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    Ph'lad-Iphla, Marchi, »794-
JUST PUBLISHED,
J MATIJEW CAREY,
No. 118, Miu'let Jlrect,
|_-,E FIRS'!" VOLUME OF A NEW
SYSTEM OF
Modern Geography:
OR, A
Geographical, Historical, ana
Commercial Grammar;
And p relent state of the leveral
NATIONS OF THE WORLD.
CONTAI NING,
j. The figures, motions, and distances of
the planets, according to the Newtonian sys
tem and the latest observations
2. A general view of the earth, considered
as a planet; with several ufeful geograpliical
definitions and problems.
3. The grand divisions of the globe into
J«nd a'd continents and iflanifs.
4. The situation and extent of empires,
luifjduins, states, provinces and colonies.
5. Their eiiinate's, air, foil, vegetables,
productions, metals, minerals, natural curi
osities, seas, rivets, bays,tapes,promontories,
aud lakes.
6. The birds and beasts peculiar to each
country.
f. (Observations on the changes that have
l>etf,i any where obserVed upon the face of na*
tuce ftnce the most earjy periods of history.
8. The history and origin of nations; then
farms of government, religion, laws, reye
nu£s, naval and military strength.
9. Thegtnius, manners, customs, and ha
bits of the people.
to. Their language,learning,arts',fciences,
manufactures, and Commerce.
11. The chief cities, flruftures, ruins, and
artificial curiosities
12. Tiie longitude, latitude, bearings, and
distances of principal places from Philadelphia.
To which are addcd t
t. A GEots*APHicAL Index, with the names
and places alphabetically arranged
-2.' A Tabis o'f the Coins of all nations, and
tlieir value in dollars and cents.
j. A Chronological Ta»le of remarkable
events, from the creation to the prelent time.
By WILLIAM GUTHRIE, Esq.
The Astronomical Part corrected by
D . Kittenhouse.
To which have been added,
The! ate QiscoMEßiES*of Dr. Herschell, I
and other eminent AstronoMeAs.
The FIRST AMERICAN EDITION,
Corrc&ed, Improved, and greatly Enlarged.
The firtl volume contains twenty-one Maps
and Charts, besides two Agronomical Plates,
viz
1. Map of the world. the world
3. Europe. 4* Alia. 5* Africa. 6. South
America 7. Cook's discoveries. 8. Coun
tries round the north Pole. 9- Sweden, Den
mirk, and Norway, so. Seven United Pro
vinces. u Austrian, French and Dutch Ne
therlands. 12. Germany. 13 Seat of war
in France. 14. France divided into depart
ments. 15. Switzerland. 16. Italy, Sicily,
and Sardinia. if. Spain and Portugal.
18: Turkey in Europe and Hungary. 19 Ire
lartd. 20 Well-Indies. 21. Vermont. 22. Ar
miliary sphere. 23. Copernican iyftem.
With the second volume, which is now in
the pref-, will be given the following Maps :
(. Ruflia in Europe and Afi^
2. Scotland.
3. England and Wales.
4. Poland. 1
5. China.
6. Hindoftan.
•j. United States.
8- Britilh America.
Si'ate of New^iamplhire.
,0. State of MafTachufetts.
11. State of Connefticiit.
7 State of Rhode<lfland.
,3. State of New-York.
i - State of New-Jersey.
ij. State of Peniifylvania.
16. State of Delaware.
17. State of Maryland.
18- State of Virginia.
19. State of Kentucky.
23 State of North-Carolina.
21. Tenneflee Government.
22. State ofS'outh-Carolina.
23. Staie of Georgia.
TERMS.
1. This work will be comprised in two vo
lumes.
2. Subscribers pay for the present volume on
delivery, fix dollars, and the prise of bind
i'*B, (56 ce nts for boards.)
3. They inay receive the succeeding volume
in twenty-four weekly numbers, at a quar
tfci dollar each, or else, when finifhed, at
the fame prite as the si ft.
4. The subscription wilt be raised on the firft
day of June 1794, to fourteen dollars, ex
cTiifive of biudlng.
5. Should any copses remain for sale after the
coirtplerioVi of flie work, they fold at
sixteen dollars, and the price of binding.
6. The names of the subscribers will be pub
lilhed as patrons of American literature,
arts, and sciences.
It is wholly unneceflary to expatiate on the
advantage,to American readers, that this edi
tion pofleiFes, over every imported edition of
any of Geog aphy extant. Tbe addit.
tion of maps ofnhe several ftste , procu ed a.
a tfery great expense, and from the belt ma
terials that are attainable, speaks such full
conviction,on this fubjeft, that it would be
difrefpeft to the reader's understanding to
suppose it requilite to enter into a deta.l of
arguments to prove its superiority. In no
lt.nilar work have such maps beenever intro
duced.
