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Corresponding Secretary.
JBoJlon, in Majfachu/etts, Nov. i, 179 1 .
Articles on which the Society requejl
information.
2. The time when your town or city was in
corporated ; its Indian name; when the Settle
ment began; whether it was interrupted, and
by what means; to what Colony or County it
wa» firft annexed ; and if there have been any
alterations, what they are, and when made.
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Mny i, i 793
Morse's Geography,
Revijed, corrected, and greatly enlarged, with many
additional M aps, well engraved.
In a few weeks wiM.be publilhed.,
Bv THOMAS and AN&fefcWS, F>uft'« Slatue,
No. 45, Newbury.Street, Button,
In Two Volumes, large Q&avo.
\ NEW Edition of the AMERICAN
GEOGRAPHY : Being the largest
and the best system of Giocr aphv evtr pub
lilhed : Or a complete GEOGRAPHY of (he
WORLD, brought down 10 the pi«fent time.
VN TWO PARTS.
I'N I n . —
The General Contents are—
PART I. — Ot Astronomy, as conne&edwith,
and introdu&ory to the fcieocc of Geography :
under this head will be given an account «f the
several astronomical fyftcms of the Work), and
a particular description of thetrue one. A table
of the diameters, periods, Sec. of tire several
Pianets in the solar system—an account tf tlie
Comets and fixed stars.
Of AfH*—its ufi: and -progiefi—
figure, magnitude and motion of the Eacth—
Bufttineo? iht ipher*—•Geographical circles—
Diwttions of the Earth into canes and eliftates
—methods of finding the latitude and
of placet from celeftiai obfcrv»tk>»(i—>Gbbcs,
and their use—with.a number of the mofl.ufe
ful and entertaining Geographical Problem and
Theorems—Maps, *t)d olheat
and cold—theory of the wind* add tides —iingth
of milti in dfffererit countries—natural divfions
Of the latth—account of the Cregerian or Sew
stile, &c.
America —Iu discovery by ColumbM—
general description of the Continent, in which is
a lengthy difcuflion of the question, Vhen,
whence, and by whom, was America firfl peo
pled ? With a long and entertaining acco«(tt of
the Indians,and the late discoveries on the nprth
weft coast, —North America—chrono
logical account of its discovery and settlements,
its divisions—Danish America, British
America, United States of America—
general description of them, including a biftory
of the late war, and many other ufefu! and en
tertaining matters. South America—its di
visions, particular dcfcription of its several pro
vinces and countries. West India Islands,
&c,
*** This part of the work will be illustrated
by maps of the count!res described, iron the
cot retted copies.
PART ll.—Containing every thing eflentiel
which is contained in the beflt and latest quarto
edition of Guthrie's and other British Geogra
phies, with fele&ions from celebrated naviga
tors, travellers and lefpe&able authors of other
nations, &.C.
Of Europe in genera]—its grand divisions,
particular geographical dcfcriptions of its fede
ral Kingdoms and Republics, &c. Of Asi a—
its situation, boundaries, general history, parti
cular dcfcriptions of its several divisions, &c.
Of Africa—its general history, boundaries,
grand divisions, &c. Aifo, new discoveries,
Terra Incognita, Geographical Table, alphabe
tically arranged—Chronological Table of re
markable events, discoveries and inventions, lift
of men of learning and genius, with other ufeful
miscellany.
* # * This part will also be i Flu An ted with
maps of the countries described.
TO THE PUBLIC.,
THE Author is sensible that the fiift edition
of his American Geography (which makes Part
I, of the above work) was in many iuiiances de
fe£live, in others erroneous, and in some offen
five. It has been his endeavour, as it was his
desire, in the present edition, to fupplv the defi
ciencies, correal the errors, and meliorate the
offenfive parts of the last. To aflift him in this
business, he has received many valuable commu
nications from the heads of department* iq the
general government, and from gentlfc-men of re
achability in the several states. The dejfrrip
tion of foreign countries (which compofeli Part
11. of the above work) has been carefully com
piled from the most approved writers on Geo
graphy, and ufeful information introduced from
the discoveries of the latest Navigators, Travel
lers, and refpedlable authors. Indeed, no pains
nOr expense have been spared to render this work
the moll complete, accurate, and ufeful qf any
ever offered to the public.
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jit the Stone Houje, No. 41, Sauth Scwl-Strect,
A CASE,
Decided in the Supreme Court of the United
States, in which is difcufled the Question,
WHETHER A STATE IS LIABLE TO BE
SUED BY A PRIVATE CITIZEN OF
ANOTHER STATE*
Prrcc Half a Doliar.
Vinall's Arithmetic.
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provements, will speedily be put 10 prek.
The rapid sale ot the fiift edition*, greatly be
yond the author's m. i\ fangun.e expr&auoßs,
encourages him to print a second edinon. He
intends to have it printed upon much better pa
per than the former, and with a new type.
Those BookCcllers who wish to take a num.
ber of copies in Iheets, are rtquefted to apply to
the author for particulars.
* 1006 Ofpies.
At a meeting of the School Comhittii,
The Committee, appointed to examine " The
Preceptor's Afliftant, or Student's Guide," being
a systematical treatise of Arithmetic, by John
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ing, in Bolton, reported, thai they have attended
that frrvice, and are of opinion, chat the work
is executed with judgment, and is as well calcu
lated for the use of fchoolj, counting houses, and
private families, a« any of the Artie cofnpafs
that has hitherto been offered to-the public.
epsew
VoTid, That the Above report be accepted,
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of it, whenever he dtfire it.
Copy of the Records. Attell,
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The following character of the above work,
is given in the Review of the Majachufetts Ma
gazine, for Jan. 1793 :
" This is a very ufeful work, and is no ill
proof of the judgment and indtiftry of the author.
The rules are laid down with propriety, and
the examples annexed are fufficient for their tl
luftration. One part of the work derferves par
ticular commendation. We mean that which
the author stiles " Mercantile Arithmeticlt
occupies a confiderablc portion of his book, but
not more than its im-portauce will juftify. We
would recommend to the young Arithmetician
to pay a particular attention to this branch.
He wiH find its principles well explained. Ami
rtiould ire make himfelf master of rhem, lie will
always have reason to acknowledge his obliga
tion to the judicious and laborious author. We
cannot but congratulate the rifiag generation on
account of the many ufeful produ£lions which
have lately appeared; and in which their im
provement has been principally confuhed.—
Among those productions we mud place this
treatise of Arithmetic. We should be wanting
in justice to the author, should we not ac^ llOW '
ledge that his "work is in reality that which its
title imports—The Preceptor's Assistant,
or Student's Guide."
flttflint, M. t3.
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(Seal. J thirteenth clay of March, in
\ / the fieventeenth year of the Inctepeii
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