»;uladelpMa, March, i i7«M
fUST PUBLISHED, m
B/ MATHEW CAREY, *•
No. 118, Market jlreel, t
FIRST VOLUME OF A NEW
SYSTEM OF „
Modern Geography: *
O*, A 0
Geographical, Hijlorical, ana «
Commercial Grammar-, m
And present ftatc of'the several a
NATIONS OF THE WORLD.
CONTAINING,
1. T , h»* figures, motions, and distances of lr
the planets, actording to the Newtonian fyf £
teui «md the latest '
2. A general view of the earth, confitlered L
asaplapqt; with several ufeful geographical P
definitions aod problems.
3. The grand divifnns of the g'obe into t
land and wafe', c»vitinei and jiftands.
4. The situation and extent of empires,
kingdoms, ftareii, provinces and colonies.
5- Their climates, air, foil, vegetables,
productions, nietils, nvnerals, natural curi- '
ofities, seas, rivers, bays,*-apes'., promontories,
aud lakes.
6. Tnt birds and beafls peculiar to each
xounti y,
7. Observations on the changes that have
been any wbe'e observed up" - the face oi na- j
ture (i-ice the ttioft earjy periods of history. f
8. The 'liftory andorigij of nations; then
forms of government, religion, laws, reve
nues, taxes* naval and military strength.
9. The genius, manners, customs, and ha
bits of the people.
to Their language,learning,arts,fcieutes,
manufactures, and commerce.
*11. Trie <hies cities, fli u&ures, ruins, and
artificial curiolities
12. The longitude, latitiide, bearings, and
diftaiices of pri- cip i! places from Philadelphia.
To tuhtch are added,
t. A Geographical Index, with the names
and places alphabetically arranged.
2. A Table of the Coins of all nations, and
their value l'lidollar"- and cents.
3. AChronolosicai Table of remarkable
events, from the creation to the present time.
By WILLIAM GUTHRIE, Efj.
The Astronomical Part corrected by '
D>. Kittenhouse.
To which have been added,
The late Discoveries of Dr. Herschell, '
and other eminent Astronomers.
The FIRST AMERICAN EDITION,
Corrected, Impro- ed, and greatly Enlarged.
The firft volume contains twenty-one Maps
and Charts, besides two Allronomical Plates,
viz.
i. Map of the world. 2. Chart of the world.
3. Europe. 4. Asia. 5. Africa. 6. South
America- 7. Cook's discoveries. 8. Conn
tries round the north Pole. 9. Sweden, Den
mark, and Nurway. :0. Seven United Pro
vinces. 11 Austrian, French and Dutch Ne
therlands. 12- Germany. 13. Seat of war
in France. 14. France divided into depart
ments. 15- Switzerland. :6. Italy, Sicily,
and' Sardinia. 17. Spain and Portugal.
18. Turkey in Europe and Hungary. 19 Ire
land! 23. Weft-Indies. 21. Vermont. 22. Ar
miliary sphere. 23. Copefnican system.
With the second volume, which is now in
the press, will be given the following Maps :
1. Ruflia in Euiope and Alia.
2. Scotland.
5. England and Wales.
4. Poland.
j. China.
Hindoftan.
■J. United States.
8- Britilh America.
<j. State of New.HampOiire.
jO. State of Massachusetts.
IJ. State of ConneShcut.
j 2. State of Rhode liland.
j3- State of New-York.
i - State of New-Jerfty.
1 j. State of Pennsylvania.
16. State of Delaware.
17. State of Maryland.
18. State of Virginia.
19. State of Kentucky.
20. State of N ■rth-C.iroHua.
21. Teniieffee Government.
22. State of South-Carolina.
23r State of Georgia.
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THS OFFICE of the Secretary of State is
removed from High Street, to the New Build
ings, thr corner o'l Sixth & Mulberry ft'eets
May 15 ' ,w
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A quanrity of stout well made Men's size
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May 6 mw&fjot
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T'he Ground Plan
, OF THE
City and Suburbs
OF
PHILADELPHIA.
I TAKEN FROM ACTUAL SVRFEr.
IT is with pleasure that the publilher has t. I
intorm his fubrcribersand the public in gene
ralj that the plate ,s now under tile hands of
t.iie engrave .and in greater forwardnfs than
was at fi< ll contemplated. At the iame time
he begs leave tor mind them, til t fubfuip
tion papers are still open at most nf the noted
book-ftn es in the city ; and that he hope
fromtht whole of them to be enabled to so m'
tuch a re'peftable catalogue of names, as wil
do a eyed it to the work, as well as afford a
reaTollable encouragement to the undertake-
Th >te who are dnlirousof further informa.'
tion are requested to call on
Benjamhi JDavies,
Ho. 68, Market street.
