Philadelphia Presbyterian Church

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1. 1760

   Mecklenburg County's Presbyterian congregations of the colonial era are collectively remembered as the 'Seven Sisters': Sugar Creek (est. c.1756), Hopewell (1762), Poplar Tent (1764), Centre (1765), Providence (1767), Steele Creek (organized before 1760), and Philadelphia (1770) -- reflecting the dense Scots-Irish Presbyterian settlement pattern that shaped local governance and later revolutionary sentiment in the county.

   Sugaw Creek Presbyterian ChurchSteele Creek Presbyterian ChurchHopewell Presbyterian ChurchProvidence Presbyterian ChurchPoplar Tent Presbyterian ChurchCentre Presbyterian Church

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2. 1762

   Hopewell Presbyterian Church in northern Mecklenburg County was organized in 1762 by Rev. Alexander McWhorter under the Synod of Philadelphia, though informal preaching there traces to the late 1740s/early 1750s when missionary John Thomson preached at the home of Richard Barry; a log meeting house was built in 1765, and Hopewell's present 1831 sanctuary is the oldest standing, continuously used worship facility in Mecklenburg County.

   Mecklenburg PresbyteryFirst United Presbyterian ChurchFirst Baptist Church WestHopewell Presbyterian ChurchGeorge AlexanderAbraham AlexanderSamuel C. AlexanderAlexander McWhorterJohn ThomsonRichard Barry

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3. 1775 · 1775-06-01

   Traditionalist accounts state that around June 1, 1775, Militia Captain James Jack rode to Philadelphia carrying both the Mecklenburg Declaration and the Mecklenburg Resolves to lay before the Second Continental Congress, and that upon his return he reported the North Carolina delegates had read and approved of the documents (though Congress took no formal action on them).

   Unverified — sourced but not confirmed against a primary record.

   James Jack

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4. 1828

   Until 1828, miners in North Carolina supplied almost all of the gold sent to the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia for coinage, before southern branch mints (including Charlotte's) were established to process ore closer to its source.

   Charlotte Branch Mint

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5. 1835 · 1835-03-03

   Congress passed an act on March 3, 1835 authorizing three new branch mints — at Charlotte, NC; Dahlonega, GA; and New Orleans, LA — to process gold from the southern gold fields closer to their source, ending sole reliance on the Philadelphia Mint.

   Unverified — sourced but not confirmed against a primary record.

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6. 1867

   Mary Deborah Baird Biddle of Philadelphia, widow of Union Major Henry J. Biddle (who was mortally wounded at the Battle of New Market in June 1862), pledged $1,400 toward the new Charlotte freedmen's school, which was named the Henry J. Biddle Memorial Institute in her late husband's honor.

   Johnson C. Smith UniversityHarding High SchoolSecond Ward High SchoolCentral High SchoolBiddle Memorial InstituteMary Deborah Baird BiddleRobert HenryHenry J. Biddle

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7. 1997 · 1997-11-01

   First Union Corporation announced its acquisition of CoreStates Financial Corporation of Philadelphia for approximately $17 billion — at the time, the largest bank merger in United States history.

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8. 1998 · 1998-04-01

   First Union's roughly $17 billion acquisition of CoreStates Financial Corporation of Philadelphia closed, substantially expanding First Union's presence in the Northeast.

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