.6 %/M tt^'^^'V^,^ BOOK OF REFERENOF. I LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. # # $ ||hr,i!.E.l.?i|wisM?\'a...'..i. J I J7Ac.// .Li. I I UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. | CENTENNIAL BOOK OF REFERENCE, rUI'.LISIIKD BY Benjamin F. Lewis, PHILADELPHIA. - REED & HEMPHILL, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, S. E. Cor. 10th and Market Sts. Entered According to Act of Congress, in tlic Year 1875, by BENJAMIN F. LEWIS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. CONTENTS. Preface. Philadelpliia. The Old State House. Chief Officers of the United States Grovernmeiit, from 1774 to Ih77 Centennial. The Streets. Railway Directory. Railway Depots. Ferry Companies. Places of Interest. Height of Several Steeples, Towers, etc. Public Squares, Places of Amusement. Principal Meeting Places of the Leading Secret Orders. Hotel Accommodations, pallendar for 1876. PREFACE. Feeling that strangers who will visit riiiladel- phia during the progress of the International Ex- hibition, in commemoration of the Centennial Anniversary of American Independence, will need a guide, I have prepared this book of reference. It will show how well we are able to accommodate as well as entertain all who will come to this City of " Brotherly Love." ISTo one should neglect to visit this Exposition, which promises to be one of the greatest, both in extent of space covered and va- riety of Exhibits, the world has yet witnessed. I have endeavored to give you a book that will make strangers familiar with all places of interest and amusements, as well as our Hotel accommodations and Kailway facilities. There are blank pages for those who wish to note any thing of importance that may attract their attention, which will be to them a pleasant reminiscence in after years. PHILADELPHIA, The- City of Philadelphia was founded in 1682-3, Ijy William Penii, who with a colony of Friends, had come to America to settle a tract of land, granted to him by King Charles II, in payment of a debt due by Government to his father. Before attempting any overt acts of sovereignty, however, Penn acknowledged and purchased the rights of aborigines, and thus sigiialized his arrival by an act of equity, which made his person and his prin- ciples, equally beloved. In drafting the plan of his American City, Penn is supposed to have in view the celebrated City of Babylon, which he certainly imitated in tlie regularity of the streets, and which he seemed desirous to emulate in size. In 1701, however, the plan was much contracted, and the city was declared to be bounded by the " two rivers," Delaware and [Schuylkill, and Vine and (Cedar) South streets, as the north and south l^oundaries. The first Charter was granted by William Penn, the Proprietary of the Colony, now State of Penn- sylvania, on the 25th of October, 1701. The suburbs, as populations extended, being divided into Dis- tricts, as Spring Garden, Korthern Liberties, Ken- sington, South wark, Moyamensing, West Philadel- phia, cSdc, which, in 1850, contained nearly twice as many inhabitants as the city proper. The act of Consolidation, entitled " A further supplement to an Act, entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Philadelphia, united all these districts to the old city proper, and extended the jurisdiction of the (Jity, over the entire County of Philadelphia, This Act was passed February 2d, 1854. Several supplements have since been passed, which it is not necessary to notice here. The consolidated City of Philadelphia, as novv^ chartered, embraces an extent of surface having an area of 129i square miles, or 82,700 acres. Its length is 23 miles ; average width. 5i miles. The population of Philadelphia, in 1870 (which was the last census taken), was 674,022. 11 The foUowinaf interesting accounts of this time- honored building-, is deemed sufficiently important for insertion here, as matter of public information : The province of Pennsylvania had no legislative liall or public building, for the use of its officers, and as years rolled on, and the province increased in population, the necessity of some such accommoda- tion became pressing. The first movement in favor of the establishment of a permanent house for the Provincial Legislature, took place in February, 1729, when a petition was presented to the Assem- bly, by citizens of Philadelphia, asking that the City and County should be empowered "to build a market and State House, in Market street, near the prison." This petition was laid on tlie table, but the sugges- tion was adopted. An Act was passed on the 10th of May, 1729, "for emitting of thirty tliousand pounds in bills of credit, for the better support of Government and the trade of this province," and in that law was an appropriation of £2,000 for the purpose of build- ing a State House, to Andrew Hamilton the Speaker, Thomas Lawrence, and Jolnn Kearley, as trustees. N'othing was done in relation to the matter, until October, 15, 1730, wlien William Allen, on behalf of the trustees, bouglit a lot on the south side of Cliest- nut street between Fifth and Sixth streets ; (a lot at the southwest corner of Fith and Chest- nut streets), and a lot on Fiftli street, about half way from Cliestnut street, togetlier witli four ground-rents, on Chestnut street and Fifth street. These purcliases included ground beginning at Fifth street, and extending along Chestnut street to an- other lot, bounded on Sixth street. Matters thus 12 rein lined until Febi-uary and June, 1732, wiien by two purchases, the lot southeast corner of Sixth and Ciiestnut streets, and a lot on Fifth street were bought, which gave to the trustees a piece of ground extending from Fifth to Sixth streets, and south- wardly, half way to Walnut street. On the centre of this lot, fronting on Chestnut street, the State House seems to have been commenced in the summer of 1782. On the 8th of August, it was moved in the as- sembly, '^ that the ground on which the State House is now to be built^ be vested in trust in some body politic and corporate, capable of succession, who may be compelled to execute that trust in such manner as shall be directed by the General Assembly, for the time being," This was deferred for further consid- eration. The architect who prepared the plan of this venerable building, was Andrew Hamilton. It is probable that the Assembly first occupied the State House, at the session commencing October, 1735. The adjoining buildings^ called Province Hall, were nearly completed in January, 1734. Up to this time the property had been held by Hamilton & Allen, upon the confidence thaf they would act properly ; but enough money had been expended on the State House, to render it a prudent matter to have some further assurance. Accordingly, an Act of Assembly was passed February 21, 1736, desiring Andrew Ham- ilton and William Allen to convey the State House lot and building, to John Kinsey, Joseph Kirkbride, Caleb Copeland, and Thomas Edwards, intrust "to and for the use of the representation of the freemen of the Province which now are, and from time to time hereafter, shall be duly elected by the freemen 13 aforesaid, and to and for such other uses, intents, and purposes, as they the said rei)resentatives at any time or times thereafter, in general assembly met, shall direct and appoint. Provided, always, and it is liereby declared to be the true intent and meaning of these presents, that no part of the said ground lying to the south of the State House, as it is now built, be converted into, or made use of for erecting any sort of building thereupon, but the said ground shall be enclosed and remain a public green and walk forever. " This Act v/as not literally complied with. Hamilton, by his will, directed his heirs to execute tlie trust. Allen made some deeds several years af- terwards, but the circumstances were so notorious, and the trustees and their representatives so honest, that no trouble ever arose , The Assembly, from time to time, as the trustees died off, elected others, and the practice continued until the Revolution, when the State of Pennsylvania assumed a riglit to hold property, which the humbler Province