DESCRIPTION:
Subject: Market Street West from Eleventh Street, Philadelphia, PA
Condition: Very Good (See scans)
Back side: Divided
Circulated: Yes
Year: 1908
Publisher: Unknown
Postmark: September 10, 1908, Philadelphia, PA
"Market Street has been called the most historic highway in America because of the various historic sites along its eastern section. Many of Benjamin Franklin's activities were centered along Market Street. His house was located near the intersection of Fourth Street, and it is said that he may have performed his famous kite-flying experiment near Tenth and Market Streets. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in a boarding house (the Graff or Declaration House) once located at the Seventh Street intersection. The mansion of Robert Morris, financier of the American Revolution, was located near Sixth and Market Streets. This house was used by George Washington and John Adams as their residences during their time as President in Philadelphia. (The house was more or less on the site of the northern part of the modernday Liberty Bell Center.) Around 1795 Theophile Cazenove lived at Market Street. Several important finance and publishing firsts also occurred along Market Street between Second and Fourth Streets during the 18th century. Market Street is still one of the principal locations of business and commerce in Philadelphia." (Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_Street_(Philadelphia))
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