. . c- . i -***: \ —.. | Attention, Cavalry. Ccntleinen oi the city and liberties or Phila delphia, dclirqus to become members o! the Volunteer Tro 'p of Cavalry, commanded by Capt Robert \V harton, are informed that there aru leveral vaccncies in the Troop ; and that a coi»mittce conliiling of Henry Mierken, jno. R.Taylor, James Hamilton, Owen Foulk and James Simmons, wiil jttend at Win Ogden's j taverq, Cliefnut-fireet, every ifiondiy evening, ] f> o'clock for the purptde of receiving applica- | tions. JAMES SIMMONS, Sec'ry. feb- It. Imported In the last arrivals from Bremen, Hamburg and Amsterdam, AND FOR SALE, AT 21A30.V A3 L E PRICIS AND ON A LIBtKAL CRtDIT, BY PRATT 13- KINT/.ING, N0.95, North Waterttrcet. 215 bales & boxes Ticklenburghs, hempen linens and oznabrig» from 1/5 to if per e'l 70 do. bleached and brown hessians 40 do. brown rolls suitable for cof fee bags 20 do. Itrong do. do. for cotton do. JO chells platilla* 2 do. sealing-wax 3 do. dowlas,, 3 packages oil-cloth 30 do crcas ala Marlaix 4 do. fail-twine J2 do. eOopailWs I do. watches 15 do. Biclcfield linen 14 pipes Port wine 90 do. patterborneß 9 1 cases claret 45 do Brittanias 130 do. fine long corked I do. Holland canval's claret I de» Rullia do. i 1660 buihrls fine fait 3 do. Rufiia (heelings 40 cafksof roll brim (lorn < do. ravens duck 200 calks of naval (lores, a do. Ruina driilcns 50 logs prime mahogany I do. brewn 1 olland 4 hhds. coffee mills t do. Silcfia rouant 0 bundles German (leel X dfr.Wahrendrop linen 10 chedfa of Hates and I do. Caraudoles pencils 1 do. Fiemilh linens A packageof (kates J do. cambricks and A do. woolen caps, &c. ! lawns 4 chests of Nurenberg 1 I do. diaper / toys 12 do. (li ipes $0 Ijegs of yellow, ochre 18 do. checks 3 hhds. Glue % do. fiamoit S barrels of Lentilles 1 do. Arabia stripe 5 chells of prime red I do. bunting for cpiort crust Holland cheefs I packa. Madras hand- !0 kegs of pearl barley kerchiefs 60 bores of capers I do. Turkey yarn 400 fides of upper and 6 bales empty bags foal leather r cht-ft hair ribband 300 boxes window glass j boxes Upes,affurted 800 Demijohns 1 dj. bobbin, assorted 50 boxes glass tumblers I box threads <Sc tapes assorted 1 do. Sue blue lifljjos I hhds. pumice ftont 5 chefls nun's flippers I box of mill saws 3 do. beil ticks I caik of cutlery » ca(ls hog'« bristles V quantity of dans Ogs 6 ehe(l« writing paper and pickling pors 4 do. quills |A few (tipsanchor., &c. November iz tujtf-'tf Removal. Thomas Clayton, Hatter, j HA£ removed to So. 126, south Front street, where h« iiit.htls carrying 011 his business as formerly, und b;o on hand a complete affortnient of hi* owu lnanuiaJlured ladies, gentlemen and childrens' HATS. Canada Mujk-rat Skins, Witii » complete aflbrtment of FURS, always fpr sale—Me has received per the late arrivals from Lonnon, a complete aflbrtment of Fajhionable Englijh Hats, Which ho now offer* for lale at very reduced i prices. Jan. 29 1 aw6m FOR PRIVATE SALE, Four Trails of Land, In G eAita y?'o wn Tu 1 unship, Mo. 1. Within three quarters of a mile of the Gennantown Market-House, and on the road lead inir Iromlaid to the Old York road, cortainiKgS or 10 acres. No. 1 Cont ruing 10 or 1 z acres, the one ba'f of this is in clover, within one quarter o: 1 of said Market-Houft, No. 3 Ccntaining 7or 8 acres, within a quar ter of a mile of the Market-House, on this lot is a part <>l a collar dug, and a quantity of (lone, au<! more may be had by fmifking -the cellar to ecmpiete a building. No, 4 Containing % acres with a stone dwell if'g, there is stone fufficient on cither of the lots for building, and are well situated for country feats *nd but a lmall part of the purchase money will be required, the remaining part may remain for a number of years, provided tke lots are improved by building. For fnrther particulars enquire of DANIEL PUSTORIOUS, In Germantown. A part of a large House and Store adjoining, to Let Enquire as above. Febru 3rv 7. 