Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . THE PATRIOTIC QUAKERESS. When the British array held possession of Philadelphia, GeneralHarris head-quarters were in Second street, the fourth door belowSpruce, in a house which was before occupied by General Cadwala-der. Directly opposite, resided William and Lydia Darrah, membersof the Society of Friends. A superior officer of the British army,believed to be the Adjutant General, fixed upon one of their cham-bers, a back room, for
Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . THE PATRIOTIC QUAKERESS. When the British array held possession of Philadelphia, GeneralHarris head-quarters were in Second street, the fourth door belowSpruce, in a house which was before occupied by General Cadwala-der. Directly opposite, resided William and Lydia Darrah, membersof the Society of Friends. A superior officer of the British army,believed to be the Adjutant General, fixed upon one of their cham-bers, a back room, for private conference; and two of them fre-quently met there, with fire and caudles, in close consultation. THE PATRIOTIC QUAKERESS. 18t About the second of December, the Adjutant General told Lydiathat they would be in the room at seven oclock, and remain late, and. RESIDENCE OF THE QUAKERESS, IX SECOND STREET BELOW SPRUCE, PHILADELPHIA. that they wished the family to retire early to bed ; adding, that whenthey were going away, they would call her to let them out, and extin-guish their fire and candles. She accordingly sent all the family tobed, but, as the oflScer had been so particular, her curiosity wasexcited. She took ofT her shoes, and put her ear to the key-hole ofthe conclave. She overheard an order read for all the British troopsto march out, late in the evening of the fourth, and attack GeneralWashingtons army, then encamped at White Marsh. On hearingthis, she returned to her chamber and laid herself down. Soonafter, the officers knocked at her door, but she rose only at the thirdsummons, having feigned to be asleep. Her mind was so much agitated that, from this moment, she couldneither eat nor sleep, supposing it to be in her power to save thelives of thousands of her countrymen, but not knowing how she was 188 THE PATRIOTIC QUAKERESS.
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