Dataset: Philadelphia Census of Almshouse 1807-1810
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The Magazine of Early American Datasets (MEAD)
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Subject
Almshouse
Philadelphia
poverty
African American Studies
Labor History
Social History
United States History
Women's History
Philadelphia
poverty
African American Studies
Labor History
Social History
United States History
Women's History
Region
Philadelphia PA
Funder
Grant number
Date issued
2014-08-01
Distributor
Scholarly Commons, University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Related resources
Almshouse Philadelphia Codebook 1807-1810.
Smith, Billy G. The “Lower Sort”: Philadelphia’s Laboring People, 1750-1800 (http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100933110) -- and a number of articles.
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Abstract
This data is created from the census of the Philadelphia Almshouse from 1807 to 1810. The census is from the Philadelphia City Archives, Guardians of the Poor. We used microfilm loaned to us from the Mormon Library in SLC, Film 956,463.