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HISTORY OF

DELAWARE. 1609—1888.

BY

THOMA5S ^CHAUF,

IN

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WiLMINOTON.

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Wll.MINOTttN, LiTEKAKY .AND MCSICAL SOCIETIES. 834

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list

of the

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The

returns of the contttAbles were as foilowa

••DMMibMr

the 8th of June, 1677, the justices

la^OBded to this aider aa fdhiwa

'

William

Coumy,

t,

tass,

Trnn them

IViiii,

in

ii

daltHi Cli^i^r,

land, •«>':

takru

collections of cuMtonis and quit-rcntM, being in-

•ofllcient

of September, 1677,

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mgji—I mmtlmf

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and Court-Housbs aho Prisons Cabtlk Toi nty. The early courts of New

FObts, Block IN


l 1778

UraDd7wlB«......„,„....

rhrUtian*

at TarioiM times, which nuty |Nroye

ofieteiHt:

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Hlackbinl

New

—

County w^ro fuM in the fort.-? that were erected by the Swedes and i'utcb. The first of these was Fort Osdmir, whidi was erected en a point at New

Castle

f'ri.Htli',

extending out into the Delaware River,

wliieli

has slowly gained upon the shore and washed the site

away.

Jean Paul Jacquet was appointed Vice-Director of the territory on the Delaware, and

anumed command

ItidA. He appointed a Council for the colo ny and laid out the town of New Castle. On the 25th of December, at his request Elmerhuysen Cleyn, Dirck Smith, Uuysbert Bracy, Hana Hopman and Andraes Hudde, naembers of the Couneil, e.xiiiniiied the fort and reportetl that they found it '* to be decayed in its walls and batteries and that if the same ibrt, if a good work is to be made of it, must be run up from the ground, whereas the outwork has already far the greater part fallen under foot, and what is still standing must necessarily fall,

of the fort early in December,

fnm

AefoUowiog isUken

onh ef 1815, and oontaint 'Am

/

JiVi'S

r

'It

•>/

f^oi

tfie Levy Court neea sniiiiDaiy of tazci in that

umi p«r*omil

^iropertg in

t/tf

ri'n4ittj

" Ej.uiliwuX' lliinilrvd

i^rmuim hnKukr

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ivCMto MItfM

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*tt,75«

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year

I

Briiiilj

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New

Oaitle Ooantj for

follows:

jlh

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Ulii,'&3

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Thataseaed valuation of tfc«

iijo lltitiilrnl

WilmiiuitAii WiliiiiBit»n

fur thf

|Jls,siil .

f2,.'>3i>,

Northern I»l«trti Sjulhern Dblrlrt

IJ.T'JH.Wnt

t

II

Ctotottuu* Hiin.lrras8 over them ns easily as through the inner gate itself, so that also an outer gate had to be made to be somewhat in j)(»*itii)n of defence mostly [against] the Swedes, who still [nourish] great hopes to be reinI

20th, in the same year,

in

i

:

atated." Mary

liondcnion.

-Mi'rtn*IJ T»Teni, Wlllinni B»ll.

h, f'rM'h lluntlrcd

^Ui, Ptiar«.t'r

t>b,

HuaJral -Bla«

Hundrnl— liuu«n

r^-k lluniirrd

i

beeanse it is burst and distended (bf water)." It doea not appear wliether any repairu upon the fort were made under Vice-Director Jacquet, as he was removed in March, 1667, and was socoeeded in May following, by Vice- Director Jacob Alrichs.

— huww of John

Uenlnteu, Newark. Iliiti inHl huuM of David ArnutrunK. Olaafuw. liijii'Iml John Uare'a Tmitrti (iiuw Marc's Oor-

—

Him

'..urt-f

—

lri-1— IHaiia BMdIe'l Taveru,

11

Ml, Ai^uiniouok

.St.

Gboiko'h,

cl— at the Tr»p lluixworTli'.ni.i^

i

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Uuudrad—JunasMllla' Ikvaro, bbickUnl.

Alrichs writes to the fl ivernor, March 18, I6'>S, that "the house iu the Fort iu whidt 1 live, has been raised one third fer a chamlier and a garret. ... I have alsti been obliged to make a new guard-house, as the old one could not be used and was entirely d^

cayed."

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HIBTORT OF DELAWARB.

ei4

After Mr. Alriclu' death ia December, Kidd, Alex,

ander de Hinijona wai in eominand. The court- room ii inentionetii of October, 1(J70, Capt John Carr, commander, made proposals to the Oounctl at New Ctotle setting forth " that a suitable pliu e might be selec ted here at New Ciwtle to erect some fortifieationH for times of need, and that another place niigfht be ehoaen above ChrisUana Kill, whicii would serve hh retreat in time*

of need, and should also be

forti-

ied.**

The Council took the and

it

was resolved

subject under consideration

:

liiiiicr« i'it« Itir «'|. TiMrtltWIWthoiiglitlllo ni»rkf Nrw I'iimIIi' \f\ti\i «ioliii< p A Ini iir of Kucfa vf Umoi iowanl ya BncUaK of y< iww fforto ur Ulock-UoiMa aa

y

y

ibafaabaUbaaacMloD." It

waa

jiroviih'd

nl(*; \*

H I'.l

woiiM y\mi-f to rIik h>« iiitlrm tloni

ir

'li

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k-lloi!-.'

