JUST PUBLISHED,
H y DiSi'tß nf Ptnrtfylvania, to wit :
THOMAS DOBSON, |$ e remembered that
doofylLr, at tbeSt'.->H«uj r ,>! Scce:;JJ?r*:t, ,| ie l(V , fth ,j t> . April'i.i the eighteenth
t'biladclpbia, car : |g independence of tlie United Stales
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or A ctoi, in the words following, to wit;
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Just Publiflied,
AND TO EE HOLD ?Y
THOMAS DOBSON,
At the Stone house, Nu. 4 1 * South becond
Street,
Historical Colje&ions :
CONSISTING OF
STATE PAPER S,
And other authentic Documents, intended as
materials for an History of she United States
of Ame- ica.
EY EBfcNEZER HAZARD, A. M.
% In two large quarto volumes, price ten dol
lars in boards.
Subscribers will be furniflicd with the 2d.
volume on paying three dollars and a quarter
—having paid five dollars and a quarter on
icceivtng the fir ft.
This fecund volume, comprehends, among
other interesting \ fculars, a complete co
py of the Records of the United Colonies ot
N. England, in which the conduct of the com
iniflioners relpefoing the general concerns of
the colonies*—the neighbouring Indians—and
the. Dutch ,at Manhattan* (now New Yolk) is
particularly detailed.
%* Materials are collected fufficient to
form a THIRD VOLUME, The time of
publHhing will depsnd on the encouragement
to be derived from fubferiptions which will be
received by Thomas Dobfon, Philadelphia;
Jere. Libbey, Portsmouth, New Hampfhirr;
Thomas & Andrews, $c Dav. Weft,Boiton; ll
aia Thomas, Worceiter ; Isaac Beers, New-
Haven; Timothy. Gteen, New London ; Jacob
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left on.
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SALES at NEVy'-TORK, by A. L.
BLEECKER fc? SOA'3,
On Thursday the 15 th May next at Twelve
o'clock at the Tontine Coffee House,
The following
< Trass of Land\
In Watkins and Flint's purfhafe, in the coun
ty of Tioga, state of New York.
The containing acres
Southwell quar. of Townlhip No. 2, 9,424
Northwest do. do. 4, 5,647
Northeast do. do. 6, 10,525
Sonthweft do. do. 7, 9000
Southwest do do.' 8, 3,950
No thwefl: do. do. 8, 6,^50
Southeast do. do. 9, 6,250
Southeast do. do. IP, 9,000
Northwest dcv do. 10, 10,475
70)521
Thefelands are rapidlyencreafingin value,
large settlements are already made in ieveral
of the townfliips; the goqdnefs of foil, and
the advantages in point of situation being so
well known, render any further description
unneceflary. 'A mip of the trails and condi
tions of sale nray be seen at No. ia, Queen
street, New-York.
April iQ. tuthfes tX4M
Pennsylvania Hospital,
. 4th Month, sth 1794.
The Contributors are desired
to attend the Ejection, to be held at the
Hospital on the jth day of the gth Month
next, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon ;to choose
twolve Managers and a Treasure*, for
the ensuing year:
By order of a board of Managers.
Samuel Coates, clerk.
y ; v. B _..
ot all the iquares, {treets and alleys in
u the City and Liberties ; of the fitu-tion
** of all the principal public buhidings ; of
" the rivulets, and as much ot the Canal
u asJies within the compass oi the draft,
4t by H. P. Foiie : ptibliftieij by the Propri
** eror, Benjamin Davies."
In conformity to the a<st of the Congress of
the United States, entitled an adt for the en
couragement of learmug, by feeuring the co
pies of i]iaps > charts and books to the authors
aid proprietors of such copies, during the
times therein mentioned.
SAMUEL CALDWELL,
CL'i kof the Diftri&of Pennsylvania.
Aprii 9. ,w&S2*r
Treasury Department,
Revenue Office, i/lptil 19, 1794*
NOTICE is nereby given, that proposals
will be received at the office ol the Comiiuf
fioner of the Revenue i|»itil the sixth of May
next inclulively, for the supply of all Ra
tions, which may be required during the cur
rent year, at the city of Philadelphia, for
the reormting service.
