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• Gardens and gardeners of Germantown. An address (The Society, 1914), by Edwin Costley Jellett (page images at HathiTrust)

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• When Tarboro was incorporated : also Reverend James Moir, Edgecombe changes her county seat, and Germantown, Pennsylvania (Capitol Printing Co., 1910), by Gaston Lichtenstein (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jefferson's Germantown letters, together with other papers relating to his stay in Germantown during the month of November, 1793 (W.J. Campbell, 1906), by Thomas Jefferson and Charles Francis Jenkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lafayette's visit to Germantown, July 20, 1825; an address delivered before the Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, March 1, 1909, the Pennsylvania Historical Society, May 10, 1909, the Site and Relic Society of Germantown, May 20, 1910, the City History Society of Philadelphia, Jan. 11, 1911 (W. J. Campbell, 1911), by Charles Francis Jenkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bilder aus der deutsch-pennsylvanischen Geschichte (E. Steiger, 1886), by Oswald Seidensticker and Carl Schurz (page images at HathiTrust)

• Official programme for founders' day in Germantown, Tuesday, October 6, 1908. 225th anniversary of the first permanent German settlement in America by Francis Daniel Pastorius. ([Germantown, 1908), by Pa. German committee Germantown (page images at HathiTrust)

• Heilsbotschaft (Verlag des Waisenhauses, 1881), by W. J. Mann (page images at HathiTrust)

• A century of Methodism in Germantown. (Press of the Germantown Independent, 1895), by Robert Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)

• Germantown old and new its rare and notable plants (Germantown Independent-gazette], 1904), by Edwin C. Jellett (page images at HathiTrust)
• The guide book to historic Germantown (The Society, 1915), by Charles Francis Jenkins and Site and Relic Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Germantown, old and new (Germantown independent-gazette], 1904), by Edwin C Jellett (page images at HathiTrust)

• Erster teil der Geschichte der Deutschen Gesellschaft von Pennsylvanien : von der Gruendung im Jahre 1764 bis zur Jubelseier der Republik 1876, auf verandassung der Deutschen Gesellschaft verfasst. (Graf & Breuninger, 1917), by Oswald Seidensticker and German Society of Pennsylvania (page images at HathiTrust)

• Germantown and old Philadelphia. (Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, 1950) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The guide book to historic Germantown (Germantown, 1902), by Charles Francis Jenkins and Pa.) Site and Relic Society of Germantown (Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)
• The guide book to historic Germantown (The Society, 1915), by Charles Francis Jenkins and Site and Relic Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• The guide book to historic Germantown (Germantown, 1915), by Charles Francis Jenkins and Pa.) Site and Relic Society of Germantown (Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)
• The guide book to historic Germantown (Innes & Sons, 1904), by Charles Francis Jenkins and Site and Relic Society (page images at HathiTrust)

