Philadelphie. La Ville Capitale de Pensylvanie, Province nord-Americaine, William Penn, à qui Charles II Roi d'Angleterre donna cette Province entiére la planta en 1682 entre deux fleuves navigables et l'appela Philadelphie, parceque les habitans y vivoie
Riverfront view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, showing several ships in either the Delaware River or the Schuylkill River as well as a number of waterfront buildings.; Part of a series of imagined views of North American cities titled 'Collection des Prospects' by Franz Xaver Habermann (1721-1796) and Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt (1755-1812) that were issued in Augsburg, Germany around the time of the American Revolution.; Fictional representation of Philadelphia based in part on an engraving by Richard Paton (1717-1791) titled "This View of the Royal Dockyard at Deptford". The Clements Library holds "This View of the Royal Dockyard at Deptford", call no. Prints VWS.B.Fo.1778.; "Vuë de Philadelphie." appears written in reverse along the upper margin.
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