Early Philadelphia; its people, life and progress,

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Author / Creator:Lippincott, Horace Mather, 1877-1967.
Imprint:Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott Co., 1917.
Description:2 preliminary leaves, 3-339, [1] pages frontispiece, plates 25 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1961325
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Physical medium:8vo.
Notes:"This limited edition has been printed from type and the type distributed."
Other form:Online version: Lippincott, Horace Mather, 1877-1967. Early Philadelphia. Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott Co., 1917
Table of 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.