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Delaware State Reporter

Location

Dover, Delaware, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1858

Page

3

Democracy of Kent County Convenes for Campaign Push

The Kent County Democratic gathering at Dover on June 23 delegates to the State Convention and a platform reaffirming union, constitutional rights, and opposition to Know Nothingism and abolitionism. Officials reported large attendance, harmony, and determination to carry the county in November, with resolutions endorsing President Buchanan’s policies and urging statewide unity.

Kent County Kent Sussex Kert Mueeling New Party Old Whig Party Democracy Know Nothings Tism Pas Acaf New Castle New Castle County Dover Kent Coanty Court House BR W Reynolds Chuman George Cumming Duck Creek Hundred W. L Cannon Little Creek Hundred W Slaughter Dover Hundred Wo. Townsend Murderkila Hundred Alex Johnson Mispithon Hundred B B. Fiddeman Nalford Hundred Os. Mehelson Mark A Greer J. B. Penington Waxasas Democratic Party Cincinnati James Buchanan Gulf of Mexico Utah Kansas Union Congress People's Party Dames Buchanan Pack Creek Lattle Creek Hundred Murderkiln Hundred Milford Hundred Mrspilhon J B. Penington J.B. Penington Democratic State Central Committee G. Saulsbury Edward Ridgely Daniel M. Bates R. W. Reynolds Charman G. W. S. Nicaolson M. A. Gaser

Laurel Letter from 1858 Bridgeville to Laurel

A traveler from Bridgeville praises Manlove Adams hotel the Cannon store and West foundry with plows and farming implements. He notes Laurel as a thriving lumber market with four churches and strong temperance sentiment. He describes crowds at Van Amburgh circus and comments on Broad Creek navigation limits.

Barron Bridgeville Manlove Adams William Cannon George West Dawson Old Sussex Messrs. Jacobs Loxley R. Jacobs Wootten’s Jocko Laurel Broad Creek Levingston 3 E Edward Bowline Jamestown Virginia Abraham

Slavery and politics in a 19th century town scene

The narrative recalls a heated political gathering with pro slavery views, referencing biblical justifications and a slaveholder’s benevolence while denouncing abolitionists. It notes local hotels, prominent residents, and the town’s Democratic leanings as preparations for an anticipated fall victory over abolitionism.

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