Robert Whitehill
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Mocadeki
N 40° 14.395 W 076° 54.968
18T E 337008 N 4456147
Legislator and official..
Waymark Code: WM73F
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 02/04/2006
Views: 19
Legislator and official lived here in Lowther Manor on land conveyed by the Penns in 1771. At the state's 1787 convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution, Whitehill led the Anti-federalist minority; he presented amendments later embodied in the Bill of Rights. A drafter of the 1776 state constitution, he served terms with both the legislature and executive council; was in Congress, 1805-13.
Marker Name: Robert Whitehill
County: Cumberland
Date Dedicated: 12/15/1991
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: 1903 Market St., Camp Hill
Category: Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, William Penn
Website: Not listed
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