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Title: A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Gibbons, Hughes Oliphant, 1843- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publisher: Philadelphia, The John C. Winston company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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for treasurer ofa church? Our old account books show that ColonelLinnard was as faithful in his church duties as in hisduties to the government. Still a third Revolutionary octogenarian was JohnW. Woodside, who died in 1835. He was a lieuten-ant in the Third Pennsylvania, and was taken prisonerat Fort Washington in the action of November 16,1776. For almost two years he remained a prisoner,and suffered all the horrors of a prison ship in NewYork harbor. It is probable that he saw six of the eightpastors of Old Pine Street. Another trustee, Nathan Boys, was one of the earliestAmerican naval officers on record—perhaps the earliest.In 1775 he was First Lieutenant of the armed boatWashington, and on December sixth of the sameyear was appointed Captain of the armed boat Frank-lin. In March, 1779, he was senior in command inthe defenses of Philadelphia, and remained in the serv-ive of the State until Comte dEstaings arrival on 1 Autobiography of Lt.-Gen. Winfield Scott, Vol. I., page 34.
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COLONEL WILLIAM LINNARD An officer of the American Revolution; Quartermaster-General of the United States Army; long Treasurer and Trustee of the church, and buried in the churchyard From a portrait in possession of Mr. George B. Linnard. Old Pine Street Men in the Revolution. 89 American shores removed all danger of another attackby sea. Lieutenant-Colonel James Ross would have donecredit to a West Point education in tactics. He wasnoted among the Pennsylvania troops for his clear-headedness and insight, and his scouting reports wereof the greatest value, as is indicated by the following: The dispatch, which is a model for clearness in all details thenneeded, was sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Ross, and was for-warded by General Sullivan to the Commander-in-Chief: Great Valley Road, ii A. M.Dear Genl:— A large body of the enemy, from every account 5,000,with 16 or 18 field pieces, marched along this road justnow. This road leads to Taylors Ferry and JeffriesFerry on the Brandywine, and

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