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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was granted, and the three mis-sionaries sent hy Charles XI arrived, and proceededvery shortly to hnild the little church, still standing atthe corner of (hristian and Swanson Streets. The greatl)eechwood trees in which it was set havi disai)peared.The church, l)anke(l in Avitli sunken grave-stones, is justabove a 1 )usy wha it, and y QueenChristina her hravi and fearless lieutenant. sleepshere, with many a forgotten IVterssen and liengtssen,head-stones and graves alike lost l(» sight. To the littlechurch, whose carvings and l)ell and communion servicewere all gifts of (lie King. (Quakers, Swedisaiid Indiansthronged, marveling at the magnilicent structure,andfor years after the founding of the actual city it was re-garded with pride. AVilson, the ornithologist, wor-shiped heri. and lies now in the churchyard, where he THE CITY OF A BREAM. 49
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begged to be buried,because it was asilent, shady place,where the birdswould be apt tocome and sing overhis grave. ^ Kalm,the naturalist, sentout from the Uni-versity at Upsalato examine the tlora of Xorth America, had aplact in the shadowy little pews, and his nameremains to us in the laurel taken home by him withmany another strange plant; and named by Linnaeus, in WEATHER VANE FROM GRISTMILL IX DELAWARE COUNTYOWNED BY WILLIAM IENX,SAMUEL CARPENTER ANDCALEB IUSEY. 50 A SYLVAN CTTY. his honor, Kalmia. And there also lies a quiet woman,Hannah, wife of oS^icholas Collin, the last of theSwedish missionaries, who, through all straits of pov-erty and disease, went her way till the strife endedand the undemonstrative and silent lni.--l);uul w rijte overher : In )\Ieinory of her piety, neatness and economy and ofthe gentleness of the Affection with which she sustainedhim through many trying Years ; and of his Grief for her,which shall not cease until he shall meet her in the landof the livi

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