Market (or High) Street

Market Street has always been a key street in Philadelphia; Penn named it High Street, but markets were held in covered wooden stalls in the middle of the street from the early 18th century.

CORNER OF MARKET AND WATER

(1785) #1, Beck, Paul jun. (by implication of MacPherson's numbering system, on the southeastern corner.)
(1791) #2 High St., Cochran, James & Nicol, grocers

(1785) #2, Fisher & Roberts, grocers (by implication of MacPherson's numbering system, on the southwestern corner.)
(1791) #4 High St., Mason, Benjamin, grocer

The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:

#13 Market, northeastern corner.
#15 Market, northwestern corner.
#12 Market, southeastern corner.
#14 Market, southwestern corner. The southwestern corner of Market and Front is also listed as #14.

BETWEEN WATER AND FRONT, SOUTH SIDE

(1785) #3, Rugge, John
(1791) #6 High St., Boyd, Andrew, house carpenter & shopkeeper

(1785) #4, Maclin, John
(1785) #4, Turner, Robert, tavernkeeper (by implication)
(1791) #8 High St., Esdill, James, tavernkeeper
The operation of a tavern in both listings helps this alignment

(1785) #5, vacant or residents would not give name (by implication)
(1791) #10 High St., no listing

(1785) #6, Vowel, Thomas, shopkeeper (by implication)
(1791) #12 High St., no listing

BETWEEN WATER AND FRONT, NORTH SIDE

(1785) #360, Guiry, William (possibly at the corner of Market and Front)
(1791) #19 High St., Smith, Frederick, druggist
(1796 Prospect) #19, Abraham Sink, Hardwareman [see #17, which was supposedly on the NW corner of Market and Front, meaning this would be the second house between Front and Second on the north side]

(1785) #361, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #17 High St., Morgan, Thomas, grocer
(1796 Prospect) #17, Joseph Clark, Grocer [says it's on NW cor Market and Front]

(1785) #362, Long, James
(1791) #15 High St., Clemens, Jacob, grocer
(1796 Prospect) #15, Joseph Rigby, Ironmonger.
(1796 Prospect) #15, Thomas Moore, Saddler.

(1785) #363, Donaldson, Joseph jun.

(1785) #364, Bennet & Somers, merchants
(1791) #13 High St., Kerr, Archibald, labourer
(1796 Prospect) #13, William Newell, Grocer.

(1785) #365, Rolston and Holmes, merchants
(1791) #11 High St., Ralston, William, grocer, also at 5 High St.
(1791) #11 High St., Brown, Joseph, merchant
(1796 Prospect) #11, William Gibbons, Merchant.
(1796 Prospect) #11, Margaret Duncan, widow

(1785) #366, Cook, John
(1791) #9 High St., Elliott, Francis, tavernkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #9, Francis Eliot, Tavern-keeper

(1785) #367, Rolston and Holmes' Store
(1791) #5 High St., Ralston, William, grocer, also at 11 High St.
(1796 Prospect) #5, no listing

(1785) #369, McLaughlin and Taggart, grocers
(1791) #3 High St., no listing
(1796 Prospect) #3, William Wray, Grocer

(1785) #370, Syng, Charles
(1791) #1 High St., Griffith, Thomas W., merchant
(1796 Prospect) #1, Anne Flemings, widow, Shopkeeper.

(1785) #484, Patten, Hugh's, Shoe Warehouse
(1785) #529, White, Margaret

BETWEEN WATER AND FRONT, UNKNOWN SIDE

CORNER OF MARKET AND FRONT

(1785) #7, Campbell, John, storekeeper (by implication, since the Old London Coffeehouse was on the southwestern corner of Market and Front Streets, Campbell was on the southeastern corner.)
(1791) #14 High St., Campbell, John, tea merchant, also at 1 S. Front St.

(1785) #9, Oswald, Eleazer, Coffee-house Keeper
(1785) #10, Oswald, Eleazer, printer
(1785) Oswald, Eleazer, printer and bookseller, at the Old Coffee-house, corner of Market and Front
(1791) #16 High St., Mair, John, saddler
(modern) #100 Market Street
The London Coffeehouse was a landmark in Philadelphia beginning at its establishment by William Bradford in 1754. Downstairs was the coffeehouse, with the latest newspapers from all over; upstairs, merchants did business. Auctions of all sorts, including of slaves, were held outside this establishment.
According to Rum Punch and Revolution by Peter Thompson, in 1774 James Hume opened an "Intelligence Office" next door to the London Coffeehouse which functioned as an employment agency, and Matthew Clarkson opened an office nearby where he issued loans and changed money. Across the street from the coffeehouse, William Goddard edited the newspaper The Pennsylvania Chronicle. (p.107)

(1785) #359, Leppellier, John
(1785) Le Tellier, John, grocer, corner of Market and Front
(1791) #21 High St., Sink, Abraham, shopkeeper, also at 4 Letitia Court
Theoretically, on the northwest corner.
(1796 Prospect) #21, no listing. The Prospect gives #17 as being on the northwest corner.

(1785) Callice and Moore, sadlers, corner of Market and Front
(1785) Clarke, Ephraim, clock and watchmaker, corner of Market and Front
(1785) Vanderon, John, notary public, corner of Market and Front

The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:

#17 Market, northeastern corner.
#19 Market, northwestern corner.
#1 S. Front, southeastern corner.
#14 Market, southwestern corner. The southwestern corner of Market and Water is also listed as #14.

BETWEEN FRONT AND 2ND, SOUTH SIDE

(1791) #18 High St., Haworth, John, mustard manufacturer

(1785) #11, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #20 High St., Collier, John, shopkeeper

(1785) #12, Aitken, Robert, printer
(1785) Aitken, Robert, printer and bookseller, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #22 High St., Aitken, Robert, printer

(1785) #13, Pelose, Vincent, Penns. Coffeehouse
(1791) #24 High St., Pole, Edward, notary public and ironmonger
According to Rum Punch and Revolution by Peter Thompson, the Pennsylvania Coffeehouse was established by Vincent Pelosi in 1780 to compete with the London Coffeehouse and the City Tavern. He was still there in 1785, as the directory entry shows, but by 1789 it was under the management of one Albert Warnick, who advertised it in that year. The ad began, "The old Pennsylvania Coffeehouse is not yet annihilated..." but seemingly, by 1791, it was so.

(1785) #14, Seddon, Thomas, bookseller and stationer
(1785) Seddon, Thomas, bookseller, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #26 High St., Bringhurst, John, hardware merchant

(1785) #15, Hopkins, Richard, ironmonger
(1785) Hopkins, Richard, ironmonger, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #28 High St., Hopkins, Richard, ironmonger

(1785) #16, Pole, Edward
(1788 newspaper) Edward Pole, "notary public, conveyancer, and mercantile broker" advertised in the The Independent Gazetteer, published in Philadelphia, in the issue of May 21, 1788, that he was open for business (drawing up legal documents, mostly, it would seem) "at his office on Market-street, near the Court-house, Philadelphia."
(1791) #30 High St., Franks, Isaac, broker
(1791) #30 High St., Thompson, Enoch, hatter

(1785) #17, Whitehead, John & James, merchants
(1785) Whitehead, John and Co., merchants, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #32 High St., Carrell, John, clock and watch maker and ironmonger

(1785) #18, McCallister, John
(1785) McAllister, John, turner, at the cane-shop, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #34 High St., Pritchard, William, bookseller

(1785) #19, Nones, Benjamin, broker
(1785) Nones, Benjamin and Co., brokers, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #36 High St., Harrison, Thomas, taylor

(1785) #20, Claypole, Deborah

(1785) #21, Philips, Jonas
(1785) Philips, Jonas, merchant, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #38 High St., Cooke, Joseph, goldsmith & jeweller

(1785) #22, Manly, Henry, shopkeeper
(1785) Manly, Henry, shopkeeper, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #40 High St., Manley, Henry, shopkeeper

(1785) #23, Sink, Abraham

(1785) #24, Fullerton, Alexander, merchant
(1785) Fullerton, Alexander, shopkeeper, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #42 High St., Fox, Martha, shopkeeper

(1785) #25, Finley, Mary, shopkeeper

(1785) #26, Dawson, Elias
(1785) Dawson, Elijah, shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(This may be an error by White, or it may not be the same person.)
(1791) #44 High St., Council, William, hatter

(1785) #27, Whitingham, George & Co.
(1791) #46 High St., Trueman, James, coppersmith

(1785) #28, Dunlap & Claypoole, printers
(1785) Dunlap and Claypoole, printers, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #48 High St., Dunlap, John, printer & publisher of Dunlap's Daily Advertiser

(1785) #29, Thomas, William, shopkeeper
(1791) #50 High St., Rice, Patrick, bookseller

BETWEEN FRONT AND 2ND, NORTH SIDE

(1785) #337, Claypoole, David C., printer
(1791) #59 High St., De la Croix, Joseph, distiller & confectioner
(1796 Prospect) #59, John Richards, Ironmonger

(1785) #338, Clay, Curtis
(1785) Clay, Curtis, merchant, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #57 High St., Clay, Curtis, merchant
(1796 Prospect) #57, Whitton Edwards, & Wm. W. Bullock, Ironmongers

(1785) #339, Miller, John
(1785) Miller, John, shopkeeper, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #55 High St., Fullerton, Alexander, shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #55, James Hutton, Ironmonger

(1785) #340, Fitzgerald, Thomas
(1785) Fitzgerrald, Thomas, shopkeeper, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #53 High St., Fitzgerald, Thomas, shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #53, Sarah Hunter, Shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #53, William Davis, Hardware Merchant

(1785) #341, Cullin, Thomas
(1785) #341, Hall, William
(1791) #51 High St., Hall, William, printer
(1791) #51 High St., Hall & Sellers, printers [and] publishers of the Pennsylvania Gazette
(1796 Prospect) #51, William Hall and William Sellers, Printers and Stationers

(1785) #342, Parkes, Jacob
(1785) Parke, Jacob, ironmonger, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #49 High St., Parke, Jacob, ironmonger
(1796 Prospect) #49, Jacob Parke, Ironmonger

(1785) #343, Hunter, George, druggist
(1785) Hunter, George, druggist, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #47 High St., Fisher, Joseph C., hatter
(1796 Prospect) #47, Benjamin Horner, Ironmonger

(1785) #344, Lymm, John

(1785) #345, Jacobs, Mary
(1785) Jacobs, Mary, shopkeeper, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #45 High St., Lynn, John, shopkeeper
(1791) #45 High St., Parker, Joseph, clerk in the office of the pay master general of the United States
(1791) #45 High St., Rousselet, Nicholas, broker and commissioner
(1796 Prospect) #45, Philip C. Sommerkamp, Druggist and Apothecary

(1785) #346, Pritchard, William, bookseller
(1785) Prichard, William, bookseller, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #43 High St., Bispham, Samuel, hatter
(1796 Prospect) #43, Samuel Bispham, Hatter
(1796 Prospect) #43, William Henry, Coppersmith, &c.