7t Charles Campbell, W A T C H-M A K E R. HAS removed to the Shop formerly occupied Vy Mr. John IVood, No. 55, eorner of Front and Chefnut-ftreels ; where he will thank ;'ul!v recei\** and execute orders wit}i neatness *nd difpaK-h HI HAS CCSISTAN'rLY ON HAND, A Neat, and Large AfTortmeiit of Clocks Sff Watches. WANTED, A JOURNEYMAN; ALSO, one or two Apprentices of refpecla <ie parents. FOR SALE, A large quantity of Watch Glasses Wholesale and Retail. nuv 24 3>wtf Country Seats for Sale. ' Seats at convenient diflances froiuPhi- X ladelphia, each comprifiag perfeifl accsm aiodatfon and conveniences of every kind for a gtiiteel familv—l ? or pjiticulars enquire of EDWARD BONSALL&Co. No. 64, Dock-llreet, mo. 31. *J iaw6w ALL Persons having any De ni nds the cftat,- of thelate Robert Hardie, riariner, are hereby rcqueded to present them for rctt!u:)irnt, and ail those indebted to (aid oliate, to mski'paymsnt the fubferibers t»£Ti.R BAYNTON. tValnHi-flrrt*. ( r J )KN CRAIO, ( £x ' cutcr ' A't. 12, Voci-Jlrctt. J >.; . :4' Sawtf Fur ,v I; by the Subscriber, > No. 1:15, Market-fire^t, Very low f.rr Caih, or a short Credit, j The reuiahiir.g f.och of the late House of T OLi D c 5" MOT T, Cloths, Kerseymeres, a few printed Cottons, 1 Printed and fhavyls Printed- dimities Hofitry, thicads, twist and Few in g silks A small amount of hardware, WILLIAM MOTT, Agent for the assignees of Todd & Mott, to Whom, all persons indebted to that concern, are requeued to make immediate payment. u\ MOTT.; Having cor*-mer.ced bufincfs in the Cemmifiion line, his store is dovv open fer the reception of Dry Goods of ail defcripiions. Philadelphia, February 4,1799. Alexander J. Miller, No. 64. South Front-Strept. HAS JUST RECEIVED, By the Atlantic, capt. Read, arrived at New-York, from Madras, the FoiiorriNG WHITE GOODS, Which will be ready for Sale on Monday next, Gamines Alliabald Tandah CofTies Fine Long Cloths Moories and Short Cloths, feb 1 ® ; PUBLIC NOTICE j IS hereby given, that 'application will be made to the Direflors of the Bank of Pennsyl vania for the renewal of a Ceitificate for a (hare in the said Bank, No. lißa, dated July 24th 1 797, standing !m the name of JOSEPH REED, the fame having been accidentally l«ft or de flroyed, Pliilad. Jan. 15. dftw i ALL PERSONS Indebted to th« Eflate »f Mr. John F«NNo,late i of Philadelphia, deceaf«d,are dsfired to make pay ment, and those having any demands, to present th«m for set tiara ant, to SAMUEL BLODGET, Adm'r. or JOHN WARD FENNO, Agent to the adminiftiation. Nov. 3o $ 'm JAMAICA RUM, A Cargo now landing at South Jlreet <wharf % FOR SALE BY PETER BLIGHT, Apply at Stores on the Wharf, WHO ALSO OFFERS FOR SAL*, BRANDY, ill and 4th proot Madeira and Port WINES, &c. &c. Nov. 1. dtf Five Dollars Reward. STOLEN yesterday morning, between 1 o and 11 o'clock, from No. 68, South Fourth Street, A Single cafe Silver Watch, the maker's namefrfarknoble number not known. I he letters W. H. are scratched on the rim .of thq cafe—a ft eel chain and key, eilt seal with a cypher W. H. engraved on it. Whoever will give me information so that the thief may be bniught tQ juClice ihall receive the above reward. W. HAYDON. jan 11 Stray Horfc. WAS taken up, treflpaflinfr on the fubferiber, in the townfliip of Paffyunk, in the county of Philadelphia, a grey Horfe,about fourteen hands high, thirteen or fourteen years old, blind of hit right eye, and (hod before. Whoever" ha« lot) him, by proving property and paying charges,niay him again on applying to the fubferiber. lOHN SINK, Oa the banks oi Schuylkill. j»n. 19, 4 NOTICE, ! PURSUANT to a Resolve of thi Board of Truflees of Washington Academy, in Som effet county, Maryland, aothorifing William Polk, efqr. majors Samuel Wilson, and William foNts, Members of said Board, to procure a principal tearher for said Academy.