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.
