Residence of Jas Wilson - "Fort Wilson"
Historical Images of Philadelphia Castner Scrapbook Collection
Item Info
Item No: pdcc00370
Title: Residence of Jas Wilson - "Fort Wilson"
Historic Street Address:
3rd & Walnut Streets
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
James Wilson (1742 - 1798) was a Founding Father, signer of the U. S. Declaration of Independence, and one of the original six Supreme Court justices appointed by George Washington. As a strict adherent to the rule of law, he successfully defended at trial the rights of 23 loyalist Philadelphians whose property had been seized following the end of the British occupation of the city. In response, an angry mob stormed Wilson's house where he and his colleagues had barricaded themselves. Eventually the military intervened and the attack was prevented.
http://www.ushistory.org/gop/tour_ftwilson.htm
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.146356
Geocode Latitude:39.947109
Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.5
Creator Name: Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866 - Artist
Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler
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