Abraham L. Pennock

Abraham L. Pennock is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Delaware County, dedicated 1985.

At library, right beside bldg., on Maple Ave., between Wayne and Hazel, off S. State Rd. (SR 2026),

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This prominent abolitionist and patron of the arts resided here at Hoodland until his death in 1868. The home had been built in 1823 by his father-in-law, John Sellers II. A leader in the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, Abraham Pennock also was an advocate of woman suffrage, and active in the temperance movement. Notable visitors to his home included John Greenleaf Whittier and James Russell Lowell.

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1807 · Armees Americaine et Britannique en 1776 et 1777 dans le Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1814 · Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1826 · Philadelphia And Adjacent Country (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1828 · New Jersey (T. Gordon, 1828) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Philadelphia County, City. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Philadelphia And Adjacent Country, 1826, covering the location of Abraham L. Pennock, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Philadelphia And Adjacent Country, 1826, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Abraham L. Pennock

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