
Author: philahistory


The Stewarts of Carpenters’ Hall

A story from the grave: Catharine, wife of sea captain Peter Cruse

Jacob Jackson: A Navy man in the War of 1812

Jenny Lind sang in Philadelphia in 1850

The country church of Wicaco

Christmas on Christian Street

Yellow fever devastated Philadelphia at the end of the 18th century

Plans for a Nature Preserve: The Natural History of Wicaco (Old Swedes’ Church)
