; > ■—j# Treaftu'y Departirient Il- Vcnuc April 14, I 795 ox f PROPOSALS Z W.Ube received at the Office of the wo Commijficrier of the Revenue, rit ' For Building a < Light house, _ On Seguin tfland, near the mouth of Kenne beck river, on th.*; coast of the DittricSt of 1 Maine; of the following Materials, Di mensions andDefcription. THE form is%o be.in Octagon. The foun dation is to He of stone, to be funic, if prac ticable, thitteen feet be!©\v the bottom of the wooden work, or twelve feet and fcn half be low the furface of the earth, and *o be com- ( mencedof the diameter of twenty leven feet. It is to be laid solidly to the height of two feet. Ftom thence to tie bottom of the wood en work, the foundation wall is to be eleven feet high, and fix feetthi:k. O As it is intended that the above deferibed stone foundation shall only be carried fix in ches higher than the crown lev#l of the knoll or rock on which the Light-house * to be e re&ed, and it may be found impofTible, on account of the rock, to fink the fame to the dz depth of twelve feet and one half below the fe r.irth, or thirteen feet below the wooden 01 •work, it Is neceflary that the propositions for m the said stone foundation be made by the perch F: to include all costs, charges and cxpences of th materials, workmanship and labor. b< The octagonal pyramid is to b£ well fram ed, and of stout heirt fine timber. It is to to be twenty fix feet in diameter at the base there- (a of where it will reft on the top of the stone m foundation, to which it is to be well secured w by lixteen flout iron straps built theqein and w otherwise. The height of the wooden build- fe ing fronv the bottom of the water table aud tli from the furface of the earth, is to be forty iepttothc top of the wooden work,\mderthe j tc floor of lantern ; where the diameter is fa to he fifteen feet. The foundation is to be cl capt with lavved stone at lead eight inches oj wide, and sloped at top to turn off the wa- b< ter. fe The frame of the pyramid is to be cover- tl ed with boards of one inch and one half in ft thickness, over which is to be laid a good & al complete covering of fh ngles, and well pain ted with three coats. The light house is to h< have two windows in the East, and two win- w dows in the Weft. Thefafhes are to be hung T with hinges, and each sash is to have eight fa panes of glass, eight by ten inches. tt On the top of the wooden work of the pyramid is to be a strong framed tier of si jloifts, beded therein, planked dver with oak o plank extending one foot beyond the fides of b the pyramid, thereby forming an eave, which w is to be finifhed by a cornice, txe whole hav- v ing a defccnt from the center, fulficient to si throw off the water, aad to be covered with a copper. si A complete and fufficient iron Lantern in i.« the o&agonal form is to reft thereon; the S eight corner pieces or ftanchion.s of which v are to be well fccured to the upright timbers ic of the pyramid, or to the tier of joists, or l< both These stanchions are to be very strong a and stout in the lower ten feet, and three and n one-half inchcs by two and one-half inches a- si bo vs. The Lantern is to be ten feet high, tl from the floor to £he bottom of the dome or r roof, and to have a dome or roof of five feet 1 in height. The whole space between the r posts to be occupied by the fafties, which are b to be moulded on the inside andftruck solid. t Each faih is to have twenty-eight large panes h of glass; a part ot the sash on the south-west t fide is to be hung with hinges for a door to v go out on the platform. The iron rafters of c the lantern are to be framed into an iron hoop, oyer which is to be a copper funnele thro* which the fmoake may pass into a large c copper ventilator in the form of a man's head ; j: Capable of containing one hundred gallons, f This head is to be turned by a large vane, so i that the hole for venting the fmoak may be l always to leeward. Eight dormant ventila- i tors are to be fixed in the roof, a large cur ved air pipe is to be patted thro' the floor and i a close stove is to be provided and fixed in the j lantern. There aretobc 4pairof ftairstoafcend t to the lantern, the entrance to which is to be by a trap door covered with copper. The 2 building is to be furnilhed with two complete i electrical conductors or rods with points. The floors are to he laid with plank. The < entrance into the light house is to