(1737-1818)
President, Continental Congress, 1787; member, 1785-87. First Governor of the Northwest Territory (lying between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers), 1787-1802. Earlier, he was Westmoreland County Court Justice after the county's formation in 1773, and Major General in the Revolutionary War, 1777. A native of Thurso, Scotland, he lived his last years on Chestnut Ridge, near Ligonier, and is buried just east of this marker.| HM Number | HMWDS |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 1995 |
| Placed By | Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 11:43pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17T E 623736 N 4462625 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 40.30498333, -79.54393333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 18.299', W 79° 32.636' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 18' 17.94" N, 79° 32' 38.16" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 412, 724 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 113-133 N Maple Ave, Greensburg PA 15601, US |
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