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D. W. Farrand's
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
PAPER HANGING
WAREHOUSE,
No. 140,
Chesnut Street, opposite the Theatre,
PHILADELPHIA:
Where may be had a general assortment o American and French Papers, of the newest an most fashionable patterns; also, Colours prepare for rooms, on the most reasonable terms.
PAPERS PUT UP IN THE BEST MANNER.
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CLOTHING.
THE. Subscriber finding that the pressure of the times demands an attention to economy, and that the days of luxury and high prices have been replaced by outstanding debts and vexation in collection-he pro- poses to accommodate his mode of business to the new state of things, and to reduce the prices of better times to such a standard as shall not render it necessary to his friends and customers to open an account, or defer payment to a future day. He will, as usual, execute all work committed to his care with promptness and neatness; and by reducing the price hitherto given, to one much lower, he presumes that he may also have a right to expect prompt payment; and this is the prin- ciple that he means to pursue ; finding that the ex- pences of account keeping, collecting, and interest, have, for some years, made a greater deduction from the former high prices-the rule not to keep any ac- count book for debts, and to have no collector but him- self, will enable him to avoid debt, and serve his friends with much greater satisfaction, than when he was obliged to trouble them on the first of every six months for three or four years, with a bill, seldom reduced and frequently augmented.
Low prices and prompt payment will be his future rule of business.
JAMES QUEEN, No. 51, south Third Street.
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THE PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY
FOR Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities, At their Office, No. 72, South Second Street,
PHILADELPHIA,
MAKE Insurance on Lives by sea and land, purchase and sell Annuities, grant Endowments for Children, and execute every species of contract in which the casualty of life is concerned. The following examples shew some of the modes in which advantage may be derived therefrom.
INSURANCES.
The life of a person may be insured for a single voyage, for one or more years, or for the whole duration of life; the premium must, of course, depend upon the age, state of health, the risk of the sea or climate, and the term insured for. A healthy man re- siding on shore, may secure to his family, in case of his death within one year, a thousand dollars, by the payment of the follow- ing premiums :
Seventeen dollars and a half, or 12 per cent. if aged 27 years, · Twenty dollars, or 2 per cent. if aged 35,
Twenty-two dolls. and a half, or 2 1-4 per cent. if aged 40.
ANNUITIES,
May commence immediately, or may be deferred to a distant pe- riod, at the option of the applicant. If to commence immediately, a person aged 60 years would receive 112 per cent. per annum. If deferred for ten years, the same person would receive 42 per cent. per annum during the remainder of his life, upon any sum he might choose to invest. Deferred Annuities may also be pur- chased by the payment of annual sums during the term for which the annum is deferred. As for instance, a person aged 18 may purchase an annuity of 100 dollars a year, to commence
At the age of 60, by paying $2 98 per'annum,
At the age of 55, by paying 5 23
At the age of 50, by paying 8 84
At the age of 45, by paying 14 68
At the age of 40, by paying 24 32
ENDOWMENTS.
A man by paying to the company 100 dollars at the birth of a child, may secure to it the sum of
640 dollars, if it lives to the age of 21 years,
3222 dollars, if it lives to the age of 45,
6965 dollars, if it lives to the age of 55.
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WIDOWS.
A man aged 40 having a wife aged 35, may provide an annuity for her in case she survives him, to commence at his death, of $100 per annum, by paying to the company $333 in a gross sum, or by annual payments of $32 22, during the continuance of their joint lives.
Contracts for any other sums, or any other ages, or combined in any other manner, will be made; the terms for which, may be known on application at the office, or by letter (post paid) ad- dressed to
CONDY RAGUET, President, OR JACOB SHOEMAKER, Actuary.
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MARTIN REESS, Enniskillen Castle Hotel, No. 97, South Fifth Street, PHILADELPHIA.
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FURNITURE
FOR SALE CHEAP
AT
CHARLES NOLEN'S
Furniture Warehouse, No. 8,
SOUTH THIRD STREET, NEAR MARKET,
PHILADELPHIA:
Where is received for sale, on commission, all kinds of house furniture ; such as Cabinet Ware of all kinds ; Fancy and Windsor Chairs; Andirons, Shovels, Tongs and Fen- ders; Looking Glasses ; Glass, China, Plated, Brass, Cop- per, Japanned, Tin, and Iron Ware, of every description, and whatever appertains to house-keeping.
