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The Solitude

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Overview

Alternate Names:
Site Dates:
Site Owner(s): John Penn
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Location: Philadelphia, PA
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History

Texts

Washington, George, July 19, 1787, diary entry describing The Solitude, estate of John Penn, near Philadelphia, Pa.^[1]

"Dined (after coming out of Convention)at Mr. John Penn the youngers. Drank Tea & spent the evening at my lodgings."

Images

John Nancarrow, "Plan of the Seat of John Penn, jun'r: Esqr: in Blockley Township and County of Philadelphia," 1790.
William Russell Birch, "Solitude in Pennsylv.^a belonging to M.^r Penn," in The Country Seats of the United States (1808), pl. 9.

Other Resources

The Solitude - Philadelphia Zoo

Notes

↑ Washington Papers, Founders Online, National Archives.

Retrieved from "https://heald.nga.gov/mediawiki/index.php?title=The_Solitude&oldid=25264"

History of Early American Landscape Design contributors, "The Solitude," History of Early American Landscape Design, , https://heald.nga.gov/mediawiki/index.php?title=The_Solitude&oldid=25264 (accessed June 8, 2024).

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