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As the county seat, Newtown played a strategic role during the Revolutionary War. Newtown not only had the courthouse and jail, but also housed the county treasury. The treasury proved to be an irresistible temptation to the Doan gang, a band of Tory sympathizers, who terrorized the countryside during the Revolutionary War. On the night of October 22, 1781, the Doan gang rode into town and broke into the house of County Treasurer John Hart who lived on State Street. They captured Hart and after ransacking his house, forced him to take them to the county treasury where they promptly relieved it of its entire contents.
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From website http://www.buckscountymag.com/magazine/a-tale-of-two-newtowns/
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HART HOUSE — 256 S. State Street, Newtown, PA
Original old section dates to 1719. Was residence of John Hart, County Treasurer. In this house in October, 1781, the Doan Brothers, Bucks County outlaws, held up Hart, took his keys and robbed the County treasury of Newtown of $2300.
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