The emendations and additions wMcb are f
aide in tfiis work,are innumerable,and occua
, , evc-v pan,-. The public are referred to "
t,e p.'cVJelof a flight Iketch of a few oi .V
chem. , . /!.«]
The publilher takes the prelent opporto y
lity of returning his most sincere thank . to
•We refpccl.ibic eharafters who have lavoreq tu
with documents for improving the map- DC
o'Teveral of the ftat.s. He requests a conti
mance of tlieii kindness; and hopes that luch
public spirited citizens, as are pofleiled o. iy
nilar documents, will favor him with their
ill (lance in perfecting his undertaking-
The extraordinary encouragement with f„
vhich he has Wen favored, has excited
in his bread the warmest sentiments ol grati- w
rude—sentiments which time will 'not eaace. t |
,\i pledges himfelf to the citizens '>< the
United States, tp spare neither pains nor ex t |
oenfe to'ender the prifent edition ol Guihne s f (
Geography improved, deserving of their pa- t ,
tronage. '■
Just Imported,
In the Ship Edward, Capt. Crandon, from p
St. Peteriburg in Russia, t
And now landing at South-street Wharf, viz.
Hemp, o
BAR IRON, i,
RUSSIA SHEETING, a
RAVEN's DUCK, «
RUSSIA DUCK,
HOG's BRISTLES. b
AND FOR SALE BY 1
John Donnaldfon,
No. 21, Walnut-ftrect.
March 4,1794. B
Diltri&of Pennsylvania t
T 0 IV I f: I
/ T C"c \ BE it lemembered, that on tie
1 '> twenty fourth day oi Maub, in
the eighteenth year of the independence ot the (
United States of America, Hazard j
of the said diftrift, hasdep©ii r ed ih thjs oflicti,
the title of a book, the r ght wnereot he claims 4
as author, in the words following, to trit : v
** Hiltorical Collections ; conlifting ot tlstc
papers, and other authentic document*- ; in-
1 tended as materials for an hiftoi y ot the U
nited States of America. ,
By EBENEZER HAZARD, A. M. {
Member of the American Pnilofophical So
ciety, held at Philadelphia, for promoting |
useful knowledge ; Fellow of the American ,
academy of Aits and Sciences; and corref- ,
pondent member of the Matfachuletts Hifto- :
rical Society.
VOLUME 11.
Ingenium, Pietas, Artes, acbeUita virtu.,
Hue piofugae venient, et Regna Utyftna
condent,
Et Domina hie Virtus erit, et Fortuna nii
iiiilra.'' t
In conformity to the ast of the Con.gr?fs of
the United States, entitled i 4 Ah act tot the
eucouragement of learning, by the
copies of maps, chart# and books, to the au
thors and proprietors ofWuch copies, dunng
1 he times therein mentioned.''
SAMUEL CALD\VELL,
Clerk of thfi DiJlriEt of Pennsylvania.
May 7 e\v4w
ADVERTISEMENT.
SALES at NEW-YORK, by <A. L.
BLEECKER & SONS,
L)a Thursday the 15th May next at Twelve
o'clock at the Tontine Coffee House,
THE FOLLOWING
'Traßs of Land,
In Watkins and Flint s purchase, in the coun
ty of Tioga, state of New York.
The containing'acres.
Southv/eft quar. of Townfliip i)o. 2, 8>424
Northwest do. do. 4, 5,64-
Northeast do. do. 6, 10,525
Southwest do. do. 7, 9^oo
Southwest do dq. 8, 3.950
Northwest do. do. 8, 6,250
Squtheaft do. do. 9, 6,250
Southeast do. do. 10, 9,000
Northwest do. do. 10, 10,475
70,5 21
These lands ar%rapidly encreafing in value,
large settlements are already made in feveial
of the townlhigj; the goodness of leil, and
the in point of situation being so
well known, render any lurther deffription
MiijieceiTary. Am pof the tracts and condi
tions of sale maybe seen at No. 16, Queen
street, New-York.
Aprtl iO. tuth&rs U4M
FOR SALE,
BY THE SUBSCRIBER,
Old Lisbon Wine of a
fuprrior quality in pipes, imported in the Ihip
Wilmington.
OLD SHERRY WINE of the firft quality
iji quarter calks, , imported in the brig Nancy
capt. Gwin. from Cadi?.
