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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">5th and <a href="/wiki/Arch_Street_(Philadelphia)" title="Arch Street (Philadelphia)">Arch</a> streets,<br /><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Christ_Church_Burial_Ground&params=39_57_07_N_75_08_55_W_type:landmark_region:US-PA"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°57′07″N</span> <span class="longitude">75°08′55″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.95194°N 75.14861°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.95194; -75.14861</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">NRHP reference <abbr title="number">No.</abbr></th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/71000062">71000062</a><sup id="cite_ref-nris_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nris-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Added to NRHP</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">June 24, 1971</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Christ Church Burial Ground</b> in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> is an important early-American cemetery. It is the final resting place of <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a> and his wife, <a href="/wiki/Deborah_Read" title="Deborah Read">Deborah</a>. Four other signers of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a> are buried here, <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Rush" title="Benjamin Rush">Benjamin Rush</a>, <a href="/wiki/Francis_Hopkinson" title="Francis Hopkinson">Francis Hopkinson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hewes" title="Joseph Hewes">Joseph Hewes</a>, and <a href="/wiki/George_Ross_(delegate)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Ross (delegate)">George Ross</a>. Two additional signers of the Declaration of Independence, <a href="/wiki/James_Wilson_(Founding_Father)" title="James Wilson (Founding Father)">James Wilson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Morris_(financier)" title="Robert Morris (financier)">Robert Morris</a>, are buried at <a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Philadelphia" title="Christ Church, Philadelphia">Christ Church</a> just a few blocks away. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_Church_Burial_Ground&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The cemetery belongs to <a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Philadelphia" title="Christ Church, Philadelphia">Christ Church</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)" title="Episcopal Church (United States)">Episcopal</a> church, which was founded in 1695 and served as a place of worship for many of the most notable participants in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>, including <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>. The burial ground is located at 5th and <a href="/wiki/Arch_Street_(Philadelphia)" title="Arch Street (Philadelphia)">Arch</a> streets, across from the Visitors Center and <a href="/wiki/National_Constitution_Center" title="National Constitution Center">National Constitution Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Center_City,_Philadelphia" title="Center City, Philadelphia">Center City Philadelphia</a>. The Burial Ground was opened in 1719, and is still an active cemetery. The Burial Ground is open to the public for a small fee, weather permitting; about 100,000 tourists visit each year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ben_Franklin_gravesite">Ben Franklin gravesite</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_Church_Burial_Ground&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ben Franklin gravesite"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the burial ground is closed, one can still view <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a>'s gravesite from the sidewalk at the corner of 5th and <a href="/wiki/Arch_Street_(Philadelphia)" title="Arch Street (Philadelphia)">Arch Streets</a> through a set of iron rails. The bronze rails in the brick wall were added for public viewing in 1858 by parties working at the behest of the <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Institute" title="Franklin Institute">Franklin Institute</a>, which assumed the responsibility of defending Franklin's historic ties to <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> after prominent Bostonians criticized the city's maintenance of the grave and erected a Franklin statue there.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leaving <a href="/wiki/Penny_(United_States_coin)" title="Penny (United States coin)">pennies</a> on Franklin's grave is an old Philadelphia tradition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Burials">Burials</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_Church_Burial_Ground&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Burials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Other famous people buried at Christ Church Burial Ground include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Andrews_(priest)" title="John Andrews (priest)">John Andrews</a>, (1746-1813), fourth Provost of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Woolston_Ash" title="Michael Woolston Ash">Michael Woolston Ash</a> (1789–1858), U.S. Congressman<sup id="cite_ref-CCP_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_John_Atlee" title="Samuel John Atlee">Samuel John Atlee</a> (1739–1786), delegate to the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Congress" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a><sup id="cite_ref-CCP_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Bache_(journalist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Benjamin Franklin Bache (journalist)">Benjamin Franklin Bache</a> (1769–1798), grandson of <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a>, printer and publisher of the <i>Aurora</i> newspaper<sup id="cite_ref-CCP_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Franklin_Bache" title="Sarah Franklin Bache">Sarah Franklin Bache</a> (1743–1808), daughter of <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a><sup id="cite_ref-CCP_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Bainbridge" title="William Bainbridge">William Bainbridge</a> (1774–1833), <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a> hero of <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a> and captain of the <a href="/wiki/USS_Constitution" title="USS Constitution">USS <i>Constitution</i></a>"<sup id="cite_ref-CCP_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Biddle" title="Francis Biddle">Francis Biddle</a> (1886–1968), former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General" title="United States Attorney General">U.S. attorney general</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Biddle" title="James Biddle">James Biddle</a> (1783–1848), Commodore in <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bond_(American_physician)" title="Thomas Bond (American physician)">Thomas Bond</a> (1713–1784), co-founder (with <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a>) of <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Hospital" title="Pennsylvania