Carpenters' Hall
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Sep 11, 2026
speaker_6GUEST
There's certainly a sense that we might have to all get together in a room and see what to do about this.
Dan SnowHOST
So in September 1774, delegates from 12 colonies meet in Carpenters Hall in downtown Philadelphia to discuss for about seven weeks a response to Parliament's coercive acts.
speaker_4NARRATOR
The delegates give their gathering a name that will soon echo across history.
speaker_4NARRATOR
the Continental Congress.
Tim BartonGUEST
But when they first come together it is in Philadelphia.
Tim BartonGUEST
They meet in Carpenter's Hall, uh, which is still there today.
Tim BartonGUEST
You can go back and check it out.
Tim BartonGUEST
It's pretty fun.
Tim BartonGUEST
Hmm.
Tim BartonGUEST
In Carpenter's Hall, the first time they meet, uh, September 5th they met for just a little bit that evening.
Tim BartonGUEST
Um, they came together and they said, "Hey, if, if we're gonna have an official meeting, we need to know, like what rules are we gonna follow.
Tim BartonGUEST
We need to choose a leader." So that night they chose a president, and they said, "This is the rules we're gonna follow." They said, "Tomorrow morning let's come back and kick it off.
EricHOST
were there.
EricHOST
They convened at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia.
EricHOST
So that became the first capital of the United
ChrisHOST
States.
speaker_9NARRATOR
The response to the summons was electric.
speaker_9NARRATOR
By hurried and irregular methods, delegates were elected during the summer, and on September 5, the Congress duly assembled in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia.
speaker_9NARRATOR
Many of the greatest men in America were there, George Washington and Patrick Henry from Virginia, and John and Samuel Adams from Massachusetts.
speaker_9NARRATOR
Every shade of opinion was represented.
speaker_11NARRATOR
The response to the summons was electric.
speaker_11NARRATOR
By hurried and irregular methods, delegates were elected during the summer, and on September 5, the Congress duly assembled in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia.
speaker_11NARRATOR
Many of the greatest men in America were there, George Washington and Patrick Henry from Virginia, and John and Samuel Adams from Massachusetts.
speaker_11NARRATOR
Every shade of opinion was represented.
speaker_11NARRATOR
The response to the summons was electric.
speaker_11NARRATOR
By hurried and irregular methods, delegates were elected during the summer, and on September 5th, the Congress duly assembled in Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia.
speaker_11NARRATOR
Many of the greatest men in America were there, George Washington and Patrick Henry from Virginia, and John and Samuel Adams from Massachusetts.
speaker_11NARRATOR
Every shade of opinion was represented.
Shaina TrapedoGUEST
And they were, of course, far from a monolithic whole.
Shaina TrapedoGUEST
And this past summer, I actually had a believable opportunity with Dr. Halperin and other students from Yeshiva University to go to Carpenter's Hall, where this congregation was gathered.
Shaina TrapedoGUEST
Now, it was proposed at that meeting that we should, of course, begin with a prayer.
Shaina TrapedoGUEST
And then there was much debate about whether it was appropriate to even open such a session with a prayer.
Corby DavidsonHOST
Right.
Corby DavidsonHOST
On this day in history, in 1798, the first U.S. bank robbery, the Bank of Pennsylvania's at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia is robbed of? 1798.
Corby DavidsonHOST
How much money did they
Bob SturmPANELIST
get?
Eric MetaxasHOST
Welcome to Socrates in the City, the city in which we find ourselves today, the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia.
Eric MetaxasHOST
I am thrilled and privileged as a part of our special Socrates Revolution series to be at Carpenter's Hall here in Philadelphia.
Eric MetaxasHOST
Right now, I have the fun and honor of speaking with Mark Skousen.
Eric MetaxasHOST
He's a financial economist, teaches at Chapman University.
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Eric MetaxasHOST
And it has been brought to my attention, before we go too far, that Benjamin Franklin, in December of 1775, met with Silas Dean, and some secret Frenchmen
Mark SkousenGUEST
in
Eric MetaxasHOST
the room right behind us, right here in Carpenter's Hall.
Eric MetaxasHOST
And so those were the first conversations.
speaker_8NARRATOR
The response to the summons was electric.
speaker_8NARRATOR
By hurried and irregular methods, delegates were elected during the summer, and on September 5, the Congress duly assembled in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia.
speaker_8NARRATOR
Many of the greatest men in America were there, George Washington and Patrick Henry from Virginia, and John and Samuel Adams from Massachusetts.
speaker_8NARRATOR
Every shade of opinion was represented.
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