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    [Illustration: {DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR · March 3, 1949}]

                UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                       Douglas McKay, _Secretary_

                         NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                      Conrad L. Wirth, _Director_


                 _HISTORICAL HANDBOOK NUMBER SEVENTEEN_

  This publication is one of a series of handbooks describing the
  historical and archeological areas in the National Park System
  administered by the National Park Service of the United States
  Department of the Interior. It is printed by the Government Printing
  Office, and may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents,
  Washington 25, D. C. Price 25 cents




                              INDEPENDENCE
              National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pa.


                                  _by
                            Edward M. Riley