2007 Index
© 2007 The Historical
Society of
A
Abernethy, Lloyd M. (historian), in roundtable discussion of
Abramowitz, Clara, 53, 65
Abrams
v.
Abu-Jamal, Mumia (murder suspect),
439
Ackowanothic (
ACLU (American Civil Liberties
Act of Toleration (1689), 241
Adams, Henry, Eakins
Revealed: The Secret Life of an American Artist, rev., 220–21
Adams, John, 237, 254, 256–58, 262
Adams, Samuel, 254, 258
Adelman, Skip (photographer), 92
AFL (American Federation of Labor), 47
African Americans, 78; in Civilian
Conservation Corps, rev., 450; distribution in Phila. (2000), 398 (map);
historical coverage of, 349–50, 362–64; sexual behavior and (1730–1830), book
on, 446–48; unemployment in Phila. among (1982–2007), 404
Alexander, John K. (historian), 365
Alfredo, Waldemar, 60
Alien and Sedition Acts (1798), 34, 72
Allegheny River/Region, 5, 8–12, 17, 19, 21, 22
Allumapees [Sassoonan] (
Alnutt, Brian, “
“American ‘bill of rights’” (NY), 245–46
American Civil Liberties
American Federation of Labor, 47
American finance, birth of, book on, 111–13
American folklife, guide for
studying, book on, 214–15
American folklore/folklorists, 88–97
American Institute of Architects, 267
The Americanization
of Benjamin Franklin (Wood), review essay, 177, 184–89
American Legion, 78
American Philosophical Society, 142
American Protective League, 40, 41, 68, 69
American Revolution: British supporters of, book on, 323–25;
and John Dickinson, 233–62; literature of, Thomas Paine and, book on, 322–23;
naval documents from, book on, 108–9; Phila. in, books on, 111–13, 448–49
American
America’s Joan of Arc: The Life of
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson,
by Gallman, rev., 328–29
“An Act Amending Penal Laws of This State” (PA 1786), 175
Anglicization, of criminal law, rev., 445
antebellum period, bourgeois culture and youth in,
book on, 113–14
anthracite miners. See coal miners/mining
antiwar/anticonscription activists, World War I, 33–80; circulars
( See circulars, antiwar/anticonscription)
APL (American Protective League), 40, 41, 68, 69
Appleby Manor (land grant awarded to Lt. Col. John
Armstrong), 28
archaeology, Lenape sites,
362
architecture: colonial, 263–306; of early Republic in
Delaware Valley, book on, 216–17; English, in seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries, 263–306 (See also Pennsbury Manor)
Archive of Folk Song (Library of Congress), 92–94, 93
(photo)
Arch Street, Phila., and military recruitment, 39, 41–42
Arch Street Theater, Phila., 39, 48, 53
Armstrong, Alan W. (historian), 140
Armstrong, Lt. Col. John, and raid at Kittanning, PA, 5–32;
during, 19–21; preceding campaign and, 7–19, 26; victory, in question, 5, 6–8,
21–28, 30–32
Armstrong, Lt. Edward (brother of Lt. Col. John Armstrong),
16–17, 19
Armstrong, Robert (frontiersman), 29
art/arts: catalogue of
Articles of Confederation (1776),
artists: in Northern Liberties area, Phila., gentrification and, 431; Thomas Eakins,
books on, 220–21
Ashmead, Henry Graham (writer), 152, 166
Asian community, in Phila. (1982–2007), 397–98
Asociación Puertorroqueños
en Marcha, 435–36
“Assert Your Rights” (anticonscription
circular), 51–52, 65
assimilation, of native Americans, Charles Albert
Bender and, book on, 217–18
associational life, in Phila.,
history of, 370–71
Atlantic Monthly
(periodical), 35
Atlee, William Augustus (Pennsylvania Supreme Court
justice), 163, 168
At Work in Penn’s Woods: The
Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania, by Speakman, rev., 449–50
AUAM (American
Aubrey, William (brother-in-law to William Penn, Jr.), 303
Auchwick plantation (PA), 26
Avenue of the Arts, Phila., 424–25
B
Bacon, Edmund, 418, 420
Bacon, Francis, 130–31, 143, 145
Bacon’s Castle (
Baer, Elizabeth (Socialist Party member), 64–67; United
States v., 74
Bailey, James, book rev. by, 448–49
Baird, John A., Jr., book rev. by, 329–30
Baker, John (adviser to Lt. Col. John Armstrong), 19, 23
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Phila., 41, 50–51
Baltimore, Lord, 275
Baltzell, E. Digby
(writer), 234
Barclay, Robert (Quaker), 244
Barkley, Charles (basketball player), 426
Barr, Daniel P., “Victory at Kittanning? Reevaluating the
Impact of Armstrong’s Raid on the Seven Years’ War in
Barra Foundation, and
Bartlett, Charles E. (PA asst. district attorney), 66
Barton, Rev. Thomas, 32
Bartram, John, (1699–1777), 127–30, 133–35,
138–45; as “King’s Botanist,” 138, 141, 142
baseball: Charles Albert Bender, book on, 217–18;
in postindustrial Phila. (1982–2007), 426
basketball, in postindustrial Phila.
(1982–2007), 426
Bauman, John F., Before Renaissance: Planning in
Bear Tavern, Phila., 310
Beer Drivers
Before Renaissance: Planning in
Bella Vista, Phila., gentrification of, 428
Belton House (
Bender, Charles Albert, book on, 217–18
Benezet, Anthony (Quaker schoolmaster and
abolitionist), 312
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Isaacson), review essay, 177, 189–93
“Benjamin Franklin at 300: The Show Goes On: A Review of the
Reviews,” by Michael Zuckerman (review essay), 177–207
Benjamin Franklin
(Morgan), review essay, 177, 182–84
Benjamin Franklin’s Printing Network: Disseminating Virtue
in Early America,
by Frasca, rev., 212–13
bias, Phila. police
and, 440
Biddle, Charles (Vice Pres., Supreme Executive Council),
150, 169, 172
Biles House, Phila., 269
biographical dictionary, of Pennsylvania Assembly
(1757–1775), book on, 319–20
biographies: of founding fathers, 354; of
less-than-famous Philadelphians, 353; of notable Philadelphians, 350
Black, Brian C., book rev. by, 333–35
Blackstone, Sir William (eighteenth-century legal
commentator), 72–73
Blackstone common law, 72–73
Blackwell, John, Jr. (1624–1701), at Pennsbury
Manor, 276
Blanket Hill,
Bobb, Lois Given, 377
BOI (Bureau of Investigation), 40, 64
botanists (1727–77), 127–47; commercialism and,
134–43; defined, 127n; experimentation and, 131–34; Old/New World
cooperation between, 135–47; preeminent group, 129
Botkin, Benjamin (folklorist), 94–95
Boudreau, George W.: book rev. by, 325–26; “Solving the
Mystery of the Junto’s Missing Member: John Jones,
Shoemaker,” 307–17
Bouquet, Col. Henry, 30
Boy’s Industrial Association, 88
Braddock, Gen. Edward, PA frontier defeat and, 8, 11, 24
Bradford, William, IV (1755–95), prosecutes Elizabeth
Wilson, 163, 166, 167
Brandeis, Louis D. (U.S. Supreme Court justice), 75, 76–77,
79
Brewerytown, Phila., 59
Brewery Workers’
Brientnal, Joseph (Junto
member), 307, 314, 315
British colonists, and victory at
British Supporters of the American Revolution, 1775–1783:
The Role of the “Middling-level” Activists, by Cohen, rev., 323–25
Broad Street Theater, Phila., as antiwar meeting place, 37, 38–39
Broder, Sherry (historian), 361
Bronner, Edwin, 355
Brunskill, R. W. (architectural historian), 287–88
Buchanon, Robert (Indian trader), 17
budget deficit, Phila.
1991, 412
Burck, Lawrence (white trader), 22
Burd, Capt. James, 16, 29
Burd, Edward (court clerk), 168
Bureau of Investigation, 40, 64
Burleson, Albert (postmaster general), 52, 61
business history, 367–68
C
Cadbury, Henry, 355
Cadzow, Dr. Donald
(archaeologist), 265, 266, 266 (illus.)
Calvert, Jane E., “
Carter, Edward C., 2nd (historian), 373
casinos, in Phila.,
416
Castille, Ronald D. (Phila.
