State of Deiatoare, 



which formerly was also a part of the property of the 

 Penn family (just as actually the Governor of Pensyl- 

 vania is Governor of this state), but for the rest, the 

 state or province exists of itself, independent of Pen- 

 sylvania. It is called properly ' the lower states of 

 Delaware/ + and is made up of three counties only, 

 New-Castle, Kent, and Sussex, which together occupy 

 the lower and southern side of the Delaware and in part 

 the peninsula formed by this river and the Chesapeak 

 Bay (the ' Eastern Shore/ according to the Maryland 

 and Virginia expression). In length this state begins 

 12 miles north-west of New Castle, and extends to the 

 mouth of the river, in breadth it is nowhere more than 

 30 miles. Next to Rhode Island it is the smallest of 

 all the United States ; but is not so w r ell peopled, the 

 eastern or New England states indeed generally ex- 

 ceeding those more to the south in number of inhabi- 

 tants, towns, and villages. The form of government 

 of this state corresponds with that of Pensylvania, con- 

 sisting of an Assembly, Executive Council, Governor 

 and Privy Council. Also the laws, since the abrogation 

 of the union, are about the same as those of Pensylvania. 

 The complete separation of these states took place dur- 

 ing the Revolution. This state furnished to the army 

 only one slim regiment during the war ; but at the same 

 time maintained another, called a flying-corps ; and 

 such it was from all accounts. The troops of the state 



