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Excerpt from History of the State of Delaware, Vol. 2 of 3Alexander Porter was proprietor for one year. Collins Denney succeeded him and remained until 1836, and Captain Henry Reed, who died there in 1837, had been the proprietor for a little more than a year prior to his death. Next in order came Jesse Sharpe, and while he was in charge the building was sold, and in 1842 it was discontinued for hotel purposes and became a drygoods store. Afte...

Excerpt from History of the State of Delaware, Vol. 1 of 3With an extreme length from north to south of ninety-six miles, and a breadth varying from thirty-five miles at the widest part to less than ten at the narrowest, the territory of the State of Delaware comprises a total of square miles, or acres, bordered by Pennsylvania on the north, by Maryland on the west and south, and the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware bay and river on the east. The S...

Excerpt from The Three Signers: An Address by Henry C. Conrad, Esq., Of Wilmington, Delaware, Before the Sons of Delaware, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Saturday Evening, January 30, 1897One of the issues which led up to the Revolution was the failure of the British Government to allow the people living in these colonies to tax themselves, and also the further denial of the right to be tried by their peers. As I understand it, in many cases o...

Excerpt from The Three Signers: An Address by Henry C. Conrad, Esq., Of Wilmington, Delaware, Before the Sons of Delaware, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Saturday Evening, January 30, 1897One of the issues which led up to the Revolution was the failure of the British Government to allow the people living in these colonies to tax themselves, and also the further denial of the right to be tried by their peers. As I understand it, in many cases o...

Excerpt from Samuel White and His Father Judge Thomas White: An Almost Forgotten Senator, and His Father Who Was a Follower of Asbury in the Early Days of MethodismThe wheels of time move swiftly and surely. Men come and go and are forgotten. But few of the many make such an impression as to leave behind them a record that is remembered.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at w...

Excerpt from Samuel White and His Father Judge Thomas White: An Almost Forgotten Senator, and His Father Who Was a Follower of Asbury in the Early Days of MethodismThe wheels of time move swiftly and surely. Men come and go and are forgotten. But few of the many make such an impression as to leave behind them a record that is remembered.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at w...

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Excerpt from History of the State of Delaware, Vol. 3 of 3In the year 1806 the General Assembly passed an Act which authorized the continuance in full force of the Act of 1796 and the supplementary Act of 1797 until the first of January, 1820. In 1823 the General Assembly passed an Act that the entire school fund which had been raised from the sources named should be deposited in the Farmers' Bank. Thus it appears that the little mustard-seed ...

Excerpt from History of the State of Delaware, Vol. 1 of 3 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an i...

Excerpt from History of the State of Delaware, Vol. 2 of 3 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an i...

Excerpt from History of the State of Delaware, Vol. 3 of 3In the year 1806 the General Assembly passed an Act which authorized the continuance in full force of the Act of 1796 and the supplementary Act of 1797 until the first of January, 1820. In 1823 the General Assembly passed an Act that the entire school fund which had been raised from the sources named should be deposited in the Farmers' Bank. Thus it appears that the little mustard-seed ...

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