 355, 369. 377.
Whitehead, Jaraes, keeper ot Philadelphia
work-bouse, 185.
Robert. 249.
Whitehead's Perth Amboy, 389.
White HUl, Weat Jersey, 128.
White-hiU shallop, 66. 159.
White Horse, sign of, 397.
White-Stone, L. I.. 381.
Whiting,  , Capt. The Esther and
Mary, 482 ; Capt. The Ranger, 413.
Whitten, James. 392.
Whittin, WiUiam, house ol, burned by
Indians, 572.
Wicacoa, N. J., 438.
Wick, Henry, 236. ' - ~.
Peebe, wile ol WiUiara Leddel, 286.
Wlckea'a Hiatory of Medicine tn New Jer- ,
sey, 236, note.
Wiomen, Wioming, Indian village, 563,
562.
Wilcox, WiUcocks, George, 132.
Joseph, servant, 102.
WiUiam. 457.
Wild, Robert, 430.
Wilkins, William, servant ran away Irom.
168.
Willbour, Peleg, estate ol, 99.
William, sloop, 73, 412.
WUliam the Third, King, 547.
WUUams, Daniel, killed by Indians, 571.
John, 431 ; land for sale by, 346, 348.
Thomas, 6.
William, 417.
Williamson, Matthias, 185; land lor aale
by, 160.
WUlingborough, land for sale in, 460, 567.
WiUington, 21.
Wilmington, 300.
Wilmot, Dr., letter to, 119.
James, land Ior sale by, 469; lottery
tickets lor aale by, 471.
Wilson, Ann, 431.
James, 507, 537 ; stage wagon kept by,
86, 88.
Windsor toimahip, 53, 187. 203.
WlntUng, Jacob, horae stolen Irom, 309.
Wiser, Jacob, 417.
Wishart, George, CI. Eccl. Scotland, 445.
WitherUl, Thomas, jun., servant ran away
Irom, 835.
Witlock, Jobn, 507.
Moses, 507.
i'i

Witten, Moses, servant, 148.
Wolling, Jamea, comraitted to jail, 328;
eacaped Irom goal, 3l9.
Wolverton, Major, land lor sale near, 467.
Wood, ,  , Capt. The Suky, 482.
Israel, 431.
Jobn, 518; servant ran away Irom, 498
Joseph, servant ran away Irom. 203
204. ^
Thomas, 417; escaped Irom goal, 229;
aurgeon, 127.
Woodart, Sarah, land Ior sale by, 551.
Woodberry, Woodbury, 117, 199.
Woodberry creek, 163; land lor sale on,
77.
Woodbridge, Ruth, wife ol Rev. John
Pierson, 274.
Rev. Timothy, 274.
Woodbridge, 11, 72, 97, 124, 133, 142, 199,
258, 274, l89, 396, 318, 824, 470.
election ol members ol Asaembly at,
381.
land for sale in, 138, 278, 458, 537 ; re
markable storra at, 875 ; Rev. George
Whltefleld to preach at, 409.
Monthly meeting, 133.
Woodraan, John, executor of Thoraas
Shinn, 267.
Jonathan, arrested tor counterfeiting,
90.
Woodrow, Henry, land for sale by, 413.
Woodruff. Jonathan, land for sale by, 283.
Sarauel, 116; lottery ticketa for sale
by, 316, 876, 3SB.
Wooda, Dr. Fortunatua, bond fraudulently
obtained by, 503.
Joseph, vendue at Inn of, 99.
Woodward, Samuel, Sheriff ol Burlington
¦ county, 2S9, 293, 317, 322; lawa lor
aale by, 10 ; land lor sale by, 323.
WiUiam, servant run away from, 177.
Woolman, Jobn, 267.
Woolsey, Henry, 431.
Work, William, 417.
Work House, bill passed for erection of,
In Eiizabeth-rown, 374.
Wormsted, Michael, Capt. Two Brothers,
142, 143.
Worrel, Joseph, 379.
Worth, Samuel, 457; executor of Aaron
Hewes, 323,
WilUam, execntor of Aaron Hewes,
323.
Worthley, Jobn, plantation of for sale, 329.
Wrecks on Absecom Bar, 242. 243.
near Barnegat, 317, 346, 360.
near Egg Harbour, 842.
near Great Egg Harbour, 480.
at Five Mile Beach, 549.
in New York Bay, 279.
at Ooacock, N. C, 66.
at Oyster Island, 207.
near Eed.Hook, 121.
near Sandy Hook, 5, 23. 195, 207, 476.
at Squan, 199.
Wright, Capt., 476.
Pretwel, 199 ; stage wagon kept by, 86,
88.
Joshua, land lor sale by, 70.
Matthew, robbed near Potter's Town,
413, 415, 416.
Wykoff, Simon, Captain ol Essex rioters,
149.
Wyncoop, Abraham, Eepresentative ol
Sussex county, 196.

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INDEX.

Tale CoUege, 24; flrst president ol, 274.
Yard, Benjamin, 245.
James, 387.
Joseph, member ol Assembly, 392 ;
note on, 394.
WUliam, 191, 394.
Yeardley, WiUiam, Sherlfl, land tor sale

by, 482.
Tork, see New Tork.
Tork, passenger Irom, 447,
Tork road, 144, 304.
Torkshire, 179.
Toung. Daniel, brig , 93.
Hendrick, 135.

ZabriskI, John, servant ran away Irom, 456.

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