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David Salisbury Franks

David Salisbury Franks (c.1740-1793) Distinguished Jewish officer and aide-de-camp to Gen. Benedict Arnold during the Revolutionary War. Thought to be complicit in Arnold's treason, Maj. Franks...

David Salisbury Franks (c.1740-1793) Distinguished Jewish officer and aide-de-camp to Gen. Benedict Arnold during the Revolutionary War. Thought to be complicit in Arnold's treason, Maj. Franks...

    Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society

    Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society Organized in 1833 by Quaker abolitionist Lucretia Mott, this society, headquartered here, originally consisted of sixty women who sought to end slavery....

    Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society Organized in 1833 by Quaker abolitionist Lucretia Mott, this society, headquartered here, originally consisted of sixty women who sought to end slavery....

      Haym Salomon

      Haym Salomon (1740 - 1785) Financier of the Revo-lution. Came to America ca.1772. Imprisoned by British,1776 and 1778. Lived in Philadelphia, 1778-85; active in its Jewish community. A broker, he...

      Haym Salomon (1740 - 1785) Financier of the Revo- lution. Came to America ca.1772. Imprisoned by British,1776 and 1778. Lived in Philadelphia, 1778-85; active in its Jewish community. A broker, he...

      • philadelphia
      • 1740
      • haym
      • jewish community
      • broker
      • never repaid
      • lent heavily

      Sarah Franklin Bache

      Submitted by Lisa Hiltbrand

      Submitted by Lisa Hiltbrand

        Benjamin Rush, M.D.

        Submitted by Lisa Hiltbrand

        Submitted by Lisa Hiltbrand

          The Body of B. Franklin, Printer

          The Body of B. Franklin. Printer Like the Cover of an old Book, Its Contents torn out. And Stript of its Lettering & Gilding Lies here. Food for Worms. But the Work shall not be lost. For it will...

          The Body of B. Franklin. Printer Like the Cover of an old Book, Its Contents torn out. And Stript of its Lettering & Gilding Lies here. Food for Worms. But the Work shall not be lost. For it will...

            Arch Street Meeting House

            ARCH STREET MEETING HOUSE The meetinghouse was built in 1804 on a burial ground granted by William Penn in 1701. It has been continuously used as a place of worship and center for activities of...

            ARCH STREET MEETING HOUSE The meetinghouse was built in 1804 on a burial ground granted by William Penn in 1701. It has been continuously used as a place of worship and center for activities of...

              Benjamin Franklin, Class of 1930

              BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 1706 - 1790 THE CLASS OF 1930 AT ITS 50 TH REUNION HONORS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FOUNDER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA WHICH BEGAN AT THIS SITE IN 1749 AND WHICH IN 1779 BECAME...

              BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 1706 - 1790 THE CLASS OF 1930 AT ITS 50 TH REUNION HONORS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FOUNDER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA WHICH BEGAN AT THIS SITE IN 1749 AND WHICH IN 1779 BECAME...

                Mathew Carey (1760-1839)

                An Irish Catholic who emigrated to Philadelphia in 1784, Carey was a prominent printer and publisher and prolific writer. He was an influential political economist and nationalist, promoting the...

                An Irish Catholic who emigrated to Philadelphia in 1784, Carey was a prominent printer and publisher and prolific writer. He was an influential political economist and nationalist, promoting...

                • philadelphia
                • irish
                • immigration
                • printer

                Benjamin Franklin Court

                  Anthony Benezet

                    The Franklin Institute

                    Submitted by cruicej

                    Submitted by cruicej

                      Abraham Lincoln Stood Here

                      Abraham Lincoln stood here when he raised the flag on Independence Hall February 22, 1861. This tablet placed by Post 2 Department of Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Republic.   Submitted by Gilda Spitz

                      Abraham Lincoln stood here when he raised the flag on Independence Hall February 22, 1861. This tablet placed by Post 2 Department of Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Republic.   Submitted by Gilda Spitz

                      • philadelphia
                      • lincoln

                      Gay Rights Demonstrations

                      GAY RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS July 4,1965-1969 Annual public demonstra- tions for gay and lesbian equality were held at Independence Hall. These peaceful protests and New York's Stonewall riots in...

                      GAY RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS July 4,1965-1969 Annual public demonstra- tions for gay and lesbian equality were held at Independence Hall. These peaceful protests and New York's Stonewall riots in...

                        Robert Morris

                        Robert Morris Signer of the constitution of the United States of America Deputy From Pennsylvania to Federal Constitutional Convention May 25, 1787 - September 17, 1787 Erected by the Pennsylvania...

                        Robert Morris Signer of the constitution of the United States of America Deputy From Pennsylvania to Federal Constitutional Convention May 25, 1787 - September 17, 1787 Erected by the...

                        • grave
                        • signer
                        • constitution
                        • pennsylvania
                        • philadelphia

                        Benjamin Franklin

                        BENJAMIN FRANKLIN(1706 - 1790) -- * -- Printer, author, inventor, diplomat, philanthropist, statesman, and scientist. The eighteenth cen-tury's most illustrious Pennsylvanian built a house in...

                        BENJAMIN FRANKLIN(1706 - 1790) -- * -- Printer, author, inventor, diplomat, philanthropist, statesman, and scientist. The eighteenth cen-tury's most illustrious Pennsylvanian built a house...

                        • franklin
                        • benjamin
                        • pennsylvania
                        • philadelphia

                        Anthony J. Drexel

                        ANTHONY J. DREXEL (1826 -1893) Entrepreneur and philan- thropist Drexel created the world's first trans- Atlantic banking network from an office first located here. It financed many U.S. railroads...

                        ANTHONY J. DREXEL (1826 -1893) Entrepreneur and philan- thropist Drexel created the world's first trans- Atlantic banking network from an office first located here. It financed many U.S. railroads...

                          Philadelphia Senate

                          In this building sat the first Senate and the first House of Representatives of the United States of America. Herein George Washington was inaugurated President March 4, 1793 and closed his...

                          In this building sat the first Senate and the first House of Representatives of the United States of America. Herein George Washington was inaugurated President March 4, 1793 and closed...

                          • philadelphia
                          • senate
                          • george washington
                          • john adams

                          Here Worshiped George Washington