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Read & Respond Colonial American Literature
AuthorBrown, KarenDescriptionIf you Lived in Colonial Times Oh, What a Thanksgiving! The Matchlock Gun A Lion to Guard Us Who's That Steppin on Plymouth Rock? Samuel Eaton's DayCall NumberPZ1PublisherISBN9781564720283One hundred and fifty years of collecting by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1824-1974
AuthorWainwright, Nicholas B.Call NumberF146 .P578PublisherISBN9780910732093
Ceramics in America 2nd Printing
AuthorQuimby, Ian M. G. (editor)Call NumberNK4005 .W5PublisherISBN9780813904764Colonial Families of Delaware Vol 1
AuthorWright, F. EdwardDescriptionThis is the first volume of a planned series of genealogies of the first families of Delaware.Call NumberF163 .W74 1999PublisherThe Journal of Major George Washington
AuthorGray, Emma J.DescriptionAn account of his first official mission, made as emissary from the Governor of Virginia to the Commandant of the French Forces on the Ohio, October 1753- January 1754Call NumberE312.8PublisherSeeking the Historical Cook Exploring Eighteenth-Century Southern Foodways
AuthorMoss, Kay K. Gillette, Mrs. F. L.DescriptionServes up authentic recipes combined withyears of in-depth research into period cooking methodology, seasoning it with sizable helpings of her infectious enthusiasm.Call NumberTX715.2.S68 M678 2013PublisherISBN9781611172591
Delaware History Vol. XXXIII No. 1 2010
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionVolume 33, No.1 contains three articles: 1. "St. Thomas's Episcopal church, Newark, Delaware: The bBuilding and the Symbol, 1842-1957"; 2. "The Old Democrat Principles": Samuel Townsend and the Delaware Democrat Party, 1836-1881"; 3. " Leonidas Polk aCall NumberF161 .D37PublisherPhotogrammetric Recording of Cultural Resources
AuthorPerry E. BorchersCall NumberTR693 .B68Early Pleasures and Pastimes
AuthorKalman, BobbieDescriptionDescribes the family life, music, worship services, picnics, holidays, courtship, weddings, and seasonal activities of early settlersCall NumberGV53 .K35 1992PublisherISBN9780865050242Middletown Centennial 1861 1961 August , 1961
Call NumberF174.M53 M53Hornor's Blue Book of Philadelphia Furniture: William Penn to George Washington
AuthorHornor, Jr. William McPhersonDescriptionDefinitive work of the 18th century Philadelphia American craftsmen who produced some of the great masterpieces of American furniture.Call NumberNK2400PublisherISBN9780918712009
English Furniture, 1660-1714: from Charles II to Queen Anne
AuthorBowett, AdamDescriptionDescribes the development of fashionable English furniture between the restoration of Charles II in 1660 and the death of Queen Anne in 1714.Call NumberNK2528 .B685 2002PublisherISBN9781851493999
Blenheim Palace : Victory at Blenheim 1704 2004
Call NumberNA7746Insects and Diseases of Shade Trees and Shrubs: Spray Handbook Education Bulletin No. 82
AuthorFelt, Dr. E.P.Call NumberQK482George Washington's America Biography Through His Maps
AuthorSchecter, BarnetDescriptionFrom his teens until his death, the maps George Washington drew and purchased were always central to his work. After his death, many of the most important maps he had acquired were bound into an atlas. The atlas remained in his family for almost a centurCall NumberE312 .S298 2010PublisherISBN9780802717489
Spoons From Around the World
AuthorRainwater, Dorothy & Felger, DonnaCall NumberNK7235 .R34PublisherISBN9780887404252DEL-GEN Data Bank, Delaware Genealogical Discoveries Volume 1 Number 2
AuthorRichards, Mary FallonDescriptionA modernization of Matilda Spicer Hart's work in 1903 and goes beyond the first year. The records are reproduced in the form they were found includinge the index in Number 4. There are 4 Table of Contents listed on the cover page.Call NumberF163 .D32PublisherThe Naked Quaker
AuthorRapaport, DianeDescriptionTrue crimes and controversies from the Courts of Colonial New EnglandCall NumberHV6793.N295 R36 2007PublisherISBN9781933212579A Connoisseur's Guide to Antique Clocks & Watches
AuthorPearsall, RonaldCall NumberTS540The Kingdoms of Edward Hicks
AuthorWeekly, Carolyn J. commentary by Christopher Crosman and Andrew Wyeth.DescriptionIntegrates and discusses Edward Hicks' secular and religious concerns as they affected his artistic production, particularly the creation of his "Peaceable Kingdom" paintings.†Call NumberND237.H58 W44 1999PublisherISBN9780810912342
Winterthur: A Portrait
Call NumberNK460PublisherAll About Antiquing and Restoring Furniture 1982 edition
AuthorBerger, RobertDescription1982 editionCall NumberTT199 .B47PublisherISBN051738552XThe Servants Directory, Improved or Housekeepers Companion 4th ed
AuthorGlasse, HannahDescriptionWherein the duties of the Chamber-maid, Nursery-maid, House-maid, Laundry-maid, Scullion or Undercook, are fully and distinctly explained. To which is added, Cookery and Pickling sufficient to qualify a person to act as THOROUGH SERVANT in any family.Call NumberTX301ISBN9781140728627Journal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 58, Number 3August 2019
