Author:
Martha Luella (Doggett) 1856- Hostetler
Title:
The Philadelphia Directory (Volume 1808)
Publisher:
Philadelphia
Publ. year:
1785
Description:Title varies: 1785, 1791, 1797-1810, 1811, 1816, 1824, The Philadelphia directory; 1785, Macpherson's directory, for the city and suburbs of Philadelphia; 1793-94, 1813, 1818-22, The Philadelphia directory and register; 1795, The prospect of Philadelphia and check on the next directory. Pt. 1-[2]a ; 1796, Stephens's Philadelphia directory; 1811, Census directory; 1814, Kites' Philadelphia directory; 1817, Robinson's original annual directory; 1823, The Philadelphia index, or directory; 1825, The Philadelphia directory and stranger's guide; 1828-35, Desilver's Philadelphia directory and strangers guide
Compilers and publishers: 1785, Francis White, John McPherson.--1791, Clement Biddle.--1793-94, James Hardie.--1795, Edmund Hogan.--1796, Thomas Stephens.--1797-1801, C.W. Stafford.--1802-10, 1816-17, James Robinson.--1811, Printed by Jane Aitken.--1813, 1818-19, J.A. Paxton.--1814, B. & T. Kite.--1820, Edward Whitely.--1821-22, M'Carty & Davis.--1823-24, 1828-37, Robert Desilver.--1825, Thomas Wilson
Continued as McElroy's Philadelphia city directory, 1837-67; Gopsill's Philadlphia city directory [1867/8]-1907; Boyd's Philadelphia city directory, 1907-
The Philadelphia directory and register for 1821 is made up from Whitely's Philadelphia directory for 1820, with a new t.p. and supplementary list of names and directory of institutions and societies (62 p.) prefixed
The Philadelphia directory and register for 1822 contains only a supplementary list of names for 1822 and a directory of institutions (74 p.)
The directories for 1835 and 1836 were issued as one directory
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
Volumes for 1791, 1793-1797, 1799-1801, 1803, 1808, 1820-1822, and 1831 supplied for digitization by the Chester County Historical Society
Library's copy for 1809 is missing all between "Knight" and "Lewis" and has handwritten entries for these pages bound in
Library's copy for 1814 is missing all between ""NAG" and "OWE."
Library's copy for 1818 is missing all between "FUL" and "GLE."
Library's copy for 1833 contains blank leaves and pages for additions and corrections
Library's copy for 1835/36 bound with: The Will of the late Stephen Girard, Esq. (36 p. ; 23 cm.)
Contributor: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
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