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  • Hucksters, Scapegoating, and The Free Market in Revolutionary Philadelphia

    Hucksters, Scapegoating, and The Free Market in Revolutionary Philadelphia

    Hucksters sit and stand in the street to sell their wares near the market. (South East corner of Third, and Market Streets. Philadelphia. Thomas Birch, 1799. ) Note: Much of this article is based on Candice Harrison’s excellent 2013 article “Free Trade and Huckster’s Rights,” published in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Harrison’s…