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Caleb P. Bennett

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relates how Bennett continued the effort, asking the General Assembly in 1835 to "abolish imprisonment for debt, and the pillory, which yet remains a stigma to our county towns, and a disgrace to the statutes of the state in an age otherwise characterized by intelligence, progress and philanthropy."
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when he was three years old. His father was a ship captain who sailed to the West Indies. Caleb Bennett married Catherine Britton in 1792 and they had thirteen children, Samuel Britton, Elizabeth, Caroline, Mary Ann, Henry Lisle, Livina, Joseph Eves, Susan, Charles Webb, William, Catherine, Edwin
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and the battery that was erected close to the town. He was made colonel of the militia and soon had a well-disciplined force of infantry and artillery.” But all did not go well for the veteran soldier. Brigadier General and
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candidate. Serving from January 15, 1833 until his death in office on July 11, 1836, Bennett was the oldest person ever to start a term as governor in Delaware. He was also the first governor elected under the
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Hoffecker also describes how, in the increasingly highly charged national debate over the tariff and states rights, Bennett "denounced South Carolina's attempt to nullify a federal tariff. He called the
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a rebellion based on "heresy. It was in union," he reminded his audience, "that we wrested our liberties from the grasp of oppression. The union is our whole strength, our sole support."
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from Rhode Island, and other detachments of the army, with the commander-in-chief at their head, arrived at our rendezvous in the month of August, when we received orders from
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in a house...and could be seen any summer afternoon sitting upon his front pavement engaged in what we boys did not think a very manly employment, knitting yarn stockings."
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political rival John Stockton brought Bennett to a courts martial for failing to perform his duty. The charges were not proved, and the ever-popular Bennett was acquitted.
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quotation from William Whiteley, "Revolutionary Soldiers in Delaware" in Historical and Biographical Papers, Historical Society of Delaware, Vol. II, No. 14, p.47.
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After the surrender Bennett's orderly book noted that on “November 4, 1781 we joined General Gist’s Brigade, and began our march to join General Greene’s army in
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to boot, to the end of his life he wore ruffled shirts, white kid breeches, and a velvet coat with brass buttons. He also powdered his hair and wore a queue."
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stranglehold on the governorship. In spite of his venerable veteran status, he was elected governor in 1832 by only 54 votes, defeating U.S. Senator
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Elections are held on the first Tuesday after November 1. The governor takes office the third Tuesday in January, and has a four-year term.
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When the troops were all on board, the fleet of transports, with two frigates, weighed anchor and preceded, with a fair wind, down the
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quotation from Howard Donaldson Eberlin and V.D. Courtlandt, "Historic Houses and Buildings of Delaware" Dover (1962), p. 182.
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For years Delaware's governors had pleaded with the General Assembly to reform the state's penal system. Carol Hoffecker in
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Ruthven, and Boadicea. They lived at 841 Market Street in Wilmington and were members of the Wilmington Friends Meeting.
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in Delaware, their greatest strength was among the old stock, rural, agricultural population in
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till we arrived at Linhaven Bay, where the French fleet were moored. We passed the mouth of the
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from 1806 to 1832. Having never sought political office previously, he was drafted by the
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was decimated, Lt. Bennett was sent back to Delaware to recruit. A year later, as General
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to prepare to follow on to Virginia. In a few days we took up our line of march for
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Bennett speculated in various businesses, including the ferry service across the
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In the mid 19th century politics in Delaware were divided between the majority
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he was Captain of the Artillery and Commander of the town of
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Portrait courtesy of Historical and Cultural Affairs, Dover
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and the French were gathering everyone possible for the
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Burials at Friends Burial Ground (Wilmington, Delaware)
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assisted in the building of much needed breakwaters at
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and, therefore, the first elected to a four-year term.
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Governor of Delaware
David Hazzard
Charles Polk, Jr.
Chester County
Province of Pennsylvania
Wilmington
Delaware
Democratic
Wilmington
Delaware
Wilmington
New Castle County, Delaware
American Revolutionary War
War of 1812
Democratic Party
Governor of Delaware
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Wilmington
1st Delaware Regiment
Continental Army
American Revolutionary War
Valley Forge
Staten Island
Brandywine
Germantown
Monmouth
Camden
Yorktown
Battle of Camden

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