Identifier: quaintcornersinp00stoc (find matches)
Title: Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Stockton, Louise, 1838-1914 Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936 Barber, Edwin Atlee, 1851-1916 Jackson, Joseph, 1867-1946 Turner, Eliza Sproat, Mrs., 1826-1903 Leach, Frank Willing, 1855-1943 Campbell, Helen, 1839-1918
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Publisher: Philadelphia, New York, J. Wanamaker
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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STEPHEN GIRARD. 499 his fotlior tlie commaiitl of a shij). .lean docs iiruc thisveiy .strongly, but, in conclusion, shows how well heknows what Stephens reply will be, Ijy adding, that ifhis l)rother is absolutely resolved to stay where he is,he had better consign some vessels to him at once, as heis in a position to have them promptl)* dispatched.Stephen possibly .sent the vessels, but he had faith andsaw that under the struggle there was vigor and comingprosperity, and he stayed where he was. As he grew richer, the Water Street house becamevery comfortable, and if he did not relniild he musthave altered it thoroughly. He sent to the Isle ofFrance for ebony, out of which he had his parlor furni-ture made ; he imported handsome Turkey carpets ; theFrench windows opened to the tioor; the kitchen waspaved with marble and the water was brought in b)^pipes. In the store-room everything was in abundance :sacks of cofiee, boxes of tea, apples, hams, chocolate,West-India preserves, so that t

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