Download or read book Old Roads Out of Philadelphia Classic Reprint written by John Thomson Faris and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old Roads Out of Philadelphia The chapter on the Lancaster Turnpike was already printed when action was taken by the Pennsylvania Legislature that made free to all users the last toll sec tions of this pioneer turnpike. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book OLD ROADS OUT OF PHILADELPHIA written by JOHN THOMSON. FARIS and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Market Street Philadelphia written by Joseph Jackson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Market Street Philadelphia: The Most Historic Highway in America, Its Merchants and Its Story Illustration, Opposite page 126. First line. For right read left; second line for 1832 read Page 156. Line 15, for panorama for. Read panorama of. Page 183, line 2. For moving picture theatre, read modern business building. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Romance of Old Philadelphia Classic Reprint written by John T. Faris and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-24 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Romance of Old Philadelphia Special mention should be made of the delightful books by Mr. Henry W. Shoemaker, who has written so appreciatively of his native central Pennsylvania highlands. Quotations have been made from these in many instances; again they have furnished inspi ration for paragraphs that may perhaps give more than a surface hint of the original source. This is true also of some of the local histories consulted. Whenever it has been possible to tell of indebtedness, this has been done. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book PHILADELPHIA CLASSIC REPRINT written by WILLIAM S. WASHBURN and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania Square written by Robert Bruce and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania Square: Old Philadelphia-Pittsburgh Pike Within convenient distance of the start of this trip across Pennsylvania are several of the most historic buildings in the United States, a priceless inheritance from the colonial and revolutionary periods. They are grouped fairly close together in the old residence and business center, on or about Chestnut, Market and Arch streets, within a few squares of the Delaware river. Well-built, most fortunately preserved, and guarded with care, their substantial and dignified architecture is in complete harmony with the associations and traditions which cluster around them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book That Affair in Philadelphia Classic Reprint written by Mrs. Sarah Darby and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-03 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from That Affair in Philadelphia Was I? I should think so. The Family Circle was ablaze, one glance almost blinded a man. There was something more to come. No one could think it. History was made quick and lively that night. Didn't the Mayor appear in the Royal Row, you see no one was expecting him, not there just then, and it made every one stare. But, dear me, when they saw a train of clerks close on his heels carrying a lot of big musty old books, they stared all the harder. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs 1839 1914 written by Robert F. Looney and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 215 rare vintage views — from first daguerreotype made in America (1839) to eve of World War I — capture the charm of yesteryear: panoramas, street scenes, landmarks, Lincoln's visit, 1876 Centennial Exposition, more.
Download or read book Along the Old Roads of Cape Ann Classic Reprint written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Along the Old Roads of Cape Ann This little book in going forth on its two-fold mission seeks to guide the stranger into pleasant paths hitherto unknown to him; and to bring back to him who knows them well, the cheerful recollection of old beloved haunts. N o liberty of trespassing on another's property is here encouraged, and it is hoped that an earnest desire to conserve our native flowers has been engendered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Our First Families written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Our First Families: A Novel of Philadelphia Good Society About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book North of Market Street written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from North of Market Street: Being the Adventures of a New York Woman in Philadelphia The reason we went to Philadelphia was because Helen wished to matriculate at the Woman's Medical College. She had her own reasons for preferring to be made a Doctor there, and I was thankful she did not go farther afield; for there is one good thing about Philadelphia, it is only two hours from New York, at the worst. We are sisters. We are twins. We are old young women, - that is, we were, for I am writing of several years ago. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Retro Roadmap Roadbook written by Beth Lennon and published by Retro Roadbooks. This book was released on 2018-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mod Betty's guide to cool vintage places, good eats and retro fun, in Philadelphia!
