Proposals,
For puhlifhing by Subfeription, an elegant ENGR AV
ING, of a Picture entitled {
National Gratitude.
Dedicated to the Citizens of America. V
r I ''HE United States of America, represented by fifteen wo
A [men, appear in thetemple of Minerva, for the purpose of
decorating with wreaths the Bust of President Washington, D
already crowned by immortality and liberty; the fcagle fup
p-iting the Anns of America, holds forth the 1 Legend then - L
of, exprefiiveof the unanimity of sentiment which animates A
them. The Statue dT Minerva is seen under a portis, d^co r
rated with military trophies, emblems of the Vl&ories ob- C
tained againtt the enemies of Liberty; in the fore-ground ap- V
pears History, who, attentive to this interesting licene, records
it in he{ arnals, in order to be tranfrftitted to potterity.
The original pi&ure was executed on a large scale, by Jo- \
BEPH pKKovAhi, an Italian.artist, on occasion of the enter
tainment given at Rickettf's Amphitheatre in Philadelphia,
on February 24, ijg6, for the celebration of the
of the President.
The Copperplate (*4 inehes by *-9) will be engraved wkh
the greatest care -by a Parisian artist, lafely l a«-ive5 in this cij -
y, and will be ornamented in the border, with the arms ot a
he United States of America, and of each particular Hate. a
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Subscript ions are received at Mr. Beeotnbaz's, Print-feller, j
No. , North"Third-ttreet. Mr. Oellers's, at the City Hotel, j
Chefnut-ftreet, and at Samuel Riehardet's City Tavern. f
Should this Publication meet with public approbation, the
fameartifls propose pUblishing fucceftively, perfpefkiVe views
of the inside of Congress Hall, thefeepreffcntatives therein -
v alTembled, and likewise Of the Senate*
May 9 * co 4
Notice is hereby Given, t
That in purfuan'ee of an ail of the general Affem- t
bly of Pi-nnCyWania, entitled "aa A (ft to enable Hie r
•' Governor of thisCommonvveatth,to Com- J
« pany for making an artificial Road from an interfp&ioh
"of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turhpike road near r
" the Gap Tavern, in Lancaster county, t<*Newj>ott and g
« Wilmini.m in the State of Delaware; ' the oommif- '
fioners inlaid ad appointed will prdcure five books and
attend at the refpetSive places directed therein to-receive f
"•fubferptions for Stock in the cempiny, viz. One book f
will be opened in the city of Philadelphia. One in the
Borough of. Lancaster, one at Strafborgh, in the cbunty
of Lancaster, one in the Borough df Wilmington, and
one at the houfeof Samuel Cochran in the county efChef
ter.
The Sttbfiribers, agreeably to their appointment in and
by said ad, will attend at the City Tayetn in Philadelphia,
•with on* of said Books, on Monday, .the 6th day of June
next, at 10 S'clock in the forenoon, until 4. In the after
noon, and for the two days following, if nectfflary, for .
the purpose aforefaid ; on the 'fifjt -of the said day«, any,
perlon of the age of 21 years fhatlbe at liberty to fubferibe ,
iri his own or ai3y othe'm'ame or name's by whom he shall be
authorised/or onejbare,on the second Say tor tie tr Pali floret, ,
and on the third day fortrne, two, or three Jtaret, and Mi any
succeeding day, (if she said books shall continue longer,
-open) for any narabet of tharea ih the Said Stock. 1
Every person previously to fuhfcribiijg in said books 1
thilft pay to the attending comrrfifliSnerftwfcrrty five dol
lar* for every (hareto be- fubferibed.
GEORGE 1
ROBERT WAL\
NATHL. LEWIS,
ABIJAH DAWES.
■ Philadelphia, May 7 . jawtjun.
