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1Title:  Philadelphia, or, Glances at lawyers, physicians, first-circle, Wistar-parties, &c. &c   
 Creator:   
 Publication:  Published by R.H. Small, Philadelphia, 1826. 
 Notes:  Signatures: [A][superscript 2]B-K[superscript 6]L[superscript 4]. 
 Extent:  [5],2-115 p. ; 15 cm. (12mo) 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs

 
Collection:  Library Company 
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2Title:  The memoirs of the celebrated and beautiful Mrs. Ann Carson: daughter of an officer of the U.S. Navy, and wife of another, whose life terminated in the Philadelphia prison   
 Creator:  Carson, Ann Baker. | Clarke, M. (Mary) 
 Publication:  s.n.], Philadelphia, 1838. 
 Extent:  2 v. in 1. ; 19 cm. (12mo) 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs

 
Collection:  Library Company 
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3Title:  Philadelphia, or, Glances at lawyers, physicians, first-circle, Wistar-parties, &c. &c   
 Creator:   
 Publication:  Published by R.H. Small, Philadelphia, 1826. 
 Notes:  Signatures: [A][superscript 2]B-K[superscript 6]L[superscript 4]. 
 Extent:  [5],2-115 p. ; 15 cm. (12mo) 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs

 
Collection:  Library Company 
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4Title:  The history of the celebrated Mrs. Ann Carson: widow of the late unfortunate Lieutenant Richard Smyth : with a circumstantial account of her conspiracy against the late Governor of Pennsylvania, Simon Snyder : and of her sufferings in the several prisons in that state : interspersed with anecdotes of characters now living   
 Creator:  Carson, Ann. 
 Publication:  Published by the author, Philadelphia, 1822. 
 Notes:  Signatures: A-H[superscript 6] I[superscript 4] K[superscript 8] L-BB[superscript 6] CC[superscript 8]. 
 Extent:  315 p. ; 18 cm. (12mo) 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs

 
Collection:  Library Company 
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5Title:  Democratic environment - aristocratic aspiration   
 Creator:  Rasmusson, Ethel E., 1922- 
 Publication:  Philadelphia, 1966. 
 Extent:  p.[155]-182 ; octavo. 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs

 
Collection:  American Philosophical Society 
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6Title:  "Philadelphia scrapple": whimsical bits anent eccentrics & the city's oddities   
 Creator:   
 Publication:  Dietz Press, Richmond, [1956] 
 Extent:  225 p. ; 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs

 
Collection:  Hagley Library 
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7Title:  The diary of Harriet Manigault, 1813-1816   
 Creator:  Manigault, Harriet, 1793-1835 
 Publication:  Colonial Dames of America, Chapter II, Maine-Coast Printers, S.l.], Rockland, Maine, [1976] 
 Notes:  The material, held by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, was prepared for publication by Virginia and James S. Armentrout, Jr. "Excerpts from a memoir of Joshua Francis Fisher (1807-1873)": p. 137-145. 
 Extent:  viii, 149 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs

 
Collection:  Hagley Library 
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8Title:  Philadelphia folks: ways and institutions in and about the Quaker city / by Cornelius Weygandt --   
 Creator:  Weygandt, Cornelius, 1871-1957 
 Publication:  D. Appleton-Century Co., Inc, New York, London, 1938. 
 Extent:  xx, 1 leaf, 357 p., plates : ill., ; 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs

 
Collection:  Hagley Library 
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9Title:  Year Book supplement, 1985   
 Creator:  Acorn Club 
 Publication:  Philadelphia], 1985. 
 Extent:  11 p. ; 17 cm. 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs

 
Collection:  American Philosophical Society 
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10Title:  Along these streets   
 Creator:  Burt, Maxwell Struthers, 1882-1954 
 Publication:  Scribner's, New York, 1942. 
 Extent:  608 p. ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs

 
Collection:  American Philosophical Society 
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11Title:  Philadelphia, or, Glances at lawyers, physicians, first-circle, Wistar-parties, &c. &c   
 Creator:   
 Publication:  R.H. Small, Philadelphia, 1826 
 Extent:  2 p.l., 115 p. ; 16 cm 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs

 
Collection:  Huntington Library 
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12Title:  North of Market Street: being the adventures of a New York woman in Philadelphia   
 Creator:  Boyer, Harriet 
 Publication:  Avil printing co, Philadelphia, 1896 
 Extent:  92 p. : front. (map) ; 19 x 17 cm 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs

 
Collection:  Huntington Library 
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13Title:  Aristocracy: or, Life among the "upper ten."   
 Creator:  Nunes, Joseph A. 
 Publication:  T. B. Peterson, Philadelphia, [1848] 
 Notes:  Paged continuously. 
 Extent:  2 v. in 1 ; 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs

 
Collection:  Yale University 
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14Title:  A moral picture of Philadelphia: the virtues and frauds and follies of the city delineated   
 Creator:  B.Lord 
 Publication:  printed for the author, Philadelphia, 1845. 
 Notes:  Cover-title. Binder's title: Pennsylvania geographical pamphlets. 
 Extent:  24 p. ; 19 cm. 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs

 
Collection:  Newberry Library 
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15Title:  Fresh leaves   
 Creator:  Fern, Fanny, 1811-1872 
 Publication:  Mason Brothers, New York, 1857. 
 Notes:  Pp. 233-248 "Glances at Philadelphia" Fanny Fern is a pseudonym for Sara Payson Willis Parton. 
 Extent:  336 p. ; 15 cm. (12mo) 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs | Women

 
Collection:  Library Company 
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16Title:  Memoirs of Charles N. Buck: interspersed with private anecdotes and events of the times from 1791 to 1841   
 Creator:  Buck, Charles Nicholas, 1775-1851 
 Publication:  Walnut House, Philadelphia], 1941. 
 Notes:  Includes index. Each chapter preceded by leaf with illustrated half-title not included in the paging. "A ... record of commercial life in Philadelphia ... Not ... from the original manuscript, but from a typescript of the original."--Pref. 
 Extent:  209, [5] p. : ill. ; 28 cm. 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Commerce

 
Collection:  Library Company 
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17Title:  Philadelphia folks: ways and institutions in and about the Quaker city   
 Creator:  Weygandt, Cornelius, 1871-1957 
 Publication:  D. Appleton-Century company, incorporated, New York, London, 1938. 
 Extent:  xx p., 1 l., 357 p. : front., illus., plates ; 24 1/2 cm. 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs | Darwinism

 
Collection:  American Philosophical Society 
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18Title:  Memoirs of Charles N. Buck: interspersed with private anecdotes and events of the times from 1791 to 1841   
 Creator:  Buck, Charles Nicholas, 1775-1851 
 Publication:  Walnut House, Philadelphia], 1941. 
 Notes:  Includes index. Each chapter preceded by leaf with illustrated half-title not included in the paging. "A ... record of commercial life in Philadelphia ... Not ... from the original manuscript, but from a typescript of the original."--Pref. 
 Extent:  209, [5] p. : ill. ; 28 cm. 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Commerce

 
Collection:  American Philosophical Society 
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19Title:  Notes on dress - eighteenth century   
 Creator:   
 Publication:  S.l, n.d.] 
 Notes:  Typed from a Philadelphia newspaper. 
 Extent:  [2] l. ; quarto. 
 Subjects:  Costume -- United States | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs

 
Collection:  American Philosophical Society 
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20Title:  The Philadelphia assemblies, 1748-1948: an account of the assemblies printed for the two hundredth anniversary, January 2nd, 1948   
 Creator:  Sims, Joseph Patterson, 1890- 
 Publication:  s.n, Philadelphia, 1947] 
 Extent:  51 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Balls (Parties) | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs

 
Collection:  American Philosophical Society 
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