Download or read book Philly and Kit Or Life and Raiment Classic Reprint written by Caroline Chesebro' and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Philly and Kit, or Life and Raiment Look at that sleep, now. With your doors bolted, and your strong name acting sentinel, do you slumber more securely? Is your solitude more silent? True, her little girl is by her side - little J ess, her grand daughter - the child of her daughter J essie, who is dead. And hundreds of carts, carriages, and stages, go up and down before her, hour after hour, and men and women, numberless, pass by, but she is blind, and deaf, and dumb, in the soundness of her slumber. Even when she is awake she is almost as much alone as now. If addressed, she hears and answers -if any one stops at her stand, she sees - if the price of anything is asked, she hears. If it begins to rain, she raises the big umbrella which protects her goods. If J ess speaks, she answers, but she comes out of her abstractions and returns to them again like one pledged to their semce. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Philadelphia Souvenir written by J. E. Hall and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Philadelphia Souvenir: A Collection of Fugitive Pieces From the Philadelphia Press; With Biographical and Explanatory Notes Oh, you sacred few, Whom late by Delaware's green banks I knew; Whom, known and loved through many a social eve, 'twas bliss to live with and 'twas pain to leave Less dearly welcome were the lines Of lore The exile saw upon the sandy shore, When his lone heart but faintly hoped to find One print of man, one blessed stamp of mind! Less dearly welcome than the lib'ral zeal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Old Mine Road written by Charles Gilbert Hine and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1963 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Old Mine Road, considered the first road in America designed for wheeled vehicles, was built three hundred years ago by Dutch settlers for access to the mines of the Minisink country. It began in Kingston, New York, wove through Sussex and Warren counties in New Jersey, and ended near the Delaware Water Gap. Many changes have taken place in these regions since C. G. Hine recorded his observations and printed The Old Mine Road for his friends in 1908. Bulldozers have obliterated much of what he saw as he took his readers along the length of the road, describing the natural beauty of the countryside and relating the history and legends linked with the road and the people who lived on its route. This new printing is a facsimile of the first 1908 edition. Henry Charlton Beck's introduction gives a publishing history of the book and provides a biographical sketch about Hine.
Download or read book Summer Homes Among the Mountains on the Philadelphia Reading New England R R written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Summer Homes Among the Mountains on the Philadelphia, Reading New England R. R: Poughkeepsie Bridge Route The Philadelphia, Reading & New England Railroad (Poughkeepsie Bridge route), extends from Campbell Hall, Orange County, New York, to Hartford, Connecticut, a distance of 145 miles, with branches from Poughkeepsie to Hopewell, New York, where connections are made with the New York & New England and Newburgh, Dutchess & Connecticut Railroads, and from Silvernail, New York, to Rhinecliff, New York, where connections are made with the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad and Hudson River steamboats. Starting from Campbell Hall the road runs due east through the rich farming and fruit-producing section of Orange and Ulster Counties. After one hour's ride Highland is reached, on the west bank of the Hudson River. Here we approach the west end of the great Poughkeepsie Bridge (which will be found fully described elsewhere), spanning the American Rhine as the rainbow. The views from the car windows as the traveler crosses the bridge are the grandest to be seen from any railroad line in the world. Over the bridge we pass through the beautiful hillside city of Poughkeepsie, thence through Dutchess and Columbia Counties, where many summer boarders are entertained. Reaching Boston Corners the road crosses the Harlem Division of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. At this point are the three States' corners, and the place will long be remembered as the battleground of the famous prizefight between "Yankee" Sullivan and Morrissey. At Millerton, a few miles beyond, we make another connection with the Harlem Railroad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The City of Philadelphia written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The City of Philadelphia: As It Appears in the Year 1893 January 30, The act of 1854, while a great advance, did not meet the evils; nor was its intent confirmed to nor its spirit observed by councils. They' neglected the exposure and corree tion of the abuses of the departments and usurped in fuller measure than ever before almost every form of executive duty. If the water department wanted a pump, it was the water committee which decided 011 the kind, style and horse power. If the highway department paved a street, it was the highway committee which supervised the letting, execution and approval of the contract. There was 110 general supeiw'ision of public work. A condition of affairs, which was bad enough in the Old City, became intolerable when carried into the immensely extended business of con solidated Philadelphia, which had assumed proportions which demanded the most intelligent system and responsible supervision to obtain eflicient service and adequate returns for money expended. The financial management became more reckless every year, until the city was threatened with bank ruptcy. The most noticeable features of the act of consolidation that are new are the Ofiices of city controller and receiver of taxes, created by the act of 1854. The greatest improvements which took place during the period also had reference to finance. The constitution of 1874 placed a limit to the creation of funded debt, and the act of June 11, 1879, compelled the city to pay as you go. Very shortly after the consolidation act, one whose position gave him every opportunity to measure the defects of our system, and whose abilities entitled his opinion to the greatest weight, summed up in forcible English the radical defects in the organic law and pointed out the necessitv for intelligent legislation to cure those defects. The essence of our present charter, given by the act of 1885, known as the Bullitt Bill, is to be found in the second annual message of Hon. Richard Vaux, Mayor of Philadelphia, 1858. V The fifth period is that of the present charter, the act of 1885. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
