A Philadelphia Story

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Lori Litchman. A Philadelphia Story

AUTHOR’S NOTE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1. THE “HOLY EXPERIMENT”

Brotherly Love

The Grid System Is Born

Short Stay

CHAPTER 2. TO YOUR HEALTH

Mr. Philadelphia

Med Men

Fever Falls on Philadelphia

Water, Water Everywhere

Medical Milestones

End of an Era, Beginning of a Legacy

CHAPTER 3. LAW & ORDER: COLONIAL INTENT

Revolutionary Nation

Chaos, Then Consolidation

The Philadelphia Lawyer

CHAPTER 4. WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD

Money Changes Everything

Business Boom

Going Places

CHAPTER 5. RAILROAD TO FREEDOM

Quakers: Friend or Foe?

From Slavery to Liberty

Headed for Freedom

An Uneasy Freedom

African Americans in Modern Philadelphia

CHAPTER 6. GREENE COUNTRIE TOWNE

The King’s Botanist

Naturally Speaking: Some Philadelphia Firsts

Sowing Seeds

Hives and Scopes

Wide Open Spaces

CHAPTER 7. CANVASSING THE CITY

Temple of the Arts

Early Artists

Building the City

The Written Word

The Father of Modern Philadelphia

CHAPTER 8. THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA

The Music Bureau

All That Jazz

“Where Things Are Poppin’ the Philadelphia Way”

Sounds of Soul

CHAPTER 9. TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLPARK

America’s Pastime

Pitch Perfect

Racial Barriers

Game Time

Sports Legends

CHAPTER 10. COLD BEER HERE

Good Drink

Good Eats

EPILOGUE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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For my beloved city and all of her children

I was not born here. I came to the city as a teenager when I attended a summer program at the University of Pennsylvania. I was a country bumpkin, having grown up in rural Pennsylvania. The city wooed me instantly with its immediacy of services and amenities, but it was the character of Philadelphia that hooked me. I grew up in a hardscrabble place, and Philadelphia had that same vibe. I could feel the love and work that went into the making of the city. I was head over heels in an instant.

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(Engraving by W. H. Bartlett, published by J. C. Armytage; via Wikimedia Commons, public domain)

The founders and first families also established the standards for law and order for the nation. Before Washington, D.C., Philadelphia was the first capital city of the United States. Lawyers were common among the first Philadelphians, and the term “Philadelphia lawyer” was coined in reference to Andrew Hamilton’s legal maneuverings while defending John Peter Zenger in a landmark freedom-of-the-press case. Today, “Philadelphia lawyer” is defined in Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary as “a lawyer knowledgeable in the most minute aspects of the law.”

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