JOHN! MARYLAND, - * v » Printer, Book feller, and Staticnir, No. '9 , South Front Street, received by the lall arrivals from Londoh, an aflbrt ment of Stationary, which he will-fell on tbe most j reafonaMe terme, coofilling of — A great variety of copper-plafe printing paper, from ° 33 by 27 inches to the fmallef 1 size ; fuperfine, impe- " rial, fnper-My ' royal, raedtuto, demy, folio, and d quarto post writing paper ; marble a i and blo'ting piper, meflage cards, sand 0 and potince boxes, shining fanti. ink and uik-powder, t | pcncils, quilis, crown, "naif crown, and common size Irish wafers, coloured and red; India rubber, pen-kn;ves lead and pewter ink-llands, do ' belts, cork soles, copy a "books, ilates and pencils, EnticVs diflionwy, Watts' £ psalms, &c. ™ Also, f)tne elegant prints, an aflortfcent of blank- g American manufaiSiured writing piper, do,play r ing cards of a fitperior qual'ty; and a collection of -j BOOK!*; London and American editions. v Nov. 12. •—■ - I—.1 —. — THIS DAY IS PURL SHED* Pr'uf 37 12 Cents. ■The Pr-etenficns of Thomas JefFer- f, • ion to the Presidency, c - i EXAMINED, v •'And the Charges againftjohn Adams REFUTED. Akdrefled to the Citizens of America in general, am'. 4>artic iiarly, To the F le-flors of the President. Sold by W. YOUNG, MILLS & SON, Corner of Second c and Chefnur-ftreets. '< November 5. tts d TlrlE Par Rerfliip o? JONATHAN HARVEY & Co. £ being this day mutual consent,. those iiHebt ed to said firm ari* requested to make speedy payment to P Jonathan Harvey, w .0 is authorized to receive the fame, and those who. have ~iy demands will please to bring in n their acccnir*-o hi for lettlement The Bufinejs will be Continued 0 ... %) onathai .Harvey, » Jf HIS sS'.ik /O.K.'. front-street •, vV 'ier> he ! as tor Sale, -A general afiortment of Dry Goods. November 4 1796. Jim "emanuel walker, Ao. 73, South F r °nt Street* Has for Sale, 30 '■Hoglhcads tobacco of Richmond jnfpeitidn. 15 do. do. of Peteilbcrg do. 15 do. do. of Frederick (burg do. .50 do. do. of Alexandria. Nov. i». -mw&ifot. To be' Let, 'A largfTcellar, in Walnut-Areet just above Fourth-Street, that 5 4& floored with twa'inch plank, and WiU'holtt upwtiffs of 100 •pipes dfw ne. Alf6, a Stables and Coach-hmife, that will hr.ld four hor fe&and twa carriages; and fcveral ftorc* in Fourth Street'— Apply-to George Meade. Who has for faie, «5 boxes of Caftik soap Red Lisbon Wine A few pipes of bil! exchange wirie * A few barrel*mefs beef ■ \ And a few barrels ot (hip bread* 'Nov. 4. "wjt? ~F 0 k SALE, A very Valuable Eft ate, CALLED TWI VTEN HA M, situate m the townlhip of Upper Derby, and county of Delaware, J 1-2 miles from Phiiad Iphia, and half a mile from the new Welterr l oad: contairing 130 acre, of, excellent land, 45 of which are good wa- ered meadow. 90 of prime wood land, and the reft arable of th« firft quality. There are ■on the premises a good two story brick house, with 4 rooms on a floor, and cellars under the whole, with a pump-well of excellent water in front; a large frame barn, (fables, and other Convenient buildings; a fnioke-hou'fe and itone, fpring-houfc; two good 'apple orchards, and one of peach es. The fields are a!! ir. clover, except those immediately under tillage, and are so laid out as to have the advantage of water in each c! them, which renders it peculiarly-con venient for grazing The situation is pleafantandhcalthy, and from the high cultivation of the land, the good neighbourhood, and the vicinity ro" the city, it is very suitable for a gentleman's ■country feat. The foregoing is part of the estate of Jacob Harman, dcccal'ed, and. offered for sale by Mordecai Lewis, o£. 