ADDRESS
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
X TTE the inhabitants of Providence beg leave to offer )ou oar
W congratulations, on your fafe arrival in this P
We are fenf.bly atfeded by the honor co n fer rc d on the S t
and on us in particular, in the present visit: And be assured, bir,
we (ball think ourselves peculiarly happy, if, by ou» utmoa
tentions, it can be made agreeable to you. f mce re
We gladly seize the firft opportunity to cxprefs lhe most lmcere
fttisfaftion in your cleaion to the PreWenry of the U n t ,d S t atc .
-The unb.allcd voice of a great nation, which u " an ' m ° Un J "
led you to that important trust, is an event, of which theannals
of history afford no example ; nor will future time fee >
unlefi the most tranfeendant merit and the clcareftfame fbould be
Un As of the United States, and as their Pre
fldent we are attached to you by every
affection.—to the concUift and magnanimityof her <
Chief uniformly displayed in the course ot a long and arduous
war Amer°ca is y indcbted, under the fmilcs of H.aven for her
freedom and independence: And the
ability, manifefteS in the exerc.fe ot the ff f'"^laerof
President of the United States, exhibu to the world a charatter ot
no less celebrity in the cabinet than in the held.
From our mr.fl excellent constitution, and the benign 4 >°Q« nce
of thole virtues which charafterife y«ur admmiflration, we enter
tain the most pleating hopes of the cxtrnf.on o
eour.sement of agriculture and manicures, and of the eltabti
rtentff public fafth, and pKvate credit; and that the hbe.tie, ot
America will be traofmitted to very late pottenty.
We ardently pray that a life To conducive to the welfajx o m 1-
linns mav be long protracted ; and that, when the fatal lhatt than
be sped which will deprive America of
may ascend those regions where only cxal*d virtue »ill be tut y
!(^ ya[[t , d tkUSgnU cntk Day^
Auruft, A. D. 1790, and in the fjttcnth i«Jr of lndtpe
dencc.
Signed, at the request of the town by
5 ' n - lA3EZ BOWEN', Modarator.
DANIEL'COOKI?, Town-Clerk.
THE PRESIDENT'S ANSWER.
TO THE. INHABITANTS OF PROUD IHCE.
THE congratulations wh.ch you offer me upon ,n
I "his place, arc received with no small degree of picture _
Tor vour attentions, and endeavors to render the town .greable
to me and for youi expressions, of fatisfaftion at my elefiion to
thePrefideocy of the United States, I return you my warmcft
ishighly excited,by your ardent declaration, of
attachment to my person, and the coimitution.
A* under the smiles of Heaven, America is indebted for free
dom and independence rather to the joint exertions of the cituens
of the several States, in which it may be vour boast to have borne
tto inconsiderable fhair, than to the cofiduft of the Commander
in Chief—fo i> Ihe indebted for their support rather to a con
tinuation of tho lie exertions, than to the prudence and ability
manifefted in tht exercise of the powers delegated to the President
of commerce, the encouragement
cf agriculture and manufaaure*, and the eftajjilhment of public
faith as reared upon our constitution, are well founded j and it
i< my earnest wilh th*t you may e«tenGvely enjoy the benefits an
tha°S for your prayer for my future welfare,
and offer up my bed wiftv, for yoor mdma Up
fiinefi.
TO THE PRESIDENTOFTIiE UNITED STATESOF AMERICA.
The Addref". of the Corporation of Rhode-IJI-in d College.
THOUGH among the lafl to congratulate you on your advance
ment to that d.gn'.fie.l and important station to which the
unanimous voice of a grateful country h« called you,
ration of Rhode-llland college cla.m to be among the firft in
warmth of aft'ea.on for your person, and to' '
lie chara&er. In placing you at the hcaa ot the Ln.ted .late,,
rCzardv. as had no less to the influence of your exam, 1c over the
rogara was , than to your ta enls in the adininiftration
"f Lit HaDDV are we to observe, that fitnilar motive,
WiXnced ybur cm.dust in filling the lower office, in the ex
.cutive depart mint. 2KSite;
this countrvlhas called yo,. forth to ellabl.lh, after having defend
*d. our rights and liberties. .
Agitated in the hour of doubtful confl.a, exult,ng m your v.c
toriel we watched your soot-step» with the most inxious solici
tude Our fervent (applications to Heaven, that you might be
furn shed with that wisdom and prudence necelTary to guide u. to
freedom and impendence, have been heard, and moll g.acioufly
a " For'tlie' preservation of this freedom, one gVeat object still de
mands our peculiar attention, the educat:on of our youth. Your
lent,menu,Sir, on this subjeCt, "that knowledge is in every coun
try the furcft bafu of public happiness," and the ftrongcfl barrier
arainft the intruding ban J of defpottfm, as they perfectly accord
W,th those of the most celebrated characters that ever adorned hu
man nature, so they leave no room to apprehend you will refute
the wreath with which the guardians of literature, here, would en
twine vour brow. .. r ,
By restoring your health, and protraftmg your life, so dear to
iliis country, Divine Providence has, in a late instance, furmfhed
to millions matter of thank/giving and praile.
