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Francis Daniel Pastorius - PLAQUE

Francis Daniel Pastorius - PLAQUE is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, dedicated 1924.

Philadelphia County · dedicated 1924 · 502 S. Front St. (west side, near South St.), Philadelphia

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Francis Daniel Pastorius founder of Germantown, 1651-1719, built here in 1683 on a lot 102 feet front a dugout *his first American home* in which, October 25, 1683, the thirteenth original settlers of Germantown drew lots for their new homes. He placed over the door this inscription: "Parva domus sed amica bonis, procul este prophani" "A little house but a friend to the good; keep away, ye prophane" at which his guest William Penn laughed.

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