THE Pennsylvania Magazine OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY VOLUME CXXXI 1300 LOCUST STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107 2007 CONTENTS ARTICLES Page Victory at Kittanning? Reevaluating the Impact of Armstrong’s Raid on the Seven Years’ War in Pennsylvania Daniel P. Barr 5 Reinventing the First Amendment in Wartime Philadelphia Bill Lynskey 33 Miner, Minstrel, Memory: Or, Why the Smithsonian Has Bill Keating’s Pants Eric C. Nystrom 81 “So Many Things for His Profit and for His Pleasure”: Colonial Naturalists Respond to an Enlightenment Creed, 1727–1777 Thomas Wirth 127 A Matter of Context: Elizabeth Wilson Revisited Meredith Peterson Tufts 149 Liberty without Tumult: Understanding the Politics of John Dickinson Jane E. Calvert 233 Pennsbury Manor: Reconstruction and Reality Mark Reinberger and Elizabeth P. McLean 263 Clio’s Cornucopia: The Last Quarter Century of Historical Scholarship on Philadelphia Gary B. Nash 347 Philadelphia, 1982–2007: Toward the Postindustrial City Roger D. Simon and Brian Alnutt 395 ROUNDTABLE Philadelphia: The History of a History Charlene Mires 377 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS Newly Available and Processed Collections at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Archives Staff 103 Solving the Mystery of the Junto’s Missing Member: John Jones, Shoemaker George W. Boudreau 307 REVIEW ESSAY Benjamin Franklin at 300: The Show Goes On: A Review of the Reviews Michael Zuckerman 177 EDITORIALS Tamara Gaskell Miller 125, 345 BOOK REVIEWS 107, 209, 319, 445 INDEX Frances S. Lennie 457 THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA OFFICERS Chair COLLIN F. M CNEIL Executive Vice Chair BRUCE K. FENTON Vice Chairs MAJID ALSAYEGH HOWARD H. LEWIS WALTER LICHT DAVID A. OTHMER THOMAS J. SUGRUE Secretary HENRY LAFAYETTE COLLINS III Treasurer STEPHEN P. M ULLIN Councilors ROGER H. BALLOU KAREN R. NAGEL DEBORAH DILWORTH BISHOP EDITH NEWHALL THOMAS BISHOP CHARLES W. NICHOLS ROBERT BOGLE SARAH D. PRICE LEONARD L. COMBS JAMES R. ROEBUCK BARBARA GOHN PAGE TALBOTT BARBARA L. GREENFIELD BINNEY H. C. WIETLISBACH BARBARA D. HAUPTFUHRER THOMAS WOODWARD W. WHITNEY HUNTER GEORGE W. CONNELL, Emeritus KRISHNA LAHIRI JACK M. FRIEDLAND, Emeritus TSIWEN M. LAW BRUCE H. HOOPER, Emeritus CAROL CLARK LAWRENCE DAVID W. MAXEY, Emeritus CHARLES E. MATHER III HARRISON M. WRIGHT, Emeritus JOHN J. MEDVECKIS THOMAS BARBANO, Ex officio JOHN C. HAAS, Ex officio as of October 2007 STAFF KIM SAJET, President and CEO PRESIDENT’S OFFICE LIBRARY Institutional Advancement LEE ARNOLD, Director of the Library and DEBORAH RAKSANY, Grants and Collections Communications Officer DONNA MILLER, Coordinator of Major Gifts ARCHIVES AND COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT Administration MATTHEW LYONS, Director of Archives and CHRIS BRUNO, Administrative Officer Collections Management CHRISTIANNE BALSAMO, Administrative CARY MAJEWICZ, Technical Services Archivist Assistant TARA O’BRIEN, Manager of Preservation and Conservation Services BUSINESS OFFICE Special Projects CATHLEEN MILLER, Project Archivist, KATHERINE WALDRON, Staff Accountant NEH/Chew Family Papers FLORA SYLVESTER, Accounting Clerk RESEARCH SERVICES FACILITIES JACK GUMBRECHT, Director of Research Services WILLIAM MCGOLDRICK, Facilities Manager SARAH HEIM, Research Services Librarian TYRONE LITES, Assistant Facilities Manager STEVE SMITH, Public Services Librarian NADEMA DICKERSON, Facilities Technician DANIEL N. ROLPH, Family Historian and Head of Reference Services DAVID HAUGAARD, Reference Librarian EDUCATION AND INTERPRETATION RONALD MEDFORD, Senior Research Services Associate KATHRYN E. WILSON, Director of Education and Interpretation Remote Services JOAN SAVERINO, Assistant Director for R. A. FRIEDMAN, Graphics Rights Specialist Education LOUIS MEEHAN, Photographer MELISSA M. MANDELL, Project Coordinator/PhilaPlace Publications TAMARA GASKELL MILLER, Director of Publications as of October 1, 2006 INDEX 2007 457 Abernethy, Lloyd M. (historian), in round- book on, 322–23; naval documents from, table discussion of Philadelphia: A 300- book on, 108–9; Phila. in, books on, Year History, 377–94, 380 (photo) 111–13, 448–49 Abramowitz, Clara, 53, 65 American Union Against Militarism Abrams v. United States (Espionage Act case), (AUAM), 54–55 75 America’s Joan of Arc: The Life of Anna Abu-Jamal, Mumia (murder suspect), 439 Elizabeth Dickinson, by Gallman, rev., Ackowanothic (Delaware Indian), 12 328–29 ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), 79 “An Act Amending Penal Laws of This State” Act of Toleration (1689), 241 (PA 1786), 175 Adams, Henry, Eakins Revealed: The Secret Anglicization, of criminal law, rev., 445 Life of an American Artist, rev., 220–21 Annapolis Convention, 234 Adams, John, 237, 254, 256–58, 262 antebellum period, bourgeois culture and Adams, Samuel, 254, 258 youth in, book