Rev. War: Account of Sacrilege Committed by British Army in the Baptist Meeting House, Tredyffrin; The History of Chester County by Futhey and Cope (1881); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sandra Ferguson . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** The following was submitted to Chester county authorities, after the Rev. war , from Futhey and Cope's THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. An account of a sacrillege committed in the Baptist Meeting House in Tredyffrin, in the county of Chester, in the State of Pennsylvania, by some of the British Army under Gen. Howe, in their march from the head of Elk to Philadelphia, the 18th or 20th day of September, when said Meeting-house was broken open and was stole from thence the Scaramental Dishes, viz.; 2 pewter dishes 15 shillings 2 " pints 8 " 1 diaper table cloth 12 shillings 1 Bible of the English language 15 " A change of Rainment for the administration of Baptism, viz.; 2 linen shirts 16 shillings 1 pair lined drawers 10 " the lock of the chest the goods were in 5 " The Saxton's tools for burials, viz.; 1 grubbing hoe 8 shillings 1 spade 7 " They destroyed and burnt on the parsonage farm viz.; 135 pannel of fence, equal to 810 rails at 4 sh./hundred 1£ 12 shillings "attested by James Davis Elder"