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P R O PO .9 A I. 3*y J. Campbell, Morgantown, Vug. I or Printing nv Suusckiption, The History of Americ a, lii HI L LI AM ROBERTSON D D. Principal of tht Univerfity of Edinburgh, llif froriographcr to his Majefty for Scotland, aud Mimbcr of the- Royal Academy of iiiAory at Madrid, The name of Robertson has long Rood in the very a.ft ranic 01 hiitorians, and perhaps none ot his writu g. have been more generally read, or ur.iverfahy admiied th .n his II. It or > ot Ameiica. So popular has the work been m Englaud,that it has palTh-d through no hfs th:.n teu editions. Moi is this wondei tu! I)r. Ho. beitfon’ti patient and indeiatigab.e in tuit y in i reicarch, and liis candour and imj arti .iity in j narration, have defervediy ficmed th highefl dcgite of credit to ah his ft iieinenU of hifto- , rie..l Lifts Hu ltyle, at once perfpi uou~ and ! elegant, eafy ar.d dignified, will Iwiys find an I adinner in every reader of nfte The feleftion of the matter comprilVd in the Hiftory ot Am - 1 rica, is happ: y ca'cuiated to i An : the mod j agreeable amufement with folid and u cful in four. tion. I lie tifcovciyot a n. w. hemisphere ] by Columbus, and the rap'd cut qtuft or M, xico and Pei u by Cot tt i and P za ro, ate among the moil extrao.dinary events tceordtd in ,u thenuc hilHuy. Tile ! iltory of the c<.r.duft id Ujc Spaniard i.o ve.riic uic natives or .. iiv i jc » exh.biti in the ftrcngtft col urs the horriolc corft'equencts which n .'ur .11y li. \v from avarice end ambition, flue’ led by icligiotis ••'potty, & unreft: ained either by puli! : oph.ii n or the ft tong arm of a juft U c. v.' t/.u-.i government Dr Koucrtfon - ir...ftc ’.y defer:ptions of tlie cullomt, manners, foci I /fate, and religious and political in/litutions, of the natives of A r.urica, is perhaps better calculated than any oiiitr wovlr in exitfence to give us corn ft ideas of the nature and fiuittion eft man in a lavage fl e, and t.f the ctfedts produced by tbeinven ti :i of the arts ana lcienccs, and the imp: re . m; " » in facial an l political inditution — 1 i!s i delciiption cf he foil, climate, and it at ui al I produftions of Spanilh America ; ot the b. Item ptlifued by Sp*:n towards her colonies, and r.f the tl'tif, ot that fvftem both t.n them and or. the mother country; of the prcfenl date of fcience, rehpion, apriciilture, commerce ma rufactures an 1 population, in the diffiimt Span.fli colonies, muft a ord amultment and inftrudtiorf to every defeription of reader . The other quitters of the globe have ixpe ricr.ce i preat ar 1 important changes in cor.l - qaen .e ot the di! :o'.-cry of Anurtca To fun fh labourersf.ir li ropeau planters fettled in the tfiands, and in v i, 1-ns pn t, ol the continent (’f America, A trie-t lias be n p'undered of its w e h 1 ini i ants, and rendered ftill more bar batons and defolate, th.n whi'e it war fe cluded front any intercour e wi*b rr ire poiiHt cd natic i s. I e p i : nd (i’vtr <>t / merica lisve tu'n lhcd European v. \ the no ins of an exterd'f.'C comroeu w.*h A in-' tog, the? with the other pro uCtion r.‘ tlv rtw Woild. have hid a powetful ak~t v in pr dtich g *h <t mcreafe o. r.-wmere »n n: m <‘'iirt,i v. ■ ij, his pradua y bof . fl- -. y or- rated the sc'Qudilioi* cf live great tody ot ih: pcopls in aim oil cvr y part of Europe. Events which | ' li-ve ha ’ fuch .in extenfive influence u< on all j j parts of the globe, cannot fail to bo highly in terfiling. 