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taught by the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, 

 and that no other system of reli<:i()n shall be taught there ; and 

 moreover, that all the worship held therein shall be according to 

 the ritual of said Church and no other." 



But one-half of the estate devised and bequeathed can be ap- 

 propriated to the purchase of grounds and the erection of build- 

 ings, under any pretence whatever, the balance to be invested, 

 as directed in the will, for the support of the Asylum. The 

 control and management of the institution is entrusted to the 

 Rector, Church Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Stephen's Church ; 

 with the Bishop, for the time being, of the diocese that includes 

 Pliiladelj)liia, as a perpetual visitor. 



KeUyviUe is an extensive manufacturing village on Darby 

 Creek, where it is crossed by the Delaware County Turnpike, and 

 West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad. It has a population 

 of about 500. The Catholic Church (St. Charles) at this place 

 is a neat and substantial building. From a short distance below 

 Kelly ville, for more than a mile up Darby Creek, there is almost 

 one continuous village. Between these points, including Mr. 

 Charles Kelly's large cotton factory, there are six manufactories 

 of cotton, or of cotton and wool, and two of paper. 



Clifton is a pleasant village at the intersection of the Turn- 

 pike and Springfield road. On the high ground west of Clifton, 

 overlooking the Delaware, is located Clifton Hall, a private In- 

 sane Hospital, under the direction of Dr. Robert A. Given. It is 

 a commodious building (90 by 64 feet), and occupies a healthful 

 and commanding position. 



The Friends' Meeting-house at Darby is a large and substan- 

 tial building. Another meeting-house was erected in Upper 

 Darby, after the division of the Society, by those termed Or- 

 thodox. The Methodists have one church in Darby and one in 

 Upper Darby, and the Presbyterians two churches in Darby 

 township. There is 'also a New Jerusalem Church in Upper 

 Darby, the only one of that denomination in the County. 



PROVIDENCE. 



From Chester, settlements very soon extended into Providence, 

 there being at first but one township of that name. At the 

 October Court, 1683, "the inhabitance of Providence make ap- 

 plication for a highway to the town of Chester," which is the 

 first appearance of the name in the county records. The name, 

 doubtless, had its origin with some of the early immigrants, and 

 was given as a manifestation of their gratitude for their safe 

 deliverance from the perils they had encountered in crossing the 

 ocean. It was not organized as a township till 168-1, when 