be well fe- ] Cured by a strong door hung upon hinges, < with a strong lock and latch complete. Also a frame Dwelling House of one story j and the root, tcr be twenty fix feet or there about in front,and twenty five feet deep, with i cellar, under it, if it shall be found practi cable to dig it. The cellarwalls to be eigh teen inches thick, and seven feet high. The story of the House to be seven feet and one half in thj clear. The rooVto have are&angu lar pitch. The floors tc be laid in whole lengths nailed through. The House is to con tain a Kitchen of thirteen by lixteen feet, a fitting room adjoining length wife of twelve l>y fixteerrfeet, two fniali chambers of eight by nine feet joini £to the ends of the Kitchen and fitting room, with a passage to th'pfe two rooms between the bed rooms. The stack of Chimneys to be between the Kitchen and ftt ing room and is to have two plain fireplaces, one of them large for a kitchen; to which is to be joined an Oven-. There is to be an out er door to the passage and an outer door also to the Kitchen. There are to be two win? dows in each of the iarge rooms, and one in each bed room. Each sash iff to have twelve panes of glass eight by ten inches. Each window is to have a strong plain (butter, with fattening* and hingjs. The doors areto be him?r and furnilh ed completely. The ceiling and inner fides of the House are to be plaiftered with two coats. All the wood work inside and out is to be well painted, and the whole is to" be fi nifhed in a plain and decent manner. An oil vault is to be built twenty by twelve feet in the clear,arched over,* and covered with earth orfand, over which a shed is tc be built. It is to be furtfiftied with nine strong cedar Ciftirns with covers, each capable of contain- hundred Gallons. The entrance to 4ue vault i* to be secured by a strong door. A well is to be funk at a convenient distance, >'ad furnifhed with a curb, bucket and rope 6Jmpieteiy. The builder is to procure and pay, for ail materials, labor, workmanship, \ pro virions and other obje&s of cost charge or expence for aliimtobe proposed and agreed upon, and to execute the before described work, and every part thereof in a good and workman like manner. Convenient payments or advances, on secu rity, will be made. April 17. t&ftf. f Treasury Department Revenue Office, April 10, 1795* V PROPOSALS = Will be received at the Office of the ComnvJJioner of the Revenue, w FOR. BUILDING A - LIGHT HOUSE, n On Long [(land, at Montaak Point 1 in the Coqnty of Suffolk, and State fp of New York, of the following Ma- w terials, Dimensions and Description. ™ n The form is to be O&agonal. The foun- U j e dation is to be of Stone, to be funk thirteen w c feet below the bottom of the Water tabic, g a n or the furface of the Earth, and to be com- f a ir menced of the Diameter of twenty nine feet. T h From such commencement to the bottom of so if the Water Table, the foundation wall is to fci be thirteen feet high, and nine feet thick. or i- The Diameter of the base from the bot- al o torn of the Water Table to the top thereof, (where the Octagonal pyramid is to eom le mence) is to be twenty eight feet, and the d wall is there to be seven feet thick. The d wall of the Octagonal pyramid is to be fix In I- feet thick at the Base thereof, on the top of d the Water Table. y The Height of the building, from the bot- _ ie j torn of the Water Table jnd from the fur is face'of the Earth, js to be eighty feet to \ ie the top of the stone work, under the .floor ■s of the Lantern; where the Diameter ii to i- be fixtee* feet fix inches, and the wall three feet thick. The whole to be built of Stone; r- the Water Table is to be capt with sawed in stone, at least eight inches wide, and Sloped k at top to turn off the water. i- The outjlde of the walls is to be faced with :o hewn or hammer drefled stone, having four i- windows in the East, and three in the Weft, ig The Sashes to be hung with hinges, and each r it sash to have twelve panes of glass, eight by ten inches. Ie On the top of the Stone work is to be a >f framed tier of Joists, beded therein, planked k over with Oak plank, extending three feet beyond the wall, thereby forming an eave, :h which is to be finifhed with a Cornice, the v- whole having a descent from the Centre, to fufficient to throw off the water, and to be th covered with Copper. A complete and fuf ficient iron lantern, in the OAagonal form