. Xovember 18, 1777, Lord Cornwallis, in command of three thousand Britishregulars, entered the town and from this place embarked his men for the attackon the American fort at Billino-sport, N. J. At that time over eighty Britishmen-of-war and transports lay in the river off this town. September 26, 1778, James Fitzpatrick, the noted outlaw and British spy,w-ho figiires as Sandy Flash, in Bayard Taylors Story of Kenneth, S. WeirJMitchelFs Hugh Wynne, and General Jones Quaker Soldier, was executedat the intersection of Edginont and Pr
. Xovember 18, 1777, Lord Cornwallis, in command of three thousand Britishregulars, entered the town and from this place embarked his men for the attackon the American fort at Billino-sport, N. J. At that time over eighty Britishmen-of-war and transports lay in the river off this town. September 26, 1778, James Fitzpatrick, the noted outlaw and British spy,w-ho figiires as Sandy Flash, in Bayard Taylors Story of Kenneth, S. WeirJMitchelFs Hugh Wynne, and General Jones Quaker Soldier, was executedat the intersection of Edginont and Providence avenues, Chester, In July, 1779, the American privateer, Holker, lay ofE Chester, where sherecruited a number of men, and here Capt. Mathew Lawyer exchanged old, dis-abled cannons for new iron, giving four tons of the former for one ton of the latter, September o, 1781, Washington with his army passed thiough Chester on hisway to Yorktowu, to meet and capture Cornwallis. In April, 1782, Capt. Joshua Barney, who had in a naval engagement in the eight. Delaware Bay, captured the British ship-of-war, General Monk, brought theship, the Hjder Ali, and her prize to Chester, where he also brought CaptainEodgers, the British commander, ashore. A Quaker lady nursed the Englislmianuntil he had recovered of his wounds, after which he was exchanged. January 3, 1786, Elizabeth Wilson, convicted of murdering her twin infants,was hanged at the intersection of Providence and Edgmont avenues. Her caseis one of the most memorable in the judicial annals of the commonwealth. March 18, 1786, the Executive approved the Act changing the county seatof Chester county from Chester to West Chester, and on September 25th, of thesame year. Sheriff William Gibbons was directed to remove the prisoners in theold prison to the jail at West Chester. ilarch 18, 1788, the old courthouse and jail at Chester were sold to Wil-liam Kerlin for £4:15. Monday, April 20, 1789, Washington, who was on his way to
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