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Working People of Philadelphia, 1800–1850: Bibliography

Working People of Philadelphia, 1800–1850

Bibliography

Bibliography

Primary Sources

Manuscript Materials

Adair, Robert. Church Members, Franklin Street Church, 1837–1839. Presbyterian Historical Society. Philadelphia, Pa.

Buchanan, James. Papers. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Cedar Street Presbyterian Church. Records of the Session, 1838–1870. Presbyterian Historical Society. Philadelphia, Pa.

Central Presbyterian Church in Northern Liberties. Minutes of the Session, 1832–1852. Presbyterian Historical Society. Philadelphia, Pa.

First Presbyterian Church in Southwark. Minutes, 1830–1840. Presbyterian Historical Society. Philadelphia, Pa.

First Presbyterian Church in Southwark. Records of Communicants, Baptisms, Marriages, 1827–1831, 1842–1848. Presbyterian Historical Society. Philadelphia, Pa.

First Presbyterian Church of Southwark. Trustees Minutes, 1818–1832. Presbyterian Historical Society. Philadelphia, Pa.

First Presbyterian Congregation of Kensington. Session Books, 1814–1845, 1843–1859. Presbyterian Historical Society. Philadelphia, Pa.

First Universalist Church. Minute Book, 1820–1842. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia.

Halsey, A. O. Papers. Presbyterian Historical Society. Philadelphia, Pa.

Manayunk, Borough of. Council Minutes, 1840–1852, 1852–1854, 2 vols. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Miscellaneous Papers. Presbyterian Historical Society. Philadelphia, Pa.

Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church. Members, Green Lane Methodist Episcopal Church, Manayunk. Philadelphia, Pa.

Niagara Hose Company. Minute Books, 1833–1848, 1848–1864. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Order of United American Mechanics, Fredonia Lodge No. 52, West Philadelphia. Records of the Society, 1850–1857. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia.

Pennsylvania State Archives. Senate File. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Ramsey, William. Diary, 1822–1849. 23 vols. Presbyterian Historical Society. Philadelphia, Pa.

Schell, Frank H. “Old Volunteer Fire Laddies, the Famous, Fast, Faithful, Fistic, Fire Fighters of Bygone Days.” In Frank H. Schell Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia.

Second Universalist Church. Minute Book, 1820–1854. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia.

Society of Miscellaneous Collection. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia.

United States Census Office. Industrial Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850: Philadelphia County. Microfilm. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1963.

        . Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850: Philadelphia County. Microfilm. Washington, D.C.: National

Archives, 1963.

Published Works

“Account of the Grand Federal Procession in Philadelphia.” American Museum 4 (July, 1788): 57–75.

Adair, Robert. Memoir of Rev. James Patterson, Late Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1840.

An Address to the Workingmen of the City and County of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Mifflin and Perry, 1839.

Alexander, James W., [Charles Quill,] The American Mechanic. Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1838.

        . The Working-man. Philadelphia: Perkins and Purvis, 1843.

American Protestant Association. Address of the Board of Managers of the American Protestant Association. Together with a Sketch of the Addresses at the First Anniversary, November 18, 1843. Philadelphia: n.pub., 1844.

        . First Annual Report of the American Protestant Association; with the Constitution and Organization of the Association. Philadelphia: n.pub., 1843.

American Republican Central Executive Committee. Address of the American Republicans of the City and County of Philadelphia to the Native and Naturalized Citizens of the United States. Philadelphia: n.pub., 1844.

American Temperance Union. Report of the Executive Committee. Philadelphia: L. Johnson, 1838.

Baird, Robert H. The American Cotton Spinner, and Manager’s and Carder’s Guide: A Practical Treatise on Cotton Spinning, Compiled from the Papers of the Late Robert Baird. Philadelphia: A. Hart, 1851.

Barnes, Albert. The Connexion of Temperance with Republican Freedom: An Oration Delivered on the 4th of July, 1835, before the Mechanics and Workingmens Temperance Society of the City and County of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Boyles and Benedict, 1835.

        . The Choice of a Profession: An Address Delivered before the Society of Inquiry in Amherst College, August 21, 1838. Amherst. J. S. and C. Adams, 1838.

        . The Desire of Reputation: An Address before the Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia, December 8, 1841. Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1841.

Broom, Jacob. An Address Pronounced before the Order of the United Sons of America, on the Twenty-second Day of February, A.D., 1850. Philadelphia: J. H. Jones, 1850.

Campbell, John. A Theory of Equality: Or, the Way to Make Every Man Act Honestly. Philadelphia: J. B. Perry, 1848.

Centennial Publishing Committee. History of Ebenezer Methodist Church, Southwark. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1892.

