TO THE PUBLIC.
r appo»n*Pc* hy
1 TH SOCIETY for ihc INSTITU
TION * n SI PPOttT «•» FIRST-DAY r,r
SVVDaY SCrtOOli! in city ol Pl<ilat 4 cl-
d'.e, >rtr (i:unCf "t «S'.»u'bwark rtic
" uj loitcit lunhn fu'-fc.in-
Ni"i;;cu: 1.
'c»es,
tions fll »hr fu;-.port o' the frhools which liit
fatd society haVe eflabliftted, take the liberty to
rrpirf'iK to ihcir citizens—
Thai, although the f< hcolf were fnf,>endrd
ii• pcll >d <:f ill l- iau a-t 1 1• i i■l.iin :> \
v*. i* ii I-,,; it our cit v and fubmlis hccnal
f •d,• ; n y ,h\- now opfiini or the free
«-dif -it->r> <•? poor cfithlKtl.
f ii.ii, the neofli'v and reasons for th.- rftob
ttflimcn; of tliefe schools are mcie.-f d, Com the
cncumflance of the Lie diUnfs having lift a
nnmher of Orphans di Uutite of all the means
ol •due**ion, fate what the hand of benevolence
ina\ admuiiflc
That, former « xperirnce has, mod pleasingly,
vrrifi d «hc fond (I hopes of ihe friends of this
inftimnon, with ic>;ard to thf piogrefs an 1 ad
vancentent of the children, who have heretofore
been under i.s caie, in the ufeful branches of
education wfii. nit has ast >rd« d. Referring to
this fafl', and to the nddxTs to the publ-c, on
tlvs fubjrfl, publ'fhed in the nrwfpapers of this
ci;y 'n the thud ra >nth last, when about eight
hundred and twenty children of both fixes hid
partaken of the benefits afforded by the society,
and about three hundr d ond twenty more were
th-n a&uaiiy receiving inftrn&ioti in their
fehools, it now only icmains to be ohferved,
that th'* funds of the foriety are greatly infuffi
ricnt to cany on their benevolent deftgns, and
that the commuter formerly appointed to folictt
fu'ofcription*, concaved it necessary to decline
inrir applications to their fellow-citirens for
'heir afliftance in f»vor of thefr fehools, in otder
that thcie might he no intetTup'ion from them
to thr foliciteiions riien made tn hehalf'of their
un/oMuuatc brethren from Fr*nrois.
Thr public aid is now there'oje earncftly So
licited to fyoport a chat <r?ble cftablilhmrnt, cal
eulated upon 'he princinl s of public and pri
vate good. The annual fubfrriptioti for mcm
bct is hut One J) >31ar ; and it is pre fumed iha:
so fm«»l! a f\!in p<r anuum cannot be bxitcr dif
pofrd of, by those who can afford it, than by
beftou ingit as the pricc of the difF .ifion of ufclu!
knowledge the poor and frirndlefl.
Subfcnpiipn* and donnt'ons will be gratefully
rfrcv<,d by the undernamed committoe on be
half of the fociet v :
Peter Thornpfon,
Thomas P. Cope,
Joseph P'iec-,
V.dwaid P.ile,
J;irnrs H
Will.am Inn is.
F.betiei:r» I » T £e,
] ir*»i» Canffman,
J m<*s Todxl,
| «fenb J inn's,
] mathai. Pi nrofc,
Choi Mi a«!c,
} -iui Prior,
Say,
Nd.haniel Falconer,
Francis Bailey,
1 rfl> Sharplef*,
Samuel ScoUen,
Pet< r Barker.
J'»hn M'Crfc,
Robert Jt lift on,
Thomas Annat,
Gfoigc William.*,
Jan. i
ADVERTISEMENT.
FOR. the benefit of those w!w maybe con
cerned it may not b? improper to notice,
that the United States, by their Ast of the 12th
of February 1793, ordered that all Claims of
the defcriptinn therein mentioned, and which
originated previous To the 4th of March 1789:
be profented nt the Treasury on or before the
firft day of May 1794, otherwi e they will
" forever thereafter, be bar ed, and exclu
-44 ded from Settlement or allowance." And
as there may be several Creditors of the Uni
ted States, holding Certificates 01 other Se
curities, which form a part of the Domestic
D.'bt, and who wish to fubferibe to the Loan,
they are reminded that the term fur receiving
fublcriptions at the Treasury, is by the Ast of
the United States, passed thefecond of March
last, extended to the last day of June, 1794.
