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Jiy (he Prclidcnt oi ihe United
States.
Whereas by the act entitled “ An
act, making provision for tl»e disposal
ot Public Lunds, situated 1 ( tween the
fr;iit d States Military 1 ract and the
(Connecticut Reserve, and other pur
poses,*’ it was enacted, that for the dis
posal of the lands of the United States,
.iluated between the United States Mi
litary i 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, be offered for sale to
the highest bidder, at the place afore
said, on such day or days, as sha” by a
Publick Proclamation of the President
of the United States be designated for
that purpose, in tracts of the same size,
and 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 recited, do hereby declare and
make known, that sales shall be held at
Canton, in the Slate of Ohio, for the
disposal of the above mentioned lands,
to commence on the second Monday of
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) TH: JEFFERSON.
A SURVEY
OF THE
Wisdom of God in the Creation ;
OR,
A Compendium of Natural Philosophy.
By John Wesley, a. m.
• “Thefe are thy glorious works. Parent of Good,
Almighty! Thine this universal frame
Thus wondrous fair ! Thyfelf how wond'ious
then !*’
William Hamilton, of Lancafler, Pennfylva
. nia, havine flued propolals for publifliing
Wesley’s Philosophy, the Subfcriber, who
has made arrangements with him to encourage
and promote its publication and circulation in
the Weftern Country, and who will receive
fubferiptiona for the fame, rcfpefttu’dy invites
the attention of the pubhek to a wmk fa emi
nently calculated to open, enlighten and in*
(form tbc UDUetftjtnding, to ameliorate the
£3- WELSH S SERMONS HAVE COME TO HAND,
h'Sit, aod to aw ken an ! exalt the fir.l, by
making man acquainted with hiRifelt, with the
wo, k of cream n futjc£*ed to hi-t dominion,
and with The Great Fjrst Cause of all
things.
The follow! ;» is a very core f lkxlch cf fome
ot the fubjc£V <m which it tfetl*.
A brief history of Natural Philoso
phy as a science, ami 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 ol which
it is composed ; of respiration, chylifi
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 f diseases ; of
fevers, the way to preserve health ; of
life and death; of the soul and origin ol
man ; of imagination, memory, the un
derstanding, will and affections ; of the
generation ol the body.
wi ueasts, mrus, nsn,reptiles oc insects.
Ol trees and plants.
Of metals, minerals anti fossils.
Of earth, water, fire, air ami meteors.
Ot the system of the world.
Of the properties that are common to
all bodies ; and ot those things wherein
natural bodies differ.
Of the First Cause.
Of the relative perfection of bodies.
General view ol' the gradual progres
sion of beings.
Of tlie union of souls to organized bodies.
Ot universal gravity, and centripetal
and centrif ugal force.
Of the discoveries of the ancients in
mathematics.
Of the improvement of knowledge bv
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 chandler ot the late learned and piouo
Mr. VVcfley ip fowell known, as to render any
C’-mment totally unneceffary It may he pro
P^r, however, to obferve, that in the devotion
of a whole life to the good of mankind, the
work tor which we now fofleir the public pi
tronage, was among his moil interefting ;,nd
valuable labours. It is indeed a library in i .
felt,—comprehenuvely embracing nearly thr
whole hiftory of animated nature, and difplay.
mg, in a ftyle peculiarly inftructive and agree.:,
ble, the wifdom, the power, and the goodnefs
ot Omnipotence ’*
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forwardii g fubfeription* to the Book and Sta.
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David m keehan.
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Of the Voyages and Travels ofa
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Under the command oj Captain Lewis
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United States,
From the mouth of the river Missouri,
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