William Maclay
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ChilliWilli
N 40° 51.808 W 076° 47.780
18T E 348610 N 4525153
Member of the first U.S. Senate
Waymark Code: WM83M
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 02/26/2006
Views: 27
Lived in the house opposite, 1773-86, and then moved to Harrisburg. Member of first U.S. Senate; wrote a famous Journal of its debates. A critic of Washington and Hamilton; pioneer leader of Jeffersonian democracy. He helped survey Sunbury, 1772.
Marker Name: William Maclay
County: Northumberland
Date Dedicated: 10/01/1947
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Pa. 147 (Front St.), Sunbury
Category: Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, George Washington
Website: Not listed
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