1783

PUBLIC AUCTION,
This Day, at the Coffee House, will be sold,
      By TAYLOR and BAYARD,
        Precisely at One o'Clock.
         The small Sloop HORN,
    With all her tackle and apparel, as she now lies at Brownejohn's wharf, burthen about 15 tons, of easy draught of water, and exceedingly well calculated for our river trade: with a quantity of Salt in bags.
    New-York Gazette; and The Weekly Mercury (New York, New York), January 6, 1783

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One o'Clock, at the Coffee-House,
    The Sloop BROMPTON,
Burthen about 50 tons (lately employed in Government service) of an easy of Water, well calculated for the river or coasting trade.
    Royal Gazette (New York, N. Y.), January 8, 1783

BOSTON, January 13.
    Last Tuesday night a sloop from the North-River, loaded with wood, ran ashore on Scituate Beach, and immediately bilged:  The surf running high, and the weather being extremely cold, the men on board were not able to get ashore, but hung upon the wreck till the morning, when some people from Scituate went to their relief, and found them covered with ice, and frozen in such a manner that several of them must inevitably lose some of their limbs.
    Providence Gazette and Country Journal. (Providence, R. I.), January 18, 1783

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1783-01-27 New York Gazetteer or Northern Intelligencer
A Sloop of 30 tons burthen, with all her tackling and sails, to be sold very cheap. Inquire of the subscriber, living near the English Church, in the City of Albany. Dirck Schuyler.

1783-02-03 New York Gazetteer or Northern Intelligencer.
A Sloop, of 30 tons burthen, with all her tackling and sails to be sold very cheap. Inquire of the subscriber, living near the English Church, in the City of Albany. Dirck Schuyler

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PUBLIC AUCTION,
    This Day 1 o'clock, at the Coffee-House will be sold, the schooner Vixen, burthen about one hundred tons, with all her tackle and apparel, as she now lies at the Crane-Bason, a prime sailer, Virginia built.
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    To-morrow at One o'Clock, at the Coffee-House, will be Sold, the Schooner Surprize, burthen about 50 tons, of an easy draught of water, a very fit vessel for the Blue Point or River Trade, as she now lies at the Coentie's Slip.  Inventory to be seen at the time of sale.
                HUGH DEAN
1783-04-14 --  New-York Gazette, and Weekly Mercury, April 14, 1783

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        PUBLIC AUCTION
THIS day at 12 o'clock will be sold at Brownejohn's wharf, (being postponed on Saturday on account of bad weather).  The schooner BLACK JOKE, about 25 tons burthen, sails remarkable fast, and is well calculated for the fishing, Blue Point or river trade.  Inventory to be seen at the time of sale.  At the same time a new [illegible] built boat.
    12 o'clock at the COFFEE HOUSE,
(Being also postponed on account of the weather)
    A negro wench, with her child about three years old.  The wench is young and healthy, born on Long-Island, and brought up n a genteel family in this city, and is, without exception, as good a washer as any in the country, and can do every other kind of house-work; sold for no fault.  Property warranted.    
                PETER G. WALDRON.
    New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury (New York, N. Y.), April 14, 1783



Black Joke  n. (the name of) a tune used for popular songs and dances.   In the 18th cent. the tune was freq. used for bawdy songs in whose refrain ‘black joke’ refers to the female genitals.
(Oxford English Dictionary)

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1783-06-30 New York Gazetteer
Newly imported from Britain, and to be sold, on the very lowest terms, for cash or country produce, by James Mitchell, on board the Sloop Susanna, at the City-Hall Dock.
London bottled & draught Porter,
West-India Rum, and sugar,
Paints, Oil, and Lamp-Black,
Mustard in bottles,
Soap and Candles,
Scotch Barley in kegs,
Men’s and Women’s fine and coarse shoes,
Men’s coarse & fine hats;
Linens and checks,
Handkerchiefs & thread,
Silk gauzes of the newest fashions,
Men’s made cloaths,
Saddlery assorted,
Medicine,
Coopers, Carpenters and Joiners Tools,
Nails,
Hoes,
Wheat Riddles, & c.

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CAPTAIN FOURGEAU, Commander of the French Schooner lately from Martinico, takes this method of acquainting the public, that he has very good West-India Rum at ? per gallon,
Do. Molasses ? per gallon,
Very good brown Sugar 3? per hundred,
And excellent Coffee ?3 per pound,
At the Store of Mr. Jacob Van Schaick, opposite the Middle-Dock, Albany.
June 30, 1783. 

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FOR SALE,
At  the STORE of JACOB VAN SCHAICK, the following Articles, just imported in the Schooner GOOD FORTUNE, lately arrived from St. Mark, in Hispaniola, viz. 
MOLASSES,
Muscovado Sugar,
Loaf    Do.
Coffee,
Cotton,
Best Rock Salt,
Claret Wine,
French Cordials,
Fine Linens,
An assortment of striped Linens,
Sail Duck,
Double Tin, per box,
Gauzes,
A neat assortment of Silk, for Gowns, &c.
The above articles will be fold by wholesale, very cheap for ready Cash.
All persons desirous to purchase any of the above articles are desired to apply to JOHN LE BLANC, French merchant, opposite the Dutch Church. 
Albany, June 30, 1783. 

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ARRIVALS since our last.
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    SAILED.
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Sloop Charles, S. Chace, Albany.
    Providence Gazette and Country Journal. (Providence, Rhode Island), July 19, 1783

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            TO BE SOLD,
    (The Proposals to be seen at the Time of Sale)
A Small Neat House, in a good stand for business either for a store or tavern, situated at the head of Walton's wharf.  It is excellently calculated for a person that follows the River trade, as vessels can lay close by the back window.  The house is known by the sign of the Bellisarius, and is in the possession of Archibald Johnson.  If not sold before Saturday the 9th day of August, it will then be sold at Public Vendue at three o'Clock in the Afternoon, on the Premises.
    New York Morning Post (New York, N. Y.), August 8, 1783

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PUBLIC AUCTION.
Tuesday, at 5 o'Clock, on the Premises,
A large roomy HOUSE,
IN a very good Stand for Business, either for a Store or Tavern, situated at the Head of Brasher's Wharff; it is excellently calculated for a Person that follows the River Trade, as Vessels can lay close by the back Door.  The House is known by the Sign of the Speedy Packet, and is in the Possession of John Hansen.
                    Hugh Dean.
    New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury (New York, N. Y.), August 11, 1783

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ARRIVALS since our last.
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Sloop Mary, Brown, Albany.
Sloop Joseph, Edminster, Albany.
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    Providence [Gaz]ette and Country Journal. (Providence, Rhode Island), August 16, 1783

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Arrivals since our last.
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Sloop Albany Packet, Chase, Albany.
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Providence Gazette and Country Journal. (Providence, Rhode Island), August 30, 1783

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