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    T' ladelphlit, j]f:rcK i : 704.
JUST PUBLISHED, '
B/ MATHEW CAREY,
No. 118, Market fr,el,
TII,J FI4ST VOLU\11. OF A NEW
SYSTEM Of
Modern Geography :
, OR. A
'Geographical, Hijloricdl, ana
Commercial Grammar;
And preiout Itafe <>f - lie feve l ai
NJTIONS CF THE WORLD.
CO N TAIMN G,
1. The figures, niotvorW, and distances of
the planets,acco- the Newtonian fyf
tejn aiTtl the l.tt eft obfervittions
2. A general view of*he ea?th,confidered
a planet; with feverai ufeful geographical;
definitions and problems.
3- riieg'ai.ti divifionis of the gjobe into
lan 1 and water, continents and iflands
-4» 1 he fit nation and e ctent of empires,
kin •doni'jjftare*, provinces and colonies.
5- I heir climates, air., foi vegetables,
metals, minerals, natural curi
efi ties, sea*, rive rs^bays,capes, promontories,
aud lakes.
6. sue birds and beads peculiar to each
country.
7* Observations on the changes tJiat have
been 'any where observed upon the face of
nature si-ice the nioft early periods of his
tory.
8. The history a-id origin of nations 5
then forms of government, religion, laws,
rev,*ni\es,taxes/iava} and -military strength
• The geniuty manrters, customs, and
habits of the people.
10. Tiieir language,, learning,arts, fcien
tes, manufactures, and commerce.
M. The chief cities, (iru&ures, ruins,
And artificial curiosities
12. The longitude, latitude, bearings,
arid distances of principal piatesTrom Phila
delphia.
To which are added.
1. A GeograVhical Index, with the
names and places alphabetically Arranged.
2. A Table of the Coins of all nations',
and their value ,in dollars and cents.
3- A Chronological Table of rfeinarka
bje events,from the creation totheprelent
me.
By WILLIAM. GUTHRIE, Ef 2 .
The Agronomical Part corrected by
D . KITTtNHOUSE.
(To which have been added,
The late Discoveries of Dr. Herschell,
and other eminent Astronomers.
The FIR.SJ AMERICAN EDITION,
Corrected, Improved, and greatly Enlar
ged.
The firft volume contains twsnty-onie
Maps end Charts,besides two Aitfonominal
Plates, viz.
i. Map of the world. 2. Chart Of the
worle 3- Europe. 4. Alia. 5. Africa. 6.
South America. J. Cook's discoveries.
8. Countries rotted the north Pole. <).
Sweden, Denmark* and Norway, io. Se
ven United Provinces. 11. Austrian,
French and Dutch Netherlands. Ger
many. 13 Seat of war in France. 14.
prance divided into departments. 15.
Switzerland. :6. Italy, Sicily, and Sar
dinia. ij. Spain and Portugal. I#.
Tii-key in Europe and Hungary. 19. Ire
land. 20. Weft-Indies. 2y* Vermont. 22.
Ar miliary sphere. 23. Copernican system.
With the second volume, which is now
in the prefsj will be giveu the following
Maps ;
1. RufTia in Europe and Alia.
2. ScdtlancL
3. England and Wales.
4. Poland. |
5. China.
6. Hindoftan.
7. United States.
8. Bntifli America.
9. S:ate of New-Hampshire*
10.' State cH 'Vlaflachufetts.
11. State of Connecticut.
12. State of Rhode-Island.
13. State of New-York.
M- State of New-Jersey.
15. State of Penufylvania.
*6. State of Delaware.
17. State of Maryland.
18. State of Virginia.
J9. State of Kentucky.
20. State of North-Carolina.
#t. Tennelfee Government. *•
22. State ofSouth-CaroJiiTa.
23- State of Georgia. ,
TERMS. I
3. This work will be conipriled in two
vol uines. 1
l. Snbfcribers pay for the prelent volume I
ondeli very, fix dollars; and the price of 9
binding, (56 cents for boards.)
3. They may receive the futceeding vo
lume in twenty-four weekly numbers, at
a quarter dollar each, or else, when fi
niflted, at the fame pfite as tTie firft.
