COMPREHENDING A GENERAL VIEW

Of the Present State of the Worl

WITH RESPECT TO

CIVILIZATION, RELIGION, AND GOVERNMENT;

AND

A BRIEF DISSERTATION

ON THE

IMPORTANCE OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE.

FIRST REVISED EDITION,

BY SAMUEL WHELPLEY, A. M.

PRINCIPAL OF THE MORRIS ACADEMY.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

PUBLISHED BY KIMBER & CONRAD, No. 93, MAR
STREET, PHILADELPHIA.

PRINTED BY REYNOLDS AND PALMER.

1808.

District of New Jersey, to wit:

BE it remembered that on the twenty first day of June in the thirty first year o he independence of the United States of America, David Allinson, of the said dis rict hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims a roprietor, in the words following, to wit:

"A Compend of History, from the earliest Times: comprehending a genera "View of the present State of the World, with respect to Civilization, Reli "gion and Government, and a brief Dissertation on the Importance of Histo "rical Knowledge. First revised Edition. By Samuel Whelpley, A. M. Prin "cipal of the Morris Academy. In two Volumes."

nconformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled an act for he encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned nd also, to the act, entitled, an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for he encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and book the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned nd extending the benefits thereof, to the arts of designing, engraving and etching istorical and other prints.

ROBERT BOGGS,

Clerk of the District of New Jersey.

A

COMPEND OF HISTORY,

FROM THE

EARLIEST TIMES.

VOLUME I.

6

LIDRARK

District of New Jersey, to wit:

BE it remembered that on the twenty first day of June in the thirty first year of e independence of the United States of America, David Allinson, of the said disict hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as roprietor, in the words following, to wit:

"A Compend of History, from the earliest Times: comprehending a general "View of the present State of the World, with respect to Civilization, Reli"gion and Government, and a brief Dissertation on the Importance of Histo"rical Knowledge. First revised Edition. By Samuel Whelpley, A. M. Prin"cipal of the Morris Academy. In two Volumes.”

conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled an act for e encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned; id also, to the act, entitled, an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for e encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, id extending the benefits thereof, to the arts of designing, engraving and etching, istorical and other prints.

ROBERT BOGGS,

Clerk of the District of New Jersey.