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Philadelphia County · dedicated 1982 · Traffic island at N. Broad St. (PA 611) & John F. Kennedy Blvd., just N of City Hall

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Founded by William Penn. Laid out in 1682. Chartered a city, 1701. Pennsylvania's capital until 1799; the nation's to 1800. County was one of Pennsylvania's original three, formed 1682 and consolidated with city in 1854. Name means "City of Brotherly Love."

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

what this marker records spans 1682 to 1854, overlapping William Maulsby's years here

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

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