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STATE BANK AT CAMDEN, N. J.
Office, 12 Church alley, Philadelphia.
Chartered 1812. Capital $300,000. Discount-Wednesdays and Saturdays.
RICHARD M. COOPER, President.
ROBERT W. OGDEN, Cashier.
Directors.
Richard M. Cooper, Joseph Rogers, John Buck,
Joseph W. Cooper,
James Matlack,
Joseph R. Parry,
Samuel C. Champion.
PHILADELPHIA.
James Good, Joshua Lippincott,
Elijah Dallett, Jr., John Oliver Boyd, James Le Fevre, Benjamin Jones. Notary-J. W. PETERSON, Camden, N. J.
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DISCOUNT DAYS
OF THE
PHILADELPHIA BANKS AND SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS.
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BANK UNITED STATES, PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA, FARMERS AND MECHANICS, NORTH AMERICA,
Tuesdays and Fridays. Wednesdays and Saturdays. Mondays and Thursdays. Tuesdays and Fridays. Mondays and Thursdays.
COMMERCIAL, MECHANICS,
Tuesdays and Fridays.
Tuesdays and Fridays.
SCHUYLKILL, NORTHERN LIBERTIES, GIRARD, SOUTHWARK,
Tuesdays and Fridays. Tuesdays and Fridays.
Mondays and Thursdays. Mondays and Thursdays. Wednesdays and Saturdays. Tuesdays and Fridays.
Tuesdays and Fridays.
Tuesdays and Fridays. Wednesdays and Saturdays. Mondays.
Tuesdays. Wednesdays. Tuesdays.
PENN TOWNSHIP, KENSINGTON, WESTERN, MANUFACTURERS & MECHANICS, MOYAMENSING,
SOUTHERN LOAN COMPANY, CENTRAL SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, PHILADELPHIA CITY SAVINGS, KENSINGTON SAVINGS,
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SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS.
KENSINGTON SAVINGS INSTITUTION, , 435 North Second. - Capital $150,000. JOHN SANDERS, Treasurer. JONA. ALDEN, Cashier.
JOHN SEXTON, President.
John Sanders,
Trustees. John Sexton, Directors.
Howell Hopkins.
John Sexton,
John Sanders, Samuel Bonnell,
Samuel T. Bodine,
Thomas Pratt,
Howel Hopkins,
Thomas Quintin,
Samuel Browning,
Elijah Tyson,
Elisha R. Johnston,
Osmond Reed, John Haines,
James Marsh.
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MANUFACTURERS' AND MECHANICS' . BENEFICIAL SAVINGS INSTITUTION OF THE NORTHERN LIBERTIES.
Office, No. 346 North Second street, below Green street. Capital authorised, $250,000. Shares $25. WILLIAM BINDER, President. CHARLES LEHMAN, Sec. and Treas. Trustees. William Binder.
Caleb Maule,
Directors. Caleb Maule, E. D. Martin,
William Binder,
Henry Deringer, John T. Smith,
A. J. Bucknor, C. Lehman,
George Mecke, Daniel Reiff,
John Manderson.
PHILADELPHIA CITY SAVINGS INSTITUTION, 99 North Second Street.
Capital $200,000. Discount-Wednesdays.
JOSEPH S. RILEY, President. CHARLES SHAFFER, Treas. WM. PARKER, Cashier.
Joseph S. Riley,
Directors. George W. Tyron, W. P. Hacker, ·
Charles Shaffer,
John Wright,
Archibald Wright, A. H: Stanton, Francis King, Jno. Brock,
John S. Leibert,
John Brock, Gideon Leeds, Ebenezer Mustin. Trustees.
Jacob F. Pleis,
Charles Shaffer,
George W. Tryon, Archibald Wright.
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George Ireland,
Isaac F. Baker, N. Harned,
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THE PHILADELPHIA SAVING FUND SOCIETY. Incorporated February 25, A. D. 1819. Open for Deposites and Payments on Mondays and Thursdays only, between the hours of 9 A. M. and 1 P. M., and 3 and 7 P. M. Office walnut Street, abobe Third.
