Hi all, I just learned about a website of the University of Pennsylvania which provides several searchable databases including an accessible archive of 18th and 19th century newspapers. The home page for the U of Penn library is: http://www.library.upenn.edu/home.html Or, you can go directly to the archives for the newspapers (1728-1800) at: http://204.170.102.11/cgi-bin/accessible/verify.pl Found the following on "Rudd" [Warning- some of the third one is pretty raw]: April 20, 1858 VILLAGE RECORD ITEM #13772 April 20, 1858 VILLAGE RECORD Marriage at Bloomington, by the Ref. E.D. Eddy, on the 25th ult., MICHAEL DUFFY, of West Goshen, Chester county, to LYDIA <<RUDD>>, of Benjaminville, McLean county, Illinois. April 19, 1797 The Pennsylvania Gazette ITEM #81763 April 19, 1797 The Pennsylvania Gazette Philadelphia, April 19. A vessel is arrived at Marblehead from Lisbon, whence she sailed the 1st March. In the account she brings of the capture of 4 Spanish men of war by Admiral Jarvis, it is mentioned, that one of the Spanish Admirals died at Lisbon, having lost both his legs in the action. The Spanish prizes and one of the English three decked ships went into Lisbon under jury masts. The remaining part of the Spanish fleet made every effort to bring the English fleet to action, the day after which the Spaniards captured eight or ten sail of the English Mediterranean fleet. Extract of a letter dated Civita Vecchia, 20th January 1797, to a merchant in this city. "I have the pleasure to communicate to you that peace has lately been effected between Tunis and the United States of America. This intelligence was brought to Naples by an American vessel just arrived there from Tunis, where she had been taken in, and in consequence of the above event was released. "The American vessel lately arrived at Naples from the United States was extremely well received by that Court, and the merchants appear much pleased with the intention the United States have shewn to extend their commerce to that country, and are disposed to make every exertion to encourage and increase that intercourse. Since the blockade which last summer rendered the port of Leghorn of so difficult access to foreign vessels has been raised - the commerce of that place has resumed its former channels with renewed vigour and activity." Extract of a letter from New-York, dated the 11th inst. "This day arrived the American ship Industry, Capt. << Rudd>> , in 31 days from the Downs. She brings London papers to the 7th of March, which contain nothing of importance. In long. 14, she was boarded by a French ship of war, out only 5 days from l'Orient, examined, and allowed to pass." Letters received by the above vessel state that all was tranquil in England on the 7th of March; that the new emission of bank-notes was circulating with the greatest facility; that all aphrehensions of an invasion has ceased - and that, at this important crisis, the people were almost unanimously determined to give every support to the government, which the exigency of their affairs might require. A barn and barracks, in which were horses, calves, and a great variety of valuable utensils, belonging to Mr. John Hardenberg, of Somerset county, New-Jersey, were lately wholly consumed. By what means the fire was communicated to the property, is not known - Some suspicions are entertained that a black servant wilfully committed the deed, in consequence of having been chastised for misdemeanor. The loss is very considerable. The ship Ohio arrived at New-York, on Saturday, in a short passage from Greenock, in Scotland. We learn that the report of the committee appointed to enquire into the state of the Bank of England, had been communicated to the House of commons, that it was highly satisfactory, there being fifteen millions sterling, excess, in bank. The election of Governor and Lieutenant Governor for the state of Massachusetts has terminated in the election of Mr. Sumner to the former, and Mr. Gili to the latter honourable stations. >From the Daily Advertiser. London March 7. Buonaparte, still penetrating farther into Italy, states, in a letter dated from head-quarters at Macereta on the 13th ult. that he hopes to be that evening at Foligne, 69 miles distant from Rome. Of the Treasures of Loretta, the value of which was estimated at 3 millions of livres tournais, only about one million had fallen into his possession. In a subsequent letter, dated from Ancona on the 18th, the same Gen. mentions, that the French troops had gotten possession of Mubria, country of Peragia, and the small province of Canorina. Gen. Colli, according to letters from Rome of the 5th ult. was