The History of An Old Philadelphia Land Title: 208 South Fourth Street
Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1934. Hardcover. Hardcover. Frontispiece portrait ofthe author. xv+ 273 pp. with index. Profusely illustrated with full pages plates of location photographs, portraits, documents, etc. Very good, cloth somewhat faded, offsetting to the endpapers. Issued without dust jacket. A remarkable history of a single location in old Philadelphia over a period of some three centuries as assembled by tracing the titles of that plot. The study begins with the Dutch, Swedish, and English settlements period, through the colonial period, the American Revolution, the 19th century and the early 20th century. Virtually all of the research was done by the author's father, whose law firm operated at that address. Very Good. Item #E23747
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