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    1. Re: [LDR] Identity of Delmarva old towns - 1778
    2. marjorie adams
    3. Blackfoot Town = Dagsboro; Dover Town? = Dover; Duck Crack = Duck Creek? On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 12:11 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > While reading the Journal of John Charles Philip von Krafft ... 1776-1784 > By Johann Carl Philipp von Krafft I came across his description of his > travels in January 1778 (pgs. 10-16) from Sinepuxent to join Washington > above > Philadelphia. Numerous towns or villages are mentioned; Blackfort (30 > miles > from Sinepuxent), Doves Town (54 mi from Blackfort), Duck Crack (12 mi > further), etc., along with Inns (Montgomery, St Patrick) and various > persons, > Thomas Anderson, Major Bell. These places would seem to be in Delaware. > What is their modern equivalent? > > -- Marjorie "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke

    09/04/2010 06:21:56