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    of tj)C United States, AND Philadelphia Daily Advertiser:
NaMSEit 2112.3
price of this Gazette is Eight
Dollars per annum to Subscribers residing
in the city of Philadelphia. All others pay
one Dollar additional, for enclosing and di
ed ing ; and unless some person in this city
■will become answerable for the subscription,
it must be paid Six Months in Advance.
William Bonnar
INFORMS the public that bufinel's of impor
tance calling him to Europe, he is obliged
to decline his trade in Market street.
ALL PERSONS indebted lo him, and thcfe
to whom he is indebted, wiH please to apply to
Mr. George Dob fori, rto. 92, Market street, for
the settlement of their refpeiflive accounts, who
i»jduly empowered for that purpose.
June
' Iu JUb sOLl), -
An Invoice of Woollens,
CONSISTING of Coatfe and Fine Cloths,—
principally Dark Elus and'printed Caflimeres
f->pply to
Owen 13" Jonathan Jones,
No. 151 Marfect-flreet,
afril '.9
Old trench. Brandy in large and
(mail talcs
100 boxes 7 by 9 & B'by 10 Window Glass
;o chest pint & half pint Tumblers, aflorted
aa6 whole & 6 half-tiercs Rice,
FOK SALE BY
Garney £s* Smith.
w<?r T, 1799
FOR SALE,
At No. -2 4.6, High-street,
A Hanclfone Coach,
Coaebee, Phaeton, cJ 1 P;;»r Horses.,
Eifber feparatfly cr together.
Alfb— a handfomc Narrapanfet Marc and Grey
Horse, very eify grjited,
may 14
FOK. S.VI.E,
A Handsome New House,
Within j mile, cf the city.
TWO stories high, together with a grass let, it
is in a very good lituatien lor bxfinefs—the terms
★ill !>e.maJs very convenient to the psrehafer-
Inquire ot the printer.
may 28 §
LINENS.
Just received, via New-York, also by th« (hip
Stockport fr#m Liverpool, a good aflort
ment of
4-4 wide IrisH Linens,
in half boxes,
Wbiehwill b« disposed of by the package on rea-
fonable terms by
JAMES CLIBBORN ENGLISH,
No. ij,fou;h Front llreet.
June 14 tut fa tf
UNSEATED LANDS.
THE owners of Unseated lands in FAYETTE
COUNTY ( v enn.) are hereby notified, that
u*lcf« the tsxes due on (aid lands for th« years
796, 1797 and 1798, are paid into the hands of
General Ephraim Douglafc, County Treasurer, on
or before Thursday the 19th uay of September
pext.they will be advertised forfale as the law di
refli
Caleb Mounts, "J
James Allen. V Courly Commi»'r»
?ohn Fulton, J
'own. ]uue 5,*99.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
June 47, 1798.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That by vir<;
rue of an ad, paiT«dduring the prefentfef
lion ®f Congrcfs, l'o much of the ail cntituled
«' An Ait making further provision for the ftjp
" port ti public credit, and for the redemption
" of the public debt'*—palled the third day of
March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety
five, as bars from settlement or allowance,
Certificates, commonly called Loan Office and
final settlement Cdrtificates, and Indents of In
ferefls, is suspended until the twelfth day of
June, which will be in the yea# one thouCind l'even
hundred and ninety nin;,
That on the liquidation and fetlfementof the
raid. Certificates, and Indests of Interest, at che
Treasury, the Creditors will he entitled to receive
Certificates of funded Three Per Cent Stockequal
to the amount of the said Indents, and the arrear
ages of interest due on their said Certificates, prior
to th« firfl. day of January one thousand l'even
hundred and ninety one.
That she principal fumsof the said Loan Office
,bJ final fettleroent Certificates, with the interest
thereon, fmce thenrft day ot January, onethou
•fand seven hundred and ninety one, will be dif
chsrged after liquidation at the Trejfsry, by the
payment of interest and reimburfrment of .princi
pal, equal to the suras which would have been
payable thereon, if the said Qertificates had been
subscribed, purfiiant to the A&s making provision
for the debts of the United Stat»s, contrail cd dur
ing the late war, and by the payment of other
sums, equal to the market value of the remaining
Stock, which would have been created by such
Cubicriptions asaforafaid, which market value will
be determined by the Comptroller of thel'reafury.
