The world: historical and actual . PENNSYLVANIA. In importance, historical and actual/the great Stateof Pennsylvania is the peer of Virginia, Massachu-setts and New York. Ir has a large area and the re-gions not adapted to agriculture abound in coal, plati- is the capital. The Wyoming Valley is picturesque,fertile and populous. Philadelphia was, for themost part, the capital of the country during theperiod of struggle with England. The great battleof Gettysburg was fought on the soil of Pennsyl-vania. The state is more famous for its prominencein public affairs and for its wealth than for its
The world: historical and actual . PENNSYLVANIA. In importance, historical and actual/the great Stateof Pennsylvania is the peer of Virginia, Massachu-setts and New York. Ir has a large area and the re-gions not adapted to agriculture abound in coal, plati- is the capital. The Wyoming Valley is picturesque,fertile and populous. Philadelphia was, for themost part, the capital of the country during theperiod of struggle with England. The great battleof Gettysburg was fought on the soil of Pennsyl-vania. The state is more famous for its prominencein public affairs and for its wealth than for its influ-ence upon the intellectual development of the the domain, however, of professional treatises,legal and medical, especially the latter, it has College, the munificent gift of Stephen Gi-rard, is the most notable of its institutions. It has. GIRARD AVENUE BRIDGE. PHILADELPHIA. num or irou, which greatly enhance the value of thesurrounding arable land. Nearly 70 per cent, of theentire land area of the state is under cultivation,including the fenced woodland. Anthracite coal isa Pennsylvania monopoly. From twenty-five tothirty millions of tons are consumed every year, allfrom a few eastern counties. In Western Pennsyl-vania bituminous coal is found and mined. Petro-leum is found in a few places in Ohio, and a littlein New York, but the supply nearly all comes fromWestern Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, once the mostimportant city on the continent, is now second onlyto New York. It is largely devoted to manufactur-ing now. Pittsburgh in the western portion of thestate is the iron capital of the country. Harrisburg an endowment, including the cost of the buildings,of $3,000,000. The oldest college in the state isthe University of Pennsylvania, which dates from1749. Like Girard College, it is located at Phila-delphia. When the Rev
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