(1785) #347, Ball, William, magistrate
(1791) #41 High St., Ball, William, Esq.,
(1791) #41 High St., Wickoff & Harrison, druggists
(1796 Prospect) #41, William Ball, Gentleman

(1785) #348, Baker, Jacob, merchant
(1785) Baker, Jacob, shopkeeper, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #39 High St., Yarnall, Ellis, ironmonger
(1796 Prospect) #39, Ellis Yarnall, Hardware Merchant

(1785) #349, Poyntel, John, stationer

(1785) #350, Crisen, Josiah
(1785) Cresson, Joshua, merchant, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #37 High St., Cresson, Joshua, sugar baker
(1791) #37 High St., Hart, John, druggist
(1796 Prospect) #37, Mary Cresson, widow, Gentlewoman

(1785) #351, Stemble, Christian
(1785) Stimble, Sarah, sign Rising Sun, Market between Front and 2nd
(1785) Cumming, William, coppersmith, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #35 High St., Cummings, William, coppersmith
(1796 Prospect) #35, Jacob C. Wikoff, Druggist and Apothecary

(1785) #352, Preston, Mathew
(1785) Preston, Martin, sign Seven Stars, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #33 High St., Foot, Mary, tavernkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #33, Charles and Joseph Pleasants, Merchants

(1785) #353, Withy, James, hatter
(1785) Withy, James, hatter, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #31 High St., Morton, Isaac & John, hatters, on addendum at end
(1791) #31 High St., Porter, John, breeches maker
(1796 Prospect) #31, William C. Cummings, Hatter
(1796 Prospect) #31, George Craig, Shoemaker
(1796 Prospect) #31, George Roberts, Cutler

(1785) #354, Baker, John
(1785) Baker, John H., hatter, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #29 High St., Baker, John H., hatter
(1791) #29 High St., Micklejohn, John, grocer
(1796 Prospect) #29, Joseph Bispham, Hatter
(1796 Prospect) #29, Jacob Canous, Hardware-dealer

(1785) #355, Fisher, Samuel, hatter
(1785) #356, Fisher, Samuel & James, merchants
(1785) Fisher, Samuel, hatter, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #27 High St., Fisher, Samuel, hatter
(1796 Prospect) #27, Thomas Kelly, Shoe Merchant

(1785) #357, Johnson, Joseph
(1791) #25 High St., Bispham, Joseph, hatter
(1796 Prospect) #25, Nathan Ball and Elijah Conrad, Shopkeepers.

(1785) #358, Jackson, William
(1791) #23 High St., no listing
(1796 Prospect) #23, James Carman, Hatter.

BETWEEN FRONT AND 2ND, UNKNOWN SIDE

(1785) Claypoole, Joseph, shopkeeper, Market between Front and 2nd
(1785) Cummings, David, gentleman, Market between Front and 2nd
(1785) Failet, Peter, shopkeeper, Market between Front and 2nd
(1785) Gordon, Edward, cordwainer, Market between Front and 2nd
(1785) Harrison, Thomas, merchant taylor, Market between Front and 2nd
(1785) Lind, Joseph, merchant, Market between Front and 2nd
(1785) Morgan and Johnston, grocers, Market between Front and 2nd
(1785) Walters, Nathaniel, hatter, Market between Front and 2nd

James Humphreys, Jr. was a printer on Market between Front and 2nd Streets in 1777, according to a broadside he printed that year for General Howe, at the Library Company of Philadelphia and illustrated in Edwin Wolf's Philadelphia: Portrait of an American City.

CORNER OF MARKET AND 2ND

In the middle of the street at this intersection stood the old courthouse and City Hall, with the market sheds behind it heading off toward 3rd Street, with the Presbyterian Church half a block away. "As for the public buildings," said Isaac Weld in the 1790s, "they are all heavy tasteless piles of red brick, ornamented with the same sort of blue marble as that already mentioned, and which but ill accord together, unless indeed we except the new Bank of the United States, and the presbyterian church in High-Street. The latter building is ornamented with a handsome portico in front, supported by six pillars in the Corinthian order, but it is seen to great disadvantage on account of the market house, which occupies the center of the street before it."

-- from Isaac Weld, Travels Through the States of North America...During the Years 1795, 1796 and 1797, p.4.

According to the 1909 "Publication No. 5" of the City Historical Society of Philadelphia, when the old Presbyterian Church on Market Street was torn down, twenty-one window frames and sashes were sent to Trinity Church on Catharine Street above 2nd Street, most of which were in 1909 still in the church.

(1785) #30 Market Street, #578 2nd Street, Adcock, William, shopkeeper
(1785) Adcock, William, merchant, corner of Market and 2nd
By the numbering, on the southeastern corner.
(1791) #52 High St., Adcock, William, shopkeeper

(1785) #335, January, Peter, storekeeper
(1785) January, Peter, merchant, corner of Market and 2nd
By implication of #336, #335 Market Street was probably at the northwestern corner.
(1796 Prospect) #2 N. 2nd Street, Frederick Shinckle, jun., Grocer

This view is of the northwestern corner of Market and 2nd Streets as it appeared in the early 1820s, and comes from a full-page advertisement for the partnership of druggists Thatcher & Thompson in Bennett & Walton's Almanac for 1825.

(1785) #336 Market Street, #577 2nd Street, Land, Henry
By the numbering, on the northeastern corner.
(1791) #61 High St., Sommerkamp, Philip, druggist
(1796 Prospect) #61, James Williams, Fruit-seller
The Prospect of Philadelphia says that #61 was on the northeastern corner.

(1785) Ritchie, George, clock and watchmaker, corner of Market and 2nd

The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:

#61 Market, northeastern corner.
#63 Market, northwestern corner.
#52 Market, southeastern corner.
#54 Market, southwestern corner.

BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD, SOUTH SIDE

(1785) #32, Humphreys, Richard, goldsmith
(1785) Humphreys, Richard, goldsmith, Market between 2nd and 3rd
Humphreys was, according to one scholarly source, "one of Philadelphia's most prolific Quaker silversmiths." That source, Beatrice Garvan's Federal Philadelphia: The Athens of the Western World, illustrates and discusses on pp.26-27 a buckle and pair of cufflinks, both set with false gems made from paste, which belonged to Hannah Humphreys, the wife of the silversmith, and which are therefore attributed to him.

(1791) #54 High St., Humphreys, Richard, silversmith

(1785) #33, Harland, John
(1791) #56 High St., Harland, John, shopkeeper
William Ketchum's Cabinetmakers of America, p.279, quotes the label of brothers James Jr. and Henry Reynolds, carvers and looking glass makers, as being at #56 Market Street c.1795-1800. Ketchum says James was born in 1772 and Henry in 1774, and notes that one of their labeled mirrors is in the Winterthur Museum.

(1785) #34, Betterton, Benjamin, cooper
(1785) Betterton, Benjamin, innkeeper, corner of Market and Strawberry Alley
(1791) #58 High St., Greenaway, William, tavernkeeper

(1785) #35, Spotswood & Rice
(1785) Rice, Henry, bookseller and stationer, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #60 High St., no listing

(1785) #36, Hemill, John
(1791) #62 High St., Finley, Francis, shopkeeper

(1785) #37, Lawrence, William, tavernkeeper
(1785) Lawrence, William, innkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #64 High St., McDonald, James, innkeeper

(1785) #38, Pryor, Charles, grocer
(1791) #66 High St., Gostelowe, Jonathan, cabinetmaker, also at 68 High St.
Bjerkoe (in Cabinetmakers of America, p.115) says that Gostelowe (1745-1795) married his second wife Elizabeth Tower, "daughter of his old friend Robert Tower, the druggist at 66 Market St." and that Robert Tower died the following year, at which point he moved his shop from Church Alley to #66 High (Market) Street. He apparently retired, says Bjerkoe, in 1793, and died two years later.

(1785) #39, Jones, Mary, shopkeeper
(1785) Jones, Mary, haberdasher and milliner, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #68 High St., Gostelowe, Jonathan, cabinetmaker, also at 66 High St.

(1785) #40, Towers, Robert
(1785) #41, Towers, Evans
(1785) Towers, Robert, drug and paint merchant, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #70 High St., Towers, Robert, druggist
#41 was probably a backbuilding or something similar of #40.