The following is an extaft from the Ast of
Limitation above referred to :
Sfctton I. i( 3r it ensAed by the Senate
and House of Reprefentatires of the United
St ires of America, in Congress aftembled—
Thar all claims upon the United States, for
Services or Supplier, or for other caufc, mat
ter or thing, furnifhed or done, previous to
the 4th day of March l 7&9, whether founded
upon Certificates, or other written documents
from Public Officers or otherwise. which have
not already been barred by any A& of Limi
tation, and which shall rot be presented at
the Treasury before the firft day of May 1794,
shall for ever after be barred and prescribed
from fettlenient or allowance : Provided
th.it nothing herein contained, shall l>e con!
ft ued to affett Lonn-Office Certificates, Cer
tificates of Final Settlements, Indents of In
terest, Balances entered in the books of the
register of the treasury commonly called regif
tered certificate*,loans of monies obtained in
foreign countries, or certificates ifTued pursu
ant to the Ast, intitled " An Ast, making pro
vision for the Debt of the United States.
To be Sold,
AT P si If AT E S A L F,
A Valuable Lot of 16
Aciea of I.AND, lying on the great read lead
ing from Pi inccion to Trenton, , J miles from
P.inceton ; will, a tan-yard, b.rk-houfe, beam.
..We and currying-diop, a never failing ft,earn
of wa.fr running through the fame ; , „„ ed
dw,l„n,-hour<-, with an eiury and , wo r ° omi
•ft lliHowrr flncr, and three on lhe upper fl„ or .
a kitchcn adjoining, wnh a crllar under
and a well of waier at ihe door r also
170 -armg apple-trees, and two or three afr~
c w.te rd me,dow. There will be an indif.
P l '.: kiltie given- Any pe.lon inclining
putehile, may know the term, of (ale by an
plying toihe Sulifcribrr on ihe premifea
MATTHEWCLARRF,
September 14, 1793- (e ri wj ,
Encyclopedia,
JUST PUBLISHED,
Uy THOMAS DOBSON,
ar the Stone Hmile, in Second
ft reel Philadelphia.
VOLUME X. OF
Encyclopedia ; or Dictionary
Of A ts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous
Literature, on a Plan entirely new ;
Br WHICH
The Different Science* and Arts,
are d'grjied into the form of
Diltintt Treaties or Sylienis :
TIIIS volume contains principles of Levels,
Liberty, Dxfti ine of Lighr, Lightning,
Locks, Logarithms, Logic, History of Lon
d"n, Longirude, Luther, Lvdia> Macedon,
Madagascar, Magic, Magnetifni, Malts, His
tory of Man, Marriage, Mary, Maryland,,
Masonry, Materia Medica, Meadow, Mecha
nics, with 2 great variety of Biographical and
Mi fee! la neon* articles, illulkrated with Twen
ty two Copperplates.
As a number of families are still in the
country, and it if not generally known who
"Streretuvned. T. D>bfon, solicits the favor
°i the fubfcrbers to call or fend for their vo
lumes, that they may be supplied as early as
poflible.
The tskth volume of the Encyclopedia is
now presented to the public ; but as it makes
its appearance in an imperfect state, fume ac
count of the reason of that imperfection should
be :iven. On the 8:h of September last, the
Pub'ifhsr had the misfortune of haviog his
Printing O/fice burnt down by a fire which
broke out in the neighbourhood, and a great
quantity of his printing materials destroyed,.
and amo-jg other articles, the tigubes, with
which he was printing the tables of lo
garithms, be'onging to the present volume,
were melted down by the violence of the fire.
As afupply of these could not be immediately
obtained, he was under the necessity of pub
lifting the volume without the'e tables; but
hopes he fiiall be able to publish them with the
next volume which is now in considerable for-
wardnefs.
The Publi flier embraces this opportunity of
exprefTing his grateful acknowledgments to
the generous public, for the very liberal pa
tronage with which his undertaking lias been
honored; at the fame time he takes the li
berty of representing to such of the fubferibers
as are in arrears, the indifpenfible necefGty of
punctuality, both in taking up the volumes as
early as poffib e after publication, and of pay
ing for them when taken. Many of the fub
feribers having got only one, two, three, &c.
volumes, and several volumes remain unpaid.
