Jefferson House

Jefferson House is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Philadelphia County, dedicated 1954.

Philadelphia County · dedicated 1954 · 7th St. near Market St., Philadelphia (Missing)

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On the second floor of a three-story brick house that stood here, Thomas Jefferson prepared the draft of the Declaration of Independence in June, 1776.

under a mile from where William Maulsby lived in the 1760s

what this marker records dates to 1776, inside William Maulsby's years here

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

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