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By the Prefident of the United
States.
M iiereas by the act entitled “ An
act, making provision lor the disposal
ot Public Lands, situated between the
United States Military Tract and the
Connecticut Reserve, and other pur
poses,” it was enacted, that for the dis
posal ol the lands of the United States,
situated between the United States Mi
litary 1 ract and the Connecticut Re
serve, a Land-office should be establish
ed at such place as the President of the
United States might direct. And it was
further enacted, that the Lands afore
said, with the exception of certain tracts
therein excepted, he offered for sale to
the highest bidder, at the place afore
said, on such day or days, as shall by a
Puhlick Proclamation of the President
ol the United States he designated for
that purpose, in tracts of the same size,
uni on the same terms and conditions,
as are provided for the lands North of
the River Ohio, and above the Mouth
of Kentucky River.
Wherefore, I, Thomas Jefferson,
President of the United States, in con
formity with the provisions of the act
before 1 eciti d, do hereby declare and
make known, that sales shall he held at
Canton, in the State of Ohio, for the
disposal of the above mentioned lands,
to commence on the second Mondav of
May, one thousand l ight hundred and
eight, anil continue for and during the
six following weeks.
Given und -r my hand the nineteenth
day of November, one thousand
eight hundred and seven.
(Signed) TH : JEFFERSON.
A SURVEY
OF THE
Wisdom of God in the Creation ;
OR,
A Compendium of Xulural Philosophy.
By John Wesley, a. m.
“Theft S’ * thy p'oriou* works. Parent of Good,
Almighty ! Thine this univerfal frame
Thu3 won t’rouj fair ! Thyfcif how wond'rous
then !»*
Wdliam Hamilton, of Lancafter, Pennfylva
eh, I-, vimr ifTued propolals for pubiifhmg
Wesli-y’s Philosophy, the Subfcriher, who
has made ariangements with h'm to encourage
and promote its publication ard circulation in
the Wcftern Country, and who will receive
fubferiptions for the fame, rcfpedHully invites
the attention of the pubiick to a work fo t mi.
nently calculated to open, enlighten and in*
form 4bc uaderftanding, to ameliorate the
heart, and to awaken and exalt the fcKil, by
making man acquainted with himfelf, with the
wot k of creation (uhjetfe,i to hi-* dominion,
and with The Great First Cause of all
things.
The following is a very concif fk tch of fome
of the fubie<5t on which it treats
A brief history of Natural Philoso
phy as a science, and the method of phi
losophizing among the Hebrews, Egyp
tians and Greeks.
Of the structure of the human body
anatomically arranged, with a particular
description of the different parts of which
it is composed ; of respiration, chvlifi
cation, nutrition, the five senses, hunger,
thirst and sleep ; of local, voluntary and
involuntary motion ; and of the stature
and age of man.
Of the remote causes of diseases ; of
fevers, the way to preserve health ; of
life and death; of the soul and origin of
man ; of imagination, memory, the un
derstanding, will and affections ; of the
generation of the hotly.
Of beasts, birds, fish, reptiles Sc insects.
Of trees and plants.
Of metals, minerals and fossils.
Of earth, water, fire, air and meteors.
Of the system of the world.
Of the properties that ate common to
all bodies ; and ot those things wherein
natural bodies differ.
Of the First Cause.
Of tlie relative perfection of bodies.
General view of the gradual progres
sion of livings.
Ot the union of souls to organized bodies.
Ot universal gr vity, and centripetal
and centrifugal force.
Oi the discoveries of the ancients in
mathematics.
Of the improvement of knowledge b\
revelation.
General reflections, shewing the j e
culiur advantages which result Iron* a
proper survey of the wisdom of God in
the creation.
Extract from the Proposals.
“Tin ctiar.dP. r of thelate learned and pious
Mr. Wcfley is fo well known, as to renr'r r at.y
Comment totally unneceffay It may be p-o
per, however* to ohfetve, 'hit in the devotion
of a whole Fe to the good of m nk nd, he
work lor which we now folirit the public p«
t'ona^e. was among his m<>ft intending , nd
valuable la* ours. It is indeed a Itbr^. v in •
felt,—comprehenflvtdy embracing n«a.ty tf
whole hiftory o* animat-d nature, and «Jifpb\
ing, in a ftyl- peculiarly inftructive and ap e- -
hie, the wifdom. the power, and the good eh.
ot Omnipotence ”
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