Exterior view of the Delaware County residence used as a headquarters by the French general Marquis De La Fayette before the American Revolutionary battle in September 1777. Several trees line the property. The residence owned by Quaker farmer Gideon Gilpin was plundered by the British following the American's loss of the battle., Manuscript note on recto: Dwelling of Gideon Gilpin., Published in George Smith's History of Delaware County (Philadelphia : Printed by Henry B. Ashmead, 1862) opp. p. 381., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 109, Gift of David Doret.
Creator
Tholey, Charles P., d. 1898, artist
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Residences - G [P.2006.31.2]