OLIVER WOLCOTT,
June 18
Journeymen Shoemakers.
TWO HUNDRED will receive im
mediate employment by apylying to
•WILLIAM M LAWS, Sadler,
No. 72, Qbefnut street.
June 12
A beautiful Country Seat,for Sale
SITUATED on the bank of the Delaware
joining lai)<ls of Matthias Siplet and Mr.
John DufMd, 13 miles from Philadelphia and
7 miles ffom Briltol. - ,
The building? con lift ofa ntw two story Frame
House and Kitchen adjoining— 3 rooms on a
floor, a Piazza the whole front of the House, a
Pump of excellent water, also a good garden and
orchard —;o acres of land will be fold with the
prcrmfes. hut more can be had if required.
The.' e is a irravelly Ih.ire at the river, the water
stages for Burlington pass every day in the sum
mer season. and the land stages for New-York
within half a mile ; any person inclining to pur
chase may know the terms of sale and other par
ticulars by enquiring at No. >2, Dock-street, or
No«i6i, Si»uth Se«on(J-ftrect.
June i.
Notice is hereby given,
THAT application will be made to the Treas
ury of the United States, for the renewal
of the following Certificates of fix per cent, and
Deferred funded Stock, (Urnling in the follow
ing names, thepwperty of John Clark?, Esq.
of Yorklhire, in England ; the said Certificates
having been loft 011 board the Swallow Packet,
captain Kidd, from Falmouth to New-York.
Dolt. Cts. No.
J 000
362* 66
33 6 7 5
(14)
Secretary of the Treasury.
lawtt
PHILADELPHIA: THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 27, (799.
12731 da'ed March 7th, 1795, Re
gister Certificate itWavor of
John and Francis Baring & Co.
London. -
15070 do. March 17th, 1797, do. in
in favor Brjunfberg
Faefch & Co of Amfterdain
148x3 do. DeCj_3d, 1796, do. in fa
vor of F. L Braunlberg of
Amflerdam
3536 do. March 15th, '96, do. in fa
vor do do
14235 /do. May 17th, '96, in favor
of do do
14678 do. Sept. 9th, '96, in favor
of do do
13242 do, May 27th, '95, in favor
of Frederick Lodewyk Bi aunf
berg of Amflerdam
3249 do. Angull 28th, '95, Ui favor
of do do
33C.5 do. July 23d, '95, in favor
of do do
13860 do. Dec. lotfe, '95, in favor
of do do
3316 do. Aug. 281b, '95, m favor
of do do
13793 do- Nov, 16th, '95, in favot
of John and Francis Baring &
Co London.
13237 do. May 27th, '95, in favor
of do do
13798 do. Nov. 16th, '95, in favor
of do do
11963 do. Apr. 24th, '97, Commis
sioner of Loan* of New-York,
in favor Jonathan Hoare of
London
413 il
367 89
898 36
387 37
i 7" S
213" 47
34* O
198 it
4000 n
1500 o
i6co o
9376 66
36,014- 97 6 P er cent
Dols. Cts,
7997 93
1143 do. Mar. id, '93, Regifler
Certificate to Herman Katen
camp of Great Britain. .
57J7 do. do do
7000 o
<lo of do
5883 do. Mar, «Bth, '93,
1000 o
do of
1176 do. do do
IJOO o
do of do
90c. do. OA. 9th, '9a, do to
John Wa«J«r & Co of London
95a do, Oft. 26th, '9», do to
do of do
'93, do to
tJOO*.. O
700 43
6076 do. May 13th,
10783 33
Stadnit&i 8c Sonof Amflerdam
6366 do. Aug. 6th, '93, do to
JOOO p
Nicholas Van Staphorft of Am-
fterdam.