seemed doubt- ful of possessing. In February, 1736, Edmund Wooley, and Ebenezer Tomlinson presented a peti- tion stating that they had nearly completed what they had undertaken to perform and asking some instruc- tions as to finisliing the building. It was resolved, that to wainscot along the inside of the State House was tiien too great a charge for tiie Province to bear, and tiiat wainscoting a part might be lost when the whole came to be linished. It was therefore or- dered'that the inside of the building sliould be plas- tered, •' a proper cornish put around the room, next the ceiling, and surbace below." From this It seems that the previous orders to tinish the chamber 14 for the Assembly room, with wainscot were sus- pended. A very important resolution was passed February 20, 1736, by which the lots at soutliwest corner of Chestnut and Fifth streets, and southeast corner of Chestnut and Sixtli streets, each fifty feet front, by seventy-three feet deep, were appropriated for two public buildin,i>'s of the like outward form, structure and dimensions, tlie one for the use of the County, the other for tlie use of the City of Phila- delphia, and are '' to be for the holding of Courts, or common halls, and not for private dwellings." Di- rections were given to the trustees to convey the lots to tlie County and City, if within twenty years they should erect the proposed buildings upon pay- ment of the value of the ground when originally purchased. Tiie accounts of the commissioners for building the State House were audited in 1738 Hamilton had expended £4043, 16s. lid. on account of the State House, and was allowed for Commis- sions, services, etc., £402, 3s. 9.K1. There were still.owing small bills amounting to £220, 17s. 6d. , making the whole of Hamilton's outlay £4666, 17s. lid. Among the credits was £17. " for an old house, sold Caleb Ransted." Lawrence had paid £399, 19s. 3d., and Kearsley, £550. Both of these gentlemen had money in their hands and were allowed a small commission. In 1739, sundry proposals for finishing the rooms of the State House were agreed to, and it was resolved to to enclose the ground with a wall in the ensuing spring. It is probable, that by the end of 1744, the building was finished according to the original plan, and occupied, as Edmund Wooley's bill was then 15 presented and nothing more appea^i'S on the minutes of the Assembly, on the subject. The State House, as tlien finished, had no steeple, and it presented an appearance very much like it does now in front, with the exception that the door- way was plain and made in the same style as the window frames. The present door-way was put up long after the original builders of the btate House were in their graves ; and the present entrance, as we now have it, was copied by some of our County Commissioners, from the doorway then in front of St. James' Church, in Seventh above Market street. The hall ran through the centre from north to south, the building being of an oblong sliape. The back door was where is now the interior archway leading into the hall, where the doorway is placed and which is the base of the tower sustaining the steeple. Ad- joining the main building, fronting on Chestnut street, were the piazas and the square buildings used for offices, each of which had six windows front in the second story, and two doors and four windows below. The roofs were quadrangular; four chim- neys rising above tliese houses suggested that these were, probably four rooms on each floor. East and west of these buildings were, at the time of which I write (1745), low brick walls, extending to Fifth and Sixth streets and along the same, the tops shielded with shingles, as the walls of open bridges on County roads. On the 27th of February, 1750, the Assembly de- termined that a building should be erected " on the south side of the State House, to contain a staircase, with a suitable place for hanging a bell." This erection, afterwards called ''the new edition to the 16 State House," was- the beil tower, and the place for hanging the bell was in a steeple, as the aspiring am- bition of our ancestors then determined. There was already a bell belonging to the Assembly, probably the same one that had been used to call the mem])ers togetlier at the commencement of the sessions, which is spoken of in the rules of order, as "the ringing of the bell." The superintendents were directed, in October, 1751, "to get a bell of such dimensions and weight as they sljould think suitable." " June 7tli, 1753. Last week was raised and fixed in the State House steeple, the new, great bell, cast here by Pass and Stow, weighing 2,080 pounds, with this motto " Proclaim liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants thereof." The people of that day were right loyal. They could not have forseen how opposite the chosen in- scription would become in the coarse of events, of which they could not have the remotest anticipation. That bell did "Proclaim liberty throughout the land." Thus was finished, by the hanging of that bell, the building of the State House, an operation that occupied twenty years from the time it was commenced imtil the steeple was finished. The carved work of the interior of the main building, was executed by Brian Wilkinson, to whom an ap- propriation of £85 was made in 1764. The clock was made by Peter Stretch, a resident of the City, whose location was at the southeast corner of Front and Chestnut streets. When the State House was finished, the last room, first fioor (Independence Hall), was occupied by tlie Assembly, the west room (National Museum), by the Supreme Court. The 17 Philadelphia Library Company was granted the use of one of the upper chambers. There was a room called the long gallery, or lobby, and the Governor and Provincial Council used one of the upper apart- ments. Up to 1762, the State House yard occupied only one-half the square. On Walnut street the property belonged to private persons, and there were some houses upon their lots. The estates fronting on Walnut street, were then purchased by the trus- tees for the Province, from Thomas Gordon, Robert Tempest, Joseph Shippen, Jr., John Chappel, David Ervin, and John Townsend, whose brick house was at the corner of Sixth street. Thus the whole of the State House yard (Independence Square), became the property of the public. The lots at Fifth and Chestnut streets, and Sixth and Chestnut streets, were conveyed to the City and to the County, for a City Hall and Court House, hi 1763, on payment of £50, of the width of 50 feet and depth of 72 feet. In 1787, an additional 15 feet was granted in the depth , making the lot 88 feet deep. In 1775, the Provincial Assembly, and Congress also, met there. When the Assembly was in session, Congress probably met in the Supreme Court room, on the west of the main entrance. During the vaca- tion of the Legislature, the Assembly room, being the most convenient and specially fitted up for the use of a legislative body, was used by the Continental delegates. On the 7th of January, 1776, Eichard Henry Lee, of Virginia, moved in Congress, then sitting at the State House, " that the United Colo- nies are, and of right ought to be free and indei^end- ent States ; and that all political connection between them and tlie State of Gi-eat Britain is, and ought to 3 18 . be totally dissolved. " This matter was debated until the 1st of July, when the resolution was adopted in those words. This was, therefore, really the Decla- ration of Independence. While the subject was under consideration, a committee, composed of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Frank- lin, Roger Sherman, and Robert P. Livingston, had been appointed to set forth the reasons for the step. This committee reported the draft of a proper docu- ment, on the 28th of June, but it had not been con- sidered on the 1st of July, when Independence was declared. It was taken up immediately afterwards, and after debate and amendment, was adopted as we now see it, on the 4th of July, 1776, The Council of Safety resolved that the Declara- tion should be proclaimed at the State House, by the Sheriff of the county of Philadelpliia. This