4. The subscription will be raised on the
firft day of June 1794, to fourteen dol
lars, excluhve of binding.
5. Should any copies remain for sale after
the completion of the work, they will be c
fold at fixteeri dollars, and the price of c
binding. *
6. The names of the subscribers xvill be J
publilhed 2s patrons of American litera- .
ture, arts, and sciences. /
It is wholly unnecefiary to expatiate on
the advantage,to American readers, that
this edition polTelfes, over every imported ,
edition of any system of Geography extant.
The addit tion Of maps of the fevwal teftaj,
procured a very great expense, and from
the bell materials that are attainable,
speaks fttch'full convuftion oxl this fub}e£t, ,n
that it would be difrefpeft to the read- i C
erV understanding to suppose it requisite
to enter into a detail of arguments to «
prove its superiority. In no similar work
iaave such maps beenever introduced.
ne
The emendationsand additions which p e
ate made in this work,are innumerable,and w]
octur in every page. Thfc public are re- Di
ferred to the preface for a flight sketch tic
of a few of them. rel
The pnblifher takes the present oppor
tunity of returning his mod sincere thanks
to those refpe&able who have
favored hint with documents for improv- }
ij>g thtf maps of several of the states He
cequefts a of their kindness j '
and hopes that fucVpublic spirited citizens,
as are polTeiied of limilar will
favor, theirafJiftartce in perfert-
ing his undertaking.
The extraordinary fcrtcouragementwith .
which y.e has been favored, has excited
• in his bread the wartbteft Jentfntents of gra
titude—-fenthrients which time will not ef
'ace. He pledges himfelf to the citizens
d of the United Stated, to spare neither pains
nor ex'penfe to render the pr sent edition
of Guthrie's Geography improved, deferv
ingof their patronage. waftf
or Joseph Clark,
iC- ARCHITECT AT ANNAPOLIS,
Ed Propofis to publijb, by subscription,
ai POLYMATIiY ;
to r , 0 R
The American Builder/
:s, A Woilt calculated cq ua ||y tti edity and en.
reitaiu the Gentleman. Farmer,Slir
vcyor, Builder & Mechanic.
, s TWIS work will contain various opinions
' of the bed writeis on Architefturc, Arts,
aiidSctenbe; together with and
acftirate notes of observation, by the ntlior;
being the result of thirty years itudy and cx
perience in his profcilion.
" It will also contain an alphabetical account
"* of ,he qu»lity and value of the various kinds
of mitciials, and numerous species of labor,
s» expanded on building.
5 > ESemplificationSj to ascertain. the quanti
tli tics of materials and labor neceffa T y to corn
id plete, almcft, every part in a building, of
whatever dimensions.
n- An account and explanation of all the
terms and phrases, ufeJ in ancient and mo
dern architecture and building.
To pcrfons inclined to build, it will affird
■ an opportunity of regelating their plans with
a. in the compass of their finances, and prepare
them to prevent impolitions from tricking
venders of materials, and extortionate work,
je men—To Mechanics, who cannot, lor want
of experience, calculate ttie value ol their
s refpeflive labour, and materials expended in
' their particular branches of buildirii;, this
_ work will afford an opportunity to eftimaie
" with facility aily done or ill- j !
1 tended to be done, either iu tne aggregate Or ]
the niinutie.
It will contain many eufous and valuable S '
recipes to make fine and coarse varnilhes,for *
prelerving roofs of bouses, barns, palings, 1
troughs, pipe;:, See. Fc-cipes to riake Vari
-1 ous glues and cements recipes to ma&e coin
politiohs for elegant, or minute oruanielus; v
and enrichments for o(ifide or inside com-, 2
partmeni.: recipes to make compofiticri for
•- figures and incniftations—t ; o endute the .
weather in any alpeft ; recipes to majite ftuc- ■
fe co conipofiiions, for floors, malt-houses, d,f- "
il tiljeries, hearths, linings for cillerns, &t.