on, 113–14 Adelman, Skip (photographer), 92 anthracite miners. See coal miners/mining AFL (American Federation of Labor), 47 antiwar/anticonscription activists, World War African Americans, 78; in Civilian I, 33–80; circulars ( See circulars, anti- Conservation Corps, rev., 450; distribu- war/anticonscription) tion in Phila. (2000), 398 (map); historical APL (American Protective League), 40, 41, coverage of, 349–50, 362–64; sexual 68, 69 behavior and (1730–1830), book on, Appalachian Mountains, 9 446–48; unemployment in Phila. among Appleby Manor (land grant awarded to Lt. (1982–2007), 404 Col. John Armstrong), 28 Alexander, John K. (historian), 365 archaeology, Lenape sites, 362 Alfredo, Waldemar, 60 architecture: colonial, 263–306; of early Alien and Sedition Acts (1798), 34, 72 Republic in Delaware Valley, book on, Allegheny River/Region, 5, 8–12, 17, 19, 21, 216–17; English, in seventeenth and eigh- 22 teenth centuries, 263–306 (See also Allentown, PA, 89, 90 Pennsbury Manor) Allumapees [Sassoonan] (Delaware Indian), Archive of Folk Song (Library of Congress), 10 92–94, 93 (photo) Alnutt, Brian, “Philadelphia, 1982–2007: Arch Street, Phila., and military recruitment, Toward the Postindustrial City,” with 39, 41–42 Roger D. Simon, 395–444 Arch Street Theater, Phila., 39, 48, 53 “American ‘bill of rights’” (NY), 245–46 Arlington, VA, 287 American Buildings and Their Architects Armstrong, Alan W. (historian), 140 (Pierson), 263 Armstrong, Lt. Col. John, and raid at American Civil Liberties Union, 79 Kittanning, PA, 5–32; during, 19–21; pre- American Federation of Labor, 47 ceding campaign and, 7–19, 26; victory, in American finance, birth of, book on, 111–13 question, 5, 6–8, 21–28, 30–32 American folklife, guide for studying, book Armstrong, Lt. Edward (brother of Lt. Col. on, 214–15 John Armstrong), 16–17, 19 American folklore/folklorists, 88–97 Armstrong, Robert (frontiersman), 29 American Institute of Architects, 267 art/arts: catalogue of Pennsylvania Academy The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin of the Fine Arts, rev., 218–20; Pittsburgh (Wood), review essay, 177, 184–89 industry depicted in (1812–1920), book American Legion, 78 on, 222–23; in postindustrial Phila. American Philosophical Society, 142 (1982–2007), 423–28 American Protective League, 40, 41, 68, 69 Articles of Confederation (1776), Dickinson’s American Revolution: British supporters of, first draft, 234, 258, 261 book on, 323–25; and John Dickinson, artists: in Northern Liberties area, Phila., gen- 233–62; literature of, Thomas Paine and, trification and, 431; Thomas Eakins, 458 books on, 220–21 baseball: Charles Albert Bender, book on, Ashmead, Henry Graham (writer), 152, 166 217–18; in postindustrial Phila. Asian community, in Phila. (1982–2007), (1982–2007), 426 397–98 basketball, in postindustrial Phila. Asociación Puertorroqueños en Marcha, (1982–2007), 426 435–36 Bauman, John F., Before Renaissance: “Assert Your Rights” (anticonscription circu- Planning in Pittsburgh, 1889–1943, with lar), 51–52, 65 Muller, rev., 332–33 assimilation, of native Americans, Charles Bear Tavern, Phila., 310 Albert Bender and, book on, 217–18 Beaver River, PA, 9 associational life, in Phila., history of, 370–71 Beer Drivers Union of Philadelphia, 58 Atlantic City Boardwalk Piers, 69 Before Renaissance: Planning in Pittsburgh, Atlantic Monthly (periodical), 35 1889–1943, by Bauman and Muller, rev., Atlee, William Augustus (Pennsylvania 332–33 Supreme Court justice), 163, 168 Bell, Whitfield J., Jr., 377, 379 At Work in Penn’s Woods: The Civilian Bella Vista, Phila., gentrification of, 428 Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania,by Belton House (England), 287 Speakman, rev., 449–50 Bender, Charles Albert, book on, 217–18 AUAM (American Union Against Benezet, Anthony (Quaker schoolmaster and Militarism), 54–55 abolitionist), 312 Aubrey, William (brother-in-law to William Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Penn, Jr.), 303 (Isaacson), review essay, 177, 189–93 Auchwick plantation (PA), 26 “Benjamin Franklin at 300: The Show Goes Avenue of the Arts, Phila., 424–25 On: A Review of the Reviews,” by Michael Zuckerman (review essay), Bacon, Edmund, 418, 420 177–207 Bacon, Francis, 130–31, 143, 145 Benjamin Franklin (Morgan), review essay, Bacon’s Castle (Surry County), 288 177, 182–84 Baer, Elizabeth (Socialist Party member), Benjamin Franklin’s Printing Network: 64–67; United States v., 74 Disseminating Virtue in Early America, Bailey, James, book rev. by, 448–49 by Frasca, rev., 212–13 Baird, John A., Jr., book rev. by, 329–30 bias, Phila. police and, 440 Baker, John (adviser to Lt. Col. John Biddle, Charles (Vice Pres., Supreme Armstrong), 19, 23 Executive Council), 150, 169, 172 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Phila., 41, 50–51 Biles House, Phila., 269 Baltimore, Lord, 275 biographical dictionary, of Pennsylvania