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Quarters of Major General William Alexander

Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania
· Lord Sterling
Military
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During the Valley Forge encampment from December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778, Major General William Alexander, Lord Stirling, of the Continental Army was quartered here. Major James Monroe, later the fifth President of the United States, was also quartered here as aide-de-camp to Stirling. The house was the home of Parson William Currie.
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