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Ulrick's al, N from Coates bel 5th Union al, from 180 Swanson to 463 S Front Union ct, from 150 Wood ab the R road Union Place, S W Lombard and Ashton Sch Union sq, George st, from Sch. 7th to 8th Union st, from Bedford to West N and S (E K) Union st, from 165 S Front to 79 S 4th
Union st, (K) from Bedford to Prince bet Marl- borough and Hanover
Unity ct, S from 16 Little Pine Upper Ferry road, (now part of Callowhill) from intersection of Callowhill and Nixon to the Upper Bridge 4
Van Buren ct, W from Cadwalader ab Wash- ington
Vaux's ct, E from 293 S.10th Venango st, W from 12th to Dean bel Locust Vernon st, from 44 Cedar to 29 Shippen
Vernon st, from N 10th to 11th, bet Parrish and Brown
Vicker's ct, N from Barker ab Sch. 6th Videll's ct, W from 58 S 2nd
Vienna st, from Prince to West, bet Cherry and Wood (K)
Vine al, from N 10th to Broad ab Vine Vine st, (the N boundary of the city) from the Delaware to Schuylkill, bet Sassafras and Callowhill
Vineyard st, from R road to Charles bet Ann and George
Vollum st, rear of Venango n 66 $ 12th
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LIST OF STREETS, &c.
Wager st, E from G T road & 5th (K) Wager's ct, S from Crocket's ct
Wagner's al, from 135 Cherry N to 252 Sas-|Wells' row, S from S E 8th and Green safras West ct, 'E from 27 N Market
Wagner's ct, W from N 5th ab Noble Wagner's ct, N from 5th ab Noble to Dean
Wagner's ct, W from Sch. 8th bet Sassafras and Vine
Wagner's al, (M) from Fitzwater to Brinton bet 12th and 13th
Wall st, from P road to 7th, opp Queen
Walker's ct, E from 239 N 2nd
Walker's ct, S from Willow ab 6th
Wallace's ct, W from 10 N Front
Wallace ct, W from Church bel Christian
Wallace st, from 7th W to Broad bet Green and Coates
Wall's Elbow, from Emlen's ct to Roger's ct
Walnut al, from N 13th W to N Juniper, bet Cherry and Sassafras
Walnut st, W from Delaware to Schuylkill bet Wiley's ct, S from Castle n 10th
Chestnut and Spruce
Walter's ct, N Front ab Noble
Warder place, N from Duke ab Front
Warren st, from Dean to Quince ab Spruce :
Warren's ct, N from 5 Sugar al
Warren st, (K) from Beach to Queen bet Ha- nover and Bishop
Warner's ct, S from 230 Shippen to German Washington ct, N from 230 Lombard
Washington place, S from 109 West Filbert Washington row, W from 130 Apple
Washington st, (See Shippen)
Washington st, from Master N to Montgomery (W K)
Washington st, High continued from the Per. manent Bridge through Hamilton village Washington market-place, 120 feet in width, extending from 3rd st to P road at the dis- tance of about 400 feet S of Cedar
Washington sq, from Walnut bel 8th S and E to 7th
Washington st, (S) from Delaware to Broad be Christian (being part of line of the (S) Rail road)
Washington st, (S Garden) from 9th to Broad bet Green and Wallace
Washington road, bet Green and Hickory
Washington st, N from Otter bet William and Wood st, (NL & S G) from 2nd st W to the Front
Water st, Sch. W of Sch. Front
Water st, from High N to Willow, and S to Pine, E of Front Watkin's al, from 22 Bread to 85 N 3rd
Watman's ct, W from 5th ab Noble
Watson's al, from Branch to New Watson's al, S from 104 Locust
Weaver's ct, S from 76 German
Weaver's row, E from G T road to Cadwalader n Camac
Weaver st, N from Green to Coates ab O Y road
Webb's al, from 221 Cherry to 336 Sassa- fras Webb's al, from Oak (N L) to 371 N Front
Webster's ct, W from 26 P road
Weccacoe st, N from 183 Queen to Catharine
