1768

March 7, 1768. New-York Gazette or The Weekly Post-Boy (New York, New York).
Last Friday Morning a Boat, belonging to one Marling of Philipsborough, returning home from Market, with 18 Persons on board; was overset by a sudden Flaw of Wind about 12 Miles from this City, up the North River, not far from the Shore; by which Accident eight Persons were drowned: -- The Vessel turn'd Bottom upwards, and those saved got on her Bottom, till one swam to the Canoe, cut it loose, and carried them ashore. ----- Among those drowned were Mr. Bernard, Mr. Vantustle, Mr. Zuricher, Mr. Haus, an old Huckster Woman with her Grandson, and two others whose Names we have not learnt. 

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May 9, 1768. New-York Gazette and Weekly Mercury (New York, N. Y.)
Just imported in the Snow Amelia, Capt. Sinclair, and now opening at the House of  ERASMUS WILLIAMS, In Broad-Street, near the Exchange, and nearly opposite to General Gage's; A Very large and new assortment of European and India goods, with such a great number of printed and furniture cottons, and other cottons upon cottons in goloar [sic: "colour"?], with such a variety of pretty fancy purple grounds, most of which are suitable for the North-river and Albany trade, and so very low and reasonable, as is sufficient to recommend them; hath also a great variety of other kinds of spring and summer goods, and a large quantity of low priced diaper and damask table linen and clouting, besides the goods as before advertised, which he imported in February last, in the Minerva, Cap. Thomas Tillet, from London.  Also a fresh parcel of spriged and flowered low-priced lawns.
N. B.  The whole of the above goods have been bought in London, by a competent judge, and paid for in cash, consequently are shipped on the best terms, and will be sold extremely low, for cash, or very short credit, to safe hands.  Any merchant, store of shop-keeper, inclining to purchase the whole or any large quantity, either in the package, or when opened, will be treated with upon a very low advance, from the original invoice, by applying as above directed.

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May 20, 1768. Connecticut Journal, And New-Haven Post-Boy. (New Haven, Connecticut)
Custom-House, New-Haven, May 18, 1768
Inward Entries.
Sloop Desire, Thomas Goodspeed,             [from] Boston.
Sloop Charity, Joseph Knapp,                 ditto.

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May 30, 1768. New-York Gazette; and the Weekly Mercury (New York, New York) and June 2, 1768 New York Journal.
Last Wednesday a Sloop belonging to Mr. John De Grave, of Poughkeepsie, took fire near that Place, on the Voyage home, with 16 passengers on board, and was burnt to the Water Edge, and notwithstanding there was two Canoes astern, the Fire was so quick and fierce, that two of the People were much burnt before they could free themselves of the Vessel.

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June 20, 1768. New-York Gazette; and the Weekly Mercury (New York, New York)
TO be sold by the subscriber, living in New-York, either all together, or in distinct farms, a tract of land in the county of Dutchess, and province of New-York, called Hyde-Park, or Paulin's Purchase, bounded to the northward by Staatsburgh; to the westward by Hudson's River, along which it extends three Miles and a Quarter; and to the southward and eastward, by the Fish Creek; containing 3600 acres.  The tract in general is filled with exceeding good timber, fit for staves, ship-timber, and lumber of all kinds, and abounds in rich swamps; great part of the up-lands exceeding good for grain or grass, and has on it some valuable improvements: particularly to the southward, A large well improved farm, with a good house, a large new barn, a young orchard of between 5 and 600 apple trees, mostly grafted fruit and in bearing order; between 30 and 40 acres of rich meadow ground, fit for the scythe; and about 150 acres of up-land cleared and in tilling order.  There is belonging to the said tract, three good landing-places, (particularly one on the above farm) where the largest Albany sloop can lay close to a large flat rock, which forms a natural wharff; and which is an exceeding fit place for a store, as a good road may easily be made from it through the tract in the Nine Partners, which is now a fine wheat country.  The title is warranted to the purchaser.  JOHN BARD.

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