Tables to ascertain the scantling of iliffcierii
e fpccies of timber necefTary to perform their
). refpelftive functions, in proportion to their
s. various fufpenftons: Tables to afccrtain the 10
I of the various apertions ifttrddii- b
!- ce< ? in different edifices,ant] dnors, windows, <
, ehimnics, fliy-lights; flair-cafes, &c. in p'o- t 1
tion to their different "uses and intentions— il
t whether lor beauty of utility : A concise
mode to take, and square the dimehftons ol r
all kinds of artificer's work belonging to >
i and to afccrtain the cubical or f u _ c
' perhcial contents thereof; ObfervJtions „f f,
,lle d ° a, ' ,ne °f echo and found : A di/IVrta- r
tion on the pliilofophy, do£lrine, ahd can- 1
' ftru&ion of chiniuies, to void or emit the r '
7 *moke. Proportions and recipes to cure
= fnioky chinmies : Observations on the infta.. r
bility of the edifices heretofore* generally ,
erfftfd in America : Suggestions of modes io ?
pursue in buildings here, that will, without
additional expence, tend more to their dura
bility than thole heretofore, commonly, con- w
itruaed : Defcriptiobs and proportions of ,r
the general and particular members of vaii- 1,1
ous orders in Arcliiteaure, viz. the Tafcan, .ai
Doric, lonic, Corinthian, Composite, Chi- P'
nefe, Attic, Cargatic, Arabesque, Morefquc, ™
Grotesque, Saracenic, Ruftir, Antique, Anti
quo-Modern, Gothic, and Britannic : Many —
curious hifiotical accounts of various won
derful buildings in different parts of the
World : Many curious and original accounts B
and eulogiums on Free Masonry.
This Work will be printed in two oflavo
each to contain upwards of 400 t
pages, on fine paper of elegant letter press :
The price to fubferibers, in boards, five
dollars; two and a half 80l Lars to w
be paid on the delivery of the fiift, and two te
and a half Dot lars on the delivery of the P l
second volume. Mr. Clark a<tures the public,
that he will literally perform all that lie hath G
let forth in these proposals.
Gentlemen inclined to promote this woik,
by fubferibing thereto, are requested 10 write, so
poli paid, to Mr. Joseph Clatk, at Annapolis,
authorising hi m to annex their names 10 the
subscription lill.
The Printers in the United States, ate sb- 22
licited to give these proposals occasionally, l n
a place in their papers.
Morris Academy. w
institution is nowopen for the le- de
ception of fludents under the immediate
care of Mr. Caleb RufTell, whose abilities
as an inftruftor, and attachmentto the bu
fineis have long been known and approved.
He has under Uim the best a/nilauts in
the different scholar are I
taught the English, French, Latin, and f
Grtck languages, Puhl c-Speaking, Writing, .V
Arithmeticj Geography, Astronomy, and
the varions branches of the Mathematics. ,
The healthy fuuation of this place is file
as, to recommend it to those, who with to L
have their children in the country. Board
ing, waihing, mending, &c. will be provid- fj 5
ed ill good and the morals ol' the le
scholars carei'uily attended to. to 1
The price including tuition, firewood, n< !'
&c. exclusive of the French language) will W !'
not exceed thirty pounds proclamation mo- 01
ney per aimum) an addition of three dollars
per quarter will be mad* to filch scholars ° f
who afe taught the French language. The
Directors ai edetermined to pay such atten
tion to this institution, as will render it onc
refpe&ableand uftful. int
Gabriel h. ford, tics
TIMOTHY JOHNS, jun. C Diteft's. 1
NATHAN FORD, 5
Morriftown, May 15, 1794
diw. W2m.— ,
PHILADELPHIA t Printed „ JOHN FENNO, N.. „ S „„„ Fou „„ St „„._ p „„
;:£] &AN DING
w '" Out of the Brig NANCY,
I _ Captain Shapiey, at Race-Street Wharf,
. SOOARS in fiugfheads and Barrels,
Vlt j Cl>Ff'EE in Hcglheads, Barrels and Bags,
irec Entitled to drawback.
fef* For Sali,
™ ns By JAMES CRAWFORD, or
WHARTON it LEWIS.
