Annals of Philadelphia, : being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, & incidents of the city and its inhabitants from the days of the Pilgrim founders. Intended to preserve the recollections of olden time, and to exhibit society in its changes of manners and customs, and the city in its local changes and improvements. : To which is added an appendix, containing olden time researches and reminiscences of New York City. / By John F. Watson, member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watson, John F. (John Fanning), 1779-1860.

Contributor:

Carpenters' Company Library Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Carey & Hart., Publisher.

G. & C. & H. Carvill (Firm)., Publisher.

Billmeyer, Michael, 1752-1837, Printer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs.

Pennsylvania--History.

Pennsylvania.

New York (N.Y.)--History.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

xii, 740, 78 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, : E.L. Carey & A. Hart; New York, G. & C. & H. Carvill., 1830.

Notes:

Copyright June 24, 1830 by John F. Watson.

"Billmeyer, printer."--t.p. verso.

Errors in paging: p. 219, 408 misnumbered 119, 804.

Appendix: containing olden time researches & reminiscences of New York city..." on 78 p. (3rd sequence), was enlarged and published separately in 1832 as "Historic tales of the olden time."

Local Notes:

Title is held at Carpenters' Hall in the Library of the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. Access to the books is restricted and available to researchers only by permission requested in advance.

Carpenters' Company has 2 copies with accession numbers 539-540; first recorded in 1840 Carpenters' Company Library Catalogue as nos. 230-231.

Cited in:

Checklist Amer. imprints 5357

OCLC:

235989534