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An inventory of public property on Pea Patch Island taken on the 20th and 26 day of July 1815

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0134

Content Description

Inventory of public property on this small island located in the mid-channel of the Delaware River, compiled not long after the Delaware state legislature ceded the island to the Federal Government in 1813 for construction of a fort.

Dates

  • Creation: 1815 July 20-26

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, http://library.udel.edu/spec/askspec/

Extent

1 item (2 pages)

Abstract

Inventory of public property on this small island located in the mid-channel of the Delaware River, compiled not long after the Delaware state legislature ceded the island to the Federal Government in 1813 for construction of a fort.

Related Materials in this Repository

This item forms part of MSS 0098 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

Shelving Summary

Box 6, F0134: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0098 manuscript boxes

Processing Information

Processed and encoded by George Apodaca and Tiffany Saulter, September 2015.

Title
Finding aid for An inventory of public property on Pea Patch Island taken on the 20th and 26 day of July 1815
Status
Completed
Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Date
2015 September 1
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository

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