In the United States, the largest public collections are those in the Special Collections of the Free Library of Philadelphia, and the Lloyd Cotsen Children ’ s Library at Princeton University.

* September 5: First Continental Congress convened at Philadelphia ’ s Carpenter's Hall.

* May 10: Second Continental Congress convened at Philadelphia ’ s State House.

* March 4: Congress reconvenes at Philadelphia ’ s State House.

The marching brass bass, or sousaphone, a modified helicon, was created by J. W. Pepper – a Philadelphia instrument maker who created the instrument in 1893 at Sousa ’ s request using several of his suggestions in its design.

He was appointed United States District Attorney for Delaware from 1853 until 1854 and then practiced law in Philadelphia with his friend, William Shippen, from 1854 until 1858, before returning permanently to his father ’ s practice in Wilmington.

However, the American Point System standardized finally in 1886 is different from Hawks ’ original idea in that 1 pica is not precisely equal to < sup > 1 </ sup >⁄< sub > 6 </ sub > inch ( neither the Imperial inch nor the U. S. inch ), as the United States Type Founders ’ Association defined the standard pica to be the Johnson Pica which had been adopted and used by Mackellar, Smiths and Jordan type foundry ( MS & J ), Philadelphia.

Clairvoyants have a booming business advising Philadelphia bankers, Hollywood lawyers and CEO ’ s of Fortune 500 companies ...

* Center for Applied Genomics: Genomics Research-a specialized Center of Emphasis at the Children ’ s Hospital of Philadelphia

Further evidence discounting the Philadelphia Experiment timeline comes from the USS Eldridge ’ s complete World War II action report, including the remarks section of the 1943 deck log, available on microfilm.

Vallée speculates that accounts of the USS Engstrom ’ s degaussing might have been garbled and confabulated in subsequent retellings, and that these accounts may have influenced the story of " The Philadelphia Experiment ".

As a result of similar controversies and misrepresentations, the film hasn ’ t yet been screened in Philadelphia.

The lives of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon are the subject of Sailing to Philadelphia, the title track on Mark Knopfler ’ s 2000 second solo album.

Topanga ’ s mother is transferred at her job to Pittsburgh, which is over 300 miles from Philadelphia.

Topanga ’ s parents decide that she can live with her Aunt Prudence in Philadelphia until she graduates.

The next year, Eric moves out of his parents ’ house and begins college at the fictional Pennbrook University ( a pastiche of local Philadelphia schools including St. Joseph's and Penn ).

Other episode plots in this season included: a prominent citizen being murdered due to sexual abuse in his family ; Virgil ’ s ex-partner and Althea ’ s ex-lover coming back to Sparta and being exposed as a murderer ; Chief Gillespie having to confront the legacy of his own bigoted past when he's duty-bound to arrest a close, lifelong friend — who is also the sheriff of the neighboring county — for committing a racially-motivated murder in his jail ; Bubba getting caught up in a love triangle ; Althea ’ s niece visiting from Philadelphia ; Virgil and Althea going to an all-White church ; Joanne being stalked by a murderous ex-con, which eventually exposes that she had been a prostitute out of necessity in a different city, long ago ; the arrest of councilwoman White ’ s son ; Chief Gillespie witnessing, and being deeply affected by, an execution ; a plant strike that leads to murder ; Bubba being accused of rape ; and, a manhunt for a drunk driver who killed three of Sparta's most popular high school cheerleaders, and crippled a fourth.

Philadelphia ’ s Moore College of Art awarded her its first honorary doctorate degree.

A short distance later, the road crosses New Jersey Transit ’ s Atlantic City Line near the Egg Harbor City Station and enters Egg Harbor City, turning into Philadelphia Avenue.

1875 was the founding year for the Winnebago Farmers ’ Mutual Fire Insurance Co., and for the Westfield Creamery, which sent butter for judging at the Centennial Fair in Philadelphia Pa. in 1876.

He was an attorney who had moved to Philadelphia after serving as the last black Republican congressman representing North Carolina ’ s 2nd Congressional district.

On June 28, 1977, in the Philadelphia Federal District Court, a lawsuit was filed by the Norlin Corporation, the parent company of Gibson Guitars against Elger / Hoshino U. S. A .' s use of the Gibson headstock design and logo.

The Philadelphia Eagles Helmet Cart sat at Joseph A. Scirrotto Jr .' s ( Designer of the 74 Helmet ) " Joe's Gulf Gas Station " at Rising Sun Ave & Van Kirk St. 1974 off season year to raise money for " The Eagles Fly for Leukemia ", where every weekend Eagles NFL Team Members joined to help raise awareness and funds.

Often they have been placed in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the coast of south-western Italy near Paestum or between Sorrento and Capri: " three small islands on the southwest coast of Campania, now Licosa, St. Pietro and La Galetta " reported George Richard Crooks, Christian Frederik Ingersley, on the basis of Alexander Jacob Schem, A new Latin-English school-lexicon, ( Philadelphia ), 1861 s. v.

Officials at the Children ’ s Hospital of Philadelphia ( CHOP ) have also confirmed they will be opening a facility in Plainsboro on 13 acres of the new hospital campus.