This establishment offers an opportunity for the manufacturer and importer to place their goods in a cen- tral situation for speedy sale. All furniture taken proper care of, and turned into cash for the owner without delay.
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LOUIS DELACROIX . 264N 2 St
Brandy Rum Gin Apple B. Peach B. Madeira Lisbon Malaga Port Sherry
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DOMESTIC
CORDIALS
Anniseed Cinnamon Peppermint Life of Man Noyau Rose
LIQUORS.
SPIRITS
Perfect Love Lemon Orange Cherry B
GROCERS, TAVERN KEEPERS AND FAMILIES, May be supplied with the FIRST QUALITY OF LIQUORS, Wholesale and Retail, on the most reasonable terms .-- Also Rectified Spirits and Assorted Vinegar. N. B. Cordials by the hogshend or barrol.
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WILSON & DEHAVEN, LEATHER MANUFACTURERS,
HAVE FOR SALE AT THEIR STORE, No. 26, North Third Street, Philadelphia, A large Assortment of MOROCCO LEATHER, Suitable for Shoemakers, Pocket Books, Hatters, Bookbinders, Coachmakers, Saddlers, Bellows and Trunk Manufacturers, &c.
ALSO, CHAMOIS AND BUCK SKINS, Suitable for Glovers, Coach Makers, Printers, Suspender Manufac- turers, and Silver Platers.
WHITE LEATHER, For Saddlers, Apothecaries, and suitable for Shoe Linings, &t.
They also manufacture, and keep constantly for sale, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF PARCHMENT, Suitable for Scriveners, Printers, Bookbinders, Goldbeaters, &c.
ALSO, Sumac and bark tanned Sheep, Deer, and Calf Skins, For Bookbinders, Shoe Binding, Shoe Lining, Aprons, Suspenders' Saddlers, Pocket Book, Bellows and Card Manufacturers, &c.
GEORGE WILSON, HLAS ALSO.FOR SALE, AS ABOVE, Materials and Tools for Bookbinders, Gold Leaf of good quality, Box, Bookbinder and Trunk Boards, Sheathing Paper, &c. &c.
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MACAULAY'S
PATENT FLOOR CLOTH
OIL CLOTH
AND
CARPET MANUFACTORY.
FAIRVIEW STREET, BUSH HILL. Warehouse, No. 12, North Third Street.
Where he offers for sale, the following domestic articles (of his own manufacture) at prices from 25 to 33 1-3 per cent. lower than the imported, viz.
PATENT FLOOR CLOTHS, of all sizes, for rooms and entries. GREEN BAIZE OIL CLOTHI, for sideboard, piano and table covers.
Do. do. Dish and plate mats, in sets to match.
Common OIL CLOTH, by the piece, yard or box.
Linen OIL CLOTH, for travelling great coats and carriage covers. Silk do. for ladies' aprons and hat covers.
Gauze do. for window blinds, firc-place screens, &c.
Prepared CANVAS, for portrait painters, framed to order.
Measuring TAPES, in feet and tenths, and feet and inches. Ingrained and Venetian CARPETING,
Pew, Rug, and French do.
Imperial and Common HEARTH RUGS,
All of Wool.
Carpet BINDINGS, FRINGE, &c. &c.
The subscriber having enlarged his New Mannfactory, so as to enable him to keep a stock of from 12 to 15000 square vards of ready made and well seasoned Floor Cloths, can in future furnish Cloths for Rooms and Entries at the shortest notice, which will be warranted equal to any imported, viz.
Cloths without borders in 24 hours-with borders in two weeks. All Cloths not exceeding 21 feet by 60 feet, will be without seam, and made to any given dimensions.
Merchants trading to the southern states or West Indies, and Country Merchants in general, will find the above articles worthy their particular attention.
Isaac Macaulay.
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Universal Grammar.
IT is well known, that in all printed grammars, of all languages, all the rules, that are calculated to explain the construction of sen- tences, are, without one exception, founded on what is called real, or imaginary, viz. true, or false, or fictitious syntax.
All rules founded in falsehood or fiction, are a perpetual, an in- surmountable obstacle to the progress of a pupil. They are in- surmountable, because the true construction of sentences in any language, never was, and never can be understood, by fictitious rules. The preceding, support the following positions, viz.
