P'iil«delpWat Maveh, 1 i 794-
JUST PUBLISHED,
B/MATHEW CAREY,
rfo. Itß, Market jireet,
FIRST VOLUME OF A NEW
SYSTEM OF
odern Geography :
OR, A
( 'graphical, Hijioricdl, and
Commercial Grammar-,
And urefl'iit flare if 'he leveral
NATIONS Ot THE WORLD.
CONTAI N I NO,
Th«* and distances of
tot lie Newtonian fyP
the obfervationi
2 i general view ofjthe eartfyConfidepet?
* 'anetjwlth feveral|ufeful geographic*
unr. a"d problems.
fhc g and dWifions of the globe into
* latfd aid water, continents and islands.
4 Tiie /Jtuation and extent of empires,
Vin .ns.ftates, provinces and colonies.
fheir eUmafes air, foil, vegetables,
P Hons, metals, minerals, natural tufi
r% ;s,proitiontories>
.es.
'he birds and bt aftj peculiar to each
v.
* )fervatiorts on the changes that have
v where observed upon the face ot
ince the most eatlyj periods of hif
e hiftrtry and origin of. nations (
ms of government, religion* laws,
naval and military ftreugth
e genius, manners, customs, and
f ttte people.
leir language, leaftiing,arts, fcien
•.ufa<flures 4 and commerce.
Ie chief ilru&ures,
icial curiosities.
Ie longitude, latitude, bearings*
ices of principal places from £hila
ielphia.
Tc which arc added,
OBOGRAPrticAL Index, with the
a nd l »lac«~ alphabetically arranged^
Table of the Cotws of all nations)
it ir value in dollars and cents.
ZtiKQNdLoGtCki T of remarka
bl nts,fTom tlte creation tothtprefent
m jy WILLIAM GUTHRtS, Efj.
it Agronomical Part by
D . Rittenhouse.
fa which have been added,
The late Discoveries of Dr. Hers c Hell,
and other eminent Astronomers.
|The FIR.ST AMERICAN EDITION,
Corrected, Imp oved, and greatly Enlar-
Red.
The firft Volume contains twenty-one
Alaps end Charts,belides two Agronomical
Plates, vit.
i Map of the world. 2. Chart of the
worle Europe. 4. Asia. 5. Africa. 6.
South America- 7. Cook's difcovenes.
9- Countries round the north Pole. 9.
Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, to- Se
ven United Provinces. 11 Auflrian,
French and Dutch Netherlands. ia. Ger
raany. 13. Seat of war in France. 14.
France divided into depattments. 15.
Switzerland. :6. Italy, Sicily, and Sar
dinia. 17. Spain and Portugal. 18.
Tu key in Europe and Hungary* 19- Ire
land. i 3 Weft-Indies. 3i. "Vermont. 22.
Ar miliary sphere. 23. Copemican system.
With the fetoiid volume, which Is now
in the pre(s, will be given the following ,
Maps t b £ |
1. Ruffla in Europe and Afit. ,
2. Scotland.
3- England and Wales. !
4- Poland.
5. China. I
6. H'tuloftan. ,
7. United States* <
5. British America. ]
9. Sute of New-Hamp(hf r#. 1
10. State of Mafiachu ! etft< I
11. State of <
j2* State of Rhode Iflanf}. <
it State of New-York. <
>4- State tf New- jersey.
15* State of Pennsylvania. a
16. Mate of Delaware.
17. State of Maryland. *
18. State of Virginia. r
J 9- of Kentucky.
20 State of N.^rth-Carolina. c
21. Tenneflee Government.
22. State ofSouth-Carolina. \
State of Georgia<
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:esof Joseph Clark,
nfyf- ARCHITECT AT ANNAPOLIS,
, j Proposes to publijb, by subscription,
tlu POLYMATHY ;
. IBto The American Builder.
►ires, A Work calculated equally to edify and en
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- A New Novel.