District Attorney), 412
catalogues, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts: 200 Years of Excellence,
218–20
Catesby, Mark (1682–1749), 129, 130, 135–36,
139, 142, 145; Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands,
136–37, 142
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps), book on, 449–50
CCD (Center City District), 420
CDCs (Community Development Corporations), 433
Center City, Phila., 395, 402;
development of, 416–20; failed construction projects in, 425; gentrification of
areas around, 428–32; Goode’s support for, 406–7; homeless people in, 434;
President’s House excavations and, 420–21; Rendell’s and, 412; uncertain future
of, 421–22
Center City District, 420
Central Federated Union, 47
Central Philadelphia Development Corporation, 423
Central Powers, 33
Chaplin, Joyce E., rev. by, 213–14
Charles I (King of
Chester/Chester County, PA, Elizabeth Wilson’s trial in,
149, 153, 157, 159, 162, 163, 169, 172, 173
Chestnut Street, Phila., as first Wall Street, book on, 111–13
Chew, Sam (naturalist), 139
“Chief” Bender, book on, 217–18
circulars, antiwar/anticonscription,
46, 47, 51–53, 65; Tageblatt, 33–34,
55, 56–72; United States v. Schenck
et al., 72–74
city governance, in postindustrial Phila.
(1982–2007), 404–16
Civilian Conservation Corps, book on, 449–50
civil liberties: organization, formal, 78–79;
repressed period, 77–80; wartime Phila., 33–80
Civil Liberties Bureau. See American Civil Liberties
Clark, Champ (house speaker), 73
Clarke, John H. (U.S. Supreme Court justice), 76
Clayton, Constance (Phila. schools
superintendent), 440–41
Cleary, James J. (1888–1974), papers of, 105–6
Clef Club, Phila., 423
Clement, Priscilla F. (historian), 365
coal miners/mining, 81–82; William “Bill” Keating and, 83–87, 83
(photo); songs and singing by, 84–97, 84 (illus.),
86 (illus.), 90n
Cohen, Sheldon S., British Supporters of the American
Revolution, 1775–1783: The Role of the “Middling-level” Activists, rev.,
323–25
Colden, Cadwallader
(1688–1776), 129, 130, 132–34, 138, 141, 142
Cold war, Harry Davenport and, book on, 114–16
Coleman, William (Junto member),
31, 308
Coleshill (England), 287
collections: at Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
103–6, 360; manuscripts and rare books, 351–52; merchant accounts, 351; women’s
history and, 360
Collinson, Michael (son of Peter), 127, 130
Collinson, Peter (1694–1768, merchant and
naturalist/botanist), 127, 129, 130, 132, 134–45
Columbia College (NY city), 88
Committee on Public Information (Wilson admin. propaganda
agency), 63
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 46–47, 265
Community Development Corporations, 433
concealment statute, 164–69, 167n, 173–75
Congressional Record, 73
Conn, Steven, Metropolitan Philadelphia: Living with the
Presence of the Past, rev.,
335–36
conscription law. See Selective Draft Act
conservation, of American wilderness, book on, 333–35
Constitutional Convention, 234
Continental Army, at Battle of Brandywine, book on, 448–49
Continental Congresses (First and Second), 234
Coolidge, President Calvin, 79–80
Cope, Thomas (diarist), 299, 306
CoreStates Arena, Phila., 427
Cornbury, Lord Edward and Lady Catherine (NY
governor and wife), 303
corruption: among Phila. police, 439–40; FBI investigates Street and associates,
414–15; within Phila. city
agencies, 436; Philadelphia Daily News exposes (1999), 403
Cortelyou, James F. (chief post office inspector),
60
Cotter, John L. (archaeologist), 362
Court of Bucks County, 272
Cramp Shipyard, Phila., 41, 50
Crawford, Michael J., et al., eds., Naval Documents of
the American Revolution. Vol. 11, American Theater: January 1, 1778–March
31, 1778. European Theater: January 1, 1778–March 31, 1778, rev., 108–9
Cresap, Thomas (noted frontiersman), 31
Cressona Ordinance Plant, 94
Cridland, Robert B. (landscape architect), 269,
270
crime. See also murder: in early PA
(1682–1800), book on, 445–46; Phila. schools and, 443; and punishment debate (eighteenth
century), 149–76; Street’s initiatives against, in Phila.,
438–39
criminal anarchy laws, 77
criminal syndicalism laws, 77
Criss-Cross House (New Kent County), 288
Cross Keys Inn, Phila., 160, 161, 169, 171
Crozier House (at Pennsbury
Manor), 285, 306
Crucible of War
(Anderson), 5–6, 6n
cultural history, 368–70
Cumberland, MD, 11
Cumberland County, PA, 16, 18, 24, 25, 29; forts, 19
Custis, John (1678–1745), 129, 137, 145
D
Darkow, Martin (Tageblatt
managing editor), 58, 60, 61, 67, 70–71, 72;
Davenport, Harry J. (1902–77), biography of, 114–16
Davenport, Jonas (trader), 9
Davis, Allen F. (historian), 357
Debs, Eugene V. (Socialist Party leader), 36, 75; United
States v., 75
Declaration for Taking Up Arms
(1775), 234, 256–57
Declaration of Independence, 48, 233, 234, 235, 238, 258,
259, 260, 262
A Declaration on the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms
(1775), 256–57
Delaware County Republican (newspaper), 151, 151n
Delaware (Lenni
Lenape) Indians. See also Lenape Indians:
and Armstrong's raid on Kittaning, 5–32; and Quaker
settlement, book on, 209–10
Delaware militia, 234, 237
Delaware River, 271
Delaware Valley, PA, 267, 295; in early Republic, book on,
216–17
The Delaware
Valley in the Early Republic: Architecture, Landscape, and Regional Identity, by Lanier, rev., 216–17
demographic studies, in Phila.,
359–60; emerging areas of study, 374
Demokrat (Phila. German-language
newspaper), 59
Denny, Gov. William, 15
Department of Justice, 33–80; Espionage Act cases, 72–77; Tageblatt defendants and, 56–72
Deshong, Joseph (alias), 169, 170, 171, 174n
Detweiler, Susan Gray (historian), in roundtable
discussion of Philadelphia: A 300-Year History, 377–94, 380 (photo)
Diaz, Nelson A. (1947–), papers of, 106
Dickinson, John (1732–1808), 233–62; achievements of, 234;
independence vote and, 258–62; Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania
(1767–68), 234–35, 241–55; pacifism without passivity and, 248–54; political
ideologies of, 235–37; Quakerism and, 237–62, 238n, 261n
Dickinson, Oliver B. (judge), 67
Dickson, Anna Elizabeth, book on, 328–29
Dinwiddie, Robert (VA governor), 31
The Discovery of the Asylum: Social Order and Disorder in
the New Republic
(Rothman), 365
Dixon, David, Never Come to Peace Again: Pontiac's
Uprising and the Fate of the British Empire in North America, rev., 107–8
Doctor John (Delaware Indian), 22–23
documentary projects, multivolume, 352–53
Doig, Lesley, book rev. by, 323–25
“Donald Cadzow
Excavations at Pennsbury 1934,” 266 (illus.)
double-pile house form, 284, 287
“Down, Down, Down” (musical score and lyrics), 85–87, 86 (illus.), 89, 90n, 91–95, 91n
Dr. Franklin’s Medicine, by Finger, rev., 213–14
draft/draft-resistance campaigns, 43–56, 68–70
Dranoff, Carl, 428
Drexel University, neighborhood renewal and, 433
Drinker, Elizabeth (diarist), 150
“The Driver Boys of Wadesville Shaft”
(musical score and lyrics), 84, 84 (illus.)
Dudden, Arthur P. (historian), in roundtable
discussion of Philadelphia: A 300-Year History, 377–94, 380 (photo)
Dunn, Mary Maples (historian), 354; in roundtable discussion
on Philadelphia: A 300-Year History, 377–94, 380 (photo)
Dunn, Richard S. (historian), 350, 354, 373
Durschlag, Richard, book rev. by, 107–8
Dymond, Jonathan (Quaker political theorist),
256, 260
E
Eakins, Thomas, books on, 220–21
Eakins Revealed: The Secret Life of an American
Artist, by Adams, rev.,
220–21
Early American Architecture (Morrison), 363
Earthlink Corporation, 415
East Bradford, PA, 157, 161, 163
Eastern European immigrants, in Phila.
