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Franklin Square, bet Sassafras and Vine and N 6th and Franklin
Friends' Library, 84 Mulberry (above stairs)
Fuel Savings Society, vard Sch 7th bel Locust German Society Hall, 8 S 7th
Girard College, R road N W of Francisville Girard 'Trust Treasurer's office, S 5th ab Chestnut Glenwood Cemetery, R road and Turner's la
Guardians of the Poor, office 19 S 7th
Health Office, c 6th and George
House of Refuge, c R road and Coates
House of Refuge, (Colored Department,) N E Poplar and William
Historical Society of Penn., Philosophical Hall, 6th Public School, O Y road ab Poplar and Adelphi.
Jefferson Medical College, 56 S 10th
Laurel Hill Cemetery, R road n Reading railroad Library of Foreign Literature and Science, Philoso- phical Hall, 6th and Adelphi.
Logan Square, bet Sassafras and Vine and Sch 3d and 5th
Marine Hospital, ab Gray's Ferry
Masonic Hall, S Sd bel Walnut
Mayor's office, S W 5th and Chestnut
Medical Institute, Locust ab 11th
Menonists, Crown bel Callowhill Mercantile Library, 5th and Library
Monument Cemetery, Broad ab Master
Museum Building, 9th bel Chestnut Musical Fund Hall, 60 Locust National Theatre, Chestnut n 9th
Navy Yard and Offices, S E Front and Prime
New County Prison and Debtor's Apartment, P road United States Naval Asylum, Gray's ferry road n U bel Federal Arsenal
New House of Correction, Bush Hill
Northern Dispensary, 1 S Garden
Northern Liberties Gas Works, Maiden below N Front
Odd Fellows' Cemetery, Turner's la n R road Odd Fellows' Hall, 6th and Haines
Orphans' Asylum, (coloured) 13th ab Callowhill Penn Square, N and S of High, W of Juniper Penn's Treaty Monument, Shackamaxon (K) Pennsylvania Hospital, Pine bet 8th and 9th
Pennsylvania Institution for Deaf and Dumb, N W Broad and Pine
Pennsylvania Institute for the instruction of the Blind, Sassafras and Sch 3d
Pennsylvania State Arsenal, 29 S Juniper
Philadelphia Dispensary 5th bel Library
Philadelphia Exchange, N E c 3d and Walnut
Philadelphia Gas Works, Sch. Front n High, Office 8 S 7th
Philadelphia Library, N E 5th and Library
Philadelphia Orphans' Asylum, N E Sch 5th and Cherry
Philosophical Hall, 6th and Adelphi
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 Normal School, Chester and Maple
Public School, Ashton ab Lombard
Public School, New Market ab Noble
Public School, Pine ab Quince.
Public School, Zane ab 7th Public School, 11th and Buttonwood Public School, Sassafras ab Broad
Public School, Cherry and Sch. 7th.
Public School, c Stli and Fitzwater
Public School, W Kensington, N 2d and Master
Public School, Northern Liberties, 432 N Sd
Public School, Catharine ab 3d Public School, Nixon n F M
Public School, Sch 6th and Coates
Public School, Coates bel 13th
Public School, South Eastern, Front bel Pine
Public School, S E &d and Reed
Public School, 5th bel Prime
Public School, (coloured) 6th n Lombard
Recorder's Office, S State House, E wing
Rittenhouse Square, bet Walnut and Spruce & Sch 3d and 6th
Sheriff's Office, State House, W wing Southern Dispensary, 98 Shippen Southwark Library, S 2d bel Plum
South wark Market, M road from Prime to Wash- ington
State House, Chestnut bet 5th and 6th
State Armory, Juniper and Penn Square
Union Benevolent Society, Office S W Sth & Lodge Union Library Company, N W 6th and Walnut Union Temperance Hall, Christian ab 9th
United States Arsenal, Gray's ferry road n Federal
United States Mint, Chestnut and Juniper
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NEWSPAPERS.
