Memorial addresses on the life and character of Samuel J. Randall, a representative from Pennsylvania, delivered in the House of representatives and in the Senate, Fifty-first Congress, first session
The Taufers: or, The German Baptist brethren. The origin, history, religious beliefs and achievements of one of the prominent religious denominations in the United States
Documentary history of the Evangelical Lutheran ministerium of Pennsylvania and adjacent states. Proceedings of the annual conventions from 1748 to 1821. Compiled and translated from records in the archives and from the written protocols
Publications of the University of Pennsylvania. Series in political economy and public law, no. 14
Contents
Chapters: CHAPTER I. THE SCOPE OF THIS STUDY / CHAPTER II / THE PROBLEM / CHAPTER III. THE NEGRO IN PHILADELPHIA, 1638-1820 / CHAPTER IV. THE NEGRO IN PHILADELPHIA, 1820-1896 / CHAPTER V. THE SIZE, AGE AND SEX OF THE NEGRO POPULATION / CHAPTER VI. CONJUGAL CONDITION / CHAPTER VII. SOURCES OF THE NEGRO POPULATION / CHAPTER VIII. EDUCATION AND ILLITERACY / CHAPTER IX. THE OCCUPATIONS OF NEGROES / CHAPTER X. THE HEALTH OF NEGROES / CHAPTER XI. THE NEGRO FAMILY / CHAPTER XII. THE ORGANIZED LIFE OF NEGROES.CHAPTER / XIII. THE NEGRO CRIMINAL.CHAPTER / XIV. PAUPERISM AND ALCOHOLISM.CHAPTER / XV. THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE NEGRO.CHAPTER / XVI. THE CONTACT OF THE RACESCHAPTER / XVII. NEGRO SUFFRAGE.CHAPTER / XVIII. A FINAL WORD.
Through colonial doorways.--The meschianza.--New York balls and receptions.--The American philosophical society.--The Wistar parties.--A bundle of old love letters.--The Philadelphia dancing assemblies.
xiii, [11]-248 p. front., illus., plates, ports. 21 cm.
Notes
Édition de luxe; 508 copies printed for subscribers.
Contents
CONTENTS: COLONIAL DAYS WOMEN IN THE EARLY SETTLEMENT A GROUP OF EARLY POETESSES COLONIAL DAMES. OLD LANDMARKS WEDDINGS AND MERRY-MAKINGS LEGEND AND ROMANCE
Chapters: The Meeting House Devil // Rum and Slavery // The Composite Puritan // The Personality of the Meeting House // The Summons To Worship // The Seating of the People // The Wretched Boys // Disturbers of Public Worship // The Neighbors of the Meeting House // The Comedy and Tragedy of the Pulpit // The Poor Parsons // The Notorious Ministers // The Simple Evangelist // The Muse of Choral Song // The Bible and the Confessional // The Hour Glass
Summary
The author uses the Colonial Meeting House as a central focus of the New England town and from it looks to other practices and customs to better illuminate life in the town and New England.
