*
<3
f>nadelphla, March, i i 794-
fUST PUBLISHED,
B/ MATHEW CAREY,
No. I 18, Market peet,
1 HE FIRST VOLUME OF A NEW
SYSTEM OF
Modern Geography :
OR. A
Geographical, Hijlorical, ana
Commercial Grammar;
And pfefcnt Itare of the levera!
NATIONS OF THE WORLD.
CONTAINING,
1. Th<" figures, motion', and diftanccs o
the planets, accoiding to the Newtonian lyf
teia and the latest obfervatisns. ,
2. A zensral view of (the earth,confidered
as a plai)et;wlth fe»eralj«Feful geographica
defi lirions and problems.
3 The gand divisions of the gobe int
land and water, continents and islands. ]
4. The situation and extent oi empires,
kingdoms,dates, provinces a"d .
5. Their climates, air, foil, vege abl ,
productions, metals, minerals, natural curi-
Ofities, teas, rivers, bays, capes, prom >ntoi its,
aud lakes. .
6. The birds and beasts peculiar to each
° 7. Observations on the changes that have
bee., anv where observed upon the face ot
nature since the most periods of nil
tory.
8. The history and origin of nations,
thei< forms tit government, religion, !aw '»
revenues,taxes,naval and nulita. y ftieugt
9 The genius, manners, customs, and
habits of the people. .
10. Their language,learning,aft;, icien
ces, manufactures, and commerce.
11. The chief ci'ies, ftruftureS, ruins,
and artificial curinfities
12. The longitude, latitude, bearings,
and distances oifprincipal places fromi'ni.a
delphia.
To u<hich are added.
1. A Geographical Index, with the
names and places alphabetically arran S ed.
2. A Table of the Coins of all nations,
and their value yi dollars and cents.
3. A Chronological Table of remarka
ble events, from the creation to the prelent
11111 jjy WILLIAM GUTHRIE, Esq.
The Astronomical Part corrected by
D . Rittenhouse.
To which have been added,
The late Discoveries ot'Dr. Herschell,
and other eminent Astronomers.
The FIRST AMERICAN EDITION,
Corrected, Impioved, and greatly Enlar
ged.
The firft volume contains twenty-one
Mips end Chatts, be fides two Agronomical
Plates, viz. ,
i. TVS:-»p of the world. 2. Chart of the
worle 3- Europe* 4. Asia. 5- Africa. 6.
South America. 7- Cook'* difcoveiies.
8. C.u :iics round the north Pole. 9
Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, so. Se
ven United Provinces. 11. Austrian,
French and Dutch Netherlands. 12. Gei
many. 13. Seat of war in France. 14.
France divided into depaitments. 15.
Switzerland. :6. Italy, Sicily, and Sar
dinia. 17« Spain and Portugal. *8.
Turkey in Europe and Hungary. 19- I re *
land. 20 Weft-Indies. 21. Vermont. 22.
Ar miliary sphere. 2%. Copernican system.
With the fecpnd volume, which is now
in the press, will be given the following
Maps :
1. lluflia in Europe and Asia.
2. Scotland.
3. England and Wales.
4. Poland.
5. China.
6. Htitdoftan.
7. United States.
8. Britifli America.
9. State of New-Hampfliire.
10. State ot Massachusetts.
11. State of Connecticut.
j 2. State of Rhode Island.
13. State of New-York.
i 4« Sta*e of New-Jersey.
15. State of Pennsylvania.
16. State of Delaware.
17. State of Maryland.
18. State of Virginia.
19. State of Kentucky.
20. State of North-Carolina.
2t. Tenneflee Government.
22. State of South-Carolina.
23* State of Georgia.
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ARi HlTfcX I AT ANNAPOLIS,
Proposes to publijb, by subscription,
POLYMATHY ;
O R
The American Builder.
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The following fe&ion
r h i aw f or , ftablilhii'g an Hcalth-Otficc,
&c . pa (Ted the last fcffionofthiLegi
„ rt.publilhcd lor the information °
COnC " M % m . ALLEN, Health-Officrr,
for the port ol Philadelphia, No- 21 >
Key's alley.
