Delaware Newspaper
United States Newspaper Program
The USNP has supported projects in each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each project is conducted by a single organization within a state or territory, usually the state's largest newspaper repository. A project's staff inventories holdings in public libraries, county courthouses, newspaper offices, historical museums, college and university libraries, archives, and historical societies. Catalog records are entered into a national database maintained by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and accessible through more than 43,500 dedicated computer terminals worldwide. Microfilm copies of newspapers are generally available to researchers anywhere in the country through inter-library loan. ... [Read More]
Useful Links: Delaware Information
DelAware-TheDigital Library of the First State This site contains a wealth of information, including links to Delaware related sites (see "DelaWeb"links); government information; access to magazines, newspapers and encyclopedia; and on-line links toDelaware's libraries (http://www.state.lib.de.us/ Collection_Development/Electronic_Resources/DelAWARE/ ... [Read More]
U.S. Newspaper Indexes at the Library of Congress
The researcher using this list is cautioned that not all newspapertitles held by the Library of Congress are indexed; however, earlyU.S. newspapers often covered areas much larger than just thetowns where they were published. The user is further cautioned that few indexes are complete, and many errors and omissions can beexpected. ... U.S. Newspaper Indexes at the Library of Congress Home Page ... The format of the entry follows that of the Library's printed catalogcard including the classification number and an indication of the holdingsin the Newspaper and Current Periodical Room. ... [Read More]
NARA | Exhibit Hall | The Founding Fathers: Delaware
In 1767-68 Dickinson wrote a series of newspaper articles in the Pennsylvania Chronicle that came to be known collectively as Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania. They attacked British taxation policy and urged resistance to unjust laws, but also emphasized the possibility of a peaceful resolution. So popular were the Letters in the colonies that Dickinson received an honorary LL.D. from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton) and public thanks from a meeting in Boston. In 1768, responding to the Townshend Duties, he championed rigorous colonial resistance in the form of nonimportation and nonexportation agreements. ... [Read More]
DHSS Press Release
Non-custodial parents who did not take advantage of the program could be targeted for arrest following the Amnesty Program and could have their name published in the newspaper. ... [Read More]
DHSS Press Release
announcing in a newspaper story that he will not comply with the Clean Indoor Air Act and will "close this place down before (he tells) people they can't smoke." ... [Read More]
NARA | The National Archives Experience
In 1767-68 Dickinson wrote a series of newspaper articles in the Pennsylvania Chronicle that came to be known collectively as Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania. They attacked British taxation policy and urged resistance to unjust laws, but also emphasized the possibility of a peaceful resolution. So popular were the Letters in the colonies that Dickinson received an honorary LL.D. from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton) and public thanks from a meeting in Boston. In 1768, responding to the Townshend Duties, he championed rigorous colonial resistance in the form of nonimportation and nonexportation agreements. ... [Read More]
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