Ph'laiMntola, Marchi, 1794.
JUST PUBLISHED,
si/ MATHEW CAREY,
No. 118, Market Jlreet,
IWE FIRST V,OLUME OF A NEW
StSTEM. OF
vModern Geography :
OR, A
Geographical, Hijlprical, and
Commercial Grammar;
And jreient stare of rhe fcveral
NATIONS OF THE WORLD.
CONTAIN ING,
t. Th* figures* motions, and distances of
the planets, according to the Newtonian fyf
tein 4nd the latest observations
a. A general view of the earth, considered
as a planet; vvith several ufeful geographical
definitions and problems.
3 The grand divisions of the globe into
land ami wafer, continents and iilands.
4. Tt>e tttuation and extent of empires,
kingdoms, states, provinces and colonies.
f. Their climates, air, foil, vegetables,
prnduftions, metals, minerals, natural cui i
olities, Teas, rivers, bays,capes, promontories,
audi lakes.
6. The birds arid beads peculiar to each
country.
7. Observations 011 the changes that have
been in J where obierred upon the face ot na
ture lii ce the most earjy periods of" history.
The history and origin of nations.; theit
forms of government, religion, Jaws, reve
nues, ta*es, naval and military strength.
I). The genius, manners, customs, ar\4 ha
biti of the people.
ro. Their language, learning, arts,fciences,
manutfiftures, arid commerce.
11. The chief cities, ttruftures, ruins, and
artificial curiosities
;2. The longitude, latitude, bearings, and
distances of principal places fromHiiladelphi?
To which are added,
1. ft Geographical Indek, with the names
and places a'p'iabetically arranged
2. A TAbls ot the Coins of all nations, and
their value in dollars a<id cents.
3. ACn*oN»Loore*c Table of remarkable
events, from the creation to the prefeiit time.
By mLLIAM GUTHRIE, E/q.
The Astronomical Part corre<sted by
D RittenAouse.
To which have been added,
late Discoveries of Dr. HErschbll,
ant) other eminent Astronomers.
The FIRST AMERICAN EDITION,
Improved, and greatly Enlarged.
The firft volume contains twenty-one M a P s
and Charts, be fides two Astronomical Plates,
1. Map of the world. 2. Chart of tf'e world.
3. Europe. 4. Asia. 5. Africa. 6. South
America. 7. Cook's diftovenes. 8. Coun
tries round ttae north Pole. 9* Sweden, Den
mark. and Norway, so. Seven United Pro
vyict's. Vi Aufti u'n, Frfen'ch A.nd Dutch Ne
therlands. 12. Germany. 13. Seat of war
in Trance- x' - France divided into depart
ments. 15. Switzerland. 16. Italy, Sicily,
and Sardinia. 17. Spain and Portugal.
l 3 Turkey in Europe and Hungary. 19 Ire
land. 23.*WeA-Indies. 2i. Vermont. 22. Ar
millafy sphere. 23. eopernicao fyfterii.
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g. British Amferica.
o. State of New-Hampshire.
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ji. Stare of Connecticut.
,i. State of Rhode Island.
t 3. State of New-York.
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jS- State of Pennsylvania.
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18. State of Virginia.
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20. State of North-Carolina.
2t. TenneflVe Government.
42. State oVSouth-Caiolina.
23. State of Georgia.
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AN ESSAY ON THE
Natural Equality of Men,
On the Rights that result from it, and on the
Duties which it imposes.
To which a MEDAL was adjudged, by the
Teylerian Society at Haarlem.
Corrected and Enlarged.
By WILLIAM LAWRENCE BROWN,
D. D.
ProfefTor of Moral Philosophy, and the Law
of Nature*, and of Ecclesiastical History ;
and Minister of the Englifli Chuich at LJ
trecht.
mw&li m
Aliquid Temper ad cotamuium vtilitatem af
feremlum Cicero.
The Firfl American Edition.
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the outrages of oppreftion ; confirms, in the
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bands of society, that it maintains inviolate,
every natural and every civjl dtftin&ion,
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The Public are cautioned to
beware of counterfeited Five Dollar Bills of
the Bank of the United States, atul Twenty
Dollar Bills of the Bank of North America,
federal of which have appealed in circulation,
within a few days °pajl; they are a good ge
neral imitation of the genuine Bills, but tuny
be difiinguifhed by the following
M A R K S.
Five Dollar Bills of the Bank of the
United States.
ALL that have appeal ed,jiave the letter F
for their Alphabetical Mark.
