Philadelphia, March, i 1794-
JUST PUBLISHED, 11
y .vIATHEW CAREY, ' t '
* , No. 118, Market Jlreet, t
I.HE FIRST VOLUME OF A NEW
SYSTEM OF „
Modern Geography: J
OR, A C
Geographical, Historical, ana
Commercial Grammar;
Ami ivefent (lite of 'ue 'Tveral a
nations of the ivorld.
CO{I>4IN.IN&,
I. Th« figures, motions, and distances of ■
the planets, according to the Newtonian fvf
t-m' and the latest' obl'ervations
2■ A general view at* tire. earth,jxoi'fidered
as a pla r; w<th'"i>veral utei'ul geographical I
ciefiri.r oiii ajid p tb'.eiils.
3 The % ai>d*divifi4ns of the giobe into
land aid water, continent* a"d islands.
4. The situation and extent of empires,
kin j00.u., states, provinces and colonies.
5? Thei: ilimatej, air, loil, vegetables,
proJuftioim, metal;, mineral*, natpial cun
oiiri-'s, feai, rivers, bays,capes, promontories,
and akes.
6 T e birds ar-d bealls peculiar to each
coiir r
7. Observations on the changes that have
been an if wiiere observed upon the face of na
ture jiice the most ear[y periods of history.
6. The history and origin of nation 1 ?; theit
fot'rii* of government, religion, laws, reve
rues, tt<xes, jiaval and mifita* v llrength.
9 r>e genius,-manners, cultoms, and ha
bit i tne peopie.
i-o. T!iei. iguage,learning,arts,fciences,
man.»fa lures, and tou^merce.
it Fie c »ief c^tie* f ruins, and
artificial curi »lit es
12 The Jo igitude, latitude, bearings, and
dicta ices o4> ■ H-U .1 places from Philadelphia. ,
To which are added.
i. A Geographical Index, w!th the names
and places alphabetically arranged.
A Table ot the Cojns of all nations, and
their value in dollars and cents. {
3. A Chronological Table of remarkable
eve its, from the creation to the preient time.
By mill AM GUTHRIE, E/q.
The Astronomical Part corrected by
D . Rittenhouse.
To which have been added,
The late Discoveries of Dr. Herschell,
and other em ncnt Astronomers.
The FIRST AMERICAN EDITION,
Corrct-d, Improved, and greatly Enlarged.
The firfl: volume contains twenty-one Maps
a id Cnarts, besides two Astronomical Plates,
viz.
1. Map of the world. 2. Chart of the world.
3. Europe. 4. Asia. 5. Africa. 6. South
America 7. Cook's dilcove'ies. 8. Coun
tries ruund. the north Pale. ,9- Sweden, Den
mark, and Norway, jtj. Seven United Pro
vinces. 11 Austrian, French and Dutch Ne
therlands. 12. Germany. 13. Seat ot war
in Fra tee. 14. France divided intodepait
ments. 15. Switzerland. :6. Italy, Sicily,
and Sardinia. 17. Spain and Portugal.
18. Turkey in Europe and Hungary. 19 Ire- •
land. 20 Weft-Indies. 2i. Vermont. 22. Ar
miliary sphere., 23. Copernican system.
With the second volume, which is now in
the prtffs. Will be given the following Maps :
1. Ruflia in Europe and Asia.
2. Scotland.
3. E igland and Wales
4. Poland.
5 China.
6. Hndoftan.
7. 'J.;ited States.
J8- Bitifh America.
9. S'.ate of New-Hampshire.
j3. State of Maflathufetts. <
1 it. State of Connecticut.
,2. State of Rhode Illand.
13 State of New-York.
i - State of New. Je fey.
,5- State of Pen.ify'.vania.
16. ; tate of Delaware.
17- State of Maryland.
18 State of Virginia. '■
19. State of Kentucky.
20. State of Nor th-Carolina.
21. Tenneflee Government.
22. State of South-Carolina.
23. State of Georgia.
TERMS.
1. This work will be comptifed in two vo
lumes.
2. Surjfcribers pay for the present volume on
delivery, fix dollars, and the price of bind
■"St (56 cents for boards.)
