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The New-York Weekly Magazine, or Miscellaneous Repository: Forming an Interesting Collection of Original and Select Literary Productions in Prose and Verse

General

The New-York Weekly Magazine, or Miscellaneous Repository: Forming an Interesting Collection of Original and Select Literary Productions in Prose and Verse

American periodicals

On Saturday evening last, by the Rev. Dr. Moore, Mr. WILLIAM JAMES, of
this city, to Miss ANN READ, of Trenton.


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  DIED,

On the 27th ult. of a sudden illness, TIMOTHY MASON, son to Christopher
Mason, Esq. of Swansey, in Massachusetts. He promised fair to realize
the hopes of his affectionate parents, but was prematurely cut off in
the seventh year of his age, on a visit to the city. On the 28th, his
remains were interred in the Baptist burying ground.


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  TO CORRESPONDENTS.

The ELEGY on an UNFORTUNATE VETERAN, by MATILDA, and TWILIGHT, a Sonnet,
by ALEXIS, are received, and shall appear in our next.


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  _METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS._
  _From the 24th to the 31st inst._

    _Days of the Month._
      _Thermometer observed at 8, A.M. 1, P.M. 6, P.M._
        _Prevailing winds._
          _OBSERVATIONS on the WEATHER._

          deg.  deg.  deg.    8. 1. 6.  8. 1. 6.
             100   100   100
  AUG. 24  70    74    69     NE. sw. s.   clear do. rain.
       25  69    73    67     S. do. do.   clear do. do.
       26  70    70    72     E. do. se.   clear cloudy. do.
       27  70    76 50 79     NW. do. N.   clear do. do.
       28  73    79    78     SW. do. do.  clear cloudy clear.
       29  78    85 50 80     W. nw. w.    clear do. do.
       30  76    86    80     SE. W NW.    clear do. do.
       31  75    84    79 50  NW. sw. do   clear do. do.


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  RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
  For July, 1796.
                                                            deg. 100

  Mean temperature of the thermometer at 8 A.M.              73   25
  Do. do. of the do. at 1 P.M.                               81    5
  Do. do. of the do. at 6 P.M.                               75    5
  Do. do. of the whole month                                 76   45
  Greatest monthly range between the 8th and 25th            21    0
  Do. do. in 24 hours the 21st                               12    0
  Warmest day the 8                                          88    0
  Coldest day the  25                                        67    0

  14 Days it rained. A very large quantity of rain has fallen
       this month.
  13 do.  it was clear at 8 1 and 6 o’clock.
   5 do.  it was cloudy at do.  do.
  22 do.  the wind was to the westward of north and south.
   7 Times it thundered and lightned in this month.


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  ADVERSITY.

  Adversity is virtue’s school
    To those who right discern:
  Let me observe each painful rule,
    And each hard lesson learn.


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     _For the +New-York Weekly Magazine+._

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    THE VELVET LARKSPUR AND THE EGLANTINE.

               A Fable of Flora.

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General

The New-York Weekly Magazine, or Miscellaneous Repository: Forming an Interesting Collection of Original and Select Literary Productions in Prose and Verse

American periodicals

On Saturday evening last, by the Rev. Dr. Moore, Mr. WILLIAM JAMES, of
this city, to Miss ANN READ, of Trenton.


       *       *       *       *       *

  DIED,

On the 27th ult. of a sudden illness, TIMOTHY MASON, son to Christopher
Mason, Esq. of Swansey, in Massachusetts. He promised fair to realize
the hopes of his affectionate parents, but was prematurely cut off in
the seventh year of his age, on a visit to the city. On the 28th, his
remains were interred in the Baptist burying ground.


       *       *       *       *       *

  TO CORRESPONDENTS.

The ELEGY on an UNFORTUNATE VETERAN, by MATILDA, and TWILIGHT, a Sonnet,
by ALEXIS, are received, and shall appear in our next.


       *       *       *       *       *

  _METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS._
  _From the 24th to the 31st inst._

    _Days of the Month._
      _Thermometer observed at 8, A.M. 1, P.M. 6, P.M._
        _Prevailing winds._
          _OBSERVATIONS on the WEATHER._

          deg.  deg.  deg.    8. 1. 6.  8. 1. 6.
             100   100   100
  AUG. 24  70    74    69     NE. sw. s.   clear do. rain.
       25  69    73    67     S. do. do.   clear do. do.
       26  70    70    72     E. do. se.   clear cloudy. do.
       27  70    76 50 79     NW. do. N.   clear do. do.
       28  73    79    78     SW. do. do.  clear cloudy clear.
       29  78    85 50 80     W. nw. w.    clear do. do.
       30  76    86    80     SE. W NW.    clear do. do.
       31  75    84    79 50  NW. sw. do   clear do. do.


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  RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
  For July, 1796.
                                                            deg. 100

  Mean temperature of the thermometer at 8 A.M.              73   25
  Do. do. of the do. at 1 P.M.                               81    5
  Do. do. of the do. at 6 P.M.                               75    5
  Do. do. of the whole month                                 76   45
  Greatest monthly range between the 8th and 25th            21    0
  Do. do. in 24 hours the 21st                               12    0
  Warmest day the 8                                          88    0
  Coldest day the  25                                        67    0

  14 Days it rained. A very large quantity of rain has fallen
       this month.
  13 do.  it was clear at 8 1 and 6 o’clock.
   5 do.  it was cloudy at do.  do.
  22 do.  the wind was to the westward of north and south.
   7 Times it thundered and lightned in this month.


       *       *       *       *       *

  ADVERSITY.

  Adversity is virtue’s school
    To those who right discern:
  Let me observe each painful rule,
    And each hard lesson learn.


       *       *       *       *       *
           *       *       *       *

     _For the +New-York Weekly Magazine+._

                   *   *   *

    THE VELVET LARKSPUR AND THE EGLANTINE.

               A Fable of Flora.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The New-York Weekly Magazine, or Miscellaneous Repository: Forming an Interesting Collection of Original and Select Literary Productions in Prose and Verse

The New-York Weekly Magazine, or Miscellaneous Repository: Forming an Interesting Collection of Original and Select Literary Productions in Prose and Verse

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