Desilver S Philadelphia Directory And Stranger S Guide For 1828

Author : UNKNOWN. AUTHOR
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1334311838

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Desilver's Philadelphia Directory and Stranger's Guide, for 1828 by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR Pdf

Excerpt from Desilver's Philadelphia Directory and Stranger's Guide, for 1828: Containing a Plan of the City and Suburbs, the Names of the Citizens Alphabetically Arranged, With Their Occupations and Places of Abode; A List of the Streets, Alleys, Lanes, Courts, Roads and Wharves, Banks, Insurance Companies Also warrants all \vater Closets manufactured by him to be perfectly sweet and in every respect to answer the purpose for which they were invented. 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.

Author : Wendy A. Woloson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226905693

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In Hock by Wendy A. Woloson Pdf

The definitive history of pawnbroking in the United States from the nation’s founding through the Great Depression, In Hock demonstrates that the pawnshop was essential to the rise of capitalism. The class of working poor created by this economic tide could make ends meet only, Wendy Woloson argues, by regularly pawning household objects to supplement inadequate wages. Nonetheless, businessmen, reformers, and cultural critics claimed that pawnshops promoted vice, and employed anti-Semitic stereotypes to cast their proprietors as greedy and cold-hearted. Using personal correspondence, business records, and other rich archival sources to uncover the truth behind the rhetoric, Woloson brings to life a diverse cast of characters and shows that pawnbrokers were in fact shrewd businessmen, often from humble origins, who possessed sophisticated knowledge of a wide range of goods in various resale markets. A much-needed new look at a misunderstood institution, In Hock is both a first-rate academic study of a largely ignored facet of the capitalist economy and a resonant portrait of the economic struggles of generations of Americans.

Author : Joseph Sabin,Wilberforce Eames,Robert William Glenroie Vail
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : America
ISBN : NLS:V000012612

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A Dictionary of Books Relating to America by Joseph Sabin,Wilberforce Eames,Robert William Glenroie Vail Pdf

Author : Joseph Sabin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : America
ISBN : HARVARD:HB9RNT

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Bibliotheca Americana by Joseph Sabin Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1829
Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU04037693

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Desilver's Philadelphia Directory, and Strangers' Guide by Anonim Pdf

Author : William Fisher Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1693
Category : America
ISBN : UOM:39015033667703

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Rare American History, Being the Library of William Fisher Lewis, Esq by William Fisher Lewis Pdf

Author : Marion L. Bell
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0838719295

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Crusade in the City by Marion L. Bell Pdf

This book addresses the religious life of Philadelphia, watches as revivalists come and go from 1828 to 1876, and examines the impact of revivals in the city. Mass revivalism was touted as the solution to cities' social problems, so the account of the close relationship between the YMCA movement and revivalism is appreciated. Meanwhile, America's middle-class evangelical majority, caught in the web of an individualistic ideology, persisted in ignoring the destruction of "community" as the cities grew in complexity, anonymity, and ethnic and class divisiveness. While depending rather too heavily on a "great man" approach to revivalism in Philadelphia, in confirming in a very specific, well-documented manner the inconsistencies in revivalistic preaching and the gap between goals, means, and ends in urban mass evangelism, this work is a significant contribution to the study of American religious history.

Author : Henry Stevens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590942883

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Catalogue of the American books in the library of the British museum at Christmas mdccclvi. [With] Catalogue of the Canadian and other British North American books in the library of the British museum at Christmas mdccclvi [and] Catalogue of the Mexican and other Spanish American & West Indian books in the library of the British museum at Christmas 1856 [and] Catalogue of the American maps in the library of the British museum at Christmas 1856 by Henry Stevens Pdf

Author : Joseph P. Slaughter
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780231549257

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Faith in Markets by Joseph P. Slaughter Pdf

In the first half of the nineteenth century, the United States saw both a series of Protestant religious revivals and the dramatic expansion of the marketplace. Although today conservative Protestantism is associated with laissez-faire capitalism, many of the nineteenth-century believers who experienced these transformations offered different, competing visions of the link between commerce and Christianity. Joseph P. Slaughter offers a new account of the interplay between religion and capitalism in American history by telling the stories of the Protestant entrepreneurs who established businesses to serve as agents of cultural and economic reform. Faith in Markets examines three Christian business enterprises and the visions of a Christian marketplace they represented. Shaped by Pietist, Calvinist, and Arminian theologies, each offered different answers to the question of what a moral, Christian market should look like. George Rapp & Associates operated sophisticated textile factories as the business side of the model community the Harmony Society, which practiced communal living in pursuit of a harmonious workforce. The Pioneer Stage Coach Line provided transportation services only six days a week to keep Sunday sacred, attempting to reform society by outcompeting less pious businesses. The publisher Harper & Brothers sought to elevate American culture through commerce by producing virtuous products like lavishly illustrated Bibles. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Faith in Markets explores how the founders and owners of these enterprises infused their faith into their businesses and, in turn, how distinctly religious businesses shaped American capitalism and society.