• History of Old Germantown; With a Description of its Settlement and Some Account of its Important Persons, Buildings and Places Connected With its Development (Philadelphia: H. F. McCann, 1907), by Naaman H. Keyser, C. Henry Kain, John Palmer Garber, and Horace F. McCann (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Settlement of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and the Beginning of German Emigration to North America (Philadelphia: W. J. Campbell, 1899), by Samuel W. Pennypacker (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Die erste deutsche einwanderung in Amerika, und die gründung von Germantown im jahre 1683. Festschrift zum deutsch-amerikanischen pionier-jubiläum am 6. october, 1883. (Globe print house, 1883), by Oswald Seidensticker and Francis Daniel Pastorius (page images at HathiTrust)
• The settlement of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and the beginning of German emigration to North America... (W. J. Campbell, 1899), by Samuel W. Pennypacker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters relating to the settlement of Germantown in Pennsylvania, 1683-4, from the Könneken manuscript in the ministerial-archiv of Lübeck, reproduced in fac-simile under the direction of Julius Friedrich Sachse ... (Lübeck ; Philadelphia, 1903), by Julius Friedrich Sachse, Gaspar Balthasar Könneken, Jacobus? Van der Walle, Hermans Op den Graeff, and Francis Daniel Pastorius (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ancient and modern Germantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill. (P. W. Ziegler & co., 1889), by S. F. Hotchkin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The settlement of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and the beginning of German emigration to North America (W. J. Campbell, 1899), by Samuel W. Pennypacker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Francis Daniel Pastorius, the founder of Germantown, illustrated with ninety photographic reproductions (W.J. Campbell, 1908), by Marion Dexter Learned and Samuel W. Pennypacker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bilder aus der deutsch-pennsylvanischen geschichte (E. Steiger & co., 1885), by Oswald Seidensticker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Monument at Germantown. (Govt. print. off., 1910), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• A plea for the preservation of Germantown's historic spots (Germantown, 1900), by Charles Francis Jenkins and Pa.) Site and Relic Society of Germantown (Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quaint old Germantown in Pennsylvania; a paper read before the Pennsylvania-German society at the annual meeting ([The New era printing company], 1915), by John Richards and Julius Friedrich Sachse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historic Germantown (H.F. McCann, 1908), by David Spencer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Washington in Germantown; being an account of the various visits of the commander-in-chief and first president to Germantown, Pennsylvania (W.J. Campbell, 1905), by Charles Francis Jenkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die erste deutsche Einwanderung in Amerika, und die Gründung von Germantown in jahre 1683. Festschrift zum deutsch-amerikanischen Pionier-Jubiläum am 6. October, 1883. (Auch in Commission der Deuerlich'schen Buchhandlung in Göttingen, 1883), by Oswald Seidensticker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Germantown 1683-1933; the record that a Pennsylvania community has achieved in the course of 250 years; being a history of the people of Germantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill. (The author, 1933), by Edward W. Hocker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bilder aus der deutsch-pennsylvanischen Geschichte (E. Stieger & Co., 1885), by Oswald Seidensticker (page images at HathiTrust)
• An address at the bi-centennial celebration of the settlement of Germantown, Pa., and the beginning of the German emigration to America (Pennypacker & Rogers], 1883), by Samuel W. Pennypacker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Germantown 1683-1933 the record that a Pennsylvania community has achieved in the course of 250 years; being a history of the people of Germantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill (The author, 1933), by Edward W. Hocker (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• History of the First Presbyterian church in Germantown (Philadelphia [PA] : Press of Allen, Lane & Scott, [1909], 1909), by J. F. Dripps (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical addresses (Germantown : Site and Relic Society of Germantown , 1906-1907., 1906), by Pa.) Site and Relic Society of Germantown (Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)

• William Penn and the Dutch Quaker migration to Pennsylvania (Swarthmore college], 1935), by William Isaac Hull (page images at HathiTrust)
• The settlement of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and the beginning of German immigration to North America ([The Society], 1899), by Samuel W. Pennypacker (page images at HathiTrust)

• Papers read before the Site and Relic Society of Germantown 1906-1907 (Germantown Historical Society, 1902), by Site and Relic Society of Germantown (Pa.) and Germantown Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Papers read before the Site and Relic Society of Germantown 1906 (The Society, 1906), by Germantown Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Girl's Life in Germantown (Boston: Sherman, French and Co., 1916), by Elizabeth Wood Coffin (page images at HathiTrust)

• A sketch of the work and worship of the First Presbyterian Church in Germantown ([Pennsylvania] : Published by the Session, 1880., 1880), by J. F. Dripps (page images at HathiTrust)

