ly ornate.

[Illustration: PLATE XCIV.--Interior and Chancel, Old Swedes' Church;
St. Paul's Church, South Third Street near Walnut Street.]

[Illustration: PLATE XCV.--Mennonite Meeting House, Germantown. Erected
in 1770; Holy Trinity Church, South Twenty-first and Walnut Streets.]

Certain alterations to the interior were made in 1836, and in 1882 it
was restored to its ancient character, but the high old-fashioned
wineglass pulpit of 1770 remains, as does the font. A silver bowl,
weighing more than five pounds, presented in 1712 by Colonel Quarry of
the British Army, is still in use, while a set of communion plate
presented by Queen Anne in 1708 is brought forth on special occasions.
The brass chandelier for candles has hung in its central position since
1749. Bishop White officiated as rector during Revolutionary days,
and his body lies under the altar. Many well-known figures of American
history worshiped here, both Washington and Franklin maintaining pews
which are still preserved. That in which Washington sat was placed in
Independence Hall in 1836.

In the churchyard adjoining are buried a number of noted patriots,
including Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, the financier of the
Revolution, James Wilson, the first justice of the State and a signer of
the Declaration and Constitution, Brigadier General John Forbes, John
Penn, Peyton Randolph, Francis Hopkinson, Doctor Benjamin Rush, Generals
Lambert, Cadwalader, Charles Lee and Jacob Morgan of the Continental
Army, and Commodores Truxton, Bainbridge and Dale of the Navy.

In the southeast part of the city, at Swanson and Christian streets,
just east of Front Street, is located the ivy-clad Old Swedes' Church,
one of the most venerable buildings in America. It stands on the site of
a blockhouse erected by the Swedish settlers in 1677. The present
structure of brick was begun in 1698 and finished two years later. For
one hundred and forty-three years it remained a worshiping place of the
Swedish Lutherans, and for one hundred and thirty years it was in charge
of ministers sent over from Sweden. The baptismal font is the original
one brought from Sweden, and the communion service has been in use since
1773. In the adjoining churchyard the oldest tombstone bearing a
legible epitaph is dated 1708. Here Alexander Wilson, the celebrated
naturalist, was buried at his own request, saying that the "birds would
be apt to come and sing over my grave."

Although general