6367 do. do do do do to
do of do
ZB-68 do. May 16th,'95, Commif
jopo o
8351 9*
fioner of Loans at New-York
to Henry M. Bird of London,
1717 do. Nov. »d, '92, do to
4000 o
Philip Sanfom of London
1718 do. do do do do to
3618 69
do of do
3968 do, Ndv. 3d. '92,
4634 o
1724 do. Nov. 6th, '92, do to
5000 o
74587 30 Deferred 6 per cent Stock
WILLJNG'S & FRANCIS.
d3m
may 25
Notice is hereby given,
THAT application will be made :o the Trea
ury of the United States for the renewal of the
following certificates of 6 per cent funded
the said certificates having been loft on beard the
Swallow Packet, captain Kidd, from Falmouth
to New-York :
No. 30721 Signed Joseph Nourfe, in favor of
Samuel and Henry Waddington,
dated February jl, >795, for dol
lars 2000
No. 2964, Signed Joseph Nourfe, to William
& Jan Wiliink, and Nicholas &
Jacob Van Staphorft & Hubbard,
agents tor the United States at Am
fterdam.idated January 31ft, 1795,
for 5000 dollars
WILLING'S & FRANCIS.
d 3"
may 45
MAIL COACHEES
Between Philadelphia and Baltimore,
LEAVE Philadelphia every day, (Sunday
excepted) at 8 o'clock, A. M. arrive at
Baltimore the next day, by n o'clock, A. M.
Returning.
Leave Baltimore every day, (Sunday except
ed) at 4 o'clock, A. M. awd arrive at Philadel
phia the next day, by 9 o'clock, A. M.
Between New-York and Philadelphia.
Leave Philadelphia every day (Sunday ex
cepted( at 12 o'clock at noon, arrive at New-
York the next morning, by 8 o'clock.
Returning.
Leave New-York every day (Sunday exoept
cepted) at one o'clock, P. M. and arrive at
Philadelphia the motnjng, by 7 o'clock.
Seafs i)i the Mail Coacbees to be taken in
New-York,
At Butman's Office, No. 5, Csrtland-ftreet,
In Philadelphia.
At Francis' Hotel, No. 13, foutb Fourth
ftreet, and at the Franklin Inn, No. 59, north
Second street.
In Baltimore.
At Evans' Tavern.
Fare for Passengers, 8-Dollars from Philadel
phia to New-York, and 8 Dollars from Phila
delphia to Baltimore.
All baggage over 141b. weight, is carried al
5 ecnts per pound.
The Proprietors are not responsible fir Bag
gage. LEVI PEASE,
Agent fir the Public Line, from Philadelphia
to Baltimore.
WARD, BROADHURST, J©NES EiTCo*
Proprietors of the Mail Lint, from
Philadelphia to New Tori.
General Poft-Office, )
May 1. | 5 $
Delaware Js* Schuylkill Canal Office,
Philadelphia, iVUy 9, 1799.
IN pursuance of a resolution of the prelident
and managers nf the Delaware and Schuyl
kill Canal Company, the Stock-holders are here
hy notified and required to pay, on each of seir
refpeilive (hares, to the T'reafurer of the Com.
pany, at the Company's. Office in city,
1 s dollars on June r.ext,
ao dollars on the 15th July next, and
ao dollars 011 the Ijth -next.
Wra. GOVET'V, Treasurer.
m&tU4*v(df'r.t2t«ij A)
May T3.
From tbipSuperb, capt. Boyd, /-'°™ London.
Brown Stout Porter, in tierces of
eight and ten dozen each,
Ditto iu hogsheads, for draught.
He also offers for Sdie,
BY SUNDRY ARRIVALS.
A quantity of clean
St. Peterlburgh Hemp,
Jamaica Rum,
Brandy, I ft and 4th proof,
Red Port Wine, in pipes, hhd3. qr. casks,
Old Bar&via Arrack, in cafus of t and a dozen,
for heme consumption or exportation.
Catatonia White Wine, in pipes, \
Haz'cnuts in Sack?.
WHICH will carry from iooc to 1500 barrels
Flour. PETER BLIGHT.
June 16
~ FOR sr. CROIX,
f.l Criffis, matter. For freight
or pafiage, apply to
jtine 17
f ast sailin ß ! * l " e
PACKET.
She is well calculated as a
Packet between this and the southern. states, hav
ing handsome and extensive accommodations for
palTengert. She is wall fuitc- 1 for the ftreights or
Weft India trade, and can be feet to sea at a trif
ling eipence. The inventory may be seen and the
terms of sale made known by applying te
N. & J. FRAZIER,
JVb. 95 South Front st,
ijiwjawtf
do to
do to
do
do
do to
may 30,
Ship Broker's Office,
Jnd Cemmiffion Stare,
No, i»9, South fiont Strfft,
doar to the Cnftom House.