F O R S A L E,
■At BENJAMIN DAVIES' BOOKSTORE,
wo. 68, high-street,
A valuable eolletSlion of the newest Publications,
Just received from London, via New-York";
Among which are the following:
'HE American Pilot, in two.parts —part the Ift con
-1 tainißg charts and plans of file coasts of Newfound
land, Labrador e, and the gulph and river of St. Lawrence.
Part the ad containing charts of tue Britifc channel, and
the coast of Ireland to Cape Clear; of the Atlantic Ocean,
an 4 the coasts of Europe, Africa,and the Wefiernlflands;
of the whole coast of the United States and East Florida;
Mie of Florida, and Ulaud of Havaiinkh, driwn
frftm aSOal forveys atod she latcft discoveries.
A Defcriptlon of the Country 40 miles round Manches
ter, its geography, productions, river and canal naviga
tions ; its towns and villages, their history, population,
commerce, sand manufail'ures, by Dr. Aikin; printed on
Vellum paper, aftd Hlfcftrated with 73 roppierplates finely
engraved.
Hunter's Voyages to New South Wales jnd the Sou
thern Ocean, illustrated with 17 maps, charts, views and
other embellishments, neatly bound in calf.
Civil airid Commercial History of the Britilh Weft-ln-
Jies, by B. Edward?7Efq. with mstps, views, &c.'
The dtnneAibA that Ikbfifts" between Agrictilture and
Oxeniiftry—fry the Sari of Dundonnald.
The Coflrfe of Hannibal over the Alps, aCcertained by
J. Whitaker.
'rtie'Llfb of General J3nmoSrier, in 3 vols, written by
himfelf.
Chelmer's Estimate of the comparative strength of
Great Britain.
-History of the Moravian missions among tfte Indians of
North-America, with the manners and customs of the
nations.
Citporal Brown's History of the Campaigns in J 793,
4 and 5.
The Studies of Nature, by Bernardin de St.Pierre.
The Pdlltidal Teftarfient of itlatimilian Rohefpierre,
with an aecount of the secret negotiations carried on un
der "his diredfion.
" "Wifeman's Commercial Letters in the five principal
languages of Eur op*.
A Pocket Vocabulary of fra principal lmguages.
Anflruther's Reports in Chancery.
The Works of PelcrWodarJ «iifi a head of the author.
The Sporting->iagazfne.
Tbe Britifli Critick, or new Critical Review of tho lat
est
The Works-os Edmund Burke, Esq.
Defence of the American Conftilutifin, by J. Adams,
vice-President of the U.S. April 28. Saw
Genteel Boarding & Lodging
to be had at No. 45, i» Vinc-StTeet, the ad door weft ot
Sfccoftd-Street, on the North fid,e. April aB. §
JUHT PUBLISHED, :
[Pp'ce 25 Cents]
By Samoei H. Smith, N°. 118, Chefimt-Jlrcet,
LETT E R S
OF HELVIDI US:
In reply to Paeificus, on the President's Proclamation
of Neutrality.
Jftribed ti Mi 1 . Maoison.
Lately PMifhed,
Pacificut—'Political Truth—Paterfon'* Charge. <
In a/etb Days <tvill bepublr/htd,
[Price »5 cents]
A REVIEW of the whom fits
the Confthotion veiled the Treatv power ?
By a Sencrtot of the Utihed Stettes.
April iS ia-W4W.
FO K S. AL, E, '
A FOUNT of BREVIER, half worn; about fourhun
dred Weight. Enquire at tbe Office of the Gazette
of the United States, No. 119 Chefnut-ftreet. §
December t.
New Hat and Hosiery" Store,
Wholesale and Retail,
By WILLIAM M'DOUGALL, S<
No. 134 Marhet-Jfreet, 3d door from the corner of
Fourth, South ftde.
