William Penn's Philadelphia

William Penn lived in Philadelphia's first tavern, the Blue Anchor, when he came to the city in 1682. Views and maps associated with the city include Penn's Treaty with the Indians by George Gilbert, created about 1830; a view showing the Blue Anchor about 1700; the State House (Independence Hall) from a 1777 map by Scull and Heap, engraved by William Faden; the head of William Penn from the statue on top of City Hall by Alexander Stirling Calder in 1892; and the cartouche, title, and scale from a 1762 map of Philadelphia by Nicholas Scull, surveyor.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · United States