Excellent CLAHET,
In ( ogihcads and tn cafcs oj 50 .0 i«es cacli
ALSO,
A few cases Champaigr.c'wine *,
MADEIRA,
In pipes, t>osth.ads and quarter cafcs,
FOR SfVLK BY
JOHiNI VAUGI-lAN,
No. ill, o. ui 11 Front . . el.
2, 179 j. dtf
G UTHRIE's GEOGRAPHY
Improved. .
T|rfE {"übh:riptiou (or tfcv worjc On tte
orlgirtal tc"a% of twe l'v», dolors asd tfie
binding, Ail! be ciolted this day i -ai)d <jn
Muntliiy tl)« tioft Will open a't.four
tcen doitarsi eJseliHVe 0# the bind
ing. , . .
The rtiw riajj»s.a<M*d to this editun are
twenty one ; anion? which are, tbof<a_,o(
Mfe I ri',CcA'inefti-
Ctlfj Vuroiont, Keif Voit',
New. Pennsylvania, Delaware', fAi-
KeAt«fckjs
liucij \|ie Geneffvc GoVe rnmeh t> Soutß
rotliiaj ai'ii GfeOrjta. Tifbfe ifi&ps &ise ri'e
y*r Be&ii' given Tn Any Vornier ftft&rt o.
Geography ani, \x is W&M >Toi»« • !
be fuScieut to entitle (Bit work tA i P r ® e '
Fes-ace to any Atlier jeditian.of Gttthrie'. ,
, : 'N B. Tl>* map of the United' States,
tobich ts C'lmpitiiig 6y Jjt. Samuel fcewis,
from me reipeftit-e ftateinnps, ill be far
hiore complete .than any one yet publithed,.
9Ud be pi luted on two lirge of
paper, nearly the size of the late Mr. Mm
tiy'» map.
May 31
The following fe&ion
of the law fair eftat>!i filing an Health Office,
&Q. pified the last ftflion of tht Legiflaturc,
is r -pAjblifhcd tor the information of all
conccrncd,
Win. ALLEN, Health-dfHcer,
for the port of Philadelphia, No. 21,
Key'- alley.
June 2, 179 j
See. 7. AND be it farther enacted by the
authority aforefaid, That every mailer or
captain of aTy (hip or vcflol corning from be
yorld the Tea (veffrls a£hi il!y employed in the
cqaftutg'lade o! the United States excepted)
and bound to aiu' port or place within the
jurifdidliori of Pennsylvania, shall cause his
ship or vessel to b: brought to anchor, or
fat her wife fUyH in the ftrea'm of the river
Delaware, opp/fite to the health-office on
State-island aldrefdfd v arid there to remain
until.he lhall have duly obtained a certificate
01-bill oi health froth the rcfident physician,
$11 the manner and upon the terms herein be
fore dir< cUd : a,, d previoufiy to obtain
ing iuch certificate or bill of healthy any
in after or explain shall fuffcr his ship or
to approach nearer than ihe fairl health-office
to the city of Philadelphia, or shall land, or
cause dr fuffer to be landed, or brought on
Jh nc, at any post Or place Withiri this com- 4
monwealth, or ai ariy other port or place,
with the intent to be conveyed into this com
monwealth, any person or per funs, or any
goods, wares or merchaiwiizc ; or if attel" re
ceiving fu'ch certificate or bill of health, he
shall n«gle£f or refufe to deliver the fame to
the health-officer agreeably to the directions
of this aft, such master or captain Hi ill for
feit and pay, for each arid fevery such offence,
the lum of five hundred dollars to be recover
ed and app; opnated as hereinafter provided
and directed , and the captain or mailer of
each and every sHip or vessel, as foou as the
fdine is brought to anchor, or other wife uayed
ai aforefaid, (hall tend a fafe and commodious
boet to nring the rcfident physician on board
of his (hip or veflel, and shall in like man
tier convey him back to the health-office
alter he hi's concluded his official examina
tion j and while he is making such cxamine
tion,*or in cafe ol ariy tubfequent examination
by the health-officer and confuting physician,
as the cafe may be, e'aeh and every part of the
fh ip or velfcl, and shall present to his view
each and every person on board thereof, and