31. ikar Surviving Executor FOR S A L E. A PLANTATION, ABOUT \% miles from this City, situate in Abing ton Townlhip, Montgomery-County ; containing *70 a«rcs, a new itone house, two stories high, 2 rooms on a floor, fire places in each, a stone kitchen and Hone spring -house, over pa excellent Spring of water, a barn, flabhe, sheds, barracks, Stc. A large apple orchard, and a varieiyof other fruit, about 12 acres of good mcadovi* well watered, *nd wood fufficicnt for fire, and iencing the place. Poflcfli- 1 onmiy be had the ift of Apiil next. ProDerty in this city will be taken in exchange, or MORRIS and NICHOLSONS Notes in payment. Enquire at No. 37, Arch-Street. Philadelphia, September 13, 1796. ttftf TAKE NOTICE. \ i X*FIE Creditors of Grubb aud Paine, late of Lancifter, or A Dauphin Counties, Merchants ; are hereby informed that the lutfcribers are appointid by lilt Court of Common Pleas of PhiljdilphiaCounty, as CommifTioncrs, to audit, fet tle, ard finally adjust the accounts ot Mordecai Lewis, ttuftfe, appointed by Peter Grubb, for the benefit of the creditors of the (aid Peter Grubb and William Paine, as wtll as the debts t- d demands of the creditors of the said Grubb and Paine. Therefore, this is to givenetice, that we have agreed to meet V the City-T»vern, at Philadelphia, on Saturday the 19th inft. at fix o'clock in the evening, when and where, all those that have any -demands, are hereby requeued to present and efta h'llb titeir clarms against the (aid Grubb and Paine, otherwise they will be excluded from their dividend. JOHN VAUGHAN, DAVID H. CONYNGHAM. FRANIC6 WES7. Philadelphia, Bth November, 1796, *eod 31 Mr. FRANCIS, ' (Of the New Theatre) TAKES this opportunity of returning thanks to his Icholare and to the public. Mr. Francis intends, on his return from Maryland, to open a public aca- I'cmv for oancing, upon a plan entirely new. He flatters himfelf that his attention to his pupils hi therto renders any prcniifes of conducing his future frhemcs on the ni'oli liberal and Arideft terms, of pro jj! iety, totally unaeceflary. iV. R. Private tuition a^ufual. Jane 3 ; "w —— . all FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE JJNITED STATES. Mr. Femmo, . 'I 1 In a publication in your gazette, a Writer der.ies pr that Mr. Jeffeffon countenanced the emancipation yc of the slaves niw exi/lin * in the United States, al- in leging that his scheme only extended to the cliil- pa dren which were to be born after the palling of the cr aft-; scut as the ad was proposed in the year *780 be or thereabouts, it is certain that had it pafled, all yc the young negroes its Virginia would he tifiv free, yc To (hew however that Mr. Jeffeifon's ideas have always been favorable to emancipation generally, I of retjueft you to publish the followinghe frrrefpondence between Benjamin Banneker. axe- b) gro almanac maker, and Th»mas Jeffftfon, feercta- re ry cf Jlat t gf the United States of America fe! I'hey weir publiflted in the American Daily Ad- in vertifer of this city in 1791. . t0 From the Virginia Ganettt. Mr.Dixon, You are requeSed to insert the following letter nc from Benjamin Banneker, a black man, to fe- N cretary of state, with his answer thereto, and you will oblige a number of your readers. Maryland, Baltimore county, near Ellicott's Lower Mills, Aug. 19, 1791. j To THOMAS JEFFERSON, Esq. Sir, tc 1 am fully convinced of the greatness of that freedom which I take with yeu on the present oe cafian ; a liberty which seemed to me scarcely al lowable, when I refle&ed on that diftingnilhed and dignified liation in which you Hand ; and the L a !" h„ most general prejudice and prepolTeiTion which is so prevalent in the world against those of my com- plexion, , I suppose it a truth too well attested to you, to need a proof here, that we are a race of beings Who have long labored under the abuse and eenfure of the world, that we have long been looked opon with an eye of contempt, considered rather ar brutish than human, aud scarcely capable of mental endowments. I hope 1 may fafelj admit, in confequejice of that repott which has reached me, that you are a man far less inflexible in sentiments of this nature , than many others, that you are measurably friend ly and well disposed towards us, and that you arc willing and ready to lend your aid and afliflance to C ° our relief from those many diftrcfTes and numerous calamities to which we arc reduced. Now, fir, if this Isr founded in truth, I appre- ■ heod you will readily embrace every opportunity, . to eradicate that train of absurd and falfe