Chapter subtitles: Wm Penn founds a new world "Experiment " --- Penn's Philadelphia becomes a living community -- Business and community grow together-- Medicine and progress didn't always march hand in hand -- Philadelphia loved the theater, but not all Philadelphians -- Music calmed many a savage Philadelphian -- The painter's brush found fertile ground in Penn's model city -- The battle between good andevil is well fought in Philadelphia -- Pleasure was where theyfound it, and often in a noggin -- Love wasn't always brotherly in Philadelphia -- Philadelphia's press reflected the growing Colonial metropolis -- Politics, as everywhere, consumed the "Holy Experiment"
Summary
The author says that he wished to portray a more realistic view of 18th century Philadelphia, rather than the often seen, romanticized version of the city. He wanted to show the down to earth life in a bustling, but less than perfect, community.
Chapters: The Puritan Ordinary // Old-time Taverns // The Tavern Landlord // Tavern Fare and Tavern Ways // Kill-devil and its Affines // Small Drink // Signs and Symbols // The Tavern in War // The Tavern Panorama // .From Path to Turnpike // Packhorse and Conestoga Wagon // Early Stage-coaches and Other Vehicles // Two Stage Veterans of Massachusetts // A Staging Centre // The Stage-driver // The Romance of the Road // The Pains of Stage-coach Travel // Knights of the Road // Tavern Ghosts
Guide to the microfilm of the miscellaneous manuscripts of the Revolutionary War era, 1771-1791 (manuscript group 275) in the Pennsylvania State Archives, 1 roll : a microfilm project of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