The Charter, Articles of Faith, Constitution, and By-laws of the First Universalist Church. Philadelphia: Gihon, Fairchild, 1842.

The Charter and By-laws of the Philadelphia Typographical Society, with the Members’ Names. Philadelphia: n.pub., 1843.

Cobbett, William. A Year’s Residence in the United States of America. 1819. Rpt. Carbondale: University of Southern Illinois Press, 1964.

Committee of Boston Mechanics. Proceedings of the Government and Citizens of Philadelphia, on the Reduction of the Hours of Labor and Increase of Wages. Boston: Committee of Mechanics, 1835.

Committee of Citizens of Philadelphia. Paid Fire Department: Letters of the Judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions, and the Marshall of Police and Report of the Board of Trade. Philadelphia: n.pub., 1853.

Constitution and By-laws of the Association of Journeymen Hatters of the City and County of Philadelphia, Instituted in 1824. Philadelphia: William P. Finn, 1834.

Constitution and By-laws of the Journeymen House Carpenters’ Association of the City and County of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: National Labourer, 1837.

Constitution and By-laws of the Union Beneficial Society of Journeymen Cordwainers, on the Ladies’ Branch, of the City and County of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: John Thompson, 1834.

The Constitution of the Pennsylvania Society of Journeymen Cabinetmakers of the City of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Garden and Thompson, 1829.

Desilver’s Directory and Stranger’s Guide, for 1831. Ed. Robert Desilver. Philadelphia: By the editor, 1831.

Desilver’s Directory and Stranger’s Guide, for 1833. Ed. Robert Desilver. Maxwell, 1829.

Desilver’s Directory and Stranger’s Guide, for 1830. Ed. Robert Desilver. Philadelphia: By the editor, 1830.

Desilver’s Directory and Stranger’s Guide, for 1831. Ed. by Robert Desilver. Philadelphia: By the editor, 1831.

Desilver’s Directory and Stranger’s Guide, for 1833. Ed. by Robert Desilver. Philadelphia: By the editor, 1833.

Desilver’s Directory and Stranger’s Guide, for 1835–1836. Philadelphia: Seyfert and Phillips, 1836.

Fisher, Sidney George. A Philadelphia Perspective: The Diary of Sidney George Fisher, 1834–1871. Ed. by Nicholas B. Wainwright. Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1967.

Freedley, Edwin T. Philadelphia and Its Manufactures: A Handbook Exhibiting the Development, Variety, and Statistics of the Manufacturing Industry of Philadelphia in 1857, together with Sketches of Remarkable Manufactories, and a List of Articles Now Made in Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Edward Young, 1858.

A Full and Accurate Report of the Trial for Riot before the Mayor’s Court of Philadelphia, on the 13th of October, 1831, Arising out of a Protestant Procession on the 12th of July, and in which the Contending Parties Were Protestants and Catholics, Including the Indictments, Examination of Witnesses, Speeches of Counsel, Verdict and Sentences. Philadelphia: Jesper Harding, 1831.

Gihon, John H. A Review of the Sermon against Universal Salvation. Philadelphia: By the author, 1841.

Gould, Marcus T. C. [recorder]. Trial of Twenty-four Journeymen Tailors, Charged with a Conspiracy: Before the Mayor’s Court of the City of Philadelphia, September Sessions, 1827. Philadelphia: n.pub., 1827.

Hagner, Charles V. Early History of the Falls of Schuylkill, Manayunk, Schuylkill and Lehigh Navagation Companies, Fairmount Waterworks, etc. Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger, 1869.

[Heighton, William.] An Address Delivered before the Mechanics and Working Classes Generally, of the City and County of Philadelphia. At the Universalist Church, in Callowhill Street, On Wednesday Evening, November 21, 1827. By the “Unlettered Mechanic.” Philadelphia: Mechanics’ Delegation, 1827.

        . An Address to the Members of Trade Societies, and to the Working Classes Generally: Being an Exposition of the Relative Situation, Condition, and Future Prospects of Working People in the United States of America. Together with a Suggestion and Outlines of a Plan, by which They May Gradually and Indefinitely Improve their Condition. By a Fellow-Labourer. Philadelphia: Young, 1827.

        . The Principles of Aristocratic Legislation, Developed in an Address, Delivered to the Working People of the District of Southwark, and Townships of Moyamensing and Passyunk. In the Commissioners’ Hall, August 14, 1828. Philadelphia: J. Coates, Jr., 1828.

Hersey, John. Advice to Christian Parents. Baltimore: Armstrong and Perry; n.d.

Hunt, Thomas. Jesse Jackson and his Times. Philadelphia: Griffith and Simon, 1845.

        . Life and Thoughts of Rev. Thomas P. Hunt. Wilkes-Barre, Pa.: Robert Baur and Son, 1901.