Hospital">Pennsylvania Hospital</a>, the nation's first hospital<sup id="cite_ref-CCP_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Busti" title="Paul Busti">Paul Busti</a> (1749-1824), <i>Agent General</i> of the Holland Land Company</li> <li>Major General <a href="/wiki/George_Cadwalader" title="George Cadwalader">George Cadwalader</a> (1806–1879), <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> general<sup id="cite_ref-CCP_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cadwalader_(jurist)" title="John Cadwalader (jurist)">John Cadwalader</a> (1805–1879), congressman and judge<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Clarkson_(mayor)" title="Matthew Clarkson (mayor)">Matthew Clarkson</a> (1733–1800), <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mayors of Philadelphia">mayor of Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Clay" title="Joseph Clay">Joseph Clay</a> (1769–1811), U.S. Congressman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tench_Coxe" title="Tench Coxe">Tench Coxe</a> (1755–1824), <a href="/wiki/Continental_Congress" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a> delegate</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Drayton" title="William Henry Drayton">William Henry Drayton</a> (1742-1799), <a href="/wiki/Continental_Congress" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a> delegated and signer of the <a href="/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation" title="Articles of Confederation">Articles of Confederation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dunlap" title="John Dunlap">John Dunlap</a> (1747–1812), printer of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a><sup id="cite_ref-CCP_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Evans_(surveyor)" title="Lewis Evans (surveyor)">Lewis Evans</a> (c.1700–1756), cartographer and surveyor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tench_Francis,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Tench Francis, Jr.">Tench Francis, Jr.</a> (1730-1800)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Franks_(aide-de-camp)" title="David Franks (aide-de-camp)">David Franks</a> (1740–1793), aide-de-camp to General <a href="/wiki/Benedict_Arnold" title="Benedict Arnold">Benedict Arnold</a> during the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a><sup id="cite_ref-CCP_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hardy" title="Samuel Hardy">Samuel Hardy</a> (1758–1785), delegate to the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Congress" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hillegas" title="Michael Hillegas">Michael Hillegas</a> (1729–1804), first <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_the_United_States" title="Treasurer of the United States">Treasurer of the United States</a><sup id="cite_ref-CCP_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hopkinson" title="Thomas Hopkinson">Thomas Hopkinson</a> (1709–1751), father of <a href="/wiki/Francis_Hopkinson" title="Francis Hopkinson">Francis Hopkinson</a>, president of the Philosophical Society, and one of the founders of <a href="/wiki/The_Library_Company_of_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="The Library Company of Philadelphia">The Library Company of Philadelphia</a><sup id="cite_ref-CCP_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Inskeep" title="John Inskeep">John Inskeep</a> (1757–1834), mayor of Philadelphia</li> <li>Major <a href="/wiki/William_Jackson_(secretary)" title="William Jackson (secretary)">William Jackson</a> (1759–1828), Revolutionary War officer and secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Convention">Constitutional Convention</a><sup id="cite_ref-CCP_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Lawrence_(mayor)" title="Thomas Lawrence (mayor)">Thomas Lawrence</a>, five-time mayor of Philadelphia</li> <li>Major General <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lee_(general)" title="Charles Lee (general)">Charles Lee</a> (1732-1782), controversial Revolutionary War officer and second-highest ranking general after <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> from 1776 to 1778.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Mason" title="Charles Mason">Charles Mason</a> (1728–1786), astronomer and surveyor who laid out the <a href="/wiki/Mason%E2%80%93Dixon_line" title="Mason–Dixon line">Mason–Dixon line</a> in 1763<sup id="cite_ref-CCP_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_A._McCall" title="George A. McCall">George A. McCall</a> (1802–1868), <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> brigadier general and prisoner of war during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_M._Meredith" title="William M. Meredith">William M. Meredith</a> (1799–1873), <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Secretary of the Treasury">United States Secretary of the Treasury</a><sup id="cite_ref-CCP_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Syng_Physick" title="Philip Syng Physick">Philip Syng Physick</a> (1768–1837), known as the "father of modern surgery"<sup id="cite_ref-CCP_3-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hare_Powel" title="John Hare Powel">John Hare Powel</a> (1786-1856), Pennsylvania State Senator and agriculturalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Powel" title="Samuel Powel">Samuel Powel</a> and his wife <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Willing_Powel" title="Elizabeth Willing Powel">Elizabeth Willing Powel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_C._Pratt_(merchant)" title="Henry C. Pratt (merchant)">Henry C. Pratt</a> (1761–1838) prominent Philadelphia businessman and builder of <a href="/wiki/Lemon_Hill" title="Lemon Hill">Lemon Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Pratt" title="Matthew Pratt">Matthew Pratt</a> (1734–1805) American colonial era portrait painter</li> <li>Col. Isaac Read (1739-1777) Virginia revolutionary and commander of the 1st Virginia Regiment, who died of disease during the Revolutionary War</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Rush" title="Benjamin Rush">Benjamin Rush</a> (1746–1813), signer of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a> and founder of <a href="/wiki/Dickinson_College" title="Dickinson College">Dickinson College</a>, known as "the father of American psychiatry"<sup id="cite_ref-CCP_3-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annis_Boudinot_Stockton" title="Annis Boudinot Stockton">Annis Boudinot Stockton</a> (1736–1801), poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Syng" title="Philip Syng">Philip Syng</a> (1703–1789), silversmith who created the <a href="/wiki/Syng_inkstand" title="Syng inkstand">Syng inkstand</a> and 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colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Pennsylvania" title="List of governors of Pennsylvania">President of Pennsylvania (1785–1788)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_States_to_France" title="List of ambassadors of the United States to France">Ambassador to France (1779–1785)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress" title="Second Continental Congress">Second Continental Congress (1775–1776)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Founding of the<br />United States</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Join,_or_Die" title="Join, or Die"><i>Join, or Die.