West st, from F road to Wood (K) ab Duke West st, bet Sch Front & Beach, from Walnut Westmoreland st, from Broad to Sch. 8th, bet Locust and Spruce
Wharf st, from Cedar along the wharves
Wharton st, from the Delaware to P road bel Federal
Wheat st, S from Marion, bet S 2nd and Front
Whetstone ct, S from the c 6th & Christian
Whillden's ct, E from Rye opp Square
Whitaker's ct, W from 66 S 5th
Whitehall st, from 12th to Broad, bet Button- wood and Spring Garden
Whitehead's ct, W from 294 S 4th
Wickecoe av, S from Christian n Swanson
Wiggins' ct, S from 62 Cherry
William's ct, from 262 Cedar to 71 Bedford (M)
William st, from Otter to Rose (K) William st, from Vine to Coates
William st, from Coates to Vine W of Sch. Front
William st, from Otter to Edward N & S (W K)
Williamson's ct, from Concord bel 3rd
Willing's al, from 98 S 3rd to 75 S 4th
Willow al, from Willow ab 2nd
Willow ct, from Pine W of 6th
Willow st, S from Pine ab Sch. 6th Willow st, Sch., from Locust. to Cedar, bet Schuylkill and Beach
Willow st, from the Delaware W to 9th, N of Callowhill
Willow st, S from Wood bel 12th to Pearl
Wilson's ct, rear of 3 Poplar
Wilts' ct, S from Brown n 10th
Winter's ct, S from Morgan
Wistar's ct, S from Vine, E of Broad
Witman's al, from Kunckle, bel Callowhill to N 4th
Witman's ct, W from 400 N 2nd
Woglam's ct, E from 75 N 8th
Wood ct, E from Swanson n Prime
Sch. bet Vine and Callowhill
Wood st, (K) from Queen n Gunner's run to. West
Workman's ct, W of Front ab Mead
Wright's al, from Miller's al to Vine bet Sch. 8th and Broad
Yeager's ct, N from Carlton bel Broad
York buildings, Walnut bet Washington sq and S 8th York ct, E from 37 Budd
York st or ct, from 103 S 3rd E to Laurel
Young's al, W from New Market ab Willow Young's pl, N from 111 Queen (S)
Zachary's ct, N from 31 Walnut Zane st, from 32 N 7th W to N 8th
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LIST OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
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Academy of Natural Sciences, S E George & 12th ) Commissioners' Hall, S Garden, 309 Vine Academy of Fine Arts 311 Chestnut Adelphi Hall, S 5th bel Walnut Alms House, Schuylkill, (west side) Alms House, (Friends) Walnut ab 3d
American Philosophical Society, S W 5th and Chestnut
American Sunday School Union, 146 Chestnut Apprentices' Library, 27 N 7th n Mulberry Arcade, Chestnut ab 6th
Arch st Theatre, 219 Mulberry
Association for the Supply of Teachers, 9 S 3d Asylum for Lost Children, Commerce ab 5th Asylum Magdalen, c. Sassafras and Sch. 2d Athenæum, S W 5th and Chestnut
Athenian Buildings, Franklin pl
Athenian Institute and Philosophical Hall, S W 5th and Chestnut
Beaver Meadow Coal & R Road Co., office 75 Dock Beck's Shot Factory, Mulberry n Schuylkill
Burying Ground of Christ Church, S E 5th and Exchange (Mechanics') Franklin Institute Mulberry
Burying Ground of Presbyterian Church, Crown and Sassafras ab Sch. 8th
Burying Ground of 5th Presbyterian Church, Mulberry ab 10th
Burying Ground, Central Presbyterian Church, Sch. 7th bel Coates
Burying Ground, St. George's, Meth. E. Church, Coares n R road
Burying Ground, Catholic, Sch. 7th bel Coates Burying Ground of Society of Friends, Sch. 6th and 7th and Cherry and Sassafras
Burying Ground of St. Stephen's E Church, S W 13th and Cherry
Burying Ground of Universalists, S E 7th and Fitzwater
Bricklayers' Hall, N E 13th and Sassafras Callowhill Market, from 4th to 7th
Carpenters' Hall, N W 13th and Sassafras Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Office, 45 Walnut Chestnut st Theatre, 201 Chestnut Christ Church Hospital, 8 Cherry City Hospital, Sch. 4th n Coates
