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The Delaware Colony, officially known as the three Lower Counties on the Delaware, was a semiautonomous region of the proprietary Province of Pennsylvania and a de facto British colony in North America. [1] Although not royally sanctioned, Delaware consisted of the three counties on the west bank of the Delaware River Bay.
Myers, Albert Cook ed., Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey, and Delaware, 1630–1707 (1912) Ward, Christopher Dutch and Swedes on the Delaware, 1609- 1664 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1930) Wiener, Roberta and James R. Arnold. Delaware: The History Of Delaware Colony, 1638–1776 (2004) Weslager, C. A.
Delaware Colony (before 1776, ... By 1640, 20,000 had arrived; many died soon after arrival, but the others found a healthy climate and an ample food supply.
It was the first colony in Delaware, ... Climate data for Georgetown, Delaware (Delaware Coastal Airport), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1945–present Month
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Capital of Delaware colony from 1651 to 1761, having well preserved architecture. 13: George Read II House: George Read II House. December 23, 2016 : New Castle: New ...
The stories of the pirates who once sailed southern Delaware’s coastal waters live on in the minds of area residents. Pirates of Fenwick Island: How buried coins, ghostly sounds keep the legend ...
Delaware was named after its location on the Delaware Bay, which in turn derived its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1577–1618), the first governor of the Colony of Virginia. The Delaware people, a name used by Europeans for Lenape people Indigenous to the Delaware Valley, also derive their name from the same source.