Early Philadelphia; its people, life and progress,
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Author / Creator: | Lippincott, Horace Mather, 1877-1967. |
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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 |
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.