Event Detail

Summary

Type Method Description Successful?
Charter Revival Sovereign Philadelphia City 1701 Charter Revival yes*

Dates

Event Year(s) Letters Patent Date Effective Date How Effective Date Determined
1701 Oct 25, 1701 Oct 25, 1701 Letters Patent - Date Granted

Affected Government

From
Municipality
From
County
From
State
To
Municipality
To
County
To
State
Philadelphia, City of
Whole
Philadelphia County
Part
PA-P
Part
Philadelphia, City of
Whole
Philadelphia County
Part
PA-P
Part

Law

Detail Citation Relationship
View Letters Patent of March 4, 1681 (1 Pa. Stat. at Large App'x 303, No. 1), § 10 indirect

Government Action

Detail Government Action Date Approved Effective Location
Pennsylvania, Province of (defunct) Letters Patent Oct 25, 1701

Source

Detail Source Title Person(s) Vol. Page(s) Date 1 Date 2
View Daly & Weinberg 1966 CHRONOLOGY OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE PRESENT CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA 6
View Pa. Carey & Bioren 1803 No. IV. The CHARTER of the city of Philadelphia. 6 Appendix 15–20
View Pre-1950 Cns. St. Hist. Lists of Incorporated Places with Dates of Incorporation. 17 Apr 1, 1935 Apr 1, 1940