shall al o true and fatiffaftory answers make
to all such qdeftionsas the resident physician
at the time of exirn'ination, or the health offi
cer at the time of delivering the certificate, or
biil of health, in the city of Philadelphia, or
at the titae of examination to be had by the
-heaUh-oihcer together, with the confnlting
phyfncian fhallafic. relative to the health of any
port or place from which the ship or vessel
failed, or has since touched at, the number of
pe> foris on board when t;he fhipor vessel en
tered on her voyage, the number of persons
that have since been landed or taken on
boaid, and when or where respectively, what
persons on board,if any have been during the
voyage, or shall at any time of examination,
"be infeCted with any pestilential or contagi
ous disease, what person belonging to ship
or vessel, if any died during the voyage, and'|
of what disease, ?nd what is the present state
and condition of the persons on board with
fcfpeCfc to their health and diseases ; and if
any captain or master of any ship or Vessel
fhal! reinfe to expose the fame as aforefaid to
the search and examination of the refiderit
physician, or of the health-officer and confut
ing physician, aa the cafe may or if, hav
ing on beard his fhipor vessel any such per
son or persons, he fhafl conceal the fame, or
if in any mariner whatsoever he shall knowing
ly deceive or atteiftpt to deceive the proper
officers aforefaid in his answers to their offici
al enquiries, such captain or master, for each
and every such offence, shall forfeit and pay
the fttm of five hundred dollars, to be re
covered and appropriated as hereinafter pro
vided and direCted ; and wherever the resi
dent physician, or consulting physician, as
the cafe may b>> shall dir e a any person or
persons, or any goods, wares or merchandize
to be landed at the health-office, or any fhio
or vessel to be detained oppofitc thereto, and
and there to be fmoa'ked, cleansed and puri
fied, the captain Of the ship or vessel shall in
all refpefts conform to such directions,
shall at Ihe proper cost and charge of his em
ployers carry the fame into etfeCt within such
eafonable time as the resident physician, or
confultiug physician, as the cafe may be, shall
allow and prcfcribe; and if any master or
captain lhall refufe or neglect to conform to
theiefa'd directions, and to cany the fame
into effeCt as aforefaid, according to the res
pective objrfts thereof, he lhall forfeit and
pay the fuitt of five hundred each
and every offence,-to be recovered and appro
priated as is hereinafter provided and tfrett-
1
'V
r ;.ii ut.lplila. Msrcli, j 1794.
JUST PUBLISHED,
MATHEW CAREY,
. No. 118, Marlut Jlr-td,
TH£ FXIIST VOLUME OF A NEW
system of
Modern Geography :
OR, A
Geographical, Hiftorlcal, ana
Commercial Grammar;
And prefei.it itate of the 'eve al
NATIONS OF THE WORLD.
CONTAINING,
1. figures, motions, and distances of
the planets,«ccoi ding to the Newtonian fyl
tein and the latest observations
2. A general view of tlie earth,confidered j
as a planet;with feverai ufefulgeographical 1
definitions and problems.
3. The grand divisions of the globe into
land and water, continents and islands.
4. The iituatioo and extent of empires,
kingdoms,ilares, provinces and colonies.
5- Their climate*, air, foil, vegetables,
productions, metals, minerals, natural cnri
ofities,feas',rivers,bays,Capes,promontories,
aud lakes.
6. The birds and beasts peculiar to each
country.
7. Observations on the changes tnat have
been any where observed upon the face ot
nature since the lAoft eaily periods of his
tory.
