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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM81J_the-siege-of-fort-mifflin_Philadelphia-PA.html
Report from the British Side:Journal of Captain John Montresor
November 10th: We expressed our batteries against Mud Island Fort, the whole consisting of two 12 pounders, six 24 pounders, guns and one 13 inch mortar for throwing pounder shot a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7ZV_fort-mifflin_Philadelphia-PA.html
Laid out in 1771 by the engineer John Montror. Heroically held by the Americans under British siege until they were forced out, Nov. 15, 1777. Rebuilt 1798-1800 according to L'Enfant's design and enlarged in the 19th century. A U.S. military post …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7ZS_germantown-meetinghouse_Philadelphia-PA.html
Built here in 1770 - the first meetinghouse of the Church of the Brethren in the nation. Founded in Germany in 1708, the denomination was entirely transplanted to America by 1750 due to religious persecution. Many early Brethren leaders are buried…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7ZR_battle-of-germantown_Philadelphia-PA.html
The Battle of Germantown occurred at Cliveden, the country home of Pa. Chief Justice Benjamin Chew, on Oct. 4, 1777. A British regiment occupied Cliveden and defended it from full assault by the colonials. Over 70 soldiers died on these grounds. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM672_quaker-meeting-house-site_Philadelphia-PA.html
On this site in the 1790s stood one of Philadelphia's five Quaker meeting houses. Here members of the Society of Friends gathered to worship.The religious freedom guaranteed to those who settled in Pennsylvania attracted not only Quakers, but many…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66Z_quaker-school-site_Philadelphia-PA.html
In schools like the one that stood here in the 1700s, Quaker teachers educated all children and servants — male and female, black and white.Although Quaker influence over city and state politics declined steadily in the 18th century, their i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66Y_fawcitt-house-site_Philadelphia-PA.html
Delegates walking to Carpenters' Hall (to your left) for meetings of the First Continental Congress in 1774 passed an aging wood house at this site. The two-story house was built about 1706 for bodice-maker Nathan Fawcitt.The Fawcitt House, like m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66X_new-hall_Philadelphia-PA.html
Built 1791 by the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia - location of War Department offices 1791 - 1792.Reconstructed 1959.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66W_first-continental-congress_Philadelphia-PA.html
The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New yorkers, New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.—Patrick Henry, Carpenters' Hall, 1774
In 1774 the American colonies felt threatened. Their grievances agai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66T_carpenters-hall_Philadelphia-PA.html
. . . for the purpose of obtaining instruction in the science of architecture and assisting such of their members as should by accident be in need of support, or the widows and minor children of members . . .By-laws of the Carpenters' CompanyCarpe…