Lancaster, Robert Alexander, 1862- [from old catalog] · Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott company · leaf 121
ndow. BOLLINGBROOK The most interesting house in Petersburg is Boiling-brook, the old homestead of the Boiling family. In April, 1781, when the British first occupied Peters-burg, their commander, General Philips, made Boiling-brook his headquarters. On May 10, when they again tookpossession of the… … BOLLINGBROOK,PETERSBURG was carried into the cellar for safety. One cannon-ballwent tearing entirely through the house. General Philipsis said to have exclaimed, Why will they not let me diein peace. He did die here on the thirteenth of May. The Marquis de Chastellux, in his Memoirs, describesa…
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