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Old Kensington district and its memories : profit and adventure in privateering : perils and excitement on the Mississippi : stimulus in coal trade and shipbuilding : proud record in marine architecture : "Fishtown" and its heyday by Charles H. Cramp
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks UPA/PAM F158.68 .K46 C732 1909a
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cramp, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1828-1913.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa.)--History.
- Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Physical Description:
- p. 9 : ill., port. ; 57 cm.
- Contained In:
- Public ledger (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1836). Magazine section, Mar. 7, 1909.
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia, Pa. : s.n.], 1909.
- Summary:
- Describes aspects of the history of the Kensington district of Philadelphia, Pa.
- Contents:
- East India trade
- To Pittsburg on foot
- Service at New Albany
- Adventure with a "painter"
- "Striking a Snag"
- Profits of slave trade
- Prowess in shipbuilding
- Cramps as pioneers
- Palmer Burying Ground
- He gathered them in
- The name "Fishtown"
- The "Shad Hose"
- "Mose" and "Jakey."
- Notes:
- Caption title.
- Photocopy. Philadelphia, Pa. : s.n., 1931?
- OCLC:
- 38306801
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