The ratiqns to be furnifiied are to consist
of the following articles, vi?.
One pound of bi ead or flour,
One pound of beef, or 3 4 of a pound pork
Half a gill of rum, brandy or wliifky
One quart of fait, ,
Two quart, vinegar / pef IOQ rations
1 wo pounds soap (
One pound candles J
Apri. 2a.
rli&ttt6w
The annual ele£ti
Directors and a Treasurer
OF THE
Library Company of Philadelphia,
WILL be held at the Library, in Fif
street, on Monday the fifth of May next, at
three o clock in the afternoon, when the trea
surer will attend to receive the annual pay
ments.
As there are several {hares on which fines
are due, the owners of them, or tUeir rep e
(entatives, are hereby notified, will
be forfeited, agreeably to the laws of the
Company, unless the laid arrears are paid off
on the fife4iday of May, or within ten days
after.
By Order of the Directors.
BENJAMIN R. MORGAN,
Secretary
m&w tsth May.
Scary Rape State of Maryland.
v. Court of Chancei y,
Benjamin Gaither > March sth. 1794-
and n
Basil C.aither
The Complainant states
in his bill that the defendants Benjamin Gai
ther and Basil Gaither were seized in fee as
tenants in common of a tradt ot land in Fre
derick County, called Hammond's Strife ; —
that being so seised, Basil executed a power
of attorney to Benjamin authorizisg him to
fe-ll his, the said Balii's intereil in the fa cl
land, that afterwards the said Benjamin fold:
the said land to a certain William Gaither tor
the consideration of fix hundred pounds which;
hath been fmce paid, that the said William
hath afllgned to the Complainant Henry Raj>e
the bond executed by the said Benjamin fort
the conveyabce of tae said land : The Com
pl. inant now further states (and so appears
to the Chancellor) that the defendants are
non-residents of the itate of Marylaud, and
herefore out of the reach of the process of
this court.
It is therefore adjudged hnd ordered, that
the Complainant procure a copy of this or
der to be inserted in the newspaper of Angeli
and Sul ivan, and in the United States Gazette
at least three weeks fucceflively, before the
twentieth day of May next ; to the intenl
that the Defendants and all others, who maj
conceive themselves interested in the premil
es, may have notice to appear in this court,
on or before the third Tupfday in Septembei
next, to ftiew caul'e wherefore a decree ftiouh
not pass for vetting in the Complainant a com
plete legal title to the land aforefaid.
Test, .
SAMUEL HARVEY HOWARD
Keg. Cur. Con
April 7.
jmwS.'fgwr
March »8
Concluding Sales.
THE Subscriber having entertd into Co
partnerihip with Mr. John Bartholomew in
the bufni'fj of Sugar Refining, will dispose
of (he
Remaining Stock on hand
CONSISTING OF
Silver, Plated, & Japan Wares,
Plated Coach & Saddle
Furniture, &c. &c.
By Wuolefale at Prime CoJI for Cq/h.
John Dorfey,
No. aa, North 3d ltreet.
tath&s6w
Apiil ia.
mv
for
tulh&sjw
Just Imported,
In theJh:p Abigail, Captain Horton, from St
Peti-rjburgh in Russia, and now landing at
•JLuffdF s wharf,
hemp,
i.Ak IRON,
RI SSI A SHEETINGS,
RAVENS DUCK,
RUSSIA DUCK,
And for fule at the (lores of the fubfciibef ii
Walnut flreet, Ni>. 22.
'John Donnaldfon.
diw W&>tf
April 4.
Philad. April 21, 1794-
*J* Notice, agreeably to charter, is here
y given to the members of the Corporation
for the Relief of Poor and DiJlreJJed Presby
terian Minijlers, and of the Poor and Dis
tressed Widows and children of Presbyterian
Miniflerst that a meeting of said corporation
is to take place, on the 22d day of May next,
in the second Presbyterian church in the city
of Philadelphia, at 4 o'clock P. M. for the
dispatch of all such bulinefs as may then be
brought before the board.
ASHBEL GREEN,
Secretary of the Corporation.
tuth&s6t
Treasury Department,
Re-venue Office, April 16th, 1794.
