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'''Address:'''<ref name="NAaPh" /> <br>900 Market Street (entrance on Chesnut Street)<br>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-4292<br> | '''Address:'''<ref name="NAaPh" /> <br>900 Market Street (entrance on Chesnut Street)<br>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-4292<br> | ||
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="NAaPh" /> 215-606-0100 <br> '''Fax:''' 215-305-2038<br> '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="NAaPh" /> Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:45 P.M. Second Saturday each month, 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Closed Sundays and [http://www.archives.gov/news/federal-holidays.html federal holidays].<br> '''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''<ref>[http://www.recreation.gov/recAreaDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;agencyCode=70908&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;recAreaId=10013 NARA's Mid Atlantic Region - Center City Philadelphia, PA] in ''Recreation.gov'' (accessed 20 December 2013).</ref> The facility is located on the ground level of the Nix Federal Building. Enter on the Chestnut Street side between 9th and 10th Streets. | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="NAaPh" /> 215-606-0100 <br> '''Fax:''' 215-305-2038<br> '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="NAaPh" /> Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:45 P.M. Second Saturday each month, 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Closed Sundays and [http://www.archives.gov/news/federal-holidays.html federal holidays].<br> '''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''<ref>[http://www.recreation.gov/recAreaDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;agencyCode=70908&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;recAreaId=10013 NARA's Mid Atlantic Region - Center City Philadelphia, PA] in ''Recreation.gov'' (accessed 20 December 2013).</ref> The facility is located on the ground level of the Nix Federal Building. Enter on the Chestnut Street side between 9th and 10th Streets. | ||
:*'''''Subway: ''''' Market-Frankford Line. Exit at 8th Street. <br> | :*'''''Subway: ''''' Market-Frankford Line. Exit at 8th Street. <br> | ||
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=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
Collects the [http://www.archives.gov/philadelphia/ historically significant records] of | Collects the [http://www.archives.gov/philadelphia/ historically significant records] of federal agencies and courts for '''Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia''' and '''West Virginia''', starting in 1789. Also United States federal censuses and indexes 1790-1940,<ref name="DB95">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 95. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> passenger arrival lists for Philadelphia and Baltimore and other east coast ports, naturalizations, military pension and bounty land warrants, World War I and II draft registration, early federal history, diplomacy, military history, Chinese-Americans, World War II homefront, National Park Service, merchant marine, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, federal tax evasion and smuggling cases,<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/philadelphia/public/family-history.html Family History at the National Archives in Philadelphia] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 20 December 2013).</ref> court records including bankruptcy, civil, criminal, and courts of appeal.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/research/court-records/ Court Records] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 20 December 2013).</ref> | ||
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