task was executed accordingly, the Declaration behig read to the people, on the 8th of July, by John Nixon, on behalf of the Sheriff. Three cheers were given wlien the reading was finished. Nine Asso- ciators, previously appointed by the Committee of Inspection, then took down the Kings Arms in the Supreme Court room of the State House, and they were burned on the Conmions. In the afternoon the five battalions of Associators assembled on the Commons, and the Declaration was read at the head of each regiment. It was election dav also at the State House, and members of the Assembly were voted for amid the confusion made by the ringing of the State House bell and other bells, and by tlie light of bonfires at night. In A]">ril, 1781, the Assembly passed a, resolu- tion that tlie State House steeple should be taken 19 down. The work was done during the summer of 1781. The wooden steeple was taken down to the brick work on the tower. The latter was covered with a hip roof, from which ascended a short and ta- pering spire, on the roof, the bell was suspended in an open belfry supported by four posts The ma- chinery of the clock, was in the centre of the main building, the faces displayed toward Fifth and Sixth streets. They resembled, in fashion , those tall, eight- day clocks which we often see in old, family mansions The faces were decorated in the eight-day clock style, with a pediment and side pillars. The clock case, or an imitation of it, was of dressed stone, ex- tended to tlie ground. On each side of the clock case facing toward Fifth and Sixth streets, were two windows that opened respectively into the Assembly rooms, or Hall of Indei^endence, and the Supreme Court room. A door-way, with liigh wooden steps, also led from tlie yard into the Court room upon the west end of the structure. In 1777-8, the British made of the State House, alternately, a hospital and a prison. After the bat- tle of Germantown, October 4th, 1777, the wounded were brouglit into the City. The Americans were taken to the State House. There in the great hall, in the Assembly room, and upon the steps were placed the bleeding and ghastly bodies of the suffer- ers in that memorable action. At the State House, in July, 1778, the City being free from the English invaders, was performed a very important ceremony, in the reception of Conrad Alexander Gerard, the tirst Minister from Fiance to the United States. 20 After the declarjition of peace, when the minds of the people became turned toward the improvement of the City, many matters that had been considered necessary, before the commencement of the Revolu- tionary struggle, again pressed themselves upon their attention; among others was the improvement of the State House lot, by the erection of new, public buildings. Neither City nor County had been able to take advantage of the permission given by the grant of Assembly, 1762, by the institution of meas- ures for the erection of a Court House and City Hall. In 1785, the Assembly gave direction that tlie old jail, at Third and Market streets, should be sold ; and of the money received for the same, £3,000 should be appropriated to the County of Philadelphia, for the erection of a Court House at Sixth and Chest- nut streets, and £3000 to the City for the erection of a City Hall at Fifth and Chestnut streets. The County was the earliest to carry out the provisions of this law. In the spring of 1787, work was com- menced on the Court House, tlie cellars of which were dug by the convicts, commonly called " Wheel- barrow Men." In 1790, the City Hall was com- menced, and was finished in the succeeding year. The Court House was given up for the use of Con- gress, during the time the seat of government was located in the City. The Senate occupied the south room, second story, now Court of Common Pleas 'No. 2. The House of Representatives had the north room, first floor, now in possession of the Highway Department. Under the Confederacy, Kew York was chosen as the seat of government; but after the adoption of the Constitution, Philadelphia was selected to be the 21 pliice of meeting of Congress for ten years, until the new Federal Capital, in the District of Columbia, was properly prepared by the erection of buildings, etc. Gen. Washington spent nearly the whole of his Presidential life in Philadelplna, and John Adams, the greater part of his official term also. During this period, the State House was the scene of many memorable debates and most important trans- actions, a full account of Avhich, would belong more properly to a history of Congress. In 1800, the seat of Federal Government was removed to Washing- ton, and the same year the State Legislature ceased to meet in Philadelphia. In May, 1787, the Federal Convention met at the State House, for the purpose of forming the Consti- tution of the United States. General George Wash- ington presided, and Major William Jackson, Avas Secretary. After sitting with closed doors until the 18th of September following, tlie body adjourned, having accomplished the object for which it was created. The adoption of the Constitution was cele- brated with a grand procession, which took place July 4th, 1788, and it was long talked of as the most splendid dsplay of the kind ever made in Philadel- phia. In 1812, the County Commissioners obtained permission from tlie State Legislature, to demolish the old arcades, etc., east and west of the main building of the State House, and to erect the present -County offices. The latter were put up in 1813 ; and are popularly known as "State House liow. " About the time this improvement was made, the remainder of the old wall which enclosed the Square^ was cut down, and iron railing was put up at a cost of about $7,000. A portion of the necessary funds was raised 22 l)y i>rivMte subscription. A number of years before t licit time, a portion of the wall was cut down and railing was placed upon it. In 1818, the State conveyed to the City of Phila- delphia, the State House, with its appurtenant build- ings, and sold to the City all the remainder of the Square, except that occupied by the Hall of the Philo- sophical Society, on the payment of $70,000. There was a proviso appended to this transl'er, to the eifect '' that no part of said ground lying to the southward of the State House, within the wall as it is now built, be made use of for erecting any sort of build- ings tliereon ; but the same shall be and remain a public green and walk forever." On the 7tli of February, 1828, Mr. Francis Gurney Smith, a member of Common Council, introduced the following resolution : Resolved by the Select and Common Council, That a joint committee of two members from each Coun- cil, be appointed to have the turret in the rear of the State House surveyed, and if found adapted to tlie purpose, to procure a plan and estimate of the cost of carrying it up to a height sufficient to place a clock and bell therein, to be called the " City Clock," from which the time for the whole city can be regu- lated. This resolution was adopted, and the following- named gentlemen were appointed to carry it into effect : Common Council — Francis G. Smith and Benjamin Tilgham; Select Council — Manuel Eyre, and John W. Thompson ; Mr. F. G. Smitli was made chairman of the joint committee, and under his su- pervision the steeple, as w'3 now see it, was erected. 