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Public School, 11th & Buttonwood
Public Model School, Chester & Maple
Public School, Sassafras ab Broad Public School, c 8th & Fitzwater
Public School, W Kensington, N 2d and Master
Public School, Northern Liberties, 432 N 3d
Public School, Catharine ab 3d
Public School, Callowhill n F M
Public School, Coates bel 13th
Public School, O Y road ab Poplar
Public School, South Eastern, Front bel Pine
Public School, (coloured) 6th n Lombard
Ronaldson's Cemetery, 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
School of St Peter's Church, 79 Lombard
Seaman's Friend Society, or Girard House, 23 N Water
Seminary of St Charles Borromeo, Sch 5th and Sassafras
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 Wash- ington
Sparks' shot Factory, 21 John (S) State House, Chestnut bet 5th and 6th State Armory, c Juniper and Penn Square
St. Mary's Free School, 104 S 5th
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 US Arsenal
U. S. Inspector's office, 99 S Wharves U S. Weigher's office, 1 Lombard 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
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
BANKING INSTITUTIONS.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, Chestnut, west of South Fourth. Chartered February 18, 1836 .- Capital $35,000,000 JAMES ROBINSON, President. Superintendent of Suspended Debt-HERMAN COPE. Directors.
James Robertson,
William M. Kennedy, Edmund G. Dutilh,
John Struthers,
William Drayton,
William L. Rehn,
Charles Gibbons,
Robert C. Hall, of Car-
William Rawle,
Benjamin Kugler,
Joseph Perot, lisle, Pa.
Moses Kempton,
Lloyd Mifflin,
Joseph H. Dulles,
Moses Wills, of Co-
Joshua Lippincott,
Robert Burton,
Foster G. Crutcher,
lumbus, N. J.
BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA,
Incorporated March 30th, 1793 .- Capital $2,500,000 .- Shares, $400. Dividends declared on the first Wednesdays in January and July. Discounts-Wednesdays and Saturdays.
JOSEPH TROTTER, President. GEORGE PHILLER, Cashier.
Directors.
Joseph Trotter,
Mordecai D. Lewis,
Henry Chester,
Gideon Scull,
Charles Penrose,
Wm. V. Anderson,
Robert M. Lewis,
Benjamin Jones, Jr.
Jacob R. Smith,
Wm. E. Hacker, James Bingham,
David S. Brown.
By the State.
William J. Leiper, Joseph H. Newbold,
Charles W. Brooke, William Geisse.
PHILADELPHIA BANK,
Southwest Fourth and Chestnut. Incorporated 1804 .- Capital $2,000,000 .- Paid in $1,800,000.
SAMUEL F. SMITH, President. JOHN B. TREVOR, Cashier.
Directors.
Samuel F. Smith,
. William Phillips, Joshua Longstreth, William Worrell,
Robert Patterson, John Duncan,
John Welsh,
Quintin Campbell,
John W. Claghorn,
Samuel W. Jones,
Richard D. Wood, Henry C. Corbit.
Joseph R. Evans,
By the State.
Henry M. Phillips,
Alexander Cummings, Edward T. Mott, Gideon G. Nesbitt. 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. W. D. LEWIS, Cashier.
Directors.
Charles S. Boker,
David S. Brown,
Johnston McLanahan, Benjamin S. Burling, Henry Welsh, William H. Hart, John R. Vogdes,
Stephen Baldwin, George A. Graham,
Charles Humphreys, Henry J. Boller, Charles Rugan, E. D. Wolfe.
EDWARD HURST, Notary.
John Bacon,
Robert Coburn,
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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, Robert Howell,
Henry White, William Welsh,
Edwin M. Lewis,
J. Pemberton Hutchin-
Robert Toland,
V son.
SAMUEL BADGER, Notary.
SCHUYLKILL BANK,
S. E. Sixth and High. .... Chartered 1814 .- Capital $1,000,000. JOHN PRICE WETHERILL, President. Directors.
John P. Wetherill,
John Gethin, Owen Sheridan,
Edmund Pryor,
John Faussett,
Robert Hare, Jr.