(1785) #43, Wharton & Edwards
(1785) Wharton and Edwards, grocers, corner of Market and Elbow Lane
(1791) #72 High St., Edwards, Griffith, grocer

(1785) #44, Shakespeare & Cumpston
(1785) Shakespear and Cumpstone, shopkeepers, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #74 High St., Cumpston, Thomas, shopkeeper

(1785) #45, Anthony, Joseph, jeweller and silversmith
(1785) Anthony, Joseph, goldsmith, Market between 2nd and 3rd Joseph Anthony, Jr. (1762-1814) was a well-known silversmith. A tankard (a lidded drinking vessel) which he made in 1788 is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and is illustrated in Beatrice Garvan's Federal Philadelphia: The Athens of the Western World, p.18. This was presented to the lawyer Charles Jarvis (not listed in the 1785 directories) by John Penn, Jr. (William Penn's grandson) and a cousin of his also named John Penn; they presented an identical one (also by Anthony) to the lawyer Gunning Bedford (#49 and #55 Lombard Street). Curiously, White lists Bedford as a house carpenter.
(1791) #76 High St., Anthony, Joseph, jun., goldsmith

(1785) #46, Comegys, Paul & Co.
(1785) Commegs and Paul, merchants, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #78 High St., Kitts, Michael, tavernkeeper

(1785) #47, Paul, Sidney
(1785) Paul, Sidney, Mrs., sign Indian King, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #80 High St., Paul, Sidney, innkeeper
The Indian King was one of the largest taverns in the city. It was brick, three stories high, and fourteen of its eighteen rooms had their own fireplaces. The city's first Masonic lodge met here when its proprietor was a member. Owen Owen was the proprietor in 1732 when the Society of Ancient Britons, an organization of those of Welsh descent, held their meetings there. (At that time Richard Brockden was the owner, and Peter Thompson's book (see below), pp.88-89, should be consulted for the story of Brockden's part in the discovery and arrest of counterfeiters at the Indian King in December 1732.) Owen was still there in 1740 when he advertised the showing there of a bizarre animal, but the keeper was Peter Robinson in 1742 when there was unrest about the assembly elections there. (pp.129-132) John and Sarah Biddle were the proprietors in 1755 when Virginian Daniel Fisher stayed there, and also in 1758 when Forbes' Regiment wintered in Philadelphia and Captain White of that regiment stayed at the establishment. Biddle also had a general store nearby, though at this point it is not certain exactly where. (Rum Punch and Revolution by Peter Thompson, p.59-63; p.79 re 1740 mention.)

(1785) #48, Wescot, George, merchant
(1785) Westcoat, George, merchant, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #82 High St., Baker, Hilary, Esq., clerk of the Court of the County Sessions

(1785) #49, What you please
(1785) #49, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #84 High St., Pearson, James, hatter

(1785) #50, Garrigues, Mary
(1785) Garrigues, Mrs., grocer, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #86 High St., Garrigues, Edward, carpenter
(1791) #86 High St., Price, Isaac, clock and watch maker

According to Stephen Ensko's American Silversmiths and their Marks, silversmith Edmund Milne advertised in the December 29, 1757 Pennsylvania Gazette, that he had worked for the past two years for one Charles Dutens, who'd moved to the West Indies, and that Milne had now set up shop "next door to the Indian King in Market Street in house with Mr. David Barnes." By 1767 he was in 2nd Street. He died in 1813.

BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD, NORTH SIDE

(1785) #308, Knight, John
(1791) #113 High St., Rudolph, Tobias, innkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #113, Elizabeth Jones, widow, Hardware Dealer
(1796 Prospect) #113, Acky Wood, widow, Seamstress

(1785) #309, Bartram, John, druggist & chymist
(1785) Bartram, John, gentleman, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #111 High St., Price, Rebecca, shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #111, Rebecca Price, widow, Shopkeeper

(1785) #310, Roweman, Widow
(1785) Roman, Catharine, shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #109 High St., Heyl, George, tobacconist
(1796 Prospect) #109, Isaac Pearson, Hatter

(1785) #311, Dally, Miss
(1785) Dally, Mary, taylor, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #107 High St., Dalley, Mary, shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #107, Mary Dalley, Shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #107, William Oliver, Hardware Dealer

(1785) #312, Freese & Chancellor, merchants
(1791) #105 High St., Chancellor, William, merchant
(1796 Prospect) #105, William Chancellor and John Davis, Merchants

(1785) #314, Smock, Robert
(1785) Smock, Robert, shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #103 High St., Brooks, Edward, jun., ironmonger
(1796 Prospect) #103, George Pennock, Merchant

(1785) #315, Stark, Margaret
(1785) Starke, Jane, boardinghouse, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #101 High St., Wiltberger, Peter, hatter
(1796 Prospect) #101, Peter Wiltberger and William Smith, Ironmongers

(1785) #316, Jackson, William
(1791) #99 High St., Carmalt, Caleb, clerk to the Hand-in-Hand Fire Company
(1791) #99 High St., Carmalt, Rebecca, shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #99, Jonathan Carmalt, Shopkeeper

(1785) #317, Dishler & Roberts, ironmongers
(1785) Deshler, David, merchant, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #97 High St., Deshler & Roberts, ironmongers
(1796 Prospect) #97, Catherine Roberts, Ironmonger

(1785) #318, Paschall, Joseph
(1785) Paschall, Joseph, merchant, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #95 High St., Paschall, Joseph, ironmonger
(1796 Prospect) #95, Thomas Howard, Ironmonger

(1785) #319, Carman, Rebecca
(1785) Carmalt, Rebecca, Mrs., shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #93 High St., Woodward, John, shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #93, John Woodward, Shopkeeper

(1785) #320, Cruckshank, Joseph, printer
(1785) Crukshank, Joseph, printer and stationer, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #91 High St., Crukshank, Joseph, printer & bookseller
(1796 Prospect) #91, Leeson Simmons, Mariner
(1796 Prospect) #91, Joseph Simmons, Ironmonger

(1785) #322, Wilmer, Lambert
(1785) Wilmer, Lambert, shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #89 High St., Wilcox, Samuel, tea merchant
(1796 Prospect) #89, Maurange & Co. [no occupation listed]

(1791) #87 High St., Jobson, James, tinman
(1796 Prospect) #87, Joseph Crukshank, Bookseller and Stationer

(1785) #323, Biddle, Owen
(1785) Biddle, Owen, druggist, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #85 High St., Biddle, Owen & John, druggists
(1796 Prospect) #85, Owen and John Biddle, Drug'sts and Apothecaries

(1785) #324, Roberts, George, ironmonger
(1785) Roberts, George, ironmonger, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #83 High St., Roberts & Twamley, wholesale iron mongers
(1791) #83 High St., Lampley, Sarah, boardinghouse
(1796 Prospect) #83, George Roberts & Son, Ironmongers

Grindstone Alley opened here, according to the Prospect of Philadelphia (1796), "no person living there but John Foulke, Physician."

(1785) #325, Evans, John
(1785) Evans, John, hatter, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #81 High St., La Mar, Matthias, shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #81, Matthias Lamar, Silversmith

(1785) #326, Brown, Joseph
(1785) Brown, Joseph, innkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #79 High St., Brown, Mary A., tavernkeeper
(1791) #79 High St., Crosby, Elijah, hatter
(1796 Prospect) #79, Robert Leslie and Isaac Price, Clock & Watch makers
(1796 Prospect) #79, Joseph Price, Hatter

(1785) #327, Brown, Mary
(1785) Brown, Mary, shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #77 High St., Maisey, Thomas, shopkeeper
It would seem that between 1785 and 1791, Mary Brown took over the running of the tavern next door to her 1785 shop.
(1796 Prospect) #77, Jacob Benninghove, jun., Tobacconist

(1785) #328, Harbison, Benjamin
(1785) Harbeson, Benjamin, coppersmith, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #75 High St., Oldden, John, merchant
(1796 Prospect) #75, Benjamin Harbeson, & Son, Copper Merchants

(1785) #329, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #73 High St., Wilson, McCall, shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #73, John Munday, Carpenter & Shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #73, John McFee, Gold & Silver-smith

(1785) #330, Hall, John
(1785) Hall, John, shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #71 High St., Hall, John, shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #71, Margaret Hall, widow, Shopkeeper

(1785) #331, Redman, Elizabeth
(1791) #69 High St., Fenno, John, printer to the Senate of the United States
(1796 Prospect) #69, William Crispin [no profession given]

(1785) #332, Hodge, Hannah
(1785) Hodge, Mrs., shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #67 High St., Hodge, Hannah, shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #67, Newbold and Co., Shopkeepers
(1796 Prospect) #67, Philip Jones, Umbrella maker
(1796 Prospect) #67, Hannah Hodge, widow

(1785) #333, Beck, Paul
(1791) #65 High St., Tudor, George, broker
(1796 Prospect) #65, Anthony Hallowell, Merchant

(1785) #334, Henderson, Margaret
(1785) Henderson, Margaret, shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #63 High St., Henderson, Margaret, shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #63, Margaret Henderson, widow, Shopkeeper

BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD, UNKNOWN SIDE

(1785) Clark, Mrs., boardinghouse, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Duplessis, Peter, teacher of French, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Evans, Hezekiah, drug and colour merchant, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Hall and Sellers, printers, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Hamble, William, innkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Harland, Joshua, shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Morris, Governeur, Esq., counsellor at law, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Palmer, Mrs., boardinghouse, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Pearson, Isaac, hatter, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Roberts, Hugh, ironmonger, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Shaw, George, cabinetmaker, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Shaw, Thomas, tobacconist, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Snowden, Jedadiah, shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd

Bjerkoe (in Cabinetmakers of America p.197) says that George Shaw, in the list just above, was born in 1750 and died in 1792. In 1791 he was at 127 Chestnut Street and 240 Sassafras (Race) St..

Edwin Wolf's excellent Philadelphia: Portrait of an American City speaks of the "Buttonwood Church" which was built in 1704-1705 "in a fine grove of sycamores on High Street west of Second."

CORNER OF MARKET AND 3RD

(1785) #51 Market Street, #441 3rd Street, Smith, Robert, hatter
(1785) Smith, Robert, Esq., loan-officer, corner of Market and 3rd
(1785) Glentworth, J., shopkeeper, corner of Market and 3rd
(1791) #88 High St., Glentworth, James, broker
(1791) #88 High St., Smith, Robert, hatter
By the numbering, on the southeastern corner. It's rare for two apparently unrelated people to share the same premises over a six-year period. It's rather interesting, too, that Robert Smith was both a hatter and a loan officer.

(1785) Kitts, George, grocer, corner of Market and 3rd

(1785) #52 Market Street, no listing
(1791) #90 High St., Fries, John, merchant
By implication, on the southwestern corner.

(1785) #307, Kean, John
(1791) #115 High St., Smock, Robert, shopkeeper, also at 134 N. 3rd St.
(1796 Prospect) #115, Eden Shotwell, Merchant
On the northeastern corner of Third and Market Streets.

