This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Philadelphia City of Brotherly Love and Its Founders
Uncle Ray explains the meaning of Philadelphia’s name from philos and adelphos as Loving Brother. William Penn founded a city with broad streets and religious freedom, supported by Quakers and other faiths. Benjamin Franklin shaped Philadelphia into a center of thought and action, later serving as a U.S. capital for a decade. Philadelphia is now the third-largest North American city after New York and Chicago.
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Saleege Tye
Greece
Philadelphia
Philos
Adelphos
William Penn
Phila
Delphia
Penn
Boston
Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Pennsylvania Gazette
Poor Richard
American
United States
North America
New York
Chicago
Flying Machine Pioneers