23 Mr. William Strickland was the architect who had charge of the w^ork, and the steeple was modeled after the original structure, except that sixty feet were added to its height, to render it less squatty in appearance ; and in the place of four Venetian win- dows, tlie present clock-dials were introduced. THE NEW STATE HOUSE, The clock whicli was made for the new steeple, was constructed by Tsaiah Lukens, a very ingenious mechanic, at a cost of $2,075. A bell weighing 4275 pounds, was cast by J. Wilbank, at a cost of $2,157. This bell did not give satisfaction, and it was replaced 24 by another, cast by the same person, and weighing 4600 pounds. Tliis was subsequently cracked, and the present bell was put up in its place. The total cost of repairing the building, erecting the steeple, and furnishing tiie latter with a clock and bell, was $16,608 Old Independence Bell was kept as a fire bell, and as a medium upon which to strike the hour, until the new clock and bell were in working order, when it was removed from under its pent roof on the main building, and placed in honorable retirement in the steeple. There it was only rung on the 4th of July, or tolled upon the occasion of the death of some dis - tinguished man. It finally became so badly cracked as to be useless, and after Consolidation, it was taken down stairs and it now rests in state, in the entrance- hall. In 1824, when Lafayette visited Philadelphia, he had a grand popular reception in the old Hall, and tills seems to have been among the first events, whicli showed that there was much appreciation of the his- torical interest attached to the room. The building of the new steeple, in 1829, seems to have aroused public spirit in the matter, and upon the 8th of July, 1830, petitions were sent into City Councils, asking that the Hall should be restored, as nearly as possi- ble, to its original condition. The historical asso- ciation of the place, were appropriately referred to in their petition ; and the petitioners asked that the old carvings, etc., should be restored, that the walls should be covered with the portraits of the great men of the Revolution, commencing with Washington, and tliat for the future the apart- ment should be devoted to " dignified purposes 25 only." The going into effect of Consolidation in 1854, effected a very desirable change in tlie man- agement of the Hall. The room was put in excellent condition, old Independence bell was mounted upon a handsome pedestal ; the walls were decorated with the portraits of the soldiers and statesmen of the revolution, purchased at the sale of the Peale gallery, in October, 1854, and it was made the special duty of a janitor to take charge of the apartment, and to at- tend to the visitors who go thither. When Consolidation took place in 1854, the old Council Chambers in the second story of the City Hall, at Fifth and Chestnut streets, were found to be too small for the largely increased size of the bodies meeting in tliem, and the entire second story of the main building of the State House was torn out and converted into meeting places for the City Legisla- ture. Select, and Common Council now meet there weekly. The wide side-walk in front of the State House Row, is paved with slate, wliich forms an admirable pavement. In front of the entrance to Independence Hall, a Statute of Washington was erected on the 4th of July, 1869, by the Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsyl- vania, Tlie square has been liandsomely laid out during the past year. 26 OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, From 1774 to 1876. THE CONTINENTAL CONGKESS. First Congress, Sept. 5, 1774. Peyton Randolph, of Virginia, President. Born in Virginia, in 1732. Died at Philadelphia, October 22, 1785. Charles Thompson, of Pennsylvania, Secretary. Born in Ireland, in 1730. Died in Pennsylvania, August 16, 1824. This patriot was Secretary of all the Con- gresses in session during the Revolution, and until March 3, 1789. Second Congress, May 10, 1775, Peyton Randolph, President, resigned May 24, 1775. John Hancock, of Massachusetts, elected his suc- cessor. He was born at Quincy, Massachusetts, 1737, died October 8, 1793. He was President until October, 1777. Henry Laurens, of South Carolina, President from November 1, 1777 to December, 1778. Born at Charleston, S. C, 1724. Died in South Carolina, December, 1792. John Jay, of New York, President from December, 10, 1778, to September 27, 1779. Born in New York 27 City, December 12, 1745. Died at New York, May 17, 1829. Samuel Hnntin^don, of Connecticut, President fi-om September 28, 1779, to July 10, 1781. He was born in Connecticut, in 1732. Died 1796. Tliomas McKean,of Pennsylvania, President from July 10, 1781, until N'ovember 5, 1781. He Avas born in Pennsylvania, March 19, 1734. Died at Philadel- phia, June 24, 1817. John Hanson, of Maryland, President from :N'o- vember 5, 1781, to November 4, 1782. He was born Died 1783. Elias Bondinot, of New Jersey, President from November 4, 1782, until Feliruary 4, 1783. Born at Philadel])hia, May 2, 1740. Died 1824. Thomas Mifflin, of Pennsylvania, President from February 4, 1783, to November 30, 1784. Born at Philadelphia, 1744. Died in the same city, January 21, 1800. Richard Henry Lee, of Virginia, President from November 30, 1784, to November 23, 1785. Born in Virginia 1732. Died 1794. John Hancock, of Massachusetts, President from November 23, 1785, until June 6, 1786. Natlianiel Gorham, of Massachusetts, President from June 6, 1786, to February 2, 1787. Born at Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1738. Died June 11, 1796. Arthur St. Clair, of Pennsylvania, President from February 2, 1787 to January 28, 1788. Born in Edin- burg, Scotland, . Died in 1818, Cyi'us Griffin, of Virginia, President from Janu- PTv 28, 1788, to the end of the Congress under the Confederation, March 3, 1789. Bom in England, 1748. Died in Virginia, 1810. 28 UNDER THE CONSTITUTION 1789 to 1793. George Washington, of Virginia, inaugurated as President of the United States, April 30, 1789. Born in Virginia, February 22, 1732. Died at Mount Vernon, December 14, 1799. John Adams, of Massachusetts, Vice President Born at Braintree, Massachusetts, October 19, 1735. Died July 4, 1826, near Quincy, Massachusetts. 1793 to 1797. George Washington, President, inaugurated March 4, 1793. John Adams, Vice President. 1797 to I 801. John Adams, President, inaugurated Marcli 4, 1797. Tiiomas Jefferson, of Virginia, Vice Presi- dent. Born at Shadwell, Virginia, April 13, 1743. Died at Monticello, Virginia, July 4, 1826. I 801 to 1805. Thomas Jeiferson. President, inaugurated March 4, 1801. Aaron Burr, of 2^ew York, Vice President. Born at Newark, N. J., February 6, 1756. Died at Staten Island, N. Y., September 14, 1836. 1805 to 1809. Thomas Jefferson, President, inaugurated March 4, 1805. George Clinton, of New York, Vice Presi- dent. Born in Ulster county, N. Y., 1739. Died in Washington, D. C, April 20, 1812. 1809 to 1813. James Madison, of Virginia, President, inaugu- rated March 4, 1809. Born March 16, 1751, in Prince 29 George county, Virginia, and died at Montpelier, Virginia, June 28, 1836. George Clinton, of N. Y., Vice President, until bis death, Api'il 20, 1812. 1813 to 1817. James Madison, of Virginia, President. Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts, Vice President, until his death, IS'ovember 23, 1814. Born at Marblehead, Massachusetts, July 17, 174-4, and died at Washing- ton, I). C. 1817 to 1821. James Monroe, of Virginia, President, inaugu- rated March 4, 1817. Born in Westmoreland county, Virghiia, 1759. Died hi Xew York, July 4, 1831. Daniel D. Tompkins, of New York, Vice President. Born June 21, 1774, at Fox Meadows, New York. Died at Staten Island, June 11, 1825. 1821 to 1825. James Monroe, President. Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice President. 1825 to 1829. John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, President, inaugurated March 4, 1825. Born at Quincy, Mas- sachusettss, July 11, 1767. Died at Washington City, February 23, 1848. John Caldwell Calhoun, of South Carolina, Vice President. Born hi Abberville district, S. C, March 18, 1782. Died March 31, 1850, at Washington City. 1829 to 1833. Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee, President, inaug- urated March 4, 1829. Born in Mecklenbuig county. North Carolina, March 15, 1767. Died in Tennessee, June 8, 1845. 30 John Caldwell Calhoun, Vice President, until liih resignation, December 28, 1832. 1833 to 1837. Andrew Jackson, President, inangurated March 4, 1833, Martin Van Buren, of :N'ew York, Vice President. Born at Kindeihook, Xew York, Decem- ber 5, 1782. Died in 1862. 1837 to 1841. Martin Van Buren, President, inaugurated March 4, 1837. Richard M. Johnson, of Kentucky, Vice President. Born in 1780. Died Nov. 19, 1850. 