Thomas Moyer, Robert Burkhart,
Charles Stokes,
Richard Dempsey,
Christian Brower, Dr. C. B. Matthews.
Election-First Monday in November. BRANCH-PORT CARBON, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY.
BANK OF NORTH AMERICA, Chestnut Street, West of Third, (North Side.) Chartered by Congress, 1781 .- Capital $1,000,000 .- Discount, Mondays and Thursdays. JOHN RICHARDSON, President. J. CORREY, Cashier.
Directors.
John Richardson,
William W. Keen,
Thomas Allibone,
John M. Atwood,
Thomas Robins,
James C. Hand,
A. J. Lewis,
James N. Dickson,
Coleman Fisher, Edward Yarnall,
John B. Budd,
Thomas M. Smith.
SAMUEL BADGER, Notary.
MANUFACTURERS' & MECHANICS' BANK, N. L.
North-west corner of Vine and North Third. . Chartered 1832 .- Capital $600,000 .- Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays. WILLIAM RICHARDSON, President. M. W. WOODWARD, Cashier.
Directors.
William Richardson, Thomas Snowden,
Thomas H. Craige, John Horn, George W. Carpenter, Joseph Reakirt, John Welsh, Jr.
N. Randolph,
John Phillips, John Farr,
Daniel S. Miller, John Ross, J. A. Elkinton.
WESTERN BANK,
N. W. Sixth and High. Chartered 1822 .- Capital $500,000 .- Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays. JOSEPH PATTERSON, President. GEORGE M. TROUTMAN, Cashier. Directors. Morris Patterson, William Camm, John Cooper,
Joseph Patterson, John Bouvier, Charles S. Wood, James Twaddell,
John R. Worrell, L. M. Trontman, Lewis Ryan,
William A. Everly William A. Blanchard, John Wright.
EDWARD HURST, Notary.
Singleton A. Mercer, John Tucker,
Henry Farnum, Paul Farnum,
Francis Tete, William S. Hansell,
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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,
Charles Watres,
Robert S. Johnson, Matthew Conrad,
Joseph Jones,
George Campbell, Isaac Dunton,
Samuel Brooks,
William Parker,
William Gill,
Daniel Haddock, Jr.
William Wainright.
James Lefever,
EDWARD HURST, 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,
Joshua Lippincott,
Joseph R. Jenks,
John Patterson,
Andrew C. Barclay,
Joseph Jeanes.
Samuel Grant,
JOHN H. FRICK, 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. JOSEPH B. MITCHELL, President. WILLIAM THAW, Cashier.
Directors.
J. B. Mitchell, Clem. Tingley, Edmund Wilcox, Charles Leland,
James H. Hart, Archibald Wright, Wm. R. Thompson,
Joseph Parker, E. D. Wolfe,
Richard C. See,
George D. Rosengarten Alexander Symington, Lewis Cooper.
GEORGE GUIER, Notary.
STATE BANK AT CAMDEN, N. J.
Office, 12 Church alley, Philadelphia.
Chartered 1812 .- Capital $300,000 .- Discount-Wednesdays and Saturdays. JOHN GILL, President. ROBERT W. OGDEN, Cashier.
John Gill, Richard M. Cooper.
James Good, William P. Lawrence,
Directors. Joseph W. Cooper, Joseph R. Parry, Samuel K. Lippencott. Philadelphia. Elijah Dallett, Jr. John M. Taylor,
Samuel C. Champion, R. K. Matlack,
John Oliver Boyd, Benjamin Jones. A. M.CALLA, Camden, N. J., Notary.
Isaac W. Norris, John Naglee,
Michael Magrath, George Gorgas, Thomas Hart, John Taylor,
David Kirkpatrick, ' Joseph T. Mather,
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MOYAMENSING BANK, South-east corner of Second and Chestnut streets. Chartered 1832 .- Capital $250,000 .- Discount-Wednesdays and Saturdays. JOSEPH SOLMS, President. JOHN M. HOUSTON, Cashier.