in is to reft thereon, the Eight corner pieces or ie Stanchions of which, are to be built in the :h ' w ill to the depth of ten feet. These Stanch rs ioiis are to be nearly 3 inches square in the ar lower ten feet, and 3 I-i by 2 i-i inches ig above. The lantern is to be ten feet and id nine inches in diameter. It is also to be tsn a- feet high, from the floor to the bottom of , h, the dome or roof, and to have a dome or , or roof of five feet and nine inches in height. _ et The whole space between ths posts or up- 5 he right pieces at the angles is to be occupied re by the Sashes, which are to be moulded on d. the inside and (truck Solid. Each sash is to n es have twenty eight panes of glass, fourteen by tl :ft twelve inches, a part of the sash on the South *■ to weft fide is to be hung with hinges for a 0 of convenient door to go out on the platform. d on The rafters of the Lantern are to be fram- a — ed into an Iron hoop, over which is to be'a a ge copper funnel, thro' which the smoke may d; pass into a large Copper Ventilator in the ( is. form of a man's head ; capable of contain fo ing 100 Gallons. This head is to be turned ( be by a large vane ; so that the hole, for vent la- ing the smoke, may be always to Leeward. f ir- Eight dormant Ventilators are to be fixed , ud in the roof, a large curved air pipe is 10 be he passed thro' the floor, and a close Stove is , nd to be provided and fixed in the Lantern. > by There are to be seven pair of Stairs to . he ascend to the Lantern, the entrance to which t ;te is to be by a trap door covered with copper. 1 its. The building is to be furnifhed with two he complete ele&rical Conductors, or rods with I fe- points. The floors are to be laid with plank. I ;es, of at least one inch and one half in thickness, ' The entrance to the Light-House to be well 1 >ry secured by a strong door hung upon hinges, re- with a strong lock and latch complete. Also a Frame house to be thirty four feet , in front and sixteen feet deep, with a eel- 1 ,|J lir under it. The cellar walls to be tigh jne teen 'hick, and seven feet high.— ] * _ The firft story of the house i9tobe eight '> feet, and the second, seven feet fix inches 1 011- high, the floors to be laid in whole lengths 1 t a nailed through. The stack of Chimneys | ye with two plain fire places on each floor, ,r],t one of them large for a kitchen ; two nen windows below, and three above in front wo and rear, each sash to have eighteen panes cos of glass ten by eight inches. The doors fit- to be hung and furnifhed completely.— The ceilings and fides of the house to be his plaiftered with two coats, all the 'wocd ,ut - work inside & out to be well painted & the ilfo w hole to be finifhed in a plain decent ,IDr manner. 6115 An oil Vault to be built twenty by twelve feet in the clear ; arched over and " 5 covered with earth or sand over which a shed is to be built—lt is to be furnifhed with nine strong cedar cifternj, wtih co vers, each capable of containing two hun- W L O dred gallons. n [ 3 The entrance to the vault is to be secur ed by a strong door. A well is to be funk at a convenient distance, and furnifhed with a curb, bucket and rope completely. ~ The builder to find and pay for all the ma |tjlt terials, labor, workmanship, provisions, ,^ ar and other objects of colt, charge or ex a ; n _ pence for a fu#i to be agreed upon and to eto execute the before described work and oor. every part thereof ina good and workman nee, hke manner. °P e Convenient payments or advances, on and security will be made. tu&ftf PHILADELPHIA:—Printed by JOHN FENNO, No. 119, Chesnut Street.—Price Sit Dollars Per Annum. Frefli Teas, F Of Superior Quality, viz. Imperial, or Gunpowder Hyson Gomee, llt quality Hyson, 2d. do. do. < Young Hyson, H)ifon Skin, and Souchong. A few Boxes of each, for sale a No. 19, Third street south; ; Dec. 10 eodtf Forty Dollars Reward. Was taken out of'tie stable of Abraham Van Bibber, Esquire, in the town of Baltimore 011 the night of the 28th ultimo, A GREY HORSE, & Near fif&en hands high, fix years old this : spring, had been" (hod about 8 day's all round bl . with new shoes, without either brand or ear 11 mark, a white or balled face, a bushy tail, the lower part of which is whiter than the - upper ; a ihort head and neck, but carries at 1 well and has great spirit; trots, racks, and Vl > gallops ; is active and well made for either - saddle or carriage. Whoever