Communications by post or
otherwise. will b<* received by way of infor
mation at the Office of the Commi/lioner of
the Revenue fro«i persons willing to supply iron
Caiiuon, Cannon Bali, and Shells, for the for
tifications and Ships of War. The fitnefs of
the/netal for cannon, and the capacity of the
founders-,n framing, in preparing and mix
ing the metal, and in casting aud boring the
cannon (which are to be cast solidly) will re
quire to be particularly dated. %
Similar communications will also be receiv
ed from any persons willing to supply live
oak /md red cedar timber for the conftru&ion
of thefhips of war. Different plans of pro
curing and fupplyiog *he fame may be propos
ed. The convenience of the fiiuation in re
gard to navigation, nnd the state of the timber
whether already fallen or hereafter to be cut,
will require to be no.iced.
All the neceflary particulars in regard to
the|feve r al afiicles which are wanted, will be
fpecified ir. contra&s intended.to be grounded
in part on the information, which is hereby
fought.
April 17.
T'he Ground Plan
OF THE
City and Suburbs
OF
PHILADELPHIA.
TAKEN FROM ACTUAL SVRyST.
IT is with pleasure that the puplilher has to
inform htsfubferibersand the public in gene
ral, that the plate is now under the hands of
the engraver, and in g.cater forwardnefs than
was at fit ft contemplated. At the fame time
he begs leave to remind them, that fublcrip
tjon papers are still open at molt of the noted
book-stores in the city ■ and that he hopes
from the whole of them to be enabled to foim
such a relpeftable catatogue of names, as will
do a credit to the work, as well as afford a
real'onable encouragement to the undertake-r
ThoJe who are delirous of further informa.
tion are requested to call on
Benjamin Davies,
No. 68, Market ilreet.
.April 14.
Just Publiflied,
In one handsome volume, umo. Price 5s
AND FOR SALE BY
JOHN OR M ROD,
At Franklin's Head, No. 41, Second
Street,
AN ESSAY ON THE
Natural Equality of Men,
On the Rights that refuli fronj it, and on the
Duties which it imposes.
To which a MEDAL was adjudged, by<the-
Teylerian Society at Haarlem.
CorreSed and Enlarged-
By WILLIAM LAWRENCE BROWN,
£>. D.
ProfefTor of Moral Philol'ophy, and the Law
ot Nature, and of Ecclesiastical History ;
and Minister of the Engliih Chuicli at ul
trecht.
Aliquid temper ad communem utilitatem af
ferendum. Cicero.
The Firjl American Edition.
grand principle of Equality, if right
urtderftood, is the only balls on which
univerfai justice, faced order, and perfect
reedom, can be firmly built, and permanent
ly secured. The viewiof it exhibited in this
e«ay, at the fame time that it reprefles the
uilolence of office, the tyranny of pride, and
the outrages of oppression ; confirms, in the
most forcible manner, the neceflity of subor
dination, and the just demands of lawful au
thority. So far indeed, from loosening the
bands of society, that it maintains inviolate
every natural and every civil dlftindtion!
draws more closely every fecial tie, unites in
one harmonious and ju/lly proportioned sys
tem, and brings men together oil the even
ground of the inherent rights of human na
ture, oi reciprocal obligation, and of a com
mon relation to the community.
March 18.
The Public are cautioned
beware of counterfeited Fine Dollui
the Bank of the United Suitts, and \
Dollar Bills of the Bank of North *4mi
federal of which heme appearedin circuUi.
ivithin a f'w days pajl ; they tire a gooi > _ Ji
neral imitation of the genuine Bills, but Muj
be dijlingui/hed by the following
marks.
Five Dollar Bills of the BanJt of the
United States.
ALL thai have appeared have the letter v
lor their Alphabetical Mark.
The Texture of the Paper is thicker ami
whiter and it takes the ink more freely thaa
the genuine paper. y "
The O. in the word Company is fmilW
thanitheM. and oth e r letters of that w®«L
so that a line extended from the top of th. O
r^ tO M 'if top U,the M would rxtf-ndcot,!
fiderably above the rartge of ,1* whole ~o j. .s i _
erfnrt Mnr the ,ette " *'e narrow.
