BOOK
Title:
When Germantown was the national capital
Creator:
Stradley, Leighton P.
Publication:
Philadelphia, 1949]
Notes:
From the Philadelphia forum, April 1949.
Call #:
917.4811 PAM. NO.61
Extent:
p.7, 8 : illus. ; quarto.
Subjects:
Subject
BOOK
Title:
History of St. Peter's Church, Germantown, in the city of Philadelphia, Pa
Creators:
Rumney, Theodore Sill. | Bullock, Charles
Publication:
Philadelphia, 1897.
Call #:
283.748 R87H
Extent:
34 p. : tables. ; 26 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Die erste deutsche einwanderung in Amerika und die gründung von Germantown im jahre 1683: festschrift zum deutsch-amerikanischen pionier-jubiläum am 6. Oktober, 1883
Creator:
Seidensticker, Oswald, 1825-1894
Publication:
Philadelphia, 1883.
Call #:
974.8 SE4
Extent:
92 p. ; octavo.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
Germantown: must the present bury the past?
Parent:
Pennsylvania History, v.25, no.2
Creators:
Tinkcom, Harry Marlin. | Tinkcom, Margaret Bailey
Publication:
Gettysburg, 1958.
Call #:
974.8 P412 V.25, NO.2
Extent:
p.162-172 ; octavo.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Quaint old Germantown in Pennsylvania: a series of sixty former landmarks of Germantown and vicinity, drawn on zinc during the years 1863-1888
Creators:
Richards, John, 1831-1889 | Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919
Publication:
Philadelphia, 1913.
Notes:
Each plate accompanied by cover sheet.
Call #:
917.4811 R39Q
Extent:
[5L], 60 plates ; 24 x 32 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Historic Germantown
Publication:
New York, 1983]
Notes:
Cover title. Reprinted from The Magazine Antiques, August 1983.
Call #:
917.4811 PAM. NO.280
Extent:
p.253-300 : (col.) illus., ports. ; 31 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Jefferson's Germantown letters: together with other papers relating to his stay in Germantown during the month of November, 1793
Creators:
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Jenkins, Charles Francis, 1865-1951 | Elson, A. W. (Alfred Walter), 1859- | Feinstone, Sol, 1888-1980 | William J. Campbell Bookstore | David Center for the American Revolution | Tilghman Bequest
Publication:
William J. Campbell, Philadelphia, Pa, 1906.
Notes:
Includes index. APS copy 1 is numbered 232; APS copy 2 is numbered 165.
Call #:
B J35i
Extent:
xxiv, [27]-194 pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations, frontispiece, portrait, facsimiles ; 26 cm
Subjects:
Title:
A meeting of the young men of German-town, will be held this evening, April 13th, at the house of Jacob S. Wunder, at 7 1/2 o'clock, to take into consideration the expediency of making preparations for participating in the solemnities of Thursday next, relative to the death of our chief magistrate..., April 10, 1841
Creators:
Young Men of Germantown | P.R. Freas & Co
Publication:
printed at the office of the Germantown Telegraph, by P.R. Freas & Co, Germantown, Pa.], 1841.
Notes:
Printed using several different typesettings. Signed in type with the names of 24 local young men. The young men of Germantown planned to participate in the upcoming funeral solemnities honoring recently deceased President William Henry Harrison. This document is signed in type by 24 young men of Germantown. Their names and future occupations are: Alfred W. Green, born c. 1823, Philadelphia physician, during the Civil War was appointed by the governor as Surgeon of the 36th Regiment (7th Res.), a position he held until January 18, 1863, at which time he resigned and was appointed Assistant Surgeon-General stationed at Washington; William R. Coulston, born c. 1824, machinist in Manayunk Upper Ward, Philadelphia County; Alfred Slocum, born c.1823. Philadelphia physician; Henry S. Ash, born c. 1825, Philadelphia druggist; John Stoever, born 1824, paymaster at Illinois during the Civil War; J. Richard Groff, probably the Philadelphia Jeweler born c.1817; Samuel R. Bockius, born c.1826, tailor, apparel and accessories stores; John J. Crout, born c.1822, coal dealer; Albert Collom, born c.1820, machinist; George Shingle, born c.1820, stone mason; James Ford, born c. 1822, construction; Peter B. Fraley, born c.1820, machinist, saw and tool maker, eventually bought out dozens of manufacturers and retired after achieving his wealth, later was an alderman in West Philadelphia; Charles J. Wister, born c. 1824, farmer; Charles Stadelman, born c.1825, moulder; Casper Guyer, born. c.1823, shoemaker; Jabez Gates, born c.1826, retail grocer. Other names: David Bender, Harvey M. Phillips, John Schaeffer, Jr., Charles Reger, Edward G. Ashmead, William Kay, Anthony Johnson, and John Stoever. The owner of the meeting place, Jacob S. Wunder [1788-1858], was an early Germantown settler whose popular hotel was used as headquarters for prominent government officials. He was the father of Reuben Wunder who served over forty years with the U.S. Custom House as an inspector.
Call #:
973 C683 no. 844
Extent:
1 sheet (1 p.) ; 31 x 31 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Ancient and modern Germantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill
Creator:
Hotchkin, S. F. (Samuel Fitch), 1833-1912
Publication:
P. W. Ziegler & Co, Philadelphia (Pa.), 1889.
Notes:
Includes index.
Call #:
917.4811 H79A
Extent:
538 p., [79] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Subjects:
PAMPHLET
Title:
A Report on the subject of connecting manual labour with study: Presented to the trustees of the Philadelphia Manual Labour Academy, at a meeting held Dec. 11, 1828. Published by their order
Creators:
Monteith, Johnagt | Manual Labour Academy of Pennsylvania
Publication:
Wm. F. Geddes, Philadelphia, 1828.
Call #:
Pam. v.960, no.28
Extent:
15 p. ; 21 cm.
Subjects:
PAMPHLET
Title:
First annual report of the board of trustees of the Manual Labour Academy of Pennsylvania. November 10, 1829
Alt. Title:
Annual report. 1829
Creator:
Manual Labour Academy of Pennsylvania
Publication:
W. F. Geddes, Philadelphia, 1829.
Call #:
Pam. v.960, no.29
Extent:
15 p. ; 21 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Washington at Germantown
Creator:
Thompson, Ray, 1905-
Publication:
Bicentennial Press, Fort Washington, Pa, 1971]
Notes:
Cover title. Bibliography: p. 107.
Call #:
DLAR 502p
Extent:
107 p. illus. 25 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Historical and biographical sketches
Creator:
Pennypacker, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitaker), 1843-1916
Publication:
Robert A. Tripple, Philadelphia, 1883.
Notes:
Part of the papers were previously published in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Harper's Monthly, Penn Monthly, Bulletin of the Library Company of Philadelphia, and Lippincott's Magazine.
Call #:
920 P38
Extent:
416 p. ; octavo.
Subjects:
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
Circa 1760s-1850s
Abstract:
This rich collection of letters and documents, which was assembled by Sol Feinstone (1888-1980) over a period of fifty years, includes material on almost all notable Americans from before the Revolution to the 1850's, as well as prominent Europeans, and there are documents relating to military affairs. There are substantial groups of letters from: John Adams, Henry Dearborn, Alexander Hamilton, Jedediah Huntington, Thomas Jefferson, Lafayette, George Washington, and a long run of letters from a Massachusetts military surgeon named Samuel Adams. Many letters, though written by Revolutionary figures, relate to events that occurred before or after the War.
Call #:
Mss.B.F327
Extent:
27 Linear feet
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