Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Phila” in chapter 2, page 67 of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Olde Cambridge:

.... Hildreth (very much interested in the undertaking), Thos. W. Parsons, author of an excellent translation of Dante, Parke Godwin of the New York Evening Post, Mr. Ripley of the Tribune, Dr. Elder of Phila , H. D. Thoreau of Concord, Theodore Parker (my most valued friend), Edmund Quincy, James R. Lowell (from whom I have a most exquisite gem). Many to whom I have written have not replied as yet. ...
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Phila 45 2 1 0 0 user votes

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