Report ol the Secretary of the Treasury, on the fubjeift of a Mint. (CON TI N U ED.] O.NSIDERIXG , tin icfoie, the uncn taint v of the fucccfs * ihe expedient, and the inconveniences, which Seem incider to it, it would appear preferable to submit to those of a free cain age. It is obfervablc, that additional expence, which is one Oi the principal of these, is also applicable to the proposed remedy It is now proper to resume and finifh the answer to the fiift queflion ; in order to which the ihree fuccceding ones have ne cdTarily been anticipated. The conclusion to be drawn from the observations, which have been made on the fubje£fc, is this That the unit in the coins of the Unitecl States, ought to corres pond with 24 grains and 3-4 of a grain of pure gold, and with 37 1 grains and 1-4 of a grain of pure silver, each answering to a dollar in the money of account. The former is exa&ly agreea able to the present value of gold, and the latter is within a small ira&ion of the mean of the two last emiflions of dollars; the only ones which are now found in common circulation, and of which the newest is in the greatell abundance. The alloy i/i each cafe to be 1-12 th of the total weight, which will make the unit 27 grains of jtandard gold, and 405 grains of standard-silver. Each of these, it has been remarked, will answer to a dollar in the money of account. It is conceived thatnoihing better can be done in relation to this, than to pursue the track marked out by the resolution of the Bih of August, 1786. This has been ap proved abroad, as well as at home, and it is certain, that nothing can be more Simple or convenient, than the decimal subdivisions. rhere is every rcafon to expc£l that the method will fpcedily grow into general use, when it shall be seconded by corresponding coins. On this plan, the unit in the money of account, will con tinue to be, as established by that resolution, a dollar; and its multiples, dimes, ccnts and milles ; or tenths, hundredths, and thousandths. Vls ich regard to the number of different pieccs which shall com pose the coins of the United States,two things are to beconfulted : convenience of circulation, and cheapness of the coinage. The fiift ought not to be Sacrificed to the last ; but as tar as they can be reconciled to each other, it is desirable to do it. Numerous and small not too minute) fubd'vifi >ns aflifl circulation ; but the multiplication of the smaller kinds expence; the lame process being nect flary to a small as to a large piece. As it is easy to add, it will be moil advifeable to begin with a small number, till experience shall decide wh'e her any othei k'nds are necefTary. The following, it is conceivcd, will be Sufficient in the commeno njeni. 1 Goid pi tec, equal in weight and vaiqe to 10 units or dollars. 1 Gold piece, equal to a tenth part of former, and which mall be a unit or a dollar. 1 Silver piece, which shall also be a unit or dollar. 1 Silver piece, which shall be in weight and value a tenth part of the Silver unit or dollar. 1 Copper piccc, which shall be of the value of a hundredth part of a dollar. J Othercopper piece, which shall be half the value of the form r. It is not propof d that the lightcft-of the two gold coins should be numerous, as in large paymtnts, the larger the pieces, the shor ter the proccfs of counting, the less the risk of mistake, and conse quently the greater the fafery and the convenience ; and in small payments, it is not pcrceived, that any inconvcnience can accrue, irom an entire dependence on the silver and copper coins. The chief inducement to the establishment of the small gold piece, js to have a sensible object in that metal, as well as in silver, to ex press the unit. Fifty thousand at a time in circulation, may fuf fice tor this purpose. The tenth part of a dollar is but a small piece, and with the aid of the copper coins, will probably fuffifce for all the more minute uses of circulation. It is less than the least of the silver coins now in general currency in England. I he largest copper piece will nearly answer to the half-penny sterling, and the frnallefl of course to the farthing. Pieces of