Ernest Hexamer and William Locher, Maps of the City of Philadelphia, 7 vols., Philadelphia, 1858-62 (courtesy of Free Library of Philadelphia).

This is a composite of the index plates from the seven volumes at the Free Library, which indicate which of the 97 plates deatils each area. A mouse-click will take you to a larger version of the index plate for a particular volume. So far, only Volume 1 (5th and 6th wards, comprising the blocks located between the Delaware River and Seventh Street, from South Street to Vine Street) link to scans of the individual plates. Individual index plates are also linked textually below the map.

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Index Maps from Hexamer and Locher Maps of the City of Philadelphia, 7 vols., Philadelphia, 1858-62 (Free Library of Philadelphia)

• Index plate, volume 1 (1860), Eastern Center City, plates 1-13.
  Old 5th and 6th Wards, blocks between the Delaware River and Seventh Street, from South Street to Vine Street.
• Index plate, volume 2 (1860) Northwestern Center City, plates 14-29.
  Old 9th and 10th Wards, blocks between Seventh Street and the Schuylkill River, from Chestnut Street to Vine Street.
• Index plate, volume 3 (1858) Southwestern Center City, plates 30-42.
  Old 7th and 8th Wards, blocks between Seventh Street and the Schuylkill River, from South Street to Chestnut Street.
• Index plate, volume 4 (1859) Northern Liberties, plates 43-55.
  Old 11th, 12, and 16th Wards, blocks between the Delaware River and Sixth Street, from Vine Street to Girard Avenue.
• Index plate, volume 5 (1859) Eastern North Philadelphia, plates 56-69.
  Old 13th, 14th, and part of 20th Wards, blocks between Sixth Street and Broad Street, from Vine Street to Girard Avenue.
• Index plate, volume 6 (1862) Western North Philadelphia, plates 70-90.
  Old 15th, and part of 20th Wards, blocks between Broad Street and the Schuylkill River, from Vine Street to Girard Avenue.
• Index plate, volume 7 (1860) South Philadelphia, plates 91-97.
  Old 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Wards, blocks between the Delaware River and Nineteenth Street, from South Street to McKean Street.