| Contributor |
Nevil, Thomas, 1721-1797, architect. |
| Title |
Arnold mansion postcards. [graphic]. |
| Date |
1905-1926 |
| Physical Description |
10 photomechanical prints : photolithograph ; sheet 9 x 15 cm (3.5 x 5.5 in.) (postcard format) |
| Description |
Depicts the front facade from the garden and a detailed view of the pediment over the front doorway. Includes interior views
of the right and left sides of the entrance hall, the great chamber, the parlor, and a bedroom.
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| Notes |
Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 9 printed in black and white. |
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Mount Pleasant Mansion was built 1761-1765 for Captain John Macpherson after the designs of Thomas Nevil in Fairmount Park,
Philadelphia, Pa. 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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Purchase 1984. Accessioned 2005. |
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Accession numbers: P.2005.3.26 - 32, P.9048.5, P.9048.217 and P.9048.303. |
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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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Bedrooms -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Entrance halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Parlors -- 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 |
Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1910. |
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Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1930. |
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Postcards -- 1900-1930. |
| Associated name |
Nevil, Thomas, 1721-1797, architect. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| LCP postcards - Residences A - M - [various] |
| Accession number |
P.2005.3.26 - 32 |
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P.9048.5 |
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P.9048.217 |
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P.9048.303 |
