Historic Shrines of America

Paul Revere's house, Faneuil Hall, the Craigie House where Longfellow wrote, a hundred more — an American pilgrimage told building by building, when many of these places were still fighting to survive.

The Letitia Penn House, Philadelphia

4 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

The Letitia Penn House, Philadelphia

WILLIAM PENN'S FIRST AMERICAN HOME When William Penn, English Quaker, met Guli Springett, he fell in love with her at once. In 1672 they…

The Letitia Penn House, Philadelphia: England

For a time Penn remained at Upland (now Chester), but in 1684, he went to Philadelphia to oversee the erection of the houses for the…

The Letitia Penn House, Philadelphia: Aubrey

In 1702 Letitia married William Aubrey, who had all of Penn's keenness and none of his genial qualities. Almost from the day of the…

The Letitia Penn House, Philadelphia: Assembly

Three years after the opening of the hall came the first event that linked the building with the history of America. A general meeting of…

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