City Tobacco Warehouse, Dock and Spruce City Water Works, Fairmount, office 200 Cherry
Commissioners' Hall, N Liberties, 281 N 3d Commissioners' Hall, (S) $ 2d n Christian Commissioners' Hall, (K) Master and Front Commissioners' Hall (M) Christian ab 9th Cook's Equestrian Circus, Chestnut n 9th County Commissioners' office, State House W wing, above stairs
Clerk of Mayor's Court, State House E wing Custom House, 114 S 2d · Delaware Coal Company, 117 S 3d
Dispensary, 41 S 5th
Delaware and Sch. Canal office, 62 Walnut Fair Mount Water Works, ab Upper Bridge Fish Market, from Water to wharf in High Franklin Free School, 430 N 3d
Franklin Free Burying Ground, S 5th bel Prune Franklin Institute Hall, 9 S 7th
Franklin Square, bet Sassafras and Vine and N 6th and Franklin
Fuel Savings Society, yard c Sch. 7th & Locust German Society Hall, 8 S 7th
Girard College, R road N W of Francisville Girard Trust Treasurer's office, S 5th ab Chestnut
Guardians of the Poor, office State House
Hazelton Coal Co., office, 51 S 3d. Health Office, 47 S 5th
High st Market, from the Delaware to 8th
House of Refuge, c R road and Coates 7 Historical Society of Penn., Philosophical Hall House of Industry, 7 Ranstead ct
Infants' School No. 1, 13th n Sassafras
Jefferson Medical College, 56 S 10th
Jews' Burying Ground, N W Blackberry al and , Spruce
Journeymen Cabinet Maker's Ware Rooms, 48 S 5th
Kensington and Penn Township R Road, office 74 S 3d
Laboratory, (Swaim's) 7th bel Chestnut Laurel Hill Cemetry, R road n Sch. Falls Laurel Hill Coal Company, office 51 S 3d Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co., office 72 S 2d Library of Foreign Literature and Science, Phi- losophical Hall, S W 5th and Chestnut
City Commissioners' office, S W 5th & Chestnut Little Sch. Navigation R Road and Coal Co., 59 City Treasurer's office, S W 5th and Chestnut S 3d
City Watering Committee, office S W Chestnut Logan Square, bet Sassafras and Vine and Sch. and 5th, above stairs 3d and 5th Clarkson Hall, 103 Cherry ab 7th Lutheran School House, 235 St. John
Clerk of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Macphelah Cemetery, Prime n 10th State House, above stairs Marine Hospital, ab Gray's Ferry College and Medical Hall, 9th n High College of Pharmacy, Zane ab 7th
Marshall's office, State House, above stairs, Chestnut
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LIST OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Masonic Hall, S 3d bel Walnut
Masonic Hall, (old) Chestnut ab 7th Mayor's office, S W 5th and Chestnut Mayor's Court, State House, west room Medical Institute, Locust ab 11th Menonists, Crown bel Callowhill Mercantile Library, 134 Chestnut Merchants' Exchange, c 3d and Walnut Military Hall, 18 Library
Mine Hill and Sch. Haven Rail Road office Franklin Institute, 'S 7th Monument Cemetry, Broad n Poplar
Moravian Burying Ground, N W Lawrence and Public Model School, Chester & Maple Vine Public School, Sassafras ab Broad Public School, c 8th & Fitzwater
Musical Fund Hall, 60 Locust
Mutual Burying Ground, Prime n 10th
Navy Agent's Office, 4 Library
Navy Yard and Offices, S E Front and Prime
New County Prison and Debtors' Apartment, P road bel Federal
New House of Correction, Bush Hill
New Market, from Pine to Cedar in 2d
New Penitentiary, Coates W of House of Refuge Norristown and Valley Rail Road Office, 52 N 6th . North American Coal Co., 8 S 7th
Northern Dispensary, 373 N Front
Northern Liberties Gas Works, Maiden below N Front, office 248 N 3d
