The home of Jesse and Rebecca George, doners of George's Hill.

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The home of Jesse and Rebecca George, doners of George's Hill.

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Item No: pdcc00311
Title: The home of Jesse and Rebecca George, doners of George's Hill.
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
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Notes:

Halftone reproduction of photograph printed on newspaper. Shows the house owned by Jesse George, 1785-1873, scion of a Welsh Quaker family who settled in Blockley Township, Pennsylvania in 1708. He and his sister, Rebecca George, donated a tract of 80 acres to the City of Philadelphia. Known as George's Hill, the land was used by the city on which to build a reservoir.


Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.4
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929
George, Jesse, 1785-1873
George, Rebecca