That vou may long./emain on earth a blessing to mankind, and
the fupp'ort of vour country ; that you may afterwards receive
the rewards of viituc, by having the approbation ot God, is our
most finceri desire, and fervent supplication.
Signed, ky Order of the Corporation,
6 ' } lABEZ BOWEN. Chancellor.
JAMES MANNING, Prejidmt.
David Howell, Sec'ry.
F'ovidence, Aug. 19* 1 79 0,
THE PRESIDENT'S ANSWER.
TO THE CORPORATION OF RHODE-ISLAND COLLIGE.
h'e circurn (lances which have, until this time, prevented you
1 from offering your congratulations on my advancement to
the Ration I hold in the government of the United Siates, do not
ciminifh the pleasure I feel m«rcceiv.ng this flattering proof of
your affection and esteem ; for which I request you will accept
ray in h 'ep k eating thus publicly my sense of the zeal you delayed
for the lucccfs of the cause of your country, I only add a Tingle
suss a« to the general testimony, wh.ch all who were acquainted
vkh you in the mofl critical and doubtful moments of our drug
gie for liberty .and independence, have constantly borne in your
'"while I cannot remain insensible to the indulgence with which
vou rceard the influence of my example, and the tenor of my con
duct I rejoice in having so favorable an opportunity of fe ' ,c " at "
ing the State of Rhode-lfland ontiieco-opcraiion I am lure to find
Providence, August 20,1790.
in the metres adopted by th<
place, for improving the morals of the calcuUted for
culcating upon their minds pr P p .—You may rely on
..kn"-
that Heaven may protper .ne urrny u as m
in giving you the belt ot its bleftings 1 WASHINGTON,
the world to come. *
LAW Or THE UNITED STATES.
PUBLISHED
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES :
at the second session.
Begun and held at the City of New-York, on Monday the fourth
of January, one tl.out.nd seven hundred and ninety.
AN ACT for the Relief of disabled Soldiers, anil
Seamen 1 lately in the Service of the United
States, and of certain other Perlons.
BE it emitted by «*» S " a " ani /£ ' u / t °l
f.,i Sic tei of America in Cengrtfi ajfemiled. That Stfcphen Califte,
Jeremiah Ryan, Jofepk M'G:i»bon, SamuelGarretfon Ephra.m
M'Coy, Christian Kh.-.ti, David Steele, Joseph Shuttlief, and
Daniel Culvor, disabled fold.er. lately in the fcrv.ee of the United
States, be allowed pension* at the rate of five dollars per m £"
from the time .heir pay in the army refpefttvely ceased. That
Chriilian Wolfe, a d.fabl.d fold.er, be allowed a pens.on at the
rate of four dollars per month from the date of his difehargi.
That Edward Scott, a disabled Toldier, be allowed a pcnlion «
the rate of three dollars per mouth
That David Weaver and George Schell, disabled foldicrs, be each
allowed a pension. at the rate of two dollars per month, trom the
date of their refpeftive discharges. That Sell, Board man, a 4'f
abled soldier, be allowed a pension, at the rate of three colUti
andine third of a dollar per month, from the Seventeenth day ot
March, one thousand (even hundred and eighty-fix. llwtSeve
rii.us Koch, a disabled capiain ot colonel Jacob Klock's regiment
of New-York militia, be allowed a pension, at the fate ot five
dollar, per month, trom the twentieth day of Aoguft, one thou
sand seven hundred and seventy-seven. That John Younglove, a
disabled major of colonel Lewis Van Uoorft regiment of New-
York mi l.tii be allowed a prnGon at the rate ot fix -dollar. per
month, from the thirtieth day of JulV. one thousand seven hun
dred and cightv-onc That William White, m d.fab.ed private
of colonel William, regiment of New-York m.litia, be allowed
a pension, at the rate ot three dollars and one third of a dollar per
month, from the firft day of April, one thousand seven hundred
and eiffhty-fix. That Jacob Newkerk, a disabled soldier of co
lonel John Harper'a regiment of New-Yoik state troops, be al
lowed a pension, at the rate of three dollars per month, from the
twenty-second day of O&ober, one thousand seven hundred arfa
eighty That David Poole, a disabled seaman lately in the fcr
vifce of the United State?, be allowed a pension of five dollars per
month, to commence on the filth of March, one thousand seven
hundred and eighty«-nine. ,
And be it further entitled, That Caleb Brew Her, latch a lieu
tenant, who was wounded and difabied in the service ot the Uni
ted States, be allowed three hundred forty-eight dollars and hfty
feven cents, the amount of his necessary expenses for sustenance
and medical aflilboce, while dangerously ill of his wounds, in
cluding the imerell to tho firft of July, one thousand seven hun
dred and ninety. And that the laid Brewfter be allowed a pen
lion equal to his half pay as from the third of Novem
ber one thousand f«ven hundred and eighty-three, he firlt having
returned his commutation of t alf pay. ~r l, ,*
Audit it further cnutlcd, That Nathaniel Gove, s disabled lieu
tenant, lately in the service of the United States, be allowed a
pension, at the rate of fix dollars and two thirds of a dollar per
month, from the twentieth ot May, one thousand seven hundred
and seventy-eight, to the full day of July, one thou land seven
hundred and eighty-fix, and that he be allowed at the rate of
thirteen dollars and one third of a dollar per month, trom the
said f.rft davos July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-fix.
