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US Geological survey: http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/phil/philhistory.html
Maps of historic Philadelphia:
1842, Perry- Castañeda Library, The University of Texas
1849, McElroy pub., The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
1855, Colton and Co. pub., The Historical Society of Pennsylvania