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When America was young by John T. Faris
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks T.3165
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Faris, John Thomson, 1871-1949.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Washington, George.
- United States--History.
- United States.
- United States--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- xiii p., 1 leaf, 372 p. : ill., (maps) plates, ports., facsims. ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : Harper & Bros., 1925.
- Contents:
- The checkered story of manufactures and commerce
- Glimpses of houses and home life
- A half hour with ye colonial editor
- Educational beginnings
- Pioneer travelers of a hundred years
- George Washington as revealed by his correspondence
- The capital in the woods
- How the cities looked
- Two centuries of the Post Office
- The story of lotteries in America
- In the days of the pirates
- "On the field of honor"
- In the days of canals
- Acres by the million
- A squandered inheritance
- Holidays and feast days.
- Notes:
- "First edition."
- Bibliography: p. 350-354.
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