Nailah Adam

November 11, 2010

English History Benchmark 1st Quarter

Annotated Bibliography

1. Jones, Dick. Max Fax Activity Guide for Philadelphian's victorian Ebenezer Maxwell Mansions. Philadelphia,PA: The Philadelphia Foundation, 1991. 1-15. Print.

                This source is the fact book about the mansion I received from when I visited the mansion. The book included facts about the family, the neighborhood, building, etc.  It talked about the building and its history in entirety. The book was very helpful because it included visuals that aren’t accessible of the internet. The visuals included pictures of the neighborhood, the house, the genealogy, the architecture (interior), etc.This source was very important in referencing back to information that was not capable of memorizing.

2. Blackwell, Ana. Ana Blackwell's Journal. Philadelphia,PA: Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion Inc, 2008. 1-65. Print.

                This source is the primary source of Ana Blackwell’s journal. The source provided information about the life of the Maxwell family. In the journal, she describes information about the things she cooked and recipes. She also lists

3. Disraeli, Benjamin. "The Two Nations." n. pag. Web. 12 Nov 2010. <http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3760>.

                This source is  a source I used in comparing the transformation in technology from the 1880’s to the 1900’s.Benjamin Disraeli talks about how the two nations (America and England), have discovered the Industrial Revolution. The link is  an excerpt from the book.

        4. Jones, Dick. Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion. Philadelphia,PA: The Philadelphia Foundation, 1991. < http://www.ebenezermaxwellmansion.org/historymaxwell.html>. Web.

This source is the online source I used to reference the history of the Maxwell Family. It talked about the history of the family and the general facts.

5. The IHA, . "The Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion." IHA Publication n. pag. Web. 12 Nov 2010. <http://www.ushistory.org/germantown/upper/maxwell.htm>.

                This source was used as an informative reference. It talked about the building in details and also talked about the current/present significance in the community in Historic Germantown.

6. Ebenezer Maxwell , 1840, Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, Philadelphia, PA, http://www.ebenezermaxwellmansion.org/images/EbenezerMaxwell.jpg

Although this link is an image link, it is a image used often throughout the movie. The Ebenezer Maxwell mansion association put the picture up on their website.

7. National Mechanics, . "Ebenezer Maxwell (Director)." Mechanics Natinal Bank (2008): n. pag. Web. 12 Nov 2010. <http://mechanicsnationalbank.com/members/ebenezer-maxwell/>.

This source was a source found from the Mechanics bank that was the bank that Maxwell later worked for as the director. It talks about the history of Maxwelll in the bank and the significance he made.