Margaret BHarvey, ; a sketch of her life and her work . 1 ?-^ iOl o. Map Dp Merion an3 ?Dra-wn by Marg^arat B. H arvey. Catalogue of Articles Placed ty Merion Chapter in tke Round W^mdow Room at Valley Forge. Antique oaken bedstead, very small and low, about the size of what,to-day, would be called a cot-bed. Quite picturesque, with its little round-headed posts. This bedstead was once the property of Charles Thomson,Secretary of Continental Congress. Secretary Thomson had, in 1765,signed the Non-Importation Act. He resided in Lower Merion township,in the original Bryn Mawr mansion built b
Margaret BHarvey, ; a sketch of her life and her work . 1 ?-^ iOl o. Map Dp Merion an3 ?Dra-wn by Marg^arat B. H arvey. Catalogue of Articles Placed ty Merion Chapter in tke Round W^mdow Room at Valley Forge. Antique oaken bedstead, very small and low, about the size of what,to-day, would be called a cot-bed. Quite picturesque, with its little round-headed posts. This bedstead was once the property of Charles Thomson,Secretary of Continental Congress. Secretary Thomson had, in 1765,signed the Non-Importation Act. He resided in Lower Merion township,in the original Bryn Mawr mansion built by Rowland Ellis in 1701, andlater called Harriton. The bedstead was presented by Mr. David Kinzie,of Radnor, Pa., to the Valley Forge Centennial and Memorial Association,and by the Association loaned to Merion Chapter. Linen sheet, 150 years old, once belonging to Mrs. Thomas Finley,of Elk township, Chester County. In the sheet, of hand-woven linen, areembroidered in pink silk cross-stitch the letters T. R. F. for Thomas andRebecca Finley. Thomas Finley was a soldie
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