MENS'Black American and lortd dilto
English Hau, of various Children's fancy ditto
qualitiet and prices -All kinds of (illi, silk an
Ditto Drabs and Greenun- cotton, cotton, & thread c
ders Hose
Ladie'. ditto, black -Knit colored Pantaloons
And a large affortOient of. Ditto DrawefS "
fancy ditto liitto Brecches Patterns
Colored Beavers . Silk Gloves
With a great variety of ele- Knotted, colored ditto, eot
gant and Eafhionable trim- ton
mings, &c. A quantity of mendmg cot-
Youth's black arid drabco- toiS^W cu ' ors
N. B. The Hats finithed in the newH'falhion.
May 7. dim
N* O T I C E ,
AGREEABLY to charter, is hereby given 'to the
Members of the Corporation for the poor
and diftrefled Prelhyterian Ministers, and of the poor _
and diftrefled Widows .and Children of Prefhyterian . Mi
nisters, that there will be a Meeting of fa'.d^ Corporation
in the second Presbyterian Church, in the city of Phila- 1
petphia, on the 23d of May next, at 40 clock, i". M.
for the difpatdli of allfuehbiifinefs as may then be brought
before the board.
ashbel-green,
April OT. d Secretary of the C or PP r:ttißn ' , \
African Free School.
TT*HE placc of Teacher to the AFRICAN Fit EE SC HOOI,
1 in tne city of lCew being vacant by the resigna
tion of tbe late Mailer, the Trustees give this public lr,t '-
mat ion to all persons Hefirous of that situation, that they will
receive applications for-that appointment'till the tirft of next
June. ,
It is exptfted that the be well qualineo to teach it
reading, penmanship, arithmetic, and the principles . a!
grapby and Englilb grammjir, and that heproduce fatisfacso- t:
ry teftimonialsxif his good moral ghafa&er. tl
The Salary of the Matter will be 500 dollars per annum, ,j
payable quarterly.—Further particulars may be learnt on ap
plication to TKOM.A S EDDY, 1 y
SAMUEL L MITCHELL, \ c . mmit tee. t
SAMUEL BROWN. f
ELIHU H. SMITH, J f ,
New."Vark. May 6, 1795. (May 7*1?) ,
Berriman & Co's Edition. n
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CHEAP ANIX ELEGANT EDITION OF Ij
The HOLY BIBLE. 1.
OM Monday,^the 16th Inft. wvll.be publithed, delivered
to Subfcribcrs, and to be had of the different Bookfell
efV, ih this city, and throughout the United States, (where 0
Subscriptions ftvl! continue to be received) the fi*st num- i r
be* cr BerriVjan & co's Ctrl A r and elecaut edi- !
tiqn or the HOLY BIBLE : containmgthe Old and New t
Testaments and the Apocrypha, with marginal notes and re- 1
erences. An Index ;or an account of the most remarkable a
passages in the old and new Testament, pointing to the places i
wherein they happened, and to the places of Icripture where- f
in they are recorded.—A Table of Time. —Tables of fcripr j
tnremealures, weights and coins : with an appendix,contain
ing the method ot calculating its Measures of surface, (
hitherto wantingin Treatifei-on this jubjttl. A Table of Offices j
and Conditiafii of men. c
CONniTIONS. ,
1. The fixe of this Edition will be a LA RGE FOLIO, (
printed en a beaetiful new type, and good paper, nude par
ticularly for it, It will be publilhed in Numbers, notto ex
ceed 30, one of which will be delivered weekly to ful»fcrib
ers, at a quarter of a dollar. Those (ijbfcribers who prefer j
receiving the work complete, willbc attended to bv Ggnit'ying <
the fame on any of the fubfeription papers in rhe-Bookitores <
in this city.
1. There will be an advance in the price, on fubfvribing
after the firft of August next.
3. In the caurfeof the Work will be given an elegant '
Frontispiece—From an Engraving of the celebrated artist,
Gricnioh. ]
Ber&iman & Co. gratefallyacknowledge the very liberal
encouragement they have met with; and havereafon to believe
that the exeeution of their edition will answer every expec
tation, and speak its ownpraife.
