Published References

• Cotter, John, Daniel G. Roberts, Michael Parrington, The Buried Past An Archaelogical History of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1992, p. 74,127-30,193,378
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  Client/Project Name: Graff House
   
• Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Cultural Resources Database
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  Client/Project Name: Graff, Jacob, House Site
   
• Ballou's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion (Boston), v. 8, n. 4, p. 57, 1/27/1855
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  Client/Project Name: House Where Jefferson Wrote the Declaration of Independence
   

Drawings, Photos, Papers, etc.

• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Benson Scrapbooks
  Holding Name: Graff House
  Quantity: 1 item, Call Number: 131-SB-V2
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - General Collection - Photographs
  Holding Name: W. Brown Store
  Quantity: 1 item, Call Number: 001-P-206
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - General Collection - Prints
  Holding Name: Graff House (House in which Dec. of Indep. was written)
  Quantity: 1 item, Call Number: 001-PR-145
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - General Collection - Prints
  Holding Name: Graff House (House in which Dec. of Indep. was written)
  Quantity: 1 item, Call Number: 001-PR-146
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - General Collection - Prints
  Holding Name: "January 1st 1863 (vignettes: Independence Hall, Carpenters' Hall, Graff House)
  Quantity: 1 item, Call Number: 001-PRM-023
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Thomas Hacker Collection
  Holding Name: Graff House
  Quantity: 1 item, Call Number: 135-P-005
   
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Jane Campbell Scrapbooks
  Holding Name: Market St., 700 Block; Graff House; Penn National Bank; J. B. Lippincott Publishing House
  Call Number: V.54, pp. 132-167, 182
   
• Independence National Historical Park Library and Archives - Architectural Plans and Drawings Collection
  Holding Name: Graff, Jacob, House
  Quantity: 2 drawers, 50 sheets, Call Number: Drawers 81, 82, drawer 27, f. 1
  Architect Referenced: H2L2 (fl. 1976 ff.)
   
• Independence National Historical Park Library and Archives - Historic Architecture Branch Records
  Holding Name: Graff, Jacob, House
  Quantity: 11 sheets, Call Number: acc. 3895
   
• Independence National Historical Park Library and Archives - Site Development Records
  Holding Name: Graff House
  Call Number: acc. 3920
   
• Library Company of Philadelphia Department of Prints and Photographs - James McClees Philadelphia Photograph Collection
  Holding Name: Graff House, southwest corner of Seventh and Market streets, Philadelphia McClees & Germon patent crystalotype 160 Chestnut St. Philada.
  Quantity: 1 photographic print : albumen mounted on paper; 31 x 29 cm.(12.25 x 11.5 in.), Call Number: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *photo - McClees [8339.F.17]
   
• Philadelphia City Archives - Art Jury/Art Commission Records
  Holding Name: Commemoration of Site of Graff House, where Jefferson Wrote the Declaration of Indpendence
  Call Number: 7930
   

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