And be it further enaded, That the commissioner of army ac
count be anthorized and directed to fettle the pay and deprecia
tion of pay of John Stevens, ahoftage in the late war at the ca
pitulation of the cedar*, as a captain in the line of the army, and
th3t he tffue certificates accordingly, That he l "J* c a ccrt,h
cate to Charles Markley, lately a captain in Armand's corps, for
the commutation of his half pay. That he also fetll? the accounts
of James Derrey, and Benjamin Hardifon, who were mads pn
foners in Canada, in May, oue thousand seven hundred and (e
---venty-fix, and forcibly detained in captivity among the Indians,
and Uiat he iffne certificates for the balance of their pay refpeftive
ly. to the third of November, one thousand seven hundred and
eighty-three.
And be it further enabled, That the several pensions mentioned
in this ast, due or to become due from the fifth of March, one
thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, shall be paid according
to fucli laws as have been made, or (hall be made relative to in
valid pensioners : And that tHe arrears oi the said penGons, due
before the said fifth day of Mocch, one thousand seven hundred
and eighty-nine, (hall be paid-in such manner as Congress may
hereafter provide for paying the arrears of pensions.
And be it further enabled, That there (hall be allowed to Seth
Harding, for three months and ten days services on board the Al
liance frigate, during the late war, at the rate of sixty dollars per
month, being the pay of a captain, to be paid out of the monies
arising from imposts and tonnage.
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG,
Speaker of the House of Rcprefentativcs.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States,
hnd Prejident oj the Senate.
Approved, August the eleventh, 1790.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, Pufident of the Umied States.
(True Coty)
The Mail Diligence,
FOR PHILADELPHIA,
LEAVES the Ferry-Stairs, at New-York, Ten minutes after
Eight o'clock every morning except Sunday.
Stage Office, City Tavern, )
Biljad-\v&y t New-York June 5,179°. >
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THOMAS JEKFERSON, Secretary of State
New-York City, Lottery.
SCHEME.
1 PRIZE of
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15324 Blanks. S 3
Subject to a deduflion of 15 per Cent.
THIS LOTTERY is for the purpose of raising the refiduc of
the sum, granted by,an Ast of the Legislature of the Stateof New-
York, patted Bth of Febiuary, 1790, to defray the expences in
curred by the Corporation for repairing and enlarging the CITY-
Tlie drawing will commence on the Firjl Hornlay in January
next, or sooner if filled, of which timely notice will be given.
A lift of (be fortunate numbers will be published at the end of
the drawing ; and the prizes will be paid by the Managers.
Tickets are to be fold by the SAfcribers, who are appointed
'Manager* by the Corporation.
Isaac SrouTiNtDtcn, Abraham Herrikc,
Pf.tir T. Curtikius, J° hn Pintarb.
I New-York, Stbtember j, 1790.
By Order of the Honorable Richard Me ns, tjq. ChieJ Jujitte of the
State »j New-York.
NOTICE is hereby given :o Lewis M'Donald, of Conneaicut,
an absent debtor, tliat upon application and due proof made
to the said chief iuftice by a creditor of the said Lewis M'Donald,
pursuant to an ast of the Legiflaturc of the said Slate, entitled,
" An ast for relief against abfeonding and absent debtors," pas.
fed the4th April, 1786; he, the said chief justice, has direaed
all the said Lewis M'Donalds cftate, within this State, to be felt
ed, and that unless lie shall difchargj his debts within twelve
months after the publication of this notice, the fame will be fold
for the payment of his creditors. Dated the 3d May, 1790.
