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39° 57.136N
75° 08.907W
5th and Race
Philadelphia, PA
David Salisbury Franks was an officer with Benedict Arnold. At first, Franks was thought to have been complicit in treason, he was later cleared. Franks was Jewish, but a Christian neighbor buried him in Christ Church (same cemetery as Ben Franklin) right here. Next door is the future home of a Jewish American museum.
39° 56.957N
75° 08.974W
Independence Mall bet. Chestnut and Market and 5th and 6th Streets
Philadelphia, PA
This location is where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed.
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75° 08.779W
3rd Street just south of Walnut
Philadelphia, PA
This is where the first edition of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was printed.
39° 56.824N
75° 08.757W
Walnut Street bet. 2nd & 3rd
Philadelphia, PA
Alexander Hamilton lived on this site in 1791.
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75° 08.805W
Walnut Street near 3rd
Philadelphia, PA
James Wilson was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. His home was dubbed Fort Wilson for he and his friends were barricaded there after a mob attacked during the hard times of the early country.
This was also the residence of Judge William Lewis, a prominent Philadelphian who built “Summerville” (”Strawberry Mansion”) in Fairmount Park.
James Wilson.org
Strawberry Mansion
