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A Colonial Cornfield on the Wissahickon. Frontispiece in Color "Lansdowne" Washington-By Gilbert Stuart.

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Independence Hall-Birthplace of the Nation.
2 Scene of Washington's "Farewell Address",

95
The Liberty Bell.
5 Washington's Desk.

96
Philadelphia and the Parkway from the Air.
6 Independence Chamber-Independence Hall.

97
Broad and Walnut Streets Looking North.
8 Washington's Pew in Christ Church.

98
City Hall Tower at Night...
10 Interior of Carpenters' Hall.

99
New Philadelphia Museum of Art..
12 Old Zion Lutheran Church, December 26, 1799.

100
Municipal Pier No. 84, Foot of Porter Street.

Where Stuart Painted the Athenaeum Portrait.

100
The Rising Old City Across Rittenhouse Square.
13 Washington's "Presidential Mansion"

101
The Delaware River Bridge .

14
Betsy Ross House, No. 239 Arch Street.

102
New Two Million Dollar Overbrook Senior High School. 16 Morris House, Germantown.

103
The New Free Library of Philadelphia..

17 Chew_Mansion, Germantown-Washington's Battleground. 105
The Coming Pennsylvania Passenger Terminal.
18 Blue Bell Inn, 1766...

105
New Colossal Municipal Stadium..

19
Washington Memorial Chapel, Valley Forge.

106
Old Swedes' Church, 1700.
21 The National Memorial, Valley Forge...

107
Swanson TombstoneOld Swedes' Church.

23
Valley Forge Entrenchments in Winter Time.

108
Early “Americanization" Papers...
23 Washington's Headquarters at Valley Forge.

111
Swedish Houses on Queen Street..
25 Lafayette's Headquarters, Valley Forge..

112
John Printz, Governor at Tinicum.
25 Washington Inn, Valley Forge.

113
Queen Christina of Sweden...
25 King of Prussia Inn, 1769.

113
Big-Eyed-Angels-Old Swedes' Church.
26 Soldiers' Hut, Valley Forge..

114
Site of the Swedish Governor's Mansion, 1643.

27
Swedish Log Cabin, Darby Creek, 1698..
28 Doorway of the Chew House, Germantown.

115
Rear View of John Morton's Birthplace.
28 The Woodlands, West Philadelphia, 1770.

117
Cobb's Creek Dam-Site of Swedish Watermill, 1643

29
Laurel Hill, Hunting Park Avenue.

118
Swedish Type of Log Farmhouse.

30
Mt. Pleasant, East Fairmount Park, 1761.

119
St. James Church, Kingsessing, West Philadelphia

31
The Johnson Bullet-Riddled Fence, Germantown.

120
Dr. Charles J. Stillé......

32
Carlton—The Plantation of Roxborough.

121
The Founder of Pennsylvania—"Penn in Armor"
33 Carpenters' Hall, 1770—Founded 1724..

123
Successor of the Blue Anchor Inn.

35
Charles Thomson-By Charles Willson Peale.

124
Penn Treaty Monument, Shackamaxon.

35
The Lane to Harriton.

124
The Calder Statue of Penn.
36 Harriton, Bryn Mawr, 1704.

125
Penn's First Home in America.

37
Grave of Charles Thomson, Laurel Hill.

126
Penn's Razor...
38 Congress Hall-Rear Door

127
William Penn, Quaker.

39
Congress Hall-Main Entrance

127
Wynnstay-Built in 1690.

39
Mill Ruin on Old Gulph Road.

128
The Famous Wampum Belt.

39
Penn's Secretary.

Robert Morris-By Charles Willson Peale.
40

129
Caricature of Robert Morris .

131
Site of the Home of the Founder of Germantown.
41 The “Angel House" at Harmonville.

132
Doorway of No. 25 High Street.

41
Bank of North America-Chartered 1781

133
A Pastorius Home, 1796..

41
First United States Bank, 1795..

134
Thones Kunder's House.

43
Keyser House, 1738..

The Rittenhouse Clock at Drexel Institute.
44

137
Pastorius Monument, Vernon Park,

David Rittenhouse (1732-1796).
45

138
Lower Burying Ground, Germantown.

First United States Mint, 1792.
45

140
Wyck-Oldest House in Germantown, 1690

Rittenhouse's "Orrery' _University of Pennsylvania.
47

141
Site of Rittenhouse Mill, Germantown, 1690.

Birthplace of David Rittenhouse.
49
Rittenhouse's Grave-Laurel Hill.

