Dover, DE

DOVER, Dover Hundred, the capital of Del., and seat of justice of Kent co., is a borough on Jones' creek, 10 ms from its entrance into Delaware bay, 50 ms s. of Wilmington; from W. 120 ms. It is built on four principal streets, which, intersecting, form a square in the centre of the town. Here is an elegant statehouse, and several churches, banks, and other public buildings, are in the vicinity. The buildings are neat, and generally of brick. It contains a monument erected to the memory of Col. John Haslett, who fell at the battle of Princeton, in 1777. The population, in 1810, was about 900; in 1820, 600; in 1830, 1,300; in 1840, 3,790; in 1850, 4,207. (Fanning's, 1853)
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City or Town
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Kent County, DE

Dover, Delaware (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
DOVER, Dover Hundred, the capital of Del., and seat of justice of Kent co., is a borough on Jones' creek, 10 ms from its entrance into Delaware bay, 50 ms s. of Wilmington; from W. 120 ms. It is built on four principal streets, which, intersecting, form a square in the centre of the town. Here is an elegant statehouse, and several churches, banks, and other public buildings, are in the vicinity. The buildings are neat, and generally of brick. It contains a monument erected to the memory of Col. John Haslett, who fell at the battle of Princeton, in 1777. The population, in 1810, was about 900; in 1820, 600; in 1830, 1,300; in 1840, 3,790; in 1850, 4,207.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 107.
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Alabama's secession commissioner warns Delaware of slave insurrection under Republican rule Lawmaking/Litigating
Delaware state legislature votes overwhelmingly to stay in the Union Lawmaking/Litigating
Senator John Middleton Clayton, negotiator of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, dies in Delaware Personal
The Delaware Opposition Party Convention meets to select delegates for Chicago Campaigns/Elections
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Methodist Cemetery, Dover, DE Location or Site
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Thomas Garrett to Samuel Rhoads, March 13, 1857
Thomas Garrett to William Still, March 27, 1857
Anonymous to William Still, June 13, 1858
Delaware State Legislature, Resolutions in Reaction to the District of Columbia Franchise Bill, Dover, Delaware, January 22, 1866
John Hunn to William Still, November 7, 1871
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