Portrait of Hannah Lawrence Schieffelin

Title: Portrait of Hannah Lawrence Schieffelin
Description: Hannah Lawrence Schieffelin was an American loyalist and poet who first supported the clause of the Patriots. She read a poem entitled "On the purpose" in front of Trinity Church in 1779 in opposition to the British occupation. She would later become a Loyalist after marrying British officer Jacob Schieffelin.
Creator: N/A
Publisher: NYPL
Date: 1790
Type: Portrait
Format: Image
Subject: Revolutionary War
Temporal Coverage: N/A
Rights: Public Domain

Item sets: The Price of Freedom: The American Revolution and the Flight from NYC; People & Faces

Site pages: The Price of Freedom: Loyalism, the American Revolution, and the Flight from NYC