143
Merion Meeting House, 1695.
50 Country Home of Provost Smith.

144
Interior of Old Swedes' Church, 1700.
50 Norriton Presbyterian Church..

144
Christ Church.

51
Friends' Arch Street Meeting House.

Schuylkill River at Market Street.
53

145
St. Michael-Zion German Lutheran Church

Fitch's First Passenger Steamboat.
54

145
Interior of Christ Church.

A Relic of the First Steamboat.
55

145
First Presbyterian Church.

Robert Fulton's Philadelphia Home.
57

146
First Baptist Church..

From Fitch's MS. Books in the Ridgway Library
57

147
St. Michael's Church, Germantown.

Robert Fulton's Portrait in Independence Hall.
57

148
Church of the Brethren, Germantown.

Cramp's Shipyard on the Delaware.

149
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church.

Presbyterian Church of Neshaminy.
57

150
Mikve Israel Synagogue.

57
Benjamin West (1738-1820)-By Matthew Pratt.

151
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church.

58
Mrs. Benjamin West-By Matthew Pratt,

152
St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church.

58
West's "Christ Healing the Sick"

153
St. George's Methodist Church..

59

West's "Death on the Pale Horse”.
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church

154
60

Birthplace of Benjamin West.
St. Paul's Church..

155
60
Mennonite Meeting House, Germantown.

61 Dormitory Terrace-University of Pennsylvania, 1925. 157
Trinity Church, Oxford.
63 The Original College Building, 1740.

157
Market Square Church, Germantowa.
64 "Presidential Mansion" on Ninth Street, 1802-1829.

159

The Forerunner of Penn Charter, 1745-1867.
Stenton-Built by James Logan in 1728.

161
65 The New William Penn Charter School at Germantown
Wister House, Germantown, 1744..

161
67
Woodford-Oldest Mansion in Fairmount Park

Episcopal Academy, 1785.

162
68
The New Episcopal Academy at Overbrook.

162
Interior of Belmont Mansion, 1745.
69 First Philadelphia Central High School.

162
Whitby Hall, Haverford

70 New Central High School Building, 1900.
John Bartram's House, Kingsessing, 1731

162
71 Germantown Academy..

163
American Indian Chief-Portrait by Peale..

University of Pennsylvania from the Air.
73

164
Penn Treaty Park.

75 The First Medical School in America, 1925.
Monolith to the Lenni Lenape Indians

167
75 First Medical School in America, 1765.
West's "Penn's Treaty with the Indians"

167
76 College of Physicians-Founded 1787..

169
Burial Ground of the Indian Chief Tamenend.
79 Interior of Library-Pennsylvania Hospital.

170
"Franklin in 1723"--By R. Tait McKenzie.

The Pennsylvania Hospital-Founded 1754.

171
81
Franklin's Library-Founded 1731

Home of Dr. Caspar Wistar.

171
83
Franklin's Electrical Machine..

Home of Dr. Philip Syng Physick..

171
84
American Philosophical Society-Founded 1743,

Dr. Benjamin Rush-Physician and Patriot.
85

172
Signers' Chair and Table, Independence Hall.

Jefferson Medical College-Founded 1824.
87

173
Franklin at Sixty-one.

Dr. D. Hayes Agnew at a Clinic-By Thomas Eakins 175

87
At Work on the Declaration.
87 State House Row, Philadelphia ..

176
Boyle's Statue of Franklin..

88 The Declaration of Independence..
Franklin Institute-Built in 1825.

177
89 Where the Declaration was written

179
Franklin Court-Drawing by Frank H. Taylor.

90 Thomas Jefferson-Contemporary Portrait
Franklin's Grave..

179
91 James Wilson-First University Professor of Law.

