Rittenhouse homestead on the Monshone Creek, Philadelphia PA.
Site of the first paper-mill in the colonies This was the front line during the battle of Germantown with British Hessian forces on the German Township side of the creek and the American insurgents on the Roxbourgh Township side (photo from Roxbourgh side) David Rittenhouse later became the Director of the US Mint
and is buried under a sundial near the homestead.
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