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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20CX_george-ross_Philadelphia-PA.html
Born: May 10, 1730 - New Castle, Del.Died: July 14, 1779 - Philadelphia, Pa.He served in the Continental Congress from1774 to 1777 and was 46 years old when hesigned the Declaration of Independence.Buried: Christ Churchyard, Phila.,…
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Father of American PsychiatrySigner of the Declaration of IndependenceHeroic Physician, Teacher, HumanitarianPhysician General of the Continental ArmyPhysician to the Pennsylvania HospitalProfessor of Physic, University of PennsylvaniaErected Apri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20CN_william-henry-drayton_Philadelphia-PA.html
Clarion call of the American Revolution in South Carolina. His eloquence awakened the sons of his native state to their danger and brought them to arms, from the mountains to the sea. President of Provincial Congress in 1775, Chief Justice of S.C.…
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Born: January 23, 1730Died: November 10, 1779Delegate to all five Provincial CongressesMember Continental Congress 1774 - 1777 - 1779Signer of Declaration of Independencefrom North CarolinaFirst Executive Head of the Navy "One of the be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20BW_a-backyard-in-the-capital-city_Philadelphia-PA.html
"Behind each house is a little court or garden, where usually are the necessaries . . . the kitchen, stable, etc. are all placed in buildings at the side or behind . . . "An accurate portrait of home life in 18th-century Philadelphia wo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20BV_historic-dock-creek_Philadelphia-PA.html
The grassy depression in front of you marks the location of Dock Creek, a spring-fed, tidal stream that flowed here when Philadelphia was founded. Its waters emptied into the Delaware River about four blocks ahead of you.By 1767, city wastes had f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20BU_secretary-of-the-navys-office-site_Philadelphia-PA.html
The rise of the United States as a naval power began during the tenure of Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert. In the late 1790s, Stoddert occupied an office at this site.During the time Stoddert was working here, Congress authorized the purch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20BT_surgeons-hall-site_Philadelphia-PA.html
On this site in the 1790s, the University of Pennsylvania operated the first medical school in America. The building housed a classroom, a chemical laboratory, and an anatomical lecture hall with a skylight.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20AK_peales-mastodon-2017_Philadelphia-PA.html
In 1801, Charles Willson Peale excavated a mastodon skeleton in upstate New York. Afterwards, he made this painting that shows how he did it. Eventually Peale displayed the skeleton in his Philadelphia Museum. In this garden, you see an artist's i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM209S_christ-church_Philadelphia-PA.html
Has been designated aRegistered NationalHistoric LandmarkUnder the provisions of theHistoric Sites Act of August 21, 1935this site possesses exceptional valuein commemorating or illustratingthe history of the United StatesU. S. Department of the I…