ideas and opinions which so generally prevail in [refpedt to m t us, and that your lentiments are concurrent with 3 mine, which are, that one universal Father hath given being to us all, and that he hath not only made us of one fieih, but that he hath also, with- 0 out partiality, afforded us all the fame fenfatiens, and that however variable 'we may be in society or religion'; however diverfified in situation or colour, w we are all of the fame family, and stand in the fame relation to him. If these are sentiments of which you are fully pe fuaded, I hope you cannot but acknowledge, that it is the irdifpfafible duty of those who main tain for themselves the> rights of human nature, and who prefefs the obligations of christianity, to extend their power and influence to the relief of i, a every part of the human taee, from whatever bur then or oppreflion they may unjustly labor under, c and this I apprehend a full conviction of the truth ' . and obligation of these principles should lead us ° ' all to. " ' Sir, 1 have long been convinced, that if your c 1 love for yourfelve6, and for those inestimable laws V ' i, which preserve to you the rights of human nature, f was founded on sincerity, you could not but be fe licitous, that every individual of whatever rank or diftindton, might with you equally enjoy the blef- [' . sings thereof; neither could you reft fatisficd, fhsrt ' Of the raeft adive diffufion of your exertions, in order to their promotion from any state of degra- n e dation, to which the unjullifiable cruelty and bar- 3 5 barifm of men may have reduced them. I freely and chearfully acknowledge, that lam , of the African race, and in that colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye, and it is un der a sense of the most profound gratitude to the supreme ruler of the universe, that I noW confefs • to you, that lam not under that state of tyranni cal thraldom, and inhuman captivity, to which toa many efyny btethren are doomed, but that I have abundantly tailed of the fruition of those blellingg, a which proceed from that free and unequalled liber g ty with which you are favored, and which 1 hope • f you will willingly allow you have received from the immediate hand of that being, from whom pro- I i- ceedeth every good and perfect gift. p y Suffer me to recall to your mind that time, in v * which the arms and tyranny of the British crown ti were exerted with every powerful effort in order to reduce you to a state qf Servitude ; look back I en- e treat you on the variety of dangers to which you n ir were exposed 5 reflect on the time in which every 0 d human aid appeared unavailable, and in which even ii hope and fortitude wore the afpeft of inability to t e, the confli£t, and you cannot but be led to a fcrioue p 3' and gtateful sense of your miraculous and provi- v " dential preservation ; jyu carinot but acknowledge cl that the present freedom and tranquillity which you ti 1. enjoy, you have mercifully received, apd that it is fc " the peculiar blessing of heaven. ' v f e This fir was a time in which you clearly saw into t the injustice of a state of slavery, and in wliitb you n had just apprehensions of the horror of its condi tion,—it was now that your abhorrence thereof was q so excited, that you publicly held fotth this try* n and invaluable doftrinc, which is worthy to be re- c corded and remembered in all succeeding ages, t "We hold ttoefe truths to be felf-evident, that all f men are created equal, that they are endowed by a s, their creator with certain unalienable rights, and f a- that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit 2 *e of happiness." r Here was a time in which your tender feelings a for yourselves had engaged you thus to declare ; t yon weri then impteffed witli proper ideas of the i re *t valuation of liberty, and the free possession f w of taofe fc>l«flingi v t<) which jrou were entitled by t A nature; but, Gi% how pitiable is it to reflefi, that if although'you were so fully convinced of the bent- c( volence of the father of mankind, and of his e- c< qual and impartial distribution of thtfe