Misc: 1859 McElroy's Philadelphia City & Business Directory; Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania 

Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Jason S Colflesh 
< rody00@verizon.net >

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1859 McElroy's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania City & Business Directory

ABBREVIATIONS.

Ab above
acct. accountant
al alley
att'y and coun. attorney and counselor
av avenue
bel below
bet between
(Bdg) 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
(Fkd) Frankford
(F M) Fairmount
(F V) Francisville
(Fkl) Franklin
(G T) German-town
G T av Germantown avenue
gent. Gentleman
gentw. Gentlewoman
(H Ville) Hes-tonville
(H corner) Hollingsville corner
h house
(Hbg) 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) Manton Village
(mer.) merchant
(mers.) merchants
(mr.) maker
(N Penn) North Penn
(n) near
(N) North
(N L) Northern Liberties
(O Y) Old York
(P) Passyunk
(P T) Penn Town-ship
(Penyk) Pennypack
(R) Ridge
(Rd) Richmond
(Smfld) Smithfield
(S) South
(Sch) Schuylkill
(T) Trenton
(W) West
(whf) wharf or wharves
(W P) West Philadelphia.