Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-09-17

occurred in 1777, when he issued writ
OF habeas corpus IN behalf OF 20 por-
sons confined in the Freemason's Lodge,
philadelphia, on reasonable charges.
He died June cath, 1877, and Is buried \
10 Philadelphia. His first wife was }
Mary Borden Of Bordentown, N. j..
tho second Sarah Armitage of New
CASTLE, Del.
The mail facilities OF New London
have been in existence almost a CEN
tury. On March 4tb, 1877, % citizens
signed articles Of agreement in order to
facilitate and insure the regular OBJ
They drew Nos. |, g B. and 80 on, pro-
excessively. No. brought the packet
from Christiana bridge the first week,
No. 9 the next, and 30 on, until
tho eutire plumber had acted. The
packet was delivered on Saturdays at
the house Of Allen Cunningham. Any
subscriber neglecting to deliver the
packet in his turn forfeited and paid 4
tho SUN OF Is. Cd. to the use OF the
subscribers. The subscribers to the
articles agreed that II any person
should let give or send his papers to
his neighbor regularly, SO as TO prevent
him from being a subscriber to the
agreement to carry the newspaper to
the Cross Roads, he should forfeit and
pay 81 at the end OF every six months
for every such offence. The articles were
subscribed to by James Fulton, James .
johnson, Andrew Boyd, ALLEN Cunning
ham, Joseph Strawbridge, John FinDey,
Walter Finney, John Mcdowell. Thomas
Henderson, Robert Corey, John Me-
nongh, Jr., George Corey, John M.
Garlic. John Fulton, Alexander Fulton,
John Wilson. John Moore, David
Corey, William Carlile, James Wilson,
James Edwin and John Fulton, halter.
Nathaniel Hudders, the last Of the
number. died near Oxford October 4th,
1866, in his 9th year. The Inst of
papers subscribed for shows that one
| received Wilmington paper, five
! Smiths Paper, and four The Gazette.
The New London postoliice was estab-
lished January I'd, 1903. John W. Guns
ingbam as postmaster
| Capt. Allen Cunningham emigrated
| TO America in l765. settling at New
4 London nine years later AT the
| baltic of Brandywine he commanded
company in Gen. Maxwell's division.
He was twice shipwrecked, twice
robbed twice burned out, twice
married, and had two sons and two
daughters. He passed away in May,
1901, and sleeps ip the old graveyard
near tho village. His son, Gen. John
W. Cunningham, was born at New
London. He was in the State Legis-
lature In 1909 and 1870 and held
various Offices during his lifetime. In
1928 no was Presidential elector,
when Gen. jackson was first elected
President. The following inscription
is on mis- tomb;
"Sacred to the memory of John w.
Cunningham. In public life esteemed and
variously employed. As neighbor,
upright, firm, and friendly. AT home
tender and aifectionate. OF the Pres
byterian Church an attached member,
and for twenty nine years a ruling
26th, 1910, in the sixty-frst year of
his age.''
The late jesse @. Dickoy was for
years resident of New London. lie
served in tho State Legislature for
three successive years aud was elected
to Congress in the fall of 1913. He
was strong apti-slavery advocate, and
his speech on the admission of Cali
fornia into the Union as free State
was spirited. Mr.. Dickey was in
Washington when the first shots were
fred at Fort Sumter, and he became a
member of Casius M. Clay Battalion,
,, continuing until its disbandment. He
,, was afterward appointed paymaster in
tho United States army, with head
! quarters at New Orleans and st. Louis.
/, While in Office he journeyed over 33, :
: 600 miles on duty and paid out over
81, 600, 900, not dollar Of which was
, ever questioned, az the "old war
! horse" was as honest as the sun.
One of tho pioneer landlords of the
Cross Roads Inn was Lazarus Finney,
! who, in 1923, petitioned to keep a
3 public house. His application reads
"That your petitioner living on ye
: great road leading from Susquehanna
to Philadelphia and ye road from
Conestoga TO New Castle, in the town
y ship OF New. London, where there is
great resort for travellers, vino fire..
quently travel along ye said road and
: are often burthensome to your poti-
TONER and several Of We neighbors fol
enterfainment for want of a house OF
entertainment on ye aforesaid roads. T"