SHELLED ALMONDS and a few kegs of
RAISINS, imported in ditto.
Particular TENERIFFE WlNfcs,in pipes
hhds. and quarter calks, imported In the ihip
Thomas, capt. Skinner.
A few quarter calks of old particular bill
of exchange MADEIRA WINE.
George Meade,
Who has also, just arrived and for sale
A SMALL C.ARGQ OF
Lijbon Salt.
A quantity of empty BAGS for file.
April 5. w&sim.
she Public are cautioned to
'ware of counterfeited Five Dollar Bills of
be Batik of the United States, and Twenty
dollar Bills of the Bank of North America,
"i<erui of which have appeared in circulation
uithin a few days pajl; they are a good ge
neral imitation of the genuine BilLs, but may
if difiinguifhed by the following
MARKS.
Five Dollar Bills of the Bank of the
United States.
ALL that have appeared have the letter F.
"or their Alphabetical Mark.
The Texture of the Paper is thicker and
whiter and it takes the ink more freely than
the genuine paper.
The O. in the word Company >.s smaller
than the M. and other letters of that word,
so that a line extended from the toj>of the O,
to touch the top of the M. would extend con
hderdbly 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 /in the word prcmife are not
parallel, the yinclrtiing much more forward
than the i.
The engraving is badly executed,the ftrokis
of all the Letters are stronger and the device
in themargio particularly ismuch coarfcr and
appeal's darker than in the true bills. Some
©i the counterfeits bear date in 179* —Where-
as the Bank was not in operation till Decern
ber, and no five dollar bills were issued in
j at year.
Twenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North
America.
ALL that have appeared have the letter
B tor their alphabetical mark.
They are printed on a paper nearly similar
to that of the couuterfeit Five Dollar Notes
above described j the engraving is bette> exe
ucted, and they approach nearer to the ap
pearauce of the genuine bills.
The fine rulecj through the word Iwen
ty 7 in ttie body of ihe bill, are in number thir
teen in the genuine bills, and but twelve in
4.he counterfeits.
* The word Company is much like the fame
•word in the Five Dollar Bills as delcr ibed ij
bove, the 0 being less than them, and otheis
following.
There is no stroke to the t in the word North
whereas in the genuine bills the stroke is well
defined.
The letters cnt in the word Twenty, to the
left hand at the bottom, do jiot come down to
the line, but«re so cut as to give an irregular
appearance to the word, the Tw and the> go
ing below them.
The fignaiure ], Nixon, has the appeal
ance of being written with lamb-black and
oil, and ditiers trom oiher inks ulcd in
printing the bills and the cafliici's lignature.
It is supposed thele forgeries were commuted
in some ot the Southern States, as all the coun
terfeits thai have appeared, hsve come from
thcnce, and two perions have been appiehend
ed in Virginia, on being the auihor
of them.
The reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
will be paid to any Perlon or Persons wlio lhall
discover and piokcuie to convi&ion the several
offenders of the following defcnptions or any
of them, viz.
The person or persons, who manufa£tured
the paper on which ihe Bills are pnnied.
The person or peilous, who engraved the
plates.
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 the said bills.
PhiladelpUia, March 28, 1794
April 22, 1794,
Other counterfeit bills
of the Bank ol the United £>t ates have appeared
in circulation.
The denomination is of TWENTY DOL
LARS,and the alphabetical maik is the let
ter B.
They may be distinguished from the genu
ine by the following MARKS :
The paper of the counter tens is 0/ a more
tender texture and gloiley furface than the
genuine, ai)d there is no water mark in them.
T he letter C. in the word Caihier, iy the
true bills is strongly maiked, whereas in the
counterfeits, tjrc whole letter is a fine hair
stroke, evidently in an unfinished state. The
letters 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 daiker in
the falfe, than in the genuine bills owing to
the shade strokes being coarser, much nearer
together, and consequently much more nu
merous. This difference fir ikes the eye at firft
view.
The fame reward of ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS, will be paid for apprehending, &r
Prosecuting to conviction tjie several above
described Offenders in refpelt to this, as to
the last described bills.
THOMAS WILLING, President
of the Bonk 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 bymany in the-vicinity
cf the city, in lize, or convenience.
For particulars apply to tHe printer.
m&rthtf
V
A New Novel.
To the LADIES of Philadelphia.
Thit Day is PMifhed tj
MATH£W CAREY,
118, Market ilreet,
Price, bound, hve-eighths of a dollar, lewed
in marble paper, tuli a dollar,
Charlotte, a tale of Truth,
IN TWO VOLUMES.
