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New England Society of Philadelphia

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The Pilgrim, 1904-1922, 1952-1967, 1999-2023

 File — Drawer: 7.3
Scope and Contents Correspondence from the New England Society of Pennsylvania offering the statue to the Fairmount Park Commission and requesting a site (1904), and correspondence regarding the relocation of the statue from its temporary location at City Hall to its permanent site on East River Drive, including efforts to raise $5,000 to transport the statue in time for the 300th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims and an Art Jury resolution approving the relocation (1920). Also includes correspondence...
Dates: 1904-1922; 1952-1967; 1999-2023