caption death_date death_place religion birth_place image_size nationality relatives name birth_date known_for spouse image article_title birth_name
silhouette . of sally wister , her only known likeness 21 april 1804 germantown , pennsylvania quaker philadelphia , pennsylvania 100px american john wistar the younger wister , caspar wistar the elder , caspar sally wister 20 july 1761 journal -lrb- none -rrb- sally wister.jpg sally wister
 sarah wister
sally wister

sarah -lrb- `` sally '' -rrb- wister -lrb- july 20 , 1761 -- april 21 , 1804 -rrb- was a girl living in pennsylvania during the american revolution .
she is principally known as the author of `` sally wister 's journal , '' written when she was sixteen ; it is a first-hand account of life in the nearby countryside during the british occupation of philadelphia in 1777 -- 78 .
