Interactive Map of Historic Philadelphia

Tour Guide Questions

Which signer of the Constitution ended up in Debtor’s Prison in Philadelphia from 1798 to 1801?

Which document was written at Graff House on the “outskirts” of Philadelphia, and who wrote it?

Who founded the American Philosophical Society, and what was its library a prototype for?

Who stayed at Mrs. Dailey’s boarding house, and why were so many taverns run by women?

Of the five signers of the Declaration of Independence buried at Christ Church burial ground, which is the most famous?

Whose church pew at Christ Church was next to Betsy Ross’s?

What branch of the federal government was housed at Old City Hall during the 1790’s?

What did Jonas Phillips, an American Jew, ask George Washington to do during the Constitutional Convention?