4ins •» . .
turn * l " ,e 2 ' ltlK d "
erv- I —~— ■
— A New Novel.
To the LAVjIiiS of: Philadelphia.
This Day is Published by
MATHEW CAREY-,
118, Market street,
Price, bound, five-eighths of a dollar, sew
s ed in ii'arble papef, had -iddldr.
cn Charlotte, a tale of Truth,
IN TWO VOLUMES.
By INA'rs. ROtvVSON, of the New Theatre,
Pliiadeiphia, Author of Vidfrnia, the In
lcns quifitof, the Filie de Chambre, &c.
arid' f Charlotte 9 the Reviewers have
ior; given the following character.
ex- may be a Xaie of Truth,' tor if is
lot unnatural, and it is a talc- of real dif-.
>unt tress. Charlotte, by the artifice of a teach
nds » recommended to a school, from linma
sor, rather a convittion of her inte
grity, or the regularity of her former con
nti- du6t, is enticed from her goverrefs, and a
>m- ccompanies a young officer to America.—
of The marriage ceremony, if not forgotten,
is poltooned, and Charlotte dies a martyr
the to the inconstancy of the over, and
no- r-ry of his triefid —'The Utuations are art
. ' e^"s an< ' afFe&ing—-the descriptions natu
'h ra ' a [ pathetic ;we (hould feel 'or Char
lotte if such a person ever existed, who
r ° ne en or scarcely, perhaps, delervcd
rk- '? revere . a J>«»iftment. If it is a fic
ant tIOn ' P oet \ c J nil ice i; not, we think, pro
ieir . perly difhibuted.
in Said Carey has jujl pulli/Jjed
*!» A 2 fheetmap of Kentucky
in- c<^m P*'cd by Elihu barker, price or.e dol
0r lar and two thirds.
War Atlas,containino; map*: of France,
t)' e Germany, Spain, Italy, the United Provin
for Netherlands, and the Weft Indies.
(rS) Price two dollars.
trMap of New Jersey— Half a dollar.
m _ Maps of Vermont, Connecticut, Dela
its'j ware, Georgia Price three eighths of
m-i a dollar each.
for April 29. tuth&s3w
he .
£ GUTIIRIE'sGEOGRAPHY
Improved.
eir
l".r THE subscription lor thi■: work oil the
be original of twelve dollars and the
ti- binding, will be closed this day—and on
/S, Monday the subscription will open at four
0- teen dollars, excldfive of ibeprice of bind
— '^g
fe The new maps added to this edition are
ol twenty one ; anion:; which are thole ol
to Nrw-Hampfliire, MafTachuletts, Conneifti
cut, Rhode-Island, Vermont, New York,
of New-Jersey, Pennlylvania, Delawaie, Ma
■>- ryland, Virginia, Kentucky, North Caro
™" lina, the GenefTee Government, South Ca
rolioa, and Georgia. Thele maps have ne
rc ver been given in any former fyflem of
d " Geography, and, it is hoped, would alone
J' be fuißcient to entitle this woilc toapre
u fer»nce to any other edition of Gnthiie.
a N B. The map of rlie United States,
which is compiling by Mr. S rmuel Lewis,
a s ,rom the refpeftive flu re maps, will be far
j_ more complete than any one yt-t publiihtd,
n) , and be printed on two large facets of
1- P J P er > nearly the size of the laie Mr. Mur
e ray's map.
JVlav 3, d
'• Just Published,
t s By Benjamin Johnson, and fold at bis
Bookjiore, No. 147, MarketJlreet,
O '
° The Life of Dr. Franklin,
0 with a (biking likeness, executed in a mal
-0 terly manner by Thackara and Vallance,
ie price fiveftiillings.
The Heady Reckoner, or Traders' Sure ]
h G-itide, 3I)
The Young Book keeper's Afliftant, 6/3
:, The Christian, i poem, by Charles Craw
ford, 2/4
s, Efop's Fables, 4jfa
ie Swan's Britifli Architect, 37J6
Paine's ditto 3oj
Town and Country Builder's AfTiflant.