University of Pennsylvania, S 9th n High Walnut Street Theatre, N E 9th and Walnut Washington Square, S side of Walnut ab 6th Widows, Indigent, and Single Women's Asylum, Cherry E of Sch 5th
Wills' Hospital, for the Lame and Blind, Sassafras W of Sch 5th
Western Association of Ladies for Relief and Em- ployment of the Poor, No. 10 S Sch 7th st
NEWSPAPERS.
DAILY NEWSPAPERS.
The Pennsylvanian, 78 S 3d
The Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette, 57 S 3d The North American and United States Gazette, 66 S 3d
The Public Ledger, (Penny paper) S W Third and Chestnut
The Spirit of the Times, (Penny) 32 S Third The Daily Sun, (Penny) Third and Dock The Daily News, Third and Chestnut The Evening Bulletin, 46 S 3d
The Philadelphia Democrat, German, (Penny ) 277 N 3d
WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS.
The Saturday Courier, 141 Chestnut Scott's Weekly Paper, 115 Chestnut The Presbyterian, 144 Chestnut Episcopal Recorder, 12 Pear below Third Banner of the Cross Commercial List, 11 Bank al Christian Chronicle, 118 Arch
Christian Observer, 8th and Chestnut
The Catholic Herald, 116 Chestnut (up stairs) The Friend, corner Fourth and Appletree alley The Pennsylvania Freeman, 31 ~ 5th Bicknell's Reporter, 20 S Third The Sunday-school Journal, 146 Chestnut The Philadelphia Repository, Spruce ab 2d Weekly North American and Gazette for the Coun- try, 66 S 3d
Neal's Saturday Gazette, 46 S 30
The Dollar Newspaper, Ledger Building The Lady's Dollar Newspaper, 113 Chestnut (Semi- monthly)
Saturday Evening Post, 66 S 3d
Philadelphia Democrat, 277 N 3d
The Saturday Emporium, 1 Franklin place
The Sunday Globe, 72 Chestnut
Friends' Review, 50 N 4th Banner of the Union, 75 Dock
The European News, 72 Dock The Drawing Room Journal, 32 S 3d
Arthur's Home Gazette, 5 Franklin place German Illustrated Newspaper, 282 Archi, The Sunday Ledger, 84 S 3d
The Sunday Despatch, 83 Dock
Legal Intelligencer, 66 S 6th American Mechanics' Advocate, S W 7th & High
PERIODICALS.
Lady's Book, 113 Chestnut Medical Library, 19 St. James
Journal of the Franklin Institute, S 7th ab Chestnut Bicknell's Counterfeit Detector, 20 S Third Vancourt's Counterfeit Detector, 93 Arch
Graham's Magazine, 134 Chestnut
Union Magazine, 3d and Walnut
Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review, 25 Sansom The Presbyterian Treasury of Education, Religion, and General Intelligence, 25 Sansom
Baptist Record, 118 Mulberry
Covenant and Ladies' Magazine, 84 S Sdl American Law Journal, 17 Mer. Lib. Building.
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BANKING INSTITUTIONS.
UNITED STATES.
(Closed.) Walnut above 3d. Chartered Febru- ary 18, 1836.
James Robertson, I'res. Henry Cope, Supt. of Suspended Debt.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Incorporated March 30th, 1793. Capital 82,500,000. wen Stoddart, Joseph S. Burnett, Michael McGill, Shares 8400. Dividends declared on the first Henry Tilge, Joseph HI. Seal, Frederick Gaul, Wednesdays in January and July. Discounts, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Joseph Trotter, Pres. George Philler, Cash'r. Directors. (Election in February.)