Directors.
Joseph Solms,
N. H. Graham,
George Sayen, Jonas Bowman,
Joseph B. Conover,
Robert O.Neill,
Charles Rizer,
John Slack,
John Gegan,
John Devereux, B. R. Mears,
Thomas H. Bunting,
Peter A. Keyser. EDWARD HURST, Notary.
BANK OF PENN TOWNSHIP,
North-west corner of Sixth and Vine streets. Chartered 1826 .- Capital $250,000 .- Discount-Wednesdays and Saturdays. ELIJAH DALLETT, President. JAMES RUSSELL, Cashier.
Directors.
Elijah Dallett, Lawrence Shuster,
James H. Stroup,
Gabriel Knecht, David Woelpper,
James M'Clure,
John Dallett,
William P. Sharpless,
Daniel Deal,
Robert M. Huston, Joseph S. Medara,
George H. Miller,
Elihu Pickering. GEORGE GUIER, Notary.
SOUTHWARK BANK, South Second street, below Cedar, (West side.) Chartered 1825 .- Capital $250,000 .- Discount-Mondays and Thursdays. T. SPARKS, President. JOSEPH S. SMITH, Cashier.
Directors.
Thomas Sparks,
John Baker,
Peter Williamson, Thomas D. Grover,
Benjamin Tevis,
John Thompson,
Lewis Clark,
Samuel Castner,
F. W. V. Reynegom, Walter Thompson,
Thomas Barnett,
Louis Roberts,
William Clark. JOHN W. NESBITT, Notary.
KENSINGTON BANK,
Re-chartered for fifteen years from November, 1836 .- Capital $250,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays.
JONATHAN WAINWRIGHT, President. Directors.
CHARLES KEEN, Cashier,
Jonathan Wainwright, John Dickson,
Samuel T. Bodine, Joseph Baker,
Alexander Peterson,
Andrew Manderson, Jr.
Charles Kurlbaum, Hugh Smith, N. L.
Charles Edwards,
Jacob P. Donaldson,
William Whiteman, Eli Garrison,
William Williamson, Chester county.
JOHN S. PAINTER, Notary.
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SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS.
MANUFACTURERS' AND MECHANICS' BENEFICIAL SAVINGS INSTITUTION OF THE NORTHERN LIBERTIES. Office, No. 346 North Second street, below Green street. Capital authorized, $250,000. Shares $25. WILLIAM BINDER, President. CHARLES LEHMAN, Sec. and Treas. Trustees. William Binder.
Caleb Maule,
Directors.
William Binder, C. Lehman,
J. S. Zorns,
John T. Smith,
George Ireland,
Franklin Lee,
George Mecke, John Kohler,
A. J. Bucknor,
Henry Deringer, E. D. Martin, Daniel Reiff,
John Manderson.
THE PHILADELPHIA SAVING FUND SOCIETY.
Incorporated February 25, 1819 .- Open for Deposites and Payments on Mondays and Thurs- days only, between the hours of 9 A. M. and 1 P. M., and 3 and 7 P. M. Office, 68 Walnut street, above Third.
CLEMENT C. BIDDLE, President. GEORGE GREINER, Treasurer.
Managers.
J. J. Vanderkemp,
Francis Gurney Smith, John Bacon,
Charles Vezin,
Lawrence Lewis, John R. Neff,
Thomas H. White, Thomas C. Rockhill,
Lewis Waln,
Quintin Campbell,
William Davidson, Tobias Wagner,
Jacob R. Smith,
John A. Brown
William Smith.
Interest-Four per cent. per annum.
THE PHILADELPHIA LOAN COMPANY. Office 7 South Fifth street.
WILLIAM MORRIS, President. FRANCIS SHOEMAKER, Secretary.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
FIRE AND MARINE .- Charter Perpetual. NORTH AMERICA .- Office on the S. W. corner of Walnut and Dock streets. Chartered 1794. Capital $300,000. Shares $5. Dividends January and July. ARTHUR G. COFFIN, Secretary.