Thus the work hangs in all its different stages
from the commencement; and though the im
portance of a few dollars may be but a trifle
to the individuals, yet the accumulation of
these triftes unpaid lays the Publiflier under
very serious embarrafTmeot,and depr.iveshim
of the use of many Thoufandsof Dollars which
at this time would be of very eflential service.
For tbefe reasons the Pttblifher finds himfelf
under the ncceflity of recurring to the original
terms of publication, and in future no vo
lumes will be delivered but only to those who
take and pay to the time of publication.
Dccembcr 10.
ADVERTISEMENT.
New-Jersey, ) t)Y virtue of a Writ to me
Sussex County.fr. $ U-direftrd, ifTued out of
the High Court of Chancery of New-Jerfev, at
thefuit ot William Shipley against John Ming
and Oliver?; I shall expose to sale at Public Ven
due, on the sixth day of Fcbrua.y next, between
the hours of Twelve and Five in the Afternoon
o 'ame day, on the Premises, the following
described Tract of Land, with its appurtenances,
firuate in the Township of Oxford and County
of Suffix, beginning at a Chefnut Oak Tree, cor.
ner of Daniel Cox's land, and Handing j n the
line of a former futvey made to Thomas Stevcn
fon, bring maiked with the letter B. and thonee
extending along Coxc's line (Rift) (oulh fitly de
grees wefl fifty.five chains and feventy-five links
toa Black Oak Treecoiner of Jofcph Shippen's
land (Cecond) Couth nine degrees and fifteen mi.
nutes, weft ninety chains and Cutty fi»e links to
a forked White Oak Tree, marked with the let.
lets P and B another ol thr said Shrppen's cor.
n.rs (thud) ihence norlh eighty degrees, east one
frond red and forty-five chains, lo a post on the
southerly fide of Paquaoltc.R iver, being alfoa
corner of John Reading's land (lourth) thence
north thirty-nine degrees weft, on( . hundred
and thirty.two chains to the place of beg.nning
•obtaining nine hundred and thirty acres with
the usual allowance for roads and high ways-
Tfie fame Premises are within eight miles of ihe
River Delaware, and there is thereon a conveni
ent Grift Mill with two pair of Stone* a Saw
Mill in good repair, with >fufl-.cient ft rc ,m of
water for their use—a Dwelling House Store
House, and several fmali hurdinp.
MARK THOMPSON,Sheriff,
Dated 22d day of July, 1793.
notice
TS hereby gi ren , to the Mtmn! of the
JL insurance Company of NortmAm£*ica
1 hat the third Instalment, being Two Dollars
on each share of the Stock, is to be paid a.
greeably to the Conftitnrion, on the second
Monday [the 13th day] of January ne*t: And
a Ctttrjl Kittling of the Stockholders is to 1*
held nn the Succeeding day, for the ptirpofe of
chooUilg Fiji ten Dirtflirs, examining into the
Situation of the Company's Affairs, and ma
king such additional Rules and Regulations
as they shall judge neceflsry.
EBENEZER HAZARD, Secratary
D « C - t6 - IllW&f tj. ,j
Vol. X,
A New Publication.
JUST PUBLISHED,
R. AITKEN,
No. 22, Marketft reel,
TRANSACTIONS OF THE AME
RICAN PHILOSOPHICAL
SOCIETY.
Held at Philad;lplii>, for promoting Ufefu]
Knowledge, Vol. 3. P,ice zof in hards
The fubrcribers are requested to call
as above for the Jjd vol. where may
he lmd, complete setts. uniformly printed.
i. An cfljyon those enquiries in Natural Phi.
lofophy, which at present aremoft benefici
al to the United States of North America.
Dr. Nichtlaj Collin,
3. Conjecture? concerning the formation of
the earth, Jcc. Dr. B. Franklin.
3. A new and curious theory of Light and
Heat. Dr. B. Franklin.
4- Defcripton of the process to be observed
in making large ftierts of paper in the Chi
nese manner, with one smooth furface.
. Dr. B. Franklin.
;. Queries and conjectures relative to Mag
netism, and the theory of the Earth.
. Dr. B. Franklin.
o. Explanation of a lingular phenomenon, firft
obftrved by Dr Franklin, and not fatisfac
torily accounted for. Mr. It. Pattirjnn.
