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Restrike of an Archibald Dick engraving after the work of Philadelphia artist Russell Smith which originally appeared in the December 1844 edition of Godey's Lady Book. Depicts the Philadelphia house and grounds, completed in 1767, of Penn family lawyer, attorney general, and Chief Justice Benjamin Chew, occupied and used as a fortification by retreating British troops during the Battle of Germantown on October 4, 1777. On the grounds in the foreground, a boy and an African American servant exchange a book.

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The Library Company of Philadelphia

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Keywords

  1. African American Men
  2. African Americans
  3. Chew, Benjamin, 1758 1844
  4. Cliveden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  5. Dwellings
  6. Engravings
  7. Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  8. Germantown, Battle Of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777
  9. Historic Sites
  10. History
  11. Homes And Haunts
  12. Pennsylvania
  13. Philadelphia
  14. Restrikes
  15. Revolution, 1774 1781
  16. Servants
  17. United States

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