Evening journal., 1889-11-16
90 YANcYKF- coNrRol--sY

rhe Evening Journai's' Corresp ndsnt
supports His Statements with Facts.
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
New CASTLE. Del. Nov. 16.-In the
Transcript of Thursday was |
an answer to your correspondents letter |
of day or two back. The following is a |
part: EVENING JOURNAL correspondent |
may think he is right in his supposition, |
but he can have ocular proof of the error |
of his statement by visiting the farm of |
A. Coulborn near Delaware CITY. y"
The EVENING JOURNAL correspondent
knows a number of reliable gentlemen of
st. Georges hundred who will testify
that they have been on the spot and have
seen the gravestone, the fence and all the
surroundings and who know that the
name of Nicholas Vandyke is on that
stone, with dates of birth and death.
with other data, which prove beyond a
doubt that the grave is the last resting
place of Nicholas Vandyke." Now the
correspondent will answer the letter In
answer to the first statement in regard to
having ocular proof Of the existence of a
grave at Delaware City, he never said
there was not But ne did say, still
says and ever will say, that 1t most as
suredly is not the grave of Nicholas
Vandyke, the governor, sena-
tor and lawyer. If the editor
of the Transcript still holds
to his assertion that it is, and wishes to
advance the plea that the relatives of
Vandyke forwarded money to put the
grave in repair, in proof of his theory,
the only answer that can be made is, that
if the descendants of Nicholas Vandyke
don't know any more in regards to the
location Of their honorable ancestors
last resting place, they ought to be
ashamed to acknowledge that they are
descended from him. Again, he says that
he knows lot of gentlemen in st.
Georges who will testify to the grave,
etc, being there, with inscriptions
thereon which prove, beyond doubt,
that Nicholas Vandyke is buried there.
Now your correspondent will ask
question and then answer it. did those
gentlemen see Nicholas Vandyke buriedY
Now for the answer: Neither Mr.. Col
bourn nor any other gentleman living
down around the vicinity of st. Georges
or Delaware City saw Nicholas Vandyke
buried where they say he is, for the
simple reason that several gentlemen
of New Castle, whose characters are
above reproach and whose reputation
for truthfulness is beyond question, saw
NicholasV Vsndyke laid to restin Emmanuel
P. e. Church yard, on May 25, 1926. If
the editor Of the Transcript doubts this
he may come to New Castle and your cor
respondent will introduce him to some Of
the old citizens of the city, and will give
him such unquestionable proof Of the
fact that Nicholas Yandyke was buried
here that there remains no doubt but
that he (the editor) viii be convinced of
the truth of these statements / do not
suppose he can get any one to say that
they saw Nicholas Yandyke buried where
he contends he is. On the tombstone
here is the following inscriptions
In memory of
| NICHOLAS NANDYKE, ESQ,
late Senator OF the
United States
| from Delaware
He died May 2ist 1926
In the 56th year of his age
| Faithful and conscientious in the
discharge of the varied duties
Of his private and public life
| his memory is
/ reverend as a relative and friend,
| His loss deplored as an
honest and eminent
statesman.
under this is an inscription to Mary Van
| u1hts hln WlAt. NtdF Nuls dft I0t RTENH
Of Charles Henry, Nicholas Kensey, JOIN
Delie, Ann and Alfred Washington Van
dyke. Now the question is why should
Nicholas Vandyke have been taken from
New Castle, where all his relatives anC
children are buried and laid to rest at
Delaware City2 Can the editor of tn,
Transcript answer this? II may be as he
said that cenotaph has been placed il
that field near Delaware City for reasons
that he states.
On Sunday afternoon at Emmanuel P
E. Church will be given the monthly
choral service. There will be no service
at night, but the chapel at the corner o
Ninth and Clayton streets win be opened
after having been closed for two years
Rev. P. B Lightner. the rector says th
prospects for continuation of chapel ser
vices are excellent.
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