secures the ai • Thief so that he be convi&ed thereof, and al f so returns the faidhorfe to either of the fub j fcrihers, shall be entitled to the above reward or twenty-fix dollars for the horse only, with - all reasonable expences to be paid by Abraham Van Bibber, In Baltimore Town, or I Pbiiip Reading, i In Middletown, New Castle County, State f of Delaware. ytfpril 8 d6w ' - C > City of Waihington. : S C HEM En >n I OF THE js 3 LOTTERY, No. 11. ti ! FOR THE c IMPROVEMENT ti • O F T H E c; ; FEDERAL CITY, p 1 A magnificent > 20,000 Dollais, and a dwelling house, J cash are i „ 50,0 °° n t 1 ditto 15,000 & cam 25.000 40,000 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000 " ' 1 ditto 10, 000 & cash 10,000 20,000 1 e 1 ditto 5,000 Sc cash 5,000 10,000 '' 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 Cash prize of 10,000 2 ditto 5,00 a each, are io,oro c II ,o ditto 1,000 10,00© si r a 0 ditto 500 10,000 ft e jOO ditto 100 10,000 e: 200 ditto 50 10,090 ti c 400 ditto 25 io,o»a d :s 1,000 ditto 20 20,000 h d 15,000 ditto 1® 150,000 f *6,739 P«»*es r 33,261 Blanks >- 50,000 Tickets at 8 dol!ars 400,000 n This Lottery wiU affoid an elegant fpeci -0 men of the private buildings to beere&td in n y the City of Walhington—Two beautiful de- h h signs are already-fek 6ted for the entire fronts a on two of the public fquarc? ; from these 1 drawings, it is proposed «o ere£t two centre a j_ and tour corner buildings, as soon as peffvble _ a after this Lottery is fold, and to convey them when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in the manner described in the scheme tor le the Hotel Lottery. A nett dcdu&ion of five C per cent, w ill be made to defray the necef- a t'aiy expences of printing, See. and the'fur- c plus will be made a part of the-fund intended Q for the National University, to be ere&ed 1 within the City of Walhington. * The drawing will commence as soon c as the Tickets are fold off.— -The money prices will be payable in thirty days to after it is finifhed, and any prizes for which :h fortunate numbers are not produced within . r. twelve months after the drawing is closed are 70 :o be confideied as given towards the fund th for the Uuiverfuy, it being determined to - k. fettle the whole bufmefs in a year from the f s ending of the drawing and to take up the »11 bonds given as security. , s The real securities given for the payment ' of the Prizes, are held by.the President and two Directors of the Bank of Columbia, and et are valued at more than ha 1 the amount of ?1- the Loiter v. h- The twenty four gentlemen who by ap - poiptment of the late Commiflioners aflifted ht in the management of the Hotel Lottery are . es requested to undertake this arduous task a fe hs cond time on behalf of the public ; a fuffici «s ent number of these having kindly accepted, >r it is hoped that the friends to a National Uni versity and the other federal obje&s may ccm tinue to favor the design, The synopsis of e3 one of the Colleges, to form a branch of the National Institution, is already in the press, and will be speedily together with its constitution. ! A compleat Plan of the whole of this Important Institution, compiled from a fe "e lediion of the best materials, ancient and mo nt derh, will be submitted to the public when ever die fame may have gone through ftich >y revisions as may be necessary to establish the nd perfe<£t confidence and general approbation, a so efTential to its present rife and future exif ed tence for the general good of America. :o- By accounts received from the different in- parts of the Continent as well as from Eu rope, where the tickets have been sent for Jr . . sale, the public are assured that the drawing n fc will speedily commence, and that the care and caution unavoidably necessary to insure a I fafe disposal of the tickets, has rendered the short suspension indispensable. is," February 24, 1795. Samuel Blodget. , %* Tickets may be had at the Bank of II Columbia ;of James Wt ft & Co. Baltimore; ian ot Gideon Denifon, Savannah ; of Pe»er Gilman, Boston; of John Hopkins, Rich on mono: and of Rtchaiu Wells, Coopei's fer • ry. Aug 30 eodtf - ■ : Rumford Abijah Dawes, HJPE FOR S/ILE, No. 7, South Water Street, A PARCEL OF CAYENNE COCOA, A few bales ditto Cotton, Coffee in tierces and barrels, A quantity of Rotou or Annatto Flag, PimentQ, Cork Duck, A few hoxes Iriili Linen, And some Packages of Spring Goods. ■ 