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1Title:  A book of remembrance    
 Creator:  Gillespie, Elizabeth (Duane). 
 Publication:  J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia,1901. 
 Notes:  Autobiography of Mrs. E. D. Gillespie. 
 Call #:  F11ZJE G4 
 Extent:  ix, 5-393 p. 2 pl. (including front.) ports., facsim. 21cm. 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs
 
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2Title:  The Philadelphia assemblies    
 Creator:  Balch, Thomas Willing, 1866-1927 
 Publication:  Allen, Lane and Scott, Philadelphia,1916. 
 Call #:  F11ZJE B174 
 Extent:  xv, 146 p. illus. (facsims.) 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Balls (Parties) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs
 
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3Title:  Reminiscences of Gideon Burton    
 Creator:  Burton, Gideon, 1811-1903 
 Publication:  Press of G.P. Houston, Cincinnati, O,1895. 
 Notes:  "List of subscribers": p. 151-152. 
 Call #:  F34Y C574HA B974 
 Extent:  152 p. front. (port.) 22 x 17 cm. 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs | Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Social life and customs | Ohio imprints 1895
 
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4Title:  The romance of old Philadelphia    
 Creator:  Faris, John Thomson, 1871- 
 Publication:  J.B. Lippincott company, Philadelphia and London,1918. 
 Notes:  Bibliography : p. 17-18. 
 Call #:  F11ZJE F228 
 Extent:  336 p. col. front., plates, ports, facsims. 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
 
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5Title:  Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time: being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the inland part of Pennsylvania, from the days of the founders : intended to preserve the recollections of olden time, and to exhibit society in its changes of manners and customs, and the city and country in their local changes and improvements    
 Creator:  Watson, John F. (John Fanning), 1779-1860 
 Mumford, Thomas Howland, b. 1816
 Publication:  Published for the author, and for sale by A. Hart, J.W. Moore, J. Penington, U. Hunt, and H.F. Anners, Philadelphia, Pa.],[1850] 
 Notes:  Spine title: Watson's annals of Philadelphia. Originally published in 1830. Pages 561-585 of appendix in v. 2 contain new, previously unpublished material. Includes indexes. 
 Call #:  F11Z W339 1850 
 Extent:  2 v., [33] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs | Pennsylvania -- History
 
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6Title:  Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania: in the olden time; being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the inland part of Pennsylvania, from the days of the founders    
 Creator:  Watson, John F. (John Fanning), 1779-1860 
 Hazard, Willis P. (Willis Pope), 1825-1913
 Publication:  E. S. Stuart, Philadelphia,1891. 
 Notes:  The third volume of this ed. was prepared at the publisher's request, by W. P. Hazard. 
 Call #:  F11Z W339 
 Extent:  3 v. fronts., illus., plates, port. 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Pennsylvania -- History | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs
 
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7Title:  Historic tales of olden time: concerning the early settlement and progress of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania : for the use of families and schools : illustrated with plates    
 Creator:  Watson, John Fanning, 1779-1860 
 Publication:  Published by E. Littell and by Thomas Holden, Philadelphia,1833. 
 Notes:  Added t.p., with vignette, entitled: The early settlement & progress of Philadelphia & Pennsylvania. Includes index. 
 Call #:  F11ZJE W339 
 Extent:  316 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 18 cm. 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs | Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
 
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8Title:  Early Philadelphia: its people, life and progress    
 Creator:  Lippincott, Horace Mather, 1877- 
 Publication:  J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, London,1917. 
 Notes:  "This limited edition has been printed from type and the type distributed." 
 Call #:  F11ZD L765 
 Extent:  2 p. Á., 3-339, [1] p. front., plates. 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Historic houses, etc | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs
 
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9Title:  The old "main line"    
 Creator:  Townsend, John W., 1855-1939 
 Publication:  s.n.], Philadelphia?,1922. 
 Notes:  First ed., 1919. Reminiscences of suburban life on the "main line" of the Pennsylvania Railroad, principally in the sixties and seventies. 
 Call #:  Microfiche 125, LH 389 
 Extent:  114 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. 
 Subjects:  Pennsylvania Railroad | Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Pa.) | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs
 
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10Title:  Personal reminiscences of "the main line" in the sixties and seventies    
 Creator:  Townsend, John W., 1855-1939 
 Publication:  s.n.], Philadelphia?,1919. 
 Notes:  Preface signed: A.N. Onymous. Another edition pub. in 1922: The old "main line" by J.W. Townsend. 
 Call #:  Microfiche 125, LH 390 
 Extent:  54 p. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Pennsylvania Railroad | Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Pa.) | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs
 
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11Title:  The perennial Philadelphians: the anatomy of an American aristocracy    
 Creator:  Burt, Nathaniel, 1913- 
 Publication:  Little, Brown, Boston,c1963. 
 Notes:  Maps on lining-papers. Bibliography: p. 604-608. 
 Call #:  F11ZJE B973 
 Extent:  xiv, 625 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Upper classes -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions
 
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12Title:  Annals of Philadelphia: being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, from the days of the Pilgrim founders : intended to preserve the recollections of olden time, and to exhibit society in its changes of manners and customs, and the city in its local changes and improvements : to which is added an appendix, containing olden time researches and reminiscences of New York City    
 Creator:  Watson, John F. (John Fanning), 1779-1860 
 Publication:  For sale by Uriah Hunt, Philadelphia [Pa.],1830. 
 Notes:  Added t.p. has imprint: Philadelphia : E.L. Carey & A. Hart ; New York : G. & C. H. Carvill, 1830. "The Subscriber, having purchased the remainder of the edition ... takes this occasion to offer it to his friends and customers, and to the public in general."--P. 2. "Appendix: Containing Olden Time Researches & Reminiscences of New York City / by J.F. Watson, in 1828" 78 pages, was enlarged and published separately in 1832 as "Historic Tales of the Olden Time." Includes bibliographical references and index. 
 Call #:  F11Z W339 1830 
 Extent:  xii, 740, 78, viii p., [21] leaves of plates : ill., geneal. table, ports. ; 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs | Pennsylvania -- History | New York (N.Y.) -- History | New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
 
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13Title:  Aristocracy in America    
 Creator:  Grund, Francis J. (Francis Joseph), 1804-1863 
 Publication:  R. Bentley, London,1839. 
 Notes:  Though Grund professes to be merely the editor of the manuscript of an acquaintance, K--pfsch--rtz, he is believed to be the author of the work himself. 
 Call #:  B 3370 
 Extent:  2 v. 20 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1865 | New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs | Boston (Mass.) -- Social life and customs | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs | Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
 
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