very small value are a great accommodation, and the means of a bene ficial economy to the poor ; by enabling them to purchase, in small portions, and at a more reasonable rate, the neceH ries of which they ftarid in need. If they are only cents, the lowijt price for any portion of a vendible commodity, however inconlkierable in quantity, will be a cent ; if there are half cents, it will be a half cent ; and in a great number of cafe exa&ly the fame things will be fold for a half ct nt, which if there were none would cost a cent. lsut a half cent is low enough for the minimum of price. Exccl five minuteness would defeat its object. To enable the poorer cliflVs to pocuie neceffarics cheap, is to enable them with more comfort to themfelvej, to labor for less ; the ad\antagcs of which need no comment. The denominations of the silver coir.s contained in the resolu tion of the 8: h of Atiguft, 1786, are concciv d to be fignificant and proper. The dollar is recommended by its correfpondenc) "with the present coin ot thi;t name, for which it is designed to be a substitute; which will facilitate its ready adoption as luch in the minds of the citizens. The dime or tenth,the cent or hundredth, the mille or thoulandih are proper, because they exprels the pro portions which they are intended to designate. It is only to be regret ed, that the meaning of these terms will not be familiar to those v, ho are not acquainted with the language from which they are bonowed. It woe to be wished, that the length, and in some degree the clumsiness of some of the corresponding terms in Eng lish, did not difcouiage Irom pr ferring them. It is ufetul to ha\e names which fignify the things to which they belong; and, mre fpccl to ohjefts of general use, in a manner intelligible to all. Per haps it might be an improvement to let the dollar have the - lation either of dollar or unit (which last will be the mofl fignifi-*' cant) and to substitute " tenth" for dime. In time, the unit maj| succeed to the dollar. The word cent being in tile fn various iraft aflions and inftiuments, will, without much d fficulty, be under stood as the hundredth; and the half cent of couifc as the two hundredth part. The eagle, is not a very expreflive or apt appellation for the Jargt ft gold piece, but nothing b< tter Occurs. The fmallcft of the gold coins may be called the dollar or unit, in common with the silver piece, with which it coincides. The volume or file of each piecc is a matter of more confe rence than its denomination. It is evident, that the more {yc perficies or furfaee, the more the piece will be liable to be by frt&ion ; or, in other words, the faftcr it will wear. For this reason, it is deferable to render the thickness in proportion to the breadth, as great as may consist wi h neatnef* and good appear ance. Hence the form of the double guinea, or double louis d'or, is preferable to that of the half johannes, for the large gold piece. The finall one cannot well be of any other size than the Portuguele piece of eight, of the fame metal. As it is of confluence to fortify the idea of the identity of the dollar, it may be best to let the form and size of the new one, as far as the quantity of matter (the alloy being less) permits, agree ■with the form and size of the present. The diameter may be the feme. The tenth may be in a mean between the Spanish 1-8 and 1-16 of a dollar. The copper coins may be formed merely with a view to good appearance, as any difference in the wearing, that can result from difference of form, can be of little confrquenc'e in reference to that metal. (To be concluded in our next.) (tST A slated mating of the HIBERNIAN SOCIETY, for the relief of Emigrants from Ireland, will be held at Mr. Patrirk Byrne's tavrrv, or Monday next, the Ith injl. at 6 o'clock in the evening. March 2,1,91. MATHEW CAREY, Sec'rv. PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING BY SUBSCRIPTION, A COLLECTION of STATE PAPERS, INTENDED H MATERIALS FOR AN HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF By EBENEZER HAZARD, A. M. TN this rollc&ion will be contained the Cha rte rs of the X leveialftates which now compose the Union ;—the Records of the United Colonies of New-England ;—Royal Induc tions to Colonial Governors ; —Extracts from Public Records ; —and other authentic Documents tending to elucidate our History. 