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Towns and Villages: Philadelphia, PA

Old sketches of Philadelphia - 1700 & 1800’s
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At the foot of South Street Shipyard of Joshua Humphreys at
Southwark, Phila 1799

Foot of Market St, as it looked when
Benjamin Franklin arrived in Phila via
the Delaware River in 1723

Paul Beck’s old river front warehouses
1796
Colonial warehouse at Delaware Ave
and Race streets
Time estimate for rebuilding the
“Thomas Sparks"” Nov 9, 1839
Links: Glen Foerd “On the Delaware”
Historic River Front Estate: Our
organizational mission is to preserve
the last surviving riverfront estate in Philadelphia as a historic site and a
center for providing historic and
cultural experience to the public.

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