7. An account of an Earthy Subftanco found
near the falls of Niagara and vulgarly cal
led the Spray of the Falls ; together with
some remarks on the Falls.
Jtokn M'CatJb, M. D.
8. Observations on the probabilities of the
duration of Human Life, and the progress
of population, in tile United States of Am®.
I ' ca * tl'i/ham Barton, TJq.
9. A letter containing nbfervations made at
Lake Erie, on that Angular phenomenon,
by seamen termed looming.
Andrew F.Hiiot
10. An Account nf (he Sugar Maple-Tree
of the United States, and of the methods
ot obtaining Sugar from it, together with,
observations upon the advantages both pub.
lie and private of this Sugar.
Benjamin Rujk, M D
it. Memoir on the use of the Thermometer
in discovering Banks, Soundings, &r.
fomthan Ffa.
-.2. An Account of the mod elfiftual means
of preventing tlie'deleterious consequences
of the bite of the Crotalus Horridm, or R, t .
tie Snake. Benjamin Smith Bar/or, M D
.3. Magnetic Observations, ma( j e at the
verfity of Cambridge, (Maflachufetts.)
Dr. S. Wm'a.ns.
14. Accurate determination of the right as
cension and declination of Bootes, and the
Pole Star. Andrew LUicott, £/i.
IJ. Account of several Houses in Philadelphia
struck with Lightning, on June ;th, , 789'
, . . „ I)av " i RtUinhotfe, If*.
16. An Account of the effects of a stroke of
Lightning on a Houle furniffied. ,rith two
Conductors. fIW Rmexk.ufc, and Fr.ncis
lUphrfen, F.fqrs.
17- Experiments and Observations on EvaDo
ration in cold Air. C. H'Jlar, M J)
1& Postscript to Mr. Barton's Letter m
Dr. Rittenhoufe, of the , 7, of March
19. New Notation of Music. '
sawtl J.
Mr. R. Pdth rfon
20. Observations on tfie Theory of Water
Waring
19. Agronomical Observations.
David Ritletihmft.
20. A letter relative to a method of findtnc
the film of the several powers of the. Sines
&c ' Dami Rimnhoufc, Eft '
21. Index Florae Lancaftrienfis.
Hmruo Muhhnbtrg, D. T>
21. Inveuigation of the power ofjjr. Bar
ker's Mill, as improved by James ftumfey
with a defcnptioii of the mill. IV. H'arirjr
2J. A Thermom.trical Journal of the tem
perature of the Atmofphcre and Sea, on a
voyage to and from Oporto, with explana
tory observations thereon.
jenathu, William, Ffq
34• First memoir of observations on the plants
denominated Cryptogamick.
'As. Dt Beauvfiif.
25. A letter, containing observations on the
ancient works of Art, the- Native Inhabi.
tants, &c. of the Wettern Country.
M "J«r )ontthan Hitrt.
264 An account of some of the principal dies
employed by the North American Indians.
Extracted by the late Mr. H* g h Mtrliv.
17. An account of the beneficial effects of the
Calfia Chaniaecrifta in recruiting worn-out
land*, and in enriching such as are natural
ly poor ; together with a botanical descrip
tion of the plant.
J"*ti Granivay of Virginia.
Ib. An account of a hill on the borders of
North Carolina, fnppofed to have been a
in a letter from a Continental of
ficrr, to Dr. J. Grcewuoy, Virginia.
29. An Accountof apoifanous plant, grow
ing spontaneously in the southern part of
Virginia. Extracted. from a paper by
. Dr - Jams Cremway, V„gjnia.
30. Description of a Machine for mealurine a
(hip's way. Francis Hqkivfm Ffi,
31. An Inquiry into the question, whcHirrthe
Apis Mellifica, or true Honey-Bee, is „ na .
tive of America. Benjami, Smith
32. An Account of a Comet.
Drntd Rittenhcufcy F.Jj.
33. Cadmus or a Treatifeon the Elements of
Written Language, illustrating, by 3 Philo
sophical division of Speech, the power „(
each character, thereby mutually fixing t|, e
Orthography and Orthoepy, with an Effav I
00 the mode of teaching the Dea.', or SuJ I
And to be fold by
Contents of Vol. 3 </.
and consequently ,Dmnb to fpeal<, byWm,
Thornton, M. D. Honored with the Ma-
Rellanic Gold Medal, by the Fhilofuphictil
Society, in December, 1792. . N. B.
