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Definition of Independence Hall
1. Noun. The building in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Independence Hall
Literary usage of Independence Hall
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Woman Suffrage by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1887)
"William Perm—Independence Hall—British troops—Heroism of women—Lydia Darrah— Who
... In 1729 the foundations of Independence Hall, the old State House, ..."
2. History of Woman Suffrage by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1881)
"In 1729 the foundations of Independence Hall, the old State House, were laid,
and the building was completed in 1734. Here the first Continental Congress ..."
3. History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 by John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott (1884)
"Accordingly, commissioners appointed by ten States met at Independence Hall and
chose, in the centre of the square, a spacious circular plot for the purpose ..."
4. History of the Portrait Collection, Independence National Historical Park by Doris Devine Fanelli (2001)
"For a detailed account of the chairs from Independence Hall, see Part D, Appendix
3 of die Furnishing Plan for the Second Floor of Congress Hall (Phila: ..."
5. The Declaration of Independence: Its History by John Hampden Hazelton (1906)
"This comparison showed that the resolutions in " Independence Hall" are so like
those in the Library of Congress that these must be a facsimile of those in ..."
6. The American Historical Register by Charles Henry Browning (1895)
"THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF SONS OF THE REVOLUTION AND "Independence Hall."
The Councils of the City of Philadelphia have granted to the Pennsylvania ..."
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