By Mi s. ROWSON, of tie New Theatre,
Phladelphia, Author of Victoria, theln
quifitor, tile Fille deCliambie, &c.
Of Charlotte, the Reviewers have gives
the fdHwiving charaZler.
IT may be a Tate of Trutli, for it is not
unnatural, and it is a tale of real <sillrefs.—
Ghat lotte, by the artifice of a teacbet, recom
mended to a school, front humanity rather
than a conviSion of ber integrity, <>r the re
gularity of tier former coiiduti, it euticed
from her governed.,and accompanies a young
ifficer to America—The tnarrkge ceu-tuo
ny, if not forgotten, i» poUponed, and Char
lotte dies a martyr to the inconlHncy of her
over, and treachery ot his friend —The litu
tii)ns are artless and affe&litg—.he defcrip
ations natural and pathetic; we Arnold fee
Ipr Cha fotte if luch a person everexifted,
who for one er or fcarccly, perhaps, deferi-ed
so severe a punifliment. If it is a fifti.m,
poetic justice is not, we think, properly dis
tributed
Said Carey has jufi publijhed,
A 2 iheet map of Kentucky
compiled by Elihu Baiker, piice oi:e <l«uar
and two thirds.
War Atlas, containing maps of France,
Germany, Spa n,ltaly, the United Provinces,
the Netherlands, and the Well Indies. fiite
two dollars.
Map of New Jersey—Hals a dollar.
Map . of Vrrmowt, ConneSicut,Delaware,
Geo'gia Price three eighths of a dollar
each.
April 29. tuthfejw
v Lately Publilhed.
SOLD BY
Thomas Dobfon,
No. 41, South Second-Street:
THE Hiltory ot tyew-Hampihirc, from xhs
Discovery of the River Pifcaiaqua—by Je
remiah BeiArtflp, D. D. 3 Vols. Puce iu lioalU*,
4 1.2 Dollars.
The Foirefter, an American Fable, bein£ a
Sequel to the History of John Bull the Clothier.
Prce, 75 Cents.
A Dtfcourfc, intended to commemorate the
Discovery ot America by Chriftophcr CoJum
bus; delivered at the requeli ot the
Society in MaflachufeUs, O&ober 23d, 179*1,
being the completion of the Third Ceniiiiy,
since that memorable event. To which arc
added, Fqw i o»u, with the g
fubjett—By the fame author. Price, 50 Cents. ™
March 17. tutnAf^w
—NO. 21 —
Second fired, between Market and Chjfwd
Jlreets, Philadelphia.
POYNTELL'S
AMERICAN M.-NUFACTOXY OF
PAPER HANGINGS,
WHERE he keeps up a confta/it stock of
ten thousand pieces for fafe, comprifi«£ every
variety of colours, in grounds and figures, of
the most modern and tasty patterns, far eve
ry part of a house. The perfection attained
in this manufactory, in pecuHar neatness of
workmai.ftiip, durability of colours, variety
iu design?, and good quality ot the paper, will
be found to exceed any European papers at
the fame moderate prices.
An elegant variety of rich fancy ic&oouSc
narrow rs, and of ftuccoand other co
loured pannel papers.
Plain grounds made to any colour or£hade<
Wholefa'e orders for any quantity, from
the country or for exportation, executed on
a Ihort notice, on advantageous teiuts, oa
usual ciedit.
In addition to the above afTortroect, he has
a beautiful variety of
French paper hangings
rtf vecy l'uperior quality, (Paris raariuli&oiy)
with a variety of Kich Borders.
April 2 5 tuth&s2w
ESSENCE
For the Tooth-Ache,
Prepared and fold by Dr. Lee, Goldea-
Square, London.
THE pub ic is offered o ie of tl»e (haft
efficaciou* and fafe tHedicines, thuteverap
r peared, for that most excruciating pain, tlie
■ Tooth-Ache—the numerous instances of it*
1 happy effe&s, in relieving the affiifted, have
now brought it into uiiverfal eftimatior ; it
t not only relieves the tooth-ache, liutisol the
utmost service in curing the SCURVY in the
: Gums, in preventing the disagreeable fraell
that is produced from unsound teeth, & will
• occasion a sweet breath; it like-wise pit vents
the teeth from decaying, and vill be found
a general prelerverof the Teeth and Gums
\ Sold in Philadelphia only at
Poyntell's Stationary Store,
No. 2i, Second street.
April 24. tuth&s
f — "
y PHILADELPHIA:
PamTED by JOHN FENNO, No 3
South Foui-h-Street.
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