CLEMENT C. BIDDLE, President.
GEORGE GREINER, Treasurer.
Managers.
Thomas Hale,
Geo. Campbell,
J. J. Vanderkemp,
Lawrence Lewis,
John R. Neff,
Quintin Campbell,
John A. Brown,
Francis R. Wharton,
Francis Gurney Smith,
Samuel Grant,
Thomas H. White,
William Davidson,
William Smith,
Philip H. Nicklin,
John Bacon,
Charles Vezin,
Horace Binney,
Nathan Dunn,
Jacob R. Smith,
John S. Riddle,
Thomas C. Rockhill,
Condy Raguet,
Tobias Wagner,
Lewis Waln.
Interest-Four per cent. per annum.
THE NORTHERN LIBERTIES, KENSINGTON AND SPRING GARDEN SAVING FUND SOCIETY. Incorporated April S, A. D. 1833. Open for Deposites and Payments on Mondays and Thursdays only, between the hours of 3 and 6 P. M. Office 339 North Third Street.
ISAAC B. GARRIGUES, President. SAMUEL MYERS, Treasurer. ,
Managers.
Michael Andress,
Franklin Lee,
Jesse Dickenson, Jr.,
George Swope,
John Waters,
William Bruner,
Daniel Clarke, Jacob Coleman,
Henry Remmy, Jr.,
Jacob F. Hœckley,
Henry Crilley,
Reuben Jarman,
John Taylor,
John Sanders,
Abel Matthias,
Israel E. James,
John D. Taylor,
Osmond Reed,
Elijah Dallett,
Michael Day,
Jacob Frick,
Isaac B. Garrigues,
John Agnew,
Daniel Smith,
Lawrence Shuster.
LOAN COMPANIES.
SOUTHERN LOAN COMPANY. SOUTH WEST CORNER SOUTH SECOND AND SPRUCE STREETS.
Capital $500,000. · Instituted 1835. Discount-Mondays. JOHN LINDSAY, President. W. W. SMITH, Cashier. Directors. Benjamin Franklin, John Leadbeater, Jr., Charles Oakford, Wm. Campbell,
John Lindsay,
George K. Childs,
David Brown, Charles W. Bender,
Joseph E. Maull,
Samuel Castner,
Jonathan Smith, James J. Boswell,
Reese D. Fell.
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MECHANICS' AND TRADESMEN'S LOAN : COMPANY Of THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. 16 South Sixth Street.
Chartered 1836. SAMUEL BADGER, President.
Capital $500,000. A. E. DOUGHERTY, Cashier.
St. George T. Campbell, George Mcclellan,
D. Boyd,
E. B. Gardette,
W. Badger,
H. Catherwood, S. Dito.
INSURANCE COMPANIES. FIRE AND MARINE.
NORTH AMERICA .- Office on the S. W. corner of Walnut and Dock streets. Chartered 1794. Capital $600,000. Shares $10. `Dividends January and July. JOHN C. SMITH, President. ARTHUR G. COFFIN, Secretary. Directors.
John C. Smith,
Matthew L. Bevan,
Samuel Brooks,
Alexander Henry,
John A. Brown,
Charles Taylor,
John Stille,
John White,
Samuel F. Smith,
Samuel W. Jones,
Thomas P. Cope,
Ambrose White,
Edward Smith,
William Foster,
Jacob M. Thomas.
MARINE.
INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA .- Office N E corner of Second and Dock streets.
Chartered 1794. Capital $500,000. Shares $400. Dividends February and August. SIMEON TOBY, President. WILLIAM HARPER, Secretary.
Directors.
Simeon Toby,
Charles Macalister,
John B. Budd,
Henry Nixon, William S. Smith,
Gustavus Colhoun,
: Tobias Wagner, James Markoe,
James Cox.
John M. Scott,
PHILADELPHIA .- Office S W corner of Second and Walnut streets. Chartered 1804. Capital $250,000. Shares $50. Dividends June and December. CHARLES H. BAKER, President. WILLIAM BOLLER, Secretary.
