Colonel Thomas Hartley

On this site was the house of Col. Thomas Hartley, first congressman from York County. In 1777, he was prominent in the defense of Philadelphia; led an expedition to avenge the wyoming Massacre in 1778.

Marker is on W. Market Street 0.2 miles east of S. Beaver St., on the right when traveling east.

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