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View article: Philadelphia Census of Almshouse 1807-1810
Philadelphia Census of Almshouse 1807-1810 Open
This data is created from the census of the Philadelphia Almshouse from 1807 to 1810. The census is from the Philadelphia City Archives, Guardians of the Poor. We used microfilm loaned to us from the Mormon Library in SLC, Film 956,463. Th…
View article: Philadelphia Black People 1790 Census
Philadelphia Black People 1790 Census Open
The data is all the black householders recorded on the 1790 federal census in Philadelphia and its suburbs. To help explain the data, there are two separate files, a Codebook and Occupational Codes for men and women. This dataset is a part…
View article: INDENTURES & Apprentices MADE BY Philadelphia OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, 1751-1799
INDENTURES & Apprentices MADE BY Philadelphia OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, 1751-1799 Open
These are the indentures of apprentices of people (mostly children) in the Philadelphia Almshouse 1751-97. It includes everyone apprenticed to a master in Philadelphia or one of its suburbs -- the Northern Liberties or Southwark This datas…
View article: BUSINESSES ON THE 1790 CENSUS of Philadelphia
BUSINESSES ON THE 1790 CENSUS of Philadelphia Open
ALL BUSINESSES ON THE 1790 CENSUS of Philadelphia (both city wards and suburbs of Northern Liberties and Southwark) Source: Bureau of the Census, Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States (Washington, D.C., 1908) This data…
View article: Philadelphia Inventories of Estate 1746-1775
Philadelphia Inventories of Estate 1746-1775 Open
PHILADELPHIA INVENTORIES of Estate, 1746-1775 (Project 45). Value of Estates. Source: Inventories of Estate for Philadelphia, Philadelphia City Archives. This dataset is a part of the Magazine of American Datasets (MEAD). To view more of t…
View article: Philadelphia 1772 Tax List (Complete) Matched with 1775 Constables Returns
Philadelphia 1772 Tax List (Complete) Matched with 1775 Constables Returns Open
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 Ph…
View article: 1789 TAX LIST OF PHILADELPHIA'S 11 WARDS
1789 TAX LIST OF PHILADELPHIA'S 11 WARDS Open
1789 TAX LIST OF PHILADELPHIA'S 11 WARDS, (an 80% random sample). Note: the suburbs of N. Liberties and Southwark are not included. Poorer people tended to live disproportionately in those suburbs. NOTE: After data was entered, I entered s…
View article: Philadelphia 1754 TAX LIST FOR CHESTNUT, SOUTH, AND MIDDLE WARDS matched with taxpayers on 1756 tax list
Philadelphia 1754 TAX LIST FOR CHESTNUT, SOUTH, AND MIDDLE WARDS matched with taxpayers on 1756 tax list Open
Philadelphia 1754 TAX LIST FOR CHESTNUT, SOUTH, AND MIDDLE WARDS matched with taxpayers on 1756 tax list. Note: only the tax list for 3 wards in 1754 is still extant. In addition, the names in this file do not include all of the names in 1…
View article: Philadelphia Tax List 1756
Philadelphia Tax List 1756 Open
The Philadelphia Tax List from 1756 (including suburbs of Southwark and Northern Liberties). Based on the Tax list published by Hannah Benner Roach, comp., “Taxables in the City of Philadelphia, 1756,” Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, 2…
View article: Runaway Slaves advertised in 18th-century Jamaica Newspapers
Runaway Slaves advertised in 18th-century Jamaica Newspapers Open
This dataset contains information coded from Newspaper advertisements for RUNAWAY SLAVES published in Eighteenth-Century JAMAICA. While there are some gaps in the records because of missing newspapers, there are still a considerable number…
View article: Escaped and Captured Slave Datasets from Newspapers in Jamaica, 1718-1795
Escaped and Captured Slave Datasets from Newspapers in Jamaica, 1718-1795 Open
We created two datasets about fugitives and captives in eighteenth-century Jamaica, one of the most violent systems of racial bondage in the Atlantic World. To produce the first dataset as an Excel file, we organized and recorded informati…
View article: Almshouse Admissions Philadelhia 1796-1803
Almshouse Admissions Philadelhia 1796-1803 Open
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).
View article: Internet of Things Behavioral-Economic Security Design, Actors & Cyber War
Internet of Things Behavioral-Economic Security Design, Actors & Cyber War Open
Using security incident history we identify threats to and using the IoT and other ubiquitous devices emerging since 2012, gaining widespread recognition in 2016, and only lightly addressed in either IoT security literature or the press. W…
View article: Identifying and Mapping Ethnicity in Philadelphia in the Early Republic
Identifying and Mapping Ethnicity in Philadelphia in the Early Republic Open
This essay focuses on issues of ethnicity and race in Philadelphia during the final decade of the eighteenth century. It draws on an older methodology of name identification to determine the ethnic background of thousands of the inhabitant…