Annals of Philadelphia,: Being a Collection of Memoirs, Anecdotes, & Incidents of the City and Its Inhabitants from the Days of the Pilgrim Founders. Intended to Preserve the Recollections of Olden Time, and to Exhibit Society in Its Changes of Manners and Customs, and the City in Its Local Changes and Improvements. : To which is Added an Appendix, Containing Olden Time Researches and Reminiscences of New York City. : [Five Lines of Verse]

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E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1830 - 818 psl.

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