— NOTICE is hereby given, that a gentleman quali fied to teach the Greek and L atin Language*, Geo graphy and the Mathematics, and such other branches of Literature as it is tufyomary to teach in such Schools, will meet with liberal encourage ment and it is presumed will be well accommodat ed in taking charge of this Academy. The build ing is spacious and will accomodate at lead City Students. Proposals may be addrefled to John Denaii, No. 161 Arch-street, or Williap» Winder, accountant in the Navy department, Walnut street, Philadel phia, or to cither of the three gentlemen above -mentioned, near Princess Anne, Maryland. dec 17 S WANTED, To Article for two or three years a young Man to a profitable bulioefs— For particulars enquire at no. 6%, south Fourth street A person who has some knowledge of paint ing or drawing would be preferred. W. HAYDON, WHO HAS A Cellar to Let. jan ti $ NOTICE. ~~ ALL persons having any demands against the Estate of the late James Wilson, Esq. are dcfired to present their accounts, properly authen ticated, to cither of the fubferibers. The creditors whose debts are secured by mortgage, arc particu larly requested to present their accounts, as soon as convenient, in order to enable the fubferibers to make a statement of the situation of the property. A meeting of the creditors is requefled on Mon day the nth of March, at o'clock in the even ing, at the City Tavern. Bird Wilson William Nichols L Admims -r i 41, ( trators. John Adlum J fcb 4 eodtnmar NOTICE. ~ ALL pcrions indebted to James Emlen, late of Middle;owp, in the county of Delaware, deccafcd, are requefttd to make payment to either of the fuf-fcribers, whom they ftiall find it r.iofl convenient to call on : ind ail persons having de mands, will he pleafcd in like manner, to furnifh them. that they may be paid. Ail rents, which fell due on or before the fourth day of the loth month lad are payable to the fu'o fct ihers and those which accrued after that dav wil be payable to the guardians of his children, who will daly notify the tennaats where to pay the lame. • MiERS FISHEP, of Philadelphia, ) E xtc - ABivl. PEN NELL, of Middletown, > uton. die s3 taw'6w BY an AS of Con i cfs p;fj-w u; the lixtceuth of Jely ir. ttie earof our Loidor.ethou fiiid-'ieveii hundred and ninety eight, th» Prefi dciit ( i the United States is atithoriled to borrow j 011 behalf *~>i the Utviicd States from the Bank of the United State?, or from any other b idy or bodie. politic or ceirpora'.e, or from any pri fun or persons, and jpon luch terms ' and conditions as be flnll judge iri.jll 4dvan j tageou* for the United State*, 1 ftim not ] exceeding five millions of d dlars, ie> however, \ that no contrail or engageine/it be made which ' shall preclude the U#ited Sttrfs from reiiiibstrf i ing any f« nor I'ums borrowed any time after the expiration of fifteen years from the due of such loan. jinJ ivbcrens, it is declared by the said Aiff, that i'o much as may be neceifary of the surplus of the duties on Imports and 1 on nage beyohd the permanent appropriate 115 here toiorecharged upon them by Uw. 