Author: Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Category : Dams
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Agreements of June 3, 1819, July 20, 1820, & June 14, 1824, Between the Mayor, Aldermen & Citizens of Philadelphia, and the Schuylkill Navigation Company
Author: Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Category : Dams
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Publisher:
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Category : Dams
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Agreements of June 3, 1819, July 20, 1820, and June 14, 1824, Between the Mayor, Aldermen & Citizens of Philadelphia, and the Schuylkill Navigation Company, Relative to the Water Power, &c., at Fairmount
Author: Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 21
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Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 21
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Lydia Bailey
Author: Karen Nipps
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271062320
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Little known today, Lydia Bailey was a leading printer in Philadelphia for decades. Her career began in 1808—when her husband, Robert, died, leaving her with the family business to manage—and ended in 1861, when she retired at the age of eighty-two. During her career, she operated a shop that at its height had more than forty employees, acted as city printer for over thirty years, and produced almost a thousand imprints bearing her name. Not surprisingly, sources reveal that she was closely associated with many of her now better-known contemporaries both in the book trade and beyond, people like her father-in-law, Francis Bailey; Mathew Carey; Philip Freneau; and Harriet Livermore. Through a detailed examination and analysis of various sources, Karen Nipps portrays Bailey’s experience within the context of her social, political, religious, and book environments. Lydia Bailey is the first monograph on a woman printer during the handpress period. It consists of a historical essay detailing Bailey’s life and analyzing her role in the contemporary book trade, followed by a checklist of her known imprints. In addition, appendixes offer further statistical information on the activities of her shop. Together, these provide rich material for other book historians as well as for historians of the early Republic, gender, and technology.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271062320
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Little known today, Lydia Bailey was a leading printer in Philadelphia for decades. Her career began in 1808—when her husband, Robert, died, leaving her with the family business to manage—and ended in 1861, when she retired at the age of eighty-two. During her career, she operated a shop that at its height had more than forty employees, acted as city printer for over thirty years, and produced almost a thousand imprints bearing her name. Not surprisingly, sources reveal that she was closely associated with many of her now better-known contemporaries both in the book trade and beyond, people like her father-in-law, Francis Bailey; Mathew Carey; Philip Freneau; and Harriet Livermore. Through a detailed examination and analysis of various sources, Karen Nipps portrays Bailey’s experience within the context of her social, political, religious, and book environments. Lydia Bailey is the first monograph on a woman printer during the handpress period. It consists of a historical essay detailing Bailey’s life and analyzing her role in the contemporary book trade, followed by a checklist of her known imprints. In addition, appendixes offer further statistical information on the activities of her shop. Together, these provide rich material for other book historians as well as for historians of the early Republic, gender, and technology.
Ordinances of the City of Philadelphia
Author: Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Annual Report
Author: Philadelphia (Pa.) Bureau of Water
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia
Author: Philadelphia (Pa.). Water Dept
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Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Bureau of Water; a Review of the Year's Work
Author: Philadelphia. Water Bureau
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Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
1887-1907 consist of the mayor's annual message and the annual reports of the Public Works Department and the Water Bureau; 1908-1912, of the Department and Bureau reports.
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Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
1887-1907 consist of the mayor's annual message and the annual reports of the Public Works Department and the Water Bureau; 1908-1912, of the Department and Bureau reports.
Founding Corporate Power in Early National Philadelphia
Author: Andrew M. Schocket
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
During its first heady decades, the United States promised to become a fully democratic society with unprecedented liberty and opportunity. Yet, as political rights spread, a rising elite gained control over the sources of prosperity by means of the institution that has since come to symbolize capitalist America--the corporation. In this study, Andrew M. Schocket analyzes the establishment, growth, and operations of both commercial and municipal corporations in the nation's premier city, Philadelphia. From the 1780s through the 1820s, members of Philadelphia's privileged class formed corporations in order to consolidate their capital and political influence. By controlling regional transportation networks as well as banks and the municipal water supply, they exploited the ambitions of local farmers, artisans, and entrepreneurs who depended upon corporate services. Meanwhile, corporate insiders managed to insulate their decision-making not only from the public but even from the majority of their own stockholders. In short, in this leading commercial city with a reputation for innovation, a corporate aristocracy created a new form of power. At the same time, corporations answered needs that private individuals or partnerships could not--and government, uncertain of its own authority, would not--supply. Resolving the apparent contradiction between the spread of political democracy and the consolidation of economic power, Schocket provocatively argues that corporations helped to generate the relatively diffuse prosperity of the early national period. Though controlled by the few, they offered services that allowed middle-class entrepreneurs to flourish. This mixed legacy has resulted in the continuing ambivalence toward U.S. corporations today.
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
During its first heady decades, the United States promised to become a fully democratic society with unprecedented liberty and opportunity. Yet, as political rights spread, a rising elite gained control over the sources of prosperity by means of the institution that has since come to symbolize capitalist America--the corporation. In this study, Andrew M. Schocket analyzes the establishment, growth, and operations of both commercial and municipal corporations in the nation's premier city, Philadelphia. From the 1780s through the 1820s, members of Philadelphia's privileged class formed corporations in order to consolidate their capital and political influence. By controlling regional transportation networks as well as banks and the municipal water supply, they exploited the ambitions of local farmers, artisans, and entrepreneurs who depended upon corporate services. Meanwhile, corporate insiders managed to insulate their decision-making not only from the public but even from the majority of their own stockholders. In short, in this leading commercial city with a reputation for innovation, a corporate aristocracy created a new form of power. At the same time, corporations answered needs that private individuals or partnerships could not--and government, uncertain of its own authority, would not--supply. Resolving the apparent contradiction between the spread of political democracy and the consolidation of economic power, Schocket provocatively argues that corporations helped to generate the relatively diffuse prosperity of the early national period. Though controlled by the few, they offered services that allowed middle-class entrepreneurs to flourish. This mixed legacy has resulted in the continuing ambivalence toward U.S. corporations today.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 666
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Main part
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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