Tells about the Depression of 1857 which occurred after the failure of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company's New York branch on Aug 24, 1857. Gives a history of the "lower counties," a territory awarded to William Penn on Aug. 24, 1682. This land became Delaware, the first state to ratify the new U.S. Constitution.; The panic of 1857 -- William Penn acquires the "lower counties."
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Year
1998
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Other