8. The history and origin of nation*;
theii forms of government, religion, laws,
revenues,taxes, uaval and military strength
9. The genius, manneis, cuftoms,*ai>d
abits of the people*
10. Their language,learning,arts, fcidi
ces, manufactures, and commerce.
11. The chief cities, ftruftures, ruins,
and artificial curioiities
12. The longitude, latitude, bearings,
and distances of principal places froniPhila-
'i.
delphia.
To which are added 1
1. A Geogr a phi cal Index, with the
names and places alphabetically arranged.
2. A Tabl* ot the Coins of all nations,
and their value in dolla s and cents.
3. AChronoLogical Table of remarka
ble events,from the creation \o the present
me.
By WILLIAM GUTHRIE, Esq.
The Astronomical Part corrected by
D . RitTfiNrtousE.
(To which have been added,
Thfe late Discoveries of D Herschell,
and other eminent Astronomers,
The FIRST AMERICAN EDITION,
Corrcfted, Improved, and greatly Enlai
(ted.
The vdlumi contains twenty-one
Maps end Charts,belides two Agronomical
Plates, viz.
l. Map of thfe world. 2. Chart of the
worle 3. Europe. 4. Asia. 5- Africa. 6.
South America., 7- Cook's difcovories.
8. Countries round the north Pole. 9
Sweden, Deninaik, and Norway, so. Se
ven United Provinces. it. Austrian,
French and Dutch Netherlands. 12. Ger
many; 13. Seat of war in France. 14.
France divided into departments. 13.
Switzerland. 18. Italy, Sicily, and Sar
dinia. 17. Spain and Portugal. >3.
Turkey in Europe and Huugary. 19- Ire
land. 20. Weft-Indies. 21. Vermont. 22.
Ar miliary fp'uere. 23. Copernican fyftcm.
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Maps:
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2. Scotland.
3. Engla'nd and Wales.
4. Poland.
5. China.
6. Hindoftan.
7. Uniied States.
8. Britiili America.
9. State of Ne .v-Hampfliire.
10. State of Maffachnfetts.
ti. State of Conneflicut. ,
12. State of Rhode-Island.
13. State of New-York.
14. State of New-Jersey.
IJ. State of Pennsylvania.
*6. State of Delaware.
17. State of Maryland.
18. State of Virginia.
19. State of Kentucky.
20. State of North-Carolina.
21. Tennellee Government.
22. State of^outh-Carolina.
23. State of Georgia.
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have such maps beenever introduced.
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occur in every page.- The public are re
ferred to the preface for a flight sketch
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iitgtif tlieir pat . wafti
LANDING at Hamilton's wharf, ab, v
the Drawbridge, out of tue Ihip Bacchus
Ckj)t• Vanneman, fiom Jamaica,
TERMS.
JAMAICA RUM,
FOR SALE BY
PETER BLIGHT.
May 16. d
Morris Academy.
THIS infti'.oupt) is now open lor i e :e
---ception of* ltudents unde' the jjnmediate
care of Mr. Caleb Rufl'ell, whose abilities
as an inftrurtor, and attachmentto the bu
finefj have long been known and approved.
He has under h'm the heft afliitaiUS ■
the different fcUolars ar
taught the Er.glilTi, Fiench. L-in, and
Gfck lan-giuiges, Writing,
Geography, Aftronnny- and
th< various branches o( the iVIa hematics.
The healthy fuuait'.o" 01 this pUct tsfuc
as to recommend it t<" tbO'C, who with to
have tl.eir ch dren in the country. Boat
ing, waffling, mending, &c. wiil'be provid
d ill good families, and the morals ot the
chnlars carefully attendid in.
The price including tuition, firewood,
& . exclusive of tue French hngu ge) will
not »xcecd thirty pounds proclamation mo
ney pel annum) an addition ol thf f edohnrs
per quai tex will be ma e to lueh scholars
who are taught the French language. 1 ht
Dircftors at edetcj tptned to pay such atten
tion to this institution, a will reader it
refptfiable and uleiul
GABRIEL H rI)RD,
TIMOTHY JOHNS, jun. > DiteM
NATHAN FORD, 3
Morriftown, May 15, 1794
Christiana Mills
For Sale.