• Story of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Press of Rex Printing House, ca. 1919), ed. by J. St. George Joyce
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• Quaker Arrivals at Philadelphia, 1682-1750: Being a List of Certificates of Removal Received at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends (Philadelphia: Ferris and Leach, 1902), by Albert Cook Myers
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• Official hand book, City hall, Philadelphia. (City publishing co., 1901), by Philadelphia (Pa.). City hall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia; a history of the city and its people, a record of 225 years. (J. S. Clarke Pub. Co., 1912), by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer and S.J. Clarke Publishing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia and notable Philadelphians (M. King, 1902), by Moses King (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Philadelphia seminary biographical record, 1864-1923 (Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pa. : [Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia], 1923., 1923), by Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, Luther D. Reed, and Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. Alumni Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• The literary history of Philadelphia. (G. W. Jacobs & co., 1906), by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer (page images at HathiTrust)
• The botanists of Philadelphia and their work. ([Press of T. C. Davis], 1899), by John W. Harshberger (page images at HathiTrust)
• A memoir of William Rawle, LL.D. : president of the Historical Society, &c. ([s.n.], 1840), by Thomas I. Wharton and Peter Stephen Du Ponceau (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and of the Hibernian Society for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland : March 17, 1771-March 17, 1892 (Hibernian Society, 1892), by John H. Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The historic mansions and buildings of Philadelphia : with some notice of their owners and occupants (Porter & Coates, 1877), by Thompson Westcott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recollections. (J.B. Lippincott Company, 1890), by George William Childs and Melville Phillips (page images at HathiTrust)
• The colonial homes of Philadelphia and its neighborhood (J.B. Lippincott, 1912), by Harold Donaldson Eberlein and Horace Mather Lippincott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorial discourse upon Bishop Alonzo Potter. (McCalla & Stavely, Printers, 1866), by William Bacon Stevens and M'Calla & Stavely (page images at HathiTrust)
• Standard history of the medical profession of Philadelphia (Goodspeed Bros., 1897), by Burton Alva Konkle, James M. Anders, and Frederick P. Henry (page images at HathiTrust)
• Half-century of church life : semi-centennial commemoration, St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, together with sketches of the church and its rectors (M'Calla & Stavely, 1873), by Wilbur F. Paddock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biographical notice of J. Peter Lesley (s.n., 1903), by Benjamin Smith Lyman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The lives of eminent Philadelphians, now deceased (W. Brotherhead, 1859), by Henry Simpson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Testimonial to Daniel J. Morrell : chairman of the Executive Committee of the Centennial Commission (Allen, Lane & Scott, Printers, 1878), by Philadelphia Centennial Commission Executive Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Warwick's Keystone commonwealth; a review of the history of the great state of Pennsylvania, and a brief record of the growth of its chief city, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa., 1913), by Charles F. Warwick (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rittenhouse Square, past and present (Priv. print., 1922), by Charles Joseph Cohen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia and her merchants : as constituted fifty @ seventy years ago : illustrated by diagrams of the river front and portraits of some of the prominent occupants, together with sketches of character and incidents and anecdotes of the day (Published by the author, 1860), by Abraham Ritter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Parnassus in Philadelphia. A satire (Philadelphia, 1854), by Nathaniel Chapman Freeman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letter to Horace Binney, Esq., respecting the founder of the Philadelphia Contributorship for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire ([s.n.], 1852), by J. Jay Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of Philadelphia. (American book co., 1900), by Lillian Ione Rhoades (page images at HathiTrust)
• An historical catalogue of the St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia. 1749-1881. (Printed for the Society, 1881), by St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)
• The character of Rush : an introductory to the course on the theory and practice of medicine, in the Philadelphia College of Medicine (John H. Gihon, Printer, 1848), by Thomas D. Mitchell and Philadelphia College of Medicine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Makers of Philadelphia, an historical work giving sketches of the most eminent citizens of Philadelphia from the time of William Penn to the present day. (L. R. Hamersley & co., 1894), by Charles Morris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life of Robert Morris, the great financier : with an engraving and description of the celebrated house, partly erected in Chestnut Street, between Seventh and Eighth, South Side. (Desilver, 1841) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoir of Anna Jane Linnard (Philadelphia : Perkins ; Boston : Perkins, Marvin, 1835., 1835), by Robert Baird, Theodore Frelinghuysen, and Anna Jane Linnard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Daguerreotype sketches of the members of the first Common council (W. H. Sickels, printer, 1855), by Thomas M. Coleman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Men of America. A biographical album of the city government of Philadelphia in the bi-centennial year. (The American biographical publishing compnay, 1883) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our trip to California in attendance upon the general convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, October, A.D. 1901 (C. H. Clarke, 1902), by William Budd Bodine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians. (The North American, 1891) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Willis Terry : in memoriam. (s.n., 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biographies of successful Philadelphia merchants. (J. K. Simon, 1864), by Stephen N. Winslow (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biographican memoir of the late Franklin Bache, M. D., prepared at the request of the American Philosophical Society, and read before the society, June 16, 1865. (Sherman, 1865), by George B. Wood and American Philosophical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoir of George McClellan, M.D. : a lecture introductory to the course of the theory and practice of physic, in the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College, for the session of 1847-48 (King & Baird, Printers, 1847), by William Darrach and Pennsylvania College. Medical Department (page images at HathiTrust)
