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Hydrants, each, $5 00
Each basin or sink, 3 00
Water closets, double-acting, self-closing, each, 3 00
Urinals, self-closing, each,
3 00
Water closets and urinals of other descrip- tions, each, . 5 00
Hotels.
Hydrant, family keeping the hotel, 5 00
Hotel bars, with water in or not, 10 00
Wash basins, each, 2 00
Slop sinks, each, . 3 00
Water closets, double-acting, each, 3 00
5 00
Water closets of other descriptions, each, Urinals, self-closing, each, 3 00
Urinals of other descriptions, each, 5 00
Baths for use of boarders, each, 6 00 Wash tubs in washing room, each, 1 00 Kitchen, according to capacity and num- ber of draw-cocks, $5 to 25 00 Boarders, ten persons or under, 5 00 Boarders, twenty-five persons or under, 10 00 Boarders, for each twenty-five persons ad- ditional, . 5 00
Horse troughs for watering horses,
10 00
Stables.
Stables, per stall, 1 00
Each four-wheeled carriage, 1 00
Each two-wheeled carriage, 0 50
Country stables, per stall, .
0 50
Public Bathing Establishments.
Baths, each tub, 6 00
Bakeries.
Family bakers, in addition to charge for dwelling, each, . · 3 00
Large establishments rated according to capacity.
Barber Shops.
One basin, private attachment, 3 00
One basin, public attachment, 5 00
Each additional basin, . . 1 00
Drug Stores.
One sink, private attachment, 2 50
One sink, public attachment, 5 00
Counter fountains, not exceeding one-six-
teenth of an inch, · 5 00
Public Schools.
Each hundred children,
3 00
And their several openings to be charged the same as in " Public Buildings." Hatters' Planks.
Fours, per set,
8 00
Sixes, per set,
10 00
Eights, per set,
12 00
And the dye houses assessed in accordance with their capacity. Building Purposes.
Bricks, per thousand,
0 05
Stone, per perch,
0 02
Packet Ships, or Other Vessels.
For each hundred gallons water,
0 05
, Steam Engines.
High pressure steam engines, per horse
power,
·
· 3 00 Low pressure steam engines, for boiler only, 4 00
Distilleries, Breweries, Dye-houses, and Manu- facturing Establishments.
Rated according to capacity and size of ferrule granted
Fountains.
Flowing ten hours a day for six months of the year, from a half-inch ferrule ( five dollars being always charged on the first opening.)
For the first jet of one-sixteenth of an inch, 6 00
For each additional jet of one-sixteenth, 1 00
For the first jet of one-eighth of an inch, 7 50 For each additional jet of one-eighth, 2 50 For the first jet of one-fourth of an inch, 14 00
For each additional jet of one-fourth, . 9 00
For half-inch jet, 32 00
No ferrule larger than a half-inch granted for fountains exclusively.
For a flow of water twelve hours per day- From a ¿ inch ferrule, per annum, $200 66 315
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3 450
600
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800
FARE OF HACKNEY COACHES.
The following are the rates as established by law.
One passenger with trunk, valise, saddle-bag, carpet bag, portmanteau, or box, for any distance not exceeding one mile, 50 cents; and for every additional passenger, 25 cents.
One passenger, any distance more than a mile, and not exceeding two, 75 cents ; and for every additional passenger, 25 cents.
One passenger, any distance over two miles, for every additional mile, or part of a mile, 25 cents in addition to the sum of 75 cents for the first two miles ; and for every additional passen- ger, 25 cents.
One or more passengers by the hour, with the privilege of going from place to place, and stop- ping as often as may be required, $1 00 per hour.
Hiring a hackney carriage, not specified to be by the hour, is deemed to be by the mile. But in case the distance is more than four miles, the rate for each additional mile is 12} cents per pas- senger.
Window Shades and Curtain Goods, Wholesale and Retail;
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Chestnut Street south to Washington Avenue- One mile.
Chestnut Street north to Brown-One mile.
Delaware River to Twelfth Street-One mile.
Delaware River to Schuylkill River-Two miles.
Camden and Amboy Depot to Trenton Depot- Two miles.
Camden and Amboy Depot'to Baltimore Depot -Two miles.
BOUNDARIES OF CONGRESSIONAL DIS- TRICTS.
The First Congressional District of the State of Pennsylvania, comprises the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Seventh Wards, and the First, Second and Third Election Divisions of the Fifth Ward of the City of Philadelphia.