The Wharf at Rivertown, a $ 60 million renovation of the Philadelphia Electric Company ( PECO )' s generating plant, which was originally built in Chester in 1918, has returned the waterfront to the local residents, providing both recreational and office space for new local endeavors.

Back in America in 1889, Beaux proceeded to paint portraits in the grand manner, taking as her subjects members of her sister's family as well as the elite of Philadelphia.

They returned to Philadelphia, where their family was among the black elite.

The hotel was built to the specifications of founding proprietor George Boldt ; he and his wife Louise had become known as the owners and operators of the Bellevue, an elite boutique hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Broad Street, subsequently expanded and renamed the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel.

Throughout the first half of the nineteenth century he made Neoclassical furniture for the social and mercantile elite of New York, Philadelphia, and the American South where he was particularly popular.

Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Olsen grew up playing for FC Delco, an elite club program near Philadelphia.

The Highway Patrol uses a combination of traditional police cruisers and motorcycle units to patrol limited-access and municipal roadways within the city limits of Philadelphia, encouraging rapid traffic flow and enforcing motor vehicle safety standards in line with its highway patrol mandate ; however, the unit is also utilized as an elite high-crime task force, and is often sent into areas experiencing crime waves to perform massed patrols and searches.

Phoebus built additions to his hotel, chartered boats to bring visitors, and soon Old Point Comfort was on its way to becoming a place where diplomats and government officials mingled with the elite of Baltimore, Philadelphia, Richmond and the Deep South.

** Franklin Field, a football field once home to the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League and the home field of the University of Pennsylvania Quakers since 1895

Furthermore, not once did " Philadelphia " appear on the uniform, nor did the letter " P " appear on the cap or the uniform.

Held at a nightclub named Shampoo in Philadelphia, the Whistle parties ( raves ) were held once annually, making each party a sequel to the one the year before.

The wearing of blackface was once a traditional part of the annual Mummers Parade in Philadelphia.

It was once the barmaking capital of the United States, as several brothers founded the " No-Name Hat Company ," before one of them moved on to make fedoras in Philadelphia under the family name, " Stetson ".

* Frank Budd ( born 1939 ), wide receiver in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins who once held the World Record in the 100 yard dash.

Though a steel mill once operated by U. S. Steel Corporation provided employment in nearby Fairless Hills, many Levittowners have historically commuted by automobile or train to Philadelphia, some to Trenton, still others to more distant locales in as many as four states.

After the assumption of intercity rail passenger services by Amtrak in 1971, it has been bypassed by all Amtrak, except for the period from April 30, 1978 to October 29, 1983 when the Chesapeake stopped once daily in each direction between Philadelphia and Washington.

Lansdowne was once a vacation resort for residents of Philadelphia.

However, the site of what is now Rutledge Borough was once a section of land on the estate of Edward Rutledge, who served as Representative from South Carolina at the Constitutional Convention of July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia and was the youngest signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, " When Wilkes reached his home in Plymouth, he at once proceeded to carry out his threats.

It was also once home to the Spartanburg Phillies, a minor league team of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Other landmarks historically associated with Ardmore include the Autocar Manufacturing Company, an important manufacturer of trucks and jeeps during the world wars, once located on Lancaster Pike on the site of the current Ardmore West Shopping Center, which burned down in a famous conflagration in 1956 ; the Ardmore Theater on Lancaster Pike, now the Philadelphia Sports Club ; Harrison's Department Store, on the north side of Lancaster Pike across from the theater ; Mads Record Shop, rock music mecca since the genre's inception, still going strong ; the Merion Art Center ; the Pennywise Thrift Shop of Jefferson Medical College ; Lyons Hardware Store on Rittenhouse Place ; Rittenhouse Electric, also on Rittenhouse Place ; A. Talone Cleaners at Lancaster and Greenfield ; and luxury travel company SWAIN Tours.

The O ' Jays made their first chart appearance with " Lonely Drifter " in 1963, but reached their greatest level of success once Gamble & Huff, a team of producers and songwriters, signed them to their Philadelphia International label in 1972.

* Mayor of Philadelphia once

He once lost a bet on the Philadelphia 76ers, and he was forced to eat a corn dog when he lost.

A complex of four tiles was once located at 16th and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia.

* Additionally, Steve once received a chain letter and thought he'd send it on to his pen friend Cory Matthews who lived in Philadelphia.

After an earthquake in Judaea, the Nabateans rebelled and invaded Israel, but Herod at once crossed the Jordan river to Philadelphia ( modern Amman ) and both sides set up camp.

Most of modern day Roxborough was once part of Roxborough Township, which was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.

The textile industry, once concentrated in New England with outposts in New Jersey and Philadelphia, had started moving South in the 1880s.

In 1790, the United States capital was moved to Philadelphia and what had been Federal Hall once again housed the New York City government until 1812, when the building was razed.

Although it is one of the most visited tourist sites in Philadelphia, the claim that Ross once lived at the Betsy Ross House is a matter of dispute.

on one occasion, he played so well as a pitcher in an exhibition game against the Philadelphia Athletics that Connie Mack ( the grandfather of Connie Mack III, who would one day hold the Senate seat Holland once occupied ) offered him a contract ( he declined ).

That body in turn named him once again to the Continental Congress, but illness soon forced his return from Philadelphia.