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I Price, bound, five eighths of a dollar, sew
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Refledtions and Maxims, by I
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16 mo. 2, 1794. mSiwim | '"i
' I foi
Congress of the United States, J
In Senate, Tuefaay May 13th, 1794. I ofl
that Rufui Putnam, Ma-I all
GHffinr / 1 Rot>ert ° liver aml th '
t OriffinGreen, do, upon the third Monday of I ct,
December next, (hew cause to the Senate. vi«
the fa dn U f h graotsof land to them de
the said Rufus Putnam, Manalfah Cutler | rh<
Robert Oliver and Griffin Green, pu,r üß „{ pe
to an Aft entitled » An aft authoriX .o
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to the Ohio Company of a(Tociates," (hall »n'
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with and be fufficient ro fatisfy ,h e claims a "
Orde 7" Ch settlers »t Galliopolii.
K ' that ,he deli " r y of a copy
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Green, and the publication of the fame I* l '
one «nomh, in one nf r> i
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tree thereof. lumoent no- | lnt(
Extras of Senate.
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" May 3- estf. I
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' - ot t he la w for efiablilhing an Health-Office, I
'O &c. passed the last ft (Con of the Legislature, I
:d is n-publiflied tor the information of <1! I
c- concerned.
Wn>. AILEN, He.lth-Officer,
for the port of Philadelphia, No. 21, I
Key's alley.
June 2, 1794. I
Sec. 7. AND be it further ena&ed by the I '
1 ant horny atotefaid, That every mast ror I
captain of aiy (hip or vcfl" 1 coming from be I
s > vond the sea (vefTels aftu Uy employed in the I '
i- coasting trade of the United States excepted) I '
'• and bound to any port or place within the I
jurifdidlion of Pennfrlvania, fliall cause his I :
ship or vessel t) be brought 10 anchor, 01 I '
»- otherwise flayed in the stream of the river I
jf Delaware, opposite ta the health-office on J I
State-island atorcfafd, and there to remain I (
until he (hall have duly obtained a certificate I ■
or bill of health from the resident physician, | -
in the manner and upon the terms herein be- I
L loredir-6fed : and if, ptevioufly to obtain- I a
i"g such certificate or bill of health, any I c
master or captain (hall fuffer his ship.or veflel I f
to approach nearer than the ("aid health-office I t
e to the city of Philadelphia, or (hall land, or I
e cause or fuffer to be landed, or brought on It.
„ fho.e, at any port or place within this com- I c
monwealih, or at any other port or place, I si
with the intent to be conveyed into this com- I p
monwealth, any person or petfins, or any I il
s goods, wares 01 merchandize ;oril a I ter,re- I
f ceiving such certificate or bill of health, he I t
- ncglca or re,ufc to deliver the fame to I w
1 ( u n"°? C f r '° * I '' t.
"I 1 his act, s uc h matter or captain f or . Id,
le't and pay, (or each and every such offence I
t '" e ' um °f five hundred dollars to be recover- lec
ca and appiopriated a? hereinafter provided I
and direfled , and the captain or mafler of I pi
each and < very (hip or vessel, as soon a, the
Id me is brought to anchor, or otherwise flayed
as aforefaid, (hall fe n d 4 f afe , nd commodious in
Loat .o bnng the resident p hy f,cian onboard ut
of his ship or vessel, and (hall in like man- I
ner convey htm , back to the health-office
alter he hat concluded his official examina- I
tion; and while he is making such examina- C
non or in cafe , ny f u br«, uent examination I ,
by the health-officer and coi.fulling phyfici, n I
as the cafe may be, each and every part of the' j P e
(hip or vessel, , nd (hall present to hi. view
«ch and every person on boaid thereof, and j 0(
lhallalfo true.nd fatiffaftoty answer, make th,
Wall such tjueflionsas the resident phyfici.n
the time of examtnation, or the health offi- I nu
"™ e of delivering the certificate, or |
bill of health the city of Philadelphia, or rm
hLkh X " n,na "° n ,obe had b y ,h!! th:
health.officer together, with the confuting I nr
phyfnetan lhalhfk relative to the health of any
port or place Irorn which the ship or vessel I h .
