Published Biographical References

• Maynard, W. Barksdale, Architecture in the United States, 1800-1850, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2002, p. see index
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• Cotter, John, Daniel G. Roberts, Michael Parrington, The Buried Past An Archaelogical History of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1992, p. 279
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• Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects. New York : Free Press ; London : Collier Macmillan, c1982. , v. 4, p. 81-83
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• Moss, Roger W. Philadelphia Victorian. Philadelphia: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 1998., p. xi, 118
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• The Architectural Review and American Builders' Journal. [Philadelphia : Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1869- (3 volumes published)
   
• Chapman, T. Ellwood. Philadelphia Wholesale Merchants and Artisans Business Directory. Philadelphia: 1853 cited in Willard S. Detweiler, Jr., Inc. Chestnut Hill, an Architectural History. Philadelphia: c1969, p. 52.
   
• Cooledge, Harold, Jr. Samuel Sloan, Architect of Philadelphia, 1815-1884. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986.
   
• Hersey, George L. "Godey's Choice." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 18 (October, l959): 104-111.
   
• Mason, George Champlin. "Professional Ancestry of the Philadelphia Chapter." Journal of the American Institute of Architects 1 (September 1913): 371-386.
   
• Methodist Episcopal Board of Church Extension. Church Extension Annual. Philadelphia: January 1875, p. 44-63. Sloan, Samuel. American Houses : A Variety of Original Designs for Rural Buildings. Philadelphia : published by the author, 1861 (Philadelphia : printed by Henry B. Ashmead)
   
• Sloan, Samuel. City and Suburban Architecture : Containing Numerous Designs and Details for Public Edifices, Private Residences, and Mercantile Buildings. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1859.
   
• Sloan, Samuel. The Model Architect. New Ed. Philadelphia : E. H. Butler, 1860.
   
• Sloan, Samuel. Sloan's Constructive Architecture; A Guide to the Practical Builder and Mechanic. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1859.
   
• Sloan, Samuel. Sloan's Homestead Architecture. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & co., 1861.
   
• Erwin, John Seymour Like Some Green Laurel: Letters of Margaret Johnson Erwin, 1821-1863. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1981
   
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