Lazaretto Links

General Interest & History

• On the Other Side of Arrival: An Interview with David Barnes  
• David Barnes's Lazaretto Site A terrific resource from a teacher of the history of medicine and public health in the Department of History & Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
• MySpace Lazaretto Group We are NOT affiliated with The Lazaretto or Tinicum Township. We simply wish to support a historic site that we love. Feel free to join.
• Historic Summer Stroll of Tinicum -- July 21, 2006 A picture essay of a day of tours including both the Governor Prinz Park and the Lazaretto Historic Site
• PAB Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project
• National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form [PDF]
• Edu-Tourist Photos of the Lazaretto
• PubMed.gov Index of resources from the National Library of Medicine and theNational Institutes of Health
• Archival Records Philadelphia Information Locator Service
• Brief on George Lehman He served as physician to the Lazaretto in Philadelphia for 19 years.
• Philadelphia: Immigrant City Balch Online Resources
• The Lazaretto City of Philadelphia's Health Commissioner
• The Lazaretto Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia
• Discussion of the Lazaretto from Phillyblog.com
• The Lazaretto Station Note: This site is an inaccurate interpretation of the Lazaretto's situation today. It was created by an individual and does not represent the research, views, or plans of the 2000/2001 task force group "Friends of the Lazaretto."
• HABS Group 1  
• The Printzhof Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings
• The Printzhof National Historic Landmarks Program
• Johan Printz Pennsylvania People
• Johan Printz Forefather Family Profiles
• Washington Avenue Steamship Landing and Immigration station The bustling Washington Avenue waterfront was the site of Philadelphia's immigrant receiving station from the mid-1870s through 1915.
• "A digest of the acts of Assembly relating to the city of Philadelphia..." Published in 1856

Ganges Resources

• African American slaves listed on ship's manifests 1800-1840 Port of Philadelphia
• Philadelphia and the Slave Trade: The Ganges Africans  
• Remembering the Ganges  

Legal Resources

• Pennsylvania Constitution  
• HOUSE BILL No. 1634 Search for Lazaretto, or scroll to page 59
• PHMC History Code Overview
• PHMC History Code Title 37 [PDF]