The several official and documentary collections published by Pennsylvania have been described elsewhere.[586] Something of her local history has been also indicated, but the greater part of the interest of this class of historical records falls within the period of the present volume.[587] Respecting the histories of Philadelphia, since the memoranda were noted in Vol. III. (p. 509), the material gathered by Thompson Westcott has been augmented by the labors of Col. J. Thomas Scharf, and the elaborate _History of Philadelphia_ (Philad., 1884) with this joint authorship has been issued in three large volumes. Two chapters (xiii. and xv.) in the first volume cover in the main the period now dealt with. There is still a good deal to be gleaned from the old _Annals of Philadelphia_, by John F. Watson, of which there is a new edition, with revisions and additions by Willis P. Hazard.[588] It is a work somewhat desultory in character and unskilful in arrangement, but it contains a great body of facts.[589] [Illustration: NEW YORK] [Illustration: The views of New York here annexed (pp. 250, 251) are the principal ones of the earlier half of the seventeenth century. The larger (New York, on the scroll) is from the great map of Popple, _British Empire in America_, published in 1732. The upper of the two (p. 251) is reduced from a large panoramic _South Prospect of y^e Flourishing City of New York_ (6-6/12 × 2-4/12 ft.), dedicated to Gov. George Clinton by Thomas Blakewell, which was published March 25, 1746. A lithographic reproduction appeared in Valentine’s _N. Y. City Manual_, 1849, p. 26, and in his _Hist. of N. Y. City_, p. 290. (Cf. Cassell’s _United States_, i. 480.) Originals are reported to be in the N. Y. Society library and in the British Museum (King’s _Maps_, ii. 329, and _Map Catal._, 1885, col. 2,975). The reduced fac-simile view, called a “South Prospect,” follows a copperplate engraving in the _London Magazine_, Aug., 1761. KEY: 1, the fort; 2, the chapel in the fort; 3, the secretary’s office; 4, the great dock, with a bridge over it; 5, the ruins of Whitehall, built by Gov. Duncan [Dongan]; 6, part of Nutten Island; 7, part of Long Island; 8, the lower market; 9, the Crane; 10, the great flesh-market; 11, the Dutch church; 12, the English church; 13, the city hall; 14, the exchange; 15, the French church; 16, upper market; 17, the station ship; 18, the wharf; 19, the wharf for building ships; 20, the ferry house on Long Island side; 21, a pen for cattle designed for the market; 22, Colonel Morris’s “Fancy,” turning to windward, with a sloop of common mould. This print is clearly based on the one placed above it.] The official documentary collections of New Jersey have already been indicated,[590] as well as some traces of its local history.[591] * * * * *