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=44646 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: The Gleaner Article Date: April 23 1813 Article Description: Lewes in the War of 1812 Article Text: April 23, 1813: Lewistown or Lewes, a post town in Sussex county, Delaware, is pleasantly situated on Lewes creek, three miles above its mouth in Delaware Bay, and as far West by North of the lighthouse on Cape Henlopen. It contains a Presbyterian and Methodist church, and about eighty houses, built chiefly on a street which is more that three miles in length and extending along a creek which separates the town from the pitch of the cape. The situation is high and commands a full prospect of the lighthouse and the sea. The courthouse and the jail are commodious buildings and give an air of importance to the town. MORSE'S Gazetteer: This place has been attacked by the British squadron and a manly defence has been made with but little injury to the place at the latest dates received. The Legislature of Delaware convened in conseuence of its invasion and a temporary appropriation was made of $2000 for defence of Lewistown. They had two 18 pounders and two 9 pounders mounted on the day of the attack and 268 men acted on the defensive. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com