Genealogical chart
Introduction: Anthony Cromwell Hill
Slavery : in the grip of the master, 1692-1851
Philadelphia : the City of Brotherly Love?
The Cromwell family in the City of Brotherly Love, 1851-1926
The Cromwell family in Washington's "Secret City," 1871-1972
John Wesley Cromwell, Sr. : the light that glowed
"Ambition for place or fame is not my besetting folly" : letters from Otelia Cromwell to John Wesley Cromwell, Sr.
"John had never given me a moment's uneasiness" : letters from John Wesley Cromwell, Jr. to John Wesley Cromwell, Sr.
The two journalists : the friendship between John Edward Bruce and John Wesley Cromwell, Sr.
The two historians : the friendship between Theophilus Gould Steward and John Wesley Cromwell, Sr.
Epilogue.