The northwestern corner is something of a minor mystery at this point; the Prospect gives #119 as the first property after crossing Third Street, but the 1791 directory does give a listing for #117. Therefore, both are placed here, though one is undoubtedly the next property over from the corner.

(1785) #306, Kepley, William
(1791) #117 High St., Brooks, John, glover

(1785) #305, Pates, Conrad
(1791) #119 High St., Bates, Conrad, tobacconist
(1796 Prospect) #119, Richard Wistar, Ironmonger

The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:

#115 Market, northeastern corner.
#117 Market, northwestern corner.
#81 Market, southeastern corner.
#90 Market, southwestern corner.

BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH, SOUTH SIDE

(1785) #53, no listing
(1791) #92 High St., Jones, Owen & Co., merchants

(1785) #54, no listing
(1791) #94 High St., White, Solomon & Co., shopkeepers

(1785) #55, Poultney & Wistar
(1785) Poultney and Wister, ironmongers, Market between 3rd and 4th
Also see #60 and #69.
(1791) #96 High St., Poultney & Wistar, ironmongers
(1791) #96 High St., Pekin, William, cordwainer

(1785) #56, Kepley, Henry, merchant
(1785) Kepple, Henry, merchant, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #98 High St., Kepple, Henry, gentleman
(1791) #98 High St., Kepple, George, merchant

(1785) #57, Welberger, Peter
(1785) Wiltberger, Peter, hatter, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #100 High St., Greble, Andrew, cedar cooper

(1785) #58, Marlow, Randolph
(1791) #102 High St., Marlow, Widow, shopkeeper

(1785) #59, What you please
(1785) #59, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #104 High St., Riehle, John, tobacconist, also at 150 High St.

(1785) #60, Poultney, Thomas & Sons, ironmongers
(1785) Poultney, Thomas, ironmonger, Market between 3rd and 4th
Also see #55 and #69.
(1791) #106 High St., Bohlen, Bohl, merchant

(1785) #61, Seger, Emanuel
(1791) #108 High St., Gilchrist, Charles, merchant

(1785) #62, Bryson, James, shopkeeper
(1791) #110 High St., Graige, Seth, saddler

(1785) #63, Polke, Jehoshaphat, sadler
(1785) Polk, Josipath, sadler, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #112 High St., Barton, William, Esq., attorney at law

(1785) #64, Bass, Robert
(1785) Bass, Robert, druggist, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #114 High St., Bass, Robert, druggist

(1785) #65, Bailey, Francis, printer
(1785) Bailey, Francis, printer and stationer, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #116 High St., Bailey, Francis, printer

(1785) #66, Shingle, Frederick
(1785) Shinckle, Frederick, skinner, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #118 High St., Shinckle, Frederick, breeches maker
A Frederick Shinckle is mentioned in the collections about Jacob Graff at the University of Delaware; see note below under the entry for the southwestern corner of Market and 7th.

(1785) #67, Grafts, John
(1785) Graff, John, grocer, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #120 High St., Haines, John, saddler & harness maker
(1791) #120 High St., Williams, Elizabeth, widow
This was possibly the John Graff who was a son of Jacob Graff, Sr. (1727-1780) (q.v., below)

(1785) #68, Phile, John
(1785) Phile, John, grocer, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #122 High St., Phile, John, shopkeeper

(1785) #69, Poultney, Thomas
(1785) Poultney, Thomas, sen., Market between 3rd and 4th
Also see #55 and #60.
(1791) #124 High St., Poultney, Thomas, ironmonger
(1791) #124 High St., Poultney, John & James, ironmongers

(1785) #70, Richards, William, brushmaker
(1785) Richards, William, breeches maker, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #126 High St., Richards, William, breeches maker

(1785) #71, Grier, J. McCarter & Co. (may have been at corner)
(1791) #128 High St., Cox, Jacob, shopkeeper

(1785) Franklin, Benjamin, his excellency, president of Pennsylvania, Market Street
(1785) Bache, Richard, merchant, Market between 3rd and 4th

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BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH, NORTH SIDE

(1785) #286, Ingersoll, Jared, attorney at law

(1785) #287, Jones, J. & Foulke D., merchants
(1785) Jones and Foulke, merchants, Market between 3rd and 4th
Also see #298.
(1791) #153 High St., Forrest, Thomas, purchaser of certificates and paper money
(1796 Prospect) #153, John P. Sanderson, Merchant
(1796 Prospect) #153, Elizabeth Fawcett, widow, Boarding-house

(1785) #288, Jones, Owen sen.
(1785) Jones, Owen, merchant, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #151 High St., Jones, Owen, gentleman
(1791) #151 High St., Westcott, George, merchant
(1796 Prospect) #151, Susanna Jones, widow, Gentlewoman
(1796 Prospect) #151, Owen and Jonathan Jones, Merchants

(1785) #289, Foulke, Caleb, merchant
(1791) #149 High St., Drinker, Daniel, merchant
(1796 Prospect) #149, George Williams & Peter Barker & Co., Ironmongers

(1785) #290, Josephson, Emanuel, merchant
(1791) #147 High St., James & Johnson, printers
(1791) #147 High St., James, Joseph, printer
(1791) #147 High St., Johnson, Benjamin, printer
(1796 Prospect) #147, Jacob Johnson & Co., Printers and Booksellers

(1785) #291, Haynes, Reuben & Casper, brewers
(1785) Haines, Reuben and Sons, brewers, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #145 High St., Haines, Reuben & Caspar, brewers
(1796 Prospect) #145, Godfrey Twells, Brewer
(1796 Prospect) #145, Caleb and Owen Foulke, Merchants
(1796 Prospect) #145, William Stanley, Gentleman
(1796 Prospect) #145, Samuel Passey, Scrivener

(1785) #292, Wister and Ashton, merchants
(1785) Wister and Alston, merchants, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #143 High St., Wister & Aston, merchants
(1791) #143 High St., Wister, William, merchant
(1796 Prospect) #143, William Wistar, Merchant

(1785) #293, Wister, Daniel, merchant
(1791) #141 High St., Wister, Daniel, gentleman
(1796 Prospect) #141, Daniel Wistar, Gentleman

(1785) #294, Geesse, William
(1791) #139 High St., Farmer, Lewis, innkeeper [and Register of German Passengers]
(1796 Prospect) #139, Adam Handle, Innkeeper [Sign of the] King of Prussia

(1785) #296, Synger, Casper and Sons, storekeepers
(1785) Syng, Casper and Son, merchants, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #137 High St., Singer, Casper, grocer
(1796 Prospect) #137, John and Abraham Singer, Merchants

(1785) #297, Whelan, Israel
(1791) #135 High St., no listing
(1796 Prospect) #135, Gideon H. Wells & Richard H. Morris, Ironmongers

(1785) #298, Jones & Foulke, merchants
Also see #287.
(1791) #133 High St., Wister, Thomas, merchant, also at 119 Chestnut St.
(1796 Prospect) #133, Thomas Wistar & John Cooke, Dry Good Merchants

(1785) #299, Zantzinger, Adam, merchant
(1785) Zantzinger, Adam, merchant, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #131 High St., Zantzinger, Adam, merchant
(1796 Prospect) #131, Adam Zantzinger, Dry Good Merchant

(1785) #300, Shoemaker, James, merchant
(1785) Shoemaker and James, merchants, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #129 High St., Shoemaker, Joseph, jun., hatter
(1796 Prospect) #129, George and Edward Thompson, Dry Good Merchants

(1785) #301, Collins, Ruth
(1791) #127 High St., Helm, Peter, cedar cooper
(1796 Prospect) #127, Josiah Twamley & Edw. Shoemaker, Ironmongers

(1785) #302, Ashbridge, Aaron
(1785) Ashlridge, Mrs., gentlewoman, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #125 High St., Ashbridge, Ann and Sarah, shopkeepers
(1796 Prospect) #125, Anne and Sarah Ashbridge, Shopkeepers
(1796 Prospect) #125, John Porter, Brush-maker
(1796 Prospect) #125, Conrad Keller, Tin-plate worker

(1785) #303, Commerce, Henry, shopkeeper
(1791) #123 High St., Smith, Elizabeth, shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #123, Elizabeth Smith, widow, Shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #123, King and Kinnan, Ivory-turners

(1785) #304, Porter, Robert
(1791) #121 High St., Dannecker, George, breeches maker
(1796 Prospect) #121, John Brooks, Glover & Breeches maker

BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH, UNKNOWN SIDE

(1785) Batchelor, Thomas, merchant, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Beattyes, Henry, tobacconist, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Bower, John, barber, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Bradby, Thomas, coppersmith, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Brayfield, John, locksmith, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Brooks, John, glover and breeches maker, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Bryson, James, Esq., postmaster, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Byerly, Christopher, grocer, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Foulke, Amos, merchant, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Gliecher, Francis, hairdresser, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Hendricks, James, cutler, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Jackson, Mary, shopkeeper, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Kammerer, Henry, captain, papermaker, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Leeke and Melbeck, merchants, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Reily, John, tobacconist, Market between 3rd and 4th

CORNER OF MARKET AND 4TH

(1785) #72, Cooper, George
(1785) Cooper, George, breeches maker, corner of Market and 4th
(1791) #130 High St., Cooper, George, breeches maker
On the southeastern corner.

(1785) #73, Brown, John
(1791) #132 High St., Power, Alexander, broker and scrivener
On the southwestern corner.

(1785) #283, Lee, Francis
(1785) Lee, Francis, innkeeper and every day stage to and from New York, corner of Market and 4th By 1790 the stage stop had moved to the Indian Queen, a few addresses to the south at 15 S. 4th St.
(1791) #157 High St., Miller, Joseph J., grocer, also at 159 High St.
(1796 Prospect) #157 & #159, Israel Whelen & Joseph Miller, Merchants.
Both #157 and #159 were listed in the Prospect as being on the west side of Fourth Street.
On the northwestern corner.

(1785) #284, Gratz, Michael
(1785) Gratz, Michael and Bernard, merchant, corner of Market and 4th
(1791) #159 High St., Miller, Joseph J., grocer, also at 157 High St.