A P ril H m&thH
freafury Department.
Revenue-Office, May Jth, 1794.
NOTICE is hereby given, tha, Proposals
will t e received at the Office of the Comm f
fioner ot the Revenue, for Ship Timber of
the following kinds, suitable for the building
of the Frigates authorized by Law. A par
ticular detail of the sizes and proportion! will
be communicated, on application at the said
Office.
IVhite Oak Timber and Plank.
98 Pieces of various Dimei fions, includ
ing Keels, Floor and Rising Timbers,
&c. for a Veflel ol 140 or ico feet
Keel.
27,00 a Feet of Plank, Scantling, Wal
w pieces, Bilge St'eakr, Clamps, stc. &e
gj 200 LOgs, for various ul'es.
Pitch Pint.
25,000 Feet of Plank for Decks
U 2.0 Beams, from 42 to 28 feet long, and
I from 10 b y 12 ,0 'sby 18 inches thro'.
tn 53,000 Locust Treerails, 18, 24- and qo
inches long.
5 000 Feet of Inch and half-inch Cedar
v Boards.
30,000 Feet of Yellow Pine Boaids and
Scantling.
Persons willing to fuoply any part of ttie
T" ' 'fflher for one Ship, or in proportion
the who 1# fix, will make their P ufals
. ccordiDgly. t r
The Public are cautioned to
beware of counterfeited Five Dollar Bills of
the Bank of the United States, and Twenty
Dollar Bills of the Bank of North America,
fever id of which have appeared in circulation
with: - a few days pajl; they are a good ge
neral imitation of the genuine Bills, but may
be diflinguifhed by the following
MARKS.
Five Dollar Bills of the Bank of the
United States.
ALL that have appeared have the letter F.
for their Alphabetical Mark.
The Texture of the Papier is thicker and
whiter and it takes, the ink more freely than
the genuine paper.
The O. in the word Company is smaller
than'the M. and other letters of that word,
so that a line extended from the top of ihe O,
to touch the top of the M. would extend con
fiderabfy above the range of the whole word.
In the word United the letters are narrow
erand closer together than thsreft of the bill
The i and fin the word promise are not
parallel, the yinclining much more forward
than the i.
The engraving is badly executed,the fttokes
of all the Letters are stronger and the device
in themargin particularly is much coarser and
appears darker than in the true bills. Some
ot the counterfeits bear date in 1791—Where
as tho Bank was not in operation till Decern
ber, and no five dollar bills were iffueti in
ihat year.
Twenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North
America.
ALL that have appeared have the letter
B. for their alphabetical mark. ,
They are printed on a paper nearly similar
to that of the couuterfeit Five Dollar Notes
above defciibed ; the engraving is Jurttei cxe
ucted, and they approach nearer to the apr
pearance of the genuine bills.
The fine ruled lines through the word Twen
ty, iir the body ot'the bill, ate tn number th 1
teen in the genuine b.lls, and but twelve in
the counterfeits.
The word Company is much like the fame
word in the Five Dollar Bills as defer ibed a
bove, the « being lets than them, and otheis
following.
There is no stroke to the t in the word North
wheraas in the genuine bills the stroke is well
defined.
The Jetters ent in the word Twenty, to the
left hand at the bottom, do noi come down to
the line, but are lo cut as to give an irregular
appearance to the word, the 'l w and tlie> go
ing below them.
The signature J, Nixon, has the appear
ance ol being written with lamb-black and
oil, and differs from other inks uied in
printing the bills and the calhier's lignatuie.
It is supposed thete lingeries were committed
in lome of the Southern States, as all the coun
terfeits thai have appeared, have come irom
thence, and two pcr-ton? .oni client:. _
Ed in Vnginia,ou suspicion of tctng the author
of them.
The reward ofo.V£ THOUSAND DOLLARS
will be paid to any Perlon or Perlons who fball
discover and prosecute 10 convi&ion the several
offenders of the following defrriptipns or any
of therp, viz.
The person or persons, who manufactured
the paper on which the Bills are printed.
The person or perlons, who engraved the
plates.
The printer or printers, of the bills.
Every person who has acted as a pr ncipal in
any othei wa7, in the counterfeiting and utter
ing the said bills.
Philadelphia, March 28, 1794
April 22, 1794,
Other counterfeit bills
of the B:ink of the United States have appeared
in ci 1 culation.
The denomination is of TWENTY DOL
LARS,and the alphabetical mark is tie let
ter B.
They may be diftinguilhed from the genu
ine bv the following MAPJCS :
The paper of the counterfeits is of a more
tend 1 texture and glofley furface than the
genuine, and there is no water mark in them.
