Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-11-03
HANDWRITING.

w d Mackrnzie, the interchangeable and ca
p.rle .duor OF me Colonial Ad,oc ale, printed
at Yurk, Unp r Canada, Isl ed ,he pri",ip
cities # ne United S ats, the 2ss' sraso".-
w. know unlike Captain Hall h' returned with
lust -stima:-, if not with high admiration,
OF our country. The following is an ex ract
from more recent publication in the Ad,o-
cafe, doubtless from his pen. enti led 'Recol:rc.
,inns Of Washington" Al6"ny drgns
Gin h- D. par'men, Of S,atr. LAS own
The original Dec lar alton ut Ind p"nden' e., WIN
the signatures If the mrmbers ot Congress
thereto attached; i, is framed and IN good
state Of pres. rva,ipn. ] Examined the writing
and signatures with care, and found hem to
res. mble closely the copperpia'' la simi'e pub
lisned some wears ago, think, i" Phi adelphia.
In the same suite Of rooms are macy o'hfr
turiosi,ies, swords, snuff boxes, medals, 6 (.
presented to Uni'ed States vi ist-rs by Rus
STA, South America, Swed.n. &c. In the libra.
nv attached 10 this department, are deposited
copirs Of all books for viii h an exclusive right
of o. bile alton has been aiken out by tn authors
or proprie,ors, BIZ sides manv other works,
some Of thin vrrv interesting and rare. Hav'
Ing expressed some curiosity, l was poll ely
shown the originals OF The treaties made by the
Uni.ed S,a es with several foreign powers -
His majesty K ng George writes hi name in
nearly as good ham, as myself, and the nation.
al 81 al Of Britain, attached 10 the treaty, IS
piece Il as elegant Workmanship as any hing
Of The kind I ever bsbe,d. There are the re-
cords OF not less than three treaties made with
B,napare. I,xami ed his signatures to each
carefully Once his name is 'oleiably well
written, Blu, in hurried manner; another time
I could trace the four frs, letters, and might
>,fn haph ~ n
wrote them. The 'hIrd, hastily scrawled when
on horseback. 1.-THE Louisiana cession rea'y, #
mis- AXE MOI is almost ilIegible II is said Of
Napoleon tina he never wrote good hand,
and lately i, had becom. so ileeiblr, as only 10
be decypherrd by his secretary. Iii wa> as
had as his signatures TO ,reatirs vi u America,
! should no, save en,ied hi. clerks their 81 ua-
tlons; especially il he wro as much rs his
ris,orians say hr did. There is negotiation
with he Emperor OF Morocco among these
pledges # p+ ace, bu, as j, was written in Ara
bic i could mt understood syllable ~ il, il
nigh, hav. been old Etony's Oh ,idee NJ. S
for augh could tell o me CONTRARY. An
ward Of the late Gear If Russia is also deposits
ed here having hts autograph snn, xed. The
Kirg 4 Prussia writes an excrlien hand, and
should 'crowns and eoroneis re rent from their
wearers on the Europeae con,ineni, in is lime
hr will be able 30 f,llow thu example of o.
nysiu. OF Syracuse. and turn country school
master had an opp 'r'uni Of >re'ng irta
~ with hr Emperor Of Br .ziI, whi' h is a hand
some silken document, but The Dor affx his
"amr IN a ,curvy, clumsy, unkingIy manner -
The seal Of the Unired States is beautiful, has
goodlv deyi'r and mus have ros' powe,
~ money! 20 Uncle Sam. I # DIS an oppH'-
,uni for an instructive con'ra,t, when placed
beside Mr.. Madison's plain small >ign.t wit
some thirteen or ifteen stars in l., which sig
net i. preserved in the same place, attached 10
some CONNIE re ,sl document or other.