Christ Church Burial Ground

For the cemetery in Quincy, Massachusetts, see Christ Church Burial Ground (Quincy, Massachusetts).


Christ Church Burial Ground
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Benjamin Franklin's grave.
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Location	5th and Arch Sts. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′07″N 75°08′55″W / 39.95194°N 75.14861°W / 39.95194; -75.14861Coordinates: 39°57′07″N 75°08′55″W / 39.95194°N 75.14861°W / 39.95194; -75.14861
NRHP Reference #	71000062^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 24, 1971

Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia is an important early-American cemetery. It is the final resting place of Benjamin Franklin and his wife, Deborah. Four other signers of the Declaration of Independence are buried here, Benjamin Rush, Francis Hopkinson, Joseph Hewes and George Ross. Two more signers (James Wilson and Robert Morris) are buried at Christ Church just a few blocks away.

The cemetery belongs to Christ Church, the Episcopal church founded in 1695 and place of worship for many of the famous Revolutionary War participants, including George Washington. The burial ground is located at 5th and Arch Streets, across from the Visitors Center and National Constitution Center. The Burial Ground was started in 1719, and it is still an active cemetery. The Burial Ground is open to the public for a small fee, weather permitting; about 100,000 tourists visit each year. When the Burial Ground is closed, one can still view Benjamin Franklin's gravesite from the sidewalk at the corner of 5th and Arch through a set of iron rails. The iron rails in the brick wall were added for public viewing at the request of Franklin's descendants in 1858.^[2] Leaving pennies on Franklin's grave is an old Philadelphia tradition.

Burials

Other famous people buried at Christ Church Burial Ground include:

Michael Woolston Ash (1789–1858), congressman^[3]
Samuel John Atlee (1739–1786), delegate to the Continental Congress^[3]
Benjamin Franklin Bache (1769–1798), grandson of Benjamin Franklin, printer and publisher of the Aurora newspaper^[3]
Sarah Franklin Bache (1743–1808), daughter of Benjamin Franklin^[3]
Commodore William Bainbridge (1774–1833), Naval hero of War of 1812, captain of "Old Ironsides"^[3]
Francis Biddle (1886–1968), United States Attorney General
James Biddle, Commodore in the United States Navy
Thomas Bond (1713–1784), co-founder of Pennsylvania Hospital^[3]
Major General George Cadwalader (1806–1879), Civil War general^[3]
John Cadwalader (1805–1879), congressman and judge^[4]
Matthew Clarkson (1733–1800), mayor of Philadelphia
Joseph Clay (1769–1811), United States Congressman
Tench Coxe (1755–1824), Continental Congressman
John Dunlap (1747–1812), printer of the Declaration of Independence^[3]
Lewis Evans (c.1700–1756), cartographer and surveyor
Tench Francis, Jr. (1730-1800)
David Franks (1740–1793), aide-de-camp for General Benedict Arnold during the American War of Independence^[3]
Samuel Hardy (1758–1785), Continental Congressman
Michael Hillegas (1729–1804), first Treasurer of the United States^[3]
Thomas Hopkinson (1709–1751), father of Francis Hopkinson, president of the Philosophical Society, one of the founders of the Library Company^[3]
John Inskeep (1757–1834), mayor of Philadelphia
Major William Jackson (1759–1828), Revolutionary War officer, secretary of the Constitutional Convention^[3]
Thomas Lawrence, five-time mayor of Philadelphia
Charles Mason (1728–1786), astronomer, surveyor, laid out the Mason–Dixon line in 1763^[3]
George A. McCall (1802–1868), United States Army brigadier general and prisoner of war during the American Civil War
William M. Meredith (1799–1873), Secretary of the Treasury^[3]
Philip Syng Physick (1768–1837), known as the "Father of Modern Surgery"^[3]
Elizabeth and Samuel Powel
Henry C. Pratt (1761–1838) prominent Philadelphia businessman and builder of Lemon Hill House.
Matthew Pratt (1734–1805) American "Colonial Era" portrait painter.
Benjamin Rush (1746–1813), signer of the Declaration of Independence and founder of Dickinson College, known as "The Father of American Psychiatry"^[3]
Annis Boudinot Stockton (1736–1801), poet
Philip Syng (1703–1789), silversmith, created the Syng inkstand, early co-founder of several organizations with Benjamin Franklin^[3]
Henry Tazewell (1753–1799), U.S. Senator
Commodore Thomas Truxtun, commander of the Constellation
William Tuckey (1708–1781), composer
Charles Willing, (1710–1754), three term Mayor of Philadelphia
Anne Willing Francis (1733-1812) wife of Tench Francis, Daughter of Charles Willing

Benjamin Rush's grave.
The grave of John Taylor (right), a long-time grave digger at the cemetery.

