. Lafayette's visit to Germantown, July 20, 1825; an address delivered before the Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, March 1, 1909, the Pennsylvania Historical Society, May 10, 1909, the Site and Relic Society of Germantown, May 20, 1910, the City History Society of Philadelphia, Jan. 11, 1911. r the City. Thefour sections of the circle on the Lid are as follows,to wit:— The Oak is a piece of the top log of a butment wharf(now strange to tell) located at the Junction of Hud-sons Alley and Chestnut Street, in the year 1683,and then appertaining to the first Bridge ever madeover Dock Creek. Unde
. Lafayette's visit to Germantown, July 20, 1825; an address delivered before the Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, March 1, 1909, the Pennsylvania Historical Society, May 10, 1909, the Site and Relic Society of Germantown, May 20, 1910, the City History Society of Philadelphia, Jan. 11, 1911. r the City. Thefour sections of the circle on the Lid are as follows,to wit:— The Oak is a piece of the top log of a butment wharf(now strange to tell) located at the Junction of Hud-sons Alley and Chestnut Street, in the year 1683,and then appertaining to the first Bridge ever madeover Dock Creek. Under this Bridge, replaced by astone one in 1699, vessels loaded with wood, used togo up to the common landing at the junction ofHigh and Fourth streets. The present piece ofwood was found six feet under the present surfacein 1823. The Sweet Gum is another Tree of the ForestRace of Penns day, and the last present living Treesso near the City (save an Elm still standing at the corner of Schuylkill Seventh and Race Streets) itbeing one of 3 or 4 now standing on the northernside of Vine Street, in front of Bush Hill. Suchfacts as these tend powerfully to impose upon ourconsideration the wonderfully rapid growth of ourAmerican Cities from the Rude Sylvan, to the embel-lished City A. h^^son d Cb, Boston %& oyu- ^a/t ^//y/i TO GERMANTOtVN 29 The Elm is of the celebrated Treaty Tree ofShackamaxum, which blew down in 1810, and a Scionof which is again flourishing (like the reproduction ofthe fabled Phoenix) in the western lot of the CityHospital. The Mahogany is a piece of the Beam of the firsthouse constructed by Europeans in America! It wasbuilt and occupied in 1496 by the great Columbus,and is still preserved with commendable care by theHaytien Government. With the present, accept also my lasting respect and esteem. John F. Watson. P. S. I feel disposed also to present you thelast vestige of the first American Navy. It is a pieceof the Timber of the Alliance, frigate. It
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