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William Penn - First Visit to America - PLAQUE

Berks County · dedicated 1926 · US 422, .8 mile SE of Baumstown (264 E Ben Franklin Hwy., Birdsboro)

William Penn, on his first visit to America 1682-1684, came farthest north on Schuylkill River fifty miles up from the falls of Schuylkill to or near the mouth of Monocacy Creek three fourths of a mile south-west of this marker.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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