1 he design of this compilation was intimated to Congress, and honored with their approbation.— On the 20th July, 1778, their committee, to whom his memorial was referred, reported it as iheir <J Opinion, that Mr. Hazard's undertaking is laudable and deserves the public patronage and encouragement, as being pro du6live of public utility;" Whereupon they Rcfoived, Tha« it be recommended to the Governors, Presidents, and Executive Powers of the fcveral states in the union, to Mr. give facility to his labors ; and that for this purpose he be admit ted to an infpeftion of public records, and be furnifhed without expenee with copies of such papt rs as he may judge will conduce to the valuable end he hath in view. He was, of confequenee, ad mitted to the infpe&ion and use both of public records, and the collc&ions made by individuals, from whence this compilation (much the largest he has ever met with on the fubjeft, and, he flitters himfelf, the largest ever made in America) was formed. It has finer met the approbation of many eminent charafters,and even in its manuscript »state, has facilitated the fettlemcnt of some important controversies. The compiler cannot suppress the following letter from the honor able the Secretary of State, to whose infprftion part of the com pila'ion was submitted, as it contains /o flattering and refpefta blc a teitimony in favor of the importance of the work. " Philadelphia, February 18, *791. S I /?, * I return you the two volumes of Records, with thanks for the opportu nity of looking into (item :—they are curions Monuments of the Infancy or our country. Ileum with great [itijfaflion that you are about com muting to the Press the valuable Hiftsrical and State Paprs you have been so long collecting. Time and accident are committing daily havoc on the originals depofted in our public offices : the late war has done the work oj centuries in this bufin fs : the lojl cannot be recovered; but let usfave what remains ; not by vaults and locki, which fence them from the public eye and use in conftgning them to the wafle 0) time, but byCuch a multiplication of copies as shall place them biyond the reMk 0/ aedtknt ; this being t ;e tendency of your undertaking, beajfured thejs is no ory who wiflies it a more complete success than S1 R, Your mojl obedient and most humble Servant, Mr. Hazard, CONDITIONS I. The Work to be published in numbers, cach containing 160 pages, large quarto A number to be delivered every three months. 11. On delivery of the firfl Number, payment to be made for the nrll and second, and afterwards for each Number as delivered (cxcept the last) so that the price of one Number will beconftant ly in advance. The very great expence attending so large a work, at the fame time that it renders this condition absolutely ne«eflci ry, will be a fufficient apology to the candid tor its insertion. 11 Iv The price toSubfcn &>«•*•• will he for cach num ber. It is supposed that the Work will probably be comprised in eight Numbeis, forming two handsome Volumes, in large quarto, printed on a neat Type and good p»per. IV. To those who choose to fubferibe for the Work in Vo lumes, the pricc will be Four Dollar s and a Quarter of a Dollop for each Volume, in boards. % V. The coll eft ion will be put to tVffc Press as foonT? there,* shall be a fufficient number of fubferiptions to juftify an hope that the expencrs will be defrayed. §3~Thofe who receive Subjcripticus will please trunfmit accounts of the numberi obtained to Thomas Dobfon, A'o. 41, Second-flreet Phila delphia, by the fitjl of M<i v text. ' Subsc dipt ions will be received in Pnrtfmouth, (N. H) by- Jeremiah Libbr v ; Solton, Thomas & Andrews; Woictfter, Isaiah Thomas; Hartfo'H, Thomas Hildrup ; NeW-H • en, lf,ac' Beers; New-L >n on, Timothy Green (R. I.) Jacob Richa-'ifon ; Pmvidence, fihn Carter -York He Al len & Campbell ; Albany, Abraham G. "nfing ; Philadelphia, Thomas D obfon, and Hazard & Addoins; Wilmington, (Dela ware) Fll dericlf Craig; Baltimore, I. Holmes; Alexandria, JO - Merriman ; Norfolk. Mr. Linafey ; Frederickfburg.h, Cal lender and Hid.Con; Peterfburgh, John Grammer ; Rich mond, Auguftin- Divra ; Newbern, (N. C.) F. X. Martin; WiU mington, John Bradley ; Charleston, (S. C.) William P. Young A NEGRO MAN ELOPED. RAN away (lorn his owner about the 25'h Jan. lift',' CJESAft, a negro man, countiv born, noted as ? p eachcr anions ihe blanks, 30 yrarsof a_;e, abour 5 teet 7 in hes hi ;h—thick, °wei: fct ; had on a brown cloth coat, light cloth jacket, leather breeches, and t oarfe wilton fto<. k'ngs.