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GEORGIA
the Honorable GEORGE MATHEWS, Efquirc,
Captain-General, Governor, and Commander in Chief in
and over the state aforefaid.
A PROCLAMATION.
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M TrHEREAS there is just reason to believe that some
Yj wicked and degenerate person or persons hath con
trived to counterfeit some of the bills of the paper current
money of this date, and hath palled or circulated some of
the said counterfeit bills to the great injury of the good peo
ple of the said state, and contrary to the laws thereof: In
order therefore that such atrocious offenders may be brought
to condign punilhment, I HAVE, by and with the advice
and consent of the Honorable the Executive Council, pursu
ant to a Resolution of the Honorable the House of Assembly,
thought fit to issue this my Proclamation, offering, and I do
hereby offer, a Reward of TWO HUNDRED and FIFTY
POUNDS to any person or persons who lliall prosecute to
conviftion ahy offender or offenders guilty of counterfeiting
the paper currency or medium of this State, or of having any
engines, tools, or other machines for the printing, stamp
ing, or making the fame, or of counterfeiting the name or
names of the signer or signers thereof, or of uttering, pass
ing or attempting to pass such counterfeit bill or bills, know
ing them to be counterfeit j AND I DO, by authority of the
Resolution aforefaid, hereby offer a full Pardon and the like
Reward to any person or persons who lhall give information
and prosecute to conviction, his, her, or their accomplice,
or accomplices in the crimes aforefaid ; AND I DO further
ftriCtly command and enjoin all Magistrates, Sheriffs, Con
stables, and other Officers, and all persons whatsoever, to
be diligent in apprehending and fecuringfuch offenders, that
they meet the just pufiifhments of the law.
GIVEN under my hand and the great seal of the said
state, atAugufta, this twenty-second day of January,
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
and eighty-seven, and of our sovereignty and inde
perdence the eleventh.
GEORGE MATHEWS.
By bis Honor's Command ,
J. MILTON, Secretary]
GOD SAVE THE STAVE!
The Ijigheft Price (in the Paper Medium) will be given for
TOBACCO,
INDIGO,
At the Printing-Office in Augusta.
Forty Shillings Reward.
STOLEN from Augusta commons, on the night of the
25th of December last, A Sorrel Gelding, about four
teen hands and a half high, nine years old, a blaze on his
forehead, brand not known, and is a natural pacer. Any
person who delivers the said Horse to Samuel Hemphill, in
Augusta, or to Thomas Mackie, in Wilkes county, Broad
river, shall have the above Reward.
THOMAS HEMPHILL.
Audited Certificates.
f'T" HE fubferiber will give Cafti for AUDITED CERTI
JL FICATES at the rate of one for seven.
THOMAS COLE.
Augusta, Feb. 2, 1787.
wanted,
A Quantity of
BEES- W A X,
For which Carti will be given. Inquire at the Secretary of
the State’s Office.
Speculators, attend.
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THE subscriber, intending lor the Northward, iswili; r , ?
to dispose of, for the Paper Medium, as it is eaiij
good Bills on Philadelphia,. New-York, London, &c. Gold!
Silver, or Produce,
The following Property :
And, that persons may not fruitlefsly apply, the very mode,
rate price set against each article will be expefted, if j
transfer thereof is made:
Two Lots of Ground in Sunbury, - jT. 0 g
250 Acres of Land on Tom’s creek, Canouchic, 125 Oo
150 ditto, on or near the Newington road, Cha
tham county, - - - 175 0 0
575 Acres, on Wiliiamfon*s swamp, Walhing
ton county, (good) - - - 575 0 0
690 Acres, Glynn and Camden counties, - 0 Q
yoo ditto, Chatham county, - - 45 0 0 Q
300 ditto, in ditto, - 187 l 0 0
350 ditto, in ditto, adjoining lands of Gen. Elbert, 350 00
187 ditto, St. Philip’s parifti, formerly so called, 93 I 0 0
20c ditto, fait marlh, on Wilmington river, jqo 0 0
200 ditto, St. David’s parilh, formerly so called, 100 00
400 ditto, Camden county, - -200 0 a
400 ditto, Chatham, St. Philip’s, formerly so
called, “ 200 0 0
150 ditto, ditto, - - - 75 o 0
4°o ditto, St. Andrew’s parirti, late so called, 200 0 0
300 ditto, Effingham county, on which is one of
the belt springs, and within 40 or 50 yards of
the Augulla road, that is to be met with be
tween bavannah and Augusta, _ 4-3 0 0
1000 ditto, on Rocky Comfort, 500 of which,
lies on each fide of the river, and opposite to
one another, granted many years since to Tho
mas Netherclift, Esq. • - - Q Q
s°o ditto, inChatham county, being the residence
of the subscriber, called Cae smart ben, the plea
lantnefs of which, being only seven miles and a
half from Savannah, and the goodness of the foil,
so well known, needs no comment, - 3^QO QO
ALSO,
12 Negroes, fay Field Slaves, at iooi. each, 1200 o 0
One Waggon and Team, supposed as good as any
in the State, - - - 187 10 0
A good Stock of Hogs, Steers, Bec. - 75 o 0
Household Furniture, Bonds, Notes, and sundry
other articles too tedious to enumerate.
N. B. The subscriber will, in payment of any part of
the above property, prefer debts that he may owe.
The small incumbrance on said property, will be made
known on enquiry, by
DAVI D REES.
Caermarthen, Jan. 1, 1787.
FOR S A L E,
THAT valuable HOUSE arid LOT,
No. 23, fronting on Broad-flreet.
The terms will be made known by apply
ing to Kerr & Brown .
Augusta, Dee. J, 1787.
LOST, on the 2id injlant*
A Tobacco Note,
In the name of the subscriber, mark and weight as follows:
AS 769 : 1250 : 114 : UO6.
, ABRAHAM SILVA.
Washington Post.
THE Port from the town of Walhington in Wilkes
County to Augusta, will arrive here this evening, and
will set out to morrow for Washington. It will continue to
ride weekly during the present year. All letters left with
the Printer of this paper for Wilkes County will be fafely
conveyed. And thole left at Henry Moungers in Walhing
ton, will be conveyed weekly to Augusta, under certain re
gulations' which can be seen at the Printing-Office.-
Auguftay 'Jan . <5, 1787.
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