Wilmington 1876; a bicentennial exhibit at THE HAGLEY MUSEUM opening May 10, 1976
Paul Shaub (Catalog Design) Wilmington, DE: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, Incorporated, 1976. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 31, [1] pages plus covers. Illustrations. Cover has some wear and soiling. Wilmington 1876 depicts the city in the Centennial year--its streets and shops, houses and people, schools and churches, problems and pastimes, and especially its industries--as Thomas Johnson, who lived and worked there, saw it. Wilmington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It is at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine River, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley metropolitan area. Wilmington was named by Proprietor Thomas Penn after his friend Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, who was prime minister in the reign of George II of Great Britain. Beginning in 1664 British colonization began; the area stabilized under British rule . A borough charter was granted in 1739 by King George II, which changed the name of the settlement to Wilmington. During the American Revolutionary War only one small battle was fought in Delaware. In 1800, Eleuthère du Pont emigrated to the United States. By 1802 DuPont had begun making the explosive in a mill north of Brandywine Village and just outside the town of Wilmington. The DuPont company became a major supplier to the U.S. military. The village was eventually annexed by Wilmington city. The greatest growth in the city occurred during the Civil War. Delaware, though officially remaining a member of the Union, was a border state and divided in its support of both the Confederate and the Union causes. The war created enormous demand for goods and materials supplied by Wilmington including ships, railroad cars, gunpowder, shoes, and other war-related goods. By 1868, Wilmington was producing more iron ships than the rest of the country combined and it rated first in the production of gunpowder and second in carriages and leather. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Wilmington, Delaware, Hagley Museum, Exhibit Catalog, Bicentennial, Thomas Johnson, Firemen, Carriage Making, William Whitely, Leather Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Railroad Car Manufacture, David Harlan
ISBN: 0914650114
[Book #74718]
Price: $45.00