Philadelphia Stories: people and their places in early America

Philadelphia Stories chronicles the rich lives of twelve of its citizens--men and women, Black and white Americans, immigrants and native born--to explore the city's people and places from the colonial era to the years before the Civil War

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Main Author: Hemphill, C. Dallett 1959-2015 (Author)
Other Authors: Hessinger, Rodney (Editor), Richter, Daniel K. 1954- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press [2021]
Series:Early American studies
Summary:Philadelphia Stories chronicles the rich lives of twelve of its citizens--men and women, Black and white Americans, immigrants and native born--to explore the city's people and places from the colonial era to the years before the Civil War
Cover -- Philadelphia Stories -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Introduction. Places and People -- PART I. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD: THREE COLONIAL MEN OF FAITH -- Prologue -- 1. Anthony Benezet -- 2. Henry Muhlenberg -- 3. William White -- PART II. DECLARING INDEPENDENCE: THREE REVOLUTIONARY WIVES -- Prologue -- 4. Grace Growden Galloway -- 5. Anne Shippen Livingston -- 6. Deborah Norris Logan -- PART III. STRIVING TO SUCCEED: THREE "SELF-MADE MEN" IN THE NEW NATION -- Prologue -- 7. Charles Willson Peale -- 8. Stephen Girard -- 9. Joseph Hemphill -- PART IV. PURSUING AN INCLUSIVE AMERICA: THREE ASPIRING ANTEBELLUM LIVES -- Prologue -- 10. Francis Johnson -- 11. Sarah Thorn Tyndale -- 12. William Darrah Kelley -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Physical Description:ix, 349 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780812253184
0812253183

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