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Francis Hopkinson and the Constitution
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1770s Wagon-Master Journal at HS of Trappe
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Cannonballs and a Skeleton: A Pennsylvania Mystery
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Conrad Weiser, Indian Affairs Agent (1696-1760)
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Where was one of the oldest and largest iron ore deposits in America found in the 1730s?
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Why was prominent Philadelphia Quaker James Pemberton exiled to Virginia in September 1777?
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George Washington Was Here
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On July 31, 1777, a wealthy Frenchman was named a major general in the Continental army at age 19. Can you name him?
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The Rock Ford Plantation in Lancaster, Pennsylvania was once home to what Revolutionary War general?
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