Esther DeBerdt Reed: From Tory to American Patriot

Esther DeBerdt Reed: From Tory to American Patriot

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

ABC #060 - Part 1

London-born Esther DeBerdt Reed married a man who became George Washington’s right-hand man and switched her Tory allegiance to become a radial patriot; the organization she founded to provide some relief to the soldiers fighting for her freedom didn’t quite go the way that she had planned.

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