![[Philadelphia Academy of Music, 1873 Program:] Forasmuch as Dyvers Syngynge People…. Academy of Music.](/pictures/thumb/3726692_1.jpg?v=1534362443)
Delightfully humorous program for a concert of antique music performed at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Likely getting into the spirit of the nation’s... Read More
![“Compliments of Alonzo B. Jones Archts. [Architects]” [Inscribed photograph of an Architect’s Proposed Design for Library of Congress]. Alonzo B. Jones, ca. 1847–1907.](/images/noimage-req.png)
A rendering of the proposed exterior submitted by nineteenth century Philadelphia architect Alonzo B. Jones, for the building design competition for a new structure to... Read More
![[Christ Church Hospital in Philadelphia:] Brief of Title to all that certain Lot or Square of Ground, situate in the City of Philadelphia: Bounded by Spruce Street and Pine Street and Schuylkill Fourth and Fifth Streets [...] The Property of Christ Church Hospital. Anon.](/pictures/thumb/3726504_1.jpg?v=1534362398)
Unlisted in OCLC, an apparently unrecorded pamphlet devoted to the property definitions of Christ Church Hospital in Philadelphia. “Christ Church Hospital, located at Forty-Ninth Street... Read More
Arthur, a convict, prisoner No. 1203, writes a very full 4-page letter to his friend Hal. This is explained as he has must write his... Read More
A very brief two line manuscript receipt that appears to be in the hand, and autographed by, Benjamin Franklin Scull (c.1755-1828), the godson of Benjamin... Read More
An 18th century manuscript document wherein Samuel Wallis pays a little over 13 shillings to Philadelphia bookbinder Benjamin January for “3 Quire Waste Book[s] Whole... Read More
An 18th century Philadelphia manuscript documenting the activity of Berniaud Dumas, & Jacques, French china and glass merchants who were located on South Second Street... Read More
This unusual artifact came to us from an old Philadelphia estate a good number of years ago where a number of 18th and 19th century... Read More
Introductory lecture to an 1850 course of homeopathic medical studies by C. Bentley Matthews, M.D., i.e., Caleb Bentley Matthews, (1801?-1851). Dr. Matthews was Professor of... Read More
Three manuscripts pertaining to the estate of Benjamin Morgan (?–1826), Philadelphia merchant and sugar planter, later President of the Bank of Orleans at New Orleans... Read More
1772 bill of services from surveyor Charles Lukens billed to Samuel Wallis for surveying land on “Black Run”, “Marsh Creek”, and tracts “...above the Great... Read More
It always seems amazing how one’s surname is often so closely aligned to one’s occupation (Dr. Foot, the podiatrist, etc.). Here we have Charles W.... Read More
![Banking House of Cronise & Co., ...1857. We annex rates for SPECIE [opening lines of circular]. Cronise & Co.](/pictures/thumb/3725200_1.jpg?v=1534362303)
After the California Gold Rush of 1848–1855, gold bullion was minted in San Francisco into official United States coins. Some of these coins and gold... Read More
A small manuscript artifact, in various hands, documenting the Brig ‘Amiable Creole’ which plied the waters from Philadelphia to the West Indies until being condemned... Read More
Archive of five letters to Harvard student and textbook author, Cortland Saunders. Saunders was subsequently killed during the Civil War in his native Virginia at... Read More
![[American Bookplate of Edward D. Ingraham, Bibliophile and Philadelphia Lawyer]. Edward D. Ingraham, 1793—1854.](/pictures/thumb/3726281_1.jpg?v=1534362348)
Attractive engraved bookplate of Edward D. Ingraham (1793—1854), a Bucks County, Pennsylvania native, Philadelphia lawyer and wit. Allen 410: “Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, Magnatiimus esto. It... Read More
Unrecorded 1902 sewn pamphlet describing the function and purpose of the Edwin Forrest Home in Philadelphia located at 4849 Parkside avenue. The Home was established... Read More
Presentation Copy from the Author. Doctoral dissertation by physician Edwin M’Call, from the southern state of Georgia, submitted to the trustees and medical faculty of... Read More
Philadelphia minstrel show broadside for the “Black and White Revue” with racist, stereotype illustration. One-third of the broadside comprises an illustration of two men in... Read More
The Germania Theater in Philadelphia was founded in 1877 by Gottlob Hammer and Heinrich Oberkirsch. The theater served a thriving German-speaking community until 1895 — a remarkable... Read More
Jurist John Kintzing Kane (1795–1858) was the father of noted Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane. Judge Kane was best known for his pro-slavery decision, ten... Read More
Original unpublished manuscript for a one-act play by Philadelphia author and historian, Joseph F. A. Jackson. Written at the age of 19, Jackson’s farce satirizes... Read More
Text of a lecture delivered by Dr. James McClintock, Professor of Surgery and Anatomy at the Philadelphia College of Medicine. As the animal machine, although... Read More
Text of a lecture delivered by Dr. Jesse R. Burden, Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics at the Philadelphia College of Medicine. Burden urged the... Read More
These modest forms are survivals of the auctioneering of John Chaloner who was appointed the city of Philadelphia’s auctioneer in August, 1791. On these forms... Read More