Joseph Trotter, John Farnum, James Martin, Thos. A. Newhall, Robert Howell, Charles Sinnick-
son, Mordecai D. Lewis, Lawrence Lewis, jr., Chestnut above Fourth. Chartered 1832. Capital Lewis Waln, Daniel Deal, R. Ralston, W. E. Hacker .- Edmund Wilcox, Votary. 500,000. Discount, Tuesdays and Fridays. Jos. Patterson, Pres. Go. MI. Troutman, Cashr. Directors .- Joseph Patterson, John W. Kester, PHILADELPHIA. Thomas Reath, William Richardson, Charles S. South-west 4th and Chestnut. Incorporated 1804. Capital 2,000,000 dolis. Paid în 1,800,000 dolls .- Discount, Mondays and Thursdays. Wood, John Wright, William Camm, William A. Blanchard, M. Brooke Buckley, John R. Worrell, |Wm. A. Everly, Sammel E. Stokes, Isaac Jeanes .- Edward Hurst, Joseph Brobston, Notaries.
Samuel F. Smith, l'res. John B. Trevor, Cashier. Directors. - Samuel F. Smith, Jolin Welsh, Samuel W. Jones, Joshua Longstreth, William COMMERCIAL. Worrell, Quintin Campbell, Richard D. Wood, Henry C. Corbit, John W. Claghorn, John High street, between Second and Third, (north side.)
Devereux, William S. Boyd, Samuel Welsh, Jolin Duncan .- Edward Hurst and Joseph Brobston, Notaries.
GIRARD.
South Third near Dock. Chartered 1822. Ex-
tended, and Capital increased, 1836.
Directors .- Charles S. Boker, Thomas Prichett, Samuel Hood. Samuel C. Ford, Reuben Lukens, Wm. M. Muzzey, Robert K. Neff, Charles H. Craige, Ilulings Cowperthwait, J. L. Claghorn, Ja- cob Bigonet, Thomas Braver, Thomas T. Butcher. Peter A. Crans, Notary.
FARMERS' AND MECHANICS'
Chestnut street, west of Fourth, (north side.) In- corporrted 1824. Capital 1,250,000 dolls. Dis- count, Tuesdays and Fridays.
S. A. Mercer, President. Edwin M. Lewis, Cashr. Directors .- S. A. Mercer, Isaac S. Waterman, John Tucker, B. A. Farnham, J. W. Throckmor- ton, Samuel C. Morton, Joseph S. Lovering, Henry White, John C. Farr, Robert V. Massey, Patrick V. Brady, Wm. II. Ashhurst, George W. Farnum .- Samuel Badger, Notary.
NORTH AMERICA.
Chestnut street, west of Third, (north side.) Char- tered by Congress, 1781. Capital 1,000,000 dolls. Discount, Mondays and Thursdays.
J. Richardson, President. J. Hockley, Cashier.
Directors .- John Richardson, John B. Budd, Thomas Robins, M. L. Hallowell, James C. Han), Thomas M Smith, Thos. T. Lea, Edward Yarnall, John Grigg, John H. Brown, Wm W. Keen, Tho- mas Smith .- Edmund Wilcox, Notary.
MANUFACTURERS' AND MECHANICS', NORTHERN LIRERTIES.
North-west corner of Vine and North Third. Char- tered 1832. Capital 300,000 dolls. Discount, Tuesdays and Fridays.
Jno. Jordan, jr. Pres. M. W. Woodward, Cashr.
Directors .- John Jordan, jr., Harry Conrad, Cur-
Wm. P. Cresson, Nathaniel Randolph, Wm. C. Kent, Joseph B. Myers, John Welsh, jr .- Samuel Badger, Notary.
WESTERN.
Chartered 1814. Renewed 1836. Capital 1,000,000 dolls. Discount, Tuesdays and Fridays. Divi- dends, May and November.
Jacob M. Thomas, Pres. J. J. Cope, Cashier. Directors .- Jacob M. Thomas, James Dundas, James R. Gemmill, Daniel Haddock, jr., Franklin Platt, Ezekiel Lincoln, Joseph Jones, Newberry A. Smith, Alfred Fassitt, Jobin Trucks, Robert S. Johnson, Samuel Brooks, William Wainwright .- Edward Hurst, Joseph Brobston, .Votaries.