May y. 3aweowtf
George Dobson,
BEGS leave to inform the Store--Keepers in Town and
Country, that he has removed from Market-Street to
N°- .25, south Third-street,
where he is opening a Large and Elegant Assortment of the
undermentioned articles—viz.
Superfine London Cloths and Kerseymeres,
Yorklbire second Do. Do.
■Elastic do. do. ,
Mix'd and Biue Coatings
1 &c.
■Mknchetter Printed Callieoes,
London Chintz ditto,
Blue and ditto Furniturei,
India ditto.
Long Cloths, CojTaes, Baftas, EaUillasSt Conievretrts,
4*4 9-8 5"4 6-4 Superffie India Book Mutlins,
4-4 and 9-8 India Book Handkerchief!,
f 4-4 and g-8 Scotch difo,
4-4 & 6-4 plain do. Muslins,
4-4 & 6-4 Britilh Jaconets, j
6-4 Britilh Checks and Stripes,
4-4 India do. 80. do. »- ' "
4-4 ditto"Chi)loes, Madras Handkerchiefs, Ac.
A large alfoitment of figur'd and plain Mufliuets,
' Ooiltlngs, Dimities, and Striped Nankeens,
Fancy Waiftcoatings,
. Ginghams of the Rrft'Quality, fubjeS to Drawback,
India Nankeens,
Men's White and coloured Silk ftockin^s.
May g
Just Arrived,
In the Ship Hannibal, C. Cloufer, master, from Lffbon,
A Cargo of SALT,
For sale by
' E. Dtrtilh Ss 5 Wacbfmuth,
No. 164, South Second Street.
* May 9 §3 l
) 1
f THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED,
At Benjamin Davie?'i Bwk-Jiture, No 68
High Street,
The Political Censor;
Or,MONTHLY REVIEW,
For APRIL,
J Of the most interesting Political Occurrences.
By PETER PORCUPINE. ' !
May j 3awiw J
For^^le,
A Few Calks Quality
INDIGO,
" Enquire at No. 71, South Water street.
May a tht ft f tf
SNOWD EN k M'CORKLE,
- TJ ESPEC'ITULLY inform the Public, that they have
Ax. opened their PRINTING-OFFICE, at No. 47 North
1- Fourth, near Race ltreet; where they execute > all kinds
te of Printing, with accuracy and dispatch.
An Afpririliee WißteH.
I 3 Sjlawa
City cf Waflimgton.
SCHEME of the LOTTERY, Nfo.ll,
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT Of THE N
federal CITY. ai
A magnificent ) 10,000 dollars, & ? j o ,&eO Ba
dwelling-house, 5/caih 30,000, are ) A
1 ditto 15,000,Sfcaft *J,OOO 40,600
I ditto 15,900-& cash 15*000 30.0°° H(
1 ditto 10,000 & cash 10,000, »0,000 K;
1 ditto 5.000 & cash 5.000 10,000 R5
x ditto 5,000 & ca(h. 5,000 10,000
I cash prize of __
ado. 5,000 each, ire, - io,ofco
xo do. 1,000 - - ,0 ' 00 °
j ' _ . - io,oo®
10 I°' - - 10,000 0
100 do. too _ . !0,000 °'
3,10 a*' « - - IB '° oo r
400 4°- *1 . 2 0.000 r
1,000 do. * , j 5 o,ooa : 0 ;
15,000 do. to D
16,739 Prizes.
3*™* « !^ks * - g
50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, pi
N. B. To favour thbfe who may take a
Tickets, the prize of 40,000 defers will be the L a »t
■ticket, and the 30,000 the «ST but one .