'hall be pledg ed and 3pJ>'ropi iatrd for paying the intere't, and alio for pajekig and di'Vlui principal lnm or funii of ill the monies vh ch may he borrowed, according, to tt»e term or terms which may he li.xed, ;vjrluant to the authority aiore l'aid- —And therein by the said the ialth of (he United States is pledged to eftablilb lu/ficient permanent Revenue j for making up ary deficien cy that may hereafter appear in the provisions before-mentioned for paying the interell and principal films, or either of them, of any mo nies which may be borrowed purluant to the said A4V And ivb.-uat the Prelident of the Unit ed States did bj as A& or Coromiffion under his hand dated the ointh day of January 'lll th< year one thousand fevcti hundred and ninety nine, au thorise and empower, the Secretary ot the Trea* fury, to borrow on lehalfof the United States, a»y sum not exceeding in the whole, five mil lions of dol'ars and to make fucli contrail or contrails as should be ncceflary, and for the 111- tereft cf the United States, in purluance of the KA of Congress above recited. No-tv therefore, riie undersigned, Secretary of the Treal'ury, in pursuance of the Ail of Congress, and the authority from the Prefieknt of the Uiiited States, above mentioned, doth hereby on behalf of tlfe United States of Ame rica, contrail awJ engage in manner following, to tiff. ifl, A book for receiving fuofcriplions to a Loan of Ere millions of dollars for the use of the United States (hall be opened in the city of Philadelphia, at the Bank of the United States on Thursday the twenty eighth day of February ensuing, which book shall continue open for the purpose of reoeiving fubferiptions, until the whole of the said five millions of dollars (hall be fubl'cribed. If more than five millions of dollars (hall be fni.fcrihed on the firfl day of opening the said lean, the surplus shall be de duiled in prop .rtion to the fuins fubferibed by indVvid'aaU. exceeding fourthoufand dollars. id. For e . cry hundred dollars which may be fubferibed there shall be forthwith deposited and paid the sum of twelve dollars and fifty cents, and like payments of tvel it dollars and fifty cents, shall be inadc-within the firfl ten days of the mouths of April, May, June, July, Aaguft September and Oil»ber eafuing. The Secre tary of the Treasury haweverrelerves the rij,ht of reducing the number of inllallmtnts hySpe cial agreements, with the individuals who may become subscribers. 3d. On the failure of payment of anyinjlall meht of the forns fubfer bod according to the tenor of the second article, the next preceeding inftalhnent of twelve dollars and fifty cents, , which shall have been patd, for every hundted dollai'3 fubferibed (ball be forfeited to Unit ; States. 4th, The sums fubferibed shall and may be paid to the credit of the United States, at the 1 Bank of the Unittd States, \:r at the offices of difcoiint and deposit of he said Bank at Boston, New-York, Baltimore, or Charleston, cr at ei ther of the Banks of Salem, in Mafiachlifetls, Newport and Providence in Rhode-llland, Hart ford in Conneilicut, Albany in New-York, or Alexandria in Virginia, for winch payments,the rece : pte of the Cafhicrs of the Offices of Dis count and Deposit and of the Banks aforefaid (hall be received at the Bank of the United States as equivalent to money ; but 110 payment of a subsequent inllallment shall be received at any other place than th»t where the firft installment was paid, except at the Bank of the United States ; in c-fe any deposits shall be made at the offices of D'fcount or Deposit, or at either of the Banks aforefaid, which (ball not he applied to the payment of the firft mflallment of l'ubfcrip tions to the Loan aforefaid, the (aid deposits (hall be forthwith refunded by direilions from the Treasury. ! sth. For the sums or number of (hares of one hundred dollars, which may be fubferibed, eer- I tifieates (hall be given by the Cslhierof the Bank ' of the United States, which (hall be adignable 1 by indorsement, and delivery of the parties in , whose favour the said certificates may bt i(Tned, until the complition of the payments required by the tenor of the second article preceeding. 