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| | Delaware Chapter XVI |
 | | DELAWARE Bay and River, forming as they do, a convenient arm of the Atlantic, and washing the coasts of Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, were the scenes of many conflicts and exciting encounters during the second war with Great Britain. |
 | | Governor George Truitt, of Delaware, in a message to the Legislature, on November 15, 1808, stated that the hope which they had long indulged of a happy conclusion of the differences with the belligerents of Europe was then almost extinguished, and he consequently recommended a revision of the State militia law. |
 | | The placing of contracts was at once begun, and the construction of a frigate similar to the one known as "Fulton the First," built for the defense of New York, by Robert Fulton, the inventor, was also contemplated. |
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