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1831. The officers were Isaac Whitelock, president; Isaac Shallcross,

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secretary; and Samuel Pilling, treasurer. In 1832, George D. Rosengarten made the first morphine in the United States. The first public high school in the United States was established in Philadelphia in 1836. The first building was erected in 1837-38 on Juniper Street fronting on Penn Square, now occupied by the Wanamaker Store. The school was opened October 26, 1838, when a class of sixty-three pupils was admitted. The first daguerreotype portrait in America was made in Philadelphia by Robert Cornelius, November, 1839, at 710 Chestnut. (Portrait of himself.) The first homeopathic medical college in the world, the “North American College of Homeopathic Medicine,” was organized in Allentown, Pa., in
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1. Chapter 1 2. 1682. They were the North Eastern, South Eastern, North Western, South 3. 1786. It was opened in Strawberry Alley, April 12, 1786. It is still in 4. 1800. It occupied about twelve acres and extended from Prime Street (now 5. 1831. The officers were Isaac Whitelock, president; Isaac Shallcross, 6. 1835. The second was the “Homeopathic Medical College of Philadelphia,” 7. 1858. On March 23, 1865, the name was changed to “The Numismatic and 8. 4. U.S. Custom House. 5. Carpenters’ Hall. 6. Bank of North America. 7. 9. 15. Market. 16. Site Blue Anchor Inn. 17. Site Slate Roof House. 18. 10. 1860. Annual fall exhibitions of members’ work; also special 11. 1909. HUNTING PARK, with lake, eighty-seven acres; crossing Northeast 12. 1849. Memorial window to Edward T. Steel in assembly room. 13. 1640. “Summer Seat,” built by Thomas Barkley, 1773, conveyed to Robert 14. 1741. On July 25, 1782, Washington, with Colonel Trumbull and Major 15. 1836. Bradford House, first stone house in this locality, was built, 16. 1802. Lafayette Hotel is on site of “The Gibson Tavern,” where Lafayette 17. 1876. Soldiers’ Monument erected in 1891 is in Garfield Square, on a 18. 1808. Through GUTHSVILLE, Guth homestead still standing, built, 1745, 19. 1813. When the chronicler takes up his pen to write of the glories of 20. 1897. In KREAMER is the old brick hotel used for special sessions of

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