.The best scholars, of all known languages, from time immemo- rial, having acquired their knowledge of grammar, in a great mes- sure, from fictitious rules, have never, but in a limited degree, understood the grammatical construction of their own, or any other language-even though they may have studied, or been teachers of various languages from seven to seventy-seven years.
To support the above positions, many authorities may be cited.
1st. From the preface of Dr. S. Johnson's dictionary-" Some words there are, which I cannot explain, because I do not under- stand them." In the same preface, he states, "That a whole life cannot be spent upon syntax and etymology, and that even a whole life would not be sufficient," &c.
2d. From the last page of the introduction to L. Murray's gram- mar-" There are few of the divisions, arrangements, definitions or rules, against which, critical ingenuity cannot devise plausible objections." Even the above sentence, from the pen of Mr. Murray, is constructed on fictitious syntax ; and all the rules in printed gram- mars, are incompetent to designate the nominative to the verb are, in italics, and to describe the construction of the same sentence
~ 3d. From the very attempts-of all writers of new grammars- to elucidate the construction, and develop the mysteries of the language, on which they respectively write.
The subscriber's system affords correct definitions, rules, &c. NEVER BEFORE DISCOVERED, which obviate all the difficulties, which the fictitious definitions, rules, &c. can never remove or explain.
A pupil, acquiring the knowledge of English grammar by this system, can, afterwards in less than one day, learn all the gramma- tical terms, that are used in printed English grammars.
A host of opponents, from humble apparel to priestly robes, decry the subscriber's system-not one of them understands it- and opposition, from one who does not understand it, deserves no credit. Not one of them, by the rules in printed grammars, can parse any five sentences, which are found in succession, in any book in the English, Latin, or Greek language, and at the same time, ex- plain the natural subdivisions, beauties, and niceties, which belong, classically, to the same sentences, because, the rules in printed graminars do not reach them, and are, therefore, as silent on these subdivisions, &c. as they are on the subject of astronomy.
The period of a few weeks or months, according to the capacity of a pupil, devoted to the study of grammar by this system, is worth " A whole life" devoted to falsehood and fiction.
" For other particulars, apply at R. Desilver's Bookstore, 110 Walnut Street.
DECEMBER31st, 1817.
JONATHAN GROUT.
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Fancy Dying and Scouring.
WILLIAM LOGAN, No. 262, SOUTH FRONT STREET,
Most respectfully informs his friends and the public in general, he continues the business of dying and scouring silks, cloths, cassimeres, Canton crapes, plushes, merino poplins, bombazets, muslins, and goods of all descriptions, to any colour, shade or pattern. He likewise removes stains, spots, mildews, &c. &c. from silks, cloths, &c. that have received damage on voyages or otherwise, and re- stores them to their original colours.
Those ladies or gentlemen who may intrust their arti- cles with him, can be assured of having them finished in the very best manner, with punctuality and despatch, and equal to imported dying.
Clothing, chip, straw, grass, and Leghorn hats, &c. dyod in the best manner at the shortest notice.
J. LUKENS & SON'S SADDLE AND HARNESS MANUFACTORY, .Vo. 102, MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
WHERE IS ALWAYS ON HAND,
A general assortment of the most fashionable Saddles, Bridles, Harness, Trunks, &c.
Which they will sell on moderate terms.
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WHEAT FANS.
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ISAAC MENDENHALL,
Informs the public, that he still continues the making of Fans for cleaning grain, on an im- proved construction; which improvement is such, that, if properly managed, they will clean five hundred bushels of grain per day, and a boy twelve years old can turn them with ease.
Orders will be thankfully received and punctually attended to, at his shop, No. 22, Old Fork road, (near the corner of Wood street,) in Northern Liberties, Philade !- phia. Residence 119 north Fourth Street.
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PAXTON'S Philadelphia Directory
AND Register Office.
THE SUBSCRIBER,
Being editor and publisher of the Philadelphia Annual Directory and Register, has by an arrangement for the use of the public, es- tablised an
Office, No. 3, Heyde's Court,
to give information to the citizens generally; where he keeps a Directory for the purpose of registering all removals ; changes of residence; omissions which may have happened in this directory ; and of such persons who may arrive in the city during the cur- rent year .- By which means he expects to be enabled frequently to communicate information that may be of importance to the public. But it must be remembered, that the utility of this will entirely depend on the public, as all information must be sent to this Office, which will be then registered, and information will be given to all inquiries.
