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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. : [Five lines of verse] / By John F. Watson, member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1830 Watson
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watson, John F. (John Fanning), 1779-1860.
- 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.
- Genre:
- Booksellers' labels (Provenance).
- Local histories.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 740, 78, [2], viii 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."
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Booksellers' label on upper pastedown: "Peter Doyle, Bookseller, 6 S. Tenth St. House below Market St., Philadelphia."
- Athenaeum's copy has newspaper clippings about Benjamin Franklin (1768), Frederick Stump(1768), a slave up for sale, and some products on the market from a plantation attached to upper pastedown.
- Athenaeum's copy bears bookplate: "Ex libris eli p. zebooker."
- Athenaeum copy: Eli P. Zebooker Collection.
- Athenaeum copy: Signed "P.A. Keyser" at top of t.p.
- Cited in:
- Checklist Amer. imprints 5357
- OCLC:
- 191258683
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