Andrew Ellicott
(1754 - 1820)
Surveyor, mathematician, astronomer. Secretary, Pennsylvania Land Office, 1801-08. In 1803, while living here, he taught Meriwether Lewis surveying and navigation skills. Helped survey & draw boundaries of New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C. & elsewhere.
Marker is on N. Prince Street, on the left when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
