
Author: philahistory


Caleb Cushing, mariner, captured by French privateer

Sampson Harvey, sea captain and patriot

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