>• 22/6
'1 In the press, and will be published in a feiv 1
days, and fold as abo-ve,
Refle£tions and Maxims, by
William Penn, with his advice to his cbil
!- den, 4/8.
e 16 mo. 2, i ~94- itil'wm 1
s —— —— —
Ccngrefs of the United States, 1
r> In Senate, Tuefaay May \yb, 1794.
j that Rufui Putnam, Ma- t
K-J naf--fah Cutler, Robert Oliver and
j Griffin Green, do, upon ihe third Monday of
December next, shew cause to the Senate, ,
why so much of the grants of laixl.to them
) the raid Rufus Putnam, Mauairah Cutler,
Robert Oliver and Griffin Green, pursuant °
' to an Aft entitled " All aft authorizing 11
the grant and conveyanee of certain lands 3
to the Ohio Company of associates," shall '
not be declared void, as may interfere 1
j with and be fufficient to fatisfy the claims f
of the French settlers at Galliopolis. "
Ordered, that the delivery of a Copv "
of the above order to Rufus Putnam, Ma I
nairah Curler, Robert Oliver, or Griffin *
Creen, and the publication of tlie fame, °
one .nonth, in one of the Gazettes printed j
111 this- City, shall be deemed Alffice.lt no. d
tice thereof. "
Extract from the Journals of Senate
Attest, e
May ,4 SAM " ° TIS ' "
y ira.
Excellent CLARET,
I
In hogftieads aod in cafc» of 50 bottles each
f, also,
A few cases Champaigne wifie j
MADEIRA,
In pipes, hogsheads and quaiter calks,
FOR SALE BY
JOHN VAUGHAN,
No. 111, Soutii Front llreei.
_ Jan. p.. i iqA dtf
140 .bAKk-J&J-S
Belt Boiton BEEF,
18 HOGSHEADS
New-England Rum,
Received by the fehooner Belinda, from
Boflon, and for sale by
Nalbro' & John Frazier.
No. 8 1, IValnut Jlreet.
June 20 nwtejw
Richard Johns In the Chancery Court
•v ( of the
J-' John Wells and i State of Maryland,
Mordecai Cole. J May 2bth 1794.
The Complainant hath fil
ed his bill, for tie purpose of obtaining a
s decrte, to vest in him a complete legal title
to two tracts of land, lying in Baltimore
county, one called Painters-Level, con
-1 tainiily 100 acies, the other called Profpedi
contai acres He Hates,that the laid
John Wells on til-- 16th day of March I 774.
contracted to lei, the faicf land to the laid
Mordecai to him a bond for
' conveyance,that tlia (aid Colej on the Tame
' day, executed t<» thf said Wells a bond for
" the pavm' nt of the purcliafe money amoun
ting to £(>JS Pennlylvania currency, that
the said Cole hath fmce discharged the whole
of the purchase money, an<i llath aflig'ned
° to the complainant the said bond for con
d vevance; that the laid Wells hath never
executed a deed, agreeably to his contrast
but haib removed out of the state of Mary
land, and now resides iii the fta*te oV Ken
tucky.
T it is thereupon, and at the rcqueili of the
complainant, adjudged', and ordered, lliat
he procure a copy of this order to be infert
tdat lea ft fix weeks successively, before
' lie firft day of August next, in. the United
States Gazette at Philadelphia, to the in
tent, that the said John Wells may have 110.
tice of the complainant's application to
this court, and may be warned to appear
J. here, on orbefo e the firft Tuesday in Oc
tober next, to (hew cause wherefore this
court fhouid not proceed to decree, agree
aoly to the prayer of the complainant, and
to ,he att oi alTeii.bly, tor fucii cales made
and provided.
Test,
Samuel Harvey Howard.
Reg. Cur. Cun.
June 13 niw&f6w
MADEIRA, "1
SHEKRY,
PORT, I WlNESofthefirftqualitv
LISBON, & |
TENERIFFE J
Oh! Jamaica Spirit, Antigua and Weft In
dia Rum.
Coniac, and Peach Brandies
Claret and Port Wine of a qua
lity in cases.
