Contents » Nineteenth Century to 1854
Abolitionism

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Aeronautics and Aerospace Industry

African American Migration

Almshouses (Poorhouses)

American Philosophical Society

Anatomy and Anatomy Education

Animal Protection

Appeal of Forty Thousand Citizens

Arboretums

Armories

Arsenals

Artisans

Astronomy

Athenæum of Philadelphia

Athens of America

Bakeries and Bakers

Ballet

Bank of North America

Bank War

Banking

Barbershops and Barbers

Bartram’s Garden

Baseball (Professional)

Billiards (Pool)

Birch’s Views of Philadelphia

Board of Health (Philadelphia)

Boarding and Lodging Houses

Book Publishing and Publishers

Bookselling

Botany

Brickmaking and Brickmakers

Bridgeton, New Jersey

Broad Street

Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Camden County, New Jersey

Camden, New Jersey

Canals

Carpet Weaving and Rug Making

Cartoons and Cartoonists

Cast Iron Architecture

Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul

Cemeteries

Center City

Ceramics

Chemical Industry

Chemistry

China Trade

Cholera

Christiana Riot Trial

City Councils (Philadelphia)

City Merchant (The); or, The Mysterious Failure

Civil Defense

Civil Rights (African American)

Classical Music

Clocks and Clockmakers

Coffeehouses

College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Colonization Movement (Africa)

Commuter Trains

Consolidation Act of 1854

Convents

Cordwainers Trial of 1806

Courthouses (County)

Cricket

Crime

Cumberland County, New Jersey

Cycling (Sport)

Dancing Assembly

Deafness and the Deaf

Delaware Avenue (Columbus Boulevard)

Delaware Bay

Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Dentistry and Dentists

Dispensaries

Dogfighting

Dogs

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Duffy’s Cut

Dutch (The) and The Netherlands

Eastern State Penitentiary

Educational Reform

Elfreth’s Alley

Entomology (Study of Insects)

Fairmount Park Houses

Fairmount Water Works

Fashion

Ferries

Flour Milling

Forts and Fortifications

Fox Hunting

France and the French

Franklin Institute

Free African Society

Free Black Communities

Freemasonry

French Revolution
The French Revolution of 1789 created political, social, and financial instability throughout Europe, prompting many terrified French aristocrats, businessmen, and intellectuals to flee to the United States. Philadelphia, with its cosmopolitan atmosphere, accessible port, and thriving commerce, attracted many of the French émigrés. Most settled along the Delaware River in the Mulberry district of Philadelphia ⇒ Read More
Fugitives From Slavery

Funerals and Burial Practices

Furnituremaking

Gardens (Public)

Garies (The) and Their Friends

Genealogy

General Trades Union Strike (1835)

German Reformed Church

Girard College

Girard’s Bequest

Glassmakers and Glass Manufacturing

Godey’s Lady’s Book

Gothic Literature

Grand Juries

Greater Philadelphia Region

Greeks and Greece (Modern)

Grocery Stores and Supermarkets

Gunpowder Industry

Heating (Home)

Herpetology (Study of Amphibians and Reptiles)

Higher Education: Private (Religious)

Hinterlands

Historic Preservation

Historical Societies

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Hog Island

Home Remedies

Horses

Horticulture

Hotels and Motels

House of Refuge

Hurricanes and Tropical Storms

Immigration (1790-1860)

Independence Hall

Industrial Neighborhoods

Infectious Diseases and Epidemics

Inner Suburbs

Insurance

Irish (The) and Ireland

Iron Production

Jewelers Row

Killers (The): A Narrative of Real Life in Philadelphia

Lafayette’s Tour

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Law and Lawyers

Lawnside, New Jersey

Lazaretto

Lehigh Valley

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Liberia; Or, Mr. Peyton’s Experiments

Liberians and Liberia

Liberty Bell

Library Company of Philadelphia

Lincoln Drive

Literary Societies

Locomotive Manufacturing

Log Cabins

Lotteries

Machining and Machinists

Magazines, Literary

Magdalen Society

Main Line of Public Works

Mansions

Manufacturing Suburbs

Maps and Mapmaking

Market Street

Mayors (Philadelphia)

Media, Pennsylvania

Medical Publishing

Mennonites

Meteorology (Study of the Atmosphere)

Mexican-American War

Military Bases

Militia

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Moravians

Mormons (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Mother Bethel AME Church:
Congregation and Community

Mount Holly Township, New Jersey

Mummers

Mummies

Murals

Musical Fund Society

Musical Instrument Making

National Negro Convention Movement

Nativism

Nativist Riots of 1844

New Year’s Traditions

Norristown, Pennsylvania

North Philadelphia

Nursing

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Office Buildings

Omnibuses

Opera and Opera Houses

Ornithology (Study of Birds)

Orphanages and Orphans

Pacific World (Connections and Impact)

Painters and Painting

Paints and Varnishes

Paper and Papermaking

Peale Family of Painters

Peale’s Philadelphia Museum
