1. Richard Thomas (1744–1832) of West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pa., had been commissioned colonel of the 5th Regiment of the Chester militia in May 1777. He served in Congress from 1795 to 1801.

2. The Turk’s Head Tavern, which was operated by Loyalist Jacob James at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, was located north of Dilworthtown at present-day West Chester, Pennsylvania. Part of Howe’s army marched past the Turk’s Head on the morning of 16 Sept. (see Scull, Montresor Journals description begins G. D. Scull, ed. The Montresor Journals. New York, 1882. In Collections of the New-York Historical Society, vol. 14. description ends , 452–53; Lydenberg, Robertson Diaries description begins Harry Miller Lydenberg, ed. Archibald Robertson, Lieutenant-General Royal Engineers: His Diaries and Sketches in America, 1762–1780. New York, 1930. description ends , 147; and Ewald, Diary description begins Johann Ewald. Diary of the American War: A Hessian Journal. Translated and edited by Joseph P. Tustin. New Haven and London, 1979. description ends , 88).