' And approved notes, fearing payment >it> either mon , ,
or prizes, hi ten days atter drawing, w,H be rece.ved for \
any numbea not lels than 30 tickets., . - . j_
This Lottery will afford an elegant fpecilnen of thepri , a
vate buildings to be ereited in the City of Waftungton— in
Two W.tift.l design, are already be
fronts on two of the public squares; from these prawmg ar
it is pronofed to erect two centre and fourcorner bui.ditigs, or
as soon as poflible after this lottery is fold, and to convey fu
When cdmplcte, to the fortunate adventurers, TO th
the manner described in the fchemc for the tfttery;
•A nett deduction of fivs per cent, will be '°^ ef n J s ["
the neceifary exponfes ef printing, &c. and tbe^ furp us ha
will be made a.part of the fund intended for the N«i®"al r j,
University, to be within thirty of d
The Drawing will commence as toon as the tickets are as
fold off.—The raoti ey prires will be payable 111 thirty days
after it i« finifhai ; and any pr ze» for which f°»unat» G
numbers ai e not produced within twelve months after the n<
drawing isclofed, are to be considered as given towards di
ihe fund'for theUniverfity-; it being determined to setae „
the whole business in a year from the ejttlingof the draw- 01
-in?, and to take up the bonds given as security. Q
The real fectfrittes given for the payment ot the Fmzes, _
are held by the President and two Diredors of the Sank
j of Columbia, ,and are valued it more than half w a
, mount-os the lottery. , f
The twenty four gentlemen who by appointment ot
the toe Commiffioriers assisted in the management ot the
Hotel Lottery are requeftedto undertake thisarduous tallc
a second time on behalf of the public ; a fufficient num
ber of thefc having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the
friends to a Nation*! University and the other federal ob
ieifts may continue to favor the design. °
By accounts received from the different parts-os the p
Continent as well as from Europe, whore the tickets t
have been Tent for sale, the public are assured that the t
drawing will speedily commen»e, and that thecare and ■
caution unavoidably necessary to injure a fafe disposal 0 F
the tickets, has rendered the inorr suspension mdifpeniable.
SAMUEL BLODGET. *
Tiekets may be had at the Bank of Columbia ; of
Tames Weft & Co. Baltimore; of Peter Oilman, Boston ;
of John Hopkins, Richmond ; and of Richard Weils, .
! Cooper's Ferry.
t Nankeens.
TO te fold cheap, a large Ou.antity of NAh KEENS
fubjea to the benefit of the Drawback, at the j
Store of the fubferiber, No. 45 North Front flreet.
\ , Joseph Sanfom. j
! May .3 e °3 w
NOTICE.
THE President and Managers of the Delaware and ,
Schuylkill Canal, having determined to supply the j
, city of Philadelphia with water, early in the year 1797, ,
Proposals will be receive 1 in writing until the firfl day of.
June next, from any person or persons disposed to contraA
'for the catling and ddi wfy of Iron Pipes necessary for the
2 above purpose. Ej *t' Board,
WILLIAM MOORE SMITH, Sn'ry.
March 31. ' , aawtj.
For sale by the i'ubicribers,
t IN PENN-STREET,
'130 quarter Chefls frefh Hylon Tea;
100 ditto do. frefh Souchong Tea ;
30s Boxes China, containing fitiafl tea setts of 4t
pieees;
400 pieces Bandasoes.
WiHings Ss 5 Francis.
January 30. . . ■ Ua\K.
FOR SALE,
A very Valuable Estate,
CALLED TWITTENHA M, situate in the
townlhip of Upper Derby, and county.,of Delaware,
7 i-i miles from Philadelphia, and half a mile from the
new Weftyrn road: containing 230 acres of excellent land,
45 of which are good watered meadow, 90 Of prime wood
land, and the reft arable of the firft quality. There are
on the premises a-good two story brick house, With 4 rooms
- on a floor, and cellars the whole, with a pump-well
of excellent water in, front; a large frame barn, liablcs,
and other convenient buildings ; a smoke-house and ftsne
spring-house ; two good apple orchards, and one of peach
es. The fields are all in clover, except these immediately
«n,der tillage, and are so laid out as to have the advantage
of water io each of them, which renders it peculiarly con
venient for grazing.