The Second Congressional District comprises the Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Wards, and the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Elec- tion Divisions of the Fifth Ward of the City of Philadelphia.
The Third Congressional District comprises the Eleventh, Twelfth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Wards, and the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Ninth Election Divisions of the Nineteenth Ward of the City of Philadelphia.
The Fourth Congressional District of the State of Pennsylvania, comprises the Thirteenth, Four- teenth, Fifteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-fourth Wards, the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Election Division of the Nineteenth Ward, the First and Second Election Divisions of the Twen- ty-first Ward, and the First, Second and Third Election Divisions of the Twenty-third Ward of the City of Philadelphia.
The Fifth Congressional District of the State of Pennsylvania, comprises the Twenty-second Ward, the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Elec- tion Divisions of the Twenty-first Ward, and the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelth Election Divisions of the Twenty-third Ward of the City of Phila- delphia and Montgomery county
SENATORIAL AND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.
Senatorial.
I. The First, Second, Third, Fourth, Seventh and Eighth Wards of the said City shall form the First Senatorial District.
II. The Ninth, Tenth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Wards of the said City shall form the Second Senatorial District.
III. The Fifth, Sixth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Six- teenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Wards of said City shall form the Third Senatorial District.
IV. The Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards of the said City shall form the Fourth Senatorial District.
The Senator, in the First Senatorial District, shall be chosen at the general election, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
The Senator, in the Second Senatorial District, shall be chosen at the general election, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
The Senator, in the Third Senatorial District, shall be chosen at the general election, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
The Senator, in the Fourth Senatorial District, shall be chosen at the general election, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Senators shall hold their office for the length of time and under such requirements, as is now pro- vided by law.
Representative.
I. The First Ward, together with the sixth, seventh and eighth precincts of the Third Ward (as now divided in the said City) shall form the First Representative District.
II. The Second Ward of said City shall form the Second Representative District.
III. The Fourth Ward, together with the first, second, third, fourth and fifth precincts of the Third Ward (as now divided in said City) shall form the Third Representative District.
IV. The Fifth Ward, together with the first, second, third, fourth and sixth precincts of the Eighth Ward (as now divided in said City) shall form the Fourth Representative District.
V. The Seventh Ward, together with the fifth precinct of the Eighth Ward (as now divided in said City) shall form the Fifth Representative District.
VI. The Ninth Ward, together with the first, second, third, fourth and fifth precincts of the Sixth Ward (as now divided in said City) shall form the Sixth Representative District.
VII. The Thirteenth Ward, together with the sixth, seventh and eighth precincts of the Sixth Ward, and the third precinct of the Fourteenth Ward (as now divided in said City) shall form the Seventh Representative District.
VIII. The Tenth Ward, together with the first, fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth precincts of the Fourteenth Ward (as now divided in said City) shall form the Eighth Representative District.
IX. The Twelfth Ward, together with the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth precincts of the Eleventh Ward (as now divided in said City) shall form the Ninth Representative District.
X. The Fifteenth Ward, together with the second and sixth precincts of the Fourteenth Ward (as now divided in said City) shall form the Tenth Representative District.
XI. The Sixteenth Ward, together with the fourth precinct of the Seventeenth Ward, and first precinct of the Twentieth Ward, and seventh and eighth precincts of the Eleventh Ward (as now divided in said City) shall form the Eleventh Representative District.
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XII. The Eighteenth Ward, together with the first, second and third precincts of the Seventeenth Ward (as now divided in said City) shall form the Twelfth Representative District.
XIII. The Nineteenth Ward shall form the Thirteenth Representative District.
XIV. The Twentieth Ward, except the first precinct thereof, and the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth precincts of the Seventeenth Ward (as now divided in said City) shall form the Fourteenth Representative District.
XV. The Twenty-second Ward, together with the third. fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh precincts of the Twenty-first Ward (as now divided in said City) shall form the Fifteenth Representative District.
XVI. The Twenty-third Ward shall form the Sixteenth Representative District.
XVII. The Twenty-fourth Ward, together with the first, second and eighth precincts of the Twenty-first Ward (as now divided in said City) shall form the Seventeenth Representative District.
Patten's, 630 Chestnut Street.
