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Inner City, August 1973 - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photogr...

Original Caption: Inner City, August 1973..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-7488..Photographer: Swanson, Dick...Subjects:.Environmental protection.Natural resources.Philadelphia (Philadelphia ... More

A mapp of ye improved part of Pensilvania in America, divided into cou...

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Philadelphie, par Easburn, arpenteur general de Pensilvanie

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[Environs of Philadelphia] - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collecti...

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A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia

We Are One: William Faden, geographer to King George III, published this map of Philadelphia in March 1777. This map, or one of the earlier versions created by Nicholas Scull and George Heap, may have helped Br... More

Grundriss von Philadelphia der hauptstadt in Pensylvanien und umliegen...

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A New and accurate map of the present seat of war in North America, co...

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Water Street, unknown house, 1800, lived i...

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6401 Germantown Avenue, exterior detail, c...

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6401 Germantown Avenue, exterior detail, d...

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6401 Germantown Avenue, Benjamin Chew Hous...

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Philadelphia in 1753, fore edge painting

Information from accompanying cards: The second volume displays a view of Philadelphia in 1753. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6401 Germantown Avenue, exterior detail, g...

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6401 Germantown Avenue, exterior detail, g...

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6401 Germantown Avenue, Benjamin Chew Hous...

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6401 Germantown Avenue, exterior detail, p...

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6401 Germantown Avenue, exterior detail, w...

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6401 Germantown Avenue, Benjamin Chew Hous...

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6401 Germantown Avenue, exterior detail, d...

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6401 Germantown Avenue, exterior detail, s...

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6401 Germantown Avenue, Benjamin Chew Hous...

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Philadelphia in 1750, fore edge painting

Information from accompanying cards: Beneath the gilt of the fore-edges of vol. II is a view of Philadelphia in 1750. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Map of Philadelphia County : constructed by virtue of an act of the Le...

Carte générale des États-Unis de l'Amérique avec les plans des pri...

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The city of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surroun...

Street planning map of Manhattan. Covers all of Manhattan Island (New York, N.Y.) and substantial parts of adjacent counties in New York and New Jersey. Shows existing and proposed streets; also buildings and o... More

Arnest, Dauphin & Diamond Drives & 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Philadel...

Significance: Apparently erected around 1810 as a Philadelphia businessman's rural retreat, Arnest is one of the later and more modest villas purchased by the City of Philadelphia during the mid-19th century fo... More

Letter from Philadelphia, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garrison, November 3...

The females of Philadelphia enclose a small sum to William Lloyd Garrison to support his work in the abolitionist cause and to aid him in "giving a more extensive circulation to the Liberator." Courtesy of Bost... More

Letter from Henry Grew, Philadelphia, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garrison...

Henry Grew writes: "We have attended several meetings of the Female Anti-Slavery Society in this city. Mr. Purvis and myself delivered addresses last Thursday evening to a crowded assembly." He hopes that Georg... More

Letter from Henry Grew, Philadelphia, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garrison...

Henry Grew writes: "We have attended several meetings of the Female Anti-Slavery Society in this city. Mr. Purvis and myself delivered addresses last Thursday evening to a crowded assembly." He hopes that Georg... More

Letter from Henry Grew, Philadelphia, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garrison...

Henry Grew writes: "We have attended several meetings of the Female Anti-Slavery Society in this city. Mr. Purvis and myself delivered addresses last Thursday evening to a crowded assembly." He hopes that Georg... More

Letter from Henry Grew, Philadelphia, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garrison...

Henry Grew writes: "We have attended several meetings of the Female Anti-Slavery Society in this city. Mr. Purvis and myself delivered addresses last Thursday evening to a crowded assembly." He hopes that Georg... More

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Sarah Thurber ...

Philadelphia, fore edge painting

Information from accompanying cards: With a fine watercolor painting of American interest on the fore-edge of each volume, as follows: A view of Philadelphia showing the Delaware with boats in the foreground an... More

Letter from James Mott, Phil[adelphi]a, [Penn.], to Anne Warren Weston...

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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Sarah Thurber ...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Sarah Thurber ...

Letter from Mary Grew, Phila[delphia], [Penn.], to Anne Warren Weston,...

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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Sarah Thurber ...

Letter from Lucretia Mott, Philad[elphi]a, [Penn.], to Maria Weston Ch...

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Letter from Lucretia Mott, Philad[elphi]a, [Penn.], to Maria Weston Ch...

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Letter from Lucretia Mott, Philad[elphi]a, [Penn.], to Maria Weston Ch...

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Letter from Lucretia Mott, Philad[elphi]a, [Penn.], to Maria Weston Ch...

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Letter from Lucretia Mott, Philad[elphi]a, [Penn.], to Maria Weston Ch...

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Letter from Benjamin Smith Jones, Philad[elphi]a, [Penn.], to Maria We...

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Letter from James Miller M'Kim, Phil[adelphi]a, [Penn.], to Maria West...

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Letter from Jane Elizabeth Hitchcock, Plymouth, [Penn.], to Maria West...

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Letter from Edward Morris Davis, Philad[elphia], [Penn.], to Maria Wes...

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Christopher List autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, Phil...

List has read Dwight's letter to James Kay about the reorganization of Brook Farm along Fourierist lines and says he is fully in support of it. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 35-36. Courtesy of Boston Pu... More

Letter from Edward Morris Davis, Philad[elphia], [Penn.], to Maria Wes...

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Letter from Edward Morris Davis, Philad[elphia], [Penn.], to Maria Wes...

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Letter from Edward Morris Davis, Philad[elphia], [Penn.], to Maria Wes...

