Philadelphia: A History of the City of Brotherly Love
WEBMar 8, 2019 · In 1790, after the Revolutionary War (during which the city witnessed the Battle of Germantown), Philadelphia served as capital of the United States. By that time, it was the new nation’s ...
Pennsylvania German Pioneers Research Guide 1727-1808
WEBPennsylvania German Pioneers is a collection of the passenger lists of German immigrants who landed at Philadelphia from 1727-1808 and took the oath of allegiance. Generally only the names of the adult male passengers (age 16 and above) were recorded. Some of the later lists also name the women and children. This webpage lists various …
Philadelphia County - Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
WEBFounded in 1681, Philadelphia was one of the original three counties established by William Penn, along with Bucks and Chester. (Map illustration from The Independence Square Neighborhood. Published by The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, Philadelphia, 1926.)
Early Pennsylvania Families Project - Genealogy - WeRelate
WEBApr 16, 2016 · 1682 - 1776. This project hopes to find information and collect data on some of the primary groups of colonial Pennsylvanian settlers: English Quakers, Welsh Quakers, Germans, and Scotch-Irish families. In some areas, this project may overlap with The Tapestry project.
History in Philadelphia | Visit Philadelphia
WEBHistory in Philadelphia. The country’s first World Heritage City, Philadelphia is also the birthplace of the United States, where our Founding Fathers met, discussed, debated and formed a new country. Lucky for 21st-century visitors, so much of Philadelphia’s history has been preserved.
History of Philadelphia - Wikipedia
WEBHistory of Philadelphia. The city of Philadelphia was founded and incorporated in 1682 by William Penn in the English Crown Province of Pennsylvania between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Before then, the area was inhabited by the Lenape people.
Philadelphia History: Chronology of significant events
WEBIt was learned that the recently announced gift of $250,000 to the University of Pennsylvania was from the estate of H. H. Houston, who shortly before he died contributed a like sum to the same institution. A comprehensive history …
The Founding Fathers: Pennsylvania | National Archives
WEBSep 18, 2019 · George Clymer, Pennsylvania. Clymer was orphaned in 1740, only a year after his birth in Philadelphia. A wealthy uncle reared and informally educated him and advanced him from clerk to full-fledged partner in his mercantile firm, which on his death he bequeathed to his ward.
Pennsylvania ‑ State, Map & Capital - HISTORY
WEBNov 9, 2009 · Famous Pennsylvanians include patriot and inventor Benjamin Franklin, frontiersman Daniel Boone, painter Mary Cassatt and inventor Robert Fulton. Pennsylvania’s Early Colonial History.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Teachers, Students, …
WEBHistorical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia's Library of American History, is a source of books, manuscripts, and images for Educators, Students, Researchers, and Genealogists.