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(c. 1715/1916/1957) This unusually tall, banked house is one of the earliest houses remaining in Pennsbury Township. It was built c. 1715 by Quaker William Harvey Sr., a malster from England. He lived here during the battle and filed a claim for damages, for items that were taken by the British and Hessian troops on September 11th and 12th. According to local tradition, a twelve-pound cannonball from Proctor’s battery passed through both walls of the kitchen, plunged along a floor, barely missed William’s legs, and buried itself six feet deep in the earth. William then sought safer ground. |
Houses Standing During the Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777
The Barns-Brinton House |
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