New-Yorl, May 7, 179°- ['»• iy )
TO BE LET,
On very low terms—and entered upon immediately, until the Jrjt tj
May next.
THAT elegant new TWO STORY BRICK HOUSE, in the
Bowery-Lane* formerly occupied by Rore r t Gilbert
Livingston, deceased ; it has seven Eire Placcs with a good
Cellar under the whole House—a convenient out-Houfe in the
real with a Coach-Houit, and Stables; for further particulars en
quire of MANGLE MIN'THORN.
(2 w. t. f.) Corporation Dock.
lr"y ALL ferfons having demands agttiitft the
Houfehotd of the PRESIDENT of the United SMft,
are re que fled to exhibit their accounts fir fettlimtol,
at his late Dwelling in Broad-Way, before the ijlA
oj September. Aqgnft ?!, 179°-
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
July 13,
NOTICE ij hereingiven, that Proposals will be receniedat the rftte
of the Secretary of the Treasury, to thefufiday ofOßobcr nixl'n
clullot, for the fubply ot all rations, which may be rr quired for the uje of
the United States, from the firj} dayaf January to the thirty M toy if
December >791, both day< inclujive, at theplacts,and withinlht djtrittr
herrin after mentioned, viz. . .
At any place or places, betwixt Yorltow* in thcjlatc of Pennjyutma,
and Fort Pitt and at Fort Pitt, ,
At any place or places, betuiixt Fort Pitt and Fort M'lntojh, en t>"
River Ohio, and at Fort M'lntoJh.
At anv place or places, betwixt Fort M'htojh aid the mouth of the Ha
ver Mufkingum, and at the mouth of the River Mufhingum.
At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of the River Mujknigum } a
up thefaid River to the Tufcarowas, ami at the Tufcauowas, and thciue
over to the Cayoga River, and down the said River to its mouth.
At anyplace or places, betwixt the mouth ojthe river Mufltngum, art
\he mouth of the Scioto River, and at the mouth of the said River Scioto.
At any place or places, betwixt the month oj Scioto River, and the mou
)f the great Miami at the mouth of the great Miami, and from thence t$
he Rapids, on the Falls of the Ohio 9 and at thefaid Rapids.
At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of the great Miami,up *
Caid Miami, to and at Piquetown, and thence over to the Miami Village*
m the river of the fame name which empties into Lake Erie.
At any place or places from the rapids of the Ohio, to the mou °f
Waba/J, ; thence up the said IVaba/h to Pojt St. Vincennes, at PoltU. rn
tennes, and thence up the said river IVabi/k, to the Miami i age,
At anyplace or from the mouth of the liabafh river to the mouth
of the river Ohio. u . ff£ ... r nm
At any place or places t on the eafl fide of the river Mtjfpphf
mouth of the Ohio river, to the mouth of the Illinois river. u: nr its
At any place or places, from the mouth of the Miami river to the j.
'At any place places, from the Miami Village to Sandnfky, and *
Sandujky, and from Sfoftflj to the month of Cayoga
At anyplace or places, F " rt Pitt aud Venango*' j"i'tj
At any place f aces, betwixt Prtff
betwixt Le Reuj and dim • re Jl '/"> ' ' .'> . J
IJle and the mouth of Cayoga f!tC T - , {!aceu „ the rout
At the mouth of Cayoga river, and •*' l * v ? P < 0 f Big
from Fort Pitt, W the month of Caytga rifP) I
reck. _ ' tain tit
At any place or places, on the eajt fide of the Mijfifippi,
mouth ♦/" the Ohio and the river Mar got inc/ufively.
At anyplace or places,fron theJ aid river Margot, to the river \azov
inclufivety*
At any place Or placesfrom the. mouth of the river Tennefee, toOcochaP'
po or Bear creek, on the said river iwclujtvely. . n
Should any rations be required at any places, or within other dijlrutt*
not fpeeified in these propofals,the price of the fame to be hereafter igTU
on, betwixt the public and the contrattor.
The rations to be supplied are to confjl of the following articjes t tfz»
One pound oj brad or flour.
One pound of beef, or % of a pound ofpork,
Half a jill ofrru t brandy or whisky,
One quait of fait, }
Two quarts ofvirtegar, ( pef ioorat ; ns ,
I / wo pounds of soap, Q
One pound of Candles, ) _ .
The proposals mufl fpecifythe lotoejl price per ration. No credit is
quired ALEXANDER HAMILTON,,
Secretary of the Treasury.
|q°> Dr. Price's Revolution Sermon may bt had of
the Editor. —-Price 1/7.
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