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111 »tilt

at"'Ol tli"

in llml |Ha>lura

bt* lakrn annie fttMn tba Wi>rr» in Kiiroj*, biil tlml w luit i»aln'a«ly oxp«;iMlr«l tJioTBUpWl will ba aUMds tad MMfc only away by tt tbrown aa It to iuithkI a.1 It i« buiiibly roiH-i'iTMi that Ike BM* aiBirlaall hmmiw I* ba aaid fcr ya acconipUakaMBtwiUba by • 0*>* Tut to baa lai|HMd balk opan y* bin ll.Hithi'p'in

r

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titii.'

nf ilip

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k-iiiiv

iroublM now

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iiju'ody oi-d»r

liki-ly (o

M*

Townaandltivar.'*

Before the fort or block-house was completed the hci-onie the dominant ])ower, and :tt a

Dutch again

meeting held at Kort William ilundrick, 12ili of September, 1673, by the commanders of the forts and territory, Jacob Rcnckes, Cornelia Evern, Jr., and CapUin Anthony Colve, the deputiea from South River, appeared and presented their erddentials, and the following concerning the forts or bloek-housea

was grant. >d

:

"2. Smimi Lo Iv hIiiiII ll" iii.(iointi-.lf'uHimand»r»« llie Mouth RitarwUh m«ii at our ajqwni^ and lo aasMian Ika •nthoiity to I'liiM 10 or aixtli nwin fi\>ni tlin wbole pupiilation of Um rivar, and oldar tkaw to

make a fori on a raitaUa pkwa, If Ika Omniander dreoM U aoeaMiy, and aa reward and In eoaaldMMiaa of Om graat axpanata wblcb tba labaUtoMa af tka Soatb W*ar win hava to Incur ia aracUns Iba fint, tbry ara karaaWi gnnlad ftaainm flnm all gnMBd laMa,aad tnm "Sdae oa bMir, wina and dirtilUd tvatcn wbkh mmj ba eonNitMid at ika SunUi Mvar naUl tka BMMb «f May. 1«M." It Is not shown that a fbrt was built by the Dutch, or that they even cmn] 'i ti il till" one af N'ew Castle. They were driven out by the English in November

of the following year.

On the 15th of August, 107'), a letter was written by the magistrates to Governor Androos, in which occurs the following: " Ac for Ihal part nf your hunor'n I4jw

^>m*f iktlif r

thftt

ftiirl

>>M

'

'-iii'

I

n
t

CASTLE COUNTY. h

»t»li!» roiilMiij..ll\

|ti

Mil beiBs Mjy Bficnmrr fur liiw Tnrt." Otan w*l

fpim

Ky at New

Tb« Council

ilt

tain

mhv vknaia Otm mmj be a tibmt Honaa ami a priMBr"

Uie

mm

inattertt.

iWmr

tlim (Viiirt

In replj to these complainta Gap*

Ac, Ac."

Lykewise that the

might againe

there

Hfraiti,

make

use of yc country prison as loruierly.*'

."^litriiTe

These

New York and Billop or>

Billop, belonging to ye Forte, viz:

magistrates

the

1676,

iliilh •till

Ue was succeeded bjr Peter Alricha, Auguat 24, and the followiB| ia an lavenfawjr of stock beluuging to the fort: " Forts ammunition and guna receive*! from ('apt.

i

Ob the 8th of November,

pat any

chargva were forwarded to dered before the Council.

"JUtothaNarkalfiqaM*. Inaaarwy taad* l« 1M« by Ipknlai aw Owl MatltbMi, of (ama) land calM Hafckaai'a AV«k«4*lataKti»lh»Uttl«ia>nhb«l»wthri«

ilirir ii«iml fili»««

1- iti |«

OoTemor AndiOflB on munieipal allklra and "There being no prison for ye securing of debton, fugitivea aod malefactor*, who often make their (•cape for want of the nMoe, Wee therefore desire 1h!> lienor's firder for the electing of u prison, w'"* we» lirino

Irrut

w>uM

he

to ntaitd in

nii vt iiient

I

waa granted >iovenil»«r

Thia reiiuesil

ye Fort."

1676, ua

Match, 2 Barrell,

From

lova:

"AlfandllwtnpriMnbaaMltlsyafloirtMdtlMaatUriobaa is of record of court,

^

^

February 7, 1677

Omratr aniar. ill ma Oib day IteaalTcd AaaoaMK ( 1(>77-7N, which were bn.