1770

April 9, 1770 New-York Gazette; and the Weekly Mercury (New York, New York)
To be SOLD very reasonable, A Fine tract of land, lying in Rynbeck, in Dutchess County, containing 517 acres, joining to Hudson's River, nearly opposite to Esopus, and very conveniently situated for a publick landing and ferry.  About 200 acres are under good improvement, with three small farm-houses, stables, and young orchards thereon.  As it lies nearly in a square, it has a large front to the river, with many pleasant situations for buildings.  It is in the neighbourhood of several Churches, Traders and Mills, and surrounded by able farmers.  For further particulars, apply to Anthony Hoffman, jun. at Red-Hook, or to the subscriber, by whom an indisputable title will be given. JACOB V. BENTHUYSEN.

June 11, 1770 New-York Gazette; and the Weekly Mercury (New York, New York)
RUN-AWAY, on Saturday the second Instant, a Negro boy, named CATO: a Sweep-Chimney, about 12 Years of Age, very black, smooth faced, Guiney born, and speaks good English:  Had on, when he went away, an Ozenbrigs Shirt and Trowsers, pretty much worn, a white Frock Coat, he formerly belonged to Capt. Goodridge, of the Packet.  Whoever takes up and secures the said Negro, so that he may be had again, shall have Twenty Shillings Reward, and all reasonable Charges paid, by Capt. NICHOLAS FLETCHER, near the New-Goal.
{Note: Goodridge's Packet sailed between England and New York; Fletcher was master of the sloop Sally and Peggy, sailing New York to Providence: see 1758-10-02 -- New-York Gazette- or, The Weekly Post-Boy (New York, N. Y.).]

September 17, 1770 New-York Gazette or the Weekly Post-Boy (New York, New York)
Custom-House,
outwards. 
[Sloop]   Olive Branch, Thomas Cunningham,    Antigua

Cargo of the Sloop Olive Branch - 1770
Account Sales of the Cargo of the Sloop Olive Branch, in a voyage to the West Indies from New York, commencing Nov. 3d, 1770. 
Sold at Antigua, viz: 
- One ton of Flour, the property of Henry Van Ranslar, weighing Nt. 30C. 1qr. 4lb.— sold for 21s.     pr. C.— sold to Messrs. Paterson & Hartshorn,                  £31 16 02 
- One ton ditto, the property of John Stevenson weighing, Nt. 30C. 0qr.10¼lb. -- sold for  21s. 3d.     pr C -- Mr. John Lindsay,                          32 05 11
- Sold one ton ditto, the property of Richard Van Zant, weighing 27C. 0qr. 19lb, for 21s. pr. C.—     Paterson and Hartshorn,                           29 02 09 
- One ton ditto the property of Jane Van Howser, weighing 32C. 0qr. 15lb — sold for 21s pr. C.—     Patterson and Hartshorn,                           34 04 07 
- One ton ditto the property of Doctr. Samuel Stringer, weighing 31C. 1qr. 14lb.— sold for 21s. 3d.     pr. C— Mr. John Lindsay,                           33 16 02 
- One ton ditto, the property of Nicholas Cuyler, weighing 27 C. 2qr. 0lb. — sold for on an average,     a 21s. 6d pr C. — different people,                       29 11 03 
- One ton ditto, the property of Peter Silvester, Esqr., 2 barr's, wg 355 Nt. a 24s         4 05 02 
-1 barr. ditto, sold wg 100lb. Nt a     21s                          2 01 05 
- 13 barr. ditto, wg. 243 Nt. a 21s                            26 01 05 
£223 04 07 
Sales of Fish, viz : 
- 14 barrs. Herring, the property of Col. Philip Schuyler — sold a 12s— sold to Bustie Entwitch, Esqr                                               8 08 00 
- 1 barr. do— sold Mr Carr                                   1 00 00 
- 10 barrs. do , the property of Henry and Rchert Lansingh, a 12s.— Entwich, Esq.          6 00 00 
-20 barrs. do., the property of ditto, sold Mr. John Rose, a 20s                 20 00 00 
3½ barrs ditto, the property of do., sold a 20.— Mr. Carr....                    3 10 00 
                                          £38 18 00 
Sales of Staves, viz : 
7050 Nt. Thd. Staves the property of self and comp'y, a £8 pr. M                 62 16 00
32 Ducks, sold a 33s. pr. doz'n                                   4 08 00
2 Turkeys, a 7s                                           0 14 00
3 1-2 Bushels of Pease, a 9s                                   1 11 06
18 Pine Plank, a 2s. 6d                                       2 05 00
15 Ditto Boards, a 1s. 6d                                   1 02 06
An Horse Arning                                       1 10 00
11 empty water casks, a 8s. 3d                                   4 10 09
10 Caggs Pease sold for Mrs. Lynot                              3 00 00
10 ditto do., for do                                       2 10 00
2 ditto do., for do                                       0 05 06 
2 ditto do., for do                                       0 10 00 
3 barrs. of Apples sold for Isaac Van Volkenherg. a 24s                       3 12 00 
2 ditto, do. for do. a 20s                                       2 00 00 
2 ditto, do. for do. a 7s. 6d                                   0 15 00 
20 Geese sold for ditto, a 5s                                   5 00 00 
1 ditto sold for do. a 4. 6d                                   0 04 06 
2 barrs. Apples, sold for William Salsberry                     2 08 00 
2 ditto, do. for do a 12s                                 1 04 00 
2 ditto, do. for do. a 12s                                 1 04 00 
1 ditto do. for do                                 1 00 00 
30 bunches of Onions, sold for Mr. Alex. Mac Lean, a 9d.. .             1 02 06 
2 hhds. ditto, sold for ditto                             4 09 00 
11 Bunches ditto, sold for ditto, a 7d                         0 06 05 
1 Hhd. do. for do. 122 Bunches, a 6d                         3 01 00 
1 Hhd. do. for do. 113 do. a 7d                             3 06 00 
150 strings sold at vandue, for do. loose onions                     0 13 00 
6 empty Hhds. for do. a 8s                             2 08 00 
1 small horse for self and Doctr. Stringer,                   13 04 00 

