Early Philadelphia : its people, life and progress

Early Philadelphia : its people, life and progress

Philadelphia ; London : J.B. Lippincott Co., 1917.

339, [1] p., [52] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

974.811 L765 1917

(OCoLC)01525609

"This limited edition has been printed from type and the type distributed."
Contents: The founder -- The early settlers and their city -- The stranger in town -- The churches and their people -- The market place -- Government -- Stage coaches and post roads -- Squares and parks -- Theatres -- The old taverns -- The Library Company -- The American Philosophical Society -- The University -- The Law Academy -- The College of Physicians -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts -- The Academy of Natural Sciences -- The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy -- The Franklin Institute -- The Athenaeum -- The old schools -- Fox hunting -- The Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society -- Cricket -- The Bank of North America -- The Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities -- Fire protection -- The Insurance Company of North America -- The Philadelphia Saving Fund Society -- Title insurance and safe deposits -- The oldest business house -- The Franklin Printing Company -- Ships and shipping -- The Dancing Assembly -- The city troop -- The Wistar parties -- The Philadelphia Club -- The Schuylkill Fishing Company -- Friends' Asylum for the Insane -- The Quaker Almshouse and the Bettering House -- The Pennsylvania Hospital -- The Philadelphia Dispensary -- The Abolition Society -- Early denominational societies -- The Carpenters' Company.
M 873 A 903

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