CARPENTER’S HALL, PHILADELPHIA 313 Wherein met the First Continental Congress, 1774. THE PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL 315 From an engraving by W. Birch & Son. INDEPENDENCE HALL, PHILADELPHIA, BEFORE 1876 319 THE MORRIS HOUSE, GERMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA 321 DR. WILLIAM PEPPER[9] 324 FRANK THOMSON[9] 326 THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 331 SEAL OF PHILADELPHIA 333 WILMINGTON PLAN OF CHRISTINA FORT, 1655 338 RESIDENCE OF THE LATE THOMAS F. BAYARD[10] 342 OLD SWEDES’ CHURCH 345 REV. ERIC BJORK[11] 348 BISHOP LEE 349 THOMAS F. BAYARD 351 SHIPLEY BUILDING[11] 354 OLD FRIENDS’ MEETING-HOUSE 356 HOUSE OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 359 CITY HALL 361 NEWCASTLE COUNTY COURT HOUSE 363 SEAL OF WILMINGTON 365 BUFFALO JOSEPH ELLICOTT 368 Founder of Buffalo. LAFAYETTE SQUARE 371 A GLIMPSE OF BUFFALO HARBOR 375 ST. PAUL’S CHURCH 379 MILLARD FILLMORE[12] 383 BEACON ON OLD BREAKWATER 386 DELAWARE AVENUE, SHOWING BISHOP QUIGLEY’S HOUSE 388 DR. JOHN CRONYN 389 WILLIAM I. WILLIAMS 390 SEAL OF BUFFALO 391 PITTSBURGH AN EARLY RESIDENT OF PITTSBURGH 395 From the statue by T. A. Mills in the Carnegie Museum. SUN-DIAL USED AT FORT DUQUESNE 398 THE EARL OF CHATHAM 403 From an oil painting in the possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. BLOCKHOUSE OF FORT PITT. BUILT IN 1764 406