Charles H. Boker,
James C. Fisher, Alexander Elmslie, Robert M. Lewis,
Zachariah Poulson,
Directors. John Macalister, Jr., Charles Perot, Thomas W. Francis, George B. Reese,
Francis Hoskins, James C. Fisher, Jr., Richard P. Lardner, Joseph Perot.
John S. Miller, Charles S. Boker,
James Schott,
Directors. John Bell,
James McCormack,
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UNION .- Office No. 6 Merchants' Exchange.
Chartered 1804. Capital $300,000. Shares $60. Dividends January and July. RICHARD S. SMITH, President. GEORGE LEWIS, Secretary.
Directors.
Richard S. Smith, Saturnius Destouet,
Richard Willing,
John Bohlen, James Le Fevre,
Adolphus E. Borie,
Charles Graff,
Joseph Hand,
Timothy M. Bryan,
William Lynch,
Joseph Dugan,
Charles Dutilh.
John R. Neff,
PHOENIX .- Office No. 52 Walnut street.
Chartered 1803. Capital $480,000. Shares $80. Dividends June and December. DAVID LEWIS, President. JOHN R. WUCHERER, Secretary. Directors.
David Lewis, John L. Hodge,
Adolphus Peries,
John Goddard,
William Phillips,
Thomas C. Rockhill,
Lawrence Lewis,
Robert Toland,
Benjamin Morris.
MARINE .- Office No. 50 Walnut street.
Chartered 1809. Capital $300,000. Shares $60. Dividends January and July. JACOB SULGER, Jr., President. JOHN RUTHERFORD, Jr., Secretary. Directors.
Jacob Sulger, Jr., John Latour,
Alexander Benson,
John Darrieux,
Samuel N. Lewis, Benjamin Chew,
Elihu Chauncey,
Erskine Hazard,
Jos. B. Smith, John Farr.
John B. Newman,
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DELAWARE .- Office 3 Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1804. Capital $200,000. Shares $40. Dividends June and December. JOSHUA EMLEN, President. JOHN DONNALDSON, Secretary. Directors.
Joshua Emlen, Joshua Longstreth,
Jacob B. Clement,
Samuel Keith, Joseph R. Evans,
John W. Odenheimer,
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Benjamin Jones,
William Boyd, John Devereux,
John Cook,
George F. Randolph, Frederick Fraley,
Isaac Harvey, Jr.,
Thomas G. Hollingsworth, Edmund Wilcox.
UNITED STATES .- Office 5 Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1810. Capital $200,000. Shares $25. Dividends June and December. WILLIAM YOUNG, President. A. G. SALIGNAC, Secretary.
Directors.
Wm. Young, Wm. M‘Kee, H. Pratt M'Kean,
Henry Toland,
Joseph Cabot, John Stewart, Wm. P. Blight,
Gideon Scull, Clement B. Barclay,
John S. Riddle, Thos. Wickersham, John M'Crea, Jr., Nicholas Hopkins. ,
Isaac W. Norris,
Partick Hayes,
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ATLANTIC .- Office No. 4 Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1825. Capital $300,000. Shares $60. Dividends January and July. CONDY RAGUET, President.
HENRY D. SHERRERD, Secretary. Directors.
Condy Raguet,
Jacob R. Smith,
P. L. Laguerenne,
Daniel W. Coxe, Richard Oakford,
Charles Vezin,
Charles Massey, Jr.,
William Platt, '
Robert Ralston,
Jacob S. Waln,
J. B. M'Ilvaine,
P . Washington Jackson.
AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY .- Office N. E. corner Merchants' Exchange Chartered 1831. Capital $200,000. Shares $50. Dividends January and July." WILLIAM CRAIG, President. F. DUSAR, Secretary.
William Craig, Andrew C. Barclay,
A. J. Lewis,
Elijah Dallet, Pearson Serrill,
M. S. Wickersham.
Stephen Balwin, S. A. Lewis, Charles Stokes,
FIRE.
MUTUAL ASSURANCE .- Office No. 54 Walnut street.
Chartered 1786.
JAMES C. FISHER, President.
