Evening journal., 1922-10-28
Old DelauUare Was Loyal
to King, Documents ShOuU

, Media, Pa. Mrs. Miller is de-
scendant OF william Penn. The
presentation OF these old documents
was made in 1909. There is end
less fancy scrollwork around the
first one.
For the Revolutionary War and
the war OF 1912 they have in the
State house all the original papers.
muster roll. etc. These are now
all published m the Delaware
archives.
In one Of the side cases there is
shown Bible printed in 1892. on
which the governors OF Delaware
made oath. II is all in Latin. and
there = an engraving on the front
In the quaint and sad old style
of that time. It is an immense old
volume, very much mended in the
cover and inside. Il IS indeed very
solemn-looking.
There are many documents with
the old seal of safe Everything
Is in handwriting. some good and
some bad, but mostly very good
and much clearer than the ordinary
handwr.t.n OF today.
There is an order 10 build the
Kent county court house. in. 1891.
Then there is a sealed notice Of a
lottery for building the Delaware /
State court house" There are 5000 [,
tickets offered at 50 each or $4,000. :
subject to a discount Of % per cent. I
$500 is the highest prize 10 be
gained. and the other prizes run
down to 50. Each person pays $3.50
and the other $3.50 is made up from
the prizes Of So and more.
Many old maps and plans OF the
State and city are found in the
cases. In one holder are cd land
grants Of Delaware from the year
1880. There are also many old ac-
counts with the State many of them
oddly worded. These alone make
reading.
Some OF those old documents have
envelopes attached 10 them. evil
IDENTIFY forming part OF the docu-
nent. The letter was evidently fold
I'd up and the flaps turned around
he other way and pasted. This is
IN idea for some one who has not an
envelope handy. Il is like we used
o do as children-make our letter
he envelope, too. We would mark
)ff the parts that would form the
outside and. by arrows indicate that
We must not write in these sections.
Then we would write the rest of the (
heet OF paper fun and sometimes
nclose another sheet, closely writ
en-. This is being done largely by
European countries lately. evidently
o have the weight Of the envelope {
n the postage charge.
Rarratt's Chapel. near Dover. is
aid to he the oldest Methodist
hurch in the world. Delaware
oasts several very old churches. Of
-hich the best-known is the Old a
wedes Church. in Wilmington. o
One old building OF which every q
ne tells you is the Logan farm be- '
veen Dover and the bay. Tie first b
geislature met in this old building. 4 p
has an attic, in which are. or used j
D be. many relics OF the old time
In Dover itself Is the old Cowgirl q
ouse. called the haunted house" p
his appears in the story OF The
'ntaiied Hats" but am afraid they o
ave just naturally driven all the %
hosts out by putting on new o
'ngled porches and actually paint q
" the house. 2,
In hunting up old art and an a
quities in Dover 7 came across a I,
lrious old print that is privately b
wned by Mr.. Samuel Carson. OF Di-l if
sion street and Delaware avenue n
I the top is the inscription: "
"A view OF part OF the town OF
oston. in New England and the -
ritish ships OF war landing their n,
oops. 1888"
This print was engraved. printed H.
nd sold by Paul Revere. Boston
who has since become famous -
rough his supposed exciting ridei -
a time when he was extremely Z,
va! 10 England.