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John Fanning Watson, by Abraham B. Rockey, 1849.
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Oil on canvas - head and shoulders of a man in formal jacket and tie.

Credit: Courtesy of the Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Collection

A voracious collector of stories and materials about the history of his native city, John Fanning Watson  (1779 - 1860) in 1830 published Annals of Philadelphia, the first major history of the City of Brotherly Love.  Watson’s multivolume history remains a fascinating treasure trove of information and stories about the early history of Philadelphia.

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