LAWRENCE LEWIS, Secretary and Treasurer. Trustees." Joseph Dugan, Richard Willing,
James C. Fisher,
Thomas Hale,
Robert Toland, Thomas Biddle,
Robert M. Lewis,
Henry Nixon,
Thomas C. Rockhill,
George M&Callmont,
Edward S. Burd,
George Cadwalader,
J. J. Vanderkemp.
AMERICAN .- Office No. 101 Chestnut street.
Chartered 1810. Capital $500,000. All pain in.
WILLIAM DAVIDSON, President. JOB BACON, Secretary.
William Davidson,
Directors. John Sergeant,
Manuel Eyre, Henry White,
William Lynch, Timothy Abbott,
PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE .- Office 134 Walnut street. Chartered 1825. Capital $400,000. Charter perpetual. 1
QUINTIN CAMPBELL, President. BEATON SMITH, Secretary.
Quintin Campbell, Paul Beck, Jr., Robert A. Caldcleugh,
Directors. William Boyd, Alexander Benson, William Montelius,
James Le Fevre, Isaac Hazlehurst.
John J. Vanderkemp, Thomas Allibone.
Joseph Gratz,
Directors. Joseph M. Moss,
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FRANKLIN .- Office 163} Chestnut street. Chartered 1829. Capital $400,000. Shares $100.
CHARLES N. BANCKER, President. CHARLES G. BANCKER, Secretary.
Directors.
Thomas J. Wharton,
Frederick Brown,
George W. Richards, Jacob R. Smith,
Mordecai D. Lewis.
PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP FOR THE INSURANCE OF HOUSES FROM LOSS BY FIRE .- No. 96 South Fourth street. Chartered 1752. EDWARD PENINGTON, Treasurer.
Directors.
Zachariah Poulson, Joseph Watson, Thomas Morris,
Joseph Price,
William Abbott,
Joshua Longstreth,
William H. Hart,
Horace Binney,
William Smith,
Benjamin R. Morgan,
Samuel W. Lewis,
Lewis Waln.
FIRE ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA .- Office No. 34 North Fifth street, between High and Mulberry. Instituted on the 15th of September, 1817, for the purpose of insuring houses from loss or damage by fire, in the City and County of Philadelphia. Incorporated March 27th, 1820. Re-incorporated April 3d, 1833.
GEORGE W. TRYON, President. ANDREW BUTLER, Sec'y. and Treasurer.
Trustees.
Israel Roberts, George Esler,
George W. Tryon, William Warner,
John Allen, Horatio G. Rowley, Benjamin P. Smith, Joshua Stokes,
George K. Childs,
Charles Schaffer,
William H. Hamilton,
Peter A. Keyser,
Howe Keith.
COUNTY FIRE .- Office 248 North Third street. Charter perpetual. Dividends January and July.
AUGUSTINE STEVENSON, President. JACOB F. HOECKLEY, Secretary.
Augustin Stevenson, Samuel Williams, Robert V. Massey,
Directors. Henry Crilly, Joseph Reakirt, Samuel Bonnell, John Taylor.
Osmon Reed,
Charles Elliott, Michael M'Gill,
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Charles N. Bancker, James Schott, Thomas Hart,
Tobias Wagner, Samuel Grant,
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SOUTHWARK FIRE INSURANCE .- Office No. 257 S 2d Street. Chartered 1834. Perpetual. Capital authorized by law, $400,000. Dividends, January and July.
WILLIAM G. ALEXANDER, President. SAMUEL H. TRANER, Secretary.
Directors.
William G. Alexander, Joseph Solms, F. A. Raybold,
G. M. Hickling, John J. Krider,
Charles Rizer,
Peter Williamson,
Levi Taylor,
Thomas Taylor,
Robert Coburn.
SPRING GARDEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY .- Office N W corner Sixth and Wood.
Incorporated 1835. Capital $400,000. Shares $50. Dividends January and July.
MORTON M.MICHAEL, President. ALEXANDER KRUMBHAAR, Secretary. Directors.
Morton M'Michael, Charles W. Schreiner,
Geo. M. Troutman,
Joseph Wood, Elijah Dallett,
Archibald Wright, P. L. Laguerenne,
R. W. Pomeroy,
Charles Stokes.
