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Historic Philadelphia : from the founding until the early nineteenth century; papers dealing with its people and buildings
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- American Philosophical Society
- Series:
- American Philosophical Society. new ser. ; Transactions, v. 43, pt. 1.
- Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new ser., v. 43, pt. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Historic houses, etc.
- Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social life and customs.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Maps.
- Physical Description:
- 331 p. : ill., fold. col. map, ports. ; 30 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, 1953.
- Contents:
- The Independence Hall group
- Philosophical Hall : the home of the American Philosophical Society
- The oldest bank building in the United States
- The second bank of the United States
- The Philadelphia exchange : William Strickland, Architect
- Carpenters' Hall
- Library Hall : home of the Library Company of Philadelphia 1790-1880
- Franklin's home
- 190, High Street (Market Street below Sixth) : the home of Washington and Adams, 1790-1800
- The Charity School, the Academy and the college, Fourth and Arch Streets
- Christ Church, St. Peter's, and St. Paul's
- St. Joseph's and St. Mary's churches
- Quaker landmarks in early Philadelphia
- The Presbyterian churches of old Philadelphia
- St. George's church : the cradle of American Methodism
- The Pennsylvania hospital
- Philadelphia's eighteenth-century fire insurance companies
- Peale's Museum
- The Athenaeum : some account of its history from 1814 to 1850
- The academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
- The Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania
- Houses and early life in Philadelphia
- Two centuries of Philadelphia architecture : 1700-1900
- Market houses in High Street
- The theatre and drama in old Philadelphia
- The taverns of colonial Philadelphia
- Philadelphia prisons of the eighteenth century
- Map of old Philadelphia, showing historic buildings and sites..
- Notes:
- "Part of old Philadelphia, a map showing historic buildings & sites from the founding until the early nineteenth century, compiled by Grant Miles Simon," fold., in pocket.
- Bibliographical footnotes.
- Local Notes:
- Old HSP: Wg .748
- Old HSP: Dm .428
- OCLC:
- 511412
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