Thomas Holme (1624-1695)
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N 40° 03.407 W 075° 01.289
18T E 498167 N 4434059
Appointed by William Penn...
Waymark Code: WMC58
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 05/07/2006
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Appointed by William Penn in 1682 as Surveyor General of Pennsylvania. A member of its first Assembly, 1682, and its Provincial Council, 1683-86. Under Penn's direction, Holme laid out the original portion of Philadelphia. He drafted the first map of this city, 1683, and a map of the settled parts of Pennsylvania, 1687. Here on his estate he was buried--as were members of the Crispin family, relatives of Penn.
Marker Name: Thomas Holme
County: Philadelphia
Date Dedicated: 07/29/1995
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Pennypack Park, 3000 Holme Ave., Philadelphia
Category: Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn
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