VIEW OF THE TRADING TOWNS. ' -59 
about the same number in Trenton on Dela¬ 
ware, the capital of the state. 
Philadelphia, the largest town In the union, 
has evidently been raised to that state of pre¬ 
eminence by her extensive inland commerce. 
On one side is the river Delaware, which is 
navigable in sloops for thirty-five miles above 
the town, and in boats carrying eight or nine 
tons one hundred miles farther. On the other 
side is the Schuylkill, navigable, excepting at 
tlie falls, for ninety miles. But the country 
bordering upon these rivers, is but a trifling 
part of that which Philadelphia trades with. 
Goods are forwarded to Harrisburgb, a town 
situated on the Susquehanna!], and from thence 
sent up that river, and dispersed throughout 
the adjoining country. The eastern branch of 
the Susquehannah is navigable for two hundred 
and fifty miles above Harrisburgb. This place, 
which in 1785 scarcely deserved* the name 
of a village, now contains upwards of three 
hundred houses. By land carriage Philadel¬ 
phia also trades with the western parts of 
Pennsylvania, as far as Pittsburgh itself, which 
is on the Ohio, with the back of Virginia, and, 
strange to tell, with Kentucky, seven hundred 
miles distant. 
Philadelphia however does not enjoy the 
exclusive trade to Virginia and Kentucky ; 
Baltimore, which lies more to the south. 
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