ON Monday the firft day of September
next at 8 o'clock in the evening, at the
GVffee rloufe in. he c t> cf Philadelphia
will be fold by public vendue, two tract
or pieces of land lituated in White Clay
1 \ eek hundred, New Castle countv and state
of Delaware; one of which contains
sixty acres of highly 'unproved lane 1 , on it
ore a large two story brick dwellinghoufc, a
co veuient brick barn, with ftablingand a
carriage hoirfe un'dei neath, an eit len
kirn for 1 rying corn ; and the well known
piills Called Christiana Mills (late Patter
lon's) which being at the head of t'ie tic 1 '
on Christiana river, and but about haH a
mile from the landing, is convenient ly firu
atcd tor (Carrying the articles manufacture;*!;
at the mills hy water to Philadelphia—Tin
property being cl<»fe to the road leading
from Elkton to Christiana bridge, : <ns at
the hend the tide, w ill: many other ac->
tehdant advantag< , rejrrdfer itsfituation for j
th**. rtniliing buftnefi lo very valuable, as to
be equalled b,y lew ai>d excelled by none.
The latter traft containing 175 aoe-, is!
about one flnile Irom the mills and is chief
ly woodland, which being contiguous to
water carriage to the city of Philadelphia,
must be of increasing value, cfpeoaiiy ar
there is a quantity ol large timber in said
tract suitable for the purpoies of the
mijis.
, The t■ rim upon <vhich the atv>ve men-,
tioned estates will be fold are—oiw thou
sand pounds ,tt> be paid on exe-ciiting tiKr
deeci;, and fever) hundred and fifty pounds
pier annumj with intere-ft for the remainder
or proportionately for each part.
Iniifpuiable titles vfill be made for the
prop&fty, Bjr.
fOHN NIX.ON,
A I.EX. FOSTER,
GEO. LATIMER.
As fame t?me and place will be fold a
large BOAT,
July 2
ADVERTISEMENT*
LETTERS on the fubjefl of the Waih
ington LotUrV, being b.y mitt ike repeat
edly addressed to the Comtoiffioiters for the
City of "Walhington.
PersonS concerned are hereby inffirmed,
that all such (hould be addrefled either to
W. Deakins inn. of Walhington, or to the
Subscriber. The Coramilfioners never hay
ing contemplated any further concern in
this business, than in their afferit to receive
the bonds and approve the names of the
managers. The prizes have been paid add
are paying on demand by W. Deakins,
Washington, Peter Oilman, Bolton, and
by the Subscriber.
For the Lottery No. a, the fecDrities al
ready given will be retained by the com
mifiioners, or transferred by them at tlieir
option to* the bank of Columbia ; and the
commilTioners will be consulted refpefling
a judicious and equitable disposition of the
hoiifes to he built thereby their treafu-y
or the bank of Columbia will receive she.
money intended for the National Univer
sity, and they will be confulted.iri the ao
mihatioii of the 24 managers ; but all the
responsibility the general difpo-'
fition of the tickets, and payment ctf pri
zes, will reft as in the Hotel Lottery, on'
the persons whose names are and may be
hereafter publilhed as afiiftants to forward,
thisbufinefs with
N. B. Mr. Blodget will be particularly,
obliged if those persons whb poflefs prizes,
yet unpaid, \rill apply for their money as
early as pofiible.
June 7th.
Jeffe & Robert Wain,
PORT WINE in pipes, hbds. and qnar
ter casks
LISBON do. in p ; pes and quarter casks
Souchong and Cotigo TEAS, in quarter
c, heft's
A quantity of Liibon a»\d Cadiz SALT
Soft flailed bales
Velv.-t CORK.% m do.
Eullia MATTS.