(1982–2007), 397
East Marlborough, PA, 153, 157, 161, 163
An East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia, in the
Province of Pennsylvania (Scull), 309, 309 (illus.)
economic development, in postindustrial Phila. (1982–2007), 396–404
economic history, of Phila.,
367–68; emerging areas of study, 374
“Economic Roundtable,” W. Wilson Goode and, 406–7
Eddystone Ammunition Corporation: explosions at
(April 10, 1917), 39–40; files draft exemption, 50–51
Edison Schools, 442
editing, historical, 352–53
Edwin Forrest Home, records of (1792–1990), 103–4
Egan, John, 406
Egan, Joseph M., as Phila. mayoral candidate (1991), 412
Elections in
Elegy, &c. Fair daughters of
Eliot, Jared (1685–1763), 143
The Emergence of the Middle Class: Social Experience in the
Emergency Peace Federation, 37
employment, in Phila.
(1982–2007), 401–2, 401 (table); and unemployment rates, 404
Empowerment Zones, 433; areas covered by, 403n;
corruption and mismanagement in (1999), 403; established (1994), 402;
gentrification and, 432; urban revitalization and, 433
The English
Gardener (Meager), 293
Enlightenment Creed, naturalists and botanists (1727–77),
127–47
entertainment, in postindustrial Phila.
(1982–2007), 423–28
environment, John Saylor and, book on, 333–35
EPF (Emergency Peace Federation), 37
ephemeral materials, of PA German/Dutch, history
of, book on, 214–15
Ephrata Cloister, 269
Erving, Julius (basketball player), 426
Espionage Act (1917), 33–80; Tageblatt
defendants, 56–72, 75–77, 79, 80; U.S. Supreme Court cases, 72–77, 79–80
An Essay
on the Constitutional Power of Great-Britain (1774), (
ethnicity, Phila. population distribution by (2000), 397–98 (maps), 399
(table)
European colonization (1800s), and Delaware Indians, 5–32
Evans, Nathaniel, 312
Evans, Thomas (colonist), 22
Evening Bulletin
(Phila. newspaper), 37, 38, 44, 45, 49, 51, 52, 62–63
Exeter Quakers, on eighteenth-century frontier (
exhibitions: Legacy in Light, 372; miners’
lunchboxes, 99–101, 100 (photo); at
experimentalism and natural history, 130–34
F
Fabius Letters (Dickinson), 234
Fahrner, Gail H. (historian), in roundtable
discussion on
Fairhill (Norris estate), 294–95
A Faithful
Narrative of Elizabeth Wilson; Who was Executed at
Farley, Kyle, book rev. by, 110–11
Faulkner, Daniel (murder victim), 439
FBI. See Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 40; investigates
Federal Convention, 237
Finger,
Finney, Charles (John Jones’ father-in-law), 312
Finney, Rebecca, 311
First Petition to the King (1774), 234
The First
Wall Street:
Fleeson, Elder (Baptist preacher), 152, 162–63,
169
Flower, Milton E., (biographer), 233–35
The Flower
Garden (Hugh), 293
Fogleman, Aaron (historian), 357
folklife, American, guide for studying, book on,
214–15
folklore/folklorists, American, 88–97
football, in postindustrial Phila.
(1982–2007), 426
Forbes, Gen. John, 25–27, 30
Foster, Joseph S., ed., Lawmaking and Legislators in
Fothergill, John (1712–80), 129, 145–46
Fox, George (Quaker leader), 300
France/French, 87; and
Franch, John, Robber Baron: The Life of
Charles Tyson Yerkes, rev., 329–30
Franklin, Benjamin, 14–15, 28; biographies of, 354; and
eighteenth-century medicine, book on, 213–14; and the Junto,
307–17; Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges (1701), and, 242; as printer, book
on, 212–13; review (of reviews) essay, 177–207; as Supreme Executive Council
president, 171
Frankstown Path, 19
Frasca, Ralph, Benjamin Franklin's Printing
Network: Disseminating Virtue in Early
Freedom Theater, Phila., 425
freemasons,
free speech, First Amendment rights in World War I Phila. and, 34–38, 45, 72–77
French Creek, 9
French-Delaware accord, 13
The French
Gardiner; Instructing How to Cultivate All Sorts of Fruit-Trees, and
Herbs for the Garden, Translated into English by J[ohn]
E[velyn] (Bonnefons),
293
Frohwerk v.
frontier history: conflict with Delaware Indians,
5–32; Whiskey Rebellion, book on, 326–28
Frost, J. William
G
Gallman, J. Matthew, America’s Joan of Arc: The Life of Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, rev., 328–29
Gallman, Matthew (historian), 356
Galloway, Joseph, and
Games, Alison (historian), 357
Garbarino, Frank L. (Special Agent, Dept. of
Justice), 60
Garden, Alexander (1730–91), 129, 141, 144
The Garden
of Eden, or An Accurate Description of all
Flowers and Fruits Now Growing in
Garfinkel, Susan, book rev. by, 216–17
Geffen, Elizabeth M. (historian), 348, 365
Geiger, Roger, L., book rev. by, 330–31
gender, and power, in Phila.
(1730–1830), book on, 446–48
gentrification, in postindustrial Phila.
(1982–2007), 428–32; social costs of, 431–32
George II (King of
Germans, in World War I Phila.,
33–80; and declaration of war with Germany, 37, 38, 39; Espionage Act cases
and, 72–77; Tageblatt (German-language
newspaper) and, 33–34, 55–72, 75–77; U-Boat attacks and, 36–38
Gibbons, Henry J. (American Civil Liberties Bureau member),
55, 73
Gibbons, William (sheriff), 172
Gibson, Hugh (captive), 22
Gilje, Paul A., book rev. by, 108–9
Gimbel Brothers department store, Phila.,
421–22
Gimber, Steven, book rev. by, 209–10
Gitlow v.
Glen Dower Breaker Mine (Mt. Pleasant, PA), 84
globalization, and manufacturing decline in Phila. (1982–2007), 400
Godfrey, Thomas (Junto member),
307, 313
Goode,
Gordon, Ann D., book rev. by, 328–29
Gordon, Sarah, book revs. by,
220–21
Governor’s Palace (
Grace, Robert, (Junto member),
308, 310, 314, 315, 316, 317
Grant, Maj. James, 25
Gray, William A. (defense attorney), 67, 71
Gray’s Ferry, Phila. racial strife in, 407
Greater Philadelphia First Corporation, 406
A Great
Improvisation:
Great War. See World War I
Green, William J., III, as mayor of Phila.
(1980–84), 396, 404; administration of, 405
Green Republican: John Saylor and the Preservation of
America’s Wilderness,
by Smith, rev., 333–35
Greenspring House (VA), 288
Gregory, Thomas Watt (attorney general), 68
Griswold, Ralph (landscape architect), 270
Groghan,
Gronovius, J. F. (1690–1762), 133
Guenther, Karen: book rev. by, 217–18; “Rememb’ring our Time and Work is the Lords”: The
Experiences of Quakers on the Eighteenth-Century
H
Haas, J. Craig, book rev. by, 450–52
Hadley’s Quadrant, 307, 313
Hajek, V. A. (Department of Justice agent),
57–58
Hall, Ves (antiwar activist), 36
Haller, Mark H. (historian), 357
Hamilton, Alexander, and Whiskey Rebellion, book on, 326–28
Hamilton, Duke of, 302
Harding, President Warren G., 79
Harper, Steven C. (historian), 362
Harper, Steven Craig, Promised Land: Penn’s Holy
Experiment, The Walking Purchase, and the
Dispossession of
Harrison, James (Quaker supervisor/steward of Pennsbury Manor), 272–73, 275, 282, 286, 289, 290, 295, 297
Harry, Tom, and Father Rice: Accusation and Betrayal in
America’s Cold War, by Hoerr, rev., 114–16
Headquarters Company, 316th
Hershberg, Theodore, 358
Hessinger, Rodney, Seduced, Abandoned, and Reborn:
Visions of Youth in Middle-Class
Higgins, William J. (Socialist Party member), 64, 66
High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Phila.,
relocation of, 423–24
High Street, Phila., 267
Hilan, Thomas (detective), 48
Hill, Samuel and Anne (Quakers), 153–54
Hilty, James W., book rev. by, 117–18
Hispanic communities: in Phila.