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MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
Municipal Election in the City of Philadelphia . takes place on the first Tuesday in May in each year. The Act of April 13, 1856, provides that at all the municipal elections hereafter to be held in the City of Philadelphia, all officers to be voted for by the qualified voters of the said City, shall be voted on one ticket, and be headed "City Officers ;" and that all officers to be voted for by the qualified voters of each ward shall be voted on one ticket, and be headed "Ward Officers;" and that all officers to be voted for by the quali- fied voters of each election division of said ward shall be voted on one ticket, and be headed "Di- vision Officers," as follows :-
City Officers-Mayor, City Controller, City Treasurer, Receiver of Taxes, City Commissioner, City Solicitor.
Ward Officers-Select Council, Common Coun- cil, Alderman, Assessor, Constables, School Di- rectors.
Division Officers-Judge, Inspector.
The Judges of the Wards, or a majority, shall sign the certificates of election for Ward and Divi- sion Officers ; they shall appoint one of their num- ber as return judge, who shall meet the return judges from the several wards at the State House, at 10 o'clock, on the Thursday succeeding the day of election, to make up their return for city officers.
STATE AND COUNTY ELECTION.
The election for State and County Officers is held on the second Tuesday of October in each year. The State Offieers are also voted for on one ticket, and the County Officers on one ticket, as follows :-
State Officers-Governor, Canal Commissioner, Surveyor General, Auditor General, Judge of the Supreme Court, Members of Congress, State Senator, Assembly.
County Officers-Judge of the District Court, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Prothono- tary of the District Court, Prothonotary of the Court of Conimon Pleas, Clerk of the Orphans' Court, Clerk of the Quarter Sessions, Sheriff, Re- corder of Deeds, Register of Wills, District Attor- ney, Coroner.
The return judges of the several wards meet at the State House on the third day after the elec- tion, to make up their returns and declare who is elected. [See Act of July 2, 1839.]
CIVIL COURTS FOR THE COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA.
SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA, EASTERN DISTRICT.
Court Room, No. 5 State House Row, 2d story. Walter H. Lowrie, Chief Justice.
Geo. W. Woodward, 1 James Thompson, William Strong, John M. Read, General Terms, January and July. Court of Nisi Prius, the same months.
Associate Justices.
Sessions for Trials by Jury.
November Sessions, consisting of the months of November and December.
January Sessions, consisting of the months of January and February.
March Sessions, consisting of the months of March and April.
The same courts have jurisdiction in equity. Robert Tyler, Prothonotary.
DISTRICT COURT.
Court Room, S E cor 6th and Chestnut, 2d story. George Sharswood, President Judge.
George M. Stroud, ¿
J. I. Clark Hare, Associate Judges.
Terms, 1st Monday in December, March, June and September.
The first four weeks of each term are devoted to motions and arguments. The ensuing nine weeks of the September and December terms are devoted to jury trials, and are divided into 1st, 2d and 3d periods of three weeks each. No jury trials in June Term.
Philip S. White, Prothonotary.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Court Room, 1st floor State House, Main Entrance.
Oswald Thompson, President Judge. Joseph Allison, James R. Ludlow, S Associate Judges.
Terms, Ist Monday in March, June and De- cember, and the 3d Monday in September.
This Court has equity jurisdiction. Charles D. Knight, Prothonotary.
ORPHANS' COURT.
By the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. Terms, 1st and 3d Friday of every month. Nimrod Woolery, Clerk.
CRIMINAL COURT. QUARTER SESSIONS.
Court Room, S E 6th & Chestnut, 1st floor back.
Oswald Thompson, President Judge. Joseph Allison, Associate Judges. James R. Ludlow, S Terms, Ist Monday in December, February, April, June, August and October. George H. Moore, Clerk.
UNITED STATES COURTS.
U. S. CIRCUIT COURT, FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNA.
Court Room in Philosophical Hall, 5th below Chestnut.
Circuit Judges.
Hon. R. C. Grier, Justice Supreme Court U. S. Hon. John Cadwalader, Judge of District Court.
Benjamin Patton, Clerk, 104 S 5th. Geo. M. Wharton, District Attorney, 218 S 4th.
The regular stated sessions of this Court are held on the first Monday of April and first Mon- day of October in each year, at Philadelphia.
U. S. DISTRICT COURT, FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNA.
Hon. John Cadwalader, Judge.
Gilbert R. Fox, Clerk, 104 S 5th.
Geo. M. Wharton, District Attorney, 218 S 4th. Jacob S. Yost, Marshal, 104 S 5th. The regular stated sessions of this Court are
Gilt Cornices, Bands, Gimps, Tassels, Fringes, and Curtain Goods;
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held on the third Mondays of February, May, August und November, in each year, in the city of Philadelphia.
