Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1922-11-01
OLD DELAWARE WAS LOYAL
TO KING, DOCUMENTS SHOW

dant of William Penn. The presen-
tation of these old documents was
made in 1909. There is endless 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 pub
lished in the Delaware archives.
In one of the side cases there is
shown a Bible printed in 1882, on
which the governors of Delaware
made oath. It is all in Latin, and
there is an engraving on the front
in the quaint and sad old style of that
time. 1t is an immense old volume,
very much mended in the cover and
inside 1t is indeed very solemn
looking.
There are many documents with
the old seal Of State. Everything
is in handwriting, some good and
some bad, but mostly very good and
much clearer than the ordinary hand
writing of today.
There is an order to 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 Of
fered at 81 each or $4,000 subject
to discount of 25 per cent, $1,000 is
the highest prize to be gained, and
the other prizes run down to 81
Each person pays $3.50 and the
other 81 so is made up from the prizes
of $500 and more"
Many old maps and plans OF the
State and city are found in the cases
In one holder are old land grants OF
Delaware from the year 1880. There
are also many old accounts with the
State many of them oddly worded
, These alone make fascinating read
, ing.
Some of those old documents have
envelopes attached to them, evidentl!
forming part of the document. Thu
letter was evidently folded up and tn
flaps turned around the other wa.
and pasted. This is an idea for SOM
I one who has not an envelope handy
It is like we used to do as children
i make our letter the envelope, toe
i We would mark off the parts tina
u ! ,fcila hTr
rows, indicate that we must not writ
in these sections. Then we woul
: write the rest of the sheet of pape
full and sometimes inclose anothe
sheet, closely written. This is bein!
t done largely by European countrie
: lately, evidently to have the weigh
d of the envelope in the postage charge
:, Barratt's Chapel, near Dover,
q said to be the oldest Methodist churc
/. in the world. Delaware boasts severa
e very old churches, of which the best
n known is the Old Swedes Church, i
/ Wilmington.
e One old building of which everyon
II tells you is the Logan farm, betwee
l. Dover and the bay. The first legi:
y lature met in this old building. 1t ha
Al an attic, in which are, or used to b.
p many relics of the old time.
lie In Dover itself is the old Cowgi
d. house called the haunted house
S, This apears in the story of "TE
al Entailed, Hats" but l am afraid the
lie have just naturally driven all IL
ghosts out by putting on new-fangle
m porches and actually painting tt
z. house!
Mt In hunting up old art and ant
,y quities in Dover | came across a cur
IN Gus old print that is privately owne
pc by Mr.. Samuel Carson, of Divisic
street and Delaware avenue. At Il
d. top is the inscription:
tie "a view of part of the town
as Boston, in New England, and Il
We British ships of war landing the
of troops, 176S."
ey This print was engraved, print,
and sold by Paul Revere, Boston (wl
re has since become famous through h
re supposed exciting ride), at a tin
of when he was extremely loyal
n England.-Evening Journal.