Thomas Jefferson Ate and Slept Here
On his journey from Philadelphia to Monticello, Thomas Jefferson departed on September 3rd, 1776, riding his horse. His first stop was at the White Horse, where he paid 11 shillings for lodging […]
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William Trent Visits the White Horse
William Trent, a fur trader and merchant based in colonial Pennsylvania, wrote a captivating letter to Richard Peters in July 1750. In the letter, he discussed topics like marriage, business, and Indian […]
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Gen. Smallwood lay at the White Horse
I haven’t found a copy of the actual handwritten notes by Captain Thomas Buchanan. Our Inn is west of Paoli. At the affair of Paoli, in the fall of 1777, I was […]
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Myrtle L. Berger Swanenberger, a poetess, lived on the property in the early 1920s, writing in 1923 the “Why the Cow Jumped Over the Moon”:
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