The situation is ploafant and healthy, and from the high
■cultivation of the land, the good neighbourhood, and the
vicinity to tlie city, it is very suitable for a gentleman's.
country feat.
8 The foregoing is part of the estate of Jacob Herman,
deceased, and offered for sale hy '
Mordecai Lewis,
Oil. 9. eo.] Surviving Executor.
N°, 130.
DiflriS of Pennjylvania, to <ait:
BE it Remembered, that on the 4th day -of April, in
the twentieth year of the Independence of the United
Statu of America, Benjamin Davies of the fald diftridt
hath deposited in this Office, the Title of a Book, the 1
right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words sol- ;
lowing, to witi
" The Political Censor, or monthly Review of the tnoft
" interesting political occurrences relative to the United
a States of America—by Peter Porcupine
— In conformity to the Ait of the Cor.grefs of the Unit
ed States, intituled " an Aift for the encouragement of
ve learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books
th to the authors and proprietors of' fuc'h copies dtiring the
ids times therein mentioned."
SAMUEL CALDWELL,
Clerk Dift. Court Pennsylvania.
April 17. iaw4W.
SHOT,
OraH Czes, from 31 lb to Grape,
Cambooles, Pots, and ether callings ewcuted at the
(horteft notice,
Nail rods, from rod to spike,
Hoop Iron, of all sizes, for caflcs or cutting into nails, fron;
. a brad to n'd nails,
from 17 Cwt.to ioOlb.
Bar Iron,
A Quantity of James River Tobacco,
Carolina Pork.
Herrings in barrels,
Kiln-dried cor* meal in Hhds.and Bills.
Rye flour &c. to be fold by
Levi Hoilingjworth $3* Son.
Augvjl 4 saw
To; he fnld aLipuhii*
Of June, next, at the City Tavern;
ladelphia,
FOUR Lots of Ground in the town of I.ambertoii,
county of Burlington, and State of Ne;v-Jerfey, ad
joining the river Delaware, late the Estate of .Williani
Richards, deccafed, with all thy buildings and improve
ments, bounded by ground of John Mitchell, Lambert
Cadwaladcr and-others; a clear indisputable title will be
given. Tfce terms will be jnade known at tlie time, and
place of sale. Afrit 28. m&th.
General Poji Office> Philadelphia,
March i(>, 1796.
WHEREAS futtdry Lette;s, transmitted in ,th« Mails
of the United States, ta and from Norfolk, in the
state of Virginia, were opened, and Bank Notes of seve
ral denominations fraudulently taken from them at York,
in the state aforefaid, 11Vthe months of OAober, Novem
ber and December last : and whereas a part of said not< s
and sortie calh havt: been recovered and are now in poffefi:-
on of the Post Matter Gene.al. In order therafore that
fudh Bank Notes as ihall be identified may be restored to
the owners thereof, arid that the remaining nqtesandcafh
be equitably cKftributed ariiong those who are entitled to
tiienT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons who
hayefuffeied by such fraudulent pradlices, within the pe
riod, and on the route aforementioned, to exhibit their
claims without delay, Supported by such reasonable proou
as may be necessary to substantiate them. Such nbtcs as
(hall be identified will be received by application to the
General' Pott Office, 011 or before the fifll day of July
next; and the residue of Yucttcalh and notes will then be
divided "araons the claimants in proportion to their respec
tive losses, to be ascertained by the necessary proofs,which
on or before that day (hall be produced tothe General Poll
Office. (aawtju'y) JOS. HABERSHAM..
LAW BOOK STORE,
NO. 313, WIGH-STRkET,
A VERY GENERAL IMPQR. TATION OF LAWBOOKS
JUST OPENED.
