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The town was named Germantown by the group's leader Franz Pastorius, a German preacher from Sommerhausen. The town's population remained largely Dutch-speaking until 1709, after which a number of the Dutch families set out west and a series of major German emigrations reached Germantown and Pennsylvania as a whole. Their initial leader ...
Settlement in the Germantown area began, at the invitation of William Penn, in 1683 by Nederlanders and Germans under the leadership of Francis Daniel Pastorius fleeing religious persecution. [2] [4] [5] Colonial Germantown was a leader in religious thought, printing, and education. Important dates in Germantown's early history include: [6]
One dispute can be summarized in a letter to the editor from the Philadelphia Times Public Ledger in June 1903: "The new bell which now hangs in the steeple of Germantown Hall, was cast by John Wilbank, took the place of the old bell in the new steeple on Sept. 11, 1828" "Our unappreciative Councils of 1828 would not pay Mr. Wilbank his bill ...
Philadelphia, especially its Germantown section, was a center of the 19th-century American movement to abolish slavery, and the Johnson House was one of the key sites of that movement. Between 1770 and 1908, the house was the residence of five generations of the Johnson family.
The Germantown White House (also known as the Deshler–Morris House) is a historic mansion in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the oldest surviving presidential residence, having twice housed Founding Father George Washington during his presidency .
Image transferred to Lantern Slide c.1913 by John G. Bullock (1854-1939). Original in collection of Library Company of Philadelphia. The Wyck house, also known as the Haines house or Hans Millan house, is a historic mansion, museum, garden, and urban farm in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, Germantown: 1744 House Wister Tenant House: Philadelphia, 5269 Germantown Avenue: c. 1745 House Belmont Mansion: Philadelphia, Fairmount Park: 1745 House The Monastery: Philadelphia, Wissahickon Park: 1747 House Glen Fern: Philadelphia, 1100 Livezey Lane: 1747 House Glen Fern, also known as the Livezey House, is a fine example of ...
Germantown Township occupied the area known as the Germantown Tract surveyed by Thomas Holmes in 1683, [1] and depicted on his map of about 1687. The survey was prepared for Francis Daniel Pastorius, agent for the Frankfurt Land Company, and 13 German families, known as the "Original Thirteen Families", from Krefeld, Germany and nearby areas.