rights and ai privileges which he had conferred upon them, that j d you should at the fame time counteract his merce», I in detaining by fraud and violence so numerous a V part of my brethren under groaning captivity and p cruel oppreflion, that you fliould at the fame time t< be fourd guilty of that most criminal aft, which 1« you profeffedly detested in others, with rrfpeA to tl yourielves. . . I suppose that your knowledge of the situation h of my brethren is too extensive to need a recital b here ; neither lhall I presume to ptefcribe methods li by which they may be relieved , otherwise than by h recommending to you and all others, to wean youi- h selves from those Marrow prejudices which you have fc imbibed with refpea to them, and proposed I to his friends, " put your foul in their fouls stead" ci —thus (hall your hearts be enlarged with kindness o: and benevolence towards them, and thus (hall you i. need neither the direction of myfelf or others in ai what manner to proceed herein. 'I And now, fir, although my sympathy Sod affec- b tion for my brethren hath taufed my ealar£ement thus far, I ardently hope that your candour and l'r generotty will plead with you in my behalf, when b 1 make known to you, that it was not origisally my m design ; but that having taken up «ny pen in order tl to dire& to you as a prefcnt, a copy of an almanack ts which I hive calculated for the fuccecding year, I fr was anexpeftedly and unavoidably led thereto. n< This calculation is the produftitnl of my ardu- 1 ous study in this my advanced stage of life, (59) for ol having long had unbounded desires to become ae quainted with the secrets of nature, I have had to tc gratify my curiosity herein through ray own adidu- ti ous application to allronomical Itudy, in which I p' need not recount to you the many diffievilties and 01 disadvantages which 1 hare had to encounter. And although I had a'.moft declined to make my fr calculation for tfee lujuing year, in cantetfuenc* of m that time which I had altottedtheretor being taken tl up at the federal territory, by the request of Mr- ti Andrew Ellicett, yet finding myfelf under fcvcral o: cngsgemeats to Printers of this (late to whom 1 ti had communicated my design, on my return to my it place of residence, I indaftrioufly applied myfelf thereto, which I hope I have accomplished with tl correftnefa and accuracy ; a copy of which I have F taken the liberty to direst to you, and which 1 it humbly requelt you will favorably receive, and al- 1) though you may have the opportunity of perusing o it after its publication, yet 1 chose to fend it to you 1< in manuscript previous thereto, that thereby you « might not only have an earlier infpe&ian, but that d you might also view it in my own hand writing. li And now fir, I (hall conclude, and fubferibe I myfelf with the most profound refpeft, your most n obedient humble servant. v BENJAMIN BANNEKER. tl N. B. Any communication to me may be had n by a dirc&ion to Mr. Elias Ellicot, merchant is Baltimore towa. e B. B. ; a To Mr. BENJAMIN BANNEKER. Philadelphia, Augujl 30, 179 1. e SIR, W I THANK you sincerely for your letter of the a 19th instant, and for the almanack it contained, ti Nobody wi(hcs more than I do, te fee such proofs e as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black u brethren, talents equal to those of the other colours of men, and that the appearance of a want of them a is pwing merely to the degraded condition of their a cxillence both in Africa and America. 1 can add c with truth that no body wishes more ardently to fee 1; a good system commenced for railing the condition t both of their body and mind to what it ought to ° be, as fact as the imbecillity of their prefcnt exif- T tencei and other circumstances which cannot be neg- v le&ed, will admit. 