Among the expense ledgers of Elizabeth Willing Powel are many entries that show her engagement with broader society. In addition to the...

While David Maxey's A Portrait of Elizabeth Powel finds Elizabeth Powel to be largely an enigma, she was of a class where her life was...

Mickey Herr introduced the account books of Elizabeth Willing Powel and their remarkable provenance from a false bottom trunk, which you...

We left off in Part 1 of this post learning about the British occupation of “…the little society of Third and Fourth Street[s]” as...

September 1777. ​ Our Capitol, Philadelphia, has been captured and is now occupied by the British. Ordinary, peaceful people are faced...

New documents rediscovered shed new light on Elizabeth Willing Powel

When we think about herbs today we mostly think about seasoning our food. Or perhaps we imagine a nice cup of peppermint or chamomile...

It's wisteria blooming time here in Philadelphia! Every spring, these beautiful fragrant flowers flow down the woody climbing vines...

Before Americans were American, they were many things; Swedish, Dutch, British, Scotch, Irish, Welsh, German, French, free and enslaved...

What's at stake when the NEH and NEA are abolished?