</i> (1754 political cartoon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albany_Plan" title="Albany Plan">Albany Plan of Union</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albany_Congress" title="Albany Congress">Albany Congress</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hutchinson_letters_affair" title="Hutchinson letters affair">Hutchinson letters affair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_of_Secret_Correspondence" title="Committee of Secret Correspondence">Committee of Secret Correspondence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_of_Five" title="Committee of Five">Committee of Five</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_men_are_created_equal" title="All men are created equal">"...to be self-evident"</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Model_Treaty" title="Model Treaty">Model Treaty</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Franco-American_alliance" title="Franco-American alliance">Franco-American alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Amity_and_Commerce_(France%E2%80%93United_States)" title="Treaty of Amity and Commerce (France–United States)">Treaty of Amity and Commerce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Alliance_(1778)" title="Treaty of Alliance (1778)">Treaty of Alliance</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staten_Island_Peace_Conference" title="Staten Island Peace Conference">Staten Island Peace Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Constitution_of_1776" title="Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776">1776 Pennsylvania Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertas_Americana" title="Libertas Americana">Libertas Americana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1783)" title="Treaty of Paris (1783)">Treaty of Paris, 1783</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Convention_(United_States)" title="Constitutional Convention (United States)">Delegate, 1787 Constitutional Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pennsylvania#Government" title="Province of Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Postmaster_General" title="United States Postmaster General">Postmaster General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States" title="Founding Fathers of the United States">Founding Fathers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Inventions,<br />other events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Franklin%27s_electrostatic_machine" title="Franklin's electrostatic machine">Franklin's electrostatic machine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bifocals" title="Bifocals">Bifocals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_stove" title="Franklin stove">Franklin stove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glass_harmonica#Franklin's_armonica" title="Glass harmonica">Glass armonica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Stream#History" title="Gulf Stream">Gulf Stream exploration, naming, and chart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lightning_rod" title="Lightning rod">Lightning rod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kite_experiment" title="Kite experiment">Kite experiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pay_it_forward" title="Pay it forward">Pay it forward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associators" title="Associators">Associators</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/111th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="111th Infantry Regiment (United States)">111th Infantry Regiment</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junto_(club)" title="Junto (club)">Junto club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Philosophical_Society" title="American Philosophical Society">American Philosophical Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Library_Company_of_Philadelphia" title="Library Company of Philadelphia">Library Company of Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Hospital" title="Pennsylvania Hospital">Pennsylvania Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Academy_and_College_of_Philadelphia" title="Academy and College of Philadelphia">Academy and College of Philadelphia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Contributionship" title="Philadelphia Contributionship">Philadelphia Contributionship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Fire_Company" title="Union Fire Company">Union Fire Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_American_currency" title="Early American currency">Early American currency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Currency_dollar_coin" title="Continental Currency dollar coin">Continental Currency dollar coin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fugio_cent" title="Fugio cent">Fugio cent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_United_States#Early_postal_history" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the United States">United States Postal Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_street_lighting_in_the_United_States" title="History of street lighting in the United States">Street lighting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Abolition_Society" title="Pennsylvania Abolition Society">President, Pennsylvania Abolition Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Neuf_S%C5%93urs" title="Les Neuf Sœurs">Master, Les Neuf Sœurs</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gravesite</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Writings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Papers_of_Benjamin_Franklin" title="The Papers of Benjamin Franklin">The Papers of Benjamin Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Founders_Online" title="Founders Online">Founders Online</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silence_Dogood" title="Silence Dogood">Silence Dogood letters (1722)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Dissertation_on_Liberty_and_Necessity,_Pleasure_and_Pain" title="A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"><i>A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain</i> (1725)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Busy-Body_(pen_name)" title="The Busy-Body (pen name)">The Busy-Body columns (1729)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pennsylvania_Gazette" title="The Pennsylvania Gazette"><i>The Pennsylvania Gazette</i> (1729–1790)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_American_publishers_and_printers" title="Early American publishers and printers">Early American publishers and printers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poor_Richard%27s_Almanack" title="Poor Richard's Almanack"><i>Poor Richard's Almanack</i> (1732–1758)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Drinker%27s_Dictionary" title="The Drinker's Dictionary">The Drinker's Dictionary (1737)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advice_to_a_Friend_on_Choosing_a_Mistress" title="Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress">"Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress" (1745)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Speech_of_Polly_Baker" title="The Speech of Polly Baker">"The Speech of Polly Baker" (1747)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Observations_Concerning_the_Increase_of_Mankind,_Peopling_of_Countries,_etc." title="Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc."><i>Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc.</i> (1751)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Experiments_and_Observations_on_Electricity" title="Experiments and Observations on Electricity"><i>Experiments and Observations on Electricity</i> (1751)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Birch#Copies_of_Franklin_letters" title="Thomas Birch">Birch letters (1755)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Way_to_Wealth" title="The Way to Wealth"><i>The Way to Wealth</i> (1758)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Chronicle" title="Pennsylvania Chronicle"><i>Pennsylvania Chronicle</i> (1767)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Rules_By_Which_A_Great_Empire_May_Be_Reduced_To_A_Small_One" class="extiw" title="s:Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced To A Small One"><i>Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One</i> (1773)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_removal#Benjamin_Franklin" title="Indian removal">Proposed alliance with the Iroquois (1775)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Letter_to_a_Royal_Academy" title="A Letter to a Royal Academy"><i>A Letter to a Royal Academy</i> (1781)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noble_savage#Benjamin_Franklin's_Remarks_Concerning_the_Savages_of_North_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Noble savage"><i>Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America</i> (1784)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Morals_of_Chess" title="The Morals of Chess">"The Morals of Chess" (1786)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Address_to_the_Public" class="extiw" title="s:An Address to the Public"><i>An Address to the Public</i> (1789)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Plan_for_Improving_the_Condition_of_the_Free_Blacks" class="extiw" title="s:A Plan for Improving the Condition of the Free Blacks"><i>A Plan for Improving the Condition of the Free Blacks</i> (1789)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Autobiography_of_Benjamin_Franklin" title="The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin"><i>The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin</i> (1771–1790, pub. 1791)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagatelles_and_Satires" title="Bagatelles and Satires"><i>Bagatelles and Satires</i> (pub. 1845)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_American_newspapers#The_New_England_Courant" title="History of American newspapers">Franklin as a journalist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin%27s_phonetic_alphabet" title="Benjamin Franklin's phonetic alphabet">Franklin's phonetic alphabet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legacy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Benjamin_Franklin" title="Bibliography of Benjamin Franklin">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Court" title="Franklin Court">Franklin Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_House" title="Benjamin Franklin House">Benjamin Franklin House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Institute_of_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology">Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Parkway" title="Benjamin Franklin Parkway">Benjamin Franklin Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_National_Memorial" title="Benjamin Franklin National Memorial">Benjamin Franklin National Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Institute" title="Franklin Institute">Franklin Institute</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Institute_Awards" title="Franklin Institute Awards">awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Medal" title="Franklin Medal">medal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Medal_(American_Philosophical_Society)" title="Benjamin Franklin Medal (American Philosophical Society)">Benjamin Franklin Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Medal_(Royal_Society_of_Arts)" title="Benjamin Franklin Medal (Royal Society of Arts)">Royal Society of Arts medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Apotheosis_of_Washington" title="The Apotheosis of Washington">Depicted in <i>The Apotheosis of Washington</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_to_the_56_Signers_of_the_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence">Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(painting)" title="Treaty of Paris (painting)">Treaty of Paris</a></i> (1783 painting)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Drawing_Electricity_from_the_Sky" title="Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky">Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky</a></i> (1816 painting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_War_Door" title="Revolutionary War Door">Revolutionary War Door</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Benjamin_Franklin_(Boston)" title="Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Boston)">Boston statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Benjamin_Franklin_(Chicago)" title="Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Chicago)">Chicago statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Benjamin_Franklin_(Columbus,_Ohio)" title="Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Columbus, Ohio)">Columbus, Ohio, statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Benjamin_Franklin_(University_of_Pennsylvania)" title="Statue of Benjamin Franklin (University of Pennsylvania)">University of Pennsylvania statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Benjamin_Franklin_(Portland,_Oregon)" title="Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Portland, Oregon)">Portland, Oregon, statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Benjamin_Franklin_(San_Francisco)" title="Statue of Benjamin Franklin (San Francisco)">San Francisco statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Benjamin_Franklin_(Stanford_University)" title="Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Stanford University)">Stanford University statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Benjamin_Franklin_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Washington, D.C.)">Washington D.C. statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Memorial#Exterior" title="Jefferson Memorial">Jefferson Memorial pediment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Refunding_Certificate" title="Refunding Certificate">Refunding Certificate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_half_dollar" title="Franklin