Philadelphia, holy experiment / by Struthers Burt.

Main entry:

Burt, Maxwell Struthers, 1882-1954, author.

Title & Author:

Philadelphia, holy experiment / by Struthers Burt.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran, 1945.

Description:

xiii, 396 pages : plates, portraits ; 24 cm

Notes:
Illustration on lining-papers.
Includes index.
Horn of Plenty -- The Seeds Are Planted -- Dutch, Swedes, Finns, and the English -- Printz, the Tub -- Green Countrie Towne -- Sea of Troubles -- Growth of a City -- Crime and Punishment -- Quaker with a Plume -- Port of Entry -- The Shrouds and Masts of Ships -- Tides and Currents -- Honesty is the Best Policy -- Growing Pains and Progress -- Coal -- Masks and Revels -- Golden Vessels -- That Benignity of Mind -- The Athens of America -- Iron -- The Hub of War -- The Business of the World -- Republican Court -- Yellow Visitor -- Cradle of Finance -- Sweet-Smelling Names -- Society Hill -- Patina -- Index.

Subject:

History.
Histoire.
history (discipline)
Philadelphia (Pa.) History.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Philadelphia

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 93930
Call No.: ID:86-B18586
Status: Available

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