For ten years, from 1790 to 1800, Philadelphia was the capital of the United States. In this city Washington and Adams were inaugurated for their second term as president and vice-president, and here Adams was inaugurated president in 1797.
Philadelphia to-day is a great city: great in industry, great in commerce, and great in near-by resources. Every street of the old part of the town is rich in historic memories. William Penn dreamed of a magnificent city, and the City of Brotherly Love is worthy of her founder's dream.
PHILADELPHIA
FACTS TO REMEMBER
Population (1910), over 1,500,000 (1,549,008).
Third city in rank according to population.
Place of great historic interest:
- Founded by William Penn.
- Home of Benjamin Franklin.
- First Continental Congress met here in 1774.
- Declaration of Independence signed here in 1776.
- Capital of the nation from 1790 to 1800.
- First United States mint located here.
A great industrial and commercial center.
Ranks third in the country as a manufacturing city.