Cadmtt 11 printed in a fine 8. vol. and fold
by the Publisher hereof.
J4- Obftrratio.i* on the Thoory of Water-
M'Hs. W. Hiring.
35- An Improvement on Metalic Conductors
or Lightning rods-. Mr. Robert r*tterJon.
Honored with Ihe Magellanic Premium, by
an Award of the Society in December i *92.
36. Aneafy and expeditious method of dis
sipating the noxious Vapour commonly
found in Wells and other fubterraneom
P' ace '- F.bcriczcr Robirfon t Ifq.
37* A method of draining Ponds in level
r grounds. JeJJe Wiggins.
38. Observations on the severity of the win-
* er > 1 779, 1782. Ret'' Matthew WHJtfn.
39- A Description of a new Standard for
Weights and Measures; io a letter front
Mr. John Cooke r of Tipperary in Ireland.
40, Description of a SpiUNc-Block, designed
to aifift a Velfal in failing. Pravcis Hopkin-
Jon, Lfq. Honored *ith the Magellanic
Gold Medal, by an Award of the Society
in December 1790.
December 20.
Robert Campbell,
No. 54, South SecondJlreet 9
Seconddoor bdow the corner of Chefnut-ftreet,
HAS IMPORTED,
By the late arrivals from Britain and
A large and general AJJbrtment of
New Books and Stationary,
Which will be disposed of on the lowest terms.
Dec. 23. raw&ftf
Parry and Mufgrave,
Goldsmiths & Jewellers,
No. 42,
SOUTH SECOND-STREIT,
HAVE FOR SALE,
ytn eleranf AJJartment of
SILVER is? PLATED WARE,
JEWELLERY &Jfc CUTLERY,
Which they, will dispose of on the most r»a
fonable terms- Devices in hair, Miniatures
sett, and every thing in the gold and jilver
way, done as ulual.
December 24.
ALL persons having any demand again#
the Estate and EfFects of Mrs. MARY
SINDREY, widow, late of Frankford, Ox
iord township, in the State of Pennsylvania,
deceased; are desired to produce their a'c
counts to Jacob Leshe* and Willi am Creed,
(in Frankford, atorefaid,) Executors and Ad
ministrators of the above in oider for settle
ment. And whoever is indebted to said Kf
tate, &c. are requeued to make payment toi
Administrators, on or before the
16th of March, 1794, or they will be dealt
with according to law.
Frankford, Dec. 16.
.Stock Brokers Office,
No. 16, Wall-ltrect, Nsw-Yohk.
THE Subfcribtr intending to confine himfelf
entirely to the PURCHAS£ & SALE of
! STOC.KS.on COMMISSION, b.gi leare to of.
. trr hit ferviecaro his friends and other*, in the
line ol a Stock Broker. Those who may pleafr
to favor him with their buftnefa, may depend
upon having it tranfafied with tbe utin,' ft fide.
. lity and dispatch.
Orders from Philadelphia, Boston, or »„y
other part of the United Stales, will he flriAiY
attended to. LEONARD BI.EECKER.
NEW BOOKS.
Now opening- for Sale,
By M. CARE Y,
No. 118, MARKET-STREET;
A large and valuablecolle&ion ofBOOKS,
imported from London in the Mohawk.
Dee. 19.
Seat of War.
For Sale, at M. CAREY's Store,
No. 118, Market-street,
A Sheet Map of the
French, Austrian and Dutch Netherlands in
which the progress of tlie prefer.t War may
be traced Price three r , g htki of a d,IUr.
And a Map of the Three WorthemDiftriAs
of France, divided into Departments
Puce $ of a dollar.
Maps of the United
VW Any puUic r P iri « f d gentlemen, pos
sessed of material, for correcting and impror
ing the Maps ot the several State*, will lay
M. Carey under very particular obligations,
by communicating rticni. He win immediate
want of fume tor New.jerfij, and Delaware;
of waich States he u now preparing Maps.
Guthrie's Geography:
The fubfeription for this wo k will be con
timied open, at the present rate of twelve
dollar, till ,he «rfl day of November next;
after which, it wiU be raised to fourteen dol
lars.
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