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http://www.exness.net.in The Fair Hill Burial Ground Corporation is a non-profit corporation formed to own and maintain the historic Fair Hill Burial Ground, located at 9th and Cambria Streets in North Philadelphia. We hope you enjoy our web site! Historical Significance of the Fair Hill Burial Ground The Fair Hill Burial Ground was founded in 1703 on part of a grant of land of 16 acres given to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) by George Fox, who is known as the founder of the Society. He received the land from William Penn as a gift. The present burial ground was laid out in 1843 and enlarged in 1853, providing almost five acres of green space in this urban neighbohood. Most of the persons buried at Fair Hill are Quakers, many of them participants in the early abolitionist and women's rights movements. Some of the more renowned include Lucretia Mott, James Mott, Thomas and Mary Ann McClintock, Sarah Pugh, Ann Preston and Edward Parrish. Some colleagues in the anti-slavery movement, not Friends, are also buried there, most notably Robert Purvis, an African-American known as the President of the underground railroad, and his family. The site was recently placed on the National Register for Historic Places.
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