Northern Liberty Library, 260 N 3d
Northern Liberty & Penn Township Rail Road, office 256 N 3d
Northern Liberty Hall, 322 N 3d
Northern Liberty Market, from Coates to Poplar Odd Fellows Hall 5th bel Walnut
Orphan Asylum, St. Joseph's, S W Spruce & 7th Sparks' shot Factory, 21 John (S)
Orphan Asylum, St. Mary's, 5th n Pine
Orphan Asylum, St. John's, Chestnut ab 12th Old Academy, 42 N 4th
Penn Square, N and S of High, W of Juniper Penn's Treaty Monument, Shackamaxon, (K) Pennsylvania Canal Co., office 6 Carpenter's ct Pennsylvania Hospital, Pine bet 8th & 9th
Pennsylvania Institution for Deaf and Dumb, N W Broad and Pine
Pennsylvania Institution for the instruction of the Blind, Sassafras W of Sch 3d
Pennsylvania Life Insurance Company, 3rd and Dock
Pennsylvania State Arsenal, 29 S Juniper Permanent Bridge Company, office 1 York st Philadelphia Exchange, N E c 3d and Walnut Philadelphia Gas Works, Sch. Front n High, Office Franklin Institute
Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Rail Road Company, office 36 Walnut Philadelphia Institute, Filbert bet 11th and 12th Philadelphia Library, N E 5th and Library Philadelphia Museum, N E 9th & George Philadelphia and Trenton Rail Road Company, office N 3d ab Willow
Philadelphia Orphan's Asylum, N E Sch. 5th & Cherry
Philadelphia & Reading Rail Rd Office, 59 S.3d Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road Office, 282 High ab 8th
Philanthropic Burial Ground, Passyunk road bel County Prison Philosophical Hall, S W 5th & Chestnut, above stairs
Post Office, Merchants' Exchange
Post Office, Kensington, Maiden n Market Post Office, Spring Garden, Callowhill n 8th Preston Retreat, Hamilton n Sch. 3d
Public High School, Juniper n High Public School, Sch., Ashton ab Lombard Public School, New Market ab Noble Public School, 11th & Buttonwood
Public School, W Kensington, N 2d and Master
Public School, Northern Liberties, 432 N 3d Public School, Catharine ab 3d
Ronaldson's Cemetry, Shippen bet 9th and 10th Recorder's Office, 3 State House, E wing
Rittenhouse Square, bet Walnut and Spruce and Sch. 3d and 6th
Sandiford Hall, Haines ab 6th ›
Schuylkill Navigation Company Office, 10 S 7th Seaman's Friend Society, or Girard House, 23 N Water
Shelter for coloured orphans, N 13th n Willow Sheriff's Office, State House, W wing
Society for the encouragement of faithful domes- tics, 1 Minor
Southern Dispensary, 98 Shippen
Southwark Library, S 2d opp German
Southwark Market, M rd fr Prime to Washington
Southwark Rail Road Office, 257 S 2d
Spring Garden Library Co., 3 Spring Garden st State House, Chestnut bet 5th and 6th
State Armory, c Juniper and Penn Square St. Mary's Free School, 104 S 5th Sugar Loaf Coal Co., office 53 Dock Swaim's Bath House, N E George and 7th
Union Canal Company, office 6 Carpenter's ct Union Glass Works, Beach n Warren
United States Arsenal, Gray's ferry road n Fe- deral
United States Naval Asylum, Gray's ferry road n U S Arsenal
United States Gaugers' Office, 95 S Wharves United States Inspectors' Office, 95 S Wharves United States Mint, c Chestnut & Juniper University of Pennsylvania, S 9th n High Walnut Street Theatre, N E 9th & Walnut Washington Square S side of Walnut ab 6th Warden's Office 33 Walnut
West Philadelphia Rail Road Office, 62 Wal- nut
Wharton Market, bet Prime & Washington
Widows, Indigent, & Single Women's Asylum, Cherry E of Sch. 5th
Wills' Hospital, for the Lame and Blind, Sassa- fras W of Sch. 5th
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PRINCIPAL HOTELS IN PHILADELPHIA, &c.
GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
DAVID R. PORTER, Governor. FRANCIS R. SHUNK, Secretary of State. ALMOND H. READ, Treasurer. OVID F. JOHNSON, Attorney General.
COURTS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
SUPREME COURT.
The Supreme Court holds six terms for arguments, &c., in the Five Districts of the State, and adjourned Courts as they may deem necessary. The regular Terms are-
For the Eastern District, composed of the City and County of Philadelphia, and the Counties of Delaware, Chester, Montgomery, Bucks, Northampton, Lehigh, Wayne, and Pike, at Philadel- phia, in March, to continue two weeks, and 2d Wednesday in December, to continue three weeks. The last Monday in July is the return day for July term, but no court is then held.
For the Lancaster District, composed of the Counties of Lancaster, York, Dauphin, Lebanon, Schuylkill, and Berks, at Lancaster, 2d Monday in May.
For the Middle District, composed of the Counties of Northumberland, Union, Columbia, Centre, Mifflin, Juniata, and Huntingdon, Mckean, Clearfield, Lycoming, Potter, Tioga, Bradford, Susquehanna, Wayne, and Luzerne, at Sunbury, 2d Monday in June.
For the Western District, composed of the Counties of Alleghany, Westmoreland, Somerset, Fayette, Washington, Green, Beaver, Butler, Mercer, Crawford, Erie, Warren, Venango, Arm- strong, Indiana, Jefferson, and Cambria, at Pittsburg, 1st Monday in September, to continue four weeks.
For the Southern District, composed of the Counties of Franklin, Adams, Cumberland, Bedford and Chambersburg, on the Monday week next following the last week of the Term of the Western District.
PRINCIPAL HOTELS IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.
ARCH SREET HOUSE,
C. Champion, c Arch and N Wharves
BLACK BEAR INN,
Henry H. Horne, S 5th near High
BROAD STREET HOUSE,
James L. Neiler, N E Broad and Vine 1)7.
BULL'S HEAD,
Lewis W. Richards, 235 N 3d
CITY HOTEL, CONGRESS HALL, GOLDEN SWAN,
R. W. Dunlap, N 3d near Mulberry John Sturdivant, 27 S 3d, and 83 Chestnut
J. Haughawout, N 3d above Mulberry
INDIAN QUEEN,
David Miller, S 4th near High
MADISON HOUSE,
J. C. Burden, 39 N 2d
MANSION HOUSE,
Joseph Head, S 3d below Walnut
Hudson Burr Edmund Badger, Chestnut n 7th
J. M. Sanderson & Son, N 4th above High
S. C. Buck, 95 N 2d
C. Brower, 200 High
South Third near Chestnut
SECOND STREET HOUSE, THIRD STREET HALL, TREMONT HOUSE, UNION HOTEL, UNITED STATES HOTEL, WALNUT STREET HOUSE, WASHINGTON HOUSE, WESTERN EXCHANGE, WESTERN HOTEL, WHITE SWAN,
D. Dorrance, Chestnut above 4th
J. B. Bloodgood, 2 Walnut -
Joshua P. Jeffries, 223 Chestnut
Mary Sheldrake, W High, W of Penn Square
Jesse Tomlinson, 288 High
Webb & Kenton, 208 Sassafras
MARKET STREET FERRY, MARSHALL HOUSE, MERCHANTS' HOTEL, MOUNT VERNON HOUSE, RED LION HOTEL, ROBINSON CRUSOE,
S. Vogel, 42 N 2d Joseph Hall, corner N 3d and Willow D. Martin, 116 Chestnut John A. Jones, 152 Chestnut
BANKING INSTITUTIONS.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES,
Chestnut, West of South Fourth.
