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John Fanning Watson's Annals of Philadelphia original manuscript, 1693-1828
A bound manuscript collection compiled by John Fanning Watson a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and presented to HSP in 1830. It includes sources and research by Watson on the development of Philadelphia 1693-1828. The front portion of the book is mostly manuscript research and memo...
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| Collection: | John Fanning Watson collection on the cultural, social, and economic development of Pennsylvania (#0697) |
| Date: | 1693-01-01/1828-12-31 |
| Call Number: | 0697 |
| Box Number: | Box 5 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/13512 |
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A bound manuscript collection compiled by John Fanning Watson a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and presented to HSP in 1830. It includes sources and research by Watson on the development of Philadelphia 1693-1828. The front portion of the book is mostly manuscript research and memoranda compiled by the Watson. The rear sections labelled "miscalaneous sources" contains many of his primary sources, letters, clippings, portraits, etc. This particular volume contains colonial and continental currency, the Arabic signature of Alfa Abdul-Rahman, fabric samples, meterological tables, and Polish General Tadeusz Kościuszko's portrait of Lucetta A. Pollock. This digital record contains eighteen images of selected pages from this manuscript. Digitized pages included in this record: cover-5, 129-130, 173-174, 267-270, 274-282, 285-286, back cover. |
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