Samuel "Stars and Stripes" Ashbridge: Philadelphia's Most Corrupt Mayor (by Thomas Keels)

Samuel "Stars and Stripes" Ashbridge: Philadelphia's Most Corrupt Mayor (by Thomas Keels)

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

ABC #049 - Part 2

Samuel "Stars and Stripes" Ashbridge would give a patriotic speech at the drop of a hat and was elected Philadelphia’s mayor in 1899; he left office four years later a rich man. Fellow tour guide and Philadelphia author and historian Thomas Keels tells you his story. 

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