Our Gift Shop has a wonderful selection of children's and adult's books on the colonial history and the American Revolution. We also have a wide-range of gift items, colonial children's toys, cookbooks, handmade paper items and much more! If you need something for someone special or if you would like to treat yourself, please give us call (215) 438-5711 and we will be happy to tell you about additional items. Your purchases support our preservation, restoration, research, and education programs.
Exclusive RittenhouseTown Items
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 1. Commemorative Pewter Plate made in
USA by Wilton Armetale. This 10” plate
features the famous WR watermark of
William Rittenhouse
$50.00 |
2. Print of the Rittenhouse Homestead
An 8” X 7” print suitable for framing. It
depicts the 1707 Rittenhouse Homestead
where David Rittenhouse was born.
$1.00 Sold Out
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3. RittenhouseTown Notecards 4x6 folded
note cards with Rittenhouse Homestead illustration.
$2.00 each
$8.95 for five |
4. United States Postal Service Commemorative Post Card
A first day issue postcard, hand cancelled on the issuance date of May 13, 1990, to commemorate the 300th anniversary of North America’s first paper mill at RittenhouseTown.
$1.00 |
5. RittenhouseTown Magnets
Miniatures
of the site’s official wayside marker issued by
the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission.
$2.00 |
6. Commemorative Watermark Tiles
These handmade 6” X 6” tiles depict the
1701 watermark of Nicholas Rittenhouse.
$16.00 |
7. Milestones in History Map
A 9” X 12”
map, suitable for framing. It depicts all of
the historic sites in Philadelphia’s original
Roxborough township, including
RittenhouseTown.
$1.00 |
8. Handmade RittenhouseTown Paper
Manufactured using the same methods as the
Rittenhouse Family. Includes seal with WR
watermark of William Rittenhouse.
Individual sheet & envelope. $3.00
Pack of 5 sheets & envelopes. $15.00 |
9. Traditional Taper Candles
hand dipped
for Historic RittenhouseTown using early
American methods.
8” length (Box of two) $4.50
10” Length (Box of two) $4.95 |
10. The Rittenhouse Mill and the
Beginnings of Papermaking in America by
James Green
A wonderful book tracing the
early history of papermaking and the
Rittenhouse Family during the late 17th and
early 18th centuries. Published in coopera
tion with the Library Company of
Philadelphia.
5.00 |
11. A History of Paper
traces the early
beginnings of papermaking in civilization
until the modern era. Printed for Historic
RittenhouseTown by Fraser Paper, Ltd.
$2.00 |
12a. Color Postcards of the Rittenhouse
Homestead
$.35 each
3 for $1.00 |
12b. Color Postcards of the 18th century portrait of David Rittenhouse by Charles Willson Peale.
$.35 each
3 for $1.00 |
13. Hearthside with Susan McLellan
Plaisted: A December Bill of Fare at
Pottsgrove Manor
Cooking demonstration.
DVD. $20.00 |
 14. Rittenhouse Homestead 300th Anniversary Mug
Attractive gold ink on black mug
$8.00 |
 15. Rittenhouse Homestead Anniversary Woodcut by Cat’s Meow®
Very collectible!
$15.00
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16. RittenhouseTown water bottle
$3.50 |
17. The 2007 Paper Mill Run Commemorative Race T-Shirt
$10.00 |
The Colonial Period & American Revolution
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18. Private Yankee Doodle by Joseph
Plumb Martin
One of the best first hand
accounts of the Revolutionary as recorded
by a private soldier.
$5.95 |
19. The Surprise at Germantown
October 4, 1777 by Thomas J. Maguire
An account of the epic battle that involved
all of Germantown.
$14.95 |
20. Encyclopedia of the American
Revolution by Mark M. Boatner III
An
essential reference tool for any student or
scholar of the American evolutionary War.
Originally $39.95 Sold out
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21. Glory, Passion & Principles: The
Story of Eight Remarkable Women at the
Core of the American Revolution by
Melissa Lukeman Bohrer
Originally $24.00 Now $7.99 |
22. United States Constitution
$1.50
With
colonial-era quill $3.00 |
23. Declaration of Independence
$1.50
With colonial-era quill $3.00
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24. The Bill of Rights
$1.50
With colonial era quill $3.00
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25. David Rittenhouse Commemorative Coin
$2.00 |
Childrens' Gifts & Books
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26. If You Lived at the Time of the
American Revolution by Kay Moore
5.99 |
27. The Winter of the Red Snow-Valley
Forge 1777: The Revolutionary War Diary
of Abigail Jane Stewart
$10.95 |
28. If You Were There At the Time of the
American Revolution by Barbara Brenner
$17.00 |
29. If You Liven in Williamsburg in
Colonial Days by Barbara Brenner
$5.99 |
30. What’s the Big Idea Ben Franklin by
Jean Fritz
$6.99 |
31. If You Lived in Colonial Days by Ann
McGovern
$5.99 |
32. If You Were There When They Signed
the Constitution by Elizabeth Levy
$5.99 |
33. Independence Hall, Colonial
Carriage or Revolutionary War Cannon
Pencil Sharpeners
$2.00 |
34. Jacobs Ladder Wooden Toy
$9.95 |
35. Bag of American Revolutionary War
Soldiers
Small $2.25
Large $7.75 |
36. Jaw Harp
$4.50 |
37. Penny Whistle
$8.00 |
38. Bag of Pewter Jacks
$6.50 |
39. Reproduction Iron Key to
Independence Hall
$7.00 |
40. Miniature Sundial
$6.50 |
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Papermaking Tools |
41. Complete Papermaking Kit
$60.00 |
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Limited Quantities |
42. Images of America-Chestnut Hill by
Thomas H. Keel & Elizabeth Farmer Jarvis
Beautiful period photographs and a fascinating
history of one of the closest
Philadelphia neighborhoods to
RittenhouseTown.
Originally $19.99 Now
$13.00 |
43. In the Devil’s Snare: The Salem Witch
Curse of 1692 by Mary Beth Norton
As
RittenhouseTown was establishing itself in
the 1690s, dramatic events were occurring
in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Originally $15.00 Now $4.99 |
