Mikveh Israel Cemetery

Mikveh Israel Cemetery is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, dedicated 1957.

Philadelphia County · dedicated 1957 · Spruce St. between Schell & Darien Sts., Philadelphia

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Founded 1740. Notables buried here include Nathan Levy, whose ship brought the Liberty Bell to America; Haym Salomon, Revolutionary patriot; the Gratz family; and Aaron Levy, founder of Aaronsburg.

under a mile from where William Maulsby lived in the 1720s

what this marker records dates to 1740, 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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Mikveh Israel Cemetery40 ft

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