From Philadelphia To Jerusalem
Jemima Wilkinson grew weary of the criticism she received at Philadelphia and longed to bring her Society of Universal Friends to a fertile land where they could worship in peace. In March 1790, she began her group exodus, travelling upstream along the Susquehanna River through present-day Wilkes Barre, PA and Elmira, NY. On 13 April 1790, she and her followers finally reached the north end of Keuka Lake. She named her new township Jerusalem, NY, but it would later be called Penn Yan, NY.
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