Special Sessions are held weekly for the trial of Admiralty causes.
UNITED STATES MINT.
Corner of Juniper and Chestnut.
James Ross Snowden, Director. James H. Walton, Treasurer.
Jacob R. Eckfeldt, Assayer. James C. Booth, Melter and Refiner.
George K. Childs, Chief Coiner. James B. Longacre, Engraver.
Admission free to all visitors daily, from 9 to 12 o'clock, Saturdays and Sundays excepted.
CUSTOM HOUSE.
Chestnut above 4th. Main Room.
Collector .- J. B. Baker.
Deputy do .- Wm. Harbeson.
Deputy do .- Rowland Parry.
Directions .- The desks are numbered from 1 to 17, and the business done at each desk is as follows :
Office hours from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
No. 1. Fees.
No. 2. Deputy Collector.
Nos. 3 and 4. Estimating duties.
No. 5. Liquidating duties.
No. 6. Impost book-keeper.
No. 7. Examination and Appraisements.
No. 8. Bonds.
No. 9. Warehousing and Withdrawals.
No. 10. Re-warehousing, transportation, and exportation.
Nos. 11 and 12, General Order.
No. 13. Foreign Entrance and Clearance.
No. 14. Registers, Enrolments, and Licenses.
No. 15. Marine IIospital, Protections, Entrance and Clearance Coastwise.
No. 16. Cashier, Duties, and Disbursements.
Naval Office, N. W. Room.
Naval Officer .- C. McKibbin.
N. E. Room.
No. 1. Deputy Naval Officer, R. F. Brown.
No. 2. Estimating Clerk.
No. 3. Liquidating Clerk.
No. 4. Clearance and Examination of Mani- fests.
No. 5. Warehouse and Withdarwal Clerk.
No. 6. Re-Warehouse and Withdrawal Clerk.
No. 7. Fee and Cash Clerk.
No. 8. Impost Clerk.
No. 9. Abstract Clerk.
Surveyor's Office, S. E. Rooms.
Surveyor .- John Hamilton, jr.
Deputy do .- William S. Winship.
No. I. Tonnage Clerk.
No. 2. Sealing and Branding Clerk.
South Hall.
Storekeeper of Custom House Vaults.
Appraisers' Office.
N E cor. Front and Lombard strects. Charles V. Hagner, General Appraiser. Jno. A. Morrison, Appraiser.
R. Hanse, A. C. Cetti, Assistant Appraisers.
Inspectors' Office. No. 506 S. Delaware av.
Weighers' Office.
Larkin street, below Lombard. Gangers' Ofice. 127 S Water street.
Measurers' Office. Larkin street, below Lombard.
POST OFFICE.
N. B. Browne, Post Master. S. D. Anderson, Chief Clerk. Principal Office-Dock street helow Third.
Office Hours.
Daily, (except Sundays,) from 5 o'clock A. M. to II o'clock P. M. On Sundays from 7.30 to 8.30 A. M., and from 2 to 3 o'clock P. M.
Sub Post Offices.
North East. 447 Coates.
North West, 13th and Spring Garden.
Western, 1713 Chestnut.
24th Ward, Market E of Park.
245 Lamp Post Letter Boxes.
Letter Postage, domestic, 3 cts. per half oz. or under, for any distance not exceeding 3000 miles ; 10 cts. per half oz. or under, for any distance over 3000 miles.
FOREIGN CONSULS IN PHILADEL- PHIA.
Austria .- S. Morris Waln, Vice Consul, 128 S Delaware av.
Baden .- Clamor Frederick Hagedorn, Consul, 327 Spruce.
Bavaria .- Clamor Frederick Hagedorn, Consul General, 327 Spruce.
Belgium .- Vacant.
Brazil .- Edward S. Sayres, Vice Consul, 221 S Front.
Bremen .- John T. Plate, 231 Church al.
Brunswick .- Clamor Frederick Hagedorn, Con- sul, 327 Spruce.
Buenos Ayres .- Nalbro Frazier, Consul, 105 Walnut.
Chili .- F. V. Cleemann, Consul, 1109 Girard.
Denmark .- Godfrey Weber, Consul, 219 Church alley.
France .- Francisque Charles Alphonse Sccathan de La Forest, 923 Locust.
Frankfort-on-the-Maine. - John H. Harjes, Con- sul, 19 Strawberry.