4th. The sums fubferibed and paid in pursu ance of the tenor of the second article preceed ing, shall after the fjid payments have been compleated, constitute a funded capital stock divflible intofhares of one hundred dollars each, which capital flock shall bear interest at the rate' of eight per centum per annum from the times hxed tor the payment of the ret"pe<aive inftjll ments payable quarter yearly at the Treasury of the United States, or at the Loan Offices where the fame may (land credited, until the last day of December, in the yesr one thousand eight hundred and eight. 7th. After the last day of December in the fcid year one thousand eight hundred and eight, and after reafonahle notice to the creditors, which (hall ? ,ven ?>" an advertisement in feme public news paper, pnnted at the feat of the government »f the United States, the said capital stock (hall be re deemable « the plcafure of the United States by the reimburfcment of the whole sum or funis borrowed, and which may cnnflitutc the said capi tal stock either at the treasury of the United States or at the loan offices where the fame may (land credited. Bth. The credits for the said capital stock (hall and may he separately certified in funis either for one hundred, four hundred, one' thousand, four thousand or ten thousand dollars, and the credits so certified (hall be transferable by the creditors, or their attoroies, at the Treasury and Loan Offices refpeclively, in pursuance of the rules which have been, or which may be ellablilhed relative'tto tkc transfer of the funded flock of the United States 9th A fufikient lum of the Aarplus of the duties on ImpprtJ and Tonnage beyond the permanent appropriation# heretofore charged upon them by law, together with the faith of the United States are hereby pledged fer the fulfillment of this con. trait, 111 pursuance ef, and according to the terms and conditions of the aA of Congress hurein be fore recited. Given under my hand and tlie fcal qf the (L. S.) Tre: j r "ry of the United States at Phi ladelphia this twelfth day of January ene thousand seven hundred and nine ty nine. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary.o/tte Treasury. j Jan. 11. " /' i : :£cl&/t' RCiii j.VI 1//t ,1 01 1 ■ t • Bv virtue of an order of the Orphans* Court forthe County of Ntw—Cas tle, in the State of Delaware, WILL BE SOLI), The Real iiltate of SOLOMON MAA'IV EI. L, E.g. "Late of the said count*, decea^d. No. I. AI.L the one undiv-.ded third part of Seven teen hundred and fifty aereso! Land and Marsh : About three huii'lred and fifty acres, iriwe or less being uj>lanu of afupcrior quality; the remaining fourteen hundred acres being marsh of the hrif quality in the Hate of Dela ware, the gre.ter "pait of which is is ahUh flat* of cultivation, and the remainder ean be put in complete urderat a wry 1 ' a H expehef. On tlie pre'tiiifes are creiled, Three D» ings, with a number of outhouses, &c. > <> the fame proportion of about one hundred cattle, and about one hundred and fiftv hert • fbeep, the unexpired rime of servitude of a lioilitier of i itoct, healthy Negro men, a large qj»nnt\ oi hay, a number of horses, and twine, farming utenlils, household and kitchen furniture, with many other articles too tedious to enumerate. No. i. A commodious Brick-MefTuagc and Lot of Lat,d,Mituate in the village of St Geoi-g s now in the tenure of Mr. Samuel M'Glaughlin and occupied aa a tavern, for many years, to advantsgt. No. 3. A Lot of Marsh, containing