PHILADELPHIA FIRE AND INLAND NAVIGATION INSURANCE COMPANY. Office N W Third and Walnut. Incorporated 1835.
JESSE R. BURDEN, President. SAMUEL G. WALKER, Secretary.
J. R. Burden,
J. B. Sutherland
John Moss,
Robert T. Conrad,
William A. Martin,
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J. Heyberger,
Cheyney Hickman,
Jos. B. Smith,
Jacob Coleman.
THE DELAWARE COUNTY INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital authorized by law, $250,000. Office No. 36 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. GEO. SERRILL, President. WM. MARTIN, Secretary.
Directors.
William Folwell,
Joshua P. Eyre,
John P. Crozer,
Joseph H. Seal, Samuel M. Leiper,
Henry Lawrence,
George Serrill.
WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY .- Office 48 Walnut street. CHARLES S. RICHE, President. L. KIMBALL, Secretary.
Directors.
Charles S. Riche,
John M'Crea, John C. Da Costa,
Edward Gratz,
J. Palmer, Charles King, B. S. Burling, H. Ellmaker,
Samuel Snelling.
John Dallett
Wade T. Smith, Isaac Loyd, Jr., Charles Rugan,
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Samuel Edwards, · Charles Kelly,
Directors. James M.Cormack,
Samuel Townsend, Robert L. Loughead,
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THE PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY FOR INSURANCES ON LIVES AND GRANTING ANNUITIES .- Office 72 South Third street. Chartered 1812. Perpetual. Capital $500,000. Shares $100. Dividends January and July.
HYMAN GRATZ, President. SEARS C. WALKER, Actuary.
Directors.
Hyman Gratz,
John Bohlen,
Samuel F. Smith,
William Parker,
Elihu Chauncey,
John Mc Allister, Jr.,
John Moss,
Charles Taylor,
Charles Dutilh,
John B. Newman,
Henry J. Williams,
J. K. Mitchell, M. D.
THE GIRARD LIFE INSURANCE, ANNUITY AND TRUST COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA .- Office No. 159 Chestnut street. Incorporated 1836. Capital $300,000. Charter perpetual. B. W. RICHARDS, President. GEORGE W. ASH, Treasurer.
JOHN F. JAMES, Actuary.
Managers.
B. W. Richards,
Frederick Brown,
Thomas Ridgway,
Timothy Abbott,
David Williamson,
John R. Latimer,
Peter Hertzog,
Armon Davis,
Robert Pearsall,
John J. Smith, Jr.,
Robert Toland,
George Troutman,
Samuel Wagner, (York, Pa.)
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM COMPANY.
NATHAN DUNN, President. GEO. CAMPBELL, Secretary and Treasurer.
Directors.
Nathan Dunn, J. Cowperthwaite,
W. D. Lewis,
Isaac Elliott,
J. J. Smith, Jr.,
Franklin Peale,
J. K. Kanc,
R. M. Patterson,
Geo. Campbell.
PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS. THOS. CAVE, President.
WM. FENNELL, Register.
THOMAS NICHOLSON, Inspector.
JOHN C. CRESSON, Superintendent. JOHN P. MURTA, Messenger. JOHN BURROWS, Inspector of Meters.
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Philadelphia Association for the Relief of Disabled Firemen.
CHARLES SCHAFFER, President. GEORGE W. TRYON, Vice-President. H. G. ROWLEY, Treasurer. JAMES DALZELL, Secretary. ANDREW BUTLER, Assistant Secretary.
Trustees.
Charles Schaffer, · John Rutherford, Jr.,
M. Garrigues,
George W. Tryon,
Alexander Henry,
George Esher,
M. L. Gordon,
H. G. Rowley,
George K. Childs,
Joseph Reakirt,
Benjamin Matthias,
Benjamin Camm,
E. A. Souder,
John Donnelly,
Peter C. Ellmaker,
J. B. Andrews, John Allen,
Wm. P. Smith,
Andrew Butler,
James Dalzell,
Jacob Esher.
