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The Inscriptions in St. Peter's Church Yard, Philadelphia. Copied and Arranged by the Rev. William White Bronson. Edited by Charles R. Hildeburn. Camden, NJ: Sinnickson Chew, 1879, First Edition. Fold-out frontispiece (map of graveyard) + 585 p, 8.25 x 6 , 8vo. In fair condition. Boards are typically worn with light scuffing along edges, minor surface scratching to boards. Wax seals on front & rear paste-downs with off-setting on end-pages. Front fly leaf has previous owner s inscription, in ink: Geo. W. South Berwyn, PA dated 1886. Front gutter cracked at Preface with exposed cording. Text block is evenly toned. Page ten exhibits offsetting from a 20th-century era newspaper insert (which discusses John Cadwalader (1794-1801)). Binding intact. Please see photos. When St. Peter's was built 1758-61, the surrounding land was open country with a pond and pasture for nearby residents' cows. The first burial took place in 1760. The brick wall was built in 1784 to replace the original wooden fencing confiscated by the British for firewood during their occupation of the city in 1777-78. The varied trees in the churchyard include Osage oranges, descendants of seedlings sent back from the West by Lewis and Clark in 1805. Notable burials: John Nixon, a founder of the church, Lieutenant Colonel and Sheriff of Philadelphia. He had the risky task of the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 8, 1776. Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania and lawyer to the Penn family. Chew's country home Cliveden was the site of the Battle of Germantown. Samuel Fraunces, supplied the Continental Army through his tavern in New York, then was President Washington's household steward in Philadelphia. Gustavus Conyngham, Captain of the privateer Surprise who attacked many British ships off the French coast. Nicholas Biddle, President of the Second Bank of the United States, editor of the Lewis & Clark papers. George Mifflin Dallas, Mayor of Philadelphia, Vice-President of the U.S. (1845-49) for whom Dallas, Texas was presumably named. Charles Willson Peale, portrait painter and founder of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and his son Raphaelle, also a painter. Benjamin Carr, conductor, composer, founder of the Musical Fund Society and St. Peter's organist and choirmaster. His Grecian gravestone was designed by William Strickland. Among the many family vaults in this section is that of Samuel Breck, the owner of Sweetbriar mansion in Fairmount Park. The Chiefs of Eight Indian Tribes. Although their gravesites are unknown, their story is told on an interpretive marker at the west end of the churchyard. A lifelong New Jerseyean, Sinnickson Chew (1830-1901) was born in Salem County New Jersey, one of eight children born to Joseph Richards and Maria (Sinnickson) Chew. Receiving his unusual first name courtesy of his mother, Chew was a student in the "country schools" of Salem and at the age of just fifteen began learning the printing trade, joining the offices of the Woodbury Constitution in 1845. After becoming acquainted with the newspaper printer's daily activities, Chew became a "post-boy" for the paper, riding a horse and cart to deliver newspapers to various locations throughout Camden and Gloucester. RAREA1879DHKK - 10/22 FORN-TUB-0080-BB-2505-HKREV903.
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