Published Biographical References

• Pioneers of American Landscape Design, ed. by Charles A. Birnbaum, Robin Karson. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000., p. 360-363
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• Maynard, W. Barksdale, Architecture in the United States, 1800-1850, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2002, p. 52
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• Lewis, Michael J., Philadelphia Builds: Essays on Architecture,Philadelphia,Paul Dry Books,2021, p. 39-53
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• Moss, Roger W. Philadelphia Victorian. Philadelphia: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 1998., p. 119
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• American Institute of Architects. Philadelphia Chapter Records, 1869-1910. 7 vols. Minutes, 1869-1908; minutes of the Executive Committee, 1903-1910; minutes of the Education Committee, 1870-1873; minutes of the Admission Committee, 1870-1873; and receipt book, 1888-1904. (American Philosophical Society, on deposit in The Athenaeum of Philadelphia), 5/9/1870
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• 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.
   
• Gardener's Monthly. (1 February 1859): 35; (1 March 1859): 40; (1 April 1859): 57-58; (1 May 1859): 76; (1 August 1859): 119; (1 November 1859): 174; (1 December 1859): 180; 184.
   
• Mason, George Champlin. "Professional Ancestry of the Philadelphia Chapter." Journal of the American Institute of Architects 1 (September 1913): 371-386.
   
• Moak, Jefferson. "Chestnut Hill's Architectural Heritage: James C. Sidney, Architect." unpub. paper, 1983.
   
• Ristow, Walter W. "The French-Smith Map and Gazetteer of New York State." Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 36 (Winter 1979): 68-90.
   
• Ristow, Walter W. "The Map Publishing Career of Robert Pearsall Smith." Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 26 (July 1969): 170-196.
   
• Schuyler, David Paul. "Public Landscapes and American Urban Culture, 1800-1870: Rural Cemeteries, City Parks, and Suburbs." PH.D. diss., Columbia University, 1979.
   
• Sidney, James C. American Cottage and Villa Architecture. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1850.
   
• Walter, Thomas Ustick. Two Hundred Designs for Cottages and Villas. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1846 (and second ed. 1847).
   

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