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This issue of Pennsylvania History is dedicated to the memory of George M. Leader, the state’s only governor who has been a long-time member of the Pennsylvania Historical Association

Articles

  1. The Quaker Cunning Folk: The Astrology, Magic, and Divination of Philip Roman and Sons in Colonial Chester County, Pennsylvania
  2. Frank Bruckerl
  3. pp. 479-500
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  1. The British in Pittsburgh: POWs in the War of 1812
  2. Ross Hassig
  3. pp. 501-518
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  1. Extorting Philadelphia: Commodore Beresford and the Vixen Parolees
  2. Ross Hassig
  3. pp. 519-536
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Obituary

  1. On the Passing of Governor George M. Leader, 1918–2013
  2. Kenneth C. Wolensky
  3. pp. 537-540
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Book Reviews

  1. Paint, Pattern and People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1725–1850 by Wendy A. Cooper and Lisa Minardi (review)
  2. Cynthia G. Falk
  3. pp. 541-544
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  1. New Netherland and the Dutch Origins of American Religious Liberty by Evan Haefeli (review)
  2. Firth Haring Fabend
  3. pp. 544-546
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  1. The Contagious City: The Politics of Public Health in Early Philadelphia by Simon Finger (review)
  2. Karol K. Weaver
  3. pp. 547-548
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  1. When Benjamin Franklin Met the Reverend Whitefield: Enlightenment, Revival, and the Power of the Printed Word by Peter Charles Hoffer (review)
  2. Thomas S. Kidd
  3. pp. 549-551
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  1. Sanctified Landscape: Writers, Artists, and the Hudson River Valley, 1820–1909 by David Schuyler (review)
  2. Catherine Holochwost
  3. pp. 551-553
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  1. Contributors
  3. p. 554
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