THE Subscriber, encouraged oy the advice of
his friends, offers his service to the public
as a Ship and Insurance Brokar. He propof
ts to buy and fell veflels and every thing relat
ing thereto —aflift matters of veflels and others
in entering and cleariag at the Custom-House,
procuring and (hipping freightj fettling l»lur
ance ar.d all other mercantile accounts, and
have on hand the seceflary Blanks and Stamps.
do to
Papers in foreign languages translated, and in
formarion given in general mercantile matters.
—From a knowledge gained by long experience
of every branch of bulinefs he hopes to be ufe
ful to those who please to favor him with their
commands. SjIMUEL EMERY.
November to
ROSS if SIAISON,
HATE FOR SAtS,
300 pieces ill and ad quality Russia
Duck
ioo pieces Ravans Deck (fuperiar)
Bolton Beef in Barrels,
. . . . _ . f COSSAS
A few bales Bengal } HUMHUMS.
1100 bushels St Martins Salt.
April 11
Now Landing from the Ihip Delaware, from Can
ton and for sale by the Subscribers.
Hyson,
HyfonSkin, ( rEAg
Young Hyios, ty f
Souchong, J
Canlon and Garden Fans,
Nankeens,
China Ware, aflorted.
Umbrellas 13 to 30 inches,
Silk Handkerchiefs,
Hair Ribbons and Sewing Silks.
They heme also remaining on Hand
Black Pcrfians, Choppa and Pullicat Roroills,
And a general assortment of Dry Goods as usual.
Thomas if Joshua Fisher.
4th mo 16
THE Publie are requ»fteil not to receive any
drafts, notes, obligations or bills of any kind
drawn in favor of or itidorfcd by
Abijab Hunt.
J. W A. Hunt.
Jesse iJj Abijab Hunt.
Jeremiah Is" Abijab Hunt.
Abijab iJf Jno. W. Hunt.
Snod.grass, & Co.
rhofe on whom they are drawn arc also deflrcd to
suspend acceptanee, until reference be had to the
fubferiber.
About twenty thousand Dollar! of bills of the
abave description having been taken from the car
rier near the mouth of Tennedee river by a party
of Indians. SAMUEL MEEKER,
april a 6. tu th&f tf
Lost, last evening,
A GREY-HOUND,
of the English breed ;
HAS a brass collar round her neck with the
name of Thomas Sterling on it; bodj quite
white, except a small spot 011 ber left fide ; »ach
cheek of a dove aolour ; aafwers to the name of
Dove. Whoever has taken her Hp, and wiil de
liver her at the Indian'Qneen, (hall bp rewarded,
may 10 i
FOR SALE.
NOW LANDING,
Wanted to Charter,
,h» &t-ndtw
y>bn Nixon Isf Co.
jaw 1 w
FOR SALE,
NOTICE.
landing.
Frc m on boarchhe DO.ROTHPA, at Willing*
and Francis's wharf, and for SALE
by tiife si bllribeis,
Atj ajjirtment of
GERMAN LINENS,
—Consisting of —
Guingas
Dowlai
Crcat a la Mcrla'.f
Eftopiilr.9
Platillas Royales
Brown Platillas
ftretagnes
Rouanes
Checks & Stripes
Leftadoes
Bielefield Linen,
LIKEWISE,
German broad Cloth 50 hhds. claret
'Thread tnoo demijohns
French silk Stockings 155 liquor crfles
Swediih Irtin 300 cafss c'a-et
13 pipes Hollaed Gin.
Russia Bristles,
English Sail Cloth,
St. Peterfburgh Hemp,
Engl ft Silk Goods —co fifiing of
Ribbons, Perfins, &c.
ERICK & LEWIS BOL I. MA A N,
lOC, Spruce flrcct.
dtf
iime
FOR SALE,
BY JOSEPH SIMS,
JfO. IJS, SOUTH a'ATlill-SrHKE T.
A compleat aflortraent of China Ware,
Bohea Tea, in whole, half aud quarter chcfls,
Hyfoß Gortwe, young h; son and hyfonfkinTca
in quarter -hefts.
SoMchor:g and Peco Souchong Tea in quirter
th -l>s arid boxes,
Cassia in hales, Silk Umbrellas,plaijj andfringed
ill boxes, hair ribbon,
St. Croix Rum and Sugar in hogftieatjs.
Cogniac Brandy, inhhds. ift, 3d,and 4th proof
thrte yeirs old.
