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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BWF_commodore-uriah-phillips-levy_Philadelphia-PA.html
April 22, 1792 - March 22, 1862
Nissan 30, 5552 - Adar II 20, 5622
"I am an American, a sailor and a Jew."
Born in Philadelphia in 1792, Uriah Phillips Levy was a fifth generation American. According to family stories, he left for sea a…
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Historic Site Dwelling of
149 Sassafras Street
Francis Hopkinson
Born Philadelphia 1737 - Died Philadelphia 1791
Signer of the
Declaration of Independence
Designer of the American Flag
Patriot - Jurist - Composer
A Gentlema…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A9T_charles-mason_Philadelphia-PA.html
To the Sacred Memory of
Charles Mason
Surveyor - Astronomer - Scientist
April 1728 - October 25, 1786
English astronomer and surveyor who, with
Jeremiah Dixon, laid out the Mason-Dixon Line -
famous border between Maryland, Pennsylvania
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29YF_major-william-jackson-40th-signer-of-the-u-s-constitution_Philadelphia-PA.html
Sacred to the memory of
Major William Jackson
Born March 9th 1759.
Departed this life
December the 17th 1828.
Also to
Elizabeth Willing
His relict
Born March 27th 1768.
Departed this life
August 5th 1858.
In grateful recognition …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29YD_thomas-smith_Philadelphia-PA.html
one of the Judges of the Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania
rests beneath this marble.
He sustained various public offices
with ability and fidelity.
His integrity was inviolable.
An affectionate husband and father.
In his friendship benevolent …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM297N_matthew-clarkson_Philadelphia-PA.html
Matthew Clarkson
1733-1800
Heroic Mayor of Philadelphia (1792-1796)
During the 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic.
Matthew Clarkson Died of the Fever in 1800.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20KD_secretary-of-the-treasurys-office-site_Philadelphia-PA.html
During the 1790s, when Philadelphia was the capital of the United States, a large two-story brick building on this site housed the office of the Secretary of the Treasury.Alexander Hamilton, the first Treasury Secretary, presided over the largest …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20KC_auditors-office-site_Philadelphia-PA.html
During the 1790s, when Philadelphia was the capital of the United States, the Auditor of the United States rented a house on this site for his office.The Auditor, a member of the well-developed hierarchy of the Treasury Department, carefully check…
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A Multi-Unit Sculpture
by Louise Nevelson
Bicentennial Dawn, Philadelphia
My search in life has been for a new seeing, a new image, a new insight, a new consciousness. This search includes the object as well as the in-between places - the dawns…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20D5_robert-morris_Philadelphia-PA.html
Signer of the Constitution of theUnited States of AmericaDeputy from Pennsylvania toFederal Constitutional ConventionMay 25, 1767 - September 17, 1787Erected by the PennsylvaniaConstitution CommemorationCommittee 1937