JOHN C. SMITH, President.
John C. Smith, John A. Brown, Alexander Henry, John White, Samuel W. Jones, Thomas P. Cope, Samuel Brooks,
Charles Taylor, John R. Neff,
Samuel F. Smith, Richard D. Wood, William Welsh.
Ambrose White,
Edward Smith,
Jacob M. Thomas,
MARINE. INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Office, 4 Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1794. Capital $500.000. Shares $400. Dividends February and August. SIMEON TOBY, President. WILLIAM HARPER, Secretary.
Directors.
Simeon Toby, Gustavus Colhoun,
William S. Smith, Tobias Wagner, James Markoe,
John B. Budd, Charles S. Boker, James Cox,
Peter Bousquet, George Trott, Jr., John Stewart.
John M. Scott, Charles Macalister,
Directors.
Samuel Grant, Nathan Dunn,
George Campbell,
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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. Directors.
Charles H. Baker, John McAllister, Jr.,
Richard P. Lardner, Samuel F. Fisher,
Alexander Elmslie, Charles Perot,
Joseph Perot,
C. Henry Fisher,
Robert M. Lewis,
Francis Hoskins,
John H. Wicht,
George B. Reese.
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,
Francis Tete,
Joseph Dugan,
Timothy M. Bryan,
John Bohlen,
Saturnius Destouett,
Richard Willing,
Charles Dutilh,
Charles Graff,
James Le Fevre,
Adolphus E. Borie,
Joseph Swift.
William Lynch,
PHOENIX .- Office, No. 52 Walnut street. Chartered 1803. Capital $480,000. Shares $80. Dividends June and December. JOHN R. WUCHERER, President. DAVID LEWIS, Secretary.
Directors.
John R. Wucherer, John Goddard, Lawrence Lewis,
John L. Hodge,
Robert Toland,
Thomas C. Rockhill,
William Phillips,
Adolphus Peries,
Alexander Symington.
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.,
Erskine Hazard,
John Darrieux,
Jonathan Patterson,
Isaac W. Norris,
Patrick Hayes,
Joseph B. Smith,
John T. Lewis, William Cummings.
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,
Isaac Harvey, Jr.,
George F. Randolph, Frederick Fraley,
Samuel Keith,
Joshua Longstreth,
Thos. G. Hollinsworth, John W. Odenheimer, John Devereux,
Edmund Wilcox,
John McCawley.
UNITED STATES .- Office 62 Walnut, ab. stairs.
Chartered 1810. Capital $200,000. Shares $25. Dividends June and December. THOMAS WICKERSHAM, President. A. G. SALIGNAC, Secretary.
Directors.
Thomas Wickersham, John B. Mckeever,
Charles W. Smith, John Maitland,
H. Pratt Mckean,
William Parker, . William McKee, S. Littell, Jr.,
Samuel D. Harvey, James Y. Humphreys, Wharton Chancellor,
M. S. Wickersham, Charles Dutilh,
Alexander Benson,
John Farr,
John Latour, Benjamin Chew,
Benjamin Jones,
John Cook,
Joseph R. Evans, William Boyd,
Zachariah Poulson,
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THE DELAWARE COUNTY INSURANCE COMPANY.
Capital authorized by law, $250,000. WILLIAM EYRE, JR., President.
Office S. E. Third and Dock. WILLIAM MARTIN, Secretary.
Directors.
Wm. Eyre, Jr., Del. Co.,
Samuel Edwards, Del. Co.,
John Cochran, Del. Co.,
Wm. Folwell, Philad.
Jonathan Thomas, do. John Hinckson, do.
John S. Newlin, do.
Charles Kelly, do.
Edw. Darlington, do.
ATLANTIC .- Office No. 16 Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1825. Capital $300,000. Shares $60. Dividends January and July. JACOB R. SMITH, President. HENRY D. SHERRERD, Secretary. Directors.
