Chester County and its people .. . s received by the committeefrom Delawaie and Chester Counties, headed respectively by Cap-tain William Anderson and Colonel Joseph McClellan. A largeparty was in waiting at Chadds Ford to conduct the illustriousvisitor over the battle-ground on which he had ftroven his devo-tion to the cause of American liberty, and on the battle-grounditself there was a large concourse of people in carriages, on horse-back and on foot, to welcome the nations guest. About a mile from Chadds Ford the general alighted fromhis carriage to call upon Gideon Gilpin, a very aged man
Chester County and its people .. . s received by the committeefrom Delawaie and Chester Counties, headed respectively by Cap-tain William Anderson and Colonel Joseph McClellan. A largeparty was in waiting at Chadds Ford to conduct the illustriousvisitor over the battle-ground on which he had ftroven his devo-tion to the cause of American liberty, and on the battle-grounditself there was a large concourse of people in carriages, on horse-back and on foot, to welcome the nations guest. About a mile from Chadds Ford the general alighted fromhis carriage to call upon Gideon Gilpin, a very aged man, atwhose house during the battle of the Bi*andywine he had madehis headquarters. The procession then moved to Dilworthtown,where another large concourse of citizens awaited the arrival ofthe distinguished party. It then passed on to the BirminghamMeeting-house, where the general pointed out the spot where hehad been wounded, a short distance east and south of the pointwhere the road from the meeting-house comes in at right angles. GKXERAL LAlAVETTK. 1824. AXD ITS PEOPLE. 265 with the east and west road. At the meeting-house another largeassemblage of people had collected. The party then took dinnerat the house of Samuel Jones, a short distance of the meeting-house, and the procession moved to Strodes Mill and thence to theDarlington woods, near the west line of the borough of WestChester. Here the volunteers of the Third Division were drawn upto escort the general and his party into town, the volunteers num-bering about seventeen companies. A salute of thirteen guns wasfired by the Eepublieau Artillerists, after which the entire partypioceeded in to the borough commanded by General Isaac D. Bar-nard, by way of what is now Kosedale Avenue, to High Street, andthence up High Street. It was estimated that fully 10,000 peoplewere assembled in West Chester to receive the general, and thewelcome accorded was both hearty and sincere. The processionmoved up High to Market, to Walnut, t
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