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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