June 2, 1794-
gp C - AND be it further ena£M by the
anthority aforefaid, That every m* « b£
captain of any th.p or vessel coming tiora
vend the sea (veffeU aaually employed in th
coasting trade of the United State, excepted)
and bound to any port or pl>« 'fe hit
iurifdiaioo of Pcnnfvlvama, 'ball cau
(hip or vessel to be brought to * nchor '
oiherwife flayed in the dream ol l.« •>*«
Delaware. oppofiie to the health-
State-island KSfcH, and there to =
until he (hall have duly obtained a cert hcate
or bi'lo) health from the resident physician,
in the manner tod upon the tens heremi Be
fore dirt-fed : and ' f > p ev,<„,fly to "bta n
ing tuch certificate or bill oi hca i i> any
n-.ftw or captain (hall fuffer hi* «h.p or vessel
to approach nearer than the said healt.i-»mce
lo the city of Philadelphia, or (ball land, or
raufe or fuffer to be landed, or brought on
fhorr, at port or place within this com
monwealth, or at any other port or place,
with the intent to be conveyed into this com
monwealth, ato peifon or peif> ns, or any
goods, wares 01 fcs»fhandiz< ; or l) alter re
ceiving such certtfi ate or bill of health, he
In a |l ncglt6 or refute to deliver the lame to
the health-offirer agreeably to the direttlous
ot this ast, such maftir or captain ihd.i for
feit and pav, for each and every iucU onenee,
the lum of'five hundrrd dollars to be recover
ed and appropriated as hereinafter provided
and directed , and the captain or matter of
each and < very ship or vessel, as soon as the
fame is b ought to anchor, orotheiwiu stayed
as afosefaid, (hall fen.f a faie and commodious
boat to brin;', the resident physician "«i board
of his ship or v; (Tel, and (hall in like man
ner convey him hack to the health-office
after he h s concluded his official examina
tion; and while he is making such examina
tion,or in cafc oi any (nbfequent examination
by the health-officer and conlultmg phyfici.n,
as the caff may be, each and every part of the
(hip or vessel, and (hall piefcnt to his view
r-.ch and every peifon on boatd thereof, and
{'hall also true and fdiiffa&ory answers make
to all such questions as the resident physician
at the time of examination, or the health offi
cer at the time ot delivering the certificate, or j
bill ot health, in the city of Philadelphia, or
at the time of examination to be had by the
health-officer together, with the confuting
phyfiician (hall' (k telaiive to ih« health o' any
port or place trom which the Ihip or vessel
failed, or has since touched at, the number of
persons on board whenthf (hip or veffVl en- I
ter d on her voyage, the number ol perf >ns
that have (ince been landed or taken on
boaid, and when or where refpc&ivcly, what
persons on board,if a*iy have bien during the
voyage, or (hall at any time ol examination,
be infe&ed with any pestilential or contagi
ous dif afe, whatpeiftfn belonging to the (hip
or vessel, if any died during the voyage, and
of what disease, nd what is the present (late
and condition of the persons on board with
refpeft to their hcalih and dilcafes ; and it
any captain or mallvf of any (hip or vellel
(hdHre ulc to exoofc the fame as aforefaid to
the search and examination of the resident
physician, or of the health-officer and confnlt
ing physician, as the cafe may be ; or if, hav
ing on boaid his (hip or vifffl any such per
son or persons, he (hall conceal the fame, or
if in anv manner vvhatfoevrr he (hall knowing
ly dcceive or attempt to deceive the pioper
officers aforefaid in his answers to their offici
al enquiries, such captain or matter, for each
and every such offence, (hall forfeit and pay
the sum of five hundred dollais, to be re
covered and appropriated as hereinafter pro
vided and <!ire£tcd ; and wherever the refi
dent physician, or« confuting physician, as
the cafc may be, fl»i»ll direfct any per son o
perfons, or any goods, wares or merchandize
to be landed at the healtb-offv ', cr any fh;p
or veff, 1 to be detained op polite thereto, and
and there to be fmoaked, cleansed and puri
fied, the captain of the (hip or vessel (hall in
all rtfpe&s conform to such dire&ions,
(hall at the prop* r cost and chaige of his em
ployers carry the fame into effed within such
reasonable time as the resident physician, or
phyfi:iin, as the c.fc may be, ffii'l
allow and prcfcribe ; and if any mailer or j
captain (hall refufe or negledt*to conform to j
these f.iid oire&ions, and to cany the fwnie
into effect as aforefaid, according to the ref
pcftive objects thereo', he fhail forfeit and
pay the sum of five hundred dollars tor each
and every offence, to be lccovered and appio
priated as is hereinafter piovide d and duel
ed.
To be Let,
For Merchants Compting Hovfes or Public
Offices,
Two brick 3 flory Houses,
HAVING 6 f coin s '»» efti.il, wnb fire places
beside garre's,fiiuate 011 the south wrileriy fide
of Dock street, between Pear and Walnut
ftrects. Enquire of
BENJAMIN IV. MORRIS.
April 17. luth&sil
Excellent CLARET,
In hoglhead* and in cases of 50 boulcs eacl
also,
A few cases Champaigne Wine
MADEIRA,
In pipes, hogsheads and quarter casks.
FOR SALE BY
JOHN VAUGHAN,
No. m, South frout llicct.
J»n- «i >794- dtf
THE office of the President and Direfto--»
nf the Insurance Compact of Nojtk
AmsrlCa, is removed to No. 107, Soutli
Front ftreer, being the foutli eall comer of
Front and Walnut ll tee is.
