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PROPOSAL .S’,
jBy J. Campbell, Morgantown, Virg.
Tor Printing nr Subscription,
The History of America,
Er WILLIAM ROBERTSON, 1). D.
Principal of the Univerfity of Edinburgh, Hif
foriographer to hm Majefty for Scotland,
aud Member of the Royal Academy
of fiiftory at Madrid,
The name cf Robertson has tong flood in
the very fir ft rank of hiftorians, and perhaps
none of his writings have been more genei.illy
read, or univerfally admired, than his lliftory
of America. So popular his the work hern in
England,that it has palled through no 'els thin
ten editions. Nor is this wonderful Dr. Ro.
bertfon'e patient and indefatigable innft:y in
research, and his candour and impartin'*!, in
narration, have clefcivedly fecuied the hi^iieft
degree of credit to all his fraicrnents oi lufto
rica! faffs- His ftyle, at once perfpir uous and
elegant, eafy and dignified, will always find an
admirer in every reader of tafle. 1 he feltflion
of the matter comprised in the Ili lory of Ame*
rica, is happiiy calculated to biend ihe mofl
agreeable amufement wish folid and uleful in
formation. The difcovery of a new hemilplu re
by Columbus, and the rapid cor.queft of Mexico
and Pet u b*; Cortez and P zarro, are among
the mod extraordinary events recorded in «u
t .icnuc hillory. i tic r.iRory of the conduct of
the Spaniards towards the natives of America,
exhibits in the Arongcft colours the horrible
cor.ftqu-ncec which naturally R ow from avarice
and ambition, fliielded by leligicuc bigotry, C<
unreftrair.ed either by public opinion or the
tlrong arm of a juft & enlightened government.
Dr. Hobcitfon’s rr.afterly deferiptious of the
cultomc, manners, focial Ante, and religious
and political inftitutions, of the natives of A
;r.erica, »8 perhaps better calculated than any
other work in cxiftence to give us cor re ft ideas
cl the nature and fitustion of man in a lavage
ft-ite, and of the efFefto produced by the irven*
tion of the arts and Icier.ice, anti the improve
ments in focial and political inflit ution.—Ilia
defe ip’.ion of the foil, climate, anti natural
produftions of Spanith America ; of the f* fltm
urftted by ftp on towards her colonies, and ot
the eflefti of that fyttem l oth on them and on
the mother country; of the p efent Hate oc
faience, religion, aguculturc, commerce, im. I
rufaftures and population, in the different
Spamlh coloniep, mult adord amufement and
: iftru&ion to every defeription ot reader*.
The other quarters of the globe have exnr.
ilenccd gnat ami important changes in confe
fpcnce of the difeovery of Amciica To furmfli
) . j uters for European planters fettled in the
• ' i’r r, and in various pai ts of the continent of
A r. i a, Africa has hem plundered of its
v-retcl r-d inlnbitants, and rendered ftill more
l>aibat< us atid defolate, than while i» was fc
cluucd from ar y intercourfe with more polidi
co nations. The gold and fiver of America |
iisve uimfbed Eumgeans with the means of I
• nertenfive commerce with Ana, ami together !
siit ic other productions ol th* new world,
fi ve had a powerful agenev in producing that
ipereafe o- commerce and rr. mifafturcs wl ich
but cC’jutV.'y ear) ornc'i the
i condition of the great body of the peop!.; ;fl
aim oft every part of Europe. Evmts which
have had fuch an extenfive influence upon all
parts of tire globe, cannot fail to be highly in„
! Ccrefling. The citizens of the United States
ought to be acquainted with the hiftory of eve
ry part of the g^eat continrr.t which they inha
bit. This is the age of revolutions,—and it is
not probable that the l'outhern part of America
will longefcapt its influence. If by any event
that country (hould be freed from the yoke of
a jealoui and illiberal government, its com*
n erce would open new and v.ift fources of
wealth to theenterprifing citizens of the United
States.
