Favourable site or position chosen for the city-Original plan of the founder,
William Penn-Descriptions of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers-
Arrangement and names of the streets-Style of the private dwellings,
exterior and interior-Shops, hotels, and boarding-houses-Public build-
ings of Philadelphia-Old State House, or Independence Hall-The mer-
chants' exchange and post-office-The banks of Philadelphia as works of
art-Bank of the United States, a copy of the Parthenon-Girard bank
and Philadelphia bank, Corinthian-Mint of the United States-Ionic
temple at Iliseus-University of Philadelphia, origin and progress—
Anatomical museum, and philosophical apparatus-Girard College, origin
and foundation, description of the building by the architect-The water-
works at Fair Mount-Markets of Philadelphia, supplies-The Navy-yard
-Line-of-battle ship, Pennsylvania-View of the city on approaching it
by the river