about thirty acres, more or less, situate near the said village of St. Georges. No. 4. Four Lots of Land, situate near G-hiiiliana Bridge, on the South fide of Christi ana Creek. No. 5. A Lot, Wharf, and Frame Store- Houle, on the South fide of Chrifliina Creek at Chriftana Bridge. No. 6. A Lot of Wood-Land, «ontaining ten acres, more or less, situate about two milts from Chriftia ia Bridge. No. 7* A Lot of Land, with a commodious Two story Brick MelTuage thereon ere&ed, 38 feet front and a 8 feet deep, »ne large room of which has been occupied as a dry goads store for a number of yean ; with a cellar under the whole. —Alfa a Brick Building of »j feet by 13 which has been occupied as a granary and fait store, with a brick kitGhen, (Vr.oke-houte, and other outhoifit, Mm, <fc)bles, carriage-bout, ice.—Thi» lfand is considered superior for a Merchant to any in the village of Csll iftiana Bridge No., 8. The unexpired lease of a Still Houfc for about eight years, within half * mile of Cbriitijna Bridge, with three stills and a boiler, and every other convenieiicy for carrying 011 the diftilting business.—The house and situation have been viewed by gentlemen from Lancaller county, who carry on the said business, and are allowed to be equal to any in the United States. The property contained in No. 1, will be foid at public auction,at the dwelling houfc of Jona than Foreman on the premises, beginning on TueWay the 19th day of February next, at ten o'clock, and continue from day texday until all is fold. Ao. 1 & 3, at the houfc of Samuel M'Ghugh lin in the village of St. Georges, on TueUay the 11ft of said month, Ueginniug at tenq'clsck 1 on said day. No. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 3, at the house of William Shannon at Chrißiai.a Bridge, on Tuesday the * attli day of said mouth, Ueginwisg at to o'clock on said day*. As it is presumed that no person will purcbaf* the above described property without viewing the fame, it is' thought unneceiTary to give a further description thereof. That pirt, there fore, contains.! in No. 1 maybe viewed by ap plying to Mv. Anthony Dulhane on the said pre mises. That part co»w»u«d in no. 2 & 3. by applying to Mr. Samuel M'Glaughlin at St. Georges. Ani\ the part mentioned in no. 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8, by applying to the subscribers at Chris tiana bridge.—The terms will be made as easy as the nature of the business will admit of, and be made known at the times and p!:cesof fate, by ELIZABETH MAXWELL, Adra'x JAMES COUPER, ") DAVID NIVIN, > Admin'rs. ROBERT EAKIN, ) February 6 3 tawt 19 F *** For the last time, NOTICE is hereby given, to all pcrlons indebt ed to the lift ate of Solomon Maxwell, esq. drceafed, who do not immediately fettje their re fpe&ive accounts, by forward and giving their obligations, ar discharging the fa rut by mak ing payment, must cxpeiff to be dealt with astht law oirecls; and all pcrfons having claims against said eftaU are requested to bring them in, legally Ittefted, for settlement. ELIZABETH MAXWELL, adrn'x. . JAMES COUPER, •) I)AVID NIVIN. f administrators. ROBERT EAKIN 3 N. D. All persons indebted to the lat: firm of M-xwell and Nivin are reqtteftcd to come forward an.l kttle their rdpe&ive accounts with the SuS fcriber without delay ; those, who have it not in their power to make payment, by giving their ob ligations," will meet with aU the indulgence the na ture of the c-.fe will admit of; and they, who do not attend to this last notice, may be afliired, how ever disagreeable to the fubferiber, that the\ will be diilt with according to law. David nivin, surviving Partner of Maiw«li & Nivtu. A Farm for Sale. 1 VTTILL be fold, in pursuance of an order o *; V, °? h,nt Court °f Delaware countv, on ? 