Chartered February 18, 1836 .- Capital $35,000,000. THOMAS DUNLAP, President. J. COWPERTHWAIT, Cashier.
JOHN ANDREWS, 1st Assistant Cashier.
ALEXANDER LARDNER, 2d Assistant Cashier.
HERMAN COPE, 3d Assistant Cashier. Directors.
Thomas Dunlap, John Connell,
James Martin,
John A. Brown, Manuel Eyre,
George Handy,
Joseph R. Ingersoll,
Richard Price, Thomas Smith, of Delaware Co.,
Richard Alsop,
Matthew Newkirk, George Sheaff, of Montgomery Co.,
Joseph Cabot, Lawrence Lewis, John Kirkbride, of Bucks Co.,
Lewis Waln, John R. Neff, John Steele, of Lancaster Co.,
Jonathan Roberts, of Montgomery County.
Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays .- GEORGE HEYL, Notary. Agencies.
Boston .- S. FROTHINGHAM.
Bank United States, in New York .- GEORGE GRISWOLD, President. Merchants' Bank, New Orleans .- W. W. FRAZIER, Cashier. Mobile .- GEORGE POE, JR.
St. Louis .- H. S. COXE.
Offices of Discount and Deposit.
Pittsburg .- JAMES CORREY, Cashier. New Brighton, Beaver County .- W. H. DENNY, Cashier. Erie .- P. BENSON, Cashier.
BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA,
Incorporated March 30th, 1793. Capital $2,500,000. Shares $400. Dividends declared on the 1st Wednesdays in January and July. Discount-Wednesdays and Saturdays.
JOSEPH P. NORRIS, President. JOSEPH TROTTER, Cashier.
J. P. Norris, Joseph B. Smith, Samuel C. Morton, John Farnum,
Directors. Tobias Wagner,
Gideon Scull,
Nathan Trotter,
Wm. V. Anderson,
Jacob Ridgway, By the State.
P. L. Laguerenne, Elihu Chauncey, John White.
J. Bingham, J. McGrath,
J. Keck, Wm. J. Leiper.
Branches.
Harrisburg .- JOHN M. FOSTER, President. Lancaster .- ADAM REIGART, President. Reading .- GEORGE D. B. KEIM, President. Easton .- PETER MICHLER, President.
JAMES LESLIE, Cashier. JOSEPH OGILBY, Cashier. JOHN M.KNIGHT, Cashier. PHILIP H. MATTES, Cashier.
Agencies at the Bank of Pennsylvania. Planters' Bank of Tennessee ; Bank of Illinois ; Sandy and Beaver Canal Company ; Petersburg Rail Road Company ; Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail Road Company ; Pottsville and Danville Rail Road Company. (Payment of Instalments.)
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PHILADELPHIA BANK, S. W. Fourth and Chestnut.
Incorporated 1804. Capital $2,000,000. Paid in $1,800,000.
JOHN READ, President. JOHN B. TREVOR, Cashier. Directors.
John Read,
Charles Graff,
Robert Patterson,
John Welsh,
William Phillips,
Quintin Campbell,
Samuel F. Smith,
Joshua Longstreth,
Richard D. Wood,
Samuel W. Jones,
Joseph R. Evans,
By the State.