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionEasy to use method for preparing paint cross-sectionsOrigins of Alois Riegl's conservation theoryRole of agar gel in treating water stains on acrylic paintingsSubstitutes for discontinued poly(vinyl acetate) resinsSoftware and Computer based art consCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisherTrees and shrubs : [what to grow and how to grow it]
AuthorRushforth, KeithDescriptionIncludes more than 200 of the most popular garden trees, shrubs, palms and conifers.Call NumberSB435.5 .R87 2005PublisherISBN9780060786335A Calendar of DE Wills New Castle County 1682-1800
AuthorColonial Dames of DelawareDescriptionA calendar of Delaware wills, New Castle County, 1682-1800. Abstracted and compiled by the Historical Research Committee of the Colonial Dames of DelawareCall NumberF172.N5 N2 1969PublisherIsland Life
AuthorFleming, JayDescriptionA visual narrative of the environment, communities, and commercial fisheries of Smith Island, Maryland, and Tangier Island, Virginiaóthe last inhabited offshore islands in the Chesapeake Bay. Although less than 15 miles of water separate Smith and Tangier from the mainland, centuries of isolation have preserved these island communities' unique way of life, making them feel worlds apart from the life most of us know.Call NumberF187PublisherISBN9780997746815Silver: an American Art: the Milo M. Naeve collection of American silver at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
AuthorGervais, ChristineDescriptionPublished to coincide with the exhibition, Silver : An American Art, Selections from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, held August 30, 2014- February 15, 2015.Call NumberNK7112 .M87 2014PublisherISBN9780890901823
The Book and Paper Group Annual Volume Thirty-eight 2019
DescriptionPapers presented at the Book and Paper Group Annual Meeting 2019Call NumberZ700.9 .B66Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time : being a collection of memoirs, anecdote, and incidents of the city and 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 Vol I, II, III
AuthorWatson, John FanningDescriptionThis 163 year old book, originally bound in brown embossed paper over a hard cardboard is an excellent resource for information on mid-nineteenth century Philadelphia. It contains black and white reproductions of famous painting of historical events in the founding of the city. It has an extensive section of appendices on miscellaneous topics that could be of interest to reader of the city's history or a local historian.Call NumberF158.3 .W595Publisher
The Oulde King's Roade : including the towns of Richardson Park, Elsmere, Newport, Stanton, Marshallton, Kiamensi, Ogletown, Iron Hill, Cooch's Bridge, Christiana & Glasgow
AuthorSawin, Nancy C.DescriptionA oversized softcover book that includes towns of Elsmere, Newport, Stanton, etc. as well as pictorial works buildings as well as local history.Call NumberF165 .S29 1989PublisherAmerican Furniture at Chipstone
AuthorRogue, Oswaldo RodriguezDescriptionTwo hundred pieces of seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and early nineteenth-century American furniture.Call NumberNK2405 .R63 1984PublisherISBN9780299097608
The Cadwalader Family: Art and Style in Early Philadelphia
AuthorLindsey, Jack L.Sewell, DarrellDescriptionCatalogue of an exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art of eighteenth and early nineteenth century furniture, portraits, clothing, and objets d'art commissioned and owned by the Cadwalader family of Philadelphia.Call NumberN5198Publisher
Delaware History Vol. XXIII 1988-1989
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareCall NumberF161 .D37Some Pennsylvania Wainscot Chairs
AuthorGriffth, Lee EllenDescriptionPennsylvania wainscot chairs (primarily originating from Chester County and Philadelphia) are rare, early 18th-century joined armchairs. They uniquely blend English, Welsh, and Germanic woodworking styles. They are highly prized in antique collections for their broad proportions, scalloped crest rails, and arched back panelsCall NumberNK2400Publisher
Colonial Delaware A History
AuthorMunroe, John A.Call NumberF167 .M84 2003PublisherISBN9780924117275Art Objects Their Care and Preservation Volume I
AuthorFall, Frieda KayDescriptionHandling and preservation of art objects.Call NumberN8560 .F3PublisherHerbs and Herb Lore of Colonial America
AuthorColonial Dames of AmericaDescriptionThe great importance and usefulness of herbs among settlers in the American colonies are made abundantly clear.Call NumberSB351.H5 S576 1995PublisherISBN9780486285290Made by Delaware Hands (An exhibit on display at Delaware History Museurm) Feb 9 Aug 18, 2007
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionHistorical exhibit featured at the Delaware History Museum (run by the Historical Society of Delaware) in Wilmington. Featured decorative and functional arts created by early Delawareans, showcasing how regional makers shaped the state's material culture across different eras.Call NumberTT1Publisher