3. They may receive the succeeding volume
in weekly numbers, at a quar-'
ter dollar each, or else, when finifhed, at.
the fame price as the firft.
4. The fubfeription will be raised on the firft
day of June 1794, to fourteen dollars, ex
clusive of binding.
j. Should any copies remain for sale after the
completion of the work, they will be fold at
sixteen dollars, and the price of binding.
6. The names of the fubferibers will be pub
lished as patrons of American literature,
arts, and sciences.
It i» wholly unneceflary to expatiate on the
advantage,to American readers, that this edi
tion pofleflei, over every imported edirion of
any system of Geog aphy extant. The addit
tion of maps of the several date , procucd a
-1 very great expense, and from the best ma
terials that are attaiaable, (peaks such full
eonviftion oh this fubjeft, that it would be
difrefpeft to the reader's understanding to
suppose it requisite to enter into a detail of
arguments to prove its superiority. In no
fi.nilar werk have loch maps baenevcr intro
duced.
- The emendations and additions which are
made in this vjork.are innumerable,and occuj t
in every page. The public are referred to f
the preface for a flight (ketch of a lew of j
them. /
The publisher takes the present opportu -/
nity of returning his most sincere thanks to
those refp. Aablc cbara&ers who have favored 7
huii with documents for improving the maps
of several of the states. He requests a conti
nuance of their kindness; and hopes that lucl
public spirited citizens, as are polfeifed oi Ij
:n'Ur documents, will favor him with theii
alfiftance in perfeClirrg his undertaking-
The extraordinary encouragement witb I
which he has been favored, has excited
in hisbreaft the warmest lentinients of grgti
tude—fentimmu w: ich time will not efface.
He pledges himfeTF to the citizens or the
Uuited States, to nether pains nor ex
p'enfe to render the pn-fent edition of Guthrie s
Geography improved, deserving of their pa
tronage. waftt
Lcheme of a Lottery,
To raise 39»900 Dollars, on 266,000
Dollars y tie dueling 15 P cr Ctnt. from
the Prizes—this Lottery confi/h of
38,000 Tickets, in which there are
14,539 Prizes and 23,461 Blanks,
being about one and an half Blanks to a
Prite.
THE Direftbwof the Society for eflabiifhing
Ufelul Manufafturcs, having rel !ved to
ere# LOTTERIES for ratfing One Hundred
Thousand Dollar s, agiceably 10 an Ad of
me Lcg'fl ture of iht Si'ie of New-Jci(<-y, hav.
appointed the following persons to lupfrititend
and dire£l the drawing of thr lame, v z. N'cho
las Low, Rulus King, Herman Le Roy, Jjmes
Wat ton, Richard Ha»r»U»n, Abl j3l • Hammond,
and Cornelius »f the city oi New. York—
Thomas Willing, Jofenh Ball, Matthew M'Con
nei and Andrew ii«yard s ol the ciiy ol PhiU
delphia - His Ex « llfncy R»«chard Howell, hfq.
hlias Boiidui General El as Dayroo, Jaine a
Market, John Baya.c, L wis Don ham,
Samuel W. Stockton, jolhna M. Wallace, J fph
Bioomfifjil, and Elih of N w-Jer
f ey, wtio offer the follow tug Scheme nt a Lot
tery, and f>;- thern( vet to the public, that
rhcy w>ti tak every aflur n and precaution in
their power to have tnc Monies paijtl by the
Managers, from Hive* > time, a* jecetved, ii to
the Banks ai New Y Philadelphia, to
itrmain tor the rsur pose n [.iv!(i s Pn* s, which
fnall - be in.irjedia'ely d.fci argecl by a check
npoo one of th»= B-» k<.
SCHEME:
1 Pi 12c of 20.000 Dot ars is 20,000
1 10,000 10,000
2 5,000 ID.OOO
5 2,000 10,000
10 1,000 jo.coo
20 500 i<»,000
1 GO 1 00 1 o, OCO
300 50 15,000
1000 20 203C00
3000 12 36,000
8100 10 81.000
14,539 Prizes. 262,000
23,461 Blanks. First drawn number, 2,c00
Laftdtawn number, 2,000
38.000 Tickets at 7 Dollars each is 266.000
Tlje drawing will commence, undt'.r the iA
fpedionof a Committee of the Supcrinteudants,
as loon as the Tickets are fold,ot which timely
notice will be given.