Alexander Cummings, J. Sidney Jones, Daniel M.Keim, D. P. Bussier. Discount-Mondays and Thursdays .- EDWARD HURST, Notary.
GIRARD BANK, South Third street, below Chestnut, (West side.) Chartered 1822-Extended, and Capital increased, 1836. Capital $5,000,000, all paid. Discount-Mondays and Thursdays. JAMES SCHOTT, President. W. D. LEWIS, Cashier.
Directors.
James Schott,
Charles S. Boker,
C. W. Churchman,
Joseph Hemphill,
George Rundle,
Henry Welsh,
George Handy,
Jacob Lex,
William Wetherill,
John K. Kane,
Robert Toland,
Johnston M.Lanahan,
John R. Vogdes.
EDWARD HURST, Notary.
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FARMERS' AND MECHANICS' BANK, Chestnut street, West of Fourth, (North side.) Incorporated 1824. Capital $1,250,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays. JOSEPH TAGERT, President. WILLIAM PATTON, JR., Cashier.
Directors.
J. Tagert,
H. Campbell,
William Welsh, . .
A. E. Borie,
Robert Howell, Singleton A. Mercer,
Paul Farnum, J. C. Farr,
Charles Humphreys, John Tucker,
Jos. W. Throckmorton, Godfrey Weber,
Hudson Carman. H. G. FREEMAN, Notary.
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SCHUYLKILL BANK, S. E. Sixth and High. Chartered 1814. Capital $1,000,000. JOHN PRICE WETHERILL, President. Directors.
John Price Wetherill, William Yardley, Jr., George W. Carpenter,
Jacob L. Sharpe,
William Newell, David Pepper,
George Peterson,
Samuel J. Henderson, Stacy B. Barcroft,
Daniel Deal,
Robert R. Levick, James McIlvaine,
Hugh Catherwood.
GEORGE HEYL, Notary.
Election, first Monday in November. BRANCH-PORT CARBON, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, L. WHITNEY, Cashier.
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William Worrell,
John Duncan.
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BANK OF NORTH AMERICA, Chestnut street, West of Third, (North side.)
Chartered by Congress, 1781. Capital $1,000,000. Discount-Mondays and Thursdays. HENRY NIXON, President. HENRY HOLLINGSWORTH, Cashier. Directors.
· Henry Nixon, John M. Atwood, John Richardson,
Edward Yarnall,
Coleman Fisher,
James Smith.
GEORGE HEYL, Notary.
MECHANICS' BANK OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, South Third street, below High, (West side.)
Chartered 1814. Capital $1,400,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays. LEMUEL LAMB, President. J. B. MITCHELL, Cashier.
Directors.
Lemuel Lamb, W. H. Davis,
James Field,
Clem. Tingley,
Edward Lowber,
William R. Thompson,
Uriah Hunt,
Charles Leland,
Archibald Wright,
James H. Hart,
Edmund Wilcox.
GEORGE HEYL, Notary.
COMMERCIAL BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA, High street, between Second and Third, (North side.) %
Chartered 1814; renewed 1836. Capital $1,000,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays. Dividends, May and November.
JAMES DUNDAS, President. BENJAMIN P. SMITH, Cashier.
Directors.
James Dundas,
William Musser, Jacob Dunton,
John Cooper,
Joseph Jones, j ... Robert S. Johnson,
Moses Kempton,
William Gill,
Samuel Brooks,
Francis N. Buck,
David R. Sergeant,
Jacob M. Thomas,
Daniel Haddock, Jr.
GEORGE HEYL, Notary.
BANK OF THE NORTHERN LIBERTIES, North side of Vine, near North Third.
Chartered 1813. Capital $500,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays.
R. L. PITFIELD, President. S. W. CALDWELL, Cashier.
Directors.
