Jeffersonville Inn Tom Brown Inn And Revolutionary War Site
The Jeffersonville Inn at the corner of Egypt Road and Ridge Road, seven miles from Valley Forge, known as Tom Brown Inn, dates to 1765. It was besieged and partially destroyed during the Revolutionary War, with a blood spot on the second floor and floors sloping toward outer walls. A landmark roadhouse tied to Patriot history, it survived into the Prohibition era era before fading as income vanished.
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Jeffersonville Inn
Egypt Road
Hidgee
Valley Forge
Norristown
Tom Brown
Jeffersonville
Thompson
Richard Henry Lee Leader in American Liberty
Richard Henry Lee died June 19 1794 at Chantilly Virginia a key ally of Washington Jefferson and Patrick Henry. Born January 20 1732 in Stratford he came from the Lee family and promoted liberty in the Virginia house of burgesses and the Continental Congress He helped establish committees of correspondence and introduced resolutions declaring the United Colonies free and independent. He signed the Declaration of Independence and served in early Congresses and Virginia’s first senators.
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Chantilly
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams
Richard Henry Lee
Hichard Henry Lee
Stratford
Lee
America
Englah
William the Conqueror
England
Virginia House of Burgesses
House of Burgesses
Massachusetts
Continental Congress
Great Britain
John Adams
United State
Virginia
Magazine of American History
The Declaration of Independence Centuries Later
A 146 year old note recalls the Philadelphia gathering of colonists who signed a paper that became one of history’s most momentous documents the declaration of independence. The article reflects on its enduring significance and origins.
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Philadelphia
Abou Flies
Mrs Jones muses on where firs come from while a family joke turns on weather and work. A child riffs that the cyclone makes the house fly and the butterfy joke echoes a family supper chat about daily life.
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Mrs. Jones
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Insylvania Roadhouse
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Goodyear
Colgate
West Texas
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