Encouraged by the liberal patronage which
has lately been given in dilTennt parts of the
Union to the republication of •valuable books,
ir. 1 believing that the inhabit arte of tire weft
era country will no* only be difpofed to encou
rage fo important a branch ol bufinefs, but will
alio led a ftiong curioiify to become acquaint
ed w.th the nauiral and political hiftory of
thofe‘fertile regions, with which, at no diftant
day, they may probably maintain an extenfive
and lucrative commerce, the editor propofes to
reprint Rohertfon’s Hiftory of America, from
the lift London edition.
TERMS OF PUBLICATION.
I. The work will be printed in two oiflavo
volumes, of ahout hvc hundred pagts each,
handft mely bound and lettered, arid delivered
to lubfciibers at r he reduced price of two dol
lars and twenty’five cents per volume
II. It will be p'inted on fnp rfir.e paper of a
lar).-e li/e, and with a new and elegant ty pe.
III. Eae!'. volume to be paid fer on delivery.
IV. A lift of Subfcribers name*, with their
profefTioUP, title , and place of relidencc, will
be printed at the end. of the lafl volume, aa pa
trons of the work.
V Tlii, edition wi 1 be piinted from the tenth
London edition—which icllaat tij-ht dollare.
* ** Subfcr ptions received at lbe cjfice of the
Wheeling Rfpc/ilory.
CARTER & FREEMAN,
U«vc lor Sale iibout 100 w t. of
BEAVER^
and a quantity of Box and Racoon :
likewise, A11 v.vr.v.si' >i Colton.
Clean Flax linen Ra^slajc. n it; exchange
for G jods.
Wheeling, SOth 7tlt mo. 1807.
W n. li a m W. Howell,
No. 20, North .Id :,tre< t, a !. w doors
above Market streit, Phil itlclphu, j
HAS FOR SALE
/ general A>+_rimcnt :f
li A R I) \V A R E,
| which he c.lers on i«ttsonable .4critH,
1 ior C*«b, or At the tuuul Credit.
HEMP and TAR.
THE highest price will be given for
good merchantable Hemp and Tar, by
MICHAEL GRAHAM,
Who has on hand a general assortment of
DRY GOODS & GROCERIES,
7 vith Cordage of all sorts one/ sizc^
at his Store, opposite John White.
Wheeling, March 12, 1807.
Valuable Property for Sale.
As I intend to remove to the State of
Ohio, l will sell the following described
property, in the Town of Wheeling, so
low as to make the purchase an object
to any person wishing to reside in this
part ol the State of Virginia.
One House and Lot in the centre of
the Town, on the Main street, calculat
ed lor a Cavern. T lie stand is not in
terior to any in the western country—•
I he House is two stories, 46 by 40 feet,
with a Cellar under the whole,—a two
j story brick Kitchen, and a Stable. This
| droperty, ii not sold by September next,
1 will rent.
One other House & Lot on the Main
street, now m copied by Peter Sock man.
Tiie Hover is tv o stories, with a Cellar,
Smoke-house, & Stable,which will make
it suitable for a Family and Store.
1 have also, within six or seven miles
of Wheeling, 280 acres of I. A X L), with
a small improvement, uhLhT will dis
pose of low.
DENNIS CASS AT.
M ay 11,1807.
IOR SALE, TWENTY LOTS
in the j own f t Frank! >rt, in the State
f>t Ohio, 40 mi'es from Wheeling, on the
m tin road to ( hiiieoth •. The situation
oi 1’ rank tort i-> so advantageous, th.nt it
’■ ill in all probability Im fixed on as the
Seat of Justice; for a new county, which
<t is expected will in a short time be.
struck oil from Muskingum and Bel
mont counties.
TO HE LEASED,
Six Quart r-settions of Land, on the
toad 1 if mu Wheeling to Zanesville, suit
able for ravern Stands,—two of which
are improved. D. CASS AT.
Wheeling, May 14, 1807. tf.
IV H 1 L 1. j A G,
(Ot! O COUNTY VIkGiNIA,)
Prihijd iiv Au^am»».u ArmstkoJ'N*