half dollar">Franklin half dollar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_one-hundred-dollar_bill" title="United States one-hundred-dollar bill">One-hundred-dollar bill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_silver_dollar" title="Benjamin Franklin silver dollar">Franklin silver dollar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington%E2%80%93Franklin_Issues" title="Washington–Franklin Issues">Washington–Franklin stamps</a> <ul><li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Benjamin_Franklin_on_stamps" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Benjamin Franklin on stamps">other stamps</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_named_for_Benjamin_Franklin" title="List of places named for Benjamin Franklin">Cities, counties, schools named for Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_College" title="Benjamin Franklin College">Benjamin Franklin College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Field" title="Franklin Field">Franklin Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Franklin_(New_Hampshire)" title="Mount Franklin (New Hampshire)">Mount Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_of_Franklin" title="State of Franklin">State of Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sons_of_Ben_(MLS_supporters_association)" title="Sons of Ben (MLS supporters association)">Sons of Ben (Philadelphia Union)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Franklin" title="USS Franklin">Ships named USS <i>Franklin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Franklin_effect" title="Ben Franklin effect">Ben Franklin effect</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_in_popular_culture" title="Benjamin Franklin in popular culture">In popular culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ben_and_Me" title="Ben and Me"><i>Ben and Me</i> (1953 short)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Franklin_in_Paris" title="Ben Franklin in Paris"><i>Ben Franklin in Paris</i> (1964 musical play)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1776_(musical)" title="1776 (musical)"><i>1776</i> (1969 musical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1776_(film)" title="1776 (film)">1972 film</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_(miniseries)" title="Benjamin Franklin (miniseries)"><i>Benjamin Franklin</i> (miniseries)</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_More_Perfect_Union_(film)" title="A More Perfect Union (film)"><i>A More Perfect Union</i> (1989 film)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty!" title="Liberty!"><i>Liberty!</i> (1997 documentary series)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty%27s_Kids" title="Liberty's Kids"><i>Liberty's Kids</i> (2002 animated series)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_(2002_TV_series)" title="Benjamin Franklin (2002 TV series)"><i>Benjamin Franklin</i> (2002 documentary series)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Adams_(miniseries)" title="John Adams (miniseries)"><i>John Adams</i> (2008 miniseries)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sons_of_Liberty_(miniseries)" title="Sons of Liberty (miniseries)"><i>Sons of Liberty</i> (2015 miniseries)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_(film)" title="Benjamin Franklin (film)"><i>Benjamin Franklin</i> (2022 documentary)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_(miniseries)" title="Franklin (miniseries)"><i>Franklin</i> (2024 miniseries)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment" title="Age of Enlightenment">Age of Enlightenment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Enlightenment" title="American Enlightenment">American Enlightenment</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New-England_Courant" title="The New-England Courant">The New-England Courant</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_American_Museum_(magazine)" title="The American Museum (magazine)"><i>The American Museum</i> magazine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patriot_(American_Revolution)" title="Patriot (American Revolution)">patriots</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syng_inkstand" title="Syng inkstand">Syng inkstand</a></li></ul> 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Bache (grandson)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Franklin_Bache" title="Louis Franklin Bache">Louis F. Bache (grandson)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bache_Jr." title="Richard Bache Jr.">Richard Bache Jr. (grandson)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_A._Harwood" title="Andrew A. Harwood">Andrew Harwood (great-grandson)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dallas_Bache" title="Alexander Dallas Bache">Alexander Bache (great-grandson)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Franklin" title="Josiah Franklin">Josiah Franklin (father)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Franklin_(printer)" title="James Franklin (printer)">James Franklin (brother)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Franklin_Mecom" title="Jane Franklin Mecom">Jane Mecom (sister)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Morrell_Folger" title="Mary Morrell Folger">Mary Morrell Folger (grandmother)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Folger_(Nantucket_settler)" title="Peter Folger (Nantucket settler)">Peter Folger (grandfather)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bache" title="Richard Bache">Richard Bache (son-in-law)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Smith_Franklin" title="Ann Smith Franklin">Ann Smith Franklin (sister-in-law)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span 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href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Beaver_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Beaver County, Pennsylvania">Beaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Bedford_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Bedford County, Pennsylvania">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Berks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Berks County, Pennsylvania">Berks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Blair_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Blair County, Pennsylvania">Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Bradford_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Bradford County, Pennsylvania">Bradford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Bucks County, Pennsylvania">Bucks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Butler_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Butler County, Pennsylvania">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Cambria_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambria County, Pennsylvania">Cambria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Cameron_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Cameron County, Pennsylvania">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Carbon_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Carbon