The Superintendants have appointed John N.
Cumming, of Newark, Jacob R. Hardenbirg,
of New-fiiunfwick, and Jonathan Rhea, of .
Trenton, as immediate Managcu thereof, who
have given ample fecuiity for dtfchaigtng the
trust reposed in them.
I n order to secure the punctual payment
of the Pi izes, the Superintendantsof the Lottery
have directed that the Managers (halt each enter
into bonds in 4c ,000 dollars, with four fufftcient
fecurui s, to perform their iniliu6lious, the fub
itance of which is
I. That whenever either of the Managers
(hall receive the sum of Three Hundred Dollars,
he (hall imnidiately place the fame in one of the
Banks of New-York or Philadelphia, to the
ciedit ot the Governor of the Society, and such
Ot the Superintendants as live in the city where
the monies JKe placed, to remain there nntil the
Lottery is drawn, for the paymntof the Prizes.
11. The Managers to take futiicienc (ecunty
for any Tickets they may trust, otherwise to be
refponnble for lhem.
111. To keep regular books of Tickets fold,
Monies received and paid into the Bank, ab
ftra&s of which (hall be sent, monthly, to the
Governor of the Society.
Paterfon, January 1, 1794.
On application to either of the above gentle
men, information will ibe given where tickets
may be had. r
February 24. lu&ftf.
N - O T I c e:
THE Siibfcriber leaving thic city fur a (hort
time, ha? empowered Mr. Thomas Potier to
tranfa&all buCriefsin his absence, holding his
tranfaftians a: Valued on
Louis Ofmont.
May 10 d t f
NANKEENS.
Nankeens of Superior Quality,
FOR SALE AT
No. 40, north Fifth Street.
April ii. mw&ftf
SHOES.
A quantity of stout well made Men's size
SHOES, adapted for tie Southern market, for
Tale a:
No. 36, North Third Jlreet.
May 6 mw&fiot
rhe Public are cautioned to j
ieware of counterfeited Five Dollar Bills of
\b» Bank of the United States, and Twenty
Dollar Bills of the Bank of North America,
i'e-veral of which have off eared in circulation
within a few days pajl; they are a good ge
neral imitation of the genuine Bills, but may
be dijlmguijbed by the following
MARKS.
Five Dollar Bills of the Bank 'of the
' United States. v
ALL that have appeared havs the letter F.
for their Alphabetical Mark.
The Texture of the Paper is thicker and
whiter and it takes the ink more freely than
the genuine paper.
Tl*e O. in the word Company is smaller
than the M. and other letters of that word,
so that a line extended from the top of the O,
to touch the top of the M. would extendcon
fiderably above the range of the whole word.
In the word United the letters are narrow
erand closer together than the reft of the bill
The i and fin the word promise are not
parallel, the /inclining much more forward
than the i.
The engraving is badly executed,the fti okes
of all the Letters are stronger and the defc c
in themargin particularly is much coarser and;
appears darker than in the Hue bills. Some
ot the counterfeits bear date in I79l—Wheflt
is the Bauk was not in operation till Decern
ber, and no five dollar bills were issued in
j'lat year.
Twenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North
America.
ALL that have appeared have the letter
B. lor their alphabetical mark.
They are printed 00 a paper nearly
to that of the counterfeit Five Dollar Notes
above defcnbed ; the engraving is better exe
ucted, and they approach nearer to the ap
pearance 'f trie genuine bills.
The fine ruled fines thiough the word Twcn
/v, in the body ot the bill, are >n number th r
tech in the genuine b lis, and but twelve in
me counterfeits.
The wo.divmpany is much like the fame
word in the Five Dollar B lis as delcr ibed a
bove, the 0 being iels than them, and others
following.