failed, or has since touched at, the number of I
persons on board when the ship or vessel en- I L
!"' ( d . on h " v °>"ge, the number of persons s"'
that have since been landed or taken „„ #a ,
boa.d, and when or where refpeftively, what ,S 1
persons on boardjf any have been during the an<
be s -" f e A°l " any timr of «»mination, I the
'"Jf? w ' th »ny peflilenti.l or contagi- I
or .frl -r W P " belonging to the (hip I,n 1
ofwh« j'r ? yd,ed dur,n S'he voyage, and "'8
and f ' Jnd wh " '» ,h e present (late I ne =
C " ndl "° nof the P"f° n s on board with Imo
'I Pe to 'beir health and dileafe. ; ,nd if | fye
fhJllUf'r" 1 ° r maftcr of »"V ffi>P or vessel I
the f to r *pofe the fame as aforefaid 10 IDO
nhVf an d examination of the resident lit
«f«h« health-officer and confnlt. I abr
ng phyficun a, the c.fe may be ;o r if, hav- as
•ng on board h,s fh ipor vc(r /, , such ' |
J?!* °r P" fon '. he (hall conceal the fame, or I
J in any manner whatfoevrr he (hall knowing. I
nffirlrl'V or r a ! r e™ D t to deceive the proper]
a orefatd in his answers to their offict- I
enquiriet, (uch captain or master, for each I
nd every such offence, (hall forleit and pnv I
thefumof f lve hundied dollars, to be ,e
---„"y f r ed " nda PP">P"ated as hereinafter pro- I n \
den, j r/ uca ' d ; a " d wherever the ?efi
, p yf |cl »n, or consulting phyfieian, as I
Persons d -« -r V-fon A
.n h , .""y B ood s. W'rr* or merchandize I
or ta"! C t" ! hC «r any (h 0 I
and ih 10 if , c " lned "polite thereto, and I vie>
•ndtheretobefmoaked, clcanfed and pur,.
Bed, the captain of the (hip or vessel (hall i„ a,e
(hall I, .h COn ' OM " to ,urh direfiions, ..,u<
Liol proper cost and charge of his em. I that
r«fo« KU wi-hin (uch n p
contl , Tr " ,ht T ' (xde "< pbyfician, or the
confoltrugphyfican.as the cafe mj y be, (hall the
caDtain th a " d if '"y
'hefe fL l'fl ° r ne « lca to conform to
In, ff n oireftions, and to carry the fainr I F
o e cfl „ af.refaid, accoiding to the res- I
pafThe? J J he (hall forfeit and I T""
andever. « ' Undrfd do, '»» *<» «ch 1
priated a, ° be ,ccov ered and appro- lAm
ed bereinafter ptovided and direst- I Fro
The Public are cautioned id
}.. beware bf counterfeited Five n„u„ „ ,
I the of the Bank of 'the V»Z '"'
firft T tuenty Dollar Bill, of the Bait At""*
an d America, fe-veral of IbUh ha, K *
aufe, 11» circulation within a few darttftVi
, a " a Sood general imitation of fhf' ?
£L 2^ a ' ma > be ss
r ma Rk&
ALL that have appeared k,.
I F. for their Alphabetical Mark'
nan, I The Texture t | ie p ap<ir '. .
ch a | whiter and it takes the int cfc,ra "d
I than the genuine paper. """ e
ot I than the M. and okh"'^lirjtc'rs oiVf 1 ' h ' a "'' r
Iso that a line extended f, on , ,h» .
nd I °» l ° touch the to P of the Miv u
• nd considerably above'the JT™"*
I * 4 l ' lc vU>ie
I In the Tfrord United the letters i r .
pr Jrs,*" dtw " cjn
ake The ' a " d /the word promir.
eU2:rs2? l i-S--K fc
bill,, s,; h »;'
I 179« —Whereas the Bank wns „ nf V 10
I tion till Decembers and ™ r V" °P tr *-
. -ere iflued in ,ha/y!„ "° doll »' Wh
• 7W "'-' Da »' r Mis »f the Bank of
I a* r 1 u Ame rtca.