1841 to 1845. William Henry Harrison, of Ohio, President, until his death, at Washington, April 4, 1841. He was inaugurated March 4, 1841 . Born in Berkeley county Virginia, February 9, 1773. John Tyler, of Vir- ginia, Vice President. Born April 1790, at Green- way, Charles county, Virginia. Died in Richmond, Virginia, January 17, 1862. John Tyler, of Vir- ginia, became president by the death of William H. Harrison. 1845 ^o 1849. James Knox Polk, of Tennessee, President, inaugu- rated March 4, 1845. Born in Mecklenburg county, Xorth Carolina, November 2, 1795. Died at Nash- ville, Tennessee, June 15, 1849. George Mifflin Dal- las, of Pennsylvania, Vice President. Born in Philadelphia, July 10, 1792 Died Dec. 31, 1864. 1849 to 1853. Zachary Taylor, of Louisiana, President, inaugu- ratf^d March 4, 1849. Born in Orange county, Vir- ginia, in 1784. Died at Washington C 'ity, July 9, 1850. 31 Millard Fillmore, of New York, Vice President. Born in Locke township, Cayuga county, IST. Y., January 7, 1800. Millard Fillmore, President after the death of Zachary Taylor. 1853 to 1857. Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, President, inaugurated March 4, 1853. Born at Hillsborough, N. H., ISTovember 23, 1804. Died October, 1869. William R. King, of Alabama, Vice President. Born in North Carolina, April 7, 1786. Died at Cohawba, Alabama, April 18, 1853. 1857 to 1861. James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, President. Born in Franklin county. Pa., April 22, 1791. Died at Wheatl;i,nd, near Lancaster, Pa., June 1, 1868. John C. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, Vice Presi- dent. Born near Lexington, Ky., January 21, 1821. 1861 to 1865. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, President, inaugu- rated Marcli 4, 1861. Born in Hardin county, Ken- tucky, February 12, 1809. Shot by J . Wilkes Booth, at Ford's Theatre, April 14, 1865. Died the follow- ing morning. Hanibal Hamlin, of Maine, Vice President. Born in Maine, 1809. 1865 to 1869. Abraham Lincoln, President until his death. Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, Vice President. Born in Raleigh, N. C. , 1808. Died in Centre county, Tennessee, July 30, 1875. Andrew Johnson, became President after the death of Abraham Lincoln, 32 1869 to 1873. Ulysses S. Grant, of Illinois, President, inaugn- ratecl March 4, 1869. Born at Mount Pleasant, Ohio, April 27, 1822. Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, Vice President. Born in New York City, March 23, 1823. 1873 to 1877. Ulysses S. Grant, President. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, Vice President. Born at Farraington, IST. H., February 16, 1812. Died at Washington City, November 22, 1875. 34 CENTENNIAL. The International Exliibition, to be held in Phila- delpliia, at Fairmount Park, (opens May 10, closes ]N'ovember 10,) covers 450 acres of ground. There will be nearly 200 buildings erected within tlie enclo- sure, and nearly six miles of narrow gauge track on which will be run handsome palace cars, propelled by steam for the conveyance of visitors from one building to another. The ground will be laid out in walks and flower-beds, whicli will present a beauti- ful appearance. On entering the grounds at Belmont Avenue, you see on one side the Board of Finance Building, on the other, the office of the Centennial Commission, immediately beyond these buildings, on the west side of the Avenue, is the Machinery Hall, 1402 feet in length and 360 feet in width, on the east side, the Main Exhibition Building, 1880 feet in length and 464 feet in width, next, on the east side of the Avenue, we have the Photographic Association Building, in the rear of this the Build- ing for the Judges, and one for Japan, next, about opposite the centre of tlie Main Building, is the Art Gallery or Memorial Hall, 365 feet in length and 210 feet in width ; crossing the bridge on the north side of the structure, we come upon tlie Horticultu- ral Hall 383 feet in length and 193 feet in width, near which we find the German Restaurant. Walk- ing in front of Horticultural Hall, among the beau- tiful plants, we find on reacliiiig the avenue that we have arrived at the Womans' Pavilion : nearly oppo- site, on the west side of the avenue, is the Govern- ment Building, and Hospital, between whicli and Machinery Hall, is the French Restaurant, also the Lake ; on the north and west the buildings of the different States, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illi- nois, Michigan, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Con- necticut, Massachusetts, and New York, extending east, until 3^ou come upon the English Buildings, which are at the foot of George's Hill, between this and Machinery Hall, is the T. A. B. Fountain, coming back to the avenue, we have next to the Woman's Pavilion, New Jersey, Kansas, and tlie Southern Kestaurants, the avenue making a curve at this point leads us to the Agricultural Hall, 820 feet in length and 540 feet in width , and the Ameri- can Restaurant. Many other buildings occupying intermediate space, 38 THE STREETS. The greater part of Philadelphia is laid out in parallelograms, with the streets at right angles to escli other, makhig the system of numbering houses a simple one. The houses on the streets running east and west are numbered by hundreds, beginning at Front street, near the Delaware Kiver. The houses on the south side bear even numbers, those on the north side uneven numbers. Thus on tlie north side of Chestnut street, beginning at Broad, (14th street,) and going west, the numbers are 1401, 1403, 1405, etc. On the south side the numbers are 1400, 1402, 1404, etc. At Fifteenth street the num- bers in 1500 begin, and so each street begins a hundred of its own number. Market street is taken as a dividing line between north and soutli. Tlie even numbers are on tlie west side of these streets, the uneven numbers on the east side— No. 1 " I«forth " and No. 1 " South " begin at Market street. No. 100 North ^pegins at Arch street, the first principal street north of Market; No. 100 South begins at Ciiestnut,the first principal street south of Market. The following are the names of the streets running parallel to Market street, north and south thereof. The num))ers sig- nify the number which is given to the houses north or south, as the case may be, of the streets to which it is attached. Those streets having no numbers are narrow or short streets, between the principal avenues. 40 NORTH. 1 Market, Filbert, 100 Arch, Cherry, 200 Race, Branch, (new) 300 Vine, Wood, 400 Callowhill, Willow, Noble, Hamilton, 500 Buttonwood, Spring Garden, 600 Green, Mt. Vernon,Wallace, Melon, 700 Fairmount Ave., Olive, 800 Brown, Parrish, Ogden, 900 Poplar, Laurel, Beaver, George, 1200 Girard Avenue, Stiles, 1300 Thompson, 1400 Master, 1500 Jefferson, 1600 Oxford, 1700 Columbia Avenue, 1800 Montgomery Avenue, 1900 Berks, 2000 Norris, 2100 Diamond, 2200 Susquehanna, 2300 Dauphin, 2400 York, 2500 Cumberland, 2600 Huntingdon, 2700 Lehigh Avenue, 2800 Somerset, 2900 Cambria, 3000 Indiana, 3100 Clearfield, 3200 Allegheny, SOUTH. 1 Market, Jayne, Merchant, Miaor^ 100 Chestnut, Sansom, Library, Dock, 200 Walnut, Locust, 300 Spruce, Union, 400' Pine, 500 Lombard, Gaskill, 600 South, 700 Bainbridge, Monroe, Fitzwater, Ger- man, 800 Catharine, Queen, 900 Christian. Mariott, 1000 Carpenter, 1100 Washington Avenue, Ellsworth, 1200 Federal, 1300 Wharton, 1400 Eeed, 1500 Dickinson, Greenwich, 1600 Tasker. ]700 Morris, Pierce, 1800 Moore, Siegel, 1900 Mifflin, 2000 McKean, 2100 Snyder, 2200 Jackson, 2300 Wolf, 2400 Kitner, 2500 Porter, 2600 Sliunk, 2700 Oregon Avenue, 2800 Johnson, 2900 Bigler, 3000 Pollock, 3100 Packer, 3200 Gurtin, 41 RAILWAY DIRECTORY. Single fare, 7 cents, or four tickets for 25 cents ; good on any passenger railway in tlie city ; children under ten j^ears of age, 4 cents. All railroads run- ning east and west, excliange with those running north and soutli, and those running north and south exchange with those running east and west, " ex- cepting Kidge Avenue, and Union Line. " Exchange tickets, 9 cents, good only from the junction, and on tiie day issued. Philadelphia City P. R. W. Co., (Chestnut and Walnut streets. ) Main Line— Depot, 42d and Chest- nut streets. Green car, Red light. Route— Down Chestnut to Front, to Walnut, to 22d, to Chestnut, to Depot. Eairmount Park Branch, Depot, Belmont and Columbia Avenue. Yellow car. Maroon light : Route — Down Belmont avenue to Lancaster avenue, to 32d street, to Chestnut, to Pront, to Walnut, to 22d, to Chestnut, to 32d, to Lancaster avenue, to Belmont avenue, to Centennial Grounds. Darby Branch, Depot, 49th and Woodland ave- nue. Red car. White light. Route — Down Darby road, to Woodland avenue, to Chestnut, to Front, to Walnut, to 22d, to Chestnut, to Woodland ave- nue, to Darby road, to Darby. Mount Moriah Branch. Blue car, White light, Route — Same as Darby Branch, as far as Mount Moriah lane. West Philadelphia P. R. W. Co., (Market street). Main Line — Depot. 