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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM259S_gray-stones_Morrisville-PA.html
Near this spot stood the white oak tree that marked the starting point of the survey of the first tract of land purchased of the Indians by William Penn July 15, 1682 on land in the tenure of John Wood and by him called Gray Stones over against th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M5Q_summerseat_Morrisville-PA.html
Washington's headquarters Dec. 8-14, 1776. Built in 1773 by Thomas Barkley; restored in 1931. Owners included Robert Morris and George Clymer. Located at Legion and Clymer Aves.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M5P_summerseat_Morrisville-PA.html
Headquarters of General Washington December 8-14 1776, owned by Robert Morris 1791-1798, owned by George Clymer 1798-1805, he died in residence 1813. Both Robert Morris and George Clymer signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JWO_william-best_Morrisville-PA.html
Accompanying William Penn on his arrival in America aboard "The Welcome" at New Castle, Delaware in October of 1682 was William Best, a shipbuilder. Best built his first ship for the Governor at "Penny-Pot Free Landing", at the foot of Vine Street…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JWN_colonial-philadelphia-watercraft_Morrisville-PA.html
Water craft were the major means of communications within the colony and it is probable that Governor [William] Penn traveled the 20 miles or so which separated him from his capital city largely with the tides. The Port of Philadelphia was the sec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JWM_william-penn-shipbuilder_Morrisville-PA.html
William Penn was a shipbuilder in partnership with a Bartholemew Penrose...in Philadelphia. Here we show the Governor, his wife, Hannah, and his small son, John who was born in Philadelphia, returning to Pennsbury in the graceful barge which has b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JWL_colonial-shipbuilders-tools_Morrisville-PA.html
Shipbuilder's tools in the 16th and 17th Century were primitive but generally efficient. Shipbuilding was big business with an estimated 300 sailing ships built at the Port of Philadelphia between 1670 and 1710.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JWK_william-penn-and-his-indian-neighbors_Morrisville-PA.html
[William] Penn was fond of his Indian neighbors and they returned the compliment. He treated them as equals and they were as welcome in the rich halls of Pennsbury as any of his other guests. The Lenape were constantly amazed by the Governor's vig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JWJ_lenni-lenape-delaware-indians_Morrisville-PA.html
The Delaware Indians were Algonquins. Their name, Lenni-Lenape meant "real men" or "native men". They loved the rich land along the river and the men hunted the forests, the women tilled the fertile soil and the children played along the banks of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JWI_william-penns-personal-sailing-barge_Morrisville-PA.html
The barge was typical of luxurious 17th century rivercraft. It would have been equally at home in the Seine, the Thames or the Delaware Rivers.
Length Overall: 27.6
Length Waterline: 25.3
Beam: 5.0 ¾
Draft Loaded: 1.3 ½
Displacement: 23…