Philadelphia
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Philadelphia was a major port and trading center of the British North American Colonies, allong side New York and Boston.
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Trade
Printers: Two English and one German, Including Benjamin Franklin. Two English and One German Newspaper published weekly.
Port Activity:
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Population
Estimated at over 10,000 in 1746 and rapidly increasing.
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Buildings
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Churches
There were 12 churches in Philadelphia, including the following:
- The Anglican Church, located in the Northern part of town.
- The Swedish Church, located on the southern outskirts of the town, near the river.
- The German Lutheran Church, located in the Northwest side of town.
- The Old Presbyterian Church, located on the south side of Market Street, near the Market.
- the New Presbyterian Church, in the Northwestern part of town, and built by the followers of George Whitefield in 1750.
- The Old German Reformed (Calvinistic) Church, in the west-northwest part of town.
- The New Reformed Church, built near the old one around 1750.
- Two Quaker Meeting Houses, one in the Market on the south side of town, and one in the north.
- The Anabaptists church in the northern area of town.
- The Roman Catholic Church, located in the southwest part of town, and equipped with an Organ.
- The Moravian or Zinzendorfian Brethren hired a house in the Northern part of town to conduct services in.
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Source
Benson, Adolph B., Ed. Peter Kalm's Travels in North America, Vol. 1. (New York NY: Dover Publications, inc. 1964)