employing every means to check the progress of the enemy, and had even embodied a part of the felons, in order to augment the army. Letters received yesterday from Castle Douglass mention, that a great firing was heard on Tuesday evening last; supposed to proceed from some engagement at sea, and conjectured to have taken place some where near Whitehaven. Yesterday morning two mails arrived from Lisbon, brought by the King George Packet to Falmouth in 8 days. Thefollowing article is extracted from the journal of that vessel: The St. Trinidada, of 130 guns, was seen the same evening of the action, with the loss of her main mast, and her lowerdeck ports in the water; on the day following our reconnoitring frigates could discover only twenty one sail of theSpanish, it was, therefore, supposed that the St. Trinidada ;must either have been towed away by another line of battleship, or sunk, which was most likely the case. November 9, 1791 The Pennsylvania Gazette ITEM #77915 November 9, 1791 The Pennsylvania Gazette PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9. Extract of a letter from a Merchant in the Commission Business in Cape Francois, to his correspondence in Philadelphia. "THE odious Droit d'Aubaine has, upon petition of the American Merchants, been unanimously abolished by our General Assembly, the moment after having read our petition. "The quantity of flour and other provisions stored here is immensely great, - very little of what has arrived for seven weeks past has yet been sold. - Send nothing at all to this market until further notice." Extract of a letter from a Captain of a Vessel in Cape Francois, to his Owner in Philadelphia. "I EMBRACE this opportunity of writing to you, with reluctance, because I cannot give you any agreeable information. - This port is extremely overstocked with American produce, particularly Flour - a great quantity of which is in danger of spoiling in the stores; its nominal price is four and one-half to five and one-quarter dollars for best superfine. The fury of the Negroes is for the present abated, nevertheless I can see no end to the unhappy insurrection. Within this week past business begins to revive in regard to exportation, but imports of every kind are, as I before mentioned, a perfect drug." Extract of a letter from Mr. De Caze, aide-de-camp to Mr. DeBlanchelande, Governor of the French port of St. Domingo, to Mr. Gaubert, an inhabitant of the Cape. "Cape-Francois, October 4. "We enjoy much greater tranquillity here for some days past. We have taken those famous Camps of Dagoult, and Galiset, without losing a single man. We did not meet with a vigorous resistance, altho' the enemy discharged five canon shot against us; but they passed over our heads. "We are to go and attack L'Acul and Limbe, and are taking measures for that purpose. A sufficient force is to be sent to Genaives, to prevent the insurgents going to St. Mark's. "No troops have been sent to our assistance from any quarter. On the contrary we have sufficient proofs, that the Spaniards supply the Negroes with ammunition. A letter, found in the Camp of Gallifet, furnishes evidence, that Don Montanegro, commandant of a Spanish town, has made them an offer of ten barrels of gun-powder. He further adds, that they may confidently apply to another commandant, who will furnish them with whatever they may want." Extract of a letter from Mr. Worlock at St. Domingo, to his wife in Philadelphia. "Cape-Francois, October 4. "The situation of the colony is growing better. The open country about the Cape begins to be free. The insurgents have been driven from all their posts in the lower parts: and are obliged to take refuge in different places, whence hunger, wretchedness, discontent, and discord will soon drive them. Several gangs have already either returned to their habitations, or repaired to the different camps of the white men. We hope, that several others will soon follow their example; and that tranquillity will then be re-established. But what a length of time, what labour will it cost, to repair the mischief already done! "The districts of Letrou, Jaquesy, Fort Dauphin and Maribaroux, are quiet, and have received no injury. The case is the same in the southern and western parts of the colony, in consequence of the sacrifices, which the whites have consented to make in favour of the free people of color, who have taken up arms with the whites, and made it a common cause. Within a month, we hope to be all in our own houses." Extract of a letter from Mr. Roux, merchant, of Cape Francois, to Mr. Faures, merchant, and inhabitants of the Cape, October 3, 1791. "I have been a long time with