(1982–2007), 398–99; in Phila., unemployment among (1982–2007), 404
historians. See also individually named
historians: and practice of history (1890–1970), book on, 117–18; public
roles of (1890–1970), book on, 117–18; women as, 360
Historians in Public: The Practice of American History, 1890–1970, by Tyrell, rev., 117–18
Historia Plantarum (Ray), 132
historical editing, 352–53
historical publications, 350; institutional funding
for, 352; multivolume documentary projects, 352–53; from university presses,
352
Historical Society of
Historic Landmarks for Living (architectural preservation
firm), 428, 429–30
Historic Philadelphia, Inc., 425
history: American, practice of (1890–1970), book
on, 117–18; research and writings about Phila.,
347–75; roundtable discussion of
History of
history writing, in the early republic, book on,
110–11
Hockley, Richard (Penn family’s receiver general), 305
Hoerr, John, Harry, Tom, and Father Rice:
Accusation and Betrayal in
Hoffman, John N. (curator), 97–99
Hogeland, William, The
Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier
Rebels Who Challenged
Hogg, Lt. James, 19, 21
Hollenbush, Dorothy Kuhl
(second wife of “Bill” Keating), 96
Holme[s], Gen. Thomas
(surveyor), Pennsbury Manor and, 271, 275, 280 (illus.)
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, and First Amendment in World War I Phila.,
35, 74, 75–76, 79
homelessness, in postindustrial Phila.
(1982–2007), 433–34; housing voucher program and, 438; provision of shelters,
434–35
Hood, Adrienne, 373
Hoopes, William, at Elizabeth Wilson’s trial,
163, 167
Hope Lodge (1740s Phila. house),
268
Horle, Craig W., ed., Lawmaking and
Legislators in
Hornbeck, David (Phila. schools
superintendent), 441
Horse-and-Buggy Mennonites: Hoofbeats
of Humility in a Postmodern World,
by Kraybill and Hurd, rev.,
450–52
Hosmer, Charles B., Jr. (writer), 263
hotel construction, in Phila.,
418
household income, in Phila.
(1982–2007), 396
Housing and Urban Development, department of: addressing
homeless problem, 434–35; Renewal Communities and, 402
housing boom, during Street administration,
415–16
housing stock, vacancy in, 435, 436
HSP. See Historical Society of
HUD. See Housing and Urban Development, department of
Hurd, James P., Horse-and-Buggy Mennonites: Hoofbeats of Humility in a Postmodern World, with Kraybill,
rev., 450–52
I
I. Redman (brick-making company), 291
ice hockey, in postindustrial Phila.
(1982–2007), 426
iconographic history, of Phila.,
371; media studies and, 371–72
“I Hear the Wild Geese Calling” (Keating poem), 95
Immigration Acts (1918, 1921, 1924), 78
immigration history, of Phila.,
355–58; 1982–2007, 397–99; emerging areas of study, 374–75
Independence Hall, patriotic rally, 37
Indian Head Tavern (Junto meeting
place), 310
Industry in Art:
infanticide, trial of Elizabeth Wilson for, 149–76
Inquirer. See
institutional life, in Phila.,
history of, 370–71
Iroquois/Iroquois League, 11, 26
Italians, in World War I Phila., 50, 78
J
Jackson, John and Jane (parents of Elizabeth Jackson [
Jackson, Mary (widowed stepmother of Elizabeth Jackson [
Jacobs, Capt. [Tewea/Pokety] (
Jacobson, David L.
(writer), 235
Jahn, Helmut, 418
James II (King of England): Italianate and Roman Catholic
court of, 264; William Penn supporter, 276
Jay, John (founding father ), 256
Jefferson, Thomas, 237, 256–57
Jekyll, Gertrude
(British garden designer), 271
Jensen, Joan (historian), 361
Jewish Legion, 88
John F. Kennedy Stadium, Phila., demolition and
redevelopment of, 426–27
Jones, John, Jr. (son of John), 311, 312, 316
Jones, John (shoemaker and mystery Junto
member), 307–17
Jones, Rufus, 355
Junto, 307–17; accounts of, 309–17, 309 (illus.); membership of, 307–8
Justice Department. See Department of Justice
K
Kalendarium Hortense (Evelyn), 293
Kane, Francis Fisher (
Karmel, James R., book rev. by, 111–13
Kashatus, William C., Money Pitcher: Chief
Bender and the Tragedy of Indian Assimilation, rev., 217–18
Katz, Harold (sports team owner), 426
Katz, Sam (financial consultant): mayoral campaign of 1991
and, 412; mayoral campaign of 2003 and, 414
Keating, Estella (daughter of William “Bill”), 87
Keating, Kazia (sister of William “Bill”),
85
Keating, Russell [William] (son of William “Bill”), 85, 97,
98
Keating, William “Bill,” 81–101; alcohol/alcoholism and,
85–87, 88, 91–92; army life and, 87; composer, 84 (illus.), 84n, 85–87, 86 (illus.); family, 85, 87, 96; gardener, 96, 96 (photo); Great
Depression and, 87; historical memory and, 97–101, 100 (photo); miner, 81, 82,
83–87; miner's pants, 83 (photo); minstrel, 88–97; poet, 94–95, 95 (photo);
Veterans Administration hospital and, 96–97
Keating, William (father of William “Bill”), 85
Kensington, Phila., 59
Keystone Innovation Zones, 403, 403n; urban
revitalization and, 433
Keystone Opportunity Zones, 402–3, 403n
Kimball, Fiske (writer), 263
King, Thomas (landowner), 272, 273, 285
King, William (
The King’s
Three Faces: The Rise and Fall of Royal
Kirkpatrick, Sidney D., The
Revenge of Thomas Eakins, rev., 220–21
Kittanning Trail, 19
Kleinberg, S. J., Widows and Orphans First: The Family
Economy and Social Welfare Policy, 1880–1939, rev., 223–24
Klepp, Susan, Phila. demographic studies by, 359–60
Knollenberg, Bernhard (scholar), 239
knowledge-based services, in Phila.
(1982–2007), 400
Kohler, Henry J. (draftee), 52
Kolb, Nancy (writer), 263
Kornwolf, James D. (writer), 263–64
Korson, George (newspaper reporter and
folklorist), 88–97, 88n, 89 (photo),
93 (photo)
Korson, Rae (wife of George), 92, 94
KOZ (Keystone Opportunity Zones), 402–3, 403n
Kraft, Herbert C. (historian), 362
Kraybill, Donald B., Horse-and-Buggy
Mennonites: Hoofbeats of Humility in a Postmodern
World, with Hurd, rev., 450–52
Kuskuskies (modern
Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard, 403
L
labor history: and Harry J. Davenport, book
on, 114–16; historical coverage of, 366–67
landscape: colonial, 263–306; in
Lane, Roger, historical works by, 363–64
Langford, Paul (historian and writer), 136, 140
Lanier, Gabrielle M., The
Larkin, Edward, Thomas Paine and the Literature of
Revolution, rev., 322–23
Laurie, Bruce (historian), 366
law and lawmaking, in PA, books on: 1682–1800, 445–46; 1757–1775,
319–20
Lawler, Edward, Jr., 420
Lawmaking and Legislators in
leadership, in postindustrial Phila.
(1982–2007), 404–16
Lechleitner, Alvania [Alvina] (wife of William “Bill” Keating), 85, 96
leftist individuals/groups, 33–80
legislators, PA (1757–75), biographical dictionary
of, 319–20
Lemke, Herman, 60, 70, 71, 72;
Lenape Indians. See also
Lenni Lenape
(Leni-Lenápe) Indians. See
Leonard, Thomas, 406
Letort, James (trader), 9
Letters from a Farmer in
“Let Us Not Go Into the Army”
(Lithuanian Socialist circular), 47
Lewis, Col. Andrew, 31
Liberalism, and crime in early PA, book on, 445–46
“
Library Company of
The Life of Benjamin Franklin. Vol 1, Journalist,
1706–1730 (
Lincoln, Abraham, birthplace reconstruction, 265
Lindsey, Jack (curator), 373
Linnaeus, Carolus (1707–78),
132–33, 141
Lippman, Walter (journalist), 35
Lit Brothers department store, Phila., 422
Lithuanian Socialist Federation of
Lockean liberal, 236, 239
Lofty, Mary (wife of John Sacher [Sotcher]), 302, 304, 305
Logan, Deborah (historian), 305–6
Logan, James (secretary in the service of William Penn),
277, 303, 304, 305
“Long Live the Constitution of the United Stated” (Socialist
circular), 46, 51–52, 53
Lowenthal, David (historian), 306
Lowther, ——— (landowner), 274
Loyalhanna, 25
lunchboxes, miners’, 99–101, 100 (photo)
Lynch, Sir Thomas (Jamaican governor), 301
Lynskey, Bill, “Reinventing the First Amendment
in Wartime
Lyons, Clare A., 160, 173, 361; book rev. by, 113–14; Sex
Among the Rabble: An Intimate History of Gender and Power in the Age of
Revolution, Philadelphia, 1730–1830,
rev., 446–48
M
MacLeod, Alexander (Socialist Party member), 53, 65
magnet high schools, in Phila.,
establishment of, 442–43
Maher, Neil M., book rev. by, 449–50
Malone, Moses (basketball player), 426
Manayunk, Phila. area: gentrification of, 431; revitalization of, 425
Mandell, Melissa, 379, 380
Mandowescence (Charles Albert Bender), book on, 217–18
Manges, Frances (historian), 361
Manion, Jennifer, book rev. by, 446–48
The Manner
of Raising, Ordering, and Improving Forrest-Trees (Cook), 293, 294
manufacturing industry, decline in Phila.