4 mo. 7, 1795 daw Columbianum. Notice is hereby given, at the Committee of Examination of Ta lents andPreten/io/is, belonging to the Colum , bianum or National College of Painting, Sculpture, Archite»sfure, and Engraving con tinue to receive recommendations from thole Arties, who mean to become Members ot" ' that Institution, indofed to Mr. Groombridge at his house adjoining the Bank of Pennsyl vania, and addrefled to the chairman. Signed by order of the Committee of Ex amination, &c. J. J. BARRALET, THOS. ROBSON, Aflift. Sec [ Feb. zj d 1 jfuji Publijhed, THOMAS B DOBSON, BOOKSELLER, At the Stone House, in second street, Philadelphia, Volume, XIII of Encyclopedia : Or a Di&ionary of Arts, Sciences, and Mis cellaneous Literature, on a plan entirely new, by which the different sciences and arts are digested nto the form of diftin<St - " -"tieatifesor fyitems : This volume contains the history of Nehe miah, Nero, Newfoundland, Newton, and Newtonian Philofopny, Niagara, Nile, Nor way, Numidia, Obfer\ T atory, Olympus, Op tics, Oratory, Ornithology, Oflian, Otaheite, Ovis, Owhyhee, Paintings, Palermo, Pales tine, Paper making, Parliament, Paris, Pas cal, together with a great variety of Biogra phical and miscellaneous articles. Illuftrat j ed with 3a elegant Copperplates. Subscribers to this work are earnestly f' li -3 cited to take up the volumes which they have D not received, as the lying out of so much 5 money is a serious injury to the Publiflier, 5 those who do not take them up and pay for them by the firft of July 1795, will be fubjeft 3 to an additional charge. 3 Ths fubfeription for this valuable work is 3 closed sometime ago, the Publilher has ft ill a d few sets on hand for sale at 110 dollars the a set. The money to be paid in full on deliv ering the volumes now ready, which are thir ? teen, and the remaining five volumes will be delivered when published to the purchaser or his order. 3 The fourteenth volume is in the prefj, in considerable forwardneTs. April 10 eod4w Boston Glass. THE Proprietors of the Boston Glass Ma n nufa<story, after great trouble and expence, - have got this Ufeful Manufacture eftablilhed * so as to be able to supply any quantity of c Window Glass that may be wanted, and of e any sizes, from 6 by 8 to 19 by 13, of a c quality superior to any ever imported into n America. '' Therefore they shall meet the En c couragement ot their Fellow Citizens in this and the other States, by having their Or ders for Glass, which will be executed wth care and dispatch by Samuel Gridley, Super (j intendant at the Manufacture, or by fending their orders to Mr. William Codman, mer n chant, New York, or to « Joseph Anthony & Son, ' S Merchants, Philadelphia. 1 March 2J d3W d c Just Pubiifhed, o And to be fold by Mr. Ormrod, No. 41, »e Chefnut street, Mr. Dobfon, 41, Second le street, Mr. Davies, 68, High street, and by the Editor, 119, Chefnut street, d An ALPHABETICAL LIST d or the DUTIES Payable by Law, on all Goods, Wares 5c :c * Merchandize,imported into the United States re after the last day of March, 1795. —Price l-Bth of a Dollar. l " March 19 d d, -■ ■■ ■ ■ . j- George Hunter, of Chemiji, -At his Laboratory, AV 114, oath rt,' Second fir eat, INFORMS his tonner cullomers and the public, that he has begun the DRUG bu- [ !S linefs again on an extensive plan. e He has for sale a g- reral alfortment of FRESH DRUGS, :h CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS, «nd PA he TENT MEDICINES. lDj Likcv/ife, painters'colours, dry and ground in oil, paint brulhes, window and coacti gLass, dye ftuffs. linfced oil, oil of turpentine, copai oil vainifh and japn- , warranted good. u _ A Hum, copperas, madder, ground red weod or by the hoglhead or fmallcr quantity. Ashe imports the fivnpl's from the best market , and n»akes ihe compofuions and rc preparations himfelt, he irenabled to vouch tor and warrant ever) article fold out of h>s Laboi atory f and like wife to dispose of tlicm at the molt reasonable raics. He withes to fell a 'arg« LOT of , GROUND, the north -r?lt corner of • and Eleventh-ftree's,containing 78 feet fr°nt of on High-itreet, and 200 feet on Eleventh re; street, opposite Mr. Leiper'snew biiildings— And another LOT on the norih fide of High ;h- tirect,ne«r the above, 28 feet front, aod 200 er« feet deep. Both lots have the privilege of a 30 feet alley in their rear. Dec. 13. stf I TO BE SOU), A Lot, containing aboi j7 acres, on the Wifl'ahickon road, 4 milt from the city, and directly opposite to t! house of Mr. I/aac Wharton. A Lot, containing- 10 acres, in Ifliiigtou Lane, on said road, near the estate of Jaf er Moyian, Esq. A Lot, containing 10 acres in Turner'* Lane, on said road, and direilly opposite to the estate of Mr. Ternant. Enquire of Joseph Redman, Woodstock, corner of Turner's Lane. 6 eodtf , This Day is publi/hed, And for sale by W Ilium Young, No. 52, iouth Second street, J. Ormrod. at the old Franklin's Head, No. 41, Chefnut street, and the Editor of this Gazette, [Price 18 Cents.'