Robert L. Pitfield, Michael Magrath,
Joseph R. Jenks,
Jonathan Knight, George Gorgas,
Andrew C. Barclay,
Joseph Thomas, Thomas Hart,
Samuel Grant,
Isaac W. Norris,
John Taylor,
Isaac Koons,
John Naglee,
David Kirkpatrick,
John Patterson.
JOHN GOODMAN, Notary.
David Lewis, Jr., William W. Keen,
Joseph P. Hornor, John B. Budd,
Thomas Robins,
Thomas Allibone,
Joseph T. Mather, C. S. Wurts,
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MANUFACTURERS' AND MECHANICS' BANK, N. L. North-west corner of Vine and North Third.
Chartered 1832. Capital $600,000. . Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays. .
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THOMAS H. CRAIGE, President. Directors.
JAMES HUNT, Cashier.
Thomas H. Craige,
John Farr,
John V. Hart, John Gamble,
James S. Newbold,
George N. Baker,
Samuel Parker,
Joseph Reakirt,
· Michael M'Gill, Robert V. Massey, Wm. S. Howell; John Horn,
James Russell. BENJAMIN T. BIOREN, Notary.
Chartered 1832.
WESTERN BANK, High, above Ninth, South side. Capital $500,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays.
BRITTAIN COOPER, President. GEORGE M. TROUTMAN, Cashier.
Directors.
Brittain Cooper,
George C. Hale,
Charles S. Wood,
George Troutman,
Thomas J. Maxwell, Robert Allen,
David Williamson,
Joseph M. Moss,
Armon Davis,
George W. Page,
Morris Patterson,
William Esher. EDWARD HURST, Notary
MOYAMENSING BANK, South-east corner Second and Chestnut streets.
Chartered 1832. Capital $250,000. Discount-Wednesdays and Saturdays.
JOSEPH SOLMS, President. - HERMAN ORNE, Cashier.
Directors.
Joseph Solms,
Col. Samuel Miller,
'John Devereux,
George Miller,
James Devereux, Joseph B. Conover,
Frederick A. Raybold,
Augustine Stevenson,
Edwin Coolidge,
Paul Thurlo,
Thomas M'Corkle,
John Gegan,
Robert O'Neil.
EDWARD HURST, Notary.
BANK OF PENN TOWNSHIP, North-west corner of Sixth and Vine streets.
Chartered 1826. Capital $250,000. Discount-Wednesdays and Saturdays. - JACOB FRICK, Cashier.
ELIJAH DALLETT, President.
Directors.
Elijah Dallett,
Amos Ellis,
Joseph S. Paxson,
Joseph H. Seal,
Abraham Alburger,
Abraham S. See,
John H. Campbell,
David Woelpper, Jr.,
Daniel Bray, William A. Everly,
Isaac B. Garrigues,
Thomas Scattergood.
B. T. BIOREN, 62 Dock street, Notary.
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SOUTHWARK [BANK, South Second street, below Cedar, (West side.) Capital $250,000. Discount-Mondays and Thursdays.
Chartered 1825.
T. SPARKS, President. JOSEPH S. SMITH, Cashier.
Directors.
Thomas Sparks,
Robert Burton, Henry Caron, .
D. Henry Flickwir,
Joseph Atkinson, Weston C. Donaldson,
William Clark,
Samuel H. Traner, Lewis Clark,
Thomas Barrett,
Thomas D. Grover, Edward C. Knight,
John Baker. JOHN OAKFORD, 61 George, (S.,) Notary.
KENSINGTON BANK, Re-chartered for 15 years from November 1836. Capital $250,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays.
JONATHAN WAINWRIGHT, President.
Directors.
CHARLES KEEN, Cashier.
Jonathan Wainwright, John Sexton,
Andrew Manderson, Jr.,
James Keen,
John M. Brown,
George Landell, Michael Day,
Samuel Magarge,
John Dickson,
Eli Garrison,
William A. Stokes,
Henry Crilly,
William Williamson, of West Chester. ISAAC BOILEAU, Notary.
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