Published Biographical References

• Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (periodical) 1941-, v. 11, n. 3, p. 23-26
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• Society of Architectural Historians. Massey, James C. ed. Two Centuries of Philadelphia Architectural Drawings, Catalogue of the Exhibit Held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia: Society of Architectural Historians and The Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1964.
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• Scharf, John Thomas & Thompson Westcott. History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884. Philadelphia: L. H. Everts & Co., 1884., v. 2, p. 1471
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• Pennsylvania Archives. Philadelphia: J. Severns & Co., 1852-1856; Harrisburg: 1874-1919., v. 4, p. 1747-1751, 3135, 3418, 3440
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• Roach, Hannah Benner (1907-1976). Bibliographical card file, ca. 1718-1795. ca. 9000 cards. (American Philosophical Society Manuscript Collection)
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• Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia, Three Centuries of American Art : Bicentennial Exhibition, April 11-October 10, 1976 : [catalogue]. [Philadelphia] : Philadelphia Museum of Art, c1976. , p. 33, 40-42
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• Moss, Roger W. "Master Builders: A History of the Colonial Philadelphia Building Trades." Ph.D Dissertation, University of Delaware, 1972.
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• Morton, Thomas E. The History of the Pennsylvania Hospital, 1751-1895. Philadelphia: Times Printing House, 1895., p. 376
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• Pennsylvania Archives. Philadelphia: J. Severns & Co., 1852-1856; Harrisburg: 1874-1919., v. 3, p. 2233, 2245, 2264-64, 2237-38, 2604
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• Peterson, Charles E. Robert Smith: Architect, Builder, Patriot 1722-1777 Philadelphia: Athenaeum, 2000., p. 18,27, 35, 58-59, 60, 117, 151
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• Minutes of The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. (Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society), p. 25, 7/13/1705
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• Minutes of The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. (Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society), p. 119, 4/22/1717
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• Minutes of The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. (Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society), p. 343, 7/28/1735
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• Minutes of the Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia, 1704 to 1776. Philadelphia: 1847., p. 368, 8/8/1737
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• Pennsylvania Gazette (periodical), 10/27/1737
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• Pennsylvania Gazette (periodical), 6/11/1741
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• Pennsylvania Gazette (periodical), 10/8/1741
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• Minutes of The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. (Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society), p. 500-501, 7/14/1748
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• Minutes of The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. (Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society), p. 513-514, 11/6/1749
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• Pennsylvania Gazette (periodical), 7/27/1769
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• Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Philadelphia: 1877-, v. 30, p. 507, 1906
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• Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Philadelphia: 1877-, v. 35, p. 254, 1911
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• Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Philadelphia: 1877-, v. 39, p. 464, 1915
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• Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. Philadelphia: 1895 -, v. 20, p. 55, 1955
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• Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. Philadelphia: 1895 -, v. 22, p. 33, 1961
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• Pennsylvania Archives. Philadelphia: J. Severns & Co., 1852-1856; Harrisburg: 1874-1919., 1/1964
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• Cute (Curtin), Virginia W. "Edmund Woolley, 1695-99?-1771," Unpublished report, University of Pennsylvania, 1962, (Photocopy in Woolley File, at The Athenaeum of Philadelphia).
   
• Halfpenny, William. Practical Architecture. 5th ed. London: Printed for & sold by Tho. Bowles printseller next ye Chapter House in St. Paul's Ch. Yard, by Jer. Batley bookseller at ye Dove in Paternoster Row, & by J. Bowles printseller at the Black Horse in Cornhill., 1736, (8vo).
   
• Jackson, Joseph. Early Philadelphia Architects and Engineers. Philadelphia: 1923, p. 38-39, 56.
   
• Library Company of Philadelphia. Minutes. 1, (August 6, 1739), p. 93.
   
• Pennsylvania Geneological Society Papers. (v.I, p. 26; v19, p. 289, 291).
   
• Philadelphia Wills. 1771:103.
   
• Riley, Edward M. "The Independence Hall Group," In Historic Philadelphia. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1953, p. 77-19, n94.
   
• The Freeman's Journal, or, The North-American intelligencer. Philadelphia: F. Bailey, 1781-1792. (25 September 1782).
   

Biographical Drawings, Photos, Papers, etc.

• American Philosophical Society. "Benjamin Franklin, Papers." [Ledger D: October 15, 1741; B F85].
   
• Logan Family. "Papers, 1664-1871," In Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: The Society, 1991, #379 (see v14, 1735-1758).
   
• Norris Family. "Papers, 1742-1860," In Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: The Society, 1991, #454 (see "receipt" and "Miscellaneous Accounts").
   
• Parsons, William. "Papers, 1723-1751," In Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: The Society, 1991, #470 (see 22 August 1722-February 1724; 8 March-6 October 1724).
   
• Penn Family. "Papers, 1629-1834," In Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: The Society, 1991, #485A (see "Accounts, I-32").
   
• Philadelphia City and County Archives. "Deed Book." EF-32, (May 27, 1733), p. 131.
   

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