Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History
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Broader terms:Narrower terms:- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Fiction
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Biography
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Genealogy
- Bible-Christian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History
- Byberry (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History
- Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History
- Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History
- Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History
- Institute for Colored Youth (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History
- St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History
- University City (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History
- History of Philadelphia
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Suburb in the City: Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, 1850-1990 (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1992), by David R. Contosta- Early Philadelphia: Its People, Life and Progress (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1917), by Horace Mather Lippincott
- Extracts From the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, From 1759-1807, A.D. (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1889), by Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker, ed. by Henry D. Biddle (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Short History of the City of Philadelphia, From Its Foundation to the Present Time (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1887), by Susan Coolidge
- A History of Philadelphia's University City, by Leon S. Rosenthal (illustrated HTML at uchs.net)
- Quaint Corners in Philadelphia (Philadelphia and New York: J. Wanamaker, c1899), contrib. by J. Loughran Scott, Helen Campbell, Louise Stockton, Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Edwin Atlee Barber, Eliza S. Turner, and Frank Willing Leach, illust. by Joseph Pennell, Alice Barber Stephens, Charles H. Stephens, Colin Campbell Cooper, Walter M. Dunk, and Mary K. Trotter
- A True Romance of the Rebellion (Boston: Combination Publishing Co., 1886), by Cyrus S. Haldeman
- A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia (New York: A. L. Burt Co., c1890), by Amanda M. Douglas (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
- The Philadelphia Tea Party of 1773: A Chapter from The History of the Old State House (Philadelphia: E. Stern, 1873), by Frank M. Etting (page images at Pitt)
- Peggy Owen and Liberty (Philadelphia: Penn Pub. Co., 1913), by Lucy Foster Madison, illust. by Henry J. Peck (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Peggy Owen, Patriot: A Story for Girls (Philadelphia: Penn Pub. Co., 1917), by Lucy Foster Madison, illust. by Henry J. Peck (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Comic Natural History of the Human Race (Philadelphia: S. Robinson, c1851), ed. by John Cassin, contrib. by William A. Stephens, Richard Vaux, and Isaac W. Moore, illust. by H. L. Stephens (multiple formats at archive.org)
- West Philadelphia Illustrated: Early History of West Philadelphia and Its Environs, Its People, and Its Historical Points (Philadelphia: Avil Print. Co., 1903), by M. Laffitte Vieira (page images at HathiTrust)
- Byberry Waltons: An Account of Four English Brothers, Nathaniel and Thomas and Daniel and William Walton, Who Settled About 1683 in Byberry Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; With Accounts of More Than 4000 Waltons and Many More by Other Surnames Descended From These Four Brothers (Philadelphia: Stephenson Bros., 1958), by Norman Walton Swayne (page images at HathiTrust)
- History of the Philadelphia Bible-Christian Church for the First Century of its Existence, from 1817 to 1917 (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1922), by Philadelphia Bible-Christian Church Maintenance Committee (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Byberry Waltons: An Account of Four English Brothers, Nathaniel and Thomas and Daniel and William Walton, Who Settled About 1683 in Byberry Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; With Accounts of More Than 4000 Waltons and Many More by Other Surnames Descended From These Four Brothers (Philadelphia: Stephenson Bros., 1958), by Norman Walton Swayne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Suburb in the City: Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, 1850-1990 (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1992), by David R. Contosta
- 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)
- History of Independence Hall (Philadelphia: J. Challen and Son; et al., 1859), by D. W. Belisle (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching (Philadelphia: A.M.E. Book Concern, 1913), by Fanny Jackson Coppin (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Richard Allen and Absalom Jones (Baltimore: Church Advocate Press, 1916), by George F. Bragg (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- A History of Philadelphia's University City, by Leon S. Rosenthal (illustrated HTML at uchs.net)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.- Early Philadelphia: Its People, Life and Progress (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1917), by Horace Mather Lippincott
- The Public Ledger Building, Philadelphia (page images at MOA)
- History of the Philadelphia Bible-Christian Church for the First Century of its Existence, from 1817 to 1917 (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1922), by Philadelphia Bible-Christian Church Maintenance Committee (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Hand-Book for the Stranger in Philadelphia: Containing Descriptions Of All the Objects of Interest in the City and its Environs; With Views of the Public Buildings (Philadelphia: G. S. Appleton, 1849), by W. Williams (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Our Philadelphia (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1914), by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, illust. by Joseph Pennell (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The City Looking Glass: A Philadelphia Comedy, in Five Acts, by Robert Montgomery Bird (PDF here at Penn)
- Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, ed. by Charlene Mires (illustrated HTML at philadelphiaencyclopedia.org)
- Arthur Mervyn: or, Memoirs of the Year 1793, by Charles Brockden Brown (Gutenberg text)
- Paul Ardenheim, the Monk of Wissahikon (Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, 1848), by George Lippard (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Quaker City: or, The Monks of Monk Hall: A Romance of Philadelphia Life, Mystery and Crime (Philadelphia: Leary, Stuart and Company, c1876), by George Lippard (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Heads of Cerberus (originally published 1919), by Francis Stevens (HTML at Gutenberg Australia)
- Ormond (New York et al.: American Book Co., c1937), by Charles Brockden Brown, ed. by Ernest Marchand (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Bank Director's Son: A Real and Intensely Interesting Revelation of City Life (Philadelphia: E.E. Barclay and A.R. Orton, 1852), by George Lippard (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Friendly Guide to Philadelphia and the Wanamaker Store (1926), by John Wanamaker (page images at LOC)
- A Hand-Book for the Stranger in Philadelphia: Containing Descriptions Of All the Objects of Interest in the City and its Environs; With Views of the Public Buildings (Philadelphia: G. S. Appleton, 1849), by W. Williams (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Philadelphia and Its Environs (ca. 1873) (page images at MOA)
- Philadelphia and Its Environs (ca. 1876) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Philadelphia and Its Environs: A Guide to The City and Surroundings (Columbian edition; Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, c1893), by George Abishai Woodward (page images at Google)
- Philadelphia and Its Environs, and the Railroad Scenery of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co., c1875) (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Benjamin Franklin, Printer (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., for the Associated advertising clubs of the world, 1917), by John Clyde Oswald (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Philadelphia Inquirer (partial serial archives)
- The Dessert to the True American (partial serial archives)
- Evening Public Ledger (partial serial archives)
- Gazette of the United States (partial serial archives)
- La Libera Parola (partial serial archives)
- The Philadelphia Record (partial serial archives)
- Quaint Corners in Philadelphia (Philadelphia and New York: J. Wanamaker, c1899), contrib. by J. Loughran Scott, Helen Campbell, Louise Stockton, Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Edwin Atlee Barber, Eliza S. Turner, and Frank Willing Leach, illust. by Joseph Pennell, Alice Barber Stephens, Charles H. Stephens, Colin Campbell Cooper, Walter M. Dunk, and Mary K. Trotter
- Our Philadelphia (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1914), by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, illust. by Joseph Pennell (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
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