Cordage, of the firft quality, afiort«d, from 9
thread rattling to 13 inch cables, &c. &c.
junc 16 ,ot
TO BE SOLD BY N
fESSP. W ROBERT U r A±H.
Old Port Wine, in Pipes, Hhds,
and quarter caiks,
Also Landing at their V* T barf
From on board the Ihip Edward frotn LifboO.
Lisbon Wine, in pipes and qr. cafles.
junc 15
Joftiua B. Bond,
CorDer of Market and sixth street.
Has received by the late Arrivals from Lon-
don, Liverpool and Bristol.,
A neat AlTorucent of
DRY GOODS,
Suitable to the Season. Which he will
dispose. of at the lowed terms, for cash or
the tuflomary
June a 5.
.wanted,
A WET NURSE with a good Bread of Milk.
Any such ptrfon who can be properly recom
mended, may hear of generous terms, by applying
at no. 100, south Third Street, between Walnut
and Spruce ftrccts.
June »o 5
ENGLISH WROUGHT NAILS
Jnfl arrivedfrom Liverpool.
150 calks Bd. iod. I2d and 2od.
fine drawn Nails, suited to the Weft-India
Market, and entitled to drawback —also,
50 casks different sizes small Nails,
on moderate terms for calh or approvtd notes
at 4 and 6 months, by
ROBERT DENISON, Jan.
45 north Third street. .
df4t
aaw
June a i
NEW AUCTION.
THE Subscriber being appointed Auflioneer
for the City in the place of Mr. E. Fox,
resigned, informs his friends and the public,
that his Store, No. 56, South Front street,
(formerly occupied by Mr. Fox) is now open
for the reception of Goods.
Money will be advanced on Goods if requir
ed. SAMUEL ISRAFL, auc'r.
%j" The Sale-s of Dry Goods will commence
on Monday th« ift July, at 9 o'clock in the
morning.
June 14
FOR SALE
BY THE SUBSCRIBERS^
20 pipes of Old Madeira Wine,
2 Cannon—9 pounders
25 coils rigging, from I 1-4 to 5 inch,
35 hhds. of bell James River Tobacco.
Willing £s? Francis,
May aj.
The subscribers have on hand, and for sale at re
duced prices, the following article®, viz.
Seventy Pipes London Particular
Madeira Wine,
the Vintage of '96, since when they have lain in a
(lore well adapted to their improvement
1 j Chests of Young Hyson Tea ;
An Invoice of well-alforted China—original
cotl between 8 and 900 dol's. in Canton.
march «T
Notice is hereby Given,
THAT application will be 'made foi the iflue
of certificates for twenty two (hires of the
Stock of the Bank of thtU nited Stat»», in lieu
of the undermentioned certificates for * like
number of {bares of the stock of the laid Insti
tution, in favour of James Eckley Coney, of
Liverpool, (oft fey the capture of the Diana,
Richard Kirkbride, master, on a voyage from
Philadelphia to Liverpool, Great-Britain, viz.
Two eertificateß, No. 17,00® and 47001 far
five (hares each- Three certificate!. No, »;oca
and 27004, for four (hares each.
G. SIMPSON, Cashier.
Bank of the United Statu, )
May 23, »79?-- »
Silesia white Rools
YVarendorp linen
Table Linen
Linen fit for coffee bags
Packet handkerchiefs
ON HAND,
§IW
FOR SALE,
Penn-Slreet.
tu th & fat tf
HIGBEE & MILNOR.
tawjm
RECEIVED,,
nr ruE lavs arrivals,
'From Lonhon and i,iv»RPo<n., »■" >
•4nd now offered for sale, bythepdckage onlv,
ON VhRY LOW 1£ R MS.
10 bales of fupcrtor Britifli failCanvafs
it do of Role Blankets Duffels ts" Rugs
5 trui ks well aflorted Printed Callicoes,
I bales Yorklhire Br*>adc'oaths
4 bales low priced mixt Coatingsand Duffells
a cases of Madam Le Jirun Bolleau's fifliior
able Patent Hats and Bonnets
Pms—aff«rted in fraall cases
Townfend and Compton'sFewter —well assort
ed in small "-aiks.
