Landing Place of William Penn
Near here October 27, 1682, William Penn first stepped on American soil. He proceeded to the fort and performed Livery of Seisin. “He took the key, thereof,…we did deliver unto him 1 turf with a twig upon it, a porringer with river water and soyle, in part of all.”
Marker is at the intersection of Delaware Street and The Strand, on the right when traveling west on Delaware Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
