Philadelphia - Monday, 31 July 2017

The day started with breakfast at the HIE and then a short walk to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP),  

A little meet and greet and then welcome by Frank Southcott and Sydney Dixon from the Philadelphia APG.

Morning presentations were on the Politics of War in Early Pennsylvania by Patrick Spero, 2 presentation s by Sydney Dixon on records, repositories, and websites to use when researching PA records. 

Then a break for lunch. Headed a couple of blocks down the street to Lil Nano’s. Cute little Italian place with huge portions. Had a sandwich that came with a side salad. Ate half and brought the other half back to the HSP and stashed into the fridge for tomorrow’s lunch. 

The afternoon sessions concentrated on the records, arrangement, and tour of the HSP. It is a repository that is teeming with information. The arrangement, however is quite confusing, with so many places to look to access the information. There have to be at least 4 different cataloging systems in play. 

There was a nice reception at the end of the day with some wine and nice hors d’oeuvres. Earle met me there and we had some nice conversation with some of the other attendees and their spouses. 

Back to the hotel to drop off the bags and then to dinner at Moriarity’s.

It was an Irish Pub type restaurant with an eclectic menu. Earle had a Shepherd’s pie and a Guiness. I had the largest portion of chicken wings ever and a Smithwick’s. When I asked the waitress how many wings came in an order, she said 8. Ok, that’s doable. When they arrived, there were 10 WHOLE wings. Needless to say about 2/3 came back to the room with us. 

Internet funky, so trying to load pictures. 

To bed.