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Dainty, John. GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia: John Dainty, 1868. Historical Society of Pennsylvania UPA/Ph F 158.18 .G8 1868.

Durang, Charles. "The Philadelphia Stage, From the Year 1749 to the Year 1855, etc." PHILADELPHIA SUNDAY DISPATCH, First Series (1749-1821), 7 May 1854, and following issues; Second Series, (1822-1830), 29 June 1856 and following issues; Third Series (1831-1855), 8 July 1860, and following issues.

Glazer, Irvin R. PHILADELPHIA THEATERS: A PICTORIAL ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE ATHENAEUM OF PHILADELPHIA. New York: Dover, 1994.

Glazer, Irvin R. PHILADELPHIA THEATRES, A-Z: A COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTIVE RECORD OF 813 THEATRES CONSTRUCTED SINCE 1724. New York: Greenwood, 1986.

James, Reese Davis. "The Carriage Waits Without. Milady Attends the Theatre in Philadelphia a Hundred Years Ago." PHILADELPHIA FORUM MAGAZINE 12 (January 1933).

James, Reese Davis. "Yoricks of Yesterday. Twelve Good Men and True Who Trod the Philadelphia Stage Over a Century Ago." PHILADELPHIA FORUM MAGAZINE 19 (April 1940).

James, Reese Davis. "Our Early Theatre of Democracy. Thirty Years of Growing Pains in the Philadelphia Play Houses." PHILADELPHIA FORUM MAGAZINE 21 (April 1942).

PICTURE OF PHILADELPHIA, OR, A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC OBJECTS IN THIS METROPOLIS, BEING A COMPLETE GUIDE FOR STRANGERS WITH AN ADDENDA OF ALL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PRESENT TIME. Philadelphia: E. L. Carey and A. Hart, 1835. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. UPA/Ph F158.18 .P47 1835.

PICTORIAL DIAGRAMS OF PHILADELPHIA THEATRES. pamphlet. Philadelphia, 1881. Theatre Collection at Free Library of Philadelphia.

Tatum, George B. "The Early Theaters in Philadelphia." Bulletin of the Philadelphia Old Town Historical Society 1:2 (October 1971): 11-16.

THE THEATRES AND PUBLIC HALLS OF PHILADELPHIA. (pamphlet). Philadelphia: L. J. Marcy, 1877.

Webb, Dorothy Louise Beck. THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE ARCH STREET THEATRE, 1828-1834. Ph. D. dissertation, Indiana University, 1970. 390 p. [70-26956]

Wilson, Arthur. HISTORY OF THE PHILADELPHIA THEATRE, 1835-1855. New York: Greenwood P, 1968. Free Library Theatre Collection Reference 792 W68h.

Wilson, Arthur Herman. A HISTORY OF PHILADELPHIA THEATRE, 1835-1855. Ph. D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 1931. 724 p.

Witham, Barry B., ed. THEATRE IN THE UNITED STATES: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. VOLUME 1: 1750-1915, THEATRE IN THE COLONIES AND UNITED STATES. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1996.

Wood, William B. PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF THE STAGE. Philadelphia: H. C. Baird, 1855.

Young, William C. DOCUMENTS OF AMERICAN THEATRE HISTORY: VOLUME 1, FAMOUS AMERICAN PLAYHOUSES, 1716-1899. Chicago: American Library Association, 1973. Free Library of Philadelphia Theatre Collection 792 .Y875f.