The Magazine of Early American Datasets (MEAD)
Document Type
Dataset
File Format
Excel
Abstract
This dataset contains Everyone on THE 1772 TAX LIST FOR PHILADELPHIA (10 WARDS) & Suburbs (NORTHERN LIBERTIES AND SOUTHWARK). Also included is information from “matching” taxpayers with a sample of 50% of the 1775 Constables Return from Philadelphia. Added to the 1772 tax list is information for taxpayers who also received assistance from various agencies for whom records are still extant. (Project 50)
Time Period: Start Date of Data Collection
1971
Time Period: End Date of Data Collection
1974
Time Period: Start Date of Data Coverage
1772
Time Period: End Date of Data Coverage
1775
Date of this Version
2018
Source(s)
Both the 1775 tax list and the 1775 Constables Returns are in the Philadelphia City Archive. The list of people who received relief in the late 1760s and early 1770s are from various sources in Philadelphia, including the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Billy G. and Nash, Gary B., "Philadelphia 1772 Tax List (Complete) Matched with 1775 Constables Returns," 12/31/71 - 12/31/74. 35. Philadelphia, PA: McNeil Center for Early American Studies [distributor], 2018. https://repository.upenn.edu
Additional Files
Codebook 1772 Tax & 1775 Constables Returns & Poor (Project 50).doc (33 kB)Describes information in tax list
Occupational Codes Philadelphia Data.xlsx (16 kB)
Indentifies occupations recorded numerically in the dataset
Ward codes 1756 and 1772 tax lists.doc (27 kB)
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African American Studies Commons, Africana Studies Commons, American Studies Commons, Digital Humanities Commons, Economic History Commons, Genealogy Commons, History of Gender Commons, Human Geography Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons, Labor Economics Commons, Labor History Commons, Political Economy Commons, Politics and Social Change Commons, Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies Commons, Race and Ethnicity Commons, Social History Commons, Social Statistics Commons, Social Work Commons, Taxation Commons, Urban Studies and Planning Commons, Women's History Commons, Women's Studies Commons
Article Location
Date Posted: 29 June 2019
Comments
Please see the files associated with this data set, especially the Codebook, Occupational codes, and Ward (Philadelphia) codes