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On This Date in Delaware, December 26: 1776 The Delaware
On This Date in Delaware, December 26: 1776 The Delaware Regiment, with less than 100 men led by Colonel Haslet of Milford, helped capture the Hess...
On This Date in Delaware, June 15: 1695 Watches were set up in
On This Date in Delaware, June 15: 1695 Watches were set up in Lewes to guard against French privateers who came to raid the town. 1863 Because of t...
On This Date in Delaware, November 12... 1872 Edwin Forrest,
On This Date in Delaware, November 12... 1872 Edwin Forrest, the famous actor and 19th Century tragedian, appeared in Hamlet, his last appearance in...
On This Date in Delaware, December 4... 1682 William Penn
On This Date in Delaware, December 4... 1682 William Penn annexed his Lower Three Counties (Delaware) to Pennsylvania in his first assembly meeting ...
On This Date in Delaware, November 9... 1856 John M. Clayton,
On This Date in Delaware, November 9... 1856 John M. Clayton, former US Senator and US Secretary of State, died in Dover at the home of his nephew J...
On This Date in Delaware, November 10... 1769 John Penn,
On This Date in Delaware, November 10... 1769 John Penn, representing Thomas and Richard Penn, proprietary sons of William, signed the charter for F...
On This Date in Delaware, November 13... 1732 John Dickinson,
On This Date in Delaware, November 13... 1732 John Dickinson, future governor (1781-1782) and Signer of the US Constitution, was born in Trappe, Mar...

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