. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. medicine in America,immediately tendered his services to the cause whenthe War broke out. He was chief physician to theFlying-Camp, July 15 to December 1, 1776. On April11, 1777, Congress appointed him Director-General ofAll Hospitals, a position which he filled with enthusi-asm, energy and skill, four years. William McMullin, prominent in the history of thechurch until his death, in 1797, was a Captain; JamesThompson rose to the rank of Colonel. Thomas Robinson was prompt to enter
. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. medicine in America,immediately tendered his services to the cause whenthe War broke out. He was chief physician to theFlying-Camp, July 15 to December 1, 1776. On April11, 1777, Congress appointed him Director-General ofAll Hospitals, a position which he filled with enthusi-asm, energy and skill, four years. William McMullin, prominent in the history of thechurch until his death, in 1797, was a Captain; JamesThompson rose to the rank of Colonel. Thomas Robinson was prompt to enter into thestruggle with England. We find him Captain of theFourth Pennsylvania, January 5, 1776; Major of theFifth, October 2, 1776; and as Lieutenant-Colonel ofthe First Pennsylvania, he was shot down while lead-ing his regiment in the Battle of Brandywine, Septem-ber 11, 1777. After a long illness, he recovered, andentered the army again. January r, 1783, he wastransferred to the Second Pennsylvania, and serveduntil the disbanding. Colonel Robinson was woundedthree times and had four horses shot under COLONEL THOMAS ROBINSON Lieutenant-colonel of the First Pennsylvania in the RevolutionaryWar; a Trustee of Old Pine Street From the portrait in Independence Hall.
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