Records of the Courts of Sussex County, Delaware, Volume 1


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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.




Some Records of Sussex County, Delaware (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from Some Records of Sussex County, Delaware There is probably no State in the Union where one would find less material for writing its history than in Delaware, says the American Historical Association in its report for 1906. Let one attempt to write the history of any portion of Delaware and the statement of the American Historical Association will be found only too tr'ue. 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 imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Records of the Courts of Sussex County, Delaware, 1677-1710


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Combines and transcribes materials from several sources to form a virtually complete series of highly detailed minutes and dockets for Sussex County from 1677-1710. While accompanying documents are lacking, these extant records provide the clearest picture of the legal proceedings for any county in the Delaware Valley in the early colonial era. Transcribed, edited, and with an introduction by Craig W. Horle. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR




Slavery and Freedom in Delaware, 1639-1865


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A text for courses in colonial and antebellum history. It analyzes the 'peculiar institution' in the First State.