,n B. lor tlieir a 1 p'ha^efi mark' "" ' e,ttr
:;3rf^«SS£
a „ Notes above defer,bed; the ej ,
b„te, executed, and they approach nearer
' The ° f thC g ' nui,,e kilk
I r , J" llnes ''""Ugh the word
hei'th 'rt'een ° f arein " l "»-
' iwclve in ihl" ®? U,ne b '" 5 ' ard b «
the I LT counterfeits
or I rh f w «'d Conptny is much like the fame
bc word.n the Fiv* Dollar B lis as ddcnbtd
the I a , bove » 0 being lels than the m, and 0-
;d , I thcrs following.
he I . There !S no stroke to jtlie I inthe wrrd
his I r orth ' a » "n the genuine bills theftr, ke
0 , I «s well defined.
, cr The letters eht in the word Twenty, to
on I Hie left hand at the bottom, do noi come
tin I down to the line 1 * hut are To cat as to give
ale I an irregular appearance to the word, the
in, J Tw and they going below them.
>e- I The signature | Nifcori, has the appear
in- lance of being wfitten with lamb-black and
riylo-l, and difters from other inks ultd in
Hei I printing the bills and the caftier'4 fieira
ce I ture.
or I It is supposed these forgeries wcie corrmit
rrn I ted in fomeofthe Southern States, all the
n- I counterfeits that have appealed, have come
:e, I Irom thence, and two persons have been ap
n- I piehendcd in Virginia, on suspicion of being
ly I the author Of them.
e- I The reward of ONE THOUSAND DOU
ie J LARS will be paid to any Peifon or Persons
0 I w ''o discover af>d prosecute to convic
** I j"!"' 1 ol_ihc~£ollowiog
r- I de Tiptions or any of them, vi*.
e, I Ihe person or pcrfoos, who niantfidur
r - I ed the paper on which the Bijls are primed,
d I The person or peifons, who engraved the
>f I placet.
c I The printer or printers, of the hills,
d I Every person who has afled as a principal
is I in any other way, in the counterfeiting iaud
a I uttering the said b»lis.
-I Philadelphia, March 28. 1794
! I 4pril 22, 1794,
-1 Other counterfeit bills
f of the Bank of the Uniied States Dave ap
» J pearcdin circulation.
, I The denomination is of TWENTY
1 I DOLLARS, and the alphabetical maik is
j the letter £«
1 I They may be dirtinguiflied from the gc*
■ j ouine by the following JVIAKKS i
I The paper of the counterfeits is of a
I more tender texture nnd glofley Airface
I than the genuine, and there is no water
I mark in them.
I The letter C. in the word Ca/hier,'in
I he true bills is ftropgly marked, wheieas
I in the counterfeits, the whole letter is a
j fine hair stroke, evidently in an uofiniflied
I state. The letter ain the w.oid demand,
j is badly formed and the Whole word ill done
I and there is no comma at the end of it, as
I there js in the genuine bills.
I . The marginal device, is much datker
I in the falfe, than in the genuine hills ow-
I ing to the /hade flrokes being coarser, much
I nearer together, and con.'cquently much
I more numerous. This difference il»iices tlie
I «ye at firft view.
I The fame reward of ONE THOUSAND
I DOLLARS, will be paid for apprelending,
I prosecuting to conviction the several
I above described Offenders in refpeft to this,
I as to the Jaft described bills.
THOMAS WILLING, Pnfident
I of the Unitrd Sia'es.
JOHN NIXON, Pre&i'ntofthU
Bank of North America.
By order of the Committees of ihe Rtf»
peftive Boards.
FOR SALE,
BY MATHEW CAREY, No. \ 18,
Mai ket .-Street,
An EfTay on Slavery,
Dcfigned to exhibit in a new point "I
I view its effr£li on morals. indujirx, *nd ihe
j peace of focitty. S'>n»e and calculations
I aie orteted to prove the labor o' Jrccmen to be
I much more productive than that oi Jlavtf i '
I that countries are rich, powerful and happy,
I n proportion as the laboring people enjoy
I the fruits of their own labor ; and hen re
I the m ceffaiy corclufion, that flavcry it impelt- *
I //caa Well as unjufi.
Price 25 Cents.
February " f
I -pHE office of the Prelirient .: <i
I Jl of the Insurance Company T h
I America, is removed to No. ou
I Front street, being the south ealt cort-ei
I Front and Walnut streets.