City of Brotherly Love (1779)

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City of Brotherly Love (summary)
 
Philadelphia is called the “City of Brotherly Love” because of its Quaker  
influence. The nickname dates back to the 1700s. 


A Dictionary of  Americanisms on Historical Principals 
edited by Mitford M. Mathews  
Chicago: University of Chicago Press 
1951 
Pg. 332; 
City of  Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, Pa. 
1793 PRIEST Travels (1802) 12,  I told him, that more likely the sins of the 
quakers had drawn down this  judgment on the city of brotherly love. 

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The same conclusion seems to have  prompted Sterett’s similar report on 
dueling in the city of brotherly  love.   
24 March 1798, Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, pg. 226: 
Who  can pretend to accuse America of party-spirit, and especially the city 
of  Brotherly-love? 

11 May 1805, The Evening Fire-Side, pg.  170: 
Being somewhat of a stranger in this city of brotherly love, and the  customs 
and manners of the people very particularly attracting my attention, I  have 
made a few remarks upon them, which I send to you to dispose of as soon as  
you may think proper. 

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