Philadelphia 



The streets are crowded with people, and the river 

 with vessels. Houses are so dear, that they will let 

 for ioo 1. currency per annum; and lots, not above 

 thirty feet in breadth, and a hundred in length, in 

 advantageous situations, will sell for 1,000 1. sterling. 

 There are several docks upon the river, and about 

 twenty-five vessels are built there annually. I 

 counted upon the stocks at one time no less than 

 seventeen, many of them three-masted vessels.* 



Can the mind have a greater pleasure than in 

 contemplating the rise and progress of cities and 

 kingdoms ? Than in perceiving a rich and opulent 

 state arising out of a small settlement or colony ? 

 This pleasure every one must feel who considers 

 Pensylvania. This wonderful province is situated 

 between the 40th and 43d degree of north latitude, 

 and about 76 degrees west longitude from London, 

 in a healthy and delightful climate, amidst all the 

 advantages that nature can bestow. The soil is 

 extremely strong and fertile, and produces spon- 

 taneously an infinite variety of trees, flowers, fruits, 

 and plants of different sorts. The mountains are 

 enriched with ore, and the rivers with fish: some of 

 these are so stately as not to be beheld without ad- 

 miration: the Delaware is navigable for large vessels 

 as far as the falls, 180 miles distant from the sea, and 

 120 from the bay. At the mouth it is more than 

 three miles broad, and above one at Philadelphia. 



* See Appendix, No. 2. 



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