the Revolution (1847), which relates how a speech by an anonymous delegate was the final motivation that spurred delegates to sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776. After Lippard became successful as a novelist, he tried to use popular literature as a vehicle for social reform. WorksPhilippe de Agramont (1842 July in Saturday Evening Post)Adrian, the Neophyte (1843)The Battle-Day of Germantown (1843)Herbert Tracy; or, The Legend of the Black Rangers. A Romance of the Battle-field of Germantown (1844)The Ladye Annabel; or, The Doom of the Poisoner. A Romance by an Unknown Author (1844)The Quaker City; or, The Monks of Monk Hall (anon., 1844) (full text page images at openlibrary.org)Blanche of Brandywine (1846) ( on-line text at Google Book Search)The Nazarene; or, The Last of Washington (1846)The Rose of Wissahikon; or, The Fourth of July, 1776. A Romance, Embracing the Secret History of the Declaration of Independence (1847)Washington and His Generals; or, Legends of the Revolution (1847) (on-line text at Google Book Search)Legends of Mexico (1847)Bel of Prairie Eden: A Romance of Mexico (1848)Paul Ardenheim, the Monk of Wissahikon (1848)Memoirs of a Preacher: A Revelation of the Church and the Home (1849)The Man with the Mask: A Sequel to the Memoirs of a Preacher. A Revelation of the Church and the Home (1849)Washington and His Men: A New Series of Legends of the Revolution (1850)The Killers: A Narrative of Real Life in Philadelphia By a Member of the Philadelphia Bar (1850)The Author Hero of the American Revolution (n.d.)The Bank Director's Son (1851)Adonai, the Pilgrim of Eternity (1851)Mysteries of the Pulpit; or, A Revelation of the Church and the Home (1851)Thomas Paine, Author-Soldier of the American Revolution (1852)The Midnight Queen; or Leaves from New York Life (1853) (online page images at Wright American Fiction)The Empire City; or, New York by night (1853)New York: Its Upper Ten and Lower Million (1854) (online page images at Wright American Fiction & on-line text at Google Book Search)Eleanor; or, Slave catching in Philadelphia (1854)The Life and Choice Writings of George Lippard (1855)The Legends of the American Revolution “1776” (1876) () Works "Rider of the Black Horse" by George Lippard "A Case of Starvation" by George Lippard in The Gallows, the Prison, and the Poor-house: A Plea for Humanity by George Washington Quinby at Google Book Search See also Gothic fiction Plantation era References External links George Lippard at Literary Gothic Open Library e-facsimile of Quaker City