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* [[George Washington|Washington, George]], July 19, 1787, diary entry describing The Solitude, estate of [[John Penn]], near Philadelphia, Pa.<ref>Washington Papers, [http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0002-0007-0019 ''Founders Online'', National Archives].</ref>
 
* [[George Washington|Washington, George]], July 19, 1787, diary entry describing The Solitude, estate of [[John Penn]], near Philadelphia, Pa.<ref>Washington Papers, [http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0002-0007-0019 ''Founders Online'', National Archives].</ref>
 
:"Dined (after coming out of Convention)at Mr. [[John Penn]] the youngers. Drank Tea & spent the evening at my lodgings."
 
:"Dined (after coming out of Convention)at Mr. [[John Penn]] the youngers. Drank Tea & spent the evening at my lodgings."
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[[Image:0315.jpg|thumb|Fig. x, [[William Russell Birch]], ""Solitude in Pennsylv.<sup>a</sup> belonging to M.<sup>r</sup> Penn," in ''The Country Seats of the United States'' (1808), pl. 9.]]
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* [[William Birch|Birch, William Russell]], 1808, ''The Country Seats of the United States of North America'' (1808: unpaginated)<ref>William Russell Birch, ''The Country Seats of the United States'', ed. by Emily T. Cooperman (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009), 58, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/TNTZAF2Q view on Zotero].</ref>
 
* [[William Birch|Birch, William Russell]], 1808, ''The Country Seats of the United States of North America'' (1808: unpaginated)<ref>William Russell Birch, ''The Country Seats of the United States'', ed. by Emily T. Cooperman (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009), 58, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/TNTZAF2Q view on Zotero].</ref>

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Overview

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

Texts

"Dined (after coming out of Convention)at Mr. John Penn the youngers. Drank Tea & spent the evening at my lodgings."
Fig. x, William Russell Birch, ""Solitude in Pennsylv.a belonging to M.r Penn," in The Country Seats of the United States (1808), pl. 9.


"Here a pleasing solitude at once speaks the propriety of its title. Upon further research the solitary rocks, and the waters of the Schuylkill add sublimity to quietness. The house is built with great taste for a bachelor, by the former Governor John Penn, since the revolution."

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Other Resources

The Solitude - Philadelphia Zoo

Notes

  1. Washington Papers, Founders Online, National Archives.
  2. William Russell Birch, The Country Seats of the United States, ed. by Emily T. Cooperman (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009), 58, view on Zotero.

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