Faculty and Students at the University of Pennsylvania inaugurated this heritage site in the spring of 2008.
This virtual history center will be an ever-revised and expanded resource by and for members of the
West Philadelphia community, and especially for teachers and their students.
Maps: 1808 Plan for West Philadelphia, by Hamilton
"Plan of the Town of Hamilton", 1808 map of land of William Hamilton, Esq.
Courtesy of The Philadelphia City Archives.
This plan for the "Town of Hamilton" was recorded 10 September 1808 for the area of West Philadelphia north west of Woodland Avenue and Spruce Street. The plan was entered at the office of Robert Brooke by William Strickland, Hamilton's agent. The lots colored in red had already been sold.
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