41st and Ilaverford avenue. 6 Yellow car, Eed light. Route— Down 41st street to Market, to Front. Returning over same route. Centennia 1 Building Branch . Blue car , Red light . Route— Concourse, Belmont and Elm avenue, down Elm avenue to 40th street, to Market, to Eront ; re- turnhig on Market street to 41st street, to Elm ave- nue, to the passenger railway concourse. Haddington Branch. Green car, Green light Route — Erom Front, out Market to 41st. to Haver- ford road, to 67th; returning to 65th, to Yine, to Haverford avenue, to 41st, to Market, to Front. Hestonville, Mantua and Fairmount P. R. W. Co. Depot, 43d ahd Lancaster avenue. Yellow car. Red light. Route— Down Lancaster avenue, to Haver- ford avenue, to lower deck of Fairmount bridge, to Callowhili, to 22d, to Race, to Second, to Walnut, to Dock, to Thii'd, to Yine, to 23d, to Spring Garden, to upper deck of Fairmount bridge, to West Phila- delphia, to Lancaster avenue, to Belmont avenue, to Centennial Buildings, Hestonville Branch. Green car, Red light. Route — Out Lancaster avenue to 52d street, and return to Depot at 43d street, by same route. Arch Street Branch, Depot 26th and Callowhili streets. Yellow car, Green light. Route— Down Hamilton to 25th, to Spring Garden, to 20th, to Arch, to 2d; returning up Arch, to 21st, to Cal lowhill, to Depot, with passes to Centennial Build- ings. People's P. R. W. Co., (Callowhili street.) Yel- low car. Yellow light. Depot, Broad and Callowhili streets. Route — From Park entrance, to Biddle street, to 24th, to Callowhili, to Front, to Yine, to Delaware avenue; returning along Yine, to Yoik avenue, to Callowhill, to Schuylkill rivei-, and the Park entrance. Green and C'oates Streets P. R. W. Co. Depot, Pairmount avenue and 24th street. Green car. Red light. Route — From entrance to Pairmount Park, along Pairmount avenue to 22d, to Green, to 4th, to Dickinson, to 8th, to Pairmount avenue, to the Park. Each alternate car of this line, turns up Walnut street. Delaware River Branch. Green car, Green light, Route — Up Beach to Pairmount avenue, to 8th ; returning, down Pairmount avenue to 4th street, to Green, to Beach. Germantown P. R. W; Co. (4th and 8th streets). Depot, 8th and Dauphin streets. Yellow car, Green light. Route — Down Dauphin to Germantown ave- nue, to 4tli street, to Dickinson, to 8th, to Columbia avenue, to 7th street, to Susquehanna avenue, to 8tli, to Depot. Germantown Branch. Yellow car. Green light. Route— Leave Depot, 8th and Dauphin streets, up 8th to Germantowni avenne, to Germantown; return- ing over the same route. Girard Avenue Branch, Depot, Girard avenue, west of 26th street. Yellow car, Red Light. Route —Along Girard avenue, to Palmer, to Beach, to Shackamaxon ; returning on Shackamaxon, to Girard avenue, to Elm avenue, to the Centennial Buildings; returning over the same route. Philadelphia and Gray's Perry P. R. W. Co., (Spruce and Pine streets,) Depot 23d and Spruce streets. Gray's Perry Branch. White car. Red light. Route— Prom Gray's Perry bridge, down Gray's Perry road, to Christian, to 22d, to Spruce, to 3d, to 44 Walnut, to Dock, to 2cl, to Pine. Ferry road, to tlie biidge. Fairmount Park Branch. Eoute— Same as above to 23d, thence to Callowliill, to 25th, to Green street entrance to the Park; returnmg on 25th, to Hamil- ton, to 22d, to Spruce, and thence as above route. Lombard and South Streets P. li. W. Co., Depot, 25th and South streets. Yellow car, Red light. Route — From Depot, down Lombard, to Front, to Dock, to Delaware avenue; returning up Dock, to Front, to South, to Depot. Southern Brancli, Depot, 13tli and Snyder avenue Red car. Green light. Route — From Depot, down Snyder avenue, to 12th, "to Dickinson, to 8th, to Christian, to 5th, to Lombard, to 4th, to South, t«' Passayunk avenue, to Mifflin, to 12th, to Snydi avenue, to Broad. Ridge Avenue P. R W. Co. , Depot, 32d and' Ridge avenue. Yellow car. Red Liglit. Route — Do wji Ridge avenue, to 10th, to Arcli, to 2d ; returning up Arch, to 9th, to Ridge avenue, to Depot, to east Park entrance. Manayunk Branch. Yellow car, carrying Blue Flag, Red light. Route — From Green lane in Mana- yunk, oi: Main street, to Ridge avenue, proceeding and returning over the same route as main line. Second and Third Streets P. R. W. Co., Depot, Frankford avenue, below Lehigh avenue. White car, Green light. Route — Down Frankford avenue to Jefferson, to 2d, to Mifflin, to 3d, to Germantown avenue, to Front, to Amber, to depot. Frankford Branch. White car, Red flag, Green light. Route— Up Frankford avenue to Paul street, 45 to bLiiiid above Ariiott street : Uom Fraiikford, down Main street, to Frankford avenue, to depot. North Pennsylvania Branch. Green car, Orange light. Route — Down Frankford avenue, to Hunt- ingdon, to Coral, to Cumberland, to Emerald, to Dauphin, to 2d, to Dock, to 3d, to Berks, to 2d, to York, to Coral, to Cumberland, to Amber, t<^ depot. Richmond Branch, Depot, Lehigh avenue and Edgmont street. . lied car. Bed light. Route— "Up Lehigli avenue, to Richmond, to Frankford avenue, to Manderson, to Beach, to Laurel, to Dela- ware avenue, to Fairmount avenue, to 2d, to Dock, to 3d, to Brown, to Beach, to Manderson, to Frank- ford avenue, to Girard avenue, to Norris, to Rich- mond, to Leliigh avenue, to depot. Bridesburg Branch. Vvhite car. White light. Route— From Depot, out Lehigh avenue, to Rich- mond, to Bridge, to Washington ; returning over same route. Front Street Branch. AVhite car. Route— From Fairmount aveiuie, and New Market, down New Market, to Vine, to Front, to Ciiestnut ; returning over same route. Alleghany Avenue Branch. Yellow car. White light. Route— Fj-om Lehigh avenue, and Richmond street, up Richmond to Alleghany Avenue; returning over same route. Cumberland Street Branch. White car. White light. Route— From Richmond,- and Cumberland street, up Cumberland, to Amber ; returning over same route. Frankford and Soutjiwark P. R. W. Co. (5tli and 6th streets.) Dei)ot, Kensington avenue, and Cum- berland street. Yellow car, Red light. Route— 46 Down Kensington avenue to Front street, to Berks, to 6th, to Jackson, to 5tli, to Berks, to Front, to Kensington avenue, to depot. Lehigh x\. venue and Powell Street Branch. Green car, Green light. Route— Up Kensington avenue to Lehigh avenue, to 6th, down 6t]i to PoAvell, to 5th, to LeliT^h avenue, to Kensington avenue, to Depot. Frankford Steam Line. Depot, Frankford ave- nue and Arrott street, Frankford. Route— Down Frankford avenue to Kensington avenue, to Main Depot at Cumberland street; returning over the same route. Citizens P. R. W. Co. (10th and 11th streets). Depot 10th and Montgomery avenue. Yellow car. Red light. Route— Down 10th to Reed, to 11th, up 11th to Diamond, to lOtli, to depot. Miixlin Street Branch. Yellow car. Red light. Route— From lOth and Reed dowii lOtli, to Mifflin, to 12th, up 12th to Reed, to lOth. Empire P. R. W. Co., (12th and lOth streets.) Depot 12th and Montgomery avenue. Yellow car, Red liglit. Route— Down 12th to Wharton, to 17th, to Carpenter, to 16th, to Montgomery avenue, to depot. Tliirteenth and Fifteenth Streets P. R. W. Co. Depot Broad, below Carpenter, Columbia Avenue Branch. Green car, Green light. Route— Up Car- penter to 15th, to Master, to Ridge avenue, to Colum- bia avenue, to 13th, to Carpenter, to Broad, to Depot. ^N'orris Street Branch. Yellow car. Red liglit. Route — Up Carpenter to 15th, to Columbia avenue, to Broad, to]Srorris, to 13th, to Carpenter, to