The Public are cautioned to
beware of counterfeited Five Dollar Hilts of
the Bank of the United States, and Twenty
Dollar Bills of the Bank of Nort/x
several of which have appeared in circulation
within a few days pajl; they are a good ge
neral imitation of the genuine bills, but may
be dijtinguijhed by the following
MARKS.
Fife Dollar Bills of the Bank of the
Untied States.
ALL that have appeared bars the letter F.
for their Alphabetical Mark.
The Texture of the Papj?r is thicker and
whiter and it takes the ink more freely than
the genuine paper.
The O. in the word Company is fmalier
tf.an the M* and other letters of that word,
so that a line extended f» oni the top of the (),
to touch the top of the M wirblii extend con.
fiderably above t»6 range ot ihe whole word.
In the word United the letters are n&rrow
erand closer together than th« reft o? the bill
The i and fin the word promiie are not
parallel, the f inclining much in ore forward
I than the i.
The engraving is badly cxecu<od,?be ftiokes
of all the Letters are stronger and the dev. e
in the margin particularly is much coaifcr and
appears darker tiian in the tiue bills. Some
ot the counterfeit's bear date in 1791—Where
as th® Batik was not in operation till Decern
ber, and no five dollar bills were illued in
jhat year.
Twenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North
America,
ALL that have appeared have ihe letter
B. for their alphabetical mark.
They are printed on a paper nearly similar
to that of the counterfeit Five Dollar Notes
above defenbed ; the engraving is bcttei £xe
ucted, and they approach nearer to the ap.
pearance of the genuine bills.
The fine ruled Ikies through the word Ttcen.
t\y in the body ot ihe bill, are »n number thir
teen in the geniiiue b lis, and but twelve in
the countcifeits.
The word Company is much like the fame
word in tire Five Dollar Btlis as delcr ibed ?>
bove, the 0 being lets than the m, and others
following.
There is no stroke to the t in the word North
whereas in the genuine bibs the stroke is well
defined.
The letters ent-in the word Twcnt)*, to the
left hand at the bottom, do not come down to
the line, but are so cut as to give an irregular
appearance to the woul, the 7 w and 'hey go
ing below them. •
The signature ] N'xon, has thf appear
ance ot tuing written with Lmb-tlack and
oil, and jtiifers Irom other inks used in
printing the bills and tl»e c.iHiitr's signature.
Ii h supposed iii.-te forae'rw * were committed
in lomcot uv Southern ••>taics, a I cou-i
---terfeiis thai h»vr appeared, h ?\e come Imm
thence, and two perions have been apr ehend
ed in Virginia, on suspicion oi being the author
of them.
The reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
wili be paid to any Ferton or Prridns who lhail
discover and prosecute 10 conviction the fcveial
offenders ot the following liefrnption* or an Y
ot them. viz.
The petfon or pcrfons, who tnJftur?.auTCd
the paper on which the B'lls are prtmed.
The person or pcilons, who engraved the
plates.
The printer or printers, of the bills.
Every pertuii who ha* acted as a principal in
any other way, in the counterfeiting and utter
ing Hie laid oilis.
Philadelphia, Match 28, a 794
April iz, 1794»
Other counterfeit bills
of the ol the United States have appeared
in ci. c ui.itn)!>.
The denomination is of TWENTY DOL
LARS,and the alphabetical mark is the let
ter li.
They may br distinguished from the genu
ine by the to! lowing Ml AUKS :
The p&pf r of : iie counterfeits is of a move
tend > texture and giofley lurlace than the
genuine, and thc;e is no water ftoark in them*
The letter C. in the word Cashier, in »he
true bills is fti marked, whereas in the
counterfeits, 'he whole letterMs a fine hair
stroke, evidently, i. an unfinifned state. 1 lie
letter a in the wo id demand, is badly formed
and the whole word iii done, ahd there is no
comma at tie end of it, as there is in tbe
genuine bills.
The marginal device, is much daiker i»
the fa Me, than in the genuine bills owing to
the Ih.ide strokes being cr-.irfer, much nearer
together and c©nVequt?i»ti'y inuch more nu
[ mer.ou*. This difference ft < ikes'ihe eye at fir ft
view.
The fame n-iva-d of ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS, will bs jrjid t'ui appr«rhencii"g,«
prot'eruting tu ipiiviftioii tl.e several abo»e
detcrilKfJ Oilewlr-rs in reljiect to this, 8 s IP
tile lalt tlel'crib-'tl hi I 'Ai s)
THOMAS WILLING, P.c&atyt
„l flu- li-ink Uniifd &<«»•
JOHN NIXON, Pi-.fidcntolthf
BJ'ik hi N.vtih America.
By Hitler ?;i (he C<iinnii:icc» nf '
!>• ft'vf liomts.
PHILADELPHIA:
Printed bv JOHN FENNO, No. 3»
South Fourth-Street.
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