| Creator |
Jennings, William Nicholson, 1860-1946, photographer. |
| Contributor |
Nevil, Thomas, 1721-1797, architect. |
| Title |
[Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant Drive, East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia] [graphic] / W.N. Jennings. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1928 |
| Date |
1928 |
| Physical Description |
5 negatives : glass, nitrate ; glass 25 x 21 cm (10 x 8 in.) and nitrate 11 x 14 cm (4 x 5 in.) or smaller. |
| Description |
Exterior views of the mansion built 1761-1765 for Captain John Macpherson after the designs of Thomas Nevil in Fairmount Park,
Philadelphia, Pa. Mount Pleasant was described by John Adams as "the most elegant seat in Pennsylvania," and is an excellent
example of Philadelphia's Middle Georgian country houses of the 1760s. Macpherson, a privateer during the Seven Years’ War,
purchased the estate with profits from these operations. Free white and Black laborers, indentured servants, and at least
four enslaved people of African descent, whose names are unknown, worked on the plantation. In 1779, General Benedict Arnold
purchased Mount Pleasant for his wife Peggy Shippen, but they never occupied the house. In 1792, General Jonathan Williams
purchased the mansion. The City of Philadelphia purchased the property from the Williams family in 1869. On behalf of the
city, the Philadelphia Museum of Art restored the house in 1926.
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| Notes |
Negative numbers: 54 & 54a-d |
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Negative numbers 54a-54d dated 1928 in manuscript note on negative sleeve. |
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Purchase 1978. |
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Description revised 2022. |
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Access points revised 2022. |
| Subject |
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Macpherson, John, 1726-1792 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Mansions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Plantations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Slavery -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Mount Pleasant (Philadelphia, Pa. : Estate) |
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Mount Pleasant Drive (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- East. |
| Genre |
Glass plate negatives -- 1920-1930. |
|
Nitrate negatives -- 1920-1930. |
| Associated name |
Nevil, Thomas, 1721-1797, architect. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Jennings [P.9480.54 ; P.9480.54a-54d] |
| Accession number |
P.9480.54 (g) |
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P.9480.54a (n) |
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P.9480.54b (n) |
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P.9480.54c (n) |
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P.9480.54d (n) |