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Letter from Edward Morris Davis, Philad[elphia], [Penn.], to Maria Wes...

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Letter from Edward Morris Davis, [Philadelphia?, Penn.], to Maria West...

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James Kay Jr. autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, Philade...

Kay sends money to pay for his board during a recent visit to Brook Farm. He will try to raise money for the community in Philadelphia. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 43. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

James Kay Jr. autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, Philade...

Kay despairs more than ever about the possibilities for the success of Brook Farm. There has been too much emphasis on associationism and reform, and not enough on making each member working to make the communi... More

Miscellaneous household receipts, Duxbury, Massachusetts

Letter from Edward Morris Davis, Philad[elphia], [Penn.], to Maria Wes...

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Miscellaneous household receipts, Duxbury, Massachusetts

Letter from Sarah Pugh, Philad[elphi]a, [Penn.], to Maria Weston Chapm...

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Letter from Sarah Pugh, Philad[elphi]a, [Penn.], to Maria Weston Chapm...

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Letter from Sarah Pugh, Philad[elphi]a, [Penn.], to Maria Weston Chapm...

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Letter from Sarah Pugh, Philad[elphi]a, [Penn.], to Maria Weston Chapm...

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Letter from Sarah Pugh, Philad[elphi]a, [Penn.], to Maria Weston Chapm...

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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Edward Morris Da...

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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Edward Morris Da...

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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Anne Warren West...

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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Edward Morris Da...

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Letter from Mary Grew, Phila[delphia], [Penn.], to Anne Warren Weston,...

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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Edward Morris Da...

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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Edward Morris Da...

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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Edward Morris Da...

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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Edward Morris Da...

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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Edward Morris Da...

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Valley Green Hotel, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Libr...

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Valley Green Hotel, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Libr...

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The sunken gardens, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

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Independence Hall from the square, Philadelphia

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Solitude, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Sterescope Card, Boston Public...

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In Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Lib...

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Miniature yachts, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa

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Letter from Sarah Pugh, 70 Marshall St., Philad[elphi]a, [Penn.], to A...

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Letter from Sarah Pugh, 70 Marshall St., Philad[elphi]a, [Penn.], to A...

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Letter from Sarah Pugh, 70 Marshall St., Philad[elphi]a, [Penn.], to A...

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Letter from Sarah Pugh, 70 Marshall St., Philad[elphi]a, [Penn.], to A...

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Letter from Sarah Pugh, 70 Marshall St., Philad[elphi]a, [Penn.], to A...

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Letter from Sarah Pugh, 70 Marshall St., Philad[elphi]a, [Penn.], to A...

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Letter from Sarah Pugh, 70 Marshall St., Philad[elphi]a, [Penn.], to A...

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Letter from Sarah Pugh, 70 Marshall St., Philad[elphi]a, [Penn.], to A...

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Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Cha...

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Hugh Forbes autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Phi...

Feels he has been "grossly defrauded;" his family is destitute. Intends to make the "New Englanders" redress his wrongs. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

James Miller M’Kim autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgins...

Declares Mrs. [Rebecca (Buffum)] Spring has taken Mrs. [Mary Anne (Day)] Brown off to Perth Amboy with her, implying it was [John] Brown's wish. Regrets that she was not allowed to remain for the present but do... More

James Miller M’Kim autograph letter signed to [Thomas Wentworth Higgin...

Declares [James Redpath] has left for Chambersburg. Can offer no support in the contingency hinted at but thinks everything possible should be attempted. Mentions the forthcoming speech of J[oshua] R[eed] Giddi... More

James Miller M’Kim autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgins...

Declares Mrs. [Rebecca (Buffum)] Spring has taken Mrs. [Mary Anne (Day)] Brown off to Perth Amboy with her, implying it was [John] Brown's wish. Regrets that she was not allowed to remain for the present but do... More

James Miller M’Kim autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgins...

Realizes from Mrs. Ellen R. Rutherford's letter that at least one of the party is not safe. Mrs. [Mary Anne (Day)] Brown has petitioned for the body of her husband. Appended is a copy of a letter addressed to J... More

James Miller M’Kim autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgins...

Declares Mrs. [Rebecca (Buffum)] Spring has taken Mrs. [Mary Anne (Day)] Brown off to Perth Amboy with her, implying it was [John] Brown's wish. Regrets that she was not allowed to remain for the present but do... More

James Miller M’Kim autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgins...

Realizes from Mrs. Ellen R. Rutherford's letter that at least one of the party is not safe. Mrs. [Mary Anne (Day)] Brown has petitioned for the body of her husband. Appended is a copy of a letter addressed to J... More

James Miller M’Kim autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgins...

Declares Mrs. [Rebecca (Buffum)] Spring has taken Mrs. [Mary Anne (Day)] Brown off to Perth Amboy with her, implying it was [John] Brown's wish. Regrets that she was not allowed to remain for the present but do... More

James Miller M’Kim autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgins...

Declares Mrs. [Rebecca (Buffum)] Spring has taken Mrs. [Mary Anne (Day)] Brown off to Perth Amboy with her, implying it was [John] Brown's wish. Regrets that she was not allowed to remain for the present but do... More

James Miller M’Kim autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgins...

Has heard the "men in the mountains" are safe and almost out of danger. Has a letter for Mrs. [Mary Ann (Day)] Brown from her husband. Intends to defray expenses by the annexed circular. Printed on p. 3 is a ci... More

James Miller M’Kim autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgins...

Had accompanied Mrs. [Mary Anne (Day)] Brown to Baltimore; [George Henry] Hoyt's telegram urging her to return arrived in time for her to go back with him to Philadelphia. Courtesy of Boston Public Library