'I nc citizens of the Uni ed States ] ' ought to be acquainted with the hift<»ry ofevi- i ry pa11 of the neat continent which they inha j hit. This i* the age of rcvo'utionn,—and it is not probable that the fouthern pirt of America will long efcape itsitflnence. If by any event that counti y (heu'd be freed from the yoke of i jealou and illiberal government, its com' nierce would op n new and vail fources cf wealth to the enterprihng citizens of the United S1 atea. Encouraged by the libera! patronage which has lately been given indifferent puts of the Union to the repub'ication .1 valuabl bo« ke. and believing that the inhabit u: s of the well" e;n country wi 1 not only bcdlfpofed totneou rage fo important a bran eh ol hu'iiicls, but will all'o ic.l a 11 iong curiofs y to become acquaint- I ed with the natural ar.d political hiltory of I thofe fertile regions, with which, at no d-ilant day, 'h.y :ruy p ob bly maintain an ixtcnfivc and lucrative commerce, tne editor propolis o rcorir.t Robertfon’r 11 dory of America, from the 1 uit London edition. TERMS OF PUBLICATION. I. The v.-n 5* will he printed in lwo oflivo vo'oir.c1, of out five hundred pa, ce each, '• * :ne y bound and left -wd, ar.d delivered to tu .vpirre V the rt '.uced prif e of two do! i.tr’ • .1 i wen’y* live cents per vo ume li L wi i h*- p in*t ! on b.p. rhi:e piper of a Li..i lize, and with a new tid ib-pant type. HI. lUeh vo’nroe to he ptid for on deliveiy. IV. A lift of Subic ibers name?, with tlnir pi of . fit uv , tit e , a: (1 p:a'tP of ref: !< n< t, v ili | he piloted at the t.id of the lail volume, a p •. j tro..b of the work. V. This edition wi 1 be prince ! Onm t lie tenth Loi.d m t<J iim-r huh it Ur at t hr 'ollav. * Sul fcs plioni received at be cffice of the 1 IVbe. .trig Jo* fr'.ry. wun o “ ii.aiis'i suv. Any »> r- n who v- *, have th • Su! - j t . of “ The BritP h S • writt n ! William Wirt, Ksq. is io 0'.! tool tO retlt: 1 It. 'i H<)MAS KVAXS. L O S T, On tltc * tii or loth dry of Auyust • last, a ~>L) dollar Note r.l Hand, dtawn in lavouvol the S>if liS-. r! \ Wm. M • <. - ; ' . ■ St • f . t t Con O io. An) | t n In ling th Not<, .n.d ret truing it tc th» ubsci shall be handsomely v< warded : And tin. said William Am 1 .1. \ is notifn d ivy to j rv lilt s.«id Note to anv pt r->on v. i, >. 1 i vnver, except to tV Su’sc. i'tr or Y,,' | order. J A \i I .S K Xh h I'. J.awrcnrehnr 1 , Indian:' i'- r- ) l litory, irtiiOa 1 y/jy. J The Subscriber has A i-t JANTITY OF SALT F O R S A L K liv the Barrel. JOSEPH KERR. Wheeling, October 20, 1807. Six Dollars Reward. Sir tw d awa\ from the subscriber, a bout the 2» th of April last, A dark hr own Alarc Colt, three years old, the only mark now re colled cl, is a sni 11 snip on the e title ol lu r nose. She had been shod before, but had t.'i'!' one shoe on when she went away. i'lie hair w as cut short oft' her tc.il, but she was never dock’d. The a hove reward and reasonable charges "id he given, to any person who will bring In r home, or give information v lure she max be found. LANCELOT A R M S TR O NG. Wh •ding Octo' cr 14, 1807. GASS •< URNAL Is r. ,!v tor cleliv. rv to Subscribers,r.ncl FOR RAJ.F, At the Office ol the Repository, Mr. •.Ms, Mr. Kin A, Mr. Kt rr’s, and . M‘> 'tire’s, in Wheeling: also >;■ Mr. I). Chambers, at Major Shcp h i’( M mill. w n 1: l: l 12< c, (OHIO COVNTY VIRGINIA.) PRINTID BY A 1. f.\A n’»EK ri.ON'O. T E U M S. 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