180
Franklin's Composing Stick
92 The First Law School in the United States..

181

142

57

Abington Presbyterian Church, 303, 304 Christina, Queen, 24, 32, 265

Evans Dental Institute, 118, 166
Academy and College of Philadelphia, 158, Church of the Brethren, 48, 52, 64, 252, 300 Evans House, 188
172

"Churches, The Ancient." Route 4, 52
Academy of Fine Arts, account of, 196. City Hall, account of, 263, 282; Baldwin Fairmount Park, 40, 268

277; "Lansdowne" Washington, 98, statue, 204; bronze tablet, south side, 22; Fatlands, 290
100; paintings by West, 152; portrait Girard statue, 214; Law Library, 178; First City Troop, 184, 192

of West, 151; portraits of actors, 232 Law Courts, 178; Penn statue, by "First in war, first in peace, etc.," 56, 276
Academy of Music, 232, 273

Calder, 34; tower, 263, 268; Washington First white child born on Philadelphia
Academy of Natural Sciences, 271

statue, 94

soil, 36, 266, 276
Adams, John, 87, 116, 118, 119, 128
Clinton Street, 188, 264

“Fitch and Fulton and the First Steam-
Agnew, Dr. D. Hayes, 174
Clock House, 308

boats," Route 14, 145
Alcott, Bronson, 160; Louisa M., 160, 240 Cobb's Creek dam, 281, 293

Fitch manuscripts, 148
"American Homes, Some Early,” Route Cobb's Creek Parkway, 280, 281

Fitch Tablet at Hartsville, 150, 305
19, 183
College of Physicians, 168

Floating Bridge, Market Street, 145, 146
American Philosophical Society, 86, 138, "Colonial Homes, Some Early," Route 5,65 Flower Observatory, 298
182, 274
Commercial Museum, 282

Forrest, Edwin, 230, 232, 278; grave of,
American play, first, 232, 240, 264

Concord School, Germantown, 280, 300 60, 230, 276; home of, 234; Home for
Andalusia, 308

Congress Hall, account of, 274; balance Retired Actors, 230, 234, 308; Stuart's
André, Major, 232, 284

wheel from first steamboat, 148; Wash- portrait of, 234
Angel House, 130, 136, 290

ington in, 94, 96; Robert Morris, 130 Fort Huntingdon, Valley Forge, 110
Aquarium, 270

Continental Congress, 88, 96, 126, 128 Fort Washington, Valley Forge, 108, 112,
Arch Street Meeting House, 52, 56, 276 Corinthian Yacht Club, 26

114, 289
Arnold, Benedict, 118, 270

Corn Exchange National Bank, 266, 275, Foulke House, 300
Arsenal, Frankford, 261, 308

282

Frankford Arsenal, 261, 308
Art Museum, Philadelphia, 202, 270, 291 Court House, Chester, 292

Frankford, Old, 308
Athenæum portrait of Washington, painted Cramp's Shipyard, 148, 150, 308

Franklin, Benjamin, 78, 152, 158, 178, 248,
in Germantown, 100, 279
Crum Creek Canal, 212

267; "Autobiography,” 92, 236, 275;
Audubon, John James, 290
Cullin, Dr. Nicholas, tablet to, 24

epitaph, 240; grave, 92, 236; home, 92;
Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe, 290 Cunard, Sir Samuel, 44, 279

printing press, 250; Boyle's statue of,
"Autobiography," Franklin's, 92, 236 Custom House, account of, 261, 274; 88, 260, 273
Automobile Club of Philadelphia, 311

mileage to, 261

Franklin Court, 92, 236, 238, 275
Auto-Tourists, Bulletin of Information for,

Franklin Field, 82, 282
312
Davis, Richard Harding, 166, 236

Franklin Institute, 88; memorials of
Avondale, 210, 212, 228, 296
Dawesfield, 300

Franklin, 88
"Death on the Pale Horse," 152, 198 "Franklin, In the Footsteps of," Route 7.
Babylonian Collection, 166, 282
Decatur, Stephen, 60, 276; home, 308

82
Baldwin Locomotive Works, 204, 206, 212, Declaration of Independence, 86, 177, 182, / "Franklin in 1723," McKenzie Statue, 82
278, 293