Author : Henry Clay
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-05
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780813162478

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The Papers of Henry Clay by Henry Clay Pdf

This supplement to The Papers of Henry Clay contains documents discovered too late to be included in the proper chronological sequence in earlier volumes. Spanning the years from 1793 to 1852, the items shed important light on Clay's early years in Kentucky, his legal career, and his work for the Bank of the United States. Material dealing with the "Corrupt Bargain" charge is particularly rich, and many of the letters that appear in this volume fill gaps in exchanges already published. Clay's correspondence with Benjamin Watkins Lee of Virginia and Mary Bayard, wife of Delaware senator Richard Henry Bayard, is especially interesting.An essay on Clay portraits by Clifford Amyx, professor emeritus of art at the University of Kentucky, provides a detailed discussion of the paintings, statues, busts, engravings, and daguerreotypes that featured Clay as the subject. Appended to the essay is a calendar listing each major work, the artist, date of completion, and present location. A comprehensive bibliography of works cited in the entire series will benefit researchers seeking information in addition to that provided in the annotations. This supplement is an essential addition to the earlier volumes in the series.

Author : Thomas Jefferson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 833 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400840045

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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 8 by Thomas Jefferson Pdf

Volume Eight of the project documenting Thomas Jefferson's last years presents 591 documents dated from 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815. Jefferson is overjoyed by American victories late in the War of 1812 and highly interested in the treaty negotiations that ultimately end the conflict. Following Congress's decision to purchase his library, he oversees the counting, packing, and transportation of his books to Washington. Jefferson uses most of the funds from the sale to pay old debts but spends some of the proceeds on new titles. He resigns from the presidency of the American Philosophical Society, revises draft chapters of Louis H. Girardin's history of Virginia, and advises William Wirt on revolutionary-era Stamp Act resolutions. Jefferson criticizes those who discuss politics from the pulpit, and he drafts a bill to transform the Albemarle Academy into Central College. Monticello visitors Francis W. Gilmer, Francis C. Gray, and George Ticknor describe the mountaintop and its inhabitants, and Gray's visit leads to an exchange with Jefferson about how many generations of white interbreeding it takes to clear Negro blood. Finally, although death takes his nephew Peter Carr and brother Randolph Jefferson, the marriage of his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph is a continuing source of great happiness. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.

Author : Thomas Jefferson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 833 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691153186

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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815 by Thomas Jefferson Pdf

The Retirement Series documents Jefferson's written legacy between his return to private life on 4 March 1809 and his death on 4 July 1826. During this period Jefferson founded the University of Virginia and sold his extraordinary library to the nation, but his greatest legacy from these years is the astonishing depth and breadth of his correspondence with statesmen, inventors, scientists, philosophers, and ordinary citizens on topics spanning virtually every field of human endeavor.--From publisher description.

Author : John L. Cotter,Daniel G. Roberts,Michael Parrington
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Archaeology and history
ISBN : 9780812231427

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The Buried Past by John L. Cotter,Daniel G. Roberts,Michael Parrington Pdf

The Buried Past presents the most significant archaeological discoveries made in one of America's most historic cities. Based on more than thirty years of intensive archaeological investigations in the greater Philadelphia area, this study contains the first record of many nationally important sites linking archaeological evidence to historical documentation, including Interdependence and Valley Forge National Historical Parks. It provides an archaeological tour through the houses and life-ways of both the great figures and the common people. It reveals how people dined, what vessels and dishes they used, and what their trinkets (and secret sins) were.

Author : Henry Stevens,British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher : London : C. Whittingham
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : America
ISBN : HARVARD:HXQSCN

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Catalogue of the American Books in the Library of the British Museum at Christmas MDCCCLVI. by Henry Stevens,British Museum. Department of Printed Books Pdf

Author : American Philosophical Society. Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Catalogs, Classified
ISBN : UCBK:C046108832

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Catalogue of the American Philosophical Society Library by American Philosophical Society. Library Pdf