Mount Laurel, New Jersey Revolutionary War Sites
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR SITES IN MOUNT LAUREL, NEW JERSEY

Mount Laurel Historic Sites
GENERAL CLINTON HOUSE
(Also known as the Thomas Smith House)

Mount Laurel NJ in the Revolutionary War
Thomas Smith House

General Clinton House
1645 Hainesport-Mount Laurel Rd.
(Private Home)
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This house is a private residence.
Please respect the privacy and property of the owners.

The plaque reads:
"General Clinton House. Oldest Portion built by Thomas Smith Sr . 1738 " [1]

General Clinton stayed at this house on the night of June 19, 1778 while marching his army out of Philadelphia, while his troops encamped at the Evesham Friends Meeting House. [2]

Revolutionary War Sites in Mount Laurel New Jersey
EVESHAM FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE
Evesham Friends Meeting House
Mount Laurel, NJ
Mount Laurel, NJ
Revolutionary War Sites

Evesham Friends Meeting House
Moorestown-Mount Laurel Rd. and Evesboro Rd.
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The sign reads:
"Evesham Friends Meeting House - Oldest Friends Meeting House in Burlington County. Used as barracks for General Clinton's troops in June 1778.  Built 1760. Addition 1798. " [3]

Mount Laurel, New Jersey in the Revolutionary War

Sources:

1. ^ Mount Laurel Historical Society sign.

2. ^ Mark Di Ionno A Guide To New Jersey's Revolutionary War Trail ( New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2000) p 35

3. ^ Sign placed outside the Evesham Friends Meeting House.

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