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The first known Jewish resident of Philadelphia was Jonas Aaron, a German who moved to the city in 1703. He is mentioned in an article entitled "A Philadelphia Business Directory of 1703," by Charles H. Browning. It was published in The American Historical Register, in April, 1895. [28] [29] Philadelphia became an important trading center and ...
Formerly known as Cedar Street (originally one of William Penn's streets named after trees, in this case cedar trees). It was the original southern border of the city of Philadelphia, before the 1854 Act of Consolidation. Susquehanna Avenue: Named after the Susquehanna River and Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Spruce Street
Before the arrival of Europeans in the early 17th century, the Philadelphia area was home to the Lenape Indians in the village of Shackamaxon.They were also called the Delaware Indians, [44] and their historical territory was along the Delaware River watershed, western Long Island, and the Lower Hudson Valley.
Largest pre-Columbian city in the Americas, later called Mexico City. 1450 Etzanoa: Kansas United States [4] 1450 Zuni Pueblo: New Mexico: United States [5] 1470: Iximche: Chimaltenango: Guatemala: 1493: La Isabela: Puerto Plata: Dominican Republic: First European settlement in the New World during the Age of Discovery. Abandoned by 1500. 1494 ...
Old Philadelphians, also called Proper Philadelphians [1] or Perennial Philadelphians, [2] are the First Families of Philadelphia, that class of Pennsylvanians who claim hereditary and cultural descent mainly from England, also from Ulster, Wales and even Germany, and who founded the city of Philadelphia.
A woodcut illustration of the crowd at the first Republican National Convention in 1856 at Musical Fund Hall at 808 Locust Street in Philadelphia The Gettysburg campaign, which culminated in the Battle of Gettysburg, was a major turning point in the American Civil War and the war's bloodiest battle with an estimated 46,000 to 51,000 casualties ...
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Philadelphia skyline as seen from Belmont Plateau, in Fairmount Park. Philadelphia has long been nicknamed "The City of Brotherly Love" from the literal meaning of the city's name in Greek (Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια ([pʰilaˈdelpʰeːa], Modern Greek: [filaˈðelfia]), "brotherly love"), derived from the Ancient Greek terms φίλος phílos (beloved, dear, or loving) and ἀδελφός ...