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The Birch Del.

THE

PICTURE

OF

PHILADELPHIA,

GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF ITS ORIGIN, INCREASE
AND IMPROVEMENTS

IN ARTS, SCIENCES, MANUFACTURES,

COMMERCE AND REVENUE.

WITH A COMPENDIOUS

VIEW OF ITS SOCIETIES,

LITERARY, BENEVOLENT, PATRIOTIC, & RELIGIOUS.

ITS POLICE-THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS-THE PRISON AND
PENETENTIARY SYSTEM-INSTITUTIONS,
MONIED AND CIVIL-MUSEUM.

BY JAMES MEASE, M. D.

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY B. & T. KITE, NO. 20, N. THIRD-STREET.
For Sale by them and Joseph Delaplaine.