This dataset represents admissions and discharges to and from the Philadelphia Almshouse from 1796-1803. This data is informative and contains a wealth of information. More a microcosm of the tie between personal status and economic/life opportunities, this data has a story to tell about the people of Philadelphia in Early America and how certain outcomes […]
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This data represents a chance to see how the differing values of Federalists and Anti-Federalists affected Philadelphians based on race, gender, and occupation. It also gives a chance to see how poverty affects those same classes when it comes to economic opportunity and treatment within a class based society. I will be adding overall population […]
I’m using the Philadelphia Almshouse Admission data from 1796-1803. It contains a listing of most, if not all of the admissions to the almshouse from 1796-1893. It covers the John Adams and Thomas Jefferson presidencies which is interesting because Adams was a Federalist, while Jefferson was an anti-Federalist. I’m hoping to show some effects of […]