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earliest days of our country. shortly after the boundary dispute between the heirs of william penn and lord baltimore was settled in , and sussex county was expanded to its present borders, two petitions signed by inhabitants of sussex county were presented to the general assembly praying that the county seat
be removed from lewes, and be more centrally located. on january , , an act was passed authorizing the removal of the county seat from lewes to a new site at "james pettyjohn's old field," near the center of the county. the same act named george mitchell, robert houston, william moore, john collins,...
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