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American Revolutionary War History
American Revolutionary War History
1801 - William Shippen died. He was a patriot, politician and physician. He served as a Pennsylvania delegate to the Continental Congress from 1779 to 1780.
| "Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood." John Adams |
