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Philadelphia, holy experiment / by Struthers Burt.
LIBRA F158.3 .B96 1945
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LIBRA F158.3 .B96 1945
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LIBRA - Rare F158.3 .B96 Lee copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burt, Maxwell Struthers, 1882-1954.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Penn Provenance:
- Burt, Maxwell Struthers (inscription)
- Lee, Ruth Sara (donor) (Lee Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 396 pages : plates, portraits ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran, 1945.
- Contents:
- Horn of Plenty
- The Seeds Are Planted
- Dutch, Swedes, Finns, and the English
- Printz, the Tub
- Green Countrie Towne
- Sea of Troubles
- Growth of a City
- Crime and Punishment
- Quaker with a Plume
- Port of Entry
- The Shrouds and Masts of Ships
- Tides and Currents
- Honesty is the Best Policy
- Growing Pains and Progress
- Coal
- Masks and Revels
- Golden Vessels
- That Benignity of Mind
- The Athens of America
- Iron
- The Hub of War
- The Business of the World
- Republican Court
- Yellow Visitor
- Cradle of Finance
- Sweet-Smelling Names
- Society Hill
- Patina
- Index.
- Notes:
- Illustration on lining-papers.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries Lee Collection copy has typewritten copy of article on Philadelphia by the author, from Transatlantic, laid in. Also laid in are: a handwritten letter from the author to Lee, and a review of the book extracted from the New York Herald Tribune. With handwritten annotations and underlining.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Burt, Maxwell Struthers, 1882-1954. Philadelphia, holy experiment.
- OCLC:
- 3960969
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