COMMITTEE OF RELIEF.
Wm. P. Smith, Jacob Esher, J. B. Andrews,
John Allen, B. Camm, James Dalzell.
BOARD OF HEALTH, 1839-40.
CITY .- Joseph W. Ryers, No. 223 Walnut street James Hutchinson, No. 58 South Twelfth street. William E. Lehman, No. 85 Lombard street. Thomas Stewardson, M. D., Walnut near Schuylkill Eighth street. William W. Gerhard, M. D., No. 281 Chestnut street. Joseph T. Mather, No. 70 Walnut street.
NORTHERN LIBERTIES. Peter Parker, No. 249 North Second street. John A. Elkinton, M. D., S E cor 5th & Green streets.
SPRING GARDEN, William B. Whitecar, Buttonwood, 2d door below Eighth st. South side.
SOUTHWARK .- William G. Alexander, 74 Swanson street. 1
MOYAMENSING .- Robert L. Loughead, No. 229 South Ninth street.
KENSINGTON .- Abraham Helfenstein, M. D., Beach opposite Manderson street.
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
President .- James Hutchinson.
Secretary .- Thomas Stewardson, Jr., M. D.
Treasurer .- William E. Lehman.
Steward of Lazaretto .- Capt. Daniel Brewton, Lazaretto.
Solicitor .- Benjamin Gerhard, Esq., No. 61 South Fourth street.
Clerk of the Board .- Samuel P. Marks, No. 19 Moyamensing road. Matron of City Hospital .- P. Altemus, Hospital.
Messenger .- Charles F. Thiesen, No. 9 Moyamensing road. Runner .- David Brown, No. 28 Bonsall street.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.
Health Oficer .- Peter Rambo, cor Bedford and Hanover (K.) Port Physician .- Isaac N. Marcellis, M. D., N. E. Second and Catharine. Lazaretto Physician .- William Worthington, M. D., Lazaretto. Quarantine Muster .- Benjamin Martin, Lazaretto.
LIST OF
Councils, Police, Clerks, Inspectors, Custom House, Libraries, &.c.
CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.
John Swift, Mayor, office c 5th and Chestnut. Samuel Rush, Recorder, office 3 State House row.
Cornelius Stevenson, Treasurer, office c 5th and Chestnut.
Robert H. Smith, City Clerk, office c 5th and Chestnut.
Edward Olmstead, Soliciter, S 5th ab Walnut. John B. Kenney, Mayor's Clerk, c 5th and Chestnut.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
SELECT COUNCIL .- Joseph R. Chandler, John Wiegand, Henry J. Williams, Lawrence Lewis, John Price Wetherill, Thomas G. Conner, Cor- nelius Tiers, Isaac Elliott, George Sharswood, James Rowland, George Handy, William M. Meredith.
William M. Meredith, President.
Jos. G. Clarkson, Clerk, 130 Walnut.
P. E. Hamm, Assistant Clerk, corner 5th and Chestnut.
COMMON COUNCIL .- William Rawle, John Thomason, Joseph Hand, Samuel W. Weer, Alexander Ferguson, James Hutchinson, Wm. Morris, Charles Gilpin, George H. Burgin, T. Leaming Smith, Isaac Otis, Isaac Myer, Thomas S. Smith, Isaac H. Whyte, Reese D. Fell, Chas. Barrington, John Lindsay, Edward Penington, Dr. Caleb B. Matthews, David Winebrener.
Levi Hollingsworth, Clerk, 53 S 5th.
TREASURER OF THE GIRARD TRUST. Benjamin Jones, Jr., office S 5th nI Chestnut.
AGENT OF THE GIRARD ESTATES. John S. Warner, office S 5th n Chestnut.
CITY COMMISSIONERS.
Adam Traquair, president, office S W 5th and Chestnut.
William Faries, Thomas K. Wallace, Lane Schofield. John Diehl, commissioner of city property.
REGULATORS AND SURVEYORS.
Samuel Hains, office S 5th n Chestnut. Marine T, W. Chandler, assistant.
