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Back to EpisodesBenjamin Richards: Merchant, Mayor and Cemetery Cheerleader
Episode 447
Published 10 months, 1 week ago
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ABC:LHS #041-4 Benjamin Wood Richards...
...was mayor during a time with challenges like public health crises, infrastructure needs, and social tensions in Philadelphia. Richards helped found the Girard Trust Company in 1835 and served as its president. He was inspired by Paris’s Père Lachaise Cemetery on a European trip, and the helped found Philadelphia’s Laurel Hill Cemetery.