WRPR 174: Philadelphia Freedoms (HC) Spring 2016

A 1683 map of Philadelphia.

1861 Map of Philadelphia, photographically reduced from the 25 large sectional drawings contained in Smedley's complete atlas of Philadelphia. Map is divided by wards, showing details of streets, buildings, open spaces, and railroads.

Published 1882. Mounted on cloth.

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1889, by G. Wm. Baist in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington D.C."

1884. Colored by townships and city wards.
On cover: Smith's map of Philadelphia and vicinity.

1862 (?) map showing the boundaries of the districts of the Soup Societies of Philadelphia. Printed, hand colored.
A list of locations and names of officers of Soup Societies is printed beneath the map.

1847. With the names of villages, roads, mills, property owners, taverns.

1889 map of Phialdelphia

1921 map. Oriented with north toward upper left.

1876. This is a land ownership map; insets show boroughs of South Chester, North Chester, Darby and Media plus Taylorville, the city of Chester and a general directory.

1826. Designed to illustrate the geological survey. Gives names of property owners and Friends' meetinghouse locations. On cover: Tanner's county map of Philadelphia.

1839. This is a land owners map; inset shows a plan of the city of Philadelphia

1875. Map shows the approaches by steam and street railways. Inside front cover are printed words only of Whittier's Centennial hymn.

1774, 1846. Cadastral map showing land ownership. Hand colored. Includes inset of "A ground plan of the city of Philadelphia," text, lists of land purchasers, and illustrations. Map mounted on cloth and folded. Many of the original purchasers whose properties are delineated were Quakers.

Facsimile of map printed in London by Thomas Jeffreys in 1756. A description appears beneath the print.

1908. Friends meeting houses are noted.

1774.

1705. "Begun by Wil. Penn, Proprietary & Governour thereof anno 1681." Shows the three original counties of Pennsylvania: Chester, Philadelphia and Bucks. It is oriented with the Delaware River along the bottom of the map and extends from New Castle in what is now the state of Delaware in the lower left to the great bend in the Delaware River by present-day Trenton, New Jersey, in the lower right. William Penn is believed to have requested the map from his surveyor general as early as 1684.

1793. To Thomas Mifflin Governor and commander in chief of the state of Pennsylvania this plan of the city and suburbs of Philadelphia .

1818. With observations upon her physical and fiscal means for their extension; particularly as they have reference to the future growth and prosperity of Philadelphia. Illustrated by maps of the principal rivers of the state

"A mapp of ye improved part of Pensilvania in America, divided into countyes, townships, and lotts." Shows rural landholders' names and lots in Philadelphia, Chester, and Bucks Counties. Several landholders were members of the Society of Friends.

1851. Map is of the vicinity of Philadelphia from actual surveys.

1871. Atlas of the late borough of Germantown,
Twenty-second ward, City of Philadelphia

1926. 5-color map with many insets showing points of interest.

1777

1854. An east prospect of the city of Philadelphia, taken by George Heap from the Jersey shore, under the direction of Nicholas Scull, Surveyor General of the Province of Pennsylvania.

1839. Map of the canals and railroads of Pennsylvania and New Jersey and adjoining states.

1877. From official records, private plans and actual surveys, based upon plans deposited in the Department of Surveys. Contains maps and plans of Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Montgomery and Delaware counties.

1900. Atlas of properties along the Pennsylvania R.R. embracing 1 to 4 miles each side of the road and from Overbrook to Malvern station.

1852. Being a correct guide to all the public buildings; literary, scientific, and benevolent institutions; and places of amusement; remarkable objects; manufacturies; commercial warehouses; and wholesale and retail stores in Philadelphia and its vicinity.

1687. A mapp of ye improved part of Pensilvania in America, divided into countyes, townships, and lotts. Shows rural landholders' names and lots in Philadelphia, Chester, and Bucks Counties. Several landholders were members of the Society of Friends.

1762, 1969. Two insets show a plan of the city as published by Thomas Holme and a subsequent plan by Benjamin Eastburn. A reference key identifies existing establishments.