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Schwerin .- F. H. Harjes, Consul, 19 Strawberry.
Great Britain .- Charles Edward K. Kortright, Consul, 211 Pear.
Hamburg .- Charles Lorenz, Consul, 12 Straw- berry.
Hanover .- C. C. Schottler, Consul. 231 Church alley.
Hesse Darmstadt .-- Clamor Frederick Hagedorn, Consul General, 327 Spruce.
Lubeck .- John HI. Harjes, Consul, 19 Strawberry. Mexico .- Felix Merino, Vice Consul, 1012 Cherry. Netherlands .- George K. Ziegler, Consul, 221 S 4th.
Oldenburg .- Clamor Frederick Hagedorn, Con- sul, 327 Spruce.
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Patten's, 630 Chestnut Street.
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Oriental Republic of Uruguay .- John F. Cabot, Vice-Consul, 135 S Front.
Pontifical States .- Vacant.
, Portugal .- Edward S. Sayres, Consul, 221 S Front.
Prussia .- C. C. Schottler, 231 Church alley
Republic of Costa Rica .- S. Morris Waln, Vice- Consul, 128 S Del av.
Republic of Guatemala .- S. Morris Waln, Vice- Consul, 128 S Del av.
Sardinia .- Victor A. Sartori, Consul, 103 Wal- nut.
Saxe-Coburg Gotha .- Clamor Frederick Hage- dorn, Consul, 327 Spruce.
Saxe- Weimar .- Clamor F. Hagedorn, Consul, 327 Spruce.
Saxony .- John T. Plate, Consul, 231 Church al. Sicily .- Vito Viti, Vice-Consul, 639 Arch.
Spain .- Charles de Rameau, 925 Locust.
Sweden and Norway .- Edward S. Sayres, Con- sul, 221 S Front.
Switzerland .- Rudolph Karodi, Consul, S W 4th and Wood.
Tuscany .- S. Morris Waln, Consular Agent, 128 S Del av.
Venezuela .- William J. Boulton, Consul, 118 S Del av.
Wurtemburg .- Wilhelm Ludwig Kiderlen, 1632 Green.
LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC AND ART ASSOCIATIONS.
AMERICAN LITERARY UNION.
116 N 9th. W. J. P. White, President. J. Luther Ringwalt, Secretary. Wm. R. Bonsall, M.D., Treasurer.
ARTISTS' FUND SOCIETY.
Incorporated 1835.
President, George W. Conarroe.
Vice President, C. Schuessele.
Corresponding Secretary, F. De B. Richards. Recording Secretary, Samuel Sartain.
Treasurer, William T. Richards.
Librarian, George W. Holmes.
CATHOLIC PHILOPATRIAN LITERARY INSTITUTE.
S E 8th and Walnut. Rev. George Strobel, President. Charles J. Bigley, Recording Secretary. Charles Conway, Treasurer. Patrick McFadden, Librarian.
FRANKLIN INSTITUTE.
No. 15 South 7th.
Meetings : Institute, monthly, 3d Thursday ; Board of Managers, 2d Wednesday; and Com- mittee on Science and the Arts, 2d Thursday in each month. Conversation meetings every Thurs- day evening.
John C. Cresson, President.
John Agnew, M. W. Baldwin, V. Presidents. Isaac B. Garrigues, Recording Secretary. Frederick Fraley, Corresponding Secretary. John F. Frazer, Treasurer.
Wm. Hamilton, Actuary.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYL- VANIA.
Athenæum Building.
Annnal contribution, three dollars. Life membership, twenty dollars. Publication Fund, $14,000.
The Society meets on the 2d Monday of every
month, third story, front, Atheneum Building.
President, Joseph R. Ingersoll.
Recording Secretary, John Jordan, jr.
Corresponding Secretary, Horatio G. Jones,
271 South 5th.
Treasurer, C. M. Morris, 201 Walnut.
Librarian, Townsend Ward.
Trustees of the Publication Fund, John Jordan,
jr., Oswald Thompson, George Sharswood.
NUMISMATIC SOCIETY OF PHILA- DELPHIA. 927 Market. Joseph J. Mickley, President.
Alfred B. Taylor, Secretary. Mark W. Collett, M.D., Treasurer.
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS.
1025 Chestnut. Founded 1806.
President-Caleb Cope.
Treasurer -- William Struthers.
Secretary-John T. Lewis.
Curator-Robert Wylie.
Janitress-Mrs. Elizabeth Baily.
PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTE.
For the encouragement of Apprentices aud Ama- teurs in the works of Ingenuity and Design.
Office, Assembly Building.
Meetings 1st Tuesday of every month.
President-William H. Allen, LL.D.
Treasurer-Tobias Huber.
Recording Secretary-Charles P. Perot.
Corresponding Secretary-Thomas J. Levick. Actuary -- John Toy.
PENNSYLVANIA LITERARY UNION.
116 N 9th.
President-Charles Buckwalter.
Secretary-James W. Powell.
Treasurer-Thomas Y. England.
PEOPLE'S LITERARY INSTITUTE.
President-William H. Allen, LL. D.
Secretary-James W. White.
Treasurer-D. Francis Condie, M.D.
PHILADELPHIA LYCEUM.
S E cor 9th and Spring Garden.
President-Edward Bannister. Secretary-Joseph M. Truman, jr. Treasurer-Rachel Wilson.
PHILADELPHIA SCIIOOL OF DESIGN FOR WOMEN.
No. 1334 Chestnut.
President-Joseph Harrison, jr. Secretary and Treasurer-P. P. Morris. Principal Teacher-Thomas W. Braidwood.
Patten's, 630 Chestunt Street. Window Shades,
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PIERIAN INSTITUTE.
S E cor 9th and Spring Garden. J. W. Miller, Pres. John Ashton, Sec'y. Lewis Brown, Treasurer.
ROXBOROUGH LYCEUM.
Nathan L. Jones, Pres. A. D. Levering, Sec'y. John H. Harjes, Treasurer.
THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. N W cor Broad and Sansom. Visiting days, Tuesdays and Fridays, from 1 P.M. to sunset.
President-Isaac Lea, LL.D.
Vice Presidents-Robert Bridges, M.D., Wm. S. Vaux.
Corresponding Secretary -- Thomas Stewardson, M.D. Recording Secretary-B. Howard Rand, M.D. Librarian-James C. Fisher, M.D. Treasurer-William C. Henszey.
Visitors admitted on Tuesday and Friday after- noons by tickets obtained from any member.
THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. S W cor 5th and Chestnut. President-George B. Wood, M.D.
Vice Presidents-John C. Cresson, Isaac Lea, George Sharswood. Secretaries-Charles B. Trego, E. Otis Kendall, John L. Le Conte, J. Peter Lesley.
Treasurer-Charles B. Trego.
THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE OF SOUTH- WARK. 5th below Washington avenue.
Philip Justus, Pres. Joseph Ashbrook, Sec'y. William Steadman, Treasurer.
THE MOYAMENSING LITERARY INSTI- TUTE. S E cor 11th and Catharine.
John U. Giller, Pres. James D. Campbell, Sec'y. William J. Reed, Treasurer.
THE PHILADELPHIA CITY INSTITUTE.
N E cor 18th and Chestnut. President-William H. French. Secretary-Peter C. Hollis. Treasurer-George Vaux.
THE SPRING GARDEN INSTITUTE.
N E cor Broad and Spring Garden. John M. Ogden, Pres. John J. Lytle, Sec'y. Charles B. Trego, Treasurer.
THE TRUSTEES OF WAGNER FREE INSTI- TUTE OF SCIENCE.
17th and Montgomery. William Wagner, Pres. George Stuart, Scc'y.
THE WEST PHILADELPHIA INSTITUTE. William N of Market. President-James Miller. Secretary-J. W Van Houghten, jr. Treasurer-James Allen.
THE YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE.
William Welsh, Pres. William L. Rehn, Sec'y. S. Morris Waln, Treasurer.
LIBRARIES.
APPRENTICES' LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA.
Library founded 1821 by gratuitous loans. No. of vols. 15,000. Annual subseription $2. S W cor 5th and Arch, open for girls & boys.
President-James J. Barclay. Vice President-Isaac Lloyd. Secretary-Thomas Ridgway. Treasurer-Samuel Mason.
Open Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday after- noons for girls. Frances L. Clement, Librarian. For boys, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday evenings, and Thursday afternoon.
ATHENEUM OF PHILADELPHIA. 6th and Adelphi.
Shares $25. Stockholders' annual payments $7. Visitors $10.
President-Samuel Breck, LL.D.
Treasurer-M. D. Lewis.
Librarian and Secretary-Henry Bird.
JAMES PAGE LIBRARY COMPANY.
Girard av. E of Shackamaxon.
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