7-13-1844: “A large meeting of the crowd, armed with muskets, convened at the Wharton Market, and with two field pieces, wheels muffled, proceeded from thence up Front street with the avowed intention of attacking the military. . . .”

Philadelphia Riots, “A large meeting of the crowd, armed with muskets, convened at the Wharton Market, and with two field pieces, wheels muffled, proceeded from thence up Front street with the avowed intention of attacking the military. . . .”, July 13, 1844