Independence Historic Resource Study

Primary Sources

Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP)

Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, "Yellow Fever Deaths in Philadelphia, 1793, 1797, 1798."
Diary of John Elliot Cresson, 1795-1796, Three Volumes
Perkins Collection
Philadelphia County Deeds (microfilm)
Philadelphia County Wills (microfilm)

Independence National Historical Park (INDE)

Roll 475, Philadelphia Acts and Ordinances, 1701-1812
Rolls 15-18, Contributionship Insurance Surveys

Library Company of Philadelphia (LCP)

Graphic Collections, City Streets

Philadelphia City Archives, Philadelphia, PA (PCA)

County Commission, Enumeration of Taxables and Slaves and deaf and dumb persons, 1821, Microfilm, Latter-Day-Saint
Tax Assessor's Ledger, South Mulberry Ward, 1787-89, 1791
Tax Assessor's Ledger, South Mulberry Ward, 1792-1795
Third Survey District, 2-T Division, Race-Arch, Fifth to Sixth, pre-1814 and 1815-1855

Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA (PrHS)

Minutes of the Corporation, 1772-1805, Volume 3
RG 33, Second Presbyterian Church Records
"Inscriptions on tombstones in the Second Presbyterian Church Cemetery (5^th and Arch Streets," c. 1867, 1 vol.
Deed to Richard J. Dobbins, Mar. 30, 1874. Lot on north side Arch 77 feet west of Fifth Street.

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