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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
Historical capitals in the United States of America; State Capital Date Notes Alabama [37] Statehood in 1819: San Agustín: 1565: Capital of the Spanish colony of La Florida. [g] Savannah (GA) 1733: Capital of the British proprietary Colony of Georgia. 1755: Capital of the British Province of Georgia. 1776: Capitals of the State of Georgia ...
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.
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
Robert Morris, a representative from Pennsylvania, convinced Congress to designate Philadelphia as the temporary capital city of the United States federal government. [28] From December 6, 1790, to May 14, 1800, the same block hosted federal, state, county, and city government offices. [29]
When the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 struck Philadelphia, President Washington remained in the city until September, before making his regular autumn trip home to Mount Vernon. He and a small group of slaves returned in early November, but Philadelphia was under quarantine and they were rerouted to Germantown, then ten miles (16 km) outside ...
Pages in category "History of Philadelphia" ... Timeline of Philadelphia; 0–9. ... United States Sesquicentennial coinage;