County, Pennsylvania">Carbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Centre_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Centre County, Pennsylvania">Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Chester_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Chester County, Pennsylvania">Chester</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_eastern_Chester_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in eastern Chester County, Pennsylvania">East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_northern_Chester_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Chester County, Pennsylvania">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_southern_Chester_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania">South</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Clarion_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Clarion County, Pennsylvania">Clarion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Clearfield_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania">Clearfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Clinton_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Clinton County, Pennsylvania">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Columbia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Columbia County, Pennsylvania">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Crawford_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Crawford County, Pennsylvania">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Cumberland_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Dauphin_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania">Dauphin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Elk_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Elk County, Pennsylvania">Elk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Erie_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Erie County, Pennsylvania">Erie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Fayette_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, Pennsylvania">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Forest_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Forest County, Pennsylvania">Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Franklin_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Pennsylvania">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Fulton_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Fulton County, Pennsylvania">Fulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Greene_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Greene County, Pennsylvania">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Huntingdon_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania">Huntingdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Indiana_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Indiana County, Pennsylvania">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Jefferson_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Juniata_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Juniata County, Pennsylvania">Juniata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Lackawanna_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania">Lackawanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Lancaster_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Lawrence_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Lebanon_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Lehigh_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania">Lehigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Luzerne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Lycoming_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania">Lycoming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_McKean_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in McKean County, Pennsylvania">McKean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Mercer_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, Pennsylvania">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Mifflin_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania">Mifflin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Monroe_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Pennsylvania">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Montgomery_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Montour_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Montour County, Pennsylvania">Montour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Northampton_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Northampton County, Pennsylvania">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Northumberland_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Perry_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Perry County, Pennsylvania">Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Philadelphia" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Pike_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Pike County, Pennsylvania">Pike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Potter_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Potter County, Pennsylvania">Potter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Schuylkill_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania">Schuylkill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Snyder_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Snyder County, Pennsylvania">Snyder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Somerset_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, Pennsylvania">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Sullivan_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania">Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Susquehanna_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania">Susquehanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Tioga_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Tioga County, Pennsylvania">Tioga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Union_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, Pennsylvania">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Venango_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Venango County, Pennsylvania">Venango</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Warren_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Warren County, Pennsylvania">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Washington_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Pennsylvania">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Wayne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Wayne County, Pennsylvania">Wayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Westmoreland_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania">Westmoreland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Wyoming_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania">Wyoming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_York_County,_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Pennsylvania">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#A8EDEF;color:black">Lists by city</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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