} A SERMON, ' Delivered in the Second Prefbyteria* ' Church, in the Gity of Philadelphia, on the j. 19th of February, 1795, being the day o! General'i hankfgiving throughout the Unit ' ed States. By ASHBEL GREEN, B. D. One of the Pallors of the aforefaid Church. March 18 d Wan'ted Immediately. I Smiths, a good fireman.and White Smith, good encouragement will be given. Apply No 162 or 74 Market ltrest.' Fhilad. Feb, 28, 1795, N. B. Boarding and Lodging free. ti. UNITED 'STATES' PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT. f NOTICE is hereby given? that the trials of Crim nal Caules in :be Circuit ' Court of the United States for the Penn l'ylvania Diftriil, will commence on Mon - day, the 4th day of May next,-it Jie City i Hal! in Philadelphia : when and where aU - persons bound by recogriizance or other - wife to appear, are required to attend. ->■> ;> By order of the Honorable William Paterfon, Esq. one of the afiociate , jufticesof the Supreme Court of the j United States, and the Honorable Richard Peters, Esq. diftritfl judge ol the United States for the Penn fylvaniadiflridl. I ' D. LENOX, Marshal. Marflial's Office, J r March 11,1795. ) j The printers of news-papers to the westward and northward of Philadelphia, s are requested to infci t the above. a March 12 nlw&ft*4V - FOR SALE, At the STORES of r jefle 8c R obcrt Wain, * n POl'T WINE in pipe', hhds. and quai ter calks LISBON d.i.in pipes ■uid quarter calks Souchong.!' (I Congo 1 EAS, ift qiiai (el cliefts A quantity of I.ifbon and oadiz SALT Soft fhrl'ed ALMONDSin bales Velvet CORKS, in do. Hullia MATTS. d !■ E L E C T I 0 N. o An Election will be held at the Pennfylva* nia Hejpitnl on the fourth day of the fifth month, 1795 (being the fec«nd day of the is week) at three o'clock in the "afternoon, for Twelve Managers and a e Treafurer, for the en h fuing,year, ot which the Contributors are defir ■- ed to take notice* and attend. g By order of aßordof ]Vlajiagers, Samuel Coates, Clerk. 4th Mo. 13, 1795. jijl Piibtifke4, ~ And to be fold by B. DALIES, at No, 6S Market street, and T STEPHENS, No t, 57> south Second street, price One Lol „l 'sr. ■ id One thousand valuable Secrets IN THE r - Elegant & Ufeful Arts j Containing an account of the various method* adopted by the best Artists in Europe. For engraving on metals," and how to apply 5c aqua lortis in that ingenious art. es Vranimuting, compounding and temper ce > n g metals, so as to give thera any colour,and any degree of hardness or foftnefs wanted. Making varnilhes, maftichs,cements, seal - ing wax, &c. of every common colour. Manufacturing glass, and compounding those imitations of precious Hones, called French paste. Mixing colours in oil, water, and crayons and their various applications in priming, he painting, &c. u. Dying leather, staining wood, ivory, bcr.es &c. Gilding, colouring and varnilhing pipits, &c. Calling in moulds, and gilding the fame. Making, preferring and correcting wines. Making vinegaja, liquors, oils, &c. II r l aking out spots and Uains from iilk, c cloth, linen, &c. And a great variety of other cuiiutis and ;a ufeful receipts, vaiUy too numerous tu be particularized in an advertifemeiit. rl ; Extrad from the Preface. " Whiil the inhabitams of Europe vs are diilra<sled by the din of arms, and the.r in principal employment is to contrive the moil expeditious means of delhoyiug one of another ; let the'happy citizens pi i>4f tjh infant slates turn thou- attention to ibe >nt ufeful and elegant artsoi" i«caVt ; ler t'.er.i h- avail tliemfelves of Hie ilifcoveic ofrh fe ancient nations iti the h.-pjit; ve. ■ . ..t S' 1 jre pall, until we no longer "ftaud in • m-<l, j*" of their fuppljjes, or remain ex; oier. t„- the iiucfluations of their fortiiUe.", f March 17 tufc tf :
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