(1982–2007), 399–400
Markham, William (first cousin of William Penn), 271
Marxist ideologies, World War I, 33, 42
material culture: of PA German/Dutch, book on,
214–15; studies on, 372–73
“A Matter of Context: Elizabeth Wilson Revisited,” by
Meredith Peterson Tufts, 149–76
Maugridge, William (Junto
member), 308, 317
Maxey, David W., A Portrait of
mayors, in postindustrial Phila.
(1982–2007), 404–16
McConville, Brendan, The
King’s Three Faces: The Rise and Fall of Royal
McDonald, Ellen Shapiro (scholar), 239
McDonald, Forrest (scholar), 239
McGee, ——— (mine boss), 91
McGraw, Tug (baseball player), 426
McKenna, Joseph (U.S. Supreme Court justice), 76
McLarnon, John M., book rev. by, 116–17
McLean, Elizabeth P., “Pennsbury
Manor: Reconstruction and Reality,” with Mark Reinberger, 263–306
McMurtrie, Mary Dorsey (Socialist sympathizer), 53
McNeil, Robert L, Jr., 377, 379
media studies, iconographic history and,
371–72
Medicina Britannica (Short), 128
medicine, in eighteenth century, Benjamin
Franklin and, book on, 213–14
Meehan, Patrick (
Meeting for Sufferings (1676), 240–51
Melvin, Frank W. (lawyer), 266, 267
Mennonites, book on, 450–52
Meranze, Michael, book rev. by, 445–46
Mercer, Capt. Hugh, 20, 21, 22
Meredith, Hugh (Junto member),
308, 310, 314, 315, 316, 317
Messer, Peter C., Stories of
Metropolitan
middle class: and its youth (1780–1850), book
on, 113–14; in Phila., 369–70
Midvale Steel, Phila., 41, 50
military history, studies in, 355
military recruiting, World War I, 38–39, 41–42
Miller, Joseph L. (police officer), 44–45
Miller, Richard G., 379
Miller, Tamara Gaskell, 379; on
“Miner, Minstrel, Memory: Or, Why the Smithsonian Has Bill
Keating’s Pants,” by Eric C. Nystrom, 81–101
miners. See coal miners/mining
minstrels, William “Bill” Keating, 82, 83 (photo),
88–97, 93 (photo), 95 (photo)
Minstrels of the Mine Patch (Korson), 89,
94
Mires, Charlene, “
“The Mollie Macguires” (film), 101
monarchy, and American political culture (1688–1776),
book on, 320–22
Money Pitcher: Chief Bender and the Tragedy of Indian
Assimilation, by Kashatus, rev., 217–18
Moon, Charles Henry (Quaker), 265
Moos, Frank,
moralists, and problems of youth (1780–1850), book
on, 113–14
Morris, Andrew, book rev. by, 223–24
Morris, Gov. Robert Hunter, 18, 29
Mount Laffee Patch (
MOVE incident, W. Wilson Goode and, 407–8, 409 (photo)
Mt. Pleasant, PA, 84
Muller, Edward K., Before Renaissance: Planning in
murder: of Daniel Faulkner (Phila.
policeman), 439; trial of Elizabeth Wilson for, 149–76
Museum of History and Technology (Smithsonian), 97–99; Coal
Hall, 98–99
museums, as social history, 82
Mutiny Act (British Army), 15
Myers. Dr. Albert Cook (historian), 265–67
N
Nash, Gary B., “Clio’s Cornucopia: The Last Quarter Century
of Historical Scholarship on
National Civil Liberties Bureau of the American
National Endowment for the Humanities, 352
National Folk Festival, 90, 91
National Guard, of PA, 37, 38
National Historical Publications, 352
National
National Park Service, 263, 267
Native Americans, 78; assimilation of, Charles Albert Bender
and, book on, 217–18; and British Empire in North America (mid-1700s), book on,
107–8; historical coverage of, 349–50, 362; Indian Councils, Pennsbury Manor, 299
Natural History of
naturalists (1727–77), 127–47; commercialism and,
134–42; defined, 127n, 129–30; experimentalism and, 130–34; God/religion
and, 131, 134, 144–47; Old/New World cooperation between, 135–47
Naval Coast Defense Reserve, 38
naval documents, from American Revolution,
book on, 108–9
Naval Documents of the American
Revolution. Vol.
11, American Theater: January 1, 1778–March 31, 1778. European Theater:
January 1, 1778–March 31, 1778,
by Crawford, et al., eds., rev., 108–9
NCLB (No Child Left Behind) Act (2002), 443
neighborhoods, in postindustrial Phila.
(1982–2007): effects of gentrification on, 431–32; reclaiming, 433–40
Neighborhood Transformation Initiative, 414, 436–37
Nelson, Henry John (Socialist Party attorney), 46–47, 54–55,
58, 64, 66, 67, 73
Never Come to Peace Again: Pontiac’s Uprising and the Fate
of the British Empire in North America,
by
New Atlantis (Bacon), 130, 131, 145
New Garden Monthly Meeting, Elizabeth Wilson at, 154, 155,
157
New Immigrants Initiative, 375
New Kirk Tunnel (anthracite mine), 92
“Newly Available and Processed Collections at The Historical Society of
Newman, Paul Douglas, book rev. by, 326–28
Newman, Simon P. (historian)
New Manayunk Corporation, 431
Nicholas (Pennsbury Manor
gardener), 295
Nicholas Scull Field Notes, 1737–38, 309 (illus.)
Nichols, Roy F., 377, 379
NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health), funding PSHP,
358, 359
Nineteenth-Century Photography in
No Child Left Behind Act (2002), 443
Norris, Isaac (friend of William Penn), 294
Northern Liberties, Phila., 59; gentrification of, 431
NTI (Neighborhood Transformation Initiative), 414, 436–37
Nystrom, Eric, “Miner, Minstrel, Memory: Or, Why the
Smithsonian Has Bill Keating’s Pants,” by Eric C. Nystrom, 81–101
O
Oak Hill Shaft. See “Down, Down, Down” (musical
score and lyrics)
Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson,
Oberstadt,
O'Brian, John Lord (War Emergency Division head), 69
“October on
Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD), 433,
435–36
Ohesson (Delaware-Shawnee village), 17
Okie, Richardson Brognard (1875–1945,
architect), 267–71, 278, 282–85
Old/New World cooperation (British and Colonial), 135–47
Old Order Mennonites, book on, 450–52
Olive Branch Petition (1775), John Dickinson and, 234, 256,
257
Olney, Phila., 59
orphans, and social welfare policy (1880–1939),
book on, 223–24
The Other
P
pacifism without passivity, and John Dickinson,
248–54
“Pacifists’ Special” (antiwar activist train), 37
Paine, Thomas, 237; and revolutionary literature, book on,
322–23
Palmer, Alexander Mitchell (attorney general), 80
Panken, Jacob (chair, Workmen’s Council), 48
Parrington, Michael (archaeologist), 362
Parsons, William (Junto member),
308, 314, 315, 316, 317
Passarello, Louis M. (draftee), 52
Patterson, Edith (Pottsville Public Library librarian), 88,
93, 94, 97
peace faction, after raid on Kittanning: Shingas and, 26–27; Tamaqua and, 6, 26, 27, 31–32
Pemberton, Phineas (court clerk),
272, 284
Pencak, William, book rev. by, 319–20
“Penman of the Revolution,”
Penn, Gulielma (wife of William),
277
Penn, Hannah Callowhill (second
wife of William), 277, 286, 301, 302, 305
Penn, John, “the American” (son of Hannah and William), 277,
286
Penn, John (grandson of William), 269
Penn, Letitia (daughter of Gulielma and William Penn), 277, 302
Penn, Thomas (son of Hannah and William), 15, 28, 32, 286,
305
Penn, William, 28, 244, 245, 249, 250, 252; in England,
275–77; family of, 269, 277, 286, 301, 302; “Holy Experiment” of, 209–10, 277;
and Pennsbury Manor ( See Pennsbury
Manor); publications about, 354
Penn, William, Jr. (son of Gulielma
and William), 303–5
Pennington, Isaac (Quaker), 244, 249, 250
Pennsbury Manor, 263–306; architecture and
landscape reconstruction, 265–71, 279n; chronology, 271–78; English
materials and furnishings for, 298–99; as feudal manor, 274, 298–306; as
financial drain, 276–77; holding council with native Americans at, 299; inventories
(1687 and 1701), 283 (table), 285 (illus.),
299; original house, 278–92, 279 (illus.),
280 (illus.), 281n;
original ornamental and agricultural landscape, 292–98; Penn “living in state”
at, 298–306; reconstruction drawings, 279 (illus.), 281n,
285 (illus.); slaves and
servants at, 273–74, 289, 302; Thomas Sears’s
landscape design, 269, 270 (illus.)