(1785) #285, Sickle, Lawrence
(1785) Sickle, Lawrence, grocer, corner of Market and 4th
(1791) #155 High St., Seckel, Lawrence, Esq., [state representative for the City of Philadelphia], section at end says 157 High St.
(1796 Prospect) #155, Laurence Seckel, Merchant
On the northeastern corner.

(1785) Heyl, George, grocer, corner of Market and 4th
(1785) Sutter, Daniel, grocer, corner of Market and 4th

The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:

#155 Market, northeastern corner.
#157 Market, northwestern corner.
#128 Market, southeastern corner.
#130 Market, southwestern corner.

BETWEEN 4TH AND 5TH, SOUTH SIDE

(1785) #74, Shippin, Edward
(1791) #134 High St., Wister, Caspar, doctor of physic

(1785) #75, Steinmetz, John
(1785) Stonemetz, John, merchant, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #136 High St., Steinmetz, John, merchant

(1785) #77, Jenkins, Widow
(1785) Jenkins, Mary, boardinghouse, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #138 High St., Jenkins, Mary, boardinghouse

(1785) #78, Nicholas, Samuel, tavernkeeper
(1785) Nicholas, Samuel, sign Connostogoe Waggon, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #140 High St., Nichols, Mary, innkeeper

(1785) #79, Greenleaf, Widow
(1785) Greenleaf, Mrs., Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #142 High St., Greenleafe, Catharine, widow

(1785) #80, Dixon, John, tobacconist
(1791) #144 High St., Josephson, Emanuel, merchant, Was parnas (president) of Congregation Mikveh Israel in 1789.

(1785) #81, Wistar, Widow
(1785) Wister, Sarah, gentlewoman, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #146 High St., Fox, Edward, notary public

(1785) #82, Davidson, John, sadler
(1785) Davidson, John, sadler, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #148 High St., Davison, John, saddler

(1785) #83, Greenfield, Jesse
(1791) #150 High St., Riehle, John, tobacconist, also at 104 High St.

(1785) #84, Roberts, Robert
(1785) Roberts, Robert, iron merchant, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #152 High St., Walker, Lewis, hatter

(1785) #85, Facundus, William
(1785) #85, Jacundus, William
(1791) #154 High St., Camper, John, barber

(1785) #86, Clymer, Daniel, attorney at law
(1785) Clymer, Daniel, Esq., counsellor at law, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #156 High St., Oswald, Eleazer, printer [and] publisher of the Independent Gazetteer

(1785) #87, Bickham, George, merchant
(1785) Bickham, George, merchant, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #158 High St., Bickham, George, merchant

(1785) #88, Clampher, Adam
(1785) Clampsier, Adam, hatter, Market between 4th and 5th
This was evidently the 1785 location of the hatter Adam Clampfer, Jr., who in 1788 moved into what is today #134 Elfreth's Alley. His father built a couple of the houses there.
(1791) #160 High St., Stedicorn, George, shopkeeper

(1785) #89, Rheinholt, George, bookseller
(1785) Reinhold, George, stationer, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #162 High St., Brown, Nathaniel, innkeeper

(1785) #90, Stein, John
(1785) Stine, John, sign Bear, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #164 High St., Stein, John, innkeeper
(1791) #164 High St., Forsberg, Nicholas, painter
William Ketchum's Cabinetmakers of America, p.246, cites the label of an early 19th century Philadelphia mirror maker, Thomas Natt, as being at "No. 164 Market Street, three doors above Fourth on the south side, Philadelphia." This may not have been the location known as #164 Market Street in 1791, however, as renumberings did sometimes occur. That would seem to be so in this case because in 1791 #164 High, or Market, is proveably about two doors away from 5th Street.

(1785) #91, Jones, Ezra
(1785) Jones, Israel, grocer, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #166 High St., Evans, Charles & David, grocers

BETWEEN 4TH AND 5TH, NORTH SIDE

(1785) #264, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #195 High St., Guyer, John, grocer, also at 193 High St.
(1796 Prospect) #195, Jacob Sperry, Merchant

(1785) #265, Barge & Nelson
(1785) Barge and Nelson, grocers, near the corner of Market and 5th
(1791) #193 High St., Guyer, John, grocer, also at 195 High St.
(1796 Prospect) #193, Samuel Miles, jun., Merchant

(1785) #266, Barge, Jacob, merchant
(1791) #191 High St., Barge, Jacob, gentleman
(1796 Prospect) #191, Jacob Barge, Gentleman

(1785) #267, Bashier, Peter
(1791) #189 High St., Heisz, Frederick, grocer, also at 204 Sassafras St.
(1796 Prospect) #189, Elizabeth Cottringer, widow, Shopkeeper

(1785) #268, Bemen, Widow
(1791) #187 High St., Carmalt, Jonathan, currier
(1796 Prospect) #187, Benjamin Wetherell, Tinman and Coppersmith

(1785) #269, Porter, James
(1791) #185 High St., Fry, Jacob, baker
(1796 Prospect) #185, Jacob Fry, Baker
(1796 Prospect) #185, Michael Camper, Cooper

(1785) #271, Foulke, Caleb
(1785) Foulke, Caleb, merchant, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #183 High St., Seckel, Philip, grocer
(1796 Prospect) #183, William Shannon, Auctioneer

(1785) #272, Forrest, Thomas
(1791) #181 High St., Scull, Benjamin, hatter
(1796 Prospect) #181, Benjamin Scull, Hatter

(1785) #273, Kuhn & Risberg, merchants
(1785) Kuhn and Risberg, merchants, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #179 High St., Kuhn, Peter, merchant
(1791) #179 High St., Kuhn & Risberg, merchants
(1796 Prospect) #179, Peter Kuhn, Merchant

(1785) #275, Stanley, William jun.
(1785) Standley, William, potter, Market between 4th and 5th
This entry could refer to the William Stanley of #276.
(1791) #177 High St., Stimmel, Philip, tobacconist
(1796 Prospect) #177, Thomas Ryerson, Merchant

(1785) #276, Stanley, William sen.
Also see #275.
(1791) #175 High St., Standley, William, gentleman
(1796 Prospect) #175, John M. Price & Co., Merchants

(1785) #277, Knorr, John
(1785) Knorr, John, cedar cooper, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #173 High St., Knorr, John, cooper
(1791) #173 High St., Hazard & Addoms, brokers
(1796 Prospect) #173, John Young, Merchant
(1796 Prospect) #173, John Knorr, Cedar Cooper

(1785) #278, Connelly, Isaac
(1785) Connelly, Isaac, sign Black Horse, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #171 High St., Clay, Alexander, innkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #171, Alexander Clay, Innkeeper [Sign of the] Black Horse

(1785) #279, Goucher, Thomas
(1785) Goucher, Thomas, cutler, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #169 High St., Stout, George, labourer
(1796 Prospect) #169, Philip Stimel, Tobacconist

(1785) #280, Hare, Patrick
(1791) #167 High St., Leslie, Robert, clock & watch maker
(1796 Prospect) #167, David Price, Coppersmith

(1785) #281, Allen, Chamless
(1791) #165 High St., Smith, John, hatter
(1796 Prospect) #165, George Willig, Musical Magazine Keeper

(1785) #282, Stanley, Susannah
(1791) #163 High St., Reed & White, druggists
(1796 Prospect) #163, John White, Chemist Drug. & Apotheca.

(1791) #161 High St., Jackson, Samuel, shopkeeper.
(1796 Prospect) #161, Laurence Herbert, Shopkeeper

BETWEEN 4TH AND 5TH, UNKNOWN SIDE

(1785) Baker and Crawford, grocers, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Briggoner, Daniel, reed maker, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Campford, John, cedar cooper, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Currin, Mrs., gentlewoman, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Delwick, Peter, baker, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Dunlap, James, physician, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Fisberg, Nicholas, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Gienford, Jesse, ironmonger, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Heiss, Frederick, shopkeeper, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Ingersol, Jared, Esq., counsellor at law, Market near, 4th,
(1785) Josephson, Manuel, merchant, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Mason, Arthur, taylor, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Shippen, Joseph, gentleman, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Steiner, Frederick, taylor, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Vannost, John, Esq., counsellor at law, Market between 4th and 5th

CORNER OF MARKET AND 5TH

(1785) #92, Sheaff, William
(1785) Sheaf, William, merchant, corner of Market and 5th
At the southeastern corner.
(1791) #168 High St., Sheaff, William, wine merchant

(1785) #93, House, Widow
(1785) House, Mrs., boardinghouse, corner of Market and 5th
(1785) Heineken, J.C.H., Dutch consul, at Mrs. House's, corner of Market and 5th
At the southwestern corner.
(1791) #170 High St., House, Mary, boardinghouse
(1791) #170 High St., Buchanan, Robert, Esq.,

(1785) #262, Hudson, Samuel
(1785) Hudson, Samuel, gentleman, corner of Market and 5th
By the numbering, this was probably the same man MacPherson also listed at #1 5th Street as "Samuel Hadgson," which would have put him at the northwestern corner.
(1791) #199 High St., Geyer, William, grocer
(1796 Prospect) #199, William Guier, Grocer
On the northwestern corner.

(1785) #263, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #197 High St., Whelen, Israel, grocer, also at 1 N. 5th St.
(1796 Prospect) #197, Robert Shaw, Dry-good Merchant
On the northeastern corner.

(1785) Miller and Campbell, merchants, corner of Market and 5th

The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:

#197 Market, northeastern corner.
#199 Market, northwestern corner.
#168 Market, southeastern corner.
#170 Market, southwestern corner.

BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH, SOUTH SIDE

(1785) #94, Jones, William
(1791) #172 High St., Jones, William, grazier

(1785) #95, vacant or residents would not give name

(1785) #97, Campher, Michael
(1791) #176 High St., McCormick, Patrick, fishmonger

(1785) #98, Kensey, Abel
(1791) #178 High St., Kintzing, Abraham, waggon master
This alignment may be a matchup, based on the similarity of the names.

(1791) #180 High St., Morris, Robert, Esq., also at 192 High St.

