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==Page 289==
'''Walls of the Shambles...  the Market'''<br>
New Market, as it was originally known, later also known as Headhouse (or Head House) Square, is an historic street market in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Established in 1745 and named "New Market" to distinguish it from the established market on High (now Market) St., it was used well into the 19th century.  Two rows of brick pillars support a gable roof and arched ceiling over an open market area.  The area features cobblestone streets and a park.  The square includes a stone building, the Headhouse, a former firehouse built in 1804, the oldest in the United States.  It also features one of the oldest continually run farmer's markets in the nation.  The market structure, known as the Shambles, was demolished in 1950 but rebuilt in the early 1960s.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Market_(Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania) WIKI]

'''The Veery Brothers'''<br>
Located [http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=S+2nd+AND+market+Philadelphia,+PA&ie=UTF8&z=15&om=1&iwloc=addr here.]

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'''"He's a rare Wax Artist, our Cosmo is..."<br />
Historically, there are two versions of the 3rd century CE figure St. Cosmo (aka St. Cosmas): the "randy" St. Cosmo, aka the "modern Priapus," and the saintly martyred St. Cosmo of Church lore. Wax phallus effigies were offered by the women to St. Cosmo at the festivals held in his name. In [http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ATD_1-25#Page_3 ''Against the Day''], Pynchon has Randolph St. Cosmo, one of the Chums of Chance.

Also, the saints Cosmas and Damian were twin brothers who practiced healing arts in what is now  modern day Syria.  They were perhaps best know for having grafted the leg of a recently deceased black man onto the body of a white man.  They also never charged payment for any of their services.  Saints Cosmas & Damian were martyred by being beheaded.

'''[[1763#November|November]] 30, 1763'''

'''Tavern-hopping'''<br>
Some info on Philadelphia's [http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/philadelphia/areahistory/watson0113.txt Taverns and Coffee-Houses.]

'''Indian Queen'''<br>
located [http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=S+5th+st+and+Chestnut+Street+Philadelphia,+PA&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=17&ll=39.949359,-75.149263&spn=0.00366,0.007918&iwloc=addr here]<br>
[http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/evans/files/phs051.html Image] from 1833.<br>
Durring the 1787 Constitutional Convention, this was one of the places delegates including James Madison, stayed. [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/profiles/linder/GOLFTAV.HTM link and future source]<br>

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''''As it will prove...' [[1763#December|December]] 1, 1763'''<br>

==Page 292==
'''Mr. Arne's ''Love in a Cottage'''''<br>
''Love in a Village'' is a ballad opera in three acts that was composed and arranged by Thomas Arne.  A pastiche, the work contains 42 musical numbers of which only five were newly composed works by Arne.  The other music is made up of 13 pieces borrowed from Arne's earlier stage works, a new overture was by C. F. Abel, and 23 songs by other composers, including Geminiani and Galuppi, albeit with new texts.  The English libretto, by Isaac Bickerstaff, is based on Charles Johnson’s 1729 play The Village Opera.  The opera premiered at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden in London on 8 December 1762.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_in_a_Village WIKI] - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Arne Thomas Arne link here]

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'''''Philosophical Transactions'''''<br>
''The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'', or ''Phil. Trans.'', is a scientific journal published by the Royal Society.  Begun in 1665, it is the oldest scientific journal printed in the English-speaking world and the second oldest in the world, after the French ''Journal des sçavans''.  It has remained in continuous publication ever since 1665, making it the world's longest running scientific journal.  The use of the word "philosophical" in the title derives from the phrase "natural philosophy", which was the equivalent of what we would now generically call "science".  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_Transactions_of_the_Royal_Society WIKI]

'''''Andante'''''<br>
Slowish musical movement

'''Orchid Tavern...  Dock Creek'''<br>
This was a marshland area with a creek that ran to Penn's landing. References to Dock Creek [http://www.ushistory.org/carpentershall/history/july4.htm here]and [http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_landing.htm here.]The creek was filled in and became [http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Philadelphia,+PA&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=39.946233,-75.144918&spn=0.004277,0.010664&t=k&om=1 Dock Road].
Located near the "Blue Anchor" cannot find references to the "Orchid Tavern" obvious connection to Franklin's sunglasses.  It is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchid_%28color%29 this] color.

'''Old and New Lights'''<br>
The terms Old Lights and New Lights (among others) are used in Christian circles to distinguish between two groups who were initially the same, but have come to a disagreement.  These terms have been applied in a wide variety of ways, and the meaning must be determined from context.  Typically, if a denomination is changing, and some refuse to change, and the denomination splits, those who did not change are referred to as the "Old Lights", and the ones who changed are referred to as the "New Lights".  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_and_New_Light WIKI]

'''Mr. Shippen'''<br>
William Shippen, Sr. (October 1, 1712 – November 4, 1801) was an American physician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He was a civic and educational leader who represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress...  Shippen joined the vestrymen who founded the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia in 1742.  He joined Benjamin Franklin and other civic leaders to found the Public Academy in 1749 and served as one of its trustees.  When it merged with another school to become the College of Philadelphia he served as a trustee of the college from 1755 to 1779; the College is now the University of Pennsylvania.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shippen WIKI]

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'''Leyden-Jar'''<br>
The Leyden jar is a device that "stores" static electricity between two electrodes on the inside and outside of a jar.  It was invented independently by Ewald Georg von Kleist in 11 October 1744 and by Pieter van Musschenbroek in 1745—1746.  The latter place of invention, Leiden, Netherlands gave the invention its name.  It was the original form of the capacitor.  The Leyden jar was used to conduct many early experiments in electricity, and its discovery was of fundamental importance in the study of electricity.  Previously, researchers had to resort to insulated conductors of large dimensions to store charge.  The Leyden jar provided a much more compact alternative.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyden_jar WIKI]

'''Euclid'''<br>
Euclid (Greek: Εὐκλείδης — Eukleídēs), fl. 300 BC, also known as Euclid of Alexandria, was a Greek mathematician and is often referred to as the "Father of Geometry."  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid WIKI]

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