Hunterson, John C. Echoes of Fifty Years: Memorial Record of Wharton Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia: William H. Pile’s Sons, 1892.

Kennady, Rev. J[ohn]. Sermon Delivered before the Sunday School Teachers’ Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Philadelphia, September 29, 1839. Philadelphia: Thomas U. Baker, 1839.

Laws of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: J. M. G. Lescue, 1848–1849.

Lee, John Hancock. The Origin and Progress of the American Party in Politics; Embracing a Complete History of the Philadelphia Riots in May and July of 1844 and a Refutation of the Arguments Founded on the Charges of Religious Proscription and Secret Combinations. Philadelphia: Elliot and Gihon, 1855.

Life and Adventures of Charles Anderson Chester, the Notorious Leader of the Philadelphia “Killers.” Philadelphia: Yates and Smith, 1850.

Maguire, John F. The Irish in America. 1868. Rpt., New York: Arno Press, 1969.

A. McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory, for 1837. Ed. Archibald McElroy. Philadelphia: Rackleff and Jones, 1837.

A. McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory, for 1839. Ed. Archibald McElroy. Philadelphia: Isaac Ashmead, 1839.

A. McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory, for 1840. Ed. Archibald McElroy. Philadelphia: Isaac Ashmead, 1840.

A. McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory, for 1841. Ed. Orrin Rogers. Philadelphia: Isaac Ashmead, 1841.

A. McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory, for 1842. Ed. Orrin Rogers. Philadelphia: Isaac Ashmead, 1842.

A. McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory, for 1843. Ed. Edward C. Biddle. Philadelphia: Isaac Ashmead, 1843.

A. McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory, for 1844. Ed. Edward C. Biddle and John C. Biddle. Philadelphia: Isaac Ashmead, 1844.

A. McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory, for 1845. Ed. Edward C. Biddle and John C. Biddle. Philadelphia: Isaac Ashmead, 1845.

A. McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory, for 1846. Ed. Edward C. Biddle and John C. Biddle, Philadelphia: Isaac Ashmead, 1846.

A. McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory, for 1847. Ed. Edward C. Biddle and John C. Biddle. Philadelphia: Isaac Ashmead, 1847.

A. McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory, for 1848. Ed. Edward C. Biddle and John C. Biddle. Philadelphia: Isaac Ashmead, 1848.

A. McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory, for 1849. Ed. Edward C. Biddle and John C. Biddle. Philadelphia: Isaac Ashmead, 1849.

A. McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory, for 1850. Ed. Edward C. Biddle and John C. Biddle. Philadelphia: Isaac Ashmead, 1850.

A. McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory, for 1851. Ed. Edward C. Biddle and John C. Biddle. Philadelphia: Isaac Ashmead, 1851.

Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, 1821–1835. Philadelphia: By the Stated Clerk of the Assembly, n.d.

Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, 1836–1841. Philadelphia: By the Stated Clerk of the Assembly, n.d.

Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, 1842–1847. Philadelphia: By the Stated Clerk of the Assembly, n.d.

Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, 1848–1849. Philadelphia: By the Stated Clerk of the Assembly, n.d.

Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America from its Organization in A.D. 1798 to A.D. 1820. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1847.

Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (New School), 1838–1851. New York: By the Stated Clerk of the Assembly, n.d.

Minutes of the Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1833–1846. Philadelphia: n.pub., n.d.

Minutes of the Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1847–1864. Philadelphia: n.pub., n.d.

Minutes Taken at the Several Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1810–1820. Philadelphia: n.pub., n.d.

Minutes Taken at the Several Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1821–1829. Philadelphia: n.pub., n.d.

Order of United American Mechanics. Journal of the State Council of the Order of United American Mechanics. Philadelphia: J. H. Jones, 1848–1853.

Pennsylvania Senate. Report of the Select Committee Appointed to Visit the Manufacturing Districts of the Commonwealth, for the Purpose of Investigating the Employment of Children in Manfactories, Mr. Peltz, Chairman. Harrisburg: Thompson and Clark, 1838.

Pennsylvania Society for Discouraging the Use of Ardent Spirits. Anniversary Report of the Board of Managers. Philadelphia: n.pub., 1831.

Philadelphia Directory for 1816. Ed. James Robinson. Philadelphia: n.pub., 1816.

The Philadelphia Directory, for 1817. Ed. Edward Dawes. Philadelphia: n.pub., 1817.

The Philadelphia Directory and Register for 1818. Ed. James E. Paxton. Philadelphia: E. and R. Parker, 1818.

The Philadelphia Directory and Register for 1819. Ed. James E. Paxton. Philadelphia: n.pub., 1819.