It is also proposed to keep a register for all transient residents in this city. Every stranger, gentleman or lady, is invited to forward their name as soon as they arrive in this place-their residence, und the time (if they think proper) of their intended stay-their place of residence, when at home-from where last, or such ad- litions as they may wish to add. Every person has the privilege of seeing this Register, which in all probability will frequently be a mean of introducing long absent friends or acquaintance, who would otherwise not know of their being so near each other. No fee will be received for either registering the names, or commu- nicating such information when registered.
N. B .- The public are informed that advertisements may be in- serted in this Directory; and the subscriber begs leave to suggest to the conductors of manufactories, and those engaged in perma- nent occupations the utility of advertising in the supplementary sheets thereof. This book will necessarily be in the hands of every man of business in the city, and is generally the first consulted by people from abroad; of course, an advertisement attached to it, will be conveyed to more people than through any other medium, and be exposed longer to public view, as the Directory will be in constant use for one year at least.
John A. Paxton.
Bissextile Centuries
Centuries.
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EXPLANATION.
Look at the top for the century, then to the right for the in- tervening year; in a line with it under the century is the domi- nical letter for the year.
For bissextile, or leap years, use the letter on a line with the
blank above that year, until the first of February.
Look for the month, and in a line with it under the given dominical letter, is the day of the week on which that month begins; then find the corresponding day at the top of the days of the week, and that column will be the days of the week for
that month.
Dominical Letters.
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Perpetual Almanac,
IIY D. H. MASON, PHILADELPHIA.
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THE
PHILADELPHIA
Directory and Register,
FOR
1818:
CONTAINING THE
NAMES, PROFESSIONS, AND RESIDENCE,
OF ALL THE
HEADS OF FAMILIES AND PERSONS IN BUSINESS
OF THE City and Suburbs, Hamiltonville, and Camden, N.J.
WITH OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION.
BY JOHN ADEMS PAXTON,
EDITOR OF SEVERAL DIRECTORIES, AND AUTHOR OF THE ALPHABETICAL PLAN OF PHILADELPHIA.
PUBLISHED, for the Editor, by E. & R. Parker, booksellers and stationers, No. 178 High Street; and sold by them, and all the other booksellers; and by the Editor, No. 3 Heyde's Court, running north from 23 Filbert Street, above Eighth.
Price to subscribers $1.50-to non-subscribers $1.623
[COPY-RIGHT SECURED ACCORDING TO LAW.]
Comparative View of the number of Names contained in the Directories of the following Years.
Years.
Editors.
No. of Names.
1794
Hardie
8,304
1806
Robinson
10,668
1807
Robinson
12,348
1809
Robinson
11,760
1810
Robinson
12,936
1811
Census
15,400
Robinson & Paxton
17,300
1813
Paxton
20,160
1814
Kite*
21,252
1815
No Directory published.
1816
Robinson
18,992
1817
Robinson
18,648
Dawes
16,530
1818
Paxton (present work)
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22,032
1818
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New York Directory
19,677
. The editor of this Directory commenced the one for 1814, for which he collected the greater part of the names, and afterwards sold out to B.& T. Kite.
TO THE PUBLIC.
THE Editor tenders his sincere thanks to those citizens who have patronised this Directory, and as- sures them every exertion has been made to render it the most complete ever published in this city. Its me- rits can be best ascertained by a comparison with former Directories.
The Directory commences with the " Annual Adver- et tiser,"* which comprises a number of advertisements, most of which are headed by handsome emblematical cuts in wood. The arrangement of the names is very much improved, and the number greatly increased.+ The reader is recommended to make himself acquaint- ed with the " Directions to the Reader," as soon as pos- sible, as it will make every part clearly understood. A very complete list of streets and public places (made out originally by the editor) follows the names.
The " Philadelphia Register," embraces a complete list of duties, together with considerable information very useful to merchants, masters of vessels and others -the Constitution of the United States-Members of Congress-Departments of Government-Ministers and Consuls-U. S. Navy-Post Office Establishment
* See the Editor's advertisement under this head.
+ This Directory contains 22,032 names : the present New York Directory contains 19,677 names; but notwithstanding this differ- ence in favour of Philadelphia, the New Yorkers have the assu- rance to contend that their city is the most populous in the union !
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PREFACE.
