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Patrick Lyon (c. 1769, Edinburgh, Scotland – April 15, 1829, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a Scottish-born American blacksmith, mechanic and inventor. After being falsely accused and imprisoned for a 1798 bank robbery, he became a working class hero. [1] A self-made businessman, he was among the foremost American makers of hand-pumped fire ...
The 1798 Bank of Pennsylvania heist was the robbery of $162,821 (over $2.9 million today) on the night between August 31 and September 1, 1798 from the Bank of Pennsylvania at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Isaac Davis and Thomas Cunningham. [1] It is notable as the first major bank robbery in the United States.
Bank of Pennsylvania building designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe.Engraving by William Birch. Civil War memorial Adrian Michigan. In 1793, the Bank of Pennsylvania was established with a charter from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and branches were opened in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Reading, and Easton. [2]
1797–1798 [3] Gamble Hill (Col. John Harvie's home) Richmond 1798 [4] Bank of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia: 1798–1801 First major Greek Revival building in the United States. Sedgeley: Philadelphia 1799–1802 Built for William Cramond on the Schuylkill River, but the mansion fell into disrepair after 1836 when it was subdivided.
This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the central area of Washington, D.C. For the purposes of this list central Washington, D. C. is defined as all of the Northwest quadrant east of Rock Creek and south of M Street and all of the Southwest quadrant.
John Thomson Mason, a nephew of George Mason, bought the house in 1798. John and Elizabeth Teakle bought the house in 1807. Dr. Charles Worthington bought the house in 1810. Albert Adsit Clemons, owner of Halcyon House bought the house in 1915. Senator and Mrs. Claiborne Pell bought the house in 1961. [2]
The Freedman's Bank Building, previously known as the Treasury Annex, is a historic office building located on the corner of Madison Place and Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. It sits on the east side of Lafayette Square, a public park on the north side of the White House, and across from the Treasury Building.
Corcoran in 1867. Corcoran was born on December 27, 1798, in Georgetown in Washington, D.C., one of 12 children (six boys and six girls), six of whom survived to maturity.. His father was Thomas Corcoran, a well-to-do merchant twice elected as mayor of Georgetown, and his mother was Hannah Lem