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Eli Slifer lived here from 1861 to 1888. During the Civil War, as Secretary of the Commonwealth and assistant to Governor Andrew Curtin, he played a leading role in mobilizing the state's men and resources for war. He was elected State Assemblyman and State Treasurer. Born in 1818, he died in 1888. The house is now the office of Evangelical Home.
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