. A history of Pennsylvania. buildings of the eighteenth century which hasnot been mentioned is that of the Pennsylvania idea of a hospital for the sick and for the insane origi-nated with Dr. Thomas Bond, and was taken up with energyby Benjamin Franklin. The hospital was chartered in Proprietaries having been asked to contribute a lot, offereda portion of what is now Frankhn Square, but the city claimedthat this was pubhc property. So the hospital was startedin a house on the south side of Market Street above Fifth,which was then on the outskirts of the city. It is worth
. A history of Pennsylvania. buildings of the eighteenth century which hasnot been mentioned is that of the Pennsylvania idea of a hospital for the sick and for the insane origi-nated with Dr. Thomas Bond, and was taken up with energyby Benjamin Franklin. The hospital was chartered in Proprietaries having been asked to contribute a lot, offereda portion of what is now Frankhn Square, but the city claimedthat this was pubhc property. So the hospital was startedin a house on the south side of Market Street above Fifth,which was then on the outskirts of the city. It is worthy^ They are kept at the Ridgway Branch, Broad and Christian streets. CONDITIONS IN THE STATE ABOUT iSoo 1^)7 of remembrance that the seven physicians who had chargegave their time and services and furnished the (hugs andmedicines besides. In 1755 the managers bought for £500 apiece of ground on Pine Street extending from Eighth toNinth streets. The remainder of the block to Spruce Street .vT* n^^ iif <^ ?^- **, V- .. The Old Library Company of Philadelphia, 1799 Stalue of Franklin o\er the door was given to the Hospital by the Penn family. The cornerstone of the first building was laid May 2S, 1755, and the hos-pital was opened in 1756. The record of the PennsyKaniaHospital has been admirable, and the earlier buiUhngs. likeothers of the eighteenth centur}. are more than lead statue of William Penn, which is in front of thecenter building, was given in 1804 by John Penn, grandsonof William Penn.^ 1 This statue had belonged to Lord Ic Dcspencer. Franklin saw it in 1775and wished to have a copy made for the Hospital, but it is probable that thestirring political events prevented an>- action. Lord k- l)esi)eiuers successorsold it for old lead. John Penn saw it in a junk shop, bought it, and sent itto the Hospital (1804). 198 HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia a Literary Center. — Philadelphia, in thelatter part of the eighteenth century and for about twentyy
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