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A Sylvan city, or, Quaint corner in Philadelphia
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA/Ph F 158.5.S95 1883
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Our continent library ; [v. 4]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Description and travel.
- Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 9-508 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., coats of arms, ports. ; 19 cm.
- Other Title:
- Quaint corners in Philadelphia.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Our Continent Pub. Co. ; New York : Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1883.
- Contents:
- A Quaker soldier / Helen Campbell
- The city of a dream / Helen Campbell.
- "Caspipina": The story of a mother church / Louise Stockton
- Old Saint Joseph's / Elizabeth Robins
- The old Philadelphia library / Louise Stockton
- Quaker and Tory / Helen Campbell
- The Philadelphia post-office / Edwin A. Barber
- Shop windows / Elizabeth Robins
- Public schools / Eliza S. Turner
- A master builder / Helen Campbell
- Early abolitionists / Helen Campbell
- Medical education / Helen Campbell
- The bettering-house and other charities / Louise Stockton
- The right to bear arms / Frank W. Leach
- Stephen Girard; mariner and merchant / Louise Stockton.
- Local Notes:
- Library has 2 copies. Copy 1 gift of Townsend Ward, 1884. Copy 2 gift of Dr. Samuel Sturgis, 1966.
- Contains:
- Leach, Frank Willing, 1855-1943. Right to bear arms.
- OCLC:
- 2494403
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