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 site: http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=42975 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: The Sun Article Date: February 11 1853 Article Description: Telescope At Lewes, Delaware Article Text: February 11, 1853: The Philadelphia American newspaper states that a movement is on foot in that city, among a number of enterprising merchants, to raise money enough to procure, from Europe, a telescope glass of great power, with a view to locating it at Lewes, Delaware, in charge of an agent of the Philadelphia Board of Underwriters, to report the arrival of vessels. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com