(1785) #101, Morris, Robert, merchant
(1785) Morris, Robert, Esq., merchant, member of assembly, Market between 5th and 6th
This well-known house, built between 1767 and 1769 by Mary Lawrence Masters, was Philadelphia's "White House"; during the 1790s when Philadelphia was the capital of the United States, George Washington and John Adams resided in this magnificent mansion (Washington called it the best single house in Philadelphia). Benedict Arnold lived here in 1778-79 while military governor of Philadelphia, before he betrayed his country. The home, numbered 190 by Clement Biddle for his 1791 directory, was demolished in the 1830s for commercial buildings, but its side walls stood as part of those buildings until the early 1950s, when ignorant but well-meaning history people had the land cleared for Independence Mall. This site was recently excavated as part of the Constitution Center project, and the walls of the circular ice house were found. The history of this building was recently and thoroughly recounted by Edward Lawler, Jr., in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 2002).
(1791) #190 High St., PRESIDENT of the United States

BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH, NORTH SIDE

(1785) #246, Redman, Joseph, doctor of physic
(1785) Redman, Joseph, physician, Market between 5th and 6th
(1791) #229 High St., Shippen, Joseph, gentleman, moved to 7 S. Front St.
(1791) #229 High St., Shippen, William, sen., gentleman
(1791) #229 High St., Stewart, Walter, Esq.
(1796 Prospect) #229, David McCormick, Ironmonger

(1785) #247, Waggman, Christopher
(1791) #227 High St., Gunckle, Michael, grocer
(1796 Prospect) #227, Robert Morris's Counting-house

(1785) #248, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #225 High St., Anthony, Joseph, merchant
(1796 Prospect) #225, Casper Wistar, Doctor of Physic

(1785) #249, Miller, Jacob
(1785) Miller, Jacob, grocer, Market between 5th and 6th
(1791) #223 High St., Sheaff, Henry, grocer
(1796 Prospect) #223, John Steinmetz, Merchant

(1785) #250, Foulke, Amos
(1791) #221 High St., Binney, Susannah, widow
(1796 Prospect) #221, Anne Giles, widow, Gentlewoman

(1785) #251, Large, Ebenezar
(1785) #251, Moore, Doctor
(1791) #219 High St., Moore, Thomas, gentleman
(1796 Prospect) #219, Thomas W. Smith, Gentleman

(1785) #252, Bell, William, merchant
(1791) #217 High St., Bell, William, merchant, also at 2 Sim's Alley
(1796 Prospect) #217, William Bell, Merchant

(1785) #253, Palmer, Thomas
(1785) Palmer, Thomas, sign of the Lamb, Market between 5th and 6th
(1791) #215 High St., Seckel, Henry, grocer
(1796 Prospect) #215, Henry Seckel, Wine Merchant

(1785) #254, Pemberton, John
(1785) Pemberton, Mrs., gentlewoman, Market between 5th and 6th
(1791) #213 High St., Pemberton, John, gentleman
(1796 Prospect) #213, Hannah Pemberton, widow, Gentlewoman

#255, Foulke, Adam
(1791) #211 High St., Summers, Andrew, broker
(1796 Prospect) #211, Frederick Heisz, Gentleman
(1796 Prospect) #211, William Beynroth, Shopkeeper

(1785) #256, Chamberlaine, Charles
(1785) Chamberlain, Charles, cordwainer, Market between 5th and 6th
(1791) #209 High St., Beates, Peter, tobacconist
(1796 Prospect) #209, Conrad Bates, Tobacconist
(1796 Prospect) #209, Anthony Restin, Fruitseller

(1785) #257, Stone, Jacob
(1791) #207 High St., Geyer, John, grocer
(1796 Prospect) #207, Samuel Fulton and John Arrison, Grocers
(1796 Prospect) #207, John Simpson, Blacksmith

(1785) #258, Bowers, Adam
(1791) #205 High St., Straley, George, innkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #205, John Guier, Wine Merchant

(1785) #259, Staticorn, Simon
(1785) Steddicorne, S., paper maker, Market between 5th and 6th
(1791) #203 High St., Cline, John, shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #203, Jacob Miller and John Cline, Grocers

(1785) #260, Dunlap, Doctor
(1791) #201 High St., Reinholt, George C., stationer
(1796 Prospect) #201, Alexander Bilsland, Ironmonger

(1785) #261, Jones, Israel

BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH, UNKNOWN SIDE

(1785) Bush, Adam, reed maker, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Clymer, Baltzer, carter, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Copp, John, grocer, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Esler, Jacob, blacksmith, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Foulke, Christopher, brassfounder, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Hansell, Barnet, taylor, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Kennedy, David, Esq., secretary to the land-office, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Leekler, George, reed-maker, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Moore, Thomas, gentleman, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Shoemaker, Abraham, shopkeeper, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Wewman, Christopher, grocer, Market between 5th and 6th

CORNER OF MARKET AND 6TH

(1785) #103 Market Street, #161 6th Street, Dickinson, John, President.
This was on the southeastern corner, next to the house of the President of the United States, though with a space between the buildings.

(1791) #192 High St., Morris, Robert, Esq., also at 180 High St.

(1785) #104, Jones, William
(1785) Jones, Thomas, sign Blue Ball, corner of Market and 6th
Though Jones is not so rare a name as to justify placing these two listings together by themselves, William Jones' number places him at the southwestern corner, making it likely that the two addresses referred to the same place.
(1791) #194 High St., Gray, William, huckster shop

(1785) #243 Market Street, #1 6th Street, Grandham, John
(1785) Grandom, John, shopkeeper, corner of Market and 6th
(1785) #243, Ryng, Conrad
(1791) #233 High St., Grandom, John, shopkeeper
(1791) #235 High St., Fletcher, John W., merchant
(1796 Prospect) #233, John Grandom, Shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #235, William Hunter, Coach-maker
Fletcher at #235 may have been part of the northwestern corner property, as the next number to the west is matched up in 1791 with no gap in numbering.
By the numbering, on the northwestern corner.

(1785) #244 Market Street, #159 6th Street, Donaldson, Joseph sen.
(1785) Donaldson, Joseph, merchant, corner of Market and 6th
(1785) #245, Sellers, Nathaniel
(1785) Sellers, Nathaniel and David, wool cardmakers, corner of Market and 6th
It is likely that the Sellers occupied part of the same building as Joseph Donaldson.
(1791) #231 High St., Sellars, Nathan, wool & cotton card maker
(1796 Prospect) #231, Nathan and David Sellers, Wire-workers
On the northeastern corner.

(1785) Greenwood, Alexander, cordwainer, corner of Market and 6th

(1785) Pine, Robert, painter, corner of Market and 6th

The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:

#233 Market, northeastern corner.
#235 Market, northwestern corner.
No # ("Schuylkill Bank"), southeastern corner.
#194 Market, southwestern corner.

BETWEEN 6TH AND 7TH, SOUTH SIDE

(1785) #105, Whelan, Israel
(1791) #196 High St., Cottringer, Garrett, merchant

(1785) #106, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #198 High St., Otis, Samuel Allen, Secretary [of the Congress of the U.S.], on list at end)

(1785) #107, Craig, Thomas
(1785) Craig, Thomas, innkeeper, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #200 High St., Hay, Michael, innkeeper

(1785) #108, Fishpack, Dominick
(1785) Fisbaugh, Dominick, barber, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Fisbaugh, Simon, intelligence office, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #202 High St., Burtch, Hugh, hairdresser

(1785) #109, Shoemaker, Michael
(1791) #204 High St., Shoemaker, Henry, huckster shop

(1785) #110, Kennedy, David, Secretary of the Land Office
(1791) #206 High St., no listing

(1785) #111, Young, Charles
(1791) #208 High St., Deitz, Francis, cordwainer
(1791) #208 High St., White, Francis, dealer in public securities

(1785) #112, Leckler, George
This listing has been chosen to be the unmatched one, as the two numbering systems did not work the same way with this block and there's an odd number out in them. More information will, hopefully, reveal why there's one more address in MacPherson than Biddle.

(1785) #113, Herpest, Henry
(1785) Herbts and Lex, grocers, Market between 6th and 7th
In 1791 Herbts and Lex were at #283 Market, on the other side of the street and between 7th and 8th.
(1791) #210 High St., Clymer, Baltus, waggon master
(1791) #210 High St., Thompson, Jacob, grocer

(1785) #114, Turner, William
(1791) #212 High St., Turner, William, gentleman

(1785) #115, Ingles, George
(1791) #214 High St., Byrne, Mrs., boardinghouse
(1791) #214 High St., Footman, Peter, clerk, moved to 8 Pear St.

(1785) #116, McCowen, Edward
(1791) #216 High St., Greenman, Alexander, cordwainer

(1785) #118, Mathews, Mary
Matthews, Mary, sign White Horse, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #218 High St., Erwin, Robert, innkeeper, also at 220 High St.
(1791) #220 High St., Erwin, Robert, innkeeper, also at 218 High St.

(1785) #120, Finley, James (by implication)
(1791) #222 High St., Cornman, Jacob, sugar baker

(1791) #224 High St., Elton, Mary, widow

(1785) #121, Emerick, Baltis
(1791) #226 High St., Emrich, John, baker

BETWEEN 6TH AND 7TH, NORTH SIDE

(1785) #226, Roushes, Francis
(1785) Roush, Francis, hair dresser, corner of Market and 7th
(1791) #267 High St., Mines, James, cordwainer
(1796 Prospect) #267, Thomas Marley, Shopkeeper
White's listing is probably a mistake, unless he meant it approximately; this property seems actually to have adjoined the property on the northeastern corner of Market and 7th.

(1785) #227, Claphamson [sic]
(1785) Claphamson, Samuel, cabinetmaker, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #265 High St., Claphamson, Samuel, joiner, also at 1 N. 7th St.
(1796 Prospect) #265, Jacob and Isaac Painter, Grocers
White's listing of the man in 1785 between 3rd and 4th is evidently a mistake, unless Claphamson had just moved. Bjerkoe (in Cabinetmakers of America, p.64) says he advertised on January 8, 1785, that he was "late from London," and that he was in Philadelphia at least through 1794. The Prospect makes clear that he was here through 1796 at least; see #261, just below.