-Government of Pennsylvania-Courts of the United States and Pennsylvania-a copious List of Public In- stitutions and Societies, alphabetically arranged ; be- sides a great variety of other useful information, par- ticularised in the " List of Contents."
Notwithstanding all the attention paid this Hercu- lean undertaking, some errors no doubt exist, fór which the clemency of the public is solicited. Every well informed person must be sensibly impressed with the impossibility of bringing a work of this kind for- ward entirely free from inaccuracies.# The taking of the names was commenced about the first of Septem- ber, 1817 : it is hoped no person who has changed his residence since that date, whose name and profession is not properly inserted, will censure the editor, as communications appeared in all the papers, requesting such to send in their addresses for correction : the fre- quency of removals rendering it impossible for the edi- tor, without such assistance, to make a correct return,
The Mammoth task of taking the names of all the heads of families and persons in business residing in the city and liberties of Philadelphia, requires a vast deal of perseverance and ingenuity to obtain the ne- cessary information ; as some persons entirely refuse
Admitting that it were possible all the names were taken per- fectly correct, before they could be printed and published, from the ordinary changes which daily take place in this GREAT CITY, at least fifty errors would appear among them. Anxious and willing to spare no expense or labour to arrive as near as possible to accu. racy, it is requested that every person who may discover an error in this Directory, will send immediate information thereof, which shall be corrected, and inserted in the DIRECTORY REGISTER, which is open for public inspection, at the residence of the editor.
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to answer our queries; others must be waited upon at. some suitable hour ; some houses are closed ; many sur- names of different orthography sounding alike, and the information obtained respecting orthography, names and professions being often vague or incorrect, whichitisim- possible entirely to obviate; a large proportion cannot spell their names ; some cannot speak English ; a num- ber are so much afraid of being found, that they give wrong names ; many think us tax collectors or enrollers of militia, and on that account refuse to give their names, and-tell us we must " find out by our learning;" much of the information to be had from servants only ; be- sides an immense deal of difficulty and labour, of which the public have no conception; because if they had, we should suppose that many hundreds of respectable mer- chants, shopkeepers and others, who use the book a very great deal throughout the year, would leave off the practice of borrowing, and bestow upon us so tri- fling a sum as the price of a Directory.
The greatest exertions have been used in order to bring forward as correct a Directory as is practica- ble, and we are confident the compensation is not equi- valent to the great labour. Many persons complain of the price ($1.50), but when they are informed that the New York Directory sells for $1.75, and contains 136 pages less, it is expected we will hear no more com- plaints on that subject. Those who find fault with the price of the book, would be well cured of their com- plaints, if they had to serve but one week's apprentice- ship with us in the Directory business ; it is beyond all doubt the cheapest book published in the United States, for the information it gives. Some few think we are not paid enough; those we most heartily thank and
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esteem-let the rest borrow or beg, as usual. We are sorry we cannot, after the manner of some public prin- ters in this city, boast of our immense and overflowing patronage, &c. for certainly a good Directory is equal- ly deserving of extensive public support ; and we may- add that it is almost indispensable, in this large and flourishing city. If no Directory was published for two years, there would be no calculating the great vá- lue of the time that would necessarily be spent in searching out the residence of individuals.
If the editor is properly encouraged by the citizens, he will repeat the publication of the Directory an- nually; and as, by experience, it is now reduced to a certainty, Philadelphia cannot support a competition in this business, he thinks it by no means unreason- able, very respectfully to solicit his fellow citizens for their future undivided patronage, so long as he exe- cutes the work to their satisfaction, which he will en- deavour to merit by his attention to their service. He is induced to make this seemingly unreasonable re- quest, as a divided support would probably oblige him to relinquish his intention to repeat the publication.
JOHN A. PAXTON.
Philadelphia, January 27, 1818.
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LIST OF CONTENTS.
PAXTON'S ANNUAL ADVERTISER
A newly invented Perpetual Almanac
Comparative View of Directories
To the Public
List of Physicians, Midwives, Nurses, Bleeders and Dentists, and Layers out of the Dead
U^^rections and Removals
A newly invented Diagram of the Wards, &c.
Directions to the Reader
LIST OF NAMES
PAXTON'S PHILADELPHIA REGISTER
List of Streets, &c. &c.
from p. i to xxiii
Arrivals in United States, in 1816, xxiii
Custom House, &c .. xxiv
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