276

Fulton, Robert, 146, 148
Baltimore Pike, 296
Delaware River Bridge, 267, 308

Fulton's House, site of, 148; sketch of. 146
Baptist Church, First, 52

Detours: to Angel House, Harmonville. 290; Furness, Dr. Horace Howard, 228, 230, 236
Baptist Ternple, 278

to Audubon's early home, 290; to Avon-
Barry, Commodore, 58

dale, 296; to Bartram's Garden, 292; to "George Washington in Philadelphia,"
Bartram's Home and Garden, 30, 72, 104, birthplace of Anthony Wayne, 288; to Route 8, 93
281, 292

birthplace of John Morton, 292; to "George Washington Sight-Seeing Tour,"
Belmont Mansion, 40,70, 102, 122, 190, 270 birthplace of Benjamin est, 296; to 273
Bethlehem Pike, 300

Brandywine Battlefield, 296; to Bryn German Reformed Church, 46. 64
Betsy Ross, grave of, 104, 281

Athyn, 306; to Bryn Mawr College, 286; Germantown Academy, 158, 160, 164, 279
Betsy Ross House, 92, 98, 132, 276

to Bucks County Historical Society Germantown, Battle of, 48, 66, 100, 102,
"Betsy Ross," modern, 257, 258

Museum, 302; to Caleb Pusey House, 122, 160
Billmeyer House, 48, 100, 102, 280, 300 Upland, 292; to Camp Hill, and "Germantown, Founding and Founders of,"
Bittig's bas-relief, Broad St. Station, 204 Devereux House, 300; to Cedarcroft, Route 3, 41
Blockhouse, Swedish, 292

296; to Chalkley Hall, 308; to Cramp's Germantown Friends' Meeting House, 44,
Blue Anchor Inn, 36, 78, 265

Shipyard, 308; to Dawesfield, 300; to 52, 64, 279
Blue Bell Tavern, 104, 281

Stephen Decatur's home, 308; to Germantown Site and Relic Society, 44,
Bourse, Philadelphia, 276

Disston's Saw Works, 306; to Doyles- 78, 192, 279
Brandywine Battlefield, 296

town, 304; to Evansburg Church, 290; Girard College, 40, 214, 218, 268
Brandywine, battle of, 104, 122, 224

to Fatlands, 290; to Foulke House, Girard Estate, 218, 267
Breck, Samuel, 136, 190, 208, 210

Penllyn, 300; to Frankford Arsenal, 308; Girard National Bank, 132, 214, 266
Brick house, first, 40

to Old Frankford, 308; to Main Street, Girard Park, 218; Girard School, 218
Bristol, 308; Bristol Pike, 308

Germantown, 300; to Graeme Park, 302; Girard, Stephen, 60, 264, 266, 276; farm-
Broad Street Station, 204, 271, 277, 282 to Harriton, 286; to The Highlands, 300; house of, 214; home of, 214; original
Brown, Charles Brockden, 236

to "Indian Walk," 304; to Longwood estate of, 214; relics of, 218; sarcophagus
Bryn Athyn Church of the New Jerusalem, Gardens. 296; to Lower Dublin Aca- of, 218; statue of, 214, 218
306

demy, 308; to Mill Grove, 290; to Old "Girard, Stephen-Patriot and Philan-
Bryn Mawr College, 114, 286

Swede's Church, Wilmington, 292; to thropist," Route 22, 213
Bucks County Historical Society, Museum Site of Paoli Massacre, 285, 288, 289; "Gloria Dei" Church, 24, 62
of, 80, 302

to Penn Treaty Park, 308; to Red Lion Godfrey, Thomas, 66, 240
Bulletin of Information for Auto-Tourists, Inn, 298; to Skippack, 300; to State Godfrey, Thomas, Jr., 232, 240, 264
312

in Schuylkill, 308; to Stenton, 302, 305, / "Goldbug," 240
Bullet-riddled fence, 120, 122

307; to Trinity Church, Oxford, 306; Graeme Park, 302
Bull's Head Tavern, 206

to St. David's Church, Radnor, 284; to "Grand Depot, The," 206
Byberry farms, and hospital, 307

