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Philadelphia, the place and the people / by Agnes Repplier ; with illustrations by Ernest C. Peixotto.
LIBRA F158.3 .R4
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1898 Repplie
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Repplier, Agnes, 1855-1950.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Description and travel.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Race relations--History--19th century.
- Local Subjects:
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Race relations--History--19th century.
- Genre:
- Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1898.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 392 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Macmillan, 1898.
- Contents:
- The founder of the Quaker City
- The founding of the Quaker City
- The Quaker City's childhood
- The last years of William Penn
- How the Quaker City grew
- The birth of learning in the Quaker City
- The state house and its message
- How the Quaker City spent its money
- War and the rumors of war
- The eve of The Revolution
- The dawn of The Revolution
- War
- A gay captivity
- Lords of misrule
- Reconstruction
- Philadelphia regnant
- Two forms of fever
- Depression
- Riots
- The Civil War
- The Quaker City of to-day.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in gray cloth with gilt and color seal on cover.
- Athenaeum copy: From the John Livezey fund.
- Athenaeum copy: Stamped "Received Nov 14 1898, The Athenaeum" on top left t.p.
- Athenaeum Libra copy: formerly the property of Abington Free Library.
- OCLC:
- 1431621
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