—He also had a tow linen frock with him ; and wore a fm»M round hat. He is fuppofect to be gen-- to Vnginia, as his father lives on Dr. Vandeveer's plantation, in tha; State. Whoever will take tip said negro, and secure ' ir in the gaol of Philadelphia, or of Trenton, and give noticc thereof to the fubferiber living in Bound-Brook, New-Jersey, (ball receivc Twelve Dollars reward, and all necefijry charges. PUBLIC NOTICE. Somerset County, IF. BY virtue of a writ of fieri facias to me dire&ed, against the goods and chattels, lands and tenements ol Christopher Beekman, I have levied on, and seized that valuable house and lot of land, filuate on the north fide of the Main S:iect, in Princc on, now in polTeffion of Adam Shaw, and known by sign of the College ;itis an excellent stand for a public house, and^has been occupied in that way for many vears. A 1 the above mentioned >remises will be exposed to falc, on Thursday the tenth day n' larch next, between the hoursof twelve and five in the afternoon said day, of which all persons concerned will please take no- WILLIAM WALLACE, Sheriff. Wcjlern Prtcirtd, 18th February, 1791 TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 1 January 25, 1791. J THE Public Creditors arc reminded that, in order in the pro per d'fpofiuons for paving the Intertft in the fcvrral States, it is nccelT.iry that the ammint to be paid in eaeh (hould be prc vlonfly known at the Treafurv. And as the expiration of the fir ft quarter is not far distant, it is wiftied that those who have not v t done it, may be expeditious in M iking and lignifving their elcc'. ;ion, pursuant to the ast making proyifion for the debt of the United States. 772 Philadelphia, February 24th, 1791 AMERICA. THOMAS JEFFERSON." HUGH ROWAN. HENRY KUHL, No. 143, North Second-Street. FROM an expectation that a mutual advantage would be deri ved by the dealeis in public securities, and a person who Should undertake to tranlatt such bufmefj on commission oniv, has concluded to offer himlclf for that purpose. Being of opinion, that every requisite to convince them and otfcrsof his difuirerefi cdnefs ought to be attended to on his part, he has duly made oath before the Hon. the Chief Justice of the State of Pennfylvatiia, :h«it he will faithfully execute the trusts which may be reposed in'him. " I Henry Kuhl, of the city of Philadelphia, Jock broker, do Jaear that I will not be concerned either direSlly or indireSly, on m\ otcn ac count,™ any purchases or sales of the evidences of the debt of the Unitet Stales or tj particular States, but wUtttfy-nd jaithfully exteute fuck Purchases andJalts on commiffitm anty'far' theje who way en phi me ■ that is to fay, until I shall announce ii me **, *»re of the neaibapert printed at the fat of the 'States, my deter mutation to the contrary. ' " HENRY KUHL* Sworn at Philadelphia, February before THOMAS M'KEAN." 1 he commissions he will charge for the prelent, are On the fpecle amount of .ill funis below SCOO nominal dollars one half per cent, on do. from 5000 to 10,000 do. one fourth pej cent, on do. from ie,ooo and upwards do. oneeighih percent. Accounts slated, and certificates funded at the Treafuiy 0r Loan-Office of the United State s, on moderate terms. N. /!. AH orders for purchases or J'a'es to be in writing. Philadelphia, February 19, 1791. f f ) Virginia, Cutpeper County, 25th Jan. 1791. To be SOLD by the Subscriber, The plantation, where on he resides, laying oiuMnh fides ttifCarolina road, in the great rork or Rappahanock river, 36 miles from