State of Pennsylvania. In General Assembly, Wednesday, Nov. 14, A.M. 1787 : the bill, entitled, "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the plan for erecting a permanent bridge over the river Schuylkill, at the western extremity of the High Street of the city of Philadelphia," was read the second time, and debated by paragraphs.

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