Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time : being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the inland part of Pennsylvania, from the days of the founders : intended to preserve the recollections of olden time, and to exhibit society in its changes of manners and customs, and the city and country in their local changes and improvements . by John F. Watson ; embellished with engravings by T.H. Mumford

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Mumford, Thomas Howland, 1816-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social life and customs.

Pennsylvania--History.

Physical Description:

2 v., [33] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Ed. of 1850.

Other Title:

Watson's annals of Philadelphia.

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia, Pa.] : Published for the author, and for sale by A. Hart, J.W. Moore, J. Penington, U. Hunt, and H.F. Anners, [1850] ([Philadelphia?] : Stereotyped by C.W. Murray & Co. : Printed by King & Baird)

Notes:

Spine title: Watson's annals of Philadelphia.

Originally published in 1830.

Pages 561-585 of appendix in v. 2 contain new, previously unpublished material.

Includes indexes.

Local Notes:

HSP has 2 copies. Vol. 1, c. 1 has penned inscription of Elisha Kent Kane to Mary Gray, 1856. Vol. 2, c. 1 has penned inscription of Geo. L. Taylor to Mary Gray, 1852. Both v. of c. 2 have bookplate of Isabel Downing.

Cited in:

Howes, W. U.S.iana (2nd ed.), W169

OCLC:

27177634