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Title: Final Report to the United States Congress by the Philadelphia National Shrines Commission. (Independence National Historical Park)
Description: 1947. Softbound. Blue paper wraps in a simple, three-holed binding. [xxi], 336 pages. An astounding effort by this commission, whose members included George McAneny, Honorable Robert N. McGarvey, Honorable Hugh Martin Morris, Honorable Francis J. Myers, Dr. Carl Van Doren, Mr. Albert M. Greenfield and Honorable Edwin O. Lewis. This report detailed the immediate needs of the Independence Hall neighborhood in terms of Preservation and Restoration. It is hard to imagine that such a report was needed. This book contains an amazing amount of background and historical research, and is fascinating reading as well as historically significant. VG, one tear in front cover .

Keywords: American History ; Philadelphia History ; ; History - American


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