9
Richard Johns ~) In the Chancery Court
v C °f
John Wells and C State of Maryland,
MbrJ.ecai Cole. J May 26tb 1794
The Complainant hath fil
ed his bill, for t, e purpvfe of obtaining a
decree, to veil i t him a complete legal title
to two ti af!s of land, fyi»& in Baltimore
county, one called Painters-Lev, 1, con
taining 100 acres,ihe other cn|led fcrofpeift
containing 50 acres He it ; ie .that the said
John We'iii ou the 16th day of M<rchl7?4
contraiSed to fell the laid land !<"> the fa d
MordecaiCi.le,«e«ctii;» to hiro - bond for
conveyance,that tiifr ftiid Cole, on the fame
day, executed to the said Wells a bond for
the pavm< nt of the pui'thslt money amouri
ting to £"675 Peiinfylvaoia cm ency, that
the said Cole hath fm< e dilcharged the whole
ol the purchale money, and hath afltgned
t ,h. complainant the laid bond for Con
veyance) that the laid Wells hath nevei
executed a deed, agreeably to his tout raft
but huih remove.' out of the state of Md-y
kind, and how rcfides in the ftite of Ken-
U 'u is thereupon* ind at thcTeqiiefl 61 tik
complainant, adjudged, and ordtrtd, that
he procure J eopy of this order to be infen
tdat Itaft lix weeks fucccffively, before
he firft'day of Augtjft next* in the United
Spates Gazette at Philadelphia, to the in
tent, thai the said J, hn Wills fnay have no
ticc of ilie c«mplai»ant'j applcation to
tliistoun, and may be warned h> appear
here, on or befo e tie firft Tucftby in Oc
tober-next, ttf shew cuufe wherefore this
court fliouvd not proc«?d to deciee, agree
i ai ly to the piayer of the complainant, and
to the a 8 of affemblyj for fae(i ciftj made
and provided.
Jest,
Samuel tiar'Oey Hoivard.
nw, w2m.-»
|une 13
Juit Fublifhedj
In onehandfome volume,iimo. Price Si
JOHN ORMROD,
At Franklin's Bead, Ao. 4-t, Chejuut
AN ESSAY ON THE
Natural Equality of Men,
On the Rights that relt.lt from it, and on
tltt Duties Which it : n.po£.s.
To which a MEDAL U;it adjudged, by
the Tcylcriun Society «t Haarlem.
Correßed and Enlarged, by
WILLIAM LAWRENCE EROWN,
Pro feller of Monti P lofophy, and the
Law of K ; nre, a <! of
Hiftoj-y ; and Minister of the Engliib
Chu-ch at Utre.ht.
Aliquid (einprr ad ccmmuo'lTi utilitatem
aflu-r-nritfm. Cicmo.
r principle oi Equality. if 1 .
A rightly under(food, is the only basis
011 which mii\ er'.al jultice, faced order,
and perfect freedom, tan be fi.fitly built,
and permanently Teemed. The vew ol
it exhibited in this efTay, at the fame time
that it represses the tnlolence of offic/,
the tyrannyofpride» and the outrap.es ot
oppreflion ; confirms, in the inoft forcible
manner, the neceliity of fubordirtatipli*.
and rlie just demands of latvful authority.
So far indeed, from loofcnii g the bands
of focVety, that it maintains inviolate, e
very natural «n«l every civil diftimftion,
draws more do ely every loeial tie, unites
in one Harmonious a/id julily proportioned
fyllem, and brings men together on tlie
even ground of the inherent r<ghts of hu
man nature, of reciprocal obli ation, and
of a common relation to the cuuirnunity.
March 18. % Juts
mw&tts
,One thousand Dollars
Some texv Counterfeit F».fl N. ics of the
Bank «>f Maryland, having lu-er. Ijh ly difco
vcred in circulation, afnd on uaciH£ fame
were fonnd to come how tfc*e back parts df
Virginia, where they■ pro'Ktb y ftril iffucd.; 10
nvoid imposition it i« thought nectnary to
give the following defcrijxsoh of by
which they sTia"y readily he deietfc d.