St. Tammany's burial ground, 302; to Grant's Cabin, General, 270; statue, 270

Walt Whitman's home, Camden, 310; Gratz, Rebecca, 236
Camac Street, 263

to Walt Whitman's tomb, 310; to Green Tree Tavern, Germantown, 46, 68,
Camden, 310

Waynesborough, 288; to Wrightstown, 164, 279, 300
Camp Hill, 300

304

Gulph Mills, boulder, 114, 289
Camp Schoolhouse, Valley Forge, 114 Devereux House, 300
Cannon Ball Farm, 26

pany, 265

lock and key, 36; model of, 34; Swedish | Lewis and Clark Expedition, Outfitting, | North America, Bank of, 130, 250, 275
portraits, 22; Washington, bust of, 94; 259
Washington, Martha, portrait of, 94, Liberty Bell, 5, 274; Yoke of, 252

Obelisk, Marble, Market St. Bridge, 286
200; Washington, portraits and relics of, Library, New Philadelphia Free, 271 Octagonal School House, Birmingham, 296;
94; portraits by West, 156, 200, 254; Lincoln Highway, 306

Newtown Square, 298
souvenirs of West, 156
Lincoln's Law Library, 182

Old City Hall, account of, 274; American
Historic Facts About Philadelphia, 19 Llanerch Country Club, 298

Indian Chief, portrait of, by Charles
Historic Routes, Table of, 9
Logan, James, 38, 66, 68, 72, 192

Willson Peale, 74; Firet United States
Hog Island, 26
"Log College," 150, 304

Supreme Court, 182; Indian Curios, 74;
Holme, Thomas, grave of, 308; home of, Longwood Cemetery, 228, 291

“Penn's Treaty with the Indians," by
38, 275
"Longwood" Gardens, 296

West, 14, 152, 200; Red Jacket, portrait
"Honeymoon Hotel," 236, 276
Loudoun, 42, 192, 278

of, 74; souvenirs of Stuart and Sully,
Hope Lodge, 300, 301
Lower Dublin Academy, 308

202; Treaty Elm, section of, 74
Hopkinson, Joseph, 182, 238, 274

Lower Germantown Burial Ground, 44, "Old Glory,'' making of, 257, 258
Horticultural Hall, 269

122, 278

"Old Ironsides," 204
Hotel, Bellevue-Stratford, 273; Benjamin Ludwick, Christopher, 62

"Old Schools and Schoolmasters," Route
Franklin, 88, 236, 274; Continental, 236;

16, 157
Green's, 274; Ritz-Carlton, 273; Sten- Manufacturers' Club, 273

Old Swedes' Church, Philadelphia, 24, 52,
ton, 273; Walton, 273
Map of Highway Routes, 319

62, 265
Hurrie, William, the bell ringer, 58
Map of Philadelphia, 320

Old Swedes' Church, Wilmington, 292, 293
Market, Old Second Street, 186

Old Swedish houses, 24, 265
Illustrations, List of, 314
Market Square, 46, 78, 279

Old York Road, 100, 304
Inclined Plane at Belmont, 208

Market Square Presbyterian Church, 46, Oldest Social Club in America, 308, 311
Independence Hall, account of, 274; clock, 52, 64

Oldest House in Germantown, 46, 280
138; Declaration of Independence Masonic Home, 278

Oldest Industries. sixteen, 244
signed, 86; designed by Hamilton, 118; Masonic Lodge, First, 300

Oldest School Building in Germantown, 48
historic portraits, 200; Independence Masonic Temple, 94, 277

"Our Mutual Friend," 242, 282
chamber, 86; portrait of Benjamin Masonic Temple, Washington Relics, 94 Overbrook High School, New, 286
Rush, 168; portrait of Charles Brockden Mayors of Philadelphia, Portraits of, 34 "Overhanging Rock," 114, 289
Brown, 236; portrait of Charles Thom- “Medical Practitioners, The Early,"
son, 124; portrait of Robert Morris, Route 17, 167

Paoli Massacre, 284
130; West portrait, 156

Medical School, Oldest, 166, 168, 172, 174, Paper Mill, first, in America, 48, 280
"Indians, Relics and Reminders of the," 282