• A memoir of the Rev. William Smith, D.D. : provost of the College Academy and Charitable School of Philadelphia (Moore & Sons, Printers, 1869), by Charles J. Stillé (page images at HathiTrust)
• An address delivered at Laurel Hill Cemetery, on the completion of a monument erected to the memory of Thomas Godfrey : June 1st, 1843 (Young, printer, 1843), by G. Emerson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Honors to Dr. Kane. (Printed by James B. Chandler, 1857), by Charles W. Shields (page images at HathiTrust)
• Colonial families of Philadelphia. (Lewis Pub. Co., 1911), by John W. Jordan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The botanists of Philadelphia and their work. ([Press of T. C. Davis & son], 1899), by John W. Harshberger (page images at HathiTrust)
• In the matter of the investigation of certain charges against Hon. Wm. B. Smith, mayor, by a committee of Common Council : testimony and report of the committee : presented to Common Council, September 13th, 1886. (Dunlap & Clarke, Printers and Binders, 1886), by Philadelphia (Pa.). Councils. Common Council (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mr. Justice Wilson : an address (Clio Press, 1913), by Walter I. Smith and Iowa State Bar Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, at its celebration of the Bi=centenary of the birth of right worshipful past grand master Brother Benjamin Franklin. (Press of New Era Ptg, Co., 1906), by Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin, and Philadelphia Masonic Temple (Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania (page images at HathiTrust)
• William Sellers, 1824-1905. (s.n., 1905) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Obituary notice of Henry Seybert (s.n., 1883), by Moncure Robinson and American Philosophical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Addresses delivered at the meeting of the Philadelphia Bar, held November 15th, 1880, upon the occasion of the death of Henry Wharton, Esq. (J.M.P. Wallace, 1880), by Law Association of Philadelphia and Henry Wharton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Henry Lewis, 1824-1886. (Privately printed :, 1887) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sketch of the life of Dr. Gouverneur Emerson (MacCalla & Co., 1891), by W. S. W. Ruschenberger and American Philosophical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Obituary notices of members deceased, Henry Charles Lea. (s.n., 1911), by Edward Potts Cheyney, William W. Keen, Henry Charles Lea, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Library Company of Philadelphia, and American Philosophical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Henry Charles Lea ([n. p., 1911), by Isaac Lea and Henry Charles Lea (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs and auto-biography of some of the wealthy citizens of Philadelphia, with a fair estimate of their estates-founded upon a knowledge of facts. With an appendix: containing particular accounts of the lives of Stephen Girard, Jacob Ridgway, and Obed Coleman, obtained from authentic sources. (The Booksellers, 1846), by James Corcoran and Merchant of Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)
• Americans of Italian descent in Philadelphia and vicinity, including Wilmington, Delaware (George S. Ferguson Co., 1954), by Joseph William Carlevale (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of an old Philadelphia land title, 208 South Fourth street ([Printed by Patterson & White Company], 1934), by John Frederick Lewis and John Frederick Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia, a story of progress (Lewis historical publishing company, 1941), by Herman LeRoy Collins, Wilfred Jordon, and Lewis Historical Publishing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Then and now : a discourse delivered in Christ Church, Philadelphia, December 23rd, 1870, on the centennial anniversary of the ordination to the diaconate of Rt. Rev. Wm. White, D.D., the first Bishop of Pennsylvania : and on the occasion of the removal of his remains to the chancel of Christ Church (W.W. Bates & Co., Printers, 1871), by William Bacon Stevens and Pa.) Christ Church (Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)
• In memoriam, Nellie Dawson Waters : beloved wife of Asa Wilson Waters, Esq., died November 20, 1917. (s.n., 1918) (page images at HathiTrust)
• In memoriam, Edmund Alexander de Schweinitz, S.T.D., episcopus fratrum : born March 20th, 1825, entered into rest, December 18, 1887. (Comenius Press, 1887) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quaker arrivals at Philadelphia, 1682-1750 : being a list of certificates of removal received at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends (Baltimore : Southern Book Company, 1957., 1957), by Albert Cook Myers and Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The botanists of Philadelphia and their work (T.C. Davis & Sons, 1899), by John W. Harshberger (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Mrs. Robert Clay afterwards Mrs. Robert Bolton (née Ann Curtis) 1690-1738; in letters written by herself to her physician and now transcribed from the original manuscript by her great grandson, the Rev. Curtis Clay. Philadelphia, September 1, 1812-March 4, 1825. ([Philadelphia, 1928), by Ann Curtis Bolton, Wallace Nelson Mayhew, and Jehu Curtis Clay (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoir of Thomas C. James, M.D. : one of the vice presidents of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Printed for M'Carty & Davis, 1836), by Job R. Tyson and Historical Society of Pennsylvania (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia, pictorial and biographical : steel plate supplement. (S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1911), by S.J. Clarke Publishing Company (page images at HathiTrust)

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