They Itev'e the Setter D, M>riheir alphaheti
cal ma»k, ! *st the kft baud fide of the Note.
The paper oh which they are pruned is
more foft and tender, the fti « : kes o! the letters,
in the Pf»gra\tngaie general'ftrotfger, and -
b^»e-a da-rfcer-appearance titan in ihc inlLs.
The $gn<uwte William Patterlon, is bafjfcy
done, »he ftrokesot the letJCis-, are ftiff aiki
labored, and appear t6 be painted over wi .h
the pen, as well a.» the ftoui rifaljfgof the n«4»?.
The value is* left b 1«k if* '!e cite 1 ay \iv 0 , to
be filled up hi writing, fv t'»«. luni fRAf be
moieorlcfsat pUaluft-,
&o u-oe P<>fl-Noies of th; alphabetical ]
mark, above di scribed, have been iately if- :
lucd, and very few are n>V >0 cire 11 ratio 11. !
The -ab/ ve icwa-id ot One T.houiafici dol
lars will be paid to any pcrfon, or pcrfons,
who (hall dircovc»,c>i piofecnu 10 convi&i-on,
the several offenders, o- of them, ot the >,
following dcfCi iptioi;, viz.
The pesrfon or penon*, who engraved the
late.
The pTinter, or pi inters of the Caid bills,
&< BLODGET.
Every pcrfmi who r.fttd prinr*vahin
any vay >n '-he couutri U uwig ar.d uucui>£ .
he laiii bills. '
for slle,
At the STORES of
Reg. Cui. Can.
AND FOR SALE BY
Street,
v. D.
The First American Edition.
REWARD.
WILLIAM PATTKRSOW P'.efidcnt
of the Dank ol Mai y land.
April 8, 1794.
FOR SALE,.
BY MATHEW CAREY, No. üß y
Mai ket-Strect,
An EfTay on Slavery,
Dcfigned to exhibit in a new point of
view its etiefts on morals, indujlry, and the
ojfecicty. Some rafts anil calculation#
aie oflered to prove the labor ol Jrecpttn 10 be
much more productive than that ol Jlavfi ;
that countries are rich, powerful and nappy f 4
in proportion as the laboring people enjoy /
the fruits of their own labor ; and hence
the n ceffaiy conclusion, that flavcry is impeh.
jfrcas well is unjuji,
I Pr i c E 25 Cents.
February 15. dtf
rHE office of the Prcfirfent ai d
ef the Insurance Company of Nohth
America, is removed to No. 107, South
Front street, being the south ealt corner ol
Front a'id Walnut streets.
The Public are cautioned to
beware of counterfeited Five Dollar Bills
us the Bat.k of the United States, and
Twentj Dollar Bills of the hank of North
America, set eral of which have appeal ed
in circulation <witi. n a fenj days pctjl; Uje y
are good general imitation of the genuine
Bills, bat may be djlrngu'ijhcd by the fol
o<wing
MARKS.
Five Dollar Bills if the Bank of the
ALL thai have appeared have the letter
for their Alphabet cal Mark.
The Texture of the Paper iv thick« r and
whiter and it takes the ii*k more freely
than the genuine paper.
The O. in die wouf Compai.y is flnaller
-than tbeWl.and other utters of ih»t»oi4,
so tlut a liile extended fiosn ilie top of [he
O, to touch the top of the M would tjuen#
confiderabty above tlie iange of tlie whole
tirord.
In the word Un letters are nar
rotver andclofer together than thtieft of
the bill.
The i and f in the word prortiife are no*
parallel* they inclining much more forward
than the i.