NORTHERN LIBERTIES.
North side of Vine, near Third. Chartered 1813. Capital 500,000 dolls. Discount, Tuesdays and Fridays.
R. L. Pitfield, Pres. S. W. Caldwell, Cashier. Directors .- Robert L. Pitfield, Joseph R. Jenks, Thomas Ilart, Andrew C. Barclay, John Naglee, David Kirkpatrick, Michael Magrath, Benjamin Baker, Joseph T. Mather, Isaac Koons, Samuel Grant, Charles Koons, Peter 1. Keyser, Joseph Jeanes, Joshua Lippincott, jr .- John H. Frick. No- tury.
MECII ANICS'.
South Third street below High, (west side. ) Char- tered 1814. Capital 1,400,000 dolls. Discount, Tuesdays and Fridays.
Joseph B. Mitchell, Pres. Wm. Thaw, Cashier.
Directors .- Joseph B. Mitchell, Robert Steen, Alexander G. Cattell, Edwin Mitchell, John C. Da- vis, William R. Thompson, Charles Leland, James 11. Hart, Charles O. B. Campbell, G. D. Rosengar- ten, Wm. M. Clarke, James Dunlap, John An- spach, jr .- Edmund Wilcox, Notary.
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.
STATE BANK, AT CAMDEN, N. J.
Office 12 Church alley, Philadelphia. Chartered South Second street, below Cedar, (west side.) Chartered 1825. Capital 250,000 dolls. Discount, Monday and Thursdays.
1812. Capital 300,000 dolls. Discount, Wednes- days and Saturdays.
John Gill, President. A. M'Calla, Cashier. Directors .- John Gill, Joseph W. Cooper, J J. Spencer, Samuel R. Lippincott, John M. Kaighn, Richard Fetters, Charles Reeves, C. C. Stratton.
Philadelphia .- James Good, Benjamin Jones, Oliver Boyd, Joshua Lippincott, John M. Taylor .- J. A. Porter, Camden, N. J., Notury.
COMMERCE.
Office 53 Chestnut above Second street. Chartered 1832. Capital 250,000 dolls. Discount Wednes- days and Saturdays.
A. E. Borie, P'res.
James C. Donnell, Cashier. Directors .- Adolph E. Borie, William E. Bowen, Rodney Fisher, Benjamin M. Bunker, Charles Henry Fisher, Ambrose W. Thompson, Wm. W. Longstreth, Alexander Brown, Edward C. Knight, Thomas B. Wattson, Thorndike Deland, Alfred Slade, Peter Cullen .- Edward Hurst, Jos. Broh- ston, Notaries.
PENN TOWNSHIP.
North-west corner of Sixth and Vine streets. Char- tered 1826. Capital 250,000 dolls. Discount, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Elijah Dallett, Pres. James Russell, Cashier. Charles H. Rogers, Pres. J. C. Curran, Cashier. Directors .- Charles H. Rogers, Edmund A. Sou- der, John W. Thomas, John Hartman, Thomas H. Directors .- Elijah Dallett, Samuel Bispham, John H. Campbell, Gabriel Knecht, Benjamin Davis, George W. Stratton, James H. Stroup, William C. Moore, Thomas E. Baxter, John Carrow, Howell Ludwig, John Dallett, John P. Steiner, Wm. H. Evans, Archibald MeIntyre, Robert Coane, James Love, Henry Budd, Wm. P. Sharpless .- Wm. O. Feinour, James McCann, Elijah Jones. Kline, Notary.
SAVING FUND SOCIETIES.
PHILADELPHIA.
