| Creator: |
Waples family
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| Date(s): |
1753-1864 |
| Bulk Dates: |
1851-1864 |
| Call Number: |
MSS 0402 |
| Language: |
Materials entirely in
English.
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| Abstract: |
The Waples Family Papers, spanning the dates 1753-1864, outline the family's role in the economic development of Milton in
Broadkill Hundred, Delaware. But the bulk of the collection, 1851-1864, focuses on Gideon B. Waples, beginning with the pre-Civil
War period when he was a student at Delaware College. After he voluntarily left his studies, he became a farmer and businessman
in southern Delaware; he also served as a political aide to two governors of Delaware during the Civil War.
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| Physical Description: |
0.6s
(2 boxes)
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| Immediate Source of Acquisition: |
Gift of Mrs. Charles D. Carey, 1996 and 2001 |
| Processing Information: |
Processed by Sally W. Donatello, February 2001, revised January 2002, and encoded by Jaime Margalotti, March 2022. Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard |