ANNALS OF PHILADELPHIA AND PENNSYLVANIA, IN THE OLDEN TIME; BEING A COLLECTION OF MEMOIRS, ANECDOTE AND INCIDENTS OF THE CITY AND ITS INHABITANTS AND THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENTS OF THE INLAND PART OF PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE DAYS OF THE FOUNDERS, TWO VOLUMES

PHILADELPHIA, PA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, 1870 NICE LOOKING TWO BOOKS SET, LIGHT WEAR EDGES AND SPINE, BLUE LEATHER CORNERS AND SPINE. GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE, MARBLING FRONT AND BACK, MARBLING INSIDE FRONT AND BACK. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. INTENDED TO PRESERVE THE RECOLLECTIONS OF OLDEN TIME, AND TO EXHIBIT SOCIETY IN ITS CHANGES AND MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, AND THE CITY AND COUNTRYIN THEIR LOCAL CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS. EMBELLISHED WITH ENGRAVINGS BY T. H. MUMFORD. VOLUME I 609 PAGES, VOLUME II 641 PAGES. GREAT DETAIL. WONDERFUL BOOKS FOR THE HISTORY LOVER. John Fanning Watson (June 13, 1779 - December 23, 1860) was an Philadelphia antiquarian, a chronicler and an historian who became a professional writer. He is best known as the author of Annals of Philadelphia (1830). A bookseller, then a bank cashier by trade, he worked for the Germantown Bank, and Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad. As a young man he began gathering the reminiscences of elderly people, and collected them in the first major history of the city.Annals of Philadelphia was published in 1830, with expanded editions in 1844 (two volumes) and 1857. A third volume by Willis P. Hazard was added in 1879, and the set continued to be published into the early 20th century. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.