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LEWES , a See also:

TOWN

town in See also:

Sussex See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

DELAWARE

Delaware, U.S.A., in the S.E. See also:

PART

part of the See also:

state, on Delaware See also:

BAY

Bay. Pop. (1g1o), 2158. Lewes is served by the See also:

PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, See also:

Baltimore & See also:

Washington (See also:

Pennsylvania See also:

SYSTEM

System), and the See also:

MARYLAND

Maryland, Delaware & See also:

Virginia See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. Its See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is formed by the Delaware See also:

BREAKWATER

Breakwater, built by the See also:

NATIONAL

national See also:

government and completed in 1869, and 2 r-r m. above it another breakwater was completed in See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December Igor by the government. The See also:

COVE

cove between them forms a harbour of See also:

REFUGE

refuge of about 55o acres. At the mouth of Delaware Bay, about 2 m. below Lewes, is the Henlopen See also:

LIGHT

Light, one of the See also:

OLDEST

oldest lighthouses in See also:

AMERICA

America. The Delaware Bay pilots make their headquarters at Lewes. Lewes has a large See also:

trade with See also:

NORTHERN

northern cities in fruits and vegetables, and is a subport of entry of the See also:

WILMINGTON

Wilmington Customs See also:

DISTRICT

District. The first See also:

settlement on Delaware See also:

SOIL

soil by Europeans was made near here in 1631 by Dutch colonists, sent by a See also:

COMPANY

company organized in See also:

Holland in the previous See also:

YEAR

year by See also:

SAMUEL

Samuel Blommaert, Killian See also:

VAN

van See also:

RENSSELAER

Rensselaer, See also:

David Pieterszen de Vries and others. The settlers called the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place Zwaanendael, valley of swans. The settlement was soon entirely destroyed by the See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, and a second See also:

BODY

body of settlers whom de Vries, who had been made director of the See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony, brought in 1632 remained for only two years.

The fact of the settlement is important; because of it the See also:

ENGLISH

English did not unite the Delaware See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country with Maryland, for the Maryland See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

Charter of 1632 restricted colonization to See also:

LAND

land within the prescribed boundaries, uncultivated and either uninhabited or inhabited only by Indians. In 1658 the Dutch established an See also:

INDIAN

Indian trading See also:

POST

post, and in 1659 erected a fort at Zwaanendael. After the See also:

ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation of the Delaware counties to Pennsylvania in 1682, its name was changed to Lewes, after the town of that name in Sussex, See also:

England. It was pillaged by See also:

French pirates in 1698. One of the last See also:

NAVAL

naval battles of the See also:

War of See also:

Independence was fought in the bay near Lewes on the 8th of See also:

APRIL

April 1782, when the See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

PRIVATEER

privateer " Hyder Ally " (16), commanded by See also:

CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

JOSHUA, BOOK OF

Joshua See also:

Barnes (1759-1818), defeated and captured the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

SLOOP

sloop " See also:

General See also:

Monk " (20), which had been an American privateer, the " General Washington," had been captured by See also:

ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

Arbuthnot's See also:

SQUADRON

squadron in 178o, and was now See also:

PURCHASED

purchased by the See also:

UNITED

United States government and, as the " General Washington," was commanded by Captain Barnes in 1782-1784. In See also:

March 1813 the town was bombarded by a British See also:

FRIGATE

frigate. See the " See also:

HISTORY

History of Lewes " in the Papers of the See also:

HISTORICAL

Historical Society of Delaware, No. xxxviii. (Wilmington, 1903); and J. T. See also:

SCHARF, SIR GEORGE (182o—1895)

Scharf, History of Delaware (2 vols., Philadelphia, 1888).

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