Valentine's manual of the city of New York 1917-1918

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On the Love of Money.
 

iVJE W- ro R K,  OcUer 8, 1759.

ADVERTISEMENT/.

Juft publifhed, and to be fold by H, Gaine/ Printer and Bookfeller, at his
Printing-office at the Bible and Crown, in Hancver-Square, in New-York,
by wholefale and retail;

HUTCHlN's Improved;

Being an Almanack and Ephemeris for the Year 1760, on a different PKn from any everpub-
lilhed in this Government, illuftratcd with 12 beautiful Cuts, each reprefenting the Tramac-
tions of the different Months in the Year.    It contains.

The Motions of tlie Sun and Moon ; the true Places and Afpeds of the Planets; the Rifing
and Setting of the Sun ; and the Riling, Setting and Southing of the Moon. Alfo, tlie Lunations,
Conjundions, Eclipfe?, Judi;;mcnt ofthe Weather, tRifing and Setting of the Planets, Length of
Days ar.d Nights, Courts iu'New-Jerfey and New-York. And the following fcle<ft Pieces of
Poetry, vis.

J. The Picture of a CotRTiru.             -^^^    8. No Pains no Profti or Induftry is All

2.  Virtun's Addrefs to HrRCULCS.         \ ^              in All.

3.   Merit in Rags meet? with few y/</-   "^J*'    9. On Reason;

mircrs.                                                  'J^^     10. On the Lov

4.   Pride not made for Man.                      ^}j     m. Advice to the Ladies.

5.   On FoRTiTtDE.                                    f£%    12. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven;

6.   Nature will prevail.                             x.^     13. The Contented Fai-mcr*

7.   The Fox and Hare.' A Fable.              5?    14. The Englinimau's Wifh.

Likewife the following excellent and profitable Pieces in Profe, which merit the P"cru£J of Young
and Old, in w hat Station of Life focver they may be placed, viz.

1.   Reflections on Vanity by the      ^^   6. Of Applicai ion to Business.

Mirquis of Halifr.x.                             f f    7. A R^/^^/b« of Mr. Addifnn't on Dcatfi.

2.   On Contentmemt.                            %P    8.    A Reflection of Sir Walter Ra»

3.   On  Ingratitude.'                            ^'^            LEiGH'son thefame Subjeft.

4.   On (JRATiTUDE.                                  l\    9. Duty oi Children to their Parents.

5.   On the Love of our Country.              ^     10. Duty of Parents to their Children,

Likewife tlie followipg ufcfi-.l Receipts, which may be of the greateft Utility^
t    A Cure for the Rheumatifm.

2.   A Cure for the moft malignant Fevers; and,

3.  A Cure for the Cough.

Dcf.dcs the above, you'll find :n this Almanack, Inrtrudions whereby any Perfon who is late
ou: at Niglit, may kncv the Hour by the Shaddow of the Moon on a Sun-Dial. Alfo a New
Mcthoil ot'hatching Chickens, by Means of Ovens as praftifed m Egypt. An Account of Que¬
bec, with the many Attempts m::de by the Englifh for its Reduction; the Fairs in Ncw-Jeriey
••ind Pennfylvania;—the Roads along the Continent, as well as thofe from the Mouth of the Ri¬
ver St. Lav/rancc to the .MilTilippi. An Account of the Rates of the Stage Boats and Waggons
th.it ply between the City of New-York and Philadelphia, with the Days they fct out and arrive.
\ Lirt of his Britannick Majefty's Forces now in North-America. A Lift of the New-York Pri-
vatcw-rs. A new Method of making Flax as foft as Silk; and how to make Starch out of
Pot.itocs; with many other ufcful Remarks. In fliort, no Pains have been fpared to render thil
Almanack ufefol: So that 'tis incumbent on every Perfon to be carcfiil to call for Hutchim'i
ir.vi: roved, for the Year 1760.
 

Specimen of printing by Hugh Gaine the first Irish printer in
New York, 1759.

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