the town of Dumfries, 33 f r°i a Frederickfburg, and a 8 from Falmouth; in a most healthy part of the country Confiding of 2,000 acrcs—half clear ed, and ingood fence, well adapted for farming and grazing—the foil IS good, lays well, abounding with many excellent springs and ureams ot water, so dispersed as to afford great opportunity of making watered meadow of the firft quality, perhaps more tlun 300 acrcs —°f which 120, in one body, is already in grass, and all wa tered and drained at pleasure by a number of ditches, for that pur pole, palling through the whole. Orchards of about 2000 bear ing apple trees—near as many peach (roes, and a variety of molk other kinds of fruit, natural 10 the climate. A good dwelling house, the fituatton whereof is remarkably beautiful and plealant • and many other valuable improvements of divers kinds. " ° nC ot^er P' antat ion about 5 miles nearer said towns, con lilting of about 1500 acres, 011 which is good merchant, grift, and law nulls, where nature, labour and art, have fully conspired t» rendcrthcm complete; a large constant stream, on which ther d, affords them water in great abundance ; convenient thereto is a kiln end houf-, for drying com, a bake house, a dwelling hou.e and several other improvements mostly new ; about 30* acres of the lands are in cultivation, very goodm quality ; the othef part thin foil, but abounding with timber, is an incxhauftaUl* source for the saw-mill. Aifo several detached traflsWithin said county, of about 2.JL, and 400 acres each,and though not offo fen ilea foil, their vicinity £ ' the towns render them valuable, 011 some of them there aie fm<f improvements, and the lands so fuuated, that they can easily Mt' made convenient little farms. , or an y P of the vrfjp be dnpofed of, on very reafon.ible terms—a ieady money, for the balance, the paymer.ts will be made entirjH to accommodate the convemency of the purchasers, who may DM applied on the fame terms, with all kind, of flock, work hoiSJ >,oxrn,& f . fa. &c. by JOHN STRODE, ft. f.j** MASSACHUSETTS STATE LOTTERY. nrHK Man.,grrs allb*orATE LOTTERY, prcfent the Pnbie X wuh ihe First C,'?ffs of (lie Maflachufctts ft mi-annual State Lot - J „ dl W1 " comnil< *ncc drawing] n the Rcprefcntativcs' Chamber in Bolton, on the Seventeenth of March next, or fooncr, if the Tickets lHa.ll be disposed of. ' SCHEME. NOT TWO BLANKS TO A PRIZE 25,000 Tickets, at Five Dollars each, are ' 2 5.°°° Dollars, to be paid in thefoilowing Piizes, fubicftto a deduttion oi twelve and an half percent, for the ufc of the Com. mon wealth. Prizes. 1 3 6 19 30 80 9° 100 123 16l soo -7585 8388 Prizes. 16612 Blanks. 25000, f IC K.ETS may be had of the several Managers, who will )ay the Priz.es on demand— of the TREASURER of theCommon w"a 11 h ol JAMES WHITE, at his Book-Store, Franklin' i-Hcai y tiKtrt-Street, and at other places asufual. BENJAMIN AUSTIN, jun.J DAVID COBB, I SAMUEL COOPER, W Managers* GEORGE R. MI NOT, I JOHN KNEELAND, j Bcfton. July 28. 8790. '' Pickets in the above, Lottery are to be [old by Stephen Aullia, corner oj front and Pine Streets, Philadelphia. PLEASE TO NOTICE. ICj™ FOR the accommodation of those who wor/lif ■ wijh to become Adventurers in the First Class of the Massach us i: ttsS ■: mi-annual St at r Lottery, letters t pod paid, directed to Samuel Cooper, at .his Office, North fide State-House, B of}on, encloftng Philadelphia, New-Tork or Boston Bank-Bilh, *r other good Bills, will be particularly attended to, and Tickets forwarded immediately upon the receipt of such litters. Boston, Dec. 22, 1790. fpT The Managers of the STATE LOTTERY afTure the rniblic, that the firft CJafs of the Semi-anuual Lottery will pofitive v commence drawing on the day appointed, viz, the 17'h of A[arch next. As the Managers have in their feverai Monthly Lot teries commenced drawing at the hour alfigned, so they are deter mined to be equally as punctual in this. Jan. ,52. COPY OP THE OATH Dollars. 10000 is 3000 are 2000 1000 500 209 100 5° 4® 3® 29 ia » Dollars 9 20009 600 a 6009 6oo» 5000 600® Booe 45°® 400® 3600 322* 2000 6u6&» 125001%'
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