Sales at St. Christopher's, viz : — 
1 Sorrel horse, the property of William Hunn marked P. V. Z ....................     7 00 00 
1 small Mare the property of William Pemberton ....................           14 00 00 
1 Bay horse, the properly of Francis Vina, marked H. I... .             7 00 00 
1 Black horse, the property of John Ross, marked l. L. S..             8 00 00 
1 Bay horse, the property of Doctor Sam Stringer,.               13 00 00 
1 Sorrel horse the property of Robert Henery                   17 00 00 
1 Dark Bay horse, the property of Henry Glen, marked B. V. B           13 10 00 
1 Black horse, the property of Mr. Wemp, marked P. M.,..           14 15 00 
1 Black horse, the property of Abraham Bloodgood,               14 00 00 
2 horses, the property of Abraham Tenbrook, marked I D. &.A.T.B ............ 39 16 00 
1 Negroe Man, the property of Mr. Staats, ....................               51 00 00


        Total, ............................................................                   £591 01 09 
Returns from the West Indias, viz : 
19 Hogsheads Rum for James Bloodgood & Comp'y O. B., 
    containing 2053 gal a 2s 6d                    256 22 06 
Hhd 's to contain the above Rum                        21 07 06
12 Barr's Limes for do                                 6 08 00
Cash received at Antigua for freight,                       15 10 00
9 Hhd's Rum for Sundry Shippers, pr. their several accounts,         145 17 00
81 lb. Cotton, a 6d                                2 01 00
                                                    £447 16 00 
From The Albany Annual Register for 1849-1850, Part 2, pp. 258-260 


ANCIENT COMMERCE OF ALBANY
It has been the custom with fancy scribblers, since the triumph of steam, to amuse the public with much facetia at the expense of the honest zeevaarderen who were wont to navigate the Hudson in the last century, till the youngsters of this day have become pretty thoroughly imbued with the idea that the ancient commerce of the river is only worth remembering for the amusement it affords in that way. The real character of the old skippers ought to he rescued from such imputations and their sturdy, honest enterprise placed in its true light. We give below the manifest of the sloop Olive Branch, Captain Abraham Bloodgood, as [one] sample of what was occasionally done in the way of distant voyages before the Revolution. Capt. Bloodgood is still remembered by some of the older citizens,* as are also most of the consignors, the memory of whom will he singularly enough awakened by this article. 
The original account of sales of this voyage, from which we copy, is in the possession of Mr. Robert H. Waterman of this city. It affords a very interesting diary of the success of the adventure to Antigua and St. Christopher's with a very curiously assorted cargo of Albany merchandise, consisting of flour, herrings, horses, one negro man, and a great variety of the produce of this latitude; in exchange for which he brought back eighty-one pounds of cotton, a much rarer article then than now, some cash, and much rum. 
*He was the grandfather of Simeon De Witt Bloodgood, late of this city and resided in the vicinity of the Fort Orange Hotel. He superintended the building of that house for Simeon De Witt, the surveyor-general, while the latter was absent from the city. The original Fort Orange Hotel, it is well known, occupied the site of the old fort of that name, which stood opposite the Steam Boat Landing. The original Fort Orange Hotel fell a victim to the great fire of August 1848, and a new one has arisen from the ruins.

November 5, 1770. New-York Gazette; and the Weekly Mercury (New York, New York), and November 16, 1770 Connecticut Gazette, published as The New-London Gazette
RUN-away from the Subscriber, living at Salem, in Massachusetts-Bay, the 11th ult. a Negro Man Servant, named POMP, about five Feet eleven Inches high, speaks good English, has a large Scar on one Part of his Forehead, and about twenty three Years of Age:  Had on when he went away, a dark colour'd Broad-sloth Coat, which has been turn'd, a Home-made Cotton and Linen Jacket, or a mixt Colour, a Pair Black Knit Breeches something worn:  'Tis imagined he is in or about this City, as he sailed from Greenwich, in Rhode-Island Government, for this Place or Albany the Eighteenth ult. in a Sloop, Nathaniel Rogers, Master, loaded with Fish.  Whoever shall take up said Negro, shall have FIVE DOLLARS Reward and all necessary Charges paid by the Printer hereof, or AARON WAIT. All Masters of Vessels and others, are hereby caution'd against harbouring, concealing or carrying off said Negro, as they would avoid the Penalty of the Law.

December 6, 1770.     New-York Journal; or, the General Advertiser. (New York, New York) 
The Olive Branch, Cunningham, from New-York, has arrived at Antigua.