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ECLIPSES for the YEAR 1793.
I. Of the Moon, on the 25th of February, in the afternoon; partly visible.
                             H. M.
Beginning of the eclipse, - - 4  42
Greatest obscuration,  -    - 5  59
End of eclipse,  -     -    - 7  18 
Duration,     -      -      - 2  36
Digits eclipsed, 5 2-3, from the fourth side of the earth's shadow. N. B. The Moon rifes 4 3-4 digits eclipsed.
II. Of the Sun, on the 12th of March, at 8 minntes past 1 in the morning ; invisible.
III. Of the Moon, on the 21st of August, at 57 minutes past 9 in the morning; invisible.
IV. Of the Sun, on the 5th of September, in the morning; the sun will be 9 1-2 digits eclipsed at London; but a very small portion of it can be seen here; the western limb of the moon abandons the eastern limb of the sun 7 minutes after sun-rise.
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These calculations are according to Ferguson's Astronomy, explained upon sir Isaac Newton's principles.
B.B.
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The CENSUS of the several States, so far as returns have been made into the office of the Secretary of State.
No returns being yet received from those marked thus*, their numbers are stated conjecturally, in order to give an idea of the aggregate amount of the whole.
[[column 1]]
New-Hampshire, 141,885
Massachusetts, 378,787}475,327
Maine, 96,540         }
Rhode-Island, 68,825
Connecticut, 237,946
*Vermont, 85,000
New-York, 340,120
New-Jersey, 184,139
Pennsylvania, 434,373
Delaware, 59,094
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Maryland, 319,728
Virginia, 747,610
Kentucky, 73,677
North-Carolina, 393,751
*South-Carolina 240,000
Georgia, 82,548
*S.W. territory 30,000
*N.W. territory, 5,000
Total Number 3,919,023