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Susanna Warder, formerly the wife VirgU Warder, who was one of the i houfe fervarus of William Penn, proprietor of Pennfylvania.This aged black woman, (a daughter of one of his cooks) was born at his manfion houfe in Peonfbury, Manor, in March 1701, being the fame yeair in which the he left the province on bis return to England.At that time, Philadelphia, now the largefl city in the United States, was a wildernefs, the inhabitants ol which were chiefly Indians, of the Delaware and other tribes.Sufjnna was tall and ftraight io her perfon, graceful in all herdeporttneMS, agreeable in her maiher*, andi temperate in her fpeech and mode of living.Her memory was good, and her fight, which improved towards the clofe of her life, remarkably clear ; but of late time (he became hard of hearing.The Peon family refpeing herfaithful Cervices in the time of her, youth, allowed an annual fum to Pup , port her comfortably, when (he was1 notable to work, to the cod of her days.
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Gettysburg Centinel
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jul 26, 1809
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