OF

PHILADELPHIA AND PENNSYLVANIA,

IN THE OLDEN TIME;

BEING A COLLECTION OF

MEMOIRS, ANECDOTES, AND INCIDENTS

OF THE

CITY AND ITS INHABITANTS,

AND OF THE

EARLIEST SETTLEMENTS OF THE INLAND PART OF PENNSYLVANIA,

FROM

THE DAYS OF THE FOUNDERS.

INTENDED TO PRESERVE THE RECOLLECTIONS OF OLDEN TIME, AND TO EXHIBIT SOCIETY IN ITS
CHANGES OF MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, AND THE CITY AND COUNTRY IN

THEIR LOCAL CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS.

EMBELLISHED WITH ENGRAVINGS, BY T. H. MUMFORD.

BY JOHN F. WATSON,

MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK, AND MASSACHUSETTS.

PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR, AND FOR SALE BY

A. HART, J. W. MOORE, J. PENINGTON, U. HUNT, AND II. F. ANNERS.

Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1843, by
J. F. WATSON,

in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania.

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The First Water Works-the Schuylkill Water Works-Centre Square

Water Works,

Watering Place, Sea Shore,

Stenton, Country Seat of Logan,

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