HIGH CONSTABLES .- John M'Lean, John K. Murphy, James Young, Levin H. Smith.
COLLECTORS OF WATER RENTS .- Armon Davis, James Hickey.
SUPERINTENDENTS FOH CLEANSING THE CITY. the south side of Market street to the north side -Robert Patton, John M'Intire.
CLERKS OF HIGH STREET MARKET .- Peter Conrad, Joshua Mitchell.
CLERK OF SECOND STREET MARKET .- Henry B. Gillingham.
CLERK OF HIGH STREET MARKET, WEST OF TENTH .- Levin B. Godwin.
CITY AND COUNTY.
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Daniel Fitler, Sheriff.
George Norton, Deputy Sheriff.
Samuel Heintzleman, Coroner.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Fariner Burn, Jonathan Johnsen, Thomas Vaughan.
Joseph Plankinton, Clerk.
Samuel J. Robbins, Assistant Clerk.
George Read, County Treasurer.
William J. Bedlock, George Norton and Tho- mas J. Heston, Auditors.
CONTROLLERS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
1st Section. Thomas Dunlap, President.
George M. Wharton.
Thomas G. Hollingsworth.
Samuel English.
2d Do. George Justice.
3d Do. James Campbell,
4th Do. Alexander Wentz.
5th Do. John Foulkrod.
6th
Do. Horatio G. Jones,
7th & 8th
Do. Henry Leech.
9th Do. Andrew Hooton.
10th Do. Peter Rambo.
CUSTOM HOUSE, South Second below Dock.
Collector, George Wolf.
Deputy Collectors, John Kern, Richard L. Howell.
Naval Officer, John Horn.
Deputy Naval Officer, Rowland Parry.
Surveyor, George W. Riter.
Deputy Surveyor, A. Ford.
Weigher, George Guier.
Guagers, John Thomson, Dilworth Wentz.
Appraisers, Thomas Stewart, Henry Simpson.
Assistant Appraisers, C. F. Breuil, B. C. Car- penter.
Storekeeper, Robert A. Patton. Marker, Charles S. Jackson.
INSPECTORS OFFICES.
Office of the northern district on Pratt's wharf below Race street. The northern District ex- tends from the north side of Market street to Kensington.
Office of the middle district No. 40 South Wharves. The middle district extends from of Spruce street.
Office of the southern district, corner of Lom- bard street and South Wharves, the southern district extends from the south side of Spruce strect to the Navy Yard.
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LITERARY INSTITUTIONS, &c.
WARDENS OF THE PORT.
Master Warden, Benjamin Holbrook, office 33 Walnut.
Harbor Master, Patrick Hays.
DIRECTIONS FOR TRANSACTING CUSTOM HOUSE BUSINESS.
Office hours from 9 A. M. to 2 P. M.
Desk No. 1. For preparing registers, enrol- ments and licenses, and entering and clearing vessels from and to foreign ports.
No. 2. For receiving fees, cash duties, &c., also for entering and clearing vessels coastwise.
No. 3. «Examination of entries of merchandise imported, with the invoices and bills of lading, ascertaining the duties thereon, calculating draw- backs and issuing coastwise certificates of draw- back.
No. 4. Record of imports, and examination of inward manifests, previous to vessels clearing at No. 1.
No. 5. Bonds for duties taken, and permits and Franklin Hulings, Librarians. issued for the delivery of goods from vessels and stores.
No. 6. For the payment of debentures, trea- sury warrants, bounties, &c.
No. 7. Export bonds taken, export permits, debentures, and transport certificates issued, and export bonds cancelled on the production of landing certificates.
No. 8. Record of exports.
No. 9. Abstract of bonds to be collected.
No. 10. Seamen's protections, and orders issued for the admission of sick seamen into the Marine Hospital.
No. 11. Cashier for receiving payment of bonds for duties, &c.
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PHILADELPHIA LIBRARY COMPANY, Corner S Fifth and Library.
INCORPORATED BY WILLIAM PENN.
Shares $40. Annual subscription $4.
John J. Smith, Jr., Librarian and Treasuaer.