Broad, to depot. South Broad Street Branch. Yellow car, Re^, 47 ligiit. Route — From Depot down Broad, to Wolf, and up by same route. Kortli Broad Street Branch. Yellow car. Red light. Route— From Morris street, up Broad, to New York Railroad Junction. Returning over the same route. Seventeenth and Xinetenth Streets P. R. W. Co. Depot, Nineteenth and Master streets. Yellow car, Red light. Route— Up 19th to Norris, to 17th, to Ridge| avenue, to Francis street, to 17tii, to Carpen- ter, to 19th, to depot. Union P. R. W. Co. (Fairmount Park and Navy Yard Branch.) Depot 23d and Brown. Yellow car, Red light. Route — From Brown street entrance to Park, down Brown to 23d, to Wallace, to Franklin, to Race, to 7th, to Federal, to Front, to Wharton, to 9th, to Spring Garden, to 23d, to Brown, to Fair- mount Park. Richmond Branch. Depot, Thompson and Norris streets. Green car. Green light. Route— Down Thompson to Marlborough, to Belgrade, to Frank- ford avenue, to Master street, to Franklin, to Race, to 7th, to Passyunk avenue, to Ellsworth, to Broad, to ]5altimore depot ; returning, up Broad to Clu'is- tian, to 9th, to Spring Garden, to 7th, to Oxford, to 4th, to Xorris, to Memphis, to York, to Thompson, to depot. Columbia Avenue Branch. Depot, 23d and Colum- bia avenue. Red car. Orange light. Route — Down Columbia avenue to Franklin, to Race, to 7th, to Market to Front; returning, up Market, to 9th, to Spring Garden, to 7th, to Columbia avenue, to depot. Spring Garden and Poplar Streets Branch. Red car, Red light. Route — From Brown street entra nee to tlie Park, down Brown to 23d, to Wallace, to 22d, 48 to Spring Garden, to 7tti, to Poplar, to 29tb, to Fair- monnt Park. Cedar Street Branch. Green car, Green light. Eoute-^-From York and Cedar streets, up Cedar to Somerset, to Richmond ; returning over same route. Christian Street Branch. Depot, 7th and McKean. Yellow car. Red light. Route — Up McKean, to 9tli, to Ellswortli, to 23d, to Christian, to 7th, to depot. Jefferson Street Branch. Yellow car. Red light. Route— From 24th down Jefferson, to Franklin, to Thompson, to Front, to Columbia avenue, to Frank- lin, to Master, to 24th, to Columbia avenue, to depot at 23d street. West End P. R. W. Co. (Zoological Garden Line.) Route — From Woodland Cemetery, on Baltimore avenue, to 40th street, to Locust, to 36th, to Powel- ten avenue, to 35th, to Zoological Garden ; returning on 35th to Eadline, to 33d, to Walnut, to 36th, to Locust, to 38th, to Woodland avenue, to Balti- more avenue, with lines running to South Street Bridge. Fairmount Park line. Route — From South Street Bridge, to 34th and Spruce, on Spruce, to 38th, to Lancaster avenue, to 41st street, to Elm avenue, and the Centennial Buildings, to George's Hill; return- ing to 40th, to Locust, to 36th, to Spruce, to place of beginning. Continental P. R. W. Co. Depot 18th and Mont- gomery avenue. Route— Up Montgomery avenue, to 20th street, to "Ridge avenue, to South College avenue, to Corinthian avenue, to Parrish street, to 20th, to Federal, to 18th, to Francis, to Perkiomen, to Vineyard; to Ridge avenue, to 18th, to depot. This road has a line running down Filbei't, to 7th, to Sausom, to 18th. 49 The last two roads were not completed at tlie time this book was written. RAILROAD DEPOTS. Pennsylvania Railroad. Thirty-first and Market streets, Kensington, Elm and Belmont avenues, and Market Street Ferry. Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. Thirteenth and Cailowiiill streets. Germantown and Norristown Branch. Ninth and Green streets. North Pennsylvania Railroad. Berks and Ame- rican streets. Pliiladelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. Broad and Wasliington avenue. Camden and Atlantic Railroad. Vine Street Ferry. West Jersey Railroad. Market Street Ferry. West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad. Thirty- first and Chestnut. FERRY COMPANIES. Camden and Pliiladelphia, from foot of Market street, upper side, to Federal street, Camden. Cooper's Point, from foot of Vine street, to Cooper's Point. Gloucester, New Jersey, from foot of South street to Gloucester. Kaighn's Point, from foot of South street, upper side, to Kaighn's Point. Kensington and New Jersey, from foot of Schacka- maxon street, to Cooper's Point, West Jersey, from foot of Market street, lower side, to Market street Camden. 7 50 PLACES OF INTEREST. Academy of Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry streets. Academy of N^atural Science, 19tli and Eace. American Philosophical Society, 5th below Chest- nut street. Arsenal, Frankford; take Kichniond horse-cars. Apprentices' Library, 5th and Arch streets. Blind Asylum, 20th and Kace streets. Concerts Wednesday afternoons. Blockley Almshouse, west of South Street Bridge. Carpenter's Hall, Carpenter's Court, Chestnut below Fourth ; place of meeting of tlie 1st Congress. Christ Church, built in 1753, 2d al)ove Market. Commercial Exchange, Second above Chestnut. County Prison or "Moyamensing," 11th andPass- yunk avenue. Custom House, Chestnut above Fourth street. Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Broad and Pine street. Franklin Institute, 7th above Chestnut street. Franklin's Grave, 5th and Arch streets. Fairmount Park, " 2991 acres," on the banks of the Schuylkill and Wissahickon. Girard College, entrance Girard avenue above 20th. Clergymen are not admitted, in consequence of spe- cial directions in Stephen Girard 's Will. House of Correction, near Holmesburg ; take cars on Pennsylvania E. E. at the Kensington depot. House of Eefuge, 23d and Parrish streets. Hospital for the Insane, (Kirkbride's,) Haverford avenue. West Philadelphia ; take Market street cars. Independence Hall, Chestnut below 6th streets. 51 Liiurel Hill Cemetery, Ridge avenue, take Ridge avenue cars or steamboat at Fairmount. Ledger Building, 6th and Chestnut streets. Masonic Temple, Broad below Arch street. Mercantile Library, Tenth above Chestnut street. Merchants' Exchange, Third and Walnut streets. Monument Cemetery, Broad and Berks. Mount Vernon Cemetery, nearly opposite Laurel Hill. ISTational Museum. Independence Hall. Kavy Yard, League Island, foot of Broad street. Naval Asylum, Gray's Ferry Road; take cars on Pine street, Northern Home for Friendless Children, 23d and Brown streets. Old Swedes' Church, oldest church in Philadel- phia, built in 1700, Swanson street below Christian ; take Second street car to Christian street. Penn Treaty Monument, Beach and Hanover streets, take Richmond car on 3d street. Penitentiary, (Eastern,) 21st and Fairmount avenue. Pennsylvania Hospital, 8th and J*ine streets. Philadelphia Library, 5th below Chestnut street. Post Office, Chestnut below 5th, new building being erected at 9th and Chestnut streets. Public Buildings, (new.) being erected at Broad and Market streets. Union League House, Broad above Walnut street. United States Mint, Chestnut below Broad street. University of Pennsylvania, 86th and Darby road. Water Works, Fairmount, in Park, east side of Schuylkill river, west of Green street entrance. 52 Woodland Cemetery, AV^oodland avenue, West Pliiladelpliia ; take Walnut street cars. Young Men's Christian Association, 1210 Chestnut street. New building being erected at loth and Chestnut streets. Zoological Garden, West of Girard avenue bridge. Height of Several Steeples, Towers, etc., in Philadelphia. West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church, Si3ruce and 17th streets. Steeple 248 feet. Masonic Temple, Broad and Filbert streets. Tower 240 feet. St. Peter's Koman Catholic Church, 5th and Gi- rard avenue. Steeple 235 feet. Methodist Episcopal Church, Broad and Arch streets. Steeple 233 feet. St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Locust, west of 16th. Steeple 232 feet, 7 inches. North Broad Street Presbyterian Churchy Broad and Green streets. Steeple 232 feet. Eirst Baptist Church, Broad and Arch streets. Steeple 225 feet. St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Spring Garden above Thirteenth street. Steeple 225 feet. St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 3d and Pine streets- Steeple 218 feet. Cathedral, Pioman Catholic Church, 18th above Race street. Dome 216 feet. Tabernacle, Baptist Church, Chestnut above 18th street. Steeple 212 feet. Alexander, Presbyterian Church, 19th and Green streets. Steeple 200 feet. 53 Aiiimuchitiou, Uomaii Catholic Church, 10th and Dickcrson streets. Steeple 200 feet. Christ Church, Episcopal, Second above Market street. Steeple 196 feet. St. Augustine, Roman Catholic Church, Fourth below Vine street. Steeple 188 feet. Fourth Baptist Church, Fifth and Buttonwood streets. Steeple 188 feet. Zion, Lutlieran Church, Franklin below Vine street. Steeple 186 feet. Oxford, Presbyterian Church, Broad and Oxford streets. Steeple 182 feet. West Arch Street, Presbyterian Church, 18th and Arch streets. Dome 170 feet. Towers 115 feet. West Philadelpliia, Baptist Church, 30th and Chestnut streets. Steeple 170 feet. ^NTativity, Episcopal Church, 10th aud Mt. Ver- non streets. Steeple 170 feet. Fifth Presbyterian C.