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of my matliematical Instruments and library (many of tlie books 

 are now in the Coast survey library, a number at the military 

 Academy Westpoint and otbers otherwise disposed of), a repea- 

 ting circle of Lenoir of 1 foot diameter, the Standard toise, 

 yet present lent for the comparison of the Standards of this 

 country by M. Vaughan of Philadelphia, to whom I sold it together 

 with a Standard metre, kilogramme and a troy pound (which, 

 when I brought it to this country was exactly equal to that 

 of the mint in Philadelphia) besides other valuable objects of 

 science, I had at that time 16 or 20 Volumes 4"" a folio of 

 lectures worked out that I had heard, and similar works, re- 

 sults of my studies, some of which I gave away on leaving 

 Switzerland in 1805. — S"" Tlience I continued as before in my 

 Office, the economical Society of Berne having taken up the 

 further continuance of the survey I had begun 1791 at my ex- 

 pense. I worked still on it gratis a short time. — As we had 

 received from Ramsden in England a 3 feet Theodolite similar 

 in principle, but superior in construction to that used by general 

 Roy in England, etc, but the revolution of Switzerland in 1798, 

 again stopped the further prosecution of the work. — 9'" With 

 the outbreak of the revolution by French influence and war, 

 the Situation of my prospects in life changed, I married however 

 at that very moment. — 10^^ Without taking any share in the 

 actual revolution on either side, I was however so situated, that 

 being called in consultation, when no government actally existed, 

 it happened that I penned the declaration of Separation of the 

 new Canton formed around my native place from that of Berne, 

 with which it had been united, and I had the pleasure to find 

 all parties fully satisfied with the manner in which this step 

 was expressed to the public etc. — IV^ Always elected by the 

 Community of my fellow Citizens of Aarau or by the successive 

 administrations or legislations I passed various offices : 1^* Deputy 

 Governor organizing the new Municipalities. 2*'' Attorney 

 general of the country having all the criminal procedure to 

 guide, none being admitted to the cantonal court without my 

 admission. 3'"'^ One of the two Attorney generals of the supreme 

 court of all Switzerland in which Situation I remained tili the 

 mediation act gave again to each canton its own Jurisdiction, 



