The following links are currently under construction. Each subject is being researched and will be presented as soon as it is ready for publication. The following topics are merely a sampling of
what we hope to offer. If there are topics you would like to see addressed or you would like to participate in research, contact us at research@historiclewes.org. Thank you and please check back regularly.
The Brothers Beebe & Their Hospital
Blizzard of 1888
Cape Henlopen Dispute and the Fight for Sussex County
Cape Henlopen Lighthouse
"Come with Me to Cape Henlopen": Travel & Tourism
in 19th Century Lewes
David Pieterson DeVries, Patroon
Delaware Breakwater
Delaware Breakwater Quarantine Station
Duke of York Patents
Dutch Settlement at Swanendael
Education in Lewes
Egg Roll & Other Easter Monday Traditions
Fort Miles: An Archaeological Approach
HM Brig DeBraak
HMS Roebuck
Harbor of Refuge Breakwater
Henry Hudson & Halve Moon
Lewes & Rehoboth Canal
Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred Census Records
Lewes and the United States Life-Saving Service
Lights of Delaware River & Bay
"Maiden Plantation," Near Coolspring, Delaware
Maritime Exchange Tower
Medicine in 19th Century Lewes
Native American History in Lewes
Pilots' Association for the Bay & River Delaware
Pieter Plockhoy: An Early Experiment in Socialism
Railroads in Southern Delaware
Religion in Lewes
Ryves Holt, Sheriff of Sussex County
Second Street
Shepard Prettyman Houston: A Gentleman Farmer Near Lewes
Slavery, Freedom & Sacrifice: Lewes in the Civil War
Storm of 1962
"These Fine Ships": Ship Building on Lewes Creek
U-858
War of 1812
Warner Grant
Whorekill Roads
The Lewes Historical Society
110 Shipcarpenter Street
Lewes, Delaware 19958
Tel: 302-645-7670
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E-Mail: research@historiclewes.org
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