Mcelroys Philadelphia Directory For 1856

Download or read book McElroy's Philadelphia Directory, for 1856 written by A. McElroy and Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from McElroy's Philadelphia Directory, for 1856: Containing the Names of the Inhabitants of the Consolidated City, Their Occupations, Places of Business, and Dwelling Houses; A Business Directory, a List of the Streets, Lanes, Alleys, the City Offices, Public Institutions, Banks, &C Ab above - acct. Accountant - a1 alley - att'y and coun. Attorney and counsellor - av avenue bel below - bet between - (edg) Bridesburg - (b T) Bristol Township (bln) Bustleton (b H) Bush Hill - b h boarding house - (c Hill) Chestnut Hill - c corner - ct court - E East (d) Frankford - (f M) Fairmount - (f V) Francisville - (fkl) Franklin (g Town) German town - G '1' av Germantown avenue - gent. Gentleman gentw. Gentlewoman - (h Ville) Hes tonvilie - (h corner) Hollingsville corner - h house - (hb g) Holmesburg - (ken) Kenderton (k) Kensington - l lane - lab laborer - (m Ville) Maylandville - (myk) Manayunk - (mt A) Mount Airy - M Moyamensing - manuf. Manufacturer and manufactory - M V Mantua Village -mer. Merchant - mers. Merchants - mr maker - (n Penn) North Penn - n near - N N orth - N lgnorthern Liberties - 0 Y Old York - P Passyunk - P T Penn Township (penyk) Penny pack - R Ridge - Rd Richmond Smithfield - S South - Sch Schuylkill - T Trenton W West - whf wharf or Wharves - (w P) West Philadelphia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."