Incorporated February 25, 1819 .- Open for Deposits 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 68 Walnut st ab 3d
Clement C. Biddle, Pres. William Purves, Treas. Managers .- J. J. Vanderkemp, Lawrence Lewis, John R. Neff, Quintin Campbell, John A. Brown, Caleb Cope, Francis Gurney Smith, Samuel Grant, Thomas H. White, William Smith, Samuel W. Jones, John Bacon, Thomas C. Rockhill, Tobias Wagner, John Keating, James Dundas, Charles Vezin, George Campbell, Lewis Waln, Jacob R. Smith, William Platt, H. J. Williams, Thos. Robins, A. E. Borie.
Interest-Four per cent. per annum.
WESTERN.
Office 313 Chestnut, above Tenth street Incorpo- rated 1847 .- Open for the receipt of Deposits and the payment of Moneys deposited, from 9 A. M. to t P. M .. and on Monday afternoon from 5 to 7 o'clock.
John Richardson, President. Henry Hollingsworth, Treasurer and Secretary.
Managers .-- Thomas Drake, Jolın B. Budd, Wil- liam Divine, R. Rundle Smith, M. W. Baldwin, Cornelius Tiers, Isaac P. Morris, Isaac Elliott, Sam. V. Merrick, Peter M'Call, Joseplı Ripka, William Welsh, Charles Humphreys, John Richardson, Ro- bert Toland, Chas. H. Baker, Herman Cope, Wm. W. Keen, Thomas Sparks. Thomas Allibone, Peter Williamson, Wm. E. Bowen, Samuel Norris, Abra- ham J. Lewis.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
FIRE AND MARINE. GLOBE.
Office 314 North Second street.
Osmon Reed, President. Samuel Bonnell, Cashier. Directors .- Osmon Reed, Geo. Butz, Jr., Elijalı Tyson, Howell Hopkins, Bowers Lowber, Peter Whetham.
Fisher, John Haines, John Smith, (K) Samuel D. Office, 4 Exchange. Capital 200,000. Shares 8200.
John Smith, ( Prothon'y.)
NORTH AMERICA.
Office 60 Walnut street. Chartered 1794. Capital $300,000. Shares 85. Dividends January and July.
Arthur G. Coffin, Pres. llenry D. Sherrerd, Sec.
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Dividends February and Angust.
Simeon Toby, Pres. William Harper, Sec'ry.
James S. Smith, jr, Pres. Jno. B. Austin, Cash'r.
Directors .- James S. Smith, jr., Thomas Sparks, Thomas Barnett, John Thompson, Peter William- son, Joseph B. Andrews, Walter Thompson, Fran- cis J. Rue, James Spencer, Reese W. Fowler, Wm. Clark, John Burton, Richard H. Morrell .- John W. Nesbitt, Notary.
KENSINGTON.
Re-chartered for fifteen years from November 1836. Capital 8250,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fri- days.
Jonathan Wainwright, Pres. Charles Keen, Cashr. Directors .- Jonathan Wainwright, Michael Day, George Landell, Henry Crilly, Hugh Smitlı, James Keen, Samuel Megargee, Jacob P. Donaldson, George J. Weaver, Alexander Peterson, Lewis Shinnick, John T. Smith, Wm. T. MeNeely.
TRADESMEN'S.
S. W. Second and Spruce streets. Chartered 1847. Capital 8150,000. Discount, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
SOUTIIWARK.
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.
DELAWARE MUTUAL.
Office 9 and 10 Merchants' Exchange. William Martin, Pres. Geo. Serril, Vice-Pres. Richard S. Newhold, Secretary. Marine Risks and Risks by Steamboats, Rail- oads, Rivers and Lakes insured on the most favour- ible terms. Losses will be liberally and promptly uljusted.
Fire Risks on Merchandise, Buildings, and other property insured, either in town or country, for a imited time or permanently.
COLUMBIA.
Office 5 Exchange. Charter perpetual. C. N. Buck, President. Wm. Martin, Jr., See'ry,
MARINE. UNION MUTUAL.
Office, No. 6 Exchange Buildings. Capital 8300,000. Shares 860. Dividends January and July.