the army. - You know that I am attached to the corps of free Mulattoes, since they took up arms in defence of the common cause. We have been constantly in the field, and are now come back to town for a few days. We have repulsed the insurgents, and destroyed great numbers of them. We took the Camp of Galifet, without losing a single man. In it we found many valuable effects, ammunition, provisions, six pieces of cannon (one of them of brass, with a Spanish inscription, Carolo III. April 19, 1791, and mounted on a carriage of acajou) and several papers, which show that the Spaniards have furnished them with arms, particularly the priests. It is said they are headed by several of those monsters, and by some deserters from the regiment of Port-au-Prince. "Every thing is peaceable about your country seat. M. De Fontanges, and Mr. Dossiguy are there at the head of a body of forces, joined by four hundred Mulattoes from Gonaives, to prevent the Negroes from escaping. The flame has not spread beyond Limbe and Litmonade. Several Negroes have penetrated to Doudou, where they have committed murders and ravages. The other quarters are well-guarded. We pursue those monsters with vigor; and I hope we will soon be able to master them. "we are in no want of wine or flour: as to provisions of other kinds, they are scarce with us; and we have but indifferent fare. But at least we sleep in safety, and are within the town, free from all apprehension. I believe you may venture to return. We shall soon see peace restored; and things are already beginning to return to their former course. "Cash is scarce; we find however a sufficiency of it, to pay for what is indispensably necessary; and for the present, we confine ourselves to that alone. As to pleasure, it is out of the question; our sole object being to pursue vigorously those monsters, who are labouring to ruin the colony. They have done us considerable damage; but they will not succeed in their projects. "I shudder to relate all their excesses. They have carried their barbarity so far, as to fasten men, women and children between boards, and to saw them in two. They butcher the sick or wounded Negroes, who cannot follow them; saying, that, as they are useless, they ought not to be a burden to them. They are spurred on by the desire of plunder, carnage, and conflagration, and not by the spirit of liberty, as some folks pretend. "Some vessels are arrived from Europe: and the American shipping is here pretty numerous. Your house received a number of horses, that had been sold to the Spaniards; but the General Assembly would not suffer them to be delivered: they have been kept for the use of the cavalry. All the Spanish vessels have been stopped, since we had certain proofs of the intercourse with the revolted Negroes. It is yet uncertain what steps are to be taken with respect to them. "The Negroes taken in the camp of Gallifet, assure us, that the generality of the others only wish for an opportunity of escaping; being reduced to an allowance of two Bananas per day." Extract of a letter from Cape Francois to a gentleman in Wilmington, September 26. "Since three days, we have taken two camps of the negroes, and made of them a horrible butchery; and in this same moment that I write you, from the Terret, where I am centinel, three of our armies together attack the principal camp (on the plantation Galist, 6 or 8 miles from the Cape) and I see it broken through in all parts, and the Negroes driven into the mountains, whither our soldiers follow them." In the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES of the UNITED STATES, Nov. 7. Mr. Speaker laid before the house certain papers received from the Vice-President, containing an account of the late purchases of the public debt, amounting to 852,677 dollars, 46 cents, for which there had been paid, in specie, 548,924 dollars, 14 cents; making, in the whole, 1,131,364 dollars, 76 cents, purchased for 699,163 dollars, 38 cents in specie. Mr. Thatcher called up a report of the secretary of the department of war, made during the last session, on the petition of Joseph Tucker and others; which report was agreed to. In SENATE, Nov. 7. The report of the trustees of the sinking fund was read, as follows: The vice president of the United States and president of the senate, the chief justice, the secretary of state, the secretary of the treasury, and the attorney-general, respectfully report to the Congress of the U. States of America - That pursuant to the act, intitled, "An act making provision for the reduction of the public debt," and in conformity to two resolutions agreed upon by them, one on the 15th day of