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The Sellers brothers, Samuel and George, came to North America in 1682 as part of the Quaker migration to William Penn s new province on the shores of the Delaware River. Across more than two centuries, the Sellers family especially Samuel s descendants Nathan, Escol, Coleman, and William rose to prominence as manufacturers, engineers, social reformers, and urban and suburban developers, transforming Philadelphia into a center of industry and culture. They led a host of civic institutions including the Franklin Institute, Abolition Society, and University of Pennsylvania. At the same time,...

"The Philadelphia Stock Exchange and the City It Made" recounts the history of America's first stock exchange and the ways it shaped the growth and decline of the city around it. Founded in 1790, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, its member firms, and the companies they financed had profound impacts on the city's place in the world economy. At its start, the exchange and its members helped spur the development of the early United States, its financial sector, and its westward expansion. During the nineteenth century, they invested in making Philadelphia the center of industrial America,...