References

↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-03-06. Retrieved 2005-03-03.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 The Graves, Christ Church, Philadelphia, official site
↑ United States Congress. "John Cadwalader (id: C000011)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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Benjamin Franklin

January 6, 1706 – April 17, 1790 President of Pennsylvania (1785–1788), Ambassador to France (1779–1785) Second Continental Congress (1775–1776)

Founding of the United States	Join, or Die (1754 political cartoon) Albany Plan of Union Albany Congress Hutchinson Letters Affair Committee of Secret Correspondence Committee of Five Declaration of Independence Model Treaty Franco-American alliance Treaty of Amity and Commerce Treaty of Alliance Staten Island Peace Conference Treaty of Paris, 1783 Delegate, 1787 Constitutional Convention Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly Postmaster General Founding Fathers

Inventions, other events	Franklin's electrostatic machine Bifocals Franklin stove Glass armonica Gulf Stream exploration, naming, and chart Lightning rod Kite experiment Pay it forward Associators 111th Infantry Regiment Junto club American Philosophical Society Library Company of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Hospital The Academy and College of Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Contributionship Union Fire Company Early American currency United States Postal Service President, Pennsylvania Abolition Society Master, Les Neuf Sœurs Other social contributions and studies Gravesite

Writings	Silence Dogood letters (1722) A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain (1725) Pennsylvania Gazette (1729–1790) Poor Richard's Almanack (1732–1758) The Drinker's Dictionary (1737) "Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress" (1745) "The Speech of Polly Baker" (1747) Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc. (1751) Experiments and Observations on Electricity (1751) Birch letters (1755) The Way to Wealth (1758) Pennsylvania Chronicle (1767) Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One (1773) Proposed alliance with the Iroquois (1775) A Letter To A Royal Academy (1781) Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America (1784) The Morals of Chess (1786) An Address to the Public (1789) A Plan for Improving the Condition of the Free Blacks (1789) The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1771–90, pub. 1791) Bagatelles and Satires (pub. 1845) Franklin as a journalist

Legacy	Franklin Court Benjamin Franklin House Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Franklin Institute Benjamin Franklin Medal Depicted in The Apotheosis of Washington Benjamin Franklin statue, Washington D.C. In popular culture Ben and Me (1953 short) Ben Franklin in Paris (1964 musical play) 1776 (1969 musical 1972 film) Benjamin Franklin (1974 miniseries) Liberty! (1997 documentary series) Liberty's Kids (2002 animated series) Benjamin Franklin (2002 documentary series) John Adams (2008 miniseries) Sons of Liberty (2015 miniseries) Sons of Ben (supporters group for the Philadelphia Union soccer club Refunding Certificate Franklin half dollar One-hundred dollar bill Washington-Franklin stamps other stamps Cities, counties, schools named for Franklin Franklin Field State of Franklin Ships named USS Franklin Ben Franklin effect

Related	Age of Enlightenment American Enlightenment The New-England Courant The American Museum magazine American Revolution patriots Syng inkstand

Family	Deborah Read (wife) Sarah Franklin Bache (daughter) Francis Franklin (son) William Franklin (son) Richard Bache Jr. (grandson) Benjamin F. Bache (grandson) Louis F. Bache (grandson) William Franklin (grandson) Andrew Harwood (great-grandson) Alexander Bache (great-grandson) Josiah Franklin (father) Jane Mecom (sister) James Franklin (brother) Mary Morrill (grandmother) Peter Foulger (grandfather) Richard Bache (son-in-law) Ann Smith Franklin (sister-in-law)

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