Win: Cyder and Vinegar, in pipes and
hhds.
Corks in Bales,Havannah Segars in Boxes.
Philadelphia Porter, in Calks and Bottles
London do. in ilo. dr.
Philadelphia Ale and Beer in do. do. 1
London do. in do. do- and
Cyder :n barrels and bottle:, prepared for
exportation or. immediate use,
FOR SALE BY 1
Benjamin W- Morris, ;
The corner of Dock and Pear ffrects,
Where he has proviiied iiiirabir stores and I
vaults, for rlve reception of t
WI N E 5, &C.
Whi hhe proposes to store or dispose of '
on com niffion
Captains of vertels and oMie.rs supplied !
with any of the above I-lOUORS bottled,
and lealtores in jeneal put up.
M'v <> Mi&f2m
Just Published,
In one handsome volume,ijmo. Price 5s f
AND FOR SALE BY i
JOHN ORMROD, 3 t
At Franklin's Head, No. 41, Chefuut
StreH,
AN ESSAY ON THE
Natural Equality of Men„ n
On the Rights that result from it, and on e
the Duties which it imposes.
To which a MEDAJ. was adjudged, by i
the Teylerian Society at Haarlem. #
Cor reeled and Enlarged, by a
WILLIAM LAWRENCE BROWN.
D. IJ.
ProfefTor of Moral Philosophy, and the
Law of Nature, and of Ecclesiastical
Hiflory ; and Miilifter of the E'nelilh
Chuich at Utrecht.
Aliq.nid Temper ad communem utilitatem ~
aaeraidum. 'Cicero.
2he Firjl American Edition. E
"THEgr-and principle of Equality, if
understood, is the only 'balls ,
on which umverfal justice, '.acred ojder, t
J perfect freedom, can be firmly built,
and permanently fecuied. The view of
It exhibited ill this fame.tJme be
!at it reprefles the insolence of office, <11
>e tyranny °( pi-jje, and the outrages of in
oppreflion ; confirms, in the molt forcible ih
the necefTity of fiibordinatiou, n
and the just demands of lawful authority. th
So far indeed, from- lool'enu-g the bands 1,1
of society, that it maintain-,
very natural an.d every civil diftinttion,
di aws more clo r ely every fociai tie, unites
W One harmonious and justly proportioned ~
lyllem, and brings men together on the 1
even ground of the inherent rights of hu
man nan re, of reciprocal oblv atioii, and A
ot a common relation to the community. F'
Maich ,g. [U J Fl
v The Public are cautioned t 0
tli beware of counterfeited Five Dollar R,u
of the Bank of the United States, a „J
> Twent? Dollar Bills of the Bank of A
America,fe-veral of which ha-ve app.w"'',
;in circulation within a few days pafi-'th *
' are good general imitation of the v'enuiL
Bills, but may be dijlinguijhed by the f O I
lowing J
MARKS.
~ Dollar Bills of the Bank of th.
United States.
ALL thai have appeared have the lertp
F. for their Alphabetical Maik.
The Texture of the Paper i s thicker and
m whiter and it takes the ink more freely
than the genuine papt r. J
The O. in the word Company i s smaller
than the M. and other letters of i|, Jt worJ
lo that a line extended from the top of ihe
_ O, to touch the top of the M. wouldexteid
n conliderably above the range of the whole
Word.
In the word United the letters are nar
rower and cioler together than the reft of
the bill.
The i and /in the word promise are not
parallel) they inclining much moreforwaij
a than the?.
e The engraving is badly executed*tie
e strokes of all the Letters are Wronger ai d
>- the tlevi. ein tliem&rgin particularly i sn , ll(h
■t coa.fer ai d appears darker than in shelve
bills. Some »t the counterfeits brttr daie in
4. 1791—WiieiWstheBa-nk was not i,i ope,
a tion till December, and no five dollar bills
1 were ill tied in iliat year.
* Twenty Dollar Bills bf the Bank of North
■America.