The Philadelphia Directory for 1820. Ed. Edward Whitely. Philadelphia: McCarty and Davis, 1820.

Philadelphia Directory and Register for 1821. Philadelphia: McCarty and Davis, 1821.

Philadelphia Directory and Register for 1822. Philadelphia: McCarthy and Davis, 1822.

The Philadelphia Directory, and Stranger’s Guide for 1825. Ed. Thomas Wilson. Philadelphia: Bioren, 1825.

The Philadelphia Index, or Directory for 1823. Ed. Robert Desilver. Philadelphia: By the editor, 1823.

The Philadelphia Index, or Directory for 1824. Ed. Robert Desilver. Philadelphia: By the editor, 1824.

Porter, James. Revivals of Religion: Their Theory, Means, Obstructions, Uses, and Importance; with the Duty of Christians in Regard to Them. 5th ed. New York: Lane and Scott, 1850.

Ramsey, William. Ebenezer: A Sermon Embracing the History of Cedar Street Presbyterian Church, at the Close of the Year 1844. Philadelphia: Christian Observer, 1845.

Sewell, Benjamin T. Sorrow’s Circuit, or Five Years’ Experience in the Bedford Street Mission, Philadelphia. Philadelphia: n.pub., 1859.

Smith, Alfred P. In Memorium: Alfred Oothout Halsey, D.D., 1798–1868: First Pastor of Eleventh, Now West-arch Presbyterian Church. Philadelphia: n.pub., 1897.

Society of Friends. Statistical Inquiry into the Condition of the People of Colour, of the City and Districts of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Kite and Walton, 1849.

Statistics of Philadelphia: Comprehending a Concise View of All the Public Institutions and the Fire Engine and Hose Houses of the City and County of Philadelphia, on the First of January, 1842. Philadelphia: n.pub., 1842.

Thomas, Abel C. A Century of Universalism in Philadelphia and New York: With Sketches of Its History in Reading, Hightstown, Brooklyn, and Elsewhere. Philadelphia: Collins, 1872.

Thompson, Edward. Oration Delivered on the Ninety-eight Anniversary of the Birth Day of Thomas Paine, at the Military Hall, Philadelphia, before the Society of Free Enquirers, January 29, 1834. Philadelphia: Thomas Clark, 1834.

Vansant, Isaac, ed. Royal Road to Wealth: An Illustrated History of the Successful Business Houses of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Samuel Loage, n.d.

Watson, John F. Annals of Philadelphia. 3 vols. Philadelphia: Edwin S. Stuart, 1887.

Willson, Shipley W. and Ebenezer Ireson, eds. The Methodist Preacher: Or, Monthly Sermons from Living Ministers. Boston: J. Putnam, 1832.

Young Men’s Association of the First Presbyterian Church. Annual Report. Philadelphia: I. Ashmead, 1839.

Newspapers and Journals

American Banner and National Defender (Philadelphia), 1850–1854.

Catholic Herald (Philadelphia), 1833–1851.

Daily Sun (Philadelphia), 1845–1851.

Daily Tribune (New York), 1848–1851.

Democratic Press (Philadelphia), 1828.

Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia), 1847–1855.

Fincher’s Trades Review (Philadelphia), 1864–1865.

Fountain (Philadelphia), 1837–1838.

Gazetteer (Philadelphia), 1823–1824.

Germantown Telegraph (Philadelphia), 1833–1851.

Hazard, Samuel, ed. Register of Pennsylvania. 16 vols. Philadelphia: William F. Geddes, 1828–1835.

Hunt, Freeman, ed. Hunt’s Merchants’ Magazine. 2 vols. New York: By the editor, 1848–1849.

Liberalist (Philadelphia), 1833–1834.

Manayunk Courier (Philadelphia), 1848.

Manayunk Star (Philadelphia), 1859–1862.

Mechanics’ Free Press (Philadelphia), 1828–1831.

Native American (Philadelphia), 1844.

Niles, H., ed. Niles’ Weekly Register. 4th ser. Vols. 9–12. Baltimore: By the editor, 1833–1836.

Niles, W. Ogden. Niles’ National Register. 5th ser. Vols. 4–14. Washington, D.C.: By the editor, 1837–1843.

Pennsylvanian (Philadelphia), 1833–1851.

Poulson’s Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 1828.

Public Ledger (Philadelphia), 1836–1855.

Radical Reformer and Working Man’s Advocate (Philadelphia), July 4, 1835.

Spirit of the Times (Philadelphia), 1839–1849.

Temperance Advocate and Literary Repository (Philadelphia), 1841–1843.

Temple of Reason (Philadelphia), 1835–1837.

United States Gazette (Philadelphia), 1834–1840.

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