Ingersoll, Jared

Independence Hall

Philadelphia, PA — Site of the Second Continental Congress and of the signing of the Declaration of Independence; access is available through a Park Ranger tour.

Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church

Colonial Churchyard of Old Pine Street Church

Philadelphia, PA — Completely redesigned since its founding in 1768, but with the original walls intact, this is remembered as the “Church of the Patriots

” It is the only remaining Colonial Presbyterian church and churchyard in America

But with the British army evacuated [from Philadelphia in 1778] and the Patriots now in charge, Philadelphia Loyalists were doubly vulnerable to censure and punishment for siding with the Crown and for having consorted with the enemy. The Philadelphia Assembly Appointed [Charles Willson] Peale and four others to be Commissioners of Forfeited Estates, and for that the commissioners would receive a 5 percent commission. Peale’s group had extraordinary power to interrogate suspected traitors, break into houses, remove property, and sell off estates. Writs were issued to seize 118 estates ...

— Paul Staiti

Of Arms and Artists: The American Revolution Through Painter’s Eyes (2016)