1: I have taken the liberty of fending your alma- t nack to Monsieur de Condorcct, secretary of the v academy of Tcieaces at Paris, and member of the a philanthropic society, because I conCdercd it as a document to which yout whole coloui had a right r for their justification against the sentiments which f have been entertained of them. p 1 am with great esteem, fir, v Your most obedient * f Humble servant, a THOMAS JEFFERSON. t '■ ■ t From tie Daily Advcrtijer. To the PEOPLE of the UNITED STATES { IT cannot have cfcaped your observation, that Providence seems, in a remarkable manner, to have ' promoted your prosperity, by the very means j which unprincipled men have, at various times, in tended to tffed your ruin, The unbounr d usurpations of the Britiffi gov- * ernmant, compelled us to the cAteft, which termi- ' nated in independence. Thair infatuation became ' our salvation ; and, for a series of years, the bless- C ings of good government, with foreign and domes- ! tic peace, have raised us to a pitch of national im- ' portance and prosperity, for the time, perhaps, ne- * ver equalled in the annals of mankind. The firft appearance of the French revolution, " J must have excited the roost lively feelings ia the s brealts of those solitary individuals throughout the * world, who, though oppressed by the hard hai*J of ' a tyranny, had formed a just cilimate of the riVKts of ' i man. 1 But, in this weftetn hemisphere, a whole nation s of freemen, exulted as if animated by one com t rnon spirit, at the profpeft that twenty.fix millions - of people, who had no other idea of liberty than n of ' dollfln g 'he grand monarch, were about to (hake oft the (hackles of slavery, and become a free ' f and independent people. That we (hould have a litter republic, which, contrary to the insidious t t and mterefted policy of other governments, would 1 rejoice in our prosperity, a „d raa i nta in a friendly 1 s and (raternifing intercourse, untainted by wild am- t ; 0»J0R, and motives of felf interest alone. . c 1 hefe pleasant imaginations, however, were dif- t n pelled, by the arrival of a minister, chargcd with r jr potver* andinitruftiwrn to involve the United States t in an European war. The happiness of a vf*iol e community—a total derangeihent of all fifcal con cerns—and an accumulation of immense debts and ' and taxations upon, probably, our ehildreus chil dren weie to be the facrifice on the part of the United States, 'without one fmgle ohjeß of advantage. Very different, indeed, were the inducements which prompted the ei-devant government of France to take part with us iri-our contest with Great-Bri tain—being nothing lef> than the feveration of all the colonies of the dominion of their ancient rival The grand monarch and his ministers would never hare lent us one livre, nor have spilt one drop 0 f blood on that eccalion, merely from their love of liberty—And the then miserable people of France had no idea of the true principles of civiland p 0 ! litical liberty ; much less did they, as a nation of. fer or rifle iheir their lives for our independent. Hence it is, that I have ever been at a loss to con. ceive how we are baund in gratitude to the people of France. If there is any gratitude in the-tafe u must be certainly due to the manes of that mon' arch, and 3 few individuals, upon wkofedeftru&ion tire nation have since ere&ed the guillatine of li. berty. 1 cannot conclude this iiigreffion without abferv. ing, that in the adjustment of a treaty of peace between Great-Britain and America, the French ministry had by the fubtility of intrigue, at which they are proverbially dexteroUs, so managed cer. tain members of congress, as to get inftruSions from aur government to their commissioners, to do nothing, but in concert with Mr. Vergennes.—. These dupe* to French politics, have been the pells of this country to the present hour. Mr. Vergennes used all his cunning and influence to induce aur commissioners to enter into negocia tions without the acknowledgement of our inde pendence—-to rob us of the fiffieries—and to limit our botindcries weft ward by the Ohio, By what means, fellow-citizens, were we rescued from the base designs of these perfidious Frcaeh ilien—ikefe boasted friends and allies—theft apef-*-, ties of liberty, to vvtiura -we are bound by eternal ties of gratitude ? By the penetration and firmnrls of that man, principally, who negociated the Bri