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Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time; being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the inland part of Pennsylvania, from the days of the founders

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Author
Watson, John F.
Date of Publication
1891.
Call Number
974.811 W339
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By John F. Watson ... Enlarged, with many revisions and additions, by Willis P. Hazard...
Author
Watson, John F.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
E. S. Stuart,
Date of Publication
1891.
Physical Description
3 v. fronts., illus., plates, port. 25 cm.
Notes
The third volume of this ed. was prepared at the publisher's request, by W. P. Hazard.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Hazard, Willis P.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.811 W339
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Boyd's Central Pennsylvania business directory and gazetteer, : embracing the counties of Berks, Chester, Columbia, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Lycoming, Montgomery, Northumberland, Montour, Schuylkill, on the line of the philadelphia & Ready Rail Road, its branches, Penna. Schuylkill Valley Rail Roat, Etc

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Date of Publication
1890.
Call Number
974.80058 B789
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Boyd's Central Pennsylvania business directory. 1890
Responsibility
Published and compiled by W. H. Boyd, Reading, Pa. 1890.
Place of Publication
Reading, Pa
Publisher
W H. Boyd,
Date of Publication
1890.
Physical Description
532 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Copyright 1890 by W. Harry Boyd.
Page numbers 272-313 appear on versos, with page numbers 272a-313a on the facing rectos.
In printed paper over boards.
Subjects
Business enterprises - Pennsylvania.
Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Merchants - Pennsylvania.
Merchants - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania - Directories.
Directories - Pennsylvania - 1890.
Additional Author
Boyd, William Henry,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80058 B789
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Carpenters' Hall (Chestnut Street, bet. 3rd and 4th.) : and its historica memories

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Author
Betts, Richard K.
Edition
Rev. ed. (One hundred and thirtieth thousand)
Date of Publication
1895.
Call Number
974.811 C295
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by Richard K. Betts.
Author
Betts, Richard K.
Edition
Rev. ed. (One hundred and thirtieth thousand)
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
Published by the [Carpenters'] Company,
Date of Publication
1895.
Physical Description
36 p. ; 15 cm.
Subjects
Carpenters' Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Additional Corporate Author
Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.811 C295
Websites
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Congress Hall, Philadelphia; the Senate chamber 1790-1800; restored by the Pennsylvania society of colonial dames of America, 1896

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania society of the colonial dames of America.
Date of Publication
1896]
Call Number
369.12 C718
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania society of the colonial dames of America.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
[Published by the Society,
Date of Publication
1896]
Physical Description
18 p. ; octodecimo.
Subjects
Philadelphia. - Congress Hall.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
369.12 C718
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Extracts from the diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of Philadelphia. 1765-1798

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Author
Hiltzheimer, Jacob,
Date of Publication
1893.
Call Number
974.80092 P267
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Ed. by his great-grandson, Jacob Cox Parsons.
Author
Hiltzheimer, Jacob,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Press of W. F. Fell & co.,
Date of Publication
1893.
Physical Description
viii, 270 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Also see LCHS Journal article "An Old Time Worthy" by W. U. Hensel.(v.11, p. 328).
Subjects
Hiltzheimer, Jacob - 1729?-1798.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - History - Sources.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution - Sources.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Additional Author
Parsons, Jacob Cox.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80092 P267
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Hand book of the state house at Philadelphia

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Author
Scattergood, David.
Date of Publication
[c1890]
Call Number
974.811 S277
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Responsibility
by David Scattergood.
Author
Scattergood, David.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
D. Scattergood
Date of Publication
[c1890]
Physical Description
64 p. illus. 18 cm.
Subjects
Philadelphia. - Independence hall.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.811 S277
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The history of the Pennsylvania Hospital, 1751-1895

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Author
Morton, Thomas G.
Date of Publication
1895.
Call Number
362.2 M891
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Responsibility
by Thomas G. Morton, assisted by Frank Woodbury.
Author
Morton, Thomas G.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Times Print. House,
Date of Publication
1895.
Physical Description
viii, 574 p. ill., ports.
Subjects
Philadelphia. - Pennsylvania Hospital.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
362.2 M891
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044024227159;view=1up;seq=9
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Memorial record of Wharton Street M.E. Church, Philadelphia

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Corporate Author
Philadelphia. Wharton Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
Date of Publication
c1892]
Call Number
974.811 H945
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Responsibility
Comp. by John C. Hunterson.
Corporate Author
Philadelphia. Wharton Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by W.H. Pile's Sons,
Date of Publication
c1892]
Physical Description
128 p. front., ports. 24 cm.
Notes
On cover: Echoes of fifty years.
"One edition of five hundred copies issued."
Subjects
Philadelphia. - Wharton Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
Additional Author
Hunterson, John C.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.811 H945
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The old turnpike

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Author
Witmer, A. E.
Date of Publication
1898
, as the freight �car and locomotive are at the present time, concerning which I will dwell upon more specifically a little later on in this article. The charter for the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company was granted April 9, 1792, and work com- menced upon the roadway the same year. It was
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Responsibility
by A. E. Witmer, Esq.
Author
Witmer, A. E.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1898
Physical Description
[67]-86 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 3
Contents
Subjects : Toll gates -- The Freight system on the turnpike -- The Stage Lines -- The Hotels -- Traditions and superstitions
Subjects
Toll roads - Pennsylvania
Roads - Pennsylvania
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.)
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 2, number 3 (1898), p. 67-86Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.2
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The Philadelphia Negro; a social study

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Author
Du Bois, W. E. B.
Date of Publication
1899.
Call Number
326 D816
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Responsibility
by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois. Together with a special report on domestic service by Isabel Eaton.
Author
Du Bois, W. E. B.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Published for the University,
Date of Publication
1899.
Physical Description
xx, 520 p. illus. 26 cm.
Series
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.
Subjects
Afro-Americans - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Domestics.
Slavery - Pennsylvania.
African Americans
United States - Race relations.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Eaton, Isabel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 D816
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