Historic towns of the middle states edited by Lyman P. Powell

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Powell, Lyman P. (Lyman Pierson), 1866-1946.

Series:

American historic towns.

American historic towns

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Middle Atlantic States.

Cities and towns.

Middle Atlantic States--History.

Middle Atlantic States.

Physical Description:

xxix, 439 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York [N.Y.] : G. Putnam's Sons, 1901, c1899 (New York : Knickerbocker Press)

Contents:

Introduction / by Albert Shaw

Albany / by Walton W. Battershall

Saratoga, the struggle for the great waterways / by Ellen Hardin Walworth

Schenectady, the provincial outpost of liberty / by Judson S. Landon

Newburgh, the Palatine parish / by Adelaide Skeel

Tarrytown-on-Hudson, its historic associations and legendary lore / by Hamilton Wright Mabie

New York City, the cosmopolitan city / by Joseph B. Gilder

Brooklyn, the town on freedom's battle-field / by Harrington Putnam

Princeton, planting and tilling / by William M. Sloane

Philadelphia, the city Penn founded and to which Franklin gave distinction / by Talcott Williams

Wilmington / by E.N. Vallandigham

Buffalo, the queen city of the lakes / by Rowland B. Mahany

Pittsburgh, the industrial city / by Samuel Harden Church.

Notes:

"Second impression".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

HSP has presentation copy signed by the author.

OCLC:

35329597