Jacob R. Smith,
William Platt,
Charles Vezin, Lewis Waln,
Daniel W. Coxe,
J. B. McIlvaine,
Robert Ralston,
Thomas P. Cope, .
Jacob S. Waln,
P. L. Languerenne,
Joseph Swift,
Ashbel G. Ralston.
Joseph Gratz,
AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY .- Office N. E. corner Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1831. Capital $200,000. Shares $50. Dividends January and July. JOSHUA P. HAVEN, Secretary.
WILLIAM CRAIG, President.
Directors.
William Craig, Elijah Dallet,
Pearson Serrill,
Jonathan Paliner,
John M. Kennedy.
T. P. Richardson,
Stephen Baldwin,
FIRE.
MUTUAL ASSURANCE .- Office No. 54 Walnut street. Chartered 1786.
RICHARD WILLING, Pres't. LAWRENCE LEWIS, Sec. and Treasurer. Trustees.
Richard Willing, Robert M. Lewis,
Robert Toland, J. J. Vanderkemp, Thomas Biddle,
Thomas C. Rockhill, John J. Ridgway, Edward S. Burd, William Platt.
AMERICAN .- Office 72 Walnut street. Chartered 1810. Capital $500,000. WILLIAM DAVIDSON, President. . FREDERICK FRALEY, Secretary.
Directors.
William Davidson, John Sergeant, Manuel Eyre,
William Lynch,
Timothy Abbott,
Caleb Cope, John Welch, Jr. James Hutchinson, Surveyor.
PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE .- Office 134 Walnut street. Chartered 1825. Capital $400,000. Charter perpetual.
QUINTIN CAMPBELL, President. BEATON SMITH, Secretary.
Directors.
Quintin Campbell, Paul Beck, Jr., Robert A. Caldcleugh,
William Boyd, Alexander Benson,
William Montelius,
James Le Fevre,
Isaac Hazlehurst, Thomas Robins,
Robert O'Neil, Surveyor, 17 S. Penn Square.
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A. J. Lewis,
S. A. Lewis,
Robert F. Walsh,
George McCalmont,
George Cadwallader, J. K. Mitchell, M. D.,
Joseph Dugan,
Thomas Allibone, Joseph R. Massey,
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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.
Charles N. Bancker, Tobias Wagner, George W. Richards, Adolph E. Borie,
Thomas Hart,
Samuel Grant,
Jacob R. Smith, David S. Brown.
Thomas I. Wharton,
Mordecai D. Lewis,
CITIZEN'S MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Perpetual Charter. Office 152 Walnut street.
JAMES TODD, President.
DANIEL B. POULTNEY, Secretary. Managers.
. James Todd,
Daniel Clark,
Jacob Broom, Mason Hutchins,
Robert E. Jones,
William S. Torr,
F. A. Jennings,
George H. Burgin.
James P. Park,
Jonathan Shoemaker, Benjamin Crispin,
WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY .- Office 48 Walnut street. Capital $200,000.
CHARLES S. RICHE, President.
L. KIMBALL, Secretary.
Charles S. Riche,
Isaac Loyd, Jr., Charles Rugan,
John Mason,
Thomas Wattson,
B. S. Burlin,
S. Morris Waln, Wm. S. Neilson,
Edw. W. Robinson,
J. B. Mcilvaine.
John Dallett,
COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY .- Office 5 Merchants' Exchange. Capital $500,000. Stock and Mutual Insurance Company for Marine, Fire, and Inland Navigation. C. N. BUCK, President. Directors.
C. N. Buck,
John A. Barclay,
Daniel Lammot,
William Young,
John Bohlen, Charles J. Du Pont,
Joseph Ripka, Francis G. Smith.
THE PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY FOR INSURANCES ON LIVES AND GRANTING ANNUITIES .- Office 66 Walnut street. Chartered 1812. Perpetual. Capital $500,000. Shares $100. Dividends Jannary and July. HYMAN GRATZ, President. SEARS C. WALKER, Actuary.
Directors.
