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flf his own tVotkittinfljjp. LIX. Stone
cutters. Three apprentices before with
tools, and two with the orders of the ope
rative lodge, one with the standard. ia mi
ton’s order; the rest followed with pieced .
of polifbed marble, 20 in uumber. LXI
Bread and BifcuitAnkeMi A ftandqrd
bearing th#*brea4 bakers afnu)>lOjfihr -
emblazoned; motto, “ May our country
never want Bread” Uniform, white,
fhigts and full plaited aprons, quite round >
the waist, with’ a light blue faflh. A stage,
with a baker’s oven 6 feet in diameter,
-and 1 three handß at work as the proceffien •
went on, directed by a matter baker, who
* distributed bread to the people as it came
put of the oven. Headed by Mr. George
Mayer. Biscuit bakers standard: A
white flag, with, the reprel'entation of a<
bakehouse and several hands working in
the different branches of the hufinefs j
motto, ** May the Federal Government re~
-vive our Trade” MeflVs. Thomas Hop
kins and MatbiaS Landenberger in front
of 12 matters. MeflYs. John Peters, fftn.
and William. Echirt closed the tear; each
master carrying a small peal. The num
ber of bakers in proceffton 130. LX3.
Gunsmiths. A stage crewed upon a four
wheel’d carriage, drawn by four hirfes,
"being in length 14 feet, and in breadth
8 feet, with a motto in large letters on
each tide, *'* Federal Armoury ,” with a
number of hands thereon at work, em
ployed in different branches of the trade,
conduced by two senior masters, viz. John
Nicholson and jofeph Perkins ; Abraham
bearing a standard at the h**ad
•of the company, in rear-of the'carriage,
the standard decorated with futidry devices
• xeprefenting the arms belonging to the
trade. The standard a large white silk
flag, with cross guns in the middle, at the
top ®f the cross guns the cap of liberty,
with the letters C P (city proof;) under
neath the gims the cross pistols, with the
•letter V (viewed ;) at tire end neared the
flaff, a powder calk ; likewise at the op
posite end the representation of three balls.
The uniform of the company gieen baize
aprons with green Itrings. LXII. Cop
persmiths. A car 14 feet by 7 feet, drawn
by four horses, with three hands at work
at stills and tea-kettles, under the direc
tion of Mr. Benjamin Harbefon. A
standard with the arms of the trade, and
other things emblematical, surrounded
with 13 stars, borne by two masters, 17
masters of the profeflion following. LXIII.
Goldsmiths, Silversmiths and Jewellers.
William Ball, Esq. fen. member, with
a Silver urn. Standard bearers, MeiTrs.
j. Gee and John Germaine, carrying a
silk flag with the silversmiths arms on 4.e
fide of it; motto, “ Jufitia Virtutum
Regina and on the reverse the Genius
of America, holding in her hand a lilver
urn, with the following motto, « The
Purity y Brightne/s end Solidity of this
*Metals is emblematical of that Liberty
•which we expeft from the m<w ConftitutionP •*
Her head surrounded by 14 stars, 10 of
them very brilliant, representing the states
which have ratified; 2-of them less bright,
representing New-York and North-Ca
•rolina, whose ratifications are ftiortly ex
pected 1 one with three dark points and 2
light ones, an emblem of Rhode-Illand,
and of equal luftre with the firft ten, just
■emerging from the horizon, near one half
Teen, for‘the rising state of Kentucky;
after which followed the rest of the maf
tcfxs, with their journeymen and appren
•ttees* in all 35. LXIV. Distillers. On
•atftandard of light blue silk, aftill, worm,
rttib, and other implements of the bufi-
I nef3, neatly painted ; the tfandard torne
1 by Mr« Michael Shubert, and followed
by jx distillers. LXV. Tobaccouifts.
t Headed by Mr. Joljp Ili/cys Theftand
* aid of white silk £ a tobacco plant with
13 leaves, J o in perfection, 3 leaves not
hogfhead, of tobacco on one
plant, a roll of plug tobacco,
bottle and bladder of fnuff; over the
plaot on the-other fide Are *i>f!ars-;. id*
• filvesed rhini»g t briglg, the other tlieee-not;
finiflied; carried by J>lr. Thomas Leiper;
motto, tc Success to the Tobacco Hunt.”
Each member with a green apron and blue ~
ftnngs, a plume of the different kinds of
tobacco leaver in his fiat, and different
tools of his profefllon in his hands. Con
ductors, MefTrs. Hamilton, Few, Stim
bk and Murphy, 70 in number. LX.VI.
Brafs* founders. Mr. Daniei King, in a
car drawn by* four grey ho ties, with em
blematical colours, and a furnace in blail
during the whole proceiliun. He fiiKihed
a three inch howitzer, which was mount
ed and fired with the artillery on Cnion
Green*; his'journeymen and apprentices
alia neatly executed several other articles
in.that ingenious branch. The motto of
the colours, “ In vain the. Barth her Tred?
Jure hides The whole was executed by
Mr; King at his own expence. LXVIi.
Stocking Manufacturers. Headed by Mr.
George Frey,tag; 30 in number; their
•colours white, with a pair of blue dock
ings acrois, a cap above, huger mitt be
low, encircled with a gilded heart, a gild
ed crown with ten horns or points, on
each a blue fiar above all; motto,
<£ he Union of the' American Stocking
Manufacturers. ” LXVIII: Tanners and
Curriers. Tanners 25 mmumber, led by
Mr. George Leib, carrying the flag with
the company’s arms; motto, “ God be
nvith us'* ■ Curriers 34 in number, led by
Mr. George Oakley, carrying the flag with
the company’s arms, motto, « Spes no/tra
DeusP LXIX, Upholsterers. Headed
by MefTrs. John-Malon and-John Davis.
