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\ By the Prefident #f the United
States.
Whereas by the act entitled “ An
act, making provision lor the disposal
of 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 of the lands of the United States,
situated between the United States Mi
litary Tract 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, be offered for sale to
the highest bidder, at the place afore
said, on such day or days, as shall by a
Publick Proclamation of the President
of the United States be designated for
that purpose, in tracts of the same si'/.e,
and on the same terms and conditions,
as are provided for the lands North ol
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 recited, do hereby declare and
make known, that sales shall be held at
C anton, in the State of Ohio, for the
disposal of the above mentioned lands,
to commence on the second Mondav ol
May, one thousand eight hundred and
eight, and continue for and during the
six following weeks.
Given under my hand the nineteenth
day of November, one thousand
eight hundred and seven.
(Signed) Til: JEFFERSON.
A SURVEY
nr the
Wisdom of God in the Creation ;
OR,
A Compendium if Natural Philosophy.
By John Wesley, a. m.
<’*Thefe are thv glor'ous work- Parent of Good,
Aimiehtv ! Thine this univerfal frame
Thus won-iVous fair ! Thyfelfhow wond'rous
then !°
William Hamilton, of T,ancafter, Pt nnfylva
nia, having -ffued propolai9 for publifirng
Weslfy’s Philosophy, the Subfcriber, who
has made arrangements With him to encourage
and promote bn publication and circulation in
the Weftern Country, and who will rective
fubferiptionn for the fame, refpefliu y invites
the attention of the pubhek to a work fo emi
nently calculated to open, enlighten and io
form the undcrfUndirtg, to ameliorate the
heart, anJ to awaken and exalt the foul, by
making man acquaintrd with himfclf, with the
woik of creation fubjtdled to hia dominion,
and with The Great First Causb of all
things.
The following is a very concif fketch of fome
of the fubjcdV on which it trears.
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 j
description of the different parts of which
it is composed ; of respiration, chylifi- j
cation, nutrition, the five senses, hunger,
thirst and sleep ; of local, voluntary and
involuntary motion ; and of the stature
and age of mail.
Of the remote causes of diseases ; of
fevers, the wav to preserve health ; of
life and death; of the sold and origin ol
man ; of imagination, memory, the un
derstanding, will and affections ; of the
generation of the body.
Ui beasts, birds, hsn,reptiles is 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 nre common to
.ill bodies ; and of those things wherein
natural bodies differ.
Of the First Catsf..
Of the relative perlection of bodies.
General view of the gradual progres
sion of beings.
Of the union of souls to organized bodies.
Of universal gravity, and centripetal
and centrifugal force.
Of the discoveries of the ancients in
mathematics.
Of the improvement of knowledge by
revelation.
General reflections, shewing the pe
culiar advantages which result from a
proper survey of the wisdom oi God in
the creation.
Extract from the Proposals.
“The chat ,dt.r of the late learned and pious
M>. Wtfley is fo well knov n, as to render any
comment totally unnecefiary. ft may be pro
p r, however, to obferve, that in the devotion
of a whole life to the good of mankind, the
work for which we now foheit the public pa
t onape, w;u among bis mnft. interefting ;>nd
valuable labours. It is indeed a library in i •
felt,—comprehet.fivrly embracing nearly ib
wbolc h ft »ry of animat d nature, and difplsj.
ing, in a ftyle peculiarly inftructivr and ag<ee,
blr, the wlflom, the power, and the goodnels
ot Omnipotence ”
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Pi' fiui’p jh February 1808
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