I was tired last night so didn’t make it to midnight to post “Rabbit Rabbit.” I was reminded by a former student, when I awoke and checked Facebook. Thanks, Mike.
Didn’t have to get up so early this morning which was nice. A real luxury when traveling.
Breakfast and the short walk to HSP. Such a treat this morning to hear Judy Russell do 2 sessions on Pennsylvania law. She takes what could be a boring and complicated subject and makes it come alive. Love to hear her speak.
After Judy we had a presentation on 18th Century Taxes by Kimberly Bucklaw, archivist at the Chester County Archives. She did a wonderful job showing how to create a timeline with data gleaned from tax records. Her handouts were beautifully done and easy to understand.
Then lunch with a couple of classmates before doing some research in the online catalog.
After lunch we heard Kimberly work through a case study using city directories and census records.
Had a couple of hours then to go through some of the card catalog records for manuscripts and letters. Have a list of items to retrieve tomorrow.
Met Earle back at the room and then we headed to the old city for a walk with Benjamin Franklin. It really looked like rain and we felt a couple of drops before the walk began. But we made it through as we took a 2 mile walk around Franklin’s sites.
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| Ben in front of Carpenter's Hall - the real birth place of the United States |
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| 2nd National Bank |
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| Pennsylvania State House - aka Independence Hall |
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| Ben's Grave |
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| Betsy Ross House |
We ended at the Monaco hotel and decided to grab a bite to eat and something very cold to drink. The humidity had really been oppressive. So a couple of beers and hamburgers hit the spot.
A really great evening and Uber back to the hotel, listened to the last inning of the horrible Pirates game, and bed.
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