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By the Prefidenc of the United
States.
Whereas by the act entitled “ An
act, making provision for 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 of the lands of the United States,
situated between the United States Mi
litary Tract and the Connecticut Re
serve, a Land-office should he 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
ol the United States be designated for
that purpose, in tracts oi the same size,
and on the same terms and conditions,
as are provided for the lands North of I
the River Ohio, and above the Mouth ]
oi Kentucky River.
Wherelore, 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 he held at
Canton, in the State of Ohio, for the
disposal ot the above mentioned lands,
> to commence on the second Monday oi
May, one thousand eight hundred and
eight, and continue for and during the
six following weeks.
Given under my hand the nineteenth
day ol November, one thousand
eight hundred and seven.
(Signed) TH : J EF F E RSON.
A SURVEY
OF T H E
Wisdom of God in the Creation ;
OR,
A Compendium of Natural Philosophy.
By John Wesley, a. m.
“ 1 hefe «re thy glorious works. Parent of Good,
Almighty ' Thiue this univerfal frame
Thus won ' 'coui fo.r ! Thyfelf how wond’rous
then !»'
William Hamilton, of Lancailer, PennfyTva
uii, having 'flued prr.polals r publilhing
Weslev’s Philosophy, the Suhfcriher. who
has made arrangements With him to encourage
and promote it3 publication and circulation in
the Weftern Country, and who w;1l receive
fubferiptions for 'he lame, rcfpe6Hu*!y invites
the attention of the publick to a work fo <mi»
ticntly calculated to open, enlicht^n and in
form the untjerftanding, to ameliorate the
heart, and to awaken and exalt the foul, by
making man acquainted with himfelf, w'ilh the
wotk of creation lubjtdfed to his dominion,
and vyiih The Great First Cause of all
things.
The following is a very cor.cifi (ketch of fome
of the fubjtdts 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, chylifi
cation, nutrition, the five senses, hunger,
thirst and sleep ; of local, voluntary and
involuntary motions 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 body.
Of beasts, birds, fish,reptiles 8; insects.
Gt trees and plants.
Or metals, minerals and fossils.
Of earth, water, fire, air and meteors.
Ot the system of the world.
Ot the properties that are common to
ail bodies ; and of those things wherein
natural bodies differ.
Of the First Cause.
Ot the relative perfection of bodies.
General view of the gradual progres
sion of beings.
Of the union of souls to organized bodies.
Ot 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 of God in
the creation.
Extract from the Proposals.
“The ctmatfV r of the late !earn*.-.i and pioua
Mr. Wtfiey ir fo well known, as to render any
C‘ mment totally unncvcflaty. It may be pro
per. however* to ohfetve, that in the devotion
ot* a whole life to the Rood of mankind, the
work for which we now foMcit the public pa
tronage, was among Mr mod interefting and
valuable labours. I1 >r indeed a library in if*
fetf,— comprehenfivi iy emljracing nearly the
whole h’ttory ot animat-, d nature, and difplay.
ing, in a ftyle peculiarly inftrnctive and ag.ee.•
ble, the w:f'nm. the power, anJ the goodnef*
ot Omnipotence ”
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