“Pennsbury Manor: Reconstruction
and Reality,” by Mark Reinberger and Elizabeth P. McLean, 263–306
Penn’s Creek, and Delaware Indians, 13
Penn’s Landing, Phila., development of, 422
Pennsylvania Archives series, 24
Pennsylvania Assembly, 14, 19, 29, 30, 257; biographical
dictionary of (1757–75), 319–20
Pennsylvania General Services Administration, 267
The Pennsylvania German Broadside: A History and Guide, by Yoder, rev., 214–15
Pennsylvania Regiment (Seven Years’ War), second battalion
at
Pennsylvania State College, women at, book on, 330–31
People’s Council of America for Democracy and Peace, 47–49,
53
Peoples Press
(Socialist Party of Phila.), 55
“The Peoples Press Suppressed by the Post Office,
Help Us in Our Fight, Subscribe Here Now” (sign), 54
Peters, Richard (provincial secretary), 22
Peter Sergeant House (Boston, MA), 287
Peterson, Jon A., book rev. by, 332–33
PHA. See Philadelphia Housing Authority
pharmaceutical industry, in Phila.
(1982–2007), 400
PHC (Pennsylvania Historical Commission), 266, 267, 269, 270
“Philadelphia, 1982–2007: Toward the Postindustrial City,”
by Roger D. Simon and Brian Alnutt, 395–444
Philadelphia: A 300-Year History (ed. Weigley),
377, 394; compilation background, 377–80, 378 (illus.); coverage and authorship, 347–49; and current research
compared, 349–75; editorial on, 345–46; roundtable discussion on, 381–94
Philadelphia: A History of the City and Its People (Oberholtzer),
377
Philadelphia, PA: Center City development in ( See
Center City, Phila.); changing skyline of, 419–20,
419 (photo); demographic studies in, 359–60; gentrification in, 428–32;
historical treatment of, 347–75, 373–75, 377–94; mob marches in, 18; past and
present, book on, 335–36; politics and leadership (1982–2007) in, 404–16;
population and economy (1982–2007) in, 396–404; in postindustrial era (1982–2007),
395–444; reclaiming old neighborhoods (1982–007) in, 433–40; schools (1982–2007)
in, 440–43; sports and arts (1982–2007) in, 423–28; tourism in, 420–21, 425,
427–28
“Philadelphia: The
History of a History,” by Charlene Mires (roundtable discussion), 377–94
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company Wadesville
Shaft (Pottsville, PA), 84
Philadelphia Arts Bank performance space, 423
Philadelphia Bulletin, demise of, 395
The Philadelphia Campaign. Vol. 1, Brandywine and the Fall of Philadelphia, by McGuire, rev., 448–49
Philadelphia Contributionship, 311
Philadelphia Daily News, corruption (1999) exposed by, 403
Philadelphia Eagles (football team), 426
Philadelphia Flyers (ice hockey team), 426
Philadelphia Housing Authority, 433, 436; redevelopment of
old “projects” by, 437–38, 438 (photo)
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, 403
Philadelphia Inquirer (newspaper), 50, 69; on Center City project, 417, 418; on
corruption within city agencies, 436; on homelessness, 434; on housing stock,
436; on publication of Philadelphia: A 300-Year History, 379; on school reform, 441; sports
and, 426; on William G. Rouse III, 416
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Quakers, 311
Philadelphia Museum of Art, exhibitions at, 373; Legacy in
Light, 372
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, closing of (1995), 413
The Philadelphia Negro (DuBois), 363–64
Philadelphia Police Department, 42–48, 54, 55, 64
Philadelphia 76ers (basketball team), 426
Philadelphia Social History Project, 358–59
Philadelphia Socialist Party/Philadelphia
Socialists. See
Socialist Party of Philadelphia
Philadelphia Tageblatt Publishing
Association, 58, 59–60
PhilaPlace project, 375
Philly, John (Pennsbury Manor
foreman), 276
Pisquetomen (Delaware Indian), 10, 26
Pittsburgh, PA: industry depicted in art (1812–1920), book
on, 222–23; urban planning in (1889–1943), book on, 332–33
The Planters
Manual: Being Instructions for the Raising, Planting, and Cultivating All Sorts
of Fruit-Trees (Cotton), 293
police: bias displayed by, 440; corruption
within, 439–40
political culture, monarchical (1688–1776), book
on, 320–22
political history, studies in, 355
politics, in postindustrial Phila.
(1982–2007), 404–16
Ponder, Ben, book rev. by, 322–23
Pontiac’s Uprising, book on, 107–8
population, in postindustrial Phila.
(1982–2007): and decline in 1970s, 395; and economic development, 396–404
A Portrait
of Elizabeth Willing Powel, 1743–1830,
by Maxey, rev., 325–26
Post, Christian Frederick (Forbes’s diplomat), 26–27
postindustrialism, “Philadelphia, 1982–2007: Toward the
Postindustrial City,” 395–444
Potts, Stephen (Junto member),
308, 314, 315, 316, 317
Pottsville, PA, 83, 84, 88, 89, 92, 97
Pottsville Public Library, 92, 93
poverty, historical coverage of, 365–66
Powel, Elizabeth Willing (Mrs. Samuel Powel), book on,
325–26
Powell, J. H. (writer), 236, 239
power, gender and, in Phila.
(1730–1830), book on, 446–48
preservation, of American wilderness, book on, 333–35
President’s House site, 190 High Street, Phila.: Center City
development and, 420–21; update on (editorial), 125–26
Primiano, Leonard Norman, book rev. by, 214–15
Prince Music Theater, Phila., 423
printing, Benjamin Franklin and, book on, 212–13
Progressive Era rationale, 78
Promised Land: Penn's Holy Experiment, The
Walking Purchase, and the Dispossession of Delawares,
1600–1763, by Harper,
rev., 209–10
proprietary faction and Quakers, 28–29
PSHP (Philadelphia Social History Project), 358–59
Public Ledger
(Phila. newspaper), 43, 45, 48, 50, 59, 67
Puseley, [Daniel] (friend of William Aubrey),
303
Q
Quakers, 14, 15, 141, 237–62, 238n, 261n, 265,
272, 273, 275, 276, 298–302, 312; and Delaware (Lenape)
Indians, book on, 209–10; on eighteenth-century frontier (Berks County, PA),
book on, 210–11; judicial practices of, rev., 445; Meeting for Sufferings
(1676), 250–51; peace testimony, 240; Phila. Monthly
Meeting of, 311; proprietary faction and, 28–29; publications about, 354–55;
Elizabeth Wilson and, 153–64, 172
Quary, Col. Robert (admiralty agent), 304–5
Queen Village, Phila., gentrification of, 428
Quinn, Thomas J. (trade union activist), biography of,
114–16
R
race: and household income, in Phila. (1982–2007), 396n; population distribution by, in Phila. (2000), 397–98 (maps), 399 (table)
race relations, in Phila. (1982–2007),
396; decline in confrontations, 411; W. Wilson Goode and, 407
Ragan, Fred D. (historian), 75
rail networks, Center City and, 416–17
Rau, William H., 371
Ray, John (1627–1705), 132
Records Commission, 352
reformers, and problems of youth (1780–1850), book
on, 113–14
regional identity, of Delaware Valley in early republic,
book on, 216–17
Reid, James (Pennsbury gardener),
276, 286
Reinberger, Mark, “Pennsbury
Manor: Reconstruction and Reality,” with Elizabeth P. McLean, 263–306
“Reinventing the First Amendment in Wartime Philadelphia,”
by Bill Lynskey, 33–80
religious history, of Phila.,
emerging areas of study, 374
“Rememb’ring our Time and Work is
the Lords”: The Experiences of Quakers on the Eighteenth-Century Pennsylvania
Frontier, by Guenther, rev.,
210–11
Remer, Rosalind, 354
Remington Arms Company, Phila., 50–51
Rendell, Edward G.: as 1987 mayoral candidate, 410; as 1991
mayoral candidate, 412; and Center City development, 423; as district attorney
of Phila.,
410 (photo); as mayor of Phila. (1992–2000), 404,
412–14; MOVE incident and, 407–8, 409 (photo)
Renewal Communities, HUD-designated, 402
republican, 236, 239
Republican
(Pottsville, PA, newspaper), 88, 97
Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress (1765), 234
restaurants, in postindustrial Phila.
(1982–2007), 423, 425
retail sales, urban vs. suburban, 421–22
The Revenge
of Thomas Eakins, by Kirkpatrick, rev., 220–21
Reynolda (North Carolina garden), 270
Reynolds, Katherine (prominent North Carolinian), 270
Rhoad[e]s, Joseph (landlord), 161, 169
Rice, Fr. Charles Owen (labor priest), biography of, 114–16
Richardson, John (Quaker missionary), 299
Richter, Daniel (historian), 362
Ridge, Gov. Tom, 441–42
Rigal, Laura, 373
Rizzo, Frank: death of, 412; in mayoral campaign of 1987,
410–11; mayor of Phila. (1972–80), 395; primary
defeat (1983) of, 406
Robber Baron: The Life of Charles Tyson Yerkes, by Franch,
rev., 329–30
Roberts, Daniel G. (archaeologist), 362
Roberts, Owen (prosecutor), 70–71
Romantics, 130
Root, Jacob H. (Socialist Party member), 64–66
Roots of Violence in Black Philadelphia, 1860–1900 (Lane), 363
Rosswurm, Steven (historian), 356
Rouse, Willard G., III (developer), 416; and Center City
development, 417–18, 421, 422, 424
Rowe, G. S., Troubled Experiment: Crime and Justice in
Pennsylvania, 1682–1800, with Marietta, rev., 445–46
Rowe, G. S. (historian), 173, 175
Royal College of Physicians, 136
Royal Society of London, 131, 136–38, 140–42
Ruhe, John (draftee), 52
Runaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery, and the
American Revolution
(Waldstreicher), review essay, 177, 193–98
Russia/Russians (Socialists), 44, 58, 78
S
Sacher [Sotcher],
John (Pennsbury Manor overseer), 302, 304, 305
“Safe Streets” project, 415
Salem colony, NJ, 271
Sambor, Gregore (Phila. police commissioner), MOVE incident and, 407–8, 409
(photo)
Saucunk (modern Beaver Falls), 9
Saunders, Richard (curator), 373
Savile, George (writer), 255
Saylor, John (environmentalist/preservationist), book on,
333–35
Schaefer, Peter, 58, 60, 70–72; United States v., 75,
76
Schenck, Charles T. (Socialist Party general
secretary), 52, 53, 64; United States v., 64–67, 72–74, 75, 76, 78
Schmidt, Mike (baseball player), 426
School Reform Commission, 442
schools, in postindustrial Phila.
(1982–2007), 440–43
Schultz, Ronald (historian), 366
Schutt, Amy C. (historian), 362
Schuylkill County, 85, 87, 88
Schuylkill River, William Wilson fords, 152, 172
Scull, Nicholas (Junto
member), 308, 309–17; field notes of, 309 (illus.)
SDP (Social Democratic Party of Germany), 57
Sears, Thomas (landscape architect),
269–71, 294; Pennsbury Manor landscape plan, 270 (illus.)
Seder, Jean (historian), 367
Sedition Act of 1918, 34, 67–68, 75, 79; repealed, 80
Seduced, Abandoned, and Reborn: Visions of Youth in
Middle-Class America, 1780–1850, by Hessinger, rev., 113–14
Sehl, Charles (Socialist Party member), 64–66
Selective Draft Act, 41–43, 46, 47, 49, 52, 61, 73;
draft/draft-resistance campaigns and, 49–56, 68–79
selective service law. See Selective Draft
Act
Semmig, Arthur (Library of Congress sound
engineer), 92, 93 (photo)
service jobs, in Phila.
(1982–2007), 400, 401
Seven Years’ War, impact of Armstrong’s raid at Kittanning
on, 5–32
Sex Among the Rabble: An Intimate
History of Gender and Power in the Age of Revolution,
sexual behavior, in Phila.
(1730–1830), book on, 446–48
Sharp, Hugh (Pennsbury gardener),
302
Sheeran, Michael (historian), 259–60
Shingas (Delaware Indian), 10, 11, 14, 20, 21,
23; peace faction and, 26–27
Shippen, Edward (politician and statesman), 277,
304
shopping, urban vs. suburban, 421–22
Short, Thomas (naturalist and writer), 128
Simon, Roger D., “
Siskind, Peter, book rev. by, 335–36
Sixth Regiment Armory, Phila., 45
Skeen, Milton (policeman), 46
skyline, of Phila
(2007), 419–20, 419 (photo)
“slackers” (draft dodgers), 49–56,
68–70
Slavishak, Edward, book rev. by, 222–23
Sloane, Sir Hans (1660–1753), 129, 136–37, 141, 145
Smith, Billy G. (historian), poverty studies by, 365, 366
Smith, Billy G., Phila. demographic studies by, 359
Smith, Doris (judge), 441
Smith, Maj. Thomas B., 39, 63
Smith, Merrill D. (historian), 361
Smith, Thomas G., Green Republican: John Saylor and the
Preservation of America’s Wilderness,
rev., 333–35
Smithsonian Institution, 81–83, 83 (photo), 88, 97–101, 100
(photo); Main Street Cafe, 99; Taking America to Lunch exhibit/Web site,
99–101, 100 (photo); Working Together exhibit, 99
Smyth, Ralph (Pennsbury gardener),
272
Smyth, William (farm laborer), 274
Snider, Ed (sports team owner), 426
Snyder, Martin P., 371
social class, sexual behavior and (1730–1830),
book on, 446–48
social cost, of gentrification, 431–32
Social Democratic Party of
social history, 368–70; women at Pennsylvania
State College, book on, 330–31
Socialist Party foreign language federations, 47
Socialist Party of
Socialist Party of
social scientists, studies in Phila., 351
social welfare policy, for widows and orphans
(1880–1939), book on, 223–24
Society Hill, Phila., gentrification of, 428
Society of Friends. See Quakers
Soderlund, Jean R., book rev. by, 210–11
Solitude (countryseat), 269
Solms, Steven, 428
“Solving the Mystery of the Junto’s
Missing Member: John Jones, Shoemaker,” by George W. Boudreau, 307–17
“‘So Many Things for His Profit and for His Pleasure’:
British and Colonial Naturalists Respond to an Enlightenment Creed, 1727–1777,”
by Thomas Wirth, 127–47
Sonenklar, Carol, We are a Strong, Articulate
Voice: A History of Women at
Songs and Ballads of the Anthracite Miner (Korson),
88–89, 94
Sontagblatt (German-language Sunday newspaper), 59
South Dakota and civil liberties, 36
sovereignty, American, challenge to, book on, 326–28
Speakman, Joseph M., At Work in Penn’s Woods: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania, rev., 449–50
Spectator Corporation, 426
Spencer-Pierce-Little House (
sports, in postindustrial Phila.
(1982–2007), 426–28
sports arenas, in postindustrial Phila. (1982–2007), 426–27
Sprat, Thomas (man of letters), 131
“spy bill.” See Espionage
Act (1917)
SRC (School Reform Commission), 442
St. Méry de, Moreau, 159
Staates Zeitung (NY
German-language newspaper), 59
Stabile, Susan, 373
Stamp Act, 242, 246–48, 255
Stamp Act Congress, 234
Stancliffe, John (Baptist minister), 150–51,
162–63, 169, 172
Stein, Marc (historian), 361
Stenton (1720s Phila.
house), 268
Stevenson, ——— (Phila.
magistrate), 43–44
Stilson, Joseph V. (Weekly Kova editorial writer), 64;
Stokes, Rose Pastor (antiwar activist), 36
Stories of
Strawbridge and Clothier department store, Phila.,
422
Street, John F.: as City Council president, 413–14;
initiatives against crime, 438–39; and mayoral campaign of 2003, 414–15; as
mayoral candidate (1999), 414; as mayor of Phila.