2 5 th F . cbnjar y at the house ot W. Anderfon, in the Borough ofChelter atone o'clock, P. M. inciter, THE PLANTATION Late the property of Raper H ifkins, dee'eafed, situate in the said Borough, containing about ato acres, qi which between 43 ant! cc acres are oxcellent upland and marsh meadow ; about 4U f Cr ? ° f wood arld >. the rsmaitider is arable land, of a good qual.ty-The whole 1,-j s been ■ed so. many years as a gracing farm and bun der an alraoft new cedar fence • there are on the V A° " ory "°" e dw "' lia ? hc "fe =>nd ki Chen in good re pair ; the dwelling house has fourioomson a tioor, with a convenient entry ; here is a good k.tcheu garden, twagood apple .. J' 3 , J !T' e time and pi«e will be fold J acres of marft meadow, in the neighbour hoodo. tlu- farm, under good bank,, and in ins the a "°r' A 7 P° rfo n of view- Who 'desires all thor s indebted to the late R. thore'wbo'h :mm ' diatc Payment, and those who have demands against his ellatp, 10 prjent them to bcr for settlement. Jjjawtdf ; fare c* fatmzn, young or old, not terstecf m the History of the first R t ' e a:ui Frm-ress of his native Country, and from ,v celebrated a pen as that of' Doctor ftoijertfon ? J aft Published, AND TO BE ■SOLD BY JAMES HUMPHREYS, No. J9.Couth Third street, opposite the fiJ. the United States, (Price one dollar neatly bound and lettered ' boards, fix fhillin^s) \ Dr. Robertfon's History 0 f (BRITISH) AMERICA, Containing The-Mftory of Virginia to the year i6B< an j history of New-England to the yeir 1651 k, ing what the Do&or had completed P r'e_ vious 10 hit death. It hat lately been given to the public with a pre face by his son at Edin burgh, has alreadypafiC ci through three or four editions, and hasbeentranfla ted and pub lifted in French at Paris. Mr. Robertfon In his preface obfervts « During the course of tediou. illncfs, w h , ch \. early foreiaw would hare a fatal termination nV R«bertfou at different times destroyed a,any of hi s papers : But after his death, 1 found that m,, the Hiftoi-y of (Britift) America which b< \Z wrote many years before, and which is „ ow o ff- r . <d to the public. It , s written with hi, own hand as all his works were ; ,t .. a, carefully corrected asany part of h.s manuscript. which I have ever seen ; and he had thought it. worthy ot bem» Z? Icrved, as it efeaped the flames to which fomui other papers had been committed. I read k«, theutmolt attention; but, eforc I came to rtfolution about the publication, I put the MSS inw the hands of feme ot those friends wham father nfed to confnlt onfnch oecaf, o : ls i,ft Wo Tu ha5C ccn "fhaefsand prefumptioH in nie, tpt aV e trurtedi to my own partial rteciCan. h ed by fsme other persons also, i„ , fc ofc t J e ' judgment I nav« the groatefl confidence : brail of them was encouraged to og-ru toihe publ.c a. curious and mtercfting in itfcij, and not inferior' to any oi my father's other works. M lht J d T r ° f ,bt L P " r " apojtrophizei the above work n the filial, manner. •« Every thing ensures fuuel's to this volume the talents and reputation of the author, and the im;Teflion ft,U recent in the minds of all who have read the excellent work of which thi, i, the com- P' etl " a — a c r onf P ,re to 8' vc "an eitenfive fpreaj. The history of Amci.ca was the mafto-piectof one of the two ablest, r rather one of the two only modern hiflorians. He has creatrd thi part U history, diftinguilhed this chaos of the New WorM diftingudhed with the hand of a mafttr the part of genius, fortune, courage and crime, and conquer cd as it were, America, for literary, commercial and political Europe. i o tnlure this last volume circulation, rtrf