GEORGE DAVIS's
EXTENSIVE colle&ion of the latest lrilh Editions be
ing now arranged, he begs to offer them for Sale,
on the faine modervte : erms, as have for several yean
: past, so particularly dii'inguifhed them; and t« assure
j those Gentlemen who may favor him with attention, that
; their orders from any diltance, whether fbr a single vo
-1 ■ lume, or an entire Library, Ihall be executed with tire like
f promptitude, and acknowledged with thanks.
. Catalogues for the present year are prepared, and
will be delivered on application
f N. B. A number of Tranks to be difpofedof.
; jlfith April. m&tfrw
i> ——— ; ■
A Printing-Offixre for Sale.
covsisrn/G of
5 A good assortment ol Types, the greater part of which
e are but little worn, a goodmahogany Press, with
ferent Printing Materials, in complete order for executing
any kind of work. The situation is very eligible, either
for a newspaper or book-work, being ia a pleafint, well
populated city, within 3a miles of Philadelphia. There
- , is also a very considerable advantage aiifing from the
numerous applications for blanks and the general influx
d of advertisements, &c. &c. and a handsome profit derived
1C from the great quantity of Rags which may be coile&ei
h throughout the year.
A complete set cf cuts for Dilworth's Spelling-Book.
Likewise will be fold with the office, a large book
ie binder* 1 Prifs, (used for prrelfing books in (heets) toge
ther with a number of bookbinders' tools, almost new.
Any person inclining to purchafa the above, may have
the refulal of a handsome collection of books, bound and
■" in Iheets—They will be fold very. low.
Fer the price, ajid further particulars, enquire at No.
24, north Third-fireer, where a specimen of the types
may be fcen. April a 6. §8. jaw.
COLUMBI A H OUSE
Boarding School for Young Ladies.
MRS. GROOMBRIDGE havingremoved from Lodge
Alley, to the corner of Eleventh and Spruce-ltre'eti,
_ for'the advantage of a larg£, convenient House, in a dry,
healthy fituatioa; hspes for the continuance of the encou
ragement she has hitherto so highly experienced; and for
which she returns her sincere acknowledgment.
Mrs. Ghoombridc.e is aflifted by Matters of the
16 firit ability-; and the uf'ful, as well as ornamental branches
, ' of education are particularly attended to.
j 6 February 8. §aw.s3m
SPECIMEN OF ELEGANT PRINTING.
re: • >
™ John Thompson & Abr. Small,
T) ESPECTFULLY inform such jerfons as admire, and
ne * Iv would wiih to enconrage any improvement in those
arts, which are an ornament to a state; that ajtecmuch
expenceand great attention, they have printed for public
gg infpe&ion, the firft number of their hichlv finished
,n - Hot-Pressed Bible,
gj, Which they believe to be the moftfceautiful produflion
.jj £ of its nature, hitherto Veen.
n ' s Similar works in Europe have for Tome years been li
berally patronized—they have had an hpiiOrable plSce in
jD the libraries of men of taste—the present production is aft
attempt to (how, that in America, works can be executed
in every refpe<ft equal t» the efforts of trans-atlaiitic genius.
From the warm approbation that has been bellowed on it
by some of the firft charaAers, the proprietors are war*
ranted in faying, they have been fuccefsful.
It claims patronage as being wholly American—the pi
per, by far the befi ever used here, in printing, is made
within a few miles of this city—the types, which are tra
ly beautiful, arealfo American—and the whole apparatus
.Cn tor hot preif.ng, has been procured from different parts of
the Union: It is also the cheapest HOT-PRESSED
. BIBLE ever printed m any country. The firll mimh' r
may be infpedled at No, jJL Carter's alley ;or at^ 0, 9 '
Jnion street. "
10 It is proposed to deliver the whole in Forty Numbers,
te at One Half Dollar each—one of which will be completed
t every two weeks. Afrit 25. *M&3 W>
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the PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO,
, —No. 119 —
a " CHE S NUT-STREET.
ice. Eight Dollars per Annum.]