Picture of Philadelphia; or, A brief account of the various institutions and public objects in this metropolis. Being a complete guide for strangers

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•:tkrc t »PICTURE OF PHILADELPHIA,
OR,\
A BRIEF ACCOUNT
OP
THE VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC
THIS METROPOLIS.OBJECTS IN
BEING ^
WITH
AN ADDENDA OF ALL IMPROVEMENTS TO
THE PRESENT TIME.
PHILADELPHIA :
E. L. CAREY AND A. HART,
Chesnut Street.
1835. yto Act of in the 1830,Entered, yearaccording Congress,
By E, L. Carey & A. Hart,
Court of theIn the office of the Clerk of the District
Eastern District ofPennsylvania.ADVERTISEMENT.
rather as a stran-This little volume is intended
of Phila-than a statistical pictureger's guide,
flatter them-As thesuch,delphia. publishers
samefound useful at theselves it will be ; and,
of an extensivethe citizen,time, possessed
our variousof institutions, may, byknowledge
discover muchto thereference following pages,
inac-his notice.that has Doubtless,escaped
of this de-from a workcuracies inseparable
will be discovered : however,are,theyscription
of minorbelieved to be and ;few, importance
the mostwas toas no trouble spared procure
toinformation in relationcorrect every subject
herein noticed.
and courtsThe list of streets, lanes, alleys
to be the mostis believed cataloguecomplete
been madeof the kind in existence, having
from an actual examina-with uncommon care,
andtion of of the districts,every part city,
forasuburbs, by person employed especially
of annexed isthe The thepurpose. plan City
aand was also constructed fromentirely new,
em-careful of thepersonal inspection region
in it.braced
1830.AugustOF THE CITY FOR 1830.OFFICERS
William Milnor.Mayor,
M'llvaine.Recorder, Joseph
Cornelius Stevenson.Treasurer,
C Robert lirooke.
Strahan.<Commissioners, Joseph
i. Jacob IJalling-er.
Robert H. Smith.Clerk,Cifi/
with the dates their Commissions.List Aldermen, ofof
11 October 1796.Robert Wharton,
John 21 1799.MayInskeep,
Andrew 22 October 1801.Pettit, 1801.Matthew 22Lawler,
SO 1813.Bartram,George April
24 1815.Samuel Badger, July
Peter 4 March 1818.Christian,
Abraham 8 1818.Shoemaker, April
23 1822-William Duane, April
23 1822.Watson,Joseph April
DecemberJohn 2 1822.Binns,
William 7 1823.Milnor, January
Andrew 30 1829.Geyer, April
Richard Jun. SO November 1829.Willing,
1830.Joseph Pjurden, January