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Lydia Darragh’s Chair American Revolutionary War Spy and Patriot
When General Howe occupied Lydia Darragh’s parlor to hold a secret meeting, Lydia, a Quaker patriot hid in a closet and overheard Howe’s plans for his surprise attack on Washington’s forces at Whitemarsh. On December 3, 1777 Darragh passed through the British lines to the Rising Sun Tavern where Colonel Elias Boudinot received her information, allowing Washington to repel the attack and causing Howe to withdraw. Descended in the Darragh family. Philadelphia, mahogany, circa 1770, 38" high.
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