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A short history of Roxborough and Manayunk : being part of an address by Carl A. Sundstrom, under the auspices of the Board of Trade and Business Men's Association of the 21st Ward, Philadelphia
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks UPA/PAM F 158.68.R69 S86 1909
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sundstrom, Carl A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Roxborough--History.
- Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Manayunk--History.
- Physical Description:
- 11 p. : port. ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Manayunk [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Sentinel Print. Office, 1909.
- Contents:
- Officers and directors of the 21st Ward Board of Trade and Business Men's Association
- Early settlers
- Familiar names recalled
- Manayunk's first settler
- An early Roxborough family
- The first highway
- Origin of the name Roxborough
- Roads and highways
- Ridge Turnpike Company
- Green Lane
- The Flat Rock Bridge
- Suggested improvements
- Roxborough's opportunity.
- Notes:
- "Delivered in Lyceum Hall, Roxborough[,] Thursday evening, February 11, 1909".
- Local Notes:
- HSP has 2 copies.
- OCLC:
- 38762929
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