PENNSYLVANIA

one of the original thirteen States which revolted from England in 1776, was founded by William Penn. The story of his going over and founding this State, and of the treaty he made with tho Indians, is one of the most}: interesting in history. Such was the hold that Penn gained on thcir affections that the whites in Pennsylvania were undisturbed for fifty years. Having an area of 45,000 square miles, or half as big again as Scotland, poe Dida mg is one of the most favoured districts in the world. Its soll is fertile, its climate favourable, and {ts mineral products abundant. Coal, fron, petroleum, and natural gas are widely distributed, and Pittsburg (population 650,000), the leading manufacturing town, reaps full advantage thereof. Phil a dei phi a, the capital, on the Delaware river,is surrounded by a rich agricultural country, | and is conspicuous for its fine public}: buildings; population 1,300,000. 1840, main] eek the aliocts |. yo ee fomland Hill Previous to that date) letters had been charged for according to the distance carried; thus the for $00 miles for a single sheet was one 2. double sheets being treated as two letters. This was, in 1840, reduced to a uniform beer 2 of one penny for a maximom t of balf-an-ounce. Refer to “ Post Office” in Indez. [s. 239]