1. John F. Watson, Annals of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1830), p. 18.


2. Robert Proud, The History of Pennsylvania in North America (Philadelphia, 1797), p. 240


3. Thomas Clarkson, Memoirs of the Privant and Public Life of William Penn (Dover, N.H., 1827), p. 136.


4. Federal Writer's Project WPA, Philadelphia: A Guide to the Nation's Birthplace (Philadelphia, 1937), p. 36.


5. George Smith, History of Delaware County Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1862), p. 507.