ALSO, Daily ExpeSed,
By Veffcls in the Spring Convoy,
4030 bushels, high dried, ftoved Salt
150 crater of aflorted Farthen Ware
A few tons of the best clean St, Pererfburgh Hemp
Patent Shot assorted in calks «f jcwteach
White and Lead, In calks o! 2cwt each
Crown Glass in boxes of 100 and 50 feet each (
London Supei fine Broadcloth*, and
A few hundred Calks of Nails.
MEDFORD W WILLIS
No, 78 North Front, near Arch-street.
jnnc it
Pennsylvania State Society of tie Cincinnati*
I HE members are notified that the annual
L meeting of .he society, will fee held at the
State-ioufe in Philadelphia on the 4th day of July
next, at to o'clock in the fore^eon.
Members belonging to other S'arc Societies of
the Cincinnati, who may be in Philadelphia oa
that day, arc invited to attend the meeting, and to
favor the society with 'heir co mpany at the enter
tainment which will b< piven at O'Ellers' hotel, at
4 o'clock, in celebratioß the Aniverfcry of Ame
rican hi dependence. *
June 25
St. Croix Sugar,
of the pinsr QUAtirr,
WILL he landed To' Morrow, at South
ftrcet wharf, from oil-board of the brig James
arrived at the Fort,
FOX SALF. BT
PRAGERS Co.
jun? 18
JUST ARRIVED,
In the ship Stockport, from Liverpool,
And for sale at Xo. 90,
The corner of Market and *1 hird-StreetSy
A PARCEL OF BEST CHE-SHIR ft
And Double Glocefter Cheese,
By the Hamper or larger Quantity at reduced
prices*
June 17
Territory north-ivest of the Ohio river
-\T OTICE is herefiy given to all who are
i\ proprietors of Wild Land, lying in the
ceunty of Washington, in the North-weft j er
ritory, that ajfreeablv to a law adopted by the
Legislature of said Territory, in the year 1798,
fubjefling all unsettled, uncultivated trails of
land to a tax —there has been a tax laid.
All proprietors aforefaid, are hereby reqv, pil
ed and required to come forward by tfeemfelves
or agents, erfter their land in the proper office,
and pay the tax, by the firft day of November
next, or the penalty of the law will fill upon
them.
WILLTAM RUFUS PUTNAM,
for and in behalf of the Colle£tors
of Taxes for the County of Wa(h-
Marietta, june j
THE of Baly, Hill,
Evans, Insolvent Debt rs, in th* county of Suflcx,
arc tr meet the Aflignee at the Coart-Honfeinfaid
county, on the 15th of Dec. next, sit to o'clock .u
m. in order to makea dividend of said Inlolvent's
eflate, that may come to hand by that daw
CH. CASE, assignee.
June 1$
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
May 1799.
"*HE proprietors of certificates ifTncd forfub-
A f< riptions to the Loan bearing interest at
eight per centum per annum, ai'e notified, that
at any time after payment (hall have been made
of the jth instalment, which will become due
during the firft ten days of the month of July
enl'uing, Certificates of Funded Stock ma.y at
their option be obtained at the Treasury or Loan
Offices, refpedlively, for the amount of the four
firft inltalreients, or one moiety of the sums ex
prefledin the fubfeription certificates :—No cer
tificates of Funded Stock will however be iflued
for less than one hundred dollars.
Such fubfeription certificates as may tie pre
ented at the Treasury or Loan Offices in con
equeiice of the foregoing arrangement, will be
nrtorfed and diftindlly marked so as to denote,
that a moetvof the flock has been iiTued.
OLIVER WOLCOTT,
Secretary of the Treasury,
WILLTAM COBBETT
HAS JUST PUBLISHED (PRICE I DOL. 50 CENTS)
sHE
BAV IA D
AND
M JE V I A D.
Br William Gifford, Esquire.
To which is prefixed,
A POETICAL EPISTLE TO THE AUTHOR
By an American Gentleman.
[ln introducing this celebrated work to the Gen
tlemen and Ladies ef America, I have endeavored
to give it a dress proportioned to its diitinguifhed
merit, and to the ta«!eof those for whose amuse •
ment and delight it is intended. No expenca hat
been spared in th* publication; aod 1 flattermyfejf
that the work does not yirld, either in paper or
print, to any *ne ever publiflied in America .
This edition has ail advantage over some forme
ones, as it contains by way cf notes, the minor
productions of theauthor ; and, it has an advan
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