Richard S. Smith, Pres. George Lewis, See'ry.
PHOENIX MUTUAL.
Office, No. 52 Walnut street. Capital 8120,000. Shares 840. Dividends June and December. John R. Wucherer, Pres. David Lewis, Sec'ry.
PHILADELPHIA MUTUAL.
Office S Exchange Buildings. Capital 8200,000. Shares 825. Dividends June and December. Geo. F. Randolph, Pres. John Donaldson, Sec'ry.
AMERICAN MUTUAL.
Office N. E. corner of Third and Walnut street, Exchange Building. William Craig, President. D. B. Staey, Secretary.
WASHINGTON MUTUAL.
Office 48 Walnut street. Charles S. Riche, Pres. Henry M. Springer, Sec.
MERCANTILE MUTUAL. Office No. 50 Walnut street. Edwd. Morris Miles, Pres. William M. Godwin, Vice President. Wm. D. Sherrerd, Sec'ry.
FIRE.
PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP.
Office 96 South Fourth st. Incorporated March 25, 1752. James S. Smith, Treasurer and Secretary.
MUTUAL ASSURANCE. Office No. 54 Walnut street. Richard Willing, Pres't. Lawrence Lewis, Trea- surer and Secretary.
AMERICAN.
Office No. 72 Walnut street. Capital 8500,000. Saml. C. Morton, P'res. Jos. G. Mitchell, See'ry.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Office 154 Walnut street. Capital 8400,000. Char- ter perpetual Quintin Campbell, Pres. Beaton Smith, Sec'ry.
FRANKLIN.
Office 163} Chustnut street. Capital 400,000 dolls. paid in. Shares 100 dolls. Dividends April and October. Charter perpetual.
Chas. N. Bancker, Pres. Chas. G. Baneker, Sec.
FIRE ASSOCIATION. Office 34 North Fifth street. Geo. W. Tryon, Pres. Win. T. Butler, Treas. and Sec.
COUNTY. Office 248 North Third street. Capital 400,000 dolls. Charter perpetual. Dividends January & July.
Augustine Stevenson, Pres. Jacob F. Hæckley, Sec.
CITY AND COUNTY.
Office 74 Walnut street. Capital authorized by law, 400,000. Charter perpetual. Dividends, January and July.
Geo. M. Hickling, Pres. John M'Collom, Sec.
SPRING GARDEN.
Office 196 North Sixth street, N W corner Wood. Charter perpetual.
Lawrence Shuster, Pres.
Lewis Krumbhaar, Sec.
RELIANCE.
Office S. W, corner Walnut and Fifth streets. Geo. W. Toland, Pres. B. M. Hinchman, Sec.
NORWICH. 4 S. Front street.
Chas. Johnson, Pres. Jos. Williams, Sec. Robert Ralston, Agent.
LIVES AND ANNUITIES. PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE.
Office 91 Walnut street. After May 1, at N. F. corner of Third and Dock sts. Capital 200,000 dollars.
Danl. L. Miller, Pres.
Jno. W. Hornor, Sec.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Office 66 Walnut street. Capital 500.000 dolls. Shares 100 dolls. Dividends January and July. Charter perpetual.
Hyman Gratz, Pres. Wm. B. Hill, Actuary.
THE GIRARD.
Office 159 Chestnut street. Capital 300,000 dolls- Charter perpetual.
B. W. Richards, Pres. John F. James, Treas. and Actuary.
THE TRENTON MUTUAL.
Capital 150,000 dolls. Office 85 Dock st. Lucian 1. Bisbee, President.
ASSOCIATION FOR THE RELIEF OF DISABLED FIREMEN.
Charles Schafer, Pres. Geo. W. Tryon, Vice- Pres. Edmund A. Sonder, Treas. Wmn. T. Butler, Sec. John Rutherford, Assist. Sec.
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.
EQUITABLE MUTUAL.
