Samuel Phillippe

Samuel Phillippe is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Northampton County, dedicated 1953.

NW corner of S. 3rd St. & Pine St.

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Recognized as the inventor of the split-bamboo fishing rod in the U.S. His first rent and glued-up cane rod was made about 1846 in his gunsmith shop that stood on this site.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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1834 · New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1834) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1845 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1847 · New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1847) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1871 · Plate F. East Central Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1890 · Easton, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1847), 1847, covering the location of Samuel Phillippe, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1847), 1847, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Samuel Phillippe

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