Quaint corners in Philadelphia : with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations by Joseph Pennell and others

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stockton, Louise, 1838-1914.

Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936.

Barber, Edwin Atlee, 1851-1916.

Jackson, Joseph, 1867-1946.

Turner, Eliza Sproat, 1836-1903.

Campbell, Helen, 1839-1918.

Robins, Elizabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Description and travel.

Pennsylvania.

Physical Description:

xvii, 9-506 p. : ill., coats of arms, ports. ; 19 cm.

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Other Title:

Sylvan city.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : John Wanamaker, c1922.

Contents:

A Quaker soldier / Helen Campbell

The city of a dream / Helen Campbell

"Caspipina": the story of a mother church / Louise Storkton

Old Saint Joseph's / Elizabeth Robins

The old Philadelphia library / Louise Stockton

Quaker and Tory / Helen Campbell

The Philadelphia post office / Edwin A. Barber

City Hall Square / Joseph Jackson

Public schools / Elisa A. Turner

A master builder / Helen Campbell

Early abolitionists / by Helen Campbell

Medical education / Helen Campbell

The battering-house and other charities / Louise Stockton

The right to bear arms / Frank Willing Leach

Stephen Girard: mariner and merchant / Louise Storkton.

Notes:

Running title: A sylvan city.

First published in 1883 as: A sylvan city, or, Quaint corners in Philadelphia.

Local Notes:

Gift of Dr. Samuel Sturgis, 1966.

Contains:

Leach, Frank Willing, 1855-1943. Right to bear arms.

OCLC:

1507524