APPRENTICES' LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA,
27 N Seventh, near Mulberry.
John Sergeant, President, Philip Garrett, Vice President, James Sellers, Treasurer.
ATHENAEUM, S W Fifth and Chestnut.
Shares $25. Stockholders' Annual Payments, $10.
Peter S. Duponceau, L. L. D., President, John Vaughan, Vice President, Quintin Campbell, Treasurer, William M'Ilhenney, Secretary.
PHILADELPHIA INSTITUTE, Filbert above Eleventh.
For the Moral and Intellectual improvement of Young Men.
Matthew Newkirk, President. Samuel Rich ards, Robert Earp, John C. Pechin, M. L. Bevan, Vice Presidents. L. Harwood, Secretary. A Martin, Treasurer.
MERCANTILE LIBRARY COMPANY, 134 Chestnut Street.
Thomas . P. Cope, President. John Fausset, Treasurer. John J. Thompson, Secretary. J. Cox, Librarian.
SOUTHWARK INSTITUTE.
Peter Crans Jr., President. William C. Flani gen, Vice President. James Stevenson, Trea- surer. Washington L. Lane, Secretary. Charles R. Webb, Assistant Secretary. Aaron Martin
THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
S W Fifth and Chestnut.
P. S. Duponceau, President.
N. Chapman, J. Hopkinson, and R. M. Patter son, Vice Presidents.
F. Bache, J. K. Kane, A. D. Bache, C. D. Meigs, Secretaries.
N. Biddle, J. Mease, T. Biddle, G. Emerson, J. F. Fisher, Counsellors for three years.
J. Lee, J. Hays, J. P. Wetherill, Curators. John Vaughan, Treasurer.
FRANKLIN INSTITUTE.
Meetings : Institute, Quarterly, 3d Thursday in the month. Conversations, monthly, 4th Thursday in the month. Board, 3d Wednesday in the month.
James Ronaldson, President.
Isaiah Lukens, Thomas Fletcher, Vice Pre- sidents.
Isaac B. Garrigues, Recording Secretary.
Alexander Dallas Bache, Corresponding Se- cretary.
Frederick Fraley, Treasurer.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
D. W. Coxe, President.
John A. Brown and Condy Raguet, Vice Pre- sidents.
John Vaughan, Treasurer.
J. H. Linn, Secretary.
PHILADELPHIA ICE COMPANY.
Alexander Henry, President.
John Binns, Treasurer. Benjamin F. Binns, Secretary. William G. Stewart, Superintendent.
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RAIL ROAD, COAL, AND COAL COMPANIES, &c.
RAIL ROAD, COAL, AND CANAL COMPANIES.
LEHIGH COAL AND NAVIGATION COMPANY, Office 72 South Second street. Joseph Watson, President. Edwin Walter, Secretary. Otis Ammidon, Treasurer.
SCHUYLKILL NAVIGATION COMPANY, Office German Hall.
Joshua Lippincott, President. Claudius Har- per, Secretary. Claudius Harper, Treasurer.
UNION CANAL COMPANY, Office Carpenter's Court.
William Boyd, President. T. P. Roberts, Trea- surer. Capital, 847,600 dollars.
CAMDEN AND AMBOY RAIL ROAD AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY,
Office cor Chestnut street and South Wharves.
Robert L. Stevens, President. Edwin A. Ste- vens, Treasurer.
DANVILLE AND POTTSVILLE RAIL ROAD COMPANY, Office 5 Bank Place (Chestnut Street.)
Benjamin W. Richards, President. Samuel H. NORRISTOWN AND GERMANTOWN RAIL Carpenter, Treasurer. Capital, 500,000 dollars.
LITTLE SCHUYLKILL AND SUSQUE- HANNA RAIL ROAD COMPANY, Office No. 7 South Fifth street.
John C. Montgomery, President. Thomas Hayes, Secretary. Thomas Hayes, Treasurer. Capital, 2,000,000 dollars.
MOUNT CARBON RAIL ROAD COMPANY, Office No. 117 South Third street.
John White, President. James C. Donnell, Se- cretary. Capital, 100,000 dollars.
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