The engraving is badly excreted, the
fttokes of all the Le'teis are stronger and
the device in themargi particularly istnuth
coa fcr and appears,da ker tha, in the t'ne
b;ils. Some et the cvu'terfnts-brar V ate in
1791— Wherea li» Bark was not in opera
tion till December, and no five dollai bills
were i{Tue< in jhat year.
nl w Srffiw
7"<wenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North
/ALL that have have the letter
B- toi their Alphabetical mark.
Thty are printed on a paper nea'fy simi
lar to that ut cirunteifi >t Five Dollar
Notes above described; tl« «n«ravii>g if
b. ttei e«tcuted, and they apprQaph nea/ef
to the appearance if the genuine hills.
The fine ruled lues th-oiigti the word
Trectify, in the body of the bill, are m num
bei th rteen in the genuine bills, and but
J wekve in the counterfeits.
The word Company is n rtch [ike 'he C*me
word in the Five Dollar Bills as rieitf bed
above, the o being Jels than the at, arrd
t.hers follow ing.
There is no stroke »o the t inrhe word
berth whereas in the geruinebilis theftroke
s well defined.
The letiers ent in the word 7unify, to
theletr hand at the bott'-fn, do not come
down to the iifie, but are so cut us to give
an lricgulai appearance to the woid, the
7zv and y below fchem>
Ihe signature ] Nixon, has the appear
ance of being written with la nib-black and"
o> and difTejs irom oiber inks u-firf ift'
p»uiting ti) bills and th*t ca/hj«J's iigrta- 1
tine.
It is supposed these forge»ic» weie ccn:miu
ted in some of the Souihern Slates. bj> aH «he
counterfeits thai have appeared, have come
Irom 1 hence, and two.persons have been ap
!' < bended in Vi»g»nia,on fufpicibn ol beiug
the author of them.
The reward of ONE THVUSANV »OL
JL/IRS will be paid to any Ptifon or Peitons
who Hiall difeovei and pioftteite 10 convje
tion the ieveial offenders of the following
ocfr 1 iplions or any of ihem, viz.
T he person or pi rfons, who in an us a flar
ed the paper on which the Bills are primed.
The or petfons, who engiaved ine
plates.
The printer or printers, of the bills.
Every perfori who lias afTed as a pineipa)
m any other way, in the caunter-fcuiiig k and
uttering live laid bvlis.
Phil, deiphia, Maich 28, '794
April 22, 1794'
Other counterfeit bills
of the Bank of the United Sr-ates i>ave ap
peared-in circulation.
The denomination is of 7WEN jy
and the alphabetical ma»k is
the letter i>.
They may be diftingUrftred frr>m the ge
nvvinc by f he foiowi ug IViAiIKS :
Hie papfcr of l\te jtfofcntwte-i ts is <if a
nmre tender tejeture and gkliey tuitace
than the genuine} and there is no wiltir
m*ir4c in them.
T-toe letter C. in the word Ca/h:cr, in
he -true -bill's is si uiked. vicuas
in the counterfeit, ihe whoje lett er i a
fine hair (trpjee, evidently in an uftiinil.ed
state. T 1 e letter <7 ip the wofarf
h badly loroied and the whole word ill done
and there is no comma at theer.d of it, as
there is rn the hill.';.
The marginal device, is much dwjee?
in the talfe, tbarf in tbe genuine• bills
ing'to the shade strokes be;i|/» coai fe», mri-.i
nearer tog* filer, and conlecjiiently uu.fh
more nunjerrns.' This difference it' ikes-tfc®
eye at view.
J he lame reward of ONE THOUSAND
w»il be paid for
<v prcfecotirg to con vision tie icvoal
above described Offenders in iefpeft to this,"
as to the Ir-ft deJrribed b'l '•
THOMAS WILLING, Prefixt
of the Bank United Slates.
JOHN NIXON, Prefidcnt of .the
Bank of Jflrirth *\met'.ca.
By oider of the Committees of the Ref
pe&ive Boards.
United States,
America.