(1785) #228, Lukener, John
(1785) Lukens, John, Esq., surveyor general, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #263 High St., Brodhead, Daniel, Esq., surveyor general
(1796 Prospect) #263, Christian Febiger, Treasurer of Pennsylvania

(1785) #229, Sheilds, George
(1791) #261 High St., Burnes, John, shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #261, Samuel Claphamson, Cabinet-maker
Ketchum's American Cabinetmakers says that the cabinetmaker Joseph Beale was here from 1797 to 1807.

(1785) #230, Trinloe, Philip
(1791) #259 High St., Byerly, Christopher, cooper
(1796 Prospect) #259, John Rugan and Mark Rodes, Grocers
(1796 Prospect) #259, Christopher Byerly, Cooper

(1785) #231, Rape, Nicholas
(1785) Rapp, Nicholas, wheelwright, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #257 High St., Reb, Nicholas, wheelwright
(1796 Prospect) #257, John Fentom, Coach-maker

(1791) #255 High St., Lawrence, Christian, blacksmith
(1796 Prospect) #255, Kratz, Dominique & Co., Merchants in Germ. Goods

(1785) #232, Parker, John, shopkeeper
(1785) Parker, John, shopkeeper, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #253 High St., Parker, John, shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #253, John Parker, Shopkeeper

(1785) #233, Tord, Christopher
(1791) #251 High St., Clymer, George, Esq.
(1791) #251 High St., Patterson, John, printer
(1796 Prospect) #251, George Eddy, Broker

(1785) #234, no listing
(1791) #249 High St., Coneggs, John L., hairdresser
(1796 Prospect) #249, John Sebastian Conitz, Barber

(1796 Prospect) #247, Martin Dubs & Charles Marquedant, Grocers

(1785) #237, Nancanoue, John, surveyor
(1785) Nancarrowe, John, merchant, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #245 High St., Biddle, James, Esq., Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for Philadelphia County., According to the section at the end he was President Judge and Charles Biddle of 243 High St. was prothonotary.
(1796 Prospect) #245, John Stein, Gentleman

(1785) #238, Smith, Thomas, loan officer
(1785) Smith, Thomas, Esq., continental loan officer, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #243 High St., Biddle, Charles, Esq., secretary of Council
(1796 Prospect) #243, Charles Biddle, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas

(1785) #239, Rozes, John
(1785) Rouse, John, gentleman, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #241 High St., Capp, John, shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #241, John Capp, Grocer

(1785) #240, Budden, Captain
(1791) #239 High St., Standley, Susannah, boardinghouse
(1796 Prospect) #239, Susannah Stanley, widow, Boarding-house

(1785) #242, Cress, Peter
(1785) Cress, Peter, sadler, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #237 High St., Cress, Peter, saddler
(1796 Prospect) #237, Peter Cress, Harness-maker
(1796 Prospect) #237, Casner Jones, Coach-maker

BETWEEN 6TH AND 7TH, UNKNOWN SIDE

(1785) Dorman, Elizabeth, shopkeeper, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Kempler, Michael, cedar cooper, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Kensey, Abraham, gentleman, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Krymer, Henry, wood sawyer, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Shuebart, Jacob, wood cutter, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Sickle, David, grazier, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Sickle, George, Esq., Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Stuffells, George, grocer, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Summerick, Baltzer, baker, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Walker, Mrs., gentlewoman, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Walters, Thomas, labourer, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Welch, Robert, carter, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Wheelen, Israel, merchant, Market between 6th and 7th

CORNER OF MARKET AND 7TH

(1785) #122 Market Street, #156 7th Street, Rash, Nicholas
(1785) Rash, Nicholas, grocer, corner of Market and 7th
By the numbering, on the southeastern corner.
(1791) #228 High St., Sheuman, Matthew, cordwainer

(1785) #123, Dunlap, John
On the southwestern corner stood a house built in 1775 by bricklayer Jacob Graff, where Thomas Jefferson had rooms in 1776, and where, it is widely accepted, he wrote the Declaration of Independence. It is not quite certain which Jacob Graff built it, since Jacob Graff, Sr. (1727-1780) and his son Jacob Graff, Jr. (1751-1793) were both alive and active at the time. The University of Delaware has some Graff family materials, here. Based on the placement of Nicholas Rash at the southeastern corner (#122), it seems fairly certain that John Dunlap of #123 lived here, despite Francis White not having listed him here. The original building, much modified for commerce, was demolished in 1883 for a bank (which went broke in the Depression; so much for the fleeting importance of business priorities). In the 1960s and 1970s, when the prevailing historic preservation theory was reconstruction of what had been lost, the federal government rebuilt the Graff house, or at least its western half where Jefferson lived. The second-floor room that Jefferson had has been furnished as it might have looked during his stay, but the only part of the original house which is part of the reconstruction is the two marble window lintels facing Market Street.
Click here for the small National Park Service webpage about it, which gives such things as when it can be visited, and not much more. The webpage of the Independence Hall Association about this house is here.
(1791) #230 High St., Wilson, Hon. James, Esq., L.L.D., associate judge of the supreme court of the United States
That Wilson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, lived here for a time is not generally known; no mention is made of this fact at the Declaration House. The placement of this Biddle-system house number on this corner is confirmed by the 1830 directory numbers for this intersection, below.

(1785) #224, McCullogh, Widow
(1785) McCullough, Mrs., corner of Market and 7th
(1791) #271 High St., McCullough, Rachel, widow
(1796 Prospect) #271, Elizabeth Carson, and Sisters, Gentlewomen
On the northwestern corner.

(1785) #156 7th Street, Briney, George
(1785) #225 High Street, Bryming, George
(1785) Branning, George, blacksmith, corner of Market and 7th
(1791) #269 High St., Brining, George, blacksmith
(1796 Prospect) #269, John Barret, Harness-maker
On the northeastern corner.

The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:

#269 Market, northeastern corner.
#271 Market, northwestern corner.
#228 Market, southeastern corner.
#230 Market, southwestern corner.

BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH, SOUTH SIDE

(1785) #125, Mock, Nicholas
(1785) Much, Nicholas, wheelwright, Market between 7th and 8th
(1791) #234 High St., Emrich, Baltus, baker

(1785) #126, Steltz, Charles
(1785) Slultz, Charles, blacksmith, Market between 7th and 8th
(1791) #236 High St., Stoltz, Charles, blacksmith

(1785) #127, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #238 High St., Routz, Elizabeth, widow

(1785) #128, Hinckle, John
(1785) Hinckle, John, potter, Market between 7th and 8th
(1791) #240 High St., Hinckel, John, potter

(1785) #130, no listing
(1791) #244 High St., Murgatroyd, Thomas

(1785) #131, Randle, Richard
(1791) #246 High St., Rundle, Daniel, gentleman

(1785) #132, Carter, Jacob
(1791) #248 High St., Mifflin, Thomas, Esq., governor of the state

(1785) #133, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #250 High St., Yorke, Ann, widow

(1785) #134, vacant or residents would not give name

(1785) #136, Shoemaker, Rebecca
(1785) Shoemaker, Rebecca, Mrs., Market between 7th and 8th
(1791) #254 High St., De Braham, John W. I., gentleman

(1785) #137, Shoemaker, Benjamin
(1785) Shoemaker, Benjamin, Market between 7th and 8th
(1791) #256 High St., Shoemaker, Benjamin, gentleman

BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH, NORTH SIDE

(1785) #207, no listing
(1791) #301 High St., Shoemaker, Samuel, gentleman
(1796 Prospect) #301, Samuel Shoemaker, Gentleman

(1796 Prospect) #299, Elliston Perot, Merchant

(1791) #297 High St., Kerr, James, coach maker, also at 170 Mulberry St.
(1796 Prospect) #297, James Ker, Coachmaker, his shop [actually listed as #299, but there are two #299s and this one matches up, so it has been changed]

(1791) #293 High St., Foulke, Caleb, merchant
(1796 Prospect) #293, Caleb Foulke, Merchant

(1791) #291 High St., Nancarrow, John, steel manufacturer
(1796 Prospect) #291, Mary Kean, widow, Boarding-house

(1796 Prospect) #289, Richard North, Stone-cutter

(1796 Prospect) #287, Jacob Trasel, & Nathan Matlack, jun., Grocers

(1791) #285 High St., North, Richard, stone cutter
(1796 Prospect) #285, John Dunwoody, Innkeeper, [Sign of the] Spread Eagle

(1791) #283 High St., Herbst & Lex, grocers
(1791) #283 High St., Lex, Peter, grocer
(1796 Prospect) #283, Henry Herbst, & Peter Lex, Grocers

(1796 Prospect) #281, _____ Cottineau, Merchant

(1796 Prospect) #279, John Perot, Merchant

(1785) #219, Garret, Jeffry
(1791) #277 High St., Meyer, Barnet, tallowchandler
(1796 Prospect) #277, Willis Davis, & John Daniel, Grocers

(1785) #221, Hooper, Paul
(1791) #275 High St., Shaw, Samuel, merchant, also at 72 N. Water St.
(1796 Prospect) #275, Samuel Shaw, Merchant

(1785) #222, Murgotroyt, Thomas
(1791) #273 High St., Inglis, Henry & Joseph, joiners
(1796 Prospect) #273, Daniel Stover and Jesse Evans, Grocers

BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH, UNKNOWN SIDE

(1785) Chambers, William, labourer, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Haraven, Hugh, labourer, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Hover, Paul, chair maker, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Huddiman, Samuel, potter, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) King, John, innkeeper; sign of the Plough, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Kinnodle, Daniel, distiller, Market near, 7th,
(1785) Krim, Henry, weaver, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Lacoste, Joseph & Co., hat manufacturers, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Loudon, Edward, chocolate maker, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Moetz, Jacob, innkeeper, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Mollear, Henry, potter, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Newman, William, rope maker, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) North, Joseph, stonecutter, Market near, 7th,
(1785) North, Richard, stonecutter, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Pryor, Charles, merchant, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Rundle, Daniel, merchant, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Shaw, Samuel, tobacconist, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Smith, John, shopkeeper, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Tarter, Jacob, labourer, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Tolbert, James, labourer, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) West, John, timber merchant, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Wilmer, Conrad, ropemaker, Market between 7th and 8th

CORNER OF MARKET AND 8TH

(1785) Ozeas, Peter, grocer, corner of Market and 8th

(1785) #206, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #303 High St., Miller, Jacob, shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #303, John Coyle, Grocer
On the northeast corner.