The letter C.. in the word Calhier, in the
true bills is strongly marked, whereas in the
counterfeits, the whole letter is a fine hair
troke, evidently in an unfinifhed state. The
etter a m the woid 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.
th ""T h ma * device, is much darker in
, h ln the genuine bills owing to
t 1 e being coarser, much nearer
m 1 r '~r consequently much more iiu
view!" difference (b ikes the eye at si. lt
nmr [l"!® rrwar <l of ' ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS, will be paid for apprehending, &
de'fcnCOff" ri tonv,ftio " ,he
THOMAS WILLING, Piefident
of the United States.
JOHN NIXON, Prcfident of 1 the
Bank ol North Amcrtca.
By order of the Committees of the Res.
peflive Boards.
~ TO BE
A large elegant House,
and Lot of Ground,
TN an eligible situation,—also a Country Seat
A within 6 miles of the City, with 9 acres of
land, or 4! acres of land and meadow, the
House is not exceeded bymany in the vicinity
ot the city, in size, or convenience.
For particulars apply to the printer.
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PORK, prime and cargo of do.
BURLINGTON PORK
BUTTER, in firkins
ALSO,
A CARGO OF
MAHOGANY,
Landing at John Weft's Lumber Yard, near
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Street,
AN ESSAY ON THE
Natural Equality of Men
On the Rights that result from it, and on the
Duties which it imposes.
To which a MEDAL was adjudged, by the
TeyJerian Society at Haarlem.
Corrected and Enlarged.
By WILLIAM LAWRENCE BROWN
D. D.
ProfelTor of Moral .Piiilofophy, and the Law
of Nature, and of Ecclefiaftital Htftoiv ; ■
and Minister of the Englilh Chuich at u'.
trecht.
Aliquid semper ad communem utilitatem af
ferendum. Cicero.
The Firjl American Edition.
THEgrand principle of Equality, if right
ly unde;ftood, is the only basis on which
universal justice, fa tied order, and perfect
freedom, can be firmly built, and permanent
]y secured. The view of it exhibited in this
efTay, at the-fame time that it reprefles the
insolence of office, the tyranny of pride, and
the outrages of oporeflion ; confirms, in the
most forcible manner, the neceffiry 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 ev&ry civil diftinftion,
draws more every social tie, unites in
one harmonious and juflly proportioned fyf-"
tern, and brings men together on the even
ground of the inherent rights of hufnan na
ture, of reciprocal obli ation, and of a com
mon relation to the community.
March 18. tuts
STATE or SOUTH-CAROLINA.
In the House of Representatives,
—
WHEREAS the Commiiliontirsof public
Accounts, h ve reported, that they can
not proceed 10 the in eftigation ol the Treasury
Accounts, refpe&ing fptcial Indents, without
knowing the outstanding amount thereof in cir
culation Therefore,
Rejolvedy That all holders of special Indents
be directed, and required, on or brfoie the firft
day of November ri xt, to deliver the fp.cial In
dents in their poffrffion to one or other of the
Commiffioneis of the Trealury, who arc to give
receipts for the fime, and to report to tbeCom
miffioners on public accounts, on or before the
tenth day of November next, the amount by
then* refpe&ively received, and also to the Le
gislature, at their meeting -n November next,
and that all special Indents not rendered into
the Treasury as above, on or before the firft day
of November next, IhalPbe, and the fame are
hereby barred,
Rejolved, That publie.notice of this refutation
be given in the several Gazettes in this State,
once every three weeks, until the firft day of
November next. And 'hat the Delegates of this
State in the Congress of the United States, be re
queued to cause this rtfolution to be published
in otic or more papers in the cities of Philadel
phia and New-York, and that provision will be
n-.ade for the cxpenccs attending such publica
tion.
Ordtrtd, That the resolution be sent to the
Senate sos their concurrence.
By order of the House,
JOHN SANJ'ORD DART, C.H.R.
In the SENATE,
December 21(1,1793.
Resolved, That this House do concur wub the
Houie of Representatives in the iorego'.ng reso
lutions.
Ordered, That the refutations be lent 10 the
Houfe.ot Representatives.
by order of the Senate,
FELIX WARLEY, Clerk.
ewtNov*
Stock Brokers Office,
No. 16, Wall-street, N«w-Y»rk
THE Subfctiber intending to confine himfelf
entirely to the PURCHASE & SALE of
STOCKS on COMMISSION, b. gs lca»e to of
f r bis fervicesto his lriends and otheis, in the
line ol a Stock Broker. Those who may pteafe
to favor him with their buftncls, may dtpcud
upon having it tranfa£fcd wiih the uimoft fide
lity and dispatch.
Orders from Philadelphia, Bcifton, or any -
other part ol the United State-, will lit fttiQly
attended to. LEONARD BLEECKER.
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