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Cromwell Pearce In Miniature

19-Feb-10

This photo of a miniature portrait is the earliest image of my Pearce family I have found to date. It was painted by James Peale of Philadelphia, circa 1800, and is inscribed: Gen’l Cromwell Pearce. This particular Cromwell Pearce was a grandson of Edward Pearce and Frances Brassington who immigrated from Northern Ireland to Pennsylvania [...]