necessary only to name its author, and to rut.si, it poffel!"j all that u;vt?nef. of obfervatioo, tbit licifpicuity of expofitien, the art of rtfe.ring tf. feiSls to cause-), and of mingling with the artount of events, the wiwlefomeß and moll anproud priuiples of morals and politics, for which this writer was so that it exhibiti the talent' ef RobinTsan " jan.l9. fjt DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO HIT BE I T REMEMBERED, «*THAT on the tenth day a~L. S.C of December, in the twecty tinrd f * year of the Independence of the U "'ted Slam of America, JOHN LAMBERT of the f<niiSl, hathdepofited in rhi< office the title,ot a book, the right whereof he claims as author in the w rds following, to wit: " A fh<irt and practical F.fTay on Firmisg; be " ii.g the experieacc of a firmer «f ahout Cxty '• years of age, near forty ysars of which were " spent in England, Efl'cx eouuty, on land where " farming i» done in the greatest per fed ion, " and near seven years on three hundicd and " twenty acres ot worn-out l*ud in Pottlgrove and " Al'oway creek, in Saiem county, Wefl-Jwfey— " shewing the means whereby these worn-out " lands may be improved, and that th< means are " in the power of almoil every farmer." In conformity to the aft of the Congress of the United States, intituled " An ail for the enconragementof learning, by fecurin£ the copies of maps, charts and book? to the authors and proprietors of such copies da ring the terms th«rein mentioned." D. CALDWELL. Clerk of the DiJlriS of Petinjfl-oania. d«c. 13 iaw4W DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA,TO WIT; BE IT REMEMBERED, THAT on the twelfth day \ / of August, in the twenty-thi/d year of the Independence of the United State- of America, Benjamin Smith Barton, oi the said dif tridl, hath deposited in this office the title ol a !>oolf the right whereof he claims as author in the words* following to wit : "New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and " Nationi of America—By V*njamin-Smith Bar -44 ton, M. D.Corr«fpondent Member ofjheSocie u ty of the Antiquaries of Scotland, Member et " the American PhiUfophical Society, Fellow of 44 the American Academy of Arts and Sciar.ces of 44 Bolton, Correfpond'ng Member ol the MafTa chufetts HiPiorical Society, and Profeffbr ( t 41 Materia Msdica, Natural History and Botany 14 in the Univeriity of PeCnfylvania." In couformity to the <♦& of the Congress of tn<i United States, intitied "An acrforthsencouagc* mcnt of learning by tecaring the copies of maps I charts,and looks, to the authors and proprietor* ! of such copies during tie timesther*in mentioned- 1 SAMUIiL CALDVELL, Clerk, Pitt, of Pens November 2, 179). Patent Ploughs, TO be fald for cA bv Joseph Salter at Aifon Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry—Jomtlw'V Harker,.VVoodl)ur'—and JeiTe Evni< J J^ ra, 't r ' ton, Those who Vave used thro^fy : c " em '.' ;e preference to anv other as 'cqmre less team, brem t.it ground bitter, are Kj-pt in order at less pxpifice and are fok -t r rate —the pbn is much f.rnpl.fied and confiilsof but one piece of calf Iron, \i!tl)/he J^ nQ cs al j' beam ef wood ; they may beS/<» w« h wrou P h ; lays and coulters to be put cr l rtttS a -' taken off at pleasure ~ . .. c ■ Patent ligh'.n tor rendirf" 11 or making thena may be ha/ by applying t > je ' Newbold, or the No. alz or » Front-Street. Who hp for SaH V Or to I.cafe fr « termjf rears, X A number of v #M>le trails of Land, v.e situated far Mill- y /ron .Vorksor Farr.is, m - ly improved, lyiii T in ° , v tingdon slate incline to vje'w them will please to app ) JoKr. Ca<ian elq.near Huntingdon. Cterlcs Niv/hold. ■ 3'y >7
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