Wilmington, DE

Wilmington, De., New Castle co. City, and port of entry. Situated between Brandywine and Christiana Creeks, 1 mile above their junction. 47 miles N. from Dover, and 28 miles S. W. from Philadelphia. Population in 1830, 6,628; in 1840, 8,367; in 1850, 13,931. Both the business and population of the place have rapidly increased within a few years past... The city is built on ground gradually rising to the height of 112 feet above the level of tide water. It is laid out with regularity; the streets, which are broad and airy, crossing each other at right angles. It is supplied with water from the Brandywine, by waterworks, like those of Philadelphia. The place is well built; the houses are generally of brick, and many of them are elegant. (Gazetteer of the United States of America, 1854)
Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Residents in 1860
Date Title
Thomas Garrett to James Miller McKim, December 29, 1854
Miss. G. A. Lewis to William Still, October 28, 1855
Thomas Garrett to William Still, November 21, 1855
Thomas Garrett to William Still, December 19, 1855
Thomas Garrett to William Still, December 26, 1855
Thomas Garrett to William Still, March 23, 1856
Thomas Garrett to William Still, March 23, 1856
Thomas Garrett to James Miller McKim and William Still, May 11, 1856
Thomas Garrett to James Miller McKim and William Still, November 4, 1856
Thomas Garrett to William Still, November 6, 1856
Thomas Garrett to Samuel Rhoads, March 13, 1857
Thomas Garrett to William Still, March 27, 1857
Thomas Garrett to William Still, April 1, 1857
Thomas Garrett to William Still, June 9, 1857
Thomas Garrett to William Still, September 6, 1857
Thomas Garrett to William Still, October 31, 1857
Thomas Garrett to William Still, November 5, 1857
Thomas Garrett to William Still, November 14, 1857
Thomas Garrett to William Still, November 25, 1857
Thomas Garrett to William Still, November 25, 1857
Thomas Garrett to William Still, February 5, 1858
Anonymous to William Still, June 13, 1858
Thomas Garrett to William Still, August 21, 1858
Thomas Garrett to William Still, August 25, 1858
Thomas Garrett to William Still and James Miller McKim, September 6, 1858
Thomas Garrett to William Still and James Miller McKim, November 21, 1858
Thomas Garrett to William Still, August 25, 1859
New York Herald, "The Maryland Legislature and the Underground Railroad," January 19, 1860
Thomas Garrett to William Still, December 1, 1860
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Gen. Scott,” April 27, 1861
Thomas Garrett to William Still, January 23, 1864
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