Hymen Gratz,
Charles Taylor,
William S. Vaux,
I. P. Hutchinson,
William Parker,
Henry J. Williams, J. K. Mitchell, M. D., R. M. Patterson, M. D.,
John Moss, John Bohlen,
Samuel F. Smith,
William Kirkham, Charles Dutilh.
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. JOHN F. JAMES, Treasurer and Actuary. Managers. Wm. R. Hanson,
B. W. Richards, Timothy Abbott, John J. Smith, Jr., David Williamson,
Armon Davis,
Thomas Ridgway, Robert Pearsall, John S. Newlin,
Wm. Folwell, George N. Baker,
S. Wagner, (York, Pa.) Joseph Yeager, George W. Tucker.
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Directors.
Robert Souter, Jr., Henry Charles Bohlen,
John C. Da Costa,
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PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP FOR THE INSURANCE OF HOUSES FROM LOSS BY FIRE .- No. 96 South Fourth street. Chartered 1752. JAMES S. SMITH, Treasurer and Secretary. Directors.
Zachariah Poulson,
Joseph Price, Joshua Longstreth,
Horace Binney, Lewis Waln, William H. Hart,
William Smith,
Alex. W. Johnston,
Charles Willing, M. D.
J. P. Hutchinson,
Alexander Lardner, William Morrison.
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 27, 1820. Re-incorporated April 3d, 1833.
GEORGE W. TRYON, President.
ANDREW BUTLER, Sec. and Treasurer.
Trustees.
George Esler,
John Allen,
Howe Keith,
Jacob S. Miller,
Edmund A. Souder,
Peter A. Keyser,
Jacob E. Tomkins,
Charles Schæffer, Jacob B. Lancaster.
COUNTY FIRE .- Office 248 North Third street. Charter perpetual. Dividends January and July.
AUGUSTINE STEVENSON, President. JACOB F. HOCKLEY, Secretary.
Directors.
Augustine Stevenson, Henry Crilly,
John Taylor,
Michael McGill,
Samuel Williams,
Joseph Reakirt,
Osmond Reed,
John Farr.
SOUTHWARK FIRE INSURANCE .- Office No. 74 Walnut street.
Chartered 1834. Perpetual. Capital authorized by law, $400,000. Dividends January and July.
GEORGE M. HICKLING, President. JOHN McCOLLOM, Secretary.
Directors.
G. M. Hickling, Joseph Solms,
F. A. Raybold,
John J. Krider, Levi Taylor, Robert Coburn,
Peter Williamson,
Alexander Symington,
Francis Russell,
Uriah Hunt.
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. LEWIS KRUMBHAAR, Secretary. Directors.
Morton M'Michael, joseph Wood,
R. W. Pomeroy,
Elijah Dallett, P. L. Laguerenne, Charles Stokes,
George M. Troutman, Robert L. Loughead, Samuel Townsend, Joseph J. Sharpless.
Robert V. Massey, Samuel Bonnell,
Jacob Esher, William H. Hamilton,
William Warner,
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SOUTHERN INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY. JOHN LEADBEATER, JR., President. WILLIAM W. SMITH, Cashier.
Directors.
John Leadbeater, Jr. John Allen,
Wmn. Campbell, N. Levering,
David Brown, Z. Locke,
H. Hopkins,
W. Drinkhouse,
Robert Lindsay,
G. K. Childs,
Joseph Murray,
Robert Patton,
Charles W. Bender.
THE MECHANIC'S AND TRADESMAN'S INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA .- Office 64 Walnut .- Capital $250,000.
DAVID BOYD, President. . .
A. E. DOUGHERTY, Cashier.
Directors.
David Boyd,
Allen Ward,
Sherry Dito,
A. C. Craig,
Hugh Catherwood,
St. G. T. Campbell, E. B. Gardette,
A. E. Dougherty,
Coffin Colket.
GLOBE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY .- Office 435 North Second. Capital $100,000.
JAMES MARSH, President.
JONATHAN ALDEN, Cashier.
Directors.
