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December 6: United States capital relocates to Philadelphia from New York City for a period of 10 years as the new national capital is constructed in Washington, D.C. Philadelphia Stock Exchange founded; General Advertiser newspaper begins publication [4] Population: 28,522. [18] [5] 1791 City Hall building constructed; U.S. Supreme Court ...
The European forts and settlements in the Delaware River Valley, then known as New Sweden, c. 1650 A 1683 map of Philadelphia, which is believed to be the first city map created Philadelphia's seal in 1683 Penn's Treaty with the Indians, a 1772 portrait by Benjamin West now on display above the north door of the United States Capitol rotunda
The Philadelphia Negro; History of the Philadelphia Phillies; Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company; Philadelphia Register of Historic Places; Philadelphia Savings Fund Society; Philadelphia School of Anatomy; Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks; Philadelphia Tea Party; Philadelphia Transportation Company; Philosophical Hall
Philadelphia served as the capital of the United States both during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War. Independence Hall, located next door, served as the meeting place of the Continental Congress until the Pennsylvania Mutiny in June 1783.
(Capital of the United States of America 1776, 1777, 1778–1783, and 1790–1800). Lancaster: 1799: Capital of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (Capital of the United States of America 1777). Harrisburg: 1812: Capital of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Rhode Island Statehood in 1776: Providence: 1636: Capital of the English Colony of ...
1777 — First United States Capital, Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the first capital under the First Continental Congress from September 5, 1774 to October 24, 1774. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the first capital under the Articles of Confederation from March 1, 1781 to June 21, 1783 [11] [12]
Independence Hall is a historic civic building in Philadelphia, where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were debated and adopted by the Founding Fathers of the United States. The structure, which is the centerpiece of Independence National Historical Park, was designated a World Heritage Site in 1979 ...
North Philadelphia Eastern banks of the Schuylkill River: Fairmount Park: First municipal waterworks in the United States. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and built between 1819 and 1822, it operated until 1909. 19: First Bank of the United States