The C, : fe ; *°. fiether tl,an thc ""ft of the bii!
th//" T | 6 - WOrd pr ° mife arc uat
thanthe', /,n £n,Bth " ,ore
" ba n y extcule< '>lhe stroke,
in thl t L f Hers are stronger ">d the devke
in the margin particularly i s much coarferand
appears darker than in the true bZ
al **= counterfeits bear date in .- QI _ W W
«t e Bank yras not in operation' till Decent"
Twenty Dollar Bills # tif
slmerica.
ALL. that have appeared have the letter
B. for their alphabetical mark.
to JhLV 71 Pr " I,ed a > na P er "early si m ila r
tothat °t the couuterfeit Five Dollar Note;
above defenbed; the engraving is bete, exe
u e ' and they approach nearer to tl, e an
pearance of the genuine bills. P '
The fine ruled lines through the wotd Ttutm
ty, in the body o< the bill, are in mumbei thir
teen in the genuine b ib, and but twelve i„
the counterieits.
The word Company is much like the fame
word in the Five Dollar B lis *s defer ibed a.
bove, the a being left than the®, a „d others
following.
There is no ftrofce lo 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 tu
the line, hut are sb cut as to give an irregular
appearance to the word, the 7a, and thei go
ing below them. a
tuth&szw.
The signature J. Nixon, has the "appear
ance of being written with lamb-black aud
oil, and differs from other inks used in
printing the bills and th« carter's fignatme.
It is supposed thefc forgeries were committed
in (ome of the Southern States, as alt the coun
terfeits that have appeared, have come from
thence, and two per tons have been apprehend
ed in Virginia,on fufptcion of beiug the author
of ttiem.
The reward of CNE TUOUiAK'D DOLLARS
will.be paid toany Pe.fon or Persons whoflull
difcovcr and pfofecute to conviction tlie
offenders >of ihe following delciiptioos or any
of them, viz.
The ptrfao «* pcrftn!, who nnnuf»9urcd
'the paper on which t Heft, Il s are prfoted.
Tlw pwfon or-, pcrfanfj who tagnved che
plat«.
The primer or primers, «f ,hc billi.
Every person who has aHed as a principal i.
any other way, in the counterfeiting and otter,
ing the Caid bills.
Philadelphia, Match 28, ty
April 22, 1794 ,
Other counterfeit bills
in circuM o °n. th£ ° ni ' edStates "reappeared
1 denomination is of TWENTY DOL
LARS,and the alphabetical mark is the jet
ter rs. »
m&thtf
from the
ine by the following MARKS :
The paper of (he counterfeit? is of a more
tender texture and gloffey lurface than tbe
genuine, and there is no water mark in them.
The letter C. in the word Caihier, in ,he
true bills tsflrong'y marked, whereas in the
unterfens, the whole letter is a fine hair
irofce, evidently i„ a „ unfinilhed ttate. The
Lrdrlt" 1 , Wd,dde 'nand, is badlv formed
and the whole word ill done, and there « .10
comma at the end nf «.i_ • • i
genuine Wills. '35 the '' C " the
.l. i- if "'"B'npl device, is much daiker in
n j' . a " ln 'he genuine bills owing,to
t-naei-h 6 be ' n g coarler, much nearer
H C^ &<iUeUt,y m,,ch '"°' e nu "
merous. This difference ft, ikes .he eye at frrft
view.
DOLLARS nT ° f ° NE THOUSAND
W paid ,or apprehending, &
®Pnvidion tl.e f ?V eial abo»e
til derS in ,el "l ieft this, a S t„
the Jaftdefcribed bills.
THOMAS WILLING, President
of the Rank Umtrd Stares.
NIXON, Pnfidcnt of the
Bank ot North America.
By order ot the Committees of the Ref
pe&ive Boards.
This Gazette J] jail be as it
receives encouragement—The Sulfcription
encreafes daily—Advert ifing Favors are
foliated—The£e cwijlitute an ejentlal Item
tn diminjjhing the Debit fide of the Account.
PHILADELPHIA :
Printed by JOHN FENNO, No 3
tu&ftf
South Fourth-Street
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