Story: Ten Crucial Days

Thomas Clarke

1742-1802 I was a Quaker opposed to war, but war came right through my property. My family came to America after converting to the Quaker faith, seeking a welcoming community

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Absalom Bainbridge

1742-1807 I was a doctor who chose to stay loyal to Britain, and paid a heavy price. I was born in 1742 in Maidenhead – now Lawrence Township – and

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Hugh Mercer

1725-1776 I was a Patriot leader who will be known forever as a martyr to the cause. I was born in Scotland in 1725 and studied medicine at the University

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Philemon Dickinson

1739 – 1809 I was a leader of the Militia, and a representative in the Legislature. I was born in Delaware in 1739 on my father’s plantation. I graduated from

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Richard Stockton

1746-1794 I was a signer of the Declaration of Independence who suffered during the war. My grandfather had purchased land from William Penn way back in 1701, and I was

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Colonel John Cox

1732 – 1793 I was a businessman who proudly served the Revolutionary cause. I was born in New Brunswick in September 1732 and grew up to be a prominent Philadelphia

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Mary Peale Field

1743 – 1816 I was a widow whose home was nearly destroyed by war. I was born in Philadelphia in 1743 to Oswald and Lydia Peale. I married a prominent

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Jacob Francis

1754 – 1836 I started life in servitude and ended it in freedom. I was born in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County in 1754. My mother was a black woman and

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Abraham Hunt

1741 – 1821 Was I a Patriot? Was I a Loyalist? Either way, I was a critical actor at the Turning Point of the Revolution. In 1776, I was a

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