There is no ftroSe to the t in the word North
whe eas in the genuine bilis the lkroke is well
defined
The letter* tnt in the word to the
left hand at the bottom, do noi come down to
the line, but aire lb cut as to give an irregular
Appearance to the word, the Tw and go
ing Delow them.
ftie iignature I Nixon, has the appear
ance of b'ing written with lamb-black aud
0.1, and differs iroin Qther inks uled in
printing the bills and the calhiei's signature.
It is supposed these forgeries were commuted
iiHome ot tr«e Southern Stales, all the conn
lerfeits thai nave appeared, have cone trom
thence, and two persons have been apprehend
ed' 10 Virginia, on »l-b«*i»£j.he author
ot them. 14
The reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
will be paid to any Person or Perform wholhall
discover and piofciute to conviction the teveral
offenders of the following descriptions or any
of them, viz.
The per(on or persons, who roanufa&ured
the paper on which the Bills aie printed.
The peifon or per tons, who engraved the
plaus.
The printer or printers, ©f the bills.
Every person who has acted as a principal in
any other way, in the counterfeiting and utter
ing ihe said b.ils.
Pniiadelphia, March 28. 1794
dpril 22, 1794,
Other counterfeit bills
ot the Bank oi the United Mates have appeal ec.
in circulation.
The denomination is of TWENTY DOL
LARS,and the alphabetical mark is the let
ter B.
They may be dillinguiilied from the genu
ine by the following MARKS ;
The paper of ihe counteiieits is of a more
tend rtexture and glofley furface than tke
genuine, aud there is no water mark in them.
Tlae letter C. in the word Cashier, in the
true bills is strongly marked, whereas in the
counterfeits, the whole letter is a fine hair
itroke, evidently in an unfinifhed state. The
letter a in the word demand, is badly formed
and the whole word ill done, and there is no
comma at the end of it, as there is in the
genuine bills.
The marginal device, is much darker in
the falfe, than in the genuine bills owing to
the (hade strokes being coarser, much nearer
together, and consequently much more nu
merous. This difference strikes the eye at firft
view.
The fame reward of ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS, will be paid for apprehending, &
prosecuting to convittion the several above
described Offenders in iefpe<st to this, as to
the last described bills.
THOMAS WILLING, President
of the Bank United States.
JOHN NIXON, President of the
Bank of North America.
By order of the Committees of the Ref
pe&ive Boards.
~ TO BE SOLD,
A large elegant House,
and Lot of Ground,
IN an eligible situation, —also a Country Seat
within 6 miles of the City, with 9 acres of
land, or 42 acres of land and meadow, the
House is not exceeded by many in the vicinity
of the city, in size, or convenience.
For particulars apply to the printer.
m&thtf
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A New Novel.
To the LADIES of Philadelphia.
This Day is-Publi/hed by
MATHEW CAREY,
118, Market street,
Piicr, bound, hve-ei.hihs of a doll«r sewed
in marble paper, lull a dollar,
Charlotte, a tale of Truth,
IN TWO VOLUM Es.
By Mis. RQWSON, of the New Theatre
PhMelphia, Author of Victoria,, the l n l
quifitor, the Fille de Chambie, 4c.
Of Charlotte, the Reviewers have given
the following character.
IT may fie a Tale of Truth, for. it is not
unnatural, and it is a talr «,f real diltrefs —
' Charlotte,.by the artißce ofa teache., recom
mended to a school, from hnmanity rather
than a conviction of her integrity or the re
gularity of her former conduct, is enticed"
from her governef , and accompanies a voting
t officer to America—The marriage cerenio
j ny, if not forgotten, i.postponed, a „d Char
lotte dies a martyr to the inconltancy of the
s over, and treachery of his friend —The f.ti,
; tions are artless and affefting—:he defcri,,"
j anions natural and pathetic ;we fhuuMree
. tor Charlotte if foch a person ever exided
_ who for one error fcarccly, perhaps, deserved
so feverc a punish nent. If it is a fiaio,;
, poetic justice is not, we think, properly dip
tributed
t. Said Carey has jujl publfbed,
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and two thirds.
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the Netherlands, and the Weft Indies. Price
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] Georgia Price three eighths of a dollar
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