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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pennsylvania, (search)
Dec. 19, 1777 Battle of the kegs ......Jan. 5, 1778 Affair at Barren Hill......May 20, 1778 British evacuate Philadelphia and retire across the Delaware through New Jersey towards New York......June 18, 1778 Washington crosses the Delaware pursuing the British, leaving Gen. Benedict Arnold in command at Philadelphia......June, 1778 Massacre in the Wyoming Valley......July 2-4, 1778 John Roberts and Abram Carlisle, wealthy citizens of Philadelphia, executed as Tories......Nov. 22, 1778 [Twenty-three others tried, but acquitted.] By act of Assembly the proprietary claims of the Penn family to ungranted lands or quit-rents were vested in the State, leaving the late proprietaries all private property, including manors, etc. The Assembly also granted to the Penns, in remembrance of the founder of Pennsylvania, the sum of £ 130,000=$524,000, payable in instalments, to commence one year after the peace......1779 [Besides this, which was faithfully paid, the British