Almshouse Admissions Philadelphia 1796-1803

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The Magazine of Early American Datasets (MEAD)
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Subject
Almshouse
Philadelphia
poverty
American Studies
History
Region
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Funder
Grant number
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Date issued
2020-01-01
Distributor
Scholarly Commons, University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Related resources
Billy G. Smith, The "Lower Sort:" Philadelphia's Laboring People, 1750‑1800 (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1990). Hardback and paperback (1993). Billy G. Smith, Life in Early Philadelphia: Documents from the Revolutionary and Early National Periods (University Park, Pa.: Penn State Press, 1995). Hardback and paperback.
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https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/39782
Author
Smith, Billy G
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Abstract

A sample of people admitted into the Philadelphia ALMSHOUSE 1796-1803. This contains a this is a sample from the Index, including last names that started A through G (as well as a handful of people indicated by race).

This dataset is a part of the Magazine of American Datasets (MEAD). To view more of the collection, visit https://repository.upenn.edu/exhibits/orgunit/mead.

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Digital Object Identifier
https://doi.org/10.48659/qf7b-k327
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