Pastorius' Cave, 42, 264
Route 6, 73

Medical Society, Philadelphia County, 168 Pastorius, Daniel, 46, 68, 192
Indian Reservation, 38, 74, 276

Meeting Houses, Abington, 303; Arch Pastorius, Francis Daniel, 44, 64, 192, 279
Indian Rock, 80

Street, 52, 56, 276; Birmingham, 296; Pastorius Homestead, 46, 279
"Indian Walk," 80, 304

Buckingham, 305; Concord, 297; Frank- | Pastorius, Monument, to Francis Daniel,
Inman, Henry, 198, 242

ford, 308; Germantown, 44, 52, 64, 279; 46. 279
Insurance Company of North America, Horsham, 303; Kennet Square, 228, 297; Pastorius Motto, 42, 46, 192
266, 271, 276, 282

Longwood, 228; Mennonite, German- Paxton Boys, 74, 78
Insurance, first book on, 244

town, 46, 52, 64, 144, 164, 280, 300; Peale, Charles Willson, 124, 142, 148, 196,
International Mercantile Marine Com- Merion, 52, 62, 289; Newtown, 222, 298; 198, 200

Springfield, 156; Wrightstown, 80 Peale, Rembrandt, 146, 178, 200
Inventor of the quadrant, 232, 240
Memorial Hall, 202, 269

Penllyn, 300
Irwin, tablet to Nathaniel, 304
Mercantile Club, 278

Penn Boulder, Chester, 292
Ivy, The, 304
Merion Cricket Club, 289

Penn, Granville John, 74, 190
Mikve Israel, 57, 63, 278

Penn House, William, 40, 267, 269
Japanese Garden, 269
Mill Grove, 290

Penn, John, 36, 74, 190, 268, 276
Jefferson, Joseph, 230; birthplace of, 230, Mitchell, Dr. S. Weir, 118, 168, 236, 240, Penn, John, home of, 40, 190
264

281

Penn National Bank, 182, 276
Jefferson Medical College, 174

Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Sower, Christopher, 44, 64, 250

Type, First cast in America, 44, 252
Railroad, monument of, 212
Spring Garden Institute, 278

Unicorn Inn, 222, 298; original of, 224
Physick, Dr. Philip Syng, 172, 174, 188 Spring House School, 308

Cnion League, 236, 273
Pine St. Presbyterian Church, 52, 58 St. David's Church, Radnor, 284, 286 Unionville, 222, 224, 298
Poe, Edgar Allan, home of, 240

St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church, United States Bank, First, 132, 214, 266,
Poe, Edgar Allan, manuscript, 242, 282 52, 56

276
"Polly," tea-ship, 160
St. James' Church, Evansburg, 290

l'nited States Mint, 259, 260; First, 138
"Poor Richard's Almanac," 92. 236 St. James' Church, Kingsessing, 30, 52, 62, L'niversity of Pennsylvania, 98, 140, 158,
Porter Mansion, Norristown, 290

104, 281, 293

276; buildings of, 166; College Hall,
Port Royal, 308

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, 52, 140; Dormitories, 32; first Graduating
Portuguese Hebrew Burial Ground, 236, 56. 276

Class, 158; Hospital, 166, 282; Houston
263

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 52, 58 Hall, 140, 282; Later Site of, 158; Law
Post Office, account of, 260, 273; mileage St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Gtn., 48. School, description of, 178, 282; Library,
to, 260
52, 300

82, 242; Franklin relics. 82; Medical
Powel, Samuel, home of, 98, 116, 178, 276 St. Michael-Zion German Lutheran School, 174, 282; Museum, 166, 282;
Pratt, Matthew, 151, 152, 196, 202

Church, 54

Original Site of, 158
Presbyterian Church, First, 52, 54, 236, St. Paul's Church, 52, 60, 276

Upper Burying Ground, Germantown, 48,
274
St. Paul's Church, Chester, 293

280, 300
Princeton College, 54, 62

St. Peter's Church, 52, 58, 96, 186, 264, t'psala, 192, 280, 300
Printz, Mansion of Governor, 28

276

Ursinus College, 291
Printz. Water-mill of, 30, 281