A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=46446 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: The Sun Article Date: February 23 1883 Article Description: A Romantic Story from Lewes, Delaware Article Text: Lewes, Del., February 23, 1883: Upon the recent arrival of an American vessel at Lewes, a lad of sixteen, who had turned up as a stowaway after the vessel left Nassau, New Providence, came ashore and sought out Dr. H. R. Burton. The lads story was that he was taken from this country by his father three years ago last June and placed in a school to stay three years. He ran away from school and on June 8 last shipped on board a merchantman to come to this country. The vessel was wrecked in the West Indies and they were carried to Nassau from where the boy shipped as a stowaway in the vessel that brought him to Lewes. He declared he was a son of a well known civil engineer of Arizona and in response to a telegram, the father ordered his detention until his arrival at Lewes. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com