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TIMOTHY PirK1N Esq. Of Connecticut, (former-
" for many years prominent member of Congress,
and author OF we'll known work on the Statistics
Of he Union,) has issued proposals for a work en-
tled Sketches OF the Political and Civil History
ii the United States" from the settlement OF the
Colonies 10 the close Of The Administration of Prcs


denr Washington to be comprised in two volumes,
Of 500 pages each, a, 81 so per volume. One OF
The objects of Mr.. p in this work, is to trace the
origin Of our political and civil institutions. aud the
more remote, as we'll as proxmate, causes of our
Revolution. From on attentive investigation Of the
Colonial disputes with the parent country and par


cularly that arising from the monopoly Of the com
merce and manufactures OF the Colonists Mr.. r.
is led to the conclusion that the seeds Of the Revolu


ton were sown long before the passage OF The Stamp
Act Any additional light on this part of our his


tory will be valuable and from the papers OF ndivl.
duals to which we understand Mr.. p. has had &C.
cess he expects to b. able to present some interes-


ting facts particularly in relation to our Foreign Al.
fairs during the Revolution, not generally known.
We are confident that MIR. P. will carefully exclude
every thing Of party character from his work and
as we know not many hands better qualified for such
a task we anticipate from his abors ar important