The Texture of the Paper is thicker and
winter and it takes the ink more freely than
the genuine paper.
The O. in the word Company is smaller
thanth«M. and other letters of that word,
so that a line extended from the top of the O
so touch the top of the M would extend cot.'
fidciably above <.1* range of the whole word.
In the word Untied the letters ire narrow,
erand cloler together than tin reft 0 I the bill
The i and/in the word promiib are not
paral el, the/inclining much more lAtwaii
than the i.
The engraving is badly cxeeuted,the ftrukct
of all the Letters arc stronger and the devi.e
111 tliemargin particularly i s much toa, i, i ~ d
appears darker than in the true bills. S,m.
counterfeits bear da;e in i ry ._\Vi,cc_
as the Bank was not in operation till Decern
ber, and no five dollar bills were ilTueti in
lhat y- ar.
Twen/j Dollar Bills of the Bank of l\, tb
America.
ALL that have appealed have ihe letter
B. tor the;r alphabetical ma k.
They are printed on a paper nearly fimiiar
to that-of the counterfeit Five Dolla. N«tes
above described; tie engraving is belter exe
uctcd, and they approach nearer to the ay.
pearance of the genuine bills.
The fine ruled lines through the word Tut a
?v, ini the body lot the bill, are in inimber thir
teen in the genuine L>-lis, and but twelve in
:he counterfeits.
The word Company is n>och like the (ame
word in the Five Dollar B lis fes defer ibed a
bove, the o being let's than the «, and others
following.
There is no stroke to the t in the word North
whereas in the genuine bills the stroke is well
defined.
The letters ent in the word Twenty, to the
left; hand at the bottom, do not come down to
the line, but are so cue as to give an irregular
appearance to the word, the 7w and thej* go
ing below them.
The signature J. Nixon, has the appear
ance of being wrtueli with Umb-bhck and
oil, and differs from other inks used iu
printing the bills and the calhier's iignaturc.
It is fuppoled these forgeries were committed
in some of the Southern States, as all the coun
terfeits thai have appealed, have cotne from
ihence, and two perfoni have been apprehend
ed in V irginia, on suspicion ol being ihe authors
of" ihem.
The reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
will be paid to any PeHdm or. Pc rfons who {hall
discover and profccute to convi&ion the Crveral
offenders of ihe following dcfci iptions or any
of them, viz.
The person or prrfons, who
the paper on which the Bills aie primed.
The person or pet tons, who engraved the
plates. 1
THc printer or prifrers, of the bills.
tvery pcr(on who has ailed as apr rc'pal in
any other way, in the counterfeiting ai.u utter
ing the said bills.
Philadelphia, March 28. ty
Jpril 22, 1794,
Other counterfeit bills
ol the Bank of the Uuit/d States Have appeared
in circulation.
The denomination is of TWENTY DOL
LARS,and the alphabetical mark is the let
ter B.
Tbey may be diftinguilhed from the genu
ine by the following MARKS :
The paper of ihe counterfeit! is of a more
tender texture and gloiley furfacc than i!,e
genuine, and there is no mark in them.
The letter c. in the word Ca&ier, in ilie
true bills is strongly marked, whereas in tlx
counterfeits, .he whole letter i. a fine hair
trokc, evidently in ?.a unfinifhed state. T!*
letter a in the word demand, is ba-.lv f.rm.d
and the whole word ill done, and there is no
comma at the end of it, as there is in tlx
genuine bills.
""H 1 * marginal device, is much dajker 'a
t ie faile, than in the genuine bills owing to
the (hide [trokes beingcoaifei, n-.uch i caier
together, and conlequently much more nu
merous. Ihis difference fti ikes it* eye at :.rji
v >ew.
rfwartl of ON E THOUSAND
DOLX.AKS, will be paid for apprehending,&
pr.Wecutiiig to conviftioii tlie several ab.ve
ck'lcnb.'d offenders in leipecl to t'ais, as ta
the last described bills.
THOMAS WILLING, P.cfidcot
of llit- Bank United States.
JOHN NIXON, Pulyienc of «he
Bank. of North Adicmcj.
By order of the Commiuca of ih« Rcf
peftivc B<yrds.
(£/" This Gazette Jball be enlarged 9 at it
receives encouragement—The Subfcriptiou
encreafes daily—Adverttfmg Favors are
folicited —Thfe conjlitute an ejjaitial Item
in dimini/hing the Debit fide of the Accent.
PHILADELPHIA :
Primted bt JOHN FENNO, No -x
9
SoutE Fourth-Sireet.