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First U.S. Census (1790)
First American theater (Walnut Street Theatre, 1809, later period)
First American hospital (Pennsylvania Hospital, 1751)
Bank of North America chartered (1781)
First American abolition society (1775)
First American daily newspaper (1784)
First American fire company (1736)
First American insurance company (1752)
First American lending library (1731)
First American medical school (1765)
First American stock exchange (1790)
First American zoo (1859, later period)
First U.S. Mint established (1792)
occupation by British Army (1777-1778)
signing of Declaration of Independence
First American art museum (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805, later period)