In front a cushion with its drapery, in
which fluttered a dove with an olive branch
in ils mouth, and on its head a double
scroll, motto, “Bs Liberty thine? followed
by a cabarole fopha decorated. LXX. Su
gar refiners. Condutied by the HOn.
Chriflopher Kucher, Capt. Jacob Lawer
fwylar, MeiTrs. Benjamin Pennington,
John Morgan, David Miereken, Adam
Cornman, and Henry* Clause, wearing
black cockades, blue faflics and white
aprons, with a blue flandard, arms on a
gold field, the cap of Liberty on a Raff
between two loaves of sugar; motto,
“ Doubie refned in a blue field 13 stars;
crest, a lighted candle in a candlefttck, on
the foot the word Proof beneath
canManufaCiurest ornamented with sugar
canes, followed by 36 with white aprons*
on which were painted lugar loaves, mark
ed 10, and bearing the various implements
of the business. I.XXL Brewers. Ten.
in number, headed by Reuben Haines,
with ten ears of barley in their hats, and
fa flies of hop vines, carrying malt (hovels
mafliing oars ; one dray leaded with
malt:and hops, and one loaded with two
hogflieadsand a butt, marked “ Betr> Alc t
Porter? with- the following inicription-,
£< Prefer Drink for Americans'? aftand
ard carried by Luke Morris, decorated
with the Brewers arms; motto, *« Home
brew'd is bejlP LXXII; Peruke-mak
ers and Barber Surgeons. Preceded by
Mefirs. Perry and Troutwine, fulidrefied.
The standard, a white field with the arms
of the company, and other devices suited
to- the occasion, viz. a pillar, the emblem
-of ffrength, with a cap'of Iltertr
ported by 1 2 hand?, in guI CSj '» S
ingthe 12 concurring dates that u
. the Grand Conveugon rVpeTican
in a field a/ure, the
baiber furgeon*; a* goat rampatr ; 1
c°at, argent, in field fable, thcaV
the peruke-makers; with two
tended at top, hand in hand, the
.of union and ii,pp
f .arms, a land and liver bur,'. *- !
ornaments ; motto, ** United fa
The treaturer 'ol the company, t *, c
• - tees ;, the company-by feuiortty, pj.'
hand, fix abreast, confiding of
- wearing a white fa.lh, with a-jblack’r?
down the middle, and cockades of '
fame, in honor of tils firft amp Rrer *
; of the United States. LXXIII.
ers. Their armorial* infigoia ( 0cc .V
‘ ally deviled) were, on a
graved guies, (between a
fable, Jbarred and dudded of the firft *
two gravers saltier-ways azure, haL?
of the thkd) three, plates; the crest
copper-plate, oh a ftnd bag p ro p er u
fcribed* • underneath,! in', large can'* i
ENGRAVERS. LXXIV. n af C
[No return.] LaXV. Brufli-niaier.
A white flag, with a wild' boar, and
bundle of briflles over him ; motto «/•
dcral hrujb Munvfu&ory” The flag car
Tied "by Mr. Roger Fhhavan, ja,
I;X*XVI. Staymakers. Keprefented b
Mr. Francis Serre, with his firftjourr.tr
min carrying an elegant pair of lad?
days. LXXVTI. Corps of Light Rfo,
try commanded by Captain Rees, withth
fhndard of the ad regiment. LXXVII
The Civil and Military Officers cf Co;
grefs in the city. LXXIX. TljeSuprem
Executive Council of Pennsylvania. K
Excellency- the Prefiden* was too mi
indisposed to attend. LXXX. The Ju
tices of the Com mug Pleas and the Rfc
giftrates. LXXX-I. Sheriff and Corent
on horseback. LXXXII. Eoara o!Cit
Wardens, City Treasurer, ar.d Secretar
to the Bonrd. Clerks of the Market;
with standard, weights am! meafurt;
Conft'able oP the Watch, with his two a!
fiflanrs, bearing their Haves. Mufit
20 Watchmen with their slams decorate;
and in their proper dress. 20 silent watch
men with their Haves. Watchmen cal
ling the hour 1 o o’clock, and a gloricc
Hariight morning. The hours and k
alluded to the ten Hates who haveadopte
the Constitution. LXXXIIL .StreetCcm
mifiiouers.. LXXXIV. TheGentlemt
of the Bar, headed by the Hon. Ed war
Shippen, Esq. President of the Comm
Pleas, and William Bradford, Esq. At
tornev General, followed by the Student
of the Law. LXXXV. The Cicrgyo
the different Christian denominations, witl
the Rabbi of the Jews, walking arm ii
arm. LXXXVI. The College of Phy
cians, headed by their President, 111
John Redman, and followed by the Stn
dents in Physic. LXXXVII. Student
of-the University, headed by the V:c
Provotl, and of the Episcopal Academy
ar.d moss of, the fchoois ia the city, pf £
ceded by their refpeftive Principals, P- }
feiiors, Matters,, and Tutors, a
borne before them inter;bed with thtf
words, “ The Riling Generation--
LXXX,VIII. The County Troop »f I#
Hor.e, commanded by Major W** J
Pherfun, brought up the rear of the who.
Major Fullerton attended the right waj!
iand Colonel Mencges the left wing
liue. Meflrs. Stoneburner, ITiltzhemiO
and Jonathan Penrofe, furndhed 3r.d *■
per intended the horfs*> for the carria#*