-hurch^ Arch above 10th street. Steeple 165 feet, St. .John's, German Lutheran Cliurch, loth and Ogden streets. Steeple 165 feet. State House, Chestnut below 6th street. Steeple 160 feet. Assumption, Roman (Jathplic Cluu'ch, Spring Garden below 12th street. Steeple 160 feet. Berean, Baptist Church, Chestnut above 40th street. Steeple 160 feet. Fifth Baptist Church, 18th and Spring Garden streets. Steeple 156 feet. Holy Trinity, Episcopal Church, 19th and Walnut streets. Tower 150 feet. Memorial Hail , Fairmount Park. Tower 150 feet . 54 Shot Manufactory. Carpenter below 2d street. Tower 145 feet. St. Mary's, P. E. Clmrcli, Locust above 39tli street. Steeple 140 feet. PUBLIC SQUARES. Independence Square, is bounded by 5th, 6th, Chestnut, and Walnut streets. Washington Square, is bounded by 6th, 7th, Wal- nut, and Locust streets. Franklin Square, is bounded by 6th, Franklin, Race, and Vine streets. Logan Square, is bounded by 18th, 19th, Race, and Vine streets. Rittenhouse Square, is bounded by 18th, 19th, AYalnut and Locust streets. [N'orris Square, is bounded by Susquehanna ave- nue, Hancock, Diamond, and Howard streets. Jefferson Square, is bounded by 3d, 4th, and Federal streets, and Washington avenue. PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. Academy of Music, Broad and Locust streets. Walnut Street Theatre, 9th and Walnut streets. Chestnut Street Theatre, Chestnut above 12th. Arch Street Theatre, Arch above 6th street. Col. Wood's Museum, 9th and Arch streets. Antierican Theatre (Varieties), Chestnut above 10th streets. Grand Central Theatre (Varieties), Walnut above 8th street. Amateur Drawing Room, 17th above Chestnut. Arch Street Opera House (Minstrels), Arch above 10th street. Eleventh Street Opera House, (Mmstrels,) 11th above Chestnut streets. Enoch's Yarieties, 7th below Arch streets. Kew National Theatre, (Varieties,) 10th and Callowhill streets. Kiralfy's i^ew Theatre, Broad and Locust streets. Miller's Summer and Winter Garden, (Varieties,) Vine below Eighth streets. Ladner's Military Hall, Summer and Winter Gar- den, (Varieties,) Third below Green streets. Wheatley Dramatic Hall, Fifth and Gaskill streets. Anatomical Museum, Chestnut below 8th street. Museum of Anatomy, Chestnut above 8th street. Horticultural Hall, Broad below Locust street. Musical Fund Hall, Locust above 8th street. Concert Hall, Chestnut below 13th streets. Assembly Buildings, 10th and Chestnut streets. Concordia Hall, Callowhill below 5th streets. Maennerchor Garden, Fairmount avenue above 7th street. Principal Meeting Places of the Leading Secret Orders in Philadelphia. Masons, Masonic Temple, Broad and Filbert streets. I. O. of O. F., Odd Fellows' Hall, 6th below Kace. I. O. of Red Men, Red Men's Hall, 3d and Brown. American Mechanics, American Mechanics' Hall, Fourth and George streets. Knights of Pythias, Broadway Hall, Broad and Spring Garden streets. P. O. S. of A., Sons of America Building, 524 North 6th street. r>6 HOTELS. (THEIR ACCOMMODATIONS.) Continental Hotel, S. E. corner 9tli and Chestnut streets; accommodation for 1000 persons. Girard House, N. E. corner 9tli and Chestnut streets; accommodation for 800 persons. American Hotel, Chestnut above 6th; accommo- dation for 650 persons. Colonade Hotel, S. W. corner 15th and Chestnut streets; accommodation for 600 persons. Merchants' Hotel, 4th below Arch street; accomo- dation for 500 persons. fet. Elmo Hotel, 317 Arch street; accommodation for 450 persons. Washington Hotel, Chestnut above 7th street ; accommodation for 400 persons. La Pierre House, Broad below Chestnut street. Bingham House, S. E. corner 11th and Market streets; accommodation for 350 persons. St. Charles Hotel, 3d below Arch street ; accom- modation for 350 persons. St. Stephens Hotel, Cliestnut above 10th, street ; accommodation for 300 persons. St. Cloud Hotel, Arch above 7th street; accommo- dation for 300 persons. Central Avenue Hotel, Market below 9th street, north side ; accommodation for 300 persons. Eagle Hotel, 3d above Eace streets ; acommoda- tion for 300 persons. Wyoming Hotel, 445 Korth 3d street, accommoda- tion for 300 persons. St. James Hotel, Race above 3d, street ; accommo- dation for 250 persons. 57 Red Lion Hotel, 2d and Noble street ; accommo- dation for 225 persons. Irving House, Walnut above 9th street; accommo- dation for 200 persons. Markce House, Chestnut above 9th street; accom- modation for 200 persons. Arch Street House, Delaware avenue and Arch street ; accommodation for 150 persons. Ptidgway House, Delaware avenue and Market street; accommodation for 150 persons. Bald Eagle Hotel, 416 North 3d street ; accommo- dation for 150 persons. European House, 315 Arch street ; accommoda- tion for 150 persons. Commercial Hotel, 82G Market street; accommo- dation for 125 persons. Barley Sheaf Hotel, 257 North 2d street ; accom- modation for 125 persons. Montgomery Hotel,. N. E. corner 6th and Willow street; accommodation for 100 persons. Guy's Hotel, 7th and Chestnut streets ; accon)mo- dation for 100 persons. New, Centennial Hotel; accommodating from 40(1 to 4000 persons. Globe Hotel, Belmont l)elow Elm avenue. Trans-Continental Hotel,Belmont and Elm avenue, opposite the Exljibition grounds. United States Hotel, 42d street and Cohm)biji avenue. Centennial Home, 49th street and Lancaster ave- nue. Elm Avenue Hotel, 51st street and Elm avtiuu'. opposite tlie Exhibition grounds. Grand Union Hotel, Eleventh and Cambria streets. 58 Aubrey House, 32d and Walnut streets. St. George's Hotel, Broad and Walnut streets. West End Hotel, Chestnut below 16th street. Park Avenue Hotel, 17th and Diamond street. Centennial Palace Hotel, Broad street above Indi- ana avenue. Peabody House, 9th below Locust street. The above hotels will be opened for the reception of guests, before tlie opening of the Exhibition. In private boarding houses alone, it is estimated that 100,000 persons can be quartered comfortably. CALENDAR FOR ,876 '\m 'JTj ■^ * V H _« "u 3 1 1S7S s e a3 V. J July 2! 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1112 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 • IG 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 ?0 31 30 31 Feb. 1 2 3 4 5 Aug. 1 2 3 4 5 : 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 31 ' Mar. 1 9 3 4 Sept. 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 16 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 !^fi 27 28 29 30 April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Oct. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8i 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 : 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 , 30 29 30 ''. May 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nov. 1 2 3 4 ' 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 i 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 i 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 28 29 30 31 ... 26 27 28 29 30 June 1 2 3 Dec, \ 2 1 9 i 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 i 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 j 25 26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 "" 31 -rrrrr- -^'—- Jl LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 014 314 775 7 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 014 314 775 7 #