ALL that have appeared have the letter
B. for their alphabetical mark.
jj The;-' are printed on a paper nearly simi
lar to that of the counterfeit Five Dollar
' Notes above defcrrbed; the engraving i s
better executed, and they approach nearer
to the appearance of the genuine bills.
The fine ruled lines, through ihe word
Fluent}, in the body of ihe bill, are in nunU
ber thirteen in the genuine b.lls, and but
t twelve in ihe counterfeits.
The Word Company is much like the fame
word in the Five Dolhlf Bills described
, above, the 0 bti jg less than the m, and o
thers following.-
There ,s no ft r °ke to the t inthe-word
North wher'eas in ihe genuine bills theftroke
is en defined.
The letters evt in the word Tucnty, to
s the left hand at the bottom, do not come
_ down to the line, but are so cut as to give
~ an irregular appearance to the word, the
a Tw and they going helow them.
Ihe signature 1 Nixon, has the appear
ance of bring written with lamb-black and
oil, and differs from oiher inks used in
printiug the bills and the cafhiei's ligna
ture.
It is supposed these forgeries were commit
ted in lorncofthe Southern States, as all the
counterfeits thai have appeared, have come
Iroin thence, and two persons have been ap
prehended in Virginia, on suspicion of being
the author of them.
The reward of ONE THOUSAND DOL
LARS will be pajrd to any Person or Persons.
who (hall and prolccute to convic
tion the fcveral offenders of the following
de^ r ipti ons or an y of them, viz.
f he person 01 persons, who manufaflm
ed the paper on which the Bills are printed.
The person or persons, who engraved the
plates.
The printer or printers, of the bills.
t very perfpn who has afled as a principal
in any othVi way, in the Counterfeiting and
uttering ihe laid bills.
Philadelphia, March 28, 1794
4ptU 22, i 79 4,
Other counterfeit bills
of the Bank ol the Uni.ed States'have ap
pearcd in circulation.
The denomination is of TWENT Y
DOLLARS, and the alphabetical nfiuk is
the letter JJ.
They may be djilinguifl le d from the
nuine by the following MARKS :
The paper of the counterfeits is of a
more tei.d r .. textu: e and glnffey Airfare
.an l 11. genuine, and there is no water
mark m them.
TI.IC letter C. in the word Cafli'ier, in
he true bills is ftiongly marked, wheieas
/in the counterfeit-, <he whole letter i s a
fine hair llroke, evidently in an unfinifhe.l
• V*'ai ,e ' cl tcrtf in the woid demand,
is 1a y toimcd and the whole word ill done
and there is no comma at theei.d of it, as
theie is i n the genuine bills.
The marginal device, is much rfaiker
in t.ie falie than in the genuine bills ow
"g to the (hade strokes being coarser, much
nearer together, and confequeritly much
more numerous This difference Itrikes the
eye at firft view.
noV'i ,a, »e lewardof* ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS, will oe paid for apprehending,
u prt<fec uting to conviction the feveial
above,delcr bed Offenders in lefpefl to this,
as to the Jaft"defcribed bills'. ,
THOMAS U'H.tING, Piefid«it
of ihe H- nlc Tnitid $i«h<sv
JOHN NIXON, Pi\ fid tut of the
Bank of Noith Amci:ca.
By order of the Committees of the ReT
peftivc Rocrd's.
FOR SALE,
BY MATHEW CAREY, No. i
Mai ket-Strcct,
An EfTay on Slavery,
Dcfigned 10 exhibit in a new p<wnt ot
■ v r.li £ls on Hiui<77'j, induflrv, and the
J>cacc offociety. Some iafls and calculations
die otleied <o prove ihe labor ofjfeemin in he
much more fndutlhe lhan tlut ol Kave< •
thai comimes arc nth, poweilul and
in proportion as the laboring p-r )( ,!e enjoy
■the fruits of their own labor ; ami 'iic~£jtyy ~
the nt ceifaiy conciufion, tfiat fiavei yis infill.
lias well as O'jujt. '
Pkice Cents,
February 1,5.
rHK office of the President and Directors
ef'the Insurance Company of Noktk
America, is removed to No. 107, South
Front (tree*, being the south east corner of
Float and Walnut lheets.