Description: From December 1777 to June 1778, a farm house owned by the Rev. William Currie in Tredyffrin Township was used as quarters for William Alexander, Lord Sterling, a highly respected Major General with the American Army. In 1904 Lucy Sampson photographed the home located, then as now, on Yellow Springs Road one-half mile west of the Knox covered bridge over Valley Creek. - Herb Fry and Roger Thorne
Photographer/artist: Lucy Sampson
Date taken: ~ 1904
Photo location:
Type: photo
Subject: House
Township: Tredyffrin
Source: Herb and Barbara Fry Collection
References: The Generals' Quarters in the 18th Century Tredyffrin section of the web site.
Contributor: Digitized by Roger Thorne
Notes: Published in Valley Forge: A Chronicle of American Heroism by Frank Taylor (1905). Available online at Hathitrust.org
