Philadelphia history.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Contributor:

City History Society of Philadelphia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Physical Description:

v. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Irregular

Vol. 2, no. 1-

Continues:

Publications of the City History Society of Philadelphia

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : City History Society of Philadelphia, 1916-

Contents:

Samuel Wetherill and the early paint industry of Philadelphia, by Mrs. S.P. Wetherill

The true story of the Declaration of Independence by Henry Leffman

Citizen Genet's visit to Philadelphia by Henry Budd

An old Philadelphia cemetery : the resting place of Rebecca Gratz by Mary M. Cohen

Street cries of Philadelphia by Mrs. A.J. Rowland

Mile stones and highways around Philadelphia by Fred Perry Powers

The Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad of 1834 by John C. Trautwine, Jr.

Old Philadelphia music by Jane Campbell

Bartram Hall by Mrs. Andrew M. Eastwick

Post office buildings of Philadelphia by Charles R. Barker

Philadelphia in the late 'forties by Charles R. Barker

James Russell Lowell in Philadelphia by Henry S. Borneman

George Washington, the great American hero by John P. Garber

Philadelphia, 1836-9 : transportation and development by Charles R. Barker

William Penn, commonwealth-builder by John P. Garber

John Greenleaf Whittier in Philadelphia by Vincent B. Brecht

The law academy and early legal education in Philadelphia by William MacLean, Jr.

Shakespeare and Philadelphia by John Louis Haney

The Union Canal and its relation to Philadelphia by George Wheeler

Old towns and districts of Philadelphia by William Bucke Campbell

The academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia : America's cornerstone in the study of nature by James A.G. Rehn; Charles Dickens in Philadelphia, by Joseph A. Cuza; The Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia, by George E. Nitzsche.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum has: v.2, v.4.

Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate in v. 4.

OCLC:

7504494