Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Patriot William Shippen

No major battles occurred on this date.

But in 1801, Patriot William Shippen, of the powerful Shippen family of Philadelphia dies at the age of 89 at his home in Germantown, PA. He was a descendant of the well-known Edward Shippen, colonial Philadelphia’s mayor and Pennsylvania’s chief justice.
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