Byways and Boulevards in and about Historic PhiladelphiaCorn Exchange National Bank, 1925 - 320 páginas |
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... FRANKLIN Route ✓ GEORGE WASHINGTON IN PHILADELPHIA Route 8 A PILGRIMAGE TO VALLEY FORGE Route 9 Route 10 NOTABLE REVOLUTIONARY MANSIONS CHARLES THOMSON — FIRST SECRETARY OF CONGRESS Route 11 ROBERT MORRIS AND THE FIRST BANKS Route 12 ...
... FRANKLIN Route ✓ GEORGE WASHINGTON IN PHILADELPHIA Route 8 A PILGRIMAGE TO VALLEY FORGE Route 9 Route 10 NOTABLE REVOLUTIONARY MANSIONS CHARLES THOMSON — FIRST SECRETARY OF CONGRESS Route 11 ROBERT MORRIS AND THE FIRST BANKS Route 12 ...
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... Franklin came ashore in Philadelphia near the spot where John Fitch later established on the Delaware the first steamboat service in the world . Throughout the city and its suburbs one finds to - day multiplied evidence of the ...
... Franklin came ashore in Philadelphia near the spot where John Fitch later established on the Delaware the first steamboat service in the world . Throughout the city and its suburbs one finds to - day multiplied evidence of the ...
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... Franklin's Subscription Library , the first in America , began in 1731 with a handful of books ; to - day the Free Library of Philadelphia owns 656,234 bound volumes in 73 languages , and besides the magnificent new building on the ...
... Franklin's Subscription Library , the first in America , began in 1731 with a handful of books ; to - day the Free Library of Philadelphia owns 656,234 bound volumes in 73 languages , and besides the magnificent new building on the ...
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... Franklin Hotel at Ninth and Chestnut Streets , are recent completions that belong to the new era dawning on the Philadelphia of to - morrow . a Highways and byways in and about Philadelphia are rich in records of the progress and ...
... Franklin Hotel at Ninth and Chestnut Streets , are recent completions that belong to the new era dawning on the Philadelphia of to - morrow . a Highways and byways in and about Philadelphia are rich in records of the progress and ...
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... Franklin's weekly , founded in 1728 . The first Bible in America , in a European language , was printed in Germantown in 1743 . In Philadelphia in 1752 Franklin proved the identity of lightning and electricity by his famous kite ...
... Franklin's weekly , founded in 1728 . The first Bible in America , in a European language , was printed in Germantown in 1743 . In Philadelphia in 1752 Franklin proved the identity of lightning and electricity by his famous kite ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Byways and Boulevards in and about Historic Philadelphia Francis Burke Brandt,Henry Volkmar Gummere Vista de fragmentos - 1925 |
Byways and Boulevards in and about Historic Philadelphia Francis Burke Brandt,Henry Volkmar Gummere Sin vista previa disponible - 2013 |
Byways and Boulevards in and About Historic Philadelphia (Classic Reprint) Francis Burke Brandt Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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Página 82 - I have been the more particular in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there.
Página 174 - In the year of CHRIST MDCCLV., George the Second happily reigning (for he sought the happiness of his people), Philadelphia flourishing (for its inhabitants were public-spirited), this building, by the bounty of the government, and of many private persons, was piously founded for the relief of the sick and miserable. May the GOD OF MERCIES bless the undertaking.
Página 38 - on the broad pathway of good faith and good will ; no advantage shall be taken on either side, but all shall be openness and love.
Página 86 - If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if to be beloved for philanthropy, can gratify the human mind, you must have the pleasing consolation to know, that you have not lived in vain.
Página 116 - Powel's with and many others; a most sinful feast again! everything which could delight the eye or allure the taste; curds and creams, jellies, sweetmeats of various sorts, twenty sorts of tarts, fools, trifles, floating islands, whipped sillibub &c., &c. Parmesan cheese, punch, wine, porter, beer, etc.
Página 40 - My soul prays to God for thee, that thou mayest stand in the day of trial, that thy children may be blessed of the Lord, and thy people saved by his power.
Página 110 - Earth, to establish our liberty and independence on a lasting foundation ; it becomes us to set apart a day for gratefully acknowledging the Divine goodness, and celebrating the important event which we owe to His benign interposition.
Página 40 - And thou, Philadelphia, the virgin settlement of this province, named before thou wert born, what love, what care, what service, and what travail, has there been to bring thee forth and preserve thee from such as would abuse and defile thee!
Página 123 - The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders, are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American.
Página 72 - Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through nature up to nature's God...