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improvement of the State by introducing farmers, 

 artisans, manufacturers, and tradesmen, from other 

 localities. A special object was to develop the agri 

 cultural resources of the State, particularly the 

 Central and Southern portions, by encouraging the 

 settlement of truckers, who would purchase and 

 divide the large tracts into small truck farms, pro 

 ducing fruit and vegetables for the Philadelphia 

 and New York markets. This course would not 

 only bring the lands into a higher state of cultiva 

 tion, but would invite a thriving and enterprising 

 population, greatly adding to the productive wealth 

 of the State, purifying its political atmosphere, and 

 enhancing the value of property. 



For the securing of thes*e ends, it was necessary 

 to disabuse the North in regard to the true senti 

 ment of the State, and to assure all who thought of 

 settling there, that they would be welcomed by a 

 large and intelligent portion of the population, from 

 whatever section of the country they might come, 

 and whatever their political views, if loyal to the 

 Government, and disposed to contribute to the de 

 velopment of the resources of the State. The doc 

 uments thus put forth for general information have 

 been freely used in this chapter. 



Such an enterprise appeals strongly to Northern 

 self-interest. It cannot be doubted that, in thus de 

 veloping Delaware and adjoining sections of the 

 peninsula, with other portions of the South, the 

 trading interests of the North will be largely ben 

 efited. By furnishing increased facilities to settlers, 

 capitalists of all classes may make profitable invest 