Capital 250,000 dolls. Charter perpetual. Office 74 Walnut st. Peter Cullen, Pres. F. W. Rawle, Sec.
THE PHILADELPHIA.
Office N. W. 3d and Walnut. R. P. King, Pres. Francis Blackburne, Sec.
AMERICAN MUTUAL.
Office 4 S. Front. Benjamin Silliman, sen., Pres. Morris Wilcox, Vice-Pres. Robert Ralston, Act'y.
THE UNITED STATES.
Office S. E. 3d and Chestnut. Capital 250,000 dolls. Charter perpetual. Stephen R. Crawford, Pres. Chas. G. Imlay, Sec. and Treas.
NATIONAL SAFETY.
Office 62 Walnut st. above 3d. Capital 250,000 dolls.
Henry L. Benner, Pres. Lucian J. Bisbee, Sec.
THE NORTH AMERICAN.
Office 48 Walnut st. Capital 100,000 dolls. James Harper, Pres. J. R. Welsh, Sec.
THE AMERICAN ANNUITY AND TRUST. Office 70 S. 3d st. Capital 250,000. Charter perpetual. Leonard Jewel, Pres. John C. Sims, Sec. & Act.
NATIONAL LOAN FUND, LONDON. Capital 2,500,000 colls. John G. Holbrook, Agent, 46 Walnut st.
HARTFORD. Office S. W. Dock and Walnut. Capital 8100,000. Thomas Birch, jr., Agent.
THE EAGLE. New York. Office 111 Walnut st. Capital 8100,000. Corrill, Agent.
CONNECTICUT MUTUAL. Hartford, Coun. Office 159 Chestnut st .. Guaranty Fund 50,000 dolls.
NEW YORK. Philadelphia Branch office 56 Walnut.
THE AMERICAN LIVE STOCK.
Vincennes, Indiana. 75} Dock. Capital 850,000. John H. Frick, Agent.
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BOARD OF HEALTH.
1850-51.
CITY.
John Lindsay, 8 Belmont Place. Edward C. Markley, 13 S Sch 7th, and 4 Minor. John A Elkinton, M. D., 102 N 5th. Edward Duff, 39 Sassafras, and 35 N wharves. John C. Martin, 319 Spruce.
Robt. MI'Crory, Congress Hall.
NORTHERN LIBERTIES.
Daniel M. Fox, 339 N Sd. William Goodwin, 305 N 2d.
SPRING GARDEN.
Wilson Jewell, M. D., 238 N 6th. J. D. Logan, M. D., 27 Logan square.
SOUTHWARK.
Benjamin Martin, 463 S 2d. Robert G. Simpson, 123 Queen.
MOYAMENSING.
Robert F. Christy, 239 S 9th.
KENSINGTON.
Jeremiah E. Eldridge, G T road ab 5th. Charles Delany, 43 Queen.
RICHMOND.
Oliver Evans, William bet Point-no-Point road & Delaware.
PENN. Joseph Wood, 443 N 7th ab Poplar.
WEST PHILADELPHIA. Henry Pleasants, M. D., Washington ab William.
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
President. John Lindsay.
Secretary. Wilson Jewell, M. D.
Treasurer. Edward Duff.
Clerk.
Samuel P. Marks, 376 S 5th.
Solicitor. J. A. Phillips, 56 S 6th.
Steward of Lazaretto. B. E. Carpenter, Lazaretto. Physician of City Hospital. Jno. Rhein, M. D.
Matron of City Hospital. Lydia Tomlinson.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.
Health Officer. George P. Little, 126 Catharine ab 3d.
Port Physician. William Henry, M. D., 321 S 2d.
J.azaretto Physician. James S. Rich, M. D., Lazaretto.
Quarantine Master. John II. Cheyney, Lazaretto.
Messenger .- Charles F. Thiesen, Redwood bel 5th. Assistant Messenger .- Thomas Bedford, 63 Tammany. Runner .- David Brown, 6º Gaskill.
