Philadelphia
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census. The city is the urban core of the Philadelphia metropolitan area (sometimes called the Delaware Valley), the nation's seventh-largest metropolitan area and ninth-largest combined statistical area with 6.245 million residents and 7.379 million residents, respectively.Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker and advocate of religious freedom, and served as the capital of the colonial era Province of Pennsylvania. It then played a historic and vital role during the American Revolution and Revolutionary War. It served as the central meeting place for the nation's Founding Fathers, hosted the First Continental Congress (1774) and the Second Continental Congress, during which the Founders formed the Continental Army, elected George Washington as its commander, and adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. During the Revolutionary War's Philadelphia campaign, the city briefly fell to the British Army, which occupied Philadelphia for nine months from September 1777 to June 1778.
In 1787, following the end of the Revolutionary War and establishment of independence, the U.S. Constitution was ratified in Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Convention. Philadelphia remained the nation's largest city until 1790, and it served as the nation's first capital from May 10, 1775, until December 12, 1776, and on four subsequent occasions until 1800, when construction of the new national capital in Washington, D.C. was completed.
Philadelphia maintains extensive contemporary influence in business and industry, culture, sports, and music. With 17 four-year universities and colleges in the city, Philadelphia is one of the nation's leading centers for higher education and academic research. The city is a national cultural center, hosting more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other city in the nation. Fairmount Park, when combined with adjacent Wissahickon Valley Park in the same watershed, is , representing one of the nation's largest and the world's 55th-largest urban park. Philadelphia is known for its arts, culture, cuisine, and colonial and Revolutionary-era history; in 2016, it attracted 42 million domestic tourists who spent $6.8 billion, representing $11 billion in economic impact to the city and its surrounding Pennsylvania counties. With five professional sports teams and one of the nation's most loyal and passionate fan bases, Philadelphia is often ranked as the nation's best city for professional sports fans. The city has a culturally and philanthropically active LGBTQ+ community. Philadelphia also has played an immensely influential historic and ongoing role in the development and evolution of American music, especially R&B, soul, and rock.
, the Philadelphia metropolitan area had a gross metropolitan product of US$557.6 billion and is home to 13 ''Fortune'' 500 corporate headquarters. Metropolitan Philadelphia ranks as one of the nation's Big Five venture capital hubs, facilitated by its geographic proximity to both the entrepreneurial and financial ecosystems of New York City and the federal regulatory environment of Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Philadelphia is also a biotechnology hub. The Philadelphia Stock Exchange, owned by Nasdaq since 2008, is the nation's oldest stock exchange and a global leader in options trading. 30th Street Station, the city's primary rail station, is the third-busiest Amtrak hub in the nation with over 4.1 million passengers in 2023. The city's multimodal transportation and logistics infrastructure includes Philadelphia International Airport, a major transatlantic gateway and transcontinental hub; the rapidly-growing PhilaPort seaport; and Interstate 95, the spine of the north–south highway system along the U.S. East Coast.
Philadelphia is a city of many firsts, including the nation's first library (1731), hospital (1751), medical school (1765), national capital (1774), university (by some accounts) (1779), central bank (1781), stock exchange (1790), zoo (1874), and business school (1881). Philadelphia contains 67 National Historic Landmarks, including Independence Hall. From the city's 17th century founding through the present, Philadelphia has been the birthplace or home to an extensive number of prominent and influential Americans. Provided by Wikipedia
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41by M'Clure, David
Published 1820Philadelphia, Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, no. 10, North street, 1820.47, [1] p. fold. front., illus. 22 cm.“...Philadelphia (Pa.). Councils...”
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43Published 1890Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1890.38 p., 26 leaves, 36 p. : ill.“...Art Club of Philadelphia...”
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44Published 1911[Philadelphia?] : Executive Committee, 1911.123 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.“...Philadelphia Milk Show...”
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45Published 1893[Philadelphia] Pub. for the organization by G.S. Harris & Sons [1893]3 p. l., 218 p. front. illus., pl., port. 30 x 23 1/2 cm.“...Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce...”
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46Published 1928Philadelphia, Pa., Cochrane corporation [c1928]788 p. illus., diagrs. 19 cm.“...Cochrane Corporation (Philadelphia)...”
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47Published 1893Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1893.39 p., 10, 26, 36 p. of plates.“...Art Club of Philadelphia...”
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48Published 1911[Philadelphia] Executive Committee, 1911.123 p. illus.“...Philadelphia Milk Show...”
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49Published 1875Philadelphia : Printed for the college, 1875-1938.63 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.“...College of Physicians of Philadelphia...”
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50by Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844
Published 1824Philadelphia, A. Small, 1824.xxxiii, [3], 254 p., 1 ̋. 22 cm.“...Law Academy of Philadelphia...”
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51Published 1799Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1799.7 p. ; 22 cm.“...Academy of Medicine of Philadelphia...”
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52Hoopes & Townsend, manufacturers of bolts, cold punched nuts, bridge bolts, "Keystone" boiler rivetsPublished 1878Philadelphia [1878?]68 p. illus.“...Hoopes & Townsend (Philadelphia)...”
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54Published 1991Philadelphia, PA : The Museum, [1991]-v. : ill. ; 28 cm.“...Philadelphia Museum of Art...”
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55Published 1825[Philadelphia, Pa. : J. Grigg], 1825-1835.6 v. : ill ; 21 cm.“...Philadelphia College of Pharmacy...”
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57Published 1956Philadelphia, Pa. : Philadelphia Museum, c1956-v. : ill. ; 25-28 cm.Also issued online.“...Philadelphia Museum of Art...”
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59Published 1954Philadelphia : Law Association of Philadelphia, 1954.1 online resource (xii, 462 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves of plates) : portraits.“...Law Association of Philadelphia...”
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60Published 1909[Philadelphia] : City Club of Philadelphia, [1909-1913]1 online resource (6 volumes) : illustrations, plates.“...City Club of Philadelphia...”
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