14. To amount of Pension Book* from March 30 to June 25 October 3. To amount of Pension Book from 31. To Hannah Pearson, for part curing Mary Carter's scald head Nov. 18. To Capt. Campbell for freight for to Carolina 25. To William Young, earthenware Dec. 16. To poor woman to pay for lodg ing 29. To amount of Pension Book to the 66 15th inst. To Cash to Granny Pawling for 30. To Cash to taking man to work house and conveying him thence 1759 Jan. 4. To two pairs of breeches 6 8 27. To cash gave John Burden, his family very sick 5 0 Feb. 15. To cash for four yards Osnabrigs for a shift for Rachael Glover 27. To Cash for ferriage of Alice Hol- For the out-door poor. 0 4 The totals for the period embraced in these accounts (from March 29, 1758, to March 26, 1759) are To which add for sum short in one of the duplicates There appear in these accounts no receipts of taxes for the support of the poor. There is no mention of any money spent for segars, wines, liquors, &c., for the overseers, the charges for which, swell up Alms House accounts in these more modern times; nor does the word "sundries" once occur. On the 20th of August, 1759, Thomas Lawrence, the Mayor of Philadelphia, directed the overseers to pay the above balance to their successors (Robert Towers, William Faulkener, James Stevenson, and James James.) The receipt of Mr. Stevenson is endorsed upon the order. (B) Dr. Chovet's Lectures were on Anatomy. The following was his Advertisement. "At the Anatomical Museum in Videl's Alley, Second Street, on Wednesday, the Seventh of December at six in the evening DR. CHOVET will begin his course of Anatomical and Physiological Lectures, in which the several parts of the human body will be demonstrated, with their mechanism and actions, together with the doctrines of life, health and the several effects resulting from the actions of the parts; on his curious collection of Anatomical wax-works, and other natural preparations; to be continued the whole winter until the course is completed. As this course cannot be attended with the disagreeable sight or smell of recent diseased and putrid carcases, which often disgust even the students in Physick, as well as the curious, otherwise inclined to this useful and sublime part of natural philosophy, it is hoped this undertaking will meet with suitable encouragement. Tickets to be had for the whole course at Dr. Chovet's house in Second Street, Philadelphia." A writer in the New York Gazette in 1828, over the signature of "An Old Philadelphian" speaks of Dr. Chovet as follows: “Dr. Chovet, a most eccentric man, full of anecdote and noted for his propensity for what is now termed quizzing, resided in Race above Third Street. The Doctor was what was termed a Tory; was licensed to say and do what he pleased, at which no one took umbrage. He one day entered the Old Coffee House, corner of Market and Front Streets, with an open letter in his hand. It was twelve o'clock, change hour; the merchants all assembled. On seeing the Doctor they all surrounded him, enquiring what news he had in that letter, which he stated he had just received by a king's ship, arrived in New York. In reply to this inquiry, he said that the letter contained information of the death of an old cobbler in London, who had his stall in one of the by-streets, and asked the gentlemen what they supposed the cobbler had died worth. One said £5000, another £10,000, and another £20,000, sterling. No, gentlemen, no; You are all mistaken; not one farthing, gentlemen; running out, laughing at the joke at the expense of the collected mercantile wisdom of the City. "Another time, having been sent for to the Spanish Minister, Don Juan (I forget his name) who resided in old Mr. Chew's house in Third Street, between Walnut and Spruce Streets, the weather being rather unpleasant, the Minister ordered his carriage to the door to convey the Doctor home. The Doctor, full of fun and joke, directed the coachman to drive by the Coffee House, which, as he approached, was perceived by the merchants, who immediately drew up in order, hats off, to pay their respects to Don, as minister from a friendly power. The Doctor kept himself close back in the carriage until directly opposite the Coffee House, the gentlemen all bowing and scraping, when he pops out his head-good morning, gentlemen, good |