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."