(2000–8), 404, 414–15
strike, by Phila. public employees (1986), 409–10
Supreme Executive Council, Phila., 149, 150, 168, 169,
171, 172
Susquehanna, PA, 133
Susquehanna River/Region, 8, 10, 16, 21
Systema Agriculturae (Worlidge),
293, 294
Systema Naturae (Linnaeus),
132
T
Tageblatt (Phila. Socialist German-language newspaper),
33–34, 55, 75–77, 79–80; Espionage Act charges against, 56–72
Talbott, Page (curator), 354; book rev. by, 218–20
Tamaqua [the Beaver] (Delaware Indian), and peace faction,
6, 26, 27, 31–32
Tanaghrisson (Seneca Indian), 10–11
tax abatements and credits, for urban revitalization projects,
430, 433
taxation: during Goode’s second mayoral term
(1988–91), 411–12; during Street’s administration, 416
Taylor, Isaac, at Elizabeth Wilson’s trial, 162, 163, 166
Taylor Hall, Phila., 44
Tewea [Capt. Jacobs/Pokety]
(
Thermos Corporation, 99
Thomas, Keith (historian), 146
Thomas Paine and the Literature of Revolution, by Larkin, rev., 322–23
Thompson, J. Whitaker (judge), 65–67
Thomson, Charles (friend of John Dickinson), 256
Tidewater, MD, 285
Tinkcom, Margaret B., 377
Tittel, Peter (trader), 22
Todd, John G. (architect), Pennsbury
Manor and, 265, 278–79
Tolles, Frederick (scholar), 239, 355
Tories, 236, 239
Tose, Leonard (sports team owner), 427
tourism, in Phila.,
420–21; and
Townshend Act, 245, 246, 247
Trading with the Enemy Act, 62, 63
Transcendentalists, 130
Treadway, Jack M., Elections in
Treasury of American Folklore (Botkin),
94–95
Treaty of
Troubled Experiment: Crime and Justice in
Trouillot, Michel-Rolph (philosopher-historian),
360
Tufts, Meredith Peterson, “A Matter of Context: Elizabeth Wilson
Revisited,” 149–76
Turner, Robert (correspondent of William Penn), 276
Tyrell, Ian, Elections in
Tyttenhanger House, 287
U
U-Boats, in World War I, 36–38
UGT (United German Trades), 57
unemployment rates, in Phila.
(1982–2007), 404
United German Trades, 57
United Workers Journal, 88
university presses, 352
Uptown Theater, Phila., 425
urban planning: in
U.S. Attorney’s Office, 46, 52
U.S. Constitution/constitutionality controversy, 33–80;
First Amendment in World War I, 33–80; Ninth Amendment, 52; Thirteenth Amendment,
46
U.S. Marine Corps, as recruiters, 38, 42
U.S. Supreme Court, 34–35; Espionage Act cases, 72–77; First
Amendment defined, 35; United States v. Schenck
et al., 67
V
Vallas, Paul, 442
Vaudreuil, Philippe de (
Vaughn, Joshua, 162, 169
Venango (modern Franklin), 9
Veterans Stadium (the “Vet”), Phila., 427
“Victory at Kittanning? Reevaluating the Impact of Armstrong’s
Raid on the Seven Years’ War in
Vinoly, Rafael, 424
violence. See also crime: and poverty, in Phila.,
365–66
Violent Death in the City: Suicide, Accident, and Murder in
Nineteenth-Century
Vogel, Paul, 58, 60, 70–72;
Volks Zeitung (NY German-language newspaper), 59
W
Wainwright, Nicholas B., 347, 371, 377
Waldstreicher, David, book rev. by, 212–13
Walking Purchase, 12; and PA settlement, book on, 209–10
Wallace, Anthony F. C. (historian), 366
Wall Street, World War I, 36
Walnut, T. Henry (
Wanamacher, Edward H. (Socialist Party member), 53,
65
Wannamaker department store, Phila., 422
Ward, Capt. Edward, 16–17
War Emergency Division (Dept. of Justice), 69–70
Washington, George, and Whiskey Rebellion, book on, 326–28
Watson, John Fanning (historian), 298, 299, 305
We are a Strong, Articulate Voice: A
History of Women at Penn State,
by Sonenklar, rev., 330–31
Weaver, William Woys (writer), 263
Webb [Weeb], George (Junto member), 308, 310, 314
Webster, Daniel, 46
Weekly Kova (journal), 47, 64
Weigley, Emma, in roundtable discussion on
Weigley, Russell F., ed.,
Wenger Mennonites, book on, 450–52
Werner, Louis (Tageblatt
editor-in-chief), 58, 60, 61, 67, 70, 71, 72;
Westcott, Thompson (historian), 298
Whigs, 236, 239, 240, 249, 254
Whiskey Rebellion, frontier rebels and, book on, 326–28
The Whiskey
Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who
Challenged America’s Newfound Sovereignty, by Hogeland, rev., 326–28
White, Joseph, book rev. by, 114–16
White, Lynn, Jr. (historian), 131
Whitney
v.
widows, and social welfare policy (1880–1939),
book on, 223–24
Widows and Orphans First: The Family Economy and Social
Welfare Policy, 1880–1939,
by Kleinberg, rev., 223–24
wilderness, preservation of, book on, 333–35
Wilkinson, John (son of Josiah), 163, 164, 166
Wilkinson, Josiah, at Elizabeth Wilson’s trial, 157, 161,
163, 164, 166, 167, 169, 170
William Dorsey’s
William III (King of
Williamson, Jonathan, at Elizabeth Wilson’s trial, 163
Willing Powel, Elizabeth. See Powel, Elizabeth Willing
(Mrs. Samuel Powel)
Wilson, Elizabeth, 149–76; appeal and execution of, 168–72,
170n, 171n; arrest and arraignment of, 161–62; burial of, 172;
confession of, 172, 174n, 175; family of, 153–57, 159, 161, 163, 164,
169–72, 171n, 174, 174n; news reports about, 150–53; perception
of women and, 150–52, 159–60, 172–76; Quakers disown, 157–59, 163, 163n;
removal certificate of, 154, 154n, 155, 157; trial of, 163–68, 163n,
167n
Wilson, Elizabeth Jackson (mother of
Wilson, Ephraim (brother of
Wilson, John, Jr. (brother of
Wilson, John (father of
Wilson, William (brother of
Wilson, William H. (director of public safety), 37–38
Winn-Ann Manufacturing Company, 94
Wireless
Wirth, Thomas, “‘So Many Things for His Profit and for His
Pleasure’: British and Colonial Naturalists Respond to an Enlightenment Creed,
1727–1777,” 127–47
Wokeck, Marianne (historian), 357
Wolf, Edwin, 2nd, 233, 347, 377
Wolf, Stephanie G. (historian), in roundtable discussion on
Wolfe, Laurie M., ed., Lawmaking and Legislators in
women: as historians, 360; murder by ( See
Wilson,
women’s history: coverage in
Workmen’s Councils, 48, 49
Works Progress Administration, 94
World War I, 87; declaration of war, 37, 38, 39;
draft/draft-resistant campaigns, 38–39, 41–56, 68–70; First Amendment and,
33–80; political dissent leading to, 33–38
Worster, Daniel (naturalist), 129, 129n
WPA (Works Progress Administration), 94
Wright, Robert E., The
First Wall Street:
Wulf, Karin (historian), 361
Wynne, Samuel O. (post office inspector), 52, 53
X
X-Games “extreme sports” tournament (2003), 428
Y
Yerkes, Charles Tyson, book on, 329–30
Yirush, Craig Bryan, book rev. by, 320–22
Yoder, Don, The
Pennsylvania German Broadside: A History and Guide, rev., 214–15
Youngner, Rina C., Industry
in Art:
Young People’s Socialist Society, of Phila., 44–45
youth, in middle-class
Z
Zeigler, Carl C. (architect), 267
Zuckerman, Michael, “Benjamin Franklin at 300: The Show Goes
On: A Review of the Reviews” (review essay), 177–207