Penjyhania, Philadelphia. 25 



I here put down feveral particulars which I 

 marked during my ftay at that place, as a help to 

 my memory. 



PHILADELPHIA, the capital of Penjylvania, 

 a province which makes part of what formerly 

 was called New Sweden, is one of the principal 

 towns in North-America ; and next to Bojion the 

 greateft. It is fituated almoft in the center of 

 the Englijb colonies, and its lat. is thirty-nine 

 deg. and fifty min. but its weft long, from Lon- 

 don near feventy-five deg. 



THIS town was built in the year 1683 /or as 

 others fay in 1682, by the well known quaker 

 \Willlam Pen, who got this whole province by 

 a grant from Charles thefecond, king of England-, 

 after Sweden had given up its claims to it. Accor- 

 ding to Pen's plan the town was to have been 

 built upon a piece of land which is formed by the 

 union of the rivers Delaware and Skulkill, in a 

 quadrangular form, two Englijb miles long and 

 one broad. The eaftern fide would therefore 

 have been bounded by the Delaware, and the 

 weftern by the SkulkilL They had actually be- 

 gun to build houfes on both thefe rivers ; for 

 eight capital ftreets, each two Englijh miles long, 

 and fixteen lefler ftreets (or lanes) acrofs them, 

 each one mile in length, were marked out, with 

 a considerable breadth, and in ftrait lines. The 

 place was at that time almoft an entire wildernefs 

 covered with thick forefts, and belonged to three 

 Swedijh brothers called Sven's-S<zner (Sons of 

 SvenJ who had fettled in it. They with difficul- 

 ty left the place, the fituation of which was very 

 advantageous. But at laft they were perfuaded 









