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PHILADELPHIA. 



PIGOTT, GILLERY. 



Libraries. No. of vols. 



American Philosophical Society 15,000 



German Society of Pennsylvania *15,000 



Historical Society of Pennsylvania 15,000 



Pennsylvania Hospital 13,000 



Southwark Library 8,000 



Law Association of Philadelphia 8,000 



Library Association of Friends 7,814 



Franklin Institute 7,500 



American Baptist Historical Society 7,315 



Spring Garden Institute 5,723 



Mechanics' Institute of Southwark 3,650 



Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philad elphia . 3,500 



Moyamensing Literary Institute 2,900 



Handel and Haydn Society 2,500 



Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute 1,500 



Dial Library 1,500 



St. Philip's Literary Institute 1,500 



The Walnut Street Theatre, at Ninth and 

 Walnut Street, seating 1,500, is chiefly devoted 

 to the standard drama; it has a front of 90 

 feet and a depth of 146 feet, presenting from 

 Walnut Street a facade in marble of two sto- 

 ries, with a range of Doric columns. The 

 principal other theatres are the Arch Street, 

 in Arch near Sixth Street, with a marble front, 

 seating 1,800; the Chestnut Street, in Chestnut 

 near Twelfth Street, one of the finest theatres 

 in the country, seating 2,500; the American, 

 in Chestnut near Tenth Street, seating 2,800 ; 

 and the Grand Central, in Walnut near Eighth 

 Street. The Museum is in Ninth and Arch 

 Streets. Minstrel entertainments are given in 

 the Arch Street Opera - House, in Arch near 

 Tenth Street, and in the Eleventh Street Op- 

 era-House, in Eleventh near Chestnut Street. 

 The Academy of Music, in Broad and Locust 

 Streets, seating 3,000, was opened in 1857; it 

 has a front of 140 feet and a depth of 238 feet. 

 The exterior is of fine pressed brick, with 

 handsome brown-stone trimmings, the facade 

 being in the Byzantine style. The interior is 

 elaborately ornamented. It is chiefly devoted 

 to operas and classic concerts. Classic music 

 may also be heard in the Musical Fund Hall, 

 Locust near Ninth Street; in Concert Hall, 

 Chestnut near Twelfth Street ; and in Horti- 

 cultural Hall. 



^ There are 105 newspapers and periodicals, 

 viz. : IT daily (3 German), 2 tri- weekly, 1 semi- 

 weekly, 40 weekly (5 German), 6 semi-monthly, 

 37 monthly (1 German), and 2 quarterly. 



The number of church organizations, accord- 

 ing to the census of 1870, was 388, with 424 

 edifices, 302,239 sittings, and $18,330,667 prop- 

 erty. The City Directory enumerates 488 

 churches and missions, viz. : 61 Baptist, 3 

 Congregational, 2 Disciples of Christ, 90 Epis- 

 copal, 7 Evangelical Association, 14 Friends' 

 (7 Hicksite and 7 Orthodox), 11 Jewish, 26 

 Lutheran (14 English and 12 German), 91 

 Methodist Episcopal (several colored), 1 Meth- 

 odist Protestant, 4 Moravian, 77 Presbyterian, 

 4 Reformed (late Dutch Reformed), 15 Re- 

 formed (late German Reformed), 11 Reformed 

 Presbyterian, 42 Roman Catholic, 2 Second 

 Advent, 3 Swedenborgian 2 Unitarian, 11 

 United Presbyterian, 3 Universalist, and 8 

 miscellaneous. 



* 8,000 German and 7,000 English. 



PICKERSGILL, a British painter, born in 

 1782 ; died April 21, 1875. He was brought up 

 to commercial pursuits, but accidentally be- 

 gan the study of art, for which he had always 

 shown considerable taste. He was elected an 

 A. R. A. when little more than thirty years of 

 age, and in 1827 was admitted to the full 

 honors of the Academy. He constantly ex- 

 hibited from that time, and was particularly 

 celebrated for his portraits. 



PICKETT, General GEORGE E., Confederate 

 leader in the civil war ; died in Norfolk, Va., 

 July 30, 1875. He was born in Henrico Coun- 

 ty, Va., January 25, 1825. In 1842 he en- 

 tered the Military Academy at West Point, and, 

 after completing his course there, was assigned 

 to duty in the United States Army in Mexico, 

 under General Winfield Scott, with the rank 

 of brevet second-lieutenant. He accompa- 

 nied the army in its advances on the city of 

 Mexico,' and took part in the battles of Con- 

 treras, Churubusco, Molino del Rey, and Cha- 

 pultepec. During the Mexican War he was 

 twice promoted, receiving the rank of cap- 

 tain at the battle last mentioned. At the close 

 of the war, he was sent with his regiment (the 

 Ninth Infantry) into the Territories, and was 

 subsequently stationed on the Pacific coast, 

 where he distinguished himself by his firm- 

 ness and prudence in holding the disputed 

 island of St. Juan when threatened by four 

 British men-of-war. At the beginning of the 

 civil war in 1861, Captain Pickett resigned 

 his commission and accompanied General A. 

 S. Johnston and others across the Plains and 

 offered his services to the Confederate authori- 

 ties in Richmond, from whom he received a 

 colonel's commission, and was assigned to duty 

 on the Rappahannock. Shortly afterward he 

 was promoted to brigadier-general, and his 

 command did gallant service at Yorktown, Wil- 

 liamsburg, Seven Pines, and in the seven days' 

 fighting around Richmond. At Gaines's Mills, 

 General Pickett was severely wounded, and 

 forced to remain inactive for several months. 

 On his return to the field he was commissioned 

 major-general, and put in command of a di- 

 vision which was actively and daringly en- 

 gaged in nearly every battle fought by the 

 Army of Northern Virginia. At the battle of 

 Gettysburg in 1863, he led his men to the des- 

 perate charge at Cemetery Hill. After this 

 campaign, he was given an independent com- 

 mand in North Carolina and Lower Virginia. 

 His command also was engaged in the later 

 battles in 1864, around Richmond and Peters- 

 burg, and at Five Forks. General Pickett end- > 

 ed his military career in the fight of Sailor's 

 Creek, April 6, 1865. After the surrender of 

 General Lee, he retired to private life, and at 

 the time of his death was the Virginia agent 

 of the Washington Life Insurance Company of 

 New York City. He distinguished himself as 

 a dashing, daring, and stubborn fighter. After 

 the war he took no part in public affairs. 



PIGOTT, Sir GILLEKY, M. P., born in 1813; 