James Marsh,
John Haines,
Samuel Browning, Joseph R. Dickson,
Osmon Reed, Elijah Tyson,
Elisha R. Johnston, Bowers Lober,
Peter Fisher.
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM COMPANY.
REMBRANDT PEALE, President. JOSEPH PARKER, Secretary.
WILLIAM D. LEWIS, Treasurer.
Directors.
Rembrandt Peale, E. W. Keyser,
J. Comly Jones,
Joseph Parker,
Wm. B. Fling, W. D. Lewis,
S. P. Griffiths, Jr.
Isaac Elliott,
Franklin Peale.
PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS .- Office Franklin Institute, South Seventh. THOMAS CAVE, President.
WM. FENNELL, Register. GEORGE WIEGAND, Inspector.
JOHN C. CRESSON, Superintendent.
JOHN P. MURTA, Clerk.
J. G. M'COLLIN, Assistant Clerk.
PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE RELIEF OF DISABLED FIREMEN. CHARLES SCHAFFER, President.
GEORGE W. TRYON, Vice-President. M. L. GORDON, Secretary.
EDMUND A. SOUDER, Treasurer. ANDREW BUTLER, Assistant Secretary. Trustees.
Charles Schaffer, J. B. Andrews,
Benjamin Matthias, Robert E. Nuttle,
Samuel M. Fox, John Donnelly,
Andrew Butler,
James Dalzell, Jacob Esher,
George Esler, William Rowland, Jr.
Thomas C. Jones,
George K. Childs,
James W. Martien,
James Page.
COMMITTEE OF RELIEF.
Andrew Butler, Jacob Esher,
Alexander Henry, James W. Martien, Benjamin Matthias, Thomas C. Jones, Robert E. Nuttle.
George W. Tryon, M. L. Gordon, Joseph Reakirt, E. A. Souder,
John Rutherford, Jr.
Alexander Henry,
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BOARD OF HEALTH, 1842-43.
CITY .- James Hutchinson, No. 58 South Twelfth street.
William E. Lehman, No. 85 Lombard street.
William S. Smith, No. 131 Pine street.
Mark M. Reeve, M. D., No. 133 North Twelfth street. Samuel W. Weer, No. 147 North Twelfth street, and No. 68 Chestnut street,
John J. Smith, jr., No. 7 Franklin Row, Ninth, above Locust.
SOUTHWARK .- D. Francis Condie, M. D., No. 134 Catharine street
NORTHERN LIBERTIES. S Richard L. Lloyd, No. 421 North Sixth street. - { Biel Benjamin E. Carpenter, No. 215 Coates street.
SPRING GARDEN .- Nathan L. Hatfield, M. D., Seventh street below Callowhill.
MOYAMENSING .- C. F. Breuil, Tenth street below Fitzwater.
KENSINGTON .- Isaac Boilean, No. 538 North Second street.
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
President-James Hutchinson.
Secretary-Benjamin E. Carpenter.
Treasurer-William E. Lehman.
Solicitor-J. A. Phillips, No. 56 South Sixth street.
Clerk of the Board-Samuel P. Marks, N. W. corner of Locust and Eleventh streets.
Physician of City Hospital-Thomas Stewardson, jr., M. D., Walnut street, near Schuylkill Eighth.
Steward of Lazaretto-John E. Matthien.
Matron of City Hospital-Mrs. P. Altemus, Hospital.
Messenger-Charles F. Thiesen, No 9 Moyamensing Road.
Assistant Messenger-John Tudor, No. 7 Schuylkill Water street.
Superintendent of N. P. Lot .- John A. Cozzens.
Runner-David Brown, Morris street, below Catharine, Moyamensing.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.
HEALTH OFFICER-Peter Rambo, corner of Bedford and Union streets, Kensington. PORT PHYSICIAN-Isaac N. Marselis, M. D., N. E. corner of Catharine and Second streets, LAZARETTO PHYSICIAN-Jesse W. Griffiths, M. D., Lazaretto.
QUARANTINE MASTER .- Alexander McKcever, Lazaretto.
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.
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