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FOREIGN POSTAGE BY AMERICAN STEAMERS.
BREMEN LINE.
Foreign Postage to be charged in addition to United States Postage.
Alton,
6 cts.
Bremen,
Nothing.
Brunswick,
6
Cassel,
12
Coburg,
12
CC
Darmstadt,
12
Frankfort on the Main,
12
Gotha,
12
Hamburgh,
6
Hanover, .
6
Hesse Hamburgh,
12
Kiel,
11
Lippe Detmold,
12
Lubec, 9
Mecklinburg Schwerid,
12
Mecklinburg Strelitz,
12
Nassau,
12
Oldenburgh,
5
Prussia, (King. and Prov.)
12
Reuss,
12
Saxe Altenburgh, 12
66
Saxe Meiningen,
12
Saxe Weimar,
12
66
Saxony (Kingdom)
12
Schamburg Lippe,
12
Schwartz burg Reidolstadt,
12
Schwartzburg Sunderhausen,
12
Wurtemburg (Kingdom)
12
"
[Single letters limited to half an ounce in weight, and postage may be prepaid or left unpaid, or the United States postage alone may be prepaid, at the option of the sender.]
2. Denmark, Copenhagen, and farthest,
22 cts. parts, . . Norway, Bergen, Christina, and farthest parts, 30
St. Petersburgh or Cornstadt, .
24
Sweden-Stockholm and farthest parts, 39
[Half ounce to the single letter. United States postage only to be prepaid.]
3. Alexandria, . 37 cts.
Austria, (Empire and Provinces) 18
Baden,
18 Basle and other parts of Switzerland,, 21
Bavaria,
22
"
Cairo, 37
Constantinople, 37
Greece, 37
Italy, eastern towns of, .
·
[Quarter ounce to the single letter. United States postage only should be prepaid.]
4. Newspapers and printed matter one-fourth of the letter rates, and to be placed in narrow bands without any writing whatever on them.
II .- UNITED STATES POSTAGE.
1. Letter-packet postage is 24 cents, single letter not exceeding half an onnce, in addition to inland, which is 5 or 10 cents, according to distance.
[Can be prepaid or left unpaid, according to the places to which addressed. See the foregoing lists and the remarks made under them.]
2. Newspaper and pamphlet packet postage S cents each, in addition to inland, which is 25 cents for each pamphlet not exceeding 1 ounce, and 1 eent for each additional ounce or fraction, and 1 cent or 1} cent, according to distance, on each newspaper.
[Must be prepaid in all cases.]
BRITISH AND AMERICAN INTERNA- TIONAL POSTAGE.
Entire postage from any Post Office in the United States (exclusive of the Pacific possessions) to any Post Office in Great Britain and Ireland, 24 cents the single letter, which may be prepaid or sent un- paid.
On newspapers, American Postage 2 cents each, to be prepaid when sent, and collected when re- ceived, in all cases. The British postage thereon is to be paid in that country.
On Pamphlets, American postage 2 cents ; when exceeding two ounces in weight an additional cent for each ounce, or fraction of an ounce to be added; to be prepaid when sent, and collected when re- ceived, in all cases. The British postage thereon is to be paid in that country.
CHARLESTON AND HAVANNA LINE.
American postage 12} cents the single letter, to be prepaid when sent, and collected when received, in all cases.
Newspapers 3 cents sea postage, with 1} or 1 cent inland, according to distance, to be added, and to be prepaid when sent, and collected when delivered.
NEW YORK AND CHAGRES LINE.
Letters (single) 20 cents to Chagres, 50 cents to Panama, to be prepaid.
Newspapers, same as to Havanna.
PACIFIC LINE.
Letters to places within the United States posses- sions 40 cents single. Newspapers same as to Ha- vanna, but the postage on letters can be prepaid or ieft unpaid at option of the parties ; also, on newspa- pers, if regularly sent from the office of publication, otherwise to be prepaid.
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