January, and another on the 15th of August last, and severally approved by the president of the U. States, they have caused purchases of the said debt to be made through the agency respectively of Samuel Meredith, treasurer of U. States, William Seton, cashier of the bank of N. York, Benjamin Lincoln, collector of the district of Boston and Charleston, and William Heth, collector of the district of Bermuda Hundred, to the amount of 852,677 dollars 46 cents, for which there have been paid 540,924 dollars and 14 cents, in specie, as will more particularly appear by the several documents No. 1 to 8, herewith submitted as part of this report, and which specify the places where, the times when, the prices at which, and the persons of whom the said purchases have been made. That the statements of William Seton and Benjamin Lincoln have not yet passed through the forms of settlement, it appears by the document No. 8, being a certified transcript from the books of the treasury, that the amount of the stock by them respectively reported to have been purchased, has been duly transferred to the said books. That the purchases now and heretofore reported, amount in the whole to 1,131,364 dollars and 76 cents, for which there have been paid 699,163 dollars and 38 cents, in specie. Signed in behalf of the board, JOHN ADAMS. Ordered, That the report and papers therein referred to lie for consideration. APPOINTMENTS. The President of the United States has appointed, by & with the advice and consent of the Senate, the following persons: Thomas Johnson, of Maryland, one of the associate justices of the supreme court, vice John Rutledge, resigned. William Lewis, judge of Pennsylvania, vice Francis Hopkinson, deceased. William Rawle, attorney for the United States in the Pennsylvania district, vice William Lewis, appointed a judge. Matthew Clarkson, marshal of the New York district, vice William Smith, appointed supervisor of said district. John Brookes, marshal of the Massachusetts district, vice Jno. Jackson, appointed inspector of one of the surveys within said district. David Meade Randolph, marshal of the Virginia district, vice Edward Carrington, appointed supervisor of said district. Alexander Campbell, attorney for the U.S. in the Virginia district, vice William Nelson, jun. resigned. Oliver Walcot, comptroller of the treasury, vice Nicholas Eveleigh, deceased. Timothy Pickering, post-master-general, vice Samuel Osgood resigned. Isaac Holmes, collector of the port of Charleston in South Carolina, vice George Abbot Hall, deceased. Josiah Murdaugh, surveyor of the port of Hartford in North Carolina, vice Joshua Skinner, jun. son of Wm. Deceased. INFANTRY. - FIRST REGIMENT. Promoted - Wm. Kersey, Captain; vice M'Curdy, resigned; Robert Thompson, Lieutenant; vice Kersey promoted; Jacob Melcher, Lieutenant; vice Seayres, resigned. Appointed - William H. Harrison, Ensign; vice Thompson, promoted; Hastings Mark, Ensign; vice Heth Promoted; John Van Hoesen Huyck, Ensign; vice Melcher, promoted. Second Regiment. Appointed - James Wilkinson, lieut. Colonel commander; vice Doughty, declined. Promoted - Samuel Newman, Captain, vice Pray, declined; Thomas Huges, Captain, vice Sayles, declined; Jonathan Hatkell, Captain, vice Freeman, declined; Martin Brimmer Sohier, Lieutenant, vice Newman, appointed Captain; John Heth, Lieutenant, vice Rickard, declined; Cornelius Ryman, Lieutenant, vice Higginson, declined; Joseph Dickinson, Lieutenant, vice Huger, declined; Edward Miller, Lieutenant, vice Sherman, resigned. Appointed - John Tillinghast, ensign, vice George Tillinghast, declined; Daniel Tilton, jun. Ensign, vice Gilman, declined; Samuel Andrews, Ensign, vice Pierce declined; John Bird, Ensign, vice Dickinson, appointed Lieutenant; John Sullivan, jun. Ensign, vice Edwards, resigned; John Elliot, surgeon, vice Eustis, declined. ARTILLERY. Appointed - Staats Morris, Lieutenant, vice Ernest, resigned. Andrew Barrett to be supervisor of the district of Delaware, vice Henry Latimer, who has resigned his appointment. The following gentlemen are appointed to the several offices affixed to their names, in the National Bank of the United States, with their salaries, viz. John Kean, Cashier, 2700 dollars George Simpson, 1st Teller, 1500 Gulian McLean, 2d ditto, 1000 Wm. Lawrence, 1st Book-keeper, 1000 John << Rudd>> , 2d do. 800 Philip Enk, Discount Clerk, 750 Edw. Stow, jun. Assist. Clerk, 600 Gust. Risberg, Runner, 600 Committee appointed to report upon Branches of the National Bank, as soon as may be. Mr. Smith, South Carolina, Mr. Wadsworth, Connecticut, Mr. Watson, New York, Mr. Mason, Massachusetts, Mr. Bingham, Pennsylvania.