(1796 Prospect) #305, no listing

The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:

#303 Market, northeastern corner.
#305 Market, northwestern corner.
#266 Market, southeastern corner.
#268 Market, southwestern corner.

BETWEEN 8TH AND 9TH, SOUTH SIDE

The location of the following two listings are not clear; they are placed here as an approximation:

(1785) #139, Boyers, Christopher
(1791) #260 High St., no listing

(1785) #140, Brayfield, John
(1791) #262 High St., no listing

The following 1785 listings were placed between 9th and 10th because of White's listing for Henry Kreamer, but with the evidence of the 1791 listings it appears that White made a mistake, and that these addresses are properly placed on this block between 8th and 9th.

(1785) #142, Hetman, William
(1791) #266 High St., no listing

(1785) #143, Creamer, Henry
(1785) Kreamer, Henry, labourer, Market between 9th and 10th
(1791) #268 High St., Kraemer, Henry, shopkeeper

(1785) #144, vacant or residents would not give name (by implication; proximity of number to #143)
(1791) #270 High St., Ogden, Joseph, clerk of the market

(1785) #145, Lowman, William (by implication; proximity of number to #143)
(1791) #272 High St., Lowman, William, rope maker

(1785) #146, no listing
(1791) #274 High St., Jefferson, Thomas, Esq., secretary of state for the United States

(1791) #276 High St., Van Berckel, Francis, Esq., resident from the United Netherlands

(1791) #280 High St., Hamilton, William, house carpenter

BETWEEN 8TH AND 9TH, NORTH SIDE

The following listings are in approximately the correct location, based on the numbering and what few matches there are in this relatively sparsely populated area of the city. The only way the block is known is by the Prospect of Philadelphia (1796).

(1785) #183, Rybont, Philip

(1785) #184, Turner, Edward
(1785) Twiner, Edward, plasterer, Market between 8th and 9th

(1796 Prospect) #337, Joseph Anthony, Merchant

(1796 Prospect) #335, Samuel Pleasants, Merchant

(1791) #333 High St., Moliere, Henry, ship chandler, also at 158 Mulberry St.
(1796 Prospect) #333, James Pemberton, Gentleman

(1791) #331 High St., Lesher, John, mead house
(1796 Prospect) #331, no listing

(1785) #193, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #329 High St., Kennedy, David, Esq., secretary of the land office
(1796 Prospect) #329, David Kennedy, Secretary Land-office

(1796 Prospect) #327, no listing

(1796 Prospect) #325, Robert Fielding, Coach-maker

(1791) #323 High St., Hunter, George, coach maker
(1791) #323 High St., Le Roy & Bayard, merchants, on addendum at end
(1796 Prospect) #323, John Eckstein, Limner

(1791) #321 High St., Ruston, Thomas, doctor of physic, moved to 93 S. 8th St.
(1791) #321 High St., Smith, William, Esq., of So. Carolina
(1796 Prospect) #321, Samuel Breck, Merchant

(1791) #319 High St., Hunter, William, coach maker
(1796 Prospect) #319, William Russell, Merchant

(1796 Prospect) #317, John Travers, Merchant

(1785) #200, Talbot, James
(1791) #315 High St., Nichols, Robert, shopkeeper
(1796 Prospect) #315, Pierce Butler, Senator from S. Carolina

(1785) #201, Damon, Elizabeth
(1791) #313 High St., Davis, George, attorney
(1796 Prospect) #313, George Davis, Lawyer

(1785) #202, Sickle, David
(1791) #311 High St., Seckel, David, butcher
(1796 Prospect) #311, David Seckel, Grazier

(1785) #203, Sickle, George
(1791) #309 High St., Seckel, George, gentleman
(1796 Prospect) #309, George David Seckel, Gentleman

(1785) #204, Walker, Widow
(1791) #307 High St., Everhard, David, butcher
(1791) #307 High St., Office of the Department of State
(1796 Prospect) #307, Samuel Bryan, Register-General
This may or may not have been on the northwestern corner. It is the first listing in the Prospect past 8th Street, but the 1830 corner listings, which correctly place #303 on the northeastern corner, place #305, the missing listing in the Prospect, on the northwestern corner. Therefore, it has been placed here for the moment.

BETWEEN 8TH AND 9TH, UNKNOWN SIDE

(1785) Lettman, Jacob, labourer, Market between 8th and 9th
(1785) Nonaker, Jacob, hatter, Market between 8th and 9th
(1785) Nonaker, Philip, weaver, Market between 8th and 9th
(1785) Reinich, Lewis, baker, Market between 8th and 9th

CORNER OF MARKET AND 9TH

There are no listings with numbers as high as those in the 1830 directory key below, in the Prospect of Philadelphia (1796).

The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:

#339 Market, northeastern corner.
#341 Market, northwestern corner.
#300 Market, southeastern corner.
#302 Market, southwestern corner.

BETWEEN 9TH AND 10TH, SOUTH SIDE

The Prospect of Philadelphia (1796) remarks in reference to 9th Street, "The houses are not numbered above this place."

BETWEEN 9TH AND 10TH, NORTH SIDE

The following two listings are placed on this side of the street as a guess based on the numbering:

(1785) #163, Whittle, John

(1785) #164, Markoe, Abraham
(1791) High St. between 9th and 10th St., Markoe, Abraham, gentleman

The Prospect of Philadelphia (1796) remarks in reference to 9th Street, "The houses are not numbered above this place."

BETWEEN 9TH AND 10TH, UNKNOWN SIDE

(1785) Evans, James, labourer, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Jenkins, Thomas, labourer, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Kammerer, Henry, labourer, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Little, Jeremiah, shopkeeper, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Moore, John, butcher, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Sackley, Jeremiah, shopkeeper, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Schriffer, Henry, butcher, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Shepherd, Jacob, butcher, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Shoemaker, Mary, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Snackle, William, labourer, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Snodrond, Peter, hatter, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Snoul, William, baker, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Stall, Joseph, labourer, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Thompson, Samuel, labourer, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Willey, Silias, house carpenter, Market between 9th and 10th

The following two listings are only "near 10th St." but had to be placed somewhere:

(1791) High St. near 10th St., Miller, John, stone cutter
(1791) High St. near 10th St., Traquair, James, stone cutter

The Prospect of Philadelphia (1796) remarks in reference to 9th Street, "The houses are not numbered above this place."

CORNER OF MARKET AND 10TH

The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:

#373 Market, northeastern corner.
#375 Market, northwestern corner.
#340 Market, southeastern corner.
#342 Market, southwestern corner.

The Prospect of Philadelphia (1796) remarks in reference to 9th Street, "The houses are not numbered above this place."

BETWEEN 10TH AND 11TH, SOUTH SIDE

The Prospect of Philadelphia (1796) remarks in reference to 9th Street, "The houses are not numbered above this place."

BETWEEN 10TH AND 11TH, NORTH SIDE

The Prospect of Philadelphia (1796) remarks in reference to 9th Street, "The houses are not numbered above this place."

BETWEEN 10TH AND 11TH, UNKNOWN SIDE

(1785) Kannodle, Henry, distiller, Market between 10th and 11th
(1785) Neiman, James, baker, Market between 10th and 11th
(1785) Parnell, Henry, labourer, Market between 10th and 11th
(1785) Shallice, Leonard, baker, Market between 10th and 11th
(1785) Shoemaker, Jacob, gentleman, Market between 10th and 11th
(1785) Taylor, Jacob, labourer, Market between 10th and 11th
(1785) Taylor, James, labourer, Market between 10th and 11th

CORNER OF MARKET AND 11TH

The Prospect of Philadelphia (1796) remarks in reference to 9th Street, "The houses are not numbered above this place." Obviously, that later changed.

The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:

#403 Market, northeastern corner.
#405 Market, northwestern corner.
#372 Market, southeastern corner.
No # ("Girard's Lot"), southwestern corner.

BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH, SOUTH SIDE

The Prospect of Philadelphia (1796) remarks in reference to 9th Street, "The houses are not numbered above this place."

BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH, NORTH SIDE

BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH, UNKNOWN SIDE

(1785) Beck, Adam, labourer, Market between 11th and 12th
(1785) Byrne, James, innkeeper, Market between 11th and 12th
(1785) Stull, William, labourer, Market between 11th and 12th
(1785) Vallence, Adam, labourer, Market between 11th and 12th

CORNER OF MARKET AND 12TH

The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:

#435 Market, northeastern corner.
#437 Market, northwestern corner.
#360 Market, southeastern corner.
#362 Market, southwestern corner.

BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH, SOUTH SIDE

The Prospect of Philadelphia (1796) remarks in reference to 9th Street, "The houses are not numbered above this place."

BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH, NORTH SIDE

BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH, UNKNOWN SIDE

(1785) King, William, innkeeper, Market between 12th and 13th
(1785) Slaughter, Joseph, gardener, Market between 12th and 13th
(1785) Welf, Lewis, hair dresser, Market between 12th and 13th

White's directory listings for Market Street end at the block between 12th and 13th Streets. As noted elsewhere, MacPherson's listings are stated to end at 10th Street.

(1791) High St., middle ferry on Schuylkill, Hubley, Frederick, innkeeper

CORNER OF MARKET AND 13TH

The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:

#453 Market, northeastern corner.
#455 Market, northwestern corner.
#388 Market, southeastern corner.
#400 Market, southwestern corner.

CORNER OF MARKET AND JUNIPER

The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:

#499 Market, northeastern corner.
#420 Market, southeastern corner.

NOTES:

According to Rum Punch and Revolution by Peter Thompson, the widow Grey kept the Bull's Head Tavern on High Street (Market) in a two-story building measuring 16 feet by 20 feet. (p.58) Jacob Hiltzheimer was a patron (p.81) and one Peter Partridge "conducted a screenmaking and wireworks operation from lodgings at the Bull's Head." (p.82) At one point its proprietor was John Knowles. (p.61.)