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 | | When Washington was in Wilmington, before the battle of Brandywine, he was for a time the guest of Joseph Tatnall, who ground flour for the famishing army when few others would, owing to the danger of his mill being destroyed by the enemy if they approached. |
 | | Their son Washington, the subject of this short memoir, was born in Wilmington January 5, 1818, and his youth was spent in the manner usual in the then small town, except that he could not fully enjoy even the limited educational advantages of the time because of poor health. |
 | | THE WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND.— On August 20, 1831, a committee reported to an adjourned meeting of some of the most prominent citizens of the town that in accordance with their instructions they had prepared articles of association for a savings fund, which were adopted and signed by fifty-seven persons. |
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