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The Philadelphia directory ... : [1785]-1837
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- Format:
- Journal/Periodical
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philadelphia--Directories.
- Local Subjects:
- Philadelphia--Directories.
- Physical Description:
- 43 v. : maps ; 17-22 cm.
- Other Title:
- Philadelphia directory 1785, 1791, 1797-1811, 1816-1817, 1824
- Macpherson's directory, for the city and suburbs of Philadelphia 1785
- Philadelphia directory and register 1793-1794, 1813, 1818-1822
- Stephens's Philadelphia directory 1796
- Census directory 1811
- Kites' Philadelphia directory 1814
- Robinson's original annual directory 1817
- Philadelphia index, or directory 1823
- Philadelphia directory and stranger's guide 1825
- Desilver's Philadelphia directory and stranger's guide 1828-1837
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, 1785-1837.
- Notes:
- Compilers and publishers: 1785, Francis White, John McPherson. 1791, Clement Biddle. 1793-94, James Hardie. 1796, Thomas Stephens. 1797-1801, C. W. Stafford. 1802-11, 1816-17, James Robinson. 1813, 1818-19, J.A. Paxton. 1814, B. & T. Kite. 1817, Edward Dawes. 1820, Edward Whitely. 1821-22, M'Carty & Davis. 1823-24, 1828-37, Robert Desilver. 1825, Thomas Wilson.
- ... leaves and pages for additions and corrections.
- No directories issued for